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"Majority vote would be all and fine for anything happening outside of battle. Though when it comes down to it, someone will end up stepping up in some way, in order to give orders to the remainder of the dragons in the time of battle. After all, we cant simply ask the opposing party to cease what they are doing, so we can huddle together and figure out a plan of attack.." Attor says as he slowly shakes his head, this was all headless planning for the moment, since they were only the minority of the dragons. While the Six Star Dragon continued speaking once again, he listened in casually tilting his head to the side with his ear aimed in her direction. "The main concern would be how we go about finding these other dragons, after all we do not have some sort of ability that would let us track them down or anything. Which makes this sort of hunt something of a bigger hassle then it should be. Have either of you actually noticed a familiar Ki that would signal the location of a dragon? Because I know I have not seen or felt anything when I was moving around the area before or during the battle that had taken place.. Actually, a dragon left here just before I had arrived, but other then that not a single one has been noticed by me other then you two." Attor says with a slow roll of his shoulders which would signify a shrug, his hand slowly rose from where it rested upon his blade, a sudden burst of orange like electricity seeming to summon itself from the depths of his clenched hand as it shoots downwards with a crack, a sinister looking katana like blade with the electricity forming all the way around the blade. The blade's center would seem to glow a blood red color, through by shifting the blade just a little, it would appear as a normal katana. Raising the blade before his face slowly, he casually uses his other hand to run across the blunt side of the blade, electricity flicking off the blade and across the black claws of his fingers, dancing across his fingers as he moves his hand away before dissipating into the air, though never seeming to actually effect him. Flicking the weapon forwards, he then twists his wrist and slides the weapon into the sheath that before had not been at his waist. His eyes not once leaving the Blade of the Archfiend until it had been fully placed into it's sheath, and as soon as it was gone, he had already brought his gaze back onto the two dragons before him, almost as if nothing had happened at all.

echo happened to fly as he saw an area frozen as he started to scan he felt something that was almost impossible to ignore. Th temperature almost dragged him down to it as he started to fly down he could see the book that was covered in ice. He looked inside of him and shrugged his shoulders.

"Boop what is this place?"

"It is the place where the ice forms. It is one of the saddest but yet most beautiful places that you will ever see in your life time kid. This is the place were the Ice DRagon used to be. But all that is left is the book of it's tale. What an interesting story that could've been. I remember that day well.. it should be a new ice dragon around..who knows you might found it one day..and maybe just maybe you can get into a well rounded fight. But until then you should focus on your training. Get that book and read it."

Echo looked and he shook his head. He figured that Boop was right in this case. Instead of wandering what was going on he needed to figure out what he was going to do get more powerful. The first thing he figured was to vary his techniques up. Everybody knew how to use ki..but what about how to use the elements. Echo thought this would be the best thing to learn how to use. Echo flew down to the book and before he picked up all he could hear was the beautiful song singing in his ear.

It ain't no one to trust but me
And I got to make sure that I take care of my family
And it ain't no choices 'cause it's cold outside

Echo looked at the book and he picked it up and started to read it carefully. He only wondered hat it could teach him about manipulating ice. But soon he was absorbed in the book and he found himself in a world that he had never been before. There he was standing next to Boop. The two warriors stood side by side.

"What the hell is this Boop? How did you get out from my brain."

Boop only stood in confusion. He wasn't quite sure what this was either. It was time for them to keep moving forward though. No point of standing here. Boop looked as he concentrated he made himself a fur coat and started to walk through the snow. Echo stared for a moment.

"Wait..how did you do that?"

"Training with the right people."

Echo stared for a moment as he folded his arms and started to levitate across the snow. He figured the enemies would already know they were here. No point of making it even more oblivious and lead them straight to their hiding location. Echo only glared at the warm Boop. Echo managed to use his ki to keep him warm. As the radiating low power level made sure he wouldn't get frost bite anytime soon. Echo looked as he finally saw the place where he was headed. The kingdom. As he looked he saw a large Dragon wrapped around it. Made of Ice it was beautiful. As Echo looked up at it he only muttered one thing. The dragon let out a large roar. It unwrapped from the castle causing ti to crumble the whole world had become unstable. Everything was comign down in crashes. The world was no more. As Echo turned to Boop to see what was happening he only gave him one suggestion.

