Gohan's Week [Gravity Varies]

[Mirai Gohan]

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Bonuses - You know them...
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The future... destroyed. The only thing standing between utter obliviation and survival was the child of the saiyan Goku. This child, now an adult, lived throughout his life without his father after a severe virus attacked his heart and ended his life... this child is Gohan. His world has consisted of pain and suffering, watching the very people that helped raise him perish before the Androids, a duo of destructive power and completely merciless, not cherishing any sort of life. This is what motivated Gohan to continue on, living and surviving another day in hopes that he could one day kill these monsters and save his world.

"Gohan, its time to wake up." He shook his head, his vision still blurred after a nights rest. He soon leaned up, his clothing lying on the hard-wood floor scattered around in various places. In a world of war he had managed to find the only place he could truly have peace, the remains of what was his home as a child. He soon stood up, his mother standing there grabbing his clothes and throwing them into the hamper. "I swear Gohan, your just like your father. Neither of you ever learned how to pick up after yourselves!" He merely gave her a smile, much of the roofing was still intact in this place which managed to keep the heat within their home and keep the cold nights air out. Gohan often took it as a compliment to be referred to be just like his father, he had shaped much of his life in an attempt to be just like him... kind-hearted and gentle, yet capable of causing so much destruction at the same time.

"What time is it?", Gohan asked politely to his mother, his voice somewhat scratchy as a hint of him still awakening. He soon began to wipe his eyes, his vision soon becoming clear, yet he squinted to keep the light from getting in his eyes. He seen that his mother was out in the hallway, "A little past eleven, why honey?". While she spoke to him, Gohan had managed to fully wake himself up and get up out of bed. His feet hit the wood floor gently and quietly, he was planning on sneaking out the window to escape from doing any work. He soon slipped on his pants and shirt and then grabbed the remainder of his clothes, sprinting for the open window. He leaped and managed to make it out, but he didn't get far soon afterwards, his mothers grip on the back of his collar pulled him and caused him to yank suddenly back, his back hitting the wall outside. "Oh no you don't! You don't get out of it that easily!"

Gohan could only think 'so close... how does she always know?' He was soon pulled back in the window by his mother and thrown onto the floor. From there Gohan slipped on his boots, wrist-bands, and the second layer of his Gi, making him fully-clothed now. Gohan dressed in his fathers old clothing, thinking it was the best way to bring honor to himself, wearing the clothing of his hero and the savior of many. He soon stood up, dusting his clothes off and pushing his hair out of his eyes, which his were soon met by his mother. "Its time for your chores Gohan. I need you to go out and get us some more fire-wood, we're running low. After that you can go out and have fun with your little friends..."

The thought passing through Gohans head now was 'shes really taking it easy on me today...' He gave his mother a smile and looked out the window, looking out at the massive trees still growing. He would need to go and locate one large enough to last them awhile, after all with all the holes in their home from the attacks the heat leaked out much quicker than it did in his youth. "Alright I'll go do that for you mom." Gohan exclaimed to his mother, sitting on the window-sill and then soon leaping out into the air and there he floated before he suddenly became surrounded by a glowing white-aura as he burst high into the air.

He could still smell the morning dew from the ground below, he often enjoyed its scent, to him it smelled as if it were the planet was healing, using this liquid to cover the world and try to being anew. As he remained high in the air, just slightly below the clouds, he soon found a tree that looked to be massive enough to hold them over for a few months. From there he burst down to the tree-line, halting at the tree he was looking for and floated there for a moment. He soon extended his leg straight and slowly floated to the ground. The forest was strong in the scent of pine, another scent he often enjoyed. He loved nature just as much as he loved the lives of those he cares about, it was one of his many pleasures in which he enjoyed from life and one of the few still around.

He soon walked up to the massive tree, it was sturdy and he began to inspect it at the trunk. As he looked it over, looking for any weak-point in order to have an easier and straighter break, it didn't take long until he found what he was looking for. From this position he put his leg behind his other, turning him side-ways and facing the tree. He breathed slowly, in through the nose and out through the mouth. Suddenly he thrust his hand forward with immense speed and force, his hand stopping a mere inch from the trunk. He stood there for a few seconds and then suddenly he heard a sound... *crack*. The tree soon began to split around it and within moments it came down towards Gohan. He showed no facial expression of worry, having done this many times. From his current stance he placed both hands up above his head, keeping them bent and unlocked to prevent injury and braced his legs for impact.

