The Three Legendary Saiyans
Chapter 19: Goku Black Follows
"He looks… just like me… an exact copy!" Goku muttered under his breath; simultaneously wondering if this is how Vegeta felt only less than an hour ago when Copy-Vegeta rose into being.
"Yes; he came from out of nowhere and decimated over 90% of all life on my Earth… and he did it in only a single night" Future-Trunks spoke though an expression of sheer pain as less than an hour ago Black had murdered his mother in front of his very eyes and narrowly escaped the Timeline at the heavy cost of his selflessly brave friends.
Raijin felt an involuntary shudder of fear at the very sight of Goku Black; though his battle against Copy-Vegeta had left him drained following his first use of God Ki, Raijin knew that this battle was not his to fight; it was Goku's.
Beerus and Whis both turned their gaze skyward; observing Goku Black with a shared keen interest that they'd not shown in either Goku, Vegeta or Raijin as of yet on this particular day.
The man known as Goku Black stood in the air; his black hair and darkened-grey robes brushed in the breeze at the altitude he stood at, his cold piercing black eyes locked solely on Future-Trunks until a maliciously evil grin, "You thought you could escape from me by jumping backwards in Time? What a naughty little mortal".
Whis narrowed his eyes at Black; his usual smile having not been expressed even once today, "My Lord; do you see his right hand?".
"Yes Whis… I do" Beerus scowled; muttering his answer under his breath though Raijin glanced over at Beerus and Whis for only a brief second.
"Black! How? How did you follow me through Time?" Future-Trunks posed the question; a look of simultaneous fear and hatred emanating from his expression and eyes.
"Why do you think? I followed you so I could finally end this little game of cat-and-mouse we've been playing… and after so many died just to help you abandon those left alive" Black answered speaking with the exact same voice of Goku himself; adding to the uncanny resemblance Black already shared with the real Goku.
Future-Trunks grit his teeth at the very thought of all those hiding in the abandoned subways; the few remaining Anti-Black Resistance Soldiers, the children Haru and Maki along with their Grandmother, and most of all; Future-Mai, Future-Trunks felt a great lump of sudden regret hang over his shoulders.
Raijin and Goku glanced over at each other; Raijin was still work out from fighting Copy-Vegeta but Goku was still fresh and raring for a fight, Raijin merely nodded over at Goku upon spotting Goku's excited smile.
Before Future-Trunks could leap into battle against Black; Goku rushed up into the skies to meet Black on eye level, the sight of two Goku's staring each other down felt strange to all in attendance; leaving Raijin and his son Trunks wondering if this was how Vegeta felt when Copy-Vegeta was created.
Black's smirk faded from his face upon making eye contact with Goku; instead an even more maliciously satisfied smile lit up his unnerving face, "Son Goku… how nice it is to finally meet you".
"You know me?" Goku enquired; sharing in the curiosity about Black and the reason why he looked identical to Goku.
"Of course… after all; I am You" Black smirked a little wider; a creepily fierce black aura ignited around his body and causing the skies to darken from the sensations of his dark powers alone.
Goku felt his eyes widen upon hearing that Black was in fact Goku; a moment of irritation ignited a golden flame around Goku's body as he transformed into a Super Saiyan, the power radiating off of Goku's Mastered Super Saiyan Form forced the clouds already drawn in by Black's energy darkened even more; their shared energies warping the atmosphere.
"This is crazy… Black never used this kind of energy when fighting me!" Future-Trunks cried out after snapping out of his regretful thoughts; raised his arms to shield his eyes from the growing windstorm.
Trunks had been abnormally quiet the entire time Black had emerged from the dimensional tear; standing in front of the trio of Pilaf, Mai and Shu to protect them from the windstorm generated by the powers of Goku and Black.
Bulma pulled a device out of her lab coat's pocket; tapping a button and triggering a small pylon emerging out from the roof of Capsule Corp's roof, a golden sphere forming around the space where Goku and Black were floating in mid-air, the storm clouds becoming less aggravated by the second once Goku's and Black's energies were sealed within the sphere.
Raijin along with Vegeta and Future-Trunks stared at the technological marvel; Raijin being first to speak on the new technology, "Bulma… when you to create this? And how did you test it?"
"I tested it when you fought The Bio-Warriors; thanks to you this experimental technology was a massive success" Bulma slyly winked and poked her tongue out at Raijin; being her usual playful self in the situation.
Raijin bit his lip to stop himself from objecting; not wanting to argue with Bulma as he'd never has and never would win against her though he still didn't feel very good about being used as a test subject.
Vegeta remained as stoic and calm as ever as he watched though Raijin spotted a vein popping in his temple signalling Vegeta's irritation at not being given the opportunity to fight against Black.
The sounds of fists colliding filled the air as Goku and Black began their battle; the flashes of gold and black energies clashed as Goku and Black waged an obscured battle inside of Bulma's Sphere, Bulma quickly took notes on how to improve the Sphere while listening to the sounds of the fight inside.
While the battle proceeded; cracks formed in the surface of the Sphere just as Goku's voice roared for his Kamehameha, the blue light of Goku's signature ki blast tore through the Sphere as well as successfully driving back Black, Black merely smiled as he brushed the tiniest bead of blood from his lip with the back of his right hand.
"Good Goku… good; you're every bit as powerful as your legend says" Black began to speak in such a cold tone that he sent shivers down just as the wind began to pick up again; the dimensional tear that Black had come through began to close and Black being pulled back into the fissure.
"Stop him! He'll be sent back to my Time! And protect my Time Machine!" Future-Trunks yelled to everyone down on the ground; casting his arms out to protect Trunks and his friends from any harm Black might attempt to inflict on them or any other bystanders.
Trunks and Goten both stared in awe of Future-Trunks bravery by his act of using his own body as a shield; while Mai blushed bright pink in reaction to Future-Trunks' selflessness and bravery, Pilaf and Shu being the only ones to notice Mai's growing crush of Future-Trunks.
Goku raised one arm to protect his own eyes from the force the dimensional tear generated while trying to pull Black back into the Alternate Timeline; watching Black but not doing anything to stop Black's attack.
Vegeta stood steadfast; merely watching alongside Whis and Beerus while Black struggled against the fissure that he himself created in order to appear before them today.
Raijin stood protecting Bulma; believing that Black may attempt to murder Bulma just as he had apparently done to Future-Bulma, hearing the warning to protect the Time Machine only a second too late as the machine burst into flames.
Black's eyes widened upon hearing Future-Trunks words; turning his gaze to the strange machine that Future-Trunks had used, an evil smile lit up his face and in his final action in this Time; Black hurtled a single ki blast direct at The Time Machine and destroyed it in a blaze of fire and broken metal.
"No!" Future-Trunks yelled in a pained scream; watching as the only way back to his Timeline was destroyed in front of his own eyes, the years of hard work he and his mother spent just building the machine and fuelling it now lay in a pile of burning metal.
Goku floated back down to the ground while Raijin, Trunks, Mai and Bulma all rushed to Future-Trunks' side; the dimensional fissure closing with the resonating sound of Black's laughter.
