All the monitors in the arena had changed to a digital counter counting down from 30 minutes. The Announcer stood in the center of the stage with the spotlights directed towards him.

"Dear folks, in just a few minutes we will give you a very special presentation – a live rendition of the feature movie "Satan Fist Explosion!! If Mr. Satan doesn't do it who will?!!!" which I am sure you don't want to miss!"

Goku leaned out of one of the windows in the dressing room and looked curious at the Announcer?

"Didn't they show that at the 27th tournament?"

He got no reply and as he looked around the room everyone but Uub and #21 had left it during the intermissions. Both of them were still in their corners not paying any attention to what was going on at the stage. Goku looked back at the stage where some kind of set was being constructed. A large mat had been placed all over the stage and 4 pillars had been placed in each corner. A few minutes passed before the Announcer went up to the stage again.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the intermission show will now begin!"

And a very awkward performance was being played up on the stage. The acting was horrible, the outfits every actor wore looked bad and the arrangement as a whole was just poor. Strangely enough it seemed to interest #21 who had walked up to the doorway and from what Goku could tell he was definitely watching it with interest for some reason. Goku looked back at the stage and saw how the actor who played him – complete with an almost exact replica of his gi fought Cell in what looked like they were slapping each other as they ascended up in the air. Goku looked up above the stage and could right away see an aircraft hovering high above the stage. He then glanced at one of the dozen monitors and saw that it said 19:35. He decided that the bad acting and special effects that went on at the stage were too much for even him. He went and lied down on a bench and tried to get some rest. Who was #21 and how strong is he?

"…oh no! Cell, is too strong for us! What can we do? Now"

"Oh look! It is… Mr. Satan!"

"Ha ha! Cell, I am. Here! To stop you and your evil ways… Ha uh Ha!"

And it went on for that like over 15 minutes. The actor playing Mr. Satan repeatedly said Cell to stop his tricks and fight like a man as from what Goku could hear was Cell getting the beating of his life. Another 5 minutes passed and he got up and decided to look if it wasn't over soon. #21 was still watching it with what looked like great interest. Goku got to the window and looked at what appeared to be the climax of the show. Mr. Satan was with the help of some ropes from above jumping high up in the air and charging a heavy punch towards Cell.

"SAAAAUARGAAAAAAAAAAAATAAAAUUARRGHHHN FIIIIIYAARGHIIRE!!!"

In a very anticlimactic way Cell appeared to explode but Goku could see how they just lifted him up to the aircraft above the stage. Strangely the crowd seemed to love it but then they didn't know what had really happened all those years ago. The crew got rid of the props from the stage quickly and the Announcer got up on the stage again. Goku also noticed how Tien, Vegeta and Piccolo got back into the dressing room.

"Well folks, wasn't that awesome? We have no real documentation of what really happened that glorious day when he defeated Cell. How about we thank Mr. Satan for his heroic acts that day that will for always be remembered as the day when Satan saved the world! Give him a hand folks!"

The crowd roared once again and as soon as the roar died out the clock on the countdown timer hit zero.

"And now ladies and gents it's time for the 3rd match! Will contestant Tienshinan and contestant Uub get out here!"

Goku looked around himself as he saw Tien walk out of the dressing room and gave him a pat on the back. Uub quickly followed and looked as if he was about to have a nervous breakdown – assuming he hadn't or was already having one. As with the other competitors the monitors showed highlights of the fighters previous times at the tournament. In Tien's case it showed pictures of him going head to head with Jackie Chun, Mercenary Tao and a young Goku.

"Tienshinan enters the tournament for the third time today! He is a one time champion and semi finalist and his matches are known as some of the most intense in the tournament's history!"

The monitors started showing clips of Uub now. It showed him knocking out Goten but also getting knocked out by Mr. Satan.

"This is the second time Uub participates in the tournament. The first time he entered he reached all the way to the finals but got beaten by the reigning champion – Mr. Satan!!"

