//------------------------------// // Battle of Gods Saga: The Return of the God of Destruction (Part 2) // Story: Dragonball Super: Rise of The Super Alicorn God // by UltraInstinctGoku //------------------------------// [Entrance of the Tree of Harmony's Cave] Celestia was talking with Twilight regarding the hierarchy of deities, but then she and her sister sensed a massive amount of divine energy near them. However, what they found strange was that this new power didn't belong to Beerus. They turned their heads to see the source of the power and were amazed to realize that the owner was Goku. His appearance was different: his mane, tail, and the feathers of his wings were as red as a ruby. He also was engulfed in a scarlet aura that looked like a raging fire. "Such power..." simply commented Luna in awe while her sister was in silence, but marveled as well. Celestia remembered the golden form which was filled with furious anger. This form, however, was emitting positive emotions. "Super Saiyan God," said Twilight, "That's his strongest transformation." "Transformation? So, this is why Beerus is interested in fighting that stallion," realized Luna, "This changes everything: he has a chance of defeating him after all." "No, princess, he hasn't," said Twilight in a worried tone, "Even with that power, he was defeated and his home was obliterated." "You mean that Son Goku already fought Beerus and lost?" Luna inquired "...Yes," Twilight answered in a sad tone. "Oh come on, Twilight," intervened Spike, "We must have faith in him. I'm sure he'll come up with something... I think." "I hope you're right, Spike," she answered with a hint of sorrow as she laid her gaze upon the two divine beings above the forest canopy. [Above the Everfree Forest] Lord Beerus watched the ponified Saiyan activating his God form and got into his fighting stance as well, "You understood how to unleash that form in less than a day: I'm impressed." "This time I'll be the winner, Lord Beerus!" stated the scarlet-maned Alicorn. "Let's see if that Zenkai of yours actually made you stronger!" exclaimed the purple cat as he rushed toward Goku, who did the same. The clash of their fists generated an explosion and a shock wave that bent all the trees within a mile of distance. Whis created a shield to protect the ponies who, just like him, were watching the clash. Both fighters were sending a barrage of punches and kicks to each other, but each blow was dodged or blocked by the opponent. Goku got the upper hand, as he buried a kick on Beerus' stomach that sent him into the forest. However, the God of Destruction performed a somersault to avoid crashing on the ground. Despite Beerus' quick reaction, the blow was so strong that he was still traveling backward through the forest as his feet were digging trenches. "I see. You're way stronger, now," he commented with a confident smile. Goku dashed through the forest to keep on pressing the deity, but the purple cat counterattacked. A scarlet trail and a purple one clashed in the middle of the Everfree Forest, making the two auras vanish as well as the trees that were within 500 m of the battle zone. Lord Beerus hit Goku on the belly with his left knee, making him spit saliva, and landed a punch on his right cheek, sending the alicorn some meters away. Right after, the purple cat forced the stallion to retreat with an implacable barrage of punches and kicks. They were traveling through the forest, destroying any trees on their path, as Goku was trying to defend himself from Beerus' heavy attacks. He gritted his teeth as he was trying to come up with something, then he remembered Twilight performing that Attack Spell back in the cave. He concentrated on his magic and, as a result, his horn began to shine brightly. Beerus noticed it, but before he could do something, a powerful scarlet magic beam hit him on the head, making the deity fly some meters away from the Saiyan God. "Are you a magic user..." tried to ask the God of Destruction, but Goku buried his left hoof in his stomach before he could finish the sentence, charged a Ki blast with his right hoof, and hit him on the midsection. Lord Beerus flew toward the sky because of that blow, but he quickly stopped and noticed that his foe was charging him. The deity charged him as well and both fighters clashed in midair, generating another tremendous shock wave that was heard from anyone within 5 km of their position. They resumed sending a barrage of punches and kicks to each other, but with the same results as earlier. The might of their blows was so high, that the planet itself was shaking and thunderbolts were bombarding the forest beneath them. The Royal Sisters, the Mane 6, Spike, and Whis were watching the battle thanks to the angel's scepter that was projecting the images of it. The ponies and the young dragon were both amazed and terrified. “This… this is just insane,” Rarity thought as she was witnessing the battle being projected and the tremors produced from it. Fluttershy, on the other hoof, was scared because of the earthquake and the possibility of some animals being hurt because of their battle. She was also concerned about her new friend, who was forced to fight. “Please let this end without any harm to any pony or creature,” she pleaded worriedly.   