18 Chapter 17

We had Anais stay at the side while I started my training with Korin, he intends to spar with us before he can figure out what we need to improve on.

Korin: "Normally I would have the people that climb my tower try to get this pot that contains the sacred water, however, you two don't seem to be interested in it but we will still use this method to train you for now. Try to get the pot from me"

I remember it being the same as when he trained Goku in the anime, I can easily overpower him and get the pot, but it wouldn't help much in my training, so I decided to lower my power level to his before starting the challenge.

Korin had noticed his actions and squinted his eyes, but Tatsumaki hadn't noticed his slight actions

Tatsumaki: "I am coming"

I ran towards Korin to try and claim the pot, I created after images to try and trick him while I attacked from behind, but he most likely sensed my Ki and avoided it with minimal movements so I immediately followed up with a back kick but he redirected it with his staff and threw off my balance before he followed up with an attack on my abdomen creating some distance between us, while it didn't hurt it was annoying that I am being toyed around with.

I continued trying to get the pot for a few hours and I eventually succeeded as I had perfectly remembered all his movements after fighting for hours, while he made some slight changes, they all followed the same pattern.

I had memorized his movements earlier, but it took a while to be able to make my reactions instinctive, I should probably add points to instincts later.

Korin: "My intention was to see what your weaknesses are and judge your character from the way you attempted to get the pot, I must say I'm impressed. You have a few quirks though"

Tatsumaki: "What do you mean?"

Korin: "I noticed when we started the spar you dropped your power level to match mine, while it was well intentioned, I hope its not a bad habit of weakening yourself to your enemy's level it's a horrible way to express arrogance and it could probably get you or someone close to you killed. In a fight every second is important and if you take to long to get your strength back to its peak you can get yourself killed or someone important to you"

He glanced at Anais; I didn't take him looking at Anais seriously however what he said made sense I remembered that Goku had a bad habit of starting in his normal form before slowly working up his transformations. That habit of his cost him a lot in resurrection Frieza, had he killed frieza quickly he wouldn't have been weak enough that he could be attacked by Frieza's henchman even Vegeta's arrogance allowed the earth to be destroyed

Tatsumaki: "I understand, I will work on it"

Korin: "Good, another thing is that you rely too much on your thoughts when fighting, you need to be more fluid and unpredictable. I can tell you have been in very few fights, so you are very lacking in experience while its good you are powerful you are also like a glass shoe, all it takes is to take advantage of a slight mistake to put you in an unfavorable situation"

"Okay, stand aside while I also spar with Anais"

I stood aside and went to think about how the spar went, I started combining what I learnt with my already existing fighting style and before I knew it a few hours had passed and Korin was done sparring with Anais, he proceeded to explain her flaws and advice on how to fix them.

Korin: "This is as far as we will go for today, we will pick it up tomorrow so for now get yourself comfortable since I don't have any more beds up here. As for food well… I have some Senzu beans, they help you recover to your peak and keep you full for 10 days"

We had lots of necessities in our storage capsules, so we had beds to sleep on as well as food, but I was interested in the Senzu beans, they played a very vital role in the entire dragon ball series.

Tatsumaki: "We brought our own food, we have lots of meat, fish, pasta and other things to eat, I am however interested in the Senzu beans recovery capabilities would it be possible to get a few of them?"

Korin: "Normally I wouldn't give a bunch of them to just anyone however I am willing to trade, I believe I heard you say you had fish?"

He was practically drooling, I completely forgot he was a cat, or I would have brought a bunch more to trade

Tatsumaki: "Yes, I am also a great cook. I will cook the fish for you in exchange for a bunch of Senzu beans, while I might not need them considering my strength but after thinking about what you said I need to be prepared for anything so having items to help me and those important to me recover quickly would be best."

I made the fish for Korin and naturally like all the others he fell at the hands of my cooking, no clothes to tear apart though.

A few months passed and I had corrected all the flaws that Korin had noticed in our fighting techniques, we had gone down a few times to refill our stock of items and kill our boredom occasionally. Korin mentioned being able to train with God since we could fly to his look out and ignore the need for the power pole.

Tatsumaki: "Thank you for training us during these past few months, we will come visit sometimes"

Korin: "It has been entertaining, don't forget to bring extra fish with you! Do you plan on going to train with Kami immediately?"

Anais: "Yeah!! The sooner we get the training done the better"

We bid our farewells and flew up towards Kami's lookout, we got there in very little time, and we were met with a being with very dark skin I could barely notice his presence. I immediately knew he was Mr. Popo

Mr. Popo: "I am Mr. Popo, Kami-sama has been expecting your arrival. I will take you to him"