DBZR ½
Chapter 20: Training in the Chamber
The following excerpts are from the journals of Ranma Saotome, Akane Tendo (to include those of the last chapter).
Day 7
"Hey journal.
It has been a week now since we first walked in here. I can't believe only a week has passed already, it seems so much longer. Every day we're up early…at least, I think so. There's no day time or night time in here, and it's so white. It's hard on the eyes. Sometimes I think I see things out there.
Anyways, everyday we're up early to train. Goku takes this so seriously but he's honest. It's a rather welcome change from the tricks of Cologne and all her attempts to get me to wed Shampoo. I wonder how Shampoo and Ryouga are doing…oh yea, I forgot. Only a day will pass out there while a year passes in here. I forget that a lot it seems, at least when I have a chance to think about it. Master Goku doesn't give us much time to think about other things, he's all about the training.
This whole week we've been putting our arms and legs out, and then leaning out over the step, trying to make our bodies stronger, while doing pushups and sit-ups and other exercises. He also has us practice our katas over and over on the step. It's helping, I'm already noticing how much faster my punches and kicks are, even though I'm dog tired.
Akane is feeling it a lot. I guess that power transfer thing of Goten's is fading away, cause she's not taking the gravity changes too well, but she's getting stronger too. She's definitely determined to improve. All this training will probably do her some good.
We get a couple hour break for lunch, and again for dinner. Master Goku says that after a month the breaks will get shorter. Oh man…I hope not. I'm in such pain now…and Akane's probably worse. She stays in her own little room, and I think I've heard her cry in pain at bedtime. I can't say as I blame her…I've nearly cried from it, manly man or not. Around 9 or so we're let go to clean up and have some personal time. I think Goku goes to train himself during that time; I swear I've heard him screaming attacks out there, but I've been too tired to go look. I might have heard Akane out there too, but that's crazy.
Master Goku thinks we'll be able to stand outside the step in another week. He's going to give us tomorrow off so our bodies can recover before we try the next day. I'm going to get some sleep now…god my body aches. It better be worth it."
Day 28
"Hey journal, it's me again.
A month has gone by. A whole month. I have never trained so hard under so tough a man before. But it's been paying off so far. I'm tons stronger than I was before. My clothing barely fits me now, and all we've done is practice katas and stick out our bodies over the edge. It's becoming so easy that Master Goku thinks we're ready to step off the ledge. Said something about how we were ready to "take our first steps." I hope so…I'm ready to get into some real training.
Our katas are a lot better now, and I've already started to throw in some of the stuff I see Master Goku doing sometimes. He keeps his techniques pretty well hidden, but some things he can't. His Dragon stance is useful, but leans too far forward. It's very offense oriented. So I've modified it. Ya don't lean nearly so far forward now; it's now set so you lean forward still, but you're able to move in any direction far quicker than you could before. Plus your arms aren't so far apart, one held up near your head, the other by your belt line. Master Goku and Akane will probably help me see if it's any good. The hand by the belt seems awkward to me.
The past three days we've been relaxing our bodies, but training our minds. Master Goku taught us much during these three days. Like how to sense the chi, or energy as he calls it, of others, how to suppress our own and how to better channel our power. I was a little surprised when I began to sense Akane's power…she's a lot stronger than I thought. Master Goku seemed to be as strong as me, but I know he's suppressing it. I don't have these new tricks down completely, but I will be the time we leave.
Sleeping is much easier now. I don't lay in bed in pain for hours before my muscles relax. I learned to channel my chi to take the flow of the pain away. Not quite sure how, but it works. I'm hoping it'll work when I take hits too.
He's had me change into my girl form. Says I need to increase my strength as a girl so I'm not taken off guard. Makes sense, but I'm not sure I like it. My clothes barely fit as a guy, but as a girl they're pretty baggy. It just…I don't know, seems weird trying to make my girl body stronger. I've seen what it's been doing to Akane, and it's clearly working for her. She's not getting bigger muscles, but she's definitely a lot more toned than before. It's…well, kinda nice to see. But now I have to become the same way? I was already sexier than her, now she'll become even more jealous! My life sucks sometimes.
