Other Dissidia Final Fantasy-J-Stars Victory VS Version.

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Synopsis:

"...Athena...the Goddess, of Love...Ares...the God, of Hate...two separate yet similar superpowers that have been at war with each other since the dawning of time itself...ever since the big bang of the universe, the two powers have been constantly battling one another, to decide which of their powers is more..."powerful"...to decide both once and for all time, just recently, the two deities both younger sister Athena and older brother Ares have decided to host a "Tournament" of sorts, one that will decide the fates, of every single living thing within all of the selected parallel universes/alternate dimensions that have "willingly" been chosen to participate.

This clash of powers, this "Tournament" will be known...as..."Interval Inbetween", the names refer to the fact that the balance between all two halves of everything:

Love/Hate

Good/Evil

Light/Darkness

White/Black

Yang/Yin

so on, so forth...

shall be put on hold in order to decide which is the superior side of them all equally, Athena and Ares have both agreed that the rules will be the following:

I. The two deities are not allowed to fight against the other directly and instead will summon warriors/fighters from other worlds to fight in their places.

II. Each chosen participant for which deity they are summoned on which of their two sides can choose however they fight, meaning in other-words that cheating to an extent is allowed depending on the chosen ones.

finally,

III. The side with the most victories will not determine the victor but rather, the side with the chosen warriors/fighters that have been selected to fight their mortal enemy also summoned from the same worlds, as them but are fighting both on and/or for the other side, upon confronting and defeating their respective arch-nemesis in battle, the victor will be gifted with "certain items" that hold memories most very dear to the victors themselves personally and lastly, once all the certain items have been gathered and brought to their respective deity from which they were crafted by the powers both of and from...

Will the winning side finally be declared of the Interval Inbetween, whether it be Athena the younger sister of the love of harmony or Ares the elder brother of the hate of discord...

Athena has chosen her champions, they are:

"Kenshiro", "Son Goku", "Pegasus Seiya", "Jotaro Kujo", "Yusuke Urameshi", "Himura Kenshin", "Monkey D. Luffy", "Gon Freecss", "Yoh Asakura", "Naruto Uzumaki", "Train Heartnet", "Ichigo Kurosaki", "Kazuki Muto", "Tsunayoshi Sawada", "Allen Walker", "Rikuo Nura", "Toriko", "Izuku "Deku" Midoriya" and "Asta".

Together, these 19 chosen heroes will set out, either in groups or by themselves and discover what it truly is, that they hold most very dear to all of their individual and respective hearts, to discover what truly makes them, the heroes that they are...along the way...

 

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Prologue: Kenshiro-The Beginning of Battle:

Kenshiro-"...Huh? where...am, I?"

Kenshiro awoke, to find that he was not in a very familiar setting, instead, it was though that he was transported to Valhalla, the Norse Heaven home of the gods, in fact, although it was not the TRUE Valhalla, it was nevertheless A Valhalla, for Kenshiro had been transported to the home of the Goddess of Love, Athena...

Athena-"Chosen Hero"

Kenshiro-"Who said that!?"

Kenshiro was startled, he did not expect to hear a voice all the way out in a barren wasteland like place such, as this, filled with naught but only pure blank white coloured ruins, some of them statues, depicting ancient heroes of olden yore.

Athena-"You have been chosen, to participate, in the battle of the deities, to decide once and for all who is the true creator god of all..."

Kenshiro-"...What if I refuse?"

Athena-"You may not, if you ever wish to see home, family and friends again, you must listen to the creed of our wills and fight in our steads..."

Kenshiro-"...Home...family...and friends, huh...fine, let's just get this over with, I have no time to waste here."

Athena-"...Very good, Kenshiro of the Northern Star..."

A bright light suddenly envelops both Kenshiro and the whole scenery, transporting Kenshiro to who knows elsewhere, it is here that he finds a shadow of himself, standing right in front of him.

Kenshiro-"Hey, is this a joke? what's this imitation in front of me?"

Athena-"That...is your shadow, it was crafted from your memories and now it serves, only...to fight YOU."

Kenshiro-"...A test huh? fine, i will end this..."You are already dead"."

In a binding flash, Kenshiro had already used his pecs and muscles to rip open apart his shirt, perform martial arts like movements that made him look like a both complete and utter superhuman and upon using a finishing move on the replica that resembled him specifically, Kenshiro uttered his famous catchphrase and with that, the copy was instantly destroyed, shattering into glass, leaving behind a white ooze like substance that Kenshiro proceeded to investigate.

Athena-"DO NOT TOUCH IT!"

Kenshiro-"!? What?"

Athena-"That ooze...it was made from your memories, if you touch it, you will become a being of memory in name alone, in other-words..."

Kenshiro-"...I only become a shell and my physical body no longer exists, is that it? huh, sounds...just about like me anyways...what is there left both of and for me if only just memories? i've lost...everything...Yulia...i lost Yulia...the only thing now that I can remember her by, is our shared treasured memories together, if it means being with Yulia, if i can just see her once more, I don't care if I die, i don't care if I do become a shell, i'll...accept that!"

Athena-"DON'T!"

Kenshiro proceeded to ignore the voice's warnings and try to touch the ooze, only to fail short however, as somebody stops him just in the nick of time.

Asta-"Don't you overgrown muscles!"

Kenshiro-"WHA-!?"

Asta-"Ta!"

Kenshiro-"A...kid!? what are you doing here!?"

Asta-"Yeah, thanks to me too, "your welcome" is what I was expecting, seriously man, why were you trying to do something, as stupid, as that!? didn't you hear the voice? it said-not to!"

Kenshiro-"...Don't get in my way."

Kenshiro readied his battle posture against the young white haired youth, of whom merely sighed and had rubbed the back of his head.

Asta-"Really? well...okay then, if this is how your going to float your boat, bring it old man!"

the white haired youth had summoned a pair of black swords and had proceeded to fight Kenshiro with them, during the fight, Kenshiro had uttered his famous catchphrase, believing that he had won the fight, however, he was greatly proven wrong, as the white haired youth proved that there was more to him then had met the eye and eventually, the fight had reached a draw with both combatants plum tuckered out.

Asta-"Huff...huff...huff...huff...ready...to call it quit yet pops?"

Kenshiro-"...Who are you? what's your name?"

Asta-"...Me? i'm Asta, Asta of the Black Bulls, the pleasure's both all mine...and yours, seriously, you pack one whale of a punch old dude, i'd bet you give even captain Yami a run for his money if you two ever met and fought, though if the captain ever heard me saying that..."shivers"...just thinking about it gives me the willies..."

Kenshiro-"...This kid, he's unlike anyone i have ever met before, the way that he fights too...its not a form of fighting that i have ever seen before..."

Kenshiro thought to himself whilst Asta was talking on before suddenly-

Athena-"He is just like you."

Asta-"!?"

Kenshiro-"You again!"

Athena-"He is a warrior chosen from another world, to compete in the war that will decide the ruler god over all living things."

Kenshiro-"...Another world? tell me...just who, are you?"

Athena-"...We will meet soon, for now, journey with the boy to my sanctum, there you will meet all the others just like you both and together, your destinies, shall be united, as one."

Kenshiro-"! Wait!"

Asta-"Welp, you heard the lady, not sure what this is all about but if anything, i'm sure i can say its exciting to some extent at least, don't you agree old geezer?"

Kenshiro-"...Stop calling me old, weren't you ever taught manners brat?"

Asta-"Hey! don't call me brat either! as a matter of fact, I WAS taught manners! by none other, then Sister herself!"

Kenshiro-"...Sister?"

Asta-"Yeah! Sister! one day, I intend to marry Sister and become the Magic Emperor! once I do that, i'll have everyone respect me, even that big head Yuno for starters."

Kenshiro-"..."

Kenshiro didn't know what to make of the boy, Asta was...different and unique to say the least, what he was saying all at once seemed to ensure Kenshiro that Asta was most definitely from another world and that just like Kenshiro himself, Asta is trying to find answers so that he can eventually return back to his own world.

Kenshiro-"...Hey kid."

Asta-"I'm not a kid! i told you my name already, its-"

Kenshiro-"Asta."

Asta-"!? y-yeah! that's right! Asta! and don't you forget it!"

Kenshiro-"..."Sigh", look, Asta, there's something that's bugging me, about that voice from before, tell me, do you know who it belongs to?"

Asta-"Nope, not a clue, all i was told was that I was a chosen champion of sorts and that I needed to prove myself before meeting up with others just like me, in the sense that we all have the very same kind of predicament, if you know what I mean."

Kenshiro-"...I see, so, like me, you've been taken from another world and are now forced to fight in this pandemonium, fighting against lookalikes and even other people."

Asta-"...I wouldn't say "forced" ya know, actually, in a way, its kind of, fun."

Kenshiro-"! Fun!?"

Asta-"I mean, yeah, of course, i've found that through fighting, i can better understand people and learn what they are like, what their goals are and what comes afterward upon fulfilling those goals, because i have my dream of being Magic Emperor one day, i know what its like for others to have if not just dreams then aspirations, as well, a certain goal they are aiming towards..."

Kenshiro-"...A certain, goal..."sigh", fine, I get it, i guess that I have no choice but to listen to that voice and strive onward, its not like I had a choice anyways."

Asta-"There! you see!? there you go! that's the spirit! ...more or less I think, a-anyways, want to travel together? its better then wandering all by yourself with nowhere to go and not knowing where to go, if, you know what I mean? ..."

Kenshiro-"Actually, i've done a fair bit of wandering all by myself up to now...though...I guess it wouldn't hurt to have a companion by my side, to be honest, i'm used to that, as well."

Asta-"Awesome! now then, if we can just figure out where to go...? !?"

suddenly, a binding bright light engulfs both Kenshiro and Asta and the two find themselves once more in a place very unfamiliar to them, it was known, as the "Goddess' Respite" and it was here that they finally met the others that the voice spoke of, some seemed and were friendly whilst certain others were not, one of them went up to both Kenshiro and Asta and had greeted them.

Kenshin-"Domo."

Asta-"...? D-Domo?"

Kenshiro-"..."

Kenshin-"...Oh, forgive me, I am still not used to not saying that around these here parts, as they were...ahem: my name is Kenshin, Himura Kenshin, welcome fellow warriors."

Kenshiro-"..."

Asta-"Oh! your one of us then? cool! name's Asta! nice to meet you Kenshin! ...you know, your name sounds an awful lot like my captain's, are you by any chance?"

Jotaro-"Enough."

Kenshin-"!"

Asta-"!?"

Kenshiro-"?"

Jotaro-"..."Sigh", Yare Yare Daze, we're not here to make friends, if anything, we're here to find out why we are here in the first place, stop doing pointless actions like that Samurai."

Asta-"!? What you say!?"

Kenshiro-"...Samurai?"

Kenshin-"Now now Asta, calm down, don't let him bug you, that's just the way he is."

Asta-"Yeah well...I say he's nothing but a jerk! you hear that tall lanky muscles!?!?"

Jotaro-"..."Sigh", why don't you take a look in a mirror, you've got muscles yourself for a midget."

Asta-"!? that's it! game on! come on! you and me! right here, right now! let's bring it-"

Athena-"SILENCE."

Everyone-"!?!?"

Athena-"...I will...not have any of my warriors address each other that way."

Everyone-"!?!?"

Kenshiro-"You...your the one who called us here."

Asta-"Your, the voice, the lovely sounding lady's voice."

Athena-"...I am...Athena."

Seiya-"!?!? A-ATHENA!?!?"

Athena-"...I am Athena, Goddess...of Love, of all things pure in the worlds..."

Seiya-"!?!? A-aah..."

Yusuke-"...So tell me lady, why is it you gathered all us ruffians here huh? I would very much like to know, considering I was dragged from my world and all."

Luffy-"Meat..."

Gon-"L-Luffy..."

Naruto-"Yeah, I want to know too, please, tell us why you brought us here, its not right to keep us in the dark and expect us to fight for you like that Dattebayo."

Tsuna-"D-Dattebayo?"

Athena-"...Very well...I shall tell you...all that you need to know."

Ichigo-"Bout time."

Toriko-"Finally."

Allen-"At last."

Kenshiro-"..."

...Meanwhile...

On the far edges of the distant corners of this very strange yet unique world, forces of darkness were gathering and were being united under one banner, under one leadership, a leader shrouded in the dark, he lastly said the words:

Ares-"...Now then...my champions...let us excite...that which is the beginning...of battle."

 

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Chapter I: Jotaro Kujo-Yare Yare Daze:

Ichigo-"So come on, tell us, why were we all brought here? why do you want us to fight? what do we have to gain from all that?"

Everything started off with a interrogating question by Ichigo Kurosaki, one of the heroic champions summoned by Athena towards the deity herself, wanting to know just why he and all of the other heroes were summoned at Athena's "beck and call", she now starts revealing the truth to her chosen fighters, saying in the following words:

Athena-"...I have chosen all of you, to be the heroic individuals i know that you are, to fight for me, in a tournament of power..."

Goku-"Tournament of power, that sounds very familiar, not to mention exciting, as well!"

Athena-"Don't interrupt!"

Goku-"! "Gulp"!"

Train-"...Guy got told."

Yoh-"...Yup."

Athena-"...Ahem, as i was saying, long ago, long, LONG ago, as it so happens...me and my brother, Ares, the God of Hate have been..."debating" over which of our respective powers is ever more the stronger one? is it my Love? or his Hate? to finally decide that issue once and for all, we decided to host a tournament of power that we call the "Interval Inbetween", you see, we would summon warriors and/or fighters from distant worlds very different yet also similar in some senses to one another to fight for us and upon whichever side would win, would that half of reality be dubbed "ruler over all creation" and would have access to not just mine or my beloved elder brother's power but instead both of powers, united, as one..."

Kazuki-"...You lost me."

Naruto-"...Umm..."

Seiya-"...Goddess...Athena...you've lost us for words, what do you mean by "half of reality"? and "ruler over all creation"? we don't understand..."

Athena-"Sorry, my pardons, what i mean is is that i rule over all that is pure whilst my older brother rules over all that is corrupt, to put it simply, we are trying to decide the power balance of balance itself and in order to do just that, we had summoned at least 19 warriors on each side to fight for us in order to represent us, as we deities ourselves are forbidden to take part in any and all forms of conflict ordained by "God" himself."

Everyone-"!?!?"

Allen-"G-God!? surely, you don't mean!?"

Athena-"Yes, i do, young Allen Walker, God, the very first being to ever exist and both mine and Ares' father, some may know him, as Zeus, others Odin but to us, his real name, the name he gave himself upon the creation of all of existence is God, he appeared right when reality gave birth to itself and it had created him to represent reality, creation, whichever term you prefer to use, as the representative of all things both living and non, when father, as i prefer to call him, created the two powers known, as light and darkness, he decided to create both me and my brother from light and dark respectively and watch over the very powers that gave us life, to see what else those powers would create, over the millenniums we have been alive, we have seen countless counterparts of light and darkness, such, as both good and evil being a if not the prime example, however, the dichotomy of good and evil is so strong that now neither me nor my brother alone can handle all of the two great powers, thus, we sought father for answers despite not being allowed where he exists, that is, God's realm, where only God and God himself alone may sit..."

Rikuo-"W-Whoa..."

Luffy-"Meat..."

Gon-"Luffy please, we're in front of a Goddess!"

Athena-"...Hehe, i do not mind, young Gon Freecss, your new friend, young Monkey D. Luffy is a prime example of what purity and light has created, as are all of you, you are the prime examples, the upholders and lifters of justice itself incarnate, even though you bare different origins and even have ties to darkness, that does not make any less of you then what i know and especially what you yourselves know to be but before i digress, as i mentioned, we sought father's council and he could only offer us a message from his realm from which we could not enter on what to do and that was that we had to decide for ourselves on what must be done, thus, to resolve the ever growing dichotomy, my brother and i both agreed that there could only be one ruler, one who could balance the light and darkness, the good and the evil and remake it whole anew, to become, as near strong and all mighty powerful next to our father himself, we decided that we would go join our father in his realm and restart the dichotomy before it proceeded to get further out of hand or at least take control of some parts if restarting it was not a clear viable option, to settle the issue once and for all time...we decided...to erase one another from existence, for only one deity could possibly be allowed to enter God's realm, baring all the powers of light and darkness, however, because we had to follow father's rules and principles, we ourselves could not do the fighting, so instead we had to summon champions in our stead from 19 different worlds that would fight for us and answer our calls and pleas for help."

Yusuke-"Question: how did you even think that after hearing all of this we would even accept such a ridiculous-"

Athena-"It was in your hearts."

Yusuke-"W-Wha!?"

Athena-"Even if you had said no outright with your minds, with your hearts you had already decided to answer mine and my brother's beck and call, based upon gut feelings you all had, surely, you all know that i speak the truth?"

Everyone-"..."

Naruto-"Be that, as it may, this battle of reshaping balance, it sounds like, you intend to remake our entire worlds all at once and if that happens, both we and our loved ones will no longer exist or maybe even we will no longer exist, as who we are now, i'm not going to join a battle that will put my friends and family at stake, in fact, if you intend to erase the who we are now and destroy what we know now, i'll...stop you myself! believe it!"

Naruto said based from what he took of Athena's words, some were in agreement with him, believing that from what Athena had just told them basically, she was the enemy standing right in front of them, however, just before they could do anything-

Seiya-"Wait!"

Naruto-"Huh?"

Seiya-"...I...I want to trust the Goddess! i don't think, that is what she meant, when she said that she would remake the universe, am i right? ...Athena? ..."

Athena-"...I only want to stop the balance from growing out of control, i am sorry if i had phrased myself incorrectly, i did not mean that i would reshape the entire universe, what i only meant was that both light and darkness must remain in sync with one another and the only way to do that is that either me or my brother must be erased from existence, leaving only one watcher to guide both light and darkness, i myself intend to keep things exactly the way they currently are after the Interval Inbetween had finished, however, my brother...i am not so sure of..."

Deku-"What do you mean? if you don't mind me asking."

Athena-"Young Izuku Midoriya...my brother, my brother has always wanted more out of life and he believes that by reshaping the universe would he achieve just that, i am afraid...that the darkness and corruption that he has watched over all this time has started to influence him down a more sinister route and if both he and his warriors are not stopped and they win the tournament..."

Ichigo-"All hell will break loose, that about sums it up, right?"

Athena-"...Yes...to protect the balance and the worlds...i implore you...no, i beg of you! please! fight in my stead and win the tournament for if not-"

Asta-"Don't worry, we're on it, right guys?"

said Asta, trying to assure Athena, as he looked towards everyone else, some held the same opinion, as him, however-

Jotaro-"This is stupid."

Everyone-"!?!?"

Jotaro-"Yare Yare Daze, fight all you want, you'll get nowhere, thinking like that, think about it, what if she is just trying to egg us on? huh? forget it, i'm leaving, if she won't grant us a passageway out of this world then i'll find one myself and i don't want anyone chasing after me, got it? laters."

Deku-"H-Hey! wait!"

Athena-"Leave him be."

Deku-"But!"

Athena-"It is understandable, that i will not gain his trust so easily, nor anyone else here and that is why, i will work, to earn your trust, place your faith in me and, as your deity, i will not, absolutely WILL NOT fail you!"

Everyone-"..."

Jotaro Kujo had left everyone behind, determined to seek out his own answers and mission, why would he believe the words of a woman who claims to be a Goddess? clearly she could be just suffering from delusions of grandeur and is merely using everyone who she had summoned through whatever means to fight for her, as a sickening way of entertainment, all this stuff about deities and balance meant nothing to Jotaro, it was nothing but just one big pain to him, all that really mattered to him was...

Jotaro-"..."Sigh", Yare Yare Daze, i don't have time for this, all of that was a waste of time, i don't know who back there would actually buy in to all that c*** nor frankly do i really care, all that matters is that i get back, i must get back, the old man and everyone else...they're waiting for me...gramps, Avdol, Kakyoin, Polnareff, Iggy...i got to get back, i must!"

suddenly, Jotaro saw a doppelganger of himself standing right in front, knowing that it was an enemy that he must defeat, Jotaro confronts the enemy head on.

Jotaro-"Star Platinum!"

Jotaro summoned his Stand and with it, he instantaneously crushed the shadowy doppelganger alongside its shadowy stand, shattering into glass, Jotaro dissumoned Star Platinum before proceeding onward, as he traveled, he began having memory recalls of his comrades back on his world, there was himself, his grandfather Joseph Joestar, Noriaki Kakyoin, Muhammad Avdol, Jean Pierre Polnareff and the dog simply known, as Iggy, together, all six of them went on a journey across the globe in search of something, or rather, SOMEONE, their destination: the country of Egypt, their target: Brando, D-I-O, Dio Brando, a man who has lived longer then most and who had ties to Jotaro's parental heritage of the Joestars...

Jotaro-"? ! !?!? This! this is!?"

suddenly, Jotaro found himself wandering into an unknown area and both very shockingly and surprisingly, it was rather very familiar to him, in truth, it was actually: the streets of Cairo, the capital of Egypt, where Dio's base of operations was located primarily at.

Jotaro-"...Cairo!?!? but that's-that's not possible! how can Cairo be!?"

Dio-"Shall i enlighten you? JOJO?"

Jotaro-"!? that voice...! IT-IT CAN'T BE!?!?"

Just then, standing before Jotaro was none other then-

Dio-"You expected someone else but no, it was i! DIO!"

Jotaro-"...DIO! Star Platinum!"

Dio-"...Heh, The World!"

As Jotaro immediately tried to attack Dio upon seeing him, Dio used his Stand, The World's unique power to freeze time itself for about a few seconds, it was during this "time" that Dio took the opportunity to talk with Jotaro.

Dio-"Hmph, same, as ever i see, aren't you? Jotaro? upon gazing at my amazing sculpture, you instantly try to attack me, not unlike a dog who bites someone when they sense something is off about that person, honestly, you Joestars...you infuriate me to no end but i digress, i am assuming that you already know that both you and i were brought here not of our own free wills but rather by the makings of some delusional folk that claim themselves to be gods, am i right? Jotaro? however, surely they must know, just, as both you and i know that there is no god other then i, Dio, born fit to sit upon the throne that governs and rules over all-"

Jotaro-"Shut up."

Dio-"Oh?"

Jotaro-"HUMPH!"

Dio-"Oh-toh!"

Time had resumed moving and Jotaro had tried to attack Dio, only for him to narrowly dodge and jump backwards, Jotaro then questions Dio.

Jotaro-"Dio! tell me! what do you know of all this!?"

Dio-"Why would you want to know, unless, you weren't told what there was to know me thinks?"

Jotaro-"Answer me!"

Dio-"..."Sigh", very well, seeing, as how i have just about a few seconds to spare until my The World reactivates, i'll indulge you, Joestar...you see, like you, i too was summoned by the will of a pretender god, however, unlike the one who summoned you, the one called Athena, i was summoned by a man named Ares, who begged me over time and time again that i lend my support to his cause, such feebleness if you ask me but i, Dio, was no fool to true power when i see it, i saw it, i saw it within him, he commanded power beyond absoluteness, the likes of which i have never seen before and thus, i figured, if i played my part in this bigger scheme of events, that power would eventually become mine, all i have to do is play the role of "sigh" a follower and then, once all is said and done, i shall kill Ares and take the power that he possesses, i will become more then just Dio, i shall become, GOD! now then, THE WORLD!"

Dio caught Jotaro off-guard once more with The World's time freezing ability and Dio had then revealed his throwing knives.

Dio-"Tell me, Jotaro, what would it feel like, if i were to take this knife and use it to stab you directly into the heart? very slowly and painfully? if you ask me, its not unlike a vampire taking a stake to the heart by a hunter, as seen in those what are they called again? television specials? at any rate, now i'll be finally rid of you accursed Joestars and your putrid bloodline, i, Dio, will finally have the last laugh, now...DIE! JOTARO!"

Dio then tries to thrust his throwing knife directly into Jotaro's heart, however, just then, both very shockingly and surprisingly, an apparition appeared, using its bare hands to block the knife from piercing Jotaro's heart, Dio was taken aback by this.

Dio-"WHAT!? WHAT SORCERY IS THIS!?!?"

Jotaro saw the apparition's face, as time started to move forwards again.

Athena-"...You mustn't...give...up."

Jotaro-"...Y-you."

Jotaro saw that it was none other then Goddess Athena herself, saying to the young man the words:

Athena-"You...are a crusader...who follows stardust...follow the stars...and...find your way...back...to your friends...i have given you...some of my strength...to help aid you...in battle...please...for the sake...of everyone...of those...that you cherish most...most especially...for the sake...of...yourself...do...do not lose!"

Jotaro heard Athena's words and had realized that just before he left previously, Athena secretly placed some of her light powers within Jotaro in order to aid him in his dire hour of need, that time is now, Jotaro thinks back about how he treated Athena.

Jotaro-"...Yare Yare Daze...what a pain, your just like, her..."

said Jotaro, as he thought of his loving mother Holy, comparing Athena's selfless actions to how Holy would have reacted if she saw Jotaro in danger, as time was now moving again, it was time for it to halt again.

Jotaro-"Star Platinum! The World!"

Jotaro uses Star Platinum's own The World's time powers to freeze time, keeping Dio in check, it was now Jotaro's turn to talk with Dio.

Jotaro-"..."Sigh", okay, Dio, now let's back things up a notch, shall we? first, i already knew that we were summoned to fight for the pretender gods, as you call them and that they have amazing powers to be able to summon 19 different warriors from 19 different worlds, what i really want to know is, what do we have to do in order to get back to our own worlds, where there, i can finally finish you off once and for all, well? i'm waiting for your answer, Dio."

Jotaro grabbed Dio's hand and started snapping his fingers slowly one by one, as Dio though trapped in time could still feel the pain.

Jotaro-"Tell me, who are the other 18 warriors summoned by Ares? does he plan to remake the universe? go on, tell me Dio, i'm still waiting for your answer."

Jotaro still continued to snap Dio's fingers, as Dio's mouth started to move in slow motion.

Dio-"You b******"

Jotaro-"...Time's up, your free now."

Jotaro backed up and jumped away from Dio, knowing that Dio was now free, Dio was fully enraged, as he could feel the pain of all his fingers having been snapped by Jotaro one by one all at once.

Dio-"GAAAAHHHHH!!!! YOU B****** JOTARO! I'LL KILL YOU! I, DIO, WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!"

Jotaro-"Answer me Dio, tell me, who are the other 18? go on, tell me!"

Dio-"...Hmph, why don't you figure it out...FOR YOURSELF! THE WORLD!"

Jotaro-"STAR PLATINUM!"

Dio tried to catch Jotaro off-guard once more with a surprise attack but Jotaro had already anticpated Dio's next move and thus had proceeded to counter him.

Jotaro-"ORA!"

Dio-"MUDA!"

Jotaro-"..."

Dio-"..."

Jotaro-"...ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA!"

Dio-"...MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA!"

Dio-"MUDA!"

Jotaro-"ORA!"

Jotaro and Dio were evenly matched with the fast flowing punches of their respective Stands, Star Platinum and The World, the two decided to back off from one another, as Jotaro taunts Dio.

Jotaro-"Come on! Dio! we're not done yet!"

Dio-"...Hmph, i have decided...to retreat, for now."

Jotaro-"What!?"

Dio-"Don't get me wrong, Jotaro, this is far from the last you'll be seeing of me, however, instead of letting myself have all the fun, i think it will be fun to stand on the sidelines and watch the other hounds of Ares have their fun with both you and your new friends, trust me, i will kill you soon Jotaro, mark my words on that but for now, i will rest up, enjoy yourself whilst you may for soon, very soon, i, Dio, will become...GOD."

Dio disappears from Jotaro's sight.

Jotaro-"DIO! WAIT!"

Jotaro started to feel the effects of using Star Platinum The World and from his short clash with Dio just a few moments ago, however, suddenly appearing in front of him was a both very shocking and surprising item that was also very familiar to him.

Jotaro-"...This is..."

Train-"That would be your relic."

Appearing before Jotaro was Train Heartnet, Yoh Asakura and Toriko.

Jotaro-"...My...what?"

Yoh-"A relic, its Athena's power that was given to you, she told us after you went stomping off that these relics are what will give us powers of light and will help shield us from the beings of darkness that will attack us both wherever and whenever, pretty sweet huh?"

Toriko-"Relics appear in the forms of memories that we hold most precious to us and that we cherish with all our hearts, i guess what we're seeing now is your relic right in front of you."

Jotaro-"...My...relic..."

Train-"Athena said that we could only obtain the relics if we defeated in battle those that were our worst and most very personal enemies to us, that come from the very same worlds, as us."

Jotaro-"...I see, that would explain Dio."

Yoh-"...Athena wanted us to pass on a message to you, in case if we were able to catch up to you."

Jotaro-"...Oh yeah?"

Toriko-"...She said-"

Jotaro-"No need, i already got the message."

Everyone-"?"

Jotaro-"...Thanks, i guess..."Sigh", Yare Yare Daze."

Jotaro took hold of his relic before standing up and moving his hat to cover his face, grateful for Athena's previous help and that he now shows signs of trusting her.

meanwhile, to where Dio was...

Dio-"BAH! how could i, Dio, run not unlike a dog cowering and whimpering in fear of its master, i am no dog! certainly no dog to anyone else! not Ares! especially not Jotaro! and most of all, not his accursed bloodline, the Joestars! i'll have their heads for this, i'll have ALL their heads! just you watch and see, so help me i'll-"

suddenly, a sword was thrown in front of the weakened Dio.

Dio-"!?"

Sasuke-"A dog barking when its actually whimpering? what a loser."

Dio-"Y-YOU! ...Sasuke, Uchiha!"

stood before Dio whilst picking up his sword and sheathing it was seen none other then the arch-rival of Naruto Uzumaki himself: Sasuke Uchiha, the last surviving member of the Uchiha clan.

 

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Chapter II: Naruto Uzumaki-A Promise to be Kept:

Naruto-"...Why do i have this, again?"

said Naruto, as he was seen holding Sasuke's scratched forehead protector from the deadly fight that they had when they younger before Sasuke had left both his friends and home behind in order to seek power for vengeance.

Ichigo-"What you got there?"

Naruto-"Huh? oh, Ichigo, nothing, really, just...a memento."

Ichigo-"A memento? a memento of what?"

Naruto-"...Sorry but if it's alright with you-"

Ichigo-"Okay, i won't ask if your that sensitive about it."

Naruto-"Thanks and sorry."

Ichigo-"No worries, just think of it, as not budding into the affairs of other people from other worlds, right? at any rate, we've got find our relics if we want to win the tournament, our whole worlds are at stake, no time to mess around..."sigh", unlike some certain others that will go unmentioned..."

Luffy-"MEAT!"

Goku-"FOOD!"

Goku and Luffy-"WE'RE STARVING!"

Ichigo-"...Idiots."

Naruto-"..."Awkward laugh"..."sigh"..."

Naruto was travelling in the company of Goku, Luffy and Ichigo, all of them on their search for the relics, ancient mystical items that can copy the appearances of items that are most precious to the ones that find and obtain the relics, Athena had previously told the heroes of what the relics are and what they can do within a flashback:

Flashback:

Athena-"If you wish to return to your worlds, you must gather all of the 19 relics that exist within the world before the villains do and once all 19 have been gathered, will the tournament be declared over and their combined power will be able to send each and every single one of you back to your respective worlds."

Rikuo-"...So, killing two birds with one stone eh?"

Yusuke-"..."Sigh", guess we have no choice then, huh."

Seiya-"Goddess Athena, what should we do? how can we obtain these relics?"

Athena-"...To obtain the relics, you must-"

Flashback ends.

Naruto is seen walking whilst thinking to himself.

Naruto-"...We must defeat the enemy that lurks within our heart and obtain the relic from the light that is covered by the darkness that that certain enemy possesses...my certain enemy...him..."

Naruto stops walking, which Goku notices.

Goku-"Hmm? yo! something up?"

Naruto-"...Something like that."

Goku-"...Hmm...is what the Goddess said bothering you?"

Naruto-"...To obtain the relics, we each have to battle the enemy that lurks within our hearts...tell me something, Goku, who is your enemy?"

Goku-"...Hmm...you know that's a good question, i've made lots of enemies over the years."

Naruto-"...Is that something to be proud of?"

Goku-"Heh heh, at least i get to fight strong opponents, speaking of which, how about we have a sparring match, me and you, right here, right now!"

Naruto-"...H-Huh!? wha!? wait-wait a second!"

Goku-"Heh, here i come, let's do this! Naruto!"

Naruto-"...Tch!"

Naruto was forced into a sparring match with Goku, the two fought on an equal level, however, Goku soon began to cheat during the fight by using Instant Transmission, in order to double his efforts against the technique, Naruto summoned Shadow Clones of himself with two clones backing both his left and right sides, all 3 Narutos worked together to perform an encirclement on Goku and strike him from three different corners, making the final attack look, as though Goku was caught in the middle of three triangles standing on-top of one another, Goku decided to end the fight abruptly by using his signature Kamehameha, although Naruto countered with a quick signature Rasengan, he was knocked back by Goku's blast attack and was sent flying into a nearby wall, it was then that both Ichigo and Luffy had noticed the fight that was quickly going on right behind them and Ichigo had decided to end the fight.

Ichigo-"Hey, that's enough!"

Goku-"...Whoops, sorry Naruto, i got a little carried away there."

Naruto-"..."

Ichigo-"Naruto, can you stand?"

Naruto-"..."

Ichigo-"...Naruto?"

Naruto-"...Dammit!"

Naruto slams his fist into the ground, smacking it, as hard, as he can, catching both Ichigo and Goku off-guard with the sudden shock.

Ichigo-"Naruto!"

Goku-"Hey, if this is about the fight..."

Naruto-"...Don't worry about it, Goku, i'm not angry at you, its just...i'm frustrated..."

Goku-"Huh?"

Ichigo-"..."

Naruto got up whilst wiping the dust off his clothes.

Naruto-"See? good, as new."

Ichigo-"..."

Goku-"Well, if you say so."

Luffy-"MEAT!"

Ichigo-"We better go, Luffy is getting impatient."

Naruto-"Yeah."

the group continued onward, as though, nothing happened, Naruto however, was still left pondering to himself...

meanwhile...

Dio-"What are YOU doing here!?"

Sasuke-"...I was going to provide backup against that tall guy you were fighting."

Dio-"HMPH! i need no luxury of assistance from others! furthermore, you dare lay your hands on Jotaro and i will kill you myself personally, make no mistake of that, boy, only i, Dio, am allowed to wipe the blood that is the Joestar lineage from the face of this world, of all worlds..."

Sasuke-"No need to go on a tirade, i was just saying i was going to provide backup or was that too much for you to hear, your highness?"

Dio-"Why you!!!!"

Doflamingo-"Ah, ah, ah, i wouldn't do that if i were you, heh heh heh."

Sasuke-"...?"

Dio-"...Donquixote Doflamingo."

Doflamingo-"Aww, what's the matter? are you really that bummed to see my face? "evil snigger"."

Sasuke-"Doflamingo, did you follow me?"

Doflamingo-"But of course, i wanted to see how all this would play out, especially after golden boy lost to the kid with the chain on his coat."

Dio-"Tch!"

Doflamingo-"So tell me, Uchiha, what's on YOUR agenda?"

Sasuke-"...Mine? let's see..."

Naruto and the others decided to stop for a moment and rest up.

Naruto-"..."

Naruto was once again looking at Sasuke's scratched forehead protector before noticing Goku approaching him and deciding to put it away, Goku was nervously rubbing the back of his head before saying to Naruto:

Goku-"Hey Naruto? sorry for goading you into that fight, i didn't mean to-"

Naruto-"No, its okay Goku, i needed to vent."

Goku-"...I'm guessing you have a lot on your mind."

Naruto-"Yeah, at first when i heard about what Athena was talking about, i thought that she was the enemy but now i realize that there is someone else that is the enemy and that if we fail to stop that enemy, our reality, all of our worlds will be remade, i...i don't want that more then anything else, there's too much, too much that needs to be said...and be settled..."

Goku-"...You know, you shouldn't have such a chip on your shoulders."

Naruto-"Huh?"

Goku-"What's that saying? if life gives you lemons, you give it radishes? no, that's not it."

Naruto-"...Pfff, ha ha."

Luffy-"Did someone say Meat!?"

Ichigo-"Honestly, is that all you ever think about?"

Luffy-"But Meat's good for the body!"

Ichigo-"Yeah yeah, anyways, sounds like you've cheered up Naruto."

Naruto-"...Yeah, thanks guys, your the best."

Ichigo-"We're always here for each other, never forget that."

Naruto-"Don't worry, i won't."

Luffy-"! i smell...MEAT! its in that direction! come on guys! hurry up! MEAT!"

Luffy ran on ahead of everyone, as they gave different expressions to Luffy's antics, eventually, they found the "Meat" that Luffy spoke of, Ichigo was taken aback by this.

Ichigo-"S-SERIOUSLY!?!? he actually found food in this world!? to top it of, Meat of all things!?!?"

Goku-"Heh heh, never underestimate a glutton's nose for food."

