Chapter 6 - A New Thing
Hiya! Welcome back! I'll try to make this one more exciting than the last chapter! Thanks for still being here!
Summary: Garlic Jr. comes. Serena's friends are affected by blackwater mist. Serena goes to DBZ dimension. She trains with Piccolo. She's sad and Vegeta comforts her, it was very surprising.
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The morning after Serena got back to Capsule Corps, she woke up with a pounding headache.
She remembered all the crying she had been doing... she remembered Vegeta. How did that happen? He was kind, he was nice, he actually cared about her...this was not the Vegeta the others had told her about. Maybe they had never seen that side of him before; it had clearly surprised her. She was filled with a warm feeling as she thought of how gentle he had been to her.
Forgetting completely about the reason she had been crying the night before, she jumped happily out of bed and jumped into a cool shower to clear her headache and grogginess. Thinking of him made her feel a way she hadn't felt in a while. She tried to ignore the tinge of guilt she felt for Mamoru; she had to try to stop doing this to herself...how was she going to go on when she got depressed every time she thought of him. She thought about what Vegeta had said; she couldn't get revenge for him if she gave up over him.
She got out of her shower and dried herself off. She then dried her hair and began to put it up into her ondangos. She stopped in mid ondango when it hit her that the hairstyle reminded her too much of home and all the ones she had left behind. Sighing she removed the rubber bands and let her hair fall down to the floor. She missed the ondangos already but she told her self that it was only for now; she had to forget about them for a little while so she could become strong and save them. She brushed her teeth and got dressed in her blue pants and white tank top, and then went out to the kitchen to see if anyone else was awake.
When she reached the kitchen, she found it empty. She looked at the clock on the wall that told her the reason why; it was only 6 am. She was shocked for a few moments, how in the world had she gotten herself out of bed at this time? She had to have taken an hour just getting ready.
She had no answer for herself, but perhaps it was because while she was training with Piccolo she had gotten used to getting up early. With him she got up before dawn to start fighting. She growled angrily. She really didn't like this new habit, what a horrible habit to get into, waking up before the sun. She'd have to break that habit as soon as possible.
Serena used her newfound power, to check if anyone else was up, by sensing for the other's power levels. Immediately she felt Vegeta. He seemed to be fighting or something because his power level was raised from his resting power level. She followed the power until she found herself in a familiar area of Capsule Corps, by the gravity room. That made sense; Bulma's dad had stated that he spent over seven hours a day there.
She made the rest of her way to the gravity room from the memory of the day before. Hopefully their encounter wouldn't be anything like it was last time they'd met in that room. After last night she was sure that things had changed for the better between them.
She walked into the room right next to the gravity chamber, and looking through the window she saw he was at the poor invisible person again. She tried to wave to him through the window, but as yesterday that did no good. He was too engrossed in what he was doing to notice her.
She then had a new idea. She closed her eyes and concentrated, bringing up her power level drastically. After she had reached the level she had wanted, she opened her eyes.
She saw with great glee that it had worked. Vegeta was now staring back at her through the window, no longer fighting. His eyes shown confusion for a few moments then remembrance, and then they turned to anger; Serena wasn't expecting that.
As he went to the edge of the room and turned the gravity back to normal, Serena started getting worried that he was mad at her for something. Then, she remembered how he had been last night and forgot her fear. He opened the door to the room and wiped the sweat off his bulging muscles.
Serena gulped as Vegeta glared at her.
They stood in silence just looking at each other for a few moments. Serena cleared her throat and started to say something to break the silence but Vegeta cut her off.
"Now what do you want girl?" he asked her coldly.
She looked hurt for a moment then decided to be firm with him. If this was the way he was going to be, fine.
"I came to ask if you wanted to train me,"
"No."
"Why?" she asked confused and almost angry.
"I don't see the point; I don't get anything out of it."
He started to walk away but Serena stopped him with her words.
