Chapter 23: Ultra Instinct Versus A True Demon
With his body pushed to his limits, Ryuu has broken through, and once again achieved the technique even the gods struggle to master. Autonomous Ultra Instinct.
"Now then..." Ryuu began to say. "Why don't you stop standing there and give me everything you got!"
"Be careful for what you wish for, Boy..." Yalfire growled at Ryuu before he thought; "Each second is critical.I'd say this could become a significant problem for me if I don't end this quickly! ".
"W-Wow... Who would've thought that Ryuu would be able to use Ultra Instinct!..." Yuuko said in surprise.
"Y-Yeah!..." Ace said in surprise.
"I thought he was still learning, and it was only temporary." Tomai said calmly.
"That was the case before, but after his first tries fell pretty short, it's possible he mastered Ultra Instinct now." Chronoa said calmly.
Yalfire and Ryuu stood up straight proudly as they stared at each other Intensely.
"Autonomous Ultra Instinct..." Goku said out loud.
"This is the third time he's managed to achieve it." Vegeena said.
"Let's just hope three times the charm." Goki said.
"Yes, it had better be." Whis said. "He cannot afford another misstep. I'm quite sure this will be his last chance to fully try to master Ultra Instinct."
"Each time he defies his physical limits as a mortal and forces himself to fight like a god, the strain on his body increases." Whis said. "He may be able to tap into it a lot quickly due to his mental technique similar to Ultra Instinct, but he already has pushed himself so far to get stronger, he reached so deep into any reserves he has, and with no more strong Allies to aid him, he cannot hope to recover this time from the strain."
"The moment that sliver glimmer fades from his eyes, he will be done for..." Whis said.
Ryuu closed his eyes and once he has reopen them, he instantly appears in front of Yalfire. They throw a punch at each other and their fists clashed, creating a powerful explosion on impact. They created a few more explosions as they began to exchange blows. They exchanged blows at incredible speeds as they created more explosions. They created more powerful explosions as they continued to exchange blows. They continued to exchange blows until Yalfire began to push him back with invisible eye blasts.
They went back to exchanging blows as Vegeta says calmly; "This Confrontation is tremendous. Ryuu seems to have mastered his Self Movement."
"Well, yes. But it seems he still cannot land one decisive blow yet." Whis said. "It's the same problem Goku and Goki had in the Tournament of Power. They have been shaped with a lifetime of fighting in which he carefully observes his foes and probes for weaknesses."
"In each moment he attempts to strike, his mind is clattered with thoughts, strategies, and analysis' that will normally help him." Whis continued. "But in the case of Ultra Instinct, these are detriments acting as chains that slow his reflexes and holds back the full force his body is capable of."
"I can only hope he will be able to break this habit soon, before he wastes all the time and strength he has left on these ineffectual and self-defeating attacks." Whis said.
Ryuu jumps back as he began to form Goki and Goku's Kamehameha technique. Everyone notices this and is surprised to see this.
"That's- !!" Everyone began to say in unions.
"That's our Kamehameha move!!" Goku and Goki said in surprise with a smile on their faces.
Yalfire fires off a Full Power Energy Wave as Ryuu dodges it and began to slide down on it towards Yalfire. (Like UI -Sign- Goku did against Kefla in Dragon Ball Super: Episode 116). Ryuu got closer to Yalfire and fired the God Kamehameha blast at close-range (Like UI -Sign- Goku didagainst Jiren in Dragon Ball Super: Episode 129), as he shouts out; "Ha!!".
Yalfire blocks it by shielding himself with a Ki blast of his own before Yalfire then sends Ryuu flying with a powerful Ki blast.
"Ryuu!!!" Goki, Vegeena, Yuuko, and Chronoa shouted out in worry.
"Damn! It looked like he took that blast head on!!" Atzuma said.
Everyone sees Ryuu still in the sky as they noticed his energy barrier created with the help of the Kamehameha energy.
"A shield?!" Chiller questioned.
"It looks like he altered the flow of the Kamehameha to create a barrier to counter against Yalfire's attack!" Ace said.
