Chapter 18 Dragon Universe
"Ki control?" Gajeel asked.
"Hold on, isn't that the thing you mentioned back at the arena?" Natsu then asked.
"Oh, you remembered." Goku replied. "That's neat."
"Yeah, what even is Ki anyway?" Natsu asked.
"Well, it's an energy that everyone has in their body. It's mainly focused at your center, but if you can draw it out, you can basically do anything you want with it. You can use it to boost your attacks, create energy barriers, or even create a whole new technique." Goku stated.
"Be warned though, just because you have more Ki than your opponent does not guarantee victory for you." Vegeta cut in. "The more Ki you have in your body, the more difficult it becomes to properly utilize in battle. That's where Ki control comes in."
"If you find a way to let out your Ki and keep it from leaking from your body, that's when you become real strong!" Goku excitedly said. Then, Vegeta walked forward towards the group.
"First, try to focus your mind and your energy, then, once you feel something your Ki, try and draw it out." Vegeta then ordered. The group simply glanced at each other in confusion.
"Wait, that's it?" Gajeel then asked.
"That should be everything." Whis chimed in. "Just try to calm your mind and body, and you may feel your Ki. Once you've done that, try and see if you can release it and then keep it at a certain level."
"Thanks, Whis." Said Goku.
"Alright, now that we're done with the explanations, try to draw out your energy." Vegeta then ordered. This time, the group didn't ask any questions and all of them closed their eyes. At first glance, it seemed that Erza was the most successful, at least in focusing her body and mind. The others, they were having some trouble, to say the least. Grey and Juvia looked as if they were distracted or anxious, Gajeel seemed to be growing more and more frustrated as the time past, and Natsu looked like he was trying too hard to stop himself from fidgeting.
"I think I'm doing this wrong." Natsu blurted out, as he broke out of his attempted meditation. Gajeel also broke his focus, as he then growled as he broke his stance.
"Dammit!" Gajeel yelled, shocking Grey and Juvia out of their focus as well. Even Erza, the one who held the most success on focusing her mind, couldn't hold it for much longer.
"Damn, even at my best efforts, I couldn't feel anything." Erza said, as she leaned over with hands on her knees.
"You think you can show us how to do this?" Natsu then asked. Goku and Vegeta then glanced at each other, before Goku shrugged his shoulders and took a low, almost crouching stance.
"Okay, here's how I do it." Goku stated, before closing his eyes and clenching his fists. Everyone began to huddle closer towards Goku, but Vegeta placed his arm in a position to block them.
"I would stand a little further back if I were you." Vegeta stated. Goku then let out a light yell, nothing too intense but not exactly quiet either. Then, the yell grew in intensity and volume. Everyone began backing up at this point, as Goku's yell soon turned into a full-fledged roar! Soon, a clear aura could be seen surrounding Goku's body, and waves of air acted like a tidal wave and pushed everyone back besides Vegeta and Whis. Then, in an instant, Goku released one last roar, and with that roar, the aura around him grew immensely, and the force of his aura knocked Natsu and his friends off their feet. But then, as soon as the roar happened, it ended, and when the guild members looked back up, they saw Goku with a smirk on his face and a steady aura encompassing his body.
"Well, what do ya think?" Goku asked, still keeping the smirk on his face. Natsu and his friends simply looked on, stunned by what they had just felt and witnessed.
"Holy-What's with that power!?" Natsu exclaimed, "At this point, you could blow up an entire continent!"
"Yeah, and probably a lot more too." Goku replied. He then let out his breath in a simple sigh, and his aura quickly dissipated.
"You pushed us back with just the sheer force of your voice." Erza exclaimed. "Just how strong is he?"
"Well, if it gives you any comfort, it wasn't just his voice that pushed you all back." Whis then chimed in. Erza shifted her attention at the pale, blue angel.
"What do you mean?" Erza asked.
"Well, that little screaming fit that Goku and Vegeta like to do so much is really just an indicator that they're letting out some of their energy." Whis explained. "So that force that you all felt,"
"That must be part of Ki control." Erza then stated.
