Saiyans And How They Train
"What exactly are Saiyans?"Akane asked, as they all finished examining the picture.
"Well, from what our dads have told us,"Trunks started,"the Saiyans, were a race of super-strong fighters, with tails, who, when they looked at the full moon, change into giant apes." Everyone cringed at this. "Yah, but Goten and I never had tails."
"But our dads and my brother did, until they had them permanently removed."Goten pointed out.
"Yeah, his brother and us are only half-Saiyan. Our dads are the only pure Saiyans, that we know are left." They looked down, looking sad.
Akane felt sorry for them. "So where are you guys from anyway? You don't seem to be from around here."
"Well, we're kind of on our own at the moment. We don't exactly even know how we got here." Their eyes were downcast. "We don't have any money, or even have a place to stay."
Akane had compassion in her eyes. She felt sorry for these poor kids. She looked at them and said, you can stay here if you want."
They looked up, surprised. Goten had happiness in his eyes,"Really?!" Akane nodded. "Whoo-hoo!"
Trunks smiled and put his hand on the back of his head,"Thanks a lot..."he was blushing.
"Can we charge them rent?"Nabiki said, as she popped out from the hall. Everyone formed a drop sweat on their heads.
"NO!"Akane said firmly.
Nabiki shrugeed,"Oh well, it was worth a try."
"It's settled, then, you two can stay here!"Akane said, with a smile at Goten and Trunks!
"YAAY!"Goten said, smiling and jumping up into the air.
"How strong, exactly, are you two?"Ranma spoke up, after being silent. He had already changed back to normal.
Everyone looked at Ranma, who had interupted this happy moment. Trunks and Goten looked at him. "Well,"Goten said,"Trunks and I are equally strong, last time we checked."
"Yah,"Trunks agreed.
"You all think you're stronger than me?"Ranma said, smirking, and cracking his knuckles.
Goten and Trunks looked at eachother,"Yah,"Trunks said.
"Definately,"Goten added.
"Feh,"Ranma said. He seemd to beg to differ,"You care to prove that?"he said, his eyes flashing dangerously.
"Uhhhh....."Goten said, at a loss for words. He'd seen that they were stronger than him, and his friend Ryoga. What was he talking about.
"I guess,"Trunks said, crossing his arms. "Which one of us?"
"You,"Ranma said, smiling maliciously, and pointing at Trunks. "At sparring."
"Uh, sure...."Trunks said, not exactly sure he got this guy.
They went outside, by the pond. Goten and Akane watched this from inside, while, everyone else went outside to watch. Nabiki was selling popcorn to the spectators. "Does Ranma always like to fight this much?"Goten asked. Trunks and Ranma bowed, and took up stance.
"Oh yeah, he's kind of a glutton for punishment, sometimes,"she said, smiling at Goten.
The fight started and Ranma, immediatly jumped toward Trunks, who blocked Ranma's punch. "YOW!"Ranma yelled. It was like he had hit something harder than Titanium, way harder. Not that he really went around punching Titanium, but........oh well, in any case, he hadn't phased Trunks at all, and had only hurt himself. Trunks just stood in one place, blocking all of Ranma's attacks, occasionly sending Ranma into a wall, as if it was nothing. (And it was nothing, to Trunks.)Ranma tred blasting Trunks, who merely cancelled it out.
Akane, finally spoke,"Wanna' go see my room?"she smiled at Goten.
"Don't you want to watch the fight?"Goten asked.
"Don't need to,"said Akane,"I already know Ranma is going to lose!" She smiled again.
Goten looked at her for a moment, then smiled,"Okay!"
The two walked upstairs.
"Heh, kids,"Soun said, playing Shogi, and watching the fight................
Elsewhere, miles and miles away......................
Piccolo was fly, towards the highest power source he could sense. he was partially guessing where it was coming from. "What the?"he asked himself. He stopped in mid-air. His sensesw might have been weakened, but he could still tell when there was, even a relatively high power level, this close to him. He looked behind him. He saw, very faintly, something, flying this way. He felt he knew this power, it was familiar. Then, he recognized it. 'Krillen,'he thought. He chuckled to himself. He started flying toward Krillen.............
Not far away......................
Krillen was still shivering. 'Of all places to suddenly end up, it just had to be in a snowstorm!'he thought to himself. He had gotten most of the snow out of his shirt. Suddenly, he finally felt a presence, apowerful one, and a familiar one. He wasn't sure what it was for a second, but then he realized,"Piccolo,"he said out loud. "HAHA!"he smiled, happier than he'd been since he'd gotten into that snowstorm.
Halfway, between the two........................
"PICCOLO!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"Krillen said, extatic.
"Heh, I could ask you the same thing,"Piccolo said, in his own brand of happiness. "Any idea how we got here?"
"Nope! All I know, is that, one moment, I'm on the beach relaxing, the next, laying in a SNOWSTORM!"he exclaimed, joking.
"Have your senses been knocked out too?"Piccolo asked Krillen. "Mine have, mostly, but I think they are slowly recovering."
"Yeah, same here, said Krillen. "I was trying to find the highest power level. I think it's that way." Krillen said, pointing the direction they had both been going.
"I'd been going there too,"Piccolo replied. "We should probably get going, that power feels very familiar....."
"I aggree,"Krillen said,"let's go!"
With that, they powered up, and flew off...................
Back at teh Tendo Dojo..................................
Goten and Akane, were in Akane's room, drinking some tea and eating some crackers. They laughed, as they talked, and exchanged stories.
"And then Ranma jumped out of the water with the shark in his mouth! After that, Cologne gave us the pill,"Akane told him.
"Wow, what an ordeal!"he laughed, with a cracker in his mouth.
Suddenly, there was a scratching sound on the door. "Hmm?"Akane said, wondering what it could be. She opened the door, and a baby black pig, with a bandanna around his neck. "Oh! P-Chan!"she nuzzled the pig to her chest.
'Strangely enough,'Goten noticed,'that pig was....blushing? Pigs don't blush!....Or...do they? Oh well,'Goten shrugged.
"P-Chan, I want you to meet a new friend of mine! P-Chan, this is Goten, Goten, this is P-Chan!"
"Hi!"Goten said, putting his hand on the back of his head. He shook the tiny piglett's hoof and laughed.
Ryoga was thinking to himself ,'Hey, this kids isn't too bad!'
In the back yard..................
"TAKE THIS!"Ranma yelled, firing another blast at Trunks. Trunks just batted it away.....again!
Trunks was getting tired of this. "I've gotta' end this..."he said to himself. Trunks lifted himself up into the air. Everyone's faces were shocked.
Trunks started powering a blast up, but not too powerful. This guy was pretty fun to spar with, and Trunks wasn't interestested in hurting anyone, he just didn't want the match to go on forever. Ranma fired another blast at Trunks. His blast merely absored it. "HAAAAAAH!"Trunks yelled, sending the blast, Ranma's way. Trunks made the blast hit the ground near Ranma. It would be enough to render him unconsious for a little while. The blast hit, and did exactly what he meant it to do. Ranma would be out cold for a while.
Trunks lowered himself, and started to walk inside, when he said,"That's what can happen, when you challenge Saiyan." Trunk stated.
He started walking inside, when he heard Kansumi say,"Annyone want a snack?" Trunks looked up, at Kasumi, with a plate, of delicious-looking treats.
"All right!"Trunks said, hungry. It had been a little while, since he had eaten. He tried to supress his hunger, trying to act civilized. After all, this family was letting them stay with them. He ate on the back porch, looking outside, into the sky, wondering, why, and how, they got here.....................
