Beerus spent the majority of the trip back to his planet in silence, though he chose to take up a sitting position as Rainbow and Applejack looked at the planets and stars that they passed by, almost as if Whis was intentionally trying to make them forget what they had just witnessed. The fact that they were kidnapped would remain fresh in their minds for some time, and that would make them less social than they had been before visiting Planet Lu'zar, though it would remain in his head for some time as well. His thoughts soon turned to the one thing that Chronoa had given them, the gi they were wearing, and he soon wondered if he and Whis should start training them immediately. It was the perfect solution, because if they could teach the two girls to defend themselves, and boost their confidence, than they could potentially turn around any damage that had been done today.
The only problem was the fact that they were only four years old and that any intense training could potentially wreck their bodies when they got older, leaving him to wonder how they were even going to do the simple things with them. He was sure that Chronoa had come up with some sort of training for the girls, as she had already gotten them the gi to wear, though he was also sure that it would be more along the lines of studying the situation and reacting in a certain manner. That meant that he and Whis would need to teach them how to throw a punch, how to dodge attacks, and, eventually, harness the ki necessary to fly and perform any special moves they might develop.
Beerus eventually let out a sigh as they descended towards the surface of his planet, to which he finally stood up and looked around for the team that Chronoa had mentioned earlier, though after a few seconds he found the Supreme Kai of Time instead of her workers.
"Back so soon Lord Beerus?" Chronoa asked, though she noticed the expression on the faces around her and knew that something must have happened, "Was the warrior a waste of time?"
"He didn't have the strength necessary to entertain Lord Beerus," Whis commented, dropping the bubble that was around them and allowing Rainbow and Applejack to stretch their legs, "though one of the Kings of Planet Lu'zar thought it would be a great idea to kidnap the girls and use them as leverage against the other King. Let's just say that Lord Beerus didn't take to kindly to them being kidnapped in front of him."
"I see," Chronoa said, as the statement allowed her to understand why Beerus looked so upset all of a sudden, while also telling her that a terrible fate had befallen the planet they had traveled to, "I can guess what happened."
"Dad blew the bad guys and their planet to pieces!" Rainbow suddenly said, causing everyone to look at her in confusion, because it sounded like she actually enjoyed the experience, "What? I thought it was awesome."
"That's what I was thinking in my head," Chronoa commented, shaking her head for a few seconds before letting out a sigh, "Well, there's nothing we can do about the destruction of an entire planet... especially one that accidentally angered the God of Destruction."
"That's what the man on the throne said before dad burst into the room," Applejack said, recalling the words that had been said before their father had stepped in to save them, "What does that mean exactly?"
Chronoa had been hoping to have this conversation some years in the future, when the girls were older and could understand what she was saying a lot better than a four year old could, but apparently that was unavoidable now. The only question was how much did she tell the two girls, as she was sure that the majority of this would go over their heads and they would be asking her again in a few years. She had to wonder how they would react to the truth of what their father did for a living, though she had the feeling that she was going to find out in the next few minutes.
"Its my title," Beerus answered, causing both Rainbow and Applejack to turn towards him, while surprising Chronoa at the same time, "I am Beerus the Destroyer, the God of Destruction for Universe Seven. It is my duty to uphold balance in the universe by destroying planets, while the Supreme Kai's eventually become the catalyst for new life and create new worlds to replace what I destroy. Its a continuous cycle between me and them, a cycle of destruction and creation that ensures that the universe has a sense of harmony. Some times I destroy planets that have no life on them at all, some times I destroy planets that have civilizations, and there's the occasion where I go to a planet and fight one of the warriors there, before destroying them because they failed to entertain me. Then there are the moments where I destroy a planet because I'm bored, much to the annoyance of all the Supreme Kai's."
"Did Planet Lu'zar deserve it, just for kidnapping us?" Applejack asked, though for some reason both she and Rainbow were interested in what their father did for a living.
"No, at first I was only going there to fight one of their warriors," Beerus replied, letting out a sigh as he looked up at the stars around them, "I wasn't even in the mood to destroy their planet if he failed to entertain me. When you two were kidnapped I thought about destroying half of their planet, which is something that I am fully capable of doing, and I was about to do that when the king attacked me, which was right after I had Whis take you off the planet. My earlier anger returned and I simply gave into what my instincts told me... which was what you saw. Even after the destruction of that planet I still don't feel the excitement I usually feel when a planet is being destroyed in front of me."
