Mission 1.
Age: ? Between Time & Space.
A strange young man obscured by shadows of the time rift he hid in peered into a rounded Crystal sphere. In the crystal he viewed the same events Chorona and Trunks and witnessed from the Time Nest. Steven Universe Tampering with time on a scale never seen before.
"Ah Ha ha ha!" Chortled the young man with his Glee and excitement shown very openly, he then leaned closer to the crystal adjusting his glasses. "I don't believe my eyes! One timeline even the supreme kai of time didn't even Know of, and Bonus; seems that hammy little human caused hundreds of timelines to spawn! This is PERFECT, now I've been meaning to try some new experiments as of late."
However at that moment, the crystal picked up a strange reading the man then was seeing right into the time nest and saw Chronoa summoning the original Steven to her and Trunks' location.
" Hmm Figures her royal Timely-ness would get tipped off about that kid's antics sooner or later. Oh well, I already have an idea as too keep Her and the time patrol busy while I do my own thing."
The man the pulled out a small but dark pinkish-purple crystal and then crushed it as a strange energy left the shattered stone and began to fly into the air before disappearing. "There. While they go have some fun with the time patrol, I'll just sit back here and do a little research before my next big move." Despite being able to fly freely in the strange void the man took a more relaxed sitting position as he then made the crystal shift back to what appeared to be the rest of the Steven who's fate was changed by the original, many battles and friends and foes began to slowly then rapidly appear on the crystal with the young man slowly grinning a mischievous smile…
Age 852, Conton City: Forest District
"Hiya!"
A loud impact to the ground the felt like a small explosion shook the ground and left a large dust cloud blinding the immediate area.
As the dust began to settle and clear, Son Goku with his hand on the ground in the middle of the now fresh crater. Just a foot or two away from him, with his back on the ground as if he had stumbled backward, was Steven Universe. Steven, now wearing what seemed to be a light blue T-shirt hoodie/ jacket with the time patrol Logo on the left side of the chest was looking a bit panic stricken as he had almost been on the receiving end of Goku punch. The Saiyan warrior then began to stand up straight, but he seemed a little bit satisfied.
"Whew, that was pretty Close there Steven. You're getting the hang of this faster then I though. I don't know much about your gem parts but you're definitely growing stronger fast." Laughed the Saiyan as if he hadn't been what seemed like a death battle with the young Universe.
"Y- Yeah Thanks Goku…" Steven panted a mix of weariness and shock visible in his tone and body language as he rested his head onto the ground.
It had been a entire month since Steven accidentally created hundreds of timelines with the old gem relic and had been summoned to become a time patroller with Trunks, Goku and the other members of Chronoa's time force. It goes without saying, Steven doesn't hold a candle to any of the warriors in Conton city or the enemy's own ranks. Thus before Steven could actually go on any Time Patrol mission he had to be trained. Thankfully the last few weeks Trunks and Goku were helping the young boy progress to be able to handle himself.
However as much as Steven hated to admit this was very tough. He not only had to train to master his gem abilities but he was slated to learn so many new thinks that seemed so easily for the seasoned Z fighters like Goku or Trunks. The energy within him? Flight or even shooting beams? It all seems so incredible, yet the training for it seemed far more intense then anything the gems were willing to give him up until this point of his life. Soon Trunks who had been watching from a distance hovered over.
"Goku is right, Steven." Trunks said to the winded Quartz on the ground. "compared to how you were a month ago its amazing how much strides you made in strength."
"Yea heck if you didn't have a rock stuck in you're belly button I'd say you'd be a bit a dead ringer for a Saiyan." Goku smiled as he placed both his hands behind his head nonchalantly. "I'm being generous about this but I'd gauge you're about half as strong as I was around the time I fought against King Piccolo." Goku then lifted his head to the sky reminiscing. But after he reincarnated into the Piccolo we know today, he's really been a powerful ally. And my son, Gohan still looks up to him since he was his first martial arts teacher."
Hearing this Steven, who had caught his breath enough then sat up slowly stunned at that statement. "You're a dad Goku?" Steven asked in bewilderment.
