A/N: Don't worry, I'll be covering Vegeta's stay in hell with detail. But first, I must show what the others have been the two weeks Vegeta spent with Korin. I will return to Vegeta next chapter.
Chapter Eleven - Intensive Training
Krillin and Tien stood leaning against the support columns just side the entry to the Room of Spirit and Time. They'd been told by Kami that Goku would be emerging soon and that, when he did, they would be going in. Sure enough, a few moments later the door swung open slowly and Goku stepped out looking in top condition. "So, how'd it go?" Tien asked.
"Amazing!" Goku chirped smiling. "I'm a lot stronger than when I went in!"
Tien nodded and walked past him and through the door. "Well, see you later." Krillin said following after the three eyed Human. "It's our turn to train with the Kai, and your turn to go through the Dimensionalizer. Good luck Goku, you'll need." With that Krillin disappeared into the room.
Goku watched after them scratching the back of his head for a moment. When he turned around he found Piccolo standing there waiting for him. "Follow me please." he said turning. Goku just shrugged and followed after him into another chamber elsewhere. The room was black and empty save for a single pendulum in the center of the room that swung lazily back and forth inside a beam of light. "Enter the light, Kami will transport you to a replica of another time and place so you can train."
Goku walked forward and entered the light. A moment later a glare built up around him. When it faded he was standing the street of a ruined city. The ruined buildings were relatively short, even those that were still fairly intact. He glanced up and gazed at the red sky in wonder as the sounds of fighting reached his ears. Glancing in that direction he lifted into the air and took off.
He pulled to a stop and looked down just as a Human looking girl drove her fist through the chest of a Bakor. A second later the attention of the five remaining demons became directed down the street and they floated backward. Goku turned to look and saw a short creature with short horns atop its head and a tail swishing behind it float toward the girl. "I will destroy you demon!" she called out.
The demon laughed as two new Bakors drifted down to float beside him. The girl suddenly launched in at the demons. The two Bakors slid around beside her while the horned demon held it's ground. As she reached him he suddenly spun around and smashed his tail into her face. The two Bakors beside her lunged in at that point and jammed her head between there fists.
She was just about to retaliate when a loud crack sounded and one of the Bakors was knocked into the distance. She turned to look and saw a young man in a red/orange GI with spiky black hair. He zipped around her and smashed his foot into the other Bakor as well knocking him into a building. "Looked like you could use a little help." he said grinning at her and holding out a hand. "Name's Goku!"
She smiled at him and shook his hand quickly. "Serena." she said releasing his hand. "I thought everyone else was dead, nice to see I still have at least one ally."
Goku grinned. "Would have been here soon, but I just got here." He turned to look at the horned demon as the two Bakors floated over to join him again. He slipped into his fighting stance and eyed them up. He could feel the energy from the three of them, and he wasn't too worried about one on one matches. The two Bakors shot in at him while the horned demon attacked Serena.
Goku blocked a couple of punches, dodged around behind the weakest of the two Bakors, charged some energy around his fist, and slammed it into the Demon's back with a crack. As it fell toward the ground it's body disintegrated. Serena, Cold, and Frieza all looked up at him in shock. Suddenly both Demons charged him ignoring the girl's presence completely.
Goku caught a kick from Frieza but wasn't fast enough to block the punch from Cold that sent him reeling into a building. He burst free of the rubble, his blue aura flashing about his body, and surged in at the Demons. He jammed his knee into Frieza's stomach and then backhanded him across the street before turning to Cold. He lashed out with a kick but the horned demon dodged it easily and then kicked him in the face.
As Goku stabilized his fall from the kick he looked up to find Frieza charging orange energy in each hand and Cold charging purple energy in each hand. A second later Serena shot in and slammed her foot into the side of Frieza's head knocking him away. Cold ignored the attack on his other son and began showering purple energy down on Goku smirking.
A moment later Goku's voice called up from below. "Kaio Ken!" There was a flash of red from within the barrage of purple and Goku shot up from the ground. His red aura flickered and danced wildly about his body as he slammed a fist into a shocked Cold. However, as he went to kick the Demon Cold recovered from his surprise and smashed his tail into Goku's face knocking him back again.
