Deep in the recesses of space, billions of light years away from a system containing any life whatsoever, a collection of galaxies, quasars and solar systems had become a stage for the greatest battle the universe had ever seen. Explosions the size of supernovas going off one after the other throughout the vacuum like a gratuitous fireworks display, these enormous blasts marked the path of two otherworldly warriors as they battled across the celestial plains. Even after hours of constant fighting, these superhuman figures hadn't even begun to let up, and continued battering each other with power capable of dispelling entire suns.
The two fighters taking the forms of blue and golden streaks of light respectively, the pair danced across the emptiness of space, engaged in a vicious exchange of blows. Shockwaves and blasts ringing out as they collided with one another over and over, the two of them then flew away from each other before rocketing back towards a single point, corkscrewing across the solar system before slamming into one another with terrifying force.
Their impact causing a nearby terrestrial planet to shatter into rubble, the glowing blue figure slipped away from the golden warrior for distance. Taking aim at them and powering up for only a couple of seconds, the shadowy entity enveloped in blue raised their hand and unleashed a barrage of countless energy spheres from their hand, which left their palm in a spray and threatened to knock the other fighter out of the sky. When the golden entity managed to avoid them, the barrage ended up impacting a nebula in the backward, causing several colossal hyper novas that wiped out the cloud of gas.
After missing, the blue figure shot off to another solar system, arcing over an asteroid belt and turning around. As soon as they did, the golden figure flew right at them and engaged, several more shockwaves ringing out as they traded lethal blows. Their dance continued as they traveled towards another star, where they ended up attacking one another with reckless abandon. Upon which they then locked into a grappling match and continued to ascend.
While the blue fighter remained encased in a shadowy black cloud inside their aura, their red eyes piercing through the darkness of their veil, the golden figure revealed themselves to be a humanoid male with long black hair tied into a long ponytail in a white trench coat, wearing samurai battle armored, a headband, and wielding a long, silver spear with golden embellishments. When the raven haired male jammed the staff under the black figure's chin, he growled, held him firm, and glared over the creature's shoulder in desperation.
"BEERUS! NOW!"
As soon as he screamed, a glowing purple bolt suddenly shot out from behind a gaseous giant and rocketed towards the black entity's blind spot. Taking the form of a purple, anthropomorphic cat with large yellow eyes and adorned in Egyptian garb, the noticeably battered and bleeding warrior let out a yell as he charged an orange sphere of energy in his palm and prepared to ram it into the pinned enemy's spine.
However, just as the white-robed fighter was holding the black figure at bay, the demon's eyes flashed a bright red and narrowed upon his opponent. The spear wielder recoiling in shock, the samurai God suddenly received a face full of fire when two golden blasts were fired from the creature's eyes and drilled into his body like a blow torch. A split second later, an explosion took place that sent the robed warrior hurtling across the cosmos, allowing the black figure to spin around and lock horns with the approaching Beerus.
Pitching the energy sphere at the dark fighter, the humanoid cat God attempted to shoot him out of the sky, only for the evil deity to dodge it before charging back at him. In a flash of light, the two streaked past each other with a glancing blow, a shockwave reverberating across the solar system before they began to duke it out at close range. The purple and blue streaks of light intersected one another along the same path, circling and attempting to shoot the other out of the air. However, while Beerus definitely put up one hell of a fight, his opponent was far faster and stronger than he was.
When the humanoid cat attempted to kick at the black shadow that was his foe, the creature evaded and countered with a punch across the eager warrior's face, sending him into a spin.
As soon as the entity kicked the purple-skinned fighter away, it raised both hands towards him and opened fire with a ruthless barrage of golden energy blasts. The attacks ripped through the vacuum towards Beerus at blinding speed, forcing the man to evade as best as he could. Arcing across the sky in a furious lap, the salvo of energy attacks shot past the humanoid cat and ended up decimating an entire spiral galaxy behind him. The individual ki blasts struck the cluster of infinite stars and planets, blowing them up and wiping the entire stellar system from existence, leaving behind nothing but fire and dust.
After watching another galaxy get taken out, the frustrated and exhausted Beerus shouted across the vacuum, "Enyo! Take him out!"