Ichigo-"...I don't think that's quite how it works."

as Ichigo and Goku proceeded to exchange words with one another whilst Luffy went on to try and eat the mysterious Meat, Naruto examined it, noting that there was something very strange about it, just then, he realized something but before he could stop Luffy:

Naruto-"!? Luffy wait! that's-"

as Luffy dug his teeth into the "Meat", he was sent transported elsewhere, leaving everyone else behind, flabbergasted, as Naruto tried to find Luffy but to no avail.

Naruto-"LUFFY!"

Ichigo-"Where did he go!?!?"

just then, two people had appeared.

Hao-"Looks like the monkey fell right into your trap."

Aizen-"Indeed he did, my dear Hao."

appearing before Naruto, Ichigo and Goku were both Hao Asakura and Sosuke Aizen, the latter being Ichigo's mortal nemesis.

Ichigo-"A-AIZEN!"

Aizen-"Its so good to see you again, Ichigo Kurosaki, i take it...these are your new friends, very interesting individuals indeed."

Ichigo-"Aizen! what did you do with Luffy!?"

Aizen-"The monkey? let's see here, i do believe i sent him to enemy territory, where there awaiting him will be full of lookalikes just waiting, to crush him."

Ichigo-"Why you!"

just then, Naruto tried to strike Aizen, only to be blocked by the sword of Hao.

Hao-"Now now, that isn't very polite now is it? fox boy."

Naruto-"!?!? what you say!?"

Aizen-"Away with you."

Naruto falls for the same technique that teleported Luffy away, leaving both Ichigo and Goku behind but not before the former tries to call out to Naruto:

Ichigo-"NARUTO!"

Naruto found himself in enemy territory, he didn't recognize it for the life of him.

Naruto-"...Huh? where-where am i?"

Sasuke-"Its been a while."

Naruto-"!?!? ...!?!?"

Sasuke-"...Naruto."

Naruto-"Sa...sa..."

Sasuke-"What's the matter? cat got your tongue?"

Naruto-"SASUKE!"

Sasuke-"So you do remember me, funny, i could never forget you, even if i tried to."

Naruto-"Huh? what do you mean!?"

Sasuke-"...I see, so then, you DON'T remember, that's a shame and here i was wanting to settle our old score."

Naruto-"Sasuke, what are you talking about!? are you...are you in league, with Ares!?"

Sasuke-"...Really Naruto? is that all you can even think about? even care about?"

Naruto-"What do you...mean?"

Sasuke turns his back, facing away from Naruto.

"...Come and find me, then you'll get all the answers that you want to know."

Sasuke then disappears, vanishing into naught.

Naruto-"Wait! SASUKE!"

Naruto tries to reach out where Sasuke once stood only to fail, he looks at his hand and clutches a fist.

Naruto-"...Sasuke...what did you mean, that i don't...remember?"

Naruto took out Sasuke's scratched forehead protector and clutched it deep within his hand before racing off to who knows where.

Naruto-"...Never-mind that! got to find Luffy!"

Naruto continued onward, fighting multiple lookalikes, as he journeyed forwards, eventually, he came upon a very familiar sight, one he would have bet he would have not encountered ever again whilst in the current world, it was...the Final Valley, the place where Naruto and Sasuke had settled everything previously, Naruto was seen standing on-top of the Hashirama Senju statue, as he gazed out, to see standing on-top of the Madara Uchiha statue none other then Sasuke, who has been awaiting Naruto...

Sasuke-"...I knew, i just knew that you would appear here, you could never stay away from me, could you? Naruto."

Naruto-"Sasuke! how is this! why are you! WHAT'S GOING ON!?"

Sasuke-"...You really want to know? fine, i'll tell you, since its you Naruto, you see, you've been led here, all apart of my scheme."

Naruto-"HUH!?!?"

Sasuke-"I asked both Aizen and Asakura for their assistance in order to lure you here of all places and in order to do so, we used your new friend, the monkey, as bait, after that, you know the rest."

Naruto-"...Then tell me! where is Luffy? what did you guys do to him!?"

Sasuke-"Who knows? i don't really care about him, the one i'm after...is YOU, Naruto."

Naruto-"Why!?"

Sasuke-"...Because every time, every time i see you...i can't get rid, of that stupid happy face you're always wearing! have you been this lax, ever since we defeated Kaguya!?!?"

Naruto-"...Ka...guya?"

Sasuke-"Hmph, i knew it, Ares was right all along, you've lost your true memories and with them, the way to your relic, not that you were ever going to obtain it in the first place, being the loser that you so rightfully are!"

Naruto-"! Take that back! i haven't...i haven't lost anything! i'll prove it, i'll obtain my relic and then, then..."

Sasuke-"Then what? what a loser, you don't even know what to say next, unlike when you used to back in the past...before you lost your arm that is..."

Naruto-"H-HUH!? lost...my ARM!?!?"

Sasuke-"...Let's end this, its time...to fulfill the promise."

Naruto-"Huh?"

Sasuke-"...I'm taking back, my forehead protector! time to cough it up! Naruto!"

Sasuke started to slowly draw his sword, as Naruto clutched the former's forehead protector within his hand, looking at it with unease.

Naruto-"...I...I..."

Hinata-"Don't give up."

Naruto-"!? H-huh!?!?"

Hinata-"Never surrender."

Naruto-"...Who?"

Hinata-"Don't you remember? that's who you are, Naruto, it's your Nindo, your Ninja Way, your way of life, you would never give up, you would always find a way, even when others believed that there was no way to be found, but now...you've started to doubt yourself, upon learning of your insecurities, you lost the right path towards your true memories and with them, your relic, surely you know this, right? Naruto?"

Naruto-"Ah..."

Hinata-"...I'll never give up."

Naruto-"What?"

Hinata-"That's my Nindo, i'll never give up, no matter what, even when the odds...are against me, i'll fight, until the very end, even when i'm drawing my last breath, until i succeed, i won't stop, i won't falter, ...Neji didn't and i won't either...but...what about you? Naruto? are you just going to let your insecurities eat away at you and stop you from moving forwards? think Naruto and remember, with all your heart, think how you came this far and why it is you started journeying in the first place? what was your reason? what was your goal at the end? what is...your dream?"

Naruto-"...My...dream...H...Ho...kage..."

Hinata-"That's it! keep it up Naruto! and then, you'll be able to hear his voice."

Naruto-"...Hokage..."

Kurama-"...to...Naruto...NARUTO!"

Naruto-"HOKAGE! that's my dream-GEH!?!?"

just then, Naruto narrowly avoided getting beheaded by Sasuke, as Naruto proceeded to jump away from the latter of whom taunted Naruto:

Sasuke-"NARUTO! STAND AND FIGHT! OR ARE YOU RUNNING!? ARE YOU FINALLY RUNNING AWAY AFTER ALL THIS TIME!?!?"

Naruto-"...i'm not running."

Sasuke-"...What?"

Naruto-"Nor have i forgotten, i've just remembered, it took me a while but thanks to you Sasuke, i finally remember, i finally remember who it is that i truly am, i am...Naruto Uzumaki of the Hidden Leaf Village! i am one of its proud Shinobi! never seeking fame or glory, only to protect from within the shadows, i am he who must endure, if i ever want to achieve my one and only dream!"

Sasuke-"...And that is?"

Naruto-"Heh, you should know, better then anyone else i know and that is...to become the Leaf's Orange Hokage! right Kurama!?"

Sasuke-"!?"

Kurama-"Quit talking, start fighting, you've got a promise to keep remember?"

Naruto-"...Yeah, i hear ya!"

Sasuke-"...You ready for real now?"

Naruto-"...Let's do this, Sasuke."

Sasuke-"...Heh."

Sasuke jumped back on-top of Madara's statue with Naruto jumping back on-top of Hashirama's, as Naruto and Sasuke both proceeded to have a stare-off, looking at one another dead straight within the other's eyes vice versa respectively, in Naruto's left eye could be seen a symbol of the moon and in Sasuke's right eye a symbol of the sun, in Naruto's right eye could also be seen Hinata Hyuga, his love interest and in the left eye of Sasuke, Sakura Haruno, his own love interest, Naruto and Sasuke could both see what makes them very similar to one another yet also very different, they were the perfect example of the word "Rival" and now, just, as time has predicted over and over again, it is here, now, at the fated place of the Final Valley, that these two youths meet, determined to engage one another in battle and decide yet again once more, just who is the more skilled Ninja? who has the both better and right opinion? either and any way you look at it, it was just a chance for them to let loose and show one another just how the other truly feels, about everything for not only were they rivals, they are also, the very best of friends, the closest set of brother like figures there could possibly be and finally, the two top greatest Shinobi in their world to have ever existed, past, present and future alike, it was now time for the promise that they made during their last encounter to be kept, the promise...of a rematch.

After having their stare-off, Naruto and Sasuke both jump head towards one another with Naruto activating his Six Paths Chakra Mode and Sasuke his Rinne Sharingan and proceed to have a standoff in midair before backing away from one another and landing on-top of the other's respective starting points, Naruto on-top of Madara's statue and Sasuke on-top of Hashirama's, Sasuke proceeded to use his clan's signature Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu against Naruto only for him to summon a giant arm of Kurama's from Naruto's Six Paths Chakra Mode cloak to block the Fireball Jutsu, however, Sasuke used a timed reaction technique in that, as the Fireballs started to disintegrate in Naruto's Kurama's palm, they suddenly lit black aflame, it was a timed Kagutsuchi Sasuke had planned ahead, the Kagutsuchi would use its Amaterasu black flames to burn on Kurama's palm, leading back directly into Naruto's own arm, Naruto had to act quickly before the Kagutsuchi had reached his real arm, he used another Kurama palm to slice off the arm of the first one, that way Naruto halted the Kagutsuchi, however, it was all a diversion, Sasuke had thrown his sword all the way over to Naruto whilst he was preoccupied, giving Sasuke the chance to charge up a Kagutsuchi powered Chidori in the meantime before finally using his Rinne Sharingan's special ability of time-space teleportation, allowing Sasuke to switch places with his sword and then try to jab Naruto right in the chest, Naruto quickly reacted by creating three more Kurama palms in addition to the second one he had already created, using the four palms to grab Sasuke's arm and stop him from jabbing Naruto, knowing that getting hit by the Kagutsuchi powered Chidori would cost Naruto the battle entirely, using his own hands, he created two Shadow Clones of himself, already in Sage Mode, the two clones proceeded to go on to create more clones whilst Sasuke was being held in check by the real Naruto until finally, all the clones had unleashed two Wind Style: Rasenshurikens big enough that they could blow the whole area away, as the two blasts converged upon where Naruto and Sasuke were, joining together, as one whole, seemingly blowing them both up whilst devastating the entire area that was around them previously, it was then shown that both Naruto and Sasuke had jumped up into the air before the explosion impacted and finally, deciding to end the battle and make it quick and short, the two decided to infuse their fists with Chakra and whoever landed the first hit would win, Naruto was aiming for Sasuke's chest whilst Sasuke was aiming for Naruto's head, knowing he could instantly knockout Naruto with just a one blow concussion to the head, Sasuke had then recalled all of their previous battles up to now and had decided that this one, was the worst, that it just wasn't up to snuff compared to the previous ones and thus, deciding that he wanted a future rematch with Naruto that had proved more worthy, one where they weren't trapped in a world ruled by deities and fighting at a fake recreation of the Final Valley, Sasuke forfeited the fight, stopping just before hitting Naruto's head and allowing Naruto to give Sasuke a straight punch to the chest that sent him flying into the river, where he laid floating amidst the water.

Naruto-"SASUKE!"

After winning the fight, Naruto dived in and had helped Sasuke out of the water, the two were seen breathless, laying next to one another by the river's high ground, Naruto instantly knew that Sasuke gave up the match at the last second and was angry, wanting to know why:

Naruto-"WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT!? HUH!? why!? why you just suddenly give up like that!? that's not like you at all! believe it!"

Sasuke-"...Shut up, loser, if i wanted to win, don't you think THAT wouldn't have appeared?"

Naruto-"Huh? whoa!"

it was Naruto's own personal relic, a testament to his victory against Sasuke, however:

Naruto-"...I don't want it, that wasn't, that wasn't a proper fight, not on our true levels anyways, we're high class Shinobi and yet-"

Sasuke-"Naruto, your forgetting one thing in this world and that is: Ninja don't exist, we don't have dreams or goals here, the only thing that is similar is that we are tools to be used by those that want our powers for themselves, that's all, no more, no less..."

Naruto-"Sasuke...still...i want, i want to fight you seriously! like we promised before you left the village!"

Sasuke-"...Naruto, you still haven't fully recovered your memories...of being here, in this world."

Naruto-"...What? what are you talking about? Sasuke?"

Sasuke proceeded to stand up.

Sasuke-"That's something...you're going to have to figure out for yourself, go, just take the relic, i promise you, we will meet again."

Naruto-"But!"

Sasuke-"...Are you still, going to remain a loser for the rest of your life? have you forgotten already what you just remembered?"

Naruto-"...Ah! Kurama! you there!?"

Kurama-"Yep, loud and clear, look, just take the Uchiha brat up on his offer will ya? we still need to know more about this world and the powers that rule it, not to mention, what Sasuke mentioned, about-"

Naruto-"About me being here previously..."

Sasuke-"..."

Naruto stood up and gave himself a pat on the chest.

Naruto-"Alright, i'll take it, i don't really like how this all turned out but i guess a victory is still a victory, huh."

Sasuke-"...Pledge your Ninja Way once more."

Sasuke begins to walk away.

Naruto-"Huh?"

Sasuke-"...I'll be back, for my forehead protector, until then, keep on to it and never lose it, otherwise, our destined rematch will have no meaning."

Naruto-"...Yeah, you got it, Sasuke, we may be on opposing sides, but..."

Sasuke-"...Heh."

Sasuke vanishes from sight.

Naruto-"...I'll never give up, that's my Ninja Way, Kurama...sorry, about, you know..."

Kurama-"Oh shut up already, look, one of your new friends is approaching."

Naruto-"Huh? ! AH! Goku!"

Goku-"Huff...huff...huff...huff...YAAA! finally found you! all the way out here in the boonies!"

Naruto-"Goku! what happened!? where are Ichigo and Luffy!?"

Goku-"...About that..."

Naruto-"...!?"

meanwhile...

Athena-"...My heroes...they are slowly starting...to remember."

 

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Chapter III: Ichigo Kurosaki-Black:

Returning to the point in time just after Naruto was teleported by Aizen to Sasuke's location, Ichigo and Goku confronted both Aizen and Hao.

Ichigo-"NARUTO!"

Ichigo reached out his hand to where Naruto once stood.

Ichigo-"...Tch! DAMN-YOU!"

Ichigo drew his large Human sized sword from upon his back, the Zanpakuto known, as Zangetsu and had proceeded to unsheathe it from its bandage wrappings whilst trying to strike Aizen down with Zangetsu, only to be blocked by Hao who previously blocked Naruto's attack upon Aizen.

Hao-"Sheesh, are all you heroes THIS impatient?"

Ichigo-"OUT OF THE WAY!"

Hao-"Not happening, hero."

Aizen-"...I see, very well then, i'll be seeing you soon, Ichigo Kurosaki."

Aizen began teleporting both Ichigo and Hao elsewhere but not before Ichigo shouts out towards Aizen:

Ichigo-"AIZEN!"

Ichigo and Hao end up elsewhere, as Ichigo backs away from Hao who swipes through his hair and starts talking to Ichigo:

Hao-"Now then, since its just the two of us, care to show me, your swordsmanship skills i've heard about?"

Ichigo-"B******!"

Ichigo began to duel with Hao, as Hao used his Spirit of Fire sword to clash with Ichigo's Zangetsu, during the fight, Hao was able to switch the elemental properties of his sword from Fire to Water, giving Ichigo a tricky situation to more or less deal with, however, using an all out Getsuga Tensho blast attack, Ichigo was able to completely destroy the area, causing Hao to decide to end their battle.

Hao-"...Hmph, what ridicule you represent."

Ichigo-"What are you talking about!?"

Hao-"I'm saying that for all the power you possess, you still cling to the "Light", honestly, your not even worth a warm-up, given what you are."

Ichigo-"I cling to...the "Light"? what's that mean!? enough! just tell me where Luffy and Naruto are!"

Hao-"Really? and what would you do then? how can you possibly help them? given...you have a monster lurking inside you."

Ichigo-"!?!? H-how!?!?"

Hao-"Forget it, this was a complete waste of my time, i think i'll go back and see how Aizen is doing with that meat-head friend of yours, until we meet again, which may be never."

Ichigo-"!? No! STOP!"

Hao disappears from sight.

Ichigo-"...Dammit, Luffy, Naruto, Goku...tch, i've got, to find them!"

Ichigo headed onward, now alone without Naruto, Goku and Luffy by his side, as he journeyed, he fought multiple lookalikes that proceeded to stand in his way, eventually, he came across a lookalike of himself standing in his way.

Ichigo-"...Looking at you...P***** ME OFF!!!!"

Ichigo sliced in half the white coloured lookalike of himself in rage, remembering who it reminds him of, suddenly-

Hollow Ichigo-"What's wrong? PARTNER?"

Ichigo-"!?!?"

just then, standing right in front of Ichigo was his shadowy self, the Hollow that lurks inside of him, Hollow Ichigo.

Ichigo-"YOU!?!? ...no, it can't be, your just another lookalike, the real you can't be standing right here in front of me, that's impossible."

Hollow Ichigo-"..."Sigh", its a stupid thing like that that makes me wonder, are you even fit to still be the king?"

Ichigo-"...What?"

Hollow Ichigo-"Idiot, look around you! this world is full of the unimaginable! if anything can happen here, why can't I be here? think about it, or actually, maybe you HAVE thought about it but are too scared to admit it!"

Ichigo-"Damn you! i am not, scared! i'll prove it! i'll strike you down, here and now!"

Hollow Ichigo-"Fine, that's just what i was expecting anyways...ICHIGO."

Ichigo and Hollow Ichigo took their stances and shouted out:

Ichigo and Hollow Ichigo-"BAN-KAI!"

they both activated their shared Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu, they then immediately proceeded to clash swords.

Hollow Ichigo-"I can see what that Hao guy meant when he said that you still "cling to the Light", honestly Ichigo, your going to go nowhere if this keeps up! how can you possibly help save those so called friends of yours!?"

Ichigo-"You too!? what are you all...TALKING ABOUT!?!? GUAH!!!!"

Ichigo gave a loud roar out to raise his Spirit Energy, Hollow Ichigo backed up, knowing Ichigo was preparing for a devastating attack, he says to his counterpart:

Hollow Ichigo-"YEAH! that's the spirit Ichigo! more! i want to see more! show me more of that Spirit Energy! and then...I CAN TAKE YOU OVER COMPLETELY."

said Hollow Ichigo, Ichigo, without realizing it until it was too late was starting to produce his Hollow Vizard Mask without having commanding summoning it, it started taking him over and at a very fast rate, transform him into his Hollow state/form, as Ichigo started going berserk with Hollow Ichigo nowhere to be found, it was then that unexpected allies came to Ichigo's aid, it was the travelling group of Allen Walker, Izuku Midoriya and Yusuke Urameshi.

Yusuke-"WHOA! what is that thing!?!?"

Izuku-"I don't know but, if we let it rampage, it will destroy the whole area! guys! we got to stop it!"

Allen-"...? ! wait! Yusuke! Izuku!"

Yusuke and Izuku-"Huh?"

Allen-Don't you see? that sword its carrying, in its hand, doesn't it remind you of-"

Yusuke-"...! ICHIGO!? wait, wasn't he travelling with the three gluttons before? what's he doing here! why has he become that monster all of a sudden!?"

Izuku-"Let's save the questions for later, for now, he needs our help, i'm going in!"

Yusuke-"Ah Deku! wait up! geez louise, this sure is-A PAIN!"

Allen-"Guys! you hold him down whilst i work on helping reverse his transformation process!"

Yusuke-"Yeah, easy for you to say! WHOA! hey! watch where you swing that tail!"

Izuku-"Okay, let's do this! Yusuke! Ichigo!"

Yusuke-"Right!"

Izuku and Yusuke proceeded to battle the Hollow transformed Ichigo, as Allen was preparing some sort of incantation with his "Innocence" activated, Izuku and Yusuke both knew that in order to help Ichigo, they had to first pin down his body before Allen's incantation was fully ready, to do this, during the fight where Izuku and Yusuke paired up, they both used their signature attacks, Izuku used his Smash to knock Ichigo down straight into the ground from up above and then, just, as Ichigo tried to regain steadiness from being dizzy from the impact, Yusuke finally charged up his Spirit Gun within his finger and shot it straight at Ichigo's hollow hole in the center of his chest.

Yusuke-"This is for you pal, from one Spirit Detective to another! SPIRIT GUN!"

Yusuke fires the fully charged Spirit Gun, knocked Ichigo straight back into a wall where Izuku proceeded to pin him down.

Izuku-"Allen! whatever it is your doing, you better do it now, i can't hold him for long!"

Allen-"Right! Innocence...ACTIVATE!"

Allen used the power of his Innocence to "purify" Ichigo, causing his Hollow state to revert back to his normal Human self, as Ichigo slowly awoke back in his Shikai state, he was startled by who was surrounding him.

Ichigo-"...Huh? wha? ! GA!? you-you guys!?!? what are you doing here!?!?"

Yusuke-"Funny, same thing could be said about you."

Allen-We were wondering how you ended up here, weren't you travelling with Goku, Luffy and Naruto?"

Yusuke-"Yeah, the three gluttons."

Allen-"I'd wish you'd stop calling them that."

Yusuke-"What? its true."

Izuku-"Ichigo, you don't have to answer right away, your still recuperating, take your time and-"

Ichigo-"No, its fine, rather, you need to hear this..."

Yusuke, Izuku and Allen-"?"

After a short but lengthy nevertheless explanation, Ichigo had explained his circumstances in ending up here where Yusuke's travelling group was...

Yusuke-"...So lemme get this straight, you saw the guy you were supposed to fight but didn't, failed to obtain your relic and worst of all, let you and your companions get separated from one another? not to mention transforming into THAT THING?"

Izuku-"Yusuke!"

Yusuke-"Look guys, mollycoddle him all you want, it is what it looks like, exactly how i told it, Ichigo, you failed, BIG TIME."

Ichigo-"!?"

Allen-"Yusuke that's enough!"

Yusuke-"...Hmph."

Allen-"..."Sigh", despite Yusuke's brashness, he does have a point, Ichigo, what do you intend to do now?"

Ichigo-"...What does it look like? i'm going to find everyone."

Izuku-"Yeah but Ichigo, what if, what if that monster takes hold of you again? how will you-"

Ichigo-"...I won't say relax Izuku since that's the wrong choice of words but, i fought the monster before and i beat it, if i can do it once, i can do it again, next time, i won't fail."

Yusuke-"Yes but how can we be certain?"

Ichigo-"...If i fail, i want you guys to-"

Yusuke-"Forget it."

Ichigo-"Wha?"

Yusuke-"I don't do THAT kind of thing, ..."sigh", Deku, Allen, looks like, i'm going to have to leave you guys for a while, got to keep an eye on this idiot Substitute Soul Reaper before he might do something rash."

Ichigo-"H-HEY!"

Yusuke-"Forget it, i'm coming with you and that's that, us Spirit Detectives have got to look out for one another right?"

Allen-"Heh."

Ichigo-"...Alright, fine, i guess it wouldn't hurt to have backup."

Yusuke-"So there you have it, i'll be seeing you guys soon?"

Izuku-"Yeah, count on it!"

Allen-"Don't be late you guys."

Yusuke-"Yeah, same to you two, Ichigo, let's go."

Ichigo-"Ah hey! wait up!"

Izuku-"...Do you think, they'll be okay Allen?"

Allen-"...Honestly, i don't know Izuku, those two have similar personalities to one another, its hard to judge whether they will be able to get along or not, "sigh"...anyways, let's not focus on the negatives, we've got to find our relics, you with me?"

Izuku-"Yeah! let's go!"

Izuku and Allen proceeded to leave before the former stopped to take one last glance back at both Ichigo and Yusuke before moving onward.

Ichigo. now paired up with Yusuke fought against many lookalikes before the two decided to rest a bit.

Yusuke-"PHEW! that last battle took it way out of me, hey, let's stop for a mo, kay Ichigo?"

Ichigo-"Uh, sure."

Ichigo and Yusuke sat around a fire.

Ichigo-"..."Sigh"..."

Yusuke-"You still worrying?"

Ichigo-"Well, yeah, wouldn't you?"

Yusuke-"No sweat, i know both Deku and Walker can take care of themselves, speaking of which, what about you? Ichigo?"

Ichigo-"H-Huh?"

Yusuke-"What are you going to do? about that monster that lurks inside you?"

Ichigo-"...You mean, my Hollow?"

Yusuke-"Yeah that, i mean, you can't leave it just lying there forever, eventually its going to come back out again and when it does-"

Ichigo-"Don't worry, i'll stop it, i was doubting myself before but thanks to you Yusuke, i think i'll be fine, before, i asked you to destroy me in case if things went south but because you refused to give up, i feel like i can become stronger just like you, i promise, i won't give in the next time it confronts me, next time...i'll be the king..."

Yusuke-"...Huh? king? what's that about?"

After resting up, Ichigo and Yusuke proceeded to move onward once more, until finally-

Aizen-"Hello again, Ichigo Kurosaki."

Aizen appears before both Ichigo and Yusuke with the latter preparing a Spirit Gun just in case.

Aizen-"...I see that you have a new travelling companion."

Ichigo-"...And i see that you don't have anymore of your flunkies around, tell me, Aizen, what is it? what do you...want from me?"

Aizen-"...To see you grow stronger, to see if you are strong enough...to end the cycle."

Ichigo-"...Cycle? what are you talking about?"

Aizen-"...It became clear when i saw your friend, the fox boy having completely almost no sense of the memories that he had lurking about inside his head, surely, you must be the same, are you not? Ichigo Kurosaki?"

Ichigo-"Cut the games! answer me!"

Aizen-"...Hmph, if you want to know the truth, follow where your soul will lead you and you'll find me there, all connected ties start off disconnecting from one another until eventually...they rejoin, as one."

Aizen disappears.

Ichigo-"..."

Yusuke-"...You gonna go after him?"

Ichigo-"That goes without saying, i have to make up for my mistake of not obtaining the relic when i previously had the chance to, Yusuke, i'm sorry but, can you wait for me here? i need to do this, on my own, i think, i think i finally understand what it is, about what they were talking about, about...clinging to the Light, if anything, i think its time, i corrected, that mistake."

Yusuke-"...Just remember-"

Ichigo-"Its like you keep saying."

Yusuke-"W-wha?"

Ichigo-"Us fellow Spirit Detectives have got to look out for one another, don't worry, i'll be back soon."

Yusuke-"Okay but don't take too long, remember! we still got to find your missing friends!"

Ichigo-"...That's right, Luffy, Naruto, Goku...i'm...i'm coming back to you guys, just...one last stop i need to make before that."

Ichigo battles all the lookalikes that stand in his way before eventually reaching a very familiar settlement, it was the outskirts of the Real Karakura Town, where he last fought Aizen before with the Final Getsuga Tensho in hand.

Ichigo-"...This place, huh?"

Tensa Zangetsu-"Have you made your decision?"

Ichigo-"Unh!?!?"

Ichigo found himself in the world that his Zanpakuto's Bankai resides in, Tensa Zangetsu.

Ichigo-"...Zangetsu."

Tensa Zangetsu-"Before, Ichigo, you let it rain and you let the Hollow within you take control once more, tell me, what will you do if that happens again? will you-"

Ichigo-"I figured it out."

Tensa Zangetsu-"What?"

Ichigo-"...It wasn't, it wasn't my Hollow that took control of me...it was, myself, clinging...to the Light."

Tensa Zangetsu-"What do you mean?"

Ichigo-"...Before, upon entering this world, i was scared, so scared mentally that i thought my Hollow powers would go wild because of the effects of this world, so, i decided that i would cling to just only half of my powers without using the entirety of them, in other-words, i didn't use my Hollow powers but now, now i'm ready, to accept the Hollow within me once more, this time, i won't go berserk and have others help me like last time, this time, i'm going to settle things...all on my own! you okay with that? Zangetsu?"

Tensa Zangetsu-"...Heh, just...don't die on me, okay Ichigo? HE wouldn't like that either."

Ichigo turned around and had noticed the masked Hollow Ichigo before finally saying:

Ichigo-"...Yeah, i know."

the masked Hollow Ichigo lifted up his mask, giving a evil snigger towards Ichigo's response before he then returned back to the real world, it was here, that Aizen was already awaiting him.

Aizen-"...Have you finally found your answer?"

Ichigo-"...Yeah, i have, Aizen."

Aizen-"...Then let us see, if...you are, truly worthy...of obtaining...your...RELIC!"

Aizen transformed thanks to the power of the Hogyoku embedded in his chest, Ichigo drew his Zangetsu and immediately went into Bankai mode, prepared to fight Aizen once more.

"Let's do this, Aizen!"

said Ichigo, as both he and Aizen clashed swords, Aizen teleported himself behind Ichigo and had tried to cut his head off, however, Ichigo had managed to use Shunpo, the Flash Step to evade Aizen's attack before then summoning his Hollow Vizard Mask, Ichigo having now fully accepted the "Darkness" within him, Ichigo unleashes a Black Getsuga Tensho upon Aizen who takes the full brunt of the attack, however, thanks to the Hogyoku, Aizen uses Instant Regeneration to heal himself, Ichigo was moving at very fast speeds, trying to avoid the Hado Number 90: Kurohitsugi that Aizen was casting to trap Ichigo in, eventually he manages to catch the orange haired youth but just like their last fight from before, Ichigo taps into the full power of his Spirit Energy and easily breaks the Black Box containing him with just a swift move from his hand, Aizen was shocked by this.

Aizen-"...No, it can't be! that power, THAT'S!?"

upon emerging from the Black Box, Ichigo's appearance had changed, he now looked, exactly, as he did when he obtained the Final Getsuga Tensho.

Ichigo-"...? !? This...is?"

Aizen-"...It seems this world has granted your innermost desire."

Ichigo-"...Innermost, desire?

Aizen-"That's right, POWER."

Ichigo-"...I see, then-"

Ichigo immediately went and had grabbed Aizen's sword, saying to him the words:

Ichigo-"...Aizen, you know, what comes next? don't you?"

Aizen-"..."

Aizen backed away from Ichigo, jumping on-top a high cliff and started preparing a Gran Rey Cero attack, big enough to envelop the whole area and destroy it all in one blow.

Aizen-"...Let's see if you can take this! the power of the Gran Rey Cero i wasn't able to unleash before! behold! Ichigo Kurosaki! this is...MY GRAN REY CERO!!!!"

Aizen shot the white coloured Gran Rey Cero directly from the tip of his sword arm straight at Ichigo, however, by then, it was...too late, Ichigo...had already entered, his Final Getsuga Tensho form, Mugetsu.

Ichigo-"...Normally, this would mean the end of my Soul Reaper powers, but, thanks to the effects of this world, mostly, thanks to the Goddess, her powers are what keep me from losing my Soul Reaper powers whilst i use Mugetsu, meaning...i can still be the Substitute Soul Reaper, Ichigo, Kurosaki, now then..."

Ichigo in his Mugetsu form lifted his jet black sword upwards, as Aizen, having already experienced this beforehand, closes his eyes and accepts his fate, Ichigo swings the sword down upon Aizen.

Ichigo-"...Everything turns to black...MUGETSU!"

shouted out Ichigo, using the Mugetsu, the sky completely turns pitch black and Aizen is completely enveloped inside of it, after all is said and done, Ichigo, though greatly weakened by the effects of the Final Getsuga Tensho, still retains his Soul Reaper powers, thanks to the powers of Goddess Athena.

Ichigo-"...Goddess...thank you."

Aizen-"You should be thanking yourself, it was your own power that won you the relic."

Aizen reappeared in his normal Human form, as though he was completely unscathed, as though the battle had never even happened to begin with.

Ichigo-"Aizen! ...ah!"

Ichigo noticed in his hand his relic, having won it from the battle with Aizen.

Aizen-"It seems you truly do have the power...to end the cycle."

Ichigo-"Aizen...you mentioned cycle before...what did you mean by that?"

Aizen-"...When all 19 relics are collected and gathered...then you will know the truth, the truth...of the Interval Inbetween."

Aizen disappears, leaving Ichigo behind to ponder on Aizen's words, just then, approaching Ichigo was Yusuke.

Yusuke-"HEEEY!"

Ichigo was happy to see Yusuke approaching him, as he looked up towards the sky, to see it nice and blue again before lastly smiling, thinking to himself the words:

"...Everything turns to black...and then, fades...into white."

meanwhile...

Aizen-"I take it the fox boy obtained his relic, as well?"

Sasuke-"Yeah, but the outcome wasn't to either of our likings..."

Aizen-"...Did you tell him about the cycle?"

Sasuke-"...I told him to pledge his Ninja Way once more, that's all that mattered at the time."

Aizen-"...I see, meanwhile, i suppose Doflamingo is enacting his web of shadows i take it?"

Sasuke-"..."

 

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Chapter IV: Monkey D. Luffy-MEAT:

Moments after Luffy was teleported upon trying to eat the mysterious "Meat", he found himself in enemy territory, not knowing where he was and, to be perfectly honest...not really caring.

Luffy-"BLEGH! that Meat tasted HORRIBLE! seriously, it tasted like someone was eating a rotten rice-ball or something, that's it! i've decided! i'm going to go find that relic or whatever it is and get back home, Sanji can make me something decent that way! now then, hup! let's go!"

Luffy was not deterred in the slightest in having been transported elsewhere, in fact, he was more motivated, Luffy was now actually motivated at last to seek out the relics and bring them to Athena, the question was, how would Luffy go about it?

Luffy-"I hope Goku, Naruto and Ichigo are doing fine, they'll be okay without me, for now, all i have to do is beat up whoever it is that's from the same world, as me and then obtain that relic lady whatever her name was talked about, still, can't help but feel worried about those guys, i wonder if they'll be okay without me? AHH! this is annoying!"

Doflamingo-"Well, well, well, long time, no see, little hypocrite, "evil snigger"."

Luffy-"Huh? who said that? why is that voice so familiar?"

Doflamingo-"What? forgotten me already? that's sad, REALLY sad."

Doflamingo appeared in front of Luffy.

Luffy-"AHH! MINGO!"

Doflamingo-"Hello again, Monkey D. Luffy, "evil snigger"."

Luffy-"So your the guy i have to beat up? okay then, that's no problem for me, i hate your guts anyways!"

Doflamingo-"Heh heh, just try and defeat me, if you can that is!"

Luffy and Doflamingo proceed to fight one another, Doflamingo tries to use his Overheat technique against Luffy of whom using his quick reflexes manages to dodge and then jump up into the air and unleash a barrage of Gum Gum Gatling attacks upon Doflamingo, eventually during midway through the fight, shockingly, Doflamingo breaks apart into a million pieces of string, greatly shocking Luffy comically:

Luffy-"GAAAHH!!!! I KILLED MINGO BY ACCIDENT!"

Doflamingo-"Don't be too sure, runt."

Luffy-"Huh? GWAH! ANOTHER MINGO!?!?"

Doflamingo-"Stupid monkey, don't you remember? i can create multiple copies of myself using my String String powers."

Luffy-"...Oh, right, GAH! right! bring it Doflamingo! i'm going to get my relic and then i'll-"

Doflamingo-"You'll what? go back home? just like that? without giving, as so much a thought to your other new "friends" here? heh heh, how cruel, how simply cruel of you!"

Luffy-"WHAT!?"

Doflamingo-"Face it punk, you'll never obtain your relic from me, not now, NOT EVER! STRING BULLET!"

Using his String Bullet technique, Doflamingo attacks Luffy in the torso before disappearing, leaving Luffy behind.

Luffy-"OI! get back here Mingo! OI! ...he's not coming back, what's he mean about me not caring about my new friends? hmm...!? WAIT! does he mean...!? i-i got to find them, NOW!"

Luffy decided to abandon his search for his relic upon realizing that Doflamingo intends to threaten the other heroes summoned by Athena, Luffy battles multiple lookalikes until eventually, he finds Doflamingo harassing both Tsunayoshi Sawada and Gon Freecss, Tsuna is seen both kneeling and weakened whilst Gon is trying desperately to protect Tsuna.

Gon-"...Huff...huff...T-Tsuna, you-you alright?"

Tsuna-"...Huff...huff...huff...i'm-i'm fine, don't worry about me, just run! Gon!"

Gon-"No! i won't abandon, my friends!"

Doflamingo-"A pity, then you will die then."

As Doflamingo prepared to use his String Bullet technique against both Tsuna and Gon-

Luffy-"MINGO!!!!"

Luffy using a Gum Gum Pistol tries to hit Doflamingo, only for him to evade Luffy's attack and jump back a bit.

Tsuna and Gon-"LUFFY!"

Luffy-"Mingo! leave my friends alone!"

Doflamingo-"...Friends? you consider these weaklings friends? heh, what a fool, fine, you catch up being buddy buddies with these little twerps, meanwhile..."

