SSJ2Ivan:
I can't wait for Raditz to come either; already got most of the chapter planned out and in my opinion it'll be something none of you have thought of…or maybe you will ^.~
Givihe:
Most don't remember Dragon Ball and I admit my memory is foggy when it comes to the anime, but that's one of the reasons I'm watching the anime all over again and reading the manga. I wanted to start from the beginning to show how Gine's presence and interactions affects not only Goku, but other characters as well.
Thanks, but I've got DBZ mostly figured out, my main concern will be GT…If you or anyone has any ideas then let me know it'll be greatly appreciated=)
I really love their tails, but something is telling me I might have to say bye to them…at least for a while…that is if I actually do have them removed:-/
Okami Princess:
I remember the feeling of watching Goku leave—again—and then…the end; couldn't stand it. It's not that I hated GT completely; I just didn't like the end…and a few other things…
Tarble was so adorable! Though his wife did catch me by surprise, and I suppose I can alter her image to look more human yet alien like. I actually have an idea for their background story, but I might use some of yours if I can't fill in the gaps. I'll give a kid or two possibly three when they make an appearance.
No I haven't! Thanks for telling me, I've seen the movie with English subtitles but sometimes there wouldn't be any= (
Really want to watch it in English! The movie made me laugh, though at times I couldn't understand what they were saying T_T
QWERTYblues:
I finally had a break from a week of chaos XD
She is Goku's mom and I'm trying to give her similar personality to him. Thought that if one parent is/was dark like Raditz then the other should be cheerful, positive, basically pure hearted=)
Gine's one of the main character's so she'll have a role everywhere, but as her family grows they'll need a part in the story too; this story will have the Son's as the main characters and perhaps Vegeta's too.
thedarkpokemaster:
Raditz only knew his mother for five years, and then he grew up working for the Planet Trade Organization for around twenty years, keep that in mind and we'll see how his reaction will be to seeing his mother alive.
Who said anything about starting a relationship at 14 and 29!? I confess I am a Trunks x Pan fan, but there won't be pedophilia in this fanfiction. That also doesn't mean they won't be a pairing for the future.
Guest 1:
I don't know…I feel like GT should play a part, but I also feel like I should replace it with something else.
Dragon Ball Universal Tour…that's an idea but it's too broad. What about if GT is combined with something else too?
Trunks x Mai? How about no XD
Guest 2:
I'm planning on swordsman skills being passed down: Ox-king to Chichi to Gohan and Goten to Pan. Mirai Trunks and present Trunks most likely did learn from Mirai Gohan and present Gohan.
Maybe, maybe…
Gohan having a normal conversation with someone while mini ki swords are fighting the antagonist XD
I always did see him as a science major and eventually working in a lab.
The background story should be changed; I think it'll make the story more interesting.
Eastern supreme Kai x Western Supreme Kai...that's cute sure why not?
Guest 3:
I like!
And you actually gave me an idea for Icarus=D
J. Hellscythe:
Kami will train Chichi, but not at the same time he trains Goku and Gine.
That should be something he teaches her, differing and improving her fighting style.
Guest 4:
Exactly! What good is being strong if you don't know how to properly use it?
I'm thinking somewhere around the Red Ribbon Army Arc, Gine will teach him how to fly.
Not really sure what Mr. Popo's power level is but he must be strong if he was able to block Goten and Trunks in their Super saiyan forms and remain undamaged.
Guest 5:
Isn't Zenkai only shown in saiyans? The Z fighter's does have humans and a Namekian…
Shinen no Hikari:
I enjoyed how Dragon Ball was basically the introductions of how their lives started and how they came to be. We all have preferences on which anime we enjoyed the most, but without Dragon Ball there would have been questions left unanswered…at least more than the usual=)
Guest 6:
I'm not really planning any lemon scenes until we get closer to the end of Dragon Ball. No, Bulma won't get pregnant with Yamcha and her first child will still be Trunks.
A couple of the female fighters will get pregnant in their teens, and the age possibly will be a little bit younger than seventeen.
You're somewhat correct for Gine, and Goku will learn his father's name before the conclusion of Dragon Ball and the start of DBZ.
Guest 7:
I don't see why we can't have Erasa as Tien and Launch's daughter.
Guest 8:
Bulma in a rage caused her strength to increase. Anger usually would cause anyone's power to increase.
Guest 9:
….Uh the story?
Power Levels (Start):
Gine: 130
Goku: 13
Krillin: 8
Launch (Nice): 5
Launch (Badass): 15
Master Roshi (Base): 140
Chapter 9: Turtle Hermit's Training Sessions
She was enjoying her sleep, having a dream on her newest obsession. Her beautiful surroundings were bright and full of sweetness. She could see her breath each time she exhaled and from her reflection, from the icy lemon filled pond, she could see her cheeks tainted as a darker rosy color rather than the light pink tint she carries.
The mountains were made of so many different flavors of frozen goodness! Cones replaced trees and sprinkles replaced seeds—oh how she never wanted to wake up!
From a distance she could see her son waving at her as he used one of the chocolate mint popsicles as a board to slide down a mountain of banana flavored ice cream.
"Ahh!" His laughter brought her happiness as did her surroundings. She twirled around the sky as vanilla snow started to drop "Wahh!" that strange…his laughter didn't always sound so fearful.
Gine saw her wonderland disappear as she started to feel a jab on her back. Cracking one eye open she saw the sky starting to light up "Haaaaaa," she sat up on the bed stretching her arms up "What's with all the noise so early in the morning?" she rubbed the sleep from her eyes as she turned her head to see Goku standing with his hands on his hips and...Launch on the floor?
"That's not very nice!" He told the unconscious blonde.