Goku stopped as he heard a scream a few blocks deeper in the ruined city and turned to look. The remaining Bakor, Frieza, floated in the air screaming his head off, his body rippling and shifting. Horns grew atop his head as his body armor shifted from orange to white. "What!" Goku cried watching and feeling the Demons power spike up. /Oh man... this changes things!/
Frieza slammed his fist into Serena's face then flipped around behind her and kicked her in the back toward Goku and the followed after. The two warriors floated side by side watching the Demons carefully. Then, in a flash of purple and blue the two demons launched in at them. The sky was a flurry of punches and kicks as they fought each other at high speeds. As Cold landed a hard blow to Goku knocking him back Frieza drove Serena into the ground.
Goku braced his body as he eyed up the Demon. "Double Kaio Ken!" he cried. He felt his muscles tense and pull at the rush of extra energy and gritted his teeth. /Hopefully this is enough./ he thought as the two Demons floated before him. He glanced down and saw Serena pulling her self out of the road, holding her arm in pain. /She wont be much help now.../
The two Demons attacked together but Goku managed to dodge both and burry his fist into Frieza's stomach. A swift kick to his face knocked the Demon into the sky and he turned toward Cold. Quickly he dodged under a tail swipe and then came up jamming his knee into his chin and knocking him up with his son. Goku shifted positions quickly and energy began to charge between his cupped palms. "Kaaaaaa.... Meeeeee..... Haaaaaa..... Meeeeee.... Haaaaaaaaaa!" He thrust his arms into the air and fired the stream of blue energy up at the two recovering Demons.
Frieza and Cold held out their hands to catch the attack and began trying to drive it back. Goku focused and strengthened his attack as much as he could. The two Demons roared in anger as the attack suddenly overtook them. A moment later Goku relaxed and began panting as he stared up at the sky. When the smoke cleared it revealed both Demons floating there panting heavily. Suddenly one of them dipped down toward the ground and began to fall. As Frieza smashed into the ground his body began to disintegrate.
Cold stared down at where his last son faded from existence and then turned to look at Goku. "What... what the hell are you!" he cried. Suddenly he launched down at the worn Goku as fast as he could and went to punch him yet again but Goku managed to dodge and counter with his own punch. Cold hit the ground and slid a few feet. It took a moment but he managed to climb back to his feet while panting heavily. His body began to glow and flash, his horns shifted and bent, and a scream tore free of his body. Goku's eyes went wide as he took a step back. There was a brilliant flash and Cold's transformation ended. He was now seven foot tall. In a flash he charged in and slammed his fist into Goku's stomach.
He doubled over and fell to the ground expecting to be hit again, but suddenly he felt better. He still felt tired and weak but it as much. Looking up he realized he was back in the room Piccolo had taken him too. "What... happened?" he asked climbing to his feet.
"You did well Goku." Kami said walking into the room. "You killed both Cooler and Frieza in that fight... but Cold's transformation was to much for you. That punch would have killed you in a real battle."
"That wasn't real?"
"Yes and no." Piccolo said. "Everything until you stepped in really happened before, but it was removed into a time space bubble when you arrived." he stopped seeing the look on Goku's face. "It's complicated and doesn't really matter."
Goku just shrugged. "What about the girl?"
Kami shook his head. "She's been dead over a thousand years Goku, nothing you could have done would have changed that."
Goku's spirits dropped a little at that but he went through the Dimensionalizer again a moment later to another point in time. Over the course of the day Goku made seven trips through time and each time came back defeated. His seventh trip had been the shortest of the bunch. He'd asked to go back to when the Supreme Kai's had first been fighting Bura. He'd lasted all of ten seconds, which depressed him even further, and drove him even harder. After a quick meal he decided to get some sleep.
