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YearOfTheDina . netㅤ/

"Jacket's got stripes on it now," Neoru noticed, as Dina proudly nodded. He then began to walk awa-

"ASK WHY, YOU TWIT."

"WHYYY?" Neoru bitched, trying to esc-

"We-he-hell, my dear boy, if you MUST know..." Dina pointed to herself.

"2022 IS THE ZODIAC YEAR OF THE TIGER!"

"... uh-huh-"

"SO, AS IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAY, I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS'LL BE MY YEAR!"

Her phone suddenly rang. "... hm?"

"... what? Your grammar's all off, calm down... uh huh... uh huh... No I don't have any bloody experience with cranes, what does Russia have to do with... wh-oh... oh my..."

Dina hung up. After a pause, she brought out a pen and paper.

Neoru looked over. "What's the issue, now?"

"Writing a formal letter of complaint to Tai Sui."

"That's a star, dumbass."

Dina dropped her writing utensils, became a Super Saiyan, and took aim at the sky.

"Even better."

Jobton . netㅤ/

"ALRIGHT, OPEN IT!" Trunks yelled from behind a talisman-dotted, force field-laden, transparent opening of an air-tight room.

The robot within carefully opened the package labeled "From Towa, To You."

Fully expecting an explosion, or a portal, or some past enemy supercharged with dark energy, a small piece of paper was all that was extracted.

"... alright, WHAT'S IT SAY!? OMIT ANYTHING THAT MAY BE AN INCANTATION!"

The automaton cleared its throat.

"CONTONKEKS BTFO, GET SHIT ON, TIME BREAKER CHADS WIN AGAIN, L + RATIO + HOW WILL BITCHHAN'S FLESHLIGHT EVER RECOVER, P.S. I DID YOUR MOTHERS. XOXOXOXO TIC TAC TOE THREE IN A ROW YOU LITTLE PINK HOE, SIGNED: WA to the FUCKING TO."

"... it doesn't say tha-"

The automaton held up the note.

Trunks stared, veins across his face.

"... does that note have any ki signature?"

"Negative. Spirit VPN detected."

A chair flew through the sealed room.

AceDonoCantCommunicate . netㅤ/

"You can't communicate?" Trunks asked.

Ace shook his head.

"... huh."

"Welcome to the club, dipshit," said Tadano.

Trunks stumbled back.

DontToyWithMePuddinSama . netㅤ/

"You're toying with me?" Trunks stated.

"I'm toying with you!" Puddin happily replied, kicking Trunks again.

"... huh."

"Welcome to the club, dipshit," said Paisen.

Trunks stumbled back.

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"Wh... wha... w- what does this one even mea-"

Trunks turned to his father, lifelessly floating in a literal pool of his own tears.

"O-oh my- Father!? What happened-"

The image of Goku battling Ace and Puddin in harrowing combat within the depths of the Demon Realm levitated from his mind and through the air, as Vegeta began sobbing.

"... OH. Huh."

"Welcome to the club, dip-"

Trunks wound back.

Trunks punched Kazuya dead in his jaw.

"NO, NOT YOU."

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Tenganosu wheezed, wiping sweat off his brow. "It's over for you, Neo!"

"I'M ANOTHER GUY AND YOU'RE REALLY GONNA GIVE ME A PET NAME WHAT THE FU-"

"I'M NOT FINISHED. Anyway, your inexperience with this new power, versus my honed technique, has led to your defeat! Now prepare yourself, as I do 20 flips and 5 full-body rotations before I kick you like once!"

Neoru sucked his teeth. "Guess I've really got no choice, huh?"

"I honestly doubt even YOU'RE stupid enough to use even more of your Tlatla-"

"You were awesome, Tenganosu."

". . . ?"

With his power magically halved, Tengano's chest cavity was busted through with a straight punch.

[ NEORU OROJI ]

["THE ASURA" ] ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ"Top 5 people I've ever fought for sure," Neo concluded.

"WHAT THE FUCK THAT'S MY TITLE!" Kazikum roared.

"But I've got way too many people already in line for a rematch..."

"YOU LITTLE FUCK, I'LL KILL YOU!"

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"So, what's our next move, Lord Towa?"

"Well, I'd say we're all deserving of some fun after a job like that..."

.

.

Towa n' friends sped down the lane in a horse-drawn carriage, taking a baseball bat to a Capsule Corporation mailbox and ensuring Panchi's confession letter never reached Dr. Briefs.

Towa n' friends got wasted off a funny juice in a dark cave. Turles couldn't hold his liquor, fell down, and didn't stop screaming for six hours.

Towa n' friends burned down a carrier pigeon loft, eating whatever came out. Thanks to butterflies or something, King Furry suddenly wasn't king of anything.

