Chapter 21 Training Begins

The team that was to go to the Hyberbolic time chamber had just chaos controlled up to the lookout where they were quickly greeted by Dende the guardian of the earth and his attendant Mr Popo. "Gohan! Piccolo! What's going on?! I just felt seven very powerful new energies down below!" Dende asked frantically sweating with worry. "It's alright Dende, they are not enemies, but we need to use the chamber, there's been a inter dimensional accident" Piccolo said calmly. "What do you mean?" Dende asked confused. "Well in short, Goten broke a machine Bulma made so we could see into different timelines and in the process it transported four different versions of him as well as their closest friends, we have a way to send them back home, however we just learned that the accident also scattered each of their universe's villains into their realities, most of them aren't strong enough to handle them so we're gonna train them, my dad and Vegeta have three of them on Beerus planet with them and we're taking the other four into the time chamber" Gohan explained as best he could. "Oh I see..." Dende said blown away by everything he heard, "well go right ahead, I wish you luck on your mission". "Thank you Dende" GT Trunks said gratefully. "Quit poussin around and let's get in there already!" IW Goten shouted annoyed passing everyone else stomping towards the lookout entrance. "My goodness, that boy has quite the temper" Mr Popo said with an air of concern. "Yeah but there's several good reasons for it, I'd rather not go into detail about it right now though" GT Goten lamented sadly. "I sense a great deal of evil in his heart yet also still a lot of good, I hope he can overcome his dark impulses" Dende said with fear mixed with pity and hopefulness. "Are we having a picnic or are we gonna train?! Get a move on!" IW Goten yelled out again. "Bud calm down, getting angry won't solve this" Shadow said sternly. IW Goten grunted in anger before taking a deep breath and sighing, his scarred expression becoming softer. "Let's just get started" IW Goten said in a monotone manner as he resumed his way to the chamber followed shortly by everyone else. Dende turned back towards the edge of the lookout, his eyes narrowed and his mouth furrowed. "What's wrong Dende?" Mr Popo asked. "I'm not sure but I feel like there's an unprecedented amount of malevolent beings heading for us" Dende replied with uncertainty and apprehension. The six warriors entered the chamber and walked out into the the end of the chamber quarters immediately taking in the sheer vastness of the strange realm. "Man this brings back memories" Gohan said wistfully remembering his training with his father years ago for the cell games. "Hmph I was expecting a little bit more but I suppose it will work for our purposes" Shadow said slightly disappointed. "Trust us, this dimension has more to it then you think, the gravity and weather fluctuate wildly and often within seconds" Piccolo explained. "Hmm well now that sounds more impressive" Shadow said cracking a rare smile. "So who gets to- hey wha-ahhh!" GT Goten's question was interrupted by his IW counterpart grabbing him roughly by his shirt and then punching him right on his ribs breaking a few sending him flying into the vast white void. This was then quickly followed by Shadow teleporting to behind GT Trunks and then kicking him in the back also sending him zooming landing next to his friend. "Ow hey we weren't- ugh!" GT Goten's words were stopped again as his IW counterpart and Shadow zoomed in unison towards the pair and he and GT Trunks were struck on their heads with close range energy blasts this time just digging them further into the floor. "You two have a lot to learn, first lesson, always keep your guard up!" Shadow shouted authoritarian like. "Second, get used to pain!" IW Goten said menacingly before stomping on his GT Goten's ankle, dislocating and probably breaking it a little. Shadow then kicked GT Trunks's knee, breaking and dislocating it too. The young adults could do nothing but scream in agony at the horrible pain. IW Goten and Shadow did not relent though as they continued to pummel the GT universe visitors until they lied on the floor bruises and several cuts all across their bodies, bleeding from nearly all of them, eyes swollen and barely able to see and very hectic breath due to frequent aggressive grabbing of their throats. Gohan and Piccolo stood back in both amazement and fear of the display of strength, even the Namekian was sweating and cringing at the utter brutality and power of the IW universe visitors. The GT warriors were just about to pass out when Shadow and IW walked towards them. IW Goten grabs his GT counterpart's dislocated ankle and roughly set back in place, Shadow did the same with GT Trunks's knee, causing the downed pair to get startled awake in pain. "Get up and heal for tomorrow, we got a ton of work to do with you before you two are even remotely ready to battle Phoenix" Shadow ordered strictly before him and IW Goten started walking back towards the chamber quarters. GT Goten and Trunks slowly got up groaning. "Oh god that hurt like hell" GT Trunks said