Fanfiction and the character Unlimited is property of Josh Kovatch, 2008

Unlimited: Story of a Dreamer

Chapter 8: Unlimited Vs. Infinite

The Z-fighters stared frightfully at the black form taking shape before them. Unlimited stood in front of them all and waited for Infinite to appear.

I thought I would never see you again, Infinite. I thought back on that day, I would never even hear of you again.

Flashback

Unlimited stood before King Yemma, who looked over Unlimited and said, "Well, I see you just lost in a fight against Goku and all of his friends. There're the strongest in the universe, you know."

Unlimited looked up to the red ogre and said, "I was able to defeat all of them separately."

Yemma looked surprised but said nothing of it. He looked at Unlimited's newly created file and said, "Well, I see you threatened Earth but never planned to harm it, and then died to give them an official win. That's what I call an honorable fighter."

Unlimited smirked and waited for Yemma's approval into heaven. However, the king said, "There is one problem, though. It seems you have had a dark past, and that you have had many evil thoughts to destroy anything with this power. I don't know if I can let you go."

"That's ridiculous! I can go anywhere, Yemma, you know you can't stop me!" Unlimited yelled, although it wasn't his voice saying that.

"How dare you question my authority in my own domain! Unless you can give me a reason not to, then hell is where you are going!"

Unlimited thought about it, and decided the only way to get rid of his evil was...

"I shall purge the evil from my body," Unlimited told Yemma.

"Oh?"

Unlimited then powered up and he began to force all of his energy to the surface. Soon, he became electrified and he moaned, although his voice had a strange sound in it, as if another was groaning along with him. Then, Unlimited flashed white for a second and black energy began to spill from his body, falling on the floor and then rising into the air. Soon, Unlimited had expelled a great amount of energy, which now floated next to Unlimited.

"What is that thing?!" Yemma asked shocked.

Unlimited looked to the evil, knowing that it would form into something else, and decided that if it was a part of him, it should have a name similar to his own.

"Its name is Infinite. Send it down to hell in place of me. You'll see that I'm completely pure now."

Yemma looked at the writhing evil, which now eerily took a shape and became electrified itself.

"Alright, you win. I'll send 'Infinite' down," Yemma declared.

With a bang of his gavel, a hole appeared beneath the evil force and the energy fell deep into the hole. Then, Yemma said, "Alright, you can pass."

Unlimited ascended into the air and teleported to Other World, where he began his resurrection.

Meanwhile however, the denizens of hell were completely unaware of the being that slowly grew from behind them all. Finally, the energy formed into... the most fearsome fighter ever known.

End Flashback

I thought on that day I had finally exumed all the evil in my body and cast it away for good. Now I see that I can't let you escape me. I will stop you, Infinite.

The Z-fighters watched as the dark form extended energy from its center into long branches. It formed what seemed like arms and legs. Soon, the arms began to morph into human limbs. Fingers formed, arms smoothed out, and the black energy began to fade. The same for his legs, as boots became distinguishable, along with his legs, now smoothed of all the excess energy. Then, scaring almost everyone present, two demonic red eyes opened up on the head portion of the energy. They were without pupils and were more like glowing sockets in his head. Then, the rest of his body smoothed, leaving a non-detailed dark human floating before them. Then, a mouth hole appeared which began to yell, the black energy fading quickly, and finally, one huge flash of light, and the darkness surrounding him disappated.

"So that's Infinite?" Vegeta said, cocky once again.

"Believe what you want, but he is the strongest and most relentless fighter you will ever encounter," Unlimited warned.

The light cleared and slowly the glowing Infinite began to dim, showing his true form. He wore black pants like Unlimited, only they were covered in deep red streaks. It seemed natural for the evil one to look bloody. Then, his upper body began to reveal itself. His shirt was also covered in red, more like small blotches then streaks. His arms were the same except that he did not have any bracelets. Finally, his face dimmed and they saw, for the first time, the true form of Infinite. His face, of course, looked basically the same as Unlimited, but it was other features that made them see the difference. His eyes bulged slightly out of his head, veins pulsing on his forehead and neck. His mouth was contorted into a big smile, giving him a maniacal look. To contrast Unlimited's deep blue eyes, Infinite's blood red eyes stared at the Z-fighters.

