Chi-Chi yawned as she woke up, noticing she was in the bed that she'd slept in as a kid...And was the very age she'd been when she'd met Goku. She was confused, but gathered her thoughts together.
What an odd dream...Me in Goku's place, and he in mine? I'd wondered what his life was like. Wonder why the Bulma in that dream smirked so much.
And the way Goku acted...was I really that bad when it came to Gohan's education?
And was that all a dream, too? Is Goku even real? Was any of that real?
-
Chi-Chi soon got her answer, as Goku arrived, just as he had before. Seeing these events play out all over again was weird. Goku seemed a little different than she remembered; a little wiser than before. Looking in the distance, she sighed."Goku...I had an odd dream. One where you and I got married, though we just met. And then another dream happened... I was the one raised by Grandpa Gohan, and you were the Ox King's son..."
Goku smirked-just as she remembered. "Oh. Bulma said you were acting odd that time. Too bad I missed it."
Chi-Chi looked shocked. She quickly grabbed Goku, yelling, "Are you saying all that happened? Then why...did someone make a wish on the Dragon Balls? What the heck is..." Goku pointed down. Chi-Chi noticed she was flying.
She was FLYING. But she never learned how...So...how was she? Goku sighed.
"Chi-Chi...I've some explaining to do."
-
After Goku explained what'd happened, Chi-Chi asked, "So let me get this right, Goku. Time's looping again and again, and I only just NOW 'Awoke' to this? What took so..."
Goku hugged her, crying. "I...didn't want you stuck in this. I knew it might happen, but I didn't want it. I thought you might lose it..lose your mind... and go bonkers."
"Like that Sakura girl you mentioned?" Chi-Chi shrugged after asking this, as Goku nodded. "Don't worry. I think I'm better than that. But how did I learn to fly? I never really learned how to use Ki."
Goku chuckled, as if the answer was obvious. "You learned how when our roles were reversed. The ability is still there. Trust me, you'll pick up a lot of new tricks. I gotta warn you though...Your tendency to be how you are with Gohan hasn't earned you many fans." Chi-Chi facepalmed.
"I know. When I saw you acting like that, I realized that maybe I was wrong. I just wanted a peaceful life for our son; for him to have opportunities you never had."
Goku smiled. "It'll be fine, Chi-Chi. Anyway, how about I train you to fight this Loop? It'll be a good way to bond." Chi-Chi had a radiant smile.
"Of course! I'm not sitting on the sidelines anymore!" Goku cracked his knuckles. "Ok, then. Don't think it'll be easy!"
Chi-Chi just sniggered. "Is ANYTHING easy for us?"
With that, the two flew off, with a new adventure awaiting Chi-Chi. And eternity to experience it.
3.2 (krspaceT)
"I built my prototype armor in a cave, with a box of scraps!" "Well I rebuilt MYSELF on a abandoned ship with a bunch of spare parts!"
Captain America and Luffy stared in worry and excitement, respectively, as Tony Stark and Cutty Flam, also known as Iron Man and Franky, were debating their 'super' potential as working geniuses.
"You think they are going to fight?!" Luffy asked in anticipation of the awesome potential square off between Hero and Pirate.
"I would prefer they don't" Steve said in complete seriousness.
"You know, what do you think it would be like if they switched places. I'd love to have Tony Stark for a loop in my crew, wanna trade!?" Luffy asked in complete honesty as Steve briefly considered the potential effects of Franky being an Avenger, Billionaire Philanthropist Playboy for a loop.
Captain America immediately shook his head in vehement refusal.
3.3 (krspaceT)
Obi-Wan Kenobi could tolerate ghost loops, if Anakin was around.
Awake or not, trolling him was at least a past-time.
But no, he wasn't even in his galaxy this ghost loop.
He was a ghost, in Japan.
He could predict the Hollows that were bound to come soon...
"Oh, hollows? You're worried about those things? Don't worry, this is the wrong loop for them!"
The ghost form of the Jedi Master suddenly realized he wasn't alone.
No, there was a blue haired, broom riding witch hovering in front of him.
Dressed in a pink kimono of all things.
(Thankfully, she was not Umbridge. She was a lot cuter, for one thing. Contrary to what Anakin believed, he was capable of such thoughts)
"Well, this is new" this was a new one.
