Chapter 1 - Who is this mysterious Kaioshin?
[spoiler]The Earth faced a desperate crisis with the arrival of its greatest threat, Majin Boo. But Humanity with the help of the Saiyans known as Goku and Vegeta stood up to him. At Satan’s plea, the energy of everyone on Earth and beyond was gathered in the form of a Super Genkidama, which Goku utilized to vanquish Majin Boo once and for all. Ten years later, Goku and his friends entered the 28th “Strongest Under the Heavens” tournament where they met a boy named Oob, Boo’s reincarnation. Seeing great potential in the youngster, Goku left to help him become stronger.
And now, somewhere on Earth, two years later…
“What’s wrong?” Son Goku asks as he stands in front of a pile of rubble in his Super Saiyan form, his light blue Gi shredded from his constant training. “Don’t tell me you’re givin’ up already!”
“I can still go on!” The dark-skinned boy shows slight struggle to stand back on his feet, as he clears the boulders and dirt around him. His Gi, the exact same as Goku’s, was visibly damaged as well.
“That’s the spirit!” Goku’s golden aura flared up and he quickly dashed in Oob’s direction trying to deliver a right hook. Oob crouched, dodging the punch, and counter-attacked with a fierce blow to the Saiyan’s stomach. Goku coughed up a bit of saliva but managed to react quickly and delivered a fierce head-butt, followed by a kick to the jaw which sent his opponent flying. As Oob recovers mid-air, he flies upwards and the two start clashing in the sky.
The two have been sparring for the better part of four hours, stopping only for about ten minutes for a quick lunch break. They’ve been training every day for a year and a half now. The first six months of these past two years were the most troublesome, Oob’s village had to be reconstructed with Satan’s money, which Goku requested, and since both were helping out with the construction and with the general needs of the villagers, time for training was very scarce. But once everyone was accommodated and supplies were bought, the two created a very consistent schedule: training ranged from morning until noon. Goku would then teleport home and have dinner with his family, sometimes taking Oob along too.
Training at first consisted of teaching Oob about the basics of Ki manipulation: how to fly, how to manifest your Ki into an aura and fire off projectiles. Learning how to channel his inner power without the need to be angered first was an important step, Goku thought. Of course he also revealed to the boy the truth about where his power came from. Once that was done, what remained was to strengthen Oob’s body and increase his base power. The progress has been satisfying to both, whilst at first Oob couldn’t even match Goku’s normal state, now Goku can fight him in his Super Saiyan form without having to hold back too much.
It’s noon, the two are now resting atop of a small plateau. “I really don’t know,” Oob speaks. “I don’t know how you expect me to ever catch up to you, Mr. Goku. You’re so strong.”
“Don’t worry about it, you’re strong too,” He replies, as he gets up from the rock he was standing on and tries to clean his Gi. “You’re almost as strong as Boo was back then. You still have a bit to go, but you’ll get there in no time!”
“And then when I get stronger, I’ll be able to protect my family.”
“Oh, don’t worry about that! There’s no danger in the universe anymore. Hey, more importantly, when you’re stronger, we’ll be able to have an all-out fight!”
“That’s what you really want, isn’t it, Mr. Goku?” He laughs.
Somewhere in the Kaioshin Realm…
“Esteemed ancestor,” Kibitoshin interrupted the silence present as the two were having tea. “The universe has been really peaceful the past few years, hasn’t it?”
“Indeed, but it looks like you’re trying to jinx it,” He takes a sip. “Nevertheless, we mustn’t overlook our duty as Kaioshin. There’s an important matter we must look into and we’ve been ignoring for the past twelve years.”
“What is it?”
“There must be at least three Kaioshin on duty. At the moment there are only two,” Kibitoshin’s era was an anomaly, where more Kaioshin than necessary were born from the World Tree.
“Yes, that’s in fact true, but planet Kaishin was destroyed by Majin Boo long ago. It is impossible for any new Core people to be born.”
“I heard from the Northern Kaio that the World Tree on planet Kaishin of our neighboring universe has a golden fruit,” There are six universes in total, the one that Son Goku and his friends currently reside in is universe C. “And since universe B has no shortage of Kaioshin, the newborn will be assigned to our universe.”
“So you mean…?”
“Yes, a new Kaioshin will be born shortly. We must be ready for when it happens and to destroy them if they end up evil,” Under normal circumstances, the evil Core people born from the World Tree would be banished to the Demon Realm. However, since a Core person born from a golden fruit possesses such immense power, in case their Ki is malicious, they must be destroyed at once to stop them from posing a threat to the balance of the universe.
“Pardon my ignorance, ancestor, but I have no idea how to travel between universes.”
