The Three Legendary Saiyans
Chapter 31: Last Stand
Thunder boomed as lightning raked across the black clouds covering the once-blue skies of the West City Ruins; the city itself burning under intense flames incinerating all that remained of the once-gleaming metropolis, Gowasu and Shin both remained stood under their shelter while protecting Bulma and Future-Mai from the ravenous inferno. Vegeta and Future-Trunks both stared up at the newly fused Raijoku; produced from the union of Raijin and Goku via the Potara Earrings with a keen interest in what powers this Fusion Saiyan would wield.
Fused-Zamasu glared at his new opponent; glowering with hateful resentment towards the mortals, "So two became one! Your union matters not! Only I shall stand when judgement has been passed" Fused-Zamasu held his Energy Scythe aloft; its eerie dark-pink radiance summoning a fresh bolt of thunder which crashed down on top of the Capsule Corp Dome.
Raijoku merely smiled while the light of the purple thunder illuminated the space in-between the pair of Fused-Beings; his eyes lighting up with a new interest upon seeing The Energy Scythe, "That scythe… its not all that unique since after all; I can do that too".
Raijoku grinned a pleased grin while opening his right hand; a light-blue Energy Longsword instantly forming in his hand, gripping the weapon in his hand much to the appalment of Fused-Zamasu; of which felt a vein pop in immediate anger towards the adversary, raising his unarmed left hand only to raise his white halo and shower a rain of blood red bolts down upon Raijoku; the bolts screamed through the skies with such velocity that made the previous volley that killed the dozens of innocents as well as the children look like a paltry parlour trick.
With a series of light-blue flashes; Raijoku twisted and span on the spot with his Energy Longsword held tightly in his grip, the razor edge of the longsword slicing through each and every bolt that was fired; the bolts fizzling out into nothing after being cut so neatly and perfect from tip to end.
"How?" Fused-Zamasu gasped; watching with wide-eyed shock at how easily Raijoku cut down his Judgement Bolts and effortlessly protected the Kai's and last couple of mortals left alive, Raijoku took a single step forwards and shot over from the barrier to Fused-Zamasu's face in a single instant; constantly smiling a pleased smile while Fused-Zamasu raised his Energy Scythe to take Raijoku's head only for the weapons to be destroyed by a single slash from the Energy Longsword and leaving only a trailing wisp of the blood red energy around its blade.
"Its simple; because I'm a mortal" Raijoku whispered to Fused-Zamasu; raising his own weapon and driving it directly into Fused-Zamasu's chest; the tip of the light-blue blade poking out through Fused-Zamasu's back while he gasped and screaming in pain, a look of confusion filled Fused-Zamasu's eyes as pain wracked across his entire body emanating from the sword piercing his chest.
"How am I in so much pain? I'm supposed to be immortal?!" Fused-Zamasu gasped; his eyes bulging out from his head as he stared down at the Energy Longsword still buried in his chest cavity.
Raijoku burst out into laughter at Fused-Zamasu's quandary; pulled his Longsword out from Fused-Zamasu's chest and watching as the wound quickly healed itself though the victim remained almost-kneeling down in pain, "Haven't you figured it out? This is a new body that never received that wish on The Super Dragon Balls! Your body is no longer immortal… how do you think I could give you such pain?".
Fused-Zamasu's eyes radiated such hate and animosity towards Raijoku that the whole right side of his body began to produce a purple sweat.
Vegeta and Future-Trunks both rose to their feet; Vegeta looking back as Raijoku laughed and mocked Fused-Zamasu while they made path for Shin's and Gowasu's Barrier, muttering the word Fool as Bulma and Future-Mai both cleared debris off a bench for the two to sit on.
"Vegeta; take a rest; you've been fighting and training without rest! You need to stop for five minutes" Bulma stood over Vegeta while lecturing him; appearing as if the two had been married for many years.
"Shut up! I will not stop until I stand above them both; even when they're fused" Vegeta shouted; drawing in shocked stares from all except for Gowasu, Vegeta enviably glaring up at Raijoku as the battle resumed.
