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"Telepathy"

"Talking"

"Thoughts"

Life of a Saiyan Hybrid

Chapter 2

The ground trembling below her feet followed by an explosion let Bulma know one thing. Goku was here sparring with Vegeta again. Honestly, is that all those two ever did anymore? She had seen Goku a lot more then she used to since he came over so often to spar with Vegeta. Didn't he have anyone else to train with? Like his son who was now the strongest in the universe? That would make a whole lot more sense to her. Vegeta and Goku never used to spar like this before. So why were they now?

Bulma shook her head. It was still hard to believe though. Gohan actually stronger than Goku was such a hard truth to fathom. To her, Goku had always been the strongest. If it hadn't been for Master Roshi telling her during the Cell Games that Gohan's power had far surpassed Goku, she wouldn't have believed it. She always knew Gohan was strong, but she never thought he could be this strong and at his age.

At their party after the Cell Games, Krillin had told her that none of them thought he was that strong. When Goku declared Gohan to be the next fighter, the first thing they all did was stare in disbelief before they argued with Goku over his choice. It was sure shocking for all of them when Gohan's power was unleashed.

Bulma marched through her house with Trunks on her hip. It was amazing Vegeta and Goku didn't destroy the Gravity Room yet with how intense their spars were. If they wanted to fight that intensely then they should take it somewhere else! She didn't want to have to spend time fixing it.

As if the very thought jinxed it, a loud explosion ripped through the air once more, but this time it was followed by the sound of something heavy landing on the ground followed by other pieces.

Sighing in frustration, Bulma changed her direction to head outside. She looked down at her son who was holding her shirt tightly in his hand. "You are such a brave boy. Most babies would be scared by such noise. Showing your dad's bravery already, aren't you?"

Trunks blinked up at her before grinning and laughing.

Bulma shook her head.

She made her way outside and growled at the sight of her gravity room. "What did you two do?!" She screamed angrily.

Goku chuckled sheepishly from where he stood by the broken GR and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry, Bulma. It seems we went a bit too far."

"Just fix it, woman." Vegeta growled.

Bulma glared at him. "I don't have the time for this, Vegeta. And my name is Bulma! Bul-ma!"

Vegeta glared at her. "I need to train, Woman! I have to surpass Kakarot's brat!"

"Well if you want to train so bad take it somewhere else. I won't get around to fixing this for a few days." Bulma snapped at him as she readjusted her hold on Trunks.

"Oh, I know!" Goku shouted, trying to intervene in the fight the two were having before it got out of hand. "Gohan hasn't trained since the Cell Games. I've been meaning to get him back into his training, but he's been so busy with his studies."

Vegeta scoffed. That brat was going to become weak if he continued to sit around and only study.

"I thought Chi Chi didn't want him training anymore." Bulma said confused.

Goku shrugged. "I convinced her to let me keep training him. I just haven't been able to yet."

"Wow, how did you actually manage to do that?" Bulma asked shocked.

Goku grinned. "Let me tell you now, it wasn't easy. It took quite a few hours of arguing with her. She can be so stubborn."

Bulma smirked. "Sounds like a certain other Son I know."

Goku laughed and turned to Vegeta. "What do you say, Vegeta? There is a great training spot near where I live that we can spar with Gohan in."

"He better give me a challenge." Vegeta growled.

"I'm sure he will." Goku said.

"Oh, Goku, wait." Bulma said quickly. "Do you think you can send Gohan my way sometime? I know his birthday was before the Cell Games, but I never got around to giving him his gift."

Goku smiled. "I'll tell him. I'm sure he'll be happy to see you. Bye." He waved to her as he vanished from the spot with Vegeta via instant transmission.

*Son's House*

Gohan kicked his feet slightly as he sat upside down on the couch again while watching a movie. It was some stupid childish movie that had no logic to it, but it was still entertaining nonetheless.

"Again, Gohan?" A sharp voice asked.

