Vukk: Yeah you're right, I really should've edited that chapter before I uploaded it. But I went back and fixed the errors you mentioned, along with a few others. I'll make sure not to make that mistake again.
Guest: I went back to the chapter and fixed those mistakes, so the chapter should be okay now.
ULTIMATE PETER: Yeah, I deleted it because it had a lot of errors and issues, but I reuploaded it once those mistakes were fixed. Still though, I'm glad to see that you've been keeping up with this story.
Zealot07: Well if nothing else, I appreciate your honesty.
Guest: Huh, you know I never really thought of it like that, but it does make sense.
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The skies were calm over the skies of West City, but a great and very unexpected change was about to take place.
Kai stood outside of the Capsule Corp building, clad in a red t-shirt and a pair of jeans, with a backpack draped over his shoulder, and he shot an annoyed glare back at Yamcha "Remind me again why the fuck I agreed to do this."
"Don't act like it's some form of torture, going to school is not that bad." Yamcha told him "You said before that you needed something to do while you were waiting for the next season of Rick and Morty didn't you?"
"Yeah but I never said anything about going to public school, especially in the city named after that son of a mother fucker."
"Think what you want about him, but… look, we both know your mom wanted you to have some kind of semblance of a normal life, so please… just work with me on this, okay?"
"...Fine, I don't like it but I get it."
"Good. You're definitely a lot calmer than you used to be, that's for sure."
"Learning about the Spirit Ken did leave me more at ease I guess. Fine, if you and Bulma are that desperate to get some time alone then I'll go along with this for now. See you in about 8 hours." and so he blasted off into the skies.
"Not the response I was hoping for, but it's good enough for me. Hey Bulma he's gone, grab the scented candles!"
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Meanwhile, with Kai…
By this point, Kai was flying through the skies of the world, his mind drifting 'You know looking back, maybe Yamcha was right when he said that I had calmed down a lot. I mean it's been about three years since the fight with Cell, since I learned how to use the Spirit Ken… three years since I saw my mom again. Then a year later I used the Spirit Ken on that space pirate Bojack, and now fast forward two years and here I am, 13 years old and going to middle school. Son of a bitch, what the hell have I gotten myself into? Well here it is, the edge of the city. At least I've got enough time to grab a slushie or something before it starts.' he dropped down to the ground on the edge of the city, and in front of him was a sign with a certain picture on it that infuriated him to no end 'Satan City, home of the great messiah. Yeah, that day will only come when pigs start shooting out of my ass. Why the hell people just believe that Mr Satan of all people was the one to kill Cell is beyond me, but they gave him millions of Zeni and even named a fucking city after him! I liked it a lot better when it was called Orange Star City, I think that was because some rich old guy found a Dragon Ball here at some point. Well anyway the question remains, where can I get a slushie around here?' and so he started bolting down the streets of Satan City at full speed, drawing the attention of some onlookers "Oh piss off, don't you have some Lord and Savior to praise or some mindless bullshit like that?" he continued bolting through the streets until he stopped when he noticed something, that being a heavy shootout between some cops and a back of criminals in front of a bank nearby 'Oh yeah, criminals with rifles, if that's original then I'm Mary Poppins. Three times during three trips to this town, I guess it's gonna be a regular thing then. Well since I've got some time to kill, maybe still get a slushie, but before that I think it's time to put the Superman theory to the test.' so on that note, he promptly slapped on a pair of shades and blitzed around a corner.
The robbers were still shooting up a storm like a couple of madmen, forcing the cops to cower behind a nearby car "How the fuck do you like them apples you little bastards?!"
"That depends, how do you like getting my foot lodged up your ass?" Kai promptly knocked out that thug with a single kick, then followed up by knocking out the second one with a single punch.
"You just made one hell of a bit mistake you little fucker!" the third one tried to shoot at him like a maniac.
Kai just let the bullets hit him and fall to the ground harmlessly "So you wanna rethink that one-liner before or after you come out of the coma?" he promptly knocked the guy out with a single kick to the face "After the coma it is then."
"Who the fuck is this freak?! The hell with this, we've gotta get out of here!" the last two guys in the getaway car tried to run away in a desperate panic.
"And then there were two." Kai stuck out his fist and sent out a simple shockwave that turned the getaway car over in an instant.
"That was incredible!" the various witnesses, among them being an old man that owned the bank in question, looked on in awe at the display of Kai's power, only to be jaw dropped when they saw that he had disappeared.
As for Kai himself, he poked his head out from behind a corner and rolled his eyes as he slipped off his shades "So much for testing the Superman Theory."
"What the heck is this?" this was when another person showed up on the scene, this one being a young teenage girl with a white t-shirt, black shorts and black hair in a set of twintails "Who the heck took out those criminals? I know it wasn't those two police officers."
"Didn't see it, don't care. It's over and done with, that's the important thing. Speaking of important things, you know where a guy can grab a slushie around here?"
"Oh yeah sure, there's a place about a block that way."
"Good enough for me, thanks." and so he took off while her back was turned.
"And to think, I had to come all this way for nothing. Looks like there's someone out there trying to steal my thunder."
"Oh hey, Miss Videl, over here!" the old man got her attention "I saw the whole thing with my own eyes, it was that Crimson Warrior who did it plain as day!"
"You've gotta be kidding me, the Crimson Warrior again?"
"Yeah and you should've seen the fella, he moved like the dickens. First he gave a bunch of them the whatfor, then he flipped their truck and then he flipped their truck when a few of them tried to make a break for it, and he didn't even touch it. He just stuck out his fist like that, and then up it went! I know it might sound crazy too, but I think he might actually be one of your classmates over at Orange Star Junior High. He's got a school badge on him, the same as the one you've got there."
"Wait a second, you mean the Crimson Warrior goes to my school? Well whoever he is, he's proving himself to be one hell of a showoff. I'll tell you one thing, I'm gonna get to the bottom of this whatever it might take."
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About an hour passed, and the schoolday at Orange Star Junior High was about to get underway.
Having already arrived in advance, Videl turned to one of her friends, a guy with long blonde hair in a purple wifebeater shirt "Hey Sharpner, should I expect you to drop some kind of bombshell that you're this Crimson Warrior or something? If you are then I say go ahead and fess up already."
"Hate to break it to you, but I'm not your guy." Sharpner told her flatly "Besides, I usually prefer to spend my mornings in the gym working out. I don't have time to go around playing My Hero Academia all over the city."
"Yeah that figures, I shouldn't be surprised by that coming from you."
