I'm glad that not all of you are numbskulls. Dany hit it on the nail when he said that the third wish was to make anyone and everyone from that point on who went from devolved to normal should stay as normal and is impossible for them, or any of their descendents from that point on, to become devolved. Although it's a bit more then just that though, you'll see. In chapter 9 the hint was Kakkarot's golden hair… why would he be in the normal form when there was no reason to? Vegeta was the one obsessed with the idea of staying 'evolved', not Kakkarot. In chapter 10 the fact that Goten and Trunks, along with Kakkarot were both in their normal form and not devolved form should have given it away. That's 3 normal saiyans even though there was no reason. Also, nowhere anywhere in that chapter, the one before or any after did it mention anyone switching between devolved and normal saiyan modes. Chapter 11 was just plain obvious. Goten and Trunks, when they powered up to max and to their lowest didn't leave devolve or go normal, this suggest that… or I should say, screams that they couldn't. Anyways now that you all know it thanks to Dany there's no reason for me to drop hints and stuff I can just write without trying to 'give' it away. I know I said I wouldn't give it away but now that its known… I really don't think it matters.
Oh just a word of warning about this chapter. I've made the last few chapters really serious so I think it's about time I put in a little humour. I'll try to keep as much cheese as I can out of it.
Also I think after this story I may do an original one, one that isn't bound by any rules or regulations. My mind can go completely wild at that point :).
I'm not going to go into detail of any of the classes unless there is something important in it that needs to be said. I don't think people want pages and pages on military strategies and the like. If you DO just say and I'll introduce a few but I'm not trying to make this an educational story :). I want EVERYONE who reads this to put their opinion in whether or not to add actual content to the courses because if the majority of you don't then I won't but if the majority of you do… then I will. I'd rather not drive anyone off that I didn't have to.
Oh, a tip for anyone reading my story… Never ever ever put anything in the middle of the story that doesn't belong there, as in Authors Notes and Advertising. All those should be done at the beginning or the end. As soon as you put 1 Authors/Advertising note into the middle of the chapter you break the flow and make the story shit.
One last thing, since no one has yet responded an interest in proofreading yet another chapter goes up without it. Ahh well, like I said before, there won't be any spelling mistakes and the grammar mistakes should be relatively few.
Chapter 13: The First Day at the Academy
Trunks, Goten and Vil'Tani stood side by side as they watched the star ship leave the planet. They were one of the few that were able to track its movements before it was lost from sight. The three stood there long after it had left, neither talking nor moving. For Trunks it would be a long time before he ever saw his father again, and for Goten it would be a long time before he ever saw his Brother. Vil'Tani hadn't lost anything but the mood surrounding the other two permeated into her and made her feel a sense of loss along as well.
They stayed like that for several minutes after the ship had left and only finally came out of their stupor when Brolly approached them. The massive mutant saiyan smiled as the three of them turned to look at him. He was wearing white, baggy trousers with a piece of red cloth tied around his waste. A black, sleeveless top covered his torso and a long V down the center of it showed the inner parts of his pecks and his neck. A blue insignia was engraved onto the right shoulder of the shirt.
Brolly smiled as he rubbed his hand through his greenish-yellow hair, "Don't worry you guys, they'll be back eventually." Brolly said reassuringly.
Vil'Tani frowned at Brolly for a moment before she tugged on Goten, who was about to speak, "Come on Goten, let's get ready. We don't have much time before we have to go to the academy. We need to get the supplies." She said in an excited tone.
Goten promptly forgot Brolly as the plan popped back into his mind. Brolly was about to speak again but was completely ignored. Trunks just grinned and soon the three of them were flying through the sky. Brolly scratched his head in confusion wondering what he did to offend Vil'Tani. He shrugged after a moment. It didn't matter; she wasn't a very important figure in his life, and he could always tell her later.
"I wonder what there is to eat at the palace." Brolly said as his mind turned towards food.
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Meanwhile...
Goten, Vil'Tani and Trunks flew in silence as they headed towards the prank store. Vil'Tani was slightly behind because she didn't know where to go. Huge grins were plastered across their faces, grins that scared all who saw them, and that grew as the store came into view. This store wasn't like many other stores. The majority of the stores on any planet were small buildings that held few items with the exception of grocery stores that were massive sprawling complex. This 'store' was bigger then the grocery stores. A prank store had never been heard of before Trunks and Goten had thought one up, and it had been a major hit. It had skipped the small business stage entirely as the demands for prank materials sky rocketed and became a major corporation, although with only one building. With the addition of warp gates on each major planet, the demand went up even higher. Many of the younger generation idolized Goten and Trunks and, to the dismay of the older people, tried to emulate them as much as possible, including the pranks. The prank 'store' was a massive sprawling complex that covered several square kilometres with several large office towers spiralling above it and those office towers where all the paper work was done.
