Chapter 10: Piccolo and the Year of Training Pt. 2
Hanabi stood across from Piccolo, they had flown a bit to a location where they could 'train', Hanabi however was smiling as she slipped into her Jyuukin fighting stance watching the strange green mans movements.
Piccolo's eyes where narrowed slightly as he watched her, her fighting stance was perfect for speed and for defense but he saw vary little offensive power in it, "With a stance like that you can't win a fight, you couldn't do a vary hard strike from that position." He said to her, Leaping forward into a flurry of spinning kicks at her gathering some energy into his hands throwing it at her, "Who are these two coming?" he asked.
Hanabi as the kicks came blocked the spin with one of her own deflecting the energy he had thrown, "They are Vegeta and Nappa, two strong warriors, I sparred with Vegeta before and even with him holding back a whole lot I ended up unconscious after using my best techniques on him." She said spinning shooting her palm forward knocking Piccolo back a few feet, "I never seen Nappa fight, but he's weak compared to Vegeta-sama." She didn't really respect Nappa to much but he had his good points also.
Piccolo was surprised by the force of her palm thrust as he was driven back a few feet by it, she was stronger then she looked, yet he knew as well as she did that they where both holding back, "What do they fight like?" he asked suddenly leaping into an advanced punch combo with as much power as he was able to muster intentionally striking heavy at her left side so he could try to manipulate her defense.
Hanabi spun into an agile flip blocking on the right getting sent back 15 feet each punch she blocked, she wasn't using her energies to hold her down, this was physical training for her, her energy was ready, she spun almost getting hit in the right by a surprise attack, her spinning into a leg sweep following with a upward kick and a palm thrust to the gut, "I don't know, I was with Raditz on the other end of the planet we where on so I never saw them fight, the creatures there that almost killed me and Ni-san didn't even leave a scratch on either of those two, The planet was so infested with bugs that Vegeta simply destroyed the Planet from orbit."
Piccolo was startled by that announcement, in fact he had let his guard slip, to late he realized as he feet where swept out from under him a painful kick hitting him in the jaw sending him upward, suddenly he smirked flying upwards instead of falling back down into her attacks, From the air he smiled at her malice in his eyes as he suddenly started to charge his energy coursing through his body, he wasn't going to hold back, he suddenly shot forward at her throwing 3 massive attack combos, one consisting of 10 strikes and another of 15 blasts.
Hanabi sprang into action as she saw the combo's coming blocking and dodging as best she was able getting hit by 2 of the punches driving her back 12 feet, her lungs on fire from him hitting her in the ribs only to spin dodging 10 of the Ki blasts getting hit by 5 of them, what Piccolo apparently lacked in raw power compared to most he had in brains.
Piccolo smirked his final combo ready, His arm shot forward at her, him about 15 feet away his limb extending in length hitting her over the head with his fist his other arm extending shooting a leg out from under her as she spun to counter his arm, she fell towards the ground piccolo leaping upwards hammer fisting at her his arms extended 15 feet.
Hanabi was caught totally by surprise as the attacks came, there was no way she'd have predicted that trick as she fell to the earth her teeth gritted, as the hammer fist came down she rolled to the side barely avoiding the smashing strike, looking over at the massive chunk of destroyed earth she was glad she had avoided that, she rolled to her feet getting into her Jyuukin stance, "Lets stop holding back." She said to him.
Piccolo was disappointed to say the least, he had agreed to train with her yet at the same time her information had not been vary good, and he could tell that she was telling the truth also, it was about all she knew worth while in a fight, but she was strong, and in spite of being struck a few times didn't show any signs of the hurt like some one else of her age would. "Lets stop holding back." He said to her getting into his own expert stance, she was easily weaker then him he decided, He vanished again moving as fast as he was able to in a flurry of attacks his body gathering energy for his attacks.
