Gohan's Second Chance
Chapter 42: Training Session
Previous Chapter Next ChapterGohan, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were in the soccer field.
The other friends were on the bleachers.
"So when do we learn how to fly?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Once you can master ki control. Before that, you must have an extremely sound mind. So, that means Pinkie needs some extra training." Gohan said.
"Hey!" Pinkie Pie said.
Rainbow Dash laughed.
"That doesn't mean you're off the hook either, Rainbow. You require discipline, you don't have a nice attitude." Gohan said.
"Ugh... I guess." Rainbow Dash said.
"We will train physically and mentally as much as we can. I will push both of you past your limits." Gohan said.
"To be honest, I would be a lot more comfortable saying it's easy, but with you it's completely different." Rainbow Dash said.
"Yeah, I know why." Gohan said.
"When are we gonna start this thing!?" Pinkie Pie whined.
"Now. First, posture! Without proper body posture, your movements are considerably sluggish. Straight backs and no fidgeting!" Gohan ordered.
His sudden loud voice scared the students, and they instantly had their backs straight with their hands on their sides.
"You're shaking, just relax." Gohan said in a calmer voice.
"Well, your loud voice isn't really helping us!" Rainbow Dash retorted.
"How else am I supposed to discipline you? Say I'll give you cotton candy if you don't mess up?" Gohan joked.
"Ooh, I'd love that." Pinkie Pie said.
"Alright, silence." Gohan said.
"Wait, I need to check my phone." Rainbow Dash said, reaching into her pocket.
"No." Gohan said.
She stopped. "Why?" She asked.
"If you have time for your phone right now, then you don't have time for my teachings." Gohan said.
Rainbow Dash put her hand on her side. "Jeez, you don't have to be so serious about it." She said.
"Hush!" Gohan shouted, getting the two back into serious mode.
"We will begin with basic exercises, then meditation, then we will practice basic fighting for today." He said.
"What about the blasts and flying?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"You are not ready yet." Gohan said.
"How did you do it, then?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"First through rage, then I learned how easy it is to control and channel it at will." Gohan said.
"Now then, let's run around the soccer field fifteen times!" He added with glee.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie groaned.
"That's not enough? Okay, we'll make it twenty." Gohan said.
"What!?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"You want more? Twenty-five it is." Gohan said.
"But-" "Do I hear thirty?" He interrupted Pinkie Pie.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie began to run to the side of the field.
And Gohan ran at the same pace.
Twenty-five laps.
After only two laps, Gohan changed the course.
"We're running backwards now!" Gohan said, turning and running backwards.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie whined.
"Don't be complaining!" Applejack yelled as they passed.
"I don't think you can handle it if you were doing it." Rarity said.
"To be honest, I don't know either." Applejack said.
"Nobody can do 10,000 one arm push-ups with each arm everyday other than him." Sunset Shimmer said.
"Are we lucky to have Gohan or what?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yep!" Applejack, Rarity, and Sunset Shimmer said.
"He's saved us from Sunset Shimmer when she was a demon, no offense." Applejack said.
"None taken. He forgave me right on the spot soon after you guys beat me. I thought he was gonna murder me when we were in that hole!" Sunset Shimmer said.
"He and Twilight brought us back together, it's great." Fluttershy said.
The three runners passed the bleachers.
"Let's go!" Sunset Shimmer yelled, clapping her hands.
"Yee-haw!" Applejack yelled.
Pinkie Pie was panting.
"You giving up yet!?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Not yet!" Pinkie Pie said, pulling jellybeans out of her hair and eating it.
"Stop talking! You lose more stamina that way! And sugar isn't going to help out in the long run, Pinkie!" Gohan said.
"Whee!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she went maximum overdrive, passing the other two.
Gohan and Rainbow Dash caught up very easily.
They passed three more laps before Gohan changed the course again.
"Back to running forward!" Gohan said.
The two students groaned as they heard this.
"How much is he making them do?" Applejack asked.
"Usually Rainbow Dash makes the students do about five laps. What, did Gohan make them do twenty-five?" Sunset Shimmer asked.
As the three passed by, Gohan said: "They're doing twenty-five!" He shouted.
"Uh... Lucky guess?" Rarity asked.
"I can't imagine doing that..." Fluttershy said.
"I thought of joining this thing but that's WAY too much!" Sunset Shimmer said.
"No wonder he wanted to do farm work." Applejack said.
"He's a rather weird fellow." Rarity said.
"Agreed." The others said.
Pinkie Pie collapsed at the ninth lap.
Then Rainbow Dash at eleven.
Coincidentally, she fell beside Pinkie Pie.
"Alright. Take five." Gohan said.
His students coughed in response.
***
"Alright, now we're going to do push-ups, sit-ups, and maybe drink plenty of juice right after." Gohan said.
"Got it. Hey Applejack! Get us some apple cider!" Rainbow Dash yelled towards the bleachers.
Applejack held a thumbs up as she left.
"Alright, on the ground, as many push-ups as you can." Gohan said.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie started doing push-ups.
And they started to slow down around the 30 mark.
Pinkie Pie fell flat on her face at 39, and Rainbow Dash at 45.
"You two are doing a lot better than I initially thought." Gohan reassured.
"Dang it! This is hard!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
"Just wait until I get weighted clothing for you." Gohan said.
"I am NOT wearing 1000 kilograms!" Rainbow Dash retorted.
"No, you will only wear a shirt that's 100 pounds. If you'd like more, you're going to ask." Gohan said.
"Maybe later." Pinkie Pie said.
"So! Are we ready to do sit-ups?" Gohan asked.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie groaned in response.
"Ugh. Fine, we'll skip it for today." Gohan said.
"Alright!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Applejack's coming with your drinks." Gohan said.
