A Golden Goddess - A Familiar Fate
Pocket Space of Arturia Morgana Pendragon 3 Days After Last Chapter
(Arturia's P.O.V)
"Ready Mashu?" I ask, getting into the Uchiha Interceptor stance while using Ki to create the Scythe of Shadows. Mashu for her part grips her shield tightly on the other end of the sparring ring.
"Ready Sister!" She says, look pretty determined to fight me today. Probably because in the next hour or two the binding on Ritsuka Fujimaru will finish soon and neither of us wants to have this spar occur after that.
I wonder if this place will hold up with two pseudo-Saiyans going at it, at least we're using the outdoor beach this time. Grey stands at one side while I see Fu watching while lazing on a curved palm tree nearby.
"Grey, I'll let you decide when we go alright?" I turn to grey asking, knowing she'd probably be less unpredictable than Fu in the trees, as for where Ritsuka is..
I spot a pair of Binoculars peaking out from Mashu's room window, probably the safest place she can be to watch what comes shortly. Grey for her part merely nods with a small smile before using her fingers on her left hand in order to count down and when her fist closes..
"GO!" Says Grey with a shout before she Kai Kais further away, with Mashu's shield sailing right through where Grey just was with the shield going at high speed toward me. For my part, I twirl my scythe in of me like a saw before side-stepping the shield and using the blade of my Ki Scythe to hook onto the handle and with a quick 360-degree spin I send it right back at Mashu.
Mashu herself is already in Super Saiyan and has blasted off from her position, flying just under her shield and grabbing the handle with both hands. She quickly moves it in front of herself just as the shadowy scythe is just about to crash down on her. The scythe hammers down with enough force to create a small crater underneath Mashu's feet while she digs her heels in to stop the forward momentum.
As I see Mashu peak her head out, she can see I've already gone Super Saiyan 2 myself, prompting her to enter Super Saiyan 2 as well, the shockwave pushing me back for a few seconds before I dispel the Scythe of shadows and swap it for a simple Ki blade and rush back at Mashu, the small crater getting larger underneath her while she blocks the incoming strike with her shield.
As I start manipulating Ki on my right foot, Mashu only has seconds to react as I flip backward, Mashu leaning backward to dodge a sneaky Ki-formed Inverted Scythe head that would have potentially sliced through her mouth before letting go of her shield and firing a Ki blast from behind it to blast the shield right into me, catching me off-guard and letting the bully shield slam into me.
I growl before throwing the shield out of the ring and dispelling the Ki manifestation on my foot and the sword I made earlier, intending to go for a more close-quarters engagement this time. Before long I soar right at Mashu, rolling in mid-air for a few seconds before attempting to heel-drop kick Mashu's head.
Mashu for her part merely brings her arms into a crossguard and blocks the attack, quickly retaliating by grabbing my right leg and slamming me down, forming her own Ki Blade as she brings it down at my head.
I quickly formed my own Ki blade and our Ki blades clash hard, a large shockwave coming from the clash.
"We're surprisingly dead even right now aren't we sister..?" She asks before I chuckle. Before she can question why she suddenly notices something poking from just under where her rather impressive bust is, realizing that I've Manifested a small dagger-like Ki blade right below her ribs and angled to strike at either of her lungs or her heart.
"Oh something is most certainly dead dear sister, but if this were a real fight it wouldn't have been me" I say with a grin. Mashu sighs and pulls off me, Fu clapping lazily on the Palm tree while Grey rushes out to check on us.
"You two alright..?" She asks while checking us over for any hidden injuries or wounds. Me and Mashu just giggle shaking our heads while Grey looks relieved.
"I swear, both of you are quite reckless with every spar you both have" Grey says, half-heartedly scolding us for taking the Spar so far. Me and Mashu just deadpan at her before I simply say "Coming from Miss "Throw a bunch of Ki spears like Candy" Grey Pendragon herself~?" in a teasing tone, calling out her own hypocrisy in a gentle manner.