The Royal Sisters, especially Luna, were amazed by Goku's power. They never saw Beerus put much of an effort during a duel, yet it seemed like Goku was actually forcing him to use all of his strength. “Looks like Beerus finally found his match. Thank heavens that I’m able to witness this clash of the titans,” Luna thought. Suddenly, they heard a noise and everyone but Whis turned to see the source of it. Their eyes widened when they discovered that it was Discord who just teleported there. "What's all of this chaos? Not that I don't appreciate it, of course." "I-it's because of their battle!" exclaimed Spike as he pointed the fight broadcasted by Whis' scepter. Discord took a look at the fighting beings and noticed one of them was Son Goku transformed into that scarlet form. However, an expression of terror appeared on his face when he recognized who the stallion was fighting with. "L-Lord B-Beerus?!" he exclaimed in fear. The Elements of Harmony were surprised that Discord already knew him. "If he ever asks, tell him I wasn't here... or in this dimension for that matter!" he exclaimed as he disappeared. Meanwhile, Goku and Lord Beerus were exchanging kicks and punches while traveling across the area. Goku tried to hit Beerus with a punch, but Beerus hit him first with a knee on the midsection, making him short of breath, and a punch on the muzzle, sending him dozens of meters away. The alicorn stallion recovered from those blows and partially blocked a second punch from the purple cat. Once the God of Destruction removed his punch, he saw that he hurt Goku on the left cheek as it was bleeding. A confident smile appeared on Beerus' face as he said, "Don't tell me this is all you got, Super Saiyan God. This is just warming up." "Don't worry," he answered as he removed the blood on his cheek with his foreleg and his regenerative power healed the wound, "That wasn't even a tenth of my power." "I really hope it wasn't," replied the deity as he flew backward a bit and got into his fighting stance, "I don't want this fight ending this soon." Goku got into his fighting stance as well and thought, "I can't lose this time: I can't allow him to destroy this place. I have to avenge my friends and everyone on Earth." Beerus attacked first by dashing at hypersonic speed toward Goku, who was caught off guard. The God of Destruction 'appeared' behind the scarlet-maned Alicorn, who quickly turned just to meet a fist buried in his belly and a Ki blast on the midsection. The attack propelled the ponified Saiyan to a mountain, making him crash onto it. The deity continued the assault by creating several violet atom-like Ki blasts above him and sending them all to his foe. Meanwhile, Goku was slowly recovering from the surprise attack when several purple Ki blasts hit him. He had been stunned by the first wave, but the Alicorn was able to block the second one. However, the last one made Goku break through the mountain and fall on the ground, digging a trench in the process. He needed a few seconds to recover, and once he did, he stood up and flew toward the god at incredible speed. Goku caught Beerus off guard by punching him in the face, generating a powerful shockwave. The deity was sent 100 meters away, but the Saiyan hadn't finished yet. He overtook the purple cat and kicked him on the back, sending him to the sky, but the Alicorn appeared above him and sent him back to the ground with an ax kick. However, he didn't allow the cat to fall any further since he intercepted him with another kick that sent his opponent to a mountain. The Saiyan flew toward the traveling deity and attacked him again with a barrage of punches and kicks. Finally, he elbowed his foe, making him violently crash onto the rocky landform. Then, he propelled the cat through the said mountain with a kick, destroying it in the process. Lord Beerus, however, landed on his feet and traveled backward a bit, but Goku didn't give him the time to react, and hit him again with a fist on his muzzle, sending the God of Destruction 200 meters away. Knowing that the Saiyan wouldn't give him time to react, Lord Beerus increased his power and blocked an oncoming punch with his left hand. The shockwave generated by the blow created a crater over 50 meters wide beneath them. The purple cat tossed Goku aside, but the Saiyan God stopped in midair and wanted to land a punch on him. However, the God of Destruction punched him first. The blow was so powerful that it sent Goku dozens of miles away. [Dodge Junction, Outskirts] The alicorn stallion landed in a desert, on his 4 hooves, but kept on going backward for a bit before stopping. Right after, Lord Beerus appeared in front of him and tried to hit him with a punch, but Goku teleported behind him and counterattacked with a kick. However, the purple cat dodged the strike by ducking himself. The God