Gohan knows Baby Vegito Black isn't going all out.
Not even close.
And yet…
Gohan can barely keep up.
Every blow they exchange pushes him back a little more.
Every dodge he misses wasn't because he was too slow —
but because his **mind** faltered before his body did.
Baby Vegito's fist slams into his ribs.
Gohan blocks late.
His vision blurs.
*Why… why am I slowing down?*
He inhales shakily.
His heart pounds too fast.
It's fear.
Hopelessness.
The awareness that maybe — maybe — the universe already knows its outcome.
Baby Vegito flickers behind him.
**CRACK.**
An elbow across his spine.
Gohan gasps, stumbles, knees nearly hitting the broken floor.
He swings back too slow.
Baby Vegito dodges lazily, like swatting away a child's tantrum.
Gohan's chest tightens again.
---
*He's not even trying.*
That thought digs into his skull like a parasite.
He starts to miss punches he should've landed by instinct.
He side-steps a moment too late.
He blocks high when the strike is low.
His aura flickers, uneven, unsteady.
Because inside…
he's almost crying.
Not outwardly, not yet.
*I'm the last hope of my timeline… I'm supposed to carry all of them… and I'm—*
A punch snaps his head sideways.
Baby Vegito's knee digs into his stomach.
He coughs, air thrown from his lungs.
*—I'm failing.*
He hears gasps from the stands.
He doesn't want to look.
But his peripheral vision betrays him.
He sees Bulma — her hands covering her mouth.
He sees Chi-Chi — trembling, unable to breathe.
He sees Videl — horror in her eyes.
Because they can finally see it.
The truth.
Their Gohan is collapsing.
Mentally.
Spiritually.
Utterly.
Their last hope looks beaten even before the fight ends.
---
Baby Vegito blasts forward again, aiming a fist at Gohan's skull.
Gohan barely dodges. Barely.
His eyes burn.
He feels a tear threatening to fall —
not from physical pain
but because everything he promised his world
is slipping.
*Dad, Mom, Videl… everyone… I'm sorry.*
*I can't—*
But then—
Something sparks.
The first time he saw Vegeta turn Super Saiyan God.
The crimson flame.
The divine calm.
The focus sharper than any mortal rage.
Back then he thought it was only "another form."
Something Saiyans do.
But now, in this moment of despair, something clicks.
Something aligns.
Not a transformation.
A way his body remembers the rhythm of Vegeta's movements.
The control.
The flow.
The restraint within the storm.
His aura flickers red.
Not Kaioken — something subtler, deeper, like an instinctual echo of God-Ki principles fused with his Mystic core.
His chest steadies.
His breath slows.
His focus sharpens.
The tear stops.
---
Baby Vegito notices.
"Oh?"
A smirk curls across his lips.
"You're not breaking yet? Good. I was getting bored."
Gohan doesn't speak.
He **moves.**
Baby Vegito sweeps forward with a double jab to the jaw—
Gohan pivots inward, redirecting both fists with circular palm deflections, sliding into Baby Vegito's guard without resistance.
Vegito counters with a rising knee—
Gohan twists midair, turning the knee into a glancing blow, then uses the momentum to deliver a heel kick downward—
Vegito blocks with one finger.
Gohan follows with an elbow to the temple—
Vegito catches it with his forearm.
Gohan rolls off the block, spins behind him—
Vegito teleports behind Gohan—
Gohan teleports behind Vegito—
Vegito teleports behind Gohan again—
both strike simultaneously—
**BOOOOOOOM**
Their fists collide, shockwaves splitting the sky.
They vanish.
Reappear.
Gohan appears above Vegito, landing an axe kick—
Vegito grabs Gohan's leg mid-impact
throws him downward—
Gohan flips midfall, dashes upward, headbutts Vegito under the chin—
Baby Vegito snaps back, snarling.
Gohan doesn't let him breathe.
He unloads a sequence:
Left jab
right cross
spinning elbow
backward knee
forward palm-heel
snap kick
double kick
flurry body shots
finishing high roundhouse—
all connected
Baby Vegito is pushed back for the first time.
But not because Gohan is stronger.
Because Gohan is **focused** again.
Baby Vegito wipes a thin stream of blood from his lip.
"Hmph. Interesting."
---
Gohan inhales, aura burning with that strange red Mystic flare.
Baby Vegito cracks his neck, eyes narrowing.
"…But you know this isn't enough, right?"
Gohan freezes.
Because Baby Vegito's aura suddenly expands —
not transforming, not powering up—
just **letting a little more leak out**.
And instantly—
Gohan loses ground.
Each block becomes harder.
Each dodge becomes desperate.
Each counter is overpowered.
One exchange.
Two.
Ten.
