Five months later; the tournament day had come, many fighters would be there once again to test their strength.
Goku, Yamcha, Bulma and Krillin were flying in Bulma's aircraft. They had decided to arrive together, it had been a while since they'd seen each other. She lands the plane in the parking area and they all step out, a lot of people had already arrived.
"Whoa! There's more people here then before" Goku said in excitement
"Yeah I know" Krillin replied
"We should go sign up quickly" Yamcha told them, they agreed, Bulma capsuled the plane and they made their way toward the sign up booth.
As soon as Vegeta had left capsule corp. Bulma had got in touch with Yamcha and he came over. They spoke through what had happened and Bulma apologised for shutting him out. Yamcha too had apologised, he hadn't meant to get so angry about Vegeta; he supposed that if Vegeta did save her life, she would want to help him too. It was just who she was, kind of like Goku really. So they had sorted their relationship out and were back to normal again.
The three fighters and Bulma walk up to the desk and Goku, Krillin and Yamcha sign their names onto the list.
"I wonder if Vegeta's here yet" Goku said as they stepped to the side
"Maybe he backed out, he's probably too scared to face Goku" Yamcha joked and laughed.
"Were you saying something weakling?" a deep voice startled them and they turned to see Vegeta, floating above them
"Hey Vegeta!" Goku greeted happily
Vegeta noticed a few of the other humans gawking up at him. "What are you staring at!?" the young Saiyan glared at them and they soon scattered away. He floated down and landed in front of them.
"How you been Vegeta?" Goku asked
Vegeta scowled "I'll be a lot better once I've beaten you"
"You might not even get paired up together Vegeta!" Yamcha was just sending death glares at the Saiyan prince, he couldn't help it; he really didn't like him being here
"Have we got a room to stay in yet? It looks like there are a lot more people here this time" Krillin asked
"I took the liberty of booking ahead; it should be big enough to fit us all in" Bulma replied. Vegeta just stood with his arms folded and rolled his eyes, she was still as spoilt as ever "Vegeta, you can use it too if you want, there's plenty of room"
Hadn't he told her to leave him alone? He thought she hated him "Like I need your help to get my own quarters!"
"Well, I know you don't have any money"
"Just because I don't come from this planet, that doesn't mean I don't have credit"
"Credit? you have earth money? Well then, let's see you get a room of your standards your highness"
He could tell that she thought he was lying, this should wipe that grin off her face "Watch and learn wench" He could merely take anything he wanted; no one would be able to stop him. But what was the point in receiving rewards and payment for purging planets if you were never going to use them? Of course, the credit was a mere number until you converted it into the right currency.
The prince walked up to the paying booth across from where they were standing and they followed him. There was only one large suite on the whole island and Vegeta had spotted it when he arrived, he liked it because it was secluded; which meant he could be as far from the other humans as possible. Vegeta pointed at the picture of the suite on a board, showing the guy at the booth which one he wanted. The guy sweat nervously as Vegeta glared at him
"Whoa, it's a house" Goku gaped
"He's showing off, there's no way he could have earth money to pay for something like that" Yamcha said
Vegeta was getting impatient "Well?"
"Erm...are you sure you want that? I mean that is our most expensive suite on the island and nobody has rented that room before except for the mayor! it's a lot of money sir"
"I want that room! now fucking give it to me or I'll rip your head off!" Vegeta grabbed the guy by the scruff of the neck, the poor guy was shaking
"Ok, ok just don't hurt me, that'll just be 101,000"
"Now that wasn't so hard was it moron?"
"101,000?" Yamcha couldn't believe it
Vegeta's card was scanned and accepted, much to the booth guy's and everyone else's surprise,
"Vegeta you-you actually have..." Bulma couldn't finish her sentence; Vegeta had money, he actually had 'credit'
Vegeta snatched the key from the man and walked off "I guess there was one upside to purging planets" Vegeta laughed "See you at the fighting grounds weaklings"
Yamcha sneered at his retreating form now he's rich too!?
Vegeta flew off toward the house as the others stared in shock. Goku just laughed as he didn't quite understand what had happened.
"Forget it about him guys, let's go to our room and order some food" Bulma said
Goku, Krillin, Yamcha and Bulma made their way to the suite. Their room had two single beds, one large bed and a couch. The kitchen was furnished with laminated flooring. The living area where the beds were situated had a 46" flat screen that hung on the wall. The floors in the living area were carpeted with a soft light blue texture. The walls were decorated in green. Goku ran straight into the kitchen with Bulma in tow. Krillin and Yamcha walked in behind, whistling in appreciation.
It took a while for the food to arrive as Goku of course ordered the most. There was a knock on the door, Yamcha answered and there stood a tall blonde woman. She had a black revealing dress on with white frilly netting around the rims, she looked like a maid; she had her name tag right on her left boob.
"Hi cutie you must be hungry, it took a while to get it all up here" She said, Yamcha stared at her; he still stuttered when talking to other girls.
"I have friends over, that's all" he managed to reply
"Right, gotcha. So, how long you here for hmm? are you competing in the tournament?"
