Chapter 4
A bell rang. Kakkarot convulsed and sat up. He opened his eyes. The rest of the boys got up slowly. Kakkarot climbed out of bed. He started hopping around, legs crossed.
"Fool! Its too damn early for you to be so energetic!" Vegeta growled.
"Really Kakkaro-" Radditz was interrupted by the urge to yawn. He continued. "Really Kakkarot. It's too early. Stop jumpin'."
"But I gotta go!" Kakkarot whined.
"This whole damn place is surrounded by trees and instead of using that fact to your advantage, you whine?" Yokito said with annoyance, getting out of bed. He walked to the flap of the tent that served as a door and opened it to the side. To his surprise, Gio was standing next to another guard.
"Hello!" Gio said. He motioned to the other guard. "This is K'Naki. He's showing around Radu, Radditz and Kakkarot. We can all go as one big group if you'd like."
"Too. many questions. too early." Radditz muttered from behind Yokito. Yokito elbowed him and nodded.
"Sure! That's good." Yokito, Radditz and Vegeta walked outside. Gio had a weird expression on his face.
"Uhh. what is Kakkarot doing?" Gio asked, referring to Kakkarot jumping around like a fool.
"Where????? Where's the bathroom? WHHHHEEEERRRRREEEE?" Kakkarot howled.
"Useless, I tell you." Vegeta muttered.
"Sorry to break it to you, pal, but out here, you rough it. Go find a tree." K'Naki said. Kakkarot ran out of the cabin and flew into the air.
"Idiot." Radditz grumbled. "Too early."
K'Naki and Gio were looking at Vegeta. He scowled at them. They didn't look away, nor did they look intimidated.
"Who are you?" K'Naki asked pleasantly. "I don't remember seeing you yesterday."
"That's because you didn't, fool."
"Alright. Shuttup, Vegeta. Guys, meet Vegeta." Yokito whispered 'softly' to the guards: "He's a real pain in the ass sometimes." They smiled.
"I can tell," Gio pretended to whisper back.
Kakkarot flew back. He had a huge smile on his face.
"So! Lets go get the girls!" Kakkarot said.
~~~~~~~At G-3~~~~~~~
A bell rang. Lyra threw off her covers and sang,
"Wake up! A new day has started and it looks like a good one!"
"How the hell would you know?" Adrian muttered. "You can't even see outside."
Radu sat up and yawned. "All I want to know is when we get our uniforms and a shower. I feel gross."
Lyra walked over to Adrian's bed and pulled off her blanket. Adrian growled but got up.
"Much better. Now lets go." Lyra said.
"We're supposed to get a tour of the camp today." Adrian said. She went to the door and threw open the flap. She shut it again quickly and turned around. She had a confused look on her face.
"What is it?" Radu asked.
"Ummm. There is a soldier outside our door. He's cute but I don't recognize him. Where's Gio?"
"Oh. that's Palmer. He's the guy who led me here. He's a little weird," she confided.
"What'd he do?" Radu questioned.
"Well, he has really odd ideas about what women want." Lyra admitted.
"Tell us later. He's probably insulted that he shut the door on him like that." Adrian said. She opened the flap and shut it quickly again.
"Will you sto-" Radu began. She stopped when Yokito threw open the door to the tent. She and Lyra involuntarily took a step back.
"That's a lot of Saiyains." Radu whispered. Not only was Palmer outside their door, but Radditz, Vegeta, Kakkarot, Gio, Yokito and K'Naki were all waiting for them.
"Hellooooo boys!" Lyra sang. "So good to see smiling faces!" Although she didn't have to look, she knew Vegeta was scowling. Lyra hugged Kakkarot, Yokito, Vegeta, Radditz and Gio. She giggled when Gio paled. She smiled at Palmer.
"Hello Palmer." He smirked. She inwardly rolled her eyes and she turned towards K'Naki. She smiled.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"I'm K'Naki. I led Radditz, Radu, and Kakkarot here. I'm one of your guides."
"Ok! I'm Lyra! That girl up there is Adrian. I think everyone knows everyone else?"
"Uhhh. I don't know anyone 'cept you, Gio, and K'Naki." Palmer said.
"Okay," Lyra said. "Why doesn't everyone say their name?"
"Good idea!" Kakkarot said. "I'm Kakkarot. Radu and Radditz are my two older siblings."
"I'm Yokito. Adrian is my older sister."
"Vegeta."
"Radditz. My twin is Radu."
"Adrian. Obviously, Yokito is my little brother."
"Radu. Twin; Radditz. Little brother; Kakkarot."
"And I'm -" Lyra was interrupted by a loud grumbling noise. Everyone looked at Kakkarot, who blushed and put his hand behind his head.
"I can't help it. I'm hungry."
~~~~~~~ At the dining room~~~~~~~
The group walked up to a huge tent. There was noise coming from inside.
"This is the dining tent. All of the trainees can fit inside here so it's pretty big. That means 200 trainees can fit inside. Oh yeah, and about 50 teachers. They eat on a pavilion in the front of the room. The tent is always open." K'Naki informed them.
"Don't forget that there is self-serving on the food." Gio added.
"Can we just go in?" Kakkarot almost whined.
K'Naki opened the flap. They walked in. "Brace yourself." K'Naki muttered. Everyone looked at him.
Palmer walked to the front of the group. He made sure that everyone was inside and he raised his hands. The room got quiet. He turned around. "Lyra," He whispered. "Come here."
She blushed and walked up next to Palmer. He started yelling.
