A/N: Luna's Meow: There's more to this than meets the eye..............
Chapter Nine - The Training Begins
Goku looked around him as he entered the Room of Spirit and Time. Behind him Piccolo shut the door leaving him alone. "Man, what a weird place." he said stepping out into the bright white portion of the dimension. "Hello, King Kai, are you here!" he called. Suddenly he was dropped to the ground and had to struggle to stand. After a few moments he managed to get to his knees but could go no farther and collapsed again. With some effort he rolled over onto his back and stared up into the nothing above him. "What... is... this..." he managed through ragged breaths, the pressure on him making it hard to breath.
"This is 10G forces." said an odd voice. A moment later a short blue catfish like man was standing over him looking down at him. "Come on Goku, this shouldn't give you this much trouble, not with the KI control you've got."
"What's... that... have..."
King Kai shook his head. "Put up a barrier!"
Goku grinned. "Why didn't I think of that!" Focusing his KI Goku formed a KI barrier around his body that reduced the pressure of the gravity pushing on him. "That should have been obvious." Goku said standing slowly, there was still about three G's pushing him down. "I mean, that's part of how you fly..."
"We'll spend the first week or so getting used to the gravity in here... and then we'll begin the real work." King Kai informed him. He lifted into the air slowly. "Come on Goku, follow me as quickly as possible." With that he zipped into the distance. Blinking a few times Goku followed him as best he could.
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Kara shook her head slowly. "You're using your muscles, don't." she said to Krillin.
"But... then how am I supposed to..."
"Let your KI flow through your body, don't force it, don't contain it." She turned and held out her arm letting her energy crackle about it. "See? Just tell the energy where to go and let it get there. Forcing your KI like that is going to reduce it's power and put a strain on your body."
Krillin took a deep breath and held out his arm. He pointed it toward the rock Kara had found below Korin's tower and focused. He found it a lot harder to let the KI go it's own way than to channel it by himself, he kept getting the urge to push it along. After waiting a few moments to get used to the feel he began to charge a KI blast in his open palm. His eyes widened as the energy gathered far more quickly than it ever had before. He fired the blast and smashed a hole clear through the rock. "I don't believe it!" he cried looking at his own hand.
Kara smiled. "People often forget that their KI is not some foreign thing that lives inside them but it is in fact them. When you want to move an arm you don't get a crane to move it with, you ask your arm to move." Krillin looked at her smiling. That made perfect sense to him. "Alright, we have a few more things to do, follow me." she ordered lifting off the ground and flying away from the tower. Krillin followed after her.
******
High up in the sky, in the room at the tower's top, Vegeta stood off on his own training. Korin frowned at him as he watched. /So then... you have survived the last twenty-five thousand years then? And the other one, Brolly. He made it too./ Korin crossed his arms, his gaze locked firmly on Vegeta.
~You're worried about something old friend.~ Kami's voice echoed in his mind.
~I don't trust this kid.~
~Is that why you stopped him from actually hitting you during the test? So he couldn't move you?~
Korin grumbled. Sometimes he hated how Kami knew practically everything. ~He is the descendant of the Betrayer.~ Korin could almost feel Kami's head shake. ~I know you forgive easy but he almost destroyed the universe... and this one's just as arrogant as him. I've seen the way he handles himself down on Earth.~
~I understand how you feel Korin... but we have only two chances here. Either Brolly or Vegeta must re-awaken as Sai-jins or were will not survive the coming war.~
~Saiya could...~
~Yes, he could. And he's powerful too. But I don't think he can do it.~
Korin sighed. "Damn you and your intelligence Kami." he said under his breath. "Still, I think I'll keep Vegeta here a bit longer anyway... he may be able to pass the Challenge, he's definitely got the spirit." The cat turned from Vegeta at last and watched Yamcha. The other teen was working as hard as Vegeta and Korin could feel it paying off with each motion Yamcha did. It would take a few weeks of training in the thin air to build up the power needed but he'd get there.
