#xeno goku jr

[megamattzx]

It was a quiet day in Conton City. Xeno Goku had been doing some shopping, despite it being his special day. Xeno Chi-Chi also was trying to get him to find some enjoyment in today, but the truth was he couldn't anymore. He just couldn't. The worst part was that he SHOULD be happy today. The problem is that he wasn't. Hadn't been for a long time. It was his birthday and he was miserable about it. Every year on his birthday ever since that fateful birthday, he only spent his birthday buying certain things. Flowers, burning incense, candles, and a photo frame. After that he started heading home.

Upon arriving, he took time to go to his room. His sleeping wife is peacefully dreaming on their bed at the moment. Smiling, the Xeno version of the Earth Saiyan walked over and softly kissed her forehead. After that he was seen opening one of his drawers, before taking a photo out of it. After that, he then walked back to his kitchen. Ignoring all the photos hung up in his house in the process. Normally he could be able to look at his photos but not today. Never today. It would only cause him to hate today more than he already did.

Xeno Goku used to love his birthday. Everyone wishing him a happy birthday. Now he hated it. Hated this day in particular. Because now, it only brought him pain. It reminded him of his boy. His version of Goku Jr. Even after all these years, he still hadn't gotten over it. His birthday was now just a reminder that his boy was gone. Every year, he was reminded of this reality. Every year on his own birthday, he was visiting his son's grave.

Today was Goku's birthday but it was also the anniversary of the worst day of his life. The day his son died. The day that illness had finally finished its work on him. While his counterparts were enjoying their birthday with their families, Xeno Goku was preparing to visit the son that he lost. The guilt and anger. Anger at the fact that he was so damn powerless. Guilt at the fact that he didn't spend the first 7 years of that boy's life with him more so than he already did. Every year on his birthday he hated himself more for that.

Taking the photo and carefully putting it in the frame, the Saiyan then the moment to breathe before slowly walking to the door before opening it and gently closing it behind him as he walked out. He did this every year ever since that day. The walk was never too long but it always felt that way ever since he lost his son. Each step was heavier than any weight that anyone, including King Kai and Whis could have possibly given him. The ache in his heart that he had for so many years really took a number on him.

Upon reaching the old cabin that he grew up in, the weary Saiyan took a deep breath as he slowly approached one of the two graves standing there. The second one standing in front of a tree. Upon reaching it, Xeno Goku carefully placed the photo, now in its frame, right in front of it. Setting up the incense before lighting them up as well as some candles. He then put the flowers down onto the safest place that he could see near the grave. Staring at the photo of his version of Goku Jr. Tears falling from his eyes as he did so.

"I wish you were still here kiddo," he finally said after being quiet for so long. A hint of pain and regret in his voice as he did so. "If only you were there to see your counterpart as well as the different versions of your brothers." A sniffle to be heard from Xeno Goku as he tried so desperately, not to break down. "I'm sorry that I wasn't able to spend as much time with you, as you would have hoped... I'm sorry I was dead for the first 7 years of your short life.... I wish I could have done something more about you getting sick..... I wish you were still here to see your mom smile. I wish you were able to see your little niece grow up. I wish you were still with us, bud.... I miss you everyday....."

That part was what caused the mask to fall apart as Xeno Goku clenched his arms into a hug as he then started to cry his heart out. Letting all the pain out. He had so much pain and guilt. So much anger at himself for not being there enough for the boy. All those regrets when it came to all the time he lost. It was all eating him up on the inside. And finally for the first time ever since that day, one hundred and fourteen years ago, Son Goku the Xeno timeline, broke.

The broken father's cries could be heard as Xeno Chi-Chi slowly and carefully approached him. She knew was wrong. Slowly sitting down next to her husband, she gently placed her hand on his back, letting him know she was there. As Xeno Goku looked at her, she saw all the pain, guilt, regret and sorrow in his eyes. Slowly wrapping her arms around her husband, she felt him wrap his arms around her, burying his face in her shoulder, as he just let it all out. She rarely see her husband like this. He rarely cried. She knew just how much this loss had taken a toll on him. She saw it in his eyes. When their son died, part of him died as well.

"It should have been me......" Xeno Goku said in his cries. "Not Kaka..... Not our boy....."

"I know how you feel..." Xeno Chi-Chi said to her husband softly. Tears also falling from her eyes as it happened. Neither of them wanted to bury their children. It's hard to imagine any parent would ever want to. Who in the right mind would as a parent?

Losing her father from illness was one thing. But it was nothing compared to losing her son. She never got over his death either. She was just better at handling the pain. Seeing her young son, dying in a hospital bed. 100% on oxygen. Slowly losing his life. All the family was there, knowing the painful reality that he wasn't going to make it. This little boy she raised. Sung him to sleep. Loved him as if he were her own flesh and blood. She could never get over that. Just like with her husband, when their son died, part of her died as well.

The two held each other in a comforting embrace as they sat there together. Unaware of their counterparts' version of Goku Jr walking there to wish his father a happy birthday. He stopped himself dead in his tracks as he saw all this.

Goku Jr felt his heart sink. Seeing the alternate version of his mother and father like this was painful to watch. His counterpart's death really caused this much grief to them. It was then that the younger Goku decided. He was going to find a way to bring his counterpart back. Back to the world of the living.....