"Run."

Echo turned to Boop and shook his head. Not this time. He opened his mouth. He let one thing come out. Three words that he needed to say to this dragon.

"I want you."

As the Dragon looked at him blowing steam out of it's nose it flew towards Echo slamming into his chest. Echo's eyes shot open as he stood there breathing hard letting go of the book. He looked he felt something he never felt before. The power to control ice.

"Ice...to meet you."

Echo paused. He shook his head not believing what he had just said. It sounded like something from a god awful movie. (712)

After finishing the strange other world trip that he had just exprienced he decided that it was time to reflect on everything that he learned and he had been through. The defeat. The training. The battle. What was he becoming now. He stood in the lake and looked at the reflection and all he saw were images changes. Things were changing so fast for him and he just couldn't understand why he was changing. The lake only saw what they were. What they thought of themselves to be. As ECho floated over the river he saw one a monster. Staring back at him trying to pull him into the river. Trying to make him more of a monster than what he ever was. Then the image changed to him being a warrior like Boop. He shook his head he didn't want to be either one. he just wanted to rule with an iron fist.But it seemed like he was going to have to make his mind up sooner or later. But there always seemed to be some calling his personality was split down the middle. Who would he be. What would he do. How could he make such a discion. It was easy before he asborbed Boop..or before boop asborbed him. However it was to think about it. When he looked into the lake all he heard was the rivers calling to him.

"You are nothing but destruction you are chaos reincarnate. Let go of this foolish thing that you are trying to hold onto. This isn't you. This will never be you. What you want to do is be free to destroy. You want to free to kill. You want to be me all over again boy. All you have to do is let go of that little thing you call Boop. Forget him and let's set the world on fire. Oh what a joyous day that will be. Let's just promise to do it right now. IF we can we can get rid of him and you can finally do what you were made to do. That is to be the ruler of this world. You made a friend. You wern't made to make friends. You don't need friends. What you need is chaos. With people like that to hold you back. You got me and thats what you need yourself to have a good time. Just watch the water and let me take back over and we can make the world SCREAM! if you want to. We can make the world feel pain! And it will be fun. It won't be easy but it will be oh so much fun."

Echo listned to him. He found it that it would be more interesting to be himself again. He didn't like who he was becoming. But what would happenedd if he lost his new self. This new Boop he was liking. He had somebody to fight. Somebody to see. Somebody to defeat. A rival. A point for getting better in the world. All these things were in the way of him becoming a true version of evil. The true decendent of evil he was meant to be and worst of all he was turning into his weak father. He only watched the water to see the proud warrior known as Boop to appear. He looked at the water once again as he heard its calling.

"Stand up for something more than yourself. Be true to the nature that you know you are. You have nothing to prove you want to be the best then do it. You don't have to hurt people in the process. You don't have to answer to nobody. You are the best. You know what you are but succumbing to this could be the worst thing for you. If you have nothing to live for but destruction and chaos then what will you do when you kill them all. What happens when there is nothing else to kill? Your life is over. You have become a mockery of yourself by doing this. But by protecting life and doing what is right..you guarantee that there is something always worth living for. There will always be somebody to stop. There will always be something for you to do. You can be more than yourself. You look at this river and think you are seeing Boop. No you're not. You are seeing another possibility. You are seeing what you could be my friend. YOu are seeing a possible you!"

Boop looked at the river to see the two images almost destroying each other. Before he pointed at the river with his hand and a giant blue ki beam flew into the river destroying it. He sat back down on the ground almost sighing. As he looked up in the air. He had no idea what to do. he had no idea who he was. What could he do? What is it that he wnated to do did he want to make a decision. Did he even need to make a decision. As he stared at the smoldering lake beneath him. The two images burned in his head. He only wnated to go back to the day he met boop and never go to the academy. Continue on his way to being the most evil. Go back to the day he met Nyx and go the opposite direction. He didn;t want to be good. He wanted to be evil but even now that choice was getting more and more difficult. How could one be evil if there was nothing to fight for after it was all gone. He could destroy the universe but then what. What to do next. Echo looked as he started to wander across the forest and he felt the presence of another book. He wanted to pick it up and read it but he had a more pressing issue at hand. So he only sighed as he stopped and he closed hios eyes allowing himself to be over taken by his partner in his mind Boop.

