Dragon Balls GN
Episode two
Tryouts! Mayhem! New warriors we need you!
Chi Chi was in the Capsule Corps kitchen using all of her talents to cook up enough refreshments to feed many hungry humans and several hungry saiyans. True, Bulma's kitchen bots could do the same but Chi Chi insisted. She loved cooking for lots of people. Ever since Goten moved out on his own, she felt lonely and kept on having a bad habit of cooking too much for herself.
"Chi Chi?" A voice asked.
Chi Chi stopped from her chopping and glanced behind her. Torakak was standing there next to an open window. "Torakak. What are you doing here?" Normally she would grab the nearest frying pan and chase the man out. Yet, she couldn't.
"Oh, I wanted to watch the tryouts but I kept on scaring people away. I guess green skin and fangs doesn't really attract humans." He laughed a little as he sat down. "Anyway, I thought that you might need some help with the cooking."
Chi Chi frowned a little. She could remember all the times Goku had offered to help out. Of course, he would end up taste testing the meals. "Thanks but no thanks."
"Please? I'm a Namekian, remember? I don't need to eat. I promise not to taste test anything." Torakak said with almost pleading eyes.
**Dende, he looks so adorable looking at me like that.** "Okay, you can go and measure out some of the ingredients."
"Thanks." Torakak said as he began his work.
*****
"Maybe, a try out is not such a good idea." Pan muttered as she looked at the long line ahead of her. Just yesterday, Mr. Satan had put up commercials, ads on the Internet, and the newspapers about looking for some great fighters. So far, the attendants weren't any good. The highest one had was only around 120 power level.
"Next." Trunks said as he looked at the next canidate. She was only 5 feet tall, blue skin, pointy ears and her long brown hair was braided. She was wearing a black shirt with a black set of tight pants. On her back was a set of fine swords and a backpack. She was eminating a more powerful aura than the other canidate. "Name?"
"Rosemary." She said in a calm voice.
"Okay, Rosemary, age?"
"30."
Trunks rose an eyebrow. "You look no older than twenty."
"My kind ages slower than humans." Rosemary said as she smiled again.
"Okay, how do you fight?"
"I'm student of two handed combat swordfighting. I also know how to fight with handheld guns, machine guns, and missile launchers."
"Okay, who trained you and for how long?"
"I was first trained in handling guns and other automatic weapons by my father and his two friends Mai and Shou ever since I was a little girl. Later, I learned sword fighting from Yajarobie about nine years ago."
"Yajarobie?!" Trunks asked in disbelief. He haven't seen Yajarobie ever since he was a little boy. For some strange reason, Yajarobie had this fear of Vegita.
"Yeah." Rosemary said, "I also train using Mr. Satan's workout videos."
"Figures." Trunks said, "Okay, well... just wait in the waiting room with some of the others and we'll see." Trunks pointed to the sign that said 'Waiting Room'. "And here's your nametag."
Rosemary nodded, accepted the nametag, and walked off to where Trunks was pointing.
Pan commented, "Nice ki. I'd say around a fifteen thousand."
"She is more powerful than the others. Maybe it won't be so bad after all."
*****
Bra and Uub were sitting there as another canidate came up. Like Pan and Trunks, they were having little luck with finding anyone with enough power to help them.
"Next."
A small boy of eight came up. He had light green eyes with black hair. He was wearing a simple blue t-shirt with matching pants and a pair of brown boots. Bra gushed, "Oh! What a cute little boy!"
The boy glared at the young woman with eyes that wouldn't belong to a little boy.
"Name?" Uub asked.
"Majunor." Majunor replied.
"Age?"
"Eight."
"A little young for a fighter." Bra said as she smiled at the boy.
Majunor smirked in an eerily odd way. "I may be a kid but I'm much stronger than you."
Bra frowned. It wasn't the very comment that made her mad but the frightening fact that it may be true. The boy's arura felt unusually strong especially since he's just a young human. "Maybe. Oh well... what's your fighting style and how long?"
"I trained in the Ocha dojo ever since I was four. I gained a black belt last year. I did some wilderness training after that."
"You lived in the wilderness for a year? What about your parents?" Bra asked.
"I have no parents. I was raised by the Ocha Dojo. I'm one tough cookie."
"Wow." Uub said as he nodded. "Okay, you can go to the waiting room with the others. Here's your nametag."
Majunor bowed, took the nametag, and followed the signs.
"Weird kid." Bra muttered, "He acted like he's eighty not eight."
Uub nodded. "True. But he shows great potential. More potental than I did at that age."
*****
"This is insane!" Vegita exclaimed as he passed away another canidate. "All these people are pathetic."
"Just keep your cool." Videl said as she looked down at the list. **Dende, Why do I have to be stuck with him?**
**Luck of the draw.** A voice replied.
**It's a rhetorical question!**
"Next." Vegita said as a young boy about twenty came up. He had brown hair and blue eyes. He had a deep dark tan. "Name?"
"Earl Grey."
"Age?"
"18."
"What are your fighting skills and under who?"
"I train under martial arts. I am being trained by my father. Yamcha."
"Oh. Him. I didn't even know he had a son." Vegita said as he smirked. "So, who's your mother?"
"Lunch."
"Interesting. How powerful are you?"
"I'm not sure. I'm much stronger than anyone else here."
"So, you can sense ki? Can you blast ki too?"
"Yes."
Vegita smirked. "I can sense your power. Considering the fact that you're much more powerful than these pathetic humans, you can go to the waiting room." He gestured to the room. He tossed a nametag to the man. Earl caught it and bowed.
"Thanks." Earl said as he ran off.
*****
There were seven people in the room. Earl was pacing back and forth as he munched on a cookie. Rosemary was sitting there polishing her swords. Majunor was sitting in the corner meditating. A man in bright spandex and another man wearing furs and leather were eating all of the food. A tall man and a much shorter man were talking.
"I hope I get the job." Earl said nervously, "I mean, I'm strong but I don't know if I can save the world."
"I'm sure you can do it." Rosemary said as she looked at her reflection in her sharp sword.
"You got more power than you know." Majunor said as he opened one eye.
"You sure are one serious kid." Earl said, "I've seen teenagers act less mature than you."
Majunor opened his eyes and said in a calm voice. "So?"
"Never mind."
"You must be Yamcha's kid." A tall man said as he came up. He was tall with no hair and a distinguished scar on his chest. Earl noticed immediately that he have an eye over his two eyes.
"Tien!" Earl exclaimed, "Dad told me all about you! Where's the little guy?"
"You mean Choutsu, he's over there and call me Tien." Tien said as he pointed to another corner where Choutsu is mediating.
"I don't get it. I know that you know the gang. Why are you trying out?"
"The gang?" Rosemary asked.
"I helped Goku and the others once in a while fighting aliens." Tien explained.
"Wow. Then, you must have been with Mr. Satan when he saved the world."
Tien grumbled as he crossed his arms. "Him? I'd rather not say. The reason Choutsu and I were trying out is because it's been such a long time since I seen any of them. I thought that I might as well just see if my training paid off." He glanced over to see Majunor sitting in the corner. "Hey, kid."
"Can you be quiet? I'm trying to focus." Majunor said as he closed his eyes again.
"Okay." Tien said as he sighed. **That kid acts so serious. Why do I feel like I've seen him before?**
The door opened and the anxious fighters looked up to see Videl standing there. "Okay, you can come out. My father's ready to see you."
The five warriors walked down a long hallway to a auditorium. Mr. Satan stood on stage, flanked by a few green men and some of the people that they recognized as the ones who had interviewed them
"Sit down." Videl said as she gestured to the seats. The warriors complied.
Mr. Satan boomed in all of his glory. "Greetings comrades and fellow warriors! I am Mr. Satan!"
Rosemary stared up in great awe as well as the Spandex man and the Barbarian. Earl rose an eyebrow as if he was in disbelief. Majunor just crossed his arms in in disinterest. Tien and Choutsu glared at the man.