"Well that was a fun show, but I really must get going girls" I hear Fu say from the palm tree above the beach sparring ring. I sigh and nod before opening a portal that will lead to Capsule Corp Headquarter's backyard.
"Thank you dear, I'll be quite happy when I finally finish my binding so I can come and go as I please, Ta ta~" She says with a cheeky grin before blasting out of the tree through the portal.
Ever since I captured, or well put a ring on her at least, Fu has been following me around and keeping an eye on me occasionally. It eventually got to the point where I had to introduce her to Bulma and Vegeta with an abridged version of how she's connected to me, hence why she's able to freely come and go on earth.
Before I think any more about the events of the last few days, I hear Ritsuka crying out from the manor, causing all three of us to rush over. It's only when we're at the door do I remember exactly WHAT day it is and realize what she may be crying out for.
"WAIT GIRLS, ITS–!" But it's too late as before I can stop them from opening the door to Mashu's room, Mashu herself is already in and well, she's a frozen blushing mess at what she sees.
Yea remember how Tempest Jewels can buff the assets of your companions to your preferences, hence why me and my girls have curves so damn large..?
With Ritsuka now fully bound, her own assets have just Immediately gotten the growth in one hit, ripping her Uniform top, pants, and boy does she now have near identical curves to Grey now, probably the same bra size even if off by a small fraction.
I giggle softly as I walk in, causing Mashu to unfreeze but look like she's conflicted between trying to stop me or trying to jump her senpai's bones right fucking now. Still, I help Ritsuka carefully take off her clothes without doing any more tear damage to the Uniform.
"Hey Grey, can you pop into your room and grab some spare clothes for dear Ritsuka here, I think she's about your size.." I ask Grey who nods and rushes off to her room. Ritsuka for her part just blushes in embarrassment, well at first I think it's just embarrassment but then I notice a faint hint of arousal.
"My My, getting needy from showing off this body of yours now are we Ritsuka…or perhaps it's because your dear kohai sister is here looking to, hungrily~" I say in a teasing, seductive tone as I get behind Ritsuka who squeaks but doesn't move much from her spot as her focus is solely on me.
"Well Mashu, what do you think of your dear Enhanced Senpai~?" I ask Mashu, looking at her as she looks at me with a dear-on-headlights expression. Unfortunately for me and fortunately for the two blushing messes I call my sisters, Grey finally arrives with the spare clothes and Mashu quickly gets me and Grey out of the room so Ritsuka and get dressed.
Mash shuts the door behind her and waits with us while Ritsuka gets dressed, it doesn't take too long and Ritsuka comes out with a spare bodyguard suit.
"Is this really all you had..?" Ritsuka says questioningly, before deadpanning at Me, Mashu's and Grey's shared blushing reaction.
"Uuuh…Y-yea totally didn't have anything else" Grey reptiles in the most unconvincing way I've heard her speak before. Ritsuka just grumbles and sighs before finally agreeing to use the bodyguard suit for abit while her old clothes get refitted and repaired.
After that things soon calm down before Ritsuka hits up on the idea of using Mashu's shield to summon some servants.
I forgot I could even do that with all the training, bonding and job work that we've been doing for Zeni. Speaking of Zeni, it turns out that the company finally fixed that conversion issue with USD to Zeni, with has led to us now getting 10k Zeni Every Week.
"Well it would finally be a use for these 9 Command Seals I have access to every day" I say to Ritsuka's Idea, which prompts Grey's innocent question of.."But couldn't you use them to boost yourself since you are technically a servant, even Incarnated as you are..?" Which freezes me mid-way through taking another bite of Ice-cream.
Grey gets abit worried before I finally snap out of my shock and put down the spoonful of ice cream in the bowl of it I have before marching over to a nearby wall and beginning to bang my head on it, repeating "You're a fucking Idiot Artie" Over and over with each bang on the wall.
