The Rise of a Protector

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

Wracked with guilt over Goku's death and blessed with a new power from the god of dragons, read as Gohan struggles with life, love, puberty, fulfilling his destiny, and above all, protecting the people he loves and his world. Please read each chapter until the very end and check for authors notes. Gohan x Kagome, OC x Erasa.

35. Unexpected Allies, A New Plan

As he carried Mirai's unconscious form towards the Lookout, Sesshomaru sensed the blast and looked back 'Broly…'

"S-Sesshomaru…" Mirai began to stir "Broly… is he…?"

"He gave his life in a suicide attack in an attempt to take Magatsuhi with him, he felt that it was the only way he could redeem himself for all of the heinous crimes he was forced to commit by Magatsuhi. For the first time in his life, he was fighting of his own will, not the will of others who were trying to manipulate his power. It was his sacrifice, and it was his choice to make."

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Daizo listened to Kagome explaining to him about the Dragon Balls "So once all 7 of these magic orbs are gathered they can summon a dragon and have a wish granted?"

"3 wishes actually, but yes." Kagome told him "But they can only be used once a year, and I'm pretty sure Kai has only seen them used once."

"I see." he noticed the look on her face "You're concerned for Kai and that Son boy, they went after this wizard that was mentioned."

"Yeah."

"Kai was never one to back down when he saw a friend in need, and he was never one to give up. I know that he will make it back safe and sound, if only to rub it in the faces of others."

"You really think he would?"

"This is Kai we're talking about."

"True."

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Lightning crackled in the skies above.

Broly floated in mid air, his body having been turned to stone as a result of his Kamikaze technique, then slowly fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, which were then scattered into the wind, never to be seen again.

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Mirai slowly moved himself off of Sesshomaru's back, now able to fly on his own "Every trace of Broly's Ki has disappeared. Should we go and make sure the job was done?"

"That holds far too many risks." Sesshomaru told him "Besides, I highly doubt that seeing it will do any good."

"It's strange, when I first met Broly all those years ago I thought he was nothing but a monster without a conscience. But now, I feel like I've lost a close friend."

"Son Goku and Son Gohan would feel the same."

"Speaking of which… Gohan… is he…?"

"We have to assume so, his energy signature has completely disappeared without a trace, the same going for Kai. We must now find Son Goku and bring him back to the Lookout to be healed, and tell them the bitter truth of what transpired, that Son Gohan, Kai and Broly all fell in battle against Magatsuhi's forces."

"Yes." Mirai gripped his fist until it nearly bled "How are the others gonna take it?"

"Very poorly I imagine. But when the grieving is finished, we can do little more than honor their sacrifices by destroying Magatsuhi in Son Gohan's place."

"Yeah… you're right…" and they flew off.

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Turles led Slug and the others out of what remained of the ship, and he observed the damage done by Broly's attack "This is hard to believe to be honest, I knew the big guy was supposed to be really powerful but I never thought his final attack would be capable of destruction of this magnitude."

"I was well aware, and that was why I chose him."

Turles looked to the side to see Magatsuhi, severely scorched and with half of his body missing, emerge from the rubble "So you survived."

"Of course I did, though I will admit that it was close. I had to bulk up to 100% power for a few seconds, without that I would possibly have been much closer to death. Broly was quite a dangerous one, but in the end to me he was nothing but a failed experiment."

"Is that so?"

"Now then, I believe it's time for the next stage of our grand plan to start."

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Sesshomaru stopped abruptly in mid air and looked around "So I was right…"

"You feel it too?" asked Mirai.

"Yes. Magatsuhi survived the explosion, meaning that Broly's sacrifice was in vain. This world, as well as the entire universe, are in grave danger. We must return to the Lookout, we don't have time to dwell."

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Shin slowly wandered through the desert "Gohan… Kai… please… both of you… please be alive…" he stumbled forward and collapsed against a rock "Gohan… Kai… you both must be alive… without you… I don't know how we could stop the terror… of Magatsuhi… and his Kings of Destruction."

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Kai slowly crawled through a barren wasteland, unable to get to his feet "Gohan… please… you have to survive… you just have to…" then he passed out.

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Goku slowly came too, and once he had completely come around he bolted to his feet "Dammit Broly, you just had to go off on your own didn't you? Honestly, how stubborn can you be at times like this? I can still sense the energy of Magatsuhi and Frieza and the others, but I can't feel Broly's at all, or Gohan or Kai for that matter. I am picking up Mirai and Sesshomaru heading towards the Lookout, and I can feel Vegeta and the others there too. Maybe they can tell me what's going on." and he disappeared with Instant Transmission.

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Vegeta looked up and saw Mirai and Sesshomaru drop down "It's about time the two of you showed up."

Mirai hung his head "Sorry father. Where are the others?"

"17 brought the younger you and Goten here and knocked them out, he thought it was best to keep them away from something like this."

"That makes sense."

"So it's true, Magatsuhi has finally made his move."

"And now you two, as well as Son Goku, may be our last remaining hope if we wish to defeat him." Sesshomaru told him "I am unable to sense Son Gohan or Kai, or the Supreme Kai for that matter."

"This is complete chaos." Mirai pointed out "So what are we supposed to do now?"

"Our opponent is Magatsuhi, who has grown so powerful that the Supreme Kai has been left lying broken in the dirt and beings as powerful as Son Gohan and Broly have been swatted away like flies with a mere sweep of his hand. As we are now, the chances we have of stopping him are relatively slim."

"So what's your plan?" asked Vegeta.

"I believe that our first priority should be bringing the others up here in order to keep them safe, it may violate the rules-"

"But it's better than leaving them at the mercy of Magatsuhi down there." Mirai finished for him."

"Precisely."

"That's a good idea." a new voice cut in.

Vegeta and the rest looked and saw a beat up looking Goku appear before them "Well you took your sweet time getting here Kakarot."

"Sorry, but can you guys tell me what's been going on?"

"I will." Mirai offered "But first let's get Dende to heal you."

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Kagome suddenly flinched 'It's weird, but I can't help having some sort of bad feeling in my stomach…' she looked up at the sky, an ominous wind blowing through her hair 'Gohan…'

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Dende was quick to heal Goku's wounds that he received from the fight with Broly "Alright then Goku, you should be good to go."

Once his wounds were healed, Goku stood and stretched "Thanks Dende, I owe you."

Yamcha grinned "Perfect, now that we've got Goku, Mirai and Vegeta with us our chances of taking out Magatsuhi and his gang go way up!"

"...We'll see about that once you guys fill me in on the situation."

"Fill me in too."

Goku and the others looked, and to their surprise, they saw Piccolo standing there, the M on his forehead now gone, but his gi was shredded with dried blood all over his body "Piccolo… but I thought…"

"You thought that Gohan killed me? Come on and get real for a minute Goku, you of all people should know me better than that. Sure I'm nothing compared to the likes of you, Gohan or Broly, but I'm definitely no slouch. Sure it might have taken me a little longer than I had thought it would, seeing how the Demon King in me was pretty relentless, but during my battle with Gohan I came back to myself and I decided to use it as an opportunity to give him a final test in order to see if he could finally kill that soft edge that's always been holding me back. Needless to say, the kid made me proud."

