AN : Well, let's just hope this chapter would be hilarious, as it is exactly what it's supposed to be.
Disclaimer : Zen Buu concept is owned by the nice folks of Dragon Ball Multiverse. All of the characters are owned by Akira Toriyama sensei, who's the father of the shonen. If he's reading this, I want to tell him, "Sensei, Arigato!" for being the inspiration of countless amazing mangas we all know and love.
Can't we have a good vacation?
Universe 11
Jiren arrived at his own home planet, which he did miss as there were years since he didn't visit. His work had took all of his time, and whenever he meditated, even for a few minutes, he was always being interrupted. Unfortunately, he was interrupted already by none other than Belmod's message...
"Jiren, you can't do this! The universe needs you." Jiren heard his voice in his mind. He sneered at this.
"No it doesn't. It needs you, Khai and Marcarita. You will do a better job than I did. Do your dirty work for once. I need some time to think for Once, and this is what I get?" Jiren's tone was angry, but fifteen years of work with no day off tend to do much more.
"I had given up on justice. Toppo also did so. You never did. You faced temptation Jiren and you never bent. I mean, not even I would do that." Belmod replied as Jiren snorted.
"Well, if you want to continue this futile conversation, then come where I am. Right here, right now!" Jiren ordered with a very angry tone, all he wanted was a week off for once in his life, and this is what he does get? Soon enough, Belmod, Marcarita and Khai were in front of him.
"Alright Jiren, you know the rules. If you want a week off? You gotta earn it." Belmod told the Gray with a smirk. To his surprise, Jiren had a very nasty looking grin, that was very uncharacteristic of his.
"With pleasures! Let's take this somewhere else!" Uh-oh! This was the Last thing he needed. Jiren is very serious about this..
"Belmod-sama, this is not a good idea!" Khai said in a very worried tone as Belmod shook his head.
"No, it's a fantastic idea. I needed this rematch."
"He lost to Jiren when he was Much weaker than this, yes." Marcarita whispered and Khai's eyes widened. How young was Jiren when he fought Belmod?
"How old were you Jiren when you fought Belmod-sama?" Khai asked the Gray who shrugged.
"I dunno? I was a teenager back then, or a young adult? Remind me again, I forgot. All I remember is that... It brought my full power for the first time." Jiren asked Belmod who rubbed his chin in thought.
"In the earthling age, you were like... Fifteen or sixteen, probably. Now you're barely an adult currently." Belmod replied as Marcarita sighed.
"Belmod-sama, had you... Started to become senile or something, yes?" Jiren chuckled at this.
"Yeah Belmod. Two hundred millenias would get anyone senile." Jiren snarked and Khai was shocked.
"Did Jiren get a sense of humor?" Khai asked Marcarita who giggled.
"It seems like he finally got his own sense of inner peace, yes." Marcarita replied before she looked into her staff, "Jiren, there's an intruder in your planet. Do you mind dealing with this, yes?"
"As long as you two do us a favor and keep this schmuck in line when.. We're off? Then with pleasure." Jiren replied before he smirked at Belmod. The clown felt that there would be a lot of pain involved before the Gray flied off.
A few seconds later, Jiren flied back to their location, carrying a white haired, pink skinned woman in his arms. Marcarita smirked at him while Belmod whistled and Khai was confused. What's the meaning of this?
"Jiren, what's the meaning of this? This woman isn't from this Universe, is she?" Khai asked only for Marcarita to nod at him.
"No, she's initially from Universe seven, although... Definitely Buu's work, yes!" She muttered in a very flat tone at the end.
"That, I figured it out. She reeks of potential to be honest..." Jiren replied, "Can any of you see if she's a good person or an evil person?"
"Technically? She's neither." Khai replied, "I mean, she's like half a soul, half a brain, half of a lot..."
"Huh?" Jiren replied in shock, "What am I supposed to do?"
"Don't you know how to act with a woman?" Belmod asked the Gray who shrugged after he laid the woman down.
