The door to the Room of Spirit and Time closed behind Vegeta and Videl. "Now," he said smugly, "we will train."
"I don't see how you can train me to become stronger than Gohan," she protested. "You'd stand a better chance against him than I ever could!"
"Shut up," he barked. "There's more to it than strength alone." The fight with Buu taught him that. "You are here to train, and it is I who will train you. Now stop babbling like an idiot and lets go, woman!"
Dejectedly she followed him beyond the small living quarters to the near infinite expanse that was this pocket dimension. They walked for long minutes before Vegeta stopped. "What is it?" she asked.
He looked around and felt that they were far enough away from the living quarters. "This will do," he said quietly.
"What?"
The hairs on the back of her neck stood up! She felt his ki rising to huge levels! His fists were closed as were his eyes. She took a step back in fear as he changed to super saiyan. He kept raising his power more and more! Gods, how much did he have? His whole form began to glow gold and it was then that he screamed. The ground shook so much that she was forced to take to the air. His ki was still rising! She couldn't look in his general area anymore, the aura surrounding him was so bright! Waves of ki assaulted her, burning the frayed edges of her clothes and forcing her back. Her arms were crossed in front of her face, trying to shield herself from the waves of ki being expended. Lightining shot forth from where he was out in all directions. The very air around her threatened to burst into flame! Then, as soon as it had started, the ki waves stopped. Videl dropped to the ground breathing hard. She was already sweating. She brought her head up to look at Vegeta and her eyes widened in awe and shock! He stood there but he had changed! His eyes blazed a pure golden light and ambient ki flared out from them. His hair was long and flowing and glowed like his eyes. Blue wisps of electricity discharged around him at intermittent intervals. His features were more angular and more defined. He always looked fearsome even in normal form, now he look terrifiying! The ammount of ki he was expending per second was nearly as much as that rare time she saw Goku in this form! "You...you've," she stammered, "you've reached...third level!"
"Yes," he said calmly flexing his fists and arms. "It's still not enough though." She didn't know what scared her more, his look or his quiet voice. He turned toward her, electricity flaring from his eyes. "I am stronger still than Goku, but he has a slight edge in speed. Gohan is still stronger and faster by far."
She knew it as well, but she couldn't believe her eyes. "Then what do we do? How can we win?"
He smiled at her, casing shivers to run up her spine! "I will show you." The smile disappeared. "Attack me!" He got in a defensive position.
"What?"
"I said attack me, woman! Now!"
His last statement caused her to jump a bit as she assessed the situation. She didn't have a chance against him! Then again, she didn't want to anger him either, so she powered up her ki as high as she could and flew at him, fists out and charged with ki!
Vegeta easily dodged the attack by slightly moving his head to the left. She didn't stop though, she sent a flurry of fists at his face, but he was fast enough to dodge every attack. "Come on! You can do better than that!"
Videl attacked again, this time adding kicks. She still wasn't able to touch him. Suddenly he brought his fist up and stopped it centimeters away from her face. She didn't even see it coming! Slowly, he lowered his fist. "That was pathetic! Don't tell me that that's all your mate taught you!"
"He's not my mate," she said angrily. "He's..." she blushed.
"Ugh! Spare me your drivel! Attack me again, this time like your life depends on it...because it will!" he added dangerously.
She powered up again and came at him with kicks, punches, open-palm strikes, and ki blasts, but he still dodged every one. Noting his speed she decided on a new tactic. She attacked him from different angles, first high then low and then somewhat in the middle. He still dodged, and the funny thing was he still stood in the same spot! She went for a legsweep maneuver and he jumped over it and she attempted to hit him in the face with her fist at the same time, but he dodged it as well. "At least now you're starting to think," he scolded. He landed behind her and assumed another defensive stance. "Again!"
He didn't raise a hand to attack, but his verbal jabs were doing a number on her. She was getting angrier as the seconds passed, increasing her ki to its uppermost limit. Blurring to superspeed she attacked him from all angles, still he dodged and kept up with his verbal attack. "Faster, woman! I'm going easy on you, don't expect the same from your precious mate!"
