Universe 7...
The laundry was blowing in the wind, with Goku standing outside with his eyes closed and hands pressed together with one forming a fist and the other hand stopping the fist. Goku was quietly meditating despite standing which looked strange to anyone who normally sat and meditated. What was quiet moments ago became noisy ehen goku was called back inside.
'Goku! I cant eat all this myself!' says Chichi's voice.
Goku opened his eyes and looked back at chichi who had been waving to him.
"Heh?" wonders Goku opening his eyes.
"Dont 'Heh?' me! Food is ready and you're the only one who can eat like no tomorrow at the moment!" says Chichi annoyed.
Goku turned to face Chichi without another word and went inside to see what she cooked for lunch, making Chichis annoysnce turn to confusion since hes always been eager to chow down.
"Goku?" wonders Chichi.
Chichi watched as Goku sat down and began eating but while Chichi thought it was strange, in reality, he couldnt focus on lunch with the constant danger earth brought.
"You feeling ok? Youve kindve been yourself more or less but today...I can say you're not your giddy happy go lucky self like you usually are." says Chichi curiously.
Chi-Chi sat down watching Goku eat one grain of rice at a time with his eyes closed as if sensing sround for something again.
"Goku, are you evn listening to me?" wonders Chichi.
Goku had his thoughts elsewhere, unintentionally ignoring her.
"It doesnt seem like hes around. I cant sense him anywhere. No, he could be masking his energy." thinks Goku.
"Are you gonna tqlk to me?" wonders Chichi.
"Chichi." says Goku.
"Yes?" wonders Chichi.
"There are three cockroaches near the fridge." says Goku, never once looking at her.
"What are you saying?!" wonders Chichi standing up annoyed.
"Huh?" wonders Goku startled, opening his eyes again.
"Do you care about what i tell you?" wonders Chichi puttig her hands on her waist.
"Of course." says Goku.
"Then what have i been telling you?" wonders Chichi.
Goku kept quiet meaning he didnt want to say or had tuned our chichi.
"Figures." huffs Chichi.
"What?" wonders Goku.
"Ever since Ash left with the kids, youve been acting strange." says Chichi.
"I have? What makes whst i do stranger then what goes on normally?" wonders Goku.
"Your actions are more toward fighting then making sure you have a proper meal and family time." says Chichi.
"But theres only you. What fun is that?" says Goku.
"What fun? WHAT FUN?! THERE ARE THINGS COUPLES SHOULD BE DOING BUT INSTEAD OF HAVING TIME TOGETHER IM STUCK WAITING FOR THE NEXT DANGER TO GET OVER WITH!" says Chichi pissed.
"Well, theres a good rason for this." says Goku.
"Everything is more important than spending actual time with me." says Chichi glaring at Goku.
"We technically did at the universe 6 vs universe 7 tournament." says Goku.
"That doesnt count." says Chichi.
"Then what does? Because i have to be on the alert for anything that goes wrong." says Goku.
Goku immediately senses someone outside put up their fist and rushes to confront that person. Goku opened the door to confront the person, only to realize that it was the mailman about to knock on the door and felt stupid for assuming.
"Oh? He...hello." says Goku calming down.
"H...heres the mail." says the mailman fidgeting.
Beerus's place...
Beerus was peacefully watching whis and vegeta when a thought made him jump up into a standing position.
"Hey whis?" wonders Beerus walking up to whis and Vegeta.
"Good morning beerus." says whis bowing.
"Good morning." says Vegeta bowing.
"Has Goku been coming around?" wonders Beerus.
"Huh?" wonders Whis.
"Is he getting stronger?" wonders Beerus.
"Well..." says whis.
"He hasnt been coming here to train lately. Seems like after we took Ash home, Goku hasnt been around. Just what is he doing?" says Beerus.
"Who knows?" wonders Whis.
"Dont give me a 'Who knows?'?! Tell me a guess of why Goku decided training here got boring!" says Beerus.
"For kakarot to not be here could be a bunch of reasons. You cant read that to happy for his own good kind of guy." says Vegeta crossing his arms.
