Trials of a Saiyan
Dragon Ball Z © belongs to Akira Toriyama
Chapter 2: The Training Begins
A\N: This chapter may move a little fast (or slow) but I think it's pretty good.
As the night passed Gohan tried to get more information out of Kinoko. But much to his dismay she wouldn't open up. He began to tell her about his past adventures with the Z gang and told her about everyone in the group. Kinoko only half listened to Gohan. His stories were interesting but she didn't feel like responding. Seeing he was getting nowhere with Kinoko, Gohan decided to get some sleep. He offered her his bed but she said she'd much rather stay on the ground.
From time to time in the night Gohan would wake up to make sure Kinoko was still there. At first she wouldn't sleep. She only sat on the ground with her back against the wall and her knees to her chest. He would catch her staring at the ground or out the window with a serious look on her face. She almost looked worried about something. But of course if he asked, he knew she wouldn't respond. Sooner or later, she ended up falling asleep.
When morning came about, Kinoko was awoken by the sound of a whine. She rubbed the sleep away from her eyes and looked up to Gohan who was still asleep. She heard the whining sound again and a repeated tap on the door.
"What is that?" She mumbled.
She had never heard a sound like that before. She bit her lip a bit in curiosity as she stared at the doorknob. What if it was ChiChi? Kinoko was secretly rational, and she understood Gohan wanting to keep her a secret from his mother. Especially after he explained ChiChi's thoughts on training. But this noise, it kept repeating. Also the same tap hit the door over and over again. Kinoko quietly stood up and walked closer to the door. She placed her hand on the shiny doorknob and turned it silently. She pulled the door open slowly which caused a creaking sound to mix in with the silence of the home. She opened the door all the way and didn't see anything besides the dark hallway. She took a step out and looked around.
"I could've sworn I heard-."
A small giggling sound from below her caught her attention. She felt her eyes widen a bit when she took notice of a small baby smiling up at her and giggling. She could see the tear stains on his cheeks but she also noticed his strange hair and furry brown tail wagging happily.
A\N; Goten and Trunks (including M. Trunks) will have their tails in this story.
"Another Saiyan?"
Baby Goten giggled louder and reached his arm up towards Kinoko. She only stared at him with an eyebrow slightly cocked. Gohan didn't mention anything to her about a little brother. Goten's wide smile began to fade away seeing that Kinoko wouldn't pick him up. His bottom lip began to tremble and a few tears flowed from his eyes down his cheeks.
"Saiyans don't cry brat." She stated to the baby.
He stared at her for a second before he began to wail loudly. At the sound of this Gohan jumped up. He looked to Kinoko then down to his baby brother. He gasped, realizing ChiChi could hear this and wake up. He ran over and picked up Goten trying to hush him. He then looked to Kinoko.
"What happened, Kinoko?"
Kinoko shrugged, "I told him to not be a weakling."
"But, why did you leave the room? Where did you find him?"
She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "I answer to no one."
As he was going to respond, another voice came into the conversation.
"Gohan, what's wrong with Goten?" ChiChi asked.
Gohan gasped at the sound of his mothers voice. Kinoko's glance was back to Goten.
"Kinoko hide!" Gohan yelled in a whisper.
She looked at him confused, "huh?"
Gohan knew he would regret his next move but he had no choice. He pushed Kinoko into his room quickly and slammed the door shut. Just as he did, ChiChi walked forwards to
her sons.
"My, what a wonderful sight seeing my two boys getting along."
Chuckling nervously, Gohan nodded.
"I always get along with Goten mom."
ChiChi rose an eyebrow from his tone of voice. Gohan was not a good liar and she knew her son perfectly well.
"Are you alright, Gohan?"
He nodded quickly, "never better. Right Goten?"
Said baby began to laugh and clap his hands.
"Kin! Kin!" He babbled.
Gohan's eyes widened and he laughed nervously again.
"Kin? What's a Kin, Goten?" He asked nervously.
ChiChi laughed a bit, "oh Gohan he's a baby. He makes silly noises all the time. Could you watch him as I make breakfast?"
Gohan nodded in acceptance and ran back into his room while Kinoko glared at him.
He chuckled nervously, "Sorry."
...
After breakfast, Gohan found a way to get out of his home so he could train. Currently, Kinoko and himself we're in the middle of the woods and he was seeing how well she could fight. Kinoko growled in irritation when Gohan kept dodging every hit she sent towards him with ease.
"Why can't I land one damn blow on this half-breed!?" She yelled.
Gohan fazed out of sight and appeared above her making her confused.
"STOP RUNNING AND COME OUT TO FIGHT!" Demanded Kinoko.
She growled again for the same reason as before. She looked around for him.
"Where did you go?!"
Gohan chuckled lightly to himself as he looked down to her. Kinoko still had a lot to learn before she became a Super Saiyan.
