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Age 767. Location- Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

Son Goku and his son, Gohan. The only two occupants of the ever-expansive room of Spirit and Time, had been pushing themselves to their very limits. To push the boundaries of the Legendary state known as a Super Sayian. The pair of Super Saiyan's have both grown in their time in the room, not only in terms of their strength and their power levels but also in the bond the father and son shared, the confidence that the younger Sayian had found and in the maturity Gohan had shown throughout their rigorous training and talks of the future.

The pair are just entering their 9 month in the chamber, and its been two days since the elder Son, had seen the explosive power that had laid dormant in his son. Since Gohan had passed out since his powerful display he has been sleeping. Goku since then has been meditating, whilst still fully powered as a Super Sayian. His mind wondering over his past, his wife and his son. Then his mind jumped to his friends fighting back on Earth, then to the few people he knew were waiting on the other side of the door. Piccolo, his once rival. The reincarnation of the Demon King Piccolo, the fusion of Junior and Kami and his sons first instructor of Martial Arts.

Bulma, his first and longest friend. One of the smartest minds on the planet, and probably the biggest reason for why Goku is where he is today. For if she hadn't of been on the search for the Dragon Balls, he might never of left his late Grandfathers home and had all the adventures that has had in his life. Lastly Tien, again his once rival but from another martial arts school. The man that had beaten him in the 22nd WMAT but had beaten him at the 23rd. 'Oh, how those fights now pale to the strength we all possess now' Goku thought with a chuckle. 'Ahh, the 23rd where I had gotten reacquainted with Chichi'

As Goku was thinking of his wife and the 23rd WMAT, it brought him to the topic that had yet to be mentioned to his son. A topic that he frankly wanted to avoid if his wife's reaction was anything to go by, he shuddered at the memory of when he told her shortly after Gohan had been born.

* Flashback *

The newly born babe had just been named, in a rather interesting turn of events when it comes to naming a child, being named after his late grandfather simply because the baby had smiled and laughed every time his wife had mentioned It in her tirade just because he was hungry and couldn't think of a name for his son. After his son had settled into his sleep, he approached his wife who was seated in the living room reading a book whilst the Ox king was at the table, pen in hand scribbling what he could only guess as more 'Ox' based names for any further kids the Son parents might have.

"Hey, Chichi?" Goku asked cautiously, knowing the depths of his wife's temper. Chichi looking up from her book responds simply with a "Yes, Goku".

"There's, um. Theres something I need to tell you, it's about Gohan" Goku drawled out, not sure how to phrase everything properly. Having his wife's full attention, he continued. "Well, you know that conversation I had, with Tien and Master Roshi? After we beat Piccolo at the martial arts tournament?" He paused to check his wife was following, then noticed out the corner of his eye he had also peaked his father in-laws as well. "Well, um… basically, you know how I had promised to have you as my bride, Gohan is, um, kinda in the same situation….hehehee" Goku nervously chuckled.

Chichi being abnormally quiet, Goku watched her expression go from intrigued, to shock to pure. Unadulterated. Anger.

"WHAT! EXPLAIN YOURSELF RIGHT NOW GOKU" Chichi screeched, jumping to her and furiously made her way to Goku with the intent to pummel him before the Ox-King despite his large size reached Chichi first and bear-hugged her from behind constantly repeating for her to "Calm down". Followed by the cries of his son in the other room. Chichi looked torn, then broke out of the Ox's grip and went next door slamming the door on her way.

Goku sighed 'Well, that went…better than I expected'. He looked at the door that separated him from his son and angered wife and then back to his in-law. Sighing again "Hehehe, that went well".

"Goku. I think it would be best if you explain what you mean to me, then maybe go fishing like you had wanted to earlier. That way I can calm her down, and maybe explain it better than you could. She's so much like her Mother" Ox-king explained as he laid a hand on the young man's shoulder.