Screaming, Videl launched herself at him with all she had! Moving ever so slightly, Vegeta dodged the clumsy attack and raised his knee before she even got to him. Her attack missed and the knee to the face sent her sprawling to the ground in a heap! "Sloppy!" he screamed as he blurred. Vegeta's fist crushed through the ground sending high-level earthquakes out in all directions, Videl barely moved her head out of the way in time! She flipped upright and assumed a defensive stance.
"What the hell was that about? You would've killed me!"
"You moved," he replied matter of factly as he pulled his arm out of the ground. His golden aura hasn't dissapated yet, she thought. How could he have this much energy?
"Don't think," he said angrily and attacked. Her arms were raised in protection, but the attack didn't come from the front. He moved fast enough to catch her off guard and threw a punch from behind her. He stopped the punch from connecting, but the wave of force still pushed her forward, knocking her off-balance.
She flipped forward and twisted, facing Vegeta and landing on her feet. His fist was still out in the striking position. Then he dropped his fist and lowered his ki enough for him to drop from super saiyan. "Pathetic! Goku's mate fights better than you! Hell, at this rate, Bra is better than you!"
"What did you expect? I'm not a super saiyan! I'm not even a saiyan, I'm a normal human!"
"What is your point?"
"How can you ask that? You guys are stronger, faster! How do you think I can measure up to that?"
"You can be smarter." Then Vegeta started walking back towards the living quarters.
"Where are you going?"
"Training for today is over. I learned the extent of your abilities and find them sorely lacking. Tomorrow we will start to fix that."
"But..." she said, "we didn't do much today! We sparred for a minute, maybe two!"
"Yes, and I can feel your ki dropping fast. If I kept up the pace, you would be dead, so we are done."
Videl didn't realized how much the spar session took out of her. Her adrenaline was still pumping, but she could feel her ki dropping. She started to run after the disappearing Vegeta, "Wait up!"
The pair ate in silence and she excused herself from the table, leaving Vegeta alone to scarf down heaping platefuls of food. Videl went right to bed, eager to start the next day's training. An hour or so later, Vegeta finished his dinner and walked about the living quarters. He could feel her aura and her exhaustion. It wouldn't get any better, he thought. It may come down to her or Gohan,, and he was here to make sure she lives through it! He left the living quarters, powered up to super saiyan and headed out. It was time for some training of his own.
The tyrannasaurus chomped down, missing Master Roshi by inches! In the Turtle Master's hands was a dragonball. He ran for his life, the hungry dinosaur hot on his heels!
Vegeta went super saiyan and beyond. Flexing his fists, he reveled in his newfound strength and speed. It's still not enough to defeat you, Kakarot! But soon, I will be! He blurred to super speed and trained until morning, the face of Goku goading him on.
"Wake up, woman!"
Videl awoke with a start! Vegeta stood in the doorway, covered with sweat and breathing hard. "Get ready for your training," he commanded then walked away.
She dutifully got dressed and cleaned up for the day. Vegeta quickly showered and changed clothes and the pair went out beyond to train. After a while Vegeta stopped as did Videl. Vegeta looked around from side to side. "What is it," she asked.
"Here is where your training shall begin. The nature of this place changes so be prepared. Power up."
She did. Her white hot aura formed a protective barrier around her, and just in time! Suddenly the vary air around her pressed against her. Pressure assaulted her from all sides! She felt as if crushing weights were put on her shoulders! "What..." she exclaimed," what's...happening?"
Vegeta stood oblivious to the changes around him. "Gravity changes here as does the atmosphere. Keep your ki up as high as it will go, if you do not you will surely die."
