Slightly Co-written by Zecske05
A\N: If you thought that the Mortal Kombat fights with the ladies were too short, learn that I could not use all of the moves, or else it would be too long, more than it is already, so it had to be made to be cool yet not overly lengthy. ON A HIGHER NOTE! I'm sorry for those who voted on the Eight Inner gates as a power-up, unfortunately, I was unable to come up with a way to activate the gate of death which multiplies your power by a hundred without literally transforming Yamcha insides into a bonfire, (We paid too much attention about it being cool) and there is no point in having a power-up that you can't use because it will kill you, so something else will take its place that is awesome and resourceful.
Also to the guest review- Gourmet cells need amazing food (which is otherworldly there, besides having the Gourmet cells on you) to make you evolve and stuff like that so I don't think I can use the stuff from Toriko very much because most of it is all about food and somewhat confusing, even though is pretty awesome, thanks for the idea though, a pleasure to see your interest.
While giving challenges for Yamcha to test his abilities and give him sweet stuff for a reward, Melvin also wanted to train him whenever he found it was needed to see how far the former bandit would go if he had the right pointers, right now they were sparring.
"No, no. You're too stiff and that's making it sloppy" Melvin said as he dodged yet another sidekick from Yamcha.
"Stiff? Give me a break, there ain't nothing less stiff than me after all that Yoga. I'm trying but it's not getting any easier with you saying I'm doing it wrong all the time"
Yamcha had improved a lot over the period of training but was still having a hard time managing to land one single blow towards Melvin, it appears they were training for a good while now in that supposed sparring match.
"That's because I'm right, or do you think this sloppy stance of yours is gonna make you do Fa Jin correctly?"
One of Yamchas new techniques call the Hakkei, had showcased to be really useful but he could only use to its full potential if he knew the fundamentals of 'Fa Jin' Which was a means to discharge power explosively, seen as a set of methods capable of generating the energy to be more focused and refined through many more muscle groups, allowing feats with far less visual expression.
"Cmon, you know this already. It's all a matter of alignment and coordination. The body needs to be in a relaxed physical state, then quickly accelerate it like a whip! As your whole body is in agreement with the action. The attack needs to be immediately retracted after contact to shorten impact time, which will increase the impulse of the strike"
"I know that geez! You're just too much to handle" Yamcha said, not seeing the point.
"There is always room for improvement. Remember, start by breathing into your lower abdomen and create pressure. Squeeze it so tight that your core becomes compact, unifying the torso you will then actively engage more of your muscle fibers generate more force"
"Hmm...Ok then I make sure to practice this every day in my training routine"
"Oh well at some point all training stances and breathing patterns end up being the same. Hey! Now that we are talking about power, do you know what the Chakra points are?"
"Hmm? I'm not sure if I remember correctly or not but it has something to do with energy?" Yamcha tells him.
"Yes thats it, they are a series of points throughout the body where that energy is heavily concentrated. There are seven chakras in total, all located on the central vertical axis of the body. Each having a specific purpose and as such, can be opened and closed depending on the individual's state of mind. When it's open, energy is free to flow about the body, whereas a sealed one restricts this flow of energy"
"Hmm..." Yamcha listens to it, interested "I see what you mean, it's like Qigong that I have been practicing where you need to let it all flow through the right paths like a river" He says it in a more basic notion.
"Yes well, you have been doing a good job in controlling your ki and making it work better for you so far Yamcha, but I think opening those roots will allow you a path of far more refined control" Melvin said to him, stoically.
"So you're telling me that because why exactly? That mine are not open?" Yamcha raised an eyebrow.
"Well I didnt want to just go ahead and say I wanted to check out your chakra" Melvin laughed off being himself once more "Throwing challenges is good and all but I'm a master right? Gotta teach my student things besides fighting"
Yamcha sweat drops it and nods "Well then I got nothing better to do, what is the first step then mister teacher? You piqued my curiosity now" Yancha would take any chance to grow stronger, if this was a freebie with no challenge then even better.
"Nothing too hard, just stand there on the grass in a meditative position and I will start by pointing my finger at the due location of your back and you will feel it when we begin"
At this point all the reasons to doubt Melvin were none, when he said he would do something then he would, and that's it. If it would hurt or be annoying then it was different, he would either let it happen only to laugh at it later or say it right away to make him feel nervous, but that's ok, he got used to it. Staying in the position he always did when meditating or doing image training, Melvin gets behind him and looks at the former bandits back with a careful yet serious look, a finger raised and goes towards its point.
"...The Root chakra is located at the base of the spine, it deals with survival, and it's blocked by fear, now what is that you're most afraid of?"
