Piccolo felt disoriented and left behind, He sensed Goku's power meeting with Karl's power and he knew something bad was going to happen.
Next thing he knew Goku's power had shot above his own in mere seconds, matching and even surpassing Karl's power but Karl went beyond again and seemingly defeated Goku.
At that point, He knew what Goku was... a walking monster with treacherous abilities. He was at the pinnacle of strength and look at him... The feeling of losing etched deep into his soul.
…
Piccolo walked around the mountain aimlessly and finally arrived at a conclusion.
"Instead of doing minimal training here, Maybe I should enter the Hyperbolic Time chamber at Kami's tower," Piccolo said, "And I'll drag Goku along so I can see the limits of his new power too,"
He had noticed Goku's power level settled at a far inferior level to the one he had unleashed initially but far higher than the power he had when he initiated his battle with Karl.
"Or I should meet Karl?" Piccolo wondered as he flew through the air, heading to Capsule Corporation.
…
Goku waved to Bulma as he was about to step out of the Capsule Corporation, He had a nice rest for 5 hours and he was feeling refreshed...
"Refreshed enough to start training," Goku said with a smile but suddenly Piccolo appeared in front of him.
"We need to continue our training," Piccolo said with folded arms, his eyes narrowed at that of Goku.
The power leaking out of him was amazing... Piccolo shook his head and looked at Bulma.
"Pi- cc- olo?"
Her face trembled but Goku's reply was far from satiating.
"Yo, Piccolo, What's up?"
And seeing Goku all buddy-buddy with him didn't do much for her mental health.
"Training," Piccolo said and took Goku's hand, shooting into the air in a silhouette of white aura leaving Bulma stunned.
"Where are we going?" Goku asked.
Piccolo didn't reply but rather he sped up.
"We are going to a place where we can get a Year's training done in a day," Piccolo said, "And I'm sure you've been in it before,"
…
Kami sipped on a cup of tea while awaiting the arrival of two powers heading to the Lookout quickly.and smiled.
It seemed that Karl was having a positive impact on the growth of the Young warriors as they were eager to grow even more... Something Kami enjoyed seeing. The Young wanting to become strong.
"Welcome to the Lookout," Kami said as he saw Piccolo and Goku, their KI showing their power and ability... although Kami knew that none of them could compete with the intense power of the Younger warrior that sought training under King Kai.
Piccolo brushed the old Namekian off and instead sighted the large doors of the temple.
"I... We want to use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber," Piccolo said.
He knew it was stupid to carry Goku along but he too wanted to see the extents of the new power that Goku had... and besides, entering the Hyperbolic Time Chamber without a training partner would mean slower growth.
Kami laughed and gave his signature godly smile.
"Well of course," Kami said and hit his staff on the floor twice, the staff was instantly engulfed in a powerful golden aura seemingly giving a command to the Lookout itself.
Goku and Piccolo watched in amazement as the doors opened slowly and revealed Mr. Popo who was seemingly waiting for them.
"Come with me," Mr. Popo said.
…
Goku stared into the space that the Hyperbolic Time chamber granted them.
"It's all white," Goku said.
Piccolo scoffed.
"That's what it's supposed to be," Piccolo said and took off his weighted clothes.
"If I were you, I wouldn't use Weighted clothes," Piccolo said, "Your weight will only amplify even more,"
"What do you mean by that?" Goku asked, his face depicting the fact that he was confused but nevertheless he still looked at his clothes before realizing that he had torn off the Weighted parts in the fight against Karl.
"We are inside the Living area of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber but once we step inside, The training area... has 10x the gravity of the gravity of Earth so it's pretty heavy," Piccolo explained, "That's where we'll do our training to reach new heights and surpass our limits, Under the 10x gravity of this Hyperbolic Time chamber,"
Piccolo's words were filled with courage, something that Goku liked to hear. He wanted them to start training immediately.
…
"Ugh-"
"Fuck-"
The two warriors groaned out and their pupils rolled, The power of 10x gravity had been much stronger than they anticipated.