Thanks for the warning, she thought sarcastically. The air became unbearably hot! The ground shook and molten magma poured forth. Slowly, Videl lifted herself with her power, the intense gravity still pput a great deal of strain on her. Vegeta's eyes were closed and he let the magma wash over him. "Vegeta!" Videl cried. She tried to move over in his direction, but her ki was taxed to the limit and she had to maintain focus to keep it that way. The pressure rose in strength, slowly forcing her down toeard the magma. Straining, she forced herself back up away from the deadly stuff. It suddenly got cold and the expansive plane become covered in ice! Videl was overcome with it as well as it grew over her and incased her inside. The mind-numbing cold was just as unbearable as the heat! She began to panic as there was no more air for her to breathe. She had reached a stalemate against the gravity with her power, achieving a sort of balance, but now there was no air! She fired a ki blast in order to shatter the ice surrounding her, but it was too thick for her to break. Then the ice disappeared in an instant. Videl breathed in deeply, going into shock from the extremes.
The pair spent the whole day dealing with this chaotic environment. Vegeta, for his part, lent his energy when he felt like it was too much for her. She'd have to get used to it, if she was take down her mate. The rest of the fighters would have their hands busy with Goku, Krillin and that Leviathan creature. It got to the point where she was totally out of energy and she was depending on him just to survive. That's when they went back to the living quarters. She said nothing during the training, and accepted his commands when he gave them. The day was grueling for Videl! She could barely walk back to the living quarters! Vegeta offered no help and she didn't ask for any.
The pair ate dinner in silence and when she was finished she excused herself from the table and went to bed. "Be prepared for tomorrow," Vegeta warned gruffly. "You'll see more of the same until you're able to handle it." Videl was too sore and tired to show her displeasure and she mechanically went to bed.
Weeks passed of the same grueling torture. Slowly at first, her training focused on increasing her energy and harnessing it. Around the third week she didn't have to depend on Vegeta to give her any extra energy to survive. Videl really didn't have time to think of Gohan or anything other than her training during this period because of the extreme danger that the Room posed. After two more days Vegeta finally decided to go forward with her training.
Master Roshi hid behind a large rock. He was breathing hard and that damn dinosaur was on his heels for most of the day! A full minute passed in silence and Roshi decided it was safe enough to step back out on the path. The others were waiting for him and they still needed to find the last dragonball! Stepping back onto the path, he was too lost in his thoughts to notice the large, reptillian shadow that hovered over him. His ki picked it up however and the chase was on once again! Eventually Master Roshi found himself cornered. The large Tyrannosaur licked it's lips hungrily at the cowering, scrawny human. Master Roshi dropped the dragonball as the dinosaur closed in. "Oh, well," he said out loud, "I really didn't want to do this, but I guess I have no choice!"
His mass increased immensely! Muscles that looked like they were never there suddenly bulged from his arms and chest. The dinosaur, unimpressed, slowly stalked toward the Turtle Master, eager for it's next meal. Gathering his ki, Master Roshi brought his hands to his side..."KA-ME-HA-ME..."
Bulma stared at her watch impatiently. That dirty old man was gone all morning! Where the hell could he be? She was about to ask that same question aloud for the hundredth time when a bright blue light illuminated the night sky and a large explosion followed. "What the hell was that?" she asked excitedly.
"It felt like Master Roshi," Yaumcha replied, looking at the rising cloud of smoke beyond the mountain lake where they landed.
"Do you think he's okay?" Chi-Chi asked.
"He should be," Yaumcha said as he smiled, " he's a tough old man!"
"Old pervert you mean!" Bulma shot back.
About an hour later they saw Master Roshi walked out from the forest, holding the dragonball triumphantly in one hand, in the other he dragged the (well-cooked) caracass of the dinosaur. "Hey!" he called out. "Anyone hungry?"
One more dragonball to go! And what does the Grand Kai have in store for our heroes (see the INTERLUDE for an inkling)? Will Videl survive her training with the harsh Vegeta? What about the others? Does Videl have what it takes to defeat Gohan? And what the HELL was Vegeta thinking anyway??? Tune in next time when I will attempt to answer some of the questions and possibly raise some more. See ya next time, later!
