Narrator: The 32nd 'World Martial Arts Tournament' is less than two weeks away, and the Z-Warriors rapidly prepare themselves to enter a competition that will bring together thirty two of Earth's strongest and best fighters. And although they make up the bulk of those competitors, there are sure to be many surprise entrants that could turn the tides of combat at any moment. What lies in store as this new quest of power unfolds? Find out today, on Dragon Ball AGT!
Dragon Ball AGT Episode 2: World Martial Arts Tournament Number 32 has arrived! Let's train our hardest guys!
The scene opens within the vast reaching forest on top of Mount Paozu. We join up with Gohan as he stands, in solitary hands, in what would seemingly be some sort of meditative state.
His eyes are closed, his mind focused. He wears the orange Gi that was once worn by his father where it represented the Kame Sen'nin arts, and then later the symbol of King Kai, but now solely holding the emblem of the Elder Kai who unlocked Gohan's dormant abilities. But what was once his was now lost. In the two years that Goku was absent it has been Gohan's almost sole goal to reacquire that power. But can simply training by oneself be enough to achieve such an end?
Gohan: Mind: Focus your energy Gohan. It's still in you. You just have to find it.
The leaves and the pond surround Gohan with tranquil bliss. The birds are chirping. The deer are eating the berries off the small trees and shrubs. And bears are fast asleep within their caves. Absolutely quiet. ...Complete and utter quiet... total, unequivocal quiet is what Gohan needs. There mustn't be one so-
Goku: Hey Gohan! (From behind)
Gohan: WHOA?! (He shouts in sudden aghast while opening his eyes and looking toward his father who very rudely interrupted him.) Dad? How long have you been standing there?
Goku: I think long enough. So what kind of training are you doing?
Gohan: Uh, well... a mental kind.
Goku: Mental?
Gohan: Yeah. Instead of trying to pull strength out physically, a mental variation can be utilized to bring it out more precisely.
Goku: I don't follow.
Gohan: (Chuckles) I didn't expect that you would. It's kind of a Piccolo thing.
Goku: So what do you do?
Gohan: I search within. And once I find what I need, I just pull it out.
Goku: ...Sounds a little boring...
Gohan: It's far from boring, dad. It's useful.
Goku: I'm guessing you're trying to re-learn that ability that the Old Kai gave you...?
Gohan: (Sighs) ...Yes.
Goku: I thought so. I doubt you'd be 'searching within' if it wasn't about that.
Gohan: I've done a lot of varieties of training these last two years but none of them have helped me get it back. I'm starting to think that maybe it won't EVER come back.
Goku: I won't lie to you son. You have nobody to blame but yourself for that.
Gohan: ...I know...
Goku: Your inactivity the last number of years has disrupted the proper flows of energy and Ki circulating throughout your body. Without maintaining that flow you can't expect to keep the very best of yourself. That's why training is always an utmost priority to keep you consistent.
Gohan: I'm trying to be a good father and husband, dad.
Goku: I understand. And I don't blame you for wanting that. I want that for you too. But you need that balance to help you keep the flow.
Gohan: ...I don't know if you're in any position to criticize me about my balance, dad.
Goku: Heh...
Gohan: I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.
Goku: No. It's okay. I deserve that. I haven't exactly always been there for you, Gohan. I intend to make that up to you now. I've had... A really, REALLY long time to reflect while I was away. I'm different now. I want to be here to see my granddaughter grow old. I want to be here to see you and Videl be happy. Now that I've had the training of my life, I think now is the best time for me to help the second generation move forward, in not just training, but life itself.
Gohan: ...Thank you dad. ...That... that means a lot to me. (Certainly noticing the change in Goku. A change that he never quite thought he'd see in his father.)
Goku: And the first steps in operation 'be there for my family' is helping you bring it all back.
Gohan: You will? But how?
Goku: (Smiles) I think we ought to try something a little more MY way.
Gohan: Uh...
Goku: Hehehehe! (He chuckles as his son looks on in confusion)
(Capsule Corp.)
(Inside the gravity chamber)
Vegeta stands for a moment, centering himself, readying himself for what's about to strike, the precise feeling, the precise moment. He then begins jumping around, throwing punch after punch, kick after kick as he attacks the training orbs surrounding him throughout the red and orange lit room. The gravity stands at about 500Gs, completely inhuman to you or me. But to Vegeta, nearly weightless.
Vegeta: (Blasts one of the orbs attacking him)
The Orb blows up in the air and its pieces scatter about the room.
Vegeta: Arrrg... this isn't good enough. I need something more than this. Something more than the Time Chamber. How can I become stronger than Kakorot if I don't have the proper amenities to show for it?
Suddenly the door opens up behind him and a purple haired man enters the room.
Trunks: Maybe I can help you there.
Vegeta: Huh? What are you doing in here, boy?
Trunks: Joining you.
Vegeta: What makes the man in the suit believe that he can stand toe to toe with his clearly superior father? (Smirks, sort of a tongue and cheek comment)
Trunks: Maybe the man in the suit shouldn't be underestimated.
Vegeta: Is that so?
Trunks: Yeah, maybe he wants to show his father something he didn't expect he'd ever see in his son.
Vegeta: And what would that be?
Trunks: The full power of a Sayian Warrior! (Throws his arms out and begins to power up)
Vegeta: Huh? ...His power... it's... it's skyrocketing.
Trunks begins to make an unnatural screaming motion. He surrounds himself with an orb of power that entraps him within. The orb condenses all the energy surrounding him with the sole purpose of containing the Ki within in order to protect the room, and the building, from any damage.
Vegeta looks on in astonishment as Trunks begins to scream even more perplexingly than he did before. Is this really his son? How can he have achieved this kind of power all on his own? DID he achieve it on his own? All these questions and so many more plague the mind of the Sayian Prince as he watches his heir go from Sayian, To Super Sayian, To Super Sayian 2... and then 3!
