Battle Rhapsody: Chapter 1
(All characters except the ones I made up are from DBZ, in other words don't sue me. I'm just writing a fanfic here. *Danger! Danger Will Robinson! Major Buu Saga Spoliers ahead! You have been warned.*)
Sapphire looked around as she found herself in the middle of the barren terrain.
"Oh geez, where am I now? This looks like that stupid dream I had before Coal showed up." she muttered to herself, as she prepared herself for some kinda vision to appear.
And truth be told, she didn't have to wait long, for only after a few moments of waiting, the exact same three shadows appeared to her once again. And just as last time she readily identified two of them as being both her father Cell and Bulma's son Frieza. Though unlike last time when the focus had been on Cell, the focus had been placed upon the mysterious third shadow. The shadow that was unkown to her.
"So that must be our new enemy huh? Well I think we can handle something that looks as stupid as that." she said to herself smirking. She was referring to the fact that the shadow looked to be an outline of a very fat creature. Meaning to her that it wasn't much of a threat.
She continued to stare at the image, waiting for something to happen. But alas there didn't seem to be any action going on. Finally a decision came to her. One in which came after much thought and planning about her situation.
"Ahh screw it! I'm just going to see what this stupid thing looks like!" she just howled out and proceeded to charge at the shadow. Her fist went flying forward as it connected directly onto the face of the creature she had been aiming at. Actually she was quite surprised she was able to hit it. Though she quickly went to work with a many quick punches and kicks. Though soon everything was starting to get hazy, then her world went into complete darkness.
She awoke and noticed she was sitting up in bed. Her arm outstretched in a punch, while sweat dotted her face. She sighed realizing that it had just been a dream as she thought. But she was curious though that if it was a dream, then why was she able to hit the shadow. She looked over to ask her husband about it when she noticed that he was missing from his side of the bed.
"Trunx! Trunx where are you?!" she yelled out hastily, worried that somehow the monster from her dream had somehow come to life and taken the love of her life away.
"I....I'm...over here...." a voice mumbled from across the room. The voice startled her at first, but as she leaned over the bed to see the source of it. She noticed that Trunx was lying on the ground, crumpled up, and looking as if someone had given him quite a beating. The many bruises and swirly symbols he had for eyes giving her evidence of that.
"Oh my gosh! Who did this to you?!" she yelled as she proceeded to help him up.
"I don't know....I was sleeping soundly when suddenly I was awakened by someone violently beating me. The only thing I could hear was "Die! Die! Die you stupid monster!" he said tiredly as she helped him back onto the bed.
Sapphire just replied by swallowing nervously. Now realizing why she was able to hit the shadow in her dreams.
"Heh...heh....guess I had another bad dream hun."
Trunx just rolled his eyes and smiled at her.
"I really wish you would keep me out of "those" kind of dreams."
"Yeah, but there was a monster. And I have a bad feeling that we will have to face it soon." she said, her emotions switching from embarrassed to worried.
"Don't worry. If a monster comes our dad's will be sure to kill it with ease. Not to mention yourself and I will be there to give it a good beating. Why don't we just go...."
"Mommy, daddy?"
Both Trunx and Sapphire looked to the door to see their four year old son standing there. And as you all would of guessed it was obvious that he was no normal human for many reasons. He looked a lot like his mother in many ways. He wore grayish white armor spotted with areas of darker gray over his body. Though there were no insect like wings sticking out his back as both his mother and grandfather had.
Other then his armor he looked perfectly human. His head showed no signs of his mother's influence, since there was no trace of even a head band around his horehead. Leaving his short, thin, spikey purple hair to lay on his head freely. As well he had normal human ears and no purple outlines on his face.
Though there were two features other then the armor that signified he was Sapphire's son. His zombie white skin, and the long white lizard tail gently swaying back and forth behind him. The tail being spotted gray to match his armor, just as Sapphire's was.
"Talc, its the middle of the night. What are you doing up?" Sapphir asked as she preceeded to walk towards her son.
"I heard a loud noise...." he whispered.