Well, that's it for now. We're going to step out tomorrow so I best get some sleep. I'm looking forward to the real training."
Day 44
"Hey Journal.
Been a really long time since I last did this. Master Goku wasn't kidding about the sudden shifts off the step. One minute the place will be cold, the next hotter than any water poured on me has ever been. Gravity gets heavier the farther away we get from the step. But we've done it for so long now, it doesn't affect us.
It didn't used to be like that. The first few days we couldn't go too far past the step; but we were already far stronger, so we managed to get over it much quicker. It helped that Master Goku finally had us begin to fight and spar. Akane has really surprised me with how quickly she's picking up this stuff. Guess she just needed someone to actually work with her and help bring her up and deal with her temper. She's managed to get that under far better control, but I still get hammered sometimes.
Where does she get that stupid hammer of hers anyways?
We've begun to incorporate flying into our katas now. Which makes sense; our style makes use of air techniques as it is, and knowing how to fly adds a whole new way to do some of them. Even Master Goku gets into the sparring. I had to hit him with a reverse Hiryu-Shoten-Ha upside down in mid-air to catch him off guard. Akane then hit him with her hammer, knocking him into the ground. This is how it usually goes for us whenever Master Goku gets involved. We always team up to try to take him down.
This time we thought we had him but he suddenly pushed himself off the ground and above us faster than we could track! Then he shot us with a bunch of energy blasts, and man did those sting! I dunno how he fired so many, but he was grinning the whole time.
Anyways, he knocked us both down. I tried a new trick I'd been playing with, a chi shield of sorts as a variation of my Moko Takabisha, but it fell apart after two hits. Akane tried to hit them back and even managed to get a few, but then she lost her hammer. Afterwards Master Goku said he was impressed, but said we both had a long way to go.
I wonder if I'll survive that long?"
Day 134
"Today we finally learned and were taught some of Master Goku's techniques. He told us about the Kamehameha wave, a "Destructo Disk", solar flare, Tri-Beam, Masenko-Ha, teleportation, after-image, Kaio-Ken, even Fusion. He also showed us some combos…the hard way. Getting hit from more than one direction in less than five seconds really hurts. He is just so fast! He pushes us like no body has ever done before.
Later on I meditated for a long time on these techniques. Looking for weaknesses, strengths, the usual. My little trick of using my chi to channel pain has been working pretty good. Some of them sound like they take too long to charge up. Useless in close combat. Others would be great for regaining the advantage. I especially like the after-image, teleportation, and solar flare techniques for that. Kaio-Ken looks promising, but I'll have to work on that one for awhile. It just seems to be more a desperation charge than something useful, but I could be wrong. Kamehameha looks the most useful for attacking at long range without killing someone outright, unlike the Destructo Disk. And Tri-Beam? That thing might be helpful, but I'm not sure how yet.
I'm not sure what Akane thought, but as usual she's been surprising me. She's hung in there far longer than I thought, and is really showing a knack for coming up with stuff I didn't think she knew. Her power is growing stronger too. Not as strong as mine, but she's improving.
There's one technique we both said we wouldn't do: Fusion. I mean, I'd have to be in girl-form, and then we'd be…well….the same person? I know I thought it might be handy before, but, much as I hate to say it, I'd rather Fuse with Ryouga than Akane! That would just be far too weird! I mean…all those girl thoughts going through my-our head.
Maybe it's not as bad as I think it would be…but I wouldn't want to try it unless we had no choice. At least we know it if we want to use it. I've gotta hand it to these guys, they know energy attacks.
Well, I'm going to get some sleep. We're going to be trying out each technique and I'm definitely going to try to mix things up a bit, add them to what I already know. Might come up with something new?"
Day 200
"Not much to talk about today. Lots of training going on for the past few weeks. We've got the new stuff down pretty good, and we seem to have leveled out for the time being.
