12-21-05

Gilgamesh lay Miguelito down on his back, gently and looked him over. There was a large wound in his chest that he could see all the way through. Gilgamesh started to panic, before he remembered the pouch of Senzu’s Karin had given him. “These can heal, right?” he asked himself as he pulled one out and dropped it into Miguelito’s mouth. “Come on, chew it, then swallow!” the halfbreed ordered the near dead human.

Riddick picked up a bucket of water and splashed it in the face of Leth, awakening him. Leth opened his eyes and gasped for air. “Welcome aboard” Riddick said, bowing to a squinting Leth. The captive halfbreed looked around the room he was in, realizing they were in some airplane high in the sky. Tetsago, Barkon, and Hybreed were all there and chained up with him. Leth looked down and saw that his hands and feet were chained together “You think I can’t break free?” Leth asked, staring into Riddick’s eyes.

Sephiroth hovered over the CCIA complex on the outskirts of Central City. “Well, I guess it’s time to put these dogs down for good” he said, scratching his nose. The Teal Tie Commander aimed his right palm down at the large building. “Super Dodonpa!” he yelled, firing a large red beam from his extended hand.

Miguelito slowly chewed up the bean, and managed to swallow it too, bringing a smile to Gilgamesh’s face. The huge hole in Miguelito’s stomach closed and he sat up hurriedly. The human’s eyes were wide and he gasped for air as he stared down at his chest. “How am I still alive!?” and “Thank you Karin!” the lone living pair shouted simultaneously.

Leth yanked his hands away from each other, but wasn’t able to break free of his bondage. He did the same with his feet, but the results were also the same. Riddick just stood in front of him, gawking “Go on big guy, break them.” Leth looked over at the other captives, all of them awake, but not trying to escape “You have some special chains? I’ll just blast myself free, then I’ll-” Tetsago cut him off “There’s no point, moron.” the android said “The collar’s around our necks make us as weak as any normal human.” the android added, trying to break his chains, with the same results as Leth.

The large beam shot down through the many-leveled complex until it hit the ground floor and sent a violent wave of explosions crashing around the facility. A large grin occupied Sephiroth’s face as noticed a couple cars trying to flee the scene “Not so fast, you have to die, too” he thought, blasting the three cars with lower level Dodonpa’s. Flames were erupting all around him as he floated high in the sky. The radiant light danced below him “Now, no one can stop our dominance.” he said as he flew off towards the capitol.

Miguelito jumped to his feet and ran past Gilgamesh to get to his fallen friend. The human stared down at Morach, his skull split in two by the evil superpower. Gilgamesh walked over to him, keeping his distance “What happened here?” The boy asked, Miguelito clenched his fists and started breathing heavily “There’s a monster.” Miguelito said, turning to face Gilgamesh “Sephiroth.” Miguelito had fire in his eyes as he looked at Gilgamesh “You and I are all that’s left to fight him. We have to work together and put him down.” As Miguelito finished his spiel, several helicopters appeared in the sky overhead.

“That’s such bullshit.” Leth said, shaking his head. Riddick started laughing “You guys want to know something funny?” he asked, putting his hands on his belly. “You are all going to be executed in Central City!” Leth glared at Riddick, while the other three prisoners’ already seemed aware of that fact. “And until then, you guys will be tortured nonstop at the Prison we’re about to land at! Isn’t that great?” Leth just shook his head “You’re such a dick, dude.” he said, as Riddick left the room to head into the cockpit.

Miguelito’s and Gilgamesh’s hair blew back as the helicopter’s landed amongst the dead bodies and debris from the building. Several men dressed in black suits with ‘CCIA’ armbands came rushing out to survey the area. “Are these guy’s with that ‘Sephiroth’ person?” Gilgamesh asked, readying to fight. Miguelito shook his head “No. Sephiroth is with the Teal Tie Army, these men work for the World’s Government.” The pair heard laughter as a large, old man got out of the helicopter, the other agents parting and allowing him to walk up to the duo.

“Glad you guy’s tried to help.” Hybreed said, looking to Barkon and Tetsago. “We should have waited longer” Tetsago said, shaking his head “That damn Riddick! We should have killed him in West City!” the android added, pounding his fist against the floor of their cramped cell. “That bastard is probably torturing that CCIA guy himself, now.” Barkon added, looking at the large steel door that kept them locked in. “His name’s Leth.” Hybreed said “He’s a good fighter, a bit annoying. But a good fighter.” the icer added, slumping to the ground.

There was a soldier accompanying the old man, keeping a close distance between them. The soldier was wearing a pair of Green camouflage pants, a black tank top, a brown tail as a belt, and some thick boots. He had a blue wristband around each wrist, and blue ankle bands on the outside of his pants. He had tan skin, short black hair with streaks of silver mixed in, and brown eyes. The man appeared to be a couple years older than Miguelito, but didn’t appear to have much muscle definition. “So you already seem to know a lot about us, and Teal Tie, eh?” the old, fat man asked.

Leth was chained up, suspended a couple feet off the ground, against a cold steel wall several floors below where his comrades were being held. The orange top of his gi was torn off, his hands chained to the wall giving the look of him being tied to a cross. There were three Teal Tie soldiers accompanying Riddick in the room, each of them getting a few punches in on his unguarded stomach. “Now for the real fun to get started.” Riddick said, grinning. One of the soldiers pulled out a set of electrical cables, specially designed for this torture. “Ready for the fun, Leth?” Riddick asked, punching the chained halfbreed in the mouth, before shoving the electrical cables into Leth’s chest and stomach. Leth screamed out in pain, drowning out Riddick and his men’s laughter.

“My name is Zed” the old man said “And this,” he added, pointing to the soldier accompanying him “Is special Agent Manks.” Manks nodded to Gilgamesh and Miguelito. “We’ve been watching you, and the other people that fought here for quite awhile.” Zed said, looking out over the battlefield. “Oh..?” Miguelito asked, staring at Manks “Why weren’t you helping in the fight then?” the champ asked, looking directly at Manks. “We sent the team of Leth, RJ, and Saiyaness, thinking they would be enough for this mission. Our intel was way off, it seems.” Miguelito’s eye twitched “But this guy looks like he could have helped!” Manks nodded, agreeing with Miguelito’s assertion.

Sephiroth floated outside the Central City capitol building, the house of the Earth King. “Time to pay a visit” Sephiroth said, crashing through the giant stained-glass window in the President’s office. Large shards of glass rained down on the President, his personal secret service opening fire on Sephiroth with their hand guns as he floated through the window.