"Oh don't worry hunny. Daddy just fell out of bed. He sure is strange sometimes isn't he?" Sapphire said with a cute voice as she picked up her child and held him close.
"Now how bout we go back to bed hm. Tomorrows a big day."
"Why?" Talc asked, his child-like curiosity taking over.
"We have a big tournament tomorrow." she replied keeping up the same cute voice.
"What's a tournament?"
"You'll see tomorrow."
"Can't you tell me now mommy?"
"Tomorrow, I promise." she replied soothingly.
"Mmmm.....fine..." Talc just muttered in aggreement.
Trunx watched as Sapphire led their child back to his bedroom and walked back into their room.
"You didn't want to tell him that we'd be fighting each other right?" he asked while settling back under the covers.
"Yes, we can only pray that we won't be set up to fight one another." Sapphire replied witha sigh as she walked back to the bed.
"Don't worry. Besides I bet that girl you fought last time will be there. And I'm sure she will make it so she has a rematch with you." Trunx reassured her with a smile, and kissed her on the cheek.
"Ibuki...hmm...." she mumbled to herself as she settled into bed. Suddenly the prospects of having to fighting her husband weren't such a big deal anymore. She was more interested in finishing an old grudge now.
The next day was a beutiful summer day. The birds were singing, the sun was shining. It was a perfect day in all aspects. Yes, a perfect day to hold the bloodiest, most brutal tournament the world has ever known.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to this year's Budokai Tournament. Where we will once again try to determine the strongest under the heavens!" The annoucer shouted with much more enthuiasm then needed.
"And now, the one, the only, Mr. Satan!" he shouted, presenting the man who stood next to him.
Mr. Satan quickly grabbed the mike away from the annoucer. His eyes moving across the many people who loved him dearly. The annoucer booth was on a high platform, off to one side of the stadium. Therefore Satan had a pretty good view of everyone present.
"All right you little punks. Lets see if any one of you have the courage to take on me! But this year you'll have to take on my whole family as well." Satan said with a smirk. At that moment the annoucer cut back in.
"Introducing Mr. Satan's very own daughter Videl!"
Suddenly a spot light shined on Videl who was standing in line to enter the tournament. Though the light was simultaneously blinding her, along with everyone who was around her as well.
"Dad would you quite it!!" she screamed in anger. The light quickly took heed of her anger, and just as soon as it had blinded them, it was gone. Every one of the Z warriors was there along with her. Gohan, Pan, Vegita, Frieza, Goten, Goku, and even Piccolo. All were dressed in their respective fighting clothes. Gohan, Goku, and Goten all wearing their orange gi's. Vegita wearing his blue saiyan outfit, and Piccolo wearing his usual Namekian clothing, complete with his turban and cape.
Though Gohan and Videl's daughter Pan on the other hand was just wearing normal street clothes, while Frieza had chosen to wear nothing at all, since he had no need to put on clothing.
"Well you know how grandpa can be!" Pan beamed from next to Videl.
"Yeah he likes to show off..." Gohan said sarcastically, also standing next to her.
"I hope your not the one who fights him dad." Pan said with a smirk.
"No I will!" Frieza pipped up from behind her. Next to Gohan and family, stood Frieza along with his father Vegita, who both would be entering the tournament.
"Heh that fool doesn't know who he's dealing with." Vegita said with a smirk.
"Now don't get carried away Vegita." Goku said from behind him.
"Let me guess Kakkarot. If you were fighting him you would let him win, just so he could fuel his ego and make it bigger then it already is." Vegita replied with a smirk.
"Heh....he's one to talk..." Frieza thought to himself, trying not to laugh.
"No. I just want to make sure that you don't even think about going Super Saiyan versus any of the human competitors." Goku said with a stern voice.
"I wouldn't waste my powers on these imbeciles. I'm saving my power for you Kakkarot." he said again with a smirk, facing forward again as to not miss his turn to enter the tournament.
Goten looked over to his father.
"He sure can be a hothead sometimes."
"You can say that again." Goku said with a laugh.
"Hey what are you two muttering about!" Vegita yelled, turning around once agian.
