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"Calm yourself, Vegeta-sama."
Whis said those words as he grabbed my shaking body in a tight hold, restraining me from moving.
An evil cackle reverberated around me, "Good. Good. That's it! Get angry. Unleash your rage and awaken your dark side." the evil voice coaxed.
I watched as the damn spirit figure turned back into black smoke and snaked towards me to attack, but as soon as it collided with my Super Saiyan god aura and Whis' invisible energy barrier, it bounced back to the ground, just like it did before.
I growled in warning. How persistent. Like I would let it take control of my body. The smoke attacked again but it bounced backwards just as its first and second attempts, unable to break through our divine protection.
"Control your emotions, milord. You wouldn't want to lose control here." Whis told me.
I grunted in submission, letting out a long, calming breath before I harshly pushed my guide angel off of me.
"Now, that's more like it." Whis smiled.
The smoke crawled away from us. The devilish voice resounding from it, "I cannot believe this!"
"You won't get away!" I shouted, phasing in to block the energy from escaping. It collided against my crimson Super Saiyan God aura and ricocheted into the floor. It coalesced into its true form. The burly black shadow with glowing red eyes hissed back at me.
"Hmph! Trying to use my emotions to your advantage won't save you from me. I'm quite disappointed to be able to defeat you this easily." I said as I raised my hand and pointed a finger at him. "I was beginning to think you are just a poser claiming to be Amanojaku."
"Indeed he is." Whis agreed as he drifted towards my side. "That is not Amanojaku, milord. That is the Spirit of Darkness, one of Amanojaku's servants created by Amanojaku himself millions of years ago."
"Tch! I already know that by judging the power of this pathetic servant." I sneered. "Still, he knows quite a lot. I cannot let him escape."
I turned my attention back to the Spirit of Darkness. "Where is Amanojaku?"
The Spirit of Darkness chuckled, "Did you honestly think I'll tell you, Yamoshi?"
"No, just checking something. I thought about saving time. But judging by you doing all this just to get my attention, it seemed that he's been sending his peons to do the dirty work before him. What for? Spying someone to latch itself into?"
"Like I said, you are as perceptive as you were in your first life, Yamoshi. However, you really have become what you hated the most. Yes... Indeed, the curse I have put upon your soul had taken effect. For someone who was as adamant as you were in your past life, look at you becoming what you hated the most, an evil tool of destruction!"
I let out a haughty, cruel smirk. "That's right. So what?"
"Did you honestly think you can just destroy me?"
"Why not? That's what I do. I am a God of Destruction after all."
"Foolish Saiyan. No matter what you do, you cannot change your fate. You may have forgotten it all because you were reincarnated into this new body of yours. Let me remind you that your body and that power were always meant to serve Amanojaku-sama to bring chaos into the multiverse! You have put yourself into this. If you think you can simply stop Amanojaku-sama's upcoming rebirth in this world then you are terribly wrong! He'll be coming for you! He'll come and take your body and powers! Now that you have become the God of Destruction of this Universe, you just became the perfect vessel for him!"
"Hmph! Whatever. That stupid thing will be screaming in the agony of his own destruction as soon as he gets reborn. But for the meantime... Let me hear yours first."
I poised to deliver my finishing attack, however...
"This ain't over yet, Saiyan!" the Spirit of Darkness hissed. He straightened his posture and braced himself. I rolled my eyes. He's quite a persistent one.
I sensed that he was gathering energy from those he had infected with his stinking virus and absorbing the collected power into himself. He began transforming his body as he filled himself with the power he was stealing for himself. He reminded me of Moro, a coward who cannot even fight using his own strength. And I absolutely hated fighting these kind of enemies.
Even as the Spirit of Darkness grew into gigantic proportions and reshaped into a gargantuan nine tailed fox before me, I wasn't impressed or intimidated at all.
The fox made of black misty energy roared.
"Tch!" I clenched my teeth together in annoyance. Fine, if it comes to this then I will fight him on equal ground.
I flared my Super Saiyan god aura to life, bathing my body with overwhelming divine energy. I gathered my flames to create a gigantic mass in the form of the howling Giant Saiyan Monkey Beast.
