"Mom said that the saddest people smile the brightest, to keep their sadness hidden. I don't know why though. When I asked mom, she said that most do it because they don't want to bother anyone. If you are sad Sensei, I am ready to listen. After all, you mean a lot to me!" I reply. I don't know if this will work, but if it does, I snag brownie points with a 10, if it doesn't, then my next attempt surely will.
"Hmph. Let's get back to training." Ur hears my answer but doesn't want to answer. I know that, so I won't push. She'll open up about Ultear eventually. And soon after that, I will order my clone to help Ultear break out, and then gain her trust. I don't want to be like Hades, taking advantage of someone's emotional state to get them on my side. I want to win Ultear and Ur, not because of manipulation. While I won't hesitate to do so for Angel, the chick who was willing to exterminate humanity for the Oracion Seis. She's hot as fuck, but she did go kinda insane. That's beside the point. I refuse to manipulate Ultear and Ur, simply because they have suffered an abundance of misfortune. Not to say that Sorano (Angel) hadn't but still. I don't want to use them like Hades had used Ultear, and that deadbeat of a 'husband' Ur had. Taking advantage of weaknesses or just taking advantage of these women would be a painful experience, especially since I had always thought about taking them away from their sufferings, not adding to them.
On the note of Sorano though, I will go to the Tower of Heaven to break the prisoners out personally. I don't want Jallal to be a thing. He was the biggest annoyance I had. In canon, He practically works an army of people to death, manipulates them, and even ostracizes Erza from the people she saved, and is then forgives all willy-nilly. Like, what the shit. Did Erza not remember what he did? How did she excuse his actions? That's some bullshit. I will admit that he was being manipulated, played like a fiddle, but I'm not going to forgive him. Simply because I'm mad. I'm mad that he was still able to get together with Erza after season 3. His redemption arc was all done without his memories.
"HEY!" Ur breaks me out of my reverie. "Let's spar."
"Ok," I such up my frustrations and get into my stance. "I'm ready to get started."
"Alright good. But remember, your enemy won't let you get ready to get ready or to let you power up, so be sure to start with your full power." Ur cautions me.
Hmph. Bull. This world follows the plot of 3 anime, you think it won't be guided by the laws of anime. One of the anime also happens to be Dragon Ball Z. I have ample time to power up. Nevertheless, I raise my guard to the max. I can't have her speed blitz me right now. That would be a pain.
As I raised my guard, Ur dashed at me. Fucking knew it. She was holding back to about 10% of her strength. She knows her hits won't kill me, so she's probably trying to test my limits and help me grow. She also knows how my mother grew to be strong, by pushing herself to her body's absolute limit, after all the Official Saiyan Handbook says very clearly, Saiyans get stronger every time they nearly die. Everybody get ready to be shit-stomped. Its already gotten to the point that even the Devs won't be able to nerf them. And I, as a Saiyan with a stronger bloodline, with more options to get stronger and better Ki control, will be unstoppable. Anyway, these thoughts run through my mind as her fist approaches me. I duck and get in position to judo flip Ur. The easiest counter to her throwing hands. Grabbing her wrist and upper arm, I was able to use her momentum to flip her over. It was easier than I thought. I guess in a world of magic, you can sometimes forget to grow physically stronger and learn pure hand to hand combat. In that respect, I would most likely be unrivaled. At least in Fairy Tail and DxD. DB has its own scaling for martial arts and I would probably be down by the lower end in terms of technique and skill. My instincts would guide me to be better, but overall, my fighting style would be like Bardock's: wild and driven by instinct, not like Goku's which has been influenced by the martial arts he had learned from Roshi, Grandpa Gohan, and Kami. As I flip her, I let go of Ur's arm to gain some distance from her. I know it's futile since she has maker magic, and she could make practically anything out of Ice, but it gives me some breathing room. But to my surprise, Ur lands on her feet, her knees in a superhero landing position. That can't be good for her knees. Seeing her land on her knees brought me an absurd amount of frustration, I don't know why. So, abandoning my plan to retreat, I charge forward. No regard for my dropped guard, I rushed to Ur, keeping low to the ground while running to not have to worry about an uppercut, to surprise her. I don't cover my arms with Ki. While Ur hasn't set any rules for the fight, I don't plan to use my ki. I want to see how far I can take it just fighting with my fists and instincts, without any outside help. As my fist comes down toward her head, she tries to flip me, it would have worked if I hadn't kept my center of balance low. But noticing that both her hands were on my right arm, on her right side, since she was currently facing away from me, I had the perfect positioning to hit her exposed back. I swing and connect…
But not with her, with a block of solid ice that grew out in front of me. When Ur had sensed my intention to punch her back, she had quickly let go of my right arm and made an ice magic block to receive my blow.