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Dragon Ball Guardians

Dragon Balls orange, crystalline spheres with the ability to call forth the Eternal Dragon Shenron who will grant wishes to anyone who gathers all seven of them. For centuries these mystical balls were sought after by evil beings to grant their selfish desires, such as immortality or world domination. Their pursuit for the mystical balls often lead to many casualties, this was a cycle repeated far too many times and so in order to protect the universe from the threat of evil the balls were spread to different planets and given to powerful beings of good that would later take on the title guardian. The Guardians had a spell cast on them so if any of the other guardians were killed they would be able to prepare just in case an evil force had begun hunting the dragon balls. When the guardians passed by natural means however a new guardian was chosen by the Kai of their sector and the planet's watcher. Many Guardians surrounded themselves with allies they could trust or entire armies so as not to fail in their duty. If a hunt for the balls began the number of whichever ball was taken would appear on the other guardians forearm alerting them to the danger. With the planets so far apart they all had time to prepare and whichever guardian was attacked next would easily eliminate said threat and return the ball to its planet giving it to the planet's watcher until a new guardian could be properly chosen. This arrangement worked for a long time, in fact it was seemingly perfect, but what will happen the day when an evil stronger than all the guardians appears who will be able to stop such a threat if anyone at all. This story revolves around the guardian of Earth's ball Saru a name that would eventually be as highly regarded as Goku.

It was a day just like any other when it happened, Dende watcher of Earth sat a top the lookout along with Mr. Popo when a saiyan Pod came falling from the sky. Dende not knowing if the visitor was a friend or foe assumed the worst and summoned the last protector of Earth Gosuke a 4th generation descendant of Goku's. He stood 6'0" tall wearing an altered version of the orange and blue gi. Gosuke was a master of the Turtle Hermit style and as such he had to dress the part, he wore a long sleeve orange robe that came down to his ankle, a black sash around the waist with a saki gourd tied to it, a pair of black pants with martial arts shoes rather than boots, a black sun hat on his head, and the power pole on his back to top it all off. Gosuke took flight reaching the pod's landing sight at the same time as Dende. He raised his power to the max ready to go al out if need be, as they approached the pod the door began to open releasing steam. Gosuke armed himself with the power pole extending it enough to where close quarter combat was possible, but once they were close enough they realized it wasn't at all what they expected. Instead of some big brutish saiyan they were met with a child no older than a year, though it was clear he was a saiyan his hair stood on ends defying gravity as most saiyans hair did and his tail swung back and forth as he stared up at the two of them.

"Dende, what... the hell is going on here" he asked in an obviously confused tone.

"Well' Dende started "Goku was originally sent here as an infant because the inhabitants of Earth are generally thought of as weak, and so they send children instead deeming them strong enough to handle the task" he explained.

"Yeah I do remember you telling me something like that before" he admitted as he picked the infant up by his tail with a somewhat deviant grin on his face. " so if he was programmed to get the planet ready all i'd have to do to make him forget is give him a good bump on the head" asked Gosuke who now had his other hand balled into a fist.

"Y yeah... but" Dende started but before he could finish Gosuke had delivered a solid blow to the infant's head.

Dende winced just from seeing the hit "was that really necessary" he asked out of concern for the boy's head.

The infant let out a powerful cry piercing their ears and a small knot was left on his head.

"Don't worry Dende he's a saiyan it'll take a lot more than that to really harm him even if he is young" he said speaking over the absurdly loud wailing. He tossed him in the air to readjust the way e was holding him from his tail to cradling in his arms, though this was probably one of the worst ways he could've done this.

"What will you do with him Gosuke" Dende asked as he began to floating, signifying he was about to take off.

"Well its not as if I doubt your twins or lack faith in me and Miko's child that'll be born in a few month's, but Saru is here to stay and honestly I think a saiyan is the best protector the Earth could have. That being said I've decided to raise him as my own son and train him as the next protector of the Earth and who knows maybe he'll be able to take my spot as guardian too. I'm not gonna live forever you know Dende" He said with the signature child like smile on his face.

"Saru?"

"Oh yeah that's what I've decided to name him' ya' know because of the tail and all"

"Right well I know you can't be dissuaded, so I guess the most I can do is say good luck" said Dende with a half-hearted smile.

"Thanks" said Gosuke as he flew off with Saru tucked tighlt in his arms. (Me and you are gonna have some good times together) thought Gosuke as he looked at the infant.

A/N well that's the prologue if you have any questions thus far I'll answer them as best I can. Comments critiquing and anything else welcome thanks for reading be sure to be looking for the next chapter if interested in the next 2 to 3 days.