Chapter 5 A Year, and A Day
It has been twenty three hours and forty-five minutes since the doors closed on the Draconian Time Chamber, sealing Beerus and Vegeta inside for a very long day. Since that moment, however, Goku has yet to get a break.
It took all of seven minutes for the Super Saiyan to get into a scrap with the war loving race of dragons, as most of them are looking for someone to train or hone their skills with all the time. Another reason Beerus and Whis have no interest in battling the Draconian world.
As Goku has a knack of doing, and usually in the midst of battle, he has gained nothing but respect by the powerful dragon race, demonstrating the remarkable determination of a Saiyan's heart.
"You and Vegeta have the spirit of our ancestors, Goku..." Titan remarks from the sideline, as two small drakes continue trying to lay a single paw upon the gold haired warrior, and having no success. "...if I offended you in anyway by saying neither you, nor your friend, could last a year in there...I humbly take it back!"
Goku smiles, hearing the Dragon King's concession to the will of a Super Saiyan warrior, and with a swift turn of his hip, the fast moving martial artist whips out a single foot, ending this sparring match abruptly. The spin kick connects sharply across the muzzle of the closest dragon, sending him directly into the second draconian warrior. The two relatively small drakes crumple together into a pile of paws, wings, and bruised scales.
"I thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty," he replies and smiles as both dragons return to their feet, then get back into a defensive position quickly. "I am honored to be compared to such a spirited race of warriors."
Titan stands up from his throne, or basically a big pile of cushions on a platform, and holds up a single paw. With this simple gesture, both dragons bow respectfully to the Saiyan Warrior, then disappear from the room.
"I commend you for your fierce determination, Goku, and would be honored if you and your friend Vegeta would spend another day here."
The Dragon King shows an angered expression, seeing the look of indecision in Goku's eyes, and more so as the Saiyan warrior answers negatively.
"I don't think we can spend another day here, Your Majesty..." he replies, but quickly follows up with his reasoning when Titan grumbles. "...it's Vegeta's wife, great King, her birthday is only a day from tomorrow, and I still need to get her a present!"
"Seriously!" the colossal drake replies, shaking the new chandelier with the vibration of his loud voice.
Staying completely focused on his view of Vegeta's wife, Goku doesn't back down from this defiant stance. However, it is not the Saiyan Warrior that pleads his case of leaving.
"You've never met Vegeta's wife Bulma!" Whis remarks to the Dragon King, as he has been watching his student's student in training the whole time. He hovers up to the massive drake's face, getting eye to eye with the angry king.
"She is absolutely out of her mind..." he remarks with a wide smile, recalling a moment he couldn't believe witnessing with his own eyes, as no one would ever dare do what she did. "...that crazy woman walked right up to Lord Beerus and smacked him across the face."
"Are you Kidding!?"
"NO! He's not!" A voice calls out from the hallway, and everyone turns their eyes to the two individuals that stroll into the room. Beerus smirks as he rubs the spot upon his face that Bulma clocked him, recalling the fact he actually felt a sting.
"I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her hand coming..." he remarks with a shocked tone in his voice, almost reliving the moment that sealed Earth's fate, as a weakling human woman showed her fierce attitude for breaking up her birthday party. "...that actually stung a bit."
"Then you promptly smacked her across the face, you Jerk!" Vegeta retorts, and several growls can be heard around the room, especially from Titan.
"You struck a female!?" the king grumbles, opening his wings wide to show the intensity of his anger. However, Vegeta is the one whom calms him down, as he recalls that moment himself, and the pride he felt within as her hand struck the God of Destruction's face.
"It was the most remarkable feeling I had ever experienced, Great King..." the Saiyan Prince says with a certain arrogance, as he felt his wife's internal power for the first time in his life, then transferred it to his own.
"...never have I felt such a surge of energy, like the moment I saw my wife stand up to the great and powerful Lord Beerus..." He then smiles and looks at the large purple hairless cat-like god. "...that is until I saw him hit her back, and than I don't remember much."
Vegeta looks down the hallway they just entered from, and the hyperbolic time chamber he spent a year in with the one who hit his wife. He then places a sturdy hand upon the God of Destruction's shoulder, as if he were speaking to Kakarot, or any other friend he has...(Kakarot)
"But it was at that moment I realized where my power lies..." he remarks proudly, and Beerus nods his head, having a good idea about the Saiyan Prince's life now.
"I know...I felt it across my chin, Vegeta," Beerus replies smugly, rubbing the same spot the angered husband struck him, and realizing his power had in fact tripled at that moment. He to looks back in the direction of the time chamber. "And it appears you have learned how to control that power now!"
