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Dragon Ball Super OST - The Birth of a God [Arc-V] (1)

1 Month Later

Cell tried his hardest to remain in the air, but that attack had completely drained the his being. His torso fell to the ground uselessly, his golden coloration and power leaving him as he reverted back to his normal green.

Gohan fell forward onto his outstretched hands, using them to launch himself to Cell, as a creature would to pounce on it's prey. He was on his knees, hunched over the murderer, his dark eyes boring into Cell's fear filled ones.

"P-please-" Cell sputtered out. His fearful plea for mercy fell on deaf ears. Gohan merely created a band of ki that wrapped around Cell's mouth, silencing all attempts at changing what was about to happen.

Gohan raised his right fist back past his head. It charged with pure black energy, much more energy than what Cell had possessed even in his golden form. Gohan's fist snapped forward and made contact with the face below him.

The emotionless Saiyan pulled his fist back to swing again, only to see instead of Cell on the ground below him, the lifeless body of the two children that had driven him to insanity. Their goulish, dead faces, motionless.

The little girl lying under her brother suddenly opened her eyes. A sadistic smile full of sharp teeth sprung onto her face. "You killed ussssssssss~" She hissed. Gohan looked from her to her brother quickly as the boy's hand shot out and enveloped his entire face, giving way to darkness.

"NOOOOOOO!"

Gohan shot out of his bed in a cold sweat, his covers pooling around his legs and hips. His eyes darted around the room he was in. It was a cozy room. His swords were hung up on the wall next to his queen sized bed that was adorned with coffee brown sheets. In the corner was a small table with the brown bag of precious, green beans in it. Next to the senzus, was a small purple oval like shape that had a small, flickering red light in it. "Champa," He thought.

The purple cat God of Destruction had given him that so he could be found easily for when he was needed. He knew there was a tournament that would decide whether or not his universe was erased by Zeno-Sama, or as his father apparently called him, Zen-Chan. Gohan also knew that his father, Vegeta, and the other Z-Fighters were competing in the tournament against him, as they were representing universe 7, and him, universe 6.

To prepare for the tournament, which was to happen in less than a week, he had not only been visiting Champa's world with Vegeta and Superman to train, but he had also been working with Superman about controlling his berserker rage, as he would be entering as well. And if we're being honest, against his father, he's going to need every advantage he can get.

But training on Champa's world, he had not only increased his power, but he had also met and familiarized himself with every fighter than he would be working with.

First, there was him, the team captain (he was chosen as he was the strongest overall, and the most intelligent overall). He had gained complete mastery of his new, Blue form. But the rage form still eluded him. Vados had said something about it being similar to ultra instinct, but not quite there. This peaked Gohan's interest as to the 'Ultra Instinct' form.

Secondly, there was Vegeta, who himself had reached new heights in power. Obtaining the 'base' form of Super Saiyan God with the help of Gohan and Champa. He had also been on the verge of Super Saiyan Blue for quite some time now.

Thirdly, there was Superman, who had also increased dramatically in power, gaining a small amount of control over 'letting his restraint go, as well as having become very adept at fighting alongside the Super Saiyans, who could boost his power.

Coming in fourth, there was the assassin Hit. Gohan had sparred with him quite a few times, and found that while he could challenge him in his Blue form, he still could not win. Gohan did find his timeskip ability extremely useful however, especially in partner combat.

The fifth person in their little rag tag group, was a more usavory person. When Gohan first saw him on Champa's world, he had burst out laughing. He actually couldn't believe that Broly had been invited. Well, he actually could, but still. While Broly had gotten stronger, most likely training from his humiliation, he was still nowhere near even close to Gohan's Super Saiyan 3 form.

Number 6, 7, 8, and 9 on Gohan's team was none other than Broly's daughter Sprout, and her two friends, Caulifla, and Kale. Caulifla and Sprout had both reached the state of Super Saiyan 2, while Kale had a power identical to that of Broly's. Only she had no control whatsoever over it. Something the two had been working on. Cabba, was the only male Saiyan teen of the group of 4. And while he had the strongest base form, he could only go as far as Super Saiyan 1.

