"Grant Our Wish Shenron! Bring Us A Powerful Warrior!"
~Age 1028 ~
On the surface, Satan City doesn't seem to have changed much from that life-changing event the world endured just 8 years ago. Thanks to modern technology, the City had been restored to its former splendor, replacing the sign of the City's namesake, Mr. Satan, the people of the city had opted to erect a stone statue of their former hero as a reminder that they must continue moving forward, just as their Hero would want for them.
But to others residing in the city, that statue is just a reminder of the public's ignorance to the truth, a truth that they must keep hidden or risk that same event from 8 years ago happening once again. With the great warriors of their time now lost to the battle, the remaining family of those warriors is left only with that statue as a grim reminder of what's come to pass, and what they need to do to keep their loved ones safe from the ones who caused that tragedy oh so long ago.
"I swear that statue is so gaudy looking." Looking up at the proudly standing statue was a girl with long, flowing black hair, with a red bow tied in the back in a simple half-ponytail, an almost annoyed expression on her face as her amber eyes scanned the statue of the supposed "Hero".
"Oh come on Tsukimi, it's not that bad, I mean yeah it's sort of weird looking but it's supposed to be an important monument." Standing next to the girl was her friend, a young man with jet black hair tied into a small ponytail, casually sipping on the drink in his hand.
"I don't know I just have my doubts that this guy was really the savior of the world, nothing about him looks that mighty at all to me, and it's even weirder that they decided to name the city after him. I heard that this city used to be named Orange Star City before they changed it, I guess the name never really sat well with me." With a shrug, Tsukimi decided to keep walking down the sidewalk, choosing to ignore the strange statue for now.
"I never really minded the name all that much, I mean I never knew the guy so I can't judge." Yuuki followed after the bow-wearing girl, summer vacation had just started and the both of them were at a loss on what to do, despite the many different arcades, malls, water parks, and amusement parks stuffed into the city, none of that seemed interesting to them.
While the two walked down the busy summer sidewalk, they were suddenly berated with a crowd of people running away from something, as well as the sounds of gunshots invading their ears.
"The hell? What's going on?" Yuuki tried to force himself out from the grasp of the crowd of people all running away from something, he could already hear the sirens of Police cars getting closer.
"I guess the summer heat doesn't stop people from doing stupid shit," Tsukimi said with a sigh before just starting to walk towards the source of the commotion, a nearby convenience store.
"W-Wait a minute Tsukimi! It's dangerous to go in there!" Yuuki exclaimed and managed to force himself out of the crowd of people and followed after the amber-eyed girl who showed no signs of fear or uncertainty in her actions.
"I said hand over the money or I'm gonna blow your brains out!" Standing in the store was a pair of men, the larger of the two holding a rather large gun in his hand while the shorter of the two was hassling the terrified cashiers for their money. The two of them were wearing ski masks in a futile attempt to hide their identities.
Yuuki carefully looked in the window and clenched his fist when he saw Tsukimi walking into the store, completely ignoring the fact that the two men were armed and dangerous.
"The hell? Can't you see we're busy Girlie?!" The short robber hissed at Tsukimi, waving his pistol in his hand in a futile attempt to scare her.
"Honestly, didn't your mothers raise you two better? I bet they would be ashamed to see their sons devolve into petty robbers." Tsukimi shook her head at the two and clearly that struck a chord with them. "Teach this little bitch a lesson!" The short robber hissed at his accomplice who growled and started shooting at her.
Tsukimi took one glance at the man and while avoiding the shots he fired, she landed a harsh punch right to the man's gut, making him double over and drop the gun in his hand, giving Tsukimi the chance to pick it up and unload the bullets from it.
"Y-You little bitch! Just what the hell are you?!" The shorter robber yelled as he tried to shoot at her but every shot fired didn't even hit her, clearly his aim wasn't the best.
"Just someone who hates seeing people like you thinking you can do whatever you want." She looked to the short robber and in an instant, appeared in front of him and with a swift chop to the neck, he was knocked out and on the ground.
