2-15 More Training
Shin took me to a far away location from Goku, Gohan and the others. Not only to prevent distraction to Gohan, but as per my request, to keep it a secret. The Kaioken move involved great concentration to learn and perform, you had to use your mind, body, and spirit truly as one, not just as single weapons. Shin wasn't sure if I could pick it up or not, but I had an ace up my sleeve. The Super Saiyan transformation was so similar to Kaioken that I could learn it very quickly. The only main difference was that Kaioken was more temporary and did damage to the user if not used properly, and it was much harder to hold constantly, especially the first time. My first test try was a good example of this, I powered up to my full without going super, then tripped a mental switch that I seemed to form to trigger Kaioken, saying it exactly when I was thinking it and prepping for it, which I learned was key. The red aura appeared like it should, but the power increase caught me a little off, as I was so accustomed to digging into my deeper power for super saiyan. But again as I saw, the power increase didn't damage me much, I had already experienced higher levels of power, my normal form just needed to adjust slightly. Shin then asked me to go Super Saiyan and crank up to full, then use Kaioken and hold it. Doing so, I flew up in the air and then switched Kaioken on. The increased power then was quite straining, it felt like my muscles were going to fly right off my body with the energy I was putting out.
When I finally managed to control it and sustain it, I did a few tests of power and speed. My speed was unbelievable. My power was as well, but not quite as impressive. Shin explained that Kaioken almost doubled my speed at the first level, but only increased my power 50 percent of the base level. Then he told me to power down to the maximum in normal form, and try a double Kaioken. Doing so, I noticed the strain wasn't quite as much as my first try, but had I been a Super Saiyan, it could have easily been overbearing. Shin then explained that once you hit Kaioken multipliers of double or greater, that the strain becomes really bad, for more power comes more damage. Fortunately I still had my trump card, the fake moon, if I ever needed to powerup to high. One of the odder things was the mental activity during the move. Although it wasn't hard to imagine yourself at you're very best, constantly keeping that effort up while focusing on your energy and the battle could be a little difficult. After a few hours of practice with it, something Shin was just amazed at, he decided to show me something else.
"I think it may be important for you to know how to perform the fusion dance, I trust Goku already told you about the even power level requirement?" I nodded to that, trying to imagine what this dance was going to look like. Then he showed me. Okay...
"So what do you think?" Shin asked with a very similar look to Goku's Son grin.
"I think it would be rude for me to say what I think of that, but as for the dance, just don't ever ask me to do it!" Shin seemed slightly amused but had me try it out anyway with a shadow partner that resembled me, only was translucent. After 3 tries I had it down, seemingly satisfying him.
"You're a very fast learner, perhaps you should have been used in the fusion pairing instead of Goten or Trunks," he commented.
"Maybe so, but Goku said I was too strong for it anyway," I muttered as we went back towards Gohan's training area.
We arrived to the dull setting once again, Old Kai was coming up on 5 hours until the opening ceremony was over.
"Verto, I suggest you do not go beyond a double Kaioken attack until you've had time to build up your body to handle the strain, at least in Super Saiyan form. Anything beyond a double could easily destroy you. Being dead it wouldn't be a huge deal, your body is more durable and could probably handle a triple even in Super Saiyan form. But when you're alive again it is not, remember that," Shin said as we landed.
"Gotcha! Don't tell anyone ok, I want to surprise Vegeta if I can," I grinned at the possibilities.
"Sure, we'll look who's up," Shin said, glancing over to his left. Goku stood there, rubbing his eyes.
"Welcome back, nice nap?" Shin asked.
"Yeah, but it seemed a little short," Goku said, sounding disappointed.
"That's because you were only out a few hours," Shin explained.
"Oh ok, are Gohan's powers awakened yet?" Goku asked excitedly. Shin just pointed at the ridiculous scene of Old Kai dancing, Gohan looked less than thrilled to say the least. As if on cue, Old Kai began to slow down, and broke his pattern, staggering up to Gohan and dropping straight down in front of him, yawning. Gohan yawned as well and took a seat, cross-legged.
"All right, Gohan, you feeling any of your new strength yet?" Goku asked.
"I just finished the ritual a minute ago sonny, it's going to be 20 more hours before he feels anything at all," Old Kai said, raising his arms pointed out towards Gohan.
"Now Gohan, concentrate on your powers fully never leaving this meditative state. Keep your focus and we can get this done," Kai said. Gohan complied, assuming a meditation type stance, his hands pressed together.
"We can't thank you enough for your hard work," Shin said to his elder counterpart, who didn't really react to the buttering up that Shin and Kibito had been giving him.