Melvin's voice echoed through Yamcha's ears with more sound than he expected. His eyes widened and a sudden surge of heat could be felt through his whole body. memories came flashing at him like a made-up movie, even the smallest of details that didn't seem to matter at the time were also coming back with an intensity far beyond what they meant, it's almost like reliving them over and over.
He remembers the tournament of martial arts that he had participated in, how hard the training that he went through was, but he always lost in the quarter-finals, such as easily being outmaneuvered and thrown away by Jackie Chun, getting all his moved tanked or blown away by Tien who was not even using his full power, resulting in him getting his leg broken, a humiliating defeat by Kami who seemed to not take him seriously what so ever, not even after his trump card was used he stood a chance. Then there was the explosive plant looking alien, the Saibamen that caught him off guard when the Saiyans came to earth, even after his gains with the guardian of earth; He remembers the awful sensation of being stabbed through his chest by Doctor Gero out of nowhere as his energy was being collected like juice.
The last memory that came to him though was different, this one seemed to be from the past before he met Goku, there was...a little boy, sitting at a sand dune while his back rested against a rock column as if he was waiting for someone...someone that would never come back.
'No...'
All those traumatic moments felt like they were coming to him ten-fold, the pain was searing, almost like your body is being cut all over the place by razor blades that have been heated up to a burning degree as it cauterized almost immediately, it hurt! It HURTED! He didn't want to think about it anymore.
"G-GRRRHHH!"
Yamcha gritted his teeth, trying to fight through the inner pain, veins pulsating in the forehead and temple. What he feared was to be useless, needless, and pointless, that his existence didn't matter in the bigger scheme of providers around the planet that were hundreds of times stronger and were always going to be something he depended on it far too much.
"This root has a foundation for life, it keeps yourself grounded physically and to withstand challenges, feeling aware, and comfortable in many situations. Do not fear the past, feel the present in what is happening right now and keep going forward" Melvin said, oddly right about it.
Yamcha heard the words spoken to him, he was right, all that was in the past now, and to keep crying about it on what could have been if things were different was a waste of time. What is done is done, what matters is the NOW and what it has to offer, this is the path he made for himself, nobody else forced him into it.
Rather than asking if he was ok, Melvin kept going "The Sacral chakra is located below the belly button, it deals with pleasure and it's blocked by guilt, what do you blame yourself for?"
That was a tricky question, what did he blame himself? Being too weak? No...he was strong, not on the level of the Saiyans but he was a pretty decent fighter. Maybe he regretted the time he used to be a bandit, at first he did so to survive the desert in which was placed so suddenly, but once he managed to get a hideout and a reputation he sort of started liking it, it made him feel important, sure he had never had to actually kill someone in his bandit days but stealing belongings was another story. Yamcha couldn't help but sometimes feel if his friends ever saw him as a real fighter, or if for every loss that he took they were losing respect for him. Were they secretly laughing at his back? Was he worth their respect? But he knew. He trained hard and risked his life for the planet more than enough even though he knew of the dangers, he was just a human giving moral support now.
"You need to accept reality and relate to your emotions without letting them cloud and poison your spirit. Life is messy but you will be able to learn each step and become a better version than you could ever dream" Melvin said.
'Yeah...I'm better, better than I ever was' He felt soothed.
"The Navel chakra is located in the stomach, it deals with willpower and is blocked by shame, what is your biggest disappointment?"
Yamcha knew that his worst fear was also his biggest shame, never has he ever felt more impotent than the day were the day of the androids arrival he was casualy grabbed by the enemy in a surprise attack, absorbed his energy, and stabbed his torso like it was made of cardboard, three years of training for what? For that ONE moment of dissapointment? It was due to sheer luck and tenacity that he managed to stay alive long enough to be saved by a Senzu. He trained with Gods like Kami and King kai just like Goku. Yet this was all it amounted to, it really felt like the bitter end of his fighting path that day, there was simply no point, no more ways to make him see the need to train, this is what he and his friends became, the ones who watch from far away.
"You should let go of your let downs and feel in control of your life, dignity on one's self is not measured by just one thing, but a plenitude of many more things to come. Everyone is different, they have their strengths and weaknesses and no one was born perfect, that's why having diversity shows what can help you fill those voids"
'I suppose so, I am really good at cooking, thats something'
"The heart chakra is on the center of your chest, it deals with love, and it's blocked by grief"
His mind started going back to a certain blue-haired woman...Bulma. Oh, how beautiful she was when he first met her, things were never easy between them, to be honest, he wasn't the perfect boyfriend, being afraid of girls at the age of sixteen was embarrassing, but she wasn't the perfect girlfriend either.
