Destiny Shattered Gaiden: The Grand Sage, Zuno? Heart's is...
Hearts Saga: Part Two
The spaceship blasted through space at an incredible rate, something that caught Goten and Rote off guard." Wait, this ship's way faster than the one you guys used to leave on your first trip with?!" Goten noted looking around with shock.
Rote steeled himself and nodded." Y'think? What's the deal Trunks?"
"You can thank Bra and mom for working on this. They managed it in a few days, which is incredible considering the equipment that we had at home got destroyed with West City," Trunks pointed to his sister, who smiled triumphantly.
"Well, we took the engine apart and figured out a way to make it lighter and changing the shape of the ship was important too. We broke two coffee makers to get it in shape though, like Trunks' said West City blowing up really effected out efficiency," Bra added.
Rote looked to Goten." It's only been like ten days since we fought Mechikabura, and you guys crash landed a few days before that. How did you guys machine something like this that quickly?!" Raditz's son informed.
"We didn't use those coffee makers for parts, Rote. We burned them out," Bra informed tilting her head to the side with a nervous laugh.
'That's scary, is she as smart as Bulma?' Goten gulped.
"Geez," Rote looked to Trunks, who shrugged.
The eldest of Vegeta's children cleared his throat." Okay, it's going to take us a few hours to get to Zuno's Planet, so we should probably spend our time thinking about how we're going to ask our three questions."
"Apparently, he takes them hyper literally, so wording is important," Trunks continued looking to his fellow half-Saiyans.
Goku's son scratched the back of his head." Alright, makes sense to me. Let's get to talking."
Somewhere/When...
"Perfect God? Hahaha, there is no perfect God if they choose to leave mortals beneath them," Hearts snickered. His eyes looking into the Shadows skeptically. Who could be so bold to sneak in? More importantly, how did this person sneak in?
"But I admire you for approaching me," Hearts kept his nerve while speak though.
"How else would I establish my superiority, mortal?" the figure's voice came again. His white boots breaching the shadows he was standing in, a Divine white aura expanding around him.
This figure stood roughly five feet ten inches tall, his flaming pattern of white hair adding to the height in odd ways. A tattered black Kaioshin attire covered his torso, its red piping having been broken apart in numerous places. His bare left arm bearing a metallic bracer while his right eye was covered by a similar silvery piece. His white boots clapped against the ground as previous to the swaying of his crimson sash. The Divine Halo behind him shimmering brilliantly under the lights.
Hearts stoically watched him approach, a confident smile upon his face. A red glow appeared around the sole visible pupil of this intruder, a thudding sensation lurking in his chest, visibly shaking it. Then, Hearts looked surprised trying to do it again to get the same result. The green skinned being flashing a smile in response.
"Surprised mortal, one cannot play with the heart and minds of Gods as easily as they can mortals. Attempting to convert my desires? How foolish," the figure spoke up looking down at the Core Person.
Hearts took a step back while eyeing Lagss." Who exactly are you?" Hearts questioned balling his fist, never losing his cool.
Winds blew through the room they were in shattering the windows with the release of Divine might. The halo behind the figure glowed brilliantly with this display as he allowed a confident smile to come across his perfect face." I am the most beautiful and perfect God, Zamasu. That is not grandstanding it is fact, and you are to heed it, mortal," he grinned continuing to approach.
"Lagss, remove Kanba and yourselves from the equation," Hearts informed coldly. He was unphased by this display, not in the slightest.
"Very well," Lagss placed her hand against the large Saiyan's chest and they disappeared into one of the broken shards of glass.
"An interesting teleportation to be sure," Zamasu spoke calmly while approaching still.
Hearts raised his hand." You may be the perfect God, but I am in control of every situation I am in."
Zamasu's approach was stopped by a cube of force. Its shimmering walls reflecting the lights overhead into a prismatic spread that danced beautifully across the surface. The reflective tiles below creating an equal sheen. The immortal Kaioshin looked onward curiously, his right hand extending to touch the interior wall. A ringing sensation of light spreading out.
"Disappear," Hearts closed his hand.
Zamasu did not seem concerned as the cube began to compress around him. Within seconds it was crushing down atop his head and arms, causing his knees to bend, but again, he was unflinching.' What a peculiar technique. Mortals do find new ways to blasphemy, don't they? But he is no Saiyan, this is nothing to me,' Zamasu shrugged carelessly.