Few truly knew who ran it, for if they had had known the horror of the situation would have grown. Goten and Trunks together controlled nearly 96% of the shares in the company and were the big 'head honchos'. Since Vegeta had refused to give them a new fort, they had decided to branch out into a different direction. They wanted to make Vegeta regret that decision, but before they could do that they had to make their company one of the pillars of the economy, so that removal of it would send the economy tumbling, and they were well on their way to doing it. The company, although being as big as it was, couldn't keep up with the demands, and the demands were going to keep increasing forever since each new generation would want to follow in the previous' footsteps. This, combined with the previous generations of pranksters that still did pranks, would keep the company in business for a long time, maybe indefinitely. Many other companies tried to follow suit but they all failed due to the fact that Goten and Trunks had their own personal squad of elite pranksters that made sure that they were knocked out of business before they could even get started.
As the three approached the 'store' the shield that surrounded it went down and an opening appeared in the side of one of the office towers, near the top of it. Goten and Trunks changed their trajectory and headed towards the opening with Vil'Tani close behind. Once they had entered the building the door closed behind them and several people flew towards Goten and Trunks.
"Prince Trunks, Goten, I have some good news to relay to you." The first person said as they reached the trio. Trunks and Goten looked at one another and flew towards their destination. The people who approached them followed, "Our business is expanding extremely fast. We still aren't able to keep up with the demands but we think we've developed a way around that problem. If we commissioned some more stores on other planets we would have access to more resources and quicker then we do now."
Trunks and Goten looked at one another and then back to the alien in the business suit, "Sure, let's start expanding. Let the second stage of our operation commence." Trunks said with a grin on his face. Goten was rubbing his hands together in excitement.
The alien positively beamed when he heard that response and flew off to start work right away. Another one replaced the first almost immediately and shoved some papers that required signing in Goten's and Trunks' faces. The two sighed and Goten looked towards Vil'Tani, "I'm sorry, this'll probably take awhile, how about you go ahead and get the stuff; I'll have someone come and guide you to where everything is."
Vil'Tani nodded affirmatively and yet another alien appeared in front of her when Goten snapped his fingers. "Make sure she gets everything she asks for. Treat her as you would me or Trunks." Goten told the alien.
The alien nodded and took off in the direction of the storage facilities. Vil'Tani quickly caught up and began to describe to him what they required. "We'll need several yards of rope, a bucket, some spiders, a lot of chocolate and a gerbil." Vil'Tani said to the alien.
The alien didn't bat an eye although at the list, although he did wonder why anyone would need a gerbil and pitied the fool that found out.
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The next day…
The peace in the area around the floating garden was broken by a shrill girlish scream. The kinds of scream guys do when they have a bucket of cold water dumped on their unsuspecting heads while they were asleep. Goten shot out of bed gasping and screaming as the cold water gushed down his head and torso. Vil'Tani stood beside the bed with her hands behind her back holding something rather large as she whistled an innocent tune. Vil'Tani was wearing black tank top with a pair of baggy black trousers that were tied at the waist. A red headband kept her long hair out of her face although a few strands did hang over.
Goten glared at her, "Why did you do that?" Goten complained as he looked at the clock, "It's only 9:00 in the morning, I can still sleep."
"And what about the academy Goten? Did you forget today was the first day? Class starts at 10 and you have yet to get ready." Vil'Tani said in a sickeningly sweet voice that made Goten shiver in trepidation.
"Uhh… Oh ya, today is the first day… I guess I forgot… But the academy is only a five minute flight away, I got time to sleep!" Goten whined.
Vil'Tani sighed in exaggeration, "Oh I suppose you are right, go back to sleep for another thirty minutes, just don't complain to me when you reach school hungry because you got up to late to eat your mothers already prepare breakfast…" Vil'Tani never got any farther as a sonic boom signalled the exiting of Goten as he raced for the kitchen. All a sudden a cry of disappointment could be heard from the kitchen as Goten realized he had been tricked and there was no breakfast.
Vil'Tani hummed a tune as she walked out of Goten's bedroom, with the bucket in her hand, to go consolidate Goten. Chichi had already gone to the garden and had given Vil'Tani enough money to feed Goten when he got to the Academy. Suddenly Goten appeared in front of her with an angry look on his face. The yellow hair and teal eyes made him look menacing but Vil'Tani wasn't worried, for some reason she had this feeling that it was impossible for Goten to actually hurt her.
"You lied to me! There is no breakfast waiting!" Goten shouted his complaint.