"Smart Move. That was close!" Tomai said anxiously.
Yalfire powers up his right fist before he dashed towards Ryuu. Ryuu regains his balance and lets out a powerful roar, pushing Yalfire back. Ryuu closed his eyes as he took a deep breath and once he opened his eyes, they both fell back onto the ground and immediately dashed towards each other and began to exchange blows.
"They both seem to be on equal footing..." Vegeta said, watching the fight with a serious facial expression on his face.
"Yes but the fight isn't really tipping into his favor this time..." Vegeena said with a little bit of worry.
Ryuu and Yalfire continued to exchange blows as Ryuu then closed his eyes and began to fight purely on only Instinct. Ryuu continued to fight with his eyes closed, trusting his instincts as his Ultra Instinct Aura began to expand outward.
"It would appear that we have a new reason for hope, Lord Beerus." Whis then said, watching the two fight. "I can feel it. Not the chaos of consciousness, but the elegant purity of energy operating on impulse alone."
"Ryuu is now focused on Yalfire, or rather, on the fight itself. He is throwing his whole body and soul into the fleeting moment of each strike. Allowing the flames of his power to rage freely, unrestrained by the walls of thought. The concerns for his friends and lovers, or the gaps in their power, his hesitation, his impatience, his fear— he has given them all to the fire and lets them burn." Whis continued. "So that now there is only himself, his opponent, and the fight. Soon, he will reach a realm still faster, keener, and deeper than instinct, where even that awareness will blur and fade. And even beyond that..."
"How is that even possible?!" Chiller questioned.
"Ryuu is now generating a heat I've never felt before!" Yuuko said.
Yalfire swatted Ryuu's flames away and pushed him back with an energy wave. Yalfire tried to attack Ryuu with invisible eye blasts, but the flames of Ryuu's Ultra Instinct protected him from the attacks.
"Yalfire's attacks are intensifying!" Lamp said.
"That's an impressive technique. Yalfire's using extreme rapid-fire punches to generate a barrage of powerful shockwaves." Beerus said.
Yalfire's attacks were so powerful that they were destroying the ground around Ryuu, making him stand on a little floating piece of the ground. Ryuu began to fire off his own shockwaves as he still shields himself.
"Do you guys see that?" Khorona asked everyone. "Those sparks looks like collisions from opposing shockwaves. Ryuu isn't just shielding himself now, he's launching a counter offensive!".
Ryuu began to slowly push himself up as he began to fire off more shockwaves against Yalfire's shockwaves. Ryuu stands up straight and opens his eyes, firing off a powerful shockwave that hits Yalfire's stomach.
"How Dare You?!" Yalfire said furiously.
"Ryuu broke through! He sliced through Yalfire's defenses... and connected!" Atzuma said in surprise.
Ryuu lets out a large and mighty battle cry as his Ultra Instinct Aura expands out as it looks like he created his own small universe. Ryuu closed his eyes and took a large inhale as all of Ryuu's Ultra Instinct Flames were going back to him. Yalfire jumps back and lands safely on top of a building as he watches the flames of Ryuu's power going back to him.
"Well Done, Ryuu. You have successfully landed a blow and you have channeled this extraordinary energy to overpower mine. Now I truly see why my master fears you..." Yalfire said before he smirks and says; "I'll have to respond back in kind!".
Yalfire starts to unleash his full power as it creates a strong pressure, trying to blow everyone away.
"Uh! Yalfire's unleashing even more power than I expected!" Steffe said.
"This Pressure is so intense— if his energy goes any higher, we could all be crushed!!" Chronoa shouted out loud.
Yalfire created a large Ki Blast and focused all of its power to fit into a small Ki Blast.
"Farewell, Ryuuji Hitoshi!!... It's Over!!!" Yalfire shouts out as he fires off the Ki Blast at Ryuu.
