Disclaimer: Actually, I'm not doing this anymore. It's stupid, frankly. Nobody's ever been arrested or anything for not doing a disclaimer in their fanfic, so why have I been doing it for 5+ years? From now on, I'll no longer be doing this. Just a heads up. Now enjoy the story!

Somewhere, within some world, there lies mountains that reach into the layer of the sky that is just beyond the clouds but is still in the planet itself. This particular spot has several of these mountains in the distance. The sky was a clear, fresh blue and every cloud in the vicinity was a blank white. What proved to be rather incongruous to this place were many humanoid creatures floating around.

Each one of them seemed to be shocked, as if something happened that nobody could explain. Chatter was heard; most people were asking the obvious. Others thought they were the cause of the occurrence. But they weren't. One small creature found herself frightened, confused and full of guilt. The taller creature to her left, who was more human-like in appearance, was concerned about the settlement that had just been destroyed. Another elderly looking lifeform - this one was similar to the guilty party in appearance - was close to covering his face with his palm.

"Uh...oops. I wasn't expecting that to happen," the guilt-ridden creature cried, retaining her goofiness despite the gravitas of what happened. "I only wanted to show how strong I was…"

"What WERE you expecting?" the elderly one criticised. "Were you expecting to summon the Eternal Dragon or something? You really are hopeless…"

"Hey! I resent that," the female one retorted.

The human-like one sighed. "Come on, break it up you two. Arguing isn't going to bring back the city."

"Neither will her rash actions," the old creature remarked.

"Look, this may not be an accident after all. We can use this to our advantage," the taller, purple-haired person schemed. "Remember those talks we've had about expanding the city? This just saves us the trouble of removing the old place."

"Alright," the elder one accepted, now calmed. "But how are we going to make the new one? It would take too long for us to build it ourselves. And it's not like we can just hire construction workers."

"No, but we've got the next best thing. Dragon Balls," the tall one suggested. "All we need to do is tell Shenron how we want the new city to be and we should be good to go. We don't even have to use a second wish for it."

"That's a good idea, Trunks," the perpetrator agreed.

Once an agreement was reached between the three, they all began to move away from their spot that had them floating at a point higher than any mountain. The three moved together, trying to locate particular objects of interest. It would take them some time to do so.

Unknown Time, Unknown Date

Between Dimensions

Hurtling through the space in between dimensions, a lone Mobian cat was helpless to the fate that was about to come. He was unconscious. Even if he were awake to see the nothingness pass by him, he would not know the meaning of what was happening to him. He would not know how this came to be, nor would he know where he was about to go.

The Mobian could only remember a festival. An event he had been prepared for. A princess that needed to be protected. It was his job to do so, else the populace lose themselves amongst riots.

But what happened to him?

If he were awake, he would be able to remember various adventures he had shared with his friends. Two other Mobians...rescued him from a rampaging robot that killed his parents. Those other two Mobians were his greatest friends. An evil scientist...space station. One of these adventures didn't even involve the cat. It was solely about the blue one's battle with the scientist, who was more of a mechanical engineer than anything. The yellow, tailed one was only involved with the creation of a rocket.

Another adventure revolved around the cat and the fox chasing after the hedgehog, who had been captured by the human. The cat loved this experience for it was the first time he could stretch his claws, figuratively speaking.

Then there was that bright light. It enveloped a huge area and was responsible for sending the cat to another universe entirely, along with his friends. His first inter-dimensional journey. Once there, he met with various humans who were mostly kind. Some were selfish while others were indifferent and some were scared. Eventually the Mobians were able to prove themselves, especially after beating the evil scientist several times.

Their place in Earth's society was further cemented following the defeats of the God of Destruction as well as the Prototype Ultimate Lifeform (not at the same time). Despite the scientist's access to Earth's technology, his efforts were wasted in vain attempts for victory.

Some time after the Prototype Ultimate Lifeform's defeat and the halting of a madman's revenge, the cat found himself flying across dimensions, similarly to how he is now. That time he was found by a pair of human-like aliens, who called themselves Saiyans, though they lived just like earthlings. The pair belonged to a family that had a human mother and a father who was also a Saiyan.

This Saiyan changed the cat for the better. He was made stronger, faster, smarter - improved in every way. No longer would the cat be relegated to a useless support position. He could now be on the frontlines, fighting alongside his friends. As long as he kept this level of strength up by training, the cat could stay like that forever.