"Oh I don't know," Serena said sarcastically, her anger growing, "I just kind of thought that after last night you wanted to help me, maybe be my friend or something."
His face grew unreadable for a second as if his was purposefully not letting her see his true feelings, then went back to his angry scowl. "Nothing happened last night, and I'm not going to train you. Now, stop bothering me!"
He strode out the room with long strides, and disappeared out the door.
"Fine!" Serena screamed at him with vehemence. "I'd rather have Goku train me anyway! I'll even forget about last night!" then, believing he was out of earshot she added quietly, "Even though it meant so much to me. I just wanted to get to know you, you big jerk."
His sensitive Saiyan ears picked up the last bit and he rolled the entire situation around in his mind. What did he have to loose? Besides it's not like Kakorott could do any better than he could.
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At around 7:30 the rest of the house arose and the others started arriving to watch Serena and Goku spar.
Serena had to admit, she was nervous. Goku looked excited, but not nervous, like this was Christmas or something. She kept telling herself that she should be fine, Piccolo and her fought a lot, and she could handle herself with him. Piccolo and Goku spared a lot. This should be no problem...then why was she still so nervous?
Perhaps it was because everyone was watching. Not only was she fighting against the most powerful man in the universe, but also everyone was watching her. They'd all seen Goku fight before, but they had never seen Serena fight. People fought everyday, but it wasn't every day they got to see a girl, the only survivor of an ancient race, fight with her newly learned power.
It was quite a turn out. Goku and Serena was of course there, along with Chi-chi, Gohan, Yamcha, Bulma, Vegeta, Tien, Chaozu, Master Roshi, Piccolo, and even Kami showed up. The others assumed that Kami was there, not to watch the sparing session, but for some other reason.
They all went out to a clearing outside of Capsule Corps. Serena couldn't hold still. She stretched until every muscle in her body was loose, then she ran around in circles, did a few agility moves, anything to keep moving and keep her mind off of the up coming fight.
"What are you getting so worked up for?" asked Piccolo. He had left the sidelines where everyone else was sitting and waiting for the fight. Serena couldn't believe her eyes when she saw that Bulma's mom was passing around peanuts and pop corn, and even soft drinks and beer!
"Why do they have to be here?" she hissed at him, nervously. She had to keep moving; she kept going in circles around Piccolo as he stood looking at her like she was some insect.
"Why are you letting them bother you? They don't know how powerful you are, they'll be impressed no matter what, as long as you do your best," even though his words were encouraging, his tone of voice was annoyed with her.
She ignored his tone of voice and pleaded, "But there's no way I stand a chance!"
"Of course you don't!" he said in a laughing tone, causing her to sink down nearly to the floor. "That doesn't mean you can't get a few good blows in. It's not like you beat me the first time we fought."
Serena nodded at that point. "But that doesn't change the fact that there are a bunch of people watching me."
He ignored her last comment. "Listen Serena, you get stronger every day, without even trying. There's no reason you can't put up a good fight. Just remember your attacks, don't give him any advantages, and give it your all."
Serena nodded, calming down a bit.
"Hey, are you ready now, Serena?" called Goku, to her.
Her eyes grew wide and she looked to Piccolo for help. He just rolled his eyes at her and floated back to the sidelines.
Serena took a long, deep breath, to keep from hyperventilating, and turned to face Goku.
Goku smiled at her kindly then, getting into a crouched fighting stance, he asked her, "Are you ready?"
Serena finally pushed all her thoughts out of her head and focused on the battle in front of her. She crouched in a similar fighting stance with one foot spread in front of the other, knees bent, one hand held out in front of her and the other curled at her waist. She nodded to Goku.
"Then power up," he ordered.
A white aura of energy burst around Serena as she kept her eyes on her opponent. He followed suit and he too was glowing white. He didn't turn Super Saiyan (Serena doesn't know about Super Saiyans yet, remember) because he wanted to get a good look at her fighting before the sparing session was over.
