Vegeta immediately remembered the moments before Krysis departed Earth after his defeat not long ago.
The Z-Fighters turned to see three figures land nearby. All wore body-wrap style pants that reminded Goku, Gohan and Vegeta of the Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly. One of the figures was a tall man with dark straight maroon hair and a similiarly colored beard. He had a broad chest and shoulders, and was well muscled. The second of the figures was a woman. She had silk-like straight yellow hair and was quite beautiful. The third looked like a young man, maybe twenty in human terms. He resembled Krysis greatly, and had dark blue hair. All three looked like warriors, but also like royalty, with the various golden bracelets, earrings and necklaces they wore.
"Krysis..for what purpose do you return?" Vegeta asked, crossing his blue metallic arms over a similarly colored chest.
"We return to fight the great evil, as we said we would when last we met." The tall figure with the beard said.
"You have already met my sister Cassios. My older brother, the guy with the blue hair is Zennius," Krysis explained
"And I am Setus, King of the Pariahans." The large man said.
Dystopicles did not seem impressed.
"Gather all the warriors you want..it still won't be enough." The devil king said proudly.
"What makes you so confident?" Krysis asked, turning towards the devil king.
"Why should I fear those I once manipulated? Vegeta and Krysis, both of you did your parts as I knew you would. Like blind men desperately reaching for the light you eagerly walked forward in the path I choose for you. I know exactly what your capable of..but you don't know what I can really do." Dystopicles said, pausing to laugh manically.
Dystopicles raised his left hand, all the horns on his head glowing brightly.
"That power..what are you planning?" Vegeta asked
"You talk tough but can you back those words up?" An unimpressed Krysis said, crossing his arms over his tan chest.
Down below on Earth Goku dodged the enormous tail of a centipede-like demon, then looked upwards.
"That horrible power..." Goku said softly as he sensed the terrible energy gathering above the Earth.
Dystopicles laughed seeing the ignorance of everyone before him. Orange energy danced around the devil king's form as a vortex of utter blackness appeared behind him.
"You wish to know exactly what your up against? Then watch as reality is unwoven..as the galaxies burn." Dystopicles said before laughing once again at a joke only he seemed to find amusing.
In the distance the Andromeda Galaxy could be seen faintly. It glowed brillaint and white, a majestic spiral containing millions of worlds, many of which had civilizations. But in a flash, just like that, it was gone, consumed in a swirl of black energy.
"Burn with all of my rage as well as my hate" Dystopicles said as another faint galaxy was snuffed out of existence.
Dystopicles then turned towards his assembled opponents.
Suddenly images filled Vegeta's mind, as well as Goku's, even as the latter battled hordes of invading demons.
They both saw lives, the everyday activities of aliens from far-away worlds that they had never met. Each loved, hated, struggled and all had dreams of their own. Millions upon millions of lives, each belonging to many diverse cultures, races, and peoples.
"They all thought they had a purpose, but before time..the ultimate predator, they are just dust in the wind. They were doomed to a slow death anyway...you can call what I did murder or genocide...but I call it mercy." Dystopicles said before laughing once more.
Everyone present looked on at Dystopicles as they hovered over the blue skies of Earth. All were speechless after sensing trillions of lives gone in an instant.
Dystopicles saw the silence in his opponents, and laughed, casting his dread gaze upon them all before speaking again.
"Now do you begin to understand why opposing Dystopicles is an exercise in futility?" Dystopicles asked.
Dystopicles power was indeed incredible. But Vegeta for one, would not be shaken.
Now as he hovered in space over the blue planet known as Earth, his angelic-like Super Saiyan Six aura contrasting sharply with the blackness of space, Vegeta was more aware than ever of the stakes of this battle.
"You may be the strongest opponent I have ever faced, but I always fight to win, and your no exception." Vegeta said
"We also remain committed to fighting you. Great power or not..." Setus said
"Then fight me, but know this..you will all regret it." Dystopicles said.
"Enough talk!" Krysis yelled, drawing both his weapons.
Krysis flew forward like a red comet towards Dystopicles, who was easily able to parry every sword slash from Krysis with his own larger sword.
Dystopicles continued to block each strike from Krysis as he pointed his right hand towards Krysis, firing a red blast which forced Krysis backwards a great distance.
