Chapter 3.5: Checking in.
Day 10
Piccolo grunted and stopped training against his clone for a minute. "Did that brat die that quickly?" He asked himself. He had felt Gohan get stronger over the past week, and he was strong enough that nothing should've been able to kill him that quickly, unless he was caught off guard. Piccolo grunted and his clone disappeared. He flew off to where he felt Gohan's ki last.
After he arrived, he looked around for nearly an hour, but didn't find anything. No trace of blood, not even the scraps of clothing that would surely fall off if he was eaten. Piccolo flew up to survey the area. He was beginning to panic, if Gohan died then they would have even less of a chance to defeat the encroaching Saiyans. "Dammit brat." Piccolo scowled. He was about to fly off when he felt Gohan's ki return, much higher than before.
"That brat, he's become much stronger in such a short time. It seems like he's surviving on his own just fine. I may have to come and get him for proper training sooner than I thought." Piccolo grinned as he looked down on Gohan, then his grin morphed into a confused face, "Where did he get that armor? And that sword?" Piccolo waved it off, whatever I have training of my own to do. Just don't die brat.
With that he flew off.
Day 11
Piccolo was training with his clone again when he felt Gohan's ki rise, as if he was using ki based attacks. "Impossible, there's no way he could do that!" he flew to investigate.
Sure enough, Gohan was firing off ki blasts into a rock spire. Then he switched to larger balls of ki. Then to a full-on beam attack. Gohan even used elemental ki, an incredibly impressive feat, as Piccolo himself needed to specifically train to use the lightning-based Special Beam Cannon for five whole years. And yet this brat was using a wind-based attack and a lightning-based attack. "Where did he learn that?"
Piccolo got mad and flew off, ignoring Gohan's ki for a few days to focus on his own training.
Day 13
Piccolo was image training when he felt Gohan's ki disappear once again. He flew off to check on the kid but by the time he got there Gohan's ki was back, though it hadn't risen this time.
"Strange, it completely disappeared again." Piccolo glared at the child, "How does he do that?"
Day 15
Piccolo was once again image training when he felt Gohan's ki rise. He looked over and saw a yellow beam light up the night sky. He waited a fee seconds and another beam tore through the sky.
"What is that brat doing?" Piccolo asked himself.
Gohan continued firing these beams into the sky for no apparent reason. All night.
Day 16
While training Piccolo felt Gohan's ki harden, as if the boy was in a fight. He grinned, "That brat's finally doing something worth while. It's only been a week since he fought something last. Piccolo looked in Gohan's direction and saw fire.
"That brat better not have a fire-based technique also…" Piccolo growled.
Day 17
Gohan's energy completely disappeared again. Piccolo ignored it and continued training. A few hours later Gohan's energy returned, noticeably stronger.
"What is that brat doing?" Even if he was a novice, growing that quickly wasn't natural. Gohan shouldn't have been this strong until five months in!
Piccolo grunted and continued his training.
Day 10
Krillin arrived on Kami's lookout along with Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Chaiotzu, and Yajirobe. Kami instructed Mr. Popo to train them.
Krillin spared with Tien after failing to touch Mr. Popo for three hours.
Day 15
Tien managed to tag Mr. Popo but was forced to continue training until all of them could catch the genie.
Later that day Krillin and Yamcha both tagged Mr. Popo but were sent back to train with Chaiotzu and Yajirobe until they could hit him as well.
Day 17
Chaiotzu hit Popo. Yajirobe refused to try.
Day 10
Goku ran along the ridiculously long Snake Way.
Day 12
Goku kept running.
Day 15
Goku tried to jump along Snake Way. He nearly fell into Hell for Infinite Losers, or HFIL for short.
Day 17
Goku kept running.
Day 10
Vegeta sat in his attack pod.
Day 12
Vegeta was tempted to blast Nappa's pod into a sun if the oaf didn't stop talking.
Day 15
"That's it, I'm going to kill the moron!" Vegeta screamed. Nappa wouldn't stop talking!
Day 17
"Computer, place me in a medically induced coma for seven months." Vegeta said, a little too calmly.
"Vegeta, are we there yet?" Nappa's voice rang through the ship.
"Don't wake me unless it's a collision-based emergency computer." Vegeta ordered.
Day 10
Kami watched as the humans tried to hit Mr. Popo to no avail. He decided to check on Piccolo and the young Gohan. Piccolo was training when he felt worry. Kami too felt worry, as Gohan's presence was no longer on the Earth. Piccolo raced to the last area Gohan had been and looked around. Kami was worried, without the young halfling they wouldn't survive the Saiyan's attack. Then Gohan returned.
"Could it be, has Gaia chosen a champion?" Kami asked himself aloud. Could the being above Time and Space, a being on par with the Supreme Kai, have chosen her champion? "That would explain his immense growth. "I'll send a message to King Yemma to be passed along to the Supreme Kai." Kami said and began to write.
And that's the chapter! Hope you all enjoyed it. Next chapter should still be out on Wednesday night / Thursday, I just wanted to toss this small little buffer chapter in there for some plot advancement.
