Blows faster than the eye could follow lashed at one another, causing the sky to be ripped apart as the two ultimate beings of power went all out against one another. Tirek was now channeling all of his stolen magic, increasing his speed and strength to the level at which gods would cower before him. But the increase in power was nothing compared the change that came over Trunks, who, had just moments ago been at defeats door, was far beyond what he had been previously. And he made sure that Tirek knew it.
Tirek and Trunks hurled punch after punch towards one another, their fists colliding in the air with such force that the planet shattered beneath the blows. A flurry of triple punches whipped past Trunks before he moved to the side and avoided a heavy right by Tirek, leaving him open to a straight right from Trunks. The blow caught Tirek in the jaw and sent him skidding backwards, his hooves trying to dig into the ground to halt his backwards momentum.
A scream strong enough to blow away the clouds overhead erupted from Tireks lips, followed by thousands of magical arrows that rocketed from his horns towards the golden haired warrior. Trunks hurled himself backwards into the sky as the arrows circled around him, diving in towards him to erase him from the universe. Trunks smacked the first arrow away with the back of his hand before blasting another with a ki blast of his own. His arms became a blur of motion of he swatted away the thousands of arrows within a matter of seconds, causing the lands behind him to erupt in a geyser of explosions as the redirected arrows decimated the landscape.
"So this is the power that you've been hiding all of this time!" Tirek bellowed with a laugh. Trunks response was to narrow his eyes. A beat later the two were back to hammer their fists at one another. Tirek's speed seemed to double with renewed effort, forcing the Super Saiyan back as he had to give up ground to around being struck by any of Tirek's punches.
The Super Saiyen then rocketed himself straight up, piercing through the cloud cover and raining light down upon the land. He then began to rapidly thrust his arms forwards to unleash a meteoric bombardment of ki blasts down upon Tirek. Tirek crossed his arms and created a shield of magic around himself, one that burned brighter than the sun. The blasts of ki rained down around him, decimating the land and tearing apart the sky with the sound of explosions. Yet Tirek's barrier held and the centaur remained untouched by the force of Trunks attacks.
"Hahaha! You will have to do better than that to slay me!" Tirek bellowed up at Trunks, only to blink at realize that the Super Saiyan was now right in front of him.
"I intend to."
Trunks right leg lashed out and slammed right into the barrier of magic. While the attack itself wasn't strong enough to break the barrier, it was strong enough to knock both Tirek and the barrier into the air. Trunks appeared behind the sphere of magic and kicked it once more, the sudden stop and start causing Tirek to slam into the side of his own barrier. Trunks teleported around three more times, kicking the sphere higher and higher each time he did, until, at the peak, he clasped both hands together and raised them over his head.
"Volleyball spike!"
Both hands hammered down on the barrier and hurled Tirek into the ground. The barrier with the centaur inside slammed into the lands below, ramming Tirek into the side of his own barrier as it still refused to break. A groan escaped Tirek's lips as he rose back up, dispelling his own shield and narrowing his eyes at Trunks. Trunks raised a single hand and motioned for Tirek to bring it. Tirek did just that.
A second later Tirek and Trunks were lashing out at each other once more, but this time, as they were fighting in the sky, their were war more kicks to add to the punches. Tirek unleashed a flurry of blows with his forehooves, while swinging his arms in from the sides to keep Trunks guessing. Trunks blocked the kicks as best he could, but one of the arms caught him off guard and staggered him for a moment, leaving him open to catching a face full of hooves.
Trunks floated backwards to try to free himself from the onslaught, but a moment later a thin veil of magic wrapped itself around his body and pulled him back in, right into another kick to the face. Tirek then cackled as he spun around and built up enough momentum to lash out with his hind legs, but this time Trunks held up a single hand and caught the leg in it, stopping Tirek's momentum completely.
"What?" Tirek has just enough time to ask before Trunks whipped him around and hurled him back down towards the ground. Tirek's face made for a good shovel as he carved out a massive trench in the ground while skidding along on his face, only to rip himself free of the dirt and turn to face Trunks with a snarl of rage. "This isn't right! There is no way that you can be this strong!"
"You're right. I'm stronger," Trunks replied, descending down so that he floated a hundred yards away from Tirek. Tirek's eyes widened in shock for just a moment, only for his smile to return as he pushed himself up to his hooves once more.
"An excellent bluff, boy. But that will not work on me. I have stolen the magic of the princesses, of Discord, of every magical being in this land! There is no possible way that I can believe that your power can equal mine!"
"You don't have to believe it. Because in a moment you'll be dead," Trunks replied.
Tirek bellowed once more as he charged forward, forgoing speed as he channeled all of his power into his muscles to crush Trunks once and for all. He unleashed a hurricane of magic and blows upon Trunks, but to the amazement of Tirek Trunks evaded all of the attacks without ever uncrossing his arms.
