"Goku?" Ranma gasped in surprise. "B-b-but how can you be here? You're just an Anime character!"
The Saiyan warrior smirked. "Well, that was the idea of King Kai, after I finished my battle against Buu. He told my story to a fellow Kai, and he was so excited by my adventures, that King Kai made them into an Anime and Manga series - at least in the universes where Saiyans don't exist." He grinned. "But I was pretty surprised when I saw how many fans I had. But what surprised me even more was that Vegeta got nearly as much fans as I."
Ranma scratched his head. "But... what are you doing here? Aren't you dead? I mean... after you defeated Buu..."
"Yeah, well, things got pretty boring after that. The tournaments of the Kais just weren't as exciting as they used to be. But then King Kai told me about a special tournament, held in this world: The King of Espers Cup! The winner would be the leader of the Esper realm. Well, not really their king, more like their 'big boss'. The Espers were stronger then any warrior I fought before, so I decided to take part in this tournament. My opponents were pretty tough, especially that dragon, Bahamut, and that spiky-haired warrior called Cloud." He grinned again. "But in the end, I defeated the former boss, Bahamut Zero... I was the champion... and I became the boss. Pretty cool, huh?"
"I guess so..." mumbled Ranma. He still couldn't believe that he was talking to Son Goku, the legendary hero of the Anime series Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z.
Goku jumped over the little wall that was between the stone ground Ranma was standing on and the grass field on which he just did his training exercises. "So, you're the leader of the new hero squad, eh? Well, I gotta say: It was pretty sweet how you toasted that Sin monster. And I like how you stand up for your friends."
"Leader?" Ranma looked at Carbuncle. "You didn't tell me I was going to be the leader."
'Well, originally, I didn't know. But when the boss saw your true powers in the first fight against Vegnagun, he was very impressed. So he decided to make you the leader of your future team.'
Ranma sighed. "Well, I'm not used to being a leader, but I will do my best."
Goku grinned and patted the pig-tailed hero on his back... so hard that he fell over. "That's what I wanted to hear. You and your squad will be the major defensive force of the surrounding worlds, I'm sure of it."
"What do I have to do before I can go back to Spira - or Nerima? I mean, I told Akane it would take several years, but..."
"Well, you and your team members have to be trained under our coaches. The standard education time of apprentice heroes is two or three years. And when you learned how to work as a team, you will get your first mission. Afterwards, you can call yourselves true 'Defenders of the Universe'."
"Um, okay, but who are my teammates? And are they all here already?"
Goku made a cocky stance. "All right! Time for you to meet your teammates!"
He pulled out a small device that looked like a cell phone and said: "Siren, you can call in the next guest."
"Right away, sir," Carbuncles wife responded.
Goku put away the cell phone. "You'll like this fighter, Ranma. I think the two of you will get along just fine."
And when the door opened again, Ranma turned around to see...
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