Chapter 10: First Day of Serious Training and Revisiting Time Rifts
It was five o'clock in the morning when Barit, Kenshiro, and Pearl were woken up by loud knocking on their apartment's door. "Hang on!" Barit yelled as he opened it. "S-SOON!" Barit yelled in surprise. "Alright then, it's time for your training," Soon said as he went in. Pearl and Kenshiro came out still wearing their pajamas. "Get dressed and cleaned up," Soon told them as he headed to the kitchen, "I'll make your breakfast for today. It's gonna be a light one, or else you'd just throw it up." "Is he for real?" Kenshiro asked, only to see Pearl was already in the shower. As soon as she was clean she Instant Transmitted back to hers and Kenshiro's room. "Man, it looks like we need to do laundry…" she said, the only clean outfit she had was Launch's outfit. Pearl quickly got dressed in it, replacing Launch's shoes for the boots that Merch sent her along with the wristbands he sent. Pearl watched as a small humming sound came from the clothes, and then their weight changed to be heavier than before, but not as heavy as when she changed the density in her own, she'd say the total weight was about 1000 pounds.
Barit got the next shower, and then Kenshiro. As soon as they were all dressed, Soon gave them cups full of some strange brown liquid. "Protein shakes?" Kenshiro asked. "There's protein in it, along with fruit, vegetables, grains, and some brown sugar in it for taste," Soon told them. Kenshiro and Barit looked at one another, then turned to Pearl. Pearl shrugged and took a sip. It wasn't the best tasting drink she ever had, but it was palatable. "Alright, drink up. Once you're done we're going to do some stretches, then the training will really begin. Today, and the next two days, will be Hell for you. On the fourth day, you rest, then we'll start all over. When I'm not here, I want you three to continue that same schedule, three days of training and one day of rest. Understood?" Soon said. "Understood, Soon-sensei," Pearl said. "Kenshiro, I need that Binding Pole," Soon said. Kenshiro went back to his room and brought the Capsule to Soon.
After fifteen minutes of stretches, Soon led the three younger Time Patrollers out of their apartment, and started running. Pearl, Barit, and Kenshiro ran to catch up with him. "Alright, first we'll do five laps around Conton City!" Soon yelled back as the three roommates struggled to keep up. After two laps Soon yelled behind him, "BARIT! What's your excuse!? Kenshiro and Pearl are far ahead of you, and they're weighed down! HUSTLE!" "YES SIR!" Barit yelled as he pushed himself and got ahead of Pearl. This was the pace for the third lap, Soon in the lead followed by Barit, then Pearl, and Kenshiro was last. "Kenshiro! Quit staring at your girlfriend's butt and move yours!" Soon yelled. "YES SIR!" Kenshiro yelled, sweat was pouring off him as he ran past Pearl and Barit. On the final lap Soon yelled, "Whoever is last owes me an extra thousand pushups, sit-ups, burpees, and squats!" That got the three of them motivated, and they all ran as fast as they possibly could. By the time they finished the last lap around Conton City, Kenshiro was in the lead, followed by Barit, leaving Pearl dead last.
"Alright then," Soon said as they stopped in the Bamboo Forest, "Give me ten thousand pushups, Pearl, do eleven thousand. GO!" The three of them immediately got to work doing regular pushups as fast as they could, while Soon did alternating one handed pushups at twice their speed. After an hour, they were all sweating and starting to slow down, while Soon was keeping up his pace. "Come on! Last hundred! Pearl, you're actually ahead of Kenshiro and Barit! Keep going!" Soon encouraged. Pearl picked up the pace and right when she thought she couldn't do anymore, she realized she did her eleven thousand, and turned around onto her back. Kenshiro finished one minute later, and Barit finished ten seconds after him. "Alright, sit-ups! Remember Pearl, eleven thousand!" Soon said as he got into position and started doing sit-ups. Another hour passed, Barit actually finished first this time, while Kenshiro finished a minute after him. It took Pearl five more minutes to finish. As soon as she was done Soon jumped up, "Jumping jacks!"
