Yo! Son Goku and friends! Saiyan Saga (Chapter 47)
Yulin
"Tomorrow is going to be the non-supernatural division! We accounted for the length of time needed by these great fighters! Everyone put your hands up for the brave souls that fought today!"
Muramasse sat criss cross in the walkway, meditating by his large blade. PaoPao stood next to him as well as Yulin. Yulin stared something fierce at Raditz who stood next to Yamcha. Sapa led the pack, standing at the edge of the mechanical walkway.
"It's a shame but it looks like Giran and our new two-time champion are no longer here! What a great performance everyone had this evening!"
The night was coming as purple cascaded onto the orange skyline. Yulin turned her whole body, she didn't have to speak to send the message but she did anyway.
"How can you live with yourself after you disrespected my sister like that?"
PaoPao looked surprised as she shifted her focus away from the announcer and at The Saiyan.
"Disrespect is relative. That match was not disrespectful. She stepped in the ring and I sent her packing, simple as that. Hah-Hah-Hah!" Raditz cackled with his arms crossed defiantly.
"How did you monsters get so strong?"
"Hard work, painstaking effort, doing it day in and day out."
"I've explored all my options! You saying you work harder than we do!?" Yulin got in his face, pointing a declarative finger at him.
"Heh. Not directly at least."
"Rrr!" She balled her fist tight as she maintained strict eye contact.
"Look girlie, I had a good teacher and partner. This is the strongest I've ever been and it's thanks to working with others that I was able to accomplish such a physique." He flexed in a bodybuilder pose, smiling like a dumbass. "If you train all alone, I hesitate to call that exploring all your options."
She stood stunned, eyes locked onto the animalistic man in front of her.
"I know all of the heavy hitters in this tournament personally, they all train with each other here and there. If you're not willing to get your ass beat by your partners you're not gonna improve."
PaoPao blinked rapidly before turning her focus to that of the machine walkway.
"If you have a master, then your skills are sure to improve much more than if you were to try by yourself. I have grown my strength more than 5 times over in the past two years and I mean every word of that. My battle power used to be barely 1,000."
Yulin's eyes widened at the statement.
"I lived over 25 years of my life with no master or teacher of any kind, my pride prevented it. But when I met Kakarot he taught me the validity of respecting the leadership of another."
Raditz locked eyes with Yulin and stared deep into her soul.
"You're good. You can go a long way with us. But that's not my call to make."
Raditz shifted his gaze back to the announcer chatting up a storm and Yulin looked on with intrigue, the man's words ringing similar to her nemesis: Tien.
"I…" She clenched both her jaw and her fists tight. "I…"
"Speak up, girlie. I can't hear you."
"I will beat you!" She yelled LOUD. Mic stopped his callouts to turn back around to face her. "I don't care if I have to go under your tutelage to do it but I will! You're not getting out of this easily, you hear me!?"
"You want me, don't you?"
"...AS IF! That's disgusting!"
Raditz laughed out with indescribable joy as Yulin's face ran beet red.
"Rrr! You sicken me!"
"Hah-Hah-Hah! You say all these words like a Saiyan can't tell when a woman is in heat."
She stampeded off in a fury, grabbing Pao's wrist tight.
"He-hey!" She giggled out joyously.
"That Krillin guy." Yulin looked back at her sister. "Can he teach us?"
"Y-yeah. I~I think."
"Better him than that sorry ass excuse for a man." She stomped off only to be stalled by PaoPao's persistence. "What!?"
"Krirrin's in da audience. His friends are da ones who took care of me up in the stands." She pointed back at the big box high above on the opposite side of the arena.
Goku
"Can you believe how strong everyone's got?" Goku posited to Krillin, hands interwoven behind his head.
"It's been a wild ride these past two years."
"I'll say."
Kami spared a look at the two of them and was content to just let the moment stand on its own.
"When are we gonna do something about your arm?"
"Oh I don't know." Krillin took off his blue blazer and put it on the rail, looking down at the loose sleeve on his left side.