"Y…you don't hold back, even against women…" Her eyes widen at seeing their master hiding inside a drawer "What an indifferent guy…"
She blinked once then twice before asking "Master Roshi is it already time for training?"
"Can we please!? I've waited so long already!" Her son pleaded with him.
"Eh!?" Their martial arts master froze having his finger pointed down at Launch passed out form "A-ahh, that's right! Training!" Gine gave him a questioning look, at his position "Strong wind from the southwest! Barometer high but falling!" he quickly told the two before standing up "Feels like perfect weather for training."
Goku cheered as Gine kept staring at the old hermit hoping he gets the clue but knowing him he won't until someone tells him "We need to change Master Roshi!"
"Hm…oh right!" He slowly walked out of the room shutting the door softly.
Getting out of bed, Gine walks over to the drawer in only her white shirt and panties, the islands heat is a complete opposite of her dream, "Here you go Goku!" she tosses him his clothes and walked back to the bed laying her clothes there as she began to take off her shirt.
Goku walked over to the door facing it as he began to change back into his regular clothing. As he began to change his underwear he could have sworn he heard Master Roshi grumbling from the other side. Shrugging it off he threw his top to the door handle as he finished putting on his uniform "Ready mom?" he turned around to see her sliding on her pants.
"Almost," She quickly finished with her pants and tying up her shoes "Done!"
Her son went over to the door turning the handle where his shirt lay and opened it "Huh?" There was a strange wind coming from inside the house hitting his face briefly but still strongly "Master Roshi was right, there is strong wind coming from the southwest."
Gine going over to the door didn't feel anything and shrugged off the random comment he made as they made their way to training.
"Today, we'll embark on our training on the study of the martial arts." Master Roshi came closer to his three students "Before we begin, though, let me tell you just a little bit about martial arts itself." He gave them all a look "The reason one learns martial arts is to win in battles! Not to make girls say" he then gave them a funny face with his eyes moving above and swaying his body around "Oh beef cakes you're so strong I want you!" he threw a kiss playing his character well, before clearing his throat he said "Or in Gine's case impressing a man and giving him private lessons!" Gine gave him a confuse stare as he mentioned her.
"Do you understand what I am saying?" Only Krillin nodded "We must master the art of peace in the addition of the art of war. We achieve victory by the art of war, victory is won by strategy—strategy is derived from the art of peace," This time both Krillin and Gine nodded "However if someone evil threatens you or any other innocent people with unethical forces it is our duty to defend!" He finished his speech with a fist before asking again "Do you understand?"
"Not a bit." Goku answered.
Clearing his throat Roshi told the boy "What I mean is know how to fight so we don't have to. We strive to maintain peace in the universe!"
"Ohhh, that's it!? I got it, I got it!" He said gleefully.
"You really are stupid…" Krillin mutters.
"He is not!" Gine mutters to the other boy back.
"So are we ready now for the turtle hermit training?"
"Yes!" The three of them answered excitedly.
After asking a second time and having the same response the turtle hermit turned around "We'll start with some light running. Follow me!"
His three students followed his lead to the village below not even breaking a sweat from jogging down a mountain and across a field.
"Now stop!" He stopped them in front of a milk factory confusing his small group "Good morning!" he called to the goat "I'm Master Roshi, I called you yesterday."
"Of course, I recognize your voice from the phone!" His accent sounded crackled "Here is the delivery map…"
"I see…"
Their master finally faced them "Okay, each of you grab a box." He pointed to the crates of milk "We're delivering milk across the country side!" Each box had at least six milk filled glasses.
"Eh?! We're delivering milk…?!" Krillin asked in disbelief.
"Huh?" Both of the spiky haired pupils stared in confusement.
"It's a good way to train our bodies." They went over to the milk crates each picking up their own as they listened to their trainer tell the milk man they were all going on foot instead of taking the helicopter, nervously they also listened to him promising that they'd have all the milk delivered by breakfast "Now let's take it easy today and skip the entire three miles on the way to the first house on the list."
Krillin gave a terrified stare at the turtle hermit "Three miles!"
"Skip?" Goku wondered out loud glancing at his mother who shrugged.
The four went off with Master Roshi leading the three singing "Skip two, three, four! Skip two, three, four!" His song had his students repeating the tune.
Goku had no trouble keeping up and neither did Gine, but Krillin was starting to lag behind. Seeing the other boy falling behind for more than a few yards had Gine slow down until she was next to him, bumping him slightly on the head with her hips she motioned to pick up the pace. With his tongue out in exhaustion he pushed onward feeling slightly glad that they made to the first house.
"Okay next two houses are half a mile away!"
The group went through the road with little difficulty except for Krillin "Come on Krillin we can't have stragglers!" Gine again slowed down this time kicking his sweaty back with her knee.
After, two of the three replaced empty milk bottles with fresh, Master Roshi told them "Good we're up to a good start. Now for the next two miles…"
"You mean there's more!?"
"Of course there is!" Roshi turned slightly red screaming at the little boy scaring the two youngest. Goku and Krillin slightly hid behind Gine as he did this "Here we zigzag between the trees along this path."
The mother of Goku had to balance her crate on one arm as she had to hold onto Krillin's back before he fell with his crate of milk from hearing their trainer's next strange command.
"Zigzag two, three, four!" It seems Krillin was the only one having the most trouble so far even going as far to try and pull one on Master Roshi, but he was caught and had to start all over.
"You're getting slow, Krillin! If you take too much time, the milk will go bad!" Krillin being the last to arrive and most tired sat down for a second to have a breather "KRILLIN DID I SAY THAT YOU CAN REST?!"
Startling the three they all stood straight facing him "That's better. Now we are taking a rest from running and climbing a few stairs instead." Master Roshi sped walk causing his students to fall behind…especially Krillin.