The next day found him and Brolly waiting outside the Room of Spirit and Time for Krillin and Tien. Once they emerged the other teen would enter and get his training with King Kai as well. Something he was looking forward to, especially if he improved as much as Goku had. A few moments later the two Humans exited the room and Brolly went in. "So, how'd it go?" Goku asked.
"Painfully." Krillin said rubbing his sore body. "That Kaio Ken thing is impossible! Every time either of us tried it we'd end up nearly blowing ourselves up!" Goku just grinned. "Man... it was something else though!"
"Yeah, that's for sure." Tien said. "But I think that Kaio Ken is doable, just not easy. I almost had it last time. What about you Goku? How'd you do while you were with King Kai?"
Goku scratched the back of his head and grinned for a moment, then turned and walked back a few feet. Turning around again he braced his body. "Double Kaio Ken!" The red aura flared to life about him as his body tensed with the energy. "This is the best I can do. King Kai said that if I use it enough I'll get better over time."
"G-Goku, that's amazing!" Krillin cried staring at him. "With the Kaio Ken you're unstoppable!"
Goku shook his head. "No... Kami sent me back to fight the Demons in the past and I kept losing... On my first trip I killed Cooler and Frieza but when Cold transformed that was it! And then, when I tried to fight Bura he beat me with just a causal flick of the wrist! It was incredible, I've never felt that kind of power before!"
Tien nodded. "So we still have a long way to go then. We'd better get to work." For the rest of the day the three warriors sparred atop the lookout. Krillin was soon outmatched as even Goku needed the Kaio Ken to keep up with Tien but the short Human kept trying. The day came to a close, they ate, and went to bed. The next day was to bring some new surprises.
Goku stood at the edge of the lookout watching the clouds below him as the sun rose to his right. "It's a sight, isn't it?" a young voice asked beside him.
"Hmm?" Goku turned and saw the young Saiya standing beside him now, looking down at the clouds too. "Yeah it is..." Saiya looked up at him and Goku had a feeling of recognition as he looked down at the kid. "I heard Kami say you were from the future... is it the same as that thing I used?"
Saiya shook his head. "No... I came back through magic yes, but not the same way. This way I can change the past."
Goku nodded. "What's so wrong with the future that you had to come back and change it?"
"Everything." Saiya replied. "Majin Buu rules everything in the future, he is the absolute. The Kai's are dead and I'm the strongest warrior left in the fight..."
"Well, you're pretty strong though!" Goku said smiling. "Stronger than Tien, I can feel it."
Saiya nodded. "Yeah... but it's never been enough..." He was cut off as Piccolo called for him to resume their training. At the same time Brolly emerged from the Room of Spirit and Time.
"Hey! Done already?" Goku asked calling over.
The other nodded. "Yeah. King Kai said he'd done all he could and told me I'd be wasting my time staying with him."
Goku grinned. "Spar?"
"You're on." The two moved apart and slid into fighting stances. A second later they were launching across the lookout at top speed. Their fists smacked into each other and they began to trade blows back and forth. The sounds of battle carried across the lookout and began to wake Tien and Krillin.
As a hard kick sent Brolly spinning Goku grinned. Brolly landed and looked up smiling as well. "Alright, warm-ups over." he said standing up. "Kaio Ken!" In a flash of red he shot in at Goku who dodged to the side.
"You're on! Kaio Ken!" Goku cried, his own red aura flaring up as well. The two shot in at each other again, flashes of red colliding in the sky. Cracks began forming on the lookout floor as they traded blows with their full power. Goku dodged around a sudden blast of energy and braced his body. "Double Kaio Ken!"
At this point Tien and Krillin walked out and looked up. "Well, that's it for Brolly." Krillin said, but he was about to find out he was wrong.
Brolly blocked a kick from Goku as best he could and then smiled. "This was fun Goku, but I want some breakfast. Triple Kaio Ken!" Goku's eyes widened in shock as he floated back. Suddenly Brolly shot in and slammed his fist into Goku's gut knocking the air out of him and he fell out of Kaio Ken. The spar was over.
And so it went on like this for the next two weeks until Yamcha reached them. He needed the most work. First he was to go with Kara for the same training Krillin got, then Piccolo would give him the same training Brolly had, and then, at last, he'd get to train with King Kai.