Two gargantuan monsters made out of ki snarled at each other. As soon as the fox lunged itself at the colossal monkey I control, I propel my beast upwards so it could send a powerful downward punch into the fox's spine, all the while utilizing the Forced Spirit Fission technique I learned from the Yardrats to tear the monster's absorbed energy apart.
The fox imploded into sparks of light until it was reduced to nothingness. The ki energy the Spirit of Darkness took recollected into a huge sphere above us, leaving the Spirit of Darkness' base form too confused and unable to do anything.
"What... What is this power you possess?!" he demanded.
I smiled at him as I raised a fist towards the growing sphere of stolen energy and I opened my fingers, silently commanding the energies to return to wherever they came from.
"Anymore tricks you wish to perform before I destroy you completely? So far, you've been disappointing me with all these stupid childish tricks you just lousily performed."
"I'm going to kill you!"
"Have you forgotten? I am immortal. You cannot kill me."
"Damn you, Yamoshi!"
"Yamoshi this. Yamoshi that. I've had enough of you! My name is Vegeta the Fourth, God of Destruction and the proud prince of the mighty Saiyan warrior race! Try to remember that, would you?!" I snapped angrily.
He hissed once more before he decided to turn tail and run away like a coward. His body returned into a black mist of energy that drifted away from me. I raised my hand, palm facing the smoke and using reverse Forced Spirit Fission, pulled the energy back into a swirling mass. The Spirit of Darkness' demonic voice cried out in protest but he wasn't simply powerful enough to free himself from my grasp.
As soon as I catch everything of him, vivid images suddenly flashed before my eyes. An agonized scream from an unknown woman rang through my ears along a pulsing sound that could possibly be the beating of someone's heart. I saw a young pregnant woman with long, messy, silver hair. Her red eyes filled with unshed tears and her face and body soaking in sweat as she was being tortured by whatever is within her big, round belly. I could sense the ominous power of the evil child within her.
A deep hissing voice uttered the words 'Universe Seven, Earth, Saiyans... Yamoshi... Vegeta... Prince of the Saiyans... The God of Destruction... I have finally found you... My perfect vessel...' and it reverberated from the woman's womb into my ears.
The woman screamed even louder and that thing on her womb literally ripped its way out of her.
I flinched.
"Amanojaku-sama... He's coming... He's coming..."
The Spirit of Darkness' voice brought me back to reality. Were those visions just about Amanojaku's mortal rebirth? For some reason, I had a feeling that this fool was sending information telepathically to his unborn master and it pissed me off.
Finally unleashing my powers as God of Destruction, destructive dark purple aura took over my crimson Super Saiyan God energy. Focusing my powers into the swirling mass in my hand, I summoned forth my destructive ability and enclosed the said mass with my power as a Destroyer.
"Hakai!"
With a loud howl, the Spirit of Darkness was completely destroyed to nothingness. With his disappearance, I sensed the virus infecting the Yokojins also vanished, liberating the fox warrior race from their evilness.
Whis and I met with Kaioshin on the realm of the Kais. I released Prince Miyo's existence out of me and gave it to Kaioshin who would restore his body and put him back to Planet Miho without any memories of whatever happened between us.
"You were smart enough to use your powers as a Super Saiyan God to protect yourself from the evil virus and resist the evil influence caused by the Spirit of Darkness." Whis praised.
I sneered, spitting on the ground. "How disappointing! And here I thought I finally got the chance to see what Amanojaku is like."
Shin chuckled, "Have you forgotten? Amanojaku is about to be reborn yet."
"So... Who is that Spirit of Darkness anyways? He's quite a cunning one despite being a weakling. He seems he knows alot."
"Amanojaku created several 'servants' millions of years ago. They are basically weaker copies of himself and they served him like his spies and henchmen as well. He sent these servants across the multiverse to do chaos in his name. They basically have the same abilities as Amanojaku but as they are just mere copies, of course they are weaker in comparison to him.