"Nice piggy!"Goten said, smiling and petting the baby pig. Akane smiled, she liked Goten. He was a nice boy. He didn't seem like he would hurt a fly. 'Maybe Ranma was lying about him being so strong,'she thought. 'He seems too nice!' "So...Goten,"Akane stated to ask,"What's your dad like?"
Goten looked up. "Oh, he's really nice! He plays with me all the time, and trains me and my brother."
"How old's your brother?"Akane asked Goten.
"He's about 16,"Goten said. "He's stronger than me, but not as strong as my dad. My mom's always making him study. He's really nice too."
"Sounds like you've got a nice family!"Akane said, smiling. Then she looked sad. "Are you worried about them?"
"Yeah, kinda. I don't know how we got here. I hope nothing bad happened to them........"Goten said, looking up.
Akane really did feel sorry for these two. 'What if they could never get home. That would be terrible..........'
They both sat in silence for a few minutes, then heard something, taht cheered them both up,"Akane! Goten! Dinner ready!"Kasumi yelled, up the stairs.
"Ahh!"Goten said, very happy that food was being served.
Akane smiled, glad to see him happy. They both got up and walked downstairs. They sat at the table, and everyone started eating. Ukyo and Shampoo must have left earlier, ecause they were nowhere to be seen.
Trunks and Goten, were eating in a much more civilized manner, trying not to digust the residents. They wanted to impress them. It was the least they could do for their hospitality. Trunks and Goten wondered where that Ryoga guy went, as they watched Akane cradle P-Chan and feed him. P- Chan see,ed to be thoroughly enjoying it. He had a very big smile on his face.
Oh well. It was kind of hard to eat this slow, but they were!
Not Far Away................
"Well, i think I can sense some very high powers, somewhere in this town,"Goku asid, reaching out with his mind.
"Yeah, I can sense them too,"Gohan replied. "I can sense two really powerful ones.
Suddenly, they sensed quite a high power level, for humans, but it was still very weak. They looked up to see a man in very strange, baggy clothing. It looked Chinese. He flew right into Goku. Goku didn't budge. The man slowly slid down Goku.
"I....stil love you.......Shampoo......."this strange man muttered. Goku looked at Goku, with a "Who is this guy?"look. Gohan shrugged. The guy finally stood up, looked up at Goku, and got angry. "Ranma! How dare you do this to me!"he yelled, obviously confusing Goku wth someone else.
"Uuuh, sorry, but you must have me confused with a someone else! I'm Goku!"Goku smiled, extending a hand.
The young man reached inside his clothes to pull out a pair of very large glasses. He put them on, and looked strangely at Goku. Out of habit, Mousse yelled,"Blow of the Swan Fist!"something suddenly rushed towards Goku. Goku put his arm up, and blocked whatever someone was trying to hit him with.
Mousse's weapon flew into two pieces, as it hit the ground. Mousse looked up, surprised. 'This guy's good!'he thought. However, this thought was a very big understatement. "Uh, sorry, habit,"Mousse said, looking embarassed. 'I'd better stay on these guys' good side,'he thought, not wanting to get pummeled. "My name is, Mousse,"he told the two.
"Hi, mine is Goku,"Goku repeated.
"And I'm, Gohan,"Gohan told Mousse. 'He looks about my age, and seems to have a fairly high power level, for humans.'
Goku was thinking along the same lines. "Uh, i must be going then,"Mousse said, trying not to get hurt. He wasn't dumb. "Perhaps we shall meet again,"he shouted, puming back to the Cat Cafe.
"Well.....that was.....interesting,"Gohan said, a drop of sweat forming on his head.
"Yeah. We'd better get going, I think we're getting rweally close to two of those power levels,"Goku said to Gohan, wanting to get to the bottom of this, as quickly as possible.
"Yeah,"Gohan said, as they started to walk along, throught the darkening evening.........................
Back at the Tendo Dojo...................
Trunks and Goten had already seen where they would be sleeping. They were going to be in a room near Ranma and his father's. Right now though, they were down-stairs. Goten and Akane were playing with P-Chan, Trunks sat, learning to play Shogi, from Soun and Genma, and Ranma was brooding in a corner, about his defeat.
'Darn it! Why'd that they have to be kids?!'Ranma thought to himself. 'That makes it all the more humiliating! Maybe that Goten kid's weaker. Yeah, that's it! I'l fight him! BWA HA HA!'he laughed in his mind. "Yo, Goten!"Ranma said to Goten.
Goten looked up. "Hm?"Goten said, wondering what Ranma wanted.
"You wanna spar?"Ranma said, dangerously.
"Ranma! Do you have to fight everyone?!"Akane yelled. She was getting frustrated, about him, trying to beat anyone, who said they were stronger than him.
"It's okay Akane, I don't mind!"Goten said, smiling.
"Righty than Goten, let's just do it in the back yard,"Ranma said, wanting a lot of room.
"Okay,"Goten smiled.
Akane went to the back door to watch. She had a look of concern in her eyes, as she held P-Chan to her chest. 'I really do hope Goten can fight.'
Ranma and Goten bowed, then took up stance. Ranma jumped forward, trying to kick Goten. Goten just blocked them all with index finger. Ranma jumped back and yelled,"MOKO TAKABISHA!"and a blue ball of energy flew from his hands. Goten caught this, put his own energy into it, and sent it back, Ranma's way. "GAAH!"Ranma yelled, barely dodging his own souped up blast. 'Darn it! He's way too powerful! and he's got the skill to match!'Ranma thougt desperately for some way to hit Goten. He jumped towards Goten again. Right when he was about to reach Goten, who wasn't even in stance anymore, he jumped over and behind him. Goten just turned, and thrust his opened palm toward Ranma. The force of this action was enought to send Ranma flying into a brick wall. "Ow....."Ranma said, falling from the wall.
Akane gaped in awe,'He really can fight!'she thought. Then she smiled,'Well, I think it's time someone beat Ranma at his own game! I'm just glad it was Goten!'
Ranma jumped up, and ran toward Goten. He ran up to him and yelled,"Chestnut Fist!"sending hundreds of puches at Goten. Goten could have blocked them all, but he chose to just let Ranma hit him, his expression not changing.
'They didn't phase him at all?! What's this guy made of?!'Ranma thought.
Ranma was in partial shock when he heard Goten say,"Hey Ranma!!"
"Huh,"Ranma said, looking up, to see Goten's fist, uppercutting him into the pond. He came out as a she, spitting water out. "Gosh! You guys hit hard!"she said, caressing her jaw. Goten still wasn't used to the sex- changing thing, but he laughed,"Sorry!"he said, putting his hand on the back of his head.
Ranma ran at Goten, still trying to puch him, but Goten blocked every time. Goten flew up in the air, and fired a small blast at Ranma. Ranmagot hit in the stomach.
Akane, however, was very surprised at this. "Wha?! You guys can fly?!"she said, in complete surprise.
"Um...oh...yeah,"Goten said, a little embarassed that he hadn't told anyone.
Just then, they heard a hardy laugh, which made everyone look in the direction of the wall. "Ha ha, nice job Goten!"said a man's voice. On top of the wall, they could see two pairs of boots. One had green pants, and the other had redish-orange pants. That's all they could see though.
"Is that...."Goten looked up. The pair stepped into the light, so that everyone could see them.
"DAD! GOHAN!"Goten yelled, at the sight of seeing his father and brother. He flew towards them and tackled his father.
"Whoa!"Goku said, happy to see his son, but not really surprised at being tackled. He put Goten up on his shoulder, and said,"I thought your energy signature felt familiar!"
