One Piece: The Eldest Brother

"...?" Vegeta and Edam stopped in their tracks as they shot a curious glance at the newcomer.

Everyone on the ground also looked at this guy with a very surprised expression for the one simple reason that this newcomer had Goku's every feature, his spitting image!

The guy looked with a curious expression at first before spotting Trunks and then Goku who was near the latter.

"Son Goku?" His voice sounded out just like Goku's own but a tad darker, and evil.

"So, you're Black…" Goku walked forward and looked at him.

The gash behind this Goku Black slowly closed into a sort of portal and he first shot a glance at the circle behind him and then at a ring on his finger before he observed the people down.

'Beerus the Destroyer, and Vegeta?' Goku Black thought before his eyes wandered toward Edam. 

'Hmm? Another Saiyan?' A look of confusion could be seen on his face as he quickly searched through his memories for any information on this young man in front of him.

But, no matter what, he didn't have anything. 

He instantly judged it useless to search anymore but still noted that Vegeta and he were sparring moments ago.

On the ground, a certain someone was pretty enraged at his sight and that was Trunks who grit his teeth in rage.

"You! How did you follow me here?!!"

"Heh, I of course took the same space-time tunnel as you, or… maybe you were the one who summoned me to kill you…" A malevolent smile made its way upon his face at the end of his sentence.

"You f*cking…!" Trunks was gonna dash to the sky to fight him to the end when a commanding voice sounded.

"Stop it Trunks…" It was Vegeta who spoke. "You're not his opponent in your state…"

Edam and he were both on the ground. Vegeta was facing Trunks while Edam was fixing this Black with a pissed-off expression. Being interrupted in the middle of an intense battle was anything but comfortable and was even irritating, to say the least.

"...?" As he was staring at Black with a mean expression, he saw Goku hurriedly flying toward this newcomer.

"Kakarot!" Vegeta noticed it and exclaimed.

"Hehe, first come first served…" Goku smiled at Vegeta and joined Black.

"You really look like me… it's rather shocking..." Goku said with a very intrigued expression.

"Heh... hello Son Goku…" The guy greeted rather politely with a smile that was impossible to trust.

"Heh, I don't know who you are but it doesn't matter…" Goku also smiled and then took a fighting stance. "You're pretty strong, right? Let's fight!"

"It would be an honour, I've also wanted to fight you in this body…"

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"No need for you to know…" Black smiled mysteriously as yellow energy rapidly gathered and formed a golden ball of ki with a black core in his palm and…

Boom!

"...?!" The ball of Ki abruptly exploded forward as Goku gritted his teeth to block it.

However, the blast was extremely powerful and managed to push him far away toward some pieces of mountains.

… 

"Who's this guy?" Meanwhile, Piccolo and Krillin, who had arrived some minutes ago at the end of Goku and Trunks' fight and during Edam and Vegeta's fight, asked the group.

"Let me present to you the guy who killed me…" Bulma said and pointed at this Black Goku.

"Huh? Killed you?" Both Piccolo and Krillin were confused by this.

Just a bit away, Trunks, who was dead-focused on the fight, gritted his teeth and flew up, followed by Vegeta and the others.

Edam was the only one who didn't follow but stayed there.

"Ara, you're not going with them?" Whis asked curiously.

"Hmm?" Edam looked at them and shook his head before looking back at the fight. "I can see them from here and I wouldn't be of any help if I go…"

"Is it? That little bird told us that your previous state wasn't even your full power though…" Beerus said, trying to inquire.

"...? What?" But, Edam only revealed a questioning expression. 

"Oh… nothing..." Beerus didn't say anything anymore and kept quiet. 'He doesn't know how to use his full power yet…'

"Right, excuse me little bird…hmm, what was your name again?" Whis turned his head in Yamote's direction and asked.

"Uh, as for now, you can just call me Yamote…" Yamote replied with a glance at Whis.

"Hmm, very well, since we're currently in a small company, are you a divine bird?" Whis asked plainly as he savoured his sausage.

"...Why the question?"

"Well, In my long life, I had the chance to meet countless God Beasts and your appearance just happens to greatly resemble the current bird of time, Tokitoki… are you also from another timeline too?"

"Well, you angels are impressive huh…" A smile touched upon Yamote's beak as he added. "However, you are wrong…"

"Ara?"

"I am not an ancient divine bird of time, I'm Tokitoki's twin brother… we were born at the same time…"

Beerus, who was trying to watch the fight and listen exclaimed faintly. "Huh? That's impossible, there can be only one divine bird of time, everyone knows it…"

"Well, that's right my power is not time but space so…" Yamote shrugged and said uncaringly.

"Tokitoki cannot communicate as well as you…"

"I'm just a natural-born genius…" Yamote said proudly.

"Hmm, that's a bit difficult to believe, Yamote-san…" Whis said.

"And yet, it is true…"

"...Alright, let's say that we believe you… and for what reason are you following this young Saiyan?" Beerus asked while looking at Edam.

"Sigh… does a bird need a reason to have an owner?"

"For a divine bird, yes…" Whis nodded and said.

"...I'm just serving my master, what's the problem with that?" 

