Post by Goten on Sept 29, 2010 12:33:14 GMT -5
High within the depths of the heavens the darkness slowly disappeared into the void bringing out the light once again. Slowly like a turning wheel the sky began to lighten up and its sea of blue sky emerged once again while clouds began to reform like white ships sailing down a calm ocean. A gentle breeze blew across the heavens bringing forth a cool and refreshing feeling to anyone caught within its range. Down below in the world of man nature was at its zenith, the animals were enjoying the cool weather, the lake embraced the weather and slightly the surface of the water moved abit thanks to the wind. Back within the calming countryside and the dome shaped home of the Son family and deep within the kitchen Chi-Chi’s was busy a work cooking something, just behind her stood the kitchen table which was just as quiet as a mouse. However just sitting on one of the table was a man who was a giant compared to normal humans, he was a wide fellow with big muscles and a big stomach. But his face was like a forest as a beard appeared on his face, this brute of a man was known other then OX King the father of the mighty Chi-Chi and even he was afraid of his own daughter when she was angry. However he was a kind and gentleman who was just like any other father, the chair struggled to hold Ox King’s weight. OX King wore his favourite vest shirt, trousers and glasses. While his daughter Chi-Chi wore her golden like yellow dress, a dark purple shawl that sat over her shoulders, her black boots and dark purple belt. Chi-Chi had her father come round because she abit lonely since taking her youngest son Goten to train with Korin at his tower, grabbing a knife Chi-Chi used her right hand began to slice some freshly picked vegetables. She watched as the sharp knife sliced threw them like warm hot bread having just been taken out of an oven.
OX King slowly lowered the newspaper in his hands and looked towards his daughter. With a smile he said, “Aww! Don’t worry Chi-Chi! I am sure Goten is just fine after all it is his second day with master Korin”. Chi-Chi slowly began to regain her composure slightly but she couldn’t help the worry that appeared on her face, young Goten is just seven years old and perhaps training with Korin might have been a bad idea after all. But her dad heard about Korin from his martial arts master and soon she looked out of the window and silently said “ Goten…” Meanwhile high in the heavens themselves stood the thin but vertical oblong tower which reached upwards as high as it could. Somewhere near the half way mark stood three circle like platforms while the main thin tower ran in the middle of the platforms, and down in the second platform the fluffy martial arts master who carried his walking stick in his paw was cooking up something for breakfast. His paw stirred hard into a wok which was cooking some rice, and meat buns followed by a fresh helping of some stir fry sauce, as he kept an eye on the cooking a light smell drifted southwards towards a giant screen. Just behind it laid the half Saiyan hybrid Goten himself, his body was shielded by the warm of the covers but the fresh smell of food slowly went up Goten’s nose causing his sense of smell to pick up the breakfast. Slowly his head began to slowly open his eyes and slowly saw the rooftop of the second platform staring down at him. With another good nights sleep he slowly sat upwards and pushed his arms out in a left and right direction while stretching them as far as he could while a yawn appeared on his face, but his tiredness soon disappeared as he quickly sniffed the air for some precious food.
Wasting little time Goten jumped up onto his feet causing the covers to fall away from his body. First he sat back down and grabbed his first shoe and plunged his left foot into the left shoe until his toes sat gently within its confines. Then he did the same thing only this time with his right foot into the right shoe until his foot felt comfortable and tied up laces up to make sure his shoes wouldn’t fall off during training. Next he grabbed his dark blue shirt and placed it over his head and pulled it downwards so that his head pushed threw the head whole and allowed the shirt to cover his chest. Using his left hand he grabbed this orange suit like top and slipped it over his head again until the orange section covered the dark blue of his shirt except for the top section. The sleeves of his dark blue shirt covered his arms. Using both of his hands Goten grabbed his orange matching trousers and slowly placed his left leg into the leg hole of the trousers and did the same again. And put his right leg into the right hole and pulled the orange trousers upwards until it covered the waist section of the orange suit like shirt and the dark blue shirt. And to complete his favourite training clothes he grabbed his black belt and placed it around the middle of his waist, there he used his hands to tie it up tightly until it hung loosely down his right side. With a smile he slowly pushed aside the giant screen and walked over towards a small circular wooden table that had two stools sitting in front of it, the first sat at the north end of the table while the second sat at the western end. Korin’s cat like ears heard Goten slowly move the giant screen and slowly turn to look his shoulder towards Goten and said; “Good morning Goten I hoped you slept well”. Korin’s new but young student simply smiled over towards Korin and replied with a look of happiness on his face “Good morning mister Korin I slept like I rock”. He didn’t have any complaints, after all he did have an entire land, which was full of delicious cakes of various sizes and designs, unfortunately it was only a dream but it was a sweet dream! Korin soon served out breakfast into two separate bowels and said, “ That is good to hear come join me at the table breakfast is served”. Goten smiled and soon sat on the eastern stool and patiently watched as the cat master of the martial arts placed a bowel In front of Goten and handed him some chopsticks. His eyes sparkled like gemstones as he saw the breakfast that had been made for him and like a speeding motorcycle he drove his chopsticks into the bowel and gobbled away. While Korin simply used his claws to dug into the flesh of a giant fish whose eyes had the “X” on them meaning it was well and truly dead, as he dug into the fish he looked towards Goten was as happy as can be.