Vegeta: No. How is it possible? How did you-? (Flabbergasted)
Trunks begins screaming even more, until suddenly his voice cracks itself into a deep, booming voice. The face of the Great Ape appears within the energy orb keeping the Ki condensed, but the face of this ape is no ordinary Great Ape, but the Golden Great Ape. The Great Ape that kept Baby at bay. The Great Ape that nearly destroyed Planet Tuffle, and Planet Earth once upon a time. And as long as it took to transform, the ending came quicker, as Trunks disperses the energy orb in front of him and shrinks back down to his Half-breed humanoid level.
What appears before Vegeta is not a purple haired boy wearing a suit. Nor the CEO of a multi-Billon Zeni corporation, but the embodiment of the legendary... Super Sayian 4! His hair appearing black and as crazily parted as Goku's look as SSJ4. Black shaggy pants and a blue belt buckle as well as the traditional boots that Trunks and his Future counterpart wore at almost all times, as well as the red fur embracing the top half of his body with blackish-greywish wristbands at the ends of his arms.
Vegeta: But... But how...? How is this even possible?
Trunks: I'll explain it to you, if you'll let me. (His voice slightly altered much deeper, much darker)
Vegeta: ...Super Sayian 4...
Trunks: (Let's out a chuckle of prolonged purpose)
(Back in the vast forest of Mount Paozu , where we last left Goku and Gohan.)
The sparks of speedy movements encompass the landscape as Gohan appears throwing a barrage of punches toward his father.
Goku proceeds to dodge around Gohan's punches with absolute ease. As if he could telegraph these attacks before Gohan even thinks about making them.
Goku speeds around behind Gohan.
Gohan: Huh? (Doesn't have enough time to react)
Goku: (Uses the strength of his back to bash into Gohan)
Gohan: (Yelps out loud as he falls forward nearly being knocked into a tree)
Goku: (Chuckles)
Gohan: (Turns and fires off a small Ka-Mae-Ha-Mae-Ha toward his father)
Goku: (Grabs onto the blast with one hand)
Gohan: What?!
Goku: Come on Gohan. You can do better than this. (Throws Gohan's beam back at, well... Gohan.)
Gohan: (Puts his arms in front of his face in an attempt to Perry the blast)
The beam explodes into Gohan's body, creating an aura of smoke surrounding him.
After the smoke clears we see Gohan again, lying on the grassy floor of the forest, taking many stilted breaths. Disappointed in his abilities. Or lack thereof.
Goku: (Sighs) I see we've got a lot of ground to cover in less than two weeks.
Gohan: I just... I don't get how I can be this out of shape. I get that inactivity isn't a good thing but... this... this is pitiful.
Goku: I agree.
Gohan: You're not supposed to agree with me, Dad!
Goku: I can't skirt my way around it, son. I got to be honest.
Gohan: (Sighs) ...Maybe I should just give up trying to tap back into those powers. Maybe it would be better if I just tried something new.
Goku: Such as?
Gohan: Well... maybe I should aim higher. How about a Super Sayian 4?
Goku: Super Sayian 4 is a very particular type of transformation. One that requires not only a specific kind of Ki, but also the implementation of a certain amount of Blutz Waves. Also, you need a tail.
Gohan: Then I can have it re-grown like yours.
Goku: It's not that simple. You've never gone beyond Super Sayian 2, without 3 in your arsenal, going straight to 4 would be close to impossible.
Gohan: But Vegeta did it.
Goku: Yeah, but that was with the aid of that machine that Bulma created. It wasn't a true-blue version of Super Sayian 4. It wasn't something he was able to keep.
Gohan: Then what am I supposed to do?
Goku: Become better than a Super Sayian 4.
Gohan: Hm?
Goku: You don't need those transformations Gohan. You're on an entirely different level. You achieved a form that never required you to power up, that's remarkable. The best thing you can do is advance THAT version of the Gohan that I know. But firstly, you just need to bring it out. So... just bring it out.
Gohan: (Stands back up on his feet) (Nods his head in approval) All right. Will do, dad.
Goku: Yeah! That's the spirit! You'll be back on your feet in no time, son.
Gohan: Let's go for round two.
(Outside of a movie theatre somewhere in West City)
Bra, while hand-hand with what appears to be an infatuated date, come walking out of the theatre together after having just watched a movie. Perhaps 'Mr. Satan Vs. The Great Saiyaman'? You be the judge.
Male Date: That was pretty good! Did you enjoy yourself?
Bra: Oh yes I did. And the company was certainly nice too.
Male Date: (Chuckles and blushes, is completely embarrassed and smitten with the blue haired girl.)
Bra: You going to buy me some dinner? Hm?
Male Date: Definitely! There's this great restaurant on the other side of town, you'll love it!
Bra: I'm sure I will.
Both Bra and her date continue to walk on until Bra notices somebody standing, foot up against the back brick wall of a building leading into an alleyway.
Bra: ...What are you doing here?
Male Date: Is this one of your friends, Bra?
Pan: More than that, dude.
Bra: What do you want, Pan?
Pan: So you have time to go out on dates with one of your obsessed boyfriends but no time to train with me?
Male Date: One of them...? (Confused)
Bra: ...I'll get around to it.
Pan: We don't have time for you to 'get around to it' Bra. You either train now, or you don't train at all.
Bra: Then maybe I just don't enter the tournament.
Pan: You can't go back on your word. That makes you a coward. And if there's one thing I know about your family, not a single one of you enjoys being called that. Now dump the temp, and let's get down to business.
Bra: (To her date) Hey, babe, why don't you go wait over there? I'll catch up.
Male Date: Uh... Okay, honey... see you soon?
Bra: Yeah, sure, whatever.
Male Date: Okay! (Scurries over to an intersection all by himself, waiting for his love to return to him.)
Bra: What do I gain in entering this tournament, Pan? What exactly does it do for me? We both know I have no chance against most of you guys.
Pan: Maybe not, but you never know until you try.
Bra: Then convince me. What do I get walking away from this tournament?
Pan: Prize money.
Bra: My family is the richest family on the planet.
Pan: Glory?
Bra: I get more satisfaction out of purchasing clothes than fighting another human being.
