Chapter 3
A/N: Well, This is pretty late in the month to release this so sorry? I honestly thought Saint Patricks Day was the 25th and didn't realize that it was the 17th until the 18th and that was a mistake on my part. Well, I've rambled a bit too much for me at least so here's the long-awaited chapter!
8 Months Later
Mount Paozu
A car is driving down an old dirt road, and although the exact destination is unknown to the occupants of the car, they are certain that the Dragon Ball, their goal, is there. The driver is a beautiful young woman with long blue hair tied in a braid that went down her back, wearing a pink dress with a black belt and pouch completing the look. To complete her attire she wore a purple ascot and black sneakers.
Stopping the car, Bulma got out and stretched her arms above her head with a yawn before looking to the device in her left hand clicking the top button a few times to get the device to show her a clear path to the next Dragon Ball. Satisfied, Bulma got back in her car and looked over to her companion to see if she was awake or not. Seeing she wasn't Bulma sighed and reached over.
"Hey Seloria, time to wake up. We're coming up to where the Dragon Ball is." Bulma said gently, shaking Seloria's left shoulder to wake the younger girl up. Seloria, who had black spiky hair that went down to the middle of her back, she wore a pink jacket over a black shirt with a pair of light purple pants. Seloria yawned as she rubbed the sleepiness from her eyes, she slowly awoke before looking to her pseudo older sister.
"How much longer, Bulma?" Seloria asked with a yawn as she looked to Bulma, who was driving before she turned her head to look outside and watch the scenery quickly move past.
"BULMA LOOK OUT!" Seloria screamed, stopping Bulma's response as well as causing the bluette to look over to see what caused Seloria to scream. In doing so, she saw what looked to be a ball of yellow light, similar to what she's seen Paseri create for her dad in his tests. Unable to swerve the car in time, Bulma and Seloria watched in shock as the ball of light came closer and closer to the car. Just as they were about to be hit, a figure appeared in front of the Ki attack and deflected it into the ground, causing a smoke cloud to erupt from the point of impact.
As the smoke cleared, Bulma and Seloria could see a woman with shoulder-length spiky and shaggy black hair that was wearing green armor with yellow accents that covered her torso. Accompanying her armor was dark green pants made of cloth, but the most shocking inclusion was the woman's monkey tail.
The woman stood in front of a small crater, looking in the direction of a sheepish-looking boy who was wearing a dark blue gi with one of his hands rubbing the back of his head, ruffling his palm-tree shaped hair. Quickly walking up to the boy, the woman swatted the back of his head with her tail.
"Kakarot! Watch where you're aiming next time, you could have killed them!" The woman scolded the boy, now named Kakarot, who looked down in shame and regret. Satisfied with the results of her scolding, the woman turned back to the still shocked and terrified girls in the car. Walking towards them with a smile as her son followed closely behind.
"Are you both alright? Nothing damaged?" The strange woman asked the two as she and Kakarot drew closer to the adventurers. Seeing the two nod, the woman smiled brightly at the two in relief.
"That's great! Now then, my son here has something to say to you two. Don't you Kakarot?" The woman continued with an exuberance that turned to steel as she addressed Kakarot, who nodded fearfully before turning to the two strangers still in the car.
"I'm sorry for almost injuring you both." Kakarot said, bowing to the two, and hiding the fact that he would have accidentally killed the two with a stray ki attack. The woman nodded at Kakarot before looking at their guests.
"Well, introductions are in order. My name is Gine, nice to meet you." The now named Gine greeted them with a wide smile, before turning towards her son and gently flicking his head with her tail, before gesturing for him to introduce himself.
"Hello, my name is Kakarot. What're your names?" Kakarot said with curiosity at the sight of two girls in the middle of nowhere. In response, the girls looked at each other in confusion before getting out of the car to properly greet the strangers that had managed to both endanger and save their lives in the span of a few seconds. Standing in front of the mother-son duo. Bulma cleared her throat before addressing the
"Hello, my name is Bulma and this is my friend Seloria." Bulma greeted them, being the older of the two. Gine examined the younger girls before looking down the road then back at the girls in confusion.
"So, what are two girls doing all the way out here?" Gine asked, her confusion at the fact that two girls were out in the middle of nowhere with no big city and only a village or two for miles. The girls looked at one another, again, before Bulma sighed.
"We're looking for a ball that looks like these." Bulma said holding out two orange-gold orbs with red stars within. The one in her left hand had three and the one in her right had five. Gine and Kakarot looked at each other in surprise before Kakarot spoke.
"Hey, that looks like Grandpa's momento!" Kakarot said, confusion evident in his voice. Gine nodded but was wondering why the girls were in the middle of nowhere looking for a sphere, even though it looked beautiful, especially if they already have two of them already. In contrast, Bulma and Seloria cheered and hugged one another in glee at the thought of being almost halfway done already. Before looking back at Gine and Kakarot
"Can we borrow it?" Seloria asked excitedly, breaking her silence and catching the attention of Gine. Who, upon noticing the tail wagging behind Seloria, grinned with delight and grabbed Seloria holding the younger Saiyaness up, scaring Seloria and surprising Bulma and Kakarot.
