Dragonball MLP: Saiyan Survivor
Chapter 3: Feasting and Sparring
Previous ChapterNext ChapterKolard was led into the dining hall of the Canterlot Castle, he had never been in the dining hall of King Vegeta's Palace, so he didn't know what to expect. The dining hall was large, it looked like it could hold everyone in the castle at once, but being set on the table is what looked like a feast. Much to his surprise, the ponies had provided some sort of meat in the form of cooked fish. There were all kinds of grains, vegetables, fruits, and pastries on the table. The Saiyan's stomach growled and he rushed towards one of the chairs, sitting down at it. Instead of using the utensils that had been provided, Kolard started grabbing handfuls of food and shoving them into his mouth, chewing quickly and swallowing.
"Perhaps you should use the fork and spoon that are near your plate," Celestia suggested, shocked at the lack of table manners.
The Saiyan didn't listen, all he cared about was filling back up. Not to mention the utensils would only slow him down. He grabbed a still steaming pot of rice and dug his hands into it, grabbing the rice by the handful and shoveling it into his mouth. He only took a few moments to chew and then he swallowed. In only a couple of minutes, the entire pot of rice had been consumed. Kolard then moved onto the fish. Since the ponies didn't know how to prepare them, they were whole fish, but the low-class warrior didn't care in the slightest. He grabbed each fish by the tail and bit as much as he could chew. Once he swallowed that bite, he would repeat the process until the fish was no more. Much to the shock of everypony there, he was eating the entire fish, bones and all.
Kolard grabbed the plate with the pastries on them. There were small pies and cupcakes. He shoveled them effortlessly into his mouth and consumed everything on the plate, like everything else within a matter of minutes. Princess Celestia herself was starting to grow concerned at the speed and ferocity that this creature was eating food. In less than forty-five minutes, the entire feast that she had prepared because her guest had told her that his people eat a lot had been consumed by a singular person.
The Saiyan looked towards one of the maid ponies, "Excuse me, ma'am. But, I am still hungry. Do you have anything else to eat?" he asked in a surprisingly calm voice.
This stunned everyone who had heard it, not only had this creature consumed an entire feast in less than an hour, he was still hungry. Celestia herself couldn't hide her shock. She nearly collapsed and her face was twisted in a look of disbelief. No pony or creature she had ever met was able to eat as much as this creature did and he wanted more. She sighed and walked towards the kitchen to tell the cooks to prepare more food.
After about ten more minutes, more food was brought out to the table and Kolard effortlessly scarfed it down much to the shock and horror of everyone watching. The cooks were scrambling at this point in a desperate attempt to get food on the table as fast as the Saiyan could scarf it down. It was a losing battle at first, but after another half hour, the low-class warrior finally started to slow down. He was filling up and this made every cook breathe a sigh of relief.
Celestia however was stunned at this. This creature had consumed two full feasts on his own. She had never seen or heard of anything like it. Nothing in Equestria or any of the lands that she knew had this capability, not even the voracious Cragadiles in the Everfree Forest. She wished she had listened to the warning that Kolard had given her only a few hours earlier. The Saiyan patted his stomach as he finally stopped eating and jumped up from the chair to flex his arms and pat them. "Finally back up to one hundred percent!" he exclaimed in a joyful manner.
The cooks finally could have a break, but the maids now had a massive mess of piled plates, pots, and bowls that they had to clean up. None of the ponies had ever seen anyone consume food with such voracity and lack of table manners. Most of them had felt that the way the low-class warrior had eaten was barbaric and his lack of etiquette was appalling to most of them. Celestia placed her hand on her head, she could feel a headache coming on as she let out a sigh. "Surely you'd like to take some sort of a nap after eating all of that food," she stated with a glimmer of hope in her voice.
Kolard was quick to shake his head and point to himself with his thumb with a confident smile, "You promised me some strong guys to train against!" he exclaimed gleefully at the prospect of training.
All the Princess of the Sun could do was sigh. She was confused by this creature, he seemed so depressed earlier, yet the idea of fighting was exciting him. She motioned for him to follow her and she quietly led him through the castle towards the training yard that the guards used near their barracks. "I've already informed the guards, so I'll watch you spar from the sidelines," she stated in an exasperated tone. She wasn't sure how many more surprises she could take.
Kolard did some stretches and entered a stance he had been taught on the planet he was sent to. He turned his left side to his opponent and extended his left foot a short bit. He kept his right hand close to his chest, but extended his left hand out slightly. The opponent was a white Earth Pony with a blue mane. He was bulkier than most of the other ponies he had seen up to this point. The low-class warrior's Saiyan blood started heating up with excitement. This pony must be strong, he figured.