"You are hiding something and I don't like this…" Beerus said with a snort. "You wanted me to destroy you or what…?"

"Tch, as grumpy as ever…" Yamote muttered slightly.

"What did you say?!" Beerus asked angrily. "Let me ask our little friend then, if his answer doesn't satisfy me, let me destroy him along with you…!"

"...Do it if you dare… however, don't come crying to me later on…" Yamote crossed his arms and looked away.

"..." Beerus was silent for a moment before speaking with a grim expression. "You think I won't do it…?"

"No, I know you will do it… but I'm advising you not to…!" Yamote exclaimed a bit angrily.

"Hmm? Why?" Whis asked curiously.

"Sigh, curiosity can kill the cat, don't you know?" Yamote redirected his words toward Beerus.

"You're looking to die huh…? Spit it…"

Seeing that he had reached his limits, Yamote shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes. "Alright, as you wish…"

"You're all comparing him to other Saiyans, but this is wrong, he is unlike other Saiyans…"

"My little lord's birth and existence itself have broken the divine laws of the Ruler of Existence…"

"...?"

"And yet what makes him even more special is something else…"

"What do you mean by his birth has broken the rules of the King? So his existence is not permitted?" Beerus narrowed his eyes menacingly.

"Oh, but the King knows it…" Yamote uttered plainly. 

"...?" A very curious expression was present on their faces as they both thought. 'Why is he still existing?'

One has to know that the King was never one to joke on the rules established. He would wipe you out without hesitation if he so wanted to. 

As for Yamote lying, it was near impossible since every divine being as arrogant as they could be, knew that bringing up the King's name should be done with respect and fear… 

"In other words, the Omni-King is allowing it…" Yamote said with his arms crossed.

"..." Beerus and Whis were both pondering over his words when Beerus then said.

"...He's just a Saiyan… you're making him look like a threat…" Beerus then rolled his eyes. "Okay, he's maybe a bit talented for a pureblood Saiyan and has some peculiar sense to feel my aura, but that's all…"

"..." Yamote looked at him weirdly and added. "Pureblood Saiyan? Huh?"

In response, Whis opened his mouth to speak. "This young man is an Ancient Saiyan right? To my knowledge, the Ancient Saiyan's race have all black tails in contrast to today's Saiyan whose tails are brown in color…"

"Well, you are right for that one but I've never said that little lord was a purebl-…?" He stopped mid-way and looked up.

"Wha-…?" Beerus exclaimed softly, feeling something amiss in Yamote's words. 

"...?!" However, before he could ask, a strange phenomenon suddenly occurred drawing everyone's attention.

The purple loop from which Black came out abruptly opened up bigger than before and started creating a small suction force. Even though the suction wasn't that strong, it still seemed to have a particular effect on Black Goku since the latter was greatly suċkėd toward the loop.

"This, this is...?! The breach is closing up..." Black Goku himself was flustered by it as he didn't want to go back just yet seemingly enjoying his fight with Son Goku.

"Ghh…!" However, while he was resisting the suction, he threw a glance at the time machine down there and to nearly the surprise of everyone present, he suddenly blasted a ki ball at it. 

"Oh no!" Trunks exclaimed in fear and despair.

Swoosh! It was with a blinding speed that the ki ball reached the machine.

But, at the same time, Edam's silhouette appeared like a ghost in front of the machine before slapping the ki ball with the back of his fist.

Boom! The ki ball exploded a few meters away.

"What?!" Black Goku had an angry expression on his face.

"..." Edam's expression didn't change that much and only looked coldly at this Black Goku. 'This is for interrupting my fight…'

Since that Black Goku appeared, he hadn't left him out of his sight for more than five seconds. That guy was reeking a very dark and bloodthirsty smell like many of the people he encountered while working in the Navy. 

However, this guy was by many, many, many times more dangerous than the foes he met so far, he was sure of that… his instinct was screaming it to him.

With that being the case, Edam kept every one of his actions in check, which was what allowed him to react before everyone.

With the fact that this machine was very important, and that Bulma had been kind to him, Edam decided to take action and protect this time machine.

"Ghnn! Dammit!" Black Goku exclaimed and was gonna shoot another ki ball when his body was forcefully pulled back and he finally entered the breach and it closed down.

"What happened to him…?" Krillin asked in shock.

"I can't sense his ki any longer, he disappeared into thin air…" Piccolo used his senses and didn't feel anything at all.

On the ground, Beerus then comments on it. "He didn't leave on his own accord…"

"It's very probable that the distortion caused by the time machine reacted with the ring of time which brought Back to the past. But the distortion itself repaired the breach and everything came to normal. And likewise, the ring of time brought Black back to where he came from… as if his time was up here…"

… 

The first to fly down was Vegeta who sent a glance toward Edam and said. "Well done… we'll fight again later on..." Before turning around.

"...?"

"He's right Edam, phew, I really thought that the time machine was done for this time, haha…" Goku flew down and tapped on Edam's shoulders to praise him as if they were friends for years.

