Dragon Ball Guardians

Ch 1: 15 Years Later

The scene opens up on the stage of the Budokai Tenkaichi, the whole crowd has gone silent as the two competitors after a barrage of blows in both directions and energy based attacks has left both fighters fatigued, waiting to make their next move. Saru pure blooded saiyan, adopted son of Gosuke, disciple of the turtle hermit style and creator of the Golden Lion style. He wore a black and gold gi that was now tattered. He stood about 5'10" with a lean yet athletic build, the sides and back of his head were shaved low while the rest of his hair still stood on ends defying gravity, and his skin was similar to that of a darker saiyan such as Turles, and finally his eyes were gold unlike any saiyan seen before. His opponent Akuma stood a whole 4 inches higher than him with a similar build, son of Dende and disciple of the Shadow Clan or warrior namekins, having an aqua blue skin color instead of green which made him an outcast amongst his own people. He wore a white and blue attire which had been just as badly torn as Saru's own clothing. The two stared at the other from across the stage determination in both their eyes, neither one willing to lose the match.

"Hahahahhaha, damn Akuma I figured you were good training with those warrior namekians and all, but I never thought you'd kick my ass his bad" he admitted while breathing heavy trying to regain his composure.

"Yeah, I didn't think anybody besides you would be worth my time" he said with a grin etching it way across his face. "Your brother didn't even worry me" Akuma mocked having been the one who defeated him.

"Let's not talk about my brother, least he joined the tournament unlike Tenshi who's following the teaching of the Dragon Clan. That's gotta be the lamest excuse ever" Saru said as he laughed a bit through his teeth.

"Kick that namekians ass Saru" shouted one of the spectators.

"Yeah maybe" Akuma admitted lunging forward toward the saiyan, and Saru doing the same to him now that they'd both caught their breath. The fight was back on as Akuma stretched his hand toward Saru, though it was easy enough for him to dodge. Unfortunately Akuma's hand was like a heat seeker it just followed Saru until finally it caught him by the ankle and slammed him against the stage floor. Saru winced after being slammed and upon opening his eyes he saw Akuma was parallel to him floating in the sky about to release a cannonade of ki blast. Akuma released his barrage of blast with no restraint fighting as if to kill. Soon dirt crowded the stage clouding everyone's vision including Akuma's. He flew down to make sure his opponent had been taken care of but was met with a kiai halting him, giving Saru the chance the to hit Akuma with a pointblank ki blast to the chest causing a to retreat to once again gain his composure.

"How, you shouldn't even be able to move" he barked at Saru demanding an answer.

"You know me well enough to know that last attack wouldn't take me out. It was simple really I just put up a little barrier to protect me from your attack" he said as he closed in for some hand to hand.

"Show that upstart who the real martial arts champ is Akuma" called a member of the audience.

"Yeah teach him not to be so cocky" said another in agreement with the previous statement.

Saru and Akuma both aimed for the face as they released a flurry at of punches in almost mirror form. If Saru threw a right Akuma threw a left but dodging these short jabs was too easy for fighters of their experience, if one got a hit in so did the other. They both caught each other with a jab to the side of the face, then their legs clashed against like swords against each other sending a shock wave through the arena. They both backed off once again, Saru began moving all around the arena leaving an after image to try and confuse Akuma though the he was easily found and hit with a ki blast. Akuma then proceeded to get up close and unleash attack after attack upon him pushing him closer and closer to the edge until finally he was ready to knock him out completely.

"It's over" Akuma yelled as he sent Saru flying off the stage into the audience area. A smile radiating with arrogance made its way onto his face, but faded there soon after along with Saru who had knocked into the audience. "They weren't all after images" he said seemingly asking more than stating plainly.

"No they weren't" started Saru who was now standing behind Akuma with a ki blast to his back. "one of them was a duplication, can't blame you for not realizing in time the technique was created long ago by the crane school and is barely used by anyone, but I thought it might be useful and so I added it to the repertoire. Gotta admit though I expected more of the previous world champ" he said with a cocky smile as he released his ki blast sending Akuma flying into the audience where his duplicate had been.

"Folks I can't believe it but the undefeatable champ fighter from the last tournament Akuma has been beaten by the newcomer. Saru is the new martial arts world champion"! The crowd began going wild rushing to the arena's stage hoisting Saru up in the air. Saru who was lost in a state of amazement finally snapped out of it giving a peace sign to his younger brother who'd been watching the match from the sidelines after his defeat earlier on. Kai only an inch shorter than Saru with red hair, taking after his mother wearing a blue and orange gi to represent the Turtle Hermit School. He gave the signature son smile and also raised the peace sign. The celebrating went on for another 15 minutes but eventually they let Saru down and started to clear the arena. Akuma had taken off after his lost heading back to the lookout unsure how to cope with the defeat. Kai waited outside the fighters dressing area for Saru who came out after changing to more casual attire and receiving the check for winning the tournament. The brothers were two of the few people left on the island, most had already began making their way back home.

"Saru I can't believe it you won and got the prize money" exclaimed Kai.

"You know I didn't join the tournament for the money" Saru said in reply "but I guess mom and dad could use it or something"

"Yeah, yeah I know you joined to prove you were the greatest fighter on the planet, a feat which you have now accomplished. How does it feel?" Kai asked curiously.

"Short lived, I mean the fighters were all pretty decent tis time around and they were all pretty well matched so the tournament was able to go a full three days because the matches went so long, and when I was climbing to the top it was fun…"

"But now that It's over it seemed like it went by too fast" Kai finished "Man bro lighten up you just had one of the toughest battles of your life. You should be happy Akuma even entered otherwise you might not have had that much fun" said Kai as they began floating getting ready to take flight.

"I Guess you're right" Saru admitted as he let out a laugh "That bastard Akuma totally destroyed my gi and it was the only one I had for my school" he groaned while scratching his head.

"You could always war our old turtle gi" the younger brother suggested.

"Not gonna happen, no disrespect to the Turtle Hermit School, but I'm trying to start my own legendary fighting style hear I can't be wearing that gi" Saru explained "Oh and also I hate the color orange" this was probably more the reason he didn't want to wear it thought Kai.

"So where do you want to go now?"

"I dunno, the lookout is outta the question, Akuma is gonna be pissed for at least a week" said Saru pondering where they could go.

"Yeah and he gets all annoying when he loses too, asking for random sparring matches" Kai pointed out.

"Exactly" Saur agreed "What about west city, it's been a while since we last saw your nerd girlfriend" Saru teased.

"Stop calling her a nerd" Kai shouted blushing with an embarrassed look on his face "and she's not my girlfriend we just hang out a lot because we're around the same age and our families are longtime friends"

"Who ya tryna convince bro" he teased further causing Kai to chase him. They're both engulfed in their translucent aura as they increased their speed and began heading towards west city.

They didn't bother landing once they entered west city, doing so instead when they reached Capsule Corp. They entered the building without invitation. The two simply began wondering around searching for their friend.

"So where is Corset anyway" Saru asked looking around fascinated with the building like it was his first time just as he always did.

"Who knows let's just keep looking she's bound to be around here somewhere testing some new invention or something" Kai suggested.

A/N That's chapter 1 hope you guys are enjoying the story so far, again if you have any questions or you want to critique me or just leave a comment fell free to do so also if you're liking what you've read so far keep tuning in. I Know some stuff might be confusing right now but every thing will be answered in future chapters anyway that's all for this A/N thanks again and please R&R