"Alright then, follow me." Goku lead the group down a very long hallway. "Ok Link, since you're new and haven't learnt much about the way we do things, we'd better get you trained up first," Goku said. Link liked the idea of being trained. It seemed that by helping he would be getting some help himself, and there was lots about their ways he wanted to know. Goku halted in the middle of the hallway. He turned around and faced the group.
"Ok Link, the first door to your right, Krillin and Trunks will teach you about today's world, what to say, what to dress and what everything is. To the first door on your left Vegeta will explain our history – Saiyan history." Link looked at him a little weirdly. Goku realized the problem, and saw a solution coming out a nearby door. "Bulma!" He called, and talked to the woman for a second. "Ok, Vegeta and Bulma will explain Saiyan History. Through the second door to the right Yamcha and Tien will explain more about our powers and me and Piccolo will give you a basic training course, then we'll all meet up in the training room and give you a little harder lesson." Goku finished.
"Krillin, Trunks, you're up!" Goku said. Both Krillin and Trunks slowly walked into the first room with Link following behind. "We'll see you in the other rooms." Goku said to Link. Link waved his hands without looking back and the door closed. Trunks pointed to the bed and Link sat down. Krillin set up a multimedia projector, and Trunks handed Link a laptop.
"Link, this thing will introduced you to our time. Just push this button to scroll down…" Trunks indicated the down button, "But we're first going to tell you about the way people act and dress in this time." Trunks explained. "You might not want to be seen in those." He added. Link looked down at his tunic, wondering what was wrong with it, then back up at Trunks. Krillin sat on a chair and pulled up close to Link.
"Alright Link, you ready?" Krillin asked. Link nodded.
Five long hours later, Link finally opened the door, still holding the laptop. Stepping into the hallway, he noticed that the door on the other side was opened. Link sighed, he really thought he could use a break at this point, but he knew the sooner he got all this stuff learnt the better. He entered the next room, and froze at the sight: Bulma and Vegeta kissing, totally oblivious to anything else going on. Link slowly backed out of the room, and leaned against the outside wall, trying to figure out a way to split them apart without them finding out he had seen them. An idea came into his head, and Link held a hand to his mouth.
"Thanks Trunks! Now I'm heading to Vegeta and Bulma!" Link yelled back, trying not to sound too obvious. Link then re-entered the room. His plan had worked, Vegeta was leaning against the wall and Bulma was resting on the bed.
"Sit down." Vegeta commanded, not looking at him. Link sat on the other side of the bed from where Bulma was lying. She sat up and looked at him. Link turned away and started to blush, but managed to hide it in one of his normal expressions.
"Alright!" Link stopped blushing and looked at Vegeta. Vegeta moved from the wall and stood in front of him, like a teacher. "The proud saiyan is a long tale, so don't fall asleep!" Vegeta demanded.
"Vegeta, calm down already." Bulma reminded him, offhandedly. Vegeta narrowed his eyebrows and then took a deep breath.
"Fine, woman." Vegeta mumbled. Link smiled. A man like Vegeta being over powered by a woman like her, the every thought made him smile. He glimpsed back at Bulma. She smiled and gave him a wink. Link nodded and turned back to Vegeta.
"Right then boy, listen well to the saiyan history. The saiyans were a feared race…"
Another few hours went by. The doors opened and Link step out in the hallway. Link really wanted a break. Sitting still for fives hours, listening to someone talk on and on, would make anyone sleepy, even interesting stuff like that. Another pair of doors opened and Link slowly entered. Yamcha and Tien were ready for him. They didn't need any diagrams; all they had to do was talk and show off. Link sat on the bed with his eyes half open.
"Hey dude, are you alright? You look kind of flushed," Yamcha asked. Link nodded drowsily. "Wait right here man, I'll get you something to drink." Yamcha hurried off through the doors. Tien sat down next to Link.
"What were doing to make you so tired?" Tien asked, curiously. Link faced Tien slowly. Link's eyes played tricks on him, causing Tien's threes eyes to look more like six. Link shook his head.
"I was paying attention to Krillin and Trunks at first, after five hours that ended and then I had to listen to Vegeta for another five hours; it would have taken less if he didn't throw in the legend." Link explained slowly and softly. Tien nodded.
Yamcha ran through the door with a warm cup of tea.
"Link man, I didn't know if you took sugar or not, so I hope it's ok." Yamcha rushed. Link didn't care; he just took the cup from Yamcha and gulped down the tea without stopping for air. Link gave the cup back to Yamcha with one hand and wiped his mouth with the other. Yamcha and Tien looked at Link. And judged him to being more awake then before.