"Huh yea of course I am, why wouldn't I be?" asked Goku with curiosity
"W- Well I mean you look so young, I didn't think you were a dad honestly." Responded the Quartz as he soon stood up on his feet.
Trunks then place a hand on Steven's Shoulder. "I learned this from my Father but Saiyans like me, him and Goku retain our youth to fight longer, sure Goku and I do sort look like we're in our teens but were are adults." Informed the lavender Haired Saiyan to Steven.
"Yeah, I'm going to be about 40 in three more years I think" Goku responded scratching his chin. "though all those trips into the Room of Spirit & time do make things in real time seem wonky"
Suddenly a loud beeping noise filled the area, Trunks reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a green lense Scouter. He placed it onto his left ear and the beeping stopped as he then Spoke.
"This is Trunks coming in what's up?"
"Trunks, you and the others better get back to the time nest quick, we've got Big trouble on our hands!" replied Chorona as she soon cut the feed from the scouter's comm link.
Soon the trio, quickly took to the time nest Goku teleported into the temple with his instant transmission technique with Trunks and Steven holding onto his arm and shoulder respectively.
"Good you're here." Chorona replied with a sign of relief but still she had a tinge of worry in her voice. As she held a scroll. This time it was emitting a dark purple energy.
"Alright, finally some action!" Goku replied as he began to crack his Knuckles with his classic eager smirk on his face. "So, what's the problem this time around?"
"See for yourself. After all it INVOLVES yourself." Replied the Kaio as she set the scroll down onto the counter and unraveled the glowing parchment. Soon a image appeared to show on the open scroll as it became clearer, so did the figures in this section of history.
Age 753
In a large grassy plain with a small cluster of rock formations. The Sky is pitch black and a ginormous Green Dragon stares at a small skirmish below him on the grounds below.
A Large, Green yet old looking creature wearing a very dark purple Gi with a Large Demon kanji on the center of the shirt is shown having a tough time fighting was appears to be a Small greenish Blue-man with pointed ears and a single visible fang. A dark purple aura is shown emanating from him.
"I Must say, I'm surprised to see this so-called Demon King Lacks enough power to challenge me." Taunted the smaller looking creature. "This goes to show that this world is only fit to be ruled by ME! Not you or that fool."
The Old Green fighter was angered by this. He was moments away from restoring his youth and suddenly someone showed up out of nowhere and not only challenged him when his goal was in reach but was dominating him. It seemed unthinkable, even if he was wasn't in his prime at the moment. "Grr… I AM THE MIGHT DEMON KING PICCOLO!" Bellowed ancient demon. "This planet belongs to me and fools like you should know your place!" soon King Piccolo charged toward his smaller opponent however all he did was stand there before:
"Took the words right out of my Mouth!" sneered the small man as suddenly he began to transform, his skin tinted to a darker green hue and his size and muscles budged out from his regal looking attire then he too charged toward the Demon king before body checking into the old king with such force the Demon king flew backwards from the impact and collided with one of the rock formations in their battle field. The force and impact left King Piccolo severely injured but not dead. Soon the only spectator who was watching this battle was beginning to lose patience.
"How Long Must I Wait? Do You Have Any Wish?" Bellowed the mighty Dragon wanting to not linger where he was summoned for much longer. Soon the Buff fighter turned smirking to the Dragon swinging his arm, as a means to loosen his muscles.
"Forgive my lateness but rest assured I am ready." Replied the new foe to the dragon. "I WISH FOR EVERLASTING LIFE, I WISH TO BE IMMORTAL, CAN YOU GRANT ME THIS WISH SHENRON?"
The Dragon hearing the request soon nodded. "A SIMPLE TASK, IT SHALL BE DONE." Soon Shenron's red eyes glowed brighter and a split second later, a strike of what appeared to be a pale white-ish blue light surrounded the foe before dissipating, leaving once again the villain's dark aura.
"YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED. FAREWELL."
Soon Shenron Disappeared, and the light that illuminated the ground where the Dragon had come from flew into the air, and bursts of light shot into seven different directions, and soon the pitch black skies returned to day time.
"HA HA HA! IT WORKED IM IMMORTAL! NO ONE CAN KILL ME NOW, STARTING TODAY THIS WORLD IS NO UNDER THE REIGN OF GARLIC JR." Soon, Garlic Jr. looked back toward the downed Demon King, still knocked out. Before raising his hand and sneering evilly.