“I could have helped.” Manks said, solemnly “But I was injured very badly by a Teal Tie Cyborg in South City about a week ago. I only just recovered.” Zed cleared his throat “Let’s get down to business, okay?” the old man asked. Miguelito and Gilgamesh nodded, readying themselves to hear what the man had to say. “Our base of operations has recently been destroyed by Sephiroth. We do not have the means to fight the Teal Tie army, and we need the two of you to help in the assassination of Sephiroth.” Manks nodded “The three of us should be able to handle it.” the man said.

The bullets bounced off Sephiroth as he landed on the ground, throwing the several secret service members out the window he had just crashed through, and to the ground sixty feet below. The King was cowering in fear “You know who I am?” Sephiroth asked, the King backing up against a wall, nodding his head. “Good. If you want to live, you will turn over all your power to me, immediately.” The King nodded his head again and ran over to his desk to find the paperwork.

“What do we need to do?” Miguelito asked, sitting in a chair, in the capsule building one of the CCIA agents had recently thrown down. “We’re setting up camp here, around the Astral Gate to give our scientists another chance to study it.” Zed said, sipping on his cup of coffee. “Another chance?” Miguelito asked, tapping on the table between them. “CCIA scientists discovered the gate in a cave, a few years ago. But shortly afterwards, Teal Tie captured it, not before Manks here made it through from the other side.” Gilgamesh looked up at Manks, who was leaning against the wall of the house. “Manks is from one of the alternate dimension’s on the other side of the Astral Gate.” Zed informed them.

The door to the captive’s cell swung open, and Leth was thrown in to the ground, unconscious. “Bring the namek” Riddick ordered, his three men rushing in to collect the green alien. Smoke was still rising up off Leth’s chest and stomach as he lay there. “He lasted an hour and 36 minutes before passing out.” Riddick said “Let’s see how the green man does.” the four Teal Tie members had a laugh as they slammed the door shut and started downstairs.

Gilgamesh stood up from his seat and walked outside. “Where you going, Gil?” Miguelito called out to him as he followed him outside. “Kinto’un!” Gilgamesh cried, his hands almost cupping his mouth. Miguelito stood behind Gilgamesh and watched as a small golden cloud shot down from the sky and floated in front of Gilgamesh. Miguelito walked over to the cloud and looked up at Gilgamesh “Where are you going?” the human asked again. Gilgamesh tightened his belt “I have to go tell Master Roshi what happened to Sai and Leth…” he responded, the cloud beginning to float to the southeast. “Come back when you’re done.” Miguelito said, turning to walk back inside before Gilgamesh took off towards the Turtle Hermit’s island.

“Teal Tie’s new base of operation’s is in the south” Zed told a receptive Miguelito. “Hey!” A soldier shouted, bursting through the door. “Turn on the t.v.! Quick!” he added. Manks flipped the switch, and the television screen lit up. On the screen was a Royal address, the Earth leader sitting at his desk, the room cleaned up from Sephiroth’s strike. “My fellow Earther’s” The president started “We are at the dawning of a new day in the history of the world. From now on, all governmental power’s will be given to Commander Sephiroth of the Teal Tie Army.” Sephiroth stepped onto camera, sitting on the President’s desk. Sephiroth gave the peace sign with his fingers and smiled “Thank you so much.” Sephiroth said “My coronation will be in two days, in Central City, so please, I welcome all my new subjects to pay tribute to me. If you want to live, that is.”

Gilgamesh and his cloud floated above Roshi’s island, but his house was nowhere to be seen. “He must be training that kid” Gilgamesh said to himself, recalling that he gave directions to Magus. “Kinto’un, go north of here!” the halfbreed ordered, the cloud zipping off the Roshi’s training island.

“That damn coward!” Zed shouted punching the table. “well, now we know when to strike” Manks said, nodding to Miguelito. “Oh yes.” Sephiroth said “There will be a little show to commemorate my coronation.” Sephiroth paused to giggle “Public execution of the people involved with the recent West City massacre.” Miguelito smiled “So those guys are still alive.” the human said, his voice more cheery. “You guys rescue them, then assassinate Sephiroth. Got it?” Zed asked, his chapped lips wrinkling into a smile.

Leth awoke and began rubbing his eyes to adjust to the brightness. “They have a freakin’ coliseum?” Hybreed asked, the Icer, Tetsago, and Barkon were all standing. Leth forced himself to his feet, the collar around his neck still present and keeping him weak. Leth spun around, seeing the huge crowd in the elevated stands reminded him of the tournament. The large fighting area was reminiscent of the arena gladiator’s had fought in. “What are we doing here?” Leth asked, rubbing the back of his neck. “We’re their amusement.” Tetsago responded, a gate on the far end sliding up to reveal their competitors.

“Another day, another dollar” Roshi said, watching his two pupils do some construction work “No work, no food!” Roshi chimed in as Magus passed him by. Out the corner of the perverted master’s eye, he spotted a yellow cloud streaking through the sky. “Haven’t seen that in awhile” Roshi thought to himself as it drew closer, and the figure on top became recognizable. “Hello master.” Gilgamesh said, as he hopped off the cloud to face the old man, who still had a few inches on the boy.

Miguelito stepped through the building designated for the KIA soldiers. Each of the fighters that died against Sephiroth were on their own separate tables. “I’ll get revenge” Miguelito declared, looking down at his dead friend. Miguelito patted his championship belt “That guy won’t get away with what he’s done.” the champ added, leaving the room.

“Those are the DNA experiments Heret was talking about..” Barkon said, the group’s four opponent’s stepping through onto the battlefield. One of the large fighters had a golden mane around his neck, a large mouth, a tail, and huge claws. Another had scaled skin, a long crocodile tail, and a huge head with snapping jaws. The third had a large horn on his forehead, gray skin, and was extremely buff. The last had big bulgy eyes, light green skin with red spots, webbed hands, and giant calf muscles. “You’ll get your power back for the fight” A voice said from the crowd of people in the stands “But the collar’s are set to explode if you try to take them off, or if you try to escape.” The group chuckled “Fine with us” they said, the opponents getting closer.

“I can tell you passed Master Karin’s training.” Roshi said, not giving his pupil a chance to talk. Gilgamesh nodded, his facial expression less cheery than usual. “Something wrong..?” Roshi inquired, his two new trainee’s stopping to listen in on the conversation. “Saiyaness…and Leth were killed.” Gilgamesh blurted out, drawing a sigh from Roshi. “I see.” the master replied. “I’ll be working with Miguelito and the CCIA to take the guy that killed them down!” Gilgamesh added. Master Roshi nodded his head “When the fighting’s over, use the dragon balls to wish them back to life.” the old man said, motioning for his two new pupils to come over to him.