"Oh would you two just stop bickering. Jeez its so annoying." Android 18 growled angrily from behind Goku.
"Its bad enough that Krillin was to chicken to enter the contest. I don't want to have to deal with a battle of ego's." she said in a huff. She could never really get over the fact that Krillin had just quite the tournament. He had muttered something about having no chance, and that someone had to look after their daughter Marron.
"What a crock...." she muttered to herself.
The final person in the line was Piccolo. Though he had no wish, or need to make some stupid comment about all that had been going on. Therefore he stayed silent, waiting for a chance to see if his four years of training had been worth it.
Suddenly there was a sparkle in the sky. Everyone looked up to see that Cell, Sapphire, Trunx, and Jade were all approaching from the sky. In Sapphire's arms she held Talc closely. Sapphire, Trunx, and Jade all slowed down though when they noticed that Cell had started to power up for some reason, and was speeding forward.
They watched a he formed a glowing yellow sphere around himself as he slowly descended into the middle of the ring. Yellow lighting began shooting all around him as he grinned, watching all the stunned people staring at him.
Though before he could go any further into his impressive act, he felt someone grabbing his arm, and dragging him off to the sidelines.
"I swear Cell. Sometimes you are just as bad as that Satan guy." Jade muttered as she dragged him to the entrance line where he was "supposed" to be.
He was embarrased for a moment but he quickly regained his composure when he thought about how this year he was truelly going to show the world that he was truelly the strongest under the heavens. Stronger then Vegita, even stronger then Goku. He would show them....
"Hey Dad! I saved you a place in line. Now get your butt over here!" Sapphire yelled angrily at her daydreaming father.
"Sorry Saphy." he replied a bit flustered, and quickly moved over to where his daughter stood.
Jade waved as she began to back away, Talc held close in her arms.
"Ok by mom! Take good care of Talc!"
"Good luck honey! You to Trunx!" she yelled happily.
Trunx and Sapphire bothed waved goodbye happily as they watched Jade walk away. Though Cell, who had been in silent concentration, blinked when he realized that she didn't say his name.
"Hey what about me!" he yelled, slightly annoyed.
"Oh I hope you lose!" Jade yelled back, sticking her tongue out. Cell just stood there open mouthed as Jade walked up to the bleachers. She herself trying to stifle laughter. Trunx and Sapphire were also trying to stifle laughter as they looked at Cell's surprised look.
Jade walked up to where she was to be seated with a happy expression on her face. When she arrived she noticed that everyone who was expected to be watching the tournament was already there. Seated on the bleachers was Bulma, Marron, and to her surprise Krillin. All of them were dressed in casual clothing, that is except for Krillin who was wearing his orange gi.
"Krillin? Why didn't your try to enter the tournament. I know your strong enough to qualify." Jade asked curiosly as she sat down.
"Um...well...the reason is...."
"He was a big scaredy cat and didn't want to get hurt." Marron pipped up, looking up from a book she was reading.
"Thank you very much sweety!" he growled. Bulma and Jade both just laughed in response.
Jade took that moment to let go of Talc, and let him sit by himself on the bleachers. Though he wasn't there for long as Bulma had immediately picked him up.
"Hello Talc. How are you doing today?" she said in a cute voice.
"Hello Grandma. I'm fine." he replied back. This caused Bulma to cringe, as she hated to be thought of as a wrinkly old grandma.
"He's getting cuter by the day...." she muttered, placing him back down.
Talc just sat there for a few moments, a little smile spread across his face, he then gave his mother a little wink. In which she winked right back, the same smile also across her face.
"Hey Bulma, where's Bra? Did she go to the bathroom or something?" Jade asked, looking around to see that she was not present.
"Nah, she went down to watch the tournament from the sidelines. She's not really allowed down there, but with brothers like Frieza and Trunx. I'm sure they'll make an exception. But I am surprised that she has taken such an interest in fighting. I always thought she was just like me." Bulma mused.
"Well she is getting older. How old is she now?" Jade asked.
