Chapter 3: Impure
Gojita tai Gaia—saisho no Taiketsu!
Music for this chapter: Truth of the Legend by Kevin MacLeod.
Mini Q&A section because this is the final and definitive answer for all such questions/comments:
Q: Also I'm in agreement with the reviewer that said this starting to be like JTX1000's DBAF stories. I've read both of them and this one is starting to look like his second story with the Shadow Dragons. Only difference here is that the New Namek Dragon Ball didn't overload on themselves.
Q: Great chapter, i see you took some notes from JTX's DBAF series, both of them excellent stories! Hope to read your next chapter!
A: I will say it once more: I have never read JTX's DBAF. I hadn't even heard of it until people started saying this. No disrespect to it, of course, from the sounds of it, it's a pretty good story, I just…haven't read it.
So…yeah.
Though all of the reviews saying they were similar seemed pretty praising of my story rather than accusatory, so…thanks, I suppose.
Just wanted to clear up that issue. Anyway.
Beyond…
Paragus stood atop the tilted remnants of a tower, gazing out over a ruined landscape. He tapped his scouter, frowning. Broly's power level has disappeared completely! But so has the traitor's…one still remains. This could still get out of hand. Best to remain alert.
"Hey," a young voice said from behind him. He turned to see a small, long-haired saiyan warrior floating a few metres away.
"Raditz…can I help you?" Paragus asked, smiling unnervingly.
Raditz nodded. "Where's my brother?" No reply. "Surprised? I almost didn't remember. But Kakar…Goku is out there somewhere, isn't he?" His expression hardened. "I sensed him, and then I didn't…I think he's in trouble. Tell me where he is."
"Dead, I should imagine," Paragus said offhandedly. "And you will shortly join him…aiding and abetting, I believe the expression goes."
"Yeah, why do you want to kill us any—" Raditz got no further before Paragus took advantage of his momentary distraction, hand flying out and firing a focused green energy beam, the other joining it soon after as he followed up, launching a full-on volley that filled his entire front arc of vision with hissing beams and explosive detonations.
"Huh…huh…" he panted, flexing his fingers after the exertion. "Frontline combat may not be my forte anymore, but I cannot deny the thrill of battle."
"Same here. I'm gonna enjoy this." At the words, Paragus spun a half-circle, growling in frustration, swinging a punch straight into Raditz's face. The younger saiyan's scouter smashed, but he didn't flinch, Paragus' fist coming out of the impact worse than Raditz's cheek. "Don't you know it's rude not to answer a question?" Raditz soared upwards, angling himself towards Paragus and swooping back down.
"You can't defy us, you renegade!" Paragus shrieked. "You'll be slaughtered!"
"Not by you!" Raditz declared, coming down leg-first and kicking Paragus straight down through the crumbling tower, bringing the entire thing down on top of him and burying the old warrior beneath the rubble. "Right…" Raditz took a deep breath, taking stock of the situation as he hung in the air. "First, find Goku. Second, try and get my memory back, figure out what's going on around here." Heh…funny. I just remembered how to use a scouter. And that guy just broke it. Whatever, I remembered natural ki sensing a few minutes ago, so it doesn't matter. "Ah!" Speaking of which—Goku! There he is—he's alive, just barely! "Hold on…!" He gathered up his power, speeding off through the air towards his little brother's faint life signal.
Eden Palace…
Gaia closed her hand. "Yes, my technique does work on a similar principle to the Spirit Bomb you know. I can draw on the energy of any planet in the universe, concentrating it into a single attack."
"That so?" Gogeta grinned lopsidedly. "Then I've got nothing to worry about! The strongest Spirit Bomb I've ever seen was barely enough to kill Majin Buu, and I'm a lot stronger than he ever was!"
"If you say so."
Gogeta's reply was non-verbal; he sprinted back at Gaia, throwing a high jab. She dodged left, countering with an elbow swung at his ribs. He blocked, but the movement left his abdomen undefended, and her other arm shot out, tapping his stomach and releasing another Spirit Bomb-like blast at close range.
The impact hurled him into the air, knocking him flat on his back. He raised his head, hissing. "The…hell?"