[rjoynesjr]

No matter where this is being posted, it’s been a minute, hasn’t it? The long and short of it is that over the last few years, I went from having a job with a ton of downtime to jobs with varying degrees of less downtime, to one where I had downtime I couldn’t effectively use. Currently, my situation is one where sometimes I’ll have a lot of downtime I can effectively use. Anyway, absurdly late as it is, this is my tribute to one of my heroes as an artist, Akira Toriyama who passed nearly a year ago. Here’s a breakdown: In the first panel, we see a version of Goku who is intended to be the ultimate incarnation of him. I mixed elements of his clothing from Xeno Goku and Capsule Corp Goku (from Super Dragon Ball Heroes). He also wears the colors and symbol of Zeno from Dragon Ball Super. His hair is a mix of Super Saiyan 4 (from Dragon Ball GT) and Ultra Instinct (from Dragon Ball Super) with a hint of the colors from Zeno’s face. In the second panel we see the Toribot character that Toriyama used to represent himself in his works. Panel 3 shows the Toribot character revealing that he is Toriyama himself. Panel 4 shows Goku reverting to the original version of himself as a child at the site of his creator. The panel is an homage to the moment where Goku discovers his Grandpa Gohan has been brought back to life for a day in Dragon Ball. Panel 5 is an homage to the moment where Goku hands the 4-star Dragon Ball to his descendant Goku Jr. from the TV special Dragon Ball GT: A Hero’s Legacy. The final panel of the first page features Arale from Toriyama’s first incredibly successful manga Dr. Slump. Here she is breaking the 4th wall and literally pulling to edge of the page to see what is next. This is the type of stuff Toriyama would often do in his work. The first panel of the second page features King Kai, Goku’s parents Bardock and Gine, and Launch. Here I’m referencing a running joke in Dragon Ball Super where Goku doesn’t use opportunities to wish King Kai back to life after inadvertently causing his death; fandom discussions of Goku wishing back his parents; and Launch being a forgotten character whose name in Japan is actually Lunch. If you look carefully at the back Launch is holding you can see the somewhat obscured logo to “Spacey’s” a running gag from the Youtube Dragon Ball Z reinterpretation of Dragon Ball Z abridged. Finally, in the last panel as Arale pulls on the edge of the page again we see Crono from Chrono Trigger, the legendary RPG which Toriyama provided character designs for.

[bluehairlaunch]

7 Worst Dragon Ball Characters (objective)

Honorable mention, Master Roshi. So here's the deal, I actually like Roshi. I actually like Roshi A LOT when he's being the offbeat martial arts master, but for the most part he's a serial sex offender, and the anime adds even more sexual assault for lulz.

Like a bad relationship, I try to remember the good times

Oolong

So y'know how I basically said there were aspects to Roshi's personality I really enjoyed, which is why he's not on the list proper? That's not the case with Oolong. There are definitely aspects to Oolong I like -- I like Piggy from Journey to the West and I think it's hilarious that Toriyama dressed him (and Mai, for some reason) like Chairman Mao. I also have to credit him with saving the world, although idk how Pilaf would have actually held onto his world empire with people like Goku around. Regardless, his character is another vehicle for sexual assault humor.

And yes, the English dub fucked up and made him sound like an adult. The joke is that he's a child that acts like a perverted adult, but because he's a child, he's just kidnapping girls to clean his house and be his mom, basically (Bulma pretty much even adopts him). Sexual assault humor is still sexual assault humor, though, so Oolong sucks

Bacterian

He's just gross. I really hate this dude

Garlic Jr.

Who stans a poser? In DBZ Abridged, they rip on Lord Slug for being EXACTLY King Piccolo, but the only difference between Slug and Garlic Jr. is that Lord Slug knew his place well enough to stay out of the anime.

Lemme start tho with the things I actually like about this guy. 1) he's a demon, I think. Toriyama introduced the concept with King Piccolo, backtracked, then reintroduced it with Dabura. Dragon Ball Xeno Heroes or w/e later realized this was free real estate and expanded on the idea to the point of nausea, but until then, Garlic and his henchmen and Dabura were your only demons, if that's something you found dope.

Other than this, Garlic Jr. steals Pilaf's design, but instead of remaining a lil' gremlin, he goes the filler route and beefs up like a Broly. He has a past connection with Kami like King Piccolo and successfully uses the Dragon Balls like King Piccolo. He then uses the Jr. like Piccolo. Get your own fucking thing. ALL YOU HAVE IS BEING THE SON OF KAMI'S RIVAL

And what really gets me is that he would be an okay filler villain if he wasn't just a chimera of better, actually canon characters, but as he is, the only things I like about his movie and arc have nothing to do with him.

Fwiw this is the only character on this list that's filler/not a part of Toriyama's original run. If this included GT, then there would be nothing but GT. As far as Super goes, I like the characters or at least their concepts (looking at you Zamasu), and the shit part is in the execution.

Spopovich

He and Yamu serve to showcase Babidi's power of mind control, but in doing so we're forced to witness the most pointlessly brutal, one-sided beatdown in all of Dragon Ball. I think the anime even devoted an entire episode to this ffs

We later learn that you have to already be a prat to fall under Babidi's powers, so there's nothing even tragic about his brainwashing and ultimate demise. He sucked before, he sucks now, he's a bad character.

Idasam

First off, it really doesn't make sense that a kid's division was introduced, does it? Most of the top fighters in the World Martial Arts Tournament were underage

Second, look how cute that girl in the top right is

Ok ok. As I made this list I began to realize there weren't a lot of characters in Dragon Ball that I actually hated. Some I definitely liked less than others, but few were so bad that I would remove them if I could. This chick is definitely one of them tho.

