One month after the Saiyans Raditz and Vegeta arrived on Earth, the special Gravity Room has finally been completed! Now our heroes can finally begin their grueling training for their life or death fight against Nappa, the treacherous Saiyan who is out for blood!

Tale 184: Let the Training Begin!

"Woah, it's HUGE!" Kuririn gasped as he looked at the looming Capsule Corp. building before him, "THIS is the Gravity Room?"

"Yup!" Bulma replied with a proud grin, "There's the main training area, which has a panel off by the entrance that controls the gravity level. It goes up to 100g, or 100 Gravity."

"100 of Earth's gravity, I presume?" Vegeta inquired with a smirk. Bulma nodded, "So, it's max capacity is only 10 times that of Saiya. Not that impressive."

"Okay, Mr. Hot-Shot! Let's see you withstand it then!" Bulma shot at him; her tone sounded angry but she bore an amused grin. Vegeta regarded her with a surprised look before shooting her a grin of his own. If you looked quickly enough, you could see a slight blush upon his face as well!

"Very well," Vegeta replied, "I shall give it a go after your "grand tour", my lady." It was Bulma's turn to blush, though hers was much more obvious. Yamcha rolled his eyes before shooting Vegeta a jealous glare.

"…right then! Off of the main room, there are living quarters for each of you. They will be set at the same level as the main room when it comes to gravity. That way, you can all get used to the current level of gravity even during your "off" time!" Bulma waved her hand forward to beckon the group to follow her inside, "C'm on, follow me!"

After exchanging glances with each other, the group of fighters followed Bulma inside. The group consisted of the following people: Son Goku, Chi-Chi, Son Gohan, Raditz, Vegeta, Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, Kuririn, and Piccolo. Piccolo lingered behind everyone else; he felt rather out of place. The only ones who were not acting indifferent towards him was Goku and his son.

I imagine his friends were not at all thrilled when he told them that I would be training alongside them.

"Each living quarter is customized for its residents," Bulma explained as they approached one of the rooms off of the main room. Yamcha looked at the number of doors that were present, which were three.

"We will be sharing rooms?"

"Of course, silly!" Bulma laughed, "Don't worry, they aren't "single rooms". They are each practically Capsule Corp. homes attached to the main part of this building! I thought you would've noticed that while we were still outside!" Yamcha frowned but said nothing else. Bulma opened the door to the first "room", revealing that it was indeed a house, "These quarters in particular will be for Son Goku and his family, including Raditz. This one has three bedrooms: one for the cute couple, one for little Gohan, and one for Uncle Raditz! Our robotic servants have already unpacked your belongings accordingly."

"Neat! Thanks!" Goku replied with a grin. Chi-Chi was in awe.

"Wow! It looks just like our house! Thank you, Bulma!"

"I am glad that you are pleased! Why don't you all get acquainted with your home-away-from-home while I show the others theirs? I'll come and get you once when everyone has had time to get used to their own!" While Goku and his family made their way into their quarters, Bulma beckoned the others to follow her, "Next up is Vegeta, Yamcha, Chaozu, and Tenshinan's quarters!"

Kuririn's face turned white when a horrible realization dawned upon him; he was going to be sharing his living quarters with Piccolo! Bulma shot him an apologetic look before opening the door to the next entry.

"These quarters only have two bedrooms. And seeing I know that Ten and Chaozu will want to be bunked together, that means Yamcha and Vegeta will have to share a room. That shouldn't be a problem though, right fellas?" Bulma asked with a grin. Vegeta shrugged.

"I don't see why it would be," he remarked as he cast Yamcha a glance. Yamcha forced himself to grin.

"Neither do I!" Yamcha walked up to Vegeta and placed his hand on the shorter man's shoulder, "We'll get along great!"

Vegeta did not look amused at all. His tail wrapped around Yamcha's wrist and removed Yamcha's hand from his shoulder.

"We'll have none of that," Vegeta stated cooly, his tail releasing Yamcha's wrist as he spoke. Bulma tried not to laugh at Yamcha's flabbergasted and embarrassed-looking face as he watched Vegeta wordlessly enter the living quarters. Tenshinhan didn't even attempt to suppress his grin as he and Chaozu walked past Yamcha.

"O-okay, so you don't like being touched! I get it!" Yamcha chuckled awkwardly as he finally followed the others inside. Piccolo and Kuririn stood silently as Bulma turned her attention to Kuririn, obviously ignoring Piccolo.

"Last but not least will be your quarters! Come along!"

"Looks like we will be bunked together, little man," Piccolo remarked quietly to his rigid companion, "Don't fret now. I won't kill you."

