Crono's Story by Traum

Chapter 1: Crono's Story (Yush Saga Prologue)

The two powers were almost completely even. Though faint, and obviously nowhere near my own power, they stood out like two elephants in a valley of mice. There was something about one of the powers, something that I couldn't quite put my finger on. It felt familiar, like I'd spent a long time around it before, and was now being re-exposed to it. I was flying over the huge ocean between the two major sets of continents, from the east to the west, and the powers were getting closer and closer. If I'd brought my scouter from the ship, I probably would've been able to pinpoint their location, but since I didn't I had to rely on my old, worn down ki tracking abilities.

I continued to fly, my emerald aura of energy splashing all around me. The air in this universe was thick and polluted, unlike the clean, natural air of my Earth. I still didn't know how I'd gotten to this universe, but Goku had once said that the Kaioshins always do something for a reason, and it was better to just go along with it. So there I was, on another version of my home planet, in some alternate universe, and I was on a search for these two mysterious powers. I knew I didn't have much time, so I soared through the air as quickly as I possibly could. Not only was the gateway by which I travelled to this universe gradually closing, but every second I spent here was a second that the Caprians were coming closer and closer to the dragon balls and Earth. My entire purpose on this trip was to find some powerful beings to take back to Earth so they could be trained for the Caprians. And I had, in some sense, completed my mission, even if it was in a totally different way than I ever planned.

The edge of the land came into view, even in the darkness of the night. There was a small island to the south of a small out branching of land, and its population was huge, over ten million people. I realized that the two powers were hidden amongst there. I changed my course to land on the island, and no sooner did I do so than one of the ki's suddenly magnified in power. I didn't know what had just caused that, but the full moon high above me indicated only the most ominous of events could occur that night.