"I'd rather do this with Kami at his precious Lookout but, I can Imagine the look on his face right now!"
With that, garlic Jr. shot a giant energy blast toward Demon King Piccolo the Blast engulfed him and soon a giant explosion is show. When the smoke clears the Demon King isn't any were to be seen, King Piccolo had been Killed.
Age 852; Time Nest
The four heroes look at the Scroll showing Garlic Jr. Throwing his head in the air laughing manically before he flew off to wreak terror on the world. After seeing this alter history Even Goku was stunned into silence.
"What…What just happened?" Asked Steven breaking the silence.
"That." Said Trunks who despite being shaken up himself remained calm like seeing this change didn't affect him. "Was what we work to stop the changing of history, Someone who wasn't supposed to be in that moment of history appeared and messed everything up."
Chronoa then began rerolling a different scroll before handing it to Trunks. "In the Original timeline. The foe that Demon King Piccolo fought was Garlic Jr. he was a foe of Goku and the other. However, his appearance here wasn't part of that history. Demon King Piccolo was supposed to regain his youth by wishing to Shenron, that Dragon you saw earlier."
Goku then lifted his head up, with a serious look on his face. Steven was stunned as now Goku seemed Like a completely different person then how he seemed before.
"Even back when he was Evil, Piccolo was Split from someone Named Kami, he created the Dragon balls on our Earth. And when separated if one died so did the other, and the Piccolo who came after the demon king, had the same rule apply to him. Until he became good and eventually fused with Kami to fight a later threat."
Goku Turned to Trunks who still held the time scroll in his hand, Nodding to the half Saiyan. Trunks Nodded himself before closing his eyes and suddenly in a subtle white light Trunks disappeared leaving only Goku, Chronoa and Steven.
"Trunks?" called Steven as he turned his head from side to side looking for his friend before turning back to his mentor and boss to then ask. "Where did he go?"
The Supreme kai of time ushered Steven back over to the table. Soon the scroll began to adjust, going back in time Steven Likened it to pressing rewind on a video however, it seemed to rewind further past when the history change started.
Age 753, Before Shenron was summoned.
The Setting seemed more or less the same. However unlike what Steven & the others witnessed in the scroll earlier, the Sky was still daytime & King Piccolo was still alive. Master Roshi had just fallen after failing to seal the demon King away again, and King Piccolo was laughing maniacally. "Ha Ha Ha! The Fool Missed! Now He's Dead, and with the Evil containment Wave gone, I Fear Nothing now!"
Piccolo soon gathered all the dragon balls in the ground and added the two he had to the collection. "Now Arise-" Just before King Piccolo could summon the eternal Dragon, a Strong kick found its way to the demon King's face. Picking himself up in anger Piccolo was greeted by a pre transformed Garlic Jr. still surrounded by a dark energy.
"We Meet at last Demon King Piccolo." Called the sinister foe.
"So another fool wishes to die?" King Piccolo growled as he picked himself up and took on a fighting stance.
Just at that moment. A white flash appeared from nowhere and when the light faded Trunks Stood by aways away from the Duo, looking ready to fight.
"Another One?" shouted the Demon King angerly. "How much Longer must I wait to regain my Youth?"
"Don't worry." Trunks said keeping his gaze onto Garlic Jr. as he drew his sword out. "The wish is yours. He's the only one I'm after." With that Trunks Dashed toward Garlic Jr. with Breakneck speed ready to attack.
Back in the time Nest Steven watched with awe he was surprised to see Trunks had been sent back in time.
"Wha? Trunks? How did he get there? Or wait how did he get…When?" Steven Asked beginning to get Confused about how to ask the question he needed to ask properly.
"This is our Job as time Patrollers." Chronoa Explained. "Our enemies come from the Demon Realm, a place on the very edge of this universe. And their world is sealed from the outside world. The only way the can break that seal is if the collect enough energy from the changes they make in history. But we time patrollers defend history making the flow of time stay as it should be."
