Post by Goten on Oct 5, 2010 9:19:23 GMT -5
Sheets of pure blackness as empty as the void began to wrap around the heavens like a mummy being prepared for burial. It slowly began to spread itself around the sky as though a knife was being used to spread butter on some freshly made toast, the very jewels of the heavens began to reveal themselves one by one and shone their everlasting light down upon the world below. But soon the darkness began to unravel and the bright blue sky appeared once again, white clouds emerged slowly from the heavens to indicate another day of bliss and tranquillity. For the giant oblong tower continued to reveal its splendour to nature, deep within the tower itself was the home of Korin a wise cat and master of the martial arts, his home were divided up into saucer shaped platforms with the main oblong shaped tower running threw the middle. On the second of the three platforms the fluffy white cat stood before the table with a pan that was cooking away happily with some fresh ingredients. Today’s breakfast was meat buns and rice with a few added chopped pieces of pork, after Chi-Chi’s youngest son Goten went to sleep she returned home to give him some more training time with Korin. She didn’t want to leave her son alone again with Korin since it had been three long days but it was what her son wanted and now more then ever Goten was determined to be stronger then ever. As the kitchen was being watched over by Korin a familiar scent of breakfast wafted over towards the corner of the second platform and flew past a big oblong shaped screen, just behind was the young Goten as he slept soundly with a grin on his face.
His dream of cakes, desserts and sweets once again appeared in his mind but the sweet smell of breakfast soon woke up his nose. It twitched slightly and sent alarm bells into Goten’s head indicating it was time to wake up, he slowly began to stir and like a chest slowly being opened by an adventurer he opened his eyes and stared up towards the dome like ceiling. With a sigh he slowly pushed his head upward from his soft pillow and sat up, he pushed his arms outward and gave a big stretch followed by a loud yawn. Pulling the sheets off his body and legs he slowly sat up on the bed and grabbed his black shoes. Gently he placed his left foot into his left shoe and his right foot into his right shoe, then using his hands he tied up the laces so that the shoes were on tightly. Then slowly he grabbed his orange trousers and slipped his left leg into the left leg hole and his right leg into the right leg hole and pushed the trousers upwards until it covered his waist. Next he grabbed his navy blue shirt and placed it over his head and pulled it downwards followed by his orange shirt like suit then he pulled it downwards and pulled his trousers up and over them. Finally he took hold of his black belt and placed it around his waist, then he tied it up on the right side of his waist and allowed it to flow freely down his right side. With a happy smile he pulled the screen to one side and walked over towards Korin. Sensing that Goten was awake when the screen was moved he looked back over his shoulder and said “Hey kid good morning”. The seven year old boy happily marched over towards the kitchen table and replied back “Good morning mister Korin uh where’s my mom?” he said while looking around at the second platform, and there was no sign of Chi-Chi.
Korin slowly turned around and held out a tray that had two round bowls sitting on top of it. As he placed the tray onto the table he looked towards Goten and said, “Your mom went home Goten she is giving us more time to train. In other words you’re more then welcome to train under me for as long as you want”. Goten couldn’t help but smile happily towards his mentor, as for Korin well he enjoyed Goten’s love for life personality and besides it kept him company. He placed one bowel in front of Goten and the other on his spot on the table. Goten sat on the eastern corner of the table while Korin sat on the northern end, the boy grabbed his chopsticks and happily ate away while Korin enjoyed his. The softness of the pork and the gentleness of the rice flowed down the half Saiyan hybrid’s throat and all the way down to his stomach. He really enjoyed each mouth full and the chopsticks he was using was really getting a work out, minutes later Goten sighed in complete satisfaction and gently rubbed his stomach as that “Hit the spot” feeling emerged once again. With a smile he said, “That was SO good thanks mister Korin!” With a silent nod Korin just managed to finish his breakfast and stood up while saying, “I am glad you liked it Goten. Shall we begin our training?” Goten placed the chopsticks into the bowel and stood up from his stool while saying “You bet!” Korin simply nodded and soon he headed northwards and walked up the spiral staircase, normally Goten would follow him but now he had mastered the art of flight he decided to fly up to the first platform.