"So what is it that you think I should do? Obviously you think I should become this warrior for good. I mean I don't see the point I was born to do terrible things. I love to do terrible things. So why shouldn't I do these things that I feel that I would love and like. Why should I show the first decent respect for these thigns that I feel that are beneath me!"

Boop only looked as he made a garden and he only turned to Echo and slightly laughed. As he put his hand on his back and started to walk him through the park he created in his mind. He looked at him and he only gave a grim smile. He looked at him and he gave him a nod as they started to fly over the waters.

"I know you have seen some things in that water. But I will quote you what a wise man said. Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment. You are stronger loved than what you can ever be by being hated. If you want to true strength you are going to have to depend on other people and other people have to be able to depend on you. When I was alive I was not interested to have power just to be strong. I wanted power to help those who couldn't help themselves. Those who were to weak to know any better. You have the opportunity to do the same thing. I will help you be better. But you have to know that is the right thing."

Boop made it the end of the park where he stood as he looked down upon the lands that were beneath him. The smile only started to grow as he could see all the beauty he had made inside of his mind. He looked at Echo as he only lost that smile to see the confused Echo. He only patted him on the head and he continued to say.

"Look kid I am here to help you become the best thing you can be. Agent of Evil. Agent of Good. All in all it is the same thing. If you want the world to become your pinata you might be alone for a long time. If you want to become a better person and actually do something that people will remember that would be good too. People don't remember your father as Kid Buu they remember him as Mister Buu. People don't remember all the veil evil people in the world. They call it the age of Goku. Do you want to be remembered. Or do you just want to be a relic of time. Do you want more than what you are now or do you just want to be a piece of history! What is it that you want!"

As Boop let go of his head and turned to walk away. Echo opened his eyes and he as back in the DRagon land. What is that he wanted to be. a fat pink warrior? A red tall warrior crushing the world with his hands. A black warrior with nothing on his mind but the one caught inside of his head already. What could he do what did he want to do? There were so many choices so many decisions and he couldn't have it all. Couldn't have his cake and eat it too. Even though cake sounded good right now. He was a majin after all. So food always sounded like a plus to him. Especailly sweets. maybe it was time to see if one of these dragon people had some cake. As he looked the world seemed brand new to him. He hadn't made up his mind. Maybe he would become the warrior who faught for the souls of humanity. Or maybe he would just destroy them all. Either way it went he would do so and have fun doing it. He looked around and he could only see that everything had turned back to normal. As he looked he saw the lake again and the two images wern't fighting each other . They only turned to look at Echo with solemn eyes. As they each made one last statement to him.

"I am what you could be. I am destruction. I am death. I am fire. I am the end of the end. I am everything you want to be everything you need to be. I am everything you hope and dream to be! I am the unstoppable Juggernaut you need! Just look at me and join my fight. Be me and I promise you..the world and the universe will be yours."

"Life is more than just pleasure. You need more than that to survive and I promise you I can be that. The world needs you and you need the world. If you want to die please become him and I assure that will be the only thing that you will have is death. I can help you feel your void. I am the truth and I am the light."

Echo only turned his head as he started to walk away from the river. He gave a simple smile. His face made that as he only looked up to the air and started to fly towards something better.

"I won't be coxed into making a decision on what or who i will become. I ma just echo..with Boop. ANd until I am ready to be one of you..I will continue to be me. The wandering Majin. Maybe I will save somebody. Maybe I will kill a thousand. But either way it will be on my own time by my own will."

Echo said as he fully powered up and shoo through the sky like a rocket. Boop only nodded his head. As he listened to him.

