Yo! Son Goku and friends!

by Lucky8ofspades

This is a fanfiction of DBZ intended to give the characters neglected in the source material their time to shine in combat. The focus of the story is a retelling of the events with an emphasis on The Z Fighters working as a team to dispatch each threat thrown their way. A lot of the story is going to change but the main villains are generally going to stay in the same order.

25. Saiyan Training Arc Chapter 1

Yo! Son Goku and friends! Saiyan Saga (Chapter 24)

Tien

"This place is unreal…" Tien stated bewilderingly as he scoped out the stark white tiles and well groomed rows of trees, Yamcha's arm positioned over his shoulder.

"I can walk man…" He grunted out.

The place had a large palace-like decor. Two hallways stretching out of each side of the building with an inviting entrance. The tops of the awnings were pink and the temple in the back was constructed with gold.

"Whuuuu~" Krillin whistled out.

"Are you Goku's friends?" A man with a red vest and turban appeared before them in a flash.

"Whuh uh…" Krillin let out dumbly. "Yeah, heh-heh."

The man nodded and looked about the 4 people.

"Well right this way, Kami is in the back." His deep voice spoke smoothly, very easy to listen to.

The 5 men wandered past the hallways and up the stairs on the right side. The staircases were elaborate and wrapped around cylindrical to save space. Krillin marveled at the design.

"Man this place is cool."

The man smiled at Krillin before returning his focus up the steps.

"Kami!" He exclaimed as broke out into the open air. "We have guests."

"Thank you ." Kami bowed to him with respect before returning his focus to the group.

headed back down the staircase, leaving the newcomers to talk to Kami alone.

"Whoa, it feels weird seein' you again." Yamcha stated, scruffing and scratching at the back of his head.

"Yamcha, Tien, Chiaotzu, Krillin."

"I've never met you sir, but it's a pleasure." Chiaotzu floated over to shake the Guardian of Earth's hand.

Kami's wrinkles parted and shifted for his wide smile.

"It's great to be in company of you once more. You are brave for standing against my other half. I can tell you've done it again recently too. Well done."

The group looked a bit perplexed at the statement.

"Again?" Yamcha questioned, pulling out loose stands of his long hair.

"Mhmm." He stated with a nod, pacing around with his long brown staff.

"How do you know that?" Tien asked with a raised brow.

"I am The Guardian of Earth. It is my duty to make sure that the Earth stays safe. I saw Raditz as he came down. I am far too weak to do anything now, but I have foreseen you and the other Saiyans arrival. I cannot fight anymore but I can help the next generation. What do you seek to learn from me?"

"We've gotta learn how to kick some major ass! We just learned how to sense for ki from Korin, what's next Kami?" Yamcha belted out as he punched his left hand with his right.

"Ki Sensing huh? Well you're already well on your way. How about sharpening the skills you already possess? The after-image, Kamehameha, and other techniques."

"No offence dude, but I don't think those skills are gonna carry us across the finish line."

"Perhaps not with that attitude young Yamcha, but practicing the basics is how martial artists win. Though I'm not sure you lot know about Ki Sourcing."

"Ki Sourcing?"

"Hmm-hmm." The old god laughed out calmly. "I thought so. Get on the floor young ones."

"Okay! Now we're working with something!"

Kami

The 5 men stood on the white tiles of the main floor. In between the guiding treelines and palace. Mr. Popo floated by stoic, the red carpet he rode wavered slowly in the wind. Kami paced around the men with his staff clinking off the ground in time with his strides.

"Ki Sourcing is inherently difficult, not so much to learn but to exercise correctly."

Krillin nodded pretty seriously, the most focused of the group with his intense eye contact.

"All 4 of you are already intimately familiar with Ki Sourcing due to the fact that you can all cast beams. That level of manipulation is what allows you to focus your energy into such an attack. The thing that's hard with Ki Sourcing is maintaining focus and not letting the ki slip out."

The old god radiated a golden aura off of his form, his cape and garb jiving serenely. Kami shot a ray of yellow plasma out of his palm past the 4 students.