"The Spirit of Darkness is one of these 'servants' and had always existed in our universe. In fact, he is the reason why your people, the Saiyans on Planet Sadara, turned evil in the first place. That evilness in your people was caused by the same virus that infected the Yokojins."
"Really?" I gasped in wonder.
"That's right. The Saiyans weren't originally evil but because of Amanojaku's influence through the Spirit of Darkness disguising as the spirit deity of Planet Sadara, they turned into wicked, bloodthirsty and power-hungry monsters."
"I... I had no idea. I thought it was due to an internal conflict that they fought against each other and eventually destroyed Planet Sadara."
"Don't you remember what you heard from the Eternal Dragon Shenron back when the former Beerus was demanding for a Super Saiyan God?" Whis asked.
"Did you mean the history of how the Saiyans created the Super Saiyan God as a savior to defeat the evil Saiyans during his time?"
"Yes. Before Planet Sadara was destroyed, the Saiyans were infected by the same evil virus that infected the Yokojins. The conflict that exploded their planet was caused by them going into berserk rampage as they fought amongst themselves. The survivors later migrated to Planet Plant and continued their reign of evil as they conquered the Planet for their own, exterminating its original inhabitants one full moon night. A small group of Saiyans led by a man named Yamoshi, questioned the evilness of their fellow Saiyans as they declared war on the Tuffles who were kind enough to let them into their Planet."
"Yamoshi?" I frowned. "So that's the name of that Saiyan traitor?"
I knew of a certain traitor told in the history and annals of the Saiyan Kingdom, who was executed by the royal command of my great grandfather, the first King Vegeta, due to his treachery and rebellious ways. But I never heard of the traitor's name before... Until the Spirit of Darkness called me by that name several times.
Whis nodded. "Sounds familiar?"
I grunted in irritation, "That thing mentioned that name several times while it spoke to me. I thought he was addressing me by the wrong name. It's annoying."
"Well... He's not entirely wrong though." Whis commented.
I turned my head to him, puzzled by his words. "What do you mean?"
"You'll learn soon enough." Whis responded with a chuckle. "Don't you want to know what happened to Yamoshi first?"
I turned my body to face him, crossing my arms over my bared chest. "Okay. So what happened to Yamoshi?"
"He and his comrades were sentenced to death by your great grandfather. Despite that, Yamoshi and his friends fought hard until the very end while he possessed the powers of the Legendary Super Saiyan and the Super Saiyan God. Due to this, the Spirit of Darkness, who was taking hold of your great grandfather's mind and body, took interest to Yamoshi's great power and body. However, as Yamoshi was a pure hearted Saiyan protected by the divine powers of the Super Saiyan God, the Spirit of Darkness was unable to get hold of him. Yamoshi almost brought the King down with him but his powers unexpectedly faded out at the last minute due to the form's time limit. Yamoshi and his comrades were killed by their own people that fateful day. His last words to your great grandfather was, 'On my next life, you will all turn to me for your salvation against a greater evil. You will all suffer to your own doing.' and then the Spirit of Darkness cursed that in Yamoshi's next life he will become what he hated the most as he will be forced to become like his own people and even worse, so it can finally take Yamoshi's body and power to himself so it could be offered to become the vessel for Amanojaku's main spirit one day.
"It took several years for Yamoshi to be reborn on Planet Vegeta. One day, a descendant of the first King Vegeta was born with an extraordinary battle power that greatly broke all previous records of newborn power levels. This happened just in time as the Great King Cold abducted his position and turned it over to his son, Freeza, who would later become the most ruthless Galactic Emperor known in the universe. As the Saiyans were under the dictatorship of the Galactic Empire, they were forced to continue serving Freeza. They wanted liberation from him but knew they were no match against him. And so they counted on their newborn prince to one day be their salvation against the mighty and cruel Freeza. Yamoshi's last words came true, and so as the Spirit of Darkness' curse upon his reincarnation."
I was staring at Whis with an open mouth now.
