Dragon Ball Z: A Whole New Era
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of the characters besides OC.
Chapter 3: Training Begins!
The next day, Gohan, Goten and Junior were eating breakfast as Chi Chi was washing the dishes.
"Ahh. Now that was good!" Gohan finished eating his breakfast. "Thanks Mom! It was great, see ya!" Gohan walked out of the house with his training gi as Junior and Goten followed him.
"Goten and Junior." Chi Chi got the chibis attention. "Don't get in Gohan's way while he's training, understand? This tournament is very important we're expecting Gohan to do really well so we can win the prize money. Promise me that you won't interfere?"
"I promise mom I won't interfere." Goten promised as Junior completely ignored Chi Chi and ran out of the house.
"Come on Goten!" Junior called impatiently. Goten ran out of the door. He soon followed Junior and Gohan, who were running through the woods. All three of them were having the time of their lives until they stopped in an open field with a rocky area.
"Goten? Junior? Where'd ya go guys?" Gohan kept looking around until he notied Junior being licked by a small dinosaur while Goten sat next to him.
"We're over here dad!" Junior replied while laughing. "Dad, come over here! Meet our new friend, he reminds me of Icarus!" The baby dinosaur then jumped off Junior and landed on Goten. He started to lick Goten's face.
"Gohan help me! It tickles!" Goten laughed as the dinosaur kept licking him. Gohan smiled.
"Hey Guys! I'm gonna get started, I'll see ya in a little bit." With that, Gohan jumped to train alone.
Gohan was meditating while in his super saiyan form. He was about to strike until Goten called his name.
"Gohan! Take a look at this." Goten held out a large, purple beetle.
"Oh...wow." Gohan replied annoyed. He got back to his meditating. He opened his eyes and was about to kick until someone called his name, making him almost trip.
"Dad! Look at the size of this thing!" Junior carried a red and yellow dinosaur, about his height.
"Hey! We didn't come here to play Junior! We came here to train!" Gohan replied, slightly angry. Junior had a sad look on his face. "Look, I'm not trying to hurt your feelings son, it's just that I have work to do!" Junior let go of the dinosaur.
Gohan, again, went to focusing. He slashed at a rock, cutting it in half, he then proceeded to break several more rocks until Goten called his name again.
"What?! What now Goten?!" demanded Gohan. He gasped when he saw Goten, grabbing on a dinosaur's tail, which was about 20x his size.
"I got him Gohan! He's a big one!" Goten laughed as the dinosaur swung his tail, trying to get Goten off. The dinosaur growled and swung his tail at a nearby cliff. Gohan gasped and fired a ki blast at the rock, saving Goten's life.
"Hey are you okay?" Gohan asked with a scowl on his face.
"Yeah. I just got a bump on my head." Goten replied while rubbing his head. Junior then appeared out of nowhere and settled next to Goten.
"Don't you know you could've been killed?! Do you know how mad mom will find out that her youngest son his dead?!" Gohan shouted. Goten lowered his head.
"Yes. Sorry." Goten replied. Gohan proceeded back to his training as Goten and Junior sat on a rock watching him. Junior wore a basic gi, similar to Goku's but his boots were black and didn't have an undershirt. Goten wore the same thing but his had a long sleeved blue undershirt. Gohan looked back at the two boys, he felt kinda sorry for them.
"Hey Dynamic Duo!" Gohan got the two chibis attention. "I need your help! An you assist me in an exercise?" Junior and Goten hopped off the rock. Gohan then collected a bunch of rocks and dumped them near their feet. "There! That outta be enough."
"Enough for what?" Goten asked.
"It's simple, like playing a game." Gohan replied. "You throw the rocks, and I dodge them."
"Wait a second. You want us to throw rocks at you?" Junior wanted to make sure he heard his dad right. Gohan nodded.
"Yes, but, you can't cross this line." Gohan put his foot in the dirt and drew a line.
"Oh, I get it now." Junior picked up the rock. "Me first."
"Alright son, let'em fly." Gohan got into his stance.
"Don't you thing the line should be further back?" Goten asked.
"Nah. Don't worry about me. If anything, it's a little too far back." Gohan said the last part to himself.
"Here it goes!" Junior threw the rock. Gohan dodged it at the last second. The rock then went right through the mountain. Gohan looked at Junior in awe.
"Wow Gohan you really are fast." Goten smiled innocently. "My turn."
"Yeah dad. And that's not even my full strength." Junior replied.
"Woah! WAIT!" Gohan rushed to the line and drew it back further. "Why won't we draw the line a little further. You got a heck of a right throw there."
"Whatever you say." Goten and Junior startd to throw rocks at Gohan. He dodged them all until Goten stopped.
"Why'd ya stop?" Both Gohan and Junior asked.
"Well since mom's not here now, can I be just like you?" Goten asked.