Towa n' friends gave time machine schematics to a disheveled old man in a bunker. Not one patroller slept, that week.

Towa n' friends hijacked some namekian's ship, veering it off course and joyriding throughout the cosmos before crashing into Galactic Patrol HQ.

Towa n' friends cheered Mira on as he blasted Saiyan pods on a Frieza-Force ship's cannon. He hit above Slug's 13 score, and hoots filled the spaceship.

Turles even got to plant his tree.

Everyone had fun.

A tiny Kai and a man with purple hair had a stroke somewhere.

BLJJ . netㅤ/

"Hah... hah..."

"Hah... gh-hah..."

Neo and Katlij had entered a grappling deadlock. They'd been at it for hours beforehand, and finally entered a state in which the slightest movement would decide the match.

Every and any angle, every muscle, even the shifts of one's eye was being ruthlessly analyzed by the other. If they let too much time pass, the other would gain back enough stamina to break into another position, and dart into either a lock or a chokehold, folding the other in a way they couldn't come back from. But it wasn't like that mattered; if either made such an attempt, in the states they were in, they'd black out on the spot.

"(I'm sweating just looking at them...)" Baubi watched on, enamored. "(How are they able to keep this up? They need rest and stuff, don't they!?)"

She looked over to her two new cohorts for a second opinion.

Mashii and Dina watched on, sweating.

"... did you two just finish sparring or..."

The two looked back, copious amounts of blood dripping from their noses. Judging by the bruise-red color of their faces, they'd finished a brutal match themselves; she must've ignored it over how much she'd focused on the test of endurance before her.

"Yip!" Mashii stammered.

"Ye..." Dina slurred.

"... got it." Baubi nodded. Judging by the drool from both, they were in no state of mind for chit-chat.

"(Everyone here's working so hard to get stronger...)"

OrojiHops . netㅤ/

"Oh, there's something else you should know about the South Stretch's natives."

Neoru turned to Tenganosu. "Eh?"

Tengano stood up.

Tengano jumped. He then jumped again. In midair.

"What the- ARE YOU SERIOUS!? HOW'D I NEVER LEARN THAT SHIT!?"

"Cause no one does it like the Graffia, meu caro."

"What's that even mean!?"

"You know it or you don't, meu caro!"

As the braided boy smugly walked off, Neo began pondering something.

"How come I feel like I've talked about something like this before?"

SpanishAndAlsoPortuguese . netㅤ/

"... huh."

"Mh-hm."

Little Neo looked up. "So both, now."

Socai nodded. "Somewhat. Apparently, OP's sticking with universal language, sans a few words for specific cultures of... whatever he's fixing to make humanity. Because humans like to be individuals... or whatever cope he's coming up with, I guess he's just enjoying himself."

"Well that still sounds pretty painful, but still, it also sounds like it could work!"

"Sí, lo sé!"

"..."

"..."

"Oh there's no punchline here, it seems that OP's finally content with this decis-"

"WAIT WHY'D HE CHANGE IT TO A C GODDA-"

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...

...

Deina.

...

Fucking shit, I'm already like 50 chapters in.

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"Phwaaa~" Kaza moaned. "I'm so thirsty!"

"There's a fountain right there," Zinco right, pointing left.

Kaza lightly bonked herself on the head. "Of course! I'm so silly!"

She turned left, and froze.

"... Kaza?"

She then ran right, intent on circling the area instead. She made it halfway around, and froze.

"... ah..."

She then burst through the tournament wall, running right without stop.

"..."

Zinco waited. And waited. And waited.

The ground beneath him suddenly split open, getting a jump out of him.

"Aaa~h!" breathed Kaza, refreshed and drenched in water, ice, dirt, and magma. "That really hit the spot!"

"But... the fount-"

"Y-YEAH BUT W-WATER WITH SEA SALT'S J-JUST A-ADDS SO MUCH M-MORE, D-DON'T YOU TH-THINK!?"

"... it does?"

Kaza hesitated.

She suddenly ran through another right wall, and then burst through another fresh hole in the ground.

"Yes but I drank it all."

"... oh."

"Sorry."

LITTA MAN looked over the desolate desert that was once the ocean.

"... NH- NOOOOOOOOO-"

MahouSentai . netㅤ/

"No one on the right... aaaand... no one on the left ok we're good."

I ripped that off of something but I can't remember what. Please find it.

A-anyway, Akaki placed jellies over his ears, which morphed into headphones, huddled to himself and opened up a hologram. Soon, a costumed man with a rotating sunburst graphic behind him appeared upon it, and cheese-filled beatdowns of stuntmen overly-dressed as monsters transpired.

