What Keeps Him Sane (Goku Black x Kale)

1- A quick stop on Planet Sadala

[Black's POV]

Although I have no idea why Zamasu brought me with him to Sadala, I understand the reason why we've come in the first place. The only beings capable of stopping our divine justice in it's tracks are Saiyans, and the less of them, the better our chances. Not that it mattered much anyway. If needed, I'll just power up to Super Saiyan. As such, I've elected not to join Zamasu in destroying the mortals of Sadala, instead sitting and drinking some tea on the top of a building. Quite peaceful, until a group of three Saiyans and one purple man in a trench-coat ruin it.

"Mister Goku! When did you get here?" The male Saiyan in the group waves and walks towards me, causing me to sigh, set my cup down, and stand. The other male of the group eyes me suspiciously, and the two females stand back a bit. As the male Saiyan gets closer, the other male starts running towards me as well. He's figured it out.

"Cabba, get back!" I grin, and catch the man's arm as he goes to punch me, surprising all of them. "You should've listened to your own advice. You seem like a fairly strong mortal. It'll be fun to destroy you." He turns his head towards me just as I punch him in the stomach, sending him flying back towards the females. He lands with a loud thud, rolling a couple feet before coming to a stop. The Siayan known as Cabba stops moving towards me, fear strewn across his face as I turn towards him. I walk towards him, a grin on my face still, until a fist comes out of nowhere and catches me off guard. One of the two female Saiyans lands a small bit away from me, fists ready.

"I don't who you are, but no one hurts my friends!" I touch the spot where she punched me, and I'm surprised when I see blood on my fingers. "I'm impressed, mortal. You managed to make me bleed. Unfortunately for you," I appear directly in front of her, an annoyed look on my face, "You've also managed to piss me off with that little stunt." The woman backs away quickly, terror and shock written across her face. I close the distance slowly, my killing intent clear to every one of the group. Suddenly the other female in the group is front of me, arms outstretched to the side, fear shining in her eyes.

"I won't l-let you h-hurt C-Caulifla!" For some reason, this mortal makes me stop in my tracks. I can feel my heart skipping a beat for every second I look at her. I look away quickly, walking back to where I was sitting, returning to drinking my tea, annoyance radiating from me instead of killing intent. The group, now including the man I sent flying, stand behind me again. "If you're going to stare at me, at least sit down. My attacks were only in retaliation to your trench-coat wearing friend, and the Caulifla woman's attacks on me. Hell, if you want some tea, I'll pour you some. I'm just waiting for my friend to finish what he's doing, so I'm quite bored."

The four of them seem quite surprised that I, the man who was willing, and ready, to kill them mere moments earlier, am now offering them tea. The woman that made me stop quickly sits down, followed by Cabba and Caulifla, then the purple man. They all agree to tea, and after pouring them each a cup, we sit in silence, at least until Cabba speaks.

"Sorry for thinking you were someone else. You look almost exactly like him." I wave it off, setting my cup down. "It's fine. You were almost right on my name though. Think of it like this; he's Good Goku, I'm Black Goku. Or Goku Black. Whichever you want to call me. Just not Goku." This seems to confuse the group, prompting me to sigh again. "Alright then, I guess that was too confusing. Think of it this way; I'm Goku's twin that he didn't know of. In order to keep people from confusing us, I got a tan, as well as a different gi and color than his." They seem to believe this lie, returning to their tea and enjoying it.

The whole time, my eyes glance to the woman who stopped me. For a mortal, she's quite beautiful. Each glance makes my heart skip a beat, confusing me immensely. How can a mortal woman have such an effect on me? Caulifla sets her cup down and looks at me. "Sorry about, y'know, punching you. And making you bleed." Once again, I wave it off, finishing my tea and sitting back in my chair, looking at the city below. "Again, it's fine. Not the first time I've been hit that hard. But it was a good punch." Why am I being so nice to these mortals? It makes no sense! Caulifla insists on apologizing, and I keep waving it off. "You should really be thanking your friend, though. I have a very short temper, meaning I was going to kill you for that little stunt. Your friend saved all of your lives." The woman's eyes widen at my confession to almost killing them all if not for her. "Wait, really?! Man, Kale, you really saved our asses!" Kale just smiles and looks away. "It w-wasn't really a-anything special..."

Soon enough, Zamasu flies up and lands by the table, pulling back a chair. "So?" I turn towards him, pouring him a cup of tea as well. "The mortals of Sadala are actually quite peaceful. I think we'll leave this planet how it is. I notice there was a lack of explosions, though. Did something happen, my friend?" I wave my hand across the table, gesturing to the group that is still drinking their tea. "You could say that. It would seem I made a few acquaintances in the time you were absent. The saiyan male is Cabba, the woman without an actual shirt is Caulifla, and the honestly quite beautiful one is Kale." This causes all of them to spit out their drinks, and Zamasu even starts choking. After his little coughing fit, he looks at me with the same expression as everyone else.

"Come again? Are you sure you're okay, because I thought I just heard you call a mortal 'beautiful'?" I pour myself another cup of tea, leaning back in my chair. "I'm perfectly fine. You heard me." I swear a blush comes to life on Kale's face before she hides it. I just hide a smirk behind my cup as I down my tea. Standing, I place my hand on Zamasu's shoulder, and place two fingers on my head. "Well, we'd love to stay and chat more, but we really must be going." "Farewell, mortals." And with that, I Instant Transmission us to Earth, our actual destination.