A New Life Chapter 5
AN: It's been... a while, well a month to be more accurate, it has been a busy month, with exams and stuff...
Neptune: Just admit it, you're just too lazy to do anything during that time!
AN: Says the one who always lazes around.
Neptune: Hey! That's not true! I also—
AN: Shut up Neptune! People didn't come here to see us rambling about unrelated stuff! Oh and from now on, chapters won't be having any titles now, obviously because not only of my poor naming sense and also I can't think of any names for future chapters. A-anyway, without further ado, here's the long awaited chapter 5!
Disclaimer: I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia nor Dragon Ball Z, they belong to Idea Factory, Compile Heart, Toei Animation and Akira Toriyama
Chapter 5
Gohan's eyes shot opened as he jumped out of the bed, this time managing not to shout in horror, but his sudden burst of movements seems to surprise the trio in the room.
The three girls quickly composed themselves " Gohan! You're finally awake!" Neptune said as Gohan scanned the surrounding.
To his surprise, he was back in Compa's room " W-what... happened?" With a foggy head, Gohan blurted out the only question in his mind.
" Well, you passed out of exhaustion right after you defeated Arfoire, then you were unconscious for the last few days." Compa explained while Gohan frowned.
" F-dew days!?" Gohan uttered in shock " Well, to be more accurate, three days, you were out for three days." IF added.
" I see... Wait, IF? Why are you here?" " Isn't that obvious? I've decided to join you guys in collecting the Key Fragments!" IF explained.
" And with that said, we'll be heading to Lastation, now!" Neptune exclaimed " I... think we shouldn't rush things too fast." Gohan said.
" Eh? Why?" Neptune pouted " We're not sure what we might encounter in Lastation, right now, we might be too weak to face off against anything that might come in our way." Gohan explained.
" But what if Arforie managed to find the Key Fragments before we do?" Compa asked " Then we'll just have to let it be." Gohan answered.
" What!?" IF said in disbelief " Isn't that the worst possible outcome?" Gohan shook his head " Wouldn't it be worse if Arforie defeated us and took both our Key Fragments and the one in Lastation instead?"
The girls all nodded ' There's no doubt that Arfoire has my Saiyan biology now, and she must have gained a Zenkai Boost after that fight ' " Last time it was a close call, I'm not sure what will happens if we encounter her again in our current strength." Gohan explained.
" So, What do you suggest us to do?" IF asked " Well... we're going to train while learning how to control your Ki."
" Finally! I get to learn that ancient lost technique!" Neptune exclaimed as she jumped up from the sofa.
" Well, let's go to Virtual Forest! " Neptune said as she ate a spoonful of the pudding she's holding " After I finished this pudding first." She quickly added.
After half an hour, the group had arrived at the Virtual Forest, with the monster spawning disc destroyed, the monster in the forest has greatly decreased as the group had little difficulty in clearing the arena used for their training ground.
" So, how are we going to learn about this Ki control thing?" IF asked as the girls now sit on the ground with their legs crossed.
" Well..." Gohan said in his thinking pose " Calm down first, your mind will need to be clear in order to search for the presence of your Ki, try closing your eyes while slowing down your breathing cycle." The girls then followed Gohan's instructions.
Seeing how the three girls are now completely still with their breathing that are now synced, he continued " Do you feel the... how do I explain it... warmth dwelling inside your body?" Gohan asked.
The girls nodded " Try to locate the source of that warmth, it should be around the middle of your body." Gohan instructed.
At first, the girls weren't able to locate anything, due to the sudden waves of wind blew towards their direction, but soon after the wind died down, they can now feel a singularity emitting waves of warm that goes out to their whole body.
" After you located the point, try bringing it out." Gohan said as the girls now tried to bring that singularity out on their palm.
Said girls, it was only IF and Compa as Neptune had little to no problem at all in bringing that spot out.
" W-what!?" IF exclaimed in disbelief " Wow, Nep-Nep, you did it!" Compa exclaimed.
Right now, on Neptune's palm is a speck of rainbow energy, giving out a dim glow, Neptune looked proud of her achievement while Gohan looked puzzled.
' I can see it, but I can't sense it?! Not to mention, it's giving off such a... divine aura!' Gohan than rubbed his temples before continuing his tutoring.
" IF, Compa, please do not lose focus. Neptune, can you manipulate the energy? Try to move it around yourself." Gohan instructed, not wanting to fall behind, the two girls immediately returned to their meditating states.
While Neptune, well... " Haha! Check this out!" She's having perfect control over the speck of energy, moving it in all sorts of direction before returning back to her palm.
" H-how!?" Once again, the two were distracted by the lilac-haired girl " That's because I'm the protagonist! That's why there'll be no skills or techniques I won't be able to learn it in one go!" Neptune exclaimed.
