Post by Goten on Sept 27, 2010 15:48:40 GMT -5
The sun slowly rose up into the sky like a giant polished coin being slowly taken out of a purse. Eventually it rose up in the heavens and unleashed its serene rays of light upon the world of man revealing a new day had begun. Among Natures greatest creations were in full bloom from the tranquil grass to the gentleness of a flower and to even the mighty trees which sheltered many animal homes within its shades. Families of birds began to chirp happily as they embraced the sun and let loose their songs of joyfulness. The lake sparkled thanks to the rays of the sun as though finely grounded gold lay hidden underneath the waters freshness, the animals ranging from deer, to bunnies and many more grazed and played within their beloved territory of the lush green forest. Far out into the country the familiar dome shaped home once again stood tall and proud just behind the dome stood the oblong shaped wooden shed like structure. Inside the dome like home of the Son Family stood the kitchen which just as busy as ever as the stubborn but mighty Chi-Chi, stood in the kitchen area while using a wooden spoon to stir up some home made breakfast. Once again she wore her yellow Japanese dress, purple shawl, tie belt and a pair of black and golden boots. She sighed as she looked down at the rice, which was cooking really well and said “ Another day! Beckons I just wish Gohan and Goku were here. They’d help train Goten I’d everything I could but maybe there is one person who can help”.
Putting the wooden spoon down Chi-Chi headed westwards by leaving the kitchen and headed into the living room. There she picked up a phone with her left hand, dialled a few numbers and placed the phone itself near her right ear and waited, her right ear heard the ringing noise of another phone but it only lasted a few minutes as a voice appeared on the other end. With a smile Chi-Chi spoke her voice into the bottom end of the phone where the receiver was on her right ear “Hello its me, listen I really need a favour its concerns Goten. Uh huh… yes. Oh great idea! Ok seen you soon thanks a lot”. She placed the phone down and walked back to the kitchen to continue preparation for breakfast. Meanwhile in the north west corner of the dome shaped home stood the silent room of Son Goten, the youngest son of Goku AKA Kakarot (His true name), a ray of sunlight zoomed into Goten’s window and shone over his very bed. Slowly the bed began to stir and lifting himself off the softness of his pillow Goten slowly closed his eyes and opened his mouth giving off a loud yawn, afterwards he pushed his arms out left and right in a big stretch like motion. Looking eastwards the young Saiyan hybrid looked outside and heard the happy chirping of a family of birds just north of his window.
As a smile of joy crept up on his face he quickly pulled the sheets away from his body and quickly stood up. As he did he still wore his pyjama top and trousers; soon he grabbed his favourite clothes and slowly walked into the bathroom. Using his left hand he gently closed the door and turned on the bath tap for a good morning’s soak. He happily watched as the water squirmed out of the tap and flowed freely out of the tap and covered the bath with a coat of water, laughing with a hint of excitement in his voice Goten grabbed his toys and jumped in causing a huge splash. While the water massaged his naked body Goten continued his carefree like smile and grabbed a toy duck and a toy submarine. There he pretended to play a game of tag in the water, twenty minutes later Goten picked up his toys and placed them back on a shelve which was connected to the eastern wall. Drips of water fell from his body but he soon dispatched them with his favourite ally the towel! A few more minutes and Goten sat down on the toilet seat and slowly placed his feet into his favourite black shoes and tied them up, next he quickly slipped on his blue shirt, orange trousers, and orange top to make it look like he was wearing an orange suit. Finally he grabbed the black belt, placed it around his waist and tied it up around the eastern side of his waist, and with a final pull the black felt flowed down his eastern side.
His mother Chi-Chi soon heard the bathroom door open and close. And pretty soon Goten walked into the kitchen and saw his mother preparing a mouth watering breakfast, Chi-Chi continued to make the final preparations and said “ Good morning Goten did you sleep well? How are you feeling today?” Goten heard the words of concern of his well being but the Saiyan hybrid simply smiled and replied “ Good morning mom I slept a lot better and I feel just fine, my muscles stopped aching”. Chi-Chi felt relived by the words of her youngest son, but still she was worried he might do it again and even get hurt during his training sessions, still she soon replied to Goten’s words “That’s good to hear Goten breakfast is now ready to sit at the table”. The smell of breakfast twitched Goten’s nose and soon he found himself sitting at his favourite spot on the kitchen table, in front of him was a vertical oblong glass with some fresh milk inside it. It didn’t take Chi-Chi long and soon she gave Goten a wooden bowel and a pair of chopsticks, today’s breakfast was tofu served with some rice and a spoonful of chicken sauce. With a smile he grabbed the chopsticks and went to work munching down his food like any other Saiyan. Goten’s mother Chi-Chi soon dug into her breakfast but couldn’t help but smile as Goten was like a machine gun but with teeth as bullets, it was just like any other family time but without Goku and Gohan they were still somewhere out there.