He chose to do so. Even as he later returned to his home dimension, which had been reunited with his original dimension, the one the Mobians lived in before the bright light engulfed them all. The cat was the one behind the reuniting - having used the Dragon Balls to do so. Seven spheres that when brought together, could grant three wishes. One of these wishes was to bring his parents back to life, but this couldn't be done due to a higher power somehow preventing the wish from coming into effect. Although made upset by this news, the cat pushed on and wished to return home.

After meeting up with his friends and showing off his newfound powers, the cat returned to the life he once led. Several months had passed while he was gone: in that time, things had happened that the cat needed to be filled in on. But it wasn't anything too important.

What came after had disappointed the cat. He was captured by the evil scientist, as the Mobian believed the world's enemy to know something about his parents' location. All he received in return was a 'no'. The blue hedgehog, the yellow fox and the red echidna banded together not only to stop the scientist's latest plan, but to rescue the turquoise cat. Along with other teams, there were four groups of three Mobians fighting against the scientist, all at the same time.

Not long after that, there was the whole thing with the Black Arms aliens. They had some sort of relation with the black hedgehog. The cat proved to be useful during this attack, because he helped to fight against the invaders as well as to bring both the black and blue hedgehogs to certain locations.

Then came the festival...the one he missed out on. There was no known way for him reverse the process of being flung through universes. He had to deal with what was happening to him. Certainly; the cat named Luster hoped to return to his friends.

1:21 PM - Age 851

In the Sky

"Rise, Shenron!" the pink creature called out to the seven orange spheres below her.

It did not take long for the Dragon Balls to be found. Although they were originally hidden, the spheres were unharmed. The three lifeforms set the Dragon Balls down at the peak of a mountain. Once the pink one spoke those words - a large, thin dragon emerged. The dragon eclipsed the entire area, darkening the sky's colour by merely using its presence. Shenron was its name.

"State your wishes. I will only grant three," the Eternal Dragon boomed, its voice echoing throughout the place.

"Alright Shenron, listen up. I've got a vision of a city in my head. I wish that it would appear, in its entirety, within this wide open space here," the pink one answered the dragon's call. She motioned towards the large area beyond the mountain peak when she referred to it. "If that's possible."

"That is within my power," Shenron confirmed. An orange energy glowed momentarily at the dragon's forehead (or at least where it would be). Seconds later, a very large settlement appeared within the space the pink creature motioned to.

There was a yellow-gold dome towards the right of the city, with a three pronged circular pond to the dome's left. All around the pond were small, white domed buildings. Right next to this plaza was a long set of stairs that went past what seemed to be a tournament arena before ending at a clear portal. In the opposite direction of the stairs were numerous skyscrapers - this sector looked like a real city. It even had a building that contained large letters, reading as 'Orange Star High School'.

Nearby those buildings was a small bamboo forest that was split in the middle to make way for a light-coloured dirt path. This ended at a petite house which looked as if it belonged in feudal Japan. Another dirt path that offshooted from the main plaza ran through a series of hills until there was a strange area with blue grass, purple trees and alien-like houses.

While this city was nowhere near as massive as a real one, it still possessed the essence of one. That was all that mattered to the three.

"What else do you wish for?" Shenron snapped the three back to reality.

"Nope, there's nothing else we want. Trunks? Elder Kai?" the pink one checked with her allies.

"I'm good," Trunks, the lavender haired one, answered.

"You know what I want. Heh heh heh…" Elder Kai, the older one, replied. The pink one frowned and shook her head in disgust. "Lighten up, Chronoa. That stuff's what I'm still alive for!"

Chronoa, the pink one, sighed. "So nothing, then! Great! Thanks Shenron, bye!" With no more wishes to be made, Shenron disappeared, causing the darkness to fade. The Eternal Dragon transformed back into an orange light and re-entered the Dragon Balls. Each of these mythical artefacts then fell asleep - a process that simply consisted of the spheres turning into grey stones.

But then, Chronoa approached the perished Dragon Balls and began to cover them with her energy. It didn't take much longer for them to return to their usual, orange states.

"There! We'll have to put them back in the Time Nest," she stated. "At least, only if it's the same as before, which it should be."

"It sure is a good thing that Dende gave us these. It's even better that you can just bring them back to normal like that," Trunks remarked, appreciating the Supreme Kai's handiwork.