So we took a break from all training for a couple days. Well, I did anyways. I don't know what Akane is up to over in her room.
It's kinda nice to have a couple days to just sit back and do nothing, and think over all that's happened. A year has almost passed already, and there's been a lot of changes, to both of us. I had to get my hair cut, otherwise my hair tie wouldn't work. Akane hasn't bothered cutting her hair yet, I think it's down to her back if she untied it.
It's odd…when we leave we'll both be a year older. Seventeen. I don't feel like it. But I guess I'm looking it. I am taller, and definitely a lot stronger than I was. Even my girl-form looks older, which is odd. I thought the curse turned you into what had drowned, be it young or old. Maybe it's just the training I've been doing in girl-form that's making it look older. I'm not taller than I usually am in that form.
Akane has definitely changed though. She's probably as tall a Nabiki, and…well, she's gotten more curvy like her sisters. Not that I pay attention to that sort of thing. She's also tons stronger than she used to. I doubt she'd bother with the clay blocks after this. She wouldn't be able to find enough to be useful.
I have to admit, Akane is looking kinda cute now. That gi of hers is a bit too small now, so I can't help but notice how she's looking in it. Guess I'm kinda getting over my fear of women. Maybe it's just me getting older or something. Meh, she's probably just trying to taunt me, and use her body to distract. Heh, I'm a master of that, especially in girl form.
Still, she's come a long ways in her forms. She's a lot more graceful, less tense. She's much quicker, and she hits harder than Taro does. She'd probably give Ryouga a run for his money in toughness too. Secretly, I've kinda admired her stubbornness over time, but I can honestly say that I respect her as a true martial artist now. Master Goku and Akane have both helped me out with that.
Now that she's stronger and more confident, she looks forward to our sparring sessions. And honestly, so do I. It's fun now. Then something happens to set her off, and she's back to being an uncute tomboy. And then I get hammered. She has yet to understand that taunting and touching certain areas of her body isn't being perverted; it's throwing off her her focus. Sad that it works still. Master Goku has noticed this and said he's thinking of something to deal with it. I hope it works.
At least I no longer think of women as being weaklings. After this, I doubt I'll ever fall under Pop's belief and hitting girls again. Though I still won't start a fight with one. It just doesn't seem right.
Hmm…I sense Akane's power rising. I might have to check this out later. For now I'll go soak in the furo for awhile, then get some sleep. I'm beat."
Day 212.
"I have got to get out of this place! The white...sooo much white...it's endless...and the sudden temperatures changes...dear god, it never ends! Always attacked, always hunted, can't hide! Why did Goku tell Akane I was peeping on her? I'm a dead man!
Wait...I think she's coming! Oh shit...the tile is cracking! She's pissed and she can sense my energy! Good-bye cruel world!"
Day 213
"I hate Master Goku. He told her on purpose to get her to realize that her rage with real perverts was holding her back. Would have been nice if he told her before she beat the crap out of me.
It took a Hiryu-Shoten Kamehameha to stop her too. I was hoping to save that one for Goku.
It was such a good move too. I circled her, making my energy very cold. She put out such heat that a normal attack would have worked fine, but I needed something to get through her aura and knock her down, else she'd just use this thing she calls Rage Transformation to overpower it before it could take hold. She's done that before.
So I had to improvise. Combining a cold energy version of the Kamehameha with the Hiryu-Shoten Ha did the trick. Instead of starting a cyclone at point-blank range I was able to hit her from afar. Instant that hit, the cyclone formed and struck. Caught her completely off guard too.
Still, I wish Goku hadn't told Akane that I was peeping on her. She's never hit me so hard before. I don't think she was holding back at all this time. My shirt is ruined. Completely destroyed. I'll have to rest a couple of days too, that attack drained me. Good thing we're almost done with the training, which Goku says we'll now be working on increasing our power, stamina and speed. Why he felt he had to tell her I was peeping in on her is beyond me.