If he had to think about it more logically, their relationship was kind of...dysfunctional, and due to circumstances, he was a guy who had fear of women and was forced to get over it to save her, and she was a girl trying to have the perfect boyfriend, once the adventure for the Dragonball Balls was done they sort of ended up together. How many Years did their relationship even last? There were more ups and downs than a rollercoaster, Bulma could be kind of a control freak sometimes and prone to misunderstandings when seeing him around other girls.
Not to say that she could be a pain in the ass sometimes, they did have their moments...but it just wasn't meant to be. Sometimes he would look back and think about it, was he missing her because he loved her? Or was it perhaps the fear that she was the only girl he ever felt comfortable with? Even with such a short fuse. It was a saddening feeling but he was at peace with it, better than to stay in a dead-end relationship.
What made him feel annoyed for real though sometimes was how she ended up with Vegeta though. The guy was a genocidal maniac going through planets and selling for profit, then they sort of becomes allys for a moment, three years later, and then what happens? They become an item and have a kid, something that it took him forever to just end up in a breaking up relationship. Seriously, was Bulma into that sort of thing? A stubborn and priddful alien prince who was evil and now we're sort of good? whatever it was, maybe it was for the best that he and she were not together anymore, those two fit together too well, she was still a good friend though.
"By managing to defeat your own phobia, you have learned through love and loss. But all the love that has been directed towards you is not lost, it's still inside your heart and is reborn in the shape of new love, in the ability to show compassion" Melvin said.
'I wonder if I get married one day' Yamcha thought.
"The throat chakra deals with truth and is blocked by lies"
Yamcha didn't lie to himself, he knew where he came from and started at. How strong he was, how much he trained, his personality , his life, it was everything in accordance, sure sometimes you can't help by feeling cocky but that's what every human has...flaws, and we fix them. The hard way if needed.
"You who once envy others for their own natural raw potential and ease with certain aspects in which you deal as well but much harder. By accepting who you are, that is now the best path for self-respect and worth"
The former bandit flinched at that part, envy? Well...I guess feeling a bit of that when surrounded by such strong allies was inevitable, he didn't think about it at that moment though. There was nothing he could do about it, there were saiyans, namekians, androids, everyone had a gimmick that made them stronger much faster, but not humans.
"The third eye chakra is located right between the eyes, it deals with insight and is blocked by illusion. Things one may think are separated and different are actually one and the same, all connected to the universe with both start and beginning, no matter their nature"
Yamcha could feel a sense of empowerment to him like everything he has done so far from the day he thrown his first punch by self-teaching himself martial arts was flowing through his body, the training that he had been doing mostly for the control of his fighting spirit in the chamber came to his mind.
First, there was Yoga. Focused on many aspects such as posture that developed stability through balance, movements that improved the range of motion in joints making the body strong, fluid, and flexible far beyond normal, and awareness that was cultivated through connecting each movement of the body with focus while breathing in unison making the user see things with more clarity in both mind and body.
Then there was Qigong. A wide range of physical movements are performed with relaxed muscles and ease of movement by incorporating a regulation of breath and mind coordinated with heightened body awareness. Allowing sustained focus without overthinking and Strengthening the natural flow of inner energies and life force.
Everything felt like puzzle pieces were aligning with each other and that his mental inhibitions were being removed. His ki burst with life as if gasoline had been tossed into a bonfire, but then it calmed down taking a more outline-like form around it, feeling different now, it was more...focused.
"Well done, you just learned Mūga no Ryōiki" Melvin said, removing his finger from his back.
The latter had finally opened his eyes and everything suddenly felt more real than a dream "W-What?" He stands up, a bit in a daze, and looks around "Oh...ok, what was that you just told me?"
"In other words is when you learn perfect ki control where no ki leaks out from the body, if you try a little harder then you will be able to contain and hardness your radiating aura which will achieve greater power"
"Whoa...this feels amazing"
"Yeah there are very interesting things you can do with good ki control, I show you later...Now that I wonder, how is the egg?" Melvin asked.
"Still the same with no major changes, Puar is taking good care of it and I assist in what I can since I am mostly busy with my training" Yamcha yawned.
"Well, then that seems to be a good time for us to do another challenge don't you think? When your friend finally comes out you will need to spend some time with him" Melvin softly spoke.
"Are you the one coming up with all these challenges I have seen so far or what?" He asked, curious of it.
"Who me? Pfft, Nah. Sometimes I do some...adjustments when the other side is not being very creative"
"The other side?" Yamcha raises a brow.
"Don't worry about that, haven't you gotten used to it? So don't be too hard around the edges and let's just go"
"Whatever floats your boat then mister impatient. Let's do this!"
*Scene Change- Challenge location*
When he arrived there via teleportation, the martial artist was looking around his surroundings, Yamcha could see the outside having sand under his feet, plants like cactus and some white rock columns everywhere he looked, the blue sky and the sun hitting his eyes, the place were as big as the eyes could see.
