Why Can't The Gods…
Set in Dragon Ball Super
Summary: After being shown what his life would have been like as a woman, Goku was told that after Buu nothing in the universe changed, He would still have gone to space in kid form, and he would still have gone with Shenron after the attack of the Dark Shenrons. However Ruler of the 12 universes, the Almighty Zeno or Omni-King, appears before him. He grants Goku a second chance in life as a woman, and recreates the universe in a way that will change "Rikku's" life forever.
Chapter 1: A Second Chance
Goku admired himself with a heavy sigh. In his life he'd been changed many ways. He'd been body swapped with Captain Ginyu, turned into a piece of candy by Majin Buu, fused with Vegeta multiple times and multiple ways, transformed from adult to kid by the black star balls, evolved from kid to Super Saiyan 4. Now that he'd gone from man to woman, he never thought he'd want to be anything but himself.
Being a woman had been easy as breathing to him, especially when it allowed him to indulge in his wants and desires for Vegeta without any sticky entanglements like gender. Of Course Chichi hadn't been all that happy with that particular transformation, and it had down right nearly given her a heart attack.
Still it was a real bummer that there wasn't more to the story. In the alternate reality Shenron had shown him, Rikku, his female self, hadn't altered any path that he hadn't taken as a man. He would think something as drastic as changing genders would have allowed SOMETHING to change besides the fact she'd have left Vegeta and her children probably twice as miserable.
He/she, he was getting himself mixed up inside over this. He was a man, there was no real changing that fact. The small gift Shenron had granted him had been a one time deal. There was nothing he could do, nothing he could change.
"That's not a very good ending…" A voice suddenly appeared in the misty worlds between. Shenron suddenly came to a halt, his face, normally eased and calm suddenly shell shocked and frightened.
"Who's that? Shenron was that you?"
"No… it's… Zeno-Sama!" As he spoke the name, three figures appeared. Two tall, guard types with narrowed eyes staring Goku down, and one short being with his hands behind his back and a small playful smile etched on his blank face.
"Zeno?" Goku scratched his cheek eying each figure before resting on the small one.
"He is the Omni-King… the Ruler of all 12 universes. He stands higher even above the Kais." Shenron gulped loudly as he explained to Goku the deity who stood before him.
"Shenron, I was watching you and Goku. You know you shouldn't be showing alternate universes that do not exist."
"Y-yes, Lord Zeno, I'm terribly sorry." He bowed his head nearly making Goku lose his balance and fall off. To correct his footing Goku floated just above him.
"Don't exist?" Goku scratched his head. "What does he mean that that universe doesn't exist?"
"Goku, I have not created a universe where you were born a woman." Zeno spoke to him, but he neither looked up at him, nor did his monotone voice change. He sounded a bit like a child, calm, friendly, and in a way that was explanatory of his actions. "If I did, it would not have been as Shenron said. Many things would change after the defeat of Majin Buu, yes many things."
"Really?" Goku sudden surprise alarmed Shenron making him wiggle uncomfortable. Goku floated a bit closer, his guards becoming wary and stepping forward to guard their Lord.
"It's okay, it's okay, let him approach. Yes Goku, Many things would change. Would you like to see?"
"Yeah! I'd love to see it. Are you gonna do what Shenron did and make it like a movie in my head?"
"No, Goku. I cannot show you… the only way for you to see what will happen is if you live the life out yourself." Zeno explained with almost a giggle. This Goku amused him, and he had been enjoying watching him go through the reactions of this possible alternate universe.
"So… what does that mean exactly?" Goku scratched his head confused. "Are you gonna send me back in time or something?"
"I will recreate your universe, making it so you and the universes connected to yours will alter with it. You will not remember your life as a man, but instead be as you would have always been, a woman."
"So let me get this straight… you're gonna make it so I was never a man to begin with, I was always a woman. So all the stuff that Shenron just showed me actually happened and that's the version of me that I'll remember."
"Exactly!" Zeno said cheerfully. His eyes began to glow. "Here we go."