"Miss Bulma is correct; Goku intended to fuse with you before Raijin convinced him otherwise" Shin answered for Bulma; smiling in Vegeta's direction though Gowasu watched the fight with a worrying concern evident in his expression.
Vegeta sneered and scoffed at the very idea of fusing with Goku and creating Vegito for a second time; once was bad enough after having suddenly defused while inside of Majin Buu's body though the mere memory of the experience was enough to send shivers down Vegeta's spine.
Future-Trunks watched the stand-off with keen interest; a hopeful feeling that the union of Goku and Raijin would finally put an end to Zamasu, Future-Mai sat by his side; sitting hand-in-hand with Future-Trunks and sharing in his hope.
Up in the thunderous skies; Raijoku kept smiling while consistently driving punches and kicks into Fused-Zamasu's body and face, Fused-Zamasu felt his head back knocked backwards after taking an uppercut to his jaw; blood and a broken tooth flew out from his mouth when trying to get some distance, his white halo spinning around his body in his Halo Barrier.
Raijoku raised an eyebrow at the sight of the Halo Barrier; the very barrier that had stopped a united blast from Raijin, Goku, Vegeta and Future-Trunks and seemed to be completely impenetrable, "Hiding behind your defence? I didn't think such a mighty God would be such a coward".
Fused-Zamasu gritted his broken and bloody teeth; the veins in his temples throbbing with intense anger though the purple sweat continued to bead on only one side of his body: his right side, bringing his hands up to above his head; his Halo Barrier halting in focussing his energy into a single orb on white energy.
"I'm going to eliminate all mortals and create my utopia! Light of Heaven!" Fused-Zamasu screeched; his desperation evident in his voice, the white orb flashing as a pair of golden halo's formed and circled around the orb as it fired in a direct path for Raijoku.
"Where's all the grand high-and-mighty talk you've been spouting?" Raijoku shouted; reaching backwards with only his right hand and backhanding the orb away with only a single strike; his left hand touching his forehead before vanishing on the spot.
"Where'd he?" Fused-Zamasu muttered to himself while looking for where Raijoku had seemingly teleported too before a sudden punch struck him in the back of his head and sent him crashing into the dirt.
Raijoku stood over the crumpled and fearful Fused-Zamasu; the Fused-Saiyan smiled down at his fallen foe in an act of savouring the sight instead of finishing the battle while the opportunity was presenting itself.
Fused-Zamasu looked back towards Raijoku with fear in his eyes; a fear of defeat, of death and a fear of being bested by a mortal; mortals who mimicked the Gods with their use of God Ki, utilising the Potara Earrings and even laying so much as a finger on his divine body.
Vegeta continued to watch the fight from the bench; his frown deepening as he thought that Raijoku was sharing the one trait that was constant in every Fused-Being: overconfidence.
"I'm going to use all my power to crush you Zamasu! Behold the powers of Raijin and Goku combined into a single being! Super Saiyan Blue: FULL POWER!" Raijoku wore his ever-constant smile as his wild black hair flashed into the bright blue, blue flames burnt wildly around his entire body accompanied by a bright red currant of electricity that crackled and coiled around his arms and legs.
Fused-Zamasu felt an involuntary shiver run down his spine; the aura radiating off Raijoku filled his mind with an immediate sense of danger, a sense that was reaffirmed as Raijoku raised his fingers to his forehead again and vanished on the spot; Fused-Zamasu blinked twice before spotting that Raijoku was kneeling with a Kamehameha Blast charging in his hands, screaming as loud as he could as Fused-Zamasu's whole body was engulfed by The Warp Kamehameha.
Raijoku grinned as the blast that had once drained Goku of all his energy had had very little effect of Raijoku's own energies; floating in wait for Fused-Zamasu to reappear from the travelling beam, though he did not wait long as Fused-Zamasu came rushing at him with an Energy Scimitar in each hand; Raijoku knelt down low with his own Energy Longsword reigniting in his right hand, waiting until Fused-Zamasu was right on top of him with a gleeful smile in yet another attempt to behead a Saiyan; Raijoku moved with such speed that he appeared to move like lightning as his Longsword slashed through the two Scimitars and shattered the blades with only a single strike.
