Chap 74- Rose like a Flower.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩 𝟕𝟒- 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫:

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{ 𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧; 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 }

* 𝑪𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 *

Tinkering with what looks to be a mask in his hands, a genius old man with red goggles looks around with a screwdriver in his hands that he quickly changes to a solder to finish the final parts of the mask, sighing as he finally finished it and pushing his goggles to his forehead while resting his tools and creation by a table he was sat by.

" That should make it greatly tougher and help you keep the last one in check, although don't get too reckless, it was the last piece of materials I had from those you gave me. Further upgrades are futile if there isn't something durable to be able to keep it together."

Getting up as he moves his upper body around to stretch a bit he passes by a pink-skinned girl that sat on top of his wooden boxes eating what seems to be a piece of cake, her long tail of similar color to her skin swinging around as well, she chose to go back to this tone of skin after getting back, liking the pink tone more.

She giggles at the old man who once more looks inside a strange container with magenta liquid, inside it the black blob from last time had grown noticeably in size.

" Grrrr..... What... are we going to do now Fu?.... I don't have time to play around, the ones back in my homeworld still need to learn who their new 'King' is."- On one of the walls with his ominous red eyes and long black hair was the one who defeated the first Super Saiyan and Saiyan God of his Timeline.

Resting his back by it with both arms crossed, now wearing a red shirt with ripped sleeves and blue martial artist's pants. On his face the white mask that covered the lower part of his face, having put it on to gain the power to overcome his enemies.

His eyes were fixated on the table the doctor just stood up from, directly on the opposite where the same sat a second before was Fu, who had picked the one upgraded mask he asked for, running his finger through it with a malicious grin slapped onto his face.

Fixing his round orange-yellow glasses as he looks at his new Saiyan partner, he was happy the mask was doing its job, making them cooperate thinking it was by choice, so the control wouldn't be noticed or be broken easily.

" Now,~ now~ We still have a good loooong way to go Cumber, but with you guys here, by itself is already halfway walked." - Putting the mask back on the table he stood up, walking over to the pink girl, who just finished her cake, and sneaked a hand behind her bringing out a pack of cookies.

" Together with you guys, I can take more drastic approaches later on to those who normally wouldn't even consider my plans..... But first, we are going to find a certain someone who has been running across Timelines, his only method of transportation was destroyed by stupidity and overconfidence...

*Grins* We are going to see if he's willing to help our cause~ If not, after putting on the mask and seeing its powers, he might have a 'change' of heart~"

Speaking like a little devil, he stood by 21's side, tapping her head a few times with an open palm before walking towards an empty space in the laboratory, the girl wasn't even paying attention as she stuffed her face full of cookies before moaning loudly... Making those around there deadpan her.

The doctor who was watching his creation inside the container lets out an exhausted groan, and with both arms behind his back, he walks toward the exit as Fu waves him away swiftly.

" Have a great rest Doc! Can't wait to see your next project!"- With a voice full of sarcasm he saw the doctor shake his head before the automatic metal door opened, and closed behind him as he exited.

Now outside his main lab room the doctor stops to think about his current situation.-' Son-Goku..... You will pay for your crimes the Red Ribbon.... And the death of my son....*Frowns angrily*... Unlike those me's that failed... I will make sure not even one of your offsprings scape their doomed fates...'

Starting to walk once more, he goes off to work on another one of his most personal projects.

Meanwhile, inside the room, he just left.

" Now~ Shall we fetch us some new potential friends?"- Turning around in a quick move he cuts a black slice in space, and it quickly expands open in a portal.

Fu turns around resting his sword by his sheath and signals at their next destination.-" We have to get him before that timeline's Zeno or his equivalent does so.... Your prey will be easier to be fetched 21, but I bet he will still be a somewhat pleasant one~."

With a 'sweet' voice he calls his new colleagues, one jumped from the box she was eating her sweets and happily humming about fighting someone strong and seeing how they taste, quickly passing by Fu and grinning as she took a mask from him and proceeding to quickly jump Inside the Portal.

And the other just grunted as he strolled forward with his arms still crossed, and before he entered the portal like he saw 21 doing, he turned around to look at Fu for a second, his eyes in their permanent frown.

