A/N: Sorry the chapter was a day late. Holidays had me slightly emotional, as well as busy.

In fact, I didn't even have time to start this chapter until yesterday. But, I spent a good portion of the day working on it, on a computer so that

made writing a bit quicker. So thank you for your patience. I will work on Chapter 6 Monday on my day off, and hopefully have it ready by next friday

Thank you for reading, and if you like the story, please review.

Chapter 5: Training

- Hyperbolic Time Chamber -

It had been 12 hours since Celero and Piccolo had entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Mr. Popo had decreased the time dilation so that one day in the chamber equaled a single day outside.

The vast, empty whiteness of the chamber kept Celero's mind quiet as he was given instruction for meditating. Not even his hunger had bothered him as he mediated for the past 11 hours, sorting through his madness.

The grumble of his stomach finally pierced his concentration as he opened his eyes to see the tall Namekian warrior have an irritable look on his face, "You heard my stomach didn't you?" Celero asked, slightly embarassed.

"I heard it 11 hours ago when we began. It's only gotten worse since then." Piccolo said annoyed as Celero grinned nervously. "Did you make any progress Celero?" Piccolo asked as he planted a foot on the ground.

Celero nodded, "Some, but my mind seems calmer, more in order. I'd like to continue after eating, but I'd also like to test my strength directly after lunch. I'm not at 100 percent and I'd like you to evaluate me." Celero said as he walked towards the kitchen.

"Very well, but I would like to ask a few questions about your origins. You claim to be from a planet called Yasai, yet the Saiyans we have fought came from a planet called Vegeta, care to explain?" Piccolo asked as Celero glared daggers at the mention of that name.

He sighed, as he placed food in between him and Piccolo. "My only guess is that that feckless King named it after himself after banishing me. But now that I'm out, I intend to take out all of his descendants and anyone who supports that foolish king." Celero declared as he bit into some fried chicken.

Piccolo was curious at that, "I guess you havent been informed, but the Saiyans have been decimated. There are very few left, even Gohan is only half-Saiyan." Piccolo explained as Celero lowered his food.

He grasped his head and shook it, "Yes, yes, I remember asking Gohan about it now. I apologize, trying to fit all my old memories in with my new ones. It's been an odd experience, certainly one that causes memory retention to fail at times." Celero explained as a couple tears began to form at the corners of his eyes.

"Is there anything specific you remember before your banishment?" Piccolo asked as Celero looked up and blinked a few times at him.

"Just glimpses of the past." Celero said as he saw a figure standing out in the chamber, "Ghosts of my past." He said as he stood and began walking towards the figure, "Ghosts I must face alone."

Gohan reached Korin Tower and began flying upward only to run into someone, head first.

Videl rubbed her stomach in pain as Gohan rubbed the top of his head, "We really must stop meeting this way Videl." Gohan joked as Videl gave a scowl.

"Gladly, you just need to watch where youre flying!" She yelled as Gohan smiled lightly.

"Yeah, you have a point I guess. Any reason youre in the sacred land of Korin, again?" Gohan asked as Videl smirked, and got in his face.

"As a matter of fact, I'm looking for you." She said as she traced his jawline with a finger.

Gohan tensed at her touch, even moreso when she grabbed his chin roughly and squeezed and glared daggers at him, "I'm looking for the Saiyans!" She demanded as Gohan sweatdropped nervously.

"What makes you think I know anything about Saiyans?" Gohan asked nervously as the girl reeled back her fist and prepared to throw a punch. Before she could release it at him he returned a glare of his own, that Videl noticed.

He grabbed her hand and twisted lighlty to get her to release his chin. "Why are you looking for Saiyans?" he spoke calmly as she felt sweat begin to form on her own brow.

"I want to know what happened to my home." She said meekly as Gohan's expression softened slightly. Tears formed in Videl's eyes, "I want to know why nobody ever came for me."

Gohan grabbed her hand softly as he motioned for her to follow him as he flew to the ground where they could sit.

