41 The Armored Squadron
Rising from my bed, I head to the shower and wash myself off before putting on my armor.
"Something's missing..." I muttered as I looked down at myself. "Oh."
I place my palm against my chest and use Kekkai to materialize a fur coat that wraps around my waist.
"If I'm going to be wearing the armor, I might as well have the whole look." I muttered to myself as I walk out and head towards the canteen.
I look pretty much like how Broly did in the Super movie, but the light tan lining on the fur was now black. I would've materialized a more fitting set of armor, but the rest Armored Squadron all have color coded sets of purple and green, which was weird because I could've sworn that it was purple and yellow.
Also, I didn't want to seem suspicious as to how I managed to ascertain said armor.
I'm sure that I could've pulled some sort of explanation out of my ass, but I don't really feel like it. It's more believable that I somehow found a random fur coat lying around somewhere than a whole suit of armor.
As I made my way to the canteen, I see Salza, Dore, and Neiz walking from the other end of the hall. Salza gives me a nod and Neiz gives me a wave, while Dore just turns his gaze up at me before walking inside the canteen.
I raise an eyebrow at the large green man before looking over to Salza and Neiz, "What was that about?"
"He still hasn't gotten over what happened yesterday at the Medical Center." Salza told me.
"Yesterday?" I asked, wondering what he was talking about.
"Your tail." Neiz said as he pointed towards the said extremity.
Ah, right...
To be honest, I've kind of forgot that I had almost broken his wrist when I woke up here.
Am I going to apologize for it? No.
"What is with the fur?" Salza asked, looking at the fur wrapped around my waist with a little confusion.
"Found it." I told him simply.
"You found it? On the ship?" He asked, jerking back with complete and utter befuddlement.
"Mhm." I hummed, nodding my head.
Before he could ask anymore questions, I walk into the canteen and get in line to grab my food. Usually there would be a bunch of options to choose from, and there was, but I don't recognize any of the food available.
"A Saiyan? Haven't had one of you in a while." The woman behind the counter said as she looked at me up and down. "Don't bother looking at anything on the right side of the menu. It's all toxic to your kind."
I nod gratefully before saying, "Just give me whatever the most popular thing is that I can actually eat."
She nods and plops a purplish-blue looking piece of meat on my plate.
"Uh... It just twitched." I told her.
"It does that." She replied, waving me off before moving on and serving Salza.
I raise an eyebrow at the suspicious looking meat before deciding to just move along and get out of line. It then turns into another problem as I have no idea where to sit.
This is just like the first day of highschool all over again. At least back then I had Hayden...
I wonder how he's doing...
"Look alive, fur boy." Salza says as he bumps his elbow into my shoulder, knocking me out of my thoughts. "You're sitting with us."
Not having to be told twice, I follow Salza and Neiz to a table towards the back of the canteen. As we walk up, I see that Dore was already there, giving me the stink eye the entire time.
I sit down and he just doesn't acknowledge me.
"Dore, are you seriously going to act like a spoiled child in front of our new comrade?" Salza asks, looking at him with obvious judgement. "Your wrist wasn't even broken."
The big green man just looked at Salza with a glare before turning his focus back towards his food.
Salza let out a tired sigh before turning towards me, "I'm sorry, this is not how I wanted our first meal together to go."
"It's fine. I had pouty teammates as well." I told him.
"I ain't pouty!" Dore suddenly exclaimed.
"You're not mature." Neiz states before slurping up some dark purple and black sludge from his tray.
"What... is that?" I asked, trying to keep my face from turning into one of disgust.
"Oh, it's ground up Melila Worms and Carcusa Flies from Nylezula Seven." He replied before picking up his tray and holding it out to me. "You want some?"
I caught whiff of that deadly monstrosity and I almost throw up right then and there. I hold out my hand, refusing his offer.
"No, thank you." I replied, trying to hold back a gag. "Maybe some other time..."
"Suit yourself." He shrugged nonchalantly and continued to eat his sludge.
I... I think I'm going to be sick...
I look down at my food for a moment before I look around the table, seeing that Dore has already finished his meal. I push my tray towards him, making him look at me with confusion.
"Eat up, big guy..." I told him, not interested in eating after what Neiz had put near my nose.
He looks at me suspiciously before begrudgingly digging into the purple meat. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Salza looking at me with a grateful look and he nods softly in appreciation.
Don't look at me like that. I just didn't want to eat. It's a very good thing that I have infinite Senzu Beans...
"So, I was thinking that after we eat, we would go to the training area. Get our newest recruit up to speed." Salza says, getting a nod of approval from Neiz.
He looks over to Dore, who doesn't respond for a moment before nodding his head as well.
"I trust that this isn't a problem?" Salza asks as he turns towards me.
"Not at all." I replied.
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"Now, I seem to recall that you mentioned having a previous team?" Salza asked as he paced the training room.
"I did. I was the Leader of Team Black back on Planet Vegeta." I replied.
I was standing beside Neiz and Dore, watching as Salza nodded his head and continued to pace back and forth.
"Then you should know the basics of teamwork, yes?" He asked.
I nodded, "I do."
"Good. I'm sure that this will be a very difficult change, going from leader to follower, but I hope that you do not take it personally." He said.
"Don't worry, I have no problem whatsoever." I told him.
"Excellent." He said with approval before putting a stop to his pacing and standing directly in front of us. "Now that we have gotten that out of the way, it's time for training. I assume it is safe to say that your power level is above a hundred thousand? After all, you did give that spiteful little shit Frieza a good thrashing."
A hundred thousand, huh? Seems as though Cooler didn't mention my true capabilities to them. Or he correctly assumed that I would have lost my power boost once I returned to normal from my Evil Saiyan state.
Tough to say.
"I'm above a hundred thousand, yes." I nodded.
Salza nodded and said, "Good, then I would like you to come up and spar with me a little. Just enough so that I may gauge your true abilities."
I raise an eyebrow, but reluctantly step up to the Armored Squadron leader.
"Are you sure about this?" I asked him.
"Don't worry, this is just a test, I will not go all out." He said, failing to realize that it wasn't my safety that I was worrying about.
"Alright then..." I muttered, getting into a lazy stance.
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Current Power Levels:
Cooler - 140,000,000
Zyleth - 2,320,000
Salza - 170,000
Dore - 185,000
Neiz - 163,000
