Clay felt his bones aching already looking at the tower, but he tried to keep a solid face. "Thank you," he said to Lavender. "I...I'll definitely owe you for all of this."

"You'll be begging for death by the time you reach Nabe. But hey good luck with that I got work to do." She headed back into the castle as Puar began crawling up the stairs.

Yamcha watched as Clay sighed and followed Puar, with him tailing behind them. "You sure about this, kid?" He asked.

"Every minute I wait is a minute Meru-La stays dead," Clay said, his limbs aching but his will pushing him forward. "Wouldn't you have done the same for your blue haired girl? Or Puar? Or anyone you truly care for?"

Yamcha paused and nodded as he continued walking. At least he was at his peak health...

"I just wish we were more like Saiyans. Least they get stronger when they push their body to the limits." She groaned crawling.

Clay heaved a bit as they continued. "...am I like Goku and Vegeta?" He asked. "Like any of the saiyans?"

"Sure... You're like Cabba. He's a Saiyan from universe 6" she grunted.

"...so then you think I could get that power boost pushing myself?" He asked.

"Ohh you mean that yeah Cabba Goku and Vegeta all get that trunks and Gohan too I think. I thought you meant personality wise" she said still crawling

"Sorry, but yeah...that's good to know too," Clay said as he started picking up his pace, pushing himself more to get to the top faster. "C'mon!"

Yamcha huffed as he saw Clay going faster. "Too bad we don't get those power boosts," he groaned and looked at his hands. "But...maybe this'll help me get my ki back. I could be the Roshi of this place...and teach the Kamehameha." He looked to Puar. "Do you uh...think your other forms would be able to learn ki attacks?"

"I hope so because training in this form sucks" she complained."

"Well...I can teach you in whatever form you want," Yamcha said. "I just never figured you wanted to train like this."

"If I didn't he wouldn't have trained you. " She explained.

"Apparently," Yamcha said as he huffed and pushed forward, Clay already outpacing them a short distance now. "...you're the best friend I could ever have, Puar." He said. "I hope you know that if I haven't said it enough."

"And that's why I'm always here for you and supporting your life choices like when you decided to become a baseball player even though you know you couldn't be beat" she groaned crawling more.

"And when I packed my termination payment into a fund to help support Tien's school and other stuff for the gang," Yamcha said with a smirk. "Hope they appreciate it."

---LATER---

Clay, Yamcha and Puar were now all crawling up the staircase. It was starting to get pretty high up. Clay had outpaced the other two quite a bit now, but he was feeling the burn more than ever. Those heavy freaking clothes definitely made it a tougher climb too.

Yamcha heaved and his body tingled and burned. "You still with me, Puar?" He asked.

"I think.... My ghost is.. and my body...is back on the last landing" she whimpered.

A head popped in from the darkness above. " I thought I heard voices. Honey we have guests of Wilford!" She called up.

"Made it further...than mine," Yamcha said before a head appeared nearby...from nowhere. "...you're seeing that too...right, Puar?"

"I think ... we'rey near.... Where Korins place is...back home." She panted.

clay continued to drag himself up the stairs, sweat and a little blood coming off of him. Eventually, he started seeing what looked like a flat surface and made a few weak pulls before he made it to the flat surface. He looked up to then see...a bunny and a cat? "...wha..?" He said before passing out.