Yearning

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By: Angelwarrior1

Yearning

Chapter 2: How We Get That Power

The two women met the next day at ten a.m., just as they said they would. Bulma led Chi chi to the area where her secret lab was, without revealing it. They set their bags down as Bulma began to explain her plan to get stronger.

"So what is this grand plan of yours?" Chi chi eyed her skeptically.

"Something we should have done a long time ago. See this belt I'm wearing around my waist?" Bulma pointed to the odd looking belt on her waist.

Chi chi nodded as she looked at the funny looking thing. It looked like an ordinary belt, if it were to be stripped bare of all of the buttons and controls on it. It was metallic and consisted of one knob that had the numbers going from zero to four hundred, a green button and a red button. There also seemed to be a secret panel that looked very important. She figured that was for Bulma's use only.

"This is the device that's going to help us get stronger, so get used to wearing it. Now let me just make sure I programmed everything correctly." Bulma walked over to Chi chi and opened the tiny panel that Chi chi had wondered about.

She typed a few things into the tiny keyboard and then did the same to her own belt. The belts began to hum to life and Bulma smiled in satisfaction.

"Now gather all your things and make sure you didn't leave anything behind, we can't be going everywhere with these belts." Bulma gathered her bags.

"Why? Aren't they safe? You did test these, didn't you?" Chi chi turned to Bulma with a worried look on her face.

"Of course they're safe." Bulma walked over to Chi chi and intertwined their arms.

"And we're testing them right now silly." Bulma turned the knobs on their belts to ten.

She then pressed the green buttons on their belts at the same time as Chi chi gave her a terrorized expression.

"You might want to hold your breath. In three, two, one..." Bulma sucked in a deep breath and a stunned Chi chi sucked one in as they vanished from the room.

The pressure around the women almost knocked them unconscious and just when their vision started to blur, they landed ungracefully on their rear ends. After a couple of minutes went by the women opened their eyes. What they saw astonished and delighted them, as they discover that they were no longer on Earth. Bulma stood first and began walking and Chi chi soon took the hint that she would be left behind if she didn't start walking as well. Chi chi quickly caught up to Bulma, but both stopped abruptly when they heard a voice.

"Well hello there. Who might you two be?"

They both turned around to see a pudgy blue man, whose head oddly resembled a catfish. They both broke out of their stupor and quickly bowed at the waist respectfully.

"Hello, my name is Bulma."

"And mine is Chi chi"

"We've come from Earth in the hopes that you might be able to train us in the ways of martial arts." Bulma spoke for the pair and both awaited his answer silently.

"I see. You may stop bowing now." The women broke from their bowing position and looked at the man with determination.

"You're from Earth you say? How do you know about this place?"

"Yes, that is correct. We are from Earth. A friend of mine, who is her husband, received training from you. Um, forgive me for asking this, but you are King Kai, correct?" Bulma boldly asked.

"Yes, I am King Kai. What man are we talking about here, although I think I can guess who."

"My husband Goku" Chi chi couldn't take the silence anymore, she wanted a say in this matter.

"You're husband is GOKU??!!"

"Yeah, you got a problem with that?!" Chi chi loomed over a frightened King Kai.

"NO!! No! Of course not." He waved his hands in front of his face to shield himself from the dark haired woman's wrath.

'This explains a few things about Goku, but now I think I have more questions than answers.' He adjusted his glass.

"Chi chi! Calm down would 'ya? How are we gonna get training with you yelling at the man?" Bulma pulled Chi chi to the side and whispered.

"Okay! Okay! I'm sorry." Chi chi hissed back into her ear.

Chi chi sullenly let Bulma handle the rest of the conversation while she explained their reason for being there.

"Hm... Interesting story. Just one thing, how'd you get here? And how are you two standing? This planet is ten times Earth's gravity. You two should have been crushed into the ground the moment you landed."

"I'm the one who got us here. I made a belt that can teleport a being to any coordinate in the universe. It also acts as a gravity device, as it can create gravity around the being that wears it in a bubble of sorts." Bulma beamed with pride.

"How'd you get the coordinates?"

"Through a lot of sleuthing and research that I gathered from the others, not to mention a discreet visit to Kami."

"Ah yes. The guardian of Earth."

"So what do you say King Kai? Will you help us become stronger?" The women looked at King Kai, one with puppy dog eyes as the other gave him a glare that said, 'You better say yes!'.

King Kai sighed and nodded his head in defeat. He wouldn't even give them the usual task of making him laugh, for he truly feared females. He had learned long ago not to mess with a woman's wrath as it could get very ugly. The women squealed in delight and hugged him in joy before quickly sobering. Yes, the next few months would be truly hard on him.

Training started the next morning and the woman tried their very best. Chi chi didn't need as much work as Bulma, but they were still basically starting from scratch. He made them run laps until they were exhausted, then they would break for breakfast. Much to their relief he cooked for them as they were far too worn out to do much else. After their meal he taught them a variety of katas that they would practice until lunch. They would end the day by sparring with each other for an hour. Once they ate dinner they went straight to sleep. This schedule consisted until King Kai saw to it that they were ready for the next steps.

"Ladies, I think it's time to crank those gravity belts up!" He approached the women that were stretching on the ground in preparation for their laps.

"Already?" Bulma looked to Chi chi, who just blinked back at her.

"How much should we turned them up?" Chi chi stood from her stretches.

