Disclaimer: I own nothing of DBZ. Nothing at all except for everything that I do own… which is not DBZ but mine… Which you should be able to tell.
If I were a bird… I'd fly away,
Only to be drawn back and made to stay.
If I were a flower… I'd bloom in May,
Only to die and wither away.
If I were a human… I wouldn't have to say,
Because I'd live my life from day to day…
The same way that I do today…
And tomorrow…
And the next day…
Until the day that I am taken away…
Chapter 4: Reforms
The sun slowly crept over sheet of darkness that was the night sky, slowly illuminating the sky, turning it from black to navy blue. A comfortable change of hue, that was to be the start of a new day; just like twenty days ago the day that started a new rivalry among the Z-group. Vegeta/Yamcha. Though, in actuality, most believed it to be more of a squeamish struggle between the lamb and the lion, but whatever the case, it was intense.
Yamcha, had begun pushing himself harder than ever, and his body was letting him know it. He would push himself to the limit, training until his body couldn't take anymore. And he was getting stronger. Not the exponential increase that someone like Gohan would get, but still, he was improving. At first, Vegeta just laughed at the human's efforts, thus fueling Yamcha's fire and causing him to give more effort than he should've be able to, which, in turn caused Vegeta to slowly realize Yamcha's increasing strength and potential. So Vegeta, being Vegeta, decided to do a little increase in his own routine so one day he headed to his famous GR only to find something he didn't expect and made him very angry; Yamcha training in his GR. Okay, so maybe it wasn't his, but it was the woman's and she was his, right? Whatever the case that day was it; on that very day, he was determined to put his foot down. And that day happened to be today.
"You! Weakling!" Vegeta growled, stepping into the GR. "What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Yamcha stopped his shadow boxing and looked up to see a very irritated saiyan prince.
"I'm training, what does it look like, weakling?" came the stoic reply. Vegeta was flabbergasted. He never saw Yamcha like this. So focused. So confident. So saiyan-like? Vegeta shook his head. Then he growled.
"Yamcha! This is MY training room! Go play somewhere in the desert mountains where you belong!" Vegeta shouted.
"I'm not going anywhere, so you better get used to sharing Vegeta"
Vegeta scowled, then he smirked and started his infamous saiyan sneering. "Ha! A mere human like yourself could not tolerate the intensity of a super saiyan's training".
Yamcha just looked at him, "What? Man, get over yourself! I can handle myself, thank you."
"Fine, suit yourself. It's your pathetic body, why should I care if gets crushed?" Vegeta then walked over to the controls, he figured Yamcha was probably somewhere around a pathetic 50x. He'd turn up the heat and start his own training, that'll show the human who's boss.
"What's the gravitational pull in here anyway? Three?" the saiyan laughed at his own joke while Yamcha scowled. As Vegeta reached the panel and looked down he couldn't believe what the scanner read. "One-hundred and thirty!?" Yamcha grinned to himself. Vegeta turned and stared at the human in disbelief. 'How the hell is that possible!? He's stronger than I was six month's ago!'. He shook away from his shock and decided to have some fun with this 'Yamcha'. He turned the gravity up to two-hundred and fifty. Vegeta's level of training in his normal form.
Yamcha suddenly felt his body get significantly heavier. His arms drooped and his head hung slightly while his knees buckled and hit the floor. He strained his body to pull himself up, eventually able to get back on his feet. He looked at Vegeta, who was standing with his arms crossed. "Ha! Not so tough, are you now?!" He then lunged himself at Yamcha kicking him to the ground. It wasn't as if Yamcha couldn't see the attack coming, he could see it clearly, probably due to the gravity slowing Vegeta down slightly, but he couldn't move to dodge the attack. As he lifted his head up a little he could see Vegeta slowly walking up to him.
"Well? Is that all?" the prince sneered. "Get up, I want to have a little fun before breakfast." Yamcha scowled as he picked himself up off the floor.
