Chapter 63: Unknown Cause
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(Celestial Hierarchy: A Corporate Ladder of Destruction)
"This universal biome is occupied by a variety of interesting races: The Saiyans, the Namekians, the Yardrats, etc. I have born witness to a lot of their activities and their impact on history. Most importantly being the creation of the Dragon Balls, seven magical objects said to gather any wish when gathered together.
Curiously, compared to most other universal biomes, this one contains its one miniature universal biomes, once eighteen, now exists only twelve.
And the culprit responsible for that is the patron deity of this biome...An impish, petulant child that calls himself...Zeno. With just a whim of his untamed entitled mind, an entire universe and all its species can be wiped out in the blink of an eye. Nay, he could wipe out ALL universes in his biome.
Pathetic, that such an important role of 'God' would be granted to one of such thoughtless upbringing. His motives run counterintuitive to my own. I can't save any species if they are wiped out entirely.
All power should have checks and balances. Some worlds employ these measures, allowing even mere mortals to attack and dethrone 'God'. But this world is not such one.
There are tiers to this madness. First one would have to overcome the Gods of Destruction, deities deigned to oversee each of the twelve smaller biomes, yet reckless are many of them, who would abuse their power to cull favors from the weak...And annihilate their worlds should they prove uncompliant.
Above them are supposed to be the Angels, overseers with even more immense power. But they cling to their roles a little TOO well, choosing to idly stand by as entire populations vanish in the blink of an eye.
And above even them is the Grand Priest. His power has scarce been on display but its painfully obvious that he is nigh-untouchable, even compared to the Angels when compared to the GoDs. He is Zeno's babysitter, an apt comparison, as only an inexperienced one would allow such tantrums to go on as a means of appeasing their underdeveloped gray matter...
In terms of raw energy production capabilities this universe biome hosts one of the highest statistics overall. Not even the likes of Spiral Energy or the Infinity Gauntlet can compare, even at their peaks.
And all that raw power...Contained within the bodies of the cruel, the enabling, and the childish..."
(The Warrior Race: Pride Eternal)
"I've observed the race known as Saiyans for quite a long time now, from vicious birth to a cruel, calculated near extinction.
Beyond all other races, I have never seen such an upward potential for strength growth. Just when these warriors seem to have reached a limit, they continue to break through and unlock newer, greater power.
It is entirely possible that there IS no limit...A frightening thought that brings even my skin to tingle. If any race could rise to challenge their vile heirarchy, its them...(clckclckclckclckclck) A pity, as such, that someone else would beat them to the punch."
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(Universal Biome #9001 Calender Date: ?/?/Age 780.
Concurrent Interwoven Time Flow: 2025 AD, 14:58 PM.)
"There had been an event recently known as the 'Tournament of Power', which saw eight of the twelve universes gathered in a battle to the death for the Zenos amusement. Yes, I mean plural. Some freak accident involving another timeline, it seems, brought a second Zeno to this timeline. I'm sure my self in that timeline could explain, but he's probably just as busy as me...
Its curious though, isn't it? That 'God' can be copied. At that point, wouldn't that make their claims to power fake? Yet, unopposed, they continue to be...And their power, their frightening, cruel, and callous use of power, continues to be the nightmare lingering over everyone's head.
I should be writing this in a more neutral voice, but I can't help it. Those destructive children are my enemy. I'd dare say I would've killed them myself...Had another party not seen fit to do the job for me.
I'm getting off-track here. The Tournament of Power, yes? Any universe whose participants lost would see their biome erased by the Zenos. Only one would survive. An attempt to cull the weak and wane the tides of rebellion? No. These children didn't think like that. This was another playtime for them.
And ultimately, using the strongest Dragon Balls of all, the winner of this tournament brought back the universes with no question from the Zenos. It was claimed this was the intent all along, a test to prove the morality of the victors.
Bullshit.
Propaganda to instill a sense of ease in the winners, and lull them into believing their destructive deities had a soul in their robotic shells.
The Zenos had merely had their toys fixed. Nothing more, nothing less.
I admit. I was angry. A rage boiled inside of me that I hadn't felt since my earliest days. I was going to break my neutrality and wage a war on these children.
But then...The true enemy arrived.
See, karma is a fickle mistress. Some earn death. Others live forever with the blood of billions cascading off their hands.
If any were to find my words and read them aloud, they can judge for themselves if what's to come is karma or not..."
(15:01 PM)
"The Zenos, the Grand Priest, the Angels and the GoDs...All of them gathered in the throne of lies following the Tournament of Power's conclusion. Suddenly, two beings from 'higher-up' descended upon their meeting...