In an instant, Ryuu's hair turned bright white before he, his aura-like universe, and Yalfire's Ki blast, all suddenly disappeared. Yalfire looks behind him and sees a bright white silhouette of Ryuu as Ryuu held his Ki blast in his right hand before he instantly nullifies the ki blast, making it vanish in thin air. Ryuu turns around and starts to walk towards Yalfire. Yalfire quickly throws a punch at Ryuu but he instantly jumps up into the air as he dodges the Yalfire's attack and counters it with a few shockwaves. Yalfire catches his balance and fires off a few invisible eye blasts as Ryuu just simply swats them away, letting the attack explode within the air.
"He has arrived at something truly superb..." Blaze said, continuing to watch Ryuu's fight.
Yalfire dashed towards Ryuu as Ryuu disappears and teleports behind Yalfire with an arm raised and hits him with an invisible burst of strikes before it sent Yalfire flying into several buildings. The Silver Aura covering Ryuu's body began to fade away as Ryuu looks in the direction where he sent Yalfire flying.
"Whis." Beerus began to say while looking at Ryuu.
"Yes?" Whis replied.
"Ryuu's done it, hasn't he? He finally achieved it?" Beerus asked.
Whis nods his head. "Yes."
"It's astounding! This mortal really is something else!" Beerus said. "Look at that brilliant form, there can be no doubt. This is the true power, complete in all its majesty. This is... Autonomous Ultra Instinct!!".
"All right, Yalfire! The real fight starts now!" Ryuu raised his voice for Yalfire to hear him.
Yalfire struggled to push himself up before he said to Ryuu; "So it shall, Ryuu...".
"Look at this new form he's taken on." Judging by his appearance, it seems Ryuu has finally mastered this so-called "Autonomous Ultra Instinct". But the question is... How far will this ability take him once Yalfire is fighting all-out..." Tsukiya said. "Will this change the equation? Or will it prove to be one last bump to Ryuu's death? This should be very interesting to witness."
Ryuu stared at Yalfire for a few seconds before he instantly appears behind Yalfire, leaving a little cut on his left cheek. Ryuu stands up straight and turns around to face him as Yalfire wipes off the blood from his cut away with his left hand.
"The speed of this Complete Ultra Instinct is incredible. I couldn't even see him move!" Han said.
"I never imagined Big Brother could be so sublime! Surely it's too much for even Yalfire to take!" Kazuki Jr said excitedly.
"I hope you're not letting that power-up go to your head!" Yalfire said before he ran towards Ryuu.
Yalfire threw some attacks at Ryuu as he dodged them all instinctively before they both began to exchange blows. They exchanged blows at their normal speed before the speed of their attacks began to increase. They exchanged blows until Ryuu stopped one of Yalfire's attacks and pushed him back with a kick. Yalfire jumped up into the air and formed a Large purple Ki blast before he then threw it at Ryuu. Ryuu destroyed the Ki blast by simply forming a Ki saber in his left hand as the impact created blue flames around the area Ryuu was standing in.
"You cancelled out that blast!" Yalfire said in surprise before he dashed towards Ryuu.
Ryuu dashed towards Yalfire and they both went back to exchanging blows. They exchanged blows all around the blue flames until Ryuu guts Yalfire with an uppercut, he lands a high roundhouse kick to Yalfire's right cheek, and pushed him back with a punch. Yalfire began to shoot a barrage of Ki Blasts at Ryuu as he began to dodge most of them instinctively. Yalfire continued to fire off his barrage of Ki blasts at Ryuu as he began to dodge them with a back-flip. Ryuu then does a front-flip and lands on the ground safely as Yalfire continues to shoot his barrage of Ki blasts at him.
"Oh, that was so Badass!!" The Time Patrollers said, continuing to watch the fight.
Yalfire continues to shoot his barrage of Ki blasts at Ryuu as he dodges them instinctively as he began to run towards Yalfire before he got up close and pushed him back with a punch. Yalfire and Ryuu dashed towards each other and clashed fists before they began to exchange blows again. They exchanged blows until Yalfire jumps up and throws a punch at Ryuu, but he blocks it with his right arm and threw Yalfire back with just the swing of his right arm. Yalfire dashes towards Ryuu and throws a punch at him, but Ryuu dodges it as he counters back with an elbow-slam, pushed him back with a kick, and then slammed into several buildings with an upper-punch before he then jumped back to gain a safe distance. Yalfire destroys the building as he unleashes as a powerful explosion as his evasive technique before he began to breathe heavily as Ryuu just stood there, keeping his calm composure.