" Please don't disturb them, Neptune." Gohan sighed as he thought of the next step " Try directing the energy downwards." Gohan said as Neptune proceeded to the next step.
She forced the energy inside her towards the ground, in return, it created an uplift that levitated the lilac-haired girl off the ground, high up into the air.
" Wowzer! I can fly without transforming now!" Neptune exclaimed as she continued to hover in the air.
But as she looked down to check on the reaction of her friends, that's when realization hit her like a truck.
IF and Compa's face were bright red while Gohan was covering his eyes with his hand, slightly blushing.
The reason? Neptune's panties were opened for the world to see, while there aren't any adventures in the area, but there's no doubt that Gohan has seen it, and so did the readers which were now imagining this scene over and over again.
She had given out a fan service scene, to be more precise, the author had given out a fan service scene under her nose.
Extremely flushed, She immediately dropped to the ground and " NEPUUUUIUUUUUUUUUU!"
After that unfortunate yet fortunate event, Gohan had given Neptune a few more test in her control over her Ki, the results?
Neptune had perfect control over her energy " I don't get it! How can Nep do this with little to no trouble at all! Not to mention, she wasn't even focused!" IF grumbled while Compa dropped out of her lotus position " I-I can't do it..." She said in defeat.
" Don't worry, it takes time for anyone to learn that, Neptune's just... a special case." Gohan tried his best to cheer up the two girls.
Though Neptune somehow has perfect control over her Ki usage, it seems that she was not able to sense the presence of other's Ki.
Gohan summoned a small orb on his palm while blindfolding Neptune " Try pinpointing the location of my Ki, Neptune." Gohan instructed.
" ... " Neptune's eyebrows twitched " Uhhhhh... Here!" She yelled as she removed the blindfold, she frowned seeing that she was way off target.
" Pfffft..." IF chuckled as Gohan did a few more trial with Neptune failing all of those " Gah! I give up!" She bailed in frustration.
" So, what now?" Neptune asked as Gohan cross his arm " IF, Compa please continue trying to bring your Ki out." Gohan said as the girls entered their meditation yet again.
" And Neptune, I want you to fight me with your full power." Gohan requested, slightly shocking the lilac-haired girl.
" Are you sure we need to fight?" Neptune asked " Yeah, I need to know your current level of strength." Gohan replied.
" Well, I guess there's no helping it." A pillar of light engulfed Neptune as she activated her HDD, the light died down revealing Purple Heart.
Once again, Gohan found himself driven off into his own world as he stares into the purple beauty in front of him.
" Let me warn you first, I won't be holding back!" Purple Heart snapped Gohan out of his thoughts as she took out her Odachi.
In return, Gohan took out his Zet sword and dropped into his battle stance, a wave of breeze made its way towards the two fighters, slightly lifting their strands of hair.
As soon as it died, Purple Heart launched herself towards the hybrid saiyan, closing their distance with a sonic boom.
Holding her blade with both arms, she swung it towards Gohan with all her might " Hya!"
To her surprise, Gohan simply held his sword with one arm and redirected her strike towards the ground with a fluid parry.
Purple Heart quickly retracted her blade and swung it diagonally upward as Gohan merely took a step back dodging the assault.
She continued raining strikes down on the young saiyan, despite the sheer amount of strength and speed behind each swing, Gohan seems to have little to no trouble at all in either parrying or dodging all her every time.
That was until " You can't escape now!" Purple Heart has cornered Gohan with one of the many trees around the forest, closing the distance in a heartbeat, she swung her blade down on the saiyan.
However, her blade didn't strike its target, rather, it goes right through it and cut down the tree behind him, then Gohan slowly vanished out of existence.
Eyes widened in realization " A-afterimage!?" She now desperately tried to find the hybrid saiyan.
Then a sudden jolt on her shoulder had triggered her fight-or-flight response, in this case " Kyaa—!" She jumped out of shock as she let out a shriek.
She turned around and see Gohan with a wide grin " Cute." He simply commented as the Purple Heart's face turned completely red out of embarrassment.
Few moments after, Neptune managed to calm down as Gohan continued his teachings.
" Neptune, you're relying too much on your advantage of having superior speed and strength over your opponents, but it can be easily turned into your weakness like just now." Gohan explained as the lilac-haired girl nodded while still slightly blushing.
" IF, it's your turn. I want you to fight me with your full strength too." Gohan said as the guild agent hesitated ' Can I really fight him? He defeated Nep without even trying! ' " You can do it, Iffy!" Compa cheered from behind as IF snapped out of it.
Taking a deep breath " Here goes." She muttered to herself before transforming into her flame awaken state, taking her Katars out, she faced the saiyan standing before her.
IF launched herself towards Gohan with a burst of flames, thrusting her Katars toward the saiyan, Gohan raised his blade in return as they entered into a blade lock.
