Chapter 3
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"I can't believe we're gonna be late for this tournament, damn you Goku and your insatiable garbage compactor which is your stomach!" Daisuke shouted at Goku, making the nearby birds in a tree fly off in fear.
"Hey, don't blame me. There was an all you can eat contest at the last town, you ate almost as much as I did," Goku replied and Daisuke smacked him on the back of his head.
"That's because I was hungry and needed to eat. Not that I wanted to stuff my face like a damn pig who hasn't eaten in months!" she shouted back angrily. Crossing her arms, she huffed and turned away from Goku.
"Dai, I'm sorry okay? I didn't know that going to this tournament meant this much to you," he apologised making Daisuke sigh and look at him.
"It's okay Goku. It's not that it means so much to me, but I'm off balance. My life has just been messed up a lot I can't tell which way is up," she replied.
"That's easy to do," Goku said as he looked up. "Just do this." Daisuke giggled before degenerating into laughter, making her travelling companion smile.
"Oh Goku, don't ever change," she said wiping a tear from her eye caused by her laughing so hard.
"Meh I'll try," he replied. "Well we better get going, or we'll miss the tournament."
"And how do we do that? I doubt we'll reach Papaya Island in time."
"You're forgetting something Daisuke. Don't you know who you're travelling with?"
"Uh a monkey boy who thinks with his stomach and strips in the middle of the street," Daisuke answered. Goku sweatdropped and fell over anime style.
"No, not that part," he said sitting up. He jumped and a yellow cloud appeared under his feet. "The Flying Nimbus can get us there."
"And you didn't bring this out earlier why!?" Daisuke asked him angrily.
"Uh…I forgot," Goku said chuckling sheepishly, and Daisuke's jaw dropped in shock.
"Have you got a rock for a brain? Wait I don't wanna know, let's go," she said jumping onto the Nimbus, and Goku nodded. The two flew off.
"Which way is Papaya Island?" Goku asked as they flew over the ocean.
"I don't know. I told you we should have bought a map," Daisuke answered him. An awkward silence fell between them when they both saw a cruise ship down below, sailing through the ocean.
"Let's ask them," Goku said. As the two flew down towards the ship, there were several crew members who looked up at them in shock. "Hi there."
"Cut the malarkey," Daisuke interjected. "Do you know which way Papaya Island?" The crew members looked at one another before pointing in the direction of Papaya Island. "Thanks," Daisuke replied. She and Goku flew off on the Flying Nimbus towards Papaya Island, and soon both arrived on a beach of the island.
"We're finally here," Goku said as his stomach growled, making him blush in embarrassments. Daisuke groaned.
"Hungry again. I'm gonna need to start bringing along a refrigerator that replenishes itself or something," she mumbled. Looking up, she noticed several fruits. She smiled and jumped onto a branch before grabbing several fruits. "Goku, here," she told her companion, tossing some fruit towards him. He smiled and caught the fruit, beginning to eat. "Hurry up and finish, we gotta get to the arena and sign in."
"Got it," Goku replied between mouthfuls before he and Daisuke heard growls. "What was that?" Goku asked as he stopped eating, looking up at Daisuke's horrified face.
"Goku, don't turn around whatever you do," she said.
"Why not?" Goku asked, turning around to see three huge tigers growling. "Aw, look at the cute tigers," he said, causing Daisuke to fall off the branch she was sitting on and she crashed to the ground.
"Cute is not a word I'd use to describe a tiger!" she shouted.
"Oh….what would you use?" Goku asked still eating the fruit.
"I don't know….how about ferocious!?" Daisuke shouted as she grabbed Goku and ran off at full speed. "What is it with cats and them trying to kill me!? I know I'm half dog but this is freaking ridiculous!" she shouted as the tigers chased after her and Goku.
Meanwhile, far from where Daisuke and Goku were being chased by tigers, was the martial Arts Tournament Arena. A group of people had just arrived via taxi cab. "What're you two waiting for? Hurry up and sign up," said an old man who was bald with a thick white Fu Manchu moustache and beard with a pair of red sunglasses. He also wore a black suit and hat, with a white shirt and red tie. Lastly, he carried a walking stick in his hand.
