So here it is, the first real chapter of the story! Before you start reading it, I'd like to point something out:
Since the Battle of Gods movie opened so many doors with this Multiverse business, some people (myself included), started picturing crossovers between Dragon Ball Z and other series. Since I have at least 11 new characters to create, do not be surprised if their powers & abilities are based off the powers and abilities of characters in other series. It will not be an explicit crossover, but I might just include references to those series in their respective universes. Not every one of them will be like this, though.
In terms of ages of the characters, the only really worthy mention here is that Goten and Trunks are 13 and 14 respectively. I'll use the Saiyan growth as an excuse for their kiddy appearance at these ages. Even that is not bullet-proof, but it will do for this story. Given how motherf*cking inconsistent time-tracking is in DBZ, this is probably a minor problem.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
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He slept quietly in his floating bed, surrounded by silence in the lonely room filled with flying boulders. His servant and teacher watched him in the silent darkness.
Whis continued to watch his master in complete silence. He had no idea when he would wake up again. It could be in a few months, it could be in a few centuries. This should be completely fine, except he had a bad feeling about things to come.
"Why is it that I feel like this…?" Whis said to himself, as his whisper spread throughout the room.
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Seventh Universe, Earth – Satan City
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"Hurray!" the crowd shouted as they saw the people coming out of the hospital. They all tried to get closer, but unfortunately they were so many that they ended up pushing each other instead.
"There, there…" Chichi said "You should all calm down, each will have their turn at seeing her."
"Back off!" Mr. Satan said "You gotta give the little girl some space to breathe!"
"Papa, you don't need to be like that!" Videl said.
"But, Videl! This is super important!" Mr. Satan replied "She must live the best of lives! I will never let anything bad happen to her!" he said he jumped in front of Videl "I'll never anything happen to you, my little Pa-"
"Let us see her already!" Krillin shouted.
"Not until I've made sure that all of you don't-"
"Papa, it's fine." Videl said "Nothing will happen to her."
Satan's eyes filled with tears "O… Okay… If you say so…" he stepped aside, letting the crowd get closer and take a look.
After a few seconds of gazing, Yamcha finally spoke up "So, what's her name?"
Gohan and Videl looked at each other for a moment "Pan. Her name is Pan." Gohan said.
"Pan, huh… That's a beautiful name." Krillin said.
The crowd continued making their questions as Goku looked at Gohan with a smile on his face, before turning back to see Vegeta laying against the wall.
"Vegeta, don't you wanna see Pan?" Goku said "She's just been born, you know?"
"Not interested." Vegeta said "I'll see her eventually, anyway."
"Boo… You're no fun." Goku replied, as he turned back into the commotion.
"So, to celebrate Pan's birthday, we'll throw a party at my house!" Bulma declared.
"Yeah!" the crowd exclaimed.
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Seventh Universe, Hakaishin Realm
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Whis patrolled around the palace, checking if there was any signs of things out of the ordinary. But so far he had found nothing. Why? Why did it feel like there was something wrong? There was nothing out of the ordinary in the palace, so why…?
Suddenly, he heard an explosion in the distance.
"This direction…" Whis said "Beerus-sama's room!" he said as he flew off to meet the source of the explosion.
He arrived there to see his master, and another being fighting each other. The intruder had a lean muscular physique, green hair and royal-like jewellery.
Beerus grabbed his attacker by the neck and sent him flying, crashing against one of the floating rocks in the room "You've got a lot of nerve coming here. Interrupting my sleep too."
"Hmph!" the intruder snorted.
"What are you doing here? You don't belong in this world." Beerus said.
"What am I doing here? Isn't it obvious?" the intruder said as he freed himself from the rock "I'm here to dispatch you, Seventh."
"Dispatch me? Since when do you have the authority to do that, Twelfth?" Beerus replied.
"I don't. I'm giving myself that privilege." Twelfth said.
"You think you'll get away with this?" Beerus asked.
"If I didn't, I wouldn't be doing it." Twelfth replied "I saw what you did the last time you woke up. You spared that planet! And for what? For the chance of a good fight in the future?"
"What I do or stop doing isn't of your concern." Beerus said "I am asking politely. Leave now, or this will only get worse for you."
"You're threatening me?" Twelfth said.
"I am." Beerus said "So, will you comply?"
Twelfth dashed at Beerus, only to be met by a knee and thrown into the fortress wall.
"So you want me to use force?" Beerus asked.
Twelfth stepped out of the wall "Let's see what you've got, Seventh God of Destruction!"
The two lunged themselves at each other, exchanging punches between one another. Beerus threw a punch at Twelfth's face, blocking a strike that aimed for his stomach. Then Beerus kicked Twelfth on his left side, sending him flying in the opposite direction. Beerus then flew at the falling Twelfth and punched him down to the ground. With Twelfth stuck, Beerus dropped down and delivered a devastating kick to his stomach, pushing him further down.