Trunks ducked under a punch and retaliated with a kick right to the jaw of Tirek. The king of the world grunted in pain, before he tried to regain his offense. Another kick to the face snapped his head to the side, causing the centaur to roar as he cocked a fist and aimed it at Trunks. Three more kicks danced themselves across Tireks face, the last one being strong enough to send Tirek spinning to the side.
"This...this isn't...I will not lose!" Tirek bellowed as he leapt back, channeling all of his magical power into his horns. The power of the magic burned the very color out of the air, creating flashes of black and white to flash across Tirek as he charged his ultimate attack. Trunks silently flew into the sky, before he was hovering at a direct forty five degree angle above Tirek. Tirek locked on to Trunks and unleashed all of his power into the sky, preparing to bring down the heavens if it meant killing Trunks.
"You're not just about to lose. You're about to die," Trunks replied calmly as he thrust a single hand towards Tirek. "Hero's Judgement."
The stars behind Trunks seemed to swirl around him for a moment before a giant beam of silver energy erupted from Trunks entire body, spiraling down towards the oncoming beam of black and white as if it was an arrow sent down from on high. For a brief moment the two attacks collided, but unlike before there was no beam struggle. Trunks beam struck Tirek's beam and Trunk's cleaved clean through it. Tirek watched as all of the magic in the entire world was cleaved apart by a single attack, having only a moment to realize he was dead before the silver beam of power incinerated him completely.
The beam didn't stop at just Tirek. The moment he was gone the beam pierced through the ground, ripping through the planet beneath it, before it burst forth from the other side of Equis and launched itself into the depths of space. But Trunks didn't care about any of that. He simply stared down at the spot where Tirek had once stood before he closed his eyes and let out a sigh, his hair laying down flat and returning to its blue coloring once more.
Trunks then spied Starlight, who was somehow still alive after all of that, and flew over to her, landing in front of her and smiling when he saw that her eyes were as wide as diner plates. She stammered out a couple of words that he couldn't make sense of, before pointing to the giant hole that he had punched into the planet.
"Yeah, sorry about that. Seems I got a little...carried around," Trunks admitted.
"PUNCHING A HOLE THROUGH THE PLANET ISN'T GETTING CARRIED AWAY! IT'S BEING A WALKING ARMAGEDDON!" Starlight screamed at Trunks. "Did you even think for a moment what the repercussions will be for this?! All of the lives that you'll end?! The fact that the planet is going to probably exploded within...five minutes?!"
"I don't think that's going to be much of a problem," Trunks replied. Starlight looked around to notice that the world was slowly starting to fade away, leaving nothing but white light around them once more. "Be careful, the last two times this happened I ran into either Maestro or Clockwork. Coin flip on which one it's going to be this time."
"That would be the latter." Trunks and Starlight spun around to see that, indeed, that it was Clockwork that was standing behind the both of them, those his eyes were only on Trunks. "I have to admit that I am impressed Trunks. I thought for sure that you would be slain by Tirek, but I had no idea that you had such a power hidden within you. Perhaps you are the one who can truly help me find what I have been searching for all this time."
"If you think that I am going to help you, then you are far crazier than the Maestro," Trunks replied, reaching for his sword only to remember that it wasn't there. Clockwork waved his hand and a moment later Trunks sword reappeared in Trunks hand. Trunks narrowed his eyes at Clockwork as he sheathed his blade, tensing for battle. But before he could throw a punch, Starlight stepped forward towards Clockwork.
"You're Clockwork. The one responsible for the timeline going out of whack. Responsible for...all of what I did happening once again," Starlight said, causing Trunks eyes to widen in surprise. "Why are you doing this? What could you possibly have for causing a time fracture and then having us erase all of these different timelines?! What could you possibly have to gain from all of this?"
"Why does anyone try to change time?" Clockwork asked, looking directly at Trunks as he said this.
"To undo something that shattered their entire world," Trunks replied. "So you lost something, something so important to you that you feel you need to undo the timeline to fix it. I hope it's worth it."
"It is. And believe me, I will do all that it takes to return the world to the way it should be," Clockwork said, causing both Starlight and Trunks to look at him with confusion. "There are only two more timelines left for you to deal with, Trunks. One more of the shattered timelines, and then the one that you've fought so hard to save. The "true" timeline as you've called it. But this next one will most likely be the one where you fail."
"Didn't you just see what I just did to Tirek? Do you really think that there's anything this world can through at me that I cannot deal with?" Trunks asked. Clockworks response was to shake his head.
"There are some things that strength cannot overcome. As you shall soon see."
And then the world phased back into reality.