"I see."

"Now then, what happened since then?"

Mirai sighed "It's a long story…"

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At the same time, Kagome, Erasa, Videl and the rest of the group finished gathering the Dragon Balls to revive everyone killed by Broly.

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Mirai finished explaining the situation, along with Sesshomaru "So yeah, that's about the size of it."

"...I see." Goku hung his head, with Piccolo doing the same "Something like that is just really hard to believe, to think that Gohan and Kai, the Supreme Kai and even Broly were all killed by Magatsuhi."

"It's just like I thought." Vegeta noted "Magatsuhi's levels of power and durability are at a level far beyond anything we could ever hope to imagine. At our current levels we don't have a hope in hell of stopping him and his group, he'll just wipe out this planet then move on to take over the entire universe."

"Yeah that's definitely the negative side of this situation." Krillin noted "But on the positive side of this, at least we've got you guys, Mirai and 17, who can hold his own against the likes of a Super Saiyan 2."

"Weren't you listening? Gohan and Broly were both far more powerful than all of us combined, if they couldn't defeat Majin Buu then what chance do the rest of us have."

"But-"

"Krillin, that's enough." Goku cut him off "Vegeta's right, even if we all banded together we don't stand a chance of stopping Magatsuhi. He's gathered almost every foe we've ever faced before, all of them being way stronger than we remember them being, and he's hundreds of times stronger than all of them combined. We can't win."

"Yeah but this is you we're talking about!"

"I'm not invincible Krillin, the fight with Cell should've made that clear!" there was a clear edge in his voice "Gohan and Broly both used every bit of power they could muster when they were fighting Magatsuhi, but they couldn't even scratch him. I'm sorry, but right now there's nothing we could do."

"...Well I guess that's it, if you, Gohan and Broly can't win then it's really over."

"Dammit!" Goku clenched his fists "Why did Gohan and Broly have to die? If at least one of them had lived they maybe we could've- No, I doubt they'd ever agree to it. Vegeta's still here, but there's no way he would."

"You're thinking of the Metamorans Fusion technique right?" Piccolo guessed.

"Yeah, but considering how it's done I doubt anyone would agree to it. Besides, there's still no guarantee it'd be enough."

"Yeah you're probably right. We could try the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, send you and Vegeta in there and train until you're stronger than even Gohan or Broly." Tien suggested.

"And let Magatsuhi rampage across the world? That's way too risky. We have to assume that even in the best case scenario Magatsuhi and his allies would rampage across the Earth and slaughter the entire population, and he might even end up coming here and destroy the chamber while we're inside. That's a risk we can't take."

"Don't forget that we've still got the Dragon Balls to undo all of the damage." Vegeta pointed out.

"That's if we win."

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By this point, Kagome and the rest of the group had gathered all of the Dragon Balls and brought them back to Capsule Corp, where they summoned Shenron in order to bring back the people killed by Broly.

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"Alright, I'll use Instant Transmission so I can grab Chichi and Bulma and the rest and bring them up here-" Goku paused when he realized that the sky was growing dark "It got dark all of a sudden. Don't tell me, did the others summon Shenron?"

"It must've been Bulma." Yamcha noted "She's the only one who could've possibly gathered all of the Dragon Balls and on top of that she doesn't have a clue about what's been happening so far, so why would she summon him?"

"Broly would be my guest." 17 suggested "Don't forget that Babidi made him go nuts at the World Martial Arts Tournament and he massacred a lot of people this morning, my guess is that they're trying to wish them all back."

"This isn't good." Dende pointed out "If the others use up all three wishes then it's gonna be a whole other year before we can try again."

"Okay, I'll go stop them right away." Goku quickly tried to blitz away with Instant Transmission, but failed "Dammit, I can't locate the energy of Bulma or anyone else." so he concentrated even harder "Okay, now I've got it." and he disappeared.

"...He's kind of slow." Inuyasha commented, speaking for the first time since Goku and the others had arrived.

Vegeta snorted "You have no idea."

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In a brilliant golden light, Shenron emerged from the Dragon Balls 'Oh great, it's these guys again.'

"No way, that's just unreal." Erasa muttered.

Kagome nodded "I know, I've seen it at least twice already and I still can't get over how majestic it looks."

"I will grant you 3 wishes, speak now so that I may return to my slumber."

Videl's jaw dropped to the ground "Am I dreaming, or did that dragon just talk?"

"Speak your first wish."

"Let me handle this one everybody." Kagome told them "Shenron, please bring back everyone who was killed today, with the exception being those who hold evil in their hearts."

"Very well, I have heard your first wish and it shall now be granted." Shenron's eyes glowed red as he fulfilled the wish, bringing back everyone who had been killed by Broly, as well as Kibito, unknown to anyone else "Now speak your second wish so that I may fulfill it."

"Crap, second wish? That means I'm too late!"

Kagome and the rest looked to see Goku appear "Goku, what are you doing here? And what happened to Gohan and the others?"

"Look now really isn't the best time for that Kagome, I'll tell you guys everything once we take this somewhere else." he put a finger to his temple "Hey Dende, can you hear me?"

"Yes."

"I got here too late, by the time I showed up Shenron had already granted them the first wish but only that so far. What should we do now?"

"Well it could be worse, please tell him that he doesn't have to grant any of the other two wishes for the time being. If they've only used one then we can summon him again in 4 months and then use the rest."

"Really? Okay, oh and one more thing. It looks like all of our families have gathered here so could you tell Krillin and the others that I'll bring them back with me?"

"Of course, I'll pass that along right away."

"Right, thanks. Shenron, thanks for the help but we're not gonna be needing anymore wishes today."

"If that is all then I bid you farewell." then Shenron disappeared, the sky returned to normal, and the Dragon Balls scattered.

"Okay, I guess it's not that bad."

"Goku, what in the world was all that business about?" asked Bulma "What in the world is going on that could have you so worked up?"

"A lot of things, none of them good."

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Kibito stared at himself for a moment, trying to process everything "There's no question that I had been killed by Dabura's attack, have I somehow been brought back to life? It's some sort of miracle." then he remembered Shin "Supreme Kai, are you alright?" then he froze, feeling how weak Shin's Ki was "Excellent, he's still alive after all." he quickly took off in search of Shin as fast as he could.

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Shin continued stumbling along a path through a barren wasteland "Gohan and Kai… they're both out there… they're still alive… I know they are…" then he finally gave out and collapsed to the ground.

This was when Kibito found him and quickly dropped to the ground "Yes sir, at last I've finally found you! Supreme Kai are you alright? Please wake up. Oh thank goodness, I haven't arrived too late." he quickly healed Shin using his powers.