"I kind of get the feeling you don't want to do anything about it."
"Yeah… That's kind of where I'm at right now." He sighed out and leaned over his jacket.
"Well. Whatever you wanna do, you know I'm behind you all the way."
Krillin shook his head and had a smile coaxed out of him.
"Hey Goku?"
"..?"
"What were you talking about with Piccolo down there?"
Goku just smiled and looked over at his friend.
"Me and him were just talking about how much fun we were having. That fight I just had and the rematch with my brother in Hell are probably my all time favourites. Hard to choose just one though."
Krillin grinned as well before he shot another question his way.
"Goku?"
"Hmm?"
"Did Piccolo get taller?"
"Now that you mention it…" Goku put his fingertip on his lip, holding his right elbow in his left hand as he maintained the thinking pose.
In the year that passed between the Saiyans and the 24th Budokai, Piccolo grew from 6'7 to 7 feet even.
"Piccolo's always been tall but yeah… I think you're right!"
"Piccolo's not gonna grab the prize money I take it?"
"Well he's long gone now. Can't exactly hand it off. Huh-Hah!" Goku laughed out jubilantly, rubbing the back of his head.
"Guess not. What about Tien?"
"Hmm." Goku sharpened his brow and sent out a pulse of Ki Sensing. "I don't feel his energy."
"Yeah…" Krillin leaned over the railing. "Sounds about right. Just like him. He practically threw the winnings at you as soon as he won the 22nd."
"Mmhmm."
They stood in a momentary solitude before Krillin broke the silence once again.
"You remember when Launch was trying really hard to get Tien's attention after the tournament?"
Goku raised a brow and stared back for a moment with his head hanging down.
"Oh yeah!" He laughed out like a goofball, clutching at his belly. "Hee-hee-haugh-haugh! She really liked him!"
"I've been doing a lot of studying and I learned a thing or two about psychology."
"Psycho~"
"Psychology."
"Psychology." Goku bobbed his head as he said it. Krillin smiled and they fist bumped.
"In psychology there's this thing called projecting and what that means is that basically, you impart traits onto someone who doesn't really display them but you see those traits anyway because they're yours."
"And..?"
"Launch said Tien liked her but she was just hard projecting."
Goku's face lit up and he pointed with a declarative finger.
"You're so right!"
"Tien never spared her a glance the whole tournament but she just wanted him so badly."
"Huh-Hah!"
Whap.
They high fived.
"You're so smart, Krillin."
Krillin just looked back at the ring, the announcer going to town. Goku put his hand on the turtle student's back.
"I wonder how they're doing now? They were always so cute together. That suit was kind of annoying but I really liked my wedding with Chi-Chi. I want to go to theirs soon…"
Goku shifted his focus from the arena and looked up at the fused skyline of purples, blues, reds, and oranges. Goku ruminated for a long time before he had his focus torn from the skies and back down to the grass below.
"Hey! Krillin!"
The turtle student looked down.
"I heard you helped my sister a long time ago! Well now's the time for you to help some more!"
Goku opened his mouth, obviously hyped up. Krillin just raised a brow and shot a glance at his friend.
"You've got fans, Krillin! Way to go!"
The pat on the back almost sent the turtle student over the edge.
"Who told you I'm taking on students!?"
"I just did!" Yulin yelled back, hand grabbed tightly onto Pao's wrist.
"Eh. Can't argue with that logic!" Krillin shook his head, perplexed.
"Nice going, Krillin!"
"All these slaps on the back are starting to add up." He joked back with a smile.
"Sorry, I'm just excited. Hee-hee."
As the trio of previous turtle students and green god stood idly by, Bulma, Oolong, and Puar came through the door in the back of the balcony.
"Hey ya'll!"
"Hi Bulma!" Goku shot back, running up for a hug.
"Hey! You always go too hard, Goku!"
"Oh~"
"Dummy, you're even stronger than you were before and that's saying something. Your hugs kind of hurt."
Goku looked to the ground with a bit of melancholy. Krillin nodded his head, also infused with a dash of sorrow.
