Lesson #10: Taking Flight

"How long was I out?" asked Videl getting into a sitting position and ate the meat which Gohan had just caught and cooked.

"You had a fever for about a day and a half," said Gohan sitting next to her and placing an arm around her shoulder while his other hand shoved food into his mouth.

Only then did Videl realise the surroundings. "Why aren't we at the campsite?" she asked.

"People were becoming suspicious and I didn't want them coming to you when you were in your state," explained Gohan. "I thought it was for the best."

"I believe you did the right thing," admitted Videl as she placed another kiss on Gohan's lips. Then she broke away, "Do you know what happened to me?"

Gohan breathed deeply. "I believe what happened was your chi was blocked by negative vibes. They prevented your chi from coming out in nothing more than small amounts. Before I go any further I need to know what you tried to do while I was gone."

"I tried to fly and I hovered in the air for a few seconds before I felt like I was going to fall."

"So you put more energy into it."

Videl nodded.

"That energy you tapped into was being blocked by your negativity and when you broke the boundaries all of your past feelings and emotions came rushing out and your body couldn't handle the stress."

"So you are saying I'm weak?" threatened Videl.

"No, in order to connect truly with our power we have to undergo some emotional stress and our bodies take it differently."

"So what triggered your power to flow freely?"

Gohan had to think about this. He knew the moment perfectly; when Android Sixteen's head was crushed after he had told Gohan to let it all go. But as far as he knew, his class had not connected him to the 'Delivery Boy' from the Cell Games and he wanted to keep it that way.

"When I saw my friend beaten to death," he said leaving out the details. "When that occurred everything was released, all my hatred and anger flowed through my body and consumed me. I went on the warpath, but I became arrogant and as a result my father was killed from my mistake."

"I'm so sorry to hear that," said Videl.

"After that my head became clear and I focused on the job at hand, getting revenge for my father."

"So instead of falling into a fever like me you fell into a rage, that's harsh."

Gohan had had enough of dawdling on the past as he finished the last of the food. "Anyway, you're two days behind on your training; it's time to get you up to scratch."

"You mean you are going to teach me to fly?" exclaimed Videl.

Gohan smirked, "I'm going to be teaching you a lot more than that. Now that your chi flow has opened up there is a range of opportunities."

"So what first?" asked Videl.

"We're going to focus on the real traits of chi, attack and defence using your energy to help influence a battle. We're going to be learning the same way I did, doing the real deal."

"So I am going to spar with you after all, I can't wait to kick your butt," she said with a twinkle in her eye as she got to her feet.

"You know I'm going to be going easy on you," said Gohan as he arched his back and used his hands to springboard onto his feet.

"I have no intention of going easy on you so if you want to not get hurt you will fight me with everything you've got," Videl threatened as she got into her unorthodox stance.

"A helpful hint, when attacking use the energy in your body to fuel your attacks," suggested Gohan.

"I don't need your help but thanks anyway," said Videl as Gohan walked into the opening in front of her. With a lunge she rushed forward and swung viciously with her right fist towards Gohan's face. Her straight punch was dead on target until a split second before it made contact Gohan tilted his head to the side slightly, avoiding the fist by the narrowest of margins.

Videl was slightly shocked but now that she was in close range distance she was in her own territory. Pivoting herself she swung wide with her right foot at Gohan's torso. Instead of hearing the satisfying blow of flesh against flesh, she was stunned to see and feel that her leg was trapped within Gohan's grasp. With a gentle push, Videl was forced back a few metres, stumbling back the last few steps before composing herself and regaining her stance. She eyed off her opponent who still stood there casually as if this was a walk in the park.

Frustrated Videl formed a small ball of energy and tossed it towards Gohan who hit it into the sky with the back of his hand. Infuriated that he could knock away one of her attacks with the slightest of ease, she charged forward and unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks, none of which seemed to be landing on their intended target. Gohan lazily blocked and dodged every attack with ease. Videl continued her assault not giving up for a second.

Exhausted, Videl took a few steps back from her opponent but something didn't feel right, as if the ground had become soft. She looked at Gohan who smirked and looked at Videl's feet. Curious, Videl followed his gaze and gasped. The ground was at least five foot underneath where she was. She looked at Gohan, her face a mixture of shock and pride.

"Wasn't that hard was it?" said Gohan. He had deliberately been slowly rising off the ground the entire fight and Videl had subconsciously followed suit.

"This is incredible Gohan," she exclaimed.

"Now that all your chi paths have been unblocked it doesn't weaken your body," Gohan explained. "In order to go a certain direction all you have to do is subconsciously tell your body where to go, it's pretty much the same as walking or running."

"This is just so surreal," Videl said lightly.

"Now c'mon, you're in the air so let's see what you can do," beckoned Gohan. Videl nodded and flew directly towards Gohan and engaged in combat.

"I feel them now," said Trunks to his friend.

"Yeah I can sense Gohan's energy and there's someone else with him," said Goten.

Vegeta turned his attention to Chichi. "You're son sure knows how to pick them," he said.

"What do you mean?" asked Chichi.

Vegeta chuckled. "Out of all the chums your son goes to school with he's managed to choose the strongest one to be his mate."