Fused-Zamasu stared at Raijoku with evident fear; the purple sweat slowly beginning to turn his green skin purple on the entire right side of his body, his face scrunching up in pain as Raijoku lunged forward with a double-handed sledgehammer fist directly into Fused-Zamasu's stomach; blood dripped from punctured lips just as Raijoku suddenly span up and delivering a roundhouse kick to Fused-Zamasu's head, the currants of red electricity shocking Fused-Zamasu with every blow; Fused-Zamasu barely had time to block or counter any attack as Raijoku rushed in with such speed that he was often leaving behind afterimages, Raijoku kept smiling while beating Fused-Zamasu with a barrage of punches and kicks to every inch of Fused-Zamasu's body until he floated in the air with no means to protect himself or counterattack.
Raijoku flew even higher in the air; his hands joined at the wrist with all his fingers and both thumbs outstretched as a rain of tiny blue energy bolts identical to Fused-Zamasu's own bolt attacks, the bolts rained down as Fused-Zamasu attempted to use his Halo Barrier once again though the bolts rained down with such quantity and finely-honed quality that the Barrier slowly wore itself down and left Fused-Zamasu exposed to the bolts.
Raijoku halted his attack; waiting for Fused-Zamasu to reappear once the dust had faded away, the dust cloud dispersing enough to reveal that Fused-Zamasu stood wobbling in the air with multiple scrapes and burns while his Halo was barely even visible anymore after having been worn down by the bolt rain.
Fused-Zamasu wobbled in the air; blood dripping from burst lips his green skin of his right side having entirely turning purple with the near-constant sweat began corrupting his body, his white halo fading and becoming semi-transparent after the overpowering beatdown he was taking at the hands of a mortal.
"It's over… time for the final blow! God Masen…" Raijoku shouted with a gleeful smile that stretched from ear-to-ear until he felt a sudden tug in the pit of his stomach; a booming sound reverberated across the ruins as Raijoku vanished on the spot leaving only a Normal-Form Raijin and a Super Saiyan Blue Goku floating in the air in front of a dumbstruck Fused-Zamasu.
"What happened? I thought we had an hour! Its only been fifteen minutes!" Raijin shouted; a shocked look in his expression as well as his eyes, his hands grabbing at his own body to make sure he was himself; his left hand grabbing a hold of his own Tail only to smile in thanks that he still had it.
"It had to be either the shared God Ki or Super Saiyan Blue! Raijoku was too powerful for the earrings and sped up the time limit" Goku quickly guessed; though Raijin was certain that it had to have been Super Saiyan Blue: Full Power that sped up the time limit.
"IT DOESN'T MATTER! YOU BOTH WILL DIE BY MY GODLY HANDS!" Fused-Zamasu screamed at the top of his lungs; his right fist rising above his head as the purple sweat contorted and enlarged his fist to the size of a tree-trunk, the heavy fist slamming down on top of a guarding Goku and Raijin though the force and the impact of the fist send both Saiyans crashing back down into the burning ruins.
Vegeta surged out from the protective barrier and back into the battle; leaving only a blazing trail of blue flames in his wake, "ZAMASU!" Vegeta screamed; his hands outstretched as he lunged in close to Fused-Zamasu's back and firing an enormous energy blast that completely engulfed Fused-Zamasu, allowing himself to smile a victorious smile after the blast; Vegeta quickly looked shocked as a set of large purple-skinned fingers emerged from his blast's dust cloud and gripped at his arms, the enlarged arm swinging Vegeta up and slamming him down into the pavement; Vegeta coughing from the impact before a stomp to the back of his head buried him in cracked tarmac.
Future-Trunks held Future-Mai's hand tightly; biting his lips in frustration that the Potara Fusion was their last hope, holding the broken hilt of his own sword in his free hand; desperately searching for anything he could possibly do.