Hanabi leaped forward into the attack spinning concentrating her Ki, she relaxed her eyes spotting Piccolo's movements easy enough, a little known fact about the Hyuuga is that there eyes where the best, even without the Byakugan they could see much faster and better then anyone else was able to. She blocked an attack leaping backwards, with how close he was attacking his body wasn't always entirely, she was getting driven back she realized as a punch breached her guard and almost doubled her over, the metallic taste of blood in her mouth, she kept it in her mouth not letting it show, he was now not holding back. Hanabi suddenly flipped away again making some fast seals, "BYAKUGAN!!!" she shouted the veins around her eyes bulging sending chakra and extra blood into her eyes. She leaped forward again, Piccolo's movements where still rather fast but this was interesting.
Piccolo was shocked as her face got a lot harsher looking and her strange eyes seemed to take on a look like cracked stone, he leaped forward again striking at her, both spun Hanabi matching his blows one for one, for every hit he got she was getting one in, He gathered his Ki for one accelerated hit.
Hanabi's stance extended her eyes widening, Piccolo had at least twice as many Tenketsu as a normal person, "DEVINATION 301 PALM STRIKES!!!" she shouted her Byakugan targeting them, Her speed suddenly increased so fast for a moment that she was a blur, Piccolo was standing still in comparison as her fingers flew forward striking and closing Tenketsu after Tenketsu.
Piccolo wasn't however doing nothing, as she attacked his front he noticed a bolder on the cliff over head as his energy was getting cut off he used his Telekinetic to lift the bolder sending it flying right at the back of Hanabi's head.
Hanabi as luck would go against her had her tiny blind spot to the bolder as it flew at her as she was striking, She suddenly forced a massive amount of chakra into her palm striking Piccolo in the center the shockwave of chakra shooting through body, her slamming her head forward to head butt him chakra gathered her leaping forward about to deliver the blow when she noticed the rock to late, she would have dodged, but by the time it was to close for it to remain in her blind spot it was to close to dodge, it slammed into her head her focusing her Ki into her head the rock shattering, her head slamming forward, slamming into Piccolo's head the chakra hitting into Piccolo's skull them both flying downwards, both out cold.
A few hours Piccolo had awoke standing, his head was pounding like he had got a mountain smashed through the foremost parts of his skull, "…the hell is her skull made of…" he muttered, a half of a sentence he didn't complete, on the ground was the girls body, she was out he could tell but she was other then that in great health, in fact her head wasn't even bruised, "Wake up." He ordered her watching Hanabi slowly stand, "So you are wanting to fight the Saiyajins, lets continue training." He said to her.
Days passed for Hanabi as she trained her ass off with Piccolo, his styles where strange and she was learning a lot but she knew she needed to be ready for more, that the ones coming where deadly.
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Hanabi now stood looking across a ravine her eyes closing as she sat down, she missed her family, her Father and Sister and even that rather pompous Neji, "We will meet again." She muttered standing it had been 6 months sense she had met with Piccolo the year was almost over and she had sworn that she'd be ready.
Hanabi outstretched her hands focusing her Ki into the landscape her Chakra and Ki together flowing into the earth and into the tree's her letting out a low growl as the ground under her feet shook the sky seeming to turn, the land around her started to rotate like a Giant 200 foot disk her growl getting louder as she continued the training she had gotten from Piccolo, she after a moment stopped panting continuing her focusing exercises.
Days passed when she arrived back in the normal lands, or what Piccolo seemed to call normal, to her nothing was really normal, "So Piccolo-San where are we flying to?" she asked him. Piccolo looked at her then back forward "Gohan isn't on the Island anymore and I know where he is probably headed." Hanabi nodded, she hadn't known Gohan long at all but she knew the sort of person he was, he was the sort that valued his family and if what Piccolo said what true then he was headed back towards his home, "Alright then, he's actually ready to train?" she asked, Piccolo nodded silently as they flew.
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Gohan had resolved it, it was not time for him to return, he loved his mother and missed her so much, but he had to train, not because he wanted to fight, but because he wanted to save her, and the world, he turned leaving away from the house, he had an interesting trip back from the Island involving windsailing on a handmade raft, then meeting some orphans and finally making it to his house. Gohan turned and left.