Hearts closed his hand tightly, but the cube failed to close further, unable to compress around the immortal further than it already was." What?" he questioned keeping composure.
'BWOOM!' Zamasu's left hand, continuing to press against the wall, flexed. The sphere burst outward and the Perfect Deity, extended his white boots to the ground again.
"It appears your situational awareness is not up to the standards you believed. A shame," Zamasu's left foot pressed off the ground. A crater flashed out from it, tumbling that side of the building down with his Divine might.
Hearts' arms crossed instantly. The green right fist hammered into his guard and blew out the other side of the small facility that Hearts housed in. Debris streamed out in plumes of white smoke, the coat wearing Shin-jin flying back among it. his foe's flame haired frame resting at the gap in the wall. Then, it no longer was there, zipping sounds in the air in front of him showing several afterimages.
Another punch fired down which Hearts grabbed, his left hand wrapping the wrist and yanking it forward. His right elbow crashed into Zamasu's cheek. A plume of white smoke swept by for a moment before shredding away with the collision. Zamasu's frame being flung backward through his own attack's remnants by the pale skinned Core Person.
Hearts appeared behind him locking in a chicken wing before spinning him around. Hearts' knee struck Zamasu in the solar plexus doubling him over. Extending that compressed knee, Hearts threw Zamasu back. Following that he ebbed in with an elbow strike before spinning around and delivering a punch to the green skinned God's cheek. The air boomed with a ripple of force and Zamasu was launched backward again.
A gloved fist swung toward Zamasu's cheek and missed by a mile, his imposing aura throwing it off. The God's leg fired out and smashed into the hasty guard of his foe. Hearts' arm buckled and the kick crushed into his cheek. Lightning wreathed the warrior's body as he was shot away, a thunderclap echoing as Zamasu lowered his leg. Hearts crashed through the top of a mountain several miles away and kept tumbling past it.
Behind Zamasu a cube appeared pulling into his back. It arched the God over it in hi surprise and drove him toward the ground in the motion. his left hand touched it and he pushed up, breaking through the cube. In that time, Hearts returned delivering a sudden kick into his forehead. Clouds overhead split with the collision and the deity was hurled skyward.
Zamasu looped to a stop and looked down with Hearts charging. Hearts' right hand fired out and boxed Zamasu in the nose, his left hand following suit into Zamasu's core. Retracting both he delivered a knee strike to the immortal's stomach. Zamasu doubled over it before being smashed in the back of the head. Winds shot up with the collision and the Perfect God was sent spiraling to the craggy landscape below.
Crags formed from eons of erosion were flattened in a moment. The deity's body hammered against them with great force and vitriol clouding the air with dust. Hearts looming in the air above with stout eyes." You leave yourself far too open, I do not pass up such opportunities," Hearts remarked.
His left hand swept out and a narrowed gaze crossed his face." Gravity Crush," Hearts calmly remarked as red-orange light danced free from his palm. Gravity pressing down from the heaven.
The entire continent crumbled under the gravity, rocks crushing into a fine powder. Water at the fringes of this range spiked downward into deep wells that sucked the ocean into them. Zamasu's frame was pushed down further and further by this, rocks being broken beneath him while he attempted to raise his head, attempted to stare at the warrior that dare oppose him.
Hearts was relentless, watching as the horizon expanded. The crushing continent below nothing for him to worry about with his grand ambition to free mortals of the Gods that could erase them without difficulty.' This planet is an empty shell of no life. Destroying it to slay this supposed God will be a worthy cause,' he noted as the ground continued to break away.
Then, Zamasu's right hand pressed against the ground. His face a confident smile as the halo of light returned to his back. Despite the immense gravity he pressed up to a knee. And then to his feet. And then reaching a completely vertical base to look up at the assailant." I must say, for a mortal, this is an impressive technique. Far from the barbarism I am used to from mortals, but a mortal no matter the finesse is a mortal nonetheless," his boots kicked off pushing free from the immense, planet rending gravity.
Hearts closed his left hand and threw his right hand forward, where Zamasu spun around it. His movements were crisp and elegant, and the precision of his short legged kick perfect. Hearts' body folded at the sternum as the kick connected. A spinning wall of force blasted out as the motion completed spilling Hearts spit across the air while hurling the warrior backward.
Zamasu lowered his leg a moment later. His right hand reaching out to the side, a series of red pinpricks appearing." This has been fun mortal, but I have far more impressive opponents to slay. My Zero Mortals Plan awaits no one," his right hand flicked forth." Blades of Judgement!" these pinpricks became a legion of blades that ripped through the air like tissue paper.
