Age 779, Present Timeline
Rikku threw a strong punch at Vegeta, the prince dodging it and countering with one of his own. The two saiyans went back and forth, the planet shaking with every blow. They then jumped back and began firing ki blasts at the other. Their equal powers caused the blasts to simply explode against the other's.
In the distance, the god of destruction Beerus and his attendant Whis were watching the battle while eating sundaes. Whis asked Beerus,
"So, what do you think? Will one of them be a suitable rival for you?"
Beerus shrugged and said,
"Give it another 10,000,000 years."
The saiyan couple stopped attacking and smirked at each other. The two then yelled, their hair turning golden and their eyes green. As their super saiyan auras flailed across the battlefield, Beerus's sundae was sent flying out of his hand and splattered on the ground. Enraged, Beerus yelled at them,
"HEY, KNOCK IT OUT OR I'LL DESTROY YOU!!!"
Rikku and Vegeta both immediately powered down, sweating profusely and apologizing to Beerus. Beerus reluctantly accepted, and then asked if they brought any food. Rikku nodded, pulling a capsule out of her belt and throwing it onto the floor, with it opening to reveal 4 bowls of instant ramen.
The saiyans and the gods both sat down and began preparing the instant ramen. The 4 sat still for the next 5 minutes, until eventually it was done. Whis announced this, and the 4 immediately began digging in. As they ate, Rikku, with her face stuffed with noodles, asked,
"So what'd ya think Lord Beerus?"
Beerus replied,
"I love it, the richness is divine! And just what flavor did you say it was again?"
Vegeta quickly replied,
"Misu and butter my lord!"
After sipping another noodle, Vegeta muttered,
"You could've at least brought some extra ramen with you, Karat."
Rikku chuckled, rubbing the back of her head and saying,
"Sorry, it was the spur of the moment! But there's plenty of lettuce!"
She pulled out a piece of lettuce. Chi-Chi had convinced her recently to become a farmer so her family wouldn't have to continue living off Bulma's wealth, and the lettuce had been picked from her fields.
Vegeta muttered,
"Idiot."
Rikku responded to that by saying,
"Fine, if you don't want it I'll just give it to that Zeno guy the next time I see him!"
Beerus's face went pale as he became drenched with sweat. Had that idiot really just said that? Rikku and Vegeta noticed this, and Vegeta remarked,
"All you did was say his name…"
Rikku also said to Beerus,
"Yeah, you get really jumpy around that guy, Lord Beerus. You get all sweaty and everything."
As Beerus regained his composure and began sipping his noodles again, Whis chimed in by saying,
"Something would be wrong if he didn't fear Zeno-sama. The omni king is the most supreme of all deities, ruling over our entire multiverse. In the hierarchy of the gods, there is no one above him."
Rikku, amazed by this, asked,
"So does that mean he's the strongest fighter out of anyone anywhere?"
Whis replied,
"You know, you saiyans have a terrible habit of judging a being's power based solely off their physical abilities."
Beerus chimed in by saying,
"Zeno-sama is not a fighter Rikku, but he is the strongest. Believe me, you couldn't begin to fathom his power."
Rikku asked,
"What does that mean?"
Whis replied,
"Have you already forgotten about my lord's warning? Zeno-sama can annihilate anything he wishes within the blink of an eye, regardless of scope or complexity. Be it a single lifeform….or a world….or a galaxy….or an entire universe. If it ever struck his fancy, he could eliminate everything; all of reality as we know it."
A shocked Vegeta said in response,
"Has ever actually done that?! I mean, instantly destroyed an entire universe?!"
Whis let out a small chuckle and said,
"Oh yes! In fact, we used to have 18 universes instead of only 12!"
This just shocked Vegeta even more.
"That's completely insane; so did he just wiped out the other 6?"
"It doesn't take much to provoke him either. One perceived insult and the next thing you know, Pow!"
Beerus turned his gaze to Rikku and said,
"Hopefully now your tiny brain can understand why we were so nervous when you were talking to him, Rikku."
Vegeta, now understanding the full scope of what Beerus had been so scared about at the universe 6 tournament, said to Rikku,
"That settles it, you are an idiot."
Rikku simply replied,
"Wow, that's nuts, but I still think you guys are worrying too much. If he destroyed us then how could he have that tournament he's so pumped up about? Also, he kinda felt familiar."
Beerus muttered under his breath,
"Your ignorance is almost enough to make me lose my appetite."
Before Beerus could eat his fishcake, a horrible smell suddenly filled his nostrils. He god of Destruction recoiled in disgust, muttering,
"What in Zeno's name is awful sme-oh, shit…."
