Disclaimer: All rights belong to Akira Toriyama and Tite Kubo respectively.

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Snowflakes twirled within the chilly wind in the high altitude of the Mt Paozu mountain range. A lone figure stood amidst the cold braving the elements in nothing but an orange fighting gi with a blue short sleeved undershirt. Blue boots that contrasted with the white snow protected his toes from succumbing to the deadly hand of frostbite. His dark onyx eyes however were glazed over, the falling snowflakes reflecting within them as they fell.

A small smile graced his features, lifting the gloomy aura that surrounded him momentarily, the bags underneath his eyes ceasing to exist even if it was temporary. His gaze had fallen in the direction of Satan City, home to both the hero of Earth Hercule Satan and his eldest son Gohan. It was hard to believe that his son who had only defeated Cell on his lonesome not that many years prior was now a father. How time sure flew by, but then again, he had missed over seven years of both his son's lives, something he vowed not to do again. Suddenly his thought shifted to those of his wife and his smile faltered slowly shifting into a frown, with his demeanour matching the chilly cold air he found himself in.

A lone tear snaked its way down his face before being quickly wiped away "No! Now is not the time for this!" exclaimed Goku loudly into the roaring wind, shaking his head vigorously to clear the invading thoughts from the forefront of his mind. "The Universal Tournament is soon, and I need to focus." Taking a deep breath, he pushed the painful memory to the back of his mind. Goku was not one to mule on things for too long, and he certainly was not about to start now.

Chi-Chi leaving had left a hole in his life but maybe that was his own fault considering how he never managed to make up his mind, always telling her needed more time to stall her departure but alas she saw through it from the very start. He thought back to when he had first arrived back home and watched as all her belongings slowly but surely disappeared. Her clothes, makeup, her perfume that he loved, all her pictures and finally herself. The house felt emptier since she had also taken Goten, along with her.

Goku sighed heavily, allowing the creeping tension in his chest and shoulders to escape with the breath. 'Maybe Vegeta wants to train.' mused Goku as he ran his fingers through his thick onyx locks, looking for a distraction from thinking of his now ex-wife. Bringing a forefinger and middle finger to his forehead he focused on the Saiyan Prince's high energy signature before teleporting with his unique technique, leaving the mountain top bare from human interaction once more.

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1 year later.

Beerus stared at the fighting arena below, barely restrained shock oozing from every pore, eyes wide and mouth agape with no sound escaping. Words seemingly failed to form, a lump having formed within his throat whilst million thoughts rushed through his mind at once.

His trump card… his ace up his sleeve… gone in a flash, seemingly having vanished from the plane of existence without a trace. No Ki signature, no remnants of his well-known orange gi. Just a large crater in the arena sparkling with the remaining Ki from Goku's 'Genkidama'.

Gritting his teeth, he looked over to the motionless form of Jiren, the catalyst behind the disappearance of his priced fighter, with his arms crossed over his broad and muscled chest "Cocky Bastard…" muttered Beerus before turning to face his teacher and assistant.

"With Son Goku presumably dead, Jiren is likely to be disqualified." commented Whis knowledgeably, eyeing the G.O.D of Universe 7.

"That's right!" exclaimed Beerus animatedly, momentarily forgetting about the disappearance of his priced fighter from the fighting stage. "If it does happen that he gets disqualified then we have a much better chance of winning this tournament. We can revive him with the Dragon Balls when we win." concluded Beerus, now standing upright with his arms crossed over his chest.

Everyone waited with bated breath for a reappearance from Goku, yet as the moments passed there remained no sign of the Saiyan from Earth. An aura of defeat descendent upon the stands where universe 7 were located, as they slowly lost hope that their friend would make an appearance once more.

The childlike Omni Kings sadly tapped on the image of Goku, knowing that their best friend in the multiverse was now dead, causing it to dim out signify that he was officially out of the competition. The Great Priest from his position on his levitating pad moved to address the remaining competitors located in the Arena and the spectators in the stands.