Doflamingo disappears yet again, leaving Luffy behind to check up on both Gon and Tsuna.

Luffy-"...Are you guys okay? Gong and Tsunow was it?"

Tsuna-"...Its-its Tsuna."

Gon-"And i'm Gon without a G at the end! seriously Luffy, how can you forget our names like that!?"

Luffy-"Sorry, sorry, anyways, are you guys okay? nothing broken?"

Gon-"We'll live but Train..."

Luffy-"Train?"

Tsuna-"Yeah, Train Heartnet, we got separated from each other earlier and now we're looking for him, only for that guy using string to appear from out of nowhere and suddenly attack us."

Luffy-"...So you guys are missing someone too...alright, i'll help!"

Tsuna-"Really!?"

Luffy-"Sure, its the least i can do because to be quite honest, that guy Mingo is from my world, i feel like i owe you guys one."

Gon-"...Mingo?"

Tsuna-"Thanks, we can really use all the help we can get, just let us rest up first..."

said Tsuna, lying down, completely exhausted, as Gon follows the former's example, Luffy decides that he will keep watch and guard over both Tsuna and Gon until they have regained their both strength and energy.

meanwhile...

Raoh-"You take an awful risk in letting the brats live Doflamingo, is this just your way of entertainment?"

Doflamingo-"Like a drunk on fighting machine like YOU needs to understand what i'm doing, i'm just trying to follow Ares' will and make sure that the children do not obtain their relics, simple-as-that."

Raoh-"...Hmph, you underestimate those so called "children", especially the monkey, your opponent, didn't i hear he once bested you in battle?"

Doflamingo-"!?"

after a while of resting, both Tsuna and Gon got back up on their feet and continued journeying forth with Luffy now in tow with them, Gon asks how Luffy ended up where they are and Luffy explains more or less from what he can remember:

Luffy-"...And that's how it is, i'm hoping the guys are okay, i was actually going to go look for them until i saw Mingo attacking you guys."

Tsuna-"...We were travelling with Train who separated from his own group due to personal circumstances regarding his relic and then, Train's enemy had suddenly appeared and lured him away, leaving us to deal with the bird guy."

Gon-"We've got to find Train and quick! i think something terrible might be happening to him!"

Luffy-"Right, got it! who knows? maybe we'll find some of the others, AND MEAT ALONG THE WAY, AS WELL!"

just then, Tsuna suddenly stopped.

Gon-"Tsuna? what's wrong?"

Tsuna-"..."

Luffy-"...Something on your mind? !? do you need to fill your stomach!?"

Tsuna-"Just stop already!"

Gon and Luffy-"!?!?"

Luffy-"H-Huh!?"

Tsuna-"All you care about, all you even think about, is FOOD! why can't you give thought to anyone else!? its because your mind was solely focused on food that you got separated from your group and now, they might be hurt because of such negligence! i'm sick of it!"

Gon-"Tsuna!"

Luffy-"...So, you want to go a few rounds?"

Tsuna-"Huh?"

Luffy-"Sounds to me your just nagging, let's fight, then we'll see who is right."

Gon-"Luffy no!"

Tsuna-"...Tch! fine! you asked for it!"

Luffy and Tsuna thus began fighting one another, Tsuna had dawned his Vongola Decimo gloves and had proceeded to enter his Hyper Dying Will Mode, noticing the potential within Tsuna's strength, Luffy decides not to hold back either and proceeds to use his Gear Second technique against Tsuna, the two are equally matched in speed, trading punches with one another at what almost look liked mach speed, Luffy uses Gum Gum Jet Pistol against Tsuna, forcing him into a corner, it is then that Tsuna decides to unleash in a hasty gamble his ultimate X Burner attack, Gon tries to talk him out of it but Tsuna is unable to hear Gon, instead he launches the X Burner directly at Luffy, seeing the immense power behind the X Burner attack, Luffy ultimately decides to quickly use Gear Third and use his enlarged arm to block the heat exhaustion of the attack being thrown at him, after managing to block the attack with the palm of his enlarged hand, Luffy comically reacts to being "burned", as it were upon his enlarged hand reverting back to normal and Tsuna runs completely dry out of energy, exiting Hyper Dying Will Mode and at this point, has effectively lost the battle against Luffy.

Tsuna-"GAH!"

Tsuna falls from the air towards the ground, landing on his backside before saying to himself:

Tsuna-"...No!"

Luffy saw Tsuna after cooling his hand down, just looking on at him sternly.

Tsuna-"...No, not-again! URGH!!!!"

Gon-"Tsuna! calm down! that's enough!"

Tsuna-"!? ...Gon..."sigh"...sorry...i-"

Luffy-"Something happened?"

Tsuna-"Ah!"

Luffy raised his hand towards Tsuna, offering to help him up.

Luffy-"Here."

Tsuna-"...T-thanks...and...sorry-"

Luffy-"Backup."

Tsuna-"H-huh!?"

Luffy-"...Look, you weren't wrong about earlier, about me and Meat, in fact, its because of you i now see that, but...i can't change who i am, its just the way i am, to be honest, i use Meat after coming to this World more or less...to hide my own fears."

Gon and Luffy-"!?!?"

Gon-"You have...fears Luffy!? but! you look and act exactly, as if you don't have any fear whatsoever!"

Luffy-"That's not true, to be honest, i'm...scared, i'm scared, of a lot of things happening and that's not just from coming to this world only, i was also scared more or less back in my own world, i was...afraid, scared terrified that i would lose the things most very important and precious to me, my friends...one day, i lost someone i hold very dear to me standing right in front of me...he...he died in my arms, as i just watched on, helpless, to do anything...i, i failed...i failed, to protect him and because of that, i vowed, i vowed that i would never again lose those that i cherish and would protect them, no matter what the costs were, even...if i had to give up my own life in exchange, being separated from my friends...is more painful then anything else to bare, that's what i truly believe..."

Gon-"Luffy..."

Tsuna-"...I'm-i'm sorry, to be honest, i...i didn't have a very high opinion of you, Luffy, i thought, that you didn't take anything seriously and that you only care about food but, now i see, the truth, please, forgive me, Luffy-OW!"

Luffy flicked Tsuna on his forehead.

Luffy-"Didn't i tell you to stop with the apologies already!? sheesh! its like listening to a broken record! look! i'm fine! a-okay! okay? OKAY!?"

Luffy gave a comedic frightening face, as Tsuna showed a comedic sweat drop behind his head, saying towards Luffy:

Tsuna-"R-right..."

Luffy-"...Thanks, Tsunow."

Tsuna-"...Its Tsuna but, what exactly for? we just fought didn't we? and you won."

Luffy-"Yeah i won but i don't really care about that, what i care about is just making sure my friends are okay, you included, like i said before, you helped me open my eyes a little bit and i guess, well, i'm going to have to put Meat aside for the moment, i can eat it all i want once i find the others! sound good? hey, i'm even feeling in a sharing mood, maybe, JUST maybe, i'll let you have one piece of my Meat."

Tsuna-"N-no thanks, i'm good."

Luffy-"WHAT!?!? YOU'RE SAYING...YOU DON'T LIKE MEAT!?!?"

Tsuna-"H-HUH!? NO! THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT AT ALL!"

Gon-"Ha ha ha!"

Luffy and Tsuna noticed Gon laughing before then laughing themselves, afterwards...

Luffy-"Shi! Shi! Shi! ...right! time to go find the others...and bust up Mingo while i'm at it!"

Gon-"Mind if we help too? we've got a score to settle with that bird guy!"

Tsuna-"...Yeah."

Luffy-"Sure! the more the merrier! who knows? we might be able to obtain ALL our relics that way! here's hoping."

Tsuna-"...Luffy?"

Luffy-"Yup?"

Tsuna-"...Thanks, thank you, you helped me too, to come up, with an answer."

Luffy-"Huh?"

despite what Tsuna lastly said, Luffy decided not to ponder on it, as he, Gon and Tsuna all together continued journeying forth, attempting to find lost friends.

The three battle together against many lookalikes along the way until eventually reaching a certain checkpoint that was all too very familiar to Luffy, it was none other then the Corrida Coliseum of Dressrosa in which he fought in, as the old man "Lucy" once previously.

Luffy-"AHHH!!!!"

Tsuna-"What!? what is it Luffy!?"

Luffy-"This place! i remember this place! yeah! no doubt about it!"

Doflamingo-"Of course you should, it was here, that you thought that you could trick me...and you did."

Doflamingo appears.

Luffy, Gon and Tsuna-"!?"

Luffy-"Mingo!"

Doflamingo-"...Hmph, that Raoh, i'll show him!"

suddenly, joining Doflamingo was a shocking partner in crime.

Byakuran-"Mind if i join in? Dofy?"

Tsuna-"!?!? B-BYAKURAN!"

Byakuran-"Why, hello again, 10th boss of the Vongola Famiglia."

Luffy-"Huh? HUUUH!? OI! THAT GUY! HE'S AN ANGEL! THERE'S AN ANGEL RIGHT IN FRONT OF US!"

Gon-"...Trust me Luffy, that's no angel."

Luffy-"Huh?"

Gon-"His name is Byakuran, he's Tsuna's..."

Luffy then looked at Tsuna, as he showed a very angry and determined look upon his face, clutching a fist.

Luffy-"...Gotcha, hey Tsuna, you go on ahead, you too Gon."

Tsuna-"Huh?"

Gon-"What!?"

Luffy-"Sorry, i know i promised i'd let you in on the Mingo bashing but, it looks like, you guys are going to have trouble with that guy, since he's here to help Doflamingo, plus..."

Tsuna-"...You mean?"

Luffy-"Yep, go on ahead Tsuna, Gon, i'll catch up with you, first-things-first!"

Gon-"No way! i want to take on Doflamingo too! i also want to take on Byakuran for what he did earlier but!"

Tsuna-"Gon, let Luffy settle things."

Gon-"Huh?"

Tsuna-"Byakuran...i've finally come up, with an answer..."

Byakuran-"Oh really? i see, i'm very curious to see it, hey Dofy, mind if i take these two with me? i'm sure you wouldn't mind."

Doflamingo-"Suit yourself, i have no interest in cannon fodder."

Byakuran-"Yippee! now then, shall we? Tsunayoshi Sawada?"

Byakuran flies away with Tsuna immediately chasing after him.

Gon-"Ah Tsuna!"

Luffy-"Go Gon!"

Gon-"But!"

Luffy-"Don't worry, i'll be fine, just let me take care of Mingo, please."

Gon-"...Tch! fine! alright! slug him one for me okay!?"

Gon chases after Tsuna after leaving Luffy behind to deal with Doflamingo.

Luffy-"Yeah, you got it! for you guys and for everyone else too! MINGO! I'M GONNA BEAT THE C*** OUT OF YOU!"

Doflamingo-"...You? defeat ME? "evil snigger", "evil cackling laugh", HA! NOW THAT'S A GOOD ONE! AS IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY DEFEAT ME!"

Luffy-"I did once."

Doflamingo-"!?!?"

Luffy-"I beat you up and i moved on forwards, just like i promised that i would and now, i'm gonna promise you this-I WILL defeat you and i WILL get my relic! if i can't then i have no right, to call myself...the future King of the Pirates!"

Doflamingo-"...Everyone, constantly, CONSTANTLY reminding me of how i lost to this brat! now listen up you sheer amateur! you only won last time because of the support you gained from Trafalgar Law and those other losers of Dressrosa but not this time! this time, we are in a world ruled by gods and here, anything-CAN HAPPEN! BIRDCAGE!!!!"

Doflamingo uses his Birdcage technique and casts it around the entirety of the coliseum, slowly its iron bars of cutting string are quickly closing in to the center of the coliseum, destroying everything, as it makes its way to the stage in the center with Luffy and Doflamingo on-top of the watery platform.

Doflamingo-"You or me, boy, let's see just who out of which one of us will survive being cut into a million pieces by the Birdcage, this time, you have no one to help you, absolutely no one, not Trafalgar Law...even not your brother, the 2nd in command of the Revolutionary Army Sabo, which reminds me..."

Luffy-"Huh?"

Doflamingo-"You had, another brother once, did you not? the one, who ate the Flame Flame Fruit."

Luffy-"!?!?"

Doflamingo-"What was his name again?"

Luffy-"Shut up."

Doflamingo-"Ah yes."

Luffy-"I said SHUT UP!"

Doflamingo-"Portgas D. Ace, the son, of the devil himself, as i recall, he died at the Battle of Marineford at the hands of now Fleet Admiral Sakazuki or, as he was known then, Akainu, using his Magma Magma Fruit to..."evil snigger"...Portgas D. Ace, you know, he could have lived, if, YOU hadn't arrived and had tried to save him, instead, he ended up saving YOU instead of himself and then, what happened? oh that's right! he died! right in your very-"

Luffy shot an air pistol past Doflamingo's head using his fist, as Luffy was already seen in Gear Second, lastly saying to Doflamingo before engaging him in battle:

Luffy-"...I told you...to SHUT-UP...MINGO...YOU...YOU ARE...GONNA PAY!!!!"

Luffy flicked away his sandals before then blowing into his arm, as Doflamingo, smiling evilly, as ever, knew what was coming and had activated his Busoshoku No Haki, in preparation to fight Luffy at his maximum strength.

"...Sigh...Gear...Fourth! Boundman version!"

Luffy made his signature Gear Fourth pose, as he took on its variation known, as Boundman, preparing to quickly deal Doflamingo a swift and utter defeat with the Birdcage slowly closing in on the two.

Doflamingo-"Now then, shall we begin? Monkey D. Luffy!!!!"

Luffy-"DOFLAMINGO!!!!"

the two cried out each other's names, as Doflamingo unleashed his rainbow coloured strings from both of his hands, his Five Color Strings technique, he tried to slash Luffy across the chest with a X shaped attack, only for Luffy to move at fast speeds thanks to flying around in Gear Fourth and then unleash upon Doflamingo Luffy's Gum Gum Leo Bazooka, Doflamingo took a heavy hit from the attack before then using his Sora No Michi technique to fly up into the air just below under the top of the Birdcage, followed by both his Itonoko and Athlete techniques combined, trying to slice Luffy's head off from behind with a surprise attack, Luffy, using Kenbunshoku No Haki had sensed Doflamingo's threat and had managed to dodge his surprise attack from behind, he then used his Python technique to give Doflamingo a smash to both his chin and jaw from below straight upwards, causing Doflamingo to spit out a broken tooth from his mouth, which irritates him, his blood veins start to grow inside his head and Doflamingo prepares to end Luffy's life once and for all, he uses God Thread against Luffy in an attempt to finally settle the fight before the suddenly very approaching Birdcage had sliced up everything in its path, Luffy, seeing the sixteen God Thread strings approaching him finally used his Haoshoku No Haki to break apart the strings, the sheer will emanating from Luffy's Haki showing that it is superior to Doflamingo's own Haki, as Doflamingo could not even fathom the idea of not only being defeated not just once by twice in a row by the same man no less, he could not fathom the idea that Luffy's Haoshoku No Haki was superior in all categories to Doflamingo's, Doflamingo failed to notice that Luffy had fully charged a Gum Gum King Kong Gun within his arm and had unleashed it with all of the full force of its fury behind it aimed directly at Doflamingo, Doflamingo tries to protect himself with his Spider's Web technique, only to get straight smacked in the face by the King Kong Gun, as it breaks through the Spider's Web and sends Doflamingo flying, as soon, as he was hit in the face and was sent flying, just before getting cut by the Birdcage strings, they suddenly automatically disappeared into smaller thinner strings that faded away along inside of the carrying wind and Doflamingo was seen flying crashing straight into a wall behind him, breaking it upon impact with it, Doflamingo was instantly KO'ed and Luffy let out a roar in victory.

Raoh watched not too far away from behind the scenes, smirking, seeing Doflamingo defeated and Luffy having become victorious.

Raoh-"...And so "god" falls from the throne and the Monkey climbs the tree to obtain the treasure that he has been seeking all this time...huh...amusing little fellow, perhaps one day, i might get the chance to fight him."

Raoh walks away, pleased with the outcome of the fight, Doflamingo is seen laying on the ground, knocked out entirely from his fight with Luffy and having once again suffered an utterly humiliating defeat at his hands, Luffy however, upon finishing his victory roar suddenly collapses and falls backwards towards the ground, saying to Doflamingo still unconscious before falling unconscious himself:

Luffy-"...Huff...huff...how...huff...do you...huff...like that...huff...huff...you b******!? ugh...i'm...hungry..."

Frieza-"Oh ho ho hoooh! how amusing! a monkey bests "god" himself in battle, how utterly delicious! it almost makes me...want to spare the little chimpanzee but alas, HOW I LOATHE MONKEYS...off with your head i say."

Frieza suddenly appears and prepares to try and shoot Luffy with a death beam right in his forehead, however, he is then also suddenly given a warning shot by someone not too far away, saying to Frieza the words:

Train-"Back off, unless you want a bullet inside your own head."

Frieza-"Oh? a fair marksman you make, however, you nearly dirtied me with rubble laying around everywhere, I WILL NOT LET THAT SLIDE."

Frieza tries to prepare aiming his death beam towards Train, however, time suddenly stops, as Jotaro is the next one to appear.

Jotaro-"Star Platinum, The World, Yare Yare Daze, what a pain, get out of here before you make enemies of even more bigger ones, the kid won this fight, he deserves a rest, if you want to take a shot at him, come find him again when he's all prepped again, got it snake?"

the time stopping ability wears off upon Jotaro's command, allowing Frieza to move again, he replies to Jotaro:

Frieza-"Hmph, so you are the one that Brando was talking about, Jotaro Kujo eh? very well, i shall leave the monkey in peace, besides, there is another monkey whose head i want more more then anything else this world of "gods" has to offer, i shall take the "god" that's laying about here and retreat for now, until then, adieu."

saying Frieza in a sarcastic polite manner, using his tail to carry Doflamingo before mockingly bowing towards both Jotaro and Train and then jumping off to who knows elsewhere, as both Jotaro and Train tend to Luffy.

Not too very long afterwards Luffy wakes up.

Luffy-"...M-Meat...h-huh? where-where am i? huh? ...AH! MINGO!"

Jotaro-"Relax."

Luffy-"H-huh!?"

Jotaro-"You beat that tall and obnoxious flamingo already, just rest up."

Train-"Yeah, besides, these two were worried sick about you, so much, that while you were resting, they got themselves plum tuckered from all the worrying they did for ya."

Luffy wonders who Train means until suddenly he sees both Tsuna and Gon sleeping by Luffy's side both safe and sound from their previous encounter with Byakuran.

Luffy-"Gon! Tsuna!"

Jotaro-"You sure all got yourselves into one hell of a mess, that's for sure."

Train-"Yeah no kidding."

Jotaro-"That includes you too."

Train-"Oh, dang it, i was hoping you wouldn't have noticed that, heh, a-anyways, glad to see your finally awake."

Jotaro-"Yeah."

Luffy-"...What happened? were these two injured in any way? tell me, what happened to the angel guy they were fighting?"

Train-"Well...hey! wait a minute! before that, the relic! what about your relic!? that guy you fought, you know the flamingo, wasn't he your enemy? shouldn't your relic have appeared by now?"

Luffy-"...Uh, HEY YOUR RIGHT! huh? "GASP"!"

suddenly, a shining light appeared in front of Luffy and it was his relic, along with it however was a very surprising gift to award Luffy for his victory over Doflamingo, it was...MEAT!!!!

Luffy-"M-M-M-MEAT!!!!"

Luffy dug his teeth inside of the Meat instantly despite Train trying to both warn him and stop him, as Jotaro was shocked by the sudden late appearance of his relic, what did this mean?

meanwhile...

Shishio-"Heh heh, one by one, the "gods" are all falling, even the pretenders, Dio and now Doflamingo, at any rate, what's the point of being a god? the only way i see it is that instead of serving, as a "god" for the old world, we should burn it and create a new one entirely in its place from its ashes, don't you agree? ...Katsuki Bakugo?"

Katsuki-"...Tch!"

 

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Chapter V: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya-One for All Might:

Going back in time to before when Athena had given all of her heroes their individual yet shared task to fulfill, Izuku "Deku" Midoriya was seen muttering to himself about what to do, as Allen Walker then approached him, saying to Izuku the words:

Allen-"Your an interesting character, aren't you?"

Izuku-"H-huh? oh, you heard all that huh? sorry about that."

Allen-"No worries, you are who you are, am i right?"

Izuku-"Y-yeah, my name's Izuku, Izuku Midoriya."

Allen-"Allen, Allen Walker, its a pleasure to meet you Izuku."

Izuku-"Yeah, likewise."

Yusuke-"Sup! i'm Yusuke! Yusuke Urameshi!"

Izuku and Allen-"Huh!?"

Yusuke-"You guys look like you'd be fun to travel with, come on, let's go!"

Allen-"Huh!? hey! wait! just wait a second!"

after that, Izuku and Allen were both forced into a travelling group alongside Yusuke, the three traveled together with one another for some time, as along the way, they got to acquaint themselves with one another.

Allen-"...So your a Spirit Detective Yusuke? that's amazing! it sounds just like Exorcists of the Black Order more or less, we use our special abilities called Innocence to help others."

Yusuke-"Yeah, pretty cool right? also, your stuff ain't so bad either, Exorcists huh? man, if we had them back in my world, things would be a lot easier for me and the guys there, don't you think Izuku? ...err...Izuku? hello? moss-head! yo! seaweed!"

Izuku-"H-huh!? oh, sorry about that."

Yusuke-"Sigh...you were muttering to yourself again weren't you? about why we were chosen and why we must obtain all these relics, is that correct or what?"

Izuku-"Y-yeah..."

Allen-"Its best not to dwell on it too much Izuku, otherwise it may hurt your brain, trust me and i don't say this in humor, we don't know what kind of effects this world will have on both us and our powers, its best we remain vigilant."

Yusuke-"Speaking of which, what's your power Izuku? where did you come from? if you don't mind me asking of course."

Izuku-"Me? i...i come from a world not too very different from yours Yusuke but unlike yours, mine is a bit shall we say, Quirky?"

Yusuke-"...Quirky? what do you mean Quirky? what, like everybody has got superpowers there or something?"

Izuku-"...About most of the world's population do, yeah."

Yusuke-"Come on! your pulling my leg!"

Izuku-"No, as a matter of fact i'm quite serious, here i'll show you, care to spar with me Allen?"

Allen-"A demonstration of each other's powers? sure, why not? it will be a good chance to measure all of our respective levels."

Izuku-"...Okay then, hup! here...i come!"

Izuku and Allen both proceeded to battle one another, as they both showcase their respective abilities, Izuku's Quirk One for All and Allen's Innocence, Yusuke watches from the sidelines, seeing his travelling companions' methods of fighting and tactics, eventually the fight reaches its near end with Izuku finishing off the fight by using his signature Smash attack by flicking one of his fingers towards Allen in order to create an air pressure bullet attack the size of an entire house, Allen fortunately uses his Innocence to protect himself from Izuku's attack but decides to end the spar upon seeing the damage Izuku has sustained from using his Smash abilities.

Allen-"!? Izuku, your hurt!"

Izuku-"Y-yeah, sorry...i forgot to mention, that my power, One for All...takes a huge toll on my body, so much, that i end up with a broken limb every time because i can't contain the whole extent of my powers that very well..."

Yusuke-"If you ask me, that's a major serious drawback."

Allen-"Yusuke!"

Yusuke-"That supposed Goddess said that she summoned all of us from our respective different worlds in order to fight the same enemies from those very same worlds, in order to win this tournament of her's and her brother's and collect the 19 relics that are scattered across the world, however, Izuku, from what i have seen, i think i can make a fair judgement and say, are you really up to the task? what if you get stuck in a really tight pinch and both me and Allen here won't be able to help you bail out? what will happen then? also, your enemy, he might be really super strong and could have an advantage against you with his own "Quirk" like you call them, i'll ask you now, Izuku, can you really be ready? for the fights...that are just up ahead?"

Izuku-"...I've got to be, i've got to obtain my relic, otherwise, i won't be able to prove myself, as a true hero, if we can help save all our worlds, that's good enough for me, don't worry, i'll take care of myself when i can and retreat if i desperately have to, i won't rely on both you and Allen to come to my rescue..."

Allen-"Izuku..."

Yusuke-"...Hmm...if you say so, well, we better press on forwards, relics don't wait for time and time surely doesn't wait for us!"

Allen-"Agreed, let us march forth, to the relics and to our destinies..."

Izuku-"...All Might, what would, what would YOU do?"

Izuku said that last question to himself before following after both Allen and Yusuke, as the three journeyed on, fighting multiple lookalikes along the way they encountered a very shocking individual Izuku thought that he would never meet in this world...

Katsuki-"WELL! WELL! WELL! if it isn't little Deku! how ya been!? ya s*******!"

Yusuke-WHOA! language much!?"

Allen-"Deku? Izuku, you know this person?"

Izuku-"...Yeah...he's...my best friend since childhood, his name is Kachan-"

Katsuki-"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME THAT! DEKU! tch, should have known, no matter where we go, it will always be the same, you'll still always be nothing but a little weakling who can't help but depend on others, am i right or what!? DEKU!?!?"

suddenly, using his Quirk: Explosion, Katsuki propelled himself to where Izuku was with his left hand and had intended to blow him up right in the face with his right hand, only for Yusuke to stop Bakugo's attempted attack on Midoriya by charging a small Spirit Gun and shoot it right at Bakugo, causing him to back away.

Yusuke-"Hey, you want to pick on someone? try someone who would stoop to your level!"

Katsuki-"WHAT was THAT!?!?"

Izuku-"Yusuke!"

Yusuke-"Izuku, i know now that this guy is your personal enemy and all and that you've got to defeat him in order to obtain your relic but, as far, as i'm concerned, he's rubbing me the wrong way, that's why...i'm gonna have a crack at him first! sorry Izuku but i've made my decision, so come on then! bring it! unless...your too scared and chicken to fight me? BA-CAW!"

Katsuki-"HEH! a challenge is it? FINE! i'll take you on! at least you'll make it more interesting then Deku, COME ON! LET'S FIGHT!"

Yusuke-"Tch, you stole...MY WORDS!"

Yusuke and Katsuki proceeded to fight one another, as both Izuku and Allen watched on with the former wondering what to do about the fight.

Izuku-"Kachan...Yusuke..."

during the fight both Yusuke and Katsuki are evenly matched, until suddenly, a tower of flame comes between the two just when they were going to unleash their all out blows against one another, it was revealed to be the working of Shishio Makoto, Himura Kenshin's enemy, Shishio takes Bakugo away, as he says towards the latter the words:

Shishio-"Heh, getting all fired up are we, eh? Bakugo?"

Katsuki-"SHUT UP! this is MY fight! go find someone else to bother!"

Shishio-"I'm sorry, did i just hear you say that this was "YOUR fight"? sadly, you are mistaken, boy, in this world, ruled by gods, no one can fight anyone in just one on one duels, if that were the case, our plans would go running amiss, this is a world ruled by both conflict and war, should this world perish simply because of the whims and desires of both the gods and their champions, why, we wouldn't be able to inflict hell both wherever and whenever we want to, now tell me, do you really think that fighting the enemy that you are will bring you that which you desire? no, it will not, the only way that you'll achieve what you want...is to burn everything else that stands in your way down first, after all, this IS why i chose you to be my apprentice, heh heh."

Katsuki-"SHUT UP! i don't recall ever becoming YOUR apprentice! ...tch, fine, i'll back off...for now at least, HEY! DEKU!"

Izuku-"!?"

Katsuki-"YOU HEARING THIS!? next time we meet, your DEAD-MEAT, UNDERSTAND!? S**** WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS! ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHOSE TRULY SUPERIOR BETWEEN THE TWO OF US! COUNT ON IT!"

Bakugo disappears amidst a circle of flame engulfing him entirely, shocking Izuku, as afterwards, the flame circle disappears and Katsuki is nowhere to be found.

Izuku-"K-KACHAN!"

Shishio-"Oh? i see a "fire" burns strongly within you too, shall we test that flame and see if it burns?"

Izuku-"Tch! DAMN YOU!"

Izuku activated the 5% percentage of his Quirk One for All's powers and proceeded to go after Makoto and fight him whilst both Yusuke and Allen tried to stop Izuku but were stopped dead in their tracks but multiple lookalikes.

Izuku-"FULL-COWL! STOP!"

Shishio-"Finally caught up have we?"

Izuku-"B******! what did you do with Kachan!?"

Shishio-"Nothing, i merely sent him away to swat some flies getting too close to obtaining their relics, speaking of which, what about you?"

Izuku-"Huh?"

Shishio-"How will YOU obtain YOUR relic if you don't have it in your heart to fight Bakugo? hmm?"

Izuku-"S-shut up! i'll find a way! i have to! first things first, i'm going to beat the c*** out of you! BRING IT!"

Shishio-"...Indeed, a fire DOES burn strongly within your soul!"

Izuku proceeded to fight Shishio who was holding back some of his power against the youth, using Full Cowl, Izuku moved at max speeds to try and gain an understanding of how Shishio fights, as Shishio himself then unleashed his sword that can create fire, Izuku smashes his way through the flames but they still hurt like hell from the aftereffects, it is only thanks to the Full Cowl that Izuku was not burned completely, Shishio sends waves of flames from his sword one after another straight at Izuku, causing him to end the fight both short and abruptly by hitting his fist into the ground, creating a small earthquake that shakes Shishio off his steady posture and allowing Izuku to hit him dead straight on within his face, forcing Shishio backwards on his feet despite tightly holding himself to the ground, as to not be forced back so much that he would end up flying into a nearby wall.

Shishio-"...HEH! not bad for a kid! so it is true, even though Bakugo won't admit it...you hold a strength mightier then one might or might not believe at first, tell me, where does this source of strength come from? how did you obtain it?"

Izuku-"None of that matters! i don't care what your talking about! just tell me where Kachan is! RIGHT-NOW!"

Shishio-"Why? so you can FIGHT him?"

Izuku-"NO! i want-i want to know something, i want, to find a way to obtain my relic, WITHOUT fighting Kachan! that way-"

Shishio-"That way what? you'll think things will end peacefully that way? ...what foolish naivety."

Izuku-"! What was that!?"

Allen-"Izuku!"

Izuku-"!?"

Shishio-"One day you'll see, that for all the heroics you bluster about, there will be nothing...nothing but ashes and cinder awaiting you...soon, VERY soon...a glorious hell-fire will engulf this world and when it does...just be grateful, that you won't live long enough to see that happening, heh heh heh...HA! HA! HA! ..."

Shishio disappears into flames themselves, as Izuku ponders on just what Makoto had meant by his words before disappearing the way he did whilst regrouping with both Allen and Yusuke, at the very same time this all happens, worrying for Katsuki's safety, of whom is who knows elsewhere...

meanwhile...

Papillon-"UGH...seriously, must you agree with that madman's plans? he is nothing but a hell-spawn, destined to return the world back into flames from supposedly whence they came, you know, you don't strike me, as the type that would obey orders, tell me something...WHAT exactly do you intend, to do about it?"

Katsuki-"SHUT UP! that's none of your damn business! you damn butterfly! ...damn it."

Izuku's group continued onward, only to find Ichigo, leading to a certain chain of events that causes Yusuke to leave both Izuku and Allen's party in order to help Ichigo with his own problems, as the two continued onward...

Izuku-"...Sigh..."

Allen-"...I'm guessing you can't take your mind off both Yusuke and Ichigo huh?"

Izuku-"What? oh no its not them, its...something...else."

Allen-"...Your "explosive" friend, correct?"

Izuku-"! ...Yeah, i just...don't understand...how? how did Kachan get summoned to this world when he himself isn't a bad person? i mean yeah there's his attitude but still, that doesn't make him evil or anything, i just, don't know...and what's worse is that i'm supposed to both fight and defeat Kachan in order to obtain my relic, even if i don't want to, this-this sucks..."

Allen-"...Izuku, what do you believe in your heart?"

Izuku-"Huh?"

Allen-"I can't say that i'm just like you because i'm not, however, what i want to say to you is that when you see "Kachan" again, what do you intend to do when you confront him? you said before to that masked bandaged guy that you would obtain your relic without having to both fight and defeat your friend so tell me, what is your plan? if there is anyway i can help, please let me know, my Innocence is here to support you Izuku, after all, we're friends, right?"

Izuku-"!? ...Y-yeah..."

Allen-"Come on, be more confident! say it more positively!"

Izuku-"...Yeah!"

Allen-"That's the spirit, now come on! let's keep moving, don't want the enemy to surprise attack us."

Izuku-"Yeah, i hear ya Allen...still...Kachan..."

Izuku muttered to himself that last bit, as both he and Allen continue on their journey and face off against a few lookalikes until eventually finding someone standing in their way.

Starjun-"...Are you friends of Toriko?"

Allen-"Toriko? does he mean-ah! Izuku!"

Izuku-"Even if we are or we aren't, what's that to you? what do you want with this Toriko!?"

Starjun-"...Judging from your harsh tone, it seems you are friends with the gluttonous beast after all, if so...fight me, let me see, just how strong you both are..."

Izuku-"Allen, let me take of this guy!"

Allen-"But Izuku!"

Izuku-"Trust me, it will all be over...IN A FLASH!"

Izuku charges straight towards Starjun who prepares his defensive position against Izuku, the two have a short bout which ends in Izuku's defeat.

Izuku-"GAH!!!!"

Allen-"Izuku!"

Starjun-"...Hmm...it seems this world saps one of their former strength before entering the world itself, this could pose...a problem..."

Starjun proceeds to turn away, leaving Izuku and Allen behind but not before Allen shouts out to Starjun whilst activating his Innocence the words:

Allen-"Hey! how dare you hurt my friend! your going to regret that!"

Starjun-"...Tell me something, do you recall having any memories? any at all whatsoever of being in this world?"

Allen-"H-huh!? what's that about!? are you trying to confuse me because it won't work!"

Starjun-"...I see...forget i said anything, now then, pardon me, as i have other matters to attend to."

Starjun disappears, leaving both Izuku and Allen behind.

Allen-"STOP!"

Izuku-"Oww..."

Allen-"Ah! Izuku! you alright?"

Izuku-"...Not really but, that guy, he was...strong, to say the least."

Allen-"Huh?"

Izuku-"His strength, his determination to get things done...it almost reminded me of Kachan's behavior if only just a little."

Allen-"Izuku..."

Izuku-"...I think, that guy, although he's sided with the enemy...he was, trying to help me, trying to help me with my problem with Kachan but the question is...why?"

Allen-"...Sometimes when people are fighting one another in battle, they want to fight the other person at the peak of their strength, they don't want to see any forms of weakness whatsoever, that guy in the black mask...he must of sensed that something was off about you Izuku, no offence..."

Izuku-"...Heh, none taken, at any rate, i'm...grateful, he...he actually helped me with my problem."

Allen-"Huh?"

Izuku-"Allen, i know it's asking a lot but please! let's go find Kachan! there's-there's something i want to tell him, more then anything...is that, no good?"

Allen-"...Sigh...honestly, you two."

Izuku-"Thanks, Allen, i promise, i'll pay you back for this."

Allen-"Yeah, yeah, let's just go find your friend, that's all that matters, right?"

Izuku-"...YEAH!"

meanwhile...

Shishio-"Getting in the way of my plans are we? Starjun?"

Starjun-"...I just don't like how you run things, Shishio Makoto, that's all, this is those two boys' fight, stay out of it."

Shishio-"...And? if i...REFUSE?"

Starjun-"..."

Izuku and Allen continued journeying on, as they battled lookalikes once more along the way, finally, Izuku found himself in a very familiar setting.

Izuku-"! T-this-this is!?"

Allen-"Huh? what is this place? looks like a giant tournament arena if you ask me."

Izuku-"...It is, this is where...we held our Quirk sports festival competition tournament...it was here that-"

Katsuki-"IT WAS HERE THAT I DAMN WON, THAT'S WHAT!"

Allen-"!?"

Izuku-"Ka-Kachan!"

Katsuki-"..."

Izuku-"...I've-i've come here, to tell you something, but, i know that, words alone, won't make a difference, so...fight me! Kachan!"

Katsuki-"...What?"

Izuku-"You-you heard me! i said, fight me! i want, to know something! and i also want, to tell you something, as well! before...i would have gladly found another way to avoid fighting you altogether but...now i realize, that this is a world, where fighting is unavoidable and so, i want...to prove myself to you Kachan! i don't...i don't want to always keep chasing after you! i want to stand on my own two feet-"

Katsuki-"...Shut up, you little t***."

Izuku-"Huh?"

Katsuki-"...I said...SHUT UP YOU LITTLE MAGGOT! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE OF YOUR B*******! ...always...over...over and over...OVER and OVER and OVER!!!! ....i'm sick of it, YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT TO PLAY THE ROLE OF THE HERO, DON'T YOU!? DEKU!?"

Izuku-"...Kachan..."

Allen-"Izuku-"

Izuku-"Relax Allen, i'll be fine...this-this is Kachan we're talking about after all, i know, that for a fact, he won't, kill me, after all, just like me, he too...aims to be a true hero one day, just like, HIM..."