Focusing on his energy his body soon lifted upwards from the second platforms surface and he concentrated so that he flew upwards towards the first platform. As he climbed the staircase Korin soon spotted Goten flying upwards towards the first platform and arrived on it to find his young student gently landing on the middle spot of the first platform and looked at him with a smile. Goten rubbed the back of his spiky hair and gave smiled showing his pearly whites. There he gently said “Sorry I just wanted to try and fly here Heh, Heh, Heh,” He said with letting out a laugh of excitement. The fluffy white cat that held his walking stick in his left paw simply smiled towards his young student and said “ Heh you sure are Goku’s son. But you didn’t have to have say sorry Goten after all I did say to practice regularly to be a master at flying”. Goten simply grinned in total happiness and nodded, but he again stood still awaiting Korin’s orders, and he didn’t have to wait long as his cat mentor stood tall and said in a focused like way “Goten you have come a long way since we first met. Your skills have improved greatly! Now then you know the drill Goten”. With a nod Goten stood ready while slowly Korin lowered his right paw and softly he left the walking stick drop away from his paw. The walking stick slowly dropped downwards and just as it touched the ground with a thud Goten dashed forwards and headed towards Korin as the game of catch the cat had begun. This time however it was different, as it was Korin was feeling pressure. He moved all around the first platform but Goten used his agility and moved as fast as he could trying to catch his mentor in the air and on the ground. The exercise lasted for about an hour but it was not long that Korin was going to get the surprise of his life, he reappeared on the ground and breathed slightly while saying to himself inside his mind “ Heh the kid sure has gotten stronger and faster. Still he can’t catch me”. Goten appeared in mid air and looked down at his mentor and then fly downwards at full flight speed towards him. But Korin moved to the right to try and avoid him but Goten saw this and flew diagonally and jumped forwards grabbing Korin’s fluffy body and landed on the ground.
Korin gasped as Goten slowly breathed in and out but stood tall and said “Gotcha!” after days of constant but hard training he finally caught his mentor and slowly he placed him down on the ground while doing some back flips while said, “ I caught Korin! I caught Korin! Heh, Heh, Heh, Heh yeah!” Korin simply smiled and nodded his head, while he enjoyed Goten’s constant celebration but the boy stopped and smiled happily towards his mentor. The fluffy Korin was proud that Goten had finally achieved what he wanted to do, he soon replied “Congratulations Goten you have done well! Now then let us move on with your training. Now assume the push up position”. With a nod Goten got down on all fours and stretched out his legs and placed his hands out in front of him until his body was slightly above the ground. Usually Korin would tell Goten a certain number of push ups that he needed to reach but this time he didn’t say anything but stood still wondering what his mentor had in mind. As he stood still for a few minutes Goten looked upwards and noticed that Korin was gone, but he wasn’t completely gone as he suddenly felt intense pressure on his back, arms, legs and hands. Looking over his shoulder he struggled abit as Korin himself was actually sitting Goten’s back! With nod he said to Goten “ Ok kid I want you give me a thousand push ups!” Goten could feel Korin’s body weight pushing downwards onto his back and his limbs but the boy slowly groaned as the pressure continued, but he soon pushed downwards using his arms and legs but he moved as slow as a tortoise. It was his first time doing push-ups with his mentor sitting on his back so he wanted to be careful and not pull anything during his exercise. Gritting his teeth Goten used all his might and to try and push upwards but as he pushed he could feel the pressure building, on his hands, legs, back and arms.
