Caps for inner beast's talking.
Trouble For Gohan!
Stepping out of the gravity machine several hours later, a heavily wounded Vegeta sighed.
'He still has no memory of that day... but his strength continues to grow.'
Pressing a button on the gravity machines outer body a series of clicks are heard. Vegeta makes his way back to the dojo.
'Something has changed, his emotions are not as stable as they were back then.' Vegeta thought. The revelation of this Kushinada person has done something to you... and on nights like these... that's not good. I'm sorry Gohan.'
"Where's Gohan-kun? And why are you so wounded?" Miu said as Vegeta neared the entrance of the dojo.
'HAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!'
Going to his knees, Vegeta grunted.
"What was that noise?!" Shigure and Miu said to a weary Vegeta.
Gingerly getting up, Vegeta glanced curiously at the two females.
"Has Gohan trained with you two to the point where you could sense his thoughts?"
"Through long meditation." Shigure replied.
"And both me and Kenichi-kun can sense Gohan-kun from training with Master Korin." Miu said.
'Hmm... they may be the solution to our little problem.' Vegeta thought as he rubbed his chin.
'RAWWWWWWWWW!'
"Tch! I guess there is no time like the present..." Vegeta said as Gohan in his berserk state banged on the inside walls of the gravity chamber.
"What's going on?!" Shigure said sounding concerned.
"It's the night of a full moon. Gohan's emotions are unsettled due to meeting this Kushinada person and he is unfit to be around anyone weaker than me until the night is over." Vegeta began. "In fact, I'm surprised he has such control of himself right now.
"Kushinada Mikumo... what have you stirred up this time?" Hayato said as he came out to see Vegeta.
'Hmmm... right now he's somewhat drained. That will help the sensors drain his Ki faster.' Vegeta thought as he glanced at Shigure. 'But he's still hasn't transformed. Which means his control is better than what it was back then. But he is still apparently conflicted by what has occurred.'
"Why is the full moon a problem?" Kenichi said as he and the other masters looked at Vegeta.
"Your the one called Kenichi am I correct?" Vegeta asked.
"Yes, Kenichi Shirahama, Ryozanpaku's Strongest Disciple!" Kenichi said proudly.
"Strongest huh?" Vegeta said with a raised eyebrow.
"Dad! is Gohan gonna be ok?" Trunks said as he ran out of the dojo, Goten at his heels when they heard Vegeta talking.
"It's worse than the first time, but I was prepared for him." Vegeta replied as he looked at the boys. "Congratulations on becoming ascended Saiyans."
"You're evading the question!" Shigure said as she glared at Vegeta.
"No I'm answering it my way, I can see why the boy has feelings for you. You speak your mind." Vegeta said making Shigure blush.
"To cut a long story short... my wife developed a new machine that was capable of healing wounds far faster than this Earth's current technology. Using the blood of both myself and Kakarot's son, she made two separate machines that utilize our blood to heal wounds." Vegeta began.
"Let me guess there was an unexpected side effect?" Akisame said.
"I take it that you're a doctor?" Vegeta said as he glanced at the master.
"Well most refer to me as "The Medic Demon" but yes I am well versed in medical conditions." Akisame replied.
"Hmm then if my wife's machine becomes well known and replicated it could put people out of jobs. However it can save lives and possibly just possibly cure terminal illness in the future."
"Cure terminal illnesses!?" Kenichi exclaimed.
"Boy seems like Gohan is right in his element here." Vegeta said as he looked at a stunned Kenichi.
"Anyway as I was saying.. Since the only full-blooded Saiyan currently on this planet was me we had to use mine as the template for the first machine. And while the one for hybrids was being made we made good use of the prototype first..."
"But Gohan-kun's DNA was affected by the fluid wasn't he? You shouldn't tamper with human biology." Akisame interrupted looking rather angry.
"Interrupt me again and I will smash your face into the ground." Vegeta replied sounding rather unamused. "However the boy's DNA is only half human..." Vegeta continued as if the interruption meant nothing.
"There has never been a hybrid of our race before so the machine tried to turn what remained of Gohan's human DNA into Saiyan DNA. By the time we noticed this, it was almost too late. And ever since then on nights of the full moon even when he was not directly looking at it he could feel it's call trying to awaken the primal Saiyan within him." Vegeta finished.
"That's why your here... to keep Gohan under control." Miu realised.
"No not under control... to help him control his power." Vegeta replied. "The effects were irreversible by any means besides the Dragon Balls and a Hybrid Medicine Chamber. We have made notes on the blood within him. By the time he reaches his Saiyan prime, he will either become a full-blooded Saiyan or...
"Or what?!" Akisame began before Vegeta true to his word grabbed Akisame's head and smashed the taller males face into the ground.
!
