BM: Chapter 11

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Chapter 11

Purified and ready to train

"Oh" Gohan groaned. Elder Kai waved his hand and Gohan, Vegeta, Goku, Goten, and Trunks were instantly tossed into the pond.

"Maybe you should have them scrubbed" Korin said. Elder Kai nodded and scrub brushes appeared. The water swirled around them and their clothes dematerialized, devoured by the denizens of the pond. After several minutes of scrubbing, the water ejected them onto the shore, and the soil absorbed the water off of them. Elder Kai nodded again and they were clothed.

Vegeta jumped to his feet, a look off annoyance and rage on his face.

"You evil furball!" He yelled, taking steps towards Korin. The remaining purging fruit in his body came into effect, and Vegeta groaned, his stomach cramping.

"What did you do to me?!" He demanded

"Did you really expect to go through all the rigorous training with those toxins in your body?" he asked "Now be off, I believe your son from the future is waiting for you" he walked away, ignoring Vegeta's multilingual curses.

elsewhere

By the time they reached the camp, the Saiyans were holding each other up. They looked up and saw the Kais standing with their assorted teachers, as well as Trunks, Tien, Piccolo, M. Goku, and Eighteen.

"Hello, did you have a nice stroll through the forest?" South kai asked

"What now?" Gohan asked. They appeared to be in a clearing by a beach, the smell of salt was heavy in the air.

"You don't think you're done for the day, do you?" North Kai asked "Eat, we'll explain as you eat, we know you're hungry" they nodded and dove into the meat that Tien had cooked. Gohan could feel strength flowing into his body as he ate. He was soon back up to a little above how he was when he first arrived, and the food was gone.

"Now then, you should know that this planet has a hyperbolic time effect" Elder Kai said "534 days will pass in one Earth day"

"Huh?"

"A year and a half" Gohan said absent mindedly

"Whoa!"

"Yes, but that's not all. The air here is not only thinner than it is on Earth, but incredibly clean. The dinosaurs here have been breathing that air all their lives, they've been eating the nutritious food, don't worry, they know enough not to eat the purifying fruit. Therefore, you can regain strength, and even become stronger than before, by simply being here. Though, if you wish to truly return to yourselves, you will do what all of you are naturally good at. You will train. We will be helping you. Each day you will all have tasks. Today will be easier than future days, though you still have a task. Today's task is to build a camp and a fire before nightfall"

"Wha?!"

"Now, you'd better hurry, you don't have long"

two hours later

Gohan sat down and relaxed next to Trunks, enjoying the feel of the fire. It may be hot during the day, but night brought a cold wind from the sea.

"Hey Trunks"

"Hey Gohan, you seem much better"

"I feel much better"

"Good, you're on the way then"

"Yeah, but I still have a long way to go" Gohan replied

"Don't worry, you'll get there. Especially with so many people dedicated to helping you"

"Yeah, I know"

"Why don't you go rest, you're going to need all you've got for tomorrow"

"Alright, good night"

Meanwhile, not far away, Eighteen, Piccolo, and Tien sat in a triangle on the ground near a stream.

"Focus on the sound of the water, block out everything else" Piccolo said

"Try to imagine that you're the only one who exists" Tien added. Eighteen focused on the sound coming from the water and blocked it out, then imagined that no one existed.

"Good job, I can't sense any feeling from you at all" Tien said "You've completely calmed yourself" 'Which is a big relief, with the way she was, I'm surprised she regained her sanity'

"Keep your focus, imagine a calm surface of water, so calm that it looks like glass"

Eighteen focused and found herself in a mental clearing, floating over that calm surface. She looked down and saw her reflection. Then, she saw her reflection holding Marron and standing next to Krillin.

'Just stay alive Krillin, we'll come for you'

.:::Eighteen!:::. Her scene was shattered by Krillin's voice and she was sent hurtling back to reality.

Piccolo's eyes snapped open as the voice shattered his mental picture.

Tien leapt up and looked around wildly

Eighteen looked at them and they nodded.

"That was Krillin" she said. They nodded

"How could that be?"

"Eighteen, are you bonded to Krillin?"

"I don't know, I don't think so. The only person I've ever bonded with is my brother"

.:::Mommy!:::. Eighteen held her head as Marron's shrill cry for help pierced her consciousness

"Maybe somehow that bond has expanded to include your family" Piccolo said, having heard the child's cry as well

"We can teach you how to strengthen that bond, if you'll allow it"

"Do you have to ask?" Eighteen asked

"Merely a formality" Piccolo said with a smirk. The three sat back into their triangle and began the lesson

1 hour later

Eighteen focused on the thread she had been taught to recognize, which she knew Krillin was on the other end of. She sent out a mental call.

.:::Krillin, Marron:::. Eighteen called, being sure that it only traveled along the threads, so Babidi wouldn't pick it up

.:::Eighteen:::. The voice traveled back along the thread

.:::Krillin, it's so good to hear from you:::.

.:::You're telling me. Listen, Eighteen, I'm:::.

.:::I know where you are, but I can't come yet, there are complications, but we're in training, and we'll be coming for you soon. Don't worry:::.

.:::Okay, but please hurry Eighteen, I don't know how much longer we'll all last:::.

.:::I will, Krillin, just tell everyone to stay alive:::.

.:::I'll pass the message along:::.

.:::And make sure Babidi doesn't find out:::.

.:::There's more than Babidi, there're a whole bunch of people like Frieza, and some freaky psychic dude, and some guys worse than the ginyu force:::.

Eighteen shuddered as a sense of evil traveled through the bond

.:::They're coming, I can't keep the bond up for now, I'll pass the message along, come soon:::.

.:::I will, just hang on:::.

.:::Later:::.

Eighteen opened her eyes and met the gaze of Tien and Piccolo

"We have some problems"

later

"And that's what I know"

"This could be far worse than I thought" King Kai said "You've identified the unknowns. It would appear that Frieza's entire clan has appeared, including his sister and mother. Let me tell you, they're a matriarchal family. Which means the females are the strongest and the rulers. It would also appear that they have a psychic on their side, which explains the cloud around you. And it would appear the next generation of the Ginyu force has shown itself. I should warn you that not all Ginyu force members are as goofy and weak as the ones you fought."

"Things have changed now, we'll have to step up your training. Starting tomorrow, we're moving to the next phase of your training" Supreme Kai said. The group nodded it's consent.

meanwhile

Krillin struggled to lift the boulder, the collar on his neck severely weakening him in it's rationing of his ki. His wife's communication had given him hope. Marron pulled out another weed, sighing as she tossed it behind her. The feeling of her mother's presence had given her hope, and she had forgotten the lash marks on her back, made by the whip the ice-jin behind her held. Krillin sighed. He'd have to remember to treat those later, so they didn't become infected. Frigid moved on from watching them, and he sighed in relief. She gave him the creeps.

'Come soon, Eighteen, I don't know how long we can hold out'

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