"wait why does it suddenly smell like aristocra-"

"THERE YOU ARE, YOU GORMLESS PRICK!" Selaine yelled, having kicked down the door with, like, 110 pounds of force. Magic.

Akaki snapped around. "How the hell did- no, of course, you used something from your ever-convenient do-it-all spell book from your crummy little Earth-huts is that it?"

"THE GALL ON YOU! I will not be talked down to by a virile toad of your caliber, AND I MOST CERTAINLY WILL NOT-"

"What idiot speaks like that? There are far too many unneeded words, just say what's needed!"

"Selaine grimaced!" Selaine grimaced.

"Wait was that a mistake on the author's part or did you- you know what SCREW THIS!" Akaki whipped out a gun.

"H-HOW DID YOU BRING A GUN INTO THIS TOURNAMENT?"

"We're not on your mud hut of a planet you C-List Catarrhine, EVERY TUFFLE HAS A GUN!"

Selaine dramatically gasped.

"N-NO MATTER! I'LL MAKE YOU PAY DEARLY FOR SULLYING THE SERAUMICS NAME!" she declared, drawing her wand as the entered a Mexican Standoff.

She then noticed what played behind Akaki.

"... is that Feigo Surfer?"

"... n... no?"

"Oh my dear god, that's Feigo Surfer."

"..."

Akaki shot Sel-

"... you watch Earth programmes, yet you call Earth a mud hut?"

"It's a mud hut with quality cable, sue me."

Both held a lingering glare, before slowly lowering their arms.

"Which seasons?"

"1-4, everything after is a product of human greed."

"that is unequivocally false, but I suppose I can commend your higher tastes."

"just say you respectfully disagree."

"i humbly protest."

"... don't talk over feigo surfer."

"hmph."

The two nobles then spent several uninterrupted hours watching a Saturday morning tv show.

AHarmlessPhrase . netㅤ/

Wabi healed Kazikum's wound.

"Tch," went the halfspawn, indebted once again. "Thanks, Doc."

Wabi gave a sarcastic smirk. "Yeah, sure."

He saw Kazikum off.

WhereTrunksGotThem . netㅤ/

"You've been crafting drugs this entire time?"

"Uh... that's an awful-harsh way of putting it, but..."

A teenage Kaset took a moment to crack open the door.

"AYEVA YOU A FUCKIN' SNITCH!"

A distant voice responded in kind. "bite me."

"YOU WILL NEVER EVER IN YOUR LIFE BE A SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT!"

"i will hit you."

Trunks cleared his throat. "In any case, I can't allow a patroller to wear themselves down in such a way, especially one already as reckless as you. In fact, my mother happened to be a slave to those things."

"Well I'm... not... your fuckin' mother?"

Trunks glared. "Give me the cancer sticks."

"... corniest shit anyone ever called a damn cigarette, imma die in these timelines 'fore some tobacco gets my ass anyway, I hate it here man."

"Word of advice, less backtalk when talking to an authority."

Kaset sucked his teeth before slamming the door. "Why you got a fivehead now..."

"WHAT?"

Trunks received no response, confirming his solitude. With that, he eyed the cardboard pack.

"what do people see in these, anyways... don't they watch PSAs?"

After checking his surroundings, he lit one to see what the hype was about. After sucking one, he proceeded to have a stroke.

Once the smoke cleared, he eyed them again, through tears.

"... that can't be it..."

He then took a drag.

"... ooooooooh..."

"HEY! STOP RIGHT THERE!" Trunks yelled after blowing a whistle through a coughing fit. Ayeva, Stroga, and Kaset looked back in confusion.

"I bet you thought you could pull one over me, but I see right through you! Cigarettes! Hand them over!"

Kaset glared.

"I haven't made any in a week..."

Trunks stared. "... huh?"

Ayeva stared. "(contemporary politics in a dragon ball z fanfiction...)"

Stroga stared. "(how stunning. brave, even.)"

"(I feel like I'm being misinterpreted...)" the lilac patroller sweat.

Kaset scratched his throat. "Ay commander uh, do you have a cold or something? Your voice kinda..."

Trunks gave a shaky thumbs-up. "N-NOPE! S-SORR, I GUESS IT'S JUST THE SUN SCREWING WITH ME! ALRIGHT CARRY ON YOU THREE!" he blathered through tears before throwing himself back to the Time Nest.

"... man's weird."

Trunks learned how to make his own, soon after. He's forgotten how to, however, as they're exclusively for emergencies.

"Did anyone else smell smoke?"

Toruutsu . netㅤ/

Kora stared at the weapon.

"How do... how the f... do I..."

She swung it from the bottom, and almost fell over.

"OOP, NOPE, THAT IS NOT IT."

She looked around it.

"I just... what? I mean there's like... blades and another club at the end, how else..."