He watched his munch down on his breakfast and spoke inside his mind “ Heh just look at him! He has Saiyan blood all right but still its quite remarkable that these Saiyans has bottomless pits for stomachs, as for today though I hope Goten is ready to proceed in his training”. He said and continued to watch his young pupil as he bite and gobbled everything single grain of rice, but he soon stopped and placed both is chopsticks into the bowel. But Goten was far from done, he reached over with his right hand and picked up parcel shaped meat bun then with a smile he placed it right into his mouth and bit into it making his mouth bulge out slightly due to the size of the meat bun. The shaped mouth he had soon went back to normal as Goten let out a loud gulp and swallowed followed by a sigh of complete content and said “Wow that was awesome thanks mister Korin”. The cat mentor of Korin simply twitched his nose and finished the last strip of flesh from the fish making it a complete skeleton with a tiny smile he said “ Glad you liked it, now then shall we begin our training?” Goten stood up from his seat, placing his feet and legs together and the palms of his hands together just in front of his chest Goten bowed politely to his temporary mentor but smiled with excitement while saying “Yep!” Korin nodded in response and grabbed his walking stick while saying “Very well then follow me”. Goten followed his mentor and used his legs to climb upwards towards the first platform by using a spiral staircase until they stood on the first platform that stood higher above the second. Just like yesterday Goten walked over towards the middle of the platform while Korin stood before Goten’s line of vision and said to the young Saiyan hybrid “ Alright Goten we will begin your training immediately. However let’s begin by our game of catch, it’s the same thing as yesterday, do your best to catch me”.
Goten felt excited and stood to his left side and placed his feet apart while putting his arms and hands in an offensive position. His mentor dropped the walking stick but as it landed on the platform surface with a clang Goten’s eyes moved slightly and soon kicked up all the agility and speed he had and dashed forwards towards Korin. He jumped forwards but just like before Korin used his speed to vanish just before Goten’s fingers barely touched his fur. However Goten stopped himself from landing on the ground by using his feet to skid along the ground to a complete stop, turning around he soon spotted Korin who had reappeared in mid air. The master of the martial arts sighed in relief and said to himself “ Phew this kid is definitely Goku’s son that was really a close one” and being the son of Goku Goten had an idea. Standing still for a moment he waited for a few seconds then he turned his body around until it was pointing towards Korin. But as he was turning around he used his hands to concentrate his energy and then fired a Ki blast from his left hand just as his body turned to face his mentor, slightly after firing the Ki blast Goten flew forwards and used all the agility he had. The cat gasped as ball of energy headed towards the direction and used his speed to dodge it, Korin sighed in relief but gasped in horror as Goten had jumped upwards from the ground and headed towards him hoping to catch him in his hands. But his mentor was not one to be underestimated and was disappeared once again, while landing on the platform surface with both his feet on the ground Goten felt disappointed but stood still as Korin appeared behind him and said to his student “ Since when was energy involved in this?” Goten turned around to look at his mentor and gave him a goofy grin by placing his left behind his head and let out a little giggle of excitement. He replied “ Oops sorry about that but you didn’t you say not to use energy to try and catch you mister Korin Heh Heh Heh”. He said letting a happy smile, Korin simply sighed and admitted that the kid was someone who honest and Goten was right he did not say that he couldn’t use energy in the exercise but he nodded his head at Goten and said “Touché Goten now let us continue”. Goten’s smile grew bigger and nodded which signalled both of them to continue the game of catch the cat. Using their agility both student and mentor went all over the first platform for hours, eventually Korin stood still in the eastern section of the platform while Goten stood in front of him. The seven-year-old Goten breathed in and out in exhaustion but was standing tall unlike yesterday as he was on two knees, Korin looked into the boy’s eyes and saw his determination which was similar to Goku his father. With a single twitch of his nose Korin said, “ You have done well Goten I must admit it you came very close in catching me. Keep up the hard work Goten and you will just fine, now let us move on”.
