Goku and I walked away from the structure that we'd come out of.

"Now..." Goku said, transforming, "let's train."

I transformed as well. "I hope you're ready!" I charged at him at full speed.

The Saiyan blocked my incoming kick to the head. "I see you haven't forgotten anything while I've been sick." He tried to punch my gut, but I dodged out of the way.

"What did you expect?" I said playfully before we charged at each other, kicking and punching and blocking and dodging.

This continued for a while until I kicked Goku's stomach. "You okay?" I asked.

Instead of answering, Goku's aura turned orange. "KAIOKEN!" shouted the Saiyan. I sensed his Power Level rise slightly above my own.

"Oh, so that's how you wanna play it." My own aura turned orange. "Let's dance."

Goku smiled right before cupping his hands by his side. I realize what he was doing immediately and I did the same. After a few seconds, we both had blue balls of ki contained within our palms. "HAAAA!" we shouted simultaneously.

Our Kamehameha Waves collided right between us, neither of them allowing the other to continue on its current trajectory. Suddenly, both masses of blue vanished; Goku had used Instant Transmission to punch me in the gut, causing me to bend over and lose control of my energy beam.

I gasped out of surprise. After groaning for a few seconds, though, I began to laugh. "Hehe, not bad," I complimented.

"I can do better." He tried to punch me in the face, but I dodged. "ROCK!" Then, he tried to palm strike me, again in the face; I deflected his hand with ease. "PAPER!" Finally, Goku made a peace sign and attempted to poke both of my eyes. However, I put my hand up to block the strike. "SCISSORS!"

"What type of technique is that?" I asked.

"It's something my grandpa taught me," explained the Saiyan.

"It's not very effective," I said as I concentrated energy near my mouth.

Goku and I resumed punching and kicking each other. Eventually, we stopped.

"You know what, Goku?"

"What?"

"IMMA FIRIN' MAH LAY-ZOR! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" A massive energy beam came out of my mouth, almost hitting my friend's abdomen. He matrixed out of the way.

"Nappa used a similar attack," he pointed out.

"I know; I saw the fight from King Kai's place. It was awesome."

With that, we charged at each other again. He swung with his left, but I counterattacked with a ki-filled right haymaker to meet his punch head-on. The impact sent our hair and clothes rippling away from the epicenter, but nothing was damaged.

Goku and I dropped our Kaiokens and our transformations when Goku's stomach growled. "Heh!" laughed the Saiyan. "I forgot I haven't eaten since before I got sick!"

"Then let's eat," I said.

Two hours later, Goku was sitting in front of the kitchen table with a few dozen empty plates stacked in front of him. "Man, that hit the spot," grinned the Saiyan.

"How much did you eat?!" I exclaimed, surprised by the heaping stack of dishes.

"I lost track after my fifth turkey leg," answered Goku.

"You do realize that we only have enough food to last us a year, right?"

"That completely slipped my mind, haha," laughed Goku, scratching the back of his head. I fell on to my back because of what Goku said.

"I've got an idea," I said once I was on my feet again. "I'll fast until it starts physically affecting my body."

Goku was over at the freezer looking for some ice cream. "Okay," he said, ice cream sandwich in hand.

Even after three weeks, having not eaten had no side effects on my body or my metabolism. I could still use all of my strength, transform, move my tail, and sleep naturally. Goku, on the other hand, had eaten three weeks-worth of the food that was meant for me.

"Nothing's happened to me," I said to Goku after he ate dinner one day. "You would expect that I'd be running out of energy, but...well...look at me! I'm still healthy!"

"Don't ask me, Frui," the Saiyan remarked. "I know less about the situation than you."

"It's not like it's that big of a deal, I guess," I said. "Let's just see how long this will last."

Four months and two haircuts later (Frui's haircuts) (HTC time)...

I still wasn't being affected, and I hadn't really thought about my lack of eating in weeks. I mean, avoiding food had become routine to me, so I was used to it.

By then, Goku and I had both discovered the buff Ascended Super Saiyan and the even buffer Ultra Super Saiyan transformations, and we had decided to try staying in one of the Super Saiyan forms as much as possible (we could still go from Super Saiyan to Ascended Super Saiyan and similar) to get used to them and reduce the strain. Neither of us used Kaioken anymore.

"AAAAHHHHH!" Goku and I shouted, powering up to Ascended Super Saiyan simultaneously by concentrating our energy.

I charged at Goku first. Trailing behind my closed fist, I punched through the Saiyan's after-image as he sped around me only to kick my after-image. We kept this up until Goku finally managed to hit me with a random ki blast, knocking me out of my super speed. It didn't hurt, though.

I fell to the ground only to burst off of it immediately, my aura bursting to life like a golden fire.

'Our training is working wonders,' I thought as I punched Goku's block. 'If only we could just get past this speed problem...'

Hey, guys! I hope you enjoyed the first part of Frui and Goku's training in the HTC. It's interesting how the training has gone with Frui being in the HTC instead of Gohan. It will surely make a difference in the introduction of SSJ 2, but you won't know until it happens.

Frui and Goku both use ASSJ and USSJ to train, but will either of them transform buff up during a fight with enemies? It'd be cool to know what you guys think, so feel free to leave a review. I read all of the reviews, so don't worry about not being noticed.

The last thing I want to take note of this chapter is that Frui and Goku are staying in the SSJ forms as much as possible. Similar to what Goku and Gohan did while they trained, Goku and Frui are trying to get as used to the SSJ forms as possible to decrease strain and make it easier to transform. The main differences are that Goku has a full stomach (that's a first) and both Frui and Goku are using ASSJ and USSJ as well as normal SSJ. That will have an influence on the story, but now isn't spoiler time.

SSJ Goku (before training): 1,230,000,000
SSJ Goku (Kaioken x1.2) (before training): 1,486,000,000
SSJ Frui (Kaioken x1.05) (before training): 1,491,000,000
SSJ Goku (after 4 months): 4,170,000,000
ASSJ Goku: 6,255,000,000
SSJ Frui (after 4 months): 4,840,000,000
ASSJ Frui: 7,260,000,000