Love Lost…And found?

I DO NOT own dragonball/z/gt

a/n: Thanks for the reviews.

Doublebinconneticut, I really appreciate how you point out things in the story. I can tell you're really reading. And your reviews tend to make my day.

Athena Star, el mejor de dijó, yo comprendé. Hace sobre tres años qúe estudio Español. Me aprecio ustede revisión. Muchos personas no entendemos el dolor Goku le causa. ¿Tengo razon?

Isabelle Prado. It would be evil of me to stop. Especially since I've already wrote up to chapter 16.

Bettybimbo. They will meet. In chapter… can't tell you. All I will say is, it isn't going to be pretty.

To make it appear more like dbz, I admit that some of my lines came from that episode 196 (English version. I refuse to jump from episode 142 in the Japanese version to the point of my story). Also, to clear some things up when Arale told Emiko about her father and siblings, she didn't tell her their names. And now I shall cease talking to bring you another chapter filled with you know what.

Chapter 12: Let's Get Ready To Rumble!

"Now let's grease these fighting gears and get ready to start the junior competition!" the blond announcer yelled into the microphone as he stood in the center of the ring.

"It's amazing how it changed, crazy huh?" Krillin asked his friends as he leaned on his elbows over the railing. Gohan was still going through the preliminaries, so he wasn't there with them to overlook the junior competition.

"And it looks like the rings are a bit bigger this year," Goku replied as he stood next to Krillin and looked down at the arena.

"Good, it makes for better fighting," Piccolo simply stated. Then the participants of the junior competition started to walk onto the stage as band music played.

"Look, Trunks and Goten! Wait who's that beside them? It looks like she's arguing with Trunks." Krillin laughed.

"Yeah, I see her. She looks extremely familiar, like from my childhood. I can't put my finger on it though." Goku said as he rubbed his chin.

"A little girl in this tournament? Hmph. Out of everything that happened today, why am I surprised?" Piccolo stated with his arms crossed.

"You shouldn't judge a cover because of the book." Goku said as he still stared at that girl

"Kakkarot, I think the saying goes, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover," Vegeta declared as he looked at the girl his son just now finished arguing with. "Damn baka" Vegeta mumbled

"But I can't sense a ki from her, maybe Piccolo's right." Krillin said

"I don't know about that." Goku mumbled, as he scratched the back of his head.

"No ki equals, no power. She's not giving off any ki." Piccolo stated.

"And usually, no matter how weak, someone does. That's why I'm not completely sure about her." Goku responded, as he continued to stare at the little girl.

"Maybe she's an android." Krillin said as he eyed his wife, who looked uninterested in their conversation.

"I don't think she is. Something, I can't put my finger on it, looks awfully familiar about her. I wish I could get a better look at this girl." Goku said as he finally stopped looking at Emiko, to observe the competition his son would face.

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"ALL 35 of these young fighters are going to test their might in the ring. Rules are same as the big leagues. Whoever gives up, lands outside the ring, stays down for 10 counts, or lose consciousness, will LOSE IT ALL!" the blond announcer shouted at the crowd into his microphone.

"GO, TRUNKS! Bulma yelled as she slightly stood up in the stands.

"Are you loud enough?" Ooo-long asked as he lazily sipped his drink through a straw. Then the person about 5 seats to his left yelled also.

"GO, EMIKO!" Rai yelled. Look at her arguing. Arguing? With a boy? And he's not cowering? Wow, Chi-Chi would be stunned. Speaking of her, where is Chi-Chi? She should have been back with that video recorder by now. I knew I should've went to get it. Rai thought.

"I feel sorry for these kids." Oolong muttered as he took another sip of his drink. Then an overweight red-headed woman wearing a tight purple dress, large red glasses, a fake pearl necklace, too much red lipstick, and oversized light blue ball earrings; bumped into Oolong as she tried to sit down. It caused him to waste the orange soda he was drinking, all over his face. He angrily looked up at the woman, who seemed to take up 3 of the seats to his left.

"This seat would be absolutely perfect for watching Hadassah. He's going to make his mother so happy and wealthy." The woman said as she chuckled.

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"So let's get cracking the first match features the 12 year old Burt versus 14 year old Fro." The announcer yelled as all the participants left off the stage, leaving just two. They soon began to fight, horribly.

"This is about as fun as watching wallpaper dry." Krillin mumbled as he rested his head on his elbows over the railing. Soon the match was over. Burt won. Then another match happened where a brown haired boy was easily pushed out the ring, by a sumo looking kid. He was crying until Hercules came out from the darkness to comfort him.

"Wow folks is this guy, great or what? How can anybody not cheer for a hero like this? Fantastic." The announcer yelled.

"What was that?" 18 asked, and apparently disgusted with Hercules.

"That's good marketing. That big ole goof really knows how to milk a crowd." Krillin said with a grin.

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"Henry is out of the ring and Krushinot advances. Let's bring out the next pair. 9 year old trunks versus 15 year old Hadassah." The announcer yelled as he moved from the center of the ring.

