A/N: I know it's been months since the last update, but I can explain. And by explain, you would need to read this chapter and then read the author's note after. Or just zoom down to the author's note. Your pick.
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Goku Black Arc
Chapter 47: An Ominous Threat From the Future...
RECAP: Goku's idea of training gives him plenty of nostalgia from walking down memory lane. As he implements the training from how it was given to him and Krillin from back in the day, not everything goes how he imagined it. So he takes his mind off of things by going on a date with Lucy. They went on a date, boom-boom-boom, and had sex that would literally kill a normal human.
Oh, and in the future, there's a threat causing havoc in Trunks' city. But who is this mysterious threat...?
Afternoon
Universe 7, 4:01:21 PM
Future West City (Destroyed...)
For the world to end up the way it is, after the battle was over with the Androids, peace would always be a temporary thing. Trunks & Lucy were heading their way to his mom, Bulma. In this timeline, the main one, none of the Z-Fighters are alive. Fairy Tail is but a few members and overall, the people living on this Earth are but in hiding. Guilds aren't even a thing anymore as one man took accountability over it.
Lucy looks at the dark green sky, viewing it as she comes to a understanding that the sky would never go back to its original color. And it saddens her. Trunks noticed...
"Lucy, are you okay?" Trunks asked, looking at her.
Lucy showed a soft smile. "I'm all right. I just wish we didn't have to go through this hell. You know what I'd give for a little bit of peace and sunshine?"
"Yeah. No kidding," Trunks scoffed. "The Androids, Cell. I thought everything would go away. Then we ran into Babidi and Dabura. Thank goodness I was able to stop the two before Majin Buu was resurrected."
"But we lost a lot of good people. Natsu, Erza, and Gray..." Lucy grits her teeth. Thinking about those three on how they died by Dabura's hands made her feel so useless she couldn't anything. "They could've been alive if I wasn't so weak. If I still had my keys with me. All of them. But I only have one."
"Virgo." Trunks makes the assumption that led him to be right. "You were out of power, you were energy-less. It wasn't your fault."
"I know. The only ones left who are still standing in our guild are you, myself, your mother, Hisui, Levy, Elfman Asuka and Romeo. Levy being the Master."
"Yeah. My father and everyone else died to the Androids. As if I needed a recap from that. And Dende's not around so the Dragon Balls are useless. Sometimes I wish I could just have what I want, you know?"
"I feel you. What I wouldn't give to be with Goku." She smiled. "He's an idiot, but an idiot that can make you smile. I even remember this one time he and I—"
A simple breeze drove Lucy to stay silent. Both her and Trunks were focusing on something that was heading for them. It was the man responsible for destroying the Earth. It appears he senses Trunks and Lucy, so without further delay, they had to act fast...
"Trunks..."
"Yeah... he's coming." Trunks grits his teeth, clenching his fists as he got out in the open for more insight. "He's heading here like there's no tomorrow. We have to act fast, quickly!"
"How far are we from your house?"
"Just six blocks left. Let's go!"
Late Morning
Universe 7 11:43:21 AM
Satan City, Koreen's Café...
It was a routine for the Strauss family. And basically everyone who's dating the Saiyan of the hour, Goku. A two-floor café was always a place Fairy Tail would visit, especially Goku and his lovers. This time around, it was Goku bringing in Virgo, who was serving as his guard for 'deity' reasons with Lucy, Levy and Juvia. On the second floor, table of four, next to the window, the four was on one could say... a date...
"Kakarot, that checks off one of the things you promised the Princess yesterday." Virgo said, sitting on the opposite side of him as she sees Juvia bear hugging Goku.
Levy, with her glasses on, was fixing Goku's phone. And she finished. She took one sip of her coffee and handed her boyfriend his phone. "Here you go. Your phone's fixed. As if it's brand new."
"Sweet! Thanks, Levy!" Goku took it from her hands. "There are some people I gotta video call since I promised them, but never really did because I forgot I even had this, haha!"
"Juvia thinks it's understandable to forget. After all, you're living a life with multiple lovers, with Juvia being at the top!" she kissed him after, declaring her strong, passionate love.
"Man, you're such a sleaze ball, Juvia. I thought we all called it square that we would all be equal as Goku's lover." Lucy reminded Juvia as she was given the stare.
"Hmph. Juvia doesn't care. She believes in Goku supremacy. Only something Juvia can believe in! The rest of you lots are a bunch of b—"
"Okay... changing subjects here." Levy cuts in. "One of the people you have to call is 21, right? When was the last time you called her?"
"A month ago. I was supposed to call her every Thursday. She doesn't come home until three more months." Goku replied. "Better call her now."
He went to his contact information and selected the option to video call her. It was ringing. As the time this was going on, Lucy was taking a sip of her drink. The girls sitting with Goku, they're all in a relationship with Goku, the Saiyan of Fairy Tail. A crush would be an understatement, actually...
