The universe was once a peaceful place; one with benevolence and harmony between the millions of races in its provinces. They were content with life, no need of watchers or protection as their knowledge advanced astoundingly, understanding more and more about the beings in their lives, the things they saw or couldn't see, the reasoning behind the calmness of their homes. They had no need for self defense, for weapons to use against others; the mere thought of violence never truly entered ones thoughts during this small era of peace. The people only thrived in each other's amity, unknown to the wickedness of murder and the heart-wrenching pain and sorrow brought with this venomous sin.
Thus was the way the universe began, thus was the way the universe was nearly obliterated into nothing.
One day, the peace was brought to a permanent end. Unknown creatures began to appear out of thin air in droves. They came in any form imaginable- thin, large, tall, short, some with six legs, some with a dozen eyes, others with fangs and claws, others with wings and talons. The people felt fear strike their hearts for the first time at the mere sight of the beasts, all of which gave out devilish snarls and hisses as their beady eyes darted across the scenes before them.
These monstrosities were the first beings to ever kill, forever shattering the delicate thread of innocence that had thrived for hundreds of thousands of years.
It was then that the feeling of "hate" was brought upon the people along with the understanding of war: it comes into play almost naturally after witnessing one's child or spouse or even friend die in front of one's eyes. It is forever bound to one's memory, unable to be done away with and forgotten. The rage built up to the point of insanity before the eyes locked onto the source of the non-removable emotions, before the adrenalin reaches its peak, before the once-peaceful life-forms began killing the creatures to avenge the ones they lost and protect what they had left.
For a hundred years, constant battles raged throughout all of the universe, its people warping into warriors with the weight of the fallen souls on their shoulders, silently keeping their hope of ridding their home from this evil- which had been named Akuma -alive as they trudged on into war. For a hundred years, the people began to mistrust each other, dividing themselves from their comrades for the safety of solitude to either protect themselves from the pain of losing each other or not get attached to the ones they cared for in hopes of making their ensured death easier for loved ones to bear. For a hundred years, populations of the countless species throughout the universe declined dramatically whilst the Akuma continued to grow and thrive; the monsters even began to toy with their victims by taking the outward appearance of their prey's kind.
By this time, the people knew of war and the pain brought with it. They knew of sins, thievery, sickness, fear, loss and death. They used weapons naturally and trained the young to defend one another against enemies. They had begun to lose hope of ever of being free again from these constant fears as they struggled to stay alive. The innocence of peace that they once knew would never come back; their minds were forever altered from the violence and destruction over the last century, never to fully grasp that era of blissful harmony ever again.
But just as the Akuma were on the brink of finally ridding their targets from existence, they disappeared.
The people never discovered what became of the monsters. They simply took the chance to rebuild their civilization to the best of their ability. True peace never returned to their lives, however. They could never erase the horrors they'd witnessed, bring back the people they lost. The nightmare was permanently bound to the universe, forever implanted in the memories of the generations that lived on.
What's more, the people began to turn on one another, bringing crime and death amongst themselves. But unlike the Akuma, the evil-doers of the universe remained, and the evil spread. They managed to keep their criminals under control, but destruction continued throughout the countless eras after the day "peace" was brought back to the people.
What became of the universe? It continued to grow and expand with knowledge as it always had, but it remained a failure to what peace once was. The people were forever corrupt, though they did their best to not believe it, to hide it, to pretend the evil thoughts weren't their own.
What's more, the people never figured out how they were saved from the Akuma. The seven saviors preferred it that way. They continued to keep the monstrosities in their domain in hopes of one day seeing peace at what it once was.
Author's Notes: Hey! My first chapter of my first story. I know this isn't really descriptive, but it's going to become clear in later chapters :D This is how the universe began: all peaceful and sin-free until Akuma (or in English, demons) came to the people's universe from their own and began killing the lesser beings. After a century, the Akuma no longer attack, and the universe tries and fails to bring the peace back in their lives, unknown of the seven warriors that continue to protect them from the Akuma that still strive to kill.
I know this is a short chapter, but I prefer to keep the beginning short and to the point to get this in your head to put future pieces of the puzzle together. Trust me; the chapters are MUCH longer in the ones after this small prologue.
I have been creating this story in my head for 2 years now (or 3…. I lost count XD ) and I planned the story out to fit in perfectly with the times in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z to not make it total bogus. I will continue to write this story no matter what is said to me. I appreciate creative criticism and helpful comments to help me improve my writing, and if you ever find a mistake, LET ME KNOW! Also I plan to keep this rated T due to violence and other things, but if you readers think it's a little much for T, tell me and I'll switch it to M.
This fanfic will not really involve the main DBZ characters at first, but they'll be mentioned and be around in later chapters. The DBZ characters will DEFINITELY be in the sequels to this story to plug in the romances and other things planned, as this story is mainly on adventure and friendship as the protagonist grows up in this story and meets the other main OCs in the plot.
Until the next chapter~
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