Dragonball: Super GT Rebirth
A/N: "The following is a fan-based work. Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, and Dragon Ball Super are all owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Shueisha, and Akira Toriyama. Please support the official release."
Chapter 4: For Every Action, A Reaction...
Deep Space
A creature floats within a boiling ball of energy, the tears on its face long since dried away. The sphere of energy seems to pop and crack in the infinite expanse of space before it shatters much like glass. The creature within slowly unfolds, his long serpentine body unfurling much like a child being born. His eyes, having seen so much, have an air of age about them. The air tremble around it, as it's body slowly changes, first one form, then another, over and over, till it finally settles on the form that fits best it's required image.
It's long, furred tail flicks lightly, before wrapping its waist. It twists its neck, several muted pops before it looks far off in the distance. Around it, it's energy flashes, a maelstrom of energy blasting out to launch it to nearly the speed the light. It quickly reaches the limit, and with a sudden explosion, it launches itself through a break in time-space.
Desolate Planet
As dark clouds form overhead, a large blast of energy cause the wind to pick up, scattering the clouds slightly.
"Come now, brother! Surely you didn't think that that trick would pay off?" A tall humanoid creature asks it's thick tail smacking the ground in annoyance.
"You're so full of yourself, Godis!" The second replies, before launching itself forward to attack once more.
Godis barely ducks backward, the fist of his brother missing by the breadth of a hair, his own return strike missing by a bit more.
"Let's see you dodge this, Adversis!" Godis yells, a large bright ball of energy forming in front of its chest, before blasting the air in front of him.
Adversis doesn't hesitate, a shining shield of his own energy appearing, splitting the blast to both sides.
As the blast clears, the two slam into each other once more, trading blow for blow, dodge for dodge, block for block. The battle between them had already decimated this once well-populated planet, much like several other planets before. Even the planet they were born on, it's green grass, the bright green sky, nothing more than a distant memory in the battle that they would fight for eternity. The clouds clear slightly, allowing a small shaft of yellow light to pass through.
Had anyone been left alive to see them, they would certainly have wondered what the stars meant.
Planet Earth - Kami's Lookout
I reappear with a soft pop right at the entrance to the Pendulum Room. I swiftly moved my way in and concentrated on the training room. It had been a good while since I had last been here, so I was looking forward to the new challenge. Everything faded to black…
Welcome to the Training Room!
Please Select a Level!
1. They have arrived…
2. A broken promise…
3. Note to the past…
4. A Chance for a Future...
5. Family Catharsis…
8. Gingersnap…
7. Island of the Damned…
8. Perfection…
9. Scary Results…
What if?
1. What If - 'Goku, Krillin, and Gohan died during the Saiyan Invasion?'
I reach out and tap on the new option, noticing that there are three more past it, making a total of 12 levels. As the world fades in and out around me, I'm trying to figure out what this level could entail. As the pulsing reaches a fever pitch, the world shatters around me, thrusting me into a facsimile of Earth. I glance around before my mind's eye is filled with a live vision, from not quite so far away.
"This," Goku says, as his Aura flashes gold, his hair the following suit. "Is a Super Saiyan."
I watch as Goku goes through his transformations, standing in awe as he pushes fully into Super Saiyan 3. I'll be honest when I say that I thought that Kakarot, Bara, and I were at least close to being as strong as Goku was in this time period. At my max, using the Potential Unlocked form, my current Power Level was nearly 700B. Goku, blazingly and in all his glory, was at 1.1T. The man simply knew no bounds, as it were. Thankfully, the Majin Buu he was facing today wasn't the broken, unstoppable monster that Kakarot, Bara, and I faced on Planet Vegeta. I reach down to grab the cloth belt that adorns my outfit and spread it out to cover my tail, before using Instant Transmission to disappear with a pop.
I reappear just 200 feet away from Goku, Majin Buu, and Babadi, but thanks to the new feats I had picked up, they were unable to sense me at all. The air around us pulses with Goku's energy, the air heavy and thick with it. I pushed through it, making my way slowly forward, till I was able to drop down to float at an angle from Majin Buu, and Goku.
"Waah? Is this another one of your friends come to bother us?" Babadi asks, noticing me first.
"No, I...I don't know this person at all." Goku responds, glancing at me. "Kid you need to get out of there! This guy is no joke."
