After teleporting away from Namek and walking out of the ship, Lila and I find ourselves in a large, spacious, and dark cave, which was barely being illuminated by the light coming from the outside.
Feeling something soft under her feet, Lila mutters a soft, "Um..."
"One second." I said to her before she could ask me anything.
I trace my hand along the walls of the cave, feeling around for a switch before I eventually find it. Flipping it, bright lights suddenly flood the cave and Lila looks up to see that there were a few unlit lights on the ceiling of the cave, which I had installed a couple months back.
Turning on the lights revealed that the floor of the cave was covered with soft grayish animal furs, except for the area under and surrounding the ship, as there was obviously no need.
Lighting suddenly struck outside, causing Lila to stiffen a bit before heading towards the cave entrance.
"What... is this place?" Lila asked as she peeked out of the cave and looked around at our surroundings.
The sky above was shrouded in darkness, the sounds of purple lightning echoed overhead as they struck a multitude of times.
"Welcome to Apophis." I tell her, crossing my arms as I leaned against the entrance to the cave.
This was another planet I owned.
The Dark Planet, or Apophis, as I named it after gaining ownership. This was the planet that appeared in the "Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans" side story.
The one with Dr. Lychee and Hatchiyack.
Or Santa Claus, for the differently, but just as equally cultured.
I discovered this planet's existence about a year or two ago, after Cooler struck me down onto the Planet's surface during a sparring session. Ever since then I would start coming here every once in a while, discovering various things before eventually inhabiting the cave we just teleported into.
As time went on, I made it more and more livable, using the leftover resources from our planetary missions or just requesting items through the Cooler Force's requisition system.
Seeing as how the things I would request weren't anything outrageous or expensive, Cooler never really questioned it.
Or maybe he did and just didn't care all that much.
Apophis is in a state of almost permanent darkness thanks to the giant gas clouds in the atmosphere. The purple lightning was also a side effect from the gas clouds, which makes it very difficult to actually enter and leave the planet without losing your ship in the process.
It's the primary reason why I chose to make my home on such a planet to begin with. Because no one would be stupid enough to try and land on the planet.
And even if they were dumb enough to attempt it, they sure as hell weren't going to be leaving, as the lightning would just fry their systems or simply rip right through their ships hull.
It was the perfect planet to live on if you valued privacy, which also made it the perfect planet to house my Dragon Balls.
"This planet feels... wrong..." Lila mutters, looking around at the barren landscape.
I turn my head and look at her strangely, "What do you mean?"
"I'm not entirely certain... It's as if this planet has not been touched by the Kais..." She replied. "As if it was not made to sustain any life..."
Kais can actually feel that?
I guess it would makes sense considering that they are the Gods of Creation and all, but it's still intriguing nonetheless.
I got to ask her about that sometime.
"Oh, don't bother with that." I waved dismissively, grabbing the dragon model of Slither the Sky Dragon from the ship and walking out of the cave, heading off to an undisclosed location.
Lila's eyes widened and she quickly rushed to follow me.
"What do you mean? How could I not bother with this?! This planet is... it's just wrong! Every planet is meant to have some sort of touch, a sign of the Kais!" She exclaims, wanting an explanation.
"Shin stopped handholding the universe after the deaths of you and your companions." I told her, not even looking back to face her. "He now takes a more... laid back approach to handling the universe."
"Laid back?" She asks with a raised brow.
Reaching a deep a deep crevasse, I jump over it and continue my way forward until I reach the base of a the tall mountain. I jump high in the air and fly over it, with Lila following close behind.
"He sits on his high and mighty behind and does absolutely nothing." I answered bluntly.
"Please tell me that you aren't serious..." She says with disbelief, not wanting to believe my words.
"You can go ahead and ask him yourself. Though I really wouldn't want to deal with the headache that would come with the sudden revelation of your revival." I told her.
Then again, I wouldn't mind training in the World of the Kais, but then I would have to deal with Shin...
Besides Gohan, the half-breed not the human, Shin is probably on top of my list of characters that I find highly annoying.
At least Gohan was useful before he eventually became fodder.
Shin was basically useless from the damn get go.
He came into the Buu Saga with basically nothing in terms of actual skill or ability. He's supposed to be hailed as somewhat of a thinker, until you realize that he's ignorant about basically everything. Not only that, but he's pathetically weak.
