It was another full-scale battle against the Grimm, demons and angels. Almost everyone I regularly fight alongside was there for the battle: Dante, Bayonetta, Teams RWBY, JNPS, BDSS and EVAD where there and even my family showed up to lend a hand. But out of all of them, I felt most compelled to fight alongside my old allies of Team EVAD, standing back to back with Erika and launching ki blasts everywhere to mow down our enemies, dive-bombing more of them with quick strikes alongside Aisu, pummeling a bunch of Grimm with Vega's help and finally, eliminating the rest of the threats with Dumplin, the two of us unleashing the Final Flash, or Last Blast in his case, of course. With that finally taken care of, we all sat down to rest after wiping out a small army. "Man, it's good to fight alongside you guys again." I said.
"Yeah. You could say it's been a long TIME, since we all fought together." Aisu said, opening his arms as if to receive laughter or applause, but getting none, because only me and the rest of team EVAD got the joke and it wasn't very good. "Eh? Guys? You get it? Time?" He tried.
"It wasn't funny, give up." Dumplin said.
Ruby perked up at this, expecting to hear an awesome story. "Ooh, maybe you could tell us about when you guys all fought together! You said you saved the whole universe once! Was that it?!" She asked, excitedly.
"Yep. I'm the reason all of space and time is still a thing." I said, nodding.
"That sounds a bit exaggerated." Weiss scoffed.
"As a matter of fact, it is not. Gather 'round, my friends and I shall tell ye a tale." I said, everyone eagerly gathering around. "It was 7 years ago now, when I was still only 13." I said, turning to the 4th wall. "I just turned 20 on the 13th. Hi-yo!" I said, fist-pumping, before turning back. "It was my very first true adventure. And it was then I was recruited into something called... The Time Patrol." I said, dramatically. Weiss scoffed again, but everyone else looked on eagerly.
"So wait, why did you choose to make it a story within a story instead of just going back to the beginning when it happened?" Damion asked.
"Because shut up, I just decided to do it this way." I said. "But our story actually does not begin with me, but with a few event of history that began to change... for the worst." I said as we faded into a flashback.
The screen is black before a bunch of crystals rise into view. Time crystals, which have recorded the greatest events, mostly fights, throughout history. These particular ones we're following are from Goku's long legacy, where he battled his brother to save his son, battled against the Saiyans to avenge his fallen friends and save the Earth and finally, we stop on his transformation into a Super Saiyan to fight Frieza, the two of them floating in mid-air, preparing for the final battle.
"Buying time? To let those brats escape?" Frieza asked with a smirk.
"Buy time? There's no need for that. You're going to die here, anyway... You know that, don't you?" Goku said with his own confident smirk.
Frieza growled at this. "I've heard about enough from you!I'm going to finish you! Just like I did your annoying little Earthling friend!" The Icegen smirked as he flew forward and started throwing an onslaught of punches and kicks at Goku, but the Saiyan easily stopped them all.
Back to now...
"Wait, who's Krillin?" Weiss asked.
"Bald midget. Throws death frisbee's. Moving on." I said.
Back to then...
"What do you mean?! Are you talking about Krillin?! Don't you DARE talk about Krillin!" Goku snapped, blocking Frieza's next attack and delivering a knee to his stomach, before flying back half a pace and delivering a kick to his head that sent him flying, only for Goku to reappear in front of Frieza's flight path and kick him again, sending him flying back and forth like a pinball game, the noises even being similar until Frieza smashed into the ground, where Goku fired a Kamehameha that blasted the small area Frieza was on. A game over score screen then popped up for Goku to put his initials in and, with a childish giggle, he typed in A-S-S. He then looked angrily at Frieza, who was lying on the ground, motionless, before a purple aura enveloped him and he clenched his fist, Goku cautiously taking a stance to fight again.
However, we now leave this crystal, seeing when Trunks when Trunks went Super Saiyan and the two androids that plagued his future and we now see a man with an affro fighting some type of bug monster we all know as Cell, before being sent flying into a cliff by a bitch smack. We stop on this crystal as Goku and Cell prepare to fight. "So, you're up first. That's a shame. I was really hoping to save the best for last." Cell said as he and Goku began exchanging blows. "Good, Goku! Utterly splendid! Battles are so much more fun when the contestants are evenly matched." Cell laughed.
"Yeah. I think so, too." Goku said, but then began kicking Cell back and forth with Meteor Strike until Cell ceased to show any signs of consciousness and Goku allowed him to fall to the ground (that's what I did the most recent time I went back and played the prologue).