"Don't worry about me Ka-Goku," I respond, nearly slipping up. "You're burning through your remaining time using that form. Why don't you go spend your last hour with your family instead, and let me take care of this?"
"How dare you!" Babadi screams, pointing one of his bony fingers in my direction. "Kill them both Majin Buu!"
Majin Buu nods emphatically, his energy jumping a bit as he launches himself at me.
"L-Look out!" Goku yells as Majin Buu seems to disappear and reappear in front of me.
As Majin Buu's fist comes flying down towards my face, I lift my hand while pushing the flow of my energy to the max, my Aura turning blindingly white. I catch his fist as though it was barely moving, the crash of his fist hitting my hand echoing across the sky. The world slows down around me in that familiar way, and I quickly use it to my advantage. I drop his fist and move in, slamming my palm into chest leaving an indention nearly all the way to his back. My left hand comes around, slamming into his bulbous jaw, shredding it like wet paper.
Again and again, I'm wracking up a combo that would have set records if someone was keeping score. I'm slipping in and out of the time as though it means nothing to me, Majin Buu unable to keep up even when I'm moving at normal speed. His body is mush as I punt him away, throwing myself through time and space to appear beside him with Instant Transmission, the harsh snap of reality as I pop in and out as loud as thunder in my ears.
"This ends here!" I roar, bringing both hands up, my energy thrumming through my veins like a drug.
With a loud rush of air, the sky is blanketed in boiling energy. Majin Buu's smushed body, and Babadi, who by happy 'accident' was at the perfect angle, are quickly enveloped as I shove every ounce of my energy into the attack. I know from previous experience that Majin Buu is ridiculously enduring, so I push again, and again, shoving more and more energy into an attack that should have already been my max.
"Now Diiiiieeee!" I scream as my energy reaches a breaking point.
The attack seems to grow bigger, larger, denser, as it completely engulfs the area. I can feel Majin Buu's energy slipping, until with a proverbial pop it disappears. I release the attack, letting it fade away, as the world blurs and fades to grey around me.
Bing! Training Exercise Finished!
Scary Results...
Defeat Majin Buu. + 500,000XP
Defeat Babadi + 5000XP
Untouchable + 10,000XP
Bonuses:
More to Fear than Fear itself... + 100,000XP
Total: +615,000XP
806,450 XP till Lvl 22!
The Training Room pops back into view, and I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding in. Killing Majin Buu like that had been cathartic. I had failed against him before, and it cost me quite a bit. To completely decimate him, even just a form of him, was a big weight off my shoulders. I may not be completely over the situation, but there is so much more that needs to be done before I can truly rest.
As I start going over the Training Room list, I hear a voice far off in the distance.
"Kll? Please exit the Pendulum Room." It says.
I frown, before realizing who's voice it is. With a thought, the room fades completely, leaving me standing in the center of the Pendulum Room. From the doorway, the rooms only source of light, a shadow fills the area.
"Kami is ready to see you now, Kll."
A few short minutes later I found myself standing outside of Kami's Chambers, the door cracked open slightly so that I can enter. Mr. Popo stops at the doorway, allowing me to step through alone. I enter and see Kami sitting at his desk, writing something in a long flowing script I don't recognize.
"Kami?" I ask.
He seems to sigh before finishing with a flourish. He stands, his form no longer frail and hunched. What stands before me is a Namekian in their prime. Nearly six and a half feet of green muscle. He is still thin, but more wiry than anything else.
"Kll, welcome." He says, turning towards me.
"Kami...I'm sorry." I start.
"Yes Kll, I know. You may be many things, some good and some not, but I've never known you to be a liar." Kami replies. "I am still not happy with this, as it has cost me...But I'll not hold it against you. Instead Kll, I've asked that you come here for something else."
"What is it Kami?" I ask, quickly taking the other seat.
"A long time ago, a very long time ago, I was in training to become the Guardian of this planet. Myself and another were in the running to take the post, and I was the favorite to win…" Kami begins to explain. "However, despite being the favorite to win, I knew that within my heart was the potential for evil. I felt it each day when I saw another do better than I. When my master would nod his approval for him, or give him praise...I knew that if there was one thing that would cost me this title, what I had spent my life working towards, it would be that evil inside of me. So I expelled it."
He looks off in the distance for a moment, before explaining further.