But all that mattered was that Goten was safe and well. Only a few minutes into breakfast Goten let out a huge sigh and placed his empty bowel down in front of him, then he used his left hand to grab the oblong glass and gulped down his milk in one go. His stomach rumbled a little bit he it sure gave his tummy a warm and fuzzy feeling indicating that it really did hit the spot once again, Chi-Chi looked completely surprised and said “ You must have been really hungry Goten”. The youngster happily gave Chi-Chi a smile of gratitude; today’s breakfast tasted really beautiful and the milk went down a treat! Looking towards his mother he said, “ I was thanks mom that was really delicious!” Chi-Chi smiled back and soon she finished hers and stood up while saying “Your welcome son now go wait for me in the living room I just need to tell you something”. Curiosity appeared within Goten’s soul, as it seemed that his mom wanted to talk to him about something, still with a nod he said “Uh ok mom”. Jumping down from his seat Goten slowly walked out of the kitchen and into the living room area.
Soon Chi-Chi followed Goten into the living room and the two sat down. With a smile Chi-Chi said “Goten what you did a very brave thing yesterday, by training on your own you proved to me that you are indeed Goku’s son and Gohan’s younger brother. Which is why I called an old friend of mine to take us somewhere”. Goten’s eyes blinked twice followed by a surprised look mixed in with a sense of confusion, who was his mothers friend? And where exactly where they going? While looking into his mother’s eyes he said, “ I don’t understand mom what friend? And where are we going?” Chi-Chi simply looked confident and said “Don’t worry Goten you’ll see. Now follow me Goten”. The youngster and his mother walked side by side towards the front door and gently Chi-Chi opened it with her left hand and exited the dome house first followed closely by Goten. Guiding her son with her hand Chi-Chi and Goten headed around the back of their dome shaped house and headed towards the oblong shaped structure.
Slowly Chi-Chi opened the door and slid it to the left side revealing a large empty space. Then using her right hand she switched on the main lights, which dispersed the darkness before them, floating before them was a car like vehicle, which floated just above the ground. Goten looked surprised and said “Mom that thing is floating? What is it?” Chi-Chi smiled once again and grabbed a set of keys off a nearby desk and said “This is will take us to a surprise Goten hope in”, looking confused he slowly walked up towards the car and jumped into seat next to his mother. As he did so Chi-Chi took hold of a strap and helped Goten to be strapped in and did the same to her. Goten wondered why he was being held together by a plastic strap but before he could ask his mother what was happening Chi-Chi quickly placed the key into the ignition and turned it to bring the vehicle to life. As it engines revved themselves with pure power Chi-Chi used her right hand to turn a handle and soon the car began to move forwards causing Goten to gasp in astonishment and held on for dear life. As Chi-Chi took the wheel she guided the car as it floated out of the shed, lifted itself upward into the sky and zoomed northwards at high speeds.
Chi-Chi’s young son couldn’t believe it, as they were high into the heavens themselves. He gazed over the side of the car and smiled happily as the clouds zoomed past them and enjoyed the height, as she drove the car Chi-Chi shouted out “ Goten! Listen very carefully sweetheart I am taking you to see someone one. His name is Korin a person that helped train your dad a long time ago”. Goten looked stunned but for some reason he felt excited about meeting a man, who once trained his father, Chi-Chi saw the smile of her son and soon increased speeds. Moments later she spotted a long vertical tower ahead of them, taking one hand on the wheel Chi-Chi pointed her first finger of her left hand towards the tower and said “ There Goten! That’s is where we will find Master Korin hang on!” Soon she placed both hands back on the wheel and pulled towards her causing the car to head upwards as it followed the tower up towards the heavens, Goten held on for dear life but soon whistled in amazement as the tower he saw continued upwards.
Finally the eye range vision of Chi-Chi’s eyes saw a familiar platform and increased speeds to the maximum. As they zoomed past several circle like platforms that sat around the vertical oblong tower Chi-Chi soon decreased speeds and soon stopped on the top first of three circle like platforms, she soon pressed a red button causing the car to be on auto pilot. Then she unbuckled her strap and jumped down onto the platform with ease. Goten did the same and followed his mother by jumping down as well and landed with both feet on the ground, while Chi-Chi looked around Goten wondered why his mom took him to a place high up in the sky? A look of curiosity appeared on Chi-Chi’s face, as the first of the three platforms seemed empty and no one was there in front of her, with a look that could kill a Super Saiyan Chi-Chi called out “Master Korin? GET OUT HERE YOU SILLY CAT!” Goten shuddered a little bit after hearing the volcanic shouting from his mom but he stood quietly beside her, but why did his mom called Korin a cat? He felt really confused but his confusion soon disappeared as he heard a loud voice in return “ALRIGHT KEEP YOUR WORTS ON!” Slowly he heard the sound of footsteps coming from the north until Goten’s confused face soon turned to a look of happiness as a fluffy white cat appeared before them carrying a walking stick.