"Naturally when you gather your ki, it wants to leave the body once it is pooled with intense concentration. The more the ki pools in one area the harder it is to control unless you unleash it. The problem with this approach however is the ease with which the ki slips."

The golden aura that surrounded the god's whole frame then focused toward just Kami's left hand and consequently his brown staff.

"I have Ki Sourced to just my left hand." He let go of his grasp on the staff only for it to fall and be caught by his right.

"If I were to strike with this. Hmph!" The god struck true, the wind around his green fist snapped intensely. "See?"

The golden aura from his hand vanished completely.

"Once you attempt a strike with your focused ki your body naturally doesn't want to waste the resources. Your focus is what's important. You have to overwrite your instincts and maintain the stress onto specific parts of your body. It's actually much easier to focus ki to a single area, but conversely… It's harder to hold on to…"

The green man's eyes glared at his glowing left fist again.

"Ki Sourcing isn't hard because it's difficult to learn, it's hard because it's difficult to apply. I have faith that you might even learn how to do it today. But can you boys actually maintain sourced ki for over a minute long under real battle pressure? I'm not even sure you all could do that in half a year."

"I mean, it seems pretty easy to me old man."

"By all means, show us how it's done Yamcha." The old man bowed and stepped back.

"Okay. Gather energy like the Kamehameha, right?" He looked to Kami for reassurance.

The old god nodded. Yamcha closed his eyes and spaced out. He thought of wolves running in a pack at midnight, white wolves howling at the yellow moon. His thin see-through aura flared up and drained down to his feet.

"Phuuuuuuu…" The wolf breathed out slowly.

For a moment the energy held strong but the aura petered out quick.

"Whoa, that is hard." He stated with wide eyes.

Kami nodded.

"Ki naturally wants to be released outside of the body, it doesn't want to be focused in one area with nowhere to go for a long time."

"Yeah, flying was pretty hard but not like that. That was weird."

"Flying is natural as well, it's almost like Ki Sourcing but in reverse. It enacts on the body once outside."

As the pair spoke Tien focused his energies and tightened his physique, flexing his muscles harshly. The aura maintained upwards of his waist. The see-through aura lost its luster much quicker than Yamcha's.

"Man, I never thought of it like that but yeah. That's why we cast beams. If we build it up it's much easier to let it go than fester it. Damn…"

"Come now Chiaotzu, you try."

"Alright!" The small man floated to the middle of the pack before touching ground finally.

He focused his energy to the point of his finger like the Dodon Ray. Instead of waiting Chaiotzu reared his right arm high and slammed his index into the white tile, kicking up dust.

"Great! Exactly! That's one of the two things Ki Sourcing is for! Empowering single strikes!"

"I'm assuming the other is for defence then?" Krillin questioned with crossed arms.

"Correct!" Kami responded with a raised index of his own. "I would go as far as to say that Ki Sourcing is far more important for defence than attack. As for your goals right now you need to be able to ward off assailants much more powerful than yourselves. If you get far in your Ki Sourcing you stand to endure many more blows from them."

Kami walked over to Krillin with a gallant stride.

"Take a fighting pose, Krillin."

The turtle student nodded and assumed his stance.

"Now try and gather your energies just like the others, but do it right here." The old god tapped onto his chest with an open palm heartily.

Krillin complied and gathered his aura much cleaner than the other 3.

"Whoa! Okay, pop off I guess." Yamcha stated with a smirk.

Kami responded in kind and gathered the golden aura in his left hand again. Without a moment's notice the green god rushed Krillin and slammed a full weight haymaker causing the turtle student to slide back a great deal.

THUMM! Skweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Krillin just blinked and looked astonished.

"I-huh-huh. I didn't feel a thing."

Kami smiled and put his whole weight on his staff with both hands.

"I never thought to gather my energies like that for defence. It just felt so natural to shoot blasts that I didn't even think about other ways I could use that gathered ki."

Krillin just stomped around dumbfounded with hands on his hips.

"I mean… It's like a whole new world just opened up. I feel really dumb not thinking of this sooner."

"Don't be young Krillin. You and your friends have a long life ahead of you. These small revelations are what give life its meaning."

