So is anyone else confused as I am as to WTF Black is? My money's on that Green Kai in the intro of Super.
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Chapter 4: The Road Towards the Future is Sealed
Everyone stared at Black in surprise. He looked exactly like Goku.
Black observed where he was. He knew he wasn't in the future anymore. The people alive here definitely made it clear he was somewhere else in time.
He held up his right hand which had the Ring of Time on it. "I see…," He quietly mused to himself. "It was time travel."
The Pilaf gang watched on in surprise trying to make sense of what was happening.
"They really do look alike." Bulma gasped as Vegeta scowled beside her watching what was going on.
"Who is that guy?" Krillin wondered.
"Goku?" Piccolo stared.
Future Trunks was the only one to react with anger when he saw Black. The boy from the future gritted his teeth. Galina stood beside him staring at him. She saw how angry he was at the sight of Black. He was the cause of his and Kiwi's future being nothing but a dead wasteland full of despair.
Beerus and Whis were watching what was unfolding as well. They were sitting on lawn chairs still eating their fish sausages.
"Lord Beerus, take a look at his right hand." Whis told the God of Destruction taking note of the Ring of Time on his finger.
Beerus lazily sat back in the lawn chair staring at the Ring of Time in surprise. "That's…"
Black looked around at all the people staring at him. He spotted Vegeta and Beerus. It seemed as though he knew them.
"It seems like something strange is going on." Whis said.
"Just who is that guy?" Beerus wondered.
Trunks couldn't take it anymore. He didn't want to lose everything here. "Bastard! How did you come here?!" He growled angrily.
Black grinned. "Apparently, I came through the same path in space and time that you went through. Perhaps you called me here," He smirked. "To die by my hands?" He knew how to push the future boy's buttons.
Kiwi looked at her brother. She saw that he was ready to fight Black. "Trunks, don't be stupid!" She huffed. "He'll just beat you again!"
Trunks glared ready to fight Black. He raced towards the doppelganger of Goku, when he felt Galina grab his arm.
"Galina, let go!" Trunks yelled at her. He attempted to brush her hand aside.
Angrily the female half saiyan shouted at him, "So you can get killed by that guy who looks like my Dad! He's way too strong for you!" Slowly she let go of his hand. "I didn't wait nine years to see you die again!"
"You don't understand what he's put me, my sister, and our future through! I'm stronger now, maybe I can beat him!" Trunks argued with her.
"Stop it!" Vegeta barked at his son. "You can't win against him right now."
Trunks knew his father was right and decided to stay put. He then turned to Galina catching his breath over his frustration with Black. "Thanks for yelling at me. If you didn't I would have made a terrible mistake."
Galina grinned. "If you want next time I'll do what your mom did and hit you."
Kiwi walked over smacking her brother upside the head. "What is wrong with you!?" She yelled. "I didn't come to the past with you just to see you die you goof!"
Trunks rubbed his head. "Sorry Kiwi…I just got carried away…"
"Dad, what are you doing?!" Galina screamed as she saw Goku fly over to Black.
Goku saluted at his daughter and friends grinning happily. He was eager to fight Black. He looked at his evil counterpart. "You look just like me."
Black on the hand was not impressed by this happy go lucky person that looked exactly like him. "Nice to meet you, Son Goku." He smirked viciously.
"I don't know what sorta person you are but," Goku replied getting into a fighting stance in the air. "I heard you're strong." He was happy to facing a strong opponent. "So take me on."
"Is he excited to fight Black!?" Kiwi face palmed.
Sai folded his arms watching the stupidity that was unfolding. "I'll give Goku ten minutes to fight off his evil self." He retorted.
Everyone on the ground watched silently. Trunks was extremely hopeful that Goku would beat Black.
"It's an honor," Black said to Goku. "I also wanted to fight you in this body."
For a moment Goku looked confused. 'What did he mean fight me in this body?' He thought. "Hey, what do you mean by that?" He asked.
"There's no need for you to understand that." Black replied powering up a dark ki blast in the palm of his hand and firing it at Goku.
Goku crossed his arms in front of his body blocking the blast as it pushed him back. The pure blooded saiyan gritted his teeth trying to bounce the blast at Black or away from him. The blast was so intense and fierce that it pushed him back into a plateau far from the city. Black grinned as Goku went through the plateau racing after him.
"What's up with that guy?" Piccolo asked watching Black race towards Goku
"That guy is my enemy." Bulma answered. "Huh?" Krilled looked at Bulma confused.