Bulma began to get annoyed, this woman was flirting with her man, and to top it all off; Yamcha didn't seem to be stopping it either. She walked right up to the maid, frowning at her.
"We need money Bulma" Yamcha simply told her when he noticed her standing there.
Bulma grew even more angry "Why don't you flirt with her some more and she might give you it to you for free!"
"Here we go again" Krillin said as he sat on one of the single beds
"What does flirting mean Krillin?" Goku asked
"Its when you talk in strange ways to girls to get their attention and buy them drinks and stuff"
"I don't get it..."
"Well, I'm not just a maid ya know" the woman winks at Yamcha as Bulma angrily handed her the money and she walked off with the food. How she resisted the urge to punch her lights out she'll never know.
"Bye!" Yamcha shouted and shut the door, he turned around to a fuming Bulma.
"Did you want to borrow money so that you can go be with her for the night perv?"
"What? Bulma what's gotten into you? I was just making conversation...I wouldn't do that to you"
"Sure looked that way to me"
"I wasn't honest, are you ok? You've been acting strange"
"I'm fine!"
"Can we eat now?" Goku said, trying to ignore his friend's arguments
Bulma smiled at her friend "Go right ahead Goku" she then turned back to Yamcha with a frown "Was she prettier then me?"
"Errr...no, I mean no of course not! I love you Bulma, Trixie was not prettier than you"
"Trixie!? so you were looking at more than just her head!"
"What? No, her name tag was there"
"Right on her tits!"
"Bulma you should know I wouldn't like any other girl, I like you!"
Bulma sighed, was she overreacting? She had been agitated ever since seeing Vegeta again. "I'm sorry...I guess I'm just hungry and tired"
"The food is great!" Goku said as he stuffed his face with another dumpling.
"Come over and eat before there's none left" Krillin told them as he quickly grabbed a couple of dumplings.
Once all the food was gone, the four sat among the comfortable couch.
Bulma slumped next to Yamcha, he kissed her and she returned it, Krillin yawns
"We should get some rest"
They all agreed and turned off all the lights; settling down into their chosen beds to get some sleep. It was quiet for a about 10 minutes until...
"I'm hungry" Goku said, Bulma angrily threw a spare pillow at him "What did I say?"
"Go to sleep!" Bulma shouted
...
The house Vegeta had picked was highly decorated. All the floors were completely laminated, the walls were painted dark red. The furniture had an old antique look, there was a 50" flat screen on the wall with a large couch settled in front of it. A large bedroom resided in the back room; with the kitchen area just at the back of the living room area. Outside, he even had a swimming pool.
Vegeta was in the middle of a difficult kata; he needed to keep his mind focused on the tournament, even though Goku was the only one he was concerned with.
There was a knock at the door, he had almost forgotten he had ordered food. As he opened the door, a blonde haired girl stood on the front step; carrying boxes of food. She gasped then, noticing his muscular form; staring at him for quite some time.
Vegeta growled at her "What are you staring at!?"
Trixie jumped at his voice, she placed the boxes just inside the door "I can tell you're entering the tournament" she winked at him.
Vegeta raised an eyebrow at her, did she honestly believe that careless line would work? He supposed he could play along, with a smirk he laid a hand on her breast, she yelped a bit but then moved closer to him.
This guy is rich, he'll pay good money for my services she thought in excitement
"Do you like what you see?"
"I do"
"Too bad I don't like what I see"
"What?"
"You are repulsive, a slut with no purpose...a concubine. How could you even think anyone would possibly like you!? especially a prince like myself? Well sorry, I do not take kindly to whore's. Time to send you and whatever disease you might have to the next dimension"
Trixie was in tears by this time, she didn't think herself as a prostitute. She began to shake as she saw the young prince raise his hand and a glowing beam formed. Before she could even blink she was blasted away.
The young Saiyan brought his food to the living room, he sat down and demolished everything.
"I suppose every planet has it's whore's" Vegeta didn't like subjecting himself to such degrading pleasures. Nappa and Raditz hadn't seemed to care, while they indulged themselves; Vegeta would scan over the planet and look for resources and come back when they were done. He couldn't blame them, Saiyan's had needs too; but he was of royalty, it would be disgraceful if he took just any random female to bed.
…...
Morning came and the young warriors woke up early to get to the tournament in time.
The four warriors had been matched on different blocks, just like the previous tournament. Vegeta was glad that he and Goku wouldn't be fighting in the elimination round. They began to make their way toward their assigned rings when they were stopped half way. Four older fighters walked in front them. Krillin looked up with a frown, they were here again?
"Move" Vegeta told them
"You know Krillin is stronger then you now" Goku said "Why did you come back?"
"We're a lot stronger now, you'll see half pint!"
The four monks walk passed the young fighters and headed toward another part of the area "Weaklings" Vegeta didn't care to know what that was all about; he was only interested in fighting Goku.
They then separated from one another, making their way to their block
Bulma sat to the side so she could cheer all of them on, The stool she was sat on was high up so she had a perfect view of all four rings. She only hoped she didn't get too excited and fall off. The first to get things started was Goku's block.