Even if it was true. I had to know what she's been doing over there. And I finally found out that she's been training in her off time. Sneaky, but I can't say I'm not impressed. That's devotion she's never really showed before. Though why she trains in her room in the nude is beyond me. Maybe she's trying to keep from messing up her gi anymore than it is? Not sure. Girls are weird sometimes."
Day 339
"Today was brutal. Master Goku said we were ready to go all out. Boy did we ever! He came at us both together, but if there's one thing we learned, it's that we can't match him in brute force. So Akane and I split to avoid his first hit. In some ways that's his usual style of attack. Comes in hard and fast very suddenly and just beats the hell out of you. But he's not one to do the same thing every time.
I hit him with a Moko-Takabisha, while Akane fired a Masenko-Ha from opposite sides as we moved apart. She seems to like that particular attack the most. Anyways, it caught Master Goku by surprise as he ran right into the blasts. Didn't hurt him though and he fired two energy waves back at us! I don't know what Akane did, I had to use my Moko-Takabisha Shape Shield to deflect it, and by then Master Goku was attacking me.
I can't match him in strength or power, but I have just as great a wealth of techniques as him. And every time we've sparred, I've watched him very closely. I know his moves as good, if not better than him. He broke through my Shield with the first hit, but it bought me a second to counter with an elbow to his chest. I followed up with a punch to his stomach, but he blocked that, so with my elbow still in his chest I backhanded him, then followed up with a knee kick to his stomach and then as he staggered back I spun and back kicked him away.
He flipped and landed in a solid stance, and he was grinning. Guess I surprised him, but whenever he grins I always get worried.
Akane jumped in at that moment, attacking from behind, but Goku teleported behind her and attacked. But he hit only her after-image! She wasn't very good at that technique, but I guess those late night practices paid off, cause she appeared behind him and then got in two good pressure point strikes, disabling one of his arms, for a little bit anyways. Again, not one of her better techniques, but she nailed it this time. Not very well though. I mean she did try seven times and only got two pressure points. Anyways, I came in with a foot sweep, and she fired another Masenko-Ha at point blank range. Knocked him over this time too.
But he rolled and came up, smiling still. And then it was really on. I just sensed him do something, and then all three of us were teleporting, flying, punching and kicking all over the place. Master Goku has us beat completely in energy waves, so we make sure he doesn't get the space to use them. He did use Solar Flare once, but if you turns your hands around you can reflect the technique instead. So Akane and I weren't blinded, but it still did buy him time to get some space in the air.
That's when he transformed.
It was the first time he had transformed in a fight with us. He'd done it to show how much difference there was from his normal state to Super Saiyan, but never in a fight. Guess he was feeling that we were serious about it and needed to take it up a notch. Now when he transforms he's stronger, faster, more powerful. That much we know. Without the training, we would be toast.
With our training though, we're not finished by a long shot.
Master Goku had taught us how to use the Kaio-Ken technique. It's pretty good for a temporary power up, but it doesn't last very long. Akane and I talked about it a few months ago, and she suggested I make use of the Neko-Ken, maybe mix the two. That was a bad day too…was stuck in girl form, and trapped in Akane's room as she kept yelling c-c-c-cat at me, but it worked, and now I can use the Neko-Ken without completely losing it. I get energy claws over my hands, my speed and strength is greater, and I have c-c-cat-like maneuverability, and it lasts a whole lot longer. In short, I have all the benefits of the Neko and Kaio-Ken, without the drawbacks.
So I powered up using the Neko Kaio-Ken and Akane used Kaio-Ken and flew up . We can't match him in power, but we had him beat in speed and flexibility. It was a great fight. Akane really got in some good hits. Her energy Amiguriken is really fast, which you need against Goku.
We went back to keeping Goku from using his energy attacks, always outmaneuvering him or deflecting his hits. I don't know how long it lasted, but it felt like a long time, constantly circling him, keeping him off balance. He finally knocked us both down to the ground. Well…actually he knocked me through the wall of the bathhouse and I was splashed in cold water.