"I warned him.." Vegeta said simply not looking at all upset as he picked up the bloody master. "Be glad that your Gohan's trainer and that he forced me to use up almost all my strength... or you'll be dead right now." Vegeta said before continuing. "Or he'll become something that neither this Earth or Saiyan has ever seen before."
'I couldn't follow any of his movements...' Akisame thought as Vegeta let go of him.
"As of that day we have perfected the machines... well at least for Saiyans at any rate. However, Bulma is working on adapting the technology for human use... she could use someone as passionate as you to help her with her task." Vegeta said as he glanced at Akisame.
"Of course! If something that bad happened to Gohan-kun Kami only know's what would happen to humans!" Akisame said as he brushed off Vegeta's attack.
'Ho... these people here are more durable than I assumed.' Vegeta thought as he looked Akisame up and down.
Eyes flicking rapidly between Vegeta and Akisame. Kenichi opened his mouth to speak.
"Vegeta..."
"What?" Hayato said in surprise.
"My name is Vegeta. It would seem that Kakarot's son has found some good masters." Vegeta replied as he glanced at Trunks.
"Gohan... Gohan's going to be okay right dad?" Trunks said as he glanced up at his father.
"He's fighting the change in his body with all his heart... he may never be okay unless he either gives into it, goes mad or the night ends." Vegeta exclaimed as he took to the skies with Trunks behind him.
"If you truly care for him... then stand by the pod and place your hand on the ship... Vegeta said to Shigure as he hovered in the air. "He'll sense your presence and it will help him deal with the pain. I dealt with it as much as I could but his ferocity as you can see almost killed me."
"..."
"He won't remember anything in the morning. The stress of trying to cope with the animal is rather taxing on the mind." Vegeta continued. "You'll have to decrease the gravity and let him out from the outside of the chamber at dawn."
"Say goodbye Trunks." Vegeta finished as he flew off in the direction of Capsule Corp.
"Bye!" Trunks said sounding sad as he flew off after his father.
"I'm gonna go check on my big brother!" Goten said as he ran off in the direction of the gravity chamber.
'Control... must control!' Gohan thought as his body flicked between Super Saiyan 1 and 2 erratically.
'FREE ME! YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T KEEP ME UNDER CONTROL FOR LONG!'
'Big brother, I'm here!' Goten said mentally from outside the chamber.
'Go...ten?' Gohan thought as his movements became less frenzied as what remained of his rationality heard his brother's words in his head.
'l'll stay with you all night big brother!'
'Goten...'
'He's not alone... hurry up and get through this Gohan-kun... I miss my pillow.' Shigure said as she placed her palm on the body of the chamber.
'Shigure-san..'
Power rising and falling rapidly due to his lack of control, Gohan punched the air multiple times as his eyes also rapidly changed.
'Do you want to be you or do you want to be a mindless beast?!' Miu and Kenichi thought from outside. 'Your our Sensei aren't you?!'
'Sensei?' Gohan thought as the Saiyan within him paused in its attempt to escape. 'That's it!'
'HAAAAA!'
'Wait this feels like... Kenichi began.
Inhaling a great amount of air into his lungs whilst simultaneously holding in as much of his Ki as he could, Gohan's eyes widened. 'Dragon Art Level One... RYUKEN!'
'LET ME OUT...'
'!'
Looking down at his red ki covered hands. Gohan breathed out.
'So I evolved it... Gohan began before his body began to shut down.
'Gohan-kun/big brother!' Gohan heard before he blissfully passed out from the strain of combining the Kaio-ken with Ryūsui Seikūken.
Keeping watch from outside of the chamber. Shigure glanced at the sky.
"Almost time..." she said to herself as she glanced to the east and saw the reddish glow of the slowly rising sun.
"What a primal force... no wonder I was told not to let him out before dawn..." Shigure continued as she remembered Gohan's thoughts even while he was out cold, the primordial beast within him had taken full control and had tried to persuade them to let him out of the chamber.
'He's going to have to learn how to live alongside his instincts... but if it means that I have to do 'that...' Shigure thought with a red face.
"But there is no doubt about it.. it would seem that his race was mainly Dou Ki in nature. But that's to be expected.. they are a warrior race."
Yawning as he was awoken by the sounds of birds, Goten got up out of Shigure's lap and looked around.
"Is it time to let big brother out yet?"
"Almost... just a little more time." Shigure said as she still sensed the beast raging around in the chamber.
'DARN.. YOUR RESOLVE...' Gohan's primal side growled.
'He is important to me.. that also means that as a part of him your also important to me...' Shigure thought as she mentally communicated with Gohan's Saiyan side. 'You two just need to learn to live alongside one another.'
'HE REFUSES TO LET ME DO ANYTHING FUN!'
'What did you expect? Your version of 'fun' is not for other humans.. you're just like any other animal, eat, sleep and procreate. That's all you live for besides fighting. But you forget, he is also part human and that is where you clash because he wants to do more than just those things. He wants to explore, protect and experience life to it's maxed instead of just doing the things that animals do.' Shigure replied.
