Chapter 23 - Events of Year 3

Pocket Space of Arturia Morgana Pendragon - Fate world - 1997

(Arturia's P.O.V)

"GODDAMNIT MERLIN!" I hear from the kitchen, followed by laughter from merlin and then for that same laughter to be silenced by a cry of surprise from merlin herself….

Looks like Fou is punishing Merlin for her latest prank again, although I think her latest victim Mordred is joining in on the punishment as I hear Merlin moan aloud. This family of mine is quite the band of chaotic individuals despite our outward appearance at times.

Still, I briefly look down the hallway to one of the bedrooms that is now occupied a lot these days by Angela, she only really comes out for food and Therapy sessions. Let me tell you though, having played Library of Ruina myself in my past life, her story isn't at all a good one.

Forced to act cruel to her friends in order to get them to manifest distorted beings, being unable to help them lest they are automatically rewound in time to the very beginning of the entire line of experiments. Losing a treasured friend to the experiments. And that's just simply the stuff BEFORE the events of Library of Ruina. And from what I recall she had to experience that loop over a thousand times.

Slowly killing people of that wretched city she was in to slowly gain her humanity, and in this variant of her story, killing Roland was the final straw. This led to her needing to kill her other friends who stood against her in what she was doing. She finally became human but at the cost of losing everything she had dear to her, lost to aimless destruction for 13 years.

Surprisingly, Zelretch offered to be her Therapist due to his own inhuman nature. And while progress has been incredibly slow, she is ever so slowly starting to open up to us. I have been tempted to use the Tempest Jewel ring to help her through much quicker, but I don't because of the "Light" Still in Angela. Intense emotional stimuli can result in those same distorted beings coming out and I have no intention on inflicting those things on anyone, especially without Angela's library to help contain them.

So slow and steady it is, regardless I go see what exactly Merlin has done This time. I look into the kitchen and see a ruined cheesecake that looks like it exploded from the inside, Merlin is now knocked out cold, Fou is nowhere to be found and Mordred grumbling as she gets out Ingredients for another cheesecake.

"Do you want any help with that Mordred…?" I ask, startling her but once she sees it's me she shakes her head. I simply nod, seeing that right now Mordred is too pissed off and stubborn so I decided to drag Merlin out of the room.

After setting her on the nearby couch I decided to see how the kids are doing playing Monopoly on PS4. I deadpan when I see Rin grinning as she's more or less cleaning out the other kids playing with only Shirou in a position to do anything.

I see Young Ritsuka sitting particularly close to Sakura while Rin is on Shirou's right while Illya is on his left. I grin as I sense a potential teasing moment that I can't resist and go to say.."Hey kids, how're your respective playdates going~?" With a teasing tone to my voice. I giggle mischievously as the Five of them blush brightly and try to stammer out some sort of objection.

Ah young love, still I can see it's only very recently started to take shape so I won't press too much here. That doesn't mean I won't playfully call it out every now and then. Still, since these days there isn't all that much to do right now, I think I'll go see how events are shaping up elsewhere..

I quickly go grab a carton of Coca-cola cans and open up ESL, opening a portal back to the DBZ world, particularly to Beerus's planet.

Beerus's Planet - DBZ world - Age 777

(General P.O.V)

Whis hums as he watches his three Saiyan students spar with one another, relishing his final can of coca cola while it lasts. He does hope Lady Arturia comes back someday with a fresh delivery of the black liquid treasure.

It's right then he sees a portal open right by his Gazebo and who should come out of it but Lady Arturia herself!

"Oh how wonderful to see you again after all these years My Lady~!" Whis cries, noticing with glee that she had indeed brought over a carton of that precious Coca-Cola. She chuckles before handing Whis the carton, who quickly opens it up, uses abit of magic to bring it to a nice cool temperature and shares a can with her.

The two take sips equally at the same time and have wide smiles as their chosen addiction is sated. Whis does notice that he can't sense her power anymore, to which Arturia simply replies that she's found a way to suppress that from leaking out, which Whis takes in stride and offers her a seat at the Gazebo.