"Perhaps I neglected to mention…" Gaia replied sweetly, "I am not limited to one planet per blast. As you may have observed, my attacks are far superior to any Spirit Bomb you may have encountered. In addition…I do not have to obtain permission to take more than a small amount of energy—I can take as much as I like from them, unwillingly, unwittingly even."
"W…What? Damn…" Gogeta growled, pulling himself up.
"Yes, a truly magnificent concept. Of course, I have always found more delight in the works of creation than destruction…the Tree of Might, for instance, that was a project of mine…not to mention the dragon-callers—this universe's breed call themselves Namekians."
Gogeta froze, taking this in. "…what are you saying…?"
Gaia frowned. "I told you I was our scout, simpleton. I planted the first Tree of Might, to increase the average energy level of this universe's fighters—the Eternal subsists on your collective energy, you see."
"I think I can guess the other…" Gogeta replied. "That's why the Dragon Balls work that way…you made it instinctive for the Namekians to create them, and they build up the negative energy you need…I always thought it was kinda weird how plant-like they were. Do they know?"
Gaia laughed. "No, of course not. As you said, it was merely their instinct to create Dragon Balls, just as I designed them. But enough of that…how would you like some more of these?" She formed another pair of 'Spirit Bombs', one hovering above each hand.
Damn…and since it's not her energy, it doesn't tire her out at all…hell, the universe is a big place, she's not gonna run out of planets either… He gritted his teeth. Nothing for it, I guess… "Hyaaa!" He ran back in, jumping over one as it skimmed the ground beneath him, but midway through his arc he took a direct hit to the face from the other, flying back into the wall and sliding painfully to the floor. "…ow."
Gaia grinned, advancing and firing up another pair. "It may not have occurred to your one-track mind, but some fighters would be wondering why these attacks are hurting them, right about now. After all, the Spirit Bomb doesn't harm 'the good guys', right?"
"Evidently not…" Gogeta muttered, spitting blood.
"Well, it's simple. You're far from 'pure of heart', which is the real immunity." Gaia chuckled darkly. "You're arrogant, impulsive, short-tempered, slightly selfish, and right now you're motivated to fight me more by vengeful anger than any selfless heroism."
"So I'm kind of an asshole, I know that." Gogeta stood, supporting himself on the wall. "Isn't everybody sometimes?"
"In fact, in case you now try and change your mindset thanks to that warning, let's see if we can keep you running on anger." Gaia nodded towards her twin gently-humming energy spheres. "As I said, I can pull just about as much energy as I like, though I can't drain all of it—it doesn't directly kill anyone. Most of them are just passed out."
"Directly…hold up." Gogeta pushed off the wall, standing up straight. "You're telling me you knock out the population of several planets to make one of those things?" His eyes narrowed. "What about people driving? Pilots making dangerous landings? Doctors doing heart surgery? People, I don't know, climbing tall stuff?"
Gaia shrugged. "To use an expression from your planet's vernacular…sucks to be them."
Gogeta's face froze. "And you've made six of 'em so far…" He was trembling slightly. "That's a lot of people you've killed…they can't come back now." He was running again, leaving a burning trail in his wake as he powered forwards.
That's it! Rush in blindly, amplify your impure emotions! Gaia flung her pair of attacks at him, both striking him head-on and eliciting a scream of pain, silhouetting his outline in the midst of a pure white, noiseless explosion. She took a step back, taking a brief pause for breath, but in that small moment Gogeta burst through the wall of brilliant energy, rage in his eyes, throwing all his strength into an uppercut that catapulted Gaia into the high ceiling. "Hyaaaa!"
He skidded to a halt, fist held high, eyes closed, as she landed in a heap behind him, the light from her attacks fading. "Well done," he said slowly. "You made me mad again. But I think it backfired."
"Ugh…" Gaia picked herself up, wiping blood from her face. "Don't lecture me, child, I've heard it before. You're going to 'kick my ass', right?"