Shin slowly came around and got to his feet "What? Kibito? But I saw you being slain by Dabura, how could you be here?"

"My best guess… would be the Dragon Balls…" a weak voice rasped out.

Shin look and saw Kai stumbling towards him, only to collapse "Kai!"

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Goku finished explaining the situation to the others "So that's that, I'm gonna need to take all of you up to the Lookout. Krillin and Vegeta and everyone else are waiting for us up there. Alright, now everyone grab onto me so I can do Instant Transmission."

"Very well." Miroku and Sango were the first ones to grab onto him, then Shippo and Kohaku, then everyone else.

"Okay."

Videl was still dumbstruck 'Am I really living in a world where stuff like this happens all the time and I'm only now finding out?'

"Alright, everybody be sure to hold tight. Let's go." and they all disappeared.

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Kibito quickly healed Kai using his powers "His injuries are serious but not life threatening, I can heal them fairly easily."

"But I still don't understand though." Shin told him "I was sure that you were dead, how can you be here?"

"Yes, it is a mystery to me as well."

"Indeed."

"My best guess would be the Dragon Balls." Kai told him "They probably used them to bring back everyone who was killed today, which explains why the big guy is here. But nevermind that now, we've gotta get a move on."

"Yes you're right, Gohan is in mortal danger."

"We can't allow him to die, I don't care what either of you say." and he quickly took off into the air as fast as he could.

Shin quickly followed him, with Kibito doing the same "Right, under no circumstances can we allow Gohan to die."

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Gohan still lay unconscious on the floor of a remote forest area, dried blood all over his body after pouring from his wounds.

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Kai led the group across the skies when he felt it "Tell me, do you guys feel that? All of those massive Ki signatures gathered together?"

Shin nodded "Yes, it must be Magatsuhi and his forces."

"I'd recognize Bojack's anywhere, he's the one that almost did me in. Still though, I'm a little bit unnerved. The fact that he hasn't made his move yet despite having already freed Majin Buu must mean that he's planning something really big. The worst case scenario-"

"-is that Magatsuhi and his forces and up either destroying or conquering the entirety of this universe. That is indeed the worst case scenario Kai but I wouldn't necessarily call it as hopeless as that just yet, I'm beginning to notice the smallest ray of light in the distance."

"And I'm guess that optimism of yours has something to do with Gohan and his awesome reserves of power?"

"Not just Gohan, you as well. I'm well aware that Gohan is half Saiyan and the Dragon Saiyan for that matter, which is why I had expected him to be incredibly powerful. However, you had actually surprised me. For a full blooded Earthling, your fighting capabilities and reserves of power are truly remarkable."

"Come on, I'm not that good. Sure I could take weaklings like the Ginyu Force and squash them like flies now, but guys like Tien, Krillin and Yamcha are still way ahead of me. It only makes sense, I've only been training for about 3 years and they've been at it for their entire lives."

"Then that makes it even more remarkable. You may not realize this Kai, but I did when I saw your match against Tien Shinhan during the first round of the tournament. With that technique you had developed, the Zen Ryuken, your power had even surpassed the likes of Tien and was beyond even Gohan when he had become a Super Saiyan."

"...Seriously?"

"Yes, both you and Gohan have levels of power far greater than Kibito and I could have imagined and you both have the potential to reach levels even more extraordinary. For all we know, you yourself might be able to defeat Majin Buu while Gohan is the only one capable of destroying Magatsuhi."

"You mean I could destroy something as powerful as Majin Buu?"

"I understand how difficult it may be to fathom but I saw how amazing you were, you even held your own against the likes of Bojack for a short while."

"But I got swatted aside."

"Maybe but it's still astounding. Still though we must hurry and find Gohan soon, his energy is growing weaker by the minute but I can sense him coming from those woods."

"Yeah you're right." Kai stopped above the forest "It's definitely close- Wait, I think I can see him!" he spotted Gohan on the forest floor unconscious and quickly floated to the ground to check on him "He's still alive but just barely, and he's in even worse shape than you and I were."

"Oh good, so there's hope. Kibito, hold off on restoring Gohan's power until after we've arrived on the World of the Kais."

Kibito's head snapped towards him "Sir, do you mean to say that you honestly intend to allow two mere mortals to set foot inside of the hollow World of the Kais? That revered sanctuary which not even the Grand Kai himself is permitted to enter."

"Yes that's correct, now let's get going. Kai Kai!" and they disappeared.

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Goku appeared on the Lookout with everyone else "Alright, everybody's here."

"Hold on, Bulma what about your parents?" asked Krillin.

Bulma shrugged "They said they couldn't bare to leave their animals behind and they casually pointed out that if they are killed that if they are killed then we can just wish them back to life with the Dragon Balls."

"Yeah that sounds like your parents alright."

"Nevermind that now." Chichi cut in "Why aren't Gohan and Goten here?"

'Oh crap.'

"And what about Kai and Broly?" asked Kagome.

'Double crap.'

"Krillin, what's going on?"

Goku stepped forward and breathed out a deep sigh 'Now or never I guess. There's no easy way for me to put this, so I'm just gonna come right out and say it alright? Trunks and Goten are safe inside the look out, but I doubt they're gonna wake up before this is over. But then that's where things get bad… I'm afraid that Gohan, Kai and Broly are all dead."

Everyone froze dead in their tracks.

"Gohan and Kai were both killed by Magatsuhi and Bojack respectively, and Broly sacrificed himself to take Magatsuhi down with him in a self destruct attack. It failed." he gave everyone a minute to process.

'No… not Gohan…' Chichi promptly fainted, one of the few times her reacting that way would be appropriate.

Erasa was still processing the information "Gohan… Kai… they can't be… he can't be dead… he just can't be…"

"Erasa…" Videl wrapped her in a hug in an attempt to comfort her.

Kagome just stood there, tears streaming down her face 'He can't be… I can't accept that… not again… I can't lose him again… Gohan…'

Mirai wrapped his arms around her in a comforting hug, refusing to shed tears 'Gohan, I failed you again. Please, forgive me.'

Goku gripped his fists 'Gohan, I'm sorry… I should've been there…'

"Goku." a voice snapped him out of this thoughts "This is a fine mess that we're finding ourselves in isn't it?"

Goku looked and saw Korin approach him "Korin, good you're here."

"I couldn't stand by and do nothing at a time like this. Goku this foe has allied himself with some of the most dangerous enemies you and the others have ever faced before including the likes of Frieza and Cell, and he himself is far more powerful than all of you combined. We're dealing with something pure evil, conquering and destruction is their only objective."

"Yeah, I know. We need to think, there has to be a way to stop him. We're running out of time."

"You've got that part right." a pair of feet touched the ground "You guys are running out of time, and you don't have much to begin with."

Inuyasha let out a low snarl "You… Bankotsu."

Sure enough, Bankotsu of the Band of Seven stood before them, Banryu over his shoulder, as he ran a hand through his hair "Hey."