Gohan shouted in shock and rolled off the couch. He hit the ground with a groan.

Goku stared down at his son with a frown. "What have we told you about sitting on the couch?"

Gohan chuckled sheepishly. "Sorry, Dad."

Goku sighed. "You need to stop sitting like this. If you want to hang upside down like a monkey, you play in the trees, not on the couch. Now, where is your mother?"

"In the kitchen." Gohan replied as he crawled back onto the couch and looked at Vegeta in surprise. Vegeta hated coming here. He was sure it had something to do with his dad and his mom. What was he doing?

Goku nodded. "Good. I'm going to go tell her that we are going training. Go change, Gohan."

"What?" Gohan asked surprised. "But I don't wanna."

Vegeta glared at him. "Don't whine, brat. It's unbecoming of a saiyan warrior."

Gohan glared at him. "Why are you even here, Vegeta?"

"To train a lazy brat who has been putting off his training." Vegeta growled.

"Whether I train or not is none of your business, Vegeta. And besides, my mom doesn't want me fighting–"

"Don't worry about that, Gohan. I've already worked it out with your mother so you can train and study." Goku told his son with a grin.

Gohan stared blankly at his father. He did what? His mom actually agreed? When did they do this?!

"When did this conversation take place?" Gohan asked shocked.

"A couple weeks ago after I sent you to bed." Goku replied simply.

Vegeta suddenly snickered, making the two Sons stare at him in surprise.

"What's so funny?" Goku asked confused.

"The defeater of Cell, savior of the Earth, has a bedtime." Vegeta said with a smirk. "You should inform all the villains that they have to meet and fight the brat before nine because he has to go to bed."

Unaware of how hard Gohan was blushing in embarrassment, Goku said, "His bedtime is at eight thirty."

Vegeta snickers turned into evil cackles. "Oh, that is even better!"

Gohan slammed his face into the seat cushion. This wasn't even fair. Why did he have to have a bedtime? He's never actually managed to stay on a proper sleep schedule because of all the adventures he ended up going on. But the moment the world was saved, his parents set his bedtime and were actually strict about it, especially his mother who said a growing boy needed a proper amount of sleep.

"Let's get a move on. By the time we even get to training, it will be time for bed for a certain half-saiyan." Vegeta mocked.

Gohan groaned into the couch. Why? Why did his dad have to mention that in front of Vegeta?

Goku laughed and leaned over the back of the couch to pick Gohan up by the back of his shirt. He deposited his son on his feet by him. "Go get changed, Gohan."

"But–" Gohan started, but it seemed like his dad didn't hear him as he headed towards the kitchen.

Vegeta glared at him. "You shouldn't stop training just because there isn't a new threat coming. That is how you become weak and when a new enemy comes, you won't be able to handle it."

Gohan scowled and looked away. He knew that. He saw it happen with his dad and Piccolo when they fought Raditz. They barely won that fight. But still, the idea of ever having to power up into super saiyan 2 scared him. He didn't want to lose control like before.

"Gohan, you're not changed yet!" Goku said as he came out of the kitchen. He pushed his son towards the stairs. "Hurry up now."

Grumbling softly to himself, Gohan climbed the stairs and went to his room. It's not that the idea of training didn't sound pleasing. He just didn't want pushed into transforming to his max again. If he was then there was the chance that he would lose control.

Ten minutes later Gohan found himself standing in a rocky landscape dressed in a familiar purple gi, only without the normal shoes. He was wearing a pair of black boots instead.

Gohan stood in front of his father and Vegeta who seemed to be arguing about something about sparring. He sighed and crossed his arms.

"I wonder if I could escape?" Gohan thought before turning his head to map out his escape route. He froze when he saw Piccolo standing behind him before slowly turning his head back around. Right, escape with Vegeta and Goku was easy. Vegeta would glare at his dad and want to spar against him and Goku would laugh and do so which meant Gohan could escape, but then add Piccolo in and there was an extra pair of eyes trained on him so there was no escape!

