Chapter: 7

:A New Power Burst Forth

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Dragon Ball Z. All rights are owned by their respective owners,Toei, Toriyama, etc. This is purely a fanfictional work done by a simple fan done for fun. I do no get profit from this in any way.

Finally, after their joyride in the skies, Gohan and Videl touched down at the place that Gohan had chosen for their private discussion. It was a place of large rolling fields of green grass with scatterings of flowers of many colors. The fields were flanked by large woods on either side and at the base of the field there was a large lake that was beautifully calm. Gohan had spent much time relaxing there with his father during the ten days before the Cell Games. The only words the could describe this place were 'beautiful' and 'peaceful'. "Wow Gohan...This place is beautiful!" commented Videl as she took in her surroundings. "Yeah, I know. My dad and me spent a lot of time relaxing in this place during the ten days of peace before the Cell Games." Gohan explained. "Oh!" was what escaped Videl's lips. "Anyway, don't you want to tell me more of what your mother told you when she talked to you in your dream?" asked Gohan, remembering the reason why they were both there for.

A few hours later, after Videl gave a lengthy and detailed explanation about her dream. Gohan began pondering about what Videl's mother meant by 'unlocking her hidden potential'. "Hmmm...Wait! Your mother told you that she was smeared with some sort of toxin that prevented her from accessing her energie, right? And that it was transferred to you when you were born, right?" Gohan asked Videl. Videl slowly nodded once. "Well then, I guess what she wanted was for me to find a way to release that hidden power of yours somehow." hypothesized Gohan. "I-I-I guess so, but first, tell what all this energy stuff you keep talking about?" asked Videl. "Well... You know how I can fly, shoot beams and stuff? Well, I can manipulate the spiritual and physical energy in my body. That's what allows me to fly and do all kinds of stuff. Do you understand now?" explained and asked Gohan. Videl just nodded. "I guess...a little bit. So you're saying that since I'm half-Saiyan I could have these amazing superpowers too?" asked Videl. "No, thats not entirely accurate. You see, bodily energy is something that everybody have, not just Saiyans, its just that you need to train hard enough and in the right way for a person to access it. So, its not that a regular human couldn't do the same things as I can, if he trained hard enough, but a Saiyan is just much more naturally adept and powerful at it, thats all." Gohan explained.

"Sooo... Whats this all got to do with me?" asked Videl to Gohan. "Well... Since there's a toxin in your body that's preventing you from accessing your energy, then if it were removed you could become alot stronger. Then, if I or another one of my friends were to train you, then you would become really strong. That is, if you want to?" Gohan both hypothesized and explained at the same time. "Wow! You mean that you could get me to be as strong as you are? That would be awesome!" Videl exclaimed. "Well I don't know if you could ever be as strong as I am. I mean... I was pretty much naturally talented at all this and I've been in training in its use since I was 4 1/2." Gohan said, very matter-of-factly. Videl however, didn't see it too kindly. She had a disappointed look on her face. "Are you saying that I could never get to be as strong as you are?" Videl said in a very low and sadly disappointed sounding voice. Gohan realised his that he accidently put her down and now he now started to stammer to try to fix his mistake. "Hey, I could be wrong. I mean, you are a half-Saiyan like me and I haven't seen your hidden power yet so you never know right? You could end up stronger than me someday for all I know." Gohan said, trying to reassure her. This cheered Videl up very much and filled her with a fiery determination to succeed. "Great! I promise that I won't stop untill I'm as strong or stronger than you!" exclaimed Videl with a fire of determination in her eyes. 'Great! I might have just created a mini-Vegeta. As if I needed that on my case.' Gohan nervously thought.

"Okay? So what's next?" asked Videl. Gohan was deep in thought on what their next move would be. Suddenly he decided on what to do. "I think I should take you to see my friend Dende, he has this ability to heal any wound and he might be able to remove the toxins in your body with it. If not, then he should be able to find or fabricate some sort of healing solution that will remove it." Gohan explained. "Do you really think he can help me that much?" Videl asked. "Yup!" Gohan said with a nod. "Alright, take me to him." Videl said. Gohan turned his back to her and gestured for her to to get on it, so that he could carry her. Videl wrapped her arms around his neck but she was careful not to strangle his throat, she then lifted up her legs to where they flanked his waist and were now held up by his powerful arms. "Are you ready?" asked Gohan, turning his head. "Yeah, I'm ready." Videl calmly responded and they were off.