As he continued to push upwards Goten groaned in determination and finally said “Ugh, Ngh! O…One!” And then he pushed downwards ever so slowly; Korin fell silently as he was slowly being pushed upward and then slowly downwards. If he even moved an inch then Goten would probably start again from the beginning, Goten could feel his arms moved slightly as he struggled more and more with the push ups. But he again never wanted to give up and moved onwards with the push-ups. His mentor looked downwards towards his young student and watched in admiration as Goten continued very slowly with the push ups, a few hours later and Goten was struggling but was still hanging on by a tiny thread. His back was aching like made but his young face was littered with drops of sweat as it poured down his face like a damaged water pipe, his hands shuddered slightly while his arms revealed the veins as his muscles beared the full weight of his mentor Korin. He breathed in and out in utter exhaustion but his count nearly reached the one thousand mark and was determined not to let Korin or his mom down, once again he moved his body upwards and then pushed downwards while saying “ Urrgghh! Nine hundred and ninety… nine” His body continued to bear the weight of Korin but he was just one more push up away from completing his task. So like dripping faucet he pushed with all his might but the last push up was the hardest as his muscles locked inwards causing more pain, he groaned loudly and then pushed downwards and finally said “ Arghhh! One… thousand!” Goten said and literally collapsed face first into the ground and breathed heavily, Korin immediately got off of Goten’s back and walked over towards the front, there he knelt down and looked down into Goten’s face as he breathed in and out in total exhaustion. With a smile the cat gently gave Goten’s shoulders a gentle pat and said “Sorry for not telling you what to expect kid. But you did just fine, rest as long as you can there is no rush”. He said while standing up and stepped back to give Goten more breathing room, but despite being achy all over he slowly moved his legs and arms trying to pick himself up. Gritting his teeth Goten slowly stood back up to one knee and breathed in and out heavily as sweat dropped down from his forehead and face, then he stood back up on his feet and tried to catch his breath. Korin walked over to his young student and said “All right kid we better take a break, lets go have lunch”. Goten’s eyes slowly looked over towards his mentor and slowly he nodded his head and floated upwards using his energy, Korin walked back down the spiral staircase which led back down to the second platform while his young student flew downwards and landed near the kitchen table. As he stood next to the stool he sat down and breathed in and out trying to catch his breath. Just before making lunch Korin flung a towel over towards Goten who happily caught it and wiped his face to free himself from the tyranny of sweat. With a good wipe from here and here he sighed in relief and placed the towel to one side, he soon caught his breath and said, “Thanks mister Korin I’m starving!” Korin simply smiled and said “ No problem kid just sit down and rest while I make us some lunch”. Goten sat down and sighed, he felt his body and muscles feeling abit achy but he didn’t mind as long as Korin helped him to be stronger, as for lunch wise Korin decided for some spaghetti, egg rolls and sausages, it was big mixture for lunch. But Goten was half Saiyan and normally Saiyans has bottomless pits when it comes to eating food.
Moment’s later Korin walked over towards Goten with a tray full of delicious food. He placed them in front of the table and sat down on his stool. Picking up his plate Goten used a fork and was slurping away at his spaghetti while his mentor calmly ate away, there was a lot of slurping noises coming from Goten but he didn’t mind one bit as long as his stomach was going to be full. But soon he finished and placed his plate down on the table and grabbed some constant handfuls of egg rolls and sausages with his folk. And stuffed himself silly until his cheeks were bulging with his lunch bit down on them followed by a big gulp that flowed down to this stomach. Seconds later he sighed happily and rubbed his stomach while saying “Ah! That sure hit the spot mister Korin!” And sat back enjoying the warm fuzzy feeling in his stomach Korin however was completely shocked as he didn’t get to have any egg rolls or sausages, but still grinned and stood up from his stool and replied “ Glad to hear kid, shall we continue our training?”. Looking back to his mentor he gave him a big huge grin and happily replied “ Yeah!” Stepping away from his stool Goten conjured up his energy and flew upwards towards the first platform while Korin calmly walked up the spiral staircase, there he stood before Goten who had flown downwards and landed on both of his feet which touched the middle of the staircase. Korin slowly nodded his towards Goten and said, “ Alright Goten lets move on to something a little easier. I want you to give me two thousand pull ups”. Goten happily nodded and soon he floated upwards and then floated backwards until he was just over the edge of the first platform, he moved slightly downwards, and then forwards until he was dangling down with his hands holding onto the very edge of the first platform. Gripping the edge with his hand and finger the seven-year-old Saiyan hybrid slowly used his arm muscles to pull himself upwards until his head just went up above the edge of the first platform, but he soon pushed back downwards until he was again dangling down the edge.