Pan: ...How about some handsome guys?
Bra: (Stops dead in her tracks, doesn't have a worked on response.)
Pan: I had a feeling that one might peak your interest. Just think about it. The glory of winning a match in the tournament will gain you plenty of notice, not only from your adoring fans, but also those who might be interested in more than just a simple relationship. And even if you DO lose you'll already have done much more than most of the audience watching, they'll be in love with you no matter what, so it's a win-win situation.
Bra: I guess it would elevate my Social Media status...
Pan: See? It's already working itself out.
Bra: But I'm just afraid that... that I might disappoint my family. Especially my dad.
Pan: He'll be proud of you no matter what. You know Vegeta, he may not show it, but he's really just a huggable bear on the inside. ...Plus... who knows... maybe you and I will get to fight.
Bra: ...Oh?
Pan: You never know. And I'm you've wanted to shut me up a few times before. Now's your chance.
Bra: Well, I guess there's really no arguing that. If you want to get a little training done, then let's get to it.
Pan: Yeah! (Jumps into the air, cheering)
Bra: (Puts her hands out and stops Pan in he tracks) Please don't do that again.
Pan: (Laughs)
Bra: I better let my guy off easy. See you soon. (Walks off)
Pan: See you soon! (She says while putting a peace sign up and chuckling)
(Kame Island)
Krillin, in preparation for the tournament, battles against his wife Android 18 to get back into the swing of fighting once more. But he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
He throws a number of punches and kicks at his wife, but she grabs onto every single attack he throws at her with ease. Of the two, she is clearly the superior fighter, particularly now in Krillin's older age.
18: (While grabbing onto Krillin's moves) You're beginning to bore me.
Krillin: (While throwing punches and kicks) You just wait! I'll get one through!
18: I appreciate your spirit, Krillin, but no.
Krillin: (Chuckles) I'll show you! (Throws an extra hard punch)
18: (Simply uses the back of her hand to knock his fist back)
Krillin: Show off.
18: (Smirks at her husband)
Krillin: Get ready for round 2! (Throws more punches and kicks)
18: (Continues grabbing onto her husband's attacks)
The door to the Kame House opens up and a pink dressed, blonde pig-tailed haired girl comes walking out.
Marron: Mom. Where's my purse?
18: (Gets distracted by her daughter) Huh?!
Krillin: (Lays a punch across Android 18's face)
18: (Slightly reacts to Krillin's hit, although it didn't hurt her much it certainly took her back a few paces.)
Krillin: Uh... (Shocked that he hit her)
Marron: ...Oops.
18: (Feels the mark on her face and looks at the dirt left on her finger)
Krillin: I'm sorry 18! I didn't realize how hard that was going to be!
18: Don't apologize. The whole purpose of us doing this was to see if you actually COULD hit me and you did. ...But due to a distraction. (Looking to her daughter in annoyance)
Marron: Uh...
18: And you hit well, but not well enough. I want you to go all-out on me Krillin. Don't. Hold back. Do you understand me?
Krillin: Uh... yeah, yeah! (A little taken aback)
18: And as for you Marron. Maybe you ought to enter this tournament too.
Marron: ...What?! I don't fight mom! I've never fought!
18: Now's a better time than any. I think you owe me that much for screwing up my training.
Krillin: You mean "our" training?
Marron: But mom-
18: No buts, Marron. You're entering.
Marron: (Wants to put another word out but knows it would be a losing battle even if she was right.)
18: Good. Now that that's settled. Come at me, Krillin!
Krillin: Welcome to the World of Martial Arts, Marron. Enjoy your stay! (Chuckles) (He then yells as he jumps toward his wife to continue his training.)
Marron: (Taken aback) Uh... Uh... (As she stands at the entrance of Kame House in deep thought.)
(Capsule Corp.'s Gravity Room)
Vegeta: How... how did you do it?
Trunks: (Standing in all his glory in the ultimate form of a Sayian, the Super Sayian 4.) This may take a minute, but I'll indulge you as much as I can.
(Flashback time! But only a few days ago as the training between Goten, Trunks and Uub began.)
(The location is a deserted land most likely closer to Uub's home than anywhere else, with prevalent howling winds blowing about the desolate place.)
The three young men, while in flight, exchange a barrage of punches and kicks between each other, alternating, in order to facilitate an exact read on how each one of them fights.
Uub stops in his tracks and lays out a back kick onto the back of Goten's head, sending him flying down toward the ground. Goten clearly doesn't have a pleasant reaction to this. Trunks flies toward Uub at fast speeds but Uub fires off a blast at him cutting his speed down before Uub then proceeds to rush Trunks and bang him in the head, but this time with a cupped fists as he sends Trunks packing.
Goten jumps back into the fray and manages to connect with a back and forth punch on both Uub's right and left side before releasing a blast into him, blowing him further into the sky. Goten is then met by Trunks who knees the youngest son of Goku in the stomach.
Goten: (With the wind slightly knocked out of him) Gee, Trunks... really?
Trunks: Hey, we're supposed to be going all out here.
Goten: ...I don't think going into the tournament injured is a particularly good idea!
Uub: (From aside) Think fast!
Goten and Trunks: Huh?!
Neither Trunks or Goten were prepared enough to deal with what's been thrown at them. Uub's ultimate attack, the Lightening Arrow, bursts into the skies above them and reigns its flashing retribution all over Trunks and Goten.
Goten and Trunks are sent flying to the ground, smashing into it back first.
Uub: (Appears in the sky looking down upon our 'literal' fallen heroes) You two had enough already?
Goten and Trunks slowly but surely get back up onto their feet, still standing in the craters they left behind from the smashing reentry they had back on the planet's surface. Both men take many heavy breathes as this was a pretty intense bit of training that they just went through, possibly even the most actual training they've done in years.
Trunks: What a way to show-off, Uub.
Goten: Yeah, what gives? I thought we were all on an equal playing field here!
Uub floats down to Goten and Trunks, with a smile on his face, and lands onto the ground beside them.