"I was a kid when I lost everything, remember? There is too much for me to discuss with them, hence I asked for a week off if your brain malfunctioned again!" Jiren replied in annoyance. Marcarita giggled again.
"Jiren, how do we give you the talk? You don't mind, yes?" Marcarita asked as the Gray shrugged.
"Toppo did once talk about women, although, I don't remember a lot of what he said... What am I doing? I was supposed to sleep for the first time since three hundred days here, and yet..." Jiren replied as Belmod sighed.
"A day here is like... a hundred thousand taks, and hence you didn't sleep for... Holy! That's a very long time! How long is an hour here?" Belmod was shocked. Jiren hadn't sleep for the equivalent of twenty seven earth years.
"In here? There is about... Three hundred and thirty days a year. So.. I require about a few hours of sleep!" Jiren replied as he sat near a large tree, reposed his back on it, then closed his eyes. Soon enough, he was smiling, if his mind wasn't there as it drifted to his own dreams..
"Okay, what do we do now, Belmod-sama?" Khai asked the Hakaishin who was now utterly confused and puzzled.
"In all of my life, I was Never this confused." Belmod was wondering why Jiren Never slept before.
"I think I know why Jiren had never slept since... That day, yes. I mean, he slept the first night, but he was awakened by a very horrific nightmare that made him either nap or meditate. With his family and friends back, he can sleep again, even when he defeated that devil, he wasn't feeling any better, yes." Marcarita replied to the question, that bugged everyone's mind.
"And he was working in the pride troopers for many days here. No, a year here." Khai added, "Which meant that he Never slept, not even when he broke his limits, he only took a nap, remember, Belmod-sama?"
"Yes I remember. But me working in his stead isn't something that I ever wanted to do!" Belmod replied as Marcarita smiled at him before she made him wear... The pride trooper's uniform.
"Marcarita!" Belmod protested, "Didn't we agree that I will never wear my old uniform since that time?" Khai was shocked, Marcarita was giggling at this.
"It does fit you like the very last time you wore it, yes." She replied as the clown sighed. He never wanted this to happen, but a deal's a deal. Let the Gray earn his own rest.
"What to do now? Stay here? Pass time?" Belmod asked and Khai produced... A set of cards?
"Well, how about we play a game to pass the time?" Khai asked, and surprisingly, both Marcarita and Belmod joined him. It went for three thousand and three hundred taks before Jiren wore up and he was fully regenerated.
"Alright Belmod, time to fight!" Jiren said with a small smirk.
"Khai, please teleport us..." Belmod said only for Jiren to raise his hand.
"Khai-san, please stay out of this!" Jiren said as he flew away, Belmod on his tail...
Twenty five taks later...
Jiren landed, carrying a knocked out Hakaishin over his shoulder as he sighed. Khai and Marcarita laughed at the sight of their boss being knocked out by his own employee.
"I, hihihi, knew this, hihihi, would happen, hihihi, yes." Marcarita replied between giggles.
"You didn't hurt Belmod-sama, did you?" Khai asked, containing his lagher as Jiren shook his head.
"I didn't need to." Jiren replied calmly. He atteined it at last. Unfortunately, his awakened abilities were potent to use in a real battle. "I need to control it!"
"It?" Khai and Marcarita asked at the same time.
"In the tournament, I was able to attein something beyond my abilities, this was beyond breaking any limit, this was something... I don't have words to describe." Jiren replied as he sighed, "Guess I'll learn about it, eventually."
"Your abilities, can you describe them?" Marcarita asked Jiren who shrugged.
"I can beat time itself if I need to. Unfortunately, this have a cost of being... Too draining." The Gray explained as Marcarita smiled at this.
"Perfectionist as always, aren't you, yes?" Her question wasn't requiring any answers, for it was a rhethorical one.
"It is my duty to be stronger. If I conquer my weaknesses, then I become stronger. I never did want strength for my own sake." Jiren replied as Khai sighed.
"Jiren, really, you need to learn how to.. I don't know, bond with your teammates?" Khai asked as Jiren shrugged.