No one could tell who made the first move but in the blink of on eye they were upon each other, throwing kicks and punches at lightening speed. At first their movements seemed to act as the two getting used to the other's style. They floated a few feet above the air but acted like they were on solid ground.
Serena couldn't hit him, he was blocking every kick and punch she threw at him with perfect concentration and ease. It was as if he knew what she was going to do before she did it.
She knew why, though; she was purposely using the techniques of her mentor, Piccolo, and Goku knew Piccolo's moves. But he didn't know hers. Her plan was to get him to rely on her using Piccolo's style and then surprise him with her own.
Goku was impressed, but almost disappointed at the same time. He knew what she was going to do before she did it because it's almost the exact thing Piccolo did every time they fought. He had hoped since she was from another dimension, a whole different race, and even female, that she would have some different moves. Perhaps she was hiding something though, he had to stay careful; he couldn't overlook his opponent.
Serena backed up a few steps and broke apart from him to give herself room. She then put her hands up in a position Goku knew well, the same way Piccolo did for his special beam cannon attack.
Her hands started to glow, and then she opened her mouth and yelled, "Moonbeam Cannon!"
The ray of light shot from her hands and collided with Goku. He just held out his hand and the blast seemed to disappear.
Serena looked at him wide eyed. "Didn't that hurt at all?" she asked him, surprised.
He blushed for a second, "Uh...just a tiny bit," he lied, trying to make her feel better.
This fact didn't escape Serena. Her eyes narrowed at him and she went at him again. She went into a furry, attacking him as fast as she could. Yet still, he met ever punch.
Finally, she decided to change styles.
As she punched him she flipped over him and kicked him in the back of the head as she went down. Piccolo never did that before. He wasn't hurt at all, but he smiled as he sensed the change in her attacks.
She moved in so many different directions, twisting and turning to kick him or punch him in ways he didn't know a person could twist and turn.
She was small but she was fast and agile.
Serena gave her all into her personal style, Piccolo saw with pride. He was also proud with her trick of using his style to fool Goku into making him put down his guard a bit with her fighting. Now she was getting a few punches and kicks in, and he knew those didn't feel too good, even for Goku.
But Piccolo also noticed that she was getting angry, and he knew it was because Goku hadn't done and offensive moves since they had started fighting, he had only been defending himself. Now that Serena was over her nervousness, she wanted to fight, and she didn't want his charity. She didn't want him holding back.
'Though she has no idea how much he's holding back,' he thought with a smirk.
Serena was getting frustrated with Goku's refusal to attack her back.
She stopped fighting. So did he. He looked at her questioningly. She noticed with annoyance that he wasn't even breathing hard; his heart rate was normal, while she was panting like a dog in the middle of the desert.
She put her hands down to her side and said, "Goku, I want you to hit me."
"What?" he said confused.
"Hit me!"
It finally hit him that he had been insulting her by not attacking her back, like he was supposed to in a battle. He nodded to her as if apologizing.
Without another word he lunged his fist at her face, but he only got air. She phased out just in time and phased back in slightly to the side of him and kicked him in the face.
He smiled. If this was how she wanted it.
Vegeta watched the battle with mild interest. She knew what she was doing, and she did it well. But, he knew that she could go farther, to a higher level. He knew this because he knew of her race and the legends of them. Though, he wondered if she knew it yet.
As Vegeta watched he saw when Serena was starting to get slower and slower, it didn't take much effort on Goku's part to finally hit her. When he did the sheer force of the hit swung Serena around. She covered her face with her hands as if in pain. The crowd around Vegeta made resounding booing noise against Goku.
'She's crying! What a little baby! I can't handle this stupid display,' thought Vegeta, almost getting up and leaving. But, her next move surprised him.
Goku instantly felt bad for hitting Serena. He didn't want to but she'd told him to. He guessed he shouldn't have hit her so hard, but he didn't mean to make her cry!
"I'm sorry, Serena. Are you ok?" He asked with real regret in his voice.
