In answer to your question X3runner I made sure that even the One Above All also had limits outside of his own multiverse so he had to ask Zalama for Gohan, in exchange Zalama asked him to help the Z fighters... which he did. For Piccolo he has to do something different. Hope that answers your question.

This chapter will be more focused around Piccolo also due to the rough timeline that I have seen for Strange's training to be from Iron Man 2 onwards so Strange will be there before Piccolo and be midway through his training, to Civil War, though I will only do flashbacks for Winter Soldier I will continue doing my own version of Iron Man 3 but Piccolo as a possible candidate for Sorcerer Supreme was too good to pass up. Also trying this method of writing is new for me but it helps to get out of writer's block mode. Also trying to get Piccolo character right so review good or bad on my portrayal of him.

Meeting The Ancient One/Sorceress Supreme

Telling Piccolo of all that had happened to Gohan during his time in his Multiverse, the One Above All sighed as the Namekian absorbed all the information with great interest.

'BUT YOU WILL NOT GO DIRECTLY TO HIM...'

'What? Why?!'

'THERE IS MUCH FOR YOU TO LEARN ABOUT THE MULTIVERSE THAT YOU NOW CALL YOUR HOME, THINGS THAT WILL BE OF USE TO BOTH YOU AND GOHAN IN THE FUTURE.'

'Like what?!'

'THERE IS SOMEONE I AM HAVING MY SON TAKE YOU TO SEE A PERSON MORE FITTING FOR YOU TO LEARN FROM, IT IS TIME FOR GOHAN TO UNDERSTAND WHY I SUMMONED HIM HERE.'

'Wait! I still have some...

'IT IS TIME.' The three-headed entity known as the Living Tribunal stated as he appeared before the two.

"Why won't he ans..." Gohan began before everything stopped.

"SON GOHAN..." Widow exclaimed with yellow eyes.

"Who are you?!" Gohan exclaimed as he was unable to sense the being's energy.

"I HAVE GONE BY MANY NAMES BUT I AM MOST KNOWN AS THE ONE ABOVE ALL."

"Why are you possessing my friend?"

"IT IS TIME TO TELL YOU WHY I SUMMONED YOU TO THIS DIMENSION..."

"You called me here? Why?"

"YOUR DESIRE AND WILL TO SACRIFICE YOURSELF TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF YOUR MULTIVERSE SHOWED ME THAT YOU WAS WORTHY OF BEING REPAID."

"But I could have been revived by my universe... wait my multiverse?"

"THERE ARE TWELVE UNIVERSES IN YOUR MULTIVERSE, ONLY BY CONVERSING WITH YOUR MULTIVERSE'S TRUE GOD WAS I ABLE TO REMOVE YOU FROM IT'S HISTORY BOOKS."

"Several questions... one why did you pick me, two what purpose did you have in mind and three... did you bring Mr Piccolo here as well?" Gohan asked.

"I WILL ONLY ANSWER YOUR FIRST AND LAST QUESTION, THE ONE YOU KNOW AS PICCOLO, I INDEED SUMMONED HIM HERE, YOUR FUTURE WILL BE FAR EASIER WITH HIM IN IT... HOWEVER, YOU TWO WILL NOT MEET FOR A WHILE. TWO..."

"Wait a minute what do you mean won't be meeting for a while?!" Gohan interrupted.

"YOUTH... YOUR MENTOR HAS NEED OF MORE SKILLS, THEY CAN'T BE TAUGHT BY ANY OTHER BESIDES MYSELF MY SON AND VERY FEW OTHERS. HE IS MEETING A MORTAL WHO HAS A PORTION OF THE SKILLS HE REQUIRES." Natasha stated.

"..."

"THE REASON I PICKED YOU INSTEAD OF A WARRIOR OF YOUR FATHERS STATURE IS BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT A COMBINATION OF BOTH YOUR RACES... I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN THE TIME TRAVELLER KNOWN AS TRUNKS BRIEFS, HOWEVER... YOUR POTENTIAL WAS FAR MORE INTERESTING... ALSO."