The 10th, and final member on the Universe 6 team, was a single Namekian called Pirina. He was a massive specimen of a warrior. And Gohan knew from experience with the subject, that he had the souls and powers of thousands of warriors who willingly fused with him. Gohan respected his strength and fighting ability, as he was the fourth strongest on the team. He was only bested in combat by Gohan, Vegeta, and Hit. He had beat out Broly and Kale at the same time with brute strength alone, which was no small feat.

After running over this information in his head, Gohan stood from his bed. His constant nightmares had been happening since his battle with Cell. And he had come to know, that he wasn't getting any more sleep, any time soon.

The strongest mortal alive ran his hands through his long, shaggy hair. Since he had been training whenever he was not sleeping or eating, he hadn't really had the time to maintain his hair. So now when let down, it reached his shoulders.

Stretching and grabbing a hair tie, he threw his unruly hair into a messy ponytail that stuck straight out from his head. He left a few spikes out of it that covered a little of his forehead, but other than that, it was mostly back. He threw on a blue training gi with no undershirt and a red sash, before heading out for his day of training for the fate of the universe.

Stepping out into the hall, he was greeted by someone who had been rather… attached to him lately.

"Hiya Gohan!" Faora stood outside his doorway, her hands clasped in front of her, pushing her rather… voluptuous… chest together. This didn't go unnoticed by Gohan, and ever since he and Vegeta had moved into the Watchtower with the League, she had been making every attempt to talk to him. He guessed that she connected with him during one of their fights, when he saved her from Ares, or she just found him attractive in general (I mean lets be honest, he's 6 foot 1, has a figure that put most greek gods to shame, and a face that could get him voted world's sexiest man a hundred times over).

"Hey Faora." He smiled. He couldn't exactly say that she was unattractive. In the least, she was the exact opposite of that! She had an athletic, yet feminine figure, a perfect, attractive face with shocking blue eyes, and a bob cut that Gohan couldn't see on anyone else. "How's your morning going?" He said while looking at one of the satellite clocks on the wall.

5:34 A.M.

"And what an early morning it is." He quipped. Faora was sent into an uncontrollable fit of giggles, which Gohan and his former fascination for romance novels, knew could mean something. Because that joke was not, by any means, funny.

"It's going pretty good. Was just about to go work out a bit. Maybe do some cardio," She said that last bit with a rather suggestive look on her face. She'd gotten bolder. "Care to join?" She bit her lip, and put her hands behind her back while turning from side to side slightly.

Gohan didn't know how to take this. Yes, she was extremely beautiful, nice, and he could help but feel attracted to her due to her being as powerful as she was as well. But he was also 17. An age that was much younger than her 26. And the closest thing he had to experience with women was the Amazons and Saiyans he trained with.

Buuuuut, he decided a training session couldn't hurt. "Sure, why not. Do you need to get changed first?" He said while gesturing to her rather casual, not workout esque clothing choice. (Jeans and a T-shirt, no shoes).

She twirled her hair and her face lit up crimson. "Well the kind of training I'm doing today involves… water."

Gohan raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"Yep, I was going to take today as kind of a recovery day. So some light in water training is what my schedule looks like." Faora said, her blush still not leaving, but cooling off a bit.

Gohan thought for a second before coming to his decision. "Yeah sure, I could use a recovery day anyway." He said while walking back into his room, grabbing a pair of shorts. "The tournament is in a few days, and my father always said that it's good to not overwork yourself before a big fight."

Faora smiled, "That makes sense. Your father seemed like a wise man."

Gohan chuckled. "With fighting yes, anything else, I would rather trust Captain Marvel's judgement." He cracked a small smile. "You might even get to meet him in a few days as well. He'll be fighting against us in the tournament." Gohan had explained the entire thing to the League so they could prepare their fighter representative to their best ability.

Faora took this with a grain of salt. "So you really are from a different universe then. Do you think you'll be okay with having to defeat your father and friends to survive?" She questioned with a concerned tone.

Gohan's somewhat cheery mood turned downcast. "It must be done. My home universe has much more evil in it than this one. Besides, if and when I defeat them once and for all, I will wish the other universes back with the Super Dragon Balls." Determination was the only thing Faora heard in Gohan's voice. He really was pure. Anyone else would have greedy intentions with that kind of wishing power.

