The Tenkaichi Budoukai
By Chris Kaufman
Prologue
"Come prepared for the fight to see who is the strongest man in the world testing not only strength but your mind too. The Tenkaichi Budoukai. Sign up at Northern City." Gohan said reading a bullet taped to a window. Originally Gohan was to get food for Chi-Chi. Now that Goku decided to stay with King Kai, Gohan had to do all of the work. Realizing that this might make him public that he is the most powerful being in the universe, it has been a while since he had a real match. The last one was with Cell who he blew away using the Kame Hame Ha attack he learned from his father during training in the hyperbolic time chamber. Gohan decided to go to Northern City the next morning, of course with his mothers permission. Gohan walked home with not much trouble leaving Granet City. It could have been a lot faster if he flew but he didn't want to because of his mothers will of having him study all day long. Without Goku he didn't train much but he didn't need to. He already beat his father in power what else does he need to do? Study. That's what his mom would have said. Even if she says no, Gohan thought, I'll find a way to sneak out.
Chapter 1
Gohan's morning started out the same as any other day, eat, then go and study. But the day was going to be different. The night before, Gohan asked Chi-Chi if he could go to Northern City to do things. She said no. Some how, Gohan thought, I'm going to sign up for the Tenkaichi Budoukai. The day went by fast for Gohan, he took a few breaks to eat and studied some more. Then he couldn't stand it, he called Krillin at Master Roshi's house asking him to get him out of is house. Later that evening Krillin came to Gohan's house. He knocked. Chi-Chi answered.
"Oh, hi Krillin, come on in," Chi-Chi said. She knew he was up to something because the last time he came to visit was a year and a half ago, before the Cell games.
Gohan went into the kitchen where they sat. "Hey Krillin how's it going?" he said. Krillin looked at Gohan, he saw a change in Gohan but he couldn't figure what it was.
"It's going okay, hey is there something different about you?" he asked. Gohan looked in awe. It's been a year when they last met, how much difference would a year make. "Oh, I know!" Krillin shouted. "You've grown! Man, you beat me in height." Saying that, Gohan laughed.
"Knowing how big you are that's not a big plateau to reach," Gohan said. The two talked for a while and went to Gohan's room to talk some more.
"So what's up?" Krillin asked.
"Wouldn't it be fun to enter into a fighting tournament?" Gohan asked.
"Wait, a fighting tournament? You got to be joking," Krillin said chuckling.
"No really, the Tenkaichi Budoukai is advertising and urging people to sign up." Gohan replied.
"I'd have to think this through, I would be giving away my abilities in public," Krillin stated.
"Oh, come on Krillin, not like you have before," Gohan said. "Remember the Cell games?" Krillin nodded. "The TV crew caught you fighting the Cell Jr. with all the power you had. It won't be that bad. Plus when was the last time you fought another person besides the Cell Jr.?"
Krillin hesitated, looking at the ground. How could he back down now? With Gohan's arguments it was impossible to resist.
Krillin gave in, "All right Gohan, lets go sign up."
"Great, lets go to Northern City tomorrow. It's too late now. Plus my mom would kill me if I snuck out tonight." Gohan was delighted about this. He won't be the only one out of all of his friends signing up for the Tenkaichi Budoukai. "Hey, mom, can Krillin stay over tonight?"
"Gohan, you haven't finished your studying," Chi-Chi said. Chi-Chi always made Gohan study for the whole day, every day.
"Aw, mom, I've been studying all week," Gohan complained. He didn't want to mention yesterday. That would be a prime argument for Chi-Chi, him taking time to get some food. "Don't you think I deserve a day are two off?" Gohan asked.
Chi-Chi thought it over for a minute. 'He has been working hard', she thought, 'maybe he does.' "Alright, Gohan."
Chapter 2
It was early morning, about five a.m. Gohan woke up. He was glad that he would go farther than Granet City and this time not for food. Chi-Chi never put any restrictions on Gohan and how far he could go and when to be back. He woke Krillin and in no time they were off to Northern City. They walked out to a field far away from the house so that when they power up they wouldn't wake Chi-Chi. It would take them an hour to get to Northern City just by flying but they had to walk the last mile to the city.
