Now, before I start the chapter, I want to take a moment to honor our dear Akira Toriyama who had recently passed away. His creative works and ideas have turned into stories that will forever be remembered and cherished by those of his time and ours. We will never forget the true legend of Dragon Ball and his wondrous ways, nor shall we as the audience and fellow fans of Akira Toriyama shall ever forget what he has done

-Rest in peace, Akira Toriyama-Sama

The legend of our hero Son Goku and the many allies and friends, alongside the many enemies that they have made has ended. His story is one retold through the descendants of his friends, as well as himself, a story of epic sagas and power, a myth that will never be forgotten. But above all, his story has now given way to a new generation.

Namaikina soared through the air, wind rushing past him as his white cape flapped around in the air behind

His eyes scoured the ground as he never let the blurring figure out his site, flying more then fast enough to keep up with the object, whoever they were

"What the hell is this guy doing anyway? A morning run or something? Well, whatever they are, they ain't a ordinary human," Namaikina said to himself, before tilting his body downward and accelerating, diving downward toward his target

Ryun hummed to himself as he ran, the rushing air blowing onto his face and through his air feeling cool and crisp

If anything, it felt a lot more cool then the air on Yardrat

"I've been running for about a minute already, but heck, not tired at all. Maybe I should make sure I didn't lose anything while doing this."

Ryun checked his neck and ears as he ran, making sure that his scarf and earrings hadn't flown off while he was running

"Earring number one, check. Earring Number two, check. Scarf, intact. Hmm, maybe I should name my earrings. Yeah, that sounds pretty cool. I'll name earring number one Lefty, and earring number two Righty. No, wait, that actually sounds a little too short. Maybe I should give them a longer name? Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Hey, wait a second-"

Ryun didn't have time to finish his thought when he sensed as if a meteor was coming at him from right behind him

Ryun turned around, and his eyes popping out of their sockets as he saw a green man with antennae flying right towards him at a breakneck speed, a white cape on their shoulders flapping around behind him

"Huh!? A Namekian? Never really saw one this cl-"

"HEY YOU!!! STOP IN THE NAME OF THE GUARDIAN OF THE EARTH!!!"

"AHHHH!!! HE'S CHASING MEEEE!!!!"

Ryun began to pump his legs into high gear, running as fast as he could while kicking up giant clouds of dust behind him

Namaikina smiled, keeping up with the strange new creature, "Heh, looks like I've got myself a runn-"

However, suddenly, a giant clump of dirt hit him in his face, invading his nostrils and mouth, making the Namekian sputter and gag

"GWAK!!! Agh, I can't breathe!!" Namiakina said

Ryun, having heard his pursuer's words, suddenly smiled sinisterly, before immediately turning around, digging his feet into the ground as he came to a immediate and abrupt stop, chunks of earth being kicked up into the air

Ryun suddenly held his fist back, and thrusted it forward as he shouted, "Take this!!"

Namaikina sputtered, having finally gotten all the dirt out from his mouth and nose

"God, how the hell do humans get their food from this stu-"

However, before he could finish his sentence, it felt as if he suddenly took a powerful fist into his gut. Even though Namaikina couldn't at all see anything attacking him, he felt as if all the air was struck right out of him

The Namekian was sent flying back through the air, his upper body bending inward as he did, before he felt his back hit the ground, his momentum making him skid and scrap off the grass

Ryun smiled, holding up his fist to his mouth and blowing imaginary smoke from it

"Man, it's been awhile since I've used Pulse Fist. Spirit Manipulation is pretty awesome."