"Stay back, Gohan mustn't be distracted from his training. Here, take this and observe what is going on around the Earth. I am sure you may be curious," Old Kai said, creating some kind of crystal ball and tossing it to Shin. Shin beckoned us to sit below a nearby tree, and he set the ball on the ground. The picture came up a minute later, showing the lookout from above. Everyone was on it thankfully, not much had changed. Goten and Trunks stood out a little bit and next to each other, Piccolo in front of them, I began hearing the conversation going on as well, it echoed to us in low volume.
"This outta be good," Yamcha said to no one in particular. Goten and Trunks began to power up to their maximums in their normal forms, a slight breeze kicked up some dust around them.
"Trunks, hold your power back a bit," Piccolo ordered.
"I can try, there!" Trunks said, leveling off with Goten's level.
"Yes that's perfect, your levels are exactly the same! Whenever your ready boys!"
"So, are they about to attempt the fusion then?" Shin asked, taking the words out of my mouth.
"I guess so, They've had a little time to practice since I taught it to them," Goku said, looking slightly interested. The boys raised their arms up to their sides, Goten to his right, Trunks to his left. Then they took 3 steps towards each other, slowly bringing their arms toward each other until they were almost point to each other with both arms.
"Fuuuu," They then turned slightly, one leg up and pointed inwards, standing on the other. Their arms back where they started, however I saw that Trunks had his fingers extended, Goten's were balled up. I had learned that everything must be mirrored, thus this could be a problem.
"Sion!" Then both legs that were up went back down at a new angle. Their arms with fingers extended then met right in the middle, "HAAAA!" Goten turned into a blue light and Trunks a red one, and the forms then slowly merged into each other.
"Well that's different," I muttered, granted I had just learned it, but it was still odd. Now I witnessed what actually happened, a shadow partner didn't provide that.
"Yeah, that's how you do fusion," Goku explained.
"Yes, I just showed Verto how to do it not long ago, you learned it from the Metemories correct?" Shin asked.
"Yeah, I learned it from them," Goku said with pride, "And now I passed it on to the boys to use against Majin Buu, I'm really proud of them learning it so fast!"
I guess that's fast for two boys who didn't think too highly of it at the time, I wonder why Goku didn't go into Super excited mode after Kai said he just taught me. A blinding light then filled the viewing ball, erasing the lookout for a few moments. When the light faded, a new large form was standing in front of Piccolo. I say large because there was a small boy standing there, but looked like he had been fed nothing but sweets since birth. He was wearing a small black and yellow vest, white pants and a blue belt tied around his waist, his clothes a little similar to Buu's.
"Um..is that what he's supposed to look like?" I asked, I wasn't completely sure.
"Hmmm, no I think they messed it up somehow," Shin said. Good, if that was the true form I guarantee I will never use it!
"Yeah, they did, Trunks had his fingers extended too early. The result was this fat form, they'll have to wait 30 minutes to try again," Goku answered.
"Remind me never to attempt fusion if I don't have to," I muttered.
"I don't think it would have worked with you anyway, that tail, if Goten or Trunks had one it could have," Goku said. I mentally slapped myself, recalling that they had theirs for a short time. Shin probably slapped himself as well, just for teaching me a technique I couldn't use with anyone else at the time. Meantime the others on the lookout were asking all kinds of questions to the large fused boy.
"What does it feel like to be one person?" Videl asked. What the, how can you ask that to anyone? I thought to myself, shaking my head slightly. The fused boy didn't answer, and I couldn't blame him for it.
"Hey little buddy, you got a name?"
"Gotenks," The fat 7 year old said, his voice sounded a little off, but also like 2 were speaking at once.
"See, he does have his own name!" Chichi screeched with delight. This general activity went on for about 30 minutes, until the boy turned into a white light and cut itself in half, revealing Trunks and Goten. They immediately tried again to fuse correctly. This time they're fingers didn't touch at exactly the same time, producing an old coot that rivaled Elder Kai in age, and a broomstick for a body. Piccolo scolded the wheezing invalid, then sat under a tree and waited for this one to wear off.
"This sets trial and error to a new level," I joked.
"Hey Supreme Kai, you got anymore of that fruit?" Goku asked.
"You can't possibly be hungry again!" Shin cried.
"Uh well, actually I am!" Goku said, his stomach began emitting earthquakes. Shin just face faulted, not sure what to do. Kibito saved him the trouble, and held out his hand, making a plate full of the fruit appear, which Goku tore into fast as lightning.
"I suppose your hungry too?" Shin asked.
