Hello ladies and not likely gentlemen! Sorry I was gone for a little bit. I had some things that I got distracted by such as finals and other stuff like that, since i'm in college and all that and I completely forgot that I have a story to provide to those that need peak fiction in their lives, But besides that, I realized that doing this story on my own is a pretty hard, and it's not that I am unable to keep up with it, but I'm afraid of serving something that really is not my best effort, so honestly if their are some people that would like to be apart in making this story, then I would welcome it with open arms! Anyways, let's get to the questions!

Q1: Maybe I'll do something with Oolong later if I remember it, but to be honest he was not on the forefront of my mind when I decided to get him out of the story so don't count on it.

Q2: I can't say if he will achieve any form, but the possibility is definitely there so don't count it out yet! Besides, what's dragonball without it's forms~~

Q3: I suppose that it's something akin to a monster inside of him, but the truth is more different than in reality to what you are all probably thinking, after all he's to show what a human could do, not as monster or a demon, although it is not too far from it, and if it's evil or not is yet to be seen.

Besides all that, most of the questions are pretty much the same as they usually are, which came in plenty supplies when I did that haircut scene, but besides that all I can say is sorry for being gone for a bit, and hopefully this chapter will satisfy those cravings, Anyways, it's time for me to mosey onto the authors notes and to start this up. Enjoy!

This story will mainly be of Hikigaya's POV

'How do I fit in 12,000 calories when their taking all the food up' - Thinking

CHANGE… NOW! - Using moves or intensive moments

"I wonder which will go out first, my ears or my lower back from how long I've been driving." - Speaking or Yelling

'Ok, I know that adding Yamcha would be a good thing eventually, but it's starting to get exhausting having to deal with how people in this world act.' Hikigaya thought exasperated at the situation that was going on behind him, which consisted of Bulma being a backseat driver half the time of which she promptly loses her voice as soon as he mentions that he had not crashed once.

And while that would not be too bad for Hikigaya, it was added on by the fact that goku was starting to annoy Yamcha by asking him to fight him over and over again, of which Yamcha obliges in a not so friendly manner which causes the RV to start shaking left and right from how they are being slammed into the walls of the RV, all while Puar pitifully tries to get them to quit.

'This is starting to feel like one of those shitty road trip movies that my dad brought over from the stat-' SLAM! "IF YOU HIT THE WALLS OF THIS RV ONE MORE TIME I'M GONNA TURN THIS THING AROUND!" he yelled at the both of them, while not taking his eyes off the road, not risking a chance for Bulma to get the excuse to be more of a backseat driver than she is already being currently.

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"Hachiman, why don't we take a break for a while, it seems like you could use one." Bulma said while looking a bit bewildered at Hikigaya for losing his cool all of a sudden as it was not like him. *sigh* "Alright, I guess you're right," he said while looking at Bulma, "It is getting a bit late-" Bump!

As he was about to finish, something had got caught on the bottom of the RV and it started sputtering out. 'Why me?' Hikigaya thought with how tired he was of it all and knowing Bulma is going to do something that involves him having to do work on the RV until it works.

"Well it seems that we don't have a choice now…" Hikigaya said while being hopeful that Bulma would have some mercy on him and would still be fine with him taking a break, but unfortunately most dreams do not come true.

"...I'll take a look at it, you're coming to help me since you're the one that did this in the first place." Bulma said while being somewhat annoyed at Hikigaya for running into something.

'I think the universe thought I was having too many good days and decided to remind me of my place…' he thought with dread as he was being pulled away by Bulma to help go fix the RV.

"Poor Hikigaya, he's probably going to develop a fear of women like Yamcha if Bulma keeps dragging him around like that." Puar said pittfully toward Hikigaya's predicament, "W-What the hell Puar I'm not that bad to the point I can't function around women." Yamcha said as if he doesn't know what Puar is talking about.

"But Yamcha, every time Bulma went into the same room that you were in, you immediately went into the bathroom to hide away from Bulma, or do you just need to go to the bathroom everytime you see Bulma?" Goku asked curiously, not realizing the hidden innuendo he had just said to him.

"THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT!" He exclaimed in a totally innocent way, as if he's trying to dissuade certain allegations, "But besides that, I think it's a good time to start getting some stuff for a fire, since the gas in this thing ran out yesterday." Yamcha said while trying to get to a different subject, and luckily for him Goku thinks fire equals food.

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"You know when you said you needed my help this wasn't exactly what I had in mind Bulma." Hikigaya said, while being a bit confused at his position currently. "I'm pretty sure that you have no idea of how to work on any vehicle, let alone an RV, so the most I expect out of you is to just give me the tools to figure out what's going on," she said while prepping some stuff to get under the RV, "And besides, it looked like you were on edge this entire part of the trip, the boys probably don't make it too easy." she said.

'You say that as if you were not a part of the problem Backseat-San,' he thought sarcastically, 'But I won't overlook an opportunity to relax somewhat, it feels like all I have been doing for the past month is fighting, which is fine I guess, but I do miss the easy times.' he thought nostalgically to the times where he was in the service club reading his crappy light novels and thinking the world was for the most part against him.

'I wonder what Hiratsuka-Sensei would think of me now, would she be proud of what I am becoming, or would she be mortified that she cannot discipline me with those punches anymore.' he thought while chuckling at the look on her face in his imagination.

He was knocked out of his thoughts when Bulma started talking to him again, "What are you laughing at, I definitely had nothing to do with you yelling at them did I?" she said while being willfully ignorant to her backseat driving.

"Na, don't worry about it, I was just thinking about someone I knew a while ago is all." he said, and Bulma being curious asked, "who were you thinking about?" She said trying to start up a bit of conversation, and started to go under the RV.

"It was an old teacher of mines from before I met Goku, their name was Hiratsuka." he stated while trying to recall what she looked like for the most part, although there was something with the image of her that looked off, most likely from not seeing her in a while, "Were they your martial arts teacher or something like that?" she asked not thinking Hikigaya was educated considering he was with Goku when they met.

"No nothing like that, I went to an actual school before, give me some credit would ya?" he said a bit sarcastically at the notion of her suggesting he was not educated, "Oh come on I didn't mean it like that you ass," she said while defending herself while trying to unscrew something, "But, what were they like?" she asked

"Well, they were kind of a pain most of the time, although back then, I was more of a angsty teen and it came with the package of a rotten mindset," he said as Bulma chucked at that, "So for some reason, after I turned in a pretty bad essay about how my life in high school was, they decided to take it upon themselves to try their best to curve my mindset." Hikigaya said as he handed Bulma another tool.

"Were they able to?" Bulma asked as took the tool from Hikigaya, "I like to think that they were one of the main reasons why Goku was able to get through to me, but I think that if I were to stay at that school, I would have been able to eventually, although not to the degree I am now."

Whether Hikigaya liked it or not, traveling to this new world was overall a good thing for him. While it did come with its own set of problems, such as no friends or family, he was able to get much stronger than he was ever going to be in his own world, and he was able to meet new people that made the pain of not seeing his family just that little bit easier to handle.

"Then how come you decided to drop out of school if you felt as if what they were doing was a good thing? No offence, but you don't seem like the type to just go like that and leave it unresolved." She was right in what she had said to him, although she was off the marker, by about a few universes. 'Good thing I prepared to be asked something like this instead of making it up.' he thought in relief.

"Well, you would be right in that assessment, but I didn't have much of a choice, I took the fall for another student and that resulted me getting kicked out of my school," he said as he chucked bitterly as to sell the story, "The sad thing is that I never got to say goodbye to any of them, but in the end, it was what brought me here, so I don't mind." he said as he put off the excuse nonchalantly when in reality he did mind. 'Considering all I ever think about is going home I mind a lot.' he thought as he stopped himself from going off the deep end again like he does occasionally.

"I'm sure that they know you're thankful for what they did for you Hachiman. Even if you didn't get to tell them goodbye, but that's just how I would picture it, if it were me of course, but I'm sure you get the point." she said as she came back from under the RV, "But there's no point in being such a downer though Hachiman ok? I'm sure that you'll see them again one day, alright?" She said as she smiled and hugged him slightly. "Now let's go see if the RV will start up again." Bulma voiced as she walked inside of the RV leaving him standing there wondering one thing.

