Training in Ruins - Part II (Cambia/Invite)

Cambia felt the gravitational pressure once again and it was taking its tools on her body and that much was obvious. Still, with her power up from her hybrid blood, the one she called Saiyan Mode, she quickly got rid of the handicap the gravity would generate, and Nasu sighed a bit in disappointment. ”I could definitely user her being handicapped! It’s a shame!” he thought to himself, but then he shook his head as it was useless to be dreaming about what wasn’t going to happen anyway. Cambia’s red aura was absurdly strong, much stronger than it once was and now she was becoming almost two times stronger than Nasu on his base form and things were growing quite dangerous. ”Still… With my refined skill I should be able to keep up with her for a while longer, at least until she further refines her technique… Well… Let’s see how it will be!” and with that in mind, he was getting ready to start the sparring session again, when Cambia spoke to him. She was still having trouble with the gravity it seemed, from the tone of her voice, still, she asked a quite intriguing question: how strong was his basic super saiyan form.

Nasu arched one of his brows in amusement. – Hmm… Now that you ask… I increased my power beyond my Great Ape form. If I had to try and put it into numbers… I would say that the basic super saiyan form is around thirty percent stronger than the Great Ape, and the fully mastered is about sixty percent stronger. – he said, thinking a little bit more on that until he seemed satisfied with his answer and nodded. – Yes, that’s pretty much it. – he confirmed before hearing she saying that her form didn’t seem all that complete as it had the same power as her version of the Great Ape form. Now that he thought about it, it did seem like a tenfold increase to power, just like the Ape form, and, indeed, it was a rather sorry version of super saiyan. Still, it wasn’t all that strange that hybrids had weaker versions of the transformations; Jie Shan was one of the few exceptions, but, on the other hand, they managed to acquire them quicker than a pure-blood would.

– It does make sense. It’s not unheard of. Hybrids usually have weaker transformations, but they can attain the forms faster. Like… I feel like you are about to ascend and a pure-blooded like me would need quite a lot more power. One thing balances the other and… - he paused, chuckling a bit. – I remember about that crazy power you used against my tail. It made no sense whatsoever considering your power level then so… You have some traits we pure-blooded don’t. In the end, being a hybrid with saiyan blood is far more advantageous than otherwise. – Nasu didn’t have prejudice for half-bloods. In fact, he really liked the idea of increasing the saiyan power by mixing it.

That power up she had was called Flaring. ”Cheesy.” Nasu thought as he continued to hear with total attention to her explanation. Seemed like demons could also do something quite amazing as the saiyans could, to harness the power deep within their cores and increase the power of an attack. Still, as far as he remembered, the power demons could harvest from their core was far superior to what saiyans could achieve and, if Cambia could really tap into both sources of power, then maybe, just maybe she would stand a chance. – That, together with the technique I’m about to teach you will make you an almost unstoppable force. At least for a short while. Use it wisely. – he said, foreshowing what would be coming: the Spirit of the Saiyans.

Then, Cambia mentioned that she didn’t know that tails could grow back, and that made Nasu frown his brows a bit and fold his arms, sighing in mild annoyance. She asked if it happened naturally or if it needed something, and that made him start hammering his fingers on his arm and growl a bit. He didn’t fail to notice that she wrapped her tail around her waist and then he scoffed. – I would never cut a saiyan’s tail. Not even in such a situation. It’s shameful and just outright cruel. This appendage is our utmost pride! And, to answer your question, it does grow back… Plenty of times as a child, and just one or two times tops as an adult. That was the second time I’ve lost my tail, with the first happening when I was still a kid, when Miso and Koko attacked planet Natto. I attacked them as a Great Ape, but they were super saiyans and they saw it fit to humiliate me. As you did. – he pointed out, showing that it still left a bitter taste on his mouth.

– But that’s not a problem to Alliance saiyans. Kyuri, my grandmother. From my mother’s side… - he saw it fit to point out that it was from his side of the family; Nasu hadn’t met his other grandmother, since she died when his father was still rather young. – She developed a machine that allows us to regenerate our tails as many times as it’s necessary. Still… We never really had to use it a lot on a single person, so I can’t tell if it reaches a point where it’s no good. In any case losing a tail as an adult is a serious risk. I don’t know if my tail could grow back naturally one more time. - he admitted.

– But… How about we cut the crap and train, already? We are about to reach half a day worth of training and you are still far from decent! Hahaha! – Nasu laughed a bit, teasing Cambia, as he slid back into the Soy School fighting stance, ready to restart their training. This time she would be mastering a very useful skill, but first he needed to help her improve her finesse.

