Dragon Ball Nu
Volume 2: Chapter 7
Previously on Dragon Ball Nu, the Saiyans on Earth each made their own decisions about their futures. Cardoon has chosen to stay on Earth with the Z-Fighters much to his teammate's dismay. Vegeta has offered to help the Saiyans find a way off of the planet by giving them a spaceship built by Bulma. Our heroes are making new allies and new enemies are just on the horizon. How will our heroes fair with these new impending threats? Will Cardoon fit well with the other Z-Fighters? We try to find the answers to some of these questions, now.
"Whoa. This place is crazy… I would've never thought a place like this could exist this far into the sky." The group touching down on the Lookout leaving Cardoon awestruck.
"The Guardian of Earth lives within the palace of the Lookout." Piccolo stepping towards the palace leaving Cardoon and Gohan to follow.
"The Guardian, his name is Dende. He is a very nice being and watches over Earth from here." Gohan whispering to Cardoon, knowing it doesn't really matter with Piccolo's hearing.
"Does every planet have a Guardian?"
"Well, in theory every planet with life does, but I don't know that for certain. My name is Dende nice to meet you." Dende hearing the conversation from afar as the group approaches the palace where he resides. "I've been watching over the Earth and keeping an eye on you and the other Saiyans."
"Wait a minute, you're Namekian. The Guardian of Earth is a Namekian?" Cardoon rubbing his eyes in disbelief. "You gotta be kidding me."
"No tricks here. I am, in fact, the Guardian of the Earth. Now Piccolo, Gohan what might bring our new guest to the Lookout?" Dende sensing Cardoon's feelings. 'He is strong there is no question about that, but he seems good at heart.'
"This place, it's so… strange. A floating palace in the middle of nowhere." Cardoon looking back at the edge of the Lookout. "It's so that way normal people aren't as likely to find it."
"Cardoon, this way. For the time being you will be staying in one of the spare rooms of the Palace." Piccolo leading the way stepping to the building ahead.
"Thank you. I appreciate it, but Vegeta already offered me to find a place to stay in West City with him."
"He will need time to find somewhere for you to live. In the meantime you will stay here. Trust me, Vegeta will understand." Piccolo thinking to himself. 'It will only be for a couple of days. No need to worry about Vegeta losing his temper over it.' The trio making their way to one of the rooms and stepping inside.
"This is where you'll be staying." Piccolo stopping to show Cardoon in and Gohan behind. 'Gohan, listen to me. For now we cannot tell him about where the Hyperbolic Time Chamber is or how it can be used. Got it?' Piccolo telepathically talking to Gohan.
'Oh… uh, sure thing Piccolo. But why are you worried about letting him know?'
'We need to know we can trust him before letting him use such an effective training tool and it is only to be use in dire need, remember?' Gohan nodding in response to Piccolo's message.
"This is very nice. I appreciate you guys taking me in and doing all of these things for me."
Meanwhile back at Capsule Corp. in West City.
"So you want me to build a spaceship to send the ungrateful Saiyans away? What a bunch of jerks." Bulma rolling her eyes.
"Ungrateful…" Shaking his head. "So you will do it?"
"Yeah, when does this need to be done?" Stepping over to the computer and pulling out the schematics of Goku's ship from Namek.
"I told them it would be complete in one week."
"One week!? Thanks for the notice Vegeta!"
"A week is plenty of time! I know you can do it woman!" Vegeta and Bulma catching the attention of Goten and Trunks from the other room in training.
"Hey Trunks, did you hear that? It sounded like your Mom and Dad arguing." Goten pausing from their racing around the chamber with increased gravity.
"Come on Goten! If you stop I win. Loser has to do push-ups! That was the deal." Trunks stopping mid-stride.
"Don't you want to know what they are yelling about?" Stepping closer to the door.
"What's it matter? Not like they are going to tell me." Trunks shrugging his shoulders. "My Dad won't even teach me how to go Super Saiyan."
"Gohan said I wasn't old enough either…" Goten looking down at the floor. "Trunks, what if we learned how to go Super by ourselves?"
"How are we going to do that?" Trunks intrigued by the proposition.
"Gohan told me how he went Super… he did it training really hard with my Dad. I don't know what they did, but what if we just trained harder?"
"I can turn up the gravity. That would make training a lot harder." Trunks walking over to the control module. "How high should I put the gravity though?"
"I don't know. What's it say now?" Goten walking over to look.
"Right now it says '5G'. I can increase it to something like '8G' and see how we like it."
"Yeah! Let's do it!" The two young boys clicking the buttons and feeling as the gravity begins to fall heavier upon them. "Trunks this is really heavy. What is it at now?" Goten fighting to stay upright.
"It's at '7G' we still have one more to go." Trunks struggling to raise his arm to the button fighting with all his strength. "I can't get my hand to the button."
"Trunks… we might need help. Should we yell for someone?" Goten getting nervous. "I don't want to be trapped in here."
"Calm down. We won't be trapped stupid. We just need to get use to this and then I can turn it off." Trunks arms and body growing red with the downward force of blood.
