Jazz chewed on some meat. His doppelganger forked some greens and handed them to him. Jazz made a bitter face but bit into the salad. "Damn…" He groaned. "That tasted gross."

"You know, they left… so you can stop acting like an asshole." The doppelganger chuckled.

"Yeah, you're right." Jazz laughed, "but seriously, just, the act of eating food is painfully pleasurable now, if I'm not careful, I'll get fat."

The room was full of cracks and broken stones, signs of conflict. The walls were streaked with blood, vomit, and piss from the defeated Crane Students.

Tien had been the first to awaken from the fight, followed by Chiaotzu. Together, they carried the injured Shen out. Jazz thanked his lucky stars they didn't attempt to attack him right then and there, with his multi-form clone gone, he lacked the capabilities to protect himself. Eventually, Shen returned in the dead of the night, but unfortunately for him, Jazz slept lightly. After a few more days, Shen eventually abandoned the prison. To Jazz's amusement, he had gathered his soldiers together to fire a tri-beam attack. Before they could strike, Jazz fused with his doppelganger and fired out a full-powered blast to counteract their attack. The prison caved in, burying him inside, but his telepathic abilities stolen from General Blue allowed him to create a large pocket of space. After using water magic to clear away the dust in the air, his doppelgänger turned to him.

"First question, boss. For our own sake, which Jazz is which?"

Jazz chuckled, "fair, well, we share the same mind, so of course, I'm that freaking diplomatic to myself." He sighed. "I'll be Jazz 1, as I am original Jazz. You're Jazz 2 since you're here too." Jazz 2 groaned in irritation at the terrible pun. "The Jazz with Roshi is Jazz 3, cause Earth is the third planet from the sun. And Jazz with Kami is Jazz 4, cause he ventured forth into space."

The multiform technique shared one mind and vision, but unless Jazz actively attempted to connect his mind to the others, they could act independently of each other and he didn't have his senses overloaded.

"So…" Jazz 2 began, "I guess, the first order of business is determining what you want me to do." He looked around, "I assume, clean up the rubble?"

"Nah…" Jazz 1 laughed, "this is simply more training for my psychic abilities, keeping this thing from collapsing on top of us." His eyes had been gleaming blue for the past 6 hours, he turned to one of the walls and shifted away from some rubble, revealing sunlight. "I want you to train the werewolf and pump up techniques, try and see if it can be perfected over these two years. I'm going to increase my mastery over fire magic, water magic, the psychic power I took, and Phoenix-based abilities. Jazz 3 will be training with Roshi from the Ground up, his goal is to build up the physical body. And Jazz 4 will be trying to learn magic materialization from the namekians of the Dragon Clan."

"Won't he also get his potential unlocked?" Jazz 2 asked.

"No, not yet, we have to save something like that for when Frieza shows up." Jazz 1 yawned, "the big issue is Dr. Gero, if we become way stronger too quickly, he'll increase the power of the Androids to compensate, and I'm not just talking about myself, I mean the other Z fighters."

"Even Tien?" Jazz 2 asked, "don't you kinda hate the guy now?"

"Well, yes and no." Jazz sighed, "I don't know the child he killed, but still... But I also know he's a warrior of the Crane School and a villain who wished to be like Tao Pai Pai. He has a strong sense of honor and pride as a warrior already, fuck man…" Jazz grit his teeth, "that poor kid…"

"Well, with the dragon balls…" Jazz 2 began, then stopped, "sorry, even with the dragon balls, that's still someone who died, and someone who'll potentially be unrevivable when Majin Buu's Earth Extinction technique occurs."

"If it even occurs after all our meddling." Jazz 1 sighed, anyways, I guess just head out and start training, I'll begin training here as well. Come back in a few hours, I'll need a 20-minute nap, or else I'll get too tired to maintain the psychic link."

Jazz 2 nodded, using the air dance, he flew up and out of the hole.

…

"Wow… are you sure… you're okay Jazz?" Krillin asked in shock as he saw Jazz panting with exhaustion.

"Yeah! I'm fine!" Jazz, or more specifically, Jazz 3 had been using the weights Roshi gave him, coupled with his own, to run and follow Roshi's training regiment. First the run across the island, then the milk delivery, tilling the field, fixing the irrigation channels, and study session. Everyone could notice right away that Jazz's movements were much slower and weaker than normal.

