As you may have noticed from reading my profile, I've been considering writing about Dragon Ball for some time. I still intend to do that, but I also want to work over other ideas pertaining to One Piece among other fandoms. However, after thinking it over recently, I decided to share my ideas for what other Dragon Ball AUs that come to my mind which I might write by myself someday, but I wouldn't mind making these available to others and see how they progress from there. It works on occasion for mellra, after all.

While it seems a bit disorganized to me concerning the FFN detail of dividing the Dragon Ball franchise into one archive per anime series, I decided to place this in the Dragon Ball Z archive because of how noticeable it is, as I'm sure many of you can understand. Also, when I write my own long term Dragon Ball stories, I intend for them to be retools of canon. Somewhat not too different from those stories that have Goku grow up as Kakarot for one example. Maybe not an exact example, but close enough.

Anyway, just don't be alarmed if you see differences than from what you might remember from the manga, anime, and video games. We all have our preferences, even when many of us do our best to act unprejudiced, if you know what I mean. I'll explain the differences at the bottom and hope you all understand when you read it. Before we begin, I'd like to share some guidelines for those who would like to write about these concepts which, while not entirely necessary, would be appreciated if they were at least considered.

No unnecessary bashing: seeing characters grow up and show hidden strengths is all good until it looks like the writer is purposefully making the character in question look like an unlikable nuisance at best and a complete villain at worst. Trust me, it's best to show both the positives and negatives of those in a story. I know it might not be easy for those that yelled more than they fought in canon (Bulma and Chi-Chi), but giving them the benefit of the doubt would be a fair sign.

No slash: I try not to judge people who have different "bonding" preferences compared to mine, but I really don't think that characters that weren't listed as canonically yaoi in nature should be depicted as such. Not that I like gender bending much either.

Keep the content at a controlled level: meaning that it's probably best to be mindful of which direction the story/stories will go. I like straight lemons as much as the next fellow, but given how things all are iffy on certain websites like FFN, it would probably be wise to just walk first before jumping.

Don't shy away from asking me for advice or beta reading: however, I won't dictate your execution as it should ultimately be your decision. I'm doing fine with it so far with digemsmack over his Fairy Tail story which I gave my patronage for, Ascension of the Second Apocalypse.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Dragon Ball franchise or it's related concepts and characters, but Akira Toriyama and his affiliates do.

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Dragon Ball Alternate Paths

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Hopping Universes

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Milky Way Galaxy, Universe 7, June, Age 737

In the void of space, an Attack Ball sped across the stars to reach it's intended destination of Planet Earth. Spherical and constructed with a white, exceptionally strong armor with a red glass window for observation, the Attack Ball was the common type of space vessel designed and produced by the Arcosian Star Empire for use by its most economically crucial agency, the Planet Trade Organization. Commonly, when autopiloted, an Attack Ball was meant to ferry a single, martially talented Planet Broker in suspended animation and employed in whatever manner by said Organization to a habitable and/or resource-rich celestial object where the Broker is meant to cleanse the native lifeforms in whatever necessary capacity to prepare for either the native species annexation to the Arcosians, their former homes being conquered and sold to the highest bidder both within and without the Empire's official jurisdiction, or both. But at that particular time, numerous Attack Balls were being used as escape vessels for members of the same endangered race from the same doomed planet, even without the vast majority of the passengers being aware of what had occurred or what would occur to them.

The Attack Ball that was heading for Earth, for one example, carried a being who was only slightly older than three years old. From a pair of Earthling eyes, he would've appeared to have been an almost ordinary Human child with spikey black hair if it weren't for his brown, monkeylike tail. Other than that, the battle armor he wore consisted of black wrist guards, yellow shoulder guards and skirt armor, boots that were a mix between yellow, white, and black in color, his torso was largely black with a yellow midsection, much of his armor was laced with white lines, and he wore black shorts. The boy's name was Kakarot, second born son of Bardock and Gine, brother of Raditz, and as of that moment, one of the few Saiyans left alive and free.

