Chapter: 4

:The World Junior Finals

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Dragon Ball Z. All rights are owned by their respective owners,Toei, Toriyama, etc. This is purely a fanfictional work done by a simple fan done for fun. I do no get profit from this in any way.

Gohan returned to the Fighter's Lounge and when he got there he found himself surrounded by what seemed like hundreds scared shitless looking kids staring straight at him. Suddenly he heard some slow handed clapping echoing alone across the room and he turned around to find Videl doing the clapping along with a small smirk on her face. As she then stopped clapping she then chuckled along with some shakes of her head. "*giggles* Well... that was sure embarrassing." said Videl with a knowing smirk, obviously referencing how he'd got hit in the face because he was thinking too much. Gohan just blushed in embarrassement. "Yeah, It sorta was... But hey, at least I won and now I don't have to worry so much about hiding my strength since that cat's obviously out of the bag." said Gohan cheerfully, trying to look on the bright side of things like he usually did. Videl just smiled at the way he was able cheer himself up and that was the invitation for him to come over and continue their conversation more privately. The young crowd of junior competitors that surrounded them then managed to collectively shake off their mesmerized looks of terror and left them alone to do whatever it is each of them were doing before. "Well... if there's one thing you're little match taught us it's that holding back in front of this crowd isn't going to be easy for us. Not only that but we're going to have to be really careful not to permanently injure anyone. We don't really want to hurt any of these kids." said Videl as Gohan nodded in agreement and they both went back to hanging out together and waiting for their next turn.

Meanwhile, the Junior Tournament continued as the regular kids took to the stage and match after match ended up as being just hilarious comedic entertainment for the crowd and not real fighting. "Well... this is about as exciting as watching wallpaper dry." dryly commented Krillin while looking bored as he and the other Z-Fighters watched from their vantage point on the railing with equal dissatisfaction about the comedy below. "Yeah, I sorta know what you mean. It looks like things won't get interesting until we see Gohan and Videl fight." agreed Goku as they continued to watch the tournament below and as the tournament went on, Gohan and Videl's matches quickly became the sights to see. They dazzled the crowd with their rapid one move finishes and displays of superhuman strength and skill as they easily won their matches. One by one they finished off their matches quite handedly until finally they made their way up the tournament rankings and into the final match.

Gohan and Videl were stood side by side waiting behind of the large kanji symbol that separated the entrance from the Fighter's Lounge to the ring outside. "Well, this is it... The finals." said Videl as she looked across to Gohan with a competitive smile edging at the corner of her mouth as she felt psyched up for this match. Gohan looked across to her too and met her smile with his own competitive smile. "Yeah... Now Videl I just want you to know that this isn't gonna be like when I was training you in the meadow or out in space. This is a real match and I wanna win it, so I'm going to come at you with full force." said Gohan, now taking on a more serious expression, giving her a last warning as he was still sceptical that she could really be his equal and that he didn't want to end up hurting her badly if she wasn't strong enough. "Yeah, I know. In fact I want you to promise me that you'll come at me full force for the win because I wanna see if I've truly caught up to you with my training or not. I think that I have, so it's only fair to warn you that I'm going to go for the win too." said Videl with passion and ending it with a competitive smile. 'Man, she's realy serious about this. I guess she must've really progressed a lot for her to think that.' thought Gohan as he then acknowledged her request with a nod. "Alright Videl... I guess you really have progressed since you've trained under me. It seems just like yesterday that we were master and student together." said Gohan, reminiscing. "Master and student? Oh! That's right I almost forgot!" exclaimed Videl as she then ran back across the corridor. "Wait! Where are you going? Forgot what?" asked Gohan in confusion. "You'll see, just wait for me a little while." said Videl as she waved back and disappeared around the corner and leaving behind Gohan to wonder at what she'd meant.

