Jin followed after the old turtle hermit, he kept a small smile on his face, as mud memories were filled to the brim of nostalgia, every Saturday he would watch the original Dragon Ball Z, in fact in his second life he would often quote and recreate their attacks to use during the war.
That's also a good reason on why he was considered a legendary warrior… he just copied and pasted, but still, it's not without their downs, as such he had to make some things up on his own.
Still smiling they saw Kami's look out above them "so uh, Roshi, how're you gonna get up there, can you fly?" Jin asked him once they stopped.
"You'll take me up there" Roshi said slyly.
"…damn old man" Jin's smile faulted as he sighed but never the less grabbed Master Roshi by his Turtle shell and began to fly up to the lookout.
"So you're a saiyan?" Roshi spoke deciding to get it over with.
"Saw the tail didn't you?" Jin questioned with a small sigh.
"Yes, but unlike the other one your Ki… it feels more… savage older than him despite being so young!" Master Roshi spoke his thoughts out loud.
'He can sense that? Jeez, he really is that experienced' Jin thought with a small smile.
"So what does that mean?" Jin asked.
"It gives you an edge on the terms of Ki attacks, from what I can tell right now, it allows you to provide more power and speed in your attacks, but harder to control!" Master Roshi nodded after he spoke
"And you my young ally, need Ki control more than anything" these words caused Jin to wince in embarrassment.
"So you noticed eh?" He chuckled a bit trying his best to lessen his embarrassment.
"I did, I wouldn't be surprised if your opponent didn't realized it to, from what I can tell you're using the most little Ki as you can possibly can because your control over it is so low!… I suspected that you can only use 10% of your true power" Roshi deducted with a small 'he he!' In the middle of his sentence.
This does line up with the issue that Jin is having… his body is simply to weak to handle his power! Sure zenkai's made up for that strength difference, but a child's body can only house so much power before it hits its ceiling.
"So what's your idea to get over that?" Jin asked as Roshi chuckled slightly
"Well, the idea is to increase your Ki control under my tutelage, but not only that but to increase your base power" Master Roshi spoke as his feet touched the white bricked floor of Kami's look out only to see… no one there.
"Uh… so we're here" Jin spoke as he stood next to Master Roshi.
"Yes, yes, we've arrived, so now… Mr Popo!" master Roshi called out as he walked towards the only building on Kami's lookout.
"What the fuck is that?!?!" Shock, horror, and fear came to Jin eye'd the black genie walking towards them.
"Watch your mouth" Popo frowned.
"Ah, uh… sorry"
"…you better be" Popo spoke.
"…ahem… moving on" Master Roshi interjected "we need to utilize the wool of Spirit and Time Mr. Popo!"
"Bitch why?"
"Bec-"
"Pecking order" Mr. Popo's words cut through Master Roshi's words easier than coal.
"Erm… ahem… Mr. Popo, can we use the room of Spirit and Time for a year." Master Roshi spoke.
"Okay" Mr. Popo shrugged.
"Well, that was easy" Jin chuckled a bit.
"Oh no, there's a deal here" Mr. Popo spoke which caused Jin to wince at the brazenness of the man.
"I need a new earth guardian, a new Namekian, mainly because Poccolo was stupid but either way… after this is said and done you'll go to Namek and get me a new Earth guardian" Mr. Popo spoke with a slight frown.
"What? Why would I do that? Can't you find someone from this planet? I mean the Namekian's can't be that important" Jin spoke with a raised eyebrow.
"Unless you want to take the spot." Mr. Popo frowned "and lose your time in the room of Spirit of Time"
"Yes, going to planet Namek and getting a new guardian shouldn't be that hard" Jin smiled nervously, as much as he didn't like the man, he had to give into his demands, because the Hyperbolic Time Chamber is really important.
Yes! He remembered it! It took a longer time than he's willing to admit to remember it, but the Hyperbolic Time Chamber! It, was… amazing to be going into it, not only that but if he'd train with the thoughts in his mind he's quickly shot up to probably slave level back into the past!
But he couldn't get ahead of himself, power in his body would mean nothing if he cannot merely control it. As such increasing his Ki control will no doubt increase his base power, couple that onto the strainous act of just simply being in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
Jin took a breath in "okay, so… we have a deal?" He asked mainly for confirmation.
"Yes, you'll use the room and after you're done here you'll go to Namek so that I can wish for my pot- I mean, a new guardian for earth" his slip up made both Roshi and Jin go silent.
"Shut up and get into the time chamber" Mr. Popo narrowed his eyes.
"Are you kiddin'? That shit goes great for the stress" Master Roshi smirked slightly, Jin stayed out of the conversation out of merely not wishing to get involved with it.