Kneeling on the northernmost pole of a nearby terrestrial planet, an Elven woman dressed in Roman battle armor and armed with a long bow, drew back on the string and began gathering energy. Absorbing an entire nebula floating billions of miles away and compressing it into a single arrow, the Goddess took aim with it and shouted, "Eat this! Sagitta! " With a yell, she let loose her energy projectile and fired it straight up at the shadowy entity, intending to impale and disintegrate it with a single shot.
However, just when the energy lance was about to strike its target, the red-eyed shadow enveloped in blue ki evaded the blast and spun around to face his new attacker. The shot meanwhile, ended up striking a distant lenticular galaxy, and wiped it from existence in a hyper nova larger than any in history.
As soon as the demon turned its back on him, Beerus used that chance to attack it. The man rushed in with his fist drawn back and energy flaring off of his body, a loud battle cry escaping his lips. But the moment he swung in, the evil deity dodged and ended up kicking him in the back of the head, sending him plummeting towards the planet Enyo was still stationed on.
The goddess with the bow gasped when she saw her companion plummet through the atmosphere at an insane speed before crashing into her, knocking the two of them tumbling across the surface of the planet. When they stopped rolling several seconds later, the shadow demon used that chance to swoop in and, bringing their hands back, threw them forward and unleashed a gargantuan energy blast their way.
The attack barreled towards the planet like a comet, growing larger and larger till it was the size of the sun itself. When the stunned Beerus and Enyo looked up and saw the wall of golden energy approaching them, both gasped in horror and raised their arms in an attempt to block it. That was until the white warrior in the samurai armor dropped down in front of them and threw his hands up in defense.
"Shinra Tensei!" the human deity bellowed, an invisible, repulsive force exploding from his body and slamming headlong into the approaching blast, stopping it dead in its tracks. The two attacks ripped into each other in an attempt to overpower the opponent's, until the man countering the black entity's galaxy crushing move gave his one last push and deflected the energy blast right back at its user.
The shadow deity slipped around, avoiding the deflected blast as it rocketed into the distance and destroyed a nearby gaseous giant, eliciting a growl from the villain.
Realizing that they were still alive, when Beerus and Enyo looked up, both of them breathed a sigh of relief when they saw their battered comrade had come to their aid. From the front he looked okay. But on the other side where he'd taken the most hits, the man looked as though he'd been pressed face first into a barbeque.
"Thanks, Izanagi," the Elven archer exclaimed.
The cat God nodded in agreement, "We owe you one, brother."
The white warrior grinned over his shoulder painfully and brought his spear around, spinning it all cool-style before taking a fighting stance. "This isn't over yet! Stay on guard!"
A surge of energy eventually drew the trio's attention back up towards the sky. It was there they saw the demon rear its hand back and prepare to hurl another blast down at them. But just when it was just seconds away from attacking again, a second blast struck it from behind and exploded against its back, pulling its gaze around and towards a second Roman woman warrior with an eagle crown and golden, highly decorated battle armor and a cape.
The battle-scarred woman gritted her teeth and brought her hands forward, cupping them in front and taking aim at her powerful adversary. "I'm still in this fight, you bastard! Don't ignore me!"
Snarling, the black figure then lunged towards the warrior with blazing speed, colliding with the woman fist first and forcing her back through the vacuum. From there, the pair engaged in a heated grappling match, the newcomer yelling out as she attempted to fight back against the overwhelming force of her opponent. But just when it looked like she was about to successfully fend the creature off and gain the upper hand, she suddenly received a knee to the face shortly before the villain then slammed a double kick into her stomach. The low blow was the one that sent her packing.
Just as the evil God threw its hand forward to blast the winded Artemis, a second energy attack from behind struck him in the shoulder and sent the dark phantom into a spin, prompting him to turn and face another opponent charging in from a blind spot.
Enveloped in a golden lightning bolt and shining like the sun itself, an old man with a white beard, an eye patch, and adorned in silver plated armor, a flowing red cape, a golden crown, and armed with a golden battle axe, charged at the evil entity with a bellow of rage. As soon as he flew within reach, he swung in, "Don't even think about it!" The human deity struck, but just when it seemed like he would hit, the demon slipped around him and avoided the attack… barely.