The Z-fighters looked at Infinite and then Unlimited.

"Infinite looks like Unlimited, only kinda insane," Trunks said.

"He looks like me because he is my double. His eyes and face look that way to symbolize his evil," Unlimited explained.

Then, Infinite spoke, with two voices at the same time. One sounded like Unlimited, but the other was low, deep, and gave him a demonic sound. It mixed with the normal voice and made a voice that sounded like the devil.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't my weaker half," Infinite said.

Unlimited stared hard at the new being as the other Z-fighters tried to grasp how strong he really was.

"What's the matter, have those powers made you stupid?" Infinite annoyed, but Unlimited just continued to stare holes through him.

Finally, Unlimited said, "All this time you've been in me, and this is the thanks I get for the power you have".

Infinite laughed evilly, and then said, "You were holding back with your 'good nature', fool. I'm now far more powerful."

"If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't exist right now," Unlimited said, retaining his confidence.

"HA! You can't take that credit! If you hadn't been given those powers, then I wouldn't have been born back then! You don't have anything to be proud of!"

Unlimited then smirked and replied, "Then you should be happy I got those powers."

Infinite became irritated, but was still patient as he said, "You may be smart, but you can't do anything to me."

From behind, Trunks stepped up and said, "Hey, if you think you can beat all of us, then you're going down!"

Trunks stepped forward to try and fight Infinite, but Unlimited yelled, "NO!"

Trunks looked confusedly to him, who had put out an arm in front of Trunks.

"All of you can't possibly understand who he really is. He is probably as strong as me and will not hold back to destroy you all!"

The Z-fighters backed up a little and looked towards the doubles. Unlimited told them, "This is my fight. If you try to help me, you'll be killed. I have to fight him...alone."

The Z-fighters looked nervous but honored his proposition. Unlimited turned fully to Infinite and raised his power level.

"Ahh, so you decided to turn up the heat already?" Infinite sneered.

"Well, the less energy you want to use, the better it is for me," Unlimited said, smirking again.

Infinite growled and then began to power up too. The Z-fighters felt their energies climb higher and higher. Then, the two of the fighters thrust themselves into their dark auras, the energy between the two of them converging. They looked like a mirror image of each other. Both had a swirling black aura around them, both looked nearly the same, and their energies were nearly dead even. However, Unlimited proved to have the advantage.

Seeing as the battle would become dangerous, Goku said to the others, "Hey, I think it's best if you guys move back, this could get ugly."

Without hesitation, most of the people watching this fight moved a fair distance back. Only Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, and by stubborn nature, Videl, stayed where they were.

Unlimited said to Infinite, "Tell me, when you came to this planet, did you really think you could defeat me?"

Infinite jeered, "No, I thought I could destroy you."

Unlimited replied, "Well, then let's see if you can handle my full power."

At that moment, Unlimited began to power up even greater than ever before, his Unlimited Force spell on his forehead taking a huge impact from the strain. His aura became more intense, violently spinning around him. His eyes pulsed with energy, their blue color deeper than ever. His muscles bulged and his energy flew out the window and then flew into the sky.

Everyone behind Unlimited was speechless, not able to comprehend the massive power he was generating. Meanwhile, Infinite began to look worried, seeing as how Unlimited was a greater fighter than anyone else in all of reality.

Finally, with one last charge, a column of black energy shot up from around him up into the sky. Light then shone through and the column was replaced with a huge flash of light.

As the light began to fade, Goku exclaimed, "I don't believe this! He's even stronger than earlier!"

"Yeah! It's like his power doubles every time he wins a fight!" Gohan agreed.

The full-power Unlimited now stood before everyone at the Lookout, his energy reverberating off of everyone. Infinite, however, calmed slightly, and said, smiling evilly again, "Well, I'll give you this. You definitely have power. But you're nothing compared to me."