During the flight Krillin stayed calm, but Gohan on the other hand was not. I bet this is the first time he's been out in a long time, Krillin thought.
"Hey Krillin, have you heard much from Bulma?" Gohan shouted, it was almost impossible to talk at a normal voice while flying.
"Yeah, I have. She's doing fine," He answered. "She try's to visit Roshi's at least once every two months. Trunks is doing fine, he's grown a lot. Kinda like you Gohan." Gohan smiled at that.
"Has she mentioned anything about Vegeta?" Gohan asked. The question stirred Krillin a little bit.
"I try not to think about it, but yeah she has. Man, she said that he's been training very hard. He asked Dr. Briefs to make a spaceship go up to 600 times normal gravity. No doubt, Gohan, he IS going to surpass you in strength sometime." Krillin was a little nervous answering the question.
It took them a total of two hours to get to Northern City. It didn't seem too long for either of them. The registration building wasn't open until eight so they had about fifteen minutes to anything. Krillin was wearing some casual clothing, white shirt and jeans, while Gohan was wearing his usual, blue shirt with a white collar, and baggy blue pants.
The two went to the Northern City Mall. Gohan bought a few textbooks to prove that this trip was beneficial toward him. Mainly so his mother doesn't yell at him for leaving the house. Krillin bought a new battling uniform.
"Look, Gohan, now I'll look slick when I fight," Krillin said. It wasn't much of a uniform, just an orange, tight, t-shirt with some baggy black pants.
"You going to use that during the Tenkaichi Budoukai?" Gohan asked.
"I don't know, if I can get Master Roshi's sign on the back of the shirt yeah maybe," he answered.
It was about nine o'clock when they approached the building. Many people wanted to sign up, some children, some adults. Hercule, past champion of many of the Tenkaichi Budoukai, was also there signing up. He took a good look at Gohan. Immediately he thought of the Cell games. Gohan looked at him. "Hey, you!" Hercule said in his deep voice pointing at Gohan. "You look familiar, do you know anyone by the name of Cell?" With just that Gohan's eyes widened.
"Uh, no I don't, sorry," Gohan answered. Gohan knew who he was. If it weren't for him, Hurcule wouldn't be standing there.
Gohan and Krillin both grabbed a registration sheet and filled it out. When Krillin handed his sheet in he wanted to go for the big tournament its self. Gohan had everything filled out but there was only one problem, he wanted to go for the big one too but he was only a child, a child of age 13. How could he convince the tournament official he is strong enough to try out for the actual Tenkaichi Budoukai and not the Junior Tenkaichi Budoukai? He erased the age portion and put down 15 for his age. Now he'll get in.
"Aren't you a little young to be trying out for the Tenkaichi Budoukai? Maybe you should consider the Junior Tenkaichi Budoukai." The Tournament official stated.
"No, I want to know what real competition is," Gohan said. What was he saying? He knows what a real match is. He fought Radditz, Frieza, Vegeta, and not to mention he did kill Cell.
"Okay, you're in the Tenkaichi Budoukai. We'll contact you on when you will fight first." The official said. Gohan thanked him and they were off to go home.
"Hey, Gohan, you wanna go to Master Roshi's?" Krillin offered.
"Sure," Gohan said.
It took them a little while to get to Kame house, but when they got there everyone was there, Yamcha, Bulma, Tien, and Chaozu.
"Hey, everyone," Gohan said. They all turned and were surprised to see him.
"Gohan!" Bulma shouted. "My your getting bigger." Gohan peered over Bulma's shoulder to see Trunks.
"So is Trunks, is see. My he's bigger than when I last saw him." Gohan replied.
"What are you all doing here?" Krillin asked.
"Well we all just appeared about the same time," Tien said.
"Hey, you'll never guess what we did," Krillin said. They all looked at him with a face as if they had a hard math question. "Gohan and I signed up for the Tenkaichi Budoukai tournament," he said with excitement. The room grew silent and all eyes were on the two. "Well it has been a year since we had a battle against those Cell Jr.'s. I need something to test my training," Krillin exclaimed.
"That's a good idea," Chaozu said. "I should sign up but I would rather cheer in the crowd." After he said had a sad look on his face.