"Your enemy?" Piccolo asked her.
In a way Bulma was right. After all Black did kill her future self.
Trunks was the first to follow after Black to see how Goku would fair against the man that ruined his future.
"Trunks, wait for me!" Kiwi urged him ready to fly.
"No stay there, Kiwi." Trunks said to her. "Stay with mother." He then looked at Galina. "Stay with my sister please, Galina."
Galina looked at him folding her arms. "Are you saying I won't be able to hold my own against that weirdo that looks like my Dad?! I'll have you know I've gotten stronger since we last met!" She was going to prove it to him by punching him in the face.
Trunks gripped her shoulders. "I'm aware of how strong you are, Galina. That's why I want you to stay with my sister and mother in case Black tries to kill them."
Galina smiled at him. "Alright I'll protect them for you, Trunks." She stayed behind with Kiwi and Bulma.
Beerus and Whis were the only ones who stayed behind.
"Son Goku verses Son Goku, huh?" Beerus mused. "This is rather interesting."
Black flew towards Goku grinning wildly as he saw the giant dent his dark ki blast left in the middle of the plateau. Goku was slumped over and Black knew he was still alive. He waited patiently for the happy saiyan to get back up on his feet.
Goku happily grinned enjoying the power his evil doppelganger had. "That wasn't all of your strength, was it?" He asked.
Black smirked. "I'm happy, you're evaluating your strength to mine."
Goku just grinned balling his fists. A familiar yellow aura and sparks of energy surrounded him as he transformed into a super saiyan 2.
Black watched. "A super saiyan, huh?"
"Now, its my turn!" Goku replied confidently.
Black kicked Goku's right leg and didn't give the pure blooded saiyan to recover. He aimed his fist at his happy counterpart. Goku on the hand retaliated by grabbing Black's fist between his legs and then slammed him into the ground with his fists. Black went tumbling into the ground. Not giving Black a chance to recover he fired ki blasts at the evil being.
Black saw the blasts coming from him as he fell from the sky and regained his balance bending over as he landed on the ground. The ki blasts struck him leaving a crater in the ground.
Everyone watched in anticipation as the smoke settled. Black's dark ki flared evaporating the dark smoke around him. Goku was thrilled that his attacks didn't destroy him just yet. However, Black was just as ecstatic, almost to the point where he maliciously laughed.
"Amazing!" Black said gleefully. "So this is the power of super saiyan Son Goku!"
Goku smiled. "It seems like you're just like me," He told his evil counterpart. "You get excited against a powerful opponent, right?"
Black nodded letting out a fiery yell as dark aura surrounded him.
Seeing this only excited Goku more. "His ki increased!"
In the middle of the sky the temporal time pocket was reacting to Goku's and Black's strength.
Black flew back into the air and faced Goku now that he was powered up. "Strongest fighter of the great warrior race, show me more of your power." He lunged at Goku with full force. Goku and Black collided with each other in blows. Each one of them were matching the other's moves perfectly. Whenever Goku tried to hit him, Black easily blocked his punches and vice versa. This time it was Goku who was on the defensive as Black continued punching him. He punched Goku harder and harder as the saiyan blocked. Black suddenly rammed his fist into Goku's stomach knocking the air out of him.
Goku gasped for air and then suddenly found himself meeting Black's white boot as he kicked him. Not giving the saiyan time to fight back, he fired ki blasts at him. Goku dived towards the ground trying to dodge the ki blasts. Black was definitely having fun now watching Goku try to evade his blasts. He laughed cruelly.
"Black's power keeps on rising!" Krillin exclaimed.
"What's wrong with Goku?" Trunks asked as he watched the fight. "Why isn't he using the power he used against me?" The half saiyan from the future wondered and remembered how Goku effortlessly beat him as a super saiyan 3.
"Kakarott has a bad habit of not fighting seriously at the beginning." Vegeta scoffed.
The fight between Goku and Black continued with the two powerful warriors matching their moves. Black punched Goku and then Goku kicked Black. This continued on for a while as each of the fighters did not want to give up so easily. Both warriors then slammed their fists at the other's face. The two fighters grinned having the time of their lives fighting each other and moved back floating in the sky. The two of them weren't even using their full potential yet. They were testing each other to see how much the other could handle.
"Well what are you waiting for?" Goku asked.
"I can ask the same of you." Black told him.
"I'm waiting…for you to use your full power!" Goku replied. He knew Black wasn't using his full power.