"Yamoshi was reborn as the Fourth Crown Prince of his people, in his soul's hopes of saving the Saiyans from Freeza, making them realize their evil ways and bringing them back to what they were originally meant to be. Saiyans are a race of warriors after all, they were always meant for combat, not monstrous planetary destroyers and murderers. But... The Spirit of Darkness was sneaky. He sent Freeza those crazy premonitions about the birth of the chosen one to become the next Super Saiyan and the Super Saiyan God. When the former Beerus-sama went to visit Planet Vegeta, he already knew the young prince's immense potential and set him up to become a God of Destruction. He made a deal with Freeza that he will allow the Emperor to destroy the Saiyans in the condition that he spare the young prince and hone him to use his powers for the penchant of destruction. I think you already know what happened next."
"So... What you're saying is... I... I'm Yamoshi's reincarnation?"
Whis nodded,"That's right, milord."
I knew I was born different from the rest of the Saiyans. When I was a child, I hated the ways of my people. The Saiyans are a warrior race, we were made to fight, yet we ended up becoming barbarians and cruel monsters. I always wanted to become the King as soon as possible so I can lead my people back to what we were originally supposed to be. I was always rebellious, ruthless and wild but I know that my earlier motivations as a child were righteous. Then came the time I was abducted as a soldier at the Freeza Force. That's when I slowly changed. My ruthlessness honed and I became an evil worse than what my people ever had become. I was much like Freeza back then. I loved killing innocents and destroying planets just for the sake of self-satisfaction. I never thought it was a curse upon my soul that I willingly chose to become evil just so I could live and survive the cruelty of this universe and have my revenge.
Me being the reincarnation of a supposedly righteous Saiyan was hard to believe. But now I understand the reason why the Spirit of Darkness said those words to me.
Remembering the string of images that flashed on my mind before I destroyed the Spirit of Darkness, I turned to Whis.
"Say Whis, do Gods of Destruction have the ability to see upcoming events?" I asked. "I mean I know Yogengyo can foresee upcoming events and Beerus once had a prophetic dream about the rise of the Super Saiyan god. Did you notice the Oracle Fish being restless lately?"
Whis' brows furrowed slightly as he thought it over. "Come to think of it, I haven't seen him lately. Why'd you ask, milord?"
"Before I destroyed that scum earlier, I saw these strange visions and I was beginning to think if it had something to do with Amanojaku's rebirth since the Spirit of Darkness said that he's coming pretty soon."
Whis' ice blue eyes widened in curiosity.
Shin asked, he couldn't contain his own worry. "Really? What did you see?"
"Just a woman giving birth. She's in extreme agony as her child literally rip out of her stomach. While it happened, I'm hearing a chorus of voices saying the same words the Spirit of Darkness uttered before I almost lost my control. Universe Seven, Earth, Saiyans... Yamoshi, and then he called my name, saying he's finally found me, the perfect vessel. After what you just told me about my first life, I'm beginning to make sense of what the Spirit of Darkness and those visions meant."
"It seems that the Spirit of Darkness sent the message telepathically to Amanojaku, meaning he is already in development right now and is bent on targeting you. Vegeta-sama, we have to go and report this to Daishinkan-sama."
For the first time, I saw my guide angel become alarmed and concerned. "We must hurry."
I nodded.
Whis summoned his scepter out of thin air and gazed at the glowing crystal on its top. "Daishinkan-sama."
"Yes, Whis." the voice of the Grand Priest echoed from the crystal.
"Vegeta-sama, Kaioushin-sama and I have something to report with regards to Amanojaku. May we proceed to the heavenly realm?"
"Sure. I'll be summoning you guys forth. Be ready."
Our surroundings abruptly switched to the hall where Daishinkan waited for us.
"Welcome Vegeta, Shin and Whis." Daishinkan smiled at us.
"Thank you for allowing us to visit." Shin said humbly.
"You said you have a report to tell me with regards to Amanojaku."
"Yes, father." Whis replied.
"What is it?"
"It seems Amanojaku is currently under development in Universe Seven. Vegeta-sama just saw a prophetic vision about him and it seems that after his encounter with the Spirit of Darkness, Amanojaku has set his mind on Vegeta as his target to become his next vessel."