Since Goten loved life he also adored animals and said “Look mom it’s a cat here kitty kitty!” The loveable personality of Goten kicked in and soon he walked up to the cat and gently tickled his chin with a lovely grin “Here ya go like that? Aw! Aren’t you a good kitty”. Goten didn’t know that Korin the master that once training Goku when he was little was actually he cat that he was tickling, but soon began to enjoy it and purred happily. But he forgot once again that he was a martial arts master and said “ Hey kid cut that out!” Goten gasped and jumped backwards and landed beside Chi-Chi. Korin shook off his purring and looked over towards the Son family, Goten though was completely shocked and pointed towards Korin while saying “Ah! Y, You can talk!” The martial master straightened himself up and held his walking stick in his paw, in response he said, “Of course I can talk doesn’t everybody?” Goten simply looked surprised while Chi-Chi on the other hand was tapping her feet in anticipation, sensing Chi-Chi’s anger Korin let out a fake cough or two and soon regained his composure and said “AHEM! Now then Bulma told me you were on the way here. Now this is him?” Chi-Chi nodded and finally calmed herself down, but she did it for her son’s sake and replied “Yes this is my son Goten”. Korin turned his gaze to the seven year old Goten and saw his face, yes Goten was indeed Goku’s son as he looked a lot like his father when Goku was Goten’s age.
With a smirk he said, “Well now Goten you certainly have your fathers looks. And you have his unique personality”. Goten blushed slightly and rubbed the north western end of his spiky hair and the compliments from the talking cat. But Korin pictured the younger image of Goku and compared it to Goten, with a twitch of his whisker he silently talked to himself inside his mind “ He sure looks like Goku when he was younger, and his heart is just a pure as Goku’s. I wonder if he will be just as strong as he will someday. Well only one way to find out”. Chi-Chi knelt down to be at Goten’s height level and said “Goten I am going to leave you in Master Korin’s hands. He will help you to be stronger and more dependent, just do everything he says and promise me you won’t over do it”. Goten’s eyes moved slightly as he stared hard into his mom’s loving eyes but he soon narrowed his eyes in complete focus and nodded his head while saying “Ok mom I promise” And both mother and son hugged each other in loving arms. But Chi-Chi stood up and stared hard towards Korin, there she stomped over to the cat, picked him up by his fur and said in his face “ALRIGHT LISTEN UP! YOU BETTER LOOK AFTER HIM OR ELSE YOUR KITTY LITTER UNDERSTAND!” Korin gasped in total horror and even purred in response to try and look cute in Chi-Chi’s mighty hands, but a single tear drop appeared on the back of his head and slowly said “Alright Chi-Chi you have my word he will be looked after”. Chi-Chi smiled and dropped Korin down on the ground below her feet, turning to Goten she said “ Goten I want you to do your best. I will be back in three days so behave until then”. A smile of love and happiness appeared on Goten’s young face and simply nodded in response, and with one big jump Chi-Chi landed back in the floating car and said “ BYE GOTEN!” And soon drove away from the tower and head back towards their home.
As his mother drove away Goten ran over towards the edge and waved happily to his mother while saying “BYE MOM HEH HEH HEH”. But as for Korin he was really relieved that Chi-Chi was gone but was happy to train Goten for the first time, he admitted that it had been awhile since he had actually trained someone but he was ready to do so today. With Chi-Chi gone Goten turned around and looked abit nervous but Korin simply smiled and said “ Well now Goten follow me”. Goten looked abit confused and soon followed Korin down a flight of steps which spiralled down towards a second platform, on this platform was a built kitchen, table, fridge, freezer and all the kitchen utensils you could ask for. Goten soon smiled as he admired Korin’s kitchen, but he soon followed Korin to the southern end of the platform and found a large screen. Just behind it was a man made bed with a few toys and soft toys, Korin said “Alright Goten this will be your bed after our training session is over. Speaking of which please follow me”.
The martial arts master cat headed back upward towards the first platform by climbing up the spiralled flight of steps. Soon Goten walked over towards the middle of the platform while Korin stood just in front of him and said “Alright kid its time to start your training but first of all let me ask you this. Can you fly?” The young Goten blinked his eyes in a surprised look but he responded “ Sorry but I can’t fly just yet”, Korin simply nodded his head and looked into Goten’s eyes and said, “HMMM so be it Goten our first order of business is to teach you how to fly”. Goten’s eyes lit up with complete excitement and said “ REALLY! You mean it? All right! Goten’s gonna be a birdie! Goten’s going to be a birdie!” He said as he danced and somersaulted around the platform, Korin simply twitched his nose and happily watched Goten get all excited. But the youngster soon stopped celebrating and simply smiled at Korin who awaited his words of wisdom, Korin nodded his head and said “Now Goten the basics of flying is fairly straight forward. To fly you must first be totally calm, then looked deep inside yourself and try to find the energy that is within your body. Now start by doing this first”. Standing still Goten slowly breathed in and then out as he fully relaxed his half Saiyan/half human body, then his closed his eyes and tried his best to looked into his very soul. But he soon opened it and looked with a goofy smile while saying, “ Uh what does the energy look like?” Korin fell face first in total amazement at Goten’s crazy question but he soon adjusted himself and spoke “You will know when the time comes but that will be enough for today”.
