Fanfic: "History of Beerus"

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Planet Nekosei, many millions of years ago

Explosions rocked the earth as dozens of humanoid cat-like creatures fled from the sudden onslaught. Just hours ago, a mysterious spaceship had landed, discharging hundreds of alien soldiers, who quickly began ravaging the planet.

An elderly-looking, blue-furred cat man stood in front of a group of feline children, who cowered behind him as he faced one of the aliens. The creature was over 2 times his height, wearing some kind of strange armor and a device covering one of his eyes. The alien had orange skin, with several horns on his head. Although the old cat tried to look brave, in truth he was just as frightened as the children hiding behind him.

"Wh-what do you want? We never did anything to harm you! We're a peaceful people!" He said. "Of course, most of us are..." he added to himself in his head. He was, of course, thinking of a certain troublemaker who many of the adults simultaneously feared and hated. Although many of the kids viewed him as some kind of hero - foolish little brats.

The orange alien laughed. "As if you pests could ever do anything to harm us! I'm afraid you're just in the way. This planet is the newest conquest of the Arcosian Empire. Once we wipe out the native lifeforms, I'm sure Lord Icer will make good use of it!"

"If... if you want our planet, there are entire continents we don't inhabit! There's no need for us to fight!"

"Ha," the alien smirked. "Sorry old man, but there's no point in negotiating with someone as weak as you, when we can just take what we want!"

He raised a finger, and a bright red flash, accompanied by a terrible noise, cut through the air. The children closed their eyes, and when they opened them a second later, they saw the old cat lying dead on the ground, a smoking hole through his chest.

The kitten-children started crying. One of them, a young female with orange fur, held up the dead man's head, looking into his lifeless eyes. "Grandpa! Grandpa, wake up!"

"It's no use kid, he's dead, and you're about to join him!" The alien laughed.

"You-you won't get away with this!"

"Oh really? And who's going to stop me, you?" The alien's laugh broke into a full-fledged cackle.

"No, Beerus-sama will!"

"Who?"

"Beerus-sama! He's the strongest guy in the world! And when he shows up you'll be sorry! He'll beat you up and send you back to where you came from!"

The alien decided to humor the little girl, approaching her menacingly. "I don't see him anywhere. It looks like it's just us. Or rather, just me..." as he said these words, he raised his finger again, preparing to fire another blast. The kitten closed her eyes, there was a flash of red light-

And, to the alien's immense surprise, a purple blur appeared between him and the child, deflecting the ki bullet away, where it exploded on the top of a distant mountain.

"Beerus-sama!" The girl cried in jubilation, hugging the leg of her savior, whose knee was about the same height as her head.

"What's the commotion here? Are you the guys that interrupted my nap?" The purple-furred, long-eared cat man asked irritably.

"Huh, so you're the guy this little brat was going on about. Well, let's just see," the alien said, pressings a button on the device he was wearing. Numbers flashed across the screen in an alien script.

"12,000, eh? Not bad. Of course, you're no match for my 15!"

To his surprise, the feline warrior was ignoring him, telling the girl and her friends to run off to safety.

"Hey asshole! Pay attention when I'm talking to you!" The alien charged, but was surprised to find his attack rebuffed, and was knocked back several dozen meters across the ground before he managed to get a hold of himself.

"What? But your power level is only-"

"You really shouldn't rely so much on that machine," the cat-man smirked. "Let me show you."

With a howl, a purple aura flared around him, causing rocks and dust to being lifting off the ground, forming a cloud. The orange-skinned alien quickly tapped a button on his device again.

"20,000? No, wait, 30!?" Just as he said that, the machine exploded, leaving him in shock. "I... I can't handle this alone! I need reinforcements!" He quickly took off, flying at top speed back towards the spaceship, a glowing white ki trail behind him.

Before he had gotten far, a purple blur crossed his vision, and the being called Beerus was floating in the air in front of him.

"Going somewhere?"

"Gaaah... DIE!" The alien hissed, holding out both his arms in front of him, and fired a massive wave of red energy, lighting up the horizon. When it dissipated, the purple cat was still there, licking the back of his paw, his fur not even singed.

"Is that the best you can do? I was having a nice dream too, before you woke me up... I dreampt I was catching a giant fish and gutting it. I guess I'll just have to gut you instead!"

Before the alien could react, he felt one of the creature's paws impale him in the stomach. He gasped, trying to cover the open wound with both hands.

"You... you might kill me, but my commander is a lot stronger!" He boasted, trying once again to fly away. However, Beerus quickly snapped his neck and carried the alien's dead body back to the ground, where several of the cat children were forming a circle around him, cheering.

"Beerus-sama! Beerus-sama! I knew we could count on you!"

"Hey! Didn't I tell you brats to get lost? This is no place for kids!" He scowled at them, but the smiles and hope on their faces wouldn't fade. He sighed, and dropped the body on the ground. The little girl from before ran up and kicked a bit of dirt onto the dead alien's face, making Beerus chuckle slightly.

"We're safe now, right?" Another one of the children asked.

"I'm not sure. This guy said his boss was stronger than he was, and I think he might have been telling the truth." He looked off into the distance, near the landing point of the spaceship. He could feel a strong power there, which made him kind of nervous, but also excited.

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Is anyone interested in seeing me continue this?

[Polyphase Avatron]

I've got to ask, I mean this has 103 views so someone must be reading it, but it is good enough for me to continue?

[El Diabeetus]

I personally enjoyed it, but that may have to do with enjoying Beerus' character. Plus, it's cool to see him from the angle of being a hero considering he wasn't really a villain in BoG. I'd kerp reading if you continued it. But, you probably need more than one reply to keep it going.

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Chapter 2

"Go hide in the caves outside town," Beerus said. "I'll deal with these guys."

"R-Right away, Beerus-sama!" the children said, scattering.

"No sense wasting time," the feline warrior muttered to himself, as he flew off in the direction of the power he sensed.

Soon he came upon a large, saucer-like spaceship, surrounded by several aliens who had strange weapons attached to their arms, as well as a few overseer types without such equipment. He ignored the small fry and addressed the one who seemed to be the leader, a short, green-skinned being with black spikes on his body.

"Hey! Are you the ruler of these aliens!?" He asked, growling.

"I'm the commander of this mission, if that's what you mean," the squat alien replied. "Are you the one who killed my best scout? He hasn't reported in for the past minute or so."

"The same will happen to you if you don't get off this planet immediately, you little toad!" Beerus yelled, doing his best to intimidate the intruder.

The alien pressed a button on his scouter, which promptly exploded trying to measure his adversary's power level.

"Cheap piece of junk," the commander muttered. Beerus smirked.

"Don't get so overconfident," the alien warned. "I only use a scouter as a backup anyway, my species is quite adept at sensing ki. From what I can tell, you're at around 45,000. Certainly stronger than I expected of any of this world's natives, but nothing insurmountable."

"I think you're the one getting overconfident," the cat-man replied. "I can sense you too, and you're not as strong as me."

"Maybe not, but there is another talent my species possesses," the alien laughed, as his body began to shift and engorge, soon morphing into a shape somewhat reminiscent of a humanoid praying mantis.

"The talent of transformation! In this form, my power is over 100,000!"