"Let's test him... If he's that great of an individual, we shall give it a try."- Humoring himself as he lets out a raspy chuckle while entering the portal, Fu is left there confused for an instant.

' Even with this mask he still holds his Saiyan instincts... Well, this will be a good test to see how much it effectively works... Ehehe~ Now this is exciting~'- With a huge grin, he soon followed after the other two, the dark cut in space closing shortly behind him

*𝑩𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔*

The Lab now being left empty, the lights turned off as always the way they liked them to be, and the only source of light being the container of the strange being, small black tentacles wobbling around as they formed something on its middle part.

A mouth, that stood still, immobile in a neutral line as the rest of its body wriggled around, the mouth quickly moved a few times, smiling, frowning angrily, grimacing around as it looked to be testing its possibilities.

Until it closed once more. Only the black mass now being visible with two small orange nubs on its top, like it understood something and now wished to keep it a secret for right now.

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{ 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒-𝟎𝟑-𝟐𝟐; 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡; 𝟎𝟖:𝟑𝟖 𝐩.𝐦 }

*𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐌!!!*

" HOW COULD SUCH A LOWLY MORTAL SUCCESSFULLY MAKE A MOVE ON ME!? IT HAD TO BE MORTALS TO APPROPRIATE THEMSELVES OF SUCH A INDIVINE THING AS ANGER!!! "

A pink-black sphere of Ki is seen in what used to be once a city, its size gigantic, multiple times larger than the city that stood there one day.

In the middle of all the energy being released was a man with black hair, styled identically to earth's hero, Son Goku. By his ears were gold earrings with green gem parts at the ends.

His clothes are also identical to the one he looks like but twisted to be in darker colors, black, white, and red being the main ones in the place of the orange and blue that they once were. Also being torn apart in various places coupled with scratches all over his skin, as a result of his last battle.

Shouting at the top of his lungs while for a few seconds, his hair would stand up and just fall once more.

He was enraged, his quest to kill the mortals that messed and mocked the Divines has long started since he got his current body.

Exterminating every single of those worlds before leaving for the next one, not staying more than needed, otherwise, the one who was above would notice him. At times if he had time he would end the Kai's as well, but his main point was the one where he stood right now.

" Aaaagh!!!!! Earthlings! It was not enough to dirt the image of those such as myself, and break the natural order by traveling to times they shouldn't seek..... Now, to make one new one to the books... Also destroying my rings....

Very soon I shall also start to feel the effects of not having it... Although I don't remember Gowasu mentioning anything about not having them after traveling, so it's something to question... He always stuck with those morality questions of his..... Tsk!"

Dispersing his energy away, and after a few seconds, it can be seen that the lands he was currently in were now even more flattened after this sudden burst of his.

He was stuck here, and without Dragon Balls, he was visibly frustrated. Taking a few steps forward he sees a boulder that was one of the debris that he probably dug out after his outrage earlier, leaping forward, he takes a sit on it.

Seeing that the sky and the moon showering the now-helpless earth, made him smirk at the thought.

" Petty Mortals.... At least I did the work many like me couldn't. Robbing the Time Rings each time I had the chance, going to them, and ending those vermin.... Ahaha!

I could try to detect a high power level to warp there... But to where? I alreaady made sure all Kai's perished here..... What awaits me is the unknown, fitting even."

Adventures that followed his horrendous life were many, always as gruesome as the last.

The first Timelines he traveled to gave him a hard time, but as he continued his powers never ceased to increase. Each battle, a new experience. Every Clash, something was learned.

Those who once almost defeated him would tremble under his feet the next time he came back, it was always like that...

But, these acts didn't go unnoticed and he knew that. If he stayed for too long in a time, either the Higher Divinities would take notice in a few months or the Warden would track him down in maybe a week's time.

And so, he now finds himself in the worse situation possible. Having underestimated the timeline he currently is in. He initiated his human manslaughter as soon as he arrived after finishing the Kai's.

Without even ten minutes passing by, the ones protecting this time appeared. It seemed this was a Timeline where peace was reignited, and they still had the power of Gods. Disgusting the one who came to seek them even more.