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'She kind of makes me…. miss home a little less… I don't really know how to feel about that, but it's not right.'

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"Ahh! that hits the spot after a long day right Hachi?" Goku asked Hikigaya who was sitting beside him while he was trying to scarf down as much food as he could before Goku eats it all, "Uh yesh, ssthure thimgg. (Uh yeah, sure thing.)" Hikigaya says as he's trying to talk with his mouth full.

"Damn it Hikigaya! If you eat that much before us then we won't get anything else either!" Yamcha yelled as he was fearfully watching all the pounds of food that was on the table seconds ago starting to disappear.

"Yamcha, if we just sit here looking at both of these gluttons then we will have to hunt for food later, hurry up and just eat!" Puar said intelligently as he started to chow down on all of the food that they all made earlier.

"Y-you too Puar, Damn it! Alright then, you asked for it, get ready for WOLF FANGED FEAST!" Yamcha declared as he started swiping all of the food away from the table quicker than the eye could see, as well as devouring it before it even looked like it touched his mouth.

"W-what the- HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!" Both Goku and Hikigaya exclaimed as he was watching their new found friend swiping all the food away before they could even get their hands on it.

"Damn it yamcha! How the hell is that fair, we can't even touch the food before you grab it!" Hikigaya cried over how unfair the situation was against yamcha's wolf-fanged feast. 'At this rate, I won't be able to get enough food for my training! I've got to think of something and quick, the food is flying faster by the second!' he thought intensely at the situation at hand.

"Sorry Hikigaya, Goku! You should have thought about us before stuffing your faces!" Yamcha yelled out to them in a cocky voice before a piece of food got flinged out of his grasp, "W-wow that was close…" yamcha said to himself.

'I gotta stay focused if I want to keep up this pace, one slight movement off then all of the food will start getting flinged out of here…' he thought as he was getting back into focusing his hand movement.

Unfortunately for him, Hikigaya started to notice something with his movement. 'Wait a second… there's a pattern in his arm movements, it's hard to tell at first since it pretty much looks like a blur, but… maybe I can try it… if what I'm seeing is correct.' as he thought that, he tried putting his thoughts into practice.

"I'm gonna try something that may him Goku, although I'm not sure if you're able to do it due to how small your arms are." Hikigaya whispered to Goku as he nodded at him. 'Heh, it looks like me and Puar are going to be the only ones to eat today!' he thought with glee as he was going for another piece of food as it was somehow taken from him before he was able to take it.

"Huh, what the hell!" he thought as it was thrown towards Hikigaya, and while Hikigaya was not able to get it inside of his mouth, he now knows how to try and counter Yamcha's Wolf Fanged Feast. "What's wrong yamcha? Didn't get food this time?" Hikigaya said with a shit eating grin, that only served to piss off Yamcha.

"There's no way that you're able to perfect one of the Wolf fang fist moves while trying to get something to eat Hikigaya, all you're going to do is fling all of the food away!" he yelled in outrage at the situation, "Oh? What's wrong Yamcha?" Hikigaya said while leaning in forward, going all in on pissing off someone mode. Which happens to be one of his 108 skills.

"Afraid that one of the skills you perfected throughout your life happens to be picked up so easily by a guy that trained less than a year?" he said smugly as he processed to use said move again, and while it did miss, it started getting closer to his mouth, as it only missed his face by a small amount. Which happened to put a bigger shit eating grin on his face than there was before. 'The hell is with this guy and only serving to piss me off!' Yamcha thought angrily.

"Oh, so you wanna play it like that huh Hikigaya! Fine, but don't try crying to your mommy when I beat you at what I practiced all of my life!" he declared as they both started getting serious and started doing their own version of Wolf Fanged Feast.

Over the course of their duel against Wolf Fanged Feast, Goku realized that most of it was not making it into Hikigaya's mouth, so Goku decided to get far behind him, and catch all the food that was not making it into Hikigaya's mouth, so that he could eat it instead of it going to waste.

