GBR: A Different Fate

Chapter 1: Healing

As a storm continued to thunder up above him, Goku Black kept a steady sluggish pace down the muddy road he was walking on still garbed in the leather cloak he took from a pitiful mortal he came across. With his body still being racked with pain and his ki nearly drained from him, Black's vision was slowly fading from his exhaustion.

The storm had picked back up from the brief re-pry it gave the injured body snatcher. 'Need to find shelter, this storm could get worse and I don't need to be out here like this if that happens.' He thought to himself as he continued down the road.

Minutes later, just as the rain started back up, Black's strained eyes found a small cabin with a light on deep out in the woods. 'A cabin? How fortunate.' A dark grin crossed over Black's face when he saw a mother usher her young child back inside,'A mother and child, how....vulnerable.'

Black continued to walk towards the home with the mother seeing him and then quickly noticing his swaying body,"H-Hello sir? Are you alright?" She asked him as she told her child to go back inside their home and get the first aid kit. Black however said nothing in response as he made it to the stairs leading to the front porch of the home,"How badly are yo-"

Her voice was cut short as Black backhanded her through the doorway of her home, causing the child to scream out in fear. The mother coughed up blood as Black stepped into the house and proceeded to fire a small blast from his finger through the mother's shoulder causing her to let out a blood curling scream that caused her child to freeze in fear as tears began to roll down the young childs face.

A deep chuckle emanated deeply from Black as he looked to the child with a almost sympathetic expression that quickly changed into a sadistic smile,"Its alright little one, you'll be screaming too." The child's eyes widen before he watched his mother reach out for him,"R-Run." Black's viscous grin turned back to her as the light of a ki blast shined out from his hand followed by the sickening screams of a mother and child.

-The Next Morning-

Goku Black hummed quietly to himself as a loud whistle blew from a small tea kettle on the stove. The sun shined brightly through the window next to the small stove as the body snatcher picked up the kettle and brought it to a table a few feet away from the small stove.

As he did so he passed by a form still covered in shadows with him being careful to step around a dark liquid that poured out from it. Black sat down at the table pouring himself a cup of tea as he looked out of a nearby window towards the distant road he had been travelling the day before.

Across from the table, a door labeled with a name was halfway open with several streaks of red splashed across it. Black took a small sip of tea before sighing,"What a beautiful day." As he sat at the table, drinking his tea every so often, his body would ache from soreness though it wasn't near at bad as the day prior.

Black tapped a finger from his free hand on the table he sat at as he thought to himself,'These people had no idea who I was, that is....strange. Before I begin to re-envision the Zero Mortal Plan, I need to investigating to see why these people don't seem to know who I am.'

His body began to ache a little as he thought over it,'Perhaps, I should be more concerned with healing this hurt body. Without my other self here to heal me, I should be more concerned with proper treatment of myself.'

With the thought of his counterpart, a new problem flooded his mind. "Zamasu...." Black said aloud,"That name.....It no longer suits me, a Kai who stole the body of a mortal warrior. Goku....everyone's savior." The body snatcher spoke with sarcasm in his voice,"The mortals called me Goku Black, a stained version of their savior's name. Yes...Goku Black, that will suit me going forward." Black said as he stood up with the cup of tea in his hands and walked to a window, looking out to the sky.