She didn't answer but she kept her back turned to him.
He came a little closer to her to see if she was ok.
Piccolo inwardly was laughing his head off. He had hit her ten times as hard before, she was just fine; but Goku didn't know this. He was walking right into her trap. Goku would never change...poor guy.
As Goku leaned down to see if she was ok, Serena spun around her fists glowing like two suns themselves.
"Celestial Punch!"
Her glowing fists smashed into him with enough force to make him fly backwards.
The crowd was shocked. Piccolo smiled with pride. Vegeta smirked at Goku's idiocy and was impressed by Serena's actions.
The fight didn't last much longer. After Serena's act Goku didn't give her any more favors. He ended the fight by sending a ki blast at Serena, which threw her into a mountain. He won after that.
Goku went over to her and helped her out of the hole she had made while colliding with the mountain. She smiled at him.
"That was fun," she said smiling, in a bit of pain.
Goku smiled and nodded, he looked down at her with something near to fatherly love. She had some work to do but he could feel the power welled up inside her that she couldn't yet meet. He would do any thing in his power to help her meet her full potential. He also felt in her a kindred spirit.
The others came up to the two to give their compliments and other such comments.
"So Serena," Goku said excitedly, "I think you, Gohan, and I should get started training tomorrow. I think we can really help you improve."
Serena reached up and hugged Goku for his kindness, and then she reached over and messed up Gohan's hair.
"Sorry Kakorott," Vegeta spoke up sternly yet mockingly, "the girl and I already have plans for me to train her. I don't think you can offer her all of what she needs."
Everyone grew silent, including Serena. She couldn't believe it; he was actually going to train her.
Piccolo thought over the situation. Vegeta might be able to teach her exactly what she needed to get over her softness in battle. Though it hurt him to think of her loosing her kindness, it was something she needed. Vegeta was the only one Piccolo thought would be up to it.
Goku was about to object, but Piccolo spoke up before he could. "I think it's a good idea."
Goku stared at Piccolo with his mouth open, Piccolo was open one of the ones most against Vegeta, for obvious reasons. "But, Piccolo!?"
"I trained her for two months, Vegeta can train her for two months, and then you and Gohan can train her for the last two months she's here," he said to Goku. "I know her better than the rest of you and I think she will benefit most from Vegeta's training right now," his words seemed hard for him to get out, he chewed them almost as if he revolted what he was saying.
Vegeta looked smug. Serena was happy but she tried to hide it for Goku's sake.
"It's alright, isn't it Goku?" asked Serena.
Goku nodded looking firmly at Vegeta. "You just better take good care of her, Vegeta."
Vegeta just folded his arms. "Are you ready to get started girl?"
Serena began to follow him but was stopped by Kami. "May I have a word with you my dear?"
Serena nodded him and followed him aside. "Yes, Kami?"
"Serena, I think it's best if you do not tell Vegeta who you are exactly, do you understand?"
"You mean I shouldn't tell him I'm a princess?"
"Exactly, I don't know how he would handle that bit of information if he found out."
Serena was a bit offended. She could tell anyone she damn well pleased about who she was. But, she nodded any way, knowing that he was more informed where it came to Vegeta, than she was.
"That's a good girl. Take care now."
"I will," she said firmly.
Kami walked away looking old, she watched him go. He turned around a few steps away and said, "Remember, four more months before Sailor Pluto returns."
"Right."
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I bet you love how I keep on dragging it out and not letting you see her full power, huh? Well next chapter: Talc comes to the DBZ dimension in search for Serena! Mua ha ha.
I really didn't expect this entire chapter to be about Goku and Serena fighting, and you may be disappointed about how it came out but there'll be a rematch! I promise. I'm sorry if this chapter was too boring. Please tell me if that's the case, I think that was what was wrong with the last chapter, cause barely anyone reviewed. Please review! Otherwise something bad will happen...um yeah!
Love you all! Ja ne!