Allen-"H-huh?"

Izuku-"Can you take care of the lookalikes approaching here? they might try to stop me from obtaining my relic from my fight with Kachan, please Allen? this is one final request that i will ask of you..."

Allen-"...Honestly, Yusuke's selfishness has rubbed off on you Izuku...oh well, you settle things with your friend, i'll handle the messy crowd control."

Izuku-"...Thanks Allen, i won't forget this."

Allen-"Heh."

Allen goes on ahead to fight the lookalikes.

Izuku-"...Sorry to keep you waiting, Kachan, you ready?"

Katsuki-"Deku...i'm going to enjoy this, i'll finally get to blow up that face of yours...THAT DARES TO DEFY ME! WE'RE NOT EVEN ON THE SAME LEVEL YOU WORTHLESS EXCUSE OF A HERO! GO BACK TO WHERE YOU BELONG! IN THE GUTTER YOU QUIRKLESS HALF-PINT! DEKU!!!!"

Izuku-"...Tch! KA-CHAN!!!!"

Izuku and Bakugo proceed to battle one another, as the latter jet propels himself around the arena using his Explosion Quirk, causing Izuku to have a hard time trying to hit Bakugo with his Smash attack head on, finally, using the ignition gloves that Bakugo is wearing on both his arms, Bakugo unleashes the pin on one of the gloves, causing a devastating explosion to ensnare the whole arena, Izuku is caught within the blast, as Bakugo believes that he has eliminated Izuku, however, to Bakugo's shock and surprise, Izuku emerges from the smoke of the explosion and grabs Bakugo by the arm, twisting and turning before throwing him right on his backside, this stops Bakugo for a moment, as Izuku backs away, activating his Full Cowl 5% percent of his One for All powers, as Bakugo reemerges to settle things once and for all with Izuku, preparing to unleash the other pin on his other ignition glove, Izuku finally prepares his Smash attack with his fingers, ultimately in the end, the two unleash their most devastating attacks against one another, causing the whole arena to be enveloped by the attacks, Izuku and Bakugo are both knocked back to the near outer premises of the stage they are standing within but thankfully, due to their strong determination, neither of the two are willing to let themselves exit the arena stage and allow the respective other to be declared the victor, just when it seems that Izuku had fallen to his knees and Bakugo had won, Bakugo, having lost all of his energy to stand up from the fight immediately falls outside of the stage, allowing Izuku to officially win the fight, as his relic appears before him.

Izuku-"...Yoh...YOHSHAA!!!!"

Katsuki-"Tch! damn it! DAMN IT! DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT!!!!"

Izuku-"! Ka-Kachan..."

Katsuki-"...Damn it, i lost, again, to YOU!? DAMN...DAMN IT! DAMN IT ALL...TO HELL!!!!"

Izuku-"...Kachan, i need to know something...why? why were you working with that masked guy from before? did he brainwash you or?"

Katsuki-"SHUT UP! that's none of your damn business, YOU HEAR ME!? you got your relic so go on! get out of here! i don't want to see your goddamn face for another second any longer!!!!"

Izuku-"...I get it, Kachan...but, before i go, i just want to say something, something...to remind you of, do you still...want to be a hero?"

Katsuki-"!?!? ....just go, Deku, if you want to learn anything about this stupid world, go talk to that so called goddess of yours, i'm sure she has the answers..."

Izuku-"Kachan!"

Katsuki-"But mark my words Deku, this isn't over yet! not by a long shot! i'll come back and take back that relic you earned from this fight, that relic is proof, of me, ME of all people, losing...to YOU, until i shatter that thing, i won't live in peace, so be warned Deku! one of these days...we're gonna settle the score! just me and you! GOT IT!?!?"

Izuku-"...Yeah, got it!"

Katsuki-"...Of course i remember..."

Izuku-"Huh?"

Katsuki-"Nothing, forget it! later, p******!"

Katsuki disappears by stomping his palm into the ground, creating an explosion that engulfs him completely, as he leaves Izuku behind, pondering on what Katsuki meant by that he remembers...

Izuku-"...Kachan...heh...so, this is the relic...huh? WHOA!"

suddenly, a bright light emits from the relic, sending Izuku into a flashback of this world's timeline, here he encounters some of the heroes that he knows that were also summoned by Athena and other warriors that were summoned by her that he has never seen before, not even whilst on his journey with both Allen and Yusuke, as Izuku tried to make sense of this, suddenly the flashback ended, as he was called out by Allen.

Allen-"...Ku...Izuku...IZUKU! HEY! WAKE UP!"

Izuku-"...Huh? wha?"

Allen-..."Sigh"...man, you had me worried there for a moment, what's wrong? you alright?"

Izuku-"Y-Yeah, i'm...fine...a-anyways, look!"

Allen-"? ...! I see, looks like, you finally obtained your relic, huh."

Izuku-"Yeah! and it was all thanks to Kachan!"

Allen-"What do you mean?"

Izuku-"Turns out, i really didn't have to fight him at all, in one sense anyways..."

Allen-"...You've lost me, i'm not following, didn't you have to defeat him in battle in order to obtain the relic?"

Izuku-"Yeah, that part is true but then i realized, the relic, my relic anyways wouldn't have appeared unless both me and Kachan sort of came to an understanding with one another, even when the relic did appear in my hand afterwards when the fighting had ended, if me and Kachan were still fighting, i think, i think my relic would have disappeared both then and there...meaning, i wouldn't have been able to obtain it, know what i mean?"

Allen-"...But if that's true, that means we don't have to go through all this pointless fighting, so why?"

Izuku-"I don't know but for now, we should find Yusuke, Ichigo and all the others, after that, we'll ask Athena about this, this doesn't make any sense, this tournament, Athena herself and her brother Ares, this world...everything, in order to finally know the truth both once and for all, we need to seek it out with our hands and grasp it within our fists, at least, that's what i believe..."

Allen-"...Heh, i see, Izuku, you sure have grown from mumbling, though, you still do the occasional mumble."

Izuku-"..."Awkward laugh"...heh, heh heh, do i? sorry about that, but, that's just who i am, thanks to you guys and my mentor, i realize that part about me..."

Allen-"Oh? you have a mentor? huh, same, as me more or less, tell me, if you don't mind me asking, what's his name?"

Izuku-"His name? let's see now...heh, yeah, its-"

meanwhile...

Raoh-"The fighting escalates and the relics are being obtained one by one, it seems your ultimate plan will become flawed in the end, Dio Brando, just like Doflamingo's was."

Dio-"SILENCE! do not compare me, Dio, to the likes of that bird headed buffoon! no, i SHALL obtain both the powers of Athena and Ares and when i do, even YOU will bow down before my sheer awesome might, Raoh..."

Raoh-"...Unlikely, i bow to no one, not you, not anyone else, especially not him..."

Dio-"...Hmph, fine, do, as you please, until the promised time comes and i shall prove to you what it means to be a god that can rewrite everything, just you wait, for the time that will soon become...the greatest and highest feeling known to man possible!"

 

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Chapter VI: Train Heartnet-Good or Bad Luck:

Taking place a short while after Jotaro had defeated Dio and had obtained the very 1st relic out of all of the 19 heroes summoned by Athena, he was then joined by Train, Yoh and Toriko on their mission to obtain the rest of the relics, they had stopped on the journey for a bit of respite, as Jotaro thought to himself.

Jotaro-"..."

Train-"Trouble sleeping? or trouble thinking? or maybe even trouble sleep-thinking?"

Jotaro-"...Was that meant to be a joke?"

Train-"Awkward laugh...heh, guess my charm only works around certain people, man, would both Sven and Eve pay to see all this."

Jotaro-"...I take it those are your friends?"

Train-"Yeah, you could say there the closest thing that i have to a family but don't go telling Sven that, he'd just mock me about it all the time, Eve, i don't know what her expression would be, she normally keeps to herself from time to time..."

Jotaro-"Look, if you're thinking of being buddy buddy with me then don't, we've already got enough on our plates."

Train-"Huh?"

Jotaro-"Yare Yare Daze...what a pain, do i need to spell it out for you? look, i'm grateful for you guys helping me earlier and telling me about this relic but, as far, as i'm concerned, these relics are our only way back to our home-worlds so i'm not going with you guys just because i'm worried about you or anything, cause i'm not, i only care about going home and finishing that b****** Dio off once and for all, i still don't buy into this whole goddess thing about Athena unlike some certain others back there...and i'm guessing that you don't too, correct?"

Train-"Ha ha, got me figured out huh? yeah, to be honest, i'm having my doubts about Athena and wondering whether or not she will actually take us back home once we collect all these relics but its better then not trying at all, don't you agree? hence why you're journeying with us in the first place."

Jotaro-"..."

Train-"Look, i don't know what's going on between you and that gold wearing guy and to be quite honest, i don't really care but i have people waiting back for me in my world and that's good enough for me to help Athena with whatever it is she wants until our contract is fulfilled, sort of like taking on a job that a Sweeper normally does, know what i mean? anyways, i'm off to bed, see you later till morning kay? yawn..."

Jotaro-"...Sweeper? guess that must be his world's term for bounty hunter..."

it was the next day and Train's group were about ready to head out but not before discussing their plans on what to do next.

Toriko-"...So, any leads on who our enemies are?"

Yoh-"...Hmm...nope, can't think of anybody."

Toriko-"Come on, you must have an enemy that hates you right? otherwise we wouldn't be stuck in this world...for me, i think i have a pretty good idea of who my enemy is..."

Yoh-"...Well when you say it like that, yeah, i feel the same..."

Train-"Great! so everyone knows who their enemies are, right then! all we gotta do is find them, kick their butts, retrieve our relics and done! contract completed! right? Jotaro? ...uh...Jotaro? hello? earth to Jojo!?"

Jotaro-"Shush, shut up, i sense something through Star Platinum, or...rather...someONE."

Upon hearing Jotaro's words, Train readied his gun, Yoh his Katana and Toriko his arms, all back to back against one another, wondering if there is an enemy surrounding them, just then, behind a group of crystal made bushes appeared a crystal made cat.

Toriko-"A...cat? what is that thing?"

Yoh-"Heh! cute little critter!"

Train-"Here puss puss! here puss puss!"

Jotaro-"..."

Train-"Aww see? he likes me."

Jotaro-"...Don't get too friendly with it, we don't know where it came from, anything is possible in this world, remember?"

Train-"Aw quit complaining Jojo! all you ever do is complain and throw a frown upon your face! come on! lighten up a little! i'm sure that's what everyone else here wants, don't you agree guys?"

Hisoka-"Oh my, what a tasty looking group of men..."

Hisoka suddenly appears, causing the crystal cat's eyes to suddenly lit up and bite Train before running away.

Train-"OWW! hey, what the!?"

Toriko-"!? Who are you!?"

Hisoka-"...Why, i am just a simple traveler going your way and i must say that for the two of you within your group, you certainly have fine mighty pecks, shall i...indulge in them perhaps?"

Yoh-"..."Shivers"...Ugh, this guy is giving me the creeps!"

Hisoka-"Fuu fuu, "small evil laugh"."

Jotaro-"Judging from his tone and personality, he must be with the enemy, apparently we are his targets, better make quick work of him and fast, i don't know what kind of tricks this guy has up his sleeves but one thing's for certain...HE'S DANGEROUS."

Jotaro summons Star Platinum by his side, preparing to fight Hisoka who draws playing cards to fight with.

Hisoka-"Oh my, what ever shall i do? hmm...let's see...i think, i'll take you two, as my opponents and leave you two with "him"..."

Yoh-"Him? him who? ...!"

suddenly, Yoh was grabbed by the skull from behind by Toguro, Yusuke Urameshi's enemy.

Toguro-"...He means me."

Yoh-"Gulp! HELP! Jojo! Toriko! Train!"

Train-"Yoh! tch! damn it!"

Hisoka-"Ah, ah, ah, i wouldn't move if i were you, unless you would prefer dear Toguro to crush your dear friend's skull into itty bitty tiny little pieces scattered everywhere methinks?"

Train-"...You b*******...i'm going to make you pay for this..."

Toguro-"Relax, we're not going to hurt your friend, we're just going to make sure that you don't collect all your relics, unless...you WANT the worlds to end?"

Toriko-"...Huh? what are you talking about!?"

Hisoka-"Oh enough talk Toguro! let me have some fun with them!"

Toguro-"Hisoka! NO!"

Train-"Come on, bring it! i'll take you both down one at a time! Jotaro! Toriko! you save Yoh! i'll deal with the clown freak here!"

Hisoka-"Hmph, your going to regret those words, just like some other snot nosed punk i know."

Train-"Whatever, just bring it!"

Train and Hisoka proceed to battle one another, as Jotaro and Toriko go to Yoh's aid, currently being held hostage by Toguro, Train and Hisoka are evenly matched, though despite Train using his Orichalcum gun named Hades against Hisoka, Hisoka proves too crafty an opponent for Train to deal with, ultimately leading to Train's short defeat at the hands of the jester like foe.

Train-"GUH!"

Toriko-"Ah, Train!"

Jotaro-"Toriko focus!"

Toriko-"Tch, damn!"

Hisoka-"Fuu fuu, what's wrong? giving up already? oh my oh my...and i was so looking forward to having fun with you, such a pity, yes, such a pity indeed...i guess i'll go play with your friends instead."

Train-"Stay..."

Hisoka-"Hmm?"

Train-"Stay...AWAY FROM THEM!"

Hisoka-"Oh-toh!"

Train-"B******!"

Hisoka-"Heh, heh heh, heh heh heh! yes, that's the spirit! more! i want to see more! the agonizing pain on your face! as you lose...both everything and everyone around you."

Train-"! STOP!"

Just then, Hisoka was planning to throw a playing card straight through Jotaro's head whilst he was preoccupied by Toguro, remembering that someone precious to him from his own world had died, Train had refused to let another of his friends suffer a similar fate, he manages to use Hades to shoot a Orichalcum bullet straight through Hisoka's playing card, thereby foiling his planned attack.

Hisoka-"...I see you are the type that does not take kindly to losing those most precious to him..."

Train-"...Huff...huff...back...off..."

Hisoka-"Hmph, you know, i think i will have you deliver a message for me."

Train-"What?"

Hisoka-"Find Gon Freecss and tell him that Hisoka Morow is here in this world and that he wants to settle things, can you do at least just that, oh stray kitten lost in this huge world?"

Train-"! WHY YOU-!"

Train tries to shoot Hisoka down, only for him to vanish into thin air, leaving behind a flurry of playing cards, as Toguro not too far away also disappears, freeing Yoh but tiring both Jotaro and Toriko from their fight with Toguro.

Train-"Tch, damn that clown! ...! guys!"

Yoh-"...Aw man! i was absolutely pitiful back there! i couldn't do a thing to help at all! Jojo! Toriko! you guys okay!?"

Toriko-"...Huff...huff...huff...i'll...huff...huff...live...huff..."

Jotaro-"...That b******, he knew that he wasn't going to hurt you yet still used you, as a shield all the same to deprive us of our energy, i've never met anyone that physically strong other then Dio and this guy didn't even have a Stand! what...was with him!?"

Train-"Jojo! everyone!"

Yoh-"Train!"

Train-"...Sigh...you guys okay?"

Toriko-"No, not really but thanks for asking, how did you go with the clown?"

Train-"Ahhh, sneaky rat got away from me, told me i had to deliver a message for him."

Jotaro-"...A message? what message?"

Train-"Something about a Gon Freecss, i don't know, do you think, he was talking about one of the other heroes summoned alongside us?"

Jotaro-"...In any case, Train, i think its best you should go and alert Gon."

Train-"H-huh!? why!? what about you guys!?"

Toriko-"We'll be fine...as soon, as we chug down on some food that is, anyways, that's not the point, if our friends are in danger, its up to you to help save them Train, that's your job!"

Train-"Yeah but-!"

Yoh-"Look, don't look down on us Train, trust me, we've got things covered here, i won't, i won't let anyone use me, as a hostage like that ever again, trust me on that one, so do this, as a favor for us Train."

Train-"..."

Jotaro-"...People are waiting back home for you aren't they?"

Train-"...!"

Jotaro-"...Get going, i'll help both Yoh and Toriko find their relics, in the meantime, you join up with Gon's group and find your own relic, you got that? Train?"

Train-"...I, ugh, fine! but no dying on me! not any single one of you! i'll be back to find you all, count on it!"

Toriko-"Yeah, we'll be waiting."

Yoh-"Until then Train!"

Jotaro-"...Get going, the more time you waste, the more time Gon and his friends are in danger."

Train-"Right, got it, remember! no dying on me!"

Train had abruptly left the group in order to seek out Gon's group, as Train's group then continued onward by themselves without Train himself.

meanwhile...

Frieza-"Why not dispose of the boy then and there? why have him deliver a message instead? Hisoka Morow?"

Hisoka-"Ah, like you, my dear lord emperor of evil Frieza, i too have someone i wish to face in battle."

Frieza-"...That is where you are wrong, jester, i do not simply want to face him in battle, i want to CRUSH THAT MONKEY WITH ALL OF THE POWER THAT IS AT MY DISPOSAL! you on the other-hand merely wish to seek entertainment, am i correct in assuming so?"

Hisoka-"Fuu fuu, yes, you see right through me, meanwhile, i wonder what HE plans to do about that "Train" boy that i sent on his way?"

Frieza-"Who? HIM? who knows, i tend to rather not bother myself with such riffraff, you be included among them."

Hisoka-"Oh, how you hurt my dear feelings, my lord Frieza, fuu fuu."

Train battled multiple lookalikes before taking a breather along the way...

Train-"..."Sigh"...man, these copies don't know when to quit! sheesh! when am i going to get to the other side of this world!?"

???-"Maybe if you hurried up a bit, you'd be there by now."

Train-"! ..."

Train slowly pulls Hades from his holster, knowing that someone was standing right behind him.

Train-"...So, its come to this, has it? that clown sent me this way just so i could meet up with you? huh? CREED-? !? !?!?"

???-"...Hello, boy."

Train-"Y-YOU!!!! ZAGINE!!!!"

Zagine-"Its been a long time, kid, tell me, how's your aim with that gun?"

Train tries to shoot Zagine multiple times, only to no avail.

Train-"ZAGINE!!!! YOUR MY ENEMY!?!? I THOUGHT IT WAS-"

Zagine-"What? you thought it was that silver haired pretty boy? please, we know who really caused pain to your heart, don't we? Train Heartnet."

Train-"SHUT UP! SHUT UP ZAGINE!!!!"

Train again tries to shoot Zagine, again to no avail, as Zagine then reveals that he is carrying a white colored version of Train's gun Hades, of which he uses to knock out of Train's hand his black colored version of Hades, causing Train to hold his hands up in the air in a hostage situation, as Zagine says to his former protegee the words:

Zagine-"...Hmph, you've lost your touch with the gun, boy, just, as you have now lost sight of your true goal..."

Train-"True goal? what are you talking about Zagine? you're supposed to dead!"

Zagine-"Perhaps, back in our world, back in the true timeline..."

Train-"What? what does that mean!?"

Zagine-"If you want to know the truth, regain your former skills and face me in battle once more, we'll settle things at the destined place, where it all begins and where it all ends."

Train-"WAIT! COME BACK! ZAGINE!!!!"

Zagine disappears in a veil of darkness, leaving Train to go and pick up his gun, as he says to himself:

Train-"...Zagine, he's...alive!? that doesn't make any sense! i thought for sure that my enemy here would be Creed! that way, i would have known how to defeat him! damn it, DAMN IT ALL! ..."Sigh"...there's no use thinking about it, eventually, i'll confront Zagine and when i do, it will be payback time, first, i've got to find Gon."

said Train, having made his decision on the current situation before continuing onward but his encounter with Zagine has certainly left him rattled enough that it is affecting his emotions in battle, he fights multiple lookalikes along the way, struggling to keep up with them, at a certain moment, one of them surprise attacks him from behind, causing him to be injured, just when the lookalike was about to finish Train off, he was then shockingly saved by an ally he thought he wouldn't find so soon.

Gon-"JAN-KEN!"

It was Gon using his Nen technique Janken to destroy the lookalike, saving Train in the process whilst Tsuna, Gon's partner in Hyper Dying Will Mode proceeded to finish off the rest of the lookalikes using his X Burner technique.

Gon-"Sigh...you alright?"

Train-"...Ugh...oww...yeah, i'll live, thanks, kid."

Gon-"Hey! don't call me kid! the name's Gon! Gon Freecss!"

Train-"...Huh? wait, you're Gon!?"

Gon-"Y-Yeah, that's right, what about it?"

Tsuna-"Wait, are you-"

said Tsuna, wondering if Train is an enemy or not until Train reveals the truth.

Train-"Whoa hold up! hold up! i'm a friend! don't you remember me!? at the gathering! at Athena's respite!"

Gon and Tsuna-"...OOOHHH!!!!"

Tsuna-"Sorry about that, we thought you were an enemy."

Gon-"Yeah, sorry, bad judgement on my part."

Train-"Hey, no need for sorry, you guys were wise to put up your guards around strangers, especially just in case if they were on the enemy's side, actually, that's why i'm here, to warn you specifically, Gon..."

Gon-"Huh? what about?"

Train explained the situation to both Gon and Tsuna, namely the former about the threat he has received from his enemy Hisoka.

Gon-"Hisoka!!!!"

Train-"I'm guessing there's bad blood between you two?"

Gon-"...Yeah, sort of, anyways, sorry for what he did to your group, please forgive me!"

Train-"Hey, what did i say about sorry? look, this Hisoka guy means business, i'm concerned about my own group considering our last encounter with the guy and his partner but until he backs off, i'm sticking with you guys, sound good?"

Tsuna-"Yeah, we'll take any help that we can, right Gon? ...Gon?"

Gon-"...Yeah, okay, thanks for joining us Train, we appreciate it."

Train-"Yeah, no problems..."

Gon and Tsuna-"?"

Train, Gon and Tsuna were now travelling together with one another and, as they traveled, Gon sensed that there was unease stirring within Train.

Gon-"...Hey Train, are you, alright?"

Train-"Huh? what? oh...sorry...just caught in my own thoughts..."

Tsuna-"...I'm guessing your thinking about your enemy and your relic, right?"

Train-"! ...Yeah, you'd guess right, only...i feel like getting my relic from my enemy feels like its going to be a lot tougher then it was previously going to be before..."

Tsuna-"...You don't have to tell us if it bothers you-"

Train-"Nah, i'm cool with it, it's just...originally i thought my enemy was going to be a man named Creed Diskenth but unfortunately, it turned out to be the worst case scenario...it was my old mentor, Zagine, Zagine Axeloake..."

Tsuna-"Zagine...have we encountered anyone like that on our travels Gon?"

Gon-"No, not that i have heard of."

Train-"Zagine...when i was young, he...murdered my parents, he was an assassin...but, for some reason, he took me in, raised me, as his own, until eventually, he taught me how to wield a gun and use it...to kill him."

Tsuna-"Gulp!"

Gon-"Whoa...that's deep..."

Train-"Yeah, PRETTY deep if you ask me...Zagine...i hated the guy so much, i even hated it that he died on me just before i had the chance to kill him, turns out he was already dying...i...i didn't know what to do back then after he died, after he died, i joined a secret organization of mercenaries that were basically taught to become soulless killing machines, in turn, i became one of them, as expected but then, someone from out of the light found me, a stray cat lurking behind the dark corridors of alleyways and took me in, she treated me, as a friend with no hostility towards me whatsoever, even when seeing that i was carrying a gun on me...she was...one of a kind, that girl..."

Gon-"What was her name?"

Train-"...Saya."

Tsuna-"That's a nice name."

Train-"...! A-anyways, we'd better get a move on, don't know when Ares' pawns might attack us at anytime, you up for it you two!?"

Tsuna-"Oh, right, got it!"

Gon-"Yeah, same! let's go!"

Train-"Okay then!"

Train and the others continued onward, as they journeyed, Gon said something rather peculiar to Train whilst Tsuna traveled on ahead in front of them to scout out the areas ahead.

Gon-"...You know."

Train-"Huh?"

Gon-"One of these days, i'm gonna make you tell me more about this Saya person, it seems the bond you two share seems pretty interesting to me, hehe."

Gon continued onward, leaving Train behind.

Train-"H-Huh!? h-hey! wait! ...cheeky brat, who does he think he-"

Gon-"AHHH!"

Train-"GON!?!? damn it! let them out of my sight for a few seconds!"

Train heard Gon's yelp and prepared his Hades gun with ammo just in case a battle was about to begin, up ahead was Tsuna and Gon being attacked by both Zagine and Doflamingo.

Doflamingo-"Evil snigger, what's wrong, are you brats not strong enough to take on me? a god among the gods themselves? evil snigger, hey, Axeloake, aren't you going to take part in the slaughter? isn't that why you're here?"

Zagine-"...They are not the ones i'm after, birdbrain, the one i'm after is-"

Train-"ZAGINE!"

Zagine-"...Right on cue."

Doflamingo-"Oh, so this is the one you mentioned is it? Train Heartnet? curious, i wonder how his strength would test against my might!"

Train-"Why you! leave my friends alone!"

Train proceeds to battle Doflamingo, Doflamingo uses multiple of his trademark techniques to cause a disadvantage for Train in their battle, however, Train using his eagle, or rather, cat like eyes is able to pinpoint Doflamingo's exact locations, dodging from one part of the battlefield to the next, as Train finally hits Doflamingo in his vital points, seemingly killing the flamingo themed tall man with shades, however, Doflamingo proves more craftier then meets the eye.

Train-"H-Huh!? what the!? how!? i shot him! i shot him in all his vitals! so how is it he's still alive!?"

Doflamingo-"Evil laugh, fool, what you merely fought was my Black Knight, the real me has been dealing with your friends whilst you were off playing target practice!"

Train-"N-NO!"

Gon-"T-Train..."

Tsuna-"Help-help us..."

Doflamingo-"Heh heh heh, so? what will you do? will you chase after me? or...will you seek vengeance? the choice, is entirely yours...evil snigger."

Doflamingo disappears with both Gon and Tsuna trapped inside his strings, as Train tries to stop him but to no avail.

Zagine-"...So, that just leaves both you and me, Train..."

Train-"Uh! Zagine! tell me! WHERE DID HE GO!?!?"

Zagine-"What does it matter to you? i mean, you only see them, as pawns, don't you?"

Train-"What!?"

Zagine-"They are only tools to help you reach you the goal, isn't that ever the truth with us type of people Train? we assassins? even the guns that we carry are nothing more but instruments that help us fulfill our overall ultimate objectives, you fell for their trap, hook, line and sinker..."

Train-"What are you talking about!?"

Zagine-"Sigh...do i have to spell out everything for ya kid? its obvious, first, Hisoka lured you here, threatening to kill the Freecss kid and then Doflamingo appears and manages to trap both of them, leading you exactly where we want you to be, you see, my dear Train...we want you...to join us."

Train-"...Your crazy, your crazy if you think i'll ever join you!"

Zagine-"Then suit yourself, though i can't guarantee the safety of your dear "friends"..."

Train-"...Still a b******, aren't you? Zagine!"

Zagine-"...Trust me, this isn't how i wanted things to go but they are what they are, now then, let's go Train, its time, to finally fulfill our promise, come and meet me, you'll know...where to look."

Zagine leaves Train behind, as he ponders to himself.

Train is seen looking at his gun Hades and is thinking of discarding it but then has second thoughts, it is then that Jotaro appears from out of nowhere.

Jotaro-"...Still haven't received your relic?"

Train-"Ah, Jojo! ...no...still...haven't..."

Jotaro-"...Well? what are you waiting for? don't those guys need your help or something?"

Train-"...Jotaro...i'm not-i'm not like you, i only see people...as tools, its, always been that way for me, the organization, my gun, even my closest friends that i call family, i only see them, as tools, nothing but instruments to be used...in order to exact my revenge upon the world, they give me reason to act on hatred and in turn to give me a reason to kill, how can i possibly obtain my relic when i'm THAT kind of person? ..."

Jotaro/Athena-"...But you aren't."

Train-"Huh?"

Athena-"You aren't that type of person."

Train-"Athena! why did you-"

Athena-"I thought taking Jotaro's form would help ease your soul..."

Train-"Who, THAT guy? yeah right, like Mr non-sociable can help me in a pinch right about now..."

Athena-"But he did, did he not?"

Train-"What?"

Athena-"...You wouldn't have said what you told me if i weren't Jotaro, correct?"

Train-"! I..."Sigh"...yep, your right, i guess male-bonding was the only way to get out of my brooding, thanks, Goddess, i think, maybe...i can confront Zagine now, maybe i don't have all the answers but i don't care! Sven, Eve, Jotaro, Yoh, Toriko, Gon, Tsuna...Saya...they are all waiting for me and i have to prove to both them and especially myself, that i don't see nor use them, as tools!"

Athena-"...Hehe, go, my chosen hero."

Train-"You got it, ah!"

Train finds purring by his leg the crystal cat from before.

Train-"Hey little guy, where did you scamper off to? uh! hey!"

the crystal cat was trying to lead Train somewhere, to where he did not know but trusting his instincts, Train decided to follow the crystal cat and it would lead him straight to none other but Zagine himself, having been waiting for Train...

Zagine-"...So, the black unlucky cat finally showed up, did he? trying to reclaim his tools to further his reasons for revenge-"

Train-"Zagine."

Zagine-"Huh?"

Train-"Gon and Tsuna, let them go, right, now."

Zagine-"Why? so you can bring misfortune upon them once more?"

Train-"No, whether or not i bring them good luck or bad luck, that doesn't matter, they are my friends, you can't keep them away from me!"

Zagine-"...You've grown soft, little kitty cat, let's see, if you're skills have grown soft and dulled, as well."

Train-"...Wouldn't have it any other way."

Train and Zagine begin their battle old western movie style until finally when both opponents turn to face one another, Zagine unleashes a barrage of different types of guns upon Train, shotguns, rocket launchers, pistols, sniper rifles, you name it, so on, so forth, Zagine was a master of all types of firearms whilst Train was only a master of one firearm, however, one firearm was all Train needed to fight with, he fights with Zagine both blocking and dodging his full-scale blitzkrieg against Train until eventually nearing the duel's end, Zagine knocks Train's black Hades out of his hand once more with Zagine's white Hades, Zagine approaches Train by first picking up his black Hades and handing the youth his gun back to him so that he can shoot Zagine with it.

Zagine-"Is that all you've got? Train? funny, i thought you were stronger then this, come on, take the gun and shoot me, come on, pull the trigger, shoot me right in my head! its what you've always wanted, correct?"

Train-"...Now i finally understand."

Zagine-"What?"

Train-"...Your not Zagine, not the real one..."

Zagine-"What are you talking about? of course i'm-"

Train-"You're only the Zagine from my past memories, the Zagine that my mind subconsciously wants to remember so that, like you said, i can finally take my revenge on you but not just you, the whole world itself, for taking away things and people most precious to me...my parents, Saya...well, enough, is enough...i've had enough, of revenge, if you want revenge, go find it on your own, i'm done with you, Zagine, your nothing but a haunting memory of mine...now, its time-its time to finally end the haunting once and for all and go back to being the current me..."

Zagine-"Really? and just who is that exactly?"

Train-"I am Train, Train Heartnet and i, i am a Sweeper!"

Train catches Zagine off-guard by aiming to shoot directly into his forehead but actually he was aiming on purpose to hit Zagine right next to his head just above his ear, in order to provide a scare tactic, as it were, for a moment, just for a single second only, Zagine was frightened by Train's intention to kill and yet not to kill both at the very same time, this causes him to back away for a bit.

Train-"...You done? then get out of my sight, i've got friends that need my help..."

Zagine-"...A Sweeper huh? heh heh heh...HA! HA! HA! not bad kiddo! not bad...at all."

Zagine disappears into a mysterious white colored mist for parts unknown though Train does not care, however, suddenly he collapses but just before falling, he is caught by Jotaro.

Jotaro-"Yare Yare Daze...what a pitiful looking sight."

Train-"Heh, saw that did you? God...dess..."

said Train, mistaking the actual Jotaro for Goddess Athena, of whom is befuddled by Train's comment about him, Train awakens a few seconds later, as Jotaro speaks with him.

Train-"Aww...my head! ...huh? ! THE GUYS! OWW!"

Jotaro-"Relax, bullets for brains, they're fine, the monkey saw to their rescue."

Train-"...Mon...key? what are you talking about?"

Jotaro-"Come on, i'll explain on the way, oh, by the way, you had a friend sitting by you all this time."

Train-"I...did? ! the cat."

Cat-"Yawn, meow, meow? ! meow! meow! meow!"

Train-"Hey hey, easy fuzzball! i'm not going anywhere...thanks, thanks for looking out for me back there, i owe you big time."

Cat-"...Meow!"

suddenly, the crystal cat transforms into both very shockingly and surprisingly Train's relic! this greatly shocks both Train and Jotaro, wondering how this is even possible to begin with!?

meanwhile...

Papillon-"Sigh...looks like, its MY time to enter the show now! tell me, how do you propose i should go about things? ...Hagoromo Gitsune? seeing, as how you are the only female here in this world, asides from the Goddess of Love herself?"

Hagoromo-"..."

 

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Chapter VII: Tsunayoshi Sawada-Hyper Dying Will:

Before setting off into groups, Tsuna sees Izuku, Allen and Yusuke's group head off whilst sighing to himself, wondering if he was going to traverse for his relic all by himself, suddenly-

Tsuna and Gon-"OWW!"

Tsuna and Gon bump into one another.

Tsuna-"S-sorry about that! are-are you okay!?"

Gon-"Ow...yeah, i'm fine, hey, i'm Gon, a pleasure to meet you! what's your name?"

Tsuna-"Me? i'm...i'm Tsunayoshi, Tsunayoshi Sawada."

Gon-"Tsunayoshi huh? i'll just call you Tsuna for short, sound good?"

Tsuna-"Y-Yeah, everybody calls me Tsuna anyways..."

Gon-"I think we should be partners, don't you think?"

Tsuna-"Huh? wha!?"

Gon-"Travelling alone is so boring! i wish Killua, Kurapika and Leorio were here, how about you? got any friends that you miss seeing?"

Tsuna-"! Friends..."

the flashback ends, as we see Tsuna and Gon travelling by themselves in the not too far away future with the latter calling out to the former.

Gon-"...Na...Tsuna...OI! TSUUUNA!"

Tsuna-"H-HUH!? WHAT THE!?"

Gon-"Geez Tsuna, learn to keep your eyes on the road, you almost smashed straight into a-

Tsuna-"OUCH!"

Gon-"...Brick wall."

Tsuna has always had bad luck on his side, it was never for good luck to be on his side whatsoever.

Gon-"Here, let me help you."

Tsuna-"T-Thanks, Gon..."

Gon-"Honestly Tsuna, that's about, what, the 13th time you've either smashed into a wall in front of you, fall down into a trap pitfall or just have plain old bad luck all around, seriously, what is THAT all about?"

Tsuna-"The-the 13th time you say!? OH NO!"

Gon-"What! what's wrong!?"

Tsuna-"They say 13 is an unlucky number! you know, like, the film?"

Gon-"...What film?"

Tsuna-"...Oh yeah, that's right, we're from different worlds again, aren't we? sigh..."

Gon-"SERIOUSLY!?!? i mean, how could you forget even that!?"

Tsuna-"Sigh...sorry Gon, its just, i have a lot on my mind, i'm wondering...if i'll ever return home or ever see my friends and family again...i-i miss them...so much..."

Tsuna starts to tear up a little but tries to hide his tears away from Gon, its then that Gon declares to Tsuna:

Gon: "Okay then! don't worry! i'll get us back home safe and sound!"

Tsuna-"Wha?"

Gon-"Don't you worry about a thing Tsuna! you just focus on obtaining your relic and i'll handle everything that's thrown our way using my Nen abilities, sound good?"

Tsuna-"...R-R-Right, i'm...i'm counting on you, Gon..."

Gon-"Heh heh, just leave everything to me! they don't call me an expert at catching fish for nothing ya know!"

Tsuna-"...C-Catching fish?"

Gon-"Right then! sooo...where are we anyways?"

Byakuran-"Oh i'll tell you boys where you are and for free of course!"

Gon-"Huh?"

Tsuna-"? ...!?!?"

Byakuran-"Hello again, 10th boss of Vongola."

Tsuna gets his Dying Will Gloves out.

Tsuna-"B-B-BYAKURAN!?!? YOU'RE!!!!"

Gon-"You know him Tsuna?"

Byakuran-"Still alive? but of course, you can't get rid of me THAT easily, shame...i wish i could have said the same for...YUNI."

Tsuna-"!?!? Y-Yuni?"

Gon-"Tsuna? what's wrong? hey, is this guy bothering you? hey! angel looking guy! whoever you are, leave Tsuna alone! i don't like it when bullies pick on my friends, you better back off if you know what's good for you!"

Byakuran-"Oh my, you've made another friend to be a sacrificial lamb have you? Tsunayoshi Sawada? that's just cold, too cold...even, for me."

Tsuna-"!?"

Gon-"That's it, i-warned-you! JAN-KEN!"