However, Ryun's moment of satisfaction was short-lived as the green Namekian came flying back forward, looking not at all happy

"Why you little!!" The Namekian growled as he dashed forward as a speed that had Ryun taken off guard

The green alien brought his hand above his head, before bringing it downwards as he flew towards Ryun in a knife hand chop, it's power even increased by the momentum of his flight

Ryun held both arms up above him, blocking the chop with both arms

However, he immediately regretted this decision as it's strength was so powerful that it sent pain all throughout his body, his arms shaking from the impact as Ryun dropped down to one knee, the ground cracking and crumbling beneath him from the force of the impact, causing the Saiyan to grunt in pain

The Namekian immediately followed up by swinging his foot upwards in front of him, catching Ryun's chin and making his head lurch back, his feet leaving the ground as the Saiyan went flying backwards from the kick

"Ow!! I bit my lip!!!" Was all Ryun could think off before he felt something grab his leg

The Saiyan felt himself pulled back towards his enemy, and the Saiyan looked down at whatever grabbed him, only to see that the Namekian had grabbed Ryun's leg before he could get too far, his other hand holding a ball of purple ki

"Tch!!" Ryun grunted, before putting both hands together with his palm facing down, a ball of blue energy forming as he thrusted it forward with both hands at the exact moment that the Namekian attacked with his own ki sphere, the two energy attacks colliding as the two energies clashed and bursted in a powerful pulse of energy, causing the two combatants to be knocked back by the force of the attack

Ryun tucked himself into a ball, and rolled backwards in the air as he was sent flying back, before landing on the ground in a skillful show of grace and acrobatics

Namaikina however had simply locked his feet into the ground, leaving behind two strips of upturned earth in front of him as the Namekian had went onto one knee so as to stay upright

Ryun held up his hand, whipping his mouth with his wrist, a red wet smear appearing on his wrist

The Namekian stood up, saying, "Huh, not bad. But resistance is futile, you villain."

"Villain!!?" Ryun shouted in confusion, standing up and pointing at the Namekian as he said, "Who the heck are you calling a villain!!? You're the one that attacked me first!!"

Namaikina opened his mouth as if to say something, but immediately closed it

The Namekian put a hand to his chin in thought

"Why did I attack him again?"

Ryun waved his fist at his attacker, saying in a tone of annoyance, "If ya wanted to greet me or something you could've just said hi or something instead of trying to chase me like a dog!!"

"DOG!?" Namaikina said frustratingly as his green face turned red, "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING A DOG, YOU DAMNED MONKEY!!!??"

"Monkey?" Ryun said, when he remembered that he had a monkey-like tail, "Oh, right. So that was the animal it represented."

However, a glowing light caught Ryun's attention, and the Saiyan turned his head, only to see that the Namekian had formed glowing yellow sphere's of energy in both palms

"THAT'S IT!! NO ONE CALLS ME A DOG!!!" Namaikina raged as he began firing a rapid barrage of yellow ki blasts at Ryun

"EEK!!" Ryun yelped as he jumped to the side, avoiding a ball of yellow ki that hit the very spot where he was, which exploded in a burst of light and dust

Ryun then jumped off to the side again and cartwheeled, avoiding two more blasts that flew by him, which obliterated the ground behind him

The young man then pushed himself into the air mid-cartwheel, essentially going upwards into the air as he flew upwards, and began flying at full speed while constantly using sharp turns and zigzag manuevers so as to avoid getting hit as a plethora of yellow balls of ki shot upwards into the air

"Mental note. Never call a green guy a dog."

Ryun suddenly stopped in midair, swiping his fist out in front of him as he backhanded a ki blast, deflecting it away to the sky

"Quit running away!!!" Namaikina shouted, before thrusted out both yellow ki spheres in front of him, all of which glowed brightly as he shouted, "Masenko!!!"

Ryun simply smiled, before holding two fingers up to his forehead, vanishing as the powerful yellow blast engulfed the air where he was

The Namekian didn't know what hit him

"Heh, I've got you no-," Namaikina began to say when he felt a tap on his shoulder, and when he turned around, he saw Ryun's swinging towards him, and before the Namekian knew it, Ryun had smashed his leg into the Namekian's face, rocking the green alien so hard that he saw stars

Namaikina was sent spinning around by the kick, and Ryun immediately had spun around again, following up with a thrusting back kick that hit the Namekians side as the power and momentum in the kick had sent him flying backwards

"That one was for making me bite my lip," Ryun said

Namaikina growled, standing back up from the crater where he had crashed, his fists clenched as he said, "You're annoying."