Why can't I drink the milk!? Goku thought bitterly and voiced his thoughts to his mother.
Gine gave him a warily smile "Cause these are for someone already sweetie."
Four hundred steps later, Gine notices her son breathing heavily and moving slower than before. She thanked her papa for making her run every morning from their house to their usual fishing grounds and all the way back instead of flying. Though, she can't help but feel like she forgot to do something…oh well.
Finally, they made it half way "Master…Roshi…hiih…hiih…wouldn't it be…faster…if I go…on the…Nimbus cloud?" Goku asks as he leaned back on his mother who started to feel her feet aching.
"That wouldn't be training!" He told the boy "Did you know Gohan and Ox-King used to do the same thing and not once did they complain to me?"
Goku looked up in wonder "What? My grandfather carried milk up here…like me?" Gine saw her son gazing and felt her heart clench at the thought of her deceased parental figure. She knew how much it affected her son, but he isn't one to show his sentimental side and it bothered her how he was able to keep his longing side in the dark. Sure he'll voice when he wants something, but when it comes to sadness he's just like…her.
Gine saw her son going up the steps again and gave him a head start "Of course Gohan was already an adult and knew better…" she heard him mutter. She blinked at his muttering, not once did she ever believe that her papa started his training in his later years; she always assumed he started from a young age like Goku, but it did make sense. The Ox-king is around her age and her papa was an elderly man already.
Shaking her head she went off again knowing she's only climbed half the way. Gine kept walking even when her feet were starting to protest. She knew this happened before a lot and wonders why it kept happening each time she went long distances!
At last all three of the students made it to the top of the mountain and Krillin delivered the next milk "Oh my thank you very much!" A monk came out of his small temple with a friendly greeting.
"Mornin!" Goku told the monk.
Roshi hit the boy at his rudeness "Hey! None of that "Mornin" stuff it's "Good Morning!"
"Owww…G…good morning." Goku told the monk while rubbing his head. Gine gave the other a slight glare before soothing his head.
Chuckling, the monk said "Training I see? It's been a while Master Roshi."
"Indeed it certainly has been."
"Looks like you're in good health as usual. How has the training been for them?"
"We've still barely begun…but I see great potential in the three of them!"
Hearing the turtle hermit give them praise caused the three to hold hands and laugh joyfully "If they get themselves in gear they'll be ready for the World's Martial Arts Tournament."
"Oh that's only eight months from today!" The monk gasps.
"The World's Martial Arts Tournament!" Krillin gave him a shocked expression.
Goku and Gine had no clue what they were talking about "What's that?" the two asks.
"It's an incredible tournament where martial arts masters gather from the world to see who's the strongest!" Krillin explained to them with excitement.
"Wow!" They gasped.
Goku started vibrating with animation "The strongest huh?!"
"W-will we really be able to enter?!" Krillin asks their master.
"If you train seriously, then yes."
"Sounds exciting!" Gine squeals the monk nodded agreeing with her and the boys raising their arms up cheering.
Master Roshi interrupted their cheering "You three aren't entering to aim for the top position, though. Things aren't that simple! To do so is arrogant and arrogance is for fools not warriors! So you will enter the tournament with the sole purpose of improving your fighting skills."
"Wow, if we really get in that'll be awesome!" Krillin said.
Gine tapped her chin as she thought "I wonder how strong the competitors are…"
"By then we are going to be so strong!" Goku told them.
Roshi mutters to the monk "Not if they don't finish delivering the rest of the milk today."
"Please do your best!" The monk told them before they departed.
"Yes!" The turtle hermit students answered him.
Turning around to go back down the steps, Goku saw their mentor going the opposite direction "Uh…Master Roshi aren't you going the wrong way?" Stopping their way they turned to see the elder.
"No, you three are going the wrong way." He pointed to his side "We are going to walk across this log!"
Walking towards him they stopped with their mouths gaping open "Across there…?" Krillin trembled at seeing a very high cliff with only a log to get to the other peak.
Roshi taking the lead, he said "Careful, one foot in front of the other," he held his arms out as he walked "Now balance, balance."
Krillin right behind him tried not to look down but couldn't help himself "Wahh! Wawahhh!"
"Concentrate and no whining!"
Goku looked back at his mom and to the two in front with horror "Breakfast time is almost here!"
"Who cares about breakfast when you're falling down a pit?" The other boy whimpers.
The only female in the group reminded the child "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day Krillin."
For the next half hour their master made them speed their paces as he took them to different areas delivering milk.
They went through a desert where they saw carcasses "I think I'm thirstier than he is!" Goku complained having his tongue out with his mouth open. His mother had stuck her own tongue out with her eyes shut from the blinding sun and Krillin following the other boy's example said "Me too."
"Walk too slowly, and you'll sink into the sand!" Their master told them.
Then, they had to go through a heavy current right by a water fall "Stand firm and don't fall with the water!" He yelled to them. All three of his students had their minds set on competing in the World's Martial Arts Tournament and determine to pull through.
Lastly, they had to go through a thick forest running with all their might and more, as a giant tyrannosaurus chase them away starving for flesh. Goku and Krillin ran side by side a few millimeters behind Gine screaming for their lives as she screams "Please don't eat us Mr. Dinosaur!" his response was a hungry growl.
"MUST. GO. FASTER. If you don't want him to eat you alive! Hurry if you don't run with all your might you'll get eaten! Hurry! Hurry!"
In spite of almost being eaten alive, they delivered the last milk before breakfast. All three students were sprawled on the ground panting heavily from their training, even Gine who met her limits with the carnivore.
"W…hih…we are finally finished…hih" Goku pants out.
