Training in Ruins - Part I (Cambia/Invite)

As soon as Cambia landed on the camping site of the Saiyan Alliance for the indefinite time they were to stay on Earth, some saiyans started staring at her with mostly curious expressions on their faces. One of them, a bald one with an average build and an orange battle suit approached. He had a serious look on his face, but he didn’t seem menacing or anything of that sort. Once he approached her he saluted in a very formal way, getting all straight like a stick.

Pepper
[Power Level: 15,000]

– Hello, ma’am! You match the description, so you must be Miss Cambia! I’m Second Lieutenant Pepper! Pleased to meet the sister of our leader, and the daughter of the legendary hero, Natto! And this little one must be little Okra. – he said, managing to crack a somehow gentle grin on his face, apparently proud of being the first one to identify her. When Pepper spoke, most of the saiyans seemed more relaxed and got back to their duties, except for a red-haired hybrid looking saiyan, who seemed to be younger than Cambia. The boy approached and made and nodded politely to Pepper, before turning to Cambia. His power level, unlike Pepper’s was huge, even higher than Cambia’s own.

Negi
[Power Level: 227,582]

– Second Lieutenant, sir. The Overseer told me to take her to the medical quarters as soon as she arrived, to get the baby into the incubation chamber. – he said, speaking first to Pepper. The bald saiyan made a nod, looking to the boy. – True, Corporal Negi! I trust you to take care of things now. I will get back to building the camp. – he told the boy before turning to Cambia once again and saluting her one more time. – Miss Cambia, make yourself at home at our humble campsite! Now, if you excuse myself, I have matters to attend, but the Corporal will take care of you and your baby and take you to the Overseer. – and, with those words, Pepper turned around and left, leaving only Negi with Cambia. The boy stared at her and smiled gently.

– Miss Cambia, sorry I didn’t speak to you first! I have to address to my superiors first. Military rules, you know? Anyway… The Overseer told me to take you to the incubation chamber, so you can focus on your training. He also said that, should you refuse, I should be in charge of the baby Okra… And… - Negi blushed lightly and gazed away for a second, scratching the back of his head. – And I… I kind of don’t know what to do with a baby… I wasn’t in an incubation chamber myself, since my mom is part earthling… She decided to have me the earthling’s way… But I can’t remember that so… If you could take the incubation route… I would be mostly relieved! Hehehe… - he said, chuckling in a rather embarrassed tone for a second, before shrugging. – But feel free… I will do my best if you choose against the chamber! I promise you that with all my heart! – he stated, pounding his chest with a clenched fist, and nodding with a determined, yet blushed, face.

Negi blinked twice when she said that she wasn’t expecting a warm welcoming, but then he seemed to realize something and slapped his forehead. – Oh, yeah! Right! I’m sorry for that… We… Well… We sort of tagged along to make sure nothing bad would happen. We didn’t tag along as an invasion army! Master Karota told me I should make sure to inform you that, since you wasn’t there at the battle… - he said, feeling slightly uncomfortable with the memories of the battle which led for some members of the Alliance to turn their backs to it, which just saddened Negi. When Cambia said that it took her one day to figure out the baby, Negi just arched one of his eyebrows, confused. – A day? Doesn’t sound like a lot of work, maybe that’s maternal instinct. Though… I doubt many saiyans would have that, maybe it’s your other half! At least I know my mom had it too… - he commented in a casual tone, using the past tense to refer to his late parents.

Cambia made a comment about androids caring for babies, and that made Negi discretely chuckle. – To be honest, Miss Cambia, I don’t think saiyans even have all that knowledge. They just use the incubation chamber and that’s it! – he said as he headed inside the Star Javelin, going through the corridors to where one of the medical facilities was. There, near two healing tanks, there was an incubation chamber, that looked like a large cylinder glass structure with tubes inside. – I don’t think there’s any surprise… Just gravity training, but nothing too much. It’s set for only twenty times earth’s gravity and that should be fine with you. But… Jeez! I’ve started the Soy Training and it’s rough! The Overseer isn’t training me personally. The General is. But, still… People say General Miso is worse than him, but I couldn’t tell. – he said, shrugging a bit as he started using the panel near the incubation chamber to set it up.

– I can either settled it for some hours, or for the whole three days that the Overseer said your training would last. He mentioned something about not taking breaks or something, but I assume you will eat and stuff… So, miss Cambia, what do you prefer? – he said, as he pressed a button and made the incubation chamber to open up, and, then, offered to take Okra into his arms with a subtle and gentle smile on his face.

