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~Training Day 1: Sunday, 5:00 AM~
Nina woke up to feel someone tugging at her covers as she fought to keep them over her body. Who in their right mind would wake her up like this? Vegeta had suggested she stay over at Capsule Corp. to do her training, even though Nina wished to be with her parents. She had asked her parents what took so long for them to come, when it was supposed to be 2 hours until they arrived on the battlefield, but Taliyah told her later on they had engine trouble which made her and Jutus start to go absolutely insane. Speaking of Vegeta, he was probably the one waking her up at the moment because he was the only one in the Capsule Corp. household who would be crazy enough to wake up at an hour like this. She didn't even have to look at any clock to know that it was way too early for getting up. It had to be around dawn or somewhere near that time. In any case, Nina could tell this was no 6 o' clock in the morning person.
She turned over onto her back, slowly letting her eyes open. She squinted through them and recognized the ki signature as Trunks'. Nina was a little bit shocked at first, wondering why Trunks would wake up at this ungodly hour on a Sunday, but then the realization hit her. Vegeta must've been too proud to come and wake her up himself, so he sent his son in instead. Besides that, Trunks was to train with the 2 pureblooded Saiyans. But in Vegeta's mind it was probably some sly way to find a weakness in her so Trunks could win over her. Even though Nina was a likely candidate to be the most powerful Super Saiyan in the Universe, Vegeta would not accept this fact so easily without a fight. Nina closed her eyes once again and pulled the covers up to her chin. She wouldn't satisfy Vegeta's authority this early in the morning.
Trunks looked down at Nina. How peaceful she looked when asleep, not at all like the person he had run into yesterday morning. She was more at ease when asleep, like sleep was her only place of refuge, her sanctuary. As much as Trunks hated to have to remove her from her sanctuary, his father would kill him if they kept him waiting any longer. Once again he tugged at the covers only to get his hand slapped away. Nina turned away from him and pulled the blankets over her head.
Trunks sighed and shook his head. I'll never get her up at this rate. he thought, and went to one side of the bed.
He did a silent prayer to Grand Kai. May heaven forbid the ugliness of Nina's early morning moods to surface and cause me to regret the day I ever was born once I do this. he prayed.
Trunks quietly slid his hands underneath the mattress and then he lifted it off the springs of the bed and turned it over onto the floor. Nina went tumbling onto the ground and tangled in her sheets as the blanket hung over her head. When he placed the mattress back down on the bed frame, he looked at Nina and saw the anger boil in her eyes, as though they were on fire.
Trunks backed up against the wall as Nina teleported in front of him, fists balled up so tightly that flames began to errupt from them. "TRUNKS!" she shrieked at him.
He waved his hands in front of him, trying to deny his ententions. "Uhh...Nina I was only, uh, that is, well what I was doing was, uh..." he stuttered.
"IF YOU WANTED TO WAKE ME....." Her voice started to get shrilly, but then she rubbed her butt painfully. "You could've chosen a more gentler method, like a kiss or something!" she complained.
Trunks sighed with relief and then rubbed the back of his neck. He was sure that Nina was going to kill him for what he'd done. "Sorry Nina, but Dad said you had to get up right now for training." he explained.
Nina gave her look of utter annoyance. "That Vegeta, he thinks of nothing else! I swear if it's not to beat Goku it's to beat me!" she muttered, then she smiled. "If I got payed for everyday that he wasn't in that Gravitron or not training I'd be the poorest person in the world."
Trunks chuckled at her sarcasm. "Yeah, I suppose you could say something like that. But now he wants to train extra hard just to beat those guys who came here Friday night."
Nina pulled some clothes out of her dresser and waved her hand about. "Yeah, yeah. It's always the same with him. That whole, 'I will prove myself once and for all' attitude is really starting to bore me. Even Jarvus wasn't as...." she trailed off.
She stopped right at the doorway of the bathroom and placed a hand on the door frame. It was so hard to believe that Jarvus was gone, and all her life Nina had wished for his demise and when it finally came she regretted that wish. She would've given anything she could to have her brother back. Let their relationship between eachother start over. But he was gone and their was anything she could do about it anymore. Jarvus was dead. Died trying to save her life.