"There's no need to rush things," Black said to him. "Let's have some more fun for a while." He smirked.
Beerus and Whis watched the fight with intrigue. Whis had used his staff to project the fight between Goku and Black.
"Black is quite powerful." Whis said.
"This isn't Son Goku fighting Son Goku," Beerus mused. "Black's ki feels different." He said lazily leaning back against the lawn chair his arms folded behind his head. "It's strange."
Galina anxiously watched her father's fight. 'Dad's been fighting so hard and he hasn't even landed a scratch on him.' She thought and then looked at Kiwi and then Trunks. 'Just how strong is that guy to ruin everything in their future?' She wondered.
Sai shook his head. "Goku's going to lose this fight if he's not careful."
"If you're not going to use your full power," Goku challenged. "Then I'll just have to force it out!" He got into another fighting stance as he closed his fist he said, "Well here I come!"
Black just responded by cracking his neck, not even worried what his kind counterpart would do. "Just what I wanted." He grinned.
Using all of his full power, Goku rushed towards Black sending out a frenzy of punches at the man who claimed to be him. Black groaned as Goku was able to get a few good hits at him. He saw an opening and slammed his fist into Black's stomach, leaving the evil being from the future winded. Goku tried ramming his other fist at Black, but Black was able to grab it. Black powered up without moving an inch, the same dark aura surrounding him. He held onto Goku's fist and tossed him into a plateau. The more they fought each other, the more the time pocket reacted to their power.
Black laughed seeing Goku in pain and then suddenly gasped as the time pocket reacting to his Ring of Time. The pocket was pulling Black back to the future. This gave Goku enough time to fight back kick Black hard enough forcing him near the time pocket. Black winced holding his chest in pain, despite the pain he was having the time of his life fighting Goku.
"Magnificent!" He said gleefully. "This pain will make me even stronger!"
"You're kinda creepy." Goku blinked in surprise at the fact that his evil counterpart was literally getting off on their fight.
Black powered up even further causing everyone to gasp in horror. He launched a bigger ki blast at Goku, but the pure hearted saiyan caught the blast and deflected it up at the sky so no one would get hurt. This was what Black wanted. He knew Goku would do anything to protect the people here. Black smashed his foot at the back of Goku's head sending him plummeting to the ground.
"Dad!" Galina screamed holding onto Kiwi because the impact Goku had was so intense. Chibi Trunks stood in front of Bulma keeping her safe.
"Told you," Sai said. "He's going to lose this fight."
The impact also caused the time machine to tilt and fall over.
"The time machine!" Kiwi screamed flying towards it.
"Time machine…" Black mused staring at the vehicle he thought was an airplane. "So that's how you transcended through time."
Galina raced after her. "Kiwi, come back!"
"Kiwi!" Trunks shouted at his sister from the air.
"I have to put it back in its capsule!" Kiwi told her brother. She wasn't about to let all her hard work and Future Bulma's hard work go to waste.
With Black distracted, Goku flew up at him punching him in the chest again causing Black to cough in surprise. The two then used their full over to collide fists with each other. Both fighters were trying to over power to the other. The Ring of Time reacted to their intense power and strength making the small time pocket grow larger.
Black gasped in shock as the large time pocket sucked him in. Goku powered down to his normal state just as surprised as even Beerus and Whis.
"Hey, what's going on?" Goku wondered.
The more Black continued to fight back against the time pocket, the more it pulled him in. "T-This is..," He stammered trying to stay in the present. "The distortion in time and space is trying to correct itself?" He struggled as the time pocket kept pulling him through. He wasn't about to leave empty handed without destroying something. He grinned vicously seeing Kiwi and Galina heading towards the time machine. Almost eager to see them die, Black fired a dark ki blast at the time machine. This was Black's final act in this timeline, the time pocket sucked him back to the future.
"He vanished…!" Piccolo said. "I can't sense his ki at all."
"It doesn't look like he vanished willingly." Beerus told Whis.
"This is just my hypothesis but…," Whis began. "It seems the distortion in time and space created by the time machine's journey reacted to the power of the Time Ring, pulled Black into this era. But that distortion attempted returning to its usual state, much like a wound healing. And for that reason, the Time Ring must have forcibly pulled Black back to the era he came from."
Kiwi froze seeing the blast headed towards her and the time machine. Galina quickly grabbed Kiwi pulling her in an almost tight sisterly hug hoping her power would be enough. Golden ki flared around Galina as the blast impacted on them.
