His first spar (Open)

[Zach]

{I don't know where you keep getting that Zach's abs have been tensed during this whole exchange, they haven't. With his weights on and in base form he's hovering around 60K which even though is 3 times Rito's power, the boy shouldn't be hurting himself hiting Zach, especially since Zach isn't flexing.}



Remaining on his knees in front of Rito, Zach watched from between his raised arm as the boy took careful aim at his navel. The scene was comical for a few reasons, but most prominant in Zach's mind was the fact that in a real fight, your opponent wasn't going to wait for you to take aim. But this was training so the boy was alloted as much time as he needed to aim. Evetually when Rito was comfortable with a proper style of fighting he wouldn't have to aim at all, targeting specific parts of an opponent's anatomy would be, pun intended, child's play.

After a few moments of careful preparation and then quite without warning, the shorter, younger blonde plowed his diminutive fist strait into the taller teen's stomach. The blow was again surprisingly strong and Zach let out an audible gasp, his abdominal muscles still having been loose and therefore providing no protection from the impact. Rito's left fist was followed immidiately by his right and very quickly a steady succession of fast and decently powerful punches were thudding into the older blonde's toned midsection. The young boy's form was now spot on, mimicing the technique exactly how Zach had shown him and as such the movements were clean and efficient, delivering the full strength of each punch into their target. Before long and in spite of the disparity in their respective strengths, Zach was starting to feel his innard begin to ache with a familliar throbbing sensation. That combined with the shortness of breath could by the continued bombardment were going to proove to be the limiting factors in this exercize, at least until the teen decided to tense up and protect himself.

"Uumph... Good... Ung... You've got it... Uhh..." Zach gasped out as Rito continued to pummel him with his seemingly unending barage. Of course it didn't matter to Zach how long the boy wanted to go on, he could tough it out and the longer the boy practiced the better he'd be at it. Eventually though he'd have to tense up and get some good breaths of air and in that time Rito's fists would meet his abs steeled and ready, although slightly red.

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The set up was perfect. Ritoru would send this flurry of brutal punches at any enemy he faced, and it was clear to the boy that his training was coming along well, and he even wondered if he might beat Zach in a spar in the near future. He was starting to wear at his defense...or so the child thought.

As Zach tensed up in order to get a solid breath in, Ritoru would be stopped immediately. Like punching a brick wall...only this one didnt break. As his knuckles made contact with the chiseled structure of Zach's stressed abdomen it became clear why he was the master, and Ritoru was the student.

Frozen in the punching position for a moment contemplating the situation, Ru eventually retracted his hand, shaking it violently and blowing on his knuckles.

"Owie ouch ouch owie!"

As he danced about, marveling at how much Zach's muscles had physically harmed the child, the thought reoccured to him that Zach had promised to train him in something...really....cool...

Stopping, and looking up at the man who had no doubt by now caught his breath, he would respond, the small tears from the early punch disappearing.

"That was good wight, you can teach me something cool now wight!"

[Zach]

Tensing up to take a breath, Zach's abdominal muscles steeled themselves, protecting the teen's innards as he inhaled. The result was interesting to say the least, Rito's fist crashed against the older blonde's solid midsection and you could tell just from looking at the young boy that the impact had caused him more pain then the target. The kid's form was good though and had Zach not so completely outclassed the boy, he likely would have been in a fare amount of discomfort himself. As it was though all Zach could complain about was a bull ache in his musculature like one might get from an overly aggressive massage. Then as fast as Rito had reacted, and rather comically so, to the impact, he shifted subjects and inquired about what Zach intended to teach him.

"Hmhmhm. Well if you've ad enough practice I thought I'd show you how to do this." Zach responded with a chuckle and stood back up. Then summoning up his ki energy, something Rito could potentially sense, he lifted off of the ground and hovered about two feet up. "So what do you think Ru, want to learn how to fly?" Zach asked and folded his arms over his chest while wearing a big grin. The time he was spending with the boy was proving to be the most fulfilling he'd ever had with any of his students, not to mention amusing given the other blonde's wondrous reactions. The prospect of Rito actually being is son bothered him less and less but the question now was how exactly it happened? Zach didn't think a one night stand with a 'woman of the night' could result in a child these days and what was even more bizarre was how well off she seemed to be given the gift left with the child's basket.

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All of the great beings of legend had something in common, from Super Man, to Son-Goku, they could all...fly. Ritoru being a child still had that bewilderment that came along with it. The idea that super powers could be obtained, and that myths such as santa, superman, and even the most ridiculous of all, Goku, could have actually existed, or still do in the present.

The idea that he could in fact learn to fly was so overwhelming that the child just about lost control of himself, his eyes widening, his mouth gaping ajar, and his body physically shaking with anticipation.

"I..."

He said slowly, contemplating his next words carefully, knowing that his response needed to be accurate and official for the sensei to train him...


"I....WEALLYWANTTOLEAWNHOWTOFLYOHMYGOSHHOWAWEYOUDOINGTHATOHWOWTHATISSOCOOL!"