“That will be no problem. This old man still has some tricks up his sleeve, heh.”
“Kuririn!” Goku calls. He arrived via Instant Transmission, carrying with him Chi-Chi, Goten and Oob.
“Ah, Goku!” Kuririn turns around and greets his friend, as well as Goku’s family and disciple. “I’m glad you could come!”
“You’re still as old as the last time I saw you!” Goku comments, Kuririn looked exactly like he did two years ago when the two last were together.
“That’s a bit rude, don’t you think?” He replies back, with a grumpy look on his face.
“This house is amazin’!” Chi-Chi intervenes, glaring at the furniture inside Kuririn and #18’s new house.
“Right? #18 has great taste, she was the one who chose this house,” He answers as he gives them a tour of the place. “Bulma, Gohan and the others are outside right now, we were having a barbecue.”
“Really?!” Goku’s eyes shine in excitement and his mouth starts to water. “I haven’t had a meal like that in ages! Chi-Chi’s always cookin’ rice for dinner,” He complains, looking at his wife.
“Well maybe if you worked instead of being out all day trainin’, then we’d have better dinners,” She replies with a smug smile on her face, knowing that her husband wouldn’t be able to complain anymore after such a response. Meanwhile, Goten looks at the two and laughs awkwardly.
“Here we are!” Kuririn opens the door to the outside garden, where everyone else was already gathered. Goten immediately ran towards Trunks and the two started catching up, mostly about their not-so-successful romantic encounters, but they also touched upon other aspects of their life. Goten has failed driving school twice now. He thinks it’s pointless since he can fly, so he never bothers with it, but his mother wants him to learn how to live as a human. As for Trunks, his mother and grandparents have been teaching him how to run Capsule Corp, in hopes that he can become the company CEO in the following years. Trunks doesn’t like the extra work, but as long as it allows him to do whatever he wants, he doesn’t have much of a problem with it.
Chi-Chi joined the conversation Bulma and Videl were having. Lunch was there too! In her gentle persona, luckily. She’s been a truck driver for the past few years after giving up the criminal life. Pan greeted her grandfather, purposefully ignoring Oob who was behind him. Then she went to play soccer with Bra and Marron. Mr. Satan, Boo, Yamcha, Puar, Tenshinhan and Chaozu were all together gathered around a table laughing about some kind of ridiculous story Satan told reporters a few days ago. Or, rather, everyone was laughing at Mr. Satan’s story, while Boo was eating and Tenshinhan remained stoic as ever, exhibiting a slight smirk at times.
Roshi and Oolong were inside the house, on the second floor, spying on Kuririn’s neighbor who was just getting out of the shower. Piccolo was minding his own business as per usual, occasionally interacting with Gohan and Dende, who were together. Goku rushed to the barbecue, as Oob timidly followed. Vegeta was already present at the barbecue and the two Saiyans immediately started fighting over the food. Two years without seeing each-other, but the rivalry still runs deep.
The doorbell rang. #18 excused herself from the group tp attend to it.
“Good… Oh, it’s you,” She says as she seems confused on how to react to the situation.
“I thought I’d step by to say hello after all this time. But judging by all the noise, I’m guessing this is a bad time?”
“No, don’t be ridiculous. Come in, you’re a part of the family,” She leads the visitor to the garden and introduces him to everyone. “Attention guys, look who just got here. My brother!”
“Hello, everyone.”
As the others took a moment in their surprise and confusion to process what just happened, Goku took no time at all and approached #17 nonchalantly. “#17! It’s been so long!”
“You’re the one person here who should hate me the most, and yet you approach me with no problem. You really don’t have a care in the world, do you, Son Goku?” #17 asks with a smile on his face.
“Nhihi! Then,” He points towards #17’s legs. “Who’s that?”
“Oh, this is my son, Pistol. C’mon now, say hi.” The boy stepped in front of his father’s legs and introduced himself to everyone. He was about six, seven years old. Spiky black hair with two bangs. He seemed shy, but he introduced himself with a loud yell.
“Where’s his mom?” Goku asks.
“Oh… Ah, she… couldn’t come.”
#17 told everyone he worked as a park ranger for years and got married. For the rest of the party, he and #18 caught up. His son Pistol at first seemed reluctant to join any groups, but after Marron came to talk to him, the two became friends and he started playing with the other kids. The party was just wrapping up and everyone was saying their goodbyes, until a young man with blue skin and a golden mohawk appeared out of thin air with a teleportation technique, holding two acquaintances of Goku in his hands.
“Lord Kaioshin!” Piccolo immediately noted that the two were out unconscious and they were heavily damaged. “Goku, go get some sage beans!”
