CHAPTER 4. TRAINING

The First thing Koru teaches Taiah is how to sense energy levels in people. She masters this technique quickly, but struggles with her meditations. "How long do I have to do this?"

"Until you can meditate without complaining…"

She grunts folds her arms and closes her eyes. A few seconds later she opens them, "What is the purpose of meditating?" She asks annoyed.

He sighs and with his eyes still closed he answers, "Through meditation one can learn to master every aspect the body…Then you will know your limitations and how to surpass them…To move without thinking in a fight is something every fighter should strive to do…"

She grunts and closes her eyes. After several hours he teaches her the basic fighting styles of the Ice Demons. At sunset Taiah is tired, soar, and very hungry. Saiyans can consume large amounts of food because of their metabolisms. So Koru gives Taiah her own table loaded with food. When he is done he sits and watches her in amazement as she consumes dish after dish of mashed tubors, fried Nauth, beef steaks, and bread.

"Ah that really hit the spot…"

"Clean up and off to bed with you…We will resume training in the morning…"

Before sunrise the two are up meditating, then Taiah shadows Koru's fighting poses. "Master!"

"Yes Taiah…"

"How did you come to live among the Yerons?"

He sighs, "Many years ago I served the Ice Demons of Planet Iceen…King Cold was a mentor and he was like a father to me…I in turn trained Frieza's elite guard…The Ginyu Force…King Cold came upon this very planet and attacked it…I came upon a Yeron and hid her from the others…King Cold found out and demanded that kill I her…I refused and ran away…During my travels I encountered a group of aliens who taught me a secret technique…They also introduced me to a group of aliens known as the Nemekians…"

"What was the technique these aliens taught you?"

He just smiles, "You aren't ready for that yet…Anyway I came back to this planet and issued a challenge to King Cold…We fought and I beat him…The terms of our contest went as follows…If I win I a free from his service and he can never return here again…When he tried to go back on his word I threatened to broadcast our fight throughout the Universe…When he left I asked the Nemekians to use their Dragon Balls to restore the people of the planet…"

"Dragon Balls…"

"Nemekians have the ability to create these mystical balls that when brought together one can summon the Dragon within…The Dragon will grant a certain number of wishes…three…I wished that the Yerons would come back to life and I wished that their planet would be moved so that King Cold could never find it again…After that I asked to be the planet's guardian…Now no more questions back to training…"

With each punch from Taiah the mountain shook and rocks fall, "Ha! Ha! Ha!" Every time she said ha she would punch alternating fists.

"Enough!"

She stops and looks at her bloody hands. They return to his tower and eat. "Master Koru?"

"Yes Taiah…"

"What about me…My people…Where do I come from?"

He grunts, "You are Saiyan…You come from a proud warrior race…Planet Vegeta named after an ancient Saiyan King...I took a trip out to Planet Vegeta…It has been destroyed…"

"How?"

"I will tell you that when you are ready…"

She starts eating again and pauses, "Are there any Saiyans left?"

He sighs, "I tracked down a few of them…There is one on a distant planet called Earth…Three others who serve Frieza son of King Cold…"

"Perhaps I should go and seek them out…"

"When you are ready…"

"When I will be ready?"

"Only you can answer that question…"

The days become weeks and the weeks months which turn into years and after twelve years on intense training Taiah has reached fifty thousand power level. "I had the Yerons create a fighting Drone with a power level equal to yours…Are you ready?"

"I am…"

"Begin!"

The machine is six feet tall with a slender build and an insect like head. When Koru gives the command the Drone zooms toward Taiah at incredible speed. She speed jumps, vanishes, and reappears behind the drone with a Demon chop, but the machine turns and blocks her attack. She kicks and punches at the machine, but all her attacks are blocked, then the drone punches her Taiah in the chest and she goes flying towards a mountain. Taiah twists and sticks her feet out hitting the mountain and leaving a sizable crack in it. She flies off the side of the mountain casting energy bolts from her hands.

The Drone puts a shield as it charges her. They fight back and forth flashing in shockwaves across the sky. Taiah lands two hits and a third, the Drone goes flying into the water. "Yes!" Her excitement quickly vanishes as energy bolts from the Drone come flying out of the water at her. Taiah blocks two and speed jumps to avoid the third. That is when the Drone appears behind her and bear hugs her from behind.

