After Beerus and Whin left.
I fell on my knees.
The moment they were gone, my stomach dropped.
"…I forgot, DAM IT," I said quietly.
Piccolo turned. "Forgot what."
I swallowed.
"I forgot to give them food."
Silence.
Ben: >;(
Vegeta's eye twitched. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, YOU IDIOT?"
"I mean," I said quickly, waving my hands, "in my defense, i was pissing my pants when i saw him."
Goku tilted his head. "What happens if Beerus doesn't get food?"
I answered "Nothing, Nothing at all"
Ben: >;(
"…Huh," Goku said.
Vegeta slowly turned toward me, rage radiating off him like heat.
"Are you saying all this to just piss me off?"
I nodded. "…Yeah, a little."
Vegeta screamed at the sky, as he attacked me.
....
It hit me all at once.[Not Vegeta, too weak]
No Beerus backup.
No Whis training.
No angel rewind button.
And then the second realization punched me even harder.[than Vegeta]
"…you guys know Frieza," I muttered.
Piccolo stiffened. "What about Frieza?."
"He will come back, in a year or so, don't ask me how i know."
Vegeta's smile returned, sharp and dangerous. "Good. I'll kill him myself, this time."
I shook my head. "Not good enough. Not this time. Your too weak Vegeta."
Goku's grin faded. "will he be stronger than you?"
Ben: >;[
I took a deep breath.
"I teach you all god ki."
They stared at me.
Tien blinked. "You will?"
Master Roshi adjusted his sunglasses. "Even an old man like me?"
Piccolo crossed his arms. "is that kind of power going to work on me?."
Vegeta smirked. "It's about dam time, Saiyan God, it has a nice ring to it."
I spread my arms dramatically, as i point at random.
"You get god ki. You get god ki. Everyone gets god ki."
"When everyone is a god....No one will be"
....
I didn't sugarcoat it.
"God ki," I explained, pacing in front of them, "isn't about raw power. It's control. Compression. Calm. You stop leaking energy like a busted pipe."
Goku raised his hand. "So… no more screaming?"
"…and that's why your the smart one," I corrected.
Vegeta scoffed. "Ridiculous."
"Cool, anyways" I said. "Care to TRY and FAIL, Vegeta."
That shut him up.
We split the training across multiple locations, Kami's Lookout, the plains, mountain ranges, even at Goku's living room. Some people are better at using God ki[Goku and Master Roshi], any time we had free time, no matter what place.
....
Goku got it first.
Of course he did.
The moment he stopped trying to force the power and instead relaxed, his energy vanished from my senses entirely.
"There!" he said cheerfully. "Did I do it?"
Piccolo's eyes widened. "I can't feel him at all."
I nodded. "Yep, That's god ki."
Goku grinned. "Neat!"
He immediately tried stacking it with Super Saiyan.
The sky cracked, as he near POPPED, like a balloon.
"…Okay," I said quickly. "Maybe don't do that yet.", as i gave the very blooded Goku, a Senzu Bean.
....
Vegeta refused every explanation I gave.
"Control through calm?" he snarled. "Nonsense."
So I stopped explaining, 'how did Whis teach this Asshole'.
I beat his ass, time and time again, he'd learn with time, than listen and learn.
"Did you figure it out Vegeta, no?, back to beating i guess" I said.
Months passed.
Then, silence.
His power vanished.
Vegeta stood there, breathing steadily, eyes burning with quiet fury.
"…I see," he said slowly.
Piccolo muttered, "He's terrifying."
I nodded. "Yep. I think He's doing it out of spite."
Vegeta smirked. "I have surpassed you."
"Get in line, Goku beat you to the punch" I replied.
He beat my ass.
....
Piccolo took to god ki like it had always been waiting for him.
No wasted motion. No ego. Just refinement.
"This feels… familiar," he said.
I smiled. "You've always trained like a god. You just didn't have the label."
By the end of the 5th month, his presence felt ancient, quiet, heavy, watching.
Roshi whistled. "That Namekian's scary now."
Piccolo didn't deny it.
....
As for Tien, Boy did he struggled.
Not because he lacked skill, but because god ki demanded a clear mind, while controlling ki.
"Years of discipline," he said, sweating. "coming back to beat my butt."
I nodded. "That's rough, buddy."
When it finally clicked, his third eye glowed faintly, not with power, but clarity.
"I understand," he said calmly.
Tien Shinhan, mortal ascetic, stepped into the realm of gods.
I was soooo proud of him.
....
I honestly didn't expect Roshi to have a hard time with this.
But this...
he sat down.
Stopped moving.
Stopped breathing erratically.
His ki faded like a candle gently extinguished.
"…Huh," I said. "Well I'll be damned."
Roshi chuckled. "True mastery comes from knowing everything about one's self."
"WOW, on your first try." I said.
Vegeta stared. "he got lucky."
....
I tried.
God, did I try.
"Just a little training, PLEASE," I pleaded.
Gohan smiled apologetically. "I have work. And Pan. And Videl..."
"I know, i know" I sighed. "I get it, you paper pusher"
He squeezed my shoulder. "Don't worry, we got you remember."
I nodded.
"…Suuuuuurrrrrreeee."
I just remember, i was a few years older than him.
....
We trained nonstop.
No vacations. Alot of senzu bean abuse.
And then.....
I felt it.
A familiar, hateful presence.
Cold. Refined. Arrogant.
"…Shhhhiiiiiiiittttt, He's here," I said.
The sky darkened.
A Ship pierced the clouds.
Goku cracked his knuckles. "Guess it's Frieza, huh?"
Vegeta smiled slowly. "Good."
Piccolo's aura flickered "Let's end this."
I looked at them.
'Crap, i ran out of time, i didn't reach the point where they can use Super Saiyan Blue, yet'.
"Alright," I said, stepping forward.
"Let's greet him properly."
Ben's power level: Cell Saga Super Saiyan 2 Gohan x [god ki x175,010,000]