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Gohan's Second Chance

by Kuraekakashi

Chapter 56: A Warrior's Day and a Second Use (Wrath of the Dragon Pt. 2)

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Goten came flying through the window.

"Good morning, Gohan." He said.

"Good morning." Gohan whispered.

"Why are you here?" Goten whispered.

"I have to solve some sort of Friendship problem!" Gohan said.

"Oh... Okay!" Goten said.

"There's some legendary warrior around. Apparently he's angry that we set him free from some music box." Gohan said.

"So that's the powerful ki..." Goten said.

"Also, there's a monster around... I'm staying here just in case he appears again." Gohan said.

"Then I'm staying too! I wanna have a challenge!" Goten said.

Gohan chuckled. "He was pretty strong." He said.

Then, Sunset woke up, drowsily sitting up.

"Good morning... Goten? When did you..." Sunset said before yawning.

"-get here...?" She ended.

"Just a minute ago." Gohan said.

Then, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy came into the room.

Again, through that window that's never closed.

"Oh, hello Goten." Fluttershy said.

"So, what did Tapion have to say this time?" Gohan asked.

"Same old, same old." Rainbow Dash said.

'He's denying friendship... But that's not the worst thing. That monster... That's the real problem.' Gohan thought.

***

It was nighttime again.

And the nine were having another slumber party...

At Rarity's.

Fluttershy, Gohan and this time, Twilight flew to Tapion's place.

They both had bags.

"I'm surprised you keep visiting him even though he just screams at you." Twilight said.

"He eats the food... So it's not much of a bother... Some animals hiss and screech, but I still feed them..." Fluttershy said.

"And he's an important guy." Gohan said.

They landed, and could hear the beautiful music of Tapion.

"I want to know why he's here, and why he's this legendary warrior." Twilight said.

They entered the place again, and this time, Tapion didn't shoot them death stares.

Tapion was standing in the other opening.

He just stared at the ground, stopping his music.

"Uh... Hello, Mr. Tapion... We brought you more food..." Fluttershy said, taking her bag off.

"You don't have to stop playing. You sound great!" Twilight said, taking her bag off.

From outside...

The same hooded man from before was waiting.

Fluttershy took out a packed lunch while Twilight took out some water.

Tapion simply walked in.

The hooded one jumped down, and was about to run.

"Behind you!" Gohan yelled.

Tapion looked behind only to see this guy punch his ocarina out of his hand.

It landed right in Fluttershy's hands.

"Give me that flute!" He yelled, dashing towards Fluttershy.

Fluttershy dodged the multiple swipes easily.

But she accidentally kicked over a fire and oil, making a small fire.

"Ma'am, here!" Tapion yelled.

"Right!" Fluttershy said as she was about to throw it.

"No, wait! Hear me out!" The man said.

It was Hoi... His hood was taken off.

"Tapion is NOT a hero!" Hoi said.

"Then why'd you say he was...?" Twilight asked.

"In fact, it was HE who destroyed the city!" Hoi said, pointing at Tapion.

Fluttershy looked at Tapion fearfully.

"No, Fluttershy." Gohan said.

"He's lying." Tapion said.

"Once you hand him the flute, he'll destroy not only your planet, but the whole universe! Give it here, I'll save you!" Hoi said, reaching out.

"He won't. He is evil." Tapion said.

"Fluttershy, just give it to Tapion." Gohan said.

"No! Don't trust that monster! Y-" Hoi said before he was kicked into a wall by Twilight.

"Stop calling him a monster!" Twilight yelled.

Fluttershy was about to throw it.

Hoi reached out again. "I will protect you, child..." He said.

"Catch!" Fluttershy said, throwing it at Tapion, who caught it with a hand.

Hoi was not happy, and made his escape.

He jumped into the shadows, and his power level was gone.

"T-Tapion... I'm sorry." Fluttershy said.

"Let's go." She added, starting to walk away.

Her friends followed.

...

"I'm hungry." Tapion said, stopping them all.

"Care to join me?" He asked.

Fluttershy turned around with a bright smile on her face.

They all ate.

Gohan didn't eat anything but a bite.

Mainly not to devour everything Fluttershy had...

Twilight, Fluttershy and Tapion all shared the meal.

They were all having a good time laughing and talking.

"And his face! I thought he was gonna pass out on us!" Twilight said.

Then everyone laughed again.

"It's getting late... Tapion, why don't you join us at our friend, Rarity's?" Twilight asked.

"What do you mean?" Tapion asked.

"There's a sleepover party going on. We want you to join us." Fluttershy said.

Tapion thought about it...

"Okay." He said.

***

The four arrived at Rarity's door.

Twilight knocked, and the door swung open, revealing Pinkie.

"Hi Gohan! Hi Fluttershy! Hi Twilight! Hi Tapion! C- TAPION!?" Pinkie yelled.

Tapion was not amused nor surprised at Pinkie's loud voice.

"Well, we invited him over..." Fluttershy said.

"Come in! All are welcome!" Rarity said from her room.

***

"So, the legendary warrior who saved Planet Google Search is joining us?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Cool! His power's cooler up close!" Goten said.

"What do you mean?" Tapion asked.

"We can sense power. You have a lot of it, too." Gohan said.

"You can, huh?" Tapion asked.

Goten nodded.

"Well, we may as well introduce ourselves." Applejack said. "I'm Applejack." She added.

"The one, the only Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Rarity. Charmed to be in the presence of another warrior." Rarity said.

"I'm Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie said.

"I'm Sunset Shimmer." Sunset said.

"I'm Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said.

"I'm Fluttershy..." Fluttershy mumbled.

"I'm Goten!" Goten said.

'I'm getting some deja vu from Goten for some reason...' Tapion thought.

"And I'm Gohan." Gohan said.

