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Months after entering the time chamber, Goten and Trunks had gotten much better at handling their Super Sayian form. Their movements were more fluid and, with time, they had gotten wiser in their attacks, thinking more on the line of strategy than sheer power. Sheer power came much easier to Trunks than Goten because of his inherited short fuse. Goten was usually much calmer, and it reflected in their fights.
Currently, Goten was having a hard time deflecting Trunk's powerful attacks because, well, he wasn't holding back. Finally, after an exchange of blows, and an extremely powerful spin kick, They separated and decided to try to end the day's sparring session. Trunks charged up to his maximum power and watched as Goten seemed thoughtful. However, he knew better. Goten may be much slower in taking classwork studies, but he was a quick study when it came to combat, having learned from his father, Gohan and Piccolo as well.
"Goten! If you do not put up a defense, I'll win again, like the last Budokai!"
" You know as well as I that you would have had a tougher time if we kept fighting without you transforming" Goten responded with a voice on edge. He seemed to be holding something back, like a storm ready to just happen.
"FINAL FLASH"
" HAAAA!"
Goten charged up to his maximum and put his hands up, trying to hold the massive energy blast as away from him. Easier said than done, he was being pushed back and crashed right on the ground of the room of spirit and time. Trunks watched curiously as Goten kept on trying to push the energy back, despite being crushed under it.
"Goten! Give up, you know you can't win against such an energy discharge!"
Goten gritted his teeth. He knew Trunks was right, and he was running out of energy way too fast. Am I destined to lose? That last thought pushed him over the edge. He was going to give it his all even if it damaged him in the long run. Regaining more focus, he pushed his anger to the surface, remembering the story of Gohan's legendary power.
"Winning…"
His energy seemed to double all of a sudden. Trunks raised an eyebrow at that. He hadn't thought Goten had such energy reserves. Goten kept on pushing everything to the surface.
"Winning!" Goten repeated, more forcefully.
His eyes opened, fixing Trunks in such a cold glare that the Hybrid Prince shuddered involuntarily.
"Winning is what my family does!!!"
That last statement was a yell. And that yell forced his potential to the surface. Ki bolts shot out from within him, furiously crackling around him, his hair standing on end, like razor sharp blades. His newfound powers were so great that he held Trunk's final flash with one hand. Trunks looked worriedly at his friend. That looked like.. Vegeta. Oh crap!
The energy discharge from Goten's transformation, added to the Final Flash was too much for Trunks to handle. Though the combined forces weren't really aimed at him, being just grazed by it was enough to knock him out of the air. His landing was less than graceful, he landed on this butt, and looked up at Goten with a mixture of fear, wonder and joy.
"Goten! You did it! You went beyond the first stage"
Goten looked at himself with a look of childish curiosity. Everything seemed… so easy in this form. His body seemed to be a thousand times easier to control, but he could sense Trunks was close to his power, yet he unconsciously held it back.
"Trunks, you are closer than you think…"
Trunks looked at his friend, puzzled. Closer than he thought? Goten seemed a hundred times stronger than him, how as he… Oh.
"Your ki sensing ability is enhanced as well, isn't it?"
"That it is. The first thing you need to do is calm down"
Trunks looked as his Goten again. Calm down? He's standing before the pinnacle of power in this room and Goten is casually asking him to.. calm down?! What is he, nuts?!
Nevertheless, there was truth to what Goten told him. Everytime he was in SSJ form, Trunks had a tendency to let his power dictate his actions. So he did what Goten asked, and was so calm that his power seemed to vanish and he kept his super form.
" Trunks, it took me.. a lot of emotional power to reach this form… I think you need to as well. I'd say, you need your father's anger within you… "
Trunks looked at Goten again… I understand. You want me to be the prince of all Sayians, even for a few minutes. Emptying his mind, Trunks sat in lotus form, mimicking Piccolo. Remembering what he once heard Gohan say about power he tried to let his power flow through him, much more than he restrained. There's no limit to what a body can do when the mind isn't repressing everything.
Not knowing why, Goten sat down in front of Trunks, mimicking him. He had to learn to control the second form. That is when he was hit by such a strong mental surge of power that he wondered if Trunks had shot to SSJ3 all of a sudden. As he looked at his friend, he could see that he was still trying to concentrate.
"Weird.." He uttered to himself before setting his mind back to concentrating.
" The end of the world?!" Gohan asked with a curious stare. " Belgitas, are you sure about that? A lot of threats have come and gone, all saying the same thing."
Belgitas turned his nonchalant face towards Gohan.
"Do you remember Majin Buu?"