The three of them quickly went as fast as they could, and this time they finished at the same time after a half-hour. "Burpees!" Soon yelled, he quickly squatted down until his hands touched the floor, kicked his legs out, did two pushups, then went back to the squatting position and jumped up, keeping up a rhythm of down, out, pushups, in, jump, repeat. Pearl, Barit, and Kenshiro struggled to keep up, it took them an hour and a half to finish them all, with Kenshiro finishing first, then Barit, and Pearl was dead last again. "Squats!" Soon yelled. They all did their ten thousand squats, and Pearl was first to finish after an hour and ten minutes, followed by Kenshiro and finally Barit. All of them were sweating profusely as Soon said, "Alright, take five minutes to rest, I'm going to get some water for us. Pearl, I figured out how Futten works. After the exercises, we'll practice that for an hour. While we do that, Kenshiro will work on the Binding Pole for thirty minutes, then Barit will work it. Practice your martial arts while you wait." "Yes Sir!" they all yelled as Soon flew off.
The three Time Patrollers immediately fell to all fours, breathing heavily. "Ugh!" Kenshiro said. "I feel like I'm going to hurl," Barit moaned. Pearl took a minute to breath before saying, "Think of it this way, if it doesn't kill us, it's bound to make us stronger…" Soon came flying over to them then, carrying two fifty gallon barrels of water, with faucets on them. Soon set the barrels down and said, "You've all been doing better than I thought. Come get some water. You got one more training exercise before splitting up." Soon raised his hands and three cups appeared in them. Pearl gratefully took hers and drank two cups of water before letting Barit get his. Once all three roommates had water Soon drank some as well. "Now then, get into the Horse Stance, and raise your hands over your heads," he told them. They did as ordered; and Soon's hands glowed as he used Namekian Materialization. Next thing they knew, five ton weights were pressing down on them. "Hold it for an hour," Soon told them while he opened the Capsule and the Binding Pole appeared.
Soon put it right side up and used his open hand to drive it four feet into the ground. Soon then assumed the Lotus Position and floated over the ground, his ki aura glowing around him. Pearl was breathing hard after ten minutes, but didn't move a muscle, straining against the five tons pressing on her. "Man, I wonder if Piccolo was this hard on him," Kenshiro grunted through gritted teeth. "Probably. After all, he trained him so well that he went toe to toe with Super Saiyan 2 Pan, in his universe," Barit said, "I heard that she was actually stronger than Gohan at his strongest, at least in that Universe." "Alternate realities," Kenshiro grunted, "Man I hope this works. I'm not complaining, but why do we all have to do this?" Soon responded to Kenshiro's question, "I won't always be here to train Pearl. I want to make sure that when she has to spar that her sparring partners are her equals, if not superiors, in strength. Keep going, you're one quarter of the way through."
Pearl just focused on maintaining her stance, and not letting the weight squish her. Majins may be tougher than Saiyans, Earthlings, Frost Demons, and Namekians, but they weren't indestructible. If anything could kill her, she was sure that the weight she was holding up would be it. Soon announced when thirty minutes had passed, everyone was sweating, their clothes a much darker shade, soaked in sweat. I can do this! I have to do this! No matter what happens, I need to get stronger! I WILL get stronger! Pearl said to herself over and over in her head, I WILL get stronger! I WILL get stronger! Pearl was starting to have a hard time breathing as she pushed herself as hard as she could, maintaining her perfect form. She was starting to shake when Soon finally lifted up the weight and did the same for Barit. Soon got Kenshiro last. "Get some more water, but try not to drink too much, no more than three cups," Soon told them. The three Time Patrollers crawled over to the barrles. Pearl turned on the faucet to one and let the water pour over her head before opening her mouth and drinking as fast as she could. Soon quickly shut the faucet off, and did the same for Barit and Kenshiro, who had been fighting over who could drink the water and were soaked in it.
