Beerus Planet — Day One of Convergence Training
The stars above Beerus Planet pulsed like ancient wounds — slowly healing, yet never fully closed. Time moved differently here. Gravity trembled at random intervals. And for the first time in centuries, the God of Destruction's world was filled with life.
A floating platform — wide enough to hold a hundred warriors — shimmered under the weight of destiny.
On its edge stood Whis, smiling faintly. Around him, the chosen: Goku, Naruto, Luffy, Gohan, Sasuke, Killua, Vegeta, Kakashi, Sarada, Zoro, Trunks, Chopper, Boruto... and others. Divided by origin, but united now by necessity.
**Whis:**
"Welcome, champions. You've been brought here not to reclaim your past... but to earn your future."
The wind was silent. Even Luffy didn't laugh.
From above, the Grand Priest descended — slow, regal, wordless. His eyes scanned each warrior as if reading through layers of soul.
**Grand Priest:**
"Power alone cannot win what is coming. Your instincts must evolve. Your weaknesses must be faced. Your very identities... must fracture and reform."
He raised a hand. The ground cracked into five orbiting rings, each one floating toward different corners of the planet.
**Whis** *(softly)*:
"Let the trials begin."
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## Trial One – Gravity Reversal Chamber
**Participants:** Goku, Luffy, Zoro, Vegeta
Inside a sealed dome, gravity flipped and twisted in irregular pulses. Every few seconds, down became up. Movement became punishment.
Luffy was the first to fall. His body stretched reflexively, but the pressure snapped his elasticity mid-air.
**Luffy** *(groaning)*:
"My bones feel like noodles... but not the fun kind..."
Goku floated beside him, laughing lightly despite the circumstances.
**Goku:**
"Reminds me of training with 400x gravity. Except now, the air punches back."
Vegeta, arms crossed, glared at them both.
**Vegeta:**
"If you two are done playing, perhaps we can learn something before we're crushed."
Zoro didn't speak. He had his eyes closed, one sword in hand, using only breath to balance. Every shift in gravity was like a wave — and he surfed them with blind focus.
Suddenly, the lights in the chamber dimmed. Phantom versions of themselves appeared — mirror copies with reversed fighting styles.
Zoro fought a version of himself that parried before attacking.
Goku faced a Goku who hesitated at every strike.
Luffy battled a clone that never smiled, never laughed.
And Vegeta... was fighting one that showed compassion in battle.
**Vegeta** *(growling)*:
"You mock me... with mercy?"
**Phantom Vegeta:**
"Is strength without heart truly strength at all?"
The real Vegeta's fist trembled — not from weakness, but from a question he'd never wanted to face.
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## Trial Two – Chakra Disruption Field
**Participants:** Naruto, Sarada, Kakashi, Sasuke
The field was a maze of chakra threads — invisible until stepped upon. Each thread responded to their deepest insecurities and fears about themselves.
Sasuke moved cautiously, Sharingan activated. Kakashi tracked his steps from behind.
**Kakashi:**
"The threads respond to emotional instability. You feel too much... you bleed chakra."
Naruto stepped forward and instantly dozens of chakra vines lit up around him.
**Naruto** *(startled)*:
"Wait — I wasn't even thinking anything sad!"
**Sarada:**
"You're always feeling something, Naruto-oji. That's your strength... and your vulnerability here."
She weaved through a corridor with Sharingan precision, but the threads began showing her visions: struggling to master techniques her parents perfected effortlessly, always being compared, never being just... herself.
One vine wrapped her ankle as doubt flooded her mind. She gasped in pain.
Sasuke cut it immediately, then looked away.
**Sasuke:**
"Doubt is a mirror that reflects only our failures. Break it, or it breaks you."
But his own threads were blazing — showing him the same massacre, over and over, with one whispered question: "What if revenge isn't the answer? What if it never was?"
**Naruto** *(struggling against multiple threads)*:
"No! We don't break our feelings... we accept them. Even the scary ones!"
His threads began to dim — not from suppression, but from acknowledgment.
**Kakashi** *(quietly, as his own threads pulsed)*:
"I've trained so many students... what if I fail these too? What if my guidance leads them to darkness?"
