Summary: After Shimasu is defeated, Goku keeps his promise to bring the King of Everything someone to play with so he brings Goten & Trunks. Yeah, this can't go wrong... But it does when Zeno thinks his new friends are there to stay forever. One day he confides something in them and the next thing they know. They wake up with Zeno's power and his attendants are calling them both King.
Episode 3: The God's Move In
"Ooto-san," Goten frowned at his appearance. "Are you okay? You look like you've been fighting."
Goku looked down at his outfit which had many holes from where all the craziness going on before had cut into him in various places, not to mention he probably looked as tired as he felt.
"You too," Trunk noticed his Father was in a similar state. "Were you two fighting one another?"
"Never mind that," Whis said stepping forward and he bowed along with Vados. "My name is Whis, and this is my sister Vados. We would like to formally re-introduce ourselves and be the first express our sincerest gratitude to the new Kings of Everything."
"Uh..." Trunks frowned. Was he talking to them or someone else? He looked around to see if another person were in the room that they hadn't noticed before. Though, that title suddenly made Goten remember and he looked beside him where he had assumed Zeno had fallen asleep. But he wasn't there.
"Oh gosh! Zen-chan!"
He started throwing the pillows on the floor, and looked under the covers before disappearing under the bed. He emerged up behind the headboard looking around at them all. "Uh... Trunks-kun. I think we lost Zen-chan..."
"Good," Trunk answered unconcernedly. "Then let's go home."
He hopped down from the bed.
"Trunks?" Vegeta frowned looking down at his son. "What exactly is the last thing you remember?"
"Uh... We were playing with Zen-chan and we fell asleep."
"Did you ask him to make you Gods?" he asked. Somewhat harshly. Leaving Trunks a bit confused as to why it was sounding as though he were in trouble...
"No..."
"Goten did you?" Goku asked in a much softer tone, and he shook his head.
"Tsk, this doesn't make any sense..." Vegeta snapped and Trunks frowned. Did they do something wrong? Why was his Dad so upset?
Goten frowned at Vegeta's tone as well. "Did we do something bad?" he asked still peeking from behind the headboard.
"Oh not at all," Whis interjected immediately. He waved his staff and boys disappeared from where they were and reappeared in front of Whis. They looked around temporarily confused by their sudden change in location. "On the contrary. You two have done something incredible. You survived a transfer, and that is a feat in itself."
"A what?" Trunks frowned.
"Hhmm, let me explain from the beginning. For some reason the King of Everything has decided to give you two his position in the Universe. He gave his powers to you, and your mortal forms didn't take it very well. However, with the help of your Fathers, you survived the transferring of his powers. Now you two are the Kings of Everything."
"We're Kings?" Goten said.
"Of Everything?" Trunks added.
Whis nodded.
Goten suddenly raised his hand as if he were in school. "Question!"
Whis chuckled a bit at his actions, "Yes?"
"What does a King of Everything do?" he asked, genuinely wondering.
"Why, whatever he wants," Whis answered.
"Like eat cookies in bed?" Goten asked smiling.
"If he so wishes," this time Vados answered.
"Like stay up as late as he wants?" Trunks inputted.
"If he desires to," Whis replied.
Goten and Trunks suddenly exchanged smirks.
Vegeta's frown deepened. He didn't think it was a good idea to tell children as young as them that they could essentially do whatever they pleased. He stepped forward, aware that his legs felt somewhat numb when he did so. "I don't understand how all this has happened? Why did the King of Everything do this in the first place?"
"Hhmm..." Whis frowned. "We should have been able to ask him directly. Transferring his powers did not mean that his own body would disappear. Zeno should be here..."
"You don't think, he was killed by the energy that left him do you?" Vados asked.
"No," Whis assured her. "Regardless of whether he has his powers or not. He was still a non-mortal being, so his powers would have harmed him very little, if at all..."