'Well if you're such a man now I tell you what if you land a hit on me in my base form at ten times gravity I will show you more insight on the Super Saiyan transformation.' Vegeta's words echoing in Trunks's mind. 'Dad challenged me to do this. I'm not ever at ten times gravity. I am the son of the strongest fighter on the planet. I can do this.' Drops of sweat slamming heavy on the ground below Trunks's trembling legs.
"Trunks, Gohan use to tell me if I can focus my energy I can get stronger." Gritting his teeth in pain. "I never figured out what that meant. Do you think you know?"
"That's it!" Trunks closing his eyes. 'Focus.' A slow heavy heat growing inside of Trunks's stomach begins to flow. 'I need to push that power outward.' Feeling the energy flow into his arms and legs then out of his body. "Goten, I'm going to turn down the gravity get ready." Trunks slowly forcing his arm to raise like an anchor from the seas. "Almost… there." Click. Suddenly the room changing back to original Earth gravity as the two boys collapse on the ground.
"You… did it..." Goten panting between words on the ground.
"Yeah… I did." Trunks feeling proud but also exhausted. "Hey Goten… what do you say we take a quick break… and get a snack?"
"Yeah! That sounds great!" The boys laying on the floor waiting for the energy needed to move to return to their bodies.
Meanwhile in the other room Vegeta and Bulma's conversation begins calming down.
"So it's settled then." Vegeta taking in a breath. "Thank you. If you need anything from me…"
Bulma cutting off Vegeta. "I know Vegeta. Don't worry."
Goten and Trunks suddenly storming into the room. "Hey Mom! Dad! Guess what? Goten and I were training in the Gravity Chamber and we trained at seven times gravity! Isn't that great?"
'Trunks and Gohan's runt brother withstood seven times gravity? Just last time we trained Trunks couldn't stand very easily in six times gravity… hmmm.' Smirking. "Is that so? Would you two boys like to join me in that gravity then?"
"Goten and I were going to go to the park and relax!"
"Yeah!" Goten chiming in excitement.
"Well that's a shame… and here I was going to try training both of you to become Super Saiyan. I guess you just aren't ready." Walking passed the boys and leaving the room.
"Super Saiyan!? You really think we are ready for Super Saiyan?!" Trunks running in front of his father to halt him. "We want to learn how to turn Super Saiyan."
Smirking and turning around. "I knew my son had some Saiyan blood in him after all. You know Gohan didn't reach Super Saiyan till he was around eleven. Do you really think you two can handle that kind of training?"
"Trunks… Gohan is really, really strong and we've never fought any real bad guys. How are we gonna be able to train with your Dad?" Goten whispering in angst.
"Come on, we can do it." Trunks whispering back as the two boys follow Vegeta.
"Let's start with something easy, shall we?" Vegeta turning on the gravity to three times that of Earth's. "First we are going to teach you boys how to fly."
"Wait, for real? I thought we were going to learn to become Super Saiyans." Trunks feeling tricked.
"Controlling your energy is the first step to becoming a Super Saiyan… now if we are done complaining. When you learn to fly you will begin to learn that control and once you master it flying will help you learn to control your energy to become a Super Saiyan." Vegeta gently lifting off the ground by just a few inches to demonstrate. "Eventually it will take no thought at all… it will become natural."
"Uh… why do we need the gravity on to learn to fly?" Goten sheepishly not wanting to step out of line.
"If you can fly in here it will become easily to fly out there. Now let's begin. First I want you boys to raise your energy as high as you can. Feel it in your gut and push that heat and power upwards as much as you can." Each of the boys nodding and beginning to attempt the feat. 'So Gohan has been teaching his brother the beginnings of control. His energy is focused just not very large. Trunks, his energy is running wild like it's uncontrolled.'
"I… can… push… higher." Trunks clenching his teeth trying to increase his energy to a higher level.
"Gohan told me focus is the best way to raise my power." Goten whispering to himself. 'I can feel Trunks power and it's really strong… Why isn't mine that strong?'
"Alright boys. Now I want to stop and hold your power where it is!" Each of the boys feeling completely thrown off.
"Wait Dad, you said as high as we can."
"I know what I said! It was a test! Now hold your power right there! Just listen to what I'm saying!"
'Alright, geez he doesn't have to yell all the time.' Re-focusing his energy Trunks realizing he can't hold in the power as easily as he could raise it. "Uh… Dad… I can't hold my energy in one place. What am I doing wrong?"
"Trunks… that power you feel inside… just try to make to cover your whole body and pretend like you're holding it right there. That's how I do it." Goten speaking up from his own concentration. Trunks nodding in response before re-focusing.
'Good. These boys may actually have as much potential as Gohan with the right training.' Vegeta smirking while the training begins to heat up for the two young Saiyans.
Will Trunks and Goten be able to make it through the training session with Vegeta successfully? Will the boys learn to control their energy better and figure out how to fly? Will the ship for Zuccha and Arame be completed in time? Find out next time on the next Dragon Ball Nu.