The summer has officially started and I'm ready to start with a new story. My previous story History Rewritten has been postponed for a while as I need time to come with more ideas to prolong the story. So unfortunately it won't be here for a while. But on the positive side...I've got multiple projects being written down and this is one of my newest...now onto the story!

Update: I'm editing the earlier chapters of my story. So if it seems a little different, that's why. I plan on making previous chapters better.

In a small world, a world where very few people resided in 24/7, two parents had their child in a pod. It was very late out at night, though this was planned as none of them wanted to get spotted by one of their own. They were in a remote area, surrounded by rocky pillars of all different shapes and sizes. The toddler inside the pod was knocking on it constantly, yelling out loud. "Calm down, Kakarot." His father instructed. The man and his son shared a resemblance, especially with their peculiar hairstyle amongst their species which stuck out in almost every direction, practically in the shape of a palm tree. The kid obviously didn't happen to inherit his mother's looks, who was very slender in build, with soft onyx eyes and a paler tone of skin. The hair was a clear difference, hers being quite shaggy and only managing to reach her thin shoulders.

The woman following the man holding the circular object had on similar clothing of the man she was with. She had on armor that took the appearance of a skirt, wearing black pants that took the appearance of tight leggings. She had a very timid look on her face. Though she was like this naturally, this night was one of the very nights that she felt at her most vulnerable. "Hey, why can't we all escape somewhere together?" She asked. Of course, this was a question she needed to be answered. The thought of sending her three-year-old child to some distant planet while they were in potential danger didn't bode well for her. Like any normal mother would, she'd prefer to keep her family together as a unit.

"We can't," the scarred man said. "They'll find us with the scouters." Unfortunately, his word was the final say, regardless of what the situation may be. The woman didn't like this at all, which was shown in a pouted expression that she made sure to quickly put away. Did her mate, too, not feel well having to send her son off or was it just her? Her people was one of a warrior race, the majority only living for the pleasure of battle as they voyaged the universe, the objective is to kill off inhabitants to sale the planet itself to the highest bidder. The Saiyans weren't ones known for much compassion, showing very little interest in their own family even, which was an obvious concept that they lacked dearly. But she knew Bardock. In the past, he was like any other Saiyan. But having gotten close to him, she managed to find a softer side of him that no other even had the deceny to acknowledge. She knew that this had to be something upsetting for him, though he hid those emotions behind his hardened battle facial expression.

The kid inside didn't know what was going on. He didn't understand. Why was he being carried inside the pod? Where was he going? He whined out loud, his tone a mix of deep frustration and confusion as he continued to slam on the softly cushioned walls in the pod. Bardock, his father, set the pod down. "I've programmed the pod to head for a distant planet called earth," the mother said, looking over to her mate. "The planet has plenty of food, but the humans and natural resources there aren't worth much. It'll be the perfect place for him."

Kakarot had his hands pressed up against the glass, staring wide-eyed into the eyes of his mother and father. The boy was rather scared and afraid, not knowing what to do. The kid was a Saiyan for sure, but he was only three. The hardened savagery that the average Saiyan had wasn't quite embedded in his heart. He knew that these two people he were looking at were indeed his parents, but he had so many questions in the back of his head. The main one being 'why were they abandoning him?' Though that wasn't what they were doing, the boy had a true lack of understanding of what was going on at the present moment. Gine neared her face against the circular glass shape window set in the center of the pod and spoke. "If Bardock's wrong we'll come and get you as soon as we can!" his mother urged on.

Bardock didn't want to send his son off without saying a couple of words to him. He knew the boy was old enough to understand and figured that he would remember these words for the remainder of his life. "Remember, you musn't look up at the moon for too long."

"I'll be sure to tell Raditz about your leave," Gine said.

"You have to stay alive," Bardock said. Unlike Gine, who had an expression of troubled worry, Bardock had a soft smile. This situation to Kakarot seemed bad enough as it is and he wanted to uplift the boy.

"Take care..."

The engine of the pod started to break its way into existence. The pod slowly elevated itself, being watched by none other than Bardock and Gine below. "And watch out for the Galactic Patrol!" Seeing her son being sent off, Gine couldn't feel herself holding in her emotions anymore. She placed her hand over her face, doing her best to hide those tears that came rolling down her cheeks. Bardock took note of this and placed his arm on his mate's back. The gesture was somewhat soft, but he made sure to convey an unspoken message to Gine that he'd always be there for her.

