Age 757

Jade walked out of the Dojo with her new group, long flowing hair finally being released from the bun it had been in for the previous day. She turned to Rose, whose bleached white hair gleamed with Dave's. "Well, I know you need to do some goodbyes, Rose. We can wait here while you do that, and I'll get officially acquainted with everyone." Rose's violet eyes flicked about the group and paused a moment longer on Tien's third eye.

"I will be back soon. Feel free to discuss whatever you wish while I let my mother know of my apparent need to go and do… whatever it is we're doing." Rose stepped away, her violet gi being ruffled in the wind a small bit as she did so. Jade turned to the others, who had been looking at one another uncomfortably.

John, as much as he hated to admit it, had been just a little confused and anxious about all this. It was all happening so fast, jeez! However, his blue eyes looked up to Dave, Tien and Jade while flickering towards Chaiotzu every so often. "So, uh! My name's John, as Jade probably mentioned. I haven't really met many people besides those in the Land of Korin, but it's really a pleasure to meet you all!" John adjusted his own gi, though it was orange with blue straps every so often.

Chaiotzu, Tien, and Dave all kept their gazes and expressions even when sent towards John. Dave spoke up first. "Good to meetcha too, John. I'm Dave, this is Tien, and that one's Chaiotzu. We're all from the Crane School, but…"

Dave trailed off, but Tien picked up the slack. "...it wasn't exactly a peaceful form of training. Dave had opened mine and Chaiotzu's eyes to how brutal the school of thought was. We had been planning to make our escape for weeks." Dave's shades shifted towards the ground as he looked there. Chaiotzu and Tien frowned.

Jade piped up at about this time. "Well, now you're free from them, right? So let's all train together, and get even stronger than even they were!" Dave looked up, and nodded with a slight smile. Tien nodded as well, and gestured to the returning Rose.

"My mother had me bring gifts for everyone as a departing kindness. I believe these will do us some good." Rose handed out some small badges of some sort, circular and unassuming in appearance. "Those will, at a tap, let anyone else wearing one know that you're in trouble. My mom is an… inventor of sorts." Rose pinned her medal to her chest, then produced an astounding artifact.

"Is that…"

"Truly…?"
"What is that?"

Rose chuckled, and gestured to the orange gem-like orb. "This is indeed a Dragonball. My mother found it a long time ago, washed up on a beach she was strolling on."

Jade smiled as the others gaped at Rose. "Well, I bet we'll have lots of fun with that, but for now, we have some training to do." Everyone looked at Jade with confusion. "There is a threat coming to Earth in four years. Kami, my guardian, was able to garner a way for us to scry into the future a good number of years. With the brief glimpses we could gather, we desperately need to prepare."

Dave spoke up. "Wait, so you're telling us that some kind of douchebag is gonna just descend from the heavens and start blowing shit up like some Independence Day ripoff?" Jade nodded, which startled Dave a little. "Oh. Well, that's something to prepare for, yeah."

Everyone seemed deeply concerned about this prospect. Rose shifted subtly in place, while John fidgeted outright. Tien, however, was mostly calm. "Well, what are we waiting on? Let's get started."

Jade nodded, and gestured for them to follow her as she walked off. "I know a place, c'mon!"

And so, the group was assembled fully. However, even with this head-start, some gaps are not so easily closed….