Heavy rain falls onto the grounds of the tournament grounds. Roshi, Bulma, Launch, Oolong, and Paur all meeting when Goku reintroduces himself to the group. Everyone suddenly surprised by the major change in his size, and Bulma remarks about how cute he has become. But with Tarble also being there, she remarks that Tarble looks so like how he was three years ago, teasing him on how short he was. She then presents his scouter, repaired and modified. Bulma and her Father worked on the small device over the last three years. She was able to work on Raditz overnight 5 years in the future, I would assume she and her father could do the same in possibly a little longer time, but not so much that most of the time was used to enhance their own technology. Tarble taking the scouter and remarking that she was as smart as she was beautiful, causing the young woman to blush at the compliment.
Tarble in his Saiyan armor, more of a standard wear of pride of his people, remarks that it may be a good idea for her to study his battle suit as well. When she asks why, the announcement of tournament preliminaries is about to start and for competitors to make their way to the inner gymnasium. Tarble remarks that she will see why when she gets to study it before leaving his scouter with her and following the others toward their coming battles.
Goku still wearing his Turtle Hermit outfit, Krillin still disappointed that he would not be unique as he and Yamcha also have their own. Tarble noticing that Tien and Chiaotzu wore similar cloths to their crane school but did not show support in their old masters. Tarble removing his armor and wearing only his leotard that was normally under it. Unlike Goku, he did not wear weighted cloths to the tournament. He wanted to give his opponent all his strength and not mock them by being held back by weight.
The Preliminaries continue as per normal though, Tien telling Chiaotzu to spread their friends to the different blocks. Everyone showing the most basics of their strengths and not showing off too much. Tarble making sure to watch Piccolo's matches to see if there could be a gleam of his strength shown. Chiaotzu is still taken down by Taopaipai, who remarks that Tien and Goku will die by his hands. Tarble is not mentioned, as he was exiled by Master Shen and left on better terms then the prodigy students that Shen spent so much time working with. Tien remarking, he will gladly face him and being as serious as he always is. Yajirobe, masked as previously, has an easier time taking to the finals. Chichi instead put in the same block as Tarble, and ended up being defeated by the more powerful warrior.
This makes the finalists Yamcha, Yajirobe, Krillin, Tien, Tarble, Taopaipia, Goku, and Piccolo (A Ma Junior). Due to Chiaotzu unable to change the numbers to put people into proper order, I am also changing up the battle list! Pulling numbers out of a hat, this is the lineup I got…
Yamcha - 7
Yajirobe- 6
Krillin -2
Tien -4
Tarble - 8
Taopaipia - 3
Goku - 5
Piccolo - 1
Round 1- Piccolo (Ma Junior) Vs Krillin
Round 2-Tao Vs Tien
Round 3-Goku Vs Yajirobe
Round 4- Tarble Vs Yamcha
But the battle will start next chapter! Show of Progress, Quarter finals Begin! This was a shorter posting, but some heart pounding fights will soon begin. Some may end the same, but from the looks of things, the semifinals will have a major battle or two!