The gang were hanging around the living room as they fed each of the battle damaged Saiyans a senzu bean. In mere moments, the four of them woke up groggily with everyone looking at them with relief.
" Man, I can't believe that we are alive right now," Kuzuku said while rubbing his head.
"Still, how could we have lost so badly?" Vegeta said. Goku pushed himself up as he felt like a new man.
"Alright, I'm ready for the rematch. This time, we'll win for sure!" Goku chirped. Bulma then became shrouded by an ominous aura as her temper flared.
"Rematch huh? Maybe you guys wouldn't be needing a rematch if you were to take the senzu beans instead of leaving them in the bathroom!" Bulma scolded.
"Easy there mom," F-Trunks said trying to calm her down.
"Oh so that's where I left it? I could of figured that I left it there since I went to the bathroom before we left. I guess it kinda slipped my mind," Goku chuckled.
"To think we could of died because of a bathroom break...," Kuzuku muttered. After settling down, the gang decided it was best to review on what had happened in the future.
"So to start things off with the obvious, despite you four heading into the future to fight Black, you guys still lost?" Bulma asked
"Yeah, and we weren't just fighting Black," F-Trunks responded, gaining the curiosity of those who were unknowing of the situation.
"He's got an ally now? But who could it possibly be?" 21 said.
"It was Zamasu and we had to fight both of them at the same time. Another dilemma was the fact he is immortal," Trunks answered.
"Immortal!?" The pilaf gang grimed.
"That's not all, it seemed Black discovered a new level of Super Saiyan that is able to compete with my Grand Super Saiyan 4. He calls it Super Saiyan Rose," Kuzuku added.
"Rose? That's a weird name to give a transformation," Bulma noted.
"Wait but something doesn't add up here. You guys still outnumbered them four to two and had Kuzuku who is at least comparable to Black," Trunks interjected.
"That's the thing, despite our numbers and power, Black and Zamasu had seemingly impeccable teamwork as in they were able to not only take down Father but remove Goku from the equation before we were able to make use of our advantage," F-Trunk replied.
"Also, despite the fact that I still had a power advantage, their fighting style is something that is hard to deal with. They used Ki blades to force me on the defensive, making it a tough time dealing with a fighter who abuses Zenkai's beyond that of a normal Saiyan," Kuzuku gritted.
"So I was right? That bastard Black is abusing the potential of a Saiyans ability to get stronger but faster than we could ever do it. But how?!" Vegeta cursed
"It's probably because of his unique god Ki. Think about it, all three of us weren't born with godly Ki and merely trained for it or in Goku's case through a ritual. It doesn't take someone with a brain to notice that we can heal and survive injuries that would normally kill us, for instance the whole in your chest from Black was still damaging but you were able to survive a direct stab to the lungs. If what Black calls himself is true then that must means that he has a natural God Ki, one that allows him to not only have a form that has little to no drawbacks compared to Super Saiyan Blue but have a quicker regeneration than us. This makes his Zenkai's more potent," Kuzuku theorized.
"So basically we have to take down Black quickly before he somehow recovers quick enough to get another power up?" Goku asked.
"Pretty much though I don't think it will be easy now," Kuzuku confirmed.
"Why's that?" Trunks said.
"Because of how our Zenkai's work. Remember, the more damage we receive in battle, the stronger we become. Kuzuku just recently combated Black in his strongest form, a form that has enough power to even overpower Black for a bit but now that the bastard is recovering from this fight, he's probably gotten another Zenaki that puts him leagues above us, despite gaining a Zenaki of our own," Vegeta said.
"To sum things up, Black has now become the hyper offensive fighter that could deliver extraordinary attacks while Zamasu is the ultimate shield when things get to dicey for them. A dangerous duo is the best way to describe them. We weren't beaten by raw power but simply by superior strategy, exploitations and skill," F-Trunks concluded. There was a dead silence in the room as the there was pretty much no redeeming factor on this lost.
