HERO.

"ally to good...

...nightmare to you!"

"oh geez, really? that's terrible." a frown is on gokus face as she explained what had happened to her family all those years ago. he shouldn't have really asked, but she seems okay describing it.

"so... tenko is that shigaraki guy?" he asks again for clarification, having gotten a little confused over who was who. man, daitens earth was so big and wild!

"but if they couldn't find him what happened to him then?"

“oh come on, chi-chi, haha... how was i supposed to know the dinosaur wasn’t alone?” his attempts to lighten the mood went ignored by his wife, as she shoots him a glare. a pout forms on the saiyans lips, knowing she was going to scold him for sure. so with that in mind, he keeps talking.

“it’s not like anything- AT-TA-TA! not so quick!” disinfectant really burns! goku tries to pull back, but chi-chi’s grip sure is a fierce one. he winces as the rag is removed. “i wasn’t ready!”

"whoa!" he almost isnt able to stop himself from being thrown across the arena. this guy was pretty strong! he can even take him on at super saiyan god level! a burst of air and he stops himself, fingers on his forehead and he's immediately back in front of mezcal before the fighter can chase after him.

"your energy is pretty similar to toppo, I wonder what that's about." goku muses outloud, much to mezcals disgust. but even with mezcals growing frustration, goku still didn't see the need to go all out ( gotta save his power for his remake with jiren after all ).

before mezcal can strike, goku holds out a fingergun. ki forms at the tip of his fingers, bullets of ki barraged at mezcal in an attempt to overwhelm him.

"oh yea? who killed them?" it's a challenge.

goku interrupts the new destroyer with no hesitation before beerus can even respond. goku was a lot of things; he was naive, he was forgiving. but goku knows evil when he sees it.

tension was thick as a knife, gokus stare never falling from mezcal, even with beerus' voice, reminding the saiyan that mezcal WAS a destroyer. goku didn't care, what he did care about was something terrible had happened to daiten. god ki can be felt building from the saiyan on top of his frustration. everything depended on mezcals answer.

"geez, daiten... would it kill you to lighten up?" she really had a lot going on, huh? goku laughs weakly as he thinks about what he can even say to that. "if you're gonna be like that, I think you should hang out more with vegeta or piccolo!" he says this but there wasnt any annoyance in his voice, or any type of anger. just that jovial laugh.

goku places a hand on her back, giving a couple gentle pats. there isn't much the saiyan warrior can really say is there? he didn't even know what he could say to begin with.

"sure, yea but good things don't usually have a reason either, it's not all bad. you should take a break sometimes, all work isn't gonna get ya anywhere."

"what? that's awful." a frown spreads on his face at this knowledge. what kind of sick person would do such a thing? as he stares at the drooling, snarling beast, he can't help but feel pity for the poor thing. the nomu spots him, instinctually moving to attack and goku scowls, ignoring daitens warning to move away from it as he formulates a plan to subdue this nomu thing before it gets out of hand.

the nomu moves to kill but goku does not. even with his power heavily suppressed, it's more than enough to put an end to this. with one punch to the face, the nomu is sent to the ground. it's unconscious no doubt, but very much alive; as told by the labored breathing coming from it. goku exhales, taking one more glance before a smile returns on his face, looking at daiten with a newfound sense of accomplishment.

"hey, is there anywhere we can just put this thing where it can't hurt anybody? it's not gonna be up for awhile now, so we can find a secluded forest quick, don'tcha think?"