"You're one of the other Saiyans that came to Earth!?" Gine shouted in glee as she spun around still holding Seloria, before rubbing her cheek against the younger Saiyan's.
"Bulma, HELP!" Seloria shouted to Bulma, who was dumbfounded before laughing at the comedic scene. Kakarot, on the other hand, was confused as to why his mother was acting the way she was while holding the girl. After a few minutes, Gine put down Seloria, who quickly ran over to, and promptly hid behind, Bulma. Gine regained her composure and stared at the younger girls.
"Back to the matter at hand, why do you want the ball?" Gine asked, voicing the question she had prior to discovering Seloria's heritage. Bulma sighed yet again as she realized they wouldn't be able to get the ball without answering the question.
"They're called the Dragon Balls. We're looking for them because gathering all 7 allows us to summon the Eternal Dragon and grant us our wish." Bulma said reluctantly, hoping that her honesty will convince the mother to give her the one in their possession. Gine looked at the girls thoughtfully before nodding her head.
"Alright, we'll give it to you under 3 conditions." Gine said while holding up three fingers. Bulma pulled Seloria back and the two spoke quietly among one another before Seloria sighed and nodded while Bulma grinned in victory. The two girls turned back to the small family watching them, one in confusion and the other in amusement.
"What are the conditions?" Bulma asked while hoping one of them wasn't for the wish itself. Gine nodded once more and started listing her conditions.
"Condition one, you must tell me your wish," Gine started off her list of conditions, to Bulma and Seloria's growing horror.
"Condition two, bring back our dragon ball when you're done." Gine lowered another finger. Bulma nodded to that, keeping the fact that the Dragon Balls scatter across the globe after being used to herself.
"And condition three is that you take Kakarot with you." Gine finished with a grin, shocking the others. Causing all of them to start arguing with her. Gine quickly grew irritated as the trio continued to argue against her choice for the last condition, her eyebrow ticking erratically from her irritation. Having enough of the arguing, Gine flared her light blue aura, silencing all three. Taking a deep, calming breath, Gine addressed the three children.
"Girls, do you want the Dragon Ball or not? And Kakarot, you need to leave the mountain at some point, and this is the perfect opportunity." Gine said with finality, causing the group of three to sigh in unison. This joint action causing Gine to giggle at the soon to be close friends.
"Look at that! You're working together already!~" Gine said cheerfully, while she walked towards the home her and Kakarot had lived in for the past decade. The three looked at each other, confusion evident in their faces, before rushing after Gine so she couldn't leave them behind.
Two Hours Later
The now group of three drove down a road built on the rolling green pastures with the occasional hill and plateau quickly flying by. Suddenly stopping on the side of the road, Bulma exited the car to the confusion of the Saiyan children, who looked at one another before they exited the car after her.
"Hey Bulma, where are you going?" Kakarot asked in confusion as Bulma walked towards a nearby boulder. Bulma turned around and answered.
"I HAVE TO GO!" Bulma roared at Kakarot, her gaze sharpening into a glare as she snarled at the boy, before turning back around and rushed towards the boulder. As Kakarot watched her go he turned to Seloria to talk with her. Seeing Seloria getting back into the car, Kakarot leaned against the frame of the car.
"So what should we do while we wait?" Kakarot asked her, attempting to start up a conversation with his fellow Saiyan. Hearing the question from their tag along caused Seloria to turn her head and look at him in confusion, before shrugging and answering.
"We can talk about how we grew up? If you want to, that is..." Seloria said boredly, resting her chin in her hand. But before they could continue they heard Bulma scream. Quickly getting up and rushing towards the boulder Bulma went behind, they saw a giant Pterodactyl holding her with a hungry look in his eye. Kakarot moved quickly as Bulma's screams for help increased from the beast's, and by extension her own, altitude started to increase. Kakarot jumped on a nearby boulder then launched himself airborne. Quickly overtaking the winged monster, Kakarot pulled out the red bo-staff from the holster strapped to his back. and swung it at the flying beast.
"Power Pole! Extend!" Kakarot roared out as his bo-staff extended, lengthening several fold as he smashed the bo-staff onto the Pterodactyl's head, its neck snapping with a resounding crack. This causes Bulma to be released and start plummeting to the ground. As the ground was quickly approaching, Seloria rushed forward, jumping into the air and caught Bulma. As they were falling, Seloria noticed a nearby tree and angled their trajectory towards it. Wrapping her tail around one of the tree's branches, Seloria twirled around the branch a few times before dropping to the ground and releasing Bulma, who stumbled around dizzily for a few minutes. After Bulma had recovered and thanked Seloria, the two girls looked around for Kakarot. Bulma soon spotted him dragging the corpse of the Pterodactyl towards them.