~Shi
- Shigal5@aol.com. (if you write me I'll write you back!)
Hiya! Welcome back! I'll try to make this one more exciting than the last chapter! Thanks for still being here!
Summary: Garlic Jr. comes. Serena's friends are affected by blackwater mist. Serena goes to DBZ dimension. She trains with Piccolo. She's sad and Vegeta comforts her, it was very surprising.
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The morning after Serena got back to Capsule Corps, she woke up with a pounding headache.
She remembered all the crying she had been doing... she remembered Vegeta. How did that happen? He was kind, he was nice, he actually cared about her...this was not the Vegeta the others had told her about. Maybe they had never seen that side of him before; it had clearly surprised her. She was filled with a warm feeling as she thought of how gentle he had been to her.
Forgetting completely about the reason she had been crying the night before, she jumped happily out of bed and jumped into a cool shower to clear her headache and grogginess. Thinking of him made her feel a way she hadn't felt in a while. She tried to ignore the tinge of guilt she felt for Mamoru; she had to try to stop doing this to herself...how was she going to go on when she got depressed every time she thought of him. She thought about what Vegeta had said; she couldn't get revenge for him if she gave up over him.
She got out of her shower and dried herself off. She then dried her hair and began to put it up into her ondangos. She stopped in mid ondango when it hit her that the hairstyle reminded her too much of home and all the ones she had left behind. Sighing she removed the rubber bands and let her hair fall down to the floor. She missed the ondangos already but she told her self that it was only for now; she had to forget about them for a little while so she could become strong and save them. She brushed her teeth and got dressed in her blue pants and white tank top, and then went out to the kitchen to see if anyone else was awake.
When she reached the kitchen, she found it empty. She looked at the clock on the wall that told her the reason why; it was only 6 am. She was shocked for a few moments, how in the world had she gotten herself out of bed at this time? She had to have taken an hour just getting ready.
She had no answer for herself, but perhaps it was because while she was training with Piccolo she had gotten used to getting up early. With him she got up before dawn to start fighting. She growled angrily. She really didn't like this new habit, what a horrible habit to get into, waking up before the sun. She'd have to break that habit as soon as possible.
Serena used her newfound power, to check if anyone else was up, by sensing for the other's power levels. Immediately she felt Vegeta. He seemed to be fighting or something because his power level was raised from his resting power level. She followed the power until she found herself in a familiar area of Capsule Corps, by the gravity room. That made sense; Bulma's dad had stated that he spent over seven hours a day there.
She made the rest of her way to the gravity room from the memory of the day before. Hopefully their encounter wouldn't be anything like it was last time they'd met in that room. After last night she was sure that things had changed for the better between them.
She walked into the room right next to the gravity chamber, and looking through the window she saw he was at the poor invisible person again. She tried to wave to him through the window, but as yesterday that did no good. He was too engrossed in what he was doing to notice her.
She then had a new idea. She closed her eyes and concentrated, bringing up her power level drastically. After she had reached the level she had wanted, she opened her eyes.
She saw with great glee that it had worked. Vegeta was now staring back at her through the window, no longer fighting. His eyes shown confusion for a few moments then remembrance, and then they turned to anger; Serena wasn't expecting that.
As he went to the edge of the room and turned the gravity back to normal, Serena started getting worried that he was mad at her for something. Then, she remembered how he had been last night and forgot her fear. He opened the door to the room and wiped the sweat off his bulging muscles.
Serena gulped as Vegeta glared at her.
They stood in silence just looking at each other for a few moments. Serena cleared her throat and started to say something to break the silence but Vegeta cut her off.
"Now what do you want girl?" he asked her coldly.
She looked hurt for a moment then decided to be firm with him. If this was the way he was going to be, fine.
"I came to ask if you wanted to train me,"
"No."
"Why?" she asked confused and almost angry.
"I don't see the point; I don't get anything out of it."
He started to walk away but Serena stopped him with her words.
