Make a Difference von Nevaeh ================================================================================ Kapitel 12: ------------ He couldn´t wait any longer. There was no reason for it and if he did anyway it would make everything that much more difficult. He hated himself that his hand was shaking slightly nonetheless. There was no need to be afraid. He was helping them, they were relying on him. Not the other way around. He finally pressed the button and entered. “Yasai, do you have a moment?” Yasai looked up from her tablet, frowning slightly. But she nodded, so he entered. “We should start right away. We only have a month.” Yasai shrugged and turned off the tablet. “It´s a bit tricky on a ship this size. I doubt even a super saiyan can survive in the vacuum.” She grinned and probably thought she was so funny. Goten finally sat down. It could take a while and it made him less nervous. “There´s a lot we can do right away. You all should learn how to control your power levels, I don´t think this will work otherwise. You need to get stronger. When my dad trained for it, he used higher gravity to enhance his training. And aren´t you getting stronger when you injure yourself?” “We won´t do that.” “What? You can control the gravity on the ship, can´t you turn it up? A month is really not long…” Yasai huffed. “No injuries. It´s too dangerous and there´s no sense in dying without accomplishing anything.” She was quiet for a while, looking at him questioningly. “How did you do it? Did you use gravity?” “Well, no. But it was different for me. I`m not a…” Being mixed had its advantages. Unfortunately that didn´t help him right now. Yasai leaned forward and he felt a slow rise in her ki. It was the first time any saiyan he had met had done it. He couldn´t suppress he shiver that was running down his spine. “Gohtin, you better listen well. I put everything on line for this to work. I saw you, I know it´s possible, and I believed you when you said you are able to teach it. The real saiyans managed to become super saiyans, yes?” “Yes, but it took them some time and…” “It doesn´t matter. If I can provide some progress to the King we can keep training until we all achieve it. If your way doesn´t work for us we will do it like your father did. But I need it to work!” Her ki was still rising. It was slightly terrifying but it was also… promising. “Then we should start right away.” He hesitated for a moment, halfway out of his chair. “I don´t want to kill Freeza. I will make sure that you´ll ascend.” Yasai laughed while she turned on her tablet again. “Don´t worry, Gohtin. I won´t let you.” She started typing. Goten wasn´t sure if he should stay or not. They really should… “Go to the storage. It´s spacious.” This was it, then. He knew some basic training exercises. He barely knew how he had been taught to sense and control ki. And he absolutely had no idea how to get a rise out of those stoic bastards that they´d be able to ascend. Sighing, he wished the month was already over. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ He had to wait a while until all of them trudged in. Nashi was the first one, the tall one with the sharp face. He basically sneered at Goten and sat down on one of the crates to finish his snack. Goten didn´t bother with small talk. All of them had made it perfectly clear what their opinion of him was, ignoring him in the small break room and changing the topics of their conversations when he came close. He wondered if they even believed Yasai or if they had only tagged along since they hoped it would help them with their CVs. Either way it made Goten even more motivated to get it over with quickly. Shortly after, Poroto came in with Mikan, the only woman of the group. They all were commanders and as far as Goten had understood that was the highest rank in the saiyan military. Considering how little effort they all put into hiding their racism, Goten didn´t need much imagination to think about the other kinds of discrimination. It would explain Mikan´s attitude. Poroto on the other hand was rather misplaced, shorter and leaner and he had tried talking to Goten on one or two occasions. They continued chatting until Yasai finally marched into the hall, Cilek in tow. His wavy hair was pulled back in a ponytail and he gave the room a critical glare. Goten tried hard not to roll his eyes at the display. “Tha…” “What´s this about? Got some motivational speech Gohtin?” Goten eyed Nashi critically. He almost had thanked them for appearing. They should thank him! “There´s training we can do during our travel. The month already started, so stop bickering. Gohtin.” Yasai raised her eyebrows, waiting for him to take over. Goten noticed the dirty stare from Mikan, but decided to ignore it. He didn´t want anything from their internal squabble. “You need to control your power levels to become super saiyans. Otherwise you´ll not be able to handle the power. I…” “Well that´s some weird thing just a few people can do.” Mikan raised her eyebrow. “What´s the point anyway? We have scouters.” Goten