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Chapter 7 - The Gravity Chamber (2)

Goku and his friends walked further into the chamber, taking a look around, and stretching their muscles out before they began. Tien crouched down and tapped on the floor, Goku and Krillin did a similar thing with the walls, Chiaotzu on the other hand was in a cold sweat taking in the difference between the platform and the main floor. 

Gulping Chiaotzu looked at Bulma, confirming his suspicion. "Bulma, it's bigger here. How did you do it?"

Crossing her arms in a prideful, confident mood, She smirked. It almost looked like a puff of smoke came out from both of her nostrils. "That's a trade secret, don't let it bother you too much. It works out right? You'll need that much space to get some proper training in, right?" She added with an index finger raised, wagging it side to side in a jovial manner. 

"Wow Bulma, you've really outdone yourself on this one! This much space is perfect for some decent sparing." 

"Isn't this exciting guys!? We finally get to train together! Ragh, I can hardly contain myself, I'm so excited!"

"Woah now, slow your roll there, Goku. You'll get to train to your heart's content once the initial tests are done. If everyone is ready to start, I'll set it to double the gravity." 

Bulma got four thumbs up from the four fighters. She began typing away, opening an automatic diagnostic log, and setting the gravity to increase by 10% of earth's gravity, once every second. The machine hummed to life, working as intended. 

"Woah, this is completely different from wearing the turtle shells. Yikes, it feels like everything is heavier, including my blood."

"You can say that again. This isn't as simple as wearing weighted training clothes. In fact, this feels worse than wearing 10 times my body weight." 

"That just means it'll be good training, and perhaps someday soon the three of us will be like him over there." 

Goku was laughing, running around the room, skipping up and down. He eventually started doing somersaults and backflips like it was nothing. Once he stopped and stretched for a moment, he looked at the others curiously. 

"This does feel quite difficult, but it's not so bad. This will be good for some light sparring. What do you guys think?" 

"Well, Goku, this feels like everything is on fire. Our weight is oddly enough the least of our issues right now."

"That's right, I can still float quite easily. And I'm the weakest here." 

"This training… I haven't found a waterfall that could mimic this degree of pressure. Even without sparring, just basic meditation will be difficult here… Bulma, do you mind if I come by frequently? I'd really like to use this room. Even at just 2 times gravity, it's already the best training environment on earth." 

"Huh? You're welcome to come here all you want. Though, if you're planning to be here as often as Goku… That'll be discussed later, but it's safe to say I'll just put you on the company staff as live in security. That should help." 

"Thanks Bulma, seriously, this room is impressive. It looks like Goku wants to go up to a higher level, but at the rate I'm going it'll take me… Roughly an hour to get acclimated to this degree of magnification." 

"So you want me to leave you boys alone then? I'll agree but first test the automatic shutdown. You just have to stay still for 3 seconds." 

3 seconds later the machine shutoff, and Bulma checked the logs for any issues. Fortunately, the log showed that her father and herself were rather competent when it came to engineering and programming. 

"Everything looks good. You can use the chamber for up to a maximum of two times gravity for now. You boys go ahead and get some training in. The ladies and I have…" Bulma smirked looking at Launch. "Things to discuss." 

"Have fun boys." 

Bosa waved as he left with the women. He wasn't really in a position to object either. "Have fun uncle Tien, uncle Chiaotzu, uncle Krillin, and pa-uncle Goku!"

Once the door shut behind them, Chichi looked at Bosa with a half warm and half confused smile. "Bosa, why did you do that?" 

Bosa looked up, and into Chichi's eyes. "Ma-Aunty Chichi, what do you mean?" 

"Pfft, Bosa, you're so cute. Chichi, take it as a compliment, Bosa really loves you." 

Humph, Chichi crossed her arms and turned away, hiding the obvious blush on her cheeks. She peeked over. "Well, if you're alright with it Bulma. Then I won't complain, it did feel good… Just a little though." 

"Oh ho, are you sure it was just a little? Your face says you're lying." Bulma teased, with a smiling face. 

The ladies eventually made their way to a small living/party room. The open concept only added to the feel of the room. And if that wasn't enough, the couch was a step into one. It was embedded into a drop into the floor. There was an option to go down a few stairs. But most would just hop down. This is where the three sat down, joining Mrs. Briefs for a snack. 

"Oh my, Bosa dear, how are you?!" 

"Grandma!" Bosa shouted, nearly jumping out of Launch's arms. "I'm good, grandma!" He said, sniffing and then crawled over to Bulma, and sniffed again. He sat upright, then laid on his side, as if he was thinking of something. He started rolling around, and then right before he was about to come to tears. 

"Bosa, what's wrong?" 

"Mommy, Aunty Launch smells like Aunty Chichi! No, Uhm? Ragh! They have a similar smell?" Bosa answered, struggling to get the right words. He was a smart boy, but there are some words that just no one is going to use, lest they know what they are. And then he came up with it… "Aunty Launch is like Aunty Chichi. They, um, uh, they'll be like Mommy soon…" 

Launch spit out her tea. "Hey Bulma, is he saying what I think he's saying?" 

Bulma giggled, holding Bosa warmly. "It's okay Bosa, I understand. You noticed the same thing I did. Such a smart boy. But that word is pregnant. So your Aunty Launch is also going to have a baby." 

Launch stood up so fast it was like a rocket launch. "WHAT! I only got him to do it once, and I'm really… No wonder I've been feeling sick the last couple days." She sat back down and sipped her tea again. 

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