"Well lets see.....she's 11 and Frieza's 12." Bulma replied, her finger to her chin.
"Oh I see. And how old are you now Marron?" she asked, turning to Krillin's daughter.
"I'm the same age as Frieza ma'am. I'm 12" she simply replied, not even looking up from her book.
"Ma'am....?" Jade mumbled in surprise.
"I swear she's 12 going on 35." Krillin said with a smirk. Marron didn't seem to have a comment about this.
Jade just shook her head an looked back down to the arena.
Meanwhile in the tent in which contestants were tested to see if they qualified to enter the tournament, stood the Z warriors and their families.
Satan walked up to a small contraption that had been placed in the middle of the tent.
"This thing here is to test how strong you weaklings can punch. Allow me to demonstrate." Satan said with a smirk as he drew back his fist. In a quick instant he threw his fist forward and hit a small pad that set off a electronic counter next to the machine. The counter now read 235.
"Alright! Now lets see what the rest of you punks got!" Satan said as he stepped off to the side.
Gohan looked from side to side when he suddenly realized that he was next in line. His father's words rang in his head, and he remembered that he was not to use his full strength. He slowly walked up to the machine and drew his fist back. He knew it was going to be very difficult to hit it with the right strength as to not destroy the machine.
Using all his concentration he punched the machine, then his eyes quickly darted over to the counter to see how he ranked.
"Punching power is 275. You have passed." one of the judges simply stated, and handed Gohan a blue button.
Satan stared at the counter in amazement.
"275! This stupid thing must be broken!" he yelled in anguish.
"I'm sorry Mr. Satan. It may be malfunctioning a little. But still it should be good enough to judge the other contestants." another judge replied.
"Well thats ok then. Besides I wasn't using my full strength anyway. I mean if I used my full strength everyone else would of been discouraged to even try out! HAHAHA!"
Videl watched as her father flaunted himself, and just slapped her forehead in embarrasement.
"Ugh...."
One by one all of the Z warriors took their turns on the machine. Each controlling their powers and getting a score that wouldn't be suspicious. Then it came to be Android 18's turn. She stared at the machine for a second wondering how the heck she was supposed to hit the stupid thing without braking it.
She just simply walked up to it and threw what she believed to be a soft punch. Her eyes moved towards the counter to see her score.
"4,876....." The judge muttered.
"Maybe it is broken." another judge next to him muttered. Both Judges just looked at each other and shrugged.
"Here you go miss..." one judge said as he nervously gave her a blue button. She just smirked at him in reply, taking it and quickly walking away.
Next in line was Vegita who looked at the machine as he would look at a piece of dental floss. He had no idea what purpose it served.
"What am I supposed to do with this thing!?" he demanded.
"Um...you're supposed to punch....on that pad there." The judge said nervously, as he pointed at the punching pad. Vegita did not seem amused.
"Stupid Kakkarot. He said something about controlling our power so not to frighten these stupid humans...." Vegita muttered to himself as he surveyed the machine. He stood there for several moments seeming to be in concentration. Trying to figure out how he was supposed to hit thing thing without braking it.
As time went by, Vegita's concentration quickly turned to anger. And before anyone knew it he just punched the machine as hard as he could, turning it into very small pieces.
The two judges stared at him in horror as he simply walked through the tent, not caring if he got a stupid button or not. Sapphire, Trunx, and Cell just simply followed behind him. Seeing that there was no real purpose of trying to qualify anymore.
The reason for this being was that everyone behind the three had quickly fled, knowing that if they entered the tournament, they would have to face Vegita.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! We will not begin the junior competition. Which will proceed the main competition and give our younger fighters a chance to show what they got!" the annoucer yelled.
Satan, who was once again standing next to him looked down at the crowd with a smirk.
"Heh, you all just wait. I have a little surprise for you all....." he muttered to himself with a faint laugh. Though the faint laugh quickly turned into a maniacal one that left the annoucer staring at him. He just stared right back with a nervous smile.
"Uhhh.....Let the games begin!" Satan blurted out suddenly.
"Err...Yes! Let the tournament begin!" the annoucer agreed.