"Hmm? Ah! Goku, hey!" 21, on the video call, greeted with a cheerful smile.
"Hi, 21!" Goku greeted back, making Lucy and the others lean over. "How's the trip going with Dr. Brief?"
"It's going good. But it could've been better if you've remembered to call me every week," said 21, pouting at him due to his forgettable memory. "But it's good. As long as you do call me, I don't mind. Oh, you're with Lucy, Levy, Juvia and Virgo! Hi there!"
The girls greeted 21. Juvia stood out more as her way of greeting was bearhugging Goku tighter and kissing him on the cheek. The girls were jealous, 21 included and Virgo excluded, but it was whatever...
"So when will you come back to Satan City, 21?" Lucy asked. "In fact, how long is this trip gonna take? I know you said 3 more months, but even by our standards, that's too much."
"It would've been shorter, but Dr. Brief and I discovered a whole new species of flowers. And we want to do what we can in finding out how it came to be. The universe is just very beautiful not to explore and learn, right? You guys understand?"
"I do." Levy agreed, nodding. "It's how we all met Lord Beerus and Whis and their siblings. I still say we should do a universe trip, all of us, to explore all 12 universes. Do you know how amazing that sounds?"
"Very." Lucy added. "I'm not a fan of Destroyer Gods being in charge of which planet gets to live and die, but it's just the natural order, then, huh?"
"It would seem that way, Princess. Kakarot, do you want to travel to every universe?"
"Hmm, depends. I get to fight the strongest fighters, but I don't think I can if I can't even beat Beerus. So until then, nope!" Goku answered.
"I see. How very un-Saiyan like, Kakarot." Virgo admitted, softly biting her nails with her usual stare of her master. "Then again, Destroyer Gods are above the food chain, so that would make sense."
"Hey so, I'll catch you all next week. Dr. Briefs need me for something. It was nice seeing all your faces again. Yours the most, Goku." said 21, smiling at them. "Later."
And she ended the call. With that, Levy grabbed Goku's hand, dragging Juvia along since she was still attached to him. "Alright, Goku. Let's get going to my house."
"Huh? What for?" Lucy asked, making herself wonder along with Virgo.
"Business stuff." Levy answered, not giving Lucy a full explanation. This was causing major confusion for Lucy. "Goku promised me to spend an entire day with me. Just at my house, alone."
Levy was shaking her head. She knew she could do this because just like with Lucy, she barely had time with Goku in the years she's been with him. She needed this, in a way. Lucy and Virgo understood her sexual needs, but Juvia? She wasn't having it...
"Mmm..." she grunted, pouting as she tried to pull Goku back. "My Goku does not need another blue hair mistress to wow him in bed, in a relationship, all of it! Juvia is the only one who will suffice his sexual needs!"
"We hung out together not too long ago, Juvia." Goku pointed out, feeling Juvia's pull. And she smile, sneaking in a giggle.
"It's not like it was forced, my love. I would've loved it if we could do it every day!"
"Well, too bad, Juvia. I have him for today. We all agreed to the schedule, so hands off him." Levy cuts in, breaking up Juvia's hold. "Goku's coming home with me, whether you like it or not!"
"Tch." Juvia had smug look. "Why on earth would he want to have sex with a flat chested girl when he has a curvy, busted one like me?"
And Levy took offense to that. Her face turned red, her eyes twitched. It was bad enough the girls had bigger assets than her, but to get pointed out like that every time there's an argument over Goku, she blushed out of embarrassment...
"Y-You're so extra, Juvia! Big plumps of fat does not make a woman! I'll have you know I've been under the sheets with Goku as much as you! H-He loves my flat chest very much, thank you!"
"Oh? Or maybe it's just pity coming out of him, Levy. Juvia thinks it's pity sex. And for your information, Juvia had sex with him plenty of times! His unlimited stamina thrives my inner walls! We even had to do it raw after emptying 5 boxes!"
"We emptied out 6 boxes, but okay." Levy felt the need to bring that up, to stand her ground. It was a tactic to piss Juvia off, and it worked.
Back and forth, the two were butting heads. And as mentioned, this was a regular thing in Goku's life. In his many, many relationships with his lovers. Goku was being dragged left and right, not knowing what to do in this situation, he looked dumbfounded. Like a lost child in a grocery aisle, but he wasn't crying.
In the background, Lucy and Virgo were watching. The Celestial Maid was writing down something on her notepad...
"You know, it's good to see Juvia talk a lot of mess when it's not me. Usually, it's with me, but this time, I'm glad it's not." Lucy gladly said.
"Hmm. Indeed. But this makes it the tenth time Juvia went at a person that isn't you, Princess." Virgo added, giving Lucy her notepad.
"Wow. You weren't kidding..." Lucy gave back Virgo's notepad. "So how are things with you and Goku? I know you said you don't mind being his maid, too, but..."