"Thank you! As you know, I'm looking for a few good fighters to protect the world. I know that each and every one of you have the power to become a world saver like myself!"
"I got the power." Majunor muttered, "I'm not a fake."
"Neither am I." Tien growled.
"I must warn you that the battles will be hard and that you will most likely die. Or worst, you might suffer a horrible injury that will cripple you. If you value your lives, you can leave!"
One man in spandex got up and left.
"Coward." Majunor said as he smirked again.
"The rest of you want to stay? Good! Now, all of you will pit your fighting skills against some of my warriors over here." Mr. Satan said as he gestured to the fighters on stage.
**I don't know how much more of this bullshit I can take, Tien.** Choutsu said, **I know I can defeat that jerk.**
**I know but the threat must be genuine if Bulma's supporting it. Just hang on.**
"You have one hour to get ready! Your dressing room number is on the nametag. There's food in the dressing rooms! Get ready!"
"YEAH!!!" A man in barbarian armor yelled out, "LET'S GO!!!"
Everyone got up and went out of the auditorium. "What a speech." Rosemary said with great awe.
"What a bunch of hot air." Majunor said.
"I agree. Mr. Satan is weaker than almost everyone else." Earl agreed.
"What makes you say that?" Barbarian guy asked, "He saved the world lots of times."
"Sure he did." Majunor said with doubt in his voice as he rolled his eyes.
"You show a lot of nerve, kid, can't you show respect to your elders?"
"Of course I did. But I only show respect to elders who deserve it."
"Why I oughta..." Barbarian growled as Tien held his fist.
"Hold it. Let's save it for the tryouts." Tien said.
"You're lucky I don't cream you." Barbarian said as he went off to his dressing room.
Majunor glared up at Tien and said, "I can handle myself."
"I know you can, but I was worried about the Barbarian." Tien said as he closed two of his eyes. "I was protecting him from you. You're powerful, I can tell. You're not an ordinary human are you?"
"I'm as normal as you." Majunor said as he smiled, "Thanks. I better go and change."
He ran off as everyone else went to their changing rooms.
*****
Rosemary went into her dressing room. In the room was a vast varitey of meats, deserts, and fruit. She picked up an apple and began eating. It's so hard to believe that she made it this far. There was something about the people she met that made them different.
Her cell phone rang. She answered it, "Yeah, Dad?"
"Princess? How's the tryouts going?"
"Okay." Rosemary said as she sat down, "I made it passed the interviews and I'm getting ready to fight."
"Good. Got your special Anti-Goku weapons?"
"Yes. I haven't seen any weird looking guys with tails. I've seen some weird guys but nothing like you told me." Rosemary said as she smiled.
"Good. Now, remember what I said. If you see anyone with a monkey tail, squeeze the tail. That's his weakness. And if there's any Dragon Balls..."
"Go and get them. Right. Are you sure you want to take over the world?"
"Yes I'm sure!!!"
Rosemary sighed again. "Okay, I'll keep an eye out for the Dragon Balls and that Goku guy you told me about."
"Thanks, Princess. I have to go, there's another person here to buy a car."
"Keep selling those cars, Dad. Bye."
"Bye, Princess, good luck. Remember what I said."
Rosemary hung up her phone and went to her backpack. "Go and get the Dragon Balls. Sure, no problem. Why can't Dad have a normal hobby like golf? No, it's taking over the world." She got out her outfit. "Well... looks like Dad's little hobby might come in handy to help Mr. Satan. I hope he and everyone else will understand. Especially this Goku."
*****
Earl Grey came out of his dressing room with the outfit his father gave him. It was a dark pair of pants with a red shirt. On his shirt was the Japanese word for 'Yamcha'.
"Ready to get your hide handed to you?" Rosemary asked as she came out of her dressing room. She was dressed in a blue outfit with a white open skirt with gold trimmings. Her chest was covered in a matching tube top. And she was wearing a pair of long gloves. Her hair was tied up in a tight fighter's bun.
"I sure am. You look good."
"Thanks. You don't look half bad yourself."
"A good fighter must do more than look good." Majunor said as he came forward. He was dressed in a simple blue shirt with matching blue jeans and a pair of long brown boots.
"Kid, how old are you again?" Rosemary asked.
"My name is Majunor. And I was born eight years ago."
"You don't act that way."
"I'm a mature sort of man."
Rosemary smirked. "My dad acts more immature than you and he's eighty."
"I am what I am."
*****
The new fighters stood in the fighter's arena. It was a massive coloseum that's normally used for tournaments but now it's used as a tryout fight place.
Majunor began shaking and looking around nervously. Rosemary glanced at him. "Nervous?"
"Kinda." Majunor replied in a strange soft voice.
Earl looked down at the boy. Before, Majunor had been calm, cool, and very stern. Now, he's acting like the boy he looks like. Slowly, he smiled. **Of course, he's trying to make it look like he's more scared than what he really is. He's trying to make sure that he keeps them surprised. The little con artist. Heh, I have a few tricks up my sleeve too.**
"*Ahem*" A voice reached out.
The group looked over to see a tall man standing there. He was tall with black hair and matching eyes. He was wearing an orange jumpsuit with a blue shirt under the vest. "Hi, I'm Son Goten. You will be fighting me."
"I won't get to try out Mr. Satan?" Rosemary asked in near sadness.
"Nope." Goten said as he glanced at the girl. "But I can be just as tough. Nice outfit."
Rosemary turned a faint red. "Thanks. My aunt Mai gave it to me."
"Your aunt has excellent tastes."
"Excuse me, but are we're just going to comment about Rosemary's outfit or are we just going to fight?" Majunor exclaimed in anger.
"Hold on, kid." Goten said, "We'll fight soon enough. Anyway, all of you will draw a number out of this box. We'll go in order based on this." He took out a box and asked, "Who would like to go first?"
*****
The Z warriors sat in the seats as Bulma scanned the readings. "I was surprised that Goten volunteered for this." Gohan said as Bra kept on looking at Earl Grey.
"He wanted to meet that Rosemary girl." Trunks explained, "She dosen't look half bad."
Pan whapped him on the head. "Excuse me?"
"Sorry." Trunks said as he kissed Pan lightly on the cheek.
"You two are together?" Torakak asked.
"Yeah. We're going to get married."
"Wow! You two are getting married?! That's awesome! Hey! That means that Chi Chi will be a great-grandmother if you two have kids and I wonder how Vegita will be related to Gohan? When's the wedding?"
Pan and Trunks stared at the Namekian. She had never seen anyone react so emotionally about their relationship like this. Well... except for Bulma and Chi Chi for obvious reasons. "June. In two months." Pan said as she looked down, "I have to find Grandpa. I want him to be there. I wish you can tell me."
"Panny," Torakak said as he put his hand on her shoulder, "I'm sorry. But, you'll figure it out in time. And even if you didn't, it won't matter. Your Grandpa won't miss it."
"How do you know?" Pan asked as she looked at him.
"Can't say." Torakak said as he looked at the arena. "Hmm... looks like the fight's beginning."
Pan glanced at Torakak again. The Namekian wasn't like Piccolo. He was just too... familiar somehow. "Why did you call me 'Panny'?"
"Huh?"
"You called me 'Panny'. Only Grandpa Goku calls me that."
"Oh... that's what Goku always call you when he talks about you."
"So, you two talk to each other?"
"Pretty much." Torakak replied as he pointed down to the arena.
Goten was standing there smiling at the young man. The first one was Earl Grey. Earl said, "My dad told me all about you. Do you really look like Goku?"
"Pretty much." Goten said, "Now, just because you're Yamcha's kid, I won't go too easy on you. Now, here's the rules. Anything goes, weapons, ki attacks, and even dirty tricks. No killing and you lose if you touch the outside of the ring."
