Chapter 53: Training for the Unknown, Part 4
Battle Royal
This was it, the final test. Vegeta, Goku, Gohan, Goten, Mirai, Trunks, 18, and Piccolo were all here to spar with me. Buu wasn't there because he didn't really understand the concept of sparing. The only person he'd let beat him was Hercule, and if he fought any of us it may get dangerous. I had to fight all of them at full force, just as they would with me. They were the strongest warriors Earth had to offer, and if I could beat them I could beat anything.
We were in the original arena for the Tenkaichi Budokai, the one featured in the show and manga Dragonball.
They all lined up as we prepared for the 8 vs. 1 fight to begin. They powered up to the max as I looked them over, and they all looked me over as well. Gohan, Mirai, and Vegeta transformed SSJ2, Goten and Trunks went SSJ, Goku went SSJ3, and 18, and Piccolo went to their limits.
"You guys don't know what you've gotten yourselves into. You'll be proud of yourselves for teaching me so well." I said, jumping to SSJ2.
"We'll see, Katie. We'll see." Piccolo said. All at once they charged at me, but I was unscathed. I dodged everything, from punches and kicks to Ki blasts. I sensed they were all in awe or anger at my easy movements, but when Piccolo speed trained me he did well. His approach to it was simple, too. He strapped a literal mountain to my back until I was as fast as I was before. Without the pile of rocks my speed had increased 4x. And that was only the beginning of the speed training.
The group encircled me and they all blasted with assorted Ki blasts. I stood tall when the smoke cleared, though a little worse for wear.
"How did she do that?"
"Believe me, it was a direct hit. You're not giving me all you have. Right now I'm the enemy, so treat me like the enemy!"
Well, they started for real. But it didn't help much. Goku came at me, and as I fended him off Vegeta came from the other side. I was fending them both off when I was hit in the back with a few Ki blasts. The entire group tightened the circle and I finally raised my Ki to back them off. The force of the Ki blew them away.
Suddenly Vegeta was attacking with all he had, and as I fought him Mirai came from behind and charged at me. Knowing the others were about to attack, I teleported to 18, leaving Vegeta and Mirai in a pile.
"Power Blitz!" 18 shot her blast at me, the most powerful one I'd seen yet. I held it, pushing it back, trying to think of something.
I refuse to fail now. My training is nearly complete, and if I fail this I won't be able to save everyone. This entire universe and all other dimensions are counting on me, I won't fail!
"I won't fail!" I screamed as I tossed aside 18's Power Blitz. I started fighting back hard, but I was also fighting smart.
Goten and Trunks have power, but not much experience. Gohan is both smart and powerful, so I'll wear him down first. Goku can't hold SSJ3 forever, so if I go for him now I'll get my shot at a challenge. Vegeta's pride is his downfall. Mirai isn't as strong as I am, and 18 and Piccolo aren't either.
I went for Goku first, wanting the challenge.
Goku saw me coming and he started up a Kamehameha Wave.
"Inner Light Gatlik Wave!" it was my strongest attack, and it ripped right through Goku's Kamehameha and sent him flying back. He got up in his regular form, but a fatherly smile was across his face.
Done with Goku I headed to Gohan. Gohan was both smart and strong, and we had a sort of sibling rivalry that made us ready to fight at any time. His SSJ2 should be far stronger than mine since old Kai released Gohan's sleeping powers, so I had my guard up.
But that seemed to be my downfall, I overestimated my enemies sometimes. I did with 16 and Sahara, and I couldn't afford to do that now. I concentrated and sought out his Ki at its highest.
That's weird, it doesn't feel as strong as my Ki…
He came at me, and the others were pretty much watching now, seeing as I had a system going on here. I couldn't hear exactly what they were saying, but they were evaluating my fighting technique.
We started off as any good fight does, trading punches and kicks for a short amount of time, but then we backed off and studied each other.
"Masenko HA!" Gohan did his signature move and I rebelled with a Sneak Attack Ball, and it had the same effect as my Inner Light attack. Gohan got up, but he nodded, conceding to me.
Now that I had finished with Gohan I turned back to the group.
"Whose next?" I asked. I was being cocky, but I was starting to feel my past two fights and the entire group's fight.
Mirai stepped up.
"Ready lover?" I asked. He did his Vegeta-like smirk as he came at me.
Mirai No Trunks had a style I had seen many times before. It was going to be fun to see how it would differ this time around.