"But what, Princess?" Virgo looks at her in waiting for her to finish.
"On occasions, when Goku and I would have sex, you would intervene and we would change it into a threesome. I passed out, but I heard some words from you. Something along the line of 'harder, daddy! FXXK me as if you're my lover!', you know?"
Virgo slightly giggled. It was a rare thing, but Lucy was glad to catch a glimpse of it. If there was anyone that could make the non-expression Celestial Maid smile and laugh, it'd be none other than the Saiyan himself...
"Oh, and how's your search in finding Frieza and the others?" Virgo asked, wondering if Frieza's evil guild was found yet.
Lucy gave out a sigh. A sigh that indicated that she was lost. "No dice, Virgo. No one in the guild seem to know where Frieza's hiding. Ever since the incident with 21 and the clones of everyone, he, his brother and Cell really dipped the moment they saw an opportunity."
"It suits them." Virgo added.
"To this day, 21 still feels bad that her evil self-revived the baddest of the bad and felt she was bringing out the worst. And yet, Goku still forgave her. Rather, he didn't see it that way. It made 21 curious and then the next thing you know, she became another one of his girlfriends. I wonder if there's a girl who can't be persuaded by his charm." Lucy said, smiling as the two blue haired-girls were still going at it.
"Kakarot is a man of wonder. It's a Kakarot thing to make people fall like that. Heck, he even managed to befriend the Celestial King, which is a rare thing. But it makes me happy for some reason."
"Yeah. It's called love, Virgo. You should try it more often since you already dug yourself deep." Lucy accepted that her maid had a crush, and though it was difficult for her to show her feelings, Lucy knew her feelings were true. And she found it adorable.
"I'm going to go back to the Celestial World. Big Brother's calling me."
"Okay. Tell Loke I said hi."
"If I do, will you punish me?" Virgo's eyes sparked in golden stars.
"No, Virgo. We've been over this. You've got to get this weird habit of wanting to get punished like you actually deserve it."
Virgo looked away, disappointed but kept a straight face and mumbled words Lucy had barely heard but was enough to set her off. "Maybe that's why I was able to last longer than you when we had that threesome with Kakarot, Princess."
"Huh? The heck's that supposed to mean!?" Lucy got offended. She turned to Virgo as she was making a little effort sly face.
"Oh, I'm just saying. Kakarot's been punishing me by going above and beyond whenever we have intercourse. I told him he can take out his pent of frustration out on me and he did and I played the part where I didn't want to enjoy it, like I was being held against my will until he came inside of me."
"Okay, that's called rape and deep down, you know you enjoy that kind of thing." Lucy clapped back, unamused.
It was to bring a point here. That if Lucy were to actually punishment Virgo, she would do good in bed, with Goku. At least, that's what Virgo wanted her to believe. "Maybe..." she opened up a portal, concluding her talk as she leaves this world and back to the Celestial one.
Afternoon
Universe 7, 4:44:44 PM
Future West City (Destroyed), Capsule Corporation...
Six blocks felt like an eternity run to Capsule Corp. This threat that terrorizes the universe was one that wasn't to be messed with. To get to where they were going, Trunks and Lucy had to watch every step in their direction, in order to avoid being detected. But it was proven to be difficult. They had a run-in every single time they've come across this threat and barely managed to come out alive.
After carefully looking everywhere as they made a run for it, they made it to their place. Asuka and Romeo opened the door for them and from there, they entered the sub-level Future Bulma had made back when Babidi and Dabura was a threat...
"There you guys are. Welcome back." Levy greeted as she gave the two of them a hug.
"Sorry it took so long, you guys. Black was tailing us for so long we had to split in order for him to lose his trail." Lucy explained, hugging Asuka.
"The important matter is you're safe, Lucy. You as well, Trunks." Hisui cuts in. "Your mother's just about to finish up with the fuel needed for you to travel back in time."
"Really? That's good news," Trunks half-smiled. "Where is my mother anyway?"
"In the next room, finishing up."
"Okay. I'll go visit her. Be right back."
With the final touches to going back in time finished, Trunks visits his mother. This led to Future Lucy starting a conversation with the others. She head patted Asuka, knowing that her parents died in the hands of Black...
"Lucy, do you think Fairy Tail in the past will help Trunks beat Black? He's a Saiyan, just like Trunks."
"Trunks is only half Saiyan. The ones you're referring to are Goku and Vegeta. And yes, Asuka. I do think the past us can beat Black. There isn't a thing they can't do."
"Hmm... Goku." Hisui's voice weaken when saying her dead boyfriend's name. "I miss him every day that it's not fair he had to leave us. That virus was... it was something he didn't deserve."
"You're not wrong, Hisui." Levy cuts in. "I worked around the clock, to find a cure. But by the time Bulma and I found one, Goku had already died. And the Dragon Balls were already gone, too."