In the meantime, Mr. Hercule Satan was in his private dressing room busy making ridiculous poses and faces in the mirror when a tournament monk with glasses came calling. "Um? Excuse me sir, Mr. Satan? I hate to bother you but I just wanted to let you know that the World Junior Finals are about to start. I thought you might want to know." said the monk. "Huh? Watch a couple of kids pound the livin heck out of each other? Tell me what business is that of mine?" rhetorically questioned Mr. Satan as he turned an annoyed glance at the monk for having been interrupted from his 'practice'. "Well sir, your daughter Videl is fighting in the finals along with a young boy who we're told is the son of a previous champion. Both of them have shown incredible strength in getting to the finals and it looks like it's going to be a rather impressive match." informed the monk. "AAAH ha haaa! That's my girl! Of course she made it to the finals she takes after me after all. Yup I taught her everything she knows, but just to be fair I guess I could check it out just to see my precious little girl win her first world title. *clears throat* Besides I'm supposed to have an exhibition match with the winner of this thing so it wouldn't hurt to scope out the competition." said Hercule, saying that last part in semi-jest as he then started to make his way to the ring.

Meanwhile, Videl finally came back running to Gohan and surprisingly now wearing an almost exact replica of his outfit. "Huh!? Videl? That's where you went to? To change into that? Why would you do that?" asked a somewhat surprised Gohan, taken aback by her daring to expose her association with him and 'them' in general and wanting to know why. "Isn't it traditional for students to wear the uniforms of their teachers out of respect? I mean aren't doing the same thing right now for Piccolo? You were the first to teach me about my new powers and how to fight with them so to me I consider you to be like my first teacher and I want to show it. I'm going out there to honor you by wearing your colors as your student and I don't care what the public or anyone else out there in that stadium thinks. I'm one of you guys now and that means I'll risk it all with you guys too and there's nothing you can do about it." said Videl with a fierce determination burning in her beautiful passionate blue eyes. However Gohan just smiled at this. "Alright..." was his response as they then turned forward and walked into the bright light of the outside as they began marching their way to the ring.

"Nooowwwww! The moment you've all been waiting for, the Junior Divison Championship match between 11 year old Gohan and 10 year old Videl. Aaannd here they co... Huh!?" began announcing the announcer but he was cut off when Gohan and Videl emerged from the main building wearing identical uniforms. The audience too, which had started cheering for the two fighters as they came out but however stopped cheering in favor of murmuring amongst themselves about this shocking and confusing development as they couldn't figure out why the daughter of "The World Hero" Mr. Satan was doing this. Gohan and Videl however, just grinned like idiots and waved to the crowds as they made their way to the ring. "Well this is a strange development... I think I must be seeing double as Videl Satan is coming to the ring wearing the exact same fighting attire as her opponent! Is this some kind of mind game that she's playing with her opponent?" asked the announcer to the audience as they continued to murmur among themselves about the possibilities. 'Videl, I sure hope you know what you're doing.' thought Gohan as he glanced worriedly in Videl's direction. Once they made it to the ring, the ring announcer came over and gently stuck the microphone in Videl's mouth. "Excuse me, Miss Videl? But I along with the rest of the audience were just wondering why you chose to wear 'that' for your match here today?" asked the announcer, not wanting to sound too imposing. "Oh!? Well you see me and him trained together in his martial arts style. I learned so much from him that it was almost like learning under him. I guess you could say I consider him to be like my sensei and so I had this uniform specially made and now I'm wearing this uniform to honor my sensei. There's alot for me that I feel I need to prove in this match personally." said Videl as she constantly glanced Gohan's way with a knowing smile and the crowd cheered for her in appreciation of what they saw as a noble gesture from her.