“These are people that had the DNA from animals fused into them.” Barkon said, the four of them matching up with their competition. Leth cracked his knuckles “No sweat” the halfbreed said, pointing to the rhino beast “Steroid man is mine!” Hybreed chuckled “I got Frog boy” the icer said, pointing his tail at the bug-eyed fighter. “I got the lion” Tetsago said walking over to greet the cat. “That means I get the croc?” Barkon asked, the other three readying to engage in combat, while the croc slowly made his way to the Namek.

“You can wish people back to life?” Gilgamesh asked, his face lighting up. “Yes” Pikoron said “I believe there is one wish per set on Earth. You can bring back several people at once, as long as they die under a similar circumstance.” the namek informed them, as if reading from a book. Magus just nodded along, even though he had never seen a Dragon Ball before. Gilgamesh started grinning and hopped on his cloud “Thanks Master!” He shouted, readying to take off. “Take these two with you” Roshi urged. Gilgamesh looked back at the two students for a moment “They are already much stronger than when they got here, and they could really help in a fight.”

The frog man jumped high in the air and spat his tongue out at Hybreed. The icer caught it and electrified his body, sending a surge out through the tongue, electrifying the man-beast. The Lion jumped up against Tetsago and clawed him across the chest, shredding the android’s vest. Tetsago cried out, then transformed his arm into a gatling gun. The lion bit down on the shoulder Tetsago’s gun was stationed on, spilling blood onto the dirt. The crocodile spun around, slamming his tail against the namek’s rib’s, cracking a few of them. Barkon stumbled back, and before he could react, the croc bit down on his shoulder, ripping his arm off. The Rhino punched Leth across the face, sending the halfbreed skidding along the ground, leaving a trail of blood behind. “Shit..” Leth said, spitting up some more blood “I should have picked the frog” he added, the Rhino towering over him.

Gilgamesh nodded in agreement “Come on up.” he ordered, the two on the ground staring up at him. Gilgamesh lowered the cloud down a bit and the two slowly came aboard. Gilgamesh nodded to them and gave a thumbs up as the two jumped up and down on the fluffy cloud “Kids can ride those easily” Roshi thought to himself as his three students drifted off to the north.

Riddick laughed as he watched Leth get pummeled “This is great!” Riddick shouted, his three men nodding in agreement. They were in a suite high above the regular soldiers in the stands. There was a tinted glass that allowed them to watch the fighting, while not allowing the fighters to see them. On the table behind their seats, there was a feast of meats, chips, soda, and cakes. In a bowl in the center of the table, was the seven dragon balls, flashing from time to time. Riddick and his men cheered again as Rhino smashed Leth in the stomach. The automatic doors on the side slid open and Riddick glanced back to see who had entered.

Hybreed wrapped the frog’s tongue around it’s neck and threw the little freak to his stomach. Hybreed held his palm out, facing up and began forming an ice shard. He smiled as it took the form of a stake, then drove it through the back of frog’s head, splattering blood against the sandy ground. Barkon pushed himself away from the croc, who was almost finished chewing on his old arm “This sucks!” the namek thought, reforming a new arm to stop the bleeding. Tetsago punched the lion repeatedly to get it away from him, but wasn’t able to as it’s jaw’s just sank deeper and deeper into his shoulder. Rhino chopped Leth across the neck, sending the halfbreed to the ground. Leth bounced up quick, and slammed his fist up into Rhino’s stomach. Leth heard something in his hand crack upon impact, before Rhino giggled, then slammed Leth on the top of his head with his fist.

“This thing’s fast!” Magus shouted, his hair blowing back from the immense speed. Gilgamesh smiled and started twirling the Kinto’un around through the air. The three laughed as it leveled out “Like a roller coaster.” Pikoron added, before the cloud shot straight up.

Riddick sat up immediately and saluted as Sephiroth stepped into the room. The commander walked over to the window and watched the fight “Stop it if it gets out of hand” Sephiroth ordered “I want them executed tomorrow, in front of a live audience.” Sephiroth grinned as he watched Rhino stomp Leth in the stomach. “Yes Commander” Riddick responded, looking back at the table. “What about the dragon balls?” Riddick asked, Sephiroth sitting down to watch the fight “Bring them with us tomorrow” Sephiroth replied “I’ll make a wish after the ceremony.” Riddick nodded and pulled a rack of ribs off one of the plates.

Rhino kicked Leth through the air, lowered his head, and charged at the halfbreed before he had even hit the ground. Just as Rhino was about to gore Leth, Hybreed stepped in and smacked the beast across the back with his tail. Rhino hit the dirt, and Hybreed landed between the beast and Leth. Tetsago opened his palm and grabbed onto the Lion’s head to begin absorbing energy. “How’s that, punk?” the android asked as the lion tried pulling away. The lion swiped across Tetsago’s face in a downward strike, ripping the android’s face open. Blood spilled out over the lion’s claws and Tetsago fell back to the ground, grasping at the giant wound. Barkon ripped one of his arms off and fed it to the croc before backing away to join Leth and Hybreed.

“We’ll be fighting a really evil guy to get revenge on him for murdering my friends.” Gilgamesh said, the cloud hovering over the clearing. “Those guys down there will help?” Pikoron asked, peering over the side. Gilgamesh nodded as the cloud started lowering to the ground. “Brought some friends?” Miguelito asked, walking up to the cloud “Nice to see you again, kid” the human said of Magus. The halfbreed nodded “I’ve gotten stronger since the tournament!” Magus yelled, pointing to his bicep. Miguelito chuckled “Let’s go inside and I’ll tell you guy’s the gist of what’s gonna happen.” the champ said, leading the trio of youngsters inside.

Rhino shook off the strike and jumped back to his feet. The beast grunted, then backed up a bit for another charge. Croc finished eating the Namek’s arm and started for the group as well. Lion roared, standing over Tetsago and licking his bloody paws. “That’s enough” A voice said from above. Tetsago, Hybreed, Leth, and Barkon heard a whirring as their collar’s reactivated, giving the ‘weak’ feeling again. The three remaining DNA beasts backed down and walked through the bars and into their cages. The croc picking up Frog on his way back, for a snack. Barkon sprouted another arm and ran over to assist Tetsago.

“Tomorrow’s execution will be a lot of fun” Riddick said, cleaning the meat off the bones of his ribs. Sephiroth threw the plate that had held two roasted chickens a few minutes earlier, against the wall. “It definitely will be” he replied, walking back to the buffet table for seconds. Riddick finished his ribs, but waited for Sephiroth to finish his choosing before he went up for more.

“-which means Leth and the other’s are likely still alive.” Miguelito finished, brightening Gilgamesh’s mood. Gilgamesh nodded “Just less people to bring back” he smiled, tilting his head back and forth. Miguelito squinted at Gilgamesh “What do you mean?” the champ asked. Gilgamesh was grinning “We can bring everyone that was killed back to life with the dragon balls!” the halfbreed shouted, giving Miguelito a thumbs up. Pikoron and Magus sat on the ground, playing the Plain Station that was hooked up to the television while Gilgamesh explained about the dragon balls.