"Ahem anyways, Jin, you in need of a change of clothing, so come along" Master Roshi gestured to followed him.
"Ever since I moved in I also brought some of my stuff along" opening a chest he brought out an orange martial artist gi with the turtle school symbol on it's back and a blue undershirt.
The sense of familiarity came almsot immediately but he shook them away, he couldn't afford to get lost in his mind right now! He's to train.
"Careful, it's weighted!" Master Roshi spoke as Jin took it slowly.
"Er, how much does it weigh?" He spoke as he looked at it.
"500 kilograms!" Master Roshi smirked as he noticed Jin's shocked face.
"W-why so heavy?" Not that he couldn't handle it, he's just shocked that Master Roshi would give him something so heavy to start out with!
"Because you're strong, and not only that, but I need you at a level where you and I can spar" Master Roshi stroked his goatee.
As he donned the weighted gi something told him he didn't deserve to wear it, but dismissing the thought he found that he was weirdly not struggling to wear such heaviness before he realized he was also used to planet Vegeta's gravity as such he wasn't that worried.
"Okay, now what?" Jin asked as he looked over a… what can only be described as a nostalgic look over his face.
"You good old man?" Jin smirked at the nostalgic turtle hermit.
"Just because I'm old doesn't mean I'm not deserving of respect!" Roshi lashed out.
"…fair enough" Jin relented.
"Ahem! Now, it's time to enter the chamber, Mr. Popo! We'll be heading off now, thank you again for allowing us to use it despite the dire circumstances" Master Roshi spoke with a small bow towards the black genie.
"No problem, Maggot" Mr. Popo didn't even look at Master Roshi as he walked away.
"Now, Jin follow me" Master Roshi led the way as he walked towards the large door.
"Now let me explain to you, a day out here will be a year in there, not only that gravity is multiplied by ten times! But if you stray too far there's a chance you can never return!" Master Roshi warned the saiyan child who merely nodded.
"Got it!" Jin spoke in excitement, he's only a picture in his mind from the latent memories that has been plaguing him lately.
A white empty void entered Jin's eyes as he and Master Roshi entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Looking around in delight he couldn't help but just be excited.
Smiling he walked forwards off the small little platform and onto the white ground, and immediately the ten times gravity hit him, along with the 500 kilogram weight gi that suddenly turned into a staggering 5,000 kg! Plus his body weight?
His legs shook, but he couldn't give up immediately!
"Harder than you thought, eh?" Master Roshi didn't step onto the amplified gravity floor as he smirked at the warrior.
"Y- yeah, I'm shaking just by standing" Jin couldn't help but smile as he inhaled and forced himself to bare with the gravity.
"Now, let's begin, no dawdling!" Master Roshi spoke out as he stared down at the child "from what I can tell from how you fought with Raditz you've your own fighting style yes?" Jin nodded at his words.
"Let's keep to that, but you're size doesn't allow you to properly utilize your style properly and the only way for that to happen is for you to grow up, but we don't have days for you to stay in this chamber for you to age up!" Master Roshi tapped his cane onto the platform as he observed the saiyan warrior.
"As such refining your Ki control will no doubt allow more power to enter your body and thus, when you control your Ki you've as well no doubt increase your power at large!" Jim felt master Roshi was stalling.
"… sorry I got lost in my thoughts, let us begin" Master Roshi apologized as he blinked.
"Now, I want you to gather your Ki into your hands and try to control it the best you can!" Jin knew what Roshi was saying is both but pure child's play to anyone with a minisule amount of experience with Ki.
But for his inexperienced body?
It's an actual challenge…
Sighing he relinquished his pride for just a moment as he started to gather his Ki into both of his palms.
"Oh, and at the same time I'd like for you to walk around, this so to make your body more stronger to allow even more Ki into your body" this, Jin couldn't find a fault in at all.
So that's what he did, and it's hard for him, to focus enough to conjure up the Ki into his hands as well as to walk under the gravity of the chamber was actually difficult!
But Jin to admit, was impatient, as such he looked to increase his Kaioken as well… but looking at the technique caused him to grin slightly.
[Super Kaioken Level 67: 1.46%]
…
50: Kaioken's strain is further reduced by an entire 25%
60: Kaioken is now able to onto transformations! However the strain is multiplied by the transformation as well, under these conditions death is now possible!
Since he's now able to put Kaioken under percentages he decided how far he can go, so with a smirk he continued to walk and gather up his Ki.
"Kaioken, 1%" whispering it, not even a little bit of a red aura came out of him, but for Roshi he immediately noticed it due to his immense mastery of Ki.