"I know." Earl said as he went into fighting stance. "Ready?"
"I was born ready." Goten and Earl ran at each other. Goten had the obvious advantage of strength and experience. However, he had never faced Earl before and he didn't know about Yamcha's power.
Goten let in a fast furious away of punches and kicks. Earl had a hard time blocking every one. He knew that Goten is giving it him lightly. Well, lightly for him. Earl jumped back and said, "KKKAAAAMMMEEEEHHHAAAAMMEEEEE HA!" He unleashed a fierce blue beam at the demi-Saiyan. Goten caught it and deflected it up into the ceiling.
"Nice, Kamehame."
"Thanks."
"Now, here's mine." Goten said as he went into Kamehame position. "KAMEKAMEHA!!!"
Earl ducked in time to avoid the blast. "Isn't that Kamehame ha?"
"I have my own version." Goten said smugly.
Earl scowled. "Let's see how you will react to this. PRESTO!!!" A poof of smoke came around him as the group stared in shock. From the smoke, a blond haired woman in a very skimpy bikini appeared. Goten's eyes bulged at the sight of the woman. "Huh? Wha?" Goten muttered.
Torakak, one of the few men who wasn't gawking yelled out, "Goten! Watch out!"
Goten snapped out of his trance to see a small ki ball flying his way. Goten rolled his eyes and blocked the ball. Instead of careening out of the way, the ball stopped and began flying around him like a bat. Earl put to of his finger together and moved the ball around him. The ki ball flung itself on Goten's head as Earl kept on gesturing.
Krillian's eyes widen. "That's Yamcha's trick."
"Yeah." Torakak agreed, "The young man has a great deal of power."
Goten kept trying to duck the ball as Earl kept on flinging it back and forth. "Give up?" Earl asked.
"Not on your life." Goten said as his hair turned bright gold and his eyes turned green. He ran faster than Earl's ki ball and his eyes.
"Oops." Earl muttered as he felt a pair of hands grab him by the shoulders and flung him out of the ring. In a poof of smoke, Earl returned to normal.
"Goten wins!" Trunks yelled out.
Krillian flew down to the fallen warrior and said, "Don't worry, Earl. You did great considering the fact that you were fighting someone who's as experienced as Goten."
Earl got up and nodded. "Thanks. I could've done better."
"You will. So, how's your dad?"
"Okay."
"How can you change like that?!" Bra exclaimed with wide eyes.
Earl smiled and shrugged. "I learned from Puar how to morph. I can't change into objects or animals yet but I can do some good human impressions."
Bra turned slightly red and asked, "You're not... I mean, I'm a very open minded girl." "I'm not gay." Earl said firmly.
Bra sighed in relief. **Thank Dende.**
**No problem.**
Torakak leaned next to Vegita and whisphered, "A powerful shapeshifter would make a good member."
Vegita nodded once.
Choutsu came up. Goten smirked. "I never saw you fight."
"I'm tougher than I look." Choutsu said, "I've been training." He held up his hands and focussed.
Goten felt a strange tingling sensation in his right hand. The hand rose up on a will of it's own and started punching him repeatedly.
"Ouch." Majunor muttered, "Looks like the mime learned a new trick."
"He's been practising." Tien said as he watched Goten block off his right hand with his own left.
*Damn it! I can't fight him with only one hand. But it gots to take Choutsu all of his mental power to control my hand.* Goten thought as he used of his power to keep his right hand from strangling him. Goten stared right at the small man. A pair of yellow beams shot out of his eyes and headed straight for Choutsu. Choutsu immediately put his hands up and blocked the beams.
Goten felt control over his right hand again. He flew up to Choutsu and began beating down on him. Choutsu tried to block off the fists with a lack of success. Finally, Goten punched Choutsu out of the ring.
"Choutsu!" Tien yelled out as he ran up to his fallen friend. "You okay?"
"I'm fine, Tien. How did I do?"
"You did great with the Hand move." Tien said as he held Choutsu next to him.
"Sorry about being so rough." Goten said as he rubbed his right hand.
"It's okay." Choutsu said as he looked at Goten. A trail of blood came out of his mouth. "I'm fine."
Goten fainted on the floor. "What the?" Rosemary exclaimed as she ran toward him. Chi Chi saw it too and made a dash through the halls and to the arena.
"It's my fault." Choutsu said, "It's an after effect of my power. I practiced it on Tien lots of times and he felt dizzy after he broke off. I thought that since Goten is stronger, he won't feel so weak after that."
"Goten may be stronger, but he didn't have the telepathic experience I have." Tien said, "Goten should be fine."
"He's fine." Torakak said from over Rosemary's shoulder.
Rosemary looked behind her to see a much larger man with anntanne and fangs over her shoulder. "AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"
Torakak held his ears in pain. "Lower it down, will ya? It hurts."
"Sorry." Rosemary said.
Torakak lifted Goten up and said, "I'll go and get Goten to the lab. He's fine. Just unconscious and will feel really stupid when he wakes up." He glanced at Chi Chi. "You can come if you like. I know you're worried."
Chi Chi nodded and ran with Torakak to the lab. Choutsu got out of Tien's arms and sat down. "I'll be fine." He insisted.
Gohan got to follow them when Majunor's voice rang out, "Who will we fight now?"
"Can I fight Mr. Satan?" Rosemary pleaded, "He's the strongest here. Please! I promise to use all of my special weapons!"
Vegita stifled a laugh as Mr. Satan's face fell. "Of course you can. You better go easy on her, Mr. Satan."
"What about me? Mr. Gohan?" Majunor asked as he looked deep into Gohan's eyes.
Gohan glanced at the boy's eyes. They had a deepness in them that seem to make him look much older. "I will fight you, kid."
Majunor scowled. "Don't call me kid."
Gohan smiled at the boy's response. He can remember back when he was eight. He was fighting to save the world. "Okay, Majunor."
"Mr. Satan?" Rosemary asked as she looked at Mr. Satan's face. "Please! I promise, I won't hate you if you hurt me."
"Sure thing." Mr. Satan said as he went into a classical hero positon. "Mr. Satan doesn't refuse an offer for a good fight!"
Videl smiled. Her years with Gohan had taught her how to sense power levels. As far as she could tell, Rosemary is over ten times more powerful than Mr. Satan without the weapons. "Give him an ego bandaid!" Videl cheered.
"Is it okay if we go first?" Rosemary asked Majunor and Gohan. "Please?"
"Go ahead. I'm in no real hurry." Majunor said as he smiled, "I'm interested in seeing the World Champion fight."
"Say, Rosemary, I was wondering. Maybe, you can show some of your weapons." Mr. Satan said.
"Sure." Rosemary said, "My dad gave me these. He created them himself out of surplus weapons parts." She reached into her backpack and got out a vast assortment of weapons. "Here's my missle launcher, my uzi, my anti-monkey gun, my explosive bananas,"
The Barbarian gulped at the massive armory that Rosemary laid on the floor. He ripped off his name tag and ran off.
"Explosive bananas?" Trunks repeated.
"Long story. Oh, here's my robots, my machine guns, my grenades, oh and my special... where's my anti-MB bot?"
"Ouch!" Vegita yelled out as he unwrapped his tail around his waist to show a small egg like bot bitting down on the end of his tail. "I think I found it." He grabbed the bot and pried it off. "Here!" He said as he tossed the bot to the confused girl.
"Thanks." Rosemary said as she caught it. "Say, do you know anyone by the name of Goku."
"You mean Kakarot? He was... is a friend of mine."
"Oh." Rosemary said as she put it away. "Wow. It really works. Where was I? Oh yeah. My ammo... my swiss army knife... my needle gun... my old machine gun! I was wondering where that was."
"Maybe you should hold off on the weapons." Mr. Satan suggested, "I like my opponents unarmed."
"Okay." Rosemary said as she began putting her weapons back into her backpack.
