A/N: Okay, I'm going to run by these 15 years in a nutshell. Then, we get
to move on into more important things. By the way, I till don't own DBZ.
Just thought I'd write that in since I'm writing an author's not anyways….
Training
Until she was four years old, Chinow learned the basics with Master Roschi and Krillin. During these three years, she learned the basics. First, they taught her how to walk and run. She was only an infant after all.
Then, they moved onto jabs, punches, upper cuts, hooks, and blocks. She excelled at all this and moved at an impressive rate. Once she knew the basics, the real training began. They taught her how to manage her energy and use it to her advantage. By the age of three, she could fly and shoot out ki blasts. Master Roschi then made her wear the heavy turtle shell and sent her on the basic chores that he had Krillin and Goku doing back in the Dragon Ball episodes.
When she reached the age of four, she was finally able to remove the bulky turtle shell. Piccolo didn't pick her up; instead, he gave her directions for her to follow. He also gave her a list of things to bring to him. These were things that she had to pass a test in order to do them.
First, she was sent to pick up a pearl from a Giant Oyster that lived at the very bottom of the sea. Though it took her a while, she somehow managed to fight of the giant thing that was 10 times bigger than her. It was here that the learned that she could somehow breathe under water. Since she never came back up for air, they assumed that or she could hold her breath for a very long time.
Once that was done, she was sent to climb a mountain and leave the pearl up there. She somehow managed to drag the 300-pound object up the side of the mountain and left it there as the directions said. She was sent on many other tasks. Each time she was sent to get something then, leave it somewhere else. This allowed her to travel and survive under many harsh conditions.
After about a year, she was done and flew over to the very same forest where Piccolo trained Gohan. Piccolo was surprised that she went through all of this without giving up. When she landed next to him, the five-year old replied, "Now what do I do?"
Piccolo smiled and began to teach her various forms of energy blasts. At about six, he started to make her wear weighted clothing. She had on basically the same outfit that Piccolo wore: heavy cape, turban, arm padding, heavy boots. All in all, she was up to about 200-pounds extra weight. It was a struggle at first for her, but eventually, she began to get used to it.
Piccolo observed that she never complained that something was too hard. He also noticed that she would often not do something that she thought wasn't challenging.
For the last six months that he trained her, piccolo stopped merely teaching her things and let her spar with him. She never actually landed a hit on him, but a few times she cane pretty close. She obviously loved fighting. He noticed a gleam or a sparkle in her eyes whenever he said they could spar today.
When she reached 7, Bulma came and picked her up. She was distraught that she would have to spend three years without fighting, but eager to learn something new.
Chinow would have to admit that these were the most boring years of her life. She was home schooled until she reached nine, then they thought she should make friends her own age. Although she excelled academically, she completely lacked a social life. Even after six months, she had no friends.
Its not that people didn't try to make friends with her, it's just that she thought all of them were weaklings and would often try to start a sparring match between them. Several bullies challenged her, thinking that she was a wuss. When she would hurt them, never learning what over kill was, the students would stay away from her. She made a habit of doing this on purpose every now and then.
During these years, her habit of not doing something if it wasn't challenging enough became more and more frequent. She would often start talking back to her teachers because she believed she was smarter than they were. Bulma and Chi-Chi were then forced to take her out of school and begin home schooling again.
Chinow preferred home schooling because Chi-Chi made her learn things above her grade level. By the time her 'training' with them was over, she was learning Calculus.
At ten, she went back to the country with Chi-Chi and met up with Goku and Goten. Gohan had already married Videl and moved out. Sometimes they would come over and help train her, but mostly they stayed at their home.
Since she was only a few years younger than Goten, they were sparring partners while Goku stayed back and offered advice every now and then. She would often train with the Super Saiyan Goten until one day she finally turned into a Super Saiyan herself. The battle between the two demi-Super Saiyans was fierce and long. They would often end about two or three hours after they started. Usually It would end with Goten getting to worn out and making a careless mistake. Chinow, who never seemed to run out of energy, would always wait for that moment to make her move, thusly ending the match.