Beerus gasped, sensing the truth of his words. He quickly got a hold of himself, though, and charged the alien, only for his blow to be dodged, and the mantis-creature to deliver a painful rejoinder directly to his stomach, making him sputter and cough up blood. Before he could recover, the alien continued with a double-handed smash, sending him crashing to the rock below.

As he slowly climbed out of the newly-created crater, his opponent hovered in the air over him, looking down on him with derision, tinged by a bit of respect.

"I'm surprised you're still standing. I rarely meet anyone strong enough to force me to use my transformation. You could be a valuable asset to Lord Icer's army if you were to join us."

"Why would I do that?" Beerus spat, eyes flashing with anger.

"Well, for starters, I'll spare your life," the mantis offered. "And if you're lucky maybe I'll spare some of the other beings on this world."

The purple-furred warrior's look of anger suddenly disappeared, replaced with a calmness that surprised the alien.

"You know what, that sounds like a good deal," he said, powering down. "Sure, I'll join you."

"You will?" The Arcosian commander was even more shocked, but quickly regained his senses. "Heh, I guess you're smarter than you look." He quickly reversed his transformation, reverting to his previous, squat form. "Come with me and I'll explain how things work in our organization." He turned towards the ship, beckoning for his new ally to follow him.

Instead, he was greeted by a flying kick from behind, knocking him off his feet and directly into the spaceship, now a smoking ruin.

"HAH! You idiot!" Beerus laughed, powered up again. "I can't believe you actually fell for that!"

The commander, already in the process of transforming yet again, howled in rage, causing an explosion that blasted away the debris of the ruined spaceship. "You just blew your last chance at a quick and painless death!" He screamed, charging the deceptive cat.

To his surprise, the feline dodged his first attack, although his second one connected, but Beerus quickly righted himself.

"What? You're stronger now! At least 75,000, by my estimation!" He growled in confusion.

"Yeah, you see," Beerus said, licking the back of his paw. "I'm the strongest person on this planet, so I don't get many chances to test my limits. In fact, I should thank you for showing up here, even if you did interrupt my nap. Now I can test how strong I really am!" He assumed a fighting stance, gesturing with his two forefingers in a "come at me" sign.

The mantis-alien snarled, and quickly raised his claws above his head, forming a large green sphere of energy, then hurled it at his opponent.

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Chapter 3

Seeing the ki blast rush towards him, Beerus countered with a ki attack of his own, an orange beam that impacted on the alien's green sphere. Although it slowed its progress slightly, the energy ball kept coming, eventually overtaking the feline and smashing into the ground, creating a massive explosion.

The alien commander was panting, having used up a good amount of his power. But he was glad he had finally put down that insolent creature. Or at least, that's what he thought.

He barely sensed a strong ki signature, not having enough time to dodge the punch that knocked him into a nearby hill.

"What!? How did you survive?" He yelled angrily, flying to confront his attacker.

"That was a pretty strong attack, but luckily for me I escaped the blast radius at the last moment," Beerus said. He was panting too, but less than his opponent, as he seemed to be getting his second wind. "You were a decent challenge, but now it's over for you!"

The mantis-alien growled in anger, although he was also starting to feel fear for the first time since landing here. This creature should have been dead several times over! How was he able to keep fighting like this?

The two charged at each other, exchanging punches, kicks, and various blows in mid-air. As the fight progressed, Beerus started landing more and more hits, and his enemy started landing fewer and fewer. Finally, a finishing kick to the gut knocked the wind out of the green alien, causing him to fall to the ground, where his transformation quickly reverted.

Beerus landed gently in front of him, wiping a bit of blood from his mouth with his paw. His opponent was in a much worse state - many bruises and open wounds, bleeding from the mouth, and with several of his limbs twisted in unnatural positions.

"I gave you a chance to leave this world in peace," the cat-man said. "Personally, I'm glad you didn't take it. Now, maybe if you beg I'll kill you quickly."

Then the wounded alien did something unexpected - he laughed.

"What's so damn funny?" Beerus asked, angered. "I beat you!"

The alien continued to laugh, despite coughing up blood every few seconds. "Yes... you *cough* beat me... quite *cough* impressive... but, my - *cough* - troops, were watching..." He weakly raised a finger and pointed to a spot several hundred meters away, where a few of the aliens were looking on, fearfully.

"So what?" Beerus said. "They can't help you!"

"No... *cough*," the alien continued, still laughing. "But, the scouters they're *cough* wearing *cough*, transmitted this battle to *cough* to Lord Icer... in less than a year from now, *cough*, he'll, *cough*, send someone much stronger than me... to *cough* finish you off, and your *cough* little world... all you've done is *cough*, buy yourself some *cough* time..."

Beerus growled in anger and fired a ki blast at the dying alien, vaporizing his body. He then rushed over, intercepting the remaining aliens. They tried to fire their blasters at him, but he quickly disarmed them, killing a few. He then grabbed one by the neck and flew up in the air, nearly choking him as he dangled kilometers above the ground.

"You! Tell me everything you know about this 'Lord Icer' and his empire, now!"

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Changed the thread title, figured I'd get more views this way.

[Hellspawn28]

I've got to ask, I mean this has 103 views so someone must be reading it, but it is good enough for me to continue?

Most of them are lurkers. Not a bad job so far. Keep up the good work.

[Polyphase Avatron]

Ah, thank you.

Chapter 4

The people in the village were huddling together for safety. Many of them had taken refuge in the nearby caves, but some had remained in their homes, hiding in their basements, hoping the aliens would ignore them and move on. Just a few minutes ago, they had heard a massive commotion outside, the few of them brave enough to look saw several large explosions and flashing lights close over the horizon, but they seemed to have stopped for now.

As one of the curious cat people looked up, he suddenly saw a small dot in the sky, quickly approaching. He tried to scramble back inside to hide, but before he had the chance, Beerus landed in front of him, carrying one of the aliens, who he dumped unceremoniously on the ground.

"Ah - uh - Beerus-san!" The frightened cat-man exclaimed. "I'm glad it's you, and not another attack!" What he purposefully neglected to mention was that, while his statement was true, he was only slightly happier to see Beerus than another one of the aliens - no one liked this guy, except for the foolish kids.

"You should be glad," the purple-furred cat muttered. "It's thanks to me that you're even alive right now."

"You mean you stopped them?" The man had to admit, his personal animosity against Beerus was insignificant if he had managed to save them all from certain death.

"Yeah, I've got the last one right here," he nudged the unconscious body with his foot. "I'm going to go gather everyone from the caves and tell them it's safe to come out now."

"Wait!" The man said, pointing towards the KO'd alien. "Don't leave him here with us! What if he wakes up?"

Beerus laughed. "I destroyed his weapon, and broke both his arms and legs for good measure. He's no threat." He then flew off, leaving his fellow feline laughing nervously.

After everyone had gathered back around the village, some of the people had already started to rebuild from the damage. Some of the surviving village elders had (reluctantly) thanked Beerus for saving them, but it soon became apparent that he wasn't interested in formalities. He was currently meeting with the elders in a closed session. The captured alien soldier was being kept in a makeshift prison, and had yet to awaken.

"So you're saying that this Lord Icing-"

"Icer! Lord Icer! I persuaded that soldier to tell me all about him. He's some kind of outer space king, who sends his goons to innocent planets and kills everyone there, just so he can conquer them, steal their valuables and resources, and sells them to the highest bidder."

"And he's coming here?"