Krysis flew past Earth and flew towards the red planet that was Mars, far from his previous position. No sooner did he land, than did Krysis fly off the surface of the red planet and back towards Earth.
The other three Pariahans fired hundreds of multi-colored blasts of energy at Dystopicles, none of which seemed to effect the devil king.
"Hyper Nova!" Vegeta yelled, firing a flaming blue blast at Dystopicles. Due to his increased power as a Super Saiyan Six, the attack was much stronger than it was last time he had used it.
Regardless though, the attack seemed to have little effect on the devil king as it struck him.
"You all refuse to see." Dystopicles said as he scolded everyone present with a finger like a parent scolding a child.
"What?" Vegeta asked.
"Your protecting something that cannot be ultimately saved. Anything mortal will one day die. Everyone whose days are numbered are just drops of water in an endless sea. You think there is a higher power which cares about these insignificant motes of dust? There is no such being. You are all alone." Dystopicles said
"You think you can deceive me with your words? I know better than to believe anything you say." Vegeta said.
Back on Earth Goku was in deep thought, thinking over what he had seen.
"It is true that no matter how many times I save the Earth, or how many enemies I fight, that I ever establish anything lasting. Peace only lasts until the next war..it is a vicious cycle. But even if righteousness is futile..I will continue to strive for righteousness. Because I know it is not futile. Dystopicles wants everyone to think darkness is stronger than light. But evil can only exist in the shadow of good." Goku thought, pausing only to smash the centipede demon he had been fighting with a well-placed dragon-fist.
"I've never claimed to be the wisest or the smartest person around..but I understand this. I know that Goten, Trunks, Nouva, Vegeta, everyone living or dead, I care about you all too much to allow Dystopicles to win. I will not allow him to win." Goku thought.
Goten turned towards his father, sweat pouring down his forehead from exhaustion.
"Dad...go on up there and help Vegeta, I'm sure we can take care of things down here just fine, right Trunks?" Goten said, turning to ask his oldest friend.
Trunks nodded and walked over to stand next to Goten even as Bardock flew over.
"You sure you both will be ok without me?" Goku asked
The sound of the fusion dance was Goten and Trunks' only response at first. It was Gotenks who answered Goku's question.
"I'm feeling...confident." A Super Saiyan Four Gotenks said with a smirk much like Vegeta's.
Goku and Bardock laughed.
"We have your dad, Pikkon and Ultimo down here. Now get up there and show Dystopicles some good old fashioned Super Saiyan justice." Gotenks said.
"We got your back son." Bardock said.
Goku nodded, then flew over to one of the few skyscrapers still standing in the ruins of West City.
"I can't fight in space like Vegeta, I'm not a Super Saiyan Six. But I can at least help out in this battle from here." Goku said, then raised his hands to the sky.
"Plants, animals, mountains..I call upon you...give me your energy. Stars in heaven..galaxies of the cosmos...give me...your energy." Goku thought as he began the process of creating the largest spirit bomb he was capable of forming.
In space Vegeta flew at Dystopicles. The Saiyan Prince slammed his right fist into Dystopicles jaw, then brought his left arm forward, slamming the devil king in the chest with a punch that could have easily cracked a star in half.
Dystopicles did not seem that injured. The devil king unsummoned his sword, then brought his own right hand down at Vegeta, but Vegeta managed to grab his opponent's arm, which he then used to throw Dystopicles into the distance.
Vegeta easily teleported behind his opponent, bringing his hands together to fire his newest finishing move.
"Empyrean Crusher!" Vegeta roared, firing a brilliant blue sphere of energy at Dystopicles, who collided with it before getting near Vegeta.
There was an enormious explosion, but when the flames cleared Dystopicles was seen, hovering with his arms crossed and his head shaking at Vegeta.
"You really are as stubborn as they come aren't you?" Dystopicles said seconds before pointing his right hand at Vegeta and summoning his blade once again.
Before Vegeta could answer Krysis came from behind Dystopicles and stabbed him in the back with both his swords.
Dystopicles reached behind with his left arm and grabbed Krysis by the neck, bringing him in front of himself.
"You know its not nice to attack people from behind. Ha..what am I kidding..I'd do the same a hundred times if I needed to. Anything to win right? But I don't take kindly to that sort of thing when its done to me. Now..what to do with you?" Dystopicles said darkly.