Did I mention Akane destroyed my shirt over a month ago?
So now I'm stuck in girl form, topless, and it has absolutely no effect on Master Goku. I have no idea why, my girl form is really hot, more so now that I've been training, but he gets this slight twitch in his eyebrow and then looks kinda afraid for a moment and then he's back to normal.
Anyways, I jumped out of the wall to land near Akane, and Master Goku is in the air, and preparing a Kamehameha. This was going to be the end of the fight; we just knew it. Akane and I both powered up again, and prepared our own blasts. This isn't a power battle; even together we can't match him in energy. I fired a Hiryu-Shoten Kamehameha before he fired his. The two blasts connected just short of him, but that worked for what I was going for. I'd been preparing the attack ever since we powered up, and the biggest cyclone you'd ever seen erupted, and sucked him in.
That's when Akane used her special move. I dunno what she calls it, but she makes a bunch of these energy hammers and throws them rapidly at her target. What's really impressive is that they're energy temperature neutral, so they can't be used to power or ruin a Hiryu-Shoten Ha. Well she does this now, and the cyclone is getting filled with pounding, exploding hammers. Goku's power was dropping…we were winning. We were going to win!
And then he transformed into his third form.
I have never felt so much power in my life, and he looked so different! Yea, going into that Super Saiyan thing is different, but at least his first and second forms look about the same. That third form though is weird. All that hair, and big eyebrows over his eyes…it's just weird! First time we've seen it too, so that was a shock. He probably did that on purpose for the day we fight.
Anyways, he transformed, and used Akane's trick to overpower the cyclone. The shockwave sent both of us flying away again, and that was pretty much the end of the fight. Again, Master Goku won. But we were so close!
Next time we'll get him. I know it."
Day 365
Today is the day we go back outside. Heh, the others are going to be so surprised. I've never been so strong, and with a wealth of experience. And I owe a lot of it not just to Master Goku, but to Akane too. She's earned the right to be called the strongest woman in Nerima. I know that all too well. Especially since that first no-holds barred, anything goes sparring match. We pretty much repeated that every single day since. And I bet we'll keep training together now. Maybe after Ryouga and Shampoo go through this chamber they'll join us? That'll make for some interesting sessions.
Now if she could just get that tomboy temper of hers under complete control…she might actually be more than just kinda cute. Guess we'll see if she can in time.
Well, time to go. Farewell journal, it's been handy to have you to write in.
Ranma.
P.S. We never did beat Master Goku. But I know that someday we will."
Day 7
"Dear Diary,
A week has passed…I've never felt so incredibly tired. I've never trained so hard as I have beside Ranma. Master Goku is tireless, always pushing. It ticks me off sometimes…but I know why he does it.
I'm already noticing it working though. I'm feeling stronger than ever, and I know I held my arms out over the step longer than Ranma today. I almost couldn't lift them now to write in this, but I felt I had to. It felt so good to beat him at something! I know he wasn't faking when he finally dropped his arms first. I dropped mine right after him, but I still outlasted him!
We've shown Master Goku our style and katas, and he just eats it up! He practices them with us like he had been doing them for years. It's annoying, but he does them so well and has managed to polish them so quickly he's shown me where I've been doing my own moves wrong. He hasn't taught us anything yet, saying he'll start that once we can stand off the step.
But I have a secret for you Diary. When Ranma goes to bed…I go out to train some more. Goku trains himself during that time, and it's inspiring to watch him work while I keep putting my body out over the step. He just stands out there, completely focused as he moves. He knows I'm out there, but we just do our own thing. It's the only thing that's allowing me to catch up to Ranma in strength…
And my body…god my body hurts so much. It's so much stronger and I know I'm getting better, but the pain sometimes gets to me, and I've cried myself to sleep from it.
Tomorrow we're getting the day off. I plan to rest in hot water most of the day. Dr. Tofu told me to do that once after a bad training session where I hurt myself from bad technique. I wish he was here now, those pressure point tricks of his would be handy.