High above in the garden Chichi just smiled to herself, Ahh, their first argument, the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
Vil'Tani just gave another little smile, "Don't worry, your mother gave me enough money to buy you lunch… but only at the academy so the sooner you get ready…" Vil'Tani left it unfinished because finishing it she didn't need to do.
Another sonic boom and Goten was off racing around the house as he got ready for his first day, and more importantly, is breakfast.
Despite his speed it still took Goten half an hour to get fully prepared. Vil'Tani wouldn't let him out of the house until he had taken a proper shower and that, by itself, took twenty five minutes and three attempts.
Eventually they got air born and headed in the direction of the capital. Each major city had its own academy, but the most esteemed one was located in the capital itself. Vil'Tani hummed a little tune to herself as she led Goten. Said saiyan acted like a hungry puppy following its master to its bowl of food, which was pretty much the case here. Vil'Tani knew that the threat of taking the food away, and the ki pan that Chichi had for some strange reason insisted on her learning that morning, that she could keep Goten in line whenever she wanted, although she doubted she could honestly deny him anything that he truly wanted.
The couple soon reached the gates to the city and were admitted on sight. There weren't many normal saiyans around and everyone that was had instant access to almost any facility anywhere on the planet with the exception of a few high security areas in the palace. Another short flight across the city, short for those two anyways, and the academy came into sight.
The academy had a large wall that surrounded the complex and a force shield went around the complex, just like the city. The only difference was that the shield wasn't to protect the academy from outside forces, but to protect the outside from the inside forces, meaning the many of stray energy blasts and waves that go awry in the compound. There was about twenty meters of open space between the wall and the main building at all times offering an expanse for the first year students to practice. There were several other courtyards within the complex for more experienced and older students. The main building was twenty stories high at its peak and five at its lowest. The entire thing, wall and building, was made out of black rock and could withstand anything short of a planetary bombardment. Jokes used to be made that it could but recent history had shown otherwise.
The two landed before the front gates of the academy and as they approached a grizzled saiyan warrior marched out to greet them. The saiyan had brown hair and brown eyes like the majority of the devolved saiyans and had his brown tail wrapped around his waist. The saiyan was wearing the standard battle armour with a blue insignia on his right chest plate.
"Landyn?" Goten asked incredulously.
"What?" Landyn asked innocently, "I can't be an Instructor?"
Goten scratched his head for a moment, "Well… I just never thought…"
"Yes, that's right, you never did think." Landyn said, "Now, I retired from the royal guard when it became more symbolic then necessary. When the person your guarding is infinitely stronger then you, there's no point in guarding him. I asked to be retired but Vegeta had other plans. He wanted someone to keep an eye on you, and so here I am." Landyn said to Goten. Landyn turned to look at Vil'Tani, "As for you young lady. Vegeta knows of your… problem and in light of that has given me this letter to give to you. Inside it reveals the fact that all instructors at this academy are of higher rank then you and should be given the respect due. While you are here you are not a general of some foreign planet, you are a student, and you will be spoken to as one, disciplined as one, and treated as one. In that letter it will also reveal several other people who are not instructors that are also of higher rank then you while you are studying here at this academy. You should pretty much think of yourself relieved of duty while you are here."
Vil'Tani read the letter over and flushed in embarrassment at a particular name. Vil'Tani looked up at Landyn and sighed as she folded up the letter and put it in her pocket.
"I assume what I said was verified by the letter?" Landyn asked.
"Yes Sir, it was." Vil'Tani replied.
"And don't call me sir, just call me Landyn. Sir makes me sound old." Landyn said.
"But you are old!" Goten protested.
Landyn glared at Goten before he smirked and pulled out a letter, "I've prepared in advance many of these letters for just about every situation you could get into. You take one wrong step and they are off to your mother. We'll let HER handle you." Landyn stated.
The blood drained from his face at the thought of facing his mother's wrath, or more importantly, the wrath of the ki pan. Vil'Tani looked at Goten sympathetically for a moment before she realized that soon he would feel that fear when facing her and grinned instead. When Goten looked over at Vil'Tani for support and saw her grin at him he became extremely nervous as well as fearful.
"Ahhh…" Goten said as he struggled for the words, "Don't worry I'll… Treat you with all the respect I think you deserve."
Landyn frowned, "I'm not stupid, you treat me with the respect 'I' think I deserve, not you."
"Right, the respect 'I' think you deserve, not you, got it." Goten said and quickly changed the subject, "Where are our schedules?"
Landyn frowned for a moment but shook his head, Goten couldn't be that smart, "You'll have to get your own schedules; I'm not your lap dog. Just ask the attendant at the main desk and he'll send you in the right direction." Landyn said and with that he turned and flew away.