"Time to stretch some more," Soon told them. The three roommates quickly lined up and started stretching themselves out, taking about twenty minutes before Soon told them to stop. "Alright, Pearl, come here. Kenshiro, Barit, you know what to do," he ordered. Pearl went over to him while Barit helped Kenshiro get all six bands of the Binding Pole on him. Soon then took off his wrist bands, cape, and turban, all the items sank into the ground. "How heavy are those!?" Pearl yelled in surprise. "About two hundred tons," Soon admitted as he rolled his shoulders and cracked his neck and knuckles. "Alright, let's do this, Futten. From what I saw, we have to focus our ki and use it to heat up the water inside our bodies, the increase in energy as water heats up will heighten our power and speed, at least I think that's how it works. I managed to do it yesterday, but I couldn't hold it for very long, maybe ten minutes at most," Soon told Pearl, "Let me go first so I can show you."
Soon assumed a fighting stance and glowed with ki, but then the ki disappeared, and Pearl realized it was now focused inside of Soon. Soon's dark green skin slowly turned orange and his muscles grew larger as steam surrounded him. Soon then disappeared, and the sounds of explosions took off everywhere. "Where'd he go!?" Barit yelled in shock, Kenshiro stopped his own training as the three Time Patrollers looked for Soon. They saw nothing but air being displaced all around them. "Keep training!" Soon yelled, and Kenshiro and Barit went back to training right away. Soon suddenly appeared in front of Pearl, even more steam coming off him. "Now you see the power of this technique," Soon said, then returned to his normal color. He immediately went to the water barrels and drank for a whole minute before stopping. "I was moving faster than sound by the way, all those explosions were miniature sonic booms from my movements," Soon explained, "But I don't think you'll be that powerful right now. Now, try to do what I did."
Pearl swallowed and said, "Yes, Soon-sensei." The Majin girl focused her ki into her body, making her body's water boil and steam. Steam shot out of the holes in her arms as her temperature rose, her grey skin turned bright yellow and the purple stripes on her cheeks turned black. "Wow, I feel, hot, and powerful!" Pearl exclaimed, she felt even stronger than if she was doing Kaioken Times Twenty! "Now then, come at me!" Soon told Pearl. Pearl smiled and charged at her sensei. She threw her punches and kicks as fast as she could, amazed at the speed she was moving at. Soon however wasn't afraid as he easily blocked or dodged all her attacks. "That's it! Keep it up!" Soon ordered. More steam blasted out of Pearl's arms as she went at him again, even faster. Soon however was still far stronger than she, and wasn't slowed down by weighted clothes like Pearl, he was still having an easy time of blocking or dodging all her techniques. "Alright, you got offense down, now try defense!" Soon yelled as he punched Pearl in her stomach.
Pearl quickly retreated, she was starting to feel pain from the heat her body was giving off, but she kept of struggling, barely blocking or dodging Soon's fists and feet. "Alright then! Keep it up! You've already managed it for five minutes, that's four minutes longer than when I first tried Futten!" Soon encouraged Pearl. Pearl quickly dodged a punch and responded with a kick that Soon blocked. Pearl jumped high in the sky then blasted steam out of her arms, using it like a rocket's exhaust to increase her speed. Soon took Pearl's kick right to his face, but quickly dodged her follow up punches. Barit and Kenshiro watched as steam started to cover the whole area, they had to rely on their ki senses to keep track of Pearl and Soon. Pearl however could feel the damage she was doing to her body, and quickly jumped back away from Soon. Pearl dispelled the ki from her body and slowly cooled off, blowing more steam out of her arms to speed up the cooldown process. "So…thirsty…" she gasped as she slowly walked to the water barrels. She opened her mouth a whole foot and turned the nozzle on the barrel, swallowing as much water as she could.