The tree came down, landing on Gohans' hands with much force. He seemed to struggle for only a moment and soon then began to slowly rise from the ground until finally he was standing straight up holding the massive tree within his two hands. He thought for a moment, soon discovering his whereabouts and what direction he needed to wander to get back. He began to walk slowly in an attempt to keep himself from knocking down more trees and keep balance with the other. It took him around a time-span of nearly ten minutes to manage to get it back, only to be met by his mother as he dropped the tree onto the ground. "Now cut the wood Gohan, we need it in smaller portions... I'm getting too old to do it myself."

Gohan sighed slightly as he listened to his mothers demand, it was never a request from her. "Alright mom, can I leave after I'm done?" She just gave him another one of her nods, which was always inconclusive since you could never tell if she was entirely serious about whether or not she meant it since she might just decide there might be even more work. Gohan soon walked over to a log in, which they put the ax into every night in order to keep track of it, and pulled out the ax and walked up to the end of the wood, facing the flat bottom in which was a result in him breaking the tree. He focused and then soon brought the ax down, the intense force from it caused the tree to part directly down the middle until it finally broke at the tip.

Now broken in two, he then sent another slice at one half, breaking that into two and then did the same with the other, now resulting in four massively long sections of a tree. For the next several hours he began to chop, rigorously, in an attempt to cut them down into a decent in which they could be used. It took him nearly four hours to accomplish this and upon achieving this it was a little past Three-Thirty P.M. "Oh no, I forgot!" Gohan yelled as he suddenly leaped into the air and burst off west. In the air he could see below the destruction the Androids had caused, craters left behind and a graveyard of twisted metal from the militaries they destroyed with little to no effort. So much pain and suffering... so much death. Gohan wished he could end it and with each fight against the duo his power grew, for each battle a saiyan had their power grew substantially than before, a bonus of being his fathers son.

As he burst faster to his destination, he soon saw it over the horizon, the remnants of what was once the proud city known as West City. He was to meet Bulma and use her gravity chamber, for she had recently made a device that was able to increase to level of gravity, much like the one his father used during his trip to Namek. The machine that could allow such advanced levels of training would be necessary if he ever wished to ascend his powers to the next level and finally be able to end the torture everyone endures from the mere fear of not knowing when their number will be up. He soon arrived at what remained of Capsule Corp, much of the roofing destroyed, leaving only the basement the only truly secure and safe zone in the entire building. It was here that Bulma had made a new gravity chamber to ensure that it wasn't destroyed by the androids on the surface above.

Gohan soon walked down the steps, noticing a familiar figure standing over some sort of device with a welding mask on and sparks flying. "Bulma?" With saying her name she dropped the welder and turned slowly. It had been nearly one year since he had stopped by for a visit, his time was often spent trying to remove the Androids that was causing so much pain and suffering and therefore really didn't have time to visit that often. Shortly after she ran and wrapped her arms around Gohans' neck, giving him a hug. "Gohan! Your still alive! I'm so glad to see you..." She then let him go, her welding gloves were still on her hands and didn't even bother to take them off when she charged with her hug.

"Hey Gohan...", spoke yet another familiar voice, he turned to see the young Trunks, the teenage son of Vegeta and still growing. "Hey Trunks, what have you done recently?" Trunks just walked up and laid down a bag of food in front of Gohan and Bulma, "Training and helping mom out with her machine. I hope it works the way it was meant to. All we have to use to make these inventions anymore is just scrap parts we find around the city." Gohan just looked at Bulma after he said that, 'hope it works? I guess they really wouldn't have had anyone to test it out yet except for the really low levels.' He gave Bulma a comforting smile before he spoke again, "Can you show me the gravity chamber you made?" She then nodded, "follow me."

She began to wander deeper within the earths core, the walls grew more cold and even became slightly damp as they ventured further. It wasn't much longer afterwards they were in an underground room full of the much larger and more dangerous inventions and standing directly in the middle was a familiar ship, a ship that resembled his fathers from Namek. Bulma walked up to the large spherical ship and hit a switch, sending a massive door lowering to the ground with a set of steps attached in order to allow quick entry. "Go ahead inside Gohan."

