Hey guys! This is going to be a little filler arc before we get to the Androids. Things will be a little different from what you will probably be expecting, and even I don't know what to do with the Finals (although I already have the match-ups inside my head.)
Edit: I FORGOT TO PUT PICCOLO IN THE TOURNAMENT IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE CHAPTER. It is already fixed though. SORRY!
One year has passed since the warning left by Trunks. All the fighters honed their skills and pushed over their limits. And now it was time for another Tenkaichi Budokai, a new World Martial Arts Tournament to decide who is the strongest person on the planet.
At the Son residence, both father and son were just about ready to leave.
"Hey, Mom, why don't you come with us?" Gohan asked.
"Well son, I have to prepare the victory feast for you or your father." Chichi said with a malicious smile when she spoke the word 'victory'.
It wasn't that Chichi was against Gohan participating in the Tournament. She was pleased that the 7-year-old could keep up with his studies, but she thought it would be a waste of time to go to the Tournament since her husband was the reigning champion. But since the prize money this time was an astounding 200 million Zeni, she practically forced Goku and Gohan to participate and win the prize, or the penalty would be an entire month without her homemade cooking.
"Heheheh." Goku laughed a little nervously. "Well, Chi, you know that Vegeta, Raditz and Piccolo are also going. It will be a tough time. But I promise I will try my best to win." Goku said and with a kiss to her wife's forehead, he and Gohan left the house, only to be greeted by the Namekian, Piccolo.
"Hey, Mr Piccolo." Gohan bowed to his former master. "You look stronger."
"Thanks kid." The green alien nodded and the three warriors were off to Papaya Island.
It took them no less than 10 mintues to reach their destination. Upon landing, they went quickly to the registration balcony.
"Names, please." Said the man.
"I'm Goku." The Saiyan form Earth replied.
"Oh! The returning champion! Please sir, come in. We hope to see more great battles." He quickly turned to Gohan. "And who are you, little man?"
"My name is Gohan, I'm Goku's son. I want to participate in the Tournament too, please."
"Well, there is a little problem. You see, after the last Tournament we imposed an age limit. Everyone under the age of 15 have to compete in the Kids Division." The man stated.
"That's not fair, I'm almost as strong as my dad!" Gohan pouted.
"It's okay, trust me. He is quite strong for his age. Besides, when I first participated I was 12 and I got to the finals! So believe me, he can take care of himself." Goku vouched for his son.
"Well, I'll have to talk with the main organizer about that. If you'll excuse me for a while, my colleague will finish the registrations and you, little Gohan, will wait here a little okay?"
Gohan nodded and waved his father and Piccolo (who took the name 'Nail' to enter) as they were going inside the Preliminary Building.
"Oh hey, look! Raditz and Vegeta are already there!" Goku waved at the two other Saiyans who responded with a nod and approached Goku.
"So, Kakarrot, it appears this 'strongest in the world' competition is full of amateurs!" Vegeta said in his usual arrogant tone.
"You can't blame them Vegeta. Regular human fighters are what? A medium 50 in a scouter scale? They can't even manipulate their Ki properly." Raditz commented.
"Well, at least we're here, so you should be able to have competition, Vegeta." Piccolo said with a smirk.
"Oh is that a fact, Namek?" Vegeta questioned, also smirking.
"So, Raditz" Goku said, turning to his older brother. "Do you know if Krillin and the others will be here?"
"I know Tien will come. I don't think Krillin is though. He sorta hit a wall on his training. He can't seem to figure out what to do." The long-haired Saiyan answered.
"What about Yamcha?" Goku questioned.
"Who called me?" an orage-dressed martial artist questioned showing up next to the alien group. "Hey guys, it's been a while."
"So you did appear. You hope to pass the first round when all your opponents are far stronger?" Vegeta questioned, mocking the human.
"Say what you want Vegeta, there is more than one way to win a Tournament fight." The former desert bandid said with a smile. "And I have some surprises up my sleeve"
"Hey guys!" Tien appeared with Gohan. "I was just finishing registrating and I found Gohan. Something about a Kids Division?"
