"Talk"
'Thought'
"Not good enough…"
A slash has effortlessly cut a tree in half so cleanly that it stayed standing and together
"Not good enough…"
Another tree has been cut the same way
"Not good enough…"
More and more and more trees in the entire area have been cut and sliced without any rhyme or reason, despite it all being so clean and perfect, it was all done with no direction or purpose, as if these slices were done with intense and uncontrolled emotions
"NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!"
And with a blast of pure magical aura, all the trees that were still standing after the slashes were then suddenly blown away, leaving nothing but an open area of tree stumps and grass, with a certain young boy, around 5 or so, who also had black hair and intense red glowing eyes, and he stands at the center of it all, this child was known as Cid Kageno, and he was clearly upset about something, enough to destroy the entire area out of pure uncontrolled emotions
"THIS ISN'T ENOUGH TO SURPASS A NUKE!!!"
Cid growls very violently as he stomps his feet and just wildly swings his sword, which quickly broke apart due to his magical powers overflowing his weapon and turning it into dust after it couldn't handle such power, after that happened, he finally stopped himself from raging and just quietly pant softly
"Damn child body, making me so emotional, hitting puberty is gonna suck…"
After calming down, he let out a small sigh and just sat at a random tree stump, looking up at the night sky, with millions of stars and a single large shiny moon, his face expressed something that could be described as, 'Unsure Uneasiness'
"But still, am I doing everything right? I have magical powers, and I am stronger than my past self, so much stronger."
Cid hums softly as he then held out his hand up in the air, and gently clenches it as if trying to grab and crush the sky above, he frowns softly at this
"But, I don't know if I'm making any progress, or if I'm even close to surpassing what I hope to dream…"
Cid unclench his hand and looked at his open palm with light narrow eyes, his gray dull eyes slightly start red again
"Am I… Am I just wasting my time? Is my dream of defeating a nuke and becoming a true Eminence In Shadow nothing more than a childish phase I can't let go of?..."
Cid then closes his eyes and lets his hands drop to his sides, he huffs softly and stood back up to his feet, preparing to leave the area and most likely go back home
"I don't know anymore, maybe a nice bath and some sleep will help clear up my head and think about my future more clearly, hm?"
Though just as Cid was gonna leave the area and walk away, he suddenly stopped and looked back up at the sky, noticing a twinkling light that flashed and seemed to glow brightly, this fully caught his attention, and face the sparkly in the night sky, focusing all of his magic in his eyes to see what it was, and what he saw, that he assume at least, was some kind of meteor heading down and towards the planet surface with very insane speed, more specifically, it was going to slam itself right into him
"Hm… Well, if I can't handle this small meteorite despite all my hard work, then I don't even deserve to call myself a true soon-to-be Shadowbroker."
Cid wore a challenging smirk as he fully face the so-called meteor that was heading toward him, getting into a stance and holding out his hands and arms out, as if ready to catch it
"Come on… SHOW ME HOW FAR I'VE MADE IT, AND IF I CAN GO BEYOND THAT!!!~"
And with no hesitation or any signs of backing down, Cid did not move from his spot, and instead took the 'Meteor' head-on, which did what he wanted and slammed right into him, he grunts greatly and cough up blood when he caught it, not only from the impact that broke his arms and shattered his ribs but also from the heat that burnt away most of his skin and clothes, however, he ignores all the pain and injuries he had just received and let out a loud yell in defiant, even while being pushing back and being slammed against multiple trees, he did not yield or fallen down
"This!... Is!... NOTHING!!!"
Cid yells one last time and slammed both of his feet deep into the ground, which broke his foot a bit, but it was enough to anchor himself down and stop both himself and the meteor completely in its track, this made him sigh in relief and wore a very satisfied and accomplished smile
"Heh… I am improving~..."