"The martial arts tournament is going to happen at any moment! We need to be on alert for the day Zeno tells all universes when it begins!" says Beerus annoyed.
"I understand your weariness." says Whis.
"Goku is the leader of the universe 7 team! He needs to get to figuring out whos on the team!" says Beerus.
"Kakarot is the lead fighter?" wonders Vegeta to himself.
"Only thing i can assume is, Goku is training on earth." says whis.
"Why are you acting so carefree?" wonders Beerus.
"How else would you think it?" wonders Whis.
"Look, if his fighting expectations go sour, universe 7 is sunk." says Beerus.
"I doubt that-"
"Whis, its your duty to train goku so get to it." says Beerus.
"I just have one question. Should you or i call your brother and vados?" says Whia curiously.
"What are you thinking?" wonders Beerus.
"Champa must be freaking out right now and it would be wrong to leave Ash out." says Whis.
"I dont give a damn." says Beerus.
"You should." says Whis.
"Im not really in the mood for an argument." says Beerus brushing it off.
"Then i will do the honors. Id like to see what Vados thinks of Ash." says Whis.
"Hmmmph...whatever." says Beerus walking away.
Vegeta looked at Whis, noticing his smile despite the anger Beerus had a moment go.
"He knows something." thinks Vegeta.
"Now, Vegeta, lets get back to our training." says Whis walking away.
"You actually know what Kakarot is doing, dont you?" wonders Vegeta walking up to Whis.
"No i dont." says Whis.
"I see. Very well. I shall increase my effort to match kakarots training routine." says Vegeta.
"Yes, that is quite a hard one." says Whis.
Whis easily dodged a kick from Vegeta.
"So, he is undergoing special training after all!" says Vegeta.
Whis chuckled at what Vegeta assumd Goku was doing.
"Dont avoid the issue! Give me the same training too!" says Vegeta.
"Youve only had a few repetitions of your hundred round training." says Whis.
Vegeta transforms into Super Saiyan Blue and prepares to finish the rest.
"Then ill just have to finish them right away!" says Vegeta.
Universe 6; Earth...
pokemon school...
Unbeknownst to the group, Zipp peers through a set of binoculars, focusing in on Ilima before driving away.
Alleyway...
"So?" wonders Tupp.
"Its just lke you said bro! That super refreshing jerk is at the pokemon school!" says Zipp.
"I see. People were talking about it in town. That creep still stands out wherever he goes." says Tupp forming a fist.
"Bro, you know that refreshing looking jerk?" wonders rapp.
"He stole something super precious from me! i cant forgive him." says tupp crossing his arms.
"What super precious thing?" wonders Rapp.
"Seriously? What a villain!" says Zipp.
"You two! Get word out to our friends now!" says tupp.
"Roger that bro!" say Zipp and rapp.
Universe 6; unknown planet...
in a populated city, Hit is assigned the job to assassinate someone wealthy. He walks to the huge building where the individual serves as the boss and uses Time-Skip to go through the gate while not alerting the guards. Hit casually uses Time-Skip to slip pass everyone in the building completely unnoticed. By the time the guards noticed, hit made ir so everyone in the room was frozen in place except him and his prey.
"Im here to kill you." says Hit.
"Who are you?" wonders the being.
"My name is hit." says Hit.
"Y...you're hit?! The legendary assassin?!" wonders the being stunned.
The being calls to his guards but with no avail in them hearing him, the being aims lasers at hit who dodges easily.
"Youre resistance is futile." says hit.
"Ive got money! You want it, you can have it. Every last bit of it. You can have the building too!" says the being worried.
"No." says Hit.
Hit instantly kills him with one blow to his heart. Ending the Time-Skip, Hit disappears as the confused guards check on their boss, dead on the floor. Before thw guards notice, Hit takes the chain the boss was wearing and hangs it up, revealing his next target to be Goku.
Before Tupp and Zipp can attack, Eevee fires its Last Resort at them. The impact sends the Team Skull grunts blasting off.