"Ultimate Galick Gun!" Vegeta yelled as he fired a super-charged version of one of his oldest attacks at Dystopicles head.
The force of Vegeta's attack caused Dystopicles to be forced backwards slightly, along with letting go of Krysis, who quickly put some distance between himself and the devil king.
"You know..I really was considering turning Earth into the 11th demon world. Sure afew things needed to change, those earth tones really needed to go for example. Your attachment to this world really is sad. I think I will do the universe a favor and destroy it." Dystopicles said
"I don't think so." Vegeta said
Dystopicles suddenly pointed his sword towards the Earth, the second horn on his helmut glowing as he did so.
"Flames of Pergatory!" Dystopicles yelled as he fired a pillar of orange flames towards the Earth.
On Earth Ultimo and Gotenks immediately sensed the incoming attack.
"We have to buy Goku more time." Ulimo yelled as the entire area turned orange from the flames bearing down upon them.
Gotenks nodded, then placed his hands together, firing a yellow beam of energy at the incoming flames.
"Big Tree Cannon 10x!" Gotenks yelled.
The pillar of flame's descent slowed, but did not stop.
"We need to put everything we have into this guys. Chaos Avenger!" Bardock yelled, firing his strongest attack at the incoming fire.
Ultimo landed next to Gotenks, then called upon the power of the four star dragonball on his chest.
"Super Nova Deathray!" Ultimo yelled, firing a red beam of fire at Dystopicles' incoming attack.
Ultimo's attack combined with both Bardock and Gotenks attacks, and together the three began to force Dystopicle's attack back out to space.
In space, Dystopicles sensed the interference and was not amused.
"Insects always need to annoy. No matter..if a swifter death is what you want..then a swifter death is what you shall get!" Dystopicles yelled as he put more power into his attack.
On Earth Gotenks, Bardock and Ultimo were alarmed to see the pillar of fire speed up, seemingly overcoming both their attacks.
"This isn't good!" Gotenks yelled.
"Yes I would definitely place this in the bad thing category." Bardock said darkly.
Ultimo narrowed his eyes as he channeled yet more of his power into his death ray.
Pikkon flew over and landed next to the other two Z-Fighters.
Wasting no time, Pikkon fired his Thunder Flash at the Fire pillar. Together the three were able to stop the attack from getting any closer, but they were unable to overcome it, let alone send it back into space.
"We have done all we can..it is up to Goku now." Pikkon said.
Nearby on the building Goku continued to stand with his arms raised to the heavens.
Goku sensed the incoming danger.
"Just alittle more time..please." Goku thought.
"Goku it sounds like you could use my help." A familiar voice said.
"King Kai?" Goku asked telepathically.
"The one and only! And I'm not alone." King Kai said telepathically.
"Hey Goku, looks like I have to help you out of another mess." A deep and familiar voice said.
"Piccolo!" Goku said.
"No time to catch up. Listen up Goku. King Kai is going to contact all the other kais, who will then ask everyone they preside over to send you energy for the spirit bomb. Meanwhile, I will..persuade everyone in Hell to do the same." Piccolo said.
"Thankyou for your help guys. We will need to do this quickly though, I don't know how long the others can keep Dystopicles at bay." Goku said.
Back in space Vegeta continued to attack the devil king in a desperate attempt at stopping his earth-shattering attack.
Vegeta slammed Dystopicles with punch after punch but none of his attacks seemed to have any effect. Krysis and his family also attacked, firing energy blast after energy blast at the devil king.
"Your efforts are futile. No mortal can stop I Dystopicles. You are dust in the wind...I am eternal." The devil king said.
Suddenly Vegeta sensed an unusual amount of spritual energy on Earth. Vegeta immediately sensed Goku and realized what his old friend was trying to do.
Vegeta placed his right hand forward down in the direction he sensed Goku.
"Here old friend...allow me to add my power to your spirit bomb." Vegeta thought.
A trail of sparkling energy moved away from Vegeta's form and flew down towards the Earth.
"Gather all the energy you want. Even the energy of every mortal in the living world and otherworld combined couldn't stop me." Dystopicles said confidently.
"You underestimate mortality." Krysis said as he and his family added their own energy to the forming spirit bomb.