The female kryptonian's smile crept back onto her face. She really had picked a good one to be somewhat interested in.

She reached up and slapped his shoulder, bringing him out of his determined, 'hero' mood. "C'mon, time to go swimming." She turned and walked away, being sure to put a bit of extra sway in her hips for the male behind her. Something that he did not fail to notice.

Not at all.

Watch Tower

January 28

7:02

Faora watched Gohan curiously as he lied at the bottom of the pool, completely spread eagle. Ever since she had taken off her clothes to reveal her two piece bathing suit, he hadn't been able to look at her without having a certain… problem. But really, if she's being honest, she couldn't look at him without feeling a bit hot either.

Which is exactly why she was now staring at his face, less than 8 inches away from her own.

His eyes were closed and he seemed to be meditating while in the pool. An interesting idea, sure, but also, kinda didn't really help her at all. She had, in fact, been trying to get closer with him with this. Physically. And she can't really do that when he decides to lie at the bottom of a pool for more than an hour.

She shook her head and swam up to the surface, 30 feet away. She needed air, unlike him apparently. She could stay underwater for a good 10 minutes before she needed to resurface. Impressive, yes. Good for Gohan, maybe. Good for her trying to cuddle or stare at Gohan, no.

She was swimming up, maybe 10 feet from air, when Gohan shot past her. She smiled. Now she could do something. She swam up behind the now surfaced Gohan, and jumped on his back, pressing her assets right on in there. Oh she knew what she was doing. But she couldn't say she wasn't enjoying it. He was solid, and she enjoyed rubbing her hands anywhere they could reach at the moment.

Gohan, on the other hand, was a brighter red than most christmas lights. He didn't know what in the world was happening. Why was Faora on his back. Why were her hands feeling him up. And what were those, two, incredible things on his back. Nevermind, he knew the answer to all of those questions. But still. He was innocent, this was all new to him.

"F-faora, what are you d-doing?" Gohan stuttered.

Faora closed her eyes and deeply inhaled. Even after being in chlorinated water for so long, his natural scent hadn't left him. And god, did she like it.

"Faora?"

The kryptonian warrior's eyes shot open and she turned the same color as Gohan. "Oh you know, just hanging around." She said while squirming slightly.

Gohan noticed her sudden bashfulness. "Well in that case, I've finished my meditation. Wanna swim around, maybe talk some?" Gohan proposed trying to divert the attention away from that encounter. He was also mildly curious as to where Faora was trying to go with this swim.

This seemed to put the woman a bit more at ease. She loosened her grip on the muscular Saiyan and slid off of him, lightly treading in the water. "Yeah sure, let's swim around." She said with a small smile.

The two started casually swimming around the olympic sized pool, stopping here and there to talk, splash each other, or just relax in general. Time flew like Superman on a Friday afternoon, as the two actually socialized, and in Faora's opinion, got quite a bit closer as well.

Eventually, however, Gohan did decide that he just couldn't take a rest day this soon. He had something he needed to sort out with Vados first. He took his leave after saying his goodbyes to Faora and picking up Vegeta. It was time for Vegeta to learn something blue.

Both in the lunchroom, Vegeta put his hand on Gohan's shoulder, who thought it was funny because Vegeta had to reach up to do it. Snickering, Gohan closed his eyes and focused on Champa's divine energy. In the short month of training he had received from Champa and Vados along with Vegeta and Hit, he had learned to master all aspects of God ki. He had even found the red Super Saiyan God form that he had then passed onto Vegeta with the help of the other Super Saiyans.

However, the most fun thing he had learned from his training with Champa, and in this case, Vados, was the ability to effortlessly teleport. The technique was not unlike a mixture of Vadoses faster than light transportation, and the Yardrat's Instant transmission. It in effect, allowed him to teleport anywhere he wanted, without effort or needing to move his hand to his head. Only downside was for longer distances, he needed an energy signal to lock onto.

In a flash of dim light, the two Saiyan warriors vanished from sight.

They arrived on the homeworld of the God of Destruction in a similar manner, landing in an open meadow where Champa himself was sparring with both Hit and Pirina, as they were one of the 5 pairs that had formed that will stay with each other at all times.