"See you later, sir ilima!" say the female team skull members.
Beerus' world...
Vegeta and Whis are still training.
"There! How many more times do i have to train?" wonders vegeta.
"How many times was it?" wonders Whis.
"You should know!" says Vegeta.
"I assumed you were counting vegeta." says whis.
"Yeah, i was. Id say 3 more times." says vegeta.
"No cheating. Its actually 13 more times." says whis.
"So you were counting." says Vegeta.
Universe 7 earth...
Son house, Satan city...
Goku senses Hit's energy, but it's faint. Goku instant transmissions away from the family party eager to fight hit again.
"Whats wrong gohan? Does it have to do with goku?" wonders piccolo.
"Well..." says gohan.
"Youve been acting strange all evening." says piccolo looking back at gohan.
"Im not sure what to say." says gohan awkwardly.
"Gohan, don't keep secrets from me." says piccolo.
"Y...yes." says Gohan.
"What has you so worried?" wonders piccolo.
"...someone is after dad." says Gohan.
"Someone is after goku?" wonders Piccolo.
Gohan nodded looking at the ground.
"To be more precise, somon is after his life." says Gohan.
"What?! After his life?!" wonders Piccolo.
"Thats right." says gohan.
"But there arent many beings who can take his life." says piccolo.
"The one after his life is Hit." says gohan.
"What?! Did you just say hit?!" wonders piccolo stunned.
"Yes." says gohan.
Secluded area...
"I know youre here hit! Come out of hiding!" says Goku.
Goku looked srounf his surroundings then trwnsfprmed into super saiyan blue upon spotting where hit could be.
Son house, satan city...
Piccolo looks around, knowing goku should have been around and not noticing him, begins to panic. Gohan was confused at first until he couldnt see goku at the house either. Goku just up and left without telling anyone and they never noticed.
"Dad!" says Gohan stunned, dropping his bag of food.
Soon Piccolo and gohan can no longer sense Goku's energy and realize he transformed and is using his godly ki. They then fly to where they last sensed Goku's energy.
Secluded area...
"Ive been hired to kill you." says hit appearing behind goku.
"I didnt think youd take my back so easily since ive been training hard all year. Id expect nothing less of you hit." says Goku.
"I'll say i killed you if you disappear. What would you do then?" says Hit.
"Id say no thanks to that!" says Goku.
"I thought youd say that. Now time to get to work. Turn around." says hit.
"Youre not gonna kill me from behind?" wonders Goku.
"By having beings killed from behind so easily means theyve accepted the idea of dieing. Thats why I stand behind them. My attack is a single strike form the front. Thats my rule." says Hit.
"Single strike, huh. See if you can do it." says Goku turning around.
It got silent for a moment with the two staring at eachother.
"Long time no see hit. Its been how long since universe 6 vs universe 7 fight?" wonders Goku amused.
"Dont think of this as hello. Its a goodbye." says Hit.
"Your attack wont work anymore." says Goku.
"Do i look charitable enough to try time skip on you again?" wonders hit.
"I see. Trying the same thing as before might be painful again." says Goku.
"It wont be painful It will be over in a second." says Hit.
"I wont let you do that so easily." says Goku.
Goku got into fighting position, awaiting the first move. Since hit wasnt moving, Goku attacks him, but none of his attacks are working as they are simply going through Hit.
"Its not hitting him?! This is different from his time skip! If that wont work, then what about this." thinks Goku.
Goku then backs up and charges a Ki Blast, while Hit holds his fist up.
"Huh? His fist shouldnt beable to hit me from there!" thinks Goku stunned.
Goku inched his arm that held the ki blast toward Hit but hit was to fast and Hit uses the same attack he used on his last assassination: a single, invisible strike to Goku's heart. Goku's Ki Blast is shot into space as he falls over and dies.
"Ill be back to see your grave." says Hit putting his arm down.
Hit disappears a moment before Piccolo and gohan show up to see Gokus lifeless body.