"Right," said a bald boy about the same age as Goku and Daisuke, but a few inches shorter than them. He was wearing a blue suit with a matching colour fedora. Along with a teenage boy who was taller than just about everyone else in the group, he walked towards the sign in table.
"Okay, Yamcha….and Krillin," the clerk at the table said as the two signed in.
"I'm just curious, but has a young boy named Goku signed in yet?" asked the old man.
"Goku? Oh you mean the runner up from the last tournament….no not yet," answered the clerk as he looked at the sign-in sheet.
"That's odd. It's not like him to miss something like this," the old man said. "I hope he remembered what day it is."
"Where could he be?" asked Krillin.
"He better hurry, if not he'll miss the entries," said a talking…pig standing on two legs named Oolong. He was wearing a pink shirt and tie along with brown pants. Meanwhile Daisuke and Goku were running down the road towards the arena with Goku now wearing a tiger skin over his naked body.
"If we are late because of your clothes being shred Goku, I'm gonna kill you!" Daisuke shouted at him.
"Entry time is almost up," Yamcha said looking at his watch.
"Don't worry, he'll be here I just know it," said a woman with short blue hair and blue eyes.
"He'll show up at the last minute, just you watch," Oolong replied.
"I don't get what all the fuss is about. Fighting with rules, how lame," said a blond haired women wearing a black shirt and camo cargo pants.
"If anybody else had said that Launch, then I would say they were bragging," said a talking turtle.
"Oh sweet sauerkraut. I almost forgot to sign up," the old man whispered walking towards the sign up desk. "There's a name I'd like to enter in the tournament. Jackie Chun," he whispered.
"Jackie Chun, you don't mean the Jackie Chun who won the last tournament?" the clerk asked, and the old man nodded. "I don't believe it you're him!" the clerk exclaimed, but the old man shushed him before looking back to the rest of his group. Seeing that they weren't paying attention, he removed his sunglasses.
"See?"
"Oh, I see," the clerk said nodding.
"Well let us keep this between us," the old man told him.
"Sure, Jackie Chun is on the list," the clerk assured the old man.
"Oh there's only five minutes left," Bulma, the women with the blue eyes and hair, said, looking at her watch.
"He's not gonna make it," Oolong said.
"Master Roshi, Goku is going to make it right?" Krillin asked.
"Sure. Keep an eye on the road, he'll turn up soon," Roshi answered. Sure enough, a dust cloud appeared over the horizon. "Ah here he is now," Roshi said before his jaw dropped along with the rest of the group as they saw Daisuke carrying Goku over her shoulder. The blue-haired girl sped past him towards the sign in desk.
"We're not late for the sign in are we?" she asked and the clerk shook his head. "Good."
"Names?" he asked.
"Daisuke Motomiya and Goku Son," Daisuke answered, and the clerk nodded as he wrote down the two names.
"Goku!" the group exclaimed.
"Oh hi guys," Goku greeted with a grin. He jumped off of Daisuke's shoulder.
"What took you so long?" Bulma asked Goku.
"Sorry but this idiot got us attacked by a group of tigers," Daisuke answered.
"Goku, who is the fine young woman?" Roshi asked with a giggle and a blush as his eyes looked at Daisuke and she snarled.
"Back off pervert!" she shouted, cracking her knuckles with a glare at the old man who comically jumped away from her in fear.
Deciding to ignore the exchange, Goku spoke up. "Guys, this is Daisuke. I met her while I was training."
"Nice to meet you. Goku's told me a lot about you guys," she said bowing before she saw Turtle and Oolong. "Wow, when you said you were friends with a talking pig and a talking turtle I thought you were kidding,"
"Nope. That's Oolong and Turtle," Goku said pointing to the pig and then to the turtle.
"And who are the others?" Daisuke asked.
"That's Krillin, Yamcha, and Puar," Goku said pointing to Krillin and Yamcha along with an anthropomorphic cat which was hovering beside Yamcha's head. "And that's Bulma and Launch," Goku said pointing to Bulma and Launch.
"Nice to meet you," Bulma said as Roshi regained his bearings. "I can tell we're gonna be close friends."