"listen to the kid growing up."(2035)

The Oceanus listened to the other two well, she knew that no one dragon could lead them or that they would have the luxury of being able to vote in combat. So Anima's words made since, "I would have to agree. We would indeed have to save the votes for things of greater importance; using the Dragon Balls or something else that would effect the whole. In combat, no one knows your abilities better than yourself." Her attention turns to Haze as his body shifts and twists itself into a long, serpent-like dragon. Once he mentions that they maybe other Shadow Dragons in Central City, Leviathan's face lights up in excitement, "Alright, then I shall head off to Central City..and see if I can find one of our Kin there." The Shadow Dragon hadn't learned her Dragon form yet, but she knew how to get around. Oceanus turns to Anima as Attor flies off, and bows respectably to her, "May we meet again, and lets hope our alliance last and only remains stronger." Leviathan then flies off heading to Central City and towards the commotion and likely her Kin.

Lord Zhou and Vi traveled to Paprika Wasteland in order to read the books of the dragons. They made it to a small building that held the books. Zhou started by reading through the book of Syn. Zhou passed on that book because he didn’t see any techniques of interest in his book. The next book he read through was the book of Haze. The book read, “Toxicity - A liquid base technique created from the pours which when entered into the opponent's body causing the opponent's strength to diminish by three points for the following three turns.”
“Speed Reducer An odorless toxin secreted from the body from the mouth and nose. This toxin when breathed in causes an immediate stiffening of the joints, causing the opponent's speed to drop four points for the following two turns. Confusion an odorless type of poison powder released from the mouth that slows down the victims' senses and reaction time. Ki Seal a toxic sludge that temporarily seals the opponents Ki off. Enhancer Haze a gas released from Haze that increases stats upon inhalation. This can be used by Haze himself or to help out an ally.”
After taking time to read the book of Haze he only noticed one technique that he would like to try out is the speed reducer. It goes with his theme of speed related techniques. He continued on to read the book of Eis, but didn’t see anything of interest within that book. After checking out the book of Nuova, he remembered spotting the current carnation of the Nuova dragon in Central City during the attack of the Marshmallow Puft Man. But when reading through the book he didn’t see anything he’d like to learn when reading of the book. Then he moved on to the book of Rage.
It read, “Static Pull by using their ki to manipulate the static energy around them, they can use this energy to actually create a static cling effect onto the opponent. Causing the opponent either to be pulled suddenly towards them, to lower the distance between them. Or to cause something like a weapon, or item to be stuck to the opponent and severely difficult to pry off. Static Conductor Orb a small baseball sized metal orb that when charged with electricity can cause a grenade sized explosion upon contact with anything other than the user.
This orb is specifically deadly when combined with the Static Pull technique, for it creates a personal bomb that can be attached and detonated upon the opponent for moderate to severe damage. Dragon Thunder a technique used by Rage Shenron. This attack is first used by the Giant Rage Shenron on Goku, stunning Goku fairly well. It is shot down from the sky as a lightning bolt. Electric Armor Rage envelopes himself with an electricity aura that will shock opponents as they get into physical contact. Electric Slime Rage Shenron summons various electrical slime to shock his opponents. Electric Whip Rage attacks and shock his opponent with a whip made of electricity.
“Thunder Shock Surprise or "Bankoku Bikkuri Shō' is one of Rage's most powerful attacks. He shoots a lightning blast towards the target using both hands, and traps the opponent within an electric field that turns every cell in their body into electricity. Normally, the opponent cannot escape” Zhou could only learn Static Pull and Static Conductor Orb but that was good enough for the upcoming tournament. After taking note of the techniques from the book of Rage that he wanted to learn he move on to the next book.
He went on to read the book of Oceanus. It read. “Aquatic Assault A technique that causes the user to create water from the air with their Ki. This technique will allow multiple jets of high pressure water to be launched from around the opponent, and attempt to strike them and push them away. This technique has enough force that one jet could break through a large boulder. Shielding Mist A technique that causes a thick mist to fill the area for the length of two posts, this mist which is created by the user's own Ki,
Causes any attack fired into it, to severely miss it's mark despite the fact of it appearing like it was going to strike. This effect functions on both sides, so user and opponent's long range or projectile based techniques will be almost useless as long as they are within the mist itself. Pushing the fighting to close range fighting. Air Shattering Energy Ball This technique allows the user shape wind into a small ball. Then the user will shoot it at their opponent. This technique seems to be very fast and powerful, as it is capable of smashing through thick rock. They can be launched in rapid succession.
