"Oh no! Oh man! This is so bad!" Kibito Kai cried out as he looked helplessly to the center of the light-show that was Beerus's energy.
The violet light of the deity's flaring power bathed the area in an eerie glow while all of the Z fighters stood in awe of the scene. Beerus energy illuminated the area for a few seconds longer before the light finally died out and left the god floating in the air with purple energy rolling off of his body like flames.
"Majin Buu's actions were a result of Demigra's mind control, wasn't it? Maybe we can reason with Beerus," Cell asked as he looked to the kai's, but continued to cast furtive glances at the immobile god of destruction. The looks that Frieza, old kai, and Jiran offered him spoke clearer than any words could. "Okay. Well, what else should we do then?"
"We could try appeasing to his god-complex," old kai offered cautiously. "If we can at least calm him down, there may be hope for us yet."
Hardly a second after the kai had said this, their eyes were drawn back to the god of destruction as they watched Eighteen, Krillin, Tien, and Yamcha rush the deity.
"Well forget that plan!" Frieza snapped.
Eighteen and Krillin led the group as they charged Beerus. The god barely seemed to register their presences as they approached him, but just as the couple aimed a double punch for the god, Beerus seemingly warped right past them and gently chopped them both in their backs. Although the attack looked incredibly soft, both Eighteen and Krillin jolted upon the contact of Beerus's hands and fell out of the sky in agony.
"No! Krillin! Eighteen!" Tien yelled out.
"That's it, buddy! You'll pay for that!" Yamcha cried as he rushed for Beerus next. "WOLF FANG FIST!" Yamcha demanded the second he appeared within striking distance.
For Yamcha's part, the attack was delivered with exceptional speed, and even so, Beerus dodged around every strike as if the former bandit was moving in slow motion. Yamcha realized his folly in challenging Beerus a second too late as the god dodged around another of Yamcha's fists and moved right into the human's face. Yamcha cringed away from the dominating presence of Beerus, but was far too slow. The god usher up an index finger and speared it right into Yamcha's skull with a denting amount of force, making the former bandit's eyes roll in the back of his head and fall out of the sky, instantly unconscious.
"Yamchaaa!" Tien cried as he watched his friend plummet toward the cement below. With a snarl, he turned his three eyes back up to Beerus, who was watching him like a cat observing its prey. "You bastard!" the triclops sneered and immediately cupped his hands in front of his face as his eyes focus in on Beerus and prepared for his ultimate attack.
"Back down, three eyes! You're no match!" Vegeta demanded hotly.
But the words fell down on deaf ears as energy began gathering in Tien's hands. "Tri-BEAMMM!" he declared, an electrified aura emanating from his impending attack. Meanwhile, Beerus hadn't even blinked as he watched the human prepare. "CANNON!" Tien declared as he fired the blast, his golden energy flaring across the area as the cannon-like ki flew out towards Beerus.
The energy blast struck the god with an explosive force that forced some of the spectators to take cover as the energy detonated. Vegeta held up an arm as smoke from the explosion rushed at him, and Cell and Frieza flinched away from the blinding explosion, but immediately cast their eyes back upon the scene of smoke that filtered away from where the blast had struck Beerus.
"These idiots just don't know when to quit!" Frieza snapped, already knowing the result of the attack.
Tien, unable to sense the godly ki of Beerus, believed for the smallest of seconds that he'd managed to do significant damage to the god. However, his fleeting moment of triumph passed as quickly as it had come when Beerus darted out of the smoke cloud like a bolt of lightning and appeared in the triclop's face.
"For that, you die first!" Beerus whispered in a deadly tone, his fist poised to smash Tien's face in, and the warrior could nothing else besides watch as Beerus's fist began to move toward his face.
However, with impressive speed, a green fist sped through air and crashed into Beerus's cheek long before the god could dispose of Tien. Enough force was put into the punch to knock the god far from Tien, allowing the warrior to breathe a sigh of relief before watching the green appendage retract back to Piccolo's body.
"Thanks, Piccolo," Tien sighed, gratefully.
"Don't mention it," the Namekian remarked and looked from Tien over to Beerus, who took a second to gingerly touch his cheek and make note of the faint mark left on it from Piccolo's sneak attack. "God or no god, I won't stand idly by while I watch my friends get obliterated." He took that moment to toss his turban and hat aside, pop his neck, and take a battle stance as he looked across at the god of destruction. "You won't destroy anything here, Beerus! Not on this planet! Not with these people!"
A translucent, electric aura roiled around Piccolo in that moment as he instantly jumped to his highest level for what would surely be his greatest fight. Not the least bit surprised, he looked back to see Gohan float up to his side, the demi-Saiyan powered up to his mystic power level. Even Majin Buu floated up to meet this challenge and Piccolo smirked cunningly when he looked back at Beerus, who offered his own smile.
"This won't take five minutes," Beerus remarked and flared his violet aura before darting higher into the air with Piccolo, Gohan, and Buu right on his tail.