"So, what has occurred in my absence..?" Arturia asks, curious as to how things have gone since she left the DBZ world. Whis thinks for a moment before deciding to speak of his Students first.

"Well you will be pleased to learn that the one you have called Broly has very recently achieved mastery over his unique form of Super Saiyan although I do add it did take some time and nearly resulted in a planet or two being destroyed in the process…" Whis says, grimacing as he remembers how volatile Broly was at the start of Her training. Doesn't help Broly much that she's having to deal with being a completely different gender from what she's used to but considering what her male body was put through, she was more than eager to see things through.

"As for the other two Saiyans, Goku and Vegeta, They have obtained their own form of Godhood as well, something that I am very happy with considering it means Lord Beerus will have so many rivals to choose from.." Whis says while taking another sip of Coca-Cola.

This shocks Arturia, while she expected this to potentially happen, it's still something that will have a knock-on effect on the timeline. She shakes her head and then asks.."Anything regarding earth..?" Which makes Whis think for a moment before simply replying.

"Yes, ever since that situation with Majin Broly occurred, most of Earth has now taken to using Ki in various ways, although this has led to an uptick in criminals that could use Ki, it also led to various police forces, private citizens and major leaders in politics also working to use Ki" Whis says, thinking on how the events of the West City massacre are still influencing things to this day.

"Speaking of which, I hear Bulma has recently taken up crime-fighting in her spare time when she isn't busy doing research, becoming known as Blue angel thanks to how she flies around in her Casuple corp branded power armor, or at least that's what I'm told…" Whis says to further elaborate on the situation on earth.

Hearing all of this makes Arturia just take it all in for a moment, just marveling at how much has diverted from the original turn of events. Whis also does mention that Hercule and the other Z-fighters have become heroes in their own right, although they only really show up to Martial Arts Tournaments these days, preferring to tend to their family and/or training.

"So how much time until Beerus wakes up if I may ask..?" Arturia inquires, to which Whis thinks for a moment before using his staff to check the hourglass set up for Lord Beerus.

"Roughly about 4 more years My lady.." Whis says, making Arturia think. She might have time to do one world before Beerus wakes up, maybe even two if she is lucky enough. Regardless she soon sees the sparring between the three Saiyans under Whis's teachings starts to end.

"Hehehe, Hey Arturia, didn't notice you there!" Goku says sheepishly, with Vegeta slowly moving forward to his student, looking at her before smirking, soon saying..

"You have gotten quite strong these last few years, haven't you Blondie..?" To which Arturia chuckles and gets up before letting out her full power in Super Saiyan Rose while coming away from the Gazebo.

"Oh I would definitely like to think so Vegeta…." Arturia says before Vegeta smirks and unveils Super Saiyan Blue Before her, goading Goku to do the same. The Three intense floods of Godly Ki ripple out strongly as auras of Sky blue and Rose gold emit from The two Rivals and Arturia respectively.

This, however, does something none of us are actually expecting to occur any time soon…

"WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSS!" We all hear from somewhere on the Planet before Whis simply says.."Oh my…he woke up quite early.."

Before anyone can respond, a visibly annoyed purple cat-like being teleports over to where Whis is, and before anyone can say anything..

"WHAT IN BLAZES IS THE MEANING OF USING SO MUCH GOD KI ON MY PLANET?!" The Catlike being says, extremely angry at being woken up so early..

Whis looks visibly nervous while trying to smile, putting his hands up in a gesture of surrender. He then points behind the purple cat-being before simply going.."Lord Beerus, perhaps you should look behind you first.."

The now-named Lord Beerus turns around and while angry at first, he is immensely surprised and even excited to see what he believes is not just one, not just two, but three Super Saiyan gods, albeit one is a goddess.

"So, THIS is why I was woken up…" While still a tad annoyed, Beerus is immensely delighted at the prospect of having three worthy rivals. He does note that the Goddess is not like the two Super Saiyan Gods and realizes that she's actually a true goddess merely using the power of a Super Saiyan Rather than a Super Saiyan who's become a god.