Hearts looked at the incoming attacks and narrowed his eyes. Left hand raising the gravity in front of him became immense. The sword took a sharp spike down, their explosions being suppressed. The light they shed barely making it to the Core Person. They eventually dimmed out as he locked eyes with his white haired foe, snickering.
"You are exactly what is wrong with the Gods, able to wipe away mortals on a whim. I am going to stop that; no Gods shall rule over them!" Hearts shouted shooting forward, the gravity around him increasing.
His right hand struck with a great booming force. Zamasu's raised forearm took the attack and buckled breaking away and sending the air into a rattling rumble. His white hair being blow back. Hearts' left hand drew back next and hammered into the defending palm of the Shin-jin, the air burst with the impact. Their eyes met as Zamasu defended against his foe.
Hearts thrusted his left leg forth, its sole burrowing in to Zamasu's stomach. The green skinned God was hurled backward wildly, while Hearts reaming firm. The brown jacket around Hearts body flapped and he was gone.
His right hand smashed into Zamasu's left palm, which knocked it upward. The Universe Ten Kaioshin thrusted his right hand toward Hearts chest to find it diverted. The Core Person wrapping around for an elbow strike. The white haired warrior dodged under it, his Potara Earrings jingling. He came up with a knee strike that Hearts leg fired out and intercepted. A blast of wind charging the air after the collision.
Their knees came down simultaneously and they both threw a left hand forward. Interestingly, their right arms scissored among the swings to catch the other's attack. Their eyes locking for a moment before looking away as they released. Their left legs clashing in matching kicks. Their conflicting power showing in the stream of white light that poured out from the meeting.
They released and threw a series of blows again. Every strike of Zamasu's pushed Hearts back at little farther, his guard faltering marginally more with each attack. It was evident that Zamasu was toying with him, or perhaps struggling to use his full power. But alas it was still proving enough as each clashing fist began to go in the favor of the deity.
Narrowly, bobbing through a left Hearts right hand rocketed out and Zamasu grabbed it out of the air. A switch of the hips pulled Hearts like a rag doll where the God's left elbow caught Hearts along the chin. He drew that same elbow back and drilled it into Hearts chest before releasing the trapped fist. That release was to give the opening for a right handed backhand to Hearts' cheek. The jacketed warrior shuddering in the air for a moment before being sent rocketing away.
A leakage of blood escaped the gritting teeth of Hearts as he pulled himself to a stop. The air around him growing heavy as red-yellow light glowed in a thin layer across his frame.' Manipulating the gravity, I can make up for our power difference for now. And then, when he is open, I will land the fatal blow,' the astute Core Person noted while looking at his clenched fists.
Determined, Hearts lifted his gaze to face down the God that opposed him, said God blasting forward at that very moment. Zamasu's right hand came out and Hearts sidestepped it before kneeing his foe in the gut. Zamasu doubled over and took a left hand to the cheek. The white hair atop his head went wild with the attack while Hearts retracted the punch. Hearts' right hand followed bashing the Kaioshin's face down again before a thrust kick to the chest sent him skidding back.
Gravity released from Hearts' hand like a bullet, blasting into Zamasu's core. Zamasu's frame collapsed around the attack before being repelled in the explosion, the visor wearing fighter dashing forward.
Hearts' right glove came shooting down and Zamasu's hand caught it again, another counter elbow digging into the scarred chest of the Core Warrior. Hearts' eyes watered with the impact as Zamasu released. An overhead soccer ball kick followed that crashed into the center of the blonde haired warrior's head, blasting him down at a forty five degree angle.
Hearts struck against the collapsed landscape before skipping across it. rocks and formations crumbling in his wake. Smoky debris sprayed up into the air before he crashed into a wall of stone. It burst but he recoiled forward from it, landing face first against the ground.
Zamasu descended to the ground, his arms spread out to the side as a smile crossed his face." Did you believe yourself worthy of slaying the Gods for such a foolish goal? We, the Gods, gave you intellect, and you choose to raise hands against us. For what further mortal barbarism? Further strife among fools that needn't know their place?" Zamasu asked approaching elegantly.
"For a world where that decision is a mortal to make," Hearts rose to his feet, a snicker escaping him.