One was The Grand Sorcerer of Light: Yen Sid."
(File: The Grand Sorcerer of Light, Yen Sid)
"A powerful Keyblade Master from Universal Biome #3, birthplace of the Realm of Darkness Encroachment. He is the sole survivor of that universe, having been saved by the enemy and ascended to take place in his council. He now wields incredible dominion over light, and wisdom. He represents the good nature of man, including its well-meaning follies, and sometimes misguided wisdom..."
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"The other was The Devil Witch of Lust: Homura Akemi."
(File: The Devil Witch of Lust: Homura Akemi)
"Formerly a magical girl from Universal Biome #784 I...I have met plenty of humans with sin in their hearts, but never has that sin become so overpowering that it could completely consume and overwrite ones nature. Homura Akemi was once a magical girl, having made a wish on a deceitful Incubator to repeat time over and over and over and over again, just to save the life of the one girl who wanted to be her friend. Sealing her emotions behind a cold demeanor only served to increase the fever of her sins.
Desperately, she tried to fight fate, only for the friend to become the one to do so. The friend sacrificed their existence to end a terrible threat, ascending to the rank of 'Goddess' in their world.
But this girl, Homura Akemi, was now so consumed by her sins that she couldn't see this as a happy ending. No. She longed to reverse this 'tragedy', by any means necessary. She became a devil, usurping her friend's power to gain full control over their universe, and confining her friend to their world to live out a false paradise.
The 'devil' could have been opposed...But opposition never came, and her sin only continued to fester and consume her. And soon, her power continued to grow, stronger and stronger until she had performed the impossible, and overrode a Seven Deadly Sin themselves, replacing them in the very hierarchy of the universe. And with this power, she performed one final act of 'protection', locking her friend's world away in a locket around her neck, never to be released. And that world would continue to repeat, over and over, the friend's false paradise...
The enemy had to intervene and chose to make her a part of their council, lest their sin continue to swelter and spread throughout the known universe. Homura Akemi, or rather as she calls herself, Akuma Homura, now represents the dark nature of man, its depravity, ill-choices, and consumption of sin...Though in her mind, she still retains her good heart. She is a dangerous one, perhaps the most dangerous 'human' of all."
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"These two members of the enemy's council approached the Zenos with a meager request. The Zenos reckless destruction of their universes was beginning to wear down the walls surrounding the entire biome, and would have an adverse effect if left unchecked.
Of course naturally, the Zenos took this about as seriously as a child would a circus. They called Yen Sid a funny looking magician and wanted him to perform tricks.
Admittedly the man does look like a third-rate magician these days...
But that's exactly the point. He is masterfully hiding his true power behind the guise of an amateur.
The two emissaries had only come to approach the Zenos with a warning. They had no intention of escalating this matter further...
The GoDs, in their blind obedience, disagreed with this notion.
It was said that Yen Sid had no right to approach the Zenos as equals. And they were right! ...Yen Sid was not a genocidal manchild.
It was rather unnecessary for Homura to call the GoDs pets on leashes, given that the twelve loyal lapdogs were already prepared to attack, but said insult incited one particular GoD to strike first...
Beerus, the cat-like GoD of Universe 7, approached Yen Sid and mocked him for his attitude, stating that he had picked a fight with them the moment they had waltzed into this palace."
(15:32 PM)
"Beerus had been granted permission by the Zenos to 'test what the magician can do' for their entertainment. Yen Sid offers Beerus a chance to think his actions through. The GoD chooses to attack, and Homura floats aside, becoming an observer in this amusing scuffle.
The GoDs can destroy a planet with a mere finger, yet even against such cataclysmic might the mighty wizard was unperturbed. He hadn't drawn a weapon, mystifying the mighty Beerus with the lost magics of his world. The depths of the cosmos were split asunder with light, and Beerus' blows cracked the fabric of the realm around them.
Detailing each and every blow was an impossibility even for me. My drones were faced with a herculean task of keeping up with them."
(15:33 PM)
"First blood is drawn. Beerus bleeds. And it angers him. Enveloped in the power of the destroyer, Beerus aimed his hand upon Yen Sid and invoked his greatest technique: Hakai.
Pure. Untamed. Destruction...Condensed into an unseeable blast. Nothing, save the truest immortals, could survive this.
Yen Sid faced this destruction, closed his eyes, and in the next instance he had appeared behind Beerus with a blade drawn...The mightiest of all Keyblades, the X-Blade."
