Training of the soul (Nam, Kris, Antary)

[Geurin]

(If Kris doesnt post we will just move along as if he were here, I know he is busy so we wont be waiting for him.)

Kami had sent word out to three of the four members of the GSF. While zach was out on a different mission for Kami, he would take this opportunity to be open with his fighters here, and make sure that they were all committed before continuing forward

He would meet them in a large room, one that was eerily similar to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, but lacking the hour glasses. This was a training room that Kami used often fro the more intense sessions, and this would most definitely be an intense session.

He awaited the arrival of his three students, they would walk in to find Kami standing with his arms behind his back, watching the three of them enter. He was wearing a Namekian battle tunic.

[Nam Reikonaga]

Nam entered the large and white room. He gazed in awe and noticed Tenshu standing further away with his arms behind his back. Nam would’ve compared the room to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, except Kami had yet to inform him of such a phenomenon and thus, when the time came, he would compare the Time Chamber with this room instead of the former.

“You called?” he said, his voice echoing in the vast whiteness of the room. It was a bit overwhelming but he continued walking deeper until he got into speaking range of his master. Nam was wearing his new black tunic, which had the symbols of Earth’s Special Forces emblazoned on his left chest and the center of his back. He had black martial arts pants, a red belt, black boots, red undershirt, wrist bands, and his scabbard, hanging on his back with the strap across his chest. His rather long hair was combed backwards as usual with that single strand sticking out of his forehead and lying loosely. It ended at around the bottom of his left lip.

By the time everyone had gathered, a message was heard throughout the whole room. They probably wouldn’t have noticed it was actually being transmitted throughout the entire galaxy.

"Greetings, –Nam flinched to the sudden voice and looked around as it continued, “What’s that?”- people of the universe. I am Boliko Koregutsu; you may know me, or you may not. I am the king of Planet Vegeta and leader of the Saiyan Solar Empire; and I come to you with a plea.” He said; a rather deep and resonating voice. Saiyan, huh? Nam wondered how the man was doing this.

"More than likely, however, is that you have heard of Touketsuki Yakedo and the villainous World Trade Organization. –Nam continued listening, the mentioning of the tyrant caught his full attention– They roam from planet to planet like a band of pirates, killing and pillaging. So far they have gone fairly unchallenged - but this ends now.”

"So far, fighters of the white have always been bested by Touketsuki - and this ends now!”

“Fighters of the white?” Nam thought out loud. He was unfamiliar with the term.

"I plead, whatever race you are, whatever cause you follow, whatever you wish to be - put prejudice beside, and be my brother. Fight Touketsuki by my side, on the planet Namek!”

"And... Yakedo. I know you will hear this. I call you out. Come to Namek and we shall see who is the best warrior, and I promise not to bore you..."

The transmission ended.

Nam looked at Kris and Antary, and then back at Kami. He didn’t know what to make of it. King of Planet Vegeta, asking for the assistance of other races. It was a bit hard to believe, but Nam liked to be the open-minded guy. He wanted to believe the saiyans could let go of their pride for just a little to fight a common enemy. Nam considered himself an example, although he was only half-saiyan.

“Boliko Koregutsu…” he said. “What do you guys think?”

[Antary]

Antary woke up in his chambers, greeted by the featureless bluish walls. There was no actual bed, only something along the lines of a sleeping bag on the floor. Not exactly a noble place, but still better than sleeping on the ground. He didn`t sleep well, constantly bothered by memories of the past. He wished something could be done about it, wished he could go back in time and defeat all his enemies, or prevent the events from ever happening.

But life went on, no matter how much you regret the past. Now even more so, with a new bond, a new friend and rival. At a time like this, life felt normal. After waking up, he quickly took a shower and put on the saiyan battle uniform. It was a bit difficult to do that with the gauntlets attached to his wrists, but every movement was essentially constant training this way. And to achieve the goal he dreamt of ever since leaving his own homeworld (and even earlier than that), training was the only thing he could do for now.

He was certain Kami would help him with this task. Considering the heights he helped Nam climb up to in just 2 weeks, his confidence in the green man as a teacher was pretty much impenetrable. Antary was at one point much stronger than Nam, and he was planning to do it again. And again. As many times as it was necessary. It was like another long-term goal to Antary, on par with his dream. The dream was something Antary would never speak of, because if the green man and probably Nam knew what it was, they would refuse to maintain any contact with the saiyan. The nature of this goal was bottled as deep inside his heart as it could be.

It was time to go. Tenshu told everyone to get up early, and get in a room of his. Thinking that training would start as soon as they entered, Antary did not want to go without a decent warm up. After about 50 push ups, he decided that it was not the thing he was looking for. If training with Kami really is as harsh as it was described to be, he wanted to prepare himself not just physically, but mentally as well. And he had a good idea of how to do exactly that.

After leaving his chambers, the saiyan started grunting as he did a bit more stretching out, before suddenly stopping and glaring at the edge of the lookout, which was not exactly too far. If he wanted to, he could run right off of it in less than a second; however that was the very idea of the warm up Antary had in mind. He wanted to train his reaction speed as well as his running speed, as that was all that he currently had. And so, he set off at his full speed.

Well, not exactly set off. More like pushed himself and at the same time started gliding, trying to stop and not fly right off the lookout. It was hopeless, he wouldn`t make it. Instead of stopping even more, the saiyan ÒstoodÓ and started running on the very edge of the flying Lookout. To the normal human eye, the speed would not be comprehendible. And even to someone of his own power level it would still take amazing vision to see Antary clearly at this speed. And even if that was accomplished, his legs would only appear as constantly twirling lines. He made a couple more laps like those, setting off dust everywhere. And because of that very dust did he not notice the fact that he went a bit further than he needed to.

Antary slipped, flying horizontally about 30 meters before hanging in the air for a split second, finally realizing the amount of crap he got himself in. He couldn`t fly, and it would take at least an hour to get back to the Lookout. The people here would probably not wait and just start without him. He had to think fast about getting out of this really tricky situation. And he just thought of a plan.

