Reformed Saiyans

Chapter Eight: Wilderness Survived. A Test of Abilities

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Time passed, and Goku had to make a decision. If it were up to Chichi, she would've taken him without a second thought. At first, Goku was gonna still take Gohan back regardless of Raditz's proposal even with the point Raditz had made. Goku's mind had been made up, but through the past month, Goku was able to see what Raditz was talking about.

Gohan went through many trials, and struggles. The first two weeks were harshed, it took more than just some quick learning, he had to be lucky. Gohan had cold, sleepless nights with freezing winds faster than a wolf could run. He had days that had rays of sun so hot, escaping the shade was like being in lava.

One of his trials was getting food. Catching fish wasn't easy at all, there'd be days where the fish were finicky or he had no bait. Sometimes the water was too cold or hot and the fish would be in deeper. His biggest trial was outrunning the predators, even though he had a lot of training beforehand it was hard for him to critically think, thus he forgot in the panic of the moment.

As day and day went by things got easier. Gohan's level of understanding grew and he was able to learn efficiently. Though at times he'd grow tired and wish he'd been at home, he still kept his motivation. At one point it was the predators that had to outrun him, It was him being finicky on whether or not he wanted fish.

Once his three month trial had passed it was judgement day. Raditz was going to test Gohan's abilities and his confidence.

Gohan wandered with his sword sheathed in his back. "I wonder what to eat for Lunch." He said to himself out loud. Gohan almost considered fish but he was too sick of it. He considered maybe just eating some fruits or vegetables but that's never filling enough. As he took time to think, he could hear loud stomping noises coming closer and closer.

Gohan grinned, and got closer to the noises. "You again!" He shouted. It was a large T-rex the same one that had chased him from the first day he was here. Gohan provoked and taunted the beast by making faces. The T-Rex became angry and unleashed a ferocious roared.

"Come and get me!" Gohan shouted. The T-Rex chased after Gohan, and Gohan ran swiftly. He kept his speed just slow enough for the beast to think it had him, but just when the beast thought it could get Gohan, he sped up. Gohan ran faster and the T-rex slammed into a massive cliff.

Gohan jumped up into the air, and flipped around. He took his sword and spun in a circle slicing the tail of the T-Rex to perfection. Gohan had a thick slab of t-rex meat on the tip of his sword. The T-Rex ran off in pain, and Gohan headed back to his campground to cook up his food.

Meanwhile, Raditz and Goku had done training of their own. Raditz had brought the gravity chamber back from Goku's house, since Goku had stupidly left it there. They stationed it far away from Gohan, they didn't want the boy to figure out that they were nearby, watching him.

Raditz constantly made his training tougher, more difficult, exhausting to do. Every day that he felt like something he did got easier, he only amped it up even more. Raditz didn't stop at any point to think the strain this could've caused on him, he only kept going.

Goku didn't, infact Goku took breaks, He pushed himself to his very core but gave himself rest too. He didn't overexert himself, he stayed at his own pace, and still trained with much vigor. There were times where he and Raditz would train together, but Raditz preferred training isolated.

Raditz was meditating quietly, trying to ignore Goku who was itching to do something. He stood up quickly, and huffed.

"Welp, I guess it's time to test the runt's abilities." Raditz said.

"Finally!" Goku cheered.

"Not you…" Raditz replied. Goku made a frown on his face. "You can have a chance one I'm done with his first couple of weeks. After that you're free to help me on this." Raditz replied.

Goku sighed. "Come on, he is my son Raditz." Goku said.

"No you'll get in my way, after two weeks, you can help out." Raditz replied. "Besides, I don't want him freaking out over something really small." Raditz thought.

As Gohan finished his food and laid looking into the sky, Raditz headed his way to the boy.

"Get up runt." Raditz said. Gohan jumped up and in a panic, he took a defensive stance. Raditz smirked, "Good, He's already reacting instinctively." He thought. Gohan relaxed himself when he realized it was only his Uncle.

"Uncle Raditz!" Gohan smiled. "You're back!"

"Don't get excited, I'm here so that we can continue your training and nothing more." Raditz stated. "You got that?!" He shouted. Gohan stood straight and nodded in response.

"Good, now let's get started." Raditz said. Gohan gulped and embraced himself for whatever was about to come. "I want you to go at me with everything you got, got it?"

Gohan nodded in response and moved himself into his fighting stance. It was rusty looking, Raditz shook his head in disappointment. He didn't think Gohan surviving in the wilderness for a few months was gonna rust his stance or any of his martial arts for that matter.

With a quick jab, Raditz thrusted a small but powerful amount of wind towards Gohan. The wind collided with his gut sending Gohan diagonally upward. Gohan landed on the ground on his feet, his balance shook at a slight, but he regained his balance immediately. He launched himself at Raditz and threw a flurry of fists, but every single one was either evaded or blocked.

Raditz gripped Gohan's wrist and threw him across the scene. Gohan leaned back at the ground to stop himself from flying, and as he fell back, Gohan pushed his hands against the ground. He jumped up and recovered his balance.