"NO!" Trunks shouted as the time machine exploded from Black's blast. He then grew concerned for his sister and the one person that would bring him happiness. His blue eyes scanned the wreckage of the time machine. "K-Kiwi…" He felt his heart sink as tears welled up in his eyes. "Galina…" He squeezed his fist tightly digging his finger nails into the palm of his hand. Squeezing harder blood began seeping from the palm of his hand.
Chibi Trunks saw his future self in pain and agony. He wanted to say something to cheer him up, but had absolutely no idea what he could say.
"Where are Kiwi and Galina?" The small boy asked curiously. He couldn't sense their ki at all. "Did that guy do something to them?"
Future Trunks didn't care where Black was. He needed answers to what happened to his sister and the love of his life. "He must have gone back to the future." He answered his younger self. He angrily punched the ground near the time machine. "But now I'll never be able to return there! I'll never be able to fix everything Black took away from me! Even after father and Goku agreed to fight alongside me…!" He was frustrated over everything he was losing. "There's nobody left in the future who can stand up against him! He's sure to kill every last human just as he declared he would!"
Goku looked at Trunks and asked, "How strong was he now, compared to when you fought him in the future?" He asked.
"How can you be so insensitive, Goku!" Bulma shouted at him. "Is fighting that Black all that matters to you?! Galina could be dead!" She was nearly heartbroken over the fact she couldn't see Kiwi anywhere.
Goku nervously rubbed the back of his head. "I…I am…but we can wish them back with the dragon balls…" He replied. "Right now Black is an even bigger threat."
Trunks slowly lifted his head up. He was right about seeing Kiwi and Galina again. They would be wished back with the dragon balls. He then looked at Goku. He remembered that battle with Black he had before he left for the past. "I feel like he was a little stronger than he was in the future…" He replied.
"In that case…," Vegeta cut off Goku from speaking. "You don't have to worry." He told his son. "Kakarott's actual battle power is much greater than of Black's." The saiyan prince said smugly. "And for the record so is mine."
Piccolo looked at Goku. "It seemed to me that Black's ki kept rising throughout his fight with you."
Goku gave a nod of confirmation.
Suddenly everyone saw the Pilaf gang dressed as fire fighters. They were carrying hose which they found lying inside the Capsule Corporation gardens.
"Stand back, stand back!" Pilaf told them. "The Pilaf fire fighters will put out these flames!" He told them aiming the hose at the burning time machine.
"One, two, three!" The Pilaf Gang said in unison turning on the hose to put out the flames. The three of them were proud of the work they did.
Chibi Trunks turned to his mother. "Can't you fix the time machine?" He asked.
Bulma had the memos from her Future self. She flipped through the book. She saw how complicated everything was. "I'm not sure," She told her son. "This might be even difficult for me to figure out."
"No way…" The small boy pouted. He thought maybe if the time machine could be fixed, they could at least go back in time to help Kiwi and Galina.
Bulma stood there for a while contemplating what to do. She then screamed, "That's it!" and raced back inside Capsule Corp.
"Mom?" Chibi Trunks blinked.
Trunks watched as the flames on the time machine was dying down. "The time machine was our only home." He sighed in defeat.
"Well this just means you humans can't control time freely anymore." Beerus retorted.
"Though a new problem just revealed itself." Whis told them. "Did you notice the ring on Black's right hand? That ring was a Time Ring, something only the Kai's are permitted to use."
"Does that mean Black is a Kai?" Sai asked scratching his head.
"No." Beerus stated. "There are no Kai's that look like Goku." He told them taking a bite of another fish sausage.
"Then what could Black be?" Trunks asked.
"Now that I don't know." Beerus answered.
"The Time Ring only allows the person to go to the future," Whis explained. "And then from the future to the present. Going further in time was supposed to be impossible. Not only that, but even in the world of the gods, going back to the past is strictly prohibited."
Trunks looked at Beerus and Whis. "Then, if we had a Time Ring, we could go back to the future and into the present, right?" He asked them getting desperate. He would save Kiwi and Galina if he had a Time Ring. "Please, lend me a ring, God!"
Beerus looked up at Trunks. "You're really starting to get on my nerves," He scowled at the boy from the future. "Keep nagging me like this and I'll destroy you."
Trunks was flabberagasted at what Beerus was telling him.
"I am a God of Destruction," The feline God told the boy from the future. "Only the Kai's have the right to use the Time Ring!"