I'm going to bed Diary. I hope I don't forget to write in here."
Day 28
"Dear Diary,
Sorry it's been so long since I last wrote in here. I think a month has passed, but I'm not sure. I'm so happy! As bleak as this place is, I've never had such a great time in my life! Doing nothing but hard, honest training, without having to fight off all those pervert boys, or deal with Kuno. It's like a vacation from it all, with nothing but hard work and sweat to keep me busy!
I feel so much better than I did last time. I think my body is getting used to the pain. I'm much stronger, and I can feel my aura, which Master Goku calls "my power," growing greatly. He taught us how to sense energy levels, surpress ours, and manipulate it better. Ranma is like a floodlight! He's very strong, much more than I thought he would be. I mean, I knew he was strong, otherwise he wouldn't have beaten so many, but his aura is more than I thought it would be. I'll get stronger though, and I know I'll get results. I'm already seeing them on myself.
I must say that my body is looking a lot better than before. Goten's energy made me look kinda bulky, but all this training is smoothing it out. I'm more toned, but slender. I think it's funny that Master Goku makes Ranma train in his girl form too, but then I see how effortless Ranma makes himself move in ways that…that are just perverted! And in girl-form he's looking even hotter than before!
I hate how he makes me seem so much lower than him without trying. Stronger, faster, hotter. Not that I care about looking hot! I could care less! There's just Master Goku and Ranma, and I know Ranma is a pervert, and Master Goku is only about the training. And that's all I'm here for. I'm here to get stronger. I'll beat Ranma, and I'll definitely prove myself to be a worthy martial artist."
Day 44
Dear Diary,
Master Goku has had us step into the white area. It's freaky though! It's hotter than fire one second, then colder than ice the next. I guess it makes us tougher, but I could do without it sometimes. Ranma and I have been sparring often, and we even fly when we're fighting. I've known how good he was before at coming up with attacks so quickly, but it's different when he's actually fighting you. You can see his mind working.
Even Master Goku jumps in. It's just been a lot of fun, and I think I surprise Ranma a lot with how quickly I'm picking up things! If only he would stop making fun of my moves or my body when we fight. And sometimes he touches me like Happosai! I REALLY hate that! Why can't he keep his perversion to himself? Master Goku has helped me with my temper, but Ranma pushes it so much, it makes me angry just thinking about it!
Anyways, today Master Goku jumped into our match, and Ranma and I instantly went after him. He's the bigger threat, it just makes sense. I use my hammer a lot when he gets involved. I don't know pressure points that well, and I can't hit nearly as hard as those two, so I make do with what I can.
We thought we had him this time, but he jumped above us and started to shoot us! Ranma tried to make some kind of chi shield, but I was busy batting the shots back. Didn't work though, he got us both. Says we did good, but we have a long ways to go.
No kidding."
Day 134
"Dear Diary,
We finally were taught some of Master Goku's techniques! And he knows so many of them! I bet Ranma is meditating on them right now, doing his thing. Well he can do that. I'm going to try to master them, at least the ones that work best for me. Teleport, after-image, Solar Flare, Kamehameha, Masenk-Ha, Kaio-Ken, Destructo Disk…lots of energy techniques. This should be lots of fun to use. I already came up with a variation of the Kaio-Ken. I call it my Rage Transformation. It's where I use all my anger at perverts, and increase my power. It's not very controlled though, and it's very hot…and powerful. But I do get a lot stronger and faster. Not sure why my vision turns red though. I'll have to work on it I guess.
But there's no way I'd do Fusion! That's just…WRONG! If Ranma was in girl-form we could do it, but then we'd be part of each other…and I'd have all his perverted thoughts...
Sorry, I had to shudder a bit there. I don't want to know what he's thinking in that mind of his.
Well…actually, sometimes I do. Not in that way! Just…does he respect me? Is he starting to like me? Did he ever like me? What does he really think of me? Am I a martial artist, or just some conquest that all boys seem to think girls are? Does he…think I'm attractive?
