Dragon Ball Alpha
A DB/Z prequel by J.W. Appel
Disclaimer: All things Dragon ball belong to Akira Toriyama, Toei, and Funimation. I only own my original characters and concepts.
Author's notes: This fan-fic will try to be as canon friendly as possible but any and all events from current specials will be disregarded so Vegeta has no siblings, Bardock was NOT the very first Super Saiyan, there's no God of Destruction,and no such thing as a Super Saiyan God. Some movie characters will appear such as Garlic Senior, Cooler, Bojack, and Bardock himself but others will be reinvented to better fit canon. GT will also be ignored but some concepts will be used {the Black Star Dragon Balls, Shadow Dragons, Super Saiyan Four,etc.} Finally, any dialogue surrounded by '' instead of "" represents thoughts and specific dates will not mentioned due to the Dragon Ball universe's confusing calendar system. Enjoy!
Genesis Saga
Eons before the tale of Son Goku and the Dragon Balls, at the very beginning of time, there was Heaven. Heaven is known to most as the after-life for good souls but in the beginning, it was the whole of Creation itself. Various planets existed as well as many otherworldly races. Chief among these were the Shin-jin.
The Shin-jin were a very powerful race born from the fruit of the Kaiju trees on Planet Kaishin. They were immortal and highly respected for their power and wisdom. One day, the Shin-jin summoned the races of Heaven before them and said that they had a plan. "Look about you" the Shin-jin leader Malakai exclaimed "beyond our realm, Creation is an empty mass of space. Surely whoever and whatever made us did not give us these gifts we have for it to remain so. We must go forth and fill the void with as much life as we have. We must create…the universe!"
To this end, the races of Heaven worked together to create galaxies and form planets into being. They spread the seeds of life on billons of worlds and gave rise to the universe as we know it. At first, it seemed that their creation was destined to be as flawless as Heaven but fate had other plans.
On the day that the universe had just been completed, something happened on planet Kaishin that had never happened before. One of the rare golden fruits that spawned the most powerful Shin-jin turned black and rotten. The Shin-jin born from this fruit was female but she was not like other Shin-jin women or the rest of her kind. Her skin was blue, her hair was silver, and her eyes were crimson red. She took her first look at the beauty of her home world and was disgusted.
Unleashing a powerful wave of energy from her hand, she destroyed several more Kaiju trees before turning to the one that spawned her. With a single touch, she turned many fruits black and created more Shin-jin like herself. One of them, a male and the first to be born, took his place beside her as she addressed her creations. "I am Towa" she spoke in a smooth voice "he is Mira and we are the conquerors of all Creation." In that moment, evil was born onto the universe.
Towa and Mira lead their army on a rampage through Heaven and the mortal realm. They seduced innocent beings and corrupted them by offering secrets like how to control chi and use magic. Soon, the perfect universe that the people of Heaven had envisioned was reduced to rubble.
The otherworldly races were now in hiding, scattered across the few planets in Heaven that were untouched. All were scared and even the usually all-knowing Shin-jin were at a loss. Towa's presence had warped reality itself, robbing them of their immortality and cutting their power in half. The great leaders of Heaven had become as mortal as their own creations.
One day, when a massive crowd of Shin-jin gathered on their temporary home world to beg their leaders for a solution, a lone figure cut through the crowd to stand before them. He was a Shin-jin but he looked taller and stronger than any of them. He had dark blue skin, his hair was cut in a Mohawk and a sword was strapped to his back. He was called Genesis and he would change everything. "We have hidden long enough" he proclaimed to the shocked crowd "Towa has destroyed everything we built and mocks our race with her dark deeds. It is time we prove we truly are divine beings worthy of our gifts. We must wage war to bring about peace, who will join me!?"
Silence reigned for several long moments. War was unheard of before Towa came and all the races of Heaven were peaceful by nature despite their power. Could they really become like the enemy even to bring peace?
Suddenly four other Shin-jin,two males and two females, stepped forward. The males wore the same Mohawk style as Genesis and all four had different weapons strapped to their backs. Ronin,the red skinned male, had an axe, Tysa, the purple skinned female, had a staff, Jyron,the second red skinned male, had daggers, and Mirai,the blue skinned female,had a chakram. "We are with you" they said "and we have brought others." The four introduced their pupils, five weaker Shin-jin trained in the martial arts and members of the other races who had joined their cause. The army of Heaven had been born.
Lead by Genesis and the warrior Shin-jin, the army fought back against Towa and her followers. They eventually created a new realm at the very tip of the universe and sealed them there for eternity. The war was won but the universe would never be the same.
Back on Kaishin, the warriors gathered to discuss what to do next. Genesis and his comrades stood before them all as the heroes of the war and the new leaders of Heaven. "Our universe is tainted" Genesis announced "there is war, violence and evil and it shall be thus always. But there is also good that will need to be protected. We must take charge of the universe and keep it in order to prevent Towa's influence from ever returning again." "We will help as well" Thailog, the King of Oni spoke up "my people are creating a new realm similar to Towa's prison to contain evil souls after death. This way, only the truly good will be allowed here." "Those who are heroic of heart will also be allowed to train under us" added one of the warrior Shin-jin "there must always be warriors to defend Heaven from it's enemies." "And we will teach our people your ways" promised Malakai "to continue after you are gone. Genesis looked at the assembled crowd and smiled before saying "it's decided then. Today,we become the Gods of the universe."
And thus, Genesis became the first Rou Dai Kaioshin {Grand Supreme Kai}, the highest deity in the universe. His four warriors divided Heaven into four parts to watch over as the Kaioshin {Supreme Kai} of the North, South, East, and West. Their students became the first of the lower ranked Kaio {Kai} with the eldest serving as the Rou Dai Kaio {Grand Kai} as they watched over the four galaxies,each overseeing billions of words each.
The Oni race created a house of judgement and King Thailog dictated which mortal souls entered Heaven or Hell. As promised, a truly heroic soul retained his or her body to train under the Kaio of their galaxy.
However, Genesis and the others eventually passed on, going on to realms perhaps greater than even Heaven, and new generations had to step in. While Shin-jin born from golden fruit now lived for billions of years at a time,average members of the race died at the age of seventy-five thousand years old. A school was created on Kaishin to train Gods of various rankings and their positions were picked via lottery. Those found unfit to be Gods usually took jobs as servants to the later. In the same vein, the king of the Oni race chose a new Judge of the Dead every few millennia. This was the way of things for eons but as the universe around them continued to change and evolve,the Gods found that mortals could eventually surpass them.
AN: All information on Shin-jin, their planet, and how Gods are born/chosen comes from the Dragon Ball Super Exciting Guide from 2009. Mara and Towa come from "Dragon Ball Online." For those wondering, the reason King Kai and the Old Kaioshin remained where they were after dying was because they were still needed.