Goten continued to breathe in and out and tried to catch his breath. But he soon nodded in response and stood still awaiting further instructions, with a nod back Korin said, “ Now let just move on from yesterday. Goten I told you yesterday that I was going to teach you how to fly and now I give my word, do you remember what I taught you yesterday?” The words of wisdom from yesterday appeared inside Goten’s mind and soon the young half-pint Saiyan smiled while saying “ Yep”. Korin was pleased that he had remembered and looked forward to seeing Goten’s face when he gets the first stage of flight, standing tall Korin looked seriously for a moment and spoke “Well this time look deep inside your body and find that energy. But this when you find that energy try to focus on it and let that energy lift you upwards”. With a surprised look Goten soon placed his face into a look of focus as well and soon look downwards, his eyes began to move slightly as he concentrated with all his thoughts. He felt abit nervous at first but he again wanted to make his family proud and soon he found something, Goten concentrated on that spot and stood quietly for a few minutes, Korin watched him from afar and watched as his young student slowly began to move. But it wasn’t his eyes, his head, or his arms in fact it was his entire body and slowly it moved upwards to about the middle between the roof of the first platform and the ground surface of the first platform. Goten soon lost his focus and smiled happily as he floated in mid air but he was just barely holding himself up, still the main thing was that he was floating! He felt excited and said “ How about this mister Korin?” The cat master of the martial arts looked abit surprised and said, “ Wow you pick up on things fast don’t you? Just don’t fly to high or you will fall”. But his warning was too late as Goten lost all of his focus and flew downward causing him to land face first into the platform with a thud, tears formed into Goten’s eyes as he rubbed his head in pain. But Korin walked over to him and said “ Don’t worry you’ve gotten the hardest part out of the way. You’re a natural Goten! Come let just continue our training and then get some lunch”. The magic words of food made Goten’s tears disappear but he replaced them with a smile.
Picking himself up from the ground Goten stood ready once again. Korin soon said, “ Alright lets head back to the basics. Alright kid give me one hundred push ups and one hundred pull ups!” With a nod Goten got down on his hands and knees and placed his hands flat on the ground and pushed his legs out behind him. However Korin was again at his side and said “ This time do them with one finger”, the young Goten gasped but did as Korin wanted him to do, ever so slowly he moved his right hand away from the ground and placed it behind his back. Using his left hand he slowly moved his fingers away from the ground until he had just one finger holding his body weight in the push position. His finger began to take in the full pressure that he had when he was doing it with one hand and struggled to hold the position. Gritting his teeth Goten slowly moved like a snail and pushed downwards on his one finger and grunted “ Ngh! One, Ugh, two”. He said as he pushed downwards again, his finger looked red as more and more pressure began to build on it, Korin watched Goten carefully and stood beside him just incase he needed some encouragement, several hours later Goten’s face was a dripping faucet. Drops of sweat formed around his forehead and face while his finger looked sturdy and continued to take Goten’s body weight, he felt exhausted but he was just a few push ups away from the total of one hundred, slowly he pushed downwards once again and said “ Ugh! Ninety Nine…One hundred!” And soon he collapsed fast first into the ground, and again he breathed in out and out but at a slightly faster pace then when he was trying to catch Korin. His mentor gladly looked down at him and said “Very nicely done Goten! You struggled but you did it! Take a minute to catch your breath and then proceed”.
Breathing in and out Goten smiled slightly and nodded. Slowly he sat up and picked up himself up, drops of sweat formed in his face as it dripped down to the ground making a splash like sound but that didn’t stop him as he slowly walked towards the edge of the first platform. Then he crawled backwards and climbed down until he was literally hanging downwards with only his hands to hold him upwards and stopping him from a nasty fall. He let loose a giant gulp of nervousness as he accidentally looked downwards but he looked upwards towards his hands. Goten could feel his arms being stretched and pressured by his body weight but he slowly pushed forwards with all his might until his eyes were near the edge of the second platform. Again he struggled but gave it everything he had and pressed his chin on the edge of the first platform. And slowly dropped back down until he was left hanging once again, it was a strange way for doing a pull up but it was worth it as Korin watched with a grin on his face. More hours went by and Goten’s grip was being loosened while his arms muscles revealed a few of his veins as they throbbed in pain. But he pushed upward with one last breath with gritted teeth and touched the edge of the first platform with his chin for a hundredth time. Using both his hands Goten pulled himself forward until he was safe on the second platform and slowly laid on the ground with his face on the ground, he breathed heavily in exhaustion as more drops of sweat dripped down from Goten’s face.