After about twenty minutes of flying they arrived at Kami's Lookout. Videl was amazed by the huge structure that hung so high up in the air. She looks all around in wonder and amazement at its features. The place seemed to scream of peaceful beauty. While Videl was moving her head around, two strange looking figures came to greet them. One was a short green alien with pointed ears, antennae and he held a a staff that was about twice as tall as he was. The figure other was a short, rotund black man dressed in an arabic-like garb. "Hi Gohan, its great to see you again. But I have to say I didn't expect you to come back to see us again so soon." said Dende. "Hi Dende, its great to see you again too, but I'm afraid this isn't for a visit." Gohan said to his old friend. Videl just stared at the little green alien in bewilderment. She had never imagined that Gohan's friend would look that strange. Oh sure, she had seen Piccolo at the Cell Games but she hadn't expected Dende to be a miniature version of him. 'Gohan sure has some strange friends.' Videl thought to herself.

"And who's this Gohan?" Dende asked, pointing to Videl. The gesture pulled Videl out of her trance-like state. "Oh, this is my new friend Videl. I met her right after I left the Lookout after the Cell Games. Videl, this my good friend Dende and his helper Mr. Popo." Gohan said, introducing his friends while pointing them out. "Hello, nice to meet you." greeted Popo. "Any friend of Gohan's is a friend of ours." said Dende. He then outstretched his hand in a gesture of a handshake. Videl was a little reluctant to shake the little green guardian's hand, but she went through with it, although in an awkward manner. "Now that the introductions are over, why don't we get down to why you came here Gohan?" Dende asked after withdrawing his hand. "Well you see, we've just discovered that Videl is another half-Saiyan like me and Trunks. However, her Saiyan mother was splashed a special toxin that blocked her energy from being accessed. This toxin was somehow genetically transferred to Videl when she was born. I was hoping that you could heal her with your special powers or maybe wip up some kind of healing solution to help her." Gohan explained.

Dende just closed his eyes, put his fingers to his chin and and thought on what Gohan had just told him. Not long afterwards, Dende opened his eyes and looked at Gohan with a look of worry on his face. "Gohan... I don't know if my healing powers will be able to remove it. To be honest, I've never tried to remove a toxin from someone before, but I'll try my best." Dende said with a determinded smirk on his face.

"Ooooooookaaaaaaaayyyy, so how does this healing thing work?" asked Videl. "Just stand completely still and let me do my work." said Dende. He then walked up to Videl, placed his hands up to her chest without touching her and he began to concentrate. Videl closed her eyes as she started to feel a warm, tingling sensation everywhere inside her and soon a yellowish glow began to appear around her body. After a period of time where nothing happened, Dende decided to augment his focus as he put more and more concentration into his effort. Soon, a green colored liquid seemed to start sweating out of her body and fall to the floor in a pool. It took a minute or two untill the liquid stopped running and Dende finished up the healing process. Dende was visibly exhausted by the effort he had needed to use, he was sweating all over, he was slightly out of breath and he had lowered his arms rather fast at the end of the process.

Dende placed his hands on his knees and tried to catch his breath.

When the healing process had ended Videl felt a little strange. She felt as though her whole body had just gotten a breath of fresh air and it habn't breathed in a long time. It was an odd sensation to say the least but it felt good all the same. She also felt somewhat lighter then she was before, as if gravity had lost some its pull on her. Meanwhile, while Videl kept her eyes closed, Gohan and Mr. Popo both stared at her in bewilderment. Dende was too busy recovering his breath in order to be bewildered. 'Man! Wow! I never expected her to be this strong right off the bat. She's already got about one tenth the energy level needed to become a Super Saiyan.' thought Gohan in amazement. When Videl opened her eyes she found herself being stared at by the open mouthed Gohan and Popo.

"What? Has my skin turned green or something?" Videl asked, confused by why they were staring. "No.. thats not it.. its just that we can't get over how strong you've become." Gohan said while still holding a bewildered expression. "Well... I do feel a little strange, its as if my bodie's gotten a breath of air after not breathing for a long time, I don't know how else to describe it. But I definitely don't feel any stronger or faster. I just feel a little lighter, thats all." Videl said, not quite yet convinced of Gohan's claims. "Trust us, you've just gotten way stronger than you were before. But something's not right, since we're going to assume that your father's only given basic martial arts training you shouldn't be this strong." said Gohan, puzzled by her enormous power increase. "Hey! I'll have you know that I've been undergoing heavy training since I was three!" Videl shouted, insulted by the fact that he thought that she hadn't had hard training. Gohan backed up, motioning his hands back and forth in an appeasing fashion in order to try to appease Videl.

