Distrust

Roshi was sparring with his multi form clone a trick learnt from Shen with out his rivals knowledge of course. He was deep in an Iron rich Mountain cavern, training where he knew he couldn't be sensed, it was far too deep and thick. His Body was no longer lanky, he had small sinewy and wiry muscles all over his ancient body, he flared his Aura powering up almost instantly to his maximum without bulking up, he had learnt that the form was useless against Kakarott long ago. Then at the peak when his power plateaued, he concentrated and his aura shrunk as he trapped in all that wasted power containing it within his ancient form taking an instant. He had mastered this technique a year ago waiting for Kakarott's return , Though the saiyan stated he would protect the world from otherworldly threats, Roshi didn't trust the child, no that's not correct, the man, he was a man now.

Currently Roshi was working on a new technique something to fall back on incase his Efficient Ki technique was not enough against the saiyan's inevitable meteoric rise in power. He Entered his fighting stance, his right hand was half open with a curved index finger out in front of him with a bent elbow, his left tightly balled fist also out in front but further forward, his back was slightly bent forwards, his knees bent with a solid footing that rooted him to the ground, unless he was willing to move himself. In his stance he cleared his mind of all thoughts and feelings and fought his clone, he let his bodies instinct take over attacking, counter attacking and just barely dodging his clones attacks, his naturally white well maintained Fu Manchu Beard edges lifted up slightly but not turning shiny Silvery white of the Mastered Form staying their natural white colour, not that Roshi even knew what the Mastered form would even look like as he had only just recently stumbled across it. ' this is a surreal experience seeing what my body does through my eyes, but it's like I have no control, yet I do have control this is my body, it just bypassed my brain' , at that thought, his technique immediately stopped and was hit by his clone at training level half power. He slammed into the iron rich mountain cavern wall.

"Crap, I have to not think what so ever for this thing to work, I need to keep my thoughts empty, man it's so difficult, this is entirely different to anything and I feel drained ." Clone Roshi walked up concerned "You alright, you lost discipline, that's dangerous the amount of power produced by this instinct technique is incredibly deadly."
Original Roshi shakily got up on his feet holding his side where he got hit "I know, let's see how long I lasted" he hobbled to a Capsule corp Emblazoned Cooking and cleaning boxy humanoid Robot with Extra processors than standard for any ultra high speed recording of fights and Stop watches, a gift from Bulma on his birthday. He asked "How long was I in the Instinct technique?"The Robot looked up and stated in a feminine voice "Roshi, the fastest you could be, nominated as Instinct, lasted for Zero point one three seconds, an improvement from your personal best, beating it by zero point zero two one seconds."

Roshi smiled "I improved, so at least it was worth the injury, now let's recombine and go home." Roshi formed a stance and the Clone was Slammed back into Roshi's Original body. Roshi then using another of Shen's techniques hovered and floated out of the entrance at a relaxed power level with The servant Robot flying as well behind him, then shot into the sky flying at a lazy speed landing a few hours later at Kame island. Roshi Rubbed his hands in anticipation after he washed and ate something already cooked by his Robot servant. Launch And Krillin were wandering the world learning from all forms of martial arts that they encountered, so they weren't at Kame house, wearing his traditional loud Hawaiian shirt he sat down in front of his old Analog Tv and stated happily "Let's See what you fitness ladies have to show me today," flicking on the Tv to his favourite channel, however the usual ladies fitness show with women in skin tight leotards showing off their entire legs only covering their woman hoods like panties, was not playing instead there was Kakarott in a high ranking Military Uniform adorned with many medals of great achievement speaking about his power and his race, he was on every single channel. Roshi forced to look at this instead of what he wanted resigned himself to listen, but then he noticed a Red Band around one arm With Two Black R's stitched in.

