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Conton City is bustling with activity in the morning, especially today. Many students are walking on the grey-blue cemented streets of the city, passing through the myriad of buildings and vendors as they all make their way to the Time Patrol Academy: Orange Star High School. The academy, modeled after its namesake, was constructed by Elder Kai.
Elder Kai is part of the staff that oversees the entire Time Patrol, alongside the Supreme Kai of Time, Trunks, and his partner, the Hero of Time and of Toki Toki City. It is only thanks to the Hero that the universe is in the healthy shape it is in currently, much less all of Conton City, which is Toki Toki City following its reconstruction. Nevertheless, time is still in danger from the existence of multiple fragments of reality that seemingly pop up out of nowhere and at random times. Different timelines that are formed due to the disparities that occurred in the Time Scrolls during the threat of the Demon God Demigra, the Demon Scientist Towa, and the Android Mira many years prior. Because of this continued danger, despite the relative peace, the Time Patrol is working harder than ever to restore balance to time, and to existence itself.
Thanks to the heroic efforts of the Hero of Time and his battle against Demigra, there has been a massive influx of new applicants and cadets, all choosing to learn from the Hero and use him as a role model in the pursuit of their ideals. Today is the start of the school year, evidenced by the number of students flowing into the large, multi-story school. The academy ranges from freshman, to juniors, to seniors, all of which include a variety of powerful races stemming from Universe 7. They are the Earthlings, the Saiyans, the Majin, the Namekians, and those who come from the Frieza Clan. All of these varying races work in tandem in order to uphold history and protect reality as we know it.
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“...and then Krillin, Piccolo, AND Vegeta got back up and decided to team up with FRIEZA of all people to fight us!! Can you believe that Chizu?” the excited voice of a female Earthling with bright amber eyes and black, silky hair parted down the middle of her head emerged from a group of female students. The voice came from a woman named Kayla. A sheepish laugh escaped from Chizu’s lips, “I-Is that so?” Well, you did sort of kick their butts...I’d do the same to you honestly. The female Saiyan with black, spiky, shoulder length hair that spikes up near the front hesitated on commenting further, and, eventually, decided against it. This time, a female pink Majin spoke up, her bubbly voice taking charge of the conversation. “We still beat them all up though!~” Laka giggled at the thought. “I could guess that much.” Chizu grinned at the Majin. This female Majin, like many others, gives off a soft and bouncy aura, which is amplified with the cutesy trend of their personalities and appearances. These girls are all very close friends.
In another group, there is a Frieza Clan member standing confident and proud, draped in white armor with black skin, sharp piercing blue that fills both eyes, and with blue jewel-like physicalities. He spoke to his partner, his deep, cool voice a testament to his own self-confidence. “How are you feeling, Balalai? You took quite a beating during our last patrol.” Balalai groaned. The Namekian is insanely tall and muscular, even by Namekian Warrior Clan standards. “I’m fine, thanks to you.” The Frieza Clan member nodded as if what the Namekian said was nothing more than fact. “That is true. You are welcome.” Even though the natural assumption would be to assume that the Frieza Clan and the Namekians are lifelong enemies using Universe 7’s history as reference, when it comes to the Time Patrol, it’s actually quite an often sight to see. Both are intelligent races, so they actually work well together as their intellect allows them to come to an agreement swiftly in the heat of battle, as well as allow for coordinated and well executed teamwork. However, for Balalai, the Namekian, and Gelid, the Frieza Clan member, it was more so a matter of chemistry than anything.
Students continued to pile into the building as everyone talked about their missions’ successes and failures while out on their patrols or the results of their training or some other topic. Friends waved each other goodbye as they parted ways to head to their classes. Gelid and Balalai were heading to the same class however, so they decided to walk the same path to get there as it was the first day and they didn’t think their teacher would ask for them to bring any notebooks. As the pair watched students enter the classroom, Gelid hummed with slight curiosity upon seeing a familiar face. “It appears that Chizu is in our class.”
Balalai crossed his arms and eyed Chizu as she slipped into class. “That is the case it seems. We should head inside also.” Gelid nodded before following after the Saiyan woman. The Namekian did the same with Gelid.
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While everyone else had already entered the building, there was another student, a male Saiyan, who was rushing to get to class. Shit…! I’m gonna be late! The Saiyan thought to himself. Yuca took swift lefts and rights through the blue and yellow corridors. Moments before the bell rang, he busted the slide door open and entered class with a small drop of sweat on his forehead. This sudden entrance attracted everyone’s attention, easily noted by the fact that everyone hushed their conversations immediately and turned their heads to face the last student to join them.
“Hm? You barely made it,” the teacher had said. Yuca smiled awkwardly, feeling somewhat uncomfortable by all of the attention he’s garnered with his late entrance. “Y-yeah, sorry about that!” The other students whispered to each other about the tardy arrival.
“Woah...that guy’s huge..!”
“Is he a Saiyan?”
“He looks really strong! I want to fight him!”
“Another Saiyan to join the class!~”
“Another Saiyan to join the class…”
“Who’s that?”
“He’s sort of cute..~”
The bell had rung as Yuca closed the classroom door and walked inside to a vacant spot next to Gelid in the front row. “Well...you made it on time anyway, so I won’t say anything.” The brown-haired teacher in loose fitting blue jeans and a yellow T-shirt continued to look at his clipboard as he stood leaning against his podium in front of the class, reviewing what seemed to be a large stack of papers with heavy amounts of writing, graphs, bullet points and the like; presumably bios, intelligence test scores, combat experience, rank and level, skills, and other essential tidbits of information concerning these Patrollers.