Uub: Who said anything about equal? (Boasting that he is strongest of the three there, at least at the moment.)
Trunks: Pfft...
Goten: That ain't even nice, dude.
Uub: What can I tell you? You guys have been sort of slacking off of late. I've done nothing but training since Goku went to the Dragon Realm. I guess I can officially state right here and now that a HUMAN is stronger then a Sayian. (Chuckles)
Trunks: Talking smack doesn't suit you, Uub. At least until you can prove that you've earned that title.
Uub: I think I've already proved it, Trunks.
Trunks: Not so fast. Whatever it is that's given you this boost of energy and confidence can only be seen as legit until you give Goten and I a taste of it too.
Uub: You caught on...
Trunks: I'm the son of Bulma Brief. I'm good at that kind of thing.
Goten: So what am I missing here?
Uub: Look up. Both of you.
Trunks Hm? (Doers as he's told and looks up toward the sky.)
Goten: (Does likewise)
Uub: You see 'Planet Tuffle' up there?
The same Planet Tuffle or otherwise the original Planet Plant AKA Planet Vegeta, that was remade by the parasitic organism Baby with a wish by the 'Black Star Dragon Balls'. The planet has remained in Earth's orbit to this day despite being completely abandoned.
Although some Earth scientists have traveled there to collect research, it has mostly remained untouched by the neighboring Planet Earth. It is acted as a sort of de-facto moon in the absence of the moon itself since it and the Earth seem to have exchanged a considerable amount of Blutz Waves between one another.
Goten: What about it?
Uub: I go there on occasion for my own special training. There are a lot of secrets up there that are really beneficial for grinding purposes.
Trunks: How come you didn't mention this to us before?
Uub: Well, you guys seemed like you had a full plate, how could I tell you?
Goten: What's so special about it?
Uub: Well, besides it being ground zero for one of the Earth's major alien conflicts, there are a lot of reservoirs of energy that was left behind up there. Energy that I've been able to create a wavelength with, tap into. I guess having Majin Buu part of my being sort of made that process simpler.
Trunks: You think maybe we can tap into it?
Uub: I don't know. We won't know until we try. So... you want to go?
Goten: How are we supposed to get up there?
Uub: Like this. (Puts his left hand on Goten's shoulder)
Trunks: (With his inquiring mind, catches on really quick and puts his hand on Goten's shoulder as well)
Uub: (He places two fingers from his right hand onto the center of his forehead)
And with that, the three young men vanish into thin air.
(Planet Tuffle)
On the neighboring Planet, the three of them reappear.
It mostly looks the same as it did before, many structures built in Baby's honor remain standing and fully intact, as well the giant outpost at the center containing small buildings on the outside.
This was also the place that nearly the entire population of Planet Earth had to escape to, due to the wish made with the 'Black Star Dragon Balls' almost guaranteeing the blue planet's demise a year later. Many people lost their lives during the Baby Incursion, including the Z-fighters own Piccolo, who sacrificed himself to save the galaxy from any further torment and destruction as wrought by the Black Stars.
As expected, there is a slight unease in the air of this planet. And none of the three men now present are downplaying the significance of its role in their lives. Not just the Baby Incursion, but the fact that this is the exact same planet that their ancestors of the Sayian Race called home. The same ancestors who were destroyed by the tyrant known as Frieza, expunging nearly the entire Sayian Race from existence.
This is a bad place. But a place worth exploring, if not for the benefits of training.
Trunks: It's been a long time since I've been up here...
Goten: Tell me about it...
Uub: Hard to forget about this place when you see it almost every day above us.
Trunks: Since when did you know Instant Transmission?
Uub: Goku taught it to me sometime after Baby's defeat. He figured having as much power as I did after merging with Majin Buu required that I be able to go where I'm needed without thought. And I'm his student, so the master teaches the student.
Goten: Right.
Trunks: I can feel the Ki reserves here. You weren't kidding.
Goten: How exactly do we tap into it?
Uub: I'm not entirely sure. It's unique to the person.
Goten: Maybe we ought to do a little sight seeing.
Trunks: I'm game.
Uub: Yeah, let's check it out.
The three young men begin to fly about the skies of the dead planet, unsure what it is they're looking for, but looking for it anyway. Uub had tapped into these reserves, so why couldn't Goten and Trunks? If anything, a Sayian, be them half-breeds, should theoretically, be able to find a power like this easily, right?
They fly slowly toward the giant outpost since this was the spot where much of the conflict between Baby and Goku took place. Between Golden Great Apes and Super Sayian 4s, there was bound to be something there left behind.
The three come to a stop above the outpost.
Trunks: Wow. It definitely feels pretty gnarly in this spot.
Goten: Hey, Uub, you think spots like this might exist on Earth?
Uub: Possibly. There's been enough fighting there to last more than one lifetime, but up here, the imbalance created by the shared orbit between the planets has amplified its Ki pockets ten fold. I think the natural imbalance has entrapped the energy here in the same way that the ozone layer prevents the orbit of space from sucking up all the oxygen on Earth.
Goten: You're the science guy, Trunks. Does that add up?
Trunks: What you're speaking of is purely theoretical in nature. But, not impossible.
Goten: So what do you do to absorb the energy, Uub?
Uub: I usually just train like I normally would on Earth, somehow I seem to get more out of it here.
Goten: Then let's try it out.
Trunks: I think we should go Super this time around.
Goten: (Chuckles) You read my mind, buddy.
Trunks and Goten begin to power up while Uub looks on, firstly a regular white aura appears around them, but that suddenly turns into a golden aura.
Goten and Trunks have turned into the legendary warriors known as Super Sayians.
Trunks: You ready for another round, Uub? (With the aura surrounding him)
Uub: I'd love to test out where your Super Sayian power stands after these last couple years.
Goten: This time we aren't going to go easy on you du- (Stops in his tracks) ...What the? (Notices his Super Sayian power surge tremendously) What was the hell was that?
Trunks: I don't know, you're power just went up all the- (His power begins to surge as well)
Uub: Whoa... you too?!
