Previously on A Half-breed's Life 3:
"We're only going in to get some food and then we're out of there again." Vegeta stated as his gaze moved to his comrades. "You know the plan. Raditz watches the ship. Nappa goes for the clothing. Turles, water. Half-breed and I will head for food. Act normal. We're not the wanted Saiyan team at all. We're just passing by. And we're alone and not in a team. So we're not interesting at all. Got it?"
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The change in atmosphere was sudden. People moved out of the way almost on instinct. Civilians who probably never even experienced a bad or dangerous situation could now behave accordingly and get themselves out of harm's way so easily. Gohan heard the scared gasp from the woman he was just talking to. He didn't know why but he felt protective over this stranger.
"Run." Gohan ordered as he turned away from her to face the danger. He was confronted with at least a dozen warriors, all dressed in the armour he knew all too well. As he ran his eyes over the warriors he could swear he even recognized a couple of them. Vaguely.
"Why would I?" A whisper right behind him made Gohan realize he just made a colossal error in judgement. A sharp pain occurred in his neck and everything went black.
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When Gohan recognized them, an intense wave of relief washed over him. He knew these people. He knew these people very well. The half-saiyan frowned as he watched them approach. "Took you long enough." He stated.
Vegeta returned Gohan's glare. "Says the person we came to rescue."
"Only after you told me to get myself caught." Gohan countered easily.
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"Doesn't it seem too easy?" Gohan returned quietly. "Why is nobody relevant in the control room? No leader or supervisor?"
Just then the screen they were all looking at went black. The Saiyans all gave surprised glances as the black screen changed to a sight they didn't expect to see so soon.
"Oh my!" Frieza grinned at the group of Saiyans. Their speechless expressions were probably so amusing to see. "I see all my little monkeys standing neatly in a row." The man glanced at every single. "Please don't look so surprised, Vegeta." Frieza said, turning to the leader of the group.
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"Took you long enough. Alright. Give me a power boost. Enough to send an adequate blast to the Ginyu Force in order to knock them out. I will send a blast to the Ginyu Force. When I fire the blast, race to the others, grab them and race to the doorway. Nappa knows what to do from there. Ginyu never uses passwords for his doors. He thinks nobody can outsmart him, cocky jerk. I will follow as soon as I can. If they are too close behind me…. Close the doors. You'll be in command."
Gohan frowned when he heard the last sentences. "I'm not going to leave you behind. Let me send the blast. I'm the fastest."
"You have to fight Frieza. That has to be you. I'm expendable."
"You're not for us!" Gohan stopped himself from mentally talking when he noticed Vegeta's glare. "Fine. Take what you need." The half-saiyan extended his hands to Vegeta and the man accepted them. Their palms heated up against each other as energy was transferred between their hands.
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Gohan noticed that Vegeta was leaving the brother simulation and he quickly called out: "Hey! Take me out of here."
Vegeta paused and sent Gohan a sweet smile. "I thought you hated to be carried around by me. Who am I to keep forcing you into things like that?" He said before leaving the room.
"Hey! Vegeta come back!" Gohan panicked somewhat when two female prostitutes sat down next to him. "I have a girlfriend!" He yelled, hoping Vegeta would come and fetch him. Gohan let out a sigh when nobody responded to his plea and the two aliens only draped themselves all over him. Gohan tried not to look at them and definitely not think anything that would make him disloyal to the love of his life.
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Chapter 9. Preparing for war.
"Alright. Everybody out!" Vegeta yelled as he looked around the simulation room. The man stormed to the control panel and turned the entire simulation off.
Gohan was thankful for Vegeta's annoyance. Right after Vegeta left, Turles and Nappa realized that Gohan was still there. Despite the half-saiyan's complaints and even pleas, the two full-blooded saiyans dragged the immobile warrior to the bathtub and threw him in with his clothes still on. Gohan had to admit that this was the strangest type of simulation he ever experienced. The water felt warm against his clothes but he was not getting wet. Similarly, the simulated women's bodies were there, pressed up against him, but then again they were not really there. It was almost real enough to believe but then again it wasn't.