Around 12, she stopped wanting to spar with Goten. She said that he no longer proved to be the challenge that he once was. After that, she sparred with Goku. She liked sparring with him more because she rarely ever was able to land a punch on him. However, she rose up to the new challenge that lay before her and was eventually able to hit him a couple of times. She knew he was holding back, so after a while, it became boring for her once again. She could hardly wait until her 13th birthday so she could train with Veggie.
She was always told that Veggie wouldn't hold back when he trained her. She was looking forward to a battle that she might lose while trying her best. Losing never bothered her, because after that she knew that she could train harder until she could beat them. Challenges were fun and exciting for her and the harder they were, the better, she believed.
The day of her 13th birthday, she flew back over to Capsule Corp where the whole thing started. She flew by the place where Gohan said he found her. She stopped and stood there for a while, thinking about how she had changed these last twelve years.
Her hair was midnight black and could touch the ground when she let it down. She usually kept it up, wrapping it in a tight, short bun that never came undone, even when she turned Super Saiyan. Her eyes were now hardened, but still a celestial blue that could captivate anyone who stared into them. She had many male admirers, but never listened to any of them, for they were weaker than she and proved to be no challenge at all. It was true she was a tomboy, through and through. She wore loose pants and a t- shirt and tennis shoes. All were waited to equal around 700 pounds.
She closed her eyes and tried to think back to that fateful day she was brought here. She was asked many times if she could remember anything before coming to Earth. All she could remember were explosions and cries of pain.
Storm clouds soon filled the horizon and it began to rain as she stood there, thinking. She finally decided to walk the rest of the way to Capsule Corp. She remembered that most people weren't used to seeing people flying through the skies in this town.
As she was walking, a car stopped by and a few men got out and started to hassle her.
"Come on, baby. Let us give you a ride?"
"What's a sweet thing like you doing walking through the rain by yourself?"
She ignored them completely and allowed them to gather around her. She kept her face down to hide her smile. If she played things right, she might be able to get in a fight before the day was over. "Please let me pass." She said in an angelic tone.
One thug moved towards her and grabbed her arm, making a kissing sound with his lips.
Oh that's just nasty! She thought. Didn't these creeps have anything better to do than harass people? Oh well, better do them a favor to remind them why they should only fight a battle they know they stand a chance in.
She grabbed the hand latched onto her wrist and threw him over her head. He landed a few yards away. The other guys all rushed towards her. Morons… She thought.
Chinow merely had to jump in the air and all of them ran into each other. She came down and stepped on each of their heads like little stepping- stones. She then left the seven now unconscious thugs lying there in the street and proceeded on her way.
When she reached Capsule Corp, she knocked on the door and was greeted by Bulma's mother, Ms. Briefs. Ms. Briefs welcomed her and made her sit by the fire to dry off.
"I'm fine," She insisted. But, Ms. Briefs continued to pamper her until Chinow faked going to sleep. This came in very useful, as she had found out through the years.
As soon as Ms. Briefs had left her alone, she walked up the stairs and sensed where she had dropped off her stuff. Then, she entered her room for the next three years and unpacked her stuff. Once she was done, she lied down on the bed and went to sleep for real.
The next day, she met up with Vegeta in the Gravity Room. He was upset that she could only reach up to Level One as a Super Saiyan. It only took a matter of months for her to be able to reach up to Level Three under Vegeta's harsh training.
For the next year, he left her to do whatever she wanted. She was to report in the Gravity Room everyday before dawn and leave only for lunch and dinner. After dinner, she was supposed to stop her training, but she would always sneak out after everyone was asleep and train until about two hours before dawn. She would then go back, sleep for an hour and half, then get ready for the next day of training. Every now and then, the sleepiness caught up to her and she would let herself seep all night instead of training.
At fourteen, she was able to train at the same level as Vegeta and Trunks with ease. She also started to spar with them on a regular basis. Whenever Trunks would leave and go train with Goten, Chinow was able to spar with Vegeta. Chinow hardly ever even came close to hitting him. Usually she would have to spend all her time blocking.
