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Post by Natto on Jul 24, 2015 17:02:05 GMT
[Thread Power Level: 104.801] [Heavy Weights On. Current PL: 26.200] – Tomo, hello! I know it is kind of early, but, if you want to train, come meet me at the coordinates I’m sending to your scouter… It shouldn’t be too hard to find, just scan for my power level! Anyway… Hope you can get this message in time. Over. – Natto spoke through his scouter as he scratched the skies of Planet Vegeta, leaving a trail of ki energy behind him. His ghostly-white ki aura was there, engulfing his body and protecting him from the wind, as he flew on his maximum possible speed, considering that he was wearing his weighted battle suit. Talking about the weighted armor, Natto started to feel that it wasn’t being quite as effective as before. I mean, it still helped him improve faster but it wasn’t as faster as before, and, somehow, he was getting more comfortable wearing it. ”I wonder for how long this thing will be effective… Some part of me wants to grow beyond the need of this thing… But then again, without the Imperator Royal Spaceship here, there’s no gravity chamber available… So my only tool for a faster growth is this weighted armor… Oh my… That’s a tight spot to be on…” he sighed, thinking about his own situation.
”Having a royal spaceship with a gravity chamber would be handy… That earthiling I fought about a month ago had one… I wonder how much it costs… I believe it’s still a way out of my league… If only I was a super saiyan…” he sighed again, before shaking his head, trying to get rid of such thoughts, as he had to focus on his training to come. On his hand, he carried a barrel of drinking water and a large thermal lunch box with meat on it. Usually he wouldn’t care about it during training, but there was a chance that Tomo would come, and he wanted to have it available for her. Thinking about her made butterflies to appear in his stomach, and a warm fuzzy feeling to take over his chest. ”I hope she comes…” he though, blushing a little bit.
Natto landed on a rather deserted place, with nothing but sand and dunes all over the area. It was the northwest region of the central wasteland, really far from anything. Someone would have to fly miles to find anything different from sand. It was a perfect spot to train in peace, as there was no power levels anywhere near the place. It was also very early in the morning and the two suns of Vegeta were still rising on the far east of the horizon. The young saiyan laid on the sand, with his hands behind his head and closed his eyes, to relax, leaving his scouter on, to detect anyone coming near the place. He would rest for about twenty minutes to see if Tomoroko would appear. ”I need to start developing my fighting style… I feel like I’m going to randomly… If I can manage to make it more solid and improve its form, it may become something quite deadly!” he thought to himself as he relaxed. Word Count: 524 Tomoroko |
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Post by Tomoroko on Jul 24, 2015 18:37:57 GMT
Tomo had been spending a lot more of her time at her mothers house whenever she wasn't training with Natto, especially after the incident with her father. For the most part, the two girls sat together looking at opportunities to move her mother up from low-class to mid class. Her power-level was just above what a low-class fighters should be, and as it turned out her mother was an insanely good engineer! She had been working on several different programs to improve the functionality of scouters and different pod functions. No doubt she would be able to move up with ease... the issue now was just to find themselves somewhere to settle that wasn't too different from where her mother lived now. No matter how Tomo looked at it, they would be stuck moving into a tiny apartment. As the two girls chatted, a small light started beeping on her scouter and Tomoroko excused herself from her mothers presence to listen to Natto's message. She smiled and chuckled faintly as she let the message play through, turning back to her mom with an awkward smile.
"Hey mom, I have to head out... you keep looking at places you like and pick whatever one you think fits best I know you feel guilty but I really don't mind springing for this place. It'll be so much better once we move you there."
Tomo's mother rolled her eyes at the young girl, truly appreciating what she was doing for her but still too proud to admit that. She felt guilty that financially she couldn't bring herself up to where Tomo was and that she had to rely on her at all.
"Alright alright, you go do your date thing and I will talk to you whenever you come back alright?"