"It's not your fault, Levy. Time wasn't with us, so you're not to blame." Levy tried to encourage her, but failed as she still felt down.
Every day, Hisui would think about Goku. What life would be with him at her side. If he had never died to a stupid heart virus. She stopped crying in secret a few months back, but... with the predicament her, and the current Fairy Tail members are in, it was hard for her not to cry. Because things aren't always what they seem...
"Hmm?" In front of Levy were the monitors Bulma set up weeks prior. One of the monitors was some of the resistance groups contacting Fairy Tail. "This is Levy of Fairy Tail. What's the status, KitKat?"
There was a static buzzing. Static buzzing, static buzzing, and then after three minutes one of the members picked up...
"Levy? Is that you? This is KitKat reporting in!"
Levy sighed with relief. "Thank goodness you're alive, KitKat. I was afraid we lost you a week ago. The sneak attack on Black was so risky, I didn't know you and your group would survive."
"Eh? KitKat you say?" Lucy cuts in. "So they're alive! I knew it!"
"Lucy? You're there, too, I see." KitKat cracked a smile on the other side. "Right now, my group and I are on the outer edge of West City. Since over here, it was the last time we ran into Black. Where did Black go after we barely made it out alive?"
"He was tailing Trunks and Lucy. He caught interest in what we would doing. Cana... she... she sacrificed herself to make sure Lucy and Trunks would get here safely." Levy bit her lips while covering her eyes with her bangs.
"... I'm sorry for your loss." KitKat couldn't fathom losing more friends. Over to where she is, her group and her were walking into the city, knowing where they were at was safe due to how they were taught how to sense energy. "Black's not here, so we're safe. Where do we go from here? After all, you're the one who formed the resistance group."
Levy didn't know what the next move was. That was only because she didn't know part of the rebels against Black were alive. The original plan was to return to Bulma so she can give Trunks the special fuel so he could work up the time machine. But the time machine was in another place, the Fairy Tail guildhall just several blocks down. About... twenty-blocks. So, she had to improvise. However, before she could tell them the next step, Hisui came in and took charge on what the next step would be...
"KitKat, this is Princess Hisui. Well... just Hisui, I guess." Hisui took over as she held the communicator close to her mouth.
"The Princess of Satan City? H-How can I be of service!" KitKat's tone changed the moment she met royalty.
"Trunks and Lucy arrived to here, Capsule Corp, safely. They weren't tailed by Black so he doesn't know about this place. As of now, Trunks is talking to his mother in giving him the fuel. Once he acquires that fuel, he'll move to the Fairy Tail guildhall. The next move is to make sure that guildhall is safe and sound. Make sure you and your group get there safely, okay? We'll be on our way shortly."
"Y-Yes, ma'am! As expected of the Princess of Satan City! Your leadership shows your true status of Princess! KitKat, over and out!" Her communicator disconnected as her orders were clear.
Hisui's sudden takeover surprised Lucy and Levy. Elfman thought of it was a manly thing to do. She is a Princess, so she had to take action. Why else doe she wield that title for? To look pretty...?
"Forgive me for doing that, Levy. You're the master of Fairy Tail, so you should've call the shots— I just—"
"It's fine, Hisui." Levy didn't mind. In fact, she was glad Hisui thought of a plan. Truth be told, as mentioned before, she didn't come up with anything. "Any ideas thrown on the table is as good as any."
"I agree. It's very manly that you came up with that up the bat. My bother-in-law would've been impressed, Princess..." Elfman comfort her by touching her left shoulder. "Really, you're doing everyone a favor. I, as a man, probably wouldn't have thought of that."
"Thank you, Elfman." Hisui smiled at him due to his kind words. Elfman blushed, but knew that going for her wouldn't sit right since she doesn't feel the same way.
"Everything seems to be in order. I'm hopeful here. Our friends are alive, and Bulma's done with the fuel for the time machine." Asuka recapped, looking at Romeo. "Why don't you look happy, Romeo?"
Romeo was bummed down. Rather, he was on edge. The key word was hopeful. "We... we shouldn't get our hopes up, Asuka. Just because we're on this plan, that doesn't mean it could follow through."
"Hmm?" Asuka tilted her head, confused.
"Just think about it. Every plan, since the start of all of this, since Black's appearance, he's able to counter every since one of our plans and because of that, our families, our friends paid the price. I don't want any of you to die due us being hopeful, ya know?"
"You have every right to feel that way, Romeo. But it's going to be all right." Lucy came over and heat patted him. Leaning down, she showed what was rare these days, a graciously, big smile. "We're just one step closer to saving our world, this timeline. And when Trunks comes with the aid we need, we can finally go back to lively in sunshine and rainbows."