Gohan darted at Raditz and kicked the dirt up as he got close. Raditz moved his head to the side evading the dirt, as his eyes moved to Gohan, the boy was in the air launching another fist. Raditz pushed Gohan's fist aside with his hand, and Raditz shoved his hand towards Gohan's back.

Gohan countered quickly and jabbed with his elbow against Raditz's hand. Gohan kept himself in the air with several more punches and kicks. After which he connected his two fists and slammed against Raditz's head, but "ZIP!" Raditz disappeared before Gohan's eyes.

Gohan crashed against the ground, pushing dirt behind upward.

"Good." Raditz smirked in thought. "This was better than I expected, he was able to react without thinking and didn't complain when he got hurt. Though he doesn't seem to know how to fly yet, I think I'll have to fix that."

With fierce and determined eyes, Gohan pushed himself off the ground and stood once more. Gohan shifted into his stance but this time.. It changed. Raditz furrowed his eyebrow, and became intrigued.

A smirk appeared upon Raditz's face, he kicked off the ground and darted towards Gohan. He pulled his fist back and hurled it as mighty winds swirled around his wrist. When Raditz neared, Gohan ducked, pushed Raditz's arm away, and thrusted his fist upward. It created a powerful energy blast that was invisible, but Raditz could feel it. Raditz slipped out of the way and vanished, he reappeared behind Gohan.

Gohan inhaled and tightened his fist, with a mighty shout, he unleashed vigorous winds. Raditz put his arms in front of him and dug his feet into the ground. The winds were powerful but not strong enough, Raditz easily held his own against it. Gohan dashed from side to side and lunged at Raditz. He formed his hand into claws and swiped several times at his Uncle.

Raditz evaded and blocked each swipe quickly. Gohan leaned back and lifted his foot, directly hitting Raditz's chin. Raditz hadn't expected the attack, but despite that his guard wasn't down. Gohan attempted to take his chance to attack, but Raditz acted quickly and moved out of the way.

"Don't think one slip up gives you the chance to attack!" Raditz shouted. He threw one final fist and hurled a mighty wind at Gohan. It threw him against a tree and knocked him unconscious.

Later that night…

The fire hissed and glowed brighter as a small cold breeze passed through. Gohan snored quietly as he slept on the grassy ground peacefully. Raditz let out a sigh of relief from exhaustion.

"Training this kid is hard work." Raditz said to himself. "Still...I've never seen any potential like his. He even managed to create his own, very flawed, but admittingly good stance." He thought.

Raditz leaned back and stretched. "Sleep tight kid, cause you have a whole six months ahead of you." He said.

Raditz laid down and closed his eyes as he fell to slumber til next morning.

The sun arose and Raditz opened his eyes. "Strange, the sun seems so close, almost as If I could touch it. It was never like that in Planet Vegeta….." Raditz said. It seemed odd to him, weird, but warm.

Raditz stood up, and shouted. "Wake up!"

Gohan didn't respond and turned to his side. Raditz growled, and pushed Gohan with his foot harshly. Gohan rolled over the dirt about six feet.

"Ow!" He shouted. "I'm up, I'm up!" Gohan stood up from the ground and wiped the dirt off himself.

"Now that you're under my training, you're going to get up early as I say, and stay up as long as I say!" Raditz stated. "Got that?!"

Gohan stood firmly at attention, "Y-Yes!" He said.

"I can't hear you, say it again!" Raditz shouted.

"YES SIR!" Gohan replied, this time with no stutter.

"Good." Raditz said. He looked around the landscape, and took a mental image of it. Raditz rubbed his chin in thought. "Yesterday, I had tested you in combat, and you did good."

Gohan lit up and smiled. Raditz shook his head, "However, good isn't enough!" He shouted.

"Six months from now you'll be fighting two Saiyans, that have skills beyond your comprehension!" Raditz said. Gohan frowned in response. "You need to be exceptional! You need to be precise! You need to be...creative!"

"Yesterday, You were mildly creative, imprecise, and only good. You couldn't even fly!" Raditz stated.

Gohan crossed his arms, "Well no one has taught me to fly!" He whined.

Raditz grumbled, "That's another thing! No whining, no complaining, none of that! Or I'll make it that much harder!" He shouted. "Got it?!"

Gohan sighed and nodded. "Yes." He said.

Raditz glared at the boy sternly. "Yes what?"

"Yes sir!" Gohan replied.

Raditz smirked. "Good. Now drop and give me three hundred!" He shouted.

Gohan dropped his jaw, "Thr-Three hundred! B-But!" Gohan stuttered. Raditz glared at him again, and Gohan tightened his mouth close. He dropped down and pushed his arms up and down.

About a few hundred push-ups later, Gohan sat back and groaned. "My arms hurt…" He complained in thought. Gohan hadn't done something like that in awhile, and as such, his arms became sore.

"Get up cause you're not done yet. There's still much to be done." Raditz said. Gohan huffed and stood up slouching. "First things first, I'm going to teach you to fly."

Gohan smiled, excited to learn. "Really?!" He cheered.