"Wait Videl, hold on a second." this was when her other friend, Erasa, thought of something "Do you think there's any chance that this guy might actually stronger than your dad?"
"Oh come on Erasa be realistic, my dad saved the planet from Cell years ago. Keep in mind that if there was anyone around stronger than him, I think we would've found out about it a long time ago."
"Ahem." this was when the teacher got their attention, shutting everyone up "Good morning students, we have a new transfer student joining us today and this is his very first day here at Orange Star Junior High. Don't be shy son."
"Trust me, I'm anything but shy." so Kai made his way into the classroom and shot them a very dry look "Okay I'm gonna make this blunt, it's either spending time among people my own age or staring at a computer screen waiting for the next season of Rick and Morty to drop. You guys better make this worth my while."
Erasa almost immediately wound up with hearts in her eyes "Oh wow, this new guy is pretty cute from here. I hope he's got a thing for blondes."
"I regret this already."
"Yes well, putting that aside, this here is Kai Sapien." the teacher went on "Incidentally, the boy here actually did very well on his admissions tests, as in he aced the math, chemistry, physics, history, literature and foreign language sections, so everything basically." he was met with an uproar from multiple students "That's quite enough out of all of you, and as I was saying I hope that he will inspire some of you to try harder for a chance. Now go ahead and take a seat son, anywhere you like."
"Duly noted." Kai glanced around at the various empty seats in the classroom "Now then, which of them are least likely to give me a migraine?"
"Yoo hoo!" this was when Erasa called out to him "Hey new guy check it out, we've got a seat over here with your name on it."
"...For the lack of better options, I might as well." so Kai made his way over and promptly sat down next to Erasa, on the end of the row, only to receive a look from her that involved her batting her eyelashes "What?"
"So you're the new guy right? I'm Erasa, and the sourpuss that's giving you the evil eye right now is called Videl."
"Uh huh, really interesting."
"You know Videl here is actually kind of a celebrity, you see her dad is a big deal. Would you believe me if I told you she was the daughter of Mr Satan?"
"Not even if you paid me all the Zeni on this entire fucking planet."
"I know, it's totally awesome isn't it?"
"Like I said, not even if you paid me."
"Oh come on now Kai, don't be such a sourpuss like Videl. I'm totally telling you the truth about this. Face the reality, if it weren't even for her old man then none of us would even be alive right now. That man is a hero through and through."
"Whatever you need to tell yourself blondie."
"So you were that guy!" Videl suddenly pointed at him like the Evil Monkey.
"You wanna elaborate why you're pointing at me like the Evil Monkey?"
"You were the guy that I saw outside the bank when they caught those robbers this morning weren't you?"
"Oh wow, that does spike things up a little bit." Erasa shot him a grin "So does that mean you saw the Crimson Warrior this morning?"
"The Crimson whatnow?"
"Oh yeah so you haven't heard of him, well you're new around here so I guess you wouldn't know about him. You see, the Crimson Warrior is some new crime fighter that's shown up like three times now over the past ten days or so to put a few thugs in their place. He's as strong as a rhino, and the one thing that makes everyone know it's him is that he's always wearing a red shirt and a pair of shades, so that's where he gets the nickname."
'They must be talking about me, the other two times were only when I came into the city to register for this school. So instead of proving or disproving the Superman Theorem, I somehow end up becoming a superpowered version of Batman.'
"Hey Kai, tell me something." Videl shot a sharp glare in his direction "I talked to one of the witnesses that saw what happened at the bank this morning, and according to what I heard from him, the Crimson Warrior happened to be wearing one of the badges from this school, along with a red shirt and pair of dark blue jeans, and you happen to be wearing the exact same outfit from the description he gave me."
"So what, I'm not allowed to wear the color red? I like red, and if you've got a problem with that then take it up with someone who gives a shit. As far as you're concerned it's just a coincidence, nothing more than that."
"Oh is that right?"
"Of course it is, be real for a minute." Sharpner let out a scoff "It's gotta be just a coincidence, I mean what the hell is the new guy gonna do, hit the criminals with his glasses? You heard what the teacher said, the new guy is a bookworm, not some fearless hero type."
"Oh yeah, thanks for the backup Sharpner."
"I'm just calling it like it is, he's not the fighting type, plain and simple."
"Fine, we'll just have to agree to disagree. He acts like he doesn't give a shit, so the jury is still out on whether or not he's the Crimson Warrior. How could he do those things anyway? I mean I do remember seeing those guys on dad's old videos of the day he fought against Cell, and they were able to do stuff like that, but he said that they were just a bunch of lightshows and tricks and the like. Then there's those Golden Warrior types who could turn their hair color from dark to blonde all at once. Dad just said that was some kind of trick though, and that one makes sense, but as for the other stuff… I'd better keep an eye on him for the time being.'
'Aw that's cute, she thinks she's catching onto me.'
This was when Erasa started trying to get him to warm up "So Kai why don't you tell us more about yourself, are you staying in town for school or are you gonna go back and forth for it every day?"
"Commuting in every morning, better than what I would have to wake up to in this city, and if you don't know what that is then that's your problem."
"Okay then, so out of curiosity how far out do you live anyway?"
"I live in West City, it's only about 12 miles so it's not like it's ridiculously out of my way. I know a guy who lives in Section 439 East, and I see him almost every day."
"Wait are you serious? That place is like 600 miles away, how the hell could you see him every day?"
"The test scores aren't just for show, frankly as far as brains go I give the Briefs one hell of a run for their money. Or in terms that I'm more accustomed to, they can suck it."
"But seriously though, even if you took a jet flier that's like 5 hours away."
"Not when you've got access to the good stuff. For fuck's sake, in a situation like this there's no way Gohan would last five seconds.'
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A few hours passed, and things had progressed to the point where they had finally reached the only subject that Kai would be particularly interested in: gym class.
"Alright you guys, listen up!" the coach called out to them "Since it was such a big hit with you guys yesterday we're gonna play some more baseball, let's see some more hussle today, you got me?"
"So brains, you a baseball genius too?" note the mocking in Sharpener's tone.
Kai gave a shrug and suppressed the urge to flip him off "Well I know for a fact that my uncle used to play baseball, but I myself have never played before, so I guess we'll find out."
"You're kidding right? Of course you haven't, if they don't teach it in a book then you don't know the first thing about it. Have fun getting the new kid up to speed Videl, he's all yours for this one."
"You honor me by sticking me with the daughter of the messiah." Kai's tone was practically drowning in sarcasm.