I don't even realize my headbanging is causing my huge breasts to jiggle about in the shirt I'm wearing casually until I've finally stopped and noticed everyone blushing at the table, staring at me.
It's also subsequently where I realize that somehow, once again, fu has destroyed my bra once again. Either she enjoys seeing them jiggle due to their size or is just playing a damn prank on me, could be either with how she is.
"Well, anyway..Mashu can you grab your shield, let's go get us a new family member!" I say with a warm smile, to which Mashu nods both grateful to have something to distract her mind from the bouncing of my breasts earlier and eager to not be the only actual servant apart from me in the house.
Soon enough we're in a room large enough to house whatever we get from the free 10-pull that the perk comes with. Since I only have about 83 credits until Fu's Capture is finished, I want to wait until THAT is done.
Either way, once preparations are in place I reach out my hand and fuel a small amount of Prana into the summoning, and the 10 pull commences.
The first 8 pulls, the same fucking craft essence which is, to my utter annoyance, Mapo Tofu. I have a VERY strong feeling that Kirei is pulling his games again with me for this one 10-pull.
Then, out of nowhere, I don't get just ONE servant.
I get two. Two VERY familiar Servants at that.
"Servant Saber Arturia Pendragon, Responding to your call master!"
"Servant Caster Medea, I come at your call Master!"
The two of them speak at the same time before realizing there is another servant right next to them, both of them knowing they're tied to the same master at full power.
And both of them recognize each other, much to my own surprise, Saber's utter horror and Caster's musical, eager giggle.
"My My, Isn't this a truly amusing turn of events my dear Saber~" Medea says chuckling ominously before looking at the rest of us. Each and every one of us gets an immediate chill down our spine that is distinctly not arousal, making us take a step back subconsciously.
As for Saber Herself, She looks right at me, then realizes that I am basically an older her and while she does look a bit jealous, she's happy she can talk to someone who is basically another version of her.
Both of the summoned servants can easily see that I alone can supply them with an infinite amount of Prana, hence why they were summoned at full strength with practically no drain to me personally whatsoever. Thank you very much Inexhaustible, you are more than living up to your cost of 140 credits.
Either way, I finally take control of the situation, clearing my throat to get their attention before beginning the speech I planned in my head.
"Welcome, both of you, to the Pendragon family. As you can see from the rings now on your fingers you are bound to me eternally, but I promise you both I will treat you as my own family, because well for one of you, you pretty much are anyway" I say, the last bit directed at saber who just looks bewildered.
Medea however looks eager, as far as she's concerned not only has she been given a perfect Master, but one that is VERY much to her liking in terms of looks. An idea already formed in her mind.
However, they both realize that the two of them got a noticeable boost to a certain other set of assets, with Saber being the easiest to notice. Saber Herself now has curves to rival Mashu and Medea just perhaps a cup size just under my own.
Then I remember Medea can easily create us new clothes, and all my clothes worries are gone in an instant…
Then I remember Medea can create new clothes, and realize exactly why saber looked horrified before, that I've summoned perhaps one of the more interesting servants I could have summoned at this point in time.
Both realizations hit me at the exact same time and I can only hope she'll go easy on us.
She doesn't.
Two weeks later North City's Pendragon Casino
4 Months until Buu Saga
(Arturia's P.O.V)
"House wins again Boys" I say, giggling with a slight fake ditzy smile, gathering up the chips the players on the table laid out for Blackjack.
So after we summoned Medea, let's just say you should never have Bulma and Caster Medea in the same room alone anymore. The two came up with a way to have us run a goddamn Casino to make a ton of Zeni rapidly.
Guess who became the bunny Girls for the Casino, if you guessed the entire pendragon family save for Medea, you guessed correctly.
What's worse is that for some reason, Medea put me in the EXACT Bunny outfit of Ruler Artoria and make me tie my hair up in the same exact way. The first few days was utterly embarrassing, showing off so much skin and cleavage, especially since I'm the one with the biggest bust in the family.