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Tien looked around him at his new surroundings. Each time Kami sent him through the Dimensionalizer over the last hour he'd faced things beyond belief. This was the third time he'd gone through the shift and this time he found himself standing in a ruined city unlike any he'd ever seen. The buildings were all relatively small structures, those that still stood at least. The sky was an odd shade of red and Tien could here fighting in the distance. He lifted into the air and flew off to the sounds of battle.
Touching down on top of one of the few buildings still standing he watched the fight before him. Six Bakors were attacking a single female warrior, who looked quite Human, and getting their butts kicked. As she drove her hand through the chest of one of them Tien caught a glimpse of a form floating down the street toward her. /What! Is he..../
The Bakors backed off suddenly at the sight of the new arrival and the girl turned, he eyes widening in shock and fear. Floating there was a fairly short creature, small horns growing out the side of his head, purple skin, and a smug grin on his face. Tien knew who, and what, he was. Only three Bakors had even been known to evolve, Frieza, Cooler, and their father King Cold. This was Cold, in his first Changeling Form, before he evolved into his next state, the second Changeling Form as the Cold Family called it, the last one he was known to ever attain.
Tien lifted off the building and floated down to where the girl was. "Mind if I lend a hand?" he asked.
She glanced at him in surprise. "I'd thought everyone else was dead. Nice to see I was wrong. I'm Serena."
"Name's Tien, I'm not exactly from around here."
Serena merely nodded and returned her attention to Cold. "We will defeat you Demon!" she called to him. Cold laughed where he floated as two Bakors landed to either side of him.
Tien's eyes narrowed. /Those two must be his sons... but then... that means!/ Tien braced himself for the coming battle. He knew nothing he did here would affect the time he'd been put into to, it was merely a replication of the past, and he felt sorry for the girl beside him. This battle was one he knew of quite well. During the course of the fight not only would Cold be the first to evolve yet again but Frieza would ascend to the First Changeling form as well.
He and Serena launched in together and began to fight with the three of them. Tien couldn't tell which Bakor was Frieza and which Cooler by their looks but he could by their power. At this point in history, and through the course of it all, Frieza was the stronger. He was weaving around punches and kicks from both of them as Serena fought with Cold.
The battle raged on for almost an hour before Cooler finally went down unconscious. Tien turned and smashed his fist into Frieza's face knocking him into his father. Quickly Tien launched into the sky and stopped above the two Demons. "Tri-beam!" he shouted. The beam surged down and smashed into Cold and Frieza.
He floated in the air panting watching the dust clear. Serena floated up to join him. "That's some attack friend." she said looking at him.
Tien nodded. "Yeah... but I'm pretty spent now..." he panted. Suddenly there was an explosion as Cold flew up at of the ground, his horns pointing almost straight up, and his body growing taller. "No! He's evolving!" /I'd hoped I'd killed him... I thought I was stronger than this!"
A second later Cold's transformation was complete and he lunged up at Tien and Serena. Tien left out a gasp of pain as one of Cold's horns tore into his stomach. Next thing he knew he was collapsed on the floor gasping. He lifted himself up looking down at his body, there was no sign of the injury.
"You did well Tien." Kami said.
"But I would have died."
"Yes, however you killed Frieza with that blast. Had you lived back then the universe would be a very different place."
******
Brolly sat with his eyes closed. Piccolo stood a few feet away guiding a ball of energy through the air. It was Brolly's task to follow the energy sphere without his eyes or ears. Every so often Piccolo would move it in and hit him, unless he managed to block it. So far he was 0 for 58.
Piccolo guided the energy around behind Brolly and then brought it in for his head. Suddenly his head moved to the side in an attempt to dodge the sphere but he was to light and it smacked into him anyway. "Focus." Piccolo demanded. "Clear your mind and focus." Brolly nodded and Piccolo moved the energy about the room again. This time he drove it in toward Brolly's chest but the teen's arm reached up and swatted it away.
Piccolo smiled and moved it around to quickly to come in at the side of his head. Brolly leaned back and it zipped past his face. Then he leaned forward as it came past again. Piccolo moved the energy orb faster and faster and Brolly continued to dodge for a few more moments before it finally hit him. "Not bad." Piccolo said as the energy dissipated. "Final record, 31 for 90."