Her mother said as she pulled up the sheet of available places to look at, blocking Tomo from seeing her smirk. Tomoroko's face went red before she glared at her mother, opening her mouth to retaliate but quickly shutting it, knowing her mother was just baiting her. She stuck her tongue out in retaliation finally before leaving her mothers house, closing the door behind her and taking off into the air. Her red ki surrounded her as she took off, pushing her body to it's limit as she went as fast as she possibly could, and even trying to go faster than that. She adjusted her scouter as she moved, having it scan the area for power levels closer to what Natto's was.
"Ah... where are you..?"
The girl grumbled as she flew into the wastelands. There weren't that many power levels around, but none of them matched Natto's true power. That left her to believe that he was wearing his armor... but then how much would that really influence his power? She attempted to do the math in her head, grumbling lightly until her scouter alerted her to a power level around 20,000 on the edge of her scouters range.
"maybe..."
She mumbled to herself, taking off towards that direction. Within an additional 30 minutes, Tomo was flying over the area Natto's power level had come from. She smiled when she found him, glad that her assumptions were correct and came down for a landing next to him.
"Scouter or no, I probably could of blasted you from a safe distance."
She teased him as her feet touched the sand and her aura disappeared. When Natto opened the eyes, the only thing different he would notice about her was her tail placement. Instead of being free behind her as it normally was, she had it wrapped tightly around her again.
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Post by Natto on Jul 24, 2015 19:39:31 GMT
Natto was chilling with the breeze of the desert wind as he waited for Tomo to give him an answer or to just arrive at the place. Suddenly, his scouter beeped, and he slowly opened his left eye a little bit, to check the power level that was detected. The power level was that of 12.145 and it was definitely her. Before he could get up Tomoroko landed next to him and, the instant she landed, she teased him, saying that even with a scouter, she could probably have blasted him from a safe distance, to which he answered with a chuckle, looking at her with his only opened eye. He took a good look at her, opening his other eye too and, somehow, he let a comment slip from his lips. – It is so nice to see you… - when he noticed what he said, he quickly sit and blushed, scratching the back of his head a bit.
He also couldn’t help but to notice that she was now wrapping her tail around her waist. While he was glad that she was doing it from a battle perspective, it sadden him a little, as he thought that her tail hanging free was quite charming. The thought made him blush a little more and he opened his mouth as he was about to speak something, but he was to emabarrassed to do so, so he closed his mouth, getting up with a little hop, standing right in front of her with his 5’9”. His built was a little more muscular than the last time they saw each other, but not so different, it just showed that he was training really hard by himself too.
– How is your tail doing? – he asked, with a slightly concerned look on his face. Somehow, he was feeling a little nervous today, and he couldn’t explain why. It was some sort of anxiety mixed with a warm feeling. – And h-how is your mom? – he asked with a shaky tone. ”Get a grip on yourself… Why the hell are you so nervous?!” he though, as he was still too oblivious to his own emotions to be able to understand anything. On the other hand, he was also feeling quite excited about training with Tomo again, since she got stronger. Word Count: 387 |
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Post by Tomoroko on Jul 24, 2015 21:48:52 GMT
"I'm going to start thinking im the only girl you ever get to see if you keep saying things like that."
The girl stated with a chuckle, crossing her arms in front of her as she looked down at him. When he jumped up, her gaze, and then her head shifted to look upwards at him. Huffing slightly at the height and build difference. He completely over-shadowed her! Of course she'd never be as big as that for the simple fact that she was female, but she would sure pack one heck of a secret punch! Whenever Natto spoke again, it was to mention her tail which caught the young girl completely off guard. She unfurled it from around her waist only to have it stay behind her, almost as if she was hiding it from him.
"Oh you know... it's fine... it's nothing I couldn't handle with a couple of ice packs and some TLC."
She stated, completely brushing off the subject and taking up the opportunity to do so when he then asked about her mother.
"And mother's fine too. I've been looking into moving her up to at least mid-class accommodations... turns out she's really good with engineering so it wasn't that hard to get her bumped up a class. Once she picks a place she'd like to stay i'm getting her out of there."