"Well, we got lunch!" He called out to the two with a cheer. The girls looked to each other and sighed before Bulma walked off to go change her clothes from the accident she had before the Saiyans saved her. Seloria, meanwhile, joined Kakarot who had just started a campfire in preparing lunch.
That Evening
After a surprisingly good lunch, Bulma, Seloria, and Kakarot entered the car and drove off in the direction of the next Dragon Ball. Stopping in a clearing the group exited the car, Kakarot quicker than the other two. Shaking her head at the boy, Bulma looked to the stretching Seloria as she reached for her capsule case.
"Seloria, could you capsulize the car for me?" Bulma asked as she pulled out a large capsule and tossed it towards a nearby clearing. Kakarot looked in confusion before it turned to shock as the strange object that Bulma threw and the car that had taken them there simultaneously turned to smoke. Kakarot, having grown up in the country and never came into contact with the world beyond the mountain range in which he grew up, jumped back from the two, pointing his Power Pole at the two.
"You two are Witches!" Kakarot shouted in assurance, only to be confused when Seloria giggled at him.
"No, silly! We're using capsules, it's state-of-the-art technology." Seloria giggled out to Kakarot as she picked up the capsule that contained the car and handed it to Bulma, her giggle and grin soon turning into a frown when Kakarot didn't move, her eyes closing in irritation as a vein on her forehead pulsed. With a deep breath, Seloria opened her eyes and walked towards Kakarot, who tensed at her approach. Stopping in front of the boy, Seloria glared at him with Kakarot glaring back in kind. Breaking their glaring contest, Seloria sighed in exasperation before addressing the boy.
"Look, we can contain larger objects in small items we call capsules. It's how we were able to carry the car with us and bring out the mansion." Seloria said, her exasperation showing further
before she started to push him to the Mansion and through the door. Upon reaching the western style living room, Seloria had Kakarot sit in a chair by the table before going to the kitchen where Bulma resided and the hum of an oven and the clanging of pans can be heard. Stopping at the door, she turned her head to look at Kakarot and addressed him.
"Dinner will be done soon, don't go anywhere, okay?" Seloria said with a smile to Kakarot, who looked at her with confusion, while his stomach growled at the mention of food.
20 Minutes Later
After waiting ten minutes, dinner was done and before them was a small banquet, a meal fit for a king, or a Human teen and two Saiyan children. Digging into the meal, Seloria and Kakarot devoured it within a few minutes of it being served, while Bulma just sat there, a slight look of disgust on her face at the sight of Saiyans eating.
'I'll never get used to Saiyans eating will I?' Bulma thought in an odd mix of exasperation and disgust as she watched Seloria and Kakarot dig into the veritable feast that she and Seloria had prepared, Kakarot and Seloria shoveled more and more food down their throats like miniature black holes. Noticing that the veritable feast that was prepared was rapidly diminishing, Bulma quickly took her preferred food from the pile before it was all gone and slowly ate it as the vacuums continued.
When dinner came to a close, Seloria was the first to stand from her seat and stretched her arms above her head, her slightly distended stomach poking out from under her shirt before she pulled Kakarot up by his left arm and started to push him in the direction where his room would be for the course of their adventure.
"Hey! What're you doing!?" Kakarot shouted as he was being pushed through the doorway and down the hall.
"Oh, hush! I'm showing you where your room is." Seloria said with a grimace at the strength she had to use to push him. Upon arriving at his room, Seloria opened the door and pushed Kakarot through.
"Here, that'll be your room for over the course of our journey. Do not leave this room at night, understood?" Seloria said to Kakarot, growling the last part to him. Before she smelled something awful.
"Ew! What is that smell!?"Seloria hissed at Kakarot who looked at her with his head tilted.
"What smell? Are you talking about the smell from the food?" Kakarot curiously asked before sniffing the air. Seloria just crinkled her nose in disgust as the smell seemed to get worse around Kakarot. Before she had a sudden epiphany.
"When was the last time you took a bath!?" She cried out, her voice increasing in pitch covering her nose with both hands.
"Last week, why?" Kakarot said, head still tilted, confused at why her face had turned a few shades of green. Seloria then started pushing him through his room and to another door, that upon being opened was a bathroom. Turning on the water, Seloria looked at Kakarot, a stern look on her face.
"Bath. Now." Seloria commanded, cowing any complaint Kakarot could have mustered at taking a bath.
"You put this in your hair to clean it, and you put this on your body to wash it." Seloria said gesturing to the shampoo and body wash respectively. Once positive that her orders were listened to, she nodded and Seloria walked out of the bathroom leaving Kakarot to take his bath, stopping at the doorway Seloria had one last thing to say.
"Don't leave the bathroom until you're clean, got it?" With her piece said she exited the bathroom, leaving his room not long after. Coming across Bulma on her way, Seloria bid Bulma goodnight, getting one in return they both went to their rooms for the night.