Goten felt abit at ease with himself as his first exercise of the day was quite hard while this one was much easier. Hence he was more then happy to do it, as he pushed himself upwards he once again began to count up to the pull up limit “One…. Two”. After resting his body while having lunch Goten felt abit better but after today he’d probably felt abit exhausted but it was all for a good cause since he wanted to be stronger. A few more hours passed and down at the edge of the first platform Goten was hanging on literally! His arms began to feel pain once again and his fingers began to give way but he tightened his grip and continued to push himself upwards and downwards. His face was like a wet towel as tears of sweat dropped down from his face and down towards the ground below him. As he pushed himself onwards Goten saw an image in his mind, it was of him when he was first training with his mother Chi-Chi she kept demanding him to counter but all he did was dodge. Gritting his teeth in anger he pushed himself onwards with all the heart and soul he had and soon he reached forwards and touched the edge of the first platform with his chin and finally pulled himself upwards. There he climbed back up onto the first platform and fell to both knees with his hands on the ground. He breathed in and out and felt his arms were throbbing while his fingers ached in pain, Korin walked over to him and said “Goten I am proud of you. You’re heart is just as strong as your fathers. Take the time you need to rest and we will move on”. Goten slowly nodded his head and did what his mentor said while trying to catch his breath and rest from his two thousands pull ups. Korin watched him like a hawk and was impressed by Goten’s determination, still he was the son of Goku and Chi-Chi, a few minutes passed and Goten slowly stood back up onto his feet and stood ready, but more drops of swear dropped down from his face. Still Korin smiled and said “ Alright Goten the last training of the day, you’ve done my proud kid. Give me a thousands kicks per leg and we will call it a day”. Stepping to one side Goten placed himself into an attack position and sighed in concentration, then he pushed his left leg forwards and pushed his left foot into the air in a forward kicking motion. Except this time he increased his agility and kicked the air with his left leg as fast as he could until his leg looked like it was in a machine gun like rhythm. But this time he kicked in multiple directions and even took flight and kicked while flying in mid air, luckily this training focused on his legs and not his arms and hands which were aching like mad. Korin happily watched Goten as he legs kicked the air as though he was facing an invisible enemy.
A few hours passed and Goten’s leg started to feel pressure build on his left leg. But he soon switched to his over leg and pushed it upwards into a kicking motion, again he used his energy to fly upwards and continuously kicked as fast as he could. More teardrops of sweat dropped down from his face as he pushed himself onwards, as Goten trained hard Korin watched him and secretly said to himself inside his mind “Hmmm Goten seems fixed at being stronger. Does he intend to help protect his mother and be a strong fighter like his father and brother? That kid has a good heart”. He said while focusing on watching Goten kicking the air with all his strength and speed, another few hours passed and Goten flew back downwards and landed in front of Korin and breathed heavily. Korin nodded his head towards his young student and said “Alright Goten that will be enough for today. Besides I have a surprise for you, follow me”. Goten turned his head a little in confusion and wondered what else Korin had planned still he floated upwards and flew down towards the second platform, as he landed Korin walked towards him having walked down the spiral staircase and said “ Wait here for a second”. He soon walked past Goten and headed down another spiral staircase, which led down to the third platform, Goten simply stood still but breathed in and out heavily. His body was completely exhausted but his ears soon heard the sound of water, but he soon heard his mentor’s voice calling to him “ HEY GOTEN! COME ON DOWN!” Following the voice he flew downwards and landed on the third platform to find a large bath of hot water gleaming before him.
Goten smiled happily and noticed a few things floating in the water. It was some of his favourite toys! Looking towards Korin his mentor spoke to him “ Goten you deserve a good soaking for today kid. After your mom left she gave me these toys which she said where your favourites. So jump in kid and enjoy yourself”. He soon headed back up the spiral staircase to give his student some fun time; Goten quickly untied his black belt and took off his clothes one by one. And then he jumped into the bath making a huge splash and let out a laugh of excitement, luckily the bath was off a hot temperature so it would help soothe his aching body with a relaxing sigh he grabbed his favourite toys and enjoyed a game of battle ships. Back up on the second platform Korin happily began to prepare dinner, which was of course his favourite meal…. Sushi! More moments passed and slowly Goten got out of the bath and sighed happily while he grabbed a nearby towel and dried himself down. Just as he was just about to pick up his clothes he noticed that Korin had a fresh set of his clothes, which were the exact ones that he had one before except these, were fresher ones. With a smile he grabbed the orange trousers and slipped them on as it covered his waist and legs with ease, then he grabbed his fresh navy blue shirt and slipped it which was followed quickly by his orange shirt and tucked them both into his orange trousers. Finally like always he grabbed a fresh black belt, placed it around his waist and tied it up around the right side of his waist and dropped it so that it flowed downwards, feeling much better he flew upwards towards the second platform and landed before the kitchen table.