"What I had not considered, was that just because I could expel the evil within my heart, that it may be much worse to do so. Would it not have been better to keep it? To temper it with the good that I was also capable of? But alas, I was young, I was dumb, and I was full of pride. It is not evil to want something so badly that you'd sacrifice for it. So I released the evil within and earned the title of Guardian of Earth. That evil would go on to nearly destroy this planet twice, killing millions." Kami says, shaking his head. "Some guardian I turned out to be…"
I nod, knowing most of this already, but knowing also it was better to shut up and listen.
"I also did not understand that evil is not a thing Kll. It is something that we build with our own two hands. We harbor it, we create it, we release it upon the world. Except in my own sense, I truly released it upon the world." He says, standing from the desk and moving over two a long stone casket I had previously not seen before.
He mumbles next to it, as it glows faintly, before crisscrossing lines cover it, unraveling like fabric, almost melting into the floor. Within the confines of the stone casket, an older generation rice cooker appears. Kami quickly picks it up, carrying it to the table and setting it down.
"Within this container is a being who goes by the name of King Piccolo. He is the evil that I released upon this world, and he is an evil that I intend to remove from this world." He finishes.
"How do you plan to do that, Kami? I would assume that being a part of you if you destroy him, you would die as well?" I ask.
"I believe you are correct as Kll. However, I do not need to destroy him, to remove him from this world. What was once a part of me, will become a part of me once again. I am stronger now than I ever was. I do not believe he will be much of a challenge to defeat in combat and reabsorb. However, that is what I've brought you here for."
"For what?" I ask.
"I am worried about several things, Kll. One is that he may prove to be stronger, defeat me, and absorb me. I do not know what would come of that, but I believe that he would be the dominant mind. This planet would be crushed under his power, and with the Dragonballs at his fingertips once more, I fear that the effects of such a thing would be far-reaching. As well, I worry that his evil will prove to be too much for me to handle, which could set me down a likewise path."
"So what's the plan then?" I ask.
"While Moori was on Earth, he helped me to edit the Earth's Dragonballs. They can grant two wishes at a time, as you well know. However, as an aftereffect, they only need six months before they can be used again if you only need to make a single wish. Six months will have past in just under 40 days. At that time, you will have your final wish, after which I will destroy the Dragonballs, and remove the knowledge of how they are made from my mind." He says with a sense of finality.
"What?! Kami why?" I ask, bewildered.
"Kll, now that I am young again, I can feel the evil within me growing. In a few short months, that evil will have grown large enough that I shall have no choice but to expel it, creating another evil version of myself, or to give up the post of Guardian. There is no one currently here that can take over that post when I vacate it." Kami explains. "Instead of losing the spot due to what grows within me, I shall vacate it willingly. I would rather retire the position than to lose it. Call it pride if you must, but the thought of losing the position hurts more than the thought of giving it away willingly."
"I...Shit." I whisper, realizing that this is my fault.
"I see that you understand," Kami replies, staring into my eyes. "I need to spend the next month searching for my replacement. Successful or not, in 40 days time, I will need you to come here and help me. I shall revive the Dragonballs early, and give you a final wish. After that, they will be destroyed, I shall remove the knowledge, and we shall deal with Piccolo. Can you do that for me Kll? One could say that you owe it to me."
"Yes, I know, but Kami...isn't there some other way?" I asked, almost desperate. The Dragonballs had long since been a clutch of sorts. Something that was available to fix certain mistakes.
"I wish to explain this to you Kll so that you'll understand what has been lost," Kami says, looking weary for a moment. "As Guardian of Earth, I am gifted with quite a few perks. One of which is a type of godhood. It is not much, rather limited actually, but the small amount of God Ki I gained is enough to guarantee that when I passed, so long as I still held the post of Guardian, I would ascend to true godhood, and join the rank of the Kais."
"Oh…" I replied, stunned at this revelation.
"Oh indeed," Kami says, before continuing. "When I said that your wish had cost me, I was not being petty. In less than three months, I will lose the title of Guardian. I will no longer be fit to hold the position. I would much rather give it up willingly, show that I at least deserved the spot while I held it than to lose it because I can't control who I am. So I will ask again Kll; Will you help me?"
"I...yeah Kami. I can help you."
