There are a few swears in this chapter.

She was surprised it still fit her, she hadn't worn it since she was nine years old. She adjusted the dark blue spandex sleeve before pulling on her golden-tipped white boots. She was wearing her warriors uniform once again for the Tenchi Budokai tournament. The day was finally here when she could show of her powers and test herself. Seer bounded swiftly down the stairs and into the kitchen. She did feel a bit of dread, nothing like this ever happened without something going wrong. "But even if it does, we can fix it. We are the strongest fighters in the world, maybe even the universe!"

Trunks was already sitting at the table, wearing his purple fighting gi and looking ready for a fight. Her father was no-where to be seen, most likely cramming in last minute training in the hopes of fighting Goku again. Bulma wasn't there either, Seer guessed she was on the phone to Chi-Chi making last minute arrangements since the families were traveling together. She sat down across from her brother, smirking at the sight of his frown. "What's up?"

"the under 16's are in a different tournament," he spat, "No fair, I wanted to fight you or at least Gohan!"

"but you still get to fight Goten. I'm sure it will be one of the best fights of the day!" Seer smiled.

"Yeah," he stabbed a piece of meat with his fork.

"Sounds good, see you later," Bulma clicked a button on her silver mobile phone as she walked into the room, Vegeta close behind, his hair cascading down his back since it was wet. They ate in silence, each in their own thoughts. Would Goku be different? Who would win? and, in Seer's case, would Akashi be OK? The boy had said he would meet Seer at the arena, so he could train a bit longer with his brother in the morning. She really hoped that he would make it, those thugs were still after him. He had yet to say anything to her about the reasons for wanting the sword, only that it had something to do with his father.

Vegeta placed a hand on his daughter's shoulder as the family walked out into the pale sunlight. The two stepped back into the shade of the hallway and Vegeta smiled slightly, something he did a lot more recently. Seer thought he was turning soft, but didn't mind in the slightest. In a way she was glad he was at last finding happiness. "I'm sure you'll do good today" he muttered as a bronzed hand searched his pocket. After a few moments searching, he pulled out a beautiful glimmering necklace. The thin golden chain glittered in the sliver of sunlight from the door, the solid gold medallion more so. There were several small rubies etched into the medallion, in the shape of what Seer noticed to be the saiyan royal symbol. "It was my mothers," the prince explained as he placed it around the hybrid's neck. "It's been handed down for generations as an heirloom. Perhaps one day you will have a daughter to give it to. Trunks will get the King's equivalent when he is old enough to take care of it."

"It's beautiful," she whispered, grasping the cold metal. Then, for the first time in her life, she truly felt like the Princess she would have been.

"Come on, we don't want to keep the woman waiting," Vegeta walked into the garden, towards the hover-car that was waiting for them. Seer rolled her eyes. Some things never changed.

Seer flushed red furiously on Gohan's behalf. He had decided to wear his Saiyaman costume to the tournament, so that the people at school didn't realise who he was. She had to admit that the headband and glasses were slightly better than the helmet. Goten looked strikingly like his father with his orange gi and grin. In his eyes, she could see the saiyan's lust for a fight, only a glimmer, but it was there. Chi-Chi as usual wore a crimson, chinese-style dress. They stopped at Kame house to pick up Master Roshi, 18, Krillin and the newest edition Marron. Seer found it rather strange that Krillin would name her after an ex-girlfriend, and even more so that 18 would let him. The little girl was rather cute, she had the same colour hair as 18 in pigtails and the same blue eyes but was short like Krillin. Krillin looked almost exactly the same since the last time Seer seen him, but now he had a mop of black hair slightly less wild then that of a saiyan. He still acted the same though, immediately cracking a joke about Gohan's get-up. Master Roshi was the same too, trying to act innocent as he looked down 18's top. He was punched across the car by a very disgruntled android. The vehicle landed outside of the stadium and the occupants scrambled out. Seer pulled a red ribbon from her pocket and tied it around her ebony hair to keep it out of the way when she was fighting. She had learned to do this when she was fighting Cell since he seemed to like reaching for her hair. "Prick" she thought as her eyes scanned her surroundings for Akashi. He was no-where in sight. She supposed he would be on his way, since the z-warriors had come earlier to meet Goku. They stood awkwardly on the flag-stones waiting for Baba to show up with the saiyan. Piccolo and Vegeta stood a little way from the group, arms folded across their chests. "There!" Krillin pointed suddenly just as Yamcha and Paur joined them. All eyes flickered towards the skies to see two tiny specks. The dots became larger and larger until two figures could be made out clearly. Goku looked as he normally did, his wild hair floating upwards against the wind as he flew and a grin spread across his face. Baba was a lot smaller, flying on her crystal ball. Her magenta hair was remarkably kept in place by her black pointed hat. Goku touched down onto the ground but Baba remained floating in mid-air. "You have 24 hours Goku" she said in a raspy voice "I will come and get you this time tomorrow."

"Ok Baba, see you later!" Goku grinned and the magician disappeared. The group stared at the man in shock for a few moments. Exactly the same but for the shining halo hanging above his head. "So are you just gonna stand there staring at me, or are you gonna say hi?" the earth-raised saiyan asked with a gentle laugh.

"Goku!" the group chorused, running towards him in a group hug. Piccolo, Vegeta and Seer held back, not ones for hugging and Chi-Chi stood rooted to the spot, tears shimmering in her eyes. Once the crowd had dispersed from around him, Goku walked towards his wife. "I missed you," he smiled. Chi-Chi let the tears fall from her eyes as she bustled into his muscled chest. He listed her up by the waist and spun her around before easing her down into a kiss. He placed her down and Goten buried himself shyly into his mother's leg.

"Hey Chi, there's a mini-me behind you," he grinned crouching to the height of his son. "Hi, I'm your daddy!"

"I'm Goten," he whispered.

"Go on," Chi-Chi urged gently. The boy ran into his fathers arms and they embraced. Seer had to blink the tears from her eyes. "I will not turn soft" she told herself, "I won't!"

"I'm hungry," Goku complained and the group fell over. Anime-style. After signing in, Goten and Trunks complained about being in a lower contest, and collecting their passes, they walked into the "Back-stage" area of the stadium. They headed first for the lunch area. It was only the saiyans that ate, since the others didn't want to get full before the match. Gohan had disappeared to find Videl after Chi-Chi fussed about marriage and grand-children.

"Hey Seer!" she heard a voice behind her and turned around. Akashi walked towards her wearing a loose-fitting gi of powder blue. It showed off the muscles on his arms and chest generously. A rope came over his chest which held the sword over his shoulders. Seer recognized it immediately as the one she had seen in his house. She thought that he did look kind of hot in that get-up.

"Hey Akashi!" she grinned, noticing for the first time the tattoo he had on his right arm. It was of a tribal wolf. She was sure that Yamcha had said something about wanting a tattoo like that.

"You shouldn't eat before a match," he smiled gently as he sat down behind her, showing his pearly white teeth.

Why am I only noticing this now? she thought in frustration before returning the smile. "I can stomach it,"

She could feel her father watching them, but tried to ignore him. Goku was looking suspiciously at Akashi. Of course he would feel the familiarity in power-levels, he had fought Frieza too.

Again, kinda short but a bit better than last time. I skipped straight to the tournament because there was no more filler I could think of but there are still a fair few chapters to go. I hope you liked it, please review if you have time.