"THE SPIKES ARE FOR YOUR HANDS, YOU FOOL!"

She looked over to Renchiru like he was crazy.

"... but..."

"THAT'S HOW WEAPON AND USER BECOME ONE!"

"WITH WHAT!? TETANUS!?"

"THAT IS A PATHETIC HUMAN DISEASE, EXCLUSIVE TO THOSE SQUISHY WEAKLINGS!"

"Why are our weapons so crummy!? No wonder we ditched this and stuck with bare hands!"

"HOW DARE YOU BESMIRCH THAT SACRED WEAPON!"

Kora held it up.

"BEHOLD, THE SACRED HEPETITOR!"

"THAT'S IT, COME HERE YOU VILE BRAT!"

"YOU'RE THE ONE SLINGING AROUND AN ACTUAL PETRI DISH!" Kora teased before bolting.

ZhizuYinQuanNoMutekiDa . netㅤ/

"SHAO!"

Mei's attack hit Dumdum, to no effect.

"I'm waaaay too fat for that to hurt," Dumdum said, audibly hurting himself.

"That's useless. Zhizu Yin-Quan is invincible."

Mei then kicked Dumdum's stomach again.

"No seriously, I've got, like, regeneration and stuff, you literally can't hurt me."

"And I will say it again. Zhizu Yin-Quan is invincible."

Mei began kicking Dumdum hundreds of times a second, screaming all the way.

"HEY, THAT'S MY BATTLE CRY!" Goku yelled from the side.

"I don't even have pressure points, what are you doing?"

"And I will say it again. Zhizu Yin-Quan is invincible."

Mei began kicking Dumdum's stomach thousands of times a second, screaming all the way.

"D-DO YOU THINK REPEATING SOMETHING ENOUGH TIMES WILL MAKE IT TRUE OR SOMETHI-"

"AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. ZHIZU YIN-QUAN IS INVINCIBLE!"

Mei began kicking Dumdum millions of times a second. Pink blobs of his stomach started to go everywhere.

"... know what? Whatever, I'll just wait it out and-"

BY TECHNICAL RING-OUT, SHAO MEI MOVES ON TO THE QUARTERFINALS!

"WHAT!? HOW!?"

Trunks pointed to the Dumdum-shaped sculpture of intelligent parts of Dumdum.

"I have struck the secret pressure point, Uinnaisumei. You are already disqualified."

Mei then ran over to the side and threw up.

"N... now walk yourself in... to the Hell... that is defeat!" she growled, before passing out.

WhyIsArchiWrongAgain? . netㅤ/

"Hey Archi, why don't you use martial arts again?" asked Kora.

"I don't need 'em."

"Come on, Archi, that's just ridiculous! Just look at how much it's helped save the universe!"

"Broly."

Kora opened her mouth.

"Buu."

Kora's jaw hung open.

"Frieza, Cell, what kind of martial art beat Prince Vegeta again?"

A counterargument was bound to come out of it, eventually.

"I just... I have yet to see any martial art outside of ki control helping anyone. Outside of... I dunno... Earthlings fighting each other. Why do you guys hype it up so much?"

"... I mean you would've beaten Kazikum if you were using martial arts."

"I lost because I took every hit, because that's my style. I don't agree with it, but dodging ain't a martial art. Besides, if he'd gone Super Saiyan from the start, there's not much I could've done from a technical standpoint to bridge the gap. If you're not using stuff like... whatever that human chick's using, which does NOT look worth it to be honest, it just doesn't add up to much. I'm not against martial arts like I used to be, hell it can definitely help, but just sticking to building fundamentals seems like the meta."

"..."

"..."

"Ultra Instinct."

"Ultra Inconsistent."

"You lost to Mei."

"I was off-guard."

"EXACTLY."

Kora proudly strolled off, the argument won.

"Wh... but-"

"WHO IS GONNA CRACK THE CASE!? ARCH-"

"OK OK, YOU WIN!"

TheTruthBehindKaza'sNewVoice . netㅤ/

"Hm."

Wabi put down his papers. "You have schizophrenia."

"... oh."

"Yeah."

.

.

"... isn't there supposed to be a punchline around this point?"

"You think schizophrenia is a punchline?"

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ㅤYESㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤCOMEDIC GENIUS ㅤㅤㅤㅤOUIOUIㅤㅤㅤㅤtellhimtohisfaceㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤLMFAOOOOO ㅤㅤYES YES ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤYES ㅤㅤㅤYESYES

itsdarkhumordontlikedontlaugh:{ㅤㅤYES YES ㅤㅤㅤyeesss~ㅤㅤㅤHAHAHAHA ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤKEKAROOOOㅤㅤㅤfunniestshitiveeverseen ㅤyES YES! YES YES ㅤㅤYE

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAㅤㅤPOSITIVELYㅤwheresthefunnytheresthefunny ㅤㅤHAHAHAHA

ITSFUNNYBECAUSEITSOFFENSIVETHATSITTHATSLITERALLYTHEJOKEAREYOULAUGHINGYE-

"No," Kaza shamefully replied.