"Son Goku of Universe 7 has been knocked out of the fighting stage." He paused, allocating time to allow his words to sink in. With his gaze travelling over the faces of the fighters in the Arena, it lingered over Universe 7 respectively before moving on. "However, since Goku's body has not returned, he has been deemed deceased. However, Jiren shall not be disqualified for causing the death of his opponent, since it was Goku's own technique that caused the untimely demise."

"What!?" exclaimed Beerus, his once confident statement as to whether Jiren would get disqualified not holding any truth behind it anymore, causing his hands to attach to either side of his head. With his teeth grit he could only watch as Jiren remained in the epicentre of the fighting ring. "Curse that Son Goku!" seethed Beerus through his teeth, whilst glaring at Belmod who simply smirked in return.

"With that out of the way the tournament can proceed once more." exclaimed the Great Priest, signalling for the Tournament to continue.

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Night had fallen over Karakura Town. Small patches of dark clouds provided cover, whilst the stars twinkled in the sky. A half-moon's attempt at illuminating the area proved futile, with its pale blue rays barely lighting up the night sky, let alone the Town beneath. The streets were relatively empty, with a few drunkards stumbling home in the light of the street lamps. Their shuffling was accompanied by the hoots of a solitary owl and fluttering of a bats leathery wings as they flew overheard.

There was a quick rush of wind, followed quickly by a pair of similar sounds. It continued onwards, seemingly hopping between the roofs of houses and the branches of nearby trees, knocking leaves into the air. It suddenly stopped on the ledge of a tall building overlooking a good portion of the residential areas of Karakura Town. The quick rush of wind had been caused by a relatively small woman with raven black hair that was worn short with two long braids trailing down either side of her back whilst bound in white cloth. Each braid ended with a large golden ring.

She contrasted well with the darkness in her white Soul Reaper's Captain's uniform, secured by a yellow belt around her waist. A sheathed Zanpakuto was located on the small of her back, allowing for easy reach if needed. Exhaling through her mouth caused a cloud of vapour to form and rise into the air. Stormy grey eyes scanned her surrounding, darting over any objects of interest.

Time moved on slowly, whilst a gentle breeze took pleasure in tousling her braids and the loose ends of her uniform. "Took you long enough." She muttered, followed up by two figures covered in black phasing into existence behind her back. Both were down on one knee with their heads bowed in respect, signifying that the woman was someone of great importance.

"How goes the search?" she questioned; her tone impatient as she kept her gaze trained over the residential areas.

"No luck, there is still no sign of her."

Releasing a sigh, she turned to face the kneeling black clad figures. "Keep searching. Intel reported her to be around this area." Her body language and tone were frigid and emotionless, not betraying her true thoughts.

"Understood Captain Suì-Fēng."

A small smirk danced on her lips, although it was barely noticeable in the darkness 'Soon I will find you, and make you pay for abandoning me all those years ago.' "Prepare to move out, we may have attracted Hollows with our high Spiritual Energy."

A chorus of roars from behind her back caused her to whirl quickly on the spot, whilst her right hand subconsciously reached for her Zanpakuto. The roars came from different directions, with the closest one being directly ahead of her. In the distance she could make out the large silhouette of a Hollow. "Speak of the devil and he shall appear." Suì-Fēng muttered before addressing her kneeling subordinates with a more commanding tone. "Let's go."

Receiving grunts in acknowledgement, Suì-Fēng continued "Let's split up, we'll deal with the Hollows quickly and meet up to resume our search." Without waiting for a response, she took a small running start before leaping off the edge. She spread her body out, using the air currents to slow her descent towards the rooftop of a nearby building. Landing in a crouched position with her palms flat on the floor, she took off running towards the edge once more, before vaulting off, leaping across the various rooftops on her way towards the Hollow.