"Well, new for you maybe. I've actually been around for a while now" the witch descended to his eye level before extending her hand "My name is Botan, fifth looper of the world anchored by Yusuke Urameshi. My job is to guide spirits to the afterlife, though I assume that won't be necessary"
"No, not at all" Obi-Wan had no desire to play with Earthly afterlifes. That wasn't his thing.
But still, one thing was bothering him...
"Yusuke, Yusuke..." The name was familiar "Wait, is he the kid who walked into the portal..."
Botan looked somewhat unamused now "No, that was Danny Phantom"
"Oh..." he pondered again "Does this world involve card games..."
"No, that's Yugi" Botan now looked somewhat annoyed now.
"Oh dear, I'm striking out today" Obi-Wan was blushing from his inability to remember.
"Yes, yes you are"
Obi-Wan stroked his beard in that mentally stimulating manner of his, before his memory flared up "Oh wait, he's the finger gun guy, right?"
"Bingo!" the blue haired witch snapped her fingers in joy "Now, I assume you probably want to be alive again. I can make some arrangements, though it may cost you"
"Define...cost me"
...
The ever green garb of the spirit detective Yusuke Urameshi caused the milkshake he was slurping to refract in strange colors.
"Man oh man, isn't this loop fun guys! This place has great milkshakes, and they are all cheap! Man, this should be baseline"
"Yes, certainly better than that loop where I was much too similar to that other Kurama" a red long-haired male mused
"Or that loop where I was a cat" a collosus of a teenage male with punkish orange hair laughed "Or what about that loop with the ears..."
"We agreed to never speak of that loop again" a dark haired fellow muttered as he absently rubbed his hidden third eye, quite glad it wasn't an ear "and I do believe the temp is here"
The foursome found themselves joined by an Obi-Wan who looked more like he had just went a few rounds on Geonosis in his underwear.
"So, your the Jedi huh? Why do you look like you just fought something that came out of a golden egg to the death?" Yusuke inquired.
3.4 (cipher100)
The Twenty-Third World Martial Arts Tournament was one of Goku's favorite moments during baseline. The day he finally won the tournament and would gain a future close friend in his final opponent. Goku just had to win the fight, while following a few loose rules, nothing he hasn't done before.
As the competitor's names for the final match were called, Goku stepped up onto the arena. With the roar of the crowd on all sides, he turned to his opponent, Piccolo. As Goku waited for the Announcer/Commentator/Judge to begin the fight he started a mental count down to what he knew was coming.
"You should feel honored." Yup, right on time.
"Oh really. Why is that?" Goku asked. Knowing what piccolo was going to say next.
"Because, I am your executioner!"
Goku groaned mentally. He never did enjoy Piccolo's personality during this part of the loop. His demeanor never under goes a real change until Vegeta and Nappa show up, it must be the time he spends training Gohan.
"Ready." The Announcer said into his mike, bringing Goku back to the fight. Shaking his head, Goku took a fighting stance causing Piccolo to do the same.
"On my mark. Get set. Begin!"
At the call the final match began. Both contestants went at each other, fighting tooth and nail for the higher ground in the fight. They traded blow for blow, dodging where they could and blocking where they could not. Punch and kick, punch, elbow, and the fight went on like that for a while.
However, about ten minutes in is when Goku started to notice something. Piccolo's fighting was getting sloppy, as if he was getting distracted. And if his face was anything to go by, he did not seem to know what was going on. The look of confusion was what clinched it for Goku. Breaking off to gain some time to think, Goku studied Piccolo. The way his body was tense and his eyes darting around the area, was all the confirmation Goku needed.
"No way. Is he?" Goku whispered to himself.
"Goku. What's happening?" Piccolo said. Looking over to Goku, his eyes alert, but confused.
In response Goku rushed him, throwing a punch at Piccolo's head, which he caught. Goku followed up the previous punch with another, also caught. Interlocking His hands with Piccolo's, Goku used the pushing contest as a means to talk in a discrete manner.
"Listen I know you're confused right now, but I need you to follow along with what you remember about this fight. Okay?" Asked Goku.
"What are you talking Goku? What's going on?"
"I promise I'll explain everything later. But right now we need to finish this fight…and get Kami out of your stomach. Meet me on top of Capsule Corp. Building later. I will explain everything then." Piccolo was still confused but nodded anyway. With that both of them broke off and continued with the fight.
