I am at an impasse in my life. The object of my aggression has been dead for several years now. My revenge against him will never be satisfied. I guess I can take comfort in the fact that another Saiyajin ha s taken revenge for the whole race. I would like to meet this one, called Trunks but I am rather confused by what was said to me about him. He is the son of Vegeta, but he came back in time to save Gokou from a disease that affected only Saiyajin's. I guess you had to be there. I still look forward to meeting Vegeta and Trunks though. If they are like Gokou then it will prove to be interesting. My power level has not reached Gokou's yet but it will. His family reminds me of Jin's. I don't intend to lose this tournament and I know I have my work cut out for me so I will train as I always do, but this time I will have new people to spar with. I'm so excited about it that I can barely sit still to write this. I think I will go out and exercise. Maybe 10,000 push-ups will do for a start.
The air was cool at the crack of dawn. Mother birds were going off to find food for their babies as others were teaching their young to spread their wings for the first flight. The morning sun was peeking over the Paoz mountain range and slowly coming up. The animals weren't the only things up. Shon was doing his calisthenics as he does every morning. With his first entry in the Tenkai Budoukai his training was more intense than the previous weeks. Staying with other Saiyajin and training with them was easier than hiding his strength for other races. He was waiting for his rematch with Goten but what he really wanted was to test his skill against Gokou. Even though he hadn't seen him in action yet, he could tell that Gokou was no slouch when it came to fighting. Fighting with Goten taught him that much. When he stopped doing pushups, the ground beneath him was soaked. He stood and closed and began doing a kata that Yun taught him when he was a boy. His mind was completely empty of all thoughts as he moved.
Gokou woke up and stretched. He eased out of the bed as to not wake Chi-Chi. "Have a good day training, dear." She said as she turned over burying her face into her pillow. He turned to look at her and smiled. He got dressed in his blue and gray gui and went to wake Goten and Shon. He opened Goten's door to find the room a mess as usual. "Goten it's time to get up and train." His son just stirred. Gokou grabbed the cover and pulled it back to reveal his legs. Smiling devilishly, he grabbed his son's leg and tossed him in the air.
Goten was surprised by the sudden movement but remained floating in the air.
"DAAAAAAAAD!"
"Quit crying and get up. It's time to train."
"Okay, okay. I'm up. I'll be out in a minute."
Gokou went to the guestroom to find it empty. Hmmm, Gokou put his finger to his chin. He snapped his fingers and went back to his son's room to find Goten just finishing putting on his orange gui. Goten looked at him. "What?"
Gokou said nothing just focussed on Shon's ki. Touching Goten's shoulder, they teleported to their new sparring partner.
Eyes still closed, Shon moved faster and faster as he went through the motions. The force from his punches crumbled boulders and dented rock formations. His kicks snapped like thunder. Ending his kata, he did seven backflips, kicking the air once again on the last flip landing on his knee and punched the ground.
As Gokou and Goten arrived the earth shook. Both immediately floated in the air. Goten coughed and fanned the dust away. The dust cleared and they saw Shon on one knee at ground zero of his strike. The crater was 20 feet wide.
"Not bad, not bad at all," Gokou commented. Shon looked up to see Gokou and his son.
"I didn't know I had company. I was just getting ready to run. Care to join me?" Goten and his father floated down to earth.
"Sounds like a plan to me. Goten, you ready?"
"Lemme stretch first."
All three of them stretched and got ready to go. Gokou smiled deviously. "You two ready?"
"Hai!" they both chimed in unison. Wow. In stereo. Cool. Gokou chuckled.
"Good. Catch me if you can." With that note, Gokou took off leaving their hair to flow in the wind.
They both took off steadily closing the distance.
The red light of the room fit the mood of the trainer. His muscles tensed and ready for whatever was to come. Energy started to boil inside him building up higher and higher. Extending his hand out toward the left wall he fired the concentrated ki and stood there. The energy ball traveled to the wall and ricocheted back. He stood there and smacked deflected it to the opposite wall. It came back. He flipped over and deflected it to the ceiling as it returned to its place of origin. It dropped faster than it would were the gravity in the room normal but in six hundred times the earth's gravity, it plummeted faster and harder. He held his hand up to absorb the brunt of the blast.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Houses rumbled. People stopped where they stood and wondered what was happening. Bulma and Dr. Briefs were working in their lab as the tremor began shaking everything. On instinct, Bulma extended her hand to catch her picture of her family as it vibrated off the shelf above the computer she was working on.