"He's with a fighter?" Chichi exclaimed to which Vegeta nodded. "This is unbelievable; I thought I taught Gohan better."

"I hate to brighten your mood but you might want to know that she is strong willed in both mind and soul, not only physically. They are having a small battle at the moment and even though she is failing to land a hit she keeps trying her best," said Vegeta.

"Like mother, like daughter in law," teased Bulma.

"Wait, how do you know they are fighting and that she keeps coming back? Surely you can't sense that?" argued Chichi.

"Yea dad how can you tell?" asked Trunks.

"I don't need to sense them boy, I can see them," explained Vegeta. Seeing that the campsite was slightly confused at this explanation Vegeta sighed and pointed to the sky. The group followed his finger and saw it lead to a couple of shapes in the distance. Bulma quickly went into her tent and pulled out a pair of binoculars.

"That's my Gohan up there?" asked Chichi.

"Uh huh," agreed Goten. "I can tell that's it's him from his energy."

Chichi turned her attention and stared daggers at youngest son. "Goten you take me up there right this instance!"

Goten gulped scared, he knew what blunt metal object would hit him if he disobeyed. Thankfully Bulma intervened on his behalf. "I don't think you want to go up there Chichi," she said as she lowered the binoculars from her eyes.

"What do you mean?" demanded Chichi as she snatched the binoculars from Bulma. She placed them to her eyes and after a few seconds located her son, locking lips with Videl. There was no sound made except for the crash which Chichi caused when she hit the ground after fainting from shock.

Vegeta had a hearty laugh as Bulma tended to Chichi. "The brats finally come out of hiding," he said with a smile. He then looked towards the two kids. "Do you want to go see him and his girl?"

They both nodded affirmatively before all three of them took off into the sky. Master Roshi walked into the clearing only just seeing the three guys fly off. "Where are they going?" he asked to no one in particular. Curiously, he picked up the binoculars and looked in the direction they were travelling only to drop the binoculars after receiving another hundred volts of electricity after he spotted Gohan and Videl embracing one another.

Gohan and Videl dropped to their clearing, while Gohan landed softly on his feet Videl fell onto hands and knees. Gohan had not dealt a single blow but Videl had been unable to land a clean hit the entire bout. To make her feel better, Gohan had engaged her in a mid flight kiss which relieved her of her anger towards him. But now she was exhausted and was breathing heavily.

"So do you want me to try next time?" Gohan teased as he got some water from the small trickle.

"No I think I believe you now," said Videl. She gratefully took the water that he offered her and drank until her thirst was satisfied. She looked up at Gohan who smiled. She smiled back but in an instance Gohan's attention was on something else and his head turned like a hawk's.

"What is it?" Videl asked but before Gohan could answer three people dropped in from above into the clearing.

"Gohan!" shouted the two young boys as they charged up to him and tackled him to the ground.

"Trunks, Goten, what are you doing here?" asked Gohan as he pushed them off of his body.

"We haven't seen you for ages so we decided to come and see how you were doing," explained Trunks.

"Yeah we looked everywhere for you brother," said Goten.

Gohan looked up at Vegeta. "Did you talk them into doing this?" he asked in a mildly irritated voice.

Vegeta shrugged his shoulders. "I was coming so I asked if they wanted to tag along," he said.

"Why would you want to come see Gohan?" asked Videl.

"He wasn't the only one I wanted to come and see, I wanted to see your mate," he said with a cheeky smile on his face.

"His mate?" said Videl confused.

"Don't worry about him Videl he's a bit crazy at times," said Gohan praying that Vegeta didn't reveal too much.

"Really Gohan, I thought you would have told her all about me by now or are you really that slow?" Vegeta teased.

Before Gohan could counter Goten asked Videl, "Hey pretty lady what's your name?"

"My name's Videl," she said with a smile.

Goten then turned to Vegeta. "So does that mean from what you were saying before yesterday that Videl is going to be my new sister?" he asked innocently. There was a stunned silence until it was broken by Vegeta laughing loudly.

"GET OUT OF HERE!" shouted Gohan whose cheeks were beetroot red from both anger and embarrassment.

"C'mon boys we've had our fun," said Vegeta as he took off to the skies.

"Bye brother," said Goten as he took off behind Vegeta leaving only Trunks.

Trunks looked at them and gave a big and slightly menacing smile. "Don't have too much fun without us!" He barely managed to avoid Gohan' Ki blast as he took off into the sky laughing.

There was silence in the clearing as Gohan fumed and Videl tried to realise what had just happened. "What's going on Gohan?" she asked.

"Honestly, I think some of the rumours about us have gotten out of hand," he lied. He knew the real reason behind what they were saying, Vegeta had given him the 'Mate' speech only a few months earlier but he couldn't explain it to Videl. Not yet, he thought as he watched the final glimpses of light as the sun began to set.

So Videl learnt how to fly in an unusual manner. Bit of a laugh chapter but some dark times ahead as Bulma prepares to set the challenge for the other students. Also a few people have asked how long this story is going to be so I have decided that the story is going to span over a ten day period. We are currently at the evening of the fifth day. Hope that clears a few things (and hopefully it doesn't contradict with something I have already said and forgotten). As always please review and I shall have a new chapter up in a few days.