Chapter Seven: The switch

The day had finally arrived. Hideo and Kaylynn were now going to train under Goku and Naomi was going to train under Vegeta. Hideo couldn't help but feel worry for Naomi. If he didn't have Kaylynn to sweat and bleed right next to him he wasn't sure if he'd have survived Vegeta's training in one piece. But boy was he ready for the reprieve. Kaylynn couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. She admired Goku of course but somehow she felt Vegeta's training would benefit her the most. I mean Goku didn't have a gravity room after all, so what real challenges could he offer her.

She packed up all her needed items in her back pack and raced outside to wait for Goku with Hideo. Trunks joined them on the front lawn. Sitting Indian style on the grass next to Kaylynn. It had been a little awkward between the two teenagers since he came home from school that day and Bulma gave him a rather long (and loud) lecture about how he didn't need to be trying to date Kaylynn especially when she was living with them. So long story short those dreams were dashed. For now anyway. They weren't going to be teenagers forever after all and a gal like that was to good to just give up on. He thought Gohan had lucked out with getting a tough good looking chick but Kaylynn was leagues a head of Videl (in both beauty and strength). Plus she was cool as hell. Even after the girlfriend confusion she was still nice to him and wasn't like the girls from school. She'd just kick back with him and talk without having to run to the bathroom and check her makeup a hundred times.

"Think you guys will get sick of moving from place to place?" Trunks asked. It had occurred to him that he would be seeing the siblings in just another two weeks. Lord knows he'd get sick of running back and forth.

"I think it's great." Kaylynn smiled. Her eyes on the sky hoping to see Naomi and Goku fly up any minute. "We are lucky to have the opportunity to learn under the greatest fighters in the universe. If I had to live in a cardboard box I would do so without complaint."

"And we haven't had a place to call home since we started to look for the existence of other saiyans. So having two homes to go to is a blessing." Hideo added running his hand over his Mohawk. Bulma had brushed his hair before he had walked outside now he was attempted to bring it back to it's spikey glory.

"Yeah…" Trunks replied taken a back. Nothing got to these guys. They were so happy and thankful for anything they were given. He remembered them straining to walk back to their room after a long night of training though they were bruised and bloody they would be laughing the entire way. Swearing they would get Vegeta back for all of this when they had the power. Made him start to wonder if all his father's ridicule was right and he was letting the peace get to him.

"There they are!" Kaylynn yelled out in glee. Seeing the two land. She squinted her eyes. Strange enough it looked like Naomi was wearing weights of some kind. When she landed Kaylynn heard a much louder thump then what her tiny body could have produced and the verified it.

"Hey guys, you ready to come live with me for awhile?" Goku asked cheerfully and Naomi took the time to relieve herself from her bonds with a sigh each time.

"You aren't going to make us run there are you?" Hideo teased causing Goku to laugh.

"No not today, but we can give it a try tomorrow if you'd like." he responded with a grin. He looked over to Naomi and gave her a quick hug. "Good luck Naomi. Just remember everything I taught you and you will do just fine."

The hug came and went a little to fast for Naomi's liking. Being in someone that power and good's arms was a pleasant feeling. All well she was just being silly. No one else seemed to even notice the hug so why think to much on it?

"Let's go! Let's go!" Kaylynn bounced eagerly. He was a legend. Surely she could learn something of value from him and she couldn't wait to get started. Goku nodded and floated in the air awaiting for the others to say their goodbye. Kaylynn gave Naomi a hug and whispered "Seriously good luck." Which made Naomi extremely nervous. Goku was tough sure but from what she had seen and both heard from Hideo and Kaylynn Vegeta was a horror.

"See you at school." Trunks waved then rushed inside at great speed like he was in a hurry of some kind. With a final wave she watched her siblings and master fly off into the distance. Leaving her alone in the front yard. With a gulp then a deep breath she ventured inside. She relaxed some when she saw Bulma's smiling face. It was great to see her after being a part for awhile. Bulma obviously felt the same way because she rushed over to Naomi and gave her a surprisingly tighter hug then the one Goku had given her. The smell of her perfume filled Naomi's nose and she was comforted further. It smelled a lot like some of the flowers growing outside of Goku's house.