"Ka-me-ha-me… HA!!!" Krillin shouted as he thrust his arms outward, releasing a huge blue wave of energy. The beam streaked out into the distance before destroying a large, uninhabitable mountain area. Krillin wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead. He'd increased his training lately after hearing about Yamcha's own increase. He wanted to stay stronger than the desert bandit, but was beginning to doubt if he could. Then an unexpected visitor brought him out of his thoughts.
"Hey there" Krillin jumped up and turned around to see… Android 18.
"Uhh… Hey there.." he replied, turning slightly red. "What are you doing here?"
"Well I was just flying by, when I saw all the destruction. If I'm not supposed to blow stuff up, then why can you?"
"Um, You see, I wasn't causing destruction. Err- well I was, but I was training. There's no life in this area because it's arid and uninhabitable, so I train here."
"Oh, okay. I think I understand" she stared at him. He stared at the ground.
"What's wrong with you? Are you sick or something?"
Krillin looked up, "Uh.. no. Just… stuff…"
The android stared back at him for a while."Stuff?"
"Yeah, stuff"
"Okay…. Well, I'll be on my way." She turned to leave.
"Wait!" Krillin shouted, and she stopped to turn around.
"What is it?"
"Um… Where are you going?" he asked.
"I'm still looking for my brother. I figured he might be out somewhere in this region. I haven't checked here yet."
"I though you gave up. You said you didn't think he was alive anymore" he said
"I know… I did, but… It's just… I have nothing else to do…" she confessed, looking away.
"Oh…" He said, looking away also. Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind. He turned back towards her. "Um… Maybe we could do something together"
"Hm?" She said, "like what?"
"Er…" Krillin began turning red again and 18 tilted her head a little. 'Damn! Here goes nothing, I doubt she'll go to the movies with me. I have to say something but what does she like to do.' He thought for a moment. 'Well, she likes fighting, and I do too… That's it!' He looked up at her. "Maybe we could train together"
Surprisingly, she smiled. "I would like that. It'd be a great way to keep me in top form. I'll see you around." She then turned to leave.
"Wait!" Krillin said, "How can I find you? I can't sense your ki."
"I'll find you" she replied.
"How?"
"I'll look for the destruction of uninhabitable areas" she said and smiled. Krillin blushed. And with a wave she was off.
"I really liked that movie Tien" Lunch said (A/N: I'm calling the Blue haired one Lunch and the blonde Launch) as the couple slowly walked back to Lunch's small house.
"Heh, I did too, though it's not really my thing to go out for movies. I'd prefer training personally" Tien replied. Lunch giggled a little.
They continued their little walk, keeping their pace slow and talking about the movie and the night. Tien didn't personally like outings like this, but he did like Lunch, so he made an acception for her. He thought it'd be a good thing to figure out what she was interested in and start to do some of the things she like to do. He wasn't too sure she'd like to train with him however, so he didn't ask her too. He also figured she'd slow him down if he did, and he wasn't one for slacking off on his training; sometimes that would happen with Chiaotzu and he'd suggest they should train apart for awhile, much to the emperor's dismay. As they neared the cottage they stopped completely in front of it.
"Well, I'm going to go train a little, I skipped out so we could spend some time together and I want to catch up a little" Tien said.
"Okay Tien" Lunch replied, she gave him a quick hug, "Bye!" she said and turned to walk in the house, probably to cook something.
"See ya" Tien said and slowly flew off the ground and flying slowly towards the barren parts of the east district.
Suddenly he noticed some figures below jumping from house to house. 'That looks suspicious, better check it out' He lowered himself towards a small building, making sure to suppress his ki incase these figures were able to sense ki. 'They seem pretty strong, stronger than average humans should be. They're around Chiaotzu's level, though they may be hiding their real strength. Better be careful.' He thought as he followed then, jumping swiftly from building to building.
There were two of them, and after awhile of following, they jumped off into a small grassy clearing where another two were already there waiting. Tien stayed poised ontop of his buildling watching. They seemed to be discussing something, though he couldn't hear, but what caught his attention was when one of the figures reached into his long cloak and pulled out a small golden ball with three stars on it. Tien's eyes widened. "That's a dragon ball!" he exclaimed