Hell

"Fighting my evil me? Hell yes! He is insanely strong! I never thought my body could exert that much energy. Just goes to tell how much I have really slacked after getting older."

Darc only sighed. He felt irritated by the current events. There was something really wrong with them. "Looks like you really are the old Goku."

Goku grinned at his words. "Sure am! It also feels amazing having a physical body again."

"Father!" Gohan smiled again to see the old personality in that body. "I..." And yet he felt a tinge of anger inside him right now that he could not suppress while starting his next sentence.

Goku felt his own son's reluctance. "It´s alright Gohan. My other half really did some awful things. Man, that really dampens my excitement seeing you guys again after so long."

Gohan looked at Goku and only nodded.

"Huh? How much time did actually pass for you?" Vegeta now asked again. It has only been a few days since he was gone and they trained here.

"Right, I guess the time flowed differently here. It has been a few years now."

"God damn it..." Vegeta was just sighing as well now and plainly stopped to care at some point. "Darc, your training better keep up with his results."

Darc was still in his thoughts while he nonchalantly replied without really noticing himself. "You are getting better but it takes time. You are comparing years of training with only a few days worth of it. If you are so keen on quick power just do the ritual the old fashioned way."

It was his mentor personality speaking or rather to say the memories of his clone inside him that trained them while he was gone collecting the Dragonballs.

"Huh? What do you mean? Ka.....Goku, did you actually achieve the Saiyan God transformation?"

Hearing that Goku raised his eyebrows. Even Vegeta stopped using that name when talking to him.

"Yep, I got it. But I only tapped into it after knowing how it feels like. I just tried to remember how it felt like while fused with Darc and noticed that the power reminded me of something else. I think I already performed the ritual somehow with the power-up method I used against Baby."

"You mean the absorption of 4 other Saiyans energy? But you didn't look remotely anything like Dark did." Vegeta still doubted it somehow. Mostly because he felt reluctant to accept he was left behind in strength.

"5 Saiyans...It takes the energy of 5 Saiyans that have the potential to transform into Super Saiyans. The legend also talks about 5 righteous Saiyans but...Let's just say I don't believe that extra requirement."

´It is basically bullshit since Black could use that form. Talking about Black...This Kakarot is even more of a danger than him.´

"Anyway...where is that evil version of you? That he actually survived my attack and deceived me after I probed for his survival irks me madly. It proves he is a real danger..."

´I basically got fooled like Goku after his sacrifice with Cell.´

"He did hide in hell. So no wonder why you didn't feel his presence right at the get-go."

"What!?" Vegeta was agitated. "Are you really implying he teleported himself right to the place he would have gone to anyway?"

Darc just closed his eyes and let his energy travel over the North Kais planet. Then it went through the clouds into Hell and he immediately picked up Kakarot's signature.

"Damn, he is actually right. I just felt him. And by the looks of it there are some other things happening inside Hell."

"Really? So can we get rid of him?"

"I think we can. Vegeta, Gohan, and Goku. We are going to go and do the job. Everyone else goes back to earth."

"Hey, hey. And what is about us?" Caulifla now got somewhat angry. She couldn´t follow the conversation that much but she sure knew she won't just go and sit back."

Darc looked at the two Saiyan females and nearly forgot about them. "Right...Trunks, Goten. Can you keep these two busy for a while?"

"Huh? Why us?", asked Trunks back.

Somehow Darc got a small tick at his forehead for Trunk´s rebuking. At least he is grown up now and not like his younger self. But he still was talking back.

"You two can fuse and transform into a Super Saiyan 3. Just teach them a little bit. Currently, they would just stand in the way." Darc stated calmly why he chose them.

While Trunks nodded understandingly, Caulifla was even more angered by that.

"We are not that weak!", she cried out.

"You are not!. But our enemy is on another level. So stop complaining and accept the offer. Don't try to wring out the little patience I still have!" Darc actually started to shout lightly back.

That silenced Caulifla real fast. Until now she knew him being composed and calm most of the time. It also raised her curiosity who this enemy was that dampened the prideful appearance he once had.

"Who are these guys by the way?", asked Goku and stared at the two.

"They are Saiyans from our sibling Universe.", answered Vegeta and also looked at them again. "But at most, they can only achieve Super Saiyan 3. They don't have tails so I doubt they can go 4."

Goku just stared and smiled at some point. "That other one seems interestingly strong. I can feel divine ki from her." Goku was referring to Kale.

"She does?" Vegeta was not sure. He did feel they had a lot of energy but not to the point where it would be worthwhile praising.

"Let's cut this chit-chat short." Darc stopped them before Goku came to the great idea of challenging Kale. That he could analyze her to that degree was already telling a lot of improvement on Goku´s side.

Then he let the striking group gather around himself. "Whis, please bring them back if you can. Piccolo, try to use the Hyperbolic chamber with Trunks, Goten, Caulifla, and Kale. We need any strength we can get. Just in case."

"Got it. You guys be careful."

And with a nod, Darc transferred them to Hell.

Instantly the four of them stood under a dark reddish sky and the temperature increased by far more than expected.

"It's hotter than I remember.", commented Vegeta.

"You were in Hell?", asked Darc now.

"Sure, it was at the time I sacrificed myself. Cant really erase all your sins even if you do stuff like that..."

"Vegeta..." Goku only smiled wryly.

"Tsk, don't start talking. I don't want to even start thinking about us both being idiots sacrificing ourselves for nothing...."