To be Continued.
(All characters except the ones I made up are from DBZ, in other words don't sue me. I'm just writing a fanfic here. *Danger! Danger Will Robinson! Major Buu Saga Spoliers ahead! You have been warned.*)
Sapphire looked around as she found herself in the middle of the barren terrain.
"Oh geez, where am I now? This looks like that stupid dream I had before Coal showed up." she muttered to herself, as she prepared herself for some kinda vision to appear.
And truth be told, she didn't have to wait long, for only after a few moments of waiting, the exact same three shadows appeared to her once again. And just as last time she readily identified two of them as being both her father Cell and Bulma's son Frieza. Though unlike last time when the focus had been on Cell, the focus had been placed upon the mysterious third shadow. The shadow that was unkown to her.
"So that must be our new enemy huh? Well I think we can handle something that looks as stupid as that." she said to herself smirking. She was referring to the fact that the shadow looked to be an outline of a very fat creature. Meaning to her that it wasn't much of a threat.
She continued to stare at the image, waiting for something to happen. But alas there didn't seem to be any action going on. Finally a decision came to her. One in which came after much thought and planning about her situation.
"Ahh screw it! I'm just going to see what this stupid thing looks like!" she just howled out and proceeded to charge at the shadow. Her fist went flying forward as it connected directly onto the face of the creature she had been aiming at. Actually she was quite surprised she was able to hit it. Though she quickly went to work with a many quick punches and kicks. Though soon everything was starting to get hazy, then her world went into complete darkness.
She awoke and noticed she was sitting up in bed. Her arm outstretched in a punch, while sweat dotted her face. She sighed realizing that it had just been a dream as she thought. But she was curious though that if it was a dream, then why was she able to hit the shadow. She looked over to ask her husband about it when she noticed that he was missing from his side of the bed.
"Trunx! Trunx where are you?!" she yelled out hastily, worried that somehow the monster from her dream had somehow come to life and taken the love of her life away.
"I....I'm...over here...." a voice mumbled from across the room. The voice startled her at first, but as she leaned over the bed to see the source of it. She noticed that Trunx was lying on the ground, crumpled up, and looking as if someone had given him quite a beating. The many bruises and swirly symbols he had for eyes giving her evidence of that.
"Oh my gosh! Who did this to you?!" she yelled as she proceeded to help him up.
"I don't know....I was sleeping soundly when suddenly I was awakened by someone violently beating me. The only thing I could hear was "Die! Die! Die you stupid monster!" he said tiredly as she helped him back onto the bed.
Sapphire just replied by swallowing nervously. Now realizing why she was able to hit the shadow in her dreams.
"Heh...heh....guess I had another bad dream hun."
Trunx just rolled his eyes and smiled at her.
"I really wish you would keep me out of "those" kind of dreams."
"Yeah, but there was a monster. And I have a bad feeling that we will have to face it soon." she said, her emotions switching from embarrassed to worried.
"Don't worry. If a monster comes our dad's will be sure to kill it with ease. Not to mention yourself and I will be there to give it a good beating. Why don't we just go...."
"Mommy, daddy?"
Both Trunx and Sapphire looked to the door to see their four year old son standing there. And as you all would of guessed it was obvious that he was no normal human for many reasons. He looked a lot like his mother in many ways. He wore grayish white armor spotted with areas of darker gray over his body. Though there were no insect like wings sticking out his back as both his mother and grandfather had.
Other then his armor he looked perfectly human. His head showed no signs of his mother's influence, since there was no trace of even a head band around his horehead. Leaving his short, thin, spikey purple hair to lay on his head freely. As well he had normal human ears and no purple outlines on his face.
Though there were two features other then the armor that signified he was Sapphire's son. His zombie white skin, and the long white lizard tail gently swaying back and forth behind him. The tail being spotted gray to match his armor, just as Sapphire's was.
"Talc, its the middle of the night. What are you doing up?" Sapphir asked as she preceeded to walk towards her son.
"I heard a loud noise...." he whispered.