However, what caught Ryun off guard was when the Namekian suddenly smiled, and Namaikina held up his hands as if addressing a crowd for a speech as he said, "This whole Guardian of the Earth thing has been nothing but boring training day in and day out. I thought there would be at least some aspect of fun, but hell, not even a bit. So if anything you're a life saver, Saiyan, because I wasn't sure if I could suffer another day of not doing anything worthwhile."

Ryun simply sighed, as if a bit tired by the Namekians rant, and he replied, "Yeah, yeah, whatever. I just got here, so I wasn't exactly expecting someone to suddenly attack me."

Namaikina chuckled, before he suddenly held both hands up, his hands pointed like that of a preying mantis as he said, "Look, I'm sorry about setting you off back there, so how about I reward you with a nice fight. Don't Saiyan's like battle?"

"Ok, one, stop calling me a Saiyan," Ryun replied while holding up one finger, "You can call me Ryun instead. And two, well, I can't exactly deny that I do indeed like a good fight every now and then, so long as it's friendly."

"Oh, it's friendly alright," Namaikina reassured him, "Heck, I won't use ki blasts, if that's what you mean."

"Talking more about then just ki attacks, but whatever."

Ryun closed his eyes, as if taking a deep breath, and he slowly brought his hands forward, and then held his left palm out in front of him, the back of his hand facing outward as he brought his other arm back, holding it at his side as Ryun turned his body slightly, taking a narrow stance as he opened his eyes, which seemed to have taken on a whole new vigor and determination as he said, "Alright then, let's dance."

Namaikina smiled, and he rushed forward, shouting, "A narrow stance makes it hard to keep balance!!!"

Ryun, however, didn't respond as he simply waited for his opponent

As Namaikina came flying forward like a unstoppable force, he held his palms behind him, which was held flat like a knife, before thrusting it forward, aiming his fingertips at Ryun's neck

However, without the even a flaw in his movement, Ryun suddenly shifted the footing of his right foot, which he had behind him

Ryun used his right foot to step to the side, thus sidestepping the knife jab, while using his outstretched palm to guide the knife hand past him, leaving him on the outside of Namaikina's body

Ryun quickly spun around, the momentum building up as he brought his right elbow bearing forward, smashing it into Namaikina's side as he flew by, essentially knockout the Namekian out of the air as this sent a shockwave of pain throughout the Namekians body, and he fell to the ground and rolled across it

The Namekian pushed himself off the ground with one arm mid-roll, and somersaulted in the air before landing on his feet, his hand clutching his side

"Huh, well, he's no pushover, I'll give him that," Namaikina thought to himself, "Time to change my fighting style."

Namaikina then held his arms up across his body, resembling a boxer stance as he rushed forward

"Tch," Ryun said as he immediately shifted his feet so as to have more of a grip and balance as he held up his left arm, his forearm blocking the fast jab from the Namekian

Ryun immediately brought his other elbow across his body, which he used to block the follow-up punch, the sound of his elbow and the Namekian's fist colliding sending shockwaves of force in every direction, tearing up the ground around them in a burst of dirt and dust

Ryun felt his arm shake from the strike, his very bones vibrating from the force of the punch

"Tch!" Ryun grunted as he lifted up his knee in order to protect his leg from the Namekian's follow up thrusting knee, the two joints colliding as another jolt of force bursted out in every direction, the grass beneath them having been upturned and flung away

Ryun jabbed at the Namekian with his left, aiming to catch him in his jaw, but was met with punishment as the Namekian caught his fist, before pulling Ryun forward and thrusting his knee into his stomach

Ryun's forward momentum, plus the knee's power knocked all the air out of Ryun, pain blasting through his very core as he found himself unable to breathe for a moment, his body keeling over

Ryun gave out a scream of pain as he felt a elbow smash into his back, and his body was sent downward as he hit the dirt ground, which had become a small crater from the simple clashing of their attacks

"Ugh," Ryun groaned as he slowly began to push himself up.