Raditz noticed Gohan was sitting on the ground and he walked over to help his nephew up. Gohan's body was still recovering from using too much power during their escape from the Ginyu Force. Gohan already gave Vegeta a lot of his own strength so that the Saiyan prince could distract the Ginyu Goons. However, Vegeta couldn't distract them long enough for the others, including Vegeta, to get away and Gohan eventually decided to ignore Vegeta's previous wishes that they leave him behind if trouble occurred and used so much energy to transform that he tapped into his pure energy; the energy his body needed to live. Now Gohan's body was slowly but surely recovering from the shortage of power, which temporarily left Gohan so exhausted that he could hardly move.
They gathered in the living area where Raditz put Gohan down on the couch. The half-saiyan curled up there contently. Finally he was out of that brothel simulation.
Vegeta turned to the ground. "Alright. We need to discuss where we are going from here. We already had a meeting about our current situation when you were still unconscious, half-breed, and we decided that it would be best to involve you in the meeting as well."
"That's greatly appreciated." Gohan stated meekly.
Vegeta sent the young warrior an impatient glance in response to this interruption. "Of course, the Ginyu Force was left behind on a ship that is slower than ours. They cannot catch up to us. Strange thing is that they're not even trying." Vegeta turned to the control panel and typed something in. The screen showed a dark area with small dots that indicated the nearby planets and stars with their names written right next to them. They also noticed a slightly larger dot that was their ship and a dot that was moving away from them.
"That's the current ship of the Ginyu Goons. We were hoping they would take ours but they must have noticed that the ship was scheduled to self-destruct. Interestingly enough, they are not heading after us. They are going somewhere else." Vegeta stated as he looked up at the screen. The man turned to his comrades and made eye-contact with the half-saiyan. "We have reason to believe that they are going to meet up with Frieza… And that Frieza is heading for planet Earth."
"WHAT?" Gohan exclaimed, shocked by this new piece of information. "On what grounds?"
"We think that Frieza somehow found out that planet Earth is still intact. Some of your acquaintances know that planet Earth is still there and some of our friends know it as well. Anyone could have told him or let something slip."
"So, we should head for planet Earth too." Gohan stated, nodding. The half-saiyan was met with a brief silence. "What? Oh come on, don't give me those looks. Katy is there. And Justin too. We can't let them fend for themselves!"
"Calm down." Vegeta stated in response to Gohan's rising power level. "We agree that we should go to planet Earth. As you said, we have acquaintances there." The man was silent for a moment and Gohan frowned when he felt a strange sensation coming from his comrade. The half-saiyan used his mental bond with Vegeta to try and find out what the sensation meant but a brief glance from Vegeta accompanied by a sharp stinging sensation in Gohan's head made the half-saiyan back off.
Meanwhile, Turles was offering his own plan. "We still don't know for sure if Frieza is going to planet Earth. We could follow his ship, stay on a safe distance and see where he is actually going. Meanwhile, we train as hard as we can in order to prepare for our battle."
"Sounds good enough." Raditz agreed. "Though we should make sure we stay far away enough so that his ship cannot notice our presence." He added.
"Evidently." Turles said, nodding.
Nappa agreed with the others but glanced at the half-saiyan when he noticed Gohan was particularly silent. "I sense disagreement."
Gohan looked up at him. "Shouldn't be new to you." He answered snidely.
Nappa snorted. "Put the teenage attitude away please and tell us what you're thinking."
The half-saiyan lowered his gaze for a moment. "Frieza's ship is faster than ours. I agree that we shouldn't rush into battle but what if we follow Frieza and find out that he is actually going to planet earth? It could take us days to get there after Frieza lands and it will only take him minutes to find Katy and Justin."
"It's a risk we'll have to take." Vegeta responded strictly. "There's always a possibility that it might be a trap. Frieza might expect us to think he's going for planet Earth and he might expect us to rush after him and fall neatly into his arms."