"But lucky for us, I have an easy way to know exactly what happened..." he said and using his staff he made an orb appear just as he had done earlier to show Chichi that Goten was alright. "This will show us what occurred just before the transfer..."
It showed them climbing into bed and Goten reading a book to him. Trunks fell asleep long before the book was done. But then it got to a part that had Vados and Whis raising their eyebrows in realization:
"Do Mommies always read stories?" Zeno asked Goten in the bubble vision.
"Yeah," Goten yawned rubbing his eye. "Most nights..."
"Do Mommies alway pat your head when you do good?"
"Um... sometimes..." Goten answered. "Sometimes they give you a hug."
"Do Daddies always protect you when you're in danger?" Zeno asked.
"Of course. Mommies do too... sometimes... Keeping their babies safe is part of their job," Goten explained.
"Do Mommies always cook yummy foods?" Zeno asked.
"Uh-huh, everyday," he answered.
"Do Mommies always make ochies go away with burning goop filled with hell fire?" he asked, his voice not quite matching his words and Goten laughed.
"Yup, Daddies do too... sometimes..." His eyes were burning slightly and getting prickly.
"That sounds awesome..." Zeno said his expression unchanging. Goten leaned back against his pillow the book he was holding fell forward. Zeno sat between the Goten and Trunks somewhat awkwardly. Whis skipped ahead until his attendants appeared.
"Your highness," they bowed together.
"Hhmmm..." he was smiling. "You know, I like playing house. I like Mommies and I like Daddies. I want some..."
"Your highness, you weren't born... so... you don't have—," one of his attendants began to explain.
"Be gone."
The attendants eyes widened and in what looked like pixelated shards, he disappeared. Erased from existence...
Goten blinked. "Did he just..."
"New one," Zeno said and a copy of the one that had disappeared, appeared. He matched the bow of the other and Zeno floated up into the air. "I want a Mother, I want a House, I want a Father, I want a family!"
"Of course Sir. Shall you create one?"
"No... I don't want one that I make. It would be a fake one. I want a real one. One I can be born into..."
"Your highness, you're talking about being reborn. You understand that if you're reborn, you'll be mortal. Your powers will be gone. We MUST have a King of Everything!"
"That's true... their must be a King of Everything..." Zeno kept making circles in his flight pattern like a bee buzzing around. "I know!"
He floated above Goten and Trunks patting each of their heads lightly so they wouldn't wake up. "I'll make them the Kings of Everything!"
"Your highness, they're mortals," one of his attendants pointed out. "How could they possibly contain your power?"
"They are saiyans, so they can store more power than average mortals. But I will divide my power between the two of them. One will have my power to create, the other. Will have my power to destroy... Thus, new Kings of Everything! And I'll be reborn. Then..." and he said the last part with lots of excitement. "Then I'll have one of those Mommies!"
"If that is what you wish, your highness," they said in unison.
Zeno nodded. "It is! It is indeed!"
He turned around to the boys and held out the palm of his hands towards each of them. He looked back at his attendants. "Goodbye. Serve them well..."
Suddenly their was a bright light and an upsurge of power. The room around them changed from the copy of Goten's house to the room they were standing in now. The wind and electricity that had been present before showed up in the video as Zeno removed his power from his own body before he closed his eyes and disappeared. His attendants upon seeing his power escape immediately rushed out slamming the doors closed behind them. Goten and Trunks remained laying there with the energy whipping violently around them.
"Well, I guess that's what happened..." Whis exclaimed making the bubble disappear. "He decided to be reborn, who would have thought he would even want to be..."
"So, he's mortal now?" Vegeta asked.
"Yes... he has taken on a mortal form, and thus he is mortal now..." Whis sighed. "It is too late to change anything... We will have to move forward with what we do have, and that is Goten and Trunks. The new Kings of Everything."
Just then their was knock on the door that seemed to be attached to nothing.
Whis turned, opening it with a wave of his staff and the High Priests as well as Zeno's attendants were standing there.