Roshi's eyes widened "The Red Ribbon army, No wonder they were able to take over the world but How is Kakarott their leader? Couldn't he leave well enough alone, now he has an iron grip on our planet. Wait, when did he return? Weren't we meant to give him accommodation, and Sensu's?" His eyes widened in shock and his face turned Pale, as he felt the power coming from the saiyan, it was not what he expected, an insurmountable amount of power even with his Efficient Ki technique, he couldn't believe it, the saiyan power was enormous, he didn't know if his Efficient Ki could match it or even his instinct. But something had to done before Kakarott began what ever his plan was and the saiyan ruined mankind forever. No one else knew of his techniques not even the power concentration one, he had wanted to master it before he taught anyone, but then after he mastered it , he continued solitary Training and by accident came across this Instinct during a spar with himself. Wanting to further explore this instinct he dedicated the remaining six months of the year to understanding and improving it to try to get to the point of mastery, essentially Isolating himself from his students when he should of been teaching them the power concentration technique. A mistake, no a Disastrous, world ending mistake that had to be end of the world as they knew it.

"I need to contact my students, give them the basics of both Efficient Ki then the Instinct, then I'll leave and fight Kakarott, and end this madness. Let my students master it themselves, I'll have to tell them to focus on the first one and not try to learn the two at the same time, for instinct requires mastery of power concentration, so that if I fail and die, at least they stand a chance together." Roshi flew out of Kame house Sensing where Krillin, Launch and Gohan were and that they were on opposing sides of the world. He flew to Krillin first, landing in front of the height challenged warrior.

Roshi Serious stood before his student who looked at him slightly surprised. Krillin looked up smiling at his master "Hey Master Roshi, how you doing?"

Roshi smiled but his heart wasn't in it, Krillin picked up on that and asked "What's wrong?"

Roshi stated "I fear for the future, So I've come to pass on new techniques to the next generation."

Krillin began talking but Roshi lifted up a hand to signal silence, Krillin stopped mid word and closed his mouth complying.

Roshi "I need to teach you the basics of my techniques, you have a week to understand the basics of both but you must promise to focus on the first which is Efficient Ki until you have mastered it as the second called Instinct requires mastery of the first to even make an attempt. Do you pledge to master Efficient Ki before Instinct?"

Krillin grimaced thinking of the insurmountable power he felt "If it will help me defeat whatever the threat is then yes, I pledge to master Efficient Ki before attempting Instinct."

Roshi smiled, "Good, Let's get Launch, Gohan and his students, I have a place where you all can train that can't be detected by people who can sense energy, no matter how powerful you are."

Roshi then Flew with Krillin keeping his power low landing in front of Blue Launch explaining to her getting her pledge then with a feather tickled her nose getting Blonde Launch giving both the same speech which both promptly agreed to by giving her pledge and the Blonde Launch adding in her thick Brooklyn accent " If this is gonna let me beat the crap outta that tailed bastard, I'm in, I got some serious beef with him."

They then took off flying, apparently they must have learnt flying from other warriors probably Shen's students in their travels. They arrived at Gohan's residence in the Pauzu Mountain range finding Gohan training Chichi alone.

Roshi asked curiously "What happened to Yamcha, Gohan, I thought he made it?

Gohan looked somber and disappointed "Yamcha, survived yes, But the event scarred him mentally, He came within inches of dying instantly, He took it pretty hard, and gave up martial arts as soon as he recovered, I've heard that he's taken up a baseball career, and has been doing well."

Roshi looked disappointed as well with the news "Well, I can see where he comes from at least, But no matter. To the task at hand I have a couple of techniques to teach you and your student."

Roshi then made both Gohan and Chichi Pledge to not attempt instinct unless they mastered Power concentration first.

They then flew to the Iron rich mountain on the other side of the world using as little power as possible.

Spending a week Roshi taught all the students the basics of Efficient Ki explaining and tutoring them how to accomplish the technique stating "Efficient Ki is simply trapping in all that wasted power that gushes out in an aura when you power up. At first it takes up a lot of Stamina and time to force all that power back in your body." He then demonstrated the Technique, They all gasped but it was Gohan who had the courage to voice his opinion stating "I can't Feel your power at all, it's like you don't exist, are you sure your more powerful?"