She stated calmly, suddenly catching his catchy tone and quirking an eyebrow.
"Hey are you alright?"
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Post by Natto on Jul 24, 2015 23:11:32 GMT
When she said that she would start thinking that she was the only girl he saw, chuckling as she said that while crossing her arms in front of her, he blushed violently, gazing away and scratching the back of his head. – I-it’s not like that… It’s just… Nevermind! – he avoided speaking any further as he felt that he would only embarrass himself more and more. When he spoke about her tail, she unwrapped it and hid it behind her, making him arch one of his brows, quite puzzled by that. ”What was that all about?” he asked himself. She said her tail was fine, which made him nod with a small smile on his face, and then she told him that her mother was also alright. Tomo wanted to move her mother into some mid-class accommodations, and also told him that she was a quite good engineer, which made him really impressed. – Is that so? – he asked, without any need for an answer.
After that, Tomo looked at him with a puzzled expression and asked if he was alright, making him blush again and gaze away again. Natto sighed a little, feeling all fuzzy inside and sort of confused, and he decided to unburden a little bit. – Well… Don’t worry about… Just… You see, the past few weeks had been… Sort of new to me… I mean… I’m really happy with things… Just… Well… Tough to explain! – he chuckled awkwardly. – Anyway… I’m glad you are here… And we should train and all… Sorry to be a little weird today… I’ve just been overthinking things and stuff I guess! Hahaha… - he laughed a bit and awkwardly again, scratching the back of his head with his cheeks red in color.
He hoped that he wasn’t being too foolish, but he was feeling weird and he decided to let a little bit of his feelings to slip away from inside of him. He hoped that after that he would be able to focus a little more on their training. Word Count: 343 |
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Post by Tomoroko on Jul 25, 2015 1:02:07 GMT
The reason she had hidden her tail behind her was of the fear of having to go through that pain again… while she had overcome the pain once and practiced over the week how to endure the pain, she was still feeling very cautious with it, at least while she thought about the subject anyways.
While she fidgeted in place, and looked at Natto with a nervous smile, she suddenly noticed his face go red. She tilted her head slightly as she looked at him curiously and listened to his explanation on whether he was alright or not. To her however, he seemed to be getting more and more sick as he spoke… his cheeks continued to grow red until it seemed his entire face would turn the color of a tomato.
“i’ve been really happy with the way things are too… but really, maybe we should skip training you look like you might be catching a fever or overheating or something…”
That’s when Tomo stepped forward, removing the fabric covering her arm and stepping up onto her tip toes, placing her wrist against Natto’s forehead as she checked for a fever. She made a face whenever she didn’t feel that he was too warm and instead used the back of her hand.
“You feel okay to me… Maybe we should just do some exercises or something… you can show me what you do other than fighting to get stronger… it might be easier on you… and that heavy armour should come off for a bit too!”
Tomoroko insisted, completely oblivious as to why Natto seemed to be acting so frazzled and out of the ordinary.
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Post by Natto on Jul 25, 2015 1:26:28 GMT
He felt even more embarrassed when she said the he might have caught a fever or somehow overheating. He gulped when she approached him, getting even redder, and a couple of drops of sweat ran down his temples. His heartbeat skyrocketed and he could almost feel like his heart was going to jump out of his chest due to its strength and rhythm. ”W-what is she d-doing?” he asked himself, feeling all paralyzed as she touched his forehead with her wrist. She was so close that he couldn’t help himself but to look at her face and feel that warm fuzzy feeling inside of him. Shivers ran down his spine like crazy and he felt like the strength on his legs was disappearing. She made a face, like she didn’t get what was wrong and twisted her hand, now touching him with the back of her hand. He gulped again and sighed heavily.