"How does she fit all that junk in there? Without the capsules?" Tien wondered.
"I have no idea." Gohan muttered.
Rosemary and Mr. Satan went into fighting stance. "You can do it!" Earl cheered.
Rosemary smiled at him and stared at her opponent. **This is it. I'm so nervous. Kami, give me strength to fight.** She ran up and did a flying kick.
The 'World Champion' fell over as Rosemary knelt down and started hitting him in the chest. "Okay, you can get up." Rosemary said as she kept on hitting.
"Enough!" Videl yelled out as she got up, "You got him!"
Rosemary stopped and get up. "That's it?" Mr. Satan's left eye began to show the potential for a nasty black eye. He had bruses all over his chest. "But... that was too easy. Yajarobie and Kurin gave me a harder fight."
"Rosemary, there's something you should know." Gohan said softly, "You see... Mr. Satan isn't the most powerful man on Earth. He's not the one who defeated Cell, Buu, or even Bebie."
"I thought he was mistaken." Rosemary whispered as a dark cloud came over her.
"Huh?"
Rosemary's eyes turned crimson. "My father often told me that Mr. Satan wasn't the most powerful man in the world. He knew of one other person who have the power to save the world. He was defeated numerous times. My father gave me these weapons to use against him if I ever see him. I try to deny it. After all, everyone knows that Mr. Satan is the world's hero. Now, I know the truth." A tear came out of her left eye. "I wanted to see for myself. Yajarobie and Kurin told me that I have the power to defeat Mr. Satan. I didn't believe it. Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to see the World's Champion and get as strong as him. Now, I know. MR. SATAN IS A GREAT BIG FAKE!!!" She yelled out as she ran off.
"Oh man." Krillian muttered as he scratched his head. "Poor girl."
"I know how she feels." Videl sympathized as she got out a senzu bean and put it into her father's mouth. "When I found out my father lied about Cell, I felt heart broken. She must've respected Dad alot."
"I'll go and talk to her." Pan volunteered. "You know, girl to girl talk." She ran off.
Majunor crossed his arms. "Mr. Gohan, is it alright if we wait till your family returns for us to fight."
"Okay." Gohan replied as he patted Majunor's shoulder. "You know, I thought you would be heart broken too."
"Me? Nah."
"Are you sure? I know lots of teenaged boys who wanted to be just like Mr. Satan."
"I'm not like other boys." Majunor said as he smirked again.
*****
Torakak walked down the hallways in almost deep thought. Goten was just asleep but Chi Chi wouldn't leave his side. He didn't blame her. He had forgotten how powerful Choutsu can be. He smiled. **I wonder how much stronger Tien is now?**
A faint sound of crying reached his sensitive Namekian ears. Concerned, Torakak ran over to see the blue girl, Rosemary, running with streams of tears gushing out of her eyes. "You okay?" He asked as he stepped right into the girl's path.
Rosemary stopped just short of the man and looked up. "Oh! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to get in the way."
"No need to apologize. What's wrong?" Torakak asked as he put a hand on her shoulder.
Rosemary flinched and stepped back. "I fought Mr. Satan and I won. Easily." Rosemary replied with coldness in her voice. "He's a fake. Mr. Satan is a no good lying fake."
"I'm sorry." Torakak whispered as he looked down. "I figured that you might figure it out sooner or later."
"Why? Why did he lie to the entire world?! And if Mr. Satan didn't save the world from Cell and Bebie and Buu, who did?!"
"I can answer that." Torakak replied, "Gohan did. He defeated Cell and Goku defeated Buu and Bebie."
"Mr. Gohan? But the Cell games were years ago. Gohan must've been a kid at the time."
"He was one strong kid."
"Why didn't Gohan take the credit?" Rosemary asked, "He could've been famous!"
"He didn't want the credit." Pan replied as she came out of the shadows. "I don't blame you for hating Mr. Satan. Dad told me that he was glad to lead a normal life. Well... normal for Dad."
"But, it's wrong! I felt Mr. Satan's punch and I barely felt it. I should just call the press and tell them."
"No!" Torakak ordered as he put his hand on Rosemary's hand. "Look, Mr. Satan may not have a direct role in saving the world but it's vital that it's kept a secret."
"Why?"
"Because, Goku never wanted to be famous." Torakak explained, "He may be the most powerful fighter in the universe but deep down, he's still a simple man. He could never handle the pressure of being famous. The lack of privacy would get to him. His wife, Chi Chi, doesn't want it either. She wanted Gohan and Goten to lead normal lives. Okay, maybe their lives aren't exactly normal but it's close."
"The green guy's right." Pan said, "I know how hard it is. Sometimes, I wanted to be recognized as Goku's granddaughter instead of Mr. Satan's granddaughter. But, I know that some secrets should be kept a secret."
"It's just so wrong." Rosemary said as she shook. "But, I'll keep quiet for now. Besides, who would believe me?"
"Thanks. Hey, if you want a fight, you can fight me. I'm very tough." Pan said as she went into a pose. "I'm Son Pan! I'm one-fourth Saiyan."
"Do I get to use my weapons?"
"Sure. I guess. But I must warn you, I've handled live missiles with my bare hands."
"Okay!" Rosemary said as she smiled, "Man, I feel like I'm in one of those Saturday Morning teenage shows."
*****
Mr. Satan held his head in his hands. His injuries were healed due to the senzu bean but he didn't feel better. His greatest fear had came true. In a way, he was relieved. For years, he had carried the secret of the his 'success' in his mind. It had taken a toll on his body. He lost his hair due to all of the stress of keeping face. Every day, he would thank Dende that the Special Forces agreed to the secrecy.
"Mr. Satan?" Rosemary said as she came in with Pan and Torakak.
"Hello, Rosemary." Mr. Satan said with a strange amount of grief in his voice. "Sorry, you had to know."
"You mean sorry I felt like one of my greatest heros is a fake or sorry that you were caught." Her voice could freeze fire at that point. "I won't tell anyone. After all, who would believe me?"
"*whew* thanks." Mr. Satan felt a load off of his shoulders.
"But, you have to promise me something." Rosemary said as she smiled slowly. "No more throwing the tournament. You will announce that you are retiring from the hero business. The public would understand. Just give some speech about giving younger heroes a chance to save the world. Whatever mission we're about to take, I don't want you to take the credit this time. If the heroes want to remain unknown, that's fine. But, don't stroll in taking the credit again. Got it?"
Mr. Satan nodded. He was feeling tired of the charade. If he just retires gracefully, then his reputation will remain. "Okay."
"Good."
"She's good." Earl muttered.
"Impressive girl." Majunor said as he smirked. "That fake got what was coming to him."
"Girl?" Gohan repeated, "She's old enough to be your mom."
"I know." Majunor glanced to see the giant Namekian standing there behind Rosemary. "Looks like Torakak is here. Good."
"Good. Let's get going." Gohan said as he gestured to everyone to get out of the way.
The two went into the arena. "Ready?" Majunor asked in an excited way.
"You bet." Gohan can feel the boy's chi. It was suppressed but it's there. **Weird. How can an eight-year-old human boy know how to suppress ki?**
They went into a fighting stance. "Gohan, just because I'm a kid, dosen't mean you have to go too light on me." Majunor warned.
"I'll try." Gohan promised as he ran forward. He did a series of somewhat light taps as Majunor blocked each and every single one of them. He even returned a few punches.
"Not bad." Gohan commented, "You're fast."
"Can we get serious?" Majunor said as his ki grew. Everyone who can sense ki gasped at the massive power flowing into the young man's body.
*How can a kid like this be so powerful? Goten was less powerful at that age and he's half-Saiyan.* Gohan thought as the boy started to punch hard and fast.
"Hey! I thought you warriors get better with age. Or is that wine?"
Gohan would've scowled at the young boy for making such a strange comment. Yet, he smiled. "You want tough. I'll give you tough." His body glowed with a golden aura. His hair turned gold as his eyes turned green.