"Hold on goku!" says piccolo freaked out.
"Is he...? H...he is. Hes dead." says Gohan shaky eyed.
Gohan and Piccolo are unsuccessful in trying to revive Goku. After Gohan senses an energy blast falling from the sky, piccolo motions for gohan to move so the ki blast can reenter gokus body. Goku jolts up into a sitting position making piccolo and gohan happy again.
"Goku?" wonders Piccolo.
"What are you two doing here?" wonders Goku confused.
"Thank goodness. He came back to life." says Gohan sighing in relief.
"He fired an energy blast at himself beforehand in order to use the shock from it to revive. Hes completely unbelievable." says Piccolo.
"Awww man, hes gone. Well, i did die once so it couldnt be helped." says Goku looking around bummed.
"Dad..." says Gohan.
"Man, he really got me! I saw king yemma for a second." says Goku touching his chest.
"You certainly seem to be enjoying this." says Gohan.
"Worrying was a waste. What i cant believe is you dieing like that. I thought you were able to figure out his time skip technique." says Piccolo.
"That wasnt his time skip. It was something even greater." says Goku.
"You enjoy being a magnet for enemies just to fight, dont you?" wonders Gohan.
"Seems like it." says goku.
"All i know is what ive been told but is this hit guy really that strong?" wonders Gohan.
"When hit is at his best, hes super strong. I wanna use this chance to take on hit at his best. Gohan, Piccolo, can ypu let me b selfish, just this once?" says goku.
"Do what you like. Youve put yourself on the line for earth countless of times. Selfish or not, youve earned the right to live your life as you please." says piccolo.
"It cant be helped." says gohan huffing.
"Thanks." says goku happily.
"But please make sure you win!" says Gohan.
"Yeah!" says Goku.
Goku stands up and calls for Hit to come back and finish the fight now that he is alive again.
"Hit! Have you gone back already!? Never assume im dead until you know for sure!" says Goku.
"Im certain I killed you." says Hits voice.
"My job is done." says Hit.
"I cant sense his energy anywhere yet we are able to hear his voice?" wonders Gohan.
"Hes an assassin all right. Hiding his power is childs play to him." says Piccolo.
"Come one Hit, don't be like that! I came back and that should count as a three second rule! I wont be satisfied otherwise. Besides, I've figured out your strike. " says Goku.
"Oh?" wonders Hits voice.
Goku goes Super Saiyan Blue and flies away.
"You're following me, aren't you hit?" wonders Goku.
forest...
"This place should be good for hit to fight in. Assassins shouldn't be shy. I can sense your energy even though you're not there. YOu can make fakes of your energy, cant you? You used that as a decoy right? Where are you hit?" says Goku looking around.
Hit then uses his flash fist crush, which passes through the trees, but Goku narrowly avoids the attack.
"Hehe. You failed at your single trike rule. But I wasn't expecting you to attack through things. But thanks to that, im figuring it out. You can fire invisible energy attacks." says Goku going from kneeling on the ground to standing.
"Knowing that wont stop them." says Hit.
"Then how about this? Lets go to a wider place." says Goku.
near the ocean...
As they head to an abyss near the ocean, Goku charges up.
"Letting off your energy in the darkness, that's like telling me where you are." says Hit having appeared.
"Im doing it on purpose." says Goku.
"Ive never missed a target." says Hit.
"I thought so." says Goku getting into fighting position.
"That means Ive used my method to get my targets." says Hit.
Hit launches another invisible energy blast, but Goku avoids it in time.
"That attack wont work anymore." say Goku keeping calm despite falling.
"So you've figured it out on the third try." says Hit.
"This time its my turn." says Goku.
As Goku charges at Hit, he can't hit him, Hit avoiding the attacks, even when extreme close to Goku.
"I still cant hit him? Is that an afterimage? No it cant be." thinks Goku.
Hit suddenly disappears and re-appears next to Goku and sends him to the ground with his Sledgehammer attack, burying Goku underneath several rocks, but Goku quickly breaks out of it.
