Chapter 8 has arrived and... Sima? Oh, she went off somewhere when the last chapter came out and wanted a break sooo... I gave her one, until the end of this chapter. Also, these next few chapters are more peaceful and when holidays come around, it won't be created on the actual day.
(Example: Christmas will not be published on December 25th)
Disclaimer: I do not own the Dragon Ball franchise no matter how much I want to.
"I do not understand the purpose of placing eggs across the kingdom."
A month had passed since the creation of Goku's new kingdom, named the Universus Kingdom (courtesy of Yami). Since then, the kingdom prospered, and more people had wanted to come and live in the kingdom, now, over ten thousand or so people live in Universia. On this day, Goku had placed human-sized eggs across the kingdom for all the younger people to find, after all it was Easter. Yami, however, was confused by the prospect of colourful eggs and the 'Easter Bunny'.
"C'mon Yami!" Goku whined, "You used to be Omni-King and are now my right-hand man! Surely you must know what Easter is?"
"I'm afraid not, Your Majesty." Yami replied, "Easter was not part of the world a millenia ago. And if it was, I would have surely read about it." Yami was shocked. Why was Goku so worried that he didn't know about Easter? I mean, he knew very little, only the religious aspects of it, yet that didn't satisfy the Saiyan. What was so great about it?
"Yami, if ya want to learn more about the aspects of positive mortal emotions, you must first understand what makes those emotions, like excitement." Goku explained, "Little children on Earth just adore Easter, but it's more than just bunnies and eggs, in reality the coloured eggs actually bring the prospect of new life. But anyway, these holidays are what make me and many Earthlings happy, ain't it fair for the other universes to enjoy them?"
"True." Yami replied, "By the way, what did you put in those eggs?"
Goku smirked, "Something Earthlings loved back at home."
Just then, an Earthling woman suddenly squealed in the distance, "One million zeni!"
Yami just stared at Goku. Really? One million of whatever currency people use? Goku grinned at Yami as he flew off, watching others collect the eggs and feel ecstatic. If others were happy, he was happy. Goku landed in front of the library where he might be able to get some time alone. Don't get him wrong, being an Omni-King was great and all but... even he needed rest. The Saiyan slowly opened the doors and walked over to the librarian, who was shocked at the prospect of meeting the Omni-King.
"Y-Your Majesty! What an honor! How may I help you today?" the old, blue-skinned woman asked with slight amazement. Goku just raised a hand, telling her that he only comes as a citizen.
"Don't worry miss, I was just askin' where all the history books are."
"Oh!" the woman exclaimed, "They are on the third row to your left."
After giving the woman his thanks he headed towards the history section. All the books about Omni-Kings and demonic creatures had been moved to this library so that others would understand the history, however, some pages were invisible so that others might not have knowledge that could change their life, and only Goku could read them. Some things... were better left unsaid.
Goku walked into the aisle and stumbled upon a thick book called 'Legendary Beasts'. Intrigued, Goku took the book and sat down on an empty chair and table and began to read. He read about how mythical creatures like hippogriffs and manticores had once existed, but went extinct when people hunted them for parts.
The Saiyan continued reading until near midnight, to which he then left the library, so awashed with fatigue that he barely noticed that all the eggs for Easter had already been collected. Goku landed shakily onto the balcony. He pulled down a large curtain that covered the balcony and collapsed onto his bed and unconsiously pulled the covers over him, falling into a deep sleep.
The next day, the Grand Priest went looking for Goku, hoping to start the day early. When the Grand Priest opened the door to his room he saw Goku snoring loudly on his bed, hugging his pillow. The Grand Priest chuckled softly.
'He must have been reading a good book if he was up late that long.' the Angel thought, closing the door softly to let his king get some well deserved rest after everything he had done for his kingdom, sacrificing a lot...
The Grand Priest soon began to walk down the hallway when he was suddenly greeted with Yami.
"What brings you here, Yami?" he asked.
"I was hoping I could get His Majesty ready for the day, his parents and friends have come to visit."
"Well, bad timing, Yami, m'lord is still asleep. He was up all night at the library for some rest and relaxation." the Grand Priest replied, when he suddenly heard a door open and Goku step out yawning.
"Mornin' Yami, Grand Priest. Are my friends here?" Goku asked, suddenly not feeling so tired. Yami nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty, alongside your parents."
Goku smiled and walked down the hallway and down the stairs, rubbing the sleep out of his face. Goku came down the stairs to find all the Z-Fighters, Bardock, Gine and surprisingly Raditz.
'Must not have come here on his own accord.' Goku thought as he waved to his friends.
"Hey man, you look exhausted, must have been a rough day." Yamcha said to Goku who shook his head.
"Nah, I stayed up all night in the library reading."
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"WHAAAAATTTT?!"
Goku covered his ears and groaned whilst all his friends excluding his family had their jaws dropped. Goku looked puzzled, didn't they know?
"You... you... what?!" Tien spoke trying to find the words. Goku chuckled at their reaction and nodded, "Yup, didn't expect that as an answer huh?"
"Heh, never thought I'd live to see Kakarot reading." Vegeta replied at his comment whilst smirking.
In the next few hours, the Z-Fighters and his parents had told Goku all that had transpired on the days that Goku wasn't around. The Saiyan was shocked and sad to find out that Master Roshi had passed away of a heart virus, but he couldn't dwell on it. His master was in a better place. Goku was also surprised to find out how much his granddaughter had been training, almost reaching the level of a Super Saiyan and he was filled with pride for the young girl, Pan was beautiful, kind and a great fighter, what more could he ask for. Then, it was time for all of them to go.
"Mom, Dad, are you sure you don't want to live in the castle? There are some guest rooms." Goku asked his parents, who were leaving last.
"Yeah, your brother wouldn't be too pleased to live with you." Gine quipped, making Goku laugh. Gine and Bardock gave their son one last hug before flying off back home. Goku smiled and went in to turn in for the night.
Meanwhile, underneath the surface, Akamu growled, his fangs showing as he scratched against the image of Universia.
"Graagh! Son Goku has been fighting hard. I can't even send even the tiniest of Dark Seekers without being disintergrated!" it was then that Akamu suddenly had an idea, a very dark idea, "Hmm... what if I gain enough power to get in there with force. Should be easy enough, all I have to do is get the negative energy of different universes and I should be good." Akamu then, with a flick of his tail, looked through different universes and even checked the Otherworld... wait Otherworld!
"Universe 7 has the darkest of entities living in HFIL, sad name if you ask me." Akamu said to himself, "I should be able to get all the negative energy of every creature in two years, knowing there is quite a lot in HFIL."
"Soon... this world will be covered with darkness, and that Grand Priest will pay for making Soru Omni-King after killing all my brethren and Soru sealing me away in this slum! Heheh... soon... MWAHAHAHAHAH!"
Me: VERY dark ending, I know.
Sima: Bit overboard if you ask me. You said there would be peace.
Me: Yes but I don't want to deprive my readers of some evil, do I? Anyway thanks for reading and a bit of reviewing.
Next Chapter: New Student