He rocketed forward, the ground he stood on disappearing in the gravity he wreathed himself in. His fist struck and the ground collapsed for several hundred feet around. Zamasu's sole eye bulged in surprise at the amplified force of the attack. His boots shuddered for a moment before blasting free from the ground. He rocketed over the landscape at quite incredible speed, the immortal had not expected that.
Then, Zamasu's back was struck with an ax fist that hurled him toward the ground. Gravity increased dramatically around the immortal in the process, making his collision with the ground even more brutal. The already crumbling continent bent further in on itself, rocks that were let loose smashing down and into the surface like drills. The white haired deity pinning against it further.
Hearts threw his arms out to the side. Cubes of varying size filled the air behind him, their prismatic walls gleaming the light away from the ground and across the sky. Pure brilliance in his dream-like desires. Zamasu down below placed a hand against the ground grimacing at the absurdity of his foe standing against him. Unable to see the barrage that was sure to await him.
"If I must become a villain to grant mortals the freedom from the oppression that Gods hold, then I will be one!" Hearts commanded with authority, summoning additional cubes to the sky filling display.
"Then, we are opposites," Zamasu laughed to himself as Hearts flicked his hands forth.
"Gravity Barrage!" the cubes hurled down upon the immortal God. his body being buried under their gravity and trapped into their prison-like confines. The improved gravity crushed the continent into a single hole with the glowing singularity of Hearts' attacks. Zamasu's screams being deafened as sound failed to escape such gravitational force.
A giant cube emerged from the center of the explosion. A center point within it drawing everything toward it, a singularity if one would be so bold to call it that. The smoke, debris, everything, drawn to a mere point in the center.
Hearts' right and left hands then closed condensing this point of gravity upon itself further. This pull brought the walls of the cube down, shrinking it from all angles simultaneously. Everything kept pressing and pressing down until it became a spot the size of a baseball. This ball beamed with extreme heat and light from its density, a blinding white that ignited the air around it into plasma and caused the clouds overhead to evaporate.
The longer Hearts stared the sphere the bright it became until it finally split. A beam of light carved free from it launching into space and down into the planet itself. Tremors rocked both heavens and earth as the light grew broader and brighter.
Hearts watched this expansion occur and smiled; this obstacle surely was no more.
A pillar expanded dozens of times the size of the initial explosion, rocks and other compressed ruin being hurled through the air. Hearts' eyes following each piece of debris with scrutiny as a frame seemed to rise within the center of the blast. Impossibly, so it took upward through it before disappearing at the top, as a geyser of riffraff.
After that all went quiet. The beam stretching off and fading away in thin layers of light that left a gaping hole in the planet's surface. Hearts floated there, alone. The opponent was one he could not have beaten without his abilities, and even with them it seemed to be more fortune than an overwhelming edge.
"It is finished," Hearts spoke calmly.
"What mortal? Did you truly think that could kill a God?" Zamasu's voice said from behind him.
Hearts' turned in haste, his right hand raising. The purple blade that surrounded Zamasu's hand met a cube that appeared there and cleaved through it. A blast of light though erupted from it throwing both being back with a blustering force. Zamasu's frame stopping several dozen feet away, on the other side of the smoke cloud from Hearts. Hearts' meanwhile dropped nearly to the broken ground before coming to a stop.
"Don't you understand you are against the Perfect God! There is no chance of defeating me! Hahaha! Your mission to supplant the Gods is one that I share, but indeed letting a mortal gain the divine authority set only for a God is foolhardy!" Zamasu shouted down his glee showing. This was something he enjoyed lording over the mortals that dare oppose him. But this fueled his hatred as well.
'This opponent is odd, he was crushed down so far and detonated, there was no means to avoid it,' Hearts looked at the cloud. His gloves clenched.
Zamasu suddenly found his periphery filled with a wall, and then in front of himself filled with a wall. The entire space around him became a cube made of the same prismatic light as before. Zamasu's hand raised and touched this cube's edge trying to force through it. He found it impenetrable at least from the minute effort that he was attempting. He threw floated back within it, while his opponent rose from the smoke cloud far below.
As the immortal looked around within the cube Hearts let out a breath from the other side. His features were stalwart and confident as he kept his hand raised." If that is truly what you believe, you are to be the first God killed by my hand," Hearts' hand glowed and the cube turned a crimson color. The air around it shaking and morphing oddly.