Vil'Tani and Goten looked at one another and stifled a laugh as they walked into the compound side by side. The gates of the compound closed behind them as they entered with a loud booming sound. As the two looked around they saw groups of young saiyans, as well as other aliens, talking among one another in small groups or just pairs. Almost everyone had someone to be with as it was not unwise to walk around the academy without someone watching your back. Vil'Tani and Goten quickly caught onto the atmosphere and began to do likewise for one another almost without thinking about it.
The two made quiet the scene as they walked through. Goten was one of the few normal saiyans and stood very high in society. Many were jealous of the seemingly effortlessness he had to put into life to get to where he was. They all wanted to know the secret to becoming normal and many had their different opinions and methods on how they sought to extract that information. Nearly all of the saiyans and aliens that were at the academy were sons and daughters of highbred people in the saiyan society and their families had been fixed in their place for generations. They disliked that nearly everyone else their age and younger looked up to Goten when they should be the idols of the younger generation. They regarded Vil'Tani just as bad. They did not know who she was but by being close to Goten she had thrown her lot in with him and would be treated the same.
Despite the hostile atmosphere of the courtyard the two entered the main building without incident. The attendant at the main desk looked up as the door opened and looked at Goten and Vil'Tani with a blank expression on his face.
Goten approached the attendant, "Do you know where we can get our schedules?" Goten asked.
The man frowned and then said. "Just continue straight down the hallway, don't turn into any side ones and the door at the end is the office."
Goten thanked the man and the two continued down the hallway. The interior of the building looked much like the exterior, straight hallways of clean cut black rock. Nothing adorned the walls aside from the odd picture of one famous battle or another. At regular intervals metal doors could be seen. Beside each door was a scanner that required a specific hand print to open it. This was to prevent students from entering restricted areas.
After several minutes of walking Vil'Tani and Goten finally reached the end of the hallway. This door was much like all the rest, the only difference was the fact that two large burly guards stood at attention in front of the door with their arms crossed.
One of the guards looked at Vil'Tani and Goten, "You two are expected, you may enter." The guard said.
With that the two guards stepped out from in front of the door and allowed the two children to enter the office. The look of the office was like a sledgehammer between the eyes. It was in stark contrast with the rest of the main building. The entire interior was painted a dark blue. That wasn't the only difference, carpet covered the entire floor and several hovering balls of light floated here and there depending on the room's occupants current demands. Book shelves covered the left and right walls and were completely filled with volumes detailing just about every aspect that was covered in the academy and more. Where there wasn't a book shelf, paintings and wall hangings could be seen giving even more life to the room. On top of all that a large C shaped desk stood in the center of the room. Upon the desk were two computers, both currently in use, as well as a couple stacks of paper. A large window overlooking the most interior training ground was located at the far end of the room giving a clear view of every aspect of it. Behind the desk was a rotating chair with padded seat, back and arms. Although the room looked more fitting for a palace it wasn't the room that surprised Goten and Vil'Tani the most, it was Landyn sitting in the chair behind the desk with his hands folded under his chin and elbows on the desk looking at them that got them the most.
"You two sure took your sweet time getting here." Landyn growled, "You'll learn to be more punctual while you are here." Goten just stared at Landyn with his mouth open and Vil'Tani wasn't in much better condition, "And close your mouths, you look like a pair of fish out of water." Landyn snapped.
"But… but… You… you… never told us you were also the administrator!" Goten gasped out.
Landyn smirked, "I didn't know I was forced to tell you everything about myself and my position."
Goten was about to say something else but stopped as Vil'Tani's hand touched his arm, "Can we have our schedules Si… Ahhh Bardock.?" Vil'Tani slipped.
Landyn smiled, "It seems you're the sensible one. Yes, you can have your schedules. There isn't any point in signing you up here and then not telling you what classes you have or where they are located." Bardock said as touched the screen of the right monitor a couple of times. Soon a single schedule appeared and Bardock handed it to Vil'Tani. "There, those are you classes." He said.
Goten looked at Bardock quizzically, "What about mine?"
Landyn looked over at Goten with a smirk on his face, "What's the point of wasting paper when you two have the same classes and I highly doubt you will stray really far from one another." Landyn said.
Goten's eyes widened in surprise, "You mean to tell me that I have EVERY single class with her?" Goten asked incredulously.
Landyn just leaned back and grinned evilly.
Goten sighed, "Why me… Why am I stuck with her all day, every day until the end of the semester?" Goten complained.
Vil'Tani frowned and waved some money in front of his face, "Did you forget that I have to money for your breakfast?" She asked in a sweet voice. The grumble that emanated from Goten's stomach was all the answer anyone needed.
Landyn smiled at the exchange, "Why don't you take him down to the cafeteria before he starves to death." Landyn said, "Just go out the same door you came in, take the second right, and follow your nose."