His arms felt like jelly and his hands ached. But Korin walked over to him and said, “Well done kid. When you are ready come join me downstairs for some well deserved lunch!” A weak smile formed on Goten’s face, slowly he began to move his body upwards and looked down at the floor as more small tears of sweat reformed around his entire face and dripped downwards. But when it comes to having food Goten wouldn’t let anything stop him, except if you named happened to be Chi-Chi of course. Minutes later he slowly headed eastwards and walked down the spiral staircase down towards the second platform and watched as Korin in his seat slowly caught his breath. While the curry was cooking Korin grabbed a towel and headed over towards Goten there he handed him the towel and said “Here use this to get rid of any sweat”. Doing like his teacher said he used his left hand to take the towel and gently rubbed his face into it causing any loose sweat to drop into the towel. After all he didn’t want Goten’s sweat to drip into his curry, still the youngster sighed with content and handed the towel back to Korin and said “ Ah! That feels better thanks mister Korin”. The cat nodded in response and soon went back to the kitchen and slowly took out a wooden spoon, there he used a wooden spoon to pour several spoonfuls of curry onto two wooden plates. Next he took out a small glass and filled it with milk. Goten’s sense of smell picked up the smell of curry and licked his lips as his mouth was watering with anticipation, but he didn’t have long to wait as Korin picked up the two plates and headed back towards the table. There he noticed that Goten looked as happy as he could be and slowly placed his plateful of curry and rice that lay before him. With a sigh of content he grabbed his chopsticks and went like a speeding train as he mouth and throat tasted the bitter hotness of the curry, Korin too joined in and the two enjoyed a good decent lunch together.
Moment’s later Goten gobbled up the last chopstick full relaxed as his stomach felt warm and really relaxed as the curry hit the spot. Pointing his eyes towards Korin who had just finished his Goten said, “ AH that was great! Thanks again mister Korin!” The cat smiled and replied “ Your welcome Goten, do you feel up to the next lot of training?” The seven-year-old half-pint Saiyan nodded his head towards his mentor and soon he stood up from his stool while Korin did the same, then he said “So be it come”. He followed the cat back up the spiral staircase to the first platform but this time Goten didn’t go to the middle of the platform. Instead he was using his left hand and was tickling the underneath of Korin’s fluffy white neck, the cat felt really relaxed and enjoyed it completely, but again he accidentally forgot his duties as a teacher and said, “Hey cut that out!” Goten pulled his hand away straight away and let out a goofy smile, Korin sighed and straightened his composure watched as the boy stood in the middle of the platform and soon Korin stood in front of him and said “ Ahem! Now then Goten we have done stretches and exercises. Now we will move on more physical ones, I want you to punch and kick the air for about three hundred times for each arm and leg”. Goten happily nodded as it sounded easy, standing still Goten stood to his left side, placed his feet apart and then pushed his right arm straight forwards while clenching his fist as he fought against the very air that was around him.
Again and again he pushed his arm and fist forwards in front of him but he moved at faster speeds to try and reach the three hundred mark. His arm still ached from his pull ups but he ignored it and carried on, a few hours shortly passed and Goten slowly began to reproduce sweat on his face but he moved onto his left arm and punched forwards with his left hand clenched tightly. But this time with each punch he made towards the emptiness of air Goten lifted his left leg upwards and kicked shortly after punching the air. He did this with each leg starting with the left and then the right Korin raised an eyebrow as it was an interesting way to train both his legs one at a time and his left arm. Hours later and Goten punched with his left arm, kicked with his left leg and finally kicked with his right for the final three hundred mark on each of his limbs, this time he was on both of his knees and breathed heavily in complete exhaustion. Drops of sweat appeared in their dozens as drips upon drips of sweat fell directly from his face and down to the ground below him.
As Goten was looked completely exhausted Korin walked over to him and knelt down. He placed his available paw on Goten’s back and said “ I’m proud of you kid! Today was really hard for you but you stuck to it and finished another days work”. Goten lifted his head to look over towards Korin and stared hard into his eyes, Korin simply smiled and nodded in approval, his student slowly gave a smile and nodded back. Slowly Korin gently held Goten’s right arm and slowly helped him back up on his feet and could barely stand. But the fluffy martial arts master slowly placed Goten’s arm around his soft white neck and slowly the two walked back down the spiral stair case, then he gently sat Goten down on the stool where he got finally relax and catch his breath. Goten breathed in and out and slowly said “ Heh Heh I over did it a little bit”. Korin could help but smile and gently placed a paw on Goten’s spiky hair and said “Yep and do that again and I’ll be hanging on your mom’s wall”. Goten laughed a little bit but soon he sighed as he tried to relax. Standing up right Korin headed back to the kitchen to prepare dinner as darkness once again extinguished the light of day and brought forth the night sky, tonight was a special sushi served with some more fresh meat buns.