"Lucy..." Romeo knew how much this trip back to the past meant for her. To see her dead boyfriend in front of her eyes once more, he could understand. He would give anything to see his dad again. Anything. "How can you be so optimistic about this? This is Black we're talking about here. He's a Saiyan, just like Goku and Vegeta! He can ascend Super Saiyan and for all we know, possibly Super Saiyan God."
"Romeo," she continued head patting him. "You need to have five pure hearted Saiyans to become a Super Saiyan God, so that's out of the question, dear. Chin up. I promise you right here, right now, it'll get better."
"Do you promise? Do you promise it'll be that way from now on?"
"Mmm. It'll stay that way. Mark my words. I went back in time before, with Trunks to warn about the Androids. Once Trunks and Bulma are done talking, we'll head out to meet with the others. This will be a cake walk!"
Lucy had never been so hopeful before in her entire life. Not since she went back in time during the era of the Androids with Trunks. After seeing the threat being a cluster-confusion, Lucy desperately needed this. And because of her words, Romeo felt her words get to him. Since Lucy was feeling hopeful, he decided why not. Asuka was feeling hopeful, too. Her, Levy, Elfman and Hisui, too.
But... what is hope in this timeline, the main timeline? Romeo was right. Being hopeful isn't something Lucy and the others shouldn't hold to their hearts because it always comes back to bite them.
There was irony in talking about being hopeful. The moment Lucy ensured Romeo that things would be all right, he came into the mix. Outside of Capsule Corp, Black was descending down from the sky. He crashed into the building they were all in, that was their hideout and ignited an explosion that no one should've come out of alive, but they did. All but one.
Black's crashful landing had destroyed what remained of Bulma's home. Specifically where he landed, the impact killed Romeo. Rocks, rubble and pebbles flew everywhere. Lucy and the others got out of the rubble and saw that their base had been compromised.
Lucy, Levy, Hisui, Elfman and Asuka were safe. But Romeo wasn't. Losing another member, another person, everyone were stupefied. Black, at the last second sensed Romeo's energy and decided to kill him by stepping on him from far above. Descending down, knowing where he would be inside of C.C., Black stomped on his head and pushed himself down until there was nothing left.
Romeo's body parts flew everywhere. Several ounces of blood splattered Lucy and Hisui's face. Everyone's eyes trembled in fear, shaking at the top of their breath...
"ROMEO...!" Asuka screamed.
-[The Lab Room (10 Minutes Before Black's Arrival)]-
The trip back to the past caused Trunks to run to his mother, hoping he could see the fuel out and ready. Entering the room, he greeted his mom by giving her a hug. She took the hug and embraced it. Trunks looked to his left and saw the fuel needed for the time machine to work was on the table...
"You finally finished it." Trunks said, happy.
"Yeah. Over a year, countless nights of not sleeping, and boom! Your mother was able to crank up fuel that'll take you back in time. However, it's only good for one trip. The fuel, you see, is half-way since supplies are so scarced here."
"After a whole year? Ah, it's fine, Mom. Anything to see Dad and the others again. You've done enough work. I love you for that." Trunks rewarded her mom with a kiss on the cheek. "So... how are you feeling?"
"What do you mean?"
"We've come across dangerous people here and there, but this threat we're facing... it's—"
"I know, Trunks. You don't have to remind me..." Bulma interrupted her son into not reminding her who the threat actually is. Because seeing him for the first time broke her heart. "You just have to trust me, OK? We don't have a second to waste."
"Right..." Trunks grabbed the fuel off the table. "I can take it from here. You should stay behind and get some rest, Mom, seriously."
"Hmm. As if, Son. If I go with you and Lucy, that means we'll have triple the odds of keeping this safe. If that fuel gets destroyed, then the whole year was meant for nothing. I can't comprehend how many people gave up their lives in order for me to get as much as that as possible." Bulma said, referring to the special liquid fuel. "You're our last hope, Son. It's up to you."
Trunks nodded. "I know. With this, we're going to set things straight here and stop Black in his tracks, once and for all!"
Bulma nodded.
Right as when their conversation ended, ten minutes had passed. It was also around the same time Lucy was done with her speech to Romeo. Before the explosion, Trunks, out of everyone, sensed Black coming. And just in the nick of time, he grabbed his mom and got down under the table. And when the explosion occurred, they too were safe from getting hit by one of Black's sudden sneak attack...
"Ugh... Trunks, are you okay?" Bulma worriedly asked.
"I'm fine, Mom. The fuel's fine, too." Trunks got up, helping his mom in the process. "Someone just screamed. Uh! The others! We have to get to them!"
"Right!"
Trunks cleared the debris by destroying it with Ki Blasts and saw an open space where Lucy and the others were. By the time they arrived, they saw Romeo's body in several pieces. They were in horror. Bulma hid behind Trunks as the man who killed Romeo was still in the smoke...
"Tch... how did he find out!?" Trunks said to himself, wondering how Black made it. "Huh!? Romeo!"