However after the initial embarrassment has settled, it's actually pretty fun. Being one of the dealers as well as a bunny girl for the Casino allowed me to watch everyone play their hands and try to beat the house.
It made me remember the rush I felt gambling back in my old life, except this time i'm the one setting up the table and dealing cards. I feel the disappointment on my customer's face and share in the rush of victory when they win big.
I can't help but giggle when I see the sheer elation on my customer's faces when they get a natural blackjack. Although I do notice that roughly 79% of our customers are men, there are a fair few women too actually.
And well, let's just say the food keeps alot of them coming back in, not just the thrill of gambling. This is due to the Faerie Feast perk allowing me to help them make the food, albeit having used a shadow clone to help work the kitchen along with Mashu who works the kitchen.
As for the bartender, that would be one Ritsuka Fujimaru-Pendragon. Who wears a proper bartender suit instead of wearing a bunny girl outfit like the rest of us out on the floor. As for Medea, she watches over the gambling tables above using her crafting and mage craft to keep an eye on all tables to prevent cheating on either side.
Staff is practically 100% women, mostly due to any potential male roles all filled by various women extremely quickly. From what I heard from Bulma, North City had a hidden gender disparity regarding employment. This disparity was never intentional however and had been the point of contention for many in North City Politics.
Which is where Medea took advantage of to fill the many remaining spots. With so many women so eager for a job, the spots filled very quickly
I soon break out of my collection as I notice that I am about to get a new set of players to my table as the ones I had before left after losing to the house again.
I give them the same cheerful and slightly ditzy smile before starting a new game of blackjack for the newest gamblers of my table for the day. It's then I see that ONE of them is actually someone I have been meaning to get in contact with for a while now but lacked the chance to actually encounter them.
"BWAHAHAHA, NOW YOU'LL FACE THE MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!" Yep, if you've guessed Hercule, then you have guessed correctly.
Behind my ditzy facade, I merely smile as I now have the perfect excuse to implement a plan I had actually thought I would only get a chance to do either during or after the buu saga itself.
I give a hidden signal to Medea in the Manager's room above the tables to keep an eye on my table as I start the game proper. As the game continues, various other gamblers come and go, all of them hoping to stay in with the "Martial Arts Champion of the World", while Hercule himself is curiously staying in for longer than I expected, although admittedly he has slowly built up a small fortune.
It's only after he finally goes to try and leave do I enact my plan.
"Like, hey can I see your moves Mr Martial Arts Champion..?" I say with a faked ditzy tone, trying to goad him into a position where he'd need to fight.
"W-well, I guess I could show you some moves, got someplace I can show my stuff at all..?" He asks, stuttering only because he didn't expect to be asked that by a seemingly ditzy bunny girl of a casino he heard about.
"Sure, got like a really big stage just behind us, I'll go call the manager to see if she'd be like, willing to do it~" I say with a ditzy smile before moving to a staff area nearby and ringing Medea.
"Caster, I need you to clear the stage as I'm going ahead with Plan Philoctetes now" I say into the phone with a serious tone while twirling the white fur scarf I have with my "Work Outfit". Medea hums in thought before replying "Alright, but I do wish you had chosen a different name to that particular plan" I wince a bit, knowing her history with Hercules in her world but soon she hangs up on her end.
I peek out the door and see the bunny girls start to file out from the large stage, letting me quickly saunter over and bring Hercule to the stage, getting a mic from one of the staff before mentally preparing for what comes next.
Once we're at the middle of the stage, I mic test real quick before saying.."Hey Everyone, it's me your favorite Gambling Bunny dealer, Ruler-chan~!" I say prompting a lot of hollering and hooting from the Many male patrons on the floor we have today, I spot Saber having taken my place on the table while keeping an eye out even as she focuses on the game she's dealing with, as for grey, she's dealing at a table two tables away from where I was.
