Chapter Twelve: Training Montage Two

It has been about three months since I left Bulma in Capsule Corps. and got to King Kai's planet. I've grown a lot since then, in stats, and in skill. So far I have gained around fifty in Strength, one-hundred in Endurance (mostly due to the practice of Kaio-ken), thirty in Vitality, and forty in Dexterity. Kind of a varied amount, but still a good boost, putting me over eleven-thousand in Power Level. I didn't really study here, so my mental stats did not increase.

I did, however, learn two new skills.

[Ki Control]

Lvl: 16 (720/1600)

The ability to control your Ki better than the average practitioner. Could be used to gain near-perfect control over your Ki.

Your current Ki Control is high above average.

[Kaio-ken]

Lvl: 7 (210/700)

An art created by North Kai/King Kai, it is a move that uses extreme calm and Ki Control to boost one's power to double or more, depending on how far the user is willing, and able, to go.

Consequences:

x2-3 = Drains stamina

x4 = -50 HP/s, Rapid Stamina Drain

x5 -100 HP/s, Massive Stamina Drain

With Kaio-ken, I was pretty sure I could beat Vegeta pretty easily. At least, with the fact that I had a much higher Power Level than the Goku that first met Vegeta. The use of this skill also unlocked a new stat, "Stamina," or Sta, which was basically how long I could fight or simply run. Its equation was like this: Endurance plus Vitality, divided by five, times ten. This equaled about eight-hundred and six.

It also came with StaRegen, or Stamina Regen, which came up to forty-six per second. I don't know why it was so high other than the calculations used, or by second instead of a minute, probably due to Gamer's Body or something. Though I was warned that this particular regen didn't work during active movement and I had to be still for a full three seconds for the regen to activate. Oh yeah, the StaRegen calculations were: Vitality plus Wisdom, divided by five.

I had also grown a bit too since last year. Now thirteen, I stood at one-point-sixty-five meters or about five foot four inches. I also gained a lot more muscle, though, I would say the increase was a little weird and more than I think it should have been. My weight was now a little over fifty-four kilograms or one-hundred and twenty pounds, according to my status page.

I turned around to face King Kai, who was here to see me off back to the world of the living. "Well, this is goodbye King Kai, for now at least. I'll visit sometime, but for now, I need to get back."

King Kai said his goodbyes to me as well, but also sternly warned me to never go above Kaio-ken times four. I agreed and sped off towards the Check-in station. I was going to ask King Yenma about Bardock and Gine, and see if I could meet them.

While I was flying over there I went through my Status, finding out that some Skills and a few Perks were now Traits. Oh, that's right, I never opened the Trait Menu. I stopped in the air and floated down into Snake Way, opening the menu to check it out.

[Trait Menu]

Welcome to the Trait Menu! Here you can purchase Traits that you like using Trait Points. Trait Points will be specified by the Stat used to make them.

Don't have any Trait Points? Don't worry, these are gained by converting the Stat that the Trait is based in. A Chakra Nature Trait, for example, will take Chakra Trait Points.

This conversion is 100 of that Energy's Stat to 1 TP of that Energy per hour of use, when you choose the amount of TP you want to generate, the amount used is gone and will not regenerate until the conversion is complete.

Current Trait Points(TP) in possession:

Ki Trait Points(KTP): 0

Chakra Trait Points(CTP): 0

Reitsu Trait Points(RTP): 0

Mana Trait Points(MTP): 0

Huh, that's… different. Before I even started looking through the Traits, I set all of my energies to generate five points each. It'll take five hours for that to be done, according to this. Then I started to look through the Traits, finding some really good ones, though there were a lot more Chakra Traits than the other three.

Ki Traits

[Massive Reserves]

Your body is quite efficient and capable of withstanding a higher amount of Ki than normal.

Increases Ki and GKi Reserve by 20%

Cost: 3 KTP

[Body Adaptability]

Your body recognizes attacks if used on you twice and weakens said attacks effectiveness against you more every time it is used on you.

First use: Recognition: 100% of damage

Second use: 10% resistance

Third use: 30% resistance

Fourth use: 50% resistance

Fifth use: 75% resistance

Final use: 90% resistance

Cost: 25 KTP

Chakra Traits

[Massive Reserves]

Your body is quite efficient and capable of withstanding a higher amount of Chakra than normal.

Increases Chakra Reserve by 20%

Cost: 3 CTP

[Water Nature Intermediate]

You are able to manipulate Water Chakra to a sizable level.

Cost: 5 CTP

[Earth Nature Intermediate]

You are able to manipulate Earth Chakra to a sizable level.