"Ah, so that's what it does! Interesting technique you have there Jin" Master Roshi stroked his goatee again as he observed Jin training.
Jin didn't know how much gain he'd truly get for doing all of this, but he can only fantasize about how strong he's get in a one years time under these conditions. In the end he decided to trust the turtle hermit, for some reason his pride wasn't yelling out by being trained by someone weaker… weaker?
Something else in him he long abandoned and forgot was yelling out to him to just trust the process… whatever it was shot down his saiyan pride and was in full control, either way, he didn't have time to figure it out.
Sighing he felt Ki flow through his bloodstream as he could feel the power coming through his hands as his legs shakily walked around the platform that Maater Roshi… who was reading a magazine… what a great master…
Gritting his teeth he decided to put forth all of his effort, but knowing how far his past life's power was from him, he couldn't help but not put all of his effort in, Master Roshi could probably tell because he called him out on it.
"Jin, why're you not putting your all into it?" Master Roshi wasn't looking at his magazine anymore and was now looking at Jin behind his shades.
"Erm… what do you mean?" Jin's motivation wasn't all there for some reason.
"Listen Jin… people life's are on the line for good, and not only that, people who don't even know you are; even then, they have hope, they want to get stronger for a reason to survive Raditz's horror, to Demon King Piccolo's attempted reign. Everyone has something to drive them! So Jin, I must ask, what is it for you? Why do you want to get stronger?" Roshi spoke as he met the Saiyan's eyes.
Jin, in reality didn't know what he wanted anymore, in his past life, he wanted to be the strongest, to beat his rival Yamoshi. But he was beaten, he was killed by five punches…
An utter humiliation by all standards, he was obsessed at that point, at the point of entering the Other World he immediately seeked out King Kai and delved into hell to fight even more demons… for thousands of years he fought.
Fought for nothing.
Killed for nothing.
His rival, Yamoshi. His soul was consumed by the ever encompassing power that he held, as such he could never fight him again, not even if he reincarnated like Jin.
Jin reincarnated again… because he was lost, he felt… blank. His pride was shattered almsot to nonexistence by the eternal death of Yamoshi, he couldn't even fight him to regain his lost honor.
So what did he want?
He couldn't have the one thing he wanted, his shattered honor. So he thought back further, before the war…
Before the war was something of fleeting memories, the demons were annoying at times but other than that he was on amicable terms with them. So he thought even further to when he first came into this world.
"…I want… I want to be not only strong but to be seen as reliable person, and to push the limits of what was thought possible" Jin didn't feel like he spoke, not at all, to him his mouth remained shut and his voice wasn't made.
But something in him forced his body to move on its own, it wasn't his Saiyan nor warrior pride, it was something he didn't even know he had.
Memories came back as he grit his teeth, he remembered being beaten down and turned down by everyone in the past, from potential lovers to even fighting teams.
Did he want revenge?
No…
He wanted to be as strong as Yamoshi, to be told that a nobody went to a unneeded saiyan to a saiyan of legend!
"And… I want to be the strongest to regain what I lost!" This time, it was him that spoke, not whatever was inside him, but the acculmination of what made Jin spoke!
"…and what did you lose?" Master Roshi asked.
"Everything… so I'll regain everything one way or another!" Jin grit his teeth as he thought back to his death by Yamoshi.
Sure his rival was dead for good…
But that doesn't mean someone who's as strong as him was!
He'd beat them, he'd beat them all! Jin's pride soared and repaired itself as a new goal came to his mind.
To regain everything he had? No. To become stronger than Yamoshi? Also no. So what? So what is his new goal.
"I want to stand on my own two feet, without the need of other to hold my hand throughout every action I take! I- I want to be my own person for once!" Jin spoke as for once his truth was spoken.
"…then give it your all, so that you can stand on your own for once" Master Roshi spoke quietly with a soft smile.
Jin… didn't know how to feel once the conversation was over as he went back to training, the Ki in his hands shined as he started to shadow box in place.
Why did he suddenly change goals?
Simple, the Ki training was slow for him, he decided to go on his own for now, but without Roshi he couldn't have had a coming to moment there.
He gritted his teeth as he started to sweat.
He knew he was impressively strong in the past… however is it the fucking past!?
No! No it's not! He can't keep going back to the past like an old man who's unable to let go that his prime is over! He must evolve to accommodate the present and future times! No matter what, he'll never compare himself to Yamoshi! Not because he hated the man… no.
It's because there's no reason to keep going back to a man that's been erased from existence!