"Yeah he's finally up." Goku said eagerly.

"Do your best…wait Trunks best might hurt someone. Do Okay." Krillin shouted out to the ring.

Trunks slowly walked to the ring beside Hadassah, full of confidence.

"Are you ready to cry shortstack?" Hadassah said with an ugly smirk on his face.

"Please, don't talk." Trunks replied nonchalantly.

"Huh. You sure you don't want to beg?" Hadassah asked as they entered the ring and soon stood in the center of it.

"You sure you want to, live?" Trunks said with a blank expression on his face.

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"Wow, does he even have a chance against this teenager? No… I shouldn't base everything on appearances. Especially, since I learned the hard way from Emiko…Maybe, he could win." Rai said out loud.

"Who are you talking to?" Chi-Chi asked as she sat to the left of Rai. Her original seat was taken by the big red headed woman who was screaming, Hadassah. (Apparently someone next to that woman was mad, since she knocked the ice cream in his face)

"Myself.. And oh you're back now. You almost missed Emiko fight. You have the camcorder right?" Rai asked smiling as Chi-Chi took her seat.

"Yep. I had to go buy this one. You know every camera was broken in the booths outside this arena, so I had to quickly run downtown." Chi-Chi said, raising her voice. She tried to ignore someone on the other side of that big red headed woman who was yelling, Get him Trunks.

"That wasn't quick. You were gone for over thirty minutes. That was WAY too long." Rai replied as he slipped his arm around Chi-Chi's shoulder. In response, she moved closer so she could lay her head on his shoulder.

"He looks awfully familiar." Chi-Chi mumbled as she watched the grayish purple headed boy get ready to fight.

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"Let's Go!" The announcer yelled as he finally stepped out of the ring.

"Come on you little shortcake, fight!" Hadassah arrogantly said.

"Don't you worry, you'll feel it soon enough, bigmouth." Trunks replied with no emotion.

"Feel what? That girl you were arguing with? I already claim…"

Before he could finish talking, Trunks did a foot sweep, causing Hadassah to fall. But before he even fall backwards, Trunks did a left front kick with the tip of his boot, making the boy scream as he flew 35 feet up in the air. Just so he could land in the hard cement arena, on his head.

"Oops. I guess I shouldn't have hit him so hard, but at least he's quiet." Trunks calmly said as he walked away with his hands in his pockets. The announcer amazed at what he just witnessed, hurried to the boy laid out in the ring. He put his hand on Hadassah just to say in the microphone, "This boy is out cold. Trunks advances."

Everyone in the crowd looked dumbfounded except certain individuals.

"OOooh, Hadassah!" The big red headed woman screamed as she stood up. She couldn't believe her 'beautiful' son lost.

"I wish she would shut the fuck up." Chi-Chi mumbled. The woman was giving her a headache. She was this close to punching her in the face.

"Calm down, feisty." Rai said as he laughed and smiled. He and Chi-Chi weren't really surprised that Trunks won. The other boy was too cocky, and Chi-Chi recognized several flaws in his fighting stance from where she was sitting.

"Oh well, it looks like it won't be any fun until Goten and Trunks fight." Krillin said.

"I wouldn't be completely sure about that." Goku whispered low enough for no one to hear.

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Trunks walked back to where Goten and Emiko were. "You sure did beat that boy fast Trunks." Goten said, happy for his friend. Emiko was standing there, astonished and a bit intrigued. I felt his power for a good second when he kicked Hadassah. And that wasn't all of it. I can feel he has an enormous amount of Ki. I hope I get to fight him!

"You see now why I wanted to fight in the adult competition. Do ya?" Trunks asked, obviously frustrated.

"Uh huh!" Goten replied. Then Emiko spoke up.

"You actually did good T." Emiko said as she smirked now.

"T?" Trunks asked with his eyebrows raised.

"You insist on calling me Emi, so I'm going to call you T." Emiko said coolly.

"That's because Emiko sounds strange."

"You're the one to talk ,Trunks." Emiko snapped back.

"Let's not start again." Goten said. But, it was too late. They had started arguing once again.

"Now, that was sure fine and dandy. Let's get on with the next match. It's 14 year old Taro who went all the way to semi-finals last year versus Emiko, a new competitor, who's 7 years old as of today!" The announcer yelled to the crowd as he motioned for the two to come out.

Emiko abruptly stopped arguing with Trunks and she simply put her game face on. Trunks and Goten noticed her sudden attitude.

"You're 7 years old? What are you really going to do? Make that face to make him forfeit? I think it'll work." Trunks said as he smirked, once again. Emiko didn't even acknowledge that he just spoke to her. It's like she was in her own world. She walked off, to walk beside her opponent to the arena.

"Don't you ignore me!" Trunks yelled behind her. Still, she didn't respond as when Goten also shouted, "Happy birthday and good luck!"

The two walked and stood in the center of the ring. Emiko got in her perfect fighting stance, never taking her eyes off of her opponent.

