Ki Control Is Hard (32)

Broly sat on his bed cross-legged as his mind raced.

His room was huge for his size, he had a king-sized bed, a wide walk-in closet, a study table, a 5 monitor computer setup and a bookshelf filled to the brim.

'It doesn't make sense'

A few things were plaguing Broly's mind and stimulated many trains of thought in his head.

'Dad is really soft for a Saiyan that grew up on Planet Vegeta, maybe he's soft by nature'

Broly could tell from their interactions that his father was much softer than he should be for somebody who experienced what he had, he knew from his dad's stories that the rest of their team rarely went on missions after the incident but he should have been slightly worse than he was now.

'The arm and leg guards are lowering my power level'

Broly quickly realised that when all the extra ki in his body was absorbed by the bracelets his power level promptly fell, without his ki, he was sitting at a shameful '5240' miles behind the rest of his Saiyan brethren, who recently seemed to be training like crazy, he had often walked in on his father doing one-handed handstand press-ups in his bedroom.

'My zenkai boosts are really powerful though'

Broly's power level initially without his ki was at around 920 but by tanking hits from the Androids, his body grew stronger every time he was beaten senseless. It was a cruel system but it worked wonders for Broly who's body had gotten stronger from hardship.

'I can't wait for my growth spurt'

According to his father, Saiyans remained child-like until the age of 16-18, this led to the current circumstance where Tsufurian children experiencing puberty were becoming taller than Broly. Even from a combat perspective, being smaller in size didn't help as the Androids were so much faster than him.

'I'm not like the other Saiyans'

Broly could tell that well he was average from a Tsufurian standpoint, he was a prodigy from a Saiyan view. Although he was only 13, he was a dozen times smarter than the rest of the Saiyans who struggled to understand what computing meant. He had heard from Dr Limiter that the Tuffles had decided to educate him on a whim and was grateful that they did so.

He couldn't imagine being some emotional barbarian who only knew how to grunt and fight.

He had a genuine love for programming, completely transforming Mr Yellow from a small companion to a full-fledged utility bot.

Broly tried his hardest to push these thoughts to the back of his mind and he focused on the ki in his body, closing his eyes in contemplation.

It was very hard for Broly to not sense his ki as it always felt like he had a snake or viper wrapped around him and he instinctively knew where it was, therefore, he always had a strong connection to his ki, always feeling it within him however when he focused on it too long he found himself grumpy and angrier then he was before. It was like a switch in his brain turned on and just breathing began to trigger him.

This made controlling his ki very difficult.

Broly could also sense his own ki trapped inside the arm guards, what felt like oceans of chaotic energy laying dormant on his arms and legs just waiting to explode. He could also feel streams of ki leaving his body and being sucked into the arm guards by some strange force of attraction.

Broly tightened his eyes, exerting his will over his body.

The ki streams stopped.

Broly gradually began to reverse the process, drawing ki out of the arm guards and into his body and then pushed it outward, a thin layer of ki forming on the surface of his skin.

Broly slowly pushed the ki on his skin trying to create a ki barrier around him.

A few seconds later he succeeded a thin transparent barrier guarding him.

'Now to make it thicker'

Broly said, changing his will causing more and more ki to rush from the bracelets.

'This too slow!'

Broly had been sitting for 10 minutes now and was naturally impatient as he had to be at the edge of his focus and holding it while the results slowly came out.

Broly intensified his will, beckoning the ki to flow faster from the arm guards to the barrier. Broly couldn't immediately make the ki, go from his guards to the barrier, he had to shift it into his body first.

More and more ki began to well up in his body slowly thickening the barrier.

Sweat began to form on Broly's temples as he started to fatigue mentally.

He also felt the most archaic feeling of anger slowly overtake him as his ki swelled.

Eventually, Broly's focus dropped for a split second and the disruptive ki that he had been forcing to stay still exploded.

Psh!

A mini explosion occurred on the surface of Broly's arm tearing his skin and causing his blood to burst out of his body.

"Uh!"

This caught Broly completely by surprise.

His will stopped and the ki barrier hummed for a few seconds before disappearing.

Broly looked at his dripping arm in surprise as his eyes expanded and he understood what was really happening.

'The scientists made these accessories for my safety!'

Tears welled up in Broly's eyes as he realised the reality of the situation.

'They went through all this effort just to make sure I was ok'

Broly was extremely grateful as he could only imagine how difficult it was to produce such an item.

Broly's heart thumped in appreciation as a warm feeling overtook him, completely overwhelming his anger. Broly's eyes sharpened determinedly as he unconsciously welled ki from his body to the site of his injury, the raw life energy in his ki causing the wound to heal slowly.

'I can't let Freiza destroy these people'

'Let me just try holding it' he thought as he once again reversed the flow the ki into his body.

Broly slowly but surely dragged ki from his bracelets and stored it in his body. It felt like an absolute chore but he dragged his chaotic life energy into himself and held it. Eventually, he felt like a full balloon reaching his limit.

"Mr Yellow! What's my power level?" Broly called out.

A yellow box sprung to life, various appendages popping out until a small humanoid robot with wings popped to life and flew high into the air before turning it's blue luminescent eyes to Broly.

"Golly! Your battle power has reached a little over 400,000! What's your secret?"

'400,000!'

Broly hurriedly released his ki, forcing it into the bracelets before it exploded and harmed his body.

"If I used my great ape form...."

"Bye-bye Freiza..." Mr Yellow continued.

"I need more practice!"

Broly continued to do this for the rest of the night even in his sleep his will causing the ki in his body to slowly build up and the ki concentration in his body spiked, explosive and dense ki finely controlled inside his childish body.

"This isn't terrible," Broly said to himself, feeling the energy course through him. He felt more energetic than usual but also felt ki slowly damaging everywhere inside of him, it was like the ki was rubbing against his body wildly.

It was comfortable but not desirable.

'Progress is Progress!'