"Look Closely Steven." Goku replied crossing his arms with a confident smile on his face. "Even if you aren't ready to fight guys Like Garlic Jr. yet you can still learn somethings from Trunks fighting him."
the young Universe contined to look as trunks fought valiantly against the powered-up Garlic Jr. however Steven then realized something:
"Wait a sec. Goku Why are You Still here with us? Supreme Kai of Time said this history Affected you. But you stayed behind, why not back up Trunks?" Steven Asked. He only know Goku for a month but even he knew at that point Goku wasn't really using his full power in their training sessions.
"Seems apart from your Physical training, you are learning a lot here." Chorona smiled. "There is a reason for that. Technically in this point of history Goku doesn't confront King Piccolo at all until a little later."
Goku nodded Confirming this. "Yea when I was a kid, about your age give or take, when I first fought King Piccolo when he was Old, he mopped the floor with me. After that my Friend Yajirobe took me to Master Korin's place to get healed and then help me get strong enough to face Piccolo again. But he had already gotten his wish when we fought. And man was that tough."
"regardless, this is a point in history Goku is closely connected to and its part of his own history. Sending Goku, especially since some people Might recognize him would be enough to still change history a bit. With Trunks, no one from this Era will recognize him." Chorona Explained.
Back with Trunks, the battle had somehow evolved from a 3-way brawl to Trunks and King Piccolo again Garlic Jr.
"Hmph." Laughed King Piccolo. "I wasn't Sure about you at first but you proven yourself boy. I take it this means you want to Join my personal army?"
Trunks just Ignored the Demon Namek's words. This was a Piccolo who was pure evil. And hadn't changed to the side of Good. However it was important that he regain his youth so he'd eventually Challenge and fall to the Goku of this era.
Meanwhile Garlic Jr. was getting Frustrated. This dark aura that enveloped him was promised to ensure he'd be able to gain immortality and stomp his foes out. But he was now being backed into a corner.
"Y-you Fools!" he Barked. "This world belongs to me! The world shall Kneel to the Might of Garlic Jr.!" With that Garlic Jr. Transformed into his full powered state in a fit or rage, still amplified by the dark aura.
"Sorry Garlic Jr. but you're Plans are gonna be as dead as you are Soon." Trunks responded. The half-Saiyan quickly sheathed his sword and then flew into his opponent with a heavy punch sending Garlic Jr. flying hundreds of Feet away. Trunks then turned to King Piccolo.
"If you're Going to make your wish then do it now!" Trunks called as he then flew to continue to stall and hold off Garlic Jr. ignoring that he had angered King Piccolo.
"Wretched bastard! You Dare Order King Piccolo around like a common Lackey?" however apart from the downed Z fighters, and the fact the temporal fighters were now hundreds of miles away Piccolo was now alone able to summon the Dragon. "However I can't thank that little smart ass enough for giving me the time to Finally do this!" he chortled.
Garlic Jr. Soon lost momentum from the punch Trunks delt him, he rolled on the ground before stopping and tried to pick himself up only to be kneed in the face by Trunks. The two continued to fight until the blue skies began to darken, which caught both of their attention.
"What? No! NO! I will not be cheated out of my immortality!" roard Garlic Jr as he tried to dart back towards the direction of King Piccolo. But Trunks Jetted in front of him kicking him back to the ground Trunks glanced behind him and could see far in the distance the figure of Shenron.
"YOU WHO HAS GATHERED THE SEVEN DRAGON BALLS, REFLECT ON YOUR DESIRES AS I SHALL GRANT BUT ONLY ONE." Spoke Shenron to the Demon King.
King Piccolo Sneered wickedly as he knew what his wish was.
"I Wish to be made Young again. Restore my youth & Power, Return to me what Time has stolen, Can you Do this?" asked King Piccolo to the eternal Dragon.
"AS YOU WISH." Replied Shenron as his red eyes began to Glow. A split second later, King Piccolo felt a change. His Old appearance slowly became more youthful looking, his power that he had lost to time was being restored and sky rocketed. King Piccolo Smiled Wickedly as his wish was finally Granted.
Back at the battle, Trunks and Garlic Jr. could sense the increase in King Piccolo's Power. He had gotten his wish. "Seems you were a bit to late Garlic Jr." Trunks stated with a bit of cockiness in his tone.