"Ah, so it was a success after all," the Priest said smiling. "I was getting a bit worried when everything got so quiet..."
"We had a..."
Goten and Trunks who exchanged glances ran to the other side of the door noticing it was attached to nothing, but when they ran back around the door led to another room.
"Boys, please settle down," Whis said frowning before turning back to the Priest. "We had a moment where I was wondering, but yes, the transfer seems to have been successful. The boys are fine..."
"Wonderful," the Priest said. "Then how about I get you all something to eat."
Goten and Goku suddenly had matching expressions of joy which were squashed by Vegeta's next words, "We're going home! Now!"
"Aw..." Goten frowned. "But I'm hungry..."
"Their is food on Earth," Vegeta snapped. "Now let's go..."
"That would probably be for the best," Whis said. "Their Mothers are quite worried about them..."
"Nonsense," the Priest said. "The Kings should not leave the safety of the Palace... They could be in danger on Earth... The Palace has safety measures in place to ensure the King of Everything's are always well, they should remain here. I was able to convince the last King of Everything not to leave his palace once until you and Beerus held that tournament..."
"You didn't let him leave his whole life," Goten asked frowning. "No wonder he decided to leave..."
"The King of everything may do as he wishes," the Priest explained. "I simply made sure he understood that remaining here was what was best for all the Universes. He never found anything that interested him enough to question my words until..."
His eyes suddenly glanced in Goku's direction.
Trunks suddenly frowned, his eyes narrowing. "Well if the King of Everything can do what he wants, then I'm leaving..."
"Uh well... if you wish, your highness..." the Priest said sounding more than a little displeased.
"Wow," Trunks said in mock surprise. "Look how easy that was... Okay. Whis you can take us home right?"
"Of course," he said bowing slightly.
"Wait just a minute," Beerus had stepped foward from the other room folding his arms. "How can their be two Kings of Everything? We've never had two before! Isn't that going to cause problems..."
"Calm down Beerus-sama," Whis said smiling. "Zeno-sama divided his abilities between the two of them. Having two (I assume) won't be that much different than having one. Anyway, their highness wish to go home. So we can discuss this more on Earth."
Zeno's attendants stepped forward silently.
"Ahhh... Do you two wish to come as well?"
They nodded.
"Alright then everyone whoever is going grab onto me..."
Much like with Goku's instant transmission they all grabbed onto Whis in some manner and he said goodbye to his sister before disappearing, they were flying through space, and shortly after they landed in the yard in back of Bulma's house.
She had been on the balcony and looked up when they appeared. "Chichi! They're back!" she called rushing into the house so she could go downstairs."
Seeing his Mother so happy confused Trunks a little. "We've only been gone a few hours. What is she freaking out for?"
He turned to Goten who was licking an icecream cone causing Trunks to stare at him blinking, he was confused and then he vehemently exclaimed, "Where did you get that!?"
"Huh?" Goten looked down at it. "Oh... I don't know. I wanted one, and it appeared."
"What... that's not fair. I want one too."
"Um..."
Another icecream cone appeared in-front of Trunks floating in the air until he took hold of it. "What the—"
He looked around sure that someone was playing a trick on him.
Goku let out a huge sigh when they arrived back. "Well that's over. I told Chichi everything would work out."
"Work out?" Vegeta snapped. "Our children are Gods now. Everything didn't work out—"
By this time Bulma and Chichi were rushing across the grass and each of them hugged their children as Mothers do when their child comes back safe and sound after being somewhere dangerous.
"I'm so glad you're alright—" Chichi said tearfully and then frowned when Goten brought his icecream (which he had been holding out of the way while she hugged him so it wouldn't fall on the ground) back to his mouth licking it again.
"WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE WORRIED SICK AND YOU STOPPED TO GET THEM ICECREAM!"
"Wha..." Goku looked down noticing the treats for the first time. "We didn't... Wait... Where did those..."
"Ugh, Goku can't you take anything seriously!" Chichi frowned picking Goten up.
