Chapter Four: Training and History

After arriving and achieved in completing three tasks given to them by King Kai in order for them to be trained by him, John and Goku trained and learned new things that were literally out of this world. The two were strongly determined to master the skills that King Kai is teaching them regardless of the difficulty of it. What kept them motivated was the coming arrival of Nappa and Turles aka the saiyans. John knows Nappa back when he was still a kid and their race-only heir to the saiyan throne. He remembered Nappa as being a mid-class warrior general and formerly being his personal bodyguard when leaving out of their homeworld.

As for Turles. John can not recall how this saiyan looks much less being around him. Assuming that he might be either a mid-saiyan warrior or an elite saiyan warrior. But that longer did not matter to John much less care about it. His old life is in the past. John valued what he has and will fight for it with all he has. He must protect his family and friends, and his queen, Bulma.

"Try throwing your punches a bit faster, Goku," John told him while dodging.

Goku picked up his speed. "Try dodging a bit faster."

John chuckled while blocking Goku's punches faster than he originally did. "You're given me defensive tips, baby brother?."

Goku laughed in response while adding some combos to his punches. The two were halfway off the ground in their first-level skill of the kaioken. A technique that was taught to them by their new master whose name is King Kai. The benefits from the new skill felt awesome to the two as this is one of the skills that is going to give them the edge to beat Nappa and Turles. Speaking of King Kai, he approached the two with a calm relaxing facial expression with slight amusement.

"I truly forgot how happy it makes me feel to both have and see my students mastering one of the skills that I teach them," said King Kai, getting the two saiyans attention.

John and Goku stopped training and looked at King Kai. Right after turning off their kaioken.

"Well, thank you for allowing us to be taught by you," spoke John, showing gratitude.

"Yeah, you are really helping us out here in our time of need," said Goku, showing his gratitude as well.

"Good to know." King Kai nodded. "Well, I am here to tell you, boys, that dinner is ready."

"Alright!." John and Goku with such enthusiasm in their emotions and face.

The two saiyans flew back to the grass and joined King Kai inside his small home. The three sat down at the round table as it is filled with so much food. This brought so much delight to John and Goku as the two did not hesitate to eat.

"Chew Attack!." John and Goku said together when grabbing a big bowl of steamed rice and eating wild.

King Kai examined the two in shock at how fast they were eating. Sure his food is good on this side of the Otherworld, but his cooking is far from being five-star meals. But John and Goku are showing otherwise. The two grabbed each item on the table before eating it with such delight to their taste buds. Savoring the delicious food in front of them is truly rewarding to the two blood saiyans.

"I heard that Saiyans can eat beyond anyone in the whole entire Universe." King Kai eyed the two before eating his pork egg roll. "It looks like that is not a myth."

John slurped his noodles and chewed them. "It sure it is not. We Saiyans have an extremely high fast metabolism that we just burn away all that energy in training, fighting, sleep, or anything active. But what burns our metabolism the most is some good sweet loving sex."

"Sex?." King Kai raised his brow in interest. "You don't say?."

Goku swallowed his half-baked fish. "It is true, King Kai, I burn a lot of energy when having sex with Chi Chi. I enjoy it very much. We call it sex sparring. I sometimes win of course."

"I too enjoy pounding my mate as well." John took a bite of beef ribs. "Bulma is amazing in bed. She just loves screwing and pleasing me as much as I do the same to her. I'm so thankful that I made her my saiyan queen."

"Hmmm, nice sharing." King Kai took a drink of his juice. "You two have excellent loving and caring wives. I hope one day I will be lucky with the ladies."

John ripped a piece of his meat. "You never try to find a nice woman?."

"Oh, I tried but the woman around here is interested in a man with a fit body," answered King Kai.

"There is a woman for every man, King Kai," Goku spoke before taking a bite of his beef. "That is what our Grandpa Gohan tells us."

King Kai nodded at hearing this while cutting his meat. "It is quite a treat to eat and hang around with Saiyans like yourselves without the savagery and foolishness. Based upon your people's history."