Daishinkan shifted his eyes on me and muttered, "Really? You have destroyed the Spirit of Darkness?"
"Yes..." I whispered.
"How did this happen?"
"Vegeta-sama used his Super Saiyan God energy to protect himself from the evil virus that the Spirit of Darkness use to infect people. He was unable to touch Vegeta-sama because of that." Whis explained.
Daishinkan suddenly appeared right infront of me, much to my surprise. He stared into my eyes as he held my hand.
"Vegeta, please allow me to see what you have seen." he said. "Please put down your barrier for a moment and show me. I cannot see anything."
I hesitated at first. I hated it when someone tried to read my mind. I turned my eyes to Whis and he nodded in approval. I looked at his father and I nodded too. I concentrated my powers, pulling down the barrier that protected my thoughts and shared the Grand Priest my fight with the Spirit of Darkness and the visions I saw. Daishinkan gazed at me in shock even as he finally let go of my hand.
"Just as I thought... You are truly his target." Daishinkan said breathlessly.
"I could destroy him while he's under development. I'm here to get your permission to do so."
Daishinkan gave me a doubting look for a moment before he turned his back on me.
"I thought there's still time to stop him but I'm afraid we are too late to prevent his rebirth. While I would like to do the honor of destroying him myself in order to prevent the disaster he might cause the multiverse, I am certainly not allowed to do that due to my position."
"Then will you allow me to do the honors?" I offered.
"Amanojaku had already set his sights on you and the Earth. You were lucky that your Super Saiyan God powers served as your protection from the powers of the Spirit of Darkness but I have doubts it would protect you from Amanojaku himself. He is an extremely powerful spirit deity, I could say that his level of power is just a few leagues below mine and the king of all. Since he is in your territory, you have the right to do what you want with him but are you sure you are strong and emotionless enough to confront him?"
"What do you mean?"
"I saw how you almost give in to your burst of rage and lose your control over the mere mention of those you hold dear, Vegeta. This gave the Spirit of Darkness, a part of Amanojaku to have an edge over you. If you let your emotions get a hold of you and your judgment then you will lose this battle no matter how powerful you are. These spirit deities loved playing with their target's feelings and if you keep on being attached to your emotions for your late wife and your family, then they would fall target to his sly plans and would become your greatest weakness against Amanojaku."
"It is just as I mentioned," Whis agreed.
"I will do it. I know I am strong and emotionless enough to confront him."
"Sadly, after what happened, I am certainly having doubts about that. We cannot let you fall to Amanojaku's hands, especially now that you possess the powers of a God of Destruction. I will only allow you to do what you want in one condition."
"What is it?"
"You have to close your heart off your emotions. Destroy these feelings, your past attachments, whatever is holding you back to become an effective God of Destruction. You have to keep in mind that you are no longer the same Vegeta as you were during your mortal life. Remember that you chose this path on your own and you have to fulfill the duties bestowed upon you. It's already been five hundred years, Vegeta. You should have gotten over these things by now and accepted the dire consequences of your choice."
This isn't the first time I was ordered to become emotionless. Back when I was a young mortal Saiyan, I was always told that emotions would hinder me from my true potential as a warrior. That is the reason why I used to believe that emotions are a warrior's greatest weakness. I do understand what the Grand Priest and Whis were trying to tell me. The enemy we have here is a dangerous one and his objective is to use me as means to bring chaos to the multiverse. Amanojaku's greatest ability is the manipulation of his target's emotions and if he ever used it against me while having such attachments, he would be victorious. That is something we have to prevent. If that happens, then the entire multiverse will be destroyed and everything I cared about would be at risk. There's so much at stake right now and it all depends on me. I know Daishinkan was right. I should not let my emotions for my dead wife or my remaining family or my attachments to the Planet Earth hinder me from my duties as God of Destruction.
For some reason, Daishinkan's words reminded me of the day Beerus taught me about the God of Destruction technique 'Hakai' and the secret to his limitless power.
"As long as doubt weigh on your soul, this power will never be yours to wield." That was what Beerus told me. "As long as you are trapped by the past, you will never move forward, you will never grow past this point.