Chapter Nine - The Training Begins
Goku looked around him as he entered the Room of Spirit and Time. Behind him Piccolo shut the door leaving him alone. "Man, what a weird place." he said stepping out into the bright white portion of the dimension. "Hello, King Kai, are you here!" he called. Suddenly he was dropped to the ground and had to struggle to stand. After a few moments he managed to get to his knees but could go no farther and collapsed again. With some effort he rolled over onto his back and stared up into the nothing above him. "What... is... this..." he managed through ragged breaths, the pressure on him making it hard to breath.
"This is 10G forces." said an odd voice. A moment later a short blue catfish like man was standing over him looking down at him. "Come on Goku, this shouldn't give you this much trouble, not with the KI control you've got."
"What's... that... have..."
King Kai shook his head. "Put up a barrier!"
Goku grinned. "Why didn't I think of that!" Focusing his KI Goku formed a KI barrier around his body that reduced the pressure of the gravity pushing on him. "That should have been obvious." Goku said standing slowly, there was still about three G's pushing him down. "I mean, that's part of how you fly..."
"We'll spend the first week or so getting used to the gravity in here... and then we'll begin the real work." King Kai informed him. He lifted into the air slowly. "Come on Goku, follow me as quickly as possible." With that he zipped into the distance. Blinking a few times Goku followed him as best he could.
******
Kara shook her head slowly. "You're using your muscles, don't." she said to Krillin.
"But... then how am I supposed to..."
"Let your KI flow through your body, don't force it, don't contain it." She turned and held out her arm letting her energy crackle about it. "See? Just tell the energy where to go and let it get there. Forcing your KI like that is going to reduce it's power and put a strain on your body."
Krillin took a deep breath and held out his arm. He pointed it toward the rock Kara had found below Korin's tower and focused. He found it a lot harder to let the KI go it's own way than to channel it by himself, he kept getting the urge to push it along. After waiting a few moments to get used to the feel he began to charge a KI blast in his open palm. His eyes widened as the energy gathered far more quickly than it ever had before. He fired the blast and smashed a hole clear through the rock. "I don't believe it!" he cried looking at his own hand.
Kara smiled. "People often forget that their KI is not some foreign thing that lives inside them but it is in fact them. When you want to move an arm you don't get a crane to move it with, you ask your arm to move." Krillin looked at her smiling. That made perfect sense to him. "Alright, we have a few more things to do, follow me." she ordered lifting off the ground and flying away from the tower. Krillin followed after her.
******
High up in the sky, in the room at the tower's top, Vegeta stood off on his own training. Korin frowned at him as he watched. /So then... you have survived the last twenty-five thousand years then? And the other one, Brolly. He made it too./ Korin crossed his arms, his gaze locked firmly on Vegeta.
~You're worried about something old friend.~ Kami's voice echoed in his mind.
~I don't trust this kid.~
~Is that why you stopped him from actually hitting you during the test? So he couldn't move you?~
Korin grumbled. Sometimes he hated how Kami knew practically everything. ~He is the descendant of the Betrayer.~ Korin could almost feel Kami's head shake. ~I know you forgive easy but he almost destroyed the universe... and this one's just as arrogant as him. I've seen the way he handles himself down on Earth.~
~I understand how you feel Korin... but we have only two chances here. Either Brolly or Vegeta must re-awaken as Sai-jins or were will not survive the coming war.~
~Saiya could...~
~Yes, he could. And he's powerful too. But I don't think he can do it.~
Korin sighed. "Damn you and your intelligence Kami." he said under his breath. "Still, I think I'll keep Vegeta here a bit longer anyway... he may be able to pass the Challenge, he's definitely got the spirit." The cat turned from Vegeta at last and watched Yamcha. The other teen was working as hard as Vegeta and Korin could feel it paying off with each motion Yamcha did. It would take a few weeks of training in the thin air to build up the power needed but he'd get there.
