1 Start of a Journey

Earth: Year 746

Nothing but animal noises and the tree`s rustling in the wind could be heard. Monkeys raced through the trees, birds fed their newborns and the world seemed to be at peace until a crash sound boomed in the area, which made the animals run for their lives. In the middle of the jungle was now a football field-sized crater with a metal cabin in the middle. On closer inspection, one could see a child of around 4 years of age through the glass window in the front. A boy with black spiky short hair, dressed in white and golden colored armor with dark pants. After a few hours, the child opened its black eyes in a confused and sleepy manner to inspect its surroundings. It suddenly felt a headache as foreign memories started flowing into its brain at an astonishing rate. Twenty minutes later the boy opened his again, but this time there was even more confusion on his face than before. He was in a different body and the capsule he sat in was familiar to him as well. A premonition crept into his mind. Reincarnation. The reflection of his face in the window in front of him displayed a boy with similar looks to Son Goku, a character from Dragon Ball, just that his features were a little softer and the face was thinner.

'I reincarnated into the World of Dragon Ball as a Saiyan', was his first thought after seeing his Saiyan features and the space pot.

He was originally an orphan from New York named Lucian. He had no parents, was rather sick his whole life, which bound him to bed a lot, and eventually died of cancer at the age of twenty after he finished college. Many people praised him for his intellect in his previous life as he graduated high school at 16, even though he had a weak body and could not directly participate in lessons at school. The older he became the more his body´s condition deteriorated. The only thing that helped him through tough times in his life were comics, anime, light novels and books in general with his favorite show being Dragon Ball. Lucian preferred Dragon Ball Z over the original Dragon Ball with its epic battles and in general older characters. When he made his last breaths he hoped that he could somehow have another chance at life with a healthy body to explore the world and maybe even loved ones to care for. The more Lucian thought about his past the more excited became with his current situation. A healthy body. Check. A world to explore. Definitely, check. Loved ones? Maybe he had none at the moment, but that would not hinder him to make friends and maybe even find a wife in the future. The figures of female Dragon Ball characters occupied his mind in the thought of who to pursue in the future. He stopped with this thought process when he realized that he had no idea where he was at the moment. After checking the displays around he found out that his location was actually earth in the year 746, which basically meant that he appeared on earth 10 years after Goku´s birth and Planet Vegeta´s destruction. Lucian inspected his and estimated his own age to be around 4 even though that was kind of impossible considering Goku had to be 10 years old and he was sent to earth on the day of Planet Vegeta´s destruction at Frieza´s hands. So how was it possible for him to be so young? Was he caught in some kind of space-time phenomenon and accidentally landed on earth some years later. That was the only solution he came up with. At least this gave him a few advantages such as knowing when certain things were going happen on earth, especially the arrival of Vegeta. The real start of Dragon Ball Z.

On this thought, Lucian opened the space pot and climbed onto the blank soil surrounding it. He was in a forest that much was clear. To make sure there was no way for him to be found, he destroyed the scouter with Frieza´s spying devices lying in the space pot and cut the pots power off. Suddenly, he felt another headache coming which only lasted for a few seconds this time followed by his body´s heat rising to very unhealthy levels and finally unconsciousness. When woke up the next time it was already dark and his whole body felt sore. He felt different from before, more energized but there was something else. A mysterious feeling he could not describe. Like a new sense. There were a few words that appeared in his mind.

Super Saiyan Transformation, unlimited potential, light manipulation.

He presumed these were the Reincarnation benefits he read about in novels from his previous life. Super Saiyan Transformation and unlimited potential were quite straightforward which he liked but the light manipulation was different. Was he able to shoot lasers or was it more like becoming light itself? Theoretically, he could become invisible if he controlled photons the right way considering the laws of physics were similar in this universe. He had to find out by trying in the future. The mysterious feeling he got earlier was probably the ability to feel the photons around himself. This had to be studied later as the there were more pressing matters at the moment. Housing and, most importantly, food and water. Lucian´s stomach made roaring noises similar to a lion´s so he immediately made his way into the forest to look for something to eat. Along the way, he saw numbers appearing above animals in the distance in a game like way. He probably even had the innate ability to see power levels if he interpreted this, not just feel the Ki signature, as there was a numerical value for him, too. 500. Yes, he was currently the strongest being on the planet based on power levels, except for Mr. Popo, maybe. At the age of 4. Among Saiyans, this value should have been very strong at the age without fighting experience, at all. Fortunately, when he consciously stopped the ability, all the numbers in the forest disappeared and the food hunt could continue without an overload of unnecessary information.