"I'm fine Krillin, seriously." After 5 more minutes of rest, Jazz got up. "See, I'm almost fully recovered."

"Man, that phoenix regeneration is crazy." Krillin sighed, "but you're a lot…Ummm…"

"I'm weaker, you don't have to mince words." Jazz smiled.

"Sorry…" Krillin muttered, embarrassed.

"You don't have to apologize." Jazz said, "it's on me, and it's why I came to Roshi for training." Jazz laughed, "that old man's face was twisted so much I thought he had eaten a lemon or something. He said 'what do you think I am, some sort of training fairy?!' I just had to stand there, confused as he grumbled about being too old for this crap, then Turtle said he drank the elixir of immortality, so he should tough it out. Anyways, I'm glad he's putting me through the wringer, if he didn't I'd feel like I wasn't actually getting any training." He got up and pulled out a capsule, it exploded, revealing a large bookshelf with rows upon rows of scrolls.

"What's that?" Krillin asked curiously.

"Techniques from the Crane School. Since y'know, they imprisoned me, I figured it would be fair if I gained some compensation for their egregious transgressions against my civil rights. Of course, you also saw the State of the Tsukimi stronghold."

Krillin nodded, "do you, do you think it's unfair on them?"

Jazz shook his head, "if you're referring to the Crane School, they signed a non-aggression treaty with the Tsukimi. They broke the treaty by joining the Red Ribbon Army. Tsukimi made their allegiance well known to the World President 6 months before the Crane School joined in the attack against a Tsukimi squadron. PaoPao likely didn't have a choice but to consider this an act of aggression. However, the difference in the two groups' approaches should also be acknowledged. PaoPao attacked with her 'elite amongst elite'. The Crane School lost 5 students, and 150 were injured before I drove her away to save her life. On the other hand, the Crane School lost over 270 of their people, 200 of them dying and the others being captured in their return invasion, while Tsukimi lost 1500 people, 1000 of which could be considered mostly civilian. PaoPao knew the risks of battle when she attacked the Crane School, she simply miscalculated when they'd make their attack. What probably surprised her was just how fast they struck, and how viciously they went at it.

"But… that Tien guy?" Krillin asked, "Is he strong?"

"Stronger than Goku was at the tournament." Jazz said.

Krillin nodded, "yeesh…"

"That's why we've gotta train hard man." Jazz began to stretch, "anyways, I'll catch you later, I've gotta finish my laps and read this scroll."

Unlike the others, Jazz 3 had yet to complete the last of Roshi's training for the day, instead of returning back to the Turtle Sage's home, Jazz 3 chose to complete it, attempting to kill two birds with one stone.

…

PaoPao was sitting in the living room, facing a computer with the still image of the King of the World on it.

~"I see… I am sorry for your people's casualties."~ King Furry's voice was crispy from the sound quality, but she could hear a bit of the regret panging his voice.

"Thank you for your condolences." PaoPao nodded, "my people are hardy, we shall recover, if I may ask, what of the escapees of the Orange City Maximum Detention center? I heard they were broken out by a… cyborg or android-like being?"

She heard the king audibly sigh. ~"Yes, it seems the Red Ribbon Army simply cannot lay down in defeat like the mangy curs they are, they insist on biting at our ankles until the end… My spies report that profiles matching the Red Ribbon Army's surviving elite personnel were seen in the company of King Gurumes."~

PaoPao nodded along, "I remember, he's from the Grood Kingdom, that minor island to the West, right? He seceded peacefully from the world government 15 years ago and cut off all contact since then."

~"He broke his tradition of no contact 2 years ago, and sent us a request to find something called the Dragon Balls."~

"I see." PaoPao kept her voice flat but felt a thrill of alarm, the Red Ribbon Army's goal was also these dragon balls, and now, she needed to find them, the balls would become active in a few months, according to Bulma, and Goku had one already, so she didn't worry about them using the wish, yet at the least.

~"Of course, I know of the fabled balls, but I refuse to have anything to do with them, it's too much power for anyone, especially for someone like me who bears the responsibility of a statesman, to wield."~ The king's tone became lighter as he spoke, ~"As it is, the data we collected from the Red Ribbon Army shows that they were after those same Dragon Balls, which doesn't bode well if their remnants have allied with King Gurumes, who has the same goal."~

"Commander Red was their leader and also main financial backer, it's very possible that they plan to use Gurumes as the same sort of person. What will you have my men do?"

