Hamato could only look down at the ground as his only hope to achieve his dream. He sighed sadly, holding back the tears.
"Oh Hamato……" Bulma turned to the boy and hugged him.
Krillin gave an angry sigh. "There has to be something we can do…"
Roshi turned towards his former student, "Krillin, you know that boy is father along then my training could ever bring him. There is nothing I can do."
Gohan looked at Hamato. During their battle, he had seen the look in Hamato's eyes. He had a reason to fight. Gohan knew it was something Hamato wasn't telling them. Some other reason he wanted to train with the Turtle Hermit, to fight that hard. He had to think of something. He was once like that himself.
Yamcha walked over to Krillin and Roshi. "There has to be something we can do…"
Gohan stood up, and walked between the two parties. "I have an idea."
The two parties stopped and turned to the boy. "What?" Hamato rose to his feet to look Gohan in the eyes.
"I have an idea of a way for you to train. To become stronger, as you said."
"And how is that?" Roshi walked over to the two boys. "I cannot train him. What will you do? Train him yourself?' The old man began to laugh.
"No. I cannot train him. But they can." Gohan pointed to Krillin and Yamcha.
"WHAT?!?!? You want us to train him????" Krillin almost fell to the ground in shock.
Yamcha had the same look of shock on his face, "How are we supposed to do that??"
"Well," Gohan turned towars Hamato, " Master Roshi said that he couldn't train him. You two have trained with Master Roshi for years. You have even surpassed him, as he said himself. Why can't you train him?"
"But But…. I can't be a master.." Krillin stammered out.
"You don't have to become his master, Krillin." Roshi turned towards Krillin. "I will be his master."
"But you said," Yamcha began to say.
Roshi cut him off, "I said I could not train him. No one said that I couldn't supervise his training. You will train with him, showing him your techniques, doing what I cannot." He walked over to Krillin. "You could use some intense training anyway." Roshi poked Krillin in the stomach with his cane.
Hamato chuckles a bit as Krillin began to blush. He then turned to Roshi. "You would become my master?"
Roshi smiled at the boy, "Yes I would. I cannot train as you would like, but I can still help. My knowledge would be at your disposal, and it seems you need some work with the Kamehameha wave. Almost took my house out with that last one." Roshi laughed a bit.
Hamato then turned to Krillin and Yamcha. "Please. This is something I have been dreaming of for years. Would you allow me to train with you? To become your training partner?" Hamato bowed to the two.
Krillin and Yamcha looked at each other. Yamcha just sighed and smiling, nodded his head. Krillin turned to Hamato, "I guess we don't have much of a choice," He said with a smile, "We can't let someone as talented as you slip away now can we?"
Hamato smiled. "Thank you!! Thank you!!" He began to jump up and down, overjoyed. "I did it!!!!"
Bulma ran over to Krillin and Yamcha, giving them both a big hug. "Oh thanks guys. See how happy you have made him??" She walked over to Gohan and kissed him on his forehead. "You are a bright boy. Your mother would be proud."
"Well what about me???" Roshi, laughing his little laugh, walked over to Bulma, hands raised a little too high for just a hug.
"Ah!!!" Roshi found him face planted deep in the floor.
"That is what you deserve, old man." Bulma said, smiling.
Gohan walked over to Hamato and shook his hand. "Congratulations. I wish you the best of luck in your training."
"Thank you. If it wasn't for you, I probably wouldn't have this chance."
"Don't sell yourself short. You are a great fighter. After your training, I hope that we can have a rematch. A fair one. Just to see how much stronger you have become."
"Sure," Hamato smiled at his new friend, " You can count on it.
"Oh Hamato……" Bulma turned to the boy and hugged him.
Krillin gave an angry sigh. "There has to be something we can do…"
Roshi turned towards his former student, "Krillin, you know that boy is father along then my training could ever bring him. There is nothing I can do."
Gohan looked at Hamato. During their battle, he had seen the look in Hamato's eyes. He had a reason to fight. Gohan knew it was something Hamato wasn't telling them. Some other reason he wanted to train with the Turtle Hermit, to fight that hard. He had to think of something. He was once like that himself.
Yamcha walked over to Krillin and Roshi. "There has to be something we can do…"
Gohan stood up, and walked between the two parties. "I have an idea."
The two parties stopped and turned to the boy. "What?" Hamato rose to his feet to look Gohan in the eyes.
"I have an idea of a way for you to train. To become stronger, as you said."
"And how is that?" Roshi walked over to the two boys. "I cannot train him. What will you do? Train him yourself?' The old man began to laugh.
"No. I cannot train him. But they can." Gohan pointed to Krillin and Yamcha.
"WHAT?!?!? You want us to train him????" Krillin almost fell to the ground in shock.
Yamcha had the same look of shock on his face, "How are we supposed to do that??"
"Well," Gohan turned towars Hamato, " Master Roshi said that he couldn't train him. You two have trained with Master Roshi for years. You have even surpassed him, as he said himself. Why can't you train him?"
"But But…. I can't be a master.." Krillin stammered out.
"You don't have to become his master, Krillin." Roshi turned towards Krillin. "I will be his master."
"But you said," Yamcha began to say.
Roshi cut him off, "I said I could not train him. No one said that I couldn't supervise his training. You will train with him, showing him your techniques, doing what I cannot." He walked over to Krillin. "You could use some intense training anyway." Roshi poked Krillin in the stomach with his cane.
Hamato chuckles a bit as Krillin began to blush. He then turned to Roshi. "You would become my master?"
Roshi smiled at the boy, "Yes I would. I cannot train as you would like, but I can still help. My knowledge would be at your disposal, and it seems you need some work with the Kamehameha wave. Almost took my house out with that last one." Roshi laughed a bit.
Hamato then turned to Krillin and Yamcha. "Please. This is something I have been dreaming of for years. Would you allow me to train with you? To become your training partner?" Hamato bowed to the two.
Krillin and Yamcha looked at each other. Yamcha just sighed and smiling, nodded his head. Krillin turned to Hamato, "I guess we don't have much of a choice," He said with a smile, "We can't let someone as talented as you slip away now can we?"
Hamato smiled. "Thank you!! Thank you!!" He began to jump up and down, overjoyed. "I did it!!!!"
Bulma ran over to Krillin and Yamcha, giving them both a big hug. "Oh thanks guys. See how happy you have made him??" She walked over to Gohan and kissed him on his forehead. "You are a bright boy. Your mother would be proud."
"Well what about me???" Roshi, laughing his little laugh, walked over to Bulma, hands raised a little too high for just a hug.
"Ah!!!" Roshi found him face planted deep in the floor.
"That is what you deserve, old man." Bulma said, smiling.
Gohan walked over to Hamato and shook his hand. "Congratulations. I wish you the best of luck in your training."
"Thank you. If it wasn't for you, I probably wouldn't have this chance."
"Don't sell yourself short. You are a great fighter. After your training, I hope that we can have a rematch. A fair one. Just to see how much stronger you have become."
"Sure," Hamato smiled at his new friend, " You can count on it.