"It is my duty to introduce one of the newest batch of trainees. I introduce Lyra. She is fierce, loud and proud. She has sparred with words and hasn't lost yet. The question isn't whether Lyra is ready for training. Is training ready for her?"
The people started yelling and hitting the table. At this point, Lyra was blushing and everyone in their little group (except the guards) was scowling. Palmer walked down the middle of the tent to the teacher's pavilion, making sure that Lyra was following. He stopped before reaching the pavilion and turned around.
Gio walked forward. He turned around and motioned for Yokito and Adrian. They didn't immediately go, but they did eventually. Gio turned back around. He also raised his voice.
"It is my duty to introduce to you Adrian and Yokito. They are brother and sister. Adrian is ready to laugh at other's mistakes but never admits to her own. Her actions make me wonder; how long will she last here?" He paused and started on Yokito. "Yokito is stiff and informal. He knows where authority is at all times. Be warned; I foresee that he will be behind many plots in this camp." Yelling once again commenced. He also walked forward. Adrian stiffly followed after, as did Yokito. They were both boiling inside. Gio stopped next to Palmer and turned around.
K'Naki stepped forward. He turned around and Kakkarot, Radu, and Radditz stepped forward. "It is my duty to introduce to you Radu, Radditz and Kakkarot. They are siblings. Kakkarot is tough, silent, and dull. He'll be able to keep up with physical training, but his mind capacity." the silence hung heavy in the air. He turned to Radu, the apology clear in his eyes. Radu was looking ahead. She didn't look at him, though. She was stiffly facing forward, no expression on her face other then the anger in her eyes.
"This is Radu, twin to Radditz. She has a sharp mind but her fighting skills have yet to be proven. To anyone. I hope to the Goddess that she can hold her own, especially here. Her twin, Radditz, is protective of his siblings. He is very brawny, ready to give up his honor and pride foolishly for people who merely know how very wrong he is." He walked forward, followed by three he had betrayed. Yelling started again, but stopped when Vegeta was still standing at the door of the tent, arms crossed. Inside, his mind raced and raged, feeling angry at the humiliation of those closest to him. It wasn't even true! Vegeta said in his head. Everything was a lie!
The silence turned to whispers. While it was not unseen for a new trainee not to have a guard, this one looked different. Vegeta walked forward. He decided to tell them the truth.
"Hello fools." He said in a raised voice. "I'm Vegeta, the one you'll come to wish who wasn't. I'm strong, smart, and better then the likes of you and dammit, I'll take any of you on!" The room was silent when he started, but everyone started cheering when he finished. Vegeta was surprised, but he didn't show it. He calmly walked forward and joined the group. Once Vegeta arrived, the three guards climbed the five steps up the pavilion and bowed before a man. They rose.
"Sensei, we present to you the newest trainees." Palmer said.
"Thus far, we are positive they shall excel here." Gio said.
"They are a promising group." K'Naki concluded. The man nodded. He was an older Saiyain, which wasn't very common, considering that most Saiyains died younger on purging missions. He had black hair sprinkled with white. It was pulled back. He had weathered skin that was very tan and it had a few wrinkles.
"Very well. You shall show them around today. Come see me tonight after you're done." He had a deep voice. The three guards nodded, bowed, and retreated. They were greeted by Vegeta.
"What the hell was that all about? None of that crap was true. You understand that you've lost our trust." Vegeta growled.
Palmer shrugged. "Don't feel bad. Whenever a trainee comes, their guide has to introduce them and give some truths and lies about them."
K'Naki quickly tried to make amends with his new friends. "We are bound by tradition not to tell. And I just made up most of that stuff. So did Gio and Palmer. I'm sure you'll be mad."
"Damn right we're mad! You said a bunch of crap, and in front of everyone!" Radu cried.
"Please understand; everyone goes through it. It's tradition. I understand if you angry but we can't do anything. It's best just to let it go. If you don't, you have to spend the rest of the day with people you are mad at."
The girls huffed. Kakkarot was fuming. "I am not dull!" He said indignantly. "Lyra isn't fierce, Adrian doesn't act bad, Yokito isn't stiff, Radu isn't weak and Radditz isn't stupid!"
But silence followed. Everyone knew that some of the things that had been said were indeed true. It was Lyra who broke the silence.
"Whatever. We know you're sorry, you know we're angry, but let's just eat. Eventually we'll get over it."
Palmer smirked. "Course you will, babe. There wasn't anythin' we could've done about it."
Before a fight could start, K'Naki put his hand on Palmer's shoulder. "Watch it, Palmer."
"That's right, buddy." Radu said.
Everyone eventually got their food and sat at the end of a table.
~~~~~~~30 minutes later~~~~~~~
The group was done eating. Due to the large amounts of food consumed by each Saiyain, breakfast was a long meal. While everyone understood the motives of the others, anger was still felt was some.
"Alright. Let's start this tour. Anything you want to see first?" K'Naki asked.
"We've never been here before, moron. How could we know what was here, much less whether or not it deserved our presence?" Vegeta asked sarcastically.
"Whatever," Palmer said. He got up and walked towards the door. He called out behind him, "Let's go."
"I don't think I like him," Radditz whispered. Kakkarot and Yokito nodded.
"Does anyone?" Radu questioned from behind him.
"I hope after today, we don't ever have to see him again." Lyra said.
"I don't know, Lyra. He seems to like you." Adrian put in.
"All the better that we don't see him." Yokito growled. Adrian nudged him. He took a deep breath. Gio's voice interrupted their conversation.
"We're going to see the training arena first."
"That's fine." Radu said. She was silent.
"I noticed that you guys don't really like Palmer." Gio said hesitantly.