Nina shook off the grieved expression on her face and smiled, then walked into the bathroom. Trunks could hear her taking her shower and then brushing her teeth. He could've gone down and told his father that she was awake and getting ready, but this was a good way to stall and to spend some time with Nina for awhile. For he knew from the moment they walked into the Gravitron and until they walked out of it, neither of them would have time to talk to eachother.
When Nina had finished what she was doing, she walked out of the room and saw Trunks staring at the floor. She wondered why he hadn't left for the Gravity Room yet, Vegeta would scold him for sure for his tardiness. But she supposed that Trunks wanted to spend some time with her, even though it would be for a brief few minutes. When it was time for training she knew that Vegeta was going to run them ragged, especially herself.
"Hey Trunks, you ready to go?" she called out to him.
Trunks looked up and started to blush. "..." Speech had left him when he saw what Nina was wearing for her training clothes.
Nina had her hair pulled back in a low ponyail, she brushed her banes aside. For her top she wore a loose, royal blue halter top. The edge probably stopped at her bra line and her well toned ab muscles showed against her light brown skin. On her hands Nina wore black leather gloves and the fingers were cut off of the them, showing some fringes of thread on the edges. The leather looked a little worn, so it was obvious she had used them alot.
She had on black pants that hugged her all around the hips down to her ankles. The material gave a slight shimmer against the light. The pants were so tight around her you could see her muscles plex out against them, indicating that she worked out alot. Nina had on white socks that had been folded down to her ankle and wore black boots that laced up and then were covered by velcrow straps.
Finally, for that last touch she wore a thin silver chained necklace and the charms that hung on the chain were 2 ivory colored stones that were shaped like deadly claws or fangs. They were the Dragon Tears, an ultimate weapon for the upcoming battle. But most importantly, they were going to help her show Vegeta a thing or two about power. Nina smiled at this prospect and now couldn't wait to get training.
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Lei stretched a bit in her room and then punched a few times in the air. She had woke up early that day, approximately 4:30 A.M. She spent those 30 minutes working on her new painting, the one that she kept calling her masterpiece. Ever since the day she had met Nina, she had been working on it. So far it was still incomplete. At 5 this morning, Lei decided it was time for training, the battle was only 3 days away and she had to be ready.
Lei stretched her arms in the air. "Well, I guess I should train outside instead of this crowded room." she contemplated. "Besides, I doubt Dad would like it if I did my Time Bomb attack inside the house."
She quietly opened her door and shut it behind her with just as much silence as possible. Lei began to creep past her father's room and just as she went by it, she stopped. She opened the door and peered inside to see him asleep. Lei smiled thinking about her father. Wang Kamadaki, a very righteous man who believed everyone had a choice in life and their future was based on that choice that they had made themselves. She had always understood why Yui, her mother, had fallen in love with him. With that, she shut the door and continued to creep down the stairs.
Just as she got down to the front door of the house and opened it she gave a small yelp, but then clamped her mouth shut. After she got over her shock she began to whisper. "Goten! What are you doing here?" she asked.
Goten grabbed her hand and led her out of the house while Lei shut the door. "Well, you're about to start your training right?" he asked her.
Lei nodded. "Yeah, but you still haven't told me what you're doing here."
"I thought we could train together." Goten suggested with a smile.
She returned the gesture. "Alright, sure."
Then they dashed off into the woods to begin their intense training for the battle up ahead.
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Vegeta turned up the Gravitron to 750 times Earth's normal gravity and began to do his warm-up exercises. He was determined to be the one to bring Nina's hidden abilities out in the open, while in hopes he would find a way to be able to control the energy in the stones. The legend of the Tears couldn't possibly have meant that only one person was to possess the greatest energy in the Universe. Maybe like the legend of the Super Saiyan, another could possess the power of the Dragon Tears.
Just as Vegeta began to do his backflips, the door to the Gravitron opened and in walked Nina and Trunks. Nina came in casually, as though the gravity at 750 was at 1 to her body. But Trunks on the other hand, had to struggle a bit to keep his back straight. He caught a glance at the gravity on the machine and his eyes widened. He knew his dad was gonna be hard on the 3 days of training, but he didn't even take into consideration of whether Nina could even stand in this gravity.
Trunks looked at Nina, surprised to see that she was walking with an easy stride. He sighed hopelessly. Oh I give up! This girl is totally unpredictable! he thought in his mind.