The table was filled with two bowels filled with sushi. Goten happily sat down and grabbed his chopsticks, there with a smile to Korin he munched away while Korin watched him eat away while wearing a fresh set of his favourite training clothes. As Goten ate with sure happiness Korin said to him “ Those clothes were left by your mother. I figured you needed a bath and some fresh clothes if you wanted to keep training”. In response Goten quickly swallowed a mouth full and said, “Thanks mister Korin I really need to thank mom as well”. He said and continued to munch away at his dinner. Minutes later he sighed in total satisfaction and said “ Thanks a lot mister Korin that was so good!”. As he rubbed his tummy darkness loomed over the tower once again, Korin stood up from his stool and was soon followed by Goten. The young boy placed his feet together and placed both palms of his hands together while bowing his head in respect to his teacher “ Good night mister Korin”. He soon turned around and headed towards his bed, as he did so Korin replied “ Sleep well little Goten”. The youngster smiled and soon closed the screen and gently laid down on the soft plumped pillow, which held his head gently as a feather. He felt really cosy compared to last time and soon drifted off into a peaceful slumber bringing an end to a hard days training with Korin. The stars down their light over Korin’s tower as they kept an eye on the pure hearted Goten.
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His dream of cakes, desserts and sweets once again appeared in his mind but the sweet smell of breakfast soon woke up his nose. It twitched slightly and sent alarm bells into Goten’s head indicating it was time to wake up, he slowly began to stir and like a chest slowly being opened by an adventurer he opened his eyes and stared up towards the dome like ceiling. With a sigh he slowly pushed his head upward from his soft pillow and sat up, he pushed his arms outward and gave a big stretch followed by a loud yawn. Pulling the sheets off his body and legs he slowly sat up on the bed and grabbed his black shoes. Gently he placed his left foot into his left shoe and his right foot into his right shoe, then using his hands he tied up the laces so that the shoes were on tightly. Then slowly he grabbed his orange trousers and slipped his left leg into the left leg hole and his right leg into the right leg hole and pushed the trousers upwards until it covered his waist. Next he grabbed his navy blue shirt and placed it over his head and pulled it downwards followed by his orange shirt like suit then he pulled it downwards and pulled his trousers up and over them. Finally he took hold of his black belt and placed it around his waist, then he tied it up on the right side of his waist and allowed it to flow freely down his right side. With a happy smile he pulled the screen to one side and walked over towards Korin. Sensing that Goten was awake when the screen was moved he looked back over his shoulder and said “Hey kid good morning”. The seven year old boy happily marched over towards the kitchen table and replied back “Good morning mister Korin uh where’s my mom?” he said while looking around at the second platform, and there was no sign of Chi-Chi.
Korin slowly turned around and held out a tray that had two round bowls sitting on top of it. As he placed the tray onto the table he looked towards Goten and said, “Your mom went home Goten she is giving us more time to train. In other words you’re more then welcome to train under me for as long as you want”. Goten couldn’t help but smile happily towards his mentor, as for Korin well he enjoyed Goten’s love for life personality and besides it kept him company. He placed one bowel in front of Goten and the other on his spot on the table. Goten sat on the eastern corner of the table while Korin sat on the northern end, the boy grabbed his chopsticks and happily ate away while Korin enjoyed his. The softness of the pork and the gentleness of the rice flowed down the half Saiyan hybrid’s throat and all the way down to his stomach. He really enjoyed each mouth full and the chopsticks he was using was really getting a work out, minutes later Goten sighed in complete satisfaction and gently rubbed his stomach as that “Hit the spot” feeling emerged once again. With a smile he said, “That was SO good thanks mister Korin!” With a silent nod Korin just managed to finish his breakfast and stood up while saying, “I am glad you liked it Goten. Shall we begin our training?” Goten placed the chopsticks into the bowel and stood up from his stool while saying “You bet!” Korin simply nodded and soon he headed northwards and walked up the spiral staircase, normally Goten would follow him but now he had mastered the art of flight he decided to fly up to the first platform.
Focusing on his energy his body soon lifted upwards from the second platforms surface and he concentrated so that he flew upwards towards the first platform. As he climbed the staircase Korin soon spotted Goten flying upwards towards the first platform and arrived on it to find his young student gently landing on the middle spot of the first platform and looked at him with a smile. Goten rubbed the back of his spiky hair and gave smiled showing his pearly whites. There he gently said “Sorry I just wanted to try and fly here Heh, Heh, Heh,” He said with letting out a laugh of excitement. The fluffy white cat that held his walking stick in his left paw simply smiled towards his young student and said “ Heh you sure are Goku’s son. But you didn’t have to have say sorry Goten after all I did say to practice regularly to be a master at flying”. Goten simply grinned in total happiness and nodded, but he again stood still awaiting Korin’s orders, and he didn’t have to wait long as his cat mentor stood tall and said in a focused like way “Goten you have come a long way since we first met. Your skills have improved greatly! Now then you know the drill Goten”. With a nod Goten stood ready while slowly Korin lowered his right paw and softly he left the walking stick drop away from his paw. The walking stick slowly dropped downwards and just as it touched the ground with a thud Goten dashed forwards and headed towards Korin as the game of catch the cat had begun. This time however it was different, as it was Korin was feeling pressure. He moved all around the first platform but Goten used his agility and moved as fast as he could trying to catch his mentor in the air and on the ground. The exercise lasted for about an hour but it was not long that Korin was going to get the surprise of his life, he reappeared on the ground and breathed slightly while saying to himself inside his mind “ Heh the kid sure has gotten stronger and faster. Still he can’t catch me”. Goten appeared in mid air and looked down at his mentor and then fly downwards at full flight speed towards him. But Korin moved to the right to try and avoid him but Goten saw this and flew diagonally and jumped forwards grabbing Korin’s fluffy body and landed on the ground.