"Oh man, this sure makes me feel nostalgic, to be in a place like this reminds me of my old hideout in the desert"
"Really now? Was your place 50 °Celsius in temperature too? Cause that's how hot it is right now, Ayyy!" Melvin this time shows up riding his staff like a surfer plank.
"Now that you mention it, I'm starting to feel it. I must not be used to it as much as before. But it's not so bad"
"Pfft! Yeah, for now, this is just the start dude, think of it as getting used to your roots again. Now tell me how much do you weigh?"
"Uhm... sixty-eight kilos, why?" Yamcha was confused about why he asked about his weight.
"Boom!" Melvin hits Yamcha with some weird beam.
"Eh?" Yamcha starts to feel something envelop his body until a sensation of heaviness starts to increase.
"Now you are into what I like to call your private gravity field, now forty times heavier. But I'm sure that won't be too much for you in this heat right?" The guy mused at the fighter.
"Great, just what I needed with this sun shining in my face to make it even better" Yamcha said sarcastically.
"Young Z-fighter, your understanding of power has been warped by hanging around allies and enemies stronger than you, and thus has made you forget the real deal of your own power! Here We and by that I mean you! Will come out resolved and confident like you should" Melvin said, a tone of seriousness coming from his voice
"Hey! First of all, I'm pretty confident in myself, haven't you seen all I have done so far? And second of all, being with people so many times stronger than you, punches a hole in your self-confidence" Yamcha rubbed the back of his head remembering some bad memories.
"Well then, I know we have tested your reflexes already, but I just didn't have anything else in mind so...no fighting for now"
"Meh, fair enough, just show me what we got and I stomp it"
"Oh! Glad to hear that, for a moment I thought the miniguns would make no sense in the desert ground" Melvin smiled.
"Nah it's fi-wait...Did you just said Minigu-"
Before he can finish anything the sound of machinery can be heard, a few meters behind Yamcha were two modern and peak condition weapons that have ascended from the sand dunes and positioned at the target.
"Meet the M134 Miniguns, these babies can shoot from 2,000 to 6,000 thousand bullets per minute. You're gonna find some of them lying around the area so make sure to be careful. They have custom-made bullets by me that can actually hurt you, gotta have that little edge" Melvin revealed that fact like it wasn't that big a deal.
"Custom made? Wait...you used some mumbo jumbo to make special bullets that can actually hurt me even with ki? Now that is very considerate of you" Yamcha said staring at the guy with a face that one can only think of being 'done with you' face.
"I'm just saying man, your too strong for average bullets to hurt, but hey better start moving if you don't want to end up full of holes like Swiss cheese" Melvin warned Yamchas the weapons start rotating, warming up, and ready to shoot a storm of bullets that were going to cover the battlefield.
"Oh shoot! Not even a warning?"
And just like that bullets start flying all over the place at incredible speed, as the modern firearm was meant to do in times of war, hitting everything that stood in the way. Yamcha started dodging the bullets, hoping that not a single one would hit him. He dodged machine gun fire before, he was a tough human and all his training was not for nothing, let this be the end was a loss that would be too humiliating.
"Man this is difficult, those are quite fast, dodging it at such hot sun and all this extra gravity sure is something. But there is another way to get around it" The guy said hiding behind a pillar.
"Are you sure you are not just coming up with excuses?" Melvin said showing up.
"Like heck I am. Ever since that damn kamikaze attack from that green gremlin it always made me feel underestimated. When I'm done with this, it's only gonna be another stepping stone for my power"
"Even Saiyans had to work hard to get where they are, for someone who survived three hundred times gravity without turning to a pulp, you should never forget the three fundamentals of Ki" Melvin brought it up.
"Three fundamentals of Ki?" Yamcha asked not sure what he meant.
"Cmon! Show me how much Genki (Vigor) Yūki (Courage), and Shōki (Mind) you got!"
Yamcha soon remembers what the words mean, and when he first started having those in mind "Fine, I will try my best but dodging all those bullets won't be that easy, they seem to be getting faster by the second. I wonder why" He looks at Melvin with a frown.
"Maybe if you stop holding back and stepping up, dodging this is nothing after what you went through" Melvin said, looking bored "Don't tell me you have the bad habit of holding back too?"
More guns started showing up left and right even when he ran to get away from the other ones.
"You want me to get loose? Okay, then I won't hold back! Haaaaaaaahhhhhh!"
Yamcha unleashed his ki while Melvin just laughed saying that now more action will be on the plate.
"Take this!"
Yamcha launched his Sokidan towards the guns, after managing to dodge a hellfire of bullets in that heat while being under gravity effects, he took the chance where they had stopped to reload and take them all out with his ki signature attack.