The Anti-Chi-Chi, Idasam raised two little brats that ig she loves and supports, which is the only thing she has that going for her. Besides that, she's mean to Bulma and even tried to physically assault her until the Mother of our Saviour Chi-Chi stepped in

Pirate Robot

Admit it, you thought he was filler. He looks like Third Form Frieza fucked some Saiyan armor. I've seen people try to salvage pirate robot by saying he's Android 2, but no, he's not, General Blue had no idea about this underwater pirate cave, and it doesn't make sense for Dr. Gero to squirrel away a dragon ball down here. Sometimes the things you love just disappoint you

Super Buu

I'm not sure this if this is a controversial opinion, but Super Buu is trash, his arc is trash, and everything he does will be done better later by Janemba in a fucking filler movie.

Before his introduction, Gohan failed, Vegeta failed and failed and failed, Gotenks fucked around and found out, and Goku wasted his time on a useless transformation like Future Trunks did in the Cell Saga (if he had been alive, Gohan would be trained and he would have realized SSJ3 wasn't a real transformation). Then Hercule came along and WON. The champ did it, he beat Majin Buu (with kindness). And that's great. If the Buu arc ended there, it would've still had several loose ends, but Z has loose ends as it is (imo another saga was needed to complete Gohan's character arc).

But then Toriyama (I'd rather blame his editors, but I've never seen anyone credit Super and Kid Buu to editorial interference) Ctrl-Z's Hercule's victory and we get Super Buu, a Perfect Cell wannabe that does nothing but crack his neck and murder Marin and everyone else too ig with his admittedly dope human extinction wave.

I have nothing but issues with this guy. His arc is way too long, his design is generically cool like a filler character, he steals Cell's powerset, he steals everybody's clothes, and he murders most of the cast while having little to no personality, so I can't even hate him for it

Go crack your neck more, you're the worst character in Dragon Ball

[ao3feed-gochi]

Preview: Dragon Ball New Frontier: Shroud of Memories

by MegaMattZX

A preview of one of the expanded universe storylines of my Group Story, Dragon Ball New Frontier. The summary of the final version will go as follows: Set 44 years before the events of Dragon Ball New Frontier, The Time Patrol has been active for 66 years and is only getting stronger in its ranks after the crisis with the outbound Flight Project, Ten years Prior, the Time Patrol has enjoyed peace.

But when a mysterious Saiyan kidnaps The extended Son Family and plants bombs in multiple timelines, Son Kakarot Goku Jr is forced to meet this individual's demands. With no other options, The Adopted Son of Goku and Chi-Chi must answer the call to adventure and rely on his memories to give him clues and the resolve to save his family.

Words: 21522, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 5 of Dragon Ball New Frontier:Tales of the Time Patrol (The New Frontier Expanded Universe)

Fandoms: Dragon Ball

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: Son Goku Jr. (Dragon Ball), Son Goten, Son Gohan, Future Son Gohan, Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball), Xeno Son Goten, Xeno Son Gohan, Xeno Pan (Dragon Ball), Xeno Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Son Pan, Videl Satan, Ox King (Dragon Ball), Hercule Satan

Relationships: Chi-Chi/Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Son Goku Jr. (Dragon Ball)/Original Character(s), Videl Satan/Son Gohan, Bardock/Gine (Dragon Ball)

Additional Tags: Most Tags apply to the entire Story not the preview., Minor Chi-Chi/Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Minor Videl Satan/Son Gohan, Minor Bardock/Gine, Flashbacks, Drama, Action/Adventure, takes inspiration from the Entire Dragon Ball IP, Takes elements from everything from the entire Dragon Ball IP, Multiverse, References to Depression, References to other franchises, Prequel, prequel to a Group Story, Expanded Universe, Dragon Ball Xenoverse, All New Frontier Stories are connected to a shared universe, Family, Family Feels

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/48061474

[myriadofmusing]

Character tag dump!

[nimedhel09]

SDBH commentary - episode 32 (spoilers ahead!)

Well, it's a weird time to do it, but each episode is less than 10min so whatever.

As always, prepare for rants more than anything lol. And random commentary.

- Power scaling is weird in SDBH........ IN DBS. I mean, it made more sense in DBZ? (Can't remember if the Buu saga was a mess of power scaling or not, but I feel like it was)

- Show me more of my psychopathic legendary husbando, please. Even if the animation is poop. Even if they made his face all roundish. And the noses weird (Girl, I hate the DBS/SDBH noses soooo much)

- Fuu created his new universe! And it's a tiny ugly thing, lol.

- Angy Monke fusion.

- Fuu being obsessed with his experimentation process, lol. At least he stays in character throughout.

- Lol. Towa and Robel going kind of magical girl on us with their "demon god" transformation hahaha.

- Demigra makes a move!

- Also, I hate the fights. They're soooooo booooooring. They lack dynamism.

- 🎶'cuz I'm frooooooooooooozeeeeeen! 🎶 (SS4 Gogeta and Fuu lol)

- Vados and Whis! Destruction kittehs! (aka the only good thing to come out of DBS, the series. Still waiting for that Broly slice-of-life on Vampa or even him joining the Saiyan crew on shenanigans. I'm waiting Toei! You cowards).

- Goku is confused. I'm confused. Everyone is confused.

Ok. End of episode feelings.

I don't like the fights. I need dynamics other than "ki! bam! screen shaking to show us that they're powerful!" over and over and over again. Give us the martial arts, DAMMIT!

As a former martial artist (because I've not practiced in a decade, shame on me), one thing I've always loved in DB and DBZ (well, until it changed into a big ki fest, lol, mostly in the Buu saga, I think? Would have to rewatch the Cell games to really see if there's fight-fight to go along the ki-fight) is the way that the moves were depicted in such a beautiful and dynamic manner. Look at the Garlic jr. film with baby Gohan, when Goku comes in and begins to fight the baddies. Gorgeous. Perfection. Magnificent.