"We will be delivering milk like this every day for the next eight months! That will be our early morning training." He told his tired novices.
Huffing out the youngest in the group said "I just barely made it!"
"Glad we're done." Krillin tells them still trying to catch his breath.
Roshi placing his hands by his ear asks "What's that you say?"
"He says he's glad we're done." The spiky hair boy repeated.
"With today's training I mean." The bald boy elaborated.
"Oh please that run was only early morning exercise! Now it's time for mid morning exercise!"
"What!?" Goku gasps not being able to move.
"Gaaaaan…."
Gine moans along with Krillin fighting the protests her body is making, especially her back and feet, but she manages to stand up helping both boys up too.
With tired eyes she follows their trainer as he turns his body around pointing behind at a field "You're going to try your hands at agricultural!" the area was farmland and it seems like nothing has grown yet "For that man over there." There was a single man working at the area, possibly his land.
"Agra—what?" Her son asks.
Scratching her head she responds "Its growing food native to your area."
"Oh."
"Come on you three get down here and get dirty!" Master Roshi shouts.
Grudgingly they went over to the field picking up tools to start their work "Milk delivery, farming…" Krillin mutters picking up a scythe and started hitting the dirt "We never did anything like this at Oorin Temple…"
"Hey, wait! Wait!" The turtle hermit tells them to stop "Don't use the tools! This exercise is for the strength and dexterity of your hands so of course it won't work unless it's done barehanded!"
Krillin sniffs "Like with our fingers?!"
Gine stared at her hands wondering how digging dirt up would help with learning martial arts. She supposes the saying "Getting your hands dirty" is speaking in a literal sense. With a sigh she leans down clawing at the ground, feeling the dirt between her fingers and even up her nails.
As if in a race Gine, Goku, and Krillin started moving around at first hunched down, then on all fours, eventually they all shifted positions and had to try different methods at getting the dirt out of the ground. Nails were lost, scratches, and bruises were being apparent; their hands positions had to constantly change, but ultimately they finished.
"Master Roshi," Goku tiredly spoke "W…we're finished…" he was sweaty, muddy, and very hungry. For the first time Goku actually wanted a bath at least a quick one.
Krillin complains "M-my hands…really hurt…"
Gine wasn't any better than the other two. She felt disgusting and her hands felt like they had been prickled a thousand times over and over again. How could anyone endure such torture? Then again her species are known for their strength and endurance, but why wasn't she?
"That sure took a long time." Her head snapped to his direction "You must learn to work faster. The amount of land utile will increase everyday! Now who wants breakfast?"
Placing her hands on her stomach she heard it grumble in hunger along with the boy's next to her "I know I am."
"Ohh…hunger." Goku said placing his hands on the same position.
"Give me a chicken I'll eat it raw!"
Even in hunger they couldn't push their legs to run, Goku pulled on his mother's pants, not wanting to walk anymore. Picking her son up, she took three steps before hearing a loud cough. She turned around to see Master Roshi pointing at her son then the ground. With a frown she silently pleaded to carry him, but he was having none of it. Pouting she placed him back down taking his hand and having him lean on her legs as they walked.
Thankfully, they ate at the small village next to the farm and didn't have to walk up the hill to the house. The three martial arts students ate as if their life dependent on it, the hunger had increase for both Goku and Gine, who ate more than ten humans combined, and even Krillin was able to keep up with them! They used up so much energy just for early and mid-morning training which started at four thirty in the morning and ended close to five hours later.
When they went back to the turtle hermit's home they had to stay outside as he instructed them to wait. He came back out carrying nails, hammer, blackboard, books, and pencils for the two youngest.
"Now then, until lunch, it's study time! No matter how strong you get, that won't allow you to become a martial artist alone. You need brain power!"
Goku pouts "But I don't have that!"
"So the wonder boy has a weakness." Krillin snickers.
"Gine I assume Gohan taught you literature and mathematics?" Master Roshi asks the woman. After he saw her nod he continued "Then I want you to take this book," he handed her a blue book with two hundred pages.
"It's a cookbook. A martial artist needs to know what types of foods to place in their stomachs! We can't be eating unhealthy junk foods all the time." He told her "Now go inside and prepare any meal you want."
Nodding she went inside the house curious as to what types of foods there were inside.
Goku watched Master Roshi staring at his mom walking away for the longest time "Master Roshi why are you staring at my mom?"
Clearing his throat he responded "I was admiring the view…of the sun!" he chortled "Now Goku I want you to start reading from page thirteen."
"Umm… "To prepare hamachi sashimi you must have the ingredients: fresh hamachi—,"
"Wait! You've got the wr—AH!" Master Roshi eyes popped out as he fell off his seat with his head throbbing in pain as a hardcover book was slammed from behind to his head.
Gine shook with anger as she used all her strength to smash the book he gave her to his skull. Her trembling stopped and a bright smile displayed "What do you guys feel like for lunch?"
"This hamachi stuff looks good." Goku told her as if nothing happened.
Krillin agreed nervously scared of getting on her bad side.
She picked up the actual cookbook turning around to leave "I suggest starting with math kids!" she announced before entering the house.
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"Wow this is really good mom!" Goku states as he went for his fourth platter.
Gine smiling at him says "Thank you son, but Launch helped make lunch too."
"Oh this is some of the best sushi I've ever had!" Launch declared giggling at her friend.
Gine had difficulty recognizing the different pans, pots, and silverware when the instructions told her to use, reuse, put aside, and have another—she even had difficulty using the oven! It was strange using so many things when she mainly uses: fire, water, wood, and not to mention her hands to prepare meals. The only kitchen tool she is familiar with was the knife, but the book told her about using paring, boning, and so many other knives!