Zamasu's features turned stern amid the crimson cube. His legs beginning to buckle and his back beginning to bow. This gravity was immense, and it was forcing him to his knees." You cannot kill me; I am not like those you have dispatched along the way. I am the noble and beautiful, Zamasu," he calmly said while raising up. The halo upon his back glowed. Streams of lightning exploding from it against the inside of the cube.
Hearts noticed the bulging of the structure and ground his teeth together.' So, this is his true strength, it surpasses that of the Saiyan from earlier. He's going to break through it with no effort,' Hearts looked as the walls began to bulge further, cracks appearing along its smooth frame." Perhaps, not as I am not, Perfect God, but soon I will be the Ultimate Godslayer, and even you will be destroyed," he said as a cube surrounded himself.
"Godslayer? What a pretentious name!" the cube exploded sending light across the sky, Zamasu's shout echoing with it." You may be the first mortal I slay after all, even they lacked such boisterous claims as Godslayer."
"We will see," Hearts disappeared within his cube, leaving the green skinned God to ponder.
Space...
"Do we have our questions in order?" Trunks asked looking to the three half-Saiyans that followed him along the way.
Goten nodded his head." I think we do, first, "where this Elysia place is?" Then, "how can we get there?" And the third is "can we win if we do go?"
"Good, then, I think we should be approaching it now," Trunks looked out the front of the window with a gulp. This trip had been quick, but it was surely the precursor to something a fair bit more difficult.
As they approached, they saw it from the distance. Floating in space a giant wooden box supported by, or perhaps dangling, spikes of wood with orange-yellow globes atop them. This giant box looked like a meal box with the contents being an array of red, orange and green trees that sprouted up from the center. The large red emblem on its front spanning what would surely be a country on any other world.
"This guy lives in a giant lunch box?" Rote looked perplexed at the sight. among the stories he had heard from Raditz in space, a giant lunch box took the cake as the single most bizarre planet.
"Huh? He does? That's weird, this guy must be really interesting then," Goten laid his head back in his hands. His black brow raising as they continued to get closer.
"Weirder things exist I suppose," Bra tilted her head. Her nonchalant words belied the raised brow and confused bead of sweat rolling down the side of her face. This was odd.
"Maybe we shouldn't bring it up in front of the omniscient sage? But this is definitely weird," Trunks added in, sharing sentiment with his friendly rivals.' Mom, you could have told me this is what it looked like. Does this Zuno guy really live here?' he pondered.
They were not wondering for too much longer as the ship flew over the vast array of trees and began to descend. Loose leaves of the red, orange, and green mixed into a cyclone of color as the vessel descended to the grass below. Its spidering legs fanning out to dig into the white sandstone tiles that lined the path. A soft cracking sound echoing as its full weight bared down.
The port door opened and the four half-Saiyans exited the star craft. Their boots clacking simultaneously against the stretching tiles. Surrounding them were the well-tended trees crafting a pathway along the sandstone, stone works sitting up on the pathway in matching formation. In the distance a structure rose emitting a light, that was their destination.
The Saiyan Quartet began to walk." Worldly sage of unknown or uncommon information, I wonder what he looks like," Goten cradled his head in his heads. Giddily stepping beside his cousin.
Rote's brow raised." I don't know, what do those types usually look like? I think he'll be like a really old Master Roshi, with a beard stretching down to the ground, sitting on a giant spinning turtle," the son of Raditz commented with a chuckle.
"No, I'm think more like Old Kai, he's going to be a pretty small guy with a walking stick," Trunks replied stepping along.
"What if we're way off base? Isn't Hit over a thousand years old? What if he's like that and built like some martial arts master from those bad Mister Satan movies?" Bra added in her remarked cupping her chin.
"Yeah, let's hope that's not the case," Goten gulped." Hit's a totally different level than all of us."
"Really, I promised Marron that I wouldn't fight too hard, so yeah, let's hope I don't have to go Blue for this," Rote added in nodding his head.
"Mom, said he seemed rather indifferent, so even if he does look like Hit, he probably won't fight us," Trunks nodded his head whilst approaching the temple pagoda.
The building itself was simple in construction. A towering structure that stood several stories high. Multiple layers of ornately thatched roofing fanned down the side of it, splitting to reveal the white sandstone construction of the building. From this center point two adjacent wings stretched out in parallel reaching beyond the layer of trees and disappearing from sight.
Beside the alcove where the door was were large emblems, matching that on the outside of the planet. Their black frames spanning several feet with the downward pointing triangle in the center. More importantly on the door itself the same emblem but glowing a crimson color. This added to the spectacle of the building adding an air of intimidation.