John set his empty cup down on the table and burped. "Excuse me. Yeah, our people are like this since the beginning of time. It is in our DNA. Which later on lead us to our downfall and cost us dearly in the end."

Goku looked confused. "What do you mean by that big brother?."

Sighing, John swallowed what was in his mouth. King Kai has a good idea of what John means by that and wanted to hear it from his side of the story. Goku waited to hear it as he enjoys hearing anything that John tells him that involves their long-dead extinct race.

"Like I said it is in our DNA." John began before telling the information. "Back when I was a kid and is getting my education, I read the historical texts of our origin. Before Planet Vegata is called Planet Vegeta, it was originally named Planet Plant. Our people were primitive at that time much less have lack of knowledge. Our ancestors wear rags of the fur of animals they killed to keep warm and have meat in their bellies. They were truly deep savage."

"And?." King Kai encouraged him to keep the conversation going.

"Not only that our people were originally born on that planet but we also co-existed and shared the planet with the race named the Tuffles. Unlike our ancestors who live in a shitty wasteland, the Tuffles were quite advanced in technology and quite intelligent and lived in an advanced civilization," said John, before taking the time to pour himself another full glass of fruit juice.

Goku and King Kai were taken in by what John is telling them in such detail. This is all new to Goku since John has never did tell him the ancient history of their people when he was a kid.

"The Tuffles were smaller than the average Saiyan much less were very peaceful. The council members of their people attempted to include our people in their society since it is their planet as well. The meeting was quite interesting, to say the least. The Tuffles showed how much they wanted our people to be a part of their society, they handed us their most precious and new technology which to this day is still used and probably more advanced than the last time I had it." said John, when taking a sip from his cup.

"Which is?." King Kai pushed the history lesson further.

Goku stopped eating and wanted to hear the rest.

"The scouter technology," spoke John. "From there they taught our people how to read and write. The Tuffles opened their side of the planet to our people. Unfortunately, my ancestor whose name is Vegeta is greedy. He wanted the whole control of the planet and its resources. He wanted power. He easily convinced and inspired the entire clan to join his cause and goal. They went full assault on the Tuffles. They attacked dirty since the Tuffles were in their homes asleep or roaming the streets with no fear of the Saiyans, due to having so must trust in their neighbors. Foolish bastards."

Goku is not liking the history of his ancestors so far. His ancestors betraying the trust and taking an advantage of the Tuffles were so taking it to a whole new low. It is making him feel ashamed to be a saiyan. John too is not proud of it either since he is indeed very different from their people way before Frieza destroyed their homeworld.

"Of course, the Tuffles army took action in response. With their guns and whatnot. The civil war lasted for ten whole years. Our people were losing and were about to lose and die. That is until the historical day when the full moon has come. The moon shows and shines over our red sky planet once every hundred years." spoke John.

"W...What happens on the full moon, big brother?." asked Goku, in interest.

At that point it made John stop right there. He did not want to reveal the part about the transformation. He is not ready to tell Goku about this. Even though he is a grown-ass man but their grandpa told him to tell him when he feels it is time to tell him. But he warned him that to not dragged the hidden truth before someone else tells Goku this sensitive information. King Kai noticed this slight pause as he kinda knew what happens when there is a full moon out.

"They found inspiration and newfound confidence. They used that and got the upper hand. Thus, putting the entire Tuffle race into extinction." John quickly hurried the historical telling. "The last remaining Tuffles were killed off after they were cheated out of the deal by my ancestor of trading the last remaining scouter technology to him in exchange for their lives being spared."

"Vegeta and the Saiyan clan conquered and claimed the planet as their own. My ancestor made himself their king and renamed their homeworld from Plant to Vegeta. Planet Vegeta. He named the planet after himself as both his personal legacy and his memory. My grandfather named my father Vegeta to honor my ancestor. Since the name is given to the first-born son of the royal family once every four generations." said John, ending the talk before going back to eating again.