"I SAID STOP RUNNING AND FIGHT ME!" She demanded.
Gohan began to laugh, "Up here." He informed.
Kinoko looked up and narrowed her eyes. She blasted up in the air and restarted her attack on Gohan. She aimed for punches on his face which he easily dodged.
"Well I can't fight if you don't hit me Kinoko." He teased.
Her left eye twitched signaling frustration. She didn't think he'd be this fast.
"Stop toying with me and fight!"
Gohan laughed and began to fly away.
"You gotta catch me first."
"This is not a game!" she yelled. "Now attack me!"
Kinoko prepared a blast in her hand and aimed it at Gohan. When he ducked out of the way she growled again and shot multiple Ki blasts. Gohan laughed a little. She clenched her teeth in anger and her face turned red.
"Is this some sort of game for you half-breed!? FIGHT BACK! I won't become a Super Saiyan if you don't stop being so playfull!"
The smile on Gohan's face slowly faded away. He remembered saying something like that to his father back when they trained in the hyperbolic time chamber. He landed on the ground and Kinoko landed in front of him.
"I just wanted to see what you could do, so I know where to set the limit."
She stomped closer towards him and poked his chest.
"Training has no limits! Super Saiyans don't have limits do they?!" She yelled.
Gohan looked down at her angered face. A smirk crossed his features.
"Fine Kinoko, you asked for it."
She smirked back at him and then flipped back into a fighting stance. She moved some hair away from her face and nodded.
"Bring it on half-breed."
Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan and rushed at Kinoko. She ducked all his hits at first but quickly she learned that she wasn't ready to be battling a Super Saiyan Gohan. He was stronger then all of Cooler's henchmen combined. She was willing to hold her own pretty well but that was until Gohan kicked her through a tree.
The impact from the kick was indescribable for Kinoko to say the least. It hurt more then any hit she had ever received. She shut her eyes for a brief moment trying to wash down the pain without Gohan seeing it.
Maybe she didn't know exactly who she was dealing with here.
Gohan hurried over to Kinoko, back in his base form, and helped her sit up.
"Are you alright, Kinoko?" Gohan asked.
She opened one eye to glare at him. She pulled herself away and tried to assault him but only ended up on the verge of falling. Gohan caught her and sat her down making her growl lightly. She didn't really like receiving help. He sat down next to her and smiled.
"I think this is a good time for a little break." He stated.
Kinoko angrily glared at the ground.
"You know, I thought I was strong before...But I can't even become a DAMN SUPER SAIYAN!"
She punched the ground creating a hole in it. Gohan moved back a bit when he sensed her energy begin to rise.
"Kinoko, you are very strong. But becoming a Super Saiyan isn't easy."
She looked at him for a brief moment.
"You make it look easy."
He shrugged, "that's cause I can control it, but we both know you can do it. My father told me that power comes in response to a need, not a desire. You need to find that need."
She looked back down to the ground and pulled her knees back to her chest.
"I've needed it plenty of times before." She mumbled.
Gohan looked at her curiously.
"What do you mean?"
She shook her head and rested her chin on her knees. "Nothing..."
"Kinoko, if you really want to become a Super Saiyan another tip that can help is to think of moments in your life when you've felt like you've let everyone down..."
Kinoko turned her head to the side and shut her eyes as Gohan kept on talking.
*Flashback*
A six year old Kinoko grunted as she tried to push herself off the ground. She had just came back from a planet purge. Unfortunately she didn't follow orders. And now, she would be paying for it. Coolers henchmen, Salza and Neiz, made sure Kinoko wouldn't disobey again.
"Oh, look Salza! The little monkey can't get up." Neiz laughed.
A smirk appeared on his face.
"Lord Cooler won't be too happy to see that you've been blinded from your left eye, will he now?"
He grasped her cheeks with one hand and held her up.
"And here I thought you were much more behaved like your father, but you're just like your mother. More stubborn then anyone and you don't want to end up the way she did do you?"
Kinoko bit her bottom lip and clenched up her fist which was beginning to draw blood. The thought of the way, Zuki and Kabo, her parents died just made her blood boil.
"It wasn't their fault they died." She mumbled.
He tossed her back on the ground carelessly. Kinoko began to stand up only to get pushed back down by Neiz.
"But it will be yours if you against Lord Coolers wishes again!"
Kinoko growled lightly, "I did what he wanted...the entire planet is gone..."
Salza squat down and glared at her.
"Not the way he wanted it. You'll be lucky if Lord Cooler will still keep you around after this little incident. A semi blinded Saiyan is even more worthless then a regular Saiyan."
Kinoko kept her glance to the ground.
"再び猿に背くはありません
Futatabi saru ni somuku wa arimasen, do not disobey again monkey!" The man of 7,000 languages said.