of Destruction teleported behind the scarlet-maned Alicorn and hit him on the back with a kick, then he shot 3 purple atom-like Ki Blasts. Goku stopped in midair, turned, and destroyed the first Ki blast with his left punch, the second one with a kick, and the last one with his right punch. Then, he charged up his fire-like aura with a mighty yell and flew toward Beerus who charged him as well. The Saiyan raised on Earth attacked first with his right fist, but it was blocked by his opponent who counterattacked by hitting him on the belly with a left punch. Son Goku retaliated with a kick on the deity's midsection. He attacked again with a roundhouse kick, but Lord Beerus did the same and they both blocked the attack of the other. The force of the colliding roundhouse kicks shook the ground and created a crater 20 meters wide beneath them. Meanwhile, Ponies inside the nearby town were scared because of the sudden thunder-like noises and the earthquake around them. They all stopped whatever they were doing and went down the street to see if there was somepony who knew what was going on. "Look!" suddenly shouted one of them, as she was pointing something outside the village. Everypony turned and saw several shockwaves blasting in the distance. Meanwhile, the two fighters were sending a barrage of punches and kicks to each other. Suddenly, they both flew backward a bit as they were charging a Ki-based attack. Goku was charging his Kamehameha while Beerus was charging a small magma-like sphere. They unleashed their attacks from a very close distance, so the explosion generated by the collision of those strikes sent both of them to opposite directions. Goku was sent towards the town while Beerus was sent deep into the desert. However, the Alicorn was able to stop himself from crashing into a building. The crowd of Ponies saw him and the first thing they noticed was that he was flying without using his wings. Just then, they noticed he was an Alicorn. Some of them were about to ask him something, but the noise of an explosion stopped them from doing so. The scarlet-maned stallion noticed that Beerus was approaching the town at hypersonic speed but had little time to react. Instinctively, he created a magic shield around the town that blocked the God of Destruction's assault. The shield almost collapsed because of the impact, but ultimately, it worked. Goku didn't waste any time and propelled the purple cat away from the town. They both traveled for several miles before Lord Beerus decided it was enough. He hit his opponent on the back with both his hands like a hammer, sending him to the ground, but the god wasn't finished with him yet. He intercepted him with a kick, sending him back to the sky, then he intercepted his flight with a punch that sent the ponified Saiyan diagonally toward the ground. Finally, he teleported to his opponent's destination and kicked his back again with both his legs, sending him deep into the sky, just to teleport again, grab the head of his foe with his right hand, and diagonally propel him toward the ground. From a distance, both fighters looked like an asteroid entering the planet's atmosphere. "What's the matter, Super Saiyan God?" asked Beerus in a serious yet sarcastic tone, "Will you let yourself fall like this without reacting?" Goku was trying to free himself from the god's hold but he couldn't, both because of the blows from earlier and the fact that it was difficult to grab things with hooves instead of hands. So, he couldn't properly grab Beerus' arm. [Crystal Empire, Throne Room of the Crystal Palace] Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, better known as Cadence, was doing her royal duties with a smile. She was coordinating the preparations for the Crystal Empire's Summer Sun Celebration. However, that smile was hiding her worry she has regarding the sky being split in half. Something must have happened to her aunties if both the Sun and the Moon were sharing the firmament. In order to calm her subjects, she told them that it was just a ritual. Most of them believed her, while others were still scared by the implications. Once she was alone, she sighed. "At least I know that Twilight and her friends will solve whatever the problem is," she thought with a smile. Suddenly, she heard a weird noise in the distance. She went out to the balcony to see where that noise was coming from and noticed a spark moving in the sky. "A shooting star?" she wondered, but the answer came as fast as lightning. The 'shooting star' pierced a mountain in the distance from the city-state, making it explode. The explosion violently shook the ground and blinded Cadence for a moment. Once the explosion subsided, she looked to see what had happened, only to find her jaw dropping and her eyes widening. The entire mountain had disintegrated, with only the base of it left behind. “What in Equestria was that!” she thought.  [Frozen North, near the Crystal Empire] Lord Beerus and Son Goku crashed onto the frozen landscape, creating a crater 950 meters wide and 90 meters deep. A few minutes later, the massive curtain of snow and dust dissipated, revealing the two fighters. The scarlet-maned Alicorn was laying on the ground with several wounds and bruises all over his body while the God of Destruction was in midair in a sitting position. He was waiting for the suffering Super Saiyan God to stand up and fight again. Goku was breathing heavily as the pain was punishing his body. His opponent just dealt a massive blow that would have killed him if he hadn’t acquired the power of the Super Saiyan God. He just hoped to be healed by the form and to keep on fighting. However, he was scared that, most likely, Beerus wouldn't have allowed him the chance to do so. "Huh? already tired?" asked the God as he was almost reclining in the air, "Come on, let's resume our fight!" The white stallion tried to stand up as the aura of his divine form began to heal his wounds. The God of Destruction noticed this and smiled as he switched to a standing position. Once Goku stood up, he said, "I won't be defeated so easily, not this time." "I'm glad to hear that," replied Beerus, "I didn't wait six months just for a warming up." "Six months? What are you talking about?" "Oh right, you don't know anything about this place. You see, we are currently in a Pocket Dimension: a place separated from the Universe's main macrocosm where time flows differently." "I don't understand anything." "*Sigh* Mortals..." whispered the purple cat, then he said, "Let's pretend that the Universe is a big house. The living room is the main space while the other rooms are secondary spaces. We are in one of those secondary spaces." "That doesn't explain the six months thing." "In some rooms of the house, time is faster or slower than that of the living room." Goku's eyes widened, "You mean like the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?" "Excuse me?" "It is... or was a room located in the Guardian of Earth's Lookout. One year in that chamber was equal to one day on Earth." "Exactly, we are in a place where time is slower than ours, just like Earth's compared with that of that time chamber. That's the reason why I waited six months, while here, not even a day has gone yet." Goku frowned and asked, "How did you find me?" "Whis already knew where you ended up after our previous battle," he answered and added, "But enough talking. Let's battle." After those words were spoken, the alicorn got into his fighting stance as the blazing aura of the Super Saiyan God completely healed him. They both stared at each other for a few seconds before vanishing. Shortly after they left, Crystal Guards from the city not too far away arrived near the massive crater. Shining Armor was leading the platoon and wondered in awe, as he saw the gigantic hole in the ground. "What in Celestia’s name was able to do this?"  [Somewhere in the skies] The God of Destruction and the Super Saiyan God were sending a barrage of kicks and punches again. They were appearing and disappearing as their fight was raging on. Several shockwaves generated by each and every blow could be seen in the sky. The planet, the sun, and the moon were shaking because of the might of the two warriors. Suddenly, Goku executed 5 backward somersaults to gain distance and charged up his aura to increase the power he was utilizing from 20% to 50%. Lord Beerus didn't have the time to react, as Goku buried his left hoof in his belly, making his opponent spit saliva, then he hit him with an uppercut, sending the God to one of the highest layers of the atmosphere. However, the white Alicorn wasn't finished with him yet. He intercepted the flight of the purple cat with an ax kick, throwing his opponent back to the ground, then he intercepted him again with a punch, making the deity change direction again, but he didn't even let him go since he teleported in front of him and punched his muzzle. Right after, Goku teleported above him while charging his Kamehameha and unleashed it, making his foe crash onto the ground. A mighty explosion was generated by the attack. [Western Equestria, near Rockville] Beerus quickly stood up, but his opponent appeared in front of him and hit him with a roundhouse kick that sent him to the air. The Saiyan-raised-on-Earth appeared in front of him again, and punched the cat's midsection, throwing him to the nearby rocky mountains. He continued his assault with a storm of punches and kicks as they were traveling across the landscape. He ended his assault with a flying kick right on the stomach, propelling the God through a mountain. The deity crashed onto the ground as Goku was flying above the curtain of dust generated by the demolition of that large landform. A few seconds passed before everything began to shake. The curtain of dust was dissipated in an instant by Beerus, who was engulfed in a purple aura and had a serious expression. Goku guessed that warming up was over, so he got into his fighting stance. Both deities charged at each other. A scarlet trail and a purple one were violently clashing in the skies at the speed of light. At each clash, a shockwave