A few moments went by and Korin once again placed a plate down in front of an exhausted Goten. However he still had plenty of energy when it came to food and using his right hand to handle the chopsticks but used his left hand to lift the bowel up near his mouth and got some big mouthfuls of dinner. He felt exhausted, tired, achy and painful but when it came to food he was perfectly fine, Korin joined in as well and enjoyed a meal as both mentor and student ate well. Minute’s later Goten let out a huge sigh of relief and said, “ Thanks a bunch mister Korin that was delicious!” His cat mentor smiled and nodded in response while saying, “ I’m glad Goten. You have just one more day until your mother comes to pick you up, until then you better get some sleep you deserve a good nights sleep”. With a nod Goten slowly stood up and stepped backwards towards the big screen, there he placed both legs together, both palms of his hands together and bowed in respect, but he barely stood still and said “ Good night mister Korin!” And soon he closed the screen around himself and gently knelt down on the ground and placed his head on the softness of the pillow, there he sighed and slowly his eyes gave way and he fell into a deep sleep. Korin stared over at the now sleep Goten and said to himself “Chi-Chi, I am beginning to see why you wanted to train your son”. He said quietly as the stars in the sky watched over the tower with their gentle lights.
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OX King slowly lowered the newspaper in his hands and looked towards his daughter. With a smile he said, “Aww! Don’t worry Chi-Chi! I am sure Goten is just fine after all it is his second day with master Korin”. Chi-Chi slowly began to regain her composure slightly but she couldn’t help the worry that appeared on her face, young Goten is just seven years old and perhaps training with Korin might have been a bad idea after all. But her dad heard about Korin from his martial arts master and soon she looked out of the window and silently said “ Goten…” Meanwhile high in the heavens themselves stood the thin but vertical oblong tower which reached upwards as high as it could. Somewhere near the half way mark stood three circle like platforms while the main thin tower ran in the middle of the platforms, and down in the second platform the fluffy martial arts master who carried his walking stick in his paw was cooking up something for breakfast. His paw stirred hard into a wok which was cooking some rice, and meat buns followed by a fresh helping of some stir fry sauce, as he kept an eye on the cooking a light smell drifted southwards towards a giant screen. Just behind it laid the half Saiyan hybrid Goten himself, his body was shielded by the warm of the covers but the fresh smell of food slowly went up Goten’s nose causing his sense of smell to pick up the breakfast. Slowly his head began to slowly open his eyes and slowly saw the rooftop of the second platform staring down at him. With another good nights sleep he slowly sat upwards and pushed his arms out in a left and right direction while stretching them as far as he could while a yawn appeared on his face, but his tiredness soon disappeared as he quickly sniffed the air for some precious food.
Wasting little time Goten jumped up onto his feet causing the covers to fall away from his body. First he sat back down and grabbed his first shoe and plunged his left foot into the left shoe until his toes sat gently within its confines. Then he did the same thing only this time with his right foot into the right shoe until his foot felt comfortable and tied up laces up to make sure his shoes wouldn’t fall off during training. Next he grabbed his dark blue shirt and placed it over his head and pulled it downwards so that his head pushed threw the head whole and allowed the shirt to cover his chest. Using his left hand he grabbed this orange suit like top and slipped it over his head again until the orange section covered the dark blue of his shirt except for the top section. The sleeves of his dark blue shirt covered his arms. Using both of his hands Goten grabbed his orange matching trousers and slowly placed his left leg into the leg hole of the trousers and did the same again. And put his right leg into the right hole and pulled the orange trousers upwards until it covered the waist section of the orange suit like shirt and the dark blue shirt. And to complete his favourite training clothes he grabbed his black belt and placed it around the middle of his waist, there he used his hands to tie it up tightly until it hung loosely down his right side. With a smile he slowly pushed aside the giant screen and walked over towards a small circular wooden table that had two stools sitting in front of it, the first sat at the north end of the table while the second sat at the western end. Korin’s cat like ears heard Goten slowly move the giant screen and slowly turn to look his shoulder towards Goten and said; “Good morning Goten I hoped you slept well”. Korin’s new but young student simply smiled over towards Korin and replied with a look of happiness on his face “Good morning mister Korin I slept like I rock”. He didn’t have any complaints, after all he did have an entire land, which was full of delicious cakes of various sizes and designs, unfortunately it was only a dream but it was a sweet dream! Korin soon served out breakfast into two separate bowels and said, “ That is good to hear come join me at the table breakfast is served”. Goten smiled and soon sat on the eastern stool and patiently watched as the cat master of the martial arts placed a bowel In front of Goten and handed him some chopsticks. His eyes sparkled like gemstones as he saw the breakfast that had been made for him and like a speeding motorcycle he drove his chopsticks into the bowel and gobbled away. While Korin simply used his claws to dug into the flesh of a giant fish whose eyes had the “X” on them meaning it was well and truly dead, as he dug into the fish he looked towards Goten was as happy as can be.