Pinkie Pie got herself up. "Looks like she brought company!" She said.
Applejack was approaching the three with a very well known trio.
"Here's the case of fizzy apple cider, I ran into some people we know." Applejack said, placing the case down.
"Yeah! We want to see the kid who beat Sunset Shimmer at the Fall Formal!" Sweetie Belle said.
"You're seeing him." Gohan said, smiling.
"We're seeing him again!" Scootaloo squealed while her two friends giggled with her.
"Uh.... What?" Gohan asked.
"I think some people have a crush." Applejack joked.
'Oh. Crapbaskets.' Gohan thought.
"S-Sis! I don't!" Applebloom retorted, blushing.
"Y-Yeah! We just think he's cool!" Scootaloo said, blushing.
Even Sweetie Belle blushed.
"Cooler than me, apparently." Rainbow Dash said, standing up.
"What? No way." Scootaloo said.
"He's stronger, faster and much cooler than me." Rainbow Dash said with a smirk.
Gohan laughed awkwardly and rubbed the back of his head. "That's an overstatement..." He said.
***
Meditation.
You can only imagine how horrible his two students did.
Gohan, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were sitting in the middle of the field.
"This is boring!" Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie complained.
"This is really helpful if you want to be a martial artist. It relieves stress and helps you in many other ways." Gohan said, trying to meditate.
"But trying to listen to my breathing is boring!" Rainbow Dash said.
Gohan sighed. "Fine. We'll skip to the martial arts." He said, standing up.
"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie cheered as they jumped up.
"The only way I can know what you know is if you two try to hit me." Gohan said.
"You want us to double team you?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"Yeah, I won't be fighting back. Give me your best shots!" Gohan said.
"Alright, this might be easy." Rainbow Dash said.
The two nodded to each other before they dashed forward and threw many horrible attacks.
And their coordination was terrible!
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie occasionally shoved each other so that they could get a single attempt at Gohan themselves.
Gohan was dodging effortlessly, as they kept throwing heavy attacks and shoved each other.
"Okay, stop!" Gohan said.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were panting.
"Okay, your coordination is horrific. You two kept shoving each other to have a go single-handedly. Second, you both put way too much force into your attacks. It leaves you two WIDE open." Gohan said.
"So we can't be a team?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"You can, but I don't think you will find coordination with Pinkie very easily. Perhaps another person would make coordination much easier, but right now it's going to require a lot of work." Gohan said.
"Maybe we should have our friends join us." Rainbow Dash said.
"If they're willing to..." Gohan said.
"How would YOU do attacks?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"Swift and strong attacks but not too forceful. I could punch through somebody if I went full force, but the odds of me actually landing that are slim, including the fact that my opponent could punish me for doing something reckless." Gohan said.
"There's a lot more to fighting than I thought." Rainbow Dash said.
"My brain and body hurts!" Pinkie Pie said.
"Well, I guess that's enough for today." Gohan said.
"So you're leaving?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"If you're going to play another song, I'll gladly stay for that then leave." Gohan said.
"Let's go talk with the others about that." Rainbow Dash said.
The three walked over to the bleachers.
"So, how was the first session?" Rarity asked.
"They went beyond my expectations with the exercises, but did horrible in meditation and martial arts." Gohan said.
"Maybe we should join." Sunset Shimmer said.
"That might do us well." Rarity said.
"I'm totally up!" Applejack said.
"No!" The Crusaders said.
"Oh... I don't know..." Fluttershy said.
"Come on, Fluttershy! Don't be a scaredy cat!" Rainbow Dash said.
"You don't have to if you really don't want to." Gohan said.
"Um... I guess I should join..." Fluttershy said.
"If it's too much for any of you, you can quit anytime." Gohan said.
Fluttershy sighed in relief.
"So, Gohan wants to hear another one of our songs before he leaves!" Rainbow Dash said.
"That sounds good!" Fluttershy said.
"We do have Sunset Shimmer too!" Pinkie Pie said.
"Then...?" Gohan asked.
"We'll do it." Applejack said.
"We're leaving, bye!" Scootaloo said, walking away with Applebloom and Sweetie Belle.
***
The Rainbooms were back onstage, with Gohan in the seats.
Even Vinyl Scratch was there for sound equipment.
They were prepping for their song, while Sunset Shimmer wrote to Princess Twilight.
"Dear Princess Twilight,
Missing you already. I hope you'll be back soon. I know Gohan's going to visit often, and he's actually going to make me his student! Things are definitely looking up for me here at Canterlot High. I know I still have a lot to learn about friendship, I hope you don't mind when I write to you about advice when I need it.
Your friend,
Sunset Shimmer"
She wrote in her book.
"You ready or what?" Rainbow Dash asked.
Sunset Shimmer ran up with her guitar.
"Ready!" She said.
"Go Rainbooms!" Gohan cheered.
Pinkie Pie hit her drumsticks together while counting. "1! 2! 3! 4!"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oEm4kUJW_fs
***
A very familiar person was running tests, and happened to have a bulletin board full of stuff linked to CHS.
"No doubt about it, Spike. There's definitely something strange going on at that school." This world's Twilight said.
Spike barked in response.
***
Goku just Instant Transmissioned to King Kai's new planet.
"Goku... I think you'll find this interesting about the new world your son traveled to." King Kai said.
"Uh! King Kai! We have a problem!" Goku said.
He was in his Super Saiyan form, and.... Incredibly injured.
"Aah! You brought him here!?" King Kai yelled.
"You won't get away with this... My son will stop you!" Goku yelled.
The creature stabbed Goku in the chest with some sort of blade.
Goku coughed blood.
With his other hand, he held a powerful yellow/black blast.
"I don't have time for this. I'll squish you like a bug." He said, before ultimately destroying Goku's soul...
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