"That's comforting," Kuririn retorted sarcastically. Piccolo smirked before turning his attention to Bulma as she opened up the door to their quarters.

"You'll each have your own room, meaning you don't have to worry about sharing one!" Bulma tried to be cheerful as she spoke but she knew she was doing little to help Kuririn's mood.

"Yeah, but we'll still be sharin' the rest of the place…" he grumbled pointedly.

"I am not a messy one, if that's what you're concerned about!" Piccolo chuckled, he then brushed past Bulma to enter his temporary home. Bulma nervously approached him.

"Erm…y-your room is barren because I wasn't sure what you…liked."

"It is not a problem. A simple bed and dresser will be just fine for me." Without another word, Piccolo went into his room and closed the door. Bulma stared at the door blankly.

"Rude much?"

"Woah, even for a two-bedroom, this is still a nice size!" Kuririn complimented as he looked around. Bulma smiled.

"I wanted you guys to all be comfortable! I'll be back in a half an hour to allow you to get settled."

"Eh?! Wait-!" But before Kuririn could stop her, Bulma had already made her hasty exit. He grumbled.

Could've kept me some company instead of leavin' me alone with him…

Kuririn then glanced at Piccolo's closed bedroom door.

Huh. Wonder what he's doin' in there…? Ah, well. He's leavin' me alone at least!

With a sigh, Kuririn decided to check out the kitchen to see what was available for food.

After the group of fighters got used to their new living quarters, Bulma gathered them out to the main room. She most certainly had not forgotten her challenge to the Saiyan Prince!

"Alright, Mr. Vegeta! Get cher fuzzy tail on that fighting mat! We shall see if you really can withstand 100g!" Bulma dramatically pointed to the fighting arena in the center of the room. It was an exact replica of the one used in the Tenka'ichi Budokai. Vegeta cocked his head to the side as he examined it before he made his approach.

"I take it that this…thing can have its gravity customized without affecting the entire space?" He inquired.

"Yup! Its gravity can also be adjusted from the panel by the entrance." Bulma made her way towards said panel as she spoke, "It's settings are on the bottom half of the panel. I figured that some of you may want more of a challenge. So, that's why I added the fighting mat!"

"Somethin' tells me that 10g will be more than enough for me!" Chi-Chi remarked before turning to Goku with a grin, "Though I know that you would probably want to push yourself pretty far!"

"Oh yeah!" Goku chuckled, "I wanna get to th' point where I can train in 100g!"

"Are you ready, your highness?" Bulma called out to Vegeta. He replied with a short nod and a cocky smirk. Bearing her own smirk, Bulma adjusted the fighting mat's gravity level accordingly. In a fraction of a second, Vegeta's cocky smirk turned into a face of horror as he struggled to stay standing.

"I see that you're having a hard time there!" Bulma called out sweetly. The others watched in awe and amusement as Vegeta struggled with the new level of gravity he was facing.

"I-I can…get used to…this!" Vegeta replied, managing to stand still. Bulma grinned evilly before turning to adjust the gravity again. Vegeta's eyes widened, "Eh? ARGH-!" Vegeta was suddenly flattened to the ground by the intense gravity.

"THAT'S the power of 100g. What I had it on before that was only 50g!" Vegeta struggled to look up towards Bulma. She smirked triumphantly at him before turning the settings back to normal. Vegeta struggled to get back up, for his legs were like jello. He awkwardly but pointedly made his way to Bulma, glaring daggers at her as she also approached him with an amused grin.

"You tricked me," he spat.

"I was teachin' you a lesson," Bulma spat back, though she was smiling. After a few seconds of glaring at Bulma, Vegeta smiled himself. Yamcha was inwardly puking at the exchange.

"I think it would be wise to have the gravity level set for 10g for the first month so that everyone has time to get used to it," Piccolo suggested. While most of the others just stared at him nervously, Goku beamed at him.

"Hey! Good idea, Piccolo!" Goku then turned to Bulma, "You heard 'im! Set it to 10g!"

"You can set it to 10g!" Bulma barked, "I am getting' out of here before I get crushed! You forget that I am not some he-man like you are!"

"Well, maybe if you trained some…" Bulma ignored Goku's remark and made her exit. With a shrug, Goku made his way to the panel, "Everyone ready?" After receiving a collective nod from the others, Goku made the appropriate adjustments, "…woah! W-wow! 10g is strong!" Goku turned to look at the others. With the exception of Raditz and Vegeta, the others were struggling in this new level of gravity.

"This will take some gettin' used to."

Our heroes have taken the first step towards preparing for the horrendous Nappa, but will their efforts be enough? Only time will tell! Up Next: Getting to know you! Getting to know ALL about you…!