"Oh don't worry hunny. Daddy just fell out of bed. He sure is strange sometimes isn't he?" Sapphire said with a cute voice as she picked up her child and held him close.
"Now how bout we go back to bed hm. Tomorrows a big day."
"Why?" Talc asked, his child-like curiosity taking over.
"We have a big tournament tomorrow." she replied keeping up the same cute voice.
"What's a tournament?"
"You'll see tomorrow."
"Can't you tell me now mommy?"
"Tomorrow, I promise." she replied soothingly.
"Mmmm.....fine..." Talc just muttered in aggreement.
Trunx watched as Sapphire led their child back to his bedroom and walked back into their room.
"You didn't want to tell him that we'd be fighting each other right?" he asked while settling back under the covers.
"Yes, we can only pray that we won't be set up to fight one another." Sapphire replied witha sigh as she walked back to the bed.
"Don't worry. Besides I bet that girl you fought last time will be there. And I'm sure she will make it so she has a rematch with you." Trunx reassured her with a smile, and kissed her on the cheek.
"Ibuki...hmm...." she mumbled to herself as she settled into bed. Suddenly the prospects of having to fighting her husband weren't such a big deal anymore. She was more interested in finishing an old grudge now.
The next day was a beutiful summer day. The birds were singing, the sun was shining. It was a perfect day in all aspects. Yes, a perfect day to hold the bloodiest, most brutal tournament the world has ever known.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to this year's Budokai Tournament. Where we will once again try to determine the strongest under the heavens!" The annoucer shouted with much more enthuiasm then needed.
"And now, the one, the only, Mr. Satan!" he shouted, presenting the man who stood next to him.
Mr. Satan quickly grabbed the mike away from the annoucer. His eyes moving across the many people who loved him dearly. The annoucer booth was on a high platform, off to one side of the stadium. Therefore Satan had a pretty good view of everyone present.
"All right you little punks. Lets see if any one of you have the courage to take on me! But this year you'll have to take on my whole family as well." Satan said with a smirk. At that moment the annoucer cut back in.
"Introducing Mr. Satan's very own daughter Videl!"
Suddenly a spot light shined on Videl who was standing in line to enter the tournament. Though the light was simultaneously blinding her, along with everyone who was around her as well.
"Dad would you quite it!!" she screamed in anger. The light quickly took heed of her anger, and just as soon as it had blinded them, it was gone. Every one of the Z warriors was there along with her. Gohan, Pan, Vegita, Frieza, Goten, Goku, and even Piccolo. All were dressed in their respective fighting clothes. Gohan, Goku, and Goten all wearing their orange gi's. Vegita wearing his blue saiyan outfit, and Piccolo wearing his usual Namekian clothing, complete with his turban and cape.
Though Gohan and Videl's daughter Pan on the other hand was just wearing normal street clothes, while Frieza had chosen to wear nothing at all, since he had no need to put on clothing.
"Well you know how grandpa can be!" Pan beamed from next to Videl.
"Yeah he likes to show off..." Gohan said sarcastically, also standing next to her.
"I hope your not the one who fights him dad." Pan said with a smirk.
"No I will!" Frieza pipped up from behind her. Next to Gohan and family, stood Frieza along with his father Vegita, who both would be entering the tournament.
"Heh that fool doesn't know who he's dealing with." Vegita said with a smirk.
"Now don't get carried away Vegita." Goku said from behind him.
"Let me guess Kakkarot. If you were fighting him you would let him win, just so he could fuel his ego and make it bigger then it already is." Vegita replied with a smirk.
"Heh....he's one to talk..." Frieza thought to himself, trying not to laugh.
"No. I just want to make sure that you don't even think about going Super Saiyan versus any of the human competitors." Goku said with a stern voice.
"I wouldn't waste my powers on these imbeciles. I'm saving my power for you Kakkarot." he said again with a smirk, facing forward again as to not miss his turn to enter the tournament.
Goten looked over to his father.
"He sure can be a hothead sometimes."
"You can say that again." Goku said with a laugh.
"Hey what are you two muttering about!" Vegita yelled, turning around once agian.