The small round ship Kakarot was in left the planet's atmosphere in less than a split second. The pod was flying past planets at blinding speed, though inside the feeling of travel felt like as smooth as water on calm oceans. Seeing how he was no longer on the world he only knew, Kakarot set back down into his pod. In the back of his head, he knew that the appearance of his parents would now only be a memory. It was a deep gut feeling he just had. As he looked out through the window of his pod, he felt a deep feeling of drowsiness beginning to overwhelm him. The kid's eyes were getting extremely heavy. He tried his best to stay awake, though it was inevitable that he'd succumb into sleeping. The boy had his head tilted towards his left shoulder with his eyes sealed tight. And like a dead light, he was out.

1 Month Later

An extraordinary sized, red light shined bright through the entirety of the universe itself, its size being larger than some planets in the galaxy by itself. Around it surrounded bright red flames, which were indeed hot. The simple touch of it and one portion of the body would be blown away in an instant. Just a few hundred miles away from this energy created supernova resided a planet, one of small size at that. This was known as the homeworld of the Saiyans, Planet Vegeta, a world where only a couple thousand Saiyans lived. People were called to that world, all without the knowledge of their lives coming to an end. Only a handful of people (like Bardock) knew that the jig was up. He made an attempt to put a stop to it by coming out of space and fend off Freeza himself. The battle scarred Saiyan had an angry scowl on his face. He faced this gigantic supernova himself, showing a true lack of fear. The supernova neared him, moving at quite the slow pace. Although for Bardock, it was coming at him like a speeding ship. It neared closer and closer. The attack overtook him, burning every part of his skin, as well as the armor he wore, which broke off piece by piece. Once the supernova came into contact with the small ruby planet, it began to began to shake and rumble. Cracks being formed.

The faces of his parents flashed...then that of his brother Raditz. It shook violently until...

BOOM!

Kakarot's eyes shot back open. A loud crashing sound was exactly what happened to wake him up. His eyes still heavy, he rubbed them, showing signs of extreme grogginess. Once he could see clearly, he was able to take a look at where he was. The entrance to his pod was opened, letting the bright rays of the sun that shown on his horizon into his dark pod. Never having experienced such a radiance before, the three-year-old squinted his eyes. He had been used to darkness so much that his eyes were far too sensitive to take the sun, even if only just a portion of it was shown.

"How far away from it are we?" a voice from afar spoke. It sounded like the voice of a very small girl, though Kakarot had no experience with that yet. The kid made sure to keep quiet and listen on, hoping that there weren't people coming for him already

"I don't know," another person responded. "I heard of it being around here..."

"I found it!" The little blue imp child-like man said. "Finally! We've got it...the One Star Dragon Ball!" The young boy didn't take the appearance of an average human. Apart from his blue complex, he wore a green, red and blue tunic, with a white frill on his neck.

"Yes," a small dog like boy said. He was in no way shape or form a human, though would without a doubt be considered an earthling. He took the appearance of a dog, who just exited the stages of a pup. He stood on his two back legs like a normal human would. And he also wore a purple ninja uniform, which consisted of a hood and kimono underneath. On his back was a short sword, which he hadn't found any use for yet. "Finally..." They rejoiced as they found one of the many treasures they were seeking. But it'd be short-lived as Kakarot's pod was discovered.

"Hey!" The girl called out to the others. The girl was fairly young, which was shown in her tone of voice as well as her short stature. Her blue eyes stood out compared to the average eye color of her two comrades. She had on a trench coat, which was embedded with a red star insignia on each shoulder. Her fingers were pointed at the mysterious pod that happened to land just moments before they arrived in this area. "What's this?"

"What is it, Mai? We've just found the one star dragon ball and you're on about something else?"

"It could be another Dragonball!" the dog said, his tail wagging in excitement.

The blue imp chuckled graciously and rubbed his hands. Soba, his minion, held the dragon ball. "You may be right!" He ran over to Mai. "What is it!"