"Or he might be going for Earth in order to take revenge. He must have noticed Justin and Katy were not with us." Gohan retorted. "What's better than holding Justin and Katy hostage? He knows I will come after him if he has them."
"He also knows I am still in charge of this team." Vegeta responded harshly. "And I will not be controlled by my emotions like that." Gohan closed his mouth and frowned at his squad leader. "We will follow the original plan and if you're not okay with that you can go out there on your own."
"I might do that." Gohan said stubbornly. The half-saiyan got up from the couch. His body was still tired but he could finally stand up and he slowly but surely walked to the doorway. He just wished he could walk a little faster but his body was not ready for that just yet. The others didn't stop him from leaving the room and Gohan was thankful for that. For once they left him alone.
Gohan was not allowed to be alone for too long as several hours later Vegeta's voice sounded throughout the entire ship, calling the other Saiyans to the training room for some intense training. When Gohan arrived in the training room he realized that Nappa wasn't there. Vegeta explained that they wanted to keep at least one person in the control room in order to keep watch on Frieza's or any other possibly hostile spaceships.
As the training proceeded Gohan realized that he was excited to train again. After everything that happened in the last twenty hours he was eager to get back into an activity that had become such a large part of his life that it came natural to him.
Turles seemed eager as well. The two found each other early in the battle and they had been fighting each other relentlessly for hours now.
Gohan moved up his hand to punch his uncle but Turles anticipated his movement. The older warrior caught Gohan's punch. He made a clicking sound with his tongue. "Not good enough, nephew." He stated in a mocking tone before pulling the young warrior closer. Before Gohan realized what was going to happen Turles already kneed him in his stomach. Turles tried to follow up by throwing the young warrior sideways but Gohan's tail curled around Turles' lower leg and the man was pulled down before being thrown right into the harsh gray floor.
"I could say the same thing." Gohan stated sweetly. The half-saiyan quickly stretched his arm while he watched Turles get up.
Turles frowned at his nephew as he slowly flew up until he was on Gohan's level. "Okay. Auch." He stated. "Let me tell you right now that that was the last punch you're going to land on me today."
"Oh really?" Gohan grinned as he tensed his muscles. He pushed his power higher and higher until he could feel that barrier. It was the thin veil of energy between his normal body and that of the super Saiyan. Aside from his own strength, Gohan could feel Turles' eyes on him. The jealousy was always visible whenever he transformed to the Super Saiyan level. His comrades would never admit it out loud but he could see it on their faces; they were definitely jealous of his ability to transform.
"Now, let me ask you again, are you sure I won't land a single punch on you between now and the next couple of minutes?" Gohan asked sweetly right before disappearing from Turles' sight. The older warrior frantically looked around for a moment before a fist bumped against his cheek harshly. The man was thrown sideways and landed on the unforgiving ground once again. "Cause I think I just proved you wrong." Gohan placed his hands on his hips and sent his uncle a grin.
Turles growled as he got up. His cheek was burning painfully but only partially because of the punch; he was also ashamed for being caught off guard like that. Damn this kid. "You've been spending way too much time with us." He complained.
"You say that more often." Gohan responded without missing a beat.
"And the situation seems more annoying every time I say it." Turles called back as he placed his hands on his hips.
Gohan made an exaggerated bow to his uncle. "Why don't you punch it out of me then?" He suggested sweetly as he stood up straight and made eye-contact with his uncle. The half-saiyan's tail was swaying behind him on quite a high level, bordering on being disrespectful towards his uncle. As long as Gohan and Turles were both regular soldiers, Turles's age put him on a higher hierarchical level than Gohan and the half-saiyan usually kept the tip of his tail near hip height when addressing his uncle. Now it was located higher, just beneath the half-saiyan's shoulder blades, dangerously close to crossing the line to the area above Gohan's shoulder blades which would be an insult to his uncle. But Gohan was only taunting his uncle; he wasn't planning on making this into a real argument.