IF tried to win over the contest of strength, but to no avail, even at her full strength, Gohan stand firm and returned the same amount of force balancing out the blade lock.
Gohan then swiped IF off her legs, eyes widened, the guild agent repelled herself off the ground away from Gohan with her arms.
Doing a few somersaults backward which will make even professional acrobats jealous.
Landing on her feet, IF tried to catch her breath just to see Gohan had already closed the distance, with his Zet sword in one hand, he swung it downwards.
IF sidestepped dodging the strike, seeing the opening, IF thrust her Katar towards ye saiyan.
However Gohan caught her arms with his free hands, then in a blur, IF found her legs off the ground, she looked up and saw Gohan with his arm reeled back.
Terrified, IF held her arms up in defense with her eyes shut close, she waited and waited, but the punch never landed, opening her eyes, she saw Gohan with a warm smile, holding her arms preventing her from hitting the ground.
Slightly embarrassed, IF got back on her feet " IF, you're relying too much on your reflexes, there might be times where your opponent is faster then you, just like when you fought Arforie, you were caught off guard few times during the fight." Gohan lectured as IF de-transformed.
" Compa, I want you to fight me too." Gohan said as the nurse in training nodded " I-I'll do my best desu!"
Taking out her oversized syringe filled with mysterious liquid, Compa tried her best to take down the hybrid saiyan by shooting pink projectiles out of her syringe.
But to no avail, Gohan dodges each of them with ease as he slowly walked toward the nurse.
Then finally, Gohan closed the distance, halting in front of Compa " D-Deus!" Frighten, the nurse stuttered as she threw a punch towards the young saiyan, but it was easily caught.
Compa squeezed her eyes shut as she prepares for the worst, Gohan extended his arm forward and " Owie!" He flicks his index finger leaving a little burn mark on her forehead.
Compa rubbed her head as Gohan lectured her " Compa, when in a fight, your opponent will always expose your weakness and used it to their advantage, in your case, fear is your biggest weakness, you need to overcome your it, else one day your fear will come true."
Gohan gestured the girls to come closer before continuing " Also you guys are lacking in planning." " Huh? Plan what?" Neptune tilled her head as Gohan did the thinking pose again.
" How do I say this... My father always taught me that the fight is over before it even begins." Gohan said confusing the girls even more.
" For example... IF, what will you do if your first strike missed your opponent?" Gohan asked.
" Well... it depends on who my opponent is, if it's a big foe which has high STR and VIT, I'd probably continue assaulting. But if it's a small foe with high AGL, I'd immediately switch to defensive." IF explained as Gohan nodded.
" Yeah, just like what IF said, when you enter a fight, you need to have every scenario possible memorized in your brain, that way, it'll be impossible to be caught off guard." Gohan lectured as the girls nodded in understanding.
" Well, of course, even I wasn't able to fully mastered that yet, if I did, then everyone would not have..." Gohan seems to trail into his own past yet again.
" Gohan, are you okay?" Compa asked in worried, snapping the saiyan back into reality as he loosens his hand which had been subconsciously clenched into a fist.
" Y-yeah, I'm alright." Gohan replied as the girls sighed in relief " But still, it's quite unbelievable to think that a eleven years old is teaching us how to fight..." IF sighed.
" Well, my father and my mentor have been teaching me since I'm four, and my mentor has always been a bit strict..." Gohan scratched the back of his head as early memories began to fold into his mind.
Gohan smiled nostalgically as a loud rumbling was heard, Gohan rubbed his stomach and laughed " Anyway, I think we have done quite enough today, not to mention I'm quite hungry, so let's go eat something before going home should we?"
Then the group headed back into the city and enjoyed their lunch which will also later empty their wallets.
The group continued their training, IF and Compa spent every free time they had, trying to fully mastered the usage of Ki.
Time flies as a week had passed, the trio's level had taken a significant increase, IF and Compa finally can freely control their Ki and sense other's, while Neptune's still unable to do so.
Level Up
Neptune lv 29
Compa lv 29
IF lv 30
And now, the group had just finished their registration in Planeptune's Basilicom and had gain permission to travel to Lastation.
What will await them in the Land of Black Regality? I'm sure most of you already know.
Neptune: Bleh, another filler chapter, not to mention, this is what you present after a month of break? You're digging your own grave to even deeper this time!
AN: I mean, I don't want to rush things too much, plus I did add a bit of slight action in this chapter!
Neptune: Yeah yeah, and about the out of character thingy?
AN: Ah right! Well hear me out, in this version of the story, Gohan lost to Cell, that's why I'd figured that Gohan will keep his self doubt and stuff.
Though, as the story goes on, Gohan will eventually overcome that barrier with a help of a certain someone, that will also be the time when he finally transform into Ssj in front of the HDN cast.
That is if I'm able to write till that part... Which I'm probably gonna, so worry not, and I'll see you in the next chapter!