"It's okay Chaozu, I'll be with you," Tien said. "I would like to watch and keep on training."
"That's a good idea for you Gohan, but how are you going to explain it to your mother?" Bulma asked. Now Gohan was in a corner.
"I know the night before the tournament you can take me to your house." Gohan said. "That way my mom would think that I'm looking over Trunks when I'm fighting in the tournament."
"Good idea Gohan," Krillin said. "I would have never thought of that."
They have only three weeks to get ready for the tournament. They have to train hard.
Chapter 3
A week later Gohan received a letter about the Tenkaichi Budoukai. It wasn't much but a formal letter and the brackets of the actual tournament. Overall there were sixteen contenders and fifteen matches for the Tenkaichi Budoukai. That didn't bother Gohan. He looked at the brackets; he was going up against Tinku Baba. After he noticed who he was fighting he studied the paper, not his books. Apparently, Krillin was going up against Imu Lacet. I hope Krillin knows this, Gohan thought. Imu Lacet was a tough fighter. He went up against Hercule last year in the Tenkaichi Budoukai finals. Gohan watched this on TV, it was a great fight, Hercule started out with a fast kick and things were evenly matched from then on. At the end the two were tired but Hercule got a strong kick to the gut. That finished him off. Gohan kept studying the paper until he found something disturbing. Vegeta was in the tournament. This was bad. He was going up against someone Gohan had never heard of. Man, he thought, I feel sorry for this guy.
Gohan got up to call over to Master Roshi's house, he knew that he had to be training under Roshi's command. Krillin picked up the phone. "Krillin? Did you get the Tenkaichi Budoukai tournament information?" Gohan asked.
"No, not yet. Why?"
"Your first match will be against Imu Lacet, but that's not the problem." Gohan said.
"Then what is?" Krillin asked. If that's not a problem, which it is, Krillin thought. Then what is?
"Vegeta is in the contest," Gohan said.
"What?!" Krillin shouted. "Why is he in it?"
"I don't know," Gohan answered. "He must have heard Bulma talking about it."
This posed a big threat. After hearing that he was training under 600 times normal gravity he had to be tougher than Gohan.
"Well be better hope for the best," Krillin said. "Bye, Gohan."
"Later Krillin."
Later that night Gohan was studying late. He started dazing off, until he heard a voice.
"Gohan," the voice said. "Gohan, snap out of it."
"Who is it?" Gohan said. He looked around, Chi-Chi was sleeping and no one was around.
"Gohan, it me, your father," the voice said.
"Dad? Is that really you?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah, it's really me," Goku said. "I hear that you signed up for the Tenkaichi Budoukai, is that true son?"
"Yes, it is," Gohan answered.
"Well good for you!" Goku exclaimed. "Without me around I bet your mother is nagging you to study." Goku was up on Snake Way with King Kai. With on hand on Kai's shoulder, Goku was able to telepathically communicate with Gohan. "This would be a great time to see how much you have improved."
"Uh, dad? I haven't been training at all since I killed Cell," Gohan admitted.
"Oh, well that's okay," Goku said.
"Krillin also signed up," Gohan said.
"I'll bet he'll face Hercule. He'll like that," Goku said. He laughed, last time he saw Hercule was at the Cell Games. He was ragging on about the fact that he's going to beat Cell to a bloody pulp. Krillin really hated that, in fact when Hercule went up to face Cell, he was rooting for Cell.
"Yeah, he'll like that," Gohan said.
Chapter 4
During the course of the three weeks, Gohan studied harder than ever. His mother might feel a little bit of pity and let Gohan go for a day or two. "Mom, can I go and go to the Tenkaichi Budoukai tournament?" Gohan asked. Early morning, that's when Chi-Chi was not a happy woman. Especially this morning, she didn't have any sleep that night. This was a special day, the day of the Tenkaichi Budoukai tournament.
"Go ahead, Gohan," She didn't sound too well saying that. Like she was sick.
"You okay Mom?" Gohan asked. She nodded yes. She must be extremely tired, he thought. Gohan called Bulma and told her to pick him up. She was there in about a half an hour.