"Oh would you two just stop bickering. Jeez its so annoying." Android 18 growled angrily from behind Goku.
"Its bad enough that Krillin was to chicken to enter the contest. I don't want to have to deal with a battle of ego's." she said in a huff. She could never really get over the fact that Krillin had just quite the tournament. He had muttered something about having no chance, and that someone had to look after their daughter Marron.
"What a crock...." she muttered to herself.
The final person in the line was Piccolo. Though he had no wish, or need to make some stupid comment about all that had been going on. Therefore he stayed silent, waiting for a chance to see if his four years of training had been worth it.
Suddenly there was a sparkle in the sky. Everyone looked up to see that Cell, Sapphire, Trunx, and Jade were all approaching from the sky. In Sapphire's arms she held Talc closely. Sapphire, Trunx, and Jade all slowed down though when they noticed that Cell had started to power up for some reason, and was speeding forward.
They watched a he formed a glowing yellow sphere around himself as he slowly descended into the middle of the ring. Yellow lighting began shooting all around him as he grinned, watching all the stunned people staring at him.
Though before he could go any further into his impressive act, he felt someone grabbing his arm, and dragging him off to the sidelines.
"I swear Cell. Sometimes you are just as bad as that Satan guy." Jade muttered as she dragged him to the entrance line where he was "supposed" to be.
He was embarrased for a moment but he quickly regained his composure when he thought about how this year he was truelly going to show the world that he was truelly the strongest under the heavens. Stronger then Vegita, even stronger then Goku. He would show them....
"Hey Dad! I saved you a place in line. Now get your butt over here!" Sapphire yelled angrily at her daydreaming father.
"Sorry Saphy." he replied a bit flustered, and quickly moved over to where his daughter stood.
Jade waved as she began to back away, Talc held close in her arms.
"Ok by mom! Take good care of Talc!"
"Good luck honey! You to Trunx!" she yelled happily.
Trunx and Sapphire bothed waved goodbye happily as they watched Jade walk away. Though Cell, who had been in silent concentration, blinked when he realized that she didn't say his name.
"Hey what about me!" he yelled, slightly annoyed.
"Oh I hope you lose!" Jade yelled back, sticking her tongue out. Cell just stood there open mouthed as Jade walked up to the bleachers. She herself trying to stifle laughter. Trunx and Sapphire were also trying to stifle laughter as they looked at Cell's surprised look.
Jade walked up to where she was to be seated with a happy expression on her face. When she arrived she noticed that everyone who was expected to be watching the tournament was already there. Seated on the bleachers was Bulma, Marron, and to her surprise Krillin. All of them were dressed in casual clothing, that is except for Krillin who was wearing his orange gi.
"Krillin? Why didn't your try to enter the tournament. I know your strong enough to qualify." Jade asked curiosly as she sat down.
"Um...well...the reason is...."
"He was a big scaredy cat and didn't want to get hurt." Marron pipped up, looking up from a book she was reading.
"Thank you very much sweety!" he growled. Bulma and Jade both just laughed in response.
Jade took that moment to let go of Talc, and let him sit by himself on the bleachers. Though he wasn't there for long as Bulma had immediately picked him up.
"Hello Talc. How are you doing today?" she said in a cute voice.
"Hello Grandma. I'm fine." he replied back. This caused Bulma to cringe, as she hated to be thought of as a wrinkly old grandma.
"He's getting cuter by the day...." she muttered, placing him back down.
Talc just sat there for a few moments, a little smile spread across his face, he then gave his mother a little wink. In which she winked right back, the same smile also across her face.
"Hey Bulma, where's Bra? Did she go to the bathroom or something?" Jade asked, looking around to see that she was not present.
"Nah, she went down to watch the tournament from the sidelines. She's not really allowed down there, but with brothers like Frieza and Trunx. I'm sure they'll make an exception. But I am surprised that she has taken such an interest in fighting. I always thought she was just like me." Bulma mused.
"Well she is getting older. How old is she now?" Jade asked.
"Well lets see.....she's 11 and Frieza's 12." Bulma replied, her finger to her chin.
