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Real World -- Tokyo, Japan

The first thing on Shallots list to do was get everyone from his team back into Xenoverse 3. That alone took entirely too much convincing, really, but they eventually ambled into the Realm Time Machine.

"I still don't know why we need to go back," Bra said, flipping her blue hair from her shoulder.

Shallot couldn't help but sigh at his 'girlfriend'. She was always just a little too loud, a little too clingy, and too argumentative. Not at all like noodle head, who he was doing everything for. "Because Game Master can read the data from your mind and figure out where I stashed Chisato. And I need you all to get as many [Healing Items] you can carry and food for her, 'cause she didn't have a chance to buy anything from the [Shops]."

It was a bold lie. The reason Shallot wanted them gone had nothing at all to do with those things and everything to do with his Master Plan to protect the girl he loved, but they didn't need to know that.

"Whatever," was her flippant response.

Granola's multicolored eyes watched Shallot closely. Too closely; as if seeing through his scheme. At least that's what Shallot felt he was doing.

'Quit staring at me!'

Shallot forced his attention to the knobs and switches of the Real Time Machine and they slowly took off. He looked over the city of Tokyo and all its glory.

Pip,

They were gone.

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Xenoverse 3 - Conton City

"Alright. You guys go do that while I...get Reimu and Marisa," Shallot said.

His team took off for the [Shops] as he'd hoped they would. Shallot pretended he was leaving the Realm Time Machine, but as soon as they were gone he hit [Load] on his save game watch.

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Previous Day

Chisato wasn't there at the Time Nest just as he'd suspected. With her real body being in the real world it wasn't possible for her Data body to converge a whole day before. That meant Trunks would be onto him right away, and that Shallot couldn't have. Mr. Perfect would just have to deal with his wife being MIA for a bit. Thus Shallot left the Nest in a hurry, tapped to the transporter and went to Present - Earth.

When he morphed there he flew over to Capsule Industries, went through the doors and headed straight down the steps, all one billion of them, into the [Lab]. Bulma was present and accounted for, as well as her newest memeber, a stumpy guy wearing a purple super hero costume. They were talking excitedly about a new beauty product about to be released on the market for collagen repair. Whatever that meant.

"Hey," Shallot greeted, gazing around the clean place. That was due to Gamma 1 and his tidy work.

"Shallot!" Bulma stopped mid sentence and focused her attention to him. "What brings you to the lab? Here to check out my newest Cell Repair Serum? It isn't released yet, so don't get your hopes up!"

Shallot wasn't in the mood for jokes and his face said as much. He shook his head, "Nah. I'm here for the Dragon Radar. There's a guy who's gonna make a stupid wish on these new Dragon Balls, and I need to beat him there."

"Oh! Really? New Dragon Balls?" Bulma sat down her cell phone, tucking it into her white lab coat and walked over to him. "Do tell!"

"Not much to tell," he hedged, "Except he's beaten me once already and I had to reload. So let's not waste time."

'I really don't want Trunks to catch me here. I'd have to re-load again, and that's a pain in the ass.'

Bulma puckered her glossy lips and waved her arm, not amused by Shallots sour tone. "Alright, sheesh. Who peed in your bed this morning? Anyway, I think it's here in my desk. Hang on."

"Fine."

He mindlessly watched Bulma pilfer through all of her desk drawers, go to the rows of tables piled with various equipment, and begin searching under those tables, too, and even through boxes. Finally she found it and held the round locator up. "Yes! I knew it was here somewhere! I've not used it in a few months, but the batteries should still work just fine."

"Great," Shallot said, snatching it from her lifted arm. "Gotta go. Have fun with your uh, face crap or whatever."

"It's Cell Repair Serum! Get it right! Ugh," Bulma rolled her eyes. "But yes, I will have fun. Every woman alive will be buying this up!"

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It took him all of thirty minutes to find the Red Dragon Balls. They weren't hard at all to locate, thankfully, but he did have to hide his Ki just in case Trunks was on the trail. The last two Dragon Ball were with Pilaf and his dog partner, Shu, who Shallot had to threaten to give them away. All it took was one good power up and they handed over the Dragon Balls.

'Finally! The hard parts done.'