"Piccolo!" Goku greeted cheerfully upon noticing his ki in the area. "What are you doing here?"

"I heard you were going to have a training session with Gohan so I thought I would join in." Piccolo replied.

Vegeta scoffed. "Damn Namekian ears. He eavesdrops on everything."

Goku laughed. "Well, the more the merrier."

Vegeta scowled. "If any of those weak humans show up, I am leaving."

Goku ignored Vegeta and turned to his son. "What do you say we make this interesting, Gohan?"

Gohan sighed. "How do we do that?"

"We turn this into a battle royal and the first one to power up to super saiyan loses." Goku glanced at Piccolo. "And in Piccolo's case, if he removes his weights, he'll lose. If you lose consciousness, you lose."

"And each of the winners gets to pick a punishment for the loser." Vegeta added, cracking his knuckles as he eyed Gohan.

"What did I do to him? He should be aiming for my dad, not me!" Gohan thought with a sweatdrop.

Vegeta's glare hardened. There was no way he or Kakarot could lose here. That idiot buffoon better make sure they win this since he owes him for letting him destroy his GR. Why did he let that idiot Kakarot do that again?

*1 hour ago*

Goku matched Vegeta blow for blow, punching every punch that Vegeta sent his way.

"So," Goku asked with a grin as he dodged a punched. "How is Trunks?"

"How should I know? We're here to fight, Kakarot, not gossip." Vegeta snarled as he swung a kick at Goku that was blocked.

"You don't know?" Goku asked as his foot slammed into Vegeta's chest, sending the saiyan prince flying back into the wall. "Vegeta, you should get to know your son. These first few years of his life are really important and you should bond with him. He needs to know who his daddy is."

"Damn it, Kakarot!" Vegeta shouted as he launched himself out of the wall and buried his foot into Goku's stomach. He followed this up by flipping backwards and launching a ki blast into Goku's face, but Goku deflected it.

Goku rubbed his stomach. "So you don't bond with him?"

"Would you mind your own business?!" Vegeta snapped.

Goku frowned. "Well, if you're going to be stubborn like that, I guess he will just have to become friends with my new child. They can even train together. Won't that be great?"

Vegeta stared at his opponent for a moment before his eye started twitching. "Did you just say new child?"

Goku nodded with a grin. "Yep! Chi Chi is pregnant so Trunks will have a play buddy. And they can grow up being friends and rivals. Won't that be–"

"Not another kakabart!" Vegeta screamed, cutting off Goku. "What did I do to deserve this? Kakarot and his first evil spawn were enough! Why did the heavens decide that you should be blessed with a second spawn?"

Goku blinked. "Did you just call Gohan an evil spawn?" He scratched his head. "Gohan's not evil and he hasn't done anything to you that you should call him that."

"Hasn't done anything to me?" Vegeta snapped. "That brat helped you defeat me four years ago, then stole my dragonball on Namek, and stole my chance to become immortal! Haven't you ever taught that boy that stealing is wrong?"

Goku laughed. "Isn't that a bit hypocritical of you?"

Vegeta glared at him.

"Well, I guess in your view that would make him evil, but he isn't, Vegeta. He is a very kind boy." Goku retorted, glaring at him. "So don't call him evil and stop calling him a brat."

"Whatever." Vegeta rolled his eyes. "Let's just get back to sparring." Without another word, he launched himself at Goku.

"Actually, Vegeta, can I ask you for a favor?" Goku asked as he caught Vegeta's fist and swung a kick at him, but Vegeta managed to block that.

"I just want to beat you to a bloody pulp!" Vegeta shouted.

"Aww, but Vegeta, I really need you for this and I'm sure you will enjoy it!" Goku pleaded as he dodged a punch.

"Why should I do a favor for you?" Vegeta retorted.

"Because it will be fun." Goku said with a grin as he jumped to the side to avoid a ki blast. "And you can get Gohan back for all that supposed grief he has caused you."

