(And so, five peaceful years have now passed since the defeat of the evil King Piccolo. The Z-Fighters have since gone their separate ways, to live their separate lives. Even with the world at peace, many of our heroes continue to train their hardest, reaching new feats many men only ever dream of.)

Location: KAMI'S LOOKOUT


Kiro jumped out of the way, as he narrowly dodged a bright yellow ki blast shot in his direction. The powerful blast created a crater in the open area of the lookout. A cloud of dust and debris covered the area around Kiro for a moment, as it quickly began to clear up, showing the man to be unscaved by the blast. "Is that the best you can manage!?" He screamed out to the sky, as a tiny dot was visible in the distance, hovering above the lookout. "I'll show you how it's done!" He laughed aloud to mock his opponent, as his face then grew to become quite serious. He bent his legs slightly, as he began a wide sweeping motion with both of his arms before cupping his hands together. He kept them close to his chest, as a whitish-blue orb of light started to form in his hands. "Kame..." Kiro began, as the orb began to sparkle a bit. "hame..." He continued, as the orb of energy began to grow larger and larger. "HA!" He yelled out, as he outstretched his cupped hands to the man in the sky. The orb seemed to stretch itself throughout the air, as it shot out (with amazing speed) towards the dot in the sky, tearing through a number of clouds on its way.

"No I'm just getting started!" Shin yelled as replying to Kiro. Shin realized he began to charge to Kamehameha wave then Shin crossed his arms very tightly making a blocking stance. The blast hit Shin as Shin as he was struggling to stop the blast. "HAAAAAA!" Shin yelled as he began to throw his guard in a different re-directing Kiro's attack. "Is that the best "you" can manage," Shin mocked Kiro. Shin began to throw a barrage of Ki blast.

"Go dad!" Suno yelled as he was cheering on his Shin jumping up and down.

"Come on, Shin!" Akita called out as she sat beside her son. She loved a good fight, especially between these two friendly rivals. She kept up on her training, but it wasn't anything as intense as the others. Ever since the fight with King Piccolo, she trained harder than ever, but after marrying Shin and having Suno, her desire to push her body to its limits began to decline. She didn't train as hard as before, but trained enough so that if another threat like King Piccolo came up, she wouldn't be useless. Besides, Brass taught her more about her healing powers so now if another threat came along she could help her friends in another way.

Ally walked out of a liquor store as she had to pick up a couple essentials to keep her West City flat in order. The final class she taught at the dojo she owned just ended so she figured she had plenty of time to do some training. There was a weight she always felt ever since the fight with King Piccolo. If only she had trained harder, lifted that extra weight, ran that extra mile, maybe her friends wouldn't have died. It gave her the motivation now to push harder. As she took a shortcut, she was stopped by one of the many crooks in the town who held a gun and wanted her money. She was much more annoyed than scared as she faced the burglar. "You know, this really isn't the best day," she warned him, but she saw his hand tense a bit. Before he could fully pull the trigger, she grabbed his gun hand, twisted it the other way, and forced her palm under his chin with enough force to knock him out. "Not even a warmup," she murmured angrily and continued her way home.

Brass slowly walked out of the lookout's entrance, as he carefully removed the hood from his head, the namekian stopped just in front of the three spectators, Suno, Akita, and Mr. Popo.

Kiro growled, as he struggled to raise his palms upward, which appeared to turn the kamehameha wave 180 degrees, forcing it to go right back at Shin! "Crap!" He exclaimed, as he jumped high into the air to try and dodge the ki blasts shot at him, while still concentrating on keeping the kamehameha wave speeding towards his opponent, his palms held high. Kiro was now hovering above the garden, as he floated just across from Shin.

"Quit it, you two, before you destroy anymore of the lookout!" Brass shouted angrily at the two, the lookout had indeed seen better days. Many of Mr. Popo's plants and trees had been either destroyed, or were slouched over on the ground, and there were both small and large craters all over the floating platform. It wouldn't take too long to fix, but it was indeed annoying when they did such things out in the open, day after day. "Come down here right now!" He ordered up to the two flying fighters.

"All right Brass will be right there!" Shin yelled as he began to wave at at Brass. "Oh and sorry about your plants mister Popo maybe Akita, Kiro, and I can help you with them later!?" Shin yelled as he assumed they would help him out too.

"Oh my," Popo said as a bead of sweat started to pour down his face as he was looking at the destruction was done. "My garden....how could...you guys do this," Popo said as he felt a little down but didn't want to take the boys offer thinking they would only bring more destruction.

Shin looked behind him at the last seconded to see that the Kamehameha was coming right back at him he barely dodged it taking a bit of his sleeve off. "Whoo, that was close," Shin said as he swiped some sweat of his forehead. Shin turned back to the Kamehameha to only see that it's direction was going towards Brass, "Look out!" Shin warned as he turned around before he could see the damaged of what the Kamehameha did.

Brass quickly extended his left hand out to the blast, as he caught it rather easily. He growled lowly, as he slowly began to crush the blast within his hand. Within a few moments, the blast had completely dissipated within his hand.