Majunor nodded. "That's more like it."
In the seats, Torakak and the rest of the fighters watched the fight. Rosemary looked confused. "Where are they?" Rosemary asked.
Bulma explained, "Gohan and Majunor are moving much faster than we can follow. Hey, Vegita, what's going on?"
Vegita's eyes widen. "Incredible. The brat have more power than I thought. How can a mere boy be that powerful?"
Torakak smirked as he watched the two fight. They were really getting into their little match. Gohan had obviously been training for the past nine years.
"I got it." Pan said as she snapped her fingers. "Torakak, Grandpa is Majunor right?"
"Huh? No! Absolutely not!" Torakak said as he shake his head. "Goku isn't Majunor."
"You thought that kid was Kakarot?" Vegita asked the girl. "Did Majunor act like a kid? Kakarot acted more like a kid even before he deaged."
"I see your point." Pan said. "But who is that kid then?"
Gohan was wondering the same thing. Majunor had managed to keep up the blocks but was getting weaker. "You're good."
"So are you." Majunor said as he did a fast dodge and began kicking at Gohan's legs. Gohan fell over for a second before flying up.
Majunor followed him and the two fought harder.
"Man oh man." Earl muttered, "I can't follow them anymore."
"This is insane." Rosemary said as she gave up trying to follow the sounds of ki blasts and punches. "Are kids usually this strong?"
"Only if they're either reincarnated demons, part Saiyan or super powerful warriors wished into a kid." Trunks pointed out.
"Reincarnated demons?" Rosemary repeated.
"That would be me." Uub said as he rose his hand. "In my past life, I was a fairly powerful monster."
"And I thought my father was an oddball." Rosemary muttered as the two fighters reappeared. Majunor looked like he was about to drop while Gohan didn't look much better.
"*Whew* you're real good." Gohan said.
"You're not so bad yourself." Majunor said as he collapsed on the ground.
Gohan picked up the boy and checked his ki. "He's okay. Just exhausted."
"He's in." Vegita said as Majunor opened his eyes again. "You did good."
"I thought so." Majunor said as he smiled again. He weakly got up and tried to shove himself away from Gohan only to lean into him.
"Easy. Just rest for a while. You did great. Especially for a young kid like you."
Majunor scowled at him and then he smiled. "You didn't do so bad yourself."
"Here's some water." Torakak said as he came up to the boy. "You look like you can use a drink."
Majunor accepted the bottle and sipped out of it slowly. "Thanks." He mumbled as Gohan lifted him up again and placed him in an empty chair.
"Your welcome."
"Our turn." Pan said as she dragged Rosemary to the arena. "Ready?"
"Just a sec." Rosemary said as she reached into her backpack and took out a pair of beautiful golden swords with black diamonds. She balanced each one in her hands before getting into fighting position.
Pan nodded and did the same. "Let's see what you got." She flew up to the girl as Rosemary started blocking off the fists with her swords.
Pan grimaced at the cuts the two swords were causing. Despite the fact she could snap them in two, she couldn't.
"Enhanced swords." Rosemary said as she jumped out of the way. "SHIELDS!!!" she yelled out as a faint bubble appeared around her.
Pan smirked, "You got something on that skimpy suit?"
"Shields generator." Rosemary replied as Pan started bashing into the shields. It was holding but it was getting weaker.
"KAMEHAME HA!!!" Pan yelled out as a blue beam shot out of her hands.
Rosemary got blasted out of the arena and into the wall. The shields failed after the blast hit her.
"Rosemary!" Earl cried out as he ran to her side. Rosemary slumped down on the floor. "Rosemary, can you hear me?"
"Did anyone get the license of that truck?" Rosemary asked before collapsing into Earl's arms.
"Oops." Pan muttered as her mother got out a senzu bean and put it into the girl's mouth.
Rosemary jumped up and asked, "What just happened? I was hurting all over and then poof, I'm back to normal."
"Senzu beans." Vegita said as he grinned, "It's magic."
"Wow. I thought they just keep you full for ten days."
"It's my turn." Tien said as he came up. He glanced at Torakak and asked, "I want to fight you. If that's okay."
"Sure. I saw how much power Choutsu gained. You must've gotten much stronger." Torakak said as he grinned.
Tien blinked at the strange expression on the Namekian's face. True, the only other Namekians he had met were Piccolo, Kami, and Dende, but Torakak acted like no Namekian he had ever seen. "Let's go." Tien said as he and Torakak went to the arena.
"Good luck, Tien!" Choutsu yelled out.
Tien nodded toward his little friend. Tien flew out toward the Namekian and started punching and kicking. Torakak blocked each move with ease. "You're good." Tien complimented as he powered up.
"Not bad. You have improved." Torakak said as he did a roundhouse. Tien was flung back several feet before stopping.
"I learned a few new tricks." Tien said as he closed all three of his eyes and then he yelled out, "KIOKEN ATTACK!!!"
A red aura surrounded the triclops. All of the dust on the ground flew away from him. "You finally learned that move." Torakak said as he powered up himself.
"What's that move? That Kioken?" Goten asked Vegita who was getting more interested in the fight.
"That is the Kioken attack. It was one of Kakarot's old moves. He used it against me when I first threatened Earth many years ago. But I thought that Kakarot haven't taught it to anyone else."
"King Kai taught it to him back when we were training under him while we were dead." Choutsu explained, "But Tien could never get it right until just a few years ago."
"King Kai?" Rosemary repeated. "While dead?"
"Long story." Gohan said as Tien and Torakak stopped again.
Tien's muscles bulged out. "Want to see another trick I invented?"
"Another one? Sure."
Tien closed all of his eyes again. A white aura came out while the red vanished. He fanned his face and yelled out, "KI SCATTER!!!" A white light appeared and Torakak and everyone else who can sense ki looked around in confusion. Rosemary and Mr. Satan were blinded by the bright light.
"What happened?" Gohan asked confused, "I can feel Tien's ki everywhere. I can't feel him in one spot."
"My eyes." Rosemary moaned as she rubbed them vigorously.
"It's my Ki Scatter move. I learned to make a massive ki blast that made it look like I'm everywhere at once." Tien explained.
Torakak grinned despite his blindness. "Great trick." Tien started punching at him. Despite the fact that Torakak was still blinded by the light, he still managed to block off the moves. "Now, that I can see, here's another move." Torakak said as Tien grabbed his arm. "DISLOCATE!" He yelled out as the arm that Tien was holding came off of his shoulder. Tien dropped the arm in shock. Torakak jumped back and focused. The arm rose itself up and blasted right at Tien's face causing him to fall over. Torakak, then, grabbed Tien by the pants with his remaining arm and tossed him out of the ring.
Tien got up and moaned. "Wow."
Torakak smiled at him. "That was a great fight." He gave him his hand and the Tien accepted.
"You're an incredible fighter. I wish Goku was here, that would be a fight that's worth watching."
"You think that I'm as powerful as Goku?"
"Definitely." Vegita agreed. "If you can handle my power, you would be a match for Goku."
Torakak's eyes widen. "Hey, you said 'Goku'."
"Yeah, you did." Gohan said as he glanced at Vegita.
Vegita crossed his arms. "So? That's his name right?"
"Normally, you would call Dad 'Kakarot'."
"Just a change in pace." Vegita admitted as he smirked at Torakak.
Torakak gulped as he nodded. "Okay. Now, I guess that all of you made it." He said to the group of newcomers. "All of you did a great job and in two years, you can be even more powerful."
"All of us? Even me?" Rosemary asked as she packed her goods. "I'm not very strong."
"Are you willing to die for this world?" Torakak asked as he looked down at her.
"I guess. I don't want to die but I'll do my best."
"Good. What about the rest of you?"
"If I die, and you guys succeed, you can just bring me back with the Dragon Balls." Earl said as he came up. "Okay."