Cost: 5 CTP

[Fire Nature Intermediate]

You are able to manipulate Fire Chakra to a sizable level.

Cost: 5 CTP

[Lighting Nature Intermediate]

You are able to manipulate Lightning Chakra to a sizable level.

Cost: 5 CTP

[Wind Nature Intermediate]

You are able to manipulate Wind Chakra to a sizable level.

Cost: 5 CTP

[Ice Chakra Adept]

You are adept at Ice Manipulation of Chakra, a bloodline limit.

Cost: 8 CTP

[Explosion Nature Adept]

You are adept at Manipulation of Chakra, a bloodline limit.

Cost: 8 CTP

[Crystal Nature Adept]

You are adept at Crystal Manipulation of Chakra, a bloodline limit.

Cost: 10 CTP

[Shikotsumyaku Nature Adept]

You are adept at Shikotsumyaku Manipulation of Chakra, a bloodline limit.

Cost: 10 CTP

[Wood Nature Intermediate]

You are able to manipulate Wood Chakra to a sizable level, a bloodline limit.

Cost: 15 CTP

[Jinchūriki]

Choice of Tailed Beast to be sealed inside of you.

Choices:

Shukaku: 1-Tails

20% Cha increase, [Sand Manipulation].

Matatabi: 2-Tails

30% Cha increase, Skill [Blue Flame Manipulation] and Trait [Fire Nature Master].

Isobu: 3-Tails

40% Cha increase, [Coral Manipulation].

Son Goku: 4-Tails

50% Cha increase, [Lava Nature].

Kokuo: 5-Tails

60% Cha increase, [Boil Nature].

Saiken: 6-Tails

70% Cha Increase, [Corrosive Manipulation]

Chomei: 7-Tails

80% Cha increase, [Chakra Manifestation]

Gyuki: 8-Tails

90% Cha increase, [Ink Manipulation]

Kurama: 9-Tails

100% Cha increase, Traits [Empath] and [Sensor]

For an extra 20 CTP, 10-Tails

200% Cha increase.

Each choice also gives a set amount of Stats and has its own traits to acquire later.

Cost: 50 CTP

Reiatsu Traits

[Massive Reserves]

Your body is quite efficient and capable of withstanding a higher amount of Reiatsu than normal.

Increases Reiatsu Reserve by 20%

Cost: 3 RTP

[Reiatsu Manifestation]

The ability to manifest your Reiatsu and shape it to your will.

Cost: 5 RTP

[Visord]

Gain a hollow manifestation, allowing the possible ability to use its power.

Cost: 8 RTP

Mana Traits

[Massive Reserves]

Your body is quite efficient and capable of withstanding a higher amount of Mana than normal.

Increases Mana Reserve by 20%

Cost: 3 MTP

[Magi]

You are now a magi, added onto your current race, which means you are in tune with the magic around you.

Mana Regen increase by 10%

Cost: 5 MTP

[Animagus]

The ability to turn into your specific animal, you may not choose it.

Cost: 5 MTP

I already had decided that I was going to pick up the Massive Reserves for all four Energy's, so now it was a waiting game.

I flew up and took off towards the station again.

I landed just outside and walked in, getting a greeting from Yenma as he noticed me.

"Hello again… Hikari! Yes, that was it." Yenma said

"Yeah, It's me, I wanted to ask you about a couple of Saiyans from the destruction of Planet Vegeta. If that's alright?" I asked

"Yes, yes, It's fine. I get requests like this all the time. Who is it you want to find?"

"Their names are Bardock and Gine… my biological parents." I said softly.

"I see... " He spoke as he flipped through a book in front of him. "Ah! Found them, seems that the man, Bardock, was sent to Hell. The women, Gine, was sent to Heaven. The women created a fuss, however, saying she wanted to be with Bardock." He kept going as I listened to his recollection of what happened. "Unfortunately, unlike what most might believe, a person cannot enter a realm they do not belong to. Meaning Bardock could not enter Heaven, nor could Gine enter Hell. I felt bad for them, so I allowed them to stay on this plane, on a planet similar in size to King Kai's."

I was shocked that this kind of thing could happen, but I guess this is Dragon Ball, so whatever. "Could you tell me where this planet is?"

"Ah right, Go to the beginning of Snake way, then go straight left off the platform there for about a kilometer."

"Alright, thank you King Yenma, Seeya!" I yelled as I ran out the door to Snake Way again.

"... Hope he finds some peace by meeting them."

