Chapter 13

Author: Chapter 13, let's hope that I can make the battles interesting

Masuto: You better, battles are supposed to be epic

Author: Not all battles are supposed to be epic, only the important ones

Masuto: Still, it makes stories interesting and less boring

Author: I think a varied sentence structure and an interesting word choice makes a story come to life

Masuto: That wouldn't be you

Author: What did you say? *attacks Masuto*

*Please standby sign appears*

Masuto: *Has author in a head lock* The author doesn't own any part of Dragonball

The next day the tournament hall was undergoing some major repairs, although a lot of the damage had already been cleaned up. The next battle of the tournament was just about to start. Yamcha was on one side of the ring, Felcia on the other. "Let the match begin!" shouted The Commenter. Yamcha took a defensive stance, whereas Felcia just stood there knowing all too well that she had already won. "You're not even going to put your guard up?" asked Yamcha. "I don't need to guard myself from weaklings like you," Felcia replied. Yamcha chuckled, "You don't know how powerful I really am," Yamcha began. Felcia just ignored him. "All right, but don't say I didn't warn you," continued Yamcha. He then lunged at Felcia with his fists ready. Every thrust Yamcha made fell short of hitting Felcia. "All your attacks succeed in doing is generating a draft," Felcia mocked.

Yamcha withdrew his raid and he fled to the other part of the ring. "Despite his best efforts, it seems none of Yamcha's attacks are succeeding," announced The Commenter. "You won't be able to dodge my next attack," started Yamcha. He took the stance for his best move. "Wolf Fang Fist!" he proclaimed. Yamcha advanced quickly as it seemed he was tuning into a wolf. He struck with all the power he could manage. To Felcia, this was nothing. Felcia sent out a punch at tremendous velocity. Her punch was a bullet hitting sandpaper. The momentum almost propelled Yamcha out of the ring. He managed to scrape by and redirect himself towards Felcia with a kick. Not anticipating a recovery by Yamcha, Felcia could not dodge in time and Yamcha made contact. Unluckily for Yamcha, Felcia was almost unfazed by the blow. Now, Yamcha was exhaling rapidly and heavily.

"After taking what appeared to be a major blow to the face, Felcia seems un-injured," reported The Commenter. The already bleak odds became even more unfavorable for Yamcha. Goku was surprised by this. "Yamcha's really having trouble," Goku commented. "Yes," Roshi/Jackie Chun asserted, "Felcia seems unnaturally strong." "Even stronger than you?" asked Krillin. Roshi didn't reply. Instead, he fixed his eyes on the battle, with a look of intense seriousness. He wasn't so much interested in the match as he was in Felcia. He noticed something off about her, but he couldn't tell what it was. Roshi decided to keep observing Felcia, until he could figure out what it was that made her seem off. "How?" Yamcha started as he was getting nervous to as if he would win or not, "How did you not take any damage?" Felcia smirked. "You really want to know?" Felcia inquired.

"Yes," Yamcha responded. "It's obvious, you're attacks are weak and I'm much stronger," Felcia responded in a mocking tone, "You might as well give up now." Yamcha had grown extremely desperate. He called forth his remaining energy and converted it into an energy blast. The radiant light was intense. Felcia didn't even give an effort to dodge the strike. Instead, she gave a smirk just before she was hit. After the energy dissipated, Felcia didn't even have a scratch. Yamcha was shocked. So shocked in fact, he just stood there, speechless and motionless. After just a few short seconds, which felt like an eternity Yamcha, the exhaustion caught up to him and he collapsed from it. The Commenter, who had just recovered from the light of Yamcha's blast, was surprised to him collapse. "It seems that in an attempt to defeat Felcia, Yamcha used up the rest of his energy," proclaimed The Commenter, "1…2…3…10, Felcia is the winner and will be moving on to the semi-finals."

Felcia walked to Yamcha. Even though she was supposed to be evil, Felcia helped Yamcha up. "That was a good try human," Felcia began as she was helping Yamcha get up. "I guess I need more training," Yamcha replied, "You're much stronger than I am." "With enough training, you might become as strong as I am," encouraged Felcia. Goten and Gohan were surprised by the way Felcia was acting. Roshi, who had been observing Felcia, was also shocked by this revelation. "Why is she acting this?" Goten thought to himself, "Is this an act for us to put our guard down? Or is she showing her true personality now that she's away from Cypher?" A dozen questions were running through his mind. However, his train of thought was interrupted when Goku got too close for comfort. This caused Goten to jump. Goku laughed his childish laugh. "Goku, what was that for?" demanded Goten.

"Sorry Takeo," Goku started, "but they called your name for you match, and you didn't look like you heard." "They did?" Goten began, "I didn't even hear them." Goten quickly took to his side of the ring and prepared for his fight against Nam. "Are you ready for the third match of The World Martial Arts Tournament?" The Commenter asked the crowd. The people in the crowd responded with a loud cheer. "Let the match begin," continued The Commenter. The gong was hit and the match had begun. Goten decided to hold back and let the match go on for a while. Goten at first had underestimated Nam. As Nam began striking like a bee, Goten was almost unable to dodge with how much suppressed his energy. He quickly realized his mistake and recovered from it by powering up. He launched a punch into Nam's face. Nam jumped back and got ready for a counter. Nam leapt into the air preparing for the aerial attack.

"Amazing, Nam has jumped high into the air," announced The Commenter. Nam took the form for his attack and began his decent. Goten decided to let Nam's attack hit him. After the counting began, Goten waited until it reached seven before getting back up. Nam attempted to launch his attack once again as he jumped into the air. "Nam has leapt into the air once again, this time even higher than the last," The Commenter announced. However, just as he was about to descend once again, he realized Goten was just above him. "Takeo has also taken to the skies and now he's just above Nam with the perfect chance to defeat him," proclaimed The Commenter. With a simple chop, Goten sent Nam crashing towards the ground. Nam did not land in the ring; instead he landed just outside of it. Goten had won the battle. After a very short intermission, it was now the final match of the quarter-finals: Gohan VS Krillin.

Krillin became lightning as he came to attack Gohan. Gohan let the blows hit him. He took one to the gut, two to the face, and one to the shin. The tremendous force was nothing to Gohan, but he did a good job of making it seem like it. "It seems that Karuson can't dodge any of Krillin's attacks," stated The Commenter. Gohan decided that the skirmish needed to come to a close. With but a single kick, Gohan had ended the match. "After seeming to dominate the battle, Krillin has lost the match," The Commenter reported.

Semi-Finals Line-up: Match 1: Jackie Chun VS Felcia Match 2: Goten VS Gohan