The Earth Pony cracked his knuckles and entered his own stance, but this one was different from his own. It almost seemed as if the pony wanted to wrestle him instead of fight. Neither warrior made a move for a moment as they stared each other down, both of them trying to figure out some sort of weakness in the other's stance. Kolard's patience wore out first and he rushed in to punch the Earth Pony in the jaw. Much to his shock, the Royal Guardsman avoided the blow and grabbed his arm, using the momentum of the punch to throw the Saiyan at the same time as he delivered a powerful punch to the midsection that was only softened by the armor that he wore.
The low-class warrior stumbled as he was thrown off balance, but his opponent didn't give him time to recover. He was thrown on the defensive again, his only option at this point would be to use energy blasts, but he didn't want to risk harming anypony. He directed his hand towards the ground and fired off a blast of energy to kick up dust, blinding both combatants. Judging from the fact that some ponies had wings, the Saiyan surmised that his opponent wouldn't be able to take to the air. He focused his energy and took to the sky, circling around his opponent and hitting him from behind.
The Royal Guardspony stumbled forward at the force of the blow, surprised at the force of it. He turned around to face his opponent who was floating out of reach, "Now that's not fair, this is a sparring match, get back down on the ground!" he protested.
Kolard chuckled nervously, he had gotten a bit competitive and didn't want to admit to it. He calmly landed on the ground and resumed his former stance. "I assume you can't fire energy from your hands," he observed.
The Earth Pony shook his head, "I cannot. But seeing is that is some way that you can fight, I will allow this," he stated.
The Saiyan was worried, he didn't know how much power he could put into such a thing without hurting his sparring partner too much. He extended a hand and fired off a weak ball of energy. It hit the Earth Pony and harmlessly dissipated against him. This surprised the low-class warrior who then started to charge up a more powerful attack. This unfortunately left him open and his opponent had rushed in to attack, breaking Kolard's concentration. The young adult Saiyan was able to avoid the punch that was thrown his way.
The low-class warrior smirked and placed his hand against his opponent's chest, unleashing a weak energy blast that surprised his opponent, allowing the Saiyan to kick the Earth Pony back away from him to open up a bit of space between the two. Kolard formed two balls of energy in his hands and started to fire them off rapidly at the Earth Pony. This wasn't a very efficient use of his energy, but being too inexperienced in actual fighting, he didn't know that. The display kicked up a lot of dust and looked extremely impressive.
When the dust settled, the Earth Pony before the Saiyan was scuffed up, but wasn't much worse for wear. Kolard began to wonder how he could be so weak in spite of his Zenkai. The Royal Guard brushed himself off and chuckled, "I volunteered because physically, we Earth Ponies are the most durable and strongest of all the different Pony Tribes, barring Alicorns of course. I apologize for putting you under this, but if that's the best you can do, then I would yield if I were you," he stated.
The low-class warrior had one trick left up his sleeve. He gathered his energy into a ball in his hand. The ball started glowing yellow at first and then shifted to a reddish color. The Earth Pony smirked and rushed in trying to break the Saiyan's concentration. But instead, Kolard threw the orb at the pony, even though it wasn't fully charged. The pony tried to dodge, but had been too close. The orb of energy detonated, throwing both combatants away from each other and across the training grounds. Neither of them got back up immediately and after half a minute, Celestia started to grow worried that this had killed either or both of them. She rushed over to her guard who came to and started to pick himself back up. "I'll be fine, I was just in shock about what had happened. That was a powerful attack, stronger than his other ones. I wasn't prepared for something like that," he stated.
It was obvious that the guardspony was hurt by this attack, but the injuries were very minor. Kolard sat back up and coughed, he hadn't ever used his Guardian Strike that close before. He was more roughed up than his opponent, but he stood up effortlessly and started to laugh. All of the ponies, including Celestia looked at the cheerful Saiyan with a look of bewilderment on their faces. "Man, I've not had an opponent like you in a long time. I would love to learn how to fight from your Royal Guard if I'm going to be the protector of this world. If he's that strong, then the prospect of meeting even stronger creatures out there excites me to no end!" he exclaimed with glee.
Celestia realized that she didn't really understand this creature, he had consumed more food than she had ever seen any singular creature eat and he wasn't just not fazed by the fact that he was battered and bruised from the fight, but was excited at the prospect of fighting stronger ponies or even creatures. Deep down she started to worry about what would happen if the Saiyan figured out just how powerful Discord was. A plan formed in her head and she hoped that it would be the right move. "You should get some rest, Kolard. I'm going to write to my faithful student and I'll introduce you to the other protectors of Equestria. They are known as the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony and I'm sure they'd like to meet you," she stated.
The low-class warrior's grin turned into a full blown smile as he grew even more excited at meeting these protectors of Equestria. This would mean that they were strong too and he could test himself against them. He could only imagine what they looked like, but as he was escorted to a guest room, his Saiyan blood started to heat up with excitement. He would have to wait, but he wouldn't be able to sleep. He wanted to spar with these strong ponies right now in spite of his injuries and him being drained from the fight earlier. As he laid in the bed he was provided, he looked up at the ceiling and he began to imagine himself fighting these ponies in a friendly match.
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