Negi stared at Cambia for a second, taking him an extra second to realize she was teasing him and that made him hold his breath, blushing one more time. – I know how babies are made… - he muttered as a simple complain mostly to himself, as he acquire a surly expression for a second. Then, when Cambia mentioned that Nasu had told her how saiyans handled babies, Negi nodded again, returning to his more serious, yet gentle expression. – Yeah, that’s true. We just put them into those incubation chambers for a few years, until their power level and body has matured to a certain level, and then we take them out. At that point they are already capable of fighting and speaking. In fact… Saiyaness don’t even stay pregnant. Once they know they are carrying, they transfer the fetus to the chamber. – Negi continued to explain as he got Okra on his arms.

The baby seemed really the brave kind, and even tried to tug with Negi’s long, straight, red-hair, which made the hybrid chuckle a bit. – Tubes are useful, it’s just that. – he explained, as he played a little bit with baby Okra, raising and lowering his arms, to make the baby giggle a bit more. – My tip is… Well… He will definitely go super saiyan at some point… Don’t hold back, and try to pay attention to the details. Soy School is very violent and focus on inflicting both pain and injuries to severe degrees. You will likely need healing from time to time, but we have a topnotch healing tank on the ship too. – he said, not meaning to lower her spirits, but he needed to warn her. – Also… Don’t user a sword against the Overseer, he has a certain degree of hatred for that since someone chopped of his tail on Earth. – he said, oblivious to the fact that he was talking to the person responsible for that event.

Negi then put baby Okra inside the incubation chamber and added the tubes to the baby’s body. He would definitely complain as it wasn’t a pleasant moment of the incubation and possibly start crying, but quickly Negi would activate the chamber and it would get filled with cyan-colored liquid that would immediately put the baby at ease as it started throwing him in suspended animation state, floating in the middle of it. – Alright, there it goes! Three days of incubation. It’s all set, Miss Cambia, you can now go to the Gravity Chamber in the central area of the ship. Good luck with your training! – he said with a subtle smile on his face.

The young hybrid seemed absolutely shocked when he realized that Cambia had been the one to cut off Nasu’s tail. He didn’t quite understand the “Golden Hedgehog” thing, but he was way too surprised to say anything and he stood there in silence as he watched the saiyaness walking away towards her training. Negi stared back at the baby and sighed, smiling again. – So, you are the new Saiyan Prince… Wonder if that means we have some hopes… I truly hope so, little Okra. And I will also look after you! – Negi said to the baby, with his gentle smile on his face.

Meanwhile, back at the Gravity Chamber…

Nasu wasn’t even sweating with how low the gravity was; being used to train under one hundred times made twenty times become just a walk in the park. The Saiyan Overseer moved at such a speed that even someone like Cambia would have difficult catching up, since he was pretty much four times stronger than her in his base form alone. When the door opened, Nasu didn’t stop throwing punches and kicks into the air and limited himself to stare at her with the corner of his black eyes and then scoff, continuing his warm-up. His half-sister made a vague comment regarding the gravity and he scoffed again and growled in an irritated tone. – You are late! Took you forever to get here! – he said before finally stopping and getting back to the titled floor of the gravity chamber.

Then, Cambia spoke about the three days training regiment, he folded his arms and stared at her right into her eyes. – Usually it would take longer, but we don’t have time in our favor. The longer we waste, the more time I will have to stay on this shithole of a planet. – and he was being honest; although he had promised to protect Earth for the time being – and he was a man of his word – he couldn’t wait to be able to leave. – Now… Let’s cut the crap and get down to business! – and, with that being said, Nasu slid to the Soy School traditional stance.

The fighting stance consisted of spreading the legs apart a bit and bending the knees slightly, only to help with impulse and movement. The right hand had its fist clenched and tightly close to the body with bent elbow, as if it was ready to attack and counterattack at any time. The left hand was half-clenched, with the index and middle finger bent in a hook-shape, about five inches from the lower face, near the mouth area, being used for protection and counter too.

– This is the basic stance. Watch and learn. The Soy School is focused on powerful attacks and counters. We don’t block all that much! Our attacks are made to inflict not only injuries, but stunning pain. We use plenty of elbow strikes and knee strikes, so get ready for that. Also… We aim for vulnerable spots, such as nose, neck and kidneys. – he explained to her. – Now… Try the stance! – he said as he watched her like a hawk.

