Taking off the weighted clothing would probably bring my power up a bit but I'll hold off on it for now. Waving to Bulma and tossing her the scouter, I left just as she seemed to have something to say but sighed watching me leave.
Okay maybe it is some love for strength kink she's got, though I don't plan on having any relationship with her. While she is a beautiful woman and is also the richest person on Earth, I'll let Vegeta have her, seems off but hey. I like Trunks and I'm not gonna possibly mess up his birth just cause I was horny. Plus, for all I know there are some non canon female characters in this verse like 21 and Zangya. Hell maybe there's a gender bent character somewhere, ha..
Don't let that be the actual case, that'd be too weird of a change.
Flying back to the barren area, I see Gohan place his hands above his heads as he charged up a good amount of Ki before launching his hands forward and shooting it towards Piccolo
"Masenko!" The beam left his hands and quickly made its way towards the Namekian before he disappeared faster than Gohan could keep up with, his senses failed him as they weren't too trained and Piccolo appeared beside him and kicked him into a rock
"Yeesh, easy on the kid Piccolo. Don't want to kill him now do you?" I asked as he looked up to me before smirking
"Heh. If the brat can't handle even that then there's no reason to waste my time on him"
I glanced at him before looking to the rock Gohan was kicked into before it exploded as he came out of it, bruised and bleeding a bit from his head but otherwise alright, he threw his hands out and shot a volley of ki blasts, each a decent size as I easily dodged and made my way through them and to his position before picking the kid up from the back of his shirt as I held him up as he then looked at me
"Oh hey Mr. Zero, when'd you get here?"
"Hey kid, got here not too long ago, nice blast by the way, he teach you that?"
"Uh huh. Mr. Piccolo has been training me real well!" I looked at the guy to see him cough a bit and see his cheeks turn slightly purple at the praise. Hah! Tsun.
"Cool. Cool. Anyway I'm gonna need you two for my training" My voice then immediately gained a serious tone "What I'm about to aim for is hard to get to and hard to control, I'm gonna need the two of you prepared to deal with me if necessary, got it?"
At my tone Gohan immediately understood that whatever I was about to do would be dangerous, he gulped out of slight fear if even I wasn't sure of myself before nodding with a resolute expression, setting him down I told Piccolo as well before he asked me
"So just what exactly are you aiming for then?"
"Glad you asked my Namekian friend. When we first met little Gohan here was what we Saiyans call a Great Ape. A transformation of our race that boosts our power by a total of 10 times which for me means that if I could use this well then my power would go up to 85,000"
The shocked look from the two was just what I needed to make my day and laugh slightly
"Wait you said if you could use it well. Just what exactly do you mean by that?" He asked with a curious tone
"That's where the problem starts, usually the transformation clouds your thoughts, putting you into a blinding rage and makes you attack just about anything around you. But there was someone special, they could use the Great Ape transformation in their base form, gaining the 10x multiplier while keeping their size, obviously better than becoming a giant ape
I would usually need the full moon for this but I've created a move that recreates just what I need to transform, and since Gohan doesn't have a tail he won't transform and lose control, though I'm not exactly sure if I'm gonna have the best control either."
Nodding at my words, Piccolo accepted to help me out as did Gohan though they did bring up a prominent issue
"As much as I hate to say it I'm not as strong as you even now, if you get boosted by 10 and lose control then how can I stop you even if the boy helps?"
"You won't have to target me or my tail, maybe blind me with the Solar Flare but a strong enough blast will be able to stop the move that I call a Power Ball, destroy that and the transformation will end. So, you two up for this?"
They nodded as they jumped away and gained a good distance from me, I took a deep breath before holding my palm up as Ki started to converge before forming a bright blue ball just above my hand. It took a while but I eventually did create this move, had to go through 2 months of feeling the full moon's blutz waves to be able to recreate it in this. Exhaling, I threw my arm back before clenching my hand tight.