And Baby Vegito is dominating again.
The last thing Gohan sees is Baby Vegito's unreadable expression.
Gohan T1 Stumbled, his Perfect Mystic aura flickering - His body felt like crumbling sandstone, every cell screaming in protest against the force applied, not to his body, but to the very space he occupied.
Baby Vegito Black Advanced slowly, a cold, indifferent smile fixed on his lips - He enjoyed the protracted agony of the mortal spirit breaking.
Baby Vegito Black Raised his fist for the final, devastating jab - The motion was slow, a conscious display of superiority, radiating the silent, absolute force.
Gohan T1 Closed his eyes - The action was not surrender; it was a moment of internal cataloging. He felt the pain, the defeat, the sheer, crushing weight of failure—and realized it was the same weight he had always carried, only quantified now in astronomical power multiplied. He had failed his family, his past self, and the future world he was meant to protect from being like him. He had endured all the weight, yet still felt absurdly small.
Gohan T1 Opened his eyes, the gold fading to blank, terrifying clarity - As the world-ending fist reached its final approach, Gohan's left hand shot out. A catch, born of the ultimate human refusal to accept the script. His fingers wrapped around the wrist of Baby Vegito Black, arresting the punch inches from his face.
The expected cataclysmic shockwave vanished, consumed entirely by the containment of Gohan's grip.
Gohan T1 Stared into the burning, sadistic eyes of Baby Vegito Black - A slow, fragile, almost manic smile stretched across his lips.
Gohan T1 - "This is all so absurd!"
Gohan T1 Fractured and reformed his energy core - The golden hair instantly darkened, becoming a deep, resonant crimson, taking on the look of crystalline, flowing blood. His eyes turned a magenta that burned with contained, electric energy. His ki didn't explode; it compressed violently inward, becoming so dense and controlled that the sensors reading the World of Void registered only a blank signal. This was Crimson Mystic.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Felt his wrist locked - He felt the change not as an increase in power, but as a violation of physics. His strike was anchored by a non-existent force.
Baby Vegito Black - "What… is this?"
Baby Vegito Black Tried to rip his arm free - His attempt failed. Gohan's new grip was an unmoving point on the fabric of time.
Vegito T2 Stood in the stands, his entire body rigid - "He found the neutral point. Super Saiyan God"
Vegeta T1 Tched, crossing his arms tighter - "The fool found the Saiyan path to the gods through his human heart. It's the ultimate evolution of his scholarship—perfect understanding applied."
Gohan T1's voice was utterly calm, a profound contrast to the apocalyptic scenario - "That is your failure, Baby Vegito Black."
Gohan T1 Executed an instantaneous, tight pivot - His body rotated ninety degrees in zero time, still gripping the fusion's wrist and turning BV Black's immense momentum against himself.
Gohan T1 Released the grip and drove a Crimson-infused knee into the fused elbow joint - The strike bypassed the Insane Durability, causing a searing, localized pain that overloaded Baby Vegito Black's ki system.
Baby Vegito Black Roared, a sound of genuine surprise and agony - The fusion felt an agonizing spike, a brief paralysis in his arm as his stolen ki recoiled.
Gohan T1 - "You stole the power of Goku. The power of Vegeta. The arrogance of Vegito. But you never understood the weight of those names. The struggle."
Gohan T1 Vanished - His speed became the absence of transit time. He reappeared and unleashed a relentless, surgical five-move sequence, striking the villain in the gut, the solar plexus, and then with a spinning elbow that subtly displaced the shoulder in multiple spatial dimensions.
Baby Vegito Black Reeled, his indigo aura flickering violently - He was being methodically disassembled by a fighter who understood his complex anatomy better than he did.
Gohan T1 - "Your existence is a lie built on the easiest choices. You never had to face the consequence of your own body failing you. You never had to look a child in the eyes and tell them you could not save them."
Gohan T1 Executed a concentrated, two-fingered beam of Crimson Mystic ki - The beam entered Baby Vegito Black's chest precisely at the point where the fusion earrings had bonded.
Baby Vegito Black Screamed, a raw, inhuman sound - A sliver of black, parasitic smoke—the pure, corrupted essence of Goku Black's ki—was forcibly extracted from the hole. The damage wasn't physical; it was compositional.
Gohan T1 - "I carry the failure of a destroyed future, the fear of my mother, and the hope of every innocent soul that relies on my power."
Gohan T1 Rose high above the cratered form of his opponent, drawing every last drop of his new ki into his hands - The resulting sphere was the Omega Masenko, a sphere of turbulent, crackling crimson that sounded like ripping metal.
Gohan T1 - "You wanted Challenge, Baby Vegito Black? Then face the power of a human heart that refuses to break!"