"Also?"

"YOUR TRUE GOD HAS MORE NEED OF HIM THAN OF YOU ALSO HE HAS SEEN WORSE THAN YOU HAVE AND IS UNFORTUNATELY DESTINED TO SEE FAR MORE BEFORE HIS TIME IS OVER."

"So I was runner-up... that doesn't exactly fill me with a lot of confidence. You know that I only just got my powers boosted before my battle with Buu right?"

"PRECISELY, YOU WERE THE PERFECT SECOND CANDIDATE BECAUSE, OF THAT, YOU ARE ONLY BEGINNING TO TRULY UNDERSTAND YOUR OWN POWER... BUT THIS MULTIVERSE WILL REQUIRE FAR MORE FROM YOU THAN YOUR OWN EVER DID."

"I thought this was for doing well?" Gohan said as he spread his arms.

"THIS IS AND WILL BE THE GREATEST CHALLENGE ANY MEMBER OF YOUR OR YOUR FATHERS RACE WILL EVER UNDERTAKE AND UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT ONE THAT YOU CAN TURN DOWN."

"What do you mean?!"

"THERE WERE... NOT BAD... NOT BAD AT ALL YOU ALMOST HAD ME TELLING YOU OF YOUR PURPOSE ON THIS WORLD. JUST KNOW THAT WHEN YOU MEET YOUR MENTOR AGAIN HE WILL BE FAR MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THIS MULTIVERSE THAN YOU." Black Widow acknowledged.

"Can't blame a guy for trying..." Gohan sighed.

"LOOK AFTER THIS WORLD AND IT'S PEOPLE... THEY HAVE GREATER IMPORTANCE THAN YOU KNOW.."

"Wait! Before you go... I was told I was found in space during a battle between the Avengers and the beings known as the Chitauri... how long was I there before the Avengers found me?"

"... TWENTY YEARS."

"Twenty years... wait! That means I'm 38.. but I look the same as when I fought Majin..." 'Stasis.' Gohan thought.

"CORRECT, I HAD YOUR BODY HELD IN STASIS SO THAT I COULD PREPARE A FEW THINGS IN MY MULTIVERSE FOR YOUR INCLUSION. YOUR MULTIVERSE JUST HAPPENED TO GRAB MY CURIOSITY."

'You can read my thoughts?'

"YES... NOW THAT YOU EXIST IM MY MULTIVERSE YOU ARE SUBJECT TO MY POWER."

"Am I just a plaything for you?"

"YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE."

'Where are you taking me?' Piccolo said to the three-headed being as they flew through the skies unnoticed by the people of the Earth.

'TO SEE THE ANCIENT ONE FOR YOUR LESSON.'

'My lesson?'

'FATHER SAID THAT YOU ARE TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD THAT YOU ARE NOW IN, WE COULD TELL YOU EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEEDED TO KNOW BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE USEFUL TO YOU... YOU ARE NOT READY TO SEE AS WE SEE, THAT WILL COME MUCH LATER... FOR NOW, YOU MUST LEARN FROM ONE WHO HAS ACCUMULATED A GREAT DEAL OF KNOWLEDGE AND IS MUCH LIKE THE GUARDIAN OF YOUR EARTH.'

'You're sending me to another guardian?'

'WE HAVE ARRIVED...'The Living Tribunal announced, ignoring Piccolo's question as the two arrived in Nepal.

"Living Tribunal.. what business do you..." A woman coming out of a monastery clad in robes began as the two landed amongst a group of training warriors frozen in time.

"I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO TAKE THIS BEING TO YOU FOR TRAINING IN THE ARTS."

"I have seen this being in my dreams of late..." The man said as she looked at Piccolo.

"HE WILL REQUIRE FAR LESS TRAINING IN SOME MATTERS THAN OTHERS."

"I understand but why not teach him yourself? you are far wiser than I."

"YOU KNOW WHY..."

"As you wish.."

"THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU FOR MY TASK IS COMPLETE."

