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Ch. 8 Regaining What's Lost Pt 2

"So Videl, are you ready to begin?"

"Of course. Come on Gohan, what do you think I came here to do?" Videl replied.

"Okay then, let's go." Gohan chuckled as he began to leap from one part of the mountain to another, quickly ascending higher and higher and Videl raced to try and catch up him.

In a mere twenty minutes they were both at the top of the Mount Paozu. Gohan was calmly standing on the peak, looking over at the lush green fields that surrounded his home. While Videl on the other hand was having a very hard time trying to fill her lungs with the minimum amount of oxygen there was. She had never reach such altitude outside of her jet-copter before.

"Having trouble breathing, Videl?" Gohan asked.

"Of course I'm freaking having trouble breathing! This mountain is 15,000 feet off the ground!"

"I know. The average person would have died already, especially if they tried to climb the way we did." Gohan paused, "But you didn't. I knew you wouldn't. The oxygen level up here is perfect for you're training."

And so Videl's training began. The extremely high altitude was definitely taking its toll on Videl. After fifteen minutes of training Videl looked like she was about to faint from exhaustion but she kept going. This amazed Gohan. For the first time in weeks Videl seemed o be back to her old self. She was strong, confident, and fearless again.

Videl was still trying her best to continue she wouldn't give up. She knew this was her moment. This was her chance. Her chance to be free of fear, her chance to return to who she really was, and most importantly her chance to surpass her arrogant meat-heat, poor example of a father. And there was no way she was going to pass that up, even if it meant she was going to pass out.

It was almost lunch time and Videl was so tired that she was able to get up after sitting down to rest.

"Tired?" Gohan asked.

"Y-yeah." Videl said, breathing heavily.

"I figured as much but I didn't think you wouldn't want to take breaks during the training. But luckily I have just what you need." Gohan took out, a bean from the small brown bag he had been carrying.

"Here. Take it. It's a senzu bean. It'll restore your energy really quickly."

"Okay Gohan but placebos don't work on me cause I know they are placebos. I know this is just a soy bean." Videl said skeptically.

"Wanna bet?"

Videl took the been to humor him. She hadn't expected for what Gohan was telling her to be true. In a matter of seconds Videl felt stronger than she had ever felt before. She felt like she could jump off the mountain and land safely on her feet with using her energy.

"Feeling better?"

"Yeah! What was that thing? Some alien first aid pill?" Videl asked in amazement.

"Nah more like a magic bean made and only found on Earth." Gohan replied, "I got it from a friend."

Videl said nothing as she tried to fathom how something so incredible has existed on her world and she's never even known anything even remotely similar to it existed, except in fantasy novels.

"So what did you think of your first training session?" Gohan asked.

"It was very tiring." Videl replied.

"Well believe me it's paying off. I can sense you've gotten a lot stronger just from the past four hours alone."

"Really how can you tell?" Videl asked.

"I can sense people's power levels. Like I told you before, you have one of the strongest human power levels I've seen. And you're getting stronger at an incredible rate. " Gohan smiled, "If I didn't know better I'd assume you were part Saiyan."

"I'd rather not become a blonde. Even if it means getting stronger." Videl joked.

"Hey! What's wrong with being blonde?" Gohan laughed, "Come on lets go my mom made lunch."

"Alright." Videl took off into the air with Gohan.

"Oh I forgot Gohan, can I ask you something?"

"Um sure. What is it?" Gohan asked.

Small chapter but it made some progress and what is this? Is Videl actually a Saiyan? No of course not, this story got a big enough twist when Videl's mom showed up for half a chapter. But then again…