Live Wire: A Xenoverse Story

Episode 1: A Duo of Best Friends, Enter Hazzel & Azoo

Azoo and I stood side by side as Piccolo ran us through the basics once more. "Go!" He yelled and we threw our fists forward, "Go!" We kicked, "Go!" We swung. Again and again for the past three years we went through Piccolo's training. When we started it was like hell, but as we kept going, and the more we practiced together outside of Piccolo's teachings, the easier it became to make it through the training, occasionally he would fight us directly, either to learn do or die fighting or to learn how to work together, and according to Piccolo, Azoo and I sync up really well, very little words are need between us to fight together.

"Alright that's enough!" Piccolo commanded. We came to halt, "It's been three years now since I met you two, Hazzel, you're more than ready to become a Time Patroller, you on the other hand Azoo, you still need more work but, I can tell that you work best when your paired with Hazzel, so here's a deal, you fight me alone right now, you do well enough, and I'll give you the okay, fail and Hazzel will continue on alone until you get it right." He offered. Azoo, despite his origin, has always been a frail person, less in strength and more in will power, he lets his fear get to him easily. "You're a Namekian, a warrior, show me what you've got!" Piccolo ordered him and charged, landing a solid blow to Azoo's head.

Azoo caught himself in the air and flew back at Piccolo, putting on his best brave face. I was prepared to intervene if I thought Piccolo was getting to rough with him. Punch after punch the two fought high in the sky. Piccolo flipped and slammed him leg onto Azoo sending him crashing to the ground. Azoo, while not the strongest fighter, he was crafty. He took off his top and threw it out of the smoke cloud to distract Piccolo, he leaped from the other side and threw a Ki blast at him. Piccolo deflected it, "Good, you're trying to misdirect your opponent." He complimented him and charged forth.

Azoo barely dodged out of the way, Piccolo hit the ground and dug his fingers into the ground to stop himself before charging back at Azoo. Azoo charged forward with his shoulder out, "Rocket Tackle!" He yelled. Piccolo dodged the move and grabbed him stretching his arm to bring him high into the air before slamming him back down. Azoo was in the dust that was kicked up, but from the height that Piccolo had him at before, he had set up a ki blast that only then shot out and hit Piccolo in the back. In that single moment of damage, Azoo stretched his own arm out and grabbed Piccolo before pulling him. Within the dust, where Piccolo couldn't see, Azoo unleashed a massive combo on him ending it was a blast from his eyes.

Azoo was out of breath from the fight but wasn't ready to give up. Piccolo brushed off the damage and walked towards him. "Good, seems you can hold your own somewhat, you have better brains than brawn, that'll keep you alive at least, but you still hold too much fear within you, that's one you have to handle on your own, either overcome your fear or find a way to utilize it in battle, other than that, I believe your also ready for the time patrol." He told him. "Y...You really mean it?" Azoo questioned. "You could definitely use some more training, but I think being in the heat of battle will help you just fine, and as for you Hazzel, remember that your still an Earthling, you've broken far beyond your normal limits but don't let it get to your head." He reminded him.

Hazzel gave a bow, "Yes sir, Master Piccolo." He assured him. "Now go, the Supreme Kai of Time will be waiting for you, I already went to the trouble of getting you both registered, so she should already have a mission for you two." He informed us. Azoo and I turned to each other, faces lit up with excitement. "Alright!" We both yelled and flew off towards the time nest. The view of Conton City from way up high was breathtaking, the vast forest, the ruthless desert, the cooling springs, and the sprawling city with Orange Star High School at its center were amazing views. "Hazzel look!" Azoo shouted. In front of the portal to the Time Nest was The Supreme Kai of Time herself, waving at us. We waved back and swiftly landed. She was a noticeably short woman with an almost child-like appearance, despite that she was older than Elder Kai.

"It's about time you two got here." She teased. "Sorry to keep you waiting Supreme Kai." I apologized as we both bowed to her. "No need to be sorry, I've heard quite a bit about you two, you especially Azoo, what with your origin, I was very interested in you, a Dark Namekian that was born with a heart of gold, you were quite the oddity." She explained, Azoo looked a little ashamed, she noticed this and changed the subject. "A...Anyways, it's time I told you two what your first mission is." She spoke and led us into the time nest.

The Time Vault, and the tree that sat in the middle of it were massive, and the vast grassy plain was soothing. "Come on, I'll explain once were inside the vault." She spoke as we followed close behind. Inside the vault were thousands of scrolls, each one holding a different timeline from history. "Here we go, this distortion shouldn't be too difficult for a first mission, someone went back in time to when the Demon King Piccolo ruled the Earth and has made him more powerful, take a look."

She opened the scroll and we saw the new history play out. Goku began his revenge match with Tambourine, but this time he was much more powerful and two clones of him existed. Goku who had previously mopped the floor with the Mutated Namekian, was now being overwhelmed by the three overpowered monster, and even with Yajirobe's help, they were both killed brutally. "This is terrible!" Azoo commented. "Indeed, Goku wasn't meant to even get hurt in this fight, and he would then later go on to collect the Ultra Divine Water from Korin and then defeat King Piccolo in a one-on-one battle, this would then result in the birth of the Piccolo we all know." She closed the scroll and gave it to me.

"Your mission is to go in there and help Goku defeat the three Tambourines, make sure neither he nor Yajirobe is killed." She informed us. We gave her a nod and together, Azoo and I used the scroll to take us back in time to the point we needed.