Dragon Ball Xenowatch
Chapter 4 Meanwhile, in a time apart.
Age 850
Time Nest
Toki Toki was flying around, making a racket, he (Or she with the whole egg thing, its kinda confusing) had been upset ever since Callio had disappeared. Chronoa, Trunks, and Goku were in the room where the scrolls of eternity were held, with the first 2 searching through them to try to find the wayward warrior.
"No…. not there…...no…. Gah! Where is he?" The SKOT was getting very frustrated, and worried. They had been searching for him for over a day, with no luck.
""Lets be patient. There's no telling when or where he could be, so we can't give up yet." Trunks reminded her.
"I never said I was giving up! I'm saying that this is getting us nowhere fast." She told him. And it was true, history was a really big place, that's not even counting the future, and if he landed there her options would be limited, most of them relying on her future self.
Goku had remained silent for a while, with an unusually serious look on his face, trying to search for Callio's ki out in the universe.
"If only I had gotten there, I could've got him out with instant transmission." He thought aloud.
"It's not like you knew this was gonna happen Goku, none of us saw….. That coming." Chronoa reassured him, and it's true, I mean, would you?
"I know, but still, I could've been there anytime i wanted but i wanted to give him a chance first, I thought that maybe the pressure of taking Demigra on alone would be enough to make him transform." Goku explained, concerned for his student.
Trunks thought about it for a moment. "That might be a good idea for most Saiyans. But Callio isn't one to be pushed over the edge because he feels cornered. What's let him keep up with most of our foes so far has been his ability to plan, and stay focused under pressure."
"Besides, I think…. I think there's something holding him back. Some kind of mental barrier that stops him short of turning into a Super Saiyan. I saw it when he was training with father…" he trailed off.
Intro Sequence Song: Limit Break x Survivor: SevenOneFive
Some time ago, just after first encounter with Towa, and Mira...
Time Nest
"Gah!" a somewhat younger Callio flew to the ground, creating an impact crater. This training session wasn't going well for him. He was trying to reach that same level of power that Goku had when he became a Super Saiyan, and hopefully become one himself.
One of the advantages of having your boss be basically a time god was that (Even though you have to jump to time periods where most of one's enemies and allies had increased their power levels in the intermediate time between the previous battle and then) they could simply dilate time between your missions to allow for years of training when in actuality only days, or weeks pass by before new incidents occur. As another plus one didn't have to deal with the limited nature of the Hyperbolic time chamber, and since he brought a gravity machine he could use that in here as well.
Inside the Time Nest Callio had been training for 5 months this time around, and this wasn't his first time using this method. Though he eclipsed Raditz in his first go he knew he'd needed training after fighting Nappa, and Vegeta when they invaded Earth. Thanks to the Zenkai he had received just before coming to Toki Toki city he had the, at the time, awesome power level of 10,000, but he learned soon that would barley be enough for dark energy boosted Nappa, let alone boosted Vegeta. It was then that Trunks had shown him the potential of this place, and he had used it well.
Before the Namekian missions even occured he had spent a whole year training, even though he had dilated it so it was only 2 weeks on the outside! He even surpassed Goku when he had arrived. But that still wasn't enough for the most of the Ginyu Force boosted at once, especially not Frieza. He was still a big help, sure, but in the end it was the fact that Super Saiyan Goku was so far beyond Frieza in the first time around that even allowed them to succeed against boosted Frieza, the only difference really being that the tyrant was just more of an even match for Goku.
It was then that Callio had decided that he needed to up the ante with his training. Which in turn had lead to him choosing a rather…. Unforgiving sparring partner.
"Get up boy! I know you still have more in you, your enemies won't give you a chance to breath so neither will I!" Vegeta announced as he descended towards his current punching ba- I mean trainee in Super Saiyan form. The fact that the prince was alive, or a Super Saiyan came as a surprise to Callio. To his knowledge the prince had been killed by Frieza on Namek. He was also lead to believe that one had to be pure of heart to become a Super Saiyan, like Goku, or Trunks. But one thing was for sure, this felt like the real thing alright. Hurts like he'd imagined too.