...
Piccolo was flat on the ground, beads of sweat rolling down his face and as for Goku, he was on his knees groaning.
"I didn't really think 10x gravity would be so... strong," Piccolo said.
Goku forced himself up, applying KI to his joints and feeling them loosen but he hadn't slipped out of the grasp of the Power of gravity completely. Even if his joints were freeing from the grasp of the gravity slowly, His body was still under the immense gravity.
Piccolo wrapped himself in a white aura, trembling and flickering around him like a dying flame... Even his KI was getting distorted around him but he focused, his flickering KI stabilized and roared, ravaging the air only for it to stop after Piccolo got to his knees.
The two were stuck in this position, They couldn't do get any training done and instead we're pulled to the ground by the intense power of a force called Gravity.
…
Three months later, Goku and Piccolo shot around the white space of the Hyperbolic time chamber, their feet pulsating with KI. They were having one of their many spars.
Piccolo clicked his tongue, When they had conquered 10x gravity, They had proceeded to have spars everyday to sharpen their skills but Goku was always stronger than he was.
Their growth rates were far apart, Goku achieved growth from each battle while he had to comprehend each battle and although his wounds healed quicker than that of Goku, Their strength increase was far apart.
[Piccolo has a Power level of 1, 150 as a base power and then when he unleashes his aura, His power level reaches 1, 200]
Piccolo swung his foot forward but Goku blocked the attack and then his eyes narrowed, Goku grabbed Piccolo's leg and smiled only for the Namekian to extend his leg sending Goku flying.
"I hate it when you do that," Goku said while regaining his standing posture.
[Goku has a Power level of 1, 234 as a base power and then when he unleashes his aura, His power level reachers 1, 400]
Piccolo had found a way to defend against Goku's grab attacks, By extending the part of his body that Goku had grabbed... although he couldn't extend his neck yet but he was learning to.
Piccolo on the other hand opened his mouth wide and gathered KI in it, letting sparks of golden electricity run loose around him.
Goku on the other hand charged at Piccolo, channeling his KI to his legs and shooting forward.
The golden beam of energy tore forward, heading to Goku but Goku didn't bother to dodge.
Instead, he gathered his own KI into his right palm and watched blue and white flashes of light burst into his line of sight.
"Kamehameha!!!"
A bright beam of energy burst out of Goku's palm, colliding with Piccolo's wave of energy and sending shockwaves through the air.
The power was not enough to vibrate the Hyperbolic Time chamber... but it was enough to smash the ground below them.
The beams of light nullified each other and the two fighters continued, their bodies covered in white raging KI as they traded punches and kicks, fighting each other head-on like true warriors.
"Ahh!!!"
"Ahh!!!"
Their shouts echoing through the Hyperbolic Time chamber as the ground cracked once again, Goku held onto Piccolo's hand and before the Namekian could exert energy into stretching it, Goku smashed his knee into Piccolo's stomach.
Blood rolled down the sides of his lips but Piccolo endured, He reacted with a fast punch to Goku's head but alas Goku had read him, Ducking and dodging Piccolo's next attack with grace.
Goku's fist charged up in a bright white aura and then he sent an Uppercut right to Piccolo's face, knowing that Piccolo's neck was one of the places that Piccolo couldn't expand.
But Piccolo had defied all expectations, stretching his neck upward before Goku's fist could land. Goku's eyes widened but he reacted quickly and kicked Piccolo's stomach only to come in contact with nothing... Piccolo had vanished.
Instead, behind the figure of Goku was a black shadow with red eyes leaking with murderous aura.
"You tried to kill me just now, didn't you?" Piccolo asked, his voice booming like lightning to Goku's ears.
"No, I was trying to win," Goku answered honestly but Piccolo wouldn't take no for an answer.
His white aura roaring and sending caution to the wind, He eyed Goku and said.
"How about full power then?"
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Author's Note:
Yep, They're strong enough to beat Raditz so Goku wouldn't go to King Kai's planet yet. Well let's get on with regular advertisement, More PS for more motivation!