Getting to know the kid [Houri - 10x Gravity]

Even though his home was deep beneath the ground and secured by the solidity of the rocks, each strike delivered by him was enough to make the floor and his walls tremble. For how long was he training? A day, two days? Three days in a row? He did not really knew anymore, it was true that he indeed helped with the claim over the Throne, but, by being able to see how powerful Nakiya was, Jarvis, and all of the others, Houri felt the need to become stronger, to surpass them, and never again be just someone that tagged along like before.

His blows carried anger, frustration, determination and his will, the will to go on, however his mind was off, he could not think clearly as he would normally do, his thoughts kept coming back to that day, to the bodies on the ground, to Vulpeca being angered, to Abzerute being able to conceal his identity and infiltrate the base. What was his utility? Just being there to punch someone or destroy something? Was that it that a Saiyan was limited to do? Or was he upset because he felt like he had done nothing at all, just being a dead weight, someone to worry Vulpeca.

It was hard to tell, Houri’s anger was so much that he could not even restrain his own power anymore, he was all out at thirty times the planet’s own gravity. Usually he would hold back his powers and would try to keep them hidden. More out of caution than anything else, but by thinking that he was too far off to be detected, or that he was not strong enough, Houri relaxed and let his own powers flow at their maximum. After hitting his dummies, used his very own technique to blow away his target. As had happened before, his powers would overcharge the base and make his blue light engulf everything as the ground shook.

He was now panting, breathing heavily, however, at least his anger had subdued a little, tiredness always helped clear his mind. It was at that moment that a familiar voice called from above, one that belonged to someone who Houri deeply cherished.
Houri tried to stand but after training so hard at thirty times the gravity, his feet and hands weighted more than he could handle right now, such was his tiredness that before going up to greet his friend, Houri turned down the gravity to only ten times the planet’s own.
With a smile on his face even being a bit tired, Houri opened the door to Vulpeca stating as he saw his friend.

- Sorry Mr Vulpeca, I was training downstairs and had to turn down the gravity so I could come up! Please come in! Want some juice? I have been training without stopping since we helped Your mom get that Chair… I still don’t get it, there are lots of chairs here in Vegeta, but she seems a collector, so she must really want that throne thing! -

As Houri came in and greeted Vulpeca, he showed the place around to his friend, showing how he decided to organize the place, where he put the armors, how he cared for them and kept them perfectly clean and neat. The kid was organized, prideful of what he had, and innocent at the very core of his heart.

As he showed the basement Houri said as he walked down the stairs.

- It is a bit dirty I guess, I was training right before you came, but, we can train at ease here! And Mr Vulpeca, I was wondering, could you please tell me what is really going on? I mean, I feel like I am a bit lost, I tried my best to help your mom at the Vegeta 2.0 place called the Makai, but I do not know anything and I end up feeling like an idiot. -

- I had been training at thirty times, but I still cannot handle doing normal things at it, but at ten times, I can sleep eat and do anything that we do normally. Anyway, there are the dummies you brought the other day, the drones and the target, I think we should ask miss Nakiya for a bigger calibration, sometimes I think I will blow this thing up or the light bulbs when it overcharges…-

The Basement was a very open and very clean place, and despite the smell of sweat, remained completely ideal for someone training. As Houri stretched his body a bit and let his tail loose from around his waist, he talked to Vulpeca.

- Everytime I Speak with your mom I feel like she just tolerate me, and I want this to change, that is why I have been training so hard night and day, everyone here seems to help her at something. You are incredibly strong, the carrot colored demon guy Abzerute, he can change forms, and most of the other guys are powerful or really smart, so I have to improve at something more than just blowing things up.

That day at the demon palace, I figured out that was a trap just as everybody else, or even later, I only had the idea to use the security feed to get information and intel because of what your mom does here, I just copied what she does, I want to learn more. Be more, or else she will never respect me. –

His routine was beginning as he spoke, one hundred squats, one hundred push-ups, one hundred sit-ups. For a moment, after he finished his speech, Houri remained silent, he had much to think about and his mind right now felt as if in a middle of a thunderstorm. Ideas of how to improve, how to learn more things, and even how to be more effective in combat came to his mind. However, it was the moment he stopped for a brief water stop that he spoke again.

