Chapter 7: Tranquility

"Forgive me for asking, but what was that golden haired thing again?" Cubby asked.

"I told you I was half-Saiyan. Well, this is a transformation inherent only to those with Saiyan blood known as a Super Saiyan. The other one I showed you was the second form stage, which is also known as a Super Saiyan 2. While I'm in that form I have to be very careful with my actions because even the tiniest bit of power escaping from my control could lead to truly severe repercussions."

Cubby swallowed. "Sounds pretty dangerous, if you ask me."

"It is, but this is the only way I can learn to control it, by remaining in this state until it becomes second nature." Gohan said.

Cubby just sweated nervously.

"Sooo, when can I take these weights off?"

"Soon. For now, we're just going for a nice walk. That's the reason I just took you out early in the morning. I didn't have much to do, and I found you awake, so I thought, let's just do something to keep ourselves from being bored."

Cubby smiled. "Oh, well thanks. But there's not much to do, and I don't think anyone's awake right now."

One week has passed since Gohan was separated from his home. Right now, it was about a week and a half. He got to know everybody in Never Land. Red Jessica, Captain Flynn, Marina and Stormy, Princess Winger, Pirate Princess, pretty much everybody. But he hasn't seen Captain Hook yet. He might probably be disappointed in him when he sees exactly what he does.

Right now, the two boys were just sitting, leaning on a tree near a small beach.

"You know, I haven't been on many adventures with you guys. Do you know what you usually find?" Gohan asked curious.

"Well, there was this one time where there was a singing flower that wakes up every hundred years. It sang a really good song."

"Wow. A hundred years? You're pretty lucky to see it. I can't imagine anyone wanting to wait that long."

After a few minutes, Cubby spoke again.

"So, you said you were going to tell us more about yourself, right?" Cubby asked.

"Oh, yeah. But why don't we wait until we get back with everyone. In fact, I think they should be getting up by now."

The two boys walked away back to their home, but they didn't know they were being watched.

"Mr. Smee, it seems there's is another blasted puny pirate. How perfect."

"Yes, it does." Mr. Smee said.

"And if he's new, he must be clueless, so I'll be able to make him mine!"

"W... what do mean you, sir? We can't just take one of the sea pups. That's kidnapping." The lazy first mate said.

"Who said we were taking him? No, I'd say, persuade. It seems the boy is trying to find his home. And do you know what this means, Mr. Smee?"

"Umm, six more weeks of winter?" The idiot asked.

"No, you imbecile!" Hook said as he shoved him down to the ground. "I can make him join me, If I say I know the way home, and use him against those puny pests."

Cubby and Gohan had now landed on Pirate Island, with the demi-Saiyan carrying him of course. They saw Jake waiting for them.

"There you are! Where were you guys?"

"Oh, sorry Jake. We both got up early and had nothing to do, so I took Cubby along to bask out in the sun a bit." Gohan said, rubbing his head.

"Well, it's alright. Come on, breakfast is ready, and don't worry, we've made plenty for you Gohan." Jake assured.

"Thanks, I'm starving!" Gohan chuckled.

After breakfast, it was back to work with training on Never Land.

"Okay." Gohan informed everyone as they all stood there at attention. "Like I told all of you before, four days a week, we'll be working on training our bodies. Today's Tuesday, so we will have a brief break tomorrow, and then it's back to training."

"I have a question." Cubby answered, raising his hand like he was in school.

"What is it, Cubby?" Gohan said, turning his Super Saiyan 2 gaze on him.

"How long will it be until we learn those beam attacks like you?" Cubby asked eagerly.

Izzy faceplanted. "Isn't there a better name for that?"

"I think it's not a bad name at all." Jake added on.

Gohan sighed, sounding more amused than annoyed. Yes, they definitely remind me of my family.

"No, that's all right, Cubby." Gohan said. "And to answer your question, well... it could be a while to tell you the truth. You're still months away from learning ki attacks. See, there are still certain basics in learning to control your ki properly and quite frankly, you're not there yet."

"Aw, coconuts." Cubby complained.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Skully sighed, shaking his head.

"Look at it this way, Cubby." Jake said. "You're getting a nice healthy workout."

"Yes, and you get to train with someone who actually knows what he's doing." Izzy added.

Jake rolled his eyes at her playfully. "Hey, what in the world is that supposed to mean?" Izzy chuckled.

Jake sighed and hung his head, looking exasperated.

Gohan ignored the byplay and pressed onward, as if he'd never been interrupted. "To start with, there are some basic exercises you need to become familiar with in order to advance towards ki manipulation. That would include such as building your muscles, learning to dodge, that sort of thing."

Gohan glanced thoughtfully off to the side for a few seconds, then he turned back to face his students.

"Hey, since we're on the topic on learning how to dodge, we can do the same thing we did last week. You know, with Skully trying to peck you and all of that."

"You know, my beak's getting pretty banged up from all the pecking, matey," the parrot complained.

"Oh, well if that's the case, then I'll create some energy balls, and fire them at you as you try to dodge them. But you'll each go one at a time."

"Do we still have to train with our weights?" Jake wondered.

"Yes, the whole point of this training regimen is to push you beyond your limits, and you can't exactly surpass normal human limitations in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere, can you?" Gohan pointed out simply, eliciting a groan from the pirate captain. "Now move! Hop to it, Jake!"

Looking as though he'd rather do anything than perform the exercises Gohan had laid out for him, Jake moved to the side.

"Izzy, while I'm helping Jake train, you and Cubby can practice swimming from one side of the lake to the other." Gohan said. "We'll be back before you know it, don't worry."

Gohan then took Jake away to somewhere different for his training segment.

He landed in Thousand Palm Tree Forest and dropped Jake.

"Alright, I'll give you a head start for thirty seconds. And I'll be counting. Now get going!" Jake nodded and ran as fast as his legs would let him as Gohan counted in his mind.

I knew this was going to be tough, but I never thought he would keep switching it up every time. Jake thought. He was lucky that Gohan didn't do the kind of training Piccolo gave him a very long time ago.

Thirty seconds was over and before he knew it, a blast landed right in front of him.

He looked up and saw Gohan forming another one. "Well, what are you waiting for?"

Jake then started running again as Gohan laughed and fired a blast. Seeing the blast at the very last minute, Jake dodged just in time to avoid the blast, and luckily, he wasn't hurt.

This had been going on for an entire thirty minutes, and boy was it crazy. Gohan had fired a blast every five seconds, and with the weights weighing him down, he wasn't running as fast as he normally could.

"Man... this... is... hard..." Jake groaned as he laid down on his back, panting from exhaustion and sweat dropping from his face.

Gohan landed next to him and examined him. Maybe I went a little too hard on him. He hasn't had to deal with these kinds of things before.

"Hey, Jake. Why don't you take a little break and I'll be back in a bit," Gohan said as he walked away into the forest as Jake just laid there.

Then, before he knew it, Gohan fell asleep, but not by his will.