Fortune Teller Baba's
Toma, who's hair was short, messy spikes wore a brown armor top with grey accents and matching brown gi pants, was sent crashing into the ground from an overhead double ax handle from his caretaker and mentor, Hanasia. Standing at the lip of the small crater that formed from Toma's impact, Hanasia crossed her arms over her own black and brown set of armor, which showed slight scuff marks from the training session.
"Alright, you two! Training session's over, the arena needs to be fixed before more suckers try to fight for a free fortune." Baba said, sitting comfortably on her crystal ball from the sidelines. With a sigh, Hanasia hoisted the unconscious Toma over her shoulder and walked over to where Baba was waiting.
"I don't get it. Why can't I train Toma properly!?" Hanasia grumbled to Baba who looked at her thoughtfully before she turned around and started floating to her room.
"I've seen the future, Hanasia, and for Toma to have a chance to survive in the future, he must be regulated for now. You may not like it, but you training him at your full capabilities would only hinder the boy in the long run." Baba said to Hanasia's dismay, causing the Saiyaness to grumble irritatedly once again.
"What kind of trials are you preparing him for anyways? You always say he'll need something for these trials but never what the trials themselves are." Hanasia said irritatedly to Baba, stopping in their walk to place Toma in his bed before continuing on. Baba sighed, knowing and dreading that her question would come up, or perhaps, the reaction afterward?
"As much as I would like to tell you, I can't. The Future is a fickle thing you see. Altering the set course of events to stop an unwanted outcome can cause a worse outcome to occur instead. I'm pushing it already by having you train Toma at all. Telling you the reason why I'm having Toma train like this would cause a worse chain of events to come along instead." Baba said with a sigh. Hanasia was about to blow up at Baba's refusal, before thinking about it.
"Whatever." She explosively sighed at the, in her opinion half-assed, explanation. Baba, however, looked intently at the younger Saiyan, having seen his future and didn't know what to think about it.
Wilderness
The Next Morning
Seloria entered the living room with a yawn before grumbling about murdering whatever decided it was a good idea to rudely wake her up so early in the morning. She noticed Bulma drinking coffee at the dining table with bags under her eyes, most likely from being woken up earlier from the loud noises. Seeing the front door open confused Seloria, who walked over to Bulma.
"What's with all the racket Bulma?" She asked her sister. Who only grumbled in response, seeming to almost fall asleep where she was sitting. Taking a sip of her coffee to help her wake up, Bulma responded as another crash sounded from outside.
"Kakarot's causing all the noise, training he called it. Could you get him to stop making such a racket?" Bulma grumbled as she finished her cup of coffee and got up to get a refill.
"I'll stop him alright, I need my beauty sleep." Seloria grumbled as she walked outside and saw Kakarot creating what looked like a ball of ki. To her surprise, the ball of ki fizzled out and Kakarot fell to his knees, breathing heavily. Concerned, Seloria walked to Kakarot and put a hand on his shoulder, catching his attention.
"Are you okay?" Seloria asked, her concern over seeing him like that momentarily overriding her anger. Kakarot nodded and took a deep breath before standing up with Seloria's help.
"What were you doing out so early anyway?" Seloria asked him, with some concern as to why this strange boy was up for what seemed to be a long time, perhaps even since dawn. On top of that, he looked to be training no less! Kakarot just looked at her with the fire of determination burning in his eyes before answering.
"I was training to get stronger, so my mom would never have to fight again!" Kakarot said with conviction, causing Seloria to look to the side with a small blush dusting her cheeks. Kakarot looked at her strangely before his face brightened and asked her a question of his own.
"Hey Seloria, why don't you join me? That way we can get stronger together! Doesn't that sound like fun?" Kakarot enthusiastically asked his fellow Saiyan. Seloria's blush disappeared as she grew confused. Training? Why should she need to train? Why did he think he needed to train to get stronger? She was taught by Paseri that training wasn't necessary, all she had to do was fight to get stron- That's it! Fight! If she could get Kakarot to agree to a spar she can fight him and show him that he didn't need to train so early and wake her up!
"Kakarot, wanna spar?" Seloria asked, eagerness blooming in her voice as both her desire as a Saiyan's to fight and her desire to not wake up early in the morning flared. Kakarot looked at her in surprise before a wide grin spread across his face and he nodded before putting some distance between him and her.
"You ready?" Kakarot asked, tossing his Power Pole to the side. Before turning to face Seloria, who's short-sleeved white shirt ruffled in the wind as she entered a sloppy fighting stance. Kakarot, seeing this, entered a stance of his own in response. The two just stood there for what seemed like minutes before, with an unseen signal, Seloria and Kakarot rushed each other. Reaching each other, Seloria threw the first punch aiming for Kakarot's head. He quickly caught it at the wrist before he pulled her into his own punch. The punch connected with the girl's solar plexus, knocking the breath out of her. Letting go of her wrist, Kakarot followed up on his punch with a roundhouse kick which Seloria responded to with a second punch to which both attacks connected simultaneously. Kakarot's foot with Seloria's shoulder, and Seloria's fist with the side of Kakarot's face.