"I understand that he told you nothing of me?" The woman said when time resumed and all students stopped what they were doing as they observed Piccolo.

"Nothing was told to me besides that you are a guardian of some sort." Piccolo replied.

"And this knowledge is of comfort to you?"

"I was once a guardian... well part of me was."

"Interesting.. well if you are to be studying here you should get used to your fellow students and..."

"Much as I would like to hang around, I am not a people person... I am here to learn to survive on this planet not make friends." Piccolo interrupted.

"That is not what you will be doing.. they are the first people you have seen besides me on this planet and they will be your first step into becoming a part of it." The woman replied calmly, not at all put off by Piccolo's manners.

"You're not going to be easily put off are you?" Piccolo sighed.

"No... glad we got that out of the way.." "Mordo." The woman said as she turned to a dark-skinned, green outfit wearing warrior.

"Yes Ancient One?" The man said as he out of all the students had not stared openly at Piccolo.

"This... being before you will be your next trainee. Teach him the basics and when you are done send him to me. I would have Strange train him due to their...similarities but he is currently training elsewhere."

"As you wish Ancient One."

"Wait why are you throwing orders around like some..." Piccolo began.

Demonstrating some of her magical might, the woman was able to silence Piccolo.

"So you are a magician of sorts..." Piccolo said as he broke the spell with some difficulty.

"Impressive, you have high resilience to magic... but you still waste too much energy." The Ancient One said with only a slightly raised brow to show that she was surprised by Piccolo's act.

'That was no small feat... this being has done what took me many years in one day.' Mordo thought.

"Change of plans... you and Wong will train him."

"Wong?"

"Yes... this bein..."

"The name is Piccolo, Piccolo the Namekian. Don't get used to me, I don't plan on staying long." Piccolo stated.

"Then you and Wong will get along very well." The Ancient One said with a smile as she began to make her way back to the monastery.

"Are you all just trying to annoy me? Because it's working!" Piccolo grunted as he stared at Mordo.

"Very well... Piccolo." Mordo began as he looked the Namekian up and down. "First we shall find out what you can do then go on to what you cannot. You have already shown great aptitude for defence against magic, how is your.."

"Don't test me." Piccolo replied as he caught the strike that had been aimed at his abdomen.

'Fast!' Mordo thought as he quickly backed away from Piccolo. "I see you are a fast fighter as well."

"You have no idea what I can do." Piccolo said as he stared at Mordo.

"Well if you are to be training here it would be best if you wore the same outfit as the rest of..."

"I already told you... I don't plan to stay here long, now if you really want to teach me something show me how those students are wielding that magic." Piccolo interrupted.

'I can see now why Wong will be needed in training this one.' Mordo thought before he replied.

"They are surrendering to it."

"What?"

"In order to understand how magic works you must surrender to it... here take this." Mordo said as he took an item from a shelf containing many of the same item.

"I have seen in my line of work that surrendering to magic can have many 'unwanted' side affects." Piccolo grunted.

"Then you are a smarter man than most, but fear not we shall contain the magic should it get out of hand." Mordo replied approvingly.

"What is this?" Piccolo asked when Mordo passed it to him.

"A Sling Ring. This is a mystical object which enables the wearer to open a fiery portal to another location."

"I see." Piccolo replied when Mordo told him to put it on his left hand.

"Now focus your mind... see the monastery that the Ancient One went into?" Mordo asked as he pointed to said monastery.

"Yes?"

"Make a portal that will get me to.."

"Is that all?" Piccolo asked as he mimicked what the other apprentices were doing with their hands.

"You are a fast learner. I can see you becoming a great asset to our.." Mordo began.

"How many times must I repeat myself.." Piccolo interrupted.

"You are not planning to stay here long and your not a team player." Mordo interrupted with a smile. "I heard you the first thirty times you said it.. saying it another thirty times will not change anything."

"I can see that we are going to have a lot to talk about." Piccolo sighed as both Nail and Kami laughed inside of his head.