"Youre way stronger than you were at the tournament of destroyers. But you can go even further, cant you?" says Goku looking up.
Goku suddenly begins shaking which seemed odd to him.
"Im...shaking?" wonders Goku stunned.
"That shaking is not from excitement but from fear." says Hit.
"Maybe so but I still wanna continue." says Goku.
beerus' world...
Meanwhile, at Beerus' Planet, Vegeta is training with Whis, and Vegeta quickly gets exhausted.
"Youre doing great Vegeta! 3 more times to go! Good luck!" says Whis happily.
"Are you in the mood for an extra fine steak?" wonders Vegeta falling to his knees.
"What are you saying?" wonders Whis.
"I said, do you want an extra fine steak!? Are you in the mood for one!?" wonders Vegeta.
"What?" wonders Whis.
"Heres the deal! I'll trade the last of my training session for extra fine steak!" says Vegeta turning to face whis.
"I see your strategy but ive already had steak a few times already. Tell me a food that I never had once since I first started coming to earth." says Whis.
"Damn...so close. Fine, i'll put some of granny's secret sauce on it!" says Vegeta.
"Granny's secret sauce?" wonders Whis.
"Yes! This delectable sauce will be on the steak and it will taste amazing!" says Vegeta.
"Who can resist that? I accept your offer." says Whis.
Earth; forest...
"I cant do anything if I cant hit him. Im in a jam. Well, it is what it is and I have to give it a shot." says Goku.
Goku charges at him, but passes right through him several times, while Hit doesn't move at all.
"Hit doesn't seem to be moving." thinks Goku.
Hit suddenly moves in an incredibly speed and hits Goku with a knee to the gut.
"Something seems to be off. Its like theres double hit. There cant be two of him, can there?" thinks Goku.
Hit kicks Goku into the rocks. Champa, with Vados, who are watching the battle, are surprised that Goku was still alive.
"Son goku is still alive. Hits at his best and yet he still hasn't taken down Goku." says Champa.
"He seems to be having a bit of trouble." says Vados.
"But why cant goku even touch his body?" wonders Champa.
"Do you know why Hits attack is called time skip?" wonders Vados.
"Because he stops time right?" wonders Champa.
"Hes not actually stopping time. To be exact, hes stopping time." says Vados.
"What are you babbling on about? Whats this 'skipping time'?" wonders Champa.
"Hit can store the time he skipped." says Vados.
"So what is that?" wonders Champa.
"And with that, he can create a separate space. A parallel world if you prefer to call it that. He can freely move to and from there. That's why he cant be seen but not touched." says Vados.
"Im lost in confusion from trying to go along with what your telling me." says Champa.
"A little more and I think I can get a hold of something." says Goku huffing and puffing.
"Then try to get ahold of me." says Hit sarcastically, appearing infront of goku.
Goku tries to land several kicks and punches, but it passes right through Hit once again. Hit uses his Time-Storage to attack Goku and punches him, but Goku manages to scratch him before being sent flying back by the punch.
"I scratched you." says Goku.
"Against you, im not surprised." says Hit.
"Its like watching a recreation of the tournament." says Vados.
"He'll be a threat in the next tournament Zeno holds. You were right in hiring Hit to assassinate Goku." says Champa.
"Oh, I only hired him by proxy. The real client is someone else." says Vados.
"What? Really?" wonders Champa.
"Yes." says Vados.
"You're somewhere else when getting attacked, aren't you?" wonders Goku aiming punches that go nowhere.
"Exactly." says Hit.
"But you cant attack staying there. That's why you come back here when attacking. I aimed for that moment." says Goku.
"Its not that I cant attack." says Hit.
Hit sends another invisible blast towards Goku.
"Hes not holding back on showing attacks. He must really be enjoying his fight with son goku." says Vados.
"An assassin shouldn't be enjoying the fight." says Champa.
"Hes not the assassin hit right now. Hes a martial artist." says Vados.
"I can do an attack like this." says Hit.
"You really are amazing. You are always one step ahead of me. But i'd never let anyone beat me and get away with it." says Goku.