******
Tien looked around him at his new surroundings. Each time Kami sent him through the Dimensionalizer over the last hour he'd faced things beyond belief. This was the third time he'd gone through the shift and this time he found himself standing in a ruined city unlike any he'd ever seen. The buildings were all relatively small structures, those that still stood at least. The sky was an odd shade of red and Tien could here fighting in the distance. He lifted into the air and flew off to the sounds of battle.
Touching down on top of one of the few buildings still standing he watched the fight before him. Six Bakors were attacking a single female warrior, who looked quite Human, and getting their butts kicked. As she drove her hand through the chest of one of them Tien caught a glimpse of a form floating down the street toward her. /What! Is he..../
The Bakors backed off suddenly at the sight of the new arrival and the girl turned, he eyes widening in shock and fear. Floating there was a fairly short creature, small horns growing out the side of his head, purple skin, and a smug grin on his face. Tien knew who, and what, he was. Only three Bakors had even been known to evolve, Frieza, Cooler, and their father King Cold. This was Cold, in his first Changeling Form, before he evolved into his next state, the second Changeling Form as the Cold Family called it, the last one he was known to ever attain.
Tien lifted off the building and floated down to where the girl was. "Mind if I lend a hand?" he asked.
She glanced at him in surprise. "I'd thought everyone else was dead. Nice to see I was wrong. I'm Serena."
"Name's Tien, I'm not exactly from around here."
Serena merely nodded and returned her attention to Cold. "We will defeat you Demon!" she called to him. Cold laughed where he floated as two Bakors landed to either side of him.
Tien's eyes narrowed. /Those two must be his sons... but then... that means!/ Tien braced himself for the coming battle. He knew nothing he did here would affect the time he'd been put into to, it was merely a replication of the past, and he felt sorry for the girl beside him. This battle was one he knew of quite well. During the course of the fight not only would Cold be the first to evolve yet again but Frieza would ascend to the First Changeling form as well.
He and Serena launched in together and began to fight with the three of them. Tien couldn't tell which Bakor was Frieza and which Cooler by their looks but he could by their power. At this point in history, and through the course of it all, Frieza was the stronger. He was weaving around punches and kicks from both of them as Serena fought with Cold.
The battle raged on for almost an hour before Cooler finally went down unconscious. Tien turned and smashed his fist into Frieza's face knocking him into his father. Quickly Tien launched into the sky and stopped above the two Demons. "Tri-beam!" he shouted. The beam surged down and smashed into Cold and Frieza.
He floated in the air panting watching the dust clear. Serena floated up to join him. "That's some attack friend." she said looking at him.
Tien nodded. "Yeah... but I'm pretty spent now..." he panted. Suddenly there was an explosion as Cold flew up at of the ground, his horns pointing almost straight up, and his body growing taller. "No! He's evolving!" /I'd hoped I'd killed him... I thought I was stronger than this!"
A second later Cold's transformation was complete and he lunged up at Tien and Serena. Tien left out a gasp of pain as one of Cold's horns tore into his stomach. Next thing he knew he was collapsed on the floor gasping. He lifted himself up looking down at his body, there was no sign of the injury.
"You did well Tien." Kami said.
"But I would have died."
"Yes, however you killed Frieza with that blast. Had you lived back then the universe would be a very different place."
******
Brolly sat with his eyes closed. Piccolo stood a few feet away guiding a ball of energy through the air. It was Brolly's task to follow the energy sphere without his eyes or ears. Every so often Piccolo would move it in and hit him, unless he managed to block it. So far he was 0 for 58.
Piccolo guided the energy around behind Brolly and then brought it in for his head. Suddenly his head moved to the side in an attempt to dodge the sphere but he was to light and it smacked into him anyway. "Focus." Piccolo demanded. "Clear your mind and focus." Brolly nodded and Piccolo moved the energy about the room again. This time he drove it in toward Brolly's chest but the teen's arm reached up and swatted it away.
Piccolo smiled and moved it around to quickly to come in at the side of his head. Brolly leaned back and it zipped past his face. Then he leaned forward as it came past again. Piccolo moved the energy orb faster and faster and Brolly continued to dodge for a few more moments before it finally hit him. "Not bad." Piccolo said as the energy dissipated. "Final record, 31 for 90."