"L-lord Beerus.." Vegeta says stammering, realizing that the trio's excessive use of God Ki woke Beerus up from his slumber early. Goku meanwhile, just grins and walks over to Beerus with a wave.

"Hi, you must be Lord Beerus Master Whis was talking about, I wanna fight you!" Goku Says, which makes both Vegeta and Arturia facepalm hard at Goku being Goku once again. Beerus takes a moment to think about it before Arturia decides to interject with an offer..

"Beerus, if you fight with Goku, I'll give you one of these no matter who wins or loses~!" Arturia says while holding up a can of Coca-Cola. Beerus's eyes narrow before Whis gives him one from his own personal stash that just got refreshed.

The moment Beerus takes his first sip, his eyes widen at the surgery sweetness that is Coca-cola, and before long Arturia secretly fist-pumps at adding yet another Godly being to the list of those who believe in the one true Soft drink of the gods!

Beerus genuinely consider it after that before going with a counteroffer…"Fine but instead of just the one can I want a personal stash as well.." He says, to which Arturia merely says.."Done"

With the deal now sealed, Goku immediately gets into a stance fully intending to enjoy this fight with Beerus. It's right then they're both teleported by Whis to an uninhabited planet to do their fight.

"I'm not sure about you two, but I for one have no idea to see this particular planet be destroyed in the incoming fight.." Whis says, with both Vegeta and Arturia nodding. Soon Vegeta smirks and turns to Arturia, sizing her up before going..

"Shall we see just how strong you are Blondie..?" To which Arturia chuckles and nods, getting into Uchiha interceptor stance while also activating her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. This merely prompts Whis to do the same to Arturia and Vegeta, sending them both to a different uninhabited planet.

"I swear, I feel like the earth time "When it rains, it pours" Is quite apt in this situation.." Whis laments, soon sitting down on his chair at the gazebo and watching the fights as they're about to start using his staff, all while enjoying his coca cola.

Uninhabited Planet (Goku VS Beerus)

(General P.O.V)

The Moment the two appear on the planet, they soar right at each other with Beerus screaming out a war cry as he makes the first move, throwing a punch that Goku knocks back with the back of his left fist and retaliates with a right hook punch.

Beerus easily moves his head out of the way of the punch while thrusting his lower body forward to get a stomach strike with his left knee, landing a direct hit against Goku and sending him flying into some nearby mountains.

Before Beerus can even consider taunting or remotely opening his mount, a blue blur rushes out of the rubble and rockets toward Beerus, getting a revenge gut punch due to having caught Beerus off-guard, the God of Destruction being sent flying for a few seconds before performing a Mid-air recovery and unleashing a relentless barrage of Purple Ki blasts that begin to home in directly at Goku.

Goku waits until the Homing Ki-blasts are just about to hit him before He Instant transmissions to Beerus and starts to spam Instant Transmission over and over to give him time. And once he's done, he does one final Instant Transmission before..

"KAMEHAMEHA!" Goku unleashes his Iconic Kamehameha at Beerus, completely catching him off-guard in the same way Goku would in the Battle of Gods Movie. There is a blue explosion of Ki at the moment of impact and silence..

Uninhabited Planet (Vegeta VS Arturia)

(Arturia's P.O.V)

"I do hope you don't expect things to end up the same way it did before Master Vegeta…" I say, confident in my chances, Vegeta however just scoffs and replies..

"Talk all you want blondie, there is only one way to convince me of that…" Before rushing toward me. With the EMS Active, I quickly duck under the first punch before immediately punishing by immediately forming a divine Lasso blade and stabbing Vegeta in his side.

"GAH!" Vegeta cries out, effectively having taken serious, albeit very much non-fatal damage. He looks down at the pink blade before giving a grim smile to his student. "You're serious about defeating me this time, good.."

I decide to utter a line I heard from Abridged Goku black to drive home Ironically similar moment..

"A rose by any other name…Is still Goku.." The line briefly confuses Vegeta before I headbutt him and pull out the Divine lasso, leaving him open to a kick to the gut that sends him flying into a nearby rock formation.

