5 Chapter 5: The First Kamehameha

"AAAHHH!" The boy shouted, launching a yellow energy beam that left Goku completely surprised, this was unexpected.

That Ki attack hit the body of the original Goku but he covered himself by crossing his arms. And then, a layer of smoke covered the area.

Gohan saw that with great satisfaction on his face. He had just launched his first attack, a prototype of the Masenkō. But throwing it exhausted him.

'I must learn to regulate my Ki consumption, otherwise I will tire easily and that would be bad in a battle' Gohan asked panting.

The smoke that covered the place vanished and Goku's figure soon appeared. The older man was still puzzled by what he had seen.

"Gohan…how did you do that? It was amazing!" Goku exclaimed happily but curious to know how his son had been able to do it.

The minor scratched the back of his neck, got carried away by emotion and launched the attack. But still, there was nothing wrong with his father knowing.

"I felt a strange energy inside me and I tried to concentrate it in my hands" answered Gohan twisting the truth, "And that came out hehe"

He hadn't lied that much either, what he did was that really. Concentrate a certain amount of Ki in his hands and release it in the form of a shot.

Goku listened to this very amazed, although he performed his first Ki technique as a child, it took him a while to know what said energy was.

'It's incredible... Gohan is making enormous progress in a short time' Goku reasoned, stunned but at the same time happy for the ability of his son.

"I was thinking of taking you to Kami-sama's palace so you could learn how to use that energy, but it won't be necessary for now" the elder uttered.

Gohan was amazed at that, training with Kami would mean remarkable advances in his power. He wanted to know why his father changed his mind.

"Your talent is incredible and I'm sure it wouldn't take long for you to master Ki, but for now it would be best to prioritize your martial arts training. Raw power isn't everything" he spoke.

Gohan nodded, and that was really what he thought as well. His mastery of his Ki was good but he had to improve in combat, if he agreed.

"Do you think it's OK?" Goku asked his son. "You don't fight badly but you lack a fighting style, that's why I wanted to train that with you..."

"I think it's great dad! I also think I should improve as a fighter and with you that will be possible" answered the little boy with a smile.

"Okay, but at some point I'll take you to Kami's palace. With him, you'll get much stronger" Goku stated and the younger Son nodded.

After all, he knew that Kami's palace was the elysium of any warrior. If he trained there, his power level would increase a lot.

But now that his father already knew that he could use Ki, he would tell her something that he had wanted to do for a long time. Yes, that was...

"Hey dad... could you teach me how to do the Kamehameha?!" asked Gohan excitedly, that was the dream of every fan of the franchise.

Goku watched him for a while, and smiled stroking his hair. He was enthusiastic about his son's desire to learn everything.

"Okay Gohan, he takes two steps back" Goku told him and the boy obeyed with emotion, "The first thing before everything is to adopt this posture"

He bent his knees and brought his hands up to his left side, "Then you place one hand on top of the other leaving space between them"

Gohan nodded writing everything down in his mind. Although of course, the whole process was known but seeing it like this in person was more exciting.

"And now you have to focus your energy on the space between the two hands, but try to give it a spherical shape..." the older Son stated.

A bluish sphere of Ki was created in Goku's hands and Gohan's eyes shone with hope, he was as euphoric as ever.

'Perhaps the spherical shape allows a greater amount of energy to be concentrated, that would explain why the most powerful attacks are spheres' Gohan thought.

"And once you manage to condense enough energy, you launch the attack... AAHH!" Goku yelled firing his technique at a nearby rock.

BOOOOM!

The rock was devastated in seconds and Goku brushed the dust off his hands. He turned to his son and noted that he was absolutely puzzled.

"What did you think Gohan?" Goku asked with a smile, but even he should be able to tell the answer judging by the boy's face.

"That was amazing dad! Let me try it too and see if it works out for me" Gohan answered with a smile, it really wouldn't be difficult to execute.

Goku nodded happily and walked away a few steps to let his son do as he wished. He was eager to see how Gohan would fare...

'Well, I always dreamed of doing this. I'll follow the steps dad told me' Gohan closed his eyes to clearly remember the explanations.

And after that, the little one was placed in the ideal position to perform the signature attack of Master Roshi's turtle school.

"Kame…" Gohan's hands began to form a sphere of Ki, "Hamee…" the sphere grew larger until, "HAAAA!"

Gohan fired his attack at another nearby rock and it was destroyed in a matter of seconds by Ki's powerful attack.

Goku saw this perplexed and turning to his son he realized that his body was inevitably about to fall to the ground.

'My first Kamehameha, great' Gohan inquired collapsing on the ground with a smile, he was finally able to perform his favorite technique from the manga.

"You did very well Gohan, but now you should rest for a while" Goku advised sitting next to him and the little boy nodded with a smile.