Korin gasped as Goten slowly breathed in and out but stood tall and said “Gotcha!” after days of constant but hard training he finally caught his mentor and slowly he placed him down on the ground while doing some back flips while said, “ I caught Korin! I caught Korin! Heh, Heh, Heh, Heh yeah!” Korin simply smiled and nodded his head, while he enjoyed Goten’s constant celebration but the boy stopped and smiled happily towards his mentor. The fluffy Korin was proud that Goten had finally achieved what he wanted to do, he soon replied “Congratulations Goten you have done well! Now then let us move on with your training. Now assume the push up position”. With a nod Goten got down on all fours and stretched out his legs and placed his hands out in front of him until his body was slightly above the ground. Usually Korin would tell Goten a certain number of push ups that he needed to reach but this time he didn’t say anything but stood still wondering what his mentor had in mind. As he stood still for a few minutes Goten looked upwards and noticed that Korin was gone, but he wasn’t completely gone as he suddenly felt intense pressure on his back, arms, legs and hands. Looking over his shoulder he struggled abit as Korin himself was actually sitting Goten’s back! With nod he said to Goten “ Ok kid I want you give me a thousand push ups!” Goten could feel Korin’s body weight pushing downwards onto his back and his limbs but the boy slowly groaned as the pressure continued, but he soon pushed downwards using his arms and legs but he moved as slow as a tortoise. It was his first time doing push-ups with his mentor sitting on his back so he wanted to be careful and not pull anything during his exercise. Gritting his teeth Goten used all his might and to try and push upwards but as he pushed he could feel the pressure building, on his hands, legs, back and arms.
As he continued to push upwards Goten groaned in determination and finally said “Ugh, Ngh! O…One!” And then he pushed downwards ever so slowly; Korin fell silently as he was slowly being pushed upward and then slowly downwards. If he even moved an inch then Goten would probably start again from the beginning, Goten could feel his arms moved slightly as he struggled more and more with the push ups. But he again never wanted to give up and moved onwards with the push-ups. His mentor looked downwards towards his young student and watched in admiration as Goten continued very slowly with the push ups, a few hours later and Goten was struggling but was still hanging on by a tiny thread. His back was aching like made but his young face was littered with drops of sweat as it poured down his face like a damaged water pipe, his hands shuddered slightly while his arms revealed the veins as his muscles beared the full weight of his mentor Korin. He breathed in and out in utter exhaustion but his count nearly reached the one thousand mark and was determined not to let Korin or his mom down, once again he moved his body upwards and then pushed downwards while saying “ Urrgghh! Nine hundred and ninety… nine” His body continued to bear the weight of Korin but he was just one more push up away from completing his task. So like dripping faucet he pushed with all his might but the last push up was the hardest as his muscles locked inwards causing more pain, he groaned loudly and then pushed downwards and finally said “ Arghhh! One… thousand!” Goten said and literally collapsed face first into the ground and breathed heavily, Korin immediately got off of Goten’s back and walked over towards the front, there he knelt down and looked down into Goten’s face as he breathed in and out in total exhaustion. With a smile the cat gently gave Goten’s shoulders a gentle pat and said “Sorry for not telling you what to expect kid. But you did just fine, rest as long as you can there is no rush”. He said while standing up and stepped back to give Goten more breathing room, but despite being achy all over he slowly moved his legs and arms trying to pick himself up. Gritting his teeth Goten slowly stood back up to one knee and breathed in and out heavily as sweat dropped down from his forehead and face, then he stood back up on his feet and tried to catch his breath. Korin walked over to his young student and said “All right kid we better take a break, lets go have lunch”. Goten’s eyes slowly looked over towards his mentor and slowly he nodded his head and floated upwards using his energy, Korin walked back down the spiral staircase which led back down to the second platform while his young student flew downwards and landed near the kitchen table. As he stood next to the stool he sat down and breathed in and out trying to catch his breath. Just before making lunch Korin flung a towel over towards Goten who happily caught it and wiped his face to free himself from the tyranny of sweat. With a good wipe from here and here he sighed in relief and placed the towel to one side, he soon caught his breath and said, “Thanks mister Korin I’m starving!” Korin simply smiled and said “ No problem kid just sit down and rest while I make us some lunch”. Goten sat down and sighed, he felt his body and muscles feeling abit achy but he didn’t mind as long as Korin helped him to be stronger, as for lunch wise Korin decided for some spaghetti, egg rolls and sausages, it was big mixture for lunch. But Goten was half Saiyan and normally Saiyans has bottomless pits when it comes to eating food.