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"I don't see how you can train me to become stronger than Gohan," she protested. "You'd stand a better chance against him than I ever could!"
"Shut up," he barked. "There's more to it than strength alone." The fight with Buu taught him that. "You are here to train, and it is I who will train you. Now stop babbling like an idiot and lets go, woman!"
Dejectedly she followed him beyond the small living quarters to the near infinite expanse that was this pocket dimension. They walked for long minutes before Vegeta stopped. "What is it?" she asked.
He looked around and felt that they were far enough away from the living quarters. "This will do," he said quietly.
"What?"
The hairs on the back of her neck stood up! She felt his ki rising to huge levels! His fists were closed as were his eyes. She took a step back in fear as he changed to super saiyan. He kept raising his power more and more! Gods, how much did he have? His whole form began to glow gold and it was then that he screamed. The ground shook so much that she was forced to take to the air. His ki was still rising! She couldn't look in his general area anymore, the aura surrounding him was so bright! Waves of ki assaulted her, burning the frayed edges of her clothes and forcing her back. Her arms were crossed in front of her face, trying to shield herself from the waves of ki being expended. Lightining shot forth from where he was out in all directions. The very air around her threatened to burst into flame! Then, as soon as it had started, the ki waves stopped. Videl dropped to the ground breathing hard. She was already sweating. She brought her head up to look at Vegeta and her eyes widened in awe and shock! He stood there but he had changed! His eyes blazed a pure golden light and ambient ki flared out from them. His hair was long and flowing and glowed like his eyes. Blue wisps of electricity discharged around him at intermittent intervals. His features were more angular and more defined. He always looked fearsome even in normal form, now he look terrifiying! The ammount of ki he was expending per second was nearly as much as that rare time she saw Goku in this form! "You...you've," she stammered, "you've reached...third level!"
"Yes," he said calmly flexing his fists and arms. "It's still not enough though." She didn't know what scared her more, his look or his quiet voice. He turned toward her, electricity flaring from his eyes. "I am stronger still than Goku, but he has a slight edge in speed. Gohan is still stronger and faster by far."
She knew it as well, but she couldn't believe her eyes. "Then what do we do? How can we win?"
He smiled at her, casing shivers to run up her spine! "I will show you." The smile disappeared. "Attack me!" He got in a defensive position.
"What?"
"I said attack me, woman! Now!"
His last statement caused her to jump a bit as she assessed the situation. She didn't have a chance against him! Then again, she didn't want to anger him either, so she powered up her ki as high as she could and flew at him, fists out and charged with ki!
Vegeta easily dodged the attack by slightly moving his head to the left. She didn't stop though, she sent a flurry of fists at his face, but he was fast enough to dodge every attack. "Come on! You can do better than that!"
Videl attacked again, this time adding kicks. She still wasn't able to touch him. Suddenly he brought his fist up and stopped it centimeters away from her face. She didn't even see it coming! Slowly, he lowered his fist. "That was pathetic! Don't tell me that that's all your mate taught you!"
"He's not my mate," she said angrily. "He's..." she blushed.
"Ugh! Spare me your drivel! Attack me again, this time like your life depends on it...because it will!" he added dangerously.
She powered up again and came at him with kicks, punches, open-palm strikes, and ki blasts, but he still dodged every one. Noting his speed she decided on a new tactic. She attacked him from different angles, first high then low and then somewhat in the middle. He still dodged, and the funny thing was he still stood in the same spot! She went for a legsweep maneuver and he jumped over it and she attempted to hit him in the face with her fist at the same time, but he dodged it as well. "At least now you're starting to think," he scolded. He landed behind her and assumed another defensive stance. "Again!"
He didn't raise a hand to attack, but his verbal jabs were doing a number on her. She was getting angrier as the seconds passed, increasing her ki to its uppermost limit. Blurring to superspeed she attacked him from all angles, still he dodged and kept up with his verbal attack. "Faster, woman! I'm going easy on you, don't expect the same from your precious mate!"