He watched his munch down on his breakfast and spoke inside his mind “ Heh just look at him! He has Saiyan blood all right but still its quite remarkable that these Saiyans has bottomless pits for stomachs, as for today though I hope Goten is ready to proceed in his training”. He said and continued to watch his young pupil as he bite and gobbled everything single grain of rice, but he soon stopped and placed both is chopsticks into the bowel. But Goten was far from done, he reached over with his right hand and picked up parcel shaped meat bun then with a smile he placed it right into his mouth and bit into it making his mouth bulge out slightly due to the size of the meat bun. The shaped mouth he had soon went back to normal as Goten let out a loud gulp and swallowed followed by a sigh of complete content and said “Wow that was awesome thanks mister Korin”. The cat mentor of Korin simply twitched his nose and finished the last strip of flesh from the fish making it a complete skeleton with a tiny smile he said “ Glad you liked it, now then shall we begin our training?” Goten stood up from his seat, placing his feet and legs together and the palms of his hands together just in front of his chest Goten bowed politely to his temporary mentor but smiled with excitement while saying “Yep!” Korin nodded in response and grabbed his walking stick while saying “Very well then follow me”. Goten followed his mentor and used his legs to climb upwards towards the first platform by using a spiral staircase until they stood on the first platform that stood higher above the second. Just like yesterday Goten walked over towards the middle of the platform while Korin stood before Goten’s line of vision and said to the young Saiyan hybrid “ Alright Goten we will begin your training immediately. However let’s begin by our game of catch, it’s the same thing as yesterday, do your best to catch me”.
Goten felt excited and stood to his left side and placed his feet apart while putting his arms and hands in an offensive position. His mentor dropped the walking stick but as it landed on the platform surface with a clang Goten’s eyes moved slightly and soon kicked up all the agility and speed he had and dashed forwards towards Korin. He jumped forwards but just like before Korin used his speed to vanish just before Goten’s fingers barely touched his fur. However Goten stopped himself from landing on the ground by using his feet to skid along the ground to a complete stop, turning around he soon spotted Korin who had reappeared in mid air. The master of the martial arts sighed in relief and said to himself “ Phew this kid is definitely Goku’s son that was really a close one” and being the son of Goku Goten had an idea. Standing still for a moment he waited for a few seconds then he turned his body around until it was pointing towards Korin. But as he was turning around he used his hands to concentrate his energy and then fired a Ki blast from his left hand just as his body turned to face his mentor, slightly after firing the Ki blast Goten flew forwards and used all the agility he had. The cat gasped as ball of energy headed towards the direction and used his speed to dodge it, Korin sighed in relief but gasped in horror as Goten had jumped upwards from the ground and headed towards him hoping to catch him in his hands. But his mentor was not one to be underestimated and was disappeared once again, while landing on the platform surface with both his feet on the ground Goten felt disappointed but stood still as Korin appeared behind him and said to his student “ Since when was energy involved in this?” Goten turned around to look at his mentor and gave him a goofy grin by placing his left behind his head and let out a little giggle of excitement. He replied “ Oops sorry about that but you didn’t you say not to use energy to try and catch you mister Korin Heh Heh Heh”. He said letting a happy smile, Korin simply sighed and admitted that the kid was someone who honest and Goten was right he did not say that he couldn’t use energy in the exercise but he nodded his head at Goten and said “Touché Goten now let us continue”. Goten’s smile grew bigger and nodded which signalled both of them to continue the game of catch the cat. Using their agility both student and mentor went all over the first platform for hours, eventually Korin stood still in the eastern section of the platform while Goten stood in front of him. The seven-year-old Goten breathed in and out in exhaustion but was standing tall unlike yesterday as he was on two knees, Korin looked into the boy’s eyes and saw his determination which was similar to Goku his father. With a single twitch of his nose Korin said, “ You have done well Goten I must admit it you came very close in catching me. Keep up the hard work Goten and you will just fine, now let us move on”.
Goten continued to breathe in and out and tried to catch his breath. But he soon nodded in response and stood still awaiting further instructions, with a nod back Korin said, “ Now let just move on from yesterday. Goten I told you yesterday that I was going to teach you how to fly and now I give my word, do you remember what I taught you yesterday?” The words of wisdom from yesterday appeared inside Goten’s mind and soon the young half-pint Saiyan smiled while saying “ Yep”. Korin was pleased that he had remembered and looked forward to seeing Goten’s face when he gets the first stage of flight, standing tall Korin looked seriously for a moment and spoke “Well this time look deep inside your body and find that energy. But this when you find that energy try to focus on it and let that energy lift you upwards”. With a surprised look Goten soon placed his face into a look of focus as well and soon look downwards, his eyes began to move slightly as he concentrated with all his thoughts. He felt abit nervous at first but he again wanted to make his family proud and soon he found something, Goten concentrated on that spot and stood quietly for a few minutes, Korin watched him from afar and watched as his young student slowly began to move. But it wasn’t his eyes, his head, or his arms in fact it was his entire body and slowly it moved upwards to about the middle between the roof of the first platform and the ground surface of the first platform. Goten soon lost his focus and smiled happily as he floated in mid air but he was just barely holding himself up, still the main thing was that he was floating! He felt excited and said “ How about this mister Korin?” The cat master of the martial arts looked abit surprised and said, “ Wow you pick up on things fast don’t you? Just don’t fly to high or you will fall”. But his warning was too late as Goten lost all of his focus and flew downward causing him to land face first into the platform with a thud, tears formed into Goten’s eyes as he rubbed his head in pain. But Korin walked over to him and said “ Don’t worry you’ve gotten the hardest part out of the way. You’re a natural Goten! Come let just continue our training and then get some lunch”. The magic words of food made Goten’s tears disappear but he replaced them with a smile.