Goku held out a hand, motioning for the others to stand back so they wouldn't be caught in the crossfire, and slowly walked forward to meet Bankotsu, with Inuyasha following "Why are you here? Did Magatsuhi send you to try and finish us off?"

"Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not in this for Magatsuhi and I'm not here to try and fight any of you. I'm here to offer you my help."

Inuyasha scoffed "Why the hell should we believe you of all people?"

"Because Magatsuhi recruited me from Hell along with Frieza and the others, I know how his abilities work and how he revived Frieza and the rest. I also know how you guys can become strong enough to stand up to them in the time limit he set."

"What time limit?" asked Goku.

"Well Magatsuhi did send me here sure, but aside from giving you his message I'm here for my own personal agenda."

"What message?"

"He knows that Sesshomaru and the bowlcut got away and that Broly didn't finish the job with you or the others, so he sent me here with this message. He's offering you guys a chance to surrender and acknowledge him as the ruler of this planet or else your lives are forfeit and so is this world. The time limit is one week. I can give you information, weaknesses and the like, that might help you win this fight." he held out his hand as he stuck Banryu into the ground "So do we have a deal?"

Goku looked around at the others, then turned back to Bankotsu and slowly returned the handshake "We have a deal. But first I need to know, why would you want to help us?"

"To explain that, I'm gonna have to explain about Magatsuhi recruiting everyone else first and how he went back in time to begin with." he shot a look in Kagome's direction "Kagome, do you remember that wish you made on the Shikon Jewel?"

Kagome nodded slowly "I wished that the Shikon Jewel would disappear forever, I thought it was the correct wish."

"Well it was in a few aspects, the jewel itself was destroyed but Magatsuhi was sent back in time about 10,000 years, where he met Bibidi, you know the guy who created Majin Buu to begin with, and pretended to form an alliance with him. But after all but one of the Supreme Kai's had been killed by Buu, Magatsuhi turned on Bibidi and killed him, then absorbed him and gained all of his sorcerer abilities. Using these new powers, he created a new and totally defiled version of the Shikon Jewel and stuck it in Buu, rendering his wild and uncontrollable nature completely nonexistent. He figured he shouldn't mess with his past in the Feudal Era so when he returned to Earth he decided not to release Buu from the travelling ball, instead he figured he should wait for all of his potential allies to be killed by you guys."

"But when did he start recruiting them?"

"Well from what I know he recruited Frieza about 6 months ago and told him about how much you yourself were progressing after freeing him from his prison in Hell. Frieza decided that since he had never trained a day in his life, he would spend the next 6 months training and unlock his latent potential. Mirai saw the results of that training first hand, and that was without him using his new transformation."

"Go into that bit later. When did he recruit the others?"

"Well he recruited Turles while you guys were fighting Cell, and Slug after you guys killed Bojack. He recruited Cell, Android 13 and Bojack after the whole thing where Gohan and the others fought Janemba while you were being resurrected on New Namek."

"But how are Janemba and Hirudegarn with him?"

"Well when Gohan's Dragon Supernova Storm obliterated the physical mass encasing the evil energy that Janemba was made of, but Magatsuhi absorbed the evil energy while everyone was tending to Gohan's injuries, then made a sort of makeshift host by using Bibidi's power that he absorbed in order to give Janemba's evil energy a physical form. As for the big monster, well his name is Hirudegarn. Mirai fought him in that timeline."

"Along with several enemies using dark jewels." Mirai pointed out "How did Magatsuhi take control of them?"

"He used that demon sword that you brought with you, the Sounga, as a sort of makeshift portal between the two timelines and corrupted those enemies with his dark jewels. Even though you destroyed the Sounga, Magatsuhi was able to recall the dark jewel back from your timeline and Hirudegarn with it."

"I see."

"Turles, Slug, Android 13, Cell, Bojack, Majin Buu, Janemba, Hirudegarn and Frieza. Counting Magatsuhi himself too, that makes 10 in all."

"But how did he bring them back to life?" asked Goku.

"...Considering how dangerous they all were when they were alive, Frieza, Cell, Bojack, Turles, Slug and Android 13 were all put in special prisons in separated areas of Hell. In order to recruit them without arousing any suspicion, Magatsuhi replaced them with 6 other souls from Hell, making sure nobody would notice since the prisons weren't empty. What really makes my blood boil and turned me against him is what souls he used."

"Who was it?"

"My fellow brothers from the Band of Seven. To them they're nothing but pawns, I wouldn't care if it was just me but if you mess with my brothers then that's where I draw the line."

"So you're not here just to help us, you're also here to save your brothers."

"Yeah, exactly."

"...Alright I'll put in a good word with King Yemma later, but only if you tell us how we can get strong enough to stand up to Magatsuhi before this week is up."

"I never said you'd be able to stand up to Magatsuhi, Gohan is the only one capable of defeating him. But at the very least, you guys should be able to take out Frieza and the other Kings of Destruction. You see, Magatsuhi has been watching Gohan's life since he was born in an attempt to find some sort of weakness. That was his biggest mistake."

"How so?"

"Because he only started watching Gohan when he was born, in his arrogance didn't even bother to pay attention to your childhood and that was a huge mistake on his part."

"What are you saying, that in order to get strong enough to stand up to these Kings of Destruction we have to use something from when I was a kid?"

"Exactly." he looked over in Korin's direction "Hey cat with the cane that's twice your height, you know what I'm talking about don't you?"

"What are you-" then Korin paused "Bankotsu was it? Surely you're not suggesting what I think you are."

"It's the only option they've got at this point."

"What option?" asked Goku "I don't get it, what are we supposed to do?"

"Sure this planet might be full of weaklings that are easily impressionable by that oaf with the afro but it does have some interesting tricks up its sleeve, one of which you should know all too well. You got strong enough to take out your own Demon King."

"What are you-" then Goku froze "You don't mean what I think you mean."

"Yes I do, in order for you guys to get strong enough you have to drink the Ultra Divine Water and unlock your true potential."

"But I already did that like 20 years ago, back when I fought King Piccolo."

"No you didn't, sure you survived but that was nowhere near your full potential. All you did was get the basic ordinary Saiyan's Zenkai boost. Your body just wasn't able to withstand bringing out all of your potential at once at the moment. Don't forget that you were weaker than Raditz back then."

"It makes sense." Vegeta cut in "Bringing out one's full power is completely useless if your body can't withstand it, just look at Frieza when he went full power."

"Or when someone overdoes the Kaioken. But anyway, if you two drink it now then you should at least be able to put up one hell of a fight and maybe even take out Frieza."

"Oh trust me, I'll be doing that myself."

"I wasn't talking to you midget, I'm talking about Goku. He's the one that has the best chance of winning that fight. But first we need someone to go and bring it here?"

"I'll do it." Kagome suddenly cut in "I'll go get this Ultra Divine Water and bring it back for you guys."