– That’s one of the reasons we put babies in incubation chambers. God, you people are rudimentary! To even carry him on yourself… That’s overly handicapping! You could have lost him when I attacked the Lookout, you fool! – and the way he spoke showed that he actually cared about Okra. Nasu could be many things, but he cared about people, although he didn’t like to show it out in the open, nor would he admit it very often. Then, when she mentioned not wanting to be on the receiving end of her rage, Nasu cracked a rather cocky grin on his face, that soon widened to a conceited smirk.

– I couldn’t care less about her nimble rage. In our duel she could only touch me when I allowed her to. Other than that, she wasn’t even able to lay a hand on me! Hahaha! Not a single hit! So… Yeah! I don’t give a shit if she comes angry! – he said, almost like he wanted her to try. Truth be told, Nasu was satisfied with his victory and didn’t care about fighting her again, but if she wanted it, he would give her another duel without a second thinking.

When Nasu made comments about Earth, Cambia responded by saying he had only been there for a short while in a comfortable situation, which made him arch one of his brows. This made his expression become more serious as he got slightly annoyed by her implications, especially because it wasn’t really true.

– Well, excuse me! I’ve been living in a cave! And before that I’ve spend a year in a hostile planet conquering it, so don’t come to me with drama of living in the streets of a soft little planet such as this one. – he tried to end that topic by saying that and went back to proceed entering in his fighting stance. Cambia got into a stance that looked similar enough; it wasn’t perfect yet, but she was indeed experienced in martial arts and he could already tell that. ”Kimiko must have trained her in her art or something… Meaning that…” Nasu thought for a second; if she had Excalibur and added it with the Spirit of the Saiyans, she could tap into a fierce power, which, together with her warrior’s spirit, even though hybrid, would be probably enough to be a threat to Jarvis, in case she could manage to get stronger.

His half-sister also said that she had met a Heran hybrid that would love to practice this style and that made Nasu grin once again, and chuckle.

– A Heran, uhn?... They are like saiyans! I like them! Hehehe… But, if she doesn’t have saiyan blood in her, the Soy School won’t be as useful. Still… I would enjoy meeting some herans. A shame they are rare. They are far more pleasant than those damn earthlings! – he said, and he was being honest. – Our father was very racist when he was my age. He got better with time, but… He mistrusted everyone who wasn’t a saiyan and… In the end, trusting aliens got him killed. I’m not like him, but I do value saiyans more than any other. And I do hate earthlings. They kicked us out in the end, even though we saved them from doom and lived peacefully here, on these isles. But I bet no one told you our side of the story! They never do… Those weakling hypocrites! – he said, sighing a bit when she brought up his conversation with his mother.

Nasu narrowed his eyes and frowned his brows a little. – It was a beating. But in the end it was a good thing. I managed to acquire my ultimate power and… She reminded what was really important for the well-being of our people. – and he did use the word “our”, showing he had recognized Cambia as a saiyan in some way.

Cambia activated some sort of demonical power she had and her appearance changed quite a lot and so did her power. Now she was much stronger, a little above half of Nasu’s power. ”Good… It will make this training less of a massacre!” he thought to himself, chuckling a bit as he analyzed her energy signature carefully and thoughtfully. She claimed that this world wasn’t easy for someone that looked like her and that wasn’t a pure blooded saiyan. Nasu shook his head, chuckling a bit more. – Pure blood, half-blood… This is all bullshit, Cambia. You don’t need to be a pure blood to be a true saiyan! Anyone caring even a single drop of saiyan blood in them can be a true saiyan! It’s a matter of attitude and strength! – and that sentence alone revealed quite a lot of Nasu’s thoughts; he didn’t care about the purity of his race, as long as they had saiyan blood and honored it. – In fact… You hybrids have some crazy potential I hold only admiration for! – he added, mentioning the hidden power they had within them.

When she spoke about the heran, Nasu made a brief nod. – Some hybrids are indeed born without a tail. Not common and quite sad, but it happens sometimes. – he said, before she asked if they would just keep on talking and that made Nasu laugh a bit. – I was just being kind enough to let you adjust to this gravity, but… Since you feel so ready! Let’s get down to business! I won’t use words to teach this style! I will use my body and your pain! So… Watch carefully and learn! – he roared as he flared his ghostly-white ki aura around his body and dashed forward at an unbelievable speed. Even with her demon heart form, Nasu was still way too fast, nearly twice as fast as she was.

Once he got close enough, he threw a jab aiming to get her nose, but that wasn’t only that. Should it work, it would be followed by a flurry of jabs aiming for the same spot for intense damage and pain. He was very precise and fast and the way he clenched his fist was special; he held his index and middle finger in an angle that increased the damage and pain it caused.