Everyone looked at them and regcognized them from the picture Trunks and Goten had shown them earlier. They all flew down from the wall and onto the ground. "Have you guys been here the whole time?"Gohan asked.
"Mosta' the time, yeah!"Goten happily replied. Trunks came out in a rush. He smiled, when he saw who the two figures were. "ALL RIGHT! HOW DID YOU FIND US?"
"Well, it took some concentration, but we were able to pin-point your energy signatures,"Goku told Trunks.
Goku noticed all the people staring at them. "Uh hi, my name is Goku! I'm Goten's dad."
"Yeah, and I'm Gohan, Goten's brother,"Gohan added, introducing himself.
"Do you have any idea where we are, or how we got here?"Trunks asked, getting to a question he'd wanted to be answered.
"No, we haven't been able to figure out where we are, or how we got here,"Goku said.
"This family was going to let us stay with them!"Goten added, still happy that they had found acommodations.
"Thanks a lot for helping the boys! I hope it's no trouble,"Goku said, putting his hand on his head.
"You probably can't fit us all, though,"Gohan said, downcast.
"Actually,"Akane said,"I think we do have enough room for you all!"she said, smiling.
"Really?"Gohan said, looking up. Akane smiled and nodded.
"All right!!"Goten yelled, happy, that his father and brother could stay with them.
Just then, a loud growling sound could be heard. Goku and Gohan looked at their stomachs. "He he, guess we haven't had anything to eat in a while,"Goku mused.
"Hmmm...."Kasumi said, thinking. She walked into the kitchen, and back out again. "Yes, I still have some food left!"
Goku and Gohan, looked up from their stomachs, smlied, and said,"ALL RIGHT!"Before almost plowing everyone into the ground.
P-Chan chose this moment to jump out of Akane's arms, and go upstairs. Akane was too busy with the newcomers, to notice. A few minutes later, Ryoga came down the stairs. "Oh! Ryoga, where did you come from?"Akane asked, smiling.
"Um, I'm not exactly sure,"Ryoga said. He knew he would be able to convince them, with his sense of direction.
Ryoga noticed the the fighters, everyone thought, he didn't know. "Oh, Ryoga, this is Goten's father and brother, Goku and Goten,"Akane said, motioning to the two newcomers.
Just then, a new thought crossed Ryoga's mind: What if Akane fell in love with this new Gohan guy?! He looked the same age. Ryoga wouldn't be able to take that!
Gohan thought out loud, in the little time, when he took a break from eating. "I wonder if Mom or Videl are wondering where we are,"Gohan thought out loud.
Ryoga's head shot up at this. "Who is Videl?"he asked, wondering if this person was who he hoped it was.
"Oh, she's my girlfriend,"Gohan told him. Ryoga seemed very happy about this.
"Phew!"he let out, wiping some sweat from his forehead. Ryoga had small tears in his eyes. He looked up. "Oh thank you!"
Goku, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks looked at him. "Is he always like this?"Goku asked, cocking an eyebrow, talking, when he wasn't eating.
"Well, sometimes that happens. Other times, he just completely phases out,"Ranma explained, smiling.
"Y'know, I just thought of something, I don't know who any of you people are!"Goku said, smiling, hand on his head.
"Oh....yeah. Kinda forgot about that...."Ranma said. Introductions followed, and after everyone introduced themselves, Goku and Gohan got up, having finished eating.
"Wow Kasumi! That was great!"Goku said, patting his stomach. No one was sure, who ate more or faster, Goten and Trunks, or Goku and Gohan.
"Kasumi blushed at the compliment,"Oh, it was nothing!"she said, smiling.
"Dad's right, Kasumi! That was great!"Kasumi blushed even more at this.
"N-no problem,"she smiled. She didn't cook for strangers much. Most of the people she cooked for, were either family, or regular attenders, like Ryoga. It was very flattering, coming from some strangers.
Goten wanted to ask his father something. "Uh, dad?"Goten asked.
"Hm?"Goten tuned to look at his son.
"Trunks and I haven't been able to sense power levels very well, and I don't know why,"Goten said, trying to think of why that would happen.
"That's really strange Goten! Gohan and I have been having the same problems. It must be because of how we got here or something. Maybe it temporarily weakened our energy senses,"Goku said, trying to come to a conclusion, of which he no clues to answer.
"Yeah, your probably right. i can sense mine coming back, slowly,"Goten added.
"Same here,"Trunks said.
"Yeah, must only be temporary. I can feel mine coming back too, so can Gohan,"Goku sai, yawning.
Goku yawned again, and said,"Gosh, I'm kinda tired."
"Let me show you up to your room,"Kasumi said, beckoning them up the stairs.
"Oh*yawn*thanks Kasumi!"Goku said, looking quite tired from the trip. Gohan went up the stairs
with them.
Goten called up after them,"Night dad! NIght Gohan!"
A call came back down the stairs,"Night Goten, , night Trunks, night everybody! Goten, don't stay up too late! We need to get to training tommorow. At least until we figure out what's goin on!"
"Okay dad!"Goten yelled back,"I won't!" Goten looked outside, then looked at Akane. "You wanna go for a walk?"he asked her.
She looked at him and smiled,"Sure."The two walked out the front door, to walk around, outside.
It was already dark, but the street lights, were just starting to blink on. "Ahh, the it's really nice tonight......."Akane said, looking at the dark, starless sky.
"Yeah....."Goten repeated, looking up at the sky as well, hands on his head. Cherry Blossoms petals were blowing in the wind. Akane closed her eyes, listening to the wind.
"I wonder what it's like to be fast and powerful, like you and Trunks. To just be able to fly away....."Akane said, with her eyes still closed.
Goten looked at her, thinking for a moment, before breaking into a smile. "Wait! I just thought of something!"
Akane looked at him, wondering what he could be talking about. "What is it, Goten?"she asked.
"You're pretty strong right?! I can sense your energy, it feels pretty strong to me!"Goten started.
"Yeah, I'm pretty strong,"said Akane, wondering if she was strong enough for whatever Goten had planned.
"I could teach you to fly!"Goten said, brimming with excitement.
Akane was shocked at his offer. "You really could?!"Akane gaped, but happier than she'd been all day. Goten nodded, and giggled.
"I might even be able to teach how to fire energy blasts!"he added on. Akane looked at the young half-Saiyan, in wonderment. "All that would probably make you a lot stronger and faster too!"Goten shouted smiling. He was very excited. he hadn't gotten to do this before.
"You-you'd really do that....for me?"Akane asked, tears in her eyes.
"You're my friend! Friends do stuff like that!"Goten said, smiling, an innocent smile.
Akane was openly crying now. She bent down and hugged Goten. "Thank you Goten..."
"Ahh, it's no prob,"Goten said, happy to see his new friend so happy. Akane got up and wiped the tears from her eyes. "You wanna start now?"Goten asked.
"You mean we could?"Akane asked, still smiling. Her anticipation was beyond belief.
"Sure! Goten said, also eager to get started. "I only learned how to fly no long ago!" Akane was happy that he was making her feel better about not knowing how. "Let's find somewhere to sit first,"Goten said, ready to get started.
"We could go to the park!"Akane suggested, also ready to get started.
"Hey, why don't I give you a demonstration of what it's like to fly first,"Goten said, holding out his hand to Akane. Akane face lit up, and she took his hand.
Suddenly, she felt a kind of wind underneath her feet, then, they slowly lifted off the ground. Akane opened her mouth, still smiling. Soon, they were high up in the air. "Where's the park?"Goten looked at her, smiling.
