"Let me explain mortal, I am a Kai a God of Creation. I have lived for millennia have watched countless cycles of what you call a lifetime pass like days. I have bore witness to the rise and fall civilizations, and the creation and destruction of planets! My divine duty is to watch over and protect the cosmos. What I am telling you mortal is that divine duty does not include filling holes with dirt!"
"Why! Your a god! It should take all of 5 seconds for you to just make some dirt!" Bulma yelled as if she had authority over me, how insolent! The two of us stood by a large crater that Goku apparently had created after crashing. I didn't expect it to be a habit of his but regardless this woman has no business asking me to use my divine power to repair it!
"You best watch yourself wench! You'd do well not to toss orders at a god!" She simply turned and scoffed at me, the nerve of this mortal! Does know no concept of respect!
"Oh please I deal with Beerus a God of destruction, your hardly intimidating." Sh-she what? I stood dumbfounded not sure how to respond to such a beast before straightening myself and regaining my composure.
"Regardless I will not have any part in your manual labor, so begone from my sight until the Time Machine is prepared for my crusade!" I smirked as I walked away satisfied by my words, coming out the victor but then she kept talking.
"Fine fine I guess it'd too much for you to handle anyway." The woman spoke with disappointment as I turned around seeing her shaking her head.
"Excuse you?" Was she implying I couldn't fill that crater if I choose too?
"No I'm sorry, I understand creating a mound of dirt is far too difficult for you." This mortal does she not know the great power I possess! "I mean you are just a Supreme Kai in Training."
"Enough of this! If you wish to witness my power stand aside!" I marched back to craters edge, gathering the power of creation.
"Oh well if you insist don't let me get in your way!" Bulma dashed a distance away smiling as if she had won, I will show her the power she mocks!
Blue aura began to engulf me as a brilliant light shrouded me. To my side I saw Bulma stand astonished by the power on display, I saw several children gathering to witness the feat. "Behold the power of creation!"
I focused my vast power to my hand and extended it towards the crater, and with the shout of one word I released it!
"Sozo!"
And in a flash my power was released and when the light faded away the task was done, dirt filled the hole, just about 5 buckets of it.
I looked down embarrassed at the small pile now in the massive hole. My cheeks begining to burn as the silence from my previously awed onlookers pierced me. "Well that's great, we can make like 3 mud pies with that!" Bulma returned, looking at pitiful display.
"Silence! Who said I was finished, now do as I say and stand aside! Creation is an art and I cannot work with you pestering me!" She turned away with a huff back to her previous position as I turned back to my task. With determination I prepared once more.
"Sozo!"
"Sozo!"
"Sozo!"
I gasped for air, I had been at the task relentlessly for nearly hour but it was done. The once massive crater was now filled with soil created from my hand. Breathing heavily I watched from the corner of my eye as Bulma left her lawn chair, removed her sunglasses and walked over to myside.
"Well it's a bit uneven but it should keep anyone from hurting themselves." She handed me what appeared to be glass of lemonade. "Good job Zamasu. If your hungry help yourself to kitchen their should be meals left there from lunch and the Time Machine should be ready in another hour." She started walking away while I stood there looking at the cold drink my hand. I was thirsty.
I took a seat by a shaded table as I gingerly sipped my drink. Bulma may have tricked me into taking care of her chore, but I showed her the power of a God! She should know her place now, drinking my lemonade more briskly as I tried to convince myself I won our exchange. Looking over at the pile of dirt I became woefully aware of how much more i had to improve my powers of creation. While I was much more powerful then he, Gowasu was much more capable at the skill of creation. I had seen him form the core of an entire planet in single stroke.
Wanting distract myself I turn away from my pile of dirt and look away towards a small lake. This Earth was a rather quaint planet, healthy shade of green, the human infrastructure was well designed, and there appeared to be no major conflict at the moment. A bit too polluted for my tastes and the sun is about a thousand miles too close but it's tolerable. I then notice that Trunks fellow standing in the middle of the lake with his eyes closed. I can feel his Ki fluctuating as he stood there, Image Training. Interesting I didn't think mortals capable of such complex thought.