"Hehehe, DIFFERENT TIME-LINE SAME RESULT HEY SENSEI?!" I cry out with an admittedly cocky tone. I immediately feel Ki being formed before I am forced to dodge a rapidly fired Gallick Gun.

"FUCK YOU!" Vegeta exclaims in frustration, annoyed that his own student would bring something like that up but is just wanting to resume the fight already. He forms a Ki Warhammer, with far greater better detail than the blocky one he used against Goku before rushing right at me, the two of us quickly using our Ki weaponry to fight each other.

Vegeta's heavy swings with his Ki Warhammer forces me to start to simply dodge rather than attempt to block or deflect the Warhammer. As such I am kinda having to stay on the back foot while trying to figure out a way to force things back in my favor once more.

Then I get an idea, a very sneaky one at that, I dispel my Divine Lasso blade and when Vegeta goes for a wide Horizontal swing, I chose to bend back before forming an inverted Ki scythe head on the bottom of my right foot, swiping upwards with it and forcing Vegeta to move his head back before I then capitalize on this opening by suddenly thrusting my left foot into his unguarded stomach, forcing him back and allowed me to use him as a rebound board to push myself away, flipping back into a standing stance.

"Tch, always was one for more creative moves like that one.." Vegeta says, deciding to dispel the Ki Warhammer and rushes at me, going for a right hook swing which I immediately dodge before he brings his left hand into a punch to aim right for my stomach.

I quickly catch the left-handed punch with both hands before rapidly repositioning both of my hands to throw Vegeta over my shoulder before roundhouse kicking Vegeta who is upside-down in the chest, sending him flying once again into a nearby mountain.

While Vegeta is still recovering, I quickly begin to form Super Black Kamehameha Rose in my hands while also getting ready a small surprise should Vegeta perform a certain trick again like the last time I clashed with him like this.

Soon enough, Vegeta does see my Super Black Kamehameha Rose (And try to say THAT three times fast) being charged up so he quickly moves to charge up his super gallick in response. As the seconds count down to the wire, we soon fire our respective Ki beams, Pink clashing with Purple with both initially dead even.

However once again I really have to give it to Inexhaustible, allowing me to push in so much more Ki than Vegeta can and soon, Vegeta gives up the beam struggle and lets it fly past him, going to rush past the beam and soon I see him readying a second Gallick gun…

"Not this time master.." I say before I manifest the Susanoo ribcage partially along with one skeletal arm. Before he can even register what I am about to do, the skeletal hand grabs him and slams him to the ground, ruining his beam counter tactic at last.

Before he can get up, I form two divine lasso blades with both hands and hold it against his throat. It's a tense few seconds…before Vegeta begins to chuckle looking at me with pride. "At long last, the Student surpasses the master…." Vegeta says, conceding the win to me and letting me dispel the Ki blades before I help him up.

"One would think that you'd be infuriated that someone else surpassed you.." I say, to which he scoffs, retorting with..

"It was only inevitable that you would one day defeat me Arturia, that just means there is a new height to reach for me somewhere..and I am all to eager to find it.." Vegeta says with a competitive smirk on his face, one I can't help but return with my own.

"Maybe next time I return, you may have found that strength.." I say, to which Vegeta merely replies.."You can count on that Arturia..now..let's see how Kakarot is doing.."

I nod and I bring both of us back to Beerus's Planet with a Kai Kai..

Uninhabited Planet (Goku VS Beerus)

(General P.O.V)

After the dust clears from the earlier Kamehameha, Beerus unlike in the movie where the same technique happened and did nothing, this time it actually looks to have done some damage. All while Beerus merely grins in anticipation.

"Good, yes that was very good Saiyan…SHOW ME MORE!" He says while finishing his words with a roar, rushing at Goku and suddenly landing several attacks on Goku, the God of destruction using more and more of his power at this point while Goku is barely able to keep it up.

Soon though, Goku slowly starts to get used to the sudden jump in Beerus's power, which allows him to widen the distance a bit in order to recreate his power pole in Ki form before rushing at Beerus again. The Ki Pole initially catches Beerus off-guard, resulting in some admittedly comical expressions coming from Beerus whenever the pole directly strikes his head.