Goten relaxed once again while Korin said “That is the most basic lesson of flight. Tomorrow we will move on to the most difficult part. For now let’s begin some serious training”. With a twitch of his whisker he dropped his walking stick on the floor and plodded over towards his new pupil and said, “ The first thing we will do is something simple. I want you to try and catch me!” Goten was surprised that Korin would say something like but it sounded simple to him “You want me to catch you?” Korin nodded his head but he simply stood still and waited, Seeing as this was his first part of his training Goten stood side ways and held his hands into an attack position and happily stared before his new mentor. As Korin twitched his whiskers again Goten saw it and leapt towards him, but the master of the martial arts simply disappeared before Goten’s hands even got near his fur. This resulted with Goten landing face first on the ground with Korin appeared in mid air, turning himself over he rubbed his chin a little and said “Hey no fair! You didn’t say that you could dodge!” But Korin simply smiled and said “ I said try to catch up not catch me”. Gritting his teeth Goten jumped forwards but couldn’t get him as he disappeared, seeing that Korin was quite agile he summoned up his own agility and moved as fast as his body could. Both master and student went all over the platform for hours on end as Goten did his best to catch Korin but a few hours later Korin stopped and stood on the platform while Goten was on his knees and hands as sweat dropped down from his forehead.
He breathed heavily and soon looked up towards Korin who looked pretty impressed “ You have done well kid. Your pretty fast your know! Take a break for a few minutes and we will head to more basic training, don’t worry Goten you will catch up but it will take time”. Looking up at this mentor Goten slowly nodded his head, minutes later Goten picked himself up and stood ready for more training. Korin stood grabbed his walking stick and said to Goten “You have your fathers determination and will to be strong. Now I want you to begin some sit ups and handstand push ups, give me a hundred of each!” Goten nodded and was determined to make his mother proud, soon he did a handstand by placing both hands on the ground and lifted his entire body until his legs were straight up in the air. But just as he was about to begin the push up, Korin walked over to him and said “With one hand kid”. The youngest son of Goku and Chi-Chi was stunned but slowly he took his hand away but again just like yesterday his open hand felt the pressure from his body weight. At first he struggled but he soon beared his teeth and slowly pushed his weight downward on his available hand and slowly said “ Ugh! One…. T, two!”. He said with each push downwards he made towards his hand.
Hour’s later Goten was dripping more sweat from his head and face as it slowly dropped down onto his hands and the ground. But he finally said the one number one hundred and fell to the ground face first, his body felt hot, his muscles bulged a little but still felt ok. He breathed heavily and was like a water pipe leaking out drops of sweat, Korin moved his closed eyes in an approved look and said, “ Very well done Goten you sure are your fathers son. Come let us eat”. With a slightly out of breath face Goten placed a goofy grin on his face as Korin mentioned the word food, slowly he picked up himself up to this feet and followed Korin back down the spiralled staircase and into the kitchen. While Korin began to prepare lunch Goten calmly sat at the table and tried to catch his breath. Moments later the fluffy cat of the martial arts brought out some a plate of cooked rice with small pieces of tuna, for Goten and for himself it was just a whole tuna. Grabbing the chopsticks Goten began to dig into his lunch like there was no tomorrow, Korin wasn’t really surprised as Goten was after all half Saiyan.
After having a good decent meal Goten happily sighed and said, “ AH that hit the spot! Thanks a lot mister Korin”. The cat simply nodded his head and said “ Ah I can’t complain with that! Come let us continue”, they soon headed back up the spiral stair case and stood back on the first platform, with a nod from his teacher Goten got down onto his back but placed both of his arms behind his head. There his used his arms to push forwards and brought his head near his knees, however Korin held down his black shoes and watched Goten as he began to do the series of sit ups. But the more he did it the more difficult and the more pressure began to build in his arms and stomach, however Goten continued to push himself forwards with everything he had. More hours passed and a very sweaty Goten made the last push and said “ Can’t, ugh, let this, stop… me!” And with a last minutes effort he made the final one hundred mark and fell back wards while breathing in and out heavily, but he soon smirked as he hadn’t over did it this time. Korin stared in Goten’s happy like eyes and said to himself “ This kid is really something”, soon the master sensed something as the sky slowly turned dark, with a sigh Korin said “ Ok kid that will be enough for today. Lets have a moment to have some dinner and then catch some sleep”. Goten slowly held his thumb up towards Korin and slowly and gently stood up, he felt abit painful but his muscles felt fine, soon he walked back down the spiral staircase and to the second platform and happily munched down dinner which was sushi. Minutes later he sighed happily and said “Thank you very much mister Korin that was really great!” Korin happily nodded his head and spoke to his temporary pupil “ You are most welcome Goten now I want you to get some sleep. Tomorrow will be a hard day”.