As he ventured inside, one step at a time, he was met by a massive room, the floor covered in some sort of high-density alloy more than likely concealed the high-tech machinery beneath it and protected it from the same gravity it generated. Shortly after entering he hit a switch on the wall, the pods door closing behind him, sealing him within. It was at this moment that he realized how warm it truly was in the room, quite possibly to make the user sweat more and burn off more calories, reducing their body fat. The solution was simple, Gohan merely took off his two layers of upper-clothing, boots, and his wrist-bands to help reduce the heat.

He ventured to the center of the machine and hit the digit to increase the gravity, boosting it to ten times that of earths. "May as well start on the easier levels, don't want to strain myself." He hit a large button below the arrows and digits and was suddenly pulled down, his legs becoming bent as he braced himself for the intense level of gravity he was starting to endure. Much like the lumber from earlier, he slowly raised as his body held itself together with each fiber of his muscle and from there he noticed several tiny spherical robots were now floating in the air, another invention from Bulma to make it so they endured combat while inside.

It wasn't shortly after the machine began that one of the small bots shot a laser from a tiny opening, hitting Gohan directly in the shoulder and giving him a slight cut. The attacks weren't powerful, but they certainly would cause pain if struck by one. He counted them out, getting to the number of ten tiny bots and then suddenly they all unleashed fire upon him at a rapid rate. The first few beams he merely ducked down, his hands touching the ground and before he knew what was happening he saw another machine directly in front of him, quickly unleashing another beam directly at his face. Gohan pushed with his left arm and leg, sending himself spinning off to the right in the air and landing back onto his hands.

Suddenly he heard another beam launched at him from above, 'these things are awfully persistent' Gohan thought to himself. He quickly pushed on his arms, sending himself flipping upside-down and his feet kicking the blast away and striking the tiny bot. Unfortunately what happened next Gohan didn't expect... the bots had been designed with a shielding system, protecting them from several attacks before they were able to be damaged, 'Thanks Bulma' was the only thing he could think to himself now.

As he landed on his hands and jumped back into a fighting stance, landing on his legs, he suddenly heard the machine speak. "Progressive Gravity Mode Active: Gravity Increased to Times-Twenty". Suddenly Gohan was pulled down, his muscles had not been expecting the gravity and he fell to the ground onto his hands and knees. "Well this is new..." Gohan exclaimed with smile across his face and sweat rolling down his brow and dripping onto the hard floor. He suddenly heard multiple attacks unleashed, ten blasts striking him directly in the back and sending a rush of pain to Gohan. His back now had ten little dots on it with blood running from it down to his sides, this machine had definitely been designed to be a challenge, even for Gohan.

He suddenly pushed himself up onto his feet, breathing heavily from the intense physical power it required for him to do so. As he struggled to rise, the machines showed no mercy and continued their onslaught of attacks, putting a few more dots across his arms and legs. His body soon became used to the gravity on a small level, allowing him to rise and move somewhat more easily. It was then he began to do flips, ending with his back against the wall. The machines lined up in front, charged their attacks, and then unleashed them.

Gohan had a plan for this, a way to deal with removing one on the hit-count of the bots. As the beams approached Gohan lunged into the air, spun so that his feet were against the roofing, and then held both his hands at the side. Suddenly they began to glow and soon he thrust them forward, unleashing two powerful blasts at the group. As each one struck, they were reflected back at Gohan, another surprise that Gohan had not expected. He leaped through the air to the ground, intending the attacks to strike the wall and dissipated , if only he had been so lucky.

Shortly after he dismounted his location two more of these bots moved to his old location, reflecting the attacks once again at Gohan. As he landed on his feet and turned, he soon saw the incoming attacks, smacking one away and punching the other in half, causing his hand to bleed somewhat. His eyes were focused now on his own energy attack as it bounced around from bot to bot until finally it came flying at him. He soon managed to grasp it in his own hands, his feet skidding against the ground as he slid across it, soon he realized his own attack was a distraction as he noticed the bots began to charge up their lasers. He then thrust the attack forward, sending it into one of them and obliterating them... he had found their weak point.