Nevertheless, Turles still felt annoyed by Gohan's behavior and he launched at the young warrior to punch him. Gohan avoided the punch easily, stepping aside in the air and allowing Turles to almost fall down because of the failed punch. Gohan smiled innocently when Turles looked at him. Turles made an annoyed sound before trying to punch the half-saiyan again. Gohan stepped back this time. The air of easiness that was floating around the half-saiyan angered his uncle even more. Turles threw a couple of punches at the young warrior and the punches got angrier as Gohan dodged every single one of them.
"Are you going to hit me any time soon?" Gohan asked as he tilted his head sideways.
"I'm not just going to hit you." Turles stated through grinding teeth. "I'm going to tear your ears off your head and put them on backwards."
"No empty threats, uncle." Gohan grinned as he beckoned Turles. "Show me."
"Don't worry. I will." Turles growled before he launched at the young warrior once again. The two engaged in a heated battle, throwing punches at each other while blocking the hostile punches. The two seemed evenly matched, though they both knew that was because Gohan was holding back.
Raditz and Vegeta were watching the fight in silence. The two had been at it for a couple of hours now and they both decided it was time for a break. Vegeta sipped from his drink just as Raditz spoke up. "Gohan appears to feel better."
"Meeting your worst enemy will do that for you." Vegeta responded briefly. "He probably realized there's more to life than childish grudges towards his comrades."
"You think so?" Raditz asked.
Vegeta shrugged. "I don't really care. As long as he cooperates with us I don't see the problem." He responded before stretching his muscles and letting out a yawn. "That's enough training for me." He decided. "I'll go and fetch Nappa so he can get some training in too while I keep watch."
Raditz nodded. "Sure." He responded. The man sipped from his water as he studied the other two fighters. "They probably wouldn't mind if I joined them." He stated briefly before letting his bottle drop to the ground. The man powered up and flew up to his brother and nephew, who greeted him cheerfully.
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"Vegeta." Gohan complained as he headed into the large common room. "Get these people away from me." The young warrior was followed closely by his two uncles.
The Saiyan prince raised an inquisitive eyebrow as he watched Gohan hide behind him. "What's going on?"
Turles and Raditz decided to split up and were both coming from a different direction, planning on locking the half-saiyan in. Gohan made a face when he realized he was stuck and he decided to put all his hopes on Vegeta. "They're bullying me." He accused.
Now both Vegeta's eyebrows rose in surprise and he sent a look to the older saiyans. "What is really going on here?" He asked them, obviously taking Gohan's explanation as a bad one.
"Half-breed's tail was way too high when he was addressing me just now." Turles stated, nodding several times, as he pointed to the young warrior. "He needs to be punished."
"Again?" Vegeta looked at the half-saiyan now. "That keeps happening to you lately."
"It's not fair." Gohan complained. "It's as if they purposely keep an eye on my tail when they're talking to me just to see if I do something wrong and when I do it, they pounce."
"You should have better control over your tail." Raditz remarked as he stepped closer to the young warrior.
Gohan stepped back in response. "I'm still getting used to it! You guys need to remember that these social rules only started counting for me when I completed my heat ritual. That's a little more than a year ago. You can't expect me to be a pro at all this yet."
The others all knew this well. Gohan went through the heat ritual while they were still travelling to planet Earth. That was almost two years ago, including the time Gohan spent in the Time Chamber, and thus Gohan was still learning how to use the social Saiyan rules in his daily life. Mistakes tended to happen, especially in moments of passion when Gohan was arguing with his comrades. The half-saiyan was quite dominant by nature so his tail had the tendency to move upwards, showing his dominance to the people around him and automatically getting him in trouble. It was difficult for the half-saiyan to be the lowest in rank just because he was the youngest adult Saiyan alive, especially since he was also the strongest Saiyan alive.
"That's why we need to be strict now. You'll learn faster that way." Turles responded cheerfully. "I have to punish you for being disrespectful towards me and I know just the medicine for naughty children." Turles made a sweeping motion with his hand before sending a grin to the half-saiyan.