"Yep, I'm definitely making the right call."
"But I don't want the new guy." Videl protested.
"Come on Videl, just think this through." Erasa told her "It doesn't matter if he hasn't played the game before, if he's as smart as we think he is then he'll probably be able to come up with some really good strategies for us."
"...Alright fine, if you're so serious about this. Hey new guy, I'm gonna put you on the right field for this one. You do know which way is right don't you?"
"Do I look like I'm fucking blind to you?" Kai rolled his eyes "I might need glasses but I can see just fine, just like I see that stick you've got up your ass."
"...I signed on for a lot of things, but this is not one of them."
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About 10 minutes passed, and the game started, though it was proving to be pretty uneventful for the most part.
Kai studied the current situation 'Okay, now let's see the best course of action here. Yamcha was nagging me pretty heavily about not showing too much of my power or else risk causing some kind of huge uproar, saying that if people find out the truth about me then it would fuck up any chance I have of fitting in here. But then again, I didn't want to be here in the first place, so just doing what I do and make myself seem like a total badass seems like a reasonable solution for the current situation.'
"Alright new guy, I'm about to let you have it." Sharpner stepped up to the plate and readied his stance.
Videl was ready to pitch "Swing and a miss coming up." she chucked the ball as hard as she could, causing her hat to fall off in the process.
"Fly you little shit, fly!" Sharpner rammed the bat into the ball as hard as he could, almost sure to bring in a home run.
However, this was when Kai basically settled on a "fuck it" sort of mindset, and leapt about 30 feet into the air to catch the ball, causing the jaws of everyone present to hit the ground "Okay so I caught it, that means the Hannah Montana reject is out." he received a low squeal from the reject in question 'Looks like the runner on third base isn't actually touching the base, so that means if I throw the ball toe the baseman on third then he'll be out. Hey third, if you don't want your head to get ripped off by this then hold up the glove like your life depends on it, because with me it probably does!" and so he promptly hurled the ball downwards at ridiculous levels of speed.
The guy was able to catch the ball, though he fell back flat on his ass "W-Woah… Uh, okay so I guess that makes it an out then."
On that note, Kai touched the ground with a triumphant roll in mid air "Alright guys that's three outs so get moving already, let's go ahead and switch sides and bat already." that was when he noticed how they were all gawking at him "Don't you have anything better to do than gawk at me like that? Oh wait, we're in middle school so probably not. Note to self, all out will probably end with these guys getting committed somehow. Huh, so that's what Yamcha was talking about before. Oh well, that makes it more fun for me.'
The coach was the first one to find his voice "What are you looking hangdog for son? That was an amazing jump, you must have cleared 20 feet at least."
"I counted 30 feet actually, and as for how I pulled it off, three things you need to push yourself to the maximum: Push ups, sit ups, and plenty of juice."
"Well it was still amazing either way." then he turned to the others "Alright, which one of you is up to bat?"
"Come on assholes, let's keep it moving."
"Actually dude, I'm pretty sure it's your turn to go up there now." one of the guys told him "You are number 8 aren't you?"
"...Oh I'm gonna have a fucking field way with this one." Kai grabbed a bat and made his way up.
Videl was still giving him the Evil Eye 'So here's the question, is his batting as good as his jump and catch? Well I guess we're about to find out aren't we?'
"Alright, who's pitching?" Kai got into a batting stance.
"Of course, I should've guessed you'd be a left-handed hitter." the coach noted.
"That gonna be a problem?"
"No no, if that's what makes you comfortable then I say go right ahead."
"Good, that was what I planned to do."
"But you're holding the thing backwards."
"I know what I'm doing, so just stand back and let the master do his thing. Alright, who's the sucker that's pitching against me?"
"How about me for that sucker." Sharpner stepped up to the plate looking as smug as ever as he prepared a pitch 'You've got some nerve stealing my homerun you little shit, I say it's about time someone taught you to show respect to those who deserve it.'
'The blonde bastard is probably gonna try and do something to humiliate me for stealing his thunder, yeah like that's gonna work. I don't wanna kill the guy, maim him is sort of stretching it, but not killing him. Not yet anyway."
"Here it comes hotshot, if you value your life then you'd better hit the deck!" so Sharpner threw his pitch forward at full speed.
"Am I supposed to be impressed? FORE!" with lots of dramatic flare, Kai swung the bat and struck the ball hard enough to send it flying out of view, most likely never to be seen again "You see, that's how you do dramatic flare right. Take notes Hannah Montana. So yeah that's a home run in all its glory, someone let me know if it makes a full lap." he just casually walked towards first base while the other guys snapped out of their stupors and ran all the way around 'Well that worked out pretty well I guess, at least nobody is running away from me and screaming like a pack of banshees.'
"I'm starting to think to think he's more than just a typical smartass." Sharpener muttered.
Videl was becoming increasingly more suspicious of Kai "What the hell is this guy's deal, who does he think he is?"
Erasa, on the other hand, had cheeks turning increasingly red 'That was so cool.'
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Sunset was only about 2 hours away by the time school had ended for the day.
Kai was nonchalantly making his way through the halls of the school, his bag slung over his shoulder to complete is "I don't give a shit" demeanor 'Well that could've gone a lot worse, at least people aren't chewing me out for the baseball stuff. Truth be told, by this point I wouldn't be surprised if everyone thinks it's just a bunch of light shows and tricks like Afro the Ass Clown has been telling them for the past few years now.'
"Hey new guy."
Kai glanced over to see Sharpner coming up to him still looking as cocky as ever "What do you want?"
"Tell me something, have you joined any clubs yet or what?"
"I have no interest in any of that crap."
"Well if you haven't picked one yet then how about you take up the boxing club, I think you'd do pretty well for yourself. After all, we all know that you can hit hard enough."
"Clearly you don't have any sort of listening or comprehension skills, I just told you I'm not interested in any of that."
"Keep in mind Sharpner, I'm sure he's got enough on his plate as it is without you trying to recruit him to stuff." this was when Videl came up to them "If he doesn't want to then he doesn't want to."
"To summarize what she said without using too many words for you to understand, I'm not interested so piss off."
"...Fine whatever, your loss I guess." and so he promptly walked off, scowling to himself as he did so.
"Well at least one of you is smart enough to know when someone wants to be left the fuck alone, so thanks for that I guess." Kai started walking away himself, only to be grabbed by the arm by Videl "And now I take back what I said about you being smart enough."