The only weakness he could see was that while they were charging, their shielding was gone, a bonus for him since it would allow him to remove them much quicker than before. Suddenly the machine spoke again, "Gravity Rate Increased: Gravity is now at Thirty-Times". Suddenly Gohan was brought to the ground once again, unsure of how much more his body could take of this today, the piercing stings came once again as the bots unleashed their attacks upon him once again. His body was in severe pain now, the piercings all over his body were now many and the intense gravity pulling down upon him was not making his injuries any more pleasurable.

As he managed to push himself back to his feet, his body was struck by more blasts of the other nine remaining nine bots unleashed there attacks upon him... shortly after he stood there and waited. Suddenly he saw them begin to charge once again and from there he grasped two of them, one in each hand, and threw them at two others, causing four of them to explode. From here he merely flipped backwards, each foot striking another and causing them to be blown to bits, leaving now only four more. He was unsure of how much more his body would be able to handle until it finally gave way.

He leaped into the air at the last moment, the attacks just barely going under him. His body was drenched in sweat and some blood droplets across his entire body from each tiny wound across his body. Suddenly he felt his body begin to feel as if it was about to cave in as he heard the machine power up again, "Gravity Rate Increased: Gravity is now at Fifty-Times." Gohan suddenly had a confused look... the machine must've had a glitch, for it jumped up twice rather than once. The intense gravity caused him to collapse to the ground, he began to try and push himself up but he only let out screams of pain with each inch he pushed. The intense gravity was the limit of his body could handle, any farther and it would probably cause him serious injuries.

He slowly raised to his feet, his knees almost buckling from the intense weight as he was blasted more and more from each of the bots. His speed was suffering severely at this intense gravity, if he could catch one of the bots now it would be just barely... and so he used the only weapon he still could use, his energy. He pulled his arms up slowly, feeling as if the gravity was going to rip them right out of the sockets, the bots continuing to fire and put new holes into his chest. His hands suddenly began to glow as did the eyes of the bots until suddenly, he unleashed two massive waves, the bots not having enough reaction time to be able to stop the attacks and therefore were destroyed. It was at this moment the machine talked once again, "Combat Training Completed: Gravity Restored."

As the gravity shut off, Gohan collapsed to the ground, the very fiber of each of his muscles felt as if they were torn apart. He soon lost conciousness, his body worn out and exhausted from the intense level of training he had just performed, well beyond that of anything he had suffered yet. He felt himself being lifted from the ground and carried away, shortly after that his senses were entirely gone, leaving him in darkness...

[Mirai Gohan]

... Three Days Later...

Gohan awoke, his body feeling as if it was in a weakened position, but somehow stronger. He leaned up, his body was wrapped up in bandages to hold his muscles and keep them relaxed while they finished healing. His body was in immense pain as his body buckled under its own weight, "You shouldn't try to move Gohan." He glanced over to see Trunks standing at the doorway, looking at him as he laid upon the bed. Shortly after he watched Bulma walk into the room carrying a tray of food, "You had us worried Gohan, we thought you weren't going to make it... you've been out for three days." Gohan threw the covers off himself and put his legs onto the ground and attempted to stand up, collapsing to the ground and catching a chair to hold himself up. He was quickly met by Trunks attempting to hold him up, "Trunks don't. The androids aren't going to show me any mercy, I don't expect to see any from you. The only way I am going to defeat them is to push myself to my limits... please honor my wishes."

Trunks soon released Gohan and soon he pushed himself up onto his feet, his legs buckling as he tried to walk. There was no stopping Gohan, the pain and suffering the people endured needed to be put to an end and he was the only one able to do it now. His goal was to protect his loved ones, those he cherished, he would not allow the androids to take everything that he holds dear. This was his source of power, his fuel that kept him going, without these things he would be nothing.

He walked through the doorway and down the hallway, his legs feeling as if they were made from jell-o but he continued on, reaching the gravity machine once again. He soon stepped inside and set the dial to times twenty, making sure it was merely a gravity setting this time, unsure if his body could handle the stress again. He fell to his hands and knees, his forearms resting against the ground, "I... will... not give up. I can't give up..." He slowly stood up, his muscles feeling as if they were going to fall off his body, but he somehow managed to continue on.