"Not really. Maybe our views will change once we've known him for a while." Radu said. There was much talking after that until they reached the training arena.
"Whoa." Adrian commented. Everyone nodded in agreement. The arena was huge.
(To put it in perspective, its about the size of 9 football fields by 9 football fields. That's about 10800 square feet. That's only a rough estimation.) On all sides, a 3-foot deep wooden wall that was about 4 feet high surrounded it. (Remember folks; Saiyains can fly. What good would a really tall wall do?)
"Why is it so big? From what I can see, there are roughly 250 or so Saiyains." Yokito questioned.
"When we start fighting, we need a lot of room. That's why its so big." Gio informed them.
"You'll really appreciate it when you start training here. You will be training here most of your first year. When you get better, you'll start doing certain courses. On the other side of the camp, there are special rooms for specific types of training. Of course, a lot of the classes will still be held here." K'Naki added.
They walked into the arena. Palmer was in the front, "leading" the group.
"If you enter from this end, you're entering from the south end. Each end has a direction so you know where you're supposed to meet." He told them.
At that moment, the arena was empty. Lyra got a devilish smile on her face. She saw that Vegeta had walked almost into the center of the arena. She started running and did a series of flips. She whooped. At the sound, Vegeta turned and before Lyra could hit him, he sidestepped. Unexpectedly, she flew up into the air. By then everyone was watching.
Radu fell to the back of the group and flew up into the air. She went up thousands of feet until her friends were only specks. She located the speck that was Lyra and flew in a nosedive to her. 30 yards away, Lyra looked up. The smile on her face turned into a smirk. She calmly stood her ground. At the last moment, Radu turned so she was flying into the group. Everyone started jumping out of the way. She grabbed Kakkarot around the chest and once again went up into the air.
When Radu stopped flying, Kakkarot was indignant.
"You know, I can fly!" He said, crossing his arms.
"I know, bro, but listen: lets start a war!" She said excitedly. "I think we need a little fun!"
Kakkarot got excited. "Yeah! That's a great idea!" He exclaimed. "Who should be on our team?"
"Umm. Yokito, K'Naki, and Radditz should come up here." Radu decided. "Ok, Kakkarot. Tell Radditz and Yokito to come up here and have one of them bring K'Naki. Have the other start blasting everyone else but make sure no one gets hurt."
"Ok." Kakkarot said. He closed his eyes. In his concentration, his tongue peeked out of his mouth. When he opened his eyes again, Radu saw three dots moving. While two continued up, the other shot blasts out of his hands. Yokito and K'Naki reached Radu and Kakkarot, closely followed by Radditz. They were all smirking.
"They were running all over the place when I left." Radditz said.
"Cool!" Radu exclaimed. "Now, how should we do this?"
"Well, I have an idea," K'Naki said. "Three of us could go down and start blasting them and then start flying up again. If they chase after us, the other two could slip behind them while they fly and blast them from behind."
"That's a good plan," Radu said. "But consider this; what if not all of them follow?" She saw their faces. " Don't get me wrong! We'll do it, but they have an advantage of Saiyain power. Lets make a little change; after the three scapegoats start flying up, circle around just do a full on attack. Then, after you think you've hit them enough, come back up here and meet."
"Good! Lets do it!" Yokito said.
~~~~~~~On the training grounds~~~~~~~
Vegeta growled. For some reason, Yokito, Radditz, and K'Naki had flown up into the air. To top it off, Radditz had started to blast them for no reason. Vegeta was growling because Adrian had grabbed his leg before he could follow Radditz and kill him.
"What are you doing bitch? I'm going to blast that baka!" He said angrily.
"You know, Kakkarot isn't very bright." Adrian said conversationally.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Vegeta said. Adrian tugged and Vegeta was back on the ground.
"I just heard him talk to Yokito and Radditz." Adrian smirked. Vegeta pretend not to listen. "He said that Radditz and Yokito should come up to them taking K'Naki with them. Radu is apparently starting a war."
Vegeta looked around. He was stuck with two girls and two guards, one he hardly knew and one he didn't like. They all looked at him.
"Some war." he muttered. He looked up. Although, the thought of fighting was particularly attracting right now. He smiled cockily. "All right. Spread out NOW!"
At his voice, everyone ran out away from him. . He stayed where he was a looked up. Approaching quickly was three Saiyains. He put his hands behind his back and made a ki ball. He kept adding power but made sure it stayed the same size.
"Everyone, do what I do!" He yelled. 30 yards. "Three." 20 yards. "two." 10 yards "NOW!" Vegeta yelled. Everyone shot their ki blasts. They meet with the ki blasts of their enemy. Vegeta knew two Saiyains were missing. "TO ME!" He yelled. Everyone gathered around him. "Engage the enemy!" He flew away before he could be questioned. A ki battle commenced. Vegeta closed his eyes and allowed his other senses to sharpen.
He felt the wind move and turned sharply in that direction. He shot the enemy. With a cry, K'Naki fell to the ground. Vegeta turned in the opposite direction and was immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
~~~~~~~Yokito's P.O.V.~~~~~~~ Yokito was happy. He had just engaged Vegeta in hand-to-hand combat. Vegeta was a better fighter, but not by much. Plus, Yokito was angry. Angry with Vegeta, at Palmer. you know, guy things (A/N: I sure don't!). He wasn't angry outwardly. Just inside.
Vegeta was punching furiously and Yokito was blocking every hit. Vegeta sped up his attack. It was a little harder for Yokito to block the attacks. Then, out of no where, Vegeta's leg kicked him to the side. Yokito landed with a groan.
