6:00 PM

"SO HOT!" Asta moaned, wearing his shirt and jacket over his head, Black Bulls cloak still over his shoulder. "The very least Mr. Vegeta could have done was leave us with some food… or water!"

Not far from him, Izuku wasn't faring much better, as he put a hand above his forehead to shield his eye from the sun. "It could always be worse. At least it's almost sunset. Then we can probably forage for anything we can get our hands on."

Asta, however, laid face-down in the sand. After some time of simply laying around, he suddenly let out a mighty roar of determination, starting a series of push-ups. "THERE'S NO CHANCE IN HELL I'M GONNA LET THE HEAT BEAT ME! CUZ I'M GONNA BEAT IT WITH CONSTANT CALISTENICS!" he then switched to squats. "C'MON, IZUKU, COME FIGHT THE HEAT WITH ME, SO WE CAN FIGHT THE HEAT TOGETHER!"

"…I'm good." Izuku simply stated, looking up at the sun. The greenette then looked at one of the capsules that Vegeta had given them, examining its outer contents. "I can't help but wonder why Vegeta handed these things… What are we even supposed to do with them…?" Curious, Izuku pressed the capsule's button, activating it, and with that, an entire log cabin popped out of it.

"Great Horikoshi's Ghost!" Izuku proclaimed, both him and Asta entering the structure. "How did he even do this?!"

"Who cares?!" Asta replied, immediately going towards the fridge. "Aaaaaaahhhh….. Cool air…"

Izuku noticed a note on the Living Room table, which read:

Boys,

I alone decided to give you this, so you won't be completely exposed to the elements and the outdoors, and I want the both of you to stay safe and healthy for the next 40 days. Make sure you get stronger than you were before, you two. I'll be waiting for you at the end.

-Vegeta (proofread by Bulma)

PS: The house will automatically turn back into a capsule after 12 hours, so use your time there wisely

"Huh. How 'bout that?" Izuku remarked, plopping down on the couch, where Asta rested his sweaty head on the Greenette's lap. "Guess he's not a complete grumpy-puss after all."

"Cold air… Cold, cold air…!" Asta dreamingly said, not paying attention to anything Izuku was saying.

"Still, we can't waste any time with what we have. If we're really going to face enemies way stronger than us, I've gotta train harder than I ever have before." Izuku thought, looking down at the diminutive Magic Knight, basking in the cold air of the capsule house, and the comfort of Izuku's lap. "Even if I have to train with… this weirdo. Well, at least he's not as vicious as Kacchan. Still, I can't help but wonder how everyone else is handling their training…"

AT ICHIRAKU RAMEN…

"There he is." Naruto said, handing Ichigo a picture of his 2-year-old son, Boruto. "My pride and joy, and the light of my life."

"Wow." Ichigo commented. "The fact that you were even able settle down and have a kid just proves that there's a desperate person out there for anyone, as long as you can give them kids."

"Hey! Say what you want, but you're looking at a future Hokage, you know!" Naruto said, pointing to the young Boruto. "Speaking of, why don't you have a kid, Ichigo?" the blonde asked, causing Ichigo to nearly choke on his ramen.

"Who the hell asks a question like that, you weirdo?!" Ichigo snapped. "Besides, I've got my whole life ahead of me! I'm 22! I've got things I wanna do, like be a doctor!"

"C'mon~" Naruto prodded, his eyes taking their signature fox shape. "I've seen the way you look at that Rukia girl, you liiiiiiiike her! Ask her out, hit it off, what's the harm?"

"Well, for one, her HUSBAND might not like me doing that…" Ichigo deadpanned, giving Naruto a side glance.

"C'mon, what about the other girls in Soul Society? Momo, Rangiku, Nemu, that lady with the long, braided ponytail… One of them's gotta be your type!" Naruto went on, counting the girls on his bandaged hand. "Luffy, help me out! You know anyone we can set up Ichigo with?"

No answer. Luffy just stayed silent, staring at his 4th bowl of ramen, a disconnected look on his face.