They sat quietly together for a few minutes, the only sounds coming from Videl trying her best to stifle her crying. "Crying is healthy, you know?" Gohan said quietly as Videl attempted her glare at him.

"Go ahead and glare, but I know what it abandonment feels like." Gohan said sadly as Videl lowered her head to hide her eyes behind her hair.

"When I was 4, my uncle Raditz came to Earth for my Dad. He kidnapped me to coax my dad into doing his bidding. My dad and Mr. Piccolo rescued me, at the cost of my dad's life. Mr. Piccolo took me against my will to train me. He wasnt the softest teacher. Damn near tyrannical in his methods. But none of my dad's friends came for me in that year I was taken. For awhile, I thought they abandoned me because, maybe they thought I got my dad killed." Gohan told the beginning of his story calmly, as Videl listened intently.

Videl got close to Gohan and wrapped her tail around Gohan's waist. "Thank You for telling me that Gohan, I know it mustve been hard." She said gratefully as Gohan chuckled.

"Not that hard, drop in the bucket of my life so far. Besides, I wanted to help you somehow." Gohan explained as Videl smiled, causing Gohan's heart to beat faster, blood rushing to his cheeks. "S-so, if you, uh, dont mind, why are you looking for the Saiyans again?" Gohan asked trying to change the subject.

Videl looked on into the distance, "I was sent away from the Saiyan homeworld a long time ago, I was told someone would come for me, one way or another. 8 years of being raised by a human, I just recently began to give up hope of that and just allow myself to adjust to my role." Videl explained as Gohan pursed his lips sadly.

"Well you might have to adjust anyway. Around 30 years ago, a galactic tyrant blew up the Saiyan homeworld. Earth is our new home." Gohan stated sadly as Videl's eyes widened in shock, quickly transitioning into anger.

She stood up across from him, "No! I refuse to believe that. I'll ask that other Saiyan you were flying with yesterday, he can tell me the truth!" Videl stated angrily as she turned to fly upwards to the Lookout, figuring that's where he would be now.

Gohan sped in front of her, arms out wide, prepared to stop her, "I am truly sorry, but he won't know any details about it. He's been in a stasis prison for a long time. He was just recently released from it." Gohan explained as Videl's interest piqued by the phrasing.

"Stasis Prison?" Videl asked as she sat down again, "Curious how you say that. I came to Earth on a pod outfitted by my mother with a stasis pod." Videl said as she thought to herself quietly. "What did he say his name was? The Saiyan from the Stasis Prison?" She asked.

"Celero. He said his name is Celero." Gohan informed as Videl's eyes widened in shock.

Celero walked back into the kitchen area, completely battered and bloody a trail of blood following him into the living area.

Piccolo watched curiously as Celero walked to the fridge. "Any progress from that?" He asked curiously as Celero turned around and gave a sad smile.

"I had a brother. He had a mate," He paused slightly as he choked up, "and a daughter. I failed them all. I had one job." He tossed the fridge with a single hand and screamed.

"I FAILED THEM ALL! MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS AND MY RACE! ALL BECAUSE I DIDNT ANTICIPATE THE BETRAYAL OF THAT SPIKY HAIRED ASSHOLE!" He yelled as his power began to reverberate throughout the living area causing the stone to crack.

Before anymore could crack, Piccolo phased out and landed a kick to Celero's head, sending him into the void.

Celero stood up, enraged as he glared at Piccolo who walked out to defend their exit. Piccolo lifted his weighted gear and turban over his head and threw it away.

Lightning struck the ground around Celero as he felt a power in him unlock for the first time in a long time. His hair flashed gold as it stood up.

Piccolo was shocked to see this transformation from someone who claimed to having been trapped centuries.

He sensed Celero's power and found that it was incredible, but still underwhelming compared to his own. The two warriors lunged at each other as the fight began, Piccolo gaining the first punch to Celero's gut. Celero recovered quickly and slammed his shin against the Namekian's head, following up with a large blast to the body, sending the namekian flying.