"Rarity, you seem to have an eye for fashion..." Tapion said, looking around.

Mirrors, clothes, threads and more.

"You are correct, I am a fashion designer." Rarity said.

"What do you do at this so called 'sleepover?'" Tapion asked.

"Well... Usually Gohan and Goten sit in the corner talking or doing Image Training... Unless we're playing games, gossiping and taking pictures." Sunset said.

"Even when we play some games, or talk, they refuse to join." Rarity said.

"Only because we don't want to wear nail polish!" Goten said.

"And we don't want to talk about private parts." Gohan said.

"Well, we also ban you from those kinds of conversations." Sunset said.

"And we don't want to join them." Gohan said.

"We were about to start spin the nail polish bottle." Rainbow Dash said.

"And that is my cue to not join." Gohan said.

"Same here." Goten said.

"And I'm sure you wouldn't want to wear nail polish either." Rarity said.

"No. Nail polish on my home planet is only for women." Tapion said.

"Well, would you like to join our little group this time?" Gohan asked.

"I suppose." Tapion said.

The three sat in the corner.

Tapion just blankly stared at the ground.

But he had to wonder...

"You two aren't in some sort of harem, are you?" Tapion asked.

"No way. Never. I know our dad thought marriage was a food, but I know it's just one significant other." Gohan said.

"He did?" Goten asked, trying I suppress a laugh.

"It's how he and Mom married. She never stopped telling me that story..." Gohan said.

"Hey Tapion, do you have any brothers or sisters?" Goten asked.

Tapion... He took some time before answering.

"A... A brother, yes." Goten said.

"Cool! What's he like?" Goten asked.

"He... Was a good kid. With a good heart." Tapion said.

Gohan sensed a weird animosity from Tapion.

"What about your planet? Is it anything like Equestria?" Goten asked.

"Sort of. My home was in the South Galaxy. A planet called Conose." Tapion said with an unusual smile.

"Green, lush forests. Water so clear you could see the bottom of the deepest ocean. It was a beautiful world..." He continued.

Suddenly, he lost his smile.

"Before the nightmare Hirudegarn. A phantom of mist and shadow... What it found in peace it left in pieces. Decimated..." Tapion said, recalling the flames of the nightmare.

Everyone was running, and Hirudegarn was at large.

"It was said there were many, but we only saw one. It reduced the land to ash and hunted my people to the brink of extinction." Tapion said.

"Oh no!" Goten said.

Gohan was serious about this.

"Was this Hirudegarn... The monster that attacked Hoofington?" Gohan asked.

"...He definitely struck." Tapion said.

"How did it end?" Goten asked.

"Hey! You guys! Having a nice time!?" Rainbow Dash called.

"Get over here! We're gonna play other games!" Pinkie said.

"We'll continue it another time..." Tapion said.

***

After a fun night, everyone went to bed.

Well, except Tapion.

He was going to go back to the same destroyed base.

Until Gohan stopped him.

He didn't have his weights on.

"Where are you going?" He whispered.

Tapion stopped walking.

"I need to leave here, now." Tapion said.

"Why? We have space. And you look like you could use some sleep." Gohan said.

"...Forget what Hoi told you. I'm not someone to be around. I'm dangerous." Tapion said.

"...Let's talk about it in the kitchen." Gohan said.

***

The two sat down at the fashioned table.

'It looks expensive...' Tapion thought.

"So... What's wrong?" Gohan asked.

"To explain my story... I must start with his." Tapion said.

"Hoi was a member of the Kashvar. Power hungry aliens who believe themselves to be the superior species of the universe. For eons, they've traveled the stars using their dark magic to hunt down and exterminate all life forms different from their own. On Conose, they revived an evil long thought to be destroyed by my ancestors. Hirudegarn. A malevolent assassin that consumes its victims and imprisons their life force." He said.

"Hoi is the villain... I should've known." Gohan said.

"The Kashvars were deceitful, power hungry and such. It's no surprise he got you. They murdered half my population." Tapion said.

"Just when you thought intolerance could get any worse..." Gohan said. "How did you defeat Hirudegarn?" He asked.

"It was when we stumbled upon an enchanted sword that we realized we had a chance." Tapion said.

"Is it that one?" Gohan asked.

Tapion picked up hid sword and slightly showed the blade.

"A weapon of the gods. A wizard found it in the Wraith's temple. Along with the blade, two ocarinas were discovered." Tapion said.

Atop many broken pillars, two people stood, playing the ocarina in a desolate land.

Tapion and his brother.

Hirudegarn was on the loose.

"My brother and I used them in hopes of distracting the beast. They must have been enchanted as much as the sword... Because neither one of us knew how to play."

Tapion and his brother, Minotia, dodged all of Hirudegarn's attacks and played the melody.

"The melody seemed to consume Hirudegarn with rage. And try as it might, the beast could do us no harm. "

"The wizard took up the sword and charged."

A wizard who looks just like Tapion except with purple hair and an orange cape was charging at Hirudegarn with the sword.

"The monster had barely any time to react when the blade..."

He jumped up and sliced him in half!

"Cleaved him in two."

Hirudegarn's two parts fell to the ground.

The brothers kept playing.

"What should've ended there turned out only to be the beginning. Hirudegarn... He survived."

Hirudegarn was clearly still alive, clawing at nothing.

"To prevent it from becoming whole again, the wizard sealed the upper half of Hirudegarn within me, and the lower half in my brother, Minotia. A small price... For victory..." Tapion ended.

"Oh... I never would've guessed." Gohan said.

"My people survived the onslaught, and Minotia and I became heroes." Tapion said.

"Then why were you in a box?" Gohan asked.

