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Area: Otherworld checkpoint.
3rd Person Pov.
"So let me get this straight." Yemma. The giant ogre that works at the Otherworld checkpoint where souls that died are judged to enter either Heaven or Hell said. "With all this Earthling has done, while having a great chance for Heaven, you want him to risk Snake Way in order to train with King Kai?" He asked, looking at Wukong and Kami. He was examining some papers that had Wukong's life on it to judge him.
"Yes King Yemma. Two very powerful Saiyans are on their way to Earth in about One year. Wukong must get to King Kai and be trained by him before they arrive." Kami explained to Yemma again. While he did Wukong decided to ask something thats been nagging him.
"Hey!" He called out. Making Kami look at him with a nervous look. "Did two saiyans arrive before i did? Raditz and Kakarot?" While he knew one was dead he had to make sure…
"Hmm. Lets see." King Yemma looked through some earlier papers and pulled one out. "Ah. Here is the one on Raditz. Yes he was here earlier. He is down in Hell now. As for the other..sorry, but the one called Kakarot is still alive."
Kami gasped in fear while Wukong gripped his hand. "Tsk. Should have known. Had this feeling that he survived." He turned to Kami and noticed his fear. " I doubt he got away well enough to make an immediate attack. He will probably try to flee the planet to heal up and come back when the other two show up."
Kami nods while calming down a little. "That still doesn't change the fact that now we have three to deal with within the next year. King Yemma please! Allow Son Wukong to travel to King Kai's world and train under him!" Kami begged while bowing down. Wukong can understand the desperation.
King Yemma looked on before sighing. "Alright. I'll let him go. Just remember that if you fall off Snake Way. You will go to Hell."
Wukong nods before turning to Kami. "Kami. Can you please deliver a message or two?" He asked.
"Of course, old friend."
" I need you to inform the others that the number of saiyans has increased to three. I also need you to inform Dr. Brief that he should try to recover the remaining Saiyan Space Pods. He can probably use them to drastically improve his work" Wukong asked.
Kami nods. "I'll see to it. Good luck on your journey. Son Wukong." Kami said before disappearing.
Wukong was then led to the start of Snake Way. Said to be about a million miles long. He couldn't remember what it was exactly, just that it would take a long time to cross this path.
Thankfully a soul can't die of starvation or thirst. Because this is going to take a few months from what he can guess. Goku took around half a year due to him constantly setting himself back because of his own stupidity. Wukong on the other hand knows to just head straight there and ignore Everything else.
"Be careful on your journey to King Kai's. If you fall off of Snake Way you will go to Hell." The attendant said once he led Wukong to the start of Snake Way.
"I know. King Yemma told me already. Wasn't planning on falling anyway." Wukong said as he started to stretch. Once he was done he jumped up and began the trip. 'I hope the others are getting ready. If Kakarot joins Vegeta and Nappa then I'm not sure if they can hold out long enough if I accidentally stay too long.' Wukong thought to himself as he flew across Snake Way. He knows once he gets too tired to fly he will have to start running. He just hopes the extra time he will have to train can make up the difference.
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Area: Kami House.
It's been almost a day since Wukong fell in battle. Everyone, besides Piccolo obviously, have gathered at Master Roshi's house to talk and discuss what to do next. Roshi, Krillin, Bulma, Yamcha, Tien, Chichi, Yajirobe, and Chiaotzu.
Tien decided to end the awkward silence that had settled in the room. "Sorry I wasn't there for the battle. Chiaotzu and I had decided to train instead of coming to the reunion you planned. If we had decided to come.."
"It's not your guy's fault." Krillin said. " These two were just on a whole nother level compared to all of us. If we had tried to fight them head on without any plan we would have all been killed."
Roshi taps his cane on the floor. "Well first things first. We need to gather the dragon balls. Once we have them we just need to wait till Wukong is done with whatever training he gets in the Otherworld so we can wish him back to help."
Bulma pulls out the scouter she had. "I have already collected a few of them. Just need about four more than we have all of them."
" Why were you collecting them already, Bulma?" Chichi asked .
"Wukong suggested I collect a few of them and keep them locked away. So no one we don't want gets a wish. I asked him why he doesn't use the wishes himself? Like to make himself stronger but he replied that the Dragon Balls are meant to grant Miracles and shouldn't be misused for selfish wishes." Bulma explained.
"Sounds like him. Smart thinking as well. We don't want to wish for something that could be pointless when later we need them drastically." Krillin said.
"I'll go look for them." Yamcha said while holding his hand out for the Radar. "The rest of you can get a head start on preparing. If these next two are as strong as we fear. We will need all the training we can get." Bulma gives him the radar and he makes no hesitation on running outside and starts flying off.
"I guess the first thing we can do is up our weights. I don't really see any other way but that currently." Krillin said while thinking of what they can do.
"I have a few ideas for you actually. " Roshi said. "One involves a special training suit Wukong hasn't mastered yet and a secret I haven't taught you or Wukong yet."
"Wait, what do you mean you haven't taught us yet? I thought Wukong learned everything you had to teach?" Krillin asked. Wukong has said before that he had Master Roshi teach him everything so what wasn't taught?
"Masters got to have a few secrets don't they hehe." Rohsi laughs. " There are actually a few things I haven't taught yet. A special training ground that will teach you something strong and a few techniques that rival my Kamahameha."
"Ok, but what's this about a suit?" Chichi asked.
"A new weighted training set that will put much more strain on the body then standard training weights. That's for later though. For now you should all rest up and prepare for tomorrow." Roshi said before moving into the kitchen.