The ki blast in Vegeta's hand dissipated as he looked at his opponent with a smirk. "Are you offering your brat up for sacrifice?"

The Earth raised saiyan glared at him. "No, I am not saying you can kill him. I just need your help."

Vegeta raised a brow. "If I can't take him out, how is this supposed to be good for me?"

Goku growled. "Vegeta! Honestly, what did he do that was so bad? And don't mention what happened when he was five." He sighed. "I promise you'll get very good training out of this."

"How is that?"

"Well, Gohan has been slacking in his training ever since the Cell Games. And by slacking, I mean he hasn't been training at all." Goku explained.

Vegeta growled in disgust.

"I need to get him training again. He's need to be ready if there is ever another threat to the Earth." Goku continued.

"I agree with you, but what does this have to do with me? Just go drag your brat outside and start beating him up. He'll fight back." Vegeta replied bored.

Goku shook his head. "Gohan is powerful and has a lot of experience, but not the same amount of experience we have."

"I would hate to think a nine year old kid managed to get the same amount of experience I have." Vegeta replied as he crossed his arms. "What is it you need already, Kakarot? Just forget the prelude and spit it out!"

"I already talked to Piccolo and he is going to meet us there. I want us to spar with Gohan in a battle royal, but instead of a battle royal, we're all going to attack Gohan. The first one to go super saiyan loses so we have to force Gohan into that." Goku explained.

Vegeta looked at Goku more intrigued then he has been the whole conversation. "And what will this do?"

"When he loses," Goku said because really, there was no doubt that Gohan was going to lose if they did this right. "Each of us gets to pick our own punishment for him. Since he isn't training on his, I want us each to choose a suitable punishment that has to do with training with each of us. Piccolo already chose to train Gohan with meditation and training him in base form so he can be stronger in it."

"And what have you chosen?" Vegeta asked, actually a bit amused. Gohan's father was plotting against him and felt very confident that they would win this. And considering the plan, he wasn't surprised about that. This wouldn't be a hard win. Three powerful adults vs one powerful kid at only a fraction of their power. It was almost unfair.

"I'm training him to master his ascended form." Goku replied. "Along with a lot of sparring."

Vegeta nodded. "I'm sure you and Piccolo can handle this without me. What is it that you want? I really don't want to waste my time training your brat when I have my own training do. Training him is your job, not mine."

"Once I get him to get some semblance of control over the second level, I want you to cash in the punishment he owes you and do some high intense sparring at the highest gravity he can go. Fight him as hard as you have to until he is forced to ascend." Goku explained.

Vegeta thought about it for a moment. "I get to beat him up as much as I like?"

"You don't get to kill him!" Goku snapped.

"I said nothing about killing him. Where is your mind?" Vegeta asked with a smirk.

Goku groaned.

Well, as much as he despised the brat for being stronger than him, training with Gohan might actually help him get stronger and ascend himself. And plus, Kakarot was actually allowing him the chance to beat up his son. That fool. "Two conditions. When those sparring sessions take place, you are to join us. And during them, it will be a real battle royal. No schemes."

"That's sounds fine." Goku replied. He was already planning to come to them anyway. He was proposing this, but he still wanted to make sure his son was alright and Vegeta didn't kill him or something. "And the other?"

"You and your brat learn the saiyan language." Vegeta replied. "I won't have it die out, not as long as there are still saiyans alive."

Goku scratched the back of his head. To be honest, when he first heard about saiyans, he really hated them, but after everything that happened on Namek, he actually embraced his race more than he used to. He could never accept all the cruel things they did, but he could accept that he was a saiyan and it was who he was, it was his heritage. "Sure, why not? It sounds interesting and I do think Gohan needs to learn more about his saiyan heritage, but I can't tell him much since I grew up on Earth."

Vegeta smirked. By the time he was done, that kid was going to respect his saiyan heritage more than he did now.

"Great! Now that it is settled, we just need to blow up the GR." Goku said.

"WHAT?!" Vegeta screamed.