However, in that moment, his instincts suddenly screamed at him to move

Immediately the Saiyan launched himself to the side, a stomping foot missing him by a inch as Ryun skidded off to the side before rolling to a stop on one knee, breathing heavily

However, before he even had time to recover, Namaikina was already charging forward for another attack

"This guy's aggressive," Ryun said as he held up his arms, blocking the charging knee that Namaikina thrusted forward, grunting in pain as he was sent stumbling back, "But if I can outlast him, he'll tire himself out! I'll take that moment to attack."

Ryun jumped backwards in the air, rolling backwards in the air as the Saiyan avoided a low sweep by the Namekian

Ryun landed gracefully on the ground, before quickly shooting back up to his feet, his open palms shooting up in front of him as the Namekian charged at him again

"Focus," Ryun coached himself as he held up his left arm across his body, his forearm blocking a jab from teh namekian

"Concentrate on how he moves and his pattern while staying solely on defense."

Ryun ducked down slightly, the namekian's sweeping side chop rushing by his head, the wind blowing through Ryun's hair

The Saiyan immediately shot back upright, his left leg lifting up quickly to avoid the low kick aimed for his ankle

Ryun stepped back, both palms held up in front of him, waiting for whatever came next

"Don't attack unless I am sure of an opening."

The Namekian rushed forward again, his palm held up behind him

"He's gonna go for a knife jab. Based on its trajectory, he's going to aim for my chest!"

Ryun dug his left foot into the ground behind him, as if readying himself as Namaikina surged forward

And then, in a instant, Ryun suddenly held up his left palm, twisting and rotating on his left foot as he guided the knife jab away to his right, the Namekian's side being left open as Ryun was on the outside of his guard

"Now's my chance!!"

Ryun's right foot landed behind him, and Ryun's left hand left the Namekian's wrist as he spun around again on his right heel, his tail suddenly unraveling from his waist

The tail shot forward behind Ryun, raveling itself around the Namekian's shoulder, and with the help of the momentum that the Saiyan had built up by spinning around, heaved the Namekian around in a arc and smashed him into the ground in front of Ryun, the ground crumbling and exploding as chunks of earth flew out

Ryun had thrown the Namekian so hard in the ground that the green alien bounced right off the ground

"This ends here," Ryun said, having already brought his elbow above his head

Suddenly, the Saiyan shot forward and brought his elbow downward, smashing it into the Namekian's stomach

"GWAGH!!" Namaikina yelled in pain, spittle flying out of his mouth as the green alien was abruptly sent flying back downward, smashing once again into the ground

Piccolo's face was stern, his arms crossed in front of him as the namekian looked down at the battle

"Wow, such technique, such strategy! And a Saiyan using their tail as a tool in a fight is something I haven't ever seen before!" Dende exclaimed from next to Piccolo

"Yeah," Piccolo agreed, "I haven't seen Goku able to use his tail like that. Or at least when he still had one. But the kid is still green, I saw way too many openings. Not to mention that Namaikina kept leaving himself open whenever he charged forward for an attack. His aggressive style is strong, but whoever this guy is, they managed to turn it against him. However, that last strike won't be enough to finish off Namaikina."

"I wouldn't say that just yet, Piccolo. Look," Dende said, gesturing to the two

Piccolo raised an eyebrow, watching the two combatants

Ryun had collapsed down onto his bottom, panting heavily

However, Namaikina was still laying down on the ground, not even moving in the slightest

It was then that Piccolo noticed

Dende then asked his much older-looking counterpart, "Did you notice it too?"

"Yeah. Namaikina's energy was much higher before the Saiyan hit him. But now his energy signature had weakened, even by almost two-thirds," Piccolo examined, "It's almost as if that strike took the energy out of Namaikina."

"Hmm," Dende wondered, putting a finger to his chin in thought when he suddenly asked, "Why do I keep getting a sense of Deja Vu? As if I've seen this technique before?"

"Yeah, Dende isn't wrong. Based on the results from that one strike, it feels almost as if….."