The battle was harsh, for the Earth Warriors. Many died as soon as the battlefield was settled with the many explosions that run loose across the planet who was crying with the large craters that formed every time they clashed.

Humanity was shaken that day, and the Son family was also being massacred by this twisted version of a copycat, who had Goku's face.

Goten, Gohan, Chi-Chi. All of them ended before he put his full attention on the main house. Doing the same with the Briefs family... Leaving only two rivals heavily injured behind.

The Earthling Saiyan who fought to his heart's content while training at any chance he had. And the Prideful one who once came here to end him once in the past, now after such a long time being able to call each other rivals and friends.

They stood side by side, the blood of their families in this Blackened Goku's hands....

It was enough to make them forget the excitement of a fight, instead now wanting nothing more than to make this monster pay.

With raging hatred, an intense blue and red glow exploded around Goku, as Vegeta had his own in a darker shade of blue.

Taking their enemy by surprise as the Saiyans broke their limits. Trashing him around even after his hair stood up in a rosy glow. Hatred improving their powers to the very limit.

And as a quick move, the both of them fired Ki waves aimed to destroy a pouch with rings inside it and the one he had by his hand. Aiming for them after seeing how overly protective of them he was.

Unlike his Canon version, he hadn't met Saiyans who could be pushed so far with just anger as most of them had the Blue power at their highest powers and wouldn't pose much of a threat for him to see the value in getting angered to such a level like Mortals did.

But this time they were different, scoping greater powers he wasn't able to go against as they worked together. So after spitting the blood in his mouth, he chooses to take their example, letting out his anger towards everything that they represented in his eyes, and also the anger towards what he was about to do...

'Such an unholy thing for someone such as myself to do.'- He thought at the time, hating that to put the best use to his body he needed to lower himself.

Ascending far beyond he gave them a swift end with his own anger that surpassed anything they had in store. And soon later we just saw his state after realizing the situation he found himself. Exploding in hatred by being trapped in a Timeline, just waiting for his demise to come.

Now staring at the sky, thinking about possible actions he could take to get out of there. But it is hard seeing that even going to Space would be hard as he destroyed Capsule Corp and their ships.

Trying hard to see a way or energy that he could sense far away to teleport to, he had Son Goku's body after all. But it seems his fate had different plans.

*Uuush~*

" Hmm? What was that? There shouldn't be Humans left...."- Looking to the side he saw a boulder, his eyebrow raised as a purple man was followed by another one.

The guy who was the last to leave behind the boulder was the one who got his attention the most, the raw energy he had was unnerving, counting that the Saiyan didn't seem to have noticeable Godly Powers.

Arms crossed he stared in Black's direction with his crimson eyes that showed a piece of curiosity.

" You..... It doesn't seem either of us are locals from here..... What do you wish with me?"- Resting his chin on his palm, he humors himself to his new guests.

' These two.... I don't remember seeing them before in any of the Timelines I traveled through .... Could they be Outsiders?'- Keeping his guard up for any potential threat coming his way.

" Hm~ We just wanted to help!"- Opening his arms wide, Fu makes the best 'innocent' face he can. - " We took notice of the situation you found yourself in. And came to propose a helping hand for you to get out the same way we came in."

Fixing his glasses as he spoke out, Black squeezed his eyes half closed, finding this too pesky for his tastes.

" What is the catch? Also, what is stopping me...."- He disappears for a second.

"*Vuush* From just forcing yo- Ugh?"

" Me...."

Teleporting behind Fu, who didn't even flinch, Black tried to grab his shoulder just to have his wrist yanked away by Cumber, who slowly let out a strange red mist-like aura around his body as he glared at the one he was holding.

Sharing a quick look, Black gave him a small smirk.-" As primitive as always it seems."

*Vush!*

Appearing sitting on the boulder he was a second before, surprising Cumber for a second as he was sure he had the shorter Saiyan in his grab.- ' It seems even a Faker can still carry some strength...'

Fu just gave a quick side look at the red eyes of Saiyan who was now staring daggers at Black. Fu received a nod from Cmber like he was saying the guy in front of them was 'worthy', and now chuckling to himself.

