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Gohan could see that Videl was not happy. Truthfully he doubted that anybody other than those specializing in track and field events would be happy with the prospect of running laps as a form of training other than a warm up. What made it worse for Videl were the various obstacles that she had to either sidestep through or leap over, not to mention the fact that she was wearing an excessive amount of weights on both her arms and legs which roughly equaled half her own body weight.
"You know she's going to be angry at you," commented Erasa from the sidelines.
Gohan said nothing in response and kept his eyes focused on Videl. The previous night had nearly been a sleepless one as he pondered on just how to go about training the daughter of the World Champion. By no means could he put her through the same training that Piccolo had made him go through as a child, having Videl disappear off the map for several months would undoubtedly cause mass panic. The training he had undergone afterwards wouldn't have been much better as it would have broken her as opposed to enhance her abilities. Plus since they didn't have the threat of Saiyans invading the planet there was no real point to go that far. Part of him had considered using the Hyperbolic Time Chamber as a means to an end but he figured that they wouldn't consider using that until further in her training and only if need be.
So he had had to look to others for help and Roshi had been happy to oblige. Gohan had decided to give the Turtle Hermit a call before heading to school to see how he had taught both Krillen and his father when they were younger. While he didn't have any giant turtle shells for Videl to wear he did have a bit of cash to which he went to the sports store and purchased a set of Capsule Corp weights. They were simple enough, strap them on to the target limb and set a weight limit. They weren't that simple of course but the main thing was that they worked for what Gohan had in mind.
"I will kill you for this," stated Videl as she jogged past Gohan, her clothes drenched in sweat.
"Sure you will," chuckled Gohan. "Three more laps and we'll get on to phase two."
"You're going to put her through more torture?" asked Erasa who was wondering if her friend was going to faint from exhaustion. She knew that for herself she wouldn't even have been able to do the laps let alone with the extra weight involved.
"There's a few things she'll need to improve on before anything else, mostly being speed and endurance," said Gohan. "Videl's fighting style is centered around getting quick and decisive blows in on her opponent."
"So what, the plan is to make her as fast as possible so that she can kick butt faster?"
"Something like that," said Gohan. "It will only work though if Videl is a hundred percent committed to following everything I say."
"You know as well as I do that Videl doesn't like taking orders," said Erasa.
"Yea, at the same time though she knows that she can only do so much on her own, she wouldn't have asked me to do this otherwise," said Gohan.
"If I remember correctly you were guilt tripped into this...unless...you cheeky boy you," said Erasa as she understood what was going on.
"I have no idea what you are talking about," said Gohan unable to wipe the grin off of his face.
A few more minutes ticked by before Videl stopped in front of Gohan with her hands upon her knees as sweat pooled into a puddle by her feet. "You...sick...bastard," cursed Videl through panted breaths.
"Well if you don't want my help then I'll just pack up and leave," said Gohan standing his ground.
Erasa meanwhile watched the two with interest, knowing full well that Videl wouldn't be giving up anytime soon. What she did find intriguing however was the way the two of them interacted with one another. While at first glance it seemed as if Gohan was doing Videl's bidding by teaching her it was almost as if Gohan was getting revenge by putting her best friend through a lot more than she could handle. Again she was aware that Videl wouldn't back down but she could definitely say that this was much more entertaining than doing homework.
Seeing that Videl wasn't going anywhere, Gohan reached into a bag that sat by his feat and pulled out a water bottle which was quickly ripped from his grip by Videl who started drinking the liquid in copious amounts. "Easy now or you'll choke," warned Gohan.
"Shut it you," said Videl as she focused her eyes on Gohan, or more correctly the Gohan that now stood before her. Gone was the nerdy kid who passed every test with perfect results and was intimidated by her questions. The person before her was more confident than the criminals she took down, and unlike those thugs this person could back up his confidence, easily. "So what now?"
"Now I want you to get down and give me a hundred push ups," instructed Gohan. Choosing not to complain, Videl started reaching for the weight upon her right arm in order to take them off before Gohan spoke up again. "With the weights on."
This time, Videl did choose to explain. "Are you crazy? What kind of psychotic training are you making me do?"
"Do you doubt me?" asked Gohan.
"Perhaps a little demonstration is in order, otherwise I'm just going to call your theories crazy and be done with it," said Videl getting flustered.
Rubbing the back of his head, Gohan wondered just what to do in order to show Videl that she was on the right track. Getting an idea, he walked over to the seating area that Erasa was on. "Let's see, how much would you reckon this would weigh?" he asked Videl.
Videl looked at the seating platform and recalled how it had been put into the gymnasium only a couple of years prior, having had to have a crane lower it into place. Considering each row contained enough seats to contain about twenty people and there were fifteen rows, it was safe to say it had to weigh a lot in order to sustain that much combined weight. "What, you going to rip a seat off? If you do that you're going to be reported for vandalism of school property."
"Not quite," said Gohan as he gripped the metal railing which connected all of the rows. "You might want to hold on Erasa."