made the ground shake and small craters appear. The mountainous landscape was quickly being destroyed by the furious battle that was unfolding. Both warriors appeared on top of a mountain as the purple cat was sending a barrage of punches to Goku, who was covering himself with his forelegs. The force of the punches demolished the mountain. They disappeared and reappeared onto another one, but this time, it was the Saiyan who was sending a storm of blows to his opponent. However, Lord Beerus was effectively defending himself. They disappeared and reappeared above a hill. Lord Beerus threw a punch but Goku dodged it. They vanished again and appeared on a plateau as the alicorn tried to hit the purple cat with a kick, but the latter ducked. They disappeared once more and all that could be seen was several powerful shockwaves above the landscape. Ultimately, Beerus got the upper hand and began to hit Goku with a storm of punches and kicks. With a powerful punch, the God of Destruction sent Goku towards the horizon. Beerus quickly followed his opponent to continue the assault. The deity reached him and resumed hitting him with punches and kicks as they were traveling across the land. Then, he elbowed the scarlet-maned alicorn, sending him to the ground. [Tenochtitlan Basin, Somewhere in the Jungle] The Saiyan warrior was able to stop himself before crashing. However, Beerus teleported behind him and elbowed him on his back, then he teleported in front of him and punched him right on the cheek, sending his opponent toward a nearby ancient building. Meanwhile, a pegasus mare, very similar to Rainbow Dash both in looks and personality, was hiding in the bushes as she observed the base camp of one of her enemies: an archaeologist and trader named Dr. Caballeron. The camp was set in front of the entrance of the place where the Ring of Destiny was guarded in. All she needed was a distraction in order to enter and take the golden artifact before the evil archaeologist did. Luckily, that distraction she needed fell from the sky. Something pierced the highest part of the ancient building and violently landed hundreds of meters away. This alerted Caballeron and his goons, who escaped to avoid the falling rubble, abandoning the camp. The pegasus mare, known as Daring Do, was about to take advantage of the situation when the Ring of Destiny fell in front of her. Most likely, it was placed in the highest room of the temple and whatever destroyed it, served her the giant ring on a plate. Without further questions, she took the artifact and quickly withdrew from the place. Meanwhile, Goku slowly stood up as the God of Destruction appeared before him. Goku ignited his scarlet aura and increased his power from 50% to 60%. Beerus powered up too and both of them resumed their lightspeed battle. The explosions generated by the clash of the two gods were devastating the area until their battle began to move to another place. Equestria wasn't big enough to be their fighting stage, so their showdown began to unfold beyond the borders of the Pony Kingdom. [Everfree Forest, Entrance of the Tree of Harmony's Cave] The Mane 6, Spike, and the Royal Sisters couldn't believe what they were witnessing. They were destroying entire mountains and landscapes with the might of the blows they were throwing at each other. Not to mention that their battle was causing earthquakes all across the land... no, all across the planet and beyond. Both Celestia and Luna felt the Sun and the Moon shake violently, but the Moon Goddess was sure that the entire planetary system was trembling as well. “Goku has been holding out this long against Beerus. Dear Faust, I hope he has what takes this time to stop our extinction,” Celestia internally said in worry.  “I wouldn’t even be surprised if the entire universe felt the power of these two. Truly, it is a Battle of Gods,” Luna thought internally. The rest of the group were more than worrying about the overall situation. Twilight feared the destruction of Equus, Fluttershy was praying Faust for a happy ending, and Rainbow thought the fight was both awesome and scary at the same time. Applejack was hoping that Goku will prevail at the end as the clear victor, Rarity was dreading about the collateral damage done by the two titans duking it out, Spike was wishing for the end of the fight as he didn’t like the earthquakes happening all over, and Pinkie, though appreciating the earth-shaking, was hoping that none of them get hurt or worse, as she wanted to give both of them their Welcoming parties.  The only one calm was Whis, who didn't seem to pay much attention to the shaking ground. He was more focused on the Super Saiyan God's power and the battle in general. However, he sensed several Ki's appearing out of thin air near the forest. Those spiritual forces were very familiar to him, and a part of him was wondering how it was possible that they arrived here, but decided to let it go, as a small smile appeared on his face. If the Saiyan known as Son Goku is able to survive, a nice surprise was surely waiting for him.