Chapter 10: King Kia
Goku and Tien were running. They had long since forgotten when they had started and were beginning to think that would never reach King Kia's planet. They kept pressing on hoping that they would eventually see some kind of sign of the end of Snakeway but to no avail.
"Hey…Goku." Tien said through gasps. "Are…are you getting tired yet?"
"Of…of course not." Goku said through gasps. "Anyways…if we keep…keep going…then we'll get there sooner." Tien just smiled, Goku was always pushing himself to the very edge of his limits and if it wasn't for that keep going attitude then Tien wouldn't be nearly as far as he was on Snakeway. Tien allowed himself to zone out and started to imagine what it would be like training with a deity. He wondered what he looked like. Was he going to be huge like King Yemma or would he be around their size like Kami? What would his personality be like? He was a god so he was probably going to have a very calm and serious way about him. What would the training be like. His mind was running through a million different scenarios of training possibilities.
"Ow!" Goku screamed. He had stopped running and Tien, lost in thought, had slammed into him running at full speed.
"Goku why did you stop?" Tien asked rubbing his jaw; it had just slammed into Goku's elbow.
"There's nowhere else to run. We're at the end." Goku said. Tien looked and saw that the road had just stopped.
"But there's nothing here Goku. I thought that there would be some kind of castle or grounds or something like that." Tien said.
"I don't know, I thought that too." Goku replied as he looked around. The both started looking everywhere until finally Tien said.
"Goku look up there, I think that's it." Tien was pointing up. Goku looked up, squinting his eyes and there he saw a small, barely visible planet.
"I think you're right Tien, let's go check it out." Goku said. They both flew up towards the planet excitedly. They both had huge smiles on their faces. It had been many months since they had started this journey and finally all their perseverance had paid off. They would finally be able to receive what was supposed to be the ultimate training that they would ever get. As they approached the planet, they both looked at each other with huge grins but then all of a sudden their grins dropped as they came crashing into the planet.
"Holy shit Goku, the gravity here is unreal." Tien said as he tried to push himself up.
"I know, how could anyone live here?" Goku asked as he got up to his hands and knees. They both shock violently as they struggled to their feet. They looked around and saw a small house with a car next to it. There was an apple tree in front of the house and a seemingly unnecessary road that appeared to run the entire length of the planet.
"Goku I think it's safe to say that whoever this King Kia guy is, that he is strong." Tien said. Goku just nodded. It was hard to even talk on this planet. All of a sudden a monkey came running around the corner and came straight up to Goku and Tien. Goku and Tien just looked at each other.
"Is this King Kia?" Goku asked.
"I don't know Goku, but it looks like he's moving around just fine in this gravity so he might be." Tien responded.
"Excuse me but are you the great King Kia." Goku asked. The monkey just made noises.
"We have traveled a great distance to receive your training. Will you allow us this great honor?" Goku asked. The monkey made more noises then started dancing. Goku and Tien looked at each other again.
"What's he doing?" Goku asked.
"Think about it Goku moving like that on this planet will be very difficult. It will probably make us much stronger." Tien responded.
"Your right Tien let's do it." Goku said. He then followed the monkey and started mimicking his movements. Tien followed and the three of them walked in a line throwing their arms in the air.
Inside the house a short, fat, blue man with antennas watered his plant. He looked outside his window and saw that his pet monkey, Bubbles, was dancing with two unknown people following him and mimicking his moves. He started giggling to himself. He allowed the two to continue dancing for a couple minutes before he decided to go see what they were doing. He walked outside and stood outside his house.
"I've heard of monkey see monkey do but I've never heard of see monkey do monkey." He said giggling. Goku and Tien stopped and looked over. Tien blushed instantly realizing his mistake but Goku looked dumbfounded.
"Who are you?" Goku asked.
"I'm King Kia. I see you met my pet Bubbles. Who are you two?" King Kia asked.
"Oh I thought the monkey was you." Goku said laughing. "I'm Goku."
"And I'm Tien we've have traveled down Snakeway in hopes of receiving your training." Tien said.
"Well I don't take just anyone as a student so I don't know." King Kia responded.
"But please sir, our home planet is in dire threat and you are our only hope." Tien pleaded.