"Naomi, it is so good to see you! We have to catch up! How was school? I see your wearing the pearls I got you! I told you, you would like them. Come on sit, tell me everything." Bulma said so fast it took Naomi a few minutes to catch up with all that she had said. Bulma loved having more girls around. Sure they were fighters, but they could still have fun! She quickly was trying to plan a new shopping trip around the girls school and training.

"Another time Bulma, the girl is mine." came a gruff voice from behind her and Naomi jumped. She didn't even hear Vegeta enter the kitchen. Bulma pouted.

"Oh come one Vegeta, she just walked in the door!" Bulma said sharing her opinion with her arms crossed.

"Yes and listening to your non sense has wasted enough time as it is." Vegeta retorted then his cold black eyes found Naomi's. "Follow me. Now." without even waiting on her Vegeta left the kitchen leaving Naomi scrabbling to get out of her seat and chase after him. Bulma stuck her tongue out childlike at the already long gone Vegeta and huffed. They just had to be saiyans didn't they?

Naomi followed close behind Vegeta. She was so nervous she almost ran into him when he stopped abruptly in front of one of the many doors. She followed him inside and quickly gathered that this room was the gravity room. With the giant control panel in the center and all the training equipment.

"I'm only going to say this once girly so pay attention." Vegeta said in a monotone voice. Naomi nodded in anticipation. "This is the gravity room where you will be spending most of your training with me. I don't know what you learned from Kakarot nor do I care. When you are spending your training with me you will do it my way without question. I also want to remind you that your gender makes no difference to me so you won't get any special treatment. Understood?"

Naomi nodded. Already the differences between Goku and Vegeta were noticed. This guy was going to be hard to impress, but she remembered what Goku had told her. She had to believe in herself. Besides he wouldn't actually kill her or anything. Right…?

"Let's begin." Vegeta stated and turned around to the controls. Thinking he should probably start her off at forty or fifty times earths gravity since she had to have gotten at least a little stronger with her training. Before he could turn the knobs he was stopped.

"Wait!" Came Trunks's voice as he ran inside the gravity room. Vegeta turned back around to see his son in his full martial arts uniform. Something he hadn't seen in almost a year. His features softened for a second in surprise.

"If you don't mind father I'd like to train with you two today, as long as you will have me." Trunks said smiling with sincerity. Vegeta scowled. So it took other's possible getting stronger then him to wake him up huh?

"What's the matter? Couldn't find a date for tonight?" Vegeta said bitterly. Trunks laughed and put his arm around the back of his head then shrugged. "Not tonight, but the weekend looks promising." Trunks retorted. Vegeta thought for a moment that maybe he was there to impress the girl but Trunks's eyes stayed on him. Silence followed for a few minutes as Vegeta's cold eyes looked his son up and down to try and figure out his angle.

"What ya think pop? Should we show her the final flash attack, or you think it's to early?" Trunks inquired further. Half expecting his father to throw him out. He couldn't blame him. Trunks was no where near as powerful as he could be or even used to be. Vegeta scoffed and turned his back to them to mess with the controls.

"Just be sure to keep up. Both of you." Vegeta warned. For just a moment while his back was turned to them Vegeta allowed a smile to show on his face. He wasn't father of the year and made plenty of mistakes in Trunks's younger years but his memories of his own father were both dear to him and rare. He didn't know how to act towards his son except to make sure he was strong and that he had taught him everything he knew about fighting. Which up until now Trunks had lost interest in. Maybe these strangers really were going to be a part of his family. They had some how managed to ignite his son's passion for fighting where he could not. He found sparring with his son as a bonding experience. Watching his strength raise with pride. No matter how his son grew or changed that would always be the one thing they had in common. It would be nice to see how tough he was now with all his time of leisure. Though he didn't act it nor did he so much as smile the rest of the day but Vegeta was happier then he had been in awhile. Of course he was a little harder on Trunks to get some payback for his abandonment but that was to be expected

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When they landed at Goku's house, it was very different then Capsule Corp but Hideo actually preferred it that way. Two weeks living there and he'd still get lost. Not a pleasant experience when you wake up at three in the morning to look for the bathroom and end up in a closet. Bulma didn't appreciate it either…

"Well were here." Goku said proudly. He ran inside to grab some weights though these were different from Naomi's. Instead Goku strapped on an eighty pound vest to both of them along with arm and leg weights which were thirty pounds each. Kaylynn looked up at him in question.

