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When that heavy door opened again at the end of our time, I walked out of the chamber very different. I was an inch taller, muscular, had longer hair, and was far more powerful than when we entered the room. As I walked into the open air of the Lookout I held my arms out and took in the sunlight of our regular world.
"Was your training fruitful?" Asked Dende as we exited.
"It was great. Claire is easily as strong as Android 18 now," Celton said. I looked back as I tied my hair back into a ponytail to contain it.
"That's Krillin's wife, right?" I clarified.
"Yeah," Celton confirmed.
"Well, we should probably let everyone know where we went. Especially with how we've changed," I said. Celton agreed and with a hug goodbye for now, I took off flying back to the ground. My phone started ringing right away and who else would it be, but Videl.
"Hello—"
"Where have you been?! I tried calling you all day yesterday! Gohan told me what happened to Celton, is he alright?!" Videl started blabbering. Of course, Celton would've only had his incident with Sharpener the other day to her.
"Right. How about you meet me at the Seven Star Cafe, we've got a lot to talk about," I replied.

Claire and I parted ways from the Lookout as we flew off. I'm sure I was going to get an earful from Chi Chi about missing classes yesterday, and Gohan wouldn't be impressed either. As I flew closer to Mount Paozu, an energy spike caught my attention. I stopped in the air completely confused. I recognized this power, but it just shouldn't be possible. I flew at top speed towards the ground, landing near the spike's origin completely shocked at who I found.
"How the hell are you alive?!" I demanded as Nappa stood up from a small crater in the ground.

I landed in an alleyway to keep my flying ability hidden for now, just outside of the cafe. I walked out into the open streets and inside where Videl was already waiting. The moment she saw me her jaw practically hit the floor.
"What the hell happened to you?!" She asked as I sat down. I laughed slightly as she slid me some tea.
"Quite a bit actually. I know, I look dramatically different," I said.
"That's an understatement! Your hair is so much longer, you look taller! You're absolutely ripped!" She said flabbergasted.
"Yeah, it's a long story," I said.

I stood ready to fight as that bald Saiyan bastard turned around to face me.
"How the hell are you alive?!" I demanded.
"Who the hell are you?" Nappa questioned with a confused look on his face and a halo above his head. I set into my fighting stance ready to charge when Nappa's expression changed.
"Wait a second, you're one of those brats that run with Kakarot!" Nappa exclaimed. His face contorted into one that conveyed nothing but his Saiyan bloodlust. "I'm gonna enjoy ripping you apart!" Nappa charged first, and the fight was on.

Videl had her head set on the table as I sipped my tea as we talked about my recent adventure.
"So let me get this all straight then: You and Celton went to a place up in the sky and went into a room where you spent an entire year alone with him, in a single day mind you!" She exclaimed, with her head still entirely glued to the table.
"Mmhm," I confirmed.
"You can fly and are now impossibly stronger than any other person on Earth; barring Celton, Gohan, and a few others," Videl continued.
"Yep," I said.
"And to top it all off, Celton is an alien?!" Videl quietly exclaimed. "Do I have everything summed up now?"
"I can also shoot energy blasts from my hands, but yeah," I said.
"Because that is the least normal thing that you've told me," Videl said sarcastically. I set my tea down with a smile as Videl sat back up.
"Like I said, it's all unbelievable to me too, and yet here I am able to benchpress a mountain. Probably literally," I said.
     "So here's my question though," Videl said with a smirk. I cocked my head to the side unsure of exactly what more she wanted to know. "Did you and him happen to..." Videl trailed off her sentence, before making a hand gesture.
     "W-what?! Why on Earth would you want to know that?!" I exclaimed, quietly but completely flustered and red in the face. Videl shrugged with a little smirk as she sipped her own tea.
     "Just curious. I mean, you'd have to reeeeally love someone to spend an entire year, alone, with them," Videl said to me. I stifled a groan and turned my head away from her.
     "You're my best friend, but some things are just between me and Celton," I said, trying to hide my embarrassment. A silence went between us for a moment, and for a moment I thought she had moved on to other topics.
     "Knew it."
     "I will blast you through the wall Videl,"

     Nappa and I fought on an equal level for the moment, which was ironic given his size advantage over me. Our hands locked against each other as we tried to overpower one another.
     "It's too bad Kakarot bit the dust. I guess I'll have to settle for his brat instead," Nappa growled. I jumped back as he swung his fist to try and strike me. Landing on my hand, I pushed back up to kick him in the chin. I could sense his energy building, and knew an attack was coming.  Nappa pulled two fingers skyward as an explosion of energy raced towards me. I crossed my arms to gather energy and and swung them out to expanded the energy into a shield around me just as the flames reached me. As the blast died out I locked onto Nappa again. My shield faded and in an instant I had closed the gap between us.
     "I've had enough!" I brought my knee straight into Nappa's gut. As my opponent went flying I soared past him to kick him into the sky above me. In an instant, I was far above Nappa and swinging my foot down into his back. For a final blow, I flew down below Nappa and swung my fist directly skyward. The strike landed precisely where Goku broke his back all of those years ago. I landed back on the ground and threw Nappa on his face ahead of me.
"You're still a pathetic excuse for a Saiyan Elite," I spat at him. As I stared down at Nappa's body, a deep purple energy began to rise off of him.
"You really think I wouldn't be stronger all these years later?" Nappa boasted as he stood back up. His power exploded as he began to charge a Ki blast in his hand. What the hell?! Where did he get all this power?! There was no fooling around anymore, not without consequences. I extended both arms joined at the base of my palms and wrists, focusing my power just in front of them.
     "KA....ME...." I chanted. I brought both hands still joined to my right hip and squatted down slightly, a pulsing blue orb burning to life in my hands. "HA....ME...."
     "Time to die!!!!" Nappa shouted as he threw his blast forward.
     "HAAAA!!!!!!!!!" I shouted with my own attack. I threw my hands forward as well to fire my Kamehameha, the two attacks connecting between us. Nappa was certainly stronger than he was back then, but that wasn't enough to top me. I put all my power into my attack with another yell, and my blast completely destroyed Nappa's. Not another sound came from Nappa as the blast overtook him. With a shift of my hands I redirected the blast skyward to avoid destroying the surrounding area. I held my attack strong for a moment, just to be absolutely sure that Nappa was dead. Well, dead-er. I let my arms fall and focused on trying to find any ounce of power in the sky, but there was nothing. I breathed a sigh of relief just as another power approached.
     "Celton!" I heard Gohan call out. My friend landed next to me looking around the area. "I could sense the fight, but it felt like it was—"
     "Nappa?" I cut him off. Gohan was shocked for a moment, but got serious and looked up to where Nappa was in the sky.
     "I thought so. But it was so much stronger than back then," Gohan noted.
     "He was, but not nearly enough to beat me," I said with a smirk. Gohan held his chin with thoughts in his head, but it wasn't a mystery what he was contemplating. Just how the hell did Nappa get that strong? Let alone return to Earth?

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