The attacks pushed the two away from each other, but not for long as they both dove back into a furious clash of blows. Punches and kicks were thrown at one another, whenever one would attack the other would counterattack, whenever one would gain an upper hand, they would lose it just as quickly.
Eventually, Seloria and Kakarot became locked in a power struggle. The two stood there, stalemated, before both seemingly had the same idea and hopped backwards, disengaging from each other in the process. They rushed each other again, both intent on ending the spar in the next attack. Kakarot attacked first, throwing a kick aimed at Seloria's head, Seloria reacted quickly, ducking under it and retaliated by throwing an uppercut at Kakarot. However, Kakarot's training prior to the spar had caught up to him, now borderline exhausted, he knew he couldn't dodge the attack in time. As he saw the uppercut inch closer to him in what seemed like slow motion, Kakarot reacted and swung his arm as hard as he could in a haymaker.
As the punches connected, Kakarot was sent airborne from the force of the punch before landing on the ground, groaning in pain. Seloria, meanwhile, was lifted off her feet and sent tumbling across the ground before stopping not far from the boulder that Kakarot's power pole rested. Rolling on her back, Seloria stared at the sky with half-lidded eyes and a grin as she heard Kakarot start to giggle and she joined him not long after.
Seloria never thought fighting someone at her own level would be so much fun! She only fought Paseri on occasion and it wasn't fun fighting someone so much more powerful than you! Her giggles soon turned into laughter with Kakarot doing the same, his thoughts unknowingly a mirror of her own.
So caught up in their laughter the two were that they didn't hear the door to the mansion open. When she heard laughter coming from two voices coming from outside, Bulma's curiosity was piqued. Opening the door and walking outside to see what was happening, she saw the sources of the laughter. Seloria and Kakarot, clothes with tears in it and scratches on their bodies, laying on the ground.
"What the hell happened to you two!?" Bulma shouted, causing them to stop laughing and look at her in confusion before they realized she meant their damage. The two looked at the other then grinned brightly, looking back at Bulma.
"We sparred!" They said together causing Bulma to face fault, before getting up and roaring at them for how stupid they were for going ahead and injuring each other when they needed to be in a healthy condition in case they run into trouble.
"Are you even listening to me!?" Bulma shouted at them, only for them to look at one another once more before nodding and looking back.
"Nope~!" They chirped together back at Bulma, who pulled at her hair in frustration before sighing and thinking about their next move.
"We'll have to wait for you guys to recuperate, so we'll head out tomorrow. Until then, no more training! GOT IT?!" Bulma shrieked the last part at the Saiyans, causing the two to wince and cower in fear of Bulma's wrath. With a sigh, Bulma looked around and went to help the two Saiyans inside to rest starting with Seloria. As she was helping the younger girl stand she noticed Kakarot's Power Pole laying by a multi-colored boulder. Leaning over and picking up the staff Bulma jumped, dropping Seloria in the process, when the boulder shifted, revealing itself to be a turtle.
"Hello." A talking turtle apparently.
"Uh... Hello? What's a sea turtle doing all the way out here?" Bulma asked as she was confused as to why there was a turtle dozens of miles away from the ocean.
"May I have a bucket of saltwater please?" The turtle started before his throat dried up. Bulma looked at him in confusion before remembering that the sea turtle probably hasn't come into contact with saltwater in a while being all the way out there.
"Sure, give me a few minutes. Kakarot, Seloria! Can you keep the sea turtle company until I get him some water?" Bulma called out to the still-recovering Saiyans, who had managed to recover enough to stand and stumble around. Upon getting the okay from the Saiyans, who stumbled towards the turtle, she went in to get the saltwater for the sea turtle.
A few minutes later, Bulma came out with the saltwater for the turtle, quickly handing the bucket to him, who upon receiving the bucket stuck his head within and started gulping down the water for a few minutes. Upon finishing the turtle looked at Bulma and started talking
"I owe you an explanation I guess. You see... I got lost gathering mushrooms, don't you know… I took a wrong turn and I've been wandering the last year looking for the ocean…" The turtle explained. Causing Bulma to pull out her round device tapping one of the three buttons on the top, pulling up a map of the area.
"Wow. But you've been going in the opposite direction, the sea's to the south, a few hundred kilometers from here." She relayed to him. Shocking the turtle dearly.
"Oh Dear, Oh Dear!" The turtle lamented in his despair. Kakarot sat up staring at the turtle before standing and slowly walking, his fatigue noticeable to the point Seloria helped him walk to Bulma and Turtle. Upon reaching them, Kakarot gave his opinion.
"Why don't we take him with us tomorrow? I should be able to carry him once I'm back to full strength.." Kakarot said tiredly. His statement caused Bulma to nod as her radar showed that a Dragon Ball was in that direction, as well as her assessment that Kakarot and Seloria are roughly equal in power given she's seen how strong Seloria is and the effects their sparring match had on the both of them.
