Vegeta Vs. Beerus, Part 2

"Now then," Beerus said as he cracked his neck, "shall we begin?"

A sinister, purple aura enveloped the deity. It produced a pressure so intense that it nearly forced the prince down to his knees. But Vegeta stood tall and took his stance, and his fiery aura flared to life. "Yes, we shall."

The two charged at one another. Their fists clashed, followed with rounds of punches and kicks colliding with one another. They matched each other blow for blow. Beerus could feel the Saiyan's strikes grow more and more precise with every attack, and the pressure the man emitted began to grow. But this was still not enough for the Destroyer. Not enough for him to go above a paltry forty percent of his power at least.

Vegeta could see the deity was still toying with him, despite having just agreed to enter a more serious battle. His fists tightened with rage, as he was unable to figure out how to draw from this Super Saiyan God power. The more he felt his emotions heighten, the more rigid his movements became.

"Oh dear, this simply won't do," Whis said in a rather disappointed tone. "He still hasn't figured out how divine energy works yet."

"What do you mean?" asked a confused Goku.

"The power of godly ki often does not respond too well to intense emotions such as anger or hatred. Though it can provide a boost in power in some cases, it's almost always only temporary or superficial. The true key to unlocking the full potential of divine energy is through being focused and calm. Traits that it seems both you and him as Saiyans naturally lack."

Goku turned his attention back to the fight, feeling a sudden, sharp increase in the pressure emitting from Vegeta. The prince had backed away and thrusted both of his arms out in a very familiar stance. "Oh, what's that?"

"Oh, geez!" screamed a frightened Krillin. "The last time he used that move on Cell, he nearly killed me and Trunks! I don't even wanna think about how strong that's gonna be with this new power-up of his!"

Beerus looked on at the Saiyan curiously. "Oh, so we've finally started to use blasts now, hm?" He could feel the Saiyan's energy grow denser, and his face, muscles- pretty much his entire body tensed up. The burning red aura flared up like an wildfire. The power Vegeta produced was certainly great, but it did nothing to elicit any form of emotion from Beerus. In fact, he appeared rather bored of the situation.

This, of course, only angered Vegeta even more.

"I'll teach you to underestimate me! If you feel so confident in your power, then you stay right where you are, pussycat!"

Beerus recoiled in shock. "Excuse me?! What did you-"

"FINAL FLASH!" Vegeta screamed as he cupped his hands together and released a scarlet red version of his signature attack. The sky took on a red hue as his blast hurdled towards the Destroyer. Beerus simply held out his hand and allowed the blast to smack into his palm. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared without a single trace. The sky returned to its original deep blue, leaving Vegeta so shocked that he could barely even move. It reminded him of how Frieza would kick his blasts away, or how that damned Cell Junior made such quick work of his Final Flash before. This, however, was something different. The Destroyer exhibited absolutely no effort at all in making the blast disappear.

"You nullified it?! But how?! That's impossible!" the prince loudly proclaimed.

Beerus looked on at the Saiyan with a glare so vicious, it felt as if daggers had bore into his flesh. "I don't take too kindly to insults," he said as he slowly inched closer to him. "Ever since you obtained this power, you've been nothing but a complete and utter disappointment."

Suddenly, Vegeta felt the red hot pain of Beerus's hand as it penetrated his stomach. He could do nothing. His body was completely frozen from a pain that he had never experienced before. It burned so intensely that he felt as if he would perish right there from it. Consciousness had already begun to fade, and the world around him grew dark as he fell to the ground.

"Seems you weren't the one I was looking for at all," Beerus said with a bored sigh. "Perhaps you should have just realized your place, and just let Goku fight me."

Vegeta fell to the ground. His aura faded, his body was paralyzed, blood poured from his open wound like a leaking faucet, and his psyche was all but shattered. As he lay there in the grass, he took this moment to reflect on himself. The Prince of all Saiyans had failed, and miserably so. He failed against Kakarot, he failed against Frieza, he failed against Cell, he failed twice against Majin Buu, and now, even with the power of a god, he failed against Beerus.

Damn. I'm such a fool, he thought to himself. Is this it?

"Only if you want it to be," a voice called out to him from beyond the realms of their world.

Vegeta felt a presence within him. There was a somewhat familiarity in its signature, yet he had never felt it before. What? Who's there?