The tournament was only two days long. It depends on how many people sign up. They have three battling stages. One rectangular, one is a small square, the other surrounded by raging fans bigger than the other two combined. The rules were like the Cell Games, you die you're out, or if you step out of the ring, you're out, or if you give up or knock out, you're out. There were no weapon usage but oddly they did allow special attacks like the Kame Hame Ha attack.
Gohan met up with Krillin at the front desk at Hetu City. They were going to fight at the same time. Gohan got the rectangular stage while Krillin got the main stage in the arena. "I guess that they let past top contenders fight in the big one," Krillin said to Gohan.
"You were one too you know Krillin," Gohan said. Krillin looked confused then sad.
"Where have the years been? Am I really that old?" Krillin joked. The two laughed then went on to see when they'll fight. Gohan was first and Krillin was second of course but he was going to be on TV.
The tournament will get done with twelve matches on the first day and go on with the final three on the last day, two in the morning and the last, twelve hours from the start of the second match. Everyone is garneted one match, but if you go all the way to the championship match you'll have four hard and brutal matches. Gohan is first after the first match of the day.
Chapter 5
Gohan was ready, he's pumped for his match against Tinku Baba. He remembered his promise, not to transform. He wanted to keep an easy power level at fifty. It wasn't much but he wanted to give all of his opponents a fair chance. The ringmaster introduced Tinku Baba first. Last year he made it to round two but lost to Hercule.
Gohan stepped up when the ringmaster told him to. Tinku Baba was a tall man, about six feet ten inches. Average build, and very quick, but not a quick as Gohan. They both bowed to each other and went to it. Tinku made the first move, getting behind Gohan and taking a swing toward him. Gohan blocked the swing easily. Gohan jumped behind Tinku and allowed him to turn around as he swung and hit Tinku. He went flying across the ring, but not out. Tinku got back up, and ran toward Gohan. Once he got up to him, immediately he swung a left hand punch and hit Gohan. Although he had to swing downward, it was a hard hit. Gohan laughed a little then went to the offensive side and hit Tinku hard. He was hit again, and again, Tinku was thrown to the edge of the ring then Gohan pushed him off. He was out. Gohan was the winner. Gohan will go and face a new man, Genu Melfesta.
Krillin's match was a little different than Gohan's. Imu Lacet was a man about an inch or two higher than Krillin. They had a huge ring to use. Last year's runner up was pumped. He verbally insulted Krillin, which was a bad idea. Krillin was mad and wanted him. After the bows, Krillin went strait for Imu. He jumped right for him just to kick him in the gut. "That seem familiar?" Krillin shouted. Imu was outraged he went right for Krillin. Krillin dodged all of his attacks and punched him in the gut again. Imu was down, but not out. He got back up and waited for Krillin's attack. Krillin charged him again this time Imu blocked his attack. He knew that Krillin was going to go for the gut again. Imu swept Krillin off of his feet and fell strait on his back. Imu went for the kill, to punch him in the chest, but Krillin somehow evaded it. They were both back on their feet as Imu charged Krillin. Imu tried to punch but Krillin grabbed Imu's arm and threw him across the ring. Krillin came in for the kill, jumping strait up and elbowing him in the back. Imu had enough. He was smart and stayed down. He lost in a knock out. Krillin won round one.
Vegeta wasn't set to start until a couple of hours after Gohan and Krillin's match. Gohan and Krillin had to rest up for their next match that night so they thought they'd watch a few matches until Vegeta's match. They watched Hercule pound some guys face in only in a matter of seconds. Then they watched some rounds in the Junior division. Some kids were having fun testing their martial arts skills. That's not a challenge for me, Gohan thought, that's way too easy. Finally it was Vegeta's turn to fight. Gohan was in the front row of the long rectangular ring. Vegeta stepped up to his opponent and bowed to his opponent. The match was on. Vegeta started to power up.
"Stop, Vegeta!" Gohan shouted. "Whatever you do, don't transform!" Vegeta turned around to see Gohan. His eyes went wide in amazement. 'What is that brat doing here', Vegeta thought. During this, Vegeta's opponent had a free shot and kicked him in the stomach. He didn't flinch, then grabbed him and threw him across the ring. Ring out, Vegeta wins. Now Vegeta wasn't happy. He knew he was going to the finals and no one would stop him. But having him win? Gohan was the only obstacle he had.