"After all his struggling with Yalfire, Ryuu now has the upper hand!" Ace said excitedly.
"That's Ryuu for ya!" Tomai said excitedly.
"It's over, Yalfire. I won and you lost. You cannot wish to defeat me like this unless you give it your all!" Ryuu said calmly, continuing to keep his calm composure.
"It's not possible... I cannot lose! I won't accept defeat!" Yalfire said frustratedly. "Might makes right and might alone! Without strength, we're all nothing!! I will not lose to some brat like you!! I refuse to accept defeat!!".
Yalfire began to unleash a tremendous amount of power as he then began to transform into his True Demon Form as the pressure he was releasing was reaching towards the others. Whis, Beerus, and Chronoa became frightened to see the True Demon for their first time as they felt its terrifying power.
"So that's what a True Demon Looks like!!..." Beerus said angrily as he was shaking in fear.
"Indeed..." Whis said with his right hand shivering a bit.
"That powers Ferocious!! It's like a Firestorm!!" Japonica shouted out.
"Yalfire's Power is climbing up even higher!!" Lamp shouted out.
Yalfire continued to power up tremendously as his Purple Flame-Like Aura spreader throughout the landscape as it was now all on fire. Yalfire began to walk towards arguing until he suddenly stopped and glares at Ryuu.
"Yalfire's power level just completely exploded!" Han said in surprise.
"How can this be?!" Kazuki Jr said in surprise as he began to shiver in fear. "Be careful, Big Brother...".
"Ryuu had the edge. Damn it!" Beerus said irritatedly.
Yalfire dashed towards Ryuu as they then began to exchange blows. They exchanged blows at incredible speed all around the landscape. They exchanged blows until Yalfire threw a punch and Ryuu caught it.
"It doesn't matter how high you climb, I will not lose to you!!" Yalfire shouted at Ryuu.
Yalfire began to form a ki blast in his fist as it then sent Ryuu flying back. Ryuu regains his balance and slides back on the ground safely. Yalfire fired off an energy wave at Ryuu as he dodged by jumping back on top of a building. Yalfire fired off another barrage of Ki blasts at Ryuu as a distraction as Yalfire jumped up above Ryuu and fired off a Purple Full Power Energy Wave. Ryuu quickly formed his Dragon Flash Technique and fired it off at Yalfire. The energy beams collided against each other as they both struggled to push each other back.
Yalfire began to overpower Ryuu's Energy Wave as he shouts out; "It's over!!".
Yalfire's Energy Wave overpowered Ryuu's Energy Wave and became a giant explosion as Ryuu took it head-on.
"Ryuu!!!" Everyone shouted out in worry.
Ryuu came out of the smokescreen and threw a punch at Yalfire. Yalfire dodges it and throws an attack at Ryuu who also dodged it. Then they both caught each others hands as they struggled to hold one another back.
"You're still holding on after taking on that pummeling, Ryuu– You're even tougher than I gave you credit for!!" Yalfire said to him.
Ryuu landed a knee-kick, Yalfire pushed Ryuu back with a kick, Ryuu fired off a Ki blast at Yalfire as he deflected back at Ryuu, Ryuu was sent flying by his own attack, Yalfire appeared above him as he lands a double ax handle and knocks Ryuu down onto the ground with a Powerful Energy Wave.
"This is bad!" Beerus said anxiously.
"Ryuu!!" Blaze and the others shouted out in worry.
"Come on, Ryuu... Get Up!" Michael Araya raised his voice so Ryuu could hear him. "Every time that's it really mattered, no matter how impossible its seemed, you've always found a way to bounce back! And it never mattered more than this, Ryuu. We believe in you, Ryuu! You can defeat Yalfire! We know you can! Just dig deep and Get up!!".