The instant it dodged, the Roman woman circled around from behind and attempted to deal a concussive blow to their opponent's neck. But the instant she did, her target leapt over her and kicked her in the skull, sending the God staggering forward. When Artemis spun around to face them, the warrior was suddenly bombarded by multiple, debilitating blows as the demon assaulted her swiftly. The deity yelped and grunted as each lightning fast blow crashed across her face and body, sending blood flying and knocking the woman senseless.
After dealing the tough deity some serious damage, the evil God then grabbed the armored fighter by the throat and began to choke her. It had the brave fighter on the ropes. However, just as Artemis began attempting to wrestle her way out of the grip and the evil creature drew its free hand back for a decapitating strike, a flash of golden light followed by a screech stopped it and drew its gaze to the left.
"SEEEEEEEEET!"
In an instant, a golden, muscular man wearing an Egyptian shendyt and head covering with the head of a hawk, charged at the shadow and decked him in the face. A deafening thunderclap immediately followed and sent the dark demon hurtling into space, the bird-man hybrid giving a low growl as he watched it spiral into the distance.
"I won't let you harm any of our friends, Set! Even if you are one of us!" the battered falcon warrior shouted, before glancing over to his side in a panic. As soon as he did, he saw his teammates gather together, with Izanagi, Enyo, and Beerus quickly rejoining their formation. "We have to finish this!"
"Alright! Give it one more try!" the one-eyed Odin shouted, spinning his axe in his grip and bringing it around into a position of battle readiness.
Halting itself in midflight, the shadow deity now identified as Set recovered from the crushing blow to the side of the head and glared daggers across at its foes. Upon seeing them rally and prepare themselves for a second engagement, the demon God quickly leapt further back and, crossing its arms over its chest, threw them forward and unleashed a rain of billions of energy blasts upon the group. The golden spheres of light honed in on the group of deities, picking up speed with the intent of tearing them to shreds.
The attacks scattered, obliterated and ripped apart two galaxies, and wiped out an entire nebula in one shot. Even though this was only a standard energy barrage, the effects it had upon its targets was phenomenal. Thankfully most of the group managed to evade it. But the hawk-faced God got clipped by the assault and was knocked spinning towards a nearby sun.
Successful in its endeavor to separate his opponents, the shadow demon threw his its hand forward and fired a fully charged energy blast towards the wounded bird-man hybrid. The attack shot towards him like a spear and was set to end him once and for all.
"No! Ra!" a startled Enyo shouted, powering up and rocketing towards her winded comrade.
Flying towards her injured comrade as fast as she could, the Goddess of War managed to intercept her friend and push him out of the way. The pair avoided the attack with only a millisecond to spare, watching as the blast wiped out the sun and shot off into the horizon, where it wiped out an entire solar system. The shockwave caused by the explosion knocked the two warriors spinning into the emptiness of space, before the wounded Ra steadied their flight and glared towards their foe.
Blood trickling down his face, the wounded bird God shouted, "Set's picking us apart! Move in from all sides and attack him at the same time!" With a grunt of effort, the warrior thrust two fingers forward and fired a golden beam at their opponent.
In the blink of an eye, the small sphere of energy slammed into the evil God's chest and knocked him spiraling through the vacuum. When he eventually stopped, the shadow deity snarled like a dog and, turning on the spot, threw their right hand forward and unleashed a cloud of black, sand-like smoke towards the King of the Gods that'd hit him.
Responding in alarm, the hawk-faced warlord took Enyo and rocketed upwards, avoiding the hand of dark smoke. When more tendrils of cloud gave pursuit, the God and Goddess began a terrifying evasion game; dodging Set's long range attacks as he hurled them after the pair one after the other. The spears were far reaching, they were continuous, and they were long range, making it difficult to slip.
Ducking under a slash from one of the enormous cloud tendrils, Ra and Enyo arced around and, side by side, rushed the shadowy entity. After avoiding two streams of the black cloud, the war Goddess then sprang over one of the tendrils and, drawing back on her bow, fired a powerful light arrow at the evil God.
The attack slammed into the side of Set's head, ricocheting off of it and flying towards a distant sun, wiping it out of existence in the for of a massive super nova. Growling angrily at the glancing blow, the dark deity began thrusting his hands out one after the other, sending more clouds of black smoke towards them in retaliation. The spears of dark dust attempted to knock the pair out of the sky and impale them, but both Ra and Enyo swiftly evaded them or smacked them out of the way.
