"Answer me, Kamitel! What happened to me!?" screamed the boy.
"Those earrings you put on were Potara Earrings... They fuse two peoples' bodies together permanently." responded Kamitel.
"What!? You mean I'm stuck like this forever!?" the boy screamed again.
"Well, there were two people who were able to separate." revealed Kamitel.
"Who were they?" inquired the boy.
"They were two Saiyans known as Vegeta and Kakarot." responded Kamitel.
"I need to find them!" said the boy. "Oh, and also... what do I call myself, now?"
"Your name is now 'Selkara,' since Selken seems to be the dominant of you two." stated Kamitel.
With that, the newly formed Selkara ran out the door into the regular world, and took off towards his house; he had to tell his parents about what happened, and hoped that they would not blame Kamitel for it. Kamitel took off after him, hoping to convince him to come back to train.
Upon arrival at his house, Selkara found the smoking remains of his houses. He could not comprehend what had happened in such a short time; he had only been in the time chamber for 16 hours! How could something have happened in such a short time? Selkara could not comprehend why someone would do this in the first place!
"This is why I was bringing you to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for training, in preparation for something like this happening." said Kamitel.
"Who did this?" demanded Selkara, enraged at the loss of his families.
"Soldiers working under the rule of Kaizer, the ruler of a group of planets known as the Terlan Empire; which has been expanding its grip very close to Earth lately." returned Kamitel.
"But why would they attack me?" demanded Selkara.
"Kaizer believes you might be a threat to him invading the planet, so he thought he'd destroy you before you got any proper training." explained Kamitel.
"This is why I wanted you to train, so you would be ready to fight off his soldiers, guards and even, in time, defeat him." continued Kamitel.
"I want to beat him... no matter what it takes! Let's go, Kamitel, I want to train as hard as possible!" exploded Selkara.
The student and his pupil took off, flying towards the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, both eager to start the training and get stronger. Selkara was anxious to begin training, hoping to avenge his family as soon as possible. He asked how long they would be training.
"We'll be in there for one year, Selkara. It'll only be a day out here, though." said Kamitel.
One year was a long time of training to Selkara, and he didn't know if he could take a whole year inside that place; with its infinitely expanding white landscape. He didn't know how powerful he would become from this training, but he hoped he would become as strong as possible, maybe strong enough to fight Kaizer.
The two arrived at the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and walked inside. Selkara was prepared to spend a whole year here, training near death, with little sleep and rationed food.
"I will make you strong," assured Kamitel. "We will train until you are strong enough, a whole year in here will make you much stronger!"
"I hope." said Selkara.
The two began their training. It was difficult, with the gravity being ten times stronger than that of Earth's just off the edge of the building, but Kamitel said that it got stronger the farther you went out. They trained all hard, sleeping for just 4 hours on most days. Their training was very intense, with Kamitel pushing Selkara to his very limits every day, and every 5 days they would move farther out, the gravity getting more and more intense. Selkara was so tired at the end of the day that he could barely sleep, but he knew he had to press on. He had to avenge his family.
Selkara and Kamitel were training in their eighth month, and Selkara began to be sluggish.
"You need to keep training; Keep pushing yourself!" screamed Kamitel.
"I can't," replied Selkara weakly "I'm too tired!"
"Think of your family! Do you want them to go unavenged? Think of the Earth, it'll be destroyed without you!" yelled Kamitel.
Selkara had completely forgotten about that. He was filled with new energy, and began training harder than he ever had before, moving farther and farther out every day. Soon, he was training under gravity one hundred times the normal gravity of Earth! The food was running low, and the deadline for exit was coming near. Selkara felt that he could take on anyone, with the training that he had received. He felt invincible. With only one month left, Kamitel announced that they had to work on his ki abilities.
"I know it's a little sudden, but you will not be able to beat your opponents just by close combat attacks alone. You will meet strong ki users, whom you would not have a single hope against if you do not have a strong grasp on ki control and attacks." he announced.
They began working on his ki control, which Selkara had always had a bit of trouble with. Eventually, he began to get the hang of it, though. He even started becoming good at it! His confidence grew and grew, and he began to feel like he could easily beat anyone he encountered. He even began to surpass his teacher!
On their last day in the Time Chamber, Kamitel announced that they would be having a final, all out sparring match to test Selkara's abilities. Selkara was confident, yet knew that he would have to be on his constant guard if he wanted to have any hope of defeating his instructor.
They began their match. Kamitel was much faster than Selkara thought, keeping Selkara pressed hard; one slip up would mean a loss. They blocked each other's punches, and dodged at impossible speeds. Selkara saw an opening, and hit as fast as he could straight into Kamitel's stomach. Kamitel dodged and jumped backwards; and shot a large ki blast as soon as he landed. Selkara had to block it! If he didn't, he would surely lose! Selkara raised his hands above his head and concentrated all the ki he could into balls of ki in his hands, and pressed them together, compressing the energy contained. He felt the energy growing, but he knew he couldn't release it yet. With Kamitel's ki blast closing in, he was running out of time; but right when the tension of the power he was compressing was reaching its breaking point; he opened up his hands, allowing it to escape! His blast of energy intercepted Kamitel's in mid air; destroying it while Selkara's ki blast kept going straight to Kamitel. Kamitel tried to dodge, but couldn't in time and got hit by the large blast of energy. Kamitel flew back hundreds of feet, crumpling to the ground after the attack was done. Selkara rushed over to his teacher's side, handing him a bean. His teacher ate it, and was back to normal in no time.
"I guess you won that round, Selkara!" exclaimed Kamitel.
"Yeah, I guess I did!" said Selkara, feeling proud of himself.
They went over to the housing chamber, and took a reading of Selkara's new power level.