"What? Is little Yokito tired? Awwww." Vegeta mocked. Yokito growled and flew at Vegeta. He got in one good punch that left Vegeta's nose bleeding but in return, Yokito was floored again.
This time, Yokito didn't stay down very long. He was up and just in time. Vegeta was raging.
~~~~~~~Adrian's P.O.V.~~~~~~~~ K'Naki was a good fighter. His only mistake was to go easy on Adrian in the beginning because she was a girl. When his first punch was easily blocked, Adrian grabbed his other fist in mid flight and squeezed. His eyes widened in pain.
"I'm sorry," Adrian said, sarcastically. "Should I go easy on you 'cause you're a guy? No? Okay!" And she punched him in the stomach and kicked him to the ground. Now they were really fighting. Adrian was invigorated! She felt great!
Adrian saw out of the corner of her eye. After knocking K'Naki away, Vegeta had started fighting Yokito furiously. She had flown to K'Naki and they were now fighting. Radditz was fighting Palmer, Radu was fighting Lyra, and Kakkarot was fighting Gio. At the moment, Radditz was having a tough time with Palmer, who was bigger then him. Radu and Lyra had locked hands and were fighting with their knees, smirking the whole time. Kakkarot was stronger then Gio. Adrian could tell that Gio was almost done for.
Adrian decided to help her team mate. She punched K'Naki eight times quickly (obviously, really, really fast) in the gut and K'Naki gurgled. His eyes bugged out and he fainted.
Yes! Adrian thought. She flew over to Gio and started fighting Kakkarot with him. Gio smiled at her quickly and then turned back to Kakkarot.
Kakkarot was ferocious. He only needed one arm to fight each of them.
"You better stop Gio, you look pretty spent," Adrian huffed. She was eager to try Kakkarot one on one.
"No way! I'm not stopping till he finishes me!" Gio said. Then he fainted. Adrian and Kakkarot stopped fighting, looked at each other, and then back at Gio. They shrugged and Adrian attacked Kakkarot.
From the start, it was clear that Kakkarot didn't want to hurt Adrian. Holy crap! Adrian thought. He's holding back! I'm not holding back! This boy has potential.Then she got angry. Who did he think he was to hold back on Adrian?
"C'mon you bastard!" Adrian exclaimed. "Fight me!" And then, Adrian knew only darkness.
~~~~~~~Kakkarot's P.O.V.~~~~~~~ "Uhhh.. Adrian?" Kakkarot levitated hesitantly over Adrian's prone body. "I'm sorry. I didn't. Oh what the hell!" He flew over to Palmer and shot a ki blast at him.
"Hey bro! You looked like you needed some help!" Kakkarot said cheerfully. Radditz growled.
"Back off squirt! I'll finish this moron my self!"
"Whoa!" Palmer's voice broke through their argument. "Ain't nobody finishin' me!" He and Radditz were lost in a flurry of activity.
Kakkarot had no trouble following their activities. Palmer was on the offensive. He was attacking with everything he had and Radditz could barely withstand it. Suddenly, Radditz was on the ground with Palmer laughing over him. Radditz groaned and got feebly to his feet.
Palmer's eyes got wide. They rolled up, twitching. Radditz's hands were outstretched in front of his body and his chest was heaving. He had just issued a tiny ki blast with deadly accuracy and speed to Palmer's heart.
"Dude, did you kill him?" Kakkarot asked in disbelief.
"No! He's just down for the count!" Radditz smirked. And then fainted.
"Whoa." Kakkarot murmured. The last blast had finished Radditz. Kakkarot looked around. Yokito was down. Vegeta was 100 feet in the air, getting ready to blast Radu away from Lyra. Kakkarot shot into the air. He blasted Vegeta, distracting him from his own task.
~~~~~~~Radu's P.O.V.~~~~~~~ Radu had been holding back on Lyra. Not much, mind you, but enough for a finishing blast. She punched Lyra into the stomach. Lyra flew back and broke the wooden fence. She groaned.
Radu flew over to Lyra. "Lyra-chan, I don't want to hurt you." Radu said. Lyra got up and spat blood out of her mouth.
"What the hell are you talking about? FIGHT!" With that, Lyra did a spinning kick feet first into Radu's solar plexus. Radu flew back and stopped when she hit Kakkarot and Vegeta fighting. Before she could go any further, Kakkarot grabbed her wrist and withdrew from Vegeta's attacks. Vegeta smirked.
"What's the matter Kakkarot? You started this war! Don't you want to finish it?" Vegeta cat-called. Lyra flew over to him. Although she was clearly tired, she managed to smirk as well.
"Yeah Radu! Did you not finish us as easily as you thought you would?"
Radu and her brother smirked in return. She leaned heavily on Kakkarot.
"No. I expected that it would come down to a small group of us. I think the problem is that you don't want to fight us because you know you can't win!" As she spoke, she thought carefully to Kakkarot: Ready to try the move Father showed us? Don't respond! Target a small blast to Lyra! I need to gather my energy so pretend that I fainted. Radu closed her eyes and went limp.
"Oh shit!" Kakkarot said. He flew to the ground and lay Radu down. She was ready.
"On three. One. Two. Three." Their voices quickly combined.
"KA ME HA ME HAAAA!!!!" Radu fainted for real after issuing the blast and Lyra was shot. Vegeta flew after her. He caught Lyra before she hit the ground and set her down.
Vegeta flew over to Kakkarot. "Clever. Very clever. Why do I get the feeling it wasn't your idea?" He attacked Kakkarot.