"I hope so," Daisuke replied with a grin. More quietly she muttered, "After all, it's not like I have any other than Goku." She glanced around, but it didn't appear that anyone heard the last line.
"Hello," a voice said making everyone look behind Daisuke and Goku to see three people walk up. The man in the centre was about as old as Roshi and wore a hat with a Crane's head on the top. He also wore sunglasses and a green and yellow robe with a kanji symbol in the centre of it.
"Hm…Hermit Crane, what a surprise. After all these years you are still alive," Roshi said making Crane chuckle.
"The lines on your face are just as deep old friend," Crane replied.
"Now that was rude," Bulma said with a frown.
"I heard a little rumour that your students did particularly well in the last tournament. I guess the old saying is true. Anything can happen," Crane said.
"What's it to you huh!?" Roshi asked Crane.
"Admit it Roshi, you were fortunate with my absence last time, but you and I both know that competing against my team is an exercise in futility," Crane said as Daisuke looked at the two behind Crane. One was a young boy about the same height as Krillin with a hat, white skin, and two red dots on his cheeks while the second was a boy the same height as Yamcha with a third eye on his forehead. "Not even the great Jackie Chun could stand up against my boys. You should quit while you're ahead. I mean inadequacy is a hard pill to swallow but it is better than public humiliation."
"Thanks for the concern, it's nice to know somethings haven't changed. Like how you're still full of hot air," Roshi replied as he and Crane got in one another's faces.
"You'd best stay out of my way," Crane said.
"We're not turning tail for you or anyone!" Roshi snarled and he and Crane growled at one another before Crane turned away and walked off.
"You've been warned. Let's go, I've had enough of these fools," he said walking off followed by his two students.
"Okay, who was that?" Daisuke asked.
"His names Master Shen, but I used to call him friend," Roshi answered before he looked at Goku. "Goku, you look winded for someone who rides a cloud. Where is the Nimbus and why were you late?" he asked.
"Blame the squirt over there. He got us chased by tigers like I already explained. But before we got here he dragged me into an all you can eat contest. I think he ate all the food in the town by the time we left," Daisuke said.
"Well, the important thing is that you're here and signed up. Now let's all grab a bite to eat," Roshi said.
"Food!" Goku cheered before Daisuke hit him on the head.
"No! You've already stuffed yourself full of food twice today," she said.
"Well, it's customary to have a big meal before a fight and no fight is any bigger than the Martial Arts Tournament," Roshi said and Daisuke sighed.
"I'm actually pretty sure it doesn't work that way… but alright. Let's go, but Goku…"
"Yes?" he asked.
"You're only getting two plates of food!" Daisuke shouted making Goku fall over in shock.
"It's settled, let's go," Roshi said before he stopped and looked at his wallet and he gulped. "On second thought why don't I just make us some sandwiches?" he asked but everyone had already walked off and he dropped his wallet in shock. Later that night everyone was in a restaurant eating food while Roshi watched in despair and sadness for his soon to be empty wallet.
"This is good," Daisuke said bitting into a drumstick, before she began to devour a bread roll.
"You said it," Goku replied munching some more food before he slurped up some noodles. Soon everyone was stuffed to the brim with food and they all left the restaurant. Roshi was left behind with the bill and he began to cry.
"Anyways," Bulma began, "I rented a hotel room for us to stay at for the day. We have room for Daisuke as well."
"Let's head back to their and play a game of cards," Goku suggested, and everyone voiced their agreement. Climbing into a couple of portable cars, Bulma directed them to their temporary residence. Soon everyone was sitting around a table.
"Oh no," Bulma said.
"Bulma got a joker," Puar said and everyone else laughed.
"Pick a card," Launch said to Turtle, holding her cards in front of him.
"Second one from the left," he replied.
"Good choice," she said giving him a joker card, and his eyes widened and everyone laughed.
"I'm finished," Puar said putting his cards down.
"Same here," Yamcha said.
"Me too," Oolong said before he handed a Joker to Roshi whose eyes widened and Oolong chuckled.
"Pick one," Roshi said to Daisuke holding his two cards out in front of him.
"Okay," she said grabbing a card and she smiled. "Ha, pair of aces. That's it for me,"
"That means Master Roshi lost," Goku said and everyone but Roshi laughed.