Moment’s later Korin walked over towards Goten with a tray full of delicious food. He placed them in front of the table and sat down on his stool. Picking up his plate Goten used a fork and was slurping away at his spaghetti while his mentor calmly ate away, there was a lot of slurping noises coming from Goten but he didn’t mind one bit as long as his stomach was going to be full. But soon he finished and placed his plate down on the table and grabbed some constant handfuls of egg rolls and sausages with his folk. And stuffed himself silly until his cheeks were bulging with his lunch bit down on them followed by a big gulp that flowed down to this stomach. Seconds later he sighed happily and rubbed his stomach while saying “Ah! That sure hit the spot mister Korin!” And sat back enjoying the warm fuzzy feeling in his stomach Korin however was completely shocked as he didn’t get to have any egg rolls or sausages, but still grinned and stood up from his stool and replied “ Glad to hear kid, shall we continue our training?”. Looking back to his mentor he gave him a big huge grin and happily replied “ Yeah!” Stepping away from his stool Goten conjured up his energy and flew upwards towards the first platform while Korin calmly walked up the spiral staircase, there he stood before Goten who had flown downwards and landed on both of his feet which touched the middle of the staircase. Korin slowly nodded his towards Goten and said, “ Alright Goten lets move on to something a little easier. I want you to give me two thousand pull ups”. Goten happily nodded and soon he floated upwards and then floated backwards until he was just over the edge of the first platform, he moved slightly downwards, and then forwards until he was dangling down with his hands holding onto the very edge of the first platform. Gripping the edge with his hand and finger the seven-year-old Saiyan hybrid slowly used his arm muscles to pull himself upwards until his head just went up above the edge of the first platform, but he soon pushed back downwards until he was again dangling down the edge.
Goten felt abit at ease with himself as his first exercise of the day was quite hard while this one was much easier. Hence he was more then happy to do it, as he pushed himself upwards he once again began to count up to the pull up limit “One…. Two”. After resting his body while having lunch Goten felt abit better but after today he’d probably felt abit exhausted but it was all for a good cause since he wanted to be stronger. A few more hours passed and down at the edge of the first platform Goten was hanging on literally! His arms began to feel pain once again and his fingers began to give way but he tightened his grip and continued to push himself upwards and downwards. His face was like a wet towel as tears of sweat dropped down from his face and down towards the ground below him. As he pushed himself onwards Goten saw an image in his mind, it was of him when he was first training with his mother Chi-Chi she kept demanding him to counter but all he did was dodge. Gritting his teeth in anger he pushed himself onwards with all the heart and soul he had and soon he reached forwards and touched the edge of the first platform with his chin and finally pulled himself upwards. There he climbed back up onto the first platform and fell to both knees with his hands on the ground. He breathed in and out and felt his arms were throbbing while his fingers ached in pain, Korin walked over to him and said “Goten I am proud of you. You’re heart is just as strong as your fathers. Take the time you need to rest and we will move on”. Goten slowly nodded his head and did what his mentor said while trying to catch his breath and rest from his two thousands pull ups. Korin watched him like a hawk and was impressed by Goten’s determination, still he was the son of Goku and Chi-Chi, a few minutes passed and Goten slowly stood back up onto his feet and stood ready, but more drops of swear dropped down from his face. Still Korin smiled and said “ Alright Goten the last training of the day, you’ve done my proud kid. Give me a thousands kicks per leg and we will call it a day”. Stepping to one side Goten placed himself into an attack position and sighed in concentration, then he pushed his left leg forwards and pushed his left foot into the air in a forward kicking motion. Except this time he increased his agility and kicked the air with his left leg as fast as he could until his leg looked like it was in a machine gun like rhythm. But this time he kicked in multiple directions and even took flight and kicked while flying in mid air, luckily this training focused on his legs and not his arms and hands which were aching like mad. Korin happily watched Goten as he legs kicked the air as though he was facing an invisible enemy.