The four prisoner’s were tossed into their cell again. The bleeding on Tetsago’s face had stopped, but he was still grumpy. “That was shitty” Leth said, falling to his butt and holding his midsection. The four heard a loud explosion come from several floor’s up and Siren’s begin to sound all around this tower of the prison. “What’s going on?” Barkon asked, pushing his ear against the wall.

“How do we find the dragon balls?” Miguelito asked, Pikoron and Magus still playing their game. Gilgamesh pulled a Dragon Radar out from under his orange gi. “This is a Dragon Ball Radar” Gilgamesh said, pressing the top button to enlarge the viewing area. “See, the dragon ball’s are several thousand miles southwest of us.” Miguelito nodded, trying to ignore Magus’ taunting of Pikoron after he destroyed the namek’s robot. “Where did you get that?” the human asked. Gilgamesh’s smile faded “I swiped it from Saiyaness before I went on my journey to the west. It’s been in her family for several generations.” Miguelito smiled “Cheer up, kid. We’ll bring her and everyone else back soon.”

Sephiroth walked calmly down the hallway as the sirens blared. Riddick was back in the buffet room, guarding the dragon balls. The commander followed the trail of dead bodies all the way to the roof where he saw a large, dark-skinned android leading the former commander, Heret, to the ledge of the building. “Where do you think you’re going?” Sephiroth asked, stepping out into the hot, desert sun. Heret and his escort turned back to look at their pursuer. “I’ll get you for this you halfbreed scum!” Heret shouted, grabbing onto his escort’s arm. “Fire it now Z-Ev5!” Heret ordered. The bulky android aimed his palm down at the tower as the two floated high in the air. An incredibly bright light shined down on the desert, giving the pair a chance to flee. “Bastard.” Sephiroth muttered, rubbing his eyes and returning inside the tower.

The sun had already set, and Pikoron, Magus, and Gilgamesh were sleeping soundly in a large bed. “We should get some sleep, too.” Manks said, laying down inside his sleeping bag. Miguelito nodded in agreement and got into one of his own. The five fighters were sleeping the room they had seen Sephiroth’s address on earlier. “Why’d you come through the gate?” Miguelito asked, looking over to Manks. The halfbreed sighed “I was sent through the gate to start up a training facility known as ‘HIVE’ in this dimension. HIVE sent out several of it’s finest students through the gate to set up new branches to train stronger fighters.” Manks looked over to Miguelito, and noticed he had already fallen asleep. “Figures” the halfbreed said, laying his head back to rest up for the next day.

Leth and Barkon were passed out on the floor, while Tetsago was sitting cross-legged in a corner, trying to repair himself. “We’re dying tomorrow” Hybreed said, closing his eyes “Why are you repairing yourself?” he continued. Tetsago looked up at the Icer and shook his head “Something will come up. We can’t die so soon.” the android replied, getting back to his repairs. Hybreed sighed and stared out at the starry night through the small window high on the wall.

Miguelito sat straight up when he heard loud rumblings and grunting. The human looked around and spotted the source, Gilgamesh, Magus, and Manks at the breakfast table. The three were grabbing for more sausage, and forking more egg’s on their plates to try and one up their eating adversaries. “Ten a.m.?” Miguelito asked himself, rubbing his eyes and yawning. “Yeah, man.” Gilgamesh said with a full mouth “We have to get going soon.” he added. Miguelito strolled over to the table and yanked the last kielbasa and egg off the plate at the center of the table, and rushed outside, followed closely by the three hungry halfbreeds. “Step back, this is my breakfast!” Miguelito shouted, keeping the three at bay with his foot.

Riddick lifted up a bucket of water and threw it in the face of Leth. Leth opened his eyes and gasped for air. “Time to wake up, punk.” Riddick said, laughing. Leth darted his gaze back and forth, realizing the predicament he and his fellow captives were in. The four of them were tied up on crosses on top of a large stage in the Town Square of Central City. In the middle of the stage, the dragon balls were arranged in a circle, right behind the podium where Sephiroth was supposed to stand. Riddick was smiling, and looked at the condemned men from left to right “Barkon, Tetsago, Leth, Hybreed.” Riddick said aloud “Your lives end in three hours, right after Sephiroth is crowned King of Earth.”

“Our troops are stationed to assault the Teal Tie units in the area, but it will be difficult with all the civilians at the ceremony.” Zed said to the group of fighters as they traveled in one of the CCIA helicopters. “We are outnumbered, so we are relying on you five to take out Sephiroth quickly. Without him Teal Tie moral will fade and they should concede.” The five nodded, understanding the situation. “First we free Leth and the other guys” Gilgamesh added, looking his teammates over. Miguelito nodded “Yah, we could use their help in the fight.” the human continued. The helicopter just entered Central City airspace, the group started psyching themselves up for the impending clash.

The massive crowd was behind a Teal Tie barricade, roughly twenty feet away from the stage. Dozens of armed Teal Tie Soldiers kept the crowd from rushing the stage. At the base of the stage, the three remaining DNA warriors and Riddick stood. They were Sephiroth’s private guard unit put there in case anyone made it past the Teal Tie infantry. “Still think something will come up!?” Hybreed called out for Tetsago. The android nodded “I do!” Tetsago shouted back.

“You and the Kids fight those animal warriors” Miguelito ordered to Manks, the five of them on a rooftop opposite the stage in the Square. The group looked out over the crowd, barely able to see their friends on the crosses. “Gil and I will take Sephiroth and Riddick.” Miguelito tightened his championship belt as he and his comrades prepared for battle.

The crowd being held back by the soldiers were uneasy about seeing an execution. “What did they do to deserve the execution?” one woman called out “Yeah! They don’t need to be killed!” a man shouted. Riddick was annoyed and stepped up to the podium to speak into the microphone “This group of riffraff, was not only responsible for the destruction in West City…” he then pointed up to Leth “This one here killed the Champion of the World, Miguelito!” gasps rose up from the crowd. Riddick nodded his head “Miguelito and Sephiroth were in the process of weeding out this scum when the Champion was murdered by this thug!” Rage was building up in Leth as the crowd started booing the fighters on the crosses. “That’s a damned lie!” Leth shouted, trying to profess is innocence. “Crucify them!” was the chant that started amongst the crowd as Sephiroth stepped up onto the stage.