Goku resumed eating and did not say anything. King Kai wanted to know the other part of the history and was going to get it without having Goku around. After a nice good meal, they went to sleep and call training for the day. Goku and were in one of the spare beds sleeping while John sneak off to go train early. After putting his boots back on he quietly left the small house while not trying to wake the monkey Bubbles.

John needed to be at the edge of his game after retelling the historical records of his and Goku's people. He can not let Nappa and Turles take away what he and Goku cherish and value on earth, much less prevent the two from getting the dragon balls and making a wish. John just could not let his Bulma be hurt or slain by his own people. He knows they will not show mercy or value Bulma as their saiyan queen due to her being an earthling and not a saiyan. He can not forgive himself if anything happens to his woman. His saiyan queen. His Bulma.

"I have to master the multiples of the kaioken," John tells himself this before looking up at the knight sky with no moon but just shiny stars and pretty dust of the cosmos. "This move is the only way of beating the two."

"Not exactly."

John quickly turned his head to see King Kai who had his hand behind his back.

"King Kai." John looked at the blue antenna man. "I thought you were asleep."

King Kai shrugged his shoulders before making his way toward John. "I figured you were going to train before sunrise. My last student did that and so I figured you will do the same. But you have a determination need to master the skill other than wanting to master it. It has to be about your and Goku's people, yes?."

John slowly nodded. "I can not allow them to hurt my family, friends, or anyone on the planet earth. Much less end the fight before the full moon comes. I can not let Goku know the truth about the full moon that is sacred to our people."

"The full moon." King Kai got serious when standing six feet and looked at John. "What happens to your people when the full moon comes?. What did the full moon do for your ancestors that day against the Tuffles?."

John sighed while having a straight face. "Upon looking directly at the full moon, my and Goku's ancestors transformed into giant-sized great apes, or the saiyan term, the Oozarus. When turning into this their power increased by ten times along with having no control or self-aware. The power of the full moon is a blessing that my ancestors took an advantage of as he and the others reduced the Tuffle cities to the same place as how their home looks on the other half of the planet. A complete wasteland."

"I see." King Kai adjusted his shades. "And they can only achieve this with their tails, yes?."

"Right. My family and the saiyan elites managed to maintain their mental control of the beast during when transformation. As a kid, my mom and dad were supposed to teach me how to do it, but due to our forced employment with Frieza, they never got the chance to do so. Our foolish saiyan pride made us make a deal with Frieza and the Cold Family. Giving us money and technology for the exchange of sharing the scouter technology and letting us travel beyond our planet, conquer worlds and fight stronger opponents. Idiots." John spoke bitterly on the last part.

"I give you my sympathy, John." King Kai looked at the night sky in thought. "Hmmm, based on my own knowledge about the saiyans and Frieza's family, it would seem that I would need to teach you my ultimate skill."

John showed interest on his face. "Which is?."

King Kai looked at John. "My greatest inventive ultimate skill masterpiece. The Spirit Bomb."

"The spirit bomb?." John is now even more interested. "Please teach me."

Back on earth and calling another day of training, Bulma was seating down and working on repairing the wrecked scouter that she took from dead Raditz. She was surprised that her repair tools survived and the scouter itself after Piccolo's ki blast. She worked on it while eyeing Chi Chi who is educating Gohan on a history lesson about the fall of the Red Ribbon Army. Just because they were out here in the middle of nowhere does not mean they can not have both training and history education at the same time. Bulma added the screws to the chip inside the earpiece of the scouter after removing the transmitter chip.

"Not want anyone to be listening into our conversation," Bulma told herself when gently closing the cover back to the system. "I'm very well surprised that the glass screen is not cracked beyond repair. This thing is very sturdy and able to take an impact enough to keep its parts intact. Mmmmm, alien technology."

Chi Chi turned to see the device back in one piece and looked at Bulma. "Does it work?."

Bulma picked up the scouter. "It should since I carefully put it back together and removed the transmitter. I have to pat myself on the back for doing an incredible job since this thing is very complicated. My first time fixing and breaking down technology that is not from its original planet. Even though John has given my dad those two space pods that he and Goku arrived in, I never got around to breaking either one of those pods down and reverse-engineering them."

