"It's time... THE SEMI FINALS BEGIN NOW! THE FIRST FIGHT... SANO, THE VICTOR OF BLOCK ONE AGAINST TURLES, THE VICTOR OF BLOCK TWO! IT'S TIME TO GET THE PARTY STARTED!"

Turles walked into the arena, fixing his wristbands with his teeth as he chuckled.

Sano entered, being capable of sensing energy.

"You seem odd. Your energy feels dark... but... it's more like your wavering between something good and something villainous. Perhaps you can't see the difference between the two sides?"

Turles looked a little disgruntled.

"You can feel my energy huh? Well, I can tell the difference Sano,"

"BEGIN!"

"I just don't really care." Turles finished his statement as the fight began.

He appeared behind Sano, kicking him through the tiles, stretching.

"He's strong! I'll have to be cautious!"

Sano jumped towards Turles and landed a punch straight in the chest.

"Hehe.."

Turles took the hit, sledgehammering Sano into the ground before kicking him in the teeth.

"You're pretty good... but I refuse to lose!" Sano said.

Sano put his hands on the floor, doing a handstand, kicking Turles backwards by launching his feet into his jaw. Turles used Ki, much to Sano's surprise, blasting him backwards.

"I figured he only had one or two techniques to use with Ki... but he's well experienced! Is he even human?" Sano asked himself before seeing Turles run right at him.

The two of them began to leap around the arena, but in reality, Sano was dodging his opponent, moving the best he can to avoid any attacks.

But to his surprise, Turles had landed a punch on his cheek, forcing him to stumble from the pain. He ran in for another attack but was countered, Sano swiping his attack away before kicking him in the gut.

"Hm! You're a skilled fighter... but my blood refuses to let me lose!" The saiyan warrior said.

He flipped, drop kicking Sano in the ribs before landing on his hands, spinning around.

Performing a drop, he went back onto his feet, aiming a finger gun at Sano.

"Bang." Several Ki bullets were fired off at him, causing him to dodge each one, but some of them hit Sano, piercing his Gi.

"Ngh! You can really use your Ki well!"

"Like I said, some friends I met while on my way here taught me. We aren't human."

Turles vanished, surprising the martial artist. Where did he go!? He was just gone, his power level flickering all over the arena, Sano putting his guard up.

"Crap... where is he!?"

A fist struck him straight in the spine, the audience being amazed as Turles had appeared behind him, knocking him forward.

"Looks like you aren't so keen after all." Turles said, wiping his face with his thumb, his smirk growing.

Goku was watching the fight from the waiting room with Yamcha and Krillin, the three of them trying to make sense of the situation.

"He's so skilled... how's Sano gonna beat him?" Yamcha said, taking off the headband he wore.

"No idea... whoever wins though will surely prove themselves in high standings, they'll move on to the finals!" Krillin spoke.

"Hey! Maybe I should copy him!" Goku said out of nowhere.

The two looked over at him with disbelief. They didn't think he could do it. But they clearly had no idea of Goku's talent as a mimic. He began to focus, jumping around, trying to use the vanishing technique. While he practiced, the fight continued.

Sano caught himself, gripping the tiles before performing a front flip, gaining some distance from his opponent.

"All these years... I've been regarding myself as one of the strongest beings on the Earth... but it seems I may be proven wrong... this guy... this kid! He's only a teenager but he's much stronger than any other opponent I've faced... able to make me tired and capable of vanishing all over... I'm going to have to try harder... and let it all loose!" Sano thought to himself, putting his hands together.

"KAAAAAAA.."

Roshi watched, nervous. Sano was trying to perform the Kamehameha. Perhaps he had seen Krillin use it? Or maybe he was just going in blind, trying to use it after hearing of it. But the attack was coming and developing. Sano had definitely seen it somewhere, but would it be strong enough to deal the damage Goku and Krillin could with theirs?

"MEEEEE... HAAAAAA.."

"Oh? Trying to mimic the techniques that the boys had performed? You're either smart, or incredibly stupid. Goku is a special case... and Krillin trained directly under the mentor that knows the attack! What makes you believe that you can pull it off? YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!" Turles shouted before bursting out into laughter.

"MEEEEEEEEEE... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Sano screamed out, his lungs going crazy as he fired the massive blue light at Turles, surprising him.

But before it hit, the colors faded, becoming grey.

"OHOHOHO! WHAT AN ASTONISHING DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE HERE!" Turles said, grabbing the blast.

Sano grunted. This was a false version of the Kamehameha technique. He had never formally learned it, but he had seen it be done before, so he tried copying it. However, over the years, he was never able to truly perform it.

Turles gripped the wave, pushing forward, but then, Sano surprised him, dropping the blast. He ran right through it, punching Turles in the teeth. The two of them began to trade punches, going on in rush attacks.

Sano had finally found his match, or perhaps, he had found someone beyond him. Turles reeled his arm back, slamming it into Sano's left arm, injuring it.

"As good as this fight was..."

Turles created a ball of Ki, pushing it into Sano's stomach before anything could be done.

"I'm going to fight in the finals... because I know Goku's gonna win!"

Sano struck his opponent in the face, but at the same time, the Ki ball exploded, sending him flying out of the arena, rolling onto the grass, grunting.