"Oh I don't know," Serena said sarcastically, her anger growing, "I just kind of thought that after last night you wanted to help me, maybe be my friend or something."
His face grew unreadable for a second as if his was purposefully not letting her see his true feelings, then went back to his angry scowl. "Nothing happened last night, and I'm not going to train you. Now, stop bothering me!"
He strode out the room with long strides, and disappeared out the door.
"Fine!" Serena screamed at him with vehemence. "I'd rather have Goku train me anyway! I'll even forget about last night!" then, believing he was out of earshot she added quietly, "Even though it meant so much to me. I just wanted to get to know you, you big jerk."
His sensitive Saiyan ears picked up the last bit and he rolled the entire situation around in his mind. What did he have to loose? Besides it's not like Kakorott could do any better than he could.
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At around 7:30 the rest of the house arose and the others started arriving to watch Serena and Goku spar.
Serena had to admit, she was nervous. Goku looked excited, but not nervous, like this was Christmas or something. She kept telling herself that she should be fine, Piccolo and her fought a lot, and she could handle herself with him. Piccolo and Goku spared a lot. This should be no problem...then why was she still so nervous?
Perhaps it was because everyone was watching. Not only was she fighting against the most powerful man in the universe, but also everyone was watching her. They'd all seen Goku fight before, but they had never seen Serena fight. People fought everyday, but it wasn't every day they got to see a girl, the only survivor of an ancient race, fight with her newly learned power.
It was quite a turn out. Goku and Serena was of course there, along with Chi-chi, Gohan, Yamcha, Bulma, Vegeta, Tien, Chaozu, Master Roshi, Piccolo, and even Kami showed up. The others assumed that Kami was there, not to watch the sparing session, but for some other reason.
They all went out to a clearing outside of Capsule Corps. Serena couldn't hold still. She stretched until every muscle in her body was loose, then she ran around in circles, did a few agility moves, anything to keep moving and keep her mind off of the up coming fight.
"What are you getting so worked up for?" asked Piccolo. He had left the sidelines where everyone else was sitting and waiting for the fight. Serena couldn't believe her eyes when she saw that Bulma's mom was passing around peanuts and pop corn, and even soft drinks and beer!
"Why do they have to be here?" she hissed at him, nervously. She had to keep moving; she kept going in circles around Piccolo as he stood looking at her like she was some insect.
"Why are you letting them bother you? They don't know how powerful you are, they'll be impressed no matter what, as long as you do your best," even though his words were encouraging, his tone of voice was annoyed with her.
She ignored his tone of voice and pleaded, "But there's no way I stand a chance!"
"Of course you don't!" he said in a laughing tone, causing her to sink down nearly to the floor. "That doesn't mean you can't get a few good blows in. It's not like you beat me the first time we fought."
Serena nodded at that point. "But that doesn't change the fact that there are a bunch of people watching me."
He ignored her last comment. "Listen Serena, you get stronger every day, without even trying. There's no reason you can't put up a good fight. Just remember your attacks, don't give him any advantages, and give it your all."
Serena nodded, calming down a bit.
"Hey, are you ready now, Serena?" called Goku, to her.
Her eyes grew wide and she looked to Piccolo for help. He just rolled his eyes at her and floated back to the sidelines.
Serena took a long, deep breath, to keep from hyperventilating, and turned to face Goku.
Goku smiled at her kindly then, getting into a crouched fighting stance, he asked her, "Are you ready?"
Serena finally pushed all her thoughts out of her head and focused on the battle in front of her. She crouched in a similar fighting stance with one foot spread in front of the other, knees bent, one hand held out in front of her and the other curled at her waist. She nodded to Goku.
"Then power up," he ordered.
A white aura of energy burst around Serena as she kept her eyes on her opponent. He followed suit and he too was glowing white. He didn't turn Super Saiyan (Serena doesn't know about Super Saiyans yet, remember) because he wanted to get a good look at her fighting before the sparing session was over.