weakly unsure which burning injury he should grasp. "Hey! You two didn't have to mangle us like that! I know we need to get stronger but we can't do that if we're killed! Try to go easy with us for a little while first!" GT Goten yelled in anger. Shadow and IW Goten stopped and looked intensely back at the GT universe visitors with very serious and dark looks on their faces. "That was easy" Shadow said seriously. "If we went even a little bit harder than we did, you would either be dead or at least half your bones would be broken" IW Goten added before continuing. "Sometimes I end up with bones sticking out of me and there have been a handful of times where I was that wounded and was cornered by an army and/or a powerful general with little or no help. To survive those ordeals I had to tear out the bone that was sticking out and use it as a last ditch weapon before stuffing it back in as best I could and make my escape, talk to me about pain once you've experienced that or worse. And to add on top of all that, we don't have any sensu beans out in space or much basic medical supplies in general so we have to heal injuries with just our brains and whatever we can find and hope it works" IW Goten finished shaking slightly and eyes darkening as the memories of those painful times creeped in. GT Goten and Trunks's looks of annoyance quickly gave away to ones of understanding and horror. "Hey, you ok?" Shadow asked worryingly noticing his comrades shaking and twitching, signs of an attack, which sometimes lead to Goblin outbursts. IW Goten ceased shaking and recomposed himself sighing and putting his hand on his forehead. "Yeah, I'm fine" IW Goten said in a monotone voice, clearly trying to hide his trauma and paranoia. "Alright, you two next" IW Goten ordered pointing to Piccolo and Gohan who flinched at his words. "Maybe we bit off more than we can chew" Gohan stuttered nervously piccolo nodding in agreement beads of sweat running down his head.

Meanwhile

The other group of warriors had just touched down on Beerus's odd home planet with Beerus and Whis. "Geez this place is trippy. There's an upside down pyramid just floating in the sky!" MC Krillin said in astonishment pointing towards the aforementioned strange structure in the distance. "Yeah, did that vortex we traveled here in have weed in it or something? I've never done the stuff, but I'm thinking this is what I'd expect to see if I was high" MC Goten asked jokingly. "Ha ha ha! No dude it's real! We've seen it once before" Super Trunks laughed assuringly. "It's so pretty! Isn't it?!" Super Goten asked happily half mesmerized. "Yeah it is" GD Goten answered in a very subdued sad mood. The others took notice of GD Goten's low voice. "Hey kid you alright?" Beerus asked showing a rare sign of concern for someone. GD Goten didn't respond, he stared at the planet's scenery in a trancelike state. His vision was being interrupted by flashes of memories from his mind. The memories were of an alien world that looked very similar to Beerus's planet, one of many worlds he and Zamasu sterilized during his time as Black. The flashes started with how the planet and its inhabitants were like before, then they transitioned into ones that showed himself slaughtering them all, often with his bare hands or fire. By the end, the memory flashes showed a desolate, burning, blood soaked version of the planet, no survivors. GD Goten shook off the memories and back to reality breathing heavily and his eyes shimmering with threatening tears. "Son? Is there something wrong? Goten please let me help" Goku pleaded hoping the GD version of his son would accept his kindness. Unfortunately it wasn't as GD Goten quickly grew angered at his father's voice and turned to him growling. "The only reason and I mean the only reason I haven't killed you Goku is because we are facing bigger threats than you right now and we need as much power as we can get! But don't be mistaken! I don't wanna spend any extra second with you than I already have to and if I think for even a fraction of one that your gonna ruin everything again, I will turn you inside out, literally! I'll take the risk and kill you any way if you even speak to me too much! We're training together but nothing else! Understand!?" GD Goten yelled enraged making the whole group even Vegeta flinch. Goku looked back at GD Goten with hurt but understanding eyes and he nodded. GD Goten settled down but still glared daggers at Goku. "Alright so how are we gonna start? Do we all just train with you whis like what me and Kakarot usually do?" Vegeta asked. "Hmm good question" Whis said thinking. "Well you two as well as that version of Goten who has had experience with a form of godly energy, albeit a very different kind can train with me" Whis said referring to Goku, Vegeta and GD Goten. "However these four have little to no experience with godly ki and their bodies are considerably weaker compared to you three" Whis explained referring to Super and MC Goten, Super Trunks and MC Krillin. "Therefore I suggest you train each other to build the weaker one's strength and endurance before you all train with me" Whis suggested. The warriors sized each other up to