"If you want this power, always prioritize your duties and keep in mind that you have to destroy. Destroy any stray thoughts, useless emotions, past attachments, guilt and doubts on your mind. All those chains and weights, everything keeping you from tapping into your true potential. Let it all go and destroy it from your psyche. Then and only then you will become a deserving and effective God of Destruction."
I remember forcing myself to lock up my emotions and hardened my heart as a small child in order to survive and hopefully, fulfill my duties as the Saiyan Prince to avenge my fallen people one day. Since everything I cared for were all but dead, it was quite easy for me to do so. I used the hatred and the anger I had to help me do just that, bottling up everything I ever felt within that small part of me. Having experienced that already, I know that I won't have any problems doing that again, if it meant the safety of everything I cared for.
"I assure you, Grand Priest, that I will uphold to my duties as the God of Destruction of Universe Seven. That is first and foremost my priority over everything. You have my word and I put my pride and my honor into it."
"Very well, then." Daishinkan said. "If you go against your word, then our deal with regards to your wife's soul or reincarnation will all be over. Got it?"
I tried my best not to show any shock or confusion about his sudden term. Why the hell would he even bring up Bulma?
"I understand." I said.
That damn Daishinkan knew that I would do anything for the sake of Bulma and he just used that opportunity. That man is as sly as Amanojaku and the Spirit of Darkness. No matter. Despite my reluctance and my anger about the deal, I knew that his intentions were for the better.
For some reason, I wonder why he didn't choose to destroy me despite knowing that I'm Amanojaku's target as his chosen vessel.
Now that Amanojaku had set Earth as his primary target, I still felt a slight sense to defend it. With my deal with Daishinkan in place, my only reason to fight is to defend myself and nothing more. I have to relay the protection of the planet to its mortal citizens. The thing is, there isn't anyone powerful enough to defend Earth in my place aside from Androids 17 and 18.
With that, I made a decision to try and push my living descendants to awaken their hidden Saiyan abilities hindered by their humanity.
I told my decision to Whis and he brought me to Earth. I ordered Boksa to summon everyone of my living descendants for an emergency meeting. I told him that I would meet everyone nearby in the main headquarters. The entire family aside from Jii already knew that when I say 'emergency meeting', it meant serious business and everyone had to stop whatever they are doing to do what I ordered them to do.
I fetched Jii myself in his school. He was in the middle of his biology class when I talked to his teacher and ordered her to allow Jii to come home with me, utilizing hypnosis to the human all along. The teacher agreed and she called Jii to go home. My boy reluctantly took his things and scampered out of the classroom with excitement.
"Wow, uncle! That's cool how you were able to make Miss Banira agree like that! I guess you used your 'dashing looks' to make her do what you want. I want to be like that too!" Jii was saying as he tug at my sleeve.
I have no idea what this boy was talking about. I was used to intimidate people with my looks, not make them submit to my will but I guess that's what I just did considering I used hypnotism at everyone in the school, which made me realize how come Jii doesn't seem affected by my power at all...
I looked down at my youngest heir, my mind was filled with questions. How is he able to resist my power? Does he know what I just did to his teacher?
"You probably would..." I muttered.
Jii's eyes brightened along with his childish grin, "You think so? Teach me!"
I felt my smartphone vibrate within my pocket and I took the call from Boksa.
"Has everyone arrived?" I inquired, ignoring Jii's whining on my side.
"Yes. Everyone's waiting for your arrival at the meeting hall in the main headquarters." Boksa reported.
"Good job. We'll be there in a second." I said, putting my phone back to my pocket.
I grabbed Jii by his shoulder, which stopped him from his unnecessary noisy pleas and teleported us both into the meeting room of Capsule Corporation's main headquarters. We both appeared right infront of hundreds of my descendants. Not far away, Boksa was asking his assistant to fix the online meeting equipment so that others across the world would hear what I have to say. Since five hundred years have already passed, my bloodline has spread all throughout out the planet. Millions of humans living across the Earth contained part of my Saiyan Blood and every single one of them aside from Jii, knows who and what I am and their relationship to me.