“On it!” Placing his index and middle finger on his forehead, he disappears in an instant.
“Oi, who are you?” Vegeta asks the young man, who refuses to open his mouth and simply stands still. “Answer me!”
“Vegeta, wait,” Piccolo intervenes. “His Ki is different. It’s the same as lord Kaioshin and his elder.”
“My name is Atara. I am a Kaioshin.”
“What do you mean?” As Vegeta asks, Goku arrives in front of the two with a bag of sage beans at hand. He takes two out and feeds them to the unconscious Kaioshin.
“Thank you, Son Goku.” Atara bows to the Saiyan, who looks at him confused. “I am in your debt.” Goku found this attitude a bit strange, but paid no attention to it. After all, at the moment he wanted to find out what happened to the Kaioshin.
“Hey!” As the two start to open their eyes and wake up, Goku quickly speaks to them. “Are you alright?” He asks, looking specifically at Kibitoshin, who stares back at him for a couple of seconds before replying.
“Who… are you?”[/spoiler]
So here it is. As you can see, I used Super's multiverse concept without outright copying it. Also, I know that it looks like this first arc is gonna be similar to Super's Black arc just because it's a new Kaioshin from a different universe and all, but it'll be different
Chapter 2 - Atara's explanation
[spoiler]With a perplexed look on their faces, the two Kaioshin glance over at Goku and his friends and inspect the environment around them. Atara looks down at the two, but as he raises his head later, he crosses eyes with a serious Goku.
“What did you do to the Kaioshin?”
“Nothing.”
“Don’t mock us,” Vegeta screamed in a harsh tone as he grabbed the foreign Kaioshin by his clothes. “We want an explanation, now!”
“Vegeta, please calm down,” Gohan intervened. “Now, Mr. Atara, why are you here?”
“The priority here is to help my two colleagues here recover their lost memories. Then they can explain to you what happened. Even if I offered an explanation, there’s no certainty that you’ll believe me. So we should stop wasting time.”
“He’s right,” Bulma stepped in. “We should ask Shenlong to fix everything up for us. I left the dragon radar back at Capsule Corp.”
“I’ll get it,” Goku took a short moment to locate the Ki signal of Bulma’s parents amidst West City’s densely populated area and vanished, only to return a minute later with the dragon radar at hand.
“Right,” Piccolo expanded the map on the radar, in order to display the coordinates of all of the seven dragon balls. Meanwhile, Atara observed the procedure carefully. “Let’s split off,” Everyone was assigned a specific coordinate and through this pragmatic way of searching, the dragon balls were gathered in less than an hour. During that time, Kibitoshin and his ancestor had already recovered their senses from the initial shock, but were too confused and frightened by their own amnesia to interact with anyone.
“Come, Shenlong!” Bulma proclaimed. “And grant my wish!”
The sky turned dark and the seven spheres were imbued by a blinding glow. Out of it, an imposing green dragon materialized. “I am the dragon Shenlong. Speak your wish and I shall grant it. You have three.”
“Shenlong,” Goku spoke calmly. “Return the two Kaioshin’s memory back to normal.”
The dragon’s eyes shone red. “Your wish has been granted. What is your next wish?”
“Lord Kaioshin!” Gohan exclaimed. “Are you alright? What happened?”
“Where are we?” Kibitoshin was the first to speak.
“My house,” Kuririn answered. “You were brought here by that strange guy over there.” He explained, pointing towards Atara’s general direction.
“Atara!”[/b] Elder Kaioshin spoke, as the two turned their eyesight towards the mysterious Kaioshin. “What are you doing here?”
“As I thought, not even this magic dragon I’ve heard of could fix the damage in its entirety.”
“I’m sorry…” Dende could be heard lamenting in the background, only to be consoled by a pat on the shoulder and a smile from Piccolo.
“What do you mean? Esteemed ancestor, who is this?”
“A Kaioshin from universe B.”
Shenlong grew impatient. “Do you have a second wish or not?”
“Can you tell us what happened to the Kaioshin?” Piccolo quickly asked.
“Is that your second wish?”
“Yes!” Bulma intervened. “Just tell us already!”
“Very well,” The dragon stood still and silent for a moment, leaving everyone confused. “I apologize, I cannot. What happened to the lords happened outside of this universe and, as such, outside of my vision.”
“That could explain why he wasn’t able to restore their memory completely,” Vegeta deduced. “Hey, you, tell us everything that happened.”
“Very well,” Atara sat down on a chair, ready to disclose what happened between the three Kaioshin. “A while ago, the eldest of the Kaioshin arranged a visit to my universe. This is true, correct?” He looked over at Kibitoshin’s ancestor, who nodded in agreement. “The point of the visit was to witness the birth of a new Kaioshin from the World Tree who would then become a Kaioshin for universe C, this one.”