" How can I not?"
" Imagine him on steroids"
Had Belgitas been standing behind Gohan, he'd have seen the huge sweatdrop forming at the back of his head. He decided to continue his story.
" Well… I guess I should start at the beginning. King Vegeta had sent me on a recon mission. We had seen some spacial disturbance near the end of Vegeta's solar system, so we had to be sure that it was no threat. It was a team of three. Senrogen, Loccici and me. Loccici was the scientist, though he is one of the fiercest warriors I have met in my life. It was a fate that we had happened to stumble upon a rather intense battle.. Yes, Vegeta, it was in space."
Krillin looked at his fellow fighters. None of them seemed to grasp the concept of the guardians and Spectre. This is when he decided to word his concerns.
" Guys… When I was growing up in the temple, right before meeting Master Roshi, I had learned a few theories about the creation of the universe. I can tell you the story that corresponds to what Belgitas here is telling us."
Goku looked at his best friend with a little smile. Grandpa Gohan had told him such stories about right and wrong and the creation of the universe, he wondered if he would ever remember any of them. Krillin started telling to story of the Eternal Kai and the creation:
" In the beginning, the eternal Kai created the multiverse and simply populated them with different planets. But as time passed everything evolved and the universes themselves had to be purged because of the evil that plagued them. The eternal Kai did so, but the evil itself took a form. Realizing that destroying the evil would destroy all the races of beings that he had come to cherish, the Eternal Kai created a new planet in the dead center of the central universe. The planet of the guardians. That is where he decided to banish the evil incarnation known as Spectre. The newly formed guardians' task was to look after him for fear that he'd escape. It had been their task for millennia. From what I understand, Belgitas and his crew ended up in a wormhole created by Spectre himself."
Realization dawned on the Z fighters. They had another task. Before any questions were asked, Belgitas decided to talk again:
" Now you have to realize, he basically had to split himself into four different forms to be able to escape us. Two of them we have been able to track. Two are missing. The first two are here on Earth. A strange shaped ship that is as hot as a volcano, basically is where he is imprisoned. Well, part of him. The other is.. out of our reach. We just have to be sure that the ships aren't opened or else the flux of living ki could wake him up."
Bulma sighed in relief. She hadn't worked on the ship since it was taken to Capsule Corps. They decided that the best course of action would be to take it to the Lookout. There, it would be safe from most living ki, and Belgitas could put a barrier around it so that nothing happened. Belgitas still looked as nonchalant, though his eyes showed a troubled spirit.
"People, it is highly possible that one of the parts of this guy could be on any living planet. We will have to keep our eyes peeled for any disturbance. That is why my ship will be in orbit for a while."
Goku looked at him with a smile.
" Hey big guy, are you hungry?"
That was all the incentive needed for Belgitas to crack a smile.
" Yes, quite, actually"
On cue, five stomachs growled, making the whole place shake, and all the humans facefault. This would be quite the evening. Throughout the night, Belgitas seemed to keep pace with all of the other sayians and demi sayians and quarter sayians in the speed eating department. By dusk, he had met almost everybody, but Goten and Trunks.
" I wonder what those two are up to" Vegita commented
" Bah Vegita, you know they only went camping" Chichi said.
In the room of Spirit and time, two young warriors were exchanging blows at a furious pace. They seemed to have gotten used to the second stage of the Super Sayian state in record time. They seemed to read each other's moves perfectly, and their bodies were moving fluidly and quickly with little effort. Their Sayian instinct were dictating their moves and timing, creating a symphony of loud bangs and dance like moves that'd take anyone's breath away.
Goten smiled as he had landed a rather devastating uppercut to Trunks' chin, but not before he felt that powerful kick to his stomach. Both combatants broke apart and eyed each other warily. Finally they powered down, but still staying at the Super Sayian Two stage.
" HAH. Trunks, I almost got you with that last shot"
" You wish!"
Just then, Trunks' stomach growled, signaling that they indeed needed to eat.
Meanwhile, outside of the hyperbolic time chamber, Dende and Piccolo were sweating in concentration. They had just seen what went on, in the chamber, both warriors had reached the second level in seventy five days. That was a record time, one that could worry anyone who would want to attack this planet. Dende looked at Piccolo who was holding his breath with anticipation and pride.
"They sure surprised me" He said
" There's more to come, old friend" Dende said.
I will end this here for now. I want to thank The Honorable Gucci for reviewing the last chapter, I hope this one will keep you entertained. I'll also try to keep updating as fast as possible. Hopefully this story will advance faster than it has been. See you next time.