Ryuu struggled to push himself up as he then began to breathe heavily.
Yalfire's eyes widened in surprise. "No... This shouldn't be happening!... He shouldn't have any strength left!".
"Believe it, Yalfire. This fight isn't over just yet!" Ryuu said.
"Tell me how... How can you stand back up no matter how many times you fall?!" Yalfire asked him. "Answer me, Ryuu!!".
"It's because it's my job to defeat the likes of you and to protect those I care and love. It's because of my students, my rivals, my friends, it's because of all of them." Ryuu said. "Every time one of you scumbags attack me, they help me out and give it their all to help me keep going. If I do quit now, I betray that trust and I refuse to let any of them down!!".
"Haaa!!!" Ryuu powers up tremendously as a dark blue aura mixtures with his Ultra Instinct Aura.
Ryuu continued to power up as his Dragon tattoo appears on his back and his Chosen One powers mixes with his Ultra Instinct Form, giving him a power boost.
"It's Useless! Your ideals means nothing in the face of my power as a True Demon!!" Yalfire yelled out before he dashed towards Ryuu.
Ryuu dashed towards Yalfire, Yalfire throws a punch but Ryuu dodges it.
"You say that they don't mean anything, I'll show you that they do.".
"How dare you!!".
"I think Ryuu just increased his speed! He's even faster than he was before!" Ace said in surprise.
"How can that be?! Is it because of a new power up he gained?!" Chiller asked.
"Are you sure you guys are His students?! Because that question should be obvious!!" Blaze raised his voice at them before he calms down and says; "Ryuu can reach these heights because he's not fighting for himself, he fights for all of us! That's why!".
"Blaze is right. Behind every last one of Ryuu's strikes is a whole community of people who've grown up with him, strengthening him over a lifetime of unimaginable challenges." Emiko Sano said. "Each one has been crucial. They've been his friends and family, his allies and rivals, inspiring and pushing him forward. Ryuu doesn't imagine for one minute that he's gotten this far on his own!"
"He's pushed all of us forward too, shaping us into the people we are today." Han Fuji said. "Most of us started out as his enemies, We were hostile and misguided. But he earned our respect and trust, and showed us a different way."
"Even as he fights his opponents, he has a funny way of bringing them in." Akira Yamazaki said. "That's the type of Guy Ryuu is!".
"Yes, I've seen it myself." Beerus said, agreeing with them.
Ryuu and Yalfire continued to fight all around the landscape as the landscape began to shake intensely. They continued to fight until Yalfire knocks Ryuu down with a kick. Ryuu caught his balance as he landed safely on the ground and Ryuu dodged Yalfire's attack as he dashed towards him. Ryuu does a back-flip and then releases multiple shockwaves at once with one blow. Yalfire was pushed back before he caught his balance and fired off a barrage of Ki blasts at Ryuu. Ryuu dodges them as he then dashed towards Yalfire and sends him flying with a punch.
Ryuu dropped down in front of him and says to Yalfire; "This is our power, Yalfire."
"To hell with your friendship, to hell with your trust! Putting faith in such things is meaningless to a True Demon Like me!!" Yalfire shouts out as he powers up and fires off a energy wave at everyone.
"Nooo!!" Ryuu shouts out before his body then moved on its own.
Ryuu instantly appears in front of everyone and protected them as he swatted the energy wave away.
Ryuu then becomes pissed off from this. "How dare you!!...".
"The source of strength you rely on is fleeting!" Yalfire yelled. "They will all be turned to dust!! And by me once I'm done with you!".
"The truth is... I ain't no hero of justice or anything else like that, but if anyone... tries to hurt my friends... IS GONNA PAY!!!" Ryu shouts out in rage as he powers up tremendously as a silhouette of the DBS Angel Halo appears on Ryuu's neck and silhouette of angel wings formed on Ryuu's back.
Ryuu dashed towards Yalfire with a destructive punch, sending Yalfire flying. They both landed safely on the ground as they both began to exchange blows. They exchanged blows all around the landscape until Yalfire jumps up and fired off numerous of energy beams at Ryuu. Ryuu dodges them and they went back to exchanging blows.
