"Alright, let's take it from the top." Jazz waved his hands and weights appeared for the twins to put on. 10 kg wist weights, 12 kg boots, and weighted compression shirts and shorts alongside a tracksuit to cover the thing up. All in all, about 50kg, or almost their body weight. Due to their muscle mass, they were a bit heavier than the average 11-year-olds, but their physiques were slim due to the type and style of training they'd been doing. Jazz had them go through their daily routine, 20 minutes of stretching, a 10-mile warm-up sprint, followed by 150 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 200 jump squats, then sparring practice. Jazz split in two and had the children spar against each half, he noted their strengths and pointed out their weaknesses, then he shifted forms in order for the children to get used to fighting opponents bigger and smaller than them of various sizes. After 40 minutes of sparring, he would have them eat a snack, stretch, and rest for a bit, before going to practice with ki-based techniques. After that, they would do some more calisthenics before meditation for an hour. By the time they were done, the sun was high in the sky.
"So…" Jazz and the exhausted twins turned to Piccolo, who had glared at them, with his arms crossed the entire time.
"You have the power to heal, do you not?" Piccolo asked.
Jazz raised an eyebrow and nodded, "well, yeah, but…"
"Then you're inefficient, they should be trained to the ground, you as well if that's what you're doing, you need to tear your body apart and rebuild it, every day, stretch your body to the absolute limits then beyond even that. From what I can see, those two are pathetic."
"Hey! You wanna have a go?!" Lapis yelled angrily.
"Please, as if you could even attempt to harm me." Piccolo Jr. laughed, "even if you stretched your powers to its limits, you wouldn't be able to touch me."
Lapis growled, "I'll make you eat those words!" And charged forward. Jazz sighed as Piccolo took down Lapis with exaggerated ease.
"I would call you a maggot, but at least maggots have a use in the world." Piccolo began. "Jazz, listen here, I'll have them train, and I'll make them powerful, competent warriors, and in exchange, we will train, and you will teach me the secret of your technique." Piccolo glanced at Jazz, who after a few moments nodded. "Good, then, let's begin."
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Kami frowned as he looked down from the top of his lookout.
"Kami? What's wrong?" A young man called out to the Guardian of Earth. Kami turned to his most powerful disciple.
"Ah, Goku."
Goku had grown much taller, his new proportions reflecting his body's age, his growth spurt was shocking, even for his friends who had been training alongside him under Kami.
"Is it about Piccolo's reincarnation?" Goku asked. The 17-year old young man put a hand on his chin. "I mean, I know he's kinda dangerous, but he doesn't seem so evil, y'know? He keeps to himself and trains, actually, I'm kinda excited, y'know?" Goku grinned cheekily. "Apparently, he was really strong, wasn't he? Tougher than you, and you're amazing y'know?"
Kami shook his head, "I admire your enthusiasm, Goku, but Piccolo's evil runs deep, he still wishes to cut down Jazz, capture me, and kill any related to me, as well as all martial artists, in order to take over the world."
"Oh really?" Goku frowned, "hmm, then I guess I'll have to beat him." He laughed loudly, "but it's okay, I'm almost as strong as you, so I'll be able to beat him, no problem."
Before Kami could protest, Goku looked out, then leaped out of the sky, flying out with rapid speed. Kami cursed under his breath. Goku's excitement for a challenge was as much an asset as it was a detriment.
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"Gah! What the hell!" Lapis lay on the ground, exhausted even after Jazz had healed him. "Everything hurts!"
Lazuli wasn't in much better shape, even after Jazz's magic soothed her muscles, the sheer intensity of their training left her exhausted. "Shut up, dweeb, it's your fault we're in this mess."
"Dammit…" Lapis gritted his teeth. Lazuli was referring to the beginning of their training.
Lapis was, for lack of a better word, a massive little shit, which irked Piccolo beyond comparison, so, under Jazz's careful supervision, he made the twins experience true hell in their training. Jazz of course wasn't exempt from this harsh training, but unlike the twins, he seemed to relish the intense workout.