The roars got louder as she neared the location from where the hollow had first appeared. Stopping at a ledge of a nearby building Suì-Fēng nearly fell off from shock when she noted that the singular hollow as she had initially thought was in fact a group of Menos Grande class hollows. "Damn!" exclaimed Suì-Fēng, cursing under her breath. How she had failed to sense the group was beyond her, but then again there was a possibility it was caused by the large number of hollows that appeared at once. 'This is quite odd indeed.' Making a mental note to investigate it later she faced her adversaries.

The Hollows were at least 2-6 stories tall, easily dwarfing her in size alone. They all had a white mask with an elongated nose, whilst their bodies were covered from head to toe with a black covering reminiscent of a cloak. Around their necks was a row of thin white spikes, whilst their large pointy feet were wrapped in white bandages.

The Captain knew she was strong enough to take on one by her lonesome, yet the group would pose more of a threat. Her full power had been locked away during her travel to the land of the living, an automatic effect of the gate to prevent her power causing problems. She glanced in both directions scanning for the Spiritual Energy signatures of her subordinates. There was the chance they would be facing a group of Menos Grande like her and whilst they were strong, a Menos Grande was likely out of their league. "I need to hurry!" Her right hand quickly reached for her Zanpakuto when suddenly, a grey blur rushed past her peripheral view and collided with the Hollow that had been standing in front of her. "W-what…" she stuttered, eyes widening involuntarily in shock as she took a small step back.

A large explosion of light erupted, bathing the area with its radiance causing the petite female to shield her eyes behind her left forearm. A screech of pain followed by the sound of something heavy impacting the ground caused her well trained ears to twitch and her mind to begin asking questions 'W-what's going on here?'

The light died down just as quickly as it had appeared restoring sight to the white clad female. She was met with the striking image of one of the Menos Grande hollows dispersing into nothing. Suì-Fēng's gaze shifted to the left where a male figure adorned in orange pants ripped at the waist and a blue shirt hung suspended mid-air whilst a fluctuating aura of sky blue encompassed his entire frame. Upon closer inspection there seemed to be energy particles rising slowly within his flame like aura.

'He doesn't seem to a soul reaper since I can't sense any spiritual energy from him.' With his strange garments and weird aura, she was perplexed 'He can't be a Quincy either.' there was nothing preventing her coming to that conclusion considering the fact she knew of most if not all Soul Reapers in the Soul Society but very little on Quincy's.

The hairs on the back of her neck rose in response to when she felt a drastic rise of Spiritual Energy in the air. Cursing her lack of concentration, Suì-Fēng watched as the remaining three Menos Grande's charged Ceros from their mouths, taking aim at the suspended male. "Look out you idiot!" called out the Captain, her panicked state causing her to forget that only a fellow Soul Reaper or a Hollow could see her, however her words seemingly fell upon deaf ears as he made no effort to move out of the way.

Gritting her teeth and cursing under her breath once more, Suì-Fēng unsheathed her Zanpakuto preparing to jump in and save the male, only to watch as the Hollows released their charged attacks. "Noooo…" She called out, the powerful red beams of energy roaring towards the orange and blue clad male. However, for the second time in a short span of time, she was shocked silent with the Cero attacks getting backhanded easily to the side. "What…the...fuck!" exclaimed the female once more, eyes wide like dinner plates as they detonated harmlessly in the air.

The male then phased out of sight, only to reappear before the central Menos Grande, connecting a thunderous punch to its mask. A massive crack appeared before splitting the mask in half. It roared in pain as it fell backwards, slowly dispersing into nothing. 'S-so f-fast a-nd… and so s-strong.' Suì-Fēng muttered, after witnessing the defeat of the Hollow without the use of a Zanpakuto; however, she knew this was not a good thing since this would cause misbalance in the Soul Society with the complete destruction of the soul.

"I have to stop him before he continues." concluded Suì-Fēng, however she couldn't stop herself being curious 'Who is he!? Where has he been hiding all this time!?' thought the Captain, everything she knew being seemingly challenged in one night by a stranger. She could only watch as he defeated the remaining Hollows with ruthless efficiency one could only dream off.