Infinite then pumped his arms and began to power up in the same way as Unlimited. His aura was like a cyclone around him, his powers going through the roof. Soon, his red eyes lost their pupils as he continued to power up, his body able to withstand the energy since he was pure evil, and therefore, without an actual body. He continued to power up for some time, until finally, with a blast of electricity, he finished with one last yell.

Unlimited did not look worried but was not confident either. The powers of the two fighters were even, neither one holding an advantage. Unlimited could not understand how he could have had so much evil that Infinite's powers would match his own.

Infinite then smiled again and said, "Well, not so confident now, are you?"

Unlimited then smirked and answered, "Actually, I'd rather win when you have as much energy as me."

Infinite's smile fell from his face and he said, "Well then, shall we begin?"

"Yes."

Out of nowhere, the two punched at each other, who had just appeared in the air above the Z-fighters at unbelievable speeds. They then locked themselves in a fast fist fight, the attacks flying everywhere, electricity pouring from every part of them. The vibrations from the fight were already making the Lookout crumble, and the people below could only watch open mouthed, unable to utter a word.

Then, Infinite disappeared and reappeared behind Unlimited, attempting to put him into a headlock. Before Infinite could, however, Unlimited turned around and nailed the double directly in the stomach. Infinite doubled over and coughed up a little blood, and then got punched in the face by Unlimited.

Infinite flew a little ways and then Unlimited followed up, giving Infinite four more fast punches before kicking him in the stomach and sending them flying.

Infinite, however, simply flew right back at him and punched Unlimited directly in the face, pushing him back a bit, then threw a flurry of punches at Unlimited.

"Uh-oh, he's losing it," Gohan said, knowing the planet's fate rested in Unlimited's hands.

With one last kick, Infinite tried to send Unlimited plummeting into the ground thousands of feet below. But then, Unlimited dematerialized, and reappeared behind Infinite, taking him by surprise. Before he could react, Unlimited unleashed his rapid fire attack on Infinite, hitting him with dozens of small bullet-like blasts. Infinite buckled as he was nailed with the large amount of blasts, and then went flying as Unlimited gave him a punch to the back of his head. Unlimited then appeared in front of Infinite and kicked him straight up into the air. Unlimited followed him again and appeared above him, throwing him into a fist frenzy. Finally, Unlimited clasped his hands together and smashed Infinite down towards the Earth. Charging up quickly, Unlimited sent a large blast down at the form quickly escaping sight.

Unlimited launched the blast only to have it deflected as Infinite balanced himself. Then the double zoomed back up at the teen, who could not see it coming, and was nailed as Infinite headbutted Unlimited in the chest. Unlimited backed up as the pain radiated through his body, only to have Infinite punch him in the face again. Then, Infinite flew back and launched a blast right at Unlimited.

"HEY LOOK OUT!" Many people from below said. As if answering them, Unlimited suddenly looked up and caught the energy, smirking, and then rushed at Infinite, blowing up the ball in his face and sending him flying once again. Unlimited dropped to the ground and prepared to fight again. Infinite dropped to the ground and then launched himself at Unlimited, who dodged swiftly and kicked Infinite right in the stomach. Infinite felt intense pain as he coughed up spit and blood. Unable to stop it, Infinite was given another kick to the same place and sent directly up into the air. Unlimited then yelled, "It's time to end this!"

He raised his hand up at Infinite and charged up the black energy into the same ball he had used before.

Infinite then balanced himself and looked down at the teen and became angry. In one accord, Infinite raced down at Unlimited as fast as he could. Before he got there, however, Unlimited finished preparing and fired his attack.

"DEATH MATTER BLAST!"

With one swipe, Infinite knocked aside the attack like nothing, making everyone worried, but then everyone became somewhat calm as Unlimited blocked Infinite's attack, who then stopped.

The two jumped apart and Unlimited said, "I knew you were too strong to be afraid of that attack."

"You'll have to try better to beat me," Infinite jeered.

"Don't worry, I'm just getting started."