Gon unleashes his Janken Nen technique upon Byakuran, only to miss.

Byakuran-"My oh my! that's such a powerful attack you have there, still, it pales in comparison to the powers of the 7 Dying Will Flames..."

Gon-"Dying...Will Flames?"

Byakuran-"That's right but unfortunately you wouldn't know anything about that at all, since young Sawada here has been leading you off the track of battle, purposely avoiding trying to find your relics and thus, you haven't been able to recover them without the help of his Dying Will Flame of the Sky which i myself possess."

Gon-"...Tsuna...is he, telling the truth?"

Tsuna-"..."

Byakuran-"Anyway, enough banter! let us revel in that which will become both of your funerals!"

Gon-"! Tsuna look out! GAH!!!!"

Tsuna-"AH! GON!!!!"

Byakuran-"..."Sigh"...it seems your just not up to snuff yet, oh well, i suppose i shall let things be for now, i'll let Dofy and the others have fun with you for the time being but whether or not you retaliate, that's all your "Choice", fuu fuu."

Byakuran flies away, leaving Tsuna to care for Gon, not too long passes, as Gon awakens from Byakuran's attack, having not done much damage to him.

Gon-"AHHH! that was a good nap! ...hmm?"

Tsuna-"..."

Gon-"..."

Tsuna-"..."

Gon-"...Tsuna, was what he said-"

Tsuna-"Its true, it was all true, Byakuran...wasn't lying, its true, thanks to my heightened Dying Will powers in this world, i can sense when lookalikes are going to appear and whom they are going to resemble, meaning what powers at their disposal they will have but the truth is, i have been leading us away from the lookalikes, so that...we wouldn't have to fight them..."

Gon-"...But Tsuna, you know we have to fight, in order to obtain-"

Tsuna-"I know! i know right!? but...still...i don't...i don't want to lose...another friend..."

Gon-"...That Byakuran guy, he mentioned a Yuni before, didn't he? who was he talking about?"

Tsuna-"...Yuni, she was someone...special to both me and my friends, without her, we wouldn't have been able to stop Byakuran the last time we all saw him...and...kill him."

Gon-"K-Kill him!?!? so what are you saying!? that who we just saw was an angel of death or something!?"

Tsuna-"...I don't know for sure Gon but, this is, far from the last time we'll be seeing Byakuran, he may speak in a polite manner but he's a villain all the same! i've...i've got to stop him before he hurts our new friends elsewhere!"

Gon-"...I see but Tsuna, are you sure your ready for that? can you fight Byakuran the way you are now?"

Tsuna-"...I'm...working on it, don't worry Gon, i won't lead us down the wrong path anymore, we'll obtain our relics, together, i promise, please forgive me for leading you astray all this time."

Gon-"...As long, as it doesn't happen again, normally i would forgive you Tsuna either way but we've got a mission to fulfill, even if we don't like it, Goddess Athena is counting on us, so...are you with me?"

Tsuna-"...Yeah, till the end!"

after that, Tsuna and Gon continued journeying together, as they fought many lookalikes along the way until eventually, they came across multiple figures on their journey, Train and Luffy for examples, as they journeyed with the latter looking for the former, explaining how Luffy's enemy Doflamingo had ambushed them and had separated them from Train previously, Tsuna recalls what had happened whilst Tsuna and Gon were shortly temporarily kept captive by Doflamingo after separating from Train.

Doflamingo-"Evil snigger, now then, since i have you trapped within my strings, what shall i do with you both? shall i use Parasite and have you two kill one another? that would be fun, evil snigger."

Gon-"B-B-"

Doflamingo-"What's that kid? i can't hear you."

Gon spits blood on Doflamingo's shades.

Gon-"Go to and rot in hell, you b******!"

Doflamingo-"...Sigh, such language for a child to use...i'll have to sew your mouth together so that such words are never uttered...in my presence again! PERMANENTLY!"

Doflamingo prepares to strike Gon until suddenly-

Tsuna-"NO! LEAVE-GON-ALONE!!!!"

Tsuna activates his Hyper Dying Will Mode and breaks both himself and Gon free of Doflamingo's strings, just in the nick of time before Doflamingo had the chance to sever Gon's head off, Gon still weakened from the strings sapping his energy sits on the sidelines, as Tsuna still left with energy battles Doflamingo.

Tsuna-"I won't let you, lay a finger on him!"

Doflamingo-"...Camaraderie among strangers...hmph, makes me want to puke."

said Doflamingo, being reminded of a certain event that led to his ultimate downfall back in his world before concentrating on his fight with Tsuna, Tsuna uses all of his strength fighting Doflamingo in order to protect Gon from him but had finally reached his limit, just when Doflamingo was about to eliminate both Tsuna and Gon, it was then that Luffy had appeared and had rescued the two from the string jaws of death.

Tsuna back in the present travelling with both Gon and Luffy stopped and thought to himself about Byakuran, of how dealing with him would serve, as a problem for Tsuna, Tsuna said to himself inside of his head the words:

Tsuna-"...I wish, i wish things didn't have to come to this, i wish that i didn't have to fight Byakuran again, i thought that our battles were all over! why? why do we keep getting dragged into conflict? does bearing this ring, mean that i have to bear never-ending years of bloodshed and hatred, as well? Reborn...what, what should i do?"

thought Tsuna, thinking about his mentor Reborn, as he continued journeying onward with both Gon and Luffy.

meanwhile...

Raoh-"...Hmph, you underestimate those so called "children", especially the monkey, your opponent, didn't i hear he once bested you in battle?"

Doflamingo-"!? W-WHERE DID YOU-!?"

Raoh-"Ares told me, despite what you think, Donquixote Doflamingo, you do NOT know everything, even when you claim to, especially about the deity that we are in service to, the deity that you and Dio Brando among others are trying to steal his almighty powers of the "opposite" side of balance..."

Doflamingo-"...Tch, heh heh, ha ha, HA! HA! HA...you...you think yourself above me? Raoh was it? very well, i shall prove to you both who is right and who is wrong and then, you'll be begging to serve whom is the right god of which you will receive no mercy from, you can count on that, "evil snigger"..."

Doflamingo disappears.

Raoh-"..."Sigh", what foolishness."

Byakuran-"I'd say he's an eager chap, wouldn't you?"

Byakuran appears.

Raoh-"...Byakuran."

Byakuran-"Wow! i'm glad that you remembered my name, that makes me so happy."

Raoh-"...What do you want?"

Byakuran-"Why, i want to join in on the festivities of course."

Raoh-"...You intend to help that flamingo kill off Athena's chosen champions?"

Byakuran-"Not kill per say, just having a little fun with them is all."

Raoh-"Byakuran...what is it you are truly scheming?"

Byakuran-"Fuu fuu, if i told you, it wouldn't be much of a surprise now would it? now if you will excuse me, i intend to chase after Dofy, until we meet again Raoh."

Byakuran disappears.

Raoh-"Byakuran...i pegged him, as one of the types that had a god complex same, as Doflamingo and Brando but, there's something, different about him, something...off..."

returning back to the present where Luffy faces off against Doflamingo in the Corrida Coliseum and both Tsuna and Gon chase after Byakuran...

Tsuna-"Byakuran!"

Byakuran-"So you finally caught up, glad to see you haven't wasted your energy in the short time that we were apart from one another."

Tsuna-"Don't play games with me!"

Byakuran-"...Sigh, such a pity, here i was planning a schedule packed full of fun games to begin with, oh well, well then, how's about...we have a duel then? a duel...TO THE DEATH!"

Tsuna-"Byakuran...i-i've come to show you...my...answer..."

Byakuran-"? ! Oh yes that's right, you did mention something of the sort, well then, go on, spit it out, what answer do you have for me? perhaps...an answer to the question of this tournament of the deities perhaps?"

Tsuna-"!? What-what do you mean?"

Byakuran..."Sigh, so you really didn't have an answer at all to begin with, did you? that was a trick question, upon instantly being concerned about the real nature of this tournament did you drop the "answer" you were going to give me altogether, oy vey, such a child, suffering from severe short term memory loss."

Tsuna-"!? I-I-!?"

Byakuran-"Forget it, your boring me now, just...go away."

Byakuran fires a lightning bolt straight at Tsuna, only to be protected by Gon who takes the attack meant for Tsuna.

Gon-"GA!!!!"

Tsuna-"G-GON!!!!"

Byakuran-"Ohh! him again? how amusing."

Gon gets back up despite having been wounded by Byakuran, he says to Tsuna the words:

Gon-"...Tsuna, let me...take him on."

Tsuna-"!?!? BUT GON YOU'RE-!?"

Gon-"...Its clear...that you haven't...found your answer yet...until you do...i don't think, no...i know for a fact that your relic won't appear...even...if you defeat this guy, so until...you find your resolve...let me fight him, think of it, as lending you...a "helping hand", heh heh."

Byakuran-"?"

Tsuna-"G-Gon..."

Gon-"...Hey! angel looking guy!"

Byakuran-"What?"

Gon-"I'LL be the one to fight you! Tsuna's not ready to take you on just yet, so in his place...i'll be fighting you! besides! i've got a whole wad of payback, special just for you! Byakuran!"

said Gon, declaring a fist towards Byakuran of whom merely sniggers at what he thinks is Gon's "gesture".

Byakuran-"Ha ha! splendid! you certainly have guts, i'll give you that much boy, much more then that worthless excuse for a Mafia boss standing right behind you, very well, in acceptance of your gesture, i shall take you on! let us see, if you have the makings, of becoming a Mafia boss yourself one day!"

Gon-"No thanks! i'm not looking to be a Mafia, i've already got a position, i am...a HUNTER!"

Gon proceeds to battle Byakuran, as Tsuna just watches from the sidelines, thinking to himself.

Tsuna-"...No, this-this shouldn't be how things were to go! I'M the one whose suppose to fight Byakuran, not Gon! so...why? why do i feel so helpless? Gon...he's risking himself, he's risking himself just to help me, that's...not right! i shouldn't be depending on anyone! how...will i be able to obtain my relic then? face it Tsuna, your nothing...but a loser...your still...No Good Tsuna..."

Tsuna remembered the days of when he used to be called No Good Tsuna by everyone who knew him, even by his mentor, Reborn, who explained to Tsuna that he was destined to become a Mafia boss and that Reborn was to serve, as Tsuna's tutor, Tsuna especially recalls one of the days of when Reborn was lecturing Tsuna like normal.

Reborn-"No Good Tsuna like always, at this rate, you'll never become the 10th boss of the Vongola family."

Tsuna-"Like-i-said Reborn! i don't WANT to become the boss of a Mafia family! seriously! why is everyone forcing this upon me!?"

Reborn-"You lack confidence."

Tsuna-"Huh?"

Reborn-"You lack the will and you lack the strength to do anything, even if it were just a simple task, that's why you'll always be and always remain, No Good Tsuna..."

Tsuna-"Reborn...that was harsh, even, for you to say..."

Reborn-"...Goodbye Tsuna."

Tsuna-"Wha-what!?"

Reborn-"I won't be teaching a good for nothing anymore, goodbye, have fun with the rest of your normal life."

Tsuna-"W-Wait! Reborn! come back!"

Tsuna's memory recall ends when he sees that the duel ends between both Gon and Byakuran in a stalemate.

Tsuna-"...Ah! GON!"

Gon-"...Huff...huff...huff...huff..."

Byakuran-"AMAZING! that was simply spectacular! i would even go so far, as to say marvelous even! you show a lot of potential for one of Athena's chosen heroes, its a shame that you ended up on the wrong side and especially most of all haven't to work with "that thing"."

Gon-"Don't call Tsuna, huff...huff...THAT THING! he's a living person! same, as both me and you! where do you get off saying something like that!?"

Byakuran-"...Oh? it seems your friend the monkey has defeated Dofy and a few of your other allies have come to his aid, phew, just in time, i didn't know what i was going to do if that fight had dragged out any longer..."

Gon-"Huh? what are you talking about?"

Byakuran-"Well i suppose i'd better go check on Dofy, until we meet again, little Hunter and of course, 10th boss of the Vongola, don't you worry, Tsunayoshi Sawada, our battle will come in due time, for now, just watch, as the second half of the show begins!"

Byakuran disappears.

Gon-"AH! WAIT! ...Dang it, he got away...oh well, can't catch fish all the time...hey Tsuna, you alright?"

Tsuna-"..."

Gon-"...Your probably freaking out about now, huh."

Tsuna-"...Probably? Gon...i..."sigh"...i'm just, no good, just like i am back on my world...people used to call me No Good Tsuna and some still do...i'm no good, no good at anything whatsoever, just now, that fight between both you and Byakuran had proved it, i lost my chance to obtain my relic and in turn find my way back to my world to my friends, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Ryohei, Hibari, Lambo, Chrome...even Mukuro, especially...Kyoko...Kyoko, Haru and my mom...they must be worried sick about me, of course, i have no right to complain, your stuck in the very same situation, as me, still...i goofed up yet again and i have nothing to show for it except my utter lack of confidence, i'm...just not like you, Gon-OW!"

Tsuna was kicked in the back by Gon whilst he was listening on to the former belittling himself.

Tsuna-"G-Gon?"

Gon-"Tsuna...i'm not you, your not me, that's just how life is, what i'm trying to say is is that what you're feeling now, the hesitation, the conflict, all of that that's inside you...that's what makes you who you are now, standing right in front of me, Tsuna, the reason i went on this journey together with you specifically was because you reminded me of my friends, nor that you bare any of their traits of course but rather you have their heart, boy, i am saying a lot of big words but still, you have a heart that can overcome anything, a heart that will never let you down, even in the most dire circumstances, when i fought that Byakuran guy...it was though, he had no heart at all and a person with no heart must feel lonely, don't you think? Tsuna, i think its your job, to fill that guy's heart up, so that he won't have to feel lonely anymore, know what i'm saying?"

Tsuna-"...Gon..."

Gon-"Heh, trust in your partner! you've got what it takes! i wouldn't say so otherwise, i'm no liar."

Tsuna-"...Gon, i think, i think maybe...your right but, as i am now, i don't think i can help Byakuran, even if i wanted to, i just...need time, that's all..."

Gon-"There's no rush, take all the time you need, wouldn't be fair to you or anyone else otherwise."

Tsuna-"...Thanks Gon...! oh no! i just remembered! Luffy!"

Gon-"!? That's right! we got to go help him!"

Tsuna and Gon both nodded their heads in agreement and went back to where Luffy was, only to find both Train and Jotaro tending to Luffy.

Tsuna-"T-TRAIN!"

Gon-"Your safe! thank heck!"

Train-"Tsuna! Gon! you guys! are you two alright!?"

Jotaro-"...Yare Yare Daze."

after catching up with each other's groups, we go forward to the moment in time where Tsuna and Gon awake after discovering that Luffy is safe and well.

Tsuna and Gon-"LUFFY!!!!"

Luffy-"Hey, hey, HEY! cut it out you guys! your sogging up the meat!"

Train and Jotaro-"..."

Gon-"Luffy, we're just glad that your alright!"

Tsuna-"...! Luffy! you got-you got your relic!"

Luffy-"Uh huh, yep, along with all this meat, truth be told though, i wish this relic was editable, that way i could have something that would go along nicely with the meat, oh well, when i get back to my world, i'll just have Sanji whip me up some more meat and something to go along with that meat!"

Jotaro thought to himself.

Jotaro-"Is meat all he ever thinks about? man, what a pain..."

followed by Train also thinking to himself.

Train-"Well at least the guy is safe and sound, that's for sure but still..."

Tsuna-"Huh? what's wrong Train?"

Train-"Huh? OH! no, no, nothing Tsuna, its not anything important, so anyways, me, Jotaro and Luffy here have all obtained our relics, that leaves you two next, right?"

Gon-Yep! but..."

Tsuna-"..."

Gon-"A-anyways, we're going to go off and search for our relics some more, you guys want to come with?"

Jotaro-"Hold on a sec."

Gon-"Huh?"

Jotaro-"All of us have been repeatedly ambushed by the enemy, so instead of them coming to us, i think we should go after them instead, its worked for me in the past, so instead of separating into groups again, i think we should stay, as one single group altogether, that way, the enemy has less chance of ambushing us again, anyone else here agree?"

Train-"To be honest and i hate that i'm saying this but Jojo's got a point, if we just go off on our own, who knows when trouble will strike, so for now, let's all travel together, as one, that way we'll find your relics and all our other fellow companions together, all agreed?"

Luffy-"...Okay, as long, as we find Naruto, Ichigo and Goku, i don't mind."

Train-"Right, got it and you two?"

Gon-"...Well it sounds like a good idea-"

Tsuna-"Not yet."

Everyone-"Huh?"

Tsuna-"...I can't...go with you guys just yet, i'm-i'm sorry..."

Tsuna wanders off alone.

Gon-"Tsuna!"

Jotaro-"...Leave him be, he's got a lot on his mind right now, for now, we'll just stick with this group, okay?"

Gon-"But! ..."sigh"...yeah, okay..."

meanwhile...

Doflamingo-"...Ugh..."

Byakuran-"Wakey wakey shades! time to be getting up!"

Doflamingo-"...You..."

Frieza-"Hmph, in the name of evil, you certainly embarrassed yourself, getting all heated up like that."

Doflamingo-"...What...WAS THAT!?!?"

Byakuran-"Now now, let's everybody chill, look, Dofy, the fact of the matter is that, well, you lost, plain and simple, Frieza was just trying to give you the uncensored version of that detail, however, i think you CAN still help us stop the heroes from obtaining their relics, if, you do exactly, as i say."

Doflamingo-"...Your barking orders...to ME!?!? i'll teach you you little-"

Byakuran-"...I know the future."

Doflamingo and Frieza-"!?!?"

Doflamingo-"What...was that?"

Byakuran-"...Hehe."

back to Tsuna, he was seen travelling by himself using his Hyper Dying Will Mode to fly through the air, he still remembered the flashback of when Reborn had said goodbye to him and of how Gon was trying to reassure Tsuna before seperating from his partner, as Tsuna flew through the air, he thought of his closest companions and of how much they had meant to him, until suddenly, interrupting that train of thought was a battle going on right before his eyes, it was a battle between both Kazuki Muto and his archrival, Papillon.

Papillon-"Sigh...why won't you just concede defeat already? you unmemorable excuse for a hero!"

Kazuki-"HEY! i so too am a hero Chouno! i'll prove it! by beating you in this match and obtaining my relic!"

Papillon-"Hmm, is that so, no, i don't think so, Gitsune, now!"

Just then Kazuki was caught in a trap by Hagoromo Gitsune whilst Tsuna watched from behind the scenes, seeing how everything was playing out.

Tsuna-"AH! that's!"

Hagoromo-"Hmph, what a waste of my time and talents."

Papillon-"Still, we caught the bait and now all we need is the fish."

Tsuna-"...Fish..."

Tsuna thought back about how Gon was talking about fish previously so many times, deciding to act now, Tsuna was going to save Kazuki.

Tsuna-"HEY!"

Papillon-"Hmm? well, well, speak-of-the-devil."

Tsuna-"If your talking about us, as "fish" then you can forget it! let my friend go, right this instant!"

Kazuki-"H-hey you're!"

Papillon-"Silence! so, boy, you would dare defy the two of us? interesting, this should make for quite the show, wouldn't you agree? Hagoromo Gitsune?"

Hagoromo-"..."

Hagoromo then suddenly releases Kazuki from the trap she was binding him in.

Papillon-"!?!? G-Gitsune! what are you doing!?"

Hagoromo-"...Leveling the playing field, its more fun that way, go, you take care of your target and i will deal with this boy."

Papillon-"Tch, alas, from one point, i do see your views, very well then, i shall kill Kazuki Muto with my bare hands and then, just like a butterfly, i will be able to spread my wings freely..."

Tsuna gave a slight comic look towards Papillon's attitude, thinking to himself:

Tsuna-"...Is this guy for real? ! anyways, no time for that right now! i've got to stop her!"

Hagoromo-"Stupid child, you would not run away from this fight?"

Tsuna-"...I'm tired of running, always hiding, always having others fight my battles for me...this time, i'll fight, to protect my comrades! from YOU!"

Hagoromo-"...Hmph, amusing, let us see this strength through which you speak your words from."

Tsuna began to battle Hagoromo Gitsune, the only woman asides from Athena herself to currently exist in this world of deities, Gitsune has tremendous powers over fear and using them to her advantage, she plays on Tsuna's fears, causing him to remember all of his toughest trials and tribulations, up until the point he fought Byakuran and it was at that very same time and moment...that Yuni and her protector Gamma sacrificed themselves in order to give Tsuna the strength back then to defeat Byakuran, as Tsuna became horrified over seeing Yuni's sacrifice and being unable to prevent it, it is then that Reborn appears to Tsuna.

Reborn-"No Good Tsuna."

Tsuna-"...Reborn."

Reborn-"...You've got to, DIE."

just then, Reborn has his pet chameleon Leon transform into a gun and shoot Tsuna right through the head with a Dying Will Bullet, upon being shot, Tsuna recalls all of the positives that have happened since he met Reborn and how eventually glad Tsuna came to be for having Reborn, as his tutor, he says his tutor's name out loud, causing Gitsune to back away in slight shock and especially surprise.

Tsuna-"REBORN!"

Tsuna, "Reborn" activated the full strength of his Dying Will Flame of the Sky, causing its orange colored hue to burn very strongly, the flames were able to burn away all of the fear hallucinations Gitsune sent Tsuna's way, as he then performed his signature X Burner technique once more, attacking Gitsune full force, it appears, as though he won the battle, causing him to become extremely tired out from the fight, however, it turns out that Gitsune had been playing Tsuna for a fool all along and just when it seems like Tsuna was about to be killed by Gitsune.

Tsuna-"N-No..."

Gitsune-"..."

Hagoromo Gitsune turns away.

Tsuna-"H-huh? your not...finishing me off?"

Gitsune-"...I am not your enemy, therefore we have no quarrel, human, my enemy is someone both similar yet different to you all the same, i shall await him upon the battlefield, you have earned this victory, accept it with glory, for not all humans receive the praise of Hagoromo Gitsune, remember those words well."

Gitsune disappears.

Tsuna-"Ah! wait! ...who did she mean?"

said Tsuna, wondering if Gitsune was talking about one of his allies, just then, Kazuki appears with relic fresh in hand.

Kazuki-"HEEEY!!!!"

Tsuna-"Ah!"

Kazuki-"Hey, thanks for saving my butt back there, i owe you big time, what's your name anyways?"

Tsuna-"...Tsuna."

Tsuna and Kazuki talked with one another about each other's respective journeys, in the latter's case, apparently he was travelling with Pegasus Seiya, Himura Kenshin and Rikuo Nura in search of their relics, Kazuki fought just now his own enemy Papillon in order to obtain his relic but for some reason, Kazuki has forgotten what has happened to the others, wondering where they went or what they are doing right now.

Kazuki-"...Wow, that's one heck of a story, well, i hope everyone else meets up with...well, everyone else."

Tsuna-"Awkward laugh...so Kazuki, you really can't recall what happened to your travelling peers?"

Kazuki-Nope, nothing, zip, zilch, nadda, however, in place of losing my memories of everyone else, i've been getting these other weird memories instead."

Tsuna-"Huh?"

Kazuki-"Like, i keep seeing glimpses of what looks like the past with Athena in it but with some other heroes we both don't know about that weren't summoned at the time we all were...strange, huh."

Tsuna-"..."

Tsuna stops.

Kazuki-"Huh? what's wrong?"

Tsuna-"...The real nature of this tournament...that's, what Byakuran said before, didn't he? ..."

Kazuki-"...Did i say something strange?"

Tsuna-"What? oh! no, not at all but, its just, some things...don't add up."

Kazuki-"What do you mean?"

Tsuna-"I'll explain more once i have more answers but for now, i think i'll go hunting for my enemy."

Kazuki-"...Care for a partner to tag along?"

Tsuna-"...! Partner...Gon..."

Kazuki-"Hmm?"

Tsuna-"...First, let's go find the others, i bet they are worried about us."

Kazuki-"Yeah, same feeling here too."

Tsuna-"Let's go find them!"

Kazuki-"Alright! i'll lead the way!"

Kazuki went on ahead, as Tsuna last thought to himself whilst standing.

Tsuna-"...Byakuran...this time, i truly do have, an answer, just wait, i'm...coming for you."

Tsuna followed after Kazuki.

meanwhile...

Frieza-"...I see, so, if all goes according to your plan, i will finally have that monkey's head?"

Byakuran-"But of course! would i ever lie to one of my comrades? i told you, i can see into the future and my visions, never, EVER, lie."

Frieza-"...Hmph, I shall be the judge of that."

Frieza disappears.

Byakuran-"...Hehe, have fun!"

Shishio appears.

Byakuran-"Ah, lookie who we have here! its the bandaged man, Shishio Makoto!"

Shishio-"Silence, worm."

Byakuran-"Oh?"

Shishio-"You...just how much do YOU know about EVERYTHING!?"

Byakuran-"...Heh, heh."

a few hours later both Tsuna and Kazuki carried on, until eventually, the pair had reached a very familiar landmark that to Tsuna only he would know about, it was the Lightning City used in the Choice battle between both Tsuna's Vongola family and Byakuran's Millefiore family.

Tsuna-"This-this place, why?"

Byakuran-"Isn't it obvious?"

Tsuna and Kazuki-"!?"

Byakuran-"Its where we can finally settle once and for all who was really the winner of Choice that day."

Tsuna-"...Byakuran."

Byakuran-"...3rd time's the charm, as they say, so tell me, Tsunayoshi Sawada, what have you learned? about this world?"

Tsuna-"...Not much, only that something very strange is going on and that it concerns both Athena and Ares!"

Byakuran-"Correct! i wasn't expecting an answer straight away but oh well, yes, you see this world is made up of multiple parts of other worlds of other dimensions of other timelines, they all more or less come from the same world but are all running at different speeds and frequencies, tell me, can you guess...what that is precisely?"

Tsuna-"...! !?!? N-NO!!!!"

Kazuki-"Huh? what's he talking about Tsuna?"

Tsuna-"...Parallel worlds."

Kazuki-"Huh?"

Tsuna-"Byakuran is talking about parallel worlds, to be honest, this isn't the first time either, back when i fought him, he had the ability to go back and forth between different versions of my world and in all those versions, he would come out on-top, as the victor, however, this time around, its slightly different...he's not just travelling between different versions of ONE world, he's also!!!!"

Kazuki-"...Hmm? ...? ...! !?!? WAIT, WHAT!?!? YOU DON'T MEAN!?!?"

Byakuran-"Clearly, as the imbecile has guessed correctly, i have been travelling between different versions...of THIS world! even though it is a world of deities, my travelling across dimensions powers hasn't waned in the very least bit and it is thanks to that, that i know the outcome of this world from every version i have visited! thanks to my "foresight into the future", i can guess correctly who wins and who loses the tournament each and every single time! isn't that exciting!?"

Tsuna-"Cut the games Byakuran!"

Byakuran-"...You said that to me already once, aren't you just DYING to know? what will happen at the end of this tournament? who will win? and who shall lose? go on, tell me, Tsunayoshi Sawada, tell me, what it is you want to say about that-"

Tsuna-"Byakuran."

Byakuran-"Huh?"

Tsuna-"..."Sigh"...enough, is enough, i've come here, to tell you my answer, this time, i have one, its my one and only answer!"

Byakuran-"...And what is it?"

Tsuna-"...I don't have an answer."

Byakuran-"What?"

Tsuna-"But what i do know is that i can't let you go on rampaging like this, that's why, i'm going to stop you, once! and for all!"

Byakuran-"...Once more...ONCE MORE YOU HAVE DEATHLY ANNOYED ME, VONGOLA SHRIMP, now...now you will see the full extent of my powers...the might, of not just one parallel world, BUT A THOUSAND PARALLEL WORLDS!!!! COME! LET'S US FACE EACH OTHER ONCE MORE, TSUNAYOSHI SAWADA! LET US DETERMINE...THE "CHOICE" OF THE WORLD, ONCE-MORE!!!!"

Tsuna-"Kazuki, get back!"

Kazuki-"But!"

Tsuna-"I have to do this, i have to do this on my own and without help, otherwise...how can i face everyone who has helped me up to this point? be they from the present, the future, the past, whenever and wherever, be they good or bad, everyone...everyone has helped me climb to newer heights and now, its time for me to make that final stepping stone...all on my own!"

Kazuki-"...Okay, i catch your drift, afterwards we'll go looking for everyone, kay?"

Tsuna-"Yeah! for certain! ...phew, alright Byakuran, let's end this! i'm coming, FOR YOU!!!!"

Tsuna charges straight at Byakuran of whom smiles evilly, using the powers of the multiple Dying Will Flames at his disposal, Byakuran unleashes a full fury of the 7 Flames of the Sky directly at Tsuna, however, maneuvering and dodging through the air through Hyper Dying Will Mode, Tsuna unleashes the X Burner upon Byakuran of whom merely absorbs it, causing Tsuna to rethink strategies, Byakuran fires a Lightning Flame bolt straight at Tsuna just like before not too very long ago, however this time, Tsuna blocks it with his mantle of the 1st Vongola boss, proceeding to then speed up, out of Byakuran's gaze and then knock him frontwards and backwards before punching with both hands, slamming Byakuran straight down into the ground below, this angers Byakuran, as he warps between worlds, as Tsuna wonders when Byakuran will strike next, Byakuran then appears from outside a portal with a giant Ghost behind him, the parallel version of himself that once served the original Byakuran, as part of his Milliefiore family, the giant Ghost walks straight towards Tsuna, causing him to use his Zero Point Breakthrough technique in order to freeze Ghost dead in its tracks, as Ghost has been halted, Byakuran laughs with hysteria and mocks Tsuna before absorbing Ghost into his wings and causing a light reflection to beam off them to all the windows in the Lightning City, temporarily blinding Tsuna, as Byakuran grabs Tsuna by the face and proceeds to smash him all the way sideways across the multiple buildings of the city, just when it seemed that Tsuna was down and out for the count, he was then saved by his Dying Will Flame pet companion, the small lion named Natsu, Natsu lets out a roar for all to hear, including those nearby, as Tsuna declares that he will now end his eternal conflict with Byakuran once and for all, Natsu transforms into Cambio Forma and becomes Tsuna's gauntlet of the 1st Vongola boss, Tsuna's ancestor Giotto, using the immense power behind the gauntlet, Tsuna unleashes a devastating attack that hits Byakuran dead on, seemingly obliterating him and with that, Tsuna wins the fight.

As Tsuna lands back on ground and deactivates his Hyper Dying Will Mode, his relic appears right in front of him, upon reaching to grab it, Tsuna has a sudden vision play inside his mind, it is of his mentor, Reborn, saying to Tsuna.

Reborn-"Goodbye Tsuna...and hello Tsuna."

Tsuna-"H-huh? Reborn?"

Reborn-"You've finally broken free of the weakness that served, as a barrier towards your way of becoming boss."

Tsuna-"..."Sigh", i'm too tired to argue about that right now Reborn, can you just give me the usual lecture and be done with it? i've...got people waiting on me."

Reborn-"...Smiles...and so you have, No Good Tsuna finally became Sociable Tsuna, No Good Tsuna finally became Lucky Tsuna, No Good Tsuna-"

Tsuna-"GAH! alright! alright! i get it! please, no more No Good Tsuna this or that, please, i'm begging you!"

Reborn-"...Smiles..."

Reborn pulls down his hat and walks away, fading away into light.

Tsuna-"...Thank you, Reborn."

Tsuna returns back to reality to find Kazuki waiting for him.

Kazuki-OI! TSUUNA!"

Tsuna-"Kazuki!"

Byakuran-"...You nearly killed me again, you know."

Tsuna-"Ah! Byakuran!"

Byakuran-"..."Sigh", must you be so dramatic with all those flares, sheesh."

Tsuna-"...Byakuran."

Byakuran-"?"

Tsuna-"I want you to tell me, i want you to tell me the truth about this tournament."

Kazuki-"!"

Byakuran-"...The only way your going to find that out is by gathering the 19, once the 19 are gathered, the deities will reveal their true faces and will truly reveal whether or not they are benevolent..."

Tsuna-"Are you saying, that Athena...is tricking us!?"

Byakuran-"...Like i just said basically, find out yourself, no spoilers from me..."

Tsuna-"...Okay then, by the way, thank you."

Byakuran-"T-THANK-THANK YOU!?!? FOR WHAT!?!?"

Tsuna-"For guiding me."

Byakuran-"!? G-grrr, silence! i shall be taking my leave...Tsunayoshi Sawada."

Tsuna-"Yes?"

Byakuran-"...Make sure you get back to your friends and home, they are all...waiting for you."

Tsuna-"...Heh, did you travel again between worlds just to tell me that?"

Byakuran-"...That is for you to ponder."

Byakuran disappears.

Tsuna-"Ah, ...thanks, Byakuran, i really, mean it."

GON-"HEEEY!!!!"

Tsuna-"Huh?"

Kazuki-"Ah! look!"

approaching Tsuna and Kazuki were Gon, Train, Luffy, Jotaro and Seiya, as Gon rushes up towards Tsuna, hugging him very tightly.

Gon-"TSUUNA!"

Tsuna-"G-GON! WHOA!"

Tsuna and Gon both fall over but begin to laugh together with one another, as everyone looks on with different expressions, Gon reveals that he has obtained his relic and both he and Tsuna take a look at each other's relics, Tsuna lastly thinks to himself:

Tsuna-"...Yeah...this is where i belong, no doubt about it, everyone...i'm...coming home."

said Tsuna before then lastly saying to Gon:

Tsuna-"Thanks, Gon."

Gon-"H-huh? for what?"

Tsuna-"...For being my friend."

Gon-"...Heh, always!"

Tsuna and Gon finally give each other one last fist bump, to show, as the ultimate sign of the friendship they have developed since the beginning of the tournament when they were summoned by Athena and had decided to travel with one another.

meanwhile...

Hades-"...The conflict...is almost, at an end...tell me, what do you intend to do now? Hagoromo Gitsune?"

Hagoromo-"...I have naught the slightest clue."

Raoh-"Perhaps I can be of service in that area."

Hades-"...Raoh."

Raoh-"Hades, Gitsune, the time has come, to bid farewell to the shackles of the deities that bind us and now, once more, as our own free people, we will decide...our own destinies!"

 

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Chapter VIII: Pegasus Seiya-Fighting for a Goddess:

Pegasus Seiya decided to travel by himself alone in search of his relic, as he had much to think about, he was thinking about this Goddess that called herself Athena, much like the Goddess Athena from his own world, although their appearances were similar, their personalities couldn't be more further apart, Seiya felt...conflicted about this, as he pondered on this by a pond full of water that upon contact with solid matter, it instantly turns into crystal, Seiya saw a small blue flower that was touched by the water of the pond, causing the flower to become encased in eternal crystal, Seiya decided to keep hold of it, as a good luck charm to get him through the crisis, lately...Seiya, hasn't been feeling, "himself", although he was true of character and had still possessed a heart full of valor, it was though his words, his expressions, his tones, everything about him was almost completely...different.

(Because i've never watched Saint Seiya in its entirety, Seiya will be portrayed slightly different if this is okay with Seiya fans?).

Seiya-"..."Sigh"...Goddess Athena, uh! i mean, MY, Goddess Athena...please, tell me, what am i...to do?"

Hades-"...So you are pondering."

Seiya-"!? Hades! lord of the underworld of Tartarus!"

Hades-"...A Pegasus of the shining star constellation."

Seiya-"Huh?"

Hades-"Tell me something...how is it, you knew my name? my title? my occupancy?"

Seiya-"I...don't know, lucky guess i suppose, anyways, that doesn't change the fact that you're my enemy, working for Ares!"

Hades-"...Ares? ah yes, the Interval Inbetween...tell me something, do you know, the true nature, of that tournament?"

Seiya-"That's twice you said tell me something and you speak, as though your not part of this conflict at all!"

Hades-"...Am i? or am i not?"

Seiya-"What?"

Hades-"...Only believers in their own fates and judgement get to decide whether or not they are apart of or even take part in conflicts whatsoever...i see that you are just a pawn, a pawn on a chessboard...being used to play in the ultimate game of life and death, or rather, life versus death."

Seiya-"Wha-what did you just say!? AH!"

Hades blinds Seiya before disappearing, Seiya quickly regains his eyesight whilst thinking on Hades' words.

Seiya-"...Me? a pawn? ...i don't believe that! we were summoned here for a reason, there has to be a purpose to this tournament! and i intend...to find out why!"

Seiya marched onward, he fought against many lookalikes, as he was determined to find his answers in battle of which he felt strangely familiar with, it was though, that battle itself was calling out to Seiya, crying for his name...

meanwhile...

Raoh-"...You seek to intend to tell him the answer to this ridiculous war?"

Hades-"...You call it "ridiculous" but in truth, Raoh, you seek the pleasures of battles it provides, no?"

Raoh-"...I only seek that which can only be found in battle and that is my long overdue fight with "him", tell me, Hades, for one who has no memory, why are you so obsessed with that champion of Athena's?"

Hades-"...Call it what you people would say, a hunch."

Raoh-"..."