In truth he had asked Vegeta to train him for the very reason he was usually avoided when someone wanted a mentor, he was brutal. Callio knew that it was under circumstances like this that Goku had turned as well. He understood that the transformation would come to him under great duress, but he didn't know the exact trigger for it.
He was used to high pressure, and life threatening circumstances, he thrived in it really. And he was no stranger to emotional turmoil either, but if that's all it took to become one, he'd have turned some time ago. In the city that lied in ruins, under that blackened sky, when everything he knew came crashing down….
He shook his head, now wasn't time for those thoughts, and besides, if he wasn't constantly paying attention Vegeta might actually kill him. Last time he saw the man it wouldn't exactly come as a shock if he tried.
Callio rose from his crater slowly, ready to face the prince only to find him missing. Callio instantly jumped up and back away from the fist that had landed in his patch of broken ground. Vegeta didn't stick there for long, and charged at him at a speed the Time Patroller could barely track, and engaged in a brawl that completely overwhelmed him. Receiving several blows in the process until a kick in the side of the head sent him flying back. This time he was too dazed to stand back up, so he staring at the ground on his hands and knees when the prince had appeared with another kick that sent him on another roll until he stopped laying on his back, unable to get up.
"Hmph! Maybe you weren't worth my time after all." Vegeta boasted with his arms crossed, once again at his side. He then approached the battered, younger Saiyan, planted a boot to his chest, and charged a ki blast pointed directly at his head. "What a shame, it looks like you were too weak to protect anything, let alone time." He said smugly.
That statement however, awoke something deep within Callio, deep regrets that he had tried, and failed to right, rose to the surface of his mind.
"This Has to stop!"
"Why are you doing this?"
"You're a monster! We're not fighters!"
"I just wanted it to stop! I…. I… I'm don't want to be like Him!"
"Hm, shame, in the end it looks like you were too weak, to soft, to protect anything."
Something snapped. A power increased had caught Vegeta's attention. He was about to knock out the young Saiyan, when he felt it stir within him. He knew that feeling. The moment just before the birth of a Super Saiyan. He was blown off of the boys chest when a massive release of ki slammed into him.
"N-Nooo!" Callio screamed as he rose from the ground. His power was flaring. Both it, and his hair were flickering between their norms, and a brilliant gold. His eyes were as well unsure as to whether they wanted to be black or teal. Vegeta displayed a smirk. His training was bearing fruits until suddenly-
"This was my fault…."
It was gone, Callio collapsed onto the ground unconscious.
Vegeta was confused at first, then annoyed.
He had almost succeeded. He both saw, and felt it. That enormous wellspring of power that came with becoming a Super Saiyan. It was there, but just at the moment when it was about to completely come forth, Callio had lost his grasp of it.
Trunks approached from behind. "I saw it too. He was real close, he's just missing something." He told his father.
Vegeta closed his eyes, contemplating something.
"The boy has potential, but he won't be able to face anything stronger than Frieza anytime soon if he can't transform" that was his analysis of the situation, and he wasn't wrong.
"If Mira, and Towa continue their pattern, they'll likely try to change the time of the Androids in my era, or in yours, and they're going to do it soon. He's definitely going to need something to even the odds." Trunks thought allowed.
"Hey what's the big idea you jerks? Did you have to tear up my house while you trained?" The SKOT said as she saw the mess inside her home. She wasn't wrong to be a bit angry.
"SKOT, you're back! Oh! uhhhh sorry about this but this was the best way to get Callio to transform in time for the next mission. We'll clean it up! I promise!" Trunks said sheepishly.
"Hey what do you mean we? The Prince of all Saiyans is not a maid." Vegeta scoffed with his arms crossed
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"I don't care if you're the Prince of Saiyans, or the King of Comedy! You turn my house into a battleground you'll clean it up!" She shouted stomping her foot, with Toki Toki announcing his agreement.
Trunks had a moment of sudden realization appear on his face and asked "Wa-Wait, what did you say?"
Chronoa looked at him confused, just what was he on about? "Hm? You mean Prince?" She asked
"No no, the other thing, did you say King of Comedy?" Trunks responded, with Vegeta now raising an eyebrowat this
"Yeah, why do you ask?" She looked at him wondering what he was thinking
"What are you doing boy?" Vegeta asked his son
Trunks thought about it for a second
"Do you think King Kai can spare some time for teaching?"