"I do save them whenever they need me!" He replied calmly.
"This is not what I meant!" Khai replied in a tired manner, "Look, I meant, spend some time off with them, get to know them, become... Friendlier with them, like know their hobbies, their likes, dislike, their goals.. Like why they became a team of heroes." This was unexpected, "Look, I know about... Your past issues, but now they're resolved! You don't have anything that holds you back. You avenged them, you revived them, you won!"
"I know.. It's just that... I.. I don't know how to do it?" Jiren replied as he... Blushed?
"Did I see you blushing?" Khai asked as Marcarita giggled at this.
"Jiren, you spent so much time alone you don't even know how to make a bond, yes?" Marcarita asked and the Gray sighed. She wasn't mistaken, for he was practically a kid when his isolation and thirst for power had took him fully.
"You are not mistaken." Jiren replied simply as Khai sighed.
"They won't judge you. Besides, there's something about them exchanging gifts." Jiren raised an eyebrow, "Well, every year's start, they do exchange gifts, so.. Maybe start there?"
"What am I supposed to do? You know that... I never bought Anything, I am not even paid... Who pays Toppo?" Jiren asked Khai who now was blue with terror.
"Er... Promise me you won't kill him?" Khai asked Jiren who snorted.
"Did I Ever kill anyone or anything that's... Not a fish?" Jiren asked Khai who's mouth gaped, "Well, ignore the last part!"
"No? I mean.. I didn't know?" Khai replied as Marcarita sighed. "It does make sense. Anyways, Belmod-sama is the one who pays the Pride troopers."
"..." Jiren was silent, but he thought about beating ten tons of dirt off the clown whenever he would piss him off... "Noted."
"You're not.. Going to kill him, will you?" Khai asked Jiren who shrugged. He didn't really care enough.
"Not over money, nor anything. I mean, he destroyed that devilish monster, and that's more than enough for me. Although, I will require him to buy the team some presents, or else!" Jiren replied seldomnly. "With that cleared, let us go to Netfiss with our... Stowaway."
"As you like." Khai replied calmly as he teleported Marcarita, Jiren, the new woman, and the knocked out Belmod to the Pride Troopers HQ.
Pride Troopers HQ, Planet Netfiss
"Well I'll be damned! Never thought that Jiren used to have a good sense of humor, and even can show emotions!" Toppo said as the other Pride Troopers were listening to his old mentor and even father.
"He was.. Always a very kind person, but his loss.. Changed him to be a bit worse than before. I'm still wondering why he never shared this with us? We're his friends, his teammates, we're supposed to have everyone's back, not..." Kahseral commented as he drank his beer.
"He saved us for so many times, and everytime we want to do anything for him, he's already gone." Dyspo added a bit shamefully.
"And he did the right thing reviving All of the erased Universes. I was Never prouder of him. I knew since day one that he have an unlimited potential, and yet.. Good thing he asked Belmod-sama about us wanting to return or not." Gicchin said sadly as his newly formed friend, Renji, Jiren's father, patted him on the shoulder.
"I can't thank any of you two for being an amazing father figure for my own son. Kami knows that I had so much to teach him..." Renji said only to hear a deep voice.
"What exactly, Father?" He heard and in a flash, he was hugging his son, for fear of losing him again, "If this scene is a dream, I wish to Never wake up." Jiren added as he heard Toppo laugh at this.
"It is Not a dream. It's a reality. You... You're the one person whome I always wanted to call son, Jiren. On behalf of everyone, thank you." Toppo said as Jiren grimaced while his father released him.
"I have someone who's a potential Pride Trooper. I found this woman knocked out. I'd say she's definitely Buu's daughter." Jiren replied, "Now then, why, did you thank me, Toppo? I treated you and the rest like trash. And I'm sorry, Zoire, for telling you to get lost when we first met. I had just... A very bad nightmare."
"EEEHHH?" The entire people present there, even Khai, lost their cool when they heard that Jiren admit his weakness for the first time in forever.