After two minutes Pearl finally stopped and laid down on her back. Soon helped her up and said, "That was a good job, you kept it up for sixteen minutes." "Thanks," Pearl said, "But I think I'll hold off using Futten unless I'm desperate. I don't think anyone aside from a Namekian or Majin could even survive it." "Probably," Soon agreed. He turned to Barit and Kenshiro and said, "New idea, you two keep training for four more minutes, then take a five-minute break before restarting. I'm cutting down our time together." "Yes sir!" Barit and Kenshiro said as they went back to training, Kenshiro on the Binding Pole and Barit doing his martial arts to the air. "Alright then, you can take a break by meditating, calming yourself. Remember, ki is spiritual energy, if we neglect our spiritual selves, then we could lose our control of it," Soon said as he and Pearl assumed the Lotus Position. "Relax, breathe deeply," Soon said as he and his apprentice inhaled, "And clear your thoughts, focus on your inner self."
Pearl did as instructed and cleared her mind, ignoring all external stimuli, the smell of sweat all around them, residual heat from the steam they both gave off, the sounds of Barit and Kenshiro grunting as they continued to train. All of it might as well not have been there for Pearl as she focused only on herself, and her power. She felt it, like an ever-rising tide within her. She knew then, that she was strong. Far stronger than she had imagined herself to be. And she knew, that her strength was rising even now, as she continued to push herself. She was a Majin, a descendant of Majin Buu, her ancestor was once feared across the Universe for his power, and she knew that she would rise up to be just as powerful, if not even more powerful. All this she saw inside herself.
"Alright, that's enough," Soon said. Pearl opened her eyes, she felt more relaxed than before. "Now, practice to the air, while I spar with Kenshiro, and Barit does the Binding Pole," Soon ordered, and the three Time Patrollers changed positions. "Begin!" Soon yelled, and they all went at it. Barit struggled to reach the end of the Binding Pole's bands, and then went about performing his martial arts, struggling against the bands the whole time. Pearl immediately started punching and kicking the air in front of her, imagining that it was Slug and Turles that she was fighting. I can do this! I AM strong! I WILL be stronger! After ten minutes Pearl got an idea, and immediately activated Futten again, this time for a fast one minute burst before returning to her original form. I'm such an idiot! I should have done this with Kaioken! But I tried to use it like it was like Super Saiyan instead! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!
Pearl continued this procedure, for every two minutes she practiced to the air in her normal state, she spent one minute in the Futten form. She just finished using Futten for the fifth time that day when Soon ordered, "Stop! Five-minute meditation!" They all assumed Lotus Position and meditated for five minutes, relaxing their bodies and minds. "Now, Pearl, you go on the Binding Pole, Barit will spar with me, and Kenshiro will practice to the air. After this, we'll stretch, then go get something to eat," Soon said, and everyone's stomachs grumbled. Pearl went to the Binding Pole and put on the bands for her arms and legs. Pearl saw the spot where it was supposed to end, Barit and Kenshiro had stomped the ground bare while they practiced with the Binding Pole. "Begin!" Soon ordered.
Pearl took one step, and immediately realized that the bands were tighter than she realized. Pearl struggled against the bands with each step, feeling like if she ever stopped struggling then she would immediately be dragged back. After five minutes of struggling to reach the spot, Pearl went to work practicing her martial arts. However, it was a lot slower than before, she had to fight with all her strength to keep from being pulled back by the bands. Every minute was torture as she fought against her weighted clothes and the bands around her limbs, it was as if gravity was pushing her down and pulling her towards the Pole at the same time. I! WILL! BE! STRONGER! Pearl yelled in her head as she fought against the bands, going faster as her ki flowed through her. She realized that she had five minutes left, and screamed, "FUTTEN!" Her grey skin turned bright yellow and the purple stripes on her cheeks turned black once again and her speed quadrupled as steam shot out around her.