He soon stood on his hands, doing pushups this way in the intense gravity, every movement felt as if he was getting hit by a horse yet he continued on, determined to become powerful enough to end the Androids tyranny. He performed this for nearly fifty reps before he pushed up into the air, his feet landing onto the ceiling and then he began to do laps across and around the roof by doing backflips, the strain on his body was growing ever more intense with each passing moment. "Computer... increase the gravity to twenty-times." Gohan felt the sudden strain once again, the feeling of times-twenty resembled that of times-fifty, his arms and muscles so exhausted from the rigorous training he endured just a few days prior.

He soon lunged off the roof and landed on his legs, then pushed off that, his feet sliding across the ground as he hung exceptionally low to the ground. Suddenly he disappeared, his adrenaline was sky-rocketing to a point that his sense of pain was gone and the level of gravity was no longer difficult, he was retaining his speed as if he was no longer in this gravity despite his wounds. As he jumped at an accelerated rate of speed, only for a moment he could be seen as he halted on the ground to lunge a different way. It wasn't long after that he lunged onto the wall, began to do several flips until he was at the top, and then kicked off, landing on his hands.

Once on his hands again he began to do more reps, his body and mind completely oblivious to the gravity around him and the pain he was enduring truly. Every time he closed his eyes to keep the sweat out of them he saw the androids, mocking him, edging him on that he would never be able to do what needed to be done. "Computer... turn the gravity up to my last recorded limit." A few beeps and the machine turned it up... back up to times fifty.

His body was suddenly floored to the ground, he struggled to rise once again, his anger and hatred had grown with his adrenaline levels causing him to be even more determined than before. He slowly pushed off the ground, letting out screams of pain as his wounds soon began to break open once again, causing blood to begin to leak from them and yet... he did not stop. "I WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO DESTROY ANYMORE INNOCENT LIVES!" His rage was beyond his control, the rage that often left most that knew Gohan well in fear... it was his tool, his weapon, to use against the androids and defend those he loved.

He finally rose to standing once again, breathing heavily. He was far too determined to quit, he would push himself to the limits, and if necessary, to the brink of death to achieve his goal. "I won't give up..." Suddenly he took off running, he then lunged into the air and rolled on the ground until he planted his feet against the wall and then pushed one hand against the ground, he was now performing a one-handed push up. Gohan could see the ground beneath him and saw the drips of blood fall to the ground, and yet he did not stop. There was no way to obtain the power he needed to stop the androids any other way than to push himself until he was almost dead and even then continue on until he could not move anymore.

He continued to train in this room at the gravity for nearly an hour until the machinery finally shut down. The pod opened up, Gohan was standing against the framing of the door, blood running down off his bandages and dripping onto the ground below him. The gravity chamber was covered in his blood, for each movement he did caused his wounds to unleash more of his blood. As he looked down his vision was blurred, but he could see two figures... "Bulma... Trunks..." and upon saying that he collapsed to his knees and fell down the steps, stopping only on the ground when he hit the bottom.

His world was black once again, suddenly he saw a bright light and some figure walking towards him... it was his father. Gohan was standing up, his body clothed in that of his fathers clothing and his wounds entirely gone. His father soon drew closer, placing his hand on his shoulder... "Gohan... my son. I'm proud of you, it is time to go." He knew what this meant... he had pushed himself too far and his physical body was now dead, his father was his guide into the after-life.

"I... can't go with you dad. There's still evil in the world that I must defend... please, just let me go back." He watched his father somewhat frown as he heard his son was not going to come with him, "Alright Gohan. I see there are still people you need to protect and therefore I will let you go back." Suddenly a loud and powerful voice filled the area, "GOKU! YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION!" It was the voice of King Yemma, the man who makes the decisions on where you go when you die. "King Yemma, let him do this. He's my son and he still has work to do..."

Suddenly the bright light flashed and Gohan felt a sudden rush of pain... he was back in his badly bruised and bleeding body and someone was carrying him. His vision refocused, he was on the shoulders of Trunks once again. "If he keeps this up he won't be around to help anyone." Bulma... she was talking about him. "Mom he's only doing what he believes is right." Trunks... this child would be strong one day, quite possibly stronger than himself. He had thought many times about taking Trunks in under his wing and teach him all he knew in an attempt to create someone who could fight along side him, this way he wouldn't be out-numbered against the androids and begin the next-generation of Z Fighters.