"I have right next to me the World Martial Arts World Champion Hercule Satan here with me, and he's gonna show us all his totally awesome moves!" I say with slightly ditzy, bubbly tone this time almost every one of the patrons and even some of our staff cheer at that.
I courteously move to one end of the stage while Hercule moves to the other, a confident but worried look on his face.
"Uuuuh, you know I really don't wanna hit a woman, but for the sake of showing my fans, I will do so just this once" While I do give a bubbly giggle at his words, inwardly I'm grinning evilly as I know exactly what is about to go down, Medea soon letting me know that the Special effects are ready and will begin the moment the fight starts.
"It's ok Mr. Hecule…..you should really worry about yourself" I say in a bubbly tone at first, but quickly dropping the facade and giving him a serious look which completely catches him off guard at the end.
I immediately pounce on this and zoom right toward him, Hercule having Cell flashbacks for a brief moment before I've already got him to the ground, Ki blast held so close to his face that he can see the golden glow for himself, breaking whatever facade of tricks he might try to spill from his mouth.
I pull incredibly close to him, my barely covered by my bunny suit breasts against his chest as I whisper.."If you wish to become more than the fraud you are Mr Hercule, you will follow me backstage into the staff area once we're off stage.." I say before pulling off of him and letting the Ki face and I resume my ditzy bubbly bunny girl facade for everyone else.
"Gee, like no wonder you're the World Martial Arts Champion Mr Hercule~" I say but Hercule can see the hint of mockery in my eyes that only he in his position can see, as he looks around he can see all the patrons and the staff that aren't a part of my retune having all seen a very different fight occur.
"If you'll follow me backstage Mr Hercule, I got a reward just for you~" I say in that same Ditzy, Bubbly tone before rushing off into the back of the stage area, with Hercule following along, having no real other choice.
Pendragon Casino Backstage Area
(General P.O.V)
As Hercule enters the rather large and spacious backstage area, Arturia suddenly appears behind him in a Kai Kai.
"So, do you wish to become stronger…?" She asks, Arturia looking at Hercule with a bored expression on her face, far from the bubbly ditzy Dealer he first met coming to the casino.
"I-I….D-don't know what you mean by fraud but.." Is all that Hercule can get out before a Ki Blast sails right past him before suddenly making a sharp turn and moving to Arturia's left hand.
"Ki, a TRUE martial art's greatest strength, it was something that Cell used and it was something that the Golden-Haired Kid used…is it not~?" I ask Hercule with a knowing tone, making him gulp as he realizes he's probably in front of someone who is one of the few in the know.
"H-hey if it's money you want I could–" He gulps as suddenly he has a Ki blade pointed at his throat. Arturia sighs disappointed before she suddenly grabs Hercule's Shirt, dispelling the Ki Blade and pulling him closer, his eyes briefly glancing at her huge breasts before being forced to look at the piercing green eyes of the terrifying woman who has him in her grasp.
"Hercule, I don't want your money, I don't want to expose you and I don't want to kill you…ok..?" She says, trying to calm him down. It works and he takes a moment to collect himself, now really curious as to what this blonde-haired woman wants.
"What I do want, is to try and make a lie the truth.." She adds, making Hercule realizes that..
"You…Y-you wanna train me…?" Hercule says in complete disbelief, not at all expecting this when he first came here to gamble.
"Yes, quite frankly when I heard you stole the credit of someone who worked hard to get to where he is, I was and still am quite furious.." Arturia Says with a slight snarl to her tone, making Hercule feel like he's in the grasp of a angry Lioness.
"However.." Arturia soon says..before continuing with "I also know that in some ways you did that to provide for your daughter, Videl if I recall her name.." Which spooks Hercule.
"If you–" is all Hercule gets out before Arturia puts a single finger gloved finger on Hercule's mouth.
