AU: Search for the Lost Amulet

Summary: About a year or so after Gohan kills cell a mysterious, powerful, couple show up and start a tournament. Who are they? How are they so strong? What do they want? This is in an alternate universe, which means that starting after Cell is dead, I am changing the Dragonball Z story line. There probably won't be a Majin Buu saga and if there is it will be like maybe one chapter. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think Goten would be a few months old at about this time?

Chapter 1: Visitor

Gohan was sitting on the sofa watching TV. He had just finished an intense training session. Sure there weren't any new threats right away, but each new threat is stronger than the last so he figured that it would be good to train. Watching TV is a rare luxury for Gohan. Between his training schedule and his school work he had almost no time to relax unless he was sleeping or eating. He trains in his Super Saiyan 2 form most of the time to get better results and he is taking on at least triple the amount of school work as other kids his age.

The news comes on. The first story is about a bank robber being caught. The second is about a new tournament coming up. Some guy named Malik and a girl named Veelix are running it. It isn't the same as the normal martial arts tournaments. First of all it is universal. People from all over the galaxy will be competing. This year it is hosted on Earth. It is also only the third universal tournament ever. The others have just been so far away so no one on Earth or Namek have heard of it. The tournament is in three months. Second of all the rules are way more barbaric than any earth tournament's rules.

"Well mom I'm going to head off to bed now. Good night Mom. Goodnight Goten."

"Goodnight Gohan," replied Chi Chi.

"Goo. Gah," replied Goten.

Before Gohan entered his room he could feel a presence in it. It appeared to be about as strong as Tien. He couldn't figure out why he didn't sense it earlier. He slowly powered up. Not quite to Super Saiyan level yet, but still pretty high. He walked in.

"Identify yourself before I destroy you," said Gohan.

"You could not destroy me even if you wished to, Gohan. I am so much stronger than you are."

Gohan looked the guy up and down. He wore a plain black T-shirt, baggy black pants, a black headband with some odd red symbol on it, black wristbands, and black shoes. He had black hair parted down the middle kind of like future Trunks's hair.

"You don't look to strong. I think I could turn you into dust without breaking a sweat."

That was when Gohan noticed his power level creeping up. There was no aura or nothing breaking as his power went up. Soon he was as strong as Goku in his powered up Super Saiyan form. If Gohan powered up that high all his stuff would be destroyed. A few years ago that power would have destroyed his entire house but he had Bulma reinforce it with some high quality metal alloy from another planet so he could walk around powered up if he wanted.

"I do not want to fight you. You can tell how strong I am without even breaking a sweat. Imagine if I just tried. Now just to prove my point we could take this outside. Would you like to ask me my name again... maybe a little more politely?"

"Okay. Hello, you know my name but I don't know yours. What is your name?"

He sighed, "My name is Malik, I am running the Tournament. I am sure you heard about it?"

"Oh yeah! I saw it advertise on TV. I will be there don't worry. My friends will all go too."

"Okay I just wanted to make sure you were coming. It will be more challenging than the ones you are use to on this planet. Any friends and family that will not be competing will get the best seats in the stadium. I have watched you for a few years. I have people on this planet to watch you for me, they have reported back to me about your training. I am sad to say it hasn't been as good as I would have liked. But nevertheless it is still good."

"There hasn't been a threat since Cell, I haven't seen any reason to train hard."

"Well you have three months to train. I will be in the tournament also so train hard. I don't want you to disappoint me. I will come get you and escort you and your friends to the tournament myself. It will be held off the coast out in the middle of the ocean. So none of the building in the city will be destroyed," explained Malik. Then he teleported away. Gohan could no longer feel his ki signal.

"Bye..." he said to the empty space where Malik had been standing before. Gohan then went to bed.

Gohan woke up early the next morning to a big breakfast prepared by his mom. After Gohan finished his food he helped Chi Chi feed Goten. Goten ate half the spoon with the baby food on it. They went through about four or five spoons before Goten realized he wasn't suppose to eat the spoons. After he got pass that they went through about 20 jars of baby food to satisfy his Saiyan appetite.

"Bye mom I am going to go talk to Master Roshi about the tournament then I'm going to Krillin's house also. And I might stop by and tell Vegeta about it also. I will let Bulma tell the others."

"No Gohan! You have to finish your studies first. Or I won't let you go to your stupid tournament."

"Mom!"

"No! Go to your room and study. It is important that you learn all you can while you are still young. That way you can grow up and be a doctor just like I always wanted you to."

"I'm not going to be a doctor." He went to his room and started studying. He waited for his mom to bring him some tea like she always does around 8:00. When she left his room he drank his tea and the flew out the window to Master Roshi's island.

He was there in about 30 minutes and saw that Yamcha and Krillin were there already, training in the water just like Goku and Krillin did when they were younger.

"I guess you guys heard about the Tournament?" asked Gohan.

"Yup! I know we won't be as strong as you or Vegeta, but we still want a shot so we are training," exclaimed Yamcha.

"Maybe you should train underwater. Since you can go in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, underwater would be a lot like it. You would have the water pressure on you, plus you would have to hold your breath, and watch for sharks, while training."

"Sounds great, lets go Yamcha," said Krillin. They flew up in the air and dived in.