"But, that..." Kiro mumbled, as he stared off in shock at Brass's power. "That was one of my strongest attacks.." No matter how hard they trained, it seemed like there was still such a huge gap between themselves and their master. Kiro slowly brought himself down to the ground, as he approached the intimidating namekian. "Sorry about that." Kiro awkwardly laughed, as he looked around a couple of times to truly take in what he and Shin had done. "I suppose we got a little carried away." He admitted.

"It's alright, I understand." He sighed, as he got back to the topic at hand. "I need you, all of you," he commented, shifting his eyes to the other fighters. "to head down to Korin's Tower." He calmly informed them.

"Why? Are you kicking us out?" Kiro laughed, both his hands behind his head, as he assumed that perhaps Brass just wanted to give them another building to destroy that wasn't his own.

"It's best if you all just see for yourself." He assured them.

Shin was still amazed to see how strong brass was compare to them knowing Kiro put alot of power into that blast, but it only feed Shin hunger to get stronger so he could surpass his master.

"It's alright, I understand." He sighed, as he got back to the topic at hand. "I need you, all of you," he commented, shifting his eyes to the other fighters. "to head down to Korin's Tower." He calmly informed them.
"Why? Are you kicking us out?" Kiro laughed, both his hands behind his head, as he assumed that perhaps Brass just wanted to give them another building to destroy that wasn't his own.

"It's best if you all just see for yourself." He assured them

"I'll be right there!" Shin yelled as he began to fly down landed onto the decimated lookout and began to catch up with Kiro and Brass.

"do you know what he going to show us mom?" Suno whispered his mother Akita as he pulled on her shirt a bit. Suno was waiting for his mom to get up so he could follow them to Korin's tower. "Hopefully it's some food but the look on Mr.Brass seemed a bit to serious for that?" Suno thought to him as he began to follow his mom so he wouldn't get left behind.

"I don't know, but I forgot to tell you that when little boys are rude to their mothers, Korin will eat them!" Akita said, holding on to Suno's hand tightly. "What was that yesterday about not wanting to pick up your room?" She knelt down and kissed the boy on the cheek, hoping to not scar him too badly. He was a lot like his father, so a little story to keep him in check here and there wouldn't hurt. She stepped onto the edge of the Lookout and called back to the others, "Come on, slowpokes!" She nodded to Suno, still holding his hand, and took off into the air.

(TO KORIN'S TOWER)

"Yes, yes, it's right in here, you guys." Korin informed quite seriously, as he led them downstairs, and over to a group of pots.

"I-It's in the pot, you mean?" Kiro questioned with quite the confusion. Was it some sort of giant monster trapped in there, just waiting to be released? Was it like King Piccolo all over again. Kiro got a bit uneasy once Korin lifted the cover off, but gave a sigh of relief once it was revealed to be just normal tap water.

He opened up a bottle behind the pot, as he poured the salt-like content within the bottle inside of the pot's water. "I came across it just last night..." He was distracted slightly from explaining, as he stirred the mixture together with an enormous wooden spoon, as the water had began to bubble. "Quickly, come close!" He ordered them, gesturing them over with his staff, as imagery began to appear within the pot.

It showed a group of four warriors, their faces hidden by shadows, as they were seen destroying an entire city. All four simply laughed at the destruction, seemingly only doing it for their own sick entertainment. A bubble in the water popped, as it showed several humans battling off against these powerful opponents. Suddenly it showed a single blast evaporating Kiro within the scene.

Kiro took a step back in shock, as it came to quite a surprise to him.

It showed Shin as well, beaten and bruised, as he stood against the four. A single beam shot out of one's fingertip, as the young man instantly collapsed to the ground.

It switched over to Akita being pummeled, as she tried to take on only a single fighter. The enormous man threw her face into the ground, as she simply lied there motionless. The large man laughed loudly, as the scene disappeared after another bubble popped.

Others were shown too, as people such as Eno, Samu, Ally, and others were mercilessly killed by the four beings. The last scene was of Suno lying motionless on the ground, as a villain rested a single foot on his head. The water suddenly became calm again, as it went back to being simply tap water, or at least, that's what it looked like.

"You see, these pots are capable of showing you glimpses into the future." Korin explained, as he put the lid back on before turning to face the four.

"What!?" Kiro exclaimed, as he clenched his fists, finding it almost impossible to shake the thought of everything he had just witnessed. Even Eno and Samu came to help out in the fight. "You mean this is our future!? We're all going to die because of those four monsters!?"

"As it stand now, that is correct, it's exactly why I asked Brass to bring you all down here. Those four 'monsters' you saw, are actually aliens. As the pot explains, they're a group of ruthless people coming to eradicate all life on Earth for some unknown reason. They were so powerful, even you all collectively didn't stand a chance against a single one of their warriors." Korin grimly explained.