Every single other Supreme Kai in Universe Seven, before they were absorbed or killed, were leagues stronger than him.
I get that all his friends died so he probably had no one to train him, but he had millions of years to think of something. He gets no sympathy from me.
You're a fucking Supreme Kai. Act like it.
Reaching the peak of the mountain, I descend downward towards a clearing which was surrounded by mountains on all sides. This was actually where I first crash landed on the planet. The entire area was essentially a giant crater.
"What happened, Shin..." I hear Lila mutter under her breath.
For a brief moment, I think about comforting her in some way, but I shrug it off and continue my way towards the middle of the clearing. She probably wouldn't want a stranger comforting her. Even if I'm now her student, we did just meet not even a hour ago.
Once at the middle, I place the model down on the ground and cross my arms, "All that's left is to make the seven spheres."
I hold out my hand and focus on creating seven small stone spheres, the size of which could fit easily in the palm of my hand. The stone spheres surround the model of Slifer, ready for the next step.
I let out a sigh, which causes Lila to come up beside me and ask, "What's wrong?"
"The last step requires a lot of energy. The number of wishes and how unrestricted those wishes are depends on the creator's energy." I told her.
"What's wrong with that? You certainly have enough energy to spare." She says.
"That I'm not sure of.."
My aim was to create the Black Star Dragon Balls.
A set of Dragon Balls that were introduced in Dragon Ball GT that allowed you to wish for anything. They had no rules, no restrictions, and mostly importantly, no time limit.
The only caveat was that those Dragon Balls dispersed to planets across the entire universe and if you didn't return them to the planet the last wish was made from within in a year, the energy of the Black Star Balls would destroy the planet that the wish was made on.
The issue was that I'm not sure if I had enough energy.
Sure, I could definitely make them, but my aim was three wishes, instead of the one.
This was also my reasoning behind not trying to make them smaller or cut down on the number of orbs like the Cerealian Dragon Balls.
I'm essentially a novice trying to offset my lack of technique with pure power.
"I was hoping that I wouldn't have to use this, but it seems you can't always get what you want..." I muttered before letting my dark aura erupt from my body, causing the wind around us to pick up considerably.
Since it was only my base form, Lila didn't jump back as she did when I went Super Saiyan back on Namek, but she did look on with curiosity.
"What are you doing?" Lila asks.
"You might want to stand back. I've never done this before, so this might backfire horribly." I said before closing my eyes and changing the direction of which my energy was going, keeping it inside instead of letting it pour out.
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[General POV]
Not understanding what Zyleth was trying to accomplish, Lila kept a curious eye on him, wondering what all this was meant to do. Seconds pass and Zyleth seems to have lost himself in his focus, breathing in and out, almost as if he was meditating.
This went on for a moment before Lila carefully stepped towards him and reached out to touch his shoulder.
"Zyl--"
As soon as her hand made contact, a red aura suddenly sparked off his body and she pulled her hand away instantly.
That spark, or whatever it was, the feeling she that she had gotten felt familiar to the overwhelming pressure she felt on Namek, back when he first transformed into that golden haired form he called "Super Saiyan".
Only this sensation was much, much more intense than the last.
In all her years, there were only a select number of people that had ever given her the same feeling. Her family, the North, South, East, and Grand Kais, and a few others that she never wanted to meet again.
"It can't be..." She muttered softly.
She knew that the person in front of her wasn't actually the Destroyer she feared, but the amount of overwhelming pressure Zyleth was exerting from his body caused so much anxiety to rise within her that she couldn't help but compare them to each other.
Zyleth's body soon was covered in a red, flame-like aura that was so bright and so intense that she couldn't even see his shadow from within.
"Zyleth!" She called out to him, worried and confused about what was going on.
Almost as if he was responding to her call, the bright light of the aura dispersed and Zyleth's figure suddenly appeared before her once more. His aura seemed to cover him in a protective layer before it suddenly crumbled away, revealing a new transformation.
He looked similar to how he was before, only his hair was now colored in a bright red and his body was much skinnier than it had looked previously.
As he turned towards her, she could see that his eyes were colored the same as his hair. Bright red orbs that seemed to almost look right through her.
Just who is this man that revived her?
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