He moved his arms a little, towards her. Somehow he felt an immense urge to hug her, to feel Tomo close to him, like she was those times he carried her to the healing facility, and the sole though of that made him feel like butterflies took over his stomach, flying like crazy inside. His hands approached, but them he froze them, feeling completely uncertain. ”W-what am I doing? S-she is going to…. Be angry I guess… Why… Why d-did I want to… Hug her…?” he was really confused, as he was still too immature and naïve as to understand his own feelings properly. I mean, he was starting to have an idea, but he was away too far from actually realizing that he was falling for her.
She brought him back from the land of his own thoughts when she said that he looked fine to her. Making him clear his throat and nod, agreeing with her suggestion. He was still embarrassed, but that was a good way to stop thinking about such things. – S-sure… Why not… I mean… I do some really intense sort of training… And… - he paused, smiling slightly. – And I can’t take off my weighted armor… It helps me grow stronger faster… That’s how my power level got above one hundred thousand! – he said, with his smile becoming a quite prideful smile, as he was really happy with his achievement.
After that, he took a few steps to the right of where they were and assumed a prone position and then raising his body using his arms. – I start warming up my body by doing five thousand push-ups with both arms… Then, twenty five hundreds with each arm! Are you up for the task?! – he teased her, by staring at Tomoroko with a mischievous smile. Word Count: 458 |
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Post by Tomoroko on Jul 26, 2015 15:16:07 GMT
Tomo raised an eyebrow, unsure if Natto was pulling her leg or not. That would be a whole lot of push-ups, and that would only focus on strengthening the upper body... something like that would take her all day to accomplish, as she had never really put aside any time for proper exercises. It was always just, fight to get stronger in her case.
"Are you serious Natto? That's a whole lot of push ups to be done in just one day."
She finally voiced her thoughts on the matter, glancing down at him, then to his hands wondering if he would start slipping in the sand any time soon. Why did he have to start with push ups.... she absolutely hated doing those. With a sigh she brought her body down onto the sand in a plan position, putting her hands palm first in the sand before pushing herself up off of the ground with ease.
"I'll do as many as I can but... I can't guarantee anything near those numbers."
She stated, glancing at Natto to make sure that he was still feeling alright before beginning her own set of push-ups. Boy would she ever look like an idiot if he was joking.
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Post by Natto on Jul 26, 2015 17:13:46 GMT
Natto laughed with her answer, as he felt that she was kind of pissed off with his warm up session, saying that it would take her the whole day to manage to do that, to which he answered. – Okay, okay! Let’s start on easy mode, then! What about five hundreds of each? That’s pretty easy, right? – he said, with a smile on his face. He nodded to her, as a sign to start the exercise session, and he started doing the push-ups at a very fast pace. He was really quick on those, and the way he did them made the exercise seems rather easy and smooth, but it wasn’t.
To be able to do that without sinking into the sand, you must also concentrate the ki, like it was making the hands and feet float just as it touched the sand, in order to make it possible to do. The terrain made the training intensifies into an exercise of both the physical body, and a ki energy training. It was quite hard to do on a first try. With that, one could say that training on the sand was a challenge on its own.
Natto would keep on looking to Tomo as she did the exercise, and even give hints if she was having trouble. – Concentrate your ki as you are about to fly, but don’t fly… Just use it so your body doesn’t put too much pressure on the sand, otherwise you are going to sink on it! Use it to maintain your body stable, but don’t use it too much, otherwise you are going to take out all the point on strengthening the body, okay? – he would say, as he kept doing his series of exercises, immediately changing to the one-handed push-ups with his left hand as he finished with both of them. He didn’t even lose his rhythm, as he changed from two hands to one. Word Count: 324 |
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Post by Tomoroko on Jul 26, 2015 18:41:13 GMT
Judging by Tomo's expression, this wasn't the kind of exercises she had in mind, but she kept her mouth shut as she attempted to start doing her push ups. on the first few, she kept getting a face full of sand, but then as she went on she would slowly reposition herself to such a way that she wouldn't slide around so much. Then, whenever Natto mentionned Ki manipulation to keep herself light above the sand she raised an eyebrow but then attempted just that.