"We had no choice. It was the only way to ensure that the Kashvars wouldn't be able to get their hands on us. We thought. The wizard agreed to conduct the procedure on us. But vowed to release us once the Kashvar had been brought to justice. We both knew better, but we were proud to serve. As a final precaution, ordered by our War Council, the boxes were sealed, and sent to the farthest ends of the galaxies. That was the last time I ever saw my brother. Or my home. Now, here I am. A thousand years later, and nothing's changed. Still, a prisoner, outside, looking in." Tapion said.

"What about your brother? I may be able to find him if you know which planet." Gohan said.

"I don't know. Probably dead." Tapion said.

Gohan felt incredibly lucky to have a brother now.

"Oh... I came close to that." Gohan said.

"Your brother reminds me a lot of my brother, Minotia. Cheerful and kind." Tapion said.

"He was almost murdered by some monster... I don't even know what it is. All I know is that everyone I used to know died because of it. And now, we're the only two survivors of Earth's destruction." Gohan said.

"So... You two are kind of like us. Except we weren't saved..." Tapion said.

"How can we stop Hirudegarn?" Gohan asked.

"He can't flee as long as I stay awake. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I miss that music box." Tapion said.

"You haven't slept at all?" Gohan asked.

Tapion shook his head.

"Why didn't you say so? I have your remedy right here." Gohan said, reaching into his small pouch.

"What is it?" Tapion asked.

Gohan held out a senzu bean to Tapion.

"A senzu bean. It'll wake you right up." Gohan said.

Tapion took the bean, and ate it.

He felt...

"Amazing... I don't have to sleep... Anymore..." Tapion said.

"They sure are a miracle." Gohan said.

"What a story!" A voice came from the door.

Tapion looked over his shoulder.

"Twilight? I didn't even sense you!" Gohan said.

"I affectionately refer to it as stealth mode." Twilight said.

"That sounds vaguely familiar." Gohan said.

"Anyway, I heard everything. I know you miss that sleep, Tapion." Twilight said.

"Do you know how we can fix it?" Gohan asked.

"Two options. One, get you and Goten to kill that monster, or we could make a bedroom with the music box's design." Twilight said.

"Y-You can?" Tapion asked.

"I have a storage unit around Crystal Prep. I could have it done by tomorrow!" Twilight said.

"But the music box was specially designed... And it's destroyed!" Tapion said.

"Every scientist knows to save everything. I have it at home!" Twilight said.

"You do!?" Gohan and Tapion asked.

Tapion walked up to Twilight and grabbed her hands.

"Fantastic! I don't know what to say!" He said.

"We'll call it even if you hang out with us for a bit!" Twilight said.

"Deal. You're all very nice to be with." Tapion said.

'He's our friend! But I'm not glowing... There's something else that needs to be done.' Gohan thought.

***

The very next day was a day off from school.

"Professional Development day?" Gohan asked.

"Yeah, we don't have school so the teachers can do whatever." Rainbow Dash said.

"Well, we can spend the day with our new friend, Tapion!" Gohan said.

Tapion chuckled.

"Sorry, I have to head home for a bit." Twilight said.

"That's alright! Come by later!" Applejack said.

"We can still head to the school and jam!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Good idea! Tapion has GOT to hear your music." Gohan said.

"Musicians?" Tapion asked.

The Humane 6 all nodded.

"Bye!" Twilight said, leaving to catch a bus.

***

The nine all arrived at school, and they got to the music room, where their instruments were.

"Alright, ready?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"You bet!" Sunset said.

Goten got chairs for Gohan and Tapion to sit on.

He got one for himself, too.

"One! Two! Three! Four!" Pinkie yelled, smashing her drumsticks together.

***

They performed 'Shake Your Tail.'

And damn, Gohan shook his tail.

Tapion loved the song!

As soon as it ended, he clapped a lot.

"That was impressive! I loved it!" Tapion said.

"Well, thank you darling." Rarity said.

"But... How did you get wings? And big ears and long hair?" Tapion asked.

"It's our magic." Applejack said.

"Each of us represent a core element of Friendship." Sunset said. "Loyalty, Kindness, Laughter, Honesty, Generosity and most importantly, Magic!" She said.

"I'm glad you guys actually mastered it, because that gives you a huge boost." Gohan said.

"Yeah, I can feel it!" Rainbow Dash said.

"It's hard to keep it, though." Sunset said.

"That just means more training." Gohan said.

"I think I can guess who is who in order you said it." Tapion said.

"Yeah, right." Rainbow Dash said.

"You, you, you, you, you, then you." Tapion said, pointing at them in the correct order.

"He isn't wrong!" Pinkie said.

"Wow. I didn't guess it right the first time." Goten said.

"Can you play another song?" Tapion asked.

"Of course!" Applejack said.

"Let's do it!" Rainbow Dash said.

***

They did 'Shine Like Rainbows.'

Gohan's personal favorite.

Tapion's NEW favorite.

"Amazing!" He cheered.

"He really likes it!" Rainbow Dash said.

"I think that's enough for a day..." Applejack said, taking her guitar strap off.

"Let's head to Sugarcube Corner then!" Pinkie shouted.

"What is that?" Tapion asked.

"It's our usual hangout. A place of sweets and drinks." Rainbow Dash said.

***

They were at Sugarcube Corner, but a few people couldn't help but look at Tapion because of a few of his items.

The big sword, mainly.

Gohan didn't get those looks when he brought his smaller sword...

Tapion got a vanilla shake.

Everyone else got other sweets n' stuff.

"So, how'd you save Planet Google Search in the South Galaxy?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Conose?" Tapion asked.

"Yeah, that one." Rainbow Dash said.

***

Tapion gave the story again.

"And that's why Twilight's making a bedroom for me." He said.

"Wow... Tragic." Rarity said.

It was 5:00.

Twilight called Sunset.

"Get Tapion and the others over here. I have something done for him." Twilight said.

***

"Wow..." Tapion said.