"Wow! You have a power level of 85,000! That's not bad, considering you came in here with a power level of 8,000!" cheered Kamitel.
"I really have improved, haven't I? I feel so powerful!" stated Selkara.
"Don't get too cocky, now, as there will be people who serve Kaizer who are much more powerful than that." assured Kamitel.
Kamitel handed him a scouter, telling him to use it to find the people who destroyed his house and harmed his family. Selkara took the scouter and put it on, thanking Kamitel before flying off.
Selkara spent two minutes flying until he saw an arrow appear on his scouter. He flew over to its area, and the scouter directed him toward two people. He read their power levels, and was a little surprised. Only fourty thousand? He thought to himself. This'll be easier than I thought. Selkara flew out to confront the two fighters.
"Hey! I've got a score to settle with you two!" he told them.
"Well, what have we here," said the first one "a little boy who thinks himself a fighter?"
"Yeah, let's show him who he's dealing with!" exclaimed the second.
The two fighters raised their fists, preparing to attack. Selkara braced himself. He had been training for an entire year to prepare for this moment. The fighters rushed him.
The fighting was intense, fists blasting everywhere. The two tried to corner Selkara, but he jumped out of their way at the last moment, dodging to the side and aiming a kick straight at their lower legs. One jumped, the other hadn't been fast enough and fell on his face. Selkara immediately ran over to him and aimed a kick right into his stomach, but was blasted off his feed by a powerful ki blast. Flying back at extreme speeds, he tried to regain control over his momentum and get back into the fight. Selkara was able to fling the ki blast away right as the fighter on the ground regained his footing and began launching himself straight towards Selkara. Selkara sidestepped his attack, landing a hard punch right into the guy's back, sending him flying far. The other fighter looked enraged, and started charging a large ki blast, aimed straight towards Selkara. Selkara began charging his own ki, concentrating on using it blast himself over to the combatant, as he knew he could not match the enemy in a battle of ki control. He concentrated his ki, gathering it all into one place. The enemy had just began to aim his ki blast toward Selkara, but Selkara released all of the ki he had been building up and blasted behind the enemy, forcing his remaining built up ki into launching a kick straight into his back. The enemy went flying for hundreds of feet, before finally crashing into a large mountain, sending cracks up and down the huge piece of rock. There was no sign of movement from either enemy.
Selkara turned to walk away, ready to celebrate his victory, when he heard a voice behind him.
"Now, now, it really isn't nice to go around killing my squad members, is it?" said the voice.
Selkara turned to face it, and saw a large man, equipped with a scouter and gold tinted battle armour, very different from the last enemies he had fought. He looked the man over from head to toe, and decided to check out his power level. Wow. Thought Selkara. He has a power level of over 300,000!Selkara decided that he would need to get away from this new enemy as soon as possible, as he had no hope of taking him on in a fight.
"Who are you?" inquired Selkara.
"My name is Parsei, and I am a Squad Captain in Kaizer's Recon Forces. Who are you?" replied the man.
"My name is Selkara, and those men destroyed my family!" stated Selkara.
"Oh, that is mighty unfortunate... I am sorry to say this, but, whatever your reason; you still killed two of my squad members, and I am going to have to kill you for it" said Parsei, although he didn't sound sorry about it at all.
After saying that, Persei seemed to move instantly to Selkara's side, and he had no time to defend himself! Persei struck Selkara straight in the chest, sending him flying down into the ground. Before Selkara could get back up, Persei was on him again, kicking him and sending him flying again. Selkara felt helpless against this speed. Before Selkara could fly too far, though, Persei was behind him, and sent a powerful punch into his back, sending him flying up high into the sky. Persei appeared behind him again, sending a large ki blast straight into his stomach. Selkara was blasted toward the ground, creating a large crater upon impact; he could not even move a single muscle after he made impact, sure that he was going to die. Persei appeared by his side.
"You're going to die anyway, so I'll just leave you here..." said Persei, flying off right after he was finished.
Selkara couldn't move any of his muscles. He thought he was going to die, lying there. He was so sure of his victory not two minutes ago, but everything had been crushed. He managed to look up and saw Kamitel flying towards him. Selkara felt so relieved; he wouldn't be dying in this desolate wasteland after all!
"Woah, kid, what happened to you?" asked Kamitel as he slipped a bean into Selkara's mouth, restoring Selkara's energy.
Selkara felt relieved to be able to move his arms and legs again. He stood up, and began explaining to his teacher what had happened to him. Kamitel began to look very worried.
"We need to give you more training, but you have to wait a few days before you can go back into the time chamber..." stated Kamitel.
"I feel a bit better now... I don't think I can ever compare to that guy, though. He had a power level of 300,000... What's mine?" asked Selkara.
"Wow! You've improved a lot since your last reading... You have a power level of 175,000!" said Kamitel, astonished.
"How is that possible? How could I have increased my power level so much in such a small amount of time?" asked Selkara.
Selkara remembered what his father had once told him: every time a Saiyan experiences a near-death moment, they become much stronger to cope with it. He figured that this must be what happened to him. He might stand a chance yet if he trained hard enough, and maybe even managed to upgrade himself to a whole new level.
"I need to go seek him out again; I'm the only one who can fight him!" assured Selkara.
"No, you cannot fight him yet! You need more training! Wait a day or two, train one more time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, then I am sure you will be able to best him," returned Kamitel "besides, you really need to work on your ki control, you need to be able to keep your opponents at a distance, yet still be able to attack!"
"That'll take forever to do, though!" complained Selkara.
"Well, you need to learn how to! You will need to use it, battles using ki become much more common as you fight stronger enemies; you will surely be made into your enemy's play thing if you don't know how to use it." said Kamitel.
"Alright, let's start training again." Sighed Selkara