With a nod Goten stood up from his seat and gently headed towards the large screen. But he stood stopped and turned towards his mentor, there he placed both legs together and slowly bowed his head in respect while placing both palms of his hands together and said “Good night mister Korin”. The knowledgeable cat bowed his head as well and watched as Goten opened the screen outwards and slowly knelt down onto the bed and gently rested his head on the soft fluffy pillow, Korin watched him from afar and said “ Goodnight youngster”. And soon headed he silently walked back up the spiral stair case to give Goten some peace and quiet, Goten’s eyes slowly closed and turned on his side as a smile crept up on his face as dreams of cakes, toys and food appeared in his mind. The night sky sparkled with gemstone like stars, which shone themselves down over Korin’s tower, another day had ended for Goten but his story had only just begun.
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Putting the wooden spoon down Chi-Chi headed westwards by leaving the kitchen and headed into the living room. There she picked up a phone with her left hand, dialled a few numbers and placed the phone itself near her right ear and waited, her right ear heard the ringing noise of another phone but it only lasted a few minutes as a voice appeared on the other end. With a smile Chi-Chi spoke her voice into the bottom end of the phone where the receiver was on her right ear “Hello its me, listen I really need a favour its concerns Goten. Uh huh… yes. Oh great idea! Ok seen you soon thanks a lot”. She placed the phone down and walked back to the kitchen to continue preparation for breakfast. Meanwhile in the north west corner of the dome shaped home stood the silent room of Son Goten, the youngest son of Goku AKA Kakarot (His true name), a ray of sunlight zoomed into Goten’s window and shone over his very bed. Slowly the bed began to stir and lifting himself off the softness of his pillow Goten slowly closed his eyes and opened his mouth giving off a loud yawn, afterwards he pushed his arms out left and right in a big stretch like motion. Looking eastwards the young Saiyan hybrid looked outside and heard the happy chirping of a family of birds just north of his window.
As a smile of joy crept up on his face he quickly pulled the sheets away from his body and quickly stood up. As he did he still wore his pyjama top and trousers; soon he grabbed his favourite clothes and slowly walked into the bathroom. Using his left hand he gently closed the door and turned on the bath tap for a good morning’s soak. He happily watched as the water squirmed out of the tap and flowed freely out of the tap and covered the bath with a coat of water, laughing with a hint of excitement in his voice Goten grabbed his toys and jumped in causing a huge splash. While the water massaged his naked body Goten continued his carefree like smile and grabbed a toy duck and a toy submarine. There he pretended to play a game of tag in the water, twenty minutes later Goten picked up his toys and placed them back on a shelve which was connected to the eastern wall. Drips of water fell from his body but he soon dispatched them with his favourite ally the towel! A few more minutes and Goten sat down on the toilet seat and slowly placed his feet into his favourite black shoes and tied them up, next he quickly slipped on his blue shirt, orange trousers, and orange top to make it look like he was wearing an orange suit. Finally he grabbed the black belt, placed it around his waist and tied it up around the eastern side of his waist, and with a final pull the black felt flowed down his eastern side.
His mother Chi-Chi soon heard the bathroom door open and close. And pretty soon Goten walked into the kitchen and saw his mother preparing a mouth watering breakfast, Chi-Chi continued to make the final preparations and said “ Good morning Goten did you sleep well? How are you feeling today?” Goten heard the words of concern of his well being but the Saiyan hybrid simply smiled and replied “ Good morning mom I slept a lot better and I feel just fine, my muscles stopped aching”. Chi-Chi felt relived by the words of her youngest son, but still she was worried he might do it again and even get hurt during his training sessions, still she soon replied to Goten’s words “That’s good to hear Goten breakfast is now ready to sit at the table”. The smell of breakfast twitched Goten’s nose and soon he found himself sitting at his favourite spot on the kitchen table, in front of him was a vertical oblong glass with some fresh milk inside it. It didn’t take Chi-Chi long and soon she gave Goten a wooden bowel and a pair of chopsticks, today’s breakfast was tofu served with some rice and a spoonful of chicken sauce. With a smile he grabbed the chopsticks and went to work munching down his food like any other Saiyan. Goten’s mother Chi-Chi soon dug into her breakfast but couldn’t help but smile as Goten was like a machine gun but with teeth as bullets, it was just like any other family time but without Goku and Gohan they were still somewhere out there.
But all that mattered was that Goten was safe and well. Only a few minutes into breakfast Goten let out a huge sigh and placed his empty bowel down in front of him, then he used his left hand to grab the oblong glass and gulped down his milk in one go. His stomach rumbled a little bit he it sure gave his tummy a warm and fuzzy feeling indicating that it really did hit the spot once again, Chi-Chi looked completely surprised and said “ You must have been really hungry Goten”. The youngster happily gave Chi-Chi a smile of gratitude; today’s breakfast tasted really beautiful and the milk went down a treat! Looking towards his mother he said, “ I was thanks mom that was really delicious!” Chi-Chi smiled back and soon she finished hers and stood up while saying “Your welcome son now go wait for me in the living room I just need to tell you something”. Curiosity appeared within Goten’s soul, as it seemed that his mom wanted to talk to him about something, still with a nod he said “Uh ok mom”. Jumping down from his seat Goten slowly walked out of the kitchen and into the living room area.