A bell rang. Kakkarot convulsed and sat up. He opened his eyes. The rest of the boys got up slowly. Kakkarot climbed out of bed. He started hopping around, legs crossed.
"Fool! Its too damn early for you to be so energetic!" Vegeta growled.
"Really Kakkaro-" Radditz was interrupted by the urge to yawn. He continued. "Really Kakkarot. It's too early. Stop jumpin'."
"But I gotta go!" Kakkarot whined.
"This whole damn place is surrounded by trees and instead of using that fact to your advantage, you whine?" Yokito said with annoyance, getting out of bed. He walked to the flap of the tent that served as a door and opened it to the side. To his surprise, Gio was standing next to another guard.
"Hello!" Gio said. He motioned to the other guard. "This is K'Naki. He's showing around Radu, Radditz and Kakkarot. We can all go as one big group if you'd like."
"Too. many questions. too early." Radditz muttered from behind Yokito. Yokito elbowed him and nodded.
"Sure! That's good." Yokito, Radditz and Vegeta walked outside. Gio had a weird expression on his face.
"Uhh. what is Kakkarot doing?" Gio asked, referring to Kakkarot jumping around like a fool.
"Where????? Where's the bathroom? WHHHHEEEERRRRREEEE?" Kakkarot howled.
"Useless, I tell you." Vegeta muttered.
"Sorry to break it to you, pal, but out here, you rough it. Go find a tree." K'Naki said. Kakkarot ran out of the cabin and flew into the air.
"Idiot." Radditz grumbled. "Too early."
K'Naki and Gio were looking at Vegeta. He scowled at them. They didn't look away, nor did they look intimidated.
"Who are you?" K'Naki asked pleasantly. "I don't remember seeing you yesterday."
"That's because you didn't, fool."
"Alright. Shuttup, Vegeta. Guys, meet Vegeta." Yokito whispered 'softly' to the guards: "He's a real pain in the ass sometimes." They smiled.
"I can tell," Gio pretended to whisper back.
Kakkarot flew back. He had a huge smile on his face.
"So! Lets go get the girls!" Kakkarot said.
~~~~~~~At G-3~~~~~~~
A bell rang. Lyra threw off her covers and sang,
"Wake up! A new day has started and it looks like a good one!"
"How the hell would you know?" Adrian muttered. "You can't even see outside."
Radu sat up and yawned. "All I want to know is when we get our uniforms and a shower. I feel gross."
Lyra walked over to Adrian's bed and pulled off her blanket. Adrian growled but got up.
"Much better. Now lets go." Lyra said.
"We're supposed to get a tour of the camp today." Adrian said. She went to the door and threw open the flap. She shut it again quickly and turned around. She had a confused look on her face.
"What is it?" Radu asked.
"Ummm. There is a soldier outside our door. He's cute but I don't recognize him. Where's Gio?"
"Oh. that's Palmer. He's the guy who led me here. He's a little weird," she confided.
"What'd he do?" Radu questioned.
"Well, he has really odd ideas about what women want." Lyra admitted.
"Tell us later. He's probably insulted that he shut the door on him like that." Adrian said. She opened the flap and shut it quickly again.
"Will you sto-" Radu began. She stopped when Yokito threw open the door to the tent. She and Lyra involuntarily took a step back.
"That's a lot of Saiyains." Radu whispered. Not only was Palmer outside their door, but Radditz, Vegeta, Kakkarot, Gio, Yokito and K'Naki were all waiting for them.
"Hellooooo boys!" Lyra sang. "So good to see smiling faces!" Although she didn't have to look, she knew Vegeta was scowling. Lyra hugged Kakkarot, Yokito, Vegeta, Radditz and Gio. She giggled when Gio paled. She smiled at Palmer.
"Hello Palmer." He smirked. She inwardly rolled her eyes and she turned towards K'Naki. She smiled.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"I'm K'Naki. I led Radditz, Radu, and Kakkarot here. I'm one of your guides."
"Ok! I'm Lyra! That girl up there is Adrian. I think everyone knows everyone else?"
"Uhhh. I don't know anyone 'cept you, Gio, and K'Naki." Palmer said.
"Okay," Lyra said. "Why doesn't everyone say their name?"
"Good idea!" Kakkarot said. "I'm Kakkarot. Radu and Radditz are my two older siblings."
"I'm Yokito. Adrian is my older sister."
"Vegeta."
"Radditz. My twin is Radu."
"Adrian. Obviously, Yokito is my little brother."
"Radu. Twin; Radditz. Little brother; Kakkarot."
"And I'm -" Lyra was interrupted by a loud grumbling noise. Everyone looked at Kakkarot, who blushed and put his hand behind his head.
"I can't help it. I'm hungry."
~~~~~~~ At the dining room~~~~~~~
The group walked up to a huge tent. There was noise coming from inside.
"This is the dining tent. All of the trainees can fit inside here so it's pretty big. That means 200 trainees can fit inside. Oh yeah, and about 50 teachers. They eat on a pavilion in the front of the room. The tent is always open." K'Naki informed them.
"Don't forget that there is self-serving on the food." Gio added.
"Can we just go in?" Kakkarot almost whined.
K'Naki opened the flap. They walked in. "Brace yourself." K'Naki muttered. Everyone looked at him.
Palmer walked to the front of the group. He made sure that everyone was inside and he raised his hands. The room got quiet. He turned around. "Lyra," He whispered. "Come here."
She blushed and walked up next to Palmer. He started yelling.