By Chris Kaufman
Prologue
"Come prepared for the fight to see who is the strongest man in the world testing not only strength but your mind too. The Tenkaichi Budoukai. Sign up at Northern City." Gohan said reading a bullet taped to a window. Originally Gohan was to get food for Chi-Chi. Now that Goku decided to stay with King Kai, Gohan had to do all of the work. Realizing that this might make him public that he is the most powerful being in the universe, it has been a while since he had a real match. The last one was with Cell who he blew away using the Kame Hame Ha attack he learned from his father during training in the hyperbolic time chamber. Gohan decided to go to Northern City the next morning, of course with his mothers permission. Gohan walked home with not much trouble leaving Granet City. It could have been a lot faster if he flew but he didn't want to because of his mothers will of having him study all day long. Without Goku he didn't train much but he didn't need to. He already beat his father in power what else does he need to do? Study. That's what his mom would have said. Even if she says no, Gohan thought, I'll find a way to sneak out.
Chapter 1
Gohan's morning started out the same as any other day, eat, then go and study. But the day was going to be different. The night before, Gohan asked Chi-Chi if he could go to Northern City to do things. She said no. Some how, Gohan thought, I'm going to sign up for the Tenkaichi Budoukai. The day went by fast for Gohan, he took a few breaks to eat and studied some more. Then he couldn't stand it, he called Krillin at Master Roshi's house asking him to get him out of is house. Later that evening Krillin came to Gohan's house. He knocked. Chi-Chi answered.
"Oh, hi Krillin, come on in," Chi-Chi said. She knew he was up to something because the last time he came to visit was a year and a half ago, before the Cell games.
Gohan went into the kitchen where they sat. "Hey Krillin how's it going?" he said. Krillin looked at Gohan, he saw a change in Gohan but he couldn't figure what it was.
"It's going okay, hey is there something different about you?" he asked. Gohan looked in awe. It's been a year when they last met, how much difference would a year make. "Oh, I know!" Krillin shouted. "You've grown! Man, you beat me in height." Saying that, Gohan laughed.
"Knowing how big you are that's not a big plateau to reach," Gohan said. The two talked for a while and went to Gohan's room to talk some more.
"So what's up?" Krillin asked.
"Wouldn't it be fun to enter into a fighting tournament?" Gohan asked.
"Wait, a fighting tournament? You got to be joking," Krillin said chuckling.
"No really, the Tenkaichi Budoukai is advertising and urging people to sign up." Gohan replied.
"I'd have to think this through, I would be giving away my abilities in public," Krillin stated.
"Oh, come on Krillin, not like you have before," Gohan said. "Remember the Cell games?" Krillin nodded. "The TV crew caught you fighting the Cell Jr. with all the power you had. It won't be that bad. Plus when was the last time you fought another person besides the Cell Jr.?"
Krillin hesitated, looking at the ground. How could he back down now? With Gohan's arguments it was impossible to resist.
Krillin gave in, "All right Gohan, lets go sign up."
"Great, lets go to Northern City tomorrow. It's too late now. Plus my mom would kill me if I snuck out tonight." Gohan was delighted about this. He won't be the only one out of all of his friends signing up for the Tenkaichi Budoukai. "Hey, mom, can Krillin stay over tonight?"
"Gohan, you haven't finished your studying," Chi-Chi said. Chi-Chi always made Gohan study for the whole day, every day.
"Aw, mom, I've been studying all week," Gohan complained. He didn't want to mention yesterday. That would be a prime argument for Chi-Chi, him taking time to get some food. "Don't you think I deserve a day are two off?" Gohan asked.
Chi-Chi thought it over for a minute. 'He has been working hard', she thought, 'maybe he does.' "Alright, Gohan."
Chapter 2
It was early morning, about five a.m. Gohan woke up. He was glad that he would go farther than Granet City and this time not for food. Chi-Chi never put any restrictions on Gohan and how far he could go and when to be back. He woke Krillin and in no time they were off to Northern City. They walked out to a field far away from the house so that when they power up they wouldn't wake Chi-Chi. It would take them an hour to get to Northern City just by flying but they had to walk the last mile to the city.