"I'm sorry Bulma..."
"It's okay, I know you don't mean to."
"This is exactly what I'm worried about." Krillin said as he shifted his gaze out into the skyline. "What if we get too strong for our own good?"
"So!?"
"Yeah, I'll take you on as a pupil! I just need to do a few things first! Pao!?"
"Yes?"
"Are you willing to undergo my tutelage?"
"Absorutery!" Her face lit up as she screamed back.
Krillin nodded with firm resolve.
"I have one more thing of my own to learn before I am willing to become a teacher! I hope you girls can wait as long as it takes!"
"It better not be too long, I have to beat that filthy rat with the bad haircut as soon as possible!"
"Who are you~"
"What's his name?"
Krillin couldn't hear PaoPao's voice from so far away, Yulin nodded and yelled back:
"Raditz! That motherfucker insulted my pride and hurt my sister! I'm going to make him pay!"
"It's nothing! Reary!"
Krillin chuckled.
"That's why!?"
"Yes!" Her conviction certainly was convincing.
"You've got a lot to learn under the turtle hermit teachings! What's your name!?"
"Yu-rin!"
"Nice to meet you, Yulin! I'll see you when I see you!"
Bulma spared a glance at Goku who also looked on with intrigue.
"Way to go buddy, always knew you'd get your time to shine. You'd probably be way better at it than Roshi."
Krillin breathed out a nervous sigh.
"I just hope these girls don't come back to bite me."
"All women are queens, Krillin, you should have no trouble."
"Heh-heh. I don't know about that, but I'll take your word for it."
"You should keep your wits about you pal, these women'll take you to the cleaners on the flip of a switch."
"Hey!"
Krillin laughed as he flew into the air, waving off his friends.
"Bye, Krillin!"
"Bye, Puar."
Krillin
The wind rolled off his bald head, throwing his tie every which way before he touched down on the sand of the beach of Kame House.
"Oh hey, Krillin."
"Hey, Turtle. Is Roshi in?"
"Ahuh." The turtle said, nodding.
Krillin bent down a bit to brush his brown turtle shell as he walked past.
"Master!"
"Hmm?" He looked over from his dirty magazine, putting it at his side. "You here to steal any more of my moves?"
"I couldn't master telepathy in a thousand years, that's the only one I don't have. Buuut, I'm not here for that."
"Your book?" He pointed to the red shingles with the back of his thumb, still leaning deep into his beach bed.
"Not that either."
"Well then what?"
"I want to ask for your blessing."
He laughed with that croney old voice of his, almost falling out of his chair.
"Are you nuts boy!? You gettin' married too!?"
"No. I want your blessing to teach the turtle hermit style."
"..."
The wind kicked up again, the sand pelting the two of them lightly.
"..."
"You acknowledged that I've firmly passed you, not just in strength but in mind and skillset. Do I have your permission to pass on your philosophy?"
"I didn't think this day would come honestly." Roshi emparted as he picked his staff off the sand and peered out into the almost night sky. "I never thought I was good enough to have my teachings reach the next generation. So much time passed in between Gohan and you two. I know it's stupid but I kind of just assumed you all would be little boys forever."
Krillin looked at the ground with a welling feeling of nostalgia.
"Just don't make the mistakes I did."
Krillin had to fight back the overwhelming emotions.
"Why is it hitting me like this?" He questioned, making sure to keep it to himself. "Yeah?"
"Don't make the mistake of holding back their potential."
Krillin just raised a brow.
"There were multiple times where I didn't realise just how capable both of you were, and I just assumed you weren't. It wasn't fair of me and I held back further growth because of it. ...I'm sorry."
"..."
"Well?"
"I won't."
Roshi smiled through his beard and mustache, his facial hair squirming around.
"You're the new turtle hermit now, that's a lot of responsibility."
"I'm not a hermit, so that name's not very fitting."
"Well what do you want to be called?"
"I've been thinking on it."
"Hmm?"
Krillin told him.
"Ahh, so it's the title of this chapter for this Fanfiction!"
