What an adventure this will be.
Chapter 14: Rat Race
On the second day of their training, Master Roshi announced that they were going to relocate to his training island. As soon as everyone was up and out of the house, Master Roshi put Kame House back in its capsule form. "How are we going to get there?" Goku asked him. "We can't all fit on the flying nimbus." Kisa added. Master Roshi smirked as he took a capsule out of his pocket and threw it in the water. After a few seconds, a yellow hovercraft appeared. "That should do it." Master Roshi said as he hopped on board. After everyone had taken a seat, he started its engines and spoke. "Master Roshi's rule number one: travel in style!" With that they rode off.
After arriving on the island and setting up Kame House, Goku and Kisa decided to take a look around the island. "Wow." Goku said as he looked at the sights below. The island was filled with many things, a small village, a volcano and even a lake in the middle of a mountain range. Kisa smiled as she steered the nimbus closer to the water. After flying around for a few more minutes, Goku and Kisa returned to Kame house. As soon as they spotted the others, Goku spoke up. "Master Roshi, I think someone beat us to the island, there's a village below the mountain." Master Roshi nodded. "About three hundred someone's to be exact. But don't worry, they just live here. They're not competition." Goku nodded as both he and Kisa jumped off of the flying nimbus. "Now, let's have a lesson." Master Roshi said. "Finally." Kisa whispered to herself. Goku seemed to be super excited to being their training and could barely stay still as Master Roshi spoke up. "First things first. Krillin, do you have any fighting experience?" Krillin nodded. "Yes, I studied for eight years at the Magic Oran Temple."
"All right, then I guess I can skip the lesson about what a punch and a kick are." Master Roshi said jokingly. "Now before I teach you kids anything new, I'll need to test your current abilities. Let's see.. We'll start from over here.." Master Roshi patted a rock to the right of him and pointed to a tree at the left of them. "..And finish at that tree. That's about a hundred meters." He reached into his pockets and took out a stopwatch. "You want us to race?" Krillin asked him. "Running is a good test of speed and strength. Now of course, if you're an expert fighter you shouldn't be the one that has to run away." Krillin smirked. "In that case, I'll run first Master Roshi."
"Confident, aren't you?" Kisa asked him as she crossed her arms and leaned against the rock. "You'll soon see why." Krillin said, taking a starting position. "On your mark.. Get set.. Go!" Master Roshi swung his hand and as soon as he did Krillin took off. Krillin wasn't very fast, Kisa thought, as Master Roshi told them Krillin's time. "You ran it in 10.4 seconds. That's not too bad." Krillin stood next to him, panting, and spoke. "It's an okay run. I usually make it in about 10.1, but I guess the wind was against me." Kisa sighed. "What a nob." She said as she took a starting position. Goku stood up and cheered her on. "You can do it, Kisa!" Kisa smiled at him and signaled Roshi. As soon as he swung his hand, she took off. "Wow!" Master Roshi said as Kisa ran past him. "9 seconds on the dot."
"What?! There's no way!" Krillin said astonishingly. Kisa smirked. "Now let Goku set his time." Master Roshi said as he held up his hand. As soon as he dropped it, Goku took off. "8 Seconds flat!" Master Roshi said. Krillin's jaw dropped and Kisa laughed at him. "Was I fast?" Goku asked them happily. "Who taught you two how to run like that?" Krillin asked. "What do you mean?" Kisa asked him. "No one taught us. That would be silly!" Goku said. "Well, for youngsters you're on top of your league." Master Roshi told them. "But your times aren't good enough." Kisa raised an eyebrow at him as he handed her his stopwatch. "See, to be truly good fighters, you must learn to go beyond the limits of normal people." He said as he started walking over to the rock. "It's no cake-walk." He then gave Kisa a signal and she waved her hand. "Go!" With that he took off. Kisa looked at the stopwatch. "5.6. Who would've guessed." She said. "Wow! Now that's running!" Goku said cheerfully. "Can you teach us to do that?" Krillin asked him. "Of course. It's just a matter of surpassing your limitations. Now, Goku. Grab me a brewski." Goku raised an eyebrow at him. "What's a brewski?" Krillin frowned and started running towards the house. "Don't worry, master. I'll get it." Master Roshi sighed and turned to face Goku and Kisa. "Seems like I'll have to teach you two a little more than fighting. Are you sure you weren't raised in a bubble?" Kisa crossed her arms. "No, we were raised in the woods."
"And that's a brief explanation about how to go beyond your limits." Master Roshi said as he finished up training for the day. Goku leaned on Kisa's shoulder as they both sat crossed legged in front of their master. The sun was starting to go down, and Krillin began to yawn. "Did I make any sense?" Master Roshi asked them. "Yeah!" Goku said. "Good. Then we'll be applying that tomorrow morning. Now you kids have one more task to preform before we eat that wonderful smelling dinner." Goku, Kisa and Krillin stood up. "Are we running again?" Kisa asked him. "No. it's a different kind of test." Master Roshi reached into his turtle shell and took out a white rock. Engraved on it was Master Roshi's turtle symbol. "Take a good look at this stone. Memorize it."
"Are you going to eat it?" Goku asked him. "What? No, Goku." Master Roshi said as he threw the stone down the mountain. "The test is to throw rocks?" Krillin wondered. "Throwing stones is not the test. The test is to find the one I just threw." Kisa raised an eyebrow at him. "That could take a while." She said. "Anyone can throw a stone, just like anyone can throw a punch. But to find that stone, takes a focused mind and a calm spirit. This is what will separate you from the others. And so the person that finds it, can keep the stone. And the one who doesn't, can keep their appetite." Goku's mouth fell open. "What? No dinner?"
"That's right. And if no one brings the stone back in thirty minutes, then no one gets to eat."
"This is insane." Kisa said as she turned on her heels and took off. "Kisa, wait up!" Goku said as he followed after her. Both she and Goku stopped at the edge of the cliff. "How are we going to get down?" Krillin asked as he caught up to them. "Simple." Kisa said as both she and Goku jumped down. Goku was laughing out loud as he landed on one of the tree branches below, and caught Kisa before she hit the ground. "Nice catch, Goku." She said as they both took off again, in search of the stone. "Let's go earn our dinner."
Even though Kisa and Goku were way ahead of Krillin, neither of them were allowed to eat dinner, as they didn't bring Master Roshi the stone. Krillin, during their search, had tricked Goku into giving it to him. Kisa sighed as both she and Goku sat below the kitchen window. After a few minutes of watching the others eat their fish soup, she noticed they didn't look so good. "Are you guys okay?" Goku asked them. "What's in this soup?" Master Roshi asked Launch as his stomach started to rumble. "Let's see, what did that fisherman call it? Oh, right. It's a puffer fish." With that, Krillin and Master Roshi's eyes went wide, and they started to panic. "What's a puffer fish?" Goku asked Kisa. Kisa shrugged. "Not a clue."
"Puffer fish is poisonous!" Master Roshi yelled out. "I feel ill.." Krillin said as he clutched his stomach. "Guess we were lucky Krillin took that stone, huh?" Goku told Kisa. Kisa smirked. "Karma."