(DBX2 AU) Yenua's "Temporary" Instructor
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Elder Kai: Now go out and find yourself an instructor young man! I'm sure you'll find one easily enough.
Yenua: Tch. Sure, whatever old man.
Yenua scoffs as he leaves the time nest, surrounded by thousands upon thousands of other Time Patrollers. The frost demon had just barely scraped by all of his tests, getting the lowest rank out of all his peers. Determined to prove himself as more than capable of being well versed in combat.
There was also the fact he focused on getting PQs done and helping fix changes in the flow of time. Every time he came out of things successfully, he always boasted and rubbed it in people's faces. Never underestimate a great frost demon warrior!!! Better than all the rest, he's just gotta level himself up more, train more! They'll see, they'll all see!
.....Right, gotta find an Instructor now, and where else to start than with those currently available?
Going through each and every one of them(Tien, Piccolo, Krillin, and Yamcha), Yenua was reminded just how much he hated losing to a bunch of Earthlings! Especially Piccolo, damn Namekian! Put him through his paces, that one did. While appreciating the strength offered, Yenua didn't like how much Piccolo talked down to him.
Yenua's not some little kid! Just because he's shorter than "Lord Frieza's" first form doesn't mean he's that young! And an attitude adjustment? Please! Yenua's the greatest warrior out there, and he's proving it one PQ and time fix at a time!!
Tien was absolutely a no-go. An absolute killjoy once Yenua started quote "showing off a Napoleon complex that would put the man that it's named after to shame". He did NOT have whatever that was!!
Krillin was just plain annoying. It is fun kicking him in the shins though.
And then there's Yamcha.....
Being his final option, and one he promised himself would be temporary, Yenua approached Yamcha with all of the intimidation he could muster.
Yamcha: !! Oh, Yenua! Come back for some more training I see? Er, uh, maybe not? What's with the sour face?
Yenua: Nevermind that! I demand you be my Instructor!
Yamcha: ....I, wow, me? I mean, alright! You can count on me as your instructor! Teach you and guide you through everything I know! And through what others know. Be there for your entire journey, matter of fact.
Yenua huffed at Yamcha, crossing his arms. With that settled, he goes back off on his journey. Training up and leveling up, taking an advancement test and everything. Hard to tell how many days have passed since he initially became Yamcha's more official student. This was only meant to be a temporary arrangement.
New mentors would come flying into Conton City, Yenua going to each and every one of them to learn something new. A bunch of saiyans this lot were, being Raditz, Nappa, Vegeta, and....a child?? A literal child was asked to be a mentor for himself and his peers?? Oh give him a break!
He'd humored the kid with taking an initiation test, but that was it! Nothing more, nothing less! ....And maybe one actual lesson....but that was really it! This time anyway. He couldn't replace Yamcha with an actual child, that'd be too humiliating!
Raditz was too arrogant, even by Yenua's standards. As if he'd bow to someone who actually lost to a child! Not only that, but someone who lost to PICCOLO of all people! As if!!
Vegeta was also up his own ass, that's two for two! At least he was being taken seriously! No underestimation or complaints about his attitude. Maybe he could replace Yamcha....
And of course there was Nappa too. Man seemed to hold onto that tough love kinda deal. A total sap outside of his more wide area destruction move-set.
He decided to try and make Vegeta his instructor, starting his approach to the saiyan on the hill. That was when he was stopped by Vegeta glaring him down.
Vegeta: About to ask me to be your instructor, are you?
Yenua: ....So what if I was? Yamcha was merely a temporary thing.
Vegeta: Your temper and attitude is far worse than I've ever been. Training with you is no issue, but I'm afraid I would decimate you at a moment's notice if you had me as your instructor. Go. Run off to the idiot.
Yenua: YOU...!! FUCK YOU!!!
Yenua cursed rather loudly, running off as fast as possible. Vegeta smirked at this, goading Yenua like that was entertaining, he had to admit. Annoying little cretin deserved to have his wires crossed.
Where had Yenua run off to anyway?
Unsurprisingly he had run off into the Bamboo District, hiding amongst the tall plants as he was left to his own devices. He HATED being rejected like that, why did it hurt so much??