"Everyone, are you all right?" Bulma asked the others, "We have to get out of here! Everything depends on that fuel Trunks has in his arms! Now, while we still have the chance!"
But no one heard Bulma. Seeing the death of a child in front of their eyes brought PTSD back to them again. Mostly the girls. Trunks and Elfman knew they had to move, and with Black still in the smoke, they had to act super-fast...
"Well, well, well! Look what the cat dragged in! You filthy mongrels sure have a habit of not finishing your food, huh? This really pisses me off."
His voice had echoed across C.C., what was left of it at least. Though they didn't see him completely they saw his shadowy figure, his silhouette. It sounded as if his voice was breaking up on a communication device, but that was only because of the background noises caused by the destruction he caused...
"Black... how did he— He killed Romeo..." Trunks growled at Black, angered while at the same time losing focus on what was important at hand. "He killed him. No..."
"Trunks... stop." Bulma placed her hand in front of him. "You can't just charge at him. You have what leads us to the past! Don't do what I think you're about to do."
Trunks' hair was in a position of his Super Saiyan transformation, but his hair was still based. However, there was great, golden yellow distinctive outlines that indicated he was about to transformation. Thankfully, he stopped. The reason for this was because he would put the lives of Lucy and the others in jeopardy if he went in recklessly...
"Yeah. I know..." Trunks was able to calm down. He gave his mother the fuel and sprinted his way to the others. "Elfman, help me carry the others, quickly! I'll do something to cause a distraction!"
"Right!" Elfman grabbed hold of Hisui, placing her in his arms. "Sorry about this, Princess. For your safety."
"Do as you please, Elfman." Hisui didn't mind.
While still in the smoke, Black was about to come back. Trunks raised his energy slightly to make sure he wouldn't let the other get in his way. He placed the back side of his two hands on his forehead and unleashed a golden bright energy blast representing his dead master...
"Masenko!"
The energy attack heads to Black in the smoke and in that moment, he didn't move. The attack goes through him, blowing away the smoke he was in and sent him flying to the next three buildings...
"You did it..." Lucy said, relief. "Good job, Trunks."
"For now. Black can withstand that attack. It's nothing to him. Quickly, everyone, we have to go now! We have to head to the time machine, now!"
Everyone nodded to Trunks' command. Now that Black knows their main hideout, they weren't safe anymore. They had no choice but to take action now and head back to the past to receive the help they need. Bulma ran to Trunks, giving him the fuel since she believes it was best he holds on to it.
There was a back door that had an entrance down below to the sewers that connected to the place up top where the time machine was at. Everyone but Trunks and Bulma had already taken that route and they were about to, too, until...
"Lucy and the others made it out. That's good..." Trunks said, running to the exit. "Huh!?" He sensed him coming back. This time, with his own energy blast. Trunks tackled Bulma down the moment he sensed it coming, causing more debris destruction around them.
As they raised their heads, they saw that their only way out that was safe got destroyed. C.C., their home, was completely gone, reduced to atoms. In that slight second, Bulma was able to spot Black, and her motherly instincts kicked him.
With the fuel still in Trunks' hands, Bulma helped her son up, but doing that led to an opportunity for vulnerability. Another explosion occurred, covering Trunks and Bulma. When the smoke cleared, only Trunks was still visible. His mother was nowhere to be seen.
The person Trunks had least expected to die, least expected to go out by the hands of the enemy, was being held by the shirt of his enemy... Black. Trunks' eyes were shaking tremendously. Red ominous eyes were shown to Trunks, with his left hand holding his mother up...
"You... Get off her!" He tried to save her but was cut off by his own mom.
"TRUNKS, NO! Don't waste your precious time on me! Be strong! You have to, for everyone's sake! You have to go, you have to leave!"
Black's right hand emitted a black core energy ball that had yellow outlines. His Black Yellow Energy Blast sends its way to Trunks, but he didn't care. He looked away. He didn't want to see his mom die in front of him, so he took off. Tears running down his eyes as he put all his energy into sprinting.
As a proud mother of Trunks, wife of Vegeta, Bulma smiled. At death's door, this was hurting her. To be killed by the hands of the enemy that wore the mask of her long-time best friend, she cried. At the last second, she mouth the words 'I love you' to her son.
Trunks got away, safely. The aftermath of Black's attack led Trunks to jump out of the smoke, falling on his left side but later landing on his feet. The explosion was still going on. He and Fairy Tail had lost more of their family. His mother and Romeo, gone. Black was still in the explosion while Trunks was bawling his eyes out. In front of him, his mother got eviscerated in front of him. And he ran. He didn't turn his head back and just ran away. The feeling of losing his mother, of her getting killed, Trunks was hyperventilated but just a little...
"Mom... I swear to you, I'll save this world, no matter what!" He said to himself.