Goku looked at her with concern "Look Kagome I appreciate the offer but-"

"No Goku, this is something I have to do. Gohan, Kai and Broly tried to go up against Magatsuhi and were all swatted aside like flies. I'm going to do everything I can to stop Magatsuhi's Kings of Destruction, he's taken too many innocent lives already. I know I'll probably be no match for him, but I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't try. I'm not scared and I'm not going to hide, I'm going to stand with you and the others."

"...Is that your final say?"

"Yes it is."

"Alright then, I can see how badly you want this. If this is your decision then I'm not going to stop you, but I'm also not going to let you go alone."

"I'll go with her." Shippo offered "Would that help?"

"Yeah it would, thanks. Now first, we'll head down to meet up with Korin. Vegeta and I will go to buy you time." he grabbed Vegeta by the shoulder "But in the meantime, we've gotta show you how to get to the Ultra Divine Water."

"I can take over from here." Korin cut in.

"What exactly is this Ultra Divine Water anyway?" asked Kagome.

"It's water that's packed with mystical properties and magical zing, it will greatly enhance the abilities of the one who drinks it but you first have to track it down in order to drink it and enjoy its benefits. It's a perilous journey, far to the North there is a treacherous maze made entirely of ice. You'll first have to navigate through this icy labyrinth in order to obtain the water, it's hidden somewhere in a cave at the end. Many brave explorers have attempted to navigate through this maze in an attempt to reach the Ultra Divine Water only for them to never be heard from again."

"I see."

"So now that you know the peril involved what are you going to do? Do you still wish to seek it out?"

"Yes, I do. I can't afford to be afraid of a maze at a time like this, if we plan to have any chance of winning then I have to find the Ultra Divine Water."

"I see, well you've got guts I'll give you that much. Come on, I'll show you guys how to get to the start of the maze." and he led them down towards his tower.

"In the meantime, we'll go confront Magatsuhi." Goku grabbed Vegeta and disappeared.

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Korin led Kagome and Shippo down to his tower "Alright, so I guess it's settled."

"But how long is it going to take us to get to this ice labyrinth?" asked Shippo.

"As long as it takes the both of you to hop into that pot." Korin pointed to a loan pot sitting in the corner "It's a sort of portal that will take you there. Now before you two go I have one word of advice."

"What's that?"

"If you guys are dead set on going then there's one thing that you both absolutely must avoid."

"What?"

"Darkness, a Darkness blacker than the night itself. It shields the Ultra Divine Water with an illusion so cunning and mind breaking that the two of you may never escape its empty void once you're ensnared."

"We'll keep that in mind." Kagome leapt into the pot, with Shippo following.

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Kai looked around and the strange new world they had suddenly appeared on "Where are we?"

"This is the Sacred World of the Kai's." Shin told him "Alright Kibito, your restoration abilities should heal him quite nicely."

"Yes sir." Kibito quickly healed Gohan's injuries with his powers.

Gohan's injuries appeared and he quickly regained consciousness "What the- Kai, where are we? Supreme Kai, where on Earth are we?"

"We're not on Earth at all." Shin told him "You see Gohan, Kibito and I have brought you and Kai to my homeworld, the World of the Kais."

"This is your world, really? But then, does that mean that me and Kai are dead? And shouldn't we have halos or something like that?"

"No, neither of you perished in that battle. It was a close call yes, but both of you managed to pull through. The two of you are truly quite remarkable."

"But then why would you bring the two of us to a crazy place like this?"

"You don't refer to the World of the Kais as a crazy place!" Kibito barked "This is a sanctuary that neither lower Kai's nor guardians could ever hope to enter, much less mortals like the two of you."

"...Hold on a second, didn't you get killed by Dabura? Is death just nonexistent with you guys?"

"No it's not, it's a mystery but some sort of mysterious force has brought be back to life. There are powers at work on your planet, powers far beyond what we realized."

"Looks like me and Kai slept through a lot, so why exactly did the two of you bring the two of us here?"

"I've been wanting to ask that the same thing Supreme Kai, so why would you bring two mere mortals to sacred grounds such as these?"

Shin grinned confidently "We're going to use the Z Sword in order to strike down Magatsuhi's Kings of Destruction, I'm certain that either Gohan or Kai would have the spirit required to wield its incredible power."

"What?! Not the Z Sword, are you sure that you're in your proper state of mind Supreme Kai?! There is no way that a mere mortal could possibly use the Z Sword let alone use it, despite all of my efforts I have never been able to make that legendary weapon budge any more than any of the other Supreme Kais who tried their hand before me!"

"You were dead through it Kibito, so you never got the chance to see it. Gohan and Kai both possess tremendous levels of power that I would never have expected either."

"But you need more than brute strength to wield the Z Sword sir!"

"In any event there's no harm in letting them at least try it. Gohan and Kai both of you please come with me, we'll put one of you through the test." he took to the air.

"Alright." Gohan and Kai took off after him.

"A mere mortal laying his hands on the Z Sword? What is he thinking?" Kibito promptly took off after them.

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Kagome opened her eyes and saw the icy labyrinth "So this is it."

"Hey you two, up here!" Korin called from above "Listen to me, if you guys manage to find the water then be sure to return to this exact spot and I'll pull the both of you back up again."

"Got it." and she walked off to start the maze, with Shippo following "It's so cold here, I guess I should've brought a jacket or something."

"I can fix that." Shippo placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her body to glow orange for a brief second.

"Okay that's better, thanks Shippo. Where did you learn all of these abilities?"

"500 years will do that, I've been training since you and Gohan went inside that Meido after we beat Naraku and now I'm a 1st rank fox demon."

"Amazing." then she looked ahead "Well it doesn't look as bad as I thought it would, and it's definitely nowhere near as bad as Mount Hakurei." and they started walking forward, only for her to nearly lose her shit and hide behind Shippo.

"What's the matter?"

She just pointed to where she saw a frozen body on the side of the path.

"Poor guy, he must've gotten lost in the maze. Well lucky for us we've got my Foxfire powers or else we'd end up like him soon, still though we'd better hurry." then Shippo heard a crash and looked back to see the path disappear behind them "Kagome brace yourself, I think something's coming. I've got a bad feeling about this."

Then a large snow cyclone emerged from the cracks in the ground and took on the form of a massive ice monster, which promptly unleashed a massive blizzard.

Shippo grabbed Kagome by the waist "Kagome just stand back, I'm gonna take care of this one myself." he let go and charged "Fox Transformation: Nine Tails!" he transformed into a Nine Tailed Fox and slashed at the ice monster, ripping off its upper body as well as one of its arms, before he transformed back "Darn it, I still can't maintain that transformation for very long."

The ice monster regenerated.

"Shippo get back!" Kagome summoned a bow and arrow made of purple and pink Ki and fired the arrow, piercing the ice monster in the head, to no avail "That's unreal, it's like it didn't faze him at all."

Then the ice monster lunged at them, but then suddenly stopped as the head evaporated into nothing.