Several Hours later, after Kami was freed and the Tournament Arena was destroyed, again. Piccolo was flying to Capsule Corp. to meet Goku and find out how both of them were in the past.
However, once he got there not only did find Goku but Bulma as well. Landing on the roof and before the other two could speak Piccolo asked the obvious question.
"Alright, I want to know why we are back in time?" Glancing over at Bulma he continued. "And since Bulma is here I assume it is affecting her as well?
Rubbing the back of his head Goku answered. "Heh heh heh, well long story short time is looping."
Seeing Piccolo's mouth open he added. "And before you ask, no it is not because someone used the Dragonballs to wish it that way." Causing Piccolo to close his mouth, but not remove his mild glare.
"How long has it been happening?" Piccolo ventured.
"We don't know." Bulma was the one to answer. "I lost count a while ago. And the others that were activated before us don't remember anymore."
"Others?" Piccolo asked. What were they talking about? What exactly happened?
Glancing at Goku, Bulma let a sigh as she began the Welcome to the Multiverse Speech.
"It is a LONG story. But it began with a multidimensional tree called Yggdrasil…"
3.5 (kingofsouls)
Sena sighed. Another day, another Lonely Loop.
"Class, we have a transfer student toady. one from America."
That's interesting. Sena thought to himself as the student enterd the room. He was African American, and had a bow tie instead of the regualr tie his school unifrom require. "Good morning everyone. I'm Freddy Fazbear. Pleaesd to make your aquantance."
-
Freddy ran as fast as human legs could take him as Sena flew in the air, garbed in his Sacred Treasures and weilding a bow that shot arrows of light like it was a freaking machine gun made of magic.
It was a wonder that the arrows were somehow missing. "STAND STILL YOU SATANIC MACHINE!"
"WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU!"
"YOU KILLED ME!"
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LITTLE THAT NARROWS IT DOWN?"
3.6
The loopers from the Grand Line were, as a whole, a very close knit group. That went without saying. Their were 10 loopers before they'd had ten loops, after all. And while the new awakenings slowed down considerably afterwards, they were all family in all but name, and they even had the name depending on the loop.
And it wasn't just limited to the loopers. The Strawhat pirates and their friends rarely kept silent about the loops. Much like the Joestar clan, they considered their unawake friends to be invaluable.
Which is why, when Ace awoke this loop and discovered a certain Pink haired girl amongst the Whitebeard Pirates, he had no hesitation in tell his captain about the loops, and about what she'd done. Whitebeard, the boy's father in every way that mattered, believed his son immediately, and contemplated what to do about Sakura Haruno.
-
Sakura regarded her captain calmly. She was well aware of what Ace had told him, and wasn't really concerning to her. The man would kick her off the crew, sure, but she wasn't particularly attached to them. She'd just gotten their afterall.
"Sakura" the old man stated "Ace has told me about the loops. And he told me what you were like. So, i need to tell you..." he began.
Sakura remained calm.
"IT DOESN'T MEAN SHIT!" he shouted "You're part of my crew, my family, and that's that. It'll never change!"
Sakura was, to stay the least, surprised. She could tell, that Whitebeard accepted her unconditionally. Very few people ever did that, even in her home loop. Not even Twilight Sparkle was 100 percent comfortable around her.
She smiled, and vowed not to forget this loop
-
After the party, for there was of course a party on that occasion, Sakura took five minutes to completely restore Whitebeard to full health, and they had a pretty fun loop. Walking down the streets of the Hidden leaf village, Sakura had a small smile on her face.
And then she heard a very familiar voice from the Hokage's tower
"WHERE THE HELL AM I?!"
3.7
When she had heard tales of the Original Seven, Nanoha learned of each of their stories, and their large ensembles of fiendish foes.
Unlike many of her own 'enemies', most of them were motivated by greed and hate.
The genocidal Voldemort, the god complexed Aizen and the mad scientist Orochimaru were just a few of them.
However, there was one villain among them that Nanoha actually hated, with no pity whatsoever.
...
His name was Tsukishima, and he was a Fullbringer, a kind of empowered human that came from the world Ichigo Kurosaki was anchor for.
