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Before Everything Happened

It is now Age 2264 for the main bulk of the Patrol squadron for little Rush. Rush had been born as mostly human on year 2258, and even at his young age of 6 still expresses a passion for the patrollers of the Universe patrol, even wanting to join when he turns 12. Since he knew about most of the Universes that the patrollers visited, he knew that some 6 year olds were running around the place. So what was wrong with a 12 year old who was willing to become the strongest human of them all? Fast forward to the year of 2272, when Rush had aged into his teen years. Still a nice guy, but he had begun to experience losses that only strengthened his resolve to help the patrol and to avenge all he had lost. First of all, his mother. His mother was also a patroller who usually got off of work early just to stay with her son. But his father was never really seen anywhere. It was rumored that his father was a saiyan, but it was later shown in a biotest that he was just a normal human. His mother, actually, was the odd one out. She had joined the patrol from a rather distant universe, the Steven Universe. Of course, this universe has its species of the Gem race, which in turn was usually the type of thing that would apply for the patrol. Applying for the patrol was difficult in itself. Other patrollers who had been members since the distant times of the Time Patrollers led by Trunks and the Supreme Kai of Time were required to use the inherited technique from the Kais and Goku from the Dragon Ball Universe, Instant Transmission, to transport said possible recruits to the HQ, an expanded Conton City, larger than New York's entire landmass. Since Rush was half Gem, he had dedicated his life to finding out what exactly happened to his mother. Unfortunately for him, he found out that she had returned to the SU (Steven Universe) universe to rejoin with the Gem Army, or more well known as the Homeworld army. Even worse, she was a Bloodstone, known to house incredible destructive powers, exceeding the Diamonds'. Because of this, she was imprisoned and experimented on to find out just how she had gotten so much power. Because of these implications, Rush needed to find her and help her escape and return to him, all he needed was some information on where she had gone. Luckily there was a system where the defectors of the Universe Patrol's memories were erased and their power reset to the level they were at when they first entered. But, the system only works if a member is notified. Bloodstone had escaped and told no one. They had only realized where she went once she was absent from the instant response team for the SU wing of defense. Rush was comparable to a saiyan because of this bloodstone that he had on his forehead. Due to his being part gem, he was much stronger than the average human. That was as far as the comparison would go. His eating habits were human enough, but he had a slight boost in his training speed. But his gem, however, he never tried to unlock its power and his weapon. He loved to stick to his own two trusty hands and feet to put in the work for him. But today was a big day, as it was time for Rush to be introduced into the Universe Patrol.

All of the Universe Patrol candidates lined up in front of the podium at the very center of Conton City, the Dragon Ball podium. This was considered the center because of the Universe Patrol's very origins, the Time Patrol, which the Dragon Ball Universe had created to stop any changes in history, but one instance of a change in history was allowed because the man who had caused the change was doing it for the good, and so happened to be one of the founders of the Time Patrol. That same man's very own 16-times great grandson was standing in front of all 16 of the new recruits, who were all about to be introduced into their own roles and their regions of patrol. The regions of patrol limited each patroller to 4 different universes to monitor for any changes - but this only counted for when they were on duty. Because of all the Universes participating in the Universe Patrol, there's almost too many to count, so each recruit is spread out into their own sectors, usually ending up in their main 4 universes that reside in the same general area. Each Universe area is easily accessible by flight, though it usually takes a minute or two to reach each different area if they are right next to each other. However, travel time wasn't the thing on Rush's mind. He was more excited for which universes he would soon be assigned to. So many options! Fighters, adventure, anime, and even platformers! Which one would be his? Even some of his friends from the academy were hoping for the best. Arlen was raring to go anywhere he was assigned, Moonstone was hoping for a place in the Pokemon universe, Neutra was trying to keep her cool because of Ara, who was incredibly hyped about going to the Brawlhalla universe, but, however, Magella was looking a little bored, as she didn't care what universe she was assigned to, she just wanted the adventure to become worthwhile. Finally, the 16-times great grandson of Mr. Trunks, named after his 16-times great grandfather, addressed everyone.

"Cadets, you have proven your worth in both your education of the workings of time and the universe, and your instructors have given me equally satisfying reports of your current combat skills. All that is needed now is some… refining." He addressed.

To the cadets it was a bit of a jolt to hear that they could get even stronger than they were now. Only, Rush, Ara, and Neutra were a bit more prepared than usual. At their full power they were comparable to Goku's base form in the Cell Saga at this point because of their secret training sessions that they held at night, far in the Lost Woods of the Zelda universe. The woods kept even their harshest of spars like mere crickets in the night, so that no one housed near the woods heard them. Any enemies that showed their face there were gone in an instant. But when the hero, Link, was exploring the area, the trio went to hide, so that they did not disturb his exploration or the timeline. But, the craters and trashed trees did leave little Link to some curiosity at what happened earlier. Trunks never noticed anything about the three because they were using a sort of "stealth mode", so that they had the same power as the other recruits, who each were as strong as Krillin when he was overcoming his fears because of Roshi.

"By refining, I mean the honing of your skills, of course, and learning a few new ways to fight from the universes you are assigned to. Each of you will get 4 Universes that each touch corners, so traveling to and from the universes will be efficient and quick," Trunks continued, "However, I will not be announcing your assigned universes in this small speech, but they will be given to you in the form of an official form from your instructors."

Then the usual happened, the speech became boring and the cadets began to drift off. Trunks took notice and dismissed them before they shied away from the patrol because of the nature of his speech. Rush speed-walked towards Andromeda, his instructor (he wouldn't dare fly, that would belie his excitement and make him look like a weirdo), and gleefully received his papers.

"Well done, kid. It's time for you to move on into your life as a patroller."

"Thank you sir. I mean ma'am! I mean…" Rush stuttered.

"Don't worry about it, just call me Andromeda from now on. You're a patroller now, not my student!" She let out a little giggle.

Rush couldn't wait to see what his future could possible hold. Without hesitation he sprinted from Andromeda to the cliff edge near the podium, sat down, and opened the envelope with a four-star dragon ball seal to discover his four universes. But it was what he discovered that he became curious in…