Chapter 22: The powerful Gohan

Everyone was taken aback when they heard a voice in the sky and when they looked up they saw that it was a little boy, that was none other than Gohan!

"Brat!" Piccolo exclaimed with a slight smile, "You took longer than expected, where were you?" the Namekian asked him.

The minor Son descended from the sky calmly while the gaze of the Saiyans was on him. He walked to Piccolo.

"Training... and from what I see Yamcha has died from trusting himself too much" Gohan said with disappointment... There are things that didn't change.

Piccolo shrugged, Yamcha's death seemed stupid. He looked at Gohan and noticed something different about him. He couldn't explain it.

"You are Kakarrot's son, really? To think that a mere brat defeated Raditz" Vegeta commented with a hint of derision.

"You don't seem to be taller than me" the little boy said with the same teasing tone and Vegeta gritted his teeth at those words.

"I was going to propose that you join us, but not anymore! As soon as we get the dragon balls we will destroy the Earth" Vegeta said.

'Dragon Balls? How did they find out?' Gohan asked, surely someone had told him by mistake, "Piccolo, the real fight begins here"

"I know that dwarf... what do you have in mind?" Piccolo asked, because knowing the brat, surely he already had a strategy in mind.

"I'll take care of the big guy, and when I'm done with him we'll fight the other saiyan... he's the most powerful among them" the little boy explained.

"Hpmf, as you prefer" Piccolo said no more.

"At the moment, you're not going to fight" Gohan asserted looking at the Z fighters, "Save your Ki for the right moment... this won't be so easy"

He wanted to avoid unnecessary deaths and waste Senzu seeds foolishly. For now, only he and Piccolo were needed for this fight.

"Okay... but promise me that you'll avenge Yamcha's death" Krillin asked with a serious look and the little boy nodded unimportantly.

Then, Gohan walked towards Nappa with confidence. The oversized saiyan taunted his next challenger with a roar of laughter.

"Are you really going to fight me alone? Don't be silly! Your fighting power is only 2500 units" Nappa said looking at his scouter.

Gohan didn't reply. He simply fell into a fighting stance at Nappa's curious gaze, which soon turned disgusted by the boy's silence.

"Now you will see dwarf!" Nappa yelled running towards Gohan and tried to catch him with his big arms. But he didn't even brush him, "What the hell?"

Nappa didn't see a trace of the little boy anywhere, not even Krillin or the others could see what had happened... except for Vegeta and Piccolo.

"It's on top of your head Nappa!" Vegeta warned quickly, 'How did he move so fast? He wasn't supposed to have that power a year ago'

Nappa felt an extra weight on his head and when he wanted to catch Gohan, the younger one jumped and helixed at high speed to kick him.

PAM!

The Saiyan's body sank to the ground after being knocked off balance by Gohan's kick. It was not a common attack.

"Yes, that's the way Gohan!" Krillin encouraged him with a smile. With the arrival of this child, his spirits increased and he was now more optimistic than before.

Piccolo didn't say anything, although he was slightly impressed. But deep down, he knew that Gohan's power went further...

'It's not possible, how was this dwarf able to take down Nappa with a power of 2500 units? Something is wrong here' Vegeta thought in amazement.

"Don't be boring and get up" the boy pointed out prompting his enemy to stand up, "Unless you've already given up, that would be bad"

Nappa rubbed the area of ​​the blow with a slight trace of pain, but when he heard the smug boy's words a flare of anger welled up in his being.

"Giving up on a kid? Ha! I'm the great Nappa!" Nappa yelled, suddenly releasing an electric yellow aura that shook the entire area.

Krillin held on as long as he could as did Chaoz, who was clinging to Tenshinhan's arm. But Piccolo was calm.

"Nappa, that dwarf's power is over 2500 units, don't be unreasonable!" Vegeta warned him having come to a coherent conclusion.

'So he already figured it out… but that won't change anything' Gohan thought, as he was able to raise his power level in short moments of time.

"That was the reason, huh? Now I'll show you my power" Nappa flew towards him at a great speed ready to finish off little Son Gohan.

The saiyan began a combination of attacks between punches and kicks but none of them were able to damage Gohan. It was impossible for him!

The minor was avoiding him too easily. Not only because his power was superior, but because of his skills as a martial artist.

'This is insane, what is the true power of Kakarrot's son?' Vegeta wondered with his hand on his chin, 'Is it more than 7500 units?'

The maximum power that Nappa could reach was 7500. If Gohan was able to bypass him that easily, his total power was over that amount!

Nappa started to get desperate because he was totally unable to hit Gohan. So he jumped back ready to do anything to win.

"Damn bastard!" Nappa shouted imposingly and concentrating all the Ki in his mouth he expelled a huge blast of energy towards the minor Son.

"Be careful Gohan!" Krillin shouted with great concern when he saw that powerful attack in the direction of the firstborn of his best friend.

Even Piccolo was a bit uneasy, despite his current power that attack would give him trouble. But with Gohan, the situation was quite different...

The boy undeterred stretched out his right arm and easily deflected Nappa's attack, sending him towards where the Saiyan prince Vegeta was.

Vegeta blocked the energy blast without much difficulty at Nappa's puzzled look and his own, so he was right!

'What will be the true power of this child?' Vegeta wondered through clenched teeth. If Gohan's power exceeds 18,000 units... he would be in serious trouble.

"Incredible Gohan!" Tenshinhan exclaimed very happy for what he had seen and Piccolo closed his eyes with a small smile on his face.

Nappa was speechless. For the first time in his entire life, he found himself out of options against an enemy… who was only a five-year-old boy!

"I-it can't be... No! I CAN'T BE DEFEATED BY YOU!" Nappa lost his mind and started throwing various Ki spheres at random.

Flush!

Flush!

Flush!

Soon the place where Gohan was was filled with explosions, but the boy passed through them and quickly ran to where Nappa was.

"...."

Nappa was terrified when he saw Gohan inches away from him with his fist close to his abdomen, he I was off guard.

PAM!

The little boy concentrated all of his body Ki into his fist and punched Nappa's abdomen. With that, Saiyan Nappa wouldn't get up again.

Nappa's eyes turned white and he fell to the ground. Vegeta was dumbfounded, his soldier of his had just been defeated by Gohan!

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A/N: According to official sources such as the Daizenshū, Nappa's power is 4,000 units. But considering that neither Piccolo with 3500 nor Tenshinhan with 3900 (with the Kikohō) could hit him, I think he should be higher. So I put 7500 units on him. Logically Gohan's power is higher, in the next chapter you will see what is his power level is and also Piccolo's power.

So, the current power level of Z fighters stays like this:

Yamcha: 3500

Krilin: 3900/ 4733 with Kakusandan

Tenshinhan: 4230/ 6110 with Kikohō

Chaoz: 1500