And while the three warriors took on the god of destruction, Vegeta floated aimlessly as he followed the scene with impending doom. "You buffoons are going to get us all killed!" he growled to himself.
"Hey, Vegeta! What's the big idea?! Get up there and teach that jerk a lesson for ruining my party!" Bulma exclaimed angrily as she slammed her hands onto a table. "Any other time, I wouldn't be able to keep you from a fight!"
"Shut up, you blasted woman! You should've never invited him over here to begin with!" Vegeta snapped back.
"WHAT?!" Bulma responded, her many drinks from earlier beginning to manifest into a drunken rage.
And while the Briefs argued it out, Cell and Frieza looked back to Jiran as she clicked away at the device in her hands. "Come on, come on!" she demanded angrily. "You just had that monster! Find him again!"
"Looking for me, little kai," a demonic voice crooned right into Jiran's ear.
The supreme kai of time squealed out like a helpless little girl and leapt right over into old kai's arms as she frightfully looked back to where she'd once stood. Demigra's dark chuckle sounded out as his cloak of invisibility was pulled back to show the demon god once more.
"What is your game, Demigra?! You say you want the universe and all of time, but what does that have to do with Earth and its people? Why would you orchestrate Lord Beerus's wrath upon this planet?" Kibito Kai angrily demanded.
"I can assure you that Earth and its insignificant inhabitants are of no concern to me," the demon god replied slyly as he casually stepped in a circular path around the kais and guardians. "It can't be helped where that ill-tempered god managed to be present at; for he is the only pawn I seek in this lovely game of mine."
"But what could you possibly want with the god of destruction? It's always been my knowledge that you gods are some of the most unsocial divine beings in the universe. No matter what plot you've cooked up, Lord Beerus would never go along with it," Old kai stated as he followed the casual steps of Demigra closely, cautiously.
The demon god teetered his head as if considering the kai's words. "You are right, you old prune. Us gods aren't the most social and certainly aren't too fond of working alongside one another, but I had plenty of time to reevaluate my stance on socialization while locked away in the sands of time." He paused for the briefest of moments to twirl his staff on his hand, a devilish smile on his face. "I realized that was the flaw in my last attempt on the universe. You see, I was too foolhardy. I had believed that I alone had that power to bring this universe to its knees, and I realize now, how foolish I was."
Demigra briefly scanned over the faces of the group, noting just how intently they watched him. The thought only turned his grin wickeder. He took to his stepping once more as he continued with, "Now, I have decided to put forth my efforts into making friends, and I have to admit that I am loving the results so far. I hardly have to lift a finger."
Frieza cut the god off as a malicious chuckle rolled from his mouth. Demigra paused and glared down the Arcosian until he stopped to glare right back with his unflinching red eyes. "You actually believe that you can make friends with Beerus. You're even more insane that I was led to think."
A soft hum rose from Demigra as he smiled in response. "Ah, I see we have very different ideas of what constitutes a friend. You see, when I say friend, I also mean lackey." It was Demigra's turn to offer a devilish hum of laughter as he said, "In fact, you were a lackey of mine in another universe, Frieza. That is, before I killed you."
A sneer worked its way onto Frieza's face immediately. "Well, I'd like to see that happen in this universe, Demigra!" The former tyrant lifted a glowing index finger that was poised to fire. "Because I can assure you that this Frieza won't go down so easily!" Frieza fired the deadly beam that expanded and grew until it was a beach ball of red energy soaring right at the god of demons.
Even so, Demigra hardly blinked at the incoming mass of destructive energy and stood perfectly still as a second pink energy ball careened into Frieza's and knocked the massive red blast away at the last possible second to spare Demigra. The two powerful energy spheres soared off into the sky where the detonated with a deafening bang.
"Remember what I said about friends," said the god, eyes never leaving Frieza's.
With a sneer, Frieza turned his gaze away from Demigra to look over and spot two more creatures, one male and the other female. They both had the same color scheme with pale – almost light blue – skin and silvery-white hair. The woman's skin tight red and black suit was rather skimpy and she stood with a tall scepter. The man, on the other hand, stood at least a foot taller than the woman and was covered in a red body suit with some form of armor plating covering his torso.
"Oh no! It's her!" Kibito Kai exclaimed worriedly, shrinking back to stand behind Cell.
"And who is she supposed to be?" Cell asked while casting a glance back at Shin.
"Your worst nightmare!" she yelled out angrily. "For what you've done to my brother, I won't rest until you two embrace oblivion!"
"Brother?" Frieza questioned.
"She is Towa, the Demon Princess, and she's also the sister of Dabura," Shin explained, a look of realization and mild surprise dawning on Frieza and Cell. "And the man behind her is Mira, an artificial demon that she created. Supposedly, he is the ultimate demon."
Cell smirked. "Ultimate, you say?" he mused and cast a glance at the hulking demon, who positively sneered back at him.
"I'm so happy that you two could finally show up, Towa. I really do have more important things that I can be doing right now," Demigra announced as he glanced at the two demons.