Said so quickly as the boy began to jump into the air, simulating the idea of flight, only to land back on his feet every time. Certainly zach had gotten the message, even if the boy did not use words he could understand. Ru was more than a little excited to learn how to fly.

[Zach]

"Hmhmhmhmhmhm. Ok, ok. Calm down there sport." Zach replied, chuckling again at Rito's enthusiastic response. Clearly the child wanted to learn how to fly, everything from his awestruck appearance and the near spastic outburst of excitement afterward told him so. Setting back down on the ground, Zach waited for the smaller blonde to settle before getting on with the lesson. He'd taught a few people how to fly at the school in the four years he'd been running it, but today was something special, today he was teaching someone who's energy he could actually sense and in all likely hood was in fact his own son.

"Ok, first thing you need to learn how to do is focus on your energy and get a handle on manipulating it." Zach instructed and stooped down next to Rito. "Now I usually picture my own as sort of a blob of light and a humming in my mind. I can hear yours humming too which is actually kind of special kiddo. Now can you hear or feel mine or your own? Take a moment, stand still and just listen for it." Zach continued to instruct and then paused to wait and see if Rito could in fact sense him. He still didn't know until now whether the boy was just as deaf as he was in the capacity for ki sensing or not, this would tell him if Rito was and from there they could proceed with the lesson.

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Biting his bottom lip the boy nods, and looks down at the ground. He needed to find a center to look at. Being a child it was difficult to stand still for too long, and so once he had something to focus on things would become easier. A simple crack on the floor was enough for him...until Zach mentioned the buzzing. Ritoru thought about it for a moment, and then came to understand what Zach was talking about. That warm feeling that Ritoru got whenever he practiced the Kamehameha.

"Youws is biggoh than mine"

He replied, looking back up at Zach, going back to biting his bottom lip, but this time using the blond masters eyes as his center. It was nicer than a crack on the floor, and it seemed so familiar to the boy. If he had even the slightest ability to do so, he may have already deduced that the two share the same eyes, and hair. But as it stood, Ritoru remained completely oblivious to any similarities.

His energy consentrated surprisingly well for someone whom had never tried it before. Although Ru didnt know any better, Zach might have noticed the speed at which he was learning. It was all a part of the way he was made. Ritoru was not born to be a child, he was created to be a fighter, and that he was.

[Zach]

"Hmhmhm... That's because I've been at it longer then you have." Zach chuckled in response to Rito's iteration that Zach's energy was in some form, more massive then the young boy's. Granted Zach already knew this, his own power sounded in his mind like a rumbling locomotive engine while Rito's was more akin to a car or motor bike engine. "Ok, now once you've clearly pictured what your energy looks, feel and sounds like, focus on shaping it. What you want to do is form it into a ball in your chest and then once you have that formed, try to make if move upwards." Zach instructed. "You should lift right off the ground as the energy glides along. Once we have you hovering upright, I'll show you how to maneuver." the blonde continued and took a step back to give Rito space to practice.

It was exhilarating to see the boy picking up his teachings so quickly and he had no doubt by the end of the day the boy would be able to fly under his own power and without any aid. Rito seemed to be a natural learner, at least in this area of study, kin to a sponge thirstily soaking up every bit of information Zach gave him. The blonde wished more of his students were like Rito, even at the age of four the boy was picking up techniques that took the older boys much, much longer to learn.

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He could feel his own energy, his ki, rushing around him. Like the deep blue energy of Master Toshio's Kamehameha, it swirled around him with the purest intent of helping the lad in whatever he commanded of it. If he were to attempt the beam now, the four year old knew it would be even stronger than it had been before. This caused him to audibly assert his findings.

"So if I make te powa biggo, I can make my hits stwongo?"

Beyond his poor diction, the boy was asking a relatively novice question. He had just learned that charging this ki was not only easy, but also helped his attacks to get stronger. So if he ever wanted is Kamehameha to become more powerful, he would simply need to charge it first.

Zach would probably answer him, but it was possible that Ritoru would not even hear him. His face was scrunched in a deep focus as beads of sweat began to roll down his face. For the first time the young child was accomplishing something great, because as Zach answered, or simply watched in awe, the child did slowly rise into the air, floating only a few feet above the ground. Due to his eyes being sealed shut and having even noticed the shift, Zach would notice his flight before Ritoru would.

[Zach]

"Bigger?" Zach asked to himself, decrypting Rito's broken english. It took him a moment but after a few second he realized the boy must be talking about charging energy. Granted it didn't necessarily have to be a physically large mass of energy, a high density construct could work just as well and in some cases was more desirable then a large, flashy ball of slow moving death. By this time though Rito his risen off of the ground and was hovering in a mostly stale fashion a few feet above the garden, although with his eyes closed it was no surprise the smaller blonde couldn't maintain a steady altitude.