"Well looks like I'm done here if you guys already knew about the tournament," Gohan told Roshi, "Would you do me a favor and tell the guys at the look out. I don't know if Piccolo will be there, but tell him too please.

"Sure thing kido. Bye."

Gohan flew off to capsule corp. to find Vegeta. Bulma led him to the new gravity room they built for him to train in. Vegeta was in Super Saiyan form and sweating so much. Gohan could not feel his ki but he guessed it to be about equal to his own fighting Cell. A panel on the door showed that gravity was at 50 times earth gravity.

"How long has he been in there?" Gohan asked.

"Since about noon yesterday," replied Bulma.

"Wow. Well, I am going in then. I need to talk to him."

"Okay. Be careful."

Vegeta was floating an inch off the floor trying to stay steady and rest when Gohan walked in. When he opened the door, the gravity went back to normal and Vegeta's hit the ceiling because of the power he had to use to stay an inch off the floor in 50 gravity. When the door shut the gravity went back up to 50 and Vegeta hit the floor. Gohan went Super Saiyan 2 so he could stand up at ease.

"Stupid boy!! Why did you open that damn door?! I was training!"

"Vegeta there is a tournament in three months I thought you might like to know about. There is going to be some one competing who happens to be a lot stronger than me!" Gohan shouted over the machines loud noises, "Can I train with you until then?"

"I guess. Be here at 6:00 sharp in the morning."

"Okay I will try. I don't know if my mom will let me though."

"Whatever. Don't be late or you won't be training with me."

5:50AM the next day

"No, you can't do it Gohan. I won't let you. You need to study now harder than ever or else you will start slacking off."

"Mom, I promise once the tournament is over I will study harder than ever! Just let me go!"

"Fine... if I say no, you would just sneak out like you did yesterday. Can you at least feed Goten before you leave?"

"No, I have to be there in like nine minutes."

He touched down outside capsule corp and looked at his watch 5:59AM.

"Great. Just in time to train. Ha! Vegeta thought I would be late. Now where is he?"

He got near the gravity room and saw Vegeta going in without him!

"Vegeta!"

Vegeta stopped, "You're late boy! Go home! I'm not going to put up with you being late all the time."

"I'm not late, I got here right on time. Just like you said."

"Well my watch says 6:01. You are late."

"Your watch is wrong."

"No yours is."

"Whatever"

"Go home."

"Make me. We never decided which watch to go by so I should be aloud to stay and train."

"No. Go home before I make you go home."

"You think you could?"

"Yeah."

"Do it."

"Make me."

"Sissy."

"That's it." Vegeta powered up and flew at Gohan. He aimed a punch and Gohan sidestepped it. He aimed more and more and they were all dodged.

"Stupid boy!!" Vegeta went Super Saiyan and punched Gohan. Gohan got the air knocked out of him for a second. Then Gohan powered up to Super Saiyan form. Just enough to be stronger than Vegeta's max. He aimed a ki blast at Vegeta's knee. Vegeta thought Gohan was aiming for his chest or head and laughed when it hit his knee. Gohan shot two more blasts at the same knee until it was painful for Vegeta to walk. Then Gohan walked over to Vegeta and grabbed the back of his head with one hand and punched him with his other hand until Vegeta was about to black out.

"Same time tomorrow, Vegeta?"

Vegeta grunted and Gohan took that as a "Yes". He hit Vegeta's face a few more times then left him laying there and flew home.

"Why was I so violent to him? I am not a violent person," Gohan told himself, "It must be that new guy. For some reason I don't trust him and I want to be stronger than he is. That's all it is. Vegeta shouldn't piss me off if he likes to stay conscious. Maybe he will remember that tomorrow. When I purposely show up 20 minutes late.

Gohan purposely showed up later and later every day for two weeks. And he beat Vegeta's face in so much. Finally Vegeta gave up and let Gohan train with him.
Three months later Malik shows up in a huge rocket powered hover bus. He takes all of Gohan's friends (not Vegeta though, he wants to go by himself so he flies) to the ocean. There is a floating platform on the water with a stadium all the way around it. The seats had no visible protection from the combat going on in the ring and were so close to it, the people could touch the ring from their seats. The bus lands on the water and floats their like a boat as they unload and walk down a hallway that is under the stadium. It takes them to a glass room where the warriors wait for their matches if they wish. It is also where they draw numbers to see who fights who.

"Um what about the innocent people watching the match. If this is anything like the normal martial arts tournaments around here they might get hit by a stray blast or some one might get thrown out of the ring."

"Don't worry. There is a barrier set up around the ring. Energy cannot go through it. People cannot be thrown through it. People can't even walk through it. When it is time for the match to start, you will be teleported to the ring by me. After the match ends the contestants will be teleported out and receive medical support if needed. No harm to anyone."

"Okay. When will everyone show up? I want to get this show on the road," said Roshi.

"Everyone should be here in about two hours." Soon as he said that there was a bright streak in the sky as a space ship came to Earth. Followed by two more spaceships. The Z warriors all powered up and readied themselves for a fight.

"Oh I guess some are showing up early. The are the other contestants, remember this is universal. Calm down guys."

End of Chapter 1. 4 pages exactly. Review and let me know what you think. I will have the next chapter up in a few days. (The more reviews I get the faster I will update probably.) (Don't own DBZ)