Akane, unable to speak, merely pointed to her right. Gotne looked where she was pointing, and before she knew it, they were off, into the sky.
Akane couldn't believe the blissful feeling she got, the wind blowing through her hair. She closed her eyes, just feeling the breeze on her face. Goten looked back, happy to see Akane having such a great time.
She opened her eyes, and they were in the clouds. She laughed, as the clouds opened up before them.
As they came out of the clouds, Akane looked down and saw the park. "There it is!"she told Goten. He started them flying down, and when they were feet away, he flew up, stopped, and landed softly.
Akane couldn't believe what had just happened. She looked at Goten and told him, with a smile,"That was...............unbelieveable. I've never felt anything like it! Thank you Goten....."
"No problem! You wanna get started?"he asked her.
Her face lit up, as she said,"Absolutely!"
Goten smiled at how eager she was, then asked,"You know how to bring out your energy, right?"
"You mean my battle aura? Sure!"she exclaimed.
"Could you show me how you do it?"Goten asked, wanting a demonstration.
"Sure!"she said, preparing to power up. She got into a stance to power up. "Hmmmmmmmmm,"she said, starting to power up. "HAAAAAAAA!"she yelled, as she finished powering up. A blue energy field seemed to surround her. She was breathing a little harder than she had been.
"All right!"Goten whooped,"You're even more powerful than I thought!" Akane blushed slightly at the statement. "You're even more powerful than Videl!"he complemented her. "Well, you can take control of your energy, that's very good. What do you want to learn to do first?"
Akane's face lit up again,"FLYING! Definately!"she exclaimed, wanting more of what she had just experienced.
"Well then, we should get started,"Goten smiled. "You should power down first. Learning flying requires concentration. I found that out myself!"He laughed, hand behind his head. Akane laughed with him, on his own expiriences, with learning how to fly. "First thing you have to do, is relax,"Goten told Akane.
"I'll try, but it might be hard, with all this excitement!"Akane laughed. "I'll try. Here I go!"Akane said, sitting on the ground, Indian- style, with her eyes closed.
After a few minutes, Akane opened her eyes, looked at Goten, who was also sitting on the ground,"All right, I'm relaxed."
"Good,"Goten said softly, trying not to throw her off, by talking loudly. "Now, try to focus that energy, to the center of your body, but keep relaxed,"he instructed her.
She closed her eyes again, to concentrate her energy. She seemed to let off a light blue glow. She sighed, slightly, then, opening her eyes, she said,"Okay, I've got it centered."
"Good,"Goten said, keeping a low voice,"First, get up, slowly, so you don't throw yourself off." He told her. As he said, Akane, slowly got up. "Okay, now...push the energy up, but stay relaxed, and focused." He told her carefully.
She concentrated, and slowly felt herself, being lfted off the ground. She opened her eyes, but Goten quickly told her,"Don't lose your concentration!" He said this softly, so as not to disturb her. She kept her eyes open, but continued to concentrate.
Soon, she was quite a ways, in the air. When she felt she was up to it, she said,"I......DID IT!" WHOO HOO!"she put her fist up into the air, in triumph.
Goten was afraid this would make her fall, but to his surprise, she didn't lower at all! "Wow,"he whispered at first, amazed by how quick and skillfully, she had learn to leviate. He flew up to congragulate her. She was extatic, that she was flying, all on her own! She saw Goten fly up beside her, and she looked at him and yelled,"GOTEN! I DID IT!"before he could congragulate her.
"I KNOW! NOT EVEN VIDEL COULD LEARN TO FLY THIS FAST! YOU'RE AMAZING AKANE!"Goten shouted, hoping this didn't throw her off. Akane slightly blushed again. "Now you know how to levitate, soyou should probably get closer to the ground, before I teach you how to fly around,"Goten told her. She nodded happily. They both levitated down nearer to the ground. He was thinking,'SHE'S GREAT! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE CATCH ON SO FAST!'he looked over at her smiling face, and cracked a very big smile. "Akane, you're one of the coolest people I know." This surprised Akane, and she blushed even more.
"Th-thanks...Goten..."she said. They got close to the ground, then stopped in mid-air. "Ah! I feel so alive!"Akane said, breathing in a big breath of air, and looking up to the sky, in thanks.
Goten showed and instructed her on how to fly around, and within another hour, she had mastered flying! 'I can't belive this! She has so much energy, and she's mastered flying and it didn't even take a day!' Goten really did like this girl............. Don't get any ideas just yet, read my notice at the end of the chapter first, then, get ideas!
"Next, I'll show you how to create an energy blast. Let me demonstrate first,"Goten said. Akane nodded, and lifted a hand and pointed it toward a rock. A small ball of energy formed in his hand, and he shot it toward the rock. The blast exploded, and took the rock with it! Akane's eyes got wide, as she looked at the former rock, which was now a sizzling, pile of rocks.
"Wooow..."Akane said, amazed, and you can teach me to do that?"she asked.
"Oh yeah! You learned flying uicker than anyone I've ever seen! You should definately be able to learn this!"Goten said, confidently.
"Okay, if you say so Goten!"Akane said, smiling. She trusted Goten. First of all, he was her friend, and second of all, he seemed to know a lot about fighting, especially what he was talking about.
"It's much the same as flying,"Goten said. "First, you need to relax, and concentrate your energy."
Akane closed her eyes, and concentrated. After a few minutes, she said,"All right, I think I'm ready."
"Good,"Goten said. "Now, you need to make your energy flow into the palm of your hand, then, visualize it, as a ball." Goten told her.
She followed what he said, and visualized her energy as a ball, then brought it out. She could see rays of orange light, coming from her hand. "All, right, I've got it,"she said calmly.
"Great, now aim at something, then force the energy in that direction,"Goten instructed, not wanting to break her concentration.
"HaaaaaaAAAA!"Akane yelled, as she blasted the ball of energy from her hand, to another rock. There was an explosion, and the rock flew apart, not, many, tiny rocks. Akane was very surprised at first, but her surprise, soon turned into overwhelming joy. "I DID IT GOTEN, I DID IT!"she yelled, jumping in the air, extremely high, I might add.
"WOW AKANE YOU DID IT!"Goten yelled, jumping up, with her. When they landed, Goten, looked into kane's eyes with pride and said,"Like I said, Akane, amazing."
Akane beamed back at Goten. "Oh, and Akane,"Goten said.
"Yes,"Akane asked.
"You can cancel out other energy blasts, with a blast of equal energy. If you use a more powerful blast, you can destroy the other blast, and, hit the person you were aiming at,"Goten informed her, concluding his lesson, for today. "And one more thing,"he started. "If you want to deflect a energy attack, charge the energy in your arm, and try to make it deflect an energy that gets near. You can also change the color of an energy attack. Mine, is naturally gold, probably because I'm a Super- Saiyan, but I could change it if I want."
Akane bent down, to Goten, hugged him, tears in her eyes again, and said,"Goten......I can't thank you enough."
Now it was Goten's turn to blush. "Aw, it was nothing..........."
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I'm not guaranteeing that they can change the color of the attack, I'm not sure. Well, here the notice you've all been waiting for! *SPECIAL NOTICE!I'm trying to think of what to do with Akane and Goten! I'm not sure what to do with these two! I know it might sound crazy, but I have to know: Please, all of you, tell me if you think Goten should get a crush on Akane, and/or vice versa! I feel kinda silly posting this, but I had to.* Also, if you think this chapter is way too long, please tell me in the reviews, and I can split it into two, if you guys want! The next chapter will hopefully be coming soon!