TrunksDoesGacha . netㅤ/

"Bada-bada-bada-bada-dodo-doo~bada-"

/"What is that?"/

"Random noises. I pulled a Self-Insert last time I did this."

/"I never took you for a credule."/

"Only during summons. Now let's roll!"

Trunks threw out the dragon balls and got to work.

"COME ON..."

Shenron appeared.

"Holy Longwang, this again?"

"COME ON...!"

"YOU KNOW WHAT? FINE, HERE!"

Three bursts appeared before Trunks.

"AAAAAAND...!"

"Ugh... Yamashitakazuo? Where'd you go?"

"M-master?"

"...? Where'd my little shit of a son go?"

Trunks put his hand to his chin, his smile lowering.

"I mean... I guess I can work with this?"

"ATA!"

"I AM A SACRED DRAGON GOD OF SPIRITS!"

Trunks, alongside Ohma Tokita, Seras Victoria, and Yujiro Hanma, stared at the dragon.

Three bursts appeared.

"S-Seiba!?"

"Ky? Where'd you go?"

"DAMMIT MAJIMA LEAVE ME A- eh?"

Trunks scratched his head.

"I mean... not bad..."

"RU-SHAA!"

"I DROWN KINGDOMS WHEN I'M NEGLECTED!"

Trunks, Ohma Tokita, Seras Victoria, Yujiro Hanma, Shirou Emiya, Dizzy, and Kazuma Kiryu stared at the dragon.

Three bursts appeared.

/"Any luck yet?"/

"Dunno. Now some guy with white hair and a girl in a cutesy anime version of a suit are going at it. This one blonde kid's crying. I dunno why." He turned around.

"A world where everyone could smile? Even Gears? (why am I so inexplicably attracted to that purple-haired man's voice!?)"

"Absolutely! If Gears can know sadness, then my body will stand as their sword! (How many other types of equipment have smiles to protect!?)"

"So yeah, this is the Advance... are you drooling?"

"N-NO! Heh, 'course not! (Wouldn't kill the man if just did a scrape n' lick, would it!? He's got enough blood, clearly...!)"

"(So Yakuza... like that Hanayama brat?)"

"(So Strongest Creature... like that Egashira creep?)"

Trunks turned back to the dragon.

"Eh... one more can't hurt. Wanna round out my box."

"SO-RYA!"

The dragon balls were cast out one more time.

"I AM WHY IT RAINS, DAMMIT-"

Trunks, alongside Ohma Tokita, Seras Victoria, Yujiro Hanma, Shirou Emiya, Dizzy, Kazuma Kiryu, Garou, Akame, and Takemichi stared at the dragon.

Three more bursts shot off.

"I wanna say I'm on fire, but no real OCs yet... oh well, can't complain about this haul..."

Trunks held out his hands, like a picture frame.

/"You done yet?"/

"Just aboooout..." he mumbled, as a vaping enigmatic gale and a grey-eyed child of Athena matched wits, while a Celtic dog barked a bunch.

"GET THE HELL OF ME, YOU DUCK-FACED BASTARD!"

"Ho-houh, so you tout your intellect as the source of your hubris, yet you bend the knee to mere gods... with a mind like yours, could you not outwit them and seize the heavens for yourself, then?"

"Oh my gods, you really don't know when to shut up...! You're one to talk about me being a puppet!"

One misplaced swish of a drakon-boned blade and a "LANCER DIED!" later, the dragon balls rang out again.

"WHY DOESN'T ANYONE RESPECT ME!?"

Trunks, alongside Ohma Tokita, Seras Victoria, Yujiro Hanma, Shirou Emiya, Dizzy, Kazuma Kiryu, Garou, Akame, Takemichi, Cu Chulainn, Annabeth Chase, and Lin Xue Ya, stared at the dragon.

"Shenron... have a good one."

"... js... jsf... fuck you," Shenron bit, a red blush on him before he shot off.

/"So what're you gonna do with them?"/

"I'unna." He watched Ohma call Emiya's ideals shit, as Annabeth knocked Seras into a puddle. "Letting them do their own thing seems like a recipe."

/"Foooor..."/

"I'unna."

FightingSpirit:TheRedubType . netㅤ/

Was gonna be a wolf, but that's... already... taken... so yeah. More strictly Oozaru.

"Hmph. No matter."

Elephant.