"Don't be stupid." In an instant, he was there, hammering on her defences with newfound speed. "I'm gonna kill you!" She retreated, blocking as best she could under the onslaught. His power and speed…increasing fast! Perhaps affecting his emotions like this was a bad idea… She let out a panicked cry as a rising kick got under her guard, striking her chin and sending her hurtling away in a series of involuntary backflips. She managed to regain her balance just before impact with the ground, breaking her fall and letting out a ragged breath. "Impressive…Super Saiyan. But!" She put on a burst of speed, materialising behind him. "I have analysed your reactions to minor environmental stimuli, and come to conclusion—you cannot hear! I can assume you were lip-reading before…" And since he cannot see me now, and I have hidden my energy for this attack, he has no way of guessing where I'm coming from!
She leapt at him from behind, flattened hand scything towards his neck. However, he turned on the spot, planting a foot in her face and deflecting her charge. "Gah!" she hissed. "But…I definitely…"
"Yeah, well noticed," Gogeta said condescendingly, shaking his head. "But seems you missed a trick. Training my body to pick up on vibrations in the air, which after all is what sound is...well, it's as hard as it sounds, but when you can jump into space, 'impossible' kind of starts to lose its meaning. Anyway, that better not be all you got." He smacked a fist into his open hand. "I'm just getting started."
"As am I." Gaia rolled her shoulders, eyes flashing. "I must say, you surprise me. What I was using against you before your fusion was the tiniest fraction of my power…now, you've managed to get me up to about 50 percent. That's a rare feat."
"F-Fifty?!" Gogeta exclaimed. "Only that?"
"Well, it now seems even that isn't adequate. So I'll skip the time-honoured slow power-up by degrees and show you my full power right now. It's the least you deserve for your tenacity."
Gogeta grimaced. "Oh, don't strain yourself on my account. Go ahead, stay at 50, I don't mind."
Capsule Corporation…
Bulma did another circuit of the room, stopping at the end to look down at her left hand, then glaring at it until it stopped shaking. It's okay. They'll be fine. We're not gonna lose anybody.
"Uh…you okay?" Bulma looked over her shoulder, seeing Pan in the doorway.
"Hey. Don't tell me it's already over."
Pan shook her head. "They're fighting right now. But I…need to get stronger, and fast."
"Raditz's moon thingy," Bulma replied, understanding. "You sure? That's a bit drastic…"
"I really don't have much choice. Raditz is gone…Goku and Gohan too."
Bulma froze. "Gone? You don't…gone?"
"Not dead!" Pan blurted out, seeing the panic rising. "I don't think so, anyway. I mean, they've been thrown out of the universe, but…well, you know, it's them, right?"
"R-Right…" Bulma nodded, sniffing. "So. Um. The machine."
"Yeah, that'd be good."
A few minutes of rummaging in various drawers produced the correct capsule, and Pan took it hurriedly, jogging outside and popping it open, producing a table-sized, box-shaped apparatus on stubby legs, with something quite like a spotlight mounted on the top.
"Ehm, is this safe?" Pan asked, pointing nervously as the machine hummed and sputtered to life.
"Oh, perfectly," Bulma answered, strolling out after her. "I mean, Raditz exposed himself to it five times, and it only exploded once. Don't worry, I think I fixed that bug." Her finger hovered over a small black switch. "Last chance; are you sure about this? You'll have to focus your mind entirely on who you are. Fix it in your mind's eye, don't let go of you. Memories, emotions, the whole deal. And then you'll have to tap into that kinda-Super-Saiyan power of yours."
Pan smiled weakly. "Well, uh…sure, that can't be too hard…I…hmm. I…yeah. Turn it on." She breathed in deeply, tail coiling nervously around her right leg, shivering slightly. Here's something else I used to get told bedtime stories about…I'm about to become a monster. Agh, Raditz was a good few years older than I am now when he first came to Earth, and he still couldn't control it…no, c'mon, I can't think like that!
Cell wasn't a threat to the whole planet, not with people like my dad around. This time, it's for real. And I'm gonna do everything I can to make sure we don't lose anyone this time.
"Well, here goes," Bulma whispered, flicking the switch.