Piccolo stood up slightly fazed. Celero rushed Piccolo and slammed a fist through an afterimage of the Namekian, before feeling a grasp around his leg. Piccolo spun around and threw the Saiyan into the air and unleashed a blast from his mouth. Celero managed to block the blast as it hit him.

When Celero lowered his arms he noticed that his surroundings seemed to have changed. 'What is this?' he thought to himself as he saw a large shadow appear. He turned around and saw an Oozaru Saiyan motion to slam him down with it's giant fist.

Celero grabbed the Monkey's arm and pushed it back. He had found himself back on Yasai in the middle of his fight with Oozaru Vegeta.

He had just dropped out of his most powerful form and had a hard time keeping up. Vegeta unleashed a blast from his mouth that sent Celero back, embedding him in a wall. "I failed. I'm sorry Caro. I did my best." He said quietly to himself as the giant Ape's foot came down slowly.

As it did, he noticed something in the distance that he hadnt before. 2 figures, one in the image of a purple cat, the other a tall man with white hair and a staff.

Piccolo watched Celero begin to act erratically after his blast. It looked as though the Saiyan was fighting a giant enemy that wasn't there. Celero landed on the ground and looked on in the distance, extending his arm in no particular direction from Piccolo's point of view.

Piccolo walked up to find the Saiyan out cold. Piccolo picked him up and threw him over his shoulder and walked them both out of the Chamber and back into the real world.

Gohan and Videl sat across from each other on the lookout as Gohan showed her a meditative form that Piccolo taught him.

Videl, feeling as though she wasn't getting it, opened an eye to see Gohan floating peacefully with butterflies flying around him gracefully. She couldn't help but admire the way he looked so at peace with Nature.

"It takes time to get used to meditation" The boy spoke without opening his eyes, startling Videl slightly.

"How did you know I wasn't doing it?" Videl asked as Gohan smiled.

"Didn't take much to figure out, considering you've never meditated before." Gohan said as he lowered to the ground and sat across from her. "You'll get there. Let's work on teaching you how to sense another person's energy while we wait." Gohan decided as Videl nodded.

Gohan handed her a piece of cloth to use as a blindfold so she wouldn't be tempted to open her eyes. Once the blindfold was on, he handed her some rocks and began circling the lookout at high speed.

Videl reached out with her senses and found Gohan's energy, and begun following it. She began throwing rocks in his direction.

After a few rocks, she felt him turn around indicating she almost hit him, but she also felt him speed up. After doing that a few times, she finally ran out of rocks, she pulled the blindfold off, but kept her eyes closed.

Gohan continued circling her when she disappeared and appeared right in front of him and began throwing punches.

At first he dodged the punches, but as they grew in intensity he began blocking them so she wouldnt lose balance with all of her momentum.

He watched her intently as she smiled at their training. 'Wow, she has a beautiful smile.' he thought to himself as he grabbed one of her fists and held onto it.

He was getting ready to let go of her when he felt Piccolo's energy exiting the chamber with Celero's weakened energy. Videl stopped and opened her eyes, noticing the large energies popping up out of nowhere.

They both walked towards the direction of the energies, it wasn't until they were close to the source when they realized they still held each other's hand from when Gohan grabbed her fist.

They let go quickly, both blushing lightly as they continued walking. They came to a bedroom on the lookout and saw Piccolo dropping the elder, unconcious Saiyan onto the bed.

Piccolo looked in their direction and saw that the girl had a tail. "You seem to find a new Saiyan every day Gohan." He said stoically as he walked to the edge of the room and leaned against the wall.

Gihan chuckled lightly at that before walking over to Celero. "Couldn't Dende heal his wounds?" Gohan asked as Piccolo nodded.

"Of course he could, but he did get the job of Kami recently, remember? He said he would be gone for a few days, roaming Earth and getting a feel for the people." Piccolo explained, "All we can do now is let him rest."

Videl walked to Celero's bedside and stared at the man intently. "That's definitely him." She declared as she looked at Gohan, "That's my uncle Celero." She left the room and took a running start and leapt from the lookout and made her way towards Satan City.

