Training with Korin
"How do you think their training is going?" Shigure said to Chi-Chi, as she trained with the older woman.
"My son will only push them as much as he thinks that their body and mind can go, however, I think that Kenichi will struggle for a while. He has yet to tap into his true potential." Chi-Chi replied as she evaded the weapons masters attacks. However, with that in mind, Miu will help him to unlock his true skills."
"So you saw it too?"
"His true feelings for her? Yes but he does not yet have the strength to back up his will, with my son's help he will able to be the man that she needs him to be." Chi-Chi said as she kicked Shigure hard enough in her lower abdomen to send her flying backwards.
"Your hand to hand skills are truly formidable Chi-Chi-san!" Kensei said as he appeared where Chi-Chi had kicked Shigure.
"You again... I've had enough of men perving on me from Roshi!" Chi-Chi cried out as she attacked the smaller master.
'This could be bad...' Kensei thought as he could barely evade the attacks. "Just checking up on you two!" Kensei said as he evaded one last move before disappearing.
"I guess we have something else in common." Chi-Chi said as she gave the master a kick on the ass to help him on his way.
"You mean how we both have feelings for your son and dislike for lecherous old men?" Shigure said with a raised eyebrow.
"So you do care for him as well." Chi-Chi said as she took off her weighted clothing and got serious. "Are you truly ready for the battle that you have now begun?" Chi-Chi said as she picked up the power-pole that Gohan had left behind.
"Pardon?"
"If you truly wish to have a relationship with my son you need to understand... that with any in the Saiyan family line come with complications.."
"Complications?" Shigure said as she blocked the thrust from Chi-Chi's weapon.
"They attract trouble like honey attracts bees." Chi-Chi continued as she used the block to launch a low kick to Shigure, who back-flipped.
"I sort of gathered that after hearing about your husband." Shigure said as she went on the offence with her sword.
"He will probably leave you in tears of frustration more days than not, and if he is anything like his father he will protect this planet to his dying breath." Chi-Chi said as she was now forced to evade or block Shigure's attacks.
"Then we are well suited for one another." Shigure said as she thought about how much she cared about the people that she had come to know in her life.
Parrying some incredibly fast strikes both fighters paused as their weapons were both at each others throat.
"Hmm." Chi-Chi said as she gazed at Shigure. "I guess there is more to you than meets the eye."
"And your love for your son is also noted.." Shigure said as both warriors Ki levels shot up.
"You really live up to your nickname... Mistress of all Weaponry." Chi-Chi said as she swiftly disengaged from Shigure and attacked from a different angle.
"And your weapon is not normal." Shigure said as their weapons clashed and the power pole was able to take the blow with ease.
"Well, it is one of a kind weapon from The God of Martial Arts Korin. The very same deity that my son has taken Miu and Kenichi to meet." Chi-Chi replied.
"They've gone to see Korin!?" Akisame said as he overheard their spa session.
"Just like my husband before him, my son has gone to climb the tower of Korin to request training for Miu and Kenichi."
"Do you think that they can reach him?" Hayato said as he and the other masters came in as Chi-Chi and Shigure powered down and backed away from one another.
"I have no doubt in their skills. But it will take them a while." Chi-Chi admitted as she gratefully took a towel from Sakaki.
"Then our prayers go with them." Kensei said. "For none of us in this room besides yourself have ever met Korin in person."
"So they have a disciple in their midst that is a master if not beyond. And he's teaching Kenichi-kun? Well we really have to step up our game otherwise our plans will be over before they begin." Said Isshinsai Ogata, former master of Ryuuto.
"I will deal with him myself. Mikumo said as she stood before all the other masters. "However I wish to have him be reformatted as soon as possible."
"So you wish to turn him to the path of Satsujinken? However if such a reformatting is to occur we wish to each train the boy in our arts. If he is up to the task, which from your words and actions tell me he is, he shall be a contestant for being the one to succeed as the number one disciple of Yami." Isshinsai said.
"Alongside my disciple Sho Kano?" Said a man with a scar on his face.
"Yes Akira Hongō, codename Sky." Mikumo said. "There is another interesting path we can take."
"Ho?"
"There seems to be a mutual interest between the boy and the weapons master Shigure." Mikumo said.
"It's not often that a master would have feelings beyond what is normal for their disciple." Hongō said as he rubbed his chin in thought.
"But from the look on your face, you yourself are not personally a fan of this union." Ogata said with a smile.
"No.. I would prefer that he either mated with my disciple when she came of age or myself." Mikumo said. "That sort of power would be wasted on such a useless martial artist."
"I have a better idea!" A masked man said as he dropped from the skies.
"Demon God Fist Silcardo Jenazad.." Mikumo said as she looked at the man coolly. "And what do you propose?"
"I propose that we send in our own disciple's at the boy's school to test his strength to it's maximum."