Goten started drooling at the prospect of food and bounded for the door almost immediately and would have raced all the way there had he not remembered that Vil'Tani was the one holding his breakfast in her little hands. Vil'Tani just giggled at the scene Goten was making and quickly followed him out the door before he decided picking her up and carrying her would get him the food faster, not that she wouldn't mind him doing that.
The two followed Landyn's instructions and soon reached the cafeteria and, much to Goten's delight, there was more food available out in the open there he could possibly eat in a week. Vil'Tani walked up to the counter with Goten trailing right behind her. She looked over her shoulder and then back to the cafeteria server, "This guy is hungry, could you feed him?" Vil'Tani said in a slightly condescending tone. "I have enough money to pay for his meal."
The cafeteria server looked over at Goten and then back to Vil'Tani. He pointed to the huge buffet in the center of the room. "Give me 15 zigots and he can eat all that he wants from there."
Vil'Tani nodded and handed the money over. Before the money had even finished exchanging hands Goten was already racing towards the center of the room where the buffet table was located. Vil'Tani just shook her head and smiled to herself as she watched Goten dig into the food.
Because Goten was so focused on the food and Vil'Tani was so focused on Goten, neither noticed a pair of eyes staring hungrily at Vil'Tani. The large teenage saiyan quietly left the cafeteria to work on some plans. Plans that would allow him to get the girl that he had already claimed in his mind. She was a beauty and for her to be allowed admittance into this academy meant she was in a high position indeed considering she was an alien.
Twenty minutes later Goten and Vil'Tani walked out of the cafeteria with Vil'Tani looking over the schedule and Goten patting his stomach happily. Vil'Tani scanned at the room number and then at the door closest to them and frowned. She turned right and began to walk down the hallway with Goten trailing behind.
"What class do we have first?" Goten asked curiously.
"We have Tactics, Military Tactics first." She responded, not taking her eyes off the sheet.
"What's our second class?"
"Weapons"
"Third?"
"Techniques, Ki and otherwise."
"Fourth?"
"Something neither of us need."
"What?"
"Oh shut up and just look at the sheet and stop asking me, I'm not going to bite if you look over my shoulder." Vil'Tani said as she shoved the schedule under his eyes.
Goten looked at it and smiled happily, "Strength, our fourth class is strength building, we won't need that one." Goten said smugly.
"I just said that." Vil'Tani replied.
"No you didn't."
"Yes I did."
"Nuh uh."
"I give up, fine you said it first. Our last class is history for your information, just in case you're too blind to see it." Vil'Tani said as she took the sheet away from his eyes.
Goten began complaining, "But I hate history!"
"Well to bad, I wasn't the one that made up the schedule, just live with it." Vil'Tani said in disgust.
Goten pouted and began to sniffle a little. Vil'Tani looked over at Goten, sighed and melted under the look on his face, "Don't be upset, I have to live through it as well." She said comfortingly as she rubbed his cheek.
Goten jumped back and into the wall, "AHH!! Don't do that!" Goten yelled before continuing on in a subdued voice, "Stupid Karie, she just had to say girls were going to start crawling all over me didn't she…" Goten grumbled as his voice became quieter and quieter. Vil'Tani just smiled to herself because she knew deep inside his heart that he didn't mind. She wasn't sure how she knew, there was just that feeling.
The two walked in silence for a few minutes before Goten spoke up once again, "I wonder what classes Trunks got." He said wistfully, "Do you think he got the same as us?" He asked hopefully.
"Probably not, he may have a few but he's going to be king, what he needs to know and what you need to know are two different schools of information." She said as she combed her hand through her long hair.
Goten sighed unhappily and became quiet again. Neither spoke again along the way to their first class. The only reason why Vil'Tani was able to navigate her way through the hallways was due to the fact that they were straight and the doors were numbered properly and in a logical manner. They soon reached their destination, a minute before the bell was about to ring. As they entered the classroom they noticed that most of the seats were filled, although no one was sitting quietly. Many were chatting amongst one another in their groups plotting against one another. Goten was just about to find a seat when a very familiar voice rang out.
"HEY! GOTEN AND VIL'TANI! OVER HERE!" Trunks yelled across the classroom from the back as he waved them over with one hand and pointed towards two empty seats side by side near him. Goten smiled happily and bounded up the steps towards the back of the class with Vil'Tani close behind.
When the two of them reached Trunks they noticed a couple of people standing beside him, one male and one female. Trunks was still smiling as the two arrived and quickly bent over, "Did you bring the stuff?" Trunks asked in a hushed tone.
