DBZ: Final Combat
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AN: words between " are spoken and between ' are thoughts
Chapter 16: Piccolo makes a friend
In his second year of graduation Gohan got more subjects and therefore also more instructors. Because of his exceptional skills he even got private lessons from the headmaster himself. Quistis, Zell, Squall and Seifer had become Seeds by now and were the first to pass their knowledge over to Gohan. Quistis taught him about every draw point and item there was in Fantasia. They could be achieved by looking or fighting . That's why Gohan had to study an entire bestiary list from Zell. Every monster could drop an interesting item or you could steal it from the monster. Besides that Zell also showed a thing or two about the way you could junction GF's. Squall and Seifer were not one of his instructors but hanged around with him whenever they could. It was still clear that Cloud had taken Gohan as a personal apprentice. The Saiyan already mastered the basic magic such as compatibility between magic, attacks and GF's. So Cloud had to perfection Gohan's style and he gave him a training course about refining items, magic and upgrading weapons. Quistis hadn't told him everything she really knew but Cloud never hid something. Gohan was able to sense energy and he could find invisible or hidden draw points. If they didn't tell it to Gohan, he would find it anyway. Ten months a year he learned at his best rate. He would become the strongest being ever. Zell, secretly, had once shown Gohan his collection of GF's. He had obtained three of them: Leviathan, Quazecotl and Carbuncle.
Mirai no Trunks came by during the weekends and holidays. Seifer and Squall made sure they never missed him so they could admire the Excalibur. Gohan also studied the sword so he could make adjustments to his own sword. The two Saiyans did a lot of sparring sessions in the GR which Trunks kept in a capsule. This capsule was very valuable to Trunks since it belonged to his father once. They didn't call him Trunks anymore but just Future. They had told Gohan and (Chibi) Trunks that both their fathers had died during the fight with Koola. They knew that Future came from another time line and that he was the adult version of Trunks.
Future was the strongest warrior everyone could remind but Piccolo and Future knew there was one person stronger. They didn't know where he was, meaning he didn't fight wherever he was. Future still hadn't achieved the same level as this extraordinary fighter. He was blinded by the idea that he could reach this level by power. Sometimes Piccolo reminded him about the fact that emotions are a key to transformations for Saiyans. Trunks was the best friend of Gohan and played a lot with him. Trunks had other interests though such as toys, candy and pranks. Gohan was more serious but that didn't stop him from also fooling around during their training. Trunks was a year younger and he could not transform yet. He was of course unbelievable strong for a five year old kid. Gohan was a lot stronger but he had the advantage of combining his Saiyan power with magical skills. He had not gone Super Saiyan (yet) but he was most likely able of doing it considering his strength.
The years passed by and when Gohan was 10, he was allowed to enter the field exam. He became the youngest Seed ever (as expected) and could start his career. Future had learned him to control the Super Saiyan stage and he had the highest MP ever. Only Future was stronger than Gohan so Piccolo didn't train him anymore. Gohan was always looking for new challenges (much like his father) and found a pleasure in collecting stones. He would make a sword out of them one day and it would be even more powerful than Future's Excalibur. Gohan didn't need any GF so whenever he found one, he gave them to a friend. He still received special powers from the gods for his courage, modesty and generosity. He had given Ifrit, Pandemona and Diablos away to Squall, Seifer and Zell.
Future had completed school and had a job as journalist. Since he could sense trouble by his excellent hearing, he always was the first to arrive at crime scenes. First he would catch the thugs and then he could write an article about it. The people knew about his super powers but didn't mind. He hadn't told them he was an alien and about his power to transform to keep himself safe (he's a bit like Superman but without a decoy). Future had not only learned Gohan how to transform but had also learned Trunks the skill.
In the weekends everyone came together at CC just to have some fun. The Briefs family was very rich so they had a pool table, a swimming pool, a basketball and tennis court and of course a bubble bath. The Garden boys also played a lot of card games. Of course they had to spar as usual or it wouldn't be a real meeting (even Zell, Squall, Quistis and Seifer trained along with them).