Goten: Something is feeling really funky right n-
Goten explodes with an extra golden aura, slightly darker than the aura beforehand. Trunks' aura does likewise as both men feel these sudden surges with both fear, but also astonishment.
Goten: What is this power?!
Trunks: I... I think it might be Super Sayian 2...
Goten: Super Sayian 2?! How the hell did we get Super Sayian 2?
Trunks: This energy must be REALLY potent if it can give us that by just simply powering up!
Goten: You think we can take it futher...?
Trunks: I... I don't know. Should we try?
Goten: Gotenks can do it. I think it's about time we do it apart.
Trunks: All right. You might want to stand back from this one, Uub.
Uub: Already moving. (Floating a little ways away from Goten and Trunks)
The two men begin to power up again, letting out a more ferocious scream as they attempt to induce an evolution of their power that has long since precluded them. An evolution that only their Fusion of Gotenks as well as both of their fathers have unlocked in one way or another.
The golden aura surrounding both men begins to darken even more as they start to scream at the top of their lungs as if they had the worst stubbed toe known to mankind. In space, no one can hear you scream, but maybe, just maybe, some far off planet in the distance could hear these two friends belch out this noise unlike anything they had ever belched out before.
All the energy surrounding them is so potent that it practically gathers all the clouds together above them down into their location, like nature is bending to their will. Streaks of foreign energy begin to circulate around their bodies. The energy given off by the dead planet.
Goten and Trunks' hair extends beyond their normal length and reaches back to near the end of their spines. The indentation on their forehead becomes prevalent and the screaming dies, but for some reason, the energy continues to surround them.
Goten: We... we did it, Trunks. We did it. (A deeper voice, no longer as light hearted sounding as he was before.)
Trunks: (His own voice has become more Vegeta-like with the gruff added up to an eleven.) But... why is the energy still surrounding us?
Goten: ...Our power... it just... it just keeps growing.
Uub notices this anomaly and his eyes bug out.
Uub: Guys! Stop it now! You can't go any further than this! If you try, your bodies will give out due to the strain, you won't live!
Trunks: We can't control it, Uub! It won't stop!
Goten: It has a mind of its own. ...Maybe we go to the next level?
Trunks: ...I don't know.
Uub: You can't! It's not possible! Goku told me that neither one of you were ever born with a tail! It can't be done!
Goten: ...Can you be sure?
Uub: I would safely stake my reputation that Goku is the authority on this, guys!
Trunks: But it doesn't feel like our bodies are giving out.
He says this as the energy begins to expound even more around them, remaining golden but becoming much more dense. It's about to happen. And it's happening now!
Goten: Trunks... is... is that a tail...?
Trunks: (Turns and notices that a tail has sprouted out behind him) What the-?
Goten: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (He suddenly screams)
Trunks: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (Begins to scream as well)
He doesn't notice it but Goten sprouts a tail too, and the power of the two men explodes even more reaching the next phase, but not in the favor of Uub.
Goten and Trunks' screams start turning into giant booming growls. The teeth in their mouths start turning into furious and sharp fangs. Their eyes turn a pure red color. Their muscles begin increasing to immeasurable sizes as their bodies begin to grow and grow and grow in stature until both Trunks and Goten appear almost able to touch the sky they go so big. The fur covers their entire bodies, but we aren't talking about your regular fur, we're talking about Golden Fur. The fur of the ultimate planet-Galaxy destroyer. We're talking about the 'Golden Great Ape'. But we have two of them this time around.
Goten: (Growls a howl that booms across the planet)
Trunks: (Growls and smashes his arm into the ground below)
The ground under him practically explodes into an abundance of boulders and rocks that veer into opposite directions all over the planet.
Uub: Damn it! (Teleports away from the debris as it soars passed him)
Uub appears near the two Great Apes but not close enough for them to notice him. ...Yet.
Uub: How could this have happened?
He says this as Goten and Trunks begins to wreak havoc on the planet below them.
Uub: How could they have archived this form?! They've never had a tail. They're half-breeds. Since when could they force a tail to grow?
As Uub ponders that question, Goten notices him at the corner of his eye. Uub takes note of this discovery as well and quickly realizes that the questions he had are no longer the most important thing going on at the moment.
Uub: Oh. Damn.
Goten: (Practically screams out a growl toward Uub)
The giant ape instantly starts running toward the human.
He barely has time to react before the giant monster throws a large fisted punch toward him.
Uub: OH CRAP! OH CRAP!
The giant fist connects with Uub, smashing the poor soul into the ground below.
And with that, Uub lies, already battered, already broken as the giant best stands above him.
Uub: Damn it... (Weakened) ...He... He already got the best of me...?
Trunks: (Speeds over to where Goten is) (Growls toward him)
Goten: (Growls back toward Trunks)
They both engage in what appears to be some sort of growling match.
Uub: What... what's going on...? (He asks himself)
The two giant monsters start throwing punches at each other, creating ripples in the space between them as they fight each other.
Uub: Are... are they fighting for dominance...?
That was, in fact, what they were doing. Two wild animals together in one place is a recipe for disaster. And in this case, a literally planet destroying initiative.
Goten and Trunks begin to wrestle each other as they move back and forth in their quest for dominion.
Uub: (With an ounce of strength, manages to pull himself back up to his feet.)
Trunks: (Smacks Goten across the face)
Goten: (Reacts in pain and falls back onto the ground creating a large earth shattering eruption)
Trunks: (Walks over to Goten and puts his giant foot on top of him, after which he fires out a large beam from his mouth toward his best friend.)
Goten: (Gathers strength and knocks the blast back at Trunks with a free hand.)
Trunks: (Is hit with this blast and flies back into the ground behind him, creating another earth quake.)
Uub: Damn it. They're going to tear the planet to pieces if I don't do something now! (Takes flight into the air) HEY! You two! Look at me!
Trunks and Goten stop their fight and look toward the lone human. They both scream at him with their devilish growling in unison.