He possessed an ability he decided to call Weightless mode, in which Antary utilized energy in order to make the body weight as much as a feather. The saiyan got here by using an energy beam attack, recoil from it to be precise. So if all goes according to plan, then shooting a simple charged blast with the Weightless mode active would be just fine to fly up a short distance like that. He raised his arm up, gathering energy, while also focusing his energy in his body. When the time was right, Antary released the energy gathered in his hand downwards, causing the recoil to be just what was needed to launch himself back up to the Lookout.

ÒGod, that was too close. And I think that was a great warm up too, eh.Ó He giggled a bit, but then moved on.

Apparently he woke up before Nam, because he noticed the door to Tenshu`s room close just now, which means someone entered. The room he entered was an unusual one for sure. It wasÉ Like the opposite of the cave he was in while training with Nam once. Here everything is blindingly white, everything is. There, it was pitch black, all senses were dulled. His eyes took a bit to get used to it, but it was fine after that. Then came the transmission, and it changed the way Antary looked at Touketsuki Yakedo.

ÒÉKing of planet Vegeta?Ó Whispered the saiyan to himself. It turned up a flame in his heart, one that was strong, uncontrollable. He wanted to go to Namek right now, no matter how, no matter where it was. Although it was like throwing a boulder on a tiny flame, his ambition was suddenly put out just like that when he realized that there was no way for space travel. His space pod was an incredibly old model, although he was the happiest man in the world at the time he saw it, and is now unusable.

Trying to act as usual, as if nothing over the top happened, he sighed, looking somewhere in the direction of Kami, but not directly at him. ÒBoliko Koregutsu.Ó He slowly pronounced, making sure it was the right way to say it. ÒAnd Touketsuki Yakedo.Ó The more Antary cared about someone, the better he remembered their names. ÒI`m going to train to defeat him.Ó

[Geurin]

Kami knew his saiyan comrads would have many emotions when it came to the message Boliko had sent. Kami himself had a yearning to return to his home planet. The saiyan King had made it a battle ground for the strongest creature in the universe, something that would certainly prove devastating for the Namekian public. The king had strategically moved from his own planet. This sort of deception was just what Tenshu had come to expect from saiyans raised on Vegeta. They were clever, and cunning, and often times sought their own gain. But in this instance Tenshu found himself rooting for the team with Boliko, If suki could be defeated, the King had a good chance of doing it. And even if he didnt, this would send Suki away from Earth for even longer than anticipated, stalling further and giving Kami a chance to unlock the truest power of his group.

In order to do that, he had to strengthen the already powerful strengths of his GSF. Kris had been his first target, and by teaching him the Bikkuri he had given the GSF a warrior with killing power. Nam had been his second target, he had awakened Nam's inner being, and helped him to realize his true potential.

But now came Antary, he needed to train Antary in a very specific art, one that to his knowledge had not yet been conquered.

He was going to conquer his Oozaru.


The fighters did not know it, but as the sun set over the side of the lookout, it was slowly becoming apparent what Tenshu was doing, it was a full moon this night, and Tenshu had roughly 30 minutes before the Moon took its place in the sky. Nam and Kris were here to both witness a saiyans true power, and also to help with damage control, This training would do no good for him if he couldnt keep the Oozaru under his thumb. Nam's initial power was enough to keep the Oozaru from destroying the lookout. Kami's Great Namek form was enough to close the size gap. And Kris was there if things got out of hand, He had a stronger Bikkuri than Kami did due to his age, so using that would save the life of his master, and of Nam.

"Boliko Koregutsu, King of the saiyans"

Kami said, making sure he had their attention before continuing

"He is as much a threat as he is an Ally. You all should know that because you are not on vegeta now, you are not considered his ally. You are all of saiyan decent, however none of you are considered a saiyan in their eyes. We are here to show that the power that each of you has can be utilized to its fullest. Kris I taught you the Bikkuri for this reason. Nam you were awakened, and now Antary I have a gift for you...We will be taming your Oozaru"

Kami wasnt sure if any of them would recognize the word, however without a doubt if they did, they would realize the intensity of the next few hours, and that death was a possibility.

[Nam Reikonaga]

(Was unaware that this hyperbolic-like room had an open roof where we could see the moon.. xP)

Shivers were sent down Nam’s spine when hearing the last words of Kami. “...We will be taming your Oozaru," he said. Nam remembered how monstrous the power was. It struck him that it was possible to tame such a beast, almost as much as it surprised him to learn that the young boy next to him, Kris, had saiyan blood. Nam would’ve never guessed, either of the two. Ignorance was exactly the reason why the half-saiyan had cut off his extra phalanges so long ago. It seemed like forever now.

Nam observed his surroundings, still awestruck by the size of the room. He would constantly ask himself how all of this space fit into the Lookout; truly, looks were deceiving. The sky slowly began to darken and the full moon would appear pretty soon. Nam dashed backwards and away, making some distance between Antary and he. The half-saiyan assumed a defensive position and smiled in an affirming manner. “Let’s do our best.”

There were some ten tiles between the two, although Nam thought he was underestimating the size of Oozaru. He’s never really had the time to stop and look at one. As time passed, Nam’s body quivered uncontrollably, he was nervous –and as time passed, he realized that this training session had more than what Kami had let on. In this controlled area, Nam and everyone present, would learn how to confront a Great Ape. They would learn what to expect from such a creature, its reach, its power, its strengths and weaknesses. Nam already knew about the tail, he had one of his own; although, he’s never experienced the transformation. His mother was very careful about that.

The half-saiyan reached to his back, removing the scabbard and tossing it a ways to the vast room. He wouldn’t need it. Cutting Antary’s tail would ultimately defeat the purpose of their gathering to this day. If things went out of hand, Nam would have to find another way to save his butt.