Again, the two dematerialized and the Z-fighters found them up in the sky again, locked in a punching fest faster than they could keep up.

The two backed up and then raised their hands in front of themselves, charging a blast in each of their hands. With a huge explosion, they fired and hit each other's blasts, then disappeared into the smoke to fight each other again. When the smoke cleared, neither one was there anymore.

"Hey, where'd they go?" Videl asked from beside Gohan. Just then, her question was answered when Unlimited suddenly appeared from the sky and smashed into the Lookout, miraculously not crashing through the floor. He looked up as he laid on the ground and saw Infinite preparing to launch a blast again. Unlimited stood up and prepared his own. After a minute, the two launched their attacks, both beams, and they were stuck in a stalemate. The Z-fighters watched nervously as Infinite and Unlimited pushed their attacks as hard as they could, each one not giving up. Then, Unlimited boosted his attack, only for Infinite to do the same. They did this three times, neither one outdoing the other for more than a few seconds. It seemed impossible for either one to actually defeat the other if they didn't have a difference in power.

Unlimited had looked like he had been giving it his all when he suddenly smirked, making Infinite nervous above.

"Do you want to know how easy this is for me?" Unlimited asked Infinite.

Infinite yelled, "WHAT?!"

Unlimited chuckled a bit as his aura became, if possible, even more wild, and he unleashed an amount of energy so great, the entire Earth trembled underneath it. Infinite could only stare in horror as he watched the blast rocket up at his own, only to collide with it and shatter it. Unlimited's blast continued up towards Infinite, who looked terrified. Infinite thrust his hands at the attack to stop it, but had major trouble to even focus after the last attack.

Unlimited, on the ground, appeared to have trouble again, knowing that unless he hit with this blast, he wouldn't have much of a chance otherwise. He thrust even more energy into the beam, making Infinite struggle even more.

Infinite yelled, "I WON'T BE DEFEATED BY YOU!"

With one thrust, Infinite forced all his energy and shifted the blast off of himself, and then heavily threw the beam behind him to disappear into the sky. Infinite was distracted as he got rid of the blast, and Unlimited had just enough time to fly up at Infinite and punch him straight in the gut. Infinite was totally speechless, unable to make a sound, and blood came from his mouth again. Unlimited then charged up an attack and prepared to fire it right in Infinite's face, who had not yet recovered from the last attack.

Infinite looked up as Unlimited shot the blast at him, and barely got a chance to bring his hand up and deflect the ball. Again, however, Unlimited took that lapse of concentration and punched Infinite right in the face again.

Infinite backed up, easily outmatched for the moment. Unlimited then said, "By the looks of it, you're on your last leg."

Infinite, at first, looked too pained to answer, but then, unexpectedly, smiled and chuckled, and then laughed manicially.

"Uh-oh, he's not hurt," Goku said from below, and anyone who had seen a battle like this knew it was true.

"Can he still win?" Goten asked, naive about how no one really knew.

"Let's hope so," Trunks said from beside his best friend.

Up in the sky, Infinite and Unlimited stared each other down, and then Infinite said, "If you think I'd actually be damaged by those attacks of yours, you're sadly mistaken."

Unlimited said, "I don't think so. I can tell you don't have the same confidence as before. I think you're losing it."

"Believe what you want, but you should really check your own power. All those attacks left you with much less energy than you can brag about."

It was right, the sequence of attacks Unlimited had been launching had drained as much energy as he had taken from Infinite.

"You know that neither one of us can win, we'll both be doing this to the end of time," Infinite said grimly, but smiled evilly nonetheless.

After a colossal battle between the two superpowered doubles, Infinite warns Unlimited about the futility of these battle. Can Unlimited really put Infinite to sleep once and for all?

Preview for the final chapter: A Warrior's Farewell: The battle rages more ferociously than ever, neither Unlimited nor Infinite giving an inch. Winning the fight seems impossible for Unlimited, until he makes one last decision. What will become of Earth, and what will Unlimited do? Stay tuned for the final chapter of Unlimited: Story of a Dreamer!