"Yes, It should be simple. You can shoot your ki waves can't you?" Raditz asked. Gohan nodded in response. "Good. Now, Instead of imagining that ki flow to your arms, imagine it floating to the bottom of your feet and then flowing through your body." He explained

Gohan tilted his head. "Wha..What?!" He said. Gohan gave a look of confusion, what Raditz said didn't translate to his young boy mind at all.

Raditz bit his lip and sighed. "This might be tougher than I thought." He mumbled. Raditz paced from side to side slowly, thinking of an alternative. "The sensation you feel, when you fire an energy blast. You can feel that, right?" He asked.

Gohan nodded in response. "Imagine it like a waterfall, let it flow from your body to your feet." Raditz said.

Gohan gulped, stood firmly, and closed his eyes. He imagined as said but it wouldn't work, everytime he did the waterfall would harden into ice in his mind.

"It's not working." Gohan said.

"You're too tense boy. Relax, It won't work if you force it." Raditz replied. "Think of something that relaxes, you and then imagine the waterfall."

"Okay…" Gohan sighed. He closed his eyes and thought about his mother, and when he'd return home. He thought about her wonderful cooking and how nice it would be to eat it. Gohan then imagined the waterfall flowing from his body to his feet. He started levitating, and grinned happily.

"YES!" He shouted. Once his concentration was stopped, he fell. "Ouch!" Gohan whimpered. "What happened?"

"You can't lose concentration." Raditz said. "You need to keep that feeling in your mind til it reaches a natural state. Eventually, it'll just click on for when you need it."

Gohan sighed heavily, "Okay.." He replied

"Again, and this time, you won't stop until two hours are up." Raditz ordered.

Gohan huffed, and continued his training. Quickly, the two hours had gone by, and Gohan progressed. He could fly around for long periods of time, in fact he had no problem for endurance, but however getting it to click was a different story.

Raditz observed Gohan with a confused look. "I don't get it, why is he still struggling? He can clearly fly a long period of time. So he should be able to activate it instinctively!" He grumbled in thought. "His thoughts must be too clouded… I guess I'll have to have him finish this later." Raditz mumbled.

Raditz walked over to Gohan, "Time's Up, We're going to do something else for a while." Raditz said.

"Oh..Okay." Gohan replied.

Gohan followed his Uncle a little bit further away from their current spot. Here there were less trees, and it seemed more deserted.

"Ah, Here we go, this'll do nicely." Raditz said. He stretched out his arms and sniffed the dry air.

"What're we doing here?" Gohan asked.

"I've decided to continue your training in this area because It has less distractions. No nearby life, and no loud noises." Raditz stated. Raditz turned around to Gohan and smirked."Plus, working on Ki Control can be a little destructive."

"I think we'll start out with something very simplicit." Raditz said. He drew a small square around Gohan, and then backed away. "You'll have to try and shoot me from where you are currently standing. You can't leave that box til we're done. Got that?"

Gohan nodded in response. Raditz backed a little bit further and rapidly moved around Gohan. Everytime Gohan saw his Uncle disappear and reappear, It would leave an image that lasted 2 seconds. He threw several ki blasts in all different directions, one by one, but the attack wouldn't land.

Gohan spent about sixty minutes to no avail. His energy was draining, and He wasn't sure how much longer he could keep up. Gohan followed his Uncle's movements, and noticed a pattern. He followed the pattern, and shot several blasts in an attempt to screw it up, but as he did, Raditz immediately adapted.

Raditz's pattern changed once again, and Gohan had to start over but this time he knew there was a pattern. He followed it, It went from Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Left, Right, Right. Gohan shot a ki blast when he went down the second time, but Raditz dodged it.

Raditz changed his pattern once again and Gohan followed it. It took three non-stop hours but Gohan had landed a hit.

As the energy blast hit Raditz, it took him a bit off guard. Gohan opened his mouth and smiled.

"I did it!" He cheered.

"Ah crap, I let my guard slip from me." Raditz thought. He slapped himself from his own stupidity. "This is just the beginning runt. Now it's time to start Round 2." Raditz smirked.

Gohan gulped and braced himself. Raditz moved faster and faster, this time there was no pattern, It was completely random. On top of it, He shot some energy blasts of his own. Gohan had to quickly shoot and defend himself, he was backed into a corner.

They spent the last few hours of daylight training like this, and Gohan became exhausted. They returned to Camp for the night with a warm fire. Gohan laid back and relaxed himself.

"Hold on, there's one last thing I want you to do." Raditz said. Gohan groaned in response and stood up. "I need you to try and fly again, but this time try to activate it instantly."

"Okay…" Gohan frowned. He was so tired and wanted to sleep. With a drowsy face, he took a deep breath in and out, Gohan then began to fly.

"Knew it. His body took an easier route and found a better way to execute the technique." Raditz thought. "Alright, that's enough. We're done for the day!" He shouted.

Gohan cheered happily and quickly went to sleep.

The next couple of weeks were full of nonstop harsh training. Eventually, Goku had joined in, and Gohan was excited to see his father. Gohan trained with the two older fighters in the Gravity Chamber as a finish to their training til the rest of the six months were over.

Then the day had arrived at last.

To be continued...