Prologue

In a broken wasteland, a young bandit is blasted with unbearable heat, giving his life for another's in the hopes of their light saving the desolate world.

In a blood-stained school, a young officer-in-training slowly bleeds out, slain by one whom she considered a friend for most of her life in a fit of shared betrayal.

In a pristine hall, a royal heir is slowly hung in front of his would-be lover, in a proud yet desperate final attempt to reclaim his birthright.

Both, through drasticly differing circumstances, all shared one, tragic fate: death.

Or so they thought...

"Arise, Shenron!" proclaimed a violet-haired swordsman. The 7 balls which stood before him suddenly erupted in a brilliant light, unveiling a dragon of fathomless size. In a mighty, resounding voice, the mythic beast bellowed:

"The usual, I presume?"

"You know it", the swordsman responded. "3 fighters, on the brink of death, with an immense potential for strength and a latent heart of gold-"

"Bring 'em before you, yada yada. I know the drill."

"Hehe", the swordsman sheepishly chuckled, "I just like saying the speech. Thanks, Big Green."

"Don't mention it, kid. Now, if that's all..."

"And a Hetap. Cherry Coke. Please."

"... Hrrrgh."

As the beverage fell, Shenron erupted into one glorious final light before announcing his closing statement...

YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED!

Yo. OP here.

I'm still not that comfortable with all the mechanics of this site, so forgive some of my mistakes. Critique is a mandate for improvement.

Anyway, this story is kinda special to me considering I've mentally worked on it for 2 YEARS. Not exaggerating when I say that, either. Every day, constantly finding new influences and new ideas for it. It's pretty much my dream, I'd say. (Geez, that sounds pathetic, but it's whatever.) It's a passion project I made with the hopes of putting something unique out there, a character-driven story centered around Conton's Finest as 9 new recruits (that's the plan anyway) get used to a new home, mess up, grow in strength, right historical inaccuracies, mess up, develop bonds, go on galactic hijinks, grow as people, STILL MESS UP, and work to save all time-space. New faces, old faces, even faces not even from the franchise (I'm a fan of LordCaldrin45's works, check him out) all in a way that (almost) makes sense and is fun to read. A giant love letter to really good works in general; this'll have inspiration from Samurai Champloo, Hajime no Ippo, Gurren Lagann, Yu Yu Hakusho, Fist of the North Star, Baki, just... A lot. Character depth will be a mainstay, as well.

I talked for a while here, hehe. Sorry for the incoherence, I'm just nervous. I plan on working on this for a long time, so for those interested, stick around.

See ya.