"And that's what happened", Krillin said as he finished filling everyone who was absent in on the story. ChiChi burst into tears for her lost husband, and her kidnapped son and cried in the arms of her father. Chaitzou cried at the loss of his best friend. It was a sad and daunting day, one that originally had started happily. "One year to train for guys stronger than that monster? That's impossible", Yamcha said aloud. "What are we going to do?", Yamcha felt hopeless but also furious. A year, that wasn't enough, nowhere near enough. They had trained all their lives, and none of them stood a chance against even Raditz. What difference would a year make? A knock on the door caught their attention. The door opened to Yajirobe. "Message from Goku. Something about not to revive him until the day the Saiyans arrive, training in the otherworld. I didn't really understand it. ", Yajirobe announced as he walked into Kame house. "Hello friends of Goku", Kami's voice cut through everyone's head. He was speaking to them telepathically. "Anyone who wishes to train for the imminent threat, come to the lookout".
"So who's coming to train?", Krillin asked as he stood up. Yamcha stood up next"I'll go with you, Krillin.". Surprisingly, Roshi stood up,"I'm going too. I don't plan to let this planet go without putting up a fight". Krillin looked at Roshi in shock. He certainly was not expecting him to step up as well. "You sure about this Roshi?". "Of course I am. This old mans still got a fight in him". "If you say so"Krillin shrugged as he picked up Roshi and started flying off to the lookout, Yamcha right behind him.
The humans arrived on the lookout in about 15 minutes. Kami, an old looking version of Piccolo stood, already waiting for them. Next to Kami was a female human, clad in a light blue gi with a black shirt under the gi, black boots, and white bands around her wrists. Her hair was let down and went down to just above her shoulders, bangs framing her face. "Whoa, who's the lady", Yamcha asked as he walked up to her. The girl went up to just below his shoulders. "My name is Issu, nice to meet you" she said sweetly as she extended her hand to the taller warrior. "Names Yamcha, nice to meet you", Yamcha said as he shook her hand. "I'm Krillin.", Krillin shook her hand as well. He was pretty shocked that Kami took another student under his belt.
Kami cleared his throat, getting all the fighters attention."I'm very pleased that you all came. Roshi, your presence will certainly be a great aid in their strength". Roshi scratched the back of his head, not sure what to say, since he was a bit too busy admiring Isuu who was oblivious to him looking at her. "As I'm sure you all are aware; a great evil will befall us soon. Far more powerful than person here. That's why you are here though, to prepare. I will train you all as best I can. You all will wear weighted clothing, special clothing I enchanted myself to increase as your body adjusts to a certain weight". Krillin and Roshi were both familiar with the concept of weighted clothing as that's what they had trained with back when Roshi trained Goku.
"Also, I recently have been improving my capabilities with magic. Your weighted clothing will also have a gravity spell on it. You will all start at twice earth's gravity, and as your body adjusts the gravity will increase accordingly.". "I must say, that's mighty impressive Kami."Roshi said. "Master Kami, will we use the divine water as well?", Isuu questioned curiously. Kami shook his head,"Only when I feel that your training is complete will I permit any of you to drink the divine water. That goes for you too Isuu". She nodded her head in understanding. "Now, all of you get changed into a pair of clothes that you wish to use and come back to the courtyard"
Meanwhile, Tien and Goku were running along snake way, a 10,000 mile long winding road. They were permitted to keep their bodies, and with some convincing from Kami to King Yemma, were allowed to travel snake way to the world of King Kai. According to King Yemma, King Kai was an extremely powerful fighter, one that if they trained with to prepare for the Saiyans they would be more than prepared. They felt as if they had barely made progress, but none the less they pushed on forward. "Hey Goku, how about some training on the way", Tien suggested as he ran beside his rival. "Like what?". Tien lifted off the ground and suddenly took off, soaring over snake way. "Hey no fair!"Goku yelled as he took off as well.
In a far away field on earth Piccolo stood over Gohan, who was calming down from a crying fit at being kidnapped, for the lack of a better word, and being told about his father's fate. "There will be no more crying, boy. From now until the year is up, I will be training you in the art of battle. I won't be easy on you either, so prepare yourself.", Piccolo's voice carried authority that Gohan had only heard in his mother. To say the least, he was scared, but strangely determined at the same time. "Now, what do you know about fighting and survival?". "M-my dad taught me some of the basics while mom wasn't around,...but i don't know much else", Gohan was nervous now, he was scared of Piccolo, and he was afraid that Piccolo would kill him if he didn't meet his expectations, "Hmph. Good enough then. We'll get started on your training immediately, try and draw out that hidden potential of yours". Piccolo extended his hand over Gohan and covered him in a white light. When the light cleared, Gohan wore a gi similar to his dad's, but with the kanji for demon instead of turtle on the back. Then it hit him. Gohan felt a lot heavier, not just from his clothing, but he also felt like the air was pressing down on him, but he didn't falter. He stood his ground, let himself adjust. "Now, those clothes are weighted, just like my own, and I'll increase the weight myself when I see fit. Also, those clothes carry a spell; a gravity enhancing spell to be exact. Right now, you're feeling double this planet's gravity. You can thank Kami for telling me how to perform it". Gohan grit his teeth in exertion and nodded,"Yes, Mr Piccolo". "You think that's hard? Right now I'm at 4 times gravity. Now come at me!", Piccolo yelled getting into a fighting stance. Gohan, threw himself at Piccolo, and thus there training began.