"This is huge though Kami."

"The chain reaction of the revelation is big, I'll grant you that. But me just telling you what Ki Sourcing is…" The old god looked around with a loose lip and a smile. "Is pretty small in the grand scheme of Ki manipulation."

"This is exactly what I've been looking for all these years. I knew I was missing something. I could just tell there was more to ki than what I was able to come up with." Tien brandished his pearly whites in an epic smile and looked at his tightly balled fist. "Thanks for teaching us, Kami."

"Thank you all for blessing me with your company."

"You don't get many visitors in this giant floating palace miles above the surface? Could have fooled me."

"Your sassy remarks are appreciated young Tien. Now let's take a break and let your ki recharge with a meal shall we?"

"I'm starving, all Korin had was crackers and bread. I need something with more protein or else we're definitely gonna get our shit rocked by the Saiyans." Yamcha let out with a yawn.

"Popo?"

"Yes, Kami?"

"Could you put on some food for our guests?"

"Right away sir."

Kami spoke no words, only bowed deep to which Popo reciprocated. The 6 of them filed into the palace with slow strides.

Yamcha

"This place is wild…" Yamcha looked out dumbfounded as he stared into the sparkling red purple hues of the unknown space.

An enormous clock hung down from seemingly nowhere and had a golden pendulum swinging back and forth with great momentum causing swooshes of wind and timely clicks of the clock to play out.

"This is known as The Pendulum Room. The Kami before Kami crafted this place."

"This is givin' me spooky vibes. What does it do, Popo?"

"The Pendulum Room is for traveling through time and observing the events of long since past."

"Are you serious!?"

Popo nodded with an enthusiastic smile.

"Sign me up! I get to go to the past! Let's go!"

"I must warn you Yamcha, your body does get to interact with your surroundings. If you find yourself in a bad way you might suffer the consequences of your misfortune."

"Pfft. Am I gonna die?"

"No, Kami's predecessor was very intelligent. He crafted The Pendulum Room in such a way that the user would teleport back here upon death, or unconsciousness. Be not afraid, I have used it before."

"Did Kami's predecessor also make it so that The Pendulum Room can go to the future?"

"No. Such potent space-time manipulation takes hundreds of years to formulate."

Yamcha stared around in wonder at the awe-inspiring sight of the clock.

"Is Kami working on anything like this?"

"Yes actually." A warm smile crept over Popo as he responded. "Our current Guardian of Earth is actually working on a project called: 'The Room of Spirit and Time'."

"Can we go there next?"

"No, it is unfinished." A wave of nervousness and melancholy swept over him. "Kami unfortunately lost many years of his life there due to his miscalculation of how the room was supposed to function. He's close but he will not allow anyone in until he is finished. It is for your own good."

"Well…" Yamcha looked to the ground awkwardly before meeting Popo's eye contact again. "Can I at least ask what The Room of Spirit and Time does?"

"Of course. The idea behind The Room of Spirit and Time was created specifically for situations exactly like what the Saiyans are presenting."

Yamcha raised a brow and crossed his shoulders.

"We know that evil forces are approaching, but we don't know when."

The seriousness in Popo's voice maintained Yamcha's attention flawlessly.

"The Room of Spirit and Time is supposed to make it so that; a single day outside of the room equals a whole year inside the room."

Yamcha's eyes just about flew out of their socket.

"If one needed to prepare for something urgent, one would only have to enter the room and they would have ample time to get their affairs in order. It's very unfortunate that Kami wasn't able to complete it yet, that setback really did cost Kami a lot."

"We could have used the room to get years of training for the Saiyans…"

"Mmhmm."

"Damn!" Yamcha stomped his foot and averted his gaze to the floor.

"As it is now, entering the room could make it so that by the time you look around and come back the Saiyans have already conquered the planet. That or… time flies by so quick inside that you wither away in the chamber. Kami suffered the latter when he tested it over 20 years ago. I saw him enter the room with vigour only for him to come back a minute later with even more wrinkles than he already had. He never needed that cane before, it was more of an accessory back then."

"Can we really not try it? Hasn't he been working on it since then?"