Grunting he felt his fist tear through the air before he twisted his body and kicked the air twice. He felt his muscles protest but he didn't stop, not now not ever!
Then he stopped as he placed both of his palms in front of him and gathered his Ki, and for once a red Ki ball started to appear before his hands, his hands started to heat up just before he unleashed the Ki blast which disappeared off into the distance.
Smiling slightly as he did his first Ki blast in his life, he didn't stop as he yelled out as he gathered his Ki above his head creating a red Ki ball over his head.
Smiling he decided to start advancing his Ki control by trying to control the Ki ball's movements, which inherently was difficult at the start however, the ever slow movements of it made him smirk.
Then using everything he's got, he forced the Ki ball down at him, knowing him, it'd damage him and if he does it enough he'd get a Zenkai boost!
Yup! He was going to abuse it again!
He felt his skin burn as he grit his teeth, in a flash he wasn't really damaged other than feeling warm… the Ki ball he created was too weak.
"Why'd you attack yourself?" Master Roshi asked as he watched Jin.
"Saiyan's get stronger as they fight, not only that when near death they get a massive increase in power" Jin explained as he looked up at Master Roshi.
"Ah! That's why when you ate the Senzu bean your power increased! I thought you were hiding your power!" Master Roshi's eyebrows rose.
"But don't do that again, I don't have another weighted gi in your size" Master Roshi spoke
Jin sighed, as much as a Zenkai boost would give him in terms of power, the long term power boost of the weighted Gi would be more, or at least until he was strong enough that the weighted gi's boost was negligible.
Sighing he went back to shadow boxing while tossing around Ki blasts everyonce in a while. This quickly got boring for the young saiyan, but that doesn't mean he wasn't determined nor motivated.
It was just merely difficult to keep going with zero noticeable changes, he couldn't go super saiyan nor could he go Oozaru so no giant power boosts, nor did he have the means to even achieve said forms.
Sighing he went to the lowest of the basics… push ups, sit ups, and plenty of juice! The juice part is optional, but it is recommended!
Master Roshi didn't know what to make of his new ally, his race as a saiyan made him uneasy aroudn the child, but after a few mere interactions noticed that he was much like Goku just… confused and often contradictory in nature.
Speaking of Goku, all he felt was regret, his star pupil died and the one to kill him was none other than his brother, he didn't understand how his brother could kill him!
His other pupil Krillin… was a tragedy, he went to go and help Goku but was too late, came across Goku's corpse and went to fight him, Goku's son and even Piccolo went in on the fight.
A stacked roster no? Turned out to be nothing but child's play for Raditz who had no problem killing even his nephew! Raditz's as a monster, who sadly needed to put down!
If only he used his monstrous power for good…
However back to Jin, who in his own right was a total monster! He could feel his Ki rising even now! His progress on Ki control was astounding, even for Goku's level! He could tell that his power has already risen by 20%!
Smirking slightly, not at the photos of his magazine he was looking at he could feel that Raditz has met his end by merely letting this child live! Hell, he bet by the end of this even Raditz's comrades which were a day out won't stand a chance!
Or should he say a year?…
Chuckling behind his magazine he can only fathom what he's be like in a years time! Now… these girls…
Jin smirked as he jumped over some Ki balls that were permanently trying to hit him as he shadow boxed. He felt great! Even under such conditions his body felt the adrenaline and loved every bit of it!
Jumping over a warm ball he kicked the air as his foot tore through the air, and as he flew two Ki balls were trailing behind him forcing him to twist his body in an awkward angle, even then, his smirk never faded!
As he flipped in the air he rocketed towards the ground and he backflipped as the Ki balls quickly ran after him, he outstretched his arms and quickly shot out two other Ki blasts to meet them resulting in an explosion.
Smirking he shook his head, his Ki control was getting better! Crossing his arms, he decided to further evolve hsi Kaioken technique.
"Kaioken times 20!" He immediately jumped to his maximum safe level and breathed out, the weight on him entirely disappeared, he felt lighter than a feather, punching the air at a blitzing speed that his own eyes couldn't see he only smirked.
Unleashing a few kicked he immediately stated to shadow box, he knew in his current state he wouldn't feel anything! However after this short training session using Kaioken will skyrocket his base power and his mastery!
Sighing he dropped out of Kaioken times 20 after a mere minute, already feeling tired from the constant training her turned towards the lazing Master Roshi with a bit of annoyance.
But in the end, nothing could be done, as much as he wished he could just immediately become a super saiyan, he's gotta go through the hoops. He blinked as he started to do push-ups.
His mind trailed back to the past as it always has done when he's training, mainly the war… the war was brutal, a war of bloody evolution.
