Post by Jeice on Aug 14, 2010 23:32:22 GMT -5
"Come on you wimp. One more. You can do this. Just one more!"
"Ughhh. Gerrr. Ahhhh. AHHHHHH. It burns Lucy don't make me do this!"
"I know you can do it Trunks!"
"Fine!"...... "There I did it."
"Thank, God. Now that you cleaned my litter box I can use it again."
And after that brutal encounter in the early morning of the first day, Trunks set out to train for the day. He knew there were people stronger than him out there and he needed to get stronger should any of them ever attack him.
"I must protect Lucy. And all the citizens of surrounding cities."
So off he went. First he wanted to raise his speed and agility so he could evade attackers easier, and maybe even confuse them allowing him to land some attacks easier. After helping Korin to find his senzu beans, Trunks knew Korin would have no problem helping him out with his speed problem. After begging and pleading with Korin to help him; and eventually settling on cleaning Korin's entire house as payment for Korin's help, Trunks finally starts his agility training.
"Youmust do exactly as I say. If you don't, the training won't be as effective."
Trunks agrees and Korin tell him he must run a mile in under four minutes. Knowing that people have been doing this for over a hundred years, Trunks laughs.
"That should be simple."[/color] he thought to himself.
"Ready.... Set.... GO!"
And with that Trunks took off. But not even 300 yards in Korin runs up right next to him and trips him with his club.
"Hey! Ow! Why'd you do that?"
"The clock is still going and you're wasting time. Use your speed to dodge my club and still finish the mile in time!"
So Trunks got back up and continued to run. No matter what he did he couldn't evade Korin or his club however. Frustration started to build each time Korin tripped him and each time he finished the mile in over four minutes. After twelve unsuccessful tries, Korin allows Trunks to take a break.
"Man I need to figure this out if I'm ever going to walk again. His club is killing my legs. But maybe... Maybe its not just being fast if I'm predictable. Maybe If I run in a swerving pattern, Korin will be confused and I can do it. Ha ha! Yes, thats what I shall do."[/color]
When Korin called Trunks back to continue training again, Trunks decided to put his idea to work. At the sound of go Trunks raced out as fast as he could trying to distance himself as much as possible at first. When he heard Korin coming up behind him he readied himself for the next step. As soon as Korin swung Trunks did a backflip over Korin causing him to fall down when his club hit nothing but air. Again Trunks bounded out on his run but Korin quickly recovered and followed. This time Trunks started weaving to the left and then the right. Or sometimes the right and then the left. Or even the left and then the left again and then a right followed by a left which was preceded by a backflip to the right. Korin could never figure out which was Trunks was going. As he reached his mile plateau, Trunks did one more frontflip to the left, zig to the left, zag to the right, wave to the right, slant to the left, backflip straight back, slant to the right maneuver to ensure he wouldn't be caught and made it his mile. When Korin check the time it was three minutes and twenty eight seconds.
"Well it seems that you did it Trunks. And finally you realized that speed is no good if you don't know how to use it."
"Ha Ha yes I did, Korin. Thanks for the training Korin. See you again!"
"AND JUST WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING? That was NOT your training. That was just a test. Its time for your training now."
"Oh?"
"Yes. Give me 100 suicides! Come see me when your finished!"
And with that Trunks set out to do his 100 suicides as Master Korin said.
Word Count: 706
"Ughhh. Gerrr. Ahhhh. AHHHHHH. It burns Lucy don't make me do this!"
"I know you can do it Trunks!"
"Fine!"...... "There I did it."
"Thank, God. Now that you cleaned my litter box I can use it again."
And after that brutal encounter in the early morning of the first day, Trunks set out to train for the day. He knew there were people stronger than him out there and he needed to get stronger should any of them ever attack him.
"I must protect Lucy. And all the citizens of surrounding cities."
So off he went. First he wanted to raise his speed and agility so he could evade attackers easier, and maybe even confuse them allowing him to land some attacks easier. After helping Korin to find his senzu beans, Trunks knew Korin would have no problem helping him out with his speed problem. After begging and pleading with Korin to help him; and eventually settling on cleaning Korin's entire house as payment for Korin's help, Trunks finally starts his agility training.
"Youmust do exactly as I say. If you don't, the training won't be as effective."
Trunks agrees and Korin tell him he must run a mile in under four minutes. Knowing that people have been doing this for over a hundred years, Trunks laughs.
"That should be simple."[/color] he thought to himself.
"Ready.... Set.... GO!"
And with that Trunks took off. But not even 300 yards in Korin runs up right next to him and trips him with his club.
"Hey! Ow! Why'd you do that?"
"The clock is still going and you're wasting time. Use your speed to dodge my club and still finish the mile in time!"
So Trunks got back up and continued to run. No matter what he did he couldn't evade Korin or his club however. Frustration started to build each time Korin tripped him and each time he finished the mile in over four minutes. After twelve unsuccessful tries, Korin allows Trunks to take a break.
"Man I need to figure this out if I'm ever going to walk again. His club is killing my legs. But maybe... Maybe its not just being fast if I'm predictable. Maybe If I run in a swerving pattern, Korin will be confused and I can do it. Ha ha! Yes, thats what I shall do."[/color]
When Korin called Trunks back to continue training again, Trunks decided to put his idea to work. At the sound of go Trunks raced out as fast as he could trying to distance himself as much as possible at first. When he heard Korin coming up behind him he readied himself for the next step. As soon as Korin swung Trunks did a backflip over Korin causing him to fall down when his club hit nothing but air. Again Trunks bounded out on his run but Korin quickly recovered and followed. This time Trunks started weaving to the left and then the right. Or sometimes the right and then the left. Or even the left and then the left again and then a right followed by a left which was preceded by a backflip to the right. Korin could never figure out which was Trunks was going. As he reached his mile plateau, Trunks did one more frontflip to the left, zig to the left, zag to the right, wave to the right, slant to the left, backflip straight back, slant to the right maneuver to ensure he wouldn't be caught and made it his mile. When Korin check the time it was three minutes and twenty eight seconds.
"Well it seems that you did it Trunks. And finally you realized that speed is no good if you don't know how to use it."
"Ha Ha yes I did, Korin. Thanks for the training Korin. See you again!"
"AND JUST WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING? That was NOT your training. That was just a test. Its time for your training now."
"Oh?"
"Yes. Give me 100 suicides! Come see me when your finished!"
And with that Trunks set out to do his 100 suicides as Master Korin said.
Word Count: 706