She focused on her energy just like when she was learning to fly, focusing it inside of her and then pushing it down to release it. However, just before finishing her action she would stop the energy from being released so that she didn't end up flying away. Instead, it lifted her body just enough so that she wouldn't sink, but not so much that she would fly off. She frowned down at the ground as a bead of sweat made its way down her forehead. Controlling the energy in such a way was like pushing against her full strength instead of just forcing her body up and down time and time again. This was indeed much more taxing... and she couldn't believe that Natto had wanted to do thousands of these repetitions!
"Crazy"
She grumbled lowly as she dreaded finishing her set... then she would have to do everything one handed from there. When she looked up to see how Natto was doing, he was already on his one hand repetitions, making this exercise look like a walk in the park.
(p.s: this is totally the look that she is giving him as she's watching him ¬_¬ )
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Post by Natto on Jul 26, 2015 18:55:42 GMT
Tomoroko had some trouble at first, which was completely understandable as it was quite difficult to focus on both things at the same time, and didn’t feel natural at first for most people. However, such training was very important, since, on a fight sometimes it is necessary to use ki and strength at the same time. Other than that, a warrior couldn’t always choose their battleground, and that could be the line between life and death. He smile proudly as he stared at her, seeing that she was finally able to do the push-ups, even though it seemed to be taking its tools on her body. – Come on Tomo, edure! I know you can! – he tried to cheer her up, only to be confronted by her grimace, making him blush, feeling really embarrassed. ”She is hating it!” he came to realize, making him increase his speed, in order to finish that first part of the warm up as quick as possible.
When he finished, Natto would immediately keel over, to a position where he was lying face up on the sand with his knees bent. Then he started to curl his shoulders towards his pelvis, with his hands crossed over his chest, in a very quick and intense succession. – If you want, try another five hundred crunches, okay? I promise that after warming our bodies up, we will start some serious training! – he said. His tone was quite unsure, as he was embarrassed to ask her to do that. He had noticed that she didn’t like those warm ups, but he knew they were quite important.
Natto would finish his crunches and the stand up, all sweaty, but without any trace of tiredness on his face or body. His breathing was normal and all. He would wait for Tomoroko to finish everything, before nodding to her and opening a subtle smile. – Sorry about the boring part… Shall we get started?! – he said, sliding his left foot forward, bending both his knees. His left hand was slightly opened in front of his face, while the right arm was by the side of his body, elbow bent and fist clenched. He stared right at the younger girl, waiting for her to take position. ”Show me your new strength, Tomo!” he said to himself, inside his mind. He was quite excited to see how much she had increased since the last time they sparred. Word Count: 407 |
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Post by Tomoroko on Jul 26, 2015 19:09:45 GMT
"This is nothing... it's just awkward..."
She said in a half lie. Of course the exercise was extremely difficult for her, because if she focused her Ki any differently, it could easily explode in her face. It was a very similar exercise to the execution of her Atomic fist... She finished her first set, then moved onto her left hand, placing the other behind her as she continued the push ups, focusing hard until she reached 500. She seemed to be getting the hang of it, the exercise proving to be much less difficult than she originally anticipated. HOwever, when she moved to her right hand though was when the exercise started going wrong. Her cheeks flushed slightly as she felt the energy build up and release itself through her hand into the sand. There was the loud sound of an explosion as the energy of her atomic fist was released into the sand. Tomoroko was thrown back from her position, landing in a seated one with sand flying all around her as if a miniature storm had just hit the area.
She coughed and covered her eyes from the sand, waving her hand to further push it away from her face. When it settled, the young girl couldn't help but laugh at her own foolish mistake, wondering if the blast had affected Natto at all.
"Hahaha I'm sorry! It was really hard trying to not let that happen..."
She blushed, her hand flying up to the back of her head awkwardly. She too could be sweating a whole lot after the exercise, but unlike Natto, her breathing was already growing labored.