The first thing Piccolo did was toss them off the edge of a ravine, then, after putting on twice the weights than they were used to, they were instructed to climb back up, every single time they climbed back up, the green-skinned son of the demon king would kick them back to the bottom of the ravine, and it was only their strength and desperation that kept them alive and allowed them to slow down their fall with flight before hitting the bottom. Whenever they were too exhausted to keep going, Jazz would go down and heal them, to a point, then they were to continue. Jazz was using four times his usual weight and exercising alongside them, and even piccolo was using the training method, but the difference seemed to be in their recovery time and general durability, Piccolo seemed to be some sort of stamina freak, taking the longest to get exhausted, while Jazz lasted the second-longest, he was also the quickest to recover. Lapis and Lazuli had similar stamina and recovery times, with one twin being a bit better at the former than the latter. After 5 hours of that training, without being given time to recover, the twins were then assailed by Piccolo, who tested their general fighting abilities, he was a ruthless teacher, cruelly criticizing their movements, failings, and even their few strengths.
"More power! If you're going to use such a quick jab, you've got to put more power in it, even if it's not very telegraphed doesn't mean it shouldn't have power! And you!" He growled at Lazuli, who flinched. "What the hell was that low kick?!"
Lazuli had ducked under Piccolo's kick and attempted to sweep his legs out from under him, but she had used a heel kick. "I… what…" She began.
"That was disgustingly pitiful, using your heel signifies a move with the intent to crush bones, yet you slowed down right on the follow-through?!" Piccolo shook his head, "you must never hesitate, your opponent won't give you a second chance!" He narrowed his eyes, "are you even trying to fight? Or is this some sorta dance?"
"We're sparring!" Lapis responded angrily, "we aren't trying to kill each other!"
"Every fight should be fought with the belief that your life is on the line because it is not your life, but your will, your tenacity, and your pride as a warrior that's placed on an anvil, the enemy will attempt to dent and destroy you, but you must use them to forge yourself anew, every time!" Piccolo growled, "your mentor, Jazz, has the lowest potential out of all of you, yet he trains thrice as hard to keep ahead. Frankly, I don't think you're worth my time…"
The twins reacted to his biting words with anger and indignation, training harder and faster if only to prove him wrong.
Eventually, they just lay on the ground, knuckles, knees, elbows, and wrists bloody from all their strikes. Jazz slowly healed them.
"You're beneath even the worms in the dirt." Piccolo chuckled, "yet, perhaps I can applaud your tenacity." He narrowed his eyes, turning to block a rapid flurry of strikes.
Goku grinned as he leaped back away from Piccolo. "Hey! You're really strong!"
Piccolo narrowed his eyes, "you're the brat with a tail."
"Goku?!" Lapis and Lazuli looked on in disbelief, Goku had grown tall in the time they had last seen each other, he now stood at 5 foot 6 inches, though his hair seemed not to have changed in shape or texture, still the wild mess of spikes that spread over his scalp as always.
"Oh, hey! You kids look like you've been training a whole bunch! Have you gotten a lot stronger?" He grinned, turning to Piccolo, who continued to glare at him. "So you're the demon king's son? You're shorter than I imagined."
Piccolo shook his head, rage filling his eyes, "why are you here, to kill me prematurely?" He narrowed his vision.
"What? Wha… no, not at all! I just wanted to see how strong you are!" Goku looked panicked, "I mean, you haven't hurt anyone yet, so when Kami says you're a bad guy-"
Piccolo cut him off, "Don't you dare bring that bastard's name to my face." He clenched his fist. "But if you want to see how strong I am? I'll show you, come at me, bastard!"
Goku didn't need another invite as he blitzed forward, the ground shaking from the force of his charge. Piccolo was pushed back for a few seconds, only to stop and flip Goku into the ground then drag him through the dirt. The saiyan screamed in pain, only to be tossed hundreds of feet away. Piccolo leaped from the ground and charged forward, fist cocked back.
The ground shook from the force of their impact.
"Woah…" Lapis said, awe in his voice, "Goku's gotten pretty strong, but he's gonna lose."
"What makes you say that?" Jazz asked.
"I think he'll lose too, I can… sorta feel it." Lazuli said.
Jazz smirked, "well, that means you guys are getting better than you might think, maybe the near-death experience of training under Piccolo was more helpful than I'd thought it could be."
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Goku was dragged through the air, yanked, and tossed in disorienting directions before getting slammed into the ground, before he impacted the earth, an explosion of aura burst out of him, knocking back Piccolo, who narrowed his eyes.
"So you were holding back?" He glared at Goku.
"Well yeah, so were you." Goku grinned.
"Arrogant prick."