Gohan T1 Plunged the Omega Masenko down - The impact was cataclysmic. The crimson energy drove him into the arena, burying Baby Vegito Black completely.
Gohan T1 Descended, landing lightly on the perfectly circular edge of the crater - His Crimson Mystic aura pulsed, controlled, utterly exhausted but unbroken.
The silence returned. Baby Vegito Black was pinned, damaged, and momentarily defeated by a disciplined mortal.
Baby Vegito Black T6 - Then, a tremor shook the crater.
A hand, swollen and malformed, stained with green parasitic ichor, burst from the dust.
Baby Vegito Black Rose slowly, his body grotesquely enlarged - The pure, aggressive green of Baby's energy became completely dominant over the Zamasu indigo. The parasitic Tuffle nature, forced to the surface by the purity of Gohan's attack, was now weaponized. His eyes were no longer sadistic; they were purely predatory.
The air in the World of Void was momentarily quiet, the tension holding its breath after the catastrophic clash of the Omega Masenko. The crimson energy dissipated, leaving a vast, smoking crater where Baby Vegito Black T6 had been buried.
Gohan T1 Descended, landing lightly on the untouched edge of the crater - His Crimson Mystic aura, a deep, crystalline red, pulsed with the exhaustion of near-total depletion, but the absolute control remained. He knew the Omega Masenko, for all its surgical precision, had only delayed the inevitable.
Baby Vegito Black T6 (Action) - Suddenly, the earth in the crater began to shake violently.
A hand, swollen with malformed green Tuffle energy, punched upward through the pulverized stone.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Rose slowly, his body no longer grotesquely swollen, but condensing, reforming - The chaos of the parasitic energy had been refined by the intense pressure of Gohan's purified ki. The Zamasu indigo was gone, replaced by pure, malevolent green, and his hair, impossibly, spiked up, growing long and wild.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Transformed - The long, green hair crackled with lethal energy, reaching down to his knees. The eyes glowed with focused, predatory intent. He had stabilized his stolen power into the terrifying, perfected form of Super Saiyan 3.
Baby Vegito Black - "Impressive, Gohan. You pushed the host to its limit, forcing the parasite to choose a superior form."
Gohan T1 Tensed, his magenta eyes widening slightly - He had anticipated a regeneration, perhaps a simple power-up.
Gohan T1 - "This power… Too stable for a SSJ3. You've refined the raw fusion into something truly monstrous."
Baby Vegito Black T6 Smiled, a cold, sharp, victorious grin - He vanished in a burst of green light.
Gohan T1 Threw his arms up, blocking a strike aimed at his spine - The Super Saiyan 3 force hit with the weight of a planet, causing the Crimson Mystic form to flicker dangerously.
Gohan T1 Was driven forward, skidding across the arena floor - He roared, releasing the internal pressure of the block and spinning into an instantaneous counter.
Gohan T1 Executed a blinding-fast Kamehameha punch - The concentrated crimson ki wrapped around his fist like a drill bit.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Met the strike with his own Green Ki-infused punch - The collision was a shockwave of opposing principles: Gohan's internal discipline versus Baby Vegito Black's external, overwhelming power.
The impact locked their fists together, sending a violent shockwave across the void that nearly shattered the observation barriers.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Leaned in, his voice a low, mocking growl - "You lecture me about power, Gohan? You! The ultimate contradiction! You are the 'scholar' who 'hated' fighting, yet your only defining moment—your Mystic power—was given to you by a Kai! You are a fraud!"
Gohan T1 Ignored the immediate jab, twisting his hips and delivering a brutal, rising Crimson knee to the fusion's abdomen - The strike was aimed at the parasitic core he had exposed earlier.
Gohan T1 - "My potential was unlocked by the Kai. The discipline to reach it, the choice to keep improving it, that belongs to me. That is the thing you don't understand."
Baby Vegito Black T6 Was pushed back for the first time by the focused pressure - He countered instantly, delivering a high-speed, invisible ki blade to Gohan's shoulder joint, designed to sever the flow of the Crimson Mystic energy.
Gohan T1 Took the blow, wincing as the energy flow was momentarily restricted - He responded not with a punch, but with a complex pressure point strike to the fusion's jawline, intended to disrupt the Tuffle-Saiyan communication channels.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Shook his head violently, correcting the disruption immediately - "Discipline is the hatred you place on your true self! You claimed your existence was defined by others burden!"
Gohan T1 - He launched himself into a spinning backhand, channeling all his depleted energy into a single, overwhelming surge.
Gohan T1 - "My fate is my own! I choose to carry the weight! That choice defines me!"
Baby Vegito Black T6 Crossed his arms, absorbing the blow without effort - "Choice? You only choose to Fail! You failed your father against Cell! You failed your family against Buu! You failed your other self by running to your books!''