"Luffy? Luffy, I'm talking to you, you know!" Naruto called out, getting the Rubber Man's attention. "You know anyone we can set Ichigo up with?"

"Um, n-no. No, I don't." Luffy replied, going back to slurping his ramen.

"Okay, Luffy, what's the matter with you? Usually you're on your 14th bowl by now, and you haven't said anything all night." Ichigo asked, a hint of worry in his voice. "Something bothering you?"

"Yeah, something's kind of is bothering me." Luffy replied, looking at the men beside him. "It's Goku."

"Did he take your pre-training snack, or something?" Ichigo snarked, earning him a dope slap from Naruto.

"No…" Luffy started. "It's just, earlier, he was talking about how…"

"…Vegeta doesn't wanna fight anymore." Goku said, holding Pan in his hands. "Maybe the whole part about him hitting a wall's true, but I don't know, it's just out of nowhere, you know? I mean, how am I supposed to deal with that?"

"Well, Goku, maybe this'll be good for Vegeta." Chi-Chi told him, getting the dust out of his husband's hair. "After all, he's a father of a newborn baby, and maybe he feels after almost half a century of doing nothing but fighting, killing, and whatnot, maybe he finally just wants to settle down and live his life, and be with his kids." Chi-Chi then sat down next to Goku, rubbing his thigh. "Who knows? Maybe now, you'll have more time to spend with your own family."

Goku looked at his Granddaughter, who seemed confused at what her grandparents were talking about. "But still…" Pan then grabbed his finger, gently sucking on it.

AT CAPSULE CORP…

Vegeta kissed his infant daughter, Bulla, goodnight, telling her, "Sweet dreams, my princess…" before turning off the lights, walking out of the room.

AT THE TIME NEST…

Trunks, in his Super Saiyan state, charged at Jotaro, who was blindfolded. With every swipe of his sword, Star Platinum wound up blocking all of them. Just before Trunks swiped down at Jotaro once more, Jotaro immediately figured out where Trunks was going to strike from, yet he just barely moved out of the way of the attack, scarring his face.

"phew… Maybe we should rest for a bit, Kujo." Trunks told him, returning to his base form. "We have been going at this for almost 2 hours, after all. You've gotta be exhausted!"

"…Let's keep going." Jotaro simply replied.

"What?"

"I'm fine. Let's keep going."

Trunks stood still, in complete and utter disbelief of what Jotaro just said, blood was running down his face, yet he still wasn't fazed by it, at all.

"K-Kujo… you do realize that I nearly sliced your face off, and if we keep going, you're gonna get slower and slower, until that happens, right?" Trunks asked, slightly worried.

"And that's why we have to keep going so I can get even faster." Jotaro calmly replied, his brows becoming ever so slightly furrowed.

"J-Jotaro…" Trunks began, sheathing his sword back into its hilt. "…I'm seriously suggesting that we-"

"I SAID KEEP GOING, KAKYOIN!" Jotaro snapped, anger and fury evident in his stare now.

Dead silence.

"…Shit." Jotaro cursed to himself.

LATER…

"Noriyaki Kakyoin," Jotaro began, Chronoa healing his wounds. "He was one of the first Stand Users I came across. He took control of our school nurse, and I beat the hell out of him for it. Later, we found out he was under the control of DIO, and when my Mother got sick, he volunteered to come with us. I don't really understand why he did, maybe he felt he owed me one from freeing him from DIO's control." Jotaro looked to the sky, his face wound healed. "Through our trip to Egypt, and everything he did before and after he joined up with us… I could never really get a good read on him. He was like a puzzle, and I just couldn't solve him, no matter what I did."

"He sounds like a good friend." Trunks told him.

"He was." Jotaro replied. "Until that day." Jotaro looked down, his eyes hidden by the brim of his hat. "When we raided DIO's mansion, we didn't realize how hard it would be to defeat him. We split up, Kakyoin went with my Gramps, and me with someone else. Kakyoin managed to figure out what the secret behind DIO's stand was, but…" a sole tear ran down Jotaro's cheek, making Trunks take notice. "…Kakyoin gave his own life in order to do that… He didn't even have to… Didn't he think of what could happen… How his parents would…?!" Jotaro was slightly trembling at this point, fist clenched tightly.