Vegeta looked over the outfit Nina had on and could only smirk. She had cut pieces of the Saiyan body suits to make that outfit. He thought she looked like one of those women who did that aerobics stuff on television. He watched her go over to the gravity machine and look at the gravity pressure she was currently under. Vegeta noticed a smile spread over her face and then she chuckled.
He crossed his arms against his chest. "What?" he asked.
Nina pointed at the machine and gave her 'You're joking' smile. "You train under this much pressure Vegeta?" she asked unbelievingly.
He nodded while his chest filled with pride. Not many could be able to train at that intense gravity pressure, and yet his maximum was 950 times gravity without turning Super Saiyan. His highest that he'd attempted when turning Super Saiyan was 1,250 times Earth's normal. Vegeta had asked Dr. Briefs to make the gravity machine max up to 2,000, in case he ever managed to build his body to withstand that much pressure.
She gave a small laugh. "You've gotta be kidding me right? Don't tell me that the 'Great and Mighty Prince Vegeta' can only withstand 750 times gravity!"
Vegeta's eyes narrowed. She was beginning to sound like her mother. "As a matter of fact child, 750 is not all that I can withstand." he retaliated.
Nina placed a hand on her hip. "Oh yeah? Well what is his Magesty's highest gravitational pressure limit?" she asked, interrogating his wits and loving it.
He scoffed at her. "Well if it's any of your business, I can withstand 950 times gravity without transforming. You sound as though you can go higher." Vegeta dared, assuming this was another one of her ways to make herself seem less inferior.
Nina turned her back to him and smiled. "Now that you mention it," she said, and began to press buttons on the control console. "I can." She turned her gaze to Trunks. "Trunks, I suggest you get out of here right now or transform to your higest level of Super Saiyan, your choice."
With that, Trunks clicked into Super Saiyan mode and started to power up to his max. Vegeta simply stared at the girl who was tampering with the machine, and probably didn't know what she was doing.
Suddenly, the gravity inside the room was so intense that the walls started to quiver from the pressure up against it. Vegeta could feel himself collapse onto the ground. He quickly got into Super Saiyan mode and could finally lift himself off the floor. He looked over at his son and saw him pinned down on the floor, struggling to pull himself up from the wall. Vegeta leaned against a wall for support and felt his legs start to tremble from the weight pounding onto his shoulders. The heels of his sneakers began to squeal as they skid against the tile floor, his chin being pulled down onto his chest. But Vegeta pushed his strength to make him look up and when he did, nearly losing his grip from against the wall.
There, standing by the gravity alteration unit was Nina, still and straight, without transforming! The weight was strong and though it seemed like it didn't phase her, the sweat and furrowed brows indicated that this was starting to weigh down on her. Vegeta's hand slipped and his knee went crashing onto the tile floor. He bit his lower lip in pain, but the pain was nothing compared to the shock that just hit him. He had seen that Nina clocked up the gravity to 1,780 times Earth's normal gravity!
She smirked at the shock on Vegeta's face. "And guess what Vegeta?" Nina asked him. The Saiyan Prince looked up at her. "That's not even my max."
Then she clicked into a Super Saiyan and suddenly she began to prance around the gravity chamber. She helped Trunks off the floor and led him out of the gravity room. Then she went to help Vegeta, but like always he wouldn't accpet her help. Then Nina went back to the gravity console and began to type in more numbers. This time she hit it up to the gravity's maximum force which was 2,000 times Earth's normal gravity. She looked over at Vegeta and saw him struggling to push himself onto the wall, but it was no use. The force of the gravity was pushing him onto the ground and he couldn't withstand all the pressure. But he wasn't going to admit that in front of this young Saiyan.
The gravity was so intense not even the Gravitron could handle the pressure and the enormous ki energy emitting from the Saiyan's body. The walls began to crack and pieces of the tile floor peeled itself off the ground and floated into the air. The ki flames from her body began to ripple out away from her and everywhere the energy touched the walls began to crumble.
Nina looked at a soon would-be hole in the wall and a sweatdrop formed over her head. Whoops! I better cut this out before I break this machine. she recomended.
After Nina had figured Vegeta had had enough, she turned the gravity console down to 20, then she phased out of her transformed state. She signaled Trunks to come inside and when he did he looked like his whole world had fallen apart. He couldn't believe how strong she was. She was probably 100 times stronger than himself if not even that much. Just then, Nina walked up to him as though she had just read his mind.
She placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry Trunks, without these stones around my neck I wouldn't be much stronger than you or Vegeta. But that's what I need to learn. I have to learn how to control these stones in order to beat this new enemy. You're powerful Trunks, you just don't know it yet." Nina explained.
Vegeta huffed at them both and kicked the gravity up to 950. He saw Trunks fidget, but Nina stayed completely still. "Let's get to work." he ordered in his usual, gruff tone.
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Nina wiped a towel over her face and then stripped out of her sweat covered training clothes. Then she slipped on her warm sweatshirt. She looked over at the clock and could have just died. It was 10:45 P.M. She couldn't believe they had trained for nearly 13 hours nonstop. It Vegeta would've made it nonstop too had both Trunks and Nina didn't attend school the next day. But that wouldn't be the end of it though. As soon as they go back from school at 4 in the afternoon they would probably end up training till 11 at night. If it wasn't already enough that they had to wrack their minds in the brain bin, right when they get home from school Nina and Trunks would have to eat dinner quickly because no one was going to leave the Gravitron until training was over.
Nina flopped onto her bed, the one she had gotten quite used to over at the Capsule Corp. It was amazing that in a matter of weeks the corporation had already become her 2nd home. Even the people who lived here, the Vegetas and the Briefs, they were like her own family now. It was unbelievable, as a matter of fact, all the Z fighters had turned out to be some sort of family that she wished she could have forever. Even though her parents were back from where ever it was they came from, Nina still didn't know them. Who they were or what they had been doing this whole time.
Bulma, like a mother she never even knew existed. She could always confide in Bluma about anything and always expect her to help the young Saiyan whenever she could. It was amazing that such a person with so many ideas and responsibilities could even find the time to listen to some of the most trivial problems of a teenager. Nina respected Bulma for the fact that anytime you needed to talk, she would find time to listen if not then and there.
Bra, like a little sister she had always dreamed of having. A bit scatter brained and often talks of boys, but whenever she did come to talk about young teenage problems she would listen to what Nina had to say and what advice she had to give Bra. Bra was also her information booth on Vegeta. Vegeta and Bra were extremely close and he would sometimes tell her his thoughts, lately those thoughts had been about Nina. So whenever they could find time together they would talk about some of the good and bad things Vegeta had to say about her.
Vegeta, the rival she had always wanted in her life. All of Nina's life she could always beat someone in a battle and they would run off like cowards. She admired Vegeta's courage and his will to continue the fight until he dropped dead. Nina thought that she would ever find that kind of determination until she met Vegeta. For some reason or other, the will for him to beat her gave her the will to protect him. Odd for her to think so, but it was true. Even though the odds were ample high in her favor on strength, when it came to determination, Vegeta seemed to be the winner there. So now he had fueled her with the courage and will to beat his own pride.
Mrs. Briefs, someone whom Nina believed was the most cheerful person she knew. Whenever she got angry or upset and couldn't get hold of Bulma, she would talk to Mrs. Briefs. She usually told Nina the same things, "Oh dear don't worry so much. A beautiful young lady like yourself shouldn't be so hostile all the time." But in some way it always calmed her down. Plus a little bonus of delicious cakes and other sugars to make her as sweet as honey.
Dr. Briefs, intellegence she never knew could even be exceeded. The man was a genius and Nina admired his computer skills. One day when Nina was fidling with some capsules and different computer files, she had stumbled onto a file of the Android 16. She was amazed at all the different techno stimulations the Android had went through and how he even had a bomb embedded in his cest with so many nutron ratings it made an atomic bomb look like a firecracker. Then Nina hacked into the files about the Red Ribbon Army and who Dr. Gero was. He had created many androids but they were defeated by Goku when he was young. Then she looked up his latest models which were Androids 17, 18, 19, the android version of Dr. Gero, and finally Cell. She couldn't believe that only 17 and 18 were originally humans before they were androids. Dr. Briefs finally caught her in his files, but instead of being angry like Nina thought he would be, he was actually impressed that she managed to get into his database. She really liked that about him, that he never seemed to get angry.