"What?!" Melvin said looking at what just transpired.
"You didn't expect me to just dodge it forever without blowing them upright? I have smarts too dude" He said looking cocky.
"Well, I never said you couldn't destroy them, just that you didn't need to fight. Have you thought about the consequences of what would happen if these rules were broken?"
"I didn't break the rules! I didn't put one single finger on those guns"
"Fair enough then smart guy, hope you're not too tired from this...warm up hehe get it?" Melvin jabbed a pun at him.
"Really? A pun? Can't you do one better than that?" Yamcha looked at him oddly.
"Well you're not here for my awesome sense of humor Yamcha...are you? Because I can crack some more"
"Just get on with it jokester"
"Alrighty then"
The temperature starts to rise to scorching heat, the ground starts to change from sand to a more solid rock formation with cracks, heat waves coming in hot like you just put your head into a microwave.
"Hope you enjoy this summer, its 70.7℃ just for you"
"Oh, shit" Yamcha starts to sweat more and is fanning himself "It's getting really hot here all of a sudden, you can say I'm on fire today!"
"OH! So you can be the jokester now huh? Ok. Here! Take these AGM-114 Hellfire Anti-Armour missiles as my gift for you"
"Awn thank..wait! What? What the heck is this!?"
Out of nowhere dozens of missiles had been deployed from afar, shot high in the sky, and aimed towards the orange Gi user as their target of the day. Seeing the situation is escalating, Yamcha starts running fast, kicking up dust while explosions are coming in hot behind him.
"OH CRAP! OH CRAP!"
"You are the guy who can fly and shoot beams out of your hands. And you are chickening out from just this? Goku took a whole army as a kid"
"How will I know you have not made those more deadly? And how do you know so much about t-" Before Yamcha could ask any more questions Melvin then just disappears without saying anything "Crap Baskets"
The scar-faced man starts running for his life, at more than two hundred miles per hour while missile after missile tries to strike him down, explosions and fire being the result, craters filling up around the desert like a warzone is happening.
'Time to think of a plan...Aha! I know what I will do!'
Yamcha turns around to face the next wave of missiles, waiting for them to get closer until...he grabs them by putting them under his armpits, slowing down their speed and preventing the explosion, before throwing them back.
"The heck? you can do that?" Melvin shows up again.
"I'm superhuman, what did you expect? I was a bit scared if they were specially made to hurt me or something"
"Well took you long enough to notice it, I was starting to enjoy the craters around here while you run around scared. Well then, there you go, feel better to flaunt your power?" Melvin said with a smile.
"Yeah, I suppose It's nice of you to let me have some fun, sometimes I forget what I can do" Yamcha rubbed his head.
"It's not your fault for having a little bit of bad luck. I mean you can get hurt for real here thought"
"I know. Which makes it all the better. I can use my skills in intense scenarios"
"Do you want the difficulty to be higher?" Melvin asks.
"We can stay at this difficulty until I feel confident enough to go higher"
"Are you not confident? Meh sounds about right, you don't have what it takes to go even further beyond" Melvin teased him for obvious reasons.
"I feel like that the go even further beyond thing will come up in the future"
"Enough foreshadow, is this your limit? Seventy or whatever celsius, forty times your weight, and a few moments of running in this heat of missiles? Welp! Guess this is all your worth for, the wall of your determination" Melvin was starting to sound annoying.
"I'm just a bit unsure of myself. That is all. I can take more I'm sure of it!"
"Fine, if I promise to not use that custom-made weaponry will you proceed?"
"I would proceed no matter what you throw at me. I won't stop until I show my friends that I am a worthy member of the group" Yamcha shouted.
"Then by all means I will throw everything at you and test your limits in the face of struggles and see how it ends. WILL YOU DIE!? Or will you prevail?"
"We'll see" A slight grin appeared on his scarred face.
The heat starts to rise once more, this time to a point where the ground takes a darker more solid color, and it's not just a few more degrees. Certain areas of the rocky surrounding start to swell until...
"Oopsie"
Molten lava streams come forth like geysers.
"Holy shit! What? Is that Lava?" Yamcha's eyes bulged.
"Enjoy 1260℃ degrees bitch! Sorry, I just wanted to be intense"
The landscape turns hotter by the second, its heat starting to accumulate and Yamcha clothes are wearing out, sweat dripping from his face like the man just got out of a boiling hot shower.
'This heat is going to wear me down if I don't make quick work of whatever he is scheming, I must conserve energy'
While Melvin explained things, balls of molten rock the size of jeeps start falling from the sky at great speeds. Each hit shook the earth with intensity, fire swarmed the place and lava melted anything in return. It's like the chaos was following him no matter how further he ran in that place, the heat felt like it was burning his lungs as volcanic ash started to take form.