"You can't keep blaming yourself for what happened, Jotaro." Trunks told him. "I lost a friend, a long time ago, and for the longest time, I've kept thinking, 'What if I had been there, What if I had stopped him?' You can't keep living in the past and blaming yourself for it. It could have happened to anybody."

"…No." Jotaro steadfastly told the hybrid Saiyan. "I've kept telling myself that same lie for an entire year. If it wasn't for THIS…" Jotaro clutched the Joestar birthmark on the nape of his neck. "…Then Kakyoin, Iggy, and Avdol would still be alive." Jotaro then got real close to Trunks, telling him:

"The Joestar Family is cursed. Everyone who gets involved with us will die a horrible death. That's the honest truth."

Backing away, Jotaro put back on his dark blue longcoat, telling Trunks,

"Well? Let's keep going."

6 DAYS LATER, ON BEERUS' PLANET…

"I must say, Miss Kurokami, even without your Abnormality, or a single one of your skills, you seem to be adjusting nicely! To both my training…" Whis commented, as Medaka finished her 6th giant bowl of Ramen.

"Another, please!" she requested, causing a certain Destroyer to snap.

"YOU'VE HAD QUITE ENOUGH!" Beerus shouted, startling the pair, and he flew over to the teenaged girl sitting in his favorite spot. "Now listen you little pampered, spoiled, overdeveloped brat, I've just about had it up to here with you and your eating us out a home, sitting in my favorite spot, and depriving me of my favorite meal! If you weren't on loan from Goku, I'd destroy you without a second thought…!"

"Don't worry Lord Beerus, I can make more for you later! Now why don't you go take a nap? You get angry when you're hungry." Whis remarked.

"I do not…" Beerus whined.

"Do I need to tell our little guest here of the pudding incident of Age 7-" Whis began.

"Okay, okay, I'm leaving…" Beerus conceded, walking away.

"Wait, what's the Pudding-" Medaka began asking, but was cut off by Whis.

"Don't worry, I'll tell it when I know you better." Whis told her, with a smile. The Angel seemed to take notice of Medaka's fidgety nature, prompting him to ask, "What is it?"

"Well, Goku said something along the lines of you can see everything that's happening in every Universe, as well as Travel outside time, right?" Medaka asked.

"Sure."

"So…. Can you see into my future? Just a tiny bit? Pwease?" Medaka asked, putting on her 'cute' face.

"Hm…" Whis thought. "I'm really not supposed to do this… But what the hey, rules were made to be broken, after all." Whis brought his Staff's Crystal Ball closer to his face, glowing when he looked into it.

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"…Well? What's my future?" Medaka asked, slightly impatient.

"…Oh, my Dear Kurokami…" Whis began, a mysterious smile on his face "Tell me, do you like flowers?"

Medaka covered her mouth, in surprise, her eyes widening, and the girl was practically sparkling. "L-Like an entire field of flowers?"

"Absolutely. You have nothing to worry about." Whis told her, smiling, "Your future's going to be perfect. Absolutely perfect." Whis then conjured up a 500-lb bodysuit onto Medaka, who was still sparkling from the revelation, and he told her, "Go outside, I'll be out shortly." Medaka, still sparkling, waddled outside the house.

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"Whis," Beerus began, opening one eye. "Be truthful, that wasn't all you saw, was it?"

"…No." Whis replied. "I saw Goku. It was faint, but I could tell it was him."

Beerus sighed. "That idiot just can't stay away from battle, can he…?"

"No, this was different. The look on his face wasn't one excited for the thrill of battle, it was more of one of determination… or glee." Whis clarified. "Either way, if my vision is correct… eventually, Goku WILL meet The End.

And eventually, 40 Days would come to pass…