"Definitely leaning on him being a big scary guy now, yikes," Rote gulped letting out a breath.
"We won't have to wait long to find out," Goten chuckled naively, before walking up the steps toward the doors. The others following not far behind him.
The door opened with his simple touch and they came upon a grand room. Several box-like lanterns floated peacefully over the ground, shedding warm orange light across everyone present. The four Saiyans looked around and from this warm light came four rather rotund people. Each stood at over six feet high with bulbous heads and rounded bodies. Their large ears drooping slightly as their porcelain skin shimmered. Their thin eyebrows narrowed as each of their robes blew.
First, a green one as he stepped forward. Then, a blue one as the second stepped forward. Then, a purple one as the third moved forward. Finally, a brown as the last one stepped forward.
"Creepy," Trunks raised a brow. It was unsettling to say the least.
"What have you come here for?" the attendant in the green robe spoke. The small bun atop his head waving as he looked over the quartet of Saiyan half-breeds in front of him.
"We've come for an audience with Zuno, my mother came here a few years back to ask a few questions herself," Trunks replied somewhat nervously.
"Very well," the blue robed attendant said taking a step aside, the paper wall behind them opening.
From it came a very large humanoid with an oversized head. He shared the same general aesthetic with the others, but he was vastly larger. His eyes were narrowed and focused and he seemed to hefty to stand on his legs, as shown by the fact he appeared to be floating in a cauldron. He looked down across the group before looking forward.
"So, you have a question?" the purple robed attendant asked.
"Yes, we have a few actually," Goten scratched the back of his head.
"Then, do begin by handing over your present," the last, brown robed, attendant said. His eyes looking over the group.
"Present? Mom, didn't say anything about a present did she, Bra?" Trunks looked to his sister.
"No, I don't think so. She said it was a good thing I came along though," Bra raised a brow and shrugged.
"Uh, what's the present?" Goten inquired somewhat absent-minded.
"To get your questions answered, Lord Zuno requires a smooch," the first attendant replied.
"A smooch?! What type of-" Rote shouted raising a brow before calming down.' Better not get too loud, we kind of need these questions answered if we want to get to fight Hearts before dad and the others,' he let out a breath.
"Seriously, who wants to give this guy a kiss?" Trunks muttered under his breath, looking over the group.
"Will we each get a question answered if we give him a present?" Rote asked, looking sternly.
The attendant nodded." Yes."
"Well, here goes," Raditz son scoffed, a blush forming across his face.
He approached the side of the large rotund creature and puckered his lips. Quickly, he leaned forward and gave a kiss to the statue-like omniscient before backing away.
"You are a man, you only get one question," the brilliant giant looked down at him with a raised brow.
'Rote remember not to react, he'll answer any question even if you don't mean it,' Trunks said to the half-Saiyan with telepathy.
"Erhem, alright. First, and only, question, where is Planet Elysia?" Rote asked sternly.
Zuno looked to the half-Saiyan then to the group before speaking." Planet Elysia is in a pocket Universe between all Universes and timelines of this Multiverse. It was hidden until recent events seemed to have uncovered it. It sits twenty four taks northeast of the World of Void and is currently stationary. That was your final question," the sage-like figure spoke answering the question.
"Geez, between Universes, that's pretty rough," Trunks scratched the back of his head.' The Supreme Kai of Time wasn't lying when she said it'd be difficult to get to.'
"Do the rest of you have any questions?" the purple robed attendant spoke again.
Goten looked over at Bra and smiled." Well, we'll each only get one question since we're guys. You might get more."
Bra's eyes broadened as she looked to her brother's best friend." Are you kidding me? You said it yourself, you two could kiss him and get the same answers I'd get from one kiss! You guys just want to save face!" Bra barked, her fiery eyes glowing at the black haired warrior.
"You are the daughter of the Earthling, Bulma," Zuno spoke as Bra's shout continued.
"Huh?" Bra stopped looking to the sage.
"Your bust size is 89.1 centimeters, two centimeters larger than your mothers at the same age. I can give you four questions if you were to give me a present," he spoke so nonchalantly.
"What?! How'd you know that?" Bra threw her arm across her chest and looked away. Her face was beet red in embarrassment, while the others raised a brow.
"I am all-knowing and have met your mother. A present will now give you three questions," Zuno replied.