Nam tensed his body and gazed intently at the saiyan. He would have to focus completely on him, look at every aspect and think about every possible solution or strategy.

It was almost time…

[Antary]

(My oozaru is already tamed, but screw it, I`ll just play along)

It was a weird feeling, almost like they were not talking directly about Antary, but about something else entirely. It`s like they were talking about training equipment, that just happened to be his Oozaru form. It felt unpleasant at least. ÒAndÉ How is that supposed to help me at all? If you defeat me in my Oozaru form, I can see how it works for you, but you seem to be forgetting that I came here to receive training, not to train others.Ó Said the saiyan, clearly unsatisfied with this gathering.

He was in the Oozaru form only once. Right after Meishi had left Central City, the moon went out. A glancing look was enough to transform. And as a Great Ape, there was no purpose in anything. There was only that beastial, grim rage that led to absolutely nothing. Other than perhaps damage to whoever was near him at that point. But he couldn`t remember anything.

Actually, there was something. Right now it seemed more like a dream, but now that he thinks about it, it probably wasn`t. There was a point when Antary regained his consciousness, but was notÉ normal. He managed to stop the constant rage that was pouring out like a breached pipe, but it seemed more like the pipe ran out of water instead of getting fixed. The saiyan thought that it was simply a dream because everything wasÉ empty. He felt nothing at that point.

Perhaps it really was a dream. Maybe he never took control of the Oozaru. Maybe he ran out of enemies to unleash fury on. Maybe he was simply knocked unconscious and sleepwalked? Unlikely, most of those things. The machines the humans called Television clearly showed a giant ape rampaging over the ruins of Central City. It was easy to realize who it really was just because of the unique clothing. It was without a doubt Antary.

Thinking about it got the saiyan curious about the whole deal with Oozaru. Back on his homeworld he was told stories about the true power of the saiyans during the full moon, and that that was one of the reasons why they reached superiority in the galaxyÉ At one point, at least. Before Planet Vegeta was apparently almost destroyed by someone powerful they called ÒThe armored lizardÓ. Antary treated legends like fairy tales, never really thinking much about them. Doesn`t really matter what happened before, only what is happening right now, right?*

The only reason why Antary`s homeworld was not dominated by saiyans was the fact that the skies were constantly hidden by smog. No moon, no sun, no stars, nothing was visible. Another reason why Earth is so much better than that hellhole, huh. Although he was beginning to think that it might not be as ridden of wars as he thought at first. Maybe he was right.

He spent in thought only a couple of seconds. He sighed and nodded. Antary was simply interested now. And perhaps his curiosity will cost him dearly one day.

Although what felt a bit weird was the fact that Kami mentioned that Nam and this Kris fellow haveÉ saiyan blood? Well, the humans certainly did look like saiyans, so maybe the only reason of Nam`s growth was because of that saiyan blood? Looks like in some species those genes prevailed, while in others they are asleep. Antary may not be a geneticist, but you know, he was just thinking about it, and it seemed like the only reasonable explanation. Bah, who needs explanations to anythingÉ The moon is out.

The object was strangely hypnotizing. It was like a magnet to his eyes. It was impossible to look away.

The fur on Antary`s tail ÒspikedÓ, kind of like when cats hiss and what they do to their fur. However, this was pretty minor, compared to what was going to happen. The spiky hair started to ÒspreadÓ downwards on his face, changing color from black to brown. His face started mutating, the fangs increasing in size, his upper lip with nose moving forwards, forming something like a vicious dog`s mouth. The saiyan let out a loud roar as his eyes filled with blood, pupils changing color from white to red. It seemed painful, if only for the fact that Antary was constantly screaming. The increase in size went incredibly fast, within about 10 seconds AntaryÉ No, the Oozaru was already towering over the small group of people that let him accomplish this transformation. ÒYOU CAUSED ME PAIN, FOR THAT I WILL CRUSH YOU!Ó

He didn`t actually say that. But that`s what was on his mind right now. He eyed the two targets, Nam and Kami. They seemed the most aggressive right now. They should be killed first. ÒDIE, DIE, DIE!Ó With another roar, the beast brought down its massive fist on that man in that black clothing. The blow was easy to dodge, mainly because of its speed. However, unsatisfied by that last blow, it only made the Oozaru want to kill harder.

Something nobody would probably expect to happen would happen. The beast did not just jump at Nam again, no. It disappeared out of everyone`s sight and reappeared right behind his target, all because of speed. The Oozaru had just performed a Zanzoken at a speed that just did not make any sense for someone of that size. The next punch it had made would shatter the white floors, as well as be performed at a much higher speed than the initial strike.

The real battle begins.

(*A bit ironic considering the training post I`ve been writing up)

[Geurin]

Kami knew that Antary had already begun the taming process, able to speak, and think coherently, but still unable to fully determine the Oozaru's actions, or prevent himself from transforming in the moonlight. This training was more for Antary than for anyone else here, so it was funny to here Antary's whiny response.

"Antary, think of it this way, I didnt bring you here to lose. The winner of this day...Gets another amazing gift"

Kami had delivered several gifts over the past year. Kris had received the Bikkuri sho, and Nam had been given holy water. And Kami was most certainly not running out of fun and exotic gifts to give his loyal subjects. Not to mention that his idea of winning was not exactly what the others may have been expecting.

Kami closed his eyes and looked down at the ground. This room had been fitted for training, Kami had built it following the dragons wish, using both magic, and zenni, he was able to make this room everything he had wanted and more.

The gravity settings could hit up to 150X normal gravity. The isolation of the chamber could welcome in deep seeded meditation, also in such harsh gravity. And gave for the optimal place to smash and destroy, with no outer world repercussions. And that is what would occur now. Antary began to grow into the Oozaru and Kami wasted no time.

The gravity of the room slowly shifted, and began to get slightly heavier. It was X5 normal gravity.