"It's getting late," Bulma said.
"Yeah. We better go to bed, goodnight," Daisuke said as she walked out of the room followed by Bulma and Launch to their room for the night. Unknown to them, Roshi followed them, but once he stepped inside Daisuke kicked him, sending him out of the door and crashing into a wall. He groaned. "Perverted old hermit," Daisuke said slamming the door, and she climbed into her bed for the night. Halfway through the night, Daisuke was woken up by a noise and she walked to the window to see Yamcha and Krillin running from the hotel. Daisuke decided to follow them and when she did she found that most of the contestants in the tournament were getting in some intense last minute training.
"Wow….this tournament is no joke. It looks like I'll actually enjoy myself," she thought with a smile as she began to stretch before she began a light training exercise she had come up with. "That's right… I used to do this with Gaomon. I just hope Gaomon…that wherever you truly are…you're happy," she thought looking at the stars.
As a faint whisper at the back of her mind, so quiet that she could not be sure it was actually said, a voice echoed. "I am ma'am." She gasped silently before smiling as she set about her training, including some last minute tests of a couple of secret moves she planned on using.
The next day, the tournament was about to begin and Daisuke was standing beside Goku, Yamcha and Krillin who were all wearing the same orange Gi with black belt with the same symbol on the back and on the left side of the chest. "Looks like there are more competitors this time around then there were the last tournament," Krillin said.
"Boy, it's good to be in orange again," Goku said with a goofy grin.
"Honestly, you'd think he was dropped on his head when he was a baby," Daisuke huffed.
"I was," Goku replied making Daisuke gulp and she looked away in shame. "Um…what's up?" Goku asked walking over to her.
"It's nothing Goku," she answered.
"Hey good luck you guys," everyone turned to see Bulma, Launch, Oolong and Puar looking over the wall as was Roshi who was standing on Turtle's head.
"Yes good luck and be sure to make me proud," he said.
"Will do," Goku said and Yamcha and Krillin nodded.
"Attention all participants, the Martial Arts Tournament shall soon begin, please proceed into the building," a voice announced and the fighters began to walk into the building.
"So Daisuke, you were training with Goku how strong do you think he is?" Yamcha asked the blue haired yellow eyed girl who stopped and looked at him.
"He's strong, very strong. I'd like to say that I'm pretty good, but I won less than half the time, and I don't think I've ever seen him go all out," she answered making Yamcha and Krillin gulp.
"Hey where'd Master Roshi go?" asked Puar, looking around for the old turtle hermit.
"He probably went to use the bathroom again," Bulma answered.
Meanwhile Daisuke, Goku, Yamcha, and Krillin walked into the tournament building to see over a hundred and eighty participants were competing in the tournament. Goku then walked up to one in particular, an old man with bluish grey hair with a beard the same style as Roshi's was and wore black pants and a black dress shirt.
"Hey is that Jackie Chun?" asked a contestant who was a bipedal bear.
"Yeah it is, whoa never thought I would be this close to him," said another man who wore a turban.
"Hey Mr Chun, glad to see you made it," Goku greeted.
"Ah Goku, good to see you once again. I can see you've gotten much stronger. It would be a pleasure to face you again," Jackie Chun replied.
"Yep, and this time I'm gonna beat you and win this whole tournament," Goku said, and Jackie Chun nodded as he walked off.
"While as Master Roshi I knew that you would hold back against me, but as Jackie Chun I know you will not hold back. And I would also like to see how strong your new companion is. I can sense her power…but also a great sadness…something must have happened to the poor girl not long ago," he thought.
"May I have your attention please," an official said. "The first order of business is to organise the matches, please take a number from the boxes on either side of the table." The fighters did so.
"I'm 62… looks like I'm in the latter half of block two," Krillin said.
"I'm in the second half of block one," Goku piped in.
"Please don't let me be against Goku," Yamcha begged as he looked at his number. "Phew, I'm in the first half of block one," he said relieved.
"I'm in the first part of block one as well," Daisuke said and Yamcha gulped. "Well, if you and I fight one another, let's have a good fight," she told him with a smile, showing her sharp canine teeth, and Yamcha nodded but he was still nervous as hell.