Soba and Pilaf ran towards Mai at top speed. Both of them didn't notice the large crater that was surrounding them until it was too late. As soon as he took notice of it, Pilaf did his best to come to an immediate halt. His feet were planted into the ground, which kicked up dirt while he slowed down his momentum, sliding to the edge of the big gaping hole. He held his arms out, stopping Soba from falling as well. Soba watched as rocks fell over, skipping until it hit the pod.

"Gulp!"

"That was a close one," Pilaf said, beads of sweat rolling down his face. He then turned to Mai. "Was this what you wanted to show us?" he asked her.

"Look!" Mai said again. She was pointing at a little boy inside. "There's a kid inside!"

"Hm?" Shuu looked over to where Mai had her own eyes pointed. Upon seeing what she saw, which was a little kid, nothing but a toddler, his eyes widened. "You're right, there is!"

Pilaf crossed his arms, lacking interest. The only thing on his mind was the Dragon Balls. Seeing some kid lying in the middle of nowhere was something he truly didn't care about "Mai...we're in the middle of nowhere! What could a toddler be doing here?"

Mai shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know! But he's here and...all alone." The girl was beginning to feel somewhat empathetic with the child, who remained in his pod, listening intently.

"Tch! Just leave him," Pilaf said with a huff. "We can't let a simple baby hold us down from getting world domination!"

"But we can't just leave him here," Soba protested. "He's a kid. All alone. His parents probably abandoned him!"

Pilaf growled. "No." He turned around with his arms crossed

Mai, being a bit brave, decided to slide down into the crater. She made sure to be careful and balanced. Rocks skipped down as she slid on the edge. Kakarot felt the light of the bright sun go away a bit due to the shadow of Mai. Thanks to the ensuing darkness, his sensitive eyes didn't have to deal with the heavy rays of heat. With his sight back, the kid spotted a stranger approaching him. Seeing someone he didn't know come at him in such a suspicious manner started to make him anxious.. "Why are you being so careful?" Pilaf asked. "He's just a brat!" He slid down the crater. "Here...let me see!"

Kakarot grew more and more anxious as Pilaf approached him so quickly. A bit scared, boy's adrenaline began to quickly arise. Kakarot was quick and hopped right at Pilaf, scratching him across the face. The strange three-year-old boy in weird armor then took off, his tail lashing side to side as he did. He ran far and didn't even try to look back. The sun was right on top of his head, though he ignored the heat and kept running.

"THAT LITTLE DEMON!" Pilaf held his bleeding cheek, seething with anger out of embarrassment. "Get him!"

Mai and Soba obeyed Pilaf's orders and both took off after the fleeing boy. Kakarot felt the gravity on earth was far lighter than his home world and he was only out of the incubator on his homeworld for a few moments before being placed into that pod of his. But at the same time, he had never used his legs so much before. Not being accustomed to such physical movement, he began to slow down.

His breaths got heavier and heavier. The feeling of his legs and calves as he ran started to feel more and denser the longer and harder he ran. He looked behind him, desperately trying to find the two following him. He then shifted his head back infront of hi. Seeing how he managed to form a substantial amount of disparity due to his speed, he felt quite sure that they weren't going to catch up with him.

"It's best we use the Pilaf machine we just got," Mai said as she ran just a few inches ahead of Soba.

Soba nodded. "Right!"

Both Mai and Soba clicked on a capsule and threw it at the ground. The two stopped in their tracks and watched as the mini capsule turned right into two machines. The machines were battlesuits, taking physical features of a human, though much more endurable. Mai was in a big pink one as Shuu was in a tall but thinner machine with legs and arms. The two rocketed into the sky, seeing nothing but trees ahead.

Kakarot was now located amongst the woods. The boy was exhausted, cold sweat rolling down his chubby cheeks, dripping down from the tip of his chin. He thought this world would be a rather nonviolent one from the way he heard his father speaking about earth prior to sending him off. Though from what was transpiring at the present moment, he couldn't help but feel he was being attacked, and for very little reason. The back of his armor was placed against the weakened bark of an old tree. He was huffing heavily, but he made sure to not make a lot of noise.