"D-damn it…" Growled Garlic Jr. Suddenly there was a flash of light, but it seemed Different then what usually happens after a wish is made on the dragon balls. While they were far way it seemed like Shenron was being attacked. Then a Mighty explosion was seen winds from the detonation blew fiercely across the land. Soon the sky slowly returned to normal but there had been no sight of the Dragon Balls flying off in seven different directions. To ensure no one could collect the Dragon Balls again to use against him, King Piccolo Killed Shenron causing the Dragon balls to turn into seven round stones, Permanently.
"Seems History is finally back to normal" Chronoa said over the comm Link to Trunks. The was still the matter of Garlic Jr. who was now in blind fury.
"No NO NO!" he wailed angerly. "They Told me if I Didn't get the wish in here, That fool would kill Shenron!" he turned his furious gaze to Trunks. "YOU…YOU DID THIS TO ME! I LOST MY CHANCE AT IMMORTALITY!"
With that Garlic Jr. Lunged for Trunks, however all his bulk had made the foe to slow to keep with trunks who wasn't using his full power at all. Trunks evaded his attack then grabbed him by the leg. Trunks then began to swing Garlic Jr around in Circles at high speeds before throwing him high up into the air. Disoriented by being flung into the air, Garlic Jr. tried to attack from the sky however he was met by a bright burst of flame colored energy.
"DISAPPEAR…FOR GOOD!" yelled Trunks as he fired his Heat Dome Attack into the skies, with the power and speed he used when the attack reached Garlic Jr. the attack engulfed him. Garlic Jr. screamed in pain but soon. His voice disappeared as the blast vaporized him entirely Killing the foe.
Once the dust settled Trunks then looked back toward where Shenron was. In his place he could see three petty looking Lackies being punted off a small air craft a now rejuvenated Demon King Piccolo Boarded. Trunks then Took out the scroll he had and in a bright flash disappeared.
Age 852, Time Nest
In a small flash of Light Trunks returned to the time nest, and was greeted by Steven, Goku & Chronoa.
"Great Work as usual Trunks." Complimented the Kaioshin of time.
"Yea, couldn't have done it better myself." Goku smiled
"Thanks you guys. I'm glad I was able to Knock Garlic Jr away. He was so powered-up from that dark ki I Knew I couldn't risk Going Super Saiyan. Especially since you and the others don't learn that for a couple more years." Trunks admitted.
"Trunks!" Steven Called Out in amazement as he dashed toward his friend. That was so amazing! You're Amazing! I can't believe you were able to Beat that monster guy up!" Steven bellowed with his eyes having literal stars in them. "Will I be able to do stuff like that too?"
"Sure if you keep up your train then its totally possible!" Goku chimed in with his usually happy-go-lucky attitude.
"This is only just the beginning Steven. Like We said our Foes will be tough. You'll have need to be ready to defend history with the rest of us and the can throw anything at us at any time."
Steven Seemed pretty determined now more then ever! The young Universe then grabbed Trunks' arm and began to Pull him back to Conton City and began to bombard him with questions. "Come on Trunks! You gotta train me! I wanna try that cool fire thing you did, and I wanna try to fly around ! ooh ohh! And you gotta let me use that sword, can you do the Boomerang Blade like Lonely Blade?"
"Can I do what like who?" Trunks responded with confusion
"Hey Wait up!" Goku Called "If you guys are gonna do some more training the Count me in too!" and just like that Goku followed after the two back to Conton City. Leaving Chronoa all alone in the time nest. Well almost alone…
Tooooh! Keiiiii!
A strange looking bird flew into the temple and landed on one of the seats by the table in the room. Then another individual entered the temple next.
"Its about time the left! That kid's got way to much energy, it's a shame he hasn't figured out how to use it like Goku or the others." An elderly looking kai walked into the temple following after the bird. "Im surprised that Kid's timeline was what was in that Egg, Toki Toki laid a month ago. And now look at this. About a hundred more spawned cuz of on child wanting to what play music? Talk about petty."
"Oh lay off the kid Old man." Chronoa responded shaking her head. Besides I forgot about his timeline when the egg hatched cuz of all the craziness that Fu and Dabura caused not long after."
