A few minutes passed by with neither warrior making a move, the tension was building with the intense stares that each was giving the other, then in a blink of the eye Piccolo was off flying towards Gohan at a blazing speed much faster than the normal eye could see. When Piccolo neared Gohan he launched a right-handed haymaker directly at his pupils head, which was expertly blocked so Piccolo tried to hit him with a gut punch which was also blocked. They stood there locked in that position with Gohan trying to push Piccolo's hands away while Piccolo was still trying to push through Gohan's defense. With a smirk, Piccolo launched himself backwards away from Gohan but Gohan wasn't having him back away that fast so He went on the offensive chasing his mentor, when he caught up he started throwing a flurry of punches and kicks. All of which being narrowly avoided the Namekian. Gohan went for a kick to the head which was just barely blocked by Piccolos left arm which left Gohan wide open for an attack and Piccolo was not about to waste the opportunity so he put his right hand to Gohan's stomach and let loose a blast attack that sent his student flying backwards and before Gohan got his bearings Piccolo appeared right behind him and sent him flying up through the air with a kick to the back before disappearing and reappearing in his students path to spike him to the ground. When the dust settled Gohan was standing in a small crater created from him impacting the ground without so much as a scratch on his body, the only evidence of blows he had just taking being a dirtied and slightly torn GI.
"IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS!" Piccolo yelled at his current opponent. The only reply he got was a nod before Gohan went super Sayian and dropped into his fighting stance, Piccolo joined him on the ground also getting into his fighting stance before speaking again "I don't want you holding back Gohan. I can't help you get stronger if I don't know the extent of your strength now." he explained hoping that would be enough for his student to go all out.
"Right! Ready when you are!" Gohan replied excitedly to finally be able to relieve some of the tension and stress he has been feeling. "Unless you don't want to lose that is." where did that come from Gohan thought to himself, I have only ever been that cocky when I was fighting Cell. The thought sent chills up and down his spine, he was broken from his thoughts fairly quickly from Piccolo hitting him as hard as he could directly in the face which sent him flying backwards he managed to stop himself before flying through the trees on the lookout but was hit by a masenko the second he stopped. That was followed by a flurry of punches and kicks, all of them finding their mark he finished the combo by slamming Gohan into the ground before flying up in the sky and launching Ki blast after Ki blast at him. Piccolo was left breathing heavy from the energy he exerted in the attack, the dust was starting to settle from his attacks which revealed a bloodied and bruised Gohan struggling to get to his feet. "It doesn't matter how much stronger you are than your opponent if you are distracted it is an easy win for your opponent." Piccolo scolded the young Saiyan. This only angered Gohan who shot up at breakneck speeds and started swinging uncontrollably out of pure rage and frustration. Piccolo was dodging or blocking all the attacks being thrown his way before disappearing and reappearing on the ground far away from Gohan.
"YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN! YOU WILL NEVER WIN BY THROWING WILD SHOTS LIKE THAT! ALL YOU'RE DOING IS TIRING YOURSELF OUT!" Piccolo yelled at his student, he was angry that Gohan would let himself become so enraged that all technique and strategy was thrown away.
What Piccolo said stopped Gohan in his tracks and he started trying to calm himself.
"Use your anger as a tool in your arsenal, don't let it consume you, let it fuel you! Piccolo continued this time in his normal monotone voice losing almost all the anger that was in it a second ago.
Gohan was finally able to gain control over his emotions and started apologizing to his teacher for losing his cool.
"Don't worry kid, it happens to the best of us. Now let's continue our fight." was all that Gohan got for a reply before both fighters dropped back into their fighting stances.
In the blink of an eye, they were back to fighting, this time in the air trading blows with one another, this time it was clear that Gohan had the upper hand as most of his hits were landing and he was dodging most of his mentors. Gohan was superior in both strength and speed, but Piccolo wasn't about to give up, he went for a blast attack to Gohan's gut again but Gohan hit his hand away sending the blast away from them. Gohan then kicked out 1 Piccolos legs before pulling both hands up to his face and yelling solar flare, he blinded the namekian then double ax handled him down into the ground before flying away. Once he was far enough away he launched a Kamehameha with the intent on ending the fight, Piccolo heard the attack but couldn't pinpoint where it was coming from so he picked a direction and blocked. The Kamehameha wave was flying towards its target and landed directly against his side before consuming Piccolo when the blast faded Piccolo was on the floor knocked out.
The fight was over with Gohan being the victor, he slowly floated down to the ground his hair fading from gold back to its normal black "I didn't think Piccolo could hurt me so bad." Gohan thought to himself before he noticed Dende running over to Piccolo.
"Oh please don't be dead, please." Dende was panicking while running over to Piccolo's body, before letting out a sigh of relief when he got close enough to notice the older namekian was still breathing.
"You will be able to heal him right?" Gohan asked Dende with worry in his voice.
"I should be able to yes." Dende replied with a nod.
"Thank you! I was a little worried I got carried away." Gohan said looking down at the ground disappointed in himself that he would hurt his friend so bad.
"He will be fine, and I will heal you after I am done with him." Dende said trying to reassure Gohan that their friend would be ok.
A few minutes later they both were healed and stretching out the muscles, before Piccolo looked over to his pupil and said to him "Ok now I know where you stand and if I'm being honest I don't know how to train you but I will think of something" His voice was lighter than normal while he was speaking.
"Next time! How about next time you guys train somewhere else where nobody will have to repair all the damages." Dende replied at first serious but started to laugh as the sentence went on.
"Sorry about that." Gohan said sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head.
Piccolo only replied with a growl.
Authors Notes
Sorry, this chapter took so long, I was basically done with it last weekend but stuff got in the way of me posting it. I wanted to make it a longer chapter but this seems like the best place to end it so I did, the next update shouldn't take as long, see you guys again soon!