(Okay folks! Here is next chapter. This time it won't be super long. Without further ado let us begin the training)

(Disclaimer I don't own anything except Ataashi)

Chapter 7 – First Training

Gohan was alone. After Piccolo, the name of the tall green fellow that had told her that her mother was died, said he was going to train her. Except he decided to see how she could handle herself. Which led her to being here, alone in the wilderness for six bloody months. It wasn't so bad, really. There were a couple times she had almost been eaten, but otherwise fine. Unlike most children, Gohan didn't just stand there crying like a baby. She wanted to be like her mommy; strong and independent.

She was only thankful that her mommy had decided to start to teach some basic self defense when ever she had turned four. She was glad that her mommy didn't force her to study (Take that Chichi!) like most crazy mothers did. Just thinking of her mommy made her frown deeply. How long was it since she had died? How long has she been out here?!

'I hope Mr. Piccolo didn't forget about me' thought Gohan as she left the small cave that she called home for Kami knows how long. It was miracle she had found it. It was slightly snug, but otherwise kept her safe and warm for each night. With it being in the side of the mountain and all.

"It seems you've survived long enough," a voice spoke up making Gohan jump slightly.

She turned around to see Piccolo standing with a smirk on his face. He was impressed. Gohan had survived on her own for these six months. But now it was time for her to get into the real training and judging by the spark in the young girls eyes she was ready.

'Let's hope that she is just as strong as her mother' Piccolo thought as he prepared to teach the girl to fight.

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Raditz looked up at the sky. "We train. We have one year to prepare ourselves, we can't squander what little time we have."

Tash nodded. "Well... I guess we should start our training then. Don't want to end up like a giant disappointment like my dear brother." The small group snickered, All except Yamcha. He turned red in the face and scowled at his sister. "Hey, don't forget who taught you how to fight, BABY sister!" She shot him a look that made his blood run cold, he knew full well what a scrapper she was, and knew he would regret what he had just said before the words had left his mouth. "You are older than me by all of 5 Minutes Yamcha, You are always, "in a Rush" always have to be "Finished First"." Her use of Air Quotations got everyone's attention. "You know Yamcha, I bet that's Why Bulma Dumped you!" she could barely finish her sentence, tears streaming down her cheeks, from laughing so hard.

That last comment had everyone splitting their sides, and Yamcha turning a brighter shade of red than usual. "I know, I know. you don't have to say anything Yam. It was Harsh, I'm a Bitch." she linked her arm in his and put her head on his shoulder. "But is that not what sisters are for?"

He sighed and ruffled her hair. She was right, he always seemed to have something to prove, but when it came to his sister's wise cracks he would let them slide. there was nothing more important to him than his twin sister and seeing her not as gloomy as before was a relief.

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"Kame will see you now!" The sudden break in silence startled Ataashi. She looked toward where the voice had come from, and there stood a short, portly man with a turban. It was Mr. Popo, the grounds keeper of the lookout and martial arts master. as everyone filed into the temple Ataashi couldn't help notice the incredible marble work matching the exterior the lines of color scattered across each piece was mesmerizing. they turned the corner into a large dark room with a Swinging Pendulum in the middle.

" In order to succeed, you must know yourself, and know your enemy!" Mr Popo's voice echoed across the room. "Know myself? Nobody knows me, better than me!" Yamcha blurted back.

"Good, so you know you are Weak!" Ataashi was the first to giggle, for once it wasn't her that pointed that out. "The same goes for you young lady." Popo said as he turned to look her in the eye.

"I know that I have not been fighting as long as the others, I also know I have much room for Improvement. I am also ready to learn, Mr Popo." she said as she bowed in apology. This is where Ataashi and her brother differed, she was always willing to learn, always eager to train and be the best fighter she could be. While Yamcha was quite content to coast through life. which was apparent by the symbol on his Gi.

Atashi's Gi, was a sky-blue color, with dark blue underneath and was missing a symbol, she was unable to find someone willing to train her. it wasn't for lack of trying, Master Roshi had refused to take her on as a student he was busy with Kat and Krillin's training. She didn't want to be trained by him anyways, he was always trying to cop a feel on every pretty girl around. She knew she wouldn't be an exception. With the Sayian threat looming, she would have a chance to be trained by one of the most powerful beings on the planet, if she were deemed worthy by Mr. Popo and Kame.

"Step into the circle if you think you are ready." Mr Popo gestured towards a glowing circle underneath the ticking pendulum. Raditz scoffed. "Like I am going to become one of your test subjects, you can forget it!" he crossed his arms and leaned against the wall of the chamber. The cryptic symbols on the ground seemed to pulse as the group stepped inside. Tien and Chaiotzu entered first, followed by Krillin. Yamcha took a step forward and looked back at his sister he could tell she was nervous but reassured her with a smile and held out his hand. she took it, smiling back, and they crossed over together.