It had been a simple variant loop where a group known as X-Cution was running around, comprised of several Fullbringers who were after magical power for some reason Nanoha really didn't recall, for her memories of that loop were fixated soley on what Tsukishima did, not long after the conflict over the Book of Darkness.
He hadn't looked that dangerous at first: a tall but thin man with black hair dressed in white, armed only with a sword. Fate had went to fight him while she had stopped a time controlling old man and a probability altering punk.
While he had escaped, nothing had seemed wrong at first. Fate hadn't even suffered a stab would from their battle, even though she could have sworn she had been cut.
This had continued for a few more conflicts between her (aided by Fate and her allies in the Time-Space Bureau), with a few more confrontations between her friends and the white swordsman.
Yuno, Chrono, Vita, Signum, Arf...he had escaped them all, his blade having left no marks.
Eventually, he had been the last X-cution member standing: their normal leader Ginjou apparently not in the loop. Nanoha had thought it was about to be over.
She had been wrong.
...
"Ah, Nanoha. Welcome back, hope you and Hayate had fun. Oh, I don't think you ever met, but one of your mother and I's old friends dropped by. He was one of my friends from..."
Nanoha didn't register what her father was saying, as she just stared in shock at who was sitting at the table, looking comfortable and happy among her family, who seemed to all adore him.
It was him...Tsukishima.
"Oh, this must be your little Nanoha" he said in a tone that would have sounded friendly to most, but it just sent shivers down Nanoha's spine about how wrong this scene was. "It's been years, your the spitting image of your mother you know"
Nanoha just stepped backwards in shock, before she rapidly changed gears and manifested Raising Heart in staff form, causing everyone at the table, bar Tsukishima, to stare at her in surprise.
"What...what did you do!?"
"What did I do? How odd of you to ask, your the one who just manifested a magical wand out of nowhere" Tsukishima said in a conversational tone.
...
As one might expect, it only got worse from there.
"Stand down Nanoha, your not well. You would never attempt to open fire on the person who taught you magic if you were. You obviously need help"
"What are you talking about Chrono!? Yuno taught me about magic, not that man!"
Everyone had gone crazy. Every, single, person.
Breaking out of the binds Chrono had restrained her with, Nanoha pointed Raising Heart right at the white dressed man, who had a look of false concern that made Nanoha's blood boil in a way it rarely did. Nanoha later reflected that moment could have put her in the Red Lantern Corps.
"Undo whatever it is you did! Divine Bust..."
She got punched in the chest by Arf for her efforts and crashed into the side of a building.
"Nanoha!? I don't know what's wrong with you, but I can't allow you to hurt the person who convinced Fate to live again" the busty familiar declared solemnly as Nanoha stood back up from inside the ruined building.
"That wasn't him..." Nanoha said in a faint voice.
But worst of all...
"Nanoha"
Was that Fate was just the same way.
"Is this a curse from one of X-Cution? Did they really make you this crazy" Fate, with a scythe-mode Bardiche, sounded sympathetic, which just made it worse really.
Her own best friend, the person most important to her, the other half of her she had never known she was missing...thought she was crazy.
"You once helped me hear your words, allow me to help you the same way you helped me. Please hear what we're trying to tell you Nanoha, Plasma Smasher"
...
However, it had been only her and Raising Heart awake that loop, which meant that Nanoha was far more powerful than anyone else there.
She had managed to take down each and everyone one of her friends, though only to a point of them being unable to stop her, as she confronted that man.
No...that title was too good for him, really.
Said Fullbringer found himself pinned to a wall by bind magic, with Raising Heart pointed right at him. His sword, the Book of the End, put inside her subspace pocket where he wouldn't be able to get it back.
"You know, I have always enjoyed my power" he told her as Nanoha ground her teeth in fury "I feel like one of those characters who can go back in time and change things. But why worry about stepping on butterflies and loosing the ability to speak as a result, when you can simply change people's memories. It's much more effective. But really, I just feel sorry for you Nanoha. All alone in this world, with your false memories..."
"Shut up!" Nanoha had tears of fury in her eyes now as she felt a loathing flow through her the likes of which she had never felt before "Avada Keda..."
{MASTER!} Raising Heart shouted in concern as the spell in question began to be cast.
...
Nanoha to this day still didn't know if she made the right call*, but what she did know, was one thing.
She hated Shukuro Tsukishima.