Several Moments Later
Everyone decided it was best to take it easy as earlier as they thought of a plan on the balcony. F-Trunks then had a thought that came to mind and decided to walk over to where his mother from the past sat while the pilaf gang were eating dinner with Trunks.
"Mom I have to tell you something. You to Mai," F-Trunks spoke seriously, gaining their attention.
"Mom, all I can say is that you are alive in the future and Mai is as well," F-Trunks informed.
"That's wonderful ne-wait there is a Mai in your world as well?" Bulma awed. The little girl blushed as her mind was going through numerous phases of processing information.
"Yes, she was a key role in our resistance against Black. Whenever I was injured or busy with fighting Black on the front lines, she was the one that helped me organize things along with my mother from the future. It was because of them that we were able to escape from Black and Zamasu's clutches," F-Trunks informed. He closed his eyes before opening them again to reveal a new found determination.
"I swear that I will return back to the future and return the favor. They helped me return back to the past twice now," Trunks claimed. Everyone present smiled at Trunks motivational speech until they felt a presence arrive. They all turn around to see Beerus, Whis, and the Supreme Kai himself.
"Hey guys, did you find anything interesting," Goku greeted.
"On the contrary, we have. Apparently someone went to our good old pal Zuno asking not only about the Super Dragon Balls but also about you Goku," Beerus said as he walked over to the already placed smoothie on the table and began sipping it.
"So he's already made his move," Kuzuku muttered.
"What do you mean by that, Saiyan?" Beerus interrogated.
"Apparently that Black was actually working with Zamasu this whole time and he's gotten way more powerful, so much so that he has even turned into something called Super Saiyan Rose," Goku answered.
"Super Saiyan Rose huh? Seems he's gotten stronger in such a short amount of time," Beerus said nonchalantly.
"But if what you say is true, then why are Zamasu's and Black's energies so much alike when they are two separate beings," Beerus added, taking another sip of his smoothie. Whis began to walk towards the railing as he looked out towards the distance.
"Considering what we now know, Zamasu was a prodigy Kai with a natural talent for combat but yet he was defeated by Goku. If we are right to make assumptions then Zamasu was the one who went to Zuno to ask questions about the Saiyan along with the Super Dragon Balls. But why would he do that?" Whis said. Everyone thought for a moment until a thought came to mind from someone unexpected.
"I know, he must of used the Super Dragon Balls to wish for a clone of me that he calls Goku Black," Goku said. Everyone was shock, not because of the answer to the question but the fact Goku came up with something that was actually pretty smart.
"You may be right Goku but there is one flaw in your theory," Whis said.
"Huh? What's that?" Goku said with a hint of disappointment.
"It's the fact that we still don't know why Black's and Zamasu's Ki are so similar but yet different," Beerus said. Goku let out a sigh of defeat as Bulma patted him on the back for his efforts. Kuzuku was now left thinking for a moment until...
"Wait, their Ki's are similar right? If that's true, maybe Black isn't a copy of Goku but someone else who molded their being into something totally different," Kuzuku suggested. Everyone turned their attention to the Saiyan that introduced the theory.
"What do you mean by that Kuzuku?" Whis said, narrowing his eyes.
"Think about it, Black's personality being completely different to the Goku we know. It goes back to what he said before we went to the future. He said he always wanted to fight Goku in this body. Black can't be a copy of Goku since that would insulate that he and Goku are the exact same person but that isn't the case," Kuzuku explained.
"Then what exactly are you imposing?" Vegeta snarled.
"That the wish Zamasu made with the Super Dragon Balls was not to create a second Goku that would serve under him but for him and Goku to switch bodies. It may sound crazy but that explains the slight difference in Ki's since Zamasu's original conscious would mold itself into what we are dealing with today. Black is just Zamasu's mind and philosophy but in Goku's body, thus becoming an entirely new person. It explains everything such as to why his transformation is Pink rather than Blue. Why his God Ki is different to ours. And why his teamwork with the other Zamasu is so perfect that its scary...," Kuzuku concluded.