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Within the blink of an eye, they were in the middle of what appeared to be a ruined city. here skyscrapers once stood, there was now nothing but rubble. the atmosphere had a red tinge to it and it made Ataashi uneasy they were not alone. As the group walked down the abandoned street ataashi noticed what used to be storefronts. "Looks like the shopping district." she touched the glass of one of the displays that was still intact. Chaiotzu levitated beside her. "Ooh, that is a cool looking Helmet!"

Before he could pick it up a body appeared and snatched Chaiotzu causing Ataashi to scream and the group to look back at them. A tall man is saiyan armor cackled as he tossed Chaiotzu into the building across the street and grabbed Ataashi's arms from behind. "well aren't you a pretty one, we could have some fun with you, couldn't we brother" a short bald man in similar armor picked up chaiotzu's body and drained him of his life-force, then dropping him to the ground again. Tears streamed down her face as she struggled to get loose, but it only made the taller one tighten his hold and pull her closer. The look on Yamcha's face as the sayian licked the side of his sister's face could make blood run cold. Nobody touched his baby sister, especially without her consent, He leapt towards her only to be stopped by the shorter one. Nothing he could throw at his opponent was making any difference, they were just too strong. Tien launched a tri-beam at the taller one to try and get him to release Ataashi, it only angered him. He grabbed her by the neck and snapped it, tossing her body at the feet of the group. the three of them yelled in frustration, and Yamcha lost his cool.

Krillin ran towards the other two, now engaged in hand to hand combat. before krillin could reach them, something grabbed him from beneath the rocky ground and pulled him under, he didn't resurface. Tien and Yamcha threw everything they had at their opponents, but to no avail, they were quickly dispatched and everything went black.

Ataashi awoke standing in the circle of the pendulum room, Chaiotzu was clinging to her leg. as the others came to their senses Yamcha frantically looked around, found his baby sister and hugged her tightly. "Oh Tash!" she hugged him back. "Yamcha, are you alright?" He nodded. "Better now that I know you are safe." Tien bent down and touched Chaiotzu's head. "You alright little buddy?" Unwilling to let go of Tash's Leg, Chaiotzu nodded.

"Are you alright Tien?" Tash looked up at him and touched his arm. "watching what happened to Chaiotzu could not have been easy for you, I know I would never want to see it again." Tien nodded. "Yeah, I'll be alright."

Kame stood in front of the group. "Those opponents you just faced were only half as strong as the two heading to earth as we speak." Yamcha's jaw nearly hit the floor. "O-Only Half!?" screamed Tien, his eye beginning to twitch. "What can we do, how can we prepare?" Ataashi looked over at Kame and Mr Popo. Tien put his hand on her shoulder. "You will train with Chaiotzu and me, there is nothing more you can learn by training with Yamcha and Krillin. We will leave for the mountains in the morning. Be ready."

Be ready? Heh. She thought to herself, she has been ready since she could remember, and finally she would have her chance. "I'll be ready Tien, don't worry."

Morning came bright and early and Tash was the first one up as usual, or so she thought. for the first time in, well, ever Yamcha was awake, dressed and waiting for her outside.

"Tash, are you sure you want Tien to train you, and I mean absolutely positive that this is what you want." His eyes softened as he looked down at her. "Yes Yamcha, to reach my full potential, I need him to. It's the smart thing to do, yam please don't worry about me." she hugged her brother as tight as she could. "You just focus on you, alright, Tien has my back, and be prepared for an ass whoopin' after my training is done." she giggled. Tien walked up behind her with Chaiotzu on his shoulders. "Ready to go home Tash?" Chaiotzu smiled at her. Tash smiled back. "Of course Tzu, lets go."

(Author Note: As you guys can see if a new character is added to the story whenever it shifts to wherever they are it will be most centred around them. I want you folks to get to know these new players)

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Raditz had opted out of going. He already knew what his race was like, Cruel, Violent, Always conquering and destroying everything in sight. The funny part was… He was glad that he was sent to Earth. Right now, he would've probably been his uncle's place. Trying to get his sister to join him in conquering the many planets. He shivered slightly at the thought walking out of the time room. He had no time for the 'What ifs' he needed to train.

He knew exactly where to go. He quickly ran and jumped off Kami's Lookout letting the wind whip past him as he quickly shot straight towards his destination at top speed. He just hoped his niece and sister were alright.

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Relief was the first thing that went through Kakarot's mind as she finally saw the end to Snake Way just a few feet ahead. She practically leaped for joy as she ran the home stretch only to see nothing at the end. She screeched to a sudden halt at the end as she looked around finding anything.

"Where's King Kai's place," she quietly muttered as her gazed shifted upward to finally spot a small planet just chilling there.

A smile crossed her lips as she leapt up to get herself onto to planet. Only to end up being pulled down like a boulder with an ungraceful THUMP. 'God Damn, not again!' she though in mild annoyance as she struggled out of a crater she had made on the planet's surface. The gravity on this planet was even worse then on that other one. Before she felt like lead, here, she felt like titanium was weighing her down.