However, eventually, Beerus does manage to latch onto the pole with his tail before punishing the overuse of the pole by him slamming his right fist down onto Goku's head and slamming him to the ground.

Before Goku can actually get up in time, he hears the hum of Ki being pointed at him by Beerus. With it formed as a ready and waiting Ki blast aimed at his head, Beerus grins with Triumph.

"That was a pretty good showing Saiyan, I most definitely want to see more like this from you in fights we have in the future, am I clear..?" He says with a slightly sinister-looking grin that does almost nothing to hide how utterly pleased he was with the fight.

"Hehehe..yea I would love to fight you again Lord Beerus.." Goku says, his body sore and exhausted while He is slowly helped up by Lord Beerus, the two coming to an understanding forged in the heat of battle.

That is when they're both teleported back to Beerus's planet.

Beerus's Planet - DBZ world - Age 777

(General P.O.V)

As Goku and Beerus are returned, they're both healed by Whis's magic. With Vegeta nearby now looking at Beerus almost as if he wants to fight him too…

"So, how did the fight go..?" Says Arturia who's taking a moment to relax on the soft grass of the planet they're on, gazing up at the sky. Goku laughs while having a sheepish grin before simply saying.."Well, Lord Beerus really knows his stuff…"

Beerus interjects with a confident sounding.."Of course I know my stuff Saiyan, I AM the God of Destruction of Universe 7, still perhaps next time you'll be closer to winning.." Making Goku nod confidently, already looking forward to the next fight.

Broly who has been watching all this unfold nearby is just stunned at how strong Kakarot and Vegeta are in comparison to other gods. She then looks at Arturia before going over to sit next to her.

"How have you been since coming here Broly..?" Arturia asks, to which Broly takes a moment to think back to the last few years she spent here before going..

"I've been doing well, Master Whis has been doing well in helping me learn to control my unique form of Super Saiyan as well as learn to harness my rage rather than let it harness me…" She says before she looks at Vegeta.

"I still wonder why he doesn't look at me with hatred for what happened before.." Broly says to which Arturia sighs and sits up, soon going to say…

"Probably would have hated you if you didn't do anything to stop Majin Broly but you did so….I dunno really.." Arturia says, even after spending a fair bit of time with Vegeta directly when she first came to this world, as well as knowing him from the shows and games she's witnessed in her past life, she's still unable to completely figure out Vegeta.

Arturia soon takes a moment to check her watch before realizing that she should head back for dinner, she gets up and pulls out her company issue phone, activating ESL to return to the FATE world before calling out to the others.

"Hey guys, I'm heading off now..I'll see you all sometime later, perhaps by then I'll bring back another carton or two of Coca-Cola for both Whis and Beerus.." She says, the two godly beings are already all too eager to get yet another Carton of the black liquid treasure.

The portal home opens for her, and as she steps through, she then glances back and gives a back-handed wave, a smirk on her face as the Buxom Blonde Goddess returns home to her family.

And So the big event of Year three ends with a promise to return to the world of Dragon Ball one day..

Author's Notes

And that is Year three done.

This time I decided to go see how things were going back in DBZ, to get some further world-building out of it while also showing that time is most definitely still marching onwards even as our adventures into new worlds continue.

Beerus's early Awakening.

I decided to have a situation where the battle of gods essentially happens early, mostly due to three Godly Saiyans deciding to flex their respective power in a metaphorical measuring contest.

Plus it allowed me to get yet another to enjoy the glory of Coca-Cola!

Vegeta VS Arturia

Considering the shit Arturia had to deal with in FATE, I figured it was only natural that Arturia would end up being stronger here, especially showing that Vegeta's trick was going to end up being given a counter-to at one point.

Goku VS Beerus.

This one was shorter to play around with mostly due to the lack of much of a proper skillset for Beerus, at least one that I am aware of. Still, I hope I did a fair showing of the God of Destruction.

Hints of the Future.

While we won't be seeing the DBZ world again for some time, we will eventually return for a short time at the very least.

See you all next time for events of Year 4!