"I don't know if he's coming personally," Beerus said, cleaning one of his ears with a finger, "But the commander I beat said he was sending someone really strong."

"But, you are the strongest in the world..." another one of the elders began. "And you defeated that commander, didn't you?"

"Yeah, but it wasn't easy!" Beerus responded. "I might be able to beat the next guy, who knows, but according to what I heard this Icer guy is ridiculously strong. If this planet is ever going to be completely safe, I'm going to have to kill him eventually, and to do that I need to get stronger than I am now!"

The elders looked at each other in bafflement. Ever since Beerus was born, he had been an anomaly - if their science was advanced enough, they would have called him a mutant. Less than one in a thousand of their people had learned to harness their ki to the point of being able to fly, and never at such an early age. Beerus has already been able to defeat the strongest fighters on the planet at the mere age of 5. Everyone was scared of him, and they isolated him from society - he lived alone in the mountains, the explosions and earthquakes caused by his personal training often shook the village. The idea of someone being stronger than him was unheard of.

"Can't you just do some more training by yourself?" One of the elders suggested. The others glared at him, knowing this would mean more loud noises and quakes disrupting their peaceful life.

"It's taken me years to get as strong as I am now," Beerus growled. "We have less than a year until the next enemy arrives. It won't be enough."

The elders looked at each other again, worry creasing their furred faces.

Just then, a voice spoke up from the back of the room. "There is a legend I have heard..."

It was the eldest of the elders, a wizened old woman who spoke so rarely most people assumed she spent most of these meetings asleep.

"A legend? What are you talking about, grandma?" Beerus asked. The other elders scowled at his disrepectful tone.

"This world... has a god." She spoke slowly.

"A god?" Beerus snorted. "What am I supposed to do, pray to get stronger?"

"No," the woman continued. "This god... lives among us, in our world, in physical form. If you can find him, he may be able to help you."

"And where can I find this god?" Beerus asked.

"I have heard he lives somewhere in the southeast continent..." the woman replied.

Beerus frowned. "Can you be a little more specific? That's a pretty big place!"

"I'm sorry..." she said, "that's all I know..."

"Well, it's better than nothing," the feline warrior grunted. He turned to leave the room. "I'll be back before the end of the year." He said. The elders sighed in relief, secretly thankful to be rid of their savior for a while - old habits die hard, after all.

Several hours later

Beerus had been flying back and forth over the southeast continent for what seemed like an eternity, thus far having no luck on his search.

"Dammit, I'm starting to think this 'god' story is a load of crap", he muttered to himself. "I'm going to keep looking for a few more minutes, and then I'm heading back to give that senile old crone a piece of my-"

He stopped mid-sentence, as he suddenly spotted something in his field of vision. From where he was it looked like a black dot, high up in the sky. At first he thought it was a bird, but it wasn't moving - it was just sitting there. No bird he knew of did that.

He flew closer to investigate. It soon became apparent that, whatever the object was, it was much further away than he initially assumed, and much larger. When he finally arrived, he was floating over what looked like an elaborate palace, just hanging in the sky.

"I wonder how it stays up," he thought to himself. Deciding to ignore that for now, he landed on the vast aerial courtyard.

"Is this where the god lives? Looks as likely a place as any," he said. Just then, he spotted movement - from the palace-like building, a small, green, elf-like creature emerged, from a race Beerus had never seen before.

He immediately accosted the being. "Hey, are you one of those aliens working for Icer!?" He shouted angrily, starting to power up.

"What? No!" The diminutive creature shouted in fear. "I'm Kami-sama's attendant!"

"If you're not an alien, how come I've never seen a creature like you before?" Beerus asked, raising a fist menacingly.

"I'm from the Other World," the frightened being explained. "I was assigned to assist the Kami-sama of this planet."

"Other World?" Beerus asked in confusion. "So you are an alien then!" His eyes glinted angrily.

"No, I-" before he could continue, the sprite-like being was forced to dodge a punch from Beerus, which shattered the tile floor around him.

"Come back here, you little-"

"Kami-sama, help! There's a madman here! Help!"

Just as Beerus had caught the spry attendant, and was starting to choke him in his paw, he heard a voice yelling "STOP!"

"Huh?" He turned around, and, emerging from the palace, was the oldest Nekosei-jin he had ever seen, even older and more wrinkled than the eldest of elders, as hard as he found that to believe. He dropped the attendant on the floor, who quickly scrambled away and hid behind the ancient cat-man.

"Are you the god?" Beerus asked, his tone holding no apologies for the mess he had made.

"Indeed, I am Kami-sama of this world," the cat replied. "And I would appreciate it if you would not harass my attendant."

"Hmph, fine." Beerus grunted in annoyance. "He's not very strong anyway."

"I know you wish to become stronger, Beerus-san. If you will show me the proper respect, perhaps I can help you with that."

"How do you know my name!?" The cat warrior asked in surprise.

"I have been watching you," the god answered. "You did an excellent job defending this world from the invaders."

"Yeah, no thanks to you!" Beerus replied. "If you're supposed to be a god, why didn't you help?"

"Because they were much stronger than me, as are you," the decrepit cat replied. Beerus looked at him in surprise.

"God is just a title," he continued. "I am afforded certain abilities, but it hardly means I am all-powerful. Once I was a normal man like you, until several hundred years ago when this planet's previous god chose me as his successor, before dying."

"Hmmph," Beerus laughed. "So you are weak, you grow old, and die. What a useless thing a god is. I certainly wouldn't want to be one."

"Just because I do not have the power to match you does not mean that I cannot help you," the geriatric feline replied. "Follow me, and you will see that I have a great deal to teach you."

"I guess I've got nothing to lose," Beerus sighed, following the god inside. "Hey, you got anything to eat here? I'm starving!"

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Chapter 5

"Yum! Wow, this is really *chomp* good stuff!" Beerus exclaimed as he gulped down several prepared dishes of rice, fish, fruits, vegetables, and various other food that had been prepared for him. The Nekosei-jin Kami and his attendant stared, open-mouthed in shock, at how voraciously he devoured the food.

Finally, the dozens of dishes and plates had been emptied, and Beerus patted his stomach, burping loudly. "I'll say one thing for you, Kami, you sure know how to prepare a good meal." He stretched and yawned, getting up from the table.

"I'm going to wait a bit for this to digest, then you had better deliver on your promise of training," he said, walking off.

"That man is so disrespectful, Kami-sama!" The short, green attendant whispered, once Beerus was out of earshot. "He didn't even thank you for the food!"

"Unfortunately, it seems like he may be our only hope to save the world, so it seems like we'll just have to put up with him," the cat god replied.

"Are you sure he's our only hope? The Kaioshin-"

"Would never waste their time with me," The Kami answered. "I am only a planetary god, the lowest ranked god of all. There are billions like me in the universe - if I scheduled an appointment with one of the Kaioshin now, I would be lucky if they could pencil me in a thousand years from now! Besides, there is a rumor in Other World, I have heard, that is slightly disturbing."

"What is that?"

"It is said that the Kaioshin deliberately overlook the atrocities committed by the Arcosian Empire. Apparently they have some agreement with them, or with some kind of mysterious power that backs them. No, if Lord Icer is to be defeated, the one who bests him will have to come from the mortal realm, not the Other World."

An hour later, after using the toilet and taking a short nap, Beerus found Kami again.

