Great Aunt Kushinada?!
"Hayato Furinji... I would like to see my nephew." Said a voice from outside the dojo.
"Hoh... I wondered when you would come... in fact I expected you much earlier than this." Hayato said as the owner of the voice walked into the dojo.
"Such immense Ki!" Sakaki said as he looked at the woman that stood in their midst.
Eyes scanning the people before her, the woman's gaze fell upon Gohan.
"This is the one, I can sense my sister's Ki within him. It would seem that my sister's husband kept his promise after all."
"However I also sense that something else lurks within him."
"Mikumo Kushinada... Yami's Bewitching Fist." Hayato said grimly as he looked at the woman.
"Yami?!" Miu said in alarm.
"Wait Gohan-kun has some connections to Yami!?" Kenichi said in shock.
"You must be the boy that Boris was unable to beat... you are as good as they say." Mikumo said without turning her gaze away from Gohan's. "But you still have much to learn."
"Very well, it would seem that my older sister still had some use to me after her death after all. Come with me boy... I can show you how to properly use your strength." Mikumo said to Gohan.
"Who are you to my family?" Gohan said as he looked at the kimono-wearing woman.
"If you come with me I can tell you about your mother's clan and by default your own in due time. Though your willingness is not that much of an issue."
"Oh I believe that it is, Mikumo Kushinada!" Said Chi-Chi as she dashed into the dojo and stood in front of her son.
"Oh? So you are well versed in martial arts as well my little niece? Or do you prefer to be known by your true name Princess Chi-Chi-Son?" Mikumo said as Chi-Chi stared at her.
"I knew that the only way I could keep my son out of your reach was to make sure that he never had anything to do with the martial arts world. However, he is his father's son and I knew that one day his power would make you come looking for him." Chi-Chi said as she took up an unfamiliar attack stance.
"Now that my son has grown strong enough to take care of himself, the only thing that was left for me to do was to draw you out to take care of you once and for all!"
"So you want revenge for me killing your mother?" Mikumo said. "That is where you and my sister fail, you let your emotions control you."
"However my nephew will be a great use to Yami's goals, I will take him, willingly or not."
"You killed your own sister!?" Hayato said as he stared at Mikumo in shock. A look that was also shared by the rest of the Ryōzanpaku.
"The Kushinada clan has no place for those with emotions. You did well to hide his power from me for so long. But now he shall..."
"Touch a hair on his head and I will personally see that the last thing that you see on this earth is my blade." Shigure said as she placed her sword tip at Mikumo's throat.
"You have feelings for him? This is a fascinating turn of events." Mikumo said with a raised eyebrow as she glanced at the weapons master. "Perhaps this is something worth waiting out."
"Shigure is not the only one who thinks that Gohan-san is important." Apachi said as he went into his fighting stance, alongside the other masters.
"It would seem that I am at a disadvantage." Mikumo said as she glanced around at the masters.
"I just came to see my nephew for myself, and you are everything I expected you to be... and more. Were you to join Yami's ranks there would be little in this world that you wouldn't have access to."
"How about a family and loved ones?" Gohan asked as he looked at his 'Great Aunt.'
"You really do take after my sister... it makes me want to mould you in my image that much more." Mikumo said.
"I recommend you leave while you still can." Hayato said as he crossed his arms.
"Yami, has opened fire on Ryōzanpaku but also the world. Question is will Ryōzanpaku retaliate or will you leave this world helpless?" Mikumo said before she vanished into the night.
"We have a lot to talk about mom..." Gohan said as he felt his great aunt's Ki vanish.
"That we do son... that we do."
"Block, Guard and Counter." Gohan said as he trained with Kenichi and Miu at the same time.
"Anticipate, React and Absorb!" Kenichi said as the masters looked on in amusement.
"Adapt, Visualize and...
TRANSFORM!" Miu said as the two disciples unleashed their Ki.
"Not bad! You two have come along way." Gohan said as he blocked their moves with slightly less ease than he had a week ago.
Saving their breath, Miu and Kenichi worked in unison to put Gohan on his toes.
After Gohan had found out about his connections to Yami, the Sayian Hybrid had decided to train with Miu and Kenichi to keep his mind off of the incident.
By using Tien's Multi-Form technique he had managed to lower his fighting power to a level that was on the level of the entire Ryōzanpaku. And that was where they were at now.
The other Gohan's were helping the other masters in one way or another and swapped in with Gohan on various occasions to throw the two disciple's off guard. A trick that even the Elder had trouble noticing.
"You both have amazing potential, but your both way weaker than I was at the age of five." Gohan said when they asked him. "First we have to push your training to the limit just to see if you can even survive in the same world as me and my friends."
So he started them off slow.
Taking the pair to the base of Kami's lookout every weekend, he had them both make their way up to Korin.
"Since you both are physically equal to those trained by Master Roshi, minus ki techniques due to your training at Ryōzanpaku you need the next master to see if you have the required strength to succeed in your dreams of protecting the ones you love."
Amazed by this knowledge, and the size of the tower. Kenichi asked how they were supposed to get to the master.
"You have to climb up." Gohan said simply. "And even if you do make it he may not teach you."
"How are we supposed to climb this tower!" Kenichi had said on the first day.
"Anyway you can minus flight. Nothing in this world comes easy, and besides... Gohan said as he stood beside them and looked up.
"I'll be with you every step of the way."
"Wait you're climbing it with us?" Miu said.
"Of course! You're my friends, and also the last time I came here I cheated." Gohan said with a smile.
"Ok no time to hang around, now that Yami knows about me they will most likely push their disciples to new levels, you need to be able to match them." Gohan finished as he put his hands around the base of the tower and began to make his way up.
"I love how he makes it sound so easy..." Kenichi said as he too alongside Miu began their long journey of climbing Korin's tower.