Vegeta smirks himself, as he was able to land some very unexpected punches, ones that left the big cat rattled for a moment, allowing the martial artist to demonstrate his perfect technique in several different disciplines. The Saiyan Prince then looks over at Goku, and with a simple glare from his eyes, tells his best friend this respect he is getting is because of his help.
"I learned from the best..." Vegeta remarks, then turns his eyes to Whis. "...now let's see if I have taught that lesson."
Clueless to what he is talking about, no one expects the upper cut Vegeta thrusts toward Beerus' jaw, except Beerus himself. With cat-like reflexes, and now the perfect technique, the God of Destruction evades the sudden hay maker, then catches the second punch Vegeta has thrown behind it.
The smile that crosses the Saiyan Prince's face only intensifies the reaction he gets from his student, especially when his taunting tone returns.
"That wasn't bad kitty kitty...now show me y..." Without another taunting word escaping his mouth, Beerus uses his tail to sweep Vegeta's legs, then in the same movement, drills the off balanced Saiyan in the chest with a powerful right cross.
Vegeta is propelled back, bouncing several times upon the ground before impacting the far wall.
"Wow, Lord Beerus, that was an impressive maneuver." Whis remarks with a bit of astonishment, seeing the more precise movements in his student's technique. He slowly strides to his pupil, staring at him with a teacher's prying eye.
"...but Vegeta is a lot slower than me."
Without warning, Whis fires a jab into his student's face, but is shocked to feel it blocked before it makes contact. He is even more startled seeing Beerus spin around this jab and unleash an elbow that quickly finds the mark. Whis buckles as his rib cage takes a solid impact, then quickly becomes defensive, realizing this sparring match is going to be much different than he's used to. Another punch, and another, and another, they come faster than the teacher has ever seen his student fire them, and this is do to pure technique and balance he just learned.
King Titan, Goku, and the remaining Draconians in the throne room watch with complete surprise as Beerus takes the upper hand in this impromptu fight. Even Vegeta, who slowly is getting his wind back after being struck by the big cat, smiles with pride in his work.
The powerful God of Destruction shows pure precision in his new skill set to his Master, one that places a smile on the face of the light green skinned deity, who is still having to back away.
Until...
"ENOUGH!"
Whis' fist connects harder than his voice and Beerus is left incapacitated.
"Remind me never to annoy him!" Goku remarks to the large dragon king, whom simply nods his head. Titan then asks his question about staying another day, which is overheard by Bulma's husband, and quickly his answer is given faster than Goku's again.
"Absolutely not, Kakarot..." Vegeta quickly turns his attention from the two gods, and moves over to the conversation between Dragon and Saiyan. "...we are going to about hear this for the next year because of how late we are already. So, we cannot stay here any longer!"
Annoyed with being cut off a second time, Goku just says what is on his mind.
"Then why don't we just invite him to the party as well!"
Android 18 and her husband Krillin remain in total disbelief, watching as nearly a dozen tanker trucks unload a thick dark substance into the pool of the Capsule Corp Compound.
"That's a lot of chocolate pudding!" the short bald human remarks, as the wafting aroma of cocoa fills his nose. However, his thoughts are not of the pudding, but of the reason for it being poured into the forty thousand gallon pool. "I can't believe she's actually filling the pool with..."
"I can't believe she is inviting the God of Destruction to a party!" 18 retorts, cutting her husband off to show the rage and shock in her words.
"NEITHER CAN I!"
Piccolo's angered voice brings the odd couple's attention up to the Namekian Warrior, whom has caught word of the special guest Bulma wants to invite. His eyes fill with more rage, seeing truth in the idiotic statement he heard from Yamcha, as the Olympic-sized pool is topped off with the last load of chocolate confection.
"Now, where is the crazy bi..."
Krillin holds his hand up, stopping Piccolo from calling Bulma a slur she truly hates, then uses that hand to point out how close she is.
"Over there with Chi Chi!"
The loud and continuous hum of several tanker trucks rumble in the ears of Krillin, his wife, and Piccolo, but this noise pales in comparison to the sudden release of rage that finally comes from the mouth of Goku's wife.
"YOU KILLED MY HUSBAND...YOU...YOU...B..." The same slur is blocked from everyone's ears, as Chi Chi's palm echoes a loud smack across Bulma's right cheek.
The two wives begin scuffling, as they have been at each others throats since Vegeta left the kitchen yesterday.