"Oooookaaaaay!" The announcer yelled "Lets get things started with our first match! Reed versus Fray!" Goku and the others watch the match, it was over in less than 3 minutes. "Well wasn't that exciting, reed wins by ring out! next up is Jagen versus Tien"
master Roshi entered the arena, he was just in time; he spotted Bulma and walked over to her, Bulma waved down at him "Hey master Roshi you made it after all"
"Sure did"
Roshi looked around to see the next fight, he was shocked "What's up with you?"
"That's one of Crane's pupils"
"Whose Crane?"
"A talented but brutal martial arts teacher"
"A teacher like you?"
Roshi nodded "Our methods are very different though"
Tien had a third eye on his forehead and wore dark blue trousers and no top. He had no hair, but looked strong. He began to attack, he was quite a fast opponent.
"Tien wins!" the fight was over quickly, but then again, elimination rounds always were
"He's a good fighter" Goku said, he always kept tabs on the strongest of them. So he could prepare himself for the main arena.
Tien walked off and stood at the back against the wall, without saying a word
"Fighters Lew and Frolli! lets get more matches on the way!"
Vegeta was starting to think this tournament was pointless; he knew the humans were weak, but he hadn't counted on them being this weak.
"There seems to be less competition then the last one" Bulma said
Lew moved in to land a kick to Frolli but he moved and landed a kick of his own which sent Lew backwards. Lew then rebounded and ran toward Frolli as fast as he could. But Frolli just moved away and Lew landed out of the ring.
"Ring out"
Vegeta snorted amateurs
"These guys are funny to watch" Goku said with a laugh
Krillin appeared beside him "Hey Goku, thought I'd come back over here since my block hasn't started yet"
"The only challenge from my block I've seen at the moment is Tien"
"But the only challenge you'll have in the main arena is me" Goku and Krillin look to see Vegeta walking up to them. He was getting bored just standing there, so he too decided to stand closer to Goku's block, to observe the fights more closely.
"What block are you in?" Goku asked
"Four"
"Well, I think I'm fighting next"
Yamcha also went to join the group as he waved over to Bulma and smiled when he saw master Roshi standing there. "Hey guys, Master Roshi is here" Goku and Krillin wave over at him "I'm the first fighter to fight in my block, not sure who I'm fighting though"
"What about you Krillin?" Goku asked
"I'm first in mine too"
Goku then walked onto the ring as his name was called, he saw that he was fighting one of the monks that had bullied Krillin in the past, he smiled a cheeky grin. "This won't last long"
"Go Goku!" Bulma shouted
The fighter laughed "This time, I'm going to show you what real strength is"
"He doesn't deserve to fight Kakarott, I'm the only one here that has that right" Vegeta said
Krillin and Yamcha roll their eyes but continued to watch the fight.
The fighter swings for Goku but it's blocked and Goku, as lightly as he could punches back and the monk flies through the air, Goku moves to catch him and gently drops him on the floor.
"Goku wins, which means block one is over! Krillin is the first up for block two"
"Show them what you got Krillin" Goku tells him, Krillin gives him a thumbs up.
The two fighters enter the small ring "You got lucky last time, but this time you're going to cry"
The monk begins punching and kicking at Krillin, but the boy simple dodged the moves with ease. With one kick, Krillin sends the monk flying out of the ring with ease. They hadn't learnt a thing it would seem.
"Nice one Krillin!"
Krillin laughs and shows Goku the peace sign before walking off the ring. "Piece of cake"
"Out of the ring! Krillin has one his match"
"Hey guys" Bulma greeted as she made her way toward her friends.
Another of the monks glanced over, his eyes turn to lust "Hey baby, what do ya say to a little fun around the park with a strong guy like me?"
Bulma just laughed in his face "In your dreams jerk"
"She's with me" Yamcha told him with a glare
Bulma put her hand in Yamcha's and stuck her tongue out
"Little bitch, I'm more of a man then any of these wimps you're hanging around"
Goku just about managed to hold Vegeta back from pummelling the guy to a pulp. Bulma walked right up to him, got straight in his face and as hard as she could, she kneed him in the groin. All of them winced at the sight, Bulma smiled proudly at her victory.
"Bulma!" Yamcha scorned
Bulma huffed "What? he annoyed me, maybe I should enter the tournament, what do ya think guys?"
Goku and Krillin laughed, their friend was crazy
"You're gonna pay for that bitch!"
Yamcha stood in Bulma's way and warned the guy off "Touch her and I'll beat the crap out of you"
"It's sad I know, but he probably could do it, now kindly do us a favour and fuck off" Vegeta said, he might as well join in; he had nothing better to do. Besides, the guy referred to him as a wimp, he was lucky that Goku had stopped him.
The monk frowned at them but resided back to where he was standing. Bulma laughed to herself, Yamcha was trying to be as scary as Vegeta was, but it just looked funny, before long she just burst out laughing. They looked at her with a weirded out expression, she then regained her senses. While they were fighting with the monks, ring 2 was almost over. Sudo and a guy called razor were the last ones of the ring. Razor kicked Sudo up in the jaw and punched him in the stomach, he brought his knee up and hit him in the face and he fell out of the ring.