I don't know why I asked the last one. He can't think I'm attractive. He barely looks at me as it is.
Anyways, I'm going to practice some of these moves. Ranma may meditate on them, but I always do better trying them out first."
Day 200
"Dear Diary,
We're almost done training in here. I can't wait to get out of this place and see the others. I know only a day goes by outside, but it seems so long since I last saw them. We've got a few days off of training, which we really needed. I'm still training on my own though in my free time, and I've come up with some new techniques of my own, mixing some of Master Goku's and Anything Goes styles. I must be getting much better with my techniques; I couldn't mix things up like that before.
We've been training really hard though, so I guess it makes sense that I'd start to improve in all aspects of The Arts.
It's kinda strange to think it; we've been in hear nearly a year. We're going to be seventeen! I'll be the same age as Nabiki. And I've grown a lot, besides just stronger. My gi barely fits me. It's tight at the chest and hips, and the legs are up from my ankles. I lost one of the sleeves earlier in the year, and I've got some holes in the legs. I'm probably as tall as Nabiki now. I really need to cut my hair, it's down to the middle of my shoulders I think, so I have to bundle it up with clothe I ripped from the other sleeve.
But I am looking pretty good. I practice in my room now, just to force me to fight in cramped conditions. Lots of that in Nerima. I've even started to practice in the nude. Sooner or later Happosai will return, and I'm sure he'll get something off me, so I'm trying very hard to train myself to handle fighting without the clothing. I keep the shades drawn though, I don't need Ranma peeping in on me and getting perverted thoughts.
They're going to be so surprised when we walk out of here at the end of the year. We both look really different. Ranma's taller, and much stronger. It's…kinda nice to see. Even his girl-form looks better, but I think mine is looking much better than that now. I haven't been able to keep from looking at myself in the mirror just to see all the changes. It's shocking to see how much I've changed. I look really grown up, and that's only at seventeen! If I keep up my training, who knows what I'll look like?
Shampoo hasn't got a thing on me. And I'll make sure to prove it to her next time she glomps Ranma. I'll send that kitty flying all the way back to China!
I've noticed how much my technique has improved too. Like, as my body changed, so did my style. It just seems so natural, so graceful. Hidden strength, maximum flexibility…and I love it! Ranma can be the flashy one, I'll be the flexible one.
Well, I'm going to go practice some more, and then get some sleep."
Day 212
"I'm going to kill that Ranma! He's been peeping on me! Staring at me without me knowing, probably thinking perverted thoughts! The bastard! I thought he was better than that but he's proved to me once and for all he's no better than any other of those boys at school! What an idiot!"
Day 213
"Dear Diary,
I feel so incredibly bad today. Master Goku told me Ranma was peeping on me so I would get angry and lose control. I guess he felt it was the only way he could show me that what I thought about boys was wrong. My temper, my anger, which I'd used in my Rage Transformation, wasn't helping…but hindering me.
And I really did go after Ranma. I was horrible to him. I didn't hold back, and even destroyed his shirt. I went after him so hard, I forced him to cut loose on me. He hit me pretty hard, but…it, it was necessary. It's hard for me to admit it, but Master Goku was right. If I was thinking clearly, if I was in control of myself, not allowing anger to cloud my judgement…I wouldn't have fallen for Ranma's attack. And…I wouldn't have attacked him so hard. He showed me just how strong he was, and how weak I was. I have so far to go, and this…anger problem of mine is holding me back.
He'll never respect me or take me seriously if I can't do something about it."
Day 339
"Dear Diary,
Master Goku said it was time to really fight, and before I could ask him what he meant he attacked!
To be honest, we've been kinda expecting it. I think he's been hinting that it was coming for awhile now, so Ranma and I have worked out a plan. We get in close and keep moving in circles, not giving him any room to fire any energy blasts. Ranma knocked Goku back, and then I attacked. Had to out maneuver him and then I hit him in his pressure points to disable him. I wish I could make those moves work better though, I hit him ten times and only two of them actually worked! Anyways, the two of us kept attacking and moving around him. Worked pretty good, until he used a Solar Flare on us. I'm glad Ranma showed me how to use the Solar Reflect to keep from being blinded, but it still bought Master Goku time.