"It's no fun if one of us is way too strong or way too weak, then it's not really a fight!" An explosive aura exploded out of Goku, his ki flaring like white flames, veins slightly popped from his skin as muscles bulged slightly.
Piccolo raised an eyebrow, "really, that technique is so colloquial." He charged forward. Goku rushed towards him in tandem, powered up by the Pump Up technique.
Piccolo started with a straight jab, Goku tilted his head out of the way barely, spinning and using the momentum to kick at the namekian, who blocked the strike with 1 arm. Piccolo gripped the leg tighter then raised his other fist, he gathered some ki into it, aiming to decapitate Goku with a ki empowered blade. Goku's aura spiked up some more as he utilized a higher level of the pump-up technique, pushing back Piccolo.
"Come on! Let's go all out!" Goku threw a rapid kick towards Piccolo, who dodged out of the way, a second leg kicked out towards Piccolo's arm. Piccolo dodged the attack. The two legs closed together around Piccolo's waist, Goku then twisted his legs, flipping Piccolo through the air. Piccolo corrected himself midair with agility and grace Goku couldn't match. "Woah! You fly really well!"
"Of course, my technique is much better than your pitiful air-dance." Piccolo launched a ki blast into the ground. Goku dodged out of the way, only for the cloud of smoke to explode out, blinding him for a moment. At that moment, a blast of ki launched the black-haired boy into the ground. "Your fighting sense is pitiful, are you really the top disciple of Kami?" Piccolo grinned.
Goku laughed, "yeah, I am." An explosion of ki burst out of Goku, less than before, but still surprising to Piccolo, who missed the boy's movements. A rapid series of kicks and punches struck Piccolo from behind. The namekian screamed in pain from the ferocity of the attacks, spinning rapidly to cut off Goku's assault, Goku wrapped himself around the arm, slipping through and striking with a series of quick jabs at Piccolo's chest. The namekian groaned at the attacks but swung his fist back. "Huh…" Goku ducked, "Woah, I'd think the snake style would work. I guess your pressure points are different." His stance changed as he landed on the ground, he tensed his legs, charging forward with a series of low swipes and strikes. "WOLF FANG MONKEY FIST!" The aura of a wolf-like monkey with long studded claws and a bushy, thick monkey tail. Just as Piccolo dodged and blocked Goku's swipes, he was caught by a sweeping kick followed by a rapid heel kick into Piccolo's head. The green-skinned humanoid growled in pain. "Haha!" Goku stuck out his tongue as he dodged Piccolo's angry swipe.
Piccolo stretched out his arm to grab at Goku's neck. Goku pulled back, only to widen his eyes as Piccolo's arms stretched beyond natural human limitations and wrapped themselves around the Saiyan teen, chocking him. Goku struggled for air, yet he didn't utilize his full strength yet.
"Stop holding back, or I'll snap your pathetic neck."
"N-never!" Goku shouted, he screamed out even more, then bit Piccolo in the arc. Piccolo screamed, letting go, but not before slamming Goku into the ground.
"Damn you!" He growled, charging forward."
Goku's tail wrapped around Piccolo's leg, tripping the namekian, Goku then struck him in the gut with a double kick, instead of knocking back Piccolo, Goku was the one to be knocked back.
Piccolo's aura burst out, his strength increasing three times over.
"Oh, wow!" Goku grinned, "now you're ready to go all out?" He got into a fighting stance and utilized Master Roshi's pump-up technique as well. Like Piccolo, his power was refined and maximized by the utilization patented by Launch, though, due to Piccolo's much higher base power, Goku was again put on the backfoot, but by a greater level. Piccolo began to beat down on the Saiyan boy, knocking him down left and right.
"Now you can die knowing there was nothing you could do." Piccolo cocked his hand back, then clenched his fist, throwing all of his power into his fist. Goku's pump upped energy lowered, only for his power to skyrocket as his eyes changed into a deep gold and a powerful aura wrapped around his body. Their fists clashed, destroying a massive amount of ground around them. Before they could continue, Jazz blasted down in between them.
"It's not my style to cock block, but you guys are gonna destroy the place if you continue, also, Kami's been yelling at me to tell you to get back to the Lookout, Goku." Jazz turned to Goku, flashing him an easygoing smile.
Goku grinned, allowing his eyes to return to their normal color. "Jazz, you wanna have a go? I've wanted to have a rematch for the longest time, but I wanna finish my bout with Piccolo!"
Piccolo merely growled, ki spiking dangerously.