The room was literally the music box.

This was in a storage unit.

"This chamber generates the same frequency, allowing you to achieve REM sleep, while maintaining control over all your cognitive functions. You should have no problems getting your beauty sleep." Twilight said.

Tapion walked inside and looked around.

"Wow... It's perfect, thank you!" Tapion said.

"My pleasure!" Twilight said.

***

Later that night...

Another city has been struck by this monster.

Las Pegasus.

"Koe-Ree-Soca-Kloon-Mon-Baree-Pa-Kie!" A voice called.

It was Hoi...

The bottom half of Hirudegarn was rampaging.

And this time, from his tail, came weird wires that sucked the life out of people!

And killed them!

"These putrid humans are but a taste of the endless flesh you will consume once whole again! Together, we shall bring this universe to its knees!" Hoi yelled.

***

It was 6:00.

Tapion was sleeping...

But no...

'No!' Tapion thought.

Hirudegarn was breaking free!

Tapion screamed in utter pain...

Waves being sent from a long distance were killing him!

Tapion was sweating, and he grabbed his head in pain.

***

Twilight was already up, and was going to check in on Tapion.

Gohan clearly had the same idea.

"Oh, you're here." Twilight said.

"Yeah, I wanted to-"

BOOOOOOM!

"What was that!?" Twilight asked.

Gohan opened the unit.

Tapion was missing!

And the box was destroyed!

And so was a lot of the unit...

"That was forty dollars!" Twilight said.

***

Now the rest of the Humane 7 and Goten were investigating.

"Let's hope Tapion's okay..." Fluttershy said, digging through rubble.

"And wherever he is, he's in better shape than this room." Applejack said.

"We have to find him before we get to school." Rainbow Dash said.

Tapion limped over to the entrance from the outside.

He was panting... Sweating...

And seemingly hurt.

"Tapion!" Fluttershy said, helping him from falling.

Applejack helped.

"Did Hirudegarn escape?" Gohan asked.

"No... It tried to escape. But I stopped it in time... we got another problem though. The lower half is free and is attacking the city!" Tapion said.

"Uh oh." Goten said.

"The closer each half gets the stronger they become. I don't know how much long I can fight it...!" Tapion said.

Clearly not long.

He actually somehow broke free from their help and fell to the ground.

"He needs medical attention!" Twilight said.

"No...! I can't hold it! It's too late! Kill us now, before it escapes!" Tapion yelled.

Too late.

Waves were seen...

Tapion grunted...

"KILL ME!" He yelled.

Gohan hesitantly charged a ki blast.

"Don't touch him!" Hoi yelled.

A portal appeared from the sky.

Right above the group.

And here comes the giant foot!

Everyone managed to dodge.

Tapion got himself up and was about to play his ocarina...

But it was shot to the ground by Hoi.

Speaking of whom...

Standing upside down in the broken storage unit.

He cackled.

Fluttershy quickly went to grab it, but rubble fell on top of her!

"Fluttershy!" Everyone yelled.

Fluttershy jumped from the rubble with no injury.

"Play it!" She yelled, throwing it at Tapion.

Tapion caught it and quickly went to play!

But...

"AAH!" Tapion screamed.

It was too late!

"Tapion!" Fluttershy said.

Tapion screamed even louder!

He dropped his ocarina...

Hirudegarn was breaking free!

He dropped his ocarina...

It looked like fire was coming out of Tapion!

The smoke...

And it finally stopped...

He fell to the ground.

The smoke went into the sky and formed a portal.

Thunder erupted immensely from it.

Hoi laughed.

His mission, complete!

The thunder struck the bottom half, then forming the top half of the one, true Hirudegarn!

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Tapion looked up in horror.

"A problem just got a lot bigger!" Pinkie said.

Hirudegarn roared.

He was about 400 ft tall!

"Suggestions, anyone!?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Yeah, we fight!" Gohan yelled.

"I AM HOI!" Hoi yelled.

Everyone listened to his next speech.

"Last of the Kashvars! You have been summoned to do my bidding! Destroy humankind, wipe them off the face of Equestria!" He yelled.

Thunder struck.

...

"You suck, old man!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

Hirudegarn responded by punching down on the group!

"Run!" Tapion yelled as he grabbed his ocarina and maneuvered away.

The group followed him to the streets.

Tapion jumped on top of a car for some distance.

The Humane 7 and the Saiyans looked at Hirudegarn in shock.

"His power is incredible!" Goten said.

Tapion started playing his ocarina.

This time...

Hirudegarn threw his giant tail down at Tapion!

"MOVE!" Gohan yelled.

Everyone jumped out of the way.

"That relic won't save you any more than it did your brother!" Hoi yelled.

Fluttershy was carrying Tapion while flying.

"Minotia...!" He said, realizing his brother's doom.

Hoi jumped atop a building. "Now! Bear witness to the true power of Hirudegarn!" He yelled.

"Follow me, Goten! You all stay behind while we take care of this!" Gohan said as he and Goten flew after Hirudegarn.

Gohan dodged to incoming punches from Hirudegarn, and threw a kick himself.

But...

Hirudegarn just turned to smoke and ectoplasm.

He was intangible this way.

He appeared above Gohan.

That caught him by surprise, and Hirudegarn punched Gohan down to the ground!

"Brother!" Goten yelled.

Gohan was smashed to the ground.

"We have to help!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Let's pony up then!" Sunset yelled.

"I'll stay behind..." Twilight said.

The Humane 6 all ponied up, and flew at Hirudegarn.

(I should've said this before, but the multiplier is a lot. So everyone has a power level of about... I'll say 200,000,000. That's lowballed, too.)

Gohan got himself up, while the others landed beside him.

"I told you guys to run!" He yelled.

"We can't stay behind while you get murdered out here!" Rainbow Dash said.