Seiya journeyed forth on his own, fighting both wherever and whenever and though at times he felt fatigued from all of the fighting, he had his lucky good luck charm by his side to keep him smiling through all the battles, it was then, a newcomer appeared before Seiya, none of the like which Seiya has ever seen before.

Frieza-"I find not a monkey but a horse, looking at crystallized grass, as though it means or is even worth something..."sigh", why am i trapped in a world full of buffoons? more like BABOONS if you ask me."

Seiya-"...Are you with the enemy? tell me, who are you?"

Frieza-"...You don't know? why, i'm lord Frieza, ruler, dictator, tyrant and scourge of the galaxies, take your pick at whatever title meets your fancy."

Seiya-"...I see, so you ARE with the enemy, if that is the case, i will wage war with my fists against you and obtain my relic! that is my sworn duty...as a Pegasus Saint!"

Frieza-"...Saint? hardly, battle loving fool, i find THAT very believable."

Seiya and Frieza crossed fists with one another, they moved at matching speeds that one wasn't able to catch a glimpse of what the other was doing, Seiya tried to unleash his true powers but for some reason could not tap into them, it was because of this that Frieza was able to use his death beam attacks to easily defeat Seiya, had Seiya not been wearing his special armor, he would have been killed by the evil tyrant, just, as Frieza is about to kill Seiya after pinning him down towards the ground...

Seiya-"GAH!!!!"

Frieza-"HA, HA, HA, HA! now then, DIE!!!! W-WHA!?!? WHO DARES TO-!?!?"

Suddenly, appearing before both Seiya and Frieza was a both strange and mysterious man, of whom Frieza seemed to recognized and also seemed to be quite scared of, very unusual for a man of Frieza's character.

Frieza-"Y-Y-Y-Y-"

???-"Off with you, i won't say twice."

Frieza-"T-TCH! damn it all!"

Frieza flies away, as the man helps Seiya help.

Seiya-"...I thank you, kind sir and you are?"

???-"...I go by no name in this world, please, call me whatever you like."

Seiya-"...Whatever i...like? hmm...okay then! how about "Alpha"? since your the first person i've met here in this world other then lookalikes, champions of Athena and enemies like the one just moments ago."

Alpha-"Alpha eh...yes, very fitting."

Seiya-"Huh?"

Alpha-"Anyways, let us hurry on, the lookalikes won't rest until they have butchered us both."

Seiya-"I agree, let's make for the nearest resting point."

Seiya now continued on with this "Alpha", not knowing who he is or where he came from, only knowing that he came to Seiya's desperate time in need of help and that was all that mattered to Seiya, Seiya and Alpha started to talk with one another upon reaching the resting point.

Seiya-"...So tell me, were you summoned to this world like us champions and those villains?"

Alpha-"..."

Seiya-"...Sorry if i am pressing the matter..."

Alpha-"Oh no, its quite alright lad, i was just...thinking."

Seiya-"Thinking?"

Alpha-"Yes, thinking, not much time for that or anything else that lays dormant within this world, only fighting, never ending between the forces of balance itself."

Seiya-"!? Please, tell me, that is, if you want to, please, if you know something, tell me about this world that we are all in, this world governed by both Athena and Ares."

Alpha-"...Heh, for a young man, you certainly don't waste time showing off your spunk, very well then, i shall tell you what you need to know and what you ONLY need to know, for this world is both old yet still so young in the eyes of the deities..."

Seiya-"Huh?"

Alpha-"...This world we live in is called "Hephaestus", it is the God Zeus' breeding ground for conflicts between his twin children, the Daughter of Light Athena and the Son of Darkness Ares, since time immemorial, the twins have fought for their dear beloved father's affection and wish to take their place by his side at his throne where only God and God alone may sit, although Zeus wanted both of his children by his side at God's throne, he could not leave the throne itself, as he had to govern all of the worlds he had created from that very same throne, not wanting to choose between both his eldest son and youngest daughter, he had decided to create a loophole within his powers, as God and give both the elder Ares and the younger Athena positions, or rather, to put it bluntly, jobs, as it were, to maintain the one and only "balance", the balance, of all things, of everyone living, past, present and/or future, the cycle of death and the cycle of reincarnation, light, dark, good, evil, white, black, positive, negative, life...death...i could go on forever, so on, so forth...you see, by giving his two children the "harmony" of balance, he had accidentally created "discord", for despite the roles they had been given, the twins still wanted to reunite with their father of whom they have never met or even laid eyes on before, taking their new positions, as a sort of a form of a deadly competition, the two children of God had decided that they would play a game between their respective forces and whoever's side came out on-top would be declared the winning victor and the losing side would have to be erased forever, never having a chance of being reborn again, the twins believe that this is their one and only way of being able to meet and live alongside their father, by believing that they must erase the other sibling in order to enter God's throne room, to put it all in a matter of simple perspective, this-Hephaestus, is a checkerboard, the people summoned by the deities-their check-pieces and lastly whoever wins the game with the more check-pieces-checkMATE."

Seiya-"!?!? So...your telling me, that, we are merely just tools, or, even worse, children's toys used in a children's squabble just in order to meet and stay with the parent who gave them life!?"

Alpha-"...You see it from a unrelated side, can't you see? all the two want is to be with their father, of whom they have never met..."

Seiya-"...Why summon us then? to fight for them?"

Alpha-"That much is more or less obvious, if the deities themselves were to fight, not only would they destroy the checkerboard but they would also be destroying themselves in the process and if that were to happen...can you imagine the sheer and severe consequences of such a clash?"

Seiya-"...! Y-YOU DON'T MEAN!?!?"

Alpha-"...Correct, all balance, all OF balance and all IN balance would be both completely and utterly obliterated, they would be returned to the null void, where nothing exists whatsoever, only Discord and Chaos of the highest order, not even God would be able to rebuild from such a state if that were to occur, not after all of the very long years that the universe, the cosmos itself has been in its harmonious state both of and within balance..."

Seiya-"...Very well, then let me ask one last question: the relics, what are these 19 relics that both Athena and Ares want their champions to collect?"

Alpha-"...The relics are the key to unlocking the true form of the cosmos, to ultimately saving it, or ultimately destroy it, Athena wishes to save the universe, her older brother Ares wants to destroy it, having become exasperated with life and believing that by standing side by side with his father, will they create a new perfect world order, one that would go unchallenged by all, even God himself..."

Seiya-"...Right...so even if we refuse to compete, we must compete in order to save all of our worlds, correct?"

Alpha-"...Correct."

Seiya-"Well then, i can't waste my time standing here, sorry for leaving you like this but i must find my relic in order to avert this catastrophe, thank you for your hospitality and your great font of both knowledge and wisdom, i promise you, once i find my relic, i'll come find you and bring you back with me to Athena, even if i have to travel to the very ends of this world in order to do so."

Alpha-"Oh you are too kind lad but unfortunately...my heart and soul is bound to this checkerboard..."

Seiya-"?"

Alpha-"Now then, off with you! the world waits for no one."

Seiya-"...Agreed, i promise! i'll absolutely come and find you again!"

Alpha-"...No doubt you will lad...no doubt you will..."

meanwhile...

Frieza-"Tch! i didn't expect THAT man to appear of all people! honestly and i was going to dispose of one of the heroes too..."sigh", oh well, i might, as well watch from the sidelines for the time being and see how my cohorts are doing with their own nefarious schemes."

Hao-"Sounds like, your just plain bored, Frieza."

Frieza-"...Asakura..."pleasure", as always, hmph...anyways, what are you doing here?"

Hao-"Just wanting to inform you that Dio has decided to go off by himself and hunt down one of Athena's champions, just like you did."

Frieza-"Really? and who pray tell has he gone after?"

Hao-"Something Kujo or other but not that it matters, in the meantime, i am playing to toy with my little brother and his own travelling group, care to join me?"

Frieza-"Hmph, not like i have anything else better to do."

Seiya's journey continued, now filled with more conviction then ever upon learning of the history of this world of Hephaestus and the dire stakes that are involved, fighting multiple lookalikes along the way, Seiya stops for a moment to take into consideration everything until suddenly-

Hades-"...? So, we meet again..."

Seiya-"...! Ah! you! Hades!"

Seiya embraces himself in a fighting position, preparing himself to fight Hades, however, it seems fighting is not Hades' goal...

Hades-"...Tell me something, have you learned more of this world and what else is involved?"

Seiya-"...I met someone and he told me that unless the 19 relics are collected, our worlds are bound to destruction until eventually, their end."

Hades-"...I see, so its true."

Seiya-"Huh? what are you...talking about? do you know something!?"

Hades-"...Life...is so ever fleeting, first it is born, then it lives its accorded lifespan and finally for whatever reason, it dies out, returning back to the cradle that is reincarnation, tell me, in what sense is their any point to defending, much less saving this world...if it is doomed to return back to the null void?"

Seiya-"...The null void? that's what Alpha mentioned..."

Hades-"Correct, the null void, it is the ultimate harbinger of destruction, Discord and Chaos at their very hearts, nothing is born from the null void and the null void only knows to consume everything, it has a conscience of its own, or rather, it is pure instinct solidified in the form of anti matter, that anti matter has consumed many worlds and very soon, it will consume this one, as well..."

Seiya-"Huh? you mean, the process has been repeated!?"

Hades-"...Yes, you do not know this but-"

Raoh-"Hades that's enough."

Seiya-"Ah!"

Raoh-"...Your speaking too much of what champions of Athena do not need to know."

Hades-"..."

Hades turns around, preparing to leave.

Seiya-"Hey! we're not done yet!"

Raoh-"Hmph, if you wish to fight then fight me, martial artist."

Raoh takes up a fighting stance.

Seiya-"Tch! dang it!"

Seiya and Raoh proceed to fight one another, during the fight, Raoh decides not to use his full strength but just enough that he manages to rip his shirt open, he tackles Seiya and treats him, as though he is a martial arts amateur despite being very skilled for someone his age, as Seiya feels like he is about to lose just like he did when he confronted Frieza, it is then that he feels a burning surge of power welling up deep inside of him and by channeling that power instinctively through his fist, Seiya unleashes a devastating attack upon Raoh of which at that moment it appeared in Seiya's mind and he called out the name of this attack:

Seiya-"Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken!"

Using this "Meteor Fist" technique, Seiya was able to push back Raoh, although, the titan was still superior in both skill and strength, merely commenting on Seiya's attack, as just a "tickle".

Raoh-"...Ha! not bad, that tickled, you actually got an itch that was bothering me off my back."

Seiya-"...A tickle? all the power behind that attack and he called it a tickle!? what's-what's with this guy!? he's unlike anyone i've ever faced before! not the lookalikes, not even that tyrant from before! just who is he!?"

thought Seiya to himself, as he wondered just both who and exactly what is Raoh before Hades then interrupts the duel, saying towards the latter:

Hades-"...Raoh, let us quit this place."

Raoh-"Oh? and why would that be?"

Hades..."The pulses from the null void...they're..."

Raoh-"...I see, very well, hey, kid!"

Seiya-"H-huh!?"

Raoh-"I concede, you win this battle."

Seiya-"HUH!? YOUR JOKING ME RIGHT!? GET BACK HERE! WE'RE NOT DONE YET!"

Raoh-"Hmph, you have potential but you still have a long ways to go before you can truly call yourself, a martial artist, i hope, that for the sake of that, will we meet again on the battlefield, next time...as equals."

Raoh disappears, leaving Seiya behind.

Seiya-"WAIT! I SAID STOP!"

Hades-"...With all the power at your disposal, why do you seek out the relic?"

Seiya-"W-What!?!?"

Hades..."Its...sad...to see such potential be wasted, only on needless violence and destruction..."

Hades himself then disappears.

Seiya-"Wait! you b*******! come back!"

Seiya called out to both Hades and Raoh but to no avail, as he then pondered on what the former meant by his words.

Seiya-"...Needless violence and destruction? i already have power at my disposal? what did he...mean, by that? ...no, i can't be swayed, the relic will give me the answers i'm looking for, until then, i'll keep looking, i'll keep fighting until i have finally found the means to put an end, to all of the conflicts."

said Seiya with conviction, placing a fist upon his heart, as he then continued onward, undaunted by the foes that stood in his way or will continue to stand in his way in the very not too far away future.

meanwhile...

Sasuke-"..."

Aizen-"What is wrong? Sasuke Uchiha?"

Sasuke-"...Aizen, tell me...the truth."

Aizen-"The truth?"

Sasuke-"You know something, maybe even everything that there is to know about this world, if so, tell me, why do i get these vivid images? of me, fighting alongside Naruto? your there, as well, you don't look the way you do now however, tell me, do you know the truth behind all this?"

Aizen-"..."Sigh", i guess there was no avoiding it."

Sasuke-"...What?"

Aizen-"...God's Cleansing, that, is what it is called..."

Sasuke-"!?!?"

Seiya rested up for a bit until eventually he saw his peers being attacked by lookalikes, using his Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken Meteor Fist, Seiya punches through all of the lookalikes, shattering them all into crystal shards at once, he meets up with Himura Kenshin, Kazuki Muto and Rikuo Nura.

Rikuo-"Whoa! thanks!"

Kazuki-"Yeah, nice going there bud!"

Kenshin-"Well done, brave warrior."

Seiya-"...You're all travelling together?"

Rikuo-"Yeah, we figured it would be quicker and easier gaining our relics that way."

Seiya-"...I see."

Kazuki-"Sooo...you travelling by yourself, are you?"

Seiya-"Correct, i thought it best at the time that i travel and fight alone, though now, i'm lately starting to think that wasn't one of my better moves..."

Kenshin-"...Then why not travel with us? sir warrior? we are always welcomed to more company."

Rikuo-"Yeah, like Kenshin said!"

Kazuki-"Its better then being alone, right?"

Seiya-"Hmm...very well, i accept your offer."

Kazuki-"Coolie-o!"

Rikuo-Okay!"

Kenshin-"Very well then, let us continue forth on our pilgrimage, brave fellows..."

Seiya-"...Pilgrimage?"

Kazuki-"Its Kenshin's way of describing our journey to find the relics, you know, a Samurai's personal journey or something like that."

Seiya-"I see."

Rikuo-"Thanks to Kenshin, we've managed to get out of a few tricky situations involving some of the bad guys on Ares' side."

Seiya-"...!? Wait! tell me! did you see a man with black hair passing by at that time by any chance?"

Rikuo-"Err...! wait! yeah! there was this guy wearing armor who was talking to us, something about this world ending and soon, if that's the case, we better hurry up and find our relics before anything else bad happens!"

Seiya-"...Hades..."

Seiya muttered to himself the last bit before now journeying with his new travelling companions Kenshin, Kazuki and Rikuo, each and every single one of them all on a quest to find their relics, as they fought multiple lookalikes along the way, Seiya shared what info he had learned from the mysterious Alpha with his new group of travelling companions, however, Kenshin was skeptical, namely of this Alpha person.

Kenshin-"Hmm...are you sure that what this stranger had told you is true?"

Seiya-"I don't doubt the sincerity of his words, nor the honesty of his character...everything that he told me was the truth and nothing but the truth."

Kenshin-"Still...to find someone other then the chosen warriors of both Athena and Ares...this leaves questions."

Kazuki-"Aw try not to think about it too much you two, we're on a roll here! let's just keep going and find our relics! we'll be able to gain the answers that we're looking for at the end of the road."

Seiya-"...Optimistic much, aren't you?"

Kazuki-"Hey, its my job, its what i do...anyways, where is Rikuo? he said that he was going to scout out the area further up ahead."

Rikuo-"GAH!"

Seiya, Kazuki and Kenshin-"!?!?"

Seiya-"Was that, Rikuo!?"

Kazuki-"Hold on!"

Seiya and Kazuki rush on ahead to where Rikuo was whilst Kenshin stood still, having sensed something was off...

Seiya and Kazuki came to Rikuo's aid to find out he was being attacked by Katsuki Bakugo.

Katsuki-"Is that all you got!? huh!? HUH!?"

Rikuo-"...D-Damn..."

Seiya-"Rikuo!"

Kazuki-"You okay pal!?"

Rikuo-"...Sorry, guys...they got the jump on me."

Kazuki-"They?"

Katsuki-"HEY! newbie! get out here! RIGHT-NOW!"

???-"...Sigh, all you ever do is shout, don't you ever calm down once in a while?"

Katsuki-"Shut up! i'm not here to listen to your complaints! WE'RE here to take out these guys, got that!?"

???-"...Sigh"..."

appearing on the scene was another of Ares' chosen champions, the arch-rival of Athena's chosen champion Asta named Yuno who just like Katsuki possesses a heroic soul inside of him but is on the side of the enemy.

Seiya-"...I sense, something, about these two, they're...not evil."

Kazuki-"That may be but still! they're gonna pay for beating up Rikuo! Seiya! you take the spiky haired guy with the gauntlets, i'll take care of the black haired guy, that a plan!?"

Seiya-"Yeah, we got to defend Rikuo!"

Katsuki-"...Oh? you guys gonna put up a fight? fine then! i was dead bored just taking out weaklings like him, oi! Yuno or whatever! you take the guy with the lance, the guy in armor is mine!"

Yuno-"...Suit yourself."

Katsuki-"Yeah, AS-I-PLEASE!"

Seiya decided to fight Katsuki elsewhere away from Kazuki and Rikuo with the former confronting Yuno, not wanting anyone to get caught up in the battle that was about to happen, just before the confrontation, Seiya had asked Katsuki an important question:

Seiya-"Tell me something."

Katsuki-"Huh!? what the hell do you f****** want!?"

Seiya-"...Why? why are you and that other person aiding Ares' forces? its clear to me that you don't possess malevolent hearts so why?"

Katsuki-"The hell should I know!? i'm only here to beat that idiot Deku's face into the ground once and for all!"

Seiya-"...Deku? i don't know anyone by that name, could he be...another wanderer of this world like Alpha?"

said Seiya that last bit to himself, as he didn't realize that Katsuki was actually talking about Izuku.

Katsuki-"Ahhh!!!! shut up! just shut up! that's it! i can't stand all the noise your making, i'm going to blow you up into bits right now!"

Seiya-"!? ...Very well then, challenge accepted, let's fight!"

Seiya and Katsuki start their duel off by locking themselves in a standoff grabbing each other's hands, they fight for control of whoever attacks first, their standoff creates a huge hole in the ground beneath them, Katsuki, deciding to pull a bold move, uses his mouth to pull the ignition pin on one of his gauntlets and tries to blow up both Seiya and himself in a huge explosion, from the mist of the explosion Seiya and Katsuki both backed away from the epicenter of Katsuki's explosion, coming out with only a few scrapes and scars thanks to the armor they are wearing, Seiya at this point realizes that Katsuki is truly a foe one should most definately not underestimate, taking this into account, Seiya calls upon a magic sphere to surround him, blocking out all outside attacks, however, Katsuki unleashes a barrage of furious explosion attacks one after another just from scratching at the sphere, hoping to tear it down piece by piece of which he was slowly managing to do, trying to plan his next move in the next second, Seiya thought up of something, once Katsuki had destroyed his defensive sphere, Seiya quickly grabbed and stole Katsuki's other gauntlet and had equipped onto himself, deciding to make a bold move of his own, Seiya followed the example his foe in battle made previously and had pulled the gauntlet's ignition pin, sending a giant explosion towards Katsuki of whom uses an explosion from his palm to quickly create a defense for himself against the much bigger explosion, the stress from using the gauntlet causes severe pain within Seiya's arm, as he decides to ditch the gauntlet, allow Katsuki repossession of it, the fight was quickly drawing to a close and Seiya had decided to unleash a final Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken against Katsuki, in an attempt to halt his explosion and deal him a severe hit to the torso, upon doing this, Katsuki uses his other palm to shoot an explosion straight into Seiya's face, causing him to be sent flying not too far away whilst Katsuki himself was sent flying in the opposite direction by Seiya's Meteor Fist technique, the two crashed into opposing walls, thus effectively ending their fight.

Seiya-"GAH!"

Katsuki-GUWAH!"

Seiya-"...O-oww..."

Katsuki-"B-B******, you'll pay for that!"

Seiya-"...You still...want...to fight? ...why? ..."

Katsuki-"...Isn't it obvious!? ...its so...i become...the strongest hero, there...ever...existed! in all of time...itself, period! i want...to become strong, just, like he is..."

Seiya-"...A hero...i knew it...you...truly possess...a kind soul."

Katsuki-"S-Shut it! your still, my enemy, got it!? i played my role...i'm...done here."

Seiya-"...Huh? what are you, talking about?"

Toguro-"...Bakugo."

Toguro appears.

Seiya-"!?!?"

Katsuki-"...Tch, its you?"

Toguro-"..."

Toguro pulls Katsuki from the wall he is entrapped in and proceeds to leave with him but not before saying to Seiya:

Toguro-"You, hero of Athena."

Seiya-"H-huh!?"

Toguro-"...You should go and find your friends, they are worrying about you."

Seiya-"!? What-what do you mean!?"

Toguro-"Figure it out yourself, come on Bakugo."

Katsuki-"Tch!"

Seiya-"W-WAIT!"

Toguro and Katsuki disappear, leaving Seiya to both recover and recuperate himself by first starting things off pulling himself from the wall he is stuck in using sheer will power and proceeding to return back to where he had previously both left Kazuki and Rikuo beforehand.

Seiya finds both Kazuki and Rikuo, slightly injured but somehow, their injuries aren't, as severe, as made out to be by the Pegasus Saint, as Kazuki reveals both he and Rikuo fought Yuno but even despite teaming up against him, he was somehow able to win against them and had the two at his mercy, however, instead of eliminating his enemies, Yuno used some kind of special magic to slightly heal both Kazuki and Rikuo before retreating but not before lastly revealing that all of the enemy's attack was a distraction in order to lure Kenshin away by his arch-nemesis Shishio Makoto who wants to settle things with Kenshin, upon learning of this, Seiya orders Kazuki and Rikuo to stay put, as he goes in search of Kenshin by himself, intending to provide backup for his ally.

Seiya-"Kazuki, can you handle things here?"

Kazuki-"Y-Yeah...we're good, we'll catch up, as soon, as we're healed, until then, don't go on ahead too far away from us Seiya, we want to help Kenshin too."

Rikuo-"Yeah, we can't let this slide, we can't let that masked b****** hurt Kenshin or worse, right now, your the only one out of us three that still has stamina to move about, find Kenshin and bring him back safely Seiya!"

Seiya-"I promise, i won't let you two down, i'll find our friend and then, all together, we will find our relics!"

Kazuki-"Yeah!"

Rikuo-"Counting on it."

As Seiya said temporary farewells to both Kazuki and Rikuo in order to begin searching for Kenshin, fighting lookalikes that stood in his way, once more, standing before Seiya was Hades...

Hades-"...We meet again, odd, isn't it?"

Seiya-"! ...Do you want something? if not, get out of my way, i'll get my answers from you soon enough, until then, i've got a friend to find."

Hades-"...By friend you mean the Samurai? the Hitokiri Battousai?"

Seiya-"Hitokiri...Battousai?"

Hades-"Yes, Battousai the man-slayer, in all honesty and all truths...he should have been summoned, as another of Ares' champions but for some reason, he was summoned only by Athena, i do not...comprehend."

Seiya-"...I don't believe you, Kenshin is not a man of such low caliber, he would never hurt, much less kill others."

Hades-"...His sword..."

Seiya-"What?"

Hades-"The shape, of his sword, haven't you ever noticed something...off about it? the way it is shaped? it is a sword...that cannot kill, it may wound but it cannot kill, it is a reminder of the Battousai's past, as a man-slayer, for some reason, he swore off killing anyone ever again, he took a vow that he would never kill ever again, not ever...but, is it really so easily capable of wiping off away the sinful stains of blood taking? no man, however virtuous they may very well be in trying to seek true redemption for themselves cannot help but repeat the mistakes of the past, that goes for you too, Pegasus Saint, you are a warrior and you have dealt much grievous harm to others, maybe not, as much, as the Battousai but still just enough to be hated by others...wouldn't you...agree?"

Seiya-"!?!? ...No, i won't! i refuse...i refuse, to believe you! Kenshin is a kind and earnest man! i will not have you speak ill of him! you know! don't you!? tell me! where is Kenshin!? what have you villains done with him!?!?"

Hades-"...Refusing to acknowledge his or even your own sins...that is a sin both in and of itself...i do not know where the Battousai is, only that his fate now lays in the hands of the pyro fiend, the Battousai's enemy, Shishio Makoto, a man who knows of this world's true nature and would rather see it burn to ashes then continue living in it, if you want to find the Battousai, find Shishio, that...is where you should start looking, i'll will watch and see, what becomes of you both, Pegasus Saint, let us see, if the stars are shining upon you."

Hades disappears, as Seiya thinks about Hades' words but decides to brush them off for the moment, intending to find Kenshin first no matter what, Seiya continues onward, fighting more lookalikes, taking heed of Hades' words to find Shishio Makoto, Seiya travels to where he can sense strong amounts of fire emanating from a small corner of the world, as he journeyed, he was unknowingly being watched by Sasuke Uchiha from behind the scenes, wondering where would Seiya's path take him.

Seiya was growing weary and fatigued from the sheer amount of travelling he was doing in desperate search of finding Kenshin, Seiya took a moment's breather, as he thought about a lot of things to himself...

Seiya-"...I believe, i believe, in Kenshin...i refuse...to believe...that...one of Athena's-!? no...wait, i-i don't-i don't truly believe in Kenshin at all, it was only because he was summoned by the Goddess that...no, that can't be! ...can't it? is this-is this what Hades was talking about? refusing to acknowledge the truth? to be honest, i don't, know any of my comrades, not really at all whatsoever, i...only claim to know them, because they fight for Athena and nothing more, is that why, i easily agreed in travelling with them before? not caring about who they were, only that we had the same goals? i..."

Athena-"Even if so-"

Seiya-HUH!?!?"

Athena magically appears before Seiya.

Athena-"Even if you did know the truth about your comrades and their personal histories...what would, you do about that? young soldier of the shining stars."

Seiya-"Goddess...n-now that i think about it, i don't know much, about you either...is that why? i am hesitating to believe in my comrades because that would mean i am hesitating to believe in you? is that, the truth? either way, however you look at it...i'm-i'm a terrible person...i don't-i don't truly believe in my comrades or you Goddess Athena whatsoever, what am i...what exactly is it that i am fighting for? the relics? will they really bring peace to this world and all others? finding and saving Kenshin? despite not believing in him? i...i've lost my answer to those questions and i feel like if i don't do something about that, i will lose...my will to fight, i don't, want that...not, at all."

Athena-"..."

Seiya-"Sigh"

Athena-"...Pegasus Saint Seiya."

Seiya-"...Huh?"

Athena-"...Then carve out a new answer."

Seiya-"A new...answer?"

Athena-"Yes, one to truly call your very own, up to until now, you have been fighting, believing in the theory that the relics will save the world, however, that does not mean that you truly believe in that at first, nor your comrades, hence why you decided to travel alone...but, from travelling with Kenshin, Kazuki and Rikuo, do you not sense...that, you have at the very least, built a bond with them?"

Seiya-"...!?"

Athena-"There, you see? even if you didn't believe in them nor truly knew their true selves, you felt subconsciously that you could build a bond with them and from that, you began having fun travelling with them, even though the road was perilous, even when they could have potentially tricked you and would have left you for dead upon having finished using you...they never did, they never once let you get hurt, even when you didn't notice it and upon you fighting by yourself, did you ever think that they had merely just abandoned you and had gone on ahead whilst leaving you to fend for yourself against all the odds and all the enemies? no, it never once occurred, because, you knew, you knew deep in your heart that they were not those kind of people, they would never simply just use you to further their own ends, that wouldn't be who they really are...to be honest, Pegasus Saint, in the past, there were some champions i could have selected to fight for the light of goodness, however...not all of them were benevolent, like my brother, i could have easily selected fighters that held cruelty and evil within their hearts, but...i didn't, i did not want power to be what would save the world, what i wanted to save the world with...was love, kindness, caring, the ability to sympathize with others and create new friendships, new bonds that would never, ever break, despite having just met one another and having very different personalities to each other...all of you 19 chosen champions have shown me something i had never believed would be thought possible."

Seiya-"What, was that?"

Athena-"...The will...to never, ever give up, even in the most trying and most dire of circumstances, even when everything and everyone were against you all...you all...never stopped, you never stopped trying and you never stopped believing, especially, a notable fact of how you 19 were chosen was that you never cared for power, at least, not in the way that you would ever abuse said power, instead, you would use power to try and make things better no matter what, even when it seemed in all likelihoods that there was just no way possible of making better...even better then what they were beforehand...Seiya, you may have doubts now but, ask yourself, do you truly believe...that Kenshin would lie to you, betray you and use you? please...find it within your soul and ask...yourself...that."

Seiya-"AH! GODDESS!"

Athena magically disappears, just, as she had appeared, leaving Seiya trying to stop her from leaving by stretching out a hand to where she once stood, only to no avail, it was then, Seiya started pondering on all of the thoughts Athena had left for him and had started remembering all of the times, however short and just recently they were that he has spent with Kenshin, Kazuki and Rikuo...

Seiya continued further until eventually, he had reached the place where he could sense fire was burning the most brightest, it was a place that seemed very familiar to him, it was a sanctuary of sorts, praising the gods, Seiya looked around, trying to find Kenshin, only instead to find a giant flame burning at a pedestal atop of staircases, Seiya examined the flame before then looking upon a statue that surprised but not shocked him, it was a statue of-

Seiya-"...Athena, MY, Athena, Goddess...Athena."

Hades-"Why did you continue?"

Seiya looked around towards below the staircase to find Hades slowly walking up it, talking to Seiya.

Hades-"Why...have you come here?"

Seiya-"..."

Hades-"Before, you had no answers and you still don't so why, why do you now stand before such revered and almighty gods when you have nothing to prove or nothing to even explain? are you merely just here...to receive divine judgement from the gods, OUR gods, having finally accepted that you truly do not have anything to prove or much less even explain? have you finally accepted that you are not heroic, as you previously made yourself out to be?"

said Hades, having reached the top of the staircase, talking to Seiya from the opposite side he was standing at behind the giant flame and in front of the stone statue of Seiya's Athena, as finally, Seiya gives Hades the answer that he has been waiting for all this time.

Seiya-"...I, i once did think of myself, as heroic but, now, that's changed, now...i think of myself, as i am, who i am and who i am is...a person, willing, to fight, for the sake of others, for the sake of those he believes believe themselves in the light of goodness...Hades, lord of the underworld of Tartarus...your words, they had stung but, they weren't wrong, i sensed a form of purity emitting from them, meaning, that you cannot be, as malevolent, as i previously made you out to be, before, i was blinded, i was blinded solely by the light but no more, now i see the true light in that both light and darkness are equal and, if that's so, i admit...i have brought harm to others..."

Hades-"So you finally see-"

Seiya-"But!"

Hades-"Hmm!?"

Seiya-"Like i said, i am, who i am, willing to fight for the sake of others, that goes...for Kenshin."

Hades-"What?"

Seiya-"Kenshin...if he truly wanted to deceive me, him, Kazuki and Rikuo, they would have naught bothered, for if they did, they would have done so in ways i would not have been able to see clearly due to my blindness to light, however, they did not, they...are much smarter then i am and i failed to recognize that, i failed to truly believe in them but now, no longer, Hades, i will return to my friends, regardless of their pasts, regardless of who they once were, i see them for who they now are because, we have forged friendships from fire, even if they are fleeting, to one day disappear from our memories once we return to our own worlds, that will not stop me, that will not changed my mind from the fact that they too have loved ones and that just like me, maybe they are doing some soul searching for themselves, as well...no matter what you say, what you do now, i have made my decision, i will fight, alongside them, in the name of the Goddess Athena of this world of Hephaestus and i will also continue to fight for the Goddess Athena of my world and my comrades there, i will-never give up! so long, as i draw breath! shining just like the stars of the constellation, i, the Pegasus, will fly higher to even greater heights, to the skies of the cosmos itself! and with my fist, empowered by the strength of believing in not just myself but in others, as well, i will smite evil wherever and whenever it stands...with justice!"

Hades-"...It seems we have differences of opinions."

the flame suddenly goes out and a dark blackness stars to cover the sky of the sanctuary, a dark shroud emits from beneath Hades' cloak, swallowing everything in sight.

Hades-"...You, a knight of justice? having fought beforehand, using justice, as the means of causing wars and bloodshed? i have...heard enough! you are a fool, Saint Seiya and because of your foolhardy and lack of sight, i have decided, to take you down into the bowls of hell, where its eternal flames of torture and despair and the never-ending blackness of midnight will consume you, bones and all, you are a Saint and if you wish to avert disaster, if you seek to impose your will against the cruelty of reality then prove it! prove it with your fists here and now, as i aim...to take, your life!"

Hades draws his sword and three shadowy tail like phantoms appeared behind him from beneath his cloak, the three phantoms resemble the three heads of Hades' guardian of Tartarus, the hell hound Cerberus, Seiya readies his fighting posture, ready to take on the lord of the underworld of darkness head on both once and for all.

Hades and Seiya move away to a more wider location within the sanctuary to give them more room to fight in, with just a simple swing of his sword, Hades mentally commanded his three phantoms to attack Seiya from all corners, turning into vectors that would strike like arrows aiming for Seiya's heart, Seiya, having finally accepted the truth of everything but still fighting for what he truly believes ignites his burning soul within and unlocks his true powers of being a Pegasus Saint, Seiya destroys the three phantoms, using another of his fighting style techniques:

Seiya-"Pegasus Sui Sei Ken!!!!"

Using the Pegasus Comet Fist attack, Seiya destroys the three phantoms, causing them to fade away within the wind, leaving Hades to fight personally against Seiya, as he recalls the phantoms back from the darkness of the shroud of his cloak before using them to imbue Hades' sword with darkness of the deepest black, Hades attacks Seiya with his sword, only to block with his gauntlets, as he tries to give Hades a straight punch into the chest, however, the lord of the underworld had anticipated this attack and had dodged away, as he noted towards Seiya that there was darkness surrounding the gauntlet which he blocked with, it was slowly eating away at Seiya's stamina and in turn himself and he could not fight back against it, just when it seemed that Seiya's fate was to be turned into a puppet of shadows just like the three phantoms of darkness within the shroud of Hades' cloak, suddenly, Seiya heard a voice, two voices actually, speaking, in unison.

Athena: "Seiya."

It was the voice of Seiya's Athena and the Athena of this world, calling out to him, begging him to not give up, to never give up fighting the fight until the very end, as Seiya recalled memories of his fellow Saints and his new friends that he had formed bonds on this world of Hephaestus, suddenly, Seiya realized, with the blessings of both Athenas, he had unlocked...his true powers, a bright light en-covered him, shocking Hades, from that light did Seiya appear in a new golden cloth, Seiya had realized that this was the sacred Sagittarius golden cloth and with it, it imbued Seiya with its new and almighty powers, upon which Seiya decided to end the battle with by pulling out a bow of light manifesting behind him and by using one of its sacred golden arrows, Seiya had shot without an arrow of light aimed directly for Hades' heart which had ultimately reached its mark and had defeated the lord of the underworld of Tartarus, causing him to feel pain unlike any other, as he escaped into darkness within the shadows of the sanctuary, leaving the giant flame to return, burning brightly under the statue of Seiya's Athena, whose counterpart in this world proclaims Seiya's victory against Hades...

Athena-"...Pegasus Saint Seiya...well...done..."

said Athena elsewhere at the Goddess' respite of whom was then met shockingly by Sasuke, however, it seems that Athena had been expecting Sasuke and for quite some time too, as well...

Seiya back at the sanctuary immediately returned to his normal Pegasus cloth and upon doing so had obtained his relic straight afterwards, Hades shockingly reappeared, un-wounded, as though the fight never took place however he assured Seiya that he no longer wanted to fight and had instead said something else to Seiya.

Hades-"...So, you have obtained it, one of the 19 lights crafted by Hephaestus."

Seiya-"Yes, this is proof of the strength of not only my will to carry out justice but the strength to have power...to believe in my friends, just, as much, as they, believe in me."

Hades-"So you finally see the truth, the power of camaraderie among strangers, although from distant worlds and forced to band together in a despite time of need, their strength, truly united, as one, formed from friendship that would never die, no how much people would try and break those friendships...the fire, burns strong and continues to do so to this day, the proof lays in your fist, the will to never give up and the will to believe in justice...your heart, even after God's Cleansing, has never changed, not even once..."

Seiya-"God's Cleansing? what do you mean?"

Hades-"The truth and the memory of that secret will be unveiled upon the gathering of the 19, however, what i want to know is, will you still, fight for the Goddess Athena of this world, even after learning...the truth?"

Hades disappears, leaving Seiya with an unanswered question, however, he did not mind.