"That was quick" Yamcha said
"Block three will now begin, with fighters one and two. Yamcha versus Laive"
"Looks like it's my turn" Yamcha walked onto the ring with a confident smile "Are you ready?"
"You're going down pretty boy" Laive replied
Laive was a small muscular guy with black trousers and no top, he wore blue boxing gloves and had short brown hair. Yamcha flew at him and kicked him in the face, Laive stumbled back with a bleeding lip, he ran for Yamcha but was stopped when a kick came to his stomach and he flew out of the ring.
"Yeah! that's showing him Yamcha!" Bulma shouted
"Yamcha has gotten stronger, I can tell" Goku said happily
"To me he's still weak and always will be" Vegeta commented
"Yamcha isn't weak"
"Yes he is"
"No he's not!"
"Yes he is!"
"Yamcha is a way better man than you"
"Oh? so that's why he's now talking to that wench over there instead of you?"
Bulma looked over at Yamcha blushing as some girl was talking to him, she stormed right up to them pulled the girls hair and threw her to the floor. "Stay away from my man!"
That woman has a fiery temper, she gives me a headache, she would make a decent Saiyan though... what the hell am I saying? Vegeta frowned at his own thoughts
"Easy Bulma I was only talking to her"
"Jerk!"
"She just came up to me and started talking. I was about to say I have a girlfriend"
"Those two are weird" Goku laughed
"And that's a ring out! Chiaotzu advances!" the announcer shouted, interrupting their conversations.
The group turn their attention to the ring, there was a small pale boy; floating above the floor, wearing strange martial arts gi. He then floated away and landed next to a taller, more muscular man; Tien.
"Doesn't talk much does he?" Krillin said as they continued to observe them
"Sure is a strange little guy" Goku replied
"Whoever it is, just defeated that guy no sweat" Yamcha said
"Wow, they seem strong" Goku said
"The next fighters up to the ring please, this is getting exciting, soon we will know just who will be competing in the main arena. Would Bunko and Piccolo come to the ring" Bunko made his way up to the ring, he searched for his opponent "Eh...Piccolo? Piccolo come to the ring; it's your turn"
Everyone looked puzzled, Piccolo then appeared from the shadows, he was tall with green skin and wore a white cape and a white turbine. Piccolo walked into the ring and just stared at the person opposite him. He then surprised everyone when he began to float in the air, the other human fighters just stared up in shock.
"He can fly too" Goku said, he hadn't met a great deal of fighters that could fly.
"And?" Vegeta said, why were they so shocked? It wasn't that big of a deal
"It's not a common trait here Vegeta" Bulma simply told him
"Oh" that made sense he guessed, now that he thought about it; he hadn't seen many humans on the planet flying around. Vegeta looked at the new fighter, he clearly wasn't human though; surely they could see that.
"I wonder who he is" Goku said, he stared in wonder, he was fascinated. Other then Vegeta, he now had three more that he was excited to fight.
"He looks as grumpy as Vegeta" Krillin commented
Bulma laughed
"Shut up baldy!"
Piccolo then formed energy in his hand, Goku and Vegeta felt it. The ki was strong.
"Are you crazy!? you could kill him!" Goku shouted in horror
Piccolo turned to him, disintegrating the energy instantly "Goku" they gasped in surprise that Piccolo knew his name. "We finally meet, I've heard a lot about you"
"How?"
"I used to be one with the guardian of earth; we shared the same body. Until recently, we separated into two beings; I learned of you through him"
"You Shared the same body?" Bulma said, as if asking for confirmation
Vegeta almost cringed that's disturbing it seemed the more he was on this planet, the weirder it seemed to get.
"What do you mean, were you the same person?" Goku asked
"Or were you like, split personality or something?" Yamcha said
"Does that mean you're evil? Because there's always an evil one in there somewhere" Krillin commented
"I'm not a personality, I'm real; I am a completely separate person to Kami. But yes, I am and I vow one day to take over this world as mine"
"You wouldn't know evil if it smacked you in the face!" Vegeta shouted, just who did this green guy think he was?
"Smack me in the face and find out...Vegeta"
He knew his name too? Just how much did this guardian of earth know? "Are you challenging me!?" Vegeta growled and stepped forward, his fists raised
Goku stepped in front of his Saiyan counterpart "We can't fight in here, we have to save it for the ring"
Vegeta shoved Goku away from him "Get out of my face Kakarott"
"Goku! I've been waiting for a chance to fight you"
"You have?"
"Get in line, Kakarott is mine!"
"Piccolo wants to fight Goku now?" Bulma said with a huff; what was it with that? Pretty soon, Goku was going to have one heck of an enemy list. Poor kid, and he hadn't really done anything.