"Seriously?! First, shooting me, and now this? For fuck sake"
Knowing that the danger is increasing rapidly, Yamcha thinks fast and activates Hamon, taking in some fresh air before it becomes unbreathable because of the ash. When taking out his sword from its sheath, his eyes widen for a moment, a new rush of energy passes through Yamchas's body, the runes on his hand start to glow. The molten rocks however weren't waiting and were going to hit him, but before they can come any closer the martial artist quickly slices them up with his sword in a feat of strength and speed, the metal durability and sharpness plus cloaked in ki would resist the heat long enough for him to get the job done.
"Whoa...I can feel it, my blade feels like it has become a part of me" Yamcha said, looking in surprise at his weapon.
"You have not seeing anything yet" Melvins voice echoed.
Around certain areas, the rock formations started to Ooze out molten Lava and that started moving like it's alive, taking form until there were three humanoid figures, but rather than being entirely made of fire and rocks it seemed they were more mechanical constructs. Like three alien-like robots just shown up out of Lava and taken these forms, maybe through Melvin manipulation or something. The first one looked to be a Stag, fire was coming from his antlers and wrists and seemingly had this air of arrogance on its face, the second was like a bipedal orange-colored T-rex with sharp claws and teeth, fire came from its back and tails like they were scales to emphasize his animalistic look, the last one was like an anthro red-colored dragon with a fighting posture that of a martial artist as green beads adorned its neck.
(A\N: For lack of a better power of describing their appearance in details here is the name and from which game they come)
Flame Stag- Megaman X2
Burn Dinorex- Megaman X5
Magma Dragoon- Megaman X4
'Wait what?' He looked surprised 'What are those? Robots?'
The situation was not one for explanations as the reindeer like robot does the first move in dashing forward with great speed leaving a trail of fire while covering himself too in said flames and tries to hit Yamcha with an uppercut, but the latter manages to dodge on the last second and jumping backward from it. But before he could counter-attack the dragon robot humanoid throws a fast fireball at him, Yamcha of course dodged it but that was not the point. The moment it fell on the area it caused a pillar of lava to rise right from behind him which almost made him be overcooked if he hadn't seen it and moved out of the way.
'Ouch!'
Looking down he saw that his feet were now naked because the heat had melted away his shoes and even with his ki serving as protection the floor was becoming too overbearing for his skin.
Then he took off into the air like it was saying 'Screw you guys I can fly'
Flame Stag and Magma Dragoon use their respective attacks in launching fireballs from their hands, while Dinorex did it from his mouth, some were plain red hot while others were weird looking like one was going downwards and the other upwards in a balanced sort of way. The heat of that place plus the new weight on his body was putting a strain on it but that was not enough for him to get hit by those moves. Yamcha went into shooting some ki blasts at the robots, the Dinosaur one took most of it while the Dragon robot managed to fare well, having better jumping abilities and speed maneuver Magma Dragoon used Rising fire doing a fiery jump uppercut that aimed at Yamchas Chin but since he saw where he was coming from he got out of the way.
However, the machine was relentless and did a flaming diving kick almost right away when the first move was dodged. Yamcha blocks said the move, guarding it with his forearm, and even though the gauntlets protected his skin from getting burned he could still feel the heat emanating from it, the environment making each of their attacks more powerful.
Not wanting to be smashed onto the hot as heck floor but just unbalanced for an instant, Yamcha grabs its feet and spins him around before elbowing its body back to the ground. Yamcha stares at Flame Stag who is preparing more fireballs but rather than wait he just rushes forward and does a spinning kick right onto its chest sending it far away. The two fire-based robots look at Yamcha and make a combo move, Dragoon uses the flame attack, and Dinorex is powered up by Ground Fire. Both of them spew out a continuous and huge stream of flames from their mouths like actual dragons.
"KNOW YOUR PLACE!"
Cupping his hands together Yamcha powers up and forms a Kamehameha of pure blue energy and launches forward like a cannon, making sure it was strong enough to overwhelm their own attacks, hitting it dead on. Good thing he is not Goku or else he would be holding back just for a good fight, but that was not the point here anymore. After destroying those two the remains turned back to molten rock and Ooze out to the surroundings. Yamcha turns around though and sees Flame stag whose flames are now blue and it doesn't seem very happy. But rather than flying back up Yamcha stands his ground, with his sword in hand he rushes forward towards the enemy as well, when they were just a few centimeters away from each other...
"Wolf Blade Pierce!"
With quick like reflexes and the move from his sword, now acting as his own arm, Yamcha did a speedful combo, now ending up as him behind the opponent sheathing the sword back, steam coming from it, the robot falls to pieces on the floor from his ki cloaked weapon who was also heated up.