The golden bird warrior kicked and sliced two smoke streams out of the way, sending their particles scattering. After swinging around another, he then threw his hand up and sliced down at a third attack, cutting the blast of smoke in half. Once the threat was dispersed he wasted no time in closing the distance on his target. Set prepared for the man's attack by throwing another two blasts of smoke towards the God, only for Enyo to suddenly leap into his field of vision and hurl another arrow their way. The shadow deity smacked the projectile out of the way, only for Ra to suddenly come in from above and drive a golden sphere of energy into him from above.
The dark entity intercepted the blast with a punch, slamming it into the ball and causing it to detonate prematurely. The explosion from the charged attack was so massive, it not only cleared Ra and Enyo from the area and sent them spinning off into space, it generated a miniature super nova that disintegrated a nearby moon, leaving clouds of sand, debris and dust in the blast's wake.
With smoke and gas choking up the vacuum around the shadowy warrior, blocking out his view of the ravaged planets and galaxies surrounding him, the creature snarled in frustration. But while he was in the process of scanning the area around him, a flash of light from its blind spot alerted it to danger and forced its gaze upwards. There, through the glare of a distant quasar, it saw the glowing, purple form of the God of Destruction descending towards him at an insane speed.
Covered in cuts and burns, with his right eye clenched shut from all the blood trickling down his face, the humanoid cat deity yelled out as he cocked back his right hand and formed a concentrated orange sphere of ki.
"YOU WON'T GET AWAY THIS TIME!" Beerus roared, his path marked by the sound of an approaching jet.
A split second later the deity came within range and, when the shadowy figure countered, the pair's attacks collided with catastrophic force.
The resulting shockwave from the two blasts slamming into one another was biblical, causing a hyper nova sized explosion that disintegrated every single star and planet in range. All of the other deities in the area swiftly avoided the blast as it rippled out in a ring of fire and smoke.
Then, just as the shockwave disintegrated several moons on the edge of the solar system, the entire world went black…
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Leaping from his pillow with a gasp of shock, Beerus, who'd previously been enjoying a deep, relaxing sleep, sat up from his bed with a terrified look in his eyes and cold sweat pouring down his face. Body trembling from head to toe and breathing coming in raspy inhales and exhales, the Destroyer's eyes glanced around the enormous chamber that was his bedroom situated in the center of his Otherworldly palace. At first groggy and unable to make out any explicit details, after several moments of adjusting to the light, the haze in his eyes soon cleared and the man slowly drifted back into reality.
Recognizing the windows, the high-reaching ceiling, and the enormous hour glasses hovering around in the zero-gravity environment, the warrior saw that he was not floating in the cold vacuum of space or bleeding out from a crippling shot to the stomach. This was his place, his home, his dimension, and from the looks of it, there weren't any galaxies or suns blowing up around him… at least not without his consent.
Blinking a few times and quelling the tense feeling in his gut, the nervous God of Destruction then breathed a heavy sigh of relief and shook his head. "Dream… it was just a dream." Licking the back of his pawed hand and rubbing it against his head like any ordinary cat would, the man leisurely settled his nerves and gave his room one last, thoughtful look-over.
After sitting there in his sleeping robes for several seconds and coming to terms with the realization that all he was having was a really bad flashback, the humanoid cat relaxed, cleaned his face one last time, and gently crashed back into his pillows. As soon as he collapsed, the overseer of destruction was once again snoring away peacefully, as if the whole scenario had never taken place.
Unbeknownst to him however, his assistant, trainer and dutiful caretaker of unimportant affairs had been watching him quietly from the stairs. Standing there in robes fit for a royal and carrying a large staff at his side, the blue-skinned, white-haired, effeminate looking male known by many as Whis, crinkled his nose in discomfort before turning away. As he started back the way he came, the man closed his eyes and breathed out heavily, making his concerns known.
"Nightmares again," Whis thought, shaking head. "Truly… that is one conflict we will not soon forget."
That battle between the Gods of the Seventh Universe and the evil overlord Set had been one of the greatest calamities their group had ever faced. Hell, out of all the villains they'd had to face in their line of work, not only did this one cause them a great deal of grief and had come close to killing all of them at one point or another…
This particular threat had come from within their ranks.
Thank goodness that it'd been dealt with and would no longer be a problem… for now at least.
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