"I just want to-"
"No. And because you don't seem like someone who would take no for an answer the first time, let me reiterate. No, no and fuck no." and so he walked away, leaving Videl fuming.
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About 20 minutes later, outside the school…
So after being blown off by Kai so easily, Videl took to the next best thing: following him. The only thing is, she wasn't particularly impressed by the sight of him just walking home 'Okay, so what the hell is with this guy? He says that he lives in an entirely different city, now he's acting like he's just gonna walk home.'
Kai rounded a corner, but stopped almost immediately after, leaving Videl to crash into his back face first, causing her to recoil in pain as a result "You know I've got better things to do with my time, I would think you'd have better things to do than stalk the new guy."
"Son of a-" Videl clutched her nose in pain, revealing that it was not sporting a gigantic bruise square in the middle, and she let out a sigh of frustration "I just wanted to ask you a few questions."
"So badly that you resorted to stalking me like a rabid fangirl? Well you're committed if nothing else. Alright fine I'll play along for a minute, so what do you want?"
"First things first Kai, it didn't take me very long to piece all of it together, and it does make some sense as far as I'm concerned. The Crimson Warrior happened to be wearing the exact same outfit as you were today, and he looks exactly like a certain someone that was at the Cell Games a few years ago, at least from what I've seen, a kid in a red gi that looks a lot like you. He was with some of those other guys that had the ability to turn their hair from black to blonde and back again. You're connected to them aren't you?"
"...Well shit, looks like my initial impression of you was a hell of a lot more spot on than even I was expecting. You're as perceptive as you are nosy, and it's only been a day but I know enough about you to know you're nosy as fuck."
"I'm gonna choose to ignore that. So what you're saying is that you know those people, including the boy who fought against Cell that day?"
"Pretty much yeah."
"I see. So what happened to those friends of yours exactly? Nobody could find any information on most of them besides the students of the Turtle School and the Crane School, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan and Krillin."
"There's not a lot to tel. Everyone went their separate ways. Tien took his best friend and fellow Crane School student Chiaotzu to train in solitude in the mountains, Krillin gave up fighting and I still see Yamcha a lot. It only makes sense, considering he's my uncle."
"Hold on, what?! When the hell were you gonna mention any of this?!"
"When it became your business, as in it's not right now."
"...Fine, then one of you at least explain how you guys are so familiar with the likes of them."
"What the fuck did I just finish explaining? It's not your business."
"Son of a- Alright fine, just answer me one last question. That Crimson Warrior, I already mentioned how he looks like the guy from the Cell Games, but he also looks like the guy from that Intergalactic Martial Arts Tournament that went to hell 2 years ago. You want to explain that one?"
"That was me."
"Uh huh, I figured as much. Now explain to me why the hell you and your friends use all of those cheap tricks instead of fighting with honor, using your little stunts in gym class today as a prime example."
"...You know I change my impression of you. Not only are you both perceptive and nosy, you're narrow minded as fuck."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Exactly what it sounds like, your current mindset is the reason why you're not gonna get anywhere in life."
"Where the hell do you get off saying that?!"
"I say it because it's true. You can't get anywhere in life unless you're willing to be open minded to change and explore possibilities. And speaking of which, now it's my turn to ask you something. Your dad, the supposed savior of the planet from the clutches of Cell, the pinnacle of martial arts mastery right?"
"Well yeah of course, how could anyone hope to match him? Sure I still train and try to better myself, but I know I could never match him."
"And that right there is more than enough reason for me to be disgusted by you. Any true martial artists deserving of that title knows that, aside from the fact our abilities being called tricks is absolute bullshit, is that you always aim to better yourself, no matter what obstacles or limitations stand in your way. A very wise and gentle soul once told me that there's a difference between those who aim for the top and those who settle. Anyone who would settle doesn't deserve to think of themselves as a true martial artist."
"So what then, you don't think my dad is a true martial artist?"
"You said it, not me. Like I said though, your current mindset isn't gonna get you anywhere in life, and it's why you're better of knowing nothing else about me or the people I'm associated with." and with that, Kai promptly blitzed out of view, leaving Videl alone on the sidewalk with a lot to think about, and a lot of rage to go with it.
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About an hour passed.
As the sun was setting over the skies above him, Kai had now made his way back to West City and was now sitting in a certain sandwich shop that became relevant last chapter, reflecting on the day's events 'Well it was a pain, but I guess it wasn't as much of waste of time as I was expecting it to be, not as much I mean. Yamcha was probably right when he said that my mom would want me to have some semblance of a normal life, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna go out of my way to keep what I know about and what I can do a secret. I don't care what those people think of me, if they think I'm a freak then they're not worth my time. People are always going to fear and hate what they don't understand, but eventually the right people are gonna show up to you sooner or later. I guess that's why I've stuck with Gohan for so long.'
"Here you go kid." this was when Raditz came over and handed him two food baskets "I've got your usual, a #7 with coleslaw and an order of fries."
"Thanks. I still don't understand how in the name of fuck this actually happened."
"What, you mean me and Kakarot somehow turning into productive and responsible members of society? Yeah, I still find it hard to believe myself."
"Well with you it sort of makes sense as long as you stop and actually think about it."
"Yeah that's true, I mean now 18 and I are married and have a daughter of our own, Ranch."
"And you said yourself back when you first showed up on Earth that Saiyans are pretty much intergalactic businessmen."
"Fair enough, I'm surprised you remember that little detail actually. But anyway, why the need for the comfort food?"
"I was in middle school for one day and it was enough to make me wanna fly into space and suffocate myself. Or them."
"Fair enough. Sounds a lot like my first day in the Frieza Force actually. So anyway, problems with the day then?"
"Aside from the usual smartass jock that every school has, somehow I ended up attracting the attention of a certain girl that turns out to be nosy, perceptive and has no respect for the privacy of others, all in one four foot package. It gets worse that that though, you remember Afro the Ass Clown?"
"You have a dartboard with his face on that, and so do I, thanks again for that wedding gift by the way."
"I had to get you guys something. Anyway get this, that pain in the ass girl just so happens to be his daughter." this promptly caused Raditz to burst out laughing "Yeah yeah go ahead, get it out of your system, but keep in mind that my Spirit Ken is still more than enough to give Super Saiyan one hell of a run for its money. But in all seriousness, Satan's daughter is gonna be a gigantic pain in my ass, I just know it. What the hell am I supposed to do?"
"Have you told her anything?"
"All but told her that I was at the Cell Games and I was the one that killed Bojack during that tournament two years ago."
