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an Echo Of Determination in Dragon Ball

This is a rewrite of my old story: Echo of determination. You might recognize a lot of the story, but alot has changed. The world is in Peril, The Dragon balls had no power in the first place. The only hope we have left. Is a person who can't seem to shut up about determination. This is also far from a standard Dragon ball world. Also, What's this about an Isekai investigation unit? "Heya. You've been busy, huh?" I look around at the devistation King Piccolo has wrought. . . . (King Piccolo Power level 9800) "So, i've got a question for ya." Piccolo looks at me, and says. "You know nothing. When I killed your friend Goku, I thought You would fight me at your full potential." I continue as if I wasn't interrupted. "Do you think even the worst person can change?" That everybody can be a good person, if they just try?" I start to laugh. after all, I, An Otaku, am the last person alive on this planet. "All right. Well here's a better question. Do you wanna have a bad time? Cause if you take another step forward- You are REALLY not going to like what happens next." Piccolo swipes his Arm at me. in a forward chop and I dodge, "Welp. Sorry, Goku. This is why i never make promises." energy starts to crackle around me as the sky turns dark. (The Echo Is Resonating with your determination. All Physical Aspects have been Increased.) "It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming. . . On days like these, kids like you. . . Should be burning in hell." King Piccolo continues to use more esoteric martial arts. every kick dodged, every swipe missing by a hairs breadth. "You think I'm just gonna stand there and take it?" I charge, "MASENKO!" SHIT! I die. But not for the first time. (The Echo Has Granted you a boost in your Reaction speed and Kinetic Movement. Try again.) "Heya. You've been busy, huh?" I look around at the devistation King Piccolo has wrought.

InterPlanarGod · Anime & Comics
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15 Chs

Mainus Castus Interactionus

I practice my new name a few times before I'm close enough for even Goku to hear. Soon, though I arrive in front of Goku and Bulma who is screaming about being a girl and Goku asking what a girl is and if he can eat it.

I approach, "Is anyone hurt? I heard gunshots over here!" I make sure to walk like a martial artist so Goku notices. "You look strong!" Goku grins.

"HEY! What kind of attention span is that?!" I hear Bulma complain. which is pretty normal for a situation like this. She's clearly freaking out. She just ran over a person who didn't get hurt and then she shot him a bunch of times only for him to not even be damaged and only fall over.

"I shrug. I get stronger pretty quickly by fighting." I quickly remove the gun from Bulma's hand without her noticing. "I really don't think you should be waving this around though. it's dangerous for people who aren't trained in Ki. You might hurt someone." I look at Goku and get a sense for his power.

(Power level 28.)

How the heck am I stronger than him?

"HEY! give that back!" I hear Bulma shout, scared. "Not until you tell me what's going on." I say, knowing what's going on but not wanting to seem all knowing because of canon probably not being a thing here.

I'd also seem pretty creepy if I somehow knew all about them.

Me existing, and Krillen not existing, is bound to have huge freaking butterfly effects anyway.

She quickly explains that She ran into Goku while speeding and not paying attention and then shooting him when she thought he was some kinda zombie.

I glare at her. "How the hell could you think someone who flipped a car is a zombie?! Also, you watch too many horror movies. You could have killed a kid if you weren't dealing with a Ki practitioner like him!"

Goku grins, "It's okay mister, I'm fine it's not like she actually hurt me!" I frown, and nod, "He forgives you i guess. so it's okay."

He then smiles, "My name is goku! what's yours!"

I grin, and poke a thumb at my face with my legs spread wide like I'm presenting myself. "My name is Itachi, martial artist extraordinaire! Pleased to meet'cha, Goku!"

Bulma looks at me with a flat stare. "I'm Bulma." she pouts. I nod, and grin. "Nice to meet you as well Bulma!" Her pout turns into a blush at my smile and she turns her face away.

Goku grins and says "Hey can we fight?! I wanna try to fight other martial artist and get strong!"

I nod, and say "Sure, we can spar!" I get into a starting stance of the Ouran Temple style: Hunting Bear swallows the monkey.

Goku smiles and is about to get into a stance but then his stomach loudly protests.

*brrrrrlll*

"Uhh, can we go eat first, I'm hungry. I only brought a big enough fish for one though!"

I look at the giant fish on the side of the road. "Uhhhhh, how much exactly do you eat?"