Stones amongst the rubble rolled down into the ruined streets as the debris exploded outwards in a shockwave of energy; Raijin and Goku both standing amongst the rubble and flames both had their clothes torn, burnt and tattered after the heavy blow and the impact into a burning building; Raijin scoped around briefly before spotting Vegeta laying facedown in a pavement with Fused-Zamasu standing over him but he was no longer the perfect being; Fused-Zamasu's entire right side of his body had changed and malformed with his skin turning a sickly purple and both his arm and leg had grown and expanded with a great deal of muscle mass while his left side remained as green-skinned and slender as he was upon first Fusing.
"What the hell happened to him?" Raijin muttered; a striking fear preventing him from speaking more clearly or loudly.
"You got me… but there is still one thing I want to try; though it's risky" Goku muttered; his brow furrowing in thought though his eyes looked down at his own right hand.
Raijin glanced over at Goku; back to a curb-stomped and half-buried Vegeta before looking back to Goku, "We have to take risks now; do what you need to do".
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PATHETIC MORTALS BLABBING ABOUT?! NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO IT IS OF NO USE!" Fused-Zamasu screamed at the tops of his lungs; his body becoming increasingly more corrupted as the purple-skinned right side of his body only kept growing larger though his Halo's radiance changed to a deep red instead of the previous pure white.
Goku leapt up to his feet from the still-burning wreckage of the city; raising his fingers to his forehead and teleporting directly to Fused-Zamasu with Instant Transmission, Goku gripped his right wrist with his left hand just as Fused-Zamasu's wildly angry eyes spotted him only to have his vision obscured by Goku's hand pressed up against Zamasu's face.
"What are you doing?" Fused-Zamasu asked in a questioning tone though Goku had his eyes closed while focussing his energies into a single technique; his mouth opening to speak only a single word, "Hakai".
Shin and Gowasu both watched with stunned shock at Zamasu's corrupted form and Goku's use of Lord Beerus' own skill.
Fused-Zamasu's scream echoed across the entire city; Vegeta watching as he slowly brought himself out from the destroyed pavement while Future-Trunks, Future-Mai and Bulma all watching from the barrier, Fused-Zamasu felt a powerful sensation pulling his entire body apart that felt as if the two that made up his body were being pulled apart; his intense screaming sent shockwaves throughout the city and extinguished the flames.
Raijin watched in shock; having witnessed Beerus using the Hakai Technique and terrifyingly disintegrating that version of Zamasu within mere moments while Fused-Zamasu's body gradually changed to the original Zamasu and Goku Black; the only thing still binding the two together was a thick silvery rope that joined the two from Zamasu's left side to Black's right side of their respective bodies, even Zamasu's screams began to sound like two distinct voices howling in unison.
Goku grimaced as a black lightning shot up his arms; blasting him backwards into the same pile of rubble that he and Raijin had been laying in previously.
Zamasu and Black's bodies slowly re-fused as the silver ropes twisted in the air and bound them back together into Fused-Zamasu only the purple corruption still remained only encompassing his right side; Fused-Zamasu glared down at his two hands only to observe how badly he'd been corrupted, "How dare you mortals… your meagre efforts to defeat the divine have caused this ruin to my body! The divine temple that houses my splendid soul has been desecrated by you filthy lowly mortals!".
"You are wrong Zamasu" Spoke the voice of Gowasu; the Kai stood in-between Goku, Raijin and Fused-Zamasu with a stern look in his eyes, "Your current form is a result from you: a Divine Being fusing with a Mortal; it is that imbalance that not only weakens you now but made you vastly inferior to the union of these two Saiyans".
Raijin and Goku couldn't help but smile to each other after hearing Gowasu talk so highly of their Fused Being.
Fused-Zamasu gritted his still-broken teeth; his body feeling even heavier with this new form and knowledge "It does not matter… I can still kill each and every mortal here! And then I'll take great pleasure in breaking open your skull old man!" Fused-Zamasu grinned sickly when turning his murderous glare towards Lord Gowasu.
