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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:07:30 GMT -5
3. He rockets up again though not as fast or as far as the first time. He reaches out again and pulls up himself up. Eventually he loses all momentum and is only climbing up the tower. You would think he would be tired from all of this but he has barely broken a sweat yet.
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:10:07 GMT -5
4. Gozu looks up expecting to see the top but all he sees is more tower in the moonlight. "I've gone hundreds of feet of up already. Man how tall is this thing?" Gozu looks down not even seeing the ground. "Whew I better not fall. That would be one heck of a splat at the end."
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:15:09 GMT -5
5. Gozu climbs in silence as his mind drifts back to a certain story about his ancestory Goku. How when he was just a boy he climbed this tower after suffering a defeat at the hands of some assassin Mercenary Tao, Gozu thinks was his name. "Korin trained him enough to beat him only a couple days later."
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:17:33 GMT -5
6. "Maybe Korin will train me to. I mean if that story is true I kinda have an in with him. He can help me with my training...and if my dad ever did make it here he might have trained here with Korin." Gozu looks up again to only see clouds and more tower.
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:20:19 GMT -5
7. "Is this thing endless? Man I'm impressed Goku climbed this thing as a boy. I mean sure he was Saiyan but he wasn't even trained on Vegeta he was trained by humans. Granted strong humans." Beads of sweat have begun to appear on Gozu's forehead as he makes his way up the tower.
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:22:54 GMT -5
8. Gozu squints through a break in the clouds he thinks he can see the top but before he can be sure a cloud passes over it. "I think I'm almost done. Good thing too. This is kinda boring, but a decent workout." Gozu quickens his pace encouraged by seeing the end.
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:25:16 GMT -5
9. Gozu passes through a layer of clouds and in the moonlight he can see the top of the tower. "Yes! I've finally made it...well almost." Gozu pauses to wipe some sweat from his eyes before heading on the for the home stretch. "I think I made pretty good time. This was kinda fun."
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:29:46 GMT -5
10. Gozu stops and looks up. "I can make that with one good jump." Gozu lets his body hang by his hands and pulls himself up and then he pushes off with his feet. Gozu rockets up and reaches his hand up for the ledge of the tower but his fingers come just short. "Uh-oh" Gozu begins to fall and reaches out and grabs on to a ledge and grimaces slightly as his whole weight was caught by one arm he decides to climb the rest of the way up.
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:46:03 GMT -5
Gozu pulls himself on =to the tower and lays on the floor kinda tired. He laughs at how he almost died moments earlier. "So you made it. You had me worried. I thought you were going to die back there." And then a chuckle. Gozu raises up and finds himself face to face with a cat carrying a cane.
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:47:50 GMT -5
The cat frowns at him "You look like somone I once knew... Especially in the hair." Gozu smiles. "That's probably my ancestor Goku. I've heard stories of how you trained him." The cat's eyes open, "You're one of Goku's boys eh? You'll have to come back when you're stronger for my training."
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:50:12 GMT -5
Gozu smiles "I would like that. But I think a friend of mine was here. A pretty young girl with brown hair. Julia's her name. She probably wouldn't touch you. Maybe made you stand 10 feet from her. About this tall" Gozu indicates the height a foot shorter then his height. "Maybe with a Saiyan boy."
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:52:01 GMT -5
Korin smiles "Ah yes those two. They had quite a fight up here. You'd be happy you're girlfriend held up pretty well. Especially since she supposedly never fought before." "She's not my girlfriend." Gozu says probably waiting a second longer then he should.
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:54:53 GMT -5
"You wouldn't happen to know where they went do you? I'm trying to catch up with them." Korin points his stick back towards Hercule City. "They went to the dojo in Hercule City." Gozu hangs his head. "I don't suppose you have a faster way down do you?"
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:56:34 GMT -5
Korin smiles "As of matter a fact I do." He points his cane up towards the sky and Gozu sees a gold streak coming toward them. Pretty soon a cloud parks itself right in front of them. "It's called a Nimbus cloud. If you're good you can ride one, but no impure thoughts. Your ancestor had one."
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Post by Gozu on May 16, 2009 21:58:11 GMT -5
Gozu smiles as he remembers the stories about Goku and his nimbus cloud. He hops on and find that he can stand on the cloud. With a wave to Korin he yells "Thank you" as he speeds off towards Hercule City yet again. "WHOO-HOO! Man this thing is amazing." Is the las thing Korin hears as Gozu disappears.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:12:19 GMT -5
1.