Bulma who had noticed Zeno's attendants not too far off moved to hide behind Vegeta. "What are these guy doing here..."
"Bulma-sama," Whis said smiling getting her attention. She frowned at his use of the honorific attached to her name. "If you'll go inside, we have some things we must discuss with you and Chichi-sama."
Twenty minutes later Whis had finished explaining to them all that had occurred at Zeno's palace. Bulma and Chichi sat there awestruck.
"So... What exactly does this mean?" she asked frowning.
"It means, your sons are now responsible for maintaining balance across the universes..." Beerus said frowning.
"You can't leave that much responsibility in the hands of a nine and ten year old!" Bulma snapped. "Find someone else to do it!"
"We can't," Whis said. "The previous King of Everything choose them. We cannot overrule his decision..."
"Trunks can't even keep his room cleaned," Bulma explained. "How is he supposed to maintain balance in the Universe!?"
"I could keep my room cleaned," Trunks argued frowning. "It just seems kind of pointless, because we have maids for that..."
Bulma turned back to Whis as though her son's comment was enough proof that he should not be put in charge of a universe, let alone all of them.
"Let's move on," Whis said walking over to the boys. "They are going to have a lot of work to do learning how to use their powers and do their jobs..."
Trunks frowned. He had a feeling he knew where this was going and he didn't like the sound of it.
"What do you mean by work? Like homework?" Goten asked.
"Well, I suppose you could think of it kind of like homework," Whis said nodding.
"Well that's just great," Trunks sighed. "Just our luck..."
"What do you mean?" Goten looked down at his depressed expression and leaned back in his seat frowning.
"I mean that we're really the only two people in the world who could be made Gods of Everything and still be expected to do homework..."
"It's not going to be all bad," Whis explained. "You're going to be learning to use your new powers and how to control it."
The boys exchanged glances and then turned back to Whis with expressions of interest, "Powers?"
"Yes, the King of Everything had two very distinct powers. He could create absolutely anything and he could destroy absolutely anything. So he divided the powers between you two. Tunks-sama received the power to destroy, and Goten-sama received the power to create absolutely anything..."
"Wha... I can create anything?"
"You already did, where do you think you got the icecream from..."
"Oh... that was me... I didn't even realize... I just was thinking about one and it appeared..."
Whis smiled at that, "Well why don't you try thinking of something else..."
"Hhmmm..." Goten frowned in thought and then a plate of dumpling rolls appeared in front of him and didn't stop floating until he grabbed them. "Trunks-kun... look!"
He sat the plate between them. Gohan and Goku who were standing a short ways away watched the situation in awe.
"I don't believe it," Gohan said completely unable to think that his little brother could be a God of any kind.
"I know..." Goku answered in excitement. "That's gotta be the best technique ever! I wonder if Goten could teach me... It would rally come in handy for the days when Chichi gets mad at me and refuses to make me dinner..."
Chichi who was not too far away from him shot him a fiery stare and flinched jumping to the other side of Gohan.
"So Goten can create and I can destroy?" Trunks said frowning. Whis nodded, and Trucks sighed. "Awww... That's bullshit..."
"TRUNKS!" Bulma snapped because she didn't condone that language in her house. But as she said his name harshly like that. Zeno's attendants suddenly narrowed their eyes shooting an angry expression her way. Almost as though she could feel their glare she turned to look at them. A moment of tense silence passed until Trunks (who hadn't noticed anything) answered.
"Sorry, but that's not fair. Why does Goten get the cool power!"
"I'm sorry," Goten said frowning, and always wanting to make Trunk's happy he added. "We can switch."
"Their will be no switching," Whis tried to explain. The boys clearly didn't understand just how serious this situation was. "You two nearly died when we were simply giving you these powers. It would be far too risky to try and switch them..."
"So you're saying my powers aren't cool?" Beerus frowned looking in Trunk's direction.