Uub: I... I better make this count. (Still weak from before.) (Begins to form a familiar beam in his hand)
Trunks and Goten belt out another growl and then start stomping toward Uub at rapid paces. The kind of speed that something of their size should not be moving at, yet somehow are.
Uub: (With all his might and as fast as he can, forms the familiar beam in his hand and says the phrase.) KA-ME-HA-MEEEEEEE-
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
The beam fires off its magic hard toward the two giant apes as they approach Uub. They have no time react to this attack and the blast connects with the both of them, knocking both the giants into each other whilst also being flown back into what remains of the Outpost behind them, collapsing it to the ground and creating yet another earth shattering eruption.
That was the last ounce of Uub's energy reserves. Anything more and he'd essentially be committing suicide.
Uub: That's it... I'm spent.
The smoke around what used to be Baby's outpost begins to clear. The two giant apes both lie on top of each other.
Uub: Are they...?
Both Goten and Trunks let out another growl.
Uub: No. No they aren't.
Dropping many stones and rocks as well as the debris of the buildings below, Goten and Trunks stand back up on their feet, boiling angry, looking toward their target with vengeance on their minds.
Uub: ...I'm dead. (He comes to the realization that if they get out to him and touch him in any way, he will more than likely die from that engagement.) Do I use the Instant Transmissions and come back for them later... with Goku?
Uub ponders this for a moment, but quickly comes to a conclusion.
Uub: No. This is my mess. I'm going to clean it up. We can't always rely on Goku. Sometimes we have to stand for ourselves.
He speaks these truthful words right as Goten and Trunks begin to charge him once more.
Uub: I'll stand and fight!
Goten and Trunks scream aloud their monstrous growling as they rapidly approach their target.
Uub: TILL MY LAST BREATH! (He says as he powers up a bit with his pink aura)
Suddenly, Goten and Trunks stop in their tracks as they see Uub do this. Keep in mind this happened literally seconds before Trunks and Goten caught up to Uub with plans to rip him limb from limb.
Uub: ...What...?
Goten and Trunks look toward Uub in what only can be described as some sort of guilt. It's almost as if the untamed beasts recognize him and feel sorry for what they did to him. Or at least, that is what Uub could infer based on what little emotion could be read off a giant gorillas face.
The two apes calm themselves down and start the process of centering themselves. And with that, the two apes begin to take shape once more, slowly, and slowly, the ape transformation tempers itself down and the two apes shrink.
Uub: ...Its happening. It's really happening... (Floats down toward Goten and Trunks as they reach their next stage of evolution.)
Uub lands on the ground, surrounded by layers of smoke. The smoke, with the aid of the quiet wind, begins to clear, revealing within two new additions to the highest known stage of Sayian evolution.
What stands before Uub are two... Super Sayian 4s!
Uub: I'm... I'm seeing it. But I don't believe it.
Trunks: So then... this is a Super Sayian 4...? (With the added gruff to measure)
Goten: (Looks almost identical to his father in this from except his hair is much, much shorter.) (With added gruff and a touch of seriousness to his voice, but he manages to maintain his funnier attitude) ...I look pretty cool. Humph.
Trunks: (Slightly smirks at the comment.)
Goten: Hey Uub. ...Sorry we almost killed you.
Uub: Uh... apology... accepted? (Confused, he doesn't understand how something as improbable as this could possibly be happening.)
(Back to the present)
(Capsule Corp., Inside the Gravity Room)
Trunks: It wasn't something that was supposed to happen.
Vegeta: I gathered that.
Trunks: My theory is that the combination of the large concentration of Ki pockets on the Tuffle planet and the sordid amount of Blutz Waves shared between both this planet and that planet came together in a sort of marriage of riches. Almost like the Ki needed to feed on something potentially powerful in order to reduce the potency left behind by Goku and Baby during their battle. Uub's power simply wasn't enough for it to feed on, it needed the power of Sayian or our case, two Sayians, in order to be fed.
Vegeta: But how would it have turned the two of you into Super Sayian 4s?!
Trunks: Goku and Baby fought in both the Golden Great Ape state and Super Sayian 4. I can only surmise that the Ki they left behind measured out only up to those levels which is why as soon as the dust settled we noticed that the reserves of Ki were severely depleted.
Vegeta: So that's the catch then. You absorbed all that power and now everything special about that planet is gone.
Trunks: Yeah, we sort of ruined Uub's training spot...
Vegeta: None of this explains how you and Goten were able to sprout out tails. It is a rarity that a half-breed be born with a tail, Gohan was the exception, but you and Goten have always been the rule. How do you explain that?
Trunks: Again, I think it goes back to the whole 'marriage of riches' comment I made earlier. The Ki, the Blutz Waves, the orbit between the two planets, the time of day, everything met each other at such a potent level that I think the center of Goten and my's inner aura convulsed into an activation of our recessive gene. But only temporarily.
Vegeta: So you're saying you have tail control?
Trunks: I believe so. The gene appears to be switching back and forth between dominant and recessive whenever we transform, so that way when we do go Super-4 we grow a tail, and when we aren't, the tail disappears. It's not a natural tail, mind ya, if anything, it's only there in the same way that Super Sayian 3 can make you look so physically different. Or that Majin Buu was able to change into all these different forms. All it is, is a transformative change, not a purely physical one. I think with some practice, you and Goku wouldn't need a tail to turn into Super Sayian 4 anymore.
Vegeta: That would be scoffing at the legacy of our race. I won't have that on my end.
Trunks: You might just change your mind in time.
Vegeta: Perhaps.
Trunks: But can you believe that your son was able to catch up to you in record time? I mean, Goten and I are were already the youngest Super Sayians ever, and now it looks like we have an entirely new plateau on our hands.
Vegeta: Yeah, well becoming something and being something do not go hand-in-hand. That takes action. So let us see where you stack up in the rankings between Kakorot and myself.
Trunks: You want a fight between Super Sayian 4s?
Vegeta: You're damn right I do.
Trunks: I wasn't sure if you could even take on the form without the use of mom's machine.