I decided to investigate the time traveler, perhaps he can answer a few of my questions. I float over to him and slightly raise my own Ki to alert him to my presence. He opened his immediately looking apprehensive at first before calming down. "Oh it's you." He didn't seem interested in conversing, no matter I had my questions.
"Yes it is I Zamasu, and you are that boy from the future am I correct?"
"Yeah, can I help you with something?" Oh how flippant clearly he gets that from his parents.
"Yes as matter of fact you can, Trunks." I motion him back to the seats under the umbrella. "I have a few questions for you that I'd like you to answer." Trunks eyed me with a combination of distrust and disinterest. Interesting.
"Sure." The two of us floated over to land and took our seats. "So what did you want to know?"
"Well I'm simply curious regarding somethings, apparently your mother was the one who created the Time Machine in the future correct?"
His expression darkened "Yes my mother created the Time Machine 13 years ago. To help us save our future."
"13 years ago? I was under the impression this Time Machine was a recent debacle." How could something like this go under the radar from the gods for so long? What kind of a incompetent Kai could allow that?
"No you see 13 years ago my mother created the Time Machine so we could save our world from another threat." I was skeptical what kind of danger could call for such extreme measures.
"Really? What threat could call for creating a Time Machine? Surely whatever threat you faced didn't call for you to enter the realms of the gods and tear the fabric of time."
"In my future all the greatest warriors on Earth were killed by two cybernetic warriors. Everyone you've seen here today is dead in my timeline and humanity was being hunted for sport." He looked me directly in eyes for the first time. "I was the last one, every day we struggled to fight, to survive, and we never had a god come down to help us."
Memories began to come to mind from my days as the Northern Kai. Societies being decimated by wars, families being torn apart, the weak being trampled by sinful people. Across the cosmos and all the while I watched unable to act because I was told it wasn't my place.
My expression must have darkened as Trunks continued in a slightly more hopeful tone. "So my mother created the Time Machine so we could go back in time to create a better timeline and help the people in ours."
"I see." Mortals creating a machine to tamper with time is without doubt a sin. But we gods create mortals to improve themselves and overcome obstacles. Them creating something like a Time Machine to save themselves when the gods won't, well it's inevitable. "Then this Black situation happened."
"Yes years after we defeated the andrioids, right when we started to rebuild." I could sense the frustration and anger boiling beneath his expression. "He showed up in the sky one day, talking about how he was going to eliminate all of humanity and make us pay for our sins."
"Utter nonsense who is he to judge mortals for their sins?" To judge and punish those for their crimes, that is the role of the gods. "Trunks consider my aid the divine intervention you longed for. You shall aid me in my crusade in punishing this foolish Black for the atrocities he's committed." May be a stretch of sorts but this mortal had earned my sympathy.
For the first time the young Sayain smiled. "Thanks, I appreciate it Zamasu." Strange he's not at my feet crying tears of joy at my generosity. No matter he has had his enough suffering to atone for his actions. "Zamasu can I ask you something?"
"But ofcourse allow me to enlighten your simple inquiry. As a god I hold the knowledge on many matters from simple life to the expansive universe. It is only natural for someone as brilliant such as myself to share this knowledge. It is part the cycle of shared wisdom that the gods share with lowly mortals. So I will use my vast-"
"So ever since you came to help it's gotten me thinking about somethings." Well he's certainly eager to learn. "You see in my timeline the Supreme Kai of our universe actually did come once. He arrived on Earth warning us about the revival of a demon known as Majin Buu."
"I am familiar with this Majin Buu, so this Supreme Kai helped you deal with him then?"
"Yes he did, all things considered it went rather smoothly." Trunks crossed his arms as he went into thought. "According to the Supreme Kai Majin Buu was a universal threat which is why he got involved. Black claims what he's done on Earth he's already done on through mutiple galaxies." Then he looked up to me as he finally asked. "Shouldn't the Supreme Kai of my universe have gotten involved and tried to stop Black aswell?"
