Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Blinded ❯ A New Way to Train ( Chapter 3 )

A new way to train

It was a new morning at the Son house. Yesterday after Gohan had gone inside he had found Bulma and his mother waiting to talk to him. After sitting down and letting them tell him about the baby. They had all started talking about things Chi Chi would need and what Gohan would need to do to help her. Bulma had left after giving Gohan the gift she promised him. The present was a device to teach him how to read brail. After Bulma left and Chi Chi was done exclaiming about the gift. She and Gohan settled down to discuss names for the rest of the day. Now a new morning was at had and after finishing his usual breakfast Gohan was waiting outside for Piccolo to show up. A smile appeared on the youth's face as he sensed the approaching ki of his old sensei. He heard a soft thump as Piccolo landed and then came the voice he knew do well.

"Gohan."

"Hello Piccolo thanks for coming."

"What did you call me for kid?"

"Aww Piccolo can't I just want to spend time with you?" Gohan joked.

Piccolo's lips turned up in a little smirk the closest thing to a smile he could get and replied.

"Come on kid I know you better than that. You want something. So what is it?"

Piccolo was a little startled to see his former student's face change from smiling to dead serious in seconds. Whatever Gohan needed it must be serious. Piccolo focused all his concentration on the young warrior in front of him and waited for Gohan to speak. Gohan drew in a breath and began to talk.

"I need you to train me again Piccolo. But a different kind of training. Namek's prefer to train with their minds correct?" Gohan waited for the grunt from Piccolo signaling yes and continued. "Without my vision I can't train like normal I need your help to develop a way that will allow me to train normally while being blind. I thought about it a lot and figured if we can tell where a person is by ki and by sight then there has to be a way to do it without sensing ki. Developing my mind should help."

Gohan knew Piccolo was listening but he could also read the Namek's emotions, which were saying that Piccolo was hearing him, but thought it was a last ditch effort and sadness was turning to pity. As soon as Gohan caught the presence of pity his anger flared and he snarled at Piccolo.

"Don't you dare pity me Piccolo. After everything don't you dare."

Gohan could tell Piccolo was shocked because he had correctly sited Piccolo's

emotions. Gohan decided to enlighten his old master.

"By the way Piccolo did I tell you my mind is already changing? Somehow I can now tell exactly what people feel. So don't even think to deny what I said."

With that last comment he let the silence fall until it was broken by Piccolo's voice.

"Fine kid. We will work something out. Nail has a few interesting memories about blind Namek's still fighting, but does your mother know what you're going to do?"

Gohan sighed as he replied "Mom is pregnant Piccolo, with another boy. Besides she won't mind that you're training me on how not to bump into everything around me."

At that moment Chi Chi decided to poke her head outside to see what her son was up to and sure enough as soon as she spotted Piccolo she started screaming like a banshee.

"GOHAN! GET AWAY FROM THAT FREAK RIGHT NOW."

Before his mom could draw in another breath to start her rant again. Gohan decided to intervene.

"I asked him to come here mom."

Chi Chi shocked out of her temper turned to her son with a question.

"Why did you invite this freak here Gohan?" You could literally see the ice in her voice as she talked.

"First off mom he isn't a freak he is a Namek just like the current Kami of earth. Second he is my friend and third he is going to help me," Gohan calmly replied.

You could just feel Chi Chi getting ready to rant again but the help part had caught her interest.

"And what exactly can he," she infused the word with as much disgust as she could, "do to help you?"

Gohan sighed it was too much to ask for Piccolo and his mother to ever get along so he just calmly answered her question.

"He is going to help me come up with a way to see without my eyes so I don't bump into everything. Some way to use my mind instead of my eyes. Namek's are great when it comes to doing things with their minds."

Chi Chi considered this for a moment then finally the thought of no more broken furniture appealed to her and she spoke.

"Fine you can train with him but as soon as Bulma gets your school stuff modified your back to studying young man."

Gohan held back his grin as he replied in what he hoped was a submissive voice, "Yes kasaan."

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I couldn't believe it my mom was actually going to let me train with Piccolo. After I had promised her I would go back to studying as soon as Bulma figured stuff out for me. She marched back into the house leaving me alone with Piccolo. I could feel her anger towards Piccolo but also her relief that she wouldn't be buying more furniture to replace the stuff I accidentally smash.