"Fanfiction? Isn't that where little girls go write stories about getting their backs blown out by One Direction members?"
"No Beerus, that's Wattpad."
"Why the devil do you know that?"
"Why do you know what One Direction is?"
"Those boys are alright, I mean I've heard worse."
"Hmm."
"Ah-hem."
"Yes, I give you my blessing."
Bulma
Bulma, Mic, and a dog-man sat discussing in the middle of the tournament ring, night lights shining upon the trio as they talked. The sounds of insects lulled through the vacant stadium.
"You really saved our hides here Bulma, me and the director couldn't thank you enough, I mean really."
"Whoof."
"Ah-heh-heh."
"Hey, don't mention it. I've got the money to throw around, making more connections for the brand is always a plus."
"Sure, ah-heh." Mic fixed his tie, sweating a bit from the day's heat.
There was a bit of an awkward pause where neither party really knew what to say next. Mic just shifted his shades before he broke the ice.
"So uh… Bulma?"
"Yes?"
"Why are your friends so strong?"
"Hehahah! I've been asking myself that question for over 10 years now man, you think I know?"
"Oh! Heh-heh!"
"Whoof."
"Yeah-heh-heh. What I mean is, those other people in the competition, they were crazy strong too but they couldn't even compete. Like what in the world are they on?"
"Honestly I don't know. They work hard for it but I guess it just comes natural to them."
"No disagreements here!"
There was another pause.
"So, the real reason I wanted to come and run this by you is that, well. It was kind of a jest to keep the mood going but I think we gotta add more subdivisions because some of these matches just aren't fair matchups. If we change our approach we might get a better turn out."
Bulma sat on it a while before she responded, looking out into the now empty stadium. The night sky fully upon them.
"I'm inclined to agree but how are we gonna go about enforcing that? If your contestants get rambunctious how do you plan on stopping them?"
"Ah-heh-heh. Well, as you can tell we've had a big problem with that in the past."
"And you just plan to let that be how it is?"
"Not necessarily, but what can I do? I'm no fighter."
"Hmm."
"I was just thinking maybe it'll be like an invitational for your friends, and then the supernatural division stands on its own with the reasonable strength of the regular, uhh, poor choice, non-mega-strong contestants."
"So you mean my guys would get their own bracket."
"More or less, at least until we get contestants who could actually compete." Mic looked back at the archway. "I'm just stunned that this thing is so accurate. Every difference mattered except for Yulin and Muramasse. She was apparently just more skilled than the numbers let on."
"Our own bracket huh..?"
Mic fixed his tie again.
"We'll have three years to think about it, right?"
"Well, I don't know when we're gonna host the next tournament. It's kind of up in the air for me and everyone else you know? I just thought I'd better run it by you as soon as I could."
Bulma nodded in agreeance and the trio stood there for a long time, soaking in the atmosphere of the empty stadium.
"You ready to go, babe?" Yamcha called out from nowhere, practically appearing from thin air with his immense whirlwind of speed, throwing a spare capsule up and down. He had an extra copy of the fit he wore while competing.
"Not yet."
Yamcha nodded, hands in his pockets as he stood next to her. She waved her boyfriend in and The Wolf complied, walking inside the conversation.
"I was just talking to our friend here and it looks like from now on we might be looking at a tournament bracket just for you guys."
"Really?"
"Mmhmm. We don't know all the details but I guess it's so that they keep the integrity of the competition so that you guys still get to fight without winning it every year."
"So we don't get a shot at the title anymore?"
"We're not sure on the details at the moment. We don't even know if we're gonna pull the trigger on it, Yamcha." Mic patted him on the shoulder for reassurance.
Yamcha's lip squirmed in response.
"I really wanted to win this year and Goku didn't get to win his. It would be a real shame if he didn't ever get his chance…"
"I know!" The struggle that came out of Mic's voice was wholly believable, he shook his fist with determination. "That's what's holding me back the most! It wouldn't feel real if Goku never walked away with a tournament win! He's like a star after all those years competing!"