"Piccolo had just finished sparring and training us, you fought at a bad time, Goku, he'll be in the tournament next year, okay?"
Goku grinned, "but… he was so strong, so I wanted to see what he could do." He scratched the back of his head, "sorry, Piccolo sir, I got a bit too excited."
Piccolo looked like he would violently retort, but instead, he just spat on the ground, "leave me then…"
Goku nodded, "all right then, see you at the tournament!"
Jazz narrowed his eyes as he looked at Goku leave, he could feel Goku's power, the kid had really gotten stronger, by a ridiculous level over the 2 years, but perhaps it was a byproduct of training under Kami. "He's getting arrogant, cause he feels he's the strongest one, and y'know what, he's almost right." Jazz laughed, he'd need to get even better. He turned to Piccolo, "good effort, but Goku's still a good bit better, if only for his two techniques that synergize a bit too well." Jazz grinned, "since we're training together, I'll be nice, Goku's first technique, the Pump Up, is something you and I both use, I guess your dad saw me do it, so you attempted to replicate it, Goku seems to have mastered it too, but, when you combine that with his innate technique, it makes him… well, pretty strong." Jazz laughed, "kinda scary."
"I don't care." Piccolo spat, "I'll surpass him and prove my superiority, Kami's weak will won't overcome me. And… you promised you would teach me that technique that allows you to merge your power for a greater result."
"About that, I don't know if you can master that," Jazz admitted, "You're pretty tough, but it's something that requires a unique biology..."
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Goku returned to the Lookout.
"Goku!"
"Kami!" Goku smiled at Kami, despite the latter's anger.
"What were you doing? He could have killed you."
"I was fine…" Goku laughed, "I utilized my golden eyes and he wasn't that tough anymore." He smirked, "It's too bad though, I was really excited for a real fight, but I think Jazz still has something hidden up his sleeves."
The namekian could only shake his head in annoyance, Goku's innocence and desire for a good fight often created this juxtaposition, and while he ultimately believed that his disciple was a good person, he often felt that the young man would one day inadvertently hurt a lot of people if he did not remember humility and temperance. "Goku."
Goku turned to Kami, excitement still on his face. "Yes, sir?"
"You remember what I told you, when you first came to train under me, remember?"
Goku's face turned serious, "Yeah, I remember, a true warrior is the master of his emotions, the one who wields his emotions, not one who is used by his emotions." His face relaxed, "I guess I gotta work on that, huh…"
Kami smiled wryly, "at least you are that self aware."
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Jasper(Jazz) Duncan
Age: 21 and 1 months
Hair color: Red
Skin color: white
Race: "Human"
Height: 6 feet 0.5 inches | 184.15 centimeters
Weight: 195 lbs | 88.4505 kilograms,
Skills: Advanced Staff Technique, Advanced Kinjutsu (sword technique), Advanced Hand-to-Hand technique, Advanced Ki techniques, Mastered Magic Materialization
Capable of creating: Conventional Weapons, Food, various tools (limited by his knowledge of the materials, craftsmanship, and scientific knowledge)
Weapons that can be created: Long Ruyi Jingu Bang, Long Bansho Fan, Ryu Kusanagi, Wyvern's Wind-And-Fire Wheels, Dragon's Flame-Tipped Spear, Fafnir's Gungnir, Leviathan's Trident, Jorgumandur's Svalinn, Hydra's Ancilla
Powers: Elemental Magic Materialization, Capable of summoning and freely manipulating fire, water, wind, and earth, lightning, ice, smoke, and steam, capable of manipulating and stirring the growth of plant and animal life. Mastered Telekinesis.
Mastery of General Magic Concepts and abilities. mastered understanding of intermediate-level magical techniques, an advanced understanding of advanced magical techniques.
Shapeshifting: Mastered Skill level (indefinite)
Transformation Power Techniques
Noble Werewolf: True Awakening: 5.3x power
Ultimate Full Power: A renamed form of Pump-Up/ Max Power, no longer lowers speed, instead it now grants strength and speed proportional to power gain, due to witnessing Launch's utilization of the technique, the power raised up to 5.4x
Talisman Magic: Body Enhancement: 5x Power, drains magical energy over time, lasts 10 minutes at full, before then draining ki,
1.5x level: can be used for 6 hours straight
2x level: can be used for 2 hours straight
3x: can be used for 1 hour
4x: Can be used for 30 minutes
Emissive Techniques: Kamehameha, Don Don Pa, Solar Flare, Tri-Beam, Thunder Shock Surprise, Barrage Ki attack, Magic Fire Kamehameha, Thunderfire Kamehameha. Ki-Flame Sword, Marshmallow Meteor,
Body Techniques: Four Witches Technique, 12 Eyes Technique, Fusion Dance, Wolf Fang Fist, Mafuba
Blessing from a "Friend": Enhanced strength, speed, stamina, durability, senses, capable of surviving a 2 fold fusion without extreme backlash.