"How you feeling?" Tien asked, to make sure. Link licked the last bit of the tea from his lips, and nodded.
"Alright then, lets begin." Tien started. "Depending on the person, their power could…"
Link emerged from the room, even more tired than before he entered. Link rested against the wall on the other side of the door. Through his drowsy state, he heard the sound of doors opening all round him and the people leave the hallway. He then felt a hand on his shoulder, and looked up to find Gohan kneeling down next to him.
"Link? Are you alright?" Gohan asked. Link shook his head, even the movement of his head caused pain. "Do you want me to help you up?" Link shook his head again. Gohan became worried but left Link alone. Link, left to himself picked himself off the wall and walked down the hallway to his room, side swaying as he walked. Link held his head as his head began to hurt, entering a nearby bathroom. Link staggered in the dark till he found a light switch and flicked it on, then walked over to the sink.
Link inspected the taps, guessing them for what they were - though they didn't look quite like the ones back home. He turned one on and proceeded to splash some cold water onto his face, waking him up a little more. Suddenly, Link heard people talking outside. On impulse, Link stopped and turned off the light. The doors opened and the light from the hallway filled a small area of the room; luckily Link was hidden in the shadows. He tried to find out who the people were but the door closed and the people didn't turn on the light, so he couldn't get any faces.
Link could only tell that there was a man and a woman, but that was it. Later he could hear the sound of lips touching each other. The sound was warming, but depending on whom it was he didn't want to know. Link reached for the familiar fabric of his white tunic. He replaced his normal green one with it and felt himself turn invisible. When he was sure the change was complete he made his extremely careful way towards the door, which automatically opened. He knew that he was invisible but still he felt as if they had seen him and quickly ran towards his room.
"I'm going to have to check that in the morning" the woman said, softly.
"Link, wake up." a voice said softly to him. Link slowly opened his eyes to see three more looking back at him. Link was definitely surprised, but only gripped the edge of his bed.
"Hey Link. You must have been tired, you slept on your sheets" Tien stated. Link nodded slightly, still partly asleep.
"C'mon, breakfast is waiting. You get to try our kind of food." Link kind of liked the idea of future food, wondering what it might taste like. Link was still tired, so Tien help Link by being an armrest and slowly walked Link to the kitchen room, with the smell of tea and bacon clinging to the air above them.
The Breakfast table was set and everyone was up and about, Link could see this as he walked down the hall into the room. Suddenly he paused. He raised an eyebrow in confusion, but his nose knew the smell of breakfast. Tien left Link side to pull out a chair. Link made his way to the chair and sat down. All this food spread out on the table and he didn't know what any of it was, but it smelt great.
"What's this?" he asked. Gohan pulled up a chair next to him and started to point to the various food spread.
"This, is a banana spilt…" Gohan indicated to banana and ice cream in a sliver bowl, "That's bacon and eggs - great choice." He pointed to the nicely fried bacon and eggs. "And Pancakes." Gohan gestured to the final dish.
"Go ahead Link, try some. I would, but I think I might finish it before you start." Goku joked. Everyone laughed and so did Link, a little. He took a sliver fork and knife, cut a piece of bacon and egg and slowly put it into his mouth. He closed his eyes as he carefully chewed the food, testing out the taste. Link opened his eyes with a smile.
"Not bad!" he exclaimed. "Who made it?" He looked around
"I did!" a voiced called from the hall behind him. Link turned around to find Bulma, in a partly transparent nightgown. Link quickly looked back at his food.
"Thanks you Bulma." Link responded. Bulma smiled and kissed him on the cheek, and Link started to blush red. Bulma walked from Link to grab a few bits of food on a tray and carried them in the direction she'd walked in from.
"Going to see Father in the battle hall, mother?" Trunks asked. Bulma turned and nodded with a smile, then continued on.
"You get use to that." Piccolo said in Link's thoughts. Link started to chuckle and continued to eat.
After breakfast the group moved to the battle room.
"Hey Goku, what about my lesson with you and Piccolo?" Link asked.
"We're adding your lesson with everyone else. They'll train their best while we train you and then we'll come together for the final lesson." Goku explained. Link nodded as they came to the giant doors. Goku stopped and turned at Link.
"Here, we'll train so hard, that by the time we've finished we'll barely have any sweat left in us" Goku exclaimed. Link smirked.
"You make it sound as if were not coming back in one piece." Link said. Suddenly Vegeta knocked past Link to enter the room.
"With me, you'll be lucky enough to survive." Vegeta stated, in a proud knowing voice. The group entered the room, which was gray with a lot of green lines. Goku went to the left side of the door to some panels. He pushed a few buttons. The buttons started to flicker in colors.