"It is my duty to introduce one of the newest batch of trainees. I introduce Lyra. She is fierce, loud and proud. She has sparred with words and hasn't lost yet. The question isn't whether Lyra is ready for training. Is training ready for her?"
The people started yelling and hitting the table. At this point, Lyra was blushing and everyone in their little group (except the guards) was scowling. Palmer walked down the middle of the tent to the teacher's pavilion, making sure that Lyra was following. He stopped before reaching the pavilion and turned around.
Gio walked forward. He turned around and motioned for Yokito and Adrian. They didn't immediately go, but they did eventually. Gio turned back around. He also raised his voice.
"It is my duty to introduce to you Adrian and Yokito. They are brother and sister. Adrian is ready to laugh at other's mistakes but never admits to her own. Her actions make me wonder; how long will she last here?" He paused and started on Yokito. "Yokito is stiff and informal. He knows where authority is at all times. Be warned; I foresee that he will be behind many plots in this camp." Yelling once again commenced. He also walked forward. Adrian stiffly followed after, as did Yokito. They were both boiling inside. Gio stopped next to Palmer and turned around.
K'Naki stepped forward. He turned around and Kakkarot, Radu, and Radditz stepped forward. "It is my duty to introduce to you Radu, Radditz and Kakkarot. They are siblings. Kakkarot is tough, silent, and dull. He'll be able to keep up with physical training, but his mind capacity." the silence hung heavy in the air. He turned to Radu, the apology clear in his eyes. Radu was looking ahead. She didn't look at him, though. She was stiffly facing forward, no expression on her face other then the anger in her eyes.
"This is Radu, twin to Radditz. She has a sharp mind but her fighting skills have yet to be proven. To anyone. I hope to the Goddess that she can hold her own, especially here. Her twin, Radditz, is protective of his siblings. He is very brawny, ready to give up his honor and pride foolishly for people who merely know how very wrong he is." He walked forward, followed by three he had betrayed. Yelling started again, but stopped when Vegeta was still standing at the door of the tent, arms crossed. Inside, his mind raced and raged, feeling angry at the humiliation of those closest to him. It wasn't even true! Vegeta said in his head. Everything was a lie!
The silence turned to whispers. While it was not unseen for a new trainee not to have a guard, this one looked different. Vegeta walked forward. He decided to tell them the truth.
"Hello fools." He said in a raised voice. "I'm Vegeta, the one you'll come to wish who wasn't. I'm strong, smart, and better then the likes of you and dammit, I'll take any of you on!" The room was silent when he started, but everyone started cheering when he finished. Vegeta was surprised, but he didn't show it. He calmly walked forward and joined the group. Once Vegeta arrived, the three guards climbed the five steps up the pavilion and bowed before a man. They rose.
"Sensei, we present to you the newest trainees." Palmer said.
"Thus far, we are positive they shall excel here." Gio said.
"They are a promising group." K'Naki concluded. The man nodded. He was an older Saiyain, which wasn't very common, considering that most Saiyains died younger on purging missions. He had black hair sprinkled with white. It was pulled back. He had weathered skin that was very tan and it had a few wrinkles.
"Very well. You shall show them around today. Come see me tonight after you're done." He had a deep voice. The three guards nodded, bowed, and retreated. They were greeted by Vegeta.
"What the hell was that all about? None of that crap was true. You understand that you've lost our trust." Vegeta growled.
Palmer shrugged. "Don't feel bad. Whenever a trainee comes, their guide has to introduce them and give some truths and lies about them."
K'Naki quickly tried to make amends with his new friends. "We are bound by tradition not to tell. And I just made up most of that stuff. So did Gio and Palmer. I'm sure you'll be mad."
"Damn right we're mad! You said a bunch of crap, and in front of everyone!" Radu cried.
"Please understand; everyone goes through it. It's tradition. I understand if you angry but we can't do anything. It's best just to let it go. If you don't, you have to spend the rest of the day with people you are mad at."
The girls huffed. Kakkarot was fuming. "I am not dull!" He said indignantly. "Lyra isn't fierce, Adrian doesn't act bad, Yokito isn't stiff, Radu isn't weak and Radditz isn't stupid!"
But silence followed. Everyone knew that some of the things that had been said were indeed true. It was Lyra who broke the silence.
"Whatever. We know you're sorry, you know we're angry, but let's just eat. Eventually we'll get over it."
Palmer smirked. "Course you will, babe. There wasn't anythin' we could've done about it."
Before a fight could start, K'Naki put his hand on Palmer's shoulder. "Watch it, Palmer."
"That's right, buddy." Radu said.
Everyone eventually got their food and sat at the end of a table.
~~~~~~~30 minutes later~~~~~~~
The group was done eating. Due to the large amounts of food consumed by each Saiyain, breakfast was a long meal. While everyone understood the motives of the others, anger was still felt was some.
"Alright. Let's start this tour. Anything you want to see first?" K'Naki asked.
"We've never been here before, moron. How could we know what was here, much less whether or not it deserved our presence?" Vegeta asked sarcastically.
"Whatever," Palmer said. He got up and walked towards the door. He called out behind him, "Let's go."
"I don't think I like him," Radditz whispered. Kakkarot and Yokito nodded.
"Does anyone?" Radu questioned from behind him.
"I hope after today, we don't ever have to see him again." Lyra said.
"I don't know, Lyra. He seems to like you." Adrian put in.
"All the better that we don't see him." Yokito growled. Adrian nudged him. He took a deep breath. Gio's voice interrupted their conversation.
"We're going to see the training arena first."
"That's fine." Radu said. She was silent.
"I noticed that you guys don't really like Palmer." Gio said hesitantly.
