Time Warp 14

I don't want to be Kakarot anymore.

That was the first coherent thought I had when my consciousness finally returned to me. I could feel veins throbbing on my forehead, and I had a migraine that hurt so badly I actually wanted to cry a bit, and there was an odd throbbing from my ears.

There was so much I now knew, so much new information in my mind that it was hard to parse through it all and think properly beyond it. So many techniques, so much I understood about ki. So much I understand about how to utilize my psychic gifts and the inner workings of magic.

I know how to go about shifting my ki into different elements. I know how to use the bio armour in ways I couldn't have fathomed before. There were so many ways to use magic that just branched out from a singular point, magic materialization. I know how Namekian's make dragon balls. I'm incapable of doing it the same way, but I now know thanks to Popo's knowledge how to bypass that limitation to make dragon balls not dependent on being a Namekian, albeit they would be much weaker. I know how to enhance my very ki itself and enhance my senses to the point where I can sense ki across the universe. I know how to teleport to anywhere I picture in the universe, yet I lack the spark of a gods power to dos o. I know how to sense a gods power.

...I even know how to go even further beyond the first Super Saiyan form. I actually already have went Super Saiyan 2 before, I just never noticed when I did it against Fu. And I know how to take it even further to reach Super Saiyan three. They're useless to me though right now. From Son Goku's knowledge I learned just how much the stronger forms of Super Saiyan increased the natural aggression within a saiyan to dizzying heights. Until I master the first Super Saiyan form, it was safer not to touch them lest I rage out of control like a berserker. The same exact reason why I hadn't just wished to become a Legendary Super Saiyan like Broly.

But yes, despite learning all of that. My first thought upon waking up was; I don't want to be Kakarot anymore.

So far, being Kakarot while an amazing high, has been largely suffering as well. Admittedly, a lot of that is my own fault. But it doesn't change the fact that I'm definitely so fucking done with pushing myself to the point where my brains are literally melting out of my ears just to prepare my universe to the point where it won't be erased by a fucking dildo headed mentally retarded toddler thing.

If things keep up at this rate, I'm probably gonna end up some masochist or something. I kept out all the martial arts knowledge and ability of the people on my list to stop the information overload. I kept freaking Guru out of it despite how much I wanted to learn the amazing things he knew. But still, even with my regeneration what I asked for was too much for me to process. If it weren't for the amazing regeneration I got from Porunga, I'd probably be a vegetable right now.

"Shh shh shh," a gentle, feminine voice shushed me lightly and suddenly, I felt small thin fingers rake slowly and comfortingly through my hair, and my head was laying on something warm and soft, "Calm down Kakarot, let your mind settle slowly, no need to rush."

Bulma? But no, the voice is different, lighter.

It took a lot of effort for me to open my eye. I blinked them open blearily, trying to bypass the blurry sleep crusting my eyes. When I finally did, I found myself looking up at a cute pink skinned faced with pointed ears, bright orange hair framing her eyes. "Y-you.." I found my mind going blank. What...why is she here?

Spoiler

She was, Chronoa. The Supreme Kai of Time, leader of the Time Patrol and ruler of the Time Nest and Conton City. The overseer of all time throughout every universe within the Dragon Ball continuity.

"It seems like you know me, huh?" She giggled girlishly, "Those visions you got from Bardock must be way stronger than I thought they were if they even let you see me."

I was at a total loss for words. "Take your time to get your bearings," Chronoa shook her head and continued on, "You went through quite the wringer with that wish you made. You've been unconscious for three days."

"T-three days?" I choked in disbelief.

"Didn't I say to calm down?" she touched her finger to my nose and frowned lightly at me, "If you're worried about having lost any time, then don't be. I've stopped time for everyone but us in this universe right now...well, not counting Whis and Beerus."

...Come again?

"You can do that?" I found myself asking.