Kami took a few steps back, allowing Kris and Nam to handle the beast, Nam could do so if he set his mind to it, he may need the help of his Kaioken, but he would be able to accomplish the daunting task. Meanwhile Kris could learn a thing or two by observing and attacking when the time was right.

Only Kami knew what training was about to come...

[Nam Reikonaga]

Nam braced himself as Antary stood stagnant, just like that time in Central City. His eyes were slanted on the moon. He began to scream, but the scream was more like a roar and his body was engulfed by brown fur and his muscles buldged. His nose seemed to shorten and fuse with his face as it projected forward with his jaw and mouth to form a muzzle. His eyes were completely red. Antary’s body wasn’t the only thing growing, just as his body increased in size –so did his power. Within just seconds, Antary had already skyrocketed to a power that rivaled –If not surpassed, Nam’s.

The Great Ape’s shadow was cast upon the half-saiyan, with the moon shining brightly behind him and emphasizing his red eyes as the beast let out another roar. Nam felt as if the room was shaking, but he kept himself tight in place, ready to counter any attacks. The Oozaru didn’t waste any time. Once it set its eyes upon the half-saiyan it already labeled it as prey and thrust his clenched fist. Nam rolled out of the way, landing on his feet right away in a crouched position. He couldn’t explain it, but he felt heavier for some reason, it wasn’t too great, but it was enough to notice. Luckily, Nam had been trainging in 10x normal gravity with Zach.

Almost right after the first attempt and before Nam could react, the Great Ape appeared behind the half-saiyan. Nam turned to meet the creature with his eyes, as he sensed its energy signature –but just that. The half-saiyan managed to activate his energy barrier out of pure reflex as the Oozaru slammed its fist and sent the whole thing flying and perhaps rolling in the direction force dragged him. Timing, Nam allowed his shield to shatter as his body shifted to his feet with a single hand supporting him in the front by planting his fingers on the ground, and his free hand in the air for balance. Friction pushed him farther back a few inches before reaching a complete stop, which slightly burnt his fingers in the process.

That was close… Nam thought. He couldn’t believe how fast Antary was in his Great Ape form. If Nam was any less ready, he would’ve taken that blow to his whole body. Nam could only imagine, one of those balled fists were enough to hit him in every point of his body, because it was about the same size. Antary could grab the saiyan with one hand crush the living daylights out of him if Nam wasn’t careful.

Looking at the bright side though, Nam knew what to expect now. He needed to keep himself on his toes and watch his opponent’s every movement. He wondered how long it would take Antary to obtain complete control of his transformation.

The Oozaru’s offensive was impeccable so far, it was time to see how its defense was. Nam held out his right hand over his head as if he were about to throw a baseball and began to charge a basic chi blast. He allowed it to charge until it bulged, keeping a close eye on his adversary’s movement and finally thrust it forward as fast as he could. The chi blast would curve upward, just inches before hitting the ground, homing on its target; although, if the Oozaru managed to move ALL of its body away, the chi blast would just keep going until it either hit something or dispersed in the air –whichever came first.

[Antary]

This sudden sensation was felt thought the Oozaru`s body, as the air seemed to get heavier, trying to literally crush him under the pressure. No, it was not the air. It was something else. It was probably this room; it was special in not just the way it looked. This wasn`t exactly enough to keep a Great Ape down, but the effect of this was easily noticeable. ÒWHO DID THIS?!Ó If someone could speak Oozaru, they would know that this roar meant exactly that.

The dust from his last punch against Nam finally settled, and revealed that nothing was hit. This further enraged the beast. Not only did the target escaped, there was a small yellow blast flying right in his face. Instead of avoiding the blast, however, it opened its mouth wide, revealing the gigantic teeth that looked sharp enough to cut through air, and then clutched the tiny blast in between them. It exploded, following by a pitch black smoke screen that covered the beast`s mouth for moments and then disappeared. The sharp teeth seemed completely unharmed, not even slight burns. The OozaruÉ smiled?

If dogs could smile, this would be as close as it could get. The corners of his mouth moved upwards, which could easily pass as a cocky grin. The mouth then opened yet again, revealing a purple sphere hovering above the tongue, which was then released in a huge purple energy wave, big enough to stay only a couple feet away from the floor, even from the Oozaru`s height. It would easily engulf Nam, and even come close to engulfing another Oozaru.

It was clear that the Oozaru Nam and Kami were fighting wasÉ strange. Anyone, with even basic knowledge about the Great Apes would know that this is not how they act. As an Oozaru, saiyans can only experience one emotion Ð infinite rage. Friend and foe will die should they get in their sight. They will not consider any combat tactics, like putting less strength into punches for the sake of speed, nor are they usually able to use any techniques beyond the basic energy waves, which are usually unfocused in the extreme, only doing damage because of their increased power, just like this beam, but it felt like it was unfocused on purpose, for one reason only Ð intimidation.

This is also impossible for an Oozaru, who are usually mindless and only care about killing. They would never enter psychological warfare, mainly because they can`t. Antary, on the other hand, acted like he was trying to make everyone around him lose their confidence, become afraid of him. He did things that an Oozaru wouldn`t, and his movements seemed to have at least some sort of strategy behind them. Not to mention that the last beam was prepared without making the opponent aware of it, hidden in his mouth. It was probably intentional, since it was so easy to burn your tongue with the sphere.

Even Nam could probably see the difference from Central City Antary and the Antary he was fighting right now. This one feltÉ less mindless. This is probably how Antary himself would fight.

What did all of this mean, however? It could mean 2 things. Either the Oozaru become more cunning and intelligent as they get stronger, or perhaps Antary actually had some of his ÒhumanityÓ right now, as a raging Oozaru. The events that happened after the Central City battle probably had an effect on this.

