Hell's Boring (Galen)

"Kame... Hame... Ha!!!" he roared as he fired the blue colored energy wave in a straight line. Before long, Galen moved his hands up and the Kamehameha changed its course, going up, and immediately afterward, the human did it again, sending it back down so it would hit a small stone on top of a larger stone, destroying first the small one and only then the big one. Once he did that he was panting. When looking around the area, plenty of similar craters could be seen all over the place, showing that he had been doing that for quite sometime for the day. He was all covered in sweat, no longer using his old clothes or his bandanna, his hair had grow a little bit and he was looking a bit sharper, even though you don't really age while dead.

Near him, Master Mutaito was carefully watching until he smiled and nodded. "Very good! You finally mastered the bending kamehameha! This shows just how much you can control your ki right now. With that, there's only one technique left for me to teach you and we will be done with this training!" he said with a satisfied tone in his voice. Galen sit down on the grass, still panting and also smiled, happy with the result. "I'm glad, Master. This one was rather tricky! Took me forever to learn it! Hahaha!" he said in a carefree tone, to which Mutaito chuckled, shaking his head. "Boy, you mastered this one in only fifteen days. It took me years to be able to control it like that. You are a quite accomplished human, kid. The most accomplished and talented I've ever met, and this is quite a compliment coming from the guy who trained the first Turtle Hermit himself." he said and Galen nodded; thanks to Mutaito he wasn't depressed about his condition as a human anymore. Galen learned that even though he wasn't a saiyan, there was still plenty he could do to help protect not only the Earth, but also the universe.

The two took their time and rested and, on the following day, Mutaito woke him up rather early. Galen opened his eyes, grabbed his gear and stared at his teacher. "Is it time?" his tone was less carefree, almost serious, and Mutaito nodded. "You are ready, you know what to do. It will be a challenge, but if you are to become the Guardian, not only you need to master that technique, but also know the other side of the coin. You need to go to Hell, Galen." and with those words being said, Galen's eyes watered a bit and he bowed to Mutaito. "Thank you so much for all these lessons, Master. I will never forget you!" and with that they bid farewell to one another and Galen hopped down from the high realms of heaven, straight through the golden clouds of the snake way, descending all the way down to the place where those whose lives were filled with wrong doings were condemned to stay until they were ready to be cleansed.

As he landed there, though, he immediately caught the attention of every being there, ogres or souls. He was dead, but he had a body, and his aura wasn't bad at all, but completely good and righteous. One of the ogres stared at him with curiosity in his eyes. "Uhn... Did you fall down from the snake way?" he asked and Galen, with a polite smile, shook his head. "No sir. I came here by my own volition. I came to get to know what Hell is like." and his answer was so amusing that the ogre's jaw dropped, unable to believe his own ears. "A... Are you crazy, boy?" he asked in disbelief, but Galen kept the confident and polite smile on his face as he shook his head.

Learning [AD][VT-2] Bending Kamehameha

A quite odd fellow, many would think.

The Ogre was quite confused, but the boy seemed to be quite confident. The creature scratched the top of his head, near his horn before speaking again. "Well... I guess I will leave you be then... But I can't guarantee your safety down here. My job is to look after the souls condemned to this place and stuff..." he warned Galen, but the boy just chuckled. "Don't worry about me, Mister Ogre. I can take care of myself. I have been trained by many strong people like King Kai." he casually revealed, but such revelation was enough to completely shock the Ogre. "K-king Kai?! S-so you were a hero when you were alive! I... I guess I don't really need to worry about you, boy... But I warn you again, the King of this place is a dangerous man. Even a strong hero like you may find himself in trouble should you face him." the Ogre said with a very concerned tone in his voice. Galen's smile faded away and concern and a slight bit of anger surfaced on his looks. "The King of this place?" he asked, already suspecting he knew who he was talking about and the confirmation came when the Ogre said the name "Caesar" before walking away.

"Caesar... I see... If I were to face him again the result would be the same and this time he would be able to destroy my soul. But... If I master that technique, then I have a chance of ridding this world of his evil for once and for all." he said to himself, alien to the fact that there was a soul watching him from the distance; since they were still in their cloud forms, they had no ki to be sensed. "This place should be good enough for me to train that technique. And I can always release the souls once I'm successful. I just need to be careful not to overdo it, or I may get into some real trouble." he thought to himself, touching his chin and completely distracted from whatever was going on around him.