Now….
That was when it was decided that Callio learn the Kaioken. It certainly wasn't as effective as Super Saiyan, but it got the job done.
Most training sessions after that went about the same when it came to trying to get him to transform, he always just barely lost hold of it.
Chronoa let out a sigh "Well one thing's for sure at least, wherever he is Callio knows how to take care of himself, and he knows how to adapt to most situations quickly, He's probably, no, I'm sure he's fine!" She said that last part with some pride in him beaming through.
"Yeah he sure has come a long way from when he first got here." Trunks said remembering the learning curve the younger Saiyan went through.
"Yup, from a semi depressed teenage Saiyan with anger issues, to a proud time patrollin' warrior….. With some antisocial tendencies" Chronoa added.
"Yeah, Shenron sure knows how to pick em." Trunks said, and everyone chuckled at this.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. If anything he's probably causing trouble for some bad guys out there right now. Who knows? If it takes a while he might come back with some interesting fighting techniques from the past or something that he can show off, or maybe he can do some training and come back a better fighter! Aww man I can't wait for him to get back now!" Goku announced, getting giddy at the idea of another good fight, making everyone else sweatdrop.
"Uhhh, Goku, lets finish healing our wounds from the last fight before considering getting into another yeah?" Trunks asked him
Goku looked at the bandages on his arms, and at the ton of them that were on Trunk's body. Before rubbing the back of his head.
"Oh yeah, that's probably a good idea." he said with a classic son grin.
"Speaking of fighting, now that it's over for now we'll probably have to rebuild, and expand." Chronoa said.
"What do you mean 'expand' SKOT?" Trunks asked
"Well i've been thinking about it, and i can't help this gut feeling that it won't be long now before more trouble shows up again, and it's only gets bigger from here." she explained
"Think about it, first we thought there was only one person trying to change history, you Trunks, then there were 3, Towa, and Mira, then there were 4 with Demigra. More and more history changers are showing up and if and we don't try to match them-"
"History will be changed faster than we can correct it because there are so many people trying to change history at once." Trunks realized.
"Yup and if any of them try to attack you guys's times we won't be able to do much about it without causing some disruptions ourselves, most patrollers we have aren't strong enough to take on anyone much stronger than Nappa, excluding Callio. And even if we did have him he can't be everywhen at once. So that's why I've decided, the time patrol needs new members!" She announced with confidence, and pride in herself for coming up with the idea.
"Hm, alright, not a bad idea, I think i can help with recruitment a bit. Maybe get some help from capsule corp pr department with coming up with ideas." Trunks thought aloud.
"But still, in the meantime it's mainly just gonna be you around, so Goku, do you think you can stick around for a few days? Just until we've got everything under control?" the SKOT asked him.
"Yeah sure I'll be glad to help out, and I'm sure the others will feel the same, but there's one more thing I've been wondering." Goku said, earning perplexed looks from everyone.
"What's wrong Goku?" Trunks asked. Thinking they might've left a loose end.
"What's for dinner? That fight got me starving!" he said, making everyone fall to the floor exasperated.
Meanwhile, not too far away….
"'Yawn'" Well Whis, what's the verdict? Do you know where that Saiyan might've gone?" The God of Destruction Beerus, asked his attendant, still very tired,
"Hm, I'm afraid not my lord, it seems that interesting mortal contraption may have dragged him into another reality. There's no telling where, or when he might beright now." Whis informed him, with a seemingly indifferent look on his face.
"I suppose training him might have to wait until he gets back. I did say I wanted to give teaching a try." Beerus mused.
"If you want Lord Beerus, we can go searching for him. After all he was one of the few mortals who have made you use over 1% of your power. Even more surprising that he could do so without access to that Super Saiyan transformation, let alone Super Saiyan God. It would be a shame to see such untapped power go to waste." Whis offered.
"Don't be ridiculous Whis, that sounds like far too much work. Besides, I'm hungry we should go home and get dinner before doing anything else." The Destruction God announced.
"Very well my lord." Whis tapped his staff, and they were off
Outro sequence song: (Far Away) JoporXx (Mark de Groot)
The End