(A/N: Sorry I haven't posted for a while; I've been dealing with a lot of personal issues.)
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The days passed calmly there wasn't much to do these days. Daily training to get stronger was accompanied by the calm and kindness that was found in that café, it wasn't a very crowded or popular place. In these trainings, some things were discovered, apart from the strength that Sandra discovered. Cupcake showed herself to have obvious potential, whoever came to bring both of them into this world gave a small gift to Sandra's companion.
"Good morning, Ms. Rin, same as always?" Sandra was cleaning one of the cups while looking at one of the usual customers, Rin Takeba, a woman in her late 30s who worked at the capsule corporation, was a regular customer of the café. "I see your day was quite turbulent, right? Let's have something light this time." With that, she was preparing the coffee that would be served.
Knowing how stressful an office job was, especially coming from a super corporation, she knew that a strong coffee would be detrimental to her health, so she went with a light coffee with cream. "Here you go, Ms. Rin, I hope you have a great day." Rin gave a light laugh at that and just drank her coffee the stressful day was washed away by the calm and the smell of coffee in the air.
"You know, Sandra, my boss's daughter decided to go on a journey to get those strange dragon balls from the legend; being young and hopeful is something we can't go back." Although her words brought a melancholy, there was a small part that said how much she missed her youthful days.
Sandra just kept quiet with this information, falling into her own world of thoughts. 'So I'm at the beginning of the Dragon Ball story? That's less worrying since I have some time to prepare...' But her train of thought was ended by the store door opening. "Good morning! Welcome to the Lion's Petal Café. How can I help you?" Sandra quickly composed herself, welcoming the newcomer to the store. She was a tall woman in formal clothes and gray hair. "Oh, hey Sandra, I'll have a latte." The woman stretched out and sat on the bench, relaxing.
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It was time to close the store. After cleaning the entire store, Sandra went upstairs and was greeted by Cupcake, who was jumping for joy. "Hey boy, are we going to train today? I have some ideas." Cupcake just fell to the ground defeated after hearing those words, but there was a part of him that wanted to train too.
Heading to the nearby mountains, Sandra and Cupcake started running, putting everything they could into it. They took the opportunity to climb and run down the mountain to warm up. "The training that Gohan gave Videl was a little useful, but... I still feel like something is missing. Maybe if I use it from other places?" Several animes went through Sandra's head. First, Sakura's explanation about chakra. Obviously, Ki and Chakra were different, but maybe both explanations could be used.
She breathed deeply, beginning to put her thoughts into practice. She already had a faint notion of the Ki that was inhabiting her body. A warm sensation passed through her body as she contained the energy so that it wouldn't escape her body.
She felt stronger and less under pressure. Cupcake tried to imitate her owner, but the Ki in her body was weak and began to escape, causing everything around her to heat up and release itself in a discharge of energy. They were both training to be able to control their Ki, since it was a big step for this world of Dragon Ball.
After a while, they both stopped and looked at each other. "Shall we?" Cupcake nodded and began to run towards Sandra, beginning to attack with bites and headbutts. Sandra moved her body to dodge and defend herself. Cupcake's attacks were getting better every day. "Heh, whatever happened, you're getting smarter every day. Maybe you were already close to a human, huh? Well, better start dodging!" Sandra returned the attacks, of course taking it easy since she wouldn't hurt her own pet.
Cupcake was still a bit slow to dodge but was starting to get the hang of it, but something surprised Sandra, forcing her to jump back. Cupcake involuntarily made her own Ki get around her teeth, ready to counterattack her owner. "That was dangerous...you're making me more excited, huh? So get ready!" Sandra began to increase the pace at which she attacked. It wasn't at the same pace as a human combat partner, but Cupcake managed to be an interesting fighter.
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Night was falling; both Sandra and Cupcake were completely tired from so much fighting and training. They both looked like they were coming out of a sauna with so much sweat falling down. "Let's take a shower...we're more exhausted than a fat guy bending over..." She laughed as she took an exhausted Cupcake home.
She didn't know how she could measure her and Cupcake's strength, but compared to other characters and even Goku in the beginning, she could put them around power level 40 and Cupcake at his 15 power level. The bath made them both feel like they were in heaven, after getting so tired from training, the bath was like a hug from an angel, refreshing and calming. "I'm starving...there goes my salary..."