Lesson #11: Final Lesson

The class stood awkwardly, their eyes covered by blindfolds. Tien looked at the comical sight but knew that it was for the purpose of the exercise. "Alright," he shouted, "now that your sense of sight has been taken away from you, get to know one another from the chi patterns that they are emitting. If I so much as hear a single syllable uttered I will not hesitate to let you know what happens when you disobey in my class!"

With fear installed in their hearts, the classmates begun trying to track people with their new found sense. At first the process had been incredibly slow, but after an hour people were beginning to get the hang of it and eventually they could sense everyone around them. With a smile Tien told them to remove the blindfolds which they gratefully did so.

"So Tien, does this mean we can track people who haven't unlocked their chi?" asked a girl in the crowd.

Tien nodded. "Everyone has a unique chi inside of them and it helps distinguish who we are. The fact that it may or may not have been unblocked doesn't matter, it is still there."

"Is there any way to prevent people from tracking you by your chi?" asked one of the guys.

"It is possible to block your chi and hence it becomes impossible to track," explained Tien. "The opposite is also true, when you are using chi you become easier to track. If you open your chi senses now you can sense the presence if the two people missing from your class." He gave a sly smile. "Anyway that is your final lesson, congratulations you survived learning. Now before you start cheering, you have a final assignment which will be given to you by Bulma Briefs in two days time at this location. If you haven't trained to your greatest potential by then you stand no chance of passing. Good luck," he concluded as he walked away from the group.

Immediately the group began cheering at the top of their lungs for the fact that they would be going home within a few days. Back to the urban world where they had left everything behind, they would be able to bathe in the luxuries that they took for granted every day. Sharpner however wasn't paying attention to the cheering and was trying desperately to focus his senses on finding Gohan and Videl. On several occasions he managed to feel small traces of their power but every time he felt he had a hold on it, it slipped through his fingers.

Reluctantly he gave up as members of the group started to head back to their respected campsites. But before they had gotten anywhere one of the guys yelled above the rest, "Hold up guys. Tien told us that we needed to be ready for our final challenge so who wants to have a tournament?" His question was met with mixed reviews but many of the guys and some of the girls agreed to the tournament. Sharpner smiled, this tournament would prove how much greater he was then everybody else.

With battered ego in hand, Sharpner arrived back at his campsite well before anybody else. Why? Because he had been beaten in the opening round of the tournament by a girl named Bianca. The defeat had left his pride in tatters. He had never felt so much humility and rage at once and it felt like he was going to explode. With a deafening sound, Sharpner screamed into the afternoon air, the ground around him shaking as he unleashed a pure aura of chi, obliterating anything that came into contact with it. Sharpner cried out in anguish and only when he opened his eyes had he realised the damage he had caused. Trees had toppled over and the grass surrounding where he stood had been reduced to ash.

He stood there silent, his tantrum coming to a close as he surveyed the destruction. At first his expression was a misunderstanding as he pondered over what he had done. But then his face turned, wicked and vile as he felt the energy pumping through his veins at a rate which he had never fathomed. He had no idea where it had come from or how it had occurred but he was going to spend every moment before the assignment figuring out how to use it to his advantage when he beat the living daylights out of Gohan. Then he would claim the girl and all would be as it should be. It was the perfect plan.

"What was that?" shouted Videl as she felt a wave of power. Gohan had been teaching Videl how to feel chi with her own energy, much like what the others were doing except Gohan style. Pretty much Videl was blindfolded and had to follow Gohan through the air by sensing where he was going. Taking off her blindfold, she looked in the direction the energy had come from.

"My guess someone just suffered a similar experience to you and just tapped into their true power," answered Gohan.

"What do you think caused them to undergo that change?" asked Videl.

"There's a lot of negative energy being produced, I would say it's from built up rage and anger," he said eyeing off the area.

"GOHAN!" shouted a small voice from behind them. Both Videl and Gohan turned their attention to see Goten flying towards them.

"Hey Goten, what's up?" asked the older Son boy.

"Well Bulma said that now that all of the other students have finished their training that you have to get ready and stay with us," said Goten.

"What would you need to get ready for?" asked Videl.

The young boy answered for his brother, "She said it had something to do with the final assignment. I don't know what she has got planned but it's something big."

"Great, this is going to be fun," sighed Gohan. He was not looking forward to this.

"What am I going to do?" asked Videl.

"Goten, go back to Bulma's campsite and I'll meet you there shortly," instructed Gohan.

"Yay, brother's coming back," shouted the young boy as he flew off into the distance.

"I guess this is where our training comes to an end," said Gohan. "You've been a great pupil Videl."

"And you have been a great teacher," she replied with a smile. The two teenagers floated towards each other until they could feel each other's breaths. "So what am I going to do?"

"My guess the assignment will be in a couple of days so you are free to do what you want. Either stay here and continue your training and see how much stringer you can get without me or go find Erasa or someone and see how they have progressed. Also don't worry about the final challenge; I'm sure it's nothing you can't take care of."

"Thank you Gohan," said Videl and the two locked lips.

"I'll see you soon okay," said Gohan as they broke apart. Videl nodded and with a wave goodbye Gohan was soaring away. A tear slipped from Videl's eyes as she watched the man of her dreams fly away.

Anyone know what is going to happen now? Anybody? Someone tell me so I can write something decent. The story is coming to a close, only a few chapters left to go so I'm going to bide my time a little on them. Also I have contradicting images of Gohan from this story and the new story I plan on writing. Chances are I'll write a few chapters on that so my head can be cleared before I'll resume and finish this story. Cheers to the people who have followed me all the way through this story and thank you for your reviews. I'll be back soon, don't worry.