"S-Sorry…" Trunks quickly apologized. "But if I don't return to the future, the Earth of that future will be destroyed…!"
"Didn't I tell you?" Beerus spat. "Working against the flow of time is one of those things that cause serious trouble. Both you and Black are annoyances."
"I wonder if Black will come back!" Goku was eager to fight Black again.
"I wonder…," Whis murmured. "The way I saw it, Black did not transcend time by his own violation."
Goku frowned at this. "Then does that mean we'll have to go to the future to fight him again?"
Krillin looked at Whis. "But couldn't you change back time?" He asked Whis. "You did restore the Earth when we fought against Frieza."
"I'm afraid I cannot do that," Whis replied. "All I can do is rewind time for three minutes or so. That is my limit."
"Then you can use your power so that we can help Galina and Kiwi…!" Trunks urged.
"That is enough out of you!" Beerus screamed. "You've been nothing but a nuisance since you got here! You deserved what you got!" He grabbed the last fish sausage taking a bite out of it.
Once the fire was put out completely. The time machine was left completely charred. Anything on it could break easily.
"Master Pilaf," Mai said to him as the flames slowly died down. "Perhaps we should ask for some kind of payment?" She suggested.
"Yes, we should!" Pilaf agreed. "Like a gift of money and extra side dishes."
Trunks sadly walked over to what was left of the time machine. He sighed in defeat touching the side of the time machine where it read hope. The piece just crumbled in his hand because the time machine was completely charred. He remembered what his mother had told him. About being everyone's hope.
"I won't be able to keep my promise to Mother…" Trunks said. He thought of all the people he lost and looked utterly defeated. He sank to his knees. He came here to help and warn everyone about Black, and instead he just kept on losing everyone he cared for. What hope was there for him now?
Vegeta stood behind him. The proud saiyan prince said nothing at first. He knew how much pain his son from the future was in. "Don't give up," He told him. "There has to be a way."
Trunks looked at his father. He was stunned at the moral support he was receiving from him. "Yes…" He said and then turned to the destroyed time machine. 'But what hope do I have left…' He shut his eyes tightly holding back tears. 'Kiwi…Galina…' He wasn't sure if he could continue this fight without them.
"Trunks, what are you doing over there?" A voice rang out behind him. It sounded concerned.
"Yeah you boob," Another voice spoke. "Get up off the ground so I can fix the time machine."
Trunks turned around instantly recognizing that voice. It was Kiwi and right next to him was Galina.
"K-Kiwi…! Galina…!" Trunks was shocked. "You're alive..?!"
Galina and Kiwi were indeed alive. They were just dirty from all the ash and debris from the time machine when it caught on fire.
He stood up hugging his sister tightly. "I thought you two were dead!"
Kiwi shoved him rudely, but was happy to know how concerned he was for her. "You need to have more faith in your girlfriend, Trunks." Kiwi said impishly grinning.
Galina softly smiled. "I told you before Trunks," She told him. "I've gotten stronger over the years. Right before the impact of the blast hit us, I transformed into a Super Saiyan 2 and grabbed Kiwi." She explained. "Although I didn't expect Black's blast to be so powerful. The impact of the blast threw us right into Capsule Corp."
"We both would have been dead, if Galina hadn't transformed." Kiwi added.
Hearing this Trunks was relieved. He smiled at Galina. "Thank you," He said to her. "Thank you for protecting my sister."
Galina smiled. "I told you I would didn't I?"
Trunks stared at her, it was clear he was happy and excited to know that Galina could definitely hold her own against Black. She was no longer someone he had to protect from people like Black. She was his ally that would fight alongside him until she gave her last breath.
Kiwi stared at the two of them rolling her green eyes. "Ok if you two want to make out and have sex, go somewhere else so I can fix the time machine."
"There won't be any need for that!" Bulma ran to them panting and catching her breath. She laughed proudly holding up a small capsule in her hand. "I finally found it!" She pressed the top of the capsule and threw it. "Everybody! There's still hope!"
Everyone was shocked when they saw what was in the capsule. It was another time machine. The same time machine which Cell came from all those years ago. Bulma kept it.
"We still have a time machine!" She grinned.
LOL I hope none of you thought that I would actually kill off characters so quickly xD
Also just to let you all know I am on board the Trunks x Mai ship. I will def acknowledge their relationship in this story. So we'll see what happens next week with the episode :D Perhaps there will be lemony goodness in the next chapter ;D
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