Elder Kai had his arms folded, physically representing his distaste. "Such a grievous misuse of mystical power...I remember when the Dragon Balls could only give you one wish and they'd all go away after being used! How the times are changing…"

"Convenience is a good thing, old man. I don't see why you're complaining," Chronoa returned with a smile.

"I am NOT old!" the aged Shinjin complained, breaking out of his defiant crossed arms and instead partaking in a miniature tantrum.

"Older than literally everyone else here," Chronoa smirked.

Trunks frowned. "Come on, we've got better things to do than argue about ages. Shouldn't we be introducing this place to the Time Patrollers?"

"Yes! That's a much better use of our time. Go, Chronoa, call them all here, then I'll let you do the explaining," Elder Kai agreed, pointing at the female Shinjin as if he was the one to give out orders. He then flew into the city at a strangely fast pace, which the other two attributed to his childish frustrations.

Chronoa and Trunks sighed. They were used to Elder Kai's antics and his age-inappropriate mannerisms, but that didn't make it easier to deal with him. However, they all had a job to do and they were most certainly going to do it.

It took quite a bit of time for every Time Patroller to arrive within the new city. The differing races of the TIme Patrol were mostly confused as to where they were and what exactly was going on, but with the help of Trunks, everyone found themselves positioned in a very large group in front of a large set of stairs. Chronoa was at the first platform amongst the stairs, a piece of solid ground big enough to walk around in without accidentally falling down (which she was secretly afraid of doing). She addressed her audience with the deepest and most formal voice that she could muster, though in the grand scheme of tonal ranges, it wasn't very deep at all. Still, she had to explain, and explain she would.

"So, I bet you're all wondering what this place is," Chronoa began the introductory speech. "This is Conton City, the new home of the Time Patrol! You might remember Toki Toki City..well, you should, considering it was still here only two hours ago. That old place was getting far too cramped for our growing numbers, so we've decided to make a brand new home for our organisation. We have all the same systems and the like from Toki Toki City, such as the Parallel Quest system and the Free Battle mode, but we'll have even more available to you very soon."

No cheers. Not that Chronoa was expecting any.

"We plan to include a school that's designed for honing your skills, as well as item shops that are fully equipped with the best gear and skills you can ask for! As you can no doubt tell, Conton City is much, much bigger than Toki Toki City. To compensate for all this space, we've included little areas that look like they've been taken right out of history, like Planet Namek and Mount Paozu. There's lots to explore here."

Some murmurs amongst the crowd.

"In the future, we'd also like to add a bunch of new Parallel Quests as well as some odd jobs you can do to earn some more money. But enough of that - I'll need to remind you of a few things. Remember that firing energy attacks within city limits is strictly prohibited, just like in Toki Toki City. You're also not allowed to fly, but we've removed the inherent spatial limitation that has prevented you from doing that before. If you want to fly in Conton City, you'll need to obtain a flying license. To get one of those, you must prove your worth to us. In the meantime, you can ride around on some vehicles we plan to incorporate thanks to the assistance of Capsule Corporation, which will come soon."

Someone in the crowd shouted a "yes" in approval. Chronoa smiled to that.

"Do remember to never alter history. This hasn't happened before in our ranks, which is good, but it's important that I reiterate this. The Time Patrol's main purpose is to protect history from sudden changes. Should any point in time be altered significantly, the entire universe can be put under threat. Be careful when carrying out your missions."

Most people nodded. A handful of them were getting restless, itching to either explore this new home of theirs or simply wanting to get back to their jobs. Chronoa could tell. Luckily enough for them, her speech was about to end.

"With that in mind, please keep operating as you have been so far. Thank you all so much and have-"

"Is that part of the city?" an Earthling in the crowd asked, pointing towards a dark portal that had opened up in the skies within the settlement and completely interrupting Chronoa in the process. She was irritated by this, but also confused.

"No...I advise you all to stay back. It could be a leftover of Demigra's meddling. Maybe a villain from history will come out of it or something," she answered, turning around to face the portal. It was hovering near where the Time Nest's portal was, only serving to intrigue the Supreme Kai as well as Trunks, who was at the back end of the crowd.

"Something's coming out of it!" a female Majin Time Patroller exclaimed.

Indeed, something was coming through the shadowy depths of the unwelcome portal. Chronoa, Trunks and the rest of the Time Patrol were ready to fight whatever evil being would emerge.

But such a thing never took place. Instead, a turquoise figure was shot out, the portal dissipating soon after spitting the strange creature from it. The figure was unmoving, still, like it had been frozen in the coldest of tundras. It landed some ways away from the crowd. An eternity passed before the silence was broken.