Beside me, Jii was confused and dropped his randoseru on the floor, probably wondering what just happened and where we are right now.
As soon as they found me, my descendants and in-laws fell to their knees, bowed down before me in respect and greeted me 'Master' as I am and always be the head of our clan.
"Grandpa? Papa? Mama? Uncle Pantus? Auntie Mei..." Jii raised his head and looked up at me. "Uncle, what's the meaning of this?"
"Sorry, Jii. We were trying to keep it from you until you are old enough to understand and accept the truth behind my identity and relationship to you. Something just came up and I had to break the rules for the first time in five hundred years."
"Oh... I didn't mean that, uncle. I was asking why you summoned everyone all so suddenly."
I was now the confused one. What is this boy saying? "What?" I asked.
Jii stared at me oddly. "Why do you look so surprised? What secret are you even talking about? Is it about you not being my real uncle but my ancestor? Or the fact that you are not human at all?" then he grinned. "I already know that the moment I met you. It was obvious by the way grandpa was so respectful towards you. Plus, the guy you were always with is odd enough for me to suspect something is inhuman with you. The bedtime stories you told me every night? I believed them. I can tell that you were talking from your personal experience. Plus, the way you act so cool and badass even after the pranks and traps I set up for you told me that you're like those super-powered beings I watch in anime. When you are mad at me, I notice the things within the house shaking like they were afraid you, even the lights would flicker at your anger. There was also a time when you even summoned a thunderstorm. Those made me think that you could be the God of Destruction, just like Hakai in Destroyer!"
What the hell?! I was completely stunned. I guess everyone else in the room too. For Jii to be able to tell all that and saw me in one villain character in one of the video games he was addicted to was astounding for a child.
"If you knew all of that, then why'd you..?" I was saying in disbelief. He stared at me in confusion.
"Act like I didn't know? Hmmm... It's obvious you were all trying to keep it a secret from me. Plus, if I said anything, I'm sure you and grandpa might lash out on me. So I kept quiet about it. I didn't really wish to offend you of all people. I already knew you're not someone anyone should mess with. That's why I was afraid of you when I first met you."
So I was right about him being as perceptive as I was. I saw promise in the boy. Perhaps, Jii has a great amount of dormant Saiyan powers within him, much greater than anyone else among my descendants, waiting to be awakened by some sort of trigger.
"The way you react tells me my perceptions are correct." Jii said with a frown. Then he abruptly grinned widely as he grabbed my hand and started jumping around in excitement. "Uncle! I want to be like you! Please teach me how to become like you! I want to be as cool and badass as you so I can impress the girls... You know." he winked at me.
Suddenly feeling irritated, I smacked him on the head and he glared back at me with puppy eyes. Seriously, he took mostly after me aside from that ridiculous fascination with women, which I knew came from Bulma's side.
"You little rascal! We're not here to play games! This is serious, boy! It's good to know that you already have ideas about what I was supposed to explain to you. You just saved me some time! If you have any questions, I'll answer them when we get back home." I told him in a stern manner. "Now go to your mother and I have something to tell everyone."
He pouted but did so in submission, slumping his shoulders in defeat while he dragged himself towards Blum.
I snickered before I faced my audience to finally address them with the imperious tone of a leader.
"Now that we're done with that, the reason why I summoned you all here is because there is an upcoming catastrophe to your planet Earth and I want to train you to awaken your hidden Saiyan abilities so you can defend your planet from the enemies. As you all know, as the God of Destruction of this universe, I am not allowed to interfere with the affairs of mortals, yet as your ancestor and the Prince of the Saiyan Warrior Race, I cannot allow you to fall against the enemy without a fight either. I do not want you to die just like an ordinary human would do. You all have my mortal Saiyan blood flowing within your veins and so as my pride and my honor as a true warrior lives within all of you as well. That's why I believe that all of you have the power to protect this planet from Amanojaku!
"However, I do not wish to force you to do this if you cannot do it. I will give you a week to think about your decisions and then you can come and meet me. Just know that the fate of the Earth will rest at your strength alone."