'SO WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?'
'A compromise... if you work peacefully along your calmer half then i'll... do some of those things with you.' Shigure thought.
'...'
'However I am only human so you can't get too rough with me...'
'YOU HAVE A POINT THERE, BUT YOU'LL ADJUST. MY MOM DID FOR MY DAD.'
'That is a good point you made there..' Shigure admitted.
'OK SHIGURE-SAN YOU'VE GOT A DEAL! BUT I'LL MAKE HIM TEACH YOU SO THAT YOU CAN FIGHT WITH ME AS WELL. PRINCE VEGETA AND MR PICCOLO WERE GETTING BORING... IT WAS ONLY FUN WHEN GOTEN AND TRUNKS WERE TRAINING WITH ME AS WELL.'
'So what should call you Gohan?' Shigure thought.
'I'M STILL HIM JUST HIS RAW PRIMAL EMOTIONS... IN FACT FROM WHAT VEGETA TAUGHT ME ABOUT SAIYANS HIS INSTINCTS ARE FAR MORE PRIMAL THAN A FULL BLOODED SAIYAN...MUST COME FROM HIS MOTHER'S SIDE..."
'Chi-Chi-san?'
'WE'VE REACHED OUR LIMIT, THE COMBINATION OF HIS NEW TECHNIQUE AND THIS GRAVITY MACHINE HAS BEGUN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR COMBINING OUR DIFFERENT NATURES INTO ONE NEW NATURE. FUNNY THING IS IS THAT IT WAS SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE. PER...HAPS HI..S GRAND...MOTHER IS ABLE... TO DO THE.. SAME?'
'Perhaps...' Shigure thought as she looked down at little Goten.
'ONE MORE THING... YOU'LL PROBABLY BE SEEING MORE OF ME DUE TO HIM TRAINING BOTH HIS NATURES' Gohan's Inner beast said as he resurfaced for a moment.
'Noted...' Shigure thought.
Looking at a tanned Gohan several hours later as he ate plate after plate of food, the masters opened their mouth.
"So... Gohan-kun do you remember any of last nights events?" Shigure said.
"Not much, just fragments... Gohan admitted as he slowed down his pace. "I do remember that I made a new technique though!" Gohan finished as he returned to eating. 'So hungry...'
"You... you've changed quite a bit as well." Miu said sounding rather shy.
"I have?" Gohan said after swallowing a load of rice. "In what way?"
"Well... Miu said as she looked Gohan's torn clothes up and down with a red face. "You got stronger and you have.. well you look different."
"Oh... Gohan replied as he went back to eating his breakfast.
'It's like watching an exotic animal eat...' Kenichi thought as he could feel the heat radiating from Gohan.
"Oh and thanks for the help, you guys... Gohan said as he grabbed a jug of water and downed it in one. "Your encouragement was all I needed to surpass my limits."
"You're welcome..."
"Now that hit the spot!" Gohan said as he put down his knife and fork and smiled. "Gonna have to restock my personal fridges though..." Gohan said as he glanced at the bare contents of his fridges from Bulma.
"Apa... Where does it all go?" Apachai said wide-eyed.
"Where it needs to." Gohan said as he returned the five large fridges to their capsule form.
"One other thing... I won't get like I did last night again any time soon... we've found a solution." Gohan said as he glanced at Shigure with a sparkle in his eyes.
'We?' Akisame thought.
"Anyway... I need to go and get ready for school." Gohan said as he got up from the table. "Thanks for cooking my food Miu-san." Gohan said as he took his dishes into the kitchen.
"My pleasure Gohan-kun."
Studying the Ki output from his latest spa with Gohan on the computer at the Brief home, Vegeta smirked.
"That Gohan... he has truly surpassed you Kakarot. Just like you said he would."
Coming into the room, Bulma put her arms around her husband. "Checking up on my godson again?"
"He is a fine Saiyan warrior but he has too much Kakarot in him. That Zangya could turn on us."
"Why do you think that he had Piccolo be her guardian. Just for kicks?" Bulma said as she kissed Vegeta on the forehead. "Piccolo was once like her but Gohan got through to him. This time they both did, and having someone save you from being destroyed changes a persons view significantly."
"And besides... with you guys around she knows not to try anything stupid like that." Bulma said as she released her grip.
"She's a good sparring partner I'll give her that."
"That she is but i'm more interested in her brains than her brawn." Bulma said as she made her way to the kitchen. "She's an important member of my staff."
"Well as long as she's close we can keep an eye on her." Vegeta replied as he glanced once more at the Ki readings.
"... Gohan."
On the screen is a picture of Gohan and his current DNA and a pie chart beside it.
50% Saiyan 50% unknown..