"You can kill me if you like… but these brave souls will still fight against their fate" Gowasu's concerned frown cracked into a ever-so-small smile; though he had his back turned to the Saiyans he knew that they were all standing back on his feet.
True to Gowasu's words; Goku, Vegeta and Raijin were all back on their feet; Future-Trunks rushing out with his broken sword in-hand, Future-Trunks glanced down at the broken stub of a blade; with his eyes closed and concentrating on solely his blade instead of the near-invincible Fallen Kai standing across from him; the blaze of gold and blue slowly channelled from around his body, the sensations of the Super Saiyan powers that coursed through his veins; empowering him even more when containing the sheer unrestrained power of Super Saiyan Rage, opting the keep channelling that fierce power down to his blade; opening his eyes to find that the blade of his sword had becoming a brilliant golden blade.
Raijin and Vegeta both smiled with pride in Future-Trunks' efforts.
Fused-Zamasu didn't say a single word; his left hand igniting with the blade of one of Black's Energy Scimitars, his now two-tone eyes: one grey and one purple; glaring at the new Golden Sword that Future-Trunks wielded as if it was a threat to him.
Raijin stood alongside Goku and Vegeta; the three nodding to each other without so much as a single word spoken between them, the duo of Goku and Vegeta both rushing forwards amidst a blazing blue flame; both with their hands outstretching and firing volley's of ki blasts, Fused-Zamasu snarled like a beast; taking his blood-red Halo and raising it as a shield against the blasts.
Raijin stood by Future-Trunks; his eyes on the Golden Sword with a look of pride, "Keep focussing on that sword; let us create the window of opportunity" Raijin patting Future-Trunks proudly on his shoulder before rushing out and joining Goku and Vegeta; his hands reaching out to as his own blasts to the volley.
Gowasu returned to the barrier; calmly and emotionlessly glancing down as Shin, Bulma and Future-Mai watched with hopeful eyes for an end to this horrible conflict.
The volley of blasts kept raining down on Fused-Zamasu; his barrier cracking under the powerful rain of blasts; though Goku and Vegeta held onto the Super Saiyan Blue Forms but Raijin was in his base-form, a murderous grin contorted his already-corrupted facial features; his broken teeth grew into fangs while his robes on his right side were strained and ripped from the sudden increase in mass of the corrupted side of his body, raising his weapon and twisting in in one hand and slicing through the air; sending a blast wave towards the airborne Saiyans.
The blast wave felt like being hit with a wave of electricity; shocking the three Saiyans every nerve-ending, Raijin and Vegeta quickly fell to the ground only to land on their knees; Goku following suit and crashing down onto his back with jolts of electricity still sparking off each of their bodies, Goku's and Vegeta's Blue Hair reverting back to its normal black.
Walking forwards with loud and heavy stomping steps; Fused-Zamasu wore a manically murderous smile while heavily walking forwards with his blade in hand, not speaking a single word though the menacing glare in his two-tone eyes irrefutably gave away his murderous intentions; his steps only stopped as streams of blue light flowed from all over the ruins and into a single spot: Future-Trunks' Sword.
"How? How are you doing this?" Fused-Zamasu shouted; his murderous smile fading into an irritated grimace.
Future-Trunks glared out from the edge of his Golden Sword; now turning a brilliant shade of light-blue as the streams of energy twisting and curling through the skies before forming into an orb that greatly resembled The Spirit Bomb.
"Raijin, Vegeta… us too" Goku struggled to even move after taking that blast wave head-on; bringing up his right hand as a stream of energy flowed from his fingertips and into the blade of Future-Trunks' Sword.
Raijin nodded curtly; reaching out and giving every drop of his remaining energies to Future-Trunks.
Vegeta watched his son; his proud expression unseen by his comrades but he still raising his right hand and give his energies to his Alternate-Timeline Son.
Fused-Zamasu stared up at the orb with a look of confused shock; the orb's blue radiance wiped away the black clouds that covered and coated the West City Ruins with near-constant storms, the stars and the moon shone in the night sky; a sight that Future-Trunks and Future-Mai hadn't seen in what felt like an eternity.