I pondered for a moment,"Yes they should've intervened by now, if nothing else inquired a Destroyer on the matter." Only reason they wouldn't is if the Kai was so utterly incompetent they choose to do nothing, that or they were...
Trunks finished my train of thought "Do think Black already killed the Supreme Kai of my universe?"
"I dread the thought but if he somehow overcame your Kai, then that would explain his acquisition of a Time Ring."
The two of us stood in contemplation of the matter, before Trunks continued. "Well it doesn't matter either way. All that matters is that we stop Black and make him pay for all he's done." It can't be helped but the boy is correct.
"I give you my thanks Trunks, you were quite informative on the task at hand."
"Thank you Zamasu it's good to know that I have so many people behind me against Black." He bowed his head in thanks much more reasonably then Goku had ever managed. The boy even offers some dinner before our trip but I decline as I had my own lunch prior to leaving home. With that the two of us part ways.
Finally a decent conversation with a mortal that didn't make me question their very existance!
Beerus' Planet
"Yo Beerus we're back!" Whis and I just got back from visting Zeno's place but why did Beerus look so sweaty?
"Your back already?!" Wow I've never seen him so nervous his eyes looked like they were about to pop out! "So everything is ok then we won't be erased from existence." Was he really that scared of Zeno?
Whis just laughed at Beerus' expression. "Yes my Lord, cosmic annihilation has been swiftly avoided. Oh but the tension you could've cut with it with knife, Shin couldn't even bear it!"
"Hehe yeah ain't that truth Supreme Kai just fainted right there! Still though, I don't see what the big deal was, Zeni seems like a cool guy."
Beerus jumped up and got right up to my face. "You moron! How dense can you be! If Lord Zeno thought you even the slightest bit out of line we wouldn't have to worry about Black or anything ever again!" He's still pretty sweaty.
Beerus stepped back and turned around regaining his cool before looking over his shoulder at me. "Well as long as disaster is averted I suppose we can return to our previous topic of discussion." Beerus' expression got serious.
"You mean about Zamasu right?" When I had gotten on Beerus' planet I tried to ask Whis about Zamasu but Beerus said that this Zeno stuff was more important. But now it seemed like it was the most important thing.
"Yes Zamasu, so he just happens to show up unannounced in universe 7 during this Black nonsense offering his help?" Beerus sounded really intense. "Right after we paid him and Gowasu a visit no less? Call me paranoid but I think all that sounds too convenient."
I shook my head. "Yeah, atleast I think so when he showed up we weren't too sure what to make of him. I mean he seemed like he was telling the truth. But then I was thinking if Zamasu had something to do Black maybe he'd do something to me like make an evil clone or something." I looked down thinking about it, maybe but then if he was trying that he'd know Beerus and Whis would be near by for sure. "Hey Whis was Zamasu lying about being able to help being a god and all?"
Whis stepped in between me and Beerus. "No he wasn't lying about that, as a Supreme Kai's Apprentice his rank actually does allow him to get involved in a matter of this scale." I grinned alright so Zamasu is a good guy after all! "However, it is uncommon for a Kai from one universe to get involved in matters concerning another without being requested. Even stranger is that we got no prior notice from Gowasu on such a involvement."
"So then why don't we just go ask Gowasu about it then?" It seemed like a easy solution to me.
"Because we actually have an opportunity here to catch Zamasu red handed." I get it a chance to catch Zamasu if he is up to something! "It's a bit risky but if we allow Zamasu to continue we may catch him in the middle of whatever he's planning and then deal with him."
"I wouldn't be too eager my lord. While Zamasu is hiding something I sensed no ill will in him, and his arrival on Earth coincides perfectly with Gowasu starting filming on his latest Godtube movie."
"No way Gowasu's making a movie? I didn't think gods do stuff like that! What's it about?"
"According to what I've heard it's a beach movie called 'She sells sea shells down by the Norgmataff'."
"What's a Norgmataff?"
"A delightful little shop in Universe 10 that sells small desert filled sandwitches."