"You don't understand, Hirudegarn's far more powerful than friendship!" Gohan said.

"And so are you, but you'll need help this time!" Sunset said.

Gohan sighed.

"Fine. Let's do this! I don't care who you are, THIS ENDS NOW!" Gohan yelled, turning Super Saiyan.

Goten powered up into Super Saiyan, and everyone else just made their white aura flare.

Each of them flew at Hirudegarn.

They all dodged two claw attacks.

Fluttershy went in for the kick, but then he just turned to smoke again.

"His power and speed are increasing!" Gohan yelled.

Hirudegarn appeared again.

Gohan fired a Kamehameha at him, but he just turned to smoke again.

He just appeared behind everyone this time.

"Gohan!" Sunset yelled.

Gohan turned around only to be met with a huge slap.

Straight into a building.

Goten threw a punch at Hirudegarn, only to miss.

He kept trying, but he just kept turning into smoke!

"We can't track his movements!" Sunset yelled.

Hirudegarn finally struck, grabbing Fluttershy in one hand.

She screamed in pain.

But then a ki blast hit Hirudegarn's arm, making him let go of her.

"Phew!" She said, gaining some distance.

It was Rainbow Dash who threw the blast!

"You're gonna regret that!" Rainbow Dash yelled, charging at Hirudegarn.

"All the way to the grave!" She yelled, dodging Hirudegarn's stomps and slashes.

She tried kicking him, but he turned to smoke again.

He tried hitting her with his tail, but she dodged and tried hitting his face!

He turned to smoke yet again.

Then a chop came straight down at her!

Rainbow Dash blocked with her hands, but struggled to keep it at bay.

It turned to smoke again, and Rainbow Dash tried to rest from an attack.

But she was smacked from behind, straight at the ground.

She lost her pony parts.

Goten tried next, constantly missing his attacks.

Being annoyed, he fired a Kamehameha at Hirudegarn while flying up.

A direct hit!

But it did no damage.

Hirudegarn appeared behind Goten and delivered a REALLY hard tail swipe to him.

Goten was sent flying all the way to...

Crystal Prep!

He smashed through the walls of a class, where the participants of the Friendship Games were.

"What's he doing here?" Indigo Zap asked.

Goten tried getting himself up.

"There's a monster attacking!" Goten yelled.

Hirudegarn clearly wasn't done with just that attack.

He fired a giant fire ball from his mouth.

If it were to collide with the school, it would be destroyed!

The students and teacher were afraid.

Goten powered up in retaliation, and he threw his hands out.

He formed a giant barrier around the school.

It looked like it wasn't enough, the barrier was actually cracking!

"WHAT IS GOING ON!?" Principal Cinch asked.

Then she noticed Goten keeping Hirudegarn's attack at bay.

Goten, in a last ditch effort to save the school, quickly turned Super Saiyan 2!

His hair showed it!

His aura flared, and a few desks were flying.

The barrier was strong enough to repel Hirudegarn's attack!

Hirudegarn stopped his fire.

Goten couldn't even stand anymore.

He reverted back to base form while getting on his knees.

"I... I did it..." He said before finally collapsing.

Down.

"Someone get him to the nurse!" Sugarcoat said.

"Are we not going to question how he changed his hair?" Lemon Zest asked.

"NO!" Everyone screamed.

Gohan flew in front of the hole in the school.

"Goten!" He yelled.

"It's you!" Indigo Zap said, pointing at Gohan.

Then, Hirudegarn crushed him in between his hands!

"It's him!?" Cinch yelled.

"You wanna play, big guy!? LETS DO IT!" Gohan yelled, retaliating by turning Super Saiyan 2.

It was enough to get his hands off him.

Hirudegarn turned around and saw Applejack and Rarity flying at him with a combined ki attack.

He retaliated by using his fire again.

"HA!" Rarity and Applejack yelled as they fired theirs.

The two attacks clashed.

Clearly, it was too weak against Hirudegarn, and the fire exploded on them.

They both fell to the ground, beaten.

Down.

Down.

"We don't stand a chance against this guy!" Sunset yelled.

"A combined attack would do nothing on him!" Fluttershy said.

"Maybe we should leave it to Gohan..." Pinkie said.

"No, we have to try." Sunset said.

"Even Gohan's struggling against him, look!" Fluttershy said, pointing at Gohan.

Speaking of whom, him and Hirudegarn were actually doing fine.

Surprisingly, Gohan held the strength advantage.

"Nevermind..." Fluttershy said.

Gohan may not have been hitting much, but when he did, it packed more of a punch than Hirudegarn's.

"Amazing..." Tapion said. "His blows actually hurt Hirudegarn." He added.

"Is that unusual?" Twilight asked.

"Yes! Only my sword and flute could keep it in check... But he... He's actually damaging Hirudegarn. He doesn't possess any enchantment, right?" Tapion asked.

"Not that I know of. I think it's just pure strength." Twilight said.

Gohan managed to grab Hirudegarn's finger, and throw the fucker over his shoulder.

Tapion was clearly surprised.

No one had ever done that to Hirudegarn.

The last impressive thing was cutting him in half, but without any blessing being able to throw him over his own shoulder?

"Okay, enormous pure strength." Twilight said.

"H-He's our last chance..." Tapion said.

"Let's get the others out of the battlefield." Twilight said, jumping down to her downed friends.

Tapion just looked on.

Twilight helped Rainbow Dash up.

"I still got a little fight in me..." Rainbow Dash said.

"Try using the magic of Friendship!" Twilight said, rushing over to Applejack and Rarity.

"That's a good idea." Rainbow Dash said, joining her.

Twilight carried Applejack, and Rainbow Dash carried Rarity.

Each of them flew up to Sunset, Fluttershy and Pinkie.