'Damn, there's still something that I'm not getting that is allowing him to be able to get all of the food in his mouth, how does he do it… Oh that's why he was doing a pattern like that. He would only be able to get all of the food in his mouth with that pattern, but if I want to counter that, I need to be more unpredictable with my movements than him. I guess this will take more trial and error, but I got an idea of what I need to do now!' Hikigaya thought with a new sense of what he should be doing in order to counter his style.

'If I keep on trying to copy his movements then that will get me nowhere, he's the master of his own craft and their is no way I could top that right now, so what I should do,' as he thought that, he decided to move his arms even faster, pushing them to the limit, and due to that, he performed a move that created two afterimages of his arms that were able to grab onto food, therefore giving him two extra hands to grab food with while keeping up the speed of Wolf Fanged Feast, 'Is to give myself more room to make errors! This is how I will proceed to counter you Yamcha!' Hikigaya thought with determination as he started to outpace Yamcha in grabbing food due to him having two extra false appendages over Yamcha.

'How the hell is he doing that? That has nothing to do with my style, is he… starting to create something new with using my style as a foundation?' Yamcha thought with curiosity, as he was starting to slow down in awe of what Hikigaya was doing.

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"WHY THE HELL IS THERE SOME MUCH FOOD ON THE GROUND!" Bulma yelled at him, being pretty pissed off that twenty-five percent of the food that they had made together was flung on the ground like there was some kind of food fight. "Uhh, we felt bad for the animals-" "TELL THE TRUTH OR ELSE!" she growled out looking like the embodiment of anger itself while Hikigaya grimaces at her expression, knowing that he's about to get hit in some way.

"Aww Bulma, don't get too mad at Hachi, he was just trying to get a new move down." Goku exclaimed. 'Damn it Goku don't make this worse for me…' Hikigaya thought with dread as it looked like she somehow got even angrier. "What." she said deceptively calm, although the aura around her says anything else but that. "Yeah, you should have seen Bulma, it looked like he had like four arms, it was super cool! It was like some… uh I don't know but it was really impressive, I never seen someone do that before!" he said as it looked like there were stars in his eyes.

"... You're lucky today. But if I catch you doing that again, you're going to be six feet under. Understand." she stated with a huff, "Crystal, now can you stop looking like you're going to kill me please, I very much like being alive." he said in a deadpan expression, 'You're a lifesaver Goku, thank you for not knowing better.' he thought with a sigh.

"Fine, just start setting up for camp, I can't stay mad at you for long anyways, you're too much of a dummy." she said as she started going off before she paused, "and clean up all of this mess, it's your fault and I don't want any animals coming over here because of it." she stated as she finally went to the RV after chewing Hikigaya out.

'There had to be a catch huh…' he thought with a sigh, as he started cleaning up the mess he had made over his "fight" with Yamcha. 'But besides that, this gives me an idea of what I should do for some of my training going forwards, while I don't think that it will be anything of use for now, what I was able to do earlier was pretty versatile even if it's not really accurate currently, so I guess that's something to think about.' he thought to himself as he was cleaning up all of the food that was thrown around.

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POV - Bulma

Over the course of a few hours Hachiman was finally able clean up everything after the mess that he made, then everyone else felt bad about making Hachiman cleaning up on his own, as it was not only his fault apparently as Puar told her, and that they all had a part to play, and the only reason why they decided not to tell her earlier was because she apparently looked like anger manifested, of which she took full offence to.

Anyways after that, they decided to start going to bed for the night, but she wanted to go see Hachiman one more time for… 'Why do I feel the need to go see him right now? It's not like he needs me to tell him goodnight, he's not a little boy.' she thought, trying to rationalize why she would want to see Hachiman one last time before she goes to bed.

'I mean, I really should still be mad at him after what he did earlier with all the food we prepared together, considering it's out of character for him to do something like that, I know Goku said something about him being able to make some kind of move or something like that, but I wasn't really paying attention at the time,' she thought to herself.

'But from what Puar told me earlier, Yamcha pretty much egged them on, although I can't talk to the guy without him feeling the urge to go to the bathroom to avoid me from my presence, which is kinda… weird. But he doesn't seem like the type to be perverted like that… I hope?' She thought with a shiver.

'But I guess I should apologize to Hachiman about that, I haven't exactly been easy on him today, and I don't think the ride here helped with that…' she thought as she grimaced slightly at how she was pretty much a backseat driver to Hachiman all day.