Cambia claimed that she cutting off his tail wasn’t meant to humiliate him, but to protect everyone from his Great Ape form, and he scoffed. – Bothers me that so many people actually know about that weakness! It shouldn’t be such a widespread knowledge! If I ever learn who was responsible for that I will wipe him out of existence! – he mentioned, showing that he was indeed angered by that information being known by the potential enemies of the saiyan race; the Great Ape form was, for many saiyans, their greatest ace up their sleeves and for it to be so easily defeated as overly annoying. Still, she remarked that the event led to his ascension as a super saiyan and, although he didn’t like to admit, should he remain an Ape, he wouldn’t have transformed. Still, he just hmphed at her. Then, when she said that she wanted to kick his super saiyan ass by the end of the day, Nasu smirked and started laughing out loud.

– Hahahaha! But you are one thousand years too early to be able to do that! Hahahaha! But… Dreams are good, they say! No matter how unrealistic they are! – he said in a rather teasing tone. And, once that had been said, Nasu flared his ghostly-white ki aura, completely unfazed by the gravity of thirty times Earth’s own and charged forward aiming to strike Cambia with a powerful knee strike to her gut that, successful or not, would be followed by a left hook to her face. He was doing so with all of his base form strength, speed and technique, aiming to continuously teach her – by means of practice – how the Soy School worked and moved. By now, Cambia should already be aware that the focus of the attacks were to be fierce and painful, with constant aim towards the vulnerable areas, such as the gut, in the case of his knee strike, and her right temple, in case of the left hook. Also, the strikes were made always with the pointier part of the body used for striking, such as the board of the kneecap and the knuckles of the fist, as well as the point of the elbow and the heel of the foot.

Nasu seemed to be rather enjoying this sparring and he didn’t care that her power level was so much higher than his own; he still exceled in skill and technique, being much more refined in the Soy Arts.

Nasu hmphed a bit when she bragged about the timespan of the demons and then he began to chuckle. – Luckily, us, saiyans, have a quite long lifespan too. We are still considered young even when we are at the age of eighty! – Nasu said, and he seemed to be speaking the truth. But after that, the spar started again; the saiyan Overseer charged against her with all his might and attacked with a knee strike that was promptly blocked by her own leg. But Cambia wasn’t fast enough to dodge the left hook to her temple, and Nasu’s smirk widened with the success of his second attack, as he could immediately gauge how much the gap between their fighting potential was now, and he still had the upper hand due to his superior skill. ”Good!” he thought to himself, chuckling a bit.

Cambia rolled after the attack and then spat some blood on the floor, complaining about the face. Then, she slid back to her fighting stance, doing her best to match Nasu’s own and, although she was definitely improving, she was still way too green to pose a real threat. After that she said that he was most likely aiming for her face because she looked like Atsuko, and that made him hmph yet again. – Can’t say it doesn’t pleases me! Hahaha! – Nasu admitted, laughing a bit once he said that. – You are improving, Cambia! But still too green! – he said and, as he said that, he dashed forward again, now to throw one of his father’s signature techniques: the lariat.

Nasu stretched his and aimed to, as he reached melee range, wrap his right arm around her upper chest and neck and then force her to the ground with a lot of strength. Natto used the lariat plenty of times in his life and this kind of movement showed to her another aspect of the Soy School; the more grappling moves. Should it work or not, Nasu would immediately get ready to react with another similar movement; the clothsline, but only after Cambia recovered, or after her reaction, which was yet to be seen.

Truthfully saiyans tended to die young and that was fact. Nasu just scoffed at that, he didn’t want to say it out loud, but, truth be told, he didn’t think he knew a saiyan that reached such an old age ever. Even his father, who was the strongest of the universe ended up dying when he was around his fifty’s. In any case, as Nasu tried to hit her with his lariat, it seemingly worked halfway until Cambia countered with a surprise kick to his chest, making him grunt angrily. ”Ugh! Didn’t see this one coming!” he complained to himself as the pain spread through his chest, making him pant once. As it was to be expected already, Cambia began trying to tease him but before she could even savor that, he followed his charge with a clothsline at her, leaving her completely winded.

Still, she was stubborn as fuck and, even though she was hit with a lot of his strength, she tried to respond to that by wrapping herself onto his waist and hit his lower spine with her heels. Still, before she could manage to do that, Nasu’s tail would wrap around her legs and try to throw her away with a powerful push, showing how skilled he was with his extra appendage. – Not so fast, brat! – he roared.

Should he be successful or not, he had completely avoided that attack and was now getting ready to educate her further into the Soy Arts. Nasu flared a powerful and glowing blue-colored ki aura around his body and went to a crouching position for a brief second. – Soy School second technique… Rebellion Spear! – he exclaimed, announcing the name of the technique before charging against her using his blue aura as a shield, aiming to body-slam Cambia and inflict as much damage as possible while at the same time demonstrating the technique.