Chapter Eleven - Intensive Training
Krillin and Tien stood leaning against the support columns just side the entry to the Room of Spirit and Time. They'd been told by Kami that Goku would be emerging soon and that, when he did, they would be going in. Sure enough, a few moments later the door swung open slowly and Goku stepped out looking in top condition. "So, how'd it go?" Tien asked.
"Amazing!" Goku chirped smiling. "I'm a lot stronger than when I went in!"
Tien nodded and walked past him and through the door. "Well, see you later." Krillin said following after the three eyed Human. "It's our turn to train with the Kai, and your turn to go through the Dimensionalizer. Good luck Goku, you'll need." With that Krillin disappeared into the room.
Goku watched after them scratching the back of his head for a moment. When he turned around he found Piccolo standing there waiting for him. "Follow me please." he said turning. Goku just shrugged and followed after him into another chamber elsewhere. The room was black and empty save for a single pendulum in the center of the room that swung lazily back and forth inside a beam of light. "Enter the light, Kami will transport you to a replica of another time and place so you can train."
Goku walked forward and entered the light. A moment later a glare built up around him. When it faded he was standing the street of a ruined city. The ruined buildings were relatively short, even those that were still fairly intact. He glanced up and gazed at the red sky in wonder as the sounds of fighting reached his ears. Glancing in that direction he lifted into the air and took off.
He pulled to a stop and looked down just as a Human looking girl drove her fist through the chest of a Bakor. A second later the attention of the five remaining demons became directed down the street and they floated backward. Goku turned to look and saw a short creature with short horns atop its head and a tail swishing behind it float toward the girl. "I will destroy you demon!" she called out.
The demon laughed as two new Bakors drifted down to float beside him. The girl suddenly launched in at the demons. The two Bakors slid around beside her while the horned demon held it's ground. As she reached him he suddenly spun around and smashed his tail into her face. The two Bakors beside her lunged in at that point and jammed her head between there fists.
She was just about to retaliate when a loud crack sounded and one of the Bakors was knocked into the distance. She turned to look and saw a young man in a red/orange GI with spiky black hair. He zipped around her and smashed his foot into the other Bakor as well knocking him into a building. "Looked like you could use a little help." he said grinning at her and holding out a hand. "Name's Goku!"
She smiled at him and shook his hand quickly. "Serena." she said releasing his hand. "I thought everyone else was dead, nice to see I still have at least one ally."
Goku grinned. "Would have been here soon, but I just got here." He turned to look at the horned demon as the two Bakors floated over to join him again. He slipped into his fighting stance and eyed them up. He could feel the energy from the three of them, and he wasn't too worried about one on one matches. The two Bakors shot in at him while the horned demon attacked Serena.
Goku blocked a couple of punches, dodged around behind the weakest of the two Bakors, charged some energy around his fist, and slammed it into the Demon's back with a crack. As it fell toward the ground it's body disintegrated. Serena, Cold, and Frieza all looked up at him in shock. Suddenly both Demons charged him ignoring the girl's presence completely.
Goku caught a kick from Frieza but wasn't fast enough to block the punch from Cold that sent him reeling into a building. He burst free of the rubble, his blue aura flashing about his body, and surged in at the Demons. He jammed his knee into Frieza's stomach and then backhanded him across the street before turning to Cold. He lashed out with a kick but the horned demon dodged it easily and then kicked him in the face.
As Goku stabilized his fall from the kick he looked up to find Frieza charging orange energy in each hand and Cold charging purple energy in each hand. A second later Serena shot in and slammed her foot into the side of Frieza's head knocking him away. Cold ignored the attack on his other son and began showering purple energy down on Goku smirking.
A moment later Goku's voice called up from below. "Kaio Ken!" There was a flash of red from within the barrage of purple and Goku shot up from the ground. His red aura flickered and danced wildly about his body as he slammed a fist into a shocked Cold. However, as he went to kick the Demon Cold recovered from his surprise and smashed his tail into Goku's face knocking him back again.