"Well, I could always do something to make it up to him, I have been putting off making a charger for his phone for a while now, and I got the idea of what I should do to make the charger for him, and I should be able to get it done for him in just a few hours at most." she said to herself, knowing what to do in order to make it up to her friend on how she was acting today, not that she cared or anything, just to make sure they were even, at least that's what she told herself.

Although that's what she planned on, she ran into some issues before she could even start. 'Alright, I just need to find where my capsules are… What happened to my capsules?' she thought as she paused in her tracks as she wracked her brain trying to remember where she had placed her capsules last time.

'Where could it be… ok Bulma, what did you do today where you could have misplaced your capsules…' she wondered as she was walking in circles as it was a part of her method of trying to figure out where the capsules are, 'Ok, you were in the RV most of the day… but I don't think it's here or I would have found it already… ok the only times you really went outside was to cook food and fix the… OH! That's probably where I left it, when I was working on the RV with Hachiman.' She thought as she celebrated in her mind, but then realized that it's getting pretty dark and she would likely be searching under the RV, and while she would never say it, it was slightly unsettling having to go under said vehicle while it was dark.

'I guess I could ask Hachiman to come with me, if he isn't asleep already, I never really bother to look if he is sleeping most of the time, mainly cause he stays up pretty late, but I'll assume he's pretty tired after today, so if he's up i'll go ask him.' She rationalized in her mind, as she was totally not afraid of going under a RV in the dark by herself, no way, she just wanted company is all, and he happened to be the only semi-normal person here, besides a hyperactive child, a possible pervy guy that goes to the bathroom in fear or… anyways, and the other one is just a cat who is friends with said possible perv, so the best option was the scary eyed 'Not really scary anymore.' sometimes cynical boy who she happened to like more than the rest.

Although she had never caught him sleeping, she had seen him occasionally groggy on the couch, as there was not many other places to sleep in the RV, and it was starting to get a little packed with the addition of Yamcha and Puar, as the RV only had two beds and one bedroom, and she assumed he didn't want to cuddle up with Goku, considering when she found that out that Yamcha wanted to sleep on a bed well…. Let's just say he was kicked off a few minutes after Goku started to sleep, so that was out of the question.

As she was walking to the main living area of the RV, she checked and realized that he wasn't there which sorta surprised her, 'Maybe he's outside doing something… but it's really late, What could he possibly do at this hour?' She pondered as she was preparing to go outside, while also bringing her trusty rifle in case there was something that was too much for her to handle alone.

'I know I should probably get my tools first, but after that I should go look for Hachiman and see what he's doing up so late.' She rationalized in her mind as she set off outside in order to get her tools albeit with the caution of a fox. But as she was going to get her tools she heard a loud sound towards the side of the RV and without thinking, she sprayed her gun without looking.

'W-What the hell was that, some kind of animal?' She thought with fear as she looked in front of her to see a sight she was not expecting. "What the hell, Bulma?!" Hikigaya yells out, somewhat pissed, albeit having not done much harm to him.

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POV - Hikigaya

Under the silver glow of the moon, Hikigaya stands in the clearing, his stance low and steady. The air around him feels charged as he focuses on replicating the fluid motions Yamcha demonstrated during their so-called sparring match. His movements are deliberate, though still slightly awkward due to it being something new.

'Wolf Fang Fist... I would have called it something else, but it is effective. Yamcha made it look easy, but I could barely keep up, but if I perfect it, it will only add onto my countering style, and maybe I'll be able to perfect that one move I did while trying to replicate it, I haven't been able to do it since due to the strain, so I just got lucky.' Hikigaya thought to himself while trying to do some of the moves he had seen Yamcha do over some of their battles on the road, or when they got food.

He steps forward, his hands slicing through the air in a flurry of strikes. His speed increases, but the precision is still lacking. "This isn't just about power or speed. It's the rhythm, the control. He said it should feel natural when I asked him... Yeah, like anything feels natural to me in this damned world of broken ass people." he muttered to himself while getting frustrated.