*Present*

He should have never let that third class baka destroy his gravity room all for a stupid plan. It wasn't even needed for the plan! He was sure the idiot did it just to annoy him. He would go along with the plan for now, but he would make Kakarot pay later for destroying his GR.

Gohan blinked as he took in his position. Vegeta and his dad had fallen into stances in front of him and their eyes were trained on him. He looked over his shoulder to see Piccolo had fallen into a trance behind him, eyes narrowed as he stared at Gohan.

"I feel like I'm being targeted." Gohan thought as everyone's eyes burned into him.

"Um…I'm not sure how I feel about this." Gohan muttered as he fell into his fighting stance. The moment he did enter his stance Piccolo launched himself at the half-saiyan. Gohan turned halfway around and lifted his arm to block the incoming punch that his first mentor sent at him. The two stared at each other for a moment before Piccolo started launching a flurry of punches and kicks, forcing Gohan back.

Gohan growled a bit to himself. Behind him were his dad and Vegeta. If he continued to be forced back, he would be in their range.

Just as he thought that, his senses pick up Vegeta and Goku kicking off the ground. He hoped they were going for each other, but when he ended up having to duck under a punch from Vegeta, and then catch his dad's foot, he knew.

"I am being targeted!" Gohan shouted in his head as he changed his grip on his dad's foot and threw him at Vegeta before launching himself backwards to escape from Piccolo. He landed on the ground and stared at the saiyans then at Piccolo. This was not a battle royal! This was a three on one fight! He can't believe it! His dad lied to him about the type of fight this was! Trickery!

Gohan scowled as Vegeta and Goku picked themselves up off the ground. They fell into stances with Piccolo joining them. "Forgive me if my knowledge is lacking, which considering my mother making me study like crazy is unlikely, but isn't a battle royal where you fight all the opponents, not single one out for everyone to attack?"

"I'm just kicking you back into shape for slacking in your training." Piccolo said with a smirk.

"This is punishment for taking it easy, isn't it?" Gohan shouted. "Well," He fell into a fighting stance. "I'm not going to lose!"

"It didn't take long for his fighting spirit to come back." Goku said quietly.

"Of course it didn't. He has saiyan blood flowing through his veins." Vegeta retorted before he launched himself at Gohan again. Piccolo and Goku quickly followed after him and Gohan found himself dodging and blocking so many fists that it became too hard to keep up. He managed to block Vegeta's and Piccolo's blows, but his dad got behind him and slammed a foot into his back. Gohan stumbled forward and in that moment his defense was broken so Piccolo and Vegeta both sent a fist into his stomach. Gohan was propelled backwards and into his dad's chest, where he was immediately trapped in a full nelson.

Gohan twisted his head around to glare at his dad, who just grinned at him. "You should watch your back more, Gohan. I can't believe your skills have weakened this much after only three weeks of no training."

"They haven't weakened!" Gohan said angrily, glaring at his dad. He was not losing his touch! His skills were as sharp as ever and as soon as he escaped this hold, he would prove it.

Gohan growled and struggled to break the hold. If only he could power up to super saiyan then he could handle this. But nooo, then he would automatically lose. He wasn't losing this! The only good thing about that rule was that it meant he didn't have to go to the second level of super saiyan which he was thankful for.

He looked ahead again to see Vegeta and Piccolo launching at him and his dad. His eyes widened in horror and he brought his knee up to his chest to block Piccolo's fist then used his other foot to kick Vegeta's kick away.

"This isn't fair!" Gohan screamed into the air.

Vegeta smirked. "I thought you would have learned by now that nothing is fair in a fight."

Gohan stared at Vegeta as he went completely limp in his dad's arms. "Oh, is that so?" He asked with a smirk. He twisted his arms around and snapped his palm forward to face Piccolo and Vegeta as he powered up his ki in a double masenko and unleased it onto his comrades. Being so close, neither had time to dodge and were thrown back into the boulder behind them. But Gohan wasn't done just yet. With them gone, he screamed as his power rose drastically and without pause. It was so powerful it blasted his dad back, forcing him to release him. Gohan flipped through the air and landed on the ground as he lowered his ki to keep from transforming into a super saiyan.