"Hmm, where are you two from?" King Kia asked.
"We're from Earth." Goku said.
"You two are from Earth? That's impressive. Do you two realize that you are on a planet that has ten times the gravity of your Planet? You two should've been crushed the moment you landed on this planet." King Kia explained.
"No wonder we can hardly move." Tien said out loud.
"So how did you two learn of me?" King Kia asked.
"Well Earth was attacked by a Saiyan. We were able to defeat him but now there's two others on their way and they're more powerful than the one that attacked us originally. Well we both died in the battle but our planet's guardian, Kami, met us in otherworld and told us about you. He asked King Yemma to allow us to travel down Snakeway to reach you and receive your special training." Goku explained.
"Hmm, well Yemma should've contacted me and asked me before just sending you two down." King Kia said. "Well I have a very strict policy on who I will train."
"Whatever it is we'll do it. No matter how difficult or dangerous the task is. It is vital that we get this training." Tien said seriously.
"Well…okay. If you two wish to receive my training you must do one thing, but it will be difficult." King Kia said.
"We'll do it." Goku said pounding his fist into his hand.
"Yeah just tell us what to do." Tien said also pounding his fist.
"You two…must…make...me…LAUGH!" King Kia said. They both fell over.
"Are you serious?" Tien asked as he got back up.
"Oh, I'm very serious. I refuse to train anyone without a sense of humor." King Kia said with a stern look. Goku and Tien looked at each other and started speaking to each other quietly.
"What do you think Goku? I'm not a funny person I don't think I can make him laugh." Tien said looking over to the deity.
"Come on Tien how hard can it be? Look I'll do it first and loosen him up." Goku responded. Goku looked back at King Kia.
"So King Kia did you know I am a Saiyan?" Goku asked.
"No I didn't that's very interesting." King Kia responded.
"So my wife doesn't like me fighting that much. I asked her if I could go to a tournament and she said absolutely not. I explained to her that I love fighting and all she said was that I need to stay home and help take care of our son. I looked at her and said 'Come on I'm just Saiyan.'" Goku said. King Kia just looked at him plainly. All of a sudden he grunted. He put his hands up to his mouth to try and hold back his laughter but it didn't work. All of a sudden he was breaking out into a hysterical laughter. He fell down and rolled around not being able to control himself.
"Ha ha ha, he said 'I'm just Saiyan" it's like saying but Saiyans love to fight so asking to fight by saying I'm just Saiyan, ha ha ha." King Kia lost what he was saying in a fit of laughter as he pounded his fist into the ground. After laughing for a couple minutes he finally got control of himself.
"Okay, okay you pass." He said wiping a tear away from his eye. "So Tien what do you have?" Tien just stared. He didn't know what to say. All his life was a serious man. It was never in him to make someone laugh. He thought hard, the pressure was building. The fate of the entire world was resting on him coming up with just one joke.
"All right King Kia!" Tien shouted. "How about this?! Why didn't the chicken cross the road?! Because he was to scared!" Goku had never seen Tien look so serious before.
"Did you get that?!" Tien continued to shout. "Because he was to scared!" King Kia looked a little taken back from the seriousness of Tien but just like when Goku told his joke King Kia failed at trying to hold back a fit of laughter.
"Ha ha ha, the chicken was too scared, ha ha ha." King Kia was again on the ground pounding it and laughing. After another fit of laughter King Kia picked himself up.
"That was great Tien, you should become a comedian." King Kia said. Tien let a small smile form; he had never made someone laugh before.
"So will you train us?" Tien asked with seriousness returning to his face.
"After two golden jokes like that, of course!" King Kia exclaimed. Tien and Goku felt so relieved.
"Awesome" They both said high fiving each other.
"So what do we have to do?" Goku asked.
"Well you two have already met Bubbles." King Kia said indicating at his monkey. "Well the first thing you must do is catch him."
"Catch a monkey but how will that help us?" Goku asked.
"Well before I can train you two, you must be able to move freely in this gravity and I think you'll come to find that Bubbles will be much more difficult to catch than you realize." King Kia said.
"Well if that's what we have to do then let's do it." Tien said.
"Alright if you think you're ready, Bubbles go." King Kia said. Bubbles started running away and Goku and Tien took off after him. They both fell over as they tried to take off running. King Kia just started laughing.