Luckily, Launch recognizes the names of the utensils and helped her memorized each one. Once she had the materials Gine became a professional on preparing the meals for their lunch. It felt almost like instinct, when she uses the condiments, but that might be because she let her sniffer tell her which had what in it. Her nose also helped her to distinguish when the food started to smell its best and when it would start smelling like burnt.
After, lunch Master Roshi had led them outside telling them to place their hammocks around a tree and ordering them to lay on and relax "Yes, we'll spend this hour in good old napping. Work hard, study well, and eat and sleep plenty. That's the turtle hermit's way to learn!"
Goku had concerns of relaxing when they should be training and getting stronger! He voiced his concerns to their master and he told them there was no way of knowing when another is training and getting stronger but everyone, even the strongest, needs their rest.
Following their nap, Master Roshi took them to an area full of people and loud machines "This will be your mid-afternoon training. Constructive work will work you up some sweat, train your muscles, and even be able to earn a little money like a normal part time job!"
"You sure these skittles can work? They look a little small for the big ax!" One of the workers came up eyeing Gine with the most doubt.
Leaning to the man Roshi whispered "Oh just wait until you see these three works, you'll want to pay them five times the typical salary."
"Five times, you must think I'm a fool!" The man said loudly.
"Well let's wait and see them before you decide that." Master Roshi told the man then motioned to the three "Start digging!"
Krillin asks unsure "Do we still have to use bare hands?"
"Hmm not this time Krillin, just no power tools okay?" He told them.
Goku cheered laughing at not having to use his hands again. They really were in pain earlier with all the digging they had to do.
Wearing helmets the three turtle students started shoveling dirt from the ground to their wheel barrels. Goku and Krillin used normal shovels to dig up the dirt while Gine picked up a heavy hammer to crush the tough rocks that wouldn't budge. They each had to wheel their dirt and rocks to the pile on the other side of the construction area.
"Work force keeps getting younger." Another worker says assuming Gine was only a teenager. They saw the resemblance from one of the boys and her believing she was just an elder sister.
Taking a wheel from one of the machines Goku started moving to smooth out the land, Krillin and Gine traded places in shoveling and hammering.
"What are they?"
"If you don't work your hardest, you'll never be able to make it to the tournament!"
Half way through with their work Gine noticed Krillin trembling and slowed down her pace to stare at the boy, Goku stopped his work completely as he heard Krillin using more strength than necessary on a single area. The little yellow and orange dressed boy gritted his teeth and looked angrily at the dirt as he accidently hit too hard causing the sharp metal to fly off and hit close to their master and the worker "All right, all right! I'll pay whatever wage you want for them!"
Once they finished with their training session involving hard labor Master Roshi moved them to a lake on an isolated area of the island "Okay, now that you've worked up some good sweat, our next training will be swimming!"
"Eh?! There's more!" Krillin asks with shocked eyes like his companions.
"Of course isn't the sun still up?"
Goku losing his patience asks "Master, instead of this stuff, teach us how to fight!"
Gine who usually had high tolerance couldn't help but agree with her son. All they've been doing is working instead of learning any fighting!
"KAH-PEH!" He spat out giving them another lesson "Now don't get jumpy! There are still certain basics you must learn in martial arts and you three aren't there yet!" He walks over to a giant boulder "The day when I start to teach you fighting techniques is when you have amassed enough physical to move this boulder here!"
Krillin gasps "What that thing!? The-there's no way anyone can move such a rock like that!"
"Oh really?" He places his staff down and placed both his hands on the rock "Funnununu…" at first he struggled with the giant stone, but he was able to move the boulder half a foot away "Haah…haah…The impossible is it!? If you build up your bodies' everyday with training, you will eventually be able to do this too!"
"Yes master!" Krillin told him.
"Hm…?" Roshi turned around to see both Goku and Gine in front of a boulder about the same size as the one he pushed "Kukukuuuuhhhh!" Goku pushes determine to get the boulder moving. His mother already could move a rock that big and is settled on having her son do the same. He truly wants to train and if the old hermit says this is the way then so be it! She'll be supportive and help her son learn martial arts "Now why do I get the feeling that you've missed the entire point of my lecture Goku!?"
"Come on Goku you can do it!" They ignored him as Gine encourages her son to push.
"Guoooohhhh…!" Goku yells finally being able to push the boulder away by several meters shocking the other two males "Hey look you can teach us now!"
"Krillin wants you to know he's speechless right now." The other boy spoke in third person.
Master Roshi started laughing "Ha…haha…ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! W-wow did I mess up here! I-I just realized that this rock is the wrong size! A-anyone and their great grandmother can move a small rock like that, obviously!" he moved his head left to right humming before running off.
His three students followed him stopping a few feet away from a boulder twice the size of the tyrannosaurus from earlier "Here's the right one! Once you can move that then you'll be ready for martial arts!"
"Wow that one's giant!" Goku says rushing to the boulder to push it away "It won't move!"
Gine walked over to the boulder placing both her hands firmly on the rock "Ah!" the rock shook, but before she could try to actually push, Master Roshi interrupted her "I told you so! All of you still lack training!" He scolds them before she could even attempt to move it.
"Master, can you move it?" Goku asks.
"Of course!" He gave them the peace sign.
"Amazing! Please show us!" Krillin pleaded
Anxiously, they watched their master as he stared at the boulder as if assessing it and waited till he made a move "Come on already!" He turns around facing the three "You three should be focusing on your training instead of this! Now isn't the time to be playing around!" He pushed them back to the lake for their training.
Goku and Krillin took off all their clothing for their swimming, Gine hid behind a tree as she took off her clothing "Master Roshi…why am I wearing a different pair of underwear for swimming?" he had given her a pink champagne two piece bikini knowing that as much as he prayed, she would not swim naked and the second best would be to give her a bikini of his choice.