The beam disappeared after slamming into the wall behind Nam, maybe slamming him into it as well. This room seemed really resilient, and it was obviously not made of normal Earth material. Not to mention the constant pressure on Oozaru`s body, which made him ÒthinkÓ. ÒThe little man didn`t do this. The green man did!Ó Slowly, the massive beast turned to face Kami. After a bit of intimidating staring, it used zanzoken again, and slammed its fist into the ground. Right now Kami would probably wish he did not alter the gravity, as this circumstance would only make the attack stronger and faster.

[Geurin]

Kami watched the battle as it began, it was clear to Kami that Antary had already begun the training process for his Oozaru form. It was considerably tame for one of its size and power. But that didnt stop it from attacking right on cue. Nam began his defense valiantly, however there was something that Kami had not been expecting. As controlled as Antary was, he still couldnt stick to one target. And so he would strike at the Kami quickly. Zanzoken was no doubt a tough move to use in such a form, but Antary seemed capable as he appeared next to Kami, leaving him very little time to dodge or counter.

Kami was only able to put his arm above his head, bent over as if trying to block the gargantuan fist from making contact, but this would come to no avail. The fist struck Kami quickly and to all those around it even created a crater. However something amazing was about to occur, showcasing the guardians ability to protect himself.

Antary would feel it first, but it would soon become obvious to everyone around, as the fist began to lift into the air, Revealing a massive Namekian arm and hand pushing it upward. While the rest of his body was still its normal size, Tenshu had grown his arm by nearly three times its normal size, doing the same to its initial strength.

Kami was wincing at such a heavy object, especially it being at an intensified gravity, it had been years, if not decades since Kami had trained under such conditions, he would need to re learn his training techniques, but first, there was a monkey on his chest that he just needed to get rid of.

Kami inhaled deeply and within moments opened his mouth to reveal a beam of energy. The Ki came out in the form of a yellow beam of energy, directly from Kami's throat. He was shooting it at Antaries chest, a large target at close range would make its accuracy a little better. But this attack was nothing like the finisher Kami had, so its attack power was not much more than that of a Kamehameha at normal exertion.

While this was occurring, Kami would move his arm to the right, removing the fist from above him, and dropping it about 5 feet from him, to allow the gravity to pull it down, without Kami being underneath it.

Once the combo was complete Kami would speak only for a moment before jumping out of the hole, and to the left of Antary in order to better prepare himself for the next strike.

"That smarts!"

He said, his arm still several times larger than the rest of his body. The arm wasnt broken, but bruising was a definite. It would be hard to tell on his greed skin, but a light shade of purple would appear. This was bruising to a namekian.

Kami kept light on his feet, he needed to be if he was going to survive another brutal attack like that one.

(Kami's PL raised to about 50,000 due to partial transformation)

[Nam Reikonaga]

Nam wasn’t really surprised that the Oozaru managed to block the chi blast, but his methods were a bit odd. He was fighting a Great Ape after-all. The half-saiyan immediately returned to his defensive position, when he was distracted by what seemed like a smile. Was Antary smiling at Nam? Moments later, the giant monkey opened his mouth and out of it came a purple beam of energy that obstructed Nam’s view from the Oozaru from how large it was.

Nam didn’t have time to do anything but block with his arms crossed over his tucked head and his body tense. He focused his aura to block it as much as he could, but as the beam made contact, his feet left the ground –and as they did, he closed his legs forward to protect his thorax, covering himself in a ball. He was taken to the wall behind him. It didn’t last long till the blast dispersed. Nam’s arms and legs were steaming from the impact and showed some burnt marks; although, Nam wasn’t out of the game so soon.

It was weird though, Nam noticed that the Great Ape was acting differently, compared to the events in Central City. Its movements were more cunning. You need knowledge to perform a Zanzoken. It wasn’t something you do accidentally unless you were THAT fast. Then again, an Oozaru may be big, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they should be slower. It was like comparing an ant and a human. A human is a lot bigger than an ant, and a lot heavier, but they are still faster because they can cover more ground with every step –even though ants could vibrate their tiny feet much faster.

The half-saiyan pushed himself out of the cratered wall, finding the Kami under Antary’s fist. Tenshu! he thought –but his worry was in vein, the monkey’s hand was pushed back by the Namek’s enlarged hand; which followed another beam from the oral cavity, except this one was from the green man.

Nam took this moment to repay Antary with a thrust from his right hand, releasing another generic yellow beam towards the Great Ape. Even if the Oozaru managed to somehow evade Kami’s attack, Nam’s was sure to hit. The Oozaru would be too busy bending with his fist to reach the ground which had slightly attracted him. Nam’s attack wasn’t as strong as his blue Kamehameha wave, but it was a fast execution and still effective. It was meant to push the monkey around a bit. In no means was the attack fatal. It would probably singe some of the Oozaru’s fur, or knock it to the ground, make it grunt, but no more than that.

Nam’s body was illuminated by the beam which he had created. His clothes and hair danced to the forceful winds produced.

[Antary]

The punch landed, and Antary did not see anyone escape. It hit directly. “The green man died.” Oozaru assured himself, before realizing that there was something under his fist. And that something… was pushing him! In a roar filled with surprise instead of simple anger, the Oozaru`s fist was grabbed by a green hand, and pushed away. This only worked due to the surprise factor; since Antary relaxed himself after thinking that the target was smashed. Not only that, a beam of yellow light also struck him right in the chest.

There was something strange. That last attack from Kami caused something to happen, but not an injury. The oozaru could “see” Nam, even though he was out of his line of sight. The green man already rolled out of the way and let go, after a comment the beast could not understand. He felt everything differently, in fact, he felt everything now. Probably to everyone`s surprise, Nam`s quick beam was slapped downwards by the Great Ape, the latter not even looking at it. It was not instinct or intuition. He saw the attack coming without his eyes.

The Oozaru slowly turned his head to see what exactly he had hit. The white floor was smoking with black smoke; the beast just stared at it until it disappeared. But the smoke was not the thing that was truly interesting for him. Even with his eyes focused on something else entirely, Nam and Kami were both “visible” to him. This was a strange sensation, especially to someone not as strong-minded as a saiyan or a human, or pretty much any other humanoid race. Right now, the Oozaru was more confused and scared than anything.