Thanks a lot,
S'rac
"What exactly are Saiyans?"Akane asked, as they all finished examining the picture.
"Well, from what our dads have told us,"Trunks started,"the Saiyans, were a race of super-strong fighters, with tails, who, when they looked at the full moon, change into giant apes." Everyone cringed at this. "Yah, but Goten and I never had tails."
"But our dads and my brother did, until they had them permanently removed."Goten pointed out.
"Yeah, his brother and us are only half-Saiyan. Our dads are the only pure Saiyans, that we know are left." They looked down, looking sad.
Akane felt sorry for them. "So where are you guys from anyway? You don't seem to be from around here."
"Well, we're kind of on our own at the moment. We don't exactly even know how we got here." Their eyes were downcast. "We don't have any money, or even have a place to stay."
Akane had compassion in her eyes. She felt sorry for these poor kids. She looked at them and said, you can stay here if you want."
They looked up, surprised. Goten had happiness in his eyes,"Really?!" Akane nodded. "Whoo-hoo!"
Trunks smiled and put his hand on the back of his head,"Thanks a lot..."he was blushing.
"Can we charge them rent?"Nabiki said, as she popped out from the hall. Everyone formed a drop sweat on their heads.
"NO!"Akane said firmly.
Nabiki shrugeed,"Oh well, it was worth a try."
"It's settled, then, you two can stay here!"Akane said, with a smile at Goten and Trunks!
"YAAY!"Goten said, smiling and jumping up into the air.
"How strong, exactly, are you two?"Ranma spoke up, after being silent. He had already changed back to normal.
Everyone looked at Ranma, who had interupted this happy moment. Trunks and Goten looked at him. "Well,"Goten said,"Trunks and I are equally strong, last time we checked."
"Yah,"Trunks agreed.
"You all think you're stronger than me?"Ranma said, smirking, and cracking his knuckles.
Goten and Trunks looked at eachother,"Yah,"Trunks said.
"Definately,"Goten added.
"Feh,"Ranma said. He seemd to beg to differ,"You care to prove that?"he said, his eyes flashing dangerously.
"Uhhhh....."Goten said, at a loss for words. He'd seen that they were stronger than him, and his friend Ryoga. What was he talking about.
"I guess,"Trunks said, crossing his arms. "Which one of us?"
"You,"Ranma said, smiling maliciously, and pointing at Trunks. "At sparring."
"Uh, sure...."Trunks said, not exactly sure he got this guy.
They went outside, by the pond. Goten and Akane watched this from inside, while, everyone else went outside to watch. Nabiki was selling popcorn to the spectators. "Does Ranma always like to fight this much?"Goten asked. Trunks and Ranma bowed, and took up stance.
"Oh yeah, he's kind of a glutton for punishment, sometimes,"she said, smiling at Goten.
The fight started and Ranma, immediatly jumped toward Trunks, who blocked Ranma's punch. "YOW!"Ranma yelled. It was like he had hit something harder than Titanium, way harder. Not that he really went around punching Titanium, but........oh well, in any case, he hadn't phased Trunks at all, and had only hurt himself. Trunks just stood in one place, blocking all of Ranma's attacks, occasionly sending Ranma into a wall, as if it was nothing. (And it was nothing, to Trunks.)Ranma tred blasting Trunks, who merely cancelled it out.
Akane, finally spoke,"Wanna' go see my room?"she smiled at Goten.
"Don't you want to watch the fight?"Goten asked.
"Don't need to,"said Akane,"I already know Ranma is going to lose!" She smiled again.
Goten looked at her for a moment, then smiled,"Okay!"
The two walked upstairs.
"Heh, kids,"Soun said, playing Shogi, and watching the fight................
Elsewhere, miles and miles away......................
Piccolo was fly, towards the highest power source he could sense. he was partially guessing where it was coming from. "What the?"he asked himself. He stopped in mid-air. His sensesw might have been weakened, but he could still tell when there was, even a relatively high power level, this close to him. He looked behind him. He saw, very faintly, something, flying this way. He felt he knew this power, it was familiar. Then, he recognized it. 'Krillen,'he thought. He chuckled to himself. He started flying toward Krillen.............
Not far away......................
Krillen was still shivering. 'Of all places to suddenly end up, it just had to be in a snowstorm!'he thought to himself. He had gotten most of the snow out of his shirt. Suddenly, he finally felt a presence, apowerful one, and a familiar one. He wasn't sure what it was for a second, but then he realized,"Piccolo,"he said out loud. "HAHA!"he smiled, happier than he'd been since he'd gotten into that snowstorm.
Halfway, between the two........................
"PICCOLO!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"Krillen said, extatic.
"Heh, I could ask you the same thing,"Piccolo said, in his own brand of happiness. "Any idea how we got here?"
"Nope! All I know, is that, one moment, I'm on the beach relaxing, the next, laying in a SNOWSTORM!"he exclaimed, joking.
"Have your senses been knocked out too?"Piccolo asked Krillen. "Mine have, mostly, but I think they are slowly recovering."
"Yeah, same here, said Krillen. "I was trying to find the highest power level. I think it's that way." Krillen said, pointing the direction they had both been going.
"I'd been going there too,"Piccolo replied. "We should probably get going, that power feels very familiar....."
"I aggree,"Krillen said,"let's go!"
With that, they powered up, and flew off...................
Back at teh Tendo Dojo..................................
Goten and Akane, were in Akane's room, drinking some tea and eating some crackers. They laughed, as they talked, and exchanged stories.
"And then Ranma jumped out of the water with the shark in his mouth! After that, Cologne gave us the pill,"Akane told him.
"Wow, what an ordeal!"he laughed, with a cracker in his mouth.
Suddenly, there was a scratching sound on the door. "Hmm?"Akane said, wondering what it could be. She opened the door, and a baby black pig, with a bandanna around his neck. "Oh! P-Chan!"she nuzzled the pig to her chest.
'Strangely enough,'Goten noticed,'that pig was....blushing? Pigs don't blush!....Or...do they? Oh well,'Goten shrugged.
"P-Chan, I want you to meet a new friend of mine! P-Chan, this is Goten, Goten, this is P-Chan!"
"Hi!"Goten said, putting his hand on the back of his head. He shook the tiny piglett's hoof and laughed.
Ryoga was thinking to himself ,'Hey, this kids isn't too bad!'
In the back yard..................
"TAKE THIS!"Ranma yelled, firing another blast at Trunks. Trunks just batted it away.....again!
Trunks was getting tired of this. "I've gotta' end this..."he said to himself. Trunks lifted himself up into the air. Everyone's faces were shocked.
Trunks started powering a blast up, but not too powerful. This guy was pretty fun to spar with, and Trunks wasn't interestested in hurting anyone, he just didn't want the match to go on forever. Ranma fired another blast at Trunks. His blast merely absored it. "HAAAAAAH!"Trunks yelled, sending the blast, Ranma's way. Trunks made the blast hit the ground near Ranma. It would be enough to render him unconsious for a little while. The blast hit, and did exactly what he meant it to do. Ranma would be out cold for a while.
Trunks lowered himself, and started to walk inside, when he said,"That's what can happen, when you challenge Saiyan." Trunk stated.
He started walking inside, when he heard Kansumi say,"Annyone want a snack?" Trunks looked up, at Kasumi, with a plate, of delicious-looking treats.
"All right!"Trunks said, hungry. It had been a little while, since he had eaten. He tried to supress his hunger, trying to act civilized. After all, this family was letting them stay with them. He ate on the back porch, looking outside, into the sky, wondering, why, and how, they got here.....................