Goten and Vil'Tani just grinned and response and looked over at Goten's backpack. Trunks grinned as well and rubbed his hands together in anticipation. Trunks suddenly remembered the two people standing just behind him and straightened, "Goten, Vil'Tani. I'd like you to meet Cain and Riho. They're two people I just met." Trunks said to Goten and Vil'Tani. Trunks turned to Cain and Riho, "Guys, the guy with yellow hair is Goten, my best friend and his girlfriend Vil'Tani." Trunks said to him.
Goten squawked at that, "Girlfriend! She's not my girlfriend Trunks!" Goten protested.
Vil'Tani swatted him across the head, "Oh be quiet you big baby." Vil'Tani said in exasperation.
Riho giggled but became a little down, the easier of the two guys she had her eyes on was already taken. She looked over at Trunks, At least he is still available, she thought. Riho was wearing the standard saiyan battle armour for females and had a blue insignia on her right chest plate. Every saiyan that went to the academy had a blue insignia showing that they were first class. With the breastplate she wore blue spandex body suit. Riho had short black hair that went down to her neck and black eyes. A brown tail was waving behind her.
Cain on the other hand didn't care at all that Goten was taken. He idolized Goten and Trunks and being in the same group as them, and possibly partaking in some of their pranks, was everything he had ever hoped for. He wore black spandex body suit and an older model of the body armour. His had shoulder and waist plates were as Riho's didn't signifying that although Cain was first class his family wasn't really rich. Cain had really short spiky black hair and black eyes although that's a trait shared by just about every devolved saiyan.
All of a sudden there was a large explosive sound and everyone whipped their heads around to stare in the direction it had come from. At the front of the class room stood a muscular female saiyan with a scowl on her face, "Alright you lazy pieces of shit sit down and prepare to learn. You have a lot to learn and little time to learn it in. I don't give a shit who or what you think you are, while you are in THIS class room you follow what 'I' say. Got it?" The instructor barked out.
There was a lot of shuffling and movement for a few seconds before everything became dead still as everyone stared attentively towards the front. The five at the back sat from left to right, Vil'Tani, Goten, Trunks, Riho, and Cain. The instructor couldn't make Vil'Tani, Goten or Trunks to do anything but the two boys have gotten threat of parental punishment if they stepped out of line and Vil'Tani was polite to everyone who was ranked above her, no matter their strength.
The saiyan smirked, "So good of you to comply to my wishes so quickly. You wouldn't want to get on my… bad side now would you?" She asked quizzically. Then with another barking laugh she began to lesson.
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An hour later…
Goten staggered out of the room with Vil'Tani and the others close behind. Learning the stuff was easy, his mother had forced him to learn more quickly then that, but it was the way it was taught that got him.
"Did she have to be so… graphic?" Goten complained.
Vil'Tani hit him over the head again, "It sank in didn't it? It may be a crude way of teaching, but it is effective." She said.
Trunks laughed a little before he shrugged his shoulder, "It wasn't so bad, father was a lot worse then she was when he was teaching me earlier this month." Trunks said and shivered as he remembered some of the lessons. Bad enough to be told what a saiyan heart looks and does but to have his father shove one in his face and make him feel and smell it as well was a bit much in Trunks' opinion.
"What classes do you have Trunks?" Goten asked, "I was going to ask in class when we first met but I never got to before the teacher arrived and then it didn't seem like a good idea to say it."
Trunks nodded in agreement. I have Tactics first and weapons second, I can't wait to get a hold of a weapon." Trunks said as he rubbed his hands together in excitement. "Then I have Politics, languages including foreign and then history." He finished.
Goten sighed, "We only have three classes together, the first two and history. The other two I don't share with you… I was kind of hoping I would because that way I wouldn't be stuck with just Vil'Tani for all five classes." Goten said in misery earning another slap across the back of the head, courtesy of Vil'Tani.
Riho spoke up at that point, "I don't have weapons or history." She said in disappointment. I have Tactics, then math, then techniques, strength and then geography… Argh… My parents think I need to know SOMETHING about the landscape of the planet. Stupid parents." Riho said in disgust.
Cain just smiled happily, "I'm happy, I have a class with either Goten or Trunks or both all the way through so I don't mind." He said cheerfully.
Riho gave him a disgusted look, "You're weird you know that?" Riho asked.
Cain shrugged and grinned, he didn't care what any thought of him, with the exception of Goten and Trunks.
Riho just sighed and decided to talk to the other more intelligent people, "Well, I'm off to my next class. I don't want to be late if the other instructors are anything like THAT bitch was." Riho said.
A throat cleared behind her, "What did you just call me?" The instructor asked. She had been eavesdropping on their conversation, she knew about Goten's and Trunks' tendency to pull pranks and wanted to head any off that might occur. Riho, unfortunately, hadn't counted on her listening in.