Gohan sent the man a dark glare. "If you think I'm going to let you do that you've really lost your mind."
"Come here, nephew." Turles said as he stepped closer.
"Vegeta~" Gohan whined as he stepped behind the Saiyan Prince.
Vegeta chuckled. "How do you expect me to help here?"
"You can't let them do this to me. You know they're not being fair."
Turles was still beckoning the half-saiyan to come closer but Gohan wasn't planning on doing anything like that. Vegeta sent the half-saiyan an amused smile. "They do have a point, you know. You need to learn our rules now that you're an adult." Vegeta glanced to the older saiyans briefly before looking back to the half-saiyan. "And you're well aware of my opinion about your overall behavior lately."
Gohan stepped away from Vegeta now. "I trusted you." He accused in a dramatic voice. "I trusted that you would help me out here."
Vegeta shrugged casually. "I've disappointed you before." He stated as he turned and started to leave the little circle of Saiyans. The man tried to step away from them but a tail locked around his waist and pulled him back.
"At least act as my shield." Gohan stated as he stepped back, pulling a surprised Vegeta back with him in the process.
Vegeta was so shocked by this entire situation that he was momentarily silenced by it all. The man looked over his shoulder to the half-saiyan. "What do you think you're doing, brat?"
Gohan's eyes now moved to Vegeta. "Ever considered using a different pronoun?" He asked before looking back to his uncles.
"No, brat suits you." Vegeta deadpanned. The man's own tail released itself and the tip of his tail briefly pressed into Gohan's tail, sliding sideways. This movement lasted for not even a second but it had the desired effect as Gohan gasped audibly and released the Saiyan prince. Gohan stepped back and grabbed a hold of his own tail, brushing through it in order to comfort the tail.
"How do you keep doing these things?" Gohan asked as he stepped back once more.
"You'll learn." Vegeta responded, obviously pleased with himself. The man's own tail was lazily wagging behind him, high. Gohan automatically felt uncomfortable when he noticed Vegeta's tail. "Now I thought we were on a hunt for the strongest warrior in the universe. Since when did we have the spare time to loiter?" He asked as he turned to the other warriors. "You two," Vegeta turned to the two uncles, "should be ashamed of yourself. You are supposed to be training right now. I specifically told you to work on that annoying tendency you both have to leave your left side open." Turles and Raditz both lowered their gazes during this rant. "And you," Vegeta said as he turned to the half-saiyan, "I thought I told you to meditate before our next mental-exercise session. I can still enter your memories without even breaking a sweat so how about I leave aside the typical memories and go straight for the ones you really don't want me to see."
Gohan frowned at the Saiyan prince. "You've seen enough memories I don't want you to see."
"I've only gone for the pathetic little child memories and left the important milestones aside. Say I take a look at your first kiss, huh?" Vegeta watched as Gohan's face fell into a shocked expression, "Or better yet, shall I pass through your first sexual encounter. Kittycat's bound to look smashing under that uniform. Important personal moments jump out at you when you look through someone's mind. They are easier to fix upon than the painful memories hidden deep within your traumatized mind. So if I were you I would start meditating."
Gohan clenched his fists as he glared at the man. "Fine." He stated before heading to the doorway. "I don't care what I do as long as it gets me away from you." He couldn't resist snarling over his shoulder before moving to the doorway.
Vegeta rolled his eyes at Gohan's leaving comments. "Teenagers." He muttered before turning to the two older saiyans. "Too bad I can't say the same about you. So what's your excuse for your insolent behavior?"
"Alright alright." Turles muttered before turning to the doorway as well. "We got it."
Raditz gave one hesitant look to Vegeta's dominant tail before quickly moving to leave the room as well. Vegeta growled in annoyance. "I live with idiots." He complained to himself. "Constant idiots."
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"AND WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING NOW?"