"Ugh!" Twelfth winced in pain as Beerus looked down on him.
"I am disappointed, Twelfth." Beerus said "You've become weak."
"Me?" Twelfth replied "You're the one who's become weak, Seventh!"
Beerus grabbed Twelfth by his royal necklace and held him up "Time to send you back."
"I don't think so!" Twelfth grabbed Beerus by his head and unleashed an energy beam from each hand, forcing him to let him go. As Beerus recuperated from the attack, Twelfth gained his distance.
"You're not going to make this easy, will you?" Beerus said.
"Of course not!" Twelfth lunged at Beerus and unleashed an uppercut that threw him into the air, he then proceeded to elbow his stomach and kick him up further into the air. Twelfth released a devastating punch to Beerus' stomach, before unleashing a barrage of punches at him, sending Seventh crashing into a wall.
"See? This is the power of a true God of Destruction." Twelfth said "This is what we're supposed to do!"
"You talk too much." Beerus said as he appeared behind Twelfth and chopped him away, he fell on his knees "Stay put. I'm going to turn you over to the Council."
"Go ahead, I was planning on taking care of the Council anyway." Twelfth said as he stood up and looked up at Beerus.
Beerus' expression hardened "So that's what you're after."
"Wasn't it obvious from the start?" Twelfth said as he charged up.
"Then there is no need to take you to the Council." Beerus said "I'll just kill you here." he charged up as well.
Twelfth charged at Beerus and the two went for a powered punch, the two attacks connected with each other, and the ceiling of the large room was blown away, revealing the orange sky above the palace. Beerus grabbed Twelfth's fist and punched him right in the ribs, sending him flying through the walls of the palace.
Twelfth emerged on the other side of the castle, followed closely by Beerus, who attempted a kick, which was narrowly dodged. Gaining momentum, Beerus tried to punch Twelfth again, but it blocked. Beerus then pushed Twelfth through the air and then headbutted him down into the lake outside the palace.
"Come on, Twelfth! Is that all you got?" Beerus said as he hovered over the water.
There was a flash coming from below the surface, and then all of the water vaporized. Twelfth fired a green Ki wave at Beerus, who blocked it with his bare hand.
"I know you are weakened, Seventh!" Twelfth shouted, as he poured more power into his attack "You cannot win this battle!"
Beerus was slowly being pushed back by the attack, he then fired off a Ki blast of his own, offsetting the power and having both attacks cancel each other out.
"I have much more in me than you know." Beerus said "I'm not this Universe's God of Destruction for nothing."
"Yes, quite so." Twelfth said as he flew upwards "But it still won't be enough." he punched Beerus in the stomach, sending him flying through the palace, Twelfth followed suit, kicking Beerus upwards as they emerged on the other side.
Beerus turned around and punched the incoming Twelfth in his face, and then he kicked the intruder down. Beerus continued his counterattack and dashed at Twelfth, he went for a punch, but his fist was grabbed by his opponent. Twelfth tried to retaliate, but Beerus also grabbed his fist. The two started pushing each other with their raw strength.
"It's payback!" Twelfth said, before headbutting Beerus and putting him on a headlock "It's over!"
"Your arrogance becomes a weakness." Beerus said, before using his tail to break free and throw Twelfth into the ground. Beerus then fired a Ki blast at Twelfth, who used his arms to protect himself.
"HAAA!" Twelfth shouted as he unleashed an explosive wave, vaporizing everything around him. He punched Beerus in the jaw before kicking him to the ground. He then stepped on Beerus' chest before he got up "This is where I kill you."
Beerus didn't respond. Instead he was starting to glow a whitish yellow. Twelfth pulled his foot away, feeling the heat coming from Beerus. Everything around him got melted out of existence as a star-like ball of heat surrounded Beerus. Beerus stood up and looked at Twelfth.
"What's that?"
The ball of heat started getting smaller, until it was completely absorbed by Beerus.
"All that show and you did nothing." Twelfth said, before Beerus appeared right in front of him and punched him right in the gut. Twelfth was sent flying into the trashed palace. Beerus lunged at him and went for another punch, but this time Twelfth blocked it. To Twelfth's surprise, Beerus' punch went through his guard and he was sent smashing through the walls of the palace again.
Emerging in a large room inside the palace, Twelfth fell on the ground, before getting back up again. He looked at his forearms, they had scorch marks on them, the same with his torso "What is he doing?"
Beerus appeared on the room and landed swiftly on the floor "Isn't it obvious? It's not just about how much power you have, it's how much you can cram into a single point."