Long before their emergence at the forefront of the Planet Trade's conquests and exploits across Universe 7's North Area, the Saiyans had long been a controversial people due in no small part to their biologically aggressive nature and the warrior culture that was formed by them. Having lost their original home planet in a period of internal discord centuries before and gaining an infamous reputation of wiping out other races in the past decade, the Saiyan people's fortunes arguably took a bad turn when they made contact with the inhabitants of Arcose, the capital planet and birthplace of a powerful reptilian race that through their tyrant ruler, Frieza, held sway over much of the charted universe that weren't able to defend themselves from the Planet Trade's military might or solicit the aid of other contenders to their power such as the underequipped and understaffed Galactic Patrol. Upon their formal alliance which eventually resulted in the adopted Saiyan world of Planet Saiya's annexation, the vast majority of the Saiyan Army and its related mercenaries were tasked to follow much of their overseers' orders in conquering and subjugating numerous worlds throughout their universe in exchange for the wealth and technology to improve their people's livelihoods. In the end, the Saiyans had to sacrifice their independence and what remained of their honor in order to protect their society and species as a whole from collapse and extinction.

In spite of the occasional demeaning behavior from their "fellow Planet Brokers", much of the Saiyan lifestyle had improved upon King Vegeton's oath of fealty to Lord Frieza in Age 731. One example was the adoption of incubation chambers which even non-combatant Saiyan families had used to enhance the mental and physical growth of their offspring. Which is why as a three-year-old, Kakarot knew how to speak in full sentences with words similar to a preadolescent from Earth. He admitted to not having the same above average understanding of cooking, tactics, or science as either of his parents, but it didn't discourage him from being a decent student of Ki manipulation at a young age and he was told in the past that once he got his head around the basics of a Planet Broker mission, he would be ready to go on his own missions.

However, for reasons Kakarot wasn't told at the time, it was involuntary decided that he would be sent off Planet Saiya for what was supposed to be a long-term scouting mission. With his older brother on his own team with two noteworthy members of their race, Kakarot's mother and father assisted him in getting adjusted to his Attack Ball and were even said to have picked out his destination for him. Such a situation was unheard of to Kakarot and his curiosity was at its near maximum upon seeing other Saiyan families sending their own children among others off on their own "scouting missions", but he trusted his parents well enough to know that they had his best interests at heart. More to that, they swore on their lives that once he landed on Earth, he would know what was going on and understand it through a prerecorded message that was supposed to play once he reached his destination.

Nonetheless, whether by coincidence or fate, Kakarot's path took a remarkable deviation in only a fourth in his voyage to Earth which was supposed to have lasted two months.

On the fifteenth day, his Attack Ball was passing through a region of space that possessed a binary black hole that was approaching its merger. Due to the event taking place, gravitational wave emissions were at their peak to the point that not only was space being distorted, but the Attack Ball carrying Kakarot was captured into the pull of the merging black holes which slowly began to crush the Attack Ball, thus damaging its internal systems from the autopilot to the environmental system keeping its young passenger unconscious.

"Uh… what?" Young Kakarot muttered as he slowly awoke. Blinking his eyes to help his sense of awareness, it didn't take long for him to notice that he was approaching a system of black holes that appeared to promise instant death for him. "What the heck?!" He exclaimed in sheer panic. "Got to do something! Anything at all! I'm not prepared to die this way!"

Although Saiyans were usually known for their seeming lack of fear for death, Kakarot, being young and inexperienced, had no intention of dying to a travel emergency rather than a worthy opponent he had yet to face. Scampering inside his vehicle, he tried to find some way to correct his course with either the remote in his possession or by trying to directly mess with the circuitry underneath his seat, but almost instantly found he was out of his depth, considering his lack of knowledge of spaceship mechanics and the then lack of time acquire that knowledge. To make it look like the universe wanted him gone for good at that moment, the binary black hole finally completed its merger into a distorted shape and pulled the Attack Ball faster into its singularity.

"Oh, Mom and Dad, why did you put me in here in the first place?!" Kakarot rhetorically asked before finally passing through the phase of his mother's "civil lessons". "Damn it all!" He screamed in sheer despair as the Attack Ball finally entered through the then singular black hole and vanished from the Seventh Universe.