"You know Saiyans, but no, I'm good. I think Goku really does have a black hole in there instead of a stomach," I said, chuckling. The viewing ball flashed brightly again, showing the end of the fusion. I walked over with Shin to observe Goten and Trunks try again. They took their place and commenced. I watched closely for any flaws, after seeing and practicing the technique a few times, I remembered how it worked. This time their timing and form were perfect, and a brighter light shined from the duo.
"I think they have it this time," Shin said. When the light cleared, a new form stood, with black hair, purple on the sides, and for once a warrior's body. He really looked like a mini version of Vegeta, despite the hair color.
"They did it, now all they have to do is try it in super saiyan mode, then the fusion will be at it's maximum!" Goku said. Gotenks though, seemed that he was ready now, as he promptly took off and raced towards Majin Buu's power signal.
"No, he can't go now, he's not ready yet!" Goku screamed at the globe.
"Is extreme arrogance a side effect?" Shin asked. Goku just shrugged. Gotenks arrived at Buu's signal, as he was entertaining himself with a cruise boat. Gotenks shot a ki blast and took off his head. Buu regenerated and rushed over to beat the crap out of him. The battle didn't last long, showing completely that the boys were not ready for this at their current level, Buu was way to strong and fast for them to keep up. However luck struck in the form of a human army, and Buu soon forgot about Gotenks altogether. He blew up the army instead, allowing Gotenks to slip away.
"Phew, thought we'd be on a short string there for a minute," Goku said. My tail decided it needed a stretch at the time, and I allowed it. I kept it wrapped around my waist all the time, so it gets cramped a lot.
"What the heck kind of transformation is that anyway?" Goku asked, "The only way I knew was the really big monkey."
"Tell you the truth, I'm not sure myself, could have been something the other Bulma did, or something else. I know I wasn't a Saiyan to start off with in the first place," I explained, recalling what I could, that empty headed feeling got kind of annoying as I glanced at the Kai.
"Well, that form is almost better anyway, same power, more control."
"Yeah, Vegeta discovered that my first day, he saw the tail and immediately made a fake moon to test it. After seeing it, we didn't do that for a long time, even after I was a Super Saiyan in the time chamber. He didn't want anyone to know about it, not even Piccolo, who helped train me. I remember poor Tien though, he got the shock of his life when I sparred him in there and he asked for me to quit playing around. Then I turned Super on him," I laughed a little, remembering Tien's face when I transformed to Super Saiyan, priceless. We looked back at the globe, where Gotenks had just come back, battered and beaten, but still alive.
"Well, at least he's alive, I'm gonna go take a nap, wake me up when something happens!" Goku said.
"I think I'm going to as well, I haven't slept for...damn, not since I woke up before the tournament," I said, yawning and following Goku, who chose a spot next to a tree. I took the opposite side and was out cold in no time at all.
Power levels
Fat Buu: 380,000,000
Gotenks: 170,000,000
When I finally managed to control it and sustain it, I did a few tests of power and speed. My speed was unbelievable. My power was as well, but not quite as impressive. Shin explained that Kaioken almost doubled my speed at the first level, but only increased my power 50 percent of the base level. Then he told me to power down to the maximum in normal form, and try a double Kaioken. Doing so, I noticed the strain wasn't quite as much as my first try, but had I been a Super Saiyan, it could have easily been overbearing. Shin then explained that once you hit Kaioken multipliers of double or greater, that the strain becomes really bad, for more power comes more damage. Fortunately I still had my trump card, the fake moon, if I ever needed to powerup to high. One of the odder things was the mental activity during the move. Although it wasn't hard to imagine yourself at you're very best, constantly keeping that effort up while focusing on your energy and the battle could be a little difficult. After a few hours of practice with it, something Shin was just amazed at, he decided to show me something else.
"I think it may be important for you to know how to perform the fusion dance, I trust Goku already told you about the even power level requirement?" I nodded to that, trying to imagine what this dance was going to look like. Then he showed me. Okay...
"So what do you think?" Shin asked with a very similar look to Goku's Son grin.
"I think it would be rude for me to say what I think of that, but as for the dance, just don't ever ask me to do it!" Shin seemed slightly amused but had me try it out anyway with a shadow partner that resembled me, only was translucent. After 3 tries I had it down, seemingly satisfying him.
"You're a very fast learner, perhaps you should have been used in the fusion pairing instead of Goten or Trunks," he commented.
"Maybe so, but Goku said I was too strong for it anyway," I muttered as we went back towards Gohan's training area.
We arrived to the dull setting once again, Old Kai was coming up on 5 hours until the opening ceremony was over.