"Look, this is a very rare moment, and I wanted to see your faces." Jiren replied with a small, blink and you'll miss it, mischivious smile before he had a normal smile, "Anyways, since I won my rematch, Father, can we spend some time in my... First week off duty?"
"Who did you ask to get a leave, Jiren?" Dyspo asked seriously. Everyone looked at him before he laughed earnestly, making everyone laugh at his joke. "No really brother, you earned a year off! Don't you worry, we'll work double.."
"That's the problem! Belmod will fill in, but I don't want to stay alone... For long." Jiren replied as Toppo was now wondering what the Gray was wanting.
"Jiren, is there something that's bothering you?" Toppo asked his friend who sighed.
"Yes. What do you do in your spare times for start?" Jiren asked and then the answers were multiple, but the one thing in common was dressing up sharply and going to a fancy cafe-bar. "Well... This is a start. Problem is that I was Never paid for a single day."
"You.. Were not paid? After working all taks of days these years?" Dyspo asked Jiren who nodded. "Didn't Belmod like.. Pay you sometimes?"
"Charity for the less unfortunate?" Jiren asked only for his Mother to hug him.
"That's my son. Generous to a fault! But really, didn't you find a girl?" His mother asked and Jiren blushed at this.
"Er.. Well, I'm still..." Jiren blushed as Cocotte sighed.
"Ma'am, I'm afraid that I still didn't explain that part." Cocotte replied as Renji sighed before he turned to Gicchin. The old mentor sighed.
"Jiren was still a kid when I died." Gicchin explained.
"And whenever I want to ask him, there is always an emergency. We never had the chance to explain things to him." Toppo added as Jiren gave him a raised eyebrow, "Jiren, this is an order son, you are to spend more time doing casual things. I know that training and meditation are important, but you never slept, like at all, ever since the day we met and became friends." Toppo told the Gray who sighed.
"Fine, as long as none of you laugh at me. It was never by choice." The gray replied angrily.
"Okay, I will help you get your revenge, yes." Marcarita replied as Jiren, Toppo, Dyspo, and Everyone else, from Pride Troopers, to Jiren's friends, to his family, raised their eyebrows.
"Why?" Jiren asked as Marcarita shrugged.
"A good lesson on generosity!" She replied simply as Jiren grinned evilly for the very first time.
"I have an idea. First, whenever there is an emergency, you will call me! The second? i will take care of that!" Jiren replied before he turned to Khai, "Khai, do you mind paying for... Our expenses for an entire Year?"
"No I don't. Belmod-sama should raise your pay anyways!" Khai replied honestly.
"I want you All to swear that None of you will repeat this to Belmod, leave him a surprise." Jiren said as he then woke the Clown up, "How long were you going to play Possum?"
"How did you guess?" Belmod asked only for Jiren to shrug.
"I don't see you like everyone else!" Jiren replied and Belmod grumbled, "A thing that only I did figured out, worry not!"
"Fine, Lady, Gentleman, let's fill in for this guy.. For a Week only." Belmod replied as Jiren gave him one last thing before he could leave.
"No casualties!" Jiren's tone left no room for discussion.
"Oh great, he will lose his temper pretty soon." K'nsi said in a bit of a dissapointment.
"That's what I want. None of You will do anything for a week." Jiren replied in a serious tone.
"You can't be serious Jiren! I mean, we're supposed to be the heroes! We're supposed to protect this Universe!" One of his old friends said as Jiren smiled at him.
"Toppo, can you recruit all those who wants to become Troopers?" Jiren asked and Zoire smiled at this.
"So, who would be excempt?" Zoire asked and Jiren looked at Toppo for answer.
"That's... Jiren's new job pretty soon." Toppo said and Jiren was utterly shocked.
"Why me?" Jiren replied, "Sensei is a much better candidat, I am sure." Jiren replied and Toppo shrugged. "After our week off, we'll see. Now, can I.. Brew two mugs of coffee?"
