Hold on to your butts!

Psykos, far from the battle and yet with her heart near her love, closed her eyes as tears trickled down her cheeks and she turned her head away from the direction of A-city.

"Forgive me…Please, forgive me…but it is the only way…"

And now, with her eyes opened at last? She refused to lose either Yuha or Fubuki, and if in order to do she had to bear his hate…

Then so be it. At least this way everyone…He will still be alive to hate me…Forgive me my love…

With her tears now flowing freely, Psykos stretched her senses, found her target and whispered but a single thought, a single worry which would, which would…

"Forgive me…"

The fist slammed into him before Yuha could do anything, and everything above his stomach exploded.

The man a month ago would have died.

But he was no longer that man.

And besides, he had experienced this before. And despite how uncomfortable it felt to be without most of his senses…or a head. Yuha could bear it.

His knees hit the cool metallic floor.

Marshalling his will, his ki, and his still somewhat distant will,Yuha let out a roar as his upper half reformed, a green coating of slime covering his regenerated portions as he gasped for breath and his trembling left arm pushed against the cool smooth metal, helping to stabilize him.

Behind him, a pair of feet paused.

"Oho?"

And as he pushed himself to his feet, ignoring his aching everything, turning around, he found a jubilant Boros looking at him with glee.

"So you can regenerate too? The prophet's words were true then! For a moment I'd feared…" the alien shook his head as Yuha, glaring, focused inwards.

No choice then.

'Ba-boom!'

Much as he'd preferred to avoid using this…

Well, desperate times and all that.

Let us pray this is enough…

His tail twitched and unfurled from around his waist.

'Ba-boom! Ba-boom!'

"This could be fun!" Boros roared and dashed towards him as Yuha focused, and following the familiar path, the one Garou had helped him with, reached.

Reached for that equilibrium, that spot between the rising ape and the falling god.

And his eyes flashed open as Boros' fist once again raced towards him. Only this time, it seemed so slow…

Yuha's right arm shot upwards.

"What?"

His fingers digging in around a surprised Boros' fist.

Arresting the man's momentum as Yuha's muscles bulged and an outline of green ki threaded with his red-pink one and his eyes turned yellow.

'Ba-boom! Ba-boom! Ba-boom!'

"Raaaargh!" he opened his mouth, the ape roaring with him as a golden ki beam blasted out of his lips and into the surprised Boros. Blowing the man, sans his limb, backwards.

Pain.

His whole existence was pain.

Pain and rage. Nay, Wrath. Wrath and pain, pain the likes of which he'd scarcely felt before and never in such a potent combination. In fact, the pain threading his body felt similar to some of Mars Sensei's best attempts, and in fact, the woman's ministrations were the only reason he could somewhat remain coherent through this haze and even maintain both the Ikari and the God ki.

"Raaaaargh!" screaming, his throat tearing and healing in between heartbeats, he lunged after Boros' the floor, caving in and exploding behind him as he did.

But Yuha, black needles of agony coating the edges of his vision in tandem with a red haze, cared not.

In fact, the only thing he cared about…

"Raaargh!" he smashed his fist into Boros' chest, spearing through the man, grasping bits of his flimsy spine in between a clenched hand.

"Gkh!"

In fact, the bits of blood the alien spat at him, only served to further heighten Yuha's rage, his rage and his pain, for his eyes felt as if they burst, came apart and reformed in between each second, his blood boiled the muscles screaming like overstretched ropes and his bones felt like bits of glass constantly breaking and reforming underneath his skin and each and every nerve felt taut, on fire, and like someone poured acid on each raw cord.

"Graah!" withdrawing his fist, his knee rose, smacking into the gagging alien, and at the tip of Yuha's bent limb golden light shone, the ki ball exploding, taking with it the top layer of skin covering the knee along some of the bone and Yuha smirked at the momentary relief of having a little less of him with which to experience pain.

The explosion blasted Boros' backwards and through a bulkhead, the man's arc leading him towards and through the ceiling.