"Okay, I'm ready, old geezer. Show me how I can become stronger!"

The ancient cat sighed, knowing he could do nothing to correct Beerus' attitude. "Follow me."

He led him into a dark room, the walls covered with clocks of all shapes and sizes, and a strange, circular object hanging from the ceiling.

"This is the Pendulum Room", Kami said.*

"With this device, your consciousness can be projected across space and back through time, allowing you an endless variety of training environments and opponents to test yourself against."

"Time travel!?" Beerus looked excited now. "Why didn't you say so? Why train at all then, just send me to when Icer was a baby and I'll stop him from ever causing trouble!"

"It doesn't work like that," Kami sighed. "The experiences you have in this room are only visions, you cannot actually affect the past. Not only that, but your physical body will remain here the whole time, only your mind will be sent elsewhere."

"Then this whole contraption is worthless!" The impatient cat-man exclaimed. "I can't exactly grow much stronger just standing around daydreaming!"

"While it is true that the Pendulum Room does not provide the same benefits as physical training does, it has its advantages. You may use the experiences you gain here to learn to better harness your ki, as well as gain fighting experience. In addition, you can face deadly enemies while being in no danger - if you 'die', you will simply wake up and you may try again."

Beerus still looked skeptical. "Is this all you have to offer?"

Kami smiled at this. "No, this is merely the first step of your training regimen. Now, step into the circle in the center of the room."

Beerus complied, as the large pendulum began to swing back and forth above his head. "Where am I going, exactly?"

"I am sending you to the past of the planet Arcosia, so you may learn of the power and techniques of the Arcosian race. Hopefully, this will give you an advantage when facing Lord Icer in combat."

"Hopefully?" Beerus muttered disdainfully. At that point, an arc of green lightning-like energy from the pendulum struck him, and his mind was transported elsewhere.

He opened his eyes, finding himself on a cold, snow-encrusted plain. He immediately powered up an aura of ki to keep himself warm. "I guess I should have expected this place to be cold, fits the theme," he muttered. "Now to see if there's any life around - oh." He turned his head to the right, sensing a very strong power approaching.

Beerus immediately powered up further and flew to meet the approaching being. The two soon faced each other in mid-air.

"Man, you sure are ugly," The feline said, scowling at the alien. The creature was at least twice his height, with an exoskeleton-like carapace made of plates of purple and white armor, and two long, bull-like horns on its head.

"You dare speak that way to King Frigid, Lord of the Southern Wastes?" The alien growled. "What manner of creature are you anyway? I have never seen your like before. Answer, or I will slaughter you immediately!"

"You want answers, ugly? Here's your answer!" Beerus suddenly charged at the alien, assaulting him with a flurry of kicks and punches. The being was caught off-guard and was barely able to put up a defense, before being knocked back into a snow-covered mountain.

Seconds later, the mountain exploded, sending chunks of rock flying every direction, and the being who called himself King Frigid emerged from the wreckage, seething with anger.

"You fool! You have just signed your own execution order!" He charged at the purple cat, but Beerus was able to match him blow-for-blow. He noted to himself that he already felt much stronger than he did when fighting the green invader - perhaps his recent chances to face strong opponents had indeed unlocked a greater reservoir of power he didn't know he had. Still, this alien was quite strong.

Seeing his melee strikes were getting nowhere, Frigid suddenly backed off, and sent a rapidfire barrage of ki beams in Beerus' direction. The catlike warrior dodged or deflected them expertly, leaving them to pierce and crater the nearby mountains.

Tired of being on the defensive all the time, Beerus replied with a ki barrage of his own, whitish-orange energy bolts suddenly forcing Frigid to dodge and block. Taking advantage of this distraction, the Nekosei-jin warrior charged the Arcosian, landing several brutal blows to his head and stomach, and smashing him into the ground.

"If this is all you Arcosians are capable of, maybe I shouldn't be worried about Icer after all," he boasted, laughing as he caught his breath. Suddenly he gasped in surprise, as, according to his senses, Frigid's power had just more than doubled, somehow. Looking into the clearing cloud of dust, he saw that the Arcosian had transformed - his armor-like skin now sporting nasty-looking spikes, and his head was elongated oddly.

"I don't know who you are or where you came from," the transformed Frigid began, "but I will greatly enjoy killing you."

Beerus prepared for the next round, but, moving so fast he didn't even detect him, Frigid appeared in front of him, and delivered a devastating punch to his abdomen. Clutching his stomach in pain, Beerus had no chance to dodge the next blow, which sent him smashing into the ground.

He retaliated with a powerful beam of ki, but the transformed Arcosian casually slapped it away, and fired a massive, pink blast of energy, which proved too much for the feline.

Beerus opened his eyes with a start, yelping in surprise. He recognized his surroundings - he was back in the Pendulum Room (or, rather, he had never actually left). Kami and his attendant were standing there, watching him intently.

"How was your first session?" The old cat asked.

"It could have gone better," Beerus muttered.

"You have a long way to go. King Frigid was strong indeed, but what you faced was a mere fraction of the kind of power Lord Icer wields."

"So what do you expect me to do, then?" Beerus mumbled.

"It's time to introduce you to the next step in your training," Kami said, motioning for Beerus to follow him.

He led him to a large, intricately-carved door, which he pushed open.

"Welcome to the Room of Spirit and Time," he said.**

Beerus stepped inside, looking around. They had stepped out of a small building-sized entranceway, onto a featureless flat plain, that seemed to extend for infinity in every direction. There was the faintest hint of a horizon in the distance, but that could have just been an illusion. The temperature was also different, and somehow he felt heavier here.

He quickly ran back out, looked around, and ran back inside.

"What the hell? It's bigger on the inside!" He exclaimed.

Kami turned and spoke to him. "The inside of the room exists in a separate dimension. Here, time passes much quicker than outside. You can receive a year's worth of training in merely a day."

"Really?"

"Yes. However, you cannot stay inside for more than two years, or the entrance will disappear and you will be trapped."

"Well, that's a gyp."

"Even without the time differential, the room is a much better place to train than you are used to. You must have already noticed how the gravity is greater, and there are harsh conditions here, such as wildly varying temperatures. There is enough food in the entrance kitchen for a full two-year stay... provided you ration it." He added, recalling Beerus' appetite.

"So, that's it, I just train here, and see you in two years?"

"Two days for me. But yes."

"Whatever. I'm used to being alone anyway." The purple-furred cat stepped into the room, and the door closed behind him.


*Yes, I know this room is a filler invention, but this is a fanfic so anything goes. Besides, I found it to be a pretty neat idea in the anime, so I'm using it here.

**Elder Kaioshin referred to the interior of the ROSAT as the "dimension of time" once, implying there was only one. The way I figure it works is that there are multiple entrances, but they are very far away from each other, as distant as the planets are in normal space, or further. That explains how there can be entrances to the same place on different planets.

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Chapter 6

The god of planet Nekosei watched the door intently. The two days of training was nearly up, and he couldn't risk Beerus losing track of time and staying in the room for too long, so he was prepared to open the door and retrieve him if he didn't come out soon.

He checked the clock on the nearby wall - there was less than a minute left. He moved to open the door, but right before he reached it, it started opening on its own, and Beerus stepped out.

The purple cat-man's fur was slightly longer, and noticeably more ragged, but he had a smile on his face. Looking down at the short Kami, he spoke.