Gohan as he walked away suddenly saw Piccolo standing across from him in the forest and standing next to him was that girl, "P-Piccolo… H-Hanabi…" he stuttered, "Gohan, you ready for your training?" Piccolo said to him, Gohan got a focused look and spoke in reply "I-I'm ready!" Hanabi stepped forward Bopping him on the head, "OW WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?!?" he shouted, Hanabi smiled "Don't stutter!" She said to him, Gohan blinked "F-fin…" He started Hanabi glaring back him gulping, "I mean yes Hanabi." The three of them took off to train
Hanabi smiled as she flew, the boy at the moment reminded her ever so slightly of Hinata, he was strong and had amazing potential, yet he was unfocused, they would train and she would be happy to help him learn, she just hope Piccolo saw her as an comrade in battle and not a student of his, after all, they where about even in strength even if he took command in most situations due to his age and super radical temperament and a brow ridge she could not argue with.
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They had arrived in the training area in no time flat and there training moved on, Piccolo handling most of the training against Gohan while she trained herself alone for the most part, Gohan simply amazed her the way he trained with Piccolo continuing to stand and keep fighting and the way he Kept going and going, she herself had managed to train herself also, but there was only so much strength she was able to get training alone, or with the same person over and over again, she felt that at this rate she'd hardly be ready by the time it came to battle the Saiyajins, "Vegeta." She muttered standing remembering the harsh and foul tempered man, yet he was strong and a Pinnacle warrior who loved combat, she wanted to face him most of all.
"Hanabi… you okay Hanabi???" Hanabi suddenly snapped out of her thoughts looking "Huh why wouldn't I be?" she asked him standing, "Well you where trembling and looking off into space, Mom said that that's a bad sign when people do that." Hanabi glared forward "I don't 'tremble' and I wasn't 'staring off into space', lets get back to training." She retorted, "O-okay." He said suddenly yelling out in pain "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!?!?!" he shouted, Hanabi smirked, "No stuttering." He followed her off grumbling under his breath as they continued onwards away from the training area.
Hanabi and Gohan stood across from each other, each in there own fighting pose, Gohan charged at Hanabi who dodged his first few punches blocking the 7th attack spinning out of the way of a kick tossing him sideways leaving Gohan laying there in pain.
Piccolo watched from a ways away smirking slightly, Hanabi seemed to be enjoying it, and it gave him a break to meditate and gather his thoughts for the coming battle, It amazed him, that she was only a year or two older then Gohan yet was as strong as he was but at least she wasn't a complete enemy to them.
"Hanabi-sensei, why don't you allow stuttering at all?" He asked leaping at Hanabi in a flurry of attacks which Hanabi had started Parrying "Because it reminds my of my sister, She is strong and has a lot of potential but has trained herself that she is beneath everyone and stutters unsure of herself, that stuttering is a defense that prevents her from getting stronger faster and has no place in the mouth of a warrior." She said spinning sweeping Gohan's legs out from under him in a Leg sweep, "Be strong in all things you do, Enjoy all things you do, and never have regret in all the things you do!" she commanded as she thrust a kick into his back sending him flying back, "But it hurts!" he said as he rolled away, Hanabi smiled, "The pain tells you that you are still alive, if it disappears in a battle it probably means that you are dieing." She said as they continued to train Gohan attacking her renewed, Hanabi blocking again sending him flying back.
Days passed Hanabi and Piccolo taking turns training Gohan and training with each other while he slept.
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Elsewhere in the Universe
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Hinata looked upwards at the star filled sky, her thoughts where on her sister, "Where are you at?" she asked silently, it had been a long time sense she had last seen Hanabi and despite the fact that they didn't always get along she missed her younger sister, Hinata closed her eyes nodding off to sleep.
Hiashi was also watching the stars, wondering why it had been Hanabi that had been in that single exam, why it had been her taken away from the planet, and yet at the same time he was proud of her, if it wasn't for her Konoha probably would have been destroyed but the relative peace was not going to last he knew…
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Earth
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"So, the years up…" Hanabi muttered looking into the sky, she had been practicing non stop and wondered how ready she was, "…I'm ready, they have to be stopped." She grinned, how she would do against her former comrades and what would they do about her growth in power, her time on earth had showed her what a wonderful planet it was.