"What about you sir?" Goku asked Jackie Chun.
"I'm 178…that puts me in block four," he answered.
"Yay, we don't' have to fight one another," Krillin cheered.
"Now then the rules are as follows; each fight shall be confined to the ring, no weapons are allowed, and the fight will continue until a winner has been declared. This is the preliminaries to determine the eight finalists who will continue on to the championship," the official explained.
"Good luck Krillin," Goku said and nodded before walking off to his block.
Meanwhile the three eyed man looked at Goku with interest. "That's him alright."
"Are you sure Tien?" asked his companion.
"Yes Chiaotzu, I'm sure. I never expected to see him again, not here at least," Tien answered.
"Our first fight will be in block one and be between number's one and two," the official said.
"That's me. Save my spot," Yamcha said climbing into the ring.
"Good luck," Daisuke and Goku told him as he stood across from his opponent and cracked his neck. He took a stance and his opponent growled. Grabbing several wooden boards, he tossed them into the air and punched them, breaking them into pieces.
"Nice, but boards don't hit back," Yamcha said.
"If they could, they'd have a much better chance at winning this match then you do," he opponent replied.
"Gentlemen please let's focus on the match," the official said as he waved his hand and Yamcha's opponent charged at him. To his and everyone but Goku and Daisuke's shock, he seemingly vanished only to reappear behind his opponent, who then turned around only to be hit with a simple backhand, knocking him to the ground and into unconsciousness.
"Fighter one wins via knockout," the official declared.
"Wahoo. Go Yamcha," Goku cheered and Daisuke smiled slightly.
"Hey, Krillin's match is about to begin," Yamcha said.
"Let's go and watch," Goku said walking over, and the others followed him to see Krillin waiting in the ring. A few seconds later the entire building began to shake as Krillin's opponent stepped onto the ring and towered over everyone, his head nearly touching the roof.
"Oh no," Yamcha said.
"Yamcha, you know this guy?" Goku asked him.
"Yeah. He is called Anton the Great and he used to be in the professional wrestling circuit, he was so good nobody would fight him," Yamcha answered.
"He's that strong?" Daisuke asked.
"That is an understatement," Yamcha answered as the match began and Anton the Great began to try and squash Krillin but he jumped away each time. "Don't let him grab you Krillin!" Yamcha warned Krillin. Unfortunately for the shorter boy, Anton managed to grab Krillin in his large fist. "Oh no this is bad; Anton can crush boulders with his bare hands."
"Krillin no," Goku said worried as Krillin struggled in vain before he smirked.
"How's my acting?" he asked.
"Wha?" Anton asked before his opponent elbowed his hand making him shout in pain and forced him to let Krillin go. He then roared in anger and went to grab Krillin again but this time he grabbed his finger and with unforseen strength threw Anton over his shoulder and out of the ring making everyone including Daisuke's jaw drop in shock.
"Whoa," she said in awe. She knew that she could have done the same easily, but she honestly hadn't expected that from Krillin.
"The match between Number 12 and Number 13 shall begin, both fighters make their way to ring one," an official said.
"Oh that's me," Daisuke said as she headed to the ring and jumped into the air and landed in the ring and she saw her opponent before her and he cracked his knuckles while she cracked her neck.
"If both fighters are ready begin," Daisuke's opponent ran towards Daisuke at a decent speed but to Daisuke he was slow as a slug, she leaned to the side avoiding his punch.
"Oh I felt a breeze with that one," she taunted him.
"Why you little! Hold still you mutt!" her opponent shouted as he tried in vain to land a hit and Daisuke danced around his strikes before she ducked under one punch and performed a spinning uppercut as she shouted….
"SHORYUKEN!" the man was hit in the jaw and sent flying through the roof making everyone's jaw drop.
"Whoa…what was that move?" Yamcha asked.
"Ha, Daisuke called it the Shoryuken. She said she figured it out after watching a rather talented martial artist named Ryu use it," Goku answered with a grin as Daisuke walked over. "It's actually a pity he didn't want to fight in the tournament, he would have done well."
"That was easy. I hope the rest of the fights are more challenging," she said.
"More then you'll know little girl," Tien thought as he had overheard her.
The end of the chapter
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