Vegeta's voice sounded loud in the room where the swimming pool was located. Turles, Raditz and Nappa all looked up in surprise at his scream. They were currently in the pool, wrestling each other and trying to push each other under water, scoring points for each time they managed to practically drown their opponent. They were having fun until Vegeta arrived.
Gohan was standing near the Saiyan prince. They just had a long and tedious meditation session. Vegeta followed up on his threat and started searching for memories that involved Katy. Okay, he didn't go for the juicy stuff. He focused mainly on their first meetings, their first kiss, and by doing this he also found out just how many times Gohan and Katy met during the period that they were not allowed to meet each other.
Back when the Saiyan squad was still working for Frieza, Gohan very quickly fell for the young woman. At the time, Vegeta didn't like the relationship between Gohan and Katy and the Saiyan prince forbid the half-saiyan from seeing her. This, of course, was ignored by the young warrior.
Once Gohan managed to throw Vegeta out of the first memory, Vegeta gave the young warrior a strict glance. "I recall that you weren't allowed to see Kittycat at that time."
Gohan wasn't impressed by Vegeta's attempt to intimidate him. "I recall not giving a shit about your orders."
"Right. Until I beat them into you." Vegeta's voice was low and obviously annoyed. The young warrior tended to have that effect on the Saiyan prince.
Three more times Vegeta managed to lock onto Gohan's memories and all the scenes showed secret meetings with Katy. After their training, the saiyan prince gave the young warrior a heavy glare.
"If only I knew at the time how disobedient you were being." Vegeta stated. "Ugh, I should have pulled your nails off for that. Slowly."
The half-saiyan sent him an innocent glance as he got up. "Don't get any ideas." He muttered warily. Gohan could feel a light headache. It was one of the after-effects of these annoying meditation sessions. "It was a long time ago."
"Part of me doesn't care." Vegeta stated ominously as he got up too. The man stretched his aching muscles and noticed a few pops and cracks in his bones. He would have to stretch more often if his body started to behave like this.
"I'd say listen to the other part." Gohan responded cheerfully. The half-saiyan made an innocent face when Vegeta sent him a glare.
Luckily for the half-saiyan, Vegeta let it all go and decided to search for the rest of the team. The man was already annoyed but his bad mood got even worse when he noticed what the others were doing.
The man was glaring at the warriors when he noticed movement in the corner of his eyes. Gohan had already gotten rid of his armor and uniform and was heading to the pool. "What do you think you're doing?" Vegeta snarled at him.
Gohan started and turned to his leader. "I'm getting in the pool." He stated slowly. "Join us!" He made a beckoning motion with his arm before heading to the swimming pool once more.
"Do you all have a death wish?" Vegeta snarled at them. Gohan jumped in the pool, extracting complains from the other saiyans who were splashed by his landing in the water.
"Oh come on, Vegeta. A little fun never hurt anyone." Turles responded. "Besides, we're wrestling."
Gohan leaned on the edge of the pool with his lower arms and beamed at his older comrade. "Come on, Vegeta! Join!"
Vegeta's gaze softened as his eyes met Gohan's and he let out a sigh. "Fine. One hour!" He stated as his hands reached to his armor. The other cheered before getting right back into the wrestling match between Raditz and Nappa. Gohan challenged Vegeta right after that and the warriors forgot the time as they all wrestled each other, getting annoyed when they lost and begging for rematches every time.
That was until Vegeta actually took a moment to look at the clock and he realized that they had been fooling around for hours now. The man ushered everyone out of the pool and straight into the training room. The others realized that they would have to get some training in as well. They were about to engage in the fight of their lifetime and their survival depended on how much they trained for it. That was proper motivation for the Saiyans to spend the next several hours in the training room.
Gohan pushed his body upwards, his arms straining against him painfully. "501." He muttered to himself before lowering his body again. This caused even more trembling and pain in his arms but he forced his body to lower all the way down until his chest was mere inches from the ground before clenched his teeth together and pushing up again. Oh, the pain. It was horrible and after every push-up Gohan was ready to quit. But every time he told himself to just do one more. Just one more. And he kept going.