Something to do with his past? Was that it? Could hardly remember his old life on one of the many planets the Cold Clan ruled over. He knew he had an older sister, Cickle was her name. That wasn't the point though...
Point was that he was being rejected time and time again, and for what?? Not wanting to be seen as vulnerable!? Not wanting to be seen as weak!? He's not weak, he knows he isn't!!!!
Color him startled when a fellow Time Patroller comes up behind him and taps him on the shoulder.
Hardis: Hey so...can you leave? Cramping up the vibes around here dude.
Yenua growls at Hardis and shoves him away as he leaves. Idiot! He was just....resting! That was it! Resting after handling a difficult change in time!! Yes, even the greatest of warriors needed rest. There was no denying that.
Making his way through Conton City again, he finds out through the grapevine that Yamcha is hanging around on his lonesome up in the resort district. Perfect! No one would be around to see Yenua at his....weakest.
Yenua uses the transport point bots to get into the resort district, noticing Yamcha resting on one of the beach chairs set up near the small shoreline.
Yamcha: !!!!! Shenron-! Oh! Yenua, nice to ah....nice to see you again. Been on a lotta missions lately, Elder Kai's been keeping me updated. You're getting stronger each and every time, brings a tear to my eye! ....But that's not why you came to see me, is it? Don't wanna listen to me yapping on and on. Something I do when I have time to think.
Yenua: I'd rather you shut your trap, Yamcha.
Yamcha had overhead Yenua scream at Vegeta at the top of his lungs earlier, didn't think the kid had it in him to curse that hard. And wasn't he a little young to know what that even meant? Yamcha never really understood how frost demon aging works and sure, Yenua's voice threw him off. Taking into account Yenua's appearance(Yenua's height didn't really matter, he'd heard Frieza's first form wasn't much taller), he would've thought Yenua was closer to his late 30s.
So once Yenua actually spoke to him for that first time all that time ago, Yamcha clocked him to be way younger than that. Still wasn't certain, but the kid had to be young by both frost demon and human standards.
Besides the point, point is that Yenua wanted something right when Yamcha was all alone up here.
Yamcha: So....really? Whatcha need, Yen?
Yenua walked over to the ledge, making sure no one would be able to hear anything. Anyone that had their flying license wasn't flying anywhere near the resort district. Which meant....
The runty frost demon let his shoulders sag and his body fall to his knees in the water, his back to Yamcha. Yamcha raised a brow and got up out of the beach chair. Slipping his shoes and socks off, he joined Yenua in the shallow pond of water.
Yenua started choking up, turning his head towards Yamcha as tears, genuine tears, started to flow out of his sockets. Oh! Oh! That was...that was new! Yamcha hadn't seen or even heard Yenua cry, even through the training sessions he did with other mentors. They'd all update each other on what happened in each session with Yenua, making notes of all of Yenua's quirks.
Yamcha seemed to be the only one who noticed how Yenua's overconfident and egotistical attitude was all for show, how the kid was putting up a more metaphorical mask to protect himself. Yamcha could already guess why, who else but the man who used to think he had it all figured out? Who used to think he was one of the strongest warriors to grace planet Earth?
Everything from the World Tournament where he faced off against Tien to the Androids had been a humbling experience, he won't deny that, but it kept seeming like he'd been taking Ls over and over and over again after said humbling.
He was happy that his baseball career seemed to be taking off at the very least. The one W he had going for him. That and being Yenua's instructor....possibly only friend? Yamcha had taken notice of how much Yenua pushed his peers away yet also craved their validation, their praise for doing well in a mission.
Yamcha hesitantly hooked his hands underneath Yenua's armpits, his nerves suddenly being shot. Oh he was so dead if Yenua reacted badly to what he was doing!
Luckily for the earthling, Yenua didn't act the way he thought he would. Instead he reacted like the abandoned and neglected runt of the litter that he was. Practically latching onto Yamcha as soon as the man started carrying him as if he weren't any older than a small child.
Yamcha: [Okay, not dead, that's good! ...I'm not gonna be moving from the resort district, that's bad.]
Yamcha sighed as he came out of the water and got back onto the beach chair. Making sure Piccolo could still hear his thoughts, he pretty much sent a message to all of his friends that he'd be gone a little longer than he thought he would.