Seiya-"...I no longer doubt my friends, nor do i doubt the Goddess' intentions, she wishes to save this world, that's good enough for me, you know, thinking back on all this, i'm starting to think something...a little embarrassing i must admit, i now start to think...why? why did i even begin to question my friends at all to begin with? if i truly did question them then i would have still continued travelling on my own but i didn't, so i guess that means...i never really doubted them to begin with...so...why? why did i go through all of that? for what purpose? ...no, it doesn't matter, i'll figure out on my own and when i do...we'll see what lays ahead, the stars never shine out completely, so the answer...must still remain...huh?"

just then, Seiya noticed a group of travelling companions heading towards him, it was Jotaro's group of himself, Train, Luffy and Gon, Seiya, with a smile on his face, decided to approach them, knowing now...that they were true comrades but even more so, true friends.

meanwhile...

Raoh-"...Hades has fallen, my lord, soon...all the relics will be gathered and when they are-"

Ares-"It matters not, for the time being, we shall continue playing my little sister Athena's game of good and evil until finally, in the end, good and evil...will be naught but a memory, don't you think? Raoh?"

Raoh-"...Tch!"

Ares-"Hmph, my sister...Athena...tell me, how do you feel? about, finally meeting our father? i'm sure...that you feel the same, the very same way, as i do."

Very shockingly, turning around, Ares had revealed himself in person for the very first time and he was revealed to be none other then the stranger that Seiya had encountered earlier that saved him...Alpha!

 

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Chapter IX: Son Goku-Ultra Instinct:

Returning to the moment in time where Ichigo and Hao were teleported by Aizen elsewhere, Goku was left behind with the master manipulator.

Goku-"Ichigo! oi! you! where did you send him!?"

Aizen-"...It does not matter, more importantly, you should think about yourself."

Goku-"Is that so? alright then, put your dukes up! i'll settle this in an instant and get the others back!"

Aizen-"...I do not fight with my fists, nor am i some battled crazed lunatic so no thank you, i will pass on that offer, instead, i'll shall watch and see what becomes of you four, are you all truly destined...to obtain the relics? or are you not? only time will tell."

Aizen teleports away leaving Goku behind.

Goku-"Hey! get back here! huh! thinks he can get away from me does he? alright then, time for some instant transmission, i'll find Ichigo and the others no matter what! instant transmission!"

Goku places his two fingers on his forehead and tries to use instant transmission, however...

Goku-"...Huh? what the? i'm still...here! i mean, i'm still in the exact same spot! maybe i didn't try and think hard enough, let's try that again...instant transmission! ...instant transmission! instant transmission! INSTANT-TRANSMISSION!!!!"

No matter how much Goku had tried to lock on to Naruto, Ichigo and Luffy's spiritual energy or Ki, Goku could not use instant transmission to find them, instead, he was left with only one other way-

Goku-"...Welp, this is getting me nowhere, for some reason, i can't use my instant transmission, if that's the case...i'll just find the others the old fashioned way! hold on guys! i'm a coming!"

Goku decided to travel all by himself in order to find his missing friends, he battled the crystal lookalikes that appeared standing in his way, using the various martial arts styles and techniques taught to him by all of his masters and mentors combined, for example occasionally using his Kamehameha wave attack, as a finisher technique to defeat and destroy all the crystal lookalikes after battling with them for some time, eventually, Goku felt something from battling the lookalikes.

Goku-"I am so-BORED! MAAAN! fighting these carbon copies just doesn't get me riling for a fight! i'd rather fight the real people! that way, we can both enjoy a good fight!"

Toguro-"Is that so?"

Toguro appears.

Goku-"WHOA! who are you!? wait, are you with the enemy?"

Toguro-"..."

Goku-"...Not one to talk huh? well, if you will excuse me, i've got to find some people, so-"

Toguro then tries to surprise punch Goku, only for him to sense the attack and then dodge.

Goku-"HEY! not cool! are you trying to pick a fight!?"

Toguro-"...That depends on your definition of the word "fight"."

Goku-"Huh?"

Toguro-"Enough chatter, if you want to "fight" then let's "fight"!"

Goku-"...Heh, your speaking my lingo, alright, let's do this!"

Goku took up his battle posture whilst Toguro merely stood still before suddenly, the two were then seen locking arms against one another in confrontation, the two battled, as Goku emphasized on speed whereas Toguro power, although the two were equal in power, their different fighting styles and abilities proved to make for such a tough fight for Goku to deal with, Toguro's prowess in unrelenting physical strength and slaughter was so strong that when Goku had unleashed a full powered Kamehameha against him right in the torso, Toguro didn't feel a thing from being hit, nothing whatsoever, this shocked Goku whilst Toguro merely just wiped some dirt off his shoulder.

Goku-"Wow! your strong, i'll give you that much! alrighty then! time to go for some Super Saiyan! HAAAAAAA!!!!"

Goku built up tons of energy within him, causing the air around both him and Toguro to reverberate, bend and twist until finally, Goku after building up enough energy had finally transformed into his signature Super Saiyan form, of which Toguro remained unresponsive towards, even whilst waiting for Goku to power up, Goku says towards Toguro about his unflinching attitide the words:

Goku-"What? no pause for drama or effect? well, anyways, this is me, in my Super Saiyan state, i can go up to more levels if you like but-"

Toguro-"NO THANKS."

Goku-"W-wha!?"

Toguro-"I don't need to see anymore, all i see in front of me...is a weakling, a prideful, arrogant and ignorant weakling who boasts on nothing more then just his fighting ability and fights themselves, honestly, if you ask me, its pathetic."

Goku-"...Say that again."

Toguro-"I don't need to repeat what's the truth, if you want me to take it back, show me that i am wrong, show me if this "Super Saiyan" state of yours is enough to make me bend down to my knees."

Goku-"...Okay, fine! you asked for it! no taking it back later!"

Toguro-"...I won't need to."

Goku-"Tch! cocky-!?!?"

suddenly, Toguro appeared from one place to another right below Goku, sending an upwards punch right into Goku's chin that hurts him greatly, Goku tries to ease the pain of his jaw, only for Toguro to grab his head and then smash it straight into the ground, Toguro then stops on Goku's head repeatedly, again and again and again until finally, Goku grabs Toguro's foot and forces him off the Saiyan, Goku started to huff and puff a little whilst bleeding a bit from his mouth, shocking him.

Toguro-"What's wrong, i thought you were going to make me kneel, what? don't tell me this is all this "Super Saiyan" has to offer."

Goku-"Why you-!!!!"

Goku then pulled back both of his arms and began sending a barrage full of Ki blasts straight at Toguro of whom slowly moved towards him, taking the blasts head on whilst just knocking some of them away with his bare hand, the reflected blasts are sent to nearby areas, blowing them up entirely because of the full power behind them, Goku, seeing Toguro's movement towards him then backed up and had decided to pull himself back until suddenly, springing himself exactly like a spring, Goku launches straight fast towards Toguro, intending to unleash a full scale punch right against the giant's cheek, the attack connects and the area vibrates from the attack, however, as usual, Toguro remains unfazed from the blow and instead he decides to end the battle by kicking Goku straight in the chest with the shin of Toguro's leg, this causes Goku to spit up blood and automatically deactivate his Super Saiyan transformation, instead of Toguro being the one kneeling, it is instead Goku.

Toguro-"Hmph, look at that, it looks like your the one whose crawling around on the ground, all that prideful boasting and for what? it got you nowhere, not even your "Super Saiyan" mode or whatever its called, a man like you...will never obtain the relic."

Goku-"W-Wha-What was that? oughf!!!!"

Toguro hits Goku with his leg in the chest once more before deciding to turn around and leave but not before saying to Goku.

Toguro-"Your weak and you'll remain weak until you have gained true and proper strength, not just the physical mass and prowess you have built for yourself, in this world, things are taken away from you and in order to regain those things, you must surpass your limits and become stronger, stronger then anyone else! if you heed this advice, who knows where you'll end up, now, i'm going to fight a real fight with a real worthy opponent, unlike someone like you who only thinks of themselves."

Toguro disappears.

Goku-"W-WAIT DAMN YOU!!!! ...DAMN IT!!!!"

Goku slams his fist into the ground and repeatedly does so, disappointed with how the fight's outcome turned out to be...

meanwhile...

Dio-"Hoooh? found yourself a sparring partner did you? Toguro?"

Toguro-"...I was just killing time."

Dio-"Really? it looked to me, as though, you had offered the weakling some advice on how this world functions...well, not that it is of any consequence to i, Dio, i'm just pitying the poor puppet, i hope you didn't break him, fuu fuu."

Dio disappears.

Toguro-"..."

Yuno appears.

Yuno-"...A jerk, as always."

Toguro-"You."

Yuno-"Toguro, what were you really aiming for by going after that man? just what are you trying to do?"

Toguro-"...That's none of your concern."

Yuno-"...Very well, i won't say anymore on the subject."

Goku was seen resting up for a bit, trying to heal some broken wounds, both physically...and mentally, he pondered on what Toguro said by things are taken away in this world, if that's true, that would explain why Goku had lost his instant transmission from before, the problem now was for Goku on how to get stronger in this world different to all other worlds, as shown in his fight with Toguro, he would simply not get stronger from just training and/or fighting all the time, even if he is a Saiyan that gets more stronger the more that they fight, Goku thought to himself.

Goku-"Man...ow, ow, ow...that guy certainly pulled no punches or kicks for that matter, all he used was his brawn and with that, he managed to defeat me...talk about pathetic, it looks like...i'm going to have to play by the rules of this world for a while and learn how to get stronger, if i want to get stronger and help save my friends, the first thing i've got to do is figure out how i can get stronger in this world, that's the first step, it won't be easy but i'm up for the challenge, no way am i going to let that bulky guy get away with a win like that, nuh uh, no-way! i'm going to get stronger and when i do, i'll confront him again, that's the plan anyways...ow! man...sure wish i had some Senzu Beans on me right about now..."

Goku was starting to learn a little from the fight that he had with Toguro and what he had told Goku, Goku was starting to take the positive out of the negative and had promised himself once he was fully healed, he would then begin to proceed on how to get stronger according to this world's rules and laws...as soon, as he has mended himself, as Goku still comically aches from the pain he sustained.

After quickly fully healing, Goku got back up on his feet and started to think to himself about how he could get stronger in this world, it was then that an idea had occurred to him, ideas being something that rarely ever occur to him at all.

Goku-"Hmm...! wait! i think-yeah! that's it! that's how i'll get stronger in this world! ...Ultra Instinct."

said Goku, Ultra Instinct...the power to act on pure instinct and pure instinct alone at all times, during the tournament of power back in Goku's reality, he had used this power to help both master and surpass his limits in order to fight opponents much more stronger then him, in order for Goku to get stronger in this world, he believes that he must once again master Ultra Instinct if he is to take on strong opponents that stand in his way, deciding to continue forth, Goku journeys and fights crystal lookalikes once, as he fought the lookalikes, he tried to fight them without tapping into his Super Saiyan transformations, however, subconsciously, Goku gave in to the thrill of the fight and accidentally transformed into his Super Saiyan Blue form, this causes Goku to reprimand himself, believing that just like apprentices that study under Buddhist monks at Shinto based temples, Goku must scold himself each time when he loses focus, Goku continues to train whilst journeying until eventually, he had reached a checkpoint and there awaiting him was a surprising individual...

Goku-"...Hmm?"

Dio-"Heh heh, are you the one? are you the weakling that Toguro beat up to a pulp previously?"

Goku-"...Toguro? ...! ah! you must be talking about that bulky guy! ...so that's his name huh? ...anyways, who are you?"

Dio-"Who am i, you ask? why...i am your both lord and master, kneel before me."

Goku-"What?"

Dio-"I said kneel, if you don't, you will suffer the consequences for it, for i, Dio, am not, as merciful, as i appear to be."

Goku-"...Look dude, i don't know what it is that you want but i am kind of in a rush right now so can we pick this up later perhaps?"

Dio-"...Sigh...such an ignorant fool, fine, i guess i shall have to teach you the ways of what it means when those who don't submit to me...pay the price for it."

Goku-"Hmm...you know, this might be a good way on how to learn to get stronger, alright then, let's fight! no holding back!"

Dio-"As if i, Dio, would ever hold back against such vermin, or, in your case, such stupid baboons."

Goku and Dio proceed to fight one another, Goku, sensing the strong power emitting from Dio decides to not hold back and instantly transform into his Super Saiyan 2 form, wanting to test how far Dio will cause Goku to further transform and what power level he must be at in order to get stronger.

the fight starts off with Goku rushing towards Dio, trying to punch him in the face, however, Dio's Stand, The World, blocks the attack, causing Goku to back away slightly.

Goku-"Hey! no fair! your getting someone else to fight for you, that's not right! come on! fight yourself why don't ya!?"

Dio-"Silence! i need not take orders from the likes of monkeys, THE WORLD!"

Dio had then activated his time stopping ability of The World's and had proceeded to punch Goku multiple times in the torso and upon Dio deciding to deactivate his ability, this causes Goku to get sent flying back, crashing into nearby debris, Goku starts to wonder on how Dio managed to stop Goku from moving suddenly, as Goku could sense more or less that time became frozen in a few short seconds, taking advantage of Goku questioning what was going on, Dio proceeded to throw his signature throwing knives at Goku, of whom manages to dodge them and once again scold Dio for his particular fighting style.

Goku-"HEY! if your just going to use weapons and other tricks and not fight for real then this fight isn't going to be fun at all, ya know!?"

Dio-"...Fun? since when is fighting fun at all to begin with? ...carnage, mass mayhem, dominance, supreme control over all living things, these are the only things that fights have to offer, nothing more, nothing less, what? you think that by fighting people can learn to understand one another through their fists and then that way enjoy the fights that they are fighting? hmph! get real, boy! you have yet to understand the reality of your situation nor the peril of your plight, all that you love and all that you care about, all of that will cease to be and yet you care only about fighting? they were right, you truly are...A FOOL."

Goku-"!? Okay, that does it, you asked for it now, i wasn't really playing on using this but, here goes! HAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

Goku, angered by Dio's comments decided to transform further into a Super Saiyan 3, his face now shaped differently and his voice more huskier then before, Goku berates Dio for what Goku believes that fighting can accomplish for many individuals that are keen on fighting.

Goku-"You...you don't understand what it means to truly fight, do you? instead you hide behind whatever it is you can find and use that so called "power" of yours to get what you want, honestly, its laughable and even worse, it just goes to show how much of what you really are...A FOOL."

said Goku, throwing Dio's earlier taunt right back at him, this enrages Dio.

Dio-"!?!? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!?!? FOOLISH APE MAN! I WILL SHOW YOU...THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US!"

shouted out Dio, as he proceeded to attack Goku head on, however, this time, Goku was ready for Dio's attack and had blocked his elbow attack aimed straight for Goku's face with his hand, it was then that Goku started to sense it, he started to sense the feeling of suddenly getting stronger whilst adapting to the effects and environment of this world.

Dio-"!?!? N-NO WAY!? IMPOSSIBLE!?"

Goku-"...!? I...i can feel it, this feeling! ...yeah! its starting, to come back to me!"

Dio after failing to attack Goku decided to call the fight off, disappearing like a coward but not before saying to him the words:

Dio-"YOU! I'LL MAKE SURE YOU PAY FOR THIS!!!!"

Goku-"HEY! WAIT! ...nuts, he got away, oh well, fighting that guy, it was a total bore, plus, he was a coward, using cheap tricks like that."

said Goku powering down from Super Saiyan 3 back to his normal state, as he talked about his feelings on his fight with Dio before then saying to himself:

Goku-"Still, i've got to at least thank that guy for something, thanks to him, i feel like, i'm regaining my sense of how to fight, soon enough, i'll be able to fight in this world using Ultra Instinct again and that way, no more boundaries will be able to hold me down so...thanks for helping me golden guy, i won't forget this!"

said Goku, although he disliked Dio, he nevertheless thanked him for helping Goku begin his first step into learning how to properly fight in the world of Hephaestus, Goku decided to do some shadow boxing for a few seconds before then proceeding onward.

meanwhile...

Dio-"GUUUAAARRRAAAGGGHHH!!!!"

Yuno-"What's wrong? Dio?"

Dio-"SHUT UP BRAT! I DON'T NEED YOUR INTERFERENCE!"

Yuno-"It looks to me that you got exactly what the doctor had ordered for you-a nice beating."

Dio-"WHAT WAS THAT!? I'LL KILL YOU YOU S***** LITTLE-"

Toguro-"Enough."

Dio-"!?!?"

Toguro-"Dio, this is what you get for overestimating yourself, this is exactly why you lost to that Kujo boy from before, letting your blind arrogance take control of you..."

Dio-"SHUT UP! I'LL MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS TOGURO! MARK MY WORDS! GAH!"

Dio decides to disappear.

Yuno-"...That's strange, he just left without throwing at you a death sentence."

Toguro-"Deep down he knows that i am right and unless he can open up to failure, will it forever stay that he be a failure himself in the very sense of the word."

Yuno-"Its kind of, funny, he made fun of both your and just now his exact same opponent and in the end, karma dealt Dio what it believed he had deserved, honestly, i think that was the right decision, Dio is a man without integrity, unlike you Toguro, no matter how much you may deny it."

Toguro-"..."

Goku in the meantime was practicing sparing whilst using his Super Saiyan transformations, not wanting to get hinged on a fight with a crystal lookalike and randomly transform into Super Saiyan Blue again, Goku trained and trained until finally, he decided to take a breather.

Goku-"...Phew! training by myself isn't all that easy, plus, using Super Saiyans 2, 3 and Blue really take it out of me, hmm...i wonder if i should just stick with regular Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan God? plus, the Kaio Ken comes in handy too...hmm...ah i'll think about it later! right now i need to find the others! right then! where to start? w-whoa!? huh!? what-what was that!? a thunderstorm!? ...i'm sensing it, its coming from, that direction! better go find out what it is!"

said Goku, he looked in the direction of where he saw the thunderstorm, afterwards, he proceeded to make his way to its epicenter, upon arrival, he surprisingly finds Naruto! although a little battered and bruised, Naruto appeared to be okay, Goku made his way up to him and reunited with his travelling companion, telling Naruto of what happened to Ichigo previously...

Naruto-"...I see, so Ichigo's missing, as well huh."

Goku-"Yeah, i've been trying to find you guys while dealing with some really strange guys, one was bulky and one was...well, er...anyways, now that we found each other, we can find Luffy and Ichigo together!"

Naruto-"Yeah, count me in! ...hey, Goku?"

Goku-"Yeah?"

Naruto-"...Have you? ...nah, forget it, never-mind..."

Goku-"?"

Naruto-"Anyways, i see a checkpoint up ahead! let's rest there for a while, that okay?"

Goku-"Sure, i don't mind."

Naruto-"Thanks."

Upon reaching the checkpoint, Naruto decided to mend himself using special ointment after from his battle with Sasuke and upon reluctantly obtaining his relic, it was then that Naruto started to begin behaving "strangely"...

Naruto-"...Right."

Goku-"?"

Naruto-"I know, i know! i'll ask him later! geez, your being such a pushover you know that!?"

Goku-"...Er Naruto?"

Naruto-"Huh? yeah?"

Goku-"Who are you...talking to?"

Naruto-"Huh? oh! that's right! here..."

Naruto pulls out a fist towards Goku, wondering what Naruto was trying to do.

Goku-"Huh?"

Naruto-"Trust me, just fist bump me and then you'll understand."

Goku-"...Well, okay..."

Goku fist bumped Naruto and then shockingly found himself within Naruto's inner world, living here was Kurama, a Nine Tailed giant talking Fox that is Naruto's partner.

Goku-"WHOA!"

Kurama-"..."

Goku-"THAT'S-THAT'S A FOX!!!! A GIANT FOX!!!!"

Kurama-"...Way to state the obvious, numb-skull."

GOKU-"H-HUH!? IT TALKS!?!? WHOAAAA! I'm actually talking...to a giant talking Fox!"

Kurama-"Hmph."

Naruto-"Kurama, play nice, anyways Goku, this is my partner, as you already heard me say his name is Kurama."

Goku-"Partner?"

Naruto-"...Yeah, to be honest...during our time travelling together, i...i forgot all about Kurama, i was able to tap into his powers but i was never able to sense that he was there all the time, it wasn't until my last fight where i obtained my relic that i finally remembered Kurama's presence and we called out to one another...but...why? why did i forget about him in the first place? why couldn't i hear his voice before? i still...don't understand that part like ya know?"

Goku-"...Hmm...i see, you managed to sum that up shortly and nicely, still...i think, you might be on to something here Naruto..."

Naruto-"...Huh?"

Goku-"Remember i told you about this bulky guy i encountered? well, to be honest, he completely whopped me in a fight, i wasn't...even able to stand a chance against him despite using my Super Saiyan transformation, he told me, that this world takes away things from people...perhaps, in your case, what was stolen from you was your ability to talk to your friend here."

Kurama-"Hmm...that makes sense."

Naruto-"Kurama?"

Kurama-"Upon us being summoned to this world, for just a moment and a single moment only, i felt, that the Chakra that makes up my entire being was slowly but very surely being consumed in its entirety by the miasma of this world and it was then that i sensed where my Chakra was going...it was being used...to create those crystal lookalikes."

Goku and Naruto-"!?!?"

Naruto-"Kurama! why didn't you say something like that sooner!? that's a lot of vital information we need right now!"

Kurama-"Shut up! i needed to come up with a theory first, as to why my Chakra was being sapped and was creating lookalikes of you Naruto but now, after hearing Son Goku's words about how things are lost in this world, i'm almost fairly certain...this world...it feeds on both physical and mainly spiritual energy and from those energies, are the lookalikes able to manifest themselves, thus becoming the carbon copies that you have all fought up to now."

Naruto-"...But, why is the world sapping our energy and doing that in the first place? why is it creating those doppelgangers?"

Kurama-"How should i know!?"

Goku-"Hey! hey! calm down guys, let's think for a moment, so, Kurama was it?"

Kurama-"Yeah?"

Goku-"Lately, after fighting all those copies of ourselves, i've been trying to get stronger by obtaining new strength, this world's strength, to do that, i need to enter a transformation of mine called Ultra Instinct, its a long story but basically, i feel like the more that i fight, the more i am able to withstand this world's miasma draining my fighting energy, know what i mean?"

Kurama-"...Hmm, it seems that another theory has presented itself."

Goku-"Huh?"

Naruto-What are you talking about Kurama?"

Kurama-"Son Goku, you have been fighting lookalikes of mainly yourself up to now, is that correct?"

Goku-"...Well, basically yeah."

Kurama-"...I see, it would appear that, from the spiritual energy that was stolen from you to form the lookalikes that look exactly like you yourself mainly, upon destroying them time after time, bit by bit, slowly by surely, your spiritual energy that makes up your power total has been returning to you and because of that, your now able to feel true strength behind your fists, correct?"

Goku-"...I don't exactly get what you mean but, i think its like that? yeah?"

Kurama-"..."Sigh", my point is, the more you fight and destroy your lookalikes, the more energy returns to you and that way, you'll regain your full total fighting strength, as long, as you keep fighting those lookalikes of you yourself mainly."

Goku-"Hmm...i think, that i get it now, okay! thanks Kurama!"

Kurama-"...Hmph."

Goku-"...Did i say something wrong?"

Naruto-"Don't mind him, he's just embarrassed from being praised, that's all, look, see how he's hiding his face behind his tails? heh heh."

Goku-"!? HA HA! really!? wow! i never would have thought that!"

Kurama-"S-SHUT UP! anyways, your all crowding my space so get out of here! a Fox needs to take his beauty sleep some times..."

Naruto-"Okay, rest up Kurama, i'll call you in a fight when i need you."

Naruto and Goku return back to reality.

Goku-"..."Sigh"...so basically, all we got to do is hunt down our lookalikes and then that way, the more we fight and destroy them, our energies will return to us and we'll be able to fight in this world...right?"

Naruto-"...Yeah, i think that's right."

Goku-"Alright! as soon, as you've healed up Naruto, we're heading off! man, this is so exciting! i can't wait to fight the lookalikes now that i know about all this!"

Naruto-"..."Awkward laugh"..."

Naruto gave a comic sweat drop behind his head towards Goku's response of wanting to now fight the lookalikes if it meant getting his energy back bit by bit.

meanwhile...

Hao-"My brother grows stronger every time he fights, soon enough, i'll be able to take and absorb his power completely, tell me, what is it you intend to do now? ...Zagine Axeloake?"

Zagine-"..."

Hao-"Unlike the rest of us, you were summoned born from a shadow that the god Ares felt he had a use for, when all is over, you will return to simply being darkness itself, unlike Dio or Shishio, you neither crave power, nor the destruction of all worlds so tell me, what is your endgame agenda? what is it, that you are REALLY planning?"

Zagine-"...I am not planning anything, the only thing that i intend is to fight that boy and keep fighting him until my time here is done, that is all."

Hao-"So basically, you are one without purpose, just like the crystal doppelgangers that Athena's champions confront."

Zagine-"...Indeed, what else is there for me?"

Hao-"Well, if your interested, perhaps you might be interested in joining me in my plight, fancy doing so?"

Zagine-"Being hired for a job is my specialty, i am an assassin after all."

Goku and Naruto traversed many areas that were unexplored in the world of Hephaestus and, as they journeyed, they encountered more lookalikes, upon battling the ones that resembled the journeying two, Goku and Naruto slightly felt their true powers and strengths were being restored, regaining what was lost to them...

Goku-"Oh yeah! in the bag!"

Naruto-"Your quite chirpy for someone older then me."

Goku-"Can't help it, i feel my strength coming back and now, i'm more excited then ever to fight!"

Naruto-"...Actually."

Goku-"Huh?"

Naruto-"Goku, care to spar with me again?"

Goku-"H-huh!? but Naruto, last time you were-"

Naruto-"Its okay, its different then last time, i'm different from when i was before, this time, i want, to fight, is that okay?"

Goku-"...Sure! i'm always up for a challenge but listen up Naruto."

Naruto-"?"

Goku-"This time, i won't be holding back, in order to measure our true levels of strength in this world, we've got to fight each other using every bit of power that we have, you with me?"

Naruto-"...Yeah, i hear ya, okay then, let's do this, this time, you won't just be fighting me, you'll be fighting both me...and Kurama!"

said Naruto, as he then activated his Tailed Beast Chakra Mode with Sage Mode combined, as Goku transformed into his Super Saiyan God transformation, ready to fight.

the two begin to commence their spar with Naruto summoning one shadow clone of himself and together, the shadow clone places within Naruto's two hands two Rasengans, Naruto charges with the double Rasengan at Goku whilst the shadow clone goes into hiding, using the immense power behind Super Saiyan God, Goku manages to take on the double Rasengan with both his palms without feeling pain despite the burning spiral patterns the Rasengans leave on his hands, countering Naruto, Goku kicks him in the torso up into the air, of which Goku then uses an afterimage and appears behind Naruto in the air, kicking him again until repeating the process three more times until finally, Goku uses both his hands to smash Naruto down below into the ground, as smoke covered Naruto from being sent smashing below, Naruto rushed back upwards towards Goku with a giant Rasengan now in his hand, aiding him in handling the giant Rasengan was the shadow clone that went into hiding, using the giant Rasengan, Naruto lands a direct hit on Goku, sending him flying even more straight upwards into the sky, just, as Naruto runs out of Sage Mode due to the immense Chakra he is putting into both his techniques and his Tailed Beast Chakra Mode, Goku feels the pain behind the giant Rasengan, Naruto certainly wasn't pulling his punches, as Goku noticed, deciding not to hold back, Goku powers up his Super Saiyan God transformation by combining it with his Kaio Ken technique, thus developing the "Super Saiyan God Kaio Ken", with a crimson aura now on-top of his red aura, Goku uses his increased strength to shoot a Kamehameha wave directly at Naruto, spotting a bright yellow hue color instead of its normal blue, Goku called this version of Kamehameha the "Kaio Ken God's Kamehameha" and by using this new variation, Goku started to get more stronger in battle, as a Saiyan usually does, Naruto, using the tails of his Tailed Beast Chakra Mode had blocked the attack, as much, as he could before then finally being sent flying away by the attack, as the attack pushed Naruto aside and had destroyed everything past him within a single stroke, Goku could start to feel the affects of the world's miasma draining away at his powers and strength once more, deciding to power down from Super Saiyan God Kaio Ken back into just a regular Super Saiyan, Goku was now prepared for a fist fight with Naruto, of whom upon getting back on his feet engaged Naruto in the fight, displaying their respective skills and fighting styles of the martial arts, after a while of training, Goku and Naruto were both seen back in their normal states and had decided to call their spar a draw after it had drawn out for a while and had left them drained, the two praised each other, as worthy sparring partners and combatants, seeing one another's true strengths for themselves and not just in fighting ability alone.

After the spar and deciding to rest up, Naruto decided to talk with Goku about his new transformation, the Super Saiyan God Kaio Ken.

Naruto-"Hey Goku."

Goku-"Yeah?"

Naruto-"How were you able to do that? i mean, layer your powers on-top of one another?"

Goku-"Well to be honest, it isn't the first time that i've actually done that, you see, i use another transformation of mine called Super Saiyan Blue, the evolved form of Super Saiyan God, its actual real name is Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan but because that's such a long mouthful, it was decided to shorten it to simply Blue, anyways, i've combined the Kaio Ken before with the Blue transformation, so i figured, why not combine it with the God transformation, ya know?"

Naruto-"Makes sense, i guess, in a way, its similar to my Chakra Mode and Sage Mode being combined if not exactly the same."

Goku-"Yeah, honestly Naruto, you've got more power then letting yourself on to believe, i think its the same case with both Luffy and Ichigo, as well, we all still don't know each other's true strengths and limits, perhaps one day, we can all have a friendly spar with one another and see who comes out on-top, as the winner, sound good?"

Naruto-"...Yeah, i suppose but, there's one thing that bugs me Goku, if you don't mind me asking..."

Goku-"What is it?"

Naruto-"Why? why do you always want to fight all the time? why do you always practice fighting? even by yourself? its like, you have nothing else better to do in the world, besides eating that is."

Goku-"...I can understand what your trying to say from your words and well, its difficult to explain really but i guess, well, due to my heritage, fighting just feels like...coming back home to something."

Naruto-"Huh?"

Goku-"I feel like that when i'm fighting, i have found myself a place to call my own home, a place where i can feel that i can truly express myself, even though my wife scolds me all the time for trying practicing fighting when i should be working, still, i can't help feel but train, wanting to get stronger, battle worthy opponents who also have a knack for fighting, ya know? its difficult to describe in a way but also, it kind of makes sense, you see, i never got to knew my real world other then what i heard about it and despite all of the travesties that my race, the Saiyans had committed, still...i guess, i feel like subconsciously, i just...want to know more a little about my world, about who my people were and why do we fight? what tell us in our blood that we must fight and grow stronger? i guess, that's my reason to keep on fighting no matter what, even when it seems that the whole universe is at stake when it actually has been at times..."

Naruto-"Goku..."

Goku-"...I never really cared for the Saiyan themselves but i guess, its just my nature to fight like a Saiyan and be like a Saiyan, i realized that, as i grew older and fought more battles against many worthy opponents."

Naruto-"...Your way different to me Goku, unlike you, i fight not just to get stronger but in a way to understand other people and their thoughts and feelings, of what they want from life, i want to know more about my true heritage and by learning more, i feel like i can uncover my true identity, in the sense of the history of my past, of how my family came to be and how everything else led to what they became, as of now, like me and Kurama becoming partners, i want to know everything there is to know about Kurama and wonder what he was like before he became known, as a vessel of pure hatred, that's a long story to explain but at any rate, Kurama is no longer filled with hate and now, he's trusted not just by me but by all my other friends and partners, together, we're unbeatable, that much i know, as long, as we fight and never truly forget one another, our hearts will lead us down to where our dreams are located and then, we'll finally be able to achieve those dreams, my dream...is to become the Hokage, the leader of my home, the Hidden Leaf Village, that's all i ever wanted and thought about, it still is, more or less..."

Goku-"...Naruto..."

Naruto-"Anyways, once we've rested up, we should continue looking for Ichigo and Luffy, do you think they have obtained their relics by now?"

Goku-"Maybe, at any rate, sooner or later, like you Naruto, i'm going to have obtain my relic, as well and in order to do that, i'm going to have to confront...my real enemy."

Naruto-"Oh yeah, you told me about that earlier, that, you had lots of enemies...is there anyone you can think of in particular?"

Goku-"...Maybe, just one..."

Naruto-"...?"

meanwhile...

Starjun-"..."

Gitsune-"What ails you? Starjun?"

Starjun-"...Nothing."

Gitsune-"Hmm...it doesn't sound like nothing, are you quite sure about that?"

Starjun-"...What do you want? Hagoromo Gitsune?"

Gitsune-"Raoh and Hades are preparing to "take back history" from the gods and in order for that to be accomplished, we must play the acting roles we have been given, Raoh intends for this to happen, no matter what."

Starjun-"...And you? what do you want from all this? mistress of fear itself?"

Gitsune-"Me? i only want to see the head of the Yokai drown in fear before i ultimately take his life and i suppose you want something similar from your opponent, do you not?"

Starjun-"...Toriko."

Goku and Naruto after healing up continued journeying, of which they shockingly came across a battle between both Toriko and the man that Goku fought earlier, Toguro! with Toriko shown losing the fight...

Toriko-"...Huff...huff...huff."

Toriko-"Has your appetite been sated yet? beast?"

Toriko-"D-Damn!"

Goku-"UH! HIM!!!!"

Naruto-"Hold on, we're coming!"

Toriko-"H-huh!?"

Toguro-"..."

Goku-"OI! YOU!"

shouted out Goku, as Naruto tended to Toriko with Goku confronting Toguro, the former wanting payback against the latter...

Goku-"Hey, Toguro...was it? i've gotten a lot stronger in the short time we last saw each other, fight me now!"

Toguro-"...So it seems...you've gotten stronger by heeding my words, i never expected that."

Goku-"Whatever! now fight me!"

Naruto-"Goku wait! we've got to help Toriko first!"

Goku-"But-!"

Naruto-"GOKU!!!!"

Toguro-"You should heed your ally's words, or...is it true that you don't care about anyone at all?"

Goku-"What-what did you just say!?"

Toguro-"Just like a child, ignorant and oblivious of the true world, just like everyone else in the universe, one can only think and care about themselves, this is further exampled in the practice of fighting, fighting leads to war, war leads to death and where does death lead? tell me, do you ever regret dragging others into your selfish actions?"

Goku-!?!? I-I-"

Toguro-"...Hmph, until you are ready to fight for me for a real fight, go find someone else that will agree to humor you, leave me out of it, you, the beast there and...him, until you have all seen the world for what it truly is, you shall all remain idiots forever...that is all that i have to say, goodbye."

Toguro takes his leave once more without Goku even trying to stop him, Toguro's words having stung Goku, during this time, Goku and Naruto help Toriko recover whilst Goku ponders on Toguro's words surprisingly, wondering whether or not he speaks the truth...

As Toriko recovers, he reveals what happened before Goku and Naruto's arrival to his aid, saying to the duo:

Toriko-"...Ahhh! sorry about this you guys, its all my fault, i let the bulky b****** with shades get the better of me."

Naruto-"Its okay but, what are you doing all the way out here?"

Goku-"..."

Toriko-"...Basically after we all went our separate ways, me, Yoh Asakura and Train Heartnet joined and teamed up with Jotaro Kujo of who after defeating his real enemy in battle received the 1st of all of our relics, after that, due to certain circumstances, Train departed our group and left me, Yoh and Jojo to travel together with one another in search of both mine and Yoh's relics, again due to certain circumstances, we all got separated from each other and i was left to fight Toguro, guy was stronger then anyone i had ever encountered, he claimed that he was looking for someone, one of us champions of Athena, he said that he was looking for a Yusuke Urameshi and that Toguro is Yusuke's enemy, as for Yoh, he was tricked into following someone who looked exactly like him named Hao, that's all i know, i don't know what happened to Jojo..."

Naruto-"!? Wait! did you say, Hao!? that's the guy that was with Aizen before! the guy who separated us all! if this is what's going on then...oh no! we've got to find everyone and stat! we'll leave after you've recuperated Toriko."

Toriko-"Right-huh? h-hey!"

Naruto-"Huh? ! Goku!? hey! where are you going!?"

Goku-"Sorry, Naruto but it looks like, i'm going to have to travel by myself again..."

Naruto-"Huh!? but-but why!? there's no time for that! we need to find the others and-!"

Goku-"I know that! its precisely why we've got to find the others that, i'm leaving, i...have to sort things out before i can rejoin you all, until then, please continue on without me, sorry...Naruto..."

Goku leaves both Naruto and Toriko behind.

Naruto-"Goku wait! h-huh!?"

Toriko grabs Naruto by his arm, nodding his head in disagreement of Naruto chasing after Goku.

Toriko-"Let him go kid, the guy needs to do this."

Naruto-"But!"

Toriko-"Trust me, i don't like it any much either, as you do, but...Toguro...he said something to Goku that is bothering him and until Goku feels at peace with himself, he feels like he cannot continue travelling with us unless he has resolved the question that was given to him by Toguro, know what i mean?"

Naruto-"! ...Damn it, Goku..."

said Naruto, as both he and Toriko were now out of Goku's eyesight and he was now seen travelling by himself once more, journeying on ahead, Goku thought to himself:

Goku-"...I...don't think and care about others? ...is that, really, the truth? have i, just been ignoring it, all this time?"

thought Goku before then deciding to fly, as he continued journeying by himself.

meanwhile...

