Training Above The Heavens [Galen]

The battle was about to start and as the two of them got ready, Galen smirked. "Come at me with all you've got! Because it won't be easy!" he said, chuckling lightly and then Rensu came. The boy had speed, he had to give him that, but the moment he dashed towards Galen it was clear why someone with so much raw power was defeated down on Earth. Rensu was like a unpolished gemstone; you could see the sheer potential it had, but it was way too raw to be considered precious. Galen would polish that stone, but he would be using his fists for this goal and he was feeling the rush of adrenaline running through his veins already. Although he wasn't a saiyan and didn't share the same blazing passion, he did like fighting and he had been doing that for most of his life now, most of his twenty six years of life... and death!

Rensu came trying to sweep him off the ground, but Galen was ready for that. Despite the fact that Galen was generally slower than Rensu in, say, a race or a flying contest, when it came to battle, the human reflexes were far beyond the reaction speed of the saiyan and as he came with his first attack, Galen quickly leaped to the air, dodging it almost effortlessly and he continued to dodge as the flurry of kicks came, not losing the smirk on his face.

"Slow! You think before each kick, thus allowing me to have plenty of time to read your movement and react to it! It's the hesitation, the automatic hesitation behind each and every blow!" he explained while he dodged the attacks, showing just how comfortable he was even though he was being furiously assaulted by the boy. "You have instincts! That I can see, but you are nothing but a wild animal now! I will make you a trained one! A efficient one! Even... A deadly one!" he said as he continued to dodge until he moved himself to behind Rensu, focusing all of his power onto his right fist. "Rock, Paper... ROCK!" and as he made his choice, he aimed to hit Rensu with a kidney-shot, to cause some intense pain, but not too much damage.

He was testing his grounds with the boy and he knew saiyans grew stronger the angrier they got.

Galen chuckled a bit. "I've been training for pretty much my whole life and I had many people helping me out with that! I carry not only my own will, but the will of everyone who entrusted their knowledge and gave me their time and teachings! Master Arion, Master Korin, Master Cornatto, Master Jie Shan, King Kai and Master Mutaito! All those great fighters helped me grow and in turn I'm doing my best to help people like you, who have a good, decent heart, and are in need of some guidance, be it spiritual, or in the realm of the Martial Arts! It's my way of returning their kindness!" he said shortly before he landed the powerful and painful blow on Rensu's back and he could definitely see the boy was feeling it, but that wasn't enough to lower his spirits and that was a very good sign; will-power was the force behind great accomplishments, the main ingredient towards achieving greatness.

Rensu did mention transforming and that made Galen's smirk to widen a bit. "I'm sure I can match that power, so do it on your own terms and at your own time." he said as he was confident his Tension power-ups together with the Kaioken could match the Super Saiyan and even the Super Saiyan 2 forms, should this boy be able to achieve the later; he was far too unpolished to be able to reach the form Cornatto displayed before, the one known as Super Saiyan 3, so there was no way Galen wouldn't be able to keep it up.

The human fell back into his fighting stance and watched as Rensu concentrated his ki on both his legs. "Again, too much obvious preparing. Rush attack is coming next, I presume?" he asked with a confident tone and once again he was right. He was better this time as his speed was increased and the power packed behind those attacks was far greater than before, but once again, it was nothing Galen couldn't really react too. He quickly moved his body to try and block the blows thrown at him and while he did block the major part of it, some of them still managed to graze through his defence a little bit. Nothing close to a solid hit, but still showing he could be dangerous when he needed, but Galen still managed to block his offensive completely and get ready for the immediate retaliation.

"Rock, Scissors... PAPER!" he roared as his clenched fist came close, but before he hit him, he opened his palm and attempted to give him a very hard slap to the face with an open palm. He was testing Rensu's reaction and readiness and he was pretty sure he would do better this time, but he still had one other variation up his sleeve he was saving for next.