“Then, what next?” Kibitoshin impatiently asked, eagerto know what happened to him and his elder.
“After the new Kaioshin was born, we bestowed upon him a name: Rashi. Then, I left to attend to some matters. When I returned, you two were wounded and unconscious. Rashi was nowhere to be found,” He narrowed his eyes. “This is all I can tell you.”
“How can we believe you?” Trunks asked.
“You can’t. In fact, I’d be upset if you believed me right away.”
“We don’t have a choice but to go along with his story for now.” Tenshinhan noted.
“I know!” Surprisingly, Goten got an idea. “Shenlong, is he telling the truth?”
A sweat drop dripped down the dragon’s face. “Is that your second wish?”
“Yes!” A collective scream ran through the backyard of Kuririn’s house.
Shenlong’s eyes exhibited the red glow once again. “I don’t sense any lies coming from lord Atara’s explanation. What is your third wish?”
“Seems like he’s a good guy,” Yamcha said.
“Not necessarily,” Tenshinhan was quick to play the cynic.
“What do you mean?” Goku asked.
“Doesn’t it seem a bit too suspicious to you, Kakarotto, that the moment he left, the two Kaioshin were immediately attacked?”
“He’s right, Son. It seems too convenient that he had to leave right before and returned right after the events took place.”
“Tenshinhan does have a point,” Trunks stated. “How can we know for sure he has good intentions?”
“This is preposterous!” The elder Kaioshin was quickly getting irritated at the gang’s suppositions. “Atara is a fellow Kaioshin! I would have known if he was holding any evil inside of him!”
“Any attack on a fellow Kaioshin,” Atara stated with a fierce look on his eyes. “Is an assault on me as well. I will find the culprit and see to it that he receives his punishment,” He glared at Goku. “You’re free to doubt my intentions, but I ask for your help.”
The Saiyan’s serious demeanor that he retained throughout the whole situation quickly disappeared and he popped a smile. “He’s a good guy, alright!”
“Mr. Goku,” Oob spoke for the first time since he arrived. “Are you sure?”
“Well, I’m not sure, but I think he has a good heart, I can feel it!”
Atara smiled in return and bowed to Goku once again. “I thank you, Son Goku.”
“You don’t gotta do that. And just Goku’s fine. By the way, how do you know my name?”
“Elder told me about you. About all of you, in fact. I admire you all for defeating Majin Boo,” As he remembered a moment of his past, he gritted his teeth and clenched his fist in anger. “I was always a coward and I could never do anything, even though he was killing all of my friends in this universe. All because I was powerless, and afraid of dying,” Curiously, Shin was the only Kaioshin from this universe that Atara never had the chance to meet. “I like to think I grew out of my mentality from those times.”
“First,” Vegeta started to form a plan. “We have to find this Rashi guy if we want to know what really happened.”
“That is correct. I don’t want to jump to conclusions but he is most likely the culprit. If that is the case, then he must be destroyed.”
“Kill him?” Piccolo interjected. “But he is a Kaioshin, is he not?”
“Kaioshin who attack their own are committing a sin. There is no place for someone who causes unnecessary inner disputes amongst the Gods.”
“But he didn’t kill them when he had the chance to. Should we really kill him?” Goku asked.
“He’s right,” Kibitoshin agreed. “It’s not like I enjoy being backstabbed, but killing a fellow Kaioshin seems a bit too extremist.”
“Don’t get all sentimental on the job! A Kaioshin who attacks his own is clearly evil. And, as I told you, evil Kaioshin must be destroyed to keep the balance of the universe intact.”
“But esteemed ancestor…”
“Well,” Atara sighed. “We can decide what happens to him after we find out everything. This seems like the best course of action.”
“So what should we do now?” Trunks asked.
“I’m sorry for interrupting your party,” Atara replied, bowing to Kuririn and #18. “Please do continue. Tomorrow I’ll meet with Son Goku and discuss what we should do to find Rashi,” He glances over at Goku. “Is that alright with you?”
“Yeah!” Goku gave an enthusiastic response as he smirked, excited for a potential new adventure.
As everyone was already leaving before Atara arrived, they finished saying goodbye to Kuririn and his wife, but not before telling an extremely angry Shenlong that his services were no longer required. #17 in particular enjoyed himself during the visit and asked the two if he could come over again some time, to which they obviously said yes.
A yellow skinned individual arrives via some kind of teleportation technique a few meters above the moon’s surface. As he descends and touches moon soil, tainting his boots, he looks at the blue marble and contemplates its beauty. “So this is Earth, huh?”[/spoiler]