He put them into a Hoi-Poi Capsule and tucked it within his armored shirt, and found a nice clearing a few miles out from Blake Bog to pop open his Real Time Machine.

"This is it...really hope they work over there." He said, closing the dome lid on himself.

Pip,

Shallot was gone.

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Real World - Tokyo, Japan

Shallot hit the button on his capsule and the Realm Time Machine popped back into it, hidden once more. He zoomed all the way from Tokyo to his home in Ofuku, Japan, not once stopping until he saw his fenced in mansion waiting for him.

Tap,

He landed and went through the broken gate, hopped to his bedroom window and glanced around; nothing had changed. Shallot took a deep breath and went to his game desktop, where the display screen was powered off, hiding the fact that he had a running copy of Xenoverse 3 going at all times.

Shallot gulped.

"This is it..."

He ejected the disc.

"No more Xenoverse. Sorry, Chisato, but this is the only way..." he said, putting it into a case and throwing it to the bed.

He felt bad about lying to everyone and saying Game Master stole it, but it was for a good cause. That cause had been Chisato, newlywed, and covered in bruises made by her supposedly kind husband. Shallot had been so outraged he vowed never to let her be with Trunks again, even if she hated him for it.

'She'll definitely kill me for all of this if she finds out. But I...'

His dark eyes shut.

She'd looked so fragile despite her saiyan form, shivering in the water of the Bamboo Forest, and the purple and red marks left on her tan skin had been pronounced. As someone who was always too innocent for her own good, she'd thought those were 'normal' and even said she was too sore to be hugged. Shallot couldn't imagine that pain, and didn't want to. He'd had a burning desire to kill Trunks---one that hadn't went away even after returning to his post in the Real World. So he'd concocted the idea the game had been stolen, just to get Chisato out of there.

"All of this...will end." He said, staring down at the game on his bed, cocooned in a case. Safe. Chisato was safe from the woes of Game Master. Those Red Dragon Balls had given him the brilliant idea he needed to finish the job, once and for all.

Shallot grabbed civilian clothes, a hoodie and a pair of black ball shorts, popping a hat on his head. He tied his white sneakers and pocketed the game into the shorts oversized pocket, and remembered his tail.

"Shit. This has to go." He couldn't risk turning into a Great Ape.

With a hard yank, Shallot de-tailed himself and tossed the furry thing down. "Didn't hurt as bad as I thought it would."

Next he grabbed his backpack and shoved in some hygiene supplies, and even more after going to his mothers room and shoving in feminine things, too, including a set of bra and panties, and a change of clothes. He couldn't have Chisato running around everywhere in nothing but a T-shirt, after all.

His blue school backpack looked stuffed and overburdened.

"Alright...time for phase three."

He left to his fathers office, separate from his mothers, and snagged Dr. Yuusuke's emergency credit card. It was always stashed within his office desk, and Shallot knew its existence from previously using it for new H novels in the past. He took that card and pocketed it. "This should help. Thanks for leaving it for me, Father."

Shallot moved his one lock of bang away from his eyes, and bid his family home goodbye.

It was time to call the Dragon.

He chose the school grounds for the site, landing hard enough his sneakers dipped into the fresh cut grass, and pulled out the Hoi-Poi capsule from his shorts. He clicked the lid and out came seven Red Dragon Balls. "Here we go...Eternal Dragon, by your name I summon you!"

The blue sky up above turned night. Lightning crackled all around, zig zagging across the rumbling sky.

'Chisato....'

Shallot trembled a little, knowing good and well what he was about to do would theoretically undo all the time he'd spent with her. Every smile, every touch, every fight they'd faced would be nothing.

A large green dragon formed in the sky, and Shallot knew it was Shenron. Those Red Dragon Balls had to be linked somewhere to the real world, then. Which meant...

'After I make a wish they'll scatter over the Earth. I'll have to find at least one and keep it safe.'

"What are your three wishes?" The Dragon asked, glaring his red eyes at Shallot.

Shallot swallowed a knot down his neck. "My first wish is to erase Chisato Shino's mind of everything related to the game Xenoverse 3."

Gleam,

"It has been done."

"My second wish...is to make her remember me, Shallot, as Shiroui Yuusuke, her boyfriend from school."

Another Gleam,

"Your second wish has been granted." Shenron said, glaring at the reborn saiyan.