Popo just sighed deep, also avoiding eye contact.

"If I know Kami, he'll adamantly refuse. As Guardian of Earth he wouldn't want to take any risks in such a perilous situation."

"Hehhhhh…" Yamcha sighed out loudly.

"It's unfortunate that The Room of Spirit and Time won't be completed very soon but... The Pendulum Room is still fair game." Popo attempted to reassure. "You boys are strong, I'm sure you 4 can overcome the Saiyans in however long we end up having."

"You're right, Popo. We can't bank all our hopes on shortcuts, we gotta just keep our noses to the floor and keep grinding."

"I wish you luck Yamcha. Now stand just below the pendulum."

"Like this?" Yamcha asked kind of dumbly, waltzing over to the engraved circle below the clock.

The room burst with rainbow energies and the schematics The Wolf stood atop on the floor swallowed him up in flashes of beams and electricity.

SWawawawawaw~VEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Zzzt!

Lord Beerus VS Lord Belmod

Objective: Find out who's the strongest Destroyer God!

Side Objective: Find out what a Destroyer God is?

My Objective: Find out why Yamcha knows who Beerus and I are.

"Who in the sweet hell is that?"

"What are you on about? Oh my." I replied to my sister, Marcarita, only to be waylaid by an intriguing sight. A man with a shaggy mound of hair appeared from nowhere.

"Uhhh sir?" I questioned from across the courtyard.

"Huh?" The man responded with mysticism.

"Oh my gods. That's Yamcha." I said with disbelief, hand on my chest, eyes wide like a schoolgirl's. "What is this?" I questioned.

"Uhh… Who are you guys?"

"Well we're-"

I was interrupted from my telling of Yamcha that we definitely aren't allowed to say by Beerus' and Belmod's clashing fists. The accompanying shockwave sent Yamcha flying into the treeline and he was across the realm. Had he been any closer the young man might have imploded from the pressure.

"Whis?"

"Yes?"

"Go make sure that guy didn't bite the dust."

"If I must." I responded before delicately floating over.

Yamcha was tied up in a mess of branches and leaves, dazed and confused.

"Where..?"

"Hello? Are you alright, Lord Yamcha?".

"Heh heh. Nice to finally get some respect around here." The Wolf called out as I helped him off the ground. "Who are you, dude?"

"I cannot say."

"Hmm?"

"As far as I know it, you're not supposed to be here right now."

"Why's that?"

I just sighed and said: "It's complicated."

The Wolf looked around and brushed his hair as the coarse winds from the godly battle still blew intensely even all the way as we were shielded by the treeline.

"What the heck is goin' on? What are those pockets of wind over there?"

I just smiled and stomped my staff on the ground, forming a barrier around me and the low level fighter. I stomped the grass another time, another layer of the barrier formulated around the two of us, granting Yamcha high level acuity. I could see the raw energy in his eyes. I remember it very clearly, he looked at the two gods and never faltered in his gaze the whole time he was here. I slowly and carefully walked my way to Marcarita with Yamcha in tow.

"So?" My sister questioned with raised sassy hands.

"This is Lord Yamcha. He is from Earth." The Wolf didn't even bat an eye at my statement, staring bewildered at the chaotic battle of gods.

"Earth? How did he get all the way out here? I don't know Universe 7 very well but that shouldn't be anywhere near here should it?" She shot out telepathically so as not to alert the unknown variable.

"No, I've no idea how he got here either. The staff isn't working on him." I showed her the empty nothingness in the orb of my angel staff.

"Wow. Should we be worried about this?"

"He's weak, if he were dangerous Beerus or Lord Belmod could evaporate him in an instant."

My sister looked to me with an air of disappointment. I realised that I had said that out loud and made a motion to cover my embarrassed face with my palm.

"Oop~"

"Send him home, Whis. Unnecessary trouble."

"Oh come on sis, he's a fighter. He'd actually like to see this stuff."

"I'm not getting my hands dirty, I know that." Marcarita responded as she took a few steps away from our bubble.

"I just think it would be fun to let him watch."

"Mmhmm." She responded with sass before looking back to the battle.