Around fifteen, things started to change. Right after her fifteenth birthday, she was suddenly three times as fast and powerful as she used to be. It must have had something to do with the gem that had appeared in her forehead the night of her birthday. It didn't matter to Vegeta and Trunks how. All they knew was that Chinow could soon beat Trunks easily and was evenly matched with Vegeta.
About mid way in the year, Chinow started to beat Vegeta in matches. The arrogant Saiyan would always say that he let her win as a confidence booster, but she could tell that he was lying to her. Her clothing was now up to around 1,000 pounds.
About two months before her sixteenth birthday, the Z fighters gathered and began to train with each other. They were all getting ready for the 15-year mark was approaching. Whether 'they' would be good or bad, the Z fighters would soon see. They were also ready for them.
The only concern was Chinow. She didn't want to fight with anyone anymore unless they landed a punch on her or taunted her to the point where her anger level would increase so much that she'd kick anybody's butt, it didn't matters whose. She was convinced that she was too strong to fight in wussy battles anymore.
Then, the day came, Chinow's Sixteenth Birthday.
All the Z Fighters were there, as well as their families were present for the occasion. They gave their gifts; all were practical, of course.
She got some new gis, a couple books (She learned to love reading while staying with Chi-Chi and Bulma.), and a new headband to cover her gem.
Try as they did, they could never get the gem off her forehead. Though she never told anyone, she would often wake up in the middle of the night with a severe pain in her forehead. It was if someone, or something for that matter, were trying to control her. The first time it had happened, she was so surprised that she didn't even realize she was headed towards Trunks's room with a sword in her hand. She had regained control before she reached the door, but it was the most terrifying incident of her life.
This had all started a year ago exactly with the arrival of the gem. It had happened every night that year. She hopped that whoever was coming today would have that answer, as well as to a few others.
The day went by and no one came. Krillin was beginning to think the whole thing as a joke when sunset came. And the figure approached the gang in silence.
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A/N: Oh, aren't I evil? Well, here's the major cliffy for this fic. Wanna know the best part? I'm not going to be around a computer for oh say… one week.
*Runs from the angry mob*
*Dodges the refuse being hurled at her head*
Hey, I promise I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I get back! Okay?
*Still Running*
Stayed tuned for the next episode/chapter of Half Friend, Part Foe, "A Birthday to Remember!"
Training
Until she was four years old, Chinow learned the basics with Master Roschi and Krillin. During these three years, she learned the basics. First, they taught her how to walk and run. She was only an infant after all.
Then, they moved onto jabs, punches, upper cuts, hooks, and blocks. She excelled at all this and moved at an impressive rate. Once she knew the basics, the real training began. They taught her how to manage her energy and use it to her advantage. By the age of three, she could fly and shoot out ki blasts. Master Roschi then made her wear the heavy turtle shell and sent her on the basic chores that he had Krillin and Goku doing back in the Dragon Ball episodes.
When she reached the age of four, she was finally able to remove the bulky turtle shell. Piccolo didn't pick her up; instead, he gave her directions for her to follow. He also gave her a list of things to bring to him. These were things that she had to pass a test in order to do them.
First, she was sent to pick up a pearl from a Giant Oyster that lived at the very bottom of the sea. Though it took her a while, she somehow managed to fight of the giant thing that was 10 times bigger than her. It was here that the learned that she could somehow breathe under water. Since she never came back up for air, they assumed that or she could hold her breath for a very long time.
Once that was done, she was sent to climb a mountain and leave the pearl up there. She somehow managed to drag the 300-pound object up the side of the mountain and left it there as the directions said. She was sent on many other tasks. Each time she was sent to get something then, leave it somewhere else. This allowed her to travel and survive under many harsh conditions.
After about a year, she was done and flew over to the very same forest where Piccolo trained Gohan. Piccolo was surprised that she went through all of this without giving up. When she landed next to him, the five-year old replied, "Now what do I do?"
Piccolo smiled and began to teach her various forms of energy blasts. At about six, he started to make her wear weighted clothing. She had on basically the same outfit that Piccolo wore: heavy cape, turban, arm padding, heavy boots. All in all, she was up to about 200-pounds extra weight. It was a struggle at first for her, but eventually, she began to get used to it.