"Don't worry, I gave my word as Champion that Gohan can go toe-to-toe with any of us." Goku explained.
"You should have just let him in the Kids Division, Goku." Yamcha interjected. "That way we'd have a better chance." he concluded laughing a little.
Gohan only pouted as the group of fighters proceeded inside the building.
"Good morning to all you martial artists." A blue dog spoke up. "First of all I want to personally thank you for coming back after what happened eight years ago. It was hard for us, but we rebuild the Tournament arena and we even enlarged it! So now all fighters can get extra room for your battles. For the preliminaries, we will adopt the same method. You will all be competing as of now in various blocks, and the best 8 of you will be qualified to the Final Tournament outside with the public. I wish the rest of you good luck." and with that eight different Tournament assistants came up asking for the fighters to form a line and pick up their numbers. As fate would have it, none of the Z-fighters had to fight each other.
The Preliminary round went as expected, as our heroes passed with no effort. As they approached the blond referee who has been the Announcer ever since Goku was a little kid, they noticed the two other competitors. One of them was a with man wearing a brown gi and white pants with a huge afro. The other one was an old acquaintance of Tien... Mercenary Tao!
"Greetings, Tien! I sure hope you are ready, because this time nothing will stop me from getting my revenge!"
"Tao-sensei, I thought I said Shen-sama to never bother me again. I'm way stronger than both of you and I don't want to be forced to unnecessary violence." the Triclops answered.
"Insolent fool. By the time I'm through with you and Goku there, you will be begging for mercy!" and the Crane mercenary walked away.
"If I may have your attention please?" the Announcer spoke. "It's time to begin the draw for the Final Tournament. Can all of the fighters come over here?"
As the group approached, the Announcer recognized Goku, Tien, Yamcha and Piccolo. "Oh so you're back again! Then I'm sure we will be in for an epic Tournament! Can you just... Try not to destroy everything again?" he asked Goku and Piccolo.
"We can only promise to try." Goku said smiling.
""What was that about, Kakarrot?" Raditz inquired.
"Well, in the last Tournament, me and Piccolo kinda destroyed almost the whole island." Earth's hero responded with his typical Son grin.
A little while later, the Announcer went to the main arena and announced the results of the draw.
"LAAAAADIIIIES AND GENTLEMEN! THE DRAW FOR THE 24TH TENKAICHI BUDOKAI HAS BEEN SETTLED! FEAST YOUR EYES ON THE MATCHUPS!"
MR SATAN VS TAO PAI PAI
TIEN VS RADITZ
GOHAN VS YAMCHA
NAIL VS VEGETA
"These fighters went through the Preliminaries and now have the right to fight for the prize of 200 million Zeni and the glory to be called the World's Martial Arts CHAMPION! Since the reigning Champion, Goku is present, and due to the new rules installed by the comitee, he will automatically advance to the Final, where he will face off against the winner of the Tournament! Will we see the same thing we saw 8 years ago and watch Goku become a 2-time World Champion? Or will we crown a new winner?" the Announcer yelled to his microphone. "If we can get our first two combatants here, we can get this on the way."
Both Mr Satan and Tao Pai Pai went to the main ring. Before the afro-haired warrior could go, Tien placed a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, you should be careful. He can play dirty."
"Don't worry." Mr Satan answered with a semi-cocky voice. "I've seen tapes of the last Tournament and I know what he can do and how to counter his tricks."
As both fighters took their stances in two separate corners of the ring, the Announcer presented them. "In this corner, we have someone who participated in the last Tournament. He is one of the founders of the Crane School for Martial Arts, let's give it up for Tao Pai Pai!" lots of 'BOOOOOO's came from the crowd. Apparently, some of them knew what Tao did in the last Tournament.
"And in this corner, we have a newcomer. He trained with some of the most notorious martial artists on the planet, such as Nam or King Chapa, let's give it up for Mark 'Hercule' Satan!" some cheers for the newcomer.
"Oh he trained under Nam and Chapa? Maybe he can pull this off." Goku said.