What we've got in SDBH? Bleh. Uninteresting. For a series built on martial arts, the martial arts are kind of absent in most of the current material (DBS: Broly, once again, shows its superiority over anything done in the series until then, lol. The beauty of the animation and the MOOOOOVES. Damn, the fights were orgasmic in that film), which is a pity.

We barely saw my sadistic monke husbando, which is always sad. He's so beautiful, even with the horrendous noses and animation of whatever the hell this is (can you feel the salt?).

Still confused on what the heck Demigra is doing here.

Fuu is best boi. I think I like him so much 80% because of the original voice acting. It's perfect.

The plot is, as always, confusing or really badly exploited. Like, I get the anime is a small little promotional thing and that the animators and all the people working on it are paid nothing and put under lots of pressure, but it's tiring as a fan too. Toei, instead of greedily milking that cow till its death and giving us bad quality content should let the creators have the time they need to make a proper animation, build a proper story, pay them fairly and finally have the fans being as happy as they can be. Am I asking for too much? I don't think I am.

Another criticism that I will never shut about because I WON'T and I NEED: BLOOD. I need blood in this franchise. It's not made for children. It's not made for children. Ok, it's a shonen, its target audience is early-teen/pre-teen boys. SO. WHERE. IS. THE. FREAKING. BLOOD!!!!

Finally, WHERE THE HELL ARE MY CHILDREN????????? Again. the Xeno crew outside of (*le big sigh*) Veggie and Goku is left on the side because it's not enough to fan service or whatever the heck it is that they always give us Goku and Veggie. NO! Now they have to give us TWO Gokus and TWO Veggies. And, yes, I love the Xeno crew in its entirety. Xeno Goku acts way less dumb than main Goku (as he should, Goku is not dumb. Goku is silly and 100000% has ADHD, but he IS. NOT. DUMB. - another reason I hate 95% of DBS outside of the Broly film, lol) and the wholes Xeno crew is stunning. And I NEED MORE PAPA GOHAN AND PANNY, pleaaaaaaaaaaaaase, for the love of all that is good in this world!

Anyways. I think next time I'm watching an episode, it's going to be with a glass of wine. Need to buy more white wine though, because we only have red left, and I HATE red wine (urk).

[foxcms130]

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[bubblerevolution]

What's your ideal roster for the game?

Something like this:

Goku

Vegeta

Piccolo

Krillin

Gohan

Trunks

Yamcha

Tien

Raditz

Nappa

Frieza

Captain Ginyu

Android 17

Android 18

Cell

Majin Buu

Kid Buu

Dabura

Beerus

Whis

Pilaf

Tao Pai Pai

King Piccolo

Bardock

Dr. Wheelo

Turles

Cooler

Broly

Bojack

Zangya

Janemba

Towa

Mira

Arale

Maybe Mr. Satan/Saibaman/Cell Jr. as a joke character

I don’t know if they’re going to have a roster that big, though. Plus there’s probably going to be separate character slots for Imperfect Cell/First Form Frieza/any Super Saiyan character.

Since I’m talking about shit I want here anyway, I’d love to see a few neat alt costumes, like:

Xeno Goku from DBH

GT Vegeta

Krillin with the Orin Temple robes

Great Saiyaman for Gohan

DBS Future Trunks

GT Trunks

Bandit Yamcha

DBS Tien

Mecha-Frieza

Tournament of Power outfits for 17 and 18

Masked Saiyan Bardock

[megamattzx]

Dragon Ball New Frontier: Tales of the Time Patrol

Scars

The Time Patrol was enjoying a day of peace and quiet that they didn't usually get. One conversation going was consistent with the guys of the Time Patrol's best group, the multiversal Dragon Team, talking about their scars.

"No," Xeno Bardock explained. "This isn't the worst scar I've got."

GT Present Trunks then began to pull his shirt slightly, showing a massive stab wound scar on his left hip. "He's talking about one like this, right?" He asked.

"Yeesh!" Gohan responded with. "Whoever gave you that, got you good!"

Future Gohan then began showing the massive scar still present from the left side of his upper body. Much worse than the one over his left eye, the entire shoulder area as well as the armpit area were most definitely scarred. "This was given to me by my original versions of Androids 17 and 18, when I originally lost my arm," he said as he told the story. "Although I eventually got my arm back, the rest of the scar is still intact, as you can see."

Vegeta Jr, aka Vegeta the fifth the shows a scar on the top part of his right arm, all the way to the entire shoulder. "This was a gift from the evil Legendary Super Saiyan, Z Broly himself", the Clone and Adopted son of Vegeta proudly boasted. "Though we eventually defeated him, he was most definitely a worthy foe!"

Super Broly went next, showing his Achilles heel, which had a huge burn scar, that went up his lower leg. "A gift from Demon God Demigra, himself!" He said. "Out of commission for months afterwards so that it healed properly."

Goten then went next, removing his shirt and showing various scars on his upper body as he started looking for a specific one. "I've gotten plenty over the last hundred years," he said as he then began touching a scar on his right hip near his stomach. "But the worst that I've gotten has gotta be this one, right here. Impaled by a clone, similar to Copy Vegeta, of me. Everything I gave, he delivered right back."

Everyone looks at Goku Jr, causing him to sigh before he starts to remove his own shirt. "Alright, fine." He finally said as he struggled to take off the weighted shirt.

"Atta boy!" GT Present Trunks said. "Here, I thought you'd be sensitive and emotional about this stuff!"

"Really?" Goku Jr responded with. "So that's how you think of me...."