The energies of the orb flowed down only to become one with The Golden Sword; shifting into a dazzling light blue blade that kept growing and expanding into a diamond shape, "This… this is the sword born out of the lingering spirits of all those you killed! The weapon that will end your reign of terror!" Future-Trunks yelled; finally kicking off the ground and charging for Fused-Zamasu with his Sword held aloft.
Fused-Zamasu roared back without any words but roaring like a mad beast; raising his own Energy Scimitar and slashing down at Future-Trunks' Sword only to engage in a blade lock, the two stared each other down; Future Trunks struggling to get past Fused-Zamasu's power while Fused-Zamasu himself kept growling and snickering like an insane man, Future-Trunks felt Fused-Zamasu's strength beginning to win over the struggle until a gunshot sounded and Fused-Zamasu flinched in pain; a spurt of blood trailed from a tiny bullet wound in his cheek and the bullet was noticeably lodged between his fang-like teeth.
Future-Trunks looked out to see where the shot had come from only to wear a happy smile as he spotted Future-Mai standing outside of the barrier with a Weaver Classic Scope Handgun; having recovered the weapon from a fallen soldier felled by Fused-Zamasu's Judgement Bolts, her single shot creating the window of opportunity.
Future-Trunks wrenched back the heavy Sword; not wasting even a single second in driving the weapon through Fused-Zamasu's hulking chest right in the line bordering his normal left side and corrupted right side.
Fused-Zamasu screeched in intense pain; his voice reverberating into an echoing shockwave that nearly knocked Future-Trunks off his feet until a strong force pushing him back onto his feet, turning to glance behind him; Future-Trunks saw that Raijin and Vegeta fired off a blast of air to support him, giving a brave smile; Future-Trunks gripped his Sword and dragged his blade upwards while listening to the pained and defiant screams of Fused-Zamasu while his body was being cleaved into two halves by the power of Future-Trunks' Sword.
The two halves of Fused-Zamasu's body collapsed to the ground; a blank expression on the two separate sides of his face though his eyes were completely white, Future-Trunks felt an unbelievably happy smile cross his face after having finally cut down Zamasu; the Energy Blade of his sword fading away as his own Super Saiyan Rage Form fading away from his body and reverting him to his Base-Form.
Gowasu closed his eyes in a silent prayer while Shin and Bulma danced on the spot as Zamasu was finally defeated; Future-Mai dashing over and throwing her arms around Future-Trunks' shoulders in a loving embrace.
Raijin beamed proudly towards Future-Trunks; silently wishing that this Trunks was actually his own son instead of being Vegeta's son.
Goku pumped his fist while watching Future-Trunks finally stab Fused-Zamasu.
Vegeta gave a curt nod of his head; though he too felt pride in Future-Trunks' actions.
"You did it; you really did it! you saved our world" Future-Mai spoke with happy tears in her eyes; his sight set solely on Future-Trunks rather than the two halves of Fused-Zamasu's body.
"Yes; but I couldn't save our people" Future-Trunks spoke solemnly; tears finally budding in his eyes for everyone who had lost their lives in the long and hard conflict.
A deathly silence fell over the remains of the city until a familiar boom of a Capsule exploding out into The Time Machine; Bulma standing under it and looking at the machine before counting the number of people present.
"I think we're going to have to make two round trips to get everyone back to our Timeline" Bulma surmised after having experienced being inside the machine along with four Saiyans.
"Yes; I dare say that I agree Miss Bulma, but…" Gowasu began to speak; though he was cut off by another voice.
"But nothing; every single one of you are not going anywhere… certainly not while living!" spoke the unmistakable voice of Fused-Zamasu only his voice sounded more distorted like two voices speaking at once.
Everybody turned around to face the source of the voice only to witness that the two halves of Fused-Zamasu's cleaved body were standing upright; the silvery ropes coiling and twisting around the two halves until each sprouted a new left and right side respectively, Two equally corrupted Fused-Zamasu's standing upright; both with sadistic murderous glares in their eyes and an Energy Scythe in hand.