“We need to move now” Miguelito said, floating up into the air “Gil, you distract them, while I free the others to get reinforcements.” Gil nodded and hopped on his cloud. “You three weave through the crowd, move past the soldiers, and confront those DNA guys to give us a chance.” the human added, before he flew around to the other side of the square. Gilgamesh waved to his teammates and flew off over the crowd to confront the evil on the stage. Pikoron, Manks, and Magus nodded to one another and leapt from the roof to the ground below, then ran through the crowd all the way up to the Teal Tie barrier, where they started their wait for Gilgamesh’s interruption.

The crowd continued shouting unpleasant things at the group on the crosses as Sephiroth tapped at the microphone on the podium. “It’s on, right?” Sephiroth asked Riddick, who had stepped aside, and was standing in front of Tetsago’s cross. Riddick nodded, prompting Sephiroth to get to his speech. “Thank you all for coming here to witness the dawning of a new age for the Earth. We’ll have a blast.” Sephiroth grinned widely as the crowd quieted down to listen to his words “Once these mongrels are killed for their parts in the destruction of West City, I can start getting down to-” Sephiroth stopped his speech when he noticed a boy on a cloud, floating down towards the ground “You’re a liar” Gilgamesh said, staring at Sephiroth’s face, remembering the face he saw in the Jar at Karin’s tower “You tried to kill Miguelito and are using it to get these people on your side!” the halfbreed shouted down at the sinister Sephiroth.

The three DNA soldiers started moving to attack Gilgamesh, when Magus, Pikoron, and Manks burst through the Teal Tie Barrier and rushed at them. Manks jumped high into the air and spun around “Whirlwind Kick!” He shouted, striking the side of Rhino and knocking him back. Magus tackled the lion, while Pikoron jumped into the Croc. Sephiroth sighed “Riddick, take the kid down” the second in command nodded, and flew at Gilgamesh.

Miguelito snuck up from behind and floated to the top of Hybreed’s cross. “I’m getting you out of here” Miguelito whispered, catching the Icer’s attention. “break this collar off me” Hybreed ordered, Miguelito flying around to the front of the cross, while everyone’s attention was on Gil and the others. Miguelito yanked the collar off of Hybreed and threw it to the ground. The icer grinned “Finally!” he yelled, snapping himself free of the cross and jumping to the floor of the stage. “Get the others, while I get that prick!” Hybreed commanded as he rushed off towards Sephiroth.

Gilgamesh stepped off his Kinto’un and started dropping to the ground as Riddick rushed at him. Riddick threw a punch at Gilgamesh’s face, but had it caught, and his arm twisted around to his back. Gilgamesh and Riddick spun through the air before Riddick smashed against the ground on his stomach, then Gilgamesh drilled his knee into his back. “You shouldn’t have thrown me off that boat” Gilgamesh whispered, elbowing Riddick in the back again before he stood up. The crowd was roaring when they saw Miguelito on the stage, helping Leth break free of the collar.

Sephiroth wrinkled his eyebrow at the crowd’s frenzy and turned around to see Hybreed streaking at him. “The bastard’s alive?” Sephiroth asked himself as he saw Miguelito help Leth to the ground. “You’re fighting me!” Hybreed yelled, throwing a punch at Sephiroth. The commander sighed and sidestepped the punch, kicking up into Hybreed’s stomach. Sephiroth spun around and slammed the back of his fist against the back of Hybreed’s skull, sending the Icer to the street and off the stage.

“I’m still pretty sore” Leth said before letting out a moan. Miguelito nodded and pulled out a Senzu bean that Gilgamesh gave him “eat this, I have to free the others.” Leth nodded as Miguelito rushed over to Tetsago. “This some sort of weird Tylenol?” Leth wondered as he put it in his mouth and swallowed. His eyes widened as he felt his wounds heal and his muscles bulge “Wow, awesome” Leth jumped up and stared over at Sephiroth who was running over to stop Miguelito’s rescue mission.

Pikoron was thrown away from the croc and skid along the ground before stopping near Gilgamesh. “Can you handle him?” Gil asked, the namek standing up “Of course” Pikoron responded, his voice a bit shaky. Pikoron put his hands together in front of his chest and started saying a phrase in Namekian over and over. Sparks between his antennae began appearing before the small namek let out a large burst of electricity from them. The streak of electricity shot through the air and into the Croc, who stumbled backwards and fell onto his back. Pikoron smiled and started celebrating, until the Croc stood up again, smoke rising from his green, scaly skin.

Magus was clawed across the chest, his orange gi being torn from the swipe. The halfbreed jumped back to avoid another slash and looked up at the beast’s completely white eyes. The lion lunged down at Magus with his jaws opened wide. Magus rolled out of the way and aimed his palms at the Lion “Kame Hame Ha!” the young halfbreed cried, firing the blue beam into Lion’s side and sending it against the side of the stage.

Rhino slapped Manks against the side of his face, knocking the halfbreed backwards. Manks stopped his stumble and stared at the brute as it walked toward him. Manks sighed and peeled the blue wrist bands off of him and let them slam against the ground. He then unfastened the blue guards around his ankles, letting them roll off and to the ground “Ready, monster?” Manks asked, getting into a fighting pose. Rhino sprinted towards Manks, who blurred out of the way, and slammed his fist into the creature’s back, piercing through the rock hard skin. Rhino fell to his stomach, bleeding out the gaping hole in his back while Manks shook the blood off his hand.

Gilgamesh turned away from Riddick and started for the stage. The evil halfbreed made it to his feet, and grimaced from the pain in his back “That kid’s a real pain in the… lower back. Yeah, that whole area.” Riddick raised his hand, palm facing upwards. A green energy ball formed and he threw it at Gilgamesh “Fevered Pitch!” Riddick cried, the ball slamming against Gilgamesh’s back, knocking him forward and into the ground while the area filled up with the smoke from the explosion.

Leth watched as Sephiroth pulled out his sword and started moving faster to attack Miguelito. Leth then started shaking his hand, as if trying to whip water off of it. He shook once, twice, then on the third time his arm, from his fingertips to his shoulder, caught on fire. He was in no pain from the blaze “Well then, this is nice” the halfbreed said, looking his arm over.

Sephiroth unsheathed his sword as he hastened his stride towards Miguelito. The human had just pulled Tetsago down from the cross and had his hand on the collar when Sephiroth was within a yard of him. Miguelito looked up as Sephiroth pulled back his blade, ready to slice. Leth blurred between them, flaming arm and all, then punched up into Sephiroth’s stomach, knocking the powerful evil back through the air. “Keep going” Leth said, following after Sephiroth.

Pikoron stepped backwards, as Croc took another step for him. The small namek looked around the battlefield “They’ll come to help me, right?” he asked himself, noticing the weird people on their crosses were being freed. Pikoron was breathing harder as he took another step back and bumped into something. Pikoron was almost out of breath, fearing it would be another opponent. He tilted his head back and looked up to see one of the people freed from the cross “…Hybreed, right?” the small namek asked the icer nodded and pushed the namek aside as he walked towards the beastly Crocodile.