Korin was polishing a rather expensive looking bottle that rested upon a small table, humming a bit of a tune, one that he had heard many times over the many years he had lived. His ear twitched, the sound of a certain type of cloud moving through the air towards the tower, not quite there just yet, but coming.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:14:31 GMT -5
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He turned around just as the cloud came to a stop over the rather well polished tiles of the structure's floor, making that little toy train-like sound. Couric was once again digging his fingers into the cloud to hang on as best as he could, slowly getting more used to using the damn thing as a method of travel, though following Roshi's turtle around had caused him to become a bit accustomed to going slowly.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:16:21 GMT -5
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The Saiyan slid off the puff ball, landing on the ground stomach first, his eyes swirling a tiny bit. The feline just smiled, approaching Couric and poking him in the back of the head with the cane that he always seemed to have around.
"Oi, Kid? You awake? Or is Nimbus's speed to much for a shrimp like you?" He teased.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:20:28 GMT -5
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Couric's head slowly tilted upwards, brow furrowed, expression holding a slowly calming anger. "I'm awake...I'm just getting a bit of rest before it starts..." He replied simply, burying his face in the tiles.
"It starts..?" Korin asked, confusion evident in his tone, the cat having not quite yet reached the conclusion or just faking it to seem surprised.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:23:06 GMT -5
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"Yup..." His voice was muffled, a result of pressing it against the floor. The flying nimbus had already taken off into the distance at top speeds, not waiting for its owner to finish up whatever buisness he had with his former owner. Couric slowly began to tilt his head upwards to face the talking cat once more, smirking at the feline.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:26:02 GMT -5
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"I'm here for what you mentioned last time, Korin." The teen began, eyes seemingly burning with determination, something that wasn't shown by the rest of his body due to the fact he was just laying around on the floor as though he were exhausted.
"I'm here for that training of your's!"
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:31:56 GMT -5
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Korin blinked, having completely forgotten that he had told the kid he would train him, drawing up his cane once more and pressing it against the kid's head, tilting the boy's head down into the tiles once more. Drawing his free paw up to his chin, he tried to remember the last time that the young Saiyan had visited him. /Let's see..../ He began, ignoring Couric's muffled yells at cat.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:33:52 GMT -5
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"Oh right...I did mention something about training you, didn't I...? Guess I must've forgotten, shrimp." He laughed, all motion from the Saiyan having ceased, a sweatdrop running down the back of Couric's head as he lay there.
/Someone up there likes playing jokes on me....cruel...cruel jokes.../
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:37:54 GMT -5
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"Nah. You're just having a bit of bad luck, shrimp." Korin replied, once again jabbing the teen in the head with the pointed end of his cane. He moved the cane away from the Saiyan's head, allowing Couric to actually get up....only to find that his soon-to-be trainee wouldn't budge. The cat shrugged and turned away, heading back towards the bottle.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:41:43 GMT -5
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Couric got to his feet a few minutes later, fully rested up from his training with Roshi, finally ready! ...Only Korin wasn't anywhere in sight for some odd reason. /He's probably off using the bathroom...or something.../
He paused, expression completely blank. "Is there even a bathroom up here...?"
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:44:59 GMT -5
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And that's when he'd feel a foot press against his face, blocking off his vision. He didn't even have to guess who was currently using his head as a stepping stone.
"There is one...but I wasn't using it. I was just making sure of somethin', kid." The cat said, flipping off the young Saiyan's face, causing the teen to stumble back a little.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:47:30 GMT -5
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His hand immediately shot up to face, wincing as the familiar feeling of pain was reintroduced to him, not that he had wanted to for at least a little while longer. Couric grimaced, looking down to see that the cat was currently standing in front of the small stand that had held the bottle that Korin had been polishing before he had even arrived.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 10:50:59 GMT -5
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"If your training involves you dancing on my face to improve my endurance or something like that...tell me now so I can prepare for a broken nose." Couric rubbed his aching nose as he spoke, wincing a bit.
"Don't worry, kid. I may step on your face a few more times before the day is done, but that's not what the training is."
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 11:00:12 GMT -5
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"Oh? Then what exactly kind of training is it?" He asked, nose still aching a little, but not as much as it had when Korin actually stepped on his face. The cat just smiled, spinning the cane in his paw so that the bottom point was facing upwards, as if it were going to be used to stab someone.
"We're gonna fight?" Couric asked, brow raised.
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Post by unholylssj on May 17, 2009 11:04:04 GMT -5
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To be quite honest, Couric had no idea how the hell he was actually gonna fight a cat and he was probably going to have a difficult time doing so, but instead, the cat simply laughed.
"Nope. The training is that you have to get this bottle from me." He slid the bottle down the cane before turning it to its proper position, paw keeping the bottle from falling to the ground and shattering. "Cause if you manage to catch me and drink this water, you'll gain an incredible amount of strength!"
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