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## Trial Three – Illusion Loop
**Participants:** Killua, Trunks, Boruto, Chopper
This dome had no gravity, no walls, no direction. Just endless mirrors — some real, some false, all reflecting different versions of themselves.
Killua floated in silence, seeing multiple versions of himself: the obedient assassin, the rebellious friend, the protective brother.
**Assassin Killua:**
"You were born to kill. Stop pretending otherwise."
**Friend Killua:**
"But what if friendship is just weakness disguised?"
**Brother Killua:**
"Can you protect anyone if you can't even protect yourself?"
**Killua** *(whispers)*:
"Which one am I really? Which one should I be?"
Trunks stumbled through illusions of his greatest fear: being ordinary. Every mirror showed him failing to live up to Saiyan legacy, being overlooked, being... normal.
**Mirror Trunks:**
"You'll never be as strong as your father."
**Another Mirror:**
"Goten was always the natural talent."
**Third Mirror:**
"What if you're just... not special?"
**Trunks** *(voice breaking)*:
"I don't want to be ordinary! But... what if that's all I am?"
The mirrors whispered back with his own voice:
"Then prove you're more."
His fists shook — not from fear, but from determination.
**Trunks** *(quietly)*:
"I may not be the strongest... but I'll find my own way to matter."
Boruto saw mirrors reflecting his struggle with his father's overwhelming legacy.
**Mirror Boruto:**
"The Hokage's son... but what are you without that title?"
Chopper trembled, seeing versions of himself failing to diagnose illnesses, unable to help his friends when they needed him most.
**Chopper** *(sobbing)*:
"What if my medical knowledge isn't enough? What if I can't save anyone when it matters?"
**Killua** *(floating over to him)*:
"Then we get stronger. We learn more. We never stop trying."
He activated Lightning Pulse — not to fight, but to shatter the illusions around them all.
**Killua:**
"We are who we choose to be. Not who we're afraid we might become."
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## Trial Four – The Logic Crucible
**Participants:** Gohan, Bulma, Orochimaru, Shikamaru
No enemies. No physical challenges. Just screens. Data. Equations.
Holographic displays showing energy patterns, battle analytics, and theoretical frameworks.
**Bulma** *(typing rapidly)*:
"Energy harmonics between ki, chakra, and haki are creating interference patterns. We need to map the resonance frequencies."
**Gohan:**
"If we can create a hybrid flow system, we might be able to stabilize cross-universal energy usage."
Orochimaru smiled with scientific fascination.
**Orochimaru:**
"Fascinating... we're essentially rewriting the operating system of combat itself."
**Shikamaru** *(sighing)*:
"Great. Reality has become a program that needs debugging. And we're the tech support team."
**Gohan:**
"Exactly. But if we can crack this..."
Behind them, a complex diagram began forming on the largest screen — glowing with four distinct colors spiraling together. A symbol of convergence.
The beginning of something unprecedented.
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## Trial Five – The Reconciliation of Self
**Location:** Outer Void Ring
**Participant:** Gon Freecss
**Guide:** Whis
No ground. No light. No air.
Just an endless grey mist — pulsing like the breath of a sleeping universe.
Gon stood with quiet resolve, his body showing the marks of his previous ordeals but his spirit intact. His aura flickered — present but unstable.
**Whis:**
"You've learned to accept your potential for darkness, Gon. Now comes the harder lesson: accepting your potential for growth."
In front of him, a crystal sphere materialized. Inside: different aspects of his personality stood in a circle — not past and future, but all the sides of who he could choose to be.
**Naive Gon:**
"Adventure is always fun, right? Why complicate things?"
**Serious Gon:**
"Some situations require sacrifice. You can't save everyone with optimism."
**Determined Gon:**
"I'll never give up on my friends, no matter what it costs."
**Angry Gon:**
"Sometimes you have to fight dirty to protect what matters."
**Wise Gon:**
"Every choice has consequences. Choose with full knowledge."
Current Gon looked around at them all.
**Gon:**
"I don't know which one I should be in any given moment..."
**Wise Gon:**
"Then be all of us. Let the situation decide which aspect leads."
