//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 Lessons Of The Wise // Story: Realms Unite! // by Ninyn //------------------------------// The smoke cleared and Roark let down his energy barrier. The people were struck with fear and sorrow. They waited for their hero to rise but he did not… “H-How can this be?!” Someone shouted along with a couple other cries. Goku turned into a Super Sayain and lunged at Roark; however Roark easily knocked Goku aside and sent an energy blast at him. Revan intervened and deflected the energy blast with one swipe and kicked Roark in the stomach. Roark slid back and sent forth two more energy blasts while throwing his shadow lance towards Goku who merely flicked it away. Roark noticed a strange energy beginning to leave Hercules body and sneered, “Damn these hero’s!” he said blocking Revan’s punch and dodging Goku’s kick. Revan brought one fist across while Goku flipped over head and kicked Roark in the back right into Revan’s punch! Roark coughed and fell to his knees, “You’re going to pay!” Revan yelled kicking Roark in the face sending him high into the air. Goku felt the negative energy flowing from Revan’s body and watched as he began to fight with a vicious demeanor. Revan teleported above Roark and slammed his leg into his back sending him flying back towards the ground. Roark focused his will and stopped in mid-flight but Revan quickly teleported behind Roark and blasted him with a dark matter attack. Roark couldn’t believe his eyes! The boy could manipulate Negative Energy and Shadow matter without even breaking a sweat?! What had Awkright missed in his research?! Roark barely had time to recuperate as Revan came at him again with an energized punch sending him high into the sky! Revan focused his energy and made a Ki Blast out of Sarominae Necarose fully charged aiming at Roark but Goku had appeared before him and blocked the attack, “That’s enough Revan. He’s lost and he knows it,” he said. Revan glared at Goku, “Do you have any idea-” Goku cut him off, “It doesn’t matter what he’s done… I can easily bring Hercule back… It’s not the power you show towards your opponent but the mercy you show knowing that you’re better than them… Come on,” he said. Revan’s gaze softened and he looked past Goku towards Roark who seemed completely at a loss for words and or power… Revan felt pity for Roark… *Could Goku and Evanstone have the same ideals?* he thought deeply. The energy leaving Hercule’s body began to disappear and Roark grabbed a hold of it disappearing with the mysterious energy. “Where did he go?” Goku asked. Revan sighed, “Unfortunately I have not a clue… There’s to many places he could’ve gone… There’s no tellin’ for sure…” he said looking away from Goku and down to Hercule’s broken form where Vegeta kneeled picking up the body, “Kakarot!” he yelled. Goku turned and looked at Vegeta, “Go hunt for the Dragon Balls I’ll join you as soon-” A voice in Revan’s and Goku’s head shouted, “Hey new guy and Goku! There’s trouble brewing up here! What the heck did you send up here this time Goku?!” it yelled. Goku had a confused expression, “Umm King Kai we haven’t sent anybody up to your planet,” he said scratching his head. King Kai didn’t sound convinced, “Try telling that to King Yema! The entire other world is in a panic with some shadow guy messing with the underworld!” he shouted. Revan covered his ears in pain, “A little quieter please!!” he said. Goku’s expression hardened, “Sound’s like we know where your friend went!” he said landing on the stadium, “Come on we need to hurry!” he said grabbing Revan. “Where are we going?” Revan asked eyeing Goku curiously, “To Other World the place for the departed. Revan scowled, “You’re kidding me right? There’s no possible-” Revan’s words were cut short as Goku used Instant Transmission bringing them to King Kai’s planet. There King Kai sat with a man sitting at a table with a chess set. Revan could feel the energy radiating from the man but focused his attention on King Kai, “Where is he?” Revan asked. King Kai smiled, “Hold your horses sonny but first I think we need to talk about what you are here for, and I don’t mean going to pick a fight with that crazy Roark!” he said. Revan opened his mouth but King Kai put a hand up, “I know a lot more than you presume Nightshade of The Zodiac Realm. Yes I have spoken to Galaxy and Odion. Odion is my favorite to speak to and visit for chess. You are here for this man right here!” he said pointing to the man playing chess with a firefly. “You’re Basil?” Revan asked. The man turned, “Yes… I’m gonna be blunt kid I’m not interested in being the whole hero type of guy but hearing King Kai’s tale and the line’s that have been drawn I have no choice. My name is Kurama Basil. I will aid you in your quest only if I’m