"Everyone, go back to your missions. Trunks and I will take care of it," Chronoa took charge, nodding at the distant Trunks who had returned the gesture. The crowd dissolved after further murmurs. Nobody went in the general direction of the landing, leaving Chronoa and Trunks to investigate in peace.

1:55 PM - Age 851

Conton City, Nearby the Time Nest

Beside the clear and light-coloured portal to the Time Nest, the cyan figure landed without an injury. It was completely fine, though it did look foreign to Conton City, despite the wide range of races within the Time Patrol's ranks. The furred creature was fast asleep and completely unaware of its current predicament. Chronoa and Trunks were able to locate it without much issue.

"What is that thing?" the latter wondered aloud. "Almost looks like one of those anthropomorphic creatures you'd see in Earth's history…why is this guy wearing gloves?"

"And those shoes...I've never seen anything like them before. Specifically the pattern. Of course I've seen shoes before," Chronoa felt the need to clarify. "He's definitely not a Shinjin, Majin, Namekian or Frost Demon and clearly isn't a Saiyan or Earthling."

"He might not even be a male to begin with," suggested Trunks. "Do you think you can wake it up with your time powers?"

"It's possible, I guess. Might as well give it a try," the Supreme Kai of Time agreed. She walked up to the fallen creature and spread some time energy over it, hoping to be able to speed up its recovery from whatever was ailing it.

This worked. Chronoa and Trunks were met with the black pupils belonging to the otherworldly creature. It spoke with a young-sounding voice, implying that it wasn't ready for the interdimensional fate that it now carried.

"Where am I? This isn't Soleanna…" the creature eventually spoke.

"Soleanna? What the heck is that?" Chronoa thought, completely not in the know of such a locale. "You're in Conton City, home to the Time Patrol. I'm its leader."

The creature paused as it looked at Trunks. "Trunks? You're here?" it asked the Saiyan.

"Huh? You know me from somewhere?" Trunks questioned. "I'm sorry, but I don't know you, whoever you are."

"But you look like him…" the unknown entity responded with a frown, which almost immediately replaced itself with a smile. "Oh! I'm Luster, Luster the Cat, and I'm not from around here."

And thus, the adventure continues.

Luster the Cat: Season 3 Opening 1 (Dragon Ball Super, Chozetsu Dynamic, English) -

Let's begin the dream we lost

It had started so long ago

Drawing, a door in the universe

We've gotta collect the stars once more, let's go

This brand new stage, it shall be

Where we challenge those gods and be free

Intense, violent, dynamic

Let's go! Go! A huge panic

Takes place, we're stronger than before

We don't know our place, so that means

We've no limits, or regrets, we'll keep fighting!

Sublime, super and dynamic!

Let's go! Yes! I unleash a,

Barrage of kicks, as I tremble excitedly

Many stories are on the way, you'll see!

Author's Notes: Welcome back! Season 3 of Luster the Cat has officially started! ...sort of. Basically, consider this a 'soft launch'. I've posted the first chapter of the new season to whet your appetites until I'm ready to solely focus on it and push out new stories along with adaptations of Sonic games. I'm gonna be focusing on the Season 1 redux chapters, then after that, I'll redo aspects of Season 2, just to keep writing quality and in-universe content consistent across the board. I know I've retconned a faIr few things, so my slight rewrites of Season 2 stuff will fix all that. Expect Season 3 to continue around November-December time of this year (2018).

If you're a new reader, hello! I hope you like what this chapter appears to offer. Be warned that Luster the Cat is mainly a Sonic fanfic series, so if you're mainly here for Dragon Ball content, then I'm sorry because that's not the focus here. But if you've enjoyed this for whatever reason (if you're also a Sonic fan or you just like my writing (insert self-deprecation joke here)), then you should probably read Seasons 1 and 2 first. This carries on right from the end of Season 2 and that carries on from Season 1, so yeah, read the earlier stuff first. I'm rewriting all that at the moment, so expect it to soon have writing quality on par with this chapter here.

Anyway, whoever or whatever you are, please share Luster as a whole with your friends and post links to it wherever you can. I'd love to have more reviews, follows and favourites, so if you could share it on your social media platforms, forums, Discord/Skype groups and the like (please maybe a TVTropes page), that'd be great. Thanks for reading and please check out my other stuff! See you next time!