30 minutes later, a small mountain of dead beasts formed near the crater in the forest, consisting of Lucian´s prey or food, whatever you want to call it. In the 'fights' or slaughtering as any human on the planet would have said, Lucian found out that his body unconsciously followed a very skilled set of movements when in battle. If he was correct then he inherited small of the fighting styles he saw martial artists do in movies. This was a very welcome addition to his skills as he did not want to go to Master Roshi or any other Martial Artist to learn at Martial Arts as there was the possibility to change the plotline in a bad way before Dragon Ball Z events started. This might lead to Gohan not being born or Krillin not dying. Although that might be something to consider changing because Lucian liked the small Krillin and Yamcha could die instead. Even he did not know where his indifference for Yamcha came from, but he just did not care if that guy even existed. He apologized for that. Lucian then lit a campfire, cooked the hunted beasts and with a satisfyingly stuffed stomach punched down trees in order to build a house to live in. Even though aesthetically it was not much and Lucian secretly loathed its ugliness, it was still sufficient to stay dry for the night. When he woke up the next morning there was a question on his mind. How could he train without a training partner or a gravity chamber? The first thing on his list was Ki training. Currently, he did not know how to control Ki well enough if at all. That had to be fixed in the next years because Whis said that Ki Control was one if not the most important thing in a fight. The second thing would be to gain greater control over his light manipulation powers to increase his battle efficiency and discover new skills in general. Super Saiyan was something for too far off for now for him to consider in any way and Son Goku would become a Super Saiyan on Namek in the fight against Frieza in 16 years, so there was no hurry. Building a strong foundation for future progress was the most important thing. This would be the start of Lucian´s rise to power which would become a legend in all 12 Universes one day.

Earth: Age 756

It had been 10 years since Lucian landed on earth and started his training to become the strongest being in the Universe. This was another goal he set himself during his years of training with the influence of his Saiyan genes. He had grown very well to an impressive height of 1.8 meters at the age of 14. His facial features were very elegant in contrast to his unruly spiky black hair and his body seemed to contain immeasurable power with broad shoulders and well-shaped muscles which were not bulky but just the right size to fight. For the last 10 years, he did nothing aside from hunting, eating, sleeping, and training which gave him some very satisfying results. For starters, his Ki Control and his Ki Capacity exponentially increased to very high levels. He was now able to fly, hide his power level and also shoot Ki Beams from his Hands or create a shock wave with the help of Ki. His proficiency in Ki Control would also enable him to create his own techniques, but due to having so much time on his hands he chose to leave that for the remaining 5 years of his training and focus on the basics in the meantime. This would show the best results in his opinion. Then there was the manipulation of light or rather photons. His rising proficiency in handling Ki also improved his manipulation of light leading to a few abilities he could currently use. Lasers, Invisibility, and Illusions. He was quite well versed in the use of Lasers but invisibility and especially illusions required a very high level of control over Photons. He could manage to become invisible when he stood in front of a wall and acted like a chameleon, but anything other than that would result in a failure. As for Illusions, the hardest of his current abilities to actually use, it was more like changing his hair color or adding features to himself. It was just too hard to do anything unrelated to his body at his current level. Lucian naturally did not forget to train his body in order to not explode when training his Ki like a maniac and relied on the heaviest metals on the planet to make training gear. The reason why he stopped training was that he just could not resist watching Goku fighting Piccolo at the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, Goku´s engagement, and the Wedding. He was a Dragon Ball fan, after all. As for his choice of a future wife, he was not clear at the moment because Bulma might be the most beautiful woman around at the moment, he did not want to steal Vegeta´s soon to be wife. It just did not feel right. That, on the other hand, could not be said for Android 18. If he could go out with her before Krillin started liking her that would be the best outcome and if that did not work Lucian had other plans to find a suitable mate.

A few months later Goku beat Piccolo at the Tournament in front of a fangirling Lucian and soon married Chi-Chi. With these events carved in his mind, Lucian was finally in the mood to work even harder than before.

His current power level was 30000.