"Well you guys have fun." He said as he walked over to a hammock and laid down. They both struggled back up to their feet. They were now beginning to realize how difficult this was going to be. Before they can even attempt to start running they were going to have to figure out how to balance in this new gravity. They began jogging towards Bubbles who sat there clapping seemingly having the time of his life. Tien was jogging faster than Goku but as soon as he reached Bubbles, he took off running and Tien slammed into the ground. Goku passed Tien on the ground and went after Bubbles, who was again standing there waiting for them but he, like Tien, ended up slamming on the ground. Goku sat up and thought for a moment. He then took off his boots wrist guards and his shirt, each one slamming into the ground. Tien just looked shocked. King Kia's eyebrows raised.
"Goku have you been wearing your weighted clothes this entire time?" Tien asked.
"Yeah this feels a lot better." Goku responded.
"Hey Goku I want you to put those clothes back on." King Kia said walking over to Goku and Tien. "And Tien I want you to start wearing weighted clothes so…" He then pointed his antennas toward Tien and some weighted clothes appeared on Tien. Tien dropped as soon as the clothes materialized on him.
"How do you expect me to move with these on?" Tien asked.
"I hate to tell you guys but these Saiyans that you are worried about are from a planet with this same gravity. So if you want any hope in beating them then you're going to have to get use to this gravity real fast and the weighted clothes will help dramatically." King Kia explained. Goku and Tien allowed what King Kia said to process. The reality of their situation was beginning to sink in as they realized how useless they would be in a fight if the gravity was like this. Goku immediately put his weighted clothing back on and Tien pushed himself off the ground with all of his might. Tien was only able to walk but he pushed on moving directly towards Bubbles. Goku was still able to lightly jog but with the weighted clothing back on he couldn't move that fast.
King Kia went back to his hammock and laid down. He allowed his senses to reach across the vastness of the north quadrant of the galaxy. Eventually he felt Saiyan energy and allowed visions of the surrounding area to fill his head. There he saw three different Saiyan pods flying. He could feel each one's energy, all three vastly greater than his own.
'Oh boy, I don't think these two realize the direness of the situation. These are some of the most powerful Saiyans to have ever existed.' King Kia thought. He looked at the two warriors from Earth.
"Hey you guys how many Saiyans did you say were on their way to Earth?" King Kia shouted.
"Two, why?" Goku shouted back.
"Oh no reason, just curious." King Kia replied.
'I'll wait to tell them until their real training begins. No need to worry them yet.' King Kia thought to himself.
And so the weeks passed on. King Kia watched as Goku and Tien struggled to master the simple task of being able to move freely on his planet. Slowly they began getting faster and more nimble, eventually being able to keep up with Bubbles. After some more time they both managed to catch Bubbles. Their next task was to hit King Kia's friend Gregory with a gigantic mallet. After another couple weeks of running around they both managed to hit Gregory with the mallet and were happy to learn that they would finally begin learning directly from King Kia.
"I am very impressed at your two's progress these last couple months. You've managed to pass both tests of strength required to be able to learn my techniques. Now I must warn you everything you two have done up to this point has been easy compared to what you will be doing from this point on so I'm going to require that you two take this day to rest and allow yourselves to recover. Tomorrow we shall begin." King Kia told them.
"Okay if you say so." Goku replied, and then his stomach growled. "Do you think that we could eat something, I'm starving."
"Of course I'll whip something up." King Kia replied. The three of them walked into King Kia's home and went to the kitchen. King Kia began preparing a number of different items preparing for Goku's unnatural appetite. As King Kia cooked dinner Goku and Tien sat at the table discussing their new physical ability. Tien also started explaining to Goku the principle behind his tri beam attack since they now had some free time to spare; he hadn't forgotten his promise to teach Goku how to use his technique on Snakeway. After some time King Kia began placing a variety of different dishes on the table. Instantly Goku's mouth started watering at the smell of the freshly prepared food.