"Gah, fine," Bra looked down the ground and shook her head.' My first kiss and it's going to this guy. Seriously?' she shook her head and approached, trying to calm down some.
She planted her lips against his cheek and Zuno nodded his head." You have three questions."
"Is there a way for us to get to Planet Elysia?" Bra looked aside, scowling still. Embarrassment was easy to come and quick to leave for her.
"Traveling to Planet Elysia would need the aid of a God or transportation from the Twelfth Universe. Both are difficult to find," the sage replied honestly, the four half-Saiyans nodding their heads in unison." You now have two questions remaining."
"If we were to go to Elysia, could we win against the other forces that are making their way there?" Bra asked sternly.
"Your chance of victory is slim, but there is one way that you can manifest victory against the most potent of forces that are gathering there. You possess among your ranks an imposing warrior, but they are the only way that you can claim victory," Zuno replied sternly and honestly." You now have one questions remaining."
"Seriously?" Bra raised her brow in reply.
"Yes," Zuno replied his head nodding." That is your third, and final, question. I have grown quite tired; I will not be answering any further questions."
"Wait, but who among us is it? How are we going to win?" Goten blurted out looking to Zuno with a curious glance.
"I will not answer that question, please leave," Zuno turned and retreated behind the sliding wall.
"Ah man, we're leaving with as big a question as when we go here. Which one of us has the power to beat someone like that?" Rote looked at his hands and shook his head." Even with Divine Super Saiyan, I'm not up to par with people like dad or Gohan. And you guys don't have Divine ki yet, right?" the son of Raditz asked while the others pondered.
"Afraid not, I've been trying with dad, but haven't have much success," Trunks nodded his head.
"It's only been a few days since the Time Patrol stuff, I'm pretty spent," Goten informed.
"Then, Bra?" Rote raised a brow.
"Me? No way, I've gotten stronger, but I'm not even Super Saiyan Three yet. I can't become a God either," Vegeta's daughter answered turning to leave.' Why are all sages perverts?' she huffed looking down at her chest.
"Maybe it'll be spontaneous then, we get power-ups at the most useful of times that's for sure," Goten laughed following her.
"You can say that again," Rote agreed.
Thank you so much for reading another, brief, chapter of Destiny Shattered Gaiden. I'm still not in the swing of things yet, but with the chaotic world that should be understandable. Anyway, Hearts finds that his polar opposite, Zamasu, is a threat indeed, however he boasts that he will become the Godslayer. Elsewhere, our heroes get their questions answered but leave with an equally large one. Zuno's vague messages of the future events being more mind-bending than how to get to Elysia? What does this mean? Will our heroes head to Elysia? Find out next time...
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R: Wait...is Gohan the strongest or the three old ones
A: I'm going to leave that question in the air. Gohan power wise is the strongest, but I also have said each of the older three are the strongest as well. Goku is by far the most skilled giving him contention for the strongest, Raditz is raw strength the strongest, and Vegeta is the most adept at strategizing among them, giving him claim to the strongest under circumstance.
R: Amazing this last chapter... What happens meanwhile in universe 9?
A: Universe Nine is attempting to recover from Mechikabura, much as Universe Seven is. Bergamo and Basil are still venturing as a Do de Dangers after Lavender's death (Chapter 36) and their God of Destruction is attempting to reconsider things as well.
R: I have feeling the journey to Zuno would not be easy. No way Fused Zamasu is back.
A: Fortunately, it was, though what comes next for them is probably not going to be. And yes, Fused Zamasu is back, but how is the question. Is this even the Fused Zamasu from the Destiny Shattered canon?
R: Ohhh Hearts vs Reformed Merged Zamasu, hype af. This is definitely a nice 'filler' chapter that set up the future events well, while also keeping a chill tone. You've been really good at these since starting Gaiden, and it's really nice to see, as most people can't pull these off properly. Thank you for the amazing chapter as always!
A: Yeah, the hype is real for that one, though I'm not giving all of it away in the second chapter of the arc. Yeah, I think I've gotten a little better with the filler stuff since starting Gaiden, probably because I started Dungeon Mastering recently. You have to world build to immerse your players in a game of Dungeons and Dragons, something as a player for the past 15 years (holy crap, I'm turning 22 this year, what the hell, where'd the time go?) I never had to do.
Thank you all so much for reading this week's chapter. I hope you enjoy it and that you stay happy and healthy. We'll make it through this crazy pandemic together, stay good people,
~Dan