"Two times Earth's gravity should do for now."

"Well, okay." The women said in unison as they both adjusted their belts.

The pressure weighed down on them immediately and the women had trouble standing.

"Good luck with those laps ladies!" King Kai ventured back into his tiny house.

The women struggled to walk around and after a couple of hours collapsed to the ground in exhaustion. King Kai noticed the silence eventually and wandered outside to find them gasping for breath.

"That's a shame. If you two can't even handle a small piece of what Krillin and Yamcha managed to do in days then I guess you two should pack your bags and head home." His glasses glinted as he turned away from the women.

Somewhere deep inside the gasping Bulma and Chi chi a tiny spark began to burn. It started small and began to grow and spread throughout their bodies. The women rose from the place on the ground and marched over to King Kai.

"How dare you imply that we don't belong here! If that bum Yamcha can withstand the gravity of this planet without any help then so can I!!" Bulma stomped her foot and made the tiniest dent in the ground.

King Kai smiled inwardly as he saw this and noticed the small glow of ki coming from their bodies. Their ki's were barely noticeable and Bulma's was practically non-existent when the pair first arrived. Now there was a faint glow of blue coming from Bulma and oddly enough, red coming from Chi chi.

"I don't know, they were running around chasing Bubbles in a matter of days. You two are going to have to pick up the pace if you want to be any sort of help in two years."

"We will!" Bulma clenched her fists in determination.

"We'll surpass those idiots by the time those androids come!" Chi chi's eyes shined will pure will.

"Well... Okay then. Get to work! You've got two Earthlings to beat!"

"Right!!" Bulma and Chi chi began to walk confidently away from King Kai.

They walked a few laps around the small planet until they were able to walk without getting crushed to the floor. It took a few days for their bodies to adjust to the pressure on their bodies, but soon they were running around the planet and sparring with a little more speed than usual.

By the end of the month they were able to with eight times that of the Earths gravity and had learned how to control their ki's. Their sparring became much more fast paced and now involved ki blasts. All the while King Kai looked on in amazement.

'I can't believe how fast these women picked up on this stuff. They started with no ki to speak of when they first arrived and now they could probably hold their own against Krillin or Yamcha in a fight, for a while anyway. If they keep this pace up though, they'll definitely surpass both Krillin and Yamcha. They just need more fine tuning on their techniques. I wonder how far these two can go...'

(2 Months Later)

"Well, I've taught you everything I know. You have both managed to raise your ki's to levels that are almost as high as Yamcha's and Krillin's. Both of you can now stand without the aid of your gravity belts in tens times that of the Earth's gravity and you can both throw fairly strong ki blasts. What are you two going to do now?" King Kai and the women stood outside.

"We're going to train back on Earth now, Goku has probably been starving without Chi chi around. Isn't that right?" Bulma nudged Chi chi in the side who laughed with her.

"Yeah, I'm sure those two went through all of my already prepared meals in a matters of weeks! Despite the warning I gave them about having to make their own food if they did!"

Everyone laughed at this and the air calmed around them as their laughter died.

"But in all seriousness, we really need to get back. I'm sure Vegeta is ready to kill my parents by now. Plus, I have some important research to do. So, I guess this is goodbye..." Bulma went up to King Kai and hugged him warmly.

"For now at least." Chi chi added as she gave him a brief hug as well.

"Well, just as long as that visit doesn't entail a halo above your heads. Other than that, I hope I meet you two remarkable ladies again."

Bulma set the coordinates on the two belts, checking them over several times. After checking everything over one last time, the pair gathered their bags and intertwined their arms. They both waved goodbye to King Kai, pressed the green buttons on their belts at the same time and sucked in a deep breath. They vanished several seconds after, leaving a startled King Kai in their wakes. The trip back wasn't as bad as the first time, since they were used to the pressure that was weighing down on them. Both landed in the exact room they'd left from. It was the room that led to Bulma's secret lab.

"Wow! I don't think I'll ever get used to that landing." Chi chi put a hand to her head.

"Yeah, I'm going to have to fix that." Bulma rubbed at her eyes with one hand.

"Well, it was a fun, 'vacation', but now I have to get back to my family. I'll see you around Bulma." Chi chi gathered her bags and began to head out the door.

"Wait!" Bulma rushed to her desk, rustled through the contents and smiled when she found what she was looking for.

"Here. To help with your training." She placed the object in Chi chi's hand.

Chi chi opened her hand and just looked at the tiny capsule in her hand.

"What is it?"

"It's a gravity room, like Vegeta's. It's even more powerful than his is since it's the improved version."

"But, won't the others be able to feel my ki if I train with this?"

"Nope, it hides ki's and has the capability to turn invisible. That way you can go into the woods and set this baby up when no one's at home."

Chi chi's face lit up and she smiled at Bulma, who smiled back in return.

"Thank you Bulma. You don't know how much this means to me."

"Oh, yes I do. Now get on home. Goku must be living in the woods by now without you around to keep things in order."

"Yeah, I know. Bye!"

"Bye!"

Bulma was now alone to think for the first time in months. She smiled as her brainstorm came to mind. She had been totally pumped when the idea hit her while training and now she could finally put her next plan into action.

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I had a lot of fun with this chapter and I already knew what I wanted to write! So, what is Bulma's next big plan? Well you can't very well read it if the author is unhappy from a lack of reviews, now can you? So review and I'll write more!