Towa slowly took her burning gaze from Cell and Frieza and then looked upon Demigra with a submissive smile. "Yes, of course, my divine leader. Do as you feel. I assure you that this scum will be dealt with accordingly!" she replied to Demigra and even inclined her head in a bow, earning a devilish smirk from Demigra.
"Well then," the monster spoke and turned back to the kais and guardians as a dark haze began to crawl up his legs and slowly engulf his body. "I do wish that I could say 'until next time,' but I'm quite sure that there will be no next time for you fools. So instead, I'll wish you a happy afterlife; that is until I conquer all of space and time itself. For now, let the games begin!" And before anyone could do anything to stop him, Demigra was warped away in a haze of darkness, the remnants of his maniacal laugh tapering out.
"You know, I'm getting really tired of that disappearing act," Cell griped and then looked to Mira and Towa, who were both equally staring down he and Frieza, hard.
Casually, Frieza looked over his shoulder to say, "You three might want to take a few steps back," and the kais more than happily abided to the suggestion. "As for you," he said, now addressing Towa. "I never really liked your brother, and I get the feeling that I won't be very fond of you, either."
Towa offered a chillingly devilish smile in return. "Oh dear Frieza, I can promise that you won't."
"Vegeta, I swear, you have to be the most selfish, inconsiderate, EGO-MANIACAL, jerk I have ever had the displeasure of being around!" Bulma screamed back at Vegeta as their marital quarrel reached epic proportions. The Capsule Corp heiress even threw her drink aside with lividness.
Meanwhile, the Saiyan Prince looked about ready to have an aneurism with a very definitive and pulsing vein bulging in his forehead. "Well at least I know when to be quiet, you loud-mouth banshee!" he snapped back, making Bulma's eyes go wide with shock and appall.
However, before Bulma and Vegeta's fight could reach nuclear levels, everyone's attentions were brought back to the true terror at hand as Majin Buu, Piccolo, and Gohan crashed out of the sky into the various props and tables around the area.
"Gohan! No!" Videl cried out helplessly as she watched her husband clutch at his side in obvious pain. Mr. Satan grabbed a hold of the girl's arm before she rushed into the danger zone, but even he couldn't take his eyes off of the unmoving body of Majin Buu.
"Four minutes and thirty-two seconds. I am actually impressed," Beerus slyly spoke as he casually descended out of the sky, his violet aura glowing around his body. He floated down to Piccolo, who was currently nestled in the remains of the broken table that he'd crashed through. The Namek gritted his teeth violently as he looked up to the god of destructions, and his eyes grew wide when Beerus placed a palm before him. "Impressed or not. I stand by my word," the god went on to say as a purple orb of ki gathered in his palm, the light illuminating Piccolo's face. "I will destroy all of you."
"YOU KNOW WHAT, BUDDY!" Beerus paused, the shrill voice and sound of clacking heels capturing his attention.
"Wait, Mom! Stop!" Trunks's voice pleaded, but it was too late.
Beerus turned around just in time to see Bulma's palm slap across his face. "You can just get the hell out of here!" the woman angrily screamed.
And the area went deadly silent as Beerus's eyes grew wide out of pure shock. Piccolo was absolutely speechless as he gazed up at the god and Bulma. Vegeta was positively gaping at the scene. Whis had even stopped eating, a sweat drop of nervousness gathering against his head.
As quick as the shock had come upon Beerus's face, it was replaced with unbridled rage, his mouth curling back into a sneer that made Bulma take a step back. "You stupid woman!" he snapped out as his own palm smacking across Bulma's cheek, the power behind it making knocking Bulma to ground and pushing her across the pavement.
"NO!" Trunks yelled out flew out from the crowd to check on his mother, Chi Chi, Roshi, and several of the others following suit.
Beerus watched the moment with boredom in his eyes before he remembered what he'd been planning to do a few seconds earlier. The god prepared to turn back to Piccolo, but didn't get the opportunity before a fist crashed into face with an unprecedented amount of power. The god stumbled back, not just out of shock, but a moment of pain and before he could catch his bearings, a knee slammed into his stomach, another fist across his jaw, and finally an uppercut into his chin that sent him piercing into the air. With a snarl, Beerus flared his energy to stop himself and glared back to his attacker.
"Finally decide to show your true Saiyan colors, Vegeta?" Beerus snapped before bring up a hand to wipe away the trail of blood running from his mouth.
Vegeta, whose body was wrapped in a golden haze glared up at Beerus with a fury unlike no other. "How dare you…" A surge of electricity flared around his body. "…put your hands on MY BULMA!" The Saiyan prince erupted in grand display of golden energy as he leapt right into his SS3 form and he aimed his emerald eyes right up at the god of destruction.
"I've seen this look before," Beerus grouched with an undertone of unhappiness, but he offered a smile in any event to challenge set before him. "Hopefully there will be something different about you. Just maybe you'll prove to be the Super Saiyan God I seek!"
"God or not, Beerus! For what you've done to my wife..." Vegeta's aura flared and he shot into the air like a golden rocket, a fist pulled back and ready to strike, "I'll make sure you bow before me!"
Next update: Tuesday 2/9