Chapter 16: Origin of the Heat Phalanx
The next morning after everyone had left, I went to the palace. As I approached the throne room I was getting some very strange looks from the guards. Feeling awkward, I gave them some weird looks back "What? What is it?" I asked. They merely trembled and took a step back. I shrugged and walked past them thinking nothing of it. As I entered the throne room I was crowded by a group of the other royal guard.
"Is it true that you really slaughtered the Ginyu Force? Did you really bludgeon Dodoria single handedly. Is it true that because you destroyed all of his henchman, Frieza asked for your hand and you accepted?" One person after another asking from the inquisitive mob. I sighed and shook my head thinking that this was getting too out of hand and that they were not ordering King Vegeta's orders. "HEY, SHUT UP!" I yelled at all of them. They all got scared and backed off away from me.
"Look, none of that stuff you asked me is true. And besides, I believe that King Vegeta ordered you to keep your mouths shut about what you heard yesterday." I told them. "If none of that is true then where did you get that engagement band?" One of the more curious ones that couldn't keep his mouth shut said. I shook my head once more "My boyfriend proposed to me, and believe me he isn't Frieza. Even if Frieza did propose to me I wouldn't accept accept such an offer from that cocky little freak." I said in disgust.
"Oh really? Is that so?" A voice that sounded like Frieza's echoed. I Froze where I was while everyone else in the room ran out like frightened little saibamen. "Oh crap, I'm screwed." I thought. I heard footsteps coming closer to the throne room from the royals' entrance. I watched it closely, hearing the voice come closer. "How dare you! Even if you declined I wouldjust kill you!" The voice of frieza said as Queen Celera came out, mimicking friezas voice. I felt like I could breathe again.
"My Queen, you scared the hell out of me." I said giving a small bow. She laughed so hard. "You should have seen your face!" She said catching her breath. "So are you engaged to that third class soldier the other elites gave you trouble about before?" She asked. I nodded. "Can I tell you something Millina? I have some great news, I am expecting another child and from I have been told it will be a girl. But please don't tell anyone." She said. I was very happy for her.
"How far along are you?" I asked. "About a month, give or take." She replied. I knew she trusted me so I wouldn't tell a soul until she was ready for me to. Me and the queen talked about little things until we heard a booming "Why is the throne room empty?" that made us run to where King Vegeta was, standing in the middle of it. "My King, all of them were scared away by your wife imitating lord Frieza." I said. He just laughed and for that day I was the only one in the Saiyan Royal Guard.
When I left, it struck me to train so I went to the Attack Shack. It was a huge place where warriors could go and choose a type of setting to train in. Every room had a different simulation, but my favorite was the heat room, a room that I was notorious for using there. Because of my repeated use of it and my growing skill, they had to install higher heat settings three times to accommodate me. But they told me I was not allowed to use my sword to train in any of the rooms since when I first started going there I slashed up everything inside the room and caused some of their appliances to explode from the punctures.
After I payed and reached the heat room, I noticed a couple of new things on it. The first new thing was a setting gauge on the outside that told how hot it was on the inside of the room. The second difference was a warning sign that said CAUTION! Do Not Open Door If On the 10th setting. I knew the highest anyone besides me ever set this room was on the 7th setting.
I entered the room and closed the door behind me. "Activate setting ten." I said. I heard the whirring of machines begin and a female robot voice said "Setting ten initiated." And I felt the room suddenly become blistering hot, so I raised my power level so that I wouldn't cook to death. I hovered above the ground because I knew the soles of my boots would melt if they touched it. I closed my eyes in brief meditation, concentrating on making myself stronger.
My eyes then shot open and I began throwing a flurry of punches and kicks at my moving targets, which didn't seem to be hit at all. When I stopped to look at them, ten seconds later they exploded. I continued my assaults as the ever faster moving targets, nailing each and every one of them as fast as I possibly could. The second phase of the training room began where the room would now start firing blasts at me with increasing speed and also deflect those blasts back.
Five blasts shot at me at once from all different directions so I deflected them back with all my limbs, including my tail. Two of them bounced directly back at the cannons and destroyed them while the other three cannons continued to fire while the blasts bounced around the room. Beads of sweat formed on my forehead while I moved ever quicker, trying not to get hit by them. A few of them managed to cut me up a bit while the cannons continued to become more and more relentless.
I felt my reflexes becoming sharper and more fine-tuned with every near hit of each blast. The sting of my wounds did not bother me that much at all since I was more concentrated on keeping from getting hurt even more. At one point the blasts were starting to become too much and I was getting really cut up, so I unleashed the blue flame attack, destroying all of the cannons and nullifying all of the blasts as well as damaging most of the room.
To my surprise I found out Bardock and Raditz were there training there when They ran to where the damage was done. They obviously looked concerned, but I smiled "Hey guys, funny running into you here." I said with a laugh. "You alright Millina?" Raditz said. "Yeah, but that's not as much as I can say for this room." I said jokingly. The owner was obviously very upset that I roasted part of his establishment and suspended me from training there for a year. When we left for home, Bardock told Raditz to go ahead of us. When he was out of sight Bardock looked at me.
"I saw that attack you did at the very end, I have never seen anything like it. How do you do it?" He asked.
"You mean the blue flame attack?" I asked.
"Yeah that one."
"Well...its an attack that I created awhile back to destroy someone. No one else knows how to do it but me, but I would be willing to teach you how to do it."
"Could you show me now?"
"Yeah, but we would have to find a secluded place."
"How about the desert area of Planet Vegeta?"
"Sounds good."
I flew off with Bardock hand in hand toward the desert area. It only took us a few minutes to fly there and it was completely deserted. I landed in the most barren area. "Okay Bardock, the first step for doing this attack is to tap into the most firey part of you, the part that drives you to get revenge or to keep yourself living. Your spirit as a saiyan so to speak." I said. Bardock nodded seeming a little dumbfounded. "Try it, think of a time when someone hurt you very badly. Think of all those stupid people who call you low-level scum and how badly you'd want to kill them.
He growled "I'm thinking about it, now what?" He asked. "Can you feel it inside of you, does it burn inside of you? If it does, try bringing it out to the palm of your hand, if it envelops your hand that's good too. Once that happens concentrate your attack on a target. Obviously the fire should be blue because that's when its at its most powerful." I said. He brought the fire out of him and it enveloped his hand just before he punched a rock and caused it to shatter, but only the fire was the color of normal fire.
"Hmm...its good that you brought it out. But it's the wrong color. Keep trying." I said. He kept doing it over and over again, even when it got dark, but it was still the same. He seemed a bit discouraged. "I'm never going to be able to do this" He said. "Don't worry, its not important. Besides, I think you have just invented a new attack. After all, its differences keep it from being my attack. What do you think we should call it?" I asked. He thought about it for a little "How about the……Heat Phalanx?" He asked. "That sounds cool, the heat phalanx it is." I said before kissing him. After that we flew home, Bardock seeming even more confident than before.