Scared? Oozaru are fearless. Antary`s subconsciousness realized this. It`s like interrupting an unrealistic dream with logic. With another roar, this time more like a human scream, the Oozaru grabbed its head, and in pain both mental and physical (the gravity was still heavy), fell on a knee. It would continue screaming for a small while, before finally standing back up. It looked around, as if it just suddenly appeared in this room.

It took a pause before bursting out in insane laughter. This laughter was of a really low, brutal voice, and because of its volume and emptiness of the room, it echoed. Perhaps his fellow roommates were going to rejoice – the Oozaru was finally conquered, otherwise it would show no emotions other than anger. But oh how disappointed they would be. The Oozaru was indeed “conquered”, but by the wrong… person.

Showcasing its fangs in another malicious grin, the Oozaru disappeared. At an insane speed it would literally rain punches from above at Kami, they were quick and far from full strength, but because of their size and the Oozaru`s strength, even like that, they were still incredibly deadly. This would probably catch Nam and Tenshu off guard, or perhaps they would see through the beast`s intentions. After a bombardment with punches, the Oozaru would reappear behind the two.

“This is a strange feeling. I finally have no weakling resisting. He gave up his consciousness, his memory and intelligence, everything to me.” The beast spoke, loudly. “He succumbed to being what a saiyan should really be; he threw his weak, squishy form away and became a true Oozaru. But he did not realize that we have our own personalities, because of our constant struggle for control. He thought that maybe by stopping this fight, he would somehow magically gain control over this form.” The beast turned to face Kami and Nam, grinning yet again. “BUT HE DID NOT!” Opening its mouth wide, the Oozaru would release many energy shots as big as the men`s bodies, all of them sharing the same color – purple. The blasts were moving around at random, however this would only make them harder to dodge due to their unpredictable trajectory.

“I do not even need the full moon anymore, I shall stay this way forever, I am the ascended saiyan, a full Oozaru!” “Antary” yelled as more blasts were sent towards the two.



(I think this is kind of a sloppy post, but I was a bit busy and would in fact do it tomorrow but I promised that I`ll do it today, and I gotta keep dem promises.)

[Geurin]

Excellent, it was this moment the Kami had been waiting for. The full moon brightly shone through the room, while the three were in intense combat. Now Kami would show the true reason behind the training that was at hand, but not before being attacked by the barrage of energy that was coming his way.

His arm was already much larger, and as Kami remained in this heightened state, the rest of his body had begun to expand, until he was nearly triple his size, this occurred while the Oozaru was distracted in confusion of the situation.

Kami was now fully transformed at X3 his normal abilities making his PL around 90,000 or so. This would be helpful should his plan of astray and they needed to suppress Antary's Oozaru.

It was the battle of the giants, although the Oozaru was still considerably larger than Kami, their strengths were about even, making the next attack the perfect chance to show the neutrality of their combat. As the Ape like creature attacked him physically Kami would use his forearm to block. His new found strength enough to keep him from completely flying backwards, and after only a few strikes Kami found the perfect moment to jump backwards (As large as he was, jumping back made him go further than one would have expected). However the Oozaru wasnt done, as it opened its mouth to release what was inevitably another steady barrage of attacks.

Kami put both hands out infront of him, as if pushing someone, and as he did so his hands began to glow a powder white.

The Oozaru's full force finally made contact as Kami caught one of the many barrage attacks. The white on his hands creating a small electric current as if the two Ki's were fighting with each other, This was Kami's Holy strike technique, one known only by the guardian of Earth. Kami used the leverage that he had to point the Oozaru's nasty attack, into the flight path of one of his other Ki blasts. so that when the two collided, they would cause the other to explode.

Kami used this opportunity to move quickly over to the wall (Which realistically could change locations at any time). The moment his hand made contact, the ceiling began to close, quickly the light that the Moon had been producing would begin to dwindle away. Kami would lean against the wall, dropping to the ground. He may have been in a hightened state, but it had been several decades since he had brought himself to X3 his normal state. This was without a doubt tasking on his Ki, the old man simply wasnt cut out for this sort of combat.

Nam would have to hold off Antary until the ceiling could completely close, while kami caught his breath.

For a man of infinite power and knowledge, he certainly was winded easily. Thus was a sign of old age. Hopefully Kami would train this weakness out of him by the time he was needed.

(Thank you Nam, this has been edited, I completely missed that lol)

[Nam Reikonaga]

(Kami, you forgot about the barrage of punches Antary sent you. THEN he shoots a bunch of body sized blasts. xP)


Nam was confident his blast would hit, but somehow, the Oozaru managed to slap it away. The half-saiyan couldn’t understand how the Great Ape could’ve seen it coming. He was completely distracted. Was it a fluke? The Oozaru had already done a number of odd things for a Great Ape to do. It acted very differently to what Nam would’ve expected, from what he heard, from his first encounter with an Oozaru in Central City, and it was the same one. What changed?

As if it hadn’t been weird enough, the Oozaru stood there quietly. He stared at the remaining smoke caused by Nam’s energy beam. Nam assumed it was a trick –he didn’t know what it was, so he just played safe and kept a close eye on the beast as usual. Nam’s gaze shifted to the growing Kami, whose raising power level caught his attention. The green man had grown in both size and power to rival the Great Ape, Nam was just an ant among giants. He wished he could join in, but he had already lost the ability to turn into an Oozaru. He had cut his tail off and it wouldn’t grow back any more. Only if he knew he could actually train to control such a beast, then maybe, he wouldn’t have done what he did. But how could he have ever known?