"Neato, as the youth say!"

Shishi. Open-mouth. Just the concept of the guardian lion. Maybe with a bit'a Oozaru elements, cus Saiyan.

"Bitchn'!"

Closed-mouth Shishi. Like, the concept of the lion as a god. Again, Oozaru elements, Saiyan.

"Neat."

Fox. Like, all of it.

"Well that's quite the title to live up to. I'll give it my best, I guess..."

Asura. Only when you go SSJ, though.

"KEHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-"

Oozaru.

Befitting of the prince of all-

Wukong.

"Alright!"

"WAIT YOU RAT BASTAR-"

Huanglong.

Ace pumped his fists.

Vasuki.

"Yipee!"

Zhuque. But for all intents and purposes, Phoenix composite.

"Huh? Why?"

Something something Gohan's torch, something something Overseeing a prosperous land, something something Linked to a dragon.

"Oh. Cool. Mondoly."

...

"... Draaaa-"

Carp.

"..."

...

"..."

i won't even lie dog I just fuckin hate you-

ConflictInDragonBallSTEP . netㅤ/

MAN vs NATUREㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ"(Can this type'a weather kill me if I'm not warming myself up?)" Neoru thought in a panic. "(Screw toughness, this is just stupid! What good is it if my fingers are icicles around me by the end of-)"

MAN VS SOCIETYㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ"I'm gonna make a world where people don't need to make others suffer," Zinco stated. "Where no one has to hurt each other, or hate each other. And I'm gonna do it without making others suffer!"

MAN VS TECHNOLOGYㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ"Nonononono, no, no, no, no..." Dina repeated, almost-coddling her robotic companion and eyes-wide staring at the horrific injury."

MAN VS MANㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤAfter letting out a guttural roar, Archi slugged Kazikum with all his heart, and the latter reciprocated.

MAN VS SELFㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤStruggling back onto her feet she revealed to herself another Kora. The other, with a dark aura and red eyes, gave a smirk.

MAN VS REALITYㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ"It's all been one big dreeeeam!" Dina exclaimed before letting off more hazy, hysterical giggles, attempting 2 weak steps before falling to the ground.

MAN VS GODㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ"RUDE LITTLE RUNT, KEEP OUR NAME OUT OF YOUR PIEHOLE!" the old purple guy yelled.

MAN VS NO GODㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤNeoru began to walk slower, and slower, until he finally ground to a halt. He sat on a row of stairs. Surrounded by nigh-complete silence, he found himself alone with his thoughts. "… now what?"

MAN VS AUTHOR...

... How do I keep this scene rolling without Trunks stopping it, this time-

A door broke down.

"YOU!"

SHIT!

"I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH THIS OUT-OF-CHARACTER BULLSHIT! JUST LET ME STOP THIS MEAT GRINDER YOU CALL A TOURNAMENT!

PISS OFF YOU L'OREAL-ASS, BUDGET KY KISKE-FACEASS BITCH! THIS "MEAT GRINDER" IS ABOUT IDEALS! HOW ABOUT YOU STOP BEING A DETERRANCE, THAT'S WHY OOLONG'S REPLACIN' YOU!

"To hell with this, I'LL STOP YOU MYSELF!"

YOU'RE LIKE 130LBS, BOY I'LL BEAT YO ASS!

"GN.. GH.. GH... GN-NH...!"

GN... GH-H... GH... GNN!

Wabi put down his papers.

"You have schizophrenia."

... man.

"... Bitch."

SignLanguage . netㅤ/

"I get you can't talk, Ace, but why not use actual sign language?"

Ace busted out genuine hand signs.

"Wait, you ca-... uh huh... uh huh..."

"(OP uses emote-like gestures because of Xenoverse's emotes being the main way CaCs can visually communicate.)"

"... that's not it, though, is it?"

More hand signs.

"(OP doesn't know, nor learned, sign language. He knows he'd screw it up and opted to make stuff up.)"

"... prick."

Ace made a fist, then stuck out his pinky and thumb simultaneously.

Tatakae . netㅤ/

"So like," Tullece (i forgot that was his real name) said, "we should totally do something wacky with all this time energy, we're WAYYY too cautious."

"You can't be too cautious, stupid, everyone knows that. Now, we're going to keep being cryptic, watch kids flail around like idiots, and maybe, MAYBE, take control of Raditz eventually!"

Mira clapped. "AS EXPECTED OF LADY TOWA!"

Towa nodded to herself proudly, her genius schemes once-more bearing fruit. Honestly it would've worked anyway, you see how stupid everyone is in XV2? Actual madne-

"What are you doing?"

Towa's eyes widened. They darted toward a long haired man in a long thin coat.

"Did you forget?" he whispered. The reason that you're here?"