"Nice piggy!"Goten said, smiling and petting the baby pig. Akane smiled, she liked Goten. He was a nice boy. He didn't seem like he would hurt a fly. 'Maybe Ranma was lying about him being so strong,'she thought. 'He seems too nice!' "So...Goten,"Akane stated to ask,"What's your dad like?"
Goten looked up. "Oh, he's really nice! He plays with me all the time, and trains me and my brother."
"How old's your brother?"Akane asked Goten.
"He's about 16,"Goten said. "He's stronger than me, but not as strong as my dad. My mom's always making him study. He's really nice too."
"Sounds like you've got a nice family!"Akane said, smiling. Then she looked sad. "Are you worried about them?"
"Yeah, kinda. I don't know how we got here. I hope nothing bad happened to them........"Goten said, looking up.
Akane really did feel sorry for these two. 'What if they could never get home. That would be terrible..........'
They both sat in silence for a few minutes, then heard something, taht cheered them both up,"Akane! Goten! Dinner ready!"Kasumi yelled, up the stairs.
"Ahh!"Goten said, very happy that food was being served.
Akane smiled, glad to see him happy. They both got up and walked downstairs. They sat at the table, and everyone started eating. Ukyo and Shampoo must have left earlier, ecause they were nowhere to be seen.
Trunks and Goten, were eating in a much more civilized manner, trying not to digust the residents. They wanted to impress them. It was the least they could do for their hospitality. Trunks and Goten wondered where that Ryoga guy went, as they watched Akane cradle P-Chan and feed him. P- Chan see,ed to be thoroughly enjoying it. He had a very big smile on his face.
Oh well. It was kind of hard to eat this slow, but they were!
Not Far Away................
"Well, i think I can sense some very high powers, somewhere in this town,"Goku asid, reaching out with his mind.
"Yeah, I can sense them too,"Gohan replied. "I can sense two really powerful ones.
Suddenly, they sensed quite a high power level, for humans, but it was still very weak. They looked up to see a man in very strange, baggy clothing. It looked Chinese. He flew right into Goku. Goku didn't budge. The man slowly slid down Goku.
"I....stil love you.......Shampoo......."this strange man muttered. Goku looked at Goku, with a "Who is this guy?"look. Gohan shrugged. The guy finally stood up, looked up at Goku, and got angry. "Ranma! How dare you do this to me!"he yelled, obviously confusing Goku wth someone else.
"Uuuh, sorry, but you must have me confused with a someone else! I'm Goku!"Goku smiled, extending a hand.
The young man reached inside his clothes to pull out a pair of very large glasses. He put them on, and looked strangely at Goku. Out of habit, Mousse yelled,"Blow of the Swan Fist!"something suddenly rushed towards Goku. Goku put his arm up, and blocked whatever someone was trying to hit him with.
Mousse's weapon flew into two pieces, as it hit the ground. Mousse looked up, surprised. 'This guy's good!'he thought. However, this thought was a very big understatement. "Uh, sorry, habit,"Mousse said, looking embarassed. 'I'd better stay on these guys' good side,'he thought, not wanting to get pummeled. "My name is, Mousse,"he told the two.
"Hi, mine is Goku,"Goku repeated.
"And I'm, Gohan,"Gohan told Mousse. 'He looks about my age, and seems to have a fairly high power level, for humans.'
Goku was thinking along the same lines. "Uh, i must be going then,"Mousse said, trying not to get hurt. He wasn't dumb. "Perhaps we shall meet again,"he shouted, puming back to the Cat Cafe.
"Well.....that was.....interesting,"Gohan said, a drop of sweat forming on his head.
"Yeah. We'd better get going, I think we're getting rweally close to two of those power levels,"Goku said to Gohan, wanting to get to the bottom of this, as quickly as possible.
"Yeah,"Gohan said, as they started to walk along, throught the darkening evening.........................
Back at the Tendo Dojo...................
Trunks and Goten had already seen where they would be sleeping. They were going to be in a room near Ranma and his father's. Right now though, they were down-stairs. Goten and Akane were playing with P-Chan, Trunks sat, learning to play Shogi, from Soun and Genma, and Ranma was brooding in a corner, about his defeat.
'Darn it! Why'd that they have to be kids?!'Ranma thought to himself. 'That makes it all the more humiliating! Maybe that Goten kid's weaker. Yeah, that's it! I'l fight him! BWA HA HA!'he laughed in his mind. "Yo, Goten!"Ranma said to Goten.
Goten looked up. "Hm?"Goten said, wondering what Ranma wanted.
"You wanna spar?"Ranma said, dangerously.
"Ranma! Do you have to fight everyone?!"Akane yelled. She was getting frustrated, about him, trying to beat anyone, who said they were stronger than him.
"It's okay Akane, I don't mind!"Goten said, smiling.
"Righty than Goten, let's just do it in the back yard,"Ranma said, wanting a lot of room.
"Okay,"Goten smiled.
Akane went to the back door to watch. She had a look of concern in her eyes, as she held P-Chan to her chest. 'I really do hope Goten can fight.'
Ranma and Goten bowed, then took up stance. Ranma jumped forward, trying to kick Goten. Goten just blocked them all with index finger. Ranma jumped back and yelled,"MOKO TAKABISHA!"and a blue ball of energy flew from his hands. Goten caught this, put his own energy into it, and sent it back, Ranma's way. "GAAH!"Ranma yelled, barely dodging his own souped up blast. 'Darn it! He's way too powerful! and he's got the skill to match!'Ranma thougt desperately for some way to hit Goten. He jumped towards Goten again. Right when he was about to reach Goten, who wasn't even in stance anymore, he jumped over and behind him. Goten just turned, and thrust his opened palm toward Ranma. The force of this action was enought to send Ranma flying into a brick wall. "Ow....."Ranma said, falling from the wall.
Akane gaped in awe,'He really can fight!'she thought. Then she smiled,'Well, I think it's time someone beat Ranma at his own game! I'm just glad it was Goten!'
Ranma jumped up, and ran toward Goten. He ran up to him and yelled,"Chestnut Fist!"sending hundreds of puches at Goten. Goten could have blocked them all, but he chose to just let Ranma hit him, his expression not changing.
'They didn't phase him at all?! What's this guy made of?!'Ranma thought.
Ranma was in partial shock when he heard Goten say,"Hey Ranma!!"
"Huh,"Ranma said, looking up, to see Goten's fist, uppercutting him into the pond. He came out as a she, spitting water out. "Gosh! You guys hit hard!"she said, caressing her jaw. Goten still wasn't used to the sex- changing thing, but he laughed,"Sorry!"he said, putting his hand on the back of his head.
Ranma ran at Goten, still trying to puch him, but Goten blocked every time. Goten flew up in the air, and fired a small blast at Ranma. Ranmagot hit in the stomach.
Akane, however, was very surprised at this. "Wha?! You guys can fly?!"she said, in complete surprise.
"Um...oh...yeah,"Goten said, a little embarassed that he hadn't told anyone.
Just then, they heard a hardy laugh, which made everyone look in the direction of the wall. "Ha ha, nice job Goten!"said a man's voice. On top of the wall, they could see two pairs of boots. One had green pants, and the other had redish-orange pants. That's all they could see though.
"Is that...."Goten looked up. The pair stepped into the light, so that everyone could see them.
"DAD! GOHAN!"Goten yelled, at the sight of seeing his father and brother. He flew towards them and tackled his father.
"Whoa!"Goku said, happy to see his son, but not really surprised at being tackled. He put Goten up on his shoulder, and said,"I thought your energy signature felt familiar!"