"THE FIGHT HAS ENDED. THE WINNER... IS TURLES!"

Sano got up afterwards slowly and looked at Turles.

He said, "Hey... If you're not human, then what are you? There's no way you're just some regular person."

Turles walked out of the arena, stretching his arms.

"I'm a saiyan. And you should be glad I beat you. If Goku beats Krillin in the next match, you'd be fighting someone just like me. Who knows? Maybe even better." Turles explained, going to the waiting room as Sano watched him leave, amazed that a fighter like him or Goku could exist.

"ARE YOU ALL READY NOW!? THE NEXT MATCH OF THE SEMI FINALS IS GOING TO BEGIN!"

The crowd was excited, Roshi looking off.

"I should go speak with that man... Launch! Wait here with Hercule and the others. I'm gonna go speak with Sano."

"Okay Master Roshi!" Launch said, giving him a thumbs up. But as he walked away, she began to feel a small tingle, beginning to sneeze.

Goku and Krillin were walking out to the arena together, the two of them sharing a look as they bumped arms.

"This'll be our test Goku, to see who's become stronger throughout the months of training we spent together. Whoever wins this will fight that Turles guy. If I win, I'll make sure to show him that people like us can be strong."

"Yeah. If I win this fight though, I'm going to teach him that we can be strong too. We're not like him, and we're going to show him either way that anyone can be strong, whether or not they're good or bad or in between." Goku said.

They entered the arena, moving to their sides.

"THE FIGHTERS ARE... GOKU... VS... KRILLIN! LET'S BEGIN... NOW!" The announcer shouted.

As the fight began, Goku began running to Krillin, faking him out by using his tail, springing through the air, going over him. But before he hit the ground, he was struck in the stomach, being knocked away by Krillin.

Goku was hit in the stomach, holding the wound, but then, he moved down, kicking Krillin in the chin. The two of them batled, colliding their attacks, one by one.

Goku's tail grabbed Krillin's left arm, gripping tightly, but then, Krillin grabbed the tail with his right arm, stunning Goku in place.

"Gotcha!"

He threw Goku over to the side, spinning around and dusting himself off.

Goku flew forward, preparing a one finger strike. As he moved towards Krillin, his other fingers came out, poking him first before actually striking his chest.

Remembering Arbor's technique, Goku punched Krillin in the jaw.

"ROCK!"

He used his other hand, slapping his cheek.

"PAPER! THEN.."

Afterwards, he finished him by poking his eyes, temporarily blinding him.

"SCISSORS!"

"Agh! That seemed a little dirty Goku!" Krillin said, rapidly rubbing his eyes.

"Not to me, hehe!"

Goku jumped on Krillin, standing on his head, kicking him forward.

While the fight was going on, Sano was getting ready to leave when Roshi confronted him.

"You. Where did you learn the Dodon Ray?"

"Huh? From Shen of course, the master of the Crane School."

"I knew it. So, you're a student there, correct?" Roshi asked.

"Nope. I came there to seek some guidance is all. Then, he taught me. I didn't learn any other techniques though."

"Huh... so you really are the wandering fighter you seemed to be... why'd you enter the tournament though? For the money?"

Sano walked out, grinning to the old man.

"Wrong again. Just for the fights. I'm a fighter after all. Now then, best of luck to your students. I'm heading out." He said, walking away, leaving the arena, Roshi surprised.

"Honestly... I was going to enter the tournament so that Goku and the others wouldn't lose the motivation to fight, because I knew I'd be able to beat all of them... but... after witnessing all of the fights, Turles, Goku, Krillin, Sano, Suika, Hercule, Yamcha, Arbor, everyone here at this arena, I don't think any of them will lose that motivation anytime soon... maybe it's a good thing I lost my wig... so that they could test each other themselves." The old man thought to himself.

Goku kicked Krillin through the air, causing him to go skidding along the arena.

"THIS FIGHTS OVER! LET'S GO!" Goku ran right at Krillin, and the monk was ready.

But in a surprise twist, Goku vanished, grabbing Krillin from behind.

"HAAAAAA!" He performed a suplex on him!

Krillin was surprised, being tossed out of the arena, hitting the grass, the crowd watching in awe, Turles being a little surprised.

"THE FIGHT HAS ENDED... THE WINNER IS GOKU!" The announcer screamed out, Krillin getting up in a daze.

"Hey Krillin!" Goku said, jumping out of the arena.

He put his hand out for a shake.

Krillin grabbed it.

"You did good Goku! You've grown a lot since we first met."

"You too Krillin. This was great fighting you!"

Then, as they conversed, the announcer spoke up.

"AS THAT FIGHT ENDS... THE FINALS WILL BEGIN! TURLES, MOVING ON FROM BLOCK TWO... VERSUS GOKU, MOVING ON FROM BLOCK THREE! IT'S TIME TO SEE WHO'S THE STRONGEST... AND WHO WILL GET THE PRIZE AT THE END!?" The announcer shouted.

Goku and Turles were going to fight now. Two low class saiyans, about to begin an epic clash that the warriors of Earth had never seen before. The sun was slowly setting, and the fight was going to take off.