'I have to regulate my energy consumption... the Masenkō from before exhausted me and the attack now a lot more, but I'm doing well' he mused happily.

He already had two techniques in his arsenal, and a combat style yet to be polished. He felt that he was fully exploiting his enormous potential

There were only less than six months left for the events of the manga to begin. But he felt that with his current power nothing could go wrong.

Or so he believed.

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Again six months passed and Gohan's fourth birthday arrived, but at this time little Son was training with his father.

As agreed, they used this time in hand-to-hand combat to perfect the boy's fighting style.

The minor continued to carry out his training routines: running around the mountain, swimming in lakes and others, apart from fighting.

From time to time they practiced Ki attacks, but fighting prevailed. Like the one they were having right now.

PAM!

They collided their fists as well as their legs but neither managed to knock the other down. Gohan backed away with a big smile on his face.

'Throughout this year I have come a long way in every way, I owe it to dad' the boy thought as he returned to his fighting stance.

'I have two techniques, the art of the turtle school and my knowledge about the series, it's perfect' the boy inquired, squeezing his knuckles.

But nevertheless, Goku did not come out to attack. He stayed a few meters from him and getting into that famous position he prepared an attack against him.

"You're not the only one who knows how to do that dad!" Gohan exclaimed imitating him and gathering a good amount of energy in his attack, "HAAAA!"

The minor anticipated Goku's movement and launched his attack first. The jet was not far behind and attacked with his Kamehameha.

BOOM!

Those two attacks collided with each other producing a small wave that shook the surrounding trees but didn't go any further.

The two energies canceled out producing a blast that created a gust of wind. Father and son expressed a smile and approached.

"You have become quite strong Gohan, I am very proud of you" Goku uttered with a smile and stroked little Son's hair, who smiled.

"Thanks dad, without you it wouldn't have been possible" Gohan hugged his father with a happy smile on his face, "Are we still training or what?"

"No, today we will rest" replied Goku smiling, "Remember that apart from training you have to play and rest... I taught you that"

"Of course, those are the three bases of the turtle style…" Gohan added with a nod, "Well, let's go home, I'm very hungry!"

"Would you like a race to see who gets home first?" Goku proposed to his son, who immediately gave a defiant smile.

The two ran towards the house quickly. They didn't use powers, it was a clean race that Goku ended up winning with a slight difference.

"I almost beat you dad hehehe..." declared the boy leaning on his knees due to lack of air, but in a matter of seconds he came back.

"Don't even dream of it" Goku smiled before opening the door of his house and saw that everything was turned off. Sure, until suddenly...

"SURPRISE!"

The lights came on and Chi-Chi appeared in front of them holding a cake with four candles in honor of Gohan's birthday.

Gohan widened his eyes looking at what was going on. He looked for an explanation in Goku's eyes but could only see happiness in them.

"Happy Birthday son! I'm so proud of you" Chi-Chi spoke with a smile and the little boy couldn't stand it and went out to hug her mother.

He did not have the opportunity to celebrate many birthdays in his previous life. And hearing what Chi-Chi said, he remembered his adoptive mother.

"Thank you so much mom…" Gohan replied closing his eyes, 'She has evolved since I was born and since I decided that I would train'

In the manga she became more strict as the years passed. But she here she looked more serene, all for telling her that he would train.

"How was today's session?" Chi-Chi asked as she usually did when Gohan came home, "Your father didn't go too far with you, did he?"

"Of course not mom, it was a serene session but we decided to rest for the rest of the day" replied the minor smiling peacefully.

"Okay. Come on son, go and enjoy your birthday" Chi-Chi kissed his head and after ruffling his hair she went to the kitchen.

"Happy birthday my little grandson... I have brought you various toys and books for you to enjoy!" exclaimed the imposing Ox-Satan.

"Thank you for so many gifts grandpa!" The minor smiled taking the gifts from his grandfather. He was not a child mentally, but he could play.

"Happy Birthday! hehe... but now that I think about it, I congratulated you this morning" Goku spoke scratching the back of his neck and everyone present laughed out loud.

They sat down at the table to eat the delicious cake that Chi-Chi had prepared. But both Goku and Gohan weren't filled with it.

After dinner, father and son went out to rest on the green grass bathed in moonlight from the sky and sat there.

The silence lasted a few minutes until Goku turned to his son and gave her a smile. Gohan watched him carefully.

"I'd like to take you to Kame House, my friends are there and it would be nice for you to meet them hehe" the eldest expressed, looking at his son's eyes.

"That's great! I'm looking forward to meeting them too" Gohan spoke, hiding his emotion from him, although on the other hand something terrible would happen.

'Tomorrow is when Raditz arrives on the planet, I'm prepared to face him if it's necessary' Gohan thought, clenching his fists with great force.

He wanted everything to go well.