Moments later, the Oozaru stole back the half-saiyans attention in an act of jealousy as it dropped to its knees, screaming. Nam sensed pain in its roar, but he also felt something odd about it. It didn’t sound much like a roar than it did to the scream of a human. The feeling brought shivers down Nam’s spine. It reminded him that such a beast was actually humanoid in origin. Antary.

The Oozaru then stopped and there was a moment of silence. The silence was then broken by a sudden laughter that spanned the wide room and echoed through every wall. Nam was confused, but as he dropped his guard, he began to realize what had occurred. “Antary… is that you?” he said. It seemed the entire exercise was a success and the saiyan had gained control over his beastly form. Just like that, Antary had gained enormous power, almost as if he himself had drunken from the Holy Water.

Suddenly, the Oozaru gave out an weird vibe as it bared its sharp teeth and used what appeared to be Zanzoken to blindingly approach Tenshu with violent and fast thrusts. Nam was paralyzed; he didn’t understand what was happening. The Oozaru disappeared once more, but his chi revealed his next location, along with his voice as he began to speak. Nam turned around immediately to face the Great Ape, bringing his defenses back up; although, it was probably pointless since he can’t very much block the huge monkey’s fists. It would probably crush his bones if he tried. Yes, the best defense was evasion in this case.

As the Oozaru began to speak, Nam’s understanding increased. Soon he was able to comprehend that this was not Antary, and it wasn’t the wild monkey he was fighting a few minutes ago. The mindless ape was just a visual representation of the struggle which had been taking place inside, between Antary, and the Oozaru’s consciousness. Nam never thought it possible that the transformation was actually another entity’s soul. He never saw it that way.

The beast opened his mouth and out came countless purple energy blasts. Nam kept his eyes slanted on the enemy, while his peripherals watched out for the spheres. They were moving wildly. Nam wasn’t paying attention to Kami, all he heard were a few explosions, but he couldn’t afford to keep his eyes away. He was sure the green man was capable of defending himself. His power level rivaled Nam’s and he had the increased size to boot.

There! The first purple sphere left its crazy trajectory and bluntly veered towards Nam. The half-saiyan threw his body forward to a roll –avoiding the homing attack. As he began to recover from the movement, another blast targeted him. Nam didn’t have time to dodge this one, so he but both of his hands forward with palms open as if pushing something. That something soon became a sphere of purple energy as it made impact and slid Nam’s feet backwards a few inches. As it did, the half-saiyan raised his hands with the momentum on the blast and sends it flying upwards. The blast made contact with various others and exploded.

Nam turned to glance at the giant monkey, he was afraid it might’ve moved from its spot, but it was still producing energy blasts. Nam wasn’t sure whether that was a good thing or a bad one. “Sorry, but you can’t have Antary!” the half-saiyan proclaimed as the third energy blast homed in on him. Nam moved forward, using his new technique. With one step forward, a sudden burst of red energy spurted outward and boosted the half-saiyan on his trajectory. Nam’s movements were suddenly faster and every step was more like a long and forward hop. The Oozaru would still be able to see the half-saiyan very clearly, but the speed would have alarmingly matched his.

As Nam began to reach the ground, he used his same technique again, moving away from the fourth blast. The half-saiyan was now airborne, but he wasn’t flying. As the gravity began to pull him back down, another energy blast disrupted its path and veered his way. Nam crouched, allowing his body to rotated, keeping his feet behind his body and head facing the Oozaru’s direction. Another burst of energy blurted out and propelled the saiyan over from the orbs path, successfully evading another.

The energy served as a supporting wall and allowed the half-saiyan to move away. He could’ve done the same thing with his bukujutsu, but flight just wasn’t fast enough. Nam’s new technique allowed him to make drastic turns, where his flying would fail. For his body to gain speed during flight, he would start out slow and rapidly increase velocity. But during that short time of acceleration, he would’ve already been hit. Not to mention that if another blast had gotten in his way, he wouldn’t have been able to dodge it –unless he could fly to either side of it. With his technique though, he could catapult himself in a variety of ways.

The airborne Nam was now gliding at high speed towards the Oozaru. Energy spheres that had tried to hit him would miss and explode as they made contact with the ground, roof, or other blasts. He waited till the right moment to make his attack. “KAIO-KEN!” he pronounced, as his body was then engulfed by a scarlet aura, very familiar to Antary as he was the first of the two to learn such a technique. Assuming the Oozaru could sense energy, he would probably get caught off guard as Nam’s power level violently increases and his speed radically changes.

The half-saiyan was now blindingly soaring towards the Oozaru with both hands forward and clenched tightly. Everyone occurred within what seemed to be seconds as the half-saiyan pressed his fists onto the Great Ape’s midsection. With that, Nam’s aura dispersed and he proceeded with another fast and generic energy beam. The attack would not pierce through the Oozaru’s body, regardless the close range. The yellow energy beam would just wash around him like water; except it would burn the beast.

“Snap out of it!” Nam said, propelling himself towards the Oozaru’s head with hands clutched together and ending his combo with a shift and powerful strike to the skull. He thought that it might bring Antary’s consciousness out. A naïve attempt, but when you know so little, anything is worth trying.

The half-saiyan landed nearby to catch his breath. The Kaioken didn’t affect him as much as when he first began to use it, but it still had its effects. Nam was beginning to sweat and the gravity was starting to weigh its toll. Nam had been training in 10x gravity, but he was getting tired and he was beginning to feel all the weight on him. He couldn’t believe he had actually forgotten about their presence, it meant he was improving. Nam was wearing his weighted clothing, which restrained him quite a bit. The gravity in the room was stronger; Nam finally realized what the strange and sudden force was.

“Weak!?” Nam started, referring to the Great Ape’s previous comments. “If I wanted I could cut your little tail off this instant…” he threatened, glancing discreetly at his sword from afar. Nam was unaware of the ceiling closing above him. He was still trying to catch his breath, and it was probably shown through his way of speaking; the pauses between every word, the whistling of his breath as he inhaled and exhaled in the dense atmosphere of the Lookout due to its elevated state. “How was that punch? Did it sting to your liking? Or should I add a bit more flavor?” Nam was showing something he normally wouldn’t show. Cockiness. But his comments weren’t because of his increased powers –at least, it wasn’t the entire reason. Nam was aware that he was no longer facing his friend, Antary. He was facing another entity, for which he had no respect. Nam only showed this insulting side of him to his enemies.