Soon Chi-Chi followed Goten into the living room and the two sat down. With a smile Chi-Chi said “Goten what you did a very brave thing yesterday, by training on your own you proved to me that you are indeed Goku’s son and Gohan’s younger brother. Which is why I called an old friend of mine to take us somewhere”. Goten’s eyes blinked twice followed by a surprised look mixed in with a sense of confusion, who was his mothers friend? And where exactly where they going? While looking into his mother’s eyes he said, “ I don’t understand mom what friend? And where are we going?” Chi-Chi simply looked confident and said “Don’t worry Goten you’ll see. Now follow me Goten”. The youngster and his mother walked side by side towards the front door and gently Chi-Chi opened it with her left hand and exited the dome house first followed closely by Goten. Guiding her son with her hand Chi-Chi and Goten headed around the back of their dome shaped house and headed towards the oblong shaped structure.
Slowly Chi-Chi opened the door and slid it to the left side revealing a large empty space. Then using her right hand she switched on the main lights, which dispersed the darkness before them, floating before them was a car like vehicle, which floated just above the ground. Goten looked surprised and said “Mom that thing is floating? What is it?” Chi-Chi smiled once again and grabbed a set of keys off a nearby desk and said “This is will take us to a surprise Goten hope in”, looking confused he slowly walked up towards the car and jumped into seat next to his mother. As he did so Chi-Chi took hold of a strap and helped Goten to be strapped in and did the same to her. Goten wondered why he was being held together by a plastic strap but before he could ask his mother what was happening Chi-Chi quickly placed the key into the ignition and turned it to bring the vehicle to life. As it engines revved themselves with pure power Chi-Chi used her right hand to turn a handle and soon the car began to move forwards causing Goten to gasp in astonishment and held on for dear life. As Chi-Chi took the wheel she guided the car as it floated out of the shed, lifted itself upward into the sky and zoomed northwards at high speeds.
Chi-Chi’s young son couldn’t believe it, as they were high into the heavens themselves. He gazed over the side of the car and smiled happily as the clouds zoomed past them and enjoyed the height, as she drove the car Chi-Chi shouted out “ Goten! Listen very carefully sweetheart I am taking you to see someone one. His name is Korin a person that helped train your dad a long time ago”. Goten looked stunned but for some reason he felt excited about meeting a man, who once trained his father, Chi-Chi saw the smile of her son and soon increased speeds. Moments later she spotted a long vertical tower ahead of them, taking one hand on the wheel Chi-Chi pointed her first finger of her left hand towards the tower and said “ There Goten! That’s is where we will find Master Korin hang on!” Soon she placed both hands back on the wheel and pulled towards her causing the car to head upwards as it followed the tower up towards the heavens, Goten held on for dear life but soon whistled in amazement as the tower he saw continued upwards.
Finally the eye range vision of Chi-Chi’s eyes saw a familiar platform and increased speeds to the maximum. As they zoomed past several circle like platforms that sat around the vertical oblong tower Chi-Chi soon decreased speeds and soon stopped on the top first of three circle like platforms, she soon pressed a red button causing the car to be on auto pilot. Then she unbuckled her strap and jumped down onto the platform with ease. Goten did the same and followed his mother by jumping down as well and landed with both feet on the ground, while Chi-Chi looked around Goten wondered why his mom took him to a place high up in the sky? A look of curiosity appeared on Chi-Chi’s face, as the first of the three platforms seemed empty and no one was there in front of her, with a look that could kill a Super Saiyan Chi-Chi called out “Master Korin? GET OUT HERE YOU SILLY CAT!” Goten shuddered a little bit after hearing the volcanic shouting from his mom but he stood quietly beside her, but why did his mom called Korin a cat? He felt really confused but his confusion soon disappeared as he heard a loud voice in return “ALRIGHT KEEP YOUR WORTS ON!” Slowly he heard the sound of footsteps coming from the north until Goten’s confused face soon turned to a look of happiness as a fluffy white cat appeared before them carrying a walking stick.
Since Goten loved life he also adored animals and said “Look mom it’s a cat here kitty kitty!” The loveable personality of Goten kicked in and soon he walked up to the cat and gently tickled his chin with a lovely grin “Here ya go like that? Aw! Aren’t you a good kitty”. Goten didn’t know that Korin the master that once training Goku when he was little was actually he cat that he was tickling, but soon began to enjoy it and purred happily. But he forgot once again that he was a martial arts master and said “ Hey kid cut that out!” Goten gasped and jumped backwards and landed beside Chi-Chi. Korin shook off his purring and looked over towards the Son family, Goten though was completely shocked and pointed towards Korin while saying “Ah! Y, You can talk!” The martial master straightened himself up and held his walking stick in his paw, in response he said, “Of course I can talk doesn’t everybody?” Goten simply looked surprised while Chi-Chi on the other hand was tapping her feet in anticipation, sensing Chi-Chi’s anger Korin let out a fake cough or two and soon regained his composure and said “AHEM! Now then Bulma told me you were on the way here. Now this is him?” Chi-Chi nodded and finally calmed herself down, but she did it for her son’s sake and replied “Yes this is my son Goten”. Korin turned his gaze to the seven year old Goten and saw his face, yes Goten was indeed Goku’s son as he looked a lot like his father when Goku was Goten’s age.