I was so relieved that Piccolo was taking me serious. If I was going to protect my little brother while he was growing up then I would have to learn to fight without my vision. Piccolo was the only person I could ask for help. Not just because Namek's are great at using their minds but because he was probably the only person that totally understands me and knows me like the back of his hand. Piccolo could probably predict me in almost every move I make. The only time I ever felt disconnected from Piccolo was when we fought Garlic Jr and the evil mist. My mind shuddered away from that memory and buried it deep again along with other hidden memories and returned to happier thoughts almost immediately.

While we were all training for the androids and I mostly trained with my dad I found myself missing Piccolo and the way he trained me. It was great training with my dad and getting to spend time with him but I missed spending time with Piccolo too. And even thought he wont say it I know he missed me too. I was rudely awakened from my thoughts by my mentors voice.

"Well kid now that the harpy is gone lets go to somewhere else while I figure out what to do. You hold onto the edge of my cape like before."

Saying that I felt a piece of cloth being pushed into my hand and then a slight tug as Piccolo started walking. We walked for quite awhile and suddenly Piccolo stopped. You ask how do I know he stopped, because I ran smack dab into his back and was knocked on my ass in the most undignified manner you can imagine.

"Gomen nasai Piccolo," I said.

I could feel my face burning in embarrassment. Then I heard him chuckle.

"Guess you really do need lessons huh kid."

I flushed even harder but laughed a little myself I knew Piccolo was trying to help me get passed my own embarrassment. Then he spoke again.

"Why don't you meditate kid while I sort through what Nail knows and figure out what might help us."

I walked a couple steps away from Piccolo sat down and began to meditate. I hadn't been meditating for more than twenty minutes when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I nearly jumped out of my skin it freaked me out so much. I calmed down once I realized it was Piccolo but immediately got pissed. Piccolo knows better than to startle me.

"Kuso Piccolo don't do that you nearly made me freak out," I shouted.

"Come on kid you should know better than to let your guard down. You should have felt my ki," came the calm reply.

I sighed Piccolo was right it was my own fault but I immediately brightened up if Piccolo was talking then he must have figured out something.

"Piccolo have you figured out what to do?" I asked hopefully

"Well kid we need to do some tests first but yeah I think I know."

It was hard to tell but I think I noticed a slight tinge of excitement in my mentors tone. I almost grinned Piccolo was getting excited thinking of something new to train with. He always loved to try out new techniques especially if they involved the mind.

"So what are the tests Piccolo?" I was getting impatient and wanted to get on with it.

"Well kid first we have to test how your sense of sound is doing?"

"What does sound have to do with it Piccolo?"

"Well kid before an attack hits what is the first thing that alerts you to it."

I thought for a minute then I figured out where this was going.

"The sound as it comes through the air. I get it Piccolo. I should be able to hear attacks even if I can't see them."

I was getting excited I never thought of things this way before. But before I got too excited Piccolo's voice dumped an imaginary cold bucket of water on me.

"Don't get to excited kid that's only part of everything."

"So how will we test it Piccolo?" I asked

"Rocks," came the reply.

"Rocks," I echoed

"Rocks," came the response.

"Uh just a little more detail would be helpful Piccolo," I commented with thinly veiled sarcasm.

"Well kid it goes like this. I'm going to throw rocks at you. You either dodge them or hit them so they don't hit you. They will be coming from all sides so be on your guard."

"Just one question Piccolo," I asked a little nervously, "how big are the rocks?"

As soon as the question popped out of my mouth I could hear my sensei snickering until it became full blown laughter. I decided to wait him out before I asked what the hell was so funny. Finally he stopped laughing bit I could still feel his amusement. Finally he calmed down long enough to answer my question.

"What did you think Gohan? That I was going to throw boulders or a mountain at you," he started laughing again.

"Well you threw me through a mountain before Piccolo," I said defensively.

He stopped laughing " You know, your right I did. Well don't worry kid the rocks will only be fist sized."

I could hear the sounds of him standing up and brushing himself off. As I hear him start to gather rocks I begin to have some misgivings about the whole thing. What if I couldn't hear them fast enough to react. If that happened I would definitely be going home with some bruises. All of a sudden I heard a whoosh in the air and a rock pegged me right in the stomach. I should have known Piccolo wouldn't give any warning. I managed to dodge the next few and hit away two more. It seemed I had about 2 seconds of reaction time from when I hear the rocks until they reach me. Then Piccolo decided to speed things up a little.

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