"You mean a super saiyan?" Gohan asked. Goten nodded. "Sure. I'm still VERY shocked that you both are super saiyans at a very young age. I took rough training to become one..." While Gohan kept continuing his speech, Junior and Goten powered up to super saiyan. "So, how would both of you like to be my sparring partner for today?"
"Sure!" Goten and Junior cheered. Both of them got into a stance.
"Alright you two. Are you ready?" Gohan asked. "Let's do it." The two boys charged at Gohan. Gohan dodged Goten's kick and blocked a kick from Junior. He blocked both of their punches and kicks. Gohan then started to jump to higher ground, with Goten and Junior still trying to hit him. Gohan moved out of the way as Junior kicked a tree. Gohan almost fell off the cliff, until he flew to the sky. Junior and Goten stopped.
"Hey! No fair!" complained Junior. Gohan looked back at his son and younger brother. "You're cheating! You have to stay on the ground because we can't fly." Gohan started to laugh.
"What?! Are you kidding me?!" Gohan laughed some more.
"No, but if we can, we'll be kicking your ass!" Junior replied. Gohan stopped laughing.
"Watch your mouth Junior!" warned Gohan. "Wow! That's like learning to walk before you crawl. You both are like a super pedestrian than a super saiyan."
"A super what?" Goten started to get angry.
"Hey sorry guys, but it's starting to get funny." Gohan admitted.
"Funny?! Well, you better teach us how to fly or I'll kick your ass!" Goten shouted as Junior chuckled.
"Watch your mouth Goten!" Gohan shouted back.
"No! I'm gonna learn how to fly if you like it or not!" Goten replied.
"Easy there squirt. I didn't say I won't teach you." Gohan said. "Alright, I'll teach you both how to fly." Goten and Junior cheered until they saw a hover jet flying toward their house.
"Hey! It looks like that Videl girl's jet." Junior pointed. Gohan panicked and hovered to the grass.
"Gohan what's the matter?" Goten asked.
"Uhh Nothing. But it looks like you two are gonna have another partner for the flying lessons." Gohan replied.
"Let me guess, Videl." Junior sighed. Gohan was taken back by his son's guess.
"How did you know?"
"Because I saw her jet flying towards our house." Junior pointed to the jet that was hovering next to the Son house.
"Okay. But, don't show her how strong you are. You know, don't show her you're a super saiyan. Got it?" Gohan ordered.
"Oh I see. She's scared of little monsters isn't she?" Goten smiled.
"No, It means that she doesn't know..." Junior's sentence was muffled due to Gohan's hand covering his mouth.
"I guess you can say that Goten." Gohan, Junior, and Goten flew towards the Son house before Videl could land. While running, Goten was amazed how fast Gohan is.
"Wow Gohan! You're really fast! No wonder we couldn't hit you with those rocks." Goten admitted.
"You got a really good talent yourself." Gohan replied. "Maybe mom will let you both join the WMAT."
"Really?! Us entering the WMAT championship and winning the ten million zeni?!" Junior shouted in disbelief. Gohan nodded.
"Yeah! But watch out, I heard that Vegeta's training Trunks to enter too." Junior's smile turned to a serious look. "Look, I know how much you and Trunks don't get along, but please try not to get into a argument with him?"
"How?" Junior asked while shrugging. "We do that everyday. I'm just glad Bulma and the others don't know what I look like. It's gonna be a BIG surprise at the WMAT when I reveal myself."
"Let's not focus on that right now. Look, we're home." Gohan pointed to the house. Near the front door, things were starting to heat up with Videl and Chi Chi.
"Hello, I'm looking for Gohan is he home?" Videl greeted/asked. Chi Chi put her hands on her hips.
"Look, if you're looking for a date, you've come to the wrong place. What manners you have, coming over unannounced without proper introduction, shame on you." Chi Chi scowled.
"Look lady, I'm not here for a date." Videl replied. Gohan, Goten and Junior came out from the forest. Videl turned around and glared at Gohan.
"Hey Grandma/Mom! We got to throw rocks at Gohan!" Junior and Goten raced towards Chi Chi.
"You did?" Chi Chi asked while smiling at the two children. Goten then told his mom what they did and how much fun they had.
"Hey Goten." Junior got Goten's attention. "I gotta show you something funny." Junior dragged Goten inside the house. They went in Gohan's room and took out a box.
"What's in it?" Goten asked. Junior didn't reply and pulled out a smaller version of Piccolo's turban and put it over his shoulders.
"How do I look?" Junior started to do funny poses as Goten laughed.
"You look funny." Goten laughed. Junior sighed.
"I know that my dad defeated Cell with this costume but you gotta admit, it looks funny." Junior laughed with Goten and went outside where the cat fight was taken place.
"...But let me give you some advice young lady, you keep your filthy hands off my son." When Chi Chi said this, Videl was about to explode.
'Wow, look at Junior. He really looks like me seven years ago. I was so carefree and innocent. Let's just hope he doesn't go through the things I've been through.' Gohan thought to himself. He then turned his attention back to the cat fight.