"Come on, Vegeta. You can't just go giving up now. There's still so much more for you to do!"

Alright, enough games! Have I gone mad? Who are you?!

The voice chuckled at the man's questions. "You sure do have a short temper, don't'cha? You do realize that this Super Saiyan God power works differently from your regular Super Saiyan power, right? Anger will only serve to hinder you in this state, and states even further beyond."

E- Even further beyond? You mean, even with all of this power, there's STILL something that surpasses even this? … Hold on, how do you know so much about this power? A- Are you-

"You're the Prince of all Saiyans, right? The strongest there is, right? Well, its time to prove it. Control your emotions, and rise even further beyond the realm of the gods."

W- Wait, hang on! Vegeta mentally called out to the voice, but he felt its presence fade just as abruptly as it showed up. Whoever it was, however, their words touched him. From deep within him rose more power. He could feel the inner flames of the Super Saiyan God power burn his wound away, cleansing it and healing the area with its divine heat. A new wave of energy ignited from deep within him, scorching away the pain and exhaustion he once felt.

While the prince was out of commission, Beerus had turned to the Z Fighters. They couldn't feel his energy, but his anger could be felt as plain as day as the air around them thickened with so much pressure that they could hardly breathe. "No pudding… and the Super Saiyan God was a bore… I must say, I'm rather displeased with this planet and everything on it. I think it's high time I destroy the Earth and head back home. Whis, we're leaving!"

"Just one minute, my Lord!" Whis said with his mouth full of a confectionary delicacy. Bulma had grabbed the others who were unable to fly and tagged along in a ship, and Whis had all but made himself friendly with the Earthling woman as he eyed the plate of desserts from the party. "And now what do you call these?"

"Um, donuts," said a very uneasy 18 as she clenched Marron in her arms.

Whis nearly squealed with delight. "These are simply marvelous! The powdered sugar coating around them is simply divine. You must teach me to make them before Beerus destroys the planet."

Marron began to cry loudly as the being known as Whis continued to scarf down the desserts. 18 repressed the urge to remove him from the ship, simply because she knew she would be unable to. At the very least, Whis was occupied. And that would mean the Earth would spared, for now. But the Angel's gluttony gave the Z Fighters just enough time to band together. Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, and Tien, prepared themselves as Beerus inched closer to them. Goku powered up to his Super Saiyan 3 form, knowing full and well that he was no match for the deity. But he had to try. Gohan unleashed all of the power he had, becoming clad in the white aura of the utilization of his full potential. Piccolo channeled the inner power of his other halves, Kami and Nail, and Krillin and Tien drew out as much power as they could.

"This may be it," Goku said as his fists shook with fear. "If we go down, we go down fighting!"

Right as Goku was about to lead the charge, he noticed Vegeta close in on Beerus faster than he had previously seen the prince exhibit. Before the Destroyer could even react, he was kicked across the plains and into the neighboring mountains hundreds of miles away. His collision into the hills brought the massive structures of nature down with a mighty explosion that rumbled across the area.

"Vegeta, you're okay!" Goku happily exclaimed, powering down from his stressed form. "Man, I thought you were down for the count and we were gonna have to go another round with Beerus."

Vegeta scoffed. "Please, do you really think I would allow something as small as a minor flesh wound defeat me?"

Goku took notice of the hole in Vegeta's battle suit where the deity had stabbed him. His skin showed no trace of any wound, not even a scar. "Whoa, did you heal yourself?!"

"It seems that there are still new heights for me to achieve. And right here, right now, I will surpass Beerus and step beyond the realm of the gods!"

"Surpass Beerus? Right now?" asked a baffled Goku. "Man, you're somethin' else. Just don't get carried away out there again. You know that the angr-"

"I don't need pointers from you, Kakarot," Vegeta said with a scoff. "I've already been told that my emotions are what's getting in the way of achieving this power's true potential."

Piccolo gave the prince a side glance. "Hold on, who told you that? You were way too far to hear Whis when he told Goku just a few minutes ago."

"Never mind that," Vegeta quickly responded. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a god to slay."

Beerus rose from the rubble, clad in a violet aura that sent chills down the spines of the Z Fighters. The debris faded away as he his angered screams echoed throughout the world. "VEGETAAAAAA!" In a flash, he closed in on the Saiyan and began to drag him face first through the countryside. "Don't you DARE get cocky just because you got a hit on me! You Saiyans need to learn your place!"