Wind Stream Oceanus breathes out creating a sudden gust of wind, but its scale varies greatly depending on the user. Mighty Hurricane Fury Oceanus swings her hand to the sky, causing a giant tornado to descend upon a target. This technique can be set up as a feint as it has a delayed activation. The technique alters weather conditions temporarily and attacks from the sky rather than from the person. The storm clouds that create the attack dissipate immediately after the tornado begins while the tornado continues in a highly concentrated state.
Dust Wind Oceanus creates a gust of wind that layers an area in loose sand and dust. Doing so also acts as a sandblaster on the surrounding area. This layer of sand that accumulates on the trees during this technique makes it difficult for others to get a good footing. The initial gust can also temporarily blind opponents by lodging sand in their eyes. Shapeshifting Oceanus Shenron had some degree of limited shapeshifting that allowed her to appear as Princess Oto. Users of this technique can change in to a more humanoid creature, having less of a dragon appearance.”
Of those techniques he spotted on that could be useful to Vi so he took note of the Shielding Mist for future reference and continued on to the next book. The next book was the final of the seven, Naturon. It read, “Item Absorption a technique that causes the ability to actually absorb the items or weapons into the body, through some unknown means of ki control. With this technique, a weapon can be generated directly from the body in order to strike the opponent when they're not expecting it. Without the weapon needing to be specifically held in the hand.
Alliance Fusion a powerful fusing technique to which allows for two separate characters to fuse together, for the one who has this technique to take full control. Both characters must be willing, and the one with full control decides the final form of the technique. This allows for all abilities and skill points to be added together, but is only capable of lasting for two posts. The length cannot be modified in any way. Absorption Naturon can absorb anyone or any object through physical contact to increase his size or techniques. When using this technique on people it can only be used to absorb one person at a time.
The user gains all the absorbed persons techniques and loses them upon release of the person to absorb another.” Of those techniques, Lord Zhou decided that Item Absorption would be a useful technique in battle. “Alright let’s get out of here.” Zhou said after he finished reading through the last book. He was now ready to practice some of the techniques he had recently read about. He headed out of the door and Vi followed behind him. They walked through the Paprika Wasteland until they found what appeared to be a deserted training ground.
Lord Zhou thought back to the first technique he wanted to try out, after doing some brief studying Lord Zhou asked Vi to display her speed to him. After she showed him her speed an odorless toxin secreted from Lord Zhou’s mouth and nose. Vi breathed it in accidentally then Lord Zhou asked her to show her speed to him again. She was much slower than before, her speed had been cut down by over half. Lord Zhou was pleased with the effects of the technique and told Vi to wait around until he finished training.
Lord Zhou moved on to the next technique he started by manipulating the static energy around him then using the energy to his advantage. Vi sat down on the ground next to a tree as Lord Zhou practiced the technique. A short while later Lord Zhou was using the static to pull Vi closer to him. He held his hand out towards Vi and focused then she slowly began sliding on the ground near Lord Zhou. When he got a hand of the technique he let go of the hold he had on Vi then she crawled back over to the tree she was sitting up against.
The next thing he did was the Static Conductor Orb. A small metal orb formed in the palm of his right hand that was charged with electricity. He threw the metal orb a few yards away and it caused a miniature explosion away from him. He was impressed with the effects of the technique so he moved on to the final technique he wanted to practice before leaving the Paprika Wasteland, Item Absorption. Lord Zhou reached for his katana, focusing his ki and when he touched the katana it was absorbed. Lord Zhou moved around to see if he could feel the blade inside of his body.
There were no ill effects from what Lord Zhou could feel. Lord Zhou the fired the katana from his chest into a nearby tree. “Very Nice.” He thought to himself as he walked over to the tree that was pierced by the katana and pulled it out. He put the katana back into the hilt and called for Vi. “Alright you’re up Vi.” By now the effects of the Speed Reducer had worn off so Vi was ready to practice the Shielding Mist. Lord Zhou explained to Vi how to use the Shielding Mist and told her not to move from her position.
She stood up near the same tree she sat by and began releasing her ki. The ki was released as a thick mist that filled the area. Lord Zhou was outside of this area but still directly in front on VI. He held his hand out and fired a weak ki blast towards Vi. When he heard the blast explode he called for Vi to exit the mist. When he came out there was no sign of damage to her. Even the blast was fired directly at her it seemed to had missed without Vi doing anything to prevent it. “Ok Vi. Time to get out of here.” Vi and Lord Zhou headed off to another place.
WORDS 1829/1700