Planet Saiyan
It had been nearly a month since I had spoken to Baba, and she had helped me out. I hadn't yet gotten word from her, nor had I heard back from Bulma. The upcoming issue with Kami weighed heavily on my mind. I felt like I was spinning my wheels just trying to train, just trying to search the open galaxy above me for energy signatures. I had a hangman's noose around my neck, timewise. Not only were there five Shadow Dragons of immeasurable power and ability out in the galaxy, doing who knows what, but Beerus would return in less than a year. If I didn't find a way to rise to this challenge, I'd most certainly die.
After all the hard work I'd done here, I wasn't ready to go yet. I still had so far to go. What I needed was a plan...I had gone through many different trials in the past decade of my life. I'd learned quite a few lessons, some of which I was finally able to make use of. It didn't take me long to find someone that could create weighted armor for me. What did take a while was getting someone to make me armor that weighed over 300 pounds(136kg) for each piece? With the planet practically starting over, from a production point of view, it was only my own status in the Saiyan society that got me the armor so quickly.
Slipping the entire ensemble on, I push some energy into my limbs and walked forward into the Gravity Chamber. Thankfully, with the time we had to evacuate the planet, we didn't lose the Gravity Chambers. As the door closed behind me, I knew that when I came out of here, I'd finally be a force to reckon with. No more holding back, no more small increases. I was going for bust, and I felt sorry for anyone that stood in my way.
22 hours later
The door to the Gravity Chambers slides open, and I walk out, pausing at the end of the walkway.
"S-Sir?" One of the Saiyan Guards asks.
"Yes?" I ask.
"I uh...I thought you said you'd be at least a week, and to not bother you?" He replies, looking sheepish.
"I don't want to talk about it," I replied, trying not to grimace.
I continue walking, before launching myself into the air and using Instant Transmission to appear in my apartment. I pull off my barely used weighted armor and toss it to the floor.
"God damn it all…" I whisper, staring at my character sheet.
As it turns out, I was nearly at the max without weighted armor. This world, this game, caps stats at 500. At 450, I was nearly there regardless. The boost was still worth it, but the gain was limited. It wasn't as grandiose as I'd have liked. Glancing at my sheet again, I frown, before tapping on the little purple star next to my Power Level. Again it does nothing, explaining nothing, giving me nothing but more questions. Thankfully the time in the chamber wasn't a complete failure. I may not have raised my stats super high like I'd wanted, but I did at least make some different progress.
'Maybe this will make up the difference?' I think, as my Scouter starts beeping.
I pick it up and slide it into place, tapping on the key to answer the incoming call.
"Go for Kll?" I answer as the connection stabilizes.
"Kll?! This is Bulma! The planets gone crazy! You need to get here-"
With a loud pop, I was gone.
A/N: And we're back! Kll is finding out just what consequences his actions have brought. Discovering that he's all but ruined Kami's life, he's starting to see that his actions reach much farther than he's thought.
A new threat hangs on the horizon, and it looks like it's finally arrived. Will Kll manage to defeat these new foes? Or will he die again, ending this game once and for all? Find out this, and many other burning questions next time! On Dragonball: Super GT Rebirth!
A/N2:
Since I know some of the above is confusing, I'll explain as you've already been introduced to a few of the Shadow Dragons.
Paternis - The Father
O.
R.
U.
N.
Godis - The God
Adversis - The Enemy
Much like the GT shadow dragons, their names make up the name of the Dragon that made them. Shenron, and Porunga. Their powers are loosely based on the wishes that created them. The battles are coming, and Kll is going to be fighting for his life. Hopefully, this clears up some of the questions.
A/N3: Hi there readers! First, let me say I'm sorry for the longer than promised absence, and the small chapter size! Work is killing me, I've been sick, and I've moved all in the past month! Add in some minor difficulties finding the correct way to bridge this small gap between action and reaction, and you'll hopefully understand why this has been delayed. With that being said, the next chapter shouldn't take quite so long, and shouldn't be quite as short. This story will be completed! I received several PMs asking if I had abandoned the story, and I'd like to make it clear now.
I will never abandon this story. This story will reach an ending, Kll will die, and one day he'll start another adventure. This story will EARN that little C marking it as complete, and come hell or high water, you'll enjoy every damn minute of it.
This has been Klldarkness, don't forget to leave me with a review! They are my motivation, and I reread each and every one of them. If you like Pokemon, take a look at my second story, from my profile page. Until next time guys, this has been Dragonball: Super GT Rebirth!