Yamcha and Krillin were rapidly punching, blocking, kicking, and dodging each other on one of several islands. Krillin saw an opening, punched Yamcha in the gut, and kicked him away.
Yamcha stood up. "Wolf Fang Fist!" Yamcha charged at Krillin, his hands and fingers in a position similar to claws. Krillin dodged each strike before he punched Yamcha in the gut again. "Ugh...not bad Krillin. But don't forget that I'm not alone!"
Krillin suddenly found himself being unable to move. "Wh-what the?!" He noticed that Chiaotzu, hovering slightly above the ground that Yamcha and Krillin were on, was holding out his hands towards Krillin.
"Remember when I did this against you in the tournament?" Chiaotzu asked Krillin.
"Here I come Krillin!" Yamcha began to charge at Krillin.
'This isn't good.' Krillin thought. 'I got to remember how I handled Chiaotzu's attack before.' Krillin suddenly remembered. "Hey, Chiaotzu! What's 9-5?"
"Uh..." Chiaotzu started counting on his fingers, stopping his telekinetic hold on Krillin.
Krillin smiled. As Yamcha was about to kick him, Krillin ducked, and then rised his head upwards, hitting Yamcha in the place no man wants to be hit. "Owwww." Krillin started rubbing his head in pain.
Yamcha made a few high pitched noises, before falling to the ground.
"Hey, forgetting about somebody Krillin?!" Krillin looked up, and saw Tien hovering high in the air. Tien held up a finger, and pointed down at Krillin. "DODON RAY!" A beam of energy came out of Tien's fingers, heading down towards Krillin. Krillin jumped out of the way, only to get shot in the arm from another beam from behind.
"I'm still fighting you!" Chiaotzu picked up a large rock with telekinesis, and hurled it at Krillin. Krillin flew up into the air to dodge, but was wide open to be kicked in the back by Tien.
"Honestly, I don't know what you were expecting when you challenged all of us at one." Tien told Krillin. He repeatedly punched and kicked Krillin before knocking him into the ocean. "Had enough yet Krillin?!" Chiaotzu flew next to Tien.
Krillin surfaced up. "Here I come!" He flew towards both Chiaotzu and Tien. He put his hands close to the center of his face, and closed his eyes. "Solar Flare!" A blinding white light came out.
"Aughh! I can't see anything!" Chiaotzu put his hands on his eyes, leaving him wide open for Krillin to hammer Chiaotzu all the way to the ground where Yamcha was.
Krillin later tried to punch Tien in the face, but Tien grabbed his arm, and threw him several feet away. "What the? How come you aren't blinded?"
"Who do you think you found out about the solar flare from? I can get around my own technique. I covered all of my eyes before you used it."
While in the air, Krillin and Tien rapidly exchanged blows with each other. On one of the islands, Yamcha stood up, still in pain. "Damn you Krillin." Yamcha cupped his hands. "Ka...me...ha...me..." A large blue cluster of energy began to form in between his hands. "HAAAAAAAA!" Yamcha fired a stream of blue energy at Krillin and Tien.
Krillin and Tien briefly stopped fighting, and both got out of the way of the attack. "Yamcha, you idiot! You could have hit me to!" Tien yelled.
"Sorry about that!" Yamcha yelled back.
Tien left himself vulnerable. Krillin hammered Tien towards the island. Yamcha was hit by the falling Tien, knocking him the the ground. Krillin them cupped his hands, and built up ki in between them.
Tien and Yamcha stood up. Tien also woke up Chiaotzu for him to stand up as well. "You really want to go through with this Krillin!? We can counter your Kamehameha with our own attacks!" Yamcha told hm.
"Ka...me..."
"I don't know what he's thinking. How can he expect to overpower all three of us at once?" Yamcha cupped his hands. "Ka...me..."
Chiaotzu began to charge up energy in his finger. "Dodon..."
The ki in between Krillin's hands grew larger, as did the ki in Yamcha's. "Ha...me..." they both said.
Tien formed a diamond shape with his fingers, and aimed at Krillin. He made sure to not use too much energy so he wouldn't kill Krillin, or himself. "Tri-Beam..."
"HAAAAA!" Krillin, Yamcha, and Tien all yelled.
"Ray!" Chiaotzu yelled.
Large beams of energy came out of the hands (or in Chiaotzu's case, finger) from all four of them. Krillin's Kamehameha heading towards the combined attacks of Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu.
"You can't over power our attacks combined Krillin!" Yamcha yelled.