Other than the spotlight flickering on and bathing her in an ethereal glow, there wasn't any kind of noticeable effect at first. Certainly, she didn't feel any different.
Then.
Then.
It came in waves, to start with, a tiny vibration washing over her. Her body shuddered every couple of seconds. Objects around her grew slightly smaller with each wave. A red tinge descended over the world. She felt an ache, a tugging in her jaw, and a prickling sensation spread over her skin.
Bulma, soon flanked by her family as they rushed outside to see the source of the disturbance, took a few steps back as any recognisable semblance of Pan vanished, a nightmarish beast emerging, low growl growing louder as it became ever larger.
Bulma positioned herself next to the machine as the Oozaru, now at its full building-dwarfing size, took in its surroundings, making sure she was ready to switch off the 'moonlight' if Pan couldn't control it in time. "C'mon…keep your head, Pan…"
Pain
Light
Light too bright wrong too much
Kill anger crush destroy kill
—no.
These…instincts…are overpowering. Designed to override any rational thought…because this is what a saiyan does when they want to exterminate everything.
But I have something…stronger than instinct.
You, Beast, you have no 'why'. Just 'do'.
And right now you'd better believe I have something to fight for.
The Oozaru fell to one knee, bracing itself on the ground with its left tree-trunk arm while clutching its head in its right. It breathed heavily, eyes screwed shut. When it opened them, something had changed in the savage face.
"…Pan?" Trunks asked hesitantly.
The growl rolled out again. "Grrrhhhlll…innnnnn…connnntrrolllll."
Zarbon made out the words, smiling with relief. "Looks like she managed it…what willpower!" She really has grown up...she's starting to remind me of her grandfather when I first met him.
"Yeah…what happened to the others must really have driven her…" Bulma concurred. "That girl has an iron core." Of course, now comes the hardest part. "Whenever you're ready!" she called up to the Oozaru.
A slow nod, then a narrowing of the eyes. Muscles the size of sixteen-wheelers bunched and rippled beneath the creature's fur. Its fangs ground together, its tail lashing back and forth, accidentally uprooting trees as it passed. Its feet dug into the ground, ki rising still further.
It threw its head back and let out a full-on roar, a wave of golden energy sweeping up from the ground and engulfing it, blazing around its gigantic frame.
No
Too much
Kill
NO
Kill
"She's losing it!" Bra warned.
"The machine!" Zarbon shouted.
Bulma hesitated. "Are…you sure? We might not have given her enough time—" The yellow-furred thing that had been Pan opened its mouth, a glow building within, signifying a readying energy blast that would irrevocably wipe out thousands of people. "Never mind," Bulma grunted, hastily shutting off the machine.
The beast froze, shivering slightly as its supply of moonlight was abruptly cut off. The body-warping transformation instantly began to reverse, the shift back to human form even quicker than the previous change. Zarbon became a blur of movement, reappearing with a bedsheet in hand in under a second and draping it over Pan's now-naked body as she hit the ground, quicker even than everyone else was in averting their eyes.
She sat up a few seconds later, pulling the sheet up around herself and sighing. "Damn…I couldn't…it was too much when I combined 'em…" That mind…that hatred…it's so old, so vast, runs so deep I can barely even comprehend it…
"Hey, you did great," Bulma assured her. "I mean, even controlling Oozaru at all on the first try is something to be proud of, from what I've heard. You want to try again?"
Pan shook her head. "No point. Wouldn't go any different. It's too strong…I'd need years of practice."
"And the Time Chamber hasn't worked properly since Buu…" Bulma muttered.
"It's okay. Just get me some new clothes…I'll fight with whatever power I have." She looked up towards the darkening sky. "In all the fights I've been in, I don't think I've ever hit my limit. Maybe I can surprise myself."
Eden Palace…
Gaia's entire body structure shifted as her energy began to climb. First, the patchy black and white colouration mixed into a uniform grey, and the claws on her hands and feet became more pronounced. Her hair twisted together into a row of spines that ran down her back onto the newly-grown tail. A pair of scaled wings burst outwards from her back, and most disturbingly of all, two more pairs of arms melted out from her shoulders, making six in total.