"Now if I can guess Vegeta hasn't been very gentle in your training so far. So to make sure you don't fall behind I have to be a little rougher on you then I did with Naomi but you should be fine." Goku explained then looked off to the distance. "Now I have been thinking you guys have been here for a little while but still haven't seen all that the earth has to offer. It really is a remarkable place, you have so much to see! So how about we take a lap?" Goku smiled and looked at both of his new pupils. Hideo's jaw dropped. Was he suggesting they…run from one side of the planet to the other? Ever worse with all these weights on them.

"You have got to be kidding me." Hideo couldn't help but voice. He had such high hopes too and Goku seemed nice enough. They may not get the same ridicule that they got from the saiyan prince but obviously would still be expected to do impossible tasks.

"No way. I think it would be good for you guys to stretch your legs a bit. I bet he had you cooped up in the gravity room the whole time huh? But don't you worry we will only do one lap for today. I don't want to exhaust ya." Goku said with his enthusiastic smile still beaming. Kaylynn raised her eyebrow. "Oh yeah…that makes it better." she whispered sarcastically. She despised running the most out of all her training. Now she had to run around the world with about two hundred and thirty extra pounds on her. She would much rather spar with him instead. She saw first hand how powerful Vegeta was, she'd like to get a feel for how strong Goku was too.

"Now come on slowpokes! We gotta go now if we plan on making it back in time for dinner and Chi Chi told me she wouldn't wait on us!"

In a flash he was gone and the two much heavier teens chased after him. The entire way he was just a tiny dot in their far off vision. It made Hideo very much feel like a hamster in one of those exercising wheels he had seen in pet shop at the mall. Run as fast as you can but still get no where. Goku's excuse for having them "see the world" was bogus. It's not like they could stop and enjoy anything. Though what he noticed the most was the change in temperature. Half way across their endless journey the were assaulted by ice falling from the sky! The ground was covered by power clumpy ice which made it very difficult to run on top of. Hideo had even fallen on his face a couple of times and he felt colder then he had ever been in his life. After they passed all the glaciers and ice both the young saiyans were completely exhausted and they were only half way done. Kaylynn convinced herself the only reason she was still moving is her muscles were acting on their own. She struggled for breath and she was so thirsty her throat ached. Swallowing the lump it her throat just hurt worse so she didn't know what to do.

"I don't….think I…can last…much longer." Hideo said then regretted spending any energy on anything but the running. Kaylynn felt the same way but this was their first day under Goku's training. If they gave up now what would that tell Goku about the siblings. That they were quitters? She wouldn't have it.

"Hang in there…we can do it." Kaylynn whispered back. Though their pace had slowed tremendously since the beginning of the journey Goku hadn't stopped once. Or showed any sign of slowing.

Now Hideo wished he could circle around and go back to the cold ice area. Now they were somewhere with sand and dust and intense heat. Mixing non stop running for hours and hours straight with a hundred plus degree weather was enough to make them want to faint then and there, and if they stayed in it for to long they would faint. Voluntarily or not. Sweat dripped into Kaylynn's eyes making them burn. She had to think of something. This was just one area right? Then it hit her.

"Faster." she called over to Hideo who looked at her like she was off her rocker. "We have to go faster."

"Are you crazy?" Hideo exclaimed. Thinking the heat must have claimed his poor sisters brain.

"The faster we go the sooner we get out of this god awful place! We stay at this pace were done for. Remember what Vegeta said. The strength we need to survive is always inside us. We just have to unleash it. We can't let a training exercise beat us. Not us. Now come on, let's get out of here."

Hideo didn't know if it would work but he had to try. What else could they do? Goku was miles ahead of them in what he considered to be a jog. He looked back at his apprentices and they were struggling a lot. Maybe he should have picked an easier training course for the first day? Then to his surprise they came racing towards him at tremendous speed. Leaving a cloud of sand in their wake. They were moving at such speed they even passed him. Leaving him to be the one to play catch up. A warm smile came across Goku's face. They didn't even pause to wait for him and kept up the same speed.