Goku watched Cell closely as he landed on the ground. But much like Frieza before, Cell was suddenly engulfed in a dark purple aura and stood up with an evil smirk. "I hope you don't think we're finished yet." He said, his glowing red eyes flashing before he charged at the horrified Goku.
But again, we now leave this. We now see another crystal with the monster that is Super Buu glaring evilly at someone and Goten and Trunks fusing to become... *sigh* Gotenks. And we finally stop on a new crystal with Kid Buu pointing at Goku, whose hair was now went down to his back in the insanely powerful state of Super Saiyan 3. "I better start fighting seriously. If we lose, the entire universe will be torn to bits." He said.
Back to now...
"Wow, he sounds like his balls grew 3 sizes." Yang said, surprised.
"Yeah, His voice goes REALLY deep as Super Saiyan 3, I don't know what's up with that." I said, shurgging.
Back to then...
Goku and Buu were locked in heated combat, but eventually, Goku managed to grab him, throw him down into the water and blast him with a Kamehameha, before immediately rushing after him and kicking him back onto the shore just as he was getting back to his feet, managing to knock him out. Goku cautiously approached Buu, who suddenly jumped up, surrounded by a dark energy. His eyes flashed red much like Cell's before him as he shot his left arm out, wrapping it around Goku like a snake. "No! Let go of me!" Goku said angrily, then looked in horror as Buu's right fist flew back to extreme lengths until it was almost out of line of sight, before coming back at blinding speeds and heading straight for Goku's face.
We exit this crystal now as it turns red and fills with cracks that light is released from, before completely shattering, followed by many more crystals. "History... is changing?!" A young man's asked in disbelief.
"The flow of time... Something's very odd about it." A young (sounding) woman's voice said. "At this rate, history... no... Everything will collapse." She said, a crystal of Goku rising up, before going black.
"Oh, crap baskets..." They both said.
We now run through the intro cinematic of Xenoverse as Trunks wishes on the Dragon Balls. "Give me a strong ally, Someone with the kind of power to help me defend time itself! This wish I ask of you, Shenron!" Trunks said determinedly.
Shenron listened to the wish, before nodding at the end of it. "Your wish is granted." The mighty dragon said, his eyes flashing, and a figure slowly forming from light in front of him.
Back to now...
"It doesn't seem like YOU have anything to do with this story so far." Blake said.
"Yeah, man! What the hell?!" Nicolas snapped.
"I'm LITERALLY getting there RIGHT NOW, you two. Stop interrupting me.
Back to the past...
The sound of a punch landing is heard before a small figure rolls across the ground. I stood up and wiped away blood from my mouth. Of course, since this ways a few years ago, I looked much younger. I was probably 5'4" with a spiky puffball head of hair, wearing black shorts and a black sleeveless shirt, shinobi tabi on my feet and my arms and legs wrapped up to the knees and elbows in scarves with access length that trailed behind me about 2 feet, magically flowing as if drifting in a breeze despite their being none.
"Wow, you're so cute, Sai!" Ruby said, suddenly appearing in the story and hugging my younger self.
"Ruby, get out of my flashback!" I said from off-screen.
"Oh, sorry." She said, disappearing off-screen as well.
"You might as well give up. You've never beaten me before and you won't start now." An 18 year old Nightshade said with a smirk from about 15 feet away.
"Get up, Sai. You're a blade. You're better than that." My father said.
"You can do this, Sai... We believe in you." My mother said.
"you shouldn't. He's always been nothing and he'll never be nothing." Nightshade said.
"Just shut the hell up! It might not be today, but I will beat you eventually! And as for right now, you aren't walking away from this until I either beat you or you make sure I stay down! Because as long as I can keep fighting, I will fight!" I said to him as I got up. Young Sai will be voiced by Erica Mendez.
Back to now...
"Whoa, whoa, wait: you sounded like Ryuko Matoi when you were younger?" Damion asked with a smirk.
"She's done male voices, too. She does Gon's voice in the English Dub of Hunter X Hunter." I said.
Back to then...
"Let's do this!" I said, getting back into my stance.
Nightshade chuckled at this. "Fine. It should only take another minute at most." He said. I growled at this and rushed in, throwing a flurry of punches and kicks, but he easily dodged all of them, eventually delivering a knee to my stomach and a back fist that knocked me across the room. "There. Now if you're wise, you'll stay down. I'm going to miss Pitbulls and Parolees." Nightshade said, about to walk off.