"Shouldn't you finish your match first?" Goku said
Piccolo turned to his now shivering opponent, glared at him and he ran off out of the ring
"Oh, Piccolo wins by default... I guess"
Goku was more excited then ever now, he couldn't wait until the main arena. The other fighters from block 3 finished their matches; Piccolo disappeared while the rest of them stayed to watch the last block of fighters. Bulma stood to the side with them; Master Roshi came over to join them as well; since the last block decided the final competition for the main tournament. Two of the first fights hadn't lasted long; it was beginning to become very dull. Bulma then jumped up and down and began to cheer loudly when the announcer spoke the next two fighters. Vegeta versus Reji, the final Monk they had argued with before. Vegeta tried hard to hide his embarrassment, despite the crowds; he could clearly hear Bulma shout his name.
"Come on Vegeta! show them what a Saiyan is!"
Goku and Krillin laughed, they could tell the young Saiyan was discomfited; Vegeta was covering his face with a gloved hand.
"Wooooo! go Vegeta!"
Vegeta was getting really angry now, the monk was laughing at him too, he spun around on his heel really quickly and yelled "WOMAN WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
For once Bulma shut up, she didn't mean to anger Vegeta so much. She saw fury written all in his eyes, Vegeta turned back around to be almost met with a punch in the face from the monk. He ducked it and started pounding the monk all around the ring. He left a bloody heap behind him as he turned his back on the broken fighter. Goku knew Vegeta would win, but wished he hadn't hurt the guy so much.
"Vegeta wins by knock out!"
Vegeta walks off, taking off his bloodied gloves in the process, he walks right up to Bulma "Don't you ever do that again!" he then stormed over to a far corner, leaning against the wall to calm down
"Geez, what a drama queen"
"Alrighty then...it's time to announce the first line ups, who will be fighting who in the quarter finals. Yates Versus Razor, Vegeta versus Aidan, Fire versus Asha, Frolli Versus Krillin, Chiaotzu versus Yamcha, Tien versus Reed, Telman Versus Piccolo and Goku Versus Ballen. This is going to be one exciting quarter round. Before we begin, please help yourself to the buffet bar in the next huts. I'll see you soon!"
…...
"The ring looks bigger this year, don't ya think?" Krillin said as he and his group of friends made their way to the fighters area. All sixteen fighters were ready and waiting for their names to be called out.
"Maybe, I don't really remember it" Goku said with a laugh
"That's because you destroyed most of it"
"I did?"
Krillin sighed "Never mind"
Yamcha peered around the stadium, that had definitely been built bigger then the last one. "Wow, there's a much bigger audience too; I can't even see Bulma anywhere"
"I'm sure she's around somewhere" Krillin said
"I wonder where Vegeta went? It's going to start soon" Goku said, he couldn't see Piccolo anywhere either.
"He's probably still cooling off, Bulma did make him pretty mad" Krillin told him
"He's always mad, nothing new there" Yamcha said
Bulma made her way through the crowd of people; how was she suppose to get to her seat in the stadium if people kept getting in her way unnecessary. Just then, two young men stood casually in front of her, smiling. "Excuse me, you're in my way"
"I'm sorry, but you're just so beautiful I just had to say hi" one of them said. Bulma frowned, she wasn't in the mood for this crap
"Yeah, do you want to hang out with us?" the other said
"No thanks, now let me pass"
"Come on, we just want to have a little fun, what's wrong with that?"
"Jerks, I said no!" Bulma was getting angry now, yet she tried to ignore her heart racing against her chest. They moved closer, one of them grabbed Bulma's arm. Time for plan B "You know I have a boyfriend, he's fighting in the tournament and he's going to be pretty angry when he finds out you were trying anything"
"Of course, we believe you, don't we?"
The shorter male laughed "Oh yeah, what a coincidence"
"I'm serious! Now-let-me-go!" Bulma tried to yank her arm free
"Come on, this doesn't have to be a big deal. It's just fun"
"The wench said no" Bulma would recognise that voice anywhere. She looked up to see the young prince hovering in the air above them with his arms folded
"Who's that?"
"Don't know, but he's...he's flying"
"Are you going to let her go or am I going to have to kill you?"
"Vegeta, perfect timing" Bulma said, sighing in relief
Vegeta scowled at her "Why is it that every time you manage to get into trouble I always end up saving your ass? isn't that your weakling mate's job?"
"Are you actually thinking about fighting us kid?"
"Let's teach him a lesson"
Vegeta just rolled his eyes and lowered down to the ground with his arms still folded. The two let Bulma go and turned for Vegeta, they didn't even have a chance to raise a fist. Vegeta leapt into the air and kicked them both hard in the neck. They dropped to the floor, necks twisted in a deformed shape. Bulma shook, had Vegeta just killed two humans?
"Vegeta no! How could you!? What were you thinking!?"
"What's your problem wench? I saved you, so why do you care if they live or not?"
"Here on this planet you can't just kill people, it's not right Vegeta!"
"I don't care what happens to anyone here; I live by my rules, I am a killer; hasn't that drummed into you yet?" Bulma ran off crying and Vegeta just watched her she'll hate me soon enough, I'll make sure of that The young Saiyan flew off toward the ring.
