AN: as always, read and review! These following chapters show the training Katie went through before she faced her enemy. After this, you'll get to meet him and find out secrets to Katie's past, and future as well.

Chapter 50: Training for the Unknown, Part 1

Survival Training

How do you train for something you can't predict? All this time I've known what I was going to face, yet each time it still wasn't enough. I'd have to train three times as hard as I did for Buu or Cell combined. Lucky for me I had such great sparring partners.

So, going back to my question, how do you train for something you can't predict? You leave no stone unturned. I'm training to learn everything I can and do everything I can before the five years are up.

It had been a year of training with Vegeta and I was ready for my final test (by the way, 2017, 28 years old). Nearly everyone was going to train me differently, and Vegeta went first. And since my story about GT, Dende and Mr. Po-Po hid the black star Dragonballs in separate locations on the lookout incase Pilaf tried to find them.

The very first thing Vegeta did was to teach me Sayjin history lessons. I learned the name of the first Super Sayjin and about our life before Frieza. He even explained about the Tuffles.

Since we had no idea where we'd be fighting, Vegeta's main purpose was to teach me wilderness survival skills. I was left in the wilderness with these precautions: Vegeta was going to be the enemy, and if he caught me I was dead. I had one knife and that was it. If I raised my Ki too high he could find me, if I was too noisy he could find me, and if I stayed in one place too long he could find me. That was what I was taught.

Here's the scenario, I'm on an alien world (assuming they were the enemy), and I couldn't make contact with my crew. I had to remain hidden from the enemy, and Vegeta was that enemy. I had nothing but a knife, as I said before, and my fighting skills. We'd be here until noon the next day, starting now, at 5:00 A.M.

Vegeta remained at the edge of the woods as I had my head start of one hour. And when Vegeta trains you, he leaves nothing out.

After finishing my traps I jumped into a tree near the edge of the woods. I moved silently and quickly when the wind blew by. The wind could give Vegeta my location by scent, but it gave cover for my movements.

I watched Vegeta as he moved through the forest, deeper and deeper trying to find my Ki. He wouldn't raise his Ki because we weren't going to fight, if he caught me that was it, end of story, and no argument.

"That won't work, Vegeta. You trained me too well." I called. With the brush this thick he couldn't see me, and the wide area made it hard to pinpoint by sound.

"I will find you, I have been doing this for years." He growled as he looked around.

Little bit further…

He carelessly stepped on my first trap's trigger. A log attached to the trigger came from the left and he dodged just in time to miss it.

"If it wasn't for the fact you couldn't raise your Ki either, I would have sharpened the branches on the log."

"Clever, but I won't make the same mistake twice!" he called.

"We'll see!" and as the wind blew in my direction I jumped toward the pit trap.

This trap was pretty far off from my first trap. I was going to make Vegeta think I only had the one and then he'd let his guard down a little. It was simple enough, there was a clearing and I used a small Ki blast to make a hole. Then I covered the hole with leaves and dirt until the point where I had trouble seeing where the hole was. The hole was 15-feet deep, so without Ki Vegeta would have to climb out and then I could get further away.

A twig snapped as Vegeta stepped into the clearing. My Sayjin hearing picked it up, and he knew if I was close enough that I'd hear it. He froze and looked around.

"Come on, Vegeta! But I'd watch my step if I were you." I called down.

"Katie, if you don't stop that I may find you." he said, looking around.

"But its so fun and easy, especially with you!" as the wind blew by I jump to another tree. He got closer to my trap and he hesitated, looking carefully at the ground. I was half-afraid he was going to find it.

Fearing he'd see my trap, I jumped onto the other side, really close to the edge.

"What's this? Are you forfeiting?" Vegeta asked.

"The rule was you had to catch me, so come and get me."

"Do you honestly think I'm going to fall for that? You want me to trip a trigger by walking toward you. I taught you everything I know."

"Well, do you see any triggers? Anything that could possibly be a trigger?"

"That still doesn't mean that there isn't one."

"You found me out, there is a trigger. But now I can't remember where it is." I said innocently.

"Oh please." While Vegeta was distracted he took a step closer and fell into my pit trap.

"I didn't believe you'd actually fall for it!"

"A pit trap? You hated making pit traps!"