And Yuha, grinning, followed. For to do anything else would mean to lie down and howl, better to give in to the madness, try to ride the lightning, then to stay still and experience the full brunt of this liquid ever present agony.

"Raaaaarghahahaha!" But no, he refused to lose to this…this primitive thing. This ape.

My…will…is…my Own!

His left elbow smashed into the alien's rising knee, and regenerating his arms and his spine, the alien spat bits of blood at Yuha through bloodstained teeth before socking him square in the jaw.

Heightening Yuha's agony for an instant and allowing the ape to make a bid for control before he squashed the bundle of instincts yet again.

"Hooo~?! You can still keep up?" Boros smiled, continuing to do so even as Yuha thrust his head forward, the arch of his forehead smacking into the man's nose, splattering Yuha's face with blood. "Impressive! Most impressive!" the alien cackled through the blood and pain and slammed his own elbow into Yuha's chin from below, tilting his head backward.

"Raaadie!" he screamed, and in between his pecs golden ki threaded and pooled together, unleashing a brilliant beam.

"Gah!"

Which blasted Boros upwards once more and through a couple more bulkheads.

Time: xxyx Location: yxyy

"H-how…" she fell to her knees, panting, grabbing her throbbing side with her left arm and struggling to raise her head to stare at the smug bitch.

The smug bitch whose jubilant smile made Marika want to punch her and give the brat a wedgie even more.

"Oh~I just had a little…help, is all," Ranni purred, and no doubt, so as to rub salt in the wound, reached up with one of her arms tore the front of her dress, exposing her breasts and, frowning, focused, and a tiny red orb manifested in between her breasts.

Gleaming.

Radiating power.

And everything made sense at last.

"You foolish girl," Marika groaned, as sweat continued to drip down her sides. "What did you do?"

"What I had to," the constant pain in her butt hissed. "And calling me foolish…bold choice and words from someone at my mercy."

Sighing and caring little for decorum at this point or the multitude of eyes no doubt observing this fight, Marika let out a tired groan and stopped trying to stand, remaining kneeling and taking the moment to catch her breath.

"Yes, yes. Well done, you've won, so, what now?" she asked. "Are you going to kill me? Ravish me? Torture me? What will bring satisfaction to your tiny petty soul, brat?"

With each word out of her mouth, the lunar witch's frown grew.

Foolish to taunt the brat so? Perhaps.

And yet.

Cowering did not become her.

Besides, she'd endured a small eternity at the hands of her lapdog of a brother and his golden master. So, she'd face whatever her future held unafraid.

Ranni, instead of answering, raised an arm, muttering something eldritch under her tongue and then swiped with an arm.

"E-eh?"

And then, Rei appeared next to Marika. Sailor Mars, thankfully in uniform, and looking about as surprised as Marika felt.

"To answer your question, hag," Ranni chirped. "This is what I have in mind for you~" the girl said and, raising another arm, a stamp manifested, and Marika's shoulders slumped.

"You do realize this is breaking even more regulations, yes? For you'd come between an already established agreement of the company and an agent. And, may I remind you a potentially very powerful agent who everyone would prefer not to go robbie and—"

"Oh shut up," Ranni huffed, striding closer. "I'm aware and I have no intention of taking what is rightfully Yuha's~" the woman came to a stop in front of her and, leaning some, stretched out her hand, allowing Marika to look and look at the stamp. "Take a look for yourself."

She did and blinked with confusion.

"That is—"

"Yuha's, yes~" the girl chirped, before in a movement too fast for either Marika or Rei to follow, stamped the both of them, and as Marika examined her and Rei's sigils and felt it take, new powers filling her and no doubt Rei as well, Ranni let the stamp dissipate.

"I don't understand…"

Truly, she didn't for, if the nerd intended to do that from the start, why had she interfered at all and—

"Hmf! As expected of a pea brained barbarian like yourself," Ranni said. "Let me help you, I did all this so you can understand and at last realize something. I own you two. I am top bitch here, and Yuha? Yuha will be mine," the girl said with a fervent zeal that made Marika weary.