However, before Cid could bathe in the feeling of victory, he heard the sound of electronic beeping coming from the meteor, to which he looked at it in confusion and realized that he was not holding a giant and was instead carrying some kind of space pod, much to his surprise, the space pod continue to beep and make more noises, before opening up and revealing a certain spikey head child, who was the same age, or a year younger, than him, who glared at him feral and wild eyes
"... Oh…"
Was all Cid could say, before the child pounced and latched onto his face, which made him drop the space pod and struggle to get the kid off his face, due to being very injured and using all of his magic to heal himself, he didn't have enough strength or energy to get the child off of him instantly
"Ah, God! Get The Fuck off Me!"
But Cid was still able to get the kid off and throw him aside, which he landed hard on the ground, but he quickly got back up and growled back at Kageno, who just looked frustrated and embarrassed
"Ugh, a true Shadowbroke would never let a kid beat his ass, how shameful…"
Just as Cid was gonna get upset with himself for letting such a thing happen to him, he suddenly saw the child do something that made him go wide eyes in extreme shock, and that was charging up some kind of ball of pure energy in his hand and aimed it at Kageno, to which he was able to not only see it, but sense it as well, and what he senses, well
"It's not magic…"
Cid couldn't help but get very excited at seeing this new kind of unfamiliar power right in front of him, it was enough to make him very motivated to learn about what the kid was using, but also hopefully use it as well, it opened so many doors of possibilities for him and make his dreams feel ever so closer when seeing such new power, his smile grew wider as he prepared himself again, despite being so hurt and messed up in more than one way, he was once again ready to face this new challenge, no matter the risk that came with it
"GIVE ME YOUR ALL, YOU WEIRDO BOY!~"
Unfortunately, instead of experiencing something new and amazing, the kid just shoots out a small pathetic energy ball, that quickly disappear as soon as it left his hand, before simply falling to the ground, extremely tired and now unconscious from using too much power in that weak attack, this dumbfounded Cid, as he had expected more, but was only met with dissatisfaction, he lets out a deep sigh in disappointment
"Bwah, after all that, how lame…"
But Cid was still able to put on his excited and interested smile as he then walks over and stood over the child, to which he noticed that he had a tail, but paid little mind to it as he grabbed him by the tail and lift him to his face
"Heheh~... You're gonna become the next stepping stone that takes me closer to my goals, I'm so excited to be working with you~..."
Cid then turns around and started to drag the boy by the tail as he then started to walk away, throwing him in the space pod and carrying the two the rest of the way, he was in such a good mood from what he found and continue to keep on smiling for the now and future that will soon come to him
"Now come on, I need to train you up good before you can become my new punching bag, we're gonna learn so much from one another~..."
Due to my calculation and information, Goku was born 3 years before the destruction of Planet Vegeta, and since it takes around a year, to be generous, to reach Earth, or whatever the E.I.S world is called, it would make him 4 years old in total, with that in mind, I now had to consider two possibility on how to do this story, which would be Option 1: When Cid first found the Seven Shades, they would all be 10, which is 6 years different for Goku, and if we take it to the current right now setting, when they are all around 15, Goku would be 11 by then, to be honest when I thought about it, I didn't like that idea, to kiddish for my taste, and I didn't want to write child Goku in the world of either adult or very mature characters, so with that in mind, I decided to do something that leads me to Option 2: 5-year-old Cid meeting a 4-year-old Goku, this does mess with some of my earlier ideas, like Goku being the younger brother figure for the Seven Shades, however in the end, this idea was much more better in the end, everyone would be around the same age, it might be taken a bit more seriously without a child goku in the story, and no weird age different if I included shipping, so yeah, hope you all could understand that.
(BTW, since Goku is a Saiyan, he does know how to use ki, but very very very under-basic, since he was born weak, as he could barely float, be surrounded by a weak aura, and can only shoot one ki blast before passing out, however, it's enough to catch Cid's interest and help him train it and use it, hehe, the world is gonna be so much wilder in this story)