Mic fished two separate capsules out of his pockets.
"Look, I know this is unprofessional but I know you'll get it to where it needs to go. This one's for Piccolo, and this one's for Tien."
Yamcha grabbed hold of the capsules labled: 23 and 24. He nodded his head before he put them in his jacket pockets.
"Thanks a million guys, it's getting pretty late so we gotta bounce but we'll keep in touch.
Bulma and Yamcha waved the blonde man and the dog off as they threw their own capsules on the ground, driving off. Yamcha in turn activated his own, a puff of grey smoke bombed the area before it cleared and his red skycar appeared. The couple hopped in and Yamcha fixed the rearview mirror.
"You expecting us to get chased or something?"
"Nah, I'm just trying to not have it look strange."
"You look strange."
Yamcha shook his head as he kept at it, fixing the mirror in the 'correct' position.
"~There we go."
"I'm ready to be home, I need a bath."
Yamcha flashed the characteristic goofy-ass Lord Yamcha smile.
"You're not getting any."
"You say that now…"
She smiled and shook her head also.
He would definitely be getting some.
"Eugh~ Wattpad moment."
"..."
"Ah-hem."
Tien
Tien touched down a few feet away from his girlfriend as she stared out into the snowy sunset of Jingle Village.
"Launch…" He called out weakly, she didn't hear it over the pelting snow.
He strided up next to her and called out more authoritatively this time.
"Launch!"
"Oh! Sup'? Winya' tournament?"
"Yeah."
Launch looked down to the snow, her nose a crimson and slightly scary red.
"You'll catch a cold standing out here."
"..."
Tien came in closer, stepping off the cliff and floating right in front of her.
"Talk to me." He commanded with arms crossed.
Launch had great difficulty meeting his eye line.
"We're getting through this, babe, I don't know how, but we are."
She sniffed loudly, tears forming in her eyes already.
"Hey…"
"Don't touch mu-me~"
She did not mean it at all, leaning in immediately and fully embracing her man as he wrapped his arms around her.
"I just~ Man this sucks! That heffa get to be with you and it just sucks! That's all."
"I know."
Tien looked to Launch with seriousness, letting her go. She still wasn't really looking him in the eye.
"Take me back to that man."
"... Are you sure?"
She nodded as she kept her gaze locked to the snow beneath her.
"I thought I screwed everything up by doing that."
"I don' care. Take me back." She stated solemnly, finally meeting The Crane's eyes.
Launch
"I'm baaaaack! Wake the fuck up, Blue Man!" Launch yelled as she banged on the door of the Kai. Baba content to sit back and watch, checking her crystal ball as she waited.
"I'm right here." King Kai stated with glee as he teleported right behind her.
She jumped.
"Ayy! Whaddya' do that foa', hah!?"
He simply smiled and spared a cursory glance at his student.
"What did you bring her back for?"
"Phuuuu~"
"Heh. Yeah. I'm pretty sure I made your problem worse."
"No, I did. I brought her to you, King Kai. That's my fault."
King Kai shook his head.
"Nonsense. Being proactive in your problem solving is how problems get solved. Taking a few missteps here or there is just what life is."
"Huh. That was actually pretty sagely of you, King Kai."
The Kai just fixed his teashades and waved off The Crane's comments with a shit-eating grin.
"Now. What are you here for?"
"You did me in last time right!?"
"Define did you in?"
"Got me in my own brain or sumtin'! Youse got in my freakin' psyche. Howdya' do that!?"
"I mean it's not really as simple as just telling you."
"I don't really care howya' did it! Just take it back, can you take away my memories!?"
Tien's eyes all widened.
"Launch…"
"It's tortua alright!? It… it… I have to be content with knowing that that bitch exists inside me. She's not me damn it! It's not me! I feel like I'm gonna explode! She's with Tien! That's MY man!"
"You want me to grant you a spiritual death?"
"Anything. I'd give anything, you need me to rob a bank, commit moyda', anything." She bit her lip hard and looked over to her man, tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry Sweetheart, I know I said I'd give up crime for you but~ you~ don't~ know~what~it's~like."