Beerus and Belmod were both intensely competitive, proven by the fact that the two had many spats throughout their career as Destroyer Gods. The one on one they had on Beerus' planet was not the first nor the last.

Lord Belmod's U.I. state was fluid and he used it to great effect. In using U.I. however, Belmod almost forfeited his ki techniques as the thoughtlessness and instinct driven form almost disallowed complex moves entirely.

Lord Belmod parried Beerus' committed right straight and walked to the outside. Upon the dodge Beerus had set up a trap with his tail and launched it in accordance with the other Lord's defensive slip. His purple tail cut through the air and aimed downward almost as if he were going to cut the other god in half. Lord Belmod dodged that too with an epic backdash, the water parting gracefully in his movement pattern despite the insane speed.

Beerus dashed like mad across the water, droplets of water ascending and shifting lightly under his controlled weight. It should have parted more harshly but it didn't.

Beerus caught up quick to the other god and rained down punches back to back, using excellent footwork to track Lord Belmod's defensive weaves.

"Grrr… This shit's just not your style Belmod, it's annoying!" Is what Beerus thought, I assume something along those lines anyway, based off that terrifically angry mug of his he had at that moment.

Lord Belmod kept up the defence and continued his weaving smoothly as the pair danced around the pond. Beerus had had enough and gassed it with his favourite flying kick (Enter the Destroyer God).

Beerus' left leg extended out fiercely but missed its target despite its breakneck speed. Just the stopping of his attack caused a shockwave of energy to clap and release, impacting the barrier I made and forcing The Wolf on his ass. I laughed, only because nothing could bother us in there.

"Don't worry Yamcha, nothing can bother us in here while I have this barrier up."

As Beerus whiffed and stopped his momentum Lord Belmod was already on top of Beerus with a crushing left leg of his own aimed at the pond. It connected with his purple fur and sent him rocketing to the water. Universe 7's god didn't impact the water and instead glided along as he almost touched down. Lord Belmod followed through and chased down Beerus next. Instead of trying to parry or stick to dodging Beerus baited in Lord Belmod with a few weaves before lining up a counter-hit.

Lord Belmod went for a right hook to which Beerus responded with a leaning low right upper at the other god's jaw. In an insane reaction Lord Belmod twisted his neck up and away, turning his generic hook into a shovel and slamming it into Beerus' brow and barely weaving out of the way of Universe 7's god of not-so-much-at-the-moment.

Beerus' head was twisted back a bit and water actually kicked up at the contact the gods made with each other. Just one attack was enough to send shockwaves back to the barrier once more. In pursuit of his instincts Lord Belmod attempted to follow through with his left hand at the head of the bent backwards lord.

Lord Belmod whiffed clean and Beerus finally made contact against the clown god by slamming both of his feet into his chin and sending Universe 11's God of Destruction into the stars above with a graceful backflip-kick (Playful God). Beerus finally took his stoic pose with hands behind his back, cracking his neck for good effect.

"3,...2,...1." Beerus counted down til Lord Belmod's offensive re-entry.

The water parted lightly once more as the gods went at it again. At first Beerus backed up to give Lord Belmod some space but Universe 11's god elected not to take the chance. The two paced around slowly in a staredown.

"Are you kidding me?" I once again assume Beerus thought due to the eye roll and brow raise he gave to his foe.

Beerus rushed him again with a flurry of punches, this time pulling all of them. Lord Belmod saw through this deception and stood still, waiting for Beerus to come closer and overcommit. Beerus inched even closer and still threw his non-connection punches. Lord Belmod elected to not dodge those either, only maintain a safe distance with a single backstep. Before Lord Belmod's left leg even tensed up to move him along Beerus had calculated his enemy's movement.

"KAIO-KHEN!" He shouted in his gruff voice, purple aura radiating off of him in sparkles.

The speed of his onslaught was not something anyone could just react to, Lord Belmod's insufficient U.I. was nowhere near far enough along to dodge an unexpected hit like this on reaction.