The hell? What's wrong with the brat? And for that matter, how does she know Yuha, or rather how does she know him so well as to care that deeply? Perhaps…Perhaps I should have checker her past more thoroughly…

For Marika had assumed her, until now, coworker to have been naught but another standard variant. Like herself.

It would seem she'd been wrong…

"And worry not, he can have you two, but his top wife will be me~hehehe!"

Great. Some kind of demented yandere. Just what we needed. Sorry my love…

Hopefully Yuha liked the type, for the nerd seemed the clingy and unwilling to let go kind…

"But enough about all that," Ranni said. "Henceforth, you both and by my rights as victor, you are stripped of your positions and are excommunicado and thus, you're both to be banished and under the custody and ownership of Yuha. Send him my love for me, will you~?" the woman asked with a giggle.

"No! Wait!" Marika shouted, wide eyes.

That fool—

But Ranni waved her arm, and they vanished before Marika could berate the nerd for her foolishness…

"Aiii!"

"Ahh!"

Aliens of all shapes and forms screamed around them, as Yuha and Boros exchanged world shattering punches, the aftershocks of their blows maiming and outright killing said aliens by the dozen as they blasted through bulkhead after bulkhead, purple wall after purple wall, leaving only shattered rooms in their wake and pooling pools of blood.

"Haaaa!" blocking a punch with his left arm, losing said arm in the process, Yuha's right foot shot upwards, smashing into Boros chin with a satisfying thud and pleasant reverberations of agony shooting up his foot.

"Gkh!"

Just as the alien shot up, Yuha following after him, a trail of vermilion mixed with green in his wake, and, with his arm reforming with green goo all around it, Yuha shot out a ki-blast.

One answered by Boros' own outstretched arm.

And Yuha's eyes widened as smoke obscured him momentarily, a result of the two beams canceling each other out and then, he emerged into sunlight and at the roof of the spaceship.

'Clack'

Landing with weary feet and staring at Boros a dozen or so feet from him, the man's smile radiant as he crossed his arms.

"Good, Yuha. Very good!" the man said with a nod. "Indeed, you're the first opponent I've had in decades who could keep up with me, much less fight me in equal terms."

Talk…all…you like, Yuha thought through gritted teeth, growing more and more comfortable with the haze of wrath suffusing his thoughts with each passing second, that, and the brief respite helping him in utilizing a wondrous gift that came as a result of this fight.

He knew not how.

But, during their fighting, trying to hold onto God Ki had seemed to become…easier. Somehow.

'Thump! Voomp!'

And so, taking advantage of this brief opening, Yuha focused.

"Raaargh!" and utilizing his improved control, further 'stabilized' the 'fusion' within him and raising his multiplier all the way to 150.

"Oho?" Boros mused with a blink, his smile widening. "Impressive. Most impressive. It seems you too can grow in the midst of battle, but, little godling…" Boros kicked and sailed towards him, shooting out a punch. "You're not the first god I've fought or killed!" he roared.

"Rarinteresting…" Yuha said with a bloodthirsty grin as he raised his palm and caught the man's fist.

"Gkh!"

And promptly crushed it into a pulp before shooting out his left hand, palm open. "Hiyaaa!" and sending out an kiai, an empty pulse of ki. Not enough to cause harm to someone of their level but, not by a long shot, but more than enough to send Boros tumbling backwards through the air and metal in surprise.

Yuha grinned through the pain. For with this opening…

Focusing, gritting his teeth and narrowing his yellow eyes, Yuha's other arm dropped the ruined bits of Boros' hand and opened up, and, ignoring the hot sticky sensation on his fingers, both arms, palms open, pointed at Boros before his fingers formed tiger claws and then closed.