"Think you can wait until tomorrow for us to take you to the Sea?" Bulma asked, turning to Turtle. Who looked shocked at the question.
"Of course I can! I've been wandering around for a year to get home, what's one more day!" Turtle said excitedly. After that, the rest of the day went by quickly for the group, who had nothing to do but plan or rest until morning hit once more.
The Next Day
After capsuling the mansion, Bulma put the capsule in its container and turned to the others, seeing Kakarot stretching while Seloria watched intently. Walking over Bulma addressed them.
"Alright, Kakarot will carry Turtle, and if he gets tired, Seloria will take over, got it?" Bulma gave her orders, getting nods from the two Saiyans. After getting her confirmation Bulma decapsulated her car and got in with Seloria getting in as well. Meanwhile, Kakarot lifted Turtle and started to follow the car, running at the same speed to the surprise of Turtle. About halfway to the Sea, they were stopped by a Bear Thief, who tried to take Turtle only for Seloria to quickly shut him up by sending him face-first into the nearby mountain, with Seloria quickly dealing with the thief, the group continued on. Upon reaching the Sea, Kakarot put Turtle down. As Turtle got into the water, he told them that he would be back soon and that they would be rewarded. So they waited, and as they waited Kakarot decided to train in his Ki control, by creating a small ball of energy and holding it for as long as he can.
However, he wouldn't be training alone for long, as when Seloria saw him start training she convinced him to teach her how to create Ki as well, under the idea that her learning how to use Ki as well, would allow her to keep up with him during spars. The mention of her still being a challenge for him in spars if he taught her was more than enough of an incentive to teach Seloria how to use ki. Meanwhile, Bulma sat on a nearby rock watching them train with curiosity.
Kami's Lookout
Jagaima, who had waist-length hair that spiked occasionally and was wearing a white gi with blue accents and the mark of Kami on her back, was currently meditating in the courtyard, it being her free time between training and learning about her Saiyan heritage from her mother, opened her eyes when the young Saiyaness sensed that she was being approached by Kami and her mother, who had on an indigo gi with black accents, the color of her armor, had a disgruntled look on her face. Kami looked at her neutrally, but there was a warmth to his eyes. When he addressed her.
"Jagaima, you've come far in your training, but before we can advance it further, you must go down to the Earth below and climb the tower below the Lookout and obtain the Ultra Divine Water from Master Korin. Once you complete Korin's training, then we will increase your training regimen." Kami addressed the girl before turning to her mother.
"Your mother will take you to the bottom of the tower, before returning here," Kami said, turning back to Jagaima. She nodded and looked to her mother, who sighed and walked over to her daughter and picked up Jagaima, Satsu flew off the Lookout and flew down to the Earth. Upon landing, Jagaima and Satsu were greeted by a tall man with a spear who pointed it at them in defense of the tower and his son.
"Who are you, and what do you want?!" The man said towering over the woman and girl, who looked at each other before looking back at the man. Satsu stepped forward to explain their reason to be at the tower. As she did, the man's eyes widened before moving to the side and allowing the girl to start climbing but he gave one last piece of advice before going back to his tent.
"Be wary, only one person has climbed to the top of Korin's Tower, and it took him 3 years to pull it off." With his piece said, the man sat in front of his tent and watched. Satsu meanwhile said her temporary goodbyes to her daughter and flew back up to the Lookout. Jagaima watched her mother fly up then focused on the tower, before starting her climb.
Wilderness
A Few Hours Later
"Hey! Kakarot, Seloria! Looks like something's coming!" Bulma called out to the two exhausted Saiyans, causing them to stop their training and look out to the water with Bulma. Out on the water was Turtle along with an old man standing atop him. As Turtle and the Old Man grew closer to the shore, Kakarot, Seloria got up and walked closer to the shore where Bulma already was. Getting off Turtle, the old man looked at the group noticing the tails the younger members of the group had.
"So you're the ones who helped Turtle?" Roshi addressed the group while looking at Turtle for confirmation.
"Yes master, these three all helped me get here." Turtle confirmed with a nod to Roshi. Who upon receiving his confirmation turned to the group of three and addressed them.
"I wanted to thank you for helping my Turtle." Roshi continued looking at the group, or more specifically the ones with tails, who were fatigued from their training, intensely causing Seloria to get uncomfortable, and unconsciously step slightly behind Kakarot.
'That's ki residue I sense in the area. Did those two cause it?' Roshi thought with a small amount of confusion.
"It was our pleasure mister." Kakarot said, disrupting the hermit's train of thought, as well as oblivious to Seloria's movements. Bulma, meanwhile, wasn't and was holding back a giggle at the sight.
"I am the Turtle Hermit, Master Roshi. And I have a few gifts I want to give each of you as thanks." The now named Roshi said, to the excitement of the group as a whole. Turning around Roshi looked to the sky.
"Come to me… IMMORTAL PHOENIX!" Roshi shouted, his staff pointed to the sky. Waiting a few minutes the Phoenix never showed.