"Well here's a thought, try training her."
"...You wanna run that the fuck by me again?"
"It only makes sense. Look, she might be related to that jackass but does she take her training seriously?"
"To an extent."
"Does she have potential in your eyes?"
"Probably."
"Then for all we know she probably outshined that jackass that she calls her father already, or maybe she will soon, but either way you get my point."
"You're missing a major snag in that little plan of yours, the fact that I don't have the patience for teaching, and I don't take shit from people so that would make things that much worse for all of it."
"Maybe under normal circumstances but you did teach Gohan how to use Ki, and I think we both know he was quite the whiner back then."
"...I swear to fuck, you'd better be right about this or the next time I see you will end with you getting a hole blasted through your scrotum."
"All the more reason for me to get to Super Saiyan 2 myself."
"Don't think that's gonna be enough."
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About 2 weeks went by, and things seemed to calm down at Orange Star Junior High.
Kai was calmly making his way through the halls, his mind racing 'I swear to god, Sonic the Hedgehog better be right about this or I'm blasting a hole through his gut. I guess he's got a point though, I mean looking back she does have potential as a fighter, above average Ki, and with any luck maybe my little rant got through to her. But that doesn't mean I'm taking any bullshit from her, any of that "light shows and tricks crap" and I have no problems with blowing a hole through her skull.'
Unfortunately for him, that was when Videl stopped him in the hall "Hello Kai, lovely morning isn't it? You adjusting to the new school well?"
"Cut the bullshit Satan, just tell me what you want."
"So blunt and straight to the point, I can respect that. You can drop the act, you know as well as I do that it's over Kai, or should I say Crimson Warrior?"
"Go on."
"I'm not an idiot Gohan, the fact that you and the Crimson Warrior look exactly alike aside from the hair and the physique, not to mention the shades and the outfit. It's like you weren't even trying to hide your identity."
"I wasn't."
"I had my suspicions even though you were obviously trying to throw me off but then I thought of something, what reason would you possibly have to dress up like that in the first place?"
"Do you only hear what you want to hear? You know what that's a problem for another day, to answer your question it was mostly working on a hypothesis, as in whether or not the Superman Method actually works."
"What the hell does that mean?"
"Exactly what it sounds like. Think about it, Superman hides behind a suit and a pair of glasses, so I was trying to determine whether or not that method works in real life. Since you figured it out after about a month or so, I think the answer is: More or less."
"Huh. You know I've never actually thought about that."
"At least it works well enough so people don't think I'm a freak or something."
"I go around fighting crime too you know, so does that make me a freak?"
"No, it makes you the only daughter of a man that about 90% of the people in the world view as some kind of god. So what now, are you gonna rat me out or something for stealing your thunder or whatever bullshit reason?"
"Oh come on, do you really think I'm that petty?"
"Yes."
"...Yeah okay, that one's on me."
"So seriously, are you gonna rat me out?"
"Actually, I think I've got a better idea. I won't tell anyone about that, on the condition you do something for me."
"If you try to make me a man servant or something, I swear to god-"
"Like I said, I'm not that petty. You said before that there's a difference between those who aim for the top and those who settle, and a true martial artist would never settle under any circumstances right?"
"That's what I said yeah."
"And that I wouldn't be able to aim for the top if I stayed so "Narrow minded". Why don't you show me what you mean by that exactly?"
"What do you have in mind?"
"Those things you did in gym class the other day, like jumping so high and hitting the ball so far, and some of these other abilities you're talking about. Show them to me and show me how to do it, and we've got ourselves a deal."
"So basically you want me to show you how to chuck a ball into the stratosphere and how to fly, is that about right?"
"If that's how it goes then sure."
"...Fuck, I'm probably gonna hate myself for this sometime within the next hour. Fine fuck it, you've got a deal Satan."
"Glad to hear we're on the same page. I mean learning how to fly can't be that hard right? Plus it kind of bugs me that you can do something that I can't. You don't have any idea how much I'm looking forward to this."
"Probably about as much as I'm already hating myself for agreeing to this. Look I've got shit to do for now, we'll do this on Saturday."
"Alright, it's your choice I guess. See you when the big day comes bigshot." and so she walked off to class, looking as smug as ever.
"...I swear to fuck, I'm gonna kill Raditz for this."
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Saturday came, but things were already getting interesting by the time it did.
Kai found himself standing on a rooftop in West City, with Krillin and Yamcha standing in front of him looking ready to fight "So explain to me again why you wanted me here, I've got other shit going on today."
"Nothing too big, just testing out a few new techniques the two of us have been working on for awhile now." Krillin shot him a smirk "Keep in mind, you're not the only one who wants to keep up with the Saiyans."
"No I get that, I mean why the fuck are we on a building with Satan's face on it."
"Well we had to fight somewhere, and it's not like we want to draw attention to ourselves when we're doing this."
"Fine whatever, as long as I get to blow his face off the side afterwards. It's not gonna be the same as blowing the face off of the real deal, but for the time being I'm pretty sure it's gonna be as close as I can get to getting any real sense of satisfaction."
"Fair enough I guess, but make sure you don't go all out."
"I wouldn't if you did want me to, you're gonna have to earn that. Keep in mind that we may both be human but I've been pushing myself through every barrier I come across with the intention of surpassing a fucking Super Saiyan. You still wanna do this knowing that I have that sort of technique at my disposal?"
"We both know that all too well." Yamcha shot him a smirk of his own "We know that you've got the power beyond Super Saiyan at your disposal, but we're human too, so why shouldn't we be able to reach that level ourselves? You said it yourself, don't settle for being better when we could be the best."
"Huh. Well it's about fucking time that stuck with someone. Fine by me, if the two of you are so dead set on this then I say come at me."
"Sure thing, but I'll be going first." Krillin stepped up to the plate, his confident smirk never fading 'This reminds me of the days back when we fought in the World Martial Arts Tournament all those years ago. Why don't I start by showing you some of the moves I've been working on lately? Destructo Disk!" he quickly fired forward a Ki saucer from his hand, and then followed up with a rapid barrage of saucers as well.
Kai blitzed forward and around the various Destructo Disks, watching as Krillin raised his hands to his face in a certain position 'So he's trying for a Solar Flare is he? You know that only works on eyesight."
"Yeah I know, it's called a fakeout!" Krillin launched a rapid barrage of Ki blasts at Kai when he was too close to dodge, and with a wave of his hands he had the Destructo Disks swarm back towards him.