(The Key of All Worlds: The X-Blade)
"Supposedly this is one of the mightiest weapons in the known universe, capable of unlocking Kingdom Hearts, the heart of all worlds. Many ambitious men tried to seize its power for their means, including the Master of Masters and Xehanort. In the wake of the Realm of Darkness Incursion this blade should've been lost forever. So how, pray tell, did it wind up in Yen Sid's hands?
...Like I'd dare to interview him on the matter, as I doubt he'd be willing even if I wasn't who I was."
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(15:34 PM)
"A single stroke was all it took to carve out Beerus' right eye and disable his right arm. Even having thoroughly dominated his opponent, Yen Sid reached out to him with kindness, offering to mend his wounds and let him leave in peace.
Beerus...did not respond kindly to be looked down upon. Fitting for a cat, he threw a tantrum and started wildly throwing orbs of Hakai energy around him. The orbs were dispatched by the X-Blade without Yen Sid raising a hand to wield it."
(15:35 PM)
"Yet it seemed the wizard had let his guard down, as he now found himself surrounded by the other eleven GoDs, who had raised their hands to perform a Hakai singularity, a forbidden technique that is said to hold the same power as Zeno's erasures.
Yen Sid closed his eyes, and raised the X-Blade into the air to herald the coming massacre.
Not his. Theirs.
'Reflecagun' Was the sole word he uttered. In the blink of an eye the Hakai energy turned on their masters and erased them all out of existence. They couldn't scream, nor panic. They died feel arrogant, just as they always had been."
(15:36 PM)
"Beerus was the sole survivor of the GoDs. The X-Blade, pointed at his face. Still, Yen Sid refused to take his life. He saw fear, palatable fear, in the cat's eyes, but refused to kill him. He did not kill without reason. Though he is with the enemy, I hold some degree of respect for this one."
(15:37 PM)
"Beerus' Angel, Whis, intervened next, tapping his staff against the X-Blade and being his unusually calm self. He warned Yen Sid about playing with dangerous toys, as the wizard soon found himself surrounded by the twelve Angels."
(15:49 PM)
"It is impossible to keep track of what's happening in the fight, only who is winning, and losing. I catch brief glimpses of scars on the Angels, and scuffs on Yen Sid's body. But the Angels ability to utilize compartmentalized time reversals on each other to undo the damage seemed to keep this at an eternal standstill."
(15:51 PM)
"Time and space was distorted beyond recognition, including the Zenos' palace. The two children clapped their hands and laughed with glee.
After Yen Sid felt the first scar form on his body, Homura finally decided to intervene, prompting to Yen Sid that they should 'use more of their power'.
The Angels attacked, earning the witch's ire by fiddling with her precious locket."
(15:51? PM)
"I can only attempt to explain what happened next. Once, there floated the angelic bodies of twelve calm warriors.
Now, there are eleven corpses, cut in twine down the middle. No blood. No emotion. Just the fatality of mortal life, and the stench of death...
Homura Akemi had the power to stop time. A power greater than the ability to reverse it. The Angels were unable to move, allowing Yen Sid to kill them all in a single stroke of Zantetsuken. All, it seemed, except Whis. I don't know whether fortune favored him, but he managed to be outside the range of the technique. His survival was but a curse, not a blessing."
(15:52 PM)
"The Grand Priest had to be step in. The realm of the heavens, nay, the fabric of all twelve universes, began to tremble as the divine creature drew a seraphim's halo behind his back.
His children had been lost. His idle way of life was being threatened.
He was PISSED."
(16:02 PM)
"Its taking every bit of power I have to keep my drone from breaking under pressure. The realms of the heavens now laid unrecognizable to the naked eye. Holes were being torn through time and space by Homura's guns, while the Grand Priest overpowered Yen Sid's light magic with his holy wrath.
Whis did his best to shield the coming storm but was but an ant in a hurricane. Beerus, in a panic, suggested they had to flee while they still could.
Defying his nature, for once, Whis agreed to this desperate request. They had but one option for survival, and in order to do so, they needed the help of one person Beerus dared to call a friend...
They teleported out of this terrifying battleground, and I too, had to shift focus towards them. For now, it proved fruitless to remain focused here..."
(16:03 PM. Universe 7's Earth)
"The effects of the heavenly battle could even be felt this far out. Storms of thunder and fire brewed in the sky, as the waters gravitated off the planet, and forests burned to cinder.
Beerus and Whis' arrival before the Saiyan warrior Goku should've been construed as an omen. But he was not that type. Though worried for the state of his world, he knew that so long as the Dragon Balls existed, they could fix this.