The crowd roared. Most likely at the mention of Mr. Satan's name rather than Uub's previous achievements in the tournament. Tien and Uub had both entered the ring and taken their positions. Once again the announcer throwed the microphone up in the air in a fancy way and catching it on the way down.

"Let the 3rd match begin!!"

Tien swiftly began running towards Uub who seemed to cower in fear. Tien didn't hold back though and started to swiftly punch Uub all over. Uub had problems defending himself due to him being so nervous and managed to block a few of the attacks but got hit by plenty of them. Tien finished his combo by jumping up in the air and getting some distance from Uub.

"It seems that Tienshinan is having the upper hand now after that last combo! He has now gone airborne and is pointing down towards Uub! How will Uub respond to this?"

Uub got a hold of himself and got into a proper combat stance and prepared for what Tien was going to do next.

"Dodonpa! Dodonpa! Dodonpa! DODONPA!"

A large barrage of Dodon-Rays flew towards Uub who skillfully avoided them by flipping around and dodging them. The barrage continued but Uub kept going strong as he now jumped up towards Tien who quickly stopped his barrage and charged towards Uub. They both clashed together in the air and threw quick flurries at each other. As Uub couldn't fly they slowly descended down towards the stage and within a few seconds they were back on the stage floor again.

"Wow! Look at that speed folks! It looks to me that they are completely even, but Uub is just a little boy and Tienshinan is a skilled and experienced fighter!"

Suddenly Tien broke his flurry and jumped back again. With a slow move he used the Quadruplation technique and now Uub had to face 4 of him – hopefully this would confuse him.

"It appears that Tien has made three copies of himself – the same technique he used at the 23th Tenkaichi Budokai! How will Uub respond to this?"

Uub looked around at the 4 Tien who were now surrounding him. He had never seen such a thing in whole his life! How could someone make 4 copies of himself? He had now time to think however as the four of them came at him from every direction. As good as he could he tried to dodge most of their punches and kicks which flew at him as if he got shot at by a machinegun. As he jumped up between their onslaught he quickly span around causing a whirlwind of punches and kicks. One of the Tien's flew high up in the air and out of the ring but the three others kept fighting. Uub stopped his whirlwind and now he had the advantage on two of them at the same time.

"TRI-BEAM"

Uub felt how he got hit hard in the back by something. He quickly turned around to see what it was and he saw that the Tien he wasn't fighting had put his hand together and fired something at him. He quickly leapt towards him but got hit by another Tri-Beam and he flew back only to get brutally pummeled by the two other Tien. The onslaught kept going, Uub couldn't handle fighting all three of them at the same time, he had to take them out. With a quick burst he jumped high up in the air as another Tri-Beam got fired at him and from what he could tell it hit both the other Tien directly and as he spun around in the air he could see that both had been knocked out in the process. He landed smoothly on the stage floor again. He could see how Tien made an odd motion and the three knocked out clones vanished and Tien was just one again. However Tien seemed out of energy as he had counted on this very energy consuming tactic to work. Uub quickly leapt at Tien and with the little powers that Tien had left he tried to fire a last Dodon-Ray at Uub but it missed and he had to eat a headbutt to his stomach as Uub crashed into him and sent him out of the ring.

"Tienshinan is knocked out, Uub is victorious!"

The crowd roared and cheered loudly as both Uub and Tien went back to the dressing room, seemingly as friends. On their way back they met both Piccolo and Vegeta.

"Now ladies and gentlemen it's time for the fourth and last match of the opening round! Please welcome Majunior and Vegeta up to the stage!"

And again the announcer went through a brief introduction of both which at most was very brief. Piccolo had entered twice before and made it to the final once and Vegeta had fought twice in the tournament but never made it further than quarterfinals. There was some tension between Piccolo and Vegeta. Vegeta hadn't liked the idea that they were not allowed to transform but Piccolo didn't need to transform to reach is max, something that could give him a very large advantage.

"If both fighters are ready? Mmm okay! BEGIN!"