"Yes." Old kai nodded "speaking of, We haven't seen anything from Fu since that time the other Rookie ended up pushing Goku to Ultra instinct in that time rift. Well, Our Goku anyway" Old Kai murmered turning his back to make sure the trio who had left the temple weren't lingering around.
"this change in history Could've been Fu's doing but…Im not sure Right now we're totally driving blind here. We'll just have to wait and see what happens I suppose." Admitted the Supreme Kai of time.
Meanwhile across time & Space… away from the Supreme Kai of time's watch…
In a parallel timeline Age 5-SUTM Era 3, on a desolate floating space rock…
Drifting in the dark emptiness of space, was what appeared to be a garden. However it seen better days. All the plant-life was dead. The fountain stopped flowing the water dirtied. It seemed abandoned. However this was far from true. Alone in the middle of this garden stood a small, Pink and very weary looking gem looking very sad and lonely.
"Pink…." She sighed sadly "Am I playing this right? Will you be back?"
Suddenly very far in the distance a gigantic explosion could be seen. The force was so great however a small shock wave eventually made it to the garden Shaking everything! Many old pillars fell to the ground cracking. The small Pink gem was safe from any falling debris but the shock was knocked her to the ground. She then staired where she had been shock and disbelief. She lost. But there was no sign of Pink. Where could she be? Pink Won so now she should come back right? Right?
"Pink? Y-you won… you can come back now right?" asked the gem but no one answered her. She was all alone. She always had been. Realization hit her faster the shockwaves did as she seemingly exploded leaving only her heart shaped gem behind. Not much time past as her gem glowed and floated in the air. The gem turned upside-down, and the gem's body was restored but her buns were now spikey pony tails, she had a dark mauve top her shoes were now long boots w/ pointed tips and she had tear like marks under her eyes. However the second her body reformed, the gem the curled up into a ball and began to cry sadly.
Suddenly not to far from where she lay a purple portal opened, and out popped the young man who had been spying on Steven and the others earlier. This Man was who Supreme Kai of time had mentioned, Fu.
"Phew that was certainly close!" Fu sighed with relief. "I Suppose I shouldn't have started with my early experiments by summoning Kid Buu to this time line, shame about the earth." Looking toward the Earth with a but of glumness in his face.
"W-Who are you?" asked Spinel who had began to sit up. Fu then turned to see the Sad Pink Gem looking at him before he smiled mischievously.
"Oh, I'm so Sorry, The Name's Fu!" Im a bit of scientist and unfortunately one of my experiments didn't go the way I planned. Planet Earth is no more sadly, so I just dropped off to escape the blast zone."
Spinel's Face sulked further. "Earth? But that was Pink's Colony. Was she really there the whole time?" Spinel asked as tears streaked down her face.
" I afraid so kid." Fu said floating over and placing a hand on Shoulder. "I've heard a bit about you actually. Your Pink Diamond isn't really a good Friend or Person for that matter."
Spinel just continued Sobbing her sadness and loneliness consumed her.
"Hm. Well tell you what since you seem out of a home why not tag along with me? I could use some help like yours and I'd bet you could make some friends." Fu replied oozing charisma to the sad gem in front of him.
Spinel soon stopped crying, tears still slowly flowing from her eyes looking up toward Fu.
To Be Continued…..
Mission #1 Complete.
Rank: Z
Standby for Next Mission
Data corner:
Garlic Jr.: a being who's Father competed many years ago for the postion of Guardian of Earth with Kami (Before Piccolo split from him) and holds a grudge. Unlike the version we're familiar with the one who is summoned Wasn't immortal as in his timeline, The Dragon Balls were used earlier to revive Goku to stop the Saiyans
Parallel Timeline SU-SUTM Era 3: A parallel timeline that closely resembles the main Steven Universe's Timeline up until a certain point. That being Fu arrived and Summoned a Darkness Aura enhanced Kid Buu to see how the Crystal Gems can handle one of Goku's foes. Unfortunately even without the Darkness aura, Kid Buu was to much For Steven and his family. This Timeline's Earth and its inhabitants were wiped off the star maps.