Tien cried for the first time in his life that day. Real tears fell down his face as he looked at the girl that he loved, he couldn't hold them back as he stared at his other half, the empathy was too strong.
"Launch~ I~"
"Youa' cryin'! Stop cryin' stupid! Ahaaaa~" She broke, absolutely wailing on the Kai's planet.
King Kai just scratched his head and looked over to Baba.
"Don't ask me."
"Launch."
King Kai committed an override with his telepathy, forcing her into a moderate mental state.
"Wat?" she questioned, the tears stopping all of the sudden.
"Is this what you want? If I do this, there's no going back. It's not like I can just program in another mental state when I'm done. Probably can't wish something like this back with the Dragon Balls."
She looked down for a moment and wiped her tears.
"Fuck that bitch."
Tien recalled all the times he had with Blue, the soft moments that balanced Launch's intensity. He cried even more.
The Crane just turned around, wiping away the waterworks with his forearm.
"G-Guh~" He couldn't help but let out.
King Kai prepared himself, putting his index and pointer finger at her forehead.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." King Kai gave her the last rights and went for it, pulsating ki winds wrapping around the pair.
"Ahhhhhh~ch-"
"Shit." King Kai proclaimed in thought. "I can't~"
Tien vice gripped Launch's nose just before she let out the sneeze.
"Sorry Princess, but that wild girl called dibs on me first."
King Kai kept going as Launch coughed up a storm.
"You tryina' kill me!?" She laughed out.
"You were about to be that other heffa, remember!?"
Launch smiled as the ki swirled around more and more.
"Do you remember that time you hired professional chefs just to cook for me!?"
"Of couas I do, doofus!"
"You can cook! You just didn't remember because it was Blue who did all of it!"
"Re-heally!?"
"Yeah! You were fucking amazing too!"
"Ha-ha!"
Tien was still crying but it was a happy cry.
"You would always say how handsome I was, you would tell me how nice my outfits were! You're a sweetheart!"
Her eyes widened.
"I…"
"I'm gonna miss that."
"No, handsome." She wiped away the tears on his face. "I'll make sure to keep calling you that. I didn't know you liked all that sappy shit. Ahhhh~"
He caught her sneeze again as King Kai kipped up the winds even further.
"That's it." King Kai proclaimed as he palm struck her lightly on the forehead, sending out a cloud of vapour from her form and out into the salmon sky of Other World.
The North Kai waved it off and the spirit ceased to exist.
"Heh-heh...Ha-HA-HA-Knnn...Ha-HA-HA!" King Kai laughed like a maniac, pulling everyone's attention. "Ah-hah-haaaa~ Pheeew. Sorry." He breathed out once more to compose himself. "I'm glad you all are my students."
"Huh?"
"I just had the most fun I've ever had performing telepathy. That was crazy. Sorry bout that, Launch."
"Ehhh~ No problem."
"You shouldn't change when you sneeze, at least I'm pretty sure. You should have also maintained all your skills, I had to weave around a lot to do that, that's why it took so long."
"Well, only one way to find out. Sweetheart do that thing."
"In front of them?" Tien blushed out, rubbing his nape.
She got in close, blushing also. Tien waved them off.
"Come on guys, give us some space."
Baba and King Kai played nice, turning around. The couple went on to engage in some risque PDA that was definitely not appropriate, causing Launch to sneeze immediately. Her hair changed colour.
"Here we go..." Tien grit his teeth instinctively.
"Did it work? Or did we just bust all this ass for nuthin'?"
Tien embraced his girlfriend with a hug and hoisted her high.
"Whoa~" She looked down to her nightly indigo blue locks. "It feels real all of the sudden, I've neva' seen these." She bit her lip again and hugged Tien tight. "Youa' tha' best, ha-ha!"
The couple embraced and went to town, smooching up a storm right in front of the Kai and the old fortune teller.
"You know, I didn't really need to see that but I guess that's my fault for not seeing that far ahead."