For five minutes, she went at it as hard and fast as she possibly could, ignoring the burning of her body. "PEARL! WE'RE DONE! STOP!" Soon yelled. Pearl stopped, and blasted steam out of her arms as she returned to her original form, then was pulled straight into the Binding Pole, slamming into it at full force. "PEARL!" Kenshiro, Soon, and Barit all yelled as they ran to her and got the bands off her. "Ow," Pearl said as she rubbed her head, "Are we done?" "Yes, for today. Tomorrow, we will be sparring, only next time you'll spar against Barit and Kenshiro, acting as Turles and Barit. And the day after tomorrow, instead of sparring, you three will go through three Parallel Quests. Then, we'll repeat this regimen after you rest the fourth day. I want you three to do this even when I'm not here, understood?" Kenshiro helped Pearl up and the three roommates said, "Understood!" "Alright then, you all did better than I hoped, so now, lunch is on me," Soon said as he put his turban, wrist wraps, and cape back on.
Soon led the three roommates to a restaurant with outdoor seating and they all sat down. Their waitress was a tall blue skinned Earthling female with red hair and eyes, along with a pointed nose and grey glasses. "Welcome, oh, hey Kenny!" the waitress said. "Oh, hey Rachel, it's been a while!" Kenshiro greeted back. "Huh? How do you know each other?" Pearl asked. Barit answered, "Kenshiro turned her against men." "Say what?" Pearl asked. Kenshiro dope slapped the yellow Namekian and Rachel said, "That's not what happened at all! He just helped me realize who I really am!" "Come again?" Pearl asked, not understanding at all. "When we met, I wasn't sure if I really liked men," Rachel explained, "But after dating Kenny a few months I realized that I was a lesbian." "Oh," Pearl said. "He was so bad that she went off men forever," Barit said, laughing his head off. "Knock it off," Kenshiro said, glaring at Barit. "Um…as fascinating as this is, I think we'd like to order some food," Soon said. "Oh right! Sorry! Soon-san! What will it be?" Rachel asked, blushing the whole time.
Everyone ordered water with lemon to drink, and to eat Pearl got two chicken sandwiches with fries, Soon had fried fish with salad, Kenshiro ordered the same as Pearl, while Barit ate a large club sandwich. Once they all ate, Soon laid back and said, "Alright, I'm going to go see if there've been any changes in the Time Nest. You three can do as you want. Pearl, if you see that you have to go to any Time Rifts, I think you should do them as part of your training." "Alright," Pearl said. Soon got up after paying for their food and flew off to the Time Nest. "Well, let's go back home. I think Barit and I need to do laundry," Kenshiro said. "See you later!" Rachel said as they left. "Later," Kenshiro said. "It was nice meeting you, Rachel-san," Pearl said, while Barit silently waved goodbye.
As soon as they got to their apartment, Pearl put on her scouter and was alerted to different Time Rifts she had to go to. "Whoa, I gotta go back to Namek, then Hercule's House, Majin Buu's House, and Frieza's Spaceship," Pearl said. "I suggest going to Buu's first," Barit said as he gathered his clothes out of his room. "Yeah, you deal with that, we'll deal with laundry," Kenshiro told her. She gave him a kiss, and headed out. First, she ran all around Conton City, looking for food and politely asking for more from her fellow Time Patrollers. Once she had as much as she could find she found a robot and said, "Send me to Majin Buu's house, please." She was instantly teleported to the platform, and from there touched the small glass dome and was teleported to Majin Buu's House. She went inside and saw Ichigo and Majin Buu, Majin Buu was showing him how to throw a punch.
"Oh! It's you!" Ichigo said when he saw Pearl. "Hi again! On walk found this! It yours now!" Ichigo went to Pearl and gave her a capsule. Pearl opened it and saw that it was some zeni, about two hundred of it! "You sure about this?" Pearl asked the little Majin, "You could use this yourself." "No, Ichigo don't want it. You can have it!" Ichigo replied. "Thank you," Pearl said, then set the food down, "I brought some more food for you too. "Thank you!" Majin Buu and Ichigo said, and dug in. After eating half of it Majin Buu said, "Buu full! Buu can make more family now!" Majin Buu's purple ki flew around him as he yelled, "Come on family! Buuuuuuuuuu!" In a pink puff of smoke there was a second Majin child, this one was yellow with his tentacles looking like curled ponytails wearing a black shirt with tan vest, black armbands, grey pants and yellow shoes. "Heyhooo! Name is Niboshi! Just so you know, I the best!" Niboshi introduced himself.