Videl sat on a park bench, as she contemplated what to do now. Hercule Satan had raised her as his own for 8 years now, but now a member of her real family was on Earth.

As she thought about what to do, a blonde haired duo sat down next to her. "Hiya Vi! We thought that was you!" The bubbly blonde girl exclaimed happily as she put an arm around Videl.

Videl smiled at her friend and returned the gesture. "Sorry I wasn't at school today Erasa, I had a, uh, family emergency." Videl explained, putting a weird emphasis on the word family.

The blonde boy put his arms behind his head, "No big deal really, nothing big happened anyway. Everyone is being so kind to each other since Cell was defeated. Your pops is to thank for that." he stated proudly as he tried putting an arm around her.

Videl grabbed his wrist and twisted, "Nice try Sharpie, but flattering my dad doesnt interest me. If you want to suck up to him, you can do that directly." Videl stated with an annoyed tone, "Now go over there, I want to talk to Erasa privately." Videl ordered as the boy walked towards the playground and began doing pull-ups on the monkey bars.

Erasa looked quizzically at her best friend, "What's up Vi?" She asked with a caring tone, noticing something was on her mind.

Videl looked at her nervously, "Youre the only one who knows Hercule adopted me. I was just wondering, since you were also adopted, how would you react if a member of your biological family suddenly showed up?" Videl asked as Erasa began squirming at the line of questioning.

Erasa didn't like talking about her family, Videl is the only one she felt comfortable talking about it. "Gee, kind of a heavy question. I honestly don't know what I'd do. My parents abandoned me, but I'd like to think I'd be forgiving and would want to get to know them." Erasa said softly so only they could hear each other, "But, my adopted parents are my home. They've shown nothing but love and care for me. Just as Hercule has for you, even if it's in his own, unique way." Erasa smiled as Videl nodded in agreement.

The two girls hugged. "I gotta go home, thanks Erasa." Videl said as she let go of the hug.

Videl got a far enough distance to where she could take off, when she noticed a familiar energy nearby.

"Thank you for coming after me Gohan, but I already talked to a friend about it. I'll be back at the Lookout tomorrow." She said, turning around to see Gohan's kind onyx eyes staring softly at her.

"Actually, I took your uncle to Capsule Corp. They have machines that can heal him quicker. If you want to come there tomorrow after school." Gohan explained as Videl smiled and nodded.

"Sounds good, but how will I get into Capsule Corp? It's the biggest company in the world." Videl said, knowing Gohan must already have an in with someone there.

"I'll have Bulma leave you a guest pass. Although I might not be there, my mom is going to have my head for skipping out on my studies so much." Gohan explained as Videl's heart dropped a little, not knowing if she can face her uncle without Gohan there with her.

Suddenly, she got an idea, "If that's the case, could you have a second guest pass for my friend Erasa? If you can't be there, I'd at least want a friend there with me." Videl asked as Gohan smiled and nodded.

"Not a problem!" He exclaimed as he began to take off towards his own home.

Before he could lift off, he received a hug around his neck from Videl. "Thank You Gohan. It means a lot." She said softly as she gave him a peck on the cheek.

Gohan blushed lightly again as the two took off in opposite directions.

End Chapter

This is actually my longest chapter so far. It's honestly the most fun to write, because writing it was a challenge. I started yesterday and finished in a day so I could make sure it was only 1 day late instead of 2.While Videl may have seen and found out about Celero, he still knows nothing about her, other than at one point she existed.That little scene where Celero saw his fight with Vegeta again, obviously, Beerus and Whis were the two figures he saw. They way I imagine it, is Beerus was there to judge the planet, whether or not it should be destroyed or not, and it hinged on the winner of that battle.The attack that I described Piccolo to use, where he grabbed Celero's leg and flung him away and used that mouth beam, that was the same attack he used on the Saibaman that attacks Gohan.I also like the thought of Videl and Erasa becoming friends because they are both adopted. Like something harrowing for them to bond over.Please Read and Review, especially if you have any other questions.