"Never thought you'd like coffee!" Vuon said only for Tupper to shake his head.
"Jiren rarely drinks it. But I know about the entire natural beans being eaten sometimes, right?" The rocky warrior asked the Gray who smiled a very small, ghost of a smile, but that was the start.
"I think you hit your head in the tournament, Tupper." Jiren replied and Dyspo snickered.
"I'm wondering what he would want to do with two mugs of coffee?" Kettol asked only for Zoire to smirk mischiviously.
"Oh I know. Measure how many sips before Belmod-sama..." He didn't even finish the sentance before the Alarm sounded.
"I'll handle it!" Jiren said as his father was brewing the coffee instead...
"I don't know what he's planning to do, but I don't like the sound of it." Toppo replied as Jiren nodded at him with a small smirk.
A hundred taks later
Jiren was now pissed off. No, he was livid. Seriously? Not even a single cup of coffee was spent with his father since he had to do Belmod's job for once? Now that did it!
"I'll end the career of this schmuck perverted egoistic foolish obsessed clown!" Jiren barked as he was now glowing in a whitish-reddish-orange aura, which meant that he was not joking. Not. One. Bit.
"Toppo, do you think..?" The future Hakaishin nodded.
"Yep. Belmod-sama needs All the help he can get, Dyspo."
"What are we waiting for? Let's take the fastest ship and.." Gicchin said only for Kunshi to sigh.
"Second time I met Jiren, I was in the fastest spaceship ever made, and he was flying even faster than that. Now I don't want to imagine his speed." Kunshi replied as Dyspo was silent.
"Not even I can be that fast." Dyspo replied as Toppo snorted.
"Please, you're the fastest person I know about... On land. In space? Jiren is the fastest flying person ever. Remember when he...?" Toppo asked and they nodded.
"Wanna bet?" Dyspo asked as Kunshi sighed.
"On Jiren!" He started, and Zoire, Kettol, Tupper, Cocotte, and Vuon nodded in unison.
"We bet the same when it comes up to speed or power." They replied at the same time.
"One thing Dyspo before you bet : Planet Lacmus." That made the speedster blink before he shook his head.
"Nah, I ain't beating that!" Dyspo replied sadly.
"What happened?" Renji asked and Toppo sighed.
"Jiren saved a casualty by flying so fast, he ripped through time itself. It was then when we realized that his power is... Almost unlimited." Toppo replied as they were now talking about this very subject until...
"Why hello!" Jiren said as he was now holding a beaten up Belmod in his arms, "Let us hear your promise, Belmod!" Jiren asked the Hakaishin who sighed.
"I promise to give all of you a paid week off. Is this okay with you, Jiren?" Belmod asked as the Gray nodded.
"Much. Now, what did we agree about casualties? This is the Twenty fifth time that you interrupted my coffee with my father. And I took but One sip in a hundred and thirteen taks!" Jiren said angrily. This wasn't good at all.
"Jiren, about your... New friend, can we talk, yes?" Marcarita asked the Gray who sighed.
"Fine, as long as Belmod here give us a week off, our paycheck, and gives us a raise? Then yes!" Jiren replied, barely giving Belmod a chance, "Or... We can do this the hardway, and it's a death battle. He wins the money, but loses the people?"
"Jiren, for the last time, I gave up on being one of the Pride Troopers years ago! Besides, can't you guys like.. Work half-duty?" Belmod asked and Toppo tapped his chin.
"Maybe?" Jiren asked and then he waited for Belmod's "Really?" to reply, "No! Your ass is ours Gentlemen, try not to leave any permanent marks, for I won't!"
"Okay, you got your vacantion, your raise and all. The problem is that I'm not the financial person!" Belmod replied as Jiren then turned his sight to Khai who sighed.
"I will do my best to re-negotiate your terms, but the work will be triple." Khai replied as Jiren sighed.
"Of course that's Exactly Why I asked for a raise." Jiren replied as his old friends smiled at him.
