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Gravitron (x72)

Opherla had been down and out after Athren demonstrated his new technique on her. She hadn't expected it in the least, at all. She hadn't even been prepared for it. All the time she was knocked out, she could only stare into the blackness… many doubts crossed into her own mind.

Was she a worthy fighter?

Was she worth the trouble to even train? To prepare?

Was she truly a defender of Earth?

All these questions and more raced through Opherla's mind as she lay in her state of comatose, wondering and wondering about herself, her abilities…

Her future.

Until many images flashed in her mind. Images of many friends of hers.

Callion.

Tanya.

Zaks.

Terra.

Liari, the one friend Opherla was determined to save from her worst enemy, herself.

And yes… Athren too.

Athren showed her a weak point in their session. A weak point that Opherla was determined to shatter to pieces…

She needed to be more prepared. She needed to be ready. At ALL times.

That determination shot her awake, as she was laying in her bed in her own house…

Yeah, her own house. The little place she could afford thanks to the odd jobs she had taken for the community. The little place full of plushies and anime and technology galore… How Opherla used to spend days playing with this stuff…

But it was time to get serious. This could all wait until after she successfully defended the Earth. She needed to get in her Space Pod and undergo arduous training. Training unlike she had ever undergone before….

Cranking her Gravitron to 72x Gravity, Opherla nodded as she knew it was time to begin her training to its fullest extent, stretching her limbs and preparing herself for the routine she had in mind, fighting a mentally formed opponent within her mind to act as a real opponent in front of her to undergo the first month of her training.

For the first month, Opherla did her usual attacks against this imaginary foe, kicking and punching the air ferociously as she did so, making sure every attack hit its mark as she also made sure to act defensively against what this imaginary foe would throw at her, such as mock deflecting ki blasts, dodging attacks with the greatest of ease, or even clashing against this foe in a great display of athletics to hold the clash against, well, basically air.

A week or two of that went by and Opherla focused on normal workout exercises to further increase her training. Push Ups, Sit Ups, pull ups on whatever she could, Opherla was not going to let a single moment of this training go to waste. 50 reps. 100 reps. 200 reps. The pressure increased on herself every single day!

"Five hundred seven… five hundred eight… five hundred nine…" Opherla spoke in a mantra with every rep she did in every work out she did. She was focused on making herself stronger. She wasn't going to let anything slip her up again! 

On the final day of the first month, Opherla pushed herself to the absolute limits of what she could do, her entire body sweating from the amount of work it was undergoing!

"Two thousand thirty-two… two thousand thirty-three… two thousand thirty-four…! Two thousand thirty-five! Come on, Ophy!" Opherla yelled at herself as she was doing one handed pushups at the moment, her body yelling at her to take a break, but Opherla would have none of it. Nothing was ever done sitting by and being lazy about it! She had to push herself harder! Harder than ever before!

However, finally, after a whopping five thousand sit ups, three thousand push ups, and one thousand pull ups on her gravitrons own support beams, Opherla was spent, as she was left panting on the ground, sweating profusely as she wiped sweat from her brow, banging the floor in aggravation.

"I'll never get stronger if I can't push myself! Argh!" Opherla groaned in aggravation and frustration as she panted and finally got sat up to a sitting position. "...I guess I'll call it for a night… but damnit, I wanted to do more! So much more!" Opherla growled in anger as she was able to shut down the Gravitron and leave, heading back to her home to finish the month on a low note.

Opherla had cleaned herself up to freshen herself before she would begin the second month's training, gasping a bit before looking in the mirror as her eyes widened a bit… was that… really her? Her hair… it was longer, had she let it get out of control? And her body… when did she have abs? She was toned, sure, but… the abs…

"Dang, I must be getting stronger than I expected." Opherla remarked as she looked at herself, looking up and down as she chuckled. "Damn, I look good. I should take a picture real quick." Opherla smirked as she soon headed out and found a nice background, dressed in her new set of sports bra and pants, yet still her classic red jacket, as she smiled and got the picture taken, admiring her new physique as she smirked.

"Well, that shows me I've made at least a little progress." Opherla said with a satisfied smile. "But there's more progress to be made. I gotta get back to it."

So, knowing this full and well, Opherla rushed back to her Saiyan Pod and fired it back up for more gravitron training.

The training she underwent the second month was no less strenuous on her. She started it off where she left off last month, huffing as she began to do thousands of reps in push ups, sit ups, and pull ups for her training regiment.

Her enhanced physique helped her stamina in the long run, as Opherla smiled knowing this, her sweat rolling just as profusely but her eyes were flaring with newfound determination after seeing what changes were being made to herself with her training, as she tackled on her training with brand new vigor after witnessing the progress.

"Ten thousand two hundred eighteen, ten thousand two hundred nineteen, ten thousand two hundred twenty…" Opherla repeated aloud with every rep she did. All the while she was smiling, finally seeing her worthwhile training paying dividends for her in the long run, as she was forcing herself past her own limits time and time again!