"Dig in boys; you're going to need a good meal for tomorrows training." King Kia told them. Goku didn't need told twice as he instantly started stacking his plate sky high with all the different food that King Kia had made them. Tien also started filling his plate but not nearly as much as Goku's. King Kia drank his tea as he watched his pupils as they began devouring all the food in front of them. He learned early on to not even try to eat while Goku was because he wouldn't get much before it was gone so he ate on his own when Goku slept.
Tien and Goku both finished all their food and simultaneously leaned back in their chairs and patted their bellies.
"Man that was delicious. Thanks King Kia." Goku said as he belched.
"Yes it was very good; thank you." Tien said as he rubbed his stomach.
"I'm glad you two enjoyed it." King Kia replied, then he continued. "Now there's something I need to discuss with you two. It's about the Saiyans on their way to your planet." He said with a more serious look on his face. Goku and Tien instantly sat up straight and looked at him with full attention.
"Well after you two first arrived on my planet and told me what had happened I decided to check in on the Saiyans to assess the situation and I have some bad news for you." King Kia told them.
"What kind of bad news?" Tien asked.
"Well first off there are three of them on their way to Earth, not two. And secondly these Saiyans are some of the most powerful Saiyans to have ever existed. In fact two of them are vastly more powerful than myself. Now the good news is that I know exactly how long it'll take them to reach Earth and it should be plenty of time to get you two ready to face them but you're going to have to work extremely hard to get strong enough." King Kia explained to them.
"No problem we're used to working hard." Goku said.
"Yeah when the time comes, we'll crush these Saiyans and show them that we're no pushovers." Tien said while pounding his fist into his palm.
"Good, with attitudes like that you two just might be able to pull this off. Well you two need to get to bed; I plan on making your life's hell tomorrow." King Kia said chuckling as he walked towards his room. Goku and Tien stood up and walked towards King Kia's spare room that they had been sleeping in. They both laid down and fell asleep rather quickly.
Bang, bang, bang! Goku and Tien sat up rather quickly, alarmed at the sudden noise that woke them up. They then realized it was just King Kia banging two trash can lids together.
"Good morning boys. Are you ready for your training to begin?" King Kia said while laughing. Goku just laid back down.
"Just give me five more minutes. I was having a wonderful dream that I was at an all you can eat buffet." Goku said while yawning. King Kia walked over to Goku and smacked him across the head.
"Get up. You've had enough time to sleep; now its training time." King Kia said.
"Okay, okay, shezz." Goku said while rubbing his head. Tien jumped out of bed, not wanting to get the same treatment as Goku. They both got dressed and where happy to see that King Kia had prepared them a small breakfast, well small to Goku. To Tien it looked like a buffet. Tien only ate a small portion, not wanting to stuff himself before a full days training but Goku like always, didn't stop eating until all the food was gone. After finishing their meal they followed King Kia outside. They stopped after getting a safe distance away from the house.
"So what will we be doing?" Tien asked.
"Well, first off I want to see how strong you two are, so you two will be sparing with me." King Kia replied.
"Together?" Goku asked.
"No I want to just wipe the floor with you each single handedly. Of course I mean together, either one of you wouldn't last two minutes one on one with me." King Kia told him. Goku and Tien looked at each other and smiled. They both knew each other's moves rather well so working together they would be able to put up a good fight even with King Kia. Goku and Tien both fell into their fighting stances however King Kia just stood there with his hands behind his back.
"Begin" King Kia said.
Both Goku and Tien launched straight towards King Kia. Goku was slightly ahead of Tien and through the first move, a round house kick. King Kia simply leaned back and avoided the hit. Goku then jumped to the side and Tien came straight towards him throwing a bunch of punches which King Kia easily dodged. As Tien continued throwing his punches Goku maneuvered to his back side and threw a knee to his back, however King Kia flew up in the air and the knee strike ended up nailing Tien in the stomach. Tien hunched over in pain.
"Sorry Tien I didn't think he would be fast enough to dodge that." Goku told his friend.