The crowds shouted and cheered as the announcer reeled off the fighting pairs once again. Vegeta soon made his way into the fighter's area; he spotted Goku, Krillin and Yamcha stood nearby, eagerly waiting to fight their opponents. He decided not to stand with them, the less he associated with them, the less he felt part of their weird little group. He scanned the other fighters, hardly any of them were any kind of challenge. What a waste of my time
"I'm fighting a guy named Ballen first, whose that?" Goku said
Yamcha looked around the hut "I think it's that guy" Ballen was a short man, he had brown short hair and was rather chubby.
"I wish my fight wasn't the last one" Goku sulked
"Yamcha, you're fighting Chiaotzu" Krillin said
"I know, he looks creepy"
"Make sure you're careful"
"You bet"
"The first match will now begin, let's get this tournament started! Razor versus Yates" Razor and Yates walk onto the ring, they stand opposite each other. "Whenever you're ready!"
Yates attacks first, a swift kick to Razor's stomach followed with Razor punching Yates in the face, they repeat this several times until they begin to tire
"This is exciting" Goku said
Yates and Razor kick at each other; Razor ducks a punch and jumps up; giving a round house kick to Yate's head, knocking him out of the ring.
"Ring out! razor wins and moves on to round 2"
Bulma sighed when she had finally got a seat; she tried not to think about what had just happened. Vegeta saved her, but this time, she really wished he hadn't. Was she deluding herself? Was he really not going to change? Was he really the cold hearted boy he had told her he was?
"Is that seat taken?" Bulma looked up when someone spoke to her. It was a young girl, raven hair; short in height and wore a light pink Chinese dress.
"Oh, no it's not, you can sit there I guess"
"Good thanks"
Why do I feel like I know her from somewhere?
Goku peers out of the hut, he then smiles and turns back inside "Hey, I see Bulma"
Yamcha moves to Goku's side and peers out "Yeah, that's her" he smiled
"But, isn't that girl next to her Chi Chi? Remember Yamcha?"
Yamcha paled "Oh...yeah, I remember; the ox king's daughter"
"She sparred with me once"
"What when?"
"I dunno, around the time we stopped looking for the dragon balls for a while. It was pretty fun, but she kept smiling and giggling at me"
Yamcha laughed "Goku, I think you might have had a date there buddy"
Krillin's ears perked up "A date? Goku had a date?"
"Hey, that's what she said; how'd you know? What's a date anyway?"
"Goku you're hopeless" Yamcha laughed
It's sickening how human Kakarott acts Vegeta thought
"Aidan and Vegeta come on up, you're the next fighters"
"Good luck Vegeta!" Goku shouted after him as he walked passed
"Like I need it"
Aidan just stood there shaking, he had seen Vegeta fight but tried to act tough and clenched his fists in front of him. "I'll tell you what wimp, since I'm so bored, I'll give you the first shot completely free, I won't move a muscle"
"There he goes, he's showing off again" Yamcha said with a frown
Krillin nodded in agreement, Goku didn't take any notice and watched the fight happily.
"No jokes, I get one punch for free?" Aidan asked
"As hard as you can, I won't move an inch. Who knows, maybe you'll even draw blood if you're strong enough, come on show me what you've got; human"
"All right, here goes" Aidan runs for Vegeta who stood there, true to his word, like he said he would. Aidan punches Vegeta right in the face. The Saiyan barely flinched, he then smirked
"Well that was pitiful, are you telling me that's the best you can do?"
"T-that was m-my strongest punch"
"Pathetic, now it's my turn, you're just lucky that killing isn't allowed"
"Please don't hurt me...I give up! I give up!" Aidan ran in the opposite direction, out of the ring and away from the stadium
"Vegeta wins by forfeit"
"Coward" The young prince walked off the ring
"He, didn't even flinch" Yamcha stuttered, had he underestimated Vegeta that much? Then again, the boy wasn't human; he could be capable of anything
"Fire versus Asha, let's get this match started"
The two competitors walk toward the ring, passing Vegeta as they did so. Fire looked back at him, Vegeta caught his stare and scowled. His strength stood out more then any of the other human fighters. He became intrigued and stood outside the hut to observe the fight. Asha threw a fast punch, but it was caught with ease; he then tried again with his other fist and that was also caught. Fire smirked and his hands began to grow incredibly hot. They simmered red and Asha yelped and then struggled to get free of Fire's grip as his fists began to burn. Fire then kneed Asha hard in the stomach, sending him crashing into the wall. "I win"
Vegeta smirked, maybe that fighter would put up more of a challenge. Interesting
"He's strong, did you feel his energy? It was like the air got really hot" Goku said
"He's still a weakling like the rest of them" Vegeta replied as he made his way back into the hut to where Goku and his friends stood.
"I heard that" Fire stood before them, Vegeta turned to him; arms folded arrogantly
"I said it loud"
"No one insults me and gets away with it"
"Funny, I think I just did, and look; I'm still standing"
"Little punk, you want a piece of me now?"