"Do it, Ryuu!! Nows the time to put Yalfire down!!" Blaze shouted out.
Yalfire fires off his invisible eye blasts but Ryuu deflects all of them, Yalfire throws a punch at Ryuu, Ryuu dodges it and sends him flying with an uppercut. Ryuu then fires off his Dragon Flash technique at point-blank range as he shouts out; "Dragon... Flash!!".
"N-No! Nooo!! NNNOOOOOO!!!!!" Yalfire shouts out as his last words as he was slowly incinerated by Ryuu's Energy Wave technique.
Finally, the fight was over, Ryuu has won the battle. Ryuu smirks before he powered down to his base form and collapses on the ground from exhaustion. Ryuu's eyesight was blurry and he couldn't a damn thing besides a ringing in his ears. He could barely see everyone rushing towards him before he then closed his eyes.
-A Few Weeks Later -
Ryuu begins to wake up and open his eyes. He looks around slowly and notices he's in some sort of room from Capsule Corps. Ryuu struggles a bit to lift up his upperbody as he then feels pain in his stomach. Ryuu notices how he's covered up in bandages. Ryuu then notices someone coming into his room as that certain someone was Emiko Sano. Emiko was disappointed and depressed when she came in the room. Right as she looked up at Ryuu and sees how he is awake, her eyes widens and her eyes become watery. Tears began to go down her face as she ran and hugged Ryuu. Ryuu was surprised at first but embraces her back as she began to cry.
"Hey... It's ok. I'm still alive, Emiko." Ryuu said to comfort her.
"I can see that, you idiot!... That's not what I was so worried about!..." She said, still crying. "I was worried about you, you idiot!...".
"I know... I'm sorry."
Emiko wipes away her tears and leans in towards Ryuu as she then kisses him. Ryuu accepts the kiss back as he kisses her passionately. They both then pushed off of each other gently.
"I missed you so much, you idiot!..." she said as her forehead touched his.
"I know you do. And I've missed you too." He said as his forehead touched hers.
After a few minutes, the other girls came inside the room and sees Ryuu awake. They all ran and hug tackled him as he embraces them back with a smile on his face. They all were crying out of joy of seeing Ryuu awake. Then, all of the guys came in the room and saw Ryuu awake. They all hugged him in joy of seeing him awake. Blaze ends up telling Ryuu the whole story of how he's been in a coma for a few weeks after his fight with Yalfire as they took him to earth and in the Capsule Corporation. Blaze also told Ryuu what happened after Ryuu's disappearance from their world.
Apparently, after Ryuu's disappearance, the No-Names attacked the SHA. But they also attacked certain places Ryuu has went and caused chaos and destruction as the SHA did their best to eliminate them. Blaze tells them how he's been gone for several years in their world while the world they're in now, he's only been gone for several months. Ryuu was shocked by all of this.
"I-I can't believe all of that happened when I was away..." Ryuu said. "I'm so sorry, guys... I didn't know any of that would've happened...".
"It's fine. As long as we have you, we'll be fine." Blaze assured him. "But most importantly, we need you at full strength so we could fight against Jaakuna and his army."
"So you guys heard that too...".
"Yeah, we did."
Goku pulls out a little bag and flicks a Senzu Bean at Ryuu. Ryuu catches it.
"Eat it, it's a Senzu bean." Goku said.
Ryuu eats it as he regained all of his strength and his injuries were completely healed. Ryuu takes off his bandages and got dressed in front of everyone.
"Where do you think you're going?" Beerus asked.
"To train. Where else?" Ryuu told him. "Just sitting down on my ass won't solve anything. I need to get stronger."
Most of the guys smiled at Ryuu as he has not lost a bit of his determination to get stronger.
Emiko sighs. "You're always like this. Just how big of a fighting nut do you have to be until you're satisfied?".
"Until I'm the strongest there is. That's when I'll be satisfied." Ryuu said.
"Then let's get started shall we?" Whis said with a smile.