"Well, I guess I'm not that wise, then. And you're gonna miss your show!" I said, getting back up, slightly hunched over, but I began to draw all my power towards my left hand, creating a fireball the size of my head and throwing it at him as fast and hard as I could.
He was caught off-guard by this and barely managed to blocked the fireball with a swing of his right arm, leaving him wide open as I flew at him right after the fireball and throwing my right fist forward as hard as I could. But the instant I felt fist connect with face, there was a bright flash of light and I was no longer there. Nightshade hit the ground hard and rolled a few times, standing up in rage, holding the burning left side of his face. "Sai, you little bastard! Where are you?!" He snapped, looking around. "Oh, so you got one shot in and you're running off?! Little coward! A ninja stays around until their target is down before they run off!" He continued to shout, unaware I was nowhere near where I could here him.
When I came to my senses, I was floating in a voice of absolute whiteness, nothing else. Like being trapped inside of Weiss' hair (Weiss: Hey!). "Wha... Where am I?!" I asked, slightly dazed and very confused.
Suddenly, an intimidatingly deep voice rang out. "Someone summons you from a land far away! Brave warrior! Now, come forth!" It said.
It was like another bright flash before I appeared in a strange area and turned around to see a massive dragon. "Mother-FUCKER, what is that?!" I said in shock and fear.
"Your wish has been granted." It said, before disappearing in a golden flash of light, 7 strange balls at a pedestal on an altar in front of me rising into the air, spinning and flying off in different directions.
"Uh... What?" I asked, before looking to the side and narrowing my eyes as a guy with purple hair in a pretty nice leather jacket with a fur collar, green pants and brown shoes walking up to me, a sword strapped to his back. "Who are you?! And where am I?!" I demanded.
"You're surprised, I'm sure. I'll have to explain it all to you later. For now, let's see how much power you have." He said, unsheathing his sword and screaming as he flew in at me.
Background music: "Mortal Kombat Theme Song" from Mortal Kombat
"WAIT, DUDE, I JUST GOT HERE!" I said, jumping back as he struck at me, taking my fighting stance. Regardless, he came in again. "Alright then. Coiled Serpent Strike!" I said, using my grapple move as he flew in, consisting of a low sweep kick to knock one leg into the air and take him off balance, spinning and rising to deliver a knee to his side, making him do a 360 and leaving him open for a kick to the face that sent him skidding into the rock wall off to the side. I rushed in after him and threw a barrage of attacks he managed to block them, so I spun and delivered a rear kick with me left leg enveloped in fire, driving it back into him and breaking through his guard, staggering him and allowing to jump spin and kick him in the face with my right leg, which sent him flying.
He dropped to his knee and stabbed his sword into the ground, ripping it up a bit, but bringing himself to a stop a lot sooner than he would without intervention, before rushing in and throwing a few kicks of his own, but I managed to block them and counter with a palm strike to the chest, staggering him a bit. "Not bad. But now... It's about time you showed me your full strength." He said.
"Alright then! Ninja Fire Flurry!" I said, spinning with and flinging kunai made of concentrated fire in demon energy between my fingers at him for a total of 9, only sinking into his jacket enough to stay, but I then did a hand signal and exploded them, launching him into the air, where I met him with a fiery elbow to his stomach, taking him to the ground, flying down and planting two flaming feet into his chest, jumping back to a safe distance.
End music
Despite the impressive damage I dealt to him, Trunks got back up, tossing his sword into the air. "You were chosen... Chosen by Shenron. Sorry for attacking you by the way." He said.
"Yeah- hey, wait, watch the sword, my boy!" I said, looking in fear as the sword came down towards him, but he simply tilted to the left and the sword slide perfectly into its sheath. "Ooh, okay, that was smooth." I said.
"I'll introduce myself. My name is Trunks. And I'm currently on a mission. As you can see... This place, it's not the world you're familiar with." He started.
"Hey, you don't know my world, this is actually preeeeeetty similar." I said, taking another look around. It looked like the perimeter of my home, styled in an Asian manor very similar to my family's temple. It even had bamboo trees or whatever they are.
"Uh... Okay... Anyway, this is the Toki Toki world, where the flow of time gathers." He explained.
"That's one thing my home doesn't do." I said.
"You can call us... The Time Patrol..." He said.
"Okay." I said with a small nod.
"When history goes off course, a false timeline is created." He explained.
"That sounds bad." I said.
He nodded. "It is. We work to correct any of these changes to history. As time patrollers, we fight all throughout time. Sometimes... We deal with legendary fighters... and dangerous forces... Watcha think?" He asked.
"I think I still don't know why you brought me here and I want to know." I said.