Chronoa stood there in shock, because she couldn't believe that Beerus couldn't find any sort of excitement in watching the destruction of the planet that kidnapped the girls. He was the God of Destruction, one of the most powerful beings in the universe, and he almost got a kick out of watching something being destroyed, which was why it was odd to hear that this time was different. She had to wonder if the girls were having an effect on him already, because she was sure that Beerus was beginning to calm down quicker than he usually did when someone angered him, but decided that it was a fluke. The girls had only been around the God of Destruction for less than a day, so there was no way they were already causing him to change his ways... though given enough time she had the suspicion that they could change him for the better.
"Wait, you said Universe Seven," Applejack commented, catching onto something that Beerus had said, which happened to be the one fact that Chronoa had hoped that both of the girls would have missed, "How many universes are there?"
"Twelve to be exact," Whis answered, shaking his head for a moment, indicating that this wasn't something they should be hearing now and was merely telling them in an effort to calm them down, "which means that there are eleven more Gods of Destruction, though we'll tell you more about them and their universes in the future. Now why don't you go off and explore the planet... we'll come find you when its time for the next meal."
Rainbow, her earlier eagerness to explore the planet returning in full force, tapped Applejack on the shoulder and took off down the pathway that they were standing on, leaving Applejack to let out a sigh and follow after her sister. Chronoa let out a sigh as she went back to what she was doing before their arrival, which was setting up the rooms that the girls would be using in the future. That left Beerus and Whis alone for a moment, to which Beerus simply walked over to the lake and jumped onto one of the nearby stone pillars, while Whis came to a stop beside him.
"Why didn't you mention the unofficial universe as well?" Beerus asked, because sooner or later they were going to have to tell the girls where they came from.
"Because there was no reason for them to know about it," Whis replied, turning his gaze to the stars for a moment, "especially if we considered that they might not remember much of our conversation a few years down the line. We will tell them about Universe Thirteen some other time, when they are old enough to understand what we're trying to tell them... though for now we should focus on teaching them how to fight and how to protect themselves."
Beerus nodded in agreement to that statement, though instead of saying anything he merely watched the water in front of him, allowing his mind to relax before they even started to come up with a way to train the girls.
For the rest of the day the girls explored the planet, took in the sights around them, and told Beerus and Whis everything they saw when they returned near noon, where they sat down at the dining room table with Chronoa and had something light for lunch. Whis decided to ask them a few questions, to make sure that they understood what they saw, though when the meal was over the girls excused themselves and started to explore the many rooms and chambers that existed throughout Beerus' temple. While they explored the temple they found that only two rooms were blocked off at the moment, two rooms that happened to be side by side, though they were told by Chronoa that they would see the inside of both rooms before the day was over. That reminded them that their rooms were being built, but instead of pestering her with questions they excused themselves and went back to their exploring.
They quickly discovered that there wasn't a lot to do inside the temple, as it was mainly the bedrooms, the dining room, the washroom, the aquarium, and the kitchen, which told them that their father really did nothing else besides eat his meals, sleep in his room, and destroy worlds whenever he wasn't sleeping.
Their exploring eventually came to an end when they were called back for the evening meal, to which they both wondered where the day had gone as they rushed back to the dining room. The table was set with everything they had seen the previous day, which meant that their father enjoyed having the same things for dinner every night, though as they sat down Chronoa informed them all that her team had finally finished their job and had departed from the temple. While both Rainbow and Applejack wanted to see their rooms, and thank Chronoa for putting them together, they were also hungry from their constant exploring and decided to get rid of their hunger first.
Once they were all finished with the final meal of the day Chronoa led them back to where the rooms were located, to which they all discovered that the door on the left had a marking that looked like an apple on it while the door on the right had a mark that resembled a rainbow.
"I added the markings to the door so we could tell which room belonged to Rainbow and which belonged to Applejack," Chronoa explained, seeing the looks on everyone's faces as she turned to look back at them, before beckoning Rainbow and Applejack forward, "I hope you like what I picked out."
Applejack, deciding to see what her bedroom looked like first, gently turned the knob and pushed the door open, allowing everyone to see what was inside her room. The moment they walked into the room they spotted the bed, which happened to be up against the wall on their left, and a small chest that sat in front of it, where she could store whatever she wanted or keep her most treasured belongings. There was also a table near the bed, with a lamp on it for when it got dark out, along with an opening that would allow her to see outside and know if it was morning or night. Near the door was a dresser and a mirror, so she could practice putting her clothes on without need of assistance, and a small peg had been inserted into the wall between the dresser and the bed, indicating that Applejack had a place to put her hat every night.