- Ah! Mr Vulpeca, I know you saw me using this on the palace, but here, I want you to have a closer look please. It does not seem very different from the one I used when we met, however, I reflected on how to use it better after reading some of the books you lent me. I will go all out, so you will be able to see how much I improved these days.-

Houri focused his powers at the palm of his left hand, and the bright blue light concentrated in a second as he shot a full power blast from his blue cannon at the target. All of his pl was in that attack, just to show Vulpeca the extent of his powers. However, after finishing it, the kid smilled and said proudly.

- See, I am just a bit stronger than that day, but I still want to be stronger, I want to be able to spar on the same level that your mom and Jarvis are. They are wicked strong and I bet that if I can impress them, they will see me differently, like one of your own and not just a stray that you found… They might even ease up on you a bit if they see that I am strong. Haha –

He trained, he talked, he was actually having fun while training with Vulpeca, or so he thought it was him, Houri was all but too naïve to see past the long pauses from Nakiya to think that something was wrong, for him, Vulpeca was just being light headed today.

- I always thought about that, you know, I always felt like going on blindly is not a good idea. I had glimpses though. Training here the other day, I could feel the ki being charged by the drones, just a feel seconds before they were about to be shot.
Also, I always liked the scouters I find them very stylish. –

Houri thought as he explained to Vulpeca how he came across the first experiences at feeling ki and the energy around him. However, as he exercise and stretched, he asked the demon fox while thinking about it too.

- Mr Vulpeca, why do you fight? Why do Nakiya Fight? I have been thinking this over and over, I wanted to ask all of the guys around here in the base about it, but I do not talk with them as much as I talk with you.

His question despite his age, was loaded with the doubts that most grownups usually have. Purpose, a reason to do things, objective, he had none of that, for all of his life, the only purpose and objective he needed was first and foremost, survive, he did whatever he needed to it, he fought, he killed he starved and hunted. But now, now, he had a home, someone who cared for him, and someone even that not really liking him, accepted him and tolerated his presence. However, he still felt the need to know why he should fight, what objectives or goals he should have now.

This doubt lingered for a bit in his mind as he and Vulpeca finished their warm up, now, moving way more easily than before, Houri smiled broadly at his friend stating.

- Ok, I want to learn everything you have to teach me! I want to be able to surprise everyone when they see me! How do I sense someone’s ki? -


As Houri asked he did not wasted anytime and lunged his body forward at top speed against Vulpeca, even with the heavy weights of his armor, Houri was crafty enough to keep his body close to the ground in order keep his speed and mobility at its maximum, his plan was to in the last second of advance against vulpeca, change his trajectory with his hand that was closer to the ground from a straight line, to the left side in a flanking move using his other hand still on the floor to propel him up in a movement where his body would be upside down while twisting his body to increase the potency of his attack, that upon hitting Vulpeca, would turn into a kick with both of his feet on his chin. However Houri’s tactic was a bit more than that. While his kick would hit or not, Houri grabbed one of Vulpeca’s ankle with his hand pulling it forward while right hand blasted a small ki blast against his tutor’s free ankle forcing him to either spread his legs to keep his balance and avoid the blast or avoid falling backwards, or save his chin.

As Nakiya unleashed her power to force Houri away even if the flames were to be even more flashy and different from Vulpeca’s no harm to her cover would be done. Houri’s eyes, were closed since he began his advance against Vulpeca in an attempt to feel and understand how the ki works, his movements were fast and he only located the source of the ki due to it being such a intense force.

He felt it just moments before being hit, as his feet connected to Vulpeca’s chin, the ki buildup suddenly only giving him time to close his arms against his chest and brace for an attack, he expected a blast, a ball of energy, something more direct than a wave of power, and despite the intense power surge he felt, Houri could still tell that he was holding back on him in order not to harm him. With that he smiled. Even with his body being thrown across the basement and hitting a wall the kid smirked at Vulpeca still with his eyes closed stating as he would emit his own ki.