"Gah!" she gasped, taking a step back in shock as the male phased right in front of her. "Never do that again!" screeched Suì-Fēng, her hand flat on her chest to calm her erratic heartbeat. With his proximity to her, she noted his stormy grey eyes and midnight black hair that was erratically splayed in every direction. He was seemingly looking down on her, his gaze curious with his flame like aura pulsing around him.

"Say something already!" she demanded, the silence that had descendent between them having become endearing. However, he remained silent his eyes still silently studying her own. "Can I at least know your name?" she questioned attempting to be somewhat friendly, however she continued to receive silence in return. "Well if you're going to be that way I'll bring you in for interrogation." continued Suì-Fēng with a finality to her words before reaching out to grab his muscled arm. Her eyes widened with her breath hitching slightly when her hand felt warmer within range of his arm. "Are you a soul!?" she questioned as she drew her hand back quickly "How are you so powerful as well?"

Nothing. Just continued silence on his part.

Sudden realization sunk in as she remembered that as a Soul Reaper, normal people were incapable of seeing her, which made sense as to why he probably was not answering her, but he should have been able to hear though. She shrugged, chalking it down to him thinking he was hearing things before sucking in air through clenched teeth.

Suì-Fēng opened her mouth to speak once more when a Hollow howling cut her off. Her head snapped to face the direction it was coming from. "You stay here." Said Suì-Fēng, turning back to face the silent male only to see that he was gone. "What the…" she muttered, searching around for any traces of her previous companion. She grit her teeth in sheer frustration from how much of an anomaly he was turning out to be. Add on to that the fact that she couldn't get any information from him to explain his odd powers and behaviour patterns; Like how does a normal human annihilates a Menos Grande with a bare fist of all things.

Then there was the odd fact he was capable of flight or mid-air suspension like most if not all Soul Reapers, yet he had a mysterious aura that was around his frame that she could not get a sense of. It certainly was not Reiryoku since she could not sense any spiritual pressure emitting from his body but that was impossible since every living thing, dead or alive had some Reiatsu. Suì-Fēng's right hand clenched subconsciously, as she remembered how warm the weird energy around him had felt. Shaking her head to remove the thoughts, she focused instead on the task at hand; dealing with the Hollow. 'I'll have to get answers from him, even if it means bringing him back with me. He's too dangerous to leave running around.' Flash stepping to the nearest roof she took off running once more, hopping from roof to roof, her garments bellowing from the force of the wind.

Landing on the street from where she sensed trace amounts of Spiritual Energy in the air, she was met with the visage of the silent individual who had seemingly vanished into thin air. 'How did he get here?' she pondered but figured she could get answers later. However, she could not help but notice that the weird aura was now gone from around his frame, causing him to appear less imposing.

He stood silent before turning to face her, a weary but welcoming smile playing on his features. "Heyy there!" he greeted, making a small waving motion with his right hand. However, he winced in pain before grabbing his left arm. "Guess I'm a little beat up haha." He commented with a chuckle, his tone light-hearted and somewhat upbeat.

"You don't say." muttered the Captain, her tone dry before realising he could see her. "Wait! You can see me?" She could not help but feel wary of him considering how his demeanour had switched; One minute he was serious whilst remaining silent yet now he was openly acknowledging her presence. "Who are you!?" she demanded, choosing to get straight to the point and unsheathing her Zanpakuto to show her intentions. She also noted how she was still unable to sense his spiritual pressure, making her wonder just how he had defeated all those Hollows with his bare fists alone.

Her companion in the relatively empty street blinked twice, having not expected her vocal tone to be as demanding or for her to draw her weapon. "I'm Son Goku." responded Goku in an openly friendly tone, the previous smile remaining etched on his features. "Could you tell me where I am?" he continued, sidestepping her question about how he could see her, thinking she was playing a joke on him or something.