Picking himself up from the ground Goten stood ready once again. Korin soon said, “ Alright lets head back to the basics. Alright kid give me one hundred push ups and one hundred pull ups!” With a nod Goten got down on his hands and knees and placed his hands flat on the ground and pushed his legs out behind him. However Korin was again at his side and said “ This time do them with one finger”, the young Goten gasped but did as Korin wanted him to do, ever so slowly he moved his right hand away from the ground and placed it behind his back. Using his left hand he slowly moved his fingers away from the ground until he had just one finger holding his body weight in the push position. His finger began to take in the full pressure that he had when he was doing it with one hand and struggled to hold the position. Gritting his teeth Goten slowly moved like a snail and pushed downwards on his one finger and grunted “ Ngh! One, Ugh, two”. He said as he pushed downwards again, his finger looked red as more and more pressure began to build on it, Korin watched Goten carefully and stood beside him just incase he needed some encouragement, several hours later Goten’s face was a dripping faucet. Drops of sweat formed around his forehead and face while his finger looked sturdy and continued to take Goten’s body weight, he felt exhausted but he was just a few push ups away from the total of one hundred, slowly he pushed downwards once again and said “ Ugh! Ninety Nine…One hundred!” And soon he collapsed fast first into the ground, and again he breathed in out and out but at a slightly faster pace then when he was trying to catch Korin. His mentor gladly looked down at him and said “Very nicely done Goten! You struggled but you did it! Take a minute to catch your breath and then proceed”.
Breathing in and out Goten smiled slightly and nodded. Slowly he sat up and picked up himself up, drops of sweat formed in his face as it dripped down to the ground making a splash like sound but that didn’t stop him as he slowly walked towards the edge of the first platform. Then he crawled backwards and climbed down until he was literally hanging downwards with only his hands to hold him upwards and stopping him from a nasty fall. He let loose a giant gulp of nervousness as he accidentally looked downwards but he looked upwards towards his hands. Goten could feel his arms being stretched and pressured by his body weight but he slowly pushed forwards with all his might until his eyes were near the edge of the second platform. Again he struggled but gave it everything he had and pressed his chin on the edge of the first platform. And slowly dropped back down until he was left hanging once again, it was a strange way for doing a pull up but it was worth it as Korin watched with a grin on his face. More hours went by and Goten’s grip was being loosened while his arms muscles revealed a few of his veins as they throbbed in pain. But he pushed upward with one last breath with gritted teeth and touched the edge of the first platform with his chin for a hundredth time. Using both his hands Goten pulled himself forward until he was safe on the second platform and slowly laid on the ground with his face on the ground, he breathed heavily in exhaustion as more drops of sweat dripped down from Goten’s face.
His arms felt like jelly and his hands ached. But Korin walked over to him and said, “Well done kid. When you are ready come join me downstairs for some well deserved lunch!” A weak smile formed on Goten’s face, slowly he began to move his body upwards and looked down at the floor as more small tears of sweat reformed around his entire face and dripped downwards. But when it comes to having food Goten wouldn’t let anything stop him, except if you named happened to be Chi-Chi of course. Minutes later he slowly headed eastwards and walked down the spiral staircase down towards the second platform and watched as Korin in his seat slowly caught his breath. While the curry was cooking Korin grabbed a towel and headed over towards Goten there he handed him the towel and said “Here use this to get rid of any sweat”. Doing like his teacher said he used his left hand to take the towel and gently rubbed his face into it causing any loose sweat to drop into the towel. After all he didn’t want Goten’s sweat to drip into his curry, still the youngster sighed with content and handed the towel back to Korin and said “ Ah! That feels better thanks mister Korin”. The cat nodded in response and soon went back to the kitchen and slowly took out a wooden spoon, there he used a wooden spoon to pour several spoonfuls of curry onto two wooden plates. Next he took out a small glass and filled it with milk. Goten’s sense of smell picked up the smell of curry and licked his lips as his mouth was watering with anticipation, but he didn’t have long to wait as Korin picked up the two plates and headed back towards the table. There he noticed that Goten looked as happy as he could be and slowly placed his plateful of curry and rice that lay before him. With a sigh of content he grabbed his chopsticks and went like a speeding train as he mouth and throat tasted the bitter hotness of the curry, Korin too joined in and the two enjoyed a good decent lunch together.