"I don't mind death." Majunor said as he crossed his arms.
"Speak for yourself." Rosemary said, "Does anyone knows what happens after you die?"
"Simple, you go up to King Yamma and he'll tell you whether you go to heaven or hell. Or you can go to King Kai's to do some training." Tien answered. Rosemary looked at him in shock and Tien continued, "I died once."
"Ummm... okay." Rosemary said as she smiled weakly.
Torakak grinned at them and continued, "Okay. Now, Majunor, Tien, and Choutsu will train with the other Z warriors in the palace and at the Corps. Earl, can you get Yamcha here too? He obviously did a good job training you and maybe he can help out."
"I'll try."
"Rosemary, your ki is somewhat weak but has a great deal of potential. You will be training with Krillian." Torakak gestured to the shorter fighter.
"Okay."
"Earl, you're going to King Kai's. Don't worry, you don't have to die to go there."
Rosemary glanced at Earl confused. "Good luck." "I'll need it." He moaned.
"Now, any questions?" Torakak asked.
"I have one." Tien said as he stepped up, "What's threatening Earth this time?"
"I thought you might ask that." Torakak said as he went into a long story about Gakidou and how New Namek was destroyed.
"We have to fight against that?!" Earl exclaimed, "A super powerful immortal alien who has his own set of Dragon Balls?!"
"That's why we need all the fighters we can get." Torakak said as he shrugged.
"What about Goku?" Rosemary asked, "Where is he?"
"Can't say."
"That's why I'm holding a luck of the draw guessing bet." Krillian announced as he held up a sheet of paper. "Everyone guess where Goku is and whoever wins get a million zenni."
"Can I try?" Rosemary asked.
"Sure. The more the merrier. Here's a list of possibilities." Krillian handed the girl a list of possibilities.
Rosemary read it with Earl looking over her shoulder. She cocked her eyebrow. "Outer space? In the future? In the four-star?!"
"We're taking wild guesses." Krillian said, "We're having a meeting to talk it over further at my house. Wanna come?"
"Where is it?"
"About a few miles that way." Goten replied as he came up. "I can take you there if you like."
"Okay." Rosemary said, "I can get out my car and I can follow."
"No, I mean take you there." Goten said as he picked up the girl in a swoop.
"Oh."
*****
Krillian stared out over the room. He was standing next to a giant chalkboard to keep track of all suggestions. Every person who had known Goku showed up. "Okay, everybody, now everyone here knows about Torakak's challenge. We have to figure out Goku's position and situation." Krillian said as he tapped on the chalkboard. "Any suggestions?"
"He can be in the Next Dimension." Yamcha suggested, "With King Kai."
"He's not." Tien pointed out, "I talked with King Kai and he has no idea where he is."
"Outer space?" Lunch asked.
"Too vast. We need to be more specific."
"How specific can we be?" Trunks said, "Goku can be on any of the planets we visited."
Pan frowned. "Torakak said that even if we didn't figure it out, Grandpa Goku won't miss a thing."
"Maybe he's a ghost." Goten muttered, "He can be in this room and we don't even know it."
Rosemary looked around her and shivered. "That's creepy."
"But not true." A voice said as everyone looked at the door. Torakak was standing there with a bottle of water in his hand. "Sorry. I hope you don't mind if I watch."
"Not at all, Torakak." Majunor said as he smirked.
Gohan rubbed his temples. The last time he felt so frustrated about finding his father was way back after Namek was destroyed and Goku refused to come back when the dragon tried to bring him back. "Okay. Goku left with the Dragon Balls. Right?"
"Yes." Chi Chi said as she stared at the Namekian.
"So, he would be where the dragons are when they are not in the Dragon Balls." Gohan said, "I mean, I saw Shenlong's aura when Torakak were talking to them."
"Hmm... close. Goku did spend some time there." Torakak said, "But he left."
"Damn it!" Gohan paced back and forth. Torakak went to him and placed a hand on Gohan's shoulder.
"It's okay. You'll figure it out. Just ignore me and try to figure it out." Torakak said with almost a plea in his voice. "It's not that hard."
Rosemary frowned, "I don't know why I'm here. I never even met Goku before."
"We need another perspective." 18 replied, "We have all had different experiences and you are very new. Maybe, you can think of where Goku is."
"Yeah right." Rosemary said as she lay down. Her cell phone rang. "Hold on a sec." She picked it up and said, "Hello? Dad! Yeah, I made it. Uh huh. Everyone is hard but they let me in! I'm excited for me too. No, I haven't seen any yet. The weapons worked nicely. Even the Anti-MB bot. There's this guy named Vegeta with a long monkey tail and the bot got it. *snicker*. I even got to fight Mr. Satan." Rosemary frowned at the last part. "It was interesting. I even got to fight his granddaughter. Oh yeah, she's strong. Okay, I gotta go. Bye." She hung up and noticed everyone looking oddly at her. "That's my dad. He calls me sometimes."
"Okay. Whatever." Bulma said, "Now, maybe if we think like Goku, if you are Goku, where would you be?"
Several hours passed as the group talked about where Goku might be with Torakak listening intently. However, the topic changed to the point that now everyone was reminiscing on the past. Oolong revealed about how he was defeated by Goku when he tried to marry one of the village girls. Gohan talked about how he trained with his father. Vegita, much to everyone else's horror, talked about the times he managed to beat Goku to a pulp. Bulma retaliated with a story about how she and Goku met and told the story about how she personally bathed Goku. Vegita turned red with anger while Torakak blushed slightly.
"My mother bathed Goku?" Bra muttered as her eyes turned into a pair of dinner plates.
"And I thought I know everything about Goku." Chi Chi laughed and then she noticed Torakak blushing wildly. No one else could see it but yet, she felt drawn to him. **Oh! This is insane! Why am I falling for this alien anyway? He knows where Goku is and he won't tell me and besides, he's not even a guy!**
"You okay?" Torakak asked the woman.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Chi Chi lied as she looked down.
*****
The full moon rose as Torakak landed in the clearing. He stared up at the twinkling stars and smiled. "Better." He said as he sat down. Chi Chi had made a feast for the warriors but Torakak couldn't bear to watch everyone else eat since he couldn't.
"It's not easy being green, eh?" A young voice asked as Torakak looked up to see Majunor standing there. "Hi. I thought you might be here." He got up and looked down at the boy.
Torakak smiled at the boy. "It's good to see you again. I'm glad King Emma finally let you go. I'm surprised you remembered so early."
"Don't underestimate me." Majunor said as he hovered up to Torakak's face. "I've been through a hell of a lot of memory alterations and merges. You think that a simple thing like reincarnation will make me forget who I am, you're dead wrong."
"Sorry." Torakak said as he rubbed his hand by the back of his head.
"It's okay. By the way, thanks."
"No problem."
"Although, I wouldn't mind being reincarnated as a Namekian instead of a human. King Emma have some strange sense of humor reincarnating me as a human boy."
"It could've been worst. It would've been a girl."
Majunor scowled. "I see your point. I noticed you weren't at the feast."
"I can't eat anymore." Torakak explained as he sighed.
"You know that Namekians can eat. Right?"
"Of course I knew! But it's tradition for Namekians not to eat. Just drink water." Torakak sighed, "I can't just break the rules."
Majunor smiled, "Heh. I never thought I'd see the day when you won't eat because of the rules."
"You did. Now. But other than the inability to eat and the lying, it's not that bad. It's better than being purple." Torakak laughed a little at the little joke.
Majunor glanced at him confused and then smiled himself. "Oh, I get it. Ha ha."
"You never had a sense of humor." Torakak said as he frowned. "You're a kid again, can't you just laugh?"
"I'm not like you." Majunor replied.
"Will you tell Gohan?"
"Will you?"
"I can't tell him. I want that to be your decision."