"You may be right, almost too accurate to say the least," Whis praised. Everyone clapped at Kuzuku's analysis as the Saiyan was still serious.
"Now, that also answers the following question about the time ring. He must of killed the current Supreme Kai of universe 10 and travel to another timeline and recruited the second Zamasu. After that, they used to Super Dragon Balls again and wished for the other Zamasu to be immortal. Eventually I could guess that the other Zamasu was from future Trunks's timeline." Beerus concluded.
"Wait then that means the universe 10's Supreme Kai is in danger as we speak?!" Supreme Kai claimed.
"I am afraid so, Goku would you mind coming with us? We need your instant transmission for the job. Kuzuku could come to if he would like," Whis offered
"Sure thing Whis! You coming Kuzuku?" Goku agreed.
"Yeah, I'll come for extra back up. How about you Vegeta?" Kuzuku asked. He didn't even get an answer as the Saiyan prince walked back into the house. Kuzuku chuckled nervously before turning back around.
"Looks like he's in a foul mood," Kuzuku said. 21 walked over to Kuzuku and wrapped her tail around the Saiyan. Kuzuku turned around and blinked a few times, wondering what she wanted. She seemed to have her face hidden before she looked up with worried eyes.
"21, I know what you're think and we've been over this," Kuzuku muttered.
"Yes I know, but I just want you to be safe, okay," 21 whispered. Kuzuku didn't say a word as he leaned down to kiss her on the forehead. She looked up only to see the Saiyan smiling at her.
"Don't worry, I'll always try my hardest and we'll save Trunks's future!" Kuzuku chirped with a comforting smiling. 21 was astonished for a moment as his cheerful expression never gets old. She nodded with a now gleeful face as Kuzuku chuckled happily. Both Goku and Kuzuku grabbed onto Whis's shoulder, along with Beerus who placed his hand on his back. With the mere tap of his staff, they were instantly flown into space before the eye could see, leaving Earth to head over to universe 10 for investigating.
Universe 10's Supreme Kai World
Gowasu was simply patiently waiting for is apprentice to return. Zamasu was gone for hours without so much of showing himself. That was when he was startled by the sudden arrival of Whis and his God of Destruction, along with the two Saiyans.
"Whis, Lord Beerus, what brings you here to universe 10 again," Gowasu got up quickly and bowed.
"Never mind the silly formalities, have you seen Zamasu?" Beerus asked with a hint of malice.
"No sire, he's been gone since this morning. I've been making sure he was a proper Kai since he has a problem that I've been trying to resolve," Gowasu noted.
"What type of problem?" Whis asked with curiosity.
"Well, Zamasu's been struggling to get used to accepting the role of a Supreme Kai. He thought several contrasting ideas. Why do mortals commit acts of wickedness? Why do us gods see those acts and overlook them? What is the purpose of mortals in the universe? He's never been one to understand those concepts but I've help mold him into a Kai that is worth of the title Supreme," Gowasu answered. On cue the large doors opened, causing everyone to turn around to see who it was. It was Zamasu smirking like normal but had his tea tray and snacks ready for his master Gowasu.
"Sorry that I am late, Gowasu-sama. And I see that we have some guests. I apologize for not greeting you all sooner. Whis, Lord Beerus and his Supreme Kai Shin. And... Goku if I recall but who is that extra face that I don't recognize?" Zamasu said.
"This is another Saiyan that goes by the name of Kuzuku. He's pretty capable in battle and he couldn't help but overhear that you were such an amazing opponent against our Goku. He wanted to see it for himself," Beerus explained. Kuzuku caught on quickly and simply didn't say a word. Goku was about to say something until Kuzuku quickly smacked him in the back of his head before he'd get the chance to speak.
"Ow! What was that for?" Goku whispered.
"Shhhhhh, don't say anything," Kuzuku replied.
"I see then if that's the case, like a good host we should cater to our guest's needs. Come along, I'll simply spar against you, Kuzuku. I won't let my guard do-," Zamasu was speaking until Beerus caught off his monologue.