"You got us! You got Sensei, and you got the Gray people's loyalty!" Renji told his son, "You got your team, so.. Try to catch up with them, we will talk sometimes, my son. Besides, I know how you fought Belmod-sama the first time.. For our memory's sake."
"That and for the wild life there.." Jiren replied and Tupper gave him the brightest of smiles.
"Jiren, my dude, you rock. You like animals too?" This caught the Gray by surprise.
"Er... Gicchin-sensei?" Jiren asked while flustering and blushing at this.
"Ever since I knew this kid as a toddler, he avoided taking lives. At best, he dove to catch the fishes which are recently deceased to eat them. That, and the unfertilized eggs." Those facts almost blew everyone's mind but Marcarita who giggled.
"What can I say? I'm really impressed by your kindness, yes." She said as Jiren frowned.
"Sensei! I never told this to anyone." Jiren protested.
"Nah, before you ask us, we don't think any Less Jiren." Toppo said as Kettol gave him a smile.
"I'm an almost vegetarian, but I respect those who can't stay that way. You're a kind person, which is even more.. Heroic." Vuon shook his head.
"So what if you don't like meat at all? That doesn't make you any less manly." Vuon being from a sentient predatory specie saying this, made any room for argument dissapear. "You are a very powerful person my friend."
"Would you.. Like to hang out with us?" Dyspo asked Jiren who nodded.
"Why do you think I asked a week off for all of us? So we can finally... Hang out." Jiren replied, 'And make for the years where I wasn't a nice person to you.'
"Jiren, stop it!" Toppo said in a serious tone.
"Stop what?" He asked.
"This.. Guilt feeling. None of us blame you. Marcarita-sama told us of all your... Heroic deeds when you were a young adult, and we decided to never speak about them to you in respect. You saved me in the very first time we met, remember?" This was a good story, "And you saved Dyspo when he run out of juice." That... "And don't forget when the team was stuck in the spaceship, you flew there to help first!" K'nsi nodded at him, "Least we could do back then was... To leave you alone. But it was a mistake. We should have helped you, not... Standing by!"
"Now you'll do more than I do deserve..." Jiren replied.
"No, you are doing something that... We are not just a bunch of superheroes, not just a bunch of teammates. We're a family of badasses who protect each and every member, while protecting those who need our protection." Toppo replied as Jiren smiled honestly at this, making the entire team just smile back unconsciously. "We all been through a lot. Our newest members have literally died!"
"Oi, we're back just to make sure that the Pride Troopers does stay afloat." Gicchin replied as Jiren grinned wider than he ever did.
"Justice will prevail." He said while Finally making a pose, which made the entire team chuckle before each took their pose, "Someone flash this!"
"Jiren, I really need to talk to you, yes!" Marcarita said in an autoritive tone, making the Gray nod and decide to go with her. As soon as they were far enough she sighed.
"What's bothering you Marcarita?" Jiren asked the angel who nodded.
"This woman you found, she does have many organisms at the same time than hers, and she's kinda... Unique for all lifeforms I know about, yes." Marcarita started and Jiren nodded at her to continue her explanation, "It is not surprising that she's that strong, even as a half. While she's pure, yes... She's also have Buu's DNA. That Djinn Buu who terrorized every Universe eons ago, and was able to either kill, or absorb the Kaioshins, yes." Jiren raised an non-existing eyebrow. "Look, she's dangerous, for the Majin's nature and ravenous appetite. Apart from that, she's an asset to the Pride Troopers, as Whis-dono told me of her background, yes."
"Whis talked with you? Also, what do you mean by ravenous appetite?" Jiren asked the Angel who sighed.
"I meant that she can easily raid some stores and empty them in a single night. I'm talking about.. Very high costs, yes." Marcarita replied before she sighed, "Look, the problem is that.. Majins, even the sweetest, have a nasty habit of turning people into food when they can't support their hunger. So be very, very, very careful, yes." Marcarita advised the Gray who smirked at her.
"How smart is she?" Jiren asked and Marcarita smirked at him.