"Well you heard it folks! It seems that this match is more than just a championship match for one of our competitors, it's a proving ground in what sounds like a very personnal way. It seems that these two tiny titans trained together in a similar discipline and formed a close familiarity with one another. Outside the realm of competition these two may be friends but inside the ring today they'll be adversaries in a test to see can outdo the other on grandest stage of them all with the World Junior Championship at stake. *crowd cheers* Now, another thing that connects these two proud young fighters is the fact that they're both the offsprings of world champions! Gohan is the son of Goku, who was the last champion of the old World Martial Arts Tournament some twelve years ago and surely most of you if not all of you already know that Videl is the daughter of our current World Champion Mr. Satan! That's some proud family history that's for sure and I'm sure that both of them are planning on making championship gold a family tradition. Both have undoubtedly inherited their fathers' fighting strength if you look at the amazing strength and skills they've both displayed in this tournament to get getting to this point. It is entirely possible that either of these two if not both of them could be World Martial Arts Champions someday but which one of them will win it today, who knows? Now fighters, TAKE YOUR POSITIONS!" finished the announcer as with a chop of his hand he motioned for the fighters to get ready and then ran out of the ring to what he estimated to be a safe distance as the two fighters got into their respective stances.

Uptop the railings above the stadium the older Z-Fighters were anxiously awaiting the start of the fight. "This is going to be good." said Goku with excitement etched on his face. "Yes, finally we're at least going to see a real fight." agreed Vegeta, albeit in his own arrogant way as he stood with his arms crossed, watching the tournament. "Yeah, you got that right... Just look at the way they're staring at each other down there. Looks like those two little lovebirds are really heating it up. This looks like a barn-burner of a match." stated Krillin in anticipation. "If the match goes to Super Saiyan then Gohan has the definite advantage, but if they keep the fight at their normal forms, then as it stands now there's no telling who'll win." stated Piccolo, though saying it more to himself, being as analytical as always.

Meanwhile, Mr. Hercule Satan had finally made his way to the arena to watch the match just as the announcer told them to take their positions, overlooking them from behind the large kanji sign that was in the middle of the entrance-way to the ring. "What is that daughter of mine thinking? Why is she wearing the same outfit as that kid? Maybe it's just simple mind games that she's trying to play? Yeah, that's it, after all I did teach her all about getting in your opponents head and misdirecting them with your appearance." said Hercule, thinking outloud about his daughter's confusing attire. 'Because if this is anything like just her way of trying to attract a boyfriend with that kid then just consider whatever that kid's name is' days' numbered.' thought Hercule as he turned a glaring eye towards his daughter's opponent for the first time. "My, they sure do look pretty strong out there for a couple of kids." commented the nerdy monk who was right next to him. Mr. Satan just shot him a quick glance along with a snort as he then looked back at the ring, clearly but quietly annoyed with his presence. "Hmmm... That kid? I think I recognise him, he looks fairly familiar to me somehow. Yes... I know I've seen that kid's face somewhere before but I can't quite picture where..." said Mr. Satan as he stroked his chin in thought. Suddenly his face exploded in recognition and stood there like that for a few seconds as he thought he'd finally put the face to the place. But then his face went right back to the thoughtful stroking of the chin. "No, I'm thinking of someone else." dismissed Hercule as he went back to thinking on his mystery kids' possible identity.

Back inside the ring, Gohan and Videl were staring each other down in opposing stances. Gohan stood with his left side facing forward to Videl in the same stance that he'd opened up against Cell. Videl on the other hand was in a similar but slightly different stance. (A/N: Basically the exact same stance as she has in the Raging Blast game during the talking scenes before matches.) "Remember Videl, no Super Saiyan." whispered Gohan loudly enough for Videl to hear but quietly enough for no one else to hear. "Hmph... I was about the say that! And it goes double for you." whispered back Videl but with a little emphasis in her words that made them as if she was shouting them. "AAAAAAAANNNND LET THE MATCH BEEGIIIIIIIIN!" screamed the announcer with another chop of his hand and the two kids charged at each other as the match officially began.

Author's Final Thoughts: Okay, so Videl and Gohan are now fighting in the finals. Hope you guys enjoy that. Sorry for the long set up, but it was necessary. Next time we'll be getting down to the fight proper. Hope you enjoyed the little moment where Videl wears the same uniform as Gohan. I think it reflects her pride in her feelings for her "special" relationship with her close friend and teacher and shows the difference of the strength of her character as the way she's grown in my story as she's willing to show it off.