Chapter 60

Last time on DragonBall AF, Son Goku took the fight with Appolysis to an entirely new level! Son Goku now stronger than ever before has just sent Appolysis flying through the air with his own attack! Is this finally the end for Appolysis?

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Appolysis as he sailed through the air being carried by his reflected attack. Son Goku floated in the air, watching the beam travel across the terrain. Once the beam was out of sight, Son Goku blasted of and started flying in the same direction.

About a thousand yards away, the beam had run into the ground, and Appolysis lay where the crater was. He was still alive however, and was beginning to stand up just as Son Goku appeared. "You should've given up when you had the chance," yelled Son Goku.

"BASTARD!" screamed Appolysis up to him. "I won't allow you to totally destroy my plans! I've waited too long for this, and when it's just within my grasp, you come and take it away from me!"

"That's because I am the protector of the innocent," replied Son Goku, "the innocent that you have so mercilessly killed. It's because of you Jin was so filled with malice, something he should've never had to have experienced. And my friends! For all this, you have no right to anything! The only right you have is too a swift death!"

"YAHHHHHHHHH!" Appolysis powered up, obviously from regaining ki while Son Goku was speaking. He leapt from the crater and honed in on Son Goku. "Demon Soul Striker!" Again, Appolysis released his attack, but Son Goku swatted it away with his left arm easily.

Appolysis lunged at him once again, only to miss due to Son Goku dodging his every move.He continued to try and land a blow on Son Goku, but he dodged each one, frustrating Appolysis more and more. Finally, Son Goku had had enough playing games.

"DIE!" screamed Appolysis as he cocked his fist back once more, but this time instead of dodging, Son Goku caught his fist.

"I think it's about time I take the offensive approach once again."

Back on the planet of the Kais, Vegeta was in awe over what he was seeing unfold. "He does everything with such ease," he said. "He's in an entirely different class than Appolysis."

"Son Goku never ceases to surprise me," replied Rou Dai. "He has a knack for it, I swear."

Just then, Kabitokai suddenly appeared with a stunned look on his face. "Oh, so you're finally back, you sure have missed a lot," said Rou Dai. "What's wrong with you? You look like you've seen something."

"Hey, where's Goku and the others?" asked Vegeta Jr.

"That's just what I was about to get to!" exclaimed Kabitokai. "They're not there!"

"What!" shouted Rou Dai. "What do you mean they're not there?"

"King Yama said they have not passed through yet, and they're not in the line either! It can only mean one thing…" he trailed off.

A look of joy overcame Vegeta's face. "You mean they're still alive!"

Son Goku, still holding Appolysis' fist, punched him in the gut and caused him to keel over. Son Goku released his hand and began giving the demon king a barrage of punches. Appolysis tried to defend against the ongoing attack, but there was nothing he could do, Son Goku was too fast and too strong.

I must put my last ditch effort into effect, he thought to himself. Once I get a free moment, I'll go through with it, even if it takes me down, it should be more than enough to kill this sonofabitch. "UHF!" Son Goku socked Appolysis right in the jaw, making blood dribble down his mouth and chin. Then Appolysis began to fall from the air.

"Wait a little bit longer," Son Goku said to himself. And after about ten seconds he reacted. "NOW!" He started hurtling down the same path of Appolysis' falling body and stuck his elbow in front of him. Appolysis saw him coming and knew what he planned as his eyes widened with terror.

"HA!" yelled Son Goku. He drove his elbow into Appolysis stomach, and grooved it in between his ribs making Appolysis cry out in sheer agony. Son Goku followed through all the way to the ground, only stopping once Appolysis made contact with the ground.

"AAAAAAGH! AAAAAAAAAAGH!" choked Appolysis. He was a bloody mess, and from Son Goku's perspective, he looked just about finished.

"I've had enough," said Son Goku with disgust. "Your face sickens me, every time I look at it I want to throw up. And don't think things will be any easier when you die. You will suffer in the underworld. Now to end this, before you regain anymore of your ki." Son Goku lifted his hand into the air, ready to strike down on his opponent. Then with one swift movement, he brought his hand swooping down, but just as he was about to pierce Appolysis flesh, the demon king surprisingly rolled out of the way and wobbly rose to his feet.

"I still have one shot at this, and only one shot," Appolysis seethed with rage. With unexpected mobility, he leapt into the air and started flying away from Son Goku, back towards where they had been fighting moments before. Son Goku quickly took chase.

"You can't outfly me, not in the condition you're in!" yelled Son Goku, and instantly he appeared right in front of Appolysis. Now face to face, a sly smile came over Appolysis. He looked over his left shoulder to see what was left of the only mountain remaining from the battle that took place.

"Are you going to stare at me," asked Appolysis, "or hit me?"

"You have no room to be cocky!" yelled Son Goku as he dealt a stunning blow to Appolysis directly in his face and was sent careening into the mountain.

Ha ha ha, perfect! thought Appolysis to himself. Son Goku flew over to the mountain and stopped trying to pinpoint exactly where Appolysis was at. But for some reason, he couldn't.

"What's going on here?" he said aloud. "Is he dead? Why can't I sense him?" Son Goku drifted down to the ground and stepped into the side of the remnants of the mountain. Once inside, he could still not sense anything. Rocks were crumbling all around him, and he knew if there were any great disturbances made inside, the mountain would surely crumble.

Yes that's it, keep looking, thought Appolysis. He was sitting on the ground, waiting patiently inside the mountain. By suppressing my ki, you can't even sense me at all, can you? Once you least expect it I'll use my last resort. Explode the ki in my body. It may take me with it, it may not depending if I can emit it right, but it will for sure take you out, there is no doubt at all.