"Haaaaaaah!" and a thin sheet of green-white with the barest hints of red wrapped around the tumbling alien, freezing and immobilizing him.

Yuha might not have the familiarity nor the control needed to rely on God Ki alone for this, but, he didn't need to.

Roaring, he joined his two fists together and swung his arms left and right, up and down, and Boros' trapped in a telekinetic hold could do nothing but follow along. Smashing into and through metal towers and making new holes into and out of the ship and Yuha spun about, his telekinetic hold, courtesy of his arcosian genes holding strong as he swung Boros about and continued slamming the man into and around his own vessel.

"You hold potential, child."

Fubuki, panting, teeth gritted, clutched her shoulder, stemming the bleeding but not bothering to do the same for the small cut on her forehead from which blood continued to drip.

Glaring instead at the enormous octopus thing.

The one called Geryuganshoop.

She preferred octopus.

"But, potential alone will be of little help against me, I'm afraid," the alien said, and Fubuki roared, manifesting her aura once more, her eyes shining green as brought her full might against that of the alien yet again.

'Thump! Thump!'

Causing it to shake its head.

"Foolishness," it murmured as it met her full power with but a grunt.

So, it's not invincible. That's a start…I'll take it.

She glanced for an instant at the creature's subordinates, who thankfully, at the octopus orders, did not join in.

The whole world around them shook. And shook again.

And for an instant, the octopus power lessened, allowing Fubuki to make the tiniest bits of headway and her smile to grow.

'Thump! Thump!'

"Lord Boros…" the alien muttered, a tone of reverence in his voice and Fubuki grinned.

"What's wrong, scared?"

The creature scoffed and turned shining eyes towards her. "Hardly, child. It's just…it's been so long since my Lord's heart sparked with such joy, such elation…as well as some time since when he'd been pushed so far…"

"Well, don't bother getting used to it," she taunted and the alien tilted its head to the side as Fubuki raised an arm and pointed with her thumb behind her. "For the man your boss is fighting against?" a silly grin spread across her lips and her power grew.

'Thump! Thump!'

"That's my boyfriend! The hero Zero and he doesn't lose!"

"Zero? That's an odd name for either a god or a hero…" the being murmured, not bothering to retort, and Fubuki felt her cheeks grow warm.

"S-shut up!"

Tatsumaki growled, diverting another punch from the big gray one and ducking so as to avoid a followup from one of the man's underlings, before her eyes blazed and she blasted the weaklings backwards with psychic might, which sadly, failed to buy her the time she wished for.

For scarce moments after Yuha and Fubuki left, a couple more hatches had opened in the ship's underbelly and a smattering of pests had dropped. Ostensibly the underlings of the big gray one and the one with mouths for hands.

None of them dangerous by themselves.

And yet.

"Gah!" spittle flew from her mouth as while she avoided a blow from another underling, she'd failed to react in time to a backhand, courtesy of said mouths for hands.

With so many of them at hand?

Even the S-ranks, even her, were hard pressed to deal with them all.

Oh, she had little doubt that if she went all out she could deal with them, it would take time, certainly, but she'd be able to do so.

But that would mean she'd expend all of her strength and thus be easy pickings for another weakling or, even worse, she'd be unable to help Yuha.

Her love even now fighting above.

Tatsumaki could feel him.

The man's mind, distant as it'd become these past days, with his meteoric rise in strength, filled with agony and wrath as he did something to himself. Something to allow him to stand on even ground against the invaders' boss.

And both Yuha's and this…'Boros' strength…

Tatsumaki suppressed a shiver of…not fear, certainly not fear, but…reasonable apprehension. Yes…

For against such strength…She'd be hard pressed to match such strength.

"Hiyaaa!" her eyes flared green.

'Thump! Thump!'

And she blasted the weaklings and the big gray one crowding around her away as she caught sight of King. The man's bloodthirsty grin stretched taut across his face as he gave as good as he got against something like three dozen of the weaklings alone.