Vegeta: Oh I learned. Getting my tail back was the first step. The next one is proving to you that the pure blood of a Sayian trumps half-breeds every time. (Smirks at his son)
Trunks: (Chuckles) We'll see about that, dad. (Goes into fighting stance) I'm ready whenever you are.
Vegeta: (Laughs as he prepares his transformation) Get ready to meet a real Super Sayian 4.
(We return to the vast forest of Mount Paozu as Gohan and Goku continue their training)
Gohan jumps toward Goku throwing punches at his father, but like before, Goku continually dodges every attack like it's nothing to him. Like he'd rather be doing anything else other than training his weak son, or so, that's the way Gohan sees it.
Goku: You really this slow, Gohan? (Pushing his son's buttons)
Gohan: Arrg... (Becoming more frustrated) (Forms a beam and fires it off at his father)
Goku: (Jumps toward the backhands it into the sky above)
Gohan: (Charges toward Goku)
Goku: (Elbows Gohan in the back of the neck)
Gohan: (Reacts in pain, falls to the ground)
Goku: This is pathetic.
Gohan: I'm... I'm not... pathetic...
Goku: From where I'm standing, you kind of are, not gonna lie.
Gohan: (Gets back up onto his feet) You trying to get under my skin...?
Goku: Is it working?
Gohan: It just might. (Speeds off)
Goku: Hm?
Gohan: (Appears behind Goku and attempts to sweep him off his feet)
Goku: (Counters his son by simply laying a super-kick into his face)
Gohan: (Screams aloud as he's thrown into the air and then smacks down onto the ground below)
Goku: We're been through this before. You can't do a damn thing if you aren't angry, Gohan. So you better get angry. Otherwise the next time the earth gets attacked, Pan and Videl are both dead.
Gohan: Arrrggg... (Trying to pull himself back up to his feet)
Goku: And you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to stand back and watch as it all happens. I've lived long enough now to where I don't need to do anything for anybody anymore. And you guys will just have to deal with that.
Gohan: ...You're lying.
Goku: Am I? Have I ever said something I didn't mean, Gohan?
Gohan: Shut. Your mouth! (Jumps toward his father and throws more punches and kicks)
Goku: (Grabs onto one of these kicks and slams Gohan into the ground)
Gohan reacts in a painful display. How can he beat hit his father when he keeps intentionally trying to goad him on? What exactly was he trying to pull out of him?
Goku: If Pan saw you right now, she'd be thoroughly disappointed with you. But that's nothing compared to the disappoint I feel for you right now.
Gohan becomes increasingly more angry as Goku continually says these hurtful things. Slight energy fluctuations in the air raise pebbles off the ground.
Goku: Just look at you, kneeling down in your own filth, thinking about what you could have been. Living in your father's shadow. And just think about it, Goten is barely half your age and he was a Super Sayian earlier than you ever were and he couldn't even fly.
Gohan presses his fists into the ground below creating a small dent in the earth as he pulsates in rage.
Goku: Just face facts that you'll never be as good as me, your brother, or Vegeta. You're not even in the same conversation as us. Vegeta's won more battles than you have and that's saying something.
Now that was the last straw in the mind of Gohan.
Gohan: I GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT! (He shouts to the heavens as a sudden aura of yellow and white light energy surrounds him)
His power explodes with an assortment of energy. Like he was a Super Sayian, yet not all at the same time. The energy uproots some of the shrubberies and rocks that were around him as he reengages into the mode he used to help battle against Majin Buu.
Gohan's eyes turn blue for a moment before finally returning to their natural brown state.
Gohan: You made your point dad! (He yells as the aura still surrounds him)
Goku: (Smiles) I know.
Gohan: Getting me angry was always the key when I was kid. Why should being an adult be any different?
Goku: Right on that, son. Listen...I didn't mean all the stuff that I said-
Gohan: DON'T APOLIGIZE. True or not, I needed to hear all that. I need this power. And if that means I be beaten and ridiculed time and time again, then that's a price that I'll pay. Now we're going to keep fighting till the end of the day, and I expect the best out of you, dad!
Goku: Okay then. You want serious Goku? You'll get serious Goku.
Gohan: I wouldn't have it any other way.
Both father and son acknowledge the other as an equal for the first time in a long time.
Narrator: The two weeks leading up to the tournament have come and gone and our heroes gather together to fly out to the battle ground for what could be the greatest tournament in the history of the marital arts.
Bulma's flying transport vehicle, while in transit, blasts through the sky as it pushes out to its destination.
(Inside the transport)
Vegeta sits on his own away from everybody else as where the others sit about the cabin in collective unison. Goku stands up stretching his muscles and making sure he's in tip-top shape and ready to perform, as where the others try to dial it back a notch to avoid any potential injuries.
Bra sits up front with her mother who is flying the transport.
Bra: Tell me again why we don't just fly out there?
Bulma: People see things, sweetheart.
Bra: ...Right, right. In my personal opinion I wouldn't mind the attention.
Bulma: Sure. But I do.
Bra: ...Meh.
Pan: We'll have plenty of time for flying in our match, Bra.
Bra: Let's not jump the gun just yet, Pan. Who knows, neither of us could meet.. one of us could already be out of the tournament. Hint, hint, not me.
Pan: Don't start talking trash till you actually win a match, kay?
Bra: (Chuckles)
Marron: Mom... do I really have to enter this tournament?
18: I don't joke.
Marron: Uh...
Krillin: Don't worry, honey. You'll be fine. You're probably a lot stronger than most humans are.
Marron: But what if I have to fight Gohan? Or Goku? Or Vegeta?!
Krillin: Well, when you say it like that...
Marron: How very reassuring of you, dad!
Chi-Chi: Goku, Gohan... Goten! Should any of you meet Mr. Satan at the end, don't do the whole "keeping his credibility intact" thing by giving him the win! We need some money! And that man needs to tell the truth for once in his life.
Videl: Uh, daughter of the champion right here, Chi-Chi.
Chi-Chi: Oh, you'll be fine!
Gohan: Speaking of which, you sure it was the right move to enter, Videl?
Videl: Of course. I've been slacking lately. I could use the exercise.