"Was that "immortal" or invisible." Bulma asked sarcastically. Turtle looked at Roshi as if remembering something of importance.
"Sir, remember the unfortunate business with the tainted bird seed?" Turtle reminded the old Master, who snapped his fingers in remembrance as he started to mumble to himself about a proper gift. The group, on the other hand, looked at the old man in confusion and disbelief.
"The "Immortal Phoenix" died?" Bulma said in disbelief, looking at the mumbling Roshi with wide eyes.
"Aha! That'll do!" He suddenly exclaimed looking back to the sky.
"Come to me… FLYING NIMBUS!" Roshi called out, after waiting a few moments a yellow cloud came flying to the group of five, to the shock of the girls. Stopping next to Roshi, he looked to the group as a whole, as if he was considering something.
"This is the Flying Nimbus, he'll go to whichever of you three can stay on him. He's a mount that can take you wherever you want to go. Be warned though, he only accepts those pure of heart." Roshi said the last part warningly. Bulma, on the other hand, was confused.
"Why do you have a cloud? It has nothing to do with turtles at all." She asked, confused as to why he had it in the first place.
"It was a gift, deal with it." Roshi said nonchalantly to Bulma causing her to huff, before trying to get on the cloud, only to fall through it immediately. Causing Bulma to get infuriated at the cloud and try to attack the cloud, each hit going right through it. When Kakarot tried, however, he stayed on it. With a whoop, he started to do tricks with the Nimbus, to the surprise of Roshi, who upon seeing the scene had to make a comment.
"It looks like that cloud was made for you, my boy." Roshi praised. Turning to Bulma, his necklace swinging around catching her attention, he was about to tell her he didn't have any idea on what to give her when she interrupted him.
"Can I have your necklace?" Bulma asked with some excitement. To the confusion of the Turtle Hermit, who nodded slowly and, with some reluctance, gave her the necklace that had a starred ball on it. Then Seloria ran up to Roshi.
"What do I get? What do I get?" She said with stars in her eyes. Roshi looked up in thought for a few minutes.
"Honestly? I don't got much else. I didn't expect three to have helped Turtle." Roshi said with a sigh, rubbing the top of his head, but seeing Seloria deflate caused him to think of something quickly.
"Hey, I know! You look like a fighter, how about in a month or two, you come to my island and I'll train you?" Roshi told her, causing Seloria to look back up at him with stars returning to her eyes.
"You really mean it!?" She shouted to him excitedly. While Kakarot was disappointed that he wasn't offered the opportunity to train with the Turtle Hermit, but at the same time happy for his sort-of-rival to get that kind of training. While Bulma was a bit concerned about the fact that her little sister figure was offered to train under the old man.
"Yes, I mean it. I just need some time to get the necessary equipment. See you then." Roshi said, hopping onto Turtle before going out to Sea. The group watched as the turtle hermit disappeared in the horizon before Seloria and Bulma cheered at getting the next Dragon Ball while Kakarot was happy with getting the Nimbus.
"So, where's the next Ball?" Seloria asked excited to finish their quest and start her training with a master. Surprised, Bulma pulled out her Dragon Radar and clicked the button on the top a few times. Looking at the digital map for the Dragon Ball closest to them, Bulma mumbled incoherently for a few minutes as Seloria leaned closer and closer, before jumping back in fright from Bulma suddenly shouting "There!" Looking at the downed Seloria, her excitement turning to confusion as she saw her surrogate sister laying on her with swirls in her eyes.
"What's wrong Seloria? I found the closest Dragon Ball, it should be in a village not that far from here" Bulma said, a cheerful grin on her face as she decapsulized the motorcycle for them to cover more ground faster. Getting on, Bulma helped the still disoriented Seloria on the vehicle before turning to Kakarot.
"Hey Kakarot, you want to hop on too?" She asked curiously as Kakarot just shook his head from his position on the Nimbus cloud.
"No, I'll follow you guys with the Nimbus." Bulma nodded at the reply, doubtful that a mere cloud could keep up with modern technology.
"Alright! Let's see if that cloud of yours can keep up!" Bulma said with a grin as she drove off in the direction of the next Dragon Ball with Seloria hanging on for dear life.