Magus was celebrating his Kame Hame Ha hit, when he heard the Lion roar from behind him. The small halfbreed turned around to see the beast running at him on all fours “Come on! I hit you with my Kame!” Magus cried as Lion jumped up and tackled Magus to the ground, biting into the boy’s shoulder. Magus screamed out as he tried to pull away from the steel jaws of Lion.

“Give up, beast” Manks ordered, flexing his left bicep as Rhino got to his feet. “I took my weights off, so now I’m faster than anything on the planet” steam was exhaled out of Rhino’s nostril’s and he charged Manks again. This time, the halfbreed just stood there and waited for the beast to arrive. Manks grabbed hold of Rhino’s horn then brought his knee up under the creature’s chin. Blood streamed out of Rhino’s nose and he fell to the ground. Manks turned away from the beast to assist his comrade’s in need.

Riddick’s breath was short as he watched the smoke clear. Gilgamesh was on his hands and knees, coughing after the blast, the back of his Roshi gi shredded. “give up, kid” Riddick commanded, pounding his chest twice with his right hand. “Sephiroth will kill those loser’s on the stage, then we’ll go uncontested for Control over the Earth.” Gilgamesh laughed when Riddick finished and stood up straight, then turned to face Riddick. Gilgamesh tilted his head to the left, and smirked “You really think that?” the younger halfbreed asked.

Sephiroth spun through the air and landed on his feet in a crouching position. Leth was running at him and Sephiroth readied his blade. Leth stopped his run when he realized Sephiroth was waiting for him, but Sephiroth had already started bringing up his blade. Leth jumped back, but the extremely long blade sliced Leth across the face from under his right cheek to above his left eyebrow. Blood splashed to the stage floor and Leth fell to his butt. Leth was gasping for air, his warm blood streaming down his face “That will definitely leave a scar” Sephiroth said, watching Leth cover his face with his non-burning hand.

“You okay to go?” Miguelito asked as Tetsago stood up. The android nodded “Get Barkon down, I’ll go help Leth.” Tetsago shifted his arm into a machine gun and started walking to Sephiroth. Miguelito walked over to Barkon’s cross and stared up at the Namek. “You like it up there?” the human asked, biding his time. Barkon frowned “Yeah… It’s great” Barkon replied, waiting for the human to get him down.

Hybreed uppercut the croc into the air, then stretched his tail out and wrapped it around the beast’s waist. The Crocodile’s jaw’s were snapping and he was trying to break free, but Hybreed applied more pressure and let out a violent jolt of electricity into the croc. Smoke began rising out of the creature’s orifice’s and his body went limp. Hybreed released his grip on the creature and it fell to the ground. The icer turned to an awe inspired Pikoron “That’s how you electrocute someone” the icer said as he floated into the air.

Magus felt his arm beginning to be ripped away from his body and continued screaming as blood splashed about. The halfbreed formed a ball of energy in his palm and slammed it against the creature’s eyes. Lion released his jaws and pulled away, letting out a roar. Magus was gasping for air and was afraid to look at his arm, choosing instead to close his eyes and hope for the best. The small halfbreed heard another roar from the Lion that was cut short, then he felt someone lift him up into their arms. Magus looked up and Manks was carrying him over to the stage. Magus felt a bit relieved, but was still worried about his arm falling off on the trip.

Gilgamesh’s peripheral vision watched as Manks did a spinning kick to Lion’s throat, knocking the beast backwards. Then two walls of dirt shot up out of the ground on each side of the beast and came together, crushing it. “Your numbers are dwindling” Gilgamesh stated, taking a step toward Riddick, who was shaking his head “Sephiroth beat them all a couple days ago, he’ll do it again.” Riddick was grinning “You won’t make a-” Gilgamesh left an after image, then punched deep into Riddick’s back, forcing the evil halfbreed to his knees. Gilgamesh blurred in front of Riddick, and pulled his fist back, readying a punch. “You’ll lose” Riddick stammered, before he was punched the face, knocking him out and against the ground.

Almost all of the civilians that had gathered to see Sephiroth be crowned King, had left due to the brawl between Teal Tie, and the ‘rebels’. The CCIA agents were going at it with Teal Tie Soldiers, while Sephiroth was battling with the Rebel Fighters. The immediate area around the stage was the grave for many Teal Tie fighters, including Rhino, Croc, and Lion, while Riddick lay passed out in the middle of the street.

Miguelito helped Barkon to the ground and snapped the collar from around his neck. “’bout damn time, human” Barkon said, standing upright. Miguelito shook his head and spotted Manks running towards him with a bloodied Magus in his arms. “He need’s a senzu” Manks shouted before he made it to Miguelito. The human pulled out the last senzu he had and tossed it to Manks as he lay Magus out on the floor of the stage. Manks plopped the Senzu bean into Magus’ mouth “Eat it, kid” Manks said calmly, the frightened child nodded his head and followed his elder’s instructions.

Sephiroth kicked Leth under the chin, knocking the scarred halfbreed to his back, his flaming arm returning to normal. Sephiroth stepped on Leth’s throat and aimed his sword down at Leth’s face. “Ready to join the girl?” Sephiroth asked, trying to stop himself from laughing. Sephiroth heard a strange sound from behind him, then felt several bullets collide into him. The commander was forced off of Leth and he spun around as he was pelted with the annoying stream of bullet’s from Tetsago’s Gatling Gun. Sephiroth extended his arms up and to the side, a transparent green barrier forming to block the incoming bullets.

Tetsago lowered his arm and shifted it back to normal, smoke rising up from his palm “Bastard” the android said under his breath as Sephiroth lowered his shield and sheathed his sword. Sephiroth spotted Hybreed to the side, in the sky. The icer was charging a reddish beam in his mouth as he floated there. Sephiroth turned his head to face the icer and aimed his palm at him. An invisible energy burst shot through the air and slammed against Hybreed, causing the blast to explode in his mouth and knock him to the ground, the small namek running over to help him.

“You guy’s next?” Sephiroth asked, Barkon stepping over to join Tetsago. The namek looked to Tetsago “What you think?” Barkon asked “Can we take him?” the namek added. Tetsago sighed and sprinted at Sephiroth. Barkon shrugged and followed after him. Sephiroth took a step back as Tetsago tried to grab him with his balled hands. The halfbreed unsheathed his sword and sliced upwards, cutting both of Tetsago’s hands off. The android stumbled backwards and Barkon rushed in to continue the fight.