"Does he have to make the earth move when he trains? I can barely concentrate on my work," Dr. Briefs grumbled to his daughter.
"He trains like this all the time and I have been getting calls from the neighbors about it to. I guess I'll have to find a place for him to train that is far away."
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The sudden explosion surprised both of them.
CRASH! Bulma winced, as she knew it was her picture frame shattering. "Sigh, real far away."
The world seemed slow to Shon as he raced to catch his new mentor. Man, he's fast. He turned his head to look for Goten. The youngest of the trio had a look of determination on his face. He smiled and stepped up the pace. Gokou was dead ahead and only a few short steps away from loosing his lead on his son and guest. Shon's determination boosted his speed as he found himself next to Gokou and keeping pace. Goten was fast on their heels. Shon fell back a step or two to let Gokou lead them, he had never been here before and didn't want to get lost or accidentally hurt someone at this speed. The land beneath them changed from green to tan. Gokou kept up the pace for them to follow. Goten caught up with Shon and attempted to pass him as his father sped up a little. Damnit! Goten thought as a look of determination crossed his face. A smile curved on Shon's as he stepped up his speed leaving Goten in his dust. Shon caught and past Gokou and made a new pace, putting at least a mile between them. The ground changed again from tan to white to royal blue. Gokou kept running even though he knew they were running on the water. I hope he doesn't slow down. That is gonna be a hell of a wipeout. The wash of water in front of Gokou went from a steady wave to a to a larger wave then to nothing. The older Saiyajin started to laugh, as his last thought became a reality. His laughter distracted him and he also ate the salty water of the sea. Goten slowed up and floated above where his father and Shon wiped out. A chuckle escaped the smile on his face. The chuckle broke into an all out laugh as he floated in the air. Totally unaware of his surroundings, Goten continued to laugh.
Gokou's hand shot up out of the water and grabbed his son and pulled him down into the water.
The Saiyajin prince stood sweating and breathing heavily. The workout was as hard as ever but something was missing. Trunks will never reach this level of power, he's lazy and spoiled. The only way to test my power is to fight with one of those weaklings. But that would be no challenge. Maybe Bulma can make me an android with power equal to mine. Bulma walked down to the door to the training room with plans for a new training facility for her volatile husband as she was going to push the button to enter the door opened.
"I was just thinking about you. I need you to build something for me."
"What a coincidence. I was just coming to show you something I was planning to build for you."
Vegeta looked at her with a smile on his face that kind of disturbed her. He never smiles. What's going on in that twisted brain of his?
Goten shot out of the water and flew back to the shore Shon and Gokou soon followed.
"That was interesting. I didn't realize that I was running on water," Shon commented as he took off his shirt and wrung it dry. "I was wondering when you were gonna realize where you were and fly back to land. It was funny to see you wipe out like that I couldn't help but laugh myself. Goten thought he was gonna get away with being the only dry one, heh. And wasn't paying attention, that's why he lost to you. But I think he'll be a little more alert in the Budoukai."
"Yeah, I'm gonna be on my toes the next time we spar. I think I'll be ready for that spit technique of yours," Goten commented as he wrung himself dry.
"There is one thing that has been bothering me."
"What's that, Shon?" "Where are your tails? I know you are Saiyajin, but your tails are missing."
"That's a long story that we'll get into once we finish training. We have a lot of work ahead of us and Vegeta never stops training."
"I really want to meet this Vegeta." "You will, believe me you will," Goten said as he stretched and cracked his knuckles. "Trunks is cool but his old man has a thing about my dad. He thinks that he's stronger and better that my dad just because he is supposed to be royalty." "Sounds like an ass, a pompous one," Shon commented. Gokou chuckled, "He's okay, just a little uptight."
Bulma looked at Vegeta with a look of surprise. "You want me to what?"
"I, ACHOO! Want you to build an android like No.'s 17 and 18. ACHOO to train with. ACHOO!"
Gokou, Goten and Shon stood ready to spar in a free-for-all. Whoever was left standing would be the winner. Shon smiled. This made him think of his time on Taus. I know Goten's strength but I want to test Gokou but I still have to watch him. He's a lot stronger than Souja is so I have to be careful. This is so cool! After training with those weaklings I'm facing some real power. Shon smiled as he had a thought of a way to play with them both.
They stood ready for what was to come, all that was need was the first move. Goten made the first move.