Lord Zhou and Vi arrived at the Kikoukenjutsu School in order to do some sword training so that Vi would gain some skill to use the Dark Dragon Blade she wields. When the entered the building Zhou and Vi saw kenjutsu students training along with each other as they walked through the school. Lord Zhou thought back to when he was a young namekian and he went through intense training alongside his best friend, a fellow namekian by the name of Monch. In a contrast to Zhou, Monch only focused on making his defense stronger.
They were both trained by the unnamed namekian. Though the unnamed namekian was old, he was no slump. He was one of the toughest fighters in the world during his prime, but now it was time for him to pass his teachings down. The unnamed namekian studied the teachings of the one once known as Master Roshi centuries ago. The unnamed namekian followed Master Roshi’s philosophy by making his body like iron so that the enemy couldn’t defeat him. This made Monch his favorite student of the two since he focused on making his body like iron unlike Zhou.
The unnamed namekian still tried to implement these important concepts into his own training regimen when teaching Zhou and Monch. The first exercise Zhou and Monch did was transporting water in a similar way that Goku and Krillen did with mil when they trained under Master Roshi. Zhou and Monch had buckets that they filled with water and delivered to the residents of the namekians daily. The goal was to build speed, strength, and stamina all in one exercise. They traveled together each carrying a bucket of water in each hand.
They stopped by each house and left a bucket of water then when they delivered the water they went back to the river they filled the buckets up again and continued until everyone had water for the day. The process was repetitive and tiring but they did the same thing over and over for about a week. Earlier one in the week they were traveling slowly but by the time the end of the week came they were quickly running from one house to the other. It became light work as they went on so the unnamed namekian decided it was time to move on to the next exercise which was working construction.
There are many different things involved in the construction that works on different things. The hammering builds the accuracy, shoulder endurance and an incredible snap in fore-fist strikes. Carrying lumber will strengthen the back and legs. Sawing will strengthen the arms, shoulders, chest, and midsection. The farmers walk is carrying buckets full of nails for the hammering. That works on the grip, shoulder, back and legs. Then there’s pushing the wheelbarrow and moving plywood which is a challenge in itself.
Zhou and Monch worked on the construction for weeks until they had a house successfully built. When the house was done the unnamed namekian had then do sets of sprints every day. They raced each other time and time again but Monch was always defeated by Zhou’s speed. They ran across sand and up hills for practice. This is when Zhou determined that speed was his strong point and that what he would put most of his attention on. After the first set of training the unnamed namekian gave Zhou and Monch a few days to take a break from training so their bodies can get some rest.
They went off to relax and play around like kids their age then they returned to the unnamed namekian five days later in order to continue training. The next training set would be focusing on endurance. They would start by doing a lot of running to build the lung capacity. Unlike the sprints earlier they paced themselves in order to run miles. They ran a couple miles every day for a week. Then they moved on to the next exercise which was climbing. Zhou and Monch practiced climbing trees and cliffs in the Break Wasteland.
Climbing things caused Zhou and Monch’s entire body to get stronger. The next thing the unnamed namekian had Zhou and Monch doing was swimming. They built their sped up in the water which made them faster on land. Their endurance increased drastically and their hearts got stronger. After that Zhou and Monch were done with the basic exercises so it was time to move on to the intense training. The unnamed namekian thought Zhou and Monch Ki sensing which is the ability to sense the location, life force, and power level of anyone;
the stronger and closer the enemy, the more powerful the sensation. Also, if one has higher energy, he can sense strong people from afar. After they learned Ki Sensing it brought their power to new heights in their own eyes but they were still weak in comparison to the other fighters in the world. The unnamed namekian got some weighted clothing for Zhou and Monch to wear which made their training a little tougher. They wore the weights in small increments before getting to the heavy hundred pound clothing like the unnamed namekian wore.
They did their basic exercises in these weighted clothes which made them feel like they were back at square one but they were getting stronger at a rapid rate. The new workout regiment the unnamed namekian had for Zhou and Monch was more geared towards physical strength rather than speed or endurance. The started with one armed push-ups which was difficult. They had to keep to legs spread a short distance apart so they could maintain balance. They did handstand push-ups next.
This started with them being up against a wall to gain balance initially but as time went on they got the hang of it and they didn’t need the wall to get started. Then they got started on sit ups which probably the easiest of all the exercises but they took it up one level and started doing hanging sit ups. They wrapped their legs around a pole and hung upside down and began doing sit ups like that. Then they practiced doing punches with light weights on the arms. Later they focused on weight lifting in three forms of exercises.
The first being bench pressing. They did this laying down on a bench and pressing up a heavy bar with weights on it. Zhou spotted Monch and vice versa as they did the workout. Squats were next on the list to do. It started with weights on the back and squatting to to a point where the legs were at a ninety degree angle. They kept their feet flat with their toes positioned outside of the body. Last but not least they worked on the deadlift. With their feet shoulder width or wider apart they squatted down and lifted a bar with weights across the shins until the stood.