"It's swimming clothes Gine!" She came out blushing with a slight frown and her arms wrapped around her midsection in embarrassment. The two-piece he had given her had to be tied by the front for her top and to both sides for the bottom. He took a guess at her size and was more than pleased to see he had guessed her a size too small.
"This is humiliating." She mutters walking closer to her son and Krillin.
Master Roshi's nose bursts with blood at the sight of Goku's mom "Alright…" he took out his handkerchief trying to stop the gushing "I want you…three…to swim to the opposite side and come up! But you've got to do it ten times!" His hankie that was once white is now soaked in red blood.
"Ten times…? Well, it's possible, I guess." Krillin said blushing lightly at the woman beside him.
"Ready…set…go!" He finally got his nose under control to tell them to start.
Gine, Goku, and Krillin jumped into the lake taking their time swimming to the other side in the relaxing water "I guess Master Roshi is rewarding us for good behavior!" Krillin told them.
"Yeah!" Goku agreed peeking at his mother "It's kind of like taking a bath!"
She gave a giggle "Nice try Goku, but you're still taking one before bed!"
"Oh you three better watch out! There are some really big fish in there!" Master Roshi yells at them from his spot on the other side.
"What kind of big fish?" Krillin yelled back.
"Well, for some reason there is a shark in this lake!"
The three students stared at one another staying at the spot wondering if what the turtle hermit said is true. Soon they had their answer when Goku asks "D-did you feel that?" Gine gulps feeling it too.
"Feel what?" Krillin asks.
Right next to them a great white shark came out of the water with its mouth open revealing razor-sharp teeth "GAH!" they swam away for their lives as the shark started following them.
Krillin swearing he felt the shark's teeth touch him swam to a different direction trying to get rid of it "That's not a lap Krillin! You forgot to touch the other side of the shore!" Master Roshi screams at the boy.
"Are you kidding me?!" The shark jumps to the bald kid ready to snack on him, luckily for Krillin his fear caused him to swim faster catching up to Goku and Gine.
Gine hurriedly pushed both kids out of the lake before pulling herself out "Gah!"
"At least we're safe!" Krillin told them watching as the shark circled the lake.
Unluckily, for them on the side there is at a giant man-eating dinosaur stomping his way toward the three "It's the T-Rex from earlier!" Gine shouts as she and the boys ran away from it.
"Hey!" Master Roshi yells "You haven't finished swimming!"
Knowing their only way of escape was by swimming in the lake they dived right in pushing their arms to go faster as the shark jumps at them trying to get a bite. The three swam with all their might from one side to the other trying to come out of this alive. The shark was in the water and the dinosaur was on the land waiting for them on the other side.
Breathing heavily after they finished Master Roshi says "Good, good. Now time for the next training." All three students hoped it wasn't a life and death situation lesson again.
"This training will test your reflexes and dodging speed." He explains after tying Krillin by rope like the other two. The rope had them three feet away from a tree where they are held.
"Why did you tie us up with rope Master Roshi?" Goku asks.
"Sometimes when fighting we get cornered and must dodge the enemy in a limited space." He explains to the confuse faces he was receiving "Now then, let's begin!" He silently and carefully walked closer to the tree gazing above.
"Hold on who are our enemies?" Goku asks.
Master Roshi didn't answer instead he used his staff to knock something above him and scampered off to hide behind some bushes "Concentrate hard and you won't get stung!"
They turned back hearing a buzzing sound and scream in fright at the army of bees heading their way "GIE-EHEHHH! B-BEEEEEES!" All three of them tried running around the tree to get away in fear of getting stung.
"Don't just run! Dodge! Dodge!"
Gine tried to do that and uses her flight to move around more without tearing the rope. She gritted her teeth feeling a sting on her hand and uses it to swap it away. She saw how it went down and twitched on the ground, grinning she started swatting the pests away or at least as much as she could.
_ (-V-) _
"Okay! That ends our training for today." Roshi tells them.
Out of the three Gine had to have done the best as she had tried more than running away and as a result got stung less. Her hands were the most noticeable being a bright pink color "Obviously we'll need to work on your dodging ability…Goku and Krillin," he emphasized on how needed the most work as the boys are covered in stings everywhere "You've completed your first full day of training!"
"Master, please tell me our training won't be this difficult…every single day…" Krillin whispers the last part.
"What are you saying? Today was all easy stuff." He turned around revealing a sting of his own "In the next few months, you will be doing all your training…" Turning back to them he showed them three purple turtle shells of smaller replicas to his "Wearing these stylish fifty pound turtle shells!"
Gine fell back passing out from exhaustion, not even noticing when Goku passed out on her back or Krillin on her knees.
"Now do you know why I'm called the turtle hermit?"
_ (-V-) _
For the next several months they train similar to the way like the first, only with added turtle shells to their backs and each day they are made to run longer fields, climb taller mountains, and are made to endure it from dawn to dusk.
"Hey guys…" Goku starts "I was wondering…"they were almost out of the desert, on their way to the jungle, to deliver milk to the next house.
"Yeah?" Gine pants wishing she had water.
"About what?" Krillin asks wishing the same thing.
"Why does that big mean dinosaur chase us everywhere we go!" They run through the jungle away from the T-Rex like each day "GYAH!"
They kept at it finishing with their milk delivery, going swimming with the shark, farming, and anything else their master considers basic training for them. Not to mention the boys study sessions along with Gine's cooking times. It seems their knowledge was increasing…well for the boys at some level.