granted solitude amongst the realm,” he said. Goku smirked and Revan smiled, “You have my word,” he said tossing Basil an earring. Basil looked at the earring and shrugged clipping it to his left ear while Revan clipped his to his right ear. The air crackled for a moment and the two warriors merged into one body. Revan now stood 6’5 with a bulkier body and a heavy set of armor on his body closely resembling his “Final Judgment” armor. Goku laughed, “Well I guess this means we can be on our way!” he said. Revan smiled, “Let’s get this party started!” he said with glee. King Kai only shook his head and smiled, *Morons,* he thought trying to contain his laughter. Within the lower parts of hell Roark fought his way upward knocking back demons and other departed creatures! A green beetle bug man floated before Roark, “Maybe with your energy I can achieve true perfection!” it said. Roark spat as the creature lunged forward extending a scorpion like tail from its back. Roark lunged forward and grabbed the tail swinging the creature around in circles throwing it far into the distance. A great behemoth landed causing a great shockwave blowing Roark back. Roark stared at the creature and recognized it while watching this realm through a scrying mirror. The great Hyrudegarn roared in anger and shot forth its tail but Roark smiled and summoned Soul Grater and cut the tail off with a minor swing. The tail burst into flames and was quickly absorbed by Soul Grater causing it to grow with a mighty aura. Roark landed on the ground and dodged several of Hyrudegarn’s attacks and jumped up high bringing Soul Grater down. The sword cut through the middle of the beast’s skull and Roark pulled down hard splitting the beast in two! Goku and Revan had arrived and witnessed the great beast’s destruction! “He just permanently destroyed Hyrudegarn!” Goku yelled. Revan stared at Goku curiously, “Permanently?” he asked. Goku nodded, “If a soul of other world is destroyed after it had died it is permanently destroyed and can’t be brought back,” he said. Revan’s eyes widened as he turned back to where the rest of Hyrudegarn’s body disintegrated into the grounds of hell. Roark turned and noticed the two warriors and began to take flight once more heading for a factory. Goku teleported in front of Roark, “This is as far as you go!” he said. Roark smiled, “Is that so Z warrior?” he asked forming a negative energy wave and fired it at Goku. Revan intervened once again but this time he held his swords cutting the blast in two then lunging forward at Roark swinging wide with a deadly arc. Roark dodged the attack and blasted Revan sending him into the ground. Goku lunged forward in his Super Sayain 2 form and began punching and kicking in all forms of martial arts. Roark laughed easily blocking each strike and stepped in close towards Goku and brought one punch upward pushing Goku back on the defense. Shockwave’s erupted across Hell as the two power titans collided, “I must thank you for stopping Revan, because now I can gain even greater powers than before!” Roark said punching Goku into the ground. Goku got up and glared at Roark however Roark focused his energy and summoned a legion of Exion demons! Goku looked around and sighed, “Really?” he asked. Roark was about to laugh but noticed a strange spark erupt all around as Goku began to yell and his power began to rise! Goku now stood with long golden hair and a far more muscular body than before, “I take it you know what’s coming next don’t you?” Goku asked in a deep tone glaring at Roark. Roark chuckled, “Attack my creations!” he yelled. Goku lunged forward and knocked down several Exion but they kept reforming and piling on top of Goku! Revan came in with both of his eyes blazing lit with fire sending up a wave of fire, ice, and lighting in five separate directions charring and or freezing any Exion. Goku got to his feet and put his back to Revan calling out, “KA-ME…” while Revan called out, “Sarominae Necarose X10, 000 Zodiac Formation: Heaven’s Fury!” Goku yelled, “HA-MAE-HA!!!” both men sent out enormous energy waves completely vaporizing all the summoned Exion. The warriors turned around and stared at each other, “Where’s Roark?” Revan asked. Goku’s face paled, “Ummm,” he was cut off as a great explosion erupted in the distance and a black cloud thicker than the night sky arose. Roark’s laughter echoed across Hell and purple and red lighting flashed all around. Revan and Goku flew with all haste to find Roark taking in all the stored negative energy into his body! Roark began to grow in size, his muscles bulged, and his power grew stronger than ever! Roark turned with blood shot silver eyes and a grin resembling that of a crazed demon! (Watch Shed.mov on youtube if you want a better image) Goku lunged forward with a mighty