Gohan meanwhile was miles away from the camp sight, having decided he might as well find Piccolo now that everything had been sorted. He was really excited about introducing Mia to his mentor. He was also interested in what Piccolo would think of her. As usual he found Piccolo meditating by the waterfall.

"What are you doing here Gohan?" he asked having sensed Gohan's arrival.

"Hey Mr Piccolo," Gohan greeted in his friendly manner, "I wanted to introduce you to a new friend of mine...." Gohan started but Piccolo cut him off.

"Yes I'm well aware of Mia, Kami's been watching over her ever since she landed on earth trying to decide whether or not she's a threat to the planet," Piccolo said explaining how he knew of the girl that had seemed to have stolen his young friend's heart.

"Great then you already know how nice she is," Gohan replied with a smile, Piccolo lips twitch at the ends.

"Just be careful around her Gohan, I sense a great deal of trouble down the road for you two," Piccolo said in a serious tone, Gohan frowned Mia was a friend and he would do anything to protect his friends.

"Right," he replied knowing that he was ready to take on any threat.

"Good, ok kid time for talk is over, let's see how your training's been going," Piccolo said before charging at Gohan, not giving him a chance to get into a fighting stance. Piccolo feigned an attack to the left, catching Gohan off guard as he delivered a blow to his right before kicking the boy back with a blow to his midsection. "Come on Gohan fight!" he yelled telling the boy that he had no plan on holding back. Gohan nodded and charged an attack of his own on Piccolo, Piccolo however foreseeing the attack managed to block and counter it with another punch to Gohan's midsection sending the boy crashing into the wall of the mounting. Piccolo waited for the boy to emerge from the rubble, using his senses to track the boy's whereabouts.

"Masenko Ha!!!" Piccolo turned, barely managing to block the surprise attack that had come from his left only for a fierce punch to be delivered to his back sending him crashing to the ground leaving a small crater. Standing up he looked to Gohan and smirked.

"Not good enough Kid," he said before phasing out of sight. Gohan growled as he tried to pick up Piccolo's Ki, he found it and managed to dodge Piccolo's punch giving himself an opening to land one of his own on the mighty Namek. His punch seemed to have knocked the wind out of his mentor, however he was to slow to dodge when Piccolo brought both his hands down on Gohan's back, slamming the small boy into his knee. Gohan fell out of the sky, landing in the crater Piccolo had made when Gohan had knocked him out of the sky, he watched as Piccolo hovered to the ground.

"You're getting soft kid," Piccolo said with gruffness in his voice, folding his arms as he turned his back on the boy. Their small spar over with. Gohan sighed.

"So are you going to come and meet Mia?" he asked hoping that Piccolo would agree, the green giant almost sighed at the boy's question but his face never changed, not letting Gohan know about his anxiousness.

"Fine kid, but tomorrow you're training with me," he ordered, Gohan smiled.

"Great!" he yelled in excitement before taking to the sky as he lead Piccolo back to the camp. Piccolo followed as Gohan led him to his camp. He had known of Mia beforehand thanks to Kami but as to what her intentions for Gohan were, he had no idea. It seems Kami had somehow managed to suppress the information from him, well whatever they were, Piccolo was certain that his help would be needed to fight the upcoming battle.

The two travelled back to the camp in silence, each of them lost in their own thoughts. For Piccolo it was thoughts of the battle that was ahead for Gohan though......Well his mind was on Mia and the bad feeling his gut kept burning him with. If there was one thing he knew it was to trust his senses and his gut senses where tingling as if there would be no tomorrow. Gohan took a quick glimpse at Piccolo, wondering if he should say something to the stoic Namek.

"Nah it's probably nothing," he thought to himself, blaming his nervous feeling on the kiss he had shared with Mia earlier. Though as time went on Gohan could feel his instincts screaming at him that something wasn't right, something was wrong, something was very very wrong. Gohan's eyes widened as something strange stirred within his chest. It was a feeling, a feeling he never wished to feel again. He felt hollow, almost as if he weren't there. Despair and loneliness assaulted him, drowning him, he wasn't moving but he was fighting to get away from whatever had sunk its claws into him, clawing at his flesh, pulling his spirit apart piece by piece. He's breathing quickened as pain assaulted him, the thumping of his heart rung in his ears. His vision blacked out for a few seconds before everything stopped, the world stopped, life stopped and......... The feelings disappeared almost as fast as they had come.

Piccolo sensed something change in the wind, one look at Gohan told him that he had felt it too. The Namek didn't know how to describe it; it was like a small tremor, a shock wave he felt in the air. He growled as he realized that the feelings weren't his own but came from the planets guardian Kami. Whatever it was it had shocked the older Namek into lowering his defences for a split second, not enough time for Piccolo to find out what was in store for them, but enough time to get a name.

Mia.