No one could tell who made the first move but in the blink of on eye they were upon each other, throwing kicks and punches at lightening speed. At first their movements seemed to act as the two getting used to the other's style. They floated a few feet above the air but acted like they were on solid ground.
Serena couldn't hit him, he was blocking every kick and punch she threw at him with perfect concentration and ease. It was as if he knew what she was going to do before she did it.
She knew why, though; she was purposely using the techniques of her mentor, Piccolo, and Goku knew Piccolo's moves. But he didn't know hers. Her plan was to get him to rely on her using Piccolo's style and then surprise him with her own.
Goku was impressed, but almost disappointed at the same time. He knew what she was going to do before she did it because it's almost the exact thing Piccolo did every time they fought. He had hoped since she was from another dimension, a whole different race, and even female, that she would have some different moves. Perhaps she was hiding something though, he had to stay careful; he couldn't overlook his opponent.
Serena backed up a few steps and broke apart from him to give herself room. She then put her hands up in a position Goku knew well, the same way Piccolo did for his special beam cannon attack.
Her hands started to glow, and then she opened her mouth and yelled, "Moonbeam Cannon!"
The ray of light shot from her hands and collided with Goku. He just held out his hand and the blast seemed to disappear.
Serena looked at him wide eyed. "Didn't that hurt at all?" she asked him, surprised.
He blushed for a second, "Uh...just a tiny bit," he lied, trying to make her feel better.
This fact didn't escape Serena. Her eyes narrowed at him and she went at him again. She went into a furry, attacking him as fast as she could. Yet still, he met ever punch.
Finally, she decided to change styles.
As she punched him she flipped over him and kicked him in the back of the head as she went down. Piccolo never did that before. He wasn't hurt at all, but he smiled as he sensed the change in her attacks.
She moved in so many different directions, twisting and turning to kick him or punch him in ways he didn't know a person could twist and turn.
She was small but she was fast and agile.
Serena gave her all into her personal style, Piccolo saw with pride. He was also proud with her trick of using his style to fool Goku into making him put down his guard a bit with her fighting. Now she was getting a few punches and kicks in, and he knew those didn't feel too good, even for Goku.
But Piccolo also noticed that she was getting angry, and he knew it was because Goku hadn't done and offensive moves since they had started fighting, he had only been defending himself. Now that Serena was over her nervousness, she wanted to fight, and she didn't want his charity. She didn't want him holding back.
'Though she has no idea how much he's holding back,' he thought with a smirk.
Serena was getting frustrated with Goku's refusal to attack her back.
She stopped fighting. So did he. He looked at her questioningly. She noticed with annoyance that he wasn't even breathing hard; his heart rate was normal, while she was panting like a dog in the middle of the desert.
She put her hands down to her side and said, "Goku, I want you to hit me."
"What?" he said confused.
"Hit me!"
It finally hit him that he had been insulting her by not attacking her back, like he was supposed to in a battle. He nodded to her as if apologizing.
Without another word he lunged his fist at her face, but he only got air. She phased out just in time and phased back in slightly to the side of him and kicked him in the face.
He smiled. If this was how she wanted it.
Vegeta watched the battle with mild interest. She knew what she was doing, and she did it well. But, he knew that she could go farther, to a higher level. He knew this because he knew of her race and the legends of them. Though, he wondered if she knew it yet.
As Vegeta watched he saw when Serena was starting to get slower and slower, it didn't take much effort on Goku's part to finally hit her. When he did the sheer force of the hit swung Serena around. She covered her face with her hands as if in pain. The crowd around Vegeta made resounding booing noise against Goku.
'She's crying! What a little baby! I can't handle this stupid display,' thought Vegeta, almost getting up and leaving. But, her next move surprised him.
Goku instantly felt bad for hitting Serena. He didn't want to but she'd told him to. He guessed he shouldn't have hit her so hard, but he didn't mean to make her cry!
"I'm sorry, Serena. Are you ok?" He asked with real regret in his voice.