Everyone looked at them and regcognized them from the picture Trunks and Goten had shown them earlier. They all flew down from the wall and onto the ground. "Have you guys been here the whole time?"Gohan asked.
"Mosta' the time, yeah!"Goten happily replied. Trunks came out in a rush. He smiled, when he saw who the two figures were. "ALL RIGHT! HOW DID YOU FIND US?"
"Well, it took some concentration, but we were able to pin-point your energy signatures,"Goku told Trunks.
Goku noticed all the people staring at them. "Uh hi, my name is Goku! I'm Goten's dad."
"Yeah, and I'm Gohan, Goten's brother,"Gohan added, introducing himself.
"Do you have any idea where we are, or how we got here?"Trunks asked, getting to a question he'd wanted to be answered.
"No, we haven't been able to figure out where we are, or how we got here,"Goku said.
"This family was going to let us stay with them!"Goten added, still happy that they had found acommodations.
"Thanks a lot for helping the boys! I hope it's no trouble,"Goku said, putting his hand on his head.
"You probably can't fit us all, though,"Gohan said, downcast.
"Actually,"Akane said,"I think we do have enough room for you all!"she said, smiling.
"Really?"Gohan said, looking up. Akane smiled and nodded.
"All right!!"Goten yelled, happy, that his father and brother could stay with them.
Just then, a loud growling sound could be heard. Goku and Gohan looked at their stomachs. "He he, guess we haven't had anything to eat in a while,"Goku mused.
"Hmmm...."Kasumi said, thinking. She walked into the kitchen, and back out again. "Yes, I still have some food left!"
Goku and Gohan, looked up from their stomachs, smlied, and said,"ALL RIGHT!"Before almost plowing everyone into the ground.
P-Chan chose this moment to jump out of Akane's arms, and go upstairs. Akane was too busy with the newcomers, to notice. A few minutes later, Ryoga came down the stairs. "Oh! Ryoga, where did you come from?"Akane asked, smiling.
"Um, I'm not exactly sure,"Ryoga said. He knew he would be able to convince them, with his sense of direction.
Ryoga noticed the the fighters, everyone thought, he didn't know. "Oh, Ryoga, this is Goten's father and brother, Goku and Goten,"Akane said, motioning to the two newcomers.
Just then, a new thought crossed Ryoga's mind: What if Akane fell in love with this new Gohan guy?! He looked the same age. Ryoga wouldn't be able to take that!
Gohan thought out loud, in the little time, when he took a break from eating. "I wonder if Mom or Videl are wondering where we are,"Gohan thought out loud.
Ryoga's head shot up at this. "Who is Videl?"he asked, wondering if this person was who he hoped it was.
"Oh, she's my girlfriend,"Gohan told him. Ryoga seemed very happy about this.
"Phew!"he let out, wiping some sweat from his forehead. Ryoga had small tears in his eyes. He looked up. "Oh thank you!"
Goku, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks looked at him. "Is he always like this?"Goku asked, cocking an eyebrow, talking, when he wasn't eating.
"Well, sometimes that happens. Other times, he just completely phases out,"Ranma explained, smiling.
"Y'know, I just thought of something, I don't know who any of you people are!"Goku said, smiling, hand on his head.
"Oh....yeah. Kinda forgot about that...."Ranma said. Introductions followed, and after everyone introduced themselves, Goku and Gohan got up, having finished eating.
"Wow Kasumi! That was great!"Goku said, patting his stomach. No one was sure, who ate more or faster, Goten and Trunks, or Goku and Gohan.
"Kasumi blushed at the compliment,"Oh, it was nothing!"she said, smiling.
"Dad's right, Kasumi! That was great!"Kasumi blushed even more at this.
"N-no problem,"she smiled. She didn't cook for strangers much. Most of the people she cooked for, were either family, or regular attenders, like Ryoga. It was very flattering, coming from some strangers.
Goten wanted to ask his father something. "Uh, dad?"Goten asked.
"Hm?"Goten tuned to look at his son.
"Trunks and I haven't been able to sense power levels very well, and I don't know why,"Goten said, trying to think of why that would happen.
"That's really strange Goten! Gohan and I have been having the same problems. It must be because of how we got here or something. Maybe it temporarily weakened our energy senses,"Goku said, trying to come to a conclusion, of which he no clues to answer.
"Yeah, your probably right. i can sense mine coming back, slowly,"Goten added.
"Same here,"Trunks said.
"Yeah, must only be temporary. I can feel mine coming back too, so can Gohan,"Goku sai, yawning.
Goku yawned again, and said,"Gosh, I'm kinda tired."
"Let me show you up to your room,"Kasumi said, beckoning them up the stairs.
"Oh*yawn*thanks Kasumi!"Goku said, looking quite tired from the trip. Gohan went up the stairs
with them.
Goten called up after them,"Night dad! NIght Gohan!"
A call came back down the stairs,"Night Goten, , night Trunks, night everybody! Goten, don't stay up too late! We need to get to training tommorow. At least until we figure out what's goin on!"
"Okay dad!"Goten yelled back,"I won't!" Goten looked outside, then looked at Akane. "You wanna go for a walk?"he asked her.
She looked at him and smiled,"Sure."The two walked out the front door, to walk around, outside.
It was already dark, but the street lights, were just starting to blink on. "Ahh, the it's really nice tonight......."Akane said, looking at the dark, starless sky.
"Yeah....."Goten repeated, looking up at the sky as well, hands on his head. Cherry Blossoms petals were blowing in the wind. Akane closed her eyes, listening to the wind.
"I wonder what it's like to be fast and powerful, like you and Trunks. To just be able to fly away....."Akane said, with her eyes still closed.
Goten looked at her, thinking for a moment, before breaking into a smile. "Wait! I just thought of something!"
Akane looked at him, wondering what he could be talking about. "What is it, Goten?"she asked.
"You're pretty strong right?! I can sense your energy, it feels pretty strong to me!"Goten started.
"Yeah, I'm pretty strong,"said Akane, wondering if she was strong enough for whatever Goten had planned.
"I could teach you to fly!"Goten said, brimming with excitement.
Akane was shocked at his offer. "You really could?!"Akane gaped, but happier than she'd been all day. Goten nodded, and giggled.
"I might even be able to teach how to fire energy blasts!"he added on. Akane looked at the young half-Saiyan, in wonderment. "All that would probably make you a lot stronger and faster too!"Goten shouted smiling. He was very excited. he hadn't gotten to do this before.
"You-you'd really do that....for me?"Akane asked, tears in her eyes.
"You're my friend! Friends do stuff like that!"Goten said, smiling, an innocent smile.
Akane was openly crying now. She bent down and hugged Goten. "Thank you Goten..."
"Ahh, it's no prob,"Goten said, happy to see his new friend so happy. Akane got up and wiped the tears from her eyes. "You wanna start now?"Goten asked.
"You mean we could?"Akane asked, still smiling. Her anticipation was beyond belief.
"Sure! Goten said, also eager to get started. "I only learned how to fly no long ago!" Akane was happy that he was making her feel better about not knowing how. "Let's find somewhere to sit first,"Goten said, ready to get started.
"We could go to the park!"Akane suggested, also ready to get started.
"Hey, why don't I give you a demonstration of what it's like to fly first,"Goten said, holding out his hand to Akane. Akane face lit up, and she took his hand.
Suddenly, she felt a kind of wind underneath her feet, then, they slowly lifted off the ground. Akane opened her mouth, still smiling. Soon, they were high up in the air. "Where's the park?"Goten looked at her, smiling.