~"Nothing, for now, the dragon balls will not go active for another 4-and-a-half months, we shouldn't expect too much movement from them, and I don't wish to plunge the world into a new war. Gurumes may have left my rule, but he has many allies still under me, not to mention the fact that the civilians of his and my rule will suffer."~

PaoPao nodded, "As you say then sir, I await your task. Ah… also."

~"Yes, after the results of the capture of the Red Ribbon Army, the board has moved to increase your budget, your organization has upgraded from being paid 100 million Zeni annually to 1.7 billion Zeni annually, paid out in bi-monthly increments. Over the rest of this year, you should see the payments increase to represent both your new pay and to reimburse you with back pay."~

"Thank you, sir!" PaoPao smiled as the king said his goodbyes and cut off the communication.

Krillin walked into the living room at that time. "Oh, hey PaoPao, I thought you'd be meditating with the others."

PaoPao shook her head, "I was about to, but I was called into a meeting by King Furry."

"Wow…" Krillin shook his head in amazement, "I sometimes forget you're the leader of an entire organization, it's crazy. I just wanted to become a martial artist just so I'd be popular with girls."

PaoPao laughed, "it's good to have some goal, even if it's… an unorthodox one like that."

"Yeah, well, thanks!" Krillin laughed, "I'll just go meditate with the others."

PaoPao nodded, "I'll join you soon, I'm assuming Jazz…"

"Yeah, he's just out there, for now, still training."

PaoPao nodded, "well, his body has been shown capable of handling the training, so I'll trust him to keep going." She closed the computer, turned it back into a capsule, and placed it into her capsule case. She got up and stretched a bit before turning to leave.

…

Jazz 4 looked out into the vast space around him, "wow… this place is gorgeous."

"Yes, it truly is, but also dangerously uninhabitable." Kami looked around, "in my younger years, I attempted to fly past the atmosphere, I would have accidentally killed myself if not for Popo's quick thinking."

"You miss him." Jazz said. It had been a week since their voyage began. Kami seldom spoke, only sometimes replying to Jazz's questions, or musing to himself. Jazz did his best not to bother the elderly namekian, instead, he trained his body and mind to the best of his ability. Push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, jumping jacks, and image sparring. At one point, he asked Kami to recreate the original weighted clothing he had gained from Namek but had gotten destroyed. The elder was happy to oblige and took a keen interest in Jazz's magic, giving him some pointers on how best to utilize his magic. Jazz spent his day training, and Kami generally spent his time in quiet contemplation. This was the first time he volunteered information about himself all trip.

"Yes, I do, for the centuries I stood vigil over the Earth, he and Korin were there, keeping watch over me and keeping me company. Without them, I may have eventually gone insane."

"Like me?" The Sleeping Princess interrupted.

Kami allowed a slow smile to cross his face. "Maybe…"

Jazz 4 rolled his eyes, Z had insisted on going with him to Namek, as she wanted to see a new planet with her own eyes. Jazz himself didn't mind and figured that it would be good if Elder Guru could determine who or what Z used to be. Kami had taken to the addition of Z rather well. While he was wary of the crystal's esoteric abilities, he felt that its soul was innocent enough, and thus worthy of understanding and compassion.

"You're extremely insufferable at times y'know Z?" Jazz 4 returned to his training.

"Well, you better get used to it, Cuatro."

"Hardy har har, you can speak Spanish now señorita?"

Kami smiled at their childish banter. He observed Jazz's movements for a while longer then spoke again. "Your foundation is messy."

"Hmm?" Jazz turned to Kami, whose expression had turned serious.

"Your foundation is messy. "The power you have, almost every bit of it comes from outside sources. This messes with the balance of your body, if not for your regenerative properties, you would probably have destroyed your body a long time ago."

"I believe I've heard something like that before." Jazz said, turning to Kami. "But what's there to do about it?"

"Your body, it originally isn't used to accessing ki, that girl, she tried to awaken your ki, but only left energy inside of you that you began to cultivate, you didn't know how to awaken your own so you simply stoked her flames to warm your body. But her magic, that dark witchcraft, began to awaken the nothing within you."