His eyes soon felt heavy, his head felt light, and soon he was unconcious again. His mind drifted in his sleep, here he began to have a dream of his childhood, remembering a day long ago when he was merely a child and he first met his fathers friends... Krillin, Yamcha, Bulma, all of them. It wasn't shortly after that his uncle Raditz came and took him away, throwing him into a capsule. Within he could hear the screams of agony and pain coming from his father as he took one blow after another just to try and see him once again, suddenly he remembered... the sudden rush of strength and power, his only goal to save his father. Suddenly before he knew it, he was reliving the experience, breaking through the capsule and charging at his uncle head-on, striking him in the chest and causing intense damage to his body.

It was then his mind jumped forward in time, to the point where Frieza was fighting him. Krillin was fighting honorably to hold Frieza back while he sat back and watched, a scared young boy who was too afraid to help his friend in a time of need. Suddenly he felt that power snap once again, his concern for himself and his fear was gone, the only thing he was focused on once again was to protect those he loved and with this power he suddenly burst forward, sending a massive flurry of punches upon the lord of the universe and finishing it with a massive energy attack, sending him crashing to his knees. Himself drained mentally and physically, these memories were returning to him, all those times he blacked out and didn't remember what happened was restoring once again, each time his hidden power saving himself and those he cared about.

Gohan soon awoke in this bed once again, his bandages changed and his wounds closed once again. "How long was I out," he spoke without even allowing himself time to even realize if there was anyone even in the room. "Only for a few hours. Please Gohan, don't keep doing this to yourself. You've been like a father to me and I wouldn't be able to handle losing you." It was Trunks again, the boy he has helped raise. His tone of concern guaranteed it... he was going to take him under his wing and teach him the martial arts. "In a few days Trunks I will begin training you. Be ready by then..."

There was a sudden tone of shock in Trunks voice as he spoke once again, "Y... your going to train me? Thats great! Thanks Gohan!" He then heard Trunks take off running, quite possibly to tell Bulma the news. 'She is not going to enjoy hearing this...' Gohan thought, knowing how Bulma was about protecting Trunks, he was the only thing left to remind her of her husband, the Saiyan Prince Vegeta. It wasn't much longer after that trail of thought that Gohan soon went to sleep once again, his body needed rest in order to heal up to be able to even spar against Trunks.
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One week passed by, it was time to remove the bandages from Gohans' body, his injuries had managed to fully heal and miraculously leave almost no scars behind, yet one across his eyes had yet to fully heal, for some reason having a slower healing rate then the others, quite possibly because the cut was so deep. It was time for him to meet up with Trunks and begin their first day of training to turn Trunks into a Z Fighter, for the world needed them now more than ever before. He soon approached Trunks, the morning sky was relatively clear of clouds as they stood over the edge of a cliff, a maelstrom beneath them.

He put his arm on Trunks shoulder, giving him a smile as he looked up at him. "Are you ready Trunks? Just to let you know I'm going to be just like my teacher, I'm not going to cut you any slack just because of your age." Trunks nodded to Gohan, signaling to him that he understood. Suddenly Gohan jabbed his elbow into Trunks stomach, sending his upper-body collapsing forward as he held his gut. From there Gohan merely grabbed his hair and kneed him in the head, sending him falling into the rough currents of the maelstrom. "Gohan! Help me!"

It took every once of will-power to stop himself from doing so, Trunks needed to learn this lesson... you need to be able to rely on yourself to do things yourself, without any outside help. He watched as Trunks struggled, fighting the currents to try and escape the rough waters that was now swirling him around with such force. It took him several minutes, but he soon managed to break free of the current and climb up onto the cliff, coughing up some water. "Whats wrong with you Gohan!?!? I could've drowned!" Gohan merely stood there, smiling to Trunks with a towel in his hand, giving it to Trunks, "But you didn't... did you?"

Trunks began to dry himself off and once done he threw the towel to the side. "I told you Trunks, I'm not going to take it easy on you." Suddenly he charged Trunks, zooming through the air as he pulled back his arm and made a fist. Within moments he thrust it forward at Trunks, and to his surprise, Trunks managed to get his guard up quick enough to block the attack, sliding him to the edging of the cliff before jumping up and causing Gohan to lose balance and fall over the edge. Suddenly Trunks came down with his foot into his back, sending Gohan crashing into the waters deep within the maelstrom... unlike Trunks he did not resurface.