"Maybe. He's a smart guy. He'll figure it out." He glanced at Torakak and added, "Of course, he haven't figured out Goku."
"He will." Torakak looked up at the stars. "He has to. Oh well, we have two years. Why don't we go to the party? It's still going on."
"Okay. Why don't we make a little bet? If Gohan figures me out first, you have to... make me a whole new gi outfit. Can you do that?"
"Yeah, I've learn to make clothes out of thin air. If Gohan figures Goku out first, then you have to play with the other Namekian kids for a week."
"Deal." Majunor nodded and the two shook hands.
*****
Rosemary ate her food at the table. Everyone else had gathered together to eat. "Where's Majunor?" she asked.
"I don't know." Krillian replied, "He said that he's off to get Torakak but he didn't know that Namekians don't eat."
"Huh? Don't eat?"
"Yup. They don't eat. They just drink water."
"You're kidding me." Rosemary muttered, "They can live without eating?"
"Oh yeah."
"Okay, now I've heard everything." Rosemary said as Torakak and Majunor entered the room.
"Hi." Torakak said as he sat down in the only empty seat besides Majunor. "Majunor told me about the dinner. I'm sorry, I won't be able to eat it." He looked at the food almost longingly.
"It's okay," Chi Chi said as she smiled at him. "water?"
Torakak sighed as he sipped at his water. Vegita got up and said, "*Ahem*, now that we're all here. Let's have a toast. To the battle and to the Namekians."
"Here's to the most interesting two years we'll ever have." Pan said as she raise her glass. "And to Grandpa Goku. Wherever he is."
"To Goku." Chi Chi repeated as she raised her glass.
"To Goku." Everyone chorused as they rose their glasses.
Torakak nodded as he smiled. "To Goku."
To Be Continued...
Hi! Gohan here! Looks like there's going to be some heavy duty training over the next two years. How can our new people handle it? I wonder what secrets Majunor and Torakak hold? And what's the deal with Rosemary's father? And where is my father? Maybe, we'll find out next on Dragon Balls GN: Let the Training Begin!
Episode two
Tryouts! Mayhem! New warriors we need you!
Chi Chi was in the Capsule Corps kitchen using all of her talents to cook up enough refreshments to feed many hungry humans and several hungry saiyans. True, Bulma's kitchen bots could do the same but Chi Chi insisted. She loved cooking for lots of people. Ever since Goten moved out on his own, she felt lonely and kept on having a bad habit of cooking too much for herself.
"Chi Chi?" A voice asked.
Chi Chi stopped from her chopping and glanced behind her. Torakak was standing there next to an open window. "Torakak. What are you doing here?" Normally she would grab the nearest frying pan and chase the man out. Yet, she couldn't.
"Oh, I wanted to watch the tryouts but I kept on scaring people away. I guess green skin and fangs doesn't really attract humans." He laughed a little as he sat down. "Anyway, I thought that you might need some help with the cooking."
Chi Chi frowned a little. She could remember all the times Goku had offered to help out. Of course, he would end up taste testing the meals. "Thanks but no thanks."
"Please? I'm a Namekian, remember? I don't need to eat. I promise not to taste test anything." Torakak said with almost pleading eyes.
**Dende, he looks so adorable looking at me like that.** "Okay, you can go and measure out some of the ingredients."
"Thanks." Torakak said as he began his work.
*****
"Maybe, a try out is not such a good idea." Pan muttered as she looked at the long line ahead of her. Just yesterday, Mr. Satan had put up commercials, ads on the Internet, and the newspapers about looking for some great fighters. So far, the attendants weren't any good. The highest one had was only around 120 power level.
"Next." Trunks said as he looked at the next canidate. She was only 5 feet tall, blue skin, pointy ears and her long brown hair was braided. She was wearing a black shirt with a black set of tight pants. On her back was a set of fine swords and a backpack. She was eminating a more powerful aura than the other canidate. "Name?"
"Rosemary." She said in a calm voice.
"Okay, Rosemary, age?"
"30."
Trunks rose an eyebrow. "You look no older than twenty."
"My kind ages slower than humans." Rosemary said as she smiled again.
"Okay, how do you fight?"
"I'm student of two handed combat swordfighting. I also know how to fight with handheld guns, machine guns, and missile launchers."
"Okay, who trained you and for how long?"
"I was first trained in handling guns and other automatic weapons by my father and his two friends Mai and Shou ever since I was a little girl. Later, I learned sword fighting from Yajarobie about nine years ago."
"Yajarobie?!" Trunks asked in disbelief. He haven't seen Yajarobie ever since he was a little boy. For some strange reason, Yajarobie had this fear of Vegita.
"Yeah." Rosemary said, "I also train using Mr. Satan's workout videos."
"Figures." Trunks said, "Okay, well... just wait in the waiting room with some of the others and we'll see." Trunks pointed to the sign that said 'Waiting Room'. "And here's your nametag."
Rosemary nodded, accepted the nametag, and walked off to where Trunks was pointing.
Pan commented, "Nice ki. I'd say around a fifteen thousand."
"She is more powerful than the others. Maybe it won't be so bad after all."
*****
Bra and Uub were sitting there as another canidate came up. Like Pan and Trunks, they were having little luck with finding anyone with enough power to help them.
"Next."
A small boy of eight came up. He had light green eyes with black hair. He was wearing a simple blue t-shirt with matching pants and a pair of brown boots. Bra gushed, "Oh! What a cute little boy!"
The boy glared at the young woman with eyes that wouldn't belong to a little boy.
"Name?" Uub asked.
"Majunor." Majunor replied.
"Age?"
"Eight."
"A little young for a fighter." Bra said as she smiled at the boy.
Majunor smirked in an eerily odd way. "I may be a kid but I'm much stronger than you."
Bra frowned. It wasn't the very comment that made her mad but the frightening fact that it may be true. The boy's arura felt unusually strong especially since he's just a young human. "Maybe. Oh well... what's your fighting style and how long?"
"I trained in the Ocha dojo ever since I was four. I gained a black belt last year. I did some wilderness training after that."
"You lived in the wilderness for a year? What about your parents?" Bra asked.
"I have no parents. I was raised by the Ocha Dojo. I'm one tough cookie."
"Wow." Uub said as he nodded. "Okay, you can go to the waiting room with the others. Here's your nametag."
Majunor bowed, took the nametag, and followed the signs.
"Weird kid." Bra muttered, "He acted like he's eighty not eight."
Uub nodded. "True. But he shows great potential. More potental than I did at that age."
*****
"This is insane!" Vegita exclaimed as he passed away another canidate. "All these people are pathetic."
"Just keep your cool." Videl said as she looked down at the list. **Dende, Why do I have to be stuck with him?**
**Luck of the draw.** A voice replied.
**It's a rhetorical question!**
"Next." Vegita said as a young boy about twenty came up. He had brown hair and blue eyes. He had a deep dark tan. "Name?"
"Earl Grey."
"Age?"
"18."
"What are your fighting skills and under who?"
"I train under martial arts. I am being trained by my father. Yamcha."
"Oh. Him. I didn't even know he had a son." Vegita said as he smirked. "So, who's your mother?"
"Lunch."
"Interesting. How powerful are you?"
"I'm not sure. I'm much stronger than anyone else here."
"So, you can sense ki? Can you blast ki too?"
"Yes."
Vegita smirked. "I can sense your power. Considering the fact that you're much more powerful than these pathetic humans, you can go to the waiting room." He gestured to the room. He tossed a nametag to the man. Earl caught it and bowed.
"Thanks." Earl said as he ran off.
*****
There were seven people in the room. Earl was pacing back and forth as he munched on a cookie. Rosemary was sitting there polishing her swords. Majunor was sitting in the corner meditating. A man in bright spandex and another man wearing furs and leather were eating all of the food. A tall man and a much shorter man were talking.
"I hope I get the job." Earl said nervously, "I mean, I'm strong but I don't know if I can save the world."