Jazz raised an eyebrow. "So… what should I do?" Kami walked up to him and quickly tapped his stomach. Jazz felt his body grow heavy, as he collapsed on the floor. "Aaaaah!" The pain began to wrack his body.

"Jazz! Wait! Ja-" Z was cut off as Kami used his magic to create a rice pot and seal, he took the crystal and placed it inside the sealed pot.

"Calm down…" Kami began. "This is the state of your body, without your regenerative ability, without the extra ki bolstering your body, and without the phoenix's blessing. This is the state of your body, and the fruit of its true strength, even if you were to split yourself into four, as you had, this feeling right now, is the true state of yourself, and of your body." His face twisted into a sad expression, "I apologize for putting you through this pain, but you must first overcome this pain if you wish to make this power you have fully yours."

Jazz stared up at the green namekian, the pain still evident on his face… "I...I will…"

…

...

Jasper(Jazz) Duncan

Age: 16 and 7 months

Hair color: Red

Skin color: white

Race: Quarter Caucasian(White American of English-Irish descent), Quarter Asian (Korean), Quarter Black(African-American), Quarter Hispanic (Cuban)

Height: 5ft 10inches | 177.8 centimeters

Weight: 155 lbs | 70.3 kilograms, bound by a Crane School Training/ Torture device

Skills: Skills are what you make of them, it doesn't matter what's known, just how to use it

Powers: Magic Materialization (Fire) (Mastered Understanding), Magic Materialization (Water) (Advanced Understanding), Telekinesis (Intermediate)

General magic: Basic Understanding

Max Power/ Pump Up (1.5x (mastered), 2x (capable),

Shapeshifting, Mastered Skill level (indefinite)

Noble Werewolf. Juvenile Awakening, 1.5x,

Kamehameha

Four Witches Technique

12 Eyes Technique

Fusion Dance

Powerlevel: 28, will raise to 41 temporarily when using Pump Up/Max Power 1.5, or 54 when using Pump Up/Max Power 2x, if using Juvenile awakening, power will be 60 or 81 respectively

Jazz 2 (Currently developing and training his werewolf and pump up ability)

Powerlevel: 27

Jazz 3 (Currently training with Master Roshi)

Powerlevel: 35

Jazz 4 (Currently on the 6 month trip with Kami)

Powerlevel: 5 (the powers that did not originate from him are sealed off, this is Jazz's current actual power level as a normal human if you drained him dry of all his experiences and powers, but still had him train relatively similarly to what he's been doing.

…

Afterword:

It looks like a wildly different version of Dragon Ball, curse of the Blood Rubies is over the horizon! Outside of that, Zeni Conversion time! Toriyama originally states one Zeni equalled 1 yen, Jaco states 1 Zeni equals 1.5 yen, I believe the change is brought upon by the change due to inflation, which is fair. So I will stick to the newer answer (1 Z = 1.5 Y) meaning 100 million Zeni equalled 150 million Yen, or 1.3215 million USD a year. The increase to 1.7 Billion Zenni means conversion to 2.55 Billion yen or $22,315,432.50. 22.3 million dollars is alot of money, but then you must remember this is the King of the World, does a world-wide economy. The U.S. alone spent roughly 700 billion dollars on its military in 2020. PaoPao had over 3000 people of the Tsukimi, as they were originally a village that developed into a martial clan that never disbanded or modernized until her takeover. If we just divided the amount by 3000, that's around 7.438 thousand U.S. dollars per person if we were just talking about money being split evenly per person. As a group, it's likely that wages aren't that high normally, and she needs to pay for food, equipment, etcetera, but she's a smart lady, she has a head on her shoulders.

To answer last Review

Jazz 1 (original): Still trapped, training his phoenix magic, fire magic, water magic, psychic ability (basically supplemental magic training)

Jazz 2: Staying to help Jazz 1, training his Pump Up and Noble Werewolf abilities, as well as devising new transformation combinations of animals and creatures (basically, the transformation training)

Jazz 3: Training with Roshi, looking at the scrolls he "acquired" from the Crane School (basically training the body and ki techniques

Jazz 4: Heading over to Namek, originally planned to train his ki sensing and learn more magic/ magic materialization, now also going to be training with Kami for those 6 months.