Trunks, her love and hopefully forever. He was so determined, like Vegeta. Like father like son and yet there was a bit of his mother's comfortableness in him. Somehow Nina always felt that Trunks was an easy person to talk to. She really did love him. Nina had heard about the Trunks from the future and she hoped to meet him one day. She wondered if she even lived in the future or even if she existed there. Had her mother and father already been kidnapped and what of her siblings Kino and Jarvus. She couldn't wait for him to return soon.
Then there were the Sons of course. Goku was her role model Saiyan, how he was so strong and so gentle at the same time. He would never kill anyone in battle, unless it was so desperately needed. He usually gave them a 2nd chance to redeem themselves. Goku would also never give up, no matter how bad the odds were stacked against him.
Chi-Chi, another mother she never knew existed. A great healer and a great fighter too, another person who would never give up in a battle.
Then there was Gohan, an older brother she wished she had instead of Jarvus. But now she decided to take that back because she never really got to know Jarvus. He was just training her. Gohan was just like his dad, strong and gentle with a good heart.
Goten, a bit naive but good at heart. Remarkably like Goku in every way, both in looks and personality. Goten was also easy to talk to and a great training partner now. Before he was always holding back because he was scared of hurting her, but now he was always willing to go all out. She loved playing her training games with him, like Hide and Go Seek. One of the opponents would try their best to mask their ki energy and the other would try and find them. Then when the person did find them they would have to fight and even if the person found them, if they lost then they would have to try and find the person again. It's alot more fun with more than 2 people, recomendation is about 4 or more.
Videl, she was like a part of herself she never knew. Videl was everything Nina had always grew to be. She was a bit tomboyish, but a good fighter and was never hesitant to help someone in need. Videl was indeed someone she liked and cared for dearly.
Of course Pan, another version of Nina herself. Sure they didn't look alike, but when she was 14 years old like Pan was now, she acted exactly the way she does. Baggy clothes, tough attitude and fearing the day she would become a lady. Not only did Nina seemed reminded about Pan's tomboyish acts, but her personality was like hers as well when she was 14. She was always scared that she'd grow up single and not fall in love or boys wouldn't like her because she was so tough and bad. Nina never believed people who told her she would become a beautiful young lady later on and have plenty of guys drool over her just like Pan didn't believe Nina when she told her the exact same thing. But it would happen eventually, if not sooner.
Krillin, always the comedian. She loved his witty remarks and how he always seemed to laugh about something when things seemed to get everybody down. He was always willing to comfort someone in need and no matter how long or how hard things may have seen or become, Krillin would always be the first one to step in and fight for his friends and family.
18, even though she was an android she still had feelings. 18 reminded Nina alot about the isolated self she used to have, but was never too shrewd to even give a smile. Nina admired 18's strength and self nobility, like another sister she wished she had, perhaps an older one. The truth was, Nina really liked 18 especially her style of fashion. Whenever she needed tips she'd either ask Bra or 18, but mostly 18.
Piccolo, definately a father figure in Nina's life. She had been told about many things that Piccolo had done, so many sacrafices, so many losses. She admired his will to continue fighting and he never hesitated to help those who he thought were worthy of his help. Nina also loved his meditation methods and they always seemed to work, he was a master of training the mind if not the body.
Yamcha, cute playboy but willing to fight for what was right. Tien, strong and very noble. Willing to die and always wanted to do what he thought was right, or what he thought Goku would do in a situation. Little Marron, definately a daughter she would like to have if she ever planned on having kids. Marron was so cute, sweet, and innocent, but a great energy senser, or could it be that she was a psychic? Who knows, but she was definately an ideal candidate for daughter personalities. But knowing Nina, her daughter would probably turn out to be wild and independent like herself.
Nina stared up at her ceiling for awhile, hands behind her head and thought about all the things that had occured and all the people she had gone through along the way. "So many things, so many people I know and love now like my family. And in just 2 more days it might all end." she said to herself, then shook her head. "No! I refuse to let that happen at all! I will find a way to defeat the enemy so I can be with the ones I love...or die trying, and go up to Heaven knowing that the ones I love are alive and safe once more."
And with that decided, she did a silent prayer to God, then to Dende, hoping that one would be able to answer it. Then she turned off her light and drifted into a sleep she was going to need once school started the next day. That nightmarish place, but importantly, she had to find a witty scheme to mess with Falecia's head. Nina suddenly smiled, one so full of mishcief you could have sworn you were staring at the Cheshire Cat.
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