"So your prepared to lose some disciple's are you Demon god?" Mikumo said not entirely against the idea.
"This is not to fight, but to observe... we have all watched the fights from the Cell Games and only a few of us have managed to copy some of the techniques shown on that day. However... we never got to see what he was truly capable of."
"So you want us to have our disciple's see first hand what he can do?" A man that resembled the Greek God Zeus said as he stroked his beard.
"Exactly! I wish to see his true skills, what we have managed to learn from the fights on the video recordings will pale in comparison!"
"I also have an idea." Hongo said as he stroked his scar.. though it will push back the plans for Eternal Sunset a fair bit."
"Hoh? What idea might that be?"
"We 'convince' the winner of the Cell Games to start up the World Martial Arts Tournament once again."
"Hmm this would indeed push back Eternal Sunset... however by starting up the tournament once again will bring the warriors from the Cell Games out once again." Said the Zeus like figure.
"This can be done alongside sending our disciple's to the boy's school..." Mikumo said as she mulled the idea over in her head.
"It would seem that we are in agreement. However, we need Shadow's confirmation before we can continue." Isshinsai said.
"And I give it." Said a man standing behind all of the other masters. "It would be a chance to see how strong father has gotten."
"You heard the boss!" Said a man wearing a Lucha Libre mask. "We shall crush them at the World Martial Art's Tournament!"
"Huff... it's really hard to keep going like this." Kenichi said as he took a break from the training that he was receiving from Gohan.
"I'm pushing your body to its utmost limits." Gohan said as he grabbed a glass of orange juice from the fridge. "Don't worry you'll thank me when the time comes to use that power."
"Miu-san has a much better understanding of the skills that you're teaching us though. How can I be the man that she needs me to be if I can't even keep up with her?" Kenichi said sounding depressed.
"That's the kind of talk that I don't want to hear from you. Kenichi-san. From all of the training that the masters have given you and your own will, you still think you can't catch up?" Gohan said.
"Huh?"
"Like the masters said you really don't have any particular skills that stand out."
'Nice of him to point it out so cruelly...' Kenichi thought as he imagined Gohan standing amongst the masters and laughing at him while he tried to catch up to Miu.
"But that's your true skill..." Gohan said making Kenichi stare at him in confusion. "The very fact that you don't stand out is a great asset, it makes foes that are stronger than you physically underestimate your will to protect and succeed. I've seen it ever since I saw you fighting with Boris. And you'll show it again when the time comes." Gohan said as he put his hand on Kenichi's shoulder. "Just keep fighting the good fight and be the best that you know you can be. Not for me, Miu-san or the masters. For Kenichi-san."
"Gohan-sensei..." Kenichi said as his eyes sharpened with new resolve. "I'll do it!"
"That's the Kenichi-san I know!" Gohan laughed as he washed up his glass. "Now Miu-san is waiting for us, let's go to her."
"Hai!"
Moving swiftly away from the kitchen doorway, Miu smiled.
'Thank you Gohan-kun.'
"So what is the warrior that Ryōzanpaku have in their ranks like Boris?" Sho said as all of the Yomi members reported all of their activities.
"He's... not one to be underestimated." Boris said as he delivered his report.
"And that 'boy' Ryōzanpaku's Number One Disciple Shirahama Kenichi, what did you think of him?"
"I've never encountered anyone like him before... he appears weak and unsure of himself but when someone he cares about gets attacked, he shows a will of steel. And the strength to go with it."
"Hmmm... Castor, Pollux how did your missions go?" Sho said turning to the two hooded members, as he mentally filled Boris's report away.
"The dojo's around here were not worth our time. They were all dealt with and are now at your disposal." The male one said as he removed his hood.
"My brother Pollux is right.. I only get excited when there is a crowd and a serious fighter around." Castor said as she too removed her hood.
"Then we have achieved what was asked of us. However we have a new task, infiltrate the school of Ryōzanpaku's Disciple and learn as much as we can about him and the warrior who may be from the Cell Games."
"I believe that the other masters called him Gohan." Boris said causing the last hooded Yomi member to laugh in contempt.
"We are trying to learn skills from a commoner named after rice? Don't insult me!"
"Ah Prince Nagaraja, don't let a name deceive you. There is always more to a person besides their name." Sho said with a knowing smile.
"Do you really believe that this 'Rice' character was truly amongst the warriors at the Cell Games?" Castor said as she licked her lips in anticipation.
"From the short but immense burst of Ki that I sensed there can be no doubt." Sho said. "However I have been told that we will need to continue our study of the footage from the Cell Games, and also footage from previous tournaments."
"Why?" Castor said as she looked at Sho in confusion.
"Because some of the warriors that were seen in the Cell Games can also be found in the footage of former tournaments." Sho replied. "And the more we know about our adversaries the better."