Gohan and Vegeta's appearance caught the attention of the God of Destruction himself, who was looking quite a bit slimmer due to all of the opponents close to his power he had been sparring with lately.

He quickly turned his body away from the two, avoiding a punch from Pirina. Before the Namekian could recover from his simple overextension Champa grabbed onto the wrist and threw the dark green warrior towards Hit. The assassin obviously saw it coming and ducked under the flying body, while also using his own hand to grab Pirina's foot and throw him straight back at Champa. The maneuver worked, and a blow was landed on Champa's abdomen.

The God of Destruction bent over in pain, still getting back into fighting himself. However he didn't let it stop him, and he brushed it off, striking out ferociously at the green warrior, knocking him face first into the ground. Champa led on to then move quicker than Hit's time skip would allow him to see. He positioned himself in front of him, stretching his hand out in front of his face, and gathering a dangerous amount of purple energy in it.

Hit froze, knowing the spar was over. He lowered from his simple boxing stance, shaking his head and chuckling. "Another loss Lord Champa."

Champa sneered a bit. "It seems that way. You were both quicker this time. Maybe 65% is too little at this point."

"I think it is, time to go up again." Pirina said from behind Champa. He stood a few feet away, holding both of his hands out forwards towards the cat god, a dangerous amount of fight ending energy collected in each one.

"Yes, next time it will be 80%. Give you a taste of what Son Goku most definitely has in store for us during the tournament," Champa said snidely, "You've already gotten a taste of that, Hit." He gestured to Gohan and Vegeta, "And he's your father, Gohan. You know more than any of us that he will exceed our expectations in this tournament. He may even win it." He lowered his energy ball to his side. "But that is, until he meets this universes God of Fury, that is." His smirk never left his face for a second.

"You flatter me too much. My father will be the strongest in the tournament by far. And we all know I can't access that form unless I'm pushed beyond my limits." Gohan said. "But I have gotten stronger in my blue form, which is actually why I'm here." He was going to continue when Vados stepped into the picture.

"I think you are correct Gohan, it is time." She interrupted his thought before it could begin. "Vegeta, please come with me." She turned and walked away from the group of 4 fighters and one god. Well, technically two, no, three gods.

Vegeta looked for no-ones confirmation and followed her immediately. He knew exactly what was happening and he couldn't have been happier.

The fallen prince, and Angel came to a stop in front of a small, doorless, 10 foot by 10 foot, cubical building. Vados gestured for Vegeta to approach it with her staff. He did so, cautious of what waited for him on the other side.

"Do not come out until you have achieved what you need," Vados said darkly, "As you are useless without it."

Vegeta was about to retaliate, when her staff glowed momentarily. An entry way the size of a pinhole was carved into the side of the building. Vegeta was silently sucked through it, distorting much like water going through a funnel.

The black haired warrior was thrown into a new dimension entirely. The hum of energy and the color red were the only things to keep him company as he rocketed through the abyss.

Having had enough of being to a ragdoll, Vegeta tried to use his ki to stop his movement. First trying a normal amount of ki, just a small boost in the opposite direction, he released an invisible wave of ki. He was confused when he did not slow down at all.

He tried a larger amount of ki, one that actually distorted the air around him. But he got nothing but the same result.

Growing angry, Vegeta ignited his blue aura around him, throwing all of his ki in front of him in an effort to stop. When that didn't work, he ignited his hair and aura to a fiery gold, throwing everything he had out of him.

"FINE!" He yelled into the abyss, infuriated, "IF YOU WANT IT SO BAD, YOU CAN HAVE IT!" A furious battle cry emerged from his very being. Vegeta focused all of his ki into his center. He felt the conversion as his golden hair turned a brilliant red. Once teal, aggressive eyes, transitioned into red, surprisingly peaceful orbs.

He had made the transformation of legend. He was a god.

Gathering every ounce of divine ki in his body, he ignited an aura that could only be compared to the mirage of a fire. He expelled the ki out of his body so quickly that he glowed like a red giant, his physical being becoming something of a star in itself.

However he still did not stop.