"Not really, I'd say you're the third person in this family," Pearl replied. "Whuh!? Someone in family older than me?! Me not best!?" Niboshi yelled. "Big brother Ichigo is outside playing now. Him older than you, and Buu is your Daddy!" Majin Buu explained. "Okay…" Niboshi said, pouting. "It's okay," Pearl told him, "You can help your Daddy eat all this food." Niboshi saw the food and immediately ran over to it and dug in along with Buu. Once the food was all gone, Niboshi ran out to play with Ichigo. "Thank you for the food!" Majin Buu said. "Anytime," Pearl said. "Buu want to do something good for you, don't know what, yet, but Buu think of it next time Buu see you," Majin Buu said. "I'll look forward to it," Pearl said, and left Majin Buu's House. "Alright, one down, three to go," she said as she returned to Conton City. She turned to the robot on the platform and said, "Please send me to Hercule's House." "Right away!" the robot said, and sent her to the correct platform. Pearl touched the glass dome, and was teleported to Hercule's House.
"Well, there's no use dwelling on it. I guess I'll just start looking for another martial artist…" Hercule said. "Huh?" Pearl asked. "Good work on that last challenge! You finished even quicker than I expected! Well, here's your reward!" "Thank you! That's so awesome" Pearl said as Hercule handed her some Zeni. "What do you mean it's a bit too awesome?" Hercule laughed and said, "Don't be silly! It's yours, take it! You earned it!" Pearl counted and saw that she had a total of 2000 zeni from him. "Does this mean I passed the test?" she asked. "You didn't think the test was finished already, did you? I haven't even seen the full extent of your abilities yet. You see, I'm still not totally convinced that you're fit to be my bodyguard, so here's another challenge! Get a 35 hit combo on an opponent!" Hercule told Pearl. "Understood!" Pearl said. She looked and saw Gohan, Videl, and Jaco, aka Great Saiyaman, Great Saiyawoman, and Jaco, and ran over to them.
"Hello, Warriors for Justice!" Pearl said, "Is there any evil afoot?" "I'm afraid not," Great Saiyaman said, "However, since you're here, you can work on your Super Fighting Pose!" Oh yeah…they asked me to try that didn't they? Okay then…let's see… Pearl balanced on her left foot and lifted her right until her knee was almost to her chest, and pointed up with both hands, "Whether it comes from the highest Heavens," she then leaned down and pointed down with her hands, "Or the lowest Hells, I will face ever wherever I find it!" Pearl then jumped up and did a backflip, followed by throwing three punches and two kicks, she then stuck out the first three fingers of her hands and placed her left hand with fingers pointing up below her eyes and her right hand with fingers pointing down above her eyes and declared, "I am the Great MajiWoman!" Great Saiyaman and Great Saiyawoman clapped and said, "That was superb! Just keep practicing, remember, practice makes perfect!" "I'll remember that," Pearl said, and headed out of the Time Rift. "Alright then," she said, and turned to the robot on the platform, "Take me to Guru's House." "Right away!" the robot said.
Pearl touched the glass dome as soon as she reached the platform and was teleported to Guru's House. Nail was looking distressed and told her, "Frieza's Forces have captured the Dragon Balls! We need to go and take them back!" "What!?" Pearl said. "There's not much time, we need to go now!" Nail told her. "Alright! Let's go!" Pearl said, and they flew off. They soon flew to the Time Rift's version of Frieza's Spaceship on Namek. Pearl activated her scouter and quickly saw that there were two Dragon Balls in a nearby room. "I found two," Pearl said, as Zarbon and Dodoria flew over. "Intruders!" Zarbon yelled. "Get them!" Dodoria yelled. "Get the Dragon Balls, I'll handle this!" Nail said as he blasted a Full Power Energy Wave at Frieza's Lieutenants. "Alright!" Pearl said. She quickly flew into the room and grabbed the Dragonballs, then flew out of Frieza's Spaceship and to the Time Machine on the Time Rift of Namek.