punch but Roark just stood still taking the punch without even moving an inch! Roark’s grin grew wider, “My turn!” he said pulling back a fist and striking forward with a spiral of negative energy flowing behind hitting Goku in the stomach causing him to spit out blood from the impact! “Goku!” Revan yelled lunging forward with his swords. Roark easily stopped the blades and placed a finger on Revan’s forehead, “You had a friend to help you before… But now you have nothing to save you! Feel the pain of the shadows and suffer!” he said slightly pricking Revan’s forehead and sending a wave of negative energy into his body! Revan cried out in pain as his body began to convulse in agony and torture feeling the true sting of negative energy coursing through his body! Goku lunged forward at Roark once more and kept up a long barrage of punches and kicks but to no end. Roark was easily countering every move Goku though at him and laughed, “What a pity to waist your talents… Oh well,” he said blasting Goku in the face sending him far back. Roark grew claws and cut a rift into the realm and disappeared sending a shock wave of negative energy powering up all the villains and demons in hell. Warriors and other creature’s began to circle around Goku and Revan but both were completely helpless. Revan was turning cold his life-force being drained every second the negative matter ate away at his body. Goku had lost all of his energy fighting Roark and could barely move himself. A warrior colored white with gem like feature’s shot forth a beam of energy at Goku! Revan could see the blast and tried to summon the strength to get in the way but found nothing. Goku tried to move but also failed! The warrior was laughing manically but was quickly silenced as Odion appeared before Goku and swiped the blast away. “You all want an opponent then it shall be me!” Odion yelled drawing forth a red scimitar. The undead warriors cried out and lunged towards Odion with the aid of the shadow matter. Odion smiled and turned with a mighty swing and sent up a vortex of flame and ice piercing through some of the warriors. The white warrior managed to avoid harm and moved to strike Odion but was quickly kneed in the stomach and sent far back. A green warrior with red hair aimed a blast at Odion and fired but Odion turned and held up his blade absorbing the attack and slashing forward sending the same attack but it was strengthened 100X over from Odion’s blade. Odion turned and sent forth a volley of force lighting and blocked a swing from a devil like creature from behind. Odion turned and twisted the demons arm and took hold of the demon’s blade and began a deadly dance with the two blade’s completely ripping the demon to shreds! Odion turned around and glared at the other warriors and demons and growled causing them to yelp and run away with terrified expressions. Revan looked up and stared in awe at Odion, “Perfect timing heheheh,” he choked. Odion sighed and broke the demonic blade while returning his scimitar to its scabbard, “It seems I was to late for when you really needed me… Roark is now even more powerful than before… All that stored negative energy was purely concentrated evil… With all that power flowing within him even I couldn’t stand a chance against him with my Sentient Power’s alone…” he said. Revan could feel the negative energy leaving his body, “How am I healing?” he asked. Odion smiled, “Star Bright’s casting a sentient blessing over your body. It’s extracting the negative energy that has infected your body… However she can only pull out so much. Some negative energy will likely remain even after the blessing has been complete,” he said healing an unconscious Goku. Revan frowned, “I never expected something like that would exist… The storage facility I mean of course,” he said helping Odion with the healing. Odion nodded, “This realm has many flaws like the rest… Each realm with their own problems and or lighter side… Let us hurry… You still have one more realm to visit before the real journey begins… and unfortunately you’ll be arriving in Equestria during a weekend which takes place during the fourth of july…” he said. Revan groaned as the two of them entered the Sentient Palace, “For now though you must rest… Let the healing truly work its good… Until you are completely healed you cannot travel do you understand?” Odion said. Revan sighed, “Yes I understand…” he said. Odion nodded, “While you are recuperating I shall introduce Goku to the rest of the team… This should be an interesting experience for all to witness,” he said with a faint smile. Revan chuckled and walked towards his room, “Safe healing now… Please try to relax…” Odion called after setting Goku on a cot, “We need you to stay strong…” he muttered looking into the sky of the setting sun…