Suì-Fēng's raised an eyebrow in return, however it wasn't because of his name. No, it was because he sidestepped her question as to how he could see her and, he didn't know where he was, which was enough to raise her already high suspicions of him. "You're in Karakura Town."

"Mhmm, no wonder I can't sense any of my old friends." responded Goku as he looked towards the sky, a small frown replacing the smile. It didn't go unnoticed by the Soul Reaper Captain however

"I need you to tell me how you are so strong." she questioned to change the topic.

"Uhm, yeah sure I guess." Goku looked towards her once more as he spoke "Although it's quite a long story."

"Give me the simplified version then."

Goku nodded his consent, before chuckling in a child-like manner as his stomach growled. "Mind if I tell you over some food? I'm starving!"

"Sure. I know somewhere we can get some food." She responded, shaking her head at his odd behaviour although she was willing to trade some food for answers. Suì-Fēng however suddenly jerked up as she sensed a large amount of Spiritual Pressure being expelled at once, making the air feel somewhat heavy. "What pressure…" She muttered as she looked in the general direction it was flowing from, with a large white flash of power traveling towards the clouds.

"That's some power, however it doesn't feel like Ki. Wonder what it is?" said Goku as he looked on as well, however his comment caught the attention of his companion who looked at him.

"Can you sense that?"

The saiyan looked in her direction, watching as the wind gently tousled with her braids and garments "Well yeah, can't you?"

Goku's response made it seem as if it was a normal thing to sense Spiritual Pressure, which did not go unnoticed as the Captain stored away the small info for later. "Yes, I can that's why I asked if you could."

Goku opened his mouth to answer, only to watch as the light pillar suddenly died down along with dispersing the Spiritual Pressure that had hung in the air like a blanket. Both the Saiyan and the Soul Reaper looked at each other as they contemplated whether to go investigate what had caused it. However, Suì-Fēng sighed as she remembered she had to check on her subordinates that she had momentarily forgotten about.

"Goku, I need you to stay here while I deal with something really quickly, and when I get back we can go get some food and medical help for you." She finished whilst eyeing the numerous bruises and welts that littered his body along with a few burns here and there, making her wonder just what kind of battle he had been in to sustain such injuries. "More like medical attention first then food."

In response the Saiyan smiled whilst nodding his consent "Could you hurry though, I'm starving." once finished his stomach roared as if to add to its own thoughts into the conversation, making Suì-Fēng raise an eyebrow before laughing lightly which caused Goku to meekly rub the back of his head in embarrassment.

"I'll see what I can do but no promises." was her response before she flash-stepped away, leaving an impressed Goku in her wake. He was certainly curious as to what this new world entailed considering the weirdly dressed monsters he had faced when he arrived which emitted a very tainted energy signature however his new companion had showed some interesting techniques such as the ability to teleport even if it was for a short distance as he could tell with his sensing ability, it was still impressive none the less and he couldn't wait to see what else she could show him.

However he could still sense the owner of the weird light pillar that had appeared in the sky and well his curious mind pestered him to investigate, however he knew he had to make it quick lest his new friend thought he had ran away and even then there was food at stake. He pressed the two main fingers on his left hand to his forehead, before disappearing, leaving the street void of human life once more.

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Don't worry I haven't forgotten about my other stories, it's just that this idea was on the forefront of my mind and I just had to write it down.

Final pairings haven't been decided yet, but so far, I'm aiming for Goku and Suì-Fēng. I feel like they are opposites, with Suì-Fēng being more serious, a total complement to Goku's more relaxed and childlike personality. Also, I have decided to add other females to the list of potential partners, one or two even. Nothing too ridiculous.

Tier Harribel is like my number 1 candidate atm, however I haven't decided on the other one, maybe even Yoruichi to go with Suì-Fēng, I don't know. Just an idea atm.

I'm still weighing the choice to make Goku into a Soul Reaper. It would open many story opportunities however I'm undecided about it.

Edited – 25/07/20.