"Come on boys don't tell me that's the best you have." King Kia mocked up in the air. Tien and Goku looked at each other and then back at King Kia. They both flew at him at equal speeds and went to each side of him. The both started throwing punches and kicks at high speed. King Kia looked slightly more focused but still in control as he expertly dodged each punch and kick as it was nothing. Finally he kicked Goku in the chest sending him flying upwards and threw and elbow into Tien's jaw launching him into the ground. Tien slammed into the ground creating a small crater however Goku caught himself, midair and launched right back towards King Kia upper cutting his fist into King Kia's stomach. The blue deity moved with the punch and allowed the momentum to help him flip over Goku and then he threw a kick into Goku's back launching him into the same crater that Tien just created. They both stood up, staring at King Kia. However they both had a huge smile on their faces. They were both warriors and were never discouraged at the sight of a true challenge. In fact it made them better and sharpened their minds, allowing them to come up with new techniques and styles to better handle a fight. Goku and Tien looked at each other and it seemed that they both got on sync with one another. They both started powering up ready to start the fight again. King Kia watched them with curiosity wondering what they would try next. Goku shot up towards King Kia in the sky looking like he was going to throw a punch but he then shot to the side and King Kia was surprised that an energy wave was directly behind him, courtesy of Tien. However Tien was shocked that King Kia just managed to put his hand up and stop the energy wave midair. He then shot it back towards Tien much faster than Tien had launched it at him. However being distracted with Tien's blast he didn't even notice that Goku had gotten behind him. Goku hit King Kia with a kick that sent the deity flying towards the ground. However King Kia caught himself before he ever hit the ground but had a surprised look on his face. Before he realized what happened Tien had shot right towards him a landed a strong knee strike to his side launching him sideways. Goku flew directly towards him and King Kia threw a kick only to have it pass through Goku's after image. Goku came up from the other side but this time King Kia landed a strong elbow strike to his chin.
"Multi-form" Tien shouted and he then split into two people. This time King Kia looked genuinely surprised. He had never seen an attack like that from a mere mortal before. The two Tien's rushed King Kia and started throwing punches and kicks. As King Kia dodged the attacks Goku came flying from directly above with a kick but King Kia shot two energy waves at the two Tiens and moved out of the way. He then kicked Goku, sending him flying. The two Tiens merged back into one. King Kia stood in a defensive stance with a smile.
"Why don't you two take off that weighted clothing and show me what you can really do." King Kia told his pupils. Tien and Goku both smiled as they stripped off the extra weight. After they got off their weighted clothing they then both fell into an offensive stance and launched back towards King Kia; both throwing punches and kicks. Now King Kia looked really serious and couldn't just simply dodge the attacks. He was blocking most of them and throwing attacks of his own, however he was starting to get over powered by the two. He shot backwards forcing the two to follow him. He kicked Tien, sending him flying backwards but Goku hit him with a solid punch. Goku and King Kia started trading punches and King Kia eventually got the best of him launching him away however as soon as he got Goku off of him Tien was back launching a fierce attack on the deity. Unable to shake Tien, King Kia could only bloke his attacks. Then Goku was back on him throwing more punches. Finally Tien punched King Kia into the ground then Goku and Tien both shot up in the air.
"Kamehameha" Goku shouted launching a blue energy beam towards King Kia.
"Tri-beam Ha" Tien shouted at the same time launching a yellow wave. King Kia watched as the two attacks closed in on him.
"Kiaoken" King Kia shouted. He was then enveloped in a red aura of energy. Faster than either one could follow King Kia launched at Tien nailing him in the stomach with a punch. Before either one of them realized what had happened King Kia was above Goku hitting him with a kick launching him towards the ground. Tien fell to the ground unable to move. King Kia's red aura disappeared and he flew to the ground. The fight was over. It took Tien and Goku a few minutes to get back up after the attack.
"How did you do that?" Goku asked.
"Yeah what kind of attack was that?" Tien also asked.
"That my boys is the first thing that I am going to teach you. It's called the kiaoken. The kiaoken is a move that I created. It is a temporary increase in power and can greatly improve your odds in any situation." King Kia explained.
"Wow!" Goku exclaimed "How much stronger can it make you?" He asked.
"Technically speaking you can take it as far as you want but if you're not physically ready for it then the explosion of energy can rip your body to shreds." King Kia explained. Tien and Goku suddenly looked worried at trying to learn a technique that could tear their bodies to shreds.
"So how far have you taken it personally?" Tien asked.
"Well I've never taken it past double my own strength and I wouldn't expect you two to ever be able to make it past that point." King Kia told them. Goku and Tien looked a slightly disappointed at that statement.