"Let me go you piece of junk!" She raises her energy level and breaks its hold. Then Taiah points both her hands at the Drone and fires her second most powerful attack. The Drone fires his beam from his eyes. The two energy beams collide in a storm of power in the air. Eventually the Drone over powers her and there is a huge explosion. Taiah falls out of the air and hits the ground making a huge crater.

"Stop!" Koru yells and the Drone stops short of finishing her off.

"Where am I?"

"Healing bed…Why did you lose?"

She sits up, "He is faster…It's a machine…"

"You lost because you didn't adapt and change your techniques and strategies…"

"How am I supposed to do that when I couldn't even sense the damn things power levels…"

He smiles, "How indeed…Rest you need it…" A few days later Taiah feels differently, her power level has increased by five thousand. "So can you tell me why you lost?"

She huffs thinking about the fight, "I should have tested the machine for weaknesses in its abilities…"

He nods, "Go on…"

"Attacked from afar, probe it every now and then…and see how it responds…"

"All good, but why did you lose?"

Her tail sways back and forth, "It was anticipating my attacks…"

"Very good…The machine has a learning chip the longer you fight it the more it learns of ways to defeat you…"

"After I healed up my power level seem to increase…"

"Yes Saiyan physiology…Whenever you are badly injured in battle and heal up your power level increases…as long as its not life threatening…So if you are losing a fight remember run and live to fight another day…There is no shame in retreating from a fight…"

"One other thing…Protect your tail…If someone cuts it off it will grow back, but your power level will decrease…"

"If my tail will grow back won't my power level be restored?"
"Yes…"

A few months later Taiah faces off against the Drone again, "The Drone's power level has been increased to match your own…Begin!"

This time they fly at each other, but at the last minute Taiah sends an energy bolt at the Drone and speed jumps. The Drone puts up a shield as Taiah reappears behind the Drone. She fires another blast and flies behind it. The Drone Speed jumps and avoids the attack. Taiah stops as her energy ball hits the ground. Then she speed jumps and the two fight in flash waves across the sky.

Taiah reappears and flies back away from the Drone. She points her right hand at the Drone when it appears and her left at the ground. She fires a blast from both hands in different directions. The blast she fired at the ground creates a dust cloud she vanishes into. Meanwhile the Drone dodges the attack and scans for her energy signature, but Taiah has lowered her energy level down to zero.

When the dust clears the Drone sees her and attacks. At the last minute Taiah boosts her power level up to max and speed jumps. The two clash kicking and punching at one another. Taiah dodges a punch and lands a lick of her own. Then she grabs the Drone and unleashes an energy blast while holding its arm. The blast knocks Taiah into the ground and the Drone flies back, flips and slides across the ground on its feet.

Taiah lays on the ground badly wounded from her own attack. She laughs as her energy goes down. The Drone attacks with an eye beam attack. At the last minute Taiah boosts her power up and speed jumps dodging the eye beam attack. "Enough!"

"Why stop I am winning…"

"Sure you are…Tell me when you lay there pretending your energy level was falling did the Drone draw in on you?"

"No he attacked with his eye beams…"

"As I said it is a learning Drone…The more you fight it the better it becomes…"

She smacks her teeth, "Right when I made the dust cloud and lowered my power level it learned that I could raise and lower my own energy…"

Koru smiles, "You are learning…"

"There is one thing I must teach you before we retire… Do you remember the aliens I told you about?"

"Yes…"

"They are known as the Enmolu and they can absorb Chi energy directed at them…"

"Is that possible?"

"It is why no one has ever been able to conquer their planet…Not even Frieza or King Cold…They combine their ability and link with the planet to absorb great amounts of energy…Energy they can channel to their warriors or power their cities…"

"Why did they teach it to you?"

"They had sent an emissary to the Yorens to teach them the technique…I ran into the emissary while traveling through space…I told them what happened and that I was going to build an army to destroy the Ice Demons…So they taught me their technique…" So Koru began teaching Taiah how to absorb Chi energy directed at her. It took five months to master with a lot of injuries and near death experiences along the way.