Riho gulped and slowly turned around to stare wide-eyed at the instructor. "Uhh… N-Nothing I-instructor… I-I ahh… wasn't talking about y-you." She stammered out quickly.
She raised an eyebrow along with her right arm, "Oh really… That's not the impression that I got… Don't you have another class you have to get to?" She asked in a calm voice, a deadly calm voice.
Riho looked over at the others, back to the teacher and then back to her group before she bolted down the hallway. The instructor barked a laugh before she levelled her gaze onto the other four. No word was needed as the four soon found themselves bolting for their next class. The four made quite the scene running through the hallway but no one said anything because there wasn't a single student that wasn't hurrying at least a little.
When they finally reached and entered the room where they would be trained with weapons they stopped and gazed around in wonder. Nearly every type of melee weapon lined the walls ranging from daggers and short swords too huge two-handed battle axes and halberds. The center of the room was taken up by a huge mat where the fighting took place. The mat was completely red making stains less noticeable. The four moved towards the center of the room still gazing about at all the different types of weapons. While the four were awe struck by the weapons the room slowly filled up and the weapons master walked in after the bell went.
"Alright you lazy shits, stop gawking at the weapons and pick the one that interests you the most, make sure you pick correctly because you won't be able to exchange it afterwards." The weapons master shouted out.
The students began to filter around the room as they looked for the 'perfect' weapon for them. Trunks ended up taking a plain broadsword and Goten picked up a katana while Cain picked up a pair of daggers.
Vil'Tani smiled as she found the weapon she was looking for. She lifted a large double bladed battle-axe from the wall and hefted it easily in one hand. She smiled and gave it a few test swings before she leaned against it.
Suddenly laughter erupted from across the room making everyone look in that direction. A young saiyan leaned arrogantly against the wall furthest from Vil'Tani with a flail in his hands as he looked at Vil'Tani. "Look at that girl over there, trying to use that huge axe. Ahaha, I can't believe this, she'll be easy meat to beat, I doubt she'll even be able to swing it more then a couple times before her arms fall off." The saiyan laughed causing his friends to laugh along with him.
Goten walked over to join Vil'Tani and glared at the group. He was about to say something but Vil'Tani laid a hand on his arm, "Let me handle this." She said as she walked forward a couple of feet. "So you don't think I can use this eh?" She asked.
The saiyan just sneered at her.
Vil'Tani turned her back to him and grinned evilly at Goten. She took a step forward before she suddenly spun around and threw the axe at the saiyan. The axe whirled in a perfectly straight line handle of head until it embedded itself with a large crack into the stone wall just inches from the saiyans face. The room went dead silent because of the stunt. Suddenly the weapons master laughed heartily, walked over to Vil'Tani and slapped her on the back.
"Good work; with just a little training I can make you a true expert. I love seeing people that know what they are doing." He said as he walked away again laughing.
Vil'Tani smiled and went to retrieve her weapon of choice. As she reached the saiyan she smirked in his face as she wrenched the weapon free from the wall. "Never underestimate me, got it?" She whispered to him.
Vil'Tani walked back to Goten and sat beside him on the ground in front of the mat. Goten smiled at her, "Hehe, did you see his face? That was priceless, I wish I had a camera, that way I could have taken a picture of it. Imagine that picture spread all across the academy, aha." Goten laughed.
Vil'Tani smiled as she held up a tiny video camera that she had kept hidden, "Don't worry about that Goten."
Goten just arched back and laughed even louder causing the other saiyans to look at the two nervously.
The instructor walked to the center of the mat before he stopped and looked at everyone, "Alright, I want you and you to come on the mat now." He said as he pointed to two random saiyans. One was a female who carried a bladed staff while the other was a male who carried twin scimitars. "Each of you will fight here today, or if not today, then tomorrow. I want to judge where you are at skill wise and how much I need to teach you idiots." He said as the two selected saiyans approached him, "Oh, and begin." He said as he walked away.
The female saiyan charged forward and slashed at the male but found only air as her opponent dodge to the right. She judge away as the guy slashed at her. She smirked and brought the opposite end of her staff up to hit him in the chin before she whirled around and slashed his stomach open with the blade. The male saiyan fell and dropped his left scimitar so he could use that arm and hand to hold his insides in. He snarled and leaped forward at the surprised girl and shoved the blade of his scimitar through her left shoulder shearing straight down to just above her heart. She reared back in pain and slashed forward with her bladed-staff in desperation and shoved the blade into the male's side. Both stumbled back with the others weapon still inside their bodies. The girl ripped the scimitar from her shoulder and snarled before she jumped at the other. The guy couldn't get the staff in time due to its bulkiness and was reward by a large gash down the front of his face. The guy fell over and hit the ground unconscious and was soon followed by the girl as both passed out due to blood loss.