"Do you have any scars to show, before Kaka out does us all?" Xeno Goten asked GT Goten.

"No, not really," GT Goten said. "Plenty of stories, but nothing to really show for it."

Once Goku Jr removed his shirt, everyone could see various scars across his back and front areas of his upper body and even parts of the arms that the shirt was covering. Some of them are scars from getting slashed or stabbed, others being actual burns. "It's hard to say which one I've gotten is the worst in my opinion," Goku Jr said with honesty. "Although some of these, I don't remember much, mainly cuz I passed out or died shortly after obtaining them."

"Damn....." Most versions of Yamcha, Krillin, Tien and even Hercule simultaneously said.

"Did it hurt!?" Beat was heard asking.

"Again, little Bro," Goku Jr. answered. "I don't remember much with many of these."

"Judging from looking at these scars with my own eyes, that's probably for the best," GT Gohan declared bluntly.

"I got you beat!" Cabba declared. Causing everything to look at him. Cabba then placed his hand on Goku Jr's shoulder before he continued. "A Saiyan Princess as beautiful as the setting sun, shattered my heart like a mirror into a million pieces."

Everyone then began laughing as even Goku Jr was seen chuckling a bit.

"In that case, then I definitely got all of y'all beat," Present Trunks said. "Boy all the Ladies, I've met."

"Oh brother!" Goten said before everyone continued laughing.

"Joking aside," Goku then said. "He's Right. The worst scars can't be seen."

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Dragon Ball New Frontier's Son family tree:

Goku and Chi-Chi: happily married, and the happiest they've ever been in 100 plus years (Time Patrol kept them, their family and friends young, to keep them in peak condition for time Patrol work) All main versions of these two are together and both of them are in the Time Patrol.

Bardock and Gine: Goku's parents and Chi-Chi's in-laws, took time for Chi-Chi to get used to them being around after Goku saved them along with his counterpart Xeno Goku, two versions of both of them are mainly alive in this story.

Grandpa Gohan, Goku's adopted grandfather: despite being dead, Goku does still think fondly of him despite how long it has been since the last time they saw each other.

Raditz is Goku's older brother and Chi-Chi's brother-in-law. Goku's actually trying to reconcile with Raditz.

All versions of Gohan are the eldest son of Goku. In New Frontier, both present Gohan and future Gohan are both alive and well in the main timelines. Videl is married to the present Gohan and is Goku and Chi-Chi's daughter-in-law. Pan is their granddaughter from Videl and Gohan.

Goten in this story is one of the second eldest sons of Goku and Chi-Chi, raised alongside his adopted "twin"brother Goku Jr (alternate take of the character altogether.) Pranks his twin on a regular basis.

Son "Kakarot" Goku Jr: biological clone of Goku created through the dragon balls and first adopted son of Goku and Chi-Chi, Goku Jr is the second eldest alongside Goten and helps his parents raise the younger siblings alongside his brothers. It may be possible that Goku Jr may have an adopted son of his own. And thus following in the footsteps of his parents when they raised him as if he was their own flesh and blood despite being a pureblooded Saiyan.

Uub, Caulifla, and Kale are also surrogate children of The Son family. They train with the Son family on a regular basis and also spend a lot of time with each member. They pretty much view the Son Family as family. They were also unofficially adopted into the family as well.

Son Beat, Erito, Basaku and Viola: born after the current Dragon Ball canon, after the Dragon Team joined the Time Patrol, these quadtuplets, are the middle children of Goku and Chi-Chi. These are some of the altered Dragon Ball Heroes characters.

Son Tekka, currently the youngest biological son of Goku and Chi-Chi, Tekka is also one of the youngest of the Son siblings alongside the final adopted Son, Neko Majin Z.

Neko Majin Z, also known as Z commonly as a nickname. An artificial being created from cat DNA and Goku's DNA, Z looks like a Neko version of Goku with a mostly humanoid appearance. Most people would think he's a pet but in actuality he was adopted as an actual son.

It is possible for different versions of characters to also have other children as well that may or may not interact with Goku and Chi-Chi as well. This is just for my main three versions of the Son family tree. Other characters may be included in the future.

That also does not exclude alternate timelines where other characters may exist as part of the family as well. New Frontier does welcome OCs and alternate versions of characters. If we really think about it Goku Jr is a mix between an OC and a pre-existing character in my story.

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People try to say that having time patroller versions of everyone exist would make the 100 Year time skip in GT meaningless but forget that the 100-year time skip thing only happens in GT which was never part of Dragon Ball's original continuity. In fact, it was actually confirmed to be its own separate thing. Meaning the events of GT did not need to be followed.

What a lot of Dragon Ball fans forget: Dragon Ball Online actually pretends that GT NEVER actually happened. Xenoverse and Heroes have Super and GT as separate timelines, even separate from its own as it is set in the same time period as Hero's Legacy.

Meaning Beat's existence contradicts Goku Jr's as they are both descendants of Goku, but there is no reference to each other in either of their continuities. That also keeps in mind that the various video games actually try to be their own thing rather than be "Canon".

We must also keep in mind that the various different source materials actually contradict each other in other ways. GT has the 100 Year time skip where a Goku left off with the eternal dragon but then we have to remember that it only happens in GT. Although Xeno Goku is capable of going Super Saiyan 4, that doesn't automatically mean he is GT Goku. He merely is a version of Goku that went through similar events to the GT version of the character though his fate has obviously been different from GT Goku to some extent.