"Woah."

"I guess your spiritual power has a delayed effect."

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Magatsuhi stood on a mountaintop, leering down at a city 'Such fools, they will all soon be grovelling beneath my feet.' then he looked back and smirked "My my, this is quite the honor isn't it?"

Goku appeared with Vegeta, both of them remaining rather stoic "I don't know if I would call it that. So you're Magatsuhi, we finally meet."

"And you two are Son Goku and Vegeta, I've heard much about you."

"I have to say that you're every bit the monster I had expected you to be."

"And you're every bit as foolish as Frieza made you out to be, coming here to challenge me like this."

"Who said we're here to challenge you? As much as I would love to settle this right now after what you did to my son and the rest, as things stand at the moment I think we both know that even together Vegeta and I don't stand a chance in hell of beating you. But we only need one week, then we're coming back and we're going to take you out."

"That's one of the richest things I've ever heard, you're too weak to fight today but tomorrow the two of you are magically going to defeat all 10 of us?"

"That's right."

"Nonsense, what difference could a day possibly make?"

"You'd be surprised. Bankotsu told us about your offer, you already know our answer but you better keep your word and don't cause any sort of havoc until then. Got it?"

Magatsuhi's smirk only widened.

"Now then, let's be sure to make it a match for the books." and they both disappeared.

"That's the spirit, of course that's assuming there's anyone left to right the books once I'm through with this world."

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"Come on!" Shippo grabbed Kagome and let her down an ice slide in the maze, until they reached the end of the slide and into a deep ravine.

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Gohan looked down at the landscape as he flew through the skies "The landscape on this world really is beautiful, it actually reminds me a lot of the countryside back home."

"You're lucky to live in a place like that." Kai pointed out "After all, the reason why I chose that place outside Tokyo to train is because it reminds me of your home." then he noticed Kibito scowling at them "Alright big guy, if you've got something to say then say it already."

"Those tattered rags you two refer to as clothing are an insult to this sacred place." Kibito told them, then pointed two fingers at them and materialized new outfits for them, very similar to the one worn by Shin.

"Huh."

Shin chuckled "You know, the two of you are very well suited to those outfits."

"You really think so?"

"Yes- Up ahead you two, that's where it is." they landed on a tall yet very narrow plateau that had a sword stuck deep into the ground "This is it, this is the Z Sword, the weapon of legend as of almost as much fame as the Dragon Saiyan. One of you see if you are able to draw it from the rock, if what I've heard is true then nobody has been able to do so in all of its history."

Kai knelt down in front of the Z Sword "A sword stuck in stone that only one worthy and of great power can free? Why does that sound familiar? I think I've heard something like that back on Earth. Oh well, no time for that now." he gripped the Z Sword.

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Shippo opened his eyes and looked around "Oh yeah, we fell down that ice slide and ran into a giant wall of ice." he looked and saw Kagome unconscious next to him, so he quickly morphed his size took her onto his back "We'd better get moving." he started walking along the path in hopes of finding the Ultra Divine Water.

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Goku appeared back on the Lookout "We're back."

"So how did it go?" asked Tien "Do you think we've got a shot at winning?"

"As we are now, he'd kill us before we could even blink. Right now we've gotta hope that Kagome and Shippo can get the Ultra Divine Water and bring it back here."

"Yeah well that aside we've got bigger problems, Goten and Trunks are awake and they wanna know what's going on."

'...Crap, I didn't even think about that. Okay, what I think we should do is-"

"We tell them." Vegeta cut him off "It's not like we have any other choice right now and don't forget that they're both Super Saiyans even if they are young."

"Yeah but how are we gonna tell Chichi and Bulma?"

"We don't. It's simple, we get Piccolo to tell them."

"Oh yeah, good point."

"I'm sorry I took so long."

Goku looked up to see Cooler drop down from above "Cooler!"

"I apologize for missing so much, but I had to get help." he gestured to two figures standing behind him, neither one of them having halos.

"Is that…"

"Hey Kakarot." one of them held up two fingers.

"Hey Raditz, long time no see!" Goku gave his classic Son grin.

"When the hell did you become buddy buddy with him?" asked Vegeta.

"Well I spent a lot of time training in Hell and I met up with them while I was trying to subdue Cell and the others once. I met Raditz and felt that he deserved to know the truth, and after that we started training and growing closer. I even showed him how to reach Super Saiyan. The three Ginyu guys are alright too, it turns out they're really fun once you get to know them. As for the other one…"

The last one, who looked just like Goku, only with a scar and a crimson headband, slowly stepped forward "Kakarot."

'So that's him… Bardock. I'm glad I finally got to meet you… father. I just wish it could've been under better circumstances."

Bardock nodded "So do I, but right now there's no time to lament. Cooler filled us in on the situation, but what's happened since then?"

"Nothing good I can tell you that much. What are you guys doing here though?"

"I brought them to help." Cooler told him "A few months ago I used the Namekian Dragon Balls to have these two wished back

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Kai gripped the hilt of the Z Sword and attempted to pull it out "Come on… Wait hold on a second guys, just one quick question."

"What is it?" asked Shin.

"Once I pull this thing out of the ground it's not like anything dangerous is gonna happen here is it?"

"It is said that whoever wields it gains power, tremendous amounts of power in fact." Kibito told him "Enough to defeat even the likes of Majin Buu in single combat."

"...Good to know, I guess this thing must be seriously sharp."

"It's not like you'll be able to pull it out-"

"Will you shut your trap! I swear you are this close to joining Broly, this close!"

"You insignificant-"

"Kibito, that's enough." Shin cut him off "Please just let Kai have his turn. Now Kai, remember to concentrate and pull with everything you have. We believe in you."

"Right." Kai gripped the handle and began struggling, pulling on the handle with every ounce of strength he had, but he eventually lost his grip and fell back, his face firmly slamming into the ground beneath him "Ow…" he tried to cool the burning feeling on his hand "Ow, ow, ow!"

"Are you alright man?" asked Gohan "I still think you can do it, don't forget that that wasn't even close to your full power."

"Yeah I know, just let me give it another shot. Zen Ryuken: Level 2!" he powered up the second level of his Zen Ryuken technique.

Kibito smirked "Using this technique that you've created is impressive but it's nothing more than a move of desperation that won't help. How can a lowly mortal like you expect to pull out an artifact that even countless Supreme Kai's have been unable to wield?"

"That's it! Masenko!" Kai sent him flying with a Masenko, then went back to concentrating, and with great strain and a furious roar, he managed to pull the sword out.

Shin grinned triumphantly "Excellent Kai, you did it!"

"Yeah how do you like that jackass?!"

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Kibito let out a grunt "Well I guess I was wrong about you."

Kai snorted "What was your first clue, when I sent you flying with one attack or when I pulled this baby out of the ground?"

"Why don't you try swinging it around?" Shin suggested "Tell me Kai, do you feel the power of the Z Sword coursing within you?"