Deciding to control his emotions, he released his aura. Now a redhead, Vegeta crossed his arms while spinning through the endless abyss with only his thoughts. He closed his eyes. He was here to achieve Super Saiyan Blue. The transformation the Gohan had just recently achieved. So since Gohan was the only one to experience it, he was the only one who knew how it felt. 'Pure, peaceful, serene, effortless'. These were all words Gohan used to describe the phenomenon. The question was, how was that any different than the form he was using now?

Vegeta needed information. He dove into himself, much like the mad android had done only a month prior. He analyzed every single aspect of his current state of mind, spirit, and body. He saw everything. And suddenly, like a rush of enlightenment, it all made sense.

As easy as this transformation seemed to maintain, it was not effortless. It checked all of the other boxes, but effortless, was not one of them. He had to think about maintaining control of his ki. Making sure too much did not leak out and damage the area around him. Something, Gohan seemingly did not need to do.

Vegeta took hold of his godly ki, condensing it all into a single point within him. He would not let any escape. He would make it effortless, even if it would not do so for him.

He found all leaks and filled them, all cracks in his spirit, and repaired them. He would be perfect. Flawless. He would attain Blue.

After minutes of deep concentration, there was only one more small leak. One more imperfection in his control. Another second of concentration was all it took. His control was nearly flawless.

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Vegeta's eyes shot open. The red dimension around him pulsed with energy. He felt a change in himself, like cold water rushing over him.

With a flash of intense light, the light around him changed from an aggressive red, to a serene blue. The pulsing from dimension stopped completely with the change, replaced with complete silence.

However, he did not have time to watch the spectacle in front of him. Searing pain laced his entire being. His ki was battered by an outside force as it was molded into a seemingly new entity.

Raw power flooded his system, his eyes felt as if they were going to pop out of his head. He wanted nothing more than the pain to end.

And it did.

His form stopped glowing, the red light backing down from its aggressive position. And with its disappearance, the pain went away as well. His hair, however, was still red, and his power not complete.

"DAMNIT!" He was furious, "WHY CAN'T I HAVE IT!" He threw his head back and arms outward, letting his power flow freely through him once more. His body began twitching and convulsing involuntarily. His red glow slowly turned blue, but not completely.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" His animalistic scream carved into the dimension he was in, demonstrating the power he was to attain.

As if on a timer, his body stopped convulsing. His glow once again died down, only to be replaced with a light blue hue surrounding him. His eyes, no longer the red he had attained weeks ago, but now a shocking turquoise. His hair followed suite, being the same light blue that surrounded him.

The prince looked to his bare hands, satisfied finally, with what he had achieved. His power now rivaled that of Golden Cell. This was amazing.

"Yes, it is quite amazing isn't it. That feelin'," Vegeta turned to see Gohan, matching his hair color, standing behind him. "You feel at peace, but you have the raw power to inflict so much more than that. Anything you desire, even."

Vegeta snorted, "Anything but you."

A chuckle escaped Gohan's lips, "Well we'll have to find out about that huh?"

"I guess we do," Vegeta smirked, turning to face his rival.

"No holding back, give me everything you've got Vegeta!"

"The same with you!"

The two charged at each other, fists drawn back. The first true fight either of them has had in a while was about to commence.

They would need every ounce of power they had.

START ARC 2

So yeah, you guys can see where this is going now can't ya. Also, gonna be puttin my own little twist on EVERYTHING. So don't expect the Tournament of Power to be the same. At all.

But in other news, I now have help again. Thank you to my wonderful friend X3runner for reading over this long ass chapter before I posted it. Because honestly, I suck at writing.

Power Levels (After month of harsh Champa training)

Gohan

Base: 95,000,000

SS: 4,750,000,000

SS2: 9,500.000,000

SS3: 38,000,000,000

Super Saiyan God: 95,000,000,000,000,000,000

Super Saiyan Blue (46,000,000,000,000 multiplier to base form):4,370,000,000,000,000,000,000

Enraged (Dark) Super Saiyan God: 9,750,000,000,000,000,000,000

Vegeta

Base: 25,000,000

SS: 1,250,000,000

Grade 3 Super Saiyan: 2,500,000,000

Super Saiyan God: 25,000,000,000,000,000,000

Super Saiyan Blue: 1,150,000,000,000,000,000,000

Hit

Base: 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Pirina

Base (Super Namekian): 12,000,000,000,000