Akita gasped when she saw the images of Kiro and Shin dying. My friend and my husband... she thought to herself, This can't be, they're the strongest! She saw the image of herself dying, being pummeled by one person. All three of us? Akita thought. She held Suno close to her, not shielding his eyes. He needed to see this, he couldn't be shocked to see the people he knows get hurt or worse. She needed him to be brave. She saw the images of Eno and Samu dying and was perhaps most shocked by this. Even those two are joining the fight? The woman watched Ally die too. What? She's been training the longest! Doesn't anyone stand a chance? Then the image of her baby boy dead on the ground appeared and Akita closed her eyes, holding Suno a little tighter. Even Suno... I can't let that happen, I won't let that happen! she vowed.

After Korin's explanation of it being the future "as it stands now" a surge of hope flowed through her veins. "But we will stand a chance, we'll all get stronger, every last one of us! If that's how it stands now then we're going to change it!" Akita figured it was time to hang up her semi-retirement and go back into full training mode. She wasn't going to let her friends die and she wasn't going to let her family die. She looked over at Shin and took in a deep breath. This was the man she loved and he was stronger than anyone else, besides Brass of course. For him to die would be for her to die. The half-Namekian then looked down at her son. This boy was everything and anything she could ever hope for and more in a son. She would gladly lay her life down for both of these two no matter what.

"It won't happen, Suno, I promise this won't happen," Akita cooed soothingly, stroking his hair out of his face. It was a somewhat empty promise since she couldn't guarantee anything, but she would train harder than ever before to keep her family safe. She reached her hand out to quickly squeeze Shin's hand out of nervousness and comfort. She had no doubt he would be training hard too, the same went for Kiro.

Shin watched as him and Kiro got defeated and killed. "I can't believe that there are people this strong," Shin thought. As it countinued to show Akita adn his son's death. "NO I won't let this happen," Shin said as he grabbed on to his Wife's hands as he can feel her uneasiess. "Korin how long do we have until these four arrive?" Shin asked as he was getting the itch to train imediatlly.

Suno felt uncomfortable seeing his family and all those people die. Even seeing his self die he turned away from shock. "Mom is this really going to happen?" Suno asked as he gave him a promise it won't he held on to her tightly as he tried to hold some tears from coming out.

"Mmm, tough to say." Korin replied to Shin, as he carefully rubbed his chin. "I'd put it at roughly a year from now, but you can't really be for certain."

"We have to start preparing immediately!" Kiro exclaimed. "Ally, Eno, Samu, we have to warn them all too! And then maybe if we can train, raise our power higher than it would have been normally, we can beat these villains. We can beat them just as we have all the other baddies in the past."

"My thoughts exactly. Because if you guys can't, then the entire earth may very well be destroyed." Korin laid things out very plainly, without any sugar-coding.

(Announcer voice timeskip... XDD)

After being warned of the quickly approaching date of the arrival of these mysterious warriors, our heroes quickly began their training. Each fueled with determination to change their grim future. Only six months have gone by since that day Shin, Ally, and Kiro got the news of their horrible future, as they still don't expect their visitors for another number of months.
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Brass stood in front of two large, intricate doors, as he faced Akita, Suno, Shin, and Kiro. "This is the Room of Spirit and Time. I must warn you that the gravity inside is ten times that of the gravity out here, such an intense pressure that even I struggled during my time inside; the air gets denser, and the temperature fluctuates the deeper you go in the training area. One year inside of the room is equivalent to only a single day out here, and with the atmosphere inside, you can imagine how much more powerful you can get in such a short amount of time. Under normal circumstances I would not let any of you enter the room, but considering the threat we face..." the namekian paused, as he continued on, "Who would like to go in first? There's only enough provisions inside to accommodate two people, so you'll have to go two at a time." He explained.
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A spacepod blasted through space, as it quickly approached its destination. Four other pods came onto the scene as well, as they followed behind the first.

Ramaka slowly opened his eyes, and lifted up his head, as he saw the big, blue planet. They had finally arrived.

Akita listened very carefully to Brass's explanation of the Room of Spirit and Time, then looked at the others. Each of them would be spending a day in there, but it would feel like a year. Akita didn't mind going in on the second day, but how would they pair up? Of course the woman would want to be sent in with her son, but was that the right thing? She definitely wasn't as strong as Kiro and Shaz, but even though she didn't train the same, she was always training her ki. Did Suno need to learn how to be in touch with his ki, or did he need to get stronger? She let out a sigh as she looked at her little boy. If Suno went without her, the next time she would see him, he wouldn't be so little. It was a selfish thought, Akita knew this, but she couldn't help but worry. Missing Shin's growth throughout a year wouldn't be so bad, considering he was done growing. Then again, Suno would need to train with Shin to gain the training he really needed. As far as Suno going in with Kiro, it was out of the question. Suno would need at least one of his parents, especially if it was going to feel like a year.

Akita could accept Suno going into the Room with his father, but then she thought of being in the room with Kiro for a year. It wasn't that she didn't like him- he was like a brother to her! The problem was they were off par. Kiro was so much stronger than her, how could Akita keep up with his training? Shaz and Kiro were so close in power, they could continue to challenge and test each other every single day. She shook her head. Any way they went, it seemed they would lose. After a moment of thinking, Akita spoke. "I think Shaz and Suno should go in together today. Kiro and I can train tomorrow."