The weapon master shook his head and laughed silent as he approached the two prone saiyans, picked them up and carried them to a long line of regeneration chambers in an adjacent room.
Goten and Vil'Tani looked at one another before saying in unison, "This is going to be a very bloody class." The two blushed and looked away.
The rest of the class went pretty much like the first match with either one or both saiyans forced into a regeneration chamber to heal. Soon the last match of the class went underway. Cain walked towards the center of the mat to face off against another male saiyan.
This is my chance to show Goten and Trunks what I am made of, Cain thought as he twirled his daggers. Almost before the instructor had said begin Cain was already springing into action. His opponent wielded a huge two-handed sword and that was to Cain's advantage. As Cain approached the other saiyan swung directly down at him but Cain just side-stepped the attack and jabbed both of his daggers in the guys chest, burying them up to their hilts before twisting and yanking them out the side. Cain jumped to the right as his opponent fell flat on his face, dead before he hit the ground.
"Oops." Was all Cain said as he looked at his opponent.
The weapons master just sighed as he picked the corpse up and tossed it into a metal shoot embedded into the far wall, "Try not to kill the next one? We'd like to have at least a tenth of the saiyans graduate this time."
"Yes instructor." Cain said as he went and sat back down beside Trunks.
Trunks raised his eyebrow at Cain, "You killed him on purpose didn't you?" He asked.
Cain coughed, "Ahh… I really didn't like him. He threatened my little sister and no one does that… Well he won't be doing that anymore." He responded.
Trunks nodded, he could see where Cain was coming from.
The weapons master looked at everyone and said, "Alright, that's enough for today, the rest of you that didn't fight today will do so tomorrow. I'm expecting at least a few good matches, I never thought people could be worse then last years bunch… I suppose I was wrong. Now get the fuck out of here and get to your next class."
With the students walked out of the room talking excitedly to one another about the fights. Nearly everyone loved them and couldn't wait to see tomorrow's fights because the two normal saiyans would be fighting that day as well as the axe wielding maniac Vil'Tani.
The four conversed with one another out in the hallway, "Ahh, that just made my day." Cain said in satisfaction as he reminisced on his battle.
Vil'Tani gave him a look of disgust, "You actually took pleasure in killing him; I don't understand you." She said.
"You're not a saiyan, you wouldn't understand. Your boyfriend Goten probably feels the same way as I do." Cain said as he shrugged his shoulders.
Vil'Tani protested, "He's not my boyfriend, and I doubt he finds killing people 'pleasurable'. I know of several things better more interesting." She said.
"And I suppose you plan on practicing all of them with him eh?" Cain said with a smile on his face.
"Practice them with him?" Vil'Tani asked in confusion. Suddenly light dawned in her eyes and she flushed in embarrassment and anger, "Oh shut up! We're just friends!"
Goten scratched his head in confusion, "What things Vil'Tani?" He asked innocently.
Vil'Tani looked at him and was about to yell when she realized he was being sincere, "Nothing, you'll learn about them in due time." She said.
"Oh, Okay." He said and a smile returned, "I didn't mind the fighting but there are better things, like food, and chasing animals and sparring with my brother and father." Goten said happily.
Vil'Tani looked over at Goten, "That's it?"
Goten thought about it for a moment, "Ummm… Yup, oh wait, I also like pulling pranks with Trunks as well." He said.
Vil'Tani growled, "Fine then; find your own way to class!" She yelled at him and stomped down the hallway towards her third class of the day. She stopped and looked back at Goten, "And you can forget about lunch!" She yelled out again as she once again continued down the hallway.
Goten blinked in surprise, "What?! What did I say wrong? Wait a minute… NO LUNCH! WAIT VIL'TANI! COME BACK!! WAIT FOR ME!" Goten shouted as he raced down the hallway after Vil'Tani.
Trunks and Cain laughed at the exchange and Cain turned towards Trunks, "No matter how I look at it, those two are girlfriend and boyfriend in everything but name." He said to Trunks.
Trunks nodded and smiled sadly, "Yes, yes they are. They don't show it but they're both fiercely protective of one another. I pity the fool that tries to get between them." Trunks said as he led Cain off to their next class.
To be continued…
Alright I was going to do the entire first day but DAMN! CHECK OUT HOW LONG IT IS ALREADY!! So I had to split it. This is my longest chapter ever in the history my writing… which isn't really saying much but anyways. It's about 16 pages and that's more then a lot of chapters from full fledge novels. Anyways I hope you enjoy it. It's pretty much all humour because well… We've had pretty much all seriousness the past few. Anyways, school is really starting to pile the shit on me so that's another reason I'm finishing this chapter here. I want to get at least another out before I am forced to stop entirely.
Anyways, till next time, whenever that will be.