"What?"
"I have more than enough to trash this entire galaxy compressed inside my body." Beerus said "With this, you have no defence against me."
"We'll just see about that!" Twelfth charged at Beerus and the two exchanged punches. Twelfth fell backwards due to the pain. He looked at Beerus "This is not over…! HA!" Twelfth fired a Ki wave at the ceiling and destroyed it, revealing the sky.
Beerus looked on as Twelfth charged up in the sky "You think just a stronger attack will do? I can counter everything you can throw at me."
"Why don't we put that to a test!" Twelfth shouted as he unleashed a giant green Ki wave at Beerus, who simply blocked it with his hand. Twelfth powered up the beam, and just like before he was pushing Beerus back.
Beerus continued blocking the attack with his hand, but noticed he would not be able to block without responding, just like before. In a flash, Beerus released his power onto the beam, cancelling them out "I told you, but you did not listen."
Twelfth charged at Beerus with a ludicrous speed. He punched the God of Destruction, but was gone before Seventh could retaliate. Twelfth continued doing this for several punches until he charged a Ki ball onto his hand and pushed it into Beerus, who was sent flying up into the sky.
Beerus stopped himself in mid-air and looked down at Twelfth. Just now, Twelfth had completely outran him. He needed to eliminate him as quickly as possible. Beerus raised a hand into the air, and a star-like orange ball of Ki started forming.
"Here's my response to you." Beerus said, as the giant orange Ki ball gained its full size, before throwing it at Twelfth, who blocked it with his bare hands. The positions were inversed now.
"Ugh!" Twelfth struggled to keep the attack from hitting him. He charged up as much as he could and started trying to push it back.
"Give up." Beerus said "There is no way to stop this attack."
Twelfth was trying his hardest to block the attack, but it relentlessly kept pushing him back. The ball would not stop moving… Beerus was right, the attack could not be stopped "Heh!"
"What a surprise. Are you laughing now that you know that you are destroyed?" Beerus said.
"N… Not really…" Twelfth said "Do you know… why I became a God of Destruction?"
"I am not interested." Beerus said.
"Then it saves me the trouble of explaining it to you…" Twelfth said, before mustering all of the power he could. He opened his palms completely "HAAAA!" he shouted, as suddenly the giant ball of orange Ki dismantled and became some sort of dust… which Twelfth controlled "Now take it back!" he shouted as he oriented the Ki dust to reform and throw itself at Beerus.
"What?" with no time to react, Beerus was engulfed in the blast of his very own attack, which had been turned against him by Twelfth. The giant ball exploded, erasing most of the palace out of existence and blowing Twelfth away.
Taken down by his own attack, Beerus fell down to the ground. Twelfth slowly approached Beerus.
"You've used up your stamina in your battle against those mortals… And you've been asleep only for 7 months." Twelfth said "This is why I decided to attack you now. You have been weakened, Seventh. And now, I will take your life!"
Twelfth lunged his hand at Beerus' unconscious body, but it was suddenly stopped by a staff as Twelfth was kicked away. Twelfth got back up and looked at his attacker "What…?"
"I wasn't interfering in the battle because my master had explicitly ordered me not to intervene in his battles." Whis said "But I cannot let you take his life."
"So you are his servant, huh?" Twelfth said "What makes you think you can defeat me?"
Whis held up his staff, as it started shining a cold green. It started morphing into some sort of energy lance. Whis grabbed the Ki lance and charged at Twelfth and swung the lance at him. Twelfth tried to dodge it, but the lance extended and hit him anyway. Twelfth was sent crashing into a wall.
Twelfth tried coming out of the wall, but his wrist was stuck. He tried to pull out with more strength, but nothing. It was as if the wall had rearranged itself around his wrist. Twelfth charged up and pulled away his hand, breaking the part of the wall that was holding his wrist in place "What was that?"
"You have lost!" Whis said as he charged at Twelfth. Twelfth tried to dodge the next attack, but now it was the ground that was holding him in place, it had changed its shape into holding his feet down. He was hit by Whis' lance and was sent crashing back into the wall, which started 'swallowing' Twelfth in.
"What is this? What kind of treachery is this?" Twelfth shouted as he struggled to fight the wall.
"I was the one who built this palace." Whis said "Every single piece of it is imbued with my Ki. That means I have total control over this entire construction."
The wall had stopped swallowing Twelfth, leaving only his head visible.
"You have broken into our Universe, and attacked our God of Destruction." Whis said "You were about to kill my master, so I will take your life instead." he raised his lance.
"Not today. Hahahaha!" Twelfth said as he was surrounded by green fire. The fire quickly consumed him and in an instant he was gone.