But Beerus shot a hole straight through his naive optimism, screaming at the Saiyan warrior to hurry and find his friend Bulma and her Dragon Radar.
This was not the GoDs usual rage. He was scared. And it made Goku excited.
Whis explained the situation to him and expressed the urgency of their next mission but Goku assumed he had to prepare to fight the 'higher-ups.
Beerus yelled at him some more, stating that they had to gather the Super Dragon Balls...So they could flee."
(17:24 PM. Universe 7's Earth)
"Goku and his friends quickly gathered the Super Dragon Balls throughout the turmoil shaking the universe and Whis invoked its enchantment. They were running out of time. The universe was on the brink of collapse..."
(17:24 PM. The Heavens)
"The Grand Priest could stand against Yen Sid and Homura's combined might, but not overpower it. It was a battle of equals that seemed like it would last forever."
(17:25 PM. He appears)
"The heavens quaked, then fell into a calm. The enemy made their presence known...
Futanji Shinryu."
(Enemy. Futanji Shinryu)
"I've always called him by that title for I've not known him any other way. He is the mightiest being that won the right to govern the creation and guidance of all universal biomes in existence. If he has flaw, then I do not know of any. Nor do I care to try and figure it out again..."
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(17:26 PM. Universe 7's Earth)
"At that exact moment, Goku and his friends were prepared to make a wish to carry the endangered twelve universes to somewhere safer. But then...
A child appeared. One that I could not identify, despite him sharing many of the 'structural similarities' to the inhabitants of this biome.
Somehow he managed to intercept the wish, asking Super Shenron to send Goku and his friends to a 'specific world'."
(17:26 PM. The Heavens)
"At the same time, the enemy gazed upon the Zenos from high above, manifesting himself the only way he was capable of...As a ball of light.
Yen Sid and Homura were forced to retreat as Futanji confronted the reckless, childish beings and ushered one final warning...To cease their destruction, or suffer a fate worse than all the deaths they inflicted upon their universes.
The Zenos were bored of this dragon's edict and rose to 'punish' him with their power."
(17:27 PM. Universe 7's Earth.)
"By the time I looked back Goku and his friends, save Beerus and Whis, were gone, and that strange child as well..."
(17:27 PM. The Heavens)
"The Zenos raised their hands ready to wipe out all of their universal biome just to kill Futanji...If only it were so easy.
I never truly knew how powerful our enemy was until this moment.
The Zenos wiped out everything in an instant. A white light devoured all worlds, every person who lived on them, and the stars in the sky...
But Futanji, wasn't even scratched."
(17:28 PM. Oblivion)
"Twelve universes once existed here, all full life. Their stories, their histories, gone...Never to be told again.
This was not the first time a universe fell, trying to prove a point against this dragon of immeasurable size and power...But I dare say this is the saddest.
What did the Saiyans do to deserve this? What did the Namekians do? Honestly...what did the GoDs do? They were all victims of inevitable circumstances.
If there is such a thing as karma, then surely the Zenos would have had to pay for it eventually. I suppose the only folly of this was expecting those children to not drag the rest of their universe down with them.
And it was all for naught. Their bodies, lying motionless in their self-made oblivion, were devoured by Futanji, who I swore let out a melancholic sigh..."
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-Update: The Case of the Missing Saiyans.
(Entry Point: Concurrent Interwoven Time Flow 01/05/2042., 20:20 PM)
"There were many mysteries left over from that day that I thought would go unsolved until recently."
1] What happened to Goku and his friends?
"The answer came to me a few months ago, when a friend of mine, Catherine, approached me with an accusation regarding one of my glitched capsules. Having heard of its entanglement with a being that was calling himself 'Prometheus' I decided to peruse the data left behind. Even such lost data could be restored with my technology, though I doubt Catherine would be happy to hear that.
It seemed as though in the aftermath of the wish on the Super Dragon Balls, Goku and his friends were teleported to the Earth in Universal Biome #6435. There, Prometheus' men were standing by and waiting in ambush.
Using technology given to them by Gravitus, they were able to easily put down the mighty Saiyan and his friends before they could get a full grasp of where they were.
Then, Prometheus took their bodies and their DNA, and used them for his vile experiments."
"...But this just raises further questions. How could Prometheus have known ahead of time about this? I suspect, and this is but mere speculation, that just as Prometheus received this information from Gravitus, he too received this from Justek."