"Puhaaa!" Seeing that they were defeated Yamcha tries breathing in relief for a moment, even if it feels like inhaling fire into his lungs "Man this place is starting to look like hell, how long will this go?"
"Couldn't agree more with you, let's change the view for a moment right?"
After saying that, Yamcha suddenly feels that the environment dropped down in temperature, the hellish fire filled with lava that would scorch anything is disappearing and losing its heat until it's nothing but small embers, rocks turning to ice, snow falling from the sky as the ground slowly becomes permafrost. The entire temperature spins a one-eighty before the former bandit now is attacked into what could be seen as Snowstorm, everything covered either in ice and snow, like it was the Antarctica or something, getting this surprise BURST of cold surprising him and makes the man hiss as the light burns in his body who didn't become worst thanks to his flight and ki protecting its skin under the circumstances.
"Uahh!" He yelps in surprise, falling onto the ground thanks to the storm and getting covered in snow.
"Ahhh...Snow day, one of the kid's favorite holidays for those who actually have snow where they live. But I guess trying to build a snowman right now would be a bad idea" Melvin said with a grin looking where Yamcha fell.
The man of course wasn't having nearly as much fun about snow due to the situation "COLD!" He manages to get out of the mountain of snow "What? How? It suddenly…" He was chattering his teeth and rubbing both arms.
"Did you know that sudden changes in body temperature such as from extreme heat to extreme cold conditions in such a short amount of time can lead your body to have some complications? Things like Dry skin, respiratory irritation, muscle pain, and even viral infections!"
"Oh geez, thank you so much for making this, you sure know how to say the best thing at the best hour" Yamcha glared at him, not amused in the slightest "How cold even is this? Gosh!"
"-79.2 Celsius to be precise but that's not too much, right? You should be glad I didn't make this even colder for you"
"By kami! I feel like I'm getting frostbite already just standing here"
The sudden change from heat to cold would not just hurt him but also affect his metal-based items, but since they were pretty damn resistant it would not be as bad as it would with normal types of metal. And just like before huge chunks of ice come from below and they start taking shape for an imminent battle, there was less enthusiasm on Yamcha's face and more annoyance because the cold freaking sucks.
"Ah, shit...here we go again" He said looking at the three figures forming.
The first one was large and had an appearance resembling that of an Ox; He possessed horns and snout of said animal, and his feet are cloven like hooves. The body was covered in tubes, and a loincloth-like tasset adorned his waist. Where it should be his mouth has two vents on either side that emitted frigid air when it breathed.
The second had the appearance of an ice-covered wolf. His armor is colored with light blues and icy whites, and he possesses the traits of a wolf such as a muzzle, tail, and claws. His head and claws were covered in jagged ice crystals, and he had a rhombus-shaped gem on his forehead. The third one was definitely the largest and more intimidating of the other two, it was an anthropomorphic Walrus-like machine the size of a fortress, its fists were the size of cars with spikes on it while its shoulders and tusks were solid ice forms.
(A\N: Hey, manage to find some description! Ice Megaman bosses, what are the odds? Here the names I know some of you know which game sequel they come from. Blizzard Buffalo, Blizzard Wolfgang, Frost Walrus)
The lycanthrope-based robot attacks Yamcha first by getting on all fours and rushing like a canine, its speed was amazing and adapted to not be hindered by the extreme environment at all. Even though the former bandit body got used to the fluctuations in temperature on the time chamber, they were not as cold as these ones and it made his body react a bit slower, as the air to his lungs was becoming less than great, first heat and now cold?
He first tries to bite Yamcha but the former bandit shifts his head to the side dodging it by a single before it rewards that rude attempt to eat him with a headbutt strong enough to push him away from the martial Yamcha turns around he is received by Frost Walrus who slides his huge body across the icy floor trying to tackle the man with its sheer size, but weirdly enough that move was quite slow so he managed to dodge it with his superior speed\jump skills. But alas, that was just a discretion!
Right behind his huge body was Blizzard Buffalo who had not only covered the ground with ice spikes while Yamcha was busy dealing with the other ones so he takes a second to guess what is going on, the machine then shoots a massive beam of ice that manages to freeze both of his arms. The Ox like robot then uses the rocket boosters on its back as propulsion and skates across the floor hitting Yamcha's head on who guards himself with both arms but is pushed back. Blizzard Wolfang shoots a burst of ice in an arc that breaks into ice shards and now is colliding against Yamchas back.
On the other side was the biggest robot, the frost Walrus just waiting to hit him with a punch when it connected. Not feeling like being a punching bag the cold was put aside momentarily by his anger that welled up, he got out of the way by flying once more in the frigid air. Focusing his ki right into his arms Yamcha heated them up before breaking the ice apart.