"You kept getting beat by me, weren't you?" wonders Beerus appearing.
"Huh?" wonders Goku confused.
Goku looked up to see Whis, Beerus and Vegeta which surprised him a bit.
"Beerus, whis and Vegeta!? What are you doing here!?" wonders Goku.
"We're here to observe." says Beerus.
"Observe what?" wonders Goku.
"And it looks like we weren't the first ones to watch you two." says Whis.
"Huh?" wonders Goku turning to see champa and Vados.
"Hmmph." says Champa.
"Champa and Vados too? Since when were you there?" wonders Goku.
"Shut up and finish the fight." says Beerus.
"Oh come on. You guys were the ones butting in." says Goku.
Goku begins powering up and Hit teleports himself to his separate space, but Goku's energy begins cracking Hit's space, much to his, Champa and Vados' shock. As Hit's space cracks, Goku launches a Kamehameha, which completely destroys Hit's space and the two fall to the ground exhausted despite smiling at their tremendous fight.
"Kakarot, you seem to enjoy fighting hit more than me." says Vegeta.
"That's not it. Hit was after my life. I had to do it." says Goku.
"Hes after your life?" wonders Vegeta.
"Yeah, that's right." says Goku sitting up.
"Who in the world would want you to kill Kakarot?" wonders Vegeta.
"I wont disclose my client." says Hit.
"You say that, but you didn't have hit kill Kakarot in secret, did you?" wonders Beerus.
"What!? No! I want to kill him myself!" says Vegeta.
"Whos stupid!? I'll destroy you." says Beerus.
"Forgive me! I got carried away." says Vegeta apologetically.
"Vegeta, do you know who might have called hit to kill Goku?" wonders Whis.
"Don't tell me.….Kakarot. You of all people would hire hit to take him on yourself because you wanted to fight him at his best." says Vegeta standing up to face goku.
"Busted." says Goku grinning.
"Is that true?" wonders Hit.
"Sorry for hiding it. If you knew, you might not be that into it." says Goku.
"You...youre so deep that I can never understand you." says Hit.
"Are you complimenting me?" wonders Goku.
"Hey whis, that means you had a hand in this too." says Beerus.
"Goku begged me to do it so, I told Vados to hire hit for their fight." says Whis.
"Don't do such reckless things." says Beerus.
"You were wondering if Goku was training." says Whis.
"I wanted you to train him!" says Beerus.
Piccolo and Gohan arrive with a worried Chichi to see everything was alright and they never had to worry after all.
"Son goku does this have a time limit?" wonders Hit.
"You have all the time in the world." says Goku.
"I cant work with this many witnesses so, ill be taking my leave." says hit.
"Are you leaving?" wonders Goku.
"I'll be taking my time coming after you. Youd better watch your back." says Hit.
Hit flies away with Champa and Vados following behind.
Upon landing, Chichi runs up to Goku and glomps him tearfully.
"Goku! Youre alright!" says Chichi calming down.
"Yeah, theres nothing to worry about." says Goku.
"I heard from piccolo that an assassin was after you." says Chichi letting go of Goku.
"Sorry." says Piccolo looking away.
"Who in the world hired an assassin to kill you? What do you think Goku?" wonders Chichi.
"Uhhhh….I haven't the slightest idea." says Goku looking away.
"It must be that good for nothing Frost!" says Chichi annoyed.
"Yeah...sure. Makes sense." says Goku.
Goku stands up and goes over to Vegeta to whisper in his ear.
"Don't say anything about me hiring him." says Goku.
"Hmmph." says Vegeta turning his head.
Vegeta felt a tap n his shoulder and turned around to see Whis smiling at him.
"So, where this steak with granys special sauce?" wonders whis.
"Huh? Oh that. It cant be made after all." says Vegeta sweat dropping.
"Hmmm?" wonders Beerus.
"I forgot I made that up." thinks Vegeta awkwardly.
"Lets do this again sometime hit." thinks Goku looking at the sky.