"Well that's one way of putting it." Whis replied. Goku then walked towards Whis, tapping him on the shoulder.
"Hey, Whis?" Goku then asked. "You think I did a good job explaining to these guys how Ki works?"
"Actually, you may have skipped a 'few' steps in the learning process." Whis answered. "As in, showing them the end goal instead of the first few steps."
"Aww man." Goku moaned. "I wish Tien was here, he'd probably be better at this then I am."
"That would most definitely be true." Whis replied.
"So what should I do? What would you do, Whis?" Asked Goku. "I haven't really done something like Ki to anyone before."
"That much I can tell." Whis said.
"I mean, Gohan did that to Videl once, but I was still dead from all the stuff with Cell, so I wasn't there."
"Hold it, mind repeating that again?" Gajeel interrupted. Both Goku and Whis turned their heads to see Natsu, Gajeel, Erza, Juvia, and Grey, who had apparently heard everything from the two, starring at Goku with wide eyes.
"Goku, until you can learn to keep certain things under wraps, you should probably refrain from blurting out random things, that could be very detrimental to our mission." Whis stated.
"What? Why? All I said, was I never done this before." Goku replied.
"You also mention that you had already died once and now we should all expect to be flooded by a plethora of questions." Whis then said, but fortunately for the two of them, the orb on Whis's staff began to flash, allowing Whis the perfect excuse to escape before any questions flooded his way. "Hmm, what's this?" Whis asked, before projecting an image on the orb.
"Is this thing even functioning?" Beerus voice could be heard yelling though the orb.
"Oh, it's you, Lord Beerus." Whis said, "Already putting that communicator to good use, I see."
"I would have sooner if you weren't so busy ignoring my calls." Beerus said, sternly. "Anyway, I called to ask you where we are in space."
"Good question, my lord." Whis replied, "Shall I get the answer now?"
"Preferably now instead of later, I've been waiting for a while, you know." Beerus answered. Whis then dropped the projection of Beerus in favor of a projected image of the space around them. The empty space itself was just as empty as it should be, and it seemed that they've arrived at a solar system. Nothing too exotic, just a singular, yellow sun, a few planets orbiting around it, and the layout of the planets seemed to be very similar to that of the solar system of Universe 7's Earth. "Oh, it appears that we've already breached into another universe." Whis stated. The orb of his staff began flashing again. The projection of the solar system was soon replaced by the angered face of Beerus.
"Do something like that again, and you won't have a single bite the next time we eat!" Beerus yelled.
"Calm down, Lord Beerus, I was planning on calling you again anyway," Whis replied. He then tapped his staff on the floor, and instantly, the ship had a sudden burst of speed, and then halted almost immediately. And it had stopped right in front of a planet.
"Whis, bring up an image of the planet, I want to see if this is indeed, another Earth." Beerus ordered.
"Right away, my lord." Whis replied. He then projected an image, showcasing the planet that they've come across. But instead of a lush green and blue planet, all that could be seen was a crimson, almost blood-like colored clouds blanketing the entirety of the planet.
"What the hell?" Beerus said.
"This is indeed strange." Whis said.
"Strange is a massive understatement, are you sure this is actually Earth?" Beerus then asked.
"I'm checking now, my lord, and the position of the planet and the layout of the solar system all point towards the fact that this is Earth, or at least a planet like Earth."
"Check again." Beerus ordered. But both of them knew that doing so would be pointless. Whis had already checked the solar system layout multiple times, and the positioning of the third planet was the exact same as Earth's positioning, not only in being the third planet, but also the distance between the Earth and the sun. "Is that red planet Earth?" Beerus asked one last time, hoping that they had just missed a small detail. But alas, it was not the case.
"I'm afraid that this is indeed an Earth, my lord." Whis answered. "What would you want me to do?" Beerus didn't need to think anymore on his next order.
"Get everyone back to the living quarters, and prepare to land the ship. We need to see this planet out."
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