And with each hit the pests landed on him. With each scratch and line of blood drawn, the man's purple aura grew and so did his strength.

Causing her to snort and roll her eyes.

Bloodthirsty idiot. Only in the midst of battle do you stop suppressing your true strength somewhat, eh?

Her smile dimmed as she swerved and floated to the left, avoiding a thrown car and raising her right hand, froze pieces of rubble and rebar, flinging them back to the weakling that threw them, putting King and the man's stupid refusal to go all out, out of her mind as a drop kick from an underling forced her to dip forward and crush into the ground.

"Gah!"

And as she flipped around, she bit back a curse, for the creature with mouth for arms, shot one of its limbs forward, trying to take a bite out of her, or rather, given their disparity in size, cut her in half, if not outright swallow her whole.

This will hurt…

For she couldn't get out of there in time, but, she could at least mitigate—

"Hiyaaa!"

And then a blazing golden comet appeared, smacking away the approaching limb and the alien himself into Silver Fang's awaiting fist a few meters away.

"Need a hand?"

Tatsumaki, blinking, shrugged and grasped the smiling gray-haired woman's arm, allowing Grayfia to pull her to her feet. Or rather, to float freely once more and as she did—

"Look out!" Tatsumaki cried, rushing to raise her arms in time so as to bat away the incoming fist aimed at Grayfia's defenseless back, courtesy of the big gray one.

"Wha—" the tall beauty started to turn just as Tatsumaki's barrier started to slip into existence but, with an internal curse, the esper realized she wouldn't make it in time.

'bang!'

"Oi! Pick on someone your own size!" but then, a white-haired youth, his hair seemingly forming twin spears and clad in a black form fitting shirt and white trousers appeared in the fist's path, diverting it to the side.

"Gkah!" causing the big one to wince.

"G-Garou…" old man Bang whispered from nearby.

"Yo, old man, we can chat later, yeah?" the youth said and focused in front of him, took a deep breath and a soothing glow seemed to radiate from him, coating his limbs, his body, his everything and making the big gray one gasp.

"Cosmo? Here?!"

"Wolf's bite!" Garou roared and rushed towards the alien, and as he did, his right hand rose, the palm's fingers in a claw pose as he brought it down.

"Gkah!" the creature roared as Garou's blow sent it careening backwards, deep marks carved into its body and bleeding freely.

And seeing the chaos around her, as well as sensing her sister's and Yuha's struggles both, Tatsumaki came to a decision.

"You," she said to the muscular woman bathed in a gold aura.

"E-eh? Y-yes?"

"With me," she said simply and rushed upwards towards the spaceship."

"O-ok!" the girl said, flying after her.

"Ah~ Ah~ My lord~ Is it time?"

"Not yet, soon. I'm a lord full of mercy and compassion, so I'll give them one last chance to do what's right."

"Ah~ Ah~ As expected of you, my lord~!"

'Thump! Thump!'

"Ahahaha!" an excited laugh escaped unbidden out of Yuha's lips as he continued flicking Boros this and that way.

"This…this is fun," he murmured, growing accustomed to the pain and the rage at last, enough to be able to speak once more.

And he didn't mean flicking Boros left and right like a pinball.

No.

Rather, fighting itself.

Despite himself, he could no longer deny he enjoyed crossing fists with strong opponents.

Heh. I truly belong in class E don't I…

The smile slipped from Yuha's face, replaced by a frown as he felt his hold on Boros grow weaker. His metaphysical grip…slipping.

"Haaaaa…"

What the?

Glancing at the alien, his heart lurched.

Oh no…

"HAAAAAH!"

And as Boros continued to transform, his power rising, Yuha's hold on him shattered and the alien landed atop the ruined hull, crouching, arms bent and he continued to roar, his skin turning into a deep navy blew, his hair turning even spikier, darkening, and lines stretched outwards from the man's eyes and across his body.

"HAAAAH!"