Akane, unable to speak, merely pointed to her right. Gotne looked where she was pointing, and before she knew it, they were off, into the sky.
Akane couldn't believe the blissful feeling she got, the wind blowing through her hair. She closed her eyes, just feeling the breeze on her face. Goten looked back, happy to see Akane having such a great time.
She opened her eyes, and they were in the clouds. She laughed, as the clouds opened up before them.
As they came out of the clouds, Akane looked down and saw the park. "There it is!"she told Goten. He started them flying down, and when they were feet away, he flew up, stopped, and landed softly.
Akane couldn't believe what had just happened. She looked at Goten and told him, with a smile,"That was...............unbelieveable. I've never felt anything like it! Thank you Goten....."
"No problem! You wanna get started?"he asked her.
Her face lit up, as she said,"Absolutely!"
Goten smiled at how eager she was, then asked,"You know how to bring out your energy, right?"
"You mean my battle aura? Sure!"she exclaimed.
"Could you show me how you do it?"Goten asked, wanting a demonstration.
"Sure!"she said, preparing to power up. She got into a stance to power up. "Hmmmmmmmmm,"she said, starting to power up. "HAAAAAAAA!"she yelled, as she finished powering up. A blue energy field seemed to surround her. She was breathing a little harder than she had been.
"All right!"Goten whooped,"You're even more powerful than I thought!" Akane blushed slightly at the statement. "You're even more powerful than Videl!"he complemented her. "Well, you can take control of your energy, that's very good. What do you want to learn to do first?"
Akane's face lit up again,"FLYING! Definately!"she exclaimed, wanting more of what she had just experienced.
"Well then, we should get started,"Goten smiled. "You should power down first. Learning flying requires concentration. I found that out myself!"He laughed, hand behind his head. Akane laughed with him, on his own expiriences, with learning how to fly. "First thing you have to do, is relax,"Goten told Akane.
"I'll try, but it might be hard, with all this excitement!"Akane laughed. "I'll try. Here I go!"Akane said, sitting on the ground, Indian- style, with her eyes closed.
After a few minutes, Akane opened her eyes, looked at Goten, who was also sitting on the ground,"All right, I'm relaxed."
"Good,"Goten said softly, trying not to throw her off, by talking loudly. "Now, try to focus that energy, to the center of your body, but keep relaxed,"he instructed her.
She closed her eyes again, to concentrate her energy. She seemed to let off a light blue glow. She sighed, slightly, then, opening her eyes, she said,"Okay, I've got it centered."
"Good,"Goten said, keeping a low voice,"First, get up, slowly, so you don't throw yourself off." He told her. As he said, Akane, slowly got up. "Okay, now...push the energy up, but stay relaxed, and focused." He told her carefully.
She concentrated, and slowly felt herself, being lfted off the ground. She opened her eyes, but Goten quickly told her,"Don't lose your concentration!" He said this softly, so as not to disturb her. She kept her eyes open, but continued to concentrate.
Soon, she was quite a ways, in the air. When she felt she was up to it, she said,"I......DID IT!" WHOO HOO!"she put her fist up into the air, in triumph.
Goten was afraid this would make her fall, but to his surprise, she didn't lower at all! "Wow,"he whispered at first, amazed by how quick and skillfully, she had learn to leviate. He flew up to congragulate her. She was extatic, that she was flying, all on her own! She saw Goten fly up beside her, and she looked at him and yelled,"GOTEN! I DID IT!"before he could congragulate her.
"I KNOW! NOT EVEN VIDEL COULD LEARN TO FLY THIS FAST! YOU'RE AMAZING AKANE!"Goten shouted, hoping this didn't throw her off. Akane slightly blushed again. "Now you know how to levitate, soyou should probably get closer to the ground, before I teach you how to fly around,"Goten told her. She nodded happily. They both levitated down nearer to the ground. He was thinking,'SHE'S GREAT! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE CATCH ON SO FAST!'he looked over at her smiling face, and cracked a very big smile. "Akane, you're one of the coolest people I know." This surprised Akane, and she blushed even more.
"Th-thanks...Goten..."she said. They got close to the ground, then stopped in mid-air. "Ah! I feel so alive!"Akane said, breathing in a big breath of air, and looking up to the sky, in thanks.
Goten showed and instructed her on how to fly around, and within another hour, she had mastered flying! 'I can't belive this! She has so much energy, and she's mastered flying and it didn't even take a day!' Goten really did like this girl............. Don't get any ideas just yet, read my notice at the end of the chapter first, then, get ideas!
"Next, I'll show you how to create an energy blast. Let me demonstrate first,"Goten said. Akane nodded, and lifted a hand and pointed it toward a rock. A small ball of energy formed in his hand, and he shot it toward the rock. The blast exploded, and took the rock with it! Akane's eyes got wide, as she looked at the former rock, which was now a sizzling, pile of rocks.
"Wooow..."Akane said, amazed, and you can teach me to do that?"she asked.
"Oh yeah! You learned flying uicker than anyone I've ever seen! You should definately be able to learn this!"Goten said, confidently.
"Okay, if you say so Goten!"Akane said, smiling. She trusted Goten. First of all, he was her friend, and second of all, he seemed to know a lot about fighting, especially what he was talking about.
"It's much the same as flying,"Goten said. "First, you need to relax, and concentrate your energy."
Akane closed her eyes, and concentrated. After a few minutes, she said,"All right, I think I'm ready."
"Good,"Goten said. "Now, you need to make your energy flow into the palm of your hand, then, visualize it, as a ball." Goten told her.
She followed what he said, and visualized her energy as a ball, then brought it out. She could see rays of orange light, coming from her hand. "All, right, I've got it,"she said calmly.
"Great, now aim at something, then force the energy in that direction,"Goten instructed, not wanting to break her concentration.
"HaaaaaaAAAA!"Akane yelled, as she blasted the ball of energy from her hand, to another rock. There was an explosion, and the rock flew apart, not, many, tiny rocks. Akane was very surprised at first, but her surprise, soon turned into overwhelming joy. "I DID IT GOTEN, I DID IT!"she yelled, jumping in the air, extremely high, I might add.
"WOW AKANE YOU DID IT!"Goten yelled, jumping up, with her. When they landed, Goten, looked into kane's eyes with pride and said,"Like I said, Akane, amazing."
Akane beamed back at Goten. "Oh, and Akane,"Goten said.
"Yes,"Akane asked.
"You can cancel out other energy blasts, with a blast of equal energy. If you use a more powerful blast, you can destroy the other blast, and, hit the person you were aiming at,"Goten informed her, concluding his lesson, for today. "And one more thing,"he started. "If you want to deflect a energy attack, charge the energy in your arm, and try to make it deflect an energy that gets near. You can also change the color of an energy attack. Mine, is naturally gold, probably because I'm a Super- Saiyan, but I could change it if I want."
Akane bent down, to Goten, hugged him, tears in her eyes again, and said,"Goten......I can't thank you enough."
Now it was Goten's turn to blush. "Aw, it was nothing..........."
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I'm not guaranteeing that they can change the color of the attack, I'm not sure. Well, here the notice you've all been waiting for! *SPECIAL NOTICE!I'm trying to think of what to do with Akane and Goten! I'm not sure what to do with these two! I know it might sound crazy, but I have to know: Please, all of you, tell me if you think Goten should get a crush on Akane, and/or vice versa! I feel kinda silly posting this, but I had to.* Also, if you think this chapter is way too long, please tell me in the reviews, and I can split it into two, if you guys want! The next chapter will hopefully be coming soon!
Thanks a lot,
S'rac