"Sigh. I guess he is right. We need to rest up first before going all in. I'll see you tomorrow Tien." Krillin nods towards Tien and then bows to chichi. He walks out the door only to stop to see Kami outside with Popo on their carpet.
"Kami? Why are you here?" Krillin asked as everyone else came outside after hearing that Kami was there.
" I bring news. First is that Wukong is making a journey in the Otherworld that will take a while to finish so he can start his training." Kami starts with.
"Nice to hear. We already planned on gathering the dragon balls so we can wish him back when he is ready." Bulma said. "But is that all he wanted us to know?"
Kami shook his head with a grim expression. " Unfortunately no. The Saiyan known as Kakarot survived." Once that was said everyone felt a strong chill in their body.
Kakarot. The saiyan that killed Wukong. He survived?!
"DAMN IT!" Krillin yells while punching the ground. "He survived!? We should have flown after him to make sure!"
"From what I've gathered he is no longer on Earth. Most likely went back to his ship and took it off to heal his wounds. That brings another message Wukong wanted to inform the Brief's of." Kami said, confusing Bulma.
"He did?"
"Yes. He wants someone to find the other Saiyan ship and retrieve it for your family. The technology from it should help be of immense help." Kami explained.
That makes sense." She said while pulling out the scouter. "Their tech is more advanced than whatever we have here so we could benefit from it greatly."
Plans were made for the coming battle ahead. Wukong races as fast as he can on Snake Way to make it to the end. Already doing better than Goku by just skipping by the worker who was cleaning the path.
'Why is someone even cleaning this thing!?' Wukong thought as he ran along the path. It never made much sense to him.
While he was dealing with this, everyone that wanted to(Piccolo prefers to train alone) had gathered on an island not far from Kami house while Roshi laid out a few boxes. They were pretty heavy since Roshi, Tien, and Krillin had to use the Max Power forms to move them.
All that was there was Krillin, Tien, Chiaotzu, and even Chichi. Bulma was back at her home going over the Radar and Yamcha was still looking for the last of the Dragon Balls.
After moving the boxes Krillin powered down and had to ask. "Kami Master Roshi, just what are these things!?"
"The next step." He said before opening one of the boxes.
While he did this Tien looked at Chichi. "So why are you here? You and Wukong have said before that you're not really a fighter. So why?"
"You both would normally be right. I'm not a fighter like all of you. However, After Wukong and Piccolo fought at the tournament, I saw the state he was in. I had wanted to jump into the fight to help out however I can, but I realized..I would have just got in the way." She said looking down while holding herself close. " After that fight. I decided to start training seriously. Im not as strong as you guys, but i don't want to be dead weight on the side lines again." She told Tien with a serious look in her eyes.
Tien look at her for a few seconds before smiling. He opened his mouth to talk when they both hearts Krillin yell in surprise.
"WHAT IS THIS MASTER ROSHI!?" Krillin yelled. They saw he was holding the contents of one of the boxes…a smiling turtle suit.
"W-what i-is that?" Tien stuttered.
"That is the special training suit. A part of it that is. Originally it was just a suit that was supposed to make it harder to move around in but Wukong made a suggestion that I couldn't ignore. It's threaded with magic to make it heavier than before. It should weigh about the same as what you're currently wearing by itself." Roshi explained while digging in the opened box.
"No kidding. But does it have to look so ridiculous?" Krillin asked while looking at the smiling face of the turtle hood.
"How it looks doesn't matter. Only that it works in doing what we need it to do." Roshi said pulling out large weights before dropping them with a heavy thud on the ground. " Making all of you stronger."
"Just how much is all of this?" Tien asked as he picked up one of the weights. "This right here goes on one arm but is as heavy as all my weights!"
"Let's see…if I recall correctly." Roshi strokes his beard in thought before turning back towards the others. "Nearly two tons in all."
All of their eyes widened at the weight. Two ton!? No wonder they had to power up just to lift them. Can they even move once they get these on? He wasn't kidding about having to give it their all for this training.
"That reminds me. I want you all to take off your current weights. Your only weights for a while will be these. Once you master this." He then reaches into the box and pulls out a large black turtle shell. It lands on the ground with a very heavy thud. " I'll swap out the shell on the suits with this. This one weighs almost a ton, and after you all have this down. You will put your old weights underneath the suits."
"Seriously?!" Krillin asked.
"Once you all completed the weight training we will move on to the special training. This will help improve your power drastically. We have one year. Probably less than that. We must make the most of it." Roshi explained with utmost seriousness.
Krillin gulped before looking at the others. Tien was as serious as ever with Chiaotzu backing him up. Chichi looked nervous but had a resolved look in her eyes. He hardened his own resolve and nodded towards his master.
"Very well. Once you guys are suited up. We will begin."
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Area: Otherworld. Snake Way.
Wukong was running along the path as quickly as he could. He had to get there as soon as possible. Out of everything he could learn, the Kaioken was something he knew he desperately needed. Since he was human he had no plot macguffin transformations to rely on so that technique was his best shot at evening things out. Now more than ever since Kakarot survived. He will get a Zenkai and be there to work with Vegeta and Nappa.
"I will make it in time. I'll master everything I can. If this Universe wants to stack everything it's got against me. Then I'll surpass these odds and win!" Wukong bellows as he continues down the path.
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AN: That's the chapter. Next chapter will be more focused on training the others are going through. Might be another chapter or two till we get to the fights. This stuff is harder for me to do while I constantly have plans and ideas for the future battles like Frieza and Cell. Sorry for the long weight. Work as well as writer's block. Although work won't be a problem for a bit since I was just laid off. Ya that sucks. Oh well. Nothing else to do but move on. Till next time on Surpassing The Odds. Deathwatch Out.