"Woah," Goku said with a grin as he rose to his feet. "You may have lost a bit of your edge, but you are still as powerful as ever, Gohan."

"Guess that means we should take it up a notch." Piccolo said with a smirk.

Gohan groaned. He saw the meaning there. All of that before was just a warm up to them.

As the ground started to rumble below his feet, Gohan looked back up to watch as his opponents powered up as high as they could go without breaking the rules. There was not a single ounce of doubt in Gohan's mind about this. This was going to hurt.

Well, he wasn't just going to sit around and wait for the pain to come. He would give as good as they gave.

Gohan kicked off the ground and flew at Piccolo. Before he could reach his Namekian friend, Vegeta and Goku crossed over in front of him, halting Gohan for only a moment before he flipped himself over the two and landed a kick in Piccolo's gut. Piccolo grunted as Gohan pulled his foot back and quickly swung his other leg up to kick him in the neck…or he would have if two pair of arms didn't grab each of his arms and threw him back before Goku and Vegeta both aimed a kick into his gut, sending him flying back into a boulder. He slammed through it and came out on the other side where the ocean was. He splashed into it, coughing and spluttering.

The half-saiyan floated in the water, staring up at the sky with a frown. Fighting many opponents when he was stronger than them was easy. But being forced to stay on the same level while fighting three people was hard. Especially when he was sure Vegeta and Goku were a lot stronger in their base forms than him and Piccolo could power up as high as he could with only his weights slowing him down. There was no way he could possibly win like this.

A shadow fell over Gohan making the curious boy lift his head off the water to see Piccolo floating there with his arms crossed.

"Pic–" Gohan stared to say, but when Piccolo's eyes shot lasers at him, he didn't get to finish as he jerked painfully in the water as his body got toasted by his friend.

"Ow." Gohan moaned, actually a bit dazed from that. It's been a long time since Piccolo used that on him. He forgot how much that could hurt.

Gohan came to just in time to see Piccolo's foot coming down to slam into him. He quickly raised a hand to push the kick away. No way was he going even farther under water.

"Can we talk about this?" Gohan asked. "You know, this is supposed to be a battle royal!"

"Is that whining I hear?" Piccolo growled. "I thought I knocked all the whining out of you when you were five!"

Instead of replying, Gohan shot up when he felt two powerful kis rising even higher. He whipped around in the water and looked up higher and higher and higher until he saw Vegeta and Goku there, each powering up their own attacks.

"What is going on?!" Gohan shouted. "Since when do those two work this closely together? I must be in a parallel universe! When did this happen?! How did I get here?"

Feeling a third power rising rapidly, Gohan groaned and looked over his shoulder to see Piccolo powering up his special beam cannon. He could stop one of the attacks…most likely, but there was no way he could stop all three.

"I think they're trying to kill me." Gohan thought as he floated out of the water. "What did I do to deserve this?"

"KAMEHAME HA!"

"SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!"

"FINAL FLASH!"

With three powerful attacks barreling straight for him, Gohan had no choice but to quickly power up, but was careful to avoid going super saiyan. He moved quickly into the air to dodge the attacks, but to his horror, all three of his opponents managed to redirect their attacks back to him.

"If I transform, I lose. If I lose consciousness, I lose. I'm pretty sure this whole thing was a trap! Great. Betrayal. Thanks a lot, daddy." Gohan fell into the familiar stance for his dad's signature attack. If he was going down here, he was going to make it hard for them!

"Ka…Me…Ha…Me…" The blue ki began to gather in his hands just as the three attacks were about to hit him. "HA!" Gohan thrusts his hands forward into the attacks coming his way. The blue ki shot out of his hands and into the attacks, forcing them back a bit before the others started pushing more powers into his attack.