"Well, he was pissing me off too…"

"Thank you so much, Edam-san! I don't know what I would have done if this machine was destroyed…" The older Trunks came toward Edam with a very grateful expression on his face. 

"Thank you again…" Trunks extended his hand out.

"Uh… " Edam glanced at it before shaking his hand. "You're welcome…"

Trunks nodded in gratitude.

"Ah!" A bit away, Bulma suddenly exclaimed.

"...?" Everyone turned toward her as she furiously walked in Goku's direction and pulled his ear.

"Aouch aouch, it hurts!"

"Look! Your fight with that Black damaged my time machine!" Bulma showed some small damaged spots on the machine. 

"Aouch, I'm sorry…" 

…

After that, they had a small discussion over what Bulma would do. 

Even though the damages the time machine received was minor, Bulma didn't want to risk anything and planned to repair it completely with the notebook left by her future self. She could learn what kind of energy it uses to travel time, and a lot more to eventually repair it.

"So it will take some time right?" Goku asked with an excited expression.

"Yeah, of course-…" Bulma simply nodded in response.

And the moment she finished her sentence, Goku was already out of sight and had run to Whis and Beerus.

"Whis-san, train me..." Goku said kindly but not politely enough it seems as he hurriedly corrected himself and bowed his back. "Uh, no, I mean, please train me, please, please, please, please…"

In response, Whis only looked at his ċȯċktail and spoke. "Firstly, with all these godly and temporal phenomena happening, I'm really not in the mood to train anyone…"

"There is that time ring too…" Beerus uttered while looking at his ċȯċktail.

"Eh…" Goku sighed disappointedly.

"Why don't you train with Vegeta?" Piccolo, who was not far away, suggested.

"Oh right!" Goku exclaimed and looked back in Vegeta's direction.

However, he only got a "Humph!" From him as he turned around to go back to his house.

"Well, he looks grumpy right now, I don't think he will accept…" Goku's face twitched as he chuckled.

Looking at Whis one last time he saw that he truly wouldn't train. 

He released a sigh and said. "I will go to master Kaio then…" As he flicked out, his eyes met with Edam and a bright light shone in his eyes.

"Ah hey-..." But It seems that he couldn't finish his sentence and was gone.

"...? What did he say?" Edam looked at the spot he disappeared curiously. "...his technique is so cool and useful…"

"Instant transmission huh…" Yamote, who was on his shoulders, muttered quietly.

"You know it?"

"Of course, I'm the one and only divine bird of space, what is a puny instant transmission technique huh… hmph, speed and space-time-related skills have no secrets to me…"  Yamote exclaimed proudly like a peacock.

"The downside is that you have to detect someone's aura first to teleport but the great side is that you can travel to nearly every place in one universe…"

"Oh…" Edam simply said and closed his eyes with his legs crossed. With this one fight with Vegeta, he felt his power having a significant boost in strength. And the worst was that, his blood was still hot despite their spar being over for half an hour already and was threatening to boil and explode again.

As such, a little bit of meditation wasn't so bad.

Meanwhile, Trunks was recounting his story to the small black-haired little girl called Mai who happened to be his girlfriend or something like that in the future. However she, unfortunately, died under Goku Black's ȧssault.

And when (in Edam's opinion) Trunks was unknowingly confessing his love for this older Mai to the little Mai… 

Goku barged in out of nowhere… "Wait a moment…"

"...?"

"Weren't you supposed to train with master Kaio?" Little Trunks asked.

"Yeah, but, master Kaio doesn't want to cook for me, I'm so hungry…" Goku held his belly with a sad expression.

Looking at Trunks, he said. "As for you, you should rest a bit, you're over exhausted, right? Your body won't follow if you continue…"

"Yes! I will go take a rest then…" Trunks nodded and went into the house.

… 

Following this, Goku went to sit down near Whis and Beerus. 

Rumble! 

A sort of earthquake was from time to time kicking in and seemed to directly come from Bulma's house.

"Whoa… Vegeta is really pissed off…" Goku remarked as he shot a glance in Vegeta's direction before exclaiming. "Ahh, I'm so hungry…"

His complaint seemed to have an effect on Beerus as he complained. "What about dinner!?"

"It's a little bit early for dinner…" Whis replied.

"Oh, right!" Goku who was bored then noticed Edam seemingly meditating and slowly made his way toward him.

"Yo…!" Goku greet with a smile.

"...?" Edam opened one eye to look at him. "Yes?"

"Well, Bulma will take some time to repair the time machine, so how about a small fight?"

"Hmm…" Edam pondered for a few seconds before nodding. "Okay, why not?"

He then stood up while Goku did the same.

The latter's gaze however froze a bit as he looked at Edam up and down with a frowning expression before it turned into a twitching smile.

"You're really something…" In Goku's eyes, the aura Edam was giving off had, with only one battle with Vegeta, nearly doubled and even tripled in density.

Goku's mouth cracked into an excited smile as he flew up. "Follow me!"

"Alright!" With this Edam followed him while Beerus and Whis looked up curiously.

"Oh, a new show…" Whis comment was plain.

"Well, let's see how this forbidden little Saiyan will do against Goku…" Beerus only shot a faint glance at them.

… 

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