So he couldn't yet control his new transformation, the Super Saiyan 2. It was funny how similar his own transformations were in regard to the saiyans forms, as they were both anger based and, as he remembered, his own Super High Tension form was something he could barely control on its early days and even know it still had some influence over his general mood and behaviour; at this point he could only hope he would find a way to further increase his power output that didn't require the anger as a fuel. "Maybe you just need a better ki control in order to tame your energy output, Ren! I'm sure after we finish your training you will be good to go!" he said with a confident tone in the middle of the exchange of blows. The saiyan race was truly a warrior's race and they could grow way more than the humans in the middle of a fight. Galen took a very long time to understand such a basic concept of the "no mind state" and Rensu, with just a few minutes of actual Martial Arts training was already catching a glimpse of that. "It's impressive!" he thought to himself.

To see such a potential filled Galen's heart with hope: Hope that the Z-Fighters would indeed be able to come back and be the shield and sword to protect Earth from the evildoers. Maybe an era of peace wasn't such a far-fetched idea after all now that they had Rensu and Holly as part of the group. And maybe even other warriors would end up joining and further increase their force. Hope was the one thing that drove Galen and it was getting a hell of a second wind this time. As they fought, Rensu was quick to react to Galen's Paper attack and he managed to block with his own open palm, but it was obvious he took some damage from it as he could see his arm shaking from the impact, as the kinetic energy traveled through his one limb. The saiyan quickly disengaged, trying to put some distance in between them, but Galen wasn't willing to let the fight cool down; he had the current advantage in this battle and would keep on pressing Rensu.

"Oh, but I won't let you get away!" he said as he dashed forward with his light blue aura around his body. "Rock, Paper... SCISSORS!" he shouted as he got once again close enough and, this time, he aimed to poke both Rensu's eyes with his index and middle finger. It was a nasty move, but he was also trying to teach him the Turtle School style and this was the first technique to be mastered. If Rensu had as much potential as Galen believed he had, he would likely be able to use the Rock version of the move to block the assault and show he was indeed evolving in the style; if not, he would just have to keep on pushing him. The best way to actually learn was through rough practice.

Meeting his expectations, Rensu was indeed learning as he fought and when Galen came with his attack once again he was able to fully defend himself and even go beyond that, he damaged Galen's fingers a little bit as he could feel the sting of pain running through the his nerves as the two fingers hit the clenched fist, making the human grimace a bit as he pulled his hand backwards, shaking them a bit in order to try and get rid of the pain. He was still smirking despite the grimace and was feeling rather proud of his newest student. "That was good! You were indeed paying attention to the technique! That's one of the main pillars of the Turtle School: adaptability. You have to adapt to many situations, just like a turtle adapts to the life both at the land and at the sea." he said as he remembered Master Cornatto's words while he was studying under him on the Southern Islands.

"Well... That was really god. But there's an even better way to focus your power and achieve better results with a technique, and I will be showing that to you know, so brace yourself!" he warned him as he moved backwards a bit, putting some distance in between then, only to pushed both his hands forward for a moment before bringing them back to his right side. "This is the signature technique of the School! Ka... Me..." and Galen started concentrating his power in between his hands. "Ha... Me..." as he focused his energy a growing energy sphere, blue in colour, appeared in between his hands. His ki energy was growing fast and this attack promised to be stronger than any of the previous ones. "HA!" he exclaimed as he fired a powerful blue energy wave towards Rensu. It was strong and fast and yet Galen didn't seem to tire himself while using it.

Talk about learning fast.

Rensu was quite impressive. The potential this young saiyan had inside his core was massive and Galen wondered why none of his allies had bothered training him in Martial Arts before; if he knew how to fight properly, he might've had won against that mechanical dragon beast that attacked Earth. Of course it would still be very likely that Earth would be destroyed, but they would at least have put more of a fight. But it didn't matter, just like he had told the boy before, the past is over and there is no use thinking about what could've been; what truly mattered was the future, and the future was looking quite bright and full with hope now that the Z-Fighters were about to be brought back to existence. Once they figured out a way to bring back the Earth, it would be much harder for the enemies of the planet to succeed in harming it again, and that thought got Galen overly excited and that was obvious by the fire in his eyes and the large smirk on his face.

First, the boy did an amazing job at defending against Galen's kamehameha wave. "Well, you handled that pretty well, but the main question is, were you able to grasp the concept behind it? It can be quite the tricky move to some people." he said, hoping that the boy would once again surprise him. And so he did!