"They're not dead..." Bulma barks, pulling Chi Chi's hair, then placing Goku's wife in a head lock. "...you take that back!"
Piccolo and Krillin just stare in awe, as Bulma and Chi Chi struggle a bit, eventually getting the angered response from the only other female, albeit an android.
"You jerks..." she retorts, slapping both males in the back of the head, before walking over towards the cat fight. "...have some class."
18 quickly moves to the two wives, as Bulma connects a vicious slap across Chi Chi's jaw, sending her towards the vanilla filled side of the pool. She stops her from falling in at the last moment, then places herself between the two, making sure both girls stay away from one another...much to the chagrin of the two guys.
"Enough of this, you two..." the android female barks, staring them both down with the anger in her eyes and her voice. "...or I will end it!"
Android 18 waits for a moment, as the girls compose themselves, and as Piccolo and her husband join the conversation poolside.
"You two are friends, so stop this fighting now!"
Chi Chi and Bulma immediately start yelling at each other again, and Goku's wife repeats the same thing she said before.
"Do you think Chi Chi is right, and that Vegeta and Goku are dead?" Krillin asks, catching the ears of two new arrivals, who quickly ask an important question about their fathers. They had heard the argument between their mothers, and this brought two tween aged boys to the poolside.
"What do you mean our dads are dead!?" Trunks asks, his raspy voice up several octaves hearing the seriousness in everyone's tone.
"That's stupid!" Goten adds, truly believing his dad is invincible, especially after what happened two years ago. "My dad has never lost a fight, not even when he faced that big cat thing during Bulma's birthday."
"Ah, not for nothing, Goten..." Krillin remarks, rubbing the back of his head as he nonchalantly reminds the young boy of that fight's outcome. "...but your dad got his butt kicked."
"Beerus decided on his own to leave, and now..." the short human continues, gesturing at the pool filled with pudding. "...well I'm not psychic, but I'm betting his crazy mother asked Goku and Vegeta to invite Lord Beerus to her fortieth birthday party."
Trunks shows a great deal of shock, as Krillin's finger is pointing at him, and not just hearing his mom being called crazy.
"The God of Destruction?" he yelps with great fear in his voice, then stares at the pool of pudding, recalling the promise his mother made two years earlier.
"Wow..." Trunks pauses and shakes his head with doubt. "...My mom is crazy!"
"I think we're beyond that already." Piccolo retorts, getting a quick nod from Krillin. "My question is..." Piccolo continues, as he turns his attention to Bulma, looking for an answer. "... when did you send them?"
"Yesterday morning..." she replies with a defeated voice, believing now that Chi Chi may be correct, and that both of their husbands could be dead. Bulma turns her eyes towards the pool, showing more depression as they tear up quickly "...and it's because of my selfishness that they will never return."
This statement enrages Chi Chi, as she was only holding on to hope with Bulma's convictions, but now hearing her concession, she loses control. Android be damned, Goku's wife's barrels through 18, and cracks her open palm across Bulma's face again.
"YOU SAID THEY'D BE FINE!"
The two begin fighting once more, and this time Android 18 does not stop the girls from falling into the pool. Her attention is quickly towards a flash of light, that begins erupting with incredible power.
"What the!?" Piccolo barks, as he begins feeling the incredible surge of power himself. He snaps his head to the right, seeing the bright glowing light begin filling the large yard of the Capsule Corp. However, within a second, that familiar feeling of a friend's energy is felt, and Piccolo smiles, as does Krillin.
"IT'S THEM!" the short human barks out, just as the great Saiyan Warrior appears with two fingers on his forehead. Vegeta appears at the same moment, along with a few others, and the excitement becomes complete silence.
"Holy Crap! You really did it!" Piccolo remarks, seeing the large house cat looking God of Destruction, along with his even stronger assistant. However, as another flash of power begins developing behind the party of four, everyone's attention is taken to that, as this one is twenty times larger.
A large black and red highlighted dragon develops before their eyes, a gold crown residing atop his head.
"Wow...that's a pretty big dragon!" Android 18 remarks, as she seems to be the only person able to speak at the moment. Even the two wives, whom have quickly pulled themselves from the pool of pudding to greet their husbands, are dumfounded by the size of Titan.
The large drake lowers his paw from the center of his forehead, as his own Instant Transmission placed him here, following the power of Beerus. However, he is surprised himself seeing the two chocolate coated humans standing before him.
"Vegeta!" he remarks with a slight tone of humor in his deep voice, looking down at the small Saiyan and showing a crooked smile upon his narrow muzzle.
"What kind of party did you just invite me to?"