"Verto, I suggest you do not go beyond a double Kaioken attack until you've had time to build up your body to handle the strain, at least in Super Saiyan form. Anything beyond a double could easily destroy you. Being dead it wouldn't be a huge deal, your body is more durable and could probably handle a triple even in Super Saiyan form. But when you're alive again it is not, remember that," Shin said as we landed.
"Gotcha! Don't tell anyone ok, I want to surprise Vegeta if I can," I grinned at the possibilities.
"Sure, we'll look who's up," Shin said, glancing over to his left. Goku stood there, rubbing his eyes.
"Welcome back, nice nap?" Shin asked.
"Yeah, but it seemed a little short," Goku said, sounding disappointed.
"That's because you were only out a few hours," Shin explained.
"Oh ok, are Gohan's powers awakened yet?" Goku asked excitedly. Shin just pointed at the ridiculous scene of Old Kai dancing, Gohan looked less than thrilled to say the least. As if on cue, Old Kai began to slow down, and broke his pattern, staggering up to Gohan and dropping straight down in front of him, yawning. Gohan yawned as well and took a seat, cross-legged.
"All right, Gohan, you feeling any of your new strength yet?" Goku asked.
"I just finished the ritual a minute ago sonny, it's going to be 20 more hours before he feels anything at all," Old Kai said, raising his arms pointed out towards Gohan.
"Now Gohan, concentrate on your powers fully never leaving this meditative state. Keep your focus and we can get this done," Kai said. Gohan complied, assuming a meditation type stance, his hands pressed together.
"We can't thank you enough for your hard work," Shin said to his elder counterpart, who didn't really react to the buttering up that Shin and Kibito had been giving him.
"Stay back, Gohan mustn't be distracted from his training. Here, take this and observe what is going on around the Earth. I am sure you may be curious," Old Kai said, creating some kind of crystal ball and tossing it to Shin. Shin beckoned us to sit below a nearby tree, and he set the ball on the ground. The picture came up a minute later, showing the lookout from above. Everyone was on it thankfully, not much had changed. Goten and Trunks stood out a little bit and next to each other, Piccolo in front of them, I began hearing the conversation going on as well, it echoed to us in low volume.
"This outta be good," Yamcha said to no one in particular. Goten and Trunks began to power up to their maximums in their normal forms, a slight breeze kicked up some dust around them.
"Trunks, hold your power back a bit," Piccolo ordered.
"I can try, there!" Trunks said, leveling off with Goten's level.
"Yes that's perfect, your levels are exactly the same! Whenever your ready boys!"
"So, are they about to attempt the fusion then?" Shin asked, taking the words out of my mouth.
"I guess so, They've had a little time to practice since I taught it to them," Goku said, looking slightly interested. The boys raised their arms up to their sides, Goten to his right, Trunks to his left. Then they took 3 steps towards each other, slowly bringing their arms toward each other until they were almost point to each other with both arms.
"Fuuuu," They then turned slightly, one leg up and pointed inwards, standing on the other. Their arms back where they started, however I saw that Trunks had his fingers extended, Goten's were balled up. I had learned that everything must be mirrored, thus this could be a problem.
"Sion!" Then both legs that were up went back down at a new angle. Their arms with fingers extended then met right in the middle, "HAAAA!" Goten turned into a blue light and Trunks a red one, and the forms then slowly merged into each other.
"Well that's different," I muttered, granted I had just learned it, but it was still odd. Now I witnessed what actually happened, a shadow partner didn't provide that.
"Yeah, that's how you do fusion," Goku explained.
"Yes, I just showed Verto how to do it not long ago, you learned it from the Metemories correct?" Shin asked.
"Yeah, I learned it from them," Goku said with pride, "And now I passed it on to the boys to use against Majin Buu, I'm really proud of them learning it so fast!"
I guess that's fast for two boys who didn't think too highly of it at the time, I wonder why Goku didn't go into Super excited mode after Kai said he just taught me. A blinding light then filled the viewing ball, erasing the lookout for a few moments. When the light faded, a new large form was standing in front of Piccolo. I say large because there was a small boy standing there, but looked like he had been fed nothing but sweets since birth. He was wearing a small black and yellow vest, white pants and a blue belt tied around his waist, his clothes a little similar to Buu's.
"Um..is that what he's supposed to look like?" I asked, I wasn't completely sure.
"Hmmm, no I think they messed it up somehow," Shin said. Good, if that was the true form I guarantee I will never use it!
"Yeah, they did, Trunks had his fingers extended too early. The result was this fat form, they'll have to wait 30 minutes to try again," Goku answered.