She didn't answer but she kept her back turned to him.
He came a little closer to her to see if she was ok.
Piccolo inwardly was laughing his head off. He had hit her ten times as hard before, she was just fine; but Goku didn't know this. He was walking right into her trap. Goku would never change...poor guy.
As Goku leaned down to see if she was ok, Serena spun around her fists glowing like two suns themselves.
"Celestial Punch!"
Her glowing fists smashed into him with enough force to make him fly backwards.
The crowd was shocked. Piccolo smiled with pride. Vegeta smirked at Goku's idiocy and was impressed by Serena's actions.
The fight didn't last much longer. After Serena's act Goku didn't give her any more favors. He ended the fight by sending a ki blast at Serena, which threw her into a mountain. He won after that.
Goku went over to her and helped her out of the hole she had made while colliding with the mountain. She smiled at him.
"That was fun," she said smiling, in a bit of pain.
Goku smiled and nodded, he looked down at her with something near to fatherly love. She had some work to do but he could feel the power welled up inside her that she couldn't yet meet. He would do any thing in his power to help her meet her full potential. He also felt in her a kindred spirit.
The others came up to the two to give their compliments and other such comments.
"So Serena," Goku said excitedly, "I think you, Gohan, and I should get started training tomorrow. I think we can really help you improve."
Serena reached up and hugged Goku for his kindness, and then she reached over and messed up Gohan's hair.
"Sorry Kakorott," Vegeta spoke up sternly yet mockingly, "the girl and I already have plans for me to train her. I don't think you can offer her all of what she needs."
Everyone grew silent, including Serena. She couldn't believe it; he was actually going to train her.
Piccolo thought over the situation. Vegeta might be able to teach her exactly what she needed to get over her softness in battle. Though it hurt him to think of her loosing her kindness, it was something she needed. Vegeta was the only one Piccolo thought would be up to it.
Goku was about to object, but Piccolo spoke up before he could. "I think it's a good idea."
Goku stared at Piccolo with his mouth open, Piccolo was open one of the ones most against Vegeta, for obvious reasons. "But, Piccolo!?"
"I trained her for two months, Vegeta can train her for two months, and then you and Gohan can train her for the last two months she's here," he said to Goku. "I know her better than the rest of you and I think she will benefit most from Vegeta's training right now," his words seemed hard for him to get out, he chewed them almost as if he revolted what he was saying.
Vegeta looked smug. Serena was happy but she tried to hide it for Goku's sake.
"It's alright, isn't it Goku?" asked Serena.
Goku nodded looking firmly at Vegeta. "You just better take good care of her, Vegeta."
Vegeta just folded his arms. "Are you ready to get started girl?"
Serena began to follow him but was stopped by Kami. "May I have a word with you my dear?"
Serena nodded him and followed him aside. "Yes, Kami?"
"Serena, I think it's best if you do not tell Vegeta who you are exactly, do you understand?"
"You mean I shouldn't tell him I'm a princess?"
"Exactly, I don't know how he would handle that bit of information if he found out."
Serena was a bit offended. She could tell anyone she damn well pleased about who she was. But, she nodded any way, knowing that he was more informed where it came to Vegeta, than she was.
"That's a good girl. Take care now."
"I will," she said firmly.
Kami walked away looking old, she watched him go. He turned around a few steps away and said, "Remember, four more months before Sailor Pluto returns."
"Right."
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I bet you love how I keep on dragging it out and not letting you see her full power, huh? Well next chapter: Talc comes to the DBZ dimension in search for Serena! Mua ha ha.
I really didn't expect this entire chapter to be about Goku and Serena fighting, and you may be disappointed about how it came out but there'll be a rematch! I promise. I'm sorry if this chapter was too boring. Please tell me if that's the case, I think that was what was wrong with the last chapter, cause barely anyone reviewed. Please review! Otherwise something bad will happen...um yeah!
Love you all! Ja ne!
~Shi
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