"I'm sure you can do it." Rosemary said as she looked at her reflection in her sharp sword.
"You got more power than you know." Majunor said as he opened one eye.
"You sure are one serious kid." Earl said, "I've seen teenagers act less mature than you."
Majunor opened his eyes and said in a calm voice. "So?"
"Never mind."
"You must be Yamcha's kid." A tall man said as he came up. He was tall with no hair and a distinguished scar on his chest. Earl noticed immediately that he have an eye over his two eyes.
"Tien!" Earl exclaimed, "Dad told me all about you! Where's the little guy?"
"You mean Choutsu, he's over there and call me Tien." Tien said as he pointed to another corner where Choutsu is mediating.
"I don't get it. I know that you know the gang. Why are you trying out?"
"The gang?" Rosemary asked.
"I helped Goku and the others once in a while fighting aliens." Tien explained.
"Wow. Then, you must have been with Mr. Satan when he saved the world."
Tien grumbled as he crossed his arms. "Him? I'd rather not say. The reason Choutsu and I were trying out is because it's been such a long time since I seen any of them. I thought that I might as well just see if my training paid off." He glanced over to see Majunor sitting in the corner. "Hey, kid."
"Can you be quiet? I'm trying to focus." Majunor said as he closed his eyes again.
"Okay." Tien said as he sighed. **That kid acts so serious. Why do I feel like I've seen him before?**
The door opened and the anxious fighters looked up to see Videl standing there. "Okay, you can come out. My father's ready to see you."
The five warriors walked down a long hallway to a auditorium. Mr. Satan stood on stage, flanked by a few green men and some of the people that they recognized as the ones who had interviewed them
"Sit down." Videl said as she gestured to the seats. The warriors complied.
Mr. Satan boomed in all of his glory. "Greetings comrades and fellow warriors! I am Mr. Satan!"
Rosemary stared up in great awe as well as the Spandex man and the Barbarian. Earl rose an eyebrow as if he was in disbelief. Majunor just crossed his arms in in disinterest. Tien and Choutsu glared at the man.
"Thank you! As you know, I'm looking for a few good fighters to protect the world. I know that each and every one of you have the power to become a world saver like myself!"
"I got the power." Majunor muttered, "I'm not a fake."
"Neither am I." Tien growled.
"I must warn you that the battles will be hard and that you will most likely die. Or worst, you might suffer a horrible injury that will cripple you. If you value your lives, you can leave!"
One man in spandex got up and left.
"Coward." Majunor said as he smirked again.
"The rest of you want to stay? Good! Now, all of you will pit your fighting skills against some of my warriors over here." Mr. Satan said as he gestured to the fighters on stage.
**I don't know how much more of this bullshit I can take, Tien.** Choutsu said, **I know I can defeat that jerk.**
**I know but the threat must be genuine if Bulma's supporting it. Just hang on.**
"You have one hour to get ready! Your dressing room number is on the nametag. There's food in the dressing rooms! Get ready!"
"YEAH!!!" A man in barbarian armor yelled out, "LET'S GO!!!"
Everyone got up and went out of the auditorium. "What a speech." Rosemary said with great awe.
"What a bunch of hot air." Majunor said.
"I agree. Mr. Satan is weaker than almost everyone else." Earl agreed.
"What makes you say that?" Barbarian guy asked, "He saved the world lots of times."
"Sure he did." Majunor said with doubt in his voice as he rolled his eyes.
"You show a lot of nerve, kid, can't you show respect to your elders?"
"Of course I did. But I only show respect to elders who deserve it."
"Why I oughta..." Barbarian growled as Tien held his fist.
"Hold it. Let's save it for the tryouts." Tien said.
"You're lucky I don't cream you." Barbarian said as he went off to his dressing room.
Majunor glared up at Tien and said, "I can handle myself."
"I know you can, but I was worried about the Barbarian." Tien said as he closed two of his eyes. "I was protecting him from you. You're powerful, I can tell. You're not an ordinary human are you?"
"I'm as normal as you." Majunor said as he smiled, "Thanks. I better go and change."
He ran off as everyone else went to their changing rooms.
*****
Rosemary went into her dressing room. In the room was a vast varitey of meats, deserts, and fruit. She picked up an apple and began eating. It's so hard to believe that she made it this far. There was something about the people she met that made them different.
Her cell phone rang. She answered it, "Yeah, Dad?"
"Princess? How's the tryouts going?"
"Okay." Rosemary said as she sat down, "I made it passed the interviews and I'm getting ready to fight."
"Good. Got your special Anti-Goku weapons?"
"Yes. I haven't seen any weird looking guys with tails. I've seen some weird guys but nothing like you told me." Rosemary said as she smiled.
"Good. Now, remember what I said. If you see anyone with a monkey tail, squeeze the tail. That's his weakness. And if there's any Dragon Balls..."
"Go and get them. Right. Are you sure you want to take over the world?"
"Yes I'm sure!!!"
Rosemary sighed again. "Okay, I'll keep an eye out for the Dragon Balls and that Goku guy you told me about."
"Thanks, Princess. I have to go, there's another person here to buy a car."
"Keep selling those cars, Dad. Bye."
"Bye, Princess, good luck. Remember what I said."
Rosemary hung up her phone and went to her backpack. "Go and get the Dragon Balls. Sure, no problem. Why can't Dad have a normal hobby like golf? No, it's taking over the world." She got out her outfit. "Well... looks like Dad's little hobby might come in handy to help Mr. Satan. I hope he and everyone else will understand. Especially this Goku."
*****
Earl Grey came out of his dressing room with the outfit his father gave him. It was a dark pair of pants with a red shirt. On his shirt was the Japanese word for 'Yamcha'.
"Ready to get your hide handed to you?" Rosemary asked as she came out of her dressing room. She was dressed in a blue outfit with a white open skirt with gold trimmings. Her chest was covered in a matching tube top. And she was wearing a pair of long gloves. Her hair was tied up in a tight fighter's bun.
"I sure am. You look good."
"Thanks. You don't look half bad yourself."
"A good fighter must do more than look good." Majunor said as he came forward. He was dressed in a simple blue shirt with matching blue jeans and a pair of long brown boots.
"Kid, how old are you again?" Rosemary asked.
"My name is Majunor. And I was born eight years ago."
"You don't act that way."
"I'm a mature sort of man."
Rosemary smirked. "My dad acts more immature than you and he's eighty."
"I am what I am."
*****
The new fighters stood in the fighter's arena. It was a massive coloseum that's normally used for tournaments but now it's used as a tryout fight place.
Majunor began shaking and looking around nervously. Rosemary glanced at him. "Nervous?"
"Kinda." Majunor replied in a strange soft voice.
Earl looked down at the boy. Before, Majunor had been calm, cool, and very stern. Now, he's acting like the boy he looks like. Slowly, he smiled. **Of course, he's trying to make it look like he's more scared than what he really is. He's trying to make sure that he keeps them surprised. The little con artist. Heh, I have a few tricks up my sleeve too.**
"*Ahem*" A voice reached out.
The group looked over to see a tall man standing there. He was tall with black hair and matching eyes. He was wearing an orange jumpsuit with a blue shirt under the vest. "Hi, I'm Son Goten. You will be fighting me."
"I won't get to try out Mr. Satan?" Rosemary asked in near sadness.
"Nope." Goten said as he glanced at the girl. "But I can be just as tough. Nice outfit."
Rosemary turned a faint red. "Thanks. My aunt Mai gave it to me."
"Your aunt has excellent tastes."
"Excuse me, but are we're just going to comment about Rosemary's outfit or are we just going to fight?" Majunor exclaimed in anger.
"Hold on, kid." Goten said, "We'll fight soon enough. Anyway, all of you will draw a number out of this box. We'll go in order based on this." He took out a box and asked, "Who would like to go first?"
*****
The Z warriors sat in