Another version of Goku whose fate is different from GT Goku is the Goku from Dragon Ball online as he actually assumed to have died around age 801 alongside Vegeta, in one final battle to settle the rivalry once and for all. They actually leave Earth to do this. This is the last time that either of them are even on Earth meaning Goku and Vegeta literally die fighting each other. Talk about going out with a bang. But this makes the 100 Year time skip of GT meaningless simply because it does not happen.

So if people are going to be mad at me for not following the 100 Year time skip then they need to get mad at literally everyone else for doing the same thing. Because the 100 Year time skip is only existing in a Dragon Ball gaiden story. A side Story as Toriyama called GT. In fact I refuse to actually consider GT as part of the main timeline. When you take into consideration that originally the main timeline only consisted of everything up until the Buu saga and everything else was pretty much a side Story aside from the ending of Z.

But then you also have super and other modern Dragon Ball material made by Toriyama or where Toriyama was directly involved creatively, he even changes his own story, which ultimately begs the question, what is truly Canon and what's not canon? And we know that many people are not afraid to go past the end of Z, but they're also not afraid to have their own little twist on it.

As I have already mentioned with Dragon Ball online and Dragon Ball GT, Goku's fate in both of those stories is drastically different from each other. Another important detail that needs to be mentioned is that Dragon Ball Online does not mention any of the events of Super for two reasons. One Super did not exist at the time, and two similar to GT, according to Dragon Ball Online, the events of Super never happened.

So when you're actually doing a story centered around every continuity of Dragon Ball and even trying to set your own continuity based on something that basically connects them all together, it's best to go down the Multiverse route. Allowing you plenty of room for stories.

It also allows every single one of the official continuities to exist as their own continuity while also existing as part of your own. This can be done to avoid them from contradicting each other. You can even reference the event ends of the official sources as said parallel worlds. Another thing you can do is have similar timelines existing to avoid interacting with the official versions of these timelines.

Hell I was planning on having Goku explain his different fates in various different timelines. Fates that he actually learned about during his time as a Time Patroller.

This is why I'm going down the Multiverse route with my stories because it gives me room creatively. Because now I don't have to follow a specific continuity to tell the story I have in mind and even if someone may think that it's meaningless, people could say the same about everything made by Dragon Ball now as Dragon Ball could have ended at various points. And as much as I do enjoy the fact that we are getting Dragon Ball content still I kind of agree with that sentiment. The original Dragon Ball continuity should have already been concluded in the Buu saga. Everything afterwards should have been a completely different continuity.

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Dragon Ball New Frontier: Tales of the Time Patrol: Everyone Needs a Goten in Their Life.

It was a rather quiet and peaceful day all things considered with the whole Time Patrol. Nothing groundbreaking or World shattering happening in the world at the moment. For a little bit the time Patrol was able to mostly enjoy a life of peace, at least for the time being. Many were trying to find ways to keep themselves busy and unfortunately for the sun family, Son Kakarot Goku Jr was no exception. He spent hours upon hours working on a project that he told granola that he would get done and he was so close to finishing up the final details but the strain and exhaustion from the work was starting to get to him.

Goten and Chi-Chi along with their GT and Xeno counterparts had just finished cooking up a huge dinner for the entire Son family, meaning all three versions of the family, to eat together. Goten was obviously sent to retrieve Goku Jr as he's the only one who hadn't arrived. And knowing how stubborn he was, Goten was better suited for this as he was stubborn in different ways from the rest of the family. More so similar to Gohan, with him being the voice of reason.

Goku Jr was seen working on something, working every second, trying to get everything done. Checking for any details he may have missed or any errors, he felt so close, he just needed to work a little more. He was so focused until suddenly he heard a knock on the door. "It's open, you can come in," the younger Goku calmly said as he knew it was one of his family members and he wasn't too irritated but rather stressed from all the work he had been doing for the day. And at that moment Goten opened the door.

"Hey bro," Goten calmly said as he then slowly went into the room. "The different versions of me and Mom made dinner for everyone."

"That's nice of you guys," Goku Jr calmly and blankly told his brother. Clearly still focused on the task he was currently doing. This was clearly something that he had been working on for hours on end without a proper break. Goten was not really pleased by this. And this wasn't the first time his brother was like this and it certainly would be far from the last either.

"We were hoping that you would be willing to come down and join us and the rest of the family," Goten tried saying but knowing Goku Jr, it would really be tricky to convince him.

"I can't right now!" Goku Jr explained and Goten could hear the stress in his voice as he slowly rambled on. "I'm so close to finishing this project that Chronoa wanted me to do. If I can work on this just a little more…"

The other brother wasn't having it this time as he could clearly tell his brother was in desperate need of a break. "It sounds like you need a break, Kaka," Goten plainly said.

Goku Jr then started being stubborn at that point. "I can't stop now," the Saiyan told his brother. But the stress was clearly evident in his voice and Goten quickly noticed just how bad it was. "If I stop now, I don't think I'll be able to get back into it right off the bat and-" before he could even finish, Goten quickly started to walk up to him and grab his shoulder.

"Son Kakarot Goku Jr, the rest of the family and I WANT you to take a break!" Goten told him bluntly. "It's painfully obvious that you NEED one!"

"But-!" Was all Goku Jr could say before Goten quickly cut him off.

"Goku!" Goten simply told him in a sharp tone. "You are obviously overworking yourself, AGAIN! I can hear the stress in your voice and see it in your eyes!" That shark tone in Goten's voice also showed a huge hint of concern for his brother and his well-being.

"But I promised Chronoa that-" before Goku Jr could finish Goten quickly cut him off again.

"Chronoa can wait an hour or two!" Goten simply told him. And without hesitation, he then continued. "And I'm certain that if she found out the lengths you're going to get that assignment done, she will get on your case about this too! And if by any chance she does have a problem with you taking a break, you can tell her that me and the rest of our family "stole" you away from your duties!"