Beerus slammed his right full force into the clown god's left jaw. The force was enough to cause another intense shockwave to roll off and pop. Lord Belmod soared through the air in a screeching manner into the pond and out of U.I. The water splashed around as he rolled through it in a tumble.

Beerus gave no quarter to the other Destroyer God, making a b-line toward him immediately. Lord Belmod recovered quickly and during the final rotation of his tumble he conjured hundreds of white cards. Beerus' gaze shifted around like crazy as he analysed the threat while running. The cat god slid to a stop as Lord Belmod faded into the aether. After-images and mirages of Lord Belmod ran rampant in an attempt to fake-out Lord Beerus (Insane Clown Posse) but none of them worked as he maintained focus on his reflection in the water.

Beerus' nose twitched and he looked to sniff out the competition, not giving Lord Belmod any chances to mess with him. Lord Belmod, smacked his lips and fired a ball of orange energy through one of the cards. Beerus slipped it like it was no big deal and it rolled off of his body in a wave as he grabbed the clown god's arm and thrusted him into the water. Lord Belmod rolled it off and the white cards faded into nothing as the two gods exchanged blows. Beerus' had cancelled his Refined as they returned to brawling.

Lord Belmod was far more aggressive now that he was out of U.I. I looked to my sister who of course, looked far more nervous about the ordeal. I think they really thought U.I. was going to last longer than it ended up being.

Lord Belmod launched a three-piece at my god in a rising motion with his left leg. One at the legs which Beerus checked with his knee. One at the body which Beerus stepped to the outside and blocked with his forearm. And one to the head which Beerus ducked under and past to expose the clown's back. Beerus reared back his right hand to rabbit punch Lord Belmod but the clown was prepared and ducked under the right straight with a semi-squat. He then turned and jammed his right elbow into Beerus' midsection.

Only it wasn't his midsection, it was his tail.

"This stupid fuckin' purple furry!" I'm not assuming, that's genuinely what he said. Lord Belmod's pretty rude.

The two backstepped to a neutral position before Beerus hit an Enter the Destroyer God. The two flew far into the sky. Yamcha couldn't see so I hit my staff on the stone path and turned my barrier into a proper camera to follow the action.

"Sorry Lord Yamcha, I probably should have just done this the first time but I usually don't associate with people as weak as yourself."

He didn't say anything, dumbstruck by the battle before him. I smiled. Good for him that he enjoyed it this much I guess.

Lord Belmod clawed his way with his right and jammed his fingers in between Beerus' foot and his face. He grappled on tight and threw Beerus in a dominating display, breaking the sound barrier again with another shockwave. As Beerus flew, a card appeared behind him, Lord Belmod snapped and switched places with the card (Substitution). Lord Belmod connected against his opponent's neck clean, clotheslining Beerus with his left leg.

Beerus went for a ride before backflipping slowly and landing softly on the water, gliding back a ways. An encirclement of 20 cards appeared before Beerus in a speedy rotation. Beerus relied on his nose again and dodged the onslaught of blows Lord Belmod threw from safety. He had a row of 20 cards in front of himself as well and threw his fists through them. Upon an uppercut Beerus ceased his opportunity and leaped through the card frame as he parried Lord Belmod's fist.

In an upside down swan dive Beerus kicked the moon with his left as he came through the card and it impacted square on the clown god's bald crown. Lord Belmod didn't fly anywhere but the impact rang out in another clap and shockwave, causing him to crumple under the attack power. Beerus followed through with his right and carved through in a crescent formation, sending Lord Belmod back down to the water. Lord Belmod caught the air just barely, his back hairs away from touching the blue pond.

Beerus spun like a saw blade and carved his way down to Lord Belmod in frightening speed. The crack of his tail onto Lord Belmod's salmon pink ball of energy sent the ki off into a nearby mountain. A massive bang roared into the open, and that thing barely had any ki in it. Upon the ki blast dismissal with his tail Beerus drew his left arm out of his regal pose and pointed his palm at the clown god. A glorious bang echoed across the planet as he shot Lord Belmod back with a wicked Kiai. To chase down his flying foe Beerus slid into range 0 with his arms behind his back and in a low stance like he were riding a surfboard across the pond. Lord Belmod stared down at his adversary with his guard raised as he flew.