During the flight Krillin stayed calm, but Gohan on the other hand was not. I bet this is the first time he's been out in a long time, Krillin thought.
"Hey Krillin, have you heard much from Bulma?" Gohan shouted, it was almost impossible to talk at a normal voice while flying.
"Yeah, I have. She's doing fine," He answered. "She try's to visit Roshi's at least once every two months. Trunks is doing fine, he's grown a lot. Kinda like you Gohan." Gohan smiled at that.
"Has she mentioned anything about Vegeta?" Gohan asked. The question stirred Krillin a little bit.
"I try not to think about it, but yeah she has. Man, she said that he's been training very hard. He asked Dr. Briefs to make a spaceship go up to 600 times normal gravity. No doubt, Gohan, he IS going to surpass you in strength sometime." Krillin was a little nervous answering the question.
It took them a total of two hours to get to Northern City. It didn't seem too long for either of them. The registration building wasn't open until eight so they had about fifteen minutes to anything. Krillin was wearing some casual clothing, white shirt and jeans, while Gohan was wearing his usual, blue shirt with a white collar, and baggy blue pants.
The two went to the Northern City Mall. Gohan bought a few textbooks to prove that this trip was beneficial toward him. Mainly so his mother doesn't yell at him for leaving the house. Krillin bought a new battling uniform.
"Look, Gohan, now I'll look slick when I fight," Krillin said. It wasn't much of a uniform, just an orange, tight, t-shirt with some baggy black pants.
"You going to use that during the Tenkaichi Budoukai?" Gohan asked.
"I don't know, if I can get Master Roshi's sign on the back of the shirt yeah maybe," he answered.
It was about nine o'clock when they approached the building. Many people wanted to sign up, some children, some adults. Hercule, past champion of many of the Tenkaichi Budoukai, was also there signing up. He took a good look at Gohan. Immediately he thought of the Cell games. Gohan looked at him. "Hey, you!" Hercule said in his deep voice pointing at Gohan. "You look familiar, do you know anyone by the name of Cell?" With just that Gohan's eyes widened.
"Uh, no I don't, sorry," Gohan answered. Gohan knew who he was. If it weren't for him, Hurcule wouldn't be standing there.
Gohan and Krillin both grabbed a registration sheet and filled it out. When Krillin handed his sheet in he wanted to go for the big tournament its self. Gohan had everything filled out but there was only one problem, he wanted to go for the big one too but he was only a child, a child of age 13. How could he convince the tournament official he is strong enough to try out for the actual Tenkaichi Budoukai and not the Junior Tenkaichi Budoukai? He erased the age portion and put down 15 for his age. Now he'll get in.
"Aren't you a little young to be trying out for the Tenkaichi Budoukai? Maybe you should consider the Junior Tenkaichi Budoukai." The Tournament official stated.
"No, I want to know what real competition is," Gohan said. What was he saying? He knows what a real match is. He fought Radditz, Frieza, Vegeta, and not to mention he did kill Cell.
"Okay, you're in the Tenkaichi Budoukai. We'll contact you on when you will fight first." The official said. Gohan thanked him and they were off to go home.
"Hey, Gohan, you wanna go to Master Roshi's?" Krillin offered.
"Sure," Gohan said.
It took them a little while to get to Kame house, but when they got there everyone was there, Yamcha, Bulma, Tien, and Chaozu.
"Hey, everyone," Gohan said. They all turned and were surprised to see him.
"Gohan!" Bulma shouted. "My your getting bigger." Gohan peered over Bulma's shoulder to see Trunks.
"So is Trunks, is see. My he's bigger than when I last saw him." Gohan replied.
"What are you all doing here?" Krillin asked.
"Well we all just appeared about the same time," Tien said.
"Hey, you'll never guess what we did," Krillin said. They all looked at him with a face as if they had a hard math question. "Gohan and I signed up for the Tenkaichi Budoukai tournament," he said with excitement. The room grew silent and all eyes were on the two. "Well it has been a year since we had a battle against those Cell Jr.'s. I need something to test my training," Krillin exclaimed.
"That's a good idea," Chaozu said. "I should sign up but I would rather cheer in the crowd." After he said had a sad look on his face.
"It's okay Chaozu, I'll be with you," Tien said. "I would like to watch and keep on training."