"No that's fine, it seems we were interrupting your tea time and it would be rude of us to continue on to the fight. For now we will be taking our leave," Beerus assured.
"Before we go, I'll have Whis leave you something," Beerus added, having Whis point his staff and summon a box of dumplings. Without anymore words, the four took off towards space and stopped in the middle where Whis had already form a barrier. He pointed his staff upwards and created a ball that displayed the yellow Kai eating with all his glory.
"So what now? We wait until Zamasu kills Gowasu?" Goku asked.
"That's precisely it, we can't know for sure unless we have absolute proof that he is going to commit the deed. Have patience and we'll have our answers," Whis responded. Every nodded to each other and watch what was going on. Gowasu was choking of someone of the delicious food that Whis left behind and what someone could assume to be a murder strike, Zamasu simply patted Gowasu's back to help him gulf it down. He took a sip of tea as he exhaled deeply but while doing that you could see Zamasu's eyes narrowly darkly. Without warning, Zamasu lifted his hand with his energy blade ready, startling his observers from a distance and quickly struck his master in the back, causing every but Whis and Beerus to be awestruck.
"Seems we have our proof," Whis uttered as he tapped his staff three times. Time seemed to have become frozen in place before quickly rewinding. Once it stopped Kuzuku blinked a few times before looking at the angel with questionable eyes.
"I totally forgot you could rewind time Whis," Goku chuckled.
"Lets not waste anymore time. We've already got our proof so time to exact his punishment," Beerus demanded. Goku and Kuzuku wasted no time at all as they quickly locked on to Zamasu's energy and teleported them both to the realm. Before Zamasu could even deliver the killing blow, he materialized a mitten on Zamasu's hand, causing him to simply pat the back of Gowasu. The yellow Supreme Kai turned around with a confused expression.
"What do you think you are doing Zamasu? Is that a new way to provide massages?" Gowasu asked. Zamasu backed up gingerly, trying to come up with some sort of excuse to get out of this situation. But he was clumsy and back right into the god of destruction.
"Beerus-Sama?! How long have you been here?" Zamasu frightened.
"Quite long enough to know that you just played yourself," Beerus replied. Zamasu looked over the cat like god's shoulder, seeing the people that were with him.
"What brings you back here Beerus-sama? I thought you'd left already?" Gowasu questioned.
"Well we had to go check up on somethings and what was about to happen confirmed our suspicions. Your little apprentice there tried to commit an act of murder," Beerus answered.
"What?! That can't be?!" Gowasu exasperated
"I am afraid that what we say is true. If it wasn't for that Ki sealing glove wrapped around Zamasu's hand then you would be making a one way trip to the afterlife," Whis said, signaling for the glove to split in half, revealing the Ki blade around Zamasu's hands. Gowasu turned to his pupil with disappointed eyes.
"I thought that you would change your ways and see the truth behind your position, Zamasu!" Gowasu scolded. The green Kai simply back away and closed his eyes in deep thought before reopening them again, revealing the darkness that was hidden.
"What do you mean? I've never thought of changing my ideals, master," Zamasu revealed.
"The universe has been polluted with these...lowly vermin that tainted the perfect beauty of the universe with their wicked hearts. I was simply going to bring justice to all evil in the universe, no matter how I do it," Zamasu said. Kuzuku stepped forward with a angry expression.
"So you think that heading to the future and killing innocent people along with destroying the society that they placed their hopes into rebuilding after suffering countless losses is something you deem justice?!" Kuzuku growled. Gowasu's eyes widened in shock at what he had just heard.
"You've traveled to the future," Zamasu awed.
"Yes and in matter of fact, you most likely would of taken the time ring and switch bodies with Goku to gain even more power thus turning yourself into someone you call Black or Goku Black. Right after that you'd most head to one of the future worlds and recruit the Zamasu from that one to help aid in killing all of humanity. All for the name of your self-proclaimed justice. Children and even the ones that haven't even been born yet, all lost their lives to someone who has a single minded viewpoint rather than an objective one," Kuzuku glared into his eyes. Zamasu didn't falter one bit, in fact he was laughing.