The ground began to shake and suddenly the maelstrom stopped its rotation as Gohan began to raise his power, suddenly the waters erupted apart in a spherical shape, inside the middle was Gohan standing on the bottom. "Not bad Gohan, turning your opponents own attacks against them. I see I won't have to teach you as much as I thought I would... just remember Trunks, be ready for anything." Suddenly the ledge beneath Trunks feet crumbled apart and fell, causing him to leap into the air and float as Gohan floated up in the air. "Its time for our combat portion, our true combat portion, are you ready Trunks?"

Trunks looked at Gohan, giving him a smile. "I'm ready..." And without a moments hesitation he found Gohan charging at him, sending a fist to his face, the attack was easy to read and thus was blocked by Trunks with ease. However, the next attack caught him completely by surprise as Gohan twisted, sending his heel into Trunks face and careening him into the ground. Gohan remained floating, laughing slightly... he was having fun with this, he hadn't had a spar in a long time.

Suddenly he saw Trunks burst up to him, attempting to send an uppercut to his jaw, but his wrist was met with Gohans' hands grasping it. Suddenly Gohan began to spin around rapidly, increasing faster and faster with each moment until he finally released him. It was then Gohan held his hand up at Trunks, charging up an energy beam and unleashing it upon him. Trunks was lucky he was so quick, otherwise the energy attack would've definitely caused him some serious injuries.

Trunks quickly spun and twisted around in the air, facing the incoming blast. Suddenly he smacked it away with his hand, the energy attack burning him palm and revealing to Trunks that Gohan wasn't going to hold back, just like he said. "Two can play at that game Gohan." Suddenly Trunks began to make rapid hand-movements and then shortly after his thumbs and index fingers touched, unleashing a massive energy attack at Gohan. This attack was nothing compared to what Gohan was capable of, his power much higher than Trunks and it was proved when Gohan caught the attack in his bare hands and then pushed it into the air, sending it into space.

He gave Trunks a smile, "Not bad Trunks, but your going to have to work harder than that if you plan to win." Suddenly Gohan charged him once again, blurring towards him and leaving after-images after each location from his rapid movement. This clearly distorted and confused Trunks for just a moment that allowed Gohan to complete his attack. He quickly kneed Trunks in the gut once again, this time spinning shortly after, and then sending his heel into the side of his head, sending him flying and bouncing across the ground before he came a halt, slowly rising before collapsing back onto his stomach.

Gohan walked over to his tired and injured student and kneeled down to him, "You done for today?" Trunks gave him a nod as some blood ran down the side of his mouth. Gohan had struck him hard with his foot, a lesson that Trunks would soon learn... Gohan was teaching like Piccolo once did to him. Gohan merely plopped down onto the ground next to Trunks, lying down on the nice green grass as the breeze blew through the air, moving his hair around slightly. He had lied to Trunks though, Piccolo never gave him any sort of break, but it seemed as though Gohan was going to allow such things for Trunks, at least for the time being.

He put his hands behind his head, glancing up as the clouds moved above. The scene was calming and very relaxing, it reminded him of what he fought for and what kept him going, a constant reminder of why he must stop the killing and the bloodshed. He loved this planet and each day more and more people died on it, leaving the planet even more empty and lonely. There wasn't a single life Gohan didn't cherish and only two whom he had ever hated, the Androids.

The twins had caused him more pain and suffering than one man should ever endure, they killed almost everyone he held dear, Krillin... Piccolo... Vegeta... all of them. He was not going to sit idly by why more and more suffered due to these monsters that seemed to have no hearts. Gohan soon leaned up, wrapping his arms around his knees and looking at Trunks with a smile, "I think thats all for todays training, I think its time to head back." Upon saying this he rose off the ground and dusted himself off and then held out his hand to Trunks, allowing him to grasp it and use it to help stand up.

Shortly after Trunks released his hand and both him and Gohan took to the skies, their first destination was to goto Capsule Corp and drop Trunks off with his mother. The next stop after that was for Gohan to fly back home and see his, a moment of fear was shown in himself as he thought about it. 'I haven't been home for almost two weeks now... moms probably worried sick and man am I going to be in trouble once I get back.'