"Please, those two are amateurs compared to each of us. I'm going to rest, and don't you dare run! I will defeat everyone here, including your brat! And if you don't appear, I will hunt you down to the end of the world if I have to!" Vegeta said as he laid down on a bench.
"As much as I would enjoy the two weaklings over there, I'm going to meditate for a while. I need to be ready for my match with you, Triclops." Raditz said as he too went to a nearby bench and sat down in a meditative pose.
"So who do you think is going to win?" Gohan asked the older fighters.
"Well Tao is very strong for human terms, I mean, except me, Tien and Krillin of course." Yamcha stated.
"On the other hand, this Satan guy looks confident. I feel some hidden potential inside him. Maybe he can surprise us." Tien added.
"In any case, son, you should watch the match carefully, so that you can study other types of Martial Art poses besides the ones you learned from me, Piccolo and Raditz." Goku said to his son.
"Are the contestants ready? BEGIN!"
Tao wasted no time and charged at his afro haired opponent, who was seemingly with his eyes closed. "HAH! He's so afraid he can't look at me!" he was about to punch Satan, when the brown donning fighter dodged and proceeded with a kick to the gut of the Assassin.
"Gah! How did you do that?" Tao questioned.
"My master Nam taught me how to sense my opponent by his movements. He also taught me to never let my emotions get the best of me, but I can't... not against you!"
"What do you mean, you afro freak?"
"Of course you don't remember! You killed my parents in cold blood! Getting even with you is the reason why I went into martial arts! But there is one thing I simply cannot forgive you! 11 years ago, when the evil King Piccolo was killing martial artists, his minion killed both my masters. When I went to get help, I found you. At first, I didn't recognize you because you had a metal body, but when you laughed in my face and left me with the corpses of my dead masters I remembered who you were you bastard! I'm going to pulverize you, you disgrace to the Martial Arts!" Satan shot at Tao at amazing speed and before the Mercenary knew where his oponent was, he was already in the receiving end of a multiple hit barrage.
With a strong right handed punch, Satan threw Tao almost out of the ring, but the mercenary was able to float and recover his stance. "So you wanna play rough, do you?" he taunted as he levitated upwards and began to charge Ki in his index finger. "Then try to survive this!"
"NO! He's gonna shoot the Dodonpa! You need to get out of the way! That attack can kill you!" Tien yelled at the afro haired martial artist who only ignored him.
To everyone's surprise, Satan began to concentrate an attack of his own.
"You think you can stop my Dodonpa? Hah! You fool!"
"I may not fully control my Ki like you seem to, but it will be a cold day in Hell if I can't beat you!" Satan pushed his right hand back and it seemed that it was on fire.
"Wow, that's an interesting move." Goku said from the sidelines.
"I know. He is concentrating a lot of his ki in his hand. But he can't seem to stabilize it yet, so if it doesn't connect, he's a goner." Yamcha added.
"Still, for a 'normal' human like him to be able to do that, it is impressive." Tien concluded.
"RYU SEI KEN! (A/N: Meteor Fist. Sue me, I like Saint Seiya :P)
As Satan pushed his fist forward, lots of white-blue beams came out of it, each one hitting Tao with pin point accuracy. Tao was pushed outside of the ring. As he was about to levitate again, Satan appeared flying out of nowhere and hitting the Crane Assassin in the face, sending him into the ground.
"OUT OF BOUNDS! That means Mr Satan is the winner!" the Announcer screamed.
"My master's honor and the deaths of my parents are now avenged." Satan said as he bowed and exited the ring.
A/N: AND we are done! Okay, I bet none of you saw me pulling Mr Satan here AND being able to fight! I don't really hate the guy, but I think he could have a little more backstory. Maybe he was put in canon only for comic relief, I dunno. But yeah, I invented a backstory for him. And no, he won't join the Z-fighters, he's too weak at this stage of the game. In a scouter scale, he could be somewhere between Goku when he defeated King Piccolo and Goku at the 23rd WMAT.
REVIEWS!
RKF22: Great work can't wait for more
A: Thanks.
Ky111: Great chapter and it's great to get an update.
Looking forward to the next one.
Until then.