Earth: Age 761

In a very dense forest, there was a young man lifting an oversized metal dumbbell on a small artificial raising. He was around 2.1 meters tall, with a lean and well-muscled body, broad shoulders, an elegant face, spiky but short black hair and wore training gear. This was naturally Lucian, who else. The now 19-year-old youth strengthened all of his abilities over the years and developed his own Ki techniques. His main focus lay with the Control of the Ki. To not become a complete loner he visited cities all over the world, ate at restaurants after taking some bad guy´s money and bought clothes here and there. When he reached a bottleneck with his Ki Control or his light manipulation playing Poker in casinos or going to art galleries, he appreciated beauty, after all, distracted him and sometimes gave him new valuable ideas. Some time ago he also visited Dr. Brief, Bulma´s father, in order to ask for assistance to increase his understanding of light (how photons behave etc.) and gave him the space pot he still had lying around in return. Thus his understanding of light increased and so did his proficiency with his techniques. He even managed to form the rough outline of a light sword. Lucian was basically trying to create a proper lightsaber for himself with a very different take on its form and abilities compared to Star Wars. It was basically what Admiral Kizaru did just Ki to stabilize it and increase its power in the current unstable state. His wish was to travel at speed of light at some point by turning his body into photons like a light logia devil fruit. Basically not very scientific at all. If he could receive Regeneration as well, it would be even better. It was nearly time for Raditz`s arrival on earth and thus Son Goku´s Death after which he trained with the North Kai on his planet. There were a few things that puzzled Lucian at the moment though. The first being the missing tail, which full-blooded Saiyans would normally possess in this Universe as opposed to the ones in Universe 6. Then there was Kami. As the guardian of the earth, he should be aware of Lucian´s presence and his strength to at least some degree, but until this point, he had not initiated contact. There were a few reasons he could think of why Kami 'ignored' him. Fear, ignorance or he waiting until Lucian contacted him personally. Leaving that aside, for now, he noticed an incoming energy signature of a power level of around 1500. If nothing had changed from the original plot then Raditz just landed on earth. He did not plan on rescuing Goku as his death would lead to him visiting King Kai on his planet for his eventual power up and this was necessary for later on. A few hours later he could feel Goku and Piccolo fighting Raditz, Gohan´s fury was tangible even from a great distance which hurt Lucian emotionally because Gohan was one of his favorite characters from the series in terms of character and strength. But this had to happen and he promised he would make it up to him in the future. Then he suddenly heard an ancient voice in his head.

"Excuse me for suddenly speaking to you, Sir, but let me introduce myself first. I am the guardian of the earth, Kami, and I would like to meet you for a little discussion on the events that just occurred on earth.", he paused for a second to assess Lucian´s mood and continued when he sensed no hostility from him, "It would be a pleasure to welcome you on my lookout in".

With the mental link still intact he sent his approval back, "I am on my way".

He extended his senses and felt for Kami´s energy signature, located him a few thousand kilometers away on a much higher altitude and rapidly sped off into the distance.

Meanwhile, Kami had his brows raised in nervousness when he waited for Lucian to arrive at his lookout and was astonished to find him speeding in the direction of the lookout with a speed he had never seen before. This only further strengthened his estimate of the other's strength. The signature was very faint and he was probably the only one on the planet who had managed to even notice Lucian´s energy as the other was very secretive when practicing with his Ki. There were only very few instances when he was able to feel it at all. Like just now.

Kami turned around to Mr. Popo to inform him of the guest´s arrival.

" He is incoming. Please leave a positive impression on him because he might be the only we have to survive the current situation."

A few seconds later a tall figure descended upon the platform shrouded in a mysterious aura of incomprehensibleness with his sweatpants and t-shirt fluttering in the wind. In Kami´s eyes, he appeared to be very level headed and laid back, with a very tall body for a human and gravity-defying black, spiky hair, but also a gentle expression on his youthful face. This made him forget his nervousness to some degree and he welcomed his guest immediately.

"Welcome to my lookout. May I know your name too, Sir?" Kami asked while he slightly lifted the corner of his lips.

"My name is Lucian. It is quite an honor for me to be directly invited by the earth´s guardian himself. I assume you would want to talk about the Saiyan who appeared on earth and killed Son Goku, but that's not your whole purpose for summoning me, am I right? Also, you do not have to act so humbly around me." Lucian answered with a mischievous expression.

This baffled Kami and Mr. Popo a little bit, so Kami replied. "You are correct about that, Mr. Lucian. As I thought, you are not simple and I hope you will not be offended if I ask you about your strength. Although you are suppressing your Ki, I have the feeling that you are definitely stronger than this Saiyan who killed Goku, but I can not judge by how much. That is why I would like to ask for your assistance next year when these other two Saiyans will arrive on earth."

Lucian thought for a short moment about how much he should tell him.

"I am impressed that you could feel a little of my strength, Kami. I guess you heard about the power levels this Raditz guy mentioned?" Kami immediately nodded and said. "Yes, he said that Goku had a power level of just over 400 just like Piccolo."

Lucian looked a little satisfied and grinningly added. "That is correct. Raditz had a power level of 1500, by the way. The Saiyans who will arrive are supposed to have much higher power levels, too. This won´t be a problem as my power level is much higher. You could say that this Raditz guy couldn´t even scratch if he tried."

Kami´s jaw fell and even Mr. Popo looked shocked. They could not even comprehend such strength as they were already shocked when they saw this alien display his power earlier that day.

"Kami, will you bring Goku to King Kai for training now that he is in the Other World?" Lucian asked casually as though it was normal to meet a Kai.