"You're not allowed to fight outside the ring" Goku said
Vegeta laughed "Too bad"
"You just be ready for me Vegeta, I'll pummel you in that ring"
"Think so? you're even more stupid than you look" Fire seethed, he walks away from them; growling in frustration "Idiot"
"Oh, I'm up, wish me luck guys" Krillin said as he drew his arms in a circle.
"Good luck Krillin, you can do it"
Krillin followed after his opponent and they then stood opposite each other. Frolli was tall, he had bushy hair and wore a red jumpsuit.
"Are you kidding me with him? he's a puny kid, what kind of joke is this?" Frolli shouted
"I'm stronger than I look sir"
Frolli laughed, he figured luck was on his side, it was his first tournament and to get paired up with such a short kid; how could he lose? "I'd like to see that small fry"
"Hate to admit this, but that moron doesn't stand a chance" Vegeta said, he was a lot more calmer now that he'd come across another who might be a challenge. He was starting to get frustrated that the only fighter worth his time was Goku and that wasn't going to happen until the very last fight of the entire tournament. Now there was Fire, he knew that he'd win; but at least he might actually get a decent warm up.
"Krillin will win, he's much too strong for that guy" Goku said
Vegeta looked at him, he grit his teeth and suppressed his anger. "Kakarott, I just said that"
"Huh? But you said that moron doesn't stand a chance"
"I was talking about-" Goku looked at him blankly, Vegeta clenched a fist "Never mind" he should just keep to himself; every time he even remotely associated himself with the others, they just plain annoyed him.
Frolli throws a number of punches to Krillin who either dodges or blocks them. Krillin jumps high into the air and comes down with a head butt to Frolli's head and knocks him out cold.
"Yeah I did it!"
"Way to go Krillin!" Goku smiled as he turned to the other Saiyan. "See? I told you Vegeta"
"Argh!"
Krillin ran off the ring happily and over to his friends
"You were great buddy" Yamcha praised
"Thanks"
"Looks like I'm up next guys"
"Be careful Yamcha, I think there's more to that little guy then meets the eye" Goku told him
Vegeta didn't understand, one minute he could be really dense and then he goes and says something like that. I can't wait to kick the crap out of him
"Yeah I know"
"You'll win, ok?" Krillin told him
"I'll do my best"
They heard a laugh from behind them and they turned to see a strange looking man with the same symbol on his hat and his jacket as Tien and Chiaotzu were wearing. "You won't ever be able to defeat my pupils, none of you! you're all weak compared to them!"
God what an annoying laugh Vegeta thought, sometimes, like right now; Vegeta wondered why he was even here. He could have just faced Goku on his own, then he wouldn't have to mingle with such maniacs.
"We'll see, I'm plenty strong myself" Yamcha bit back
"You'll see, you'll all see; I'm the greatest teacher there is, the proof will be smacking you around soon enough"
"I've only just met you and I can't stand the sight of you" Vegeta raised his arm up and formed a ki blast in his hand "Let's see how great you really are"
"What are you doing Vegeta?" Goku asked
"I'm not so naïve, I'm very familiar with the art of Ki"
"Is that so? Then I suppose you won't have a problem dodging my attack then?"
"You know, if you Fire that energy here; you will be disqualified"
"Funny, I seem to recall if you fought other competitors outside the ring you were disqualified. But you don't fit into that category, so I'm sure getting rid of you won't really matter. I'm quite positive no one will notice"
"It would seem you have some very high skills, I can put them to better use; become my pupil and you will be the strongest fighter on the planet. Just follow my lead"
Is this guy for real? He's insane Yamcha thought
Vegeta disintegrates his Ki and gets right in Crane's face "I'm far superior to you in every way human, I don't need help from a weakling like you, I need no one, I train alone and I fight alone. Now you have about five seconds to get out of my face before I rip you apart and show you just how high my skills really are"
"Tst, I could have given you so much"
Vegeta growled at him, how he managed not to blast him away baffled him. Like he hadn't heard that before. Crane glared at the prince and retreats from the group. Vegeta moved to lean against the large archway of the hut; he had so much anger suppressed, there had better be another fight for him soon.
"What a creep" Yamcha said "Well, I guess I better get out there"
"Good luck Yamcha, I know you'll win" Goku said
"Just try not to show off too badly" Krillin laughed
Vegeta rolled his eyes, he then glanced to the side as the opponent that Yamcha was about to face passed him. What the? Vegeta stood and watched the small fighter make his way toward the ring. Something wasn't right with that little guy, Vegeta scowled; he hadn't noticed it before. He doesn't have a life source, I can't sense any energy from that thing at all. He doubted any human could suppress their fighting power that much that it couldn't be sensed. Everyone on this planet could be detected, if concentrated enough on; all humans had a life signal. But there was nothing with this guy, no trace at all.
Yamcha followed after his opponent, Goku and Krillin stood at the other side of the archway. "Yamcha will show that teacher whose pupil is stronger" Krillin said
Goku stared after them in confusion, he could sense how strong Yamcha was just fine. But when he had tried to sense Chiaotzu, nothing; there wasn't anything there. That had never happened before.