With just one hand, he started charging the Kamehameha and he was succeeding. "Wow! Impressive! That's the way to go! And with just one hand!" he couldn't help but to express how awestruck he was. Those saiyans indeed had some crazy potential and Galen couldn't help but to feel both glad and a bit envious; glad because they were allies, and a bit envious because he knew just how much he struggled just to increase his power a tiny bit, while a saiyan could increase their power as they fought, almost as if it was second nature. They were indeed a warrior's race.

As he fired the Kamehameha against Galen, the human braced himself, putting both his forearms in front of his body, cross-shaped as he tanked the full power of the blast. It was enough to scorch the sleeves of his shirt, but he didn't hurt himself by much. Of course that was only possible because Galen was indeed a fully trained martial artist and had tons of experience, otherwise this attack would've hurt himself quite a bit. "You did it! That's the Kamehameha! Amazing! I'm excited to see your full potential! But how about we take a quick break?" he suggested, as he was now thinking on how to proceed with the training.

Galen nodded. "I'm impressed how you managed to charge it with one hand. It takes two hands because of the focus on charging and shaping. I usually use one hand for each task at the same time, but if you can do it with one, that's good considering that's all you've got. We've got to work with what we have! I, for example, I'm just a human, and yet I managed to get this strong. Not many from my people can actually make it, but it took me way longer than, say, a saiyan or a majin take to get stronger. So... We can either feel sorry for our lack of luck, or work around it, and in that sense, both of us are doing quite alright! Hehehe!" he said. It was really hard for a human to grow strong, especially considering how much more frail their bodies were, the fact that they couldn't really tap into inner and deeper sources of strength. It was especially hard when they didn't rely on technology to enhance them and instead tried to grow with their own power, as it was Galen's case.

As they sat down, Galen opened a bento he had with him with a couple rice balls and handed one to Rensu, so they could restore some of their stamina. They didn't need to eat as they were dead, but the false nourishment that it provided to the mind was quite helpful, Galen found out with his long stay in the afterlife. Rensu, while they were resting, asked if there were other warriors in the afterlife and Galen nodded, chuckling a bit. "There are warriors from all era around here, and I met quite a few of them. A lot of them retire and just enjoy heaven, others reincarnate as new beings, and others stay active and even fight in the Martial Arts Tournament they hold every ten years." he revealed as he chuckled, knowing the saiyan would likely be interested in that. "If I'm not mistaken, we will have a tournament in the next year, by the way." he revealed, cracking a smirk as he took another bite of his rice ball.

His past as soldier, although not very well trained, did indeed help on his development. He had actual battle sense and that was way better than being a martial artist who trained for his whole life inside a dojo alone. Of course the balance between both was better, but if anything, experience did count. He did try to be nice with his "everyone could be super", despite agreeing with the genetic advantage of the saiyans and Galen laughed a bit, shaking his head. "Come on, Rensu, you don't need to be polite on that. I know that my race is not capable of actually competing in even grounds with the lots of Saiyans, Majins and many others. I do agree we can overcome our limits, and I'm a living example. But I've been training hard for my whole life and yet, I can't even compare to some kids from other races I've met. Even you." he paused, with a gentle smile on his face. "I'm sure that, once I train you enough, you will be able to surpass my abilities, at least in a sparring session. I have some tricks that may give me a hand in an actual life and death situation, but other than that... I feel you will be way stronger than me in no time." he admitted and even kind of looked forward to that.

The boy was visibly excited with the prospect of fighting people from different eras and the human could definitely understand that passion, but it didn't make it less entertaining and Galen chuckled. "Not everyone participates. You need to train a lot in order to be selected by one of the Kais. Usually the one in charge of overseeing your section of the universe, but in some cases they can choose a fighter from another section. In your case it would be... East Kai I believe. I don't know him personally, but I do know King Kai. I mean, he is the North Kai. And yeah, the Kais are kind of the first level of Gods we can find in the afterlife. But don't get me wrong, they are really powerful and important! It was King Kai who taught me the Kaioken, a technique that allows me to power-up even more than I normally can." he explained.