Before Goku Jr can make a counter argument to Goten's statement, the Demi Saiyan then gave a look that made it clear that he was begging Goku Jr to just take a break. "Please Goku…?" He pleaded with his brother as Goku Jr could feel the urgency that Goten was giving. The pureblooded Saiyan couldn't really say no to his adopted brother when he gave him that look and plea.

The adopted son of Goku couldn't help but chuckle a bit from Goten's plea. "Do you know I can't say no when you look at me like that," he said with a chuckle causing Goten to also chuckle a bit. "All right, fine! But only for a little while!

It was at that point Goten gave a smug look. "Sure…." He said with a smug grin. "Just a little while."

A few hours passed as the family was able to enjoy quite the lovely dinner, and even though everyone else was still around and still enjoying their time together, the entire extended Son family noticed Goku Jr, passed out on the couch. They all smiled after a sigh of relief as they allowed the younger Goku to have his much needed rest.

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Preview to Dragon Ball New Frontier: Gathering of Tragedy

It was a quiet night in Conton City, well as quiet as it could be anyway. Time patrollers were flying around and people were driving in the cars and other transportation vehicles to get to where they needed to be. Whether it was going home, heading to work, or even to a special event. Conton City was as busy as it ever was. Just a routine evening from the looks of it. But there was one particular car within the highway that had a peculiar pair of men in it. Both of them have wild hair and are very well dressed to be going on a business endeavor. It was clear they were most likely heading to a formal event. Both of these men had similar hair, with the one in the passenger seat having extra spikes popping out around the different sides of it.

Though not visible, the other had a Saiyan tail. Clearly these men were Saiyans to some extent. The driver paid close attention to his surroundings which was understandable considering he was driving a car. It's not something he did quite often but he was good at it. He just didn't have the need to drive, and honestly preferred to fly but that was neither said here nor there. These men turned out to be Son Goten and his adoptive “twin” brother, Son Kakarot Goku Jr. Family names have become more and more rare nowadays. However it wasn't something they minded.

They were more concerned about ensuring that they were on time for an event that had been going on. Among a few other things.

“Well, I'll be damned,” Goten said as he looked at his hair which was now more slightly similar to Turles than his father. No doubt purely a coincidence due to his hair changing over the years and him having different hairstyles as well as a few haircuts every now and then, until he eventually gave up on cutting his hair. “I was never expecting any version of Trunks to settle down, let alone get married.”

“Well constantly fighting in the Time Patrol and even managing various businesses can make the idea of settling down unlikely,” Goku Jr quickly responded. His voice was calm. Laid back even. Definitely something that Goten didn't expect to ever happen again. Though he was relieved.

“Yeah but Trunks has never been the type of person to settle down,” Goten explained. “He hasn't been that type of person for as long as we've known him, which is essentially our entire lives.”

“One hundred and twenty two years,” Goku Jr blatantly stated much to Goten’s shock. They both knew that they were much older than they looked, due to Chronoa keeping them in their prime, but he wasn't expecting it to be that long.

“And that means we've been in the Time Patrol for….” Goten said quietly. Unable to finish before his brother added.

“Ninety eight years,” Goku Jr answered. Still in disbelief about it. “Hard to believe that much time has passed. And we haven't even aged a day since we joined.”

“We've been through so much,” Goten said. “A lot of Time Patrollers we met along the way would have stopped at some point after reaching a breaking point. But somehow, we all keep going.” The Demi Saiyan then quickly let out a deep sigh. “And to think that me and Marron are finally getting married at some point. GT Marron married her version of Trunks obviously, but we all know that just because we made a version of ourselves that's our counterpart, that doesn't mean we're automatically the same person.”

Goku Jr let out a light chuckle from that last part before taking a deep breath himself. “The funny thing is, even after all this time, I still haven't gotten used to that,” he said honestly and it was easy to tell that there was a sincere and genuine tone in his voice. As well as a laid-back attitude that he had been lacking for quite a while. “To think that it's Xeno Trunks of all people is finally getting married is astounding….. the last I checked he was all business first, life second.”

Goten couldn't help but laugh from that. “Well I guess even the Saiyan Prince of Fire Mountain can by surprise,” the Demi Saiyan remarked, causing his brother to laugh even more.

“You've got me there Goten,” Goku Jr said in a bit of contentment. Letting outside again as he turned to where they needed to go, he then let out a small remark but it wasn't anything malicious. “I'm happy for them.”

“As am I,” Goten remarked. “But I'm also happy to see the fact that you are a lot more cheerful than you have been for the past 40 years.” Goku Jr looked at him, with a confused look as he raised an eyebrow. Goten then gave him the obvious look. “Don't get me that puzzled look that you inherited from Dad. Ever since that whole incident with your evil counterpart, you had been angrier. It wasn't until you dealt with Haruto, once and for all, where you let the anger go. Not to mention the whole Outer Heaven incident a few years back, you just took off Celia's headband and basically let It blow away into the wind before deciding to hakai it.”

Goku Jr gave him a rather sad look but also one of defeat. But there was also something else on his mind as well before he took a deep breath. “I'm done grieving Goten,” he said calmly. “And not only that, clinging onto the past is not a good thing… it's definitely something I had to figure out the hard way… I needed to let Celia go completely…. As much as I loved her…. I can't live in the past anymore…”

Goten took a deep breath and paid attention to his brother who was clearly still somewhat hurt by it. Although he had indeed mostly got over her, it was still there. “I'm sorry I brought all of it up Goku,” he said in an apologetic tone. “it's just tha-...”