My descendants looked at each other oddly. I heard murmurs of disbelief and some of relief as if questions in their heads were answered.
"If you have something to say, let me hear it. I don't remember raising you all to be reluctant and timid. Stand up!" I commanded.
Pantus quickly said, "It's not much, Vegeta-sama. It's just that we appear to have underwent similar strange experiences this past week. We're wondering if it had something to do with the catastrophe you are talking about and if it is also connected to the Saiyan blood we inherited from you."
"What about it?"
"You see, we all had an unusual fever last week and had been restless after we recovered. After that, we had more vigor than anything we ever had. Our senses suddenly sharpened, like in my case, I can easily tell what's being cooked across the floor and all ingredients used in the dish I am eating because both my senses of smell and taste were heightened. Not only that, my hearing and my sight were sharper too. And... For some reason... My strength became something inhuman."
I stared at Pantus for a moment, pondering on what he just revealed.
I focused my ki senses into him and into everyone of them in the room. Aside from Jii, each of my descendants present before me definitely had a significant growth in power.
"Did everyone of you, aside from Jii, experience the same thing as Pantus?" I addressed those who are present via online meeting.
Everyone had a positive response. I was told that they even experienced the greater strength and an urge to become violent on the night of the full moon but all thanks to their more dominant human side, they were able to control themselves before they could lash out on whoever they were with.
"Whis!" I called upon my guide angel, who appeared out of thin air beside me.
"Yes, milord." he responded.
"Did you hear what they just said? What do you think?" I asked.
"It is a delightful outcome. It seems that the upcoming threat awakened their dormant Saiyan instincts and their power within them." Whis replied. "Perhaps, their bodies responded to an innate feeling within them and their senses reacted to it, thus activating what's supposed to be a recessive trait in their blood. It's just as how you feel during a call for battle, but probably not as intense as yours since they are mostly part human."
I know I have been inwardly disappointed for the past five hundred years about how powerless the descendants of me and Kakarot have become. They lived their entire lives like ordinary humans due to the peace the Earth had been enjoying since I became the God of Destruction. After what I just heard, perhaps peace was the reason why their Saiyan powers had been suppressed by their human blood. Now that there is an upcoming threat, my living descendants had probably sensed it in their repressed Saiyan blood. Just as what Kakarot always said back in the day, power comes in response to a need. They have instinctively felt the need to protect themselves from Amanojaku, that's why they've began to feel these changes.
I smirked proudly at them all. Perhaps, they're not as much of a lost cause than what I originally thought they were.
"Very well, that made it quite easier for me. I could sense the power you are talking about. I knew you had it in you. You are my descendants after all. Now, I would like to test out your newfound strength. All of you at once."
Those who are physically present within the room stared at each other, "But..." they hesitated.
"What's the matter? You are trained for basic combat by myself. Don't tell me that you've neglected it already."
"Not really. It's just that we all know how you're leagues above us. We're certainly no match for you." Boksa was saying.
"Did you honestly think I would use my full power on those weaker than I am?" I responded with an annoyed look. "Of course, I know what you are capable of. I already sensed and gauged your level of power. As much as I hate holding back, I had to go easy on you. You're not ready to face me just yet. I just want to test you out and see what I can teach you. Let's transfer to the training room and then you attack me, all at once and without holding anything back! Understand?!"
Chapter Notes: As this story was created prior to Dragon Ball Super Chapter 69's release, I decided to put some elements inspired by that chapter instead. For that part where Vegeta reminisce when Beerus trained him about the God of Destruction power in this story, Beerus never admitted to Vegeta that he was the one who ordered Freeza to destroy Planet Vegeta during that time. He instead admitted to this after Vegeta willingly chose to become the new God of Destruction so he could trigger Vegeta's rage and give him a reason to destroy him without any regrets. (See Chapter 1)
The Spirit of Darkness is based on the original concept for Beerus, where he should have been the one who spread an evil influence among the Saiyans like a plague, thus his name Beerus would have been a nod to the word 'virus' but it was changed later on. The demon spirit, Amanojaku had the same ability as this as well.
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