"Sounds awesome we should go!" Beerus yelled at me and Whis to get our attention.
"Enough the both of you! We have more pressing matters to attend to." Beerus pointed at me. "You go back to Earth and deal with Black already, and keep an eye on Zamasu. Whis go to universe 10, find a Norgmataff and get me a custard filled gingerbread sandwich."
"Aw that's no fair Beerus!"
"Get off my planet already you free loader."
"Fine fine." Beerus could be such a grump sometimes, I placed my fingers on my head and started searching for Earth. "Later you two!" Landing back at Capsule Corp everything was still in one piece that was a good sign Zamasu didn't go on a rampage.
I didn't see anyone around maybe the Time Machine was ready? I decided just to follow the nearest power near me in the house. After walking for a bit I saw Vegeta just brooding on the side of a wall. "Hey Vegeta what's up!"
Vegeta just turned to me and frowned, well I guess frowned harder then he already was. "Kakarot you idiot where've you been? The Time Machine is ready and we can't just be dawdling around waiting for you!"
"Aw Vegeta don't get mad already, it was Beerus he needed me to go meet with that Zeno guy from the tournament remember?" Vegeta got all scared like Beerus did, it was funny seeing him get all flustered like this.
"Zeno?! Dammit Kakarot I hope you didn't just doom us all!"
"Oh Vegeta don't be silly come on we don't want to keep Bulma waiting." I followed Vegeta through a couple halls before he asked me something.
"Kakarot are you sure we can trust that Kai?" Couldn't blame Vegeta for not trusting Zamasu 100% I mean even I was standing at 90% right now.
"Yeah I'm pretty sure."
"Pretty sure? He just shows up and invites himself to this battle and your ok with it?"
"Lighten up Vegeta even if he tries anything it'd be 3 on 1! Besides he's a pretty cool guy once you fight him!" Vegeta just turned away and started walking faster.
"Whatever just make sure he doesn't get in my way."
The two of us walked out to the front yard and saw Bulma, Trunks and Zamasu waiting.
"About time was worried Beerus destroyed you or something." Bulma flipped a capsule in her hand that probably had the Time Machine in it.
"Nah just some business with Zeno." After saying that Zamasu laughed outloud, hearing him laugh it sounded unnatural.
"Oh my apologies Goku, I just could've sworn you said you just said you had business with Zeno!" He laughed again, dang he sounded so evil!
"Yep met with Zeni, need to find him a friend to hangout with him. You interested Zamasu?" Zamasu was still giddy.
"Zeni! Oh Goku I didn't realize you were such a jester!" Zamasu nearly kneeled over laughing. "Oh but yes I would be more then honored to 'hangout' with the Omni King!" Great that's one problem taken care of!
"So then is everyone ready?" Trunks took a look at all of us around him. "Once we arrive in the future it'll take a while before the Time Machine can take off again. If you need anything then you should get it now."
"Oh let me just check here." Checking my pocket I found the pouch. "Senzu beans! Well I'm all set to go!"
"I've been ready since yesterday. Black will learn what happens when you face Sayains!" Vegeta was pumped to get at Black, can't say I don't want to try for round 2 either!
"I am more then prepared, divine judgement will raindown upon those who tresspass time and the will of the gods!" Sounds good to me.
"Alright then let's stop standing around and go!" Bulma pulled back and tossed the capsule up into the air before and it exploded into the Time Machine! "Tada!"
"Mother, it's incredible it looks as good as new! Finally we'll be able to bring peace to the future."
"For a mortal made crime against the gods and nature itself, it is rather impressive."
"Enought talk! It's time to go!"
I walked up towards the Time Machine, Vegeta was right. It's time to do this! The 4 of us walked up towards the Time Machine and the lid on top opened up. I clenched my fist and raised it up to my face.
"Let's do this!"
Finally, we are set to get the future and I am happy to get this far with the story. Writing for Zamasu has been the most fun part of this story for me. Really believe this will end up the first story I finish on this site. Thank you all for reading.
Also
Hakai=Destroy
Sozo=Creation