"Take me back to the pendulum room, old man. I want a rematch with Frigid."

Beerus awoke once again on the frozen plains of Arcosia, his mind sent to the exact same point he had been sent to the last time. Again, he sensed Frigid's ki approaching, and flew out to meet him. This time, he waited for the alien to speak first.

"What manner of creature are you? I have never seen your like before. Answer, or I will slaughter you immediately!"

"Try your best, Frigid," Beerus smirked, assuming a combat stance.

"So, you have heard of me," the alien responded smugly. "But you shall address me as King-"

Before he could finish his thought, a clenched paw rammed into his midsection, causing him to double over in pain and begin to cough up blood.

"Why...you!" He growled angrily and struck back, but it was a clumsy blow that was easily avoided.

Beerus smiled again. "I could kill you now, but that would be a waste. Go ahead and transform, then face me when you're ready"

Now it was the Arcosian's turn to grin. "You are a fool!" He began powering up, his body morphing into the strange, spiked form that had defeated Beerus before.

He charged the feline, intending to headbutt him, but he only passed through an afterimage.

"What!?" He shouted, but before he could even turn around he was kicked into a nearby mountain. Seconds later, he retaliated with a barrage of ki bullets, but Beerus merely raised one hand and created a purplish shield, from which the blasts bounced off harmlessly.

"How... how can such a strong fighter exist here, that I do not know about?" Frigid exclaimed. Beerus thought he sounded much less afraid than he should have been.

"That is it, then! You shall bear witness to my final form!"

The time-displaced warrior frowned at this. He hadn't been expecting his enemy to have yet another transformation up his sleeve. Still, perhaps it would provide him with a decent challenge.

"Go ahead," the cat-man said, making a show of yawning. "Hopefully it will at least be enough to alleviate my boredom."

Frigid snarled in anger, and began another metamorphosis. His body became slimmer, assuming an elegant, sleek form. Beerus watched with apprehension. This transformation had increased his power far more than the last one, but as long as he was careful, he should still be able to-

His thoughts were interrupted as the transformed Frigid charged him. Beerus just barely managed to block his punch.

"Whoa, he's a lot faster!" The feline thought, just as Frigid wrapped his tail around Beerus' neck and began choking him. The purple-furred cat concentrated, and then released a kiai, knocking the Arcosian away. He countered by raising his index finger and firing a fast, pink beam of ki, which Beerus barely dodged.

The alien then created two massive energy spheres and hurled them at the Nekosei-jin, but Beerus put on a burst of speed, managing to time it just right, so he slipped between them, and punched Frigid in the face, sending him careening towards the ground. The Arcosian king landed on a snowy plateau, gesturing for Beerus to join him. Hesitantly, the cat landed a few meters in front of his opponent.

"You are very strong," Frigid said, speaking in a much more respectful tone than he had previously used. "Before we continue, at least do me the honor of knowing the name of my opponent."

"You can call me Beerus," he answered. "Champion of Nekosei!"

"I don't know where that is," Frigid said. "But I hope you are prepared to face your doom, champion!"

Frigid's body suddenly bulked up, gaining far more visible muscle mass. He had been using this brief interlude to buy time to gather enough ki to reach his maximum power, while suppressing the physical evidence of such until now. Beerus knew this, of course, as he could sense it, but he had no objections to this - after all, he wanted to test himself against the strongest opponent possible.

Frigid charged at him again. Surprisingly, despite his increased size, he had become even faster, and Beerus was unable to respond before a strong punch connected with his cheek, sending him flying into a nearby rock formation.

The Arcosian wasted no time, firing a huge salvo of ki blasts into the dust before it had even cleared. As he was attacking, he noticed a shape quickly zoom out of the expanding dust cloud.

Beerus appeared behind Frigid, preparing to strike him, but the Arcosian had spotted him and spun around at super speed, slapping the feline with his tail. He pressed the attack, Beerus managing to block one of his blows, but the next one sent him smashing to the ground, creating a large crater.

"Hah, not so arrogant now, are you, oh champion?" Frigid said, a harsh, mocking tone in his voice. As the dust cleared, Beerus was standing there, slightly bruised, and wiped a trickle of blood from his mouth.

"Not bad," he said. "But now it's time for the next round."

Frigid growled in anger and charged the Nekosei-jin, who responded with a powerful orange ki blast. The Arcosian dodged it, but then found his neck constricted by a purple tail.

"You seemed fond of his maneuver, so I figured I'd give it a try," Beerus said. Frigid grunted with exhaustion and shook the cat-man off of him, firing a razor-edged ki disc, aiming to decapitate him. Beerus countered with a single-handed ki blasts which dispersed the disc, but this gave Frigid the time to dash behind the feline and trap him in a sphere of solid energy.

"I developed this technique myself," he said. "Don't try to struggle, it will just- what!?" He shouted in surprise, as, exerting his ki to the maximum, Beerus had broken free of the Imprisonment Ball. Due to the nature of the technique, as soon as it burst, it created a massive explosion. Most of the blast was directed away from Beerus due to his release of ki, leaving a large brunt of the force to go off right in Frigid's face. The explosion continued to expand, blasting away the tops of many nearby mountains, and creating a large crater in the ground, despite having detonated in mid-air.

"Looks like your technique still needs some work," Beerus said, as the blast finally dissipated.

"You...you!" Frigid, now noticeably scuffed and scratched from the fight, suddenly flew straight up into the air.

"You wretch! You will die, even if I have to destroy the entire planet!"

Beerus gasped. "But this is your home, isn't it?"

"I don't care!" the Arcosian replied, beginning to gather a massive sphere of ki above his head. To Beerus' eyes, it resembled a second sun in the sky.

"You're nuts!" The feline warrior screamed, while preparing a ki attack of his own.

"In the name of King Frigid, Lord of the Southern Wastes, Master of Arcosia, I condemn you to DIE!" the alien said, firing the ki sphere down at Beerus. A second or so later, the purple cat countered with a beam of orange-white ki, which met the death ball head-on, but only slowed its progress. As Beerus' ki beam spilled around the sides of the still-descending death ball, Frigid began laughing in triumph.

"That's what happens when you try to mess with the lord of- huh!?" His expression changed, as suddenly the ki beam resisting the sphere had intensified, and his own attack was actually being slowly pushed back up at him!

"No! No no no no!" Frigid screamed, trying his best to reinforce the death ball, but it continued to approach him, and even began to pick up speed. Finally, he could not stop it any longer, and the glowing orange-red sphere engulfed his body, followed by Beerus' beam of orange-white light, which disintegrated him, blasting his remains out into space.

Beerus lowered his hands, still in the position used to fire his attack, and collapsed on the ground, unconscious, but with a smile on his face.

He woke up in the pendulum room again. Kami and his attendant were clapping, having witnessed the fight.

"That was amazing, Beerus-san!" The attendant said, as he looked on in awe.

"Thanks," the cat-man replied, too tired to notice he was finally being polite. "That was just about the toughest battle I ever experienced. It was pretty fun, though."

"Don't become too overconfident," Kami warned him. "King Frigid was indeed powerful, but Icer is stronger still. In fact, Icer was the one who killed Frigid, uniting Arcosia under a single leader for the first time."

"Now you tell me," Beerus sighed. "How much stronger is he?"

"At least twice as powerful, maybe more. I do not know for sure, as it is rumored that Icer's power has never been fully unleashed."