Pearl's scouter went off, and she saw that a great ki signature was approaching. Pearl quickly flew back to Frieza's Spaceship and saw that Nail had already killed Dodoria. Pearl thought of a good way to finish Zarbon and focused her power, then disappeared. She reappeared next to Zarbon, who gasped in shock as she raised her right hand and said, "Elegant Blaster!" Zarbon's own attack finished him off for good. Nail then flew off and grabbed two more Dragon Balls. That was when the source of the ki signature appeared. "You bugs will never defeat the mighty Cooler!" Pearl looked at Cooler, he looked like a taller version of Frieza's Final Form, with more purple skin and an even more ruthless look in his eyes. She turned to Nail and said, "Nail-san, I'll take him! Get the Dragon Balls out of here!" "Yes!" Nail said as Pearl blasted at Cooler with Bomber DX.
Cooler easily dodged her attack and then hit her with Death Beams, all three of them. Pearl barely avoided his tail as Cooler tried to strangle her, then blasted a barrage of ki balls at him to get some distance. Time for a special Majin attack… I hope this doesn't hurt me too much… Pearl focused and charged up her ki as much as she could, and built it up, along with her anger. "What are you doing!?" Cooler asked. Pearl answered by screaming as loud as she could, blasting ki all around her, damaging the Spaceship along with Cooler, who could only scream in shock. When the smoke cleared, Nail was there, looking at Pearl in shock. "You're even stronger than you look!" he told her. "Thanks," Pearl said, only for Cooler to then appear out of nowhere and kick Nail into the ground. "DIE!" he yelled as he lifted his hand and formed a Supernova! "FUTTEN!" Pearl yelled as she raised her body temperature, turning her skin yellow and purple stripes on her cheeks black. Pearl flew at the Supernova attack and grabbed it, then focused her ki and pushed it back at Cooler.
Cooler barely avoided his own attack, and Pearl seized her chance to blast him with Bomber DX before disappearing again and reappearing beside Cooler. "Take this! Elegant Blaster!" she yelled. This time, the even more powerful attack finished off Cooler. She quickly deactivated Futten and checked her scouter, finding two more Dragon Balls. Pearl grabbed them and flew back to the Time Machine and deposited the Dragon Balls inside. Her scouter went off, and she realized that it was someone she was hoping to avoid. "Oh no," Pearl said as she flew back as fast as she could. She saw that it was indeed Frieza, in his Final Form. He was slowly choking the life out of Nail. Pearl checked her scouter again, and saw that the Time Rift version of Frieza wasn't as powerful as his historical counterpart, but he was still too much for her…alone. Pearl flew at Frieza as fast as she could and kicked his head, making him let go of Nail.
Pearl gave Nail some of her ki and said, "We need to work together to beat him!" Frieza immediately raised his right hand and a purple ki ball grew in it, "You're the one who will die!" Frieza threw the dark purple ki ball and it hit Pearl dead on, shocking her with its intensity and sending her flying away. She quickly forced herself up and blasted Frieza with Double Sunday, opening the tyrant up for Nail to blast with his Full Power Energy Wave. Frieza kicked Nail away, and Pearl grabbed Frieza from behind before bashing his head and then stretching back and slamming her knees into him. Frieza's face hit a wall and he blasted a small pink ki blast that paralyzed Pearl. What? Pearl wondered, then Frieza was in front of her. Frieza slammed his fists into the Majin Girl before kicking her hard in her stomach, sending her flying into a wall. Pearl barely dodged Frieza's follow up flying kick and quickly activated Futten again, and kicked Frieza away.