Beerus drove by Lord Belmod only to springboard off of his back using his right. Lord Belmod saw through this plan of attack and readied a card. Beerus' foot slipped through causing Universe 7's god's eyes to widen. Lord Belmod pulled out Beerus like clown ropes with two strong tugs, exposing the cat god's face. Lord Belmod gathered another pink sphere of energy in his left hand only to have it blasted away with an echoing scream of Kiai from Beerus' mouth.

The energy just ceased to exist and Beerus used his tail as his pivoting foot off the water, slamming his left into the back of Lord Belmod's head, forcing him forward in an automatic zombie-walk. Beerus landed upright, gracefully onto the water and launched at the clown god with his right arm raised for a knife hand chop (Serious God).

Lord Belmod weaved just barely and the air around Beerus' chop seemed to warp from the pressure. Universe 11's god was on the backpedal, wiping blood from his already blood red lipstick.

"Hmmm… Looks like I was the first to draw blood, again."

"You know what Beerus. I give up man, fuck it! FINE! Refined is better than Ultra Instinct."

"Ahh, music to my ears." Beerus strutted around pompously with his arms behind his back like his usual self. "Instinct can only carry you so far, just because you're in the zone doesn't automatically make you better at fighting, it just means that you commit to your preferences with no down time. I see no reason other than its rejuvenation properties as to why someone would use such a defensively flawed technique."

Lord Belmod looked to the ground, brows sharp and tongue in cheek.

"The ironic thing about U.I. is that it's inherently defensive but its flaws are easily exploited by looking for the patterns in who uses it. I'm afraid you've only wasted your time trying to polish U.I., only angels can use the technique how it's intended, Belmod."

"Hey! I'm just looking for the best method to protect Universe 11 and make sure the Pride Troopers follow a good example. If I'm the first God of Destruction to master U.I. I'll be the head of the pack and you'll look pretty damn foolish for naysaying me all this time."

"Good luck." Beerus stated with a dismissive laugh. "You've only been at it 30,000 years."

"And now I can do it on command." Lord Belmod shot back with some gusto.

"Big whoop, I didn't even have to pull out Kaio-Ken for longer than a moment to drag your sorry clown-ass out of the zone."

"You're just scared, furry man." Lord Belmod declared with a finger as he exited the pond.

I let down the barrier to congratulate Universe 11's god of his progress. Lord Belmod raised a brow at Yamcha. Beerus practically teleported right in front of him.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Uhhh… I'm Yam-"

"Don't care." Beerus replied as he flicked Yamcha's head into nothing. Blood splattering everywhere from the force.

Then there was nothing but empty darkness.

That's most definitely not how I remember it happening, but sure enough. That's why Yamcha knew Beerus.

"Huh."

Yamcha

The wolf came to as Popo poured cold water all over his face.

"Duaaaagh!" Yamcha yelped as he scrambled to his feet.

The Wolf took a moment to process, wide eyes and paranoia forced him to look about the room with caution.

"You must have had quite the experience."

"You're tellin' me. I just saw the craziest fight."

"I'll bet."

"I'm not goin' back in there again. I just about pissed my pants."

"Ha-Ha-Ha!" Popo laughed heartily as he gestured The Wolf out of the room.

"Is my pain that funny to you Popo?"

"Believe it or not… Yes."

Yamcha just shrugged his shoulders and sighed. The clock ticked loudly, and the wind slightly breezed under the weight of the pendulum as the Guardian of Earth's servant and Yamcha paced out of the deep sparkling navy blue beyond of The Pendulum room.

"That's strange, why could I not see what happened to Yamcha in The Pendulum Room?"

"What are you on about now? It's naptime, I can't go one day without you blabbing into that damn staff of yours."

"It's been a long time since I haven't been able to identify something with my staff but apparently the previous Guardian of Earth had some intense magical power. Well done, Kami."

"Fantastic, the earthlings. Your fascination with them never ceases to annoy me, I might go blow them away just to spite you."

"You wouldn't dare."

"Maybe I would."

"Ah-hem."