On Earth, hovering above Goku was a Spirit bomb larger than a city, and growing. As soon as Vegeta and the Pariahan's energy was added the bomb grew to the size of a small moon.
The entire Earth shook from the power of the spirit bomb.
"Its now or never." Goku thought as he sensed the bomb's completion.
"Dystopicles...on behalf of the people of Earth, the universe, otherworld. For everyone you have slain...I have a present for you! Take this!" Goku yelled, using every bit of the strength in his silver furred Super Saiyan Five body to send the spirit bomb up into space on a direct coarse with Dystopicles.
Dystopicles looked down at the Earth as an enormious white sphere of pure spiritual energy headed towards him.
"Your about to see just how strong mortals really are you freak!" Vegeta said, crossing his arms over his blue metallic chest.
"Hmmm." Dystopicles muttered as the sphere approached him.
In seconds the bomb collided with Dystopicles, causing an enormious explosion over the Earth.
On Earth people panicked as a world-wide Earthquake occured. Various military and law-enforcement attempted to restore peace and order.
With baited breathe Vegeta, Krysis and the other Pariahans watched as the light from the explosion dimmed.
The Earth-bound Z-Fighters were equally as nervious over the outcome of Goku's attack.
"Did we get him?" Gotenks asked as he looked into the sky.
Suddenly everyone could sense a disgustingly evil power over Earth. Hatred, Jealousy, Rage, none of these sins came close to the feeling the darkness over Earth gave off.
Dystopicles appeared unharmed save for the cracks in his orange armor.
"Were you expecting anything less?" The devil king said before erupting into yet more manical laughter.
On Earth Goku slammed his right foot hard into the ground, causing a chunk of the skyscraper he was standing on to fall off and slam into the ground below.
"Darnit! Is there nothing we can do against this guy?" Goku said, venting his frustrations out loud.
In Space Dystopicles pointed his sword towards Earth.
"Forces of evil, emerge from your exile in Demon World and take the Earth for your king." Dystopicles said.
On Earth the demon gate opened yet wider. In moments thousands more demons of all shapes and sizes emerged, eager to claim the Earth for their dread master.
"Here we go again." Bardock said upon seeing the incoming demons.
In space Krysis smiled.
"What is so amusing?" Vegeta asked, turning his attention briefly to Krysis.
"I had a feeling it would come to this. Remember those gateways to the future?" Krysis asked.
"The ones we destroyed?" Vegeta asked.
"Yes, well, I had one extra constructed in secret. I never put it to use because it wasn't completed at the time, but it should be now. I still have afew of my Kilo and at least one Mega unit on Earth." Krysis said.
"You intend on using your army from the future against the demons?" Vegeta asked, liking the sound of this plan.
"Yes. I'll be using what I created for good purposes for once. This should only take a second." Krysis said, then pointed his right mechanical arm towards Earth.
On a grassy hill in an isolated region on Earth a large circular structure emerged from the ground. In seconds energy sparked along the surface of the device, and formed a portal.
In seconds gold, silver, and copper-hued robots emerged from the portal. In a mere minute there were hundreds of the robots, and the number kept growing.
"Defend the Earth and exterminate the demons, those are your orders." Krysis said.
Over West City hundreds of thousands of demons hovered. Just when Gotenks, Pikkon, Ulimo, Bardock and Goku thought they were done for, the entirety of Krysis' mechanical army arrived and opened fire on the demons with a wide array of energy weapons and missiles.
"Hey aren't those?" Bardock asked.
"Yeah, those are Krysis robots." Gotenks said.
"They are on our side?" Bardock asked.
"It would appear that is the case." Ultimo said.
In Space Dystopicles turned towards Vegeta and Krysis.
"Very clever. But an army of tin soldiers won't stop me or my plans." Dystopicles said as thousands more of Krysis machines flew up into space and surrounded the devil king.
"They won't be fighting alone." A familiar voice said.
"Good to have you join the party Kohryu." Vegeta said.
Kohryu smiled as the three seraphim from earlier appeared, followed by at least a hundred lesser ranked angels of two or four wings each, all wearing roman style armor and round golden shields.
Dystopicles took in all the foes surrounding him, then began to laugh.
"It will not be enough." Dystopicles said as a tiny piece of his orange armor fell off, unoticed by everyone.