"T-That was incredible Miss! You saved us!" One of the cashiers exclaimed with tears in her eyes, and just at that moment, the Police had arrived on the scene only to be surprised at the sight, both robbers on the ground and only a teenage girl left standing.
"Looks like my work here is done," Tsukimi smiled to herself before looking to the officers. "This girl is a hero! She took care of those robbers like it was nothing!" The cashier exclaimed while the police officers went to arrest the robbers before they could recover.
Yuuki, who had been watching the whole scene from the window just smiled to himself. Tsukimi had done this sort of thing before, whenever she sees a crime in progress she just steps in and stops it. With the martial arts she learned from her late father, she's made a reputation for herself as a hero within the city.
No matter how many times he sees it, Yuuki just never ceases to be amazed but how Tsukimi just never shown any signs of fear in the face of danger. She willingly puts herself in danger for the sake of others, even complete strangers, and all because of this sense of justice she developed thanks to her father.
That was always something he admired about her. There are many times when Yuuki wished that he could be more like Tsukimi, more confident and fearless, but no matter what he tries he just can't seem to shake these cowardly tendencies of his, they refuse to leave him and have stuck to him ever since he was a kid.
Seeing that bashful smile on her face, that light shade of pink her cheeks turn when complimented always made Yuuki's heart pound. He's had feelings for her ever since the two of them were kids, and as time went on, those feelings only got stronger.
Despite the fact that he still refuses to express said feelings because he doesn't want to risk ruining their friendship. He could hear everyone around complimenting and praising Tsukimi for her actions, even the press came to take pictures and try to get interviews with her, but she always politely declines, stating that she doesn't do it for fame, she acts because it's the right thing to do.
"I'm sorry I'm not really the type to take interviews." Tsukimi was politely declining the press trying to hound her for questions when all of a sudden she felt her phone ring in her pocket. "Oh, will you excuse me?" She quickly took the chance to get away from the media and saw that it was her friend Kasumi. "Kasumi, what's up?" She asked once she ducked into a nearby alleyway.
"I hope you're enjoying your day off, Girl because WE'RE GETTING OUR FUCKING ASSES HANDED TO US ON A SILVER PLATTER! How the hell can you leave me with these scrubs?! This bitch can't fight his way out of a paper bag!" Tsukimi even had to take her phone away from her ear for a moment because of Kasumi's yelling.
"Alright calm down, look I'll be there as soon as I can but I think you're overreacting Kasumi, don't you have Mamoru helping you out?" Tsukimi asked.
"Yeah but there's only so much ass he can cover by himself- I SAID GET HIM IN THE EYE! HE'S A GIANT MONKEY HOW HARD IS IT TO HIT HIS EYE!" Kasumi yelled again before sighing. "Please get over here as soon as you can Girl, I swear this team I got going on aren't doing me any favors."
"Can't you just call Trunks for backup if you're really that hard up? What about Akihiko or Satoshi? Hell, even Hotaru can help you out." Tsukimi sighed with an annoyed tone in her voice.
"Girl, we're all spread thin here! Everyone else is on missions and I'm stuck here with the freaking rejects! And Trunks went off to go find the Dragon Balls from what I heard so I- Oh fuck me, I gotta go, Mamoru's down and about to get his ass stomped, call you later." With that Kasumi hung up, leaving Tsukimi to shove her phone back into her skirt pocket.
"Damn it..." Since Yuuki is with her today, it's going to be hard to think of an excuse to leave, and she didn't want him to know about the Time Patrol anyway. He's a nice guy but Yuuki isn't much of a fighter and would only get put in danger at the Time Patrol.
"Why would Trunks need to gather the Dragon Balls though?" She wondered, never once in her time at the Time Patrol had she ever heard of Trunks needing to gather the Dragon Balls himself, it must be an important task from the Supreme Kai of Time herself.
In any case, she shook her head and started coming out of the alley just in time to see Yuuki already looking for her. "Tsukimi! Hey Tsukimi where'd you go? The press left already!" He called, looking around for her.