Out of the blue someone greeted Galen and he was surprised by that; he was trying to search for energy signatures after all and to be unable to sense someone capable enough to retain their bodies even though they were in hell was quite an impressive feat indeed. It was foreseeable, though, considering the pedigree of the warriors they had in this generation and in all previous generations. The most impressive thing about the afterlife was that it wasn't restricted by the brief span of time the living creatures were allowed to walk in the plane of the living; the other world was the place where the souls of the dead would linger - some for a short time, others for a very long time, maybe even eternity - until some of them would ultimately reincarnate.

The person who greeted him was a Majin with not a shred of doubt. The color and texture of her skin and the tentacles that composed her "hair" were enough of a clue and, despite being very different, Galen couldn't help but to remember the Majin he met back on Korin's Holy Grounds, the pink girl named Saeko. "Wonder whatever happened to that curious girl." he wondered before focusing back his attention on the being in front of him. The blue Majin woman had her hands on the hips, showing a quite relaxed yet mildly imposing body language. She remarked the fact that Galen was from the upper realms, showing she was at least aware of his conversation with the Ogre from before. "So she was hearing." he took a mental note without giving any sign of that; Galen simply nodded when she suggested where he was from and after that she introduced herself, giving him her hand in a friendly gesture.

The human cracked a gentle smile on his face and returned the gesture, shaking her hand gently yet firmly. "I'm Galen. Nice to meet you Liari." he simply said and then she proceed to say he was quite brave to be down there and he just shook his head, chuckling lightly. "It's not a matter of bravery. It's but a matter of duty." he hinted. "But if you don't mind me snooping, you seem to be rather nice at first look. Why are you in hell?" he was quite straightforward, but his tone carried no judgment in it, just plain old curiosity.

The Majin was quite interesting, he thought and the way she behaved was somewhat in between innocent, curious and flirtatious. She was vague as to the reason she was in Hell, but she mentioned hurting people. Galen wasn't one to judge, but one to understand and he just nodded his head; he knew it was away to early to get her to open up and confess the wrongdoings of her life, but maybe in due time she would feel confident enough to share. "Everybody make mistakes, Liari. Some of them are more serious than others, thus having more liability to the person, while others come from a lack in the duty of care, negligence, as some would say." he tried to be casual enough so she wouldn't feel judge in any regard. He wanted her to see him as comprehensive and empathetic as he was.

When she leaned against him though, he felt a bit embarrassed and blushed lightly, but he did his best to kept his composure despite the shock that ran through his spine and short flight of butterflies in his stomach. His up bring was quite rigid in that regard and he didn't grow to overcome it even in his adulthood. She straightforwardly asked what duty brought him down to the home of the condemned souls and he didn't really hesitate to answer. Without turning around, he spoke. "I'm training to become the next Guardian of Earth and as such, it's my duty to watch over everybody, no matter what they do, no matter what their beliefs are. I'm not one to judge, but one to guide and care. And how can one expect to be able to guide and care with substance without knowing the other side of the coin? From the comfort of heaven, one's insight is but foggy." he explained.

Galen blinked twice when she mentioned that the previous Kami had kicked her out of the Timeless Lookout, but in all honesty he could definitely see that happening and sighed. "Eehhh... Master Jie could be rather rough at times, but he has a good heart. Though, honestly I don't really know what happened to him after the fight with Caesar. Maybe he felt the burden was too heavy upon his shoulders." he wondered to be quite frank, but decided it was not really upon him to find out or even understand his motivations, as it would be - in a sense - a sort of judgment. "But don't hold a grudge against him, please. Even though throwing you out may have been extreme, Master Jie's style was really brutal and honestly... I don't even know if I could really endure his training at my current level. The last time I sparred with him I nearly died if it wasn't for my senzu bean." he admitted, chuckling lightly as he remembered the fearsome battle at Jie's estate in the North. It was worth noticing that Galen was quite insightful to have noticed her emotions through her tone.