"Well, that doesn't sound promising. And you say I can't use the time room again?"

"No, your stay in the Room of Spirit and Time has expired. And as of now, there is nothing more I can teach you. I suggest you train alone as you have previously done, for the remaining part of the year. The knowledge you have gained of Arcosian power and techniques should prove useful and make your training more effective."

"I guess. Before I leave though, I'm going to take a nap. Get some more food ready for when I wake up, will you?"

Beerus' callous attitude returned, and he walked off toward the guest room he had slept in before. Kami and his attendant just sighed, and headed towards the kitchen.

[Mystic Buu]

Wow,I must say that I'm impressed with this so far.Keep up the good work .

[Polyphase Avatron]

Thanks. I'm kind of proud of the fight scene in chapter 6, I think I captured it well.

[Polyphase Avatron]

Chapter 7

8 Months Later

The cool, brisk morning calm of a Nekosei dawn was broken by a piercing shriek, followed by a series of large explosions. Five small space pods had simultaneously crash-landed on the planet, creating a row of craters several kilometers away from a certain village.

In the time since the last attack, the councils of elders of each village had prepared an evacuation plan, which was now underway - the population retreating to hide in nearby caves and underground shelters, hopefully before the invaders spotted them.

Five slim, mostly-white forms floated out of the pods, landing on the ground a few meters away from the row of craters created by their landing. A taller one, who seemed to be the leader, pressed a button on his scouter.

"There are a few hundred negligible powers a little ways away from here," the alien said, reading the data on the eyepiece. "They seem to think they can hide from us."

The others chuckled at this. The leader pressed another button.

"I'm picking up several more clumps of weak energy signatures spread out across this continent. It's hard to tell how many due to the distance."

"What about the one we've come here for?" A shorter alien asked, this one's voice lighter, seemingly feminine in tone.

The leader pressed a button again on the scouter. "Nothing so far... wait. I've got it. A strong power, approaching from the southeast."

"How strong?" Another one of the invaders asked.

"Hold on, it's coming within range now for a more detailed scan... aha. 220,000." He proclaimed, no hint of worry in his voice.

"Makes sense that he was able to defeat the first attack force, then," the female said. "Good thing you brought that prototype scouter with you."

The leader grinned - he was proud to be the first one to test the new device in an actual combat situation.

Just then, a purple, glowing point became visible on the horizon, and soon after, the champion of Nekosei landed to confront the intruders.

"So," he began, a strong note of arrogance in his voice, "are you the goons Icer sent to take care of me?"

The leader of the five stepped forward, confronting the impudent cat-alien. He was around a head taller than Beerus, but the feline met his stare with resolute determination.

"We are Lord Icer's most elite shock troopers," the alien began. "You should be honored that we have been dispatched to kill you."

Ignoring the statement, Beerus examined his foes. Aside from the leader, they were all about his height, their bodies thin and graceful, a form he definitely recognized.

"You are Arcosians?"

"Looks like the savage has some education after all," one of the aliens laughed.

"We are Arcosian," the leader began, "but not natural born."

"What does that mean?" Beerus asked, looking genuinely curious.

"We are clones, created from genetic modification of Lord Icer's DNA," he explained. "Our scientists were unable to draw out the full force of Lord Icer's mutant genes, but we are still his strongest underlings by far! All of our power levels exceed 500,000, and my power is over 1.2 million! I hope you are prepa-"

Before he could finish, the alien leader felt himself being physically pushed back by a massive aura of ki emanating from his opponent. Beerus powered up, creating a crater around him, nearly the size of one of those created by the impact of the space pods.

"Sorry, you were starting to bore me," the feline said, assuming a combat stance. "Can we fight now?"

The leader of the shock troops quickly pressed a button on his scouter, but the machine overloaded attempting to read Beerus' full power, and exploded in his face.

"The prototype!" One of the other aliens shouted. "Lord Icer is going to have our heads for losing it!"

"Oh, I don't think you need to worry about that," Beerus sneered, as he disappeared from sight and reappeared, swiftly decapitating the offending Arcosian clone with a single hand. "If he has any sense of cleanliness he wouldn't want to. It's kind of gross," he said, dropping the severed head.

The others gasped in shock and horror, all save for the leader.

"You... I'm going to..."

"You're going to what?" The cat-man mocked. "You guys pissed me off, I wasn't expecting you for another few months. In fact, Kami had to telepathically rouse me from sleep just to tell me you were here. Why do you aliens always show up when I'm in the middle of a nap? It's just rude."

The leader ignored his ranting and shouted to his three remaining troops, "Everyone, attack formation delta! Just like we practiced!" The clones nodded, and then charged Beerus, who casually dodged all of their blows, even seeming to yawn as he did so.

The female Arcosian jumped back and raised two fingers, preparing a slicing ki attack, but she never got the chance to pull it off. Raising a single paw, Beerus blasted her into dust with a powerful orange beam. Now there were only three opponents remaining.

"Attack formation epsilon!" The leader shouted, and they all flew upward and back, preparing a combination attack. Beerus was having none of it, though, and charged them, impaling one through the chest and crushing the other's skull with a powerful blow. The two bodies collapsed, lifeless, to the ground.

The leader backed away slowly, terror evident on his face. "How... how can you be so strong?" He asked, having abandoned all pretense of attempting to fight back.

"Practice," was Beerus' simple reply, as he advanced on the alien, a predatory gleam in his eyes.

"Even if you kill me, you'll never defeat Lord Icer!" He shouted, a final boast. "He's over a hundred times as strong as I am!"

"Good for him" the feline smiled. "I don't see how that's going to help you, though."

With one last burst of anger, the alien charged, taking Beerus slightly by surprise. "For Arcosi-" he began, but he was disintegrated by a single-handed ki blast before he could finish.

"That was a lot easier than I expected," Beerus said, surveying his work. Suddenly, he noticed movement on the ground. One of the aliens, the one he had impaled through the chest, was still alive, and slowly attempting to sit up.

Seeing the bodies of his comrades lying around him, and the enemy who had so easily defeated the greatest of Lord Icer's forces, he panicked, and began scrambling back toward his space pod.

"Go ahead," Beerus said, attempting to lick some of the blood off of his fur. "I'll let you go."

Not questioning his good fortune, the alien reached the spaceship, and began pressing a series of buttons. Before he could close the door, though, Beerus fired a single ki blast from his finger, striking the wounded alien in the head, instantly killing him.

"Yeah, I lied," he said, as he threw the corpse out of the ship. "I just needed you to program this thing to take you back to Arcosia. Because that's where I'm heading next." He climbed in the ship, and quickly found the button to close the door and start the engine. The ship took off, flying on a pre-programmed course back to its point of origin.

Beerus sighed, laying back in the flight couch. He had been pretty brutal with these guys, but it was their own fault for attempting to wipe out his world and murder his people. Icer was going to be in for quite a surprise when this ship returned.

[Mystic Buu]

Beerus is very smart.

[Polyphase Avatron]

Yeah, he has to be devious to deal with all of these challenges

[Polyphase Avatron]

Chapter 8

A diminutive, bird-like alien stared at a computer screen, puzzled. "This makes no sense..."

"What is it?" A taller, armored alien asked, evidently the bird-man's superior officer.