"That doesn't mean I wouldn't make one. It'll take you a while to climb out without Ki, so I'd get started if I were you." I waved goodbye to Vegeta and ran off, hearing his angry growls behind me.

It was nearly nightfall before I stopped running. Sayjins are like wolves that way; we can run at a constant speed all day without getting tired. I was now miles away from the pit trap and was starting to get really hungry. So I hunted. I smelled the air and got the scent of a herd of deer. I headed that way and stayed down wind as I watched them graze. A fat one toward the edge of the herd caught my eyes and I took out my knife, getting ready to aim. Just as I got ready to throw my knife I saw a small Ki blast hit the same deer. It had to be Vegeta.

How'd he get here so fast? I never sensed him coming.

Ignoring the growling in my stomach I watched a moment longer as Vegeta stepped into the clearing and lit a fire using Ki. Like I said, we couldn't use too much Ki, but we could still use some. Vegeta was all dirty, and it was obvious that he had found a few more of my traps.

Eat well, Vegeta. I'm only getting started with my traps.

I turned and left quickly toward a stream I passed by earlier to fish. If I couldn't have deer I'd have fish, and I was good at fishing.

So after eating fish and making a camp I got ready to go to sleep. I had the perfect place too. I climbed a tall, old tree and found a branch almost as big around as a futon. I wrapped my tail around a slightly smaller branch near by just in case. This survival stuff was easier than I thought. Sure, I was cold, but the though of Vegeta out there just as cold was funny. And though the time may only be around 10:00 PM, we'd both be up early as we were this morning. And when its dark, you can't look for traps, so Vegeta was probably in a tree somewhere, too.

Sometimes it's still hard to believe all this has happened. I got to come to this world and see all my favorite TV show's characters, and my hero respects me.

But I still can't believe I got him killed. I was all for the fighting, and with my evil side in control I went nuts. I was even willing to kill Vegeta, but when he sacrificed himself for me I realized, both the good and the bad me, that he felt more than respect. He loved me as a daughter. And he still does, or he wouldn't put up with me like he does.

And I have to be the luckiest girl in the world. In all the worlds. I married Mirai No Trunks, and I can only imagine how many girls on my earth wanted to do that at some point.

But the best thing I can think of about this place is… all of it. To me, this place is perfect. No one makes fun of me, I have friends, and I have a family. The only draw back is my parents can't see how happy I am. They must think I'm dead, it's been… 11 years. I know I'd think someone was dead if they had been missing for 11 years.

I looked up at the stars as I thought of all this. The sky looks the same as it did back home, but that didn't mean anything to me. I am home.

"Katie, can you hear me?"

"Goku? Is that you?"

"Yeah, Trunks is worried about you."

"Which one?" I asked with a slight chuckle.

"Mirai. How ya holding up?"

"Can't complain, though it is a little cold out here."

"I bet. How's Vegeta?"

"Mad. I think he's fallen for nearly all my traps."

"Really? That surprises me."

"Yeah, I know. I must be doing better than he thought I was going to do. That's always been a fault of his."

"What?"

"Underestimating the enemy, Goku."

"But you're not the enemy."

"That wasn't the point, Goku, and for pretend we are. If he finds me its over and I'll have to do this again."

"That's harsh."

"I have to be prepare for anything, Goku. And speaking of which, what are you going to teach me?"

"I was thinking I'd teach you the Spirit Bomb. It may be useful."

"Good idea. All right, if I want to win at keep away I better get some rest. I'll see you tomorrow afternoon, Goku."

"Goodnight. Oh, and Goten wants me to tell him a story he hasn't heard yet. What should I tell him?"

"Tell him about… oh, remember when I told you about fighting Kooler when I was in HFIL?"

"That's a great idea. Who's Kooler again?"

"Freiza's brother!"

"Right, I wonder why he didn't arrive on earth?"

"He told me his ship blew up on his way to visit Frieza at Planet Vegeta. Apparently debris from the planet hit his ship, but neither he or Frieza made the connection."

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow!"

"Bye Goku."

Goku did make an interesting point; I wasn't the enemy, so maybe that's why Vegeta was falling for my traps. But that's silly, this is Vegeta we're talking about.

Did the others fight Brolly? I didn't think of that…

So I lay back against the tree and closed my eyes, ready for sleep. And hopefully it wouldn't be a night full of nightmares.