"Let's find out." Kai struggled to lift it, barely keeping on his feet "Well I'm feeling something but I'm not sure it's power, is this thing supposed to feel this heavy? As much as I'd hate to burst everyone's bubble, but I'm really not feeling any kind of Z Sword power coursing through my body either."

"Well that is indeed strange."

"Yeah no kidding, unless something changes there's no way I'm gonna beat anything with this thing, let alone something like Majin Buu."

"Take that back!" Kibito barked "You have no idea what you're talking about, the Z Sword is the greatest weapon in the Sacred World of the Kai's. It's more than capable of defeating Buu, it's you not so long as you keep staggering around like a weakling straining to hold it up. Only when you can brandish it with ease will you be able to face Magatsuhi's Kings of Destruction and conquer any of them in battle."

"That's easy for you to say, you haven't tried to carry this heavy piece of crap. Come on smartass, let's see you give it a shot. Go ahead, grab it."

Kibito did so, and it immediately fell to the ground while he fell on his ass.

"See? I wasn't screwing around, it really is heavy."

Kibito tried to pick but only ended up hurting his hands, but he quickly regained his composure and tried to save some dignity "It wasn't that heavy."

"I think what the three of us just witnessed would beg to differ."

"...Well the point is that you need to be able to control the Z Sword like it's an extension of your arm!"

"Uh huh."

"He's kind of got a point." Gohan admitted "Your form with that sword is way off, in a straight up sword fight you'd lose before you could even blink."

"So what do you suggest?"

"What do you think?" Gohan drew his Ryuuga katana "Kendo matches just like when we were in junior high."

"Oh hell yeah!"

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Goten was horrified when he learned about what happened "No, that can't be true! You're lying, you have to be!"

Goku grimly shook his head "I'm sorry son, but it's the truth."

"No!" Goten's eyes were wide and shining with tears, his voice coming out in a sob filled with anguish, his eyes now shining with complete and utter fury "That… monster…" electricity began to crackle around his body, and with a roar of fury that reached to the heavens he was engulfed in a pillar of golden light, shaking the entire Lookout. When the light dissipated, Goten emerged in a Super Saiyan form, his hair standing up and his aura crackling with electricity "I'm going to rip him apart!"

'He went Super Saiyan 2 at his age!' he knelt down and put both of his hands firmly on Goten's shoulders "Goten listen to me, I know you want to avenge your brother and I do too but neither you or I are strong enough yet."

"So I'm supposed to just stand around and do nothing?"

"Nope. See, Kagome went off to get something that's going to make us a lot stronger. After I use it, we'll train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber together alright?"

"...Fine, but I don't like it."

"I don't either."

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Shippo led Kagome onwards and looked around for the Ultra Divine Water "No sign of this Ultra Divine Water yet."

"Well we've gotta keep looking." Kagome pointed out.

"Yeah I know, with Gohan gone the world might depend on it." he looked and noticed a fork in the path, with one road leading upwards and the other leading downwards.

"I think we should split up from here, you go up and I'll go down. If neither of us find anything then we'll meet back here in an hour." and she walked off before he could say anything.

"...Sometimes she can be too stubborn for her own good." and Shippo reluctantly went along the upper path.

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Kagome continued along the path downwards into the cave 'Come on Kagome, you can't let yourself get scared of the dark, not at a time like this.' she sensed a Ki signature and whipped around, and her eyes shot wide "G-Gohan?"

Sure enough, Gohan stood in front of her as if nothing had happened "Yes, in the flesh Kagome."

"You're still alive…"

"Beauty never dies, which is why you've survived as long as you have. So what brings you down here?"

"Oh right I forgot, your dad sent me and Shippo down here to find the Ultra Divine Water and bring it back to the Lookout. You don't know where it is do you?"

"I do. Follow me." he started leading her onwards down the path.

"You're moving kinda fast." she struggled to follow him, only for her to suddenly stop.

Gohan noticed this and looked back "What is the matter Kagome?"

"You're trying to lead me away from the Ultra Divine Water aren't you?"

"...So you've noticed. Very well, since you insist on seeking the water then I will have to kill you."

"Like I thought, you're not the real Gohan."

That was when Gohan flared his aura, still in his base form, sending debris from the ground flying towards her "Give up Kagome, you do not stand a chance."

"Heavenly Spear!" Kagome summoned a purple spear made of her spiritual Ki and threw it forward, piercing through all of the debris with ease.

Gohan caught the spear in his hand "This Ultra Divine Water is sacred, it is not meant for the likes of humans. Your presence defiles it, you must leave this holy place or your life will be forfeit.

"None of this is real and you're not Gohan, you're nothing like him!" she clenched her fist, causing the spear to detonate.

Gohan emerged from the blast with minor wounds "I will show you real girl." he sent several more debris flying at her "Is this real enough for you?"

Kagome held out her hands and created a purple dome made of her spiritual Ki "Real or not I've had enough of this."

"Kagome!" that was when Shippo suddenly dropped down from above "I guess the paths meet up again later."

"I guess so."

Gohan blitzed in front of them "This farce is over."

Kagome looked back and saw the edge of a cliff behind them, so she stepped forward "Shippo get out of here, I'll deal with him."

"You would be wiser to have your friend stay, though it would not increase the odds of your victory."

"I'm not going to let you hurt him, if you're going to fight anyone then let it be me."

"Why would you potentially sacrifice your own life in order to save this little fox demon?"

"He's my friend and I don't care what happens to me, but I'm not going to let you hurt him."

"...I see." then Gohan suddenly disappeared in a white light, followed by the entire cavern shaking.

"Shippo, hold on!" Kagome quickly grabbed him, only to find them both safe and sound on the cavern floor "What the-?" then she noticed a large black creature emerge in front of them, but she put on a brave face "Show your true face, who are you?"

"I am Darkness, the guardian of the Ultra Divine Water, and you have proven yourself worthy. Look."

Kagome looked and saw a pot and a cup on a small table "Is this it? Is this the Ultra Divine Water?"

"Yes. The sacred liquid is very dangerous, one must be both mentally and physically strong in order to survive it's effects. For those who are unsuited, it means certain death."

"But it will make the one who drinks it stronger like Master Korin said right?"

"There is no guarantee. The Ultra Divine Water takes advantage of special powers held deep within you. If you have no special power then nothing will change, only those who carry a special power will become stronger. The others, if too weak, will die."

"Just like Korin said. So Darkness, how many people have drank the Ultra Divine Water before me?"

"14 people in total."

'So that includes Goku. How many have survived its effects?"

"Only one has survived."

"...I'll do it."

"Are you sure about this?" asked Shippo "Like he said, if you drink it then it might end up killing you."

"I'm willing to risk it. Gohan would be willing to risk it, and after everything he's gone through to protect us it's only right that I do too. Besides there's nothing else that we can do, we have to bring it back to Goku and the others or we won't be able to defeat Magatsuhi." she suddenly forced the entire cup, then grabbed her throat and began squirming around on the ground in pain, images flashing through her mind of her time in the Feudal Era, her time with Gohan, and everything she went through up to drinking the water.