But then the Majin changed the topic quite a lot as she pointed out that Galen was strong, making him chuckle again. Shortly after that she asked him to spar against her and he turned around to stare back at her again. "Well... We could do that alright. I'm not the strongest, but I've been training really hard lately and I've learned some interesting techniques. So, if you want a friendly spar, I can definitely accept it. Your kind is quite resilient so I won't need to really hold back a lot." he said in a contained but still excited tone as he stepped away from her so they could have some space before the fight begun.

Galen thought for a moment, but decided he would start by holding back a little and thus he slid into the Turtle School stance, which wasn't perfected yet. His sword was still in the sheathe and he decided that no matter what, he wouldn't rely on the Kikoukenjutsu Sword School, though he might consider using some techniques of the Mutaito style should she prove herself an interesting match. "Whenever you are ready, Miss Liari!" he announced, being kind enough to grant her the initiative.

Galen was quite surprised with the amount of power Liari had at her disposal when she revealed the full extent of her capabilities by flaring her ki aura. To think that she could show such promise was something worth praising and his smile widened. "Wow! That's quite a lot power you have there! I'm truthfully impressed, Liari!" he said in an honest tone. Still, by the way her stance looked, she was either skilled in street fighting or not trained at all which gave Galen quite the advantage, especially in light of how many different styles he had trained. The Majin didn't waste much time once he invited her to start the sparring session and using the flexibility of her body, she threw a stretching arm punch aimed right at his chest.

Luckily Galen was familiar with Majins not only because both Majin and Earthlings were Earth-based races, but he had met Majins before and had the opportunity to interact with them so he knew they were capable of feats akin to the namekians he was also familiar with. When her arm came straight at him he didn't even move his body. Instead, he just adjusted his stance and using his left hand, he grabbed her fist, holding it tightly. Just as he had suspected, she wasn't an experience fighter and despite having so much power at her disposal, she couldn't use most of it without tiring herself, which meant that if they kept to melee exchange of blows, Galen wouldn't even need to increase his power in order to overwhelm her in both power, speed and skill.

As he grabbed her hand tightly, he would use her body against herself and pull her arm so he could project himself towards her at an impressive speed. Switching his clenched right fist to a stretched yet rigid finger position, he would attempt to close into his own melee range and strike her neck with the tip of his fingers using another martial arts style, so he could pack more power and technique behind it, aiming to taker her breath away; while this attack targeted at the throat could be fatal against a human or a saiyan, he knew Majin biology all too well to know that, unlike most races - even namekians - they were incredibly resilient and had no weaknesses such as weak body spots or organs to be targeted.

But they still breathed.

Galen's strategy was almost flawless. He managed to use Liari's stretching arm as a slingshot and propel himself at an incredible speed towards her and successfully hit her neck with the tips of his fingers with quite a lot of power. However, the soft tissue in which her body was made of was quite effective in absorbing the impact and it was clear from her expression that the attack barely even bothered her. Galen widened his eyes, quite impressed on just how resistant the Majin was. "Maybe I have misjudged her power based on her previous attack. I may be able to hold my own without transforming, but we will reach a stalemate and no one will emerge victorious. Not that victory is all that matter, but I don't intend on sparring for a very long time, to be honest..." he thought to himself in the brief moment that followed that impact.

But the human would be propelled to act rather quickly after his attack, because Liari wasn't willing to stay still for long. As he noticed the surprisingly fast punch approaching a single drop of cold sweat ran down his right temple as he unleashed all the power of his crimson ki aura. His ki energy rose exponentially and so did his physical capabilities and reflex, using the basic of his human potential as well as the initial level of the technique he had learned during his time training with King Kai. "Kaioken!" he shouted as the fist was close enough to connect.

[Last Resort Kaioken. PL 1,114,175]

Galen quickly moved himself with a surprising speed, much superior to how fast he was moving before and he completely avoided not only the hook to the cheek, but every other single attack Liari threw at him, almost as if he had the power of foresight. Once she finished trying to hit him, he would quickly seize this momentum to try and strike her with a simple ki blast as he leaped backwards, once again putting some distance in between them. The crimson aura was burning bright and fierce around his body as he slid back into his turtle school fighting stance, wondering how the Majin would react to his new power.