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Milky Way Galaxy, Universe 6

Compared to its twin universe, the Sixth Universe's counterpart for Planet Sadla was never destroyed any more than its native Saiyan children ever witness the Super Saiyan transformation to be immortalized into legend. Thus, the Saiyans of Universe 6 evolved naturally into a race that fought productively for their universe as widely proclaimed heroes of justice alongside the peace-keeping forces of Arcosian Emperor Frost by the time their Universe 7 counterparts lost their second home world to their Arcosian conqueror. Aside from the difference in intergalactic politics, Universe 6 was largely similar to the other eleven universes that comprised the multiverse in terms of its hierarchy of deities. For the Sixth Universe, its reigning Supreme Kai was the absentminded Fuwa, its sole God of Destruction was the underhanded Champa, and its resident Angel was the mischievous Vados.

The purpose of the Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction for each universe was to keep the balance between creation and destruction in check with the Angels serving as attendants to the latter, and although Champa was lazier than most, he wasn't keen on disappointing the most powerful being in the multiverse who assigned him this duty by shirking his responsibility. Nonetheless, neither he nor Vados foresaw that an opportunity for them to influence the multiverse was within their reach at the moment.

Like his fellow Destroyer from Universe 7 who he shared an intense rivalry with, Champa made his home in a large castle complex located on a giant tree on top of an upside-down pyramid that was unaffected by the vacuum of space it roamed in within the mortal universe. Of course, Champa always did what he could to make his home and everything it came with seem more better than anything his twin Beerus could have, despite the fact Universe 6 could best be described as the third least favorite universe of the Omni King. At the time, when he would receive a surprising guest, he was sunbathing near his home's gigantic lake on a beach chair with Vados standing nearby.

"Anything I should know about, Vados?" The purple, plump feline royally dressed as his universe's Destroyer asked his attendant in a rather unsophisticated manner.

"Our universe seems to be in a rare moment of peace, Lord Champa." The teal-skinned, white haired Humanoid in green robes carrying a long scepter told her superior in a composed tone. "However, I did receive a communication from my brother who said that Lord Beerus would be taking an extensive slumber for, in his own words, 'forty years, give or take a year'."

Champa scoffed in derision. "Bloody hypocrite. He says that I'm the lazy one, yet he sleeps too much to do his job. It's no wonder he's in charge of the second lowest universe of the multiverse."

Vados smiled knowingly. "And it's no wonder our universe is the third lowest."

Champa quickly became annoyed. "If I had the Super Dragon Balls, I'd probably wish for a change in companions right now. I mean, Belmod's relatively living the dream with a more reliable universe, Supreme Kai, and Angel, and all I get is your smart-aleck remarks."

Vados just kept her smile. "I'm quite found of you as well, my lord." She was about to say something else before her eyes widened and she turned her direction to the distance of space as if expecting something.

Champa was quick to notice her alertness. "Now what?"

Before she could reply, a spherical object instantly appeared where Vados was looking and then quickly landed in the lake before either she or Champa could respond. Upon impact, they saw that the object was some sort of damaged spacecraft and its occupant didn't hesitate to leave in a panic before landing on his feet.

"Oh, thank the King of the Saiyans it's over!" The adult, monkey-tailed Humanoid exclaimed in a form of relief. "I thought it was the end for me back there. It's no wonder everybody says that black holes are dangerous." Not noticing his befuddled company, the person chuckled for a bit before he noticed something different. He placed his hands on his face. "Hey, what's with my voice?" He then looked at his arms. "Where did these long, muscled limbs come from?" Finally, he noticed his reflection in the water below him. "Why do I look ten times older than what I'm supposed to be?!"

"Will you knock it off and explain yourself, already?!" Champa snapped impatiently.

The armored male soon found he wasn't alone. Shocked momentarily, the person leapt back to his space pod to grab a blue-colored, monocle-like device to attach to his left ear. Once turned on, he analyzed the two beings before him. His unease grew more and more as his device kept making noises before it finally broke in a small explosion. The man wasn't hurt, but he didn't seem to mind any scratches he got.