"You want to turn me into a popsicle?! I show you how to bring back the heat"
Using the multiform technique he makes three clones who were focusing on attacking everything down below with a barrage of ki blasts taking the attention of the robots while the original landed back on the floor and started to charge a Kamehameha. When the robots were busy attacking the clones with their ice attacks and getting damaged by the stronger than normal ki blasts it was time to attack, making the clones disappear and getting his power transferred back to him the Kamehameha grew in response. Seeing that their opponents had disappeared the robots looked to the side Yamcha was.
Said man was running towards them while still with the blue azure attack in hands, and with a scream the fighter let it rip and the blast went forward like a cannon, but this one was different. He gathered an immense deal of ki before clenching both his fists and giving a twist from both arms giving it a spiral form, greatly increasing its piercing power and strength. In other words, a Spiral Kamehameha or Spinning Kamehameha if you wish. By not holding back he made the attack big enough to engulf his enemies like he just made his own storm into that blizzard and put them down food good, a big explosion took place blowing all the snow and ice apart, you could even see the sunlight creeping in.
"Looks like you just got burned" Yamcha said with deep breaths "Phew, looks like that little trick worked, awesome!"
They were only resistant to Ice but the heat was totally their weakness and having Ki energy at his disposal, it was a matter of how much power to channel and then thrash them down, good thing his new skill had given fruit.
"Geez! Why the rush? And here I thought you would take a while longer to do things out here" Melvin said showing up in front of him.
"And let my body expire while I take my sweet time not being productive? No thank you"
"Well maybe if I did make them from futuristic metal and some more effort it would have been harder, ok let's get out of this iceberg"
Melvin then teleported the both of them out of that place and back to Yamchas house, just outside of it as the guy felt the grass under his naked toes. Then the former angel took this chance to heal him up from all injuries as well as reforming his Gi, giving a sensation of relaxation now being at full health.
"Boy, glad that's over, I thought I was gonna melt with all that heat or become a popsicle with the cold 'If I could only find a way to insulate my body from it' " The man sighed in relief being able to breathe normally now with no worries.
"Yeah well it was fun while it lasted, it's getting harder to come up with cool stuff to throw at you" Melvin said.
"Oh no, whatever will I do?" Yamcha rolls his eyes "So, what do we get ?"
"You really got used to asking for the loot when done huh?"
"I can still remember the sensation of being hit through fire and ice, so yes I want my incentive" Yamcha said.
Melvin points his staff towards the black-haired man before it starts to glow and cover him in a slight multicolored aura that makes Yamcha feel warm and empowered for a moment.
"Congratulations, you have become the newest user of the Bending Arts!"
"Bending arts? What do you mean by that exactly?" Yamcha was not getting it.
"It is the ability to manipulate a specific type of elemental dependent on the chi within the body, by extending the influence of your energy beyond the body and interacting with the environment"
"Hmm...And how does it work?" He asked, feeling interested.
"When you feel that it's ready then the next step is how you move, certain movements performed through the motions of one's hands and feet Precisely. With enough practice though, one can effectively manipulate their element with only minimal movement of the body, such as by using just the head or torso. But only true advanced masters can do it without the aid of any physical movement but instead using sheer focus and force of will, but lets not think too hard on that for now"
"Now that sounds interesting, and what element have you given me?" Yamcha seemed excited.
Melvin only smirked before he raised his staff and launched at Yamcha in superspeed, only for the latter to let out a confused yelp before moving his body in self-defense, which prompted the floor to rise in a wall of rock from the environment, before the staff could hit it though the guy stopped.
"Earthbending by the looks of it"
"Damn it, Melvin! Why can't you just be less of a mo-"
"Earthbending is reallly resourceful, it demands a special connection with the earth that is achievable by first of all listening with attention as if you're not doing anything, waiting for the right moment to strike, while standing your ground and meeting your foes' attacks head-on, before delivering a deadly strike of your own. The best way to understand that is to be barefoot, trust me it works wonders" He said with a final laugh.
"You're lucky I'm just more curious about this, ugh whatever" Yamcha grunts in annoyance.
While he was distracted thinking about the possibilities of his new power-up, the blue cat known as Puar comes out of the house like a missile, he looked to be either in a panic or really eager, when the man turned around he was hit in the face by his long time friend who grabbed onto it.
"IT'S HAPPENING!" Puar screamed.
Yamcha was caught off guard thanks to that and tried to take his friend off his face and calm him down before asking what was actually happening.
"The egg is Glowing!"
A\N: All bending arts are resourceful in their own way but Earthbending in my opinion is the best, Go to youtube and search these two video mad bt Amagi. 28 Earthbending Abilities (Avatar) and 20 More Earthbending Abilities (Avatar) again all made by Amagi.