"That's a good idea for you Gohan, but how are you going to explain it to your mother?" Bulma asked. Now Gohan was in a corner.
"I know the night before the tournament you can take me to your house." Gohan said. "That way my mom would think that I'm looking over Trunks when I'm fighting in the tournament."
"Good idea Gohan," Krillin said. "I would have never thought of that."
They have only three weeks to get ready for the tournament. They have to train hard.
Chapter 3
A week later Gohan received a letter about the Tenkaichi Budoukai. It wasn't much but a formal letter and the brackets of the actual tournament. Overall there were sixteen contenders and fifteen matches for the Tenkaichi Budoukai. That didn't bother Gohan. He looked at the brackets; he was going up against Tinku Baba. After he noticed who he was fighting he studied the paper, not his books. Apparently, Krillin was going up against Imu Lacet. I hope Krillin knows this, Gohan thought. Imu Lacet was a tough fighter. He went up against Hercule last year in the Tenkaichi Budoukai finals. Gohan watched this on TV, it was a great fight, Hercule started out with a fast kick and things were evenly matched from then on. At the end the two were tired but Hercule got a strong kick to the gut. That finished him off. Gohan kept studying the paper until he found something disturbing. Vegeta was in the tournament. This was bad. He was going up against someone Gohan had never heard of. Man, he thought, I feel sorry for this guy.
Gohan got up to call over to Master Roshi's house, he knew that he had to be training under Roshi's command. Krillin picked up the phone. "Krillin? Did you get the Tenkaichi Budoukai tournament information?" Gohan asked.
"No, not yet. Why?"
"Your first match will be against Imu Lacet, but that's not the problem." Gohan said.
"Then what is?" Krillin asked. If that's not a problem, which it is, Krillin thought. Then what is?
"Vegeta is in the contest," Gohan said.
"What?!" Krillin shouted. "Why is he in it?"
"I don't know," Gohan answered. "He must have heard Bulma talking about it."
This posed a big threat. After hearing that he was training under 600 times normal gravity he had to be tougher than Gohan.
"Well be better hope for the best," Krillin said. "Bye, Gohan."
"Later Krillin."
Later that night Gohan was studying late. He started dazing off, until he heard a voice.
"Gohan," the voice said. "Gohan, snap out of it."
"Who is it?" Gohan said. He looked around, Chi-Chi was sleeping and no one was around.
"Gohan, it me, your father," the voice said.
"Dad? Is that really you?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah, it's really me," Goku said. "I hear that you signed up for the Tenkaichi Budoukai, is that true son?"
"Yes, it is," Gohan answered.
"Well good for you!" Goku exclaimed. "Without me around I bet your mother is nagging you to study." Goku was up on Snake Way with King Kai. With on hand on Kai's shoulder, Goku was able to telepathically communicate with Gohan. "This would be a great time to see how much you have improved."
"Uh, dad? I haven't been training at all since I killed Cell," Gohan admitted.
"Oh, well that's okay," Goku said.
"Krillin also signed up," Gohan said.
"I'll bet he'll face Hercule. He'll like that," Goku said. He laughed, last time he saw Hercule was at the Cell Games. He was ragging on about the fact that he's going to beat Cell to a bloody pulp. Krillin really hated that, in fact when Hercule went up to face Cell, he was rooting for Cell.
"Yeah, he'll like that," Gohan said.
Chapter 4
During the course of the three weeks, Gohan studied harder than ever. His mother might feel a little bit of pity and let Gohan go for a day or two. "Mom, can I go and go to the Tenkaichi Budoukai tournament?" Gohan asked. Early morning, that's when Chi-Chi was not a happy woman. Especially this morning, she didn't have any sleep that night. This was a special day, the day of the Tenkaichi Budoukai tournament.
"Go ahead, Gohan," She didn't sound too well saying that. Like she was sick.
"You okay Mom?" Gohan asked. She nodded yes. She must be extremely tired, he thought. Gohan called Bulma and told her to pick him up. She was there in about a half an hour.