Gohan gritted his teeth and forced more power into his attack, but it didn't help much. Three powerful attacks against one powerful attack was too much and soon he felt himself being pushed back.

In frustration, Gohan gave a loud scream and his power skyrocketed until he was transformed into a super saiyan, but it was too late by then. He released his attack and dodged to the right, but wasn't quite fast enough when he felt a burning pain in his leg. He grunted in pain and looked down to see blood flowing freely from his now useless leg.

Goku flew up to his son with a grin. "You lose."

Gohan growled and crossed his arms with a pout. "You guys don't fight fair. Next time say it is three on one instead of lying and saying it is a battle royal, traitor."

Goku laughed and ruffled Gohan's hair before looking at Vegeta and Piccolo. "Thanks for the spar, guys. You can introduce Gohan to your punishments later. I need to take him to Dende to get fixed up so Chi Chi doesn't see what happened.

Piccolo smirked while Vegeta rolled his eyes.

"Do you want to come back to the lookout with us, Piccolo?" Goku asked.

"Sure." Piccolo replied.

Goku turned his attention to Vegeta, but the prince of saiyans had already flown off.

"At least he is back to normal." Gohan said with a grin. "How did you get him out here for this unfair match?"

"You're still whining about that?" Piccolo asked.

"I'm not whining! I just want you all to remember how unfair this was!" Gohan protested as he dropped his transformation.

Goku laughed. "Just hold onto me, Gohan."

Gohan grabbed hold of his dad's gi top while Piccolo just put a hand to Goku's shoulder. Goku put two fingers to his forehead and concentrated on Dende's ki. When he was locked onto it, the group vanished and reappeared a few seconds later on the lookout. The moment they hit the ground, Gohan's eyes widened as he was forced to put pressure on his injured leg and a second later collapsed, but was caught by his dad who lowered him to the ground.

Dende looked up in surprise at their appearance, but it was only there for a second when he saw that Gohan was injured and he rushed over to him. "Gohan, what happened?"

"Adults are unfair when it comes to training." Gohan grumbled.

Dende looked at him confused while Goku snickered.

"Can you heal him?" Piccolo asked.

"Of course." Dende replied and he put his hands over Gohan as they glowed with a faint yellow light.

Gohan allowed the familiar warmth of the ki drift over his body as it took away his pain and closed up his injuries. As Dende finished and pulled his hands away, Gohan smiled brightly at him. "Thanks Dende!"

Dende smiled and nodded.

Goku crouched down by Gohan and felt around his son's leg while Gohan stared at him in confusion. He gripped the leg in a few places, but when everything felt right he smiled and nodded in satisfaction. "Thanks a lot for the help, Dende." As he rose to his feet, he took Gohan's arm in his hand and helped him to his feet.

"Gohan and I need to get going. I told Chi Chi we would catch a fish for dinner." Goku said.

Behind the two saiyans, Piccolo gave them a disgusted look. After spending three years training with those two, he was so sick of fish. He didn't understand how they could stand to eat it all the time.

"Cool. Want to race to the lake, dad?" Gohan asked. "I bet I can beat you."

Goku chuckled. His son really had been making those bets that he could beat him a lot more often lately. "You're on, Gohan."

"Gohan, wait." Piccolo said.

Gohan looked back at him. "What is it?"

"I want you here tomorrow at two." Piccolo said.

"What for?"

"Your punishment. Until further notice, you are going to be mediating with me and training with me in your base form." Piccolo replied.

Gohan stared at him for a moment before grinning at the punishment. Well, as long as it was training in his base form, he could deal with it, he guessed. "Oh, okay, see you tomorrow then." He said before waving to Dende. "See ya." He turned to his dad, but found him gone. "Hey, where is dad?"

Piccolo smirked. "You two are racing to the lake, remember?"

"CHEATER!" Gohan screamed as he launched himself off the lookout. "DAD! THAT'S NOT FAIR!"

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