A few hours passed and Goten’s leg started to feel pressure build on his left leg. But he soon switched to his over leg and pushed it upwards into a kicking motion, again he used his energy to fly upwards and continuously kicked as fast as he could. More teardrops of sweat dropped down from his face as he pushed himself onwards, as Goten trained hard Korin watched him and secretly said to himself inside his mind “Hmmm Goten seems fixed at being stronger. Does he intend to help protect his mother and be a strong fighter like his father and brother? That kid has a good heart”. He said while focusing on watching Goten kicking the air with all his strength and speed, another few hours passed and Goten flew back downwards and landed in front of Korin and breathed heavily. Korin nodded his head towards his young student and said “Alright Goten that will be enough for today. Besides I have a surprise for you, follow me”. Goten turned his head a little in confusion and wondered what else Korin had planned still he floated upwards and flew down towards the second platform, as he landed Korin walked towards him having walked down the spiral staircase and said “ Wait here for a second”. He soon walked past Goten and headed down another spiral staircase, which led down to the third platform, Goten simply stood still but breathed in and out heavily. His body was completely exhausted but his ears soon heard the sound of water, but he soon heard his mentor’s voice calling to him “ HEY GOTEN! COME ON DOWN!” Following the voice he flew downwards and landed on the third platform to find a large bath of hot water gleaming before him.
Goten smiled happily and noticed a few things floating in the water. It was some of his favourite toys! Looking towards Korin his mentor spoke to him “ Goten you deserve a good soaking for today kid. After your mom left she gave me these toys which she said where your favourites. So jump in kid and enjoy yourself”. He soon headed back up the spiral staircase to give his student some fun time; Goten quickly untied his black belt and took off his clothes one by one. And then he jumped into the bath making a huge splash and let out a laugh of excitement, luckily the bath was off a hot temperature so it would help soothe his aching body with a relaxing sigh he grabbed his favourite toys and enjoyed a game of battle ships. Back up on the second platform Korin happily began to prepare dinner, which was of course his favourite meal…. Sushi! More moments passed and slowly Goten got out of the bath and sighed happily while he grabbed a nearby towel and dried himself down. Just as he was just about to pick up his clothes he noticed that Korin had a fresh set of his clothes, which were the exact ones that he had one before except these, were fresher ones. With a smile he grabbed the orange trousers and slipped them on as it covered his waist and legs with ease, then he grabbed his fresh navy blue shirt and slipped it which was followed quickly by his orange shirt and tucked them both into his orange trousers. Finally like always he grabbed a fresh black belt, placed it around his waist and tied it up around the right side of his waist and dropped it so that it flowed downwards, feeling much better he flew upwards towards the second platform and landed before the kitchen table.
The table was filled with two bowels filled with sushi. Goten happily sat down and grabbed his chopsticks, there with a smile to Korin he munched away while Korin watched him eat away while wearing a fresh set of his favourite training clothes. As Goten ate with sure happiness Korin said to him “ Those clothes were left by your mother. I figured you needed a bath and some fresh clothes if you wanted to keep training”. In response Goten quickly swallowed a mouth full and said, “Thanks mister Korin I really need to thank mom as well”. He said and continued to munch away at his dinner. Minutes later he sighed in total satisfaction and said “ Thanks a lot mister Korin that was so good!”. As he rubbed his tummy darkness loomed over the tower once again, Korin stood up from his stool and was soon followed by Goten. The young boy placed his feet together and placed both palms of his hands together while bowing his head in respect to his teacher “ Good night mister Korin”. He soon turned around and headed towards his bed, as he did so Korin replied “ Sleep well little Goten”. The youngster smiled and soon closed the screen and gently laid down on the soft plumped pillow, which held his head gently as a feather. He felt really cosy compared to last time and soon drifted off into a peaceful slumber bringing an end to a hard days training with Korin. The stars down their light over Korin’s tower as they kept an eye on the pure hearted Goten.
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