They walked out of the room leaving the angered Saiyan child. Kinoko's body twitched in anger. But in order to stay alive she had to obey. She pushed herself up once more and touched the new scar on her face. That planet she had purged had a very strong defender. One who fought for their planets freedom until Kinoko killed him and the rest of his people. Of course Kinoko didn't care though. She was kinda happy she didn't do exactly what Cooler ordered. But she still needed to live.
It was the first and last time until his death that Kinoko disobeyed Cooler.
*End Flashback*
"Kinoko? Kin? Kinoko?" Gohan said and waved a hand in front of her face.
She gasped back into the moment and looked at Gohan. He rose an eyebrow.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
She nodded and rubbed her palm against her forehead.
"Just fine..." She whispered.
"Alright, we better be headed back home."
Kinoko rolled her eyes.
"I don't want to be trapped in your bedroom, Gohan."
He stood up and laughed.
"I'm sorry, but I can't leave you out here and I can't let my mom know about you just yet."
Kinoko sighed and stood up leaving a headband she had wrapped around her wrist behind. Gohan picked it up.
"Hey Kinoko, you left this here."
She turned around and snatched it out of his hand.
"Don't touch that!" She yelled.
"Well what it is?" He asked.
Kinoko stared at it for a moment. It was a purple and blue headband with meaning to her.
A/N; you will all know soon.
"It's none of your business..." She muttered.
Gohan rubbed the back of his head and smiled. He's gotten used to her keeping things secret.
"Well alright, let's get going."
Gohan took off and Kinoko looked at the headband once more. She wrapped it around her wrist securely and took off after Gohan.
...
When they got to his house Kinoko groaned in boredom.
"Why do you do this?" She asked.
He was sitting on his desk doing homework which annoyed Kinoko. She'd much rather be out training with him.
"I sorta have to." He admitted.
Kinoko frowned and plopped down on the ground.
"But I'm bored. And I know you are too, let's go train!"
He chuckled a bit, "I'll see if we can go later but I really need to finish this. It's for my mom. If she wants me to become a scholar I'll do it for her."
Kinoko started messing with her fingers. She knew that if she had her mother she'd be doing whatever she said.
"Alright...but I'm still bored."
He turned around and smiled at her.
"Okay, here."
He handed her a book which made her raise an eyebrow.
"What's this?"
"If you're bored try reading a book."
She reluctantly took the book and stared at the cover.
"Looks boring." She murmured.
Gohan chuckled. "C'mon just give it a try, Kinoko."
She sighed and opened it up beginning to read it. Back on Cooler's ship she was taught to read. He didn't want 'another stupid Saiyan' or so he said in his words. After a while Kinoko seemed to be getting interested in it. Of course there were some words she wouldn't know and she would ask Gohan what they meant. She closed up the huge book he handed her and looked to him.
"I need to use the bathroom."
Gohan's eyes widened and he looked at her.
"Seriously?"
"I don't store pee in my feet!"
He smiled a bit and nodded.
"Right... Okay um... Just wait one second."
He ran out the door and looked in the hall. He could sense ChiChi downstairs so he decided it would be alright. He led Kinoko to the bathroom and waited outside the door hoping she would be quick.
"Gohan, are you up there?" ChiChi called.
Gohan gasped, "oh no!"
ChiChi made her way up the stairs and raised an eyebrow at him.
"What are you doing, Gohan?"
He smiled nervously, "I'm gonna use the bathroom..."
Goten crawled up behind ChiChi and sat up.
"Kin! Kin!" He cheered.
ChiChi smiled, "he's been saying that all day. Now Gohan could you please move."
As he was about to respond to his mother the doorknob on the bathroom began to move. Gohan gasped and grasped it making sure Kinoko wouldn't show herself. Kinoko shook the doorknob but it wouldn't let her out. She began to tap on the door making Gohan sigh. ChiChi looked at him strangely.
"Who's in the bathroom?"
"N-nobody..."
"Gohan let me out! What are you doing?!" Kinoko yelled.
Goten smiled upon hearing the voice. "Kin! Kin! Kin!"
ChiChi placed her fist on her hips.
"Gohan!"
He frowned and opened up the door exposing Kinoko to ChiChi. The two of them stared at each other strangely and Goten began to laugh and clap his hands.
"Kin!"
ChiChi looked back at Goten, then to Gohan, who was nervously frowning, and then to Kinoko who was trying her best not to look so Saiyan. ChiChi looked at her tail then gasped.
"NOT ANOTHER ONE!"
With that said she ended up fainting and Gohan smiled nervously.
"Kinoko id like you to meet my mother, ChiChi."
Kinoko chuckled, "hm. I like her."
Well what did you think? I hope you all liked it and thanks for all the support it means a lot to me.
Next Chapter: Mirai Trunks returns from the future.
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