At dinner even though Gine's appetite had increased rivaling her son now and even Krillin, who ate like them in a rapid pace, it seems the food was never ending. Gine had told Launch how their metabolism is always high and now with the training it seems it has increased. The two women had become friends, learning more about each other during their cooking times together. Even blonde Launch seemed to take a liking to her!
Finally, seven months had passed and Goku came bursting to the house calling for Master Roshi "Come on hey! It's an emergency!"
"Eh…what kind?" He was in the middle of eating some ice cream. It's been a long time since he was able to enjoy the frozen cream since the boy's mother had grown to obsess for the dessert.
"No time to explain! Just come on!" He pulled on the hermit's arm all the way to where his mom and Krillin were currently at "This is it!"
"Eh? Yeah, it's a rock, what about it?"
"We can move this rock now Master Roshi!" Gine said excitedly.
"Yeah you said you'd teach us how to fight if we move this rock!" Krillin vibrated with excitement like comrade's mother.
"Just watch!" Goku placed his hands firmly on the rock pushing it with his new strength "Guhh! Gugigigi!" He turned red but the giant boulder started moving.
"See!" Roshi's eyes popped out of his sockets breaking his shades as he stared with his mouth open in disbelief "I'm next! I can't move it as much as Goku or Gine for that matter!"
Turning red Krillin pushed with his new strength too "Hunn!" he pushed the rock only half of what Goku did.
Gine even showed their trainer, struggling much less "Ah!" the boulder moved much quicker and easier "All three of us are able to move it Master!"
"You get to teach how to fight now!" Goku proclaimed.
Roshi took out one of his handkerchiefs wiping the sweat out of his face "Oh…how nice."
They went back to the Kame house eager to learn actual martial arts even voicing it to their master "As far as fighting goes, though, there's really not much I have to teach you."
"What!?"
"The whole secret for the Turtle Hermit fighting style is the training schedule, which you've done every day." He walks closer to them "You three don't seem to realize but just by repeating these basic exercises over and over again you've pushed your eyes, fists, legs, and even your heads have been extremely keen. Fighting is just the application of your abilities." He stared at his three students "That right there is the whole art behind martial arts."
"You don't strive in martial arts to win! You strive not to lose!" He told them "Don't sweat it you guys know how to fight. It's just the utter expression of your strength, its natural!"
"But isn't there a trick or technique to win?" Krillin asks.
"What is there an echo in here Krillin? I just said winning isn't the real point!" He repeated "This tournament is only another step in your training. It's an introduction! And that's the load down, there's no point in teaching you special moves if you don't get the fighting experience! So keep training the same!"
"Huh!?"
"But we're going to make it a little harder," He took off his turtle shell "Now we're going to be wearing heavier turtle shells!" He set it down causing the ground to crumble "They're twice the weight!" His students fell down in shock.
_ (-V-) _
The last month passed and only a day was left for the World's Martial Arts Tournament to begin.
"The time has come at last! We are leaving for the southern city!" Master Roshi dressed in one of his best suits "You three can take off those shells now if you like."
"Great! I'd be a little embarrassed otherwise." Krillin said as the three took off their heavy hundred pound turtle shells "Ohoh!" he moved his arms around feeling light.
"My body feels light! It's like I can't even feel my own weight!" Goku jumps able to be faced to face with his mother with each hop.
Gine had to admit she did feel lighter than before. She felt a little disappointed that her body didn't become firmer and stayed soft. When she saw her body in the mirror after months of training it felt…the same. The women weren't like this, at least not the women of her kind. They were built for battle; they kept their feminine appearance with toned muscles and tan skin. None of them had the appearance she had and it made her wonder how she was ever found attractive. She was nothing like them.
"Jump as high as you can," Master Roshi tells them "Don't try flying at all Gine."
Lining up the three students jumped as high as they could, which surprisingly for them is very high "Hey did we…" Krillin began.
"…jump on our own?" Goku finishes.
"We most certainly did." Gine answered already falling back to the ground.
Each landed on their toes, Gine already used to it smiled at the boy's excited expressions. Goku and Krillin ran off with her chasing after them giggling at their expressions as they are actually going above the speed they began at.
"Gine! Goku! Krillin! Come here I've got something for you guys!" Launch calls showing them a box when they came back "Well since you're going to your first big tournament," she opened the lid on the first box "I thought you should wear something nice!" then the second "I made them myself."
"Wow I've never wore one of these before!" Goku said before running inside with Krillin and his mom to change.
Gine helped the boys change to their adorable blue suits before she put on the dress Launch made her. She told them to go outside as she took off her usual training uniform and traded it for the blue dress. It felt different and snug. The dress hugged her figure and had a heart shape neckline with short sleeves starting from her collarbone to where her shoulder meets. The blue shoes in the box looked like small, flat, boots only going up to her ankle. She wore a light green knitted sweater and a matching hat too.
"I knew you'd look cute!" Launch tells her when she came out.
"Uh…thanks Launch." She grins placing her hand behind her head "The boys look adorable too don't they?"
"Oh yes!"
"Alright everybody in!" Roshi hollers after closing the trunk in his car.
"Do your best!" Launch tells them shaking each of their hands "I'll see you soon!"
"You bet!" Gine told her before getting in the car with the others.
"Keep an eye on the house and try not to sneeze!" Master Roshi tells her before driving off.
They went on an airplane and Goku and Gine couldn't help, but stare out the window in surprise. They've never been in one before nor have they ever seen one! Goku and his mother asked random questions whenever they saw fit, excited for their new surroundings and surprised at the brightness from the city lights.
Gine and her son pointed and "Oohed" and "Aahed" at every new thing they saw as they rode a taxi to get to their destination.
"Gosh the world's full of people isn't it?" Goku asks peering around at so many different people.
While Master Roshi signed them up, they gazed around the area "Hey! Goku! Gine!"