With a smirk he said, “Well now Goten you certainly have your fathers looks. And you have his unique personality”. Goten blushed slightly and rubbed the north western end of his spiky hair and the compliments from the talking cat. But Korin pictured the younger image of Goku and compared it to Goten, with a twitch of his whisker he silently talked to himself inside his mind “ He sure looks like Goku when he was younger, and his heart is just a pure as Goku’s. I wonder if he will be just as strong as he will someday. Well only one way to find out”. Chi-Chi knelt down to be at Goten’s height level and said “Goten I am going to leave you in Master Korin’s hands. He will help you to be stronger and more dependent, just do everything he says and promise me you won’t over do it”. Goten’s eyes moved slightly as he stared hard into his mom’s loving eyes but he soon narrowed his eyes in complete focus and nodded his head while saying “Ok mom I promise” And both mother and son hugged each other in loving arms. But Chi-Chi stood up and stared hard towards Korin, there she stomped over to the cat, picked him up by his fur and said in his face “ALRIGHT LISTEN UP! YOU BETTER LOOK AFTER HIM OR ELSE YOUR KITTY LITTER UNDERSTAND!” Korin gasped in total horror and even purred in response to try and look cute in Chi-Chi’s mighty hands, but a single tear drop appeared on the back of his head and slowly said “Alright Chi-Chi you have my word he will be looked after”. Chi-Chi smiled and dropped Korin down on the ground below her feet, turning to Goten she said “ Goten I want you to do your best. I will be back in three days so behave until then”. A smile of love and happiness appeared on Goten’s young face and simply nodded in response, and with one big jump Chi-Chi landed back in the floating car and said “ BYE GOTEN!” And soon drove away from the tower and head back towards their home.
As his mother drove away Goten ran over towards the edge and waved happily to his mother while saying “BYE MOM HEH HEH HEH”. But as for Korin he was really relieved that Chi-Chi was gone but was happy to train Goten for the first time, he admitted that it had been awhile since he had actually trained someone but he was ready to do so today. With Chi-Chi gone Goten turned around and looked abit nervous but Korin simply smiled and said “ Well now Goten follow me”. Goten looked abit confused and soon followed Korin down a flight of steps which spiralled down towards a second platform, on this platform was a built kitchen, table, fridge, freezer and all the kitchen utensils you could ask for. Goten soon smiled as he admired Korin’s kitchen, but he soon followed Korin to the southern end of the platform and found a large screen. Just behind it was a man made bed with a few toys and soft toys, Korin said “Alright Goten this will be your bed after our training session is over. Speaking of which please follow me”.
The martial arts master cat headed back upward towards the first platform by climbing up the spiralled flight of steps. Soon Goten walked over towards the middle of the platform while Korin stood just in front of him and said “Alright kid its time to start your training but first of all let me ask you this. Can you fly?” The young Goten blinked his eyes in a surprised look but he responded “ Sorry but I can’t fly just yet”, Korin simply nodded his head and looked into Goten’s eyes and said, “HMMM so be it Goten our first order of business is to teach you how to fly”. Goten’s eyes lit up with complete excitement and said “ REALLY! You mean it? All right! Goten’s gonna be a birdie! Goten’s going to be a birdie!” He said as he danced and somersaulted around the platform, Korin simply twitched his nose and happily watched Goten get all excited. But the youngster soon stopped celebrating and simply smiled at Korin who awaited his words of wisdom, Korin nodded his head and said “Now Goten the basics of flying is fairly straight forward. To fly you must first be totally calm, then looked deep inside yourself and try to find the energy that is within your body. Now start by doing this first”. Standing still Goten slowly breathed in and then out as he fully relaxed his half Saiyan/half human body, then his closed his eyes and tried his best to looked into his very soul. But he soon opened it and looked with a goofy smile while saying, “ Uh what does the energy look like?” Korin fell face first in total amazement at Goten’s crazy question but he soon adjusted himself and spoke “You will know when the time comes but that will be enough for today”.