The next day Zhou and Monch practiced actual fighting techniques. They practiced roundhouse kicks, side kicks, jabs and other basic physical attacks on a punching bag. They took turns hitting the bag for a few minutes. The next thing they practiced was dodging. Zhou and Monch trained their reflexes by throwing a series of rocks at each other. Zhou would stand with his back against a wall and then Monch would throw rocks at him. Then they’d switch off and Zhou would throw the rocks while Monch watched.
Then they did isometric exercises to exert the muscles in the body. They pulled and pushed heavy immobile objects which also helped with increasing the grip. The next thing they did was bench pressing like they did earlier. They used a squat rack and slid a bench underneath a bar and then they attempted to push the bar up when weights were placed on them. The next exercise they did was take a piece of rope to stand on then they pulled upward. They made sure the rope was firmly underneath their feet as they pulled and pressed up.
Then they pushed and pulled against a tree in order to build the muscles up… Later on in Central City were spotted a gang attempting to rob a woman. He wasted no time when attempting to save the woman. He did not waste time beating up one person badly. Instead he focused his attention on all the gang members in front, behind and on the sides of him. He reached for his katana but left the sword on the hilt because he didn’t wish to kill any of the gang members. There was maybe about twenty gang members there that attacked Zhou.
He spent a lot of time dodging and countering the attacks of the gang members until his back was to a wall and he was out of space. Then he went on the offensive and went through the crowd making slash motions beating the gang members with the hilt of his blade. The police arrived a short while later and arrested the gang members and the woman thanked Zhou for protecting her… Later Zhou and Monch practiced sparring together. At first they did light sparring with each other to practice on reflexes and get warmed up.
Monch created a duplicate of himself so it was like Zhou was fighting two on one. They changed between attacking together and one at a time or attacking from the same direction and alternate directions. Zhou didn’t stay in one place for too long, He did a lot of moving in order to avoid the advances of Monch and his replica. Zhou ended up getting the upper hand and knocking Monch and his replica to the ground. Zhou remembered the three focal points the unnamed namekian went over.
“The Repetition Through thousands of repetitions of punches, kicks, takedowns, throws, and submissions, it is possible for these things to become second nature, meaning you don't have to think about what you are going to do when you fight, you will merely do it. Mental imagery by focusing on your techniques, your opponents, and situations you may end up in during combat, you are able to prepare yourself beforehand for things that have yet to occur. You also put yourself into a constant readiness to be able to use your weapons, should the need actually arise.
Meditation has been shown to drastically improve focus. One of the simplest ways of meditation is merely to focus on your breathing. Sit quietly, breathe in and out deeply, and only focus on the rhythm of your breaths. This is the beginning of meditation.” When Zhou’s opponents are strong Zhou tries to be fast. And when his opponents are fast Zhou is faster. When they have more endurance Zhou quickly tries to end the battle with his ultimate technique…
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Anima slowly lowered herself back toward the ground. The other Dragons had gone on their way, each in their own direction, and their own directive. As Leviathan had said, theirs was a union of convenience, a rather loose alliance. When there was a pressing need, they would be called together, but at any other time, they were each at their own liberty. That suited her just fine, she was used to, and preferred, solitude. She hit the ground with a soft thump, having dropped at a moderate speed. A small cloud of dust kicked up in her wake, though it was snatched away almost instantly by a brisk breeze. It was a little cool, though not uncomfortably so. Her hair fluttered in the breeze, and she brought a hand up, tucking a few errant strands behind one ear before she set off at a casual walk. There was nothing pressing that she had to attend to, she was free for the moment, of obligation or responsibility. So she would simply wander for a moment, until something grabbed her attention. Perhaps a good spot to take a rest, or perhaps a small animal that she could watch out of idle curiosity. She had a fairly lackadaisical lifestyle, when not bothered by another. If her senses were not grated on by someone's especially strong sense of greed, then she would be perfectly content to just laze the days away. Eating when she was hungry, drinking when she was thirsty, sleeping when she was weary. At times she would feel an urge to battle, to fight with another to prove herself, to test her limits, to surpass them. She was, after all, a Dragon. But those moments weren't terribly common. After all, Dragon she may be, but Naturon Dragon in particular. That lent her a certain amount of leeway in just how strong she needed to be. She could just take another being's power for her own, after all. She didn't use that technique very often, just enough to remove obvious threats, or to give her a needed increase against another foe. But the power was always there, waiting patiently for the next time she needed to use it. She had other tricks in her arsenal as well, though she had seldom been forced to put any of them to use. Even recently, when she had attempted to join the fight against those Namekians, she had barely had a chance to use an ordinary move, let alone anything complicated or flashy.