"Spirit Fission," Piccolo suddenly said, "That very moment. It was like Vegeta's Forced Spirit Fission technique, the one that he used on Moro. But that's a technique that he learned from the Yardrats! Does that mean this kid was trained by them too?"

Dende blinked in surprise at having heard Piccolo's suggestion, and then answered, "If he did use Forced Spirit Fission, then there is no other explanation other than that he had some training from the Yardrats."

"So, not only is this kid skilled, but he's got some training from Yardrats too. How much training he has is something we don't know yet, but that makes him an even stronger fighter, and a very dangerous foe. A Saiyan with a Yardrats training is nothing to play around with. It's no wonder why Namaikina lost."

"Hey, Piccolo," Dende asked, interrupting Piccolo's train of thought as the Namekian replied, "What is it?"

"Do you think he's good? As in not evil?"

Piccolo took in a deep breath, before replying, "Let's just hope he is. I don't exactly want to fight a kid right now."

Ryun panted, hit tail reaching up from behind him and wiping his forehead, cleaning the sweat from his face

"Ugh, Forced Spirit Fission isn't very easy to use. The amount of energy I can drain from him depends on how much damage I can do, hence why I aimed specifically at his solar plexus. So not only did I hit one of his vital points with a powerful blow, but I also hit a good chunk of his energy straight out of him. But man, if I hadn't seen that opening, I wasn't sure how long I could keep up on the defense."

"H-hey," a voice said, and Ryun looked up from where he had sat down in a heap, seeing that the Namekian had gotten up to one knee, "W-what was your name again?"

Ryun's eyes widened. Had he miscalculated? If anything, this Namekian shouldn't have been able to have gotten back up that fast after that strike. Damn, this guy wasn't a joke

Ryun just may end up having to use the Drive Technique's

"It's, uh, it's Ryun," The young man responded, and the young Namekian smiled, nodding as he said, "The name's Namaikina. I wanna thank you for sparring with me."

Ryun's eye twitches in annoyance. If anything, he felt like screaming, "SPARRING!? YOU CALL THAT A SPARRING MATCH!!?"

"Uh, well, uh, you're welcome?" Ryun said awkwardly

The Namekian chuckled, before suddenly falling back from his kneeling stance, sitting down and leaned back, suddenly laughing in a cheery tone, as if he didn't just take a hit to a vital point, "Man, this has been one of the most fun matches I've ever had!! None of my training with Piccolo and Dende have been like this!"

"Piccolo? Dende? Who're those guys?" Ryun asked. However, it wasn't long before he felt a shadow come over him

"Eheeeee……"

The young Saiyan felt a cold chill go down his spine, and he turned around only to see a giant green Namekian

Their arms were crossed, and despite their old wrinkly skin, Ryun could definitely see a bunch of muscles on him

Even more, he could sense the energy that this Namekian gave, how suffocating his energy signature was

"..."

"Hello."

"WAAAAHHHH!!!!"

"Ohhhhhhh, SOOOO GOOOOD!!!" Ryun cried in ecstasy, shoving another chunk of the fried chicken in his mouth, before quickly switching to a bowl of rice, shoveling it down his mouth with a pair of chopsticks, and then going back to a piece of grilled steak

"Huh, looks like Piccolo is good for one thing," Namaikina said, altough he was doing a terrible attempt to hide his expression of joy

Dende simply chuckled, having a cup of water in front of him as he said, "Hey, Piccolo, seems that someone else likes your food."

"Hey, I'm grilling! Don't interupt the Grill Master," Piccolo said, a pair of tongs in his hand as he flipped over steal, burger patties, and hotdogs on a flaming hot grill

Dende simply smiled, when Ryun suddenly asked, "Hey, uh, mister Dende?"

"Just call me Dende," the Namekian replied, and Ryun nodded as he said, "Why aren't you eating? I mean, are ya not hungry or something?"

"Oh, well, we Namekians don't need to eat because we are able to live off of water," Dende said

Namaikina looked up from his plate of burger patties and hotdogs and pointed out, "We can LIVE on only water. But that doesn't mean we can't enjoy food too."

Dende chuckled, smiling at the two as he said, "Yeah, that too."