Powerlevel: 1149.5
Power of Just Werewolf: 5747.5
Power of Pump Up: 6207.3
Power of Werewolf and Pump Up: 31,036.5
Power of Werewolf, Pump Up, Magic Talisman Technique: 155,182.5
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Afterword:
So, let's give you power levels, from weakest to strongest, of our resident fighters, alongside their capabilities
(Bulma, Oolong, normal people)
Puar (actually trains a bit): 60
Dealla: 100, raises to 400 when she transforms into a Noble Werewolf
Talia: 120 raises to 600 under PaoPao's Magic
Lazuli: 130, raises to 390 with refined Pump Up Technique
Lapis: 150, raises to 300 with slightly refined Pump Up Technique (remember, he and Lazuli are human children, a power level over 100 is astounding for 11-year-olds, also, as you can see, Pump-Up is literally the Super Saiyan)
Warrick: 150, raises to 375 when he transforms into a Noble Werewolf
Master Roshi: 310, raises to 620 with his slightly refined Pump Up Technique
Blue Haired Launch: 800, raises to 3200 with ultra refined Pump Up Technique
Chiaotzu: 1800, raises to 5400 with his refined Pump Up Technique
Blonde Haired Launch: 2000, raises to 8000 with Ultra Refined Pump Up technique (In the daizenshu, it's shown that Blonde Launch's power level is 28, while normal launch has a power of a normal human, anywhere from 1 to 10.)
Chi-Chi: 2900, raises to 8700 with Refined Pump Up Technique
Yamcha: 4500, raises to 13500 with Refined Pump Up Technique, raises to 9000 using the divine wolf fang fist attack (a technique gained through studying the way the ki of a noble werewolf flowed), 27000 at full.
PaoPao: 5000: Raises to 15000 with Refined Pump Up Technique, Raises to 25000 with PaoPao's self Talisman Magic alone, or 33,333.333 using Jiang-Shi Beserking mode, raises to 75,000 with both techniques, or up to 100,000 when going beserk.
Krillin: 6500, raises to 26000 with ultra refined Pump Up (Krillin is one of the hardest workers amongst the group, training both the Pump Up technique and his body expertely, making him an extremely decent fighter now, even if he isn't the strongest, there is still one more year before the tournament, and he is quite the talented fighter)
Tien: 8103, raises to 16206 with Somewhat Refined Pump Up, raises to 81,030 when utilizing self fusion dance, raises to 162,060 total utilizing both abilities. Tien has trained his body and his speed and efficiency utilizing the fusion dance, he can do it almost instantaneously, making him quite dangerous. He can utilize the double fusion however without harming his body, so he can raise his power level over 1 million, or exactly, 1.6206 million, he is technically the strongest Z fighter, above even Goku while utilizing this technique, but Goku's got some scary tricks up his sleeve
Goku: 19750, raises to 59,250 with Refined Pump Up, raises to 197,500 with Wrathful Stage 1, raises to 296,250 with Wrathful Stage 2, Raises to 29,625 when using wofl-fang-monkey-fist, using all abilities: 1,333,125
Goku has been known for being a dirty copy cat when a move interests him, so Yamcha's technique of learning how to utilize the aura of a wolf without actually being transformed was taken in by him, this temporarily allows him to boost his power by 1.5 times. Training under Kami, and in his desire to surpass the old man, as well as in order to eventually surpass Jazz, and the image of that mysterious brown haired saiyan, he put himself through the ringer.
Unfortunately, Goku's suffering from a bit of a big head.
Now, for Piccolo: 44,570, raises to 133,710 with refined Pump Up technique, at only 2 years old, Goku is a little stronger than his uber powerful father in this version, but at 3 years old, he surpassed Piccolo sr in the original by like 30%, then doubled that original Piccolo's power at only 8 years old.
Anyways thanks for reading!