Moment’s later Goten gobbled up the last chopstick full relaxed as his stomach felt warm and really relaxed as the curry hit the spot. Pointing his eyes towards Korin who had just finished his Goten said, “ AH that was great! Thanks again mister Korin!” The cat smiled and replied “ Your welcome Goten, do you feel up to the next lot of training?” The seven-year-old half-pint Saiyan nodded his head towards his mentor and soon he stood up from his stool while Korin did the same, then he said “So be it come”. He followed the cat back up the spiral staircase to the first platform but this time Goten didn’t go to the middle of the platform. Instead he was using his left hand and was tickling the underneath of Korin’s fluffy white neck, the cat felt really relaxed and enjoyed it completely, but again he accidentally forgot his duties as a teacher and said, “Hey cut that out!” Goten pulled his hand away straight away and let out a goofy smile, Korin sighed and straightened his composure watched as the boy stood in the middle of the platform and soon Korin stood in front of him and said “ Ahem! Now then Goten we have done stretches and exercises. Now we will move on more physical ones, I want you to punch and kick the air for about three hundred times for each arm and leg”. Goten happily nodded as it sounded easy, standing still Goten stood to his left side, placed his feet apart and then pushed his right arm straight forwards while clenching his fist as he fought against the very air that was around him.
Again and again he pushed his arm and fist forwards in front of him but he moved at faster speeds to try and reach the three hundred mark. His arm still ached from his pull ups but he ignored it and carried on, a few hours shortly passed and Goten slowly began to reproduce sweat on his face but he moved onto his left arm and punched forwards with his left hand clenched tightly. But this time with each punch he made towards the emptiness of air Goten lifted his left leg upwards and kicked shortly after punching the air. He did this with each leg starting with the left and then the right Korin raised an eyebrow as it was an interesting way to train both his legs one at a time and his left arm. Hours later and Goten punched with his left arm, kicked with his left leg and finally kicked with his right for the final three hundred mark on each of his limbs, this time he was on both of his knees and breathed heavily in complete exhaustion. Drops of sweat appeared in their dozens as drips upon drips of sweat fell directly from his face and down to the ground below him.
As Goten was looked completely exhausted Korin walked over to him and knelt down. He placed his available paw on Goten’s back and said “ I’m proud of you kid! Today was really hard for you but you stuck to it and finished another days work”. Goten lifted his head to look over towards Korin and stared hard into his eyes, Korin simply smiled and nodded in approval, his student slowly gave a smile and nodded back. Slowly Korin gently held Goten’s right arm and slowly helped him back up on his feet and could barely stand. But the fluffy martial arts master slowly placed Goten’s arm around his soft white neck and slowly the two walked back down the spiral stair case, then he gently sat Goten down on the stool where he got finally relax and catch his breath. Goten breathed in and out and slowly said “ Heh Heh I over did it a little bit”. Korin could help but smile and gently placed a paw on Goten’s spiky hair and said “Yep and do that again and I’ll be hanging on your mom’s wall”. Goten laughed a little bit but soon he sighed as he tried to relax. Standing up right Korin headed back to the kitchen to prepare dinner as darkness once again extinguished the light of day and brought forth the night sky, tonight was a special sushi served with some more fresh meat buns.
A few moments went by and Korin once again placed a plate down in front of an exhausted Goten. However he still had plenty of energy when it came to food and using his right hand to handle the chopsticks but used his left hand to lift the bowel up near his mouth and got some big mouthfuls of dinner. He felt exhausted, tired, achy and painful but when it came to food he was perfectly fine, Korin joined in as well and enjoyed a meal as both mentor and student ate well. Minute’s later Goten let out a huge sigh of relief and said, “ Thanks a bunch mister Korin that was delicious!” His cat mentor smiled and nodded in response while saying, “ I’m glad Goten. You have just one more day until your mother comes to pick you up, until then you better get some sleep you deserve a good nights sleep”. With a nod Goten slowly stood up and stepped backwards towards the big screen, there he placed both legs together, both palms of his hands together and bowed in respect, but he barely stood still and said “ Good night mister Korin!” And soon he closed the screen around himself and gently knelt down on the ground and placed his head on the softness of the pillow, there he sighed and slowly his eyes gave way and he fell into a deep sleep. Korin stared over at the now sleep Goten and said to himself “Chi-Chi, I am beginning to see why you wanted to train your son”. He said quietly as the stars in the sky watched over the tower with their gentle lights.
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