"Hmph, so the future me was able to accomplish his goals. That's just one more reason why I shouldn't fall here!" Zamasu smirked before raising his hand into the air to slash Kuzuku with a Ki blade. But before he could, Beerus caught his hand and gripped it tightly.
"You really thought you were about to accomplish something after being totally outmatched here? No matter, I will end you myself," Beerus said darkly, extending his hand out towards Zamasu. The two had a stared down before the fateful event had happened.
"Hakai," Beerus muttered. In a flash Zamasu felt something strange before he was forced to witness his body started to fade away through purplish particles. He screamed in horror at what was happening to him before he was turned to nothing, marking the end of the Zamasu in this timeline.
"What did you do?" Goku asked, walking up to Beerus who turned around with his hands behind his back.
"I merely erased him from existence with my Hakai. Through the use of this technique, Zamasu should be erased from all of time, never to be seen again," Beerus answered.
"All of time? You mean that Black who is part of our timeline will cease to exist, meaning that everything will return to normal since he wouldn't be able to come into contact with the Zamasu from Trunk's timeline," Kuzuku questioned.
"Yes, that should be the case. Changes made by a god through the use of Hakai is the only way to alter the timelines in that manner," Whis concluded. As they chatted, Gowasu merely stood their as he could feel as if he failed as a master. One that created a monster that was his former student, Zamasu.
Back On Earth
Everyone was sitting around on the balcony as they waited for the return of the return of their love ones. On cue, Whis had appeared before them with the Saiyans who tagged along. 21 quickly ran over and hugged her boyfriend as these past few hours has been stressful. As the two shared a loving moment, Bulma walked up to Beerus to get a relay on what happened while they went of to universe 10 while Vegeta merely leaned his back on the wall.
"So did you guys accomplish the job?" Bulma asked with a snarky tone.
"Well of course. Did you really think that Zamasu could be any of a threat to me? I've erased him from existence with my Hakai so Black should be erased as well," Beerus replied with pride.
"I don't think that's the case, Lord Beerus," F-Trunks said as he walked up to him. Kuzuku was startled as F-Trunks was still around.
"Trunks? How are you still here?!" Kuzuku asked with concern.
"Huh? I'm lost what's going on? Why is everyone so uppity," Goku questioned as he was confused as to what was happening. Beerus decided to glare at Kuzuku, urging him on to explain the situation to everyone.
"You see, if what we know is true and that Trunks came from another timeline then that means he isn't from here, if I recall. Though Beerus erased the Zamasu from our timeline, the very same Zamasu that we presume to have become Black. If that were the case then why is Trunks still among us or why do we even still remember who Black was in the first place if Zamasu never existed?" Kuzuku pondered.
"Are you telling me that Black is still alive and he is running a mock in the future still?" Goku said.
"Yes and that's most likely the case," F-Trunks said as he already caught on.
"Well isn't this a turn for events. At least I took care of a threat in this timeline so it shouldn't bother me anymore," Beerus said catching everyone's eye.
"You're just going to abandon us!?" Bulma shouted.
"I mean if what they say is true then that would mean Black is somehow unaffected by what happens to him in the past. I can't travel through time and easily erase him since I am restricted on doing so since Gods of Destructions are prohibited for strict reasons. You guys can handle it yourselves. Come on Whis, lets head back for now!" Beerus said nonchalantly. Whis bowed to everyone before taking his lord home without hesitation. Everyone stood silent for a moment until Goku punched the palm of his hand.
"Alright then we'll just have to head back to the future and take care of things ourselves from here on out!" Goku claimed. Kuzuku smiled at 21 and decided to follow the Saiyans who were already making their way towards the time machine. He waved goodbye as 21 had her hand placed on her chest, praying for his safety as she watched them hop in the machine and take off to the future, ready for round two against Goku Black and Zamasu.
A/N:More Of A Recap Chapter