Roshi smirked and asked "Let's have a spar then Gohan, and you'll feel its effects." They got in a stance and Roshi Completely disappeared from sight, no one was able to pinpoint his location either with ki sense hearing or anything, Roshi then appeared and flicked Gohan with a finger sending him crashing into the side of the cavern. Gohan could barely stand from that single attack. Impressed the old man said "Well Roshi, that was some power, No joke, I couldn't even see you or feel you, it was insane." Roshi smiled "let's get training then." After a week of training the warriors they got the hang of the basics able to suck in fraction of their aura.

Roshi then at the end of the week demonstrated the Instinct technique. After stating "Now pupils, you must master Efficient Ki before even attempting this next Technique, Instinct requires you to have full mastery of Efficient Ki before it is even possible to attempt it. It bypasses your brain and your body takes control but you must have a great deal of fighting experience to have the muscle memory required, This is why you must spar continuously to build that up, now the reason to master Power concentration first, is that it will reinforce your body making it more durable so your body can handle the added pressure from all the extra power and your muscles able to with stand the speed of your body without ripping it to pieces. You need to fully trust your body and be empty of all thoughts and let your body fight for you, you must let go completely, for if you try to take control you will lose control of the technique and all it's speed and power advantages. It is extraordinarily taxing on your mental and physical stamina, so remember these words for when you eventually master Efficient Ki, Let Go." The only indication that he grew more powerful compared to Power Concentration was that his ends of hairs of his fu manchu beard along its long sides to the Bottom point, raised slightly giving the impression the beard wasn't well maintained when everyone present knew otherwise. Then at the dead of night leaving them to their sleep and trusting them to continue with their training in the order that he got them to pledge for, he flew to where his house was and went to sleep, a few hours later, refreshed he got up and traveled in the direction he had felt the Insurmountable power emanate

He found Kakarott in the early morning doing some exercises far from the location he was originally headed near a spaceship. Kakarott noticed his approach removed his training weights and flew up to him, smirking cockily "So Roshi, what are you doing here, and where was my luxury suite?"

Roshi ignored the question and asked "What are your plans for the earth?"

"Kakarott's cocky smirk faulted for a micro second, his eyes turned cold, "Answer my question, where is my agreed Luxury apartment or suite, as per our agreement old man."

Roshi looked into the eyes that screamed murder and spoke calmly, "You didn't announce your presence, so I could not lead you to your Luxury accommodation."

Kakarott false smirk dropped completely shifting into a full blown snarl. "That's Bullshit, you can sense power. We had a deal and you broke your end, you took me for a fool, and now you will pay with your life, no one makes me look like a fool and lives unscathed." Kakarott powered up as he talked.

Roshi immediately powered up, Kakarott launched forward and attacked using a fraction of his power as a start. Roshi just managed to fend off Kakarott's attacks, with only his non concentrated power. He survived the first onslaught of attacks managing to block many of the strikes, however his gut and right chest were struck. Kakarott increased his power, his strikes becoming faster and deadlier and almost impossible to block, Roshi was struck every where Kakarott threw a strike whether it was a kick, a punch, a knee whatever and the strikes knocked the wind out of him dealing damage, pain and injuries, there were to be large bruises and a cracked rib, if he survived. Kakarott looked at his opponent disappointed "So This is all the challenge you can give me before you die, Disappointing."

Roshi smiled this caused Kakarott to ask "What? What trick have you figured could match me?" Roshi Instantaneously trapped his leaking power inside his sinewy and wiry frame, skyrocketing his effective power.

Kakarott's eyes widened as he felt Roshi's power reduce and completely disappear, not sure what this meant, he was instantly on guard, his eyes narrowed. He was not going to underestimate his opponent, he did that once against Gohan, he would not allow himself to be that over confident in his abilities again, these humans were incredibly crafty. If this human thought he could take a saiyan of his power on alone, he had to be confident in his abilities to survive. He strained his eyes, strained his ears, focused on pressure of the wind around him, quickly he lowered himself to the ground and powered up to half his maximum, he pulled off his boots in one swift motion landing with his bare feet on the ground to better feel any vibrations, giving him an added sense of touch to find his opponents location.