"Go? Hey wait I didn't… GAH!" Goku covered his eyes as the world around him goes white.
~Mt. Paos: ~
Rikku awoke with the smell of nature surrounding her. She sat underneath the shade of a tree, the sun beaming high, water rushing in the creek, and the faintest sounds of concerned voices chittering. She blinked and shook her head slowly becoming fully aware that she was surrounded by her family. Vegeta, Gohan, Goten all circled her with looks of worry and wonder.
"Mom, are you alright?" Gohan asked touching her forehead gently to see if she had a fever.
"Gohan?" Her voice cracked a little and she cleared it and shook the fuzz from her brain. "I… whoa I just had the strangest dream." She lay a hand on her stomach and she felt the swell of her belly, and the rapid kicks rippling under her touch. She was surprised to feel it, surprised to feel the pregnancy… but she couldn't quite understand why. She'd also been surprised by the sight of her family surrounding her even though it was a very logical thing.
"Karat…"
"Vegeta…" A smile spread over her face and she sighed out his name and turned her eyes fully on him. "Oh Vegeta…" She lifted her face up and surprised him with a sudden kiss that was anything but sweet and tender. He had to hold her shoulders to keep her from rising up. He gently pulled back and grunted a bit.
"Karat, we should get you inside."
"Oh no… please no I'm enjoying it out here." She grinned dreamily at him. "The sun, the smells, my boys.. Oooh." She touched her belly with a laugh. "And my girl."
Bulla…
She recalled coming up with the name just before she'd fallen asleep. She was going to have a baby girl named Bulla. It was wonderful!
Goten lay his hands then his ear to her belly turning his sweet but mischievous little face up to her. "How soon before she comes out?"
"Any day now, lil bro." Gohan answered for her rubbing Goten's spiky mass of hair. "Which is why we have to make sure we're prepared. Come on, Mom, Videl's gone inside to cook. Chichi's been giving her lessons and she'd like you to try some of her recipes.
"Food!" Rikku laughed out loud now. "This really is a good day! Vegeta get me up! I wanna chow down!"
Vegeta couldn't quite put his finger on it but something was amiss. His mate was entirely enthusiastic about everything, it was as if she hadn't seen anyone for years. He watched her carefully as she stuffed her face with Videl's cooking, then blubbered when it was announced Gohan and Videl would be given their own home after marriage.
"First Chichi, then Gohan… next thing you know Goten is gonna be all grown up and leaving me too." She whined and rubbed her eyes trying not to cry.
"Don't cry mom, you're starting to sound like Chichi. It's not like you won't be able to Instant Transmission your way to come see me. Besides Videl and I will come have lunch with you, Vegeta and the kids sometime. You won't be alone."
"What the hell do you mean I sound like Chichi?" She rose up putting her hands on her hips scowling down at them. Gohan held up his hands defensively and gave a nervous laugh.
"Looks like your mom's hormones are kicking in, Gohan." Videl deduced with a soft laugh. "You'll have to be careful what you say or you may put you foot in your mouth."
"Oh he used to do that when he was a baby." Rikku's face softened and she sighed nostalgically and rubbed her belly. "He was such a curious boy."
"Moooooom!" Gohan flushed and put a hand over his red face.
"That's enough, Karat." Vegeta finally broke into the conversation and took her shoulders. "If you've finished your meal it's time you went to bed. You've had enough excitement for one day."
"Being pregnant stinks, I can't have any fun. I can't train, I can't stay up late, I can't see my own feet!" Nevertheless she let him guide her out the room towards the stairs. "We can't even have sex!"
"KARAT!"
Bulma worked diligently through the night. Though she was a scientist of many talents she spent her time arranging ideas in her head for her birthday that would take place just a month after Gohan and Videl's wedding. She knew that Mr. Satan was going all out for the nuptials for his only daughter, and she'd be damned if she'd let that old fart outshine her!
She scanned through pictures and brochures, rejecting location after location with a mutter and curse. She heard a loud yawn from behind her and tilted back her head to see Yamcha, hair mussed from sleep, walk in.