Hanabi's eyes rested skywards, she would defeat Nappa, she would fight Vegeta, she knew this yet she felt no fear, only excitement at the prospect.
Hanabi walked away from there, she had some business with the Saiyajin warriors that was her own, they stole her away from her home all but threw her world upside down, yet in her heart she bore them thanks, thanks for the training, thanks for trusting her enough to be there companion, and thanks for the wonderful adventure beyond her imagination, and lastly, thanks for one of them being the brother she never had, even if it was for such a short time.
Step after step Hanabi walked, she wandered towards the sight where Raditz pod had landed a year earlier, time had come, was indeed past due to prove her strength to them, no longer a child away from home, but a Warrior with blood as strong as any Saiyajin.
The sun was setting as Piccolo watched the expression on Hanabi's face at the closing days of there training, every day she grew stronger, more exited, more energetic, the prospect of fighting them only accelerating her, Piccolo was sure she would hold up, but he wasn't sure how Gohan would do against them, he had all the training but he wasn't entirely sure he was ready.
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Otherworld
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Goku ran along snake way, he had to make it to earth, his friends depended on him, without him around they where doomed, his run accelerated faster and faster as he made his way across.
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Elsewhere
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"Hanabi, what are you doing here? You have the gull to fight a Saiyajin? Your out of your league girl, we only took you to perform smaller tasks to small for us to dirty our hands on!!!" Nappa laughed at a blood covered Hanabi while Vegeta watched, there where others there, one on the ground but he didn't see there features, Kakarot ran forward about to intercept her battle, "STAY OUT OF THIS GOKU, THIS IS MY BATTLE!!!" Hanabi shouted, Goku stopping in his tracks looking at the girl who was now on her knees, "I traveled with you because Vegeta chose me, because I was strong enough to warrant an entire planet being spared, I have grown stronger because of my love for battle, and the blood of my brother flows through my veins, I am a HANABI SISTER OF RADITZ, SISTER OF GOKU, PRINCESS OF THE HYUUGA!!!" Hanabi shouted standing to her feet covered in blood a feral smile on her face, her charging forward her Ki and chakra flowing throughout her entire being shredding the vary environment around her as she stood slowly glaring at the Bald Warrior standing to her full height her eyes no longer showing the pain of her wounds, she suddenly shot towards Nappa at deadly speed, "I AM A SAIYAJIN!!!"
Vegeta snapped awake in the pod looking out the window, seeing a red planet pass his view, "What was that?" he muttered as he leaned back in his pod totally relaxing relishing the idea of the upcoming battle on earth, "What was with that dream?" he muttered rubbing his forehead slightly a grin appearing on his face, "I hope this battle isn't disappointing."
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Sorry it took so long for this chapter to come out, but several things happened, My hard drive which held the DBZ series blew out and had to be replaced, I also had to reinstall DBZ onto it, also at the same time some issues have come unto my guild as well.
Rest assured this Fanfic will continue to progress, and even if its slow I will NOT abandon this story, I thank you all for your patience and will try to keep up at least a bearable pace on the fanfic.
Thanks to Vegemarine or however its spelled for his deep and kind reviews and loyal reading, Thanks to my sister for her support and the Cups of Tea the fueled me through the creation of the Fanfic, and thanks to the Maker of DBZ and Funimation and such for there works as well, and Thanks to the maker of Naruto.
I thank Funimation for there help in there translating, I'd have never have grown up and known DBZ if it wasn't for them.
My other fans also I praise.
Next Chapters will cover the Battles with the Saiyajin duo.
Notes:
Many people wonder why I do it Saiyajin and not Saiyan like most people and the answer is that Saiyajin is the original Japanese name for them.
I don't know what exactly Saiya means but Jin it denotive of a people or race, an example is Nekojin which is Neko is Cat Jin is people or person.
That is why that remains that way.
Thanks again, and have a good time.