Goku stopped as he heard a scream a few blocks deeper in the ruined city and turned to look. The remaining Bakor, Frieza, floated in the air screaming his head off, his body rippling and shifting. Horns grew atop his head as his body armor shifted from orange to white. "What!" Goku cried watching and feeling the Demons power spike up. /Oh man... this changes things!/
Frieza slammed his fist into Serena's face then flipped around behind her and kicked her in the back toward Goku and the followed after. The two warriors floated side by side watching the Demons carefully. Then, in a flash of purple and blue the two demons launched in at them. The sky was a flurry of punches and kicks as they fought each other at high speeds. As Cold landed a hard blow to Goku knocking him back Frieza drove Serena into the ground.
Goku braced his body as he eyed up the Demon. "Double Kaio Ken!" he cried. He felt his muscles tense and pull at the rush of extra energy and gritted his teeth. /Hopefully this is enough./ he thought as the two Demons floated before him. He glanced down and saw Serena pulling her self out of the road, holding her arm in pain. /She wont be much help now.../
The two Demons attacked together but Goku managed to dodge both and burry his fist into Frieza's stomach. A swift kick to his face knocked the Demon into the sky and he turned toward Cold. Quickly he dodged under a tail swipe and then came up jamming his knee into his chin and knocking him up with his son. Goku shifted positions quickly and energy began to charge between his cupped palms. "Kaaaaaa.... Meeeeee..... Haaaaaa..... Meeeeee.... Haaaaaaaaaa!" He thrust his arms into the air and fired the stream of blue energy up at the two recovering Demons.
Frieza and Cold held out their hands to catch the attack and began trying to drive it back. Goku focused and strengthened his attack as much as he could. The two Demons roared in anger as the attack suddenly overtook them. A moment later Goku relaxed and began panting as he stared up at the sky. When the smoke cleared it revealed both Demons floating there panting heavily. Suddenly one of them dipped down toward the ground and began to fall. As Frieza smashed into the ground his body began to disintegrate.
Cold stared down at where his last son faded from existence and then turned to look at Goku. "What... what the hell are you!" he cried. Suddenly he launched down at the worn Goku as fast as he could and went to punch him yet again but Goku managed to dodge and counter with his own punch. Cold hit the ground and slid a few feet. It took a moment but he managed to climb back to his feet while panting heavily. His body began to glow and flash, his horns shifted and bent, and a scream tore free of his body. Goku's eyes went wide as he took a step back. There was a brilliant flash and Cold's transformation ended. He was now seven foot tall. In a flash he charged in and slammed his fist into Goku's stomach.
He doubled over and fell to the ground expecting to be hit again, but suddenly he felt better. He still felt tired and weak but it as much. Looking up he realized he was back in the room Piccolo had taken him too. "What... happened?" he asked climbing to his feet.
"You did well Goku." Kami said walking into the room. "You killed both Cooler and Frieza in that fight... but Cold's transformation was to much for you. That punch would have killed you in a real battle."
"That wasn't real?"
"Yes and no." Piccolo said. "Everything until you stepped in really happened before, but it was removed into a time space bubble when you arrived." he stopped seeing the look on Goku's face. "It's complicated and doesn't really matter."
Goku just shrugged. "What about the girl?"
Kami shook his head. "She's been dead over a thousand years Goku, nothing you could have done would have changed that."
Goku's spirits dropped a little at that but he went through the Dimensionalizer again a moment later to another point in time. Over the course of the day Goku made seven trips through time and each time came back defeated. His seventh trip had been the shortest of the bunch. He'd asked to go back to when the Supreme Kai's had first been fighting Bura. He'd lasted all of ten seconds, which depressed him even further, and drove him even harder. After a quick meal he decided to get some sleep.
The next day found him and Brolly waiting outside the Room of Spirit and Time for Krillin and Tien. Once they emerged the other teen would enter and get his training with King Kai as well. Something he was looking forward to, especially if he improved as much as Goku had. A few moments later the two Humans exited the room and Brolly went in. "So, how'd it go?" Goku asked.