"My...final wish...is to erase Game Master!" Shallot yelled.

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"..."

"I cannot. He created me," Shenron said.

"Well shit." Shallot grit his teeth. "Fine. My third wish is to make Chisato immortal."

Time passed.

Shenron blew his whiskers back, "I don't have the power to make that girl immortal. That which made me has forbid it."

"Urgh!"

Shallot punched the grass in aggravation. "FINE! Then...at least, make me able to find him!"

"...I cannot."

"Dammittttt....! He's thought of fucking everything!" Shallots hat left his head as his dark hair turned blonde. "How the hell can I beat his ass if I can't find it?"

Shenron snuffed. "...Your third wish?"

"Alright, alright. My third wish is...fuck it, my third wish is to have a save watch that works in the real world."

Gleam,

"Your third wish has been granted."

Shenron vanished, and the sky returned to normal. Shallot let out a shaky breath and picked his hat up, putting it back onto his dark head. "Tch!" He eyed the watch which fell from the sky and snagged it, "It'll have to do I guess. Damn..."

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Yokohama, Japan

Chisato hopped from the plush couch where she'd been crying, seeing her boyfriend Shiroui return. "You're back!" She giggled and ran at his chest. "I thought you'd never return."

"Sorry, nood---Chisato. I uh, just went to get you some stuff." Shiroui said, sliding his backpack from his shoulders.

'Oh! So that's where he went.'

"What is it?" She asked, peering at the swollen backpack. Shallot unzipped it and pulled out a change of clothes; a tank top and pair of shorts, along with one white lacy bra, and pink panties. Chisato picked them up gratefully. "You got me clothes? Oh, thank you so much! Shiroui is the best boyfriend!"

"W-Well I...don't know about that," he said, rubbing his neck, "But these will help for now. So...are you hungry, or anything?"

"Ano...not really. I feel pretty full, actually."

"Great. Then we can shower and pop over to Cosmo Clock 21 later. Would you like that, cutie?" He asked, touching her thin wrist.

"Hya...y-yes. Very much!" Her bare feet lifted as she wrapped her arms around his thick shoulders, hanging on. "When we ran away to elope, I didn't dream Shiroui would bring me here to Yokohama. It's so beautiful."

"Er..I...w-we...e-elope, huh.." Shiroui chuckled and picked her up into his arms as if she were feather light, one handed, "Let's elope then. Tonight. You and I will get married. Besides...pretty sure you're already pregnant."

"Kya! M-Me?! Pregnant with Shiroui's baby?!"

Her face warmed at the thought. 'There's a baby growing inside me right now?'

Hesitantly she put her hand to her stomach and nodded, "I'm so happy. To have your child."

She wasn't expecting that news to make her boyfriend crush her to him, squeezing out her air in one single move, but Chisato enjoyed the feeling of her boyfriend very much. It wasn't until she heard sniffling that she leaned away, seeing transparent tears rolling from his tan cheeks. His sharp jaw quivered. "Ano...Shiroui? Is everything okay?" She asked, touching his cheek.

"...Yeah. I'm fine. It's just...for so long I...have wanted...to be like this with you, Chisato..." he covered her hand with his and smiled as another lonesome drop slid down, "...words can't express how I feel right now."

"Uuu...when you cry it--it makes me want to cry..."

"Sorry. I'll try to stop."

He said that but his handsome face contorted and together they crumbled to the floor. Chisato hugged him and together they sobbed for a few minutes. Eventually Shiroui stopped and wiped his eyes and nose on his hoodie sleeve, saying, "I have a new life. Here. With you. I'm gonna make damn sure you get everything you should have had, you hear me, Chisato? There's nothing I won't give you."

"Oh, Shiroui...you're spoiling me."

"Damn right! I'm gonna do everything with you." He chuckled and flicked her nose, "Starting with taking you on a date. Then we'll eat our faces full of food and get married, right here in Yokohama. Just you and I."

"Yes! Ano...I want to shower first, can I?" She asked, looking down at her T-shirt dress. "I feel poorly sitting beside you. Shiroui is just so handsome."

"Nood...Chisato...to me, you're the most beautiful woman in the entire world." He said, thumbing her lower lip. "We can shower together. I'll even scrub your back and stuff."

"Kya...a-alright, then."