"Hmmmmmmm... Since you were three? Huh... I guess that might explain a few things." said Dende out of the blue. The comment turned everyones attention back to Dende. "Huh? What do you mean Dende?" asked Gohan. Dende crossed his little arms and looked to be deep in thought. "Well...I have a theory. Videl says shes been training since she was even younger than you were when you first started training Gohan. Well, if she's been training her body for that long, then the saiyan cells in her body would increase her strength massively but never being used untill now." Dende explained. The others looked to be deep in thought as they contemplated what Dende had said. "Think of it like this, she now has the energy that a similarly hardened saiyan body would be equivalent to would have." Dende said. "Okay...I guess that makes sense." replied Gohan.

Gohan looked to Videl. "Okay, now that we've unlocked your power, the next thing we've got to do is find somebody who'll teach you how to use that power. And I think I know exactly who to ask." said Gohan with a smile. "Sorry kid, but I've got my hands full right now." said a gruff voice from behind. "Picccolo?!" exclaimed Gohan as he turned around to find his first teacher and best friend leaning his back on a pillar with his arms crossed looking disinterested as always. "Piccolo! How long have you been there?" asked a surprised Gohan. "Long enough to know about what's going on here." said Piccolo with a smirk on the edge of his face. Piccolo then started to walk over towards the others, with his arms still ever crossed. 'Great! Then that means I won't need to explain anything. Piccolo always seems to be right on top of everything.' thought Gohan as his old teacher walked over. "So? Does that mean that you'll do it?" asked Gohan, waiting for what he was sure would be the answer yes.

"No... I'm sorry Gohan, but like I was saying earlier, I've got my hands full training Dende to be a good Guardian. I don't have the time to divide between him and her." said Piccolo with that face of his looking dead serious. "But Piccolo! If you can't teach her then that leaves only Vegeta... and Vegeta's... well... VEGETA! He can't be trusted with her safety." exclaimed a panicking Gohan as he flailed his arms up and down in a frantic motion. Piccolo just smirked and let a small closed mouth chuckle escape his lips. "HmHmHmHm... You're forgetting someone, Gohan." Piccolo said in an almost teasing fashion. "Really? Who? I know I haven't missed any of the others as possibilities. Who else is there?" said Gohan, a little befuddled by what Piccolo had said. "You... You forgot about yourself Gohan." answered Piccolo with an even slightly bigger smirk than before. "Huh?" was all that could come out of Gohan's mouth.

"Listen Gohan... You're the strongest fighter in the universe right now Gohan and I can't think of anyone else who would be better suited to teach than you." said Piccolo, with sound reasoning. Gohan however, didn't agree with this assessment in the least. He felt too young and too inexperienced and too nervous to teach anything to anyone. "B-b-b-but Piccolo! I can't teach her! I don't know how! I've never taught anything! I'm too inexperienced!" rapidly rambled Gohan as he flailed his ams around like Hummingbird wings. "No time to learn like the present Gohan. Remember, I didn't exactly know what I was doing the first time I trained you. It was my first time teaching too you know? All I can say is that you just wing it and hope you do a good job." Piccolo said, giving all his blessing to his young friend.

Gohan released a long and heavy sigh as he apprehensively looked at his friend Videl. Videl was nervously sweating as she looked to her would be instructor and saw the nervousness in his eyes. "(Gulp) I guess this means I have a big challenge ahead of me. Well... it looks like we're going to be spending a lot more time together than we thought we would Videl." Gohan said with a continued look of apprehension as he looked at his friend. Videl nodded slowly with a drop of sweat dropping down the side of her face and an apprehensive look as well. Silence stayed between them for about two or three minutes. "I'll drop you off at your house and we'll start your training tommorrow, okay?" asked Gohan. "Okay." confirmed Videl. With that, Gohan positioned himself for Videl to ride on his back. Videl grabbed on and soon they were both off flying. Gohan gave a wave to his friends as he left and disappeared from view.


Author's Final Thoughts: Okay, with Videl being half Saiyan now, I decided to give her a bit of a power boost. Now according to my personnal estimates in my head, I estimate that her released powers in their current form is at about 10, 000 power level. But she doesn't have real access to it yet and that's just her spiritual power. She's still got to learn how to control it too. She's not really insanely strong yet, it just means she has a power that's going to help her pick things up faster than normal under training. I hope to make her training go way faster, but I hope to make it as realistic as possible and not go overboard. The fic that inspired me made her progress over twice as fast in a similar way in their storyline relative to as I'm planning to. So I hope you can appreciate that I tried to slow it down a bit more to make it relatively realistic. Videl's going to progress rather fast, even for cannon, but it's all going to be through her already extensive training in the martial arts already couple excellent training and tutelage as well as extenuating circumstances. I hope you like it because from here on out we're going to be concentrating on training for a few chapters.