"No, go away!" a woman screamed as I walked toward her. It was dark and the scent of blood filled the air. The city was on fire and it was all because of me.

"But all I want to do is kill you."

"Get away!"

"No." I stepped closer, and as the woman stepped back she tripped on her own shoe.

"Why are you doing this? You use to protect us!" I looked closer to see the woman was Bulma.

"I use to, but not anymore. I killed Vegeta, and Goku, and many others. And now I'll drink your blood as well."

"Katie, what happened to you?" she screamed as I reached down and grabbed her by the neck, quickly I snapped it, shutting her up.

"Why? Why did you do it?" I looked and saw both Trunks and Mirai No Trunks. I immediately dropped Bulma, a forgotten dolly.

"Fresh meat." I said as I stepped closer.

"No!" I shut up immediately wide-awake.

It was a nightmare, so much for my dreamless sleep.

What was that, though?

That wasn't the first nightmare I'd had like that. I wasn't Katie in the dream; I was Katherine the Slaughterer. I thought by now I'd have left her in the past, but I was wrong. She would always be a part of me, and at times I had felt like if I stopped training she'd be back. If I were weak Katherine the Slaughterer would beat me.

I had to move, to get out of this tree. Vegeta once told me that he could sense my nightmares from Capsule Corp. even when I still lived in the mountains with Goku. He must have sensed me just now. And even if he didn't sense my dream, he could have sensed my Ki jump while I was dreaming.

I jumped from tree to tree, not wanting to leave any trace evidence on the ground, and since it had snowed during the night that would be hard. I jumped and landed lightly like a cat and when I was satisfied I was far away enough I sat down.

That dream, it's almost always the same. I kill the ones closest to me and… I don't want to think about what I've seen in these dreams. Why do I always have nightmares anyway? I never had nightmares back home. It doesn't make any sense. Is it because of my Inner Light? Is it trying to remind me of what I have to do? It has to be guilt…

"If that's it, then you can stop now. I get it." I whispered out loud.

I sensed out Vegeta's Ki. It was still low, at sleeping level.

So maybe he didn't feel my Ki OR sense my dream…

That was good, cause either way meant he'd come after me. Maybe I woke up soon enough so that he didn't sense anything.

It was still dark, but it had to be close to daybreak, so I landed and made a fire to warm up.

Katherine the Slaughterer is a part of me that will never come back to hurt anyone, I swear by God and the Kais. May I forever be trapped in HFIL, or hell, forever in a cell with the Ginyu force if it comes to pass.

The sun was coming up, and with it some more warmth. I knew Vegeta would be up soon, so I got up and jumped back into a tree.

It was nearly noon before Vegeta came into sight. He was ragged, but I imagined I was too.

"How'd you sleep, Vegeta?" I called down.

"Better than you, I sensed you Ki jump about three times last night, but I still couldn't locate you."

"We'll talk later, we still have ten minutes to go."

"I will find you."

"Whatever you say, Sensei." I jumped into another tree, but right before I was going to land Vegeta shot a blast at the branch and I fell onto the ground. Vegeta had known what I was going to do and where I was.

"But how did you find me?"

"You were up wind."

"Dammit." He came over and helped me up.

"You did well, so you pass. I don't think I've ever had so much trouble on a hunt."

"Well, I did have a great teacher. Tell me the truth, were you playing around at all?"

"No, you did well on hiding your triggers. You made them tight and low to the ground. And you used minimal Ki. I never sensed you except for last night."

"I had another dream where I was Katherine the Slaughterer. I really killed so many innocent people, Vegeta."

"So have I, kid."

"Its funny that you still call me kid."

"Let's head back, I'm sure Bulma and Kakorot's wife will be ready to feed us."

"That reminds me, I saw you kill your dinner last night. You killed the same deer I was about to kill."

"So what did you have?"

"Fish. And I have a question, why do you still call Goku by his Sayjin name?"

"He should have pride in his name, and I merely remind us all of that."

"So, if I had a real Sayjin name you'd call me by that, right?"

"Of course."

So we flew back to Capsule Corp. and had dinner with the families. You could almost say that because of me we're all one big family, since Goku and Chi-chi raised me and I'm married to Mirai. But now I'd get to rest for a little while, because my next training was soon.