Kai was forced on the evasive and destroyed each saucer with a single Ki blast to each one, though not without receiving a shallow cut to his cheek and one of his arms "So you're going with diversionary tactics?"
"And I'm not done yet! KamehameHA!" Yamcha suddenly burst through the smoke and fired forward a full power Super Kamehameha at nearly point blank range, sending Kai skidding across the rooftop.
"So you're trying to throw me off? This isn't a fucking tournament, in this kind of fighting we fight for life and death, case and point: Namek-Ken!" Kai's aura surged and turned a shade of green, allowing him to blow away the Super Kamehameha with ease. He slowly looked around across the rooftop, only to find that both Krillin and Yamcha had vanished from his sight "I can sense you guys trying to hide amongst the rubble you know, and whatever you're planning isn't gonna work on me!" he unleashed another surge of Ki that blew away all of the rubble surrounding him.
Yamcha and Krillin were both quick to land on the ledge of the rooftop "I knew you were going to do that."
"I didn't expect the two of you to hold out for as long as this, but if you wanna keep this one going then I say go for it. I'm game enough to take you both on, so what other tactics have the two of you got going for you?"
"How about you give us a second and we'll find out." Yamcha and Krillin both got into the same stance, and within a few seconds they were both surrounded by faint white glows, their bodies crackling with electricity "So what do you think?"
"You both master the Spirit Ken, I guess I shouldn't be surprised by that. I'm gonna go out on a whim and assume that Triclops did too?"
"Yeah, we did it after your little showdown during that intergalactic tournament. We just wanted to surprise you with it."
"Well you did, and I admit I'm impressed. Anything else I should know about?"
"How about this." Krillin waved his hand, causing to ground underneath Kai's feet to suddenly break apart.
Kai blitzed away from the broken ground beneath his feet before he fell "Again with the diversionary tactics, I'm guessing that the Destructo Disk barrage you launched at me earlier wasn't with the intention of launching all of them at me, am I right?"
"You got that right and it worked like a charm too, at least until the end there. I've gotta give it to you though cueball, power is well and good but wits are just as important in battle."
"You yourself said that it's important to get create if you wanna get ahead in a fight."
"That I did, charge in without thinking and you'd end up like all of the other fuckers that get themselves killed, or in your case, thrown into the ocean like a jackass."
"...You're never going to let me forget that are you?"
"Nope."
"I didn't think so."
"Nor should you have." Kai powered down his Namek-Ken, and with a quick surge of Ki he activated his own Spirit Ken "So what's your plan for this one, you gonna use another fakeout with the Solar Flare?"
'To think he'd actually use the Spirit Ken on us, I saw him use it against Bojack before, but now that I'm on the receiving end of it… He hasn't even made a move yet and he's already got me sweating.'
'With a difference in power like this, even with the two of them fighting together I think it's safe to say I'd trounce them pretty decisively. I guess the two of them just don't want to go down without a fight, they have pride themselves after all.'
"I'm just gonna say it Kai, I'm really enjoying this."
"You're not the only one, but I think it's time for us to end this." Kai cupped his hands at this side, blue Ki gathering in his palms "Ka… Me… Ha… Me…"
Krillin and Yamcha promptly copied his movements, cupping their hands at their sides as blue Ki generated in their palms "Ka… Me… Ha… Me…"
"HA!" Kai fired forward a full power Super Kamehameha.
"HA!" Krillin and Yamcha fired forward their own Super Kamehamehas that combined into a much larger one, which proved to be powerful enough to cancel out Kai's blast, resulting in a blinding explosion that also cleared away the storm clouds gathering overhead. When the clash was over, Krillin fell to his knees from exhaustion as his Spirit Ken faded.
Yamcha helped Krillin to his feet as his own Spirit Ken faded "I've got Krillin, are you alright buddy?"
"Yeah… Yeah I'm fine… It's just hard to get a handle on that power."
"It's not the power that's the issue." Kai powered back down to his base state "The main principle of the Spirit Ken involves clearing away all doubts in your mind and heart, and making sure that your will is absolute. If you let either of them waver in the slightest then it's gonna tear you apart from the inside."
"Duly noted. So what then, you want us to keep this going?"
"No I think that's more than enough for the time being. I think it's safe to say that we've got a lot to do if we wanna keep up with Gohan and the rest of them, but I have to admit it does feel good to know that there are others who have that desire themselves. But in the meantime I've got something to deal with later today, so we'll have to table this for now."
"Something that we should know about?"
"Not if you don't want a Nail Gun blasted through your skull."
"Fair enough."
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About an hour passed, and the rest of the storm clouds had faded away, while two of the three combatants from the initial scuffle had relocated their training to a clearing outside of the city limits.
Kai started stretching as he wiped the blood from his cheek "Looks like the cueball has more going for him than I gave him credit for."
"He's not the only one, I've been giving it my all too lately." Yamcha promptly started stretching himself "Well I think we've got about a half hour to kill before your new friend gets here."
"She's not a friend, she's pretty much blackmailing me to do this."
"Whatever you need to tell yourself, now come on, let's do this! Kaioken!" with the first level of his Kaioken activated, Yamcha suddenly blitzed out of view.
'Looks like he's gotten a lot faster.' Kai easily managed to block Yamcha's first attack, which resulted in the two of them trading even blows, sending shockwaves across the clearing they were in, before the two of them broke away "Looks like you've improved a good amount yourself."
"Having a family to fight for and protect acts as a great motivator, but the Spirit Ken does help in that regard."
"You're still holding out though, I can tell that much pretty easily."
"The same could definitely be said for you, and since we're on a tight time limit right now I say we kick things into the next gear already. Namek-Ken 3x!" Kai thrusted his Namek-Ken to the third level.
"That works just fine for me! Kaioken 20x!" Yamcha pushed his Kaioken as high as he was able to, and then charged forward with a kick aimed at Kai's head.
Kai easily blocked the kick and promptly hit Yamcha square in the chest with a palm thrust, the force sending him skidding backwards, and then he fired a quick Explosive Demon Wave.
Yamcha flared his crimson aura to dissipate the smoke that resulted from the blast "I'm not anywhere close to being done yet, what do you say we finish this?"
"Fine by me, we going for the Yamcha special?"
"I never agreed to that name, thank god for it too, but yeah I think that's the best way to finish this fight. Spirit Ball!" Yamcha gathered his Ki into the palm of his hand and forced the Ki upward in the form of a medium-sized sphere, which he then hurled forward.
