So many years ago, so long ago, there existed 18 universes within the multiverse. Today, there are a total of 12, however, there were six others that were destroyed at some point in time, but not before sharing their stories. Like the other 12, these six were ruled by Gods and their Angel Attendants, and exactly like the other 12, they had their own tales. Within each of these six universes, there existed a multitude of different beings, including some beings shared by universes such as the saiyans, who actually exist in this universe we will focus on. This story, the story of Universe 16.
This universe actually has the most differences compared to other universes that it could be related to. But that's beside the point. Like in other worlds, like all of the other universes, this universe is full of a good amount of powerful beings. However, this universe also has the most unique of them all, but before one can meet everyone, all of these strong beings, we'll have to go through the beginning of the story, but with that, we will follow their journey, right from the start where everything truly kicked off for the strongest in this universe, the warriors who lit a spark in the multiverse, the warriors of Universe 16, their journey to the end.
The current year is Age 451. There are plenty of strong fighters across the universe, yes, however, something important begins with one race in particular. The saiyans on Planet Sadal. A race of warriors, those who conquer planets and fight to the fullest. They pride themselves with being the strongest, ruled by the leader known as King Chive and his daughter, Princess Obako. And while the two of them are definitely figures of importance, there's one saiyan who matters the most at the moment.
"Hey! Kail! You wanna join us!? We're playing a game!" A young boy shouted out over to a friend of his.
"Not at the moment. I'm eating." Kail, the one he spoke to, responded with a full mouth. They were in the mess hall for the saiyan army, having a good old time. Kail had ruffled, medium-long, black hair with sort of tanned skin. He wore blue saiyan overarmor, but there was no sign of padding, just the regular battlesuit. He had a red, long sleeved shirt but he pulled the sleeves up to his elbows and he wore shorts that showed off his legs of the same color, a blue armor padding being on his left knee. His hands were donning the white gloves that saiyans would wear most of the time while having red and blue metallic boots.
While he sat, he was just staring at the table and eating patiently, meanwhile, the others were arm wrestling to see who was stronger than who. As he ate, a girl who seemed to be about his age stepped up to the game.
"My turn." She spoke strongly. The girl had a rather widely voluptuous or curvy figure, being admired for her rather buxom figure and her incredible beauty, she wore blue tights with yellow saiyan armor over, having shoulder pads along with pads on the sides of her hips as well. Her blue undershirt was cut off at her stomach to show off her midriff and she had no long sleeves, wearing hardened wristbands and hardened boots over the regular old boots and gloves. Her tail wrapped itself around her waist when she grinned and fixed her long, spiked up, brown hair.
Her challenger came up, looking her dead in the eyes. He was a bald saiyan with two scars on his face, wearing a shiny battlesuit covered in silver. The man placed his arm down on the table, putting his hand up when she did the same, gripping his palm, though not tightly at all, rather lightly.
"Three... two... one... go!" A smaller saiyan said with a grin on his face.
When the game began, the girl suddenly tightened her grip, and with that, she surprised the bald saiyan by beginning to force his hand down rather easily. Although he was a strong warrior, it seemed like she was far better, so she easily planted the back of his palm onto the table.
"We have a winner! Anyone else wish to go up against this newcomer?"
Kail had finished eating, and like he told his friend, he was busy with his food, but now that the time had come, he decided to join in.
"I'll do it..." He said, pushing through the crowd and facing off with her, their eyes locking.
"Great! Let's get started then! Three... two..."
The two of them gripped their hands, the girl having a smirk on her face while Kail was completely serious.
"... ONE!"
She expected to throw him down rather easily, but surprisingly, he was able to fight back, and fight back hard, unlike the previous guy. They were at a stalemate in the center, aside from their hands occasionally moving to one side.
"You're pretty good... what's your name?" She asked.
"Kail. I'm a saiyan elite." That was his response, and his expression kept that same stoic demeanor.
"Ooh... an elite huh? I'm a member of the middle class saiyans sadly, but my name's Azu. Good to meet someone of your status."
"You talk of being a middle warrior, yet you're definitely strong, aren't you Azu?"
They just kept pushing against each other, but one member in the crowd decided to use his scout scope, "Wow... his power level is 815! But he's right, she's strong, just being about 85 above him at a total of 900! Yet they're just keeping at it right in the center!" This one woman in the middle of it all said.
"Wow, so you aren't that far below me, are you Kail? But it's good to know that I've managed to surpass an elite!" Azu said.
Then, she thrusted her arm to the left in order to win the match, but he caught himself right before it hit, still keeping the fight. Their arms began to strain each other, then, she used all she had to force him so hard into the table that it broke the thing right in half. The crowd was shocked as pieces flew all over and Kail had managed to lose.
"Woah! Kail had previously won so many games, but this newcomer was able to take him down after a good challenge! Azu is the winner of this one!"
Kail, surprised at what just happened, figured it was time to go now that he had seen this. Before he could leave though, she held her hand out to him.
"Good job elite."
He shook it quietly before rising to his feet and walking right on out of the mess hall. He had his meal, he had his fill of arm wrestling, and he met someone new, so it was time for him to head right on home to the city.
But while he was leaving, after getting a few feet away from the door, Azu walked away, "Hey ex-champ, where are you going? You mad that I managed to beat you?" The well rounded woman said with a joking tone in her voice, running after him.
"I'm not angry at all."
"You definitely seem mad, or at least, way too serious for it to not be a disease!"
"I'm just leaving. I usually only play in that for one round or two. Today it'll be one round, and since I had already eaten and there were no missions, I'm going to head back to my place." Kail said to her, continuing to walk.
