Back?

Opening the door to the command center of the ship, there was a hovering seat already floating in front of the pressure glass that showed a planet in front of the spaceship.

Both people that entered kneeled down.

"Lord Frieza, we are here as ordered."

A violet tail moved slightly when those words were said and the hovering seat turned around. The person that sat inside was really Frieza, the strongest frost demon of the northern quadrant.

"That was about time." The red pupils of Frieza wandered from Salza to Banando. "And you are that person who has that unique fighting power?"

Raising his head Banando first looked at Salza to his side and then after confirming his ok did he look at Frieza. "Yes, my lord."

"Oh, look at that. Do you also think you are stronger than me?" Frieza smirked a little and stills tared at him. Banando became somewhat uncomfortable and frowned slightly.

He couldn't just say that, could he? This will become somehow of a problem for sure.

"No, of course not, my lord." Banando immediately denied Frieza his question.

"Hmm..." Frieza than looked at Salza. "Then he is useless. Get me someone else."

Salza became somewhat nervous and reacted to this.

"My lord. Banando here is just a little bit shy. He is definitely robust enough to train with your lordship. He is even stronger than me by now.", stated Salza and tried to convince Frieza.

At that moment Banando looked over to Salza. Since when did this guy start thinking he was already stronger than him? ´Damn, this guy is a sly fox...He already figured with the amount of improvement I simulated he really thinks I am already hiding something.´

"But he said he is not stronger than me?" Frieza was now a little bit annoyed by the sound of his tone getting lower.

"That is because he probably compares your lordship with your brother."

"Cooler, huh? Alright, I will go straight to the point then, soldier. Banando, was it? You are here on my orders to train with me. I searched for a very talented training partner to improve myself. This may become a gruesome time for you but I demand iron discipline. And don't worry, you will be compensated accordingly."

Then the seat turned around once more.

"We will do training every 3 days. So try to get accustomed to it."

Banando was confused now.

"My lord, I thought I was supposed to be your bodyguard? What would need my lord to become even stronger than you already are?"

"Things...have changed lately in the universe and I think it is about time I start doing some training to keep myself at top fitness. Wouldnt you agree that a strong empire needs a leader with equal strength?"

"Are you referring to the Galactic Police?"

Frieza smiled. "Looks like someone has a good head on those shoulders. Yes, those little pesky people are getting more and more annoying. And they have disturbing confidence about their actions as well. That made me believe there is someone that can rival my power. And I don't like that one bit. And just like I thought. Even my dear brother couldn't get a clear understanding of the power that the one person leading them had. Only that it was very high..."

"I am not going to sit idle while my empire is crumbling. Those 7 years I brought should be enough for me to prepare and eradicate those insects. They will pay for signing that non-aggression pact."

"...I understand. Thank you for answering my curiosity."

With that conversation ending Banando started his little life as the personal trainer of Frieza. That definitely was a very bad outcome but it didn't act against the orders that his original gave him so he had to keep going. At most, if push comes to shove he would have to hand over all the responsibilities to his original. It was his idea after all. Or was it his own. He was already regretting it.

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Back at Darc his position something happened that he was not happy about.

Darc was lying on the ground and looking upwards into the sky. His hand still clutched the time scroll.

Standing up he looked at the time scroll and could clearly see that it was still not going back to normal.

And worse is that he was still in that timeline. No, he should say he went a little bit into the future for that matter. He could perceive some energy signatures that were obviously Goku and the others.

Darc could only really hope they were not fighting at this moment. That is because his energy is completely drained and he could do nothing at this moment.

It has been a while since he was this out of strength. But he already thought some little plans for those occasions.

So just like Jiren ha started to float crosslegged and entered meditation. His aura also changed to that of his god-form. Black flames flickered on his body and slowly regenerated the wounds he sustained while fighting Baby.

In his meditation state, he could feel the surrounding energies even more clearly and now he even perceived Goku his energy growing tremendously.

`Damn, he became even stronger than when he fought Baby. So that is Goku in a nutshell, huh? Still, why do I feel like this improvement rate is unnatural? And what is that? That energy...Vegeta? Why? These fluctuations! They are fighting!?´

Darc opened his eyes and looked into the direction he feels their energies from. ´Don't tell me something is up? There shouldn't be a second clash between those two.´

With those thoughts in mind, Darc charged forth once again.

And when arriving he could see something horrendous. Vegeta was on his knees slowly standing up while Goku was hovering a few meters in the air and looking down at him.

"AHAHAHAHAHA! What is wrong, Prince Vegeta!? Not so high and mighty anymore are we?"

"You damn...Kakarot, have you really lost your goddamn mind now?"

"Don't start with that. I already told you that this Kakarot you refer to is already dead. The moment he killed Omega Shenron was the exact time he went to the dimension of the Dragonballs. And now I am back. The +real+ Kakarot. And I will now execute my previous order that I had received when my parents send me to this planet.", answered Goku. But this Goku was definitely different. He had a very haughty attitude. There was even a darkish aura collecting around him and his eyes had a dark glow around them.

"What is going on here?", asked Darc after landing beside the worn-out Vegeta.

Vegeta reacted immediately. "Darc! Good thing you are back."

Darc only nodded. "Looks like the malfunction of my time scroll is his doing? From his behavior, I don't think this is Goku? What happened?"

"We messed up and used...."

"I know about that. I mean after that." interrupted Darc him before he started repeating all things that happened.

"...After beating Shenron Goku just fell over. At first, we thought he died then and there but his body changed back to his adult form and now he is the one in front of you."

The Goku that listened to their conversation snickered. "You know, you still didn't tell him what I just said to you."

"I already heard it. So you are the real Goku. No, it should be Kakarot from when you were 3 years old? That is also not right. Your mother would turn in her grave if she really found out you became such a person."

The Goku stayed silent and smirked. "So you know my mother? Interesting. You are actually right to a certain point but it doesn't matter. Now, I would recommend stepping aside, alright?"

"And what If I don't do that?", asked Darc in a cold manner back.

"I can clearly see that you got an exhausted body. Should be from the time when we fought Baby?"

"Hmpf, I can say the same to you. You probably can't even go to Super Saiyan 3 in your state after using the genkidama against Shenron"

"True, but for a human, I don't even need that much power."

"Have you already gone senile or did you forget that I fought on equal levels to a Super Saiyan 4?"

"Hahaha!" Bad Goku just laughed and turned into Super Saiyan. "Don't bother bluffing. Your body is way too damaged to show that power again. And even then you were still way below my power."

"Now, if you don't want to step aside, then you just will die." With those words, Goku started attacking. Darc being targeted first.

"Shit.", cursed Vegeta and also turned Super Saiyan to intercept Goku but what he didn't expect was that Darc also erupted his aura and like those two Saiyans his aura emitted the same golden color.

Darc immediately blocked Goku his attack and deflected him with a kick that sends him back a few meters.

"Interesting...This aura and energy signature. It is a lot like our transformation. Did you actually change into a Super Saiyan? Or should be a Super Human? Well, whatever."

Darc his golden eyes still watched that Goku and then changed over to Vegeta. "I think this time we will be teaming up."

Vegeta could only look at Darc in shock. Even his eyes vibrated because what he saw was something impossible. "That...that can't be! How can you!? This feeling...."

Darc frowned. "Get a hold of yourself and concentrate. Also, didn't you always want to beat Goku? Now is your chance." Darc changed back to looking at the clearly evil Goku and entered his martial stance.

Now he had to push his body physically to the limit. His soul energy was completely dry after healing up somewhat. He really could use a Senzu at this moment. Damn.