"I brought you here to see if you could help us. For now, would you like to test your power here? See how effective it is?" He asked.
"Well, I mean, obviously it's pretty effective, I just kicked your ass." I said.
"Right, well... There are a few other Time Patrol members around here. Maybe you should talk to them first." He said.
"I don't want to." I said.
"Uh... Okay then. Well, maybe take a few minutes to think it over, then I'll hear your answer then." He said.
"Okay, let's just pretend it's been a few minutes and you're hearing my answer now. I'll help you out now." I said.
"You will?! Thank you so much!" He said.
"No problem. I've always had a policy to help those in need. Especially if they protect all of time itself." I said.
Back to now...
"Wow, you seemed a lot more mature back then." Damion said.
"And where's your trench coat?" Draco asked.
"A: You guys REALLY need to stop interrupting my story, B: I got that in my next adventure. C: I hadn't been hanging around those 2 yet." I said, pointing at Dante and Bayonetta.
"Cheeky little brat." She said.
"Oh, we all know you guys weren't my best influences." I said.
Back to then...
"I wasn't worried. I wish for Shenron to bring me someone strong that can fight with me." He said.
"Yeah. I guess the dragon knows how to pick people." I said.
"Yeah. Come this way." He said, walking off, so I followed him.
We walked up to and through a strange portal into an grassy area with a small hut with a branch coming from it and several machines scattered around it. "Someone had a house party." I said, then was shocked to see a temple-looking thing with a big-ass tree growing from it.
"We call this: the Time Nest." He said.
"Time Nest, got it." I said.
"The Supreme Kai of Time lives here and manages this entire place." He said.
"Wow. She must have her hands full." I said, as Trunks told me a bit about her previously.
"We also have the 'Time Vault'. It holds many important texts." He said.
"Time Vault, right... Still doesn't explain why I'm here." I said.
"Right, well... There's something I need you to take care of. Not a big deal. So let's head over to the Time Vault." He said.
"Got it." I agreed as we went towards it. We entered and after observing it for a bit, Trunks went tover to a scroll glowing with a creepy dark purple energy. "I know a few things about energy and that is some dark stuff. I can feel a sinister power coming from it." I said as he brought it over.
"You're right. This is the Scroll of Eternity." He said.
"Now THAT'S a cool name." I said.
He seemed to ignore that comment. "Everything... It's all listed in here. But... Here... Just take a look at this." He said, setting it down on the table, revealing it had a screen.
"TV scrolls? Now I'd seen everything." I said. If I had only known...
I watched an image of one of the aliens I saw walking around the town, known as Namekians, who Trunks said was named Piccolo, fire a spiralling beam of incredible power towards a guy with incredibly long hair Trunks called Raditz being held in a Full Nelson by some smaller guy, who Trunks called Goku, but at the last moment, Raditz grabbed Goku's arms, threw them off and jumped out of the way, making the beam only hit Goku, that "Ooh, watcha say" song playing in the background. Raditz then fired a powerful purple ki blast towards Piccolo, who had absolutely no energy left to dodge and was easily destroyed by the blast as Raditz began laughing evilly, that evil energy surrounding him and his eyes flashing red as he laughed.
"So... That wasn't supposed to happen?" I asked.
"No. As you clearly saw... If history... is in any way altered or distorted,.. It could change the world as we know it. We have no choice... We have to stop it. We can't let history change." He said, handing me the scroll.
"I think I understand." I said, taking it.
"Good, because right now Goku is in trouble and needs help! Please!" He said.
"I'm on it!" I said, focusing on the energy coursing through the scroll, which allowed me to go back in time...
Age 761...
"Shut up!" Raditz snapped after Piccolo insulted a certain part of him, elbowing them both in the back.
They recovered and looked behind them at their enemy, shocked at his power. "What the hell was that?!" Piccolo asked.
"I don't know, but let's try it again. From behind!" Goku said as the two of them tried to flank Raditz and attack him from behind, but he simply jumped and kicked them both in the face, sending them tumbling away.
"We REALLY shouldn't be announcing our attack strategy!" Piccolo said.
"Rush him!" Goku said as he recovered and did as he said.
"Dammit, Goku!" Piccolo snapped as he too rushed their enemy, but noticed him charging his attack. "Will you at least TRY to dodge this one?!" He asked.
"Dodge what- oh, jeez!" Goku exclaimed, narrowly dodging the blast, Piccolo SEEMINGLY dodging it. Goku quickly turned to the ground and smirked at Raditz. "Ha! You missed!" He said.