"Nail! You need to use your most powerful attack!" Pearl said. Nail flew beside Pearl and said, "Make sure he's behind me, and you'll get it." "Alright," Pearl said. Frieza flew at Pearl, and she quickly disappeared. Frieza stopped right behind Nail and he yelled, "Mystic Flash!" "Elegant Blaster!" Pearl screamed from the other side of Frieza. "NOOOO!" the Time Rift version of Frieza yelled as Pearl and Soon's combined attack destroyed him. Nail found the last Dragon Ball and together they put it into the Time Machine. "Excellent. We managed to get the Dragon Balls back. But don't let your guard down just yet. They're bound to retaliate. They'll try to take the Dragon Balls again, so when they do, make sure you're ready for them," Nail said as they returned to Guru's House. "I will," Pearl said as she used a healing capsule. Seeing that her work was done in that Time Rift, Pearl groaned as she left.
When she was back on the platform in Conton City she turned to the robot and said, "Take me…to Frieza's Spaceship." "Right away!" the robot said. Pearl touched the glass dome, and was back in Frieza's Spaceship, this time…as Frieza's henchman. The sooner I finish this, the sooner I'll be happy, she said to herself as she saw Appule. "So," the purple alien said, "You managed to join the Force without a hitch? That means you and I are allies now. This is all down to me, so don't forget it!" "I won't," Pearl said. "Well now, you have a choice, rookie. You can serve under Dodoria, or you can serve under Zarbon. Which would you prefer?" Appule asked. Pearl immediately thought about how the real Zarbon had called her hideous and said, "I'll go with Dodoria." Appule nodded, "Good choice. He's a pretty easy going commander, as long as you obey his orders you'll do fine."
Pearl ran through the ship, looking for this Time Rift's version of Dodoria and found him. She approached him and said, "I'd like to join you, Dodoria-san." "So, you want to join me, eh?" the large stout alien said, "I know you know who I am, but I'll introduce myself anyway. I'm Dodoria, second-in-command on this ship! If you're really as good as I hear, you should come work under me! I guarantee you won't regret it if you do!" Dodoria said with a chuckle, "There's another guy who's also looking to recruit you but he's not worth bothering with." "I know," Pearl said, "That Zarbon." Dodoria nodded and angrily said, "He's nothing more than a stuck-up, egotistical nitpicker; a real pain in the backside, if you ask me. Power is all that matters in the Frieza Force!" "Yes sir!" Pearl said. "Excellent… I'll take good care of you. That'll be all for now, I'll summon you when I need you," Dodoria said. Pearl bowed to her new Commanding Officer and sighed, finally, I can leave this place. Pearl headed out of Frieza's Spaceship, and Appule said, "From what I've heard, as long as you can produce results for Dodoria, he lets his guys more or less do whatever they like! It must be nice to be free of the hassle that comes with working under other commanders… not that you're bound to live long, though." "I think I'll manage," Pearl told Appule, and flew out of Frieza's Spaceship.
Once she was back in Conton City, she had the robot teleport her back to the Shopping District, and from there walked back to her apartment. She went in and saw a large pile of her own laundry waiting for her on the couch. Barit was laying back on his chair and said, "Kenshiro's out looking for some weighted clothes for me." "Alright," Pearl said. "So, you see any action?" Barit asked as he watched a gender flipped version of Cowboy Bebop on the Interdimensional Cable Box. Pearl told him about the fight she had on the Time Rift version of Namek and Barit nodded, "Yeah, you got lucky. The real Cooler would wipe the floor with you. Lucky for us he died in the True Timeline after his ship got too close to a supernova. But, you might have to face him again." "I'll deal with that when and if it comes," Pearl said as she folded her clothes and took them to her room. Once they were put away Pearl went to the shower and cleaned up, wearing white pajamas, then headed straight to bed after chugging a whole gallon of water.