Gohan: Maybe you and I'll fight.
Videl: Maybe. By the way, you look good.
Gohan: Thanks. My dad I were doing some bonding, for lack of a better term.
Trunks: Hey dad. You ready?
Vegeta: Humph. (His only response)
Trunks: Me too.
Goten: So... who else knows?
Trunks: Only my dad.
Goten: Let's keep it quiet till we fight each other.
Trunks: Took the words right out of my mouth.
Uub: You two may have reached a new plateau, but despite losing my Ki Pocket, don't mistake that for me slacking. I'm ready and I'm going so you two had better be ready.
Trunks and Goten: You're on!
Goku: ...We're getting close.
Vegeta: (From his area) ...Yes we are.
We arrive at the tournament and it appears much like it has always appeared. The white tiles, the large archways leading into the arena. Everything feels pretty much the same as it always has, but for some reason, better.
The transport lands itself onto a landing pad just outside of the tournament entranceway. Let's just say it's a private landing pad owned by a certain blue haired woman and her god awfully rich family.
Without any rancor or ridicule, the entire Z-clan, or what we currently have of them, come out of the transport, ready and raring to fight in a clash of champions. Combatants and non-combatants from all around the world make way in mass toward the entranceway in hopes of either acquiring those last minute tickets or perhaps snagging one of the thirty two spots in the thirty second tournament.
Vegeta: They're all just cannon fodder. When you and I fight, Kakorot, that will be when this tournament actually matters for a change. And there will be NO INTERRUPTIONS.
Goku: All in the luck of the draw, Vegeta. All in the luck of the draw.
As they begin their ascent into the entranceway, they are approached by a familiar face. A face that Goku is always happy to see whenever he enters one of these tournaments.
World Tournament Announcer: Goku!
Goku: Oh, hey! I had a feeling I'd see you here.
World Tournament Announcer: Forever and always Goku, baby! I see you brought the whole clan with you again!
Goku: They're a pretty nifty bunch.
World Tournament Announcer: Say, Goku. I'm doing an unveiling later, and, I sort of want your opinion on something, could I borrow you for a minute?
Goku: (A little apprehensive at first but relents after realizing this guy has and will never pose any threat.) Uh, sure thing! (Looks back toward the others) I'll catch up with you guys inside.
Gohan: You better hurry on back dad, you don't want to miss registration.
Goku: It'll be a flash! Hehehehehe! Lead the way, guy!
World Tournament Announcer: Follow me, friend!
We switch the scene over a to a back area where a platform holding something covered in tarp sits. The Announcer appears antsy yet determined to show Goku what's underneath said tarp.
World Tournament Announcer: Now, this is something we've been working on for a long time now. And I'm sorry we didn't ask you for permission, but you're not exactly an easy guy to get a hold of.
Goku: Whatever it is, I'm sure I'll love it.
World Tournament Announcer: Always the happy-go-lucky guy! That's what I love about you Goku, my main man! (Puts his hands on the tarp) Now feast your eyes upon the work of the one of the best craftsman on the planet! (Pulls the tarp off whatever was underneath and reveals to Goku what it is)
Goku's eyes start to water in pure happiness at the sight he sees before him. Normally he wouldn't like this kind of recognition, but since it looks so good, he couldn't help but feel more than flattered at the fact that, standing before him, is a giant statue of himself. Fully hand crafted to perfection and not lost on any of the fine details.
Goku: It's... It's incredible! (Like a kid in a candy shop)
World Tournament Announcer: Whew. That certainly takes a load off me. We weren't exactly sure how you'd react. But it's here. And it's you, Goku. It's totally you, baby!
Goku: It looks just like me, and it's HUGE! (Chuckles)
World Tournament Announcer: This world owes you a great debt and I don't think enough people give you credit for the stuff you've done for us. From Cell, to Baby, to that weird invasion, and those Dragon guys, from the people of Earth, to you, we thank you, buddy. ...By the way, I'm going to be saying some of that in the speech during the unveiling.
Goku: Not a problem. Although maybe keep the Cell-talk to a minimum. I think Mr. Satan needs to admit that on his own.
World Tournament Announcer: Request accepted, hero! By the way, we made one of him too.
Goku: No way! Can I see it?!
World Tournament Announcer: Don't have me spoil the surprise now!
Goku: Aww, man!
World Tournament Announcer: Don't worry, you'll see it along with everyone else.
Goku: You know, after all of these years... I've never once learned your name.
World Tournament Announcer: Well, you never asked, Goku!.
Goku: Okay. Fair enough. What do I call you?
World Tournament Announcer: (Smiles toward Goku with the adage of feeling like one with his family.) Call me, Mic.
Goku: Okay, Mic! Thank you for everything! And don't you ever think about retiring, I need at least one familiar face to be here whenever I enter one of these things.
Mic: Not a thought in over twenty years, buddy.
Goku: (Chuckles)
Mic: I don't want to keep you any longer, you better get out to registration, time's a wastin'!
Goku: (Gives a salute to Mic and walks away)
Mic: (Sigh of accomplishment) That was my good deed of the century.
Narrator: Goku has just become a legend in the eyes of planet Earth. And although he would never ask for such admiration, sometimes letting people know exactly who you are is worth every risk that comes with it. Goku, the hero the world needs, and the hero it has always deserved. But will his heroics be enough to conquer what lies in store during the 32nd World Martial Arts Tournament? Find out on the next episode of Dragon Ball AGT!
(End Of Episode Two)
Goku: Hey guys! It's me, Goku! Glad to see some old familiar faces!
Tien: Hey, Goku. Where've you been? And where did you get the new Gi?
Yamcha: Whoa! You look awesome!
Goku: Thanks!
Mr. Satan: Wait Goku! You're entering?!
Goku: Wouldn't miss it, Mr. Satan!
Mr. Satan: Maybe just... this one?
Goku: But we've done all that training!
Mr. Satan: Uh...
Goku: Next Episode: "Return of Some Old friends! And new Interesting Acquaintances!" ...See you again soon!