Hikigaya's frustration grows as he repeats the sequence over and over, stumbling on certain transitions. His breaths grow heavier, but he refuses to stop. 'If I can't do this, than what is the point of me trying to get further beyond them, I'm still lagging behind Goku, Yamcha is still an obstacle that is hard to overcome, and that's not to mention that there's likely an wall I cannot overcome, that is likely coming sooner than later, And me? I'm just... here. A guy playing catch-up in a world that doesn't care if I survive or not.'

I launched into another sequence, focusing on speed this time. My punches blurred in the dim light, but they lacked the power he had wanted. I gritted my teeth, frustration bubbling under the surface. 'This is what I get for being the weakest link. Every time I hold back the group, it feels like dead weight dragging me down. I need to close the gap. I need to prove that I belong in this world too!'

A loud CRACK! echoed as my fist slammed into a tree, leaving a deep hole inside the tree. I pulled back, shaking out my hand. 'Better. Still not enough. I need to get stronger, faster, better if I want to survive in this world.' he thought with an otherworldly determination as he was preparing to restart his stance.

But just as he was doing that, he heard a rustling sound behind him, which had made his heart leap up into his throat, and as he turned, he was met with the harsh light of a flashlight, 'Great, my flow got ruined now…' he thought being somewhat annoyed.

The light shifted, revealing Bulma's unmistakable silhouette. I opened my mouth to say something, but before I could, a deafening BANG! filled the air. I didn't even have time to react as the first bullet grazed my side. Then came another. And another. Each impact sent a dull shock through my body, but I remained standing, more annoyed than injured.

As she finally stopped shooting he yelled out to her, "What the hell Bulma?!" Hikigaya yells out, somewhat pissed, albeit having not done much harm to him. The flashlight wobbled as she lowered it, her wide eyes locking onto me. "H-Hachiman?! Oh my god! I thought you were a monster!" She said with fear, hoping she didn't hurt him too much. Hikigaya brushes dirt off his shoulder, deadpanning. "Yeah, the real monster here is your aim. You just unloaded an entire magazine on me." he said, still being annoyed at her.

Bulma approaches cautiously, her flashlight revealing Hikigaya's sweat-soaked form. "What are you even doing out here at this hour, it's like two in the morning?" she said somewhat confused. Hikigaya crosses his arms, his voice clipped. "Practicing. What does it look like?"

"I know you're practicing you idiot! I mean why Hachiman, don't think I haven't been noticing that you're never in bed when I check occasionally, do you always practice this late?" She questioned him as he grimaced while looking away to try and feel less guilty about it. "It's not that big of a deal Bulma, it's just extra training is all, there's nothing wrong with it, I've been doing this for months in order to keep up with the rest of them." he said trying to reason with the blue haired women.

"What do you mean keep up, you're already rivaling Goku in power and you're basically a level above Yamcha, why do you feel as if you need to keep going harder when you're already keeping up as it is?" She questioned, confused by his statement of not keeping up as it was clear to her that he clearly was, and was pretty much surpassing Yamcha as it is, and to that, Hikigaya responded with this.

"I'm sure you noticed how dangerous this world can truly be if you do not have something going for you, whether that be things like Goku adaptability, your intelligence, or Yamcha's ability to survive. I do not have the type of power to keep up with those that have talent, but there's one thing that doesn't fail those who try to strive for what they want. You want to know what it is?" He asked her, as she nodded, paying attention to him.

"Bulma, the one thing that can surpass anything within this world and beyond, and that is hard work." he stated, being completely serious. "I used to think that while hard work would never betray those who did it, it was something that could never beat those who had both talent and a work ethic." he paused as he looked into the night sky with a determined expression.

"But this world has taught me that there are such things as becoming talented in doing hard work, so I realized, if I ever wanted to achieve my goal, I needed to become talented in hard work, in order to beat those who have both in their arsenal." he said as he looked back at Bulma. "That is why I stay out so late practicing Bulma." he stated, finishing his reasoning.

"Hachiman… that's…" she couldn't finish off her words as she sighed, 'What kind of mentality is that? I can't help but respect it but… the way he was talking about it… It made it seem like he was going to work himself to death in order to achieve his goal… but what's the point in a goal if he dies before reaching it.' she thought as she was trying to think of a solution to the problem of what she assumed to be Hikigaya overworking himself. "I need to get back to training, I'm sure you can understand why I'm doing this now, Bulma." he stated as he was resetting his stance to continue.