“Me and the kid will go in first” Manks said to Miguelito, he and Magus running to the fight as Tetsago had his hands lopped off. “You get those guys out of there while I fight him.” Manks ordered “Don’t come in to help me” the older halfbreed continued.

Sephiroth stepped out of the way of Barkon’s punch, then sliced the namek in two across the waist. Barkon’s blood spilled across the stage and his upper body fell next to Tetsago. The android shook his head “Damn” he said as Sephiroth put his sword away.

“Looks like your death’s are postponed” Sephiroth said, stopping his walk to finish off the pair. Magus grabbed Barkon by the shoulder, and motioned for Tetsago to follow after him as well. Manks stepped between the fleeing fighters and Sephiroth, not allowing the evil to get a chance to pursue them. “I won’t let you fill this world with evil” Manks said as Sephiroth brought his sword out, once again. “Oh?” Sephiroth asked, pointing his sword at his opponent. Manks nodded, and blurred out of sight.

Sephiroth chuckled and spun around, catching Manks across the face with his elbow, bloodying the good halfbreed’s nose. Manks stumbled backwards as Sephiroth swiped down across Manks’ face, slashing downward over his right eye. Blood splattered against the stage floor and Manks fell to his back, clutching at his face and shouting in agony. “Well, nothing left but to kill you” the silver haired halfbreed commented as he readied to stab Manks in the throat with his sword.

Leth thrust his fist across Sephiroth’s face, knocking the powerful evil away from Manks. Sephiroth stumbled, but balanced himself out and smiled at Leth. “The blood dried, huh?” Sephiroth said, commenting on Leth’s bloodstained chest and face. “I won’t let you kill anyone here today.” Leth said, shaking his hand, trying to spark a blaze. “Heh, you don’t have a choice” Sephiroth rushed Leth before he could get his arm on fire and slammed his forearm into Leth’s throat. Leth fell to his back and skidded along until he almost fell off the stage.

Sephiroth aimed his palm at Leth’s face, and fired a Dodonpa. The beam streaked through the air, and the stage exploded where it hit. Leth was pulled off the stage and away from the blast by an unseen aide. “Who the hell was that?” Sephiroth asked, lowering his left hand to his side. Sephiroth heard a cracking behind him, and turned to see Miguelito walking towards him, cracking his knuckles. The commander nodded, smirking. “Hopefully you can put up a better fight than you did a few days ago” Sephiroth said, putting his sword away.

“You okay?” Gilgamesh asked, as he lay Leth down in the street next to the stage. “He’s a pain in the neck” Leth said, sitting up. Gilgamesh stood up and looked down at Leth “Stay here for awhile. Miguelito and I will fight that guy” Gilgamesh turned away and pulled himself up onto the stage to help the current Champion fight the one before him.

Miguelito jumped through the air, kicking at Sephiroth. The commander dodged the kick and brought his forearm forward, against Miguelito’s chest, knocking him to the stage’s floor. “I’m getting tired of bringing this back out” Sephiroth muttered, drawing his sword to stab Miguelito. The human rolled out of the way as Sephiroth thrust it down against the floor. The human started getting to his feet, when Sephiroth aimed his palm at Miguelito and sent an invisible wave out that sent the human flailing through the air.

Barkon screamed in agony as two new legs shot out from his stump of a waist. The namek was breathing heavily as Magus gasped at the namek’s ability “you green guys can do cool things” the small halfbreed pointed out, poking Barkon’s new legs. Tetsago sighed and stared at his stumpy wrists. Barkon smiled and extended his arms a great distance, grabbing his android friend’s two hands that were just laying on the ground “Good work, man!” Tetsago yelled as Barkon brought him back his fists.

Sephiroth rushed at Miguelito, and was about to slash him in a downward motion, when Gilgamesh stepped between them and blocked the sword with his right forearm. Sephiroth’s left eye twitched as his Masamune wasn’t slicing through. Gilgamesh was straining, and he felt his skin begin to break open as the sword gradually cut through. “Die kid!” Sephiroth screamed, before Gilgamesh brought his left fist up and slammed it against the side of Sephiroth’s sword. The blade shattered on impact, and shards of metal flung through the air.

“You bastard!” Sephiroth cried, throwing the handle to the street and punching against the side of Gilgamesh’s face. Gilgamesh was thrown through the air and against the cross Leth was being held on. Sephiroth started turning to finish Gilgamesh, when Miguelito jumped up “Machine Gun Fist!” the human shouted, firing off a great number of punches that connected with Sephiroth’s face and chest.

Gilgamesh shook his head to snap himself out of the daze and looked over to watch as Miguelito pummeled Sephiroth. The halfbreed nodded and stood up, lifting his right hand up to face the sky. Blood dripped off his sliced forearm as electricity began forming in his palm. “Lightning Strike” Gilgamesh said calmly, small bolts shooting off in all directions as he continued forming it.

Miguelito stopped his surge, and spun around to attack Sephiroth with an elbow, but had his attack caught, and was punched deep into his side. Miguelito clenched his teeth and took the pain while he jumped up and kicked Sephiroth in the face. Sephiroth stumbled back, regained his balance and started for Miguelito again, noticing Gilgamesh was up to something out the corner of his eye.

Sephiroth smacked Miguelito across the face, sending him to the ground off the platform, then spun around to Face Gilgamesh. Sephiroth raised his hand up as Gilgamesh rushed at him, sparks flying around the smaller halfbreed’s fist. “Darkside” Sephiroth said, a dark blue energy ball forming in his hand as Gilgamesh came within a yard of him.

Gilgamesh thrust his Lightning Strike fist up at Sephiroth, attempting to pierce the great evil’s chest. At the last second, Sephiroth stepped back and put his Darkside up against the Lightning Strike. Bright flashes of light shot out from the duel and both sides tried to push the other back. They were each sweating bullets and grimacing as neither side seemed to take an advantage.

Miguelito was gasping for air and made it up to one knee. He looked up onto the stage as the two other warriors were still locked up. The human nodded his head and began forming a ball of fire in his right palm. “Fire Strike..” Miguelito murmured as he stood up again.

Sephiroth opened his mouth wide and let out a furious yell as his Darkside overtook the Lightning strike, throwing Gilgamesh back through the air, skipping a few times on the stage before flying off and into the street, his arm bloodied and broken. Sephiroth was breathing heavily, his arm still fully extended, smoke rising up from his palm. “Damn kid..” he said, a smirk forming on his face. “You ready!?” a voice called from behind him.

Sephiroth began spinning around and had Miguelito’s Fire Strike smack against his ribs, destroying the clothing he was wearing. Sephiroth screamed in pain and stumbled backwards, before falling against the stage floor. Sephiroth’s skin was burned, and his ribs broken while he grimaced through the pain.