"You live in the bigger city right? The one where the castle is. Am I correct?" She questioned.
"Yes. That's exactly where my home is. It's where the elites live, though I wouldn't expect a middle class warrior like you to understand."
She shrugged, "But hey, do you do missions on your own? There's plenty of squad based missions up right now, so that makes me wonder, are you a solo fighter?"
He stopped walking, turning around slightly to face her, "Yes. I've been going on missions alone ever since I was capable of doing so. As a kid I had my own squad of course, but that was just childish things. When I won a tournament at the age of 5, I gained the rights for me and my squadmates to go on missions without adult supervision, then when I turned 6, I decided that I don't need any supervision at all, so I broke off from the two of them, especially since it would have happened at some point, in order to do missions on my own."
As he explained this, she leaned back a little, "You know, squadmates aren't there for supervision. They're your partners. But that gives me an idea. Since your a soloist, why don't the two of us form a squad of our own with other members we can befriend? Like, people that we know!"
He just blinked a few times, "So you're a soloist too?"
Azu paused, nodding slowly, "Yeaaahh... we both are. But that's why I'm suggesting the idea of us making a squad. I met you over arm wrestling, but your power was pretty higher, better than some others I've met before. So, I want you to join me, so we can get other members and rise up in the ranks, so we can become respected warriors!" She struck a slight little pose with her hands there at the end, making a v-shape with her fingers.
"No thanks, I'm already respected due to my status and strength."
"I mean, yeah, but we can be even more respected! Also, I think it'd benefit us both. You're rather serious often from what I can tell, and since you want to go on missions but as a solo fighter none are really available, if you at least have some teammates you'll have more options open to you! You'll also make some friends."
He groaned before letting out a small sigh, "Good grief... if you want me to join so badly, fine. I already have friends too, just so you know about that last comment you made. Do you already have some other people or are we just gonna have to go on a hunt for new members?" Kail said to her.
"Well, I know two people right off the bat. My own friends, Fava and Arame."
"Great, so I'm gonna be on a team full of women?"
"I mean, it doesn't have to be. We can find another man, I wouldn't mind having one more man on the team, so long as he's capable of fighting! But anyways, we can find more members quick since there's already four of us, we only need one or two more. You can find one, and I can find one! Sound like a good idea?" Azu said to him, crossing her arms.
"Fine. You find one member willing to join, and I'll find someone." Kail responded, and without her saying anything else, he just left.
Now to search for a saiyan willing to join, he wandered around the big city, hoping to find someone strong enough. Then, he saw someone steal some food from a vendor. A person cloaked in a black robe, running away with some fruit.
"Hey! Get back here!" The man running the vendor said before Kail dashed past him, chasing after the cloaked thief.
The person shrouded in black jumped over a small little barricade in an alleyway, turning around to see if anyone was following, but upon turning back to the front, he was standing right in front.
"Hey." He quickly made the maneuver to disarm this thief, knocking them onto the ground back first, their tail unravelling.
After being knocked over, the robe fell right off, revealing a familiar face.
"Wait... the princess..?"
She had somewhat dark skin with long, black hair tied with a pink knot in a ponytail, blushing slightly and seeming a little shy. The girl had was rather full-figured, or well endowed as one could describe it. She wore just a regular battlesuit, but only the top part, as underneath she had a black bodysuit, which had a shirt part that was under her armor, but instead of tights or shorts it seemed more like a pair of underwear as apart of her clothing choice, like she was wearing a black leotard. She had white gloves with white boots as well.
Spinning herself, she kicked Kail off and flew up onto a building to get away, but he just followed, "Obako wait up!"
She stopped on top of the building when he spoke. "Are you gonna turn me in to my dad?"
"You should know that I wouldn't do that. I didn't realize it was you, since you were running around with some cloak on after all. But what were you doing stealing fruit from a random vendor?" Kail said, starting to sound a little less serious with her.
It was because he trusted her, a lot. When he told Azu he had friends, Obako was one of them, the two having known each other for a few years now.
"It's just, I wanted to see what it'd feel like. To be one of those people who outrun others, I thought it'd be funny, but also because I wanted to eat something other than the meals in the castle."
"Jeez... you know, I would say you could have just asked for the fruit, but then I thought about the first thing you said. To be one of those people who outrun others. You want to live a more free life, is that it? I understand." He said to her.
"Please don't tell my dad, I don't want him to know I did that. Don't tell Brook either, she might tell him!" Princess Obako spoke up.
"I won't! Don't worry. But if you wanted to be more free, why not just get more active with others? That brings me to something actually... before my encounter with you, I was looking for a squadmate. If you want to live a more open life, why don't you join me and some others? We can go on missions." Kail told her the truth, he wasn't going to turn her in, and he even brought up a request.
"Really!? That's the first time anyone has asked me to join them on a team! And you're my friend too, so of course! I'll do it!" She replied, seeming a little more cheerful.
"It's always so easy with you, isn't it?" He joked around. "Well then, I guess we've got a new member. I'll come see you at the castle tomorrow, and speaking of seeing you at the castle, I suspect your father and Brook want to see you there soon, it's getting pretty late so you should get a move on."
Looking up at the sky, she then looked to him, "Right! I'll go right away! See you tomorrow then Kail!" Obako said, waving off to him, flying into the air.
"Well... you made one princess happy today with that request... time to get back home though, I need sleep too, and my mission's accomplished..." He thought to himself, looking up at the setting sun.
Azu was searching for another person as well, then, she came across someone who looked to be capable. A boy with brown hair and blue armor, punching fast at the air. She decided to speak with him, though this boy was rather... small.