Roshi Landed across from Kakarott eyeing his opponent, it was quite clear his opponent was wary, this surprised the old man, in all his previous encounters the saiyan seemed cocky, taking on multiple opponents risking death, but every time the saiyan surprised him with either ruthlessness, vigilance or some new trick up his sleeve.

Roshi waited until Kakarott finally gave in and attacked, the saiyan charged forward and at the last moment vanished appearing to Roshi's back left, the master barely managed to turn around in time taken by surprise, and he was hit.

Kakarott pressed his advantage and threw a series of punches and kicks but only one managed to get past the old mans defences, hitting the old man in the chest, this caused the old man pain, but it was not overwhelming. Roshi attacked throwing attacks and the saiyan only managed to block one, his body was punished as strike after strike landed and caused damage.

Having enough Kakarott leaped back keeping tabs on Roshi's position and powered up to his max as he moved, but when he landed Roshi was gone. He felt something compress the air and a sharp vibration from his left side behind him, then a vibration closer and a sucking of air as the air rushed to fill the lower air pressure on the right again behind him, on the very blurry periphery of his field of view, he saw a blurry version of Roshi rush toward him. At the same time he felt the air compress coming towards him from that position as well as the vibration from the ground, and he blocked Roshi's attack the moment it was launched stopping it gripping the old mans fist with one hand. Roshi's eyes widened in shock, Kakarott used this to his advantage pummelling the old man, letting out his anger on being treated like a fool. Finally he let up as he watched the old man Collapse from his injuries.

Roshi with no other choice but to use Instinct let go of all control, trusting his body to win or at least keep him alive, he cleared his mind of all thoughts and got up letting his body hang limply letting go of all control. The old man looked limp however the old man's fu Manchu beard long edges had short wisps of hair sticking up. Kakarott threw a punch expecting it to hit instead the limp old man dodged his attack and struck a powerful strike against his side, Kakarott thought smirking at the challenge 'This would be damn close.'