After a few moments, Son Goku called out into the deep expanse of the mountain. "Appolysis! You can't hide from me! Come out and face your defeat!" Son Goku continued walking inside deeper an deeper when suddenly the cave began shaking. "What the hell!" Rocks started falling all around him and he knew he had to get out quick. "KAMEHAMEHA!" Son Goku blasted through the wall of the mountain and quickly flew out and was safe from the mountain as he watched the rest of it crumble. But then, he felt Appolysis' ki and looked up. "APPOLYSIS!"

The blue aura had returned around him, and some of his injuries appeared to be a little less severe. As he floated back towards the ground he began to speak. "This is the end," he said with conviction, "quite possibly for both of us, but as long as you're gone, I will at least have the comfort of knowing I wasn't killed by you." The aura began rising even more, and he finally landed on the ground, about 50 yards away from Son Goku. But then he realized what Appolysis was doing.

"Don't think that it's enough to destroy me Appolysis!" yelled Son Goku.

"HAHAHA!" he laughed. "Once I explode the ki inside me like a bomb, you will realize that you are wrong. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Appolysis turned completely blue as his aura multiplied many sizes. It grew brighter and brighter, causing Son Goku to shield his eyes.

"Damn it!" he yelled. "He can't have this much power left, unless… He's using his own life force as the catalyst!" The aura started changing shape and completely swallowed up Appolysis. It was now a giant, blue orb. Sparks of electricity traveled all around it as it started moving towards Son Goku. "All right then!" he exclaimed. "KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAAAAAA! TIMES 20!" Son Goku released his massive attack, trying to hold back the immense bomb created from Appolysis own ki and life force. But it kept moving towards him, the Kamehameha wave having almost no effect on it at all.

"Damn it!" cried Son Goku. If only he had used just his ki I would've had more than enough to push this away! But coupled with his very life force, even with all this power I have I can hardly push it back! I have to just get out of the way! Son Goku stopped feeding his Kamehameha wave into the bomb, causing it to move toward him with unparalleled speed, leaving no time to dodge the attack or go around it.

"Damn!" Son Goku then put up a barrier completely surrounding him. The barrier was holding, but was shocked that it didn't explode on impact. "What the hell!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" he heard Appolysis laugh. "Surprised? This doesn't work like your conventional attack, now does it? I alone control when this bomb shall explode! HAHAHAHA!"

"You bastard!" yelled Son Goku as he struggled to keep the barrier up. "I have to think of something, I have to!" But then suddenly, he sensed something behind him and he turned his head just enough so he could see. "I don't believe it! UUBU!" Standing outside the barrier was in fact, Uubu.

"There isn't much time Goku!" he exclaimed.

"But I thought you were dead, there was no way you could've escaped!" shouted Son Goku.

"But I did, using Instantaneous Movement!" he replied. "I'm sure when you first got here you realized you couldn't do it, as did I, but in that moment of desperation I tried it again and luckily it worked saving all three of us! And the reason we couldn't do it before was because it was impossible on this planet to lock onto anything over 100 yards away. Luckily, a smallanimal was the first thing I sensed and I was able to lock onto that. We can do the same thing here Goku! Search for Goku Jr's and Goshin's ki! Do you feel them?"

Son Goku searched for a moment and then finally felt it. "I feel it now!" he exclaimed. "They're not far- ARGH!" Just then, the barrier began to crack, as the attack from Appolysis expanded in size once again.

"Goku! Listen!" shouted Uubu. "Once you feel his power increase, that's when he will detonate. At that time, transport to our location! Good luck!" And with that Uubu disappeared.

"If I can hold on for that long!" he yelled. The barrier was slowly degrading, and Son Goku was growing more and more tired. "I can't keep this state that I'm in for long at all. I'm nearly 50 percentweaker from when I started fighting in this state! Wait, I felt it!" A spike in Appolysis' energy occurred, as signaled by a bright light that flashed in the middle of the orb. "NOW!" he yelled to himself. He put his two fingers to his forehead and disappeared, causing the barrier to collapse instantly. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

The ground shook with as much force as ever as the bomb exploded. The sky turned completely white and not a thing could be seen due to the brightness. Son Goku appeared next to Goku Jr, they were down inside a canyon, only a short distance away from where he originaly was, but the effects were strongly felt even there. "EVERYONE PUT UP YOUR BARRIERS TO AVOID DEBRIS!" All four did so as a hail of stone, rock and rubble started to fall upon them.

After what seemed like hours, the rocks stopped falling, the earth stopped shaking, and the light dissipated. The fighters let down their barriers, and Goku Jr spoke first. "Is it finally… over?" Son Goku stood up. "Stay here." He lifted up and slowly flew towards the spot he stood at only moments before. To his utter amazement, almost nothing was left. The crater left was humongous, but Son Goku could make out something in the middle of it, the charred remains of a demon king.

He landed next to him, and noticed that his muscles were still twitching. "You're- you're still… alive," gasped Appolysis as he looked at Son Goku with contempt. "You… bastard… just kill me… please. I can't… take this suffering any longer." All of his limbs were either torn off or burned to a crisp. His face was mangled beyond recognition and the rest of his body was either covered in blood or charred vestiges of what they once used to be.

"Unlike you," said Son Goku somberly, "I'm not totally without compassion." Son Goku again raised his hand into the air, and when he did so, Appolysis smiled to the best of his ability.

"Even though I said… I didn't want to die... by your hand… maybe it's best I do. Thank you, for showing me this compassion…" SPLURT

Son Goku stuck his hand into the demon king's chest, and pulled it out soaked with blood, and Appolysis ceased to breathe. "Don't mention it…"

The fight is over! Son Goku has emerged victorious! But there's still much more in store for Son Goku that he has yet to realize. Don't miss the next installment of DragonBall AF!