Goten relaxed once again while Korin said “That is the most basic lesson of flight. Tomorrow we will move on to the most difficult part. For now let’s begin some serious training”. With a twitch of his whisker he dropped his walking stick on the floor and plodded over towards his new pupil and said, “ The first thing we will do is something simple. I want you to try and catch me!” Goten was surprised that Korin would say something like but it sounded simple to him “You want me to catch you?” Korin nodded his head but he simply stood still and waited, Seeing as this was his first part of his training Goten stood side ways and held his hands into an attack position and happily stared before his new mentor. As Korin twitched his whiskers again Goten saw it and leapt towards him, but the master of the martial arts simply disappeared before Goten’s hands even got near his fur. This resulted with Goten landing face first on the ground with Korin appeared in mid air, turning himself over he rubbed his chin a little and said “Hey no fair! You didn’t say that you could dodge!” But Korin simply smiled and said “ I said try to catch up not catch me”. Gritting his teeth Goten jumped forwards but couldn’t get him as he disappeared, seeing that Korin was quite agile he summoned up his own agility and moved as fast as his body could. Both master and student went all over the platform for hours on end as Goten did his best to catch Korin but a few hours later Korin stopped and stood on the platform while Goten was on his knees and hands as sweat dropped down from his forehead.
He breathed heavily and soon looked up towards Korin who looked pretty impressed “ You have done well kid. Your pretty fast your know! Take a break for a few minutes and we will head to more basic training, don’t worry Goten you will catch up but it will take time”. Looking up at this mentor Goten slowly nodded his head, minutes later Goten picked himself up and stood ready for more training. Korin stood grabbed his walking stick and said to Goten “You have your fathers determination and will to be strong. Now I want you to begin some sit ups and handstand push ups, give me a hundred of each!” Goten nodded and was determined to make his mother proud, soon he did a handstand by placing both hands on the ground and lifted his entire body until his legs were straight up in the air. But just as he was about to begin the push up, Korin walked over to him and said “With one hand kid”. The youngest son of Goku and Chi-Chi was stunned but slowly he took his hand away but again just like yesterday his open hand felt the pressure from his body weight. At first he struggled but he soon beared his teeth and slowly pushed his weight downward on his available hand and slowly said “ Ugh! One…. T, two!”. He said with each push downwards he made towards his hand.
Hour’s later Goten was dripping more sweat from his head and face as it slowly dropped down onto his hands and the ground. But he finally said the one number one hundred and fell to the ground face first, his body felt hot, his muscles bulged a little but still felt ok. He breathed heavily and was like a water pipe leaking out drops of sweat, Korin moved his closed eyes in an approved look and said, “ Very well done Goten you sure are your fathers son. Come let us eat”. With a slightly out of breath face Goten placed a goofy grin on his face as Korin mentioned the word food, slowly he picked up himself up to this feet and followed Korin back down the spiralled staircase and into the kitchen. While Korin began to prepare lunch Goten calmly sat at the table and tried to catch his breath. Moments later the fluffy cat of the martial arts brought out some a plate of cooked rice with small pieces of tuna, for Goten and for himself it was just a whole tuna. Grabbing the chopsticks Goten began to dig into his lunch like there was no tomorrow, Korin wasn’t really surprised as Goten was after all half Saiyan.
After having a good decent meal Goten happily sighed and said, “ AH that hit the spot! Thanks a lot mister Korin”. The cat simply nodded his head and said “ Ah I can’t complain with that! Come let us continue”, they soon headed back up the spiral stair case and stood back on the first platform, with a nod from his teacher Goten got down onto his back but placed both of his arms behind his head. There his used his arms to push forwards and brought his head near his knees, however Korin held down his black shoes and watched Goten as he began to do the series of sit ups. But the more he did it the more difficult and the more pressure began to build in his arms and stomach, however Goten continued to push himself forwards with everything he had. More hours passed and a very sweaty Goten made the last push and said “ Can’t, ugh, let this, stop… me!” And with a last minutes effort he made the final one hundred mark and fell back wards while breathing in and out heavily, but he soon smirked as he hadn’t over did it this time. Korin stared in Goten’s happy like eyes and said to himself “ This kid is really something”, soon the master sensed something as the sky slowly turned dark, with a sigh Korin said “ Ok kid that will be enough for today. Lets have a moment to have some dinner and then catch some sleep”. Goten slowly held his thumb up towards Korin and slowly and gently stood up, he felt abit painful but his muscles felt fine, soon he walked back down the spiral staircase and to the second platform and happily munched down dinner which was sushi. Minutes later he sighed happily and said “Thank you very much mister Korin that was really great!” Korin happily nodded his head and spoke to his temporary pupil “ You are most welcome Goten now I want you to get some sleep. Tomorrow will be a hard day”.
With a nod Goten stood up from his seat and gently headed towards the large screen. But he stood stopped and turned towards his mentor, there he placed both legs together and slowly bowed his head in respect while placing both palms of his hands together and said “Good night mister Korin”. The knowledgeable cat bowed his head as well and watched as Goten opened the screen outwards and slowly knelt down onto the bed and gently rested his head on the soft fluffy pillow, Korin watched him from afar and said “ Goodnight youngster”. And soon headed he silently walked back up the spiral stair case to give Goten some peace and quiet, Goten’s eyes slowly closed and turned on his side as a smile crept up on his face as dreams of cakes, toys and food appeared in his mind. The night sky sparkled with gemstone like stars, which shone themselves down over Korin’s tower, another day had ended for Goten but his story had only just begun.
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