GRGRGRKKKK

The boy moaned. His stomach just happened to let out a silent growl, telling him that he needed food. From the moment he got out of that incubator, he didn't get not one bite to eat of anything.

His ears perked up at the sound of a growl coming from somewhere else other than his gut. The kid looked over where he heard the sound coming from. In that same area, a vicious looking animal slowly crept up to the scene, its eyes glued onto Kakarot. Just when it seemed to not be able to get any worse a sabretooth was growling right at him. The looks of a food-deprived animal could be noted from the jump. It didn't take its eyes off of him and was looking onto the boy as if he'd be his next big meal in a while. Kakarot used his legs to raise himself onto his two feet, his back still pressed against the bark of the tree he was lying against just seconds earlier. The kid's heart was pounding. He began to get the same anxious feeling from earlier when those strangers neared his pod. Last time he managed to use his thin legs to carry him to safety, though this time he didn't have the energy to run away and he knew it. There was only one way to settle this and manage to come out with a beating heart. The sabretooth, having gotten fed up with just waiting, pounced right at his supposed next meal, his razor claws out for his target.

Kakarot did so as well and ran towards the Sabretooth, who wasn't expecting its target to come at him. The way Kakarot was looking so vulnerable and scared earlier, the animal was sure that the last thing he would ever do is try to fight back. Somewhat pissed that he'd actually have to fight for his meal, the Sabretooth growled and scratched against Kakarot's chest plate. Four white lines could be seen on his armor, all from the claws of the ferocious beast. The boy was lucky that his armor was well built for these types of situations. The Sabretooth used his unordinary long tail to knock Kakarot back. The little boy's back went crashing into the same tree he was laid against earlier. Large pieces of bark detached itself from the tree the moment Kakarot's back came crashing into it. The boy winced at the pain he received, but he knew he had to get back up. So he did.

He knew if he wasn't hungry he'd probably manage to take on the animal. But as far as things went right now, he couldn't. The Sabretooth slowly approached him, its head lowered. It could tell Kakarot wasn't going to fight now, seeing how the boy was positioned. The three-year-old was cowering and had his back against the tree. He was to face it head on or at least try. The sabretooth jumped at him again. Kakarot's already eyes full of concern widened as it was going to land on him with one slight bounce off the ground.

Once again it seemed like luck was on Kakarot's side. Mai's giant pink machine came out of nowhere and knocked the sabretooth away before the animal could even decipher what was going on. The sabretooth himself was rammed into a tree, a loud snap being heard before falling hard on its side. Its ribs were aching now as a few of them cracked. Now he had to deal with both hunger and broken bones. It whined as it got back up and ran away with a limp. It was pissed off that he missed off on a sure meal, but he valued his life more than pride. There'd always be another day to come back to fight. Kakarot didn't know how to form words in order to describe how relieved he was.

He felt a huge drain of energy overcome him as his adrenaline began to diminish. He began to get groggy and dizzy, his vision becoming blurry yet again. He wasn't very much aware, though he was being elevated into the sky. Behind him was Soba, dangling the little boy by his monkey-like tail with a tight squeeze. "Look," Mai said. She clicked a button on the ship to open it up before hopping out of it. Her pink machine turned into a capsule, which she caught before it could land on the ground. "The wild monkey baby can be tamed after all," she finished, placing the capsule into her pocket.

"But what should we do with him now?" Soba asked, still holding the boy.

Mai rubbed her chin. She knew Pilaf would oppose to bringing the boy with them, but seeing how small yet strong Kakarot was she figured that he would be a good asset to their gang. "We keep him," she concluded.

"A-Are you sure?" Shuu asked, a sincere amount of uncertainty in his voice. "I can't help but feel he's dangerous." Just by seeing how small the boy was and seeing what he was capable of doing, this encouraged Soba to have his own personal doubts.

"I'm sure," Mai said. "Look at him." Mai eyed Kakarot has he was now sleeping. "He's still a baby. We should be able to mold him the way we want when it's all said and done."

Shuu nodded his head. "I hope you're not wrong, Mai."

Mai had a smug grin plastered on her face. "I know that I'm not."

And there concludes the prologue of this story. Keep in mind this is based on Dragon Ball Minus which is why Kakarot is three years old. If you're interested...keep reading. And feel free to review this story.