*A year later*
"Kamehamaha!"Roshi launched his signature attack at Yamcha who barely managed to fly out of the way before flying towards the old man. Throwing a punch that Roshi blocked, Yamcha was able to block strike aimed at his head, but was sent back from a kick to his sternum. "You hit hard for an old man", Yamcha said as he threw a barrage of ki blasts that were all expertly evaded. Closing the distance fast Roshi slammed a palm into Yamcha's chest, knocking the fighter back again. Straightening himself, Yamcha flew at Roshi again and landed a punch to the face, following through with a snap kick to the ribs. Roshi grabbed onto the limb and spun the wolf fighter around before releasing him, hurling him through the air and into palm trees.
On the ground Krilliin was sparring with Isuu, locked dead even with the female human. Shockwaves carried through the air as their fists met, each impact carrying a thud, they were so fast that only blurs could be seen. They appeared in sight again, pushing against each other with everything they had, teeth grit in effort. Isuu started to teeter backwards, using this as leverage she kneed Krillin directly in the gut, then sent him upwards with a kick. Taking the advantage, Isuu flew upwards behind Krillin and swung downwards with a hammer strike, only to hit air as Krillin disappeared in a burst of speed, reappearing as he landed a hard kick to the side of her head, sending Isuu flying. Putting a hand forward, Krillin launched a powerful energy wave that Isuu barely managed to avoid. Charging at each other they engaged in combat once more.
Kami walked out onto the lookout and watched the humans spar so intently, feeling a sense of pride. They had grown much stronger through the year, all for the next day. Their growth far exceeded his expectations, perhaps it was due to the added gravity training. Each of them was up to seven times regular gravity. . He could only hope his training could would be enough to protect everyone, and that his own life would not come to an end.
On King Kai's planet, Tien and Goku laid panting on the ground. They both had trained intently for almost as long as they could remember, but the training they had underwent for the past year was nothing like before. The 10 x gravity of the planet had at first made it near impossible to move, even Goku without his weighted moving could barely move at first. They had adjusted, and now could move freely on the planet, although they could feel the ever constant weight pressing down on them. After they could actually move, they were put to rather odd training methods to say the least. First King Kai had made them catch a monkey that lived on the planet with King Kai, named bubbles. While it may have seemed easy, it certainly wasn't. Bubbles was a lot more crafty than either had thought, but the two eventually did manage to catch him faster than they would have individually. Well it was more 5 against 1 since Tien used his multi form technique. Then they had to hit an overgrown roach named Gregory. He was a fast bugger, easily able to run circles around Goku and Tien at first, but like Bubbles, they bop him over the head with the mallet. After that, the real training began. They had now reached heights they never thought possible. The only thing they could do now was wait to be resurrected.
Piccolo effortlessly dodged and blocked through all of Gohan's attacks, but the boy had grown definitely. He felt the potential the boy had, vast potential, beyond either the boy's father or Piccolo himself. Gohan was no warrior, no, not yet. He had only been trained, but not tested in battle. Unfortunately his testing battle would be the battle to decide the fate of earth, against an alien warrior race that half of his blood was made of.
When the training had finished, the two sat at a fire, Piccolo looking at the night sky in silent reflection of the past year. He had grown fond of Gohan, cared for the boy, something he never thought was possible for him, The Demon King. Piccolo didn't need to eat so he just drank water as Gohan ate fruit that he had caught. After eating they both went to sleep early, knowing they would need rest for tomorrow.
The next day
Early morning three Saiyan pods crashed into earth, in the dead center of a city. The six defenders of earth all waited patiently."You feel that?", Yamcha asked out loud as he felt the high power levels arrive. "Yea, that's some power", Roshi replied back. The next moment, hundreds, if not thousands of energies were wiped out. "They just destroyed the city!", Isuu cried out in shock. "And they're coming this way. Prepare yourselves", Piccolo said as he looked in the direction the Saiyans would be coming from. Minutes later the three saiyans landed in the field, directly across from them.