"W-who are you!? Do you have any idea-"

"Weren't you going to revive the Demon Realm? Again? Weren't you going to take revenge? For your brother, for your five quintillion failed plots?"

Towa began grimacing.

"You're slowing down. Is that really what you want? You're the one who will carry this story. You have to keep it moving forward."

Towa started shaking.

"You mustn't dilly-dally, now. Keep this story moving forward. Until the plot can finally find solid ground. Tatakaw. TATAKAW."

"Wait what?"

"KAE. TATAKA- JUST DO SOMETHING COOL, JEEZ."

Towa's head slowly rose.

"Lady Towa? Are you alright?"

"Keep this story moving forward," she mumbled, touching the wall of moving carvings.

"I AGREE WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT!" Mira clapped. "LADY TOWA NEVER FAILS TO DISAPPOINT!"

Turles and Slug grinned giddily at each other. "WE FINALLY GET TO DO SOMETHING!?"

"You get to be pummeled, but yes. I'M FINISHING THIS STORY."

"TODAY, THE WORLD WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE COULD MESS THIS UP."

EveryWayTheTimeBreakersCould'veMessedUp . netㅤ/

The four entered the cavern, spotting the two bodies of Turles and Slug.

Trunks sighed. "You know? They may've been villains, but they at least deserve a cremation."

"They're also staining this point in time," Vegeta added.

"I mean, even if we did that, they'd still linger on as energy in this timeline, so it's honestly lose-lose."

"Yeah, we should just remove them by hand or something."

Trunks nodded. "Let's do that once we find Towa-"

Ace shook his head fiercely.

"Oh come on..."

Ace picked up both bodies, holding out his hand for the scroll. He puffed smoke from his nose.

Trunks sighed. "Fine, whatever, just be right back."

"So did anyone else see those bugs on their necks or..."

Vegeta snorted. "Whatever you say, schizo."

Puddin popped Vegeta in the mouth.

Turles nodded at Slug. They both looked toward Trunks.

"SOMEONE'S JUDGING ME!" he yelled, turning around with a ki blast and firing indiscriminately.

"Oh, dammit, I incinerated the bodies. Oh well."

"Kakarot, check for Towa's presence."

"But that'll take foreveeer!"

"ARE YOU FIVE!? DO IT!"

Goku put his hands to his head and searched for, like, five minutes. Demons began to converge, until Puddin stared over the cliffside.

"DO IT, AND IT'S THE FUCKBOX FOR ALL OF YOU."

As the demons backed off in fear, Goku kept searching until...

"Got it!"

Goku teleported to a disguised Towa, and vaporized her.

"ALRIGHT, LET'S GO HOME!"

"Puddin, check for Towa's presence."

"But that's boriiiiiing!"

"ARE YOU FIVE!? DO IT!"

Puddin crossed her arms and searched for, like, two minutes. Demons began to converge, until Goku stared over the cliffside.

"HIHIHIHIHI! YOU'RE ALL COMIN' TO US!? I'M GETTIN' EXCITED!"

As the demons backed off in fear, Puddin kept searching until...

"Found her."

Puddin teleported to a disguised Towa.

"... Look at you, as fragile as a flower!"

Puddin stared.

"Still a little sapling, just a-"

Puddin vaporized her.

"... God have mercy on her."

Puddin sat down. Black shadows covered her eyes.

"... God have mercy on me."

"That's touching but I personally prefer Pixar's musi-"

Puddin punched Trunks through her comm.

Ace began to make off with Vegeta.

"NO, STAY BEHIND! WHO KNOWS WHAT DASTARDLY CONTRAPTIONS LAY IN WAIT ON THE OTHER SIDE!"

"OR MAYBE, LIKE, TAKE HIM WITH YOU FOR THAT VERY REASON?" Puddin yelled in-between punches with some secretary or something, IDK I haven't read Multiverse. "STUPID?"

"DON'T BE MEAN! BUT FINE, COME ON ACE!"

Ace giddily nodded.

On the other side...

"Wait, who's coming?" asked Turles before Ace literally flew through him and blasted Slug.

"SHIT, WHAT NOW!?" Turles yelled, before Ace slammed both he and Slug into the ground a bit too hard, killing them.

Ace frowned, now that his sources of info was dead.

"Oh who cares," Vegeta shrugged, "Threat eliminated. Worst-case scenario, Towa makes Raditz slightly stronger next week."

"SHIT, WHAT NOW!?" Turles yelled, before Ace slammed both he and Slug into the ground.

"WHAT ELSE? DEATH!" Vegeta proclaimed, incinerating both in one blast.

Vegeta and a profusely-burned Ace glared at each other.

"What? Threat eliminated."

"..."