"Huh?" Gine turns around.
"Did you say my name?" Goku asks Krillin.
He shook his head "Hey guys how's it going?" they turned their head to see a man with short hair and a very familiar outfit. Seeing their confused expressions he lowered himself "Wolf fang fist!"
"Yamcha!" The spiky hair duo said happily.
"I thought you'd like that!"
"Oh wow I guess we didn't recognize you cause your hair fell off your head!" Goku told him.
Yamcha blushes touching his hair "Bulma said long hair is out this year."
Krillin pokes Goku and faces Gine "Whose the tall guy?"
"That's Yamcha a friend!" Gine told him "This little cutie is Krillin and our new friend."
"And training partner!" Goku adds.
"Hey Krillin."
Krillin feeling shy hid himself behind Gine "Hello." He didn't know why he did this maybe because Goku did it a lot in the beginning he started to too.
"Well it's done the three of you are signed up." Master Roshi walks over to them "Eh?"
"Huh Goku? Mama Gee?" They turn to see Bulma, Puar, and even Oolong!
"Bulma! Oolong! Puar!" Goku shouts rushing over to hug Oolong who was the first to greet him.
Gine blinks "Mama Gee?" she stays at her spot for two reasons: first being Krillin still clutching her dress, and second is seeing the ice cream cone on Bulma's hand.
"Looking sharp!" Oolong told the boy.
"You think so!" Goku laughed along with his friend "So how have you guys been?!"
"Great!" Puar said.
"Goku, Mama Gee how did you guys end up at the tournament?" Bulma asks them excited to be seeing them again after eight months.
Gine didn't know who this Mama Gee was and asked Yamcha "Whose Mama Gee?"
"That's you!" He answered blushing lightly "After you left, Bulma kind of started calling you Mama Gee cause you were like the mother of the group." He whispers the end.
"Oh gosh it's you!" Bulma brought them out of their conversation "Hey thanks for telling me you were moving! I stopped by the island to see how Goku and Gine were doing and your whole house was gone!"
"Well that island is more of loving than training martial arts." The old turtle hermit took a step closer to the teen "Bulma I kept thinking of the last time I saw you! You were wearing that bunny suit remember!?" He laughed turning red "You were with Gine that day too!"
Bulma having enough of his perverted comments took out a mallet hitting him away from her "Shut up!"
"That ice cream." Gine whispers brokenly as she watched it fall.
"Old man, filthy as dirt!" Oolong mutters.
"I guess we should all hang out tonight while we still can!" Yamcha told them confusing the two "Because we're all going to be rivals at the tournament tomorrow!"
Goku looked disappointed at the tournament starting the next day "But I want to start!" he complains.
"Tomorrow son." Gine stifled a yawn "Besides it's close to bedtime."
Then went to a hotel where Master Roshi paid for a room. Gine made sure Krillin and Goku were in the middle so the old man couldn't try anything. Luckily they were all so tired that they passed out right away on the single bed.
The next day they went back to the tournament as a group wearing the same clothes as the day before "Oh I hate crowds." Bulma tells them.
"Do you think they're all fighting?" Goku asks.
"Punch one and see." Krillin answered.
Master Roshi started leading them away "Okay, just follow me and don't get lost staring!"
"We will now begin the preliminary matches to see which fighters will be chosen for the tournament! All participants, please enter the versus hall!" A man with an accent yelled through a blow horn.
"Loud mouth." Roshi mutters.
"Now are you absolutely sure you want to enter?" A round man with a shaved head asks the children and young lady.
"Of course." Gine tells them.
"Yeah…err I mean yes sir!" Goku nods.
"Y-yeah I guess." Krillin tells him.
Roshi then led them to another area "This is as far I can escort you so do your best!"
"Right!"
"Now one more thing…" He dropped his briefcase rummaging around "You three can't fight in those clothing so…here" he handed them each an orange GI with the turtle hermit sign on the front and back. The uniform had black belt, blue shoes, and blue wrist sweatbands.
"Wow these really are cool!" Goku says laughing.
"It's so bright I hope we don't stand out!" Krillin says.
Gine picked at her Gi noticing the differences from her old one and the ones the boy's are wearing. The shirt fell to her hips instead of being tucked in, and the belt was tied at her waist. They didn't look that much different from the boys except for how low the neckline was showing some cleavage"I like it, but does it have to be so low?"
Bulma seeing the top was surprise "Mama Gee it's not that low. In fact v-necks are normal these days for women." She would have thought the old pervert would have given her something…less.
"The eight fighters that make it to the preliminaries will fight in front of the crowd! I will be sitting there too, so you guys might not see me alright?" Master Roshi explained to them.
"We'll work hard master!" Krillin told him.
Gine led the boys in surprised by the amount of giant fighters "Wow, all these people are fighters?" Goku asks.
"I-I'm starting to lose confidence…"Krillin admitted.
"Don't worry you'll do fine." She tells him patting his head along with Goku's.
Hearing a loud noise to the side they turned to see the same man with an accent from outside "Attention! The world's martial arts tournament elimination round begins!"
Finally, the chapter is up! And it's only Sunday…just a day later than I predicted…At least this chapter's longer=)
This chapter, actually showed how very little Gine knew about using her strength and how tired she get's by not using it at a regular basis. While she does train with Goku she usually does light exercises that he would be doing instead of what she should actually be training at.
I'm very happy for receiving a hundred reviews! Keep them coming guys they fuel me up and give me ideas.
Also, I'd like to know which movies you want me to include! I doubt I'll be putting up any of the Dragon Ball movies, but I do know I will for DBZ. Just tell me which ones you're interesting in reading, because I doubt I'll be posting every single movie made.