"The only place you need to learn is underneath my boot!" Vegeta cried as broke free planted said boot firmly on the back of the deity's hed. He brought himself back to his feet to see that Beerus had dragged him all the way to the rocky, northern wastelands where he had previously done battle with Kakarot while being under Babidi's control. The area was still devastated with craters, but it seemed that nature had been trying to reclaim it. Until now, that is.

"Let's see how you handle this, then, Prince!" Beerus yelled as he fired a purple orb from his hands.

Vegeta smirked, as he could hardly feel any sort of power emanating from the attack. He prepared to guard against it, but as it approached, every fiber of his being called out to him with the heaviest sense of foreboding. Without any warning, or even a thought, his body forced him to move away. The strange orb made contact with a nearby hill, and caused it to disintegrate within seconds. Vegeta looked on in shock as he imagined what would have happened if he tried to take that blast on himself. "What in the world is that?!"

As he looked back at Beerus, he was surprised to see the deity in his face. That same purple energy surrounded his hand, and was nearly pressed against the Saiyan's chest. "It's Energy of Destruction," he said, releasing an explosive wave from his hand.

Vegeta quickly backed away, feeling that same chill cause his hair to stand on end. He narrowly managed to avoid this Energy of Destruction, and saw how it completely decimated the area around Beerus. There was no fire or flames from the blast- whatever it touched was just simply gone and wiped from existence.

"I'll give you this, Vegeta, you may be hot headed, but you're certainly no fool. Had you touched this, you would have been obliterated. Your spirit wouldn't even exist anymore."

Vegeta folded his arms with a confident smile. "Guess I'll take some pride in the fact that I got a Destroyer to try to kill me."

Beerus groaned loudly. "You should really learn when to stop stroking your ego, especially in the face of an opponent that has you far outmatched. You Saiyans- surely there's something else that means more to you than just your pride?"

Vegeta's fists clenched at the absurd question. "Seems you haven't been listening, Lord Beerus. To a Saiyan, power and pride is all!" As Vegeta rushed in to continue to fight, the fiery crimson aura that once enveloped him quickly faded. His hair and eyes both lost the color of the Super Saiyan God power, and his body bulked back up once again. Though he didn't notice, everyone else certainly did.

"Whoa, what's going on? He's changed! He's back to normal!" Goku exclaimed.

No one could give him a proper response, save Whis who simply said, "It would seem that he's out of time. I'm afraid he won't be able to beat Lord Beerus like that."

Beerus countered the prince's punch with an elbow to the face that pushed him back. He took notice of the Saiyan's reversion back to his base form, but kept his comments to himself. Though he had seemingly lost all semblance of the Super Saiyan God power, Vegeta was still putting up quite the fight. Beerus couldn't help but smile, as this was the first time he had been able to let loose in hundreds of years. They both clashed, fist against fist, foot against foot, neither one of them letting up in their attacks. Vegeta would counter and parry most of the Destroyer's attacks now, having learned how he fought. Beerus would properly respond with changing his style in order to confuse the Saiyan, but he adapted quite quickly to any changes he attempted to surprise him with.

Vegeta struck Beerus in the face with a right hook. The Destroyer went flying into the ground. The impact made the prince smirk confidently, but for Beerus, there was a much different look brewing on his face. It was shock, as he wiped his face clean of the dirt to see blood on the back of his hand. His violet aura flared to life once again as he glared back at the Saiyan. "Didn't I tell you to stop getting so cocky, Vegeta? You're letting your guard down!"

Without even realizing it, Beerus had closed in on him. His palm was on the man's face again, shoving him down into the dirt. But instead of dragging his face through the earth, he ignited his hand with ki and sent the warrior deep into the ground. Before Vegeta could even react to get his bearings, Beerus was on top of him yet again, sending him deeper and deeper into the earth until they reached an underground oasis. He found himself unable to catch his breath as he fell into a pool of water. Still, Beerus gave the Saiyan no chance to rest. Continuously, Vegeta was sent rocketing deeper and deeper into the earth, far beneath the oasis.