And then he went Super Saiyan!
We can't take him when he's a Super Saiyan, at least not direct. We had to use speed and maneuverability against him. I powered up with a Kaio-Ken…oooh that's so exhilarating to use too. All that energy flowing through your body…making you feel a hundred times greater than you ever were before…it's incredible! And I still have some of Goten's energy within me. I've kept it as a kind of emergency reserve. I don't know how strong it is, but it's pretty potent, especially now that I know what I'm doing.
Anyways, again we went at it, and it just seemed to go on and on. It was the most fun I've ever had in a sparring match. Ranma was using his Neko Kaio-Ken with those glowing energy claws, and I had my Energy Amiguriken, which I think I can modify sometime into a long range attack against energy blasts, and we just fought and fought. Finally, Ranma was knocked away into the bathhouse and I was knocked to the ground.
Master Goku doesn't pull his punches. I'm still feeling that punch and kick combo.
Ranma came out, in his girl form…and topless. That perv…er…well, no, he wasn't perverted that time. I did destroy his shirt. Anyways Master Goku was preparing a Kamehameha, which we knew would finish it. Ranma hit him with his Hiryu-Shoten Kamehameha and I used my Rapid Fire Hammers. The cyclone was huge, and there were tons of exploding hammers in there. His energy was dropping…we were so close to winning!
But he had to transform into this…Super Saiyan, 3 thing of his. Totally destroyed it. We were so close we could taste it! We had to yield though. That was just too much for us to go up against. I thought his power was huge before, but this…he was like a burning sun.
There's just no point going up against a Super Saiyan if they can transform so high.
Well, I'm going to go relax for awhile, have a bite to eat before Goku and Ranma eat it all. That's more training right there, trying to get food before it's gone.
I'm glad we're almost done. I'm ready to take a long break from training.'
Day 365
"Dear Diary,
This is it! We're done! We're going back out today, a whole lot different. I wish I had a larger gi to change into, but at least I'm covered. Just my arms and feet are exposed. Soon as I'm out I'm going to go find a hot spring and just be away from everyone for awhile. Relax, get a new outfit that fits…oh, that's a problem. I'm going to have to get all new clothes back home! Oh well, I'll deal with that when I get there.
I bet Ryouga will pass out when he see me. I'm kinda showing off some cleavage, but there's nothing I can do about that. And Shampoo will be in shock too. I'm rather looking forward to seeing her jaw drop.
We fought every day since our big fight, even today. I have to thank both Ranma and Master Goku for everything they've done. I couldn't have improved so much without them.
I'm getting called. Time to go. Thanks for being here Diary. I'll keep you with me and add more at a later time.
Akane"
The one entry from Goku's journal.
"I can't say how proud I am of these two. They have come a long ways, and are firmly on the path to becoming true warriors. Vegeta will be impressed, even though he won't admit it. It'll definitely give him extra incentive for his students.
They'll be among the strongest, if not the strongest, of their home world. I can't say I haven't done all I can to prepare them. They have taken all my teachings, and taught me a lot too. There were times they almost beat me. They challenged me as much as I challenged them, and surprised me more than anyone ever has. They've shown me that I can train an Earthling up to our standards of strength. Maybe someday I'll find someone who will be ready to take up my mantle as protector.
Well, time to go! Bye!"
TBC….
We return to normal writing in the following chapter, and the last chapter I owed in the bet with AnT is complete! Good thing I didn't put a time limit on it, otherwise I'd have been in big trouble long ago!
Well, hope you enjoyed this little excursion into the journals of Ranma and Akane. Next time…what did Vegeta do? Is Bison still creating a clone? What are the boys up to? Will Ukyo get breast implants? Will Kuno finally get a brain? I'll try to answer these if possible at some predetermined yet forgotten date.
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Aka "Tank"