Screaming, Videl launched herself at him with all she had! Moving ever so slightly, Vegeta dodged the clumsy attack and raised his knee before she even got to him. Her attack missed and the knee to the face sent her sprawling to the ground in a heap! "Sloppy!" he screamed as he blurred. Vegeta's fist crushed through the ground sending high-level earthquakes out in all directions, Videl barely moved her head out of the way in time! She flipped upright and assumed a defensive stance.
"What the hell was that about? You would've killed me!"
"You moved," he replied matter of factly as he pulled his arm out of the ground. His golden aura hasn't dissapated yet, she thought. How could he have this much energy?
"Don't think," he said angrily and attacked. Her arms were raised in protection, but the attack didn't come from the front. He moved fast enough to catch her off guard and threw a punch from behind her. He stopped the punch from connecting, but the wave of force still pushed her forward, knocking her off-balance.
She flipped forward and twisted, facing Vegeta and landing on her feet. His fist was still out in the striking position. Then he dropped his fist and lowered his ki enough for him to drop from super saiyan. "Pathetic! Goku's mate fights better than you! Hell, at this rate, Bra is better than you!"
"What did you expect? I'm not a super saiyan! I'm not even a saiyan, I'm a normal human!"
"What is your point?"
"How can you ask that? You guys are stronger, faster! How do you think I can measure up to that?"
"You can be smarter." Then Vegeta started walking back towards the living quarters.
"Where are you going?"
"Training for today is over. I learned the extent of your abilities and find them sorely lacking. Tomorrow we will start to fix that."
"But..." she said, "we didn't do much today! We sparred for a minute, maybe two!"
"Yes, and I can feel your ki dropping fast. If I kept up the pace, you would be dead, so we are done."
Videl didn't realized how much the spar session took out of her. Her adrenaline was still pumping, but she could feel her ki dropping. She started to run after the disappearing Vegeta, "Wait up!"
The pair ate in silence and she excused herself from the table, leaving Vegeta alone to scarf down heaping platefuls of food. Videl went right to bed, eager to start the next day's training. An hour or so later, Vegeta finished his dinner and walked about the living quarters. He could feel her aura and her exhaustion. It wouldn't get any better, he thought. It may come down to her or Gohan,, and he was here to make sure she lives through it! He left the living quarters, powered up to super saiyan and headed out. It was time for some training of his own.
The tyrannasaurus chomped down, missing Master Roshi by inches! In the Turtle Master's hands was a dragonball. He ran for his life, the hungry dinosaur hot on his heels!
Vegeta went super saiyan and beyond. Flexing his fists, he reveled in his newfound strength and speed. It's still not enough to defeat you, Kakarot! But soon, I will be! He blurred to super speed and trained until morning, the face of Goku goading him on.
"Wake up, woman!"
Videl awoke with a start! Vegeta stood in the doorway, covered with sweat and breathing hard. "Get ready for your training," he commanded then walked away.
She dutifully got dressed and cleaned up for the day. Vegeta quickly showered and changed clothes and the pair went out beyond to train. After a while Vegeta stopped as did Videl. Vegeta looked around from side to side. "What is it," she asked.
"Here is where your training shall begin. The nature of this place changes so be prepared. Power up."
She did. Her white hot aura formed a protective barrier around her, and just in time! Suddenly the vary air around her pressed against her. Pressure assaulted her from all sides! She felt as if crushing weights were put on her shoulders! "What..." she exclaimed," what's...happening?"
Vegeta stood oblivious to the changes around him. "Gravity changes here as does the atmosphere. Keep your ki up as high as it will go, if you do not you will surely die."
