Prologue: The Beginning of this Tale

Age 850

"Kamehameha!" The central crystal of the Time Nest violently shook as Ace's attack collided with Demigra's charge. The Demon God howled in pain, his new form leaking with an unholy mixture of both dark and godly ki.
"Die, you maggot!" The time patroller herd Demigra scream. His aura becoming more erratic and unstable as it flared up greater, slowly advancing faster against the beam. Ace could feel every fibre of his being wearing out, no matter how many ki blasts he fired or punches he threw Demigra showed no signs of quitting. Fatigue was overtaking him faster than he would have liked to admit, but before the fire within him went out a voice called out to him.

"Don't give up! I know you're stronger. I can feel it"

To his left he saw a spectral figure dressed in an orange gi who was unmistakably familiar.

Goku?

"You're hopeless. Utterly hopeless" a new voice called out to him, a second spectral figure taking shape to his right.

Vegeta. How?

Three more distinctly familiar voices joined the first two.

"It's only a little more! Just a little more!"

"You can lose! Don't be a fool!"

"Just making it this far is amazing on it's own!"

Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin.

It was then he felt it. Their ki, they were powering up. The Z fighters were giving him the last push he needed! Somehow the people he had helped across history had made it to his side the moment he needed help most. Silently thanking them.

Thank you. Thank you all

Memories of his long and arduous journey flashed before. Every battle he fought, every person he met, everything had led to who he was today. A time patroller, a warrior, a hero. But despite all of that it was his first memory after being summoned by Shenron that stood out the most, his first day in Toki-Toki city. The day he found a cause worth fighting for.

Pouring all his energy into the Kamehameha the beam grew many times it's size, pushing Demigra away destroying the crystals around them with the shockwave. There was a bright, blinding flash, the sound of thousands of crystals shattering and then. Silence.

I did it. I beat Demigra. I defeated the demon god.

Ace slowly drifted in the empty space, accompanied only by countless crystal shards and a dark sphere of ki. As soon as he touched it, Tokitoki himself burst out from the prison. With a joyous laugh, the old bird transported them both back to the Time Nest.

The party had been great, fantastic even. The hero of Tokitoki City, the number 1 time patroller, the vanquisher of Demigra. Ace wasn't typically one for boasting and titles but he had to admit that the praise was nice on the ears. As the celebration died down, rather than going to sleep, the hero of the hour had instead called a meeting of utmost urgency. He spent some time waiting in the time vault, but not a moment later than the scheduled time Chronoa along with Trunks and Old Kai appeared.

"You know, it's ok for you to relax once in awhile. Especially after saving all of time," Chronoa teased.

"As nice as that would be we are unfortunately not done. Not yet anyway," Ace said almost solemly. "Towa is still at large and distortions in the time stream are still numerous. We can't afford to rest on our laurels even if the victory today was a big one."

"So what do you propose we do?" Trunks asked curiously.

"To expand our ranks. To form elite teams to deal with larger distortions that is too much for one individual. With so many new anomalies forming Towa will without doubt bid her time and strike again someday. She will come back stronger than before and given how we only barely managed to foil her plans this time we need to be more than prepared, we need to be better." Said Ace, thoughtful silence falling over the room.

Old Kai was the first to break the silence.
" I agree with the kid. There is no telling just what Towa will bring next and quite frankly it was a miracle that they chose to attack in the way they did. Ace might be capable far more so than anyone else here, no offence Trunks,"

"Trust me, none taken," Trunks half chuckled.

"But he is only one person and can't be everywhere." Old Kai continued. "If Towa were to bring at an army next time it wouldn't matter if we had the biggest gun in the room, we wouldn't be able to handle it outside of having all of our strongest present. But given the increase in rifts we would be fools to count on that possibility."

"Then we recruit not only more, but we recruit them better," Chronoa chimed in. "We form a school, expand on our existing facilities. We could even turn Tokitoki city into a proper place to live."

"I'm not opposed to the idea. But why a school?" Trunks asked.

"We want them to focus on teamwork don't we? Educating and training them together would not only form friendships between them but also allow us to better prepare them as time patrollers. Plus, a school program leaves us room for much more aggressive marketing without seeming desperate for new recruits," Chronoa added, Trunks and Old Kai standing in silent shock. "What? Bad idea" she asked confused.

"No." Old Kai replied "It was just uncharacteristically well thought out of an idea."

"Thanks I do try-. Hey! What do you mean "uncharacteristically well thought out"! She fumed.

The two continued their bickering some more until eventually the meeting got back on track.

"I think the Supreme Kai is right about having to expand," Trunks mused. "If we plan to increase our staff size and facilities to even a fraction of the amount we planned, no including a residential area would be rather short sighted."

"A proper city huh? Well I guess we would need a new name to mark the beginning of a new era for the time patrol," Chronoa said.

"Got any in mind?" Asked Old Kai.

"Actually, I do," Chronoa replied with a hint of smugness. "How does "Conton City" sound?" She asked, turning to Ace.

"It sounds perfect," Ace said smiling.