"KIA!"In the warm sand surrounding the Kami house, Hamato's training began.
"No no! Not that way!" said Krillin.
"What do you mean "not that way"?" Hamato relaxed his stance and turned towards his training partner.
"Its not that power that I felt before. You still haven't been able to get a hold off that it power yet."
"But this is what I always do." Hamato dropped suddenly to his feet, sitting down. He wiped the sweat from his brow. "Krillin, we have been doing this for 4 HOURS now. Can we take a break?"
Krillin turned towards Hamato, and sighed. "We have been spending more then 4 hours on this. Try 4 months." Krillin sat down next to Hamato.
"Been longer then that, Krillin." The two turned towards the house to see Master Roshi walk out.
"Ya, you don't have to rub it in," Hamato sighed, looking at his master.
"I am not rubbing anything, Hamato. You have made much progress in this past year. Your years of training with your father have paid off."
"Ya," Krillin stated, "At least you aren't running around with turtle shells on your back."
"That training is what you needed Krillin." Roshi turned to Hamato, "You on the other hand, have moved past that in little time. You just need to work on your control. You have a great power within you, you just need to use it."
Hamato sighed and moved to his feet. "I know, master." Hamato closed his eyes and began to focus his energy. Slowly, his feet began to rise off the ground till he was hovering few feet of the ground. Hamato opened his eyes, and began to smile. A grin appeared on his face, and then he disappeared.
"There he goes again," said Krillin.
"Oh let the boy have his fun, Krillin. He has worked hard this past year. A little break won't hurt him."

Huge waves suddenly formed around the Kami house as Hamato enjoyed his freedom. Flying was one of the training exercises he was actually able to enjoy. He flew around the island, then straight into the sky. Stopping a few miles above the house, he looked around and thought of all that he had gone through to get this far: A few broken bones, one minor concussion, and about a total 2 months of groundings from his parents. "But it was worth it," Hamato looked around one last time and smiled, "Definitely." He began to fly back down towards the island when he suddenly sensed something. "What was that?" Hamato looked in the direction of the energy he sensed, but nothing was there. He turned around, flying backwards to see if anyone was following him. Suddenly, Hamato ran into something. "Ow!" Hamato began to rub his head. "How did I run into something all the way up here? …….." Hamato slowly turned his head backwards. His gaze slowly came to a large green creature in a turban and white cape. Hamato stared at the creature for a moment, and then regained himself. He recovered and took a fighting stance.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
The creature did not answer and just stared back at Hamato.
"Are you a friend of Master Roshi and Krillin?"
Again the creature did not answer.
Hamato became more nervous as the two faced off. After a moment, the monster took a fighting stance, motioning to Hamato. Hamato looked on confused. The creature motioned again.
"Why do you want to fight?" asked Hamato.
The creature groaned, shaking its head. "To see if you are as good as I was told."
Hamato was surprised to hear it speak. He was more surprised when the creature suddenly flew towards him. It launched a volley of punches, which Hamato dodged easily. Hamato flew back, and then rushed the creature. He kicked high, which the creature blocked. He then spun around, landing a kick to the creature's side. The creature groaned, and then smiled. It grabbed Hamato's leg and then threw it, and Hamato, to the side. Hamato tried to regain his composure as the creature followed him through the air. When Hamato steadied himself, the creature launched a kick towards his head. Hamato only had a split second to react, and he did the only thing he could think of: drop like a stone. He fell towards the ground, increasing in speed. The creature turned to follow. As Hamato neared the ground, he aimed towards one of the trees surrounding the house. He landed on the tree, it bending and creaking under the force of his weight. He turned his sights skyward, directly at the creature. He smiled, and then used the tree, and some of his own energy, to launch himself at the creature at high speed. The creature saw it but did not change direction. Hamato only smiled, thinking he had the upper hand. He threw a punch, but only hit air. The creature had narrowly dodged the punch, and now had retaliated with its own, which launched Hamato back towards the ground.

"How the hell did he do that?" Hamato was shocked to see anyone move that fast. Not even Krillin could dodge an attack at the speed. He then focused on the matter at hand. He forced himself to a stop a few inches from the ground, and then landed on his feet. The creature landed a few feet away from him, arms crossed over its chest.
It spoke again, "That's enough."
"I don't think so!" Hamato lunged at the creature, fists raised. He launched a few punches towards the creature, who effortlessly dodged them all. He jumped into a spin kick, which was caught and thrown to the side.
The creature groaned in annoyance. Hamato grew angrier, and jumped towards the creature, ready to attack again.
It only raised its hand. "I said ENOUGH!" A powerful wave of energy came from its hand, knocking Hamato to the ground. Hamato landed on the ground and could only stare at the monster. Even without trying to sense his power, Hamato could tell he was outmatched.
"Hamato are you ok?" Hamato turned to see Gohan running towards him.
"Gohan, watch out!" Hamato quickly jumped to his feet and faced the monster again.
"No Hamato! It's ok." Gohan held back his friend.
"What do you mean its ok? This….. thing …. just attacked me."
The creature took a step forward. "I wanted to see if what Gohan told me was true." It turned towards Gohan. "And I am not impressed. He couldn't even sense me till he ran into me."
"Piccolo, give him a break. He wasn't prepared."
"He not supposed to be. A warrior must always be aware of what is around him."
Hamato relaxed his stance and faced Piccolo. "Look, I don't know why you want to test me,"
Piccolo cut him off, "It wasn't a test; it was to see if you were worth the time."
"The time for what?"
"Nothing. You failed, so it is no concern of yours." Piccolo turned away and began to fly away.
"Piccolo…" Gohan tried to call him back.
"I don't think so!" Hamato concentrated and focused him energy. He disappeared from standing next to Gohan and appeared in front of Piccolo. "If you want to see what I can really do, come on!"
Piccolo looked surprised, then shook his head. "Get out of my way."
"If you want to leave, you will have to get past me first."
Piccolo growled. "Fine!" He disappeared.
"No you don't!" Hamato disappeared. The two appeared behind the house.
"I said get out of my way!" Piccolo disappeared again. Again Hamato followed, the two now appearing high above the house. The two raced around the island, with Piccolo trying to outrun Hamato, and Hamato catching him each time.

After 20 minutes of this, the two stopped and faced each other.
"So..," said Hamato, breathing heavily, "What do you think now?"
Piccolo took a gasp of air. "You aren't as bad as I thought."
The two slowly lowered themselves to the ground, still facing each other.
"Guess Gohan was right, you are something "special." Piccolo stood up straight, and grinned. "Guess I can't leave you here to train."
"What do you mean?"
"Exactly what I said." Piccolo stood straight and crossed his arms. "You are now my student, and you will train with me from now on."