A: Sorry about the last chapter's delay, but here you go. I want to put the next chapter at least until the 20th of October
anonymous: Finalllyyyyyy a new chapter
So I think that this time around satan will not be winning what with our heroes entering? That woupd be pretty good because satan sure had ego problem greater than frieza and cell even :P
And the tier system is pretty good, less of an headache
Update soon
A: Yeah, he won't win it, I can spoil this. But what do you think of the changes I did to him? He won't be an egomaniac like in canon. He will be a 'normal' martial artist. How will that affect things in the future? Who knows...? ;)
NinjaFang1331: Awesome job
A: Thanks! Hope you keep reading ^^
Darkjaden: I though they were going to learn Sage Mode
A: What do you mean, 'Sage Mode'? Like in Naruto?
Drama Llama-Sama: Hey, I'm glad to see you back in action! Good chapter, too, albeit pretty short. Still, I don't mind. I'm just excited to see this story continue. As for Krillin, I think you could sort of give him a mastery over the Kaio-Ken. You know, in the way that Goku and Gohan mastered Super Saiyan when they were training in the HTC. You could make it so that Krillin feels absolutely no strain up to a certain point with the Kaio-Ken. That's what he could focus on, I think. Or maybe someway to manipulate the Kaio-Ken, as I've always viewed Krillin as the best with Ki manipulation. Even better than Piccolo and the Saiyans, really, though that's a bit of a stretch. Anyway, maybe you could have him turn the Kaio-Ken into a pure energy blast, that way he doesn't feel much strain on himself, though the blast would probably be difficult to control. So there's some ideas. Let me know what you think. I'll review next chapter if I think of anymore ideas. Other than that, I like the ideas you have with Tien and Yamcha. It should be interesting. Keep up the good work, and stay shiny, my friend~
A: Yeah, I know it was short, but I wanted only to do a little introduction to this next part. I was thinking something in those lines. If you PM me, I can share my theory. The use of the Kaioken as an energy attack won't do it. I want it to be like a transformation of sort, but again, PM me and I'll share my theories.
And thank you very much ^^
Broly the Brony: Yes! The story continues! I could see so much potential coming out of the earthlings training, given the abilities of the other Kai's, such as South Kai's ability to alter the weight of training weights, and the the fact that East Kai taught Pikkon the Thunder Flash Attack, so maybe he might teach it to one or more of the Z Warriors? As for Krillin, you could have him develop the Seishin-Ken, a technique he developed in the Dragon Ball New Age doujinshi, which made him stronger than a Super Saiyan. Also, can't wait to see Raditz go Super Saiyan! Hope his first time is just as epic as the rest of his family's! XD
A: Honestly, I didn't remember of that, I just thought that each Kai could have a variation of the Kaioken, because wight training isn't that much of a challenge. Unless you're thinking about the weight constantly changing. THAT would be a good idea. The Thunder Flash attack... I don't know, I'll put it in the 'maybe' pile. As for that Seishin-ken technique you mentioned, can you PM me with some details on it? It's an interesting idea.
About Raditz... Maybe he already is a Super Saiyan or maybe he'll become one in the next chapter. Read and find out ;)
JollyPayton: I finnaly caught up to the recent chapter I've read your story all day and I loved it it was like reading a whole new story of Dragon Ball Z and I really would like Gohan to go with someone else then Videl because I never liked her in the series.
I thought the Trunks Timeline was super smart and I wonder how all this training is going to affect their fight against the androids also what about Gohan? Could he reach full powered Super-Saiyan in the Time Chamber because he already had reached Super Saiyan instead of in the chamber like the Canon.
Keep up the great work and I can't wait for the next chapter!
A: All day you've been reading my story? Oh my, I feel honoured. Thanks a lot! ^/^ About Gohan, IF he ends up with Videl, it will be a different one than canon.
It will affect a little, since *SPOILER*... Sorry, I can't reveal it :P And Gohan also achieved the Full-Power transformation in the Chamber. Maybe he can achieve something else BEFORE going in ;)
What did you think? Was it a good idea? And who do you think is going to win the Tournament?
To figure out these questions and more, tune in next time! ^^/