Raditz appeared behind him in an instant. "My bad." He said, kicking Goku away.
(Less talk-y, more fight-y) Goku thought, before looking to Piccolo. "Hey, Piccolo, we may be taking a beating, but at least we managed to dodge that one! High fi-EEEEEE!" He said as he realized that blast took off Piccolo's arm.
But while Goku was distracted, Raditz used the opening to hit Goku with a ki blast, knocking him onto his back, before jumping on him and slamming his foot down onto- "Ah! My ribs! I think you broke my... Mmm... Ribs..." He said, thinking of the delicate meat on the bones.
"Enough! Play time is over!" Raditz said, preparing to deal the final blow.
Suddenly, his scouter beeped and he looked back at his pod. "Leave my Daddy... ALONE!" Gohan shouted as he burst from the pod with fury written all over him.
"NO! My space pod!" Raditz shouted. Gohan then flew straight at him, but suddenly, Raditz was surrounded by the evil energy and easily dodged the attack that normally would've easily drained him, Gohan bouncing off the ground and knocking himself out. "Uncle Raditz is pissed!" He said, firing a powerful blast at Gohan.
Back to now...
"I'd like to take a small time-out to say TeamFourStar, nor myself, condone child violence. We DO, however, find it hilarious," I said.
Back to then...
"S-stop!" Goku shouted, but Raditz still fired and it appears as though he blew up Gohan. Goku stared in horror at this, but then Raditz scouter beeped and he looked to the right, seeing me setting Gohan on the ground.
"Wow, beating up kids? Does that make you feel proud? If it does, that dangly parts joke is REALLY justified." I said with a smirk.
"How dare you!" He shouted and rushed towards me, throwing a punch, but I caught it and bent my elbow to pull him in and bash him in the side of the head with it, send him flying a few feet away, but he managed to recover.
"Someone you know, Goku?" Piccolo asked.
Goku looked confused, but smiled a bit. "No... But..." He started, giggling a bit as he got up. "I'm pretty sure it's someone we can trust." He said.
"A little quick to throw your trust around, but thanks." I said.
"Well, you DID just save his son." Piccolo said.
"Right. So, any plans?" I asked.
"Well, I've got ONE attack that should do it, Upside is I can do it with one arm. Downside is... You'll have to distract him while I charge it.. for 5 minutes. And considering he beat us to a pulp in less than one..." He said.
"It's alright. The odds are a little better now." I said, rushing in after Goku did... Just as the evil energy came back.
"Alright. Just give us a signal before you fire, in case we're too close." Goku said.
"Oh, I'll give you a signal, alright! And it will be the last one you ever get!" He said, laughing evilly.
"Well, alright. As long as we're clear on that." Goku said as we attacked.
Piccolo hummed in his mind as Goku was getting his ass kicked and I was struggling to hold back the onslaught of attacks. (I'mma charging my attack) Piccolo sang in his mind.
"Pyro cannon!" I said, spitting a large fireball at Raditz, hitting him and managing to bring him down to one leg. "Ha! If that's all it can do for you, that energy is nothing." I said, but then it came back to him and his eyes flashing again. "Shit!" I said, struggling on the defensive once again, but Goku managed to grab Raditz tail.
"Ha! I got your tail!" He said.
"Please let me go?" Raditz asked nicely.
"Well... Since you asked nicely..." Goku said, starting to let go... But it was enough for Raditz to get up and pummel him again.
"Okay, time I step it up a bit! Phoenix blitz!" I said, rushing in and slamming into Raditz while I was on fire, managing to stagger him before I suddenly vanished from the area.
"Full Nelson!" Goku said, grabbing Raditz from behind.
"A Full Nelson? That won't work on me! I'm Raditz!" Raditz said arrogantly, attempting to struggle. But couldn't get Goku off him. "Okay, let go." He said, struggling again, but no dice. "Seriously, this is starting to piss me off!" He said.
"Now! Piccolo! Do it!" Goku shouted.
"Makansep... Makakasepapa... Mekasappa... Oh, the hell with it! Special Beam Cannon!" Piccolo said as he fired.
"Was that was you were going to yell out when you- OH GOD!" Goku said as he was impaled along with his brother by the blast.
"Dammit... And there was no way I could've gotten out of there..." Raditz said weakly.
"You know, you could've flown." Piccolo offered.
"DAMN YOU, HINDSIGHT!" Raditz said before dying.
"It serves you right." Piccolo said, but then looked around for me, only to find I was no longer there. "The fuck'd that kid go?" He asked.