Gogeta took a step back, a nervous gulp escaping involuntarily. "Uh…" She wasn't bluffing about her power…it really has doubled! Not good…
All six hands spread out, a shimmering 'Spirit Bomb' forming above each one.
"Oh, come on," Gogeta moaned.
"Well, now," Gaia said, a thousand voices in chorus, "shall we continue?"
Really long Q&A this week, so I'm putting this fairly important one first:
Q: Btw, remember the concept of ssj4-esque form i talked about in the past? check my deviant art page, i got an artwork that shows the form
also, that form is something aside from the ssj line, just a humanoid oohzaru, it can go ssj, fur turns golden and hair turns pale yellowish-white like goku's ssj hair on namek. i'll upload an artwork of that soon, maybe you'll use that design for your ssj4 form?
A: Hey, readers. I quite like the concept(s) this guy (Nassif9000) has for SSJ4…might use them instead of the red-furred/black-haired one. Why don't you guys go check them out and tell me what you think?
Would you like this story's "SSJ4" (a misleading name, since it's not really a level beyond SSJ3, just a fully-mastered combination of Oozaru with any level of SSJ) to look like one of those concepts? Or like the red GT one? Or something else? You know what, I'm doing a poll. I'll put up a poll on my profile within a few days, you can vote for the appearance there.
Q: Will you post power levels again? I'm curious to see how much stronger all of them have became.
A: Sorry, probably not. I have no idea what they'd be, it's really impossible to be accurate at this point.
Q: Aw man, great chapter!
The emotion was much more real in this chapter and I just found it hilarious when Goten and Vegeta just exclaimed "Alright lets do this!" and fused.
Also, the scene where Gaia tells the heroes if they miraculously beat her, they would have to still fight 6 stronger beings reminded me of what Ulquiorra told Ichigo in Bleach saying if he was beaten Ichigo would still have to fight three beings even more powerful.
And finally, random question. If the Shadow Dragons had theoretically appeared on Namek due to an overload of negative energy from their Dragonballs, would they be called names such as "Alpha Porunga," "Kronos Porunga" etc?
A: Actually, no, they'd still be Shenron-type dragons, but why this is will be explained soon...well, soonish. Eventually. At some point.
Q: I am confused as to why Break did not go LSS or Super Saiyan 3 against Gaia. If I'm remembering correctly, and please slap me if I'm wrong, she has use of both forms, why not bring out her best if she thinks her dad is dead? Another issue I had was with the other LSS in this chapter, why is Broly described as a man, implying that he's a big boy now and can do adult stuffs all by himself, when Goku is just 12? They were born on the same day, shouldn't they be the same age?
A: None of the fighters except Eighteen were using their full power against Gaia at first, since she's only the first of seven they have to fight. I mean, Gogeta's going all-out now.
As for Broly…I know, right? The other saiyans seem to all be adults here…weird, isn't it?
Q: I'm also curious about Raditz and Gohan. Are they going through the same thing as Goku, are they somewhere together having tea time, or are they just flat out dead?
A: Well, we've now seen that Raditz is in the same place as Goku, wherever that is…we'll see what happened to Gohan at some point.
Q: I may be a minority, but I actually really like the casual aspect of the last few chapters, I think it really goes along with how the original Dragon Ball was written, as well as the Buu saga, lots of comedy with a touch of drama.
Another point that I don't think gets made enough is how well I think you handle reviewers, even the negative, angry ones. You don't let them get to you (from what I've seen and heard) and you don't respond in an agitated or angry manner. So kudos on that!
Keep it up, Cap'n.
treeger
A: Thanks on both counts!
Q: And my curiosity over what happened to Raditz, Goku, and Gohan intensifies! Gah!
Anyways, another solid chapter. Gaia looks to be a great introductory villain and I really like how Vegeta and Goten go straight to fusion after realizing how outclassed they are. Really feels goods when characters think logically like that.
The only real problem was Broly being killed off so easily. Don't get me wrong; I wasn't expecting him to last that long against Goku at all. Just seems rather cold of Goku to simply kill him straight off the bat like that rather than knock him out or something like that. Then again I might be biased since Broly is my favorite movie villain. Oh well.