"There they are." he whispered to himself referring to the true potential the saiyans were to afraid of letting loose. They could do it but they still needed that push. Once they realized that becoming super saiyan would be a breeze for them but it wasn't something that could be taught. The duo would have to come to terms with it in their own time and way. Goku ran a little faster. He couldn't just let them beat him now could he?

Finally at long sweet last they had made it back to the hidden away little house that was their masters. When they stopped both of them struggled for breath as if their lungs were on fire.

"Fuck…me…" Hideo breathed wanting to never do that again as long as he lived. If that meant never seeing the rest of the planet then so be it. Goku smiled at them and breathed a little hard too. The bastard was barely even sweating. What kind of stuff was this guy made of?

"See guys, that wasn't so bad was it?" Goku said smiling. In unison both the teens collapsed. Landing criss cross on top of each other. Goku grimaced. Perhaps not.

When Goku slung barrel after barrel of water on top of him Hideo imagined that was what heaven must feel like. He kept his eyes closed longer then he should so he could keep the cooling sensation on him. Then he opened his mouth and let the water quench his mighty thirst. That's better. Kaylynn did the same gulping down the precious liquid like it was the last time she ever would.

When she opened her eyes she saw the apologetic look on Goku's face. Not only that but Chi Chi and Goten was standing over them too looking concerned.

"Gee guys I'm sorry. I guess I should have let you stop a couple time huh?" Goku said quietly. Feeling awful that he pushed them to hard. Kaylynn didn't respond but instead she unhooked her vest and other weights. She let out a small sigh of relief at the loss of weight and her muscles screamed out in thank you for it.

"What did you do to them Goku?" Chi Chi whined. The siblings looked like they had just been chewed up and spat back out and they hadn't even attempted to stand yet.

"Were fine really." Kaylynn assured though her breath and heartbeat still hadn't returned to normal.

"Are you guys hungry?" Chi Chi smiled now feeling bad that the two had willingly handed over their lives to her husband. "I bet after whatever this big lug put you through your starving." Goku blushed and gave an uncomfortable laugh.

"You have no idea." Hideo assured. Thinking he might have enough strength to make it inside the kitchen to eat. If not he told everyone to just drag him in there.

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Nightfall had came and sleep was very much desired. Since they didn't have a lot of room, Chi Chi offered Goku's grandpa's house for them to sleep in. They usually used it for storage but it had two decent sized beds in there plus running water so the duo didn't mind. Goku had stopped there training early compared to Vegeta and it looked like they were actually going to get a full nights sleep! Hideo almost wept with happiness. He was a warrior through and through but how he loved his sleep. Something Kaylynn preferred about Goku's place was the sound of crickets chirping. It would annoy most but she found it peaceful. No sooner did his head hit the pillow both he and Kaylynn heard what sounded like Goku shout. Startled they crept out of bed and out their front door. Straining their hearing to see what was going on. They found Goku standing in his back yard with his fists clenched tight. They hunkered down and kept quiet so they could hear what was going on.

"What do you mean? Anyone escape?" Goku said in a tone so serious neither of them had ever heard before. Little known to them King Kai himself was speaking to Goku on an urgent matter.

"No not yet." King Kai answered from his planet in other world. "But they could really use your help down there Goku. Goz and Mez were to busy racing new spirits down there and left the gate unguarded and with everyone you alone sent to hell…I can't imagine what catastrophes could happen to this universe."

"Don't worry King Kai. I will go to hell myself to sort this out. We can't allow any of them to make it back to the living world." Goku shouted in fear of what or who could have already weaseled there way out. In a blink he was gone. Leaving two confused saiyans behind.

"Hell…" Kaylynn repeated in absoulte horror. He couldn't mean that literally could he? And it wasn't as though they could follow him if he needed help. "What do you think is going on?"

"I have…no idea." Hideo said feeling the same fear Kaylynn did for their master. All they could do is wait for him to get back…looks like they may not be getting much sleep after all.