Piccolo observed that she never complained that something was too hard. He also noticed that she would often not do something that she thought wasn't challenging.
For the last six months that he trained her, piccolo stopped merely teaching her things and let her spar with him. She never actually landed a hit on him, but a few times she cane pretty close. She obviously loved fighting. He noticed a gleam or a sparkle in her eyes whenever he said they could spar today.
When she reached 7, Bulma came and picked her up. She was distraught that she would have to spend three years without fighting, but eager to learn something new.
Chinow would have to admit that these were the most boring years of her life. She was home schooled until she reached nine, then they thought she should make friends her own age. Although she excelled academically, she completely lacked a social life. Even after six months, she had no friends.
Its not that people didn't try to make friends with her, it's just that she thought all of them were weaklings and would often try to start a sparring match between them. Several bullies challenged her, thinking that she was a wuss. When she would hurt them, never learning what over kill was, the students would stay away from her. She made a habit of doing this on purpose every now and then.
During these years, her habit of not doing something if it wasn't challenging enough became more and more frequent. She would often start talking back to her teachers because she believed she was smarter than they were. Bulma and Chi-Chi were then forced to take her out of school and begin home schooling again.
Chinow preferred home schooling because Chi-Chi made her learn things above her grade level. By the time her 'training' with them was over, she was learning Calculus.
At ten, she went back to the country with Chi-Chi and met up with Goku and Goten. Gohan had already married Videl and moved out. Sometimes they would come over and help train her, but mostly they stayed at their home.
Since she was only a few years younger than Goten, they were sparring partners while Goku stayed back and offered advice every now and then. She would often train with the Super Saiyan Goten until one day she finally turned into a Super Saiyan herself. The battle between the two demi-Super Saiyans was fierce and long. They would often end about two or three hours after they started. Usually It would end with Goten getting to worn out and making a careless mistake. Chinow, who never seemed to run out of energy, would always wait for that moment to make her move, thusly ending the match.
Around 12, she stopped wanting to spar with Goten. She said that he no longer proved to be the challenge that he once was. After that, she sparred with Goku. She liked sparring with him more because she rarely ever was able to land a punch on him. However, she rose up to the new challenge that lay before her and was eventually able to hit him a couple of times. She knew he was holding back, so after a while, it became boring for her once again. She could hardly wait until her 13th birthday so she could train with Veggie.
She was always told that Veggie wouldn't hold back when he trained her. She was looking forward to a battle that she might lose while trying her best. Losing never bothered her, because after that she knew that she could train harder until she could beat them. Challenges were fun and exciting for her and the harder they were, the better, she believed.
The day of her 13th birthday, she flew back over to Capsule Corp where the whole thing started. She flew by the place where Gohan said he found her. She stopped and stood there for a while, thinking about how she had changed these last twelve years.
Her hair was midnight black and could touch the ground when she let it down. She usually kept it up, wrapping it in a tight, short bun that never came undone, even when she turned Super Saiyan. Her eyes were now hardened, but still a celestial blue that could captivate anyone who stared into them. She had many male admirers, but never listened to any of them, for they were weaker than she and proved to be no challenge at all. It was true she was a tomboy, through and through. She wore loose pants and a t- shirt and tennis shoes. All were waited to equal around 700 pounds.
She closed her eyes and tried to think back to that fateful day she was brought here. She was asked many times if she could remember anything before coming to Earth. All she could remember were explosions and cries of pain.
Storm clouds soon filled the horizon and it began to rain as she stood there, thinking. She finally decided to walk the rest of the way to Capsule Corp. She remembered that most people weren't used to seeing people flying through the skies in this town.
As she was walking, a car stopped by and a few men got out and started to hassle her.
"Come on, baby. Let us give you a ride?"
"What's a sweet thing like you doing walking through the rain by yourself?"
She ignored them completely and allowed them to gather around her. She kept her face down to hide her smile. If she played things right, she might be able to get in a fight before the day was over. "Please let me pass." She said in an angelic tone.
One thug moved towards her and grabbed her arm, making a kissing sound with his lips.
Oh that's just nasty! She thought. Didn't these creeps have anything better to do than harass people? Oh well, better do them a favor to remind them why they should only fight a battle they know they stand a chance in.