"King Yemma send him to King Kai already, but how do you know that? I just came back from the meeting." Kami nearly fell to the ground when he heard the question. He himself knew about the Other World and the Kais because he was the Guardian of Earth. This young man in front of him became even more mysterious now.

Lucian became a little cocky now that he managed to down the Earth´s Guardian with a few words. That probably never happened before. So he told him: "I actually know more about the Universe than the majority of mortals. Like King Kai, the Grand Kai and even Supreme Kais. I know about the Dragon Balls you created and even about your race, but you don´t have to worry too much as I am not your enemy and you can ask for my help any time." Lucian paused for a minute to let Kami process what he just heard. "To be honest, I wasn´t born on earth just like Son Goku. I am a Saiyan just like Raditz and Goku. The black, spiky hair is a trait of the Saiyan race if you hadn´t noticed just like the tail, although Goku and I cut it off. No one needs that stupid thing."

Kami was astonished. There was actually another Saiyan on earth! What flabbergasted him even more, was when Lucian mentioned the different Kais. Even he knew nothing about the existence of Supreme Kais.

"So, what do you plan to do now?" Lucian noticed that Kami´s brain was probably short-circuiting because of the information he just got so he switched the topic.

Kami took some time to answer: "I wanted to let Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and the others train up here on the lookout to prepare them for the invasion in a year. Why do you ask?"

"It was just a casual question. But I would like you to keep my existence a secret from the others as it would only hinder progress. The more pressure there is on them the faster they will progress in this year. The same goes for Goku, too. I would also like to ask you for a favor." Lucian asked with narrowed eyes making the atmosphere seem more serious.

"Of course, but what can I help you with?" Kami asked with his eyes wide open.

"Please ask Bulma if she could build a gravity room for me to train in as fast as possible with at least 100G of force inside. I believe that as one of the smartest people on earth she can handle that. The Saiyans are not the only ones who could pose a danger to us and I have to prepare for that." Lucian returned earnestly.

Kami´s expression turned earnest as well when he heard that.

"It would be my pleasure to do that for you. Let me contact her right away." With that said Kami closed his eyes and send a mental message to Bulma.

"You can also tell her about me if you want to, but she has to keep it a secret, too. I will go back to my house now, so have her deliver it there, please. Let´s meet each other in a year again. Farewell." Lucian said and vanished in a burst of blue light.

Kami finished his conversation with slightly astonished and motivated Bulma when he noticed the uncommon color of Lucian´s Ki.

'What makes him so different?' he thought.

Just one month later Lucian noticed the sound of an approaching his house, he exited his house and saw a house-sized package falling from the sky with a parachute slowing it down. In Lucian´s excitement, he immediately flew towards and caught it in mid-air, easily lifting tons of metal without breaking a sweat. after placing it near his house, he opened it, entered the room and started the system. With a loud beep sound, the system launched and a short message appeared on the nearby screen, obviously from Bulma.

'Hello, Lucian,

Kami already informed me of what you told him and I couldn´t wait to start the project, especially after I found out that my boyfriend was cheating on me, so it helped me to distract my thoughts for some time. Thanks for that. I hope to meet you in person at some point and please protect the earth in Goku´s stead now that he´s not here.

Ps: I heard that you are a Saiyan and imagined you to have a similar appetite as Goku. To help you out a bit I also included a few capsules of food in a cabinet to your right-hand side.

From the single but sexy Bulma'

Below the message, there was a picture of Bluma next to the gravity room wearing mechanic gear with her cleavage showing a little, her blue hair slightly disheveled, holding a wrench in her right hand and her left on her hip while winking at the camera with a smile on her face.

'Okay, that is hot. So Yamcha already cheated on her this early on. I wonder how high his IQ is to cheat on someone like Bulma. You would have to be stupid to an unimaginable degree or, well, gay to do that. It was never mentioned what really happened. Ah, who cares, but I might have to change my wife-plans now because Bulma just made herself more attractive than she already was and she seems to be interested in me, too, although I haven´t met her yet. What exactly did Kami tell her?' Lucian wondered, ate some of the delicious food from the capsules while glancing at the picture of Bulma every now and then, as he started to increase the gravity in the room.

When he adjusted to 50G after a few minutes to not notice it anymore, he promptly increased it to 75G and continued. Suddenly an idea struck his mind. What if he played matchmaker between Vegeta and Bulma´s sister Tights? This way Trunks might still be born into the same family and Vegeta would become loyal to earth. In a fanfiction from his previous life, Vegeta married Tights, too, but the storyline did not change in any way, just that Trunks had blonde hair. With this reassurance and thought of meeting Vegeta, Lucian started to train even harder and set the gravity to 150G in an instant. His power level was at 153000.