The saiyan then attacked again and again the old man dodged, Kakarott then tried block the strike but failed , and struck back at exactly the same time just missing Roshi's chin. The old man launched a flurry of attacks starting with a kick targeting the saiyans side, Kakarott went to block with his arms and spun his tail in a sweeping motion from around his waist, the old mans strike hit, and the old mans punch hit Kakarott in the injured side along with an insane number of fast punches, he didn't even look like he moved but Kakarott felt all of them, at the same time Kakarott's fast sweeping tail struck Roshi on his chest hitting the chest area where the cracked rib happened to be located. Roshi was brought back into control of his body loosing all power of the Instinct technique, feeling incredible pain and was launched backwards from the force of Kakarott strike, his back Digging a trench into the ground as he skidded and tumbled along the ground. Kakarott didn't know what happened first he was having the best most challenging fight on earth ever, and the next the old man was tumbling along the ground like he just lost all that power.
Kakarott warily eyed the old man suspecting a sneak attack as he walked towards him.
Roshi on the other hand was in indescribable pain, if he wanted to let go and return to The Instinct technique he couldn't, the pain would bring him straight back to the world of control. Kakarott lifted the old man up by his throat after a gut punch asking "How did you do that?, How did your power vanish and how did your Aura also vanish? Wait a minute." Kakarott thought to himself calculating ' Those two things are connected, if I can reduce my aura without powering down then My effective power will increase beyond reason, Just like the old Geeser.' At that Kakarott threw Roshi away looking at his Aura but keeping Roshi in his clear Field of vision, he began concentrating trying to somehow suck in the aura, that failed, then he tried Trapping in the power within his body, that was leaking out as aura and suddenly his aura reduced by a fraction and he felt a new type of energy inside his body, and he was more powerful now than he ever was before. Kakarott chuckled then he full on laughed for a full on laughed as he continued to slowly trap in his aura into his body, when he could no longer see his aura five minutes had passed, he had only just stopped laughing and stated "Thank you my Master" with his voice thick with sarcasm. He stalked to the old mans heavily damaged body lifting him up on more, after feeling The old mans power nonexistent aura power and it compared to the damage the old man inflicted when his beard turned wispy, it didn't match. Kakarott Demanded "Tell me what you did when you Turned limp and your power and speed skyrocketed even further, TELL ME, OR you'll wish you'd of told me, because I will make your life a living hell filled with nothing but PAIN and SUFFER-RING." Extending and emphasising the word suffering. Roshi coughed out blood away from Kakarott's direction hoping to not anger the saiyan further,"It won't matter whether I tell you or not, so just let me go, you don't have the necessary requirements anyway." Kakarott snarled drawing Roshi inches and centimetres away from his clearly visible sharp and long canines. "I'll be the judge of that." Kakarott then pressed the now broken rib causing even more indescribable pain for the old man causing him to let out a blood curdling scream of pain, Roshi began to sweat in fear. Kakarott smelling the scent of fear smirked "Now tell me how you achieved that power that matched my own, and I might consider NOT turning this mud-ball of a planet into a glassed rock."
p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" Roshi simply stated resigning himself to his fate and sparing the planet from the saiyans wrath. "let go, all you have to do is let go of control, keep your mind clear of any thoughts, let your body fight for you, relinquish all forms of physical control of your body and let your instinct take over." Roshi stating leaving out the warning of having to master Effiecient Ki before even attempting Instinct, as well as leaving out how dangerous it would be to a body unreinforced by Efficient Ki, as well as how mentally and physically taxing it is on stamina if he somehow survives. Satisfied Kakarott Dropped Roshi to the ground stating "You have made up for your indiscretion, and the knowledge you have given me will be put to good use, as such I am in a good mood so I'll let you live, now get GET OUTTA MY SIGHT!" Roshi hovered off the ground and slowly flew towards Korin's tower.

Kakarott smirked "Frieza won't know what hit him once I can do that Instinct technique that the Geeser could do." Thinking in calculations again he raised a hand touching the back of his head as he thought 'Roshi could instantly reduce his aura and it took me five whole minutes to do the same, I need to get to that level first, especially considering the power boost Instinct gives in comparison to That Aura reduction power trapping technique. He did say that it wouldn't matter even if he told me, that I wasn't ready. He was definitely telling the truth when he said that, so maybe this Instinct technique needs a body fully reinforced by this Efficient Power usage technique that can easily and instantly trap back in the entire aura, if for some reason Aura leaked back out of the body again, Yes I'll call it Efficient Power. Damn I need to master Efficient Power first, Who knows what kind of damage the power of Instinct could do to an unprepared body. It could be like a lit grenade , the casing is ripped to pieces because it is weak. I need to be more like a gun blast chamber, reinforced and strong, able to take the explosion and direct it where the target is.'

Meanwhile near On the Out skirts of mount Pauzu Brianna and Shaneil searched for Berdock, Shaneil's tailed son stolen at birth four years ago. Shaneil stood with Brianna and their Entire Mercenary army.

Shaneil worried "It's taken three years just to find this area, but we haven't been able to search it properly due to the royal military. He can't be dead, he has to be alive out there some where. Specially since his Monster of a father came back on a ship landing in this area" Shifting to anger "If the Royal Military didn't have this area Jealously guarded for most of the past year against intruders with their Railguns, since we found this location before the end of last year, we might have found him by now. This is obviously where my son has lived, the craters are too round and perfect to be from conventional or nuclear warheads, Just like Kakarott's blasts. They wanted a weapon to win the war, and they thought my son would be it, bastards got what they deserved. And we haven't been able to track Kakarott's ship on mobile radar since he arrived in this area. He's clearly gotten my son and moved him, hopefully he'll still be on planet."