"Remind me never to attempt fusion if I don't have to," I muttered.
"I don't think it would have worked with you anyway, that tail, if Goten or Trunks had one it could have," Goku said. I mentally slapped myself, recalling that they had theirs for a short time. Shin probably slapped himself as well, just for teaching me a technique I couldn't use with anyone else at the time. Meantime the others on the lookout were asking all kinds of questions to the large fused boy.
"What does it feel like to be one person?" Videl asked. What the, how can you ask that to anyone? I thought to myself, shaking my head slightly. The fused boy didn't answer, and I couldn't blame him for it.
"Hey little buddy, you got a name?"
"Gotenks," The fat 7 year old said, his voice sounded a little off, but also like 2 were speaking at once.
"See, he does have his own name!" Chichi screeched with delight. This general activity went on for about 30 minutes, until the boy turned into a white light and cut itself in half, revealing Trunks and Goten. They immediately tried again to fuse correctly. This time they're fingers didn't touch at exactly the same time, producing an old coot that rivaled Elder Kai in age, and a broomstick for a body. Piccolo scolded the wheezing invalid, then sat under a tree and waited for this one to wear off.
"This sets trial and error to a new level," I joked.
"Hey Supreme Kai, you got anymore of that fruit?" Goku asked.
"You can't possibly be hungry again!" Shin cried.
"Uh well, actually I am!" Goku said, his stomach began emitting earthquakes. Shin just face faulted, not sure what to do. Kibito saved him the trouble, and held out his hand, making a plate full of the fruit appear, which Goku tore into fast as lightning.
"I suppose your hungry too?" Shin asked.
"You know Saiyans, but no, I'm good. I think Goku really does have a black hole in there instead of a stomach," I said, chuckling. The viewing ball flashed brightly again, showing the end of the fusion. I walked over with Shin to observe Goten and Trunks try again. They took their place and commenced. I watched closely for any flaws, after seeing and practicing the technique a few times, I remembered how it worked. This time their timing and form were perfect, and a brighter light shined from the duo.
"I think they have it this time," Shin said. When the light cleared, a new form stood, with black hair, purple on the sides, and for once a warrior's body. He really looked like a mini version of Vegeta, despite the hair color.
"They did it, now all they have to do is try it in super saiyan mode, then the fusion will be at it's maximum!" Goku said. Gotenks though, seemed that he was ready now, as he promptly took off and raced towards Majin Buu's power signal.
"No, he can't go now, he's not ready yet!" Goku screamed at the globe.
"Is extreme arrogance a side effect?" Shin asked. Goku just shrugged. Gotenks arrived at Buu's signal, as he was entertaining himself with a cruise boat. Gotenks shot a ki blast and took off his head. Buu regenerated and rushed over to beat the crap out of him. The battle didn't last long, showing completely that the boys were not ready for this at their current level, Buu was way to strong and fast for them to keep up. However luck struck in the form of a human army, and Buu soon forgot about Gotenks altogether. He blew up the army instead, allowing Gotenks to slip away.
"Phew, thought we'd be on a short string there for a minute," Goku said. My tail decided it needed a stretch at the time, and I allowed it. I kept it wrapped around my waist all the time, so it gets cramped a lot.
"What the heck kind of transformation is that anyway?" Goku asked, "The only way I knew was the really big monkey."
"Tell you the truth, I'm not sure myself, could have been something the other Bulma did, or something else. I know I wasn't a Saiyan to start off with in the first place," I explained, recalling what I could, that empty headed feeling got kind of annoying as I glanced at the Kai.
"Well, that form is almost better anyway, same power, more control."
"Yeah, Vegeta discovered that my first day, he saw the tail and immediately made a fake moon to test it. After seeing it, we didn't do that for a long time, even after I was a Super Saiyan in the time chamber. He didn't want anyone to know about it, not even Piccolo, who helped train me. I remember poor Tien though, he got the shock of his life when I sparred him in there and he asked for me to quit playing around. Then I turned Super on him," I laughed a little, remembering Tien's face when I transformed to Super Saiyan, priceless. We looked back at the globe, where Gotenks had just come back, battered and beaten, but still alive.
"Well, at least he's alive, I'm gonna go take a nap, wake me up when something happens!" Goku said.
"I think I'm going to as well, I haven't slept for...damn, not since I woke up before the tournament," I said, yawning and following Goku, who chose a spot next to a tree. I took the opposite side and was out cold in no time at all.
Power levels
Fat Buu: 380,000,000
Gotenks: 170,000,000
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