"Yet, even regardless of all this, Prometheus should not have been able to bond Saiyan DNA to human hosts to create super soldiers. The mixing of DNA is only possible through breeding. What he committed is an abhorrent sin against the very foundation of nature...
...But I suspect that he had some unexpected help on that front, and that relates to the second mystery."
2] The "Blank" Child.
"I had stumbled upon a great conundrum long, long ago...The existence of entities known as 'Blanks', and the 'Authors' that guide them with puppet strings.
I do not know where these entities come from, nor what their purpose is...Just that their existence is a poison that flows through the veins of the universe itself, prompting ever-closer the birth of something truly, truly irreversible...The Omni-Extinction.
That child who usurped the wish was likely to be one such 'Blank'. The events of that day can only make sense that way.
After all everything lines up perfectly. Too perfectly.
Futanji's interference, Prometheus and his firing squad, and then a child and two of his clones happen to have Saiyan DNA..."
"This is my analysis of what went down..."
1]] An "Author" created a decoy "Blank" to intercept the wish on Super Shenron. Futanji being preoccupied with the Zenos not only ensured he wouldn't be caught, but also that the proof of his interference would be wiped out not long after.
2]] The "Author" must have known about Justek's precognition, thus instigating a domino effect that would result in the Saiyan DNA coming into Prometheus' possession.
3]] The "Author" manipulated events to ensure his true "Blank" would end up in Prometheus' possession and then, using his powers, would ensure that the Saiyan DNA would bond to his "Blank". The only thing wrong with my theory here, is that Prometheus himself, and his daughter Samantha, were able to accept the Saiyan DNA just fine...
"Thus, in conclusion..."
3] The "Blank" Siblings.
"Alex, Mew and Riku Whiter must all be 'Blanks'. It would go as far as to explain another conundrum I had, as to how the 'Phoenix of Destruction' could have wiped out the Marvel Universe.
Abusing the Saiyans innate Zenkais along with the Elemental Overlord's ability to heal from absorbing elements, created a warrior that could continue to grow stronger and stronger with incredible ease. And on top of that, adding the Gaia Temporis to the mix ensured that they could always get away if they did somehow happen to come close to dying.
Yet, now I have to wonder...How could the "Author" keep getting away with this, if Futanji exists in his current state of paranoia?"
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"There is one existence that has never been proven. The existence of a one true God. There are merely pretenders, narcissists who elevate their meager existences to god-like scales...
Even Futanji, lord and creator of all worlds, is no exception. He lives. He was born. God is not "born".
Even Futanji must believe in a higher power, and that higher power, wears a cloak clad in shadowy deception...
Futanji follows the orders of one person. "He" who is called "God" is in actuality, the same "Author" who is responsible for the creation of Alex, Mew and Riku Whiter.
How do I know this?
If you cull out the lies and incorrect truths, that what remains is the one truth, the absolute truth.
I have run through every scenario in my head. Every theory presented to me. Evidence has piled up in my chambers, especially over the last few months.
Those three Whiter children get away with too much for it to be mere coincidence. The "Author" gives them outs, and he's able to do so because he hovers behind the one currently acting in charge, dangling a noose pretending to be a leash...
"God" = "Author".
Whiter = "Blanks"
Futanji = "Power"
I can write out these equations but there's one I cannot solve.
"Author" Purpose = ?
He manipulated many great forces to give his "Blanks" such incredible strength, but why?
Does he want control? Power? Destruction? What?
What?
Indeed, all I can ask is "What?"
"God" has very human motives...And that frightens me more than anything else.
Humans destroy themselves when given fire. What is destroyed when a human is seated on the throne of godhood?
"God" is not infallible. No one is. But...what can I hope to do?
I am filled with dread, and fear, and powerlessness...
But I have not lost hope.
Its such an odd thing for someone like me to have: Hope.
But we're still alive now. We can still fight. If "God" wants this world for his own, then he'll have to be stopped.
For now though, all I can do is continue to observe. Observe...and preserve. I cannot bring back those who died in service to "God's" wishes or Futanji's "mission". But the least I can do is endure, in hopes that some day, someone else can reverse what's been done.
I want to give back something good to this world...And that's why I've decided to put my faith into those three "Blanks".
I know that sounds counter-intuitive to the cause but I see as this...
Alex, Mew and Riku are puppets born for a cruel, unknowable purpose. But they are still just as human as everyone else. I bear no grudge towards them for the actions of their "Author".
I can almost empathize with them on that...
But like all puppets, they have the potential to break free of their strings.
If anyone can stand against "God", its those made in his image."
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4] What Happened to Beerus and Whis?
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