"Not really. Maybe our views will change once we've known him for a while." Radu said. There was much talking after that until they reached the training arena.
"Whoa." Adrian commented. Everyone nodded in agreement. The arena was huge.
(To put it in perspective, its about the size of 9 football fields by 9 football fields. That's about 10800 square feet. That's only a rough estimation.) On all sides, a 3-foot deep wooden wall that was about 4 feet high surrounded it. (Remember folks; Saiyains can fly. What good would a really tall wall do?)
"Why is it so big? From what I can see, there are roughly 250 or so Saiyains." Yokito questioned.
"When we start fighting, we need a lot of room. That's why its so big." Gio informed them.
"You'll really appreciate it when you start training here. You will be training here most of your first year. When you get better, you'll start doing certain courses. On the other side of the camp, there are special rooms for specific types of training. Of course, a lot of the classes will still be held here." K'Naki added.
They walked into the arena. Palmer was in the front, "leading" the group.
"If you enter from this end, you're entering from the south end. Each end has a direction so you know where you're supposed to meet." He told them.
At that moment, the arena was empty. Lyra got a devilish smile on her face. She saw that Vegeta had walked almost into the center of the arena. She started running and did a series of flips. She whooped. At the sound, Vegeta turned and before Lyra could hit him, he sidestepped. Unexpectedly, she flew up into the air. By then everyone was watching.
Radu fell to the back of the group and flew up into the air. She went up thousands of feet until her friends were only specks. She located the speck that was Lyra and flew in a nosedive to her. 30 yards away, Lyra looked up. The smile on her face turned into a smirk. She calmly stood her ground. At the last moment, Radu turned so she was flying into the group. Everyone started jumping out of the way. She grabbed Kakkarot around the chest and once again went up into the air.
When Radu stopped flying, Kakkarot was indignant.
"You know, I can fly!" He said, crossing his arms.
"I know, bro, but listen: lets start a war!" She said excitedly. "I think we need a little fun!"
Kakkarot got excited. "Yeah! That's a great idea!" He exclaimed. "Who should be on our team?"
"Umm. Yokito, K'Naki, and Radditz should come up here." Radu decided. "Ok, Kakkarot. Tell Radditz and Yokito to come up here and have one of them bring K'Naki. Have the other start blasting everyone else but make sure no one gets hurt."
"Ok." Kakkarot said. He closed his eyes. In his concentration, his tongue peeked out of his mouth. When he opened his eyes again, Radu saw three dots moving. While two continued up, the other shot blasts out of his hands. Yokito and K'Naki reached Radu and Kakkarot, closely followed by Radditz. They were all smirking.
"They were running all over the place when I left." Radditz said.
"Cool!" Radu exclaimed. "Now, how should we do this?"
"Well, I have an idea," K'Naki said. "Three of us could go down and start blasting them and then start flying up again. If they chase after us, the other two could slip behind them while they fly and blast them from behind."
"That's a good plan," Radu said. "But consider this; what if not all of them follow?" She saw their faces. " Don't get me wrong! We'll do it, but they have an advantage of Saiyain power. Lets make a little change; after the three scapegoats start flying up, circle around just do a full on attack. Then, after you think you've hit them enough, come back up here and meet."
"Good! Lets do it!" Yokito said.
~~~~~~~On the training grounds~~~~~~~
Vegeta growled. For some reason, Yokito, Radditz, and K'Naki had flown up into the air. To top it off, Radditz had started to blast them for no reason. Vegeta was growling because Adrian had grabbed his leg before he could follow Radditz and kill him.
"What are you doing bitch? I'm going to blast that baka!" He said angrily.
"You know, Kakkarot isn't very bright." Adrian said conversationally.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Vegeta said. Adrian tugged and Vegeta was back on the ground.
"I just heard him talk to Yokito and Radditz." Adrian smirked. Vegeta pretend not to listen. "He said that Radditz and Yokito should come up to them taking K'Naki with them. Radu is apparently starting a war."
Vegeta looked around. He was stuck with two girls and two guards, one he hardly knew and one he didn't like. They all looked at him.
"Some war." he muttered. He looked up. Although, the thought of fighting was particularly attracting right now. He smiled cockily. "All right. Spread out NOW!"
At his voice, everyone ran out away from him. . He stayed where he was a looked up. Approaching quickly was three Saiyains. He put his hands behind his back and made a ki ball. He kept adding power but made sure it stayed the same size.
"Everyone, do what I do!" He yelled. 30 yards. "Three." 20 yards. "two." 10 yards "NOW!" Vegeta yelled. Everyone shot their ki blasts. They meet with the ki blasts of their enemy. Vegeta knew two Saiyains were missing. "TO ME!" He yelled. Everyone gathered around him. "Engage the enemy!" He flew away before he could be questioned. A ki battle commenced. Vegeta closed his eyes and allowed his other senses to sharpen.
He felt the wind move and turned sharply in that direction. He shot the enemy. With a cry, K'Naki fell to the ground. Vegeta turned in the opposite direction and was immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
~~~~~~~Yokito's P.O.V.~~~~~~~ Yokito was happy. He had just engaged Vegeta in hand-to-hand combat. Vegeta was a better fighter, but not by much. Plus, Yokito was angry. Angry with Vegeta, at Palmer. you know, guy things (A/N: I sure don't!). He wasn't angry outwardly. Just inside.
Vegeta was punching furiously and Yokito was blocking every hit. Vegeta sped up his attack. It was a little harder for Yokito to block the attacks. Then, out of no where, Vegeta's leg kicked him to the side. Yokito landed with a groan.