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Post by Natto on Jul 26, 2015 19:20:42 GMT
Natto was still doing the crunches when he decided to look at Tomoroko. That was the exact moment that an explosion occurred, due to her momentary loss of ki control, accidently firing a ki blast on the sand and making it fly everywhere around her. A big gust of send came right into Natto’s direction, making him widen his eyes. – Cra… - bad idea. Before he could even finish speaking, tons of sand got into his mouth, making him cough desperately as he tried to get rid of the freaking sand that was chocking him to death. – COUGH!! COUGH!!! – he gasped as he caught his breath back, standing up while trying to get rid of the sand that covered his body.
The young saiyan heard a laugh, and stared at Tomoroko, who was sitting on the sand, with her hand behind her head awkwardly. He stared at her for a couple seconds without saying a word, making it seems like he was pissed off, but then he started laughing really hard too. – Hahahaha! What the heck was that?! I ate more sand than I can eat meat! And I can eat a LOT of meat! Hahahaha! – he was somehow having fun with that. He slapped his hand on his forehead, unable to believe what actually happened. Being around Tomoroko was so much fun in a lot of different ways, that he was just glad he had met her on that fateful day. ”This girl can’t be real!” he thought to himself, as he tried to recover from his laugh.
After a couple more seconds of laughing, he assumed his battle stance, smirking towards Tomoroko. – Well… No more games! How about we start getting serious now?! - he said to her. He was quite excited to start fighting, but he also had other things in mind, outside of just melee sparring. She just had to wait and see it. Word Count: 324 |
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Post by Tomoroko on Jul 26, 2015 20:05:01 GMT
"Haha... It's the same concept as my atomic strike... so to control that energy on the sand was really hard..."
She said nervously as she pushed herself up to her feet, stumbling slightly in the sand but then quickly catching her footing. Maybe training out here on the sand wouldn't be such a bad idea... as much as she hated it. It would help her have better Ki control, but then she also worried that it would affect just how she controlled her Atomic Strike. She pondered the thought until Natto's mention of food caught her attention. That's when her stomach growled and her face turned almost as red as Natto's earlier. She cleared her throat and then when she saw Natto slip into a battle stance, she did the same, her blush disappearing and replaced instead with her giant smile.
"Right, I can agree to less games! Let's do this!"
She was beginning to grow just as anxious as he was about fighting, even though she knew she didn't have a chance, he was a good way of testing her skills without getting anyone else hurt.
"Just a spar?"
She asked, wondering what she was expected to show him this time.
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Post by Natto on Jul 26, 2015 20:17:37 GMT
He chuckled a bit when he heard her stomach growling and Tomoroko blushed, becoming as red as Natto was back then, but for a complete different reason. Before that, she had explained that the training was hard due to having a similar concept to one of her techniques, the Atomic Strike, that Natto remembered quite well. ”Does she have other techniques up her sleeves? I better watch out! I can’t go all out, but if I take too easy on her, she will be quick to gain the upper hand!” he thought to himself, while smirking as he was completely excited for that spar. Following that, Tomoroko asked if it would be just a spar and Natto answered by shaking his head in a negative way.
– Feel free to use anything you’ve got! Just save some energy so we can train some beam struggles afterwards! – he warned her, as he didn’t want to finish the training session out of exhaustion before being able to train such an important thing such as a beam struggle. Having said that, it was about time to start the real thing and Natto dashed.
His burst of ki came right below his feet, making the sand to fly in all directions. His impulse came not from his legs, but from his own energy propulsion, making him dash just as easily as he would if he was on a more solid terrain, which might or might not catch Tomoroko off guard. His ghostly-white ki aura was flared immediately and as he moved, the sand below him spread like water in an ocean. Natto came to close quarters with Tomoroko. – Come on! – he exclaimed before throwing his first attack.
The young saiyan held his left fist with his right hand using it to strengthen his left elbow that aimed straight into Tomoroko’s stomach, with the goal of winding her with such a heavy straight attack.
Should he fail, he would wait and let himself get hit by anything she could throw at him, as he wanted to see if she could counter and how would she do that. Word Count: 355 |
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