Ryun smiled, patting his stomach as he said, "Man, I've never had food like this before, it's pretty good. But not as good as what I loved to eat back at home?"

"Really!?" Piccolo said, looking at Ryun from behind the grill as he asked in a slightly challenging tone, "And exactly what is it that could surpass the Grill Masters skill?"

"Oh, baked sweet potatoes with cinnamon and brown sugar!"

Dende and Namaikina looked at Ryun as if he had just grown a second head

And Piccolo?

The Namekian blinked. Before simply closing the lid to the grill and turning to walk away, his expression was like that of a bison with an upset stomach as he left, saying, "I'll be back later."

Ryun shrugged, but when he saw Dende and Namaikina staring at him, Ryun blinked at them as he said while waving his arms at them, "Why are you guys looking at me like that?"

However, before either of them could say anything, the sound of Piccolo furiously screaming in rage

All three of them turned their heads, looking in the direction of Piccolo's inaudible screaming, before Dende simply shrugged and said while waving his hand dismissively, "He'll be alright."

Ryun simply sighed in pleasure as he took another bite into his food

It really was good, he wasn't going to lie about that, but it was just that he just couldn't help but love the food he grew up on even more. Old habits die hard.

"Hey, uh, Ryun, right?" Namaikina asked, "Where did you learn to fight? I mean, you surely didn't seem like any novice back there."

Ryun titled his head at Namaikina, curiosity in his face as both Dende and Namaikina looked at Ryun expectantly, who responded, "Why, I was trained back on my home. Yardrat, if you really wanna know. Any reason why you ask?"

Namaikina raised an eyebrow, as if confused as he asked, "What the hell is a Yardrat?"

"Yardrats are a race of creatures who aren't exactly known to be physically strong," Dende began to say when Namaikina suddenly commented, "Oh great, now he's in a teacher moment now."

Dende's knuckle shot forward, hitting Namaikina's head with a quick punch

"OWW!" Namaikina yelped as he cluctched the area right above his eye, before recoiling towards Dende and shouting in pain and anger, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT FOR!!?"

"Namaikina, you have to learn when to hold your tongue. Can this be one of those times?" Dende asked, a vein bulging visibly from his forehead

With a frustrated grunt, Namaikina crossed his arms and looked away, and Ryun couldn't help but think

"This guy is kind of like a little kid with a temper tantrum."

Dende took in a pleased sigh, and continued, "Now, where was I? Oh, right. Yardrats are a race of creatures that are physically weak. However, that trait doesn't make them completely defenseless as they possess a number of very complex and interesting techniques, such as Manipulation of the Spirit, and on some occasions, Time."

Namaikina's expression turned from frustrated and annoyed to curiosity as he turned his head slightly, listening to Dende's explanation

"If I were to theorize, the Yardrats are a dangerous foe because unlike most fighters, they must rely on cunning, strategy, and are far more versatile in terms of battle techniques than the average fighters, and they are very reluctant to share their knowledge with just any random person," Dende said, and then turned to Ryun as he said, "However, I can only imagine what a Saiyan would be like if they had gained the full knowledge of a Yardrats manipulation of the s-... you weren't even listening to me, were you?"

"Uhm?" Ryun asked in a muffled voice as he looked up from the comically large chicken leg that he held in his hand, "Uwuh, swat wrat?"

"Swallow your food first," Dende said in an annoyed tone, only for both him and Namaikina to be taken off guard as Ryun swallowed all the food in his mouth in one gulp, before asking, "Alright, say what now?"

"I didn't mean that you couldn't chew," Dende said to himself as he sighed, before saying, "Now, Ryun, how long were trained by the Yardrats?

Ryun looked at a piece of grilled steak, holding it up in front of him with a fork as he scratched the back of his head in wonder, pondering it when he answered, Hmmm, well, from what I can remember, about 16 years.

16 years…..not a bad number, Dende said, when Namaikina suddenly gave Ryun a sideye and asked, And how old are you exactly?