"Well, um. To put it simply, Master Roshi said that because Master Shen of the Crane school interfered with my match at the 22nd WMAT with Tien, it activated an old fundy mental teaching."

"Fundamental" the Ox-king corrected.

"Right that, he said something about their Honour and needing to win a rematch. If he lost he had to arrange a marriage between himself or his child with me, otherwise it would be his life on the line. I didn't want to lose a friend" Goku explained then looked down.

"Ahh, Yūtō shōkan." Ox king clarified. Goku now looking confused and letting out an "huh" the large king continued "It means Honours Redemption, I know about the clause as does Chichi as that was the very same way that I met Chichi's mother, Amelia" the large man deflated thinking of his deceased wife.

"Oh wow, Ox. I never knew that, you okay?" Goku asked seeing the sudden mood change despite being a dense hermit. Ox just nodded with a small smile.

"Why don't you head out Goku? I can sort it here." Smile still present as he starts pushing Goku towards the front door. With the only response being a shoulder shrug and an "Okay" Goku walks out the door, not before sticking his head back in to see the king looking at him. "Thanks, Ox. You're a real-life saver" and with that Goku was gone.

Couple of hours later Goku walks back into the house dragging three large fish the size of small car, to find Chichi on the sofa feeding Gohan and Ox asleep in the arm chair in the corner of the room. Chichi noticing, he had returned, stands up and walks over to him. Not once stopping feeding Gohan.

"BEFORE YOU SAY A WORD, Daddy explained it to me. There's a few problems with all of this, which we will sort at a later point. BUT. You are to sleep on the futon in Gohan's room for the next week, taking care of anything and everything he needs. No training. No complaints. No bedroom stuff for a month and lastly, I want you to work on your education, am I CLEAR?" Chichi explained in a calm voice despite being able to TASTE her anger behind every word she spoke.

"Yes Dear" Goku dejectedly agreed.

"Good you'll also be telling Gohan yourself, by yourself around his 11th birthday" Chichi added.

*End Flashback *

Shuddering once more, Goku realises that Gohan's birthday is soon meaning he'll have to speak to him about it soon. 'Well, we're alone here. I'll do it before we leave the chamber. Not before more training though. Hehe. Huh, maybe I should teach Gohan some new techniques. Hmmm, let's see what techniques I know that could pass on. There's the Solar Flare, easy to learn and very adaptable from what we've seen Cell use it for. Instant Transmission would be good, especially in emergencies. The Spirit Bomb? Not possible in the chamber, maybe just touch on the basics. The Kaio-ken? Would be pointless now we can transform into a Super Sayian, or would it? Could it amplify the transformation? And what of Gohan's power he displayed? I had originally wanted to leave in a few days, even though we haven't spent the whole year yet' Goku's train of thought was disrupted by a loud "DAD" right next to his ear. Leaping literally ten feet in the air, holding his chest.

"Gohan! Don't sneak up on me like that!" Goku exclaimed as he slowly floated back down to the floor in front of Gohan, who had already powered up to his Super Sayian state.

"Sorry Dad, but I had been calling your name for 5 minutes and you never responded" Gohan apologised whilst grinning and scratching the back of his head.

Goku noticed this, and laughed "Hahaha, no worries son and you've started picking up on my habits outside of fighting as well. You scratched your head with a smile on your face like your old man" Goku cheerfully exclaimed making Gohan blush and look away.

"I've been thinking son, there's a couple of techniques I want to teach you before we leave here which could turn the tide in any fight that you might find yourself in. What do you say? You up for it?" Goku suggested with a large smile across his face and resting his right hand on his son's shoulder.

Gohan now looking up to his dad with eyes like a kid at Christmas, full of wonder "WOW, really Dad? That'll be awesome!" Gohan now grinning like his father, fist pumped the air. "But Dad, before we keep training you said a couple of words when I was trying to get your attention. What do you mean by Yūtō shōkan, it means Honours redemption right? It was in one of the languages books Mum's had me read" Gohan questioned now adorning a curious look on his face, which grew in intensity when Goku literally flinched.