The words, sharp and surgical, tore at Gohan's resolve. The Crimson Mystic began to flutter violently, the psychological control momentarily compromised by the truth of his past failings.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Seized the opening with predatory speed - He unleashed a complex, high-speed combination: a triple ki-infused jab aimed at Gohan's heart, a crushing kick to the knee designed to destroy Gohan's base mobility, and a sweeping parasitic energy wave to disrupt the ground beneath him.
Gohan T1 Stumbled, narrowly avoiding the kick, but the triple jab pierced his defenses - He coughed violently, his Crimson ki bleeding from his mouth.
Gohan T1 - executed a split-second Instant Transmission just as the sweeping energy wave hit his last standing position, escaping the immediate danger.
Gohan T1 Reappeared far across the arena, visibly battered, the Crimson Mystic form shrinking rapidly - He was gasping for air, the energy flow unstable.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Did not pursue - He stood in the center, radiating contemptuous dominance, the Green SSJ3 aura mocking Gohan's desperate retreat.
Baby Vegito Black - "Running again, Gohan? It is your specialty! Look at your pathetic timeline! Your father, your mentor, your future self—they all reached true, stable power. You cling to a fleeting, borrowed 'God' state that cracks the moment your emotions are threatened! Your absurdity is nothing more than fear disguised as discipline!"
Gohan T1 Shouted in defiance, channeling his last reserves of Crimson ki into a rapidly forming Super Kamehameha - The beam, smaller than the Omega Masenko, was focused, dense, and desperate.
Gohan T1 - "This is the consequence of my choice!"
Gohan T1 Fired the Super Kamehameha - The crimson beam shot across the void like a spear.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Raised a single hand, catching the beam in his palm - He smiled, a slow, sickening display of overwhelming power.
Baby Vegito Black T6 - "The consequence of your choice is failure!"
Baby Vegito Black T6 Twisted his palm, instantly consuming the Super Kamehameha - The energy was absorbed, fueling the Tuffle parasite.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Launched a massive Reverse Parasitic Death Ball back at Gohan - The sphere of pure, concentrated green energy was overwhelming, a final, unanswerable attack.
Gohan T1 Knew he couldn't deflect or survive it - His Super Saiyan God state collapsed completely, his hair reverting to black, the light in his eyes extinguished. The overwhelming, raw power of the final blow was imminent.
Suddenly, a voice, deep and resonant, cut across the void, amplified by an Angelic staff:
Uub T1 - "MASTER GOHAN!"
Gohan T1's eyes snapped open - He looked down, seeing Uub T1, Future Trunks T1, Vegeta T1, Goku T1, and Piccolo T1 instantly pooling their remaining ki.
Gohan T1 Absorbed the overwhelming surge of raw power - His body swelled chaotically, the sheer volume of the combined energy shattering the Crimson Mystic control. His hair turned red again, crackling with pure, unbridled energy—
Baby Vegito Black T6 Roared in outrage - "FOOLS! You dare interfere! You are feeding me!"
Gohan T1 Raised his hands, channeling the borrowed, chaotic energy into an apocalyptic, blinding white Kamehameha - The beam was a manifestation of the entire Prime Timeline's desperate, collective strength.
Gohan T1 - "THIS IS THE WEIGHT I CARRY!"
Gohan T1 Fired the Absolute God Masenko - The beam was so massive it momentarily eclipsed the entire World of Void.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Met the blast with his own compressed, green parasitic sphere - The sheer, overwhelming, borrowed power of the T1 energy pool was the only thing that could counter the absolute density of the new Baby Vegito Black form.
The resulting blast pushed the fusion back, grinding him against the boundaries of the void, but Baby Vegito Black T6 ultimately held the line.
When the light faded, Baby Vegito Black T6 Was standing, damaged but laughing maniacally - Gohan T1 was gone.
Baby Vegito Black T6 - "You failed, Gohan!"
Vegeta T1 Looked up, his face grim
Vegeta T1 Pointed to the ring boundary - "Its over."
Gohan T1 Lay barely conscious on the ground outside the arena - He had used the last, chaotic burst of the Red Mystic power to push himself out of bounds, preventing Baby Vegito Black from absorbing him or killing him outright. A tactical surrender.
Baby Vegito Black T6 Roared in fury, realizing the tactical surrender - He had been defeated by a ring-out.
Baby Vegito Black T6 - "NO! I will kill him now!"
An Angel Appeared instantly between the enraged fusion and the fallen Gohan - The match was over.
(BABY VEGITO BLACK IS THE WINNER)
The final Semi-Final Match was decided. The Final was set: Vegito T2 vs. Baby Vegito Black T6.