“It's fine! I understand Goten!” The Clone and adopted son of Goku quickly reassured Goten. “In fact, I needed that! I had to accept the fact that she's gone. I was finally able to do so in the whole Outer Heaven incident, or more accurately, finally able to let it go, mentally. Nightmares have also been becoming less frequent since then.”

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It was a quiet day in Conton City. Xeno Goku had been doing some shopping, despite it being his special day. Xeno Chi-Chi also was trying to get him to find some enjoyment in today, but the truth was he couldn't anymore. He just couldn't. The worst part was that he SHOULD be happy today. The problem is that he wasn't. Hadn't been for a long time. It was his birthday and he was miserable about it. Every year on his birthday ever since that fateful birthday, he only spent his birthday buying certain things. Flowers, burning incense, candles, and a photo frame. After that he started heading home.

Upon arriving, he took time to go to his room. His sleeping wife is peacefully dreaming on their bed at the moment. Smiling, the Xeno version of the Earth Saiyan walked over and softly kissed her forehead. After that he was seen opening one of his drawers, before taking a photo out of it. After that, he then walked back to his kitchen. Ignoring all the photos hung up in his house in the process. Normally he could be able to look at his photos but not today. Never today. It would only cause him to hate today more than he already did.

Xeno Goku used to love his birthday. Everyone wishing him a happy birthday. Now he hated it. Hated this day in particular. Because now, it only brought him pain. It reminded him of his boy. His version of Goku Jr. Even after all these years, he still hadn't gotten over it. His birthday was now just a reminder that his boy was gone. Every year, he was reminded of this reality. Every year on his own birthday, he was visiting his son's grave.

Today was Goku's birthday but it was also the anniversary of the worst day of his life. The day his son died. The day that illness had finally finished its work on him. While his counterparts were enjoying their birthday with their families, Xeno Goku was preparing to visit the son that he lost. The guilt and anger. Anger at the fact that he was so damn powerless. Guilt at the fact that he didn't spend the first 7 years of that boy's life with him more so than he already did. Every year on his birthday he hated himself more for that.

Taking the photo and carefully putting it in the frame, the Saiyan then the moment to breathe before slowly walking to the door before opening it and gently closing it behind him as he walked out. He did this every year ever since that day. The walk was never too long but it always felt that way ever since he lost his son. Each step was heavier than any weight that anyone, including King Kai and Whis could have possibly given him. The ache in his heart that he had for so many years really took a number on him.

Upon reaching the old cabin that he grew up in, the weary Saiyan took a deep breath as he slowly approached one of the two graves standing there. The second one standing in front of a tree. Upon reaching it, Xeno Goku carefully placed the photo, now in its frame, right in front of it. Setting up the incense before lighting them up as well as some candles. He then put the flowers down onto the safest place that he could see near the grave. Staring at the photo of his version of Goku Jr. Tears falling from his eyes as he did so.

"I wish you were still here kiddo," he finally said after being quiet for so long. A hint of pain and regret in his voice as he did so. "If only you were there to see your counterpart as well as the different versions of your brothers." A sniffle to be heard from Xeno Goku as he tried so desperately, not to break down. "I'm sorry that I wasn't able to spend as much time with you, as you would have hoped... I'm sorry I was dead for the first 7 years of your short life.... I wish I could have done something more about you getting sick..... I wish you were still here to see your mom smile. I wish you were able to see your little niece grow up. I wish you were still with us, bud.... I miss you everyday....."

That part was what caused the mask to fall apart as Xeno Goku clenched his arms into a hug as he then started to cry his heart out. Letting all the pain out. He had so much pain and guilt. So much anger at himself for not being there enough for the boy. All those regrets when it came to all the time he lost. It was all eating him up on the inside. And finally for the first time ever since that day, one hundred and fourteen years ago, Son Goku of the Xeno timeline, broke.

The broken father's cries could be heard as Xeno Chi-Chi slowly and carefully approached him. She knew what was wrong. Slowly sitting down next to her husband, she gently placed her hand on his back, letting him know she was there. As Xeno Goku looked at her, she saw all the pain, guilt, regret and sorrow in his eyes. Slowly wrapping her arms around her husband, she felt him wrap his arms around her, burying his face in her shoulder, as he just let it all out. She rarely sees her husband like this. He rarely cried. She knew just how much this loss had taken a toll on him. She saw it in his eyes. When their son died, part of him died as well.

"It should have been me......" Xeno Goku said in his cries. "Not Kaka..... Not our boy....."

"I know how you feel..." Xeno Chi-Chi said to her husband softly. Tears also fell from her eyes as it happened. Neither of them wanted to bury their children. It's hard to imagine any parent would ever want to. Who in the right mind would as a parent?

Losing her father from illness was one thing. But it was nothing compared to losing her son. She never got over his death either. She was just better at handling the pain. Seeing her young son, dying in a hospital bed. 100% on oxygen. Slowly losing his life. All the family there, knowing that painful reality that he wasn't going to make it. This little boy she raised. Sung him to sleep. Loved as if he was own flesh and blood. She could never get over that. Just like with her husband, when their son died, part of her died as well.

The two held each other in a comforting embrace as they sat there together. Unaware of their counterparts' version of Goku Jr walking there to wish his father a happy birthday. He stopped himself dead in his tracks as he saw all this.

Goku Jr felt his heart sink. Seeing the alternate version of his mother and father like this was painful to watch. His counterpart's death really caused this much grief to them. It was then that the younger Goku decided. He was going to find a way to bring his counterpart back. Back to the world of the living.....