Chapter 4

'thoughts' "talking" Bond /telepathy/

Anything with a on either end is either a memory, a vision, or an action. Picture a bright flash of white before and after whatever comes in between the two 's. Ex: Blah blah blah. Or Sigh. There is a flash before the first blah and after the last blah.

Gohan has already started taking down old weapon cases from off the wall. A moment ago he felt an increase in the ki inside of the flame, but it went back down a minute later. He has long ago taken off his shirt so that it won't stick to him when he sweats. Facing the wall and stretching, he stops suddenly when he hears a gasp. He instantly turns around to see who is there and sees Rei and a blue haired girl with her.

Rei and Ami both blush and try not to stare. Unfortunately, not even the shyest of the scouts can't help but eye Gohan hungrily. Standing there together, they look to Gohan like two angels of ice and fire. 'Ice and fire? Now where did that thought come from?' As Rei and Ami get themselves together, Gohan remembers his manners. Bowing to the two he looks at Ami and speaks. "Hello. Sorry I startled you. My name is Gohan."

Ami looks at Rei quizzically. "I thought you said he had some serious injuries a day ago?" 'Whew, good thing I took off my visor and put it in my pocket before he saw me.'

Rei looks shocked herself. She at least expected to see scars or something. Not this... perfection. It's almost like he wasn't injured at all! "He was, I don't get it. Even with an accelerated healing rate like he said he had, and our special medicine, he should at least have scabs, or a scar, or something! Wait a minute, isn't that one on his arm?"

Gohan immediately interrupts. "That wasn't from whatever did this to me. I got that from a fight before that happened. 'Wait a minute... I should've just let them think that it was from that. After all the Supreme Kai did say to lay low. Most normal people don't have scars like that on their arms, and if they do they usually have trouble using it... Damn!'

Ami comes up close to get a better look. "So you say you have a high healing rate?"

Gohan nods. "I don't have any other way to explain it."

Ami nods thoughtfully. "I see... that's lucky for you then. Without it you might have died before Rei and Gramps helped you."

Gohan shakes his head. "No. That guy thought I was dead and left. As long as no one tried to kill me for some reason, I would've been fine if they left me out there. I've come back from worse than this."

Rei's head snaps around at Gohan. "What do you mean you've come back from worse than this?"

If it wasn't for the fact that he was trained to hide his emotions, his face would have looked like a deer caught in headlights. At least, that's how he felt. Damn! I just did it again! Why do I keep answering questions before I think about what I say? Well, I've never had to hide anything before. I guess it'll be harder than I thought to lay low. I've never lied before in my life. It'll be difficult to keep them from being able to tell when I lie. At least, not until I get used to it.' "Well, I was worse than this when I survived the fall I had once. We lived in the mountains you see, so one day I was out playing when I was younger and I must've been on weak ground because it fell right out from under me and I fell a couple hundred feet. Almost every bone in my body was broken and he doctors said it was a miracle that I survived. Even my fast healing rate couldn't have helped me if I had died on impact."

Now Ami snaps her head around at Gohan. "You survived a fall of a couple hundred feet?"

Gohan looks at her confused. "Yeah." 'Hmm, that's funny. I could've sworn that Krillen could take that much when he was training with my dad under Roshi. If he could take that then, then it should be possible... All I did was add a little to when Piccolo threw me off the mountain when we were training for Vegeta and Nappa...'

Ami and Rei share a look. 'I knew there was something strange about this guy!' Rei thinks. 'The gods actually looked out for him when he fell and gave him a high healing rate so he would be harder to kill... At least, I think it was the gods. It must've been. He's too good for it to be anything else...'

Gohan looks back and forth between the two. "Umm, are you two okay? W-why are you staring at me like that?"

Ami tilts her head to the side. "Gohan, you wouldn't mind if I gave you a little check-up do you?" she says in her sweetest voice.

The sudden change in her voice makes Gohan uneasy. He's never heard a girl talk like that before, but something tells him that when a girl talks like that, it can't be good. "N-n-no. Umm, I d-d-don't think so."

Ami instantly smiles. "Great! Just stand still. Pulling her visor out of her pocket, she puts it on and is about to scan Gohan when he shouts "No!" very loudly. Shocked she looks at him with a confused look on his face.

What is that thing?" Gohan asks. 'I can't let her get a scan of my power. For some reason I can't seem to hold it down as much as I could back home. I don't know why, but it only seems to happen around that fire...'

"Oh it's just a scanner." Rei says hurriedly. "It scans your body and looks to see that everything is in the proper position and working properly.

At this Gohan's eyes get even wider. 'I can't let them use that! While I do have some human insides in me, I have Saiyan ones too! I still remember the shock Bulma felt when she saw that I actually had two hearts! I guess Saiyans need two to handle the strain of the power we use. It also helps with balance to have both sides of your body weigh the same instead of the side with your heart being heavier than the other side... To think what they would think when they saw those...' "Umm, you can't do that. The umm, energy it would have to send out to look inside me, well, I'm allergic. I can't take energy from machines for some reason. At least, not when that energy is aimed at me. If it's just in the air around me it's okay, but when it's aimed at me... I dunno. The doctors still can't figure it out."

Ami looks skeptical, but she relents and puts the visor down. 'damn there went that idea. He's probably lying, I've never heard of such a problem, but if he's telling the truth... I can't take the chance.'

Sighing, she is about to ask him something else when a familiar beeping noise sounds. Looking at each other Rei and Ami quickly make an excuse about having to leave before running out. Once outside, they answer their communicators. It's Lita. "Hurry up and get down here guys! Monster in the park!" Immediately they transform and start running.

Meanwhile, Gohan feels a surge of energy from the two. 'I wonder where they're going... Then feeling a similar surge farther away, along with another surge from another power. 'That power! It's the same dark energy that I was filled with! I'd better check this out.' Instantly dropping the equipment he was repairing, he takes off out the window and is surrounded by a familiar golden glow before heading towards the power he feels, careful to remain behind Rei and Ami. 'I want to know what they have to do with this power.' Flying higher so he won't be seen, he carefully follows the two.