"Oh I see. And how old are you now Marron?" she asked, turning to Krillin's daughter.
"I'm the same age as Frieza ma'am. I'm 12" she simply replied, not even looking up from her book.
"Ma'am....?" Jade mumbled in surprise.
"I swear she's 12 going on 35." Krillin said with a smirk. Marron didn't seem to have a comment about this.
Jade just shook her head an looked back down to the arena.
Meanwhile in the tent in which contestants were tested to see if they qualified to enter the tournament, stood the Z warriors and their families.
Satan walked up to a small contraption that had been placed in the middle of the tent.
"This thing here is to test how strong you weaklings can punch. Allow me to demonstrate." Satan said with a smirk as he drew back his fist. In a quick instant he threw his fist forward and hit a small pad that set off a electronic counter next to the machine. The counter now read 235.
"Alright! Now lets see what the rest of you punks got!" Satan said as he stepped off to the side.
Gohan looked from side to side when he suddenly realized that he was next in line. His father's words rang in his head, and he remembered that he was not to use his full strength. He slowly walked up to the machine and drew his fist back. He knew it was going to be very difficult to hit it with the right strength as to not destroy the machine.
Using all his concentration he punched the machine, then his eyes quickly darted over to the counter to see how he ranked.
"Punching power is 275. You have passed." one of the judges simply stated, and handed Gohan a blue button.
Satan stared at the counter in amazement.
"275! This stupid thing must be broken!" he yelled in anguish.
"I'm sorry Mr. Satan. It may be malfunctioning a little. But still it should be good enough to judge the other contestants." another judge replied.
"Well thats ok then. Besides I wasn't using my full strength anyway. I mean if I used my full strength everyone else would of been discouraged to even try out! HAHAHA!"
Videl watched as her father flaunted himself, and just slapped her forehead in embarrasement.
"Ugh...."
One by one all of the Z warriors took their turns on the machine. Each controlling their powers and getting a score that wouldn't be suspicious. Then it came to be Android 18's turn. She stared at the machine for a second wondering how the heck she was supposed to hit the stupid thing without braking it.
She just simply walked up to it and threw what she believed to be a soft punch. Her eyes moved towards the counter to see her score.
"4,876....." The judge muttered.
"Maybe it is broken." another judge next to him muttered. Both Judges just looked at each other and shrugged.
"Here you go miss..." one judge said as he nervously gave her a blue button. She just smirked at him in reply, taking it and quickly walking away.
Next in line was Vegita who looked at the machine as he would look at a piece of dental floss. He had no idea what purpose it served.
"What am I supposed to do with this thing!?" he demanded.
"Um...you're supposed to punch....on that pad there." The judge said nervously, as he pointed at the punching pad. Vegita did not seem amused.
"Stupid Kakkarot. He said something about controlling our power so not to frighten these stupid humans...." Vegita muttered to himself as he surveyed the machine. He stood there for several moments seeming to be in concentration. Trying to figure out how he was supposed to hit thing thing without braking it.
As time went by, Vegita's concentration quickly turned to anger. And before anyone knew it he just punched the machine as hard as he could, turning it into very small pieces.
The two judges stared at him in horror as he simply walked through the tent, not caring if he got a stupid button or not. Sapphire, Trunx, and Cell just simply followed behind him. Seeing that there was no real purpose of trying to qualify anymore.
The reason for this being was that everyone behind the three had quickly fled, knowing that if they entered the tournament, they would have to face Vegita.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! We will not begin the junior competition. Which will proceed the main competition and give our younger fighters a chance to show what they got!" the annoucer yelled.
Satan, who was once again standing next to him looked down at the crowd with a smirk.
"Heh, you all just wait. I have a little surprise for you all....." he muttered to himself with a faint laugh. Though the faint laugh quickly turned into a maniacal one that left the annoucer staring at him. He just stared right back with a nervous smile.
"Uhhh.....Let the games begin!" Satan blurted out suddenly.
"Err...Yes! Let the tournament begin!" the annoucer agreed.
To be Continued.