"Don't worry, what I just demonstrated was only a quarter increase in my strength and it was more than enough to take you two by surprise." King Kia said sensing the doubt in his two pupils. Goku and Tien looked seemed slightly more hopeful about the technique and with and new fire fueling them in them, they looked ready to learn the difficult technique.
"So let's begin." King Kia said. Their real training had finally begun. Learning the kiaoken was far more difficult than either one realized. The weeks passed and neither one of were able to figure it out. Even Goku, who had a knack for picking up techniques quickly, was having a hard time grasping the concept of the kiaoken. King Kia tried to explain it but it was much simpler on paper than it was to execute. He explained to them that it was like summoning all their natural ki and fusing it with their adrenalin to amplify the ki that they had flowing through their bodies. Finally after months of training Goku finally was able to produce a weak kiaoken. After witnessing Goku pulling of the kiaoken Tien doubled his efforts until he too was able to produce a weak kiaoken. After they figured it out, learning how to control amplitude of the attack was easy. Goku, like always, tried to take it too far. After he took it to a times two level, he tried to take it to a two and a half and he was put out of commission for a week because his body was almost destroyed and he had to recover. During the week Goku recovered Tien was able to catch up to Goku's level in using the kiaoken. Once Goku was fully healed, King Kia allowed him to return to training and after another week of the two mastering the kiaoken, King Kia felt that it was time for them to move on to the next step of training. Tien and Goku were sparring with each other. King Kia walked towards them.
"Alright boys settle down today we'll be starting something new." He told them. The two instantly stopped sparring and looked over at King Kia.
"Awesome, so what are we going to be learning next?" Tien asked. They were both excited at what was coming next. After learning a move as useful as the kiaoken they couldn't even begin to imagine what else King Kia was holding back on them.
"Well if I could have one of you volunteer to help me I'd be more than happy to show you." King Kia told them. Goku and Tien were both a little hesitant, the last time King Kia had demonstrated a move on them, they both were hurting for a good week afterwards. King Kia, sensing the hesitancy in his pupils said.
"Don't worry I'm not going to use the move on you I just need you to throw something so I can show you this next move." Goku stepped up.
"Well if that's all you need then sure." Goku said.
"Good" King Kia replied. He then formed a huge chunk of metal in front of Goku. "Once I tell you I'm ready then I want you wait and throw it whenever you feel like." Goku nodded. King Kia then put his hands up to the sky. At first nothing seemed to happen, he was just standing there but gradually Goku and Tien felt some kind of disturbance the energy around them. It was almost like the energy was flowing like a river. Tien and Goku felt the energy, slowly flowing towards King Kia and noticed that energy was radiating off of him; however it wasn't the same energy that they normally felt off of him. This energy felt more pure, different somehow. Suddenly all of it formed into a small ball that King Kia held.
"Ok I'm ready." King said. Goku waited about 20 seconds then chucked the hunk of metal as hard as he could. King Kia, with his eyes closed, launched the ball and it exploded with wn the Dragon ay more energy than Tien or Goku had expected. After the dust settled King Kia looked at his students.
"Are you two ready to learn my most powerful technique?"
Hey there I'm back. First off, sorry that it took so long to post this chapter it just took me a long time to write. I hope that the extra long chapter makes up for it. Honestley I wasn't to motivated to write it but I felt like it was a nesessary part of the story. Also I was always disappointed that the original DBZ story never showed Goku's real training on King Kia's planet so that's why I wanted to do this chapter. Ayways now that I past the King Kia section I should be back to a more regular schedule. I already have some big plans for the Saiyans arrival and Raditz should be playing a big part in the battle. On a side note for anyone who is interested I have started a new crossover story of Dragon Ball and Star Wars. It will be taking place inbeween the 21st and 22nd World tournament in the Dragon Ball world and 10 years after the fall of the Jedi army in the Star Wars world. I haven't decided if I'll be releasing it chapter by chapter or finnishing it then releasing it. So I'ld love to hear some ideas, maybe let me know some match ups you'ld like to see, possibly Master Roshi vs Yoda? Well that's it for now so again sorry for such a long delay and I'ld love to see some reviews.