"Spirit Ball!" Kai promptly launched forward his own Spirit Ball, the two attacks colliding and the force blowing away a large number of trees as a result.
With the end of the brief struggle, Yamcha powered down his Kaioken and let out a sigh "You know I've really gotta hand it to you Kai, you really have come such a long way over the past few years."
"You aim to be the best, it's not something you procrastinate with." Kai powered down his own Namek-Ken, only to let out a groan of clear exasperation "Looks like we're gonna have to table this for now, the unwanted company just made herself known."
"You realize that I'm standing right here." Videl pointed out dryly from where she was standing at the edge of the clearing.
"Yeah I know, and I thought you weren't gonna show yourself until noon."
"I didn't have anything better to do so I decided to come earlier, is that gonna be a problem for you?"
"What the hell do you think? And for that matter, how did you know I was out here in the first place?"
"All I had to do was look in your file at school, it really wasn't that hard."
"Figures, just like that I lose the ability to hear myself think."
"Go ahead and whine about it all you like, we made an agreement and you don't get to get out of it that easily."
"If I thought I could then I would've just told you to piss off. Alright, sense you're clearly anxious to get started I might as well get this over with. Yamcha clear out."
"Way ahead of you." so Yamcha blasted off through the skies back in the direction of the city, but as he did he pulled out his phone "Gohan, you're never gonna believe what Kai is in the middle of doing right now." he was met with a stray Ki blast that knocked his phone out of his hand, and then another one that caused the phone to explode "Yeah that figures, and I still had two more payments on that thing too."
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Meanwhile, back with the two main characters of this chapter…
With that little demonstration out of the way, Kai blew away the smoke emanating from his palm and turned back towards Videl "Okay, now that my credibility is being sustained let's get this shit underway. Sound good?"
Videl waved that off nonchalantly, her tone just oozing arrogance "Yeah yeah, let's just get started already."
'Strike 1. Anyway the key to learning how to fly is simply just having basic Ki control, which really isn't that hard once you get the hang of it but if you wanna zip around really fast and really high then that's the sort of thing that takes practice."
"Hold up a second. The key is Ki control? What the hell does that even mean?"
'Oh for- Okay, Ki is basically what this hidden reservoir of power you have hidden within your body and-"
"It's this what hidden in my where? Earth to Kai, you're not making any sense!"
'Strike 2. Maybe you're more of a visual learner, let's try this." Kai turned around and got into a stance "Watch carefully and take not of everything I do." his white aura flared slightly, blue Ki forming in his cupped hands "Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HA!" he fired a severely held back Kamehameha at his base power, leaving a large hole in the side of a nearby mountain 'Note to self, be sure to fix that later with the Dragon Balls.'
"...Yeah okay."
"Alright then, what do you call that?"
Videl pondered for a moment, before proceeding to infuriate Kai with her answer "Well it's just a bunch of light shows and tricks right?"
"I have no problems with shooting you through the skull in a blind rage, and that's only after throttling you." note how he said this with a completely straight face and merely pointed at the gaping hole in the mountain "And for the record, if you even think about trying to claim that to be light shows and tricks again like how Afro the Ass Clown says, then just get the fuck out of here right now. Does that look like a trick to you? Everything I'm telling you guys and showing you is nothing but the truth and that gigantic ass hole in that mountain is all the proof you need."
"Well excuse me if I'm not used to seeing a bunch of guys my own age blasting hole through fucking mountains!"
"That's it!" Kai was about to fire a Masenko at her face, but he restrained himself "You know you make it very hard to control myself when I deal with you. I am taking time out of my own schedule, time that I could be using to train with my uncle or Gohan, to teach you and how to fly and how not to be a disgrace to any and all true martial artists purely out of the goodness of my heart, so cut the attitude and stop acting like a total bitch. Remember this, I'm not like most of your fanboys and I don't take shit from anyone, least of all from some pathetic spoiled brats like you. Got it?"
Videl let out a growl and gritted her teeth, but she composed herself "Fine. I have to admit, having someone actually stand up to me is pretty rare, but it's sort of a nice change of pace."
"And you've got grit if nothing else, so I give you points for that."
"So where exactly does this Ki stuff come from anyway?"
"Every living thing in the universe has Ki inside of them, but the problem is that barely anyone actually learns how to use their Ki effectively, so for the time being we've gotta find it and help you learn to use it before you can learn to fly, let alone anything else."
"Fine then, let's get started." so Kai sat down on the scorched grass "Alright listen up, I'm gonna take this one step at a time so you can follow it alright?"
"Fine by me, let's just get this started." Videl promptly sat down next to him in a legs crossed position.
"Good. Now then, the first thing you have to do is quiet your mind and relax." he cupped his hands in front of her "When you're ready you start slowly drawing out your Ki from within your body." he slowly formed a ball of Ki within his palms, leaving Videl in awe at the sight.
"Woah…"
"There, you see now?" he dissipated the Ki sphere "So then, are you ready to give it a shot for yourself or do you need another demonstration?"
"I think I'm ready, it can't hurt to try right?"
Videl slowly cupped her hands.
"Remember, you have to relax yourself or it's not gonna work."
"Right." Videl tried to summon her Ki out but ended up quickly growing frustrated, causing her entire body to tense up.
"No no no, you've gotta calm down. Don't stress yourself out too much, it's not gonna happen if you spend all your time beating yourself up to the point where you won't let it come out."
Videl just looked up at him, tears of anger brimming in her eyes "I need to find a way to make this work."
"...I think that we've done enough for now, why don't we head back into the city and get some lunch."
"Okay."
"I know a decent sandwich shop, and I owe a certain someone over there a little… present for a certain suggestion he made to me."
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Meanwhile, on the Lookout…
Piccolo looked up from his meditation to see a certain someone standing before him "Is there something I can help you with Gohan?"
Sure enough, Gohan stood before him, now clad in a purple blue colored gi similar to Piccolo's but slightly larger, a red obi and red wristbands, white shin guards and black shoes, and he looked rather nervous "Actually Piccolo, there's something I was hoping to talk to you about."
"I never mind that Gohan, but is there any particular reason why you're in your Super Saiyan form right now?"
"Oh, that. Well I don't really know how to explain it, but I'm trying to continue with my training, even if I don't have a lot of time to spar with Kai or dad these days."
"...You still feel as if you're responsible for your dad and Kai being killed during the Cell Games don't you?"
"Yeah, that's part of it, but another part of it is this strange feeling I'm getting that something is gonna be coming soon, and I wanna make sure I'm ready for it, but I'm not quite sure what it is exactly. Plus I want to make sure I'm strong enough to protect the Earth now."