"Stopping time?" she asked, arcing an eyebrow at me, and not once stopping her ministrations through my hair, "Yeah, but that shouldn't be a surprise. I mean, if your wish earlier is anything to go by, you can now too."

...That's right. I can do that now. But I could only hold it for so long because I'd be suffocating all the while during it. She it seemed had frozen time for three days straight and was casually talking to me.

"I suppose," I ended up answering with, "But...it begs the question. Why are you here?"

"Oh I think you already know Kakarot." she laughed lightly. And with her free hand, she reached down and grabbed one of my own, lifting it up to show the Time Ring on one of my fingers. I honestly hadn't put much thought into it beyond running my ki through it and trying to figure out how to use it. All I'd figured out was most of its features were blocked off to me for now.

"Am I in trouble?" I asked next. I'm basically a Time Breaker at this point.

"Hmm, no," Chronoa continued smiling as her laughter ended, "I already know you aren't behind this. I've been keeping an eye on you since your timeline diverged, and I'm not going to punish you for just taking advantage of the situations you've found yourself forced into."

The muscles I hadn't even known were tense, went limp as I relaxed back into her surprisingly comfortable thighs.

"Whoever is behind all this, they're smart and skilled, more so even than Towa by a large margin, but they're not as sly as they think they are," the cute orange haired kai hummed, "It wasn't that hard for me to figure out that all the little timelines set into your Time Ring were test runs, made to poke and prod at my reactions to see what they could get away with before moving on to your timeline as a finished project. Of slight changes in history that would result in a massive spiralling later down the line."

..What?

Wait...Bulla? Does that mean all the timelines Fu wanted to send me to had been altered just slightly by him at points? Actually, how the fuck did he even do that? Did he like magically switch the fetus of a Trunks with a Bulla or something? God that is disturbing as fuck to think about.

"By the way," Chronoa continued, breaking me from my thoughts, "I took the liberty of fixing that ring of yours. You should be able to use it to return to your own dimension now, and even back here if you want, or any of the other timelines already pre-set within. Oh, and I returned the original settings of a Time Ring to it as well that should let you travel to the past and future."

This is going a bit too fast for me! "Isn't that against like the sacred rules or something?" I gaped up at her.

"For the most part yes, but if you know about me, you know about the Time Patrol right?" she suddenly grinned down at me, "Then you should know that in special cases, like your own I'll let some things slide. Though, you'll be unable to go to the future back in your own timeline. It's a whole new timeline that even I can't jump ahead in thanks to you being a unique existence."

She tapped my nose teasingly again while I tried to wrap my mind around this whole situation, "So Kakarot, how do you feel about letting me know who exactly is behind my latest headache, and how do you feel about working with me?" she asked.

"Like a Time Patroller?" I asked, raising an eyebrow in interest. The Time Patrol, from what I know are based in the Core Universe. That means, as a resident of there, I will never need to worry about Zeno wiping me and the universe out and only need to worry about getting strong enough to deal with idiots like Towa and Fu. I could wash my hands of having to uplift my entire universe by my own hands. God that would be so fucking amazing, sign me right up!

"Mm, while that would be preferable, not right now," she denied me and I resisted the urge to click my tongue in disappointment, "You've already got a lot of eyes on you. If I bring you back with me, that bitch Towa is definitely going to try and poke at you. And besides, mystery man will know I'm on to him if I bring you back, I'm already expending a lot of energy to be in two places at the exact same time in two different universes without looking like I've left the Time Nest at all."

I blinked and just kind of stared up at her in confusion. "What...?"

Chronoa waved my question off, "Just understand that I'm doing a lot of crazy stuff right now to meet you without letting that whoever this guy is know I'm meeting with you and that I'm on to him," she said, before asking, "So, are you in?"

..Yeah, you know what? Fuck Fu. I don't care if you're actually a good guy really at heart, the fact of the matter is, you fucked with me and made my life even more of a chaotic mess. Eat shit jackass.