"If that's what you want, then I can't stop you Hachiman, but… that's not going to stop me from being there for you!" she shouted as she stomped over out of range of Hikigaya and sat nearby in order to watch him.

Hikigaya acknowledges this, but doesn't do anything in order to dissuade her into leaving. 'I mean, what do you expect me to do, carry her back to the RV and tuck her good night? What good will that do? I'm sure she'll leave when she gets tired anyways.' he assumes as he keeps on practicing his own version of wolf fanged fist against the beaten up tree.

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Two Hours Later ~

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After the amount of time he had practiced on the tree, it had finally fallen, which was the goal that Hikigaya had set for himself, although he was left unsatisfied. 'It was not nearly as good as that one time I was able to put a hole in the entire thing, but it's likely almost morning and muscles need rest time unfortunately… Maybe that can be a dragonball wish… nah I need something more practical, like being able to unlock Ki easier or something like that…' he thought as he yawned, then he turned back to see Bulma, who was surprisingly still awake watching him.

"You are ready to go to bed now Hachiman." she said while looking not very tired which was sorta a surprise to Hikigaya. "Yeah… I am now I guess." he said, being a bit weirded out by the way she said that. "Good, come with me now." she said as she marched over, grabbed his hand and dragged him back to the RV.

"Why are you dragging me back like this Bulma, I was going to go to sleep anyways." he said, but her grip on him did not loosen up in the slightest. "I know, but since you going stay up until four in the morning training, I figured you might as well get better sleep than being on the couch." she said as she dragged him into her room.

"What does that have to do with me being in your room Bulma?" he said, not expecting anything from it unlike what some others would think in his situation. "Isn't it obvious? You're going to be sleeping in the same bed as me." she said as if it were obvious, "Aren't we skipping a few steps here Bulma?" he said a bit embarrassed at the circumstances in front of him. "What do you mean skipping a few… oh, get your head out of the damn gutter Hachiman I mean sleep in the same damn bed, not… that." she clarified as she started moving over to the other side of her large bed.

'Damn… am I a prude of something or is this still embarrassing.' he thought to himself as he took his shoes off and slowly got on his side of the bed while trying to ignore Bulma's gaze. "There we go, not so hard huh?" Bulma said, being a little oblivious of Hikigaya's state of mind. "Anyways, I… listened to what you said Hachiman, and I know I can't stop you from… what you're trying to achieve, as that would be… unfair to you and for what you're trying to achieve. But I want you to promise something to me if you're really serious about what you're doing, Hachiman." she stated.

'Damn it… another promise I'll have to keep.' he thought with dread, "What is it Bulma?" he asked her as he waited for a response. "I don't want you to work yourself to death Hachiman, please promise me you won't do that." she said while being completely serious. "...I promise not to work myself to death on purpose, Bulma." he said in a quiet voice, that wouldn't be heard if it was not for how late it was. "...That's all I can ask of you Hachiman… goodnight." she said as she turned off the lights then faces away from him as she goes to sleep.

'... I hope I never have to go to far as to kill myself in order to achieve my goals Bulma… but frankly? That is impossible in a messed up world like this, that's why… nothing is off the table.' he vowed in his mind as he tried to go to sleep. Unaware of this battle that he will be facing all by his lonesome in the very close future.

Hikigaya Hachiman - [9] - (11) - (14) New style - variation of Yamcha's Wolf Fang Fist that is focused more on countering with a higher speed, while also delivering more power - (Currently not usable in combat most of the time.) (14) is with four arms speed, which will require higher mastery of said style. This doesn't include Hikigaya's controlled or unleashed ambition.

Author's notes

Frankly I still do have to apologize for being gone for so long, so I do hope that this chapter was able to make some of the urges go away, besides that, at the time I just finished my finals and I needed a little break, and that didn't include all of the other hobbies, such as working out again and getting a new job and other stuff like that, anyways I wanted to post this just to let people know that this fic is not dead and I do plan on continuing it. This is XeF4 out!