determine who would fight with who. "I wanna train with you Goku, it's been years for me and now thanks to my, uh upgrades I can train with you without being, eh immediately overpowered he he" MC Krillin said half confidently, half sheepishly. "Sure thing Krillin! I'm super excited to see what you can do!" Goku accepted giddily. "Really Krillin, you wanna train with this idiot?" MC Goten asked in disgust. "Goten come on don't be like that, he's your father" Krillin said trying to get his pupil to give Goku a chance. "Krillin I barely knew my father before we ended up here and honestly I had doubts about his heroism before. I heard from the stories you and mom told me that he threw a freaking senzu bean at cell and basically contributed to my brother Gohan and all the others getting killed you almost being one of them! Now I learn that he is so reckless that he puts literally all of existence in jeopardy just so he can have a good fight?! Yeah no I'm not learning from a guy like that, father or not!" MC Goten explained irritated before turning to Vegeta. "Can I train with you Vegeta? You seem a little bit more mature compared to Kakarot and I really wanna learn that Big Bang attack of yours!" MC Goten asked hoping Vegeta would say yes. "Oh for goodness sake now your calling him Kakarot?! As if you didn't already act enough like Vegeta!" MC Krillin shouted in frustration. Vegeta couldn't help but smirk and chuckle at MC Goten's request to be trained by him, his very saiyan like pride and his distaste for his father. "Ha ha! Sure what not! It'll be my pleasure to train you like a real saiyan!" Vegeta agreed with prideful delight. "Trunks! Your with us! Come along and follow me!" Vegeta ordered taking flight for another location on the planet, quickly followed by MC Goten. "Alright dad I'm coming, see you later guys! Can't wait to fight you all after we train for awhile!" Super Trunks said taking to the air waving goodbye catching up to his father and the MC version of his best friend. "Me too! Good luck to too!" Super Goten said waving back on the ground, GD Goten waved too close by silently. After Vegeta and his students were out of sight, Super Goten turned to his GD counterpart. "Hey! Me! Come on! Let's train with Dad!" Super Goten said excitedly. GD Goten started shaking and sweating as his mission goals collided with his still burning rage and hatred for Goku in his mind. Super Goten recognized his GD counterpart's internal struggle. "You have every right to be angry at our Dad, but please try to forgive him and try to get along, you said so yourself that your dark half is worse than dad, if we don't get stronger, he'll continue to spread death and destruction to the multiverse, dad might be reckless but he'd never intentionally wreak havoc, he needs to be stopped along with the other bad guys and we can only do that if we train with Dad, can you do that?" Super Goten finished with a small hopeful smile. GD Goten looked at his Super Goten's shining eyes. They were practically glowing with innocence and hope. Those were his eyes a long time ago, before the world figuratively and literally darkened for him. He envied his counterpart for his naivety and happy go lucky attitude that he had long since lost. He saw the logic and reasoning behind his counterpart's words. Despite this however, the nightmarish memories of his family and universes erasure as well as the colossal atrocities the resulting anger and darkness made him do just kept erupting and flashing in his mind, preventing him from letting go of his current hatred. "I... know... I ugh! Just...can't ahaaa!" GD Goten stuttered then screamed in rage flinging his super counterpart off of him and punching the ground causing a lot of shaking and a trench to open. The four looked at GD Goten with pity, Goku feeling particularly awful. The troubled boy needed to get over the past but it wasn't going to happen overnight and he certainly can't train with Goku now, not with so much negative and volatile emotions aimed directly towards him. "Hey kid" Beerus called out to GD Goten getting his attention. "Why don't you train with me for awhile, at least until you blow off some steam, maybe you'll be able to tolerate Goku then?" Beerus offered/asked. The others were surprised that Beerus was actually taking action and offering to help GD Goten's plight. "Uh yeah maybe that will work, thanks" GD Goten said with a small smile, very grateful for Beerus's unexpected gesture. "Don't mention it, seriously don't, come we'll go to the opposite side of the planet so we won't be disturbed" Beerus said taking flight, GD Goten flying right next to him. After the unlikely pair were out of sight, Super Goten and Goku shook off their glum faces and replaced them with ones of determination and excitement. "Alright dad, let's go!" Super Goten said enthusiastically with a serious face getting into a fighting stance. Goku looked at his son with pride, silently vowing to not make the same mistakes his alternate selves made, he too got into a fighting stance. "I won't let you down Goten!". Goku said before he and Super Goten rushed to each other commencing the long overdue father and son training.