"Are you still at it? Come on Bulma you've got months to plan this thing. Get some sleep."
"I will get some soon, I want to at least pick a location. It has to be exotic, but nothing too outrageous that those of us who don't have flying abilities will have a hard time getting to. Hmmm nothing outdoors, I don't want bugs." She shuddered. "But a hotel seems too formal and old fashioned. I need something young, and fresh and… AHA!" She grabbed a pamphlet grinning ear to ear. "This!"
Yamcha looked over her shoulder and at the pamplet. "An Island resort? I thought you said-"
"There's a cruise ship owned by our company that can get us there no problem. I can have it dock at a nearby port and the lot of us will not only have a Cruise, but an island getaway! It's perfect!"
Yamcha sighed but them smiled and placed his hands on his wife's shoulders. They'd had a long run around with their feelings for each other. It didn't seem to matter how many times they separated, both always came back to the other. "It does look fun. Trunks and Boxer will like it I think."
"Boxer may only be a year old but he sure is learning fast. He sees his brother flying, and fighting and already he's trying to walk, talk, and do things a normal human baby couldn't do. He's special, Yamcha, I can feel it."
"Yeah, he's a great kid." He kissed her cheek. "Don't stay up too much longer. Even you, Miss Genius, need beauty sleep."
"I'm not sure whether to accept that as a compliment or take it as an insult." Bulma pouted but touched her hand to his on her shoulders. "However I will take your advice and call it a night. There's plenty of time yet to iron the details." She stood and turned into his arms for a kiss. "Besides I find myself wanting to curl up and lounge with my husband.
Yamcha smiled and nuzzled another kiss to her lips. "Sounds perfect." he turned her towards the door and muttered a curse when the phone in her office went off. He yanked it off the hook. "Brief residents… Gohan? Do you know what time it is?" He paused and his face paled. "When? Now?" He looked to Bulma who blinked in puzzlement. "We're on our way!" He hung up and turned to Bulma with a smile. "Rikku just went into labor. Vegeta is taking her and the kids to the nearest hospital right now!"
"Oh!" Bulma's face turned to excitement. "We better get moving. Go get Boxer and my parents, I'll grab my fastest capsule plane and meet you on the lawn."
"I didn't need a hospital the last two times I had kids why do I gotta go now!" RIkku screamed as Vegeta carried her in midflight, her fingers dug into the back of his shirt as pain wracked through her body.
"Even on Planet Vegeta they had doctors take care of the younglings. You were far too reckless with my offspring during the Cell Games."
"All the doctors are gonna do is poke and prod and give me a shot. I HATE SHOTS! I HATE DOCTORS! AHHH AND I HATE YOU!"
"I'm never having kids," Trunks whispered to Goten as they flew behind their parents. "Your mom must be in a lot of pain if she's talking like that to dad."
"I'm still confused…" Goten's brow was quizzical. "If the baby is in mom's belly how is she gonna make it come out? Does she have to throw it up?"
"No, i think they're gonna cut it open and pull the baby out that way." Trunks said surprisingly calm but had Goten making a horrified face.
"WHAT!? They're gonna cut my mommy open!?" He shuddered. "That settles it I'm never having kids either!"
Rikku just couldn't get comfortable. The moment they were in the hospital she tried several times to sneak off. She couldn't use instant transmission, just couldn't find the energy to. Her contractions got closer and closer, and she refused to be given any shots at all. Vegeta grunted and eyed the doctor intimidatingly making the old man sweat profusely as he gingerly gave instructions.
The kids were all escorted out of the room and taken care of. Chichi joined Rikku and rubbed her belly to soothe as well as dabbing the sweat from her flushed face. When it came time for the big event Vegeta held her hand, and when she started to squeeze he grunted and squeezed back in challenge. She turned her head, their eyes meeting and she smirked squeezing harder. The connection, and competition between them helped her ease and with a strangling cry Bulla, the Saiyan Princess, was born.