"HEY! I HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR TRASHY TALK LADY!" Videl soon realized what she said and put a hand over her mouth. Gohan had a worried look on his face while Goten seemed confused and Junior laughed like crazy.
"Alright! You listen and you listen here! Our family is counting on the prize money from this tournament to live on! And the last thing we need is Gohan to be distracted by a hussy like you!" Junior 'ooohhhed' while Gohan was speechless.
"I'm not a hussy! We're training for a martial arts tournament!" Goten was about to say something until Junior stopped him. (I know I didn't put the whole cat fight). Chi Chi stuck her tongue out as Videl growled. They kept doing this for a while.
After the cat fight, Gohan took his students to a wide open field to practice flying.
"I've never done this before. Teaching can't be that hard right?" Gohan asked to himself. "Anyway, so to fly, you basically take control of your energy and put it underneath you and your energy holds you up. A toddler could do it." Videl glared at him. "I mean an extremely talented toddler whose put years of hard work into it..."
"I'm flying!" Junior cheered as he started to do flips in the air. Gohan sweatdropped, Videl was angry, and Goten was amazed. Videl tried her best to ignore Junior.
"This energy business. What're you talking about?" Videl demanded. Gohan stuttered.
"I guess they call it something different where you're from?" Gohan asked. "Well, it's like that power you could feel inside of your body..."
"What! Who're you to be talking about MY body?!" Videl demanded. Goten laughed a little.
"It's like this." Goten shot a little ki blast at a rock, destroying it. Videl stood in awe as Gohan had no reaction.
A couple of hours later, Gohan and his students went to eat lunch at the house.
"Yummy!" Goten and Junior started to eat away as Gohan ate in a slower pace.
"Thank you very much for lunch Chi Chi." Videl thanked.
"Don't mention it." Chi Chi replied, completely ignoring their argument a couple of hours ago.
"Delicious, I should give this recipe to my cook."
"What? Your cook? Is your family in the restaurant business?" Chi Chi asked. Videl shook her head. "Your family must be loaded! About how many rooms do you have in your house?"
"That's a good question...about 50." Videl replied.
"Fifty?! That's like a small village!" Chi Chi shouted. She then turned her attention to Gohan. "And you plan on marrying this girl?" Gohan and Junior spit out their rice at Goten.
"So, does this mean that Videl is going to be my new mom?" Junior asked.
"MOM?!" Videl screamed. "He's your son?!" Gohan had a serious look on his face and nodded. "Where's the mom?"
"It's a long story." Gohan replied.
"Long or not, I want an answer." Videl replied.
"Why won't we go back to training?" Gohan took out 2 nets. "Junior and Goten will go frog hunting while we train." Junior and Goten took the nets and went to find some frogs. Goten found one and tried to catch it. It hopped away and landed near Junior. Unaware of Junior, Goten was charging at the frog. Junior lifted his net, but was slammed into Goten as the frog jumped away. They both got up and ran at the frog.
"No, No Goten. Flying and hopping are two different things." Goten stopped jumping. "Use your energy." Goten nodded and focused his energy beneath him. He started to float until he was fully in the air. Junior joined him, but Goten was wobbling.
"Look at me Gohan! I'm flying!" Goten started to slowly go higher.
"Not so high." Gohan warned.
"Don't worry Gohan." Goten started to wobble and fall until Junior caught him. He caught him in a hug way until they noticed what position they were in and broke apart while blushing. While making sure they were okay, Gohan turned his attention to Videl who was glaring at him.
"See. It's like that." Gohan laughed nervously. Videl narrowed her eyes and growled. Little air waves started to blow beneath her until she started to float. "That's the energy! Now push it up!" Videl floated a little higher. "Look Videl! You're floating!" Videl then stopped and hovered down to the grass. "That's incredible Videl! No one can fly on their first day!"
"Is that a fact?" Videl turned to Goten, who was flying in a circle with Junior just watching. Gohan sweatdropped.
"Well, Goten and Junior are experienced fighters! It's in their blood you know?" Gohan replied nervously. Videl stepped forward.
"I'll be back tomorrow." Videl replied.
"What!? But I already taught you how to fly! All you need is a little bit of private practice."
"Hey Videl!" Goten called. Videl turned around. "Wanna help me, Junior and Trunks find the dragon balls tomorrow afternoon?" Junior groaned when Goten said 'Trunks'.
"Dragon what?" Videl asked in confusion. Gohan gave them the 'stop it' look but they ignored it.
"There are 7 magical orbs that are scattered around the world. When you collect all 7, the dragon would appear and grant you 2 wishes." Junior replied. Gohan panicked as Videl thought for a moment.
"It will be a great way to help you fly." Goten added.
"Okay, I'll go." Videl agreed. Goten cheered while Gohan panicked some more. "I'll be back tomorrow." With that, Videl left to the Satan mansion.
"What were you guys thinking?!" Gohan shouted.
"We just wanted to have some fun."