"Tch!" Whis cursed "He left…" he turned to his master, who was lying unconscious on the ground.
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Seventh Universe, Earth – West City
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Bulma's party was going just as expected. Everyone was dancing around and having fun. Well… almost everyone. Piccolo and Vegeta simply stood in their places. Bulma walked onto the stage and took the microphone, interrupting the music.
"Okay, okay everyone! Please calm down… I have two announcements to make!" Bulma said.
She waited until she got the attention of everybody.
"Okay, the first announcement is that I have bought a giant mansion in Satan City!" Bulma said.
The crowd started talking.
"A mansion in Satan City? What for?" Yamcha asked.
"I'm giving it away to Gohan-kun and Videl-san as present, of course!" Bulma said.
"Eeeehh?" Gohan looked at Bulma as the curtain behind her came down, revealing a huge picture of the mansion.
"It's huge!" Videl said as she looked at the picture.
"B- Bulma-san, are you sure about this?" Gohan said.
"Of course I am!" Bulma said.
The crowd exploded with chatter.
"You sure are lucky, Gohan." Chichi said as she approached her son.
"Eh? Why?"
"When Goku-sa and I got you, Bulma-san didn't give us anything." Chichi said.
"You're wrong, Chichi!" Goku said "Bulma paid for all that food, remember?"
"You ate all of it in one day!" Chichi said, irritated.
"Come on, I was hungry…"
"You Saiyans are always hungry!" Chichi pouted "Hmph!"
"Come on everyone, calm down!" Bulma said on the microphone "I still have another announcement to make!"
Then suddenly, someone came down from the sky right into the middle of Bulma's garden. It was a familiar face. The pale blue skin, the staff he was holding and the clothes he was wearing gave it away. However, something was different about him. The only time they had seen him he was in a jolly mood, but now… his face was so serious…
"Eh? You!" Goku pointed at the new guest "You're that guy!"
Whis looked at Goku, ignoring everyone's stares "Son Goku, we need to have a conversation."
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With the party crashed, everyone stood behind Goku, while Whis told them what had happened.
"EH? Beerus-sama was defeated?" Goku said "Who could do such a thing?"
"You do remember the information Beerus-sama passed onto you in your battle, don't you?" Whis asked.
"Hm… It was something about… other universes or something like that…" Goku said as he tried to remember.
"Exactly." Whis said "There are 12 Universes in total. This is the Seventh one. The one who attacked Beerus-sama was the God of Destruction of the Twelfth Universe."
"Why would he attack a fellow God of Destruction?" Vegeta asked.
"Currently I have no idea why. I do know that he plans to overthrow the Council." Whis said "That must absolutely not happen."
"Why?" Goku asked.
"The Gods of Destruction exist to keep the balance in their respective Universes." Whis said "If one of them decides to take over the structure that holds all of the Universes together, that balance will disappear."
"In other words, all 12 Universes will be destroyed." Vegeta said "Then why come to us?"
"I cannot leave this Unverse. My allegiance lies with Beerus-sama, and until he is recovered, I shall not abandon him." Whis said "You lot are the ones who Beerus-sama took a liking to, that is why he didn't destroy this planet when he woke up last time."
"Then you're saying we have to go after that God of Destruction?" Goku asked.
"It is your obligation." Whis said "If you truly are good natured, you have to fix what you've done."
"Fix what we've done? What are you talking about?" Goku replied.
Whis waved his staff, and the seven Dragon Balls appeared floating around him "Beerus-sama should've destroyed this planet when he woke up last time. Do you know why?"
No one responded.
"It was because you have constantly defied the laws of nature with these wish-granting vessels." Whis said "You have resurrected billions of people, transferred millions away from a dying planet, among other acts that disrupt the natural flow of the Universe. The balance of this Universe has already started to crumble because of you." he hit the ground with the tip of his staff, and the Dragon Balls turned to stone and fell on the floor.
"What have you done?" Bulma shouted.
"Those were the Dragon Balls, you know?" Trunks said.
"Yeah, give them back!" Goten shouted.
"Ironically, you are the only ones who will have a chance of stopping the God of Destruction who attacked Beerus-sama." Whis said "The Dragon Balls shall remain inactive until this Universe has naturally returned to its balanced state. I ask of you to pursue that God of Destruction and prevent him from doing any more harm."
"Then… what do we have to do?" Goku asked.
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And that was it!
So you can pretty much get the vibe of the fanfic now. We will have the heroes go off to different Universes looking for the rogue God of Destruction and of course finding the other Gods of Destruction too.
It was hard writing the party part because there were so many characters that are supposed to be there, but only a few actually speak up or do something. Hopefully it won't be as difficult from now on.
Anyway, follow and review to let me know of any problems.
See you next chapter!