"The sensors are picking up Elite 4's ship heading our way on a standard return course," the bird alien said, indicating a glowing dot moving across the screen. "But it's alone. Could the others have been defeated?"

"Impossible," the taller alien proclaimed. "Are you sure that's Elite 4's ship?"

"Yes, the identification code checks out and everything. Should I open a channel?"

"Do it," the officer commanded.

The shorter alien pressed a few buttons and then reached for a microphone-like device.

"Attention Elite 4," he began, speaking into the microphone. "This is Arcosian Space Control. Please report your status, sir."

The two aliens waited a few seconds, but there was no reply. The bird-man tried again. "Come in, Elite 4. Elite 4, if you can hear me, please respond. What happened to the rest of your squad? Elite 4?"

Still no response.

"That's weird. Maybe we should alert Lord Icer?" The short alien suggested.

"I don't think that's a good idea, he hates being disturbed over insignificant things," the tall one replied. "In fact, if you don't want your career cut short prematurely, it's a good idea to avoid him as much as possible."

"The ship is about to enter orbit, it looks like it's heading in for a landing at this spaceport," the shorter alien said. "We should go check it out and find out what's going on."

"Good idea," the commander said, and the two headed off down the halls. They watched as the pod came in for a landing, being intercepted in mid-air by a type of mechanical grappling device that set it down gently, as opposed to the rough landing it usually made on alien planets.

As the two approached the pod, the door opened, and they were greeted by a completely unexpected sight. Instead of an Arcosian elite soldier, it was occupied by a purple-furred, cat-like being, who was laying back in the seat napping, a bubble of snot dangling from his nose.

"Who the hell are you!?" The taller alien shouted in surprise. He received no response.

"I don't think he can hear you, sir," the shorter alien said after a few seconds, tentatively walking closer to the sleeping feline.

"Say, isn't this the species the Elites were dispatched to destr-" before he could finish, the snot bubble suddenly popped, and Beerus woke with a start, looking at the two aliens.

"Is this Arcosia?" He asked, yawning groggily.

"Yes, but who are-" the taller alien began, but before he could finish, a massive ki blast consumed him and his subordinate, as well as a large part of the spaceport.

"Finally," Beerus said, stretching, as he surveyed the destruction around him. He had only destroyed the area in front of him, keeping the space pod intact, as he planned to use it to return after killing Icer.

He flew up a few hundred meters into the air, and started scanning the planet for the strongest power he could feel. Most of the beings here were not much stronger than the average native of his own world, but he picked up several hundred rating at, he would guess from what he knew of the Arcosian scale, 10,000 or more. Among those, one in particular stood out, massively exceeding anything else on the planet. And it was close.

He flew off at top speed, soon arriving over a large, palace-like building on top of a small mountain. Two alien soldiers flew up to meet him, but he dispatched them easily enough. Landing, he blasted his way through the front door, and soon came face-to-face with a tall, slim Arcosian, sitting on an elaborate throne, who seemed nonplussed by the destruction around him.

"I'm guessing you're Icer," the cat-man said, assuming a fighting stance.

"That's Lord Icer to you," the alien replied, still not bothering to even stand up.

"Not anymore! You messed with the wrong planet, and now it's time for your comeuppance!"

Icer actually laughed at that, and finally stood up, cracking his knuckles. "You came so far, only to die," he mocked. "It would be almost admirable, if it was not so pathetic. Fine, I will let you entertain me for now. Shall we-"

Before he finished his sentence, Beerus powered up and charged the tyrant, slamming him through the far wall of his throne room and across the landscape. Icer quickly recovered, the amused expression from before vanished from his face.

"How rude. You need to learn some manners, you trash." He raised his hands, and started flinging chunks of rock from the nearby mountaintops, some as large as the mountains themselves, at his assailant, via telekinesis.

Beerus dodged, punched, and kicked the rocks apart, easily withstanding the assault.

"Is this the best you can do? Throwing rocks at me?" He mocked.

"No," a chilling voice came from behind him, and he soon realized his folly. "That was just a distraction."

Before he could react, the feline warrior found his movements restricted by the familiar energy of an Imprisonment Ball.

"Stealing techniques from Frigid?" He asked, mocking despite his predicament.

Icer looked surprised. "How did you...? No matter. Die!" He kicked the sphere containing Beerus into the ground, where it exploded, creating a massive crater. Icer smiled at the devastation he had wrought.

"Hah, so much for... what!?" He finished, as he saw the purple-furred intruder, slightly scuffed up, but otherwise unharmed at the center of the blast.

Icer growled in anger. "Try this, then!" He fired a barrage of death beams, but Beerus deflected them, then disappeared, appearing again behind the Arcosian and preparing to deliver a double-handed smash to his back. Icer spun around, attempting to punch Beerus in the face, but the feline dodged, kicking the tyrant to the ground.

"I must admit," Icer said, wiping a bit of blood off his lip, "you're a lot stronger than I first gave you credit for."

Beerus laughed. "What if I told you I'm not even using my full power?"

Icer scowled. "You're bluffing."

"Nope," the cat-warrior countered, powering up a purple aura around him. Icer quickly began gathering ki himself, transforming into a buff, muscular form. The two warriors charged each other, but Beerus dodged Icer's blow and replied with a kick to the gut, sending the Arcosian sprawling backwards.

"It must be the new training methods I learned, because I've just been getting stronger and stronger lately," Beerus bragged, his tail curling in excitement. "It seems you're just no match for me."

"Oh, you think so?" Icer replied, a calm, evil grin spreading across his face. "Tell me then, alien... are you prepared for this?"

The Arcosian began laughing, as his body went through yet another transformation. The armor-like scales on his shoulders extended, and spikes grew on his head and wrists, then a mask-like covering appeared over his mouth.

Beerus stepped back, shocked - he had never seen this before! He could tell that Icer had become several times more powerful.

"I have actually never had a chance to test out this form before," the galactic overlord said. "You should feel honored to be its first victim!"

He charged the feline, who attempted to block, but he was pushed back, as Icer headbutted him, sending him into a nearby rock formation. Before the dust had cleared, a volley of ki blasts struck out at the Arcosian, but he expertly batted them aside, and charged his foe, landing several deadly blows.

Beerus began coughing up blood, and fell to one knee.

"It was foolish of you to come here," Icer said, raising his hand. Beerus hissed, and took the Arcosian by surprise, charging him before he could finish preparing his ki attack, and knocked him back a few meters. Before Icer could regain control, Beerus put all his strength into a heavy blow to his head, which actually managed to break off one of Icer's armored 'horns'.

"Why you insolent...!" Icer threw a punch, and Beerus just barely managed to block it, but the force sent him sliding back several meters, and caused him significant pain in his hand.

"I've wasted enough time with you," Icer said harshly, and flew up into the sky, raising his finger, preparing a massive, sun-like energy sphere. "Time to die."

He hurled the sphere down at Beerus, who tried his best to match it with a full force ki beam, but unlike Frigid's weaker version of this same attack, this one powered its way past Beerus' return blast, and slowly sunk into the ground, exploding with a deafening flash. Icer waited for the smoke to clear, and the entire landscape, all the way to the horizon, was blasted bare. He landed, walking around a bit, inspecting the rubble, until he was satisfied there was no sign of his challenger remaining. Reverting to a previous form, he flew off.