"Girls! Unleash Friendship on this guy!" Twilight said.

Applejack managed to get herself flying.

"But Gohan's going to handle this." Sunset said.

"It's now or never, Sunset!" Rainbow Dash said.

Rarity managed to get herself flying.

They all ponied up.

Gohan dodged Hirudegarn trying to give him a hug, and smashed a tower over.

He just stood in place after that.

The Humane 6 all fired their friendship at Hirudegarn.

BOOM!

Big ass explosion!

The smoke cleared, and Hirudegarn...

Was a solid?

Pinkie came in for a closer look.

"Hm... How did that happen? Must've been stronger than Gohan!" She said.

Gohan just looked on in horror.

He felt a sudden increase in power.

"He's done for!" Sunset said.

"Alright!" Rainbow Dash said.

"No, he's not!" Gohan yelled.

"What are you going on about?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Gohan pointed at Hirudegarn.

His back glowed green...

Cracks.

Something emerged from Hirudegarn.

It's as if he was just a molt.

Some bug like thing...

Pinkie flew backwards in fear.

Everyone looked in shock.

It was Hirudegarn...

But...

Powered up!?

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"You guys need to run, this is NOT gonna be good!" Gohan said.

Hirudegarn roared.

He flapped his wings, gaining flight, and flew at the group.

"Scatter!" Gohan yelled, dodging the incoming attack.

The same could not be said for Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, thy both got hit hard with two punches.

Straight at the ground.

Down.

Down.

They cracked it, too.

"Fluttershy! Pinkie!" Sunset yelled.

Hirudegarn wrapped his tail around Sunset, and started crushing her with it!

She screamed in pain.

"Let go!" Gohan yelled, punching the tail as hard as he could.

It did nothing on Hirudegarn.

Hirudegarn responded by firing a fire ball from his mouth at Gohan.

A direct hit!

It exploded in contact, ripping up his shirt a bit.

Gohan wasn't sent flying far, but he was clearly damaged.

He managed to recover before smashing into a building.

Hirudegarn hurled Sunset at Gohan.

He caught her, and carried her bridal style to the ground where he laid her.

"Sunset, are you okay!?" He asked.

"I... I'll be fine... Go... Beat him!" Sunset said in a pained voice.

"I will!" Gohan said.

Down.

He quickly made his aura flare before charging at Hirudegarn again.

Hirudegarn knocked him down with his fist.

Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash all charged at Hirudegarn full force.

They smashed themselves into his back to no effect.

He blasted them with fire, sending them all down to the ground!

Down.

Down.

Down.

Twilight retreated back to Tapion.

"He... He's transformed!" Tapion said.

"No kidding!" Twilight said, flying away for some more distance.

Hirudegarn roared, making the rubble fly into the sky.

Gohan flew up to see the chaos.

"You have a weakness... Everything does!" He yelled.

Every one on his side was down for the count.

He was the final hope...

He charged at Hirudegarn, dodging a fire ball narrowly.

He dodged an incoming stomp, and kicked.

Hirudegarn turned to smoke to dodge, smacked Gohan down with his hand.

Gohan recovered, but not fast enough.

Hirudegarn appeared behind him again to whack him with his tail.

And then he did the same with his hand back to Hirudegarn.

Gohan recovered and threw a blast at his face, only to miss yet again.

"No!" He yelled before Hirudegarn slammed him straight into the ground!

Many buildings fell on top of Gohan...

Thousands of people were running in the streets.

Gohan managed to get himself up.

His orange shirt was half gone now...

And he wasn't a Super Saiyan anymore.

"It's as if we're fighting an illusion..." He muttered.

He pushed the rubble off himself.

Hirudegarn was still at large...

Gohan limped over to where destruction was happening.

"Have to... Find a way to stop... Before the entire planet and people..." He said before falling over.

'There has to be a way... There has to!' He thought.

Hoi cackled loudly.

"DESTROY! DESTROY! Grind their bones to dust beneath your feet!" He screamed.

But...

A beautiful music was heard...

Nearly every warrior was down...

The CP students were trying to patch Goten up...

The rest of the group were on the streets, completely downed.

Sunset tried getting herself up.

'Be like him... And don't give up, damn it!' She thought, standing up.

...Only to collapse again.

"Damn..." She muttered, getting on all fours.

"Don't let it end like this... Gohan..." She muttered.

Fluttershy heard the beautiful music...

"Tapion..." She muttered, getting herself up.

Speaking of whom, he was atop a building.

Hirudegarn roared.

Hoi grunted. "IDIOT! After a thousand years, you'd think
he'd learn to play a different tune!" He yelled.

Hirudegarn fired a fire ball from him mouth a Tapion...

But a green barrier formed around Tapion.

Didn't work.

The building was incinerated, but Tapion stayed flying.

Hirudegarn was starting to feel the effects of the music...

Tapion flew closer and closer to Hirudegarn.

'Hero... He really did come to save the planet!' Fluttershy thought.

'For too long you've fed
on the misery of others.' Tapion thought.

Hirudegarn was struggling...

He walked back into a building.

'You stole from me everything precious and dear! But no more! It ends now!' Tapion thought.

Hirudegarn started to melt down into smoke, and left a blue aura while doing so.

The smoke all went into Tapion.

Hirudegarn...

Disappeared.

Tapion fell to the ground.

"Impossible!" Hoi screamed.

Fluttershy ran up to Tapion.

"You did it!" She said, helping him sit up.

Tapion only took his sword out, and held it out to Fluttershy.

"Fluttershy... There isn't much time left... Quick... Kill me." Tapion said.

Fluttershy lost her smile.

"I can't hold him much longer... In the heart, quickly...!" Tapion said in a pained voice.

"Y-You don't know what you're saying!" Fluttershy said.

"Do you want to see everyone you care about DIE!?" Tapion yelled.