16! Ryun said with a childish smile, before shoving the entire grilled steak into his mouth in one go

THATS YOUR ENTIRE LIFE!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY THAT!!?? Namaikina shouted at Ryun in a annoyed tone

Ryun held onto his scarf in order to keep it from flying away from Namaikinas screaming as he replied while holding a finger up to his lips, Shhh. No screaming or youll spit on the food.

Namaikina simply growled in frustration as he crossed his arms, looking away as he said silently to himself, Tch, why do I even bother.

As Ryun chewed happily on his food, Piccolo, despite being a rather fair amount of distance from them, had heard every single word of the conversation loud and clear.

"So, he's been trained by Yardrats his entire life. But if anything, that kind of training might hinder his mindset. From what I can gauge, a Yardrat cant rely on fighting with strength seeing as they're physically a lot weaker than other species. That kind of mindset had most likely rubbed off on Ryun," Piccolo pondered to himself as the old namekian put a hand to his chin, and rubbed it in between both fingers in thought. It had been a unbreakable habit that he had formed over the decades

"During his fight with Namaikina, that Saiyan was on the defensive most of the time. However, had he used more aggression, it's most likely that the fight could've ended sooner. Unless, of course, he really is a lot physically weaker than the average Saiyan. If anything, Ill have to test it out myself."

Meanwhile, back at the merry group, Ryun and Namaikina had just entered ANOTHER heated discussion

"So, if you're a Namekian, then why is your name quite literally the name of your race?" Ryun asked as he chewed on a mouthful of rice

Namaikina growled, a vein buldging from his forehead as he said, "Namaikina and Namekian are two different words. Stupid monkey."

"But their still pretty similar," Ryun replied, prompting the bulging vein in Namaikina's head to grow even bigger, the Namekian about to blow his top as steam shot out from both of his ears, "ALRIGHT, CAN'T YOU AT ALL SHUT UP!!!?"

Ryun held his hands up defensively, trying to appease Namaikina as he said, "Alright, alright, no need to throw another tantrum."

"TANTRUM!!? WHY I'VE OUGHTA BEAT YOU INTO A PULP!!"

Dende gave a nervous chuckle as a drop of sweat slid down his head, and he said in a nervous tone, "Hey, uh, can you two maybe calm down?"

"Hey, Pickle Rick, can you put my steak down?"

"YEAH!! HERE!!"

"OWW!! OI!!! WHY'D YOU HIT ME WITH IT!?"

Dende sighed as the sound of shouts and blows landing sounded out, and simply gave a dismissive wave as he said, "They'll work it out."

"HEY!!" a voice snapped, and Ryun and Namaikina looked up from their tangled up position

The two immediately scrambled to stand up to their feet, and Piccolo simply sighed as he rubbed his forehead in annoyance

Once the two had finally gotten to their feet, Namaikina simply said, "Ahem, sorry about that. What'd you need?"

"Well, for one, I'd need you two lovebirds to quit fooling around," Piccolo said, and before Namaikina could open his mouth to protest, Piccolo cut him off as he asked, "Am. I. Clear?"

Namaikina huffed, crossing his arms as he simply said, "Yeah, whatever."

Piccolo turned to Ryun, and continued, "Secondly, I'm gonna have to test you out, Ryun. I'd like to see exactly what you're capable of."

"EH!!?" Ryun, Dende, and Namaikina all said at the same time, as Ryun sputtered, "A-are you sure?"

"Yup," Piccolo said, when he suddenly rolled his head from side to side, popping out the kinks as he said, "I want you to give me everything you have, and don't hold back at all."

"Uh, o-okay," Ryun said unsurely as he lowered his body slightly, his stance widening so as to become more balanced as he held his left hand up in front of him, his right arm curled up at his side

Piccolo chuckled, before grabbing his white cape and hat, and pulling them off as he tossed them aside, and said, "Alright then, let's get this started."

However, at the very moment that the white cape and hat hit the ground, the very ground exploded and bursted in a geyser of force and wind, and immediately Ryun's jaw dropped

"Hehe, he's screwed," Namaikina chuckled with a grin