Miguelito dropped to one knee again, his strike draining him of his remaining energy. Miguelito’s eyes started to close, when he saw Sephiroth starting to stand up again. “Damn…it..” the human said, sighing before falling onto his back.

Sephiroth made it to his feet again, but his knees gave in and he fell forward. He put his hands out to catch himself before he fell on his face, then coughed up a splatter of blood. “Are you ready to die?” a voice asked the terror. Sephiroth looked up to see Leth standing at the edge of the stage, his right arm on fire. Gilgamesh stumbled back onto the stage, blood pouring out from his arm.

Leth was walking towards Sephiroth, who spat up another splash of blood onto the stage. Each step Leth took sent pain shooting throughout his body. After a few steps, he was already out of breath and the fire on his arm was beginning to fade. Gilgamesh’s right arm was limp at his side as he tried to get to Leth. “I’ll make you pay!” Leth shouted, Sephiroth continuing to cough blood onto the stage.

Gilgamesh was breathing heavily and stepped in between Leth and Sephiroth. “No, don’t kill him” Gilgamesh said, blood from his arm dripping to the floor of the stand. Leth shook his head as Sephiroth started getting to his feet “He’ll just keep coming after us, kid!” Leth shouted, trying to get past the smaller halfbreed. “He killed our friends, and laughed about it. He tried killing everyone here today, too, and you want to let him go?” Leth was in extreme pain as Gilgamesh continued to stay in front of him. “Show mercy to the merciless” Gilgamesh said, his words stopping Leth’s advance.

Sephiroth pushed through the pain and finally made it to his feet. His chest and face bloodied and burned and he was gasping for air. Sephiroth floated up into the air and let out a chuckle “I’ll reclaim my title at the next tournament, then kill every last one of you.” Sephiroth said, matter of factly, then zipped towards the south to heal his wounds and train for their next encounter.

Gilgamesh dropped to his knees and pointed, with his left hand, to the dragon balls that were left untouched in all of the commotion. “Saiyaness will be back soon” Leth thought, his somber expression lightening. Several helicopters appeared in the sky overhead and the group below started gathering themselves for the CCIA arrival.

Manks helped the exhausted Miguelito to his feet and into the choppers as they landed. Pikoron, Hybreed, and Magus piled in behind them and that helicopter took off to the former Teal Tie HQ. Leth gathered the dragon balls and along with Tetsago and Barkon, who had grown his legs out again, made into another chopper and followed after the one that had just taken off.

Gilgamesh stood at the edge of the stage and looked for Riddick “Where’d he run off to?” Gilgamesh asked aloud before calling his cloud to get to the site the CCIA had gathered a day earlier.

Riddick pulled himself into an alley as CCIA agents swept the streets for any remaining Teal Tie Soldiers. “Damn them” Riddick thought as he lay down behind a dumpster, pulling some newspaper over himself as a blanket. “I need to rest. Hopefully those scum CCIA don’t find me while I sleep.”

The choppers set down in the clearing, and the group of fighters filed out to wish their friends back to life. Aydin’s, Saiyaness’, RJ’s, Tarvi’s, and Morach’s remains were outside, waiting to be resurrected. Zed was already there, standing in front of the corpses “good job” he said in his raspy voice as Leth dropped his balls to the ground at his feet.

Each member of the group stared at the dead people they cared about, the seven ball’s glowing not distracting them. “How do we do this?” Gilgamesh asked as he and his cloud floated up by Leth’s side. The older halfbreed smiled and clapped his hands together “Arise Shenron!” Leth shouted, the sky growing dark with thick clouds.

A bright light shot out of the balls and up into the sky, forming into the Eternal Dragon, Shenron. The group of people below stared up at the menacing dragon’s large red eyes. “I will grant you one wish, what is your desire?” Leth grinned up at the dragon “Please bring everyone that was killed by Teal Tie back to life!” Leth ordered. The dragon’s eyes glowed “Your wish has been granted” the dragon responded, before he dissipated and the balls shot up into the sky before firing off in all directions.

The group of warriors and CCIA personnel stared on as the corpses reanimated and stood up. Immediately, Tetsago threw his two hands at Tarvi’s feet “I need these reattached” the giant android ordered, with a smile. Hybreed walked up to Aydin “Welcome back” the icer said to the perplexed namek. RJ looked down at his stomach, remembering the huge gash he had, then looked over to see Leth hugging Saiyaness. “I’m back..?” he asked wondering what was going on. Miguelito punched Morach on the arm and grinned “I hope I don’t have to keep saving you” the human said, laughing.

“I heard you two did pretty well.” Zed said, looking down to the pair of young fighters, Pikoron and Magus. The two nodded and Zed handed a business card to each of them with the word “HIVE” written in bold letters on the front, a phone number underneath it. “When you two are finished with the Turtle Hermit, give us a call and you can continue your training.” Zed smiled down at them, before they ran off to join Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh flicked a senzu into his mouth and floated over to Saiyaness and Leth. “I’ll see you guys at the tournament in a couple years” Gilgamesh said, smiling and waving good bye. Pikoron and Magus were also on the cloud and they waved goodbye as the cloud flew off towards Master Roshi’s island.

Tarvi quickly fixed Tetsago’s hand situation and the trio of Tetsago, Barkon, and Tarvi floated up into the air “That World Tournament is going to be interesting” Tetsago said as they floated high above the CCIA group. “That Sephiroth will be there” Barkon said to Tarvi. The newly revived android grinned “Then we should definitely go.” Tarvi responded.

Zed put his arm across RJ’s lower back and led him over to Saiyaness and Leth “Great to have the team back together” Zed said, grinning. “I have a couple mission’s for you four.” Manks walked to join the group. “So eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow, you get back to work.” Zed turned and walked back towards the CCIA main building. “Just brought back to life, and I have to go to work so soon?” Saiyaness asked. RJ frowned “I almost made it to the front of the line, too.”

Morach, Aydin, Hybreed, and Miguelito stood near each other. “See you jerks in a few years” Miguelito said, he and Morach floating up into the air. Hybreed smiled up as the pair took off to the south. “You ready to get the training started again?” the icer asked, without looking at Aydin. The namek nodded “Yeah. Okay” Hybreed started floating up into the air “Good” he replied.

Sephiroth stood waist deep in a small lake deep in the mountains. There was no one around as he peeled his tattered clothing off and washed away the blood and burns. “They’ll all die” he said before going under the water to wash his face.


Next Time:

Everyone begins their training for the next Tenkaichi Budokai. Leth, Saiyaness, RJ, and Manks have some interesting missions to do. Will some of them come in contact with the volatile Sephiroth? Will Riddick become a hobo? Will Tetsago and Tarvi steal from a soda machine? Find out, next time.