"Let's get this fight started! Yamcha versus Chiaotzu! Yamcha competed in the last tournament and is back to redeem himself; how far will he progress this time?"
"Something isn't right" Goku said
"What do you mean Goku?"
Vegeta looked over at them
"Well, normally I can feel how strong a fighter is"
"Yeah?"
"But, I can't feel anything from Chiaotzu; I can't sense him at all. Can you?"
Krillin was unnerved by this, he looked at the small fighter in the ring "No, but then again; I'm still getting used to this sensing thing"
"I don't normally have a problem with sensing people. But, this time is different"
"Goku, you're kind of freaking me out here"
"I wonder what it means" Goku turned to Vegeta "Hey Vegeta can you-"
"No, I can't sense him either. For once, you're not just being weak" that was about as much of a compliment as he was going to give. Why lie? He really couldn't sense him, it was a little unnerving; but he wasn't going to tell them that part. "Kakarott is right, they have no energy signal"
"Oh, well. That's good right? That means he can't be that strong"
"Idiot. It's not just his power that's undetectable. He doesn't even have a life signal"
Krillin became even more freaked, just what did that even mean?
Yamcha took a deep breath and then crouches into a fighting stance; Chiaotzu remains silent and makes no attempt to even start.
Bulma moves forward, sitting on the edge of her seat
"Who are you here for?" The girl next to her asked
"I'm here for a few of my friends, but the tall one in the ring is my boyfriend"
Chi Chi looked down, she had seen the guy somewhere before; she wondered if it was the same one that had knocked her out before. He looked different though.
"Well, here I go" Yamcha stares at him, wondering why he hadn't even made any kind of move yet. Chiaotzu then disappears. The audience gasped, Yamcha's concentration was broken for a moment. "Where'd he go?"
"Whoa, that was fast" Goku said, looking around for the small fighter
"To the eyes of an amateur" Vegeta said, his eyes had already locked onto the opponent.
"Can you see him Goku? Because it looked like he just totally vanished to me"
Goku pointed into the air then, just to the left above Yamcha "There"
Vegeta was almost impressed, it took the other Saiyan a little longer to locate him; but at least it proved Goku would be a formidable opponent. That ability was child's play, and if Goku had trouble understanding what had happened, then he wasn't worth fighting after all. Just wait Kakarott, you'll have a much harder time following my moves.
Chiaotzu appeared again behind Yamcha and delivers a kicks to his back, Yamcha was able to stop just before the edge of the ring, he turned to his opponent only to be punched in the face.
"Come on Yamcha!" Bulma shouted
Vegeta had to admit though, the opponent was harder to follow because he didn't leave a trail to detect.
Yamcha stumbled back and wiped his mouth "You've got some punch"
Chiaotzu doesn't reply, he flies forward and double kicks Yamcha in the stomach and then head butts him. The former bandit skids across the ring; what was going on? He was sure he was stronger, but he hadn't landed a single hit yet.
"That hurt" damn it, I will not lose to my first opponent again! I'm here to win!
"See, I told you you're all no match for them" Crane's voice interrupted them once again. They turn their attention to him angrily.
"Didn't I tell you to get lost? do you not understand your own language? and that fool up there is a weakling, of course he doesn't stand much of a chance. But I can easily defeat both of your fighters without even breaking a sweat"
"We're not as weak as you think crane" Goku said
Yamcha gets to his feet, he had to come up with a way to catch him off guard. The audience were hypnotised by the fighting. The fighter was fast, he didn't think his signature move would work; but he wouldn't know that unless he tried. Besides, he had gotten stronger since he'd last used it. He curls his fingers, crouching low, moving his arms slowly at first.
"Wolf fang fist!" Yamcha sprung toward Chiaotzu and his arms move in fast motion. The appearance of the wolf broke the stoic fighter's concentration. Yamcha's fast fists hit their target, Yamcha grins and lowers to the floor as his opponent doubles forward. He kicks upwards and to everyone's surprise Chiaotzu is knocked out of the ring.
Vegeta was surprised, he'd been wrong; Yamcha had won. First time for everything I guess.
"All right! Yamcha did it! way to go! I can't believe it!" Bulma shouted, giddy with happiness.
Chi Chi turned to her with a smile "Congratulations"
Crane gawked at the scene, he then growled "I don't believe it! that's impossible, Chiaotzu never gets defeated"
Vegeta turned to him with a smirk, despite hating the human fighter; anything to rub it in this crazy mentor's face "Until now, you must be positively furious" Vegeta laughed "You should see your face, priceless"
"Yamcha wins! wasn't that an exciting match, Yamcha moves onto the next round" even the announcer was overjoyed by the turn out.
Yamcha walked back toward his friends, despite the grazes that covered his body, he was proud of his victory.
"You did it Yamcha, I knew you could" Goku said
"I guess crane here underestimated us" Krillin laughed
"Well done, you've gone from Amateur to beginner, congratulations" Vegeta smirked
For once, Yamcha didn't take the bait "I know that that was sarcasm and a complete insult to my fighting skills; but I'll take that"
"Do as you wish, Idiot"