" Well~ We are not enemies you know? In a strange way, we're in the same team even! And for the twist.." - He reached a hand by his waist, getting another mask, leaving only another one there now.

" This, it's something that's going to help you greatly and is necessary to be able to traverse around with me and my 'friends' as it has some parts of my DNA in it... Don't worry about any type of Mind controlling devices, though, I don't truly think they would work after all... Or, perhaps are you too weak to break out of those~"

Lying as naturally as the breathed, Fu spun the mask in his fingers as he watched with great interest Black's facial changes. And a prominent one, annoyance.

His eyes never completely left Cumber's, asking himself why the Saiyan had enough strength to stop his hand a second before. -' It seems his power is large enough to match mine suppressed.... Even with my current minor injuries I still have my ace, there should be no worries in here...'

Letting out a chortle.- " Nothing made by mere Mortals could potentially make a divine being such as myself fall under lowly things like Mind Control.... But I give you a point.-*closes eyes*... My time is counted if I stay here... Hmm?"

Opening his eyes and getting out of his deep thoughts, shifting his eyes to move around his right, then left, seeing a rock formation further away, he rose an eyebrow as he also did with one of his arms, aiming towards it.

*𝐔𝐔𝐒𝐇- 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐌!!!*

Firing a yellow Ki-Blast that hits straight on the rock formation, completely obliterating it, leaving only a large crater with dark smoke coming out of it. And all the way to the formation there was a trail of destruction that followed with a large delay behind the blast.

Melting everything to a burning colored magma as well as some other rock parts that the blast passed close by.

Seeing it was nothing he shrugged turning his head towards the two men fairly away from him, both looked at the trail of destruction and took it as a warning from the one they were trying to recruit.

" Hmmm... I could promise I felt something in that direction... Well, if there was really something there, now there is nothing."- Let a quick 'hmph' he pushed his feet on the boulder he was resting by firmly.

*Uuush!* - Leaping forward to be closer to his guests, looking them up and down, and finally at the mask. Questioning himself if he should just take it. But there was also the chance that what the purple Demon said was true in his eyes.

And that would just leave him with a useless mask and two more corpses to add to his mountain.

Seeing his indecision, Fu was quick to act while throwing the mask toward the Divine Saiyan for him to catch it.

" Why don't we do this~?-*fixes glasses*- Help me with something that I'm planning as a way to repay the favor, and then you go back to whatever you were doing... It also involves the 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏, so I guess it would greatly help you as a bonus ~"

Pointing an index finger up, Fu saw Black's eyes widen at the mention of the name of the one who kept Timelines together, and also the one who has been hunting him since he started robbing Time Rings.

Eyeing the mask he just caught now with a greater interest.

" Grrr... Just put the damn thing on already.... The power that thing gives was enough to push my powers to levels any other Saiyan would be thirsting for..... And I really want to see how hard you can really hit, Fake Saiyan...."

With a dreadful raspy low voice coming out of his mask, Cumber cracks his knuckles, his true intentions of all his staring finally being made clear.

Chuckling at being called a 'Fake', Black swung the mask around for a bit.-" Please, I don't need to be called 'Faker' by a savage such as yourself, after all this body has left being one like your kind a long time ago."

*𝐕𝐔𝐒𝐇!!*

Moving his free hand close to his face a flash of pinkish lightning cracked to life around him before a purple and pink glows exploded out quickly, forcing the ones in front of him to flinch slightly.

With a burning rose aura around him, one arm by his chin staring at Fu and Cumber like he was a higher being, and by his other hand the mask he was proposed to.

" Do not compare myself to one of your own filthy of race, Saiyan.... I execute the will of the Gods, the 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑶𝒏𝒆𝒔, the ones who are the top! They gifted me the awareness my other versions lacked and resulted in their failures... So do not compare thyself to me."- His eyes and hair were now rose-pink, his voice also way lower as he was speaking back Cumber's calling.

' Wait..... The Ancient Ones are making moves in this Multiverse?.... I thought they kept themselves in Mumei's Old Multiverse... What are they planning in doing here...Ahh*Sigh*.... Change of plans I guess....'- With his face immediately closing up, Fu was breaking his head with this new piece of information...