After a minute of silence inside the classroom, the teacher spoke up. “Alright class, I’m Mr. Soi. It’s a pleasure to be teaching you for the school year! For the first day, I think it would help tremendously if you all got to know each other, so be sure to make a few friends. At least, enough to form a team. That means, make at least one friend for the day, because having one friend is better than having no one to rely on, especially when going on your patrols. Am I understood?” Yes teacher! “Good! Now get to it!” The Earthling teacher smiled and resumed his studying of his students’ information. Upon a few, somewhat awkward moments, the noise inside the classroom started picking up as the more extroverted students began introducing themselves to each other. Some of the more introverted ones were shy, but decided to stick to those that were of the same breed.
“What are your names?” Yuca had asked the pair he was sitting next to.
“Gelid.” The Frieza Clan member had responded promptly, almost as if he couldn’t be bothered.
“My name is Balalai. What is yours, Saiyan?” The green Namekian returned the question out of a kindness, but also out of a hint of curiosity as well. He sensed a strong power untapped in the male Saiyan, so he thought it would be wise to make at least acquaintances with him while he had the chance.
“Gelid and Balalai huh? Cool! Name’s Yuca! And yup! Y’guessed it! I’m a Saiyan.” He smiled fiercely, proud of his ancestry.
The Namekian closed his eyes for a moment and nodded, acknowledging the Saiyan. “Yuca. I will remember that.” Gelid huffed quietly, not very happy that he’s forced to sit next to this tardy arrival, but he isn’t a fool. Just like Balalai, he can sense this one’s strength. They’re in very similar tiers of power, the three of them are.
“We’ll have to spar sometime, Saiyan. I’m interested in what you can do.” Yuca’s eyes widened slightly at Gelid’s sudden interjection, but he regained whatever composure he lost and nodded with a grin.
“You bet! You guys seem really strong, so I was hoping you’d ask me that!”
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While the other students were already becoming acquaintances with each other upon their teacher’s assignment, Mr. Soi was reading through the dossiers on the students. There was no real need to have them be friends with each other, or attempt to be, but this class is different, or so Mr. Soi thought. It’s a relatively small class of around 20 students, each of which have comparatively high power levels as well, even for Time Patrollers, but maybe some of them can… Mr. Soi shook his head and continued reading through the students’ files as they all got along. He’d have to witness their performance first hand before making any sort of judgements.
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Kayla and Laka went around the classroom to introduce themselves to the other students, being the social butterflies they are. Chizu, left behind by her friends, was contemplating on her next action. She could either do the same, or… Her eyes travelled down the classroom towards the front where the male Saiyan, Gelid, and Balalai were sitting. Being one of the handful of Saiyans in the classroom, she was sort of interested in being friends with the male, but there was more to it. She knew Gelid and Balalai personally. They worked together as a team at one point when Kayla and Laka had to take some time off last year, not to mention that this would be their second year in a row being classmates. She knew long enough that they don’t spend any time dealing with someone who would slow them down or who wasn’t worth their time. They’re very businesslike and work-oriented, and she respected that. It was clear to Chizu that this Saiyan definitely has some strength to him. This was enough to spark her interest to seek him out.
The girl walked down the many aisles and multiple seats over to the right to get to the group of three. The trio just finished sharing their contact information when Chizu was nearby. Gelid and Balalai turned their heads and greeted the woman. “Hello, Chizu. What do you need?” The Namekian had asked.
“Nothing really. I just wanted to talk to him.” She nods her head towards Yuca. “You’re a Saiyan, right?” Chizu can tell from his ki, but she figured it would be proper to ask.
“Yeah, I am! You’re a Saiyan too. A strong one.” Yuca smirked at Chizu. “My name’s Yuca. What’s yours?”
Chizu grinned. He’s a friendly one.~ “I’m Chizu! It’s a pleasure.” She extended her hand, and Yuca repeated in turn, grasping her smaller hand in a firm handshake, the grip of which she returned in full with an innocent grin. He had an idea as to why she chose to seek him out immediately, and her grip alerted him immediately. They are both Saiyans, whose instincts make them drawn to combat and powerful opponents. Chizu was no exception, regardless of her gentle nature. Following the release of their grasp on each other, they shared contact information for future use.
Yuca pointed to Gelid and Balalai. “Aren’t you gonna get their contact info too?”
Chizu raised an eyebrow out of curiosity before gently shaking her head. “I don’t need to. We were classmates last year, so I already have them.” The male Saiyan turned his attention to the other two to make sure. They nodded before Balalai spoke up.
“Yes. Chizu’s friends, Kayla and Laka, were unable to accompany her during her patrols so she had asked us to substitute for them for awhile until their return.”
It was Gelid’s turn to speak. “Indeed. We are a duo, and not to mention we are vastly superior to many of the others in that class, so it was only fitting she asked us to provide assistance.”
Chizu chuckled bashfully at Gelid’s choice of words, but it was a staple part of his personality that she had grown accustomed to so she didn’t mind it. “Yup, that just about sums it up!” Yuca hummed in acknowledgement.
“That makes sense! But if Gelid and Balalai here joined your team to sub for your other friends, that means these Kayla and Laka people must be pretty strong too right?” A spark of excitement flared in Yuca’s eyes as he recognized the opportunity to meet more potential rivals.
Chizu smiles and nods her head. “Definitely strong! Which reminds me, I’ll bring them over so you guys can share contact info too, how does that sound?”
The male Saiyan’s lips parted in a bright white smile as he agreed with her terms. “Sure! More rivals is more incentive to get stronger for me!” Chizu laughed and made her way back to the stairs to seek out Kayla and Laka who were chatting up a storm with the other students.