A few meters away from where he had been looking, however, a single, purple-furred paw stuck out of the rubble, still clutching the white, shell-like armor horn he had broken from Icer's head. The paw's fingers trembled, and lost their grip, the horn falling silently to the ground.

[Mystic Buu]

Oh no!I hope that Beerus is alive.Well,he has to be,this is his fanfic .

[Polyphase Avatron]

Chapter 9

After several minutes, the paw protruding from the rubble began twitching again, slowly at first, but then a feline form appeared, climbing up out of the rocks and dirt he had been buried under.

Beerus was not in good shape. His body was covered with bruises, cuts, and scrapes, trails of dried blood emerged from his mouth and nose, and he could tell he had several broken ribs, as well as a busted kneecap and a killer headache. He could barely even stand - this was, by far, the worst beating he had ever taken in his life. But at least he was alive.

He slowly stepped over the blasted and devastated ground, but soon tripped on something, falling again, and causing a fresh trickle of blood to dribble from his mouth. He wiped it off, and looked at the offending object. As he recognized it, his scowl turned into a smile. He reached down and picked up the broken-off horn, deciding to keep it as a reminder of at least a small victory.

He supposed he should have prepared more before taking on Icer. He expected him to be strong, of course, but not this strong, and that 5th form was something he was completely unprepared for. Still, though Icer was stronger than him, the gap was not completely overwhelming. Even in the Arcosian's final form, Beerus was still able to track his movements, and contend with his attacks, to a degree. If granted a rematch, he believed he had a good chance of winning.

Of course, that was only if he managed to get some medical help first. He was certainly in no condition to fight now!

With concentration, he found that he still had enough ki left to fly at a low altitude, and a moderate speed, and began heading in what he recalled was the opposite direction from Icer's palace. After a few minutes, he cleared the radius of destruction created by the detonation of the alien's death ball, and entered some type of forest, composed of alien plants and trees he had never seen before.

Back on his planet, every child was taught how to use herbs and medicines found in nature to cure common diseases and help recover from wounds, but that knowledge was worthless on this alien world. He slumped down against the side of a tree, and closed his eyes. Maybe some rest would do him good.

He awoke later to the sound of voices. It had been day when he fell asleep, but it was dark now, and he noticed that he was uncomfortably cold. He kept his eyes closed as he heard two distinct people.

"Hey, isn't that the alien who blew up the spaceport?"

"It looks like the picture I've seen... but I thought Lord Icer killed him?"

"I guess not. Careful, I hear he's really strong! We should report this to the-"

Beerus had heard enough. He opened his eyes, and climbed to his feet, still aching from his wounds, but feeling slightly better than he had earlier. The two troopers raised their arm cannons, but before they could fire, the weapons (and the scouters attached to them) exploded, courtesy of an invisible kiai from the feline. The two turned and prepared to run, but the wounded Beerus was still more than strong enough to subdue them.

He stood over them, menacing despite his bruised and injured face.

"Wh-what do you want?" One of the soldiers asked in terror.

"Take me to a doctor," the cat-man said simply. "Find a way to treat my wounds. After that, get me something to eat."

One of the soldiers, bravely and foolishly, declined. "You can't order us around! Lord Icer will find you and-"

He was cut off by a small ki beam that blew a hole straight though his head.

"As I was saying..." Beerus said, addressing the remaining soldier. The man cowered, stuttering, "Y-yes, sir! I'll get you what you want! F-follow me!" And took off through the forest at a steady pace, Beerus following behind.

[Polyphase Avatron]

Chapter 10

After a few minutes of walking through the forest, they came to a clearing, which contained a small, roughly house-sized building.

"This is my team's scout post," the distressed alien said. "There are some medical supplies and food inside."

"Is anyone else here?" Beerus asked, managing to be threatening despite his injuries.

"N-no, the only ones stationed here were me and my partner," the soldier explained, as he opened the door, the cat-man following him inside. He led him to a spartan living quarters complete with a bed, which Beerus gently lowered himself onto. The soldier opened a cabinet on the other side of the room and took out what appeared to be a first aid kid. Using the supplies within it, he began cleaning and dressing his captor's wounds.

After the bandages had been applied, the alien took out a small, red-and-white pill from the kit, and offered it to the feline.

"Swallow this. It should help stimulate the regeneration of your cells. It won't heal all of your wounds, but it should make your recovery much swifter."

Beerus eyed the pill skeptically.

"This better not be some kind of poison," he mumbled.

"No-no! I assure you it's not!" The alien said, getting to his knees. He knew that even in his injured state, this being who could give Lord Icer trouble could kill him instantly. "Besides, why would there be poison in a medical kit?"

Beerus decided to accept this logic, and took the pill, swallowing it with a gulp. The two stared at each other awkwardly for a few minutes, before Beerus spoke.

"How long does this thing take to work, anyway?"

"A-at least a day," the stammering alien replied. "It should be an hour or two before you start feeling the effects."

The feline scowled at that.

"I'm sorry, we don't have anything faster! At least not in a small outpost like this!"

"Whatever," Beerus sighed. "You said you had food here?"

"Y-yes, I'll go get some for you," the alien said, starting to back away towards a door.

"Wait," Beerus commanded, standing up again, despite the lingering pain. "I'll come with you. You're not leaving my sight."

"W-what harm could I cause?" The alien asked meekly.

"Well," Beerus put his bandaged hand to his chin. "I would assume that this place has some kind of communication device, with which you could alert Icer of my location." He knew by the disappointed look on the alien's face that his deduction was correct. No more needed to be said as Beerus followed the soldier into an adjacent room.

"This doesn't look much like a kitchen," the cat-man commented.

"Kitchen? No, this is just a storage room. Here," he opened a cabinet and took out a few plain, white-colored boxes, offering them to Beerus. He opened them, revealing several dull-colored, dry cubes of indeterminate nature.

"What is this stuff?" Beerus asked, sniffing the offered food. "It doesn't smell like much of anything."

"Processed military rations," the alien explained. "It's all that we lower-ranked soldiers are given."

Beerus tentatively brought one of the cubes to his mouth and took a bite, which he quickly spat out.

"This is awful!" He exclaimed, causing the alien soldier to fall to the ground due to the shock of his voice. "How do you put up with this stuff!?"

"You - you get used to it, eventually," the alien whimpered.

"Are you sure this is all you have?"

"Y-yes, I'm sorry, please forgive me!" The alien said, prostrating on his hands and knees.

Beerus sighed, and grabbed several of the cubes, gesturing for his host to follow him back to the bedroom, but not before taking a glass of water with him.

"At least water is still the same on this planet," Beerus said, taking a few sips to wash down the unpleasant taste of the military rations, as he sat back down on the bed. Despite how disgusting the food was, he was desperately hungry, and eventually ended up eating all of it.

"You should get some rest now," the alien offered.

Beerus smiled, and then laughed slightly. "Good idea. But first, to make sure you don't try anything-"

He raised his palm to his host, which began glowing with a visible aura. The alien closed his eyes, certain that he was about to die, but after a bright flash he instead found himself embedded in a transparent sphere of glowing energy.

"I-I can't move! What is this?" He asked, panicked.

"I've had enough experience with the Arcosian Imprisonment Ball technique to come up with my own version," Beerus explained. "It's not really refined enough for combat use, and it won't explode, but it will keep you from going anywhere until I wake up."

And with that, Beerus' head hit the hard, uncomfortable pillow, and he fell fast asleep.