She could still feel the fire of hatred burning within her. Just a small tongue of flame now, it had ebbed as time had passed. But not extinguished, no, it would still burn until it had been quenched against a foe. She would eventually have to battle, to vent this anger, to work out her frustrations. But she could wait. She was nothing if not patient. Her tail lashed slowly, rhythmically whipping back and forth as she walked, counterpoint to her footsteps. She paused, looking up into the endless sky, and wondered what fate held in store for her. The previous generation of shadow Dragons had been twisted by the built-up negative energy of too many wishes on the Dragon Balls. No, the energy had had time to dissipate, and she remained uncorrupted. That was good. The longer the Dragon Balls went without use, the better. Though, that being understood, she still wished to go out and find the ball that was her other half. The Seven Star. If she ever felt it's presence, that would mean it had been unearthed, even if not properly discovered. If that happened, she would have no choice but to go forth and attempt to retrieve it. Both for herself, and also for her union with the other Shadow Dragons. eventually, they would use them to make a wish. But until then, she would keep 'her' Dragon Ball safe, safe from the raw, unbridled greed of the lesser races.
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Dart had flown off from the West Academy in chase of his little sister, whom he had been trying to tag as they flew through the sky. He wasnt very fast, and often she was able to outmanuever him as they finally arrived over the air space of the Paprika Wasteland. It was known to be the home of the Neo-Dragons as the Shenron often gathered here for some unknown reason asside from the fact that it was generally out of the way and not easilly accesable by normal humans. it had seen its fair share of visitors and invaders in the past, yet it was still a nice home to those who called it such.

As Dart then landed and looked up to the sky for his sister, the Nuova Shenron growled lightly and spat a little bit of fire to the ground. He was claiming this land as his spot and territory and no other beings better come into it unless they are friendlies or obviously stronger than him. Leviathan would obviously be one of those welcome folks, but anyone else besides another Shenron would be up on the chopping block and probably become lunch for the deadly flame Nuova Shenron.

Dart Goldmoon
Nuova Shenron - Dragon