"What? Is little Yokito tired? Awwww." Vegeta mocked. Yokito growled and flew at Vegeta. He got in one good punch that left Vegeta's nose bleeding but in return, Yokito was floored again.
This time, Yokito didn't stay down very long. He was up and just in time. Vegeta was raging.
~~~~~~~Adrian's P.O.V.~~~~~~~~ K'Naki was a good fighter. His only mistake was to go easy on Adrian in the beginning because she was a girl. When his first punch was easily blocked, Adrian grabbed his other fist in mid flight and squeezed. His eyes widened in pain.
"I'm sorry," Adrian said, sarcastically. "Should I go easy on you 'cause you're a guy? No? Okay!" And she punched him in the stomach and kicked him to the ground. Now they were really fighting. Adrian was invigorated! She felt great!
Adrian saw out of the corner of her eye. After knocking K'Naki away, Vegeta had started fighting Yokito furiously. She had flown to K'Naki and they were now fighting. Radditz was fighting Palmer, Radu was fighting Lyra, and Kakkarot was fighting Gio. At the moment, Radditz was having a tough time with Palmer, who was bigger then him. Radu and Lyra had locked hands and were fighting with their knees, smirking the whole time. Kakkarot was stronger then Gio. Adrian could tell that Gio was almost done for.
Adrian decided to help her team mate. She punched K'Naki eight times quickly (obviously, really, really fast) in the gut and K'Naki gurgled. His eyes bugged out and he fainted.
Yes! Adrian thought. She flew over to Gio and started fighting Kakkarot with him. Gio smiled at her quickly and then turned back to Kakkarot.
Kakkarot was ferocious. He only needed one arm to fight each of them.
"You better stop Gio, you look pretty spent," Adrian huffed. She was eager to try Kakkarot one on one.
"No way! I'm not stopping till he finishes me!" Gio said. Then he fainted. Adrian and Kakkarot stopped fighting, looked at each other, and then back at Gio. They shrugged and Adrian attacked Kakkarot.
From the start, it was clear that Kakkarot didn't want to hurt Adrian. Holy crap! Adrian thought. He's holding back! I'm not holding back! This boy has potential.Then she got angry. Who did he think he was to hold back on Adrian?
"C'mon you bastard!" Adrian exclaimed. "Fight me!" And then, Adrian knew only darkness.
~~~~~~~Kakkarot's P.O.V.~~~~~~~ "Uhhh.. Adrian?" Kakkarot levitated hesitantly over Adrian's prone body. "I'm sorry. I didn't. Oh what the hell!" He flew over to Palmer and shot a ki blast at him.
"Hey bro! You looked like you needed some help!" Kakkarot said cheerfully. Radditz growled.
"Back off squirt! I'll finish this moron my self!"
"Whoa!" Palmer's voice broke through their argument. "Ain't nobody finishin' me!" He and Radditz were lost in a flurry of activity.
Kakkarot had no trouble following their activities. Palmer was on the offensive. He was attacking with everything he had and Radditz could barely withstand it. Suddenly, Radditz was on the ground with Palmer laughing over him. Radditz groaned and got feebly to his feet.
Palmer's eyes got wide. They rolled up, twitching. Radditz's hands were outstretched in front of his body and his chest was heaving. He had just issued a tiny ki blast with deadly accuracy and speed to Palmer's heart.
"Dude, did you kill him?" Kakkarot asked in disbelief.
"No! He's just down for the count!" Radditz smirked. And then fainted.
"Whoa." Kakkarot murmured. The last blast had finished Radditz. Kakkarot looked around. Yokito was down. Vegeta was 100 feet in the air, getting ready to blast Radu away from Lyra. Kakkarot shot into the air. He blasted Vegeta, distracting him from his own task.
~~~~~~~Radu's P.O.V.~~~~~~~ Radu had been holding back on Lyra. Not much, mind you, but enough for a finishing blast. She punched Lyra into the stomach. Lyra flew back and broke the wooden fence. She groaned.
Radu flew over to Lyra. "Lyra-chan, I don't want to hurt you." Radu said. Lyra got up and spat blood out of her mouth.
"What the hell are you talking about? FIGHT!" With that, Lyra did a spinning kick feet first into Radu's solar plexus. Radu flew back and stopped when she hit Kakkarot and Vegeta fighting. Before she could go any further, Kakkarot grabbed her wrist and withdrew from Vegeta's attacks. Vegeta smirked.
"What's the matter Kakkarot? You started this war! Don't you want to finish it?" Vegeta cat-called. Lyra flew over to him. Although she was clearly tired, she managed to smirk as well.
"Yeah Radu! Did you not finish us as easily as you thought you would?"
Radu and her brother smirked in return. She leaned heavily on Kakkarot.
"No. I expected that it would come down to a small group of us. I think the problem is that you don't want to fight us because you know you can't win!" As she spoke, she thought carefully to Kakkarot: Ready to try the move Father showed us? Don't respond! Target a small blast to Lyra! I need to gather my energy so pretend that I fainted. Radu closed her eyes and went limp.
"Oh shit!" Kakkarot said. He flew to the ground and lay Radu down. She was ready.
"On three. One. Two. Three." Their voices quickly combined.
"KA ME HA ME HAAAA!!!!" Radu fainted for real after issuing the blast and Lyra was shot. Vegeta flew after her. He caught Lyra before she hit the ground and set her down.
Vegeta flew over to Kakkarot. "Clever. Very clever. Why do I get the feeling it wasn't your idea?" He attacked Kakkarot.