Afternoon
Universe 7, 2:09:54 PM
East City, Outside of City Hall
Exhausted over hours long on press conferences, meetings with the Magic Council, Hisui stretched her arms as the sun shines on her face. Along with Arcadios, the two were just outside the hall, finishing up their last meeting as they were close to the endless cases of stairs. Hisui yawned, wiping her eyes as she embarrassedly admitted to falling asleep to half of her meetings.
Luckily, no one but Arcadios saw...
"Hehe, you know, Princess, if it wasn't for me waking you up, the council would've had your head."
Hisui instinctively giggled. "Thank you, Arcadios. Why would I do without you?"
"Hmm. So, the meeting ended two hours early. And you have the rest of the week off. What do you plan on doing? Working on paper work?"
"Eh? Is that's all my life's going to go down to? I want to enjoy life. I know I swore my life to the people to protect them, but at the same time, it's a lot of work. I kind of want to take it easy for now, at least for this week."
"You mean, you want to be with your fiancé for the rest of week, am I right?" Arcadios lifted his left eyebrow, crossing his arms.
Hisui blushed. The cat was out of the bag. She wanted to see Goku more than anything and because she never got to in so long, she was craving him. "Mmm. You got me. Case in point. It felt forever since we got engaged."
"Back to when Frieza was brought back to life, when he achieved that golden form." Arcadios said. "What's he doing anyway? I'm curious."
"Given how he's got multiple lovers, having Mrs. Mirajane Strauss as his main lover, his wife, he's trying to live through the day." She let out a joke but knew it was spot on.
"That's the part I don't understand. Why settle with the fact that you have to share him with the other Fairy Tail girls? Don't get me wrong, Fairy Tail has done a great deed to this world. But loving one man as he has his own group of women... it's— it's doesn't feel right."
"You have a point, but..." Hisui's left heel, the head, was touching the ground. Her hands were behind her back and she looked down at the stairs. "There isn't anyone like him. He's that unique that it would be hard not to fall in love with him. I love him so much. Keep this a secret between you and me, Arcadios. Two days after Goku and I got engaged, he told me I was his number two, right after Mirajane Strauss."
"That's... charming, I suppose. I would suggest you head there to Satan City, but it'll take 5 hours."
"You're right." Hisui sighed. "I want to see him, but I'm so tired. I—"
The Instant Transmission sound was heard and the two looked in each other's direction. It was Goku! He had appeared in-between them, scaring Arcadios while sparking joy in Hisui's eyes...
"Goku!" Hisui & Arcadios said. One was happy to see him and one was shocked.
"Hi." Goku casually waved at them. "Wow, Levy was right. You are done with your meetings."
"I—How did she know that?"
"Levy's smart as Bulma. She predicted it." Goku answered, head patting Hisui.
"Son Goku... not that it's anything bad and all, but what do we owe you the pleasure of?"
"Well, long-nose, I kind of got tired hanging out with the girls back at home that isn't Mira or Hisui."
"I beg your pardon?"
"I told Hisui she's my number 2, behind Mira. For so long, it was Erza who held that mantle. I didn't even tell her she got ranked down, and if she knew, she'd probably kill me, haha. Point is, I like—I love hanging out with Hisui! Not 'cause she's rich, but because she can use her power to give me all the food in the world! Plus, she smells nice!"
"Goku..." Hisui gave him a quick kiss. She loved getting compliments from him. "I'm relieving you of your duty, Arcadios. Tell my father I'll be home later on this week."
"Y-You're not going back?!"
"Nope! I'm going to hang out with Goku. I miss him." She showed her love by holding hands.
"As you wish, then. See you when you get home. As you two were..." Arcadios saluted the two, making his way down the long-stairs.
The two sat down on the stairs, watching Arcadios enter the car with the other loyal servants of Hisui. 8 cars total. Half of them were Hisui's escort, but seeing how they were informed about Goku arrival, they all went home since Goku's literally a God. The one good thing that came out of the meetings was seeing Goku, at last.
Hisui interlocked her hand tightly with Goku, leaning her body on his while laying her head on his chest. "You haven't called or texted me in so long, I thought you were about to break up with me or something."
"Did that bother you?"
"Somewhat. We're engaged, so I guess the correct term is divorce. Well, that's when we're officially married. How are your sons, your girlfriends?"
"Lisanna's so strong with Goten, so that's good. She also teases him whenever he's with Wendy. Mira and the others are good. Carefree as usual. Gohan's at some university, doing some kind of KED talk to the kids that go there."
"Oh, sounds interesting. Mind if we go? If I recall here, KED talks are always free to attend, despite it being in a university for this occasion."
"I'll fall asleep, though. Gohan's great and all, but what can I do with situations not in my area?"
"If we go, I'll take us to FLOWER ROAD in West City. I know how much you love that place. Especially when we're VIPS there. The treatment is ten times the difference, and the food will be even better."