Aizen-"Once again, you lend your enemies a helping hand whilst trying to crucify them, tell me, how fares that balance Toguro?"

Toguro-"...Sosuke Aizen."

Aizen-"Its strange but despite the malevolence in your heart, there is also a small light shining deep within, tell me, can you tell me where does that light originate from?"

Toguro-"...First, you tell me, Raoh...just what is he scheming?"

Aizen-"Ah, so you know of Raoh's plan to "take back history"."

Toguro-"Take back history? what exactly does that mean?"

Aizen-"...God has cleansed this world more then 12 times, this is the 13th cycle in which history is being written, can you understand? what that exactly means? Toguro?"

Toguro-"...!"

Aizen-"Correct, as you have just guessed, now, Raoh intends to end the cycle by making sure that everything proceeds according to his plan, however, there are those that are causing interference with the plan and thus, they must be stopped, either by our hands or the heroes'..."

Toguro-"...Aizen, what else aren't you telling me?"

Aizen-"...Do you REALLY want to know? very well then, i shall tell you, the truth of this world of Hephaestus and of our good willed benefactor, Ares..."

Goku flew enough that he started getting tired and thus decided to rest his feet before continuing the journey once more on his own on foot, it was then, that he received his destined encounter...

Frieza-"OH HO HO HO!!!!"

Goku-"?"

Frieza-"So we meet again, MONKEY."

Goku-"...Frieza!"

Frieza-"Hmph, judging from the tone of your voice, i am thinking that you are not all that surprised to see me?"

Goku-"...Of course, i had my thoughts but i knew, i just knew that it had to be you Frieza, of all people!"

Frieza-"I see, it seems destiny does run thicker then water."

Frieza transforms into his Golden Frieza form.

Goku-"!?"

Frieza-"So then, shall we proceed? my ape like companion? are you ready? to obtain that which you are searching for?"

Goku-"...Tch!"

Raoh-"STOP."

Raoh appears.

Goku-"H-Huh!?"

Frieza-"...Hmph, so, the god's 2nd in command has been sent to stop me, has he?"

Raoh-"No, this is a different matter altogether, Frieza...he is not yet ready to fight you, until he is, i shall occupy him for the time being, any disagreements with that?"

Frieza-"...Tch!"

Frieza powers down from Golden Frieza.

Frieza-"I see, so you want to take a crack at the baboon before i do so myself, is that it? ...fine, however, should you try to kill him, i will kill you myself, i don't care if you answer directly to Ares himself, that monkey is my prey and my prey alone, tell me when you are done playing with him, then i can kill him."

Frieza turns around away from both Raoh and Goku.

Goku-"HEY! FRIEZA! where do you think your going!?"

Frieza-"Silence, miserable fool, i'm going to see if there is anyone stronger then you, to see if i can get more of a challenge out of them instead, should you survive your battle here, come and find me, then we can settle our old score, until then, adieu."

Frieza vanishes, as Goku chases after him.

Goku-"Wait! FRIEZA!!!!"

only to be stopped dead in his tracks by Raoh, causing Goku to back away slightly.

Goku-"Tch! damn it! out of the way!"

Raoh-"...You, you hold a proud mantle of being a true martial artist, however, it seems the lust for combat has dulled your senses, please, allow me, to enlighten you, you will make good practice before i face him in battle..."

Goku-"Why you! fine! if you want a fight, i'll give you a fight, come on!"

said Goku, as he activates his Kaio Ken whilst Raoh remains ready on standby, prepared to fight Goku.

The two start off their fight with a flurry of fists, Raoh evenly matches himself with Goku of whom is shocked to see Raoh keep up with his speed, deciding to be more cautious rather then take huge risks, Goku powers down from Kaio Ken and fights using his normal strength, believing that if he fights in his normal state, Ultra Instinct will appear more naturally to him, as it did beforehand in the past for him, however, Raoh disapproves of this change of tactics...

Raoh-"...You've lowered your guard, what's wrong? have you suddenly realized that you should give up the fight? ...how drool! i thought you'd make for an interesting opponent but i guess you lost your will to fight after facing all of the opponents that you have up to now, haven't you!?"

Goku-"!?"

Goku is taken aback by this but Raoh uses this chance to suddenly attack Goku head on, punching him straight in the chest and sending Goku flying, Goku continues to be sent flying through the air until he then manages to force himself to pull on the brakes whilst in the air, thereby allowing himself to lessen the velocity damage, however, just then, Raoh appears from above and delivers a straight knock downwards upon Goku's head, sending him crashing into the ground, Goku's head is stuck in the ground, as Raoh awaits Goku to get back up, wanting to fight him fair and square.

Raoh-"...You've...lost the will to fight, haven't you? martial artist? isn't that the truth?"

Goku-"! ..."

Goku heard Raoh's words whilst his head was buried underground, he continued listening to Raoh speaking:

Raoh-"..."Sigh"...when one loses their will to fight, they lose everything..."

Goku-"!?"

Raoh-"I'm sure you already knew this but it seems that you need a reminder, trust me, i'm not doing this for your sake, i want to fight a worthy battle and become stronger so that eventually i can face my equal in battle, you are just a stepping stone towards that goal, however, how can you prove yourself a worthy stone if that stone is just going to be used, as a skipping stone to throw across the layer of a lake, never stopping, never achieving anything in the process either? only continuing on and on until eventually, the stone sinks below the layer of the lake into the depths of the water that fill the lakebed? tell me, what is your answer to that?"

Goku-"..."

Goku, still hesitant about what Toguro told him, that Goku only fights for himself and no one else, then suddenly has a flashback of him and his endearing rival, the fellow Saiyan Vegeta fighting one another back in their universe, on the planet of the God of Destruction Beerus, Vegeta says to Goku the words:

Vegeta-"Kakarot! where is your Saiyan pride!? have you abandoned it!?"

Goku-"V-Vegeta! of course not! i thought i'd just fight at this level, you know? ...huh? wait, wait a minute, i don't recall...ever saying that."

Goku then realizes that what he is experiencing is not actually a real flashback but rather something sort of a vision and that Vegeta has appeared before Goku, as a mental figure, trying to converse with him and teach him something.

Vegeta-"Kakarot, we are the last of our race, the pure blooded Saiyans, without us, the Saiyan race, as a whole would crumble and only remnants of our legacy would be left remaining in our places, Kakarot! to ensure the survival of the royal Saiyan linage, we must teach the new Saiyans of both today and tomorrow the previous of the great Saiyans of old, namely, our pride, our pride that we have forever staked on the line for, as long, as we can remember...Kakarot! this time, i'm going to fight you using my full strength, i won't hold back, i'm going to aim at you, as if i intend to kill you, just like i once tried to before back in the past, get ready...Super Saiyan, BLUE!!!!"

Vegeta unleashed a very powerful aura of Ki before Goku, transforming into his Super Saiyan Blue Shinka transformation, the maximum power of Blue unleashed in its entirety, Goku, upon sensing Vegeta's resolve decides to fight back, transforming into Super Saiyan Blue himself.

Goku using Blue and Vegeta using Blue Shinka, the two start off their match just like they did during the very 1st time that they fought when Vegeta was still evil, during the fight, the two are equally matched, even despite Vegeta's power being beyond the ordinary Super Saiyan Blue transformation, however, Goku, still hesitant back in reality starts to lose the fight within his vision, Vegeta uses his signature Final Flash attack against Goku, intending to finish him off, as Goku is caught in the impact of the attack, he feels, as though, he is being engulfed completely by utter darkness in the very name and sense of the word, at first, Goku ponders on deciding whether or not to give up to Vegeta and let him finish off Goku...however, just then, Goku hears a voice, a woman's voice, cheering him on, this voice is followed by two more voices until eventually, a whole hurdle of voices call out to Goku, telling him not to give up, never give in, never surrender, always continue to fight like he always has, these voices are revealed to belong to Goku's family and friends, his wife Chi-Chi, his sons Gohan and Goten and his friends, Krillin, Piccolo, Tien, Yamcha, Oolong, Puar, Master Roshi and everyone else close to Goku, including even his rivals, Vegeta, Hit and Jiren, all of them call out to Goku, begging him not to give up and to always keep fighting, to doing what he does best, what keeps him happy, what he feels like is the closest thing to call for himself, as a home, just then, Goku emerges from within Vegeta's Final Flash and is shown completely unscathed, he suddenly goes in to attack Vegeta on pure instinct, sending a quick punch to the head that causes Vegeta to suddenly vanished all of a sudden but not before showing a smile full of respect towards Goku, saying to him:

Vegeta-"...That's right, Kakarot, your pride, remember...your PRIDE!!!!"

back in reality, Raoh decided to not waste time any further and had decided to chop off Goku's neck still stuck in the ground, however, suddenly, Raoh felt an eruption from beneath the ground and, as the tremors kept getting stronger, it wasn't until too long that Goku had emerged from within the ground, flying up in the air, shockingly and surprisingly, revealed to be in his Ultra Instinct transformation that he had been searching for all this time! Raoh, impressed, decides to continue fighting Goku, wanting to test the limits of one who has gone over beyond their limits themselves.

Raoh rips open his shirt and sends a flurry of punches and kicks towards Goku's way, of which he manages to block each and every single attack with his bare hands alone, Goku whilst in Ultra Instinct form was unaware of everything around him, only focusing on what was in front of him, he delivers a straight punch to Raoh two times, first in the face and then in the torso, this causes Raoh to lose balance but only for a moment, instead of showing anger upon his face, he shows excitement at the fact that the worthy opponent he was trying to find within Goku had finally emerged at last, he could tell that through Goku's battles with the lookalikes and all the other opponents up to now has increased Goku's senses beyond the point that this has allowed him to regain Ultra Instinct despite previously having lost it before, knowing this, Raoh unleashes his ultimate barrage of punches of which Goku matches him, the two throw blow after blow at one another that neither lets up, although they both hit each other right in the other's faces, neither one feels unfazed by the direct attacks being thrown right at them, instead, they just continue throwing blows until finally, the two land a final blow on each other's cheeks that ends up causing a draw between both Goku and Raoh, the two fall back on the ground on their backs with Goku transforming out of Ultra Instinct back to his ordinary state, only Raoh remains conscious from losing the draw.

Raoh-"...Huff...huff...huff...huff...huff...that...that was...EXCELLENT! amazing! absolutely amazing! a truly enjoyable fight to the finish! indeed, you proved to be a worthy opponent after all, congratulations, champion of Athena, for going beyond the limits of your being, you unlocked the true essence of the term martial artist during the fight and by doing so, we were both able to match each other's speeds and tackle each other, as equals, of all the people that i have ever fought, you the one that has come to a closest 2nd, you still have room for improvement and you might ruminate once more upon awaking but, i am sure, i am sure that in time, you will grow stronger from all your experiences and who knows? you might even surpass him of all people, the one guided by the northern star...as a reward for keeping up with me during this fight, i shall let you live, for now, i shall take you back to your comrades, they will take care of you and once you have fully recovered, show me, show me, the ability to surpass one's limits and beat your real enemy, he will be awaiting you, at the chosen place of fate that this world will deem to be a fitting battleground for the both of you, you and Frieza...now then."

said Raoh, as he picked up Goku before then disappearing with him elsewhere, not too far away were Naruto and Toriko, now joined by Yoh of whom are then shocked by the sudden arrival of Raoh carrying Goku on his shoulder, just before they could even say anything, Raoh hands Goku to Toriko and afterwards leaves, disappearing into a white shadow but not before giving parting words to the heroes of Athena, saying to them-

Raoh-"...It seems you have all proven yourselves worthy opponents, indeed, the light of the relics are appearing before you, go, become stronger, stronger just like this one and once all of the 19 have been gathered, history will return back into man's hands..."

said Raoh, as he then left, leaving Naruto and Yoh to tend to Goku, as Toriko pondered on what just Raoh meant, what was he saying to them all of a sudden? at any rate, Goku was now back safe and sound and everyone was all the more glad for it.

meanwhile...

Ares-"..."

Raoh appears.

Ares-"...Did you, have fun?"

Raoh-"...Indeed, i did."

Ares-"Good, that's what i like to hear, we wouldn't want weakling challengers for Athena's chess pieces now would we?"

Raoh-"...While i agree with you on that subject, tell me, my lord, what do you intend to do next?"

Ares-"...The null void is soon very slowly but surely approaching this world of Hephaestus and soon enough, not even God's Cleansing will be able to hold it back for a 13th time, Raoh, we must act, with haste, otherwise..."

Raoh-"Yes, i understand, my lord..."

Ares then disappears from sitting atop his throne, leaving Raoh to be confronted by both Dio and Shishio.

Shishio-"What's this? your actually enjoying playing the tool of a god?"

Dio-"My oh my, how drool, like watching a servant who is in love with a maiden watch, as his love is snatched away from him and yet he cannot do a thing, for the servant is in service to the lord who stole his one true love, if not exactly the same, still, nevertheless, you play the part of a tool greatly, Raoh."

Raoh-"...Dio...Shishio..."

Shishio-"I didn't think we were on a first name basis, plus, don't you despise us? as much, as we despise each other?"

Raoh-"...If that's the case, why are you two standing here before me together?"

Dio-"I think you know very well why it is we are here, Raoh, we want to know more, about both God's Cleansing and the null void, of how they will affect our respective goals we are aiming for, Shishio and i are here on the terms of a truce, wanting to know more about what Ares is keeping hidden from us, tell us, what is that YOU know? Raoh?"

Raoh-"...I don't have to answer to the likes of both of you."

Shishio-"Really? ...such a pity, very well then, proceed...on your way to the ever glorious hellfire."

Dio-Agreed, if you won't see eye to eye with us, then we have no further use of you, leader!"

Raoh-"..."

Raoh took up a fighting stance against both Dio and Shishio who proceeded to do the same despite the injuries Raoh had sustained from his battle with Goku, the fight goes unseen, leaving everyone wondering just who came out, as the victor...?

returning back to where Goku was with everyone else, he had finally awaken to see that Naruto, Toriko and Yoh were all gathered around him.

Goku-"Uhhhh...g-guys? where-where...are we?"

Naruto-"Goku...you okay?"

Goku-"H-huh? y-yeah..."

Naruto-"..."

Toriko-"...Ahem! anyways, we're somewhere located in the middle of this world, looks like a barren wasteland if you ask me..."

Goku-"Toriko...i see...! you! you're-!"

Yoh-"Yep! the name's Yoh Asakura, please to finally greet you Goku."

Goku-"Yoh...Toriko said that, you were separated from him earlier and that, you fought with your brother."

Yoh-"...Yeah, not to worries though, i defeated him and had obtained my relic in the process."

Goku-!? That's-that's amazing!"

Naruto-"...Goku."

Goku-"Ah."

Naruto-"...Did you, find the answer you were looking for?"

Goku-"! ...I don't know if i can call it a complete answer but yeah, i found one...my pride."

Naruto-"...Your pride?"

Goku-"Yeah, anyways before saying anything else, Naruto, Toriko."

Naruto and Toriko-"?"

Goku proceeds to make the standard Japanese forgiveness bowing his head towards both Naruto and Toriko.

Goku-"Please! forgive me! before i, i was clouded, i got hesitant about my resolve which i have never, ever doubted before, i thought that if i had stayed with everyone, i would be endangering all your lives in search of my answer to that guy Toguro's question that he gave me...so, i left, i left without looking back, but, i realized something, the strength that helps me get stronger, part of the reason why i always train and why i always fight...is because i want to protect those i hold most dear to me, its true, i get caught up in fighting more then anything and that i drag people into those fights, nevertheless, i will hold onto my pride and continue fighting so that when i make mistakes, i will vow to myself that i will fight to the very end until i have redeemed myself for those mistakes, even if no redemption can be found at the end whatsoever, i know it sounds like i'm being hypocritical, begging for your forgiveness whilst talking about pride but-"

Naruto-"Goku."

Goku-"!"

Naruto-"...Sigh, you've got to stop this right now, it just isn't you."

Goku-"W-wha!?"

Naruto-"Where's the Goku that i know that's always cheerful, has a laugh with his friends, likes to spar with them and eat food with them, especially not learning to ever give up on both himself and others? where's THAT Goku? the Goku that i know doesn't apologize, he just smiles and assures everyone that everything is going to be alright, where's that Goku?"

Goku-"Naruto...i-"

Toriko-"Look, i don't claim to know much about everyone currently present here but anyways, we should get a move on, those crystal replicas aren't just going to sit around and be docile."

Yoh-"Yeah, your right, come on guys, we can sort this out later, let's go!"

Goku-"..."

Naruto-"..."

Heeding Toriko's advice with him taking the front, as the acting leader, Yoh, Goku and Naruto followed behind him, as both Goku and Naruto remain silent to one another, as Goku doesn't know how to respond to Naruto just yet.

The four journeyed, as they eventually reached a checkpoint in the form of crystal waterfalls, the water flowing down from the waterfalls turns into crystals into melts back into water and in turn reforms into crystal, thus repeating the process, just before deciding to continue any further, Goku suddenly stopped...

Toriko-"...Huh?"

Yoh-"Huh? Goku, what's up?"

Naruto-"Goku?"

Goku clutched a fist before then walking up to Naruto.

Naruto-"W-what is it?"

Goku-"...Naruto, thank you."

Naruto-"Huh?"

Goku-"Your words...they, finally got through to me."

Yoh-"What do you mean Goku?"

Goku-"When Naruto told me earlier about how i wasn't myself, he was right, i wasn't myself, ever since Toguro gave me that question, about not caring about others and only caring about fighting, i lost myself for a good while, it wasn't until i fought this blonde haired man that almost suddenly, my reasons for fighting came back to me, bit by bit, its true...i don't really take into account others and everyone else often gets involved in mostly all of my messes that relate back to me being the central cause, at one time, i decided not to return to my loved ones in fear that another mess would happen and they would get caught up again, however, the years passed and whilst i trained, i realized whilst on my own, that, well...i missed, my family, my friends, for the very 1st time, i realized that it was because of them, i became a better person when i could have turned out differently altogether from when i was just only a baby, my grandpa found me and he took me in, he taught me martial arts but more then that, he taught how to be kind, caring and also show both appreciation and especially love towards others...all this time, i had actually forgotten that part of my reasoning for fighting more or less but now, thanks to all the opponents i've fought up to now, i finally realized, i finally realized what was missing in my fighting style and that was...consideration, Naruto, you reminded me of consideration and for that, i thank you from the bottom of my heart, i'm sorry for letting you all down up to now, from now on, rest assured! don't worry! i'll help us find the way to the relics, you can count, on me!"

said Goku with his words, Yoh and Toriko praised Goku for his words whilst Naruto remained silent, as Naruto looked up to Goku, he then suddenly shocked everyone by punching Goku in the chest.

Goku-"OWW! OW, OW, OWW! HEY! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR!?!?"

Naruto-"...Heh, you weren't kidding, sorry, just had to be sure, Goku, glad to see you back on the team, this time, let's work together and find Luffy, Ichigo and the others all together! right guys!?"

Yoh-"Totally."

Toriko-"You said it."

Goku-"...Everyone...heh...thanks, you guys, for...believing in me."

said Goku, having now at last finally regained his usual composure and no longer doubting himself by ruminating, as everyone finds strength within this conversation, they bolster themselves onward, determine to achieve victory in this tournament against Ares and his champions and save all of their respective universes and worlds no matter what.

Goku, Naruto, Toriko and Yoh stumbled into an area unlike any other within the world of Hephaestus, it was a nexus, a nexus with no other living thing found in it, only the deep black void that surrounds everything and what Goku and the others were standing on was all too reminiscent to the Saiyan warrior, as he has been here before not too long ago, it was none other then the setting for the tournament of power Goku fought in recently back in his universe, where here, the fate of all worlds existing within Goku's universe would be decided.

Goku-"...Heh, well what do you know?"

Naruto-"Goku, you know this place?"

Goku-"Yep! better then the back of my hand, heh heh."

Frieza-"Indeed, of course you would remember."

Goku-"!"

Naruto-"Huh!?"

Toriko and Yoh-"!?"

Frieza appears, alongside Aizen.

Frieza-"This is where i was forced to fight "alongside" you in order to avoid being erased, ugh, such dreadful memories and they were all too recent, as well."

Goku-"...Hello, Frieza."

Aizen-"...Fuu fuu."

Naruto-"Sosuke Aizen!"

Toriko-"You!"

Aizen-"We meet again, Ninja of the Hidden Leaf and gluttonous beast."

Toriko-"This time, i'll pay you back double!"

Yoh-"Count me in on that action Toriko!"

Naruto-"Yeah, same here, Aizen, you won't get away this time!"

Aizen-"I do not intend to run, rather, i am going to move us all away from this battlefield, these two have a score to settle and i hate for them to be interrupted, don't you agree?"

Naruto-"Not a chance! i'm not falling for that again-h-huh!? Goku!?"

Goku-"Stand back guys, Aizen's right, i don't want anyone interfering, this fight is between both me and Frieza alone."

Yoh-"But! Goku!"

Toriko-"No way, i'm fighting!"

Goku-"Please guys!"

Naruto, Toriko and Yoh-"!?"

Goku-"I'm asking you this, as a one and only request, please...let me fight him, i have to settle things-no, i WANT to settle things with Frieza, if i don't now, i'll never forgive myself."

Naruto-"...Guys, let Goku fight Frieza."

Toriko-"But!"

Naruto-"Goku has to do this, we have no right barging in on his own personal fight with his real enemy, if i were in Goku's shoes right now, i'd feel exactly the very same way, trust me, i know how Goku feels about this, that's why, he's got to fight on his own, without our help, okay? guys?"

Toriko-"...Tch! fine, just slug him one real good for me okay!?"

Yoh-"Yeah, same for me too!"

Naruto-"You heard them Goku, we'll take on Aizen elsewhere, as soon, as your done with Frieza, we'll meet back up with one another again, got it?"

Goku-"...Yeah, hear you loud...and clear!"

Goku activates his Super Saiyan transformation.

Frieza-"Hmph, pitiful monkey, he has only just sealed his fate forevermore, finally, at last! i will be able to rid myself of that accursed Saiyan once and for all! the time for my revenge has come!"

Aizen-"Very well, i shall leave you to it then, i shall take these three elsewhere with me, does that meet with your approval your majesty?"

Frieza-"Hmph! i care not for your sarcastic words nor the riffraff! the only one i want my hands on is the Saiyan, do whatever you like Sosuke Aizen, just be gone from my sight so i can enjoy this everlasting moment all to myself!"

Aizen-"Fuu fuu, very well, as we proceed..."

Naruto-"Here he comes guys, get ready!"

Toriko and Yoh-"Right!!!!"

Aizen proceeds to transport himself, Naruto and the others elsewhere to parts unknown whilst Goku is left alone again all by himself, facing his archenemy Frieza once more in battle, face to face, tooth to claw, the almighty epic showdown...was about to begin!

Frieza-"Oh ho ho hoooo, what sweet and delicious irony! your all alone again once more, even after meeting up with your comrades, oh it just leaves a sweet taste in my mouth-"

Goku-"I'm not alone, Frieza."

Frieza-"...Beg pardon?"

Goku-"You should know by now but i'm never alone, its because of my comrades, my friends and my family that i can fight, they give me my strength to keep on moving forwards in order to beat into submission guys like you who can only think and care about their revenge, honestly, its a joke if you ask me."

Frieza-"Geh! SAY-THAT-AGAIN-MONKEY!!!! ...I DARE YOU!!!!"

Goku-"There's no need for words Frieza, the only thing left now...is the fight!"

Frieza-"...Fine, have it your way! i will crush you down beneath my feet using the only form of communication that you Saiyan monkeys can understand and especially like, through fighting itself! BEHOLD! you are now dealing with the supreme emperor of evil himself, the almighty lord Frieza!"

Frieza transforms into Golden Frieza.

Goku-"All right, going all out are we? that's good Frieza, now then..."sigh"..."

Goku-"..."

Frieza-"..."

Goku and Frieza-"...LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD!!!!"

shouted out both Goku and Frieza, as they finally proceeded to engage one another in battle with Goku making the first move, charging a fully charged Kamehameha against Frieza.

Frieza erects a crimson colored barrier to defend himself with against Goku's attack, smirking afterwards, as Frieza then charges throughout all of his fingertips death beams to attack Goku with, shooting them one after another, trying to hit Goku, as though he was a target used in target practice, Goku jumps back and forth and left and right trying to avoid all of the attacks, as he then goes in to strike Frieza right in the chest, however, Frieza had anticipated this attack and shocking Goku upon blocking his attack with Frieza's bare hands, Frieza charges from his mouth another death beam, hitting Goku straight around where his heart is located at, greatly damaging the Saiyan, although that should have certainly killed him, Goku because he was using the power of Super Saiyan God whilst in his ordinary Super Saiyan transformation was able to manage to survive the attack although the hit dealt him a heavy blow, backing away, as quickly, as he could, Goku placed his hand on his heart, trying to think of a quick strategy in order to counteract Frieza, however, Frieza spared no time in wasting around, as he charged a death ball the size of a planet, intending to large upon the entire arena, destroying absolutely everything in one single fell swoop, Goku, not wanting the stage of the tournament of power to be destroyed because of how many precious memories and bonds were formed here, even if it wasn't the real stage itself, nevertheless, Goku felt like he had to protect it, thus he decided to transform even further into Super Saiyan Blue and had unleashed the full potential of both his physical strength and spiritual energy, powering up until suddenly a might golden aura surrounded Goku's Super Saiyan Blue aura, Goku proceeded to add a crimson aura on-top of those two auras already by combining Super Saiyan Blue with the Kaio Ken at its maximum capacity, preparing to defend against Frieza's giant death ball attack full frontal, Goku stood in his ground and had prepared to proceed to receive the onslaught that was about to come, Frieza, assuring himself that Goku would not survive the attack and that trying to defend the stage was nothing more but a worthless reason for Goku to get himself killed, without warning, Frieza threw the giant death ball straight at Goku, of whom tried to block against it using his bare hands and bare hands alone, the attack was so devastatingly strong, that Goku screamed out a little in immense pain from having just to hold the giant death ball whilst trying to push it back, Frieza had believed at this point victory was now assured and had decided to add one final death beam to the giant death ball, giving it the oomph it needed to finally at last whittle away at Goku until he was absorbed into the orb of the giant death ball, engulfing him completely, Frieza laughs with all his might, believing he has at last both obtained victory and his absolute revenge Goku, the very first person ever to have ever defeated Frieza in combat and on-top of that a Saiyan no less, the very race of beings that Frieza absolutely despises above all others...

Inside the orb, Goku powers down to his original form, believing that he has failed everyone, floating amidst among the purple energy of pure evil Ki, it was then that a spiritual version of Chi-Chi shockingly suddenly appeared by Goku's side, placing a hand on his face before proceeding to give him a kiss of life, saying to him the words:

Chi-Chi-"...Go, Goku, you must not give up! i-"

Chi-Chi/Athena-"I won't let you!!!!"

in truth, it turns out that "Chi-Chi" was actually Athena in disguise, having blessed Goku with some of her energy, allowing him to suddenly wake up within the center of the orb, of what came afterwards greatly shocked and angered Frieza, Goku had absorbed the power of Frieza's giant death ball by converting it from a pure evil Ki giant death ball into a pure good Ki giant Spirit Bomb, the resulting effect ends with Goku having fully regained his senses of absolute martial arts fighting through pure instinct alone, in other-words...Ultra Instinct, in its perfected state.

Frieza-"TCH! WHY YOU! WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE ALREADY YOU BLASTED MONKEY!?!?"

Because Athena had blessed Goku with a bit of her godly power, Frieza, not noticing due to his absolute thirst for complete and utter revenge against Goku, could not not see that green colored static electricity was starting to surround Goku and very small bits of green patches started to appear on Goku's now pure silver colored hair, this is what could be referred to, as "Ultra Instinct -Empowered-", the power of both perfected and pure Ultra Instinct added with the godly Ki of the Goddess of Love Athena combined with it.

Frieza, having absolutely given into his hatred decides to use all of his maximum 100% percent + power in order to end the battle both once and for all time...wanting to Goku no matter what, even if Frieza himself is killed in the process, the absolute hatred he displays shows that he has completely given into his pure evil madness, now, as Golden Frieza with all of his 100% + power all behind him, Frieza dives in to give Goku the most ultimate punch of his life, once that would shock him to his very core, enough that his heart would explode just from being punched, that was the idea that Frieza had anyways, however, Goku, acting on Ultra Instinct had other ideas...

Using all of his energy all gathered up at once from the very most inner core of his being, Goku charges a Kamehameha wave that looks platinum in color and thus is referred to, as simply "Platinum Kamehameha" and upon taking up his signature Kamehameha pose, Goku instinctively looks back on all of the battles he has had with Frieza up until to the very last battle where instead of fighting with one another, Goku recalls Frieza helping him out during the tournament of power and that they ultimately worked together with one another in the very end to defeat the final opponent of the tournament, Jiren and achieve absolute victory for all of the universes from Goku's even bigger universe that participated in the tournament, Frieza himself also instinctively recalls him and Goku teaming up and of how Frieza was brought back to life upon the tournament of power's closure, however, Frieza, unlike Goku, tries to delete the memories from his mind, as they are interfering with his ultimate fist based attack: the "Supreme Evil Emperor Absolute Dominance Fist", basically his variation of Goku's Dragon Fist attack.

Goku fires the Platinum Kamehameha straight at Frieza of whom punching his way straight through the attack struggles to try and keep up, due to the immense power being imputed behind the force of the attack, however, that doesn't mean to say that Goku isn't struggling either, the backlash given to him by the power of the Platinum Kamehameha causes Goku to spew up blood whilst trying to reflect Frieza's oncoming attack, Frieza declares at this point that he has ultimately won and has surpassed even the power of pure instinct itself alone, however...Goku, still not willing to give up, having gone through everything that he has upon coming to this world and meeting all of his new friends, Kenshiro, Seiya, Jotaro, Yusuke, Kenshin, Luffy, Gon, Yoh, Naruto, Train, Ichigo, Kazuki, Tsuna, Allen, Rikuo, Toriko, Izuku and Asta, even the goddess Athena herself, upon sensing their energies and their respective battles throughout time elsewhere, Goku without himself knowing and especially without the other chosen champion heroes of Athena knowing all mold their spiritual energy into one, of which Goku's Platinum Kamehameha absorbs into its attack and upon doing so, Goku lets out one final roar, shouting out Frieza's name, as he unleashes the full brunt of the Platinum Kamehameha, this one final, singular attack absorbs Frieza in the process, swallowing him whole, as he is then forced to recall through the emotions of Goku's Kamehameha aimed directly at Frieza with the sole intent of defeating him the memories of every single defeat that Frieza has ever suffered, going all the way back to his very first defeat on the planet Namek at Goku's hands when at that time he supposedly died from Goku sending one final Ki blast straight at Frieza, Frieza damns Goku for all eternity soon afterwards, shouting out to him:

"D-D-D-D-D-D-DAAMMMNNNN YOOOOOOOU!!!! SON GOKU!!!!"

Shouted out Frieza at the very top of his lungs, as he is ultimately engulfed in the whole entirety of the Kamehameha attack, causing all the other chosen champions of Ares, especially Ares himself to sense the supreme dictator's final demise...

Ares-"...Athena!!!!"

Ares was NOT pleased, to say the least...

Goku-"...Frieza..."

said Goku, although he had ultimately won, remembering that he once fought alongside Frieza despite all of the horrible atrocities he had committed to countless others and their loved ones during their lifetimes, still...Goku felt, saddened...saddened at the lost of a worthy rival that could have been.

Suddenly, all of the energy from within Goku's Ultra Instinct -Empowered- form had suddenly left him and he reverted back to his original state, appearing in front of him was all that energy melding into a shape until eventually, it had formed the relic that Goku had been looking for all this time, it was Goku's true one and only relic of which he had earned righteously from defeating Frieza in battle, Goku last thought to himself:

"...My friends...they need me."

thought Goku, as he silently took the relic within his hand and had proceeded to move forwards, once more going on a journey heading west to find his friends.

meanwhile...

Sasuke Uchiha had approached the goddess Athena...

Sasuke-"..."

Athena-"...You've come."

Sasuke-"...I want answers, tell me, what is it that you know?"

Athena-"...I-!?"

suddenly, very shockingly appearing where both Sasuke and Athena were was...Byakuran! smirking to himself, saying towards Sasuke the words:

Byakuran-"Now now, can't have you rewriting fate's predestined course."

Sasuke brandished his sword, preparing to fight Byakuran in front of Athena.

Sasuke-"...We will no longer...be bound by the endless cycles of conflict!"

Byakuran-"...Even if that were true at this point...this, the end...has already begun, we have invoked...the Cleansing."

elsewhere...

Ares-"...So...father intends to Cleanse this world once more, does he? ...how long...just how long does he intend to keep me away from him!? ...no more...i refuse, i will no longer play the rules of God's game between quarreling siblings, the time...has come, i must take matters into my own hands, otherwise fate and the null void...shall consume us all."

said Ares, as he drew his longsword before pointing it up towards the sky, lastly saying to himself the words:

"...The war between both brother and sister is almost at its end, soon enough, the victors and the defeated shall soon be declared, however, to ensure the future remains ever steady once more, before the Cleansing can begin, i shall call upon the powers of the null void itself and bring back my fallen chosen warrior from his death before the Cleansing can begin, then, once at full power...we charge, for the domain of heaven, where only God, my father, Zeus! sits upon his throne and rules over all realities...now...now is the time to set in motion...the "Remake of Heaven" plan!!!!"

said Ares, charging dark energy at the very tip of his sword whilst talking about some endgame agenda of his...

What...could he possibly be planning?

 

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Interlude: Interval Inbetween.

???-"...The war between both older brother and younger sister has almost reached its end, with 9 of the relics now obtained, only 10 now remain until finally, at last, the gathering of the 19 has reached completion, however, before that, let us...reflect back, back to a very earlier point in time...to when the tournament of the Interval Inbetween first took place."

said a both strange and mysterious voice, as we then proceed into a flashback where we see Goku of all people, however, instead of wearing his regular Gi, he is wearing his Gi from the time when he first fought Golden Frieza, he is seen at Athena's Goddess' respite, standing all by himself, looking up towards the sky, pondering to himself...

Goku-"..."

???-"What you up to old timer?"

Goku-"Hey! don't you think that's a bit much to be calling me old timer?"

Natsu-"...Nah, not really."

shockingly revealed approaching Goku was Natsu Dragneel, however, for some reason, he isn't one of Athena's chosen heroic champions during the later part of the tournament, where has he been all this time? suddenly, following behind him was also shockingly Edward Elric, yet another hero not seen currently in the present.

Edward-"Come on you guys, focus on the task at hand! aren't we suppose to be meeting up with the others?"

Rin-"Yeah!"

another approaching was Rin Okumura, followed by two others, Maka Albarn and her partner Soul Eater Evans.

Maka-"That's what we were told to do, isn't it? Soul Eater?"

Soul-"...How should i know? don't go asking me you fla-"

Maka-"MAKA CHOP!"

Soul-"Geh-geh..."

Maka-"If you had even finished that sentence, you would be dead by now Soul."

Soul-"N-noted."

Natsu-"Hah hah hah!"

Edward-"...It wasn't that funny."

Rin-"...Its like the saying goes, badmouth karma and karma strikes back like a bolt of lightning, kind of like Maka's Maka Chop, don't you agree everyone?"

Maka-"That-that's not true..."

said Maka blushing at Rin's comment, trying to hide her tomboyish side, until suddenly-

Eren-"ENOUGH."

Everyone-"!?!?"

next approaching in line was Eren Yeager, continuing head onward past everyone else.

Eren-"...Are you idiots all just going to stand around, cause if so, i'm going on ahead, catch you later."

Rin-"...Sigh and there goes Mr personality with attitude."

Natsu-"Yeah, tell me about it."

Edward-"He has a point though, we can't waste time messing about, let's just go and meet Goddess Athena already..."

Natsu-"Seriously?"

Rin-"Come on, don't sweat it Natsu, at times like this, you've got to get yourself all fired up! am i right?"

Natsu-"Heh, your stealing my line!"

Soul-"...Let's go, Maka."

Maka-"Wait Soul."

Soul-"?"

Maka-"Goku, what's wrong?"

Goku-"...Huh? oh, nothing, just...the sudden change of breeze within the air."

Maka-"Huh?"

Goku-"Come on, let's keep moving."

Maka-"Right."

as everyone else continued on ahead of Goku, he took one last look towards the sky whilst lastly thinking to himself.

Goku-"...The breeze...my Ki senses it...it feels...ominous."

The flashback ends.

???-"...What had happened to these other brave heroes summoned by Athena that appeared by Goku's side? why are they not by his side now along with the other champion heroes of the Goddess? that is...a story for another time, the Interlude now ends and we now return...to the present."

said the unknown narrator, as the story now focuses on the other champions of Athena that have yet to obtain their relics.

(Latest Chapter in Progress.).