- I could feel that Vulpeca! I felt it just before you hit me! The power build up like a pressure around you! But how do i identify someone by the energy? –

Still with his eyes closed Houri now did something different, with his ki still building up instead of just charging against Vulpeca, the kid compressed all of the power around his body in a tiny layer almost like a second skin. It was perhaps simple and crude as it was his first time trying it, but he was trying to mimic what Vulpeca just did against him, in his own way.

With his confident smirk still on, Houri dashed again straight against Vulpeca and the source of the power, however instead of just attacking or going by the side, the kid jumped to the ceiling in the last moment and from there used the momentum and the gravity to propel himself against Vulpeca, and this time, instead of delivering punches or kicks, as the kid approached the source of the Ki, would release his compressed power all around him to force away Vulpeca and counter possible approaches from the sides or a punch against him, and while still on his momentum, Houri would try to punch Vulpeca in the solar plexus while trying to feel the rest of the ki around him.

It was clear what he was doing, despite maybe not consciously knowing it, Houri filled the room with his own energy to the point where any energy different than his own could be easily felt as if were a rock thrown in a lake.

Despite his smirk and his pride in showing the new move, even as crude as it was, Houri choose not to say anything and only nod with his head in agreement. That was far from over, in fact, his trails were only beginning and his blood was beginning to boil with every strike and every move he made.

He was getting ready to charge again towards Vulpeca when he felt his energy suddenly dash against him. At first he thought as an upfront attack or a grappling one, however a thought came to his mind. He had done faint attacks twice in a row, what was keeping Vulpeca of doing the same? He could feel the energy closing in so fast that he barely had time to do anything, was an attack coming from the front? He braced for it, however by not having to look he could feel the pressure from the ki change its direction a feel seconds before it could reach him.

Houri knew he would not be able to dodge or to attack Vulpeca if he came either from the front or any other direction, instead of trying to resist it or brace for the attacks Houri did the unthinkable, he lowered his ki in an instant and just let his body go with the flow of the gravity.

Without his ki around and with the added weight from his armor, his body was quickly drawn to the ground and to minimize the impact, Houri at the last second used his hands with a small amount of ki gathered in them to blast the floor and providing him with a small momentum for him to spin on the ground and deliver an open legged kick on the ankles of Vulpeca.

However, despite him being agile and born to fight, Vulpeca had the upper hand, for at some point during his maneuver, Houri had his tail grabbed tightly and instantaneously felt his body shiver and a sudden sickness take over his body.
Scared over it, Houri said opening his eyes.

- Wow! What is that! What did you do? I feel sick! Weak! How did you do it? Is it a special Tech? -

- OWWWW MY TAIL!!! LET GO OF IT!

Despite all the pain he was suffering, Houri could still maintain his wits and his consciousness up long enough to be able to hear the explanation that came from Vulpeca. He had a major weakness, he understood that now, and it wasn’t that he did not knew about it, his mother had mentioned this earlier on some of the lessons she gave him, the thing is, she never did get the change to actually teach him about it.

Also, this was the first time ever that Houri had a sparring fight that lasted over four seconds, and as he stood up after all the pain, even stumbling he said to Vulpeca while panting.

- Four seconds… Every fight I ever had against anyone… Was always life or death situations, so I always tried to win in four seconds, that way no one had time to think of strategies or anything. –

As he moved his tail a bit in an effort to ease the pain and the numbness he felt a bit he asked while looking at Vulpeca.

- How can I avoid this weakness? Simply doing strength training? Is that enough? Or Enveloping my ki around it does help too? You know I love my tail and I do not want it to be weak!–

Houri stated that as he now waved his tail up and down as if checking if everything was all right with it, however as he saw that everything was ok, he smirked to Vulpeca while saying.

- Come on! Do not stop now, I am starting to have fun, this practical lesson is being great! And you showed me something very interesting! I will try it now and you will see I will be even stronger than a second ago!! I will even transform! Want to see?-

Something was different about him, even after feeling the pain from his weakness, even after being pinned down against the floor, the kid did not wavered, not even flinched, instead of it he had risen again, smiling, and with a renewed spirit he looked at Vulpeca with the fiercest eyes that Nakiya had ever seen in her life, as if an eppifany had came to his mind.