"She's... Well, she's going to be a boon to us, yes." That suited his secret plan perfectly.
"Good. There is something that I need to discuss with Toppo, and please, train him sometimes if you can. He's an amazing leader, for he inspired my confidence and boost in abilities..." Jiren replied as Marcarita shrugged.
"He's not a good leader. He's the best leader, yes." She replied as Jiren remembered the time he had to avenge his friends and family... It was Toppo who volenteered to go there first, only for Jiren to tell his future leader and teammates that this is His duty alone. How surprised he was when Toppo told them that Jiren Will come back without a single doubt. The last thing he heard was that he will win no matter what, and that Jiren is the one person he knows that can neutrelize this threat. He remembered how Belmod showed up after the battle to destroy the demon, effectively ending his reign of terror...
"I should have asked Buu to revive everyone who was killed by that fiend!" Jiren muttered in regret. Marcarita however.. Bonked him?
"Stop this self-pity and guilt, Jiren! What's done is done! I'm sure that everyone is happy that their killer is gone forever, and that their deaths weren't left unavenged, yes!" She barked at the Gray who nodded at her before he went back to the others.
"Take care of Belmod. He's a clown, but he's the best Hakaishin I know. Matter of fact, he's the best boss..." Jiren said. As he watched the Angel, the Kaioshin and the Hakaishin going off, he had one Huge dilemma in front of him. 'What am I supposed to wear for the night?' Deciding for once to ask a friend for help, he did exactly that.
"Jiren, is there something that's disturbing you?" Toppo asked as his friend sighed.
"I... Don't know what to wear, Toppo." Jiren confessed as Toppo blinked twice. This was.. Unexpected.
"Well, you can always wear a suit?" Toppo said only to remember a very crucial detail, "We can always put that on the tab."
"I agree with this, Toppo." Jiren replied as he was about to go only for Toppo to put his hand on his shoulder.
"We'll take my ship Jiren. Also, I think that I must talk with Renji for.. Details?" This caught Jiren by surprise. Toppo would ask his father? For what? Seeing the inquisitive look on his friend's face, the Leader explained the reason, "It's about your anatomy? I have no idea how an adult Grey would grow up?"
"I don't know?" Jiren replied with a very, very, very faint blush.
"No one is blaming you." Toppo replied seriously, "Besides, who cares? Every specie is different, right?"
"You're rightful." Jiren replied as he sighed. While he undid his loss, he's still recovering from the traumas. A week off would definitely be a boon it seems.
"Can you wait for me outside on the hoverpad?" Toppo said as he turned, not noticing a very interesting event...
"Hey Toppo-san, what's going on?" Renji asked as the Hakaishin-in-training sighed.
"Please do not take this personally, Renji-san, it's about.. You see, I need to get Jiren a suit, and I don't know if he's still bulking up or not." Toppo admitted as the Gray laughed.
"Well, yes he is. Since he's barely over a year old, he would bulk up until he reaches his second year in our home planet I'm afraid." Renji replied as Toppo smiled at him gratefully, "It's an honor to meet someone who does care about my son. Kami knows how much he suffered. I wanted for so long to reach to him from the other side, but I couldn't. You and Gicchin-sensei have my utmost gratitude."
"It was the least I can do. I owe him my life, many times over. Problem is that.. We could never repay him. All we can offer is friendship, respect, and support." Toppo replied as he sighed heavily.
"That's more than enough for him. He had no idea, but now? He will need you more than he needs us." Renji replied, "Now if you excuse me, I think that I do have a lot of work to do, leader!"
"Good luck my friend." Toppo replied, "And please tell Gicchin, that I'm sorry I wasn't there when he needed me the most. I should be the one who died, not you fine folks.."
"What is done is done Leader. We can't change the past, but we can make the future a better place, no?" Renji replied and Toppo smiled at these words before he went outside to drive Jiren to the tailor.
AN : And that's a wrap. Sorry for the poor quality, for there is something even better. See y'all tomorrow.