Slug looked at Turles. "Aren't you gonna..."

"Nope."

.

.

Ace slammed both he and Slug into the ground.

"DMM NT!" Turles screamed into the ground, before Slug's head popped.

"MMMMMMMH!"

"MMH-MMH-MMH INDEED, LOW CLASS WHELP!" Vegeta grinned, before Slug's inexplicably-quick thinking finished whatever haxxed demon blood sigil shit I figured was ok that day. Vegeta froze in place.

"YYYYYYH!"

Ace raised his fist.

"NNNNNH-"

Ace looked at his brain-stained hand in lament, before he froze or whatever.

Wait, do the Time Breakers actually make it in this timeline?

Hold on.

Slug began to spit out Mira, until a blast swallowed him whole, sending the area up in smoke.

Trunks died.

"... oh right, Dragon Balls."

"..."

"... oh right, Namekian Dragon Balls."

There we go.

Wait wtf that's so OOC what am I-

"THERE SHE IS!"

"SHOOT HER, I WANT HER DEAD I WANT HER FUCKIN' DEAD!"

Towa threw a rock.

Goku screamed incoherently and shot it with a full-power Kamehameha, atomizing it.

Lost for words, Towa gazed at the countless thousand ki blasts flying her way.

A pleasant poem, from a warlord of a distant turbulent era, came to mind.

"Appearing like dew,

vanishing like dew—

such is my life.

Even the Demon Realm's splendor

is a dream within a dream."

A graceful single tear left her eye, as she drifted peacefully into the-"

"Heaven."

"BITCH WHAT!?"

"You thought I was sending you to Hell?" Enma - wait, no, Yama's apparently right in real Buddhist AND Hindu lore too - laughed. "Say hi to Frieza, jackass!"

A less-pleasant poem, from another warlord of another distant turbulent era, came to mind.

"You want me to do these,

He wants me to do those.

You're really bastard geese,

Fuck you all, fucking assholes."

Trunks suddenly broke out of the really cool 4D shit I threw him in see guys isn't he strong he broke out of dimensions or spacetime or some shit he's so cool guys Trunks is my favorite character did you kno

"FUCKING HEROES SCALING!" Towa screamed, throwing her staff.

She then looked up.

A palm, ki-blast in hand, stared back.

A poem from a warlord of a turbulent era came to mind.

"I do not like you, Sam I Am.

I do not like, Green Eggs and Ham."

Most of the planet disappeared in smoke, Towa's posse included.

FinallyFinale... Maybe . netㅤ/

Trunks finished his review.

"So I feel like... the act that we bind ourselves to stupid obligations... is to blame for this monumental screwup."

Vegeta nodded. "They did throw us for a loop, to be fair."

Trunks sighed, chin on desk.

"I guess. They sort of used the same factors we've always used to score one on an opponent."

"Cleverness mixed with stupidity, spontaneousness, trust, willingness to die, and sheer luck?"

"And plot."

"That too, I suppose."

"You do realize what that means for us if THEY start weaponizing plot armor, right?"

Vegeta smirked. "Of course. That'll make things even."

"... shit."

A large, white and gold, owl-like bird flew in with a rolled up note.

"Hm?"

"Well Toki-Toki didn't rip it apart, so it's probably not from Towa..."

"Is that right? Well? What's it say?"

"For starters, it's from OP. Important tidbit is that this might be the last April Fools chapter for a while, if ever, considering the direction his life's going. Things may get much busier, and he won't have as much time anymore. From there, he still hopes he'll be able to finish the actual story, and has no intention of ever giving up; if it takes him years to get back to this, so be it."

"So he claims not to be a coward. Not the first time."

"Eh. He's also, again, happy that everyone's still sticking with this mess of a story, despite its many flaws. What others see in this, he wants to uphold, while gradually rectifying said flaws. I mean, yeah, that should go without say, right?"

Vegeta shrugged his shoulders.

"Also, the real April Fools is that this chapter's actually on the first of April."

"Yeah, BARELY, JACKASS!"

"But aside from that, doesn't look like he said much this time. Honestly, that guy's a pain."

Vegeta sighed. "... But, I suppose, he's trying his damnest. If nothing else."

Trunks slumped down in his seat.

"Guess I'll give him that. Alright, let's keep doing our best, too. How many distortions, now?"

"778."

Trunks stared. "... welp, let's not waste any more-"

"Wait, scratch that."

"Huh?"

"780."

"THAT PIECE OF-"

But yeah. Thanks, guys.

Road's pretty uncertain, now. But that's not a good thing, that's a great thing; I'll be able to gather even more inspiration and whatnot, while advancing in real life. So yeah. Here's to seeing where it all takes me.

That's about it. See ya.

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Dickbutt.