After the week of arduous exercises, Opherla thought back to her combat training and decided that she wasn't going about it quite right. The training lacked oomph, something she desperately needed in this time of getting back into the swing of things after Athren conked her out.

…Athren, wait a second, that was it!

Instead of it being a generic imaginary foe, Opherla needed to think of specific foes! Specific opponents she had faced before and yearned to fight again, or even surpass! She needed to think of people like Serena, like Callion! Even Liari again!

"I need to make this a personal session!" Opherla said to herself with a firm nod as she thought of her first of many opponents to take on.

And the first hurdle she thought of was Tanya…

Tanya, the Saiyan who was just as eager to battle as Opherla was. How could Opherla forget her Saiyan buddy who had a lesbian problem? …Man, it had been too long since Opherla last saw Tanya, she needed to fix that! But that would be later, right now, she needed to fight this imaginary Tanya, and beat her!

For the next few weeks, Opherla and 'Tanya' engaged in fierce spars within the gravitron, as Opherla imagined her friend fighting just as fiercely as Opherla was, as Opherla smiled at every clash they had, every blow they traded in imagination, and everything in between for the two of them!

Opherla would always nimbly dodge any attack Tanya threw her way, only to strike back with vigor, and often times, Tanya would dodge her as well! Opherla remembered well that she and Tanya were evenly matched the last time they battled! Opherla hoped she had gotten stronger… because Tanya was going to see the results of Opherla's new training once it was all said and done! Opherla grinned ear to ear, feeling the effects of her training pay off as she felt herself becoming faster, nimbler, stronger, and even mightier than she had ever become before!

As the month was winding down, Opherla could clearly picture Tanya and all of her attacks and abilities, as she smirked, nimbly dodging and even countering Tanya at each corner with a smile on her face and a boost to her confidence, as the final spar of the month began drawing to a close, Opherla smiling brightly as she charged up the finishing attack!

"Ka… me… ha… me… HA!" Opherla yelled as she fired it at Tanya, unaware she had fired it in real life as it miraculously flew out of her Pod and into the sky, not damaging anything as Opherla smiled once Tanya laid defeated before her… but when she stopped the imagination process, she realized she had actually fired the attack in reality!

"Oh snap!" Opherla paled as she quickly rushed out of the Gravitron, looking around for any damages she might have caused to surrounding areas, and quickly sighing in relief… she hadn't caused any destruction on accident as she quickly shut off the Gravitron and walked to her home. "I think that's enough of that… another month clocked in, and more successful training in the bag! Time to get ready for next month! ….I really need to see Tanya again." Opherla longingly sighed as she entered her home.

Opherla decided to change things up on the third month. She had been doing a crazy amount of physical activities during the past two months, she had neglected to do gravity training while also training her mental fortitudes, such as focus and concentration, as well as having a calm mind and a sense of mental balance.

"I need to practice my mental acuity so I can better perceive my surroundings." Opherla reaffirmed aloud as she kicked on the gravitron and decided to start her training on a bit of a fun note to begin: Playing video games.

Why video games? Well, video games when played in moderation can really help mental focus, as well as give Opherla an excuse to play some video games she hasn't played in a long time due to training. After all, there were some video games that required intensive amounts of focus, concentration, reflexes, and remembrance. Fighting games fit that bill nicely, and Opherla was a pro at them.

Logging on to her favorite fighting game, Opherla decided to start trying to climb the ranked ladder of said fighting game. The first time she actually was training with other people. Of course, to start, it was a struggle due to the gravity bearing down on her, but after some practice and a couple days of learning characters, before no time, Opherla began climbing up the ranked ladders and by the end of the week, became among the top players of the game, proving her training was paying off!

But enough of the video games. After that week was over, Opherla resumed with some actual mental training, as she began to test her ability to manipulate her ki attacks to be more efficient, as well as controlling her ki to do what she wanted it to do, as she began to do tai chi esque practices with her ki orb.

By the end of this particular week, Opherla was masterfully slinging around the ki orb, mentally controlling it to do exactly as she commanded it to do as she smiled, flicking it in various directions while also allowing it to flow with her in a gracious dance with it, as Opherla could feel herself becoming more relaxed and focused as she did this, soon stopping the ki orb and allowing it to gently release its power in a beautiful flare that quickly dissipated, as Opherla smiled and nodded at the progress.

The last two weeks, Opherla went back to the physical portion of the routine, getting herself back into the rhythm of exercising herself to her limits. As she did so, she thought about how her friends might be doing, what might be happening around her while she wasn't noticing, or what they might be doing.

'Tanya, Athren, Callion, Terra… everyone… I will see you again soon. I'll be stronger than I've ever been before, and I promise you this: I'll do my best to be there for you unlike in the past, where I've been stuck not getting absolutely anywhere in my training…' Opherla remarked in her thoughts as she kept on going with the thousands upon thousands of reps to get back into physical fitness.

This month, Opherla took her training to a different level, she began to focus on more agility based training as she was currently nimbly running about the gravitron, pulling off some parkour moves alongside of it as she worked on moving as efficiently as she possibly could, making sure her movements flowed from move to move with her maneuvers.