There was always this pang of guilt whenever Tsukimi would see Yuuki showing concern for her. He's been a wonderful friend to her, even by her side while she was grieving the loss of her father, but at the same time, she felt bad about keeping the truth about the Time Patrol a secret from him.
"It's for his own good, I'm not going to risk losing him." She would rather carry the burden of keeping the flow of time safe on her own than risk losing Yuuki to those demons.
"Oh, there you are! I was wondering where you ran off to, everything alright?" Yuuki asked, and as usual, Tsukimi wore a smile just to ease his mind. "Just fine, but I gotta get going, something came up." She admitted.
"Something like what? Is it something serious?" Yuuki asked curiously while Tsukimi shook her head. "Don't worry It's nothing like that, Kasumi just needs my help with something, you know how she can be, but I'll see you later okay?" She smiled back at the raven-haired boy before starting to head off down the sidewalk.
"Sure, I'll see you later." Yuuki smiled back, watching Tsukimi's form get further away before looking up at the sky, now he was by himself and had no idea what to do. He took his phone out of his pocket and scrolled through his friends' names.
"Mamoru said he was helping out his mom today... Akihiko said that he was developing some new program, Kimiko was going to spend the day at the library, guess I'll go home and play video games." With a defeated sigh, Yuuki shoved his phone back into his pocket and started his walk home, this was becoming more of a frequent problem.
During the summer all of his friends would be busy doing something and leaving him alone until school starts up again, there were times when he was wondering if they were avoiding him or if they've gotten bored of him.
Even his older brother Isamu took time during the summer to volunteer at a summer camp, so he was never around during the summer.
He shook his head, trying to get rid of those thoughts, all that would do is make him depressed. "Maybe they'll call later." He tried to stay optimistic nonetheless.
~Age 850~
"Alright that should be the last of them, thanks for the help Isamu, I know that you don't like leaving your team alone during missions due to the circumstances." Trunks had finished gathering the Dragon Balls and placing them on the pedestal with his fellow Time Patroller by his side.
He's been with the Time Patrol for a little over three years now, and in that time he's proven himself to be a powerful ally to the Time Patrol and even created his own team known as the Daydream Warriors.
"It's no problem, but this must be big if the Supreme Kai herself asked you to gather them." Isamu adjusted the sunglasses that he was almost never seen without as he watched Trunks place the last Dragon Ball down with the others.
In a matter of seconds, the orbs began to glow, the sky above the two turning black and in a matter of seconds, a stream of light shot from the Dragon Balls and into the black sky.
"It is, we can't lose any more Time Patrollers, and we have to find those who have gone missing, that's why the Supreme Kai told me to summon Shenron, this is our last hope." Trunks clenched his fist as he watched the gargantuan green dragon form in the sky above them.
"You who have summoned me, state you wish," Shenron commanded in a booming voice.
"Shenron! The Time Patrol is on the brink of ruin! We ask you to send us a powerful warrior! One who will help us take down the Time Breakers once and for all! That is our wish!" Trunks exclaimed as Shenron's eyes began to glow bright red.
"Very well, your wish has been granted," Shenron answered as a bright light appeared in front of the two men, Isamu even having to shield his eyes from such a bright light.
"Huh? What's going on?" Recognizing that voice, Isamu uncovered his eyes and gasped when he saw that it was his own little brother. "Y-Yuuki?!" He exclaimed in shock.
"Bro? Where am I? And who's that guy? And why are you wearing sunglasses?" Yuuki asked, obviously confused as to where he was, there was a giant dragon in the sky, some man with a large sword on his back, nothing seemed to make sense!
The raven-haired boy could only watch in shock as Shenron turned into a beam of light, and all 7 Dragon Balls scattered in the air, vanishing while the sky turned back to its normal blue hue.
"You know him?" Trunks asked curiously while Isamu sighed deeply. "Yeah, that's my little brother... Oh man, my mom is gonna kill me, if Tsukimi doesn't get to me first." The older teen could only look at his shocked little brother as he looked around at his new surroundings, did Shenron make a mistake?