**Angry Gon:**
"But what if you choose wrong? What if your goodness gets people hurt?"
**Gon** *(after a long pause)*:
"Then I'll live with that choice. But I won't let fear of making the wrong choice stop me from making any choice at all."
He stepped into the circle, and one by one, embraced each version of himself.
And suddenly — a flicker became a flame.
Aura.
Not raw or destructive, but balanced. Controlled. **Complete.**
**Whis** *(smiling warmly)*:
"Nen born from self-acceptance rather than self-destruction. Let's see what miracles this creates..."
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## Beerus Planet – Hours Later
The warriors regrouped at the central ring. Exhausted. Bruised. But fundamentally changed.
Goku placed a supportive hand on Luffy's shoulder.
**Goku:**
"You did great in there, stretchy guy."
**Luffy** *(grinning despite missing teeth)*:
"Heh! You punch almost as hard as Kaido!"
Naruto sat beside Sasuke, both too drained for their usual rivalry. Just... watching the alien stars together.
**Killua** *(to Trunks)*:
"We both know what it's like to live up to impossible expectations, huh?"
**Trunks:**
"Yeah... but maybe that's what makes us stronger in the end."
**Luffy** *(to Goku)*:
"Your punches have laughter in them. I like that!"
**Naruto** *(to Trunks)*:
"Being strong isn't about power levels... it's about protecting what makes you want to keep going."
**Zoro** *(to Vegeta)*:
"Pride without purpose is just noise."
**Vegeta** *(grudgingly)*:
"...Occasionally, swordsman, you make sense."
The Grand Priest appeared once more, observing their interactions.
**Grand Priest:**
"You are not ready for what comes next. But you are no longer strangers to each other. That... may be enough to begin."
**Whis:**
"Rest tonight. Tomorrow, the real training begins. And you'll face it not as individuals from separate worlds... but as one united force."
As they settled in for the night, something had fundamentally shifted. They weren't just training to get stronger anymore — they were learning to fight as one crew, one team, one family across all realities.
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## Unknown Location – Orbit of Beerus Planet
A satellite long-forgotten drifted in shadow. Inside, alien machinery hummed with energy not native to this dimension.
A figure stood at its core — cloaked, unmoving. Face hidden behind a shifting digital mask.
One red eye gleamed through the static.
Multiple screens displayed holographic feeds of every trial: Gohan's energy equations, Killua's emotional breakthroughs, Gon's stabilized aura, the growing bonds between warriors.
Every movement cataloged. Every weakness noted. Every strength measured.
**Distorted Voice** *(through static)*:
"Report status, Specter-Z."
**Unknown Figure:**
"Observation complete. Behavioral signatures mapped. Energy types classified. Most importantly... emotional attachment patterns identified."
**Geno** *(his voice crackling across dimensions)*:
"Infiltration window?"
**Specter-Z:**
"Not yet. Let them bond further. Let them believe they're becoming invincible together."
The screen focused on a particular image: all the warriors laughing together around a campfire Goku had made.
**Specter-Z:**
"The deeper their connections... the more devastating their separation will be."
**Geno:**
"Perfect. Friendship will be their greatest strength... and their ultimate weakness."
The screens flickered with new data streams:
**EMOTIONAL RESONANCE PATTERNS - CROSS-UNIVERSAL FRIENDSHIP DETECTED**
**VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT: CRITICAL BONDS FORMING**
**RECOMMENDATION: PROCEED TO PHASE TWO**
**Specter-Z:**
"Phase Two can begin whenever you're ready, Grand Geno."
A final message blinked in crimson letters across all screens:
**SPECTER-Z ONLINE**
**DEEP COVER INFILTRATION: PENDING**
**TARGET ACQUIRED: UNITY ITSELF**
To Be Continued..
Questions for Readers:
"If you had to choose between being the hero everyone expects you to be... or the person you truly are inside... which would you pick? And what happens when those two things are completely different?"
"Can friendship born in training survive a real battlefield? Or does war change everyone, no matter how strong their bonds?"
"Is it better to be strong alone... or risk everything for the chance to be stronger together?