Saiyans turning super saiyan so often it was considered an insult if you couldn't turn, almsot like a super saiyan bargain sale. Breathing out as he lifted himself up, his brain turned to Towa, the demon that kidnapped him.
She was… a confesser he'd rejected, not out of hatred for her race, as she had confessed before the war, nor was it because he didn't want to mate with someone out of his race. It was simple in reality, he was too focused on his own goal of catching up to Yamoshi.
True, having a mate wouldn't really detract him, but he knew that it'd shift his focus and he simply didn't want to do that, no matter how it was viewed, he's a single tracked man; all in all, he often wondered if he never refused the women that tried to mate with him, Saiyan or not, he often went back to them in his mind.
Call it trival or even call him a hopeless romantic, this void in his life made him feel incomplete; he'll even his warrior and Saiyan pride often called him out on it for not continuing on his bloodline in the past, even if he did, he doubt it would mean much.
Women plagued his past life often, and it was purely because he was strong, and for that he often just, shrugged them off; not taking any of them seriously, he knew it from the bottom of his very soul: he was a hypocrite and a contradicting being!
He wanted a woman, yes! He wanted a wife, a son, a daughter! He wanted a damn family, even during the war, these thoughts even came to him during his time in the war.
Sighing as he resorted to sit ups he continued to allow his brain to think. It wasn't that the women that confessed to him weren't attractive, they were, it's just… for a reason he either won't admit it or remember, he just turned them away, most of them said he'd regret it…
They were right, as much as it annoyed him, they were right; he did come to regret turning them away, but even then that doesn't mean even now he cannot fantasize!
Grunting as he continued on, he couldn't properly think as multiple visages of women came to his mind, never able to make out their features but he sighed in the end.
As much as his pride hated them for being right, in the end they were right, he regretted not starting a family; but either way getting strength back then was pitifully easy! Especially when they accidentally made Yamoshi the Super Saiyan God.
But either way, becoming a super saiyan was easy! Three and four were actually bottlenecks that people had trouble with! Three was one that nearly broke him, he did manage to break into it, but that didn't stop his frustration at all!
Sweating as he moved to squats he continued to think, the past plagued him, it consumed him, as much as he loathed to admit it, but he was stuck in the past, he needed something to look forward to in the future.
As for the future… what can he do? Towa is too strong for him to actively fight against, or at least he's able to go super saiyan, but either way, he's to jump to her tune for now until he's able to break free.
His thoughts stopped as he stopped and finally felt pain and soreness all over his body, guess it's time for him to stop for the day. Looking at Master Roshi who was actively blushing at a magazine made him question why'd trusted the old man.
But either way, he did so, and it's too late to just go back on his word, and so, with a sigh, went back to the platform.
"Done for the day?" Master Roshi noticed him.
"…yeah" Jin merely nodded before he spoke again "there's any food here?" Jin asked.
"Yup, in the fridge; get me a beer while your in there!" Master Roshi called out.
"Fine, I don't understand why you can't do it yourself" Jin spoke as he walked to the fridge.
"Because I'm old" Roshi spoke.
"…fair enough" Jin relented.
"Anyways, you're Ki control has improved tremendously, even with one day of training!" Master Roshi exclaimed with glee and surprised.
"Thanks" Jin spoke as he prepared the food.
"You're welcome, either way; you've immensely improved on day one of your one year training, in the end it's important that you keep up this pace, do not get lazy!" Master Roshi spoke in a warning tone.
"Never planed to" Jin smirked slightly.
—— Time Nest ——
Chronoa felt like slamming her head through her desk as the red time scroll pulsated, she figured out why it's red through trucking through her books, but now that a second one came about?
It was the Time Breakers help no doubt.
So why is it red? Because someone reincarnated with their memories! Over all not a bad issue, just got boost in well… everything they do, it's nothing to warrant her nor her team's interference.
But two showed that the person, who they concluded as the child of Leffa and Umpkin was the reincarnator, was kidnapped by Towa and placed in a different universe!
The main problem is that time itself is accommodating to the being not the other way!
Time's supposed to be unmoving by anyone who's below her in terms of strength! And this child's mere presence is inadvertently manipulating time and reality to accommodate the being and making time think that it belongs there only tell her one thing!
Whoever the child was in his past life was immensely powerful! Possibly more powerful than her! This required her to keep a very close eye onto the Saiyan child who is currently within a Hyperbolic Time Chamber!
The fact that he's in it shows that he isn't malicious, but with Towa's actions she might corrupt the child for her nefarious deeds!
This cannot happen!
Sighing as she dropped her head onto the desk she felt like crying, this was a headache…