Gohan watched his aunt place the fixed scouter on her face and see her press the button on it. "What is it doing, Auntie Bulma?."

"It is rebooting itself, Gohan," Bulma answered when seeing the screen go blank. "Now, Gohan, get in your fighting stance so auntie can calculate your power level."

Gohan did what he is told and got into his fighting stance. Bulma pressed the button on the scouter and sees multiple numbers forming until it gave her the accurate total.

"Gohan you have the power of 5,000. Pretty good." Bulma turned her attention to Chi Chi. "Your turn Chi Chi."

"Very well." Chi Chi jumped up and got into her fighting stance. "Calculate it."

Bulma repressed the button and gained the next reading. "You have the power of 4,885. Impressive."

"Cool, I bested Mom in power scaling!." Gohan spoke with enthusiasm.

"Hey, do not get a big head, Gohan." Chi Chi playfully nudged her son. "For all you know, I might be holding back my power."

Bulma chuckled at hearing this. "That might be convincing, Chi Chi. Here check my power level for me. Just press the button and let the scouter do all the work."

Chi Chi grabs the device that Bulma removed from her face and placed it on hers. "Sure. Now let us see. Hmmm, your power is 4,995. You are five numbers away from reaching Gohan's power level."

"Wow, Auntie Bulma, you really are that strong," Gohan commented to his aunt.

Bulma can help but boast. "Well, I am your queen of the saiyans after all."

"Funny. Last time I checked you were an earthling and not the ones we are going to battle soon."

This got Bulma, Chi Chi, and Gohan's attention when seeing Piccolo approaching them. The Namek Earth warrior joined the three as he sat in a meditation position with his arms crossed.

"Well, Piccolo, I am labeled as a saiyan queen due to marrying...well mating with John. Meaning that he labeled me as a saiyan. He once told me that his mom told him when he was a kid that, he will one day find his queen. John told me that he bet his mother never thought of him marrying a woman who is not a saiyan at all." said Bulma, smiling at that memory.

"I see." Piccolo nodded. "Well, I just wanted to tell you three that you have all done well in our training. We are close to fighting the Saiyans in just two months."

"Yeah, and I for one am ready to fight. Much less see my Goku again," said Chi Chi, sighing happily at the mention of her saiyan husband.

"I miss both Daddy and Uncle John," said Gohan, with little sadness in his voice.

"Hmph. Do not worry, Gohan. Your father and uncle will show up when they are done with their training. Just keep your eye on the ball." said Piccolo.

Currently, Bulma and the two were sound asleep together with the fire running in front of them. Piccolo watched the three from the cliff and can not ignore the fact that he is starting to feel family for them. He would not admit it to anyone for now but he is tired of being alone. Tired of eating (drinking) alone. He should have been dead back at the Martial Arts Tournament, but John showed him straight mercy even when he was threatened to kill him, Goku, and conquer the world itself.

But now he is indeed grateful that John did not let him die or killed him. Piccolo felt soft ever since training Bulma, Chi Chi, and Gohan throughout these past months and just can not ignore it. He was starting to get protective over them. But more for Gohan.

Piccolo chuckled and smirk. "Damn me for becoming so soft."

Meanwhile in space at wild speed, Nappa and Turles were quickly reaching the solar system of the earth with evil grins on their faces.

"It is so good to have smart pods to take us to shortcuts and have us reach our destination with no worries," said Nappa, talking to Turles through the radio in their scouters.

Turles chuckled. "Yes. Raditz did not know that the pods we are using have built-in travel smart technology. Hehe, can not wait to surprise these fools."

Turles reached into his chest and pulled out a bag containing special fruit seeds and grinning evilly. "Let alone have ourselves a massive power boost from the Tree of Might itself!."

Nappa laughed at hearing this. "Oh, it is so good to be bloodthirsty savage saiyans!."