"Buster Cannon!" that was his leading attack, and I dodged and came from behind him and hit him across the jaw, spinning him around. He regained his composure and came at me again. He got really close and I saw his right hand, but felt the blast from the left. Before I could react to the first blast he hit me again with two more blasts.
"Clever boy, Mirai." I said as I got up. I had blood leaking from my mouth, most likely the tooth he knocked out. No big deal, though. Another Sayjin fact: our teeth replace themselves almost overnight when we lose a tooth, much like a shark.
"So, she does bleed." Mirai said cockily.
"Yeah, and I was beginning to wonder who would be the first one to draw blood. Guess its you this round." I charged and we began the fiercest round of punches and kicks yet this fight. I wasn't even trying to block his attacks as I hit him and he hit me.
"Burning Attack!" but that failed. The famous Burning Attack takes a few moments to perform. Before he had initiated the attack I had prepared and defended myself from it.
I had to think fast or he'd wear me down, and I had this whole group left to fight. I grabbed both his arms and used them to flip myself over behind him.
"Gatlik Gun!" I fired as I landed and knocked him away, sending him out of SSJ2.
The remaining members of the group came at me to stop me. The feeling was so empowering; I had beaten the strongest warriors of the Z Senshi, and I was only now starting to tire out.
This feels great!
No, this can't be it.
I raised my Ki back up as they all got close and I knocked them away. Since I had already fought them they were tired, and as they got back up I watched, reading Ki levels.
"That can't be it, can it? My power couldn't have grown that much in the past three years, could it?" I wasn't being sarcastic at all.
"It is possible, since you're a Sayjin." Piccolo said.
"But you guys are the Z Senshi! You're the strongest in the universe, and I'm outnumbered!"
"Maybe its cause we haven't trained as hard as you." Goku said.
"And why not? I'm beating Goku in Super Sayjin 3, three Super Sayjin 2's, two Super Sayjin's, a Super Namek, and an android! Even against those odds I should be having trouble."
"I'll show you trouble!" Vegeta charged at me and I blocked his attacks. I was almost in shock at how easily I was blocking him and when I delivered a hit he went flying back. I looked at my own hands after that. I realized I had changed from a human trapped in a Sayjin body, to a true Sayjin warrior who had no rival.
Well, there is Kooler…
I thought of Neo from the first Matrix movie, when he finally realized he could see the Matrix. When he caught the bullets and blocked that machine's punches so easily, and he had this amazed look on his face. That's how I felt right now.
"I don't want to sound rude, but this is pointless." I powered down, "If I can beat you all so easily, and you all are at you limits, then my training is complete."
"It's not over." 18 said, "Fight Gotenks. He'll give you a good fight."
"Yeah, how about it boys?" Goku asked.
"Yeah!" Goten and Trunks said.
So they did the Fusion Dance and an older Gotenks stood before me. He didn't look much different, just older, really.
"This should be good. I can tell you're strong even now." Gotenks said.
"Same to you, big guy."
We both powered up, Gotenks SSJ and I was SSJ2. If Gotenks was SSJ3 he'd be much stronger than me, and that was the fight I wanted.
Fist thing he did was send out the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack. Ten ghosts came out and came right for me.
They explode on contact, so I have to blast them.
And I did. I sent Ki blasts at all ten, and even though I missed a few I got them my second time around.
"I know all your tricks, Gotenks. These ghosts were purely an annoyance. Lets get going for real."
"Whatever you say." He said cockily. We went toward each other at the same time and punched and kicked some more. I flipped over him and swiped his legs out from under him, and as I got up he did as well. He flipped over me and tried to do the same, but I jumped up before he could do that trick. But then he did something unexpected. He grabbed my tail.
For the most part I've kept my tail around my waist, and like today wrapped in the belt loops of my pants. But I guess the longer I had been fighting and the more I moved the less conscious I had become of my tail.
I went limp on the spot and the SSJ2 transformation meant nothing. My Ki immediately dropped and I reverted back to my normal state. I fell to my hands and knees, barely staying up like that.
"Well, it looks like you beat me." I said. Everyone laughed as Gotenks let go of my tail and he helped me up. Then he split back into Goten and Trunks.
"Even at such a high power level, a Sayjin can always be beaten if their tail is crushed. Only high ranking soldiers and the royalty are trained to over come that." Vegeta explained.
"I'll keep that in mind." I said, "Maybe you should teach me."
"You did great, Katie. I have never seen such great fighting skills develop in such a short amount of time." Goku said.
"Well, you have to admit, I had great teachers."