The training room appeared heated. The air seemed thicker than usual. The reason might be that they had been training there for hours and hours now. Gohan pulled off his armor and uniform long ago and exchanged them for just spandex pants. It gave him just that little bit more room to breathe. A little bit more freedom to move as he liked. And even though the uniforms were light as a feather and fitted his form perfectly, they were also somewhat isolating and they made Gohan feel warmer than he needed to feel.
The half-saiyan gasped when a flash of icy coldness attacked his system. It took Gohan a moment to realize that it was water. The half-saiyan looked up and noticed that Turles was standing there, holding an empty bottle upside down above him.
"What the hell?"
"Oh come on. You'll thank me for it later. You looked properly overheated." Turles responded cheerfully. The man sat down next to the half-saiyan. "How is it going?"
Gohan momentarily gave up on his push-ups and sat down too. He let his painful arms relax and he could feel a stream of satisfaction run up his arms and right to his heart. The aftermath of exercising could feel very nice. "Fine, I guess." The half-saiyan responded as he looked around the room. "How about you?"
Turles handed him a full bottle of water and the half-saiyan took a sip from it. The man shrugged while Gohan drank from the bottle. "Fine as well. I do wonder if we're doing enough though."
Gohan screwed the cap back on the bottle before handing it back to his uncle. "What do you mean?"
"I don't know. None of us managed to transform. And we've been training for hours and hours every day. It's the only thing we do lately. Eat, Train, sleep, eat, train, and sleep."
Gohan nodded in response. He'd worried about the same topic as well. The young warrior lowered his gaze for a moment as he let this run through his brain. Gohan smiled as he looked up. "So we should kick it up a notch." He stated.
Turles gave him a questioning glance. "What do you mean?"
"This." Gohan got up and took a deep breath. In through the nose and out through the mouth. He focused on his body, his breath fueling his lungs, oxygen flowing through his blood, keeping his body alive. He could feel the energy inside him. Gohan clenched his fists as he channeled the energy, powering up. The young warrior could feel his hair starting to lift upwards as the energy kept building and building, pushing through that barrier was now feeling so familiar to him it was easy.
Gohan opened his eyes, now transformed, and his teal eyes met the eyes of his uncle. "Fight me." He stated as he powered up to his max. Turles looked somewhat hesitant when he felt Gohan's power level. Man... That was high. "Fight me, Turles." Gohan stated again. He clenched his fists. "I won't go easy on you. There's no time for that. We need a war to prepare for, right?"
Turles's eyes lit up as he realized what Gohan was suggesting. The young warrior was referring back to when the adults were training the sixteen-year-old Gohan for war. They never went easy on him. They beat him to an inch of his life almost every single day and Gohan made jumps in strength they could never imagine. They also all knew that if they hadn't put Gohan through that horrifying ordeal, he would have never transformed to the Super Saiyan level. Never.
Turles nodded and got up too. Now it was their time to fight. It was their time to make jumps in strength and this could only happen if they got beaten up, often. Turles powered up to his max, noticing that Gohan's presence didn't even get that much smaller compared to his own strength. How strong was this kid?
The man clenched his fists and launched at the half-saiyan. The young warrior had the tendency to have a defensive fighting style. He let others come to him and he reacted to the moves of his enemies. Turles was okay with this. He would attack the half-saiyan himself. However, his attack was cut short when Gohan sidestepped his first punch, whirled around and kneed Turles right in the stomach. The man could feel the strength of the punch affecting his entire body. A ripple of pain dragged through his bones and he fell on the ground, on all fours, groaning pitifully.
"Get up." Gohan stated strictly.
Turles looked up and noticed that the half-saiyan was frowning at him. Okay, the young warrior was going tough love on this one. Turles pushed his trembling body up. One more of those punches and he was done for surely. That's what he thought now. However, throughout the match with Gohan he learned that he could receive many more of these devastating punches and still come back for more.
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You know what to do~ ;)