It was difficult to pin this down at first, but as Opherla kept practicing, she noticed certain areas she could improve in while doing her agile routines, so focusing on each problem she noticed, Opherla found herself getting faster with each little detail she noticed on getting her movements dialed to near perfect transitions from move to move.

She even practiced dodging some of her own ki arrays, forming them in midair then working on dodging them without taking any damage. It started out rough, most of the time getting blasted on her bum from the attacks, but as with everything else during this training period, the more she worked, the better she got, eventually dodging the attacks like a pro! To her, the ki blasts were lasers of a laser trap, and she was making sure not to get a game over while avoiding them, because if even one hit, that wasn't good enough. It could mean the next attack is death if it was strong enough to stun her. She quickly perfected each of her dodges to flow into the next dodge to perfect avoiding her own attacks, as she mastered that by the end of the week.

The next week, Opherla did even more agility training, going back to some classics to practice in increased gravity. Suicides, pacer tests, you name it, she was practicing it. Sure, these seemed like things that a Saiyan like Opherla shouldn't be worrying about, however, these too offered her a boost to her physique and prowess, increasing her speed and boosting herself even more.

'Four months straight of training… I've never done this before. This is… actually kinda exhilerating! I wonder if any of my friends have done something like this… who knows. All I know is, I should do programs like this more often!' Opherla thought to herself with a smile as she kicked her speed training into high gear by the end of the week. And at the end of the week, Opherla was putting up records in multiple running sports with how fast she was going, causing her to smile again seeing her training pay off for the better.

For the last week of the fourth month… Opherla decided to take it a bit easy. Sure, she still trained, but not as hard on herself, just doing light training regimens while doing daily household activities such as cleaning, cooking, and relaxing. Opherla looked back at her picture that was taken long before the training had begun, how slender and thin she was then, compared to her now, a more buff, mature, and physically prepared woman ready to keep training and make herself grow even stronger.

"You've come a long way, Ophy." Opherla smiled as she looked at herself in the mirror. "Gone are the days of a scared little puppy running away from danger. Now, you're starting to take this defending Earth job seriously. And a defender of Earth needs to be prepared to defend it at all costs."

A thought crossed Opherla's mind as she thought about this… that golden form Athren had, Callion had… Super Saiyan… Opherla knew she was a Saiyan, but being a Lycan as well… did that disqualify her from becoming a Super Saiyan? She surely hoped not. The newest goal she wanted for herself was to reach that level of power, to launch herself into a Super Saiyan transformation, so she could protect Earth as its golden defender. Super Saiyan Opherla… that didn't sound too bad!

"Maybe I'll get there… someday." Opherla spoke aloud, as the fourth month soon drew to a close, and the last month of her five month training was closing in.

The culmination of it all, the full extent of her training. It had all come to this, her last month of her training plan she set for herself. It was rough at first, but after the hurdles of the first month were cleared, and she clearly saw the results of what her training was doing after that month, Opherla was confident she was now making a difference not just for herself…

But the world she wanted to defend. Earth was her home, and she wasn't going to let anything happen to it.

Opherla began combining all her previous months of training into one extreme monthly session, where all the aspects she had practiced were now coming in to full effect as she smiled while undergoing the rigorous process she put herself through, dodging ki blasts, striking her imaginary foe, doing sit ups to avoid damage, taking her speed to the limits… Opherla was leaving nothing behind as she underwent this training. She planned to finish her training with a massive bang!

The first week was already done as Opherla ramped up the intensity in the next two weeks, pushing herself to her absolute limits and farther as she did so, making herself sweat and ache all over as she went full on attack mode into her training, looking to get the most out of every moment!

'I guess I have you to thank for this, Athren…' Opherla remarked as she was currently lifting weights using her legs while doing one handed push ups at the same time, smiling while she did so. 'You gave me a reason to push hard and push myself to limits I never knew I had. You really are awesome, even if you knocked me out.'

As the final week of training hit, Opherla was grunting and groaning as her body felt like it would break from the strain, but Opherla wasn't stopping. She was going to push herself until she did break, then put herself back together and do more! There was not gonna be any quitting from little ol Ophy anymore, the size of this Lycan in the fight just got way larger! Opherla could feel her muscles straining as they tried keeping up with her demands, her core burning as she worked it to its maximum, her legs trying to go numb on her as she worked them extensively! But Opherla pushed through it all, working herself from sunrise to sunset with her routine!

And finally… the gravitron shut down. Opherla pushed the button to shut down her gravitron with a smile on her face, and a wipe of her brow. Five months. Five months straight of intensive and limit breaking training, were done. She couldn't be more happy than she was right now, knowing she had put in a hell of a lot of work… and she felt amazing for it.

As she exited her Saiyan pod to go get some well deserved food and rest, she turned her eyes to the sky, smiling brightly as she did so, chuckling to herself as she saw Athren's face looking back down at her, as well as all of her other friends, likely waiting to see her once again.

"Don't worry guys… I'm back. And I'm ready for action." Opherla said aloud, soon heading into her home, ready to go and see all of her friends again.

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