"OK!" Goku was automatically sold. While they were still holding hands, Goku went on ahead and did Instant Transmission.
To Gohan with his KED talk they go...!
Evening
Universe 7, 6:41:09 PM
West City (Destroyed), Fairy Tail Guildhall...
Time was ticking. They couldn't afford to lose more people. Trunks had successfully escaped the wrath of Black, but at the cost of his mother and Romeo. As Trunks reaches the guildhall, he opened the doors and met up with Lucy and the others...
"You're okay!" Lucy ran in to hug her student. "Where's Bulma?" Later, she saw Trunks with tears running down. She knew what that meant.
"... Mom's gone." Trunks said, struggling to complete his sentence. He held his grip on the fuel given to him a little bit tighter over the loss of his mother. "She... She bought me time."
Elfman's eyes shakes at the loss of one of the smartest scientists in the world. Hisui covered her mouth at the discovery of what she heard as Asuka & Levy were quiet, gritting their teeth and clenching their fists hard...
"I'm sorry, Trunks." Lucy meant it. She knew saying sorry wasn't going to bring her back. But in this case, it was the only thing she could do, the only thing she could say.
"That son of bitch Black— He knows how to sense energy. That's how he was able to reach our former base. He sensed Romeo's energy when he was tensed. He's getting stronger, smarter." Tears had continue running down as he couldn't told back. "If I—if I could've sensed him ten seconds earlier, neither one of them would've died. It's my fault they're gone...!"
"Trunks..." Lucy mumbled his name under her breath.
"But... at the very least we have this, you guys." He shows everyone the fuel the time machine needed. "This is the energy, the fuel Mom gave her life for. And that means WE can go back. All of us, to the past."
"And how many trips can we make it with?" Hisui asked, walking up to him.
"One." Trunks answered. "It sounds rough, I know. But all that matters is us getting back to the past safely. Plus, if I remembered correctly here: two weeks ago, Mom told me that the past her would definitely come up with a solution on getting us back. Well, if we're lucky, that is.
"Why is that?" Levy cuts in.
"I don't know. But it all comes down to that. Where is the time machine?"
"About that. The moment we got here before you, Trunks, I remembered distinctively that Bulma had Cana, Lucy and Virgo carry the machine back to my palace. On the other side of Satan City, on Metro West. I'm sorry, Trunks." Hisui showed her sincerity by bowing her head.
"Rise your head, Princess Hisui. It's not your fault. We have to use this time now to head over there. As long as I put this in the time machine, it doesn't matter if it's on the other side of the planet, we will go to the past, all of us. To ask for the aid for Goku & the others. Yes... them..."
"Will it really be a 17 year-old jump?" Asuka asked.
"Yes. I know I have friends back in that timeline." He gets a flashback of Super Vegeta's Final Flash towards Perfect Cell, Semi-Perfect Cell's charge at SSJ2 Teen Gohan, Goku's Sacrifice, and his departure back to his future, the main timeline. "No doubt about it. They can help me put a stop to Black's reign..."
End of Chapter 47...
A/N: For those wondering, I didn't lose interest in this story. I'm just running on a schedule I made. So once this is up, I'll work on my second story, then third, and then fourth. Monthly releases for one chapter of a chosen story, if you all will. Sorry if that's a shit thing to do.
Overall, I had fun making this chapter. This was such a thrill to make, I was filled with joy. R.I.P. Future Bulma and Romeo, though. They will be missed. Also, if any one of you are VIPS, you would know about FLOWER ROAD lol. BIGBANG the Hiatus Kings!
stroziercameron: From that time, the site was being shitty, yeah.
fanfictionboy1998: What?
WhereThe PartyAt: Yep, yep. And Black will appear next chapter lmao. I know I'm delaying his debut.
666: Ty!
asim rockstar: We'll see.
Dragon ball super x Fairy tail: I remember. Cosmo gang.
dbzclassicman: Ty.
supersaiyanman290: OK.
Mighty ranger 1: Lucy is not with Trunks. She sees him as a little brother and they have a master-student bond like Future Gohan and Future Trunks. Let's not get it twisted here.
orgeman1019: Dude, there's a difference between criticism and racism. I don't know how you don't see the difference. Also, I do, but if it's nothing but racism, then of course I'm going to clap back. Shit like that isn't really necessary.
Guest: Don't use Discord.
Vegito: Dragon Balls fans don't deserve the anime, if I'm going to be honest. And this comment you made proves it. You forget please, btw.
Guest: I know lmao. Ty and you, too.
Power Scaler: Wow, Fantastic Baby.
Absolute Fury: Ty! The poll is in my profile if you click my name.
Guest: It's out now.
Guest: I might consider it, tbh. Who knows.
A/N: A new poll will be up in a few days. Also, don't ask me how Hisui's Goku's lover when she came in during the Buu/7 Dragons Arc. Time is screwy lmao.
Later.