Krillin was well aware of that. Honestly, Tien's Tri-Beam alone would probably be enough to overpower his attack. "Here goes nothing!" Krillin jerked his hands to the side, causing his entire blast to bend. "I'm not aiming for you guys!"
His wave of energy hit the island that the three were standing on. The island exploded, blasting Tien, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu upwards, before they all fell into the sea. Unfortunately for Krillin, their attacks still reached him. Krillin began to block. "GYAAAAAAHHHHH!" A huge explosion occured. When the dust cleared up, Krillin was panting in exhaustion, clothes tattered, and he barely had enough energy to fly.
"Yo-you guys... had enough yet?!" Krillin asked in between breaths. There was no response from them. "Uh...guys?" Still no response. Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu began to sink into the sea. "Uh-Oh."
All four of them were lying down on a grassy plain. Tien, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu were still coughing up water. "You didn't have to nearly drown us you know." Yamcha told Krillin.
"I saved you guys didn't I?" Krillin replied. "So anyway, are you guys ready to fight again soon?"
"We didn't bring any senzu's with us Krillin. We'll need way more time to rest, including you." Tien told him.
"I know, I know. But I need to get stronger quickly to get her to accept. I guess I'm rushing."
"Accept what?" A voice asked. Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu all looked up and noticed that Piccolo was hovering in the air.
"Piccolo? What are you doing here?" Yamcha asked.
Piccolo hovered down to where Krillin was. "You've been pushing yourself too hard over the past couple of days."
"Huh? Wh-what are you talking about?" Krillin asked.
"Gohan and Bulma are worried about you. They told me that you've been picking fights with anybody you can. You've been training at 100 times normal gravity every night. And you've barely been getting any sleep."
"Actually, he chickened out when we asked if he was going to fight Vegeta yesterday." Chiaotzu said.
"You don't have to tell him that!"
"This is about #18, isn't it?" Piccolo asked.
"Well...yeah." Krillin admitted.
"You want to do what?" Android #18 asked Krillin.
"I want to m-m-marry you." Krillin told her.
"First of all, it's barely been a year since we met each other. Second of all, we never even went on a date. You're really jumping the gun. Finally, what makes you think I'd say yes?"
"I-I don't know. I just really like you so I..."
"It was pretty obvious that you liked me. That doesn't mean I like you." 18 told him. Krillin said nothing, but was clearly upset. 18 sighed. "You know what, fine. I will marry you."
Krillin got excited. "Really?! Tha-!"
"On one condition." Android 18 interrupted. "You'll have to fight me for it."
"So I've been training non-stop the past month so I can stand a chance against her when we fight." Krillin told Piccolo.
Piccolo closed his eyes, saying nothing for a few seconds. He then opened them. "Frieza."
"Wh-what?"
"You're about as strong as Frieza was when he was in his third form."
"Really? That's great!" Yamcha yelled.
"No. It really isn't." Tien told him.
"Vegeta and Trunks were way stronger than that when they fought 18, and they stood no chance against her." Krillin said.
"That's why I'm telling you to give up on your training. There's no way you'll be stronger than 18. And you'll die from exhaustion if you push yourself too hard." Piccolo said.
Krillin hung his head. "You're right Piccolo. But I can't help myself. I love her."
Piccolo turned around. "If you want to keep training like this, go ahead. You can die for all I care. I only came to warn you because Gohan asked me to." Piccolo flew away.
"Good to know that Piccolo's still Mr. Sunshine." Yamcha said.
"Don't listen to what he says Krillin." Chiaotzu said. "You can beat 18 in a fight if you keep getting stronger. I know it!"
"Thanks Chiaotzu. But I don't think Piccolo wants me to give up."
"What are you talking about?" Yamcha asked.
"He pretty clearly told you to give up." Tien told Krillin.
"He told me to give up on how I've been training. He said I'll never be stronger than 18. But I'm pretty sure he has something else in mind." Krillin said.
"I'm still confused." Yamcha said.
"Don't worry about it." Krillin flew up into the air. A few minutes later, he arrived at the lookout high in the sky. Krillin saw Mr. Popo watering plants, and Piccolo meditating. "Hey Mr. Popo." Krillin said.
"Hello Krillin. Piccolo told me to expect you."
"He did? So I was right then!" Krillin turned to Piccolo. "Training with you is the best way to beat 18 isn't it?"
Piccolo stood up. "Good to know that you realized what I meant. But I'm not just going to be your sparring partner like the others were. I'm going to be teaching you."
"And I'll be glad to help you." Mr. Popo said.
Krillin nodded. "Alright then. I'm ready to start."