Red Ribbon HQ
Daikon, who had shoulder-length black hair that spiked downwards and was wearing what looked to be a streamlined version of the armor he had on when he arrived, being the primary color of black with red accents, was facing off against an odd opponent but it occasionally gave off machine-like noises. They stood in a ring in opposite corners. Then the abnormal human rushed Daikon, giving off mechanical clinks and clanks as he moved. As he grew closer to Daikon, the Saiyan vanished, appearing behind the mechanical man throwing a punch at the back of his head, only for the man to turn around, pushing Daikon's fist to side as he did, before throwing its fist into the Saiyan's gut doubling him over. As Daikon was getting up, the machine kicked him to the ropes of the ring, before rushing the boy. As the machine-man grew close to him, the now kneeling Daikon raised his hands, facing the palms towards the machine. With a lot of effort, stopping the machine-man's punch before it hit him. Daikon quickly moved out of the way of where the punch would land and threw one of his own. Right before his attack landed, the paralysis over the Machine-man wore off, even though the paralysis wore off, Daikon's punch still landed, severely injuring the abnormal human. The skin on the left side of the machine-man's face was gone now, showing the man's mechanical parts underneath. As the Android stumbled back, Daikon used that moment to regain his breath and rushed at the Android once more. As he was about to throw another punch, Daikon paralyzed the Android, before throwing his punch. This time taking off the Android's head entirely. Ending the Android then and there. However, the session was not over there, as more robots, significantly weaker than the Android, came out of the walls outnumbering him 20 to 1.
Watching the session from above were five spectators. The group mostly consisted of Commander Red, his advisor, Black, the head scientist Dr. Gero, and the recently promoted Colonel Violet. But with them was a recently promoted General Blue who, at Commander Red's insistence, underwent experiments to push his body to the limits, allowing him to even go beyond it temporarily, as well as allowing him to use telekinesis.
"Looks like the Android program needs some more work considering the first Android didn't really put up much of a fight. On the other hand, our little alien friend has managed to learn Blue's paralysis." General Red said, impressed at the performance at the young Saiyan but disappointed at the progress of the Android program's progress. Blue was satisfied with the pace that his impromptu student has progressed. Violet was happy that her ward had gone through the trial relatively unscathed. Gero was taking notes on how to improve his design from the spar involving Daikon and Android No. 2. Officer Black meanwhile had a thought.
"Commander Red? What should we call young Daikon now that he's old enough to join the army? His name isn't a color." Black said in confusion, while Violet had a look of disbelief at the thought of her ward, having to join the army so young before quickly schooling her features. Red looked at the boy in thought before he saw a small flash of teal around the boy as he fought. Smirking in triumph, Red gave his answer.
"Teal. He'll be called Teal from now on." Red said before leaving the room, followed closely by Officer Black and General Blue. Gero went over to a nearby console that showed him the power levels of those in the room before. While Violet stayed there watching her ward in some sadness as to what's to come to the boy in the future.
Pilaf's Castle
"Sir! There are 3 Dragon Balls on the move!" Mai came in, reporting to the short Emperor about her findings. Pilaf looked at her before looking at his Dragon Ball, it's 1 red star shining in the light, before looking back to Mai.
"Are the three heading in our direction?" Pilaf said in a bit of a panic. The panic abided when Mai shook her head in the negative.
"No sire, they seem to be collecting the Dragon Balls starting with those furthest from us and moving closer. From the path we predict them to go they'll reach us last." Mai said with a salute. Pilaf nodded before thinking for a few minutes, before asking a question.
"How is Daizu's training coming along?" Pilaf asked Mai, needing the answer to complete his master plan!
"Sire, Daizu's sword training under Shu is nearing completion." Mai saluted to Pilaf. Causing Pilaf to grin, and complete his master plan.
"We'll wait for them to collect the Dragon Balls, then have Daizu steal them and grant my wish!" Pilaf said with a laugh. Mai bowed and left to monitor the other group collecting the Dragon Balls.
Power Levels
Saiyans
Gine(Calm) - 252
Gine(Irritated) - 530
Kakarot(Full Power) - 15
Kakarot(Tired From Training) - 12
Seloria(Full Power) - 12
Kakarot(Post Spar) - 2
Seloria(Post Spar) - 2
Kakarot(Fully Rested) - 17
Seloria(Fully Rested) - 14
Jagaima - 50
Jagaima(Climbing) - 100
Satsu - 110
Daikon/Teal(Full Power) - 138
Toma(Full Power) - 102
Hanasia(Holding Back) - 112
Humans
General Blue - 40
Roshi - 60
Other
Android No.2 - 90
RRA Robots - 7 each
A/N: And Done! How'd you guys enjoy this chap? Onto a different topic, how do you guys like the Power Levels I've been adding, they don't need to be read, but they're there for those who're like me and want to know the chars Power Levels. On top of that, I was thinking of maybe at the end of each arc/saga I add a section for the Canon Power Levels of the Characters? Also, first time writing a fight scene! How was it?
As for a Question in the Reviews
Navarone2013 -
1: There was only 1 Saiyan in each pod, so only 12 Saiyans got to Earth.
2: As for the average power of the Saiyan Race, remember Frieza was sending the stronger Saiyans on Ginyu Force Level missions so in this scenario, the number of stronger Saiyans were drastically reduced with the only real exception being Bardock's team because Bardock is was the second strongest Saiyan and was able to cover the weaknesses of his teammates.
3: Vegeta sent a group of weaker children in order for them to hide "off the radar of the Frieza Force until they were strong enough to defeat Frieza. Long story short, King Vegeta took a gamble.
4: Limit-Break's Origins? I'll keep that close to my chest for now. :)