The dirt and bedrock began to grow increasingly hotter as Beerus continued his onslaught of palm energy infusion explosions. Finally, Vegeta had enough of this. He unleashed a power within him that caused his ki to swell fifty times over. The sudden increase in power allowed him to break away from the Destroyer's grasp and finally catch his breath as a sharp, golden aura poured from his exhausted body. Sweat drenched the collar of his battle suit, and though he could breathe, he felt as if he were burning up. A quick look behind him allowed him to see that he had emerged in yet another cave deep underground, shoved all the way down near the core of the planet, where molten rock and lava flowed freely. The heat began to siphon away what little energy he had left in his exhausted body. "Damn it all," he said to himself.

"Have you finally become aware of your situation?" asked the Destroyer. "You've dropped out of your Super Saiyan God form, and now you're back to a regular Super Saiyan."

Vegeta looked at himself. He noticed the golden aura bleeding from him, and his muscles having returned back to their natural density. "Well, that's just fine by me. I'd rather pummel you with my own power anyway!"

Beerus watched as the Saiyan resumed his fighting stance once more. "You may have lost the form, but the flames of Super Saiyan God still burn within you. It seems you've retained that power and made it your own; it's the only way you've still been able to put up a fight against me thus far. But it looks like we're about done here."

Before Vegeta could respond, the Destroyer clasped his hands together and slowly moved them apart. Being created in between his palms was something akin to a star. It shined so bright that it made the Saiyan cover his eyes. Once he uncovered them, though, that small star had grown massively in size into a cataclysmic orb. It had a similar feeling to the Energy of Destruction that was introduced to him earlier, and it made him shake.

"This," Beerus said, "cannot be deflected or crushed."

Vegeta looked back at him. Knowing full and well the core of the Earth was just a few miles away, there was no way he could let that blast hit. There was no point in asking him to refrain from firing it, as he had came to realize before that this deity would do what he pleased, when he pleased. The only thing Vegeta could do was ready himself to take it head on.

"Its been fun, Vegeta. Rather annoying at times, but also fun. Truly, its a shame we have to end this here! You're an extremely capable fighter! A rare genius, in fact! But here's where it all ends!"

Vegeta pushed his power as high as it would go as he curled his hands back behind him. His aura flared wildly, producing electricity that crashed into the lava beneath him. Much to the surprise of not only the Destroyer, but to everyone, Vegeta's power continued to skyrocket as he desperately called forth every bit of energy he had. It far surpassed anything he was capable of before ascending to Super Saiyan God. All throughout the world, tremors and earthquakes rocked its surface and layers as the two prepared for their final clash.

Beerus held his orb above him, watching as the Saiyan's power continued to increase. He was rather shocked that a mortal like him could produce such an exponential power, even after losing his god form. But then again, he supposed he wasn't dealing with just any average Saiyan warrior. This was the prince, and to acknowledge the man's great pride, he funneled even more power into his attack, bringing it to 100% of his power.

It was time. Both warriors brought out as much power as they could, and they fired their attacks. From Beerus, he launched his devastating cataclysmic orb with a sharp kick. Vegeta thrusted his hands forward and fired the most powerful Galick Gun in his entire life. The purple beam collided with the sphere and vicious struggle ensued. Vegeta could barely push back against the full power of the Destroyer, as the orb began to slowly consume his beam. No matter how much he forced it, there was only so much power that he could pour into his beam. It was only a matter of time before the orb had completely devoured his attack, and he was forced to defend against it with his bare hands. The ball pushed him deeper and deeper. Soon, he could feel the heat of the lava right against his back.

Beerus looked on at the Saiyan's struggle and asked, "Aren't you about done yet? There's nothing more you can do! You've hit your limit!"

As Vegeta himself began to be consumed by the orb, something inside of him awakened. "Don't you dare. EVER. TALK TO ME ABOUT MY LIMITS!" he screamed from within the blast. A wave of heat suddenly washed over him as he hair and body ignited with the fiery crimson flames of Super Saiyan God. All at once, he began to take the blast and absorb it. His body nearly tore itself to pieces trying to take on the power of the Destroyer, but it was the only thing he could think to do. Beerus stood, shocked as he watched his cataclysmic orb disappear.

The Saiyan emerged from the blast, having ascended one more time to the legendary Super Saiyan God state. Beerus readied himself, expecting the prince to come at him, but one look at him and he could tell the man was finished. What stood before him was the true power of a natural born Saiyan warrior that defied all logic and broke past his limits. When he should have perished, Vegeta had absorbed blast that would destroy anyone from the inside out. But not him.

