It's been a day since I found out about my place in the timeline and the only thing that happened since then is that I now have more questions than before. I couldn't figure out how to even start with martial arts. And what if I'm not in the canon timeline? What if I'm in the Trunks timeline? Or maybe even an AU with everyone being insanely powerful? 'Don't think about that, Salcid.' Oh yeah, and my name is Salcid. I'm named after a fucking chemical. Not even some essential clothing. Not even food. 'This name is never gonna stick. But I'll keep it as a thanks to whoever had this body before. It's just a name anyway.' Anyways what happened was my neighbors were worried since my letterbox was getting full and decided to ring my bell. Nice guys, they were. Well, I should probably say nice deer, since they were one. Turns out I have no living relatives and had been working at Capsule Corp as a gardener. I don't know why they wouldn't let a robot do this stuff but money for me I guess.
"Okay enough sidetracking. Need to figure out how to learn martial arts and then control ki. Wait is martial arts even necessary to use ki? I'm pretty sure Freeza never learnt anything but was still able to use ki. Maybe that's a race thing? I've gotta try the Videl training"
I sit cross-legged on the floor and try to focus inside my body. 'First make yourself completely calm. Then, listen to my body till I hear something and pull it out of my body. Easy enough.' Sure enough, I couldn't even do the first step. Calming all my thoughts, especially with all that has happened in the past few days is impossible.
"I'll just go to my job and figure things out slowly. Rushing doesn't mean fast progress."
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"Registered" A mechanical voice beeps. I just got to the Atrium to clock-in for work and had to face-scan to the robot at the entrance to the building as well as the one in the Atrium. I am the only gardener under their employment so I have to work continuously for hours upon hours because this place is MASSIVE. It could hold an entire fucking planet worth of citizens without being overcrowded, but I don't find myself out of breath. Maybe I already have a bit of start in my progress to power. By the time I'm done though, it's already night. I got to the vending machine by the entrance to get a carton of strawberry milk.
"Good to see you're drinking that. We added that just for you. Kami knows nobody else would even look at that piece of garbage." I heard from the left as the door opened and came in a beautiful woman with shoulder length blue hair, in a lab coat with t-shirt and blue jeans.
"Miss Bulma! Good evening." I say as a bow.
"Hey!! Where's the bratty kid that has a crush on me!? What happened to you??" She exclaimed, coming closer and poking my cheek continuously.
"Can you please stop that? It was a joke. And I never even had a crush on you. Ever." I say as I swat her hand away 'Crap! I gotta be more cautious of my behavior. I don't know his... my personality. Well at least it seems similar to mine.'
"Of course, of course, as if I didn't see you checking me out last week~" She says winking and grinning widely.
"I didn't. And you're saying this to a 14 year old as an adult that is also your employee. Creep. Gross. Get away from me." Going to the door and throwing away the carton I add, "Hey by the way do you know any martial artists? I wanna learn a bit."
"Huh? Why the sudden interest in martial arts all of a sudden? Is it because of the Budokai Tenkaichi?" She asks, already pinpointing the reason.
"Yeah I saw the fight between Ma Jr. and Son Goku in the 23rd. Gardening is just a way to keep myself fed but when I sat there I the arena, I felt so excited and so... pumped up. I felt a purpose. Like a treasure map leading me to gold. Now there's a fire burning in me. A fire to be the best." Whenever I think of the fights in dbz I always feel pumped up. It always felt like they're giving their all. "Even if I'm not able to be the best, I want to give something, anything my best." I say, a fierce expression on my face. And in the world of Dragon Ball, what else is there other than fighting. In this world your power is defined only by your own hardwork. Sure my body will hold me back; I'm only a human but if there is a way to bypass that limitation, it would definitely exist here. So I wanna give my 100% to atleast one thing.
"...Fine~ I'll call the Kame-Geezer no need to be so dramatic." She said, genuinely smiling "But you need to be ready for a tough life"
I smile. "I am ready to go to heaven and hell"