Ryuu smirks as everyone left the room and headed outside to train. Everyone decided to join in on the training to make things more interesting. Ryuu and some of the other guys began to stretch until they noticed how it suddenly got dark. They all looked up in the sky and saw how thunderclouds were forming up above them.
"What the hell?!" Vegeta and Blaze said.
"Why did it suddenly get dark?" Goku asked before they both saw a black crack in the sky.
"Hey! What's that?!" Atzuma said as he noticed the crack.
The crack then opened up as it was another wormhole.
"What the?!" Everyone shouted out in surprise.
The WormHole then began to try and suck up Ryuu as he began to be lifted up off the ground. Everyone sees this, immediately grabs ahold of him, and tries to hold onto him tightly so he doesn't get sucked in. Ryuu didn't want to get sucked up either but he had a gut feeling, telling him how another world like the one he's in, needs his help... Ryuu then tries to push the others back.
"Ryuu, what are you doing?!" Blaze Asks him.
"I need to go, Blaze. It's calling out to me." Ryuu said calmly.
"Go where?!" He questioned.
"I don't know yet… But I have a gut feeling… The wormhole is telling me it needs my help to save the other worlds that exists besides this one." Ryuu replied.
"No! We just found you and now you're leaving us again?! I don't think so!!" Emiko said angrily, holding on tighter to Ryuu.
"Please. I need to go. I need to save the other worlds I have to this one." Ryuu tells them. "It's my job but also… I have no choice. It'll suck me into the other worlds by force if it needs to. You guys can find me a lot faster with the Supreme Kai of Time's help. She'll know what to do. It's in one of those time scrolls she has. You just need to find the right one."
"Even so! I don't want to lose you again!" Emiko tells him.
"You won't, Emiko…" Ryuu says.
"Ryuu… please, don't go…".
"I promise to you all, I'll be back and stronger than ever. I'll come back here for all of you again. But please. Let me go."
Suddenly, all the girls lets go of Ryuu as the guys held on tightly to him.
"What the hell are you girls doing?!" Blaze yells at them.
"Don't worry about that. Just let him go already. He needs to do this, Blaze. For us." Goki says.
"But he could die! What if something happens to him? We can't allow that!".
"Just trust him. Trust he knows what he's doing. Just trust him, Please." Goki says to Blaze.
Blaze and the others lets him go as the only one holding onto him is Beerus.
"Lord Beerus! What are you doing?!" Vegeena questions him.
"We still need him. I ain't letting him go!" Beerus replied.
Beerus tries to pull him back until Whis karate chops Beerus on the neck, making him let go of Ryuu. Quickly, Goku and Vegeta throws a bag and a small container as Ryuu catches them.
"Good Luck, Ryuu!" Goku says.
Ryuu got sucked up into the wormhole, The wormhole closes up, and then disappears along with the clouds, making the sky bright again. Everyone begins to cry out in grief. Ryuu was stuck in the rift until he saw a bright light. All of the sudden Ryuu fell out of the wormhole and started falling from the sky. Ryuu didn't realize how he was going to fall onto the ground until he does and falls unconscious.
- A Few Hours Later -
There is a group of people that came from the nearby village, walking together in the forest. One was a black-hairs guy wearing a green vest. One was a fatso eating a bag of chips. And the last one was a blond-haired girl. They were walking through the forest until the blonde girl see Ryuu. Ryuu was still unconscious.
"Oh my gosh... He's really handsome for a guy! And not to mention, he's kinda cute when he's asleep! " Ino thought. "Snap out of it! Nows not the time for this! I need to get the other's attention to help him out! ".
"Hey! Shikamaru! Choji! Come and see what I found!" The blonde girl said.
"What is it, Ino?" The black-haired guy asked the girl.
The black-haired guy sees Ryuu unconscious and starts to check his pulse.
"He's only unconscious but it seems he might have suffered a head injury. Let's take him back to the village for treatment and see what we can do with him later." Shikamaru said.
"Good idea! Let's just hope he'll make it..." Ino said in worry of the hot guy she sees in front of her.
End Of Chapter 23.