grinned, a tiny grin. And then he transformed. They tried not to look impressed but he could feel the little peak in their kis while the wind whipped around their heads. He quickly powered down again and looked expectantly, waiting for another dumb interruption. “If you can´t power up and down properly you can´t transform. I know real saiyans who learned how to control their ki no problem, I guess a commander like you will grasp it quickly. Mikan.” She didn´t respond, but the icy stare was meant to kill. Poroto coughed and looked around the room with a frown. “How ´s it working, then? `s not something anyone cared to figure out.” “Yeah your damn scouters can´t even properly manage higher levels before they shorten out. Gather around, please.” Goten sat down on the floor, getting comfortable. There was no sense in standing, it would be a long day anyway. All of them wanted to become super saiyans in theory, but they definitely weren´t too eager to learn anything from a mixed bastard. Goten couldn´t care less, but unfortunately his own well-being was bound to his capability to motivate them. He almost smiled at Yasai when she sat down first. One less to motivate. “You all got an energy attack you like best? Something medium strength? Try to create it without releasing it and then try to increase and decrease its power. If you blow it up we all die.” He demonstrated it with a tiny ki ball and let it dissipate after a few seconds. It looked simple but it was actually something he had only managed to do well after most other techniques. Releasing energy was so much easier than holding it. They all grumbled but they all followed suit anyway. Creating a steady energy ball was the simple step, it must´ve been something they had learned early on to control their power. And they all let it fizzle out without any major combustions after a few seconds. Though nothing had changed in the intensity. It only took three tries until the first one complained. Cilek groaned and leaned back, his tail wagging nervously behind him. “We just started, don´t expect it to work immediately. When you… attack something massive, you use a different energy than against a weak, single opponent. This is the same. You have to adapt the power of the blast.” Cilek stared at him for a moment before he created a tiny little ball in his hand. “The energy is created completely differently. If you know anything about proper technique you would know that.” And here we go again… Goten didn´t even bother not to role his eyes. He wasn´t sure if it was a gesture saiyans used, but they would get the hint. Before he could elaborate further on why they should stop being assholes and listen to him Yasai had already grabbed Cilek´s tail and yanked properly on it. Cilek almost jumped up and let out a very undignified whimper. “Less talking, more training. Gohtin´s already ascended, he knows better than you.” She eyed Goten curiously. “Cilek´s right though. The analogy isn´t good.” “Yeah it is. I know that you channel each attack from a different part of your body, thank you, and certain kinds are easier from certain parts. You can still increase every single one of them. And guess what, it takes some training to know which ones are the best to enhance. I already figured that out and I´d love to help if you just try to learn one single thing.” Goten created another energy ball, a tiny one like Cilek had and increased it until it was big enough to blow away a whole island. It shrank again and dissipated. “I wonder if you all gave up that quickly on everything else in your lives. Must´ve been fun, becoming a commander. Not much work. Lots of free…” Nashi jumped up, his aura flaring around her. “You tailless bastard, it´s enough that you´re allowed to teach us, you…” “Allowed?” Goten got up as well. Yasai didn´t move, maybe she wanted him to defend himself. Earn some respect. As if he had any use for that. “Listen you dumb asshole, I´m doing this out of the goodness of my heart. You all have power levels so weak, I was already stronger than that before I went to school. See this as a learning opportunity.” He gestured around. “Not only will you become that much stronger, you can also build your character by suppressing your prejudices. If you can´t handle that than piss off.” He smiled sweetly and sat back down. It took some tense seconds and a tiny nod from Yasai for Nashi to do the same. “Alright, anyone else got something to add?” “Your father was a proper saiyan. How quickly did he learn it?” Poroto asked. At least a good question. “Controlling his ki didn´t take him long. You should all manage it until we are on Vegeta-sei. This here is the easy part. If you all decide to argue that much with everything else we´ll never make any progress, you all can fly back home and hand in your reports about how pettiness was more important than saving your goddamn people.” A tiny ki ball formed next to him, glowing warm in Yasai´s hand. “How does it feel… when it increases?” Goten didn´t answer for a while. He created another one and tried to figure it out. If he wanted to be fair they weren´t the only ones who weren´t prepared. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Three hours later they hadn´t managed much more and Yasai called in a break. Even if the outcome had been meager it was still extremely exhausting. It didn´t help that Yasai had always been good in her ki control and it bugged her immensely that she didn´t grasp it quicker. Quicker than the rest at least. Frowning, she walked over to her quarters. She wanted to get out of her jumpsuit, but it would look bad in front of the others. So far it helped that she was the strongest and that she had been the one to even make it all possible. But she was also very aware that all of them won´t hesitate to take advantage should she fuck it up. At least she was pretty sure Cilek wouldn´t jump at her throat. They had been at school together and even served on the same ship, back when they had started their careers. Yasai smiled weakly. School… this was just like it all over again. Training, pushing yourself, proving your worth. The only difference was that no one was screaming at or hitting her. But that would soon change as well. She looked around her room and decided it would make more sense to grab a bite to eat. She couldn´t concentrate on an empty stomach. When she entered the kitchen, she was alone except for the cook who accompanied them. The only other crew member besides the pilot. Yasai frowned, trying to think of her name… Same moment the woman turned around, a little frown on her face. “Commander Yasai. I thought you were all busy. Nothing´s done yet.” Yasai huffed and sat down anyway. “Doesn’t matter, give me something.” The woman bit her lip and turned around again. Yasai watched her absentmindedly, still going over the last three hours. Gohtin had described it as a stronger push, just when the energy forms from the inside. It didn´t help at all. She understood how energy formed in the body, she just couldn´t get how she was supposed to push it further steadily. “Do you want it warm or cold?” Yasai eyed the bowl that was held in front of her. Looked like something from the southern regions. “Warm.” Without hesitation the woman´s hand was glowing and the bowl started steaming. She handed it to Yasai who looked at it dumbfounded. That damn low class… “How did you do that?” “What? You want the recipe?” She smiled, but it was a bit careful. “No, you heated the bowl with your ki. How did you… control it that precisely?” The woman stared at her for a while, seemingly unsure how to answer. Yasai knew that the cooking crew was always recruited from soldiers who underperformed in fighting but had good ki control, but she never took it a step further. Who would have thought that of all people… “We need it for our mission. What´s your name again?” “Gine. I… Commander Yasai, I know this isn´t standard procedure but we all use it. `s not that hard, actually. You feel the warmth coming out and you just… want it to be a bit warmer. Not trying to blow up the kitchen, just… a little. Tiny bit.” Gine´s hand started glowing again, her energy spread all over her palm. “No use for that outside of the kitchen I guess.” Yasai stared at the energy until it dissipated. “You have no idea.” Without further comment, Yasai started eating. It was tasting damn good as well. When she was done, she didn´t get up immediately. Something about Gine bothered her. “You´ve proven a reliable soldier to be on this mission.” Gine looked shortly over her shoulder but didn´t stop chopping. “Not much to it. Just following orders and talking when asked.” Yes, those easy rules almost everyone had trouble following. “Just curious, you smell… did you have a child recently?” Now Gine turned around, knife in hand. She pushed her hair behind her ear, trying to hide her nervousness. “Yes, I did. Is that a problem?” “If you smell that strongly, shouldn´t you be on Vegeta-sei taking care of it?” Gine smiled, warm and bright. “Oh, sorry, I thought you were bothered by the smell. It´s the milk, it won´t go back that quickly. I mean, no Commander, I´m part of a new breeding technique. The child is currently in an incubator until he´s old enough to go directly to school. That way I won´t miss too much work.” “And you like that?” Gine eyed her warily. Yasai waved and spared her the answer. She had every right to be cautious of someone that much above her. It explained why Gine was on her ship, though. If she was trustworthy enough to take part in another governmental experiment on how to create more soldiers without incapacitating the current force too much. Yasai slowly walked back to the storage room. They had tried something like that already and failed. Children needed some kind of contact with their parents, or they would end up socially unacceptable and useless. If they were trying to grow them again like vegetables it was even more reason for her to master the ascension as quickly as possible. Once Freeza was gone, things would change. They had to. 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