As Gokou predicted, he went for Shon. Shon blocked each punch and countered strike with one of his own and phased as Gokou joined in the fray. Hoping to hit his guest, he planted his knuckles in into Goten's open hand. Shon appeared behind Gokou hoping to catch him off guard but the seasoned fighter blocked his strike as he countered and struck his son. Goten shook the blow and continued his attack on his father as he realized that he and Shon were teaming up. The exchange was furious and intensifying as each second went by. The two younger fighters were moving in sync with each other as the veteran blocked and countered most of the blows that were delivered. As if on cue, Shon sped up the pace of the action even more, Goten followed suit. Gokou was between them in sync with their advanced. Then a change in the action took place as Gokou teleported out of their attack causing them to hit each other in the jaw. Both of them flew back from the blows. As they recovered they charged each other, they were stopped short by a rain of ki balls exploding around them. Goten dodged a few and attempted to phase to a position near his father but was caught by a several balls that exploded as he reappeared. Shon continued to dodge the mini explosions around him. As Goten his the ground and continued to dodge, Shon attacked him with a barrage of punched and kicks that took his concentration of dodging and took it to him. They fought amidst the explosions. Their minds were in sync again as they phased and appeared on both sides of Gokou and powered up and fired.
"KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAAAA!"
"SHO-TEN-HA-SEKI-HAAAAAAAA!"
The seasoned fighter caught each ki blast as they entered his personal space. Shon is really strong. This will get him going. Gokou smiled as he powered up to Super Saiyajin and issued ki blast to counter the blasts that speed toward him.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Both Shon and Goten broke of their attack and flew at Gokou with a barrage of punches and kicks that sounded like thunder. The veteran blocked and countered their attacks easily and seemed to mock them as they continued. Gokou concentrated on Goten more then Shon as he defended which proved to be a mistake as their guest landed a right to his jaw that stunned him. As he answered that with a left sending Shon falling away, Goten planted a ki ball in his father's side and went Super Saiyajin and continued to attack. Gokou caught Goten's right hand and smirked at him before blasting him with his left.
Picolo watched from the temple as Gokou looked as if he was training again. "The Budoukai must be here again. This will be interesting to watch Provided that nothing evil goes on." "Picolo-san, are you going to enter this one?" "No, Dende, I'm going to watch the fire works this time around. This should be interesting. Provided no more horribly evil beings show up, this tournament might have a decent finish and some one might actually expose Satan for the fraud that he is." "He's not that bad, Picolo." The young Kame commented, "He's just a consummate showman that give the people that they want." Dende looked down at the earth. "Picolo, who is that with Gokou and Goten?" "I don't know. But he's strong. This bears some looking into." Picolo Jumped of the edge and flew towards the training.
"Vegeta, are you getting sick?"
"Nonsense. Are you going to build the android or not?"
"Why do you want me to build something that I know you are going to destroy? It's senseless to me."
"BECAUSE I'M ASKING YOU TO!"
"DON'T YELL AT ME MISTER! IF YOU WANT THIS THING!"
The battle of wills began as they silence became dominant in the room second only to the colossal egos that stood staring at one another.
The silence was broken by footsteps coming down the stairs. "Mom! Dad! I got an A+ on my…" Bra stopped short she felt the tension between her parents as they glared at her. "I can see you two are busy." She said as she backed up the stairs and turned and ran before the fireworks started flying.
Bra crested the stairs and turned the corner as she bumped into Trunks. "Dude, You don't want to go down there. They're staring." Trunks got a look of fear in his eye and proceeded to follow his sister away from the basement.
Shon Yun recovered from the blow to the jaw and started to return to the fray. When he was blindsided by a left to his jaw followed immediately by a right uppercut then another left that cent him further away from his destination. "DAMNIT!" he yelled as he recovered again. Shaking his head he felt that ki approaching him again. This time he was ready for it. As the unknown entity struck again he missed as Shon moved slightly to the side and caught his arm and planted his knee in his stomach then double axe-handled him in his back sending him crashing into a mesa.
Shon landed and waited for the assailant to emerge from the rubble.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The rubble scattered everywhere. Shon stood waiting. Rocks deflected off the shield he put up as he watched the smoke clear. The thunder of what was taking place in the sky did not distract Shon from his new adversary.
"You ready to go now?" Shon asked his new partner as he stood on a ready stance.
Picolo walked through the smoke and stood ready to go. A smirk curved the lips of the former god of the earth, "Let's play."
They charged each other with a force that shattered the remaining ruble from the mesa. Their speed and strength matched. Shon dropped down and swept Picolo's feet. Picolo flipped to recover. As he landed he shot a ki at Shon. Shon smacked it away and quickly defended against the onslaught that was Picolo. Whoever he is, he is as strong as Goten possibly stronger. Maybe I'll step it up a bit.