Beerus looked over and sure enough, it was Bulla, the daughter of Rikku and Vegeta. Her diaper was dirty again. Beerus quickly turned to the saiyan couple and told them,
"Sometimes, I really wish you two idiots had used a condom when you conceived her."
Rikku and Vegeta looked at each other intensely, nodded to each other, and then placed their fists in front of the other. The two then began an intense rock-paper-scissors match, tying thousands of times before Rikku ultimately came out the winner. Rikku cheered and told her husband,
"Hehe, I win again! You know what that means: It's your turn to change Bulla's diaper!"
Vegeta gritted his teeth and growled angrily, and Rikku then leaned in to give him a peck on the cheek. However, Vegeta pushed her off and went to go change Bulla's diaper. In response to this, Rikku pouted to herself and crossed her arms in annoyance.
Their relationship had been on a downward spiral ever since Rikku had found out about Vegeta going off to train on Beerus's planet and not telling her. Her stealing Vegeta's revenge against Frieza and hiding Super Saiyan Blue Kaioh ken from him didn't exactly help matters. Whis had offered to act as a sort of marriage counselor, but both had refused.
As Rikku walked over to Whis, the angel suddenly noticed his staff flashing with light. He then picked it up and said,
"Yes, yes."
On the staff appeared the face of Bulma, Whis's favorite human. That was because she made all the food that he and Lord Beerus loved so much. Bulma then said,
"Hey, Whis!"
Whis smiled and said,
"Oh, it looks like my communicator is coming in handy already! Is this an offer for more food? I appreciate your kindness, but….we've just now finished eating."
As Whis was about to hang up, Bulma said,
"That's not it. Call Vegeta immediately!"
Rikku and Vegeta heard this, and Rikku asked,
"What's wrong Bulma?"
Before Bulma could say anything, Beerus yelled at her,
"Hey, you! We didn't give that to you for pointless calls!"
"THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!"
She then showed them Future Trunks, and explained,
"Trunks just came back, and he wants Rikku and Vegeta to come here!"
Rikku and Vegeta were shocked and confused. Why would Trunks come back after all these years? They then sensed Trunks's energy as he powered up to Super Saiyan 2. Vegeta smirked in pride at his son's power, before putting his arm on Rikku's shoulder, as she teleported them both to Earth.
When they arrived, they were met with Bulma, Future Trunks, the present Trunks, and the young Pilaf gang. Trunks muttered,
"So you are alive…"
Rikku then walked up to Trunks and asked,
'So why are you back here, Trunks?"
Vegeta joined in by asking,
"Is it Majin Buu?"
Trunks shook his head and said,
"No. I managed to stop Buu from being revived in my timeline. The battle was extremely difficult, but thanks to the training of the Supreme Kai, I was able to kill Babidi and Dabura. But our peace was short-lived. After that, an even more terrifying foe appeared."
As present Trunks gasped in shock, Rikku asked,
"Someone worse? So who was it?"
Trunks became grim as he said,
"This foe…he calls himself Son Goku…. He's a saiyan…and his energy feels almost exactly like yours."
Rikku's eyes widened in shock as she said,
"M-me?!"
She quickly turned to Vegeta and asked,
"Do I have any other brothers you didn't tell me about?!"
Vegeta replied,
"No. You and Raditz were Bardock's only children, I'm certain of that!"
Trunks continued by saying,
"That's not all. He….he killed…."
Rikku asked,
"He killed who?"
Trunks breathed in and out. He really didn't want to have to break this to her, but he felt that he had too.. Shakily, the future half saiyan said,
"He….he killed my timeline's Goten."
Rikku immediately gasped in shock and covered her mouth with her hands. Her son…his future version, one who had gone through so much pain….was dead. Murdered. And she never even got to meet him. Tears began to stream down her face, as she began to quietly sob. Trunks looked at her with sadness and said,
"I'm sorry. I couldn't stop him in time. If I had been faster and hadn't been frozen by fear…"
Vegeta gritted his teeth in fury. Whoever this Goku was, he would pay for killing one of his sons and making his other son's life hell. Suddenly, everyone heard something. They all looked up to see a black portal appear in the sky. Out of the portal emerged Goku, his face grim. He then looked at Rikku, and his eyes narrowed in fury.
Rikku also stared at him, tears still streaming down her face. The two stared daggers into the other, and Rikku eventually broke the silence by powering up to Super saiyan, flying up and punching Goku in the face. However, Goku didn't budge, shocking Rikku. Goku then smirked and said,
"Heh, this'll be fun."