The New Generation
Ch 6 Mother's Day Part 1
Two years of peace have passed, and Gohan is now 14. He has continued his training and has engaged in numerous spars with the rest of earth's fighters. Even Tien and Chaotzu stop by from time to time, although they seldom stay long.
His control of ki is remarkable. Not only can he duplicate any attack after seeing it only a few times, but he can also bring himself down to a level even the weakest of his friends can handle. It could honestly be said that he had single-handedly strengthened the Earth's defenses.
The children have grown and are now in their 'terrible twos'. It didn't take them long to become the best of friends. Goten looks like a clone of his father and is okay on his own. Misru, Piccolo's blue-skinned child, is a fairly quiet kid when alone and isn't a problem during those occasions. The real problems are named Dakon and Trunks. Trunks is the oldest of the four, and probably the smartest. He seems to have a nearly endless list of pranks that are somehow always perfectly tailored to their victims. Dakon possesses an arrogance that at times seems to rival Vegeta's. With his strong personality he is the leader of the four, a fact only occasionally disputed.
Chichi has continued to insist that all the boys study as much as she could make them. She allows them a lot more time to play and train than she had Gohan though. Piccolo seldom seems to sleep. Between training the young kids, sparring with Gohan and occasionally Vegeta, helping Mr. Popo train Dende, and helping Chichi around the house he appears to be trying to be everywhere at once.
All in all Piccolo has succeeded in preventing some of his worst fears from coming to pass. Instead of the peace turning everyone soft, it has merely provided a more comfortable environment for everyone to become stronger in. The former Kami knows that the peace can't last. There is always one more threat on the horizon.
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*BEEB BEEB BEEB* Gohan awoke to the sound of his alarm clock. After wiping the sleep from his eyes, he checked the time. 4:30! How did I sleep in so.It takes a second to dawn on him and he growls softly. Stupid snooze button. Now I really have to hurry. Throwing on the first gi he could find and slipping out of the house silently, Gohan headed towards the woods.
Two miles into the forest he stopped. The boards he'd been making for the last three days were right where they should be. He placed about half the boards on each shoulder and began running towards the house. Flying was out of the question with so many ki sensitive people in the house. The young man smiled to himself, knowing that he finally had a surefire way to make of for the tail incident two years ago.
When he arrived at his destination he carefully set down the boards. Then the first problem of the day popped up. He'd forgot his capsule case. The previous night had been warm, so his open bedroom window provided an alternative to risking the stairs. Using only a small amount of ki to catch himself he found his case and left by the same route. Now he could begin.
Gohan had found this spot about a week ago. An underground hotspring only twenty meters behind his mother's clotheslines. He opened his capsule case and took out the smallest capsule within. This capsule contained a bucket of nails. It didn't take him long to finish the twenty by thirty-two foot building, sans roof of course. That would come later. He used his thumbs for hammers by simply pushing the nails into the wood.
Next, Gohan began carving out the actual spring itself, being careful to avoid breaking the last foot of earth covering the water. The dirt from the excavation is fused with his key and used to make tiles for the floor. Then he used the last of the wood to make a bench around the pool.
The demi-saiyan's next capsule contained four steam room heaters. He placed one at each corner of the pool, making sure the power switches faced toward the walls. The final capsule contained the roofing. It was an invention of Bulma's. The material looked like tinted glass but was as strong as the lining of a gravity chamber. From one side it appeared completely black but the other allowed you to see through like it was normal glass.
At last Gohan allowed the heated spring water up into the pool with a simple punch. He was soaked when the water came up. Congratulating himself on a job well done, Gohan rested himself against the outside of the new bathroom and promptly fell asleep.
*****
A/N: Short. Don't care. Doesn't seem quite right. Can't figure out what's wrong with it. Input appreciated.
Ch 6 Mother's Day Part 1
Two years of peace have passed, and Gohan is now 14. He has continued his training and has engaged in numerous spars with the rest of earth's fighters. Even Tien and Chaotzu stop by from time to time, although they seldom stay long.
His control of ki is remarkable. Not only can he duplicate any attack after seeing it only a few times, but he can also bring himself down to a level even the weakest of his friends can handle. It could honestly be said that he had single-handedly strengthened the Earth's defenses.
The children have grown and are now in their 'terrible twos'. It didn't take them long to become the best of friends. Goten looks like a clone of his father and is okay on his own. Misru, Piccolo's blue-skinned child, is a fairly quiet kid when alone and isn't a problem during those occasions. The real problems are named Dakon and Trunks. Trunks is the oldest of the four, and probably the smartest. He seems to have a nearly endless list of pranks that are somehow always perfectly tailored to their victims. Dakon possesses an arrogance that at times seems to rival Vegeta's. With his strong personality he is the leader of the four, a fact only occasionally disputed.
Chichi has continued to insist that all the boys study as much as she could make them. She allows them a lot more time to play and train than she had Gohan though. Piccolo seldom seems to sleep. Between training the young kids, sparring with Gohan and occasionally Vegeta, helping Mr. Popo train Dende, and helping Chichi around the house he appears to be trying to be everywhere at once.
All in all Piccolo has succeeded in preventing some of his worst fears from coming to pass. Instead of the peace turning everyone soft, it has merely provided a more comfortable environment for everyone to become stronger in. The former Kami knows that the peace can't last. There is always one more threat on the horizon.
*****
*BEEB BEEB BEEB* Gohan awoke to the sound of his alarm clock. After wiping the sleep from his eyes, he checked the time. 4:30! How did I sleep in so.It takes a second to dawn on him and he growls softly. Stupid snooze button. Now I really have to hurry. Throwing on the first gi he could find and slipping out of the house silently, Gohan headed towards the woods.
Two miles into the forest he stopped. The boards he'd been making for the last three days were right where they should be. He placed about half the boards on each shoulder and began running towards the house. Flying was out of the question with so many ki sensitive people in the house. The young man smiled to himself, knowing that he finally had a surefire way to make of for the tail incident two years ago.
When he arrived at his destination he carefully set down the boards. Then the first problem of the day popped up. He'd forgot his capsule case. The previous night had been warm, so his open bedroom window provided an alternative to risking the stairs. Using only a small amount of ki to catch himself he found his case and left by the same route. Now he could begin.
Gohan had found this spot about a week ago. An underground hotspring only twenty meters behind his mother's clotheslines. He opened his capsule case and took out the smallest capsule within. This capsule contained a bucket of nails. It didn't take him long to finish the twenty by thirty-two foot building, sans roof of course. That would come later. He used his thumbs for hammers by simply pushing the nails into the wood.
Next, Gohan began carving out the actual spring itself, being careful to avoid breaking the last foot of earth covering the water. The dirt from the excavation is fused with his key and used to make tiles for the floor. Then he used the last of the wood to make a bench around the pool.
The demi-saiyan's next capsule contained four steam room heaters. He placed one at each corner of the pool, making sure the power switches faced toward the walls. The final capsule contained the roofing. It was an invention of Bulma's. The material looked like tinted glass but was as strong as the lining of a gravity chamber. From one side it appeared completely black but the other allowed you to see through like it was normal glass.
At last Gohan allowed the heated spring water up into the pool with a simple punch. He was soaked when the water came up. Congratulating himself on a job well done, Gohan rested himself against the outside of the new bathroom and promptly fell asleep.
*****
A/N: Short. Don't care. Doesn't seem quite right. Can't figure out what's wrong with it. Input appreciated.