Fluttershy shook her head.

"B-But... You're our friend!" Fluttershy said.

She started crying.

"I know, Fluttershy. I know it's not fair to ask you. But... There's no other way, I don't want to destroy you!" Tapion said.

"G-Gohan can handle it!" Fluttershy said.

"He was just mercilessly beaten down by Hirudegarn, there's no other way! I know death seems cruel, but I welcome this blade! Help me..." Tapion said with a smile.

Fluttershy reluctantly took the blade.

"Thank you... It was an honor to know you, my friend." Tapion said.

Fluttershy held it up with two hands.

She wasn't ready to strike...

"NO!" Hoi screamed, jumping after Fluttershy. "GET AWAY FROM HIM!" He screamed.

Tears kept falling down Fluttershy's face.

She was about to do it with closed eyes and-

"AHHH!" Tapion screamed in pain.

Hirudegarn was breaking free!

Hoi stopped jumping.

"Tapion!" Fluttershy said, dropping the sword.

Tapion grabbed his head before screaming loudly.

The smoke was escaping...

The...

The ocarina broke!

"Weakling! Hirudegarn is mine to control! As are all other weakling creatures that pollute my universe!" Hoi said.

Hirudegarn was back.

Gohan flew up to the sky.

Hirudegarn roared.

Every single capable warrior was down!

Except him!

'I have only one other option.' He said, getting in a pose to power up.

'I can only hope this works... It'll kill me, but there's a chance it won't.' He thought.

"Slaughter them all!" Hoi demanded.

Hirudegarn responded by stomping on Hoi!

He screamed in pain before being killed.

Fluttershy stepped in front of Tapion as a sort of final defense.

But then...

"HAAAAAAAAA!" Gohan screamed.

The two looked to the skies behind them.

It was Gohan powering up!

He was a Super Saiyan 2!

'I have to go further beyond! Come on... COME ON!' Gohan thought.

He screamed even louder, and the buildings around him started to crumble from his energy.

Then, a giant yellow sphere enveloped Gohan.

'Self destructing won't be fun... But let's try anyway!' He thought.

(He's not self destructing.)

He's powering up beyond his body's limits.

Which could result in self destruction.

"W-What's he doing?" Tapion asked.

'Could it be...' Fluttershy thought.

"SUPER SAIYAN 4!" Pinkie screamed before eventually fainting.

"He has yet another one!?" Tapion asked.

"He's never shown us this before..." Fluttershy said.

The sphere started erupting with lightning flying everywhere!

"What's Gohan doing, helping him!?" Twilight asked.

It struck buildings, wrecked ones mostly.

Sunset stood up to see this.

'Is he going that were monkey form?' She thought.

Then suddenly, the sphere exploded into a million tiny droptlets of ki!

From it, emerged the Super Saiyan 4!

Sunset smiled brightly.

"Gohan!" She said.

"Fight me. If you're ready to die." Gohan said.

Hirudegarn flew straight at Gohan, throwing a punch.

Gohan dodged easily, then instantly kicked him right in the back.

Hirudegarn was on the ground, but not done yet!

He stood up.

'Tapion said something about angering... That's it!' Gohan thought.

He flew up to Hirudegarn.

But he didn't move.

He just stood there.

Hirudegarn smacked him right there!

But did no damage at all.

"You call that an attack?" Gohan asked, enraging Hirudegarn.

Hirudegarn responded by firing a fire ball at Gohan.

Which exploded on contact.

Hirudegarn thought it was done...

"Thanks for the air conditioning." Gohan said with a smirk.

Hirudegarn was enraged even more, and threw a punch at him!

Gohan held out a hand to block.

"You call that a punch?" He asked.

Hirudegarn roared in pure rage.

"Don't quit now, we just started!" Gohan said, spreading his arms out.

"I'll even give you a target to hit." He added.

Hirudegarn punched Gohan as hard as he could, but only managed to do nothing.

"You're really bad." Gohan said, flying down to the ground.

'Supreme Kai, don't fail me now!' He thought.

"I'm still standing! Come on!" Gohan yelled.

Hirudegarn retaliated by throwing a fist straight at him!

Gohan got what he wanted.

He jumped up to avoid the fist.

He flew straight at Hirudegarn.

He wound up his fist.

"DRAGON FIST!" He screamed, throwing that wound up fist in the air.

Gohan exploded!

Pinkie managed to stand up to see.

Rainbow Dash could see even on the ground.

Applejack and Rarity helped each other up, and saw the explosion.

Twilight witnessed from a building.

Sunset, Fluttershy, and Tapion all watched too.

A giant, golden dragon emerged from the explosion!

It roared, louder than Hirudegarn!

It went right through Hirudegarn!

Hirudegarn roared in pain.

Yellow smoke formed around Hirudegarn, but it was actually the dragon!

It wrapped itself all around Hirudegarn!

Everyone watched in pure awe.

It was incredible!

The whole dragon trapped Hirudegarn in it's elongated body, and literally made Hirudegarn explode!

BOOOOM!

Then...

The dragon disappeared.

Shimmers of ki fell from the sky...

There was a hole in the clouds...

The ruined city was seen in all its former glory.

"We won!" Fluttershy said.

Tapion smiled brightly. "Minotia... You've been avenged." He said.

The battle was finally over.

Gohan stood on the ground in the sunlight.

His fist proudly raised in the air.

As a Super Saiyan 4!

The clouds started to disappear.

And Gohan started to glow yellow.

"My job... Is done." He said.

"Thank you, Gohan." Tapion said.

Sunset came running up to Gohan.

"You did it!" She exclaimed.

She tackle hugged him, but didn't move him an inch.

"I'm so proud!" She said.

"R-Really?" Gohan asked.

Sunset was so proud that she kissed him on the cheek instinctively!