"It's alright Kagome, just hang in there for a little longer. You're strong enough to bare this, I know you are."

Kagome refused to cry out in pain despite the sheer amount she was feeling.

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Goku suddenly froze when he sensed the Ki "That incredible power, is that what I think it is?"

"Does that mean that Kagome and Shippo did it?" asked Inuyasha.

"You can sense it can't you? That Ki is both unnaturally pure and insanely huge, it can only be her. I guess Kagome really is the one that Korin meant, the one that can survive the trials of the Ultra Divine Water and unlock the true effects. All I really got from it was this feeling that I got way stronger."

"Then that means that whatever it was supposed to do, it didn't." Vegeta told him "All you got from it was the typical Saiyan Zenkai."

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Shippo watched as Kagome stopped squirming "Kagome, are you alright?"

Kagome slowly climbed back to her feet "What… What happened?"

"You did it Kagome, you survived!" Shippo threw his arms around her "I had faith that you'd do it, so do you feel any stronger?"

"...I'm not really sure, I do feel sort of different but I just can't explain it."

"Well you don't look any different."

"Yeah I guess."

"It is done."

"Thank you Darkness."

"You wish to take the Ultra Divine Water."

"Yes."

"Use it wisely, and remember my warning. Those who are not strong enough to bear its effects shall perish, even those who are already dead." and with that, Darkness disappeared.

"Let's go."

"We're going back?" asked Shippo "But we don't know how to get out of here."

Kagome looked up "I do, it's so clear now. Shippo grab onto me, we're leaving."

Shippo leapt onto her shoulder.

"Let's go." purple wings made of pure Ki suddenly sprouted from her back and she flew into the sky.

'Kagome…'

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Cooler frowned when he heard the story from Krillin and Piccolo "I see, so that's what's been happening after I left. If I had stayed-"

"-then you would've been killed too." Piccolo cut him off sharply "No offense but you being there wouldn't have made the slightest difference. Gohan and Broly were the two most powerful warriors that we had and Magatsuhi swatted them aside like flies, Kai even jumped in to help but he was killed so easily, and he was even stronger than Gohan as a Super Saiyan."

"It's a shame indeed, and he was the strongest fully human fighter we had."

"What about 17?"

"He's an android, he doesn't count-"

"Stop it, I've heard enough!" Erasa finally exploded "How can all of you be so sure that Kai and Gohan are dead?! It's not like we found their bodies or anything, so don't just sit around crying when there's no reason to!"

Yamcha let out a long sigh "Look Erasa, I know how completely unbelievable it might seem but that fact is that none of us are able to sense either of their Ki signatures anymore. I'm sorry, but the only explanation is that they're… gone."

"Well I don't believe it, I refuse to believe it. Kai and Gohan must be alive. I don't care what any of you say, I know that he's still out there. Please come back to me… Kai…'

'...He?'

Videl just watched silently 'Erasa…'

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Kagome ran back through the icy maze with Shippo on her shoulder "We have to hurry and get the Ultra Divine Water back to the others, it shouldn't be much longer!" she kept running, and after a few minutes she found herself back where she started "Hey Master Korin, are you there!"

Korin poked his head out in the sky "Hey Kagome, Shippo, is that you?"

"Yeah it's us, and we've got the Ultra Divine Water with us!"

'So she didn't die after all, she really is impressive.'

"Could you please let us out now?"

"Alright just hold on!" Korin whisks them back up and out through the jug, where they safely landed on the floor "Welcome back you two, I take it your mission was a success?"

"Right here." Kagome held up the pot containing the Ultra Divine Water "I do feel different though, somehow my whole body feels different. I feel this reservoir of power bubbling up inside of me either, I feel at peace too even more than I had ever thought possible with everything."

'Goku said that she would survive but I never considered just what it would mean, could this girl truly be the one? Well done, I'm impressed. I'd like to give you a little something to reward you, but we don't have time for that. You should really hurry and get that stuff up to Goku and the others."

"Right." Kagome quickly flew up towards the Lookout, Ultra Divine Water in hand.

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Goku stood on the edge of the Lookout, his thoughts drifting with the wind 'Goten…'

"Hey."

Goku looked back and saw Yamcha standing behind him "Oh hey Yamcha, what's up?"

Yamcha walked up and stood beside him "Just thought I'd see what you were thinking about."

"...It's all a lot to take in. First Gohan is supposed to be this Dragon Saiyan of legend and destroy Magatsuhi, only for him and Kai to be killed so easily, then I have to send his girlfriend to get something that almost killed me when I was a kid. It's a lot to take in."

"I get you, I really do. When we first met I was just a 15 year old bandit who wasn't gonna amount to anything, but meeting you changed me. Meeting you and Bulma changed my entire world, and it got me over that stupid fear of women I had. Sure I gave up fighting after the whole thing with Cell, but then I got with Zangya and decided to follow Gohan's example and train and get strong enough to protect her, and that only intensified when I learned that she was pregnant."

"...Yamcha, you're one of the first friends that I ever made and you've always been loyal and stood by me. Out of everyone here, I think you probably understand me the most aside from Krillin and Bulma."

"You think so?"

"Yeah, I really do. I know I don't give you enough credit and I'm sorry for that, but thanks for always standing by me."

"Hey you're my friend, I'm always gonna be there for you."

"I know, and that means a lot to me."

"Hey guys!" Kagome suddenly flew up onto the Lookout and held up the pot containing the Ultra Divine Water "Check out what Shippo and I found."

"Alright, way to go Kagome!"

"And I tested it myself, this Ultra Divine Water really does work." she held out the pot.

"Yeah we sensed it earlier, this is awesome." Goku slowly took the pot and poured some of the water "Well here goes nothing." he downed the cup of the Ultra Divine Water…

A/N:

I made Bankotsu a semi good guy because, to be honest, he's my favorite villain in all of Inuyasha, and despite the whole thing about being a murderer he really didn't seem like that bad of a guy. If anything, I would call him a sort of evil counterpart of Goku. You know, really strong, loyal to his friends, loves fighting strong enemies, only difference is he's evil.

I added in the Ultra Divine Water because I don't think it got anywhere near enough use, and it had a lot more potential to be used. Besides, if they can bring back the Pilaf Gang and the Evil Containment Wave in Dragon Ball Super, it couldn't really be that hard to bring back the Ultra Divine Water in Z could it?

In case it wasn't clear, I really hate Kibito. He constantly talks shit about Mortals when he can't do anything to back it up. At least Zamasu had the skill and power to back up that talk.

In the anime, it's stated that even if one does survive drinking the Ultra Divine Water, there's no guarantee that it will have any sort of effect on the one who drinks it.

I'd also like to thank everybody who's read this story for getting me up to 75 reviews.