The bittersweet yet still distinctly happy couple didn't hold back their affections until Baba cleared her throat harshly and loudly.
"Are we going or not!?"
"Ah-heh."
Launch giggled out kind of dumbly and Tien raised a brow.
"That's how the other half laughs…" Tien ruminated before Launch herself questioned it.
"Is that how I always sound!?"
"Uhh, your other half sounded like that."
"Oh great! So I'm some freaky fusion or whateva'."
Tien felt sorrow welling up in his chest as they walked over to Baba and grabbed her hands. The colourful and bright swirling lights of the travel of Instant Transmission were a fitting backdrop of Tien in his feels as he thought.
"I… I just let Blue die." He thought like it hit him just now. "Princess… That was incredibly selfish of me… I'm sorry."
"Hey!" Launch pecked him on the cheek with a jump as they warped through the dimensional tunnel.
He blushed and was brought back to reality. He didn't even attempt to hide his guilt and shame and Launch swerved from happy to troubled on a dime.
"Ayy! Whatcha' worried about, Sweetheart?"
More tears fell from Tien's eyes as they finished the tunnel and appeared through the other side at Baba's Palace.
"Awh~" She wrapped her arms around Tien's broad shoulders and neck, looking into his eyes with a puppy dog look.
Tien looked back and saw Blue's eyes.
Blue haired Launch has large feminine eyes that are blue the whole way while Blonde Launch has sharper and more masculine green eyes. The way Blonde Launch is, she always has them kind of furrowed and focused. It was surreal for Tien to be looking at the large girly eyes of Blue haired Launch while they were squinted and holding intent.
"Damn it… are you gonna miss that heffa?"
"She was my girlfriend too…"
Launch shifted her gaze to the tile and put her hands in Tien's as they stood opposite each other.
"Can you not do this here?"
"Quiet! Me and my man are doin' somethin' hea'!"
Baba rolled her eyes and just floated up the staircase of her palace on the right side. They held a moment together for a long time, embracing each other tightly, Tien's head rested on the bushy blue locks of hair while Launch put her cheek on his chest.
"I'm sorry, Sweetheart but I wasn't gonna let that heffa take you away from me." Launch cooed as she rubbed his back.
"..."
She breathed out sharply through her nose and backed off just a tad, still in Tien's embrace. Launch took off her orange ribbon and tied it around Tien's neck.
"I know it hurts, but youa' mine. Not hers."
Tien let it all out with a final breath and practically strangled her with a tight hug.
"Ayy! Easy thea'! You tryna' kill me!?"
He smiled and looked down into her eyes.
"Let's go home."
She smiled back and wiped the tears off with her soft hand.
Krillin
Tien flew back to Jingle Village with Launch in his hands, sending out a quick pulse of Ki Sensing once he reached the outskirts of the townstead.
"You good over there, Sweetheart!?"
"Krillin?"
"Krillin's hea'!?"
"Yeah…"
Tien touched down on the snowy plains, daintily helping Launch to her feet. The New Turtle Grandmaster looked around for a while before standing still. He shook his head and smiled, turning around to face Tien. He wore an untied orange kung fu top over his white button up and had red trimmed shades on, blue kung fu pants in his right hand.
"Krillin? What the hell is that fit!? You look awful!" Tien joked with a laugh as he trudged through the snow towards his friend.
"I left my waistcoat at the tournament, I know it's not ideal but I didn't have a capsule for Roshi's outfit either!"
"But why are you wearing his shades!?"
"Stupid fuckin'~" Launch proclaimed, trudging through the snow herself.
Krillin raised a brow at Blonde Launch's disposition exiting out of her mouth while Blue haired Launch was clearly the one in front of him.
"I uhh~ I'm taking on students for the turtle school and he wanted to give me a graduation present!"
"Sick!"
Krillin and Tien stood face to face.
"So why are you here?"
"Can you teach me the Four Witches technique?"
The wind howled as sharp as could be, and Krillin took off the shades, showing his seriousness.