The tournament was only two days long. It depends on how many people sign up. They have three battling stages. One rectangular, one is a small square, the other surrounded by raging fans bigger than the other two combined. The rules were like the Cell Games, you die you're out, or if you step out of the ring, you're out, or if you give up or knock out, you're out. There were no weapon usage but oddly they did allow special attacks like the Kame Hame Ha attack.
Gohan met up with Krillin at the front desk at Hetu City. They were going to fight at the same time. Gohan got the rectangular stage while Krillin got the main stage in the arena. "I guess that they let past top contenders fight in the big one," Krillin said to Gohan.
"You were one too you know Krillin," Gohan said. Krillin looked confused then sad.
"Where have the years been? Am I really that old?" Krillin joked. The two laughed then went on to see when they'll fight. Gohan was first and Krillin was second of course but he was going to be on TV.
The tournament will get done with twelve matches on the first day and go on with the final three on the last day, two in the morning and the last, twelve hours from the start of the second match. Everyone is garneted one match, but if you go all the way to the championship match you'll have four hard and brutal matches. Gohan is first after the first match of the day.
Chapter 5
Gohan was ready, he's pumped for his match against Tinku Baba. He remembered his promise, not to transform. He wanted to keep an easy power level at fifty. It wasn't much but he wanted to give all of his opponents a fair chance. The ringmaster introduced Tinku Baba first. Last year he made it to round two but lost to Hercule.
Gohan stepped up when the ringmaster told him to. Tinku Baba was a tall man, about six feet ten inches. Average build, and very quick, but not a quick as Gohan. They both bowed to each other and went to it. Tinku made the first move, getting behind Gohan and taking a swing toward him. Gohan blocked the swing easily. Gohan jumped behind Tinku and allowed him to turn around as he swung and hit Tinku. He went flying across the ring, but not out. Tinku got back up, and ran toward Gohan. Once he got up to him, immediately he swung a left hand punch and hit Gohan. Although he had to swing downward, it was a hard hit. Gohan laughed a little then went to the offensive side and hit Tinku hard. He was hit again, and again, Tinku was thrown to the edge of the ring then Gohan pushed him off. He was out. Gohan was the winner. Gohan will go and face a new man, Genu Melfesta.
Krillin's match was a little different than Gohan's. Imu Lacet was a man about an inch or two higher than Krillin. They had a huge ring to use. Last year's runner up was pumped. He verbally insulted Krillin, which was a bad idea. Krillin was mad and wanted him. After the bows, Krillin went strait for Imu. He jumped right for him just to kick him in the gut. "That seem familiar?" Krillin shouted. Imu was outraged he went right for Krillin. Krillin dodged all of his attacks and punched him in the gut again. Imu was down, but not out. He got back up and waited for Krillin's attack. Krillin charged him again this time Imu blocked his attack. He knew that Krillin was going to go for the gut again. Imu swept Krillin off of his feet and fell strait on his back. Imu went for the kill, to punch him in the chest, but Krillin somehow evaded it. They were both back on their feet as Imu charged Krillin. Imu tried to punch but Krillin grabbed Imu's arm and threw him across the ring. Krillin came in for the kill, jumping strait up and elbowing him in the back. Imu had enough. He was smart and stayed down. He lost in a knock out. Krillin won round one.
Vegeta wasn't set to start until a couple of hours after Gohan and Krillin's match. Gohan and Krillin had to rest up for their next match that night so they thought they'd watch a few matches until Vegeta's match. They watched Hercule pound some guys face in only in a matter of seconds. Then they watched some rounds in the Junior division. Some kids were having fun testing their martial arts skills. That's not a challenge for me, Gohan thought, that's way too easy. Finally it was Vegeta's turn to fight. Gohan was in the front row of the long rectangular ring. Vegeta stepped up to his opponent and bowed to his opponent. The match was on. Vegeta started to power up.
"Stop, Vegeta!" Gohan shouted. "Whatever you do, don't transform!" Vegeta turned around to see Gohan. His eyes went wide in amazement. 'What is that brat doing here', Vegeta thought. During this, Vegeta's opponent had a free shot and kicked him in the stomach. He didn't flinch, then grabbed him and threw him across the ring. Ring out, Vegeta wins. Now Vegeta wasn't happy. He knew he was going to the finals and no one would stop him. But having him win? Gohan was the only obstacle he had.