"Burst open and mix!" I yelled as the ball suddenly stopped in the air and shined, as I looked at it my tail unraveled itself from my waist as my chest started beating, I could feel myself growing taller, my muscles growing as fur did on my body, my teeth growing as did every other part of my body. I sighed in relief as I started to feel the power come as my vision became much clearer, I started to think about how to condense this all into my normal form before I started to feel.. angry
'Fuck! NO!' My consciousness started to slip, my giant hands holding my head as I shook, growling before it turned into a full on roar of primal fury, the last thing I could consciously see being the worried look on Gohan's face and the sweat dropping from Piccolo's brow
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As Zero grew, Gohan watched on in awe yet slight fear. He had become uncontrollable when he transformed into this 6 months ago but he knew if anyone could control it then it would be Mr. Zero! He was definitely strong enough!
'Shit he's losing control!' Piccolo cursed in his mind before he quickly yelled. "DODGE!" Jumping away, Gohan did as he said, having a bit of PTSD as he did, though just in time to avoid a giant hairy fist coming down where they had stood as the ape roared.
"Mr. Piccolo!"
"I'm alright! Damn brat." Piccolo did have faith that Zero could control this form but he knew that if Zero thought that he couldn't control it immediately then Piccolo knew he would have to be ready to immediately end it, so he did. Turning to the power ball he held out his hands before shouting. "MASENKO!" The yellow beam came out and destroyed the ball, though the Ape shouted and shook a bit he didn't turn back, just holding his head as he shook
"Damnit! Did it not work?" Was Zero wrong? Did destroying the ball not do anything to stop the transformation?" Many thoughts and questions ran through Piccolo's head before he heard a loud groan and voice that, while deeper, was one he definitely knew.
"P-Piccolo.. Thanks"
"Zero? Why aren't you turning back?" Hearing the question the giant ape laughed before it smirked. Odd to look at but it did. "I just got oversupplied is all. Guess I'm just lucky." At his words Zero then began to shrink, the fur leaving his body as the tail started to sway, the ape shrunk until it could shrink no more, leaving in it's place Zero who's clothes had now ripped leaving him bare but it was insane what both Piccolo and Gohan were sensing. Visually Zero hadn't changed much, his already spiky hair looking just a bit sharper while his previous black eyes had now turned a sharp yellow, but his power was suffocating, it was insane!
"Haha... Haha.. I fucking did it! I can control this anger! Fucking A-right!" Zero celebrated while his power kept flowing, it was becoming increasingly tougher for the two to breathe as Zero then noticed before sucking his power in, some leaking out though not as much as before.
"Mr. Zero's become so strong! But could you put on some clothes please!?" Gohan looked away and covered his eyes as Zero noticed that he was naked
"Huh.. forgot that happened at first."
"Kami, what even is that thing? It's just dangling there." Piccolo was kinda weirded out by the thing between Zero's legs, Piccolo was used to noticing or at least trying to notice just about anything at a given time, never know when it could give an advantage, though right now he was just curious if anything.
"Don't worry about it." Zero just shrugged him off. "It's what most races use to procreate, make new life, have children and all that. Since I don't have magic like you though, think you could use that beam on me?"
"Yeah yeah sure. Seriously though races need that to procreate? Seems weird." Piccolo commented, before pointing his finger at me and muttering a 'clothes beam' before I gained the same Gi as Gohan though the demon symbol wasn't on the back, just a patch on the sleeve. "Thanks big guy."
"Don't mention it.. I could teach you this you know, least it would let you make your own clothes."
"Wait really? I don't have magic though. Well I do, everyone does, but I don't have it unlocked, or a real talent for it, not to my knowledge at least"
"Wouldn't hurt to try. If you can't do it then it just shows that even a Saiyan isn't great at everything." He tossed me a smirk as I "smiled" at his expression. This motherfucker.. targeting my pride.
"Oh you're gonna teach me that move bud."
"Better learn it then, Saiyan."
Piccolo and I glared at each other a bit, causing imaginary sparks to appear between us as Gohan looked on in fear
"You two aren't gonna go hard on each other right?"
"Pause on that. Can't say that Gohan, you're too young."
"What? But I-"
"No no no. Just, don't say it. Alright little guy?"
"Okay?"
"Good Gohan." Patting his head like a good dog I noticed his embarrassed expression before I started to float. "Well let's do this then Namekian, these last 6 months better be productive."
And for the last time this saga, we trained for 6 more months and, let's just say my growth was not something I was expecting. I almost feel sorry for Vegeta and Nappa, more so Vegeta. May break the guy's pride before he can become a Super Saiyan.