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Whatever drink Gohan had, it wasn't strong enough.
"You should watch your tongue little human, or you might find it detached from that gaping whole of yours. My father's been dead for years and I don't like scum speaking his name so lightly just to grab my attention." Gohan's every word shook with fierce sincerity and the fact that this man didn't seem to be taking the threat too seriously only made the hybrid more enraged.
The man sat with a calm demeanour that gave off no sense of either fear or surprise. "I only speak the truth Gohan. The news I bring does affect your father, despite his current state." The messenger took a long swig of his drink; this pause in the conversation left Gohan more than a little annoyed. "In fact it concerns all beings both living and dead, good and evil and even the daemonic and divine."
All was silent for Gohan to contemplate the news and the stranger awaited a response, such information could be hard to digest so the reaction could have been anything. However, even this seemingly all-knowing being was shocked at Gohan's response… Gohan just chuckled.
"Ha! I'm gonna wager a guess and say this is your first time off Earth."
The man nodded.
"Figures. This may be hard for you to understand human, but whatever you've seen may be really scary to you," Gohan downed his drink and stood up. "But to someone like me it's probably little or no threat. Don't worry your planet has already got some fighters watching your back. Sorry you made the trip for nothing and I'll put your order on my tab. See ya." With that Gohan left the pub and headed for a place to train.
Inside the bar the man sat. He had expected some scepticism, but this was quite frustrating. 'It seems I'm going to have to present a more convincing argument.'
It was pure tranquility; a world uninhabited despite its beautiful scenery, the reason for the scarcity was most likely due to the severe elemental storms and crushing gravity. The exact level when compared to Earth's gravitational force was unknown to Gohan, but he could estimate it to be greater than whatever Vegeta was training under on Earth. The various katas gave Gohan some peace; there was no longer a conflict and no danger. There was only Gohan and the elements dancing to the melody of passing time. The young warrior knew these moments wouldn't last much longer. Despite the foolish prophecy of the naive Human, it was painfully clear that Cell would move soon and with an army supporting him the battles would be much larger than before.
"Well its nice to see that your ignorance has not affected the grace of your moves." A voice suddenly exclaimed, ripping Gohan away from his peaceful meditative dance. "However, I find a good spar is the best way to determine a fighters skill. Care to test mine?"
This was all hard for Gohan to swallow; how did the man get here, how long had he been standing there watching … and how the hell was he standing at all?
"Still think I'm in over my head? Tell you what, if I beat you in a spar you have to listen to my pitch, if you win I'll return to Earth and take up my problem with Dende; what say you?" The last part of the challenge woke Gohan from his daze. No one should challenge a saiyan; Gohan was about to show this man why.
"It's on!"
Gohan vanished from plain sight and left behind a crater from the force of his launch. He headed towards this man with a speed that could only be compared to starlight. His fist out before himself he was about to strike, and then suddenly he was halted and his arm was numb.
It was a sight to be seen for sure, the mighty Gohan; slayer of the universe's scum, was left helpless at the hands of a mere human's left hand. The left hand's thumb and forefinger to be more precise, the man was also unharmed.
"You might have to take things to next level if you wish to beat me," The man advised with calmness and superiority. Gohan knew the man was just egging him on and he had no intention of showing even a glimpse of his true power yet, at least not until the man called him, "boy!"
All the planets ravaging storms grew larger, the world itself stopped spinning and all the solitude of space was shattered by the feral cry of the first Ascended Saiyans. At that moment the planet seemed to be a sun due to the sheer blinding radiance that was emanating from the sole figure known as Gohan.
Whether it was because of this blinding light or the sheer force that Gohan was expending was unknown but finally the man let go and took several steps back. Looking upon this radiant figure surrounded by gold and static, the only sight that pierced through the brightness was a set of turquoise eyes. Taking in all that he had seen the man finally said out loud to himself, "Perhaps I have erred in my decision to confront this man."
The man was then shaken by a deep fierce voice that answered, "Yah. In my humble opinion," Gohan took a step forward and looked straight into the man's eyes and without one hint of sarcasm or insincerity stated, "I'd say you're fucked!"
At that precise moment the planet had stopped moving, Gohan was about to strike.