She was so beautiful, Rikku thought cradling the babe close to her with tears brimming. She had thick black hair that was nearly as long as her body, Vegeta's strong facial features, but Rikku's soft mouth. As her eyes opened, that strong face of hers calming from the cries to peer up at her beaming proud parents, they were black, but rich and sparkling like a starry night sky.
"She favors you, Karat… " Vegeta murmured so no one else could hear. He held back the strong temptation to kiss his mates temple and instead merely stood strong above her, a secret smile on his lips.
"No, I don't think so. She's a saiyan princess, Vegeta. She's the proud daughter of Prince Vegeta. I can see it." She looked up at him, tired but happy. "Goten favored me, his looks, his spirit… but Bulla will be strong and proud just like her father. We will train her to fight for what she believes in, to protect the things that matter most to her, and to have pride in who she is."
Vegeta wasn't sure what to make of his mate's words or the look on her face. She'd spoken with such certainty, such confidence. There was a light in her eyes, one he'd always treasured. She was his light, his hope, his future… until now. He looked at his daughter, seeing everything that his wife was, but more saw himself in her too. The child no longer cried, but instead eyed him, not cautiously or warily… but considering, curiously. She had just been born and yet the child's mind was already fast at work deciphering what to make of her surroundings and the people in them.
Pride swelled within him as well as love and his smile grew.
"That we will, Karat. That we will."
~Deep in the far reaches of Space~
The food was anything but pretty to look at. Though the smells emitting were somewhat pleasant and intriguing, Lord Beerus doubted that the taste would save a planet that he considered boorish and filthy. The rulers of this world were no better than animals, hoarding goods and secrets from the starving natives that had to live off the land like savages.
He took a bite… the taste pleasant but the texture a bit greasy and leaving a sickly taste in his mouth. He scowled. "This course leaves me a bit torn. On one hand the dish is tasty, but on the other it's entirely too fatty. Therefore I've decided to save half of your planet."
The pig-like King swallowed hard and sweat dripped on his face. "Half?"
Beerus touched a finger to the table, it split down the center and everything on the right hand of the table exploded and disintegrated to dust leaving half a sphere of a once whole world. Now well outside the damaged area the God of destruction picked at his teeth trying to get the pieces of fat from out of it.
"Didn't you say it was tasty, Lord Beerus?"
"Too much fat is bad for you." He said to Whis, his teacher and advisor. While Beerus had the title and power, Whis was charged with taking care of him, instructing him and watching over his every move. This was because Beerus could do little more than sleep, eat, and fight, all of which he excelled at.
With a flash of light and speed Whis returned them home. He watched the God pace and scowl as if trying to figure something out in his head. The cat-like god stretched and bend and twitched his ears and he grumbled and looked back.
"I want some dinosaur…"
"Dinosaur, Lord Beerus?"
"Yeah, there's this planet I hear the meet of the dinosaur is one of the great delicacies of the world. I want to try it."
"I see… any particular reason why?"
Beerus did have one. His favorite things to do were to eat and destroy things, each of which brought on a spark inside that helped him think clearly and calm his rising tempers. Ever since he awoke he'd been trying to recreate the dream he'd had… one he was sure was prophetic and lead him to a source of great challenge and fun.
"Just go…"
"Yes, Lord Beerus." Whis tapped his staff, a sand-timer appearing. "I shall return in two and half minutes."
As Whis vanished Beerus lounged out and peered at the hour glass. His dream… the appearance of his great adversary. He could barely make out the outline, female, but with strong shoulders, and a fighter's gait. Her arms staying cooly at her sides and head held up high strong and confident… but the face was blurred, and the name escaped him.
Super Something God… Super Salad...Super Soldier… Super Seme… no, it was-
"Super Saiyan God."
I hope those of you who were waiting on Why Can't They aren't too disappointed in my decision to postpone it. I do plan on finishing it eventually but the creative flow of that particular storyline wasn't meshing well and I was finding myself rejecting a lot of rough drafts. So to make up for it I hope you all will enjoy this instead. Thanks for your patience and support!
Next Chapter: Back in Shape