"Uh... no," Trunks lied. "But c'mon, making whatever you want appear is a whole lot cooler than destroying stuff..."
"Well, regardless of what's cool or not..." Whis said. "We'll need you two to start practicing and getting control of your powers as soon as possible. So we're going to need to find you two a teacher..."
"Well that's obvious," Beerus said walking over he took a seat on the armrest of the couch where Trunks was sitting. He put his hand on Trunk's head. "I'll train this one..."
"Eh... Beerus-sama..." Vegeta frowned stepping forward.
"You have a problem with that?" He asked eyeing Vegeta. Vegeta frowned. It really wasn't that long ago that he had genuinely feared this being, and to be honest. A small part of him still did... "Don't look so nervous Vegeta... Your son is in good hands..."
Vegeta grimaced. Their really wasn't nothing he could do about Beerus' decision...
"Just what are you going to be teaching him?" Bulma snapped.
With a sigh he pointed to himself, "God of destruction." He pointed to Trunks. "Power to destroy. So basically I was thinking I could teach him baking..."
He was clearly joking, but Bulma didn't appreciate his attempt to lighten the mood. "My son is NOT going to be destroying anything!"
"Your son is now responsible for the balance being kept in all of existence. You can't imagine how much destruction he'll be causing..."
"Beerus-sama..." Whis interjected frowning at his behavior. "Let us not upset the Mother of the God of Everything..."
Suddenly the use of sama at the end of her name made sense to Bulma. Whis turned to her. "My apologies for Beerus-sama's behavior. Regardless, the boys need to learn to control their powers or they could accidentally destroy someone or something, or create a time altering situation. It is very important that they study and learn the limits of their powers otherwise, well, I can't begin to explain to you the sort of catastrophes that could occur..."
Bulma frowned. She did suppose that was true...
"Oy, Goten..."
Goten turned, his Father had ducked down beside the couch he was sitting on. "Now that you're a God, we should try sparing—"
"Ugh," Whis sighed after overhearing Goku. "How many times do I have to explain this to you... Just because someone is powerful. It doesn't mean they are physically powerful. One can be powerful intellectually, one can be powerful mentally, one can be powerful physically. But Goten and Trunks are now powerful magically... That's very different from being powerful physically."
"So... he isn't stronger at all?" Goku asked frowning.
"Not in your understanding of the word."
Goku's expression fell, "Darn..."
"Well," Beerus got to his feet. "I believe you promised me food."
"Tsk," Bulma frowned.
"Then after, you can show me to my room..."
"To your room!?" Bulma snapped.
"I'm going to stay here and train the boy so obviously I want a room."
"You're NOT staying here!" Bulma wanted to put her foot down right away. This was still HER house after all, and something about Beerus just rubbed her the wrong way.
"Whis, you can go live at Goten-sama's house so you can train him," Beerus ordered.
"Understood," Whis answered.
"WHAT!?" Chichi snapped. "We don't have room for another person at our house!"
"Just how long is this training going to take for them?" Bulma said frowning.
"I don't know," Beerus glanced back at Trunks and Goten. "Depending on how quickly they learn, and how dedicated they study. One maybe two hundred years tops..."
"One to two hundred years!" Chichi gasped looking back at Gohan as though he could correct this obviously ridiculous estimation.
"Trunks and Goten aren't even going to be alive in two hundred years..."
Whis and Beerus looked confused at Bulma's statement.
"Bulma-sama, Trunks-sama and Goten-sama are the Gods of Everything now. They're no longer mortal. They're Gods..."
"AND?"
"The God of Everything is not bound to time in the same way mortals are," Whis said. "If they were to die, all the universes in existence go with them... So time is not going to end them as it does with mortal beings. they will remain unchanged regardless of how much time has passed."
"You mean..." Bulma frowned.
"They're not going to age anymore..." Beerus said bluntly. "Whether it's today or a thousand years from now, they're going to remain exactly the same."
AN: Yea! Another chapter is done! I glad you're all enjoying. :)