Chapter 5: Intentness

It was now sunset, and Gohan still hasn't returned from his fight with Cell. Jake and his crew were sitting on the sand, pretty worried about their new friend. Jake had taken in the Senzu Bean from Izzy, and as expected, he was good as new. Now, all they could do was hope whatever that was, wouldn't hurt Gohan in any matter.

"Do you think he'll be alright?" Cubby asked with a bit of worry in his voice.

"I sure hope so," Izzy replied. Deep down, she didn't k ow what it was, but she cared deeply for Gohan. It was like, he was an angel. Izzy had felt this for Jake, but for Gohan, it was something else.

"Hey, guys."

The crew were snapped out of their thoughts as they saw Gohan landing in front of them, and they were shocked as to what they saw.

Gohan had some bruises on his arms, and blood spilling down from his forehead. He was also in his normal state now, with is black hair, messed up a bit. It wasn't just a measly practice round to him. Cell had managed to get away using Solar Flare against Gohan. Once he used the move, he flew away as fast as he could to train more.

"Shiver me timbers! What happened to you?" Izzy asked, concerned as she walked up to the bruised boy.

"I'd rather not talk about it," he said as he started to walk back inside the hideout but was stopped as Izzy grabbed her arm.

"It's alright. You can tell us anything. We'll understand." Gohan could see the pleas in her eyes. She really wanted to know badly. He sighed in defeat, and to him, he felt something about Izzy, but couldn't put his finger to it yet.

"Alright, I'll tell you all."

Gohan's Kamehameha slowly began to overwhelm Cell's as the bug could only gasp at horror as he realized how he was becoming overpowered as he made out the silhouette of Gohan walking towards him as he slowly began overwhelming him more and more.

Gohan's beam slowly enveloped Cell who struggled in vain.

"No! I refuse to let it end here! I am Cell! Dr. Gero's ultimate creation! I won't lose to some snot-nosed toddler!" Cell yelled before his second wind suddenly ignited as his beam began to grow again before the two beams were equal.

The two beams continued their power collision before they slowly got bigger and bigger.

The two warriors glared at each other as they intended on finishing this fight.

"Your terror will end today!/I'll see you in hell!" Gohan and Cell yelled simultaneously before their Kamehameha's got bigger and bigger before they slowly erupted as a dome of energy surrounded the two. Both fighters could say nothing before their beams were disintegrating as the two were suddenly whisked away along with their beams.

"W-what the!?" Cell gasped in horror as Gohan was equally horrified.

"What's happening!?" Goku yelled in horror to no one in particular at what was happening.

"What's going on!?" Gohan asked before the light died down around the two warriors, leaving nothing but a small crater deep in the earth's crust.

"To put it in other words, the monster you saw was the one who was also brought here. Cell and I were the reason we both ended up here. Our attacks were just too powerful, that something must have happened, and it caused some sort of rift that brought me and him here. So, now you know why I have to train."

"Soo, he's the one, who you were fighting?" Cubby asked.

"That's correct. If he gets stronger, he could destroy the planet. I should know, because he once tried to do so before we landed here." Jake, Izzy and Cubby and Skully were now a bit worried as to what was to come in the future. For once, they thought this was something they knew they couldn't be able to fix, or win. Cell was too powerful for them, and they couldn't possibly do anything about it.

"Hey, Gohan."

The half-Saiyan looked back at Jake.

"Yes, what is it?"

"Well, I was wondering, that, I know none of us can stop him, and only you are able to do so now. So, if you can, please, teach us everything you know, so we can help, so we can keep our home safe." Gohan could see the plea in Jake's eyes. He didn't blame him. After all, this was his home.

"Alright. Tell you what, Jake, I'll teach you martial arts, and then you teach me how to be a cool pirate like you. " He looked in Jake's eyes. "Deal?"

"Deal!" Jake agreed brightly.

"I don't know about that, Jake." Izzy piped up. "You'll be the only one getting your money's worth."

Jake hung his head out of sheer exasperation.

"Hey Izzy, Cubby, do you wanna train alongside us?" Gohan asked them.

Izzy seemed a bit surprised that Gohan was even asking her. "You mean it? You'll train me too?"

"Well, sure!" Gohan said cheerfully. "I need to get back to my training anyway, so you might as well join us."

After a moment, Izzy flashed him a sincere smile. "Well, okay. That sounds like fun."

"I'll think about it. I guess I'll watch first to see how it is," Cubby said.

Gohan then had Jake and Izzy standing side-by-side.

"First, I feel I should tell you what exactly you're asking for," Gohan said. "Learning my style of martial arts requires passing normal human limitations. It will be brutal, unpleasant, and, at times, very painful."

"That sounds harsh," Izzy commented, looking nervous.

"Yeah," Jake agreed with a big sweat drop.

"If you want to back out now, I wouldn't blame you in the slightest," Gohan said sympathetically. "The training is sometimes too hard even for trained men and women to handle, much fewer average children."

Twin looks of determination appeared on their faces.

"I'm not giving up!" Jake protested hotly. "I've never given up in my entire life and I'm not about to start now!"

Cubby was always aware of the amount of determination his two best friends have; they were always braver than he could ever be.

"Whatever you throw at us, we can handle it, I promise you!" Izzy agreed.

"Very well, then," Gohan said. "Tonight, we'll start off with a few light exercises." And Gohan immediately flew through the second star, leaving the crew confused.

A few minutes later, he came back and tossed a bunch of padded weights.

Walking over to his friends, Gohan handed them to Jake and Izzy.

"Um... what are we supposed to do with these?" Jake asked cluelessly.

"They're training weights," the half-Saiyan explained. "You put them on under your clothes and work out with them."

"Oh, I see!" Izzy chimed in. "That sounds simple enough."

"You can go inside the Hideout and change," Gohan said. "I'll be out here setting up your first training exercise."

"Okay!" Jake and Izzy said, running back into the hideout.

Cubby simply shook his head. "You sure you don't want to join?" Gohan asked.

"But you understand this is going to be tough, right?"

"Yep, then maybe you can tell us more about you!"

Gohan... wasn't so comfortable about that... just yet.

"I get it," Izzy said as they walked down the stairs in their hideout, ready for training. "So that golden haired form is really that Super Saiyan thing you told us about."

"Hm-hmm," Gohan nodded. "But the thing is, I was in the second level of Super Saiyan. The first level boosts your power level by a ton and makes you practically invincible."

"So how strong are you?" Jake wondered while trotted by his side. "Even though we were far away, those attacks were crazy powerful!"

"My bet is that you could destroy a whole mountain," Cubby guessed, but boy was he wrong.

"Well... it's really hard to say," Gohan said, tapping his chin. "All my power is amplified through my use of ki, and with the right amount of training, your ki can reach endless levels. In my Super Saiyan form, well, I can destroy this entire planet at least."

"No kidding?!" Skully exclaimed. "You're really that powerful?"

Cubby gulped. "Well, then, it's a good thing you're on our side."

Gohan nodded. Oh, you have no idea.