And at last, the man's power settled and Yuha cursed for his vi's estimates…well, they weren't painting a good picture. For even if the alien did not use ki persuch, during the time they spent fighting, his trusty computer had analyzed enough of the man's bioenergy and thus could create a semi accurate comparison.

"Shit."

The estimates painted a grim picture, for the alien's 'powerlevel' had jumped from a freaky three million to that of an absurd thirty.

Something which Yuha was ill-equipped to face, even if thanks to the tiny zenkai at the start and his power continuing to grow, Yuha now sat at a base of three thousand.

"Dammit, and I was only starting to get the hangup of Ikari too…"

"So, Yuha," Boros asked with a smirk, standing up tall and with his aura radiating death. "What do you think of this? Scared, yet?"

Oh, you have no idea…

"Hmf! You wish," he said instead, grinning, even if it felt hollow. "But, if this is you going all out." Yuha could only wish for that to be the case. "Then allow me to respond in kind!" he hastened to add, seeing the alien tense and about to move, thankfully his words caused Boros to pause.

"Oho?"

"Yes," he said with a nod and settled into a deep stance, arms bent, spine straight and legs spread apart. "Behold, the strength of the perfect being," he said and roared as he reached deep.

Pulling out all the stops.

And as he did, he held a few images, a few people inside his mind with a titanium like mental grip. So as to ensure he wouldn't hurt them.

For Ikari, the so-called wrath state, even if he'd yet to master it, like God Ki itself, the concentrated power of the ape in a human form had two stages.

But if the first had been painful before…

"ARGHHH!" his throat tore, his tongue burst and the capillaries in his eyes exploded as this new power roared into existence in and all around him.

And in so doing, making the previous agony feel like but a gentle lover's touch.

But the resulting power…

Yuha's hair turned rigid and stood up straight, his muscles bulged, veins popped and burst and reformed only to come apart again as his height grew, his eyes turned gold and the green thin film of aura clinging to his body, erupted further, utterly obscuring the still present red of the God Ki and not even the red of the hastily aplied two times kaio-ken enough to outshine the wrathful green.

[27 million]

"Graaaargh!" But Yuha paid little heed to the vi's report.

For he simply couldn't, cause aside from the desperately clinging images of his girls, his friends, and the innocent civilians…the rest of his thoughts were covered by an ever present ape like roar of agony.

"What the—"

"Raaaargh!" Yuha loped towards the alien on all fours, his hands digging into the metal of the ship, tearing it out as he lunged and smashed his fist into the suddenly smaller looking alien, flinging him upwards and Yuha, with a wrath filled roared, kicked, crumbling the soft like putty metal underneath him and in a blink appeared next to Boros, smashing a flurry of punches and kicks at the man, blowing him backwards and down, but, as Boros' back smashed into the metal of the ship, the alien's white aura flared to life and he exploded towards Yuha, opening up a hole in the ship in the process.

"Graaargh!"

And Yuha roared out in pain as the alien smashed a knee into his gut, making him double over, before Boros' reached behind Yuha with an arm, grabbing his tail and further increasing the pain and the rage Yuha felt.

"Haaah!"

And then, Boros spun him around, perhaps as payback for his earlier treatment and then flung him down into the hole the alien had opened with his own energy an instant prior.

"Raaargh!" enraged, Yuha opened his mouth and thrust his left arm forward, twin ki blasts blasting out, meeting the alien's own single massive one as they dove back into the innards of the ship.

"Yes. YES! Go forth my greatest creation and show the world your true power! You're so close now…"

"Love you too, dad."

"Not now, Cell!"

Cuha pl:

base after tiny zenkai and no-limiter plus spiral growth during fighting: 3k

(incomplete) wrath state stage 1: multiplier 10

God Ki with improved control: mult 150.

(incomplete) wrath state stage 2: multiplier 20

two times kaio ken
= 27 mil

Boros:

"SSJ2" : 30 mil

yes, I'm going by the old fanon multiplier for ssj2, canon's mere times two doesn't make sense.