Picolo kept up the pace of his volley against the young Saiyajin warrior. Shon blocked and countered each advance. Breaking the contact, Shon flew back and powered up. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
This one is strong. But just how strong is the question. Picolo followed suit.
Gokou and son were waging their own little war. Goten shot issued a left that was easily blocked and routed in the opposite direction, which is what he wanted to happen. As he followed the momentum of his deflected strike, he pushed a little more power behind it and forced his father to backpedal a step. As Gokou distanced himself from his youngest, he sensed a familiar ki in the area. Yes! Goten cheered inwardly as he blasted his father in the stomach and sent him to the earth with a double chop to the back.
Sensing the power from his new adversary, Shon decided to go all out. Picolo was not surprised by his speed as he was immediately on the defensive. His defense was solid and he blocked and countered each strike. The ever patient, ancient warrior bided his time and waited for an opening and was rewarded with an unprotected flank. He blocked Shon's extended right leg and drove his right uppercut home. Shon cursed inwardly as he felt his side flinch at the hit. He had no time to recover as his opponent was on him with a fury that rivaled his own master.
Goten flew after his father and was suddenly aware of the new ki. He stopped to see Shon on the receiving end of a brutal attack from Picolo. He saw his father watching from a distance. He phased and appeared behind his dad and blasted him with a ki ball.
"Gotcha!"
Gokou took it all in stride as he recovered and returned the favor. Goten caught the ki ball and deflected it away and was blasted by Gokou's right fist. He then caught his son's hands before he fell away and issued more punishment as he sent knee after knee to his midsection.
Picolo's volley was stopped short as Shon caught his hands and planted his right foot in his stomach and flipped away from Picolo leaving him with a pain in his jaw from his left foot. With a distance between them, Picolo stated to shoot multiple ki balls at Shon. The younger warrior leaped to the air dodging each and every one of them and waited for Picolo to attack.
"Now what?" Shon stood in the air waiting for next thing to come. Picolo smiled and closed his hand. Shon realized that the balls didn't explode but they surrounded him. "Oh shit!" he exclaimed as they converged on him at once. Picolo watched as the balls did their job. Shon blocked and deflected most of them and phased out of the paths of the rest. Picolo phased and appeared where he thought Shon would be. And was caught with a right cross.
Goten fell to earth making a crater where he landed.
As Picolo fell away from Shon he recovered and returned the courtesy and Gokou hit him on the other side of his face sending him down to the ground. A crater formed around Shon as he landed on his feet and hands. He moved just in time to see both Gokou and his opponent converge on the spot at the same time.
I still have a trick up my sleeve. "GEM-NI-SON-KO!" two Shon's stood ready to fight some more.
"Bring it on!" both Shons challenged in unison. Picolo smirked and divided himself, again, and again.
The Shons stood facing 6 opponents. Gokou stood easy and looked on as Picolo seemed to be enjoying himself. The new battle began. With three to one odds, Shon was ready for whatever was coming his way.
His mind went back to his time on Taus training with the Syll. His speed tripled as the trios of green fighters came with the intention of putting him down. Shon and his duplicate were handling his own, covering all possible openings at the last possible second. He had no time to counter. Picolo #1 broke of the attack as did #4 and they started shooting ki balls at their opponents. Shon was aware of the number of attackers decreasing and was expecting something. When the something's came, they phased leaving the four others to deal with the incoming barrage. As they hit the multiple Picolos vanished laving only two. The Shons flew to where the Picolos were and smiled.
"What's your deal? Who are you?" they said in unison.
"Picolo" the two of them replied.
"Do you always fly around butting in where you don't need to?"
"No, but you guys looked like you were having fun. I just thought I would join in."
Shon merged as did Picolo and they landed. "You going to the Budoukai?"
"That's right. It's been a while since I competed."
"How many have you been in?"
"About as many as Gokou. I take it that this is your first."
" Yeah. And I plan to win."
"I'm sure you do."
Goten woke up and shook his head. "Man, this is getting ridiculous. Maybe I should go to the Room of Spirit and Time and train alone."
Gokou flew to Picolo and Shon Yun. "He's a good kid ain't he, Picolo? Pretty strong to."
"He is strong. I look forward to seeing him in the Budoukai. I have some things to look into I just wanted to have a little fun before I see to them." He turned to Shon nodded and flew away.
Shon looked at Gokou "Is he sick or something?"
"No. Why?"
"He's an awful shade of green."