But he quickly got his facade back on working, smiling as always.-" Now, Now~! We could test that when we leave, right? This place isn't what I would call the most secure for long stays."

Trying to pry off the intense stare that was shaking everything around them the two Saiyans were having, Fu waited quietly, and after seeing Black finally go back to his base with a grin of superiority and Cumber just grunting back, seeing the purple one on his side doing something and grinning under his mask.

*𝑺𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑰𝑵!* - "CUMBER!!"

It was quick, it was smooth. Drawing a Symbol '𝕀𝕏𝕀' in the air and firing it at Black with his blade. The Divine Saiyan tried jumping away as he realized these two weren't so friendly but found himself too slow, like his powers were being limited by something.

" 𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐇!!!!" - Charging forward like a Berserker with his hair jumping up in gold with a golden-black aura, Cumber snitches the mask out of Black's hands.

*𝑩𝑨𝑴!*

Slapping it onto his face as his eye widened seeing its insides with the man moving too fast for him to see, his overconfidence in himself in this short period of time would give him a bad time once more like before.

"Wha-" - *𝑪𝑹𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑯𝑯!*

" I do not enjoy fights like this.... Still, there are special cases like you... who's nothing but a Faker with Glitter!"- Shoving his face in the ground and creating an absurdly large crater around them, lowering their ground a couple of feet from where it was before.

After basically using the man's head to cave a hole in the ground, Cumber gets up while slapping his hands from any dust he got on them.

" Could have been a bit more... delicate?... Those are as expensive as a Universe I would say...."- Flying closely to see any damage to the mask, Fu was happy to see it did hold itself rather well.

Floating away he sees Cumber staring carrying the now passed-out Saiyan on his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

The two of them were about to finally leave with Fu cutting a portal large enough for Cumber to fit in carrying Black.

*clack*

"Hmm?....."- With his feet already inside the portal following after the other two who just stepped inside, Fu turned around humming at the sound of what seemed a rock being moved, it was very low but he was sure he heard....

Scanning the area with his red pupils, he quickly saw a crow in one of the many boulders that were left around after the city was whipped out by Black. Chucking to himself he starts going back inside the portal once more.

"Ahaha... The second birdy to make me worry I guess."

*Uuush!*

With the black cut in space closing shortly behind the Demon as he walked in, the silence of a dead world was what was left behind.

Dust was being raised in small quantities with the winds that sang through the night.

Destruction all over the once full-of-life Earth, now nothing but a lifeless shell.

" Huuuuh*sigh*..... I really thought I was gonna be a goner for a second there... But seriously... You saved my skin yet again, old friend..."- A relieved feminine voice can be heard behind one of the rock boulders that were almost hit by Black.

A girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing light-yellow clothes resembling a detective from the old times was sitting by the ground as looked a round golden watch she held onto. The thing just saved her a second time today.

She appeared a bit before Black exploded the City even more, feeling the planet shake with the great quantity of energy being distributed but not truly sensing any energy.

Following where the winds were coming from that shot everywhere around the planet she reduced her power to her max capacity.

And like what happened a few minutes before when she finally got close enough, when the Ki blast was shot from Black who had a little suspicion, she immediately felt the air change.

Staying as quietly as possible while using her watch's help, to completely eliminate any presence she had left, and as a bonus seeing the blast passing by too fast that she was sure she would never be able to react in time, sure as hell giving her a hard scare.

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Groaning and getting up she sighs once more before pointing her watch forward.

" 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏: 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆'𝒔 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅...."

Seemly cringing at her own words, the blonde starts to feel funny as a large glowing blue transparent clock appears under her, slowly going up and making her body disappear as it did so.

" Why did Kronii put such a large enchant... Anyway... Something is happening, and I'm sure that guy was the one she was searching for like crazy these last few days....

Just the Goku-San Copycat wasn't enough huh... But I was 'lucky' too... who knew the Timeline I appeared to fix some small things would be in such state..."

Rubbing her temples as half her body had already disappeared, she looked towards the large trench and crater that was left behind by those who already left.

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"I have a bad feeling about this.... It seems I will be reporting a lot directly to the old hag today..."