The other reason for it was that he was completely confident in his ability to end with the Great Ape if he wanted to. The problem is that wasn’t the case. Nam was in a much more fragile situation. While the Oozaru was probably fighting to kill, Nam couldn’t –because the host of the soul was Antary’s body. Nam had to hold himself back, and that was even harder than a fight to the death. It was time to watch the events unfold; either Antary’s consciousness would kick in and regain control, the Oozaru would demonstrate amazing and inexplicable power that would end the half-saiyan’s life or Nam would be forced to cut the beast’s tail off –unless he was capable of knocking him out.

(How do you like that? >: D)

[Antary]

The barrage of energy blasts seemed fairly effective against Kami, at least something exploded where he is, and that left the Oozaru just as satisfied. Although now it was not a mindless being, the primitive pleasures of stuff blowing up and things getting destroyed was still there. In everyone, really, to some extent. At Nam`s side stuff also exploded, but the man escaped any damage, which clearly left the Oozaru dissatisfied. His movements were also… weird.

Apparently Nam was boosting himself with energy. Antary (or the Oozaru) could tell, since he could sense it clearly. These maneuvers allowed the man to gather enough speed to rival the beast, who, while able to see him, could not react fast enough to stop his energy barrage AND take a defensive stance, not to mention that his size was like a double edged sword, and was the only thing that probably allowed Nam to maneuver this easily around him.

He knew what was coming next. An all out attack, now that the Oozaru was wide open. And he was right. Nam used the Kaioken, and dealt a powerful blow to the chest. Had he been serious with this, it could have easily pierce through, but as it was, it only bruised his chest, the thick hide and toughness blocking most of the damage.

“Snap out of it?” The Oozaru mockingly asked, its fur still smoking slightly. “But I already did, Nam.” The way he spoke was at the very least disturbing, the mouth not even moving along with words, and the voice loud and easily menacing. “I snapped out of the pointless and constant struggle for control over this body, that righteously belongs to me. However, you see, there are still traces of “him” left. To break his resolve, I need to kill two of his dearest friends.”

The last sentence would probably bring more hope than despair to the two opponents, though the Great Ape did not realize it. He was not a psychology expert, however only because Antary wasn`t. Right now, Nam was not even close to fighting at his full strength, because he was afraid of injuring the Great Ape. No matter how strong he would get, fear always makes your power nonexistent. The longer this fight would go on, however, the more Nam would notice this.

The Ape did not want to face him at full strength, either. They would be nearly equals like that, and the size “advantage” would be a complete disadvantage. It was better off like this. In fact, he should not even delay his death any longer. Antary`s resolve was the only thing that kept him away from full power, so the quicker it`s broken, the better.

“You don`t seem to fully understand what is going on, so let me just explain. Antary stopped fighting for split moments, and that was enough for me to gather all of the knowledge he had. I know every single thing about him – from his favorite food and his good friends, to tactics and techniques. You heard that right; I can use every single one of his techniques. Do you know exactly what that means?” The Oozaru started laughing maniacally; the 2 warriors could probably guess what was coming.
“Kaioken!” After this word, the beast was entirely engulfed in a thick, intense and bloody aura. It was noticeably darker than Nam`s, probably showcasing his evil intentions. The power level went through the roof (figuratively speaking), the Oozaru wasting absolutely no time. At a truly blinding speed it would attack Nam with its hand, crashing him right into the wall. However, something unexpected happened.

If Nam did not avoid it (which was fairly unlikely considering the power difference at that point), he would end up slammed into the wall at an insane speed. One thing that would stand out was the fact that the Oozaru did not use a closed fist, but instead a palm. The aura dissolved after the attack, the beast glaring at his own hand in confusion. He was certainly fully intent on killing Nam, and he would with a fist, but because of this, Nam was probably alive, maybe with some bones broken at most with a quick use of his barrier. What happened?

Probably everyone was surprised at this point, now that the “speed shock” went away. But surprised the most was the Oozaru, who still could not believe nor understand the situation. With a grunt, he took his palm off the wall (and probably off Nam, too), and would just stare at it for a few seconds, before with a roar clench it in a fist and take another strike.

This one missed completely. Only the white wall now had a hole in it. “W-why is this happening?!” With his hand shaking from confusion, no, from fear, the Oozaru asked. But nobody could answer that question. And there was no reason to. He knew why. “HOW CAN YOU STILL… GAH!” He was about to grab his head because it started hurting yet again, but then realized something. The lighting of the room was changing. This sudden realization made him turn around and see the moving ceiling. At the part of the room where Antary was at, the moon was already invisible.

With an incredibly fast glide to the side where the moon was still present, he rained the ceiling with a barrage of energy blasts, hoping to collapse it, which would happen unless it was enchanted beyond his powers. This was a bit awkward, as he early stated that he did not need the moon anymore, and this was partially true. He could keep in this transformed state indefinitely, but it would strengthen Antary`s resistance, as it did just now with that last attack. Kami, being the wise man he was, would probably realize this.

Breathing heavily, the Oozaru started laughing. “There is nothing… You can do now. Even cutting my tail off will not bring the result you want. I will return to the weaker form, but keep my personality. The tail will grow back eventually, and then I will transform again. Heh…” Although the course of action was kind of obvious, and that was to block Antary from seeing the moon, it was a whole different story on how to do it. But Kami probably still has loads of tricks at his disposal, and Nam could probably still fight even with a broken bone.

The one who was most vulnerable was the Oozaru, no matter how you look at it.


(close enough, dont want to drag anything out :P)