"W-Why did you do that?" Gohan asked, rubbing his cheek.

He didn't know what a real kiss was.

Just a part of a definition.

"I-I uh..." Sunset said, blushing and backing up a bit.

She looked at the ground.

Awkward moment.

"Tapion..." Fluttershy said. "Back there... I-" "Don't say a word." Tapion interrupted.

"The choice you made was the right one." Tapion said.

***

The ending was hilarious.

The only standing structure left was the Crystal Prep school.

Some say it was a miracle.

Some say it was pure luck.

Goten says it was him.

And he's right.

The Humane 7, the Saiyans and Tapion were all back at CHS.

In their... Rather injured states.

And a Super Saiyan 4 state.

Celestia just happened to be outside.

"Where were you eight?" Celestia asked before gasping.

Rainbow Dash was being sustained by Fluttershy, Applejack was helping Rarity, Twilight was helping Pinkie, Gohan was holding a bandaged Goten in his arms and Sunset and Tapion were all alone.

Gohan chuckled nervously. "Can we get some sort of homework sheet?" He asked.

"What happened to you all!? Who's this gentleman?" Celestia asked.

"It's a bit of a long story..." Gohan said.

"And why do you have so much red fur!?" Celestia asked.

"That's because he's a Super Saiyan 4!" Pinkie said.

"Pinkie, I-... You know what? Fine. It's a Super Saiyan 4." Gohan said.

"He finally says it!" Pinkie said before coughing some blood.

"Wait... Were you the ones who fought that monster!?" Celestia asked.

"We are..." Sunset said.

"Then I can't penalize you for that! You even saved Crystal Prep from being demolished!" Celestia said.

"Courtesy of this guy." Gohan said, lifting Goten up.

"We have to get you all to a hospital!" Celestia said.

"Actually... Everyone wait here for a bit." Gohan said, walking over to Sunset.

"Can you hold him for a bit?" He asked.

"Don't you have senzu beans right there?" Sunset asked, taking Goten in her arms.

"Only five. Not enough for us nine..." Gohan said.

***

Twilight was reading outside the portal.

Gohan came through.

"Gohan! You're back! Did you see-" Twilight said before seeing the state he was in.

"Don't say anything." Gohan said.

"Z-Zecora happened to come by... She... She gave me this." Twilight said, levitating a pouch over to Gohan.

"Thanks!" Gohan said, rushing back into the portal.

"What happened?" Spike asked, coming into the room.

"Gohan's that were monkey form again." Twilight said.

"Oh." Spike said.

***

Gohan gave everyone a senzu bean.

"Five left. That's neat." Gohan said.

He was regular again, with the torn shirt.

"I believe you all can go home for a day... No absence." Celestia said.

"Awesome!" Rainbow Dash said.

Celestia walked back into the school.

"How'd you beat Hirudegarn, brother?" Goten asked.

"He went Super Saiyan 4, and turned into this AWESOME dragon!" Rainbow Dash said.

"It was a sight to see..." Tapion said.

"Super Saiyan 4? What's that?" Goten asked.

"It's the monkey form, Goten. We decided on that name." Gohan said.

"Well I like it!" Goten said.

"Gohan." Tapion said.

"Yeah?" Gohan asked.

Tapion walked up to Gohan and knelt.

"I cannot thank you enough for stopping Hirudegarn." He said.

"Thanks! You don't have to kneel, though..." Gohan said.

"Oh, but I should. Because..." Tapion said, unstrapping his sword and lifting it up to Gohan.

"Y-You aren't!" Gohan said.

"Yes. Please. Take it. I no longer have a need for it." Tapion said.

Gohan started waving his arms.

"N-No! I can't!" Gohan said.

"Maybe you should take it, big brother." Goten said.

"Why?" Gohan asked.

"Didn't you lose yours in hell? This could be a replacement." Goten said.

"Yeah... That's right! You would be cooler with an enchanted sword!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Please. I insist." Tapion said.

Gohan hesitated before taking the sword by the middle.

Tapion stood up again.

"Thank you, Tapion." Gohan said.

"No, thank you." Tapion said.

"Where will you go now that you can live freely?" Rarity asked.

"Wherever I want. Maybe I'll go in the woods." Tapion said.

"Are you kidding?" Sunset asked.

"I haven't hunted in a while." Tapion said.

That made Fluttershy gasp.

"What's wrong?" Tapion asked.

Gohan leaned into Tapion's ear.

"She takes care of animals, and she doesn't like hearing the murder of them." He whispered.

"Oh... My apologies." Tapion said.

"It's okay..." Fluttershy said.

"I don't think it'll be a problem... He's super strong, anyway." Gohan said.

"I wish you all luck. Goodbye. It was nice to meet you all." Tapion said, walking away.

"Wow... Well, now we've seen Super Saiyan 4..." Sunset said.

"I still can't believe you turned into a dragon." Applejack said.

"I trained in the World of the Kais. The Supreme Kai taught me it himself." Gohan said.

"Gohan, Gohan!" Goten said. "Show us the sword!" He said.

Gohan unsheathed the sword.

"Cool..." Rainbow Dash said.

Gohan started swinging it, stabbing the air and maneuvering it.

"It works like a charm." He said.

"The shine on it..." Rarity said.

Gohan covered it again.

'This looks exactly like Trunks' sword for some reason...' He thought.

"I have a lot to tell the princess once I'm back in the pony world..." Gohan said.

Author's Notes:

Yeah. Anyway, I did the pony up multiplier because friendship is powerful as hell, and they have it in them. It's not gonna be useful anytime soon, but... Yeah. It's like the Vegeta of DBS. Get a new form after Goku, still be weaker than Goku.

Hirudegarn - 3,480,000,000,000

Transformed - 17,500,000,000,000

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