Just gotta ask, how do you not get burned out from writing this fanfic every week like you do? I've been doing weekly updates for my main fic but it feels like I only got a week or two left in me, you know? How do you keep yourself motivated?
P.S. - For curiosity's sake, how many views do you get a chapter on average? No need to be exact; ballpark estimate works fine.
Can't wait for the next chapter of Even Further Beyond!
A: Goku was kind of in a do-or-die situation at that point. He wasn't necessarily trying to kill Broly, just hit him as hard as possible, in order to stay alive himself.
I guess there are just some stories I really want to tell, and that keeps me going.
On the day of uploading, the story averages between a thousand and two thousand views, sometimes more.
Thanks!
Q: So in terms of ranking of strength where does Bills sit compared to the other Gods of Destruction? What's going on with Videl and the other 'normal' people? Haven't seen much of them recently...
A: He's about average.
…I'm not sure…
Q: I like your idea of having the various gods of destruction having their own council, to consult with one another during crisis'. Do these other gods have attendants that are stronger than them as well? Or is Whis an exception?
A: Whis is an exception, yes.
Q: Did I miss something? Shouldn't Gogeta be unable to hear Eighteen when she's talking to him since he's deaf? Just wondering.
A: Did this chapter help?
Q: Could you go into a bit more detail about the Haikoshin's appearances? You got the general image across, but I can't really imagine all of the Gods being humanoid while Bills is a cat. Like, what color are they, and do they have any anthropomorphic features?
A: Well, I think just by chance the human-looking ones happened to be the ones involved in that scene, but there are some anthropomorphic animals, and some other weird creatures.
Q: Hm, Cadmus and portals, that's a reference I sense, is it not?
A: It's actually a reference to the processes used by historical alchemists. They liked using metaphors to disguise their instruction manuals to laymen; a common theme was something along the lines of "The Knight transfixes [impales] the sun-bearing lion, reducing it to necrotic primordial matter; from death is born new life, and so rises Cadmus, the Red King". 'The Knight' was Mercury, both referencing the mythological figure and the chemical alchemists were actually talking apart, and 'the Red King' was 'the sulphur of the wise', i.e. a more distilled form of sulphur.
This whole process was one of the early stages in what they called 'the Great Work': the creation of the Philosopher's Stone. (Historical beliefs about the Stone are actually pretty accurately represented in Harry Potter, less so in Fullmetal Alchemist, but I give that a pass because it's sufficiently awesome).
So anyway, to bring this rambling to a close, I just thought that whole set of imagery was pretty cool, and also I wanted to see how obscure I could make the references before nobody caught them.
Q: I kind of figured that Gogeta would be able to at the very least match Gaia due to his demigod ki. The real issue is what will happen for the rest? I mean they don't have demigod ki on their own. I guess Uub could if he unlocked his full potential (majuub) but what about the rest of them?
A: Indeed.
No Majuub, by the way; since there's no fat Buu for him to fuse with.
Q: I know you're going to introduce the SSJ4 transformation sometime soon, so I'm going to ask this while it's fresh on my mind.
Can you please not turn the SSJ4 transformation into the not-really-but-sort-of-trump-card it was in GT? I actually liked GT for what it was, but the SSJ4 form was so poorly used I wanted to cry.
There was no real development for it, all we knew was that it turned Goku into more of a "real" Saiyan, with the whole dragging a fight out to test himself thing (the whole "wild" personality thing was garbage in my opinion, he was acting exactly like a typical Saiyan).
The form itself was radically different in appearance and how it was obtained, but it just felt the same as every other form: like a massive convenient boost of power.
A: I shall try and do better.
Q: Captain Space, Due to Goku not training with King Kai, not having the Heart Virus to get some decent amount of Zenkai and not dying at the hands of Cell so that Goku will train at the Otherworld in order to achieved Super Saiyan 3. How strong is Goku in Even Further Beyond, is he equal to Canon Vegeta.