"Ehehehe, well um I was going to talk to you about this just before we left the chamber, but I suppose I'll have to do it now" Goku sighed, resigning to his fate. "If you know what the translation is, do you know about the Martial arts teaching under the same name?". Gohan simply shook his head. Goku sighed 'Damn'.

"Basically Gohan, there is a Martial arts teaching in the older schools like that of Master Roshi's and of Tien's old school under Master Shen. The term 'Yūtō shōkan' is the name of a clause that comes into effect when one school sabotages a sanctioned match with another school. This teaching has long since been lost to the newer traditions that's taught but Master Roshi's school follows these teachings as they were the norm when the Turtle school was founded" Pausing to see if Gohan was still following what he was saying. Goku pushed on "At the 22nd WMAT my match against Tien was interfered with by Master Shen by forcing Chiaotzu to use telekinesis on me to give him an edge, which is where the clause came into effect. This is brought Tien's honour and that of the Crane's School of martial arts into question, to regain their honour Tien had to beat me in the next tournament. Which was the 23rd WMAT…."

"But Dad, you once told me you beat Tien in the 23rd?" Gohan interrupted. Goku just smiled and shook his head.

"That's right son I beat him in the semi-finals, which means that Tien's honour had been tainted. However, the clause does offer a few ways to bring back his honour, one of which was his life. "Goku explained.

"So, how did he redeem his honour Dad?" Gohan pressed, wanting to know where his father was going with all of this 'Dad's never mentioned anything like this before, I wonder why?'

"That's where you come in son"

Gohan looked shocked "Me?" 'what does he mean by that?'

"The other options in which Tien could have regained his honour..." Goku started as he kneeled down in front of his son to be eye level with him "is to enter a marriage contract with the person that they fought or to offer up a marriage contract of their child to a child of that of the fighter. As Me and Tien couldn't get married as I was marrying your mother, and I didn't want him to give his life for a mistake that was made by his ex-master, I chose that of a contract between children. At that time, we didn't have any kids ourselves and when I had to tell your mother she thought it best to wait till around you 11th birthday to tell you. I'm so sorry son that Ive kept this from you."

"It's not your fault Dad. Can I…. Can I have some time to myself? To let this sink in?" Gohan asked not sure how to swallow everything he's just been told. Being pulled into his father's embrace, and having his hair tousled before Goku pulled back to arms-length.

"Of course, Son. Take the time you need and once you're ready we'll continue our training, sound good?" Goku reassured whilst giving a small sad smile.

Receiving just a nod in response, Gohan's aura flared around him as he burst upward and onward into the expanse of the chamber 'I'm sorry Gohan, that you've been dragged into this mess because of a bitter rivalry between two old men. Damn! I should've spoken to Tien before talking to Gohan about this' Watching Gohan's aura, dazzling high in the chamber slowly grow larger and brighter before settling back down, before a large Kamehameha was sent into the deeper expanses of the white void never seeing the raging explosion that should've followed a blast that big.

'Marriage! I'm 10! I don't know anything about this girl, is she nice? Funny? GGGRRRR' Floating high above the never ending white void letting his anger and frustration poor out through his aura 'I'm not alone in this at least. I'll ask Dad about it later, he seemed really guilty about all this, It's not Dad's fault, or Tien's or Chiaotzu's. It's the Master of the Crane School's fault!' Pooling as much energy as he can in his fully powered state into his hands, silently firing off the trademark technique of the Turtle Hermit into the depths of the void. As it sailed away from him, he just noticed the odd blue spark in his aura before it faded away. 'Huh, what was that? I'll ask Dad about it later, like Piccolo always taught me. Meditation is key to a calm resolve' Floating back down to the floor but remaining a Super Sayian, he took the famous lotus position as he started to calm his mind and his emotions.

'I guess Dad did say that being here would be one of the hardest things I ever do'