Such was his determination to improve and to overcome his own limitations that his ki now was at its peak, however something was odd, Vulpeca could feel it, even being at its maximum, the energy was not flowing outwards, it was being compressed around his body, his skin and on the inside. The energy condensed was reaching such a state that a blue aura now covered the kid’s body, an aura similar to the flames that the demon fox eventually manifested, such was the surge of the energy that his hair had snapped loose from his ponytail.

- Want to know what I am about to do Vulpeca? I just created this, but I want to test it to see if it works! I do not know how powerful this will be, but you just taught me the principles of it! Let’s see if I can improve it. –

For Nakya due to her experience would be somehow obvious to understand what Houri was doing, maybe even how, he was using all of his energy in a way similar to the explosive wave that he had just learned the principles, but now, instead of concentrating the energy to explode outwards in an expansive area pushing everything away. He choose to focus and condense all of his energy inside of his body, compressing all of it into his muscles and to avoid any damage he was making it flow all around his body in a constant way.

With a smile, he dashed against Vulpeca in a speed totally different from before, as a blue flash of light appearing right behind him and only touching with his finger on Vulpeca shoulder only to disappear and appear again right in front of him and to finally take a step back and dash all around the room being seeing only as a blue mirage.


- So, what do you think? I just thought of it! It should increase not just my power but my speed too, I just do not know if I can release my energy in blasts, if I do it I maybe drop down to my normal power level. But i guess it will help with my tail right? -


[Houri is trying to learn a special tech similar to a transformation, it will be called blue flash and will improve his power level x4 at the expense of his hability to shoot blasts of ki. In this mode of transformation he will not be able to use ki blast attacks or he will revert to his normal form.]

He smiled, as he saw how everything was so different from before. His power had almost doubled, his technique was a success and as he felt the energy flowing thru his body, he could not help but to feel pride when his gaze crossed Vulpeca`s only to see surprise in his eyes.
That and the feeling of power he felt made the moment exhilarating, intense, overwhelming even.

And among the myriad of sensations he could taste, Houri felt that something was different in that state, things moved slower than before, he could see more detail in the movements of his friend.
Was that another effect of his technique? An unseen or unpredictable effect? Or was he now just experiencing a higher state of awareness due to the spike in his own power level?

He could feel the air around him and the energy flowing freely in the room, the fluctuation of power, even the scattered pieces of dirt and rock across de room, and even with his eyes now open he could not just see but feel the energy in Vulpeca spiking up. That only made him smile and look at his Friend accepting the compliment and even getting excited as to see Vulpeca do the same procedure as he did to create his technique. At First, Houri got curious, how he did that, then something came over, first as a question, then as statement.


- Wow! How did you do it? Is it easy to understand my skill? Or is this one of the things you will teach me? I want to understand how you do it! –

As Vulpeca dared him and challenged the kid to keep up with him, Houri smiled broadly as he prepared, not attacking but paying attention to the details, the movement made by his friend, the way his shoulder came forward while his hand turned into a fist, the way his legs moved and his hips positioned him so fast that if were not for his sudden awareness he would have been taken by surprise by the punch thrown at him.

However Houri did something different this time, instead of attacking or rushing in, the kid adapted once more his fighting style, he waited for the last possible moment and just moved his body a couple of inches to the side as he advanced against Vulpeca, first using his tail to wrap it around the demon’s arm making it change its direction to the floor as he put his left hand on Vulpeca’s shoulder and losing up his tail used the momentum to knee the chin of the demon upwards while his right elbow came down on the demon clavicule.
With a quick spin, Houri tried to hit the fox with his tail or at least just devise his attention from the spinning kick coming right after his tail but in a lower position as he already predicted that Vulpeca might get down to avoid the furry and brown thing coming fast on his way.

Still on the impulse Houri would then create some distance between the two by touching the ground and using his legs as a spring circle the room in all directions trying to keep the attention from the fox devised while he tested the limits of his technique.

However something was wrong, despite the initial burst in power, he could feel the strain on his body, his muscles ached and even the time from his mental commands to the rest of his body began to lag as he felt his own power wavering. Maybe the strain was too much? How long he still have it? He needed to know, or else in a life or death situation, knowing his limits could save his life.