"I see. Well it looks like I didn't have anything to worry about after all."
"Wait what?"
"Frieza showed up on Earth with his father, and after that I always thought that I had to be on my guard, but if some new enemies like Cell or Bojack or some new enemies show up then you may be the only one strong enough to defeat them, so I figured either myself or Kai would have to push you in the right direction whenever we believed it to be necessary, but I guess you didn't need either of us to do such a thing after all."
"So that's what you meant. I have to admit, it does feel nice to know that you have so much faith in me."
"Yeah, so what is your plan exactly? Just keeping yourself in Super Saiyan isn't going to be enough to cut it you know."
"Yeah I know, and I do have one other idea in mind. I want to go back inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. I know I pretty mucy did all I could in there before with dad, but…"
"I understand, but you shouldn't use that unless you absolutely have to. Keep in mind that you have a time limit of only 48 hours in there, or you'll be stuck inside forever."
"Yeah that is true. Do you have any ideas for me then?"
"With regards to your strength, you're probably about as strong as you can get right now, so you shouldn't expect much improvement in terms of raw power. However, some things that you could work on would be learning new techniques and improving your mental fortitude."
"Mental fortitude, you mean staying focused in a battle right?"
"Exactly. Kai and your dad both know how to do this pretty well, but you on the other hand tend to get a bit too emotional."
"Yeah, you're right about that. After all, when I transformed into a Super Saiyan 2 during my battle against Cell I let my rage take over. You think maybe I should try and do with it what dad and I did with Super Saiyan?"
"It couldn't hurt to try."
"Okay then, but what about techniques? You did mention that before."
"Well I've actually been thinking about this before. Perhaps it's time for me to teach you some of my more advanced techniques, the first of which being… the Special Beam Cannon."
"...Wow." despite the initial shock he was feeling, Gohan's gaze hardened as his eyes blazed with determination "I'm ready Piccolo, let's get started."
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A few hours had gone by, and training was about to resume.
Kai sat back down in the field "Now remember, you have to keep your shit together or it's not gonna work."
"I know I know, I have to stay calm." Videl relaxed slightly as a light began pulsing slightly in her hands.
"Yeah there you go, you're almost there."
Slowly, a small Ki sphere flickered into life in her hands.
"Yeah there you go, you're better at this than I was expecting. Gohan took almost 2 hours to summon her Ki and I took almost a full day, you're even more naturally talented at this than I gave you credit for. I've gotta I'm impressed, good job."
Then her Ki sphere disappeared and she fell forward slightly, stopping herself from hitting the ground with her hands. Then she grinned and bolted to her feet "So am I ready for learning how to fly now or what?"
"Not even close. You've still gotta learn how to control it effectively, your body is a lot of mass to try and move around for a rookie you know." he received a pissed off glare "Go ahead and act like you're on your period as much as you want, I didn't get as strong as I am right now by giving a rat's ass what people thought of me."
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A few more hours of practice went by.
Kai stood in front of Videl in the wasteland, rubbing his temple "Okay, now it's finally time for you to take your first flight. You ready about this?"
Videl nodded rapidly "I'm more than ready for this, let's do it."
"Okay, now for this to work you've gotta relax your body but be sure to focus your Ki at the same time even if they do sound contradictory."
Videl began focusing her Ki, the ground pulsating slightly beneath her feet.
"Alright, very good. You're definitely getting the hang of it so now all you have to do is push."
Videl slowly lifted herself a few inches off the ground.
"Alright, there we go. And we've got a lift off."
"Will you quit babbling, I'm trying to concentrate!" then she fell back to the ground.
"Hey you don't have anything to complain about, you got done in just a single day what took me almost a full week to get, even if I was only 3 at the time."
"...I'll be back tomorrow, we'll have to continue this then."
"You wanna run that the fuck by me again? I held up my end of the deal and taught you how to fly, you don't need me for anything else."
"Our little agreement never said just teaching me how to fly. Besides I want to learn more about controlling this Ki of mine. My being here isn't a problem for you is it?"
"Yes it is, I thought I made that abundantly clear before when I called you out on your crap."
"Think of it like this, training me is training you too." she pulled out an airship "Alright then, I'll see ya later." and she took off.
"...You've gotta be kidding me, what the fuck have I gotten myself into?" on that note, Kai then pulled out a notebook titled Death Note and started writing in it "Let's see… Raditz, stabbed to death in an attempt to sabotage his match during the next World Martial Arts Tournament, quarterfinals, let's say around 1:45 or so."
A/N:
And so with this chapter, we see a little bit of slice of life action with our main characters, whether it be Raditz running a sandwich shop (not to mention the fact that he and 18 have a kid now), Gohan learning new techniques with Piccolo, or Kai starting middle school and quickly starting a… unique relationship with Mr Satan's daughter Videl. In case it wasn't clear by chapter 32, this will be a Gohan x Erasa fic, and this chapter should clarify that we'll be getting some action between Kai and Videl. After all, if I've made Gohan and Erasa into the gentle-hearted pacifists, then Kai and Videl would have to be the martial artists with the drive to accel. As for whether or not they'll actually become a couple, well that's something I haven't actually decided on yet.
I know part of this might seem like I'm sort of copying and pasting some of the material from when Gohan starts high school, and I admit that I am to an extent, but the main reason for that is because I'm trying to show how Kai would handle things differently from Gohan. Keep in mind that Kai can be more calm and logical about social situations than Gohan, and he's a lot less socially awkward. He just doesn't give a shit, as he would say.
Also, for those who missed what Raditz said in that scene in the sandwich shop, he and 18 have now gotten married and have a daughter, Ranch, as in ranch dressing, like his and Launch's daughter from the What if Raditz Turned Good series by Masako X. Just a little something for all of you to keep in mind.
Now then, let me close out this chapter by wishing all of you a happy Memorial Day 2020. All of you be well and spend this day properly.
Power levels:
Kai: 475 million
Kai (Namek-Ken): 950 million
Kai (Namek-Ken 3x): 2.7 billion
Kai (Spirit Ken): 71.25 billion
Yamcha: 100 million
Yamcha (Kaioken): 200 million
Yamcha (Kaioken 20x): 2 billion
Yamcha (Spirit Ken): 15 billion
Krillin: 60 million
Krillin (Spirit Ken): 9 billion
Krillin & Yamcha (Dual Spirit Ken Kamehameha): 25 billion
Videl: 20