CH 1

A New Day

Year 790

Krillin spun in circles deflecting a multitude of ki blasts that came at him from every direction. He was currently on the defensive and he knew his opponents was too crafty for him to remain in a single place for long. As the number of ki blasts increased he went on the offensive launching two massive ki blasts, one from each extended arm in opposite directions, in an effort to hit his two adversaries. He quickly flew under the blast he sent to his left, getting as close as possible to the blast as it homed in on its target. Just as his first opponent dodged countered the blast with one of his own Krillin left the shadow of the blast and struck his opponent a viscous series of blows to the body that rendered his opponent unconscious. Krillin quickly spun around just in time to cancel out a massive energy blast thrown by his other attacker.

Krillin's opponent smiled. "Sneaky, using your own blast to mask your ki and get in a sneak attack."

Krillin frowned, "Well, you can't say that you wouldn't use that tactic given the same situation. And besides you just tried to blast me from behind."

Just then an alarm rang.

"Breakfast time." Both Krillin and his doppelganger said at the same time.

Krillin walked up to his twin and absorbed him into his body. Then he walked over to the unconscious body on the floor and absorbed yet another Krillin. Then he exited his large gym into a tiny control room and breathed a sigh of relief as he turned off the gravity manipulation controls. He watched the numbers rapidly count down from 500 to 1. Then a round opening appeared in the ceiling of the control room and Krillin rapidly flew a few hundred meters to the surface of Kame Island.

"Man this underground training center is just what I needed. At the levels I train at now it would really be a hassle trying to find some area empty enough that I could cut loose in." Krillin mused as he showered off the sweat from his early morning training. He quickly got on some fresh clothes and started cooking breakfast.

As he finished setting the two places at the table the kettle started to sing and he saw his wife make her way down the stairs looking very professional in business attire.. Krillin poured her a cup of tea and that she gratefully accepted and swiftly drank down.

18 narrowed her eyes at Krillin. "I can't believe I married a morning person! Always up before the sun and never grouchy."

Krillin smiled. "Well if I wasn't here you wouldn't ever get a home cooked meal. And then an important Capsule Corporation Vice President would head to the office hungry."

18 rolled her eyes and started in on breakfast.

After finishing breakfast 18 climbed into the company hover car and headed off to West City.

Krillin mused "With Maron off at college, 18 being a corporate big wig, Turtle visiting his family, and Master Roshi and Oolong off to watch the Miss Universe pageant; this place sure is quiet. Plenty of time to get in some more training this morning!"

Krillin entered what appeared to be a small shed attached to his home and, after keying in a sequence on a wall display, descended once more to his private training center where he commenced his training.

Bulma had been happy to help Krillin install his underground gym and had loaded it with everything Krillin could ask for. From blast resistant walls, gravity machine, to small mobile ki blasting droids, all powered by a small anti-matter power source and run by the most sophisticated computer on the planet located at the heart of Capsule Corporation itself. The cost of such an installation was enormous. Krillin was a very wealthy man who owned shares in Capsule Corporation and held patent shares on several technologies that he had helped Bulma scavenge over the years from both Dr. Gero's lab and several alien technologies. But there was no way even his wealth could have afforded this bunker. When he had asked Bulma why she would use so much money for a glorified private gym she had simply shrugged and said "I like this planet. Having a few guys around who could protect it from an alien invasion or a some super powerful monsters seems like a good investment." So Krillin had thanked her and made good use of the his gym. Over the years he had trained with some of the greatest fighters alive and had learned a myriad of ways to train and get stronger. From meditating, to physical strengthening, to ki manipulation, to combat training Krillin had found the balance that worked for him. In the past couple of decades he, like his friends, had made enormous strides in power, reaching levels he had never dreamed possible. Even though he was often far behind Super Saiyans and Super Nameks he never gave up training and kept steadily improving. After all, every day is a new day and he knew he might still be needed to protect his planet and his family.