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"GO,mpmmph" Chi-Chi tried to yell, but Rai had covered her mouth with his right hand.

"No, no no. We talked about this. YOU can't scream, because once you start you won't stop. And we said we didn't want to embarrass her or make her nervous." Rai said as he removed her hand from Chi-Chi's mouth. Chi-Chi just nodded her head and thought, Get him girl. Show everyone what you're made of.

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"I can't believe they're letting this little girl fight," Piccolo stated.

"I hope he goes easy on her. She looks sort of fragile." Krilin said, full of sympathy.

"If she gets hurt, it's her parents fault." 18 added.

"I don't think she will. Just look at her stance, it's perfect. And her face… it's determined." Goku said as he eyed the girl once again.

"What's that supposed to mean Kakkarot?" Vegeta questioned. Goku's interest in this girl, sparked his curiosity.

"She will win this match." Goku certainly said after a brief second.

"With no ki level on her, you're nothing but a damn baka." Vegeta simply stated.

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"So, your name is Emiko. It's kind of pretty and so are you. And I'.."

"Shut up." Emiko coldly stated, cutting the boy before her off. He was as muscular as any normal 14 year old boy could be. He had dirty blond hair, which was tied in a short ponytail. He wore a white karate outfit, with a black belt. Any normal 7 year old would be nervous. Emiko wasn't. Right off the bat, she saw over 30 flaws and openings in his fighting stance.

The boy was taken aback by Emiko. He tried talking again, "I don't want to hurt you, but I really don't take light to people telling me to…"

"SHUT up and fight." Emiko said, with a blank face.

"Alright little missy. Maybe I need to put you in your place." He said as he walked over to Emiko, cracking his knuckles. He tried to make a quick jab in her stomach, but somehow, Emiko grabbed it. He was completely astonished. And he didn't have time to react as Emiko nicely threw him over her head and out of the ring.

The entire arena was silent. Whispers of, What in the hell just happened, could be heard.

"W-What was that?" Krillin stammered. "Did you see that?" Krillin continued.

"We WERE watching the same thing… But I'm confused. No ki level was detected when she threw him." Piccolo said.

"And that wretched boy had at least some ki." Vegeta said.

"Maybe she's an android, like I said before" Krillin stated.

"Or maybe that boy was too weak, and just let her win." 18 replied.

"No, that's not that case. It's something with this girl." Goku said as he continued to stare at the girl who stood in the ring before them.

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The announcer came to the ring, puzzled and looked at Emiko. She nodded to the side of the ring where she threw that boy, and she walked away with her arms folded. The announcer slowly crept to the edge of the ring and saw an unconscious boy on the ground.

"This boy is out of the ring. Emiko wins!" He shouted into the microphone.

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YAYY!, Chi-Chi cheered in her head.

"Hey Chi." Rai asked looking at her hold the camcorder.

"Yep"

"You know the red light has to be on for it to record." Rai said looking at the camera from the side as Chi-Chi still held it. Chi-Chi then frowned as she saw that the red light wasn't on.

"But, I pressed the button to record" Chi-Chi sadly but surely said.

"Maybe you forgot to get a tape or batteries." Rai replied.

"Or maybe this one could also be busted. Awww. Man. I'll be right back." Chi-Chi said as she hurried off the stands once again.

"Ch.." Rai was about to call her, but stopped. She wouldn't be happy or satisfied until she got a working camcorder to record Emiko fight.

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Throughout the arena there were mumbles, and it took a good minute until people started to cheer. Emiko ignored them as she walked back into the building. She was a little pissed. She had been hoping for a challenge. Maybe she would have to wait to fight Trunks, or maybe Goten. She couldn't wait to see him fight. She felt like he also had an incredible amount of ki.

"Wow, you were great Emiko." Goten said as she entered the building and stood before her.

"Thanks." Emiko said frustrated.

"What's wrong?" Goten asked

"He wasn't a challenge. And I almost feel bad for making him unconscious." Emiko stated.

"You're right he wasn't a challenge. That's why you could beat him so easily. You won't be that lucky for the next round." Trunks simply said as he walked to be right beside Goten.

"You're such a jerk, you know that. Why can't you accept the fact that I can fight?" Emiko yelled.

"You have to prove it first, girl!" Trunks retorted.

"I will, just wait and see Mr.T!" Emiko said as she then flashed the trademark smile and Goten couldn't help but laugh at her. Trunks, taken aback from her sudden calmness, scoffed.

TO BE CONTINUED…..

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A/N: I know, it was a short update. But it was between it being a short or extremely long update. Unfortunately for some, I chose short. However, that means that you'll get the next chapter soon, probably before the end of today.

Btw, I hope no one gets confused with the dialogue. I only like to place X's where the scene dramatically changes. I put little bolded circles to split it up. And they're all in one big area. I see it like the dbz episode. Goku and his friends are on an area above the stands, where there are no seats. While Bulma and the others are in the side stands.