Yes or No
A: He's stronger than canon Vegeta, due to his mystic boost making him stronger than a SSJ2, plus he has Kaioken, plus he's had 20 years to train since getting the mystic powerup. Sure. He hasn't had those power-ups you mentioned, but he's had others instead that he never got in canon.
Q: Now that my primary distraction has been removed, I'll be able to get into this with hopefully greater enthusiasm.
But before I can do any of that, would your Gohkan as a SSJ3 boosted x30(?) kaioken stand any chance against Bills or SSG Gohan?
A: Not sure. But then, he'd only be able to maintain that level of power for a fraction of a second before burning out, so he wouldn't be able to really fight them whether he was on their level or not.
Q: Could the Shadow Dragons have been summoned faster if Shenron had been more powerful? Like, say Nail fused with Dende to empower the Dragon balls (ignore tribe differences). Would the negative energy have built up faster that way?
A: Well, that would mean more powerful wishes could be granted, so there would be the potential for more negative energy to be generated, and hence to bring the dragons out quicker…but only if somebody actually took advantage of the power-up and made those more powerful wishes they otherwise wouldn't be able to.
Q: I'm not sure about the whole divine/demigod Ki. Doesn't seem to make much sense. Does mastering SSJ give you demigod Ki and make you incredibly strong, or does it just give you demigod Ki and not affect your strength?
A: Mastering SSJ sufficiently gives you the potential to tap into that level under emotional stress, when confronted with an enemy mortal ki can't defeat…and it's kind of both. Simply because having demigod ki makes you incredibly strong.
Q: Idon't want to know how many chapters EFB has to go, but, how long , just in general, do you plan to make it? Over twenty chapters, or something? Maby even over fifty! Can't wait! Great chapter! Also, can you give us a little backstory on Whis, the Kais, Bills, and the Eternal? I wonder who created the Multyverse? Whis, maby? Also, theres more creaters than one. So, maby all the gods of distruction, behind all the creaters can save the universe?
A whole swarm... hm? Could Sin, Nova, Ice ec, be in another set?
A: Answering all your questions in order: I have no idea. Yes, eventually. I don't know, but somebody created the individual universes in it, as we've learned. No comment on who. That'd be cool, wouldn't it? And probably not, since a couple of these dragons are based off the GT ones anyway (Helios/Nova, for instance).
Q: Still kind of bothered that people bug out over your Alternate Universe being different from the main universe, that's kind of the definition of an Alternate Universe! Right? I guess maybe not. The END is UPON US! And it is delightful, I am attached to these three separate storylines taking place in the same general...time period? (Ish? I mean, I assume the World between Worlds (so to speak) doesn't abide by the same laws of time as the BTtL Universe, and at the same time I'm under the presumption that the Hakaishin, being capable of moving faster than light and easily passing from universe to universe, also function outside of those general rules. But, same time-ish) But I am curious to see two other characters that disappeared in a 'similar' manner, what have you done with Raditz and Gohan?! All will be answered in its own time of course. Right? They're...they're not dead...right? Haha, they couldn't be...right?
A: Well, we know Raditz is alive…as for what happened to Gohan, we'll find out later.
Q: How strong, exactly, are the humans? Like, just ordinary sidizens who've read Gohan's book? Napa's level? Raditz's power level when he first set foot on the earth? King Piccolo level? Just wondering. Great chapter! Chapter 107 should be up in a few hours. It's Sonday. Can't wait!
A: Probably mid DB levels, mostly. The fighters, anyway. Not everyone does martial arts, so there are plenty of people with a power level of 5-ish, still. But many of them probably have little helpful ki abilities (if you can make a tiny energy ball, you don't need a flashlight, and ki sensing is useful for finding people, etc.)
Q: A whole swarm... What, exactly, do you mean by that?
A: Just 'lots of them'.
Q: are u going to address this next chapter, and also since goku and raditz dont have tails, will they transform in to ssj4?
A: People without tails, indeed, cannot transform into SSJ4.
Q: Wait.. In chapter 56, at the bottom, it has goku and raditz and it has the exact same quote you have here at the end of this chapter
A: Indeed. That was a much earlier draft. In this final version, more people than just Goku and Raditz are getting their shot at things.