"Your power levels are higher than anything I've seen before." He eventually managed to say. "You're obviously not Arcosians, but you guys could probably give Frieza a run for his money."

Champa's eyes were then raised. "Frieza? You mean the Galactic Overlord from Universe 7?"

Vados cut in with her own question. "The same universe where the Saiyan people still have their primate tails?"

Their unexpected new arrival was stunned. "I'm in a different universe?" His head quickly snapped back to the deities before him. "Did I move forward into time, too? Could that be the reason why I look like a thirty-year-old instead of a three-year-old?"

"You're supposed to be a toddler?!" Champa exclaimed at the seeming absurdity of it all.

Vados was quick to assess the situation. "You said you had an encounter with a black hole, correct?"

"Um, yeah, but it was made from two other black holes merging together." Answered the Saiyan uncertainly.

"Such a phenomenon must have made a connection between Universes 6 and 7 as well as accelerated your age." Vados theorized. "Very peculiar."

"You got a name, kid?" Champa asked as soon as he wrapped his head around the situation.

"Yeah, I'm Kakarot." Introduced the Saiyan. "Can I ask who you guys are?"

"You will address me as Lord Champa, the Sixth Universe's God of Destruction." The Destroyer replied in a tone that demanded respect.

"And I am his attendant, Vados." Said the Angel a bit more politely than her lordship.

"Now, Kakarot, what are we going to do with you?" Rhetorically asked Champa who had a smirk that unnerved Kakarot.

"Uh, that's a good question." Replied a sheepishly smiling Saiyan child in an adult's body.

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And that's a start for now. Right now, I have four more ideas to present which a lot of you may recognize or consider new, but for now, you all can just read and form an opinion. Reviews are important to gauge a reader's response after all. Just so long as I see constructive criticism, of course.

I know I'm not the first person to address Frieza's species with the same name used in the anime, but it definitely sounds more specific than Changeling, Frost Demon, or Frieza Clan, so what's the harm? If any of you are wondering, some of the earlier details are stuff I plan to show for Dragon Ball Beginnings; the retool I mentioned that I got on my FFN account just to remember, but everyone is more than welcome to interpret it however they like. While I do find the recent material added to Dragon Ball in recent years like Super, Minus, and Xenoverse mixed a bit in terms of interest and annoyance (I did like how Bardock's last stand was portrayed in the old anime after all, even though I also like Gine), I do found the idea of young Goku/Kakarot remembering his Saiyan family, even its forgotten for some time, more preferable than the stuff that was portrayed when he first confronted Raditz in the Z portion. Which is why I'm in favor or aging up certain characters than what was presented in the anime or manga.

As for the obvious differences, well, we all have our preferences and interpretations, right? SilverSaiyan44 has Saiyan-built artificial intelligences in their story and rather approves of seeing Vegeta and Bulma get together with different people than each other, for one example. And while I can understand the reasons for why a commanding war leader can be quick to have his first-born son and newly conquered kingdom named after himself, I do like to make a point that certain things shouldn't be confused with others. I'm sure you'll understand when the time comes.

At first, I didn't consider using the multiverse angle introduced in Super, but then I thought of what the whole Dragon Ball setting would look like if that concept was there from the start, especially if "Kakarot" was not only trained to be a God of Destruction, but actually caused a stir in how the twelve universes are run considering he's a U7 trained by the U6 Destroyer. Kind of like those crisis stories used in DC comics. I actually would like to see Frost/Frieza play a role similar to either Archie Sonic's Robo-Robotnik in issue 75 or DC's Lex Luthor in the aftermath of the Infinite Crisis story; either a dimension hopper taking a dead tyrant's place for numerous reasons or a wanted criminal using a dead double from another universe to declare himself not guilty. I just aged him up in this so that by any chance Vados gained an interest in him there wouldn't be much awkwardness for the sake of different pairings.

I admit that it might be a bit early introducing that concept in fanfiction, but it sounded so good, I couldn't ignore it. I just wish that I was a better scientist. I like to think I'm not stupid, but my black hole explanation was probably too easy, huh? See you soon!