The blonde was given no time to react before she felt the floor get further away, a small scream escaping her lips as she gripped on to her seat for dear life. Videl meanwhile could only watch in shock as Gohan lifted an item that previously could have only been lifted by a crane. The whole experience seemed absolutely surreal.
"Put me down, put me down!" shouted Erasa starting to get scared.
"Okay then," said Gohan as he slowly lowered the seating platform back down into it's original position, Erasa quickly getting off in case her friend decided to lift up the structure again.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again," shouted Erasa as she hit Gohan in the chest, not caring whether or not she did any actual damage.
"Alright then," said Gohan with a light laugh as he turned his attention to Videl to find that she still had trouble with getting her jaw back in position. "Is everything alright?"
"You just lifted something that must weigh at least five hundred kilos," exclaimed Videl in disbelief.
"Felt a bit more like eight," commented Gohan.
"That's not the point, something like that simply isn't possible."
"Um I'm pretty sure he actually lifted me off the ground," said Erasa making a point.
"This isn't something that I expect you to do anytime soon," said Gohan. "As you can see though, something that seemingly is impossible can be done if you are willing to put the time and effort into achieving your goal."
"There's always the impossible, like you're not going to tell me that it's possible to fly or something like that," ranted Videl thankfully not seeing the sheepish look that Gohan had on his face. "I don't know what tricks you used but I refuse to believe that you can do something like that just with pure strength."
"Well as strange as it may sound to hear, that's not the heaviest thing I can pick up," admitted Gohan as he rubbed the back of his head. "If anything since I haven't actually done much training over the last couple years I think I've gotten weaker if nothing else, lifting the seats took a bit more effort than it should have."
"Bullshit," declared Videl straight away.
"No I'm serious," said Gohan.
"I don't believe you for a second," said Videl.
"I believe him," said Erasa making her voice heard. Both Gohan and Videl turned towards her with confused expressions upon their faces. "What? I was the one who actually got lifted off the ground remember and it's not like Gohan has anything to gain by lying in this situation so why not believe him."
As silly as it sounded, Videl couldn't come up with a reason to actually go against what her friend was saying and the more she thought about it the more she slowly realized that perhaps Gohan was freakishly strong. That wasn't saying that he hadn't used a trick of some kind in order to lift up the seating arrangements so easily but considering what he had displayed so far in both speed and strength it was clear that Gohan was in a league of his own.
Either that or in her father's league.
Letting a noise out of her mouth that was hard to distinguish between a grunt and a sigh, Videl slowly lowered herself to her knees and put her palms to the ground. "A hundred you said?" she asked.
"Yep," said Gohan as he watched Videl stretch her legs out behind her and begin her regime.
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"And so ends the training of the day," announced Gohan to Videl, the raven haired girl collapsed on the ground completely exhausted. Erasa had decided to leave after Videl had completed her push ups and had been moved on to the next task which had been an hour earlier.
"What was that meant to accomplish?" asked Videl, frustrated that for the entirety of her so called 'lesson' she had done nothing more than the most basic of workout activities ranging from jumping jacks to sit ups.
"Every Wednesday of each week we will be doing the same routine," explained Gohan as he knelt down by Videl's side. "Every day we'll do something different to help you work not just on a single aspect but on your style as a whole."
"So what's the plan for tomorrow?" asked Videl as she pushed herself to her hands and knees, fighting back the urge to let the contents of her stomach stain the gymnasium floor.
"That's something you'll find out tomorrow," said Gohan who didn't back down as Videl shot him with an angry glare. "If I went and told you what we were doing than you would prepare your body in such a way that you'd be able to tackle the challenge head on. You should know from your work with the police that you can't prepare for every situation and as such I'm doing the same."
Videl's scowl didn't lighten despite the fact that she could see where Gohan was coming from. "Fine then," she said as she reached over to take her weights off, only to see Gohan shaking his head at her. "You mean you want me to keep these on? What kind of psychotic nut job are you?"
"The only time I permit you to take those weights off is either if I say so or you're doing work for the police," stated Gohan.
"What makes you think that I just won't take them off when I go home?" said Videl knowing that she could do just that once she entered the safety of her house.
"Because you asked me to train you, that's why," said Gohan with a sly smile. "You stated when the training would begin and I decide when your training will end. Sorry to say but this is a twenty four hour thing you've found yourself in."
Videl could only scowl at Gohan's response and while she wanted to vent her anger she no longer had the energy to do something so simple. "I will kill you for this you know," she said softly as she did her best to stand up despite her limbs arguments against doing so.
"You can try," said Gohan with a smile. "Anyways I better head off before mum gets worried about where I am."
"What am I meant to do, I can barely move let alone get home in this condition?" said Videl.
"Well I could carry you home if you wanted," offered Gohan.
"Absolutely not!" shrieked Videl horrified by the idea. "What if someone sees me? The media will not let me get a wink of sleep plus my dad, my dad would hunt you down to the ends of the Earth."
"I can make sure we're not seen if you want," said Gohan.
From the smile upon Gohan's face, the daughter of the world champion couldn't tell whether to be excited or scared of what lay ahead.
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