Thanks for the warning, she thought sarcastically. The air became unbearably hot! The ground shook and molten magma poured forth. Slowly, Videl lifted herself with her power, the intense gravity still pput a great deal of strain on her. Vegeta's eyes were closed and he let the magma wash over him. "Vegeta!" Videl cried. She tried to move over in his direction, but her ki was taxed to the limit and she had to maintain focus to keep it that way. The pressure rose in strength, slowly forcing her down toeard the magma. Straining, she forced herself back up away from the deadly stuff. It suddenly got cold and the expansive plane become covered in ice! Videl was overcome with it as well as it grew over her and incased her inside. The mind-numbing cold was just as unbearable as the heat! She began to panic as there was no more air for her to breathe. She had reached a stalemate against the gravity with her power, achieving a sort of balance, but now there was no air! She fired a ki blast in order to shatter the ice surrounding her, but it was too thick for her to break. Then the ice disappeared in an instant. Videl breathed in deeply, going into shock from the extremes.
The pair spent the whole day dealing with this chaotic environment. Vegeta, for his part, lent his energy when he felt like it was too much for her. She'd have to get used to it, if she was take down her mate. The rest of the fighters would have their hands busy with Goku, Krillin and that Leviathan creature. It got to the point where she was totally out of energy and she was depending on him just to survive. That's when they went back to the living quarters. She said nothing during the training, and accepted his commands when he gave them. The day was grueling for Videl! She could barely walk back to the living quarters! Vegeta offered no help and she didn't ask for any.
The pair ate dinner in silence and when she was finished she excused herself from the table and went to bed. "Be prepared for tomorrow," Vegeta warned gruffly. "You'll see more of the same until you're able to handle it." Videl was too sore and tired to show her displeasure and she mechanically went to bed.
Weeks passed of the same grueling torture. Slowly at first, her training focused on increasing her energy and harnessing it. Around the third week she didn't have to depend on Vegeta to give her any extra energy to survive. Videl really didn't have time to think of Gohan or anything other than her training during this period because of the extreme danger that the Room posed. After two more days Vegeta finally decided to go forward with her training.
Master Roshi hid behind a large rock. He was breathing hard and that damn dinosaur was on his heels for most of the day! A full minute passed in silence and Roshi decided it was safe enough to step back out on the path. The others were waiting for him and they still needed to find the last dragonball! Stepping back onto the path, he was too lost in his thoughts to notice the large, reptillian shadow that hovered over him. His ki picked it up however and the chase was on once again! Eventually Master Roshi found himself cornered. The large Tyrannosaur licked it's lips hungrily at the cowering, scrawny human. Master Roshi dropped the dragonball as the dinosaur closed in. "Oh, well," he said out loud, "I really didn't want to do this, but I guess I have no choice!"
His mass increased immensely! Muscles that looked like they were never there suddenly bulged from his arms and chest. The dinosaur, unimpressed, slowly stalked toward the Turtle Master, eager for it's next meal. Gathering his ki, Master Roshi brought his hands to his side..."KA-ME-HA-ME..."
Bulma stared at her watch impatiently. That dirty old man was gone all morning! Where the hell could he be? She was about to ask that same question aloud for the hundredth time when a bright blue light illuminated the night sky and a large explosion followed. "What the hell was that?" she asked excitedly.
"It felt like Master Roshi," Yaumcha replied, looking at the rising cloud of smoke beyond the mountain lake where they landed.
"Do you think he's okay?" Chi-Chi asked.
"He should be," Yaumcha said as he smiled, " he's a tough old man!"
"Old pervert you mean!" Bulma shot back.
About an hour later they saw Master Roshi walked out from the forest, holding the dragonball triumphantly in one hand, in the other he dragged the (well-cooked) caracass of the dinosaur. "Hey!" he called out. "Anyone hungry?"
One more dragonball to go! And what does the Grand Kai have in store for our heroes (see the INTERLUDE for an inkling)? Will Videl survive her training with the harsh Vegeta? What about the others? Does Videl have what it takes to defeat Gohan? And what the HELL was Vegeta thinking anyway??? Tune in next time when I will attempt to answer some of the questions and possibly raise some more. See ya next time, later!
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