After finally getting up she stubbornly stomped around trying to look for King Kai. She then noticed a monkey standing there looking at her with mild curiosity. 'Is he King Kai?' she questioned to herself eyeing the monkey in similar curiosity. That is until her stomach growled rather loudly.

"Um…. Are you King Kai," she questioned slowly, "And if so do you have anything to eat, because I'm starving."

The monkey looked as it ran over and climbed the only tree on the planet. Kakarot struggled, but had somehow made it to the bottom of the tree as the monkey, as far as she knew was maybe King Kai, popped it's head out from near the top. The monkey had picked an apple form the tree and was waving it as if signalling to her that it was food.

"Um…. Do you think you could throw an apple down to me," Kakarot asked.

The monkey dropped the apple down, but Kakarot had sadly missed catching it. She watched with wide eyes as it fell like a rock creating a small crater just a few centimetres in front of her. 'Thank Kami I wasn't standing there' she thought to relief.

King Kai, as Kakarot was now calling the monkey, had seen her miss the apple and already grabbed another. Kakarot didn't hesitate as she caught the other one only to have her fall the loud resonating thump, yet again, on the ground. She mumbled in annoyance as she struggled to get the damn fruit into her mouth.

After a few minutes, she had somehow swallowed the apple down while also getting into a sitting position. During that time "King Kai" had climbed down from the tree and was now standing in front of her. Kakarot shakily stood up as she looked at "King Kai" with mild awkwardness.

"So…. Um…. Are you going to train me….," she began as the monkey started to 'ooh' and raised its arms up in the air while walking. 'Is this his training? Ah well it would be good idea to follow him.'

With that in mind she shakily raised her hands and struggled to keep herself up from weight of the gravity as followed "King Kai."

"Alright that's enough. Who are you?"

A voice spoke making Kakarot stop what she was doing and turn to the source. A strange stout blue man with antennas on his head and wearing small rounded sunglasses stood a few feet away from her. Kakarot blinked a few times slowly putting the pieces together. Was this person King Kai?

"Hey are you….," she began slowly pointing at the man as he made a small snicker at her confusion.

"I am who I am," the man began to her, "Can you guess? It rhymes with pie."

Kakarot wasn't a complete idiot here. She knew who this guy was the minute he spoke. Except it only made the fact that she thought that the monkey was him even more humiliating. She could hear Raditz's laughing at her and calling her an idiot.

"Your King Kai…," she spoke questionable as a nod from him was all she needed to feel how stupid she felt at that very moment, "Then who is he?"

"That's just Bubbles," King Kai answered, "So, there a reason why you're here?"

It didn't take her long to explain the situation to King Kai as he nodded in understanding.

"Ah. So, you came to me for training," he questioned as Kakarot nodded, "I will train you, but…."

Kakarot looked at him waiting for him to continue. Was there a catch to this whole thing? A task of some sorts? A test? She needed to know she only had a small window of time to train at the moment and standing here wasn't helping anything.

"… You have to make me laugh," he finished with a serious look right on his face, "Not in any way tell me a joke and if you can make me laugh I'll train you."

Kakarot looked at him dumbfounded. The only way he was going to train her was by telling a joke?! She wasn't a comedian here, which meant she would have to think of something good. Something that could blow him away. Just what? She deeply thought as King Kai watched her think with a smirk on his face.

'I guess she doesn't have a good funny bone. She's already struggling to think of something funny' King Kai thought waiting patiently for something good.

"Having troubles, are you? Then give up and go home," King Kai stated as he watched her work her mind to the point of frustration.

'Um…. Yamcha? No, he wouldn't get it. Think Kakarot think. There must be…' she thought quickly trying to think of a joke that might make him laugh. Then it hit like a ton of bricks. Of course! The joke she thought of was perfect. A smug smile crossed her face as she turned looked over at him.

"Why did the chicken cross the road," she asked making King Kai slightly stunned at choosing to such an overly used joke.

"To get to the other side," King Kai asked slowly as the smirk widened on the female saiyan's face.

"It was too far to fly," she spoke up making King Kai struggling to keep his face straight, "What's the best way to carve a wood? Whittle by Whittle!"

She could see King Kai was struggling to hold his laughter in as her smirk broke into a full-blown smile. All she needed was one more and he would instantly laughing his laughing his ass off. She knew just the one. Taking a deep breath, she spoke it.

"What do you call a magical owl? HOO-DINI," she shouted putting the final nail in the coffin making King Kai burst out in a fit of uncontrollable laughter.

She had done it and now her training with King Kai could finally begin.

(ALRIGHT! Here you guys go. I decided to end it here, because we all know that King Kai did start the training. Don't you guys worry I'll be going over the training in the next chapter through a flashback, because next chapter Vegeta and Nappa finally show up! So, you guys just to wait one more chapter before Kakarot and Vegeta meet again. Till next time folks!)

Next Chapter: Chapter 8 – The Saiyans Arrive / Hurry Kakarot