"All I want, is for her to have a father who can actually be worth a damn, who can back up his world-saving boast with the skill and power to match…" Arturia says softly in a tone laced with emotions of two different lives.
Arturia's past life only ever had a birth father who wasn't there for her, a stepfather that was a piece of shit and the memories of Uther Pendragon is something she and Saber Arturia have both agreed not to speak of outside blood family, the curse of the memoria perk in the end.
At Arturia's words, Hercule finally takes the time to look carefully at Arturia, searching for any sign of deception before simply asking..
"Will you really be able to teach me the same stuff the golden-haired kid can do….?" He asks, to which Arturia Only replies..
"While not the golden-haired state he was in, as that was….genetic in nature, the attacks and techniques he can do, I can help with so long as you train hard under my tutelage"
This makes Hercule closes his eyes for a few seconds, thinking about his daughter and what may happen if there was ever another who knew and was less willing to work with him than Arturia is before simply going.
"Then, for the sake of my Videl, please teach me everything you know!" Hercule says, hoping that for the sake of his one and only daughter, for the sake of his wife's memory, he can finally be a man who is more than a mere braggart.
Arturia smiles gently and pulls out a piece of paper with an address on it, to which Hercule realizes that it's the Capsule Corp Headquarters address, finally making the connection that this bunny girl dealer is also one of Dr. Bulma Brief's New Bodyguards.
"Be there for your first training session tomorrow at 8:30 am sharp, am I clear Student Hercule..?" She says, prompting Hercule to grin eagerly and simply respond.
"Yes Master!"
He grins and soon after leaving the Casino, he feels like he's on a better path than he was before.
Perhaps now Hercule won't feel so guilty every time he tells his daughter about stopping Cell soon, once he's got some training from that blonde-haired woman under his belt.
(Arturia's P.O.V)
As I watch Hercule leave the Casino, having taken my spot back from Saber, I feel that today has been a VERY productive day.
Both in terms of my plans for this world, and because my last gambler just sunk 50 Million Zeni into a soft 20 only to lose to a natural 21 and lose all his winnings he got today.
Just another day of peace before it all kicks off. Me and my retinue will savor this time of peace for as long as it's around, both for all of us to adapt and to just bond as a proper family.
Maybe I'll try to get Whis into gambling, now there is a thought..!
Author's Note
And so we finally get to the 5th chapter.
Firstly, I bet you weren't expecting me to go and summon TWO servants, instead of one. Mostly because I wanted to have Saber but also because I wanted Medea for the cosplay antics she brings (Which will become a thing over time).
Secondly, yes Arturia is now Bunny girl alongside some of the other members of her family. Technically Arturia is the "Head Bunny Dealer, Ruler-Chan" As a nod to the existence of Arturia Pendragon (Ruler).
And yes, Hercule WILL be getting trained as a proper Z-fighter rather than be little more than a fraud before the Buu Saga, an anchor for good buu during it, and being a reason for the defeat of Kid Buu at the tail end of it.
Arturia would most definitely want Hercule to actually be able to back up his own words, especially after having a grand total of three different father figures in her life that had left various different impressions on her, none of them healthy ones either.
However, by all accounts has she been given the body of Arturia Lancer ALTER, there is a decent chance she'd instead try to ruin Hercule's reputation. Just a difference of 100 Credits on the catalog tipped the Balance in Hercule's favour for a better future.
Other than that, the Casino will come up every now and then, even in other worlds because not only does Arturia enjoy gambling, but Medea take every chance she gets to dress up the rest of her new family.
As for Hercule's training, that will happen offscreen for one or two chapters, so don't expect any payoff until then.
And to announce the end of the poll, I will say the result is: Ritsuka is getting Goku Black Template stack.
Now that may disappoint some of you, but you'll be interested to note that won't be the only template stack she'll get before the end of the Buu Saga, just the first.
Until next time, see you all next chapter!
Next time on A Golden Goddess: Visiting the Son Family and Hints of Saiyaman