She grabbed the hand latched onto her wrist and threw him over her head. He landed a few yards away. The other guys all rushed towards her. Morons… She thought.
Chinow merely had to jump in the air and all of them ran into each other. She came down and stepped on each of their heads like little stepping- stones. She then left the seven now unconscious thugs lying there in the street and proceeded on her way.
When she reached Capsule Corp, she knocked on the door and was greeted by Bulma's mother, Ms. Briefs. Ms. Briefs welcomed her and made her sit by the fire to dry off.
"I'm fine," She insisted. But, Ms. Briefs continued to pamper her until Chinow faked going to sleep. This came in very useful, as she had found out through the years.
As soon as Ms. Briefs had left her alone, she walked up the stairs and sensed where she had dropped off her stuff. Then, she entered her room for the next three years and unpacked her stuff. Once she was done, she lied down on the bed and went to sleep for real.
The next day, she met up with Vegeta in the Gravity Room. He was upset that she could only reach up to Level One as a Super Saiyan. It only took a matter of months for her to be able to reach up to Level Three under Vegeta's harsh training.
For the next year, he left her to do whatever she wanted. She was to report in the Gravity Room everyday before dawn and leave only for lunch and dinner. After dinner, she was supposed to stop her training, but she would always sneak out after everyone was asleep and train until about two hours before dawn. She would then go back, sleep for an hour and half, then get ready for the next day of training. Every now and then, the sleepiness caught up to her and she would let herself seep all night instead of training.
At fourteen, she was able to train at the same level as Vegeta and Trunks with ease. She also started to spar with them on a regular basis. Whenever Trunks would leave and go train with Goten, Chinow was able to spar with Vegeta. Chinow hardly ever even came close to hitting him. Usually she would have to spend all her time blocking.
Around fifteen, things started to change. Right after her fifteenth birthday, she was suddenly three times as fast and powerful as she used to be. It must have had something to do with the gem that had appeared in her forehead the night of her birthday. It didn't matter to Vegeta and Trunks how. All they knew was that Chinow could soon beat Trunks easily and was evenly matched with Vegeta.
About mid way in the year, Chinow started to beat Vegeta in matches. The arrogant Saiyan would always say that he let her win as a confidence booster, but she could tell that he was lying to her. Her clothing was now up to around 1,000 pounds.
About two months before her sixteenth birthday, the Z fighters gathered and began to train with each other. They were all getting ready for the 15-year mark was approaching. Whether 'they' would be good or bad, the Z fighters would soon see. They were also ready for them.
The only concern was Chinow. She didn't want to fight with anyone anymore unless they landed a punch on her or taunted her to the point where her anger level would increase so much that she'd kick anybody's butt, it didn't matters whose. She was convinced that she was too strong to fight in wussy battles anymore.
Then, the day came, Chinow's Sixteenth Birthday.
All the Z Fighters were there, as well as their families were present for the occasion. They gave their gifts; all were practical, of course.
She got some new gis, a couple books (She learned to love reading while staying with Chi-Chi and Bulma.), and a new headband to cover her gem.
Try as they did, they could never get the gem off her forehead. Though she never told anyone, she would often wake up in the middle of the night with a severe pain in her forehead. It was if someone, or something for that matter, were trying to control her. The first time it had happened, she was so surprised that she didn't even realize she was headed towards Trunks's room with a sword in her hand. She had regained control before she reached the door, but it was the most terrifying incident of her life.
This had all started a year ago exactly with the arrival of the gem. It had happened every night that year. She hopped that whoever was coming today would have that answer, as well as to a few others.
The day went by and no one came. Krillin was beginning to think the whole thing as a joke when sunset came. And the figure approached the gang in silence.
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A/N: Oh, aren't I evil? Well, here's the major cliffy for this fic. Wanna know the best part? I'm not going to be around a computer for oh say… one week.
*Runs from the angry mob*
*Dodges the refuse being hurled at her head*
Hey, I promise I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I get back! Okay?
*Still Running*
Stayed tuned for the next episode/chapter of Half Friend, Part Foe, "A Birthday to Remember!"