Rainbow, upon seeing her sister's room, opened the door to her own room and found that it looked almost the same, though her bed was pushed up against the right wall of the room and there wasn't a place for a hat.
"These are just the basics to any room," Chronoa said, noticing the look on Rainbow's face, "Don't worry, as you get older and find what interests you we'll be able to throw in some objects that personalize the room... or you might find something you like and add it to the room yourself."
"Its getting late," Applejack commented, noticing how the light was fading in the distance, before both she and Rainbow let out a yawn at the same time, "I guess we had better brush our teeth and get ready for bed."
"We're going to be busy tomorrow," Beerus said, causing the girls to turn towards him for a second, "Earlier I decided that I should start teaching you how to defend yourselves, which Whis has agreed with, so after breakfast tomorrow we'll begin with the basics and go from there. Now we wont train everyday, as that could harm your bodies, but we'll start with three days a week and adjust our sessions as necessary."
Rainbow and Applejack, apparently excited about the fact that they were going to learn how to fight, quickly bid Chronoa a good night before rushing to the washroom to clean their teeth. A few minutes later they returned to where Beerus was standing, wished him a good night as well, before entering their rooms and closing the doors behind them, to which Beerus could hear the sound of them climbing into bed. Once the rooms were quiet he let out a sigh before walking back to the dining room with Whis and Chronoa in tow, as they needed to have a brief conversation before the Supreme Kai of Time went home.
When morning arrived Rainbow and Applejack were ready to greet it, as the moment light entered their new rooms they climbed out of their beds and hurried to the washroom, which had been left in its divided state for the two of them. They both spent about ten to fifteen minutes on their side of the spring, using the same sides that they had used the day before, though once they were done they headed to the dining room to see their father. Beerus greeted them with a smile as they took their seats and helped themselves to breakfast, though they were both excited for whatever their father had to throw at them.
"I take it you are both excited to begin your training?" Beerus commented, though a small grin appeared on his face for a second, before reverting to normal, "Whis is making sure that everything is in position for when we begin your training, though we'll be starting at the basics and seeing how well you both do in that level."
"And what are the 'basics'?" Rainbow asked, pausing to drink some of the juice that was sitting on the table, "It was mentioned yesterday, but no one went into any detail about it."
"Basically we'll be teaching you how to throw a punch," Beerus replied, lifting his arm for a moment, just to show them where he was talking about, "how to throw a kick, how to dodge attacks and avoid damage, and, if we have time, we might get into some ki lessons."
"Ki lessons?" Applejack said, though Beerus could tell that neither of the girls had any idea what he was talking about at the moment, which wasn't surprising at all.
"We'll get into that later," Beerus replied, waving his hand in a dismissing manner, as if the subject of ki was unimportant at the moment and indicating that they would return to the subject at a later date, "For now eat your breakfast and relax, because you'll definitely be busy in an hour."
Rainbow and Applejack looked at each other for a moment, clearly wondering what their father had in store for them when they started their training, and continued eating as silence filled the dining room. Beerus made no comment on what Whis was working on and Chronoa, whose company they actually enjoyed, was no where to be seen at the moment, making them wonder if she was busy with her own work. That also made them wonder what Chronoa did for the universe, considering that she worked with their father, though they both guessed that at some point they would eventually find out.
When they finally finished breakfast Beerus led the girls outside, where he took them to the lake that happened to rest near the area they had landed two days ago. There they found Whis standing beside two makeshift dummies, which were really just dummies that were stuffed with straw and made to look like a person, or more accurately like the people that had kidnapped them. At first Applejack wondered why the training dummies looked the way they did, but then she assumed that it was meant to get her and Rainbow passed what had happened to them on Planet Lu'zar. As they came to a stop both Rainbow and Applejack noticed Chronoa sitting nearby, though it appeared like she was sitting on a chair and not on on of the stone pillars their father used.
Then, after a few seconds of staring at the dummies, both Applejack and Rainbow noticed that there was a third dummy not too far away from where the other two were standing, though they could have sworn that it looked like the master of the minions that had kidnapped them.
"Oh good, your here," Whis said, turning to face them as he patted one of the dummies, "Lord Beerus and I will be taking turns showing you the various moves that I taught him, though once you have learned the basics of attacking we'll switch to showing you how to defend yourselves. Once you have finished learning those two lessons, and we are sure that you mastered them to the best of your abilities, we might work on ki manipulation once or twice. Now then Lord Beerus, I believe that you wanted to start them off?"