I was already flying through the air off the side of the Snake Way platform. I wanted to meet them, if only because I felt some small attachment to them. I don't know why either, maybe a side effect of them being the first people I saw and interacted with? Maybe… I didn't care much though, I had another reason too, pure curiosity.

Who wouldn't I try and meet Goku's parents? I mean, the only time we saw either of them was during Frieza's decision to nuke their planet. Well, that and the non-canon Episode of Bardock. Still though, I just really wanted to see them. I saw a planet ahead and flew down, landing softly. It was very much similar to King Kai's, A small, green planet with some trees around. The only difference with the bigger house with some more modern incorporations must have been put there for them. It wasn't long after I started checking the place out that the door to the house opened, and out came a blur. It was in front of me in a second, a fist already heading for my face. I activated my Mangyekyo Sharingan and grabbed the fist before deactivating them.

We stood there, frozen for a second before I spoke.

"Hello there… Father."

Bardock's eyes widened, already coming to a realization of who I was. "Y-you… Hikari?"

I just nodded. "Where's Mother?"

A voice was heard from behind me, "Right here."

Turning my head a bit, I saw Gine behind me with a dissipating Ki blast in her hands.

"Ah, it was a two-pronged attack from the start. Probably should have noticed it."

"Are you saying… you couldn't see me? That can't be right, you saw Bardock and I'm slower than him."

Well shit, guess the Mangyekyo's toll is affecting me more than I thought it would. I should probably talk to them for a bit before I start explaining…

And so, I talked with Bardock and Gine, catching up on how they were doing since they began living here and telling them about my life on Earth. Eventually, though, I had to explain my abilities.

"Well, I guess I should start to be doing this. Create a Party, Life is a Game."

Party Created

"Life is a Game"

"Wha-" Gine starts

"Invite, Bardock and Gine."

"... What the hell?" Bardock whispered.

"Just tap the button that says "Yes" on it," I said in a bored tone.

I had already done this talk with Bulma, so this was going to be me just redoing that entire conversation… This was gonna take awhile.

"Ok, so first things first, my life is basically quantified by numbers. Just like how the Power Level of a person is scanned by a scouter. Except for me, I can see how fast I am, how strong, how durable, how smart, you get the point." I started my explanation.

"Alright, that seems kinda straight forward." Bardock interrupted.

"Not done yet, it also allows me to see exactly how much Health, Ki, and Stamina I have at my disposal. That's not all either. This power also gave me a couple of unique skills, all revolving around the fact that this power is based on something called a videogame. I'll explain what that is and show you some other time. Anyways, one of the abilities allows me to gain powers other than the use of Ki, like magic and other energies, yes magic is real. Now instead of explaining how powerful I am, Status." I ended my speech by opening my Status Menu and allowing them to look at it.

It wasn't until the scrolled past Mangyekyo Sharingan allowing them to see my current ailment that I realized my mistake.

"That's… why you didn't see me rush around you for the two-pronged attack, isn't it?"

I stayed silent for a few moments. "Yes," I said simply.

"Why would you use something like this if it causes such a thing?" Gine asked harshly. "If this goes much higher you probably won't be able to see an incoming attack!"

"It's fine, once it hits max level it will evolve. Curing my blindness along with it." Wrong thing to say.

"Come on then, outside, we are getting that to max level right now!"

"... shit."

I got up and walked outside, getting ready for whatever training Gine was going to put me through to fix my eyes.

I ended up staying there for a month, I did buy the Massive Reserves for all of my Energy and had two left on each of them. Or would have, as I set my Chakra to go generate fifteen every time it stopped for that month. Making me about forty-four points, leaving me at forty-six in total. I did this for Ki too, though on a smaller scale. Mostly because Bardock and Gine were forcing me to train with them. This netted me about thirty-six, leaving me with thirty-eight Ki Trait Points.

I then systematically spent some of the Ki points to acquire the Body Adaptability Trait. That was the only thing I bought though, I was saving the Chakra Trait Points. I also ended up maxing Mangekyou Sharingan, evolving it into Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, also gaining a level for that too. I'm pretty sure once this reaches max I'll evolve a Rinnegan, maybe I can get the Rinne-Sharingan at some point.

I had gained some stats, but not many due to only being here for a month and not training in much other than the Mangekyo. The best thing was the levels gained through sparring with them, and since they were near my level power wise, I gained a good amount of experience every time I won our spars. Now though, I felt that I needed to leave. I wanted to get back to Earth, maybe see if Boksa has gotten the Gravity Chamber done yet, and hopefully not get killed by Bulma.

We said our goodbyes, Gine trying to get me to stay a bit longer, and I was off back towards Yenma.