Chapter 4:

The Tournament

The real tournament was about to begin and Goku couldn't help being pumped up, there were interesting opponents this year besides his friends, sure he wished Vegeta was there to participate but maybe it was for the best since he didn't control his strength so well.

Also, he needed to stay focused about the dark energy Kami told him, after watching it for the first time in that fight of group G, it really gave the humans more power than he imagined it and that could give him problems.

But the thing that really caught his attention was the girl with the blonde hair, her way of fighting was kinda rusty but the strength she had was really interesting, she even had this strange ki that was different from the one he and his friends had.

"GOKU!" Krillin's voice snapped him out of his thoughts "What's the matter? It's not like you to get lost in your mind before fighting."

"I just been thinking about the preliminaries matches, that's all"

"Oh? Well there's been a lot of strong ones this year, still, they aren't a match for you, so you don't need to think it too much"

"It's not only that, there are three persons that caught my attention, the skinny one with green hair and the one that has a really long black hair, there is just something about them that feels weird.." Goku said with a serious tone.

"Well they are sure weird persons at first sight but still if what you said is true, it couldn't hurt to keep an eye on them, what other person is in your mind? Besides those two?"

"Well, is that girl with blonde hair, there is something really interesting about her..."

"In a bad way?"

"No, is just she's different from the others"Goku was confused, how can he tell Krillin about how different her energy was without sounding suspicious of her? Because she didn't look like a bad person to him.

No way Krillin thought Does Goku finally has interest in a girl in a no platonic way?

"Goku, don't tell me you have a crush on that girl?" Krillin chose his words wisely.

"A Crush? What does that mean?" he looked at him with a puzzled look.

Krillin almost fell to the ground, he sure needed to talk about Goku about relationships and things like that, it could get him to trouble one day to being ignorant about those themes, a thing he will do in these days for sure.

"It's when you had a special interest in someone, a really deep one, that makes you want to know more about that person" He explained slowly and he was about to begin to say about the mushy feeling someone felt besides them before Goku interrupted him.

"Oh, so there is a human word for it, great!" Goku smile was wide with satisfaction, I will work with that world for now, when this tournament ends I will tell Krillin and the others about the Ki stuff.

Krillin was surprised on how he said with no shame, his interest in her is already that deep? But she only saw her once!

"Hey, Krillin, Goku what's the matter?" Yamcha said looking at Krillin surprised face and then to Goku.

"Oh, I was just telling Krillin that.." Goku began to say with a hand behind his head.

"GOKU HAS A CRUSH ON A GIRL!"Krillin shouted to Yamcha.

"WHAT ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" Yamcha responded while looking at Goku, he wasn't the person to be interested in other things besides eating, fighting and training.

"Hey! Why is so weird that I had an interest in her?" Goku said frowning, after all, she looked like a capable fighter, sure her skills needed more polishing but her strength was good.

Krillin and Yamcha only saw him for a moment.

"We just didn't think you did mature that fast" Yamcha admitted.

"Hey, what does that mean?!"

"Serena, what happened in there?" Luna asked in worry, of course, she watched that match, nothing escaped her.

"I, I just got really angry and when I saw how dangerous he was becoming I went for my instincts and I beat him.. Luna, why didn't you tell me how strong is Sailor Moon comparing to normal people? I thought I was only powerful with my magic attacks not that I was like an overpowered person in my melee attacks too!" Serena was already transformed in Sailor Moon.

"I just didn't think you will fight a human seriously, I am sorry I must have calculated that" Luna had a sad gaze and Sailor Moon couldn't take it.

"It's ok, I am actually kinda glad that you are not mad at me for doing that"

"It was for your friend, right?" Luna sighed "How is she?"

"She is fine, I visited her earlier and she was talking with a cute girl with blue hair, her name was Bulma I think. She was really friendly." Sailor Moon had a smile in her face, she didn't know what they talked before entering the room but Milk was cheered up and that was enough for her.

It was time to the tournament to start and Milk and Bulma promised to cheer her up on her fight so maybe it wasn't that bad and that boy was there too, for a reason she couldn't forget his gaze.

As she began to walk to the part of the participants could watch a match, she saw him again as he was looking the battle and the worse thing was that he was handsome, it wasn't fair for her mind to remember how he looked at her.

No! Stop thinking about him, you had a mission! Her mind was imitating Luna's voice perfectly and she needed to concentrate, so she took a few steps closer to him since she wanted to see the fight.

"Oh, it's you!" The boy with spiky hair gazed at her with a cute smile.

"eh...Hello?" she said shyly while she saw how his monk type friend was looking at them, with a knowing grin, for a reason that made her more nervous.

"My name is Goku, nice to meet you!" He was giving her his hand and she took it, making it a handshake.

"Mine is Se...I mean, Sailor Moon" There was something really warm about his gaze that she couldn't explain, they looked at each other eyes unconsciously until his friend coughed and both of them broke the handshake.

"The winner of this fight is Tien Shinhan!"

The voice of the conductor of the Martial Arts Tournament caught their attention, as a boy with a bit long spiky hair with a sad expression and a bald young man with a third eye on his forehead walked towards them.

"Man, I should have trained harder!"

"At least you admit it Yamcha"

Both of them were probably friends, she thought and then the conductor's voice called two names, Goku's other friend said to them to wish him luck as he entered the arena.

"So, My name is Yamcha," the young man with long spiky hair told her with a smug smile.

"Hi, I am Sailor Moon," She said not noticing his smile was being flirty, she presented herself to them, the other one name was Ten Shin Han and her idea of him was right, he was a gentle person.

"So you're new here? I hadn't watched someone like you in the other tournaments" Yamcha began with curiosity.

"Yes, I am not from here actually," She said focusing her attention to Krillin battle, he was fast and knew how to fight really good, it made her nervous to fight someone like him, she wasn't a martial artist, what was she doing there?

"Hey, you're all right?" Goku put his hand on top of her, he looked worried and his action gave her a sense of protection, did her emotions were already showing in her expression? Was she really that bad at lying?

"Yes, I am just nervous" it was a half-truth.

"The winner of this fight is Krillin!"

His friend returned to them with a cheerfully smile, giving them all a high five, even her and she felt better.

"Now, Son Goku and Mackintosh, I request your presence in the Arena!"

Goku's opponent appeared in the arena in a blink of an eye, making the crowd admire it like it was a magic trick, he was skinny and had an only gi pants on him, he had green hair and something about him made Sailor Moon uneasy, the exact feeling she felt when a person was possessed or when it was something really bad.

"Alright, It's my turn!" Goku cracked his knuckles in anticipation, he was excited.

As he walked to the arena Sailor Moon stopped him in his tracks while holding a part of his upper Gi, the audience gasped but she didn't care, she didn't want to see another person being hurt like Milk, not anymore.

"Goku.."She couldn't tell him about it, it was a secret mission after all but she could at least warn him, and his gaze become softer and she knew he could understand.

"Please, be careful"

"Sure, I will" he smiled at her and she let him go.

She held a hand close to her chest, trying to calm her nerves.

Everything was going to be fine, right?

A/N: hope you like it!