"Is that all you've got?" Vegeta said with his signature smirk. And with that line being the last breath that escaped out of his mouth, he collapsed. The Super Saiyan God form was lost once more, and the lava beneath him nearly claimed him. But Goku managed to catch him by the ankle, having Instant Transmissioned just in time before the prince met his doom to the bubbling magma below.

"Don't worry, Vegeta. I've got you," Goku said.

"K- Kakarot?" Vegeta weakly said as he could just barely make out the Saiyan's wild hair. "I'm sorry."

"Its okay," smiled Goku. "You did all you could."

"You Saiyans are quite interesting creatures," Beerus commented. "I have to admit, out of everyone I've faced, Vegeta, you have to be my second strongest foe. Not counting the other Gods of Destruction from other universes, at least."

"Wait, other universes? What do you mean?" Goku asked.

Beerus chuckled. "See, I'm the Destroyer from this universe- the seventh. There's twelve in total."

"WHAT?!" screeched a shocked Goku. High above the Earth's core, Piccolo winced as the Saiyan's high-pitched shriek hurt his ears.

"If you think that's surprising, then you should know that my attendant, Whis, is far more than just an attendant. He's actually my martial arts teacher, and if you think you struggled against me, you're no hope for him!"

"That's crazy…" exhaled Goku. "Looks like we've got a long way to go, don't we, Vegeta?"

Vegeta responded with a sigh of indignation. He looked up at Beerus and asked, "Well, what are you waiting for? Aren't you going to destroy us?"

Beerus shrugged his shoulders and tossed his head back with a yawn. "Eh, I think I've done enough destruction to the Earth for now. Maybe I'll come back and finish the job another day. Perhaps then, with the proper training, you could be a real fight for me."

Without even so much as a goodbye, the Destroyer returned to his attendant, and the two were back off into the cosmos. Goku popped himself and Vegeta back up to Earth's surface and into Bulma's ship. Everyone boarded, and Trunks and Bulma hugged their sweaty, beaten prince with tears in their eyes, exclaiming how happy they were to know he was safe.

"Is he really gone?" Bulma asked, wiping away the tears in her eyes.

"Yeah," Goku said with a nod.

"But he'll be back," Vegeta added. "I don't know when, but when he does, I swear I'll be the one to defeat him. Now that I've ascended into the realm of the gods, there's no telling how strong I'll become."

As the Z Fighters and their families returned to their homes, far off in space, Whis zoomed through the cosmos, enveloped in his light. Beerus held onto his attendant's shoulders and let out another yawn. "Could you hurry it up, Whis? I wanna get back home and take a nap."

"My, today sure has tired you out, hasn't it?"

"You could say that," Beerus admitted. "I just hope that Saiyan can give me a better challenge next time."

"It may not be for a while until he's ready to face you again. He's still got a lot to learn," Whis explained. "There's no doubt in my mind that Goku will follow along as well."

"Goku? You mean that other Saiyan?" Beerus asked with yet another tired yawn. "Just thinking about him is making me even sleepier. You really think he's gonna be of any challenge to me?"

"He definitely has potential," Whis said. "I don't know if he'll ever obtain Super Saiyan God, but you should definitely be keeping an eye on him, too."

"Hmph. We'll see… for now, just get me home. I trust you packed snacks for the ride?"

"Why of course, my Lord. Only the finest from Earth." Whis materialized a box and handed it to the Destroyer.

Beerus quickly opened it, and much to his delight, was a single container of pudding. "What?! B- But how? I thought that pink bastard ate them all!"

"Well, I managed to get the vendor to make one more while you were fighting."

As Beerus shoved a spoon into the container, he paused to look at its delicacy and splendor just for a moment to savor. Fighting the Super Saiyan God was one thing, but this was something he craved above all else. Slowly, and delicately, he put the spoon into his mouth and wrapped his tongue around the utensil.

Whis awaited anxiously for the lord's exclamations, but found that he was unexpectedly silent. "How does it taste, my Lord?"

"Its… honestly quite awful. Let's turn around. I need to destroy that damned Earth right now."

Whis chuckled as he continued to head towards their home. "Perhaps you'll get your revenge next time. Meanwhile, I have more desserts for you to try, if you wish? I had one of the Earthlings prepare me their finest drinks. I believe its called… horchata?"