"Yes," Beerus replied, walking up to the third dummy as Whis walked over to where Chronoa was sitting, before turning towards Rainbow and Applejack, "I'm going to show you a few of the punches that Whis has taught me over the years, as well as a few kicks, and then when I'm done showing you my moves I want the both of you to repeat them on your own dummies. Now then, watch what I do closely..."
Beerus approached his dummy, balled his fist, and struck it right in what would be the chest area, though there was no gust or shattering of earth in response to his attack. In order to train both Rainbow and Applejack he had decided to drastically lower the amount of power that he was putting out, roughly leaving him at around at least one percent of his total power, but it allowed him to show the girls what he wanted them to do without tearing the dummy into a thousand pieces. He followed the first punch with a number of small jabs with his nails, then a kick or two to the chest, and then an uppercut that would knock any living fighter out in an instant. The dummy, however, merely moved with each of his attacks and, the instant he stopped, it returned to normal, to which he turned back to the girls.
"Well, you get the idea," Beerus said, beckoning to the other two targets, to which the girls turned towards them, "Now then, take what you've seen and try your best."
"Hey Applejack," Rainbow said, a small grin appearing on her face as she stared at her dummy, while Applejack turned to look at her sister for a moment, "I bet I could break my dummy before you get anywhere near breaking yours."
"Whatever you say Rainbow," Applejack replied, a small smile appearing on her face as well, to which she raised her fists as she stopped in front of the dummy, "whatever you say."
Beerus raised an eyebrow as he backed up, wondering why they were suddenly taking this as some sort of competition, but simply decided that it would be best to let them do their training in their own manner. At first neither of them did anything besides stare at their dummies, as if they were studying them at the moment, though that was quickly broken as Applejack struck her dummy, though instead of starting with her hands she struck it with the side of her leg. Beerus could have sworn that he heard several of the straws inside the dummy's arm break upon impact, though he smiled as Applejack continued with a barrage of punches and at least three more kicks.
Rainbow, seeing that he sister had already started, started to jab at her dummy with her hands, almost as if she was getting a feel for the material they had used to build them, before her jabs turned into full on punches. When Applejack spun around and planted the base of her right hoof in her dummy's chest, cracking even more of the straw underneath the clothes it was wearing, Rainbow growled and focused all her attention on the dummy in front of her. She resumed punching the dummy, slowly at first as if she was testing the air around her, but as she threw more punches her speed seemed to increase by a tiny bit, until she tried to kick the dummy and accidentally missed it by an inch.
Despite the fact that no one was laughing at her Rainbow seemed annoyed that she had missed, which only served to make her more sloppy as her anger made her miss the target several more times. Eventually that anger made some little sparks around her hands, which made things more interesting as the next punch that landed on the dummy ended up leaving a small hole in its chest... as well as the rock pillar behind it.
"Wha... what just happened?" Rainbow asked, looking at the hole for a moment before turning her eyes to her hand, telling everyone that she had no idea what had just happened to her or the dummy.
"Your anger manipulated your ki," Whis commented, though it appeared that he was somewhat interested in what had happened as well, "Don't worry, we'll get into that when you both are ready... so just take a few deep breathes, calm your mind, and try again."
Rainbow let out a sigh as she closed her eyes and took a few deep breathes, though at the same time Applejack stopped hitting the dummy to help her sister relax. A few seconds later Rainbow opened her eyes and resumed hitting the dummy with her fists, though none of her anger seemed to be effecting her at the moment. Whis and Beerus knew that she was holding it back for the sake of her training, which was why she made it seem like she had succeeded on letting it go on the first attempt, but they knew better. Applejack grinned and resumed hitting her dummy as well, though at the moment she didn't display any sort of ki manipulation like her sister, which didn't seem to bother her at all.
As Beerus watched the girls practice their punches and kicks on their dummies, with no repeats of what Rainbow had done, he did notice one thing that he and Whis could use to teach them; their competitive spirit. They could easily turn every lesson into some sort of challenge for the two girls, which might aid them in learning the skills necessary to defend themselves. Beerus grinned as he watched them practice the moves he had shown them on their dummies, because they appeared to be decent learners and that, along with their competitive spirit, meant that they might be able to teach them at a quicker pace than he and Whis originally thought.
Either way he was interested in seeing what both of the girls were truly capable of when they finally got to the ki manipulation lessons, though he had the feeling that he was going to like what he discovered in the end.