Chapter 15 - 12: Two Years, The Tuffles Final Struggle (Final) (1/2)
Year 729 Palace Vegeta Training Grounds
The next day soon arrived as the sun dawned over the planet. Unlike the first three years after being born into this world where they slept in the pods, Nao and Miya slept on the hard ground, as if they were camping out in the wilderness. The sunlight soon warmed their bodies and they slowly woke up. Miya started to rub her eyes while Nao's mind soon became fully awake, in anticipation for their first combat training. Nao tried to gently shake Miya awake but she still continued to nod her head and doze off a bit. Nao shook her a bit more firmly causing Miya's eyes to finally open, and she looked back at him.
”Miya, if it were any other day it'd be fine to slack off a bit but not today. You need to prepare yourself so don't get hurt!”
Seeing Miya not fully awake yet, Nao sighed deeply in his heart again but, Miya was really acting like a child just now. However, considering the both of them were still 4 1/2 years old it was only reasonable for her to be acting like this. But as he knows the original story of what's to come and since the Saiyans are a warrior race where the strong thrive, he debated that he should discipline her sooner than later, but perhaps the combat training they would soon receive would serve a favor to him. Nao eventually stretched his legs and donned his battle armor that was provided by his mother ever since the first day Iona sent the two to the Palace. Not far away he could he see Nappa in front of the five Saiyans, who were at this time standing which surprised Nao. He saw Nappa approach him and Miya with the five in tow. Without saying anything the five elite Saiyans suddenly released their aura towards the two, which was completely unexpected for Nao. As Nao managed to withstand King Vegeta II's aura before he even started to train, he only felt his blood run cold for a bit before he released his own white aura. Unlike hiding behind Nao earlier in the training, Miya braced herself this time and let out a bright red aura. The five auras clashed against their two and once he felt the strength of the five Saiyans, he felt pretty surprised as it was quite stronger than what he was told when the training started. He could feel that each of the five Saiyans in front of him contained a battle power of 4000-6000 and appeared they did not slack off in training while the two were holed up in training room.
Red and White mixed together and crackling noises soon resounded the area. The two's auras clashed against the yellow auras of the five Saiyans. Frost soon spread out beneath Nao's feet and small embers formed around Miya. Every now and then the embers would fall down onto the frost and would melt it, emitting the crackling noise as if it were a small firecracker. Nao now had his full attention on what was in front of him and silence soon spread out. All of the sudden, the aura of the five Saiyans receded back into their bodies causing Nao and Miya to not feel anymore pressure. Nao tilted his head in confusion and then saw the five Saiyans smile at him. He had yet to see the five smile at him even once since their training began so this only increased his doubts. While Nao was lost in thought Nappa stepped forward and actually introduced the five to Nao and Miya.
”Nao, Miya, these five Saiyans will be your new combat instructors. Each one of them specializes in certain techniques such as close combat fighting, Ki control., long range fighting and so on. They'll only say their names once so listen up! If you forget your hell will only get worse.”
The first Saiyan had his hair cut short, colored dirt brown and had a brown tail wrapped around his waist, a typical Saiyan attire. Out of the five present this person appeared to be quite muscular and several scars could be seen on his fists. His eyebrows slanted diagonally making it seem like he was angry most of the time but he actually introduced him quite gently to the two, surprisingly. He called himself Fynn and he was going to instruct them on close combat techniques and grappling. The next three who were next to Fynn introduced themselves as, Oliver, Gin and Parsi. Oliver appeared more slim but the hair he and Gin had were almost identical. Gin was the taller of the two Saiyans and they introduced themselves as brothers. Oliver was better at using Ki for long distance battles while Gin mainly focused on defense. Oliver also appeared quiet while Gin was rather talkative but both of them gave Nao a feeling of warmth. Both of them had bushy spiky hair that was longer than Nao's and brown tails wrapped around their waists. Parsi on the other hand had long brown hair with it tied up into a ponytail. Her bust was quite small but she had a very slim figure. She was not energetic like Gin and had a rather cold personality. One of her best points was her footwork so Nao and Miya would learn how to maneuver, dodge and other techniques that would assist the two in fighting. Altogether, Fynn Oliver Gin and Parsi donned pitch black battle armor and gave off a sense of superiority. It was no wonder that they were part of the elite guard that assisted His Majesty.
The four briefly introduced themselves to Nao and Miya before stepping back in line behind Nappa. The four then looked towards the last figure who slowly approached the two. Nao saw a figure of a man with hair pointing straight up similar to Vegeta's hair in the original story and immediately spotted a white cape over his pitch black battle armor. It was also crested with gold and it appeared this person was the leader of the five. Nao sensed a great feeling of pride emanating from him. He then saw a scar going down his left eye, and upon seeing this he soon felt familiar feeling as if he saw this man before. What he heard next shocked Nao greatly.
”You may call me Paragus. His Majesty graciously instructed me to help you two develop a strategic mind as you battle against Fynn, Oliver, Gin and Parsi. While we are a warrior race battling isn't just about strength! There are plenty of other factors to achieve victory over your opponent. However be warned that us five will not be lenient. You two must continue to work hard and over come your limits. You two will spend these last six months of this scheduled training covered in your own blood!. Since there are five of us, each day will be covered. On Saturday you will fight against all four and Sunday you will spend all day in meditation, reflecting on your experiences. Don't forget His Majesty has high expectations of you two. You better not disappoint him!”
Paragus then sized up the two kids front of him. Perhaps it was because of how his face looked but he saw the girl cower a bit and hid behind the boy. Miya was surprised at Paragus as he lost one of his eyes but she then stuck her tongue at him. This action caused a sudden burst of anger in Paragus and Paragus suddenly vanished in front of the two, only to appear directly in front of Miya and delivered a punch directly to her stomach. Miya was not ready for this sudden attack and she ended up coughing out a bit of blood and falling forward. She felt the wind got knocked out her and passed out for a few seconds but slowly started to recover. Seeing this infuriated Nao a bit but perhaps Paragus might be the best person to discipline her regardless of what they would go through. Nao pulled Miya back into his embrace and rubbed her head.
”This is not all fun and games! We Saiyans take pride in our strength as warriors and are one of the fiercest races in the galaxy! You better not do anything like that again. Focus and gain power so you can reach His Majesty's expectations. His Majesty would be disappointed if he saw this but thankfully I'm currently here and not him. We will train you to become elite warriors through and through.”