"Hey, you're really getting the hang of it quick there kiddo." Zach encouraged Rito and then lifted off himself to come to a hover in front of the boy. "You can open your eyes, you're not that high up... And try to relax, don't force the energy, just picture it doing what you want and it will do it. If you force it, flying is going to ware you out really quick." Zach continued to instruct. For the moment he was holding off on telling Rito about charging energy, as he wanted the boy to get one thing down at a time, rather then trying to multitask and potentially feeling overwhelmed by the sheer variety of things to learn and techniques to master.

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When Zach spoke it took Ritoru a moment to even realize that he was off the ground. Opening his eyes in surprise he did seem a bit taller, and looking down he saw the ground a safe distance below. His face lit up and he indirectly took Zach's sound advice, begining to laugh at his accomplishment.

"I'm fwoating sensei!"

He said elated as his body rose higher and higher. The garden looked great, but the higher he flew, the sooner he would see the planted crater forest, which although stood nothing like the original Mt. Paozu, was still an amazing sight. It reminded him of his time alone in the woods, looking about for food, and living off the land. It was just like that...only now he had someone. Looking down he saw Zach coming up to his level, still chanting helpful tips about how to fly even better. The boy was still wobbly, and as he would soon learn picking a direction and actually flying there would require a bit more training and focus. Yet he had done it.

He was like a real super hero

"Thanko Thanko Thanko!"

The boy said as his body floated upwards, and then flipped over in an ariel saumersault, ending in a full blown hug of Zach's Torso. He had learned so much from everyone. Nam had brought him friendship, Toshio had taught him the Kamehameha, and now Zach had brought him flight.

...and


...love

[Zach]

For one of the few times in his life since before the destruction of his home, Zach was happy. The emotion was in short supply when it came to Zach's troubled mind but Rito had reintroduced joy to his life by the bucket load. The young boy's ecstatic reaction to his new found ability to fly amused Zach beyond words, more so then any of his students and very much because he actually felt a connection to the smaller blonde. Actually chuckling, whole heartedly, Zach watched as Rito propelled himself in a vertical circle and looped around to come back level with him and then forward, wrapping his arms around him in a thankful hug. Zach wasn't usually the touchy feely type but seeing as no one was around to spoil his image he didn't see a reason not to be properly paternal with his son and so wrapped his own left arm around the boy and used his right to pat the kid on the head.

"See, that wasn't too hard." Zach congratulated him with a rare smile.

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Son

Zach may not have noticed, but he too felt the connection. The two were so connected it was unreal, and when Zach embraced the hug the connection became instant. Ritoru's mind went blank, his eyes rolling back into his head and going white. His mouth moved, and yet Ritoru's voice was different, strange even. He no longer seemed to have trouble rolling his R's and his diction sounded far more eloquent. If Zach was perceptive enough he could possibly recognize the voice, although it was unlikely he would know who exactly was on the other end. Ritoru spoke his body unlatching from zach, and without proper interruption, would fall back down to the earth as he spoke.

"Leave the child with the fathering human. Give them a generous sum of zeni for their troubles. If the man has even half the wit we hope he does, he will know, somehow, that this is in fact his son"

As he finished he would either hit the ground with a hard thud, or have his head roll over off to the side showing that he was now passed out. Zach would surely learn something from this. Perhaps he would begin to catch on that Ritoru was a mystic, or a psychic of sorts. Or perhaps he took it as what it was. Ritoru was his child, and although Ru didn't know it. The truth had finally come out.

[Zach]

Zach simply didn't know how to react, other then grabbing Rito so the boy would end up dropping to the ground below, the blonde's mind was a blank. The words Rito spoke were both alien to the youngster's vocabulary and diction. The pronunciation was too perfect and the quality of the language was well beyond Rito's knowledge and yet somehow the boy had channeled a string of verbiage that explained so very much and yet raised even more questions. The voice was not Rito's but still familiar. The actual statements made confirmed to Zach that Rito was indeed his son and that he'd been left with Zach by whom ever it was that had bred him. How he was created though still wasn't known to Zach but he was certain of three more things now, first that it surely wasn't that drunken evening that Rito was a result of. Second; that who ever gave Zach his son, was an alien. Third and potentially most important; was that Rito posessed some special ability.

The spasmatic recollection of his origin when Zach hugged him and his vague descriptions of Zac's own past were proof that even the blonde could now understand, indicated that Rito could in some capacity, see into the past. Zach didn't know anything about the boy's power's scope, but it made him far more special then he'd already been. Hoisting Rito up into a more comfortable position, laying in his arms, Zach descended to the ground below and returned to the school and their private quarters to let Rito recover. for know he'd had to think about what to tell the boy and to Gurin, although the Namekian knew so much it was likely that he already knew about Rito's power. It was then as he thought about it, that he recalled that Gurin had indeed said Rito was special. Now Zach knew exactly why, other then the most important fact, he was his son.

{I'm guessing the topic is concluding. Applying for power level increase. My weights are in effect.}

[Geurin]

Zach: 4800
Ritoru: 4200 and flight