"Painfully." Krillin said rubbing his sore body. "That Kaio Ken thing is impossible! Every time either of us tried it we'd end up nearly blowing ourselves up!" Goku just grinned. "Man... it was something else though!"
"Yeah, that's for sure." Tien said. "But I think that Kaio Ken is doable, just not easy. I almost had it last time. What about you Goku? How'd you do while you were with King Kai?"
Goku scratched the back of his head and grinned for a moment, then turned and walked back a few feet. Turning around again he braced his body. "Double Kaio Ken!" The red aura flared to life about him as his body tensed with the energy. "This is the best I can do. King Kai said that if I use it enough I'll get better over time."
"G-Goku, that's amazing!" Krillin cried staring at him. "With the Kaio Ken you're unstoppable!"
Goku shook his head. "No... Kami sent me back to fight the Demons in the past and I kept losing... On my first trip I killed Cooler and Frieza but when Cold transformed that was it! And then, when I tried to fight Bura he beat me with just a causal flick of the wrist! It was incredible, I've never felt that kind of power before!"
Tien nodded. "So we still have a long way to go then. We'd better get to work." For the rest of the day the three warriors sparred atop the lookout. Krillin was soon outmatched as even Goku needed the Kaio Ken to keep up with Tien but the short Human kept trying. The day came to a close, they ate, and went to bed. The next day was to bring some new surprises.
Goku stood at the edge of the lookout watching the clouds below him as the sun rose to his right. "It's a sight, isn't it?" a young voice asked beside him.
"Hmm?" Goku turned and saw the young Saiya standing beside him now, looking down at the clouds too. "Yeah it is..." Saiya looked up at him and Goku had a feeling of recognition as he looked down at the kid. "I heard Kami say you were from the future... is it the same as that thing I used?"
Saiya shook his head. "No... I came back through magic yes, but not the same way. This way I can change the past."
Goku nodded. "What's so wrong with the future that you had to come back and change it?"
"Everything." Saiya replied. "Majin Buu rules everything in the future, he is the absolute. The Kai's are dead and I'm the strongest warrior left in the fight..."
"Well, you're pretty strong though!" Goku said smiling. "Stronger than Tien, I can feel it."
Saiya nodded. "Yeah... but it's never been enough..." He was cut off as Piccolo called for him to resume their training. At the same time Brolly emerged from the Room of Spirit and Time.
"Hey! Done already?" Goku asked calling over.
The other nodded. "Yeah. King Kai said he'd done all he could and told me I'd be wasting my time staying with him."
Goku grinned. "Spar?"
"You're on." The two moved apart and slid into fighting stances. A second later they were launching across the lookout at top speed. Their fists smacked into each other and they began to trade blows back and forth. The sounds of battle carried across the lookout and began to wake Tien and Krillin.
As a hard kick sent Brolly spinning Goku grinned. Brolly landed and looked up smiling as well. "Alright, warm-ups over." he said standing up. "Kaio Ken!" In a flash of red he shot in at Goku who dodged to the side.
"You're on! Kaio Ken!" Goku cried, his own red aura flaring up as well. The two shot in at each other again, flashes of red colliding in the sky. Cracks began forming on the lookout floor as they traded blows with their full power. Goku dodged around a sudden blast of energy and braced his body. "Double Kaio Ken!"
At this point Tien and Krillin walked out and looked up. "Well, that's it for Brolly." Krillin said, but he was about to find out he was wrong.
Brolly blocked a kick from Goku as best he could and then smiled. "This was fun Goku, but I want some breakfast. Triple Kaio Ken!" Goku's eyes widened in shock as he floated back. Suddenly Brolly shot in and slammed his fist into Goku's gut knocking the air out of him and he fell out of Kaio Ken. The spar was over.
And so it went on like this for the next two weeks until Yamcha reached them. He needed the most work. First he was to go with Kara for the same training Krillin got, then Piccolo would give him the same training Brolly had, and then, at last, he'd get to train with King Kai.