As goku leads us to his house to cook his giant fish on the stove, I start thinking about the dragon balls. Being honest, I have a few greedy wishes that might make me stronger, but it I doubt they would work.

When we enter I notice the dragon ball.

I am immediately petrified. scared stiff. Horrified.

The dragon ball is white.

The dragon ball has 4 very dim grey stars.

The dragon ball.

is.

Inert.

(Checkpoint reached Duty Complete. Discover the nature of the dragon balls in this reality.)

"Hey Goku. is that a dragon ball?" Bulma asks.

I try to act calm as Bulma tries to snatch it. while Goku protects his 'Grandpa.'

"What's a dragon ball?! this is my grandpa!"

I zone out as Goku explains that His grandfather Gohan left it for him and therefore it is his grandfather Gohan.

I internally am freaking out. I clutch my chest and I die of heart failure. as Bulma starts freaking out and trying to resuscitate me.

I come aware standing in front of the Inert dragon ball. My vision swims and I begin hyperventilating.

(Heart strength and blood vitality Multiplied by 500%. Healing speed Multiplied by 300%. Power level increased 29 to 31)

(you can no longer die of a heart attack, even if you get heart disease by some miracle. You are also Immune to sickness.)

I collapse to the ground, and my lungs collapse. the capillaries in my brain burst due to over oxygenation while I suffocate and internally bleed out.

I come aware and still see the inert dragon ball where there should be a vibrant one. I take a deep breath and calm myself. I'll figure out what to do to prevent the yearly destruction of the planet and wiping of the population later. For now, I have to live my life and get stronger.

(Your lungs and brain have been enhanced to resist over-saturation of oxygen when breathing. regeneration multiplied by 300%. power level 31 to 32.)

I freeze as I hear a long message.

(INCOMING ONE WAY MESSAGE FROM ISEKAI INVESTIGATION UNIT.

"Hey Kid, You look like your in a fuck-load of trouble. Died at the age of 16, You were falsely sent to a death world for no reason at all. So I'm granting you this boon. You are now able to revive people and restore the planet every time you beat a main antagonist. I'm also giving you an Adaptive body Perk and the No Limits Perk. Because otherwise your training would be too slow and the speed of how strong you would get would slow down. I feel bad for you. He didn't give you anything to survive it seems.  Also, I've taken the liberty of removing the time-patrol as an aspect of this Multi-universe small-cluster. Good luck kid. Here's hoping you don't die anymore. Why the asshole gave you return by death is beyond me. What an ass. Hey atleast you got Itachi's body. You'll get all the ladies with that! From what I'm seeing he Took away the sharangan, so I'm retroactively giving you a one Tomoe Sharingan that you should have unlocked after killing that Ouran Temple guy in that one return by death loop.

Again. Good luck."

BEEEEP.

END MESSAGE.)

I calm down. I guess they didn't see that I got the echo.

Me being the Dragon balls and unable to die forever is somewhat relieving. I guess this is my story now. 

I look at Goku. "Hey Goku. nice stone over there, Let's eat though, I'm also hungry. Where'd you get the fish, I kinda wanna get one so we aren't hungry."

He Grins and looks at me, cooking the big fish on some kind of spit-roast. pointing towards a direction, he says, "It's thata-way! hehe!" I turn towards the forest and start walking

"Hey DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!" Bulma follows me unable to get the dragon ball away from Goku, unable to convince him to come look for the rest of the dragon balls.

"Hey, Itachi- How am I supposed to convince him to come with me and help me look for the dragon balls? All he seems to care about is being strong and eating!"

I shrug and say "I'll handle that."

as I reach the small lake nearby with the huge fish, as I take off my boots.

Getting down to my undershorts, Bulma blushes "HEY! What are you doing!" she immediately turns around, her face red as an apple.

I frown. "I'm not getting hypothermia from wet clothes, so please turn around. or don't feel free to take a look. I know I'm handsome."

my frown turns into a grin and I wink at her.

She nods, but when I start taking off my underwear she turns atomic red.

"B-B-Big..." is the last thing I hear her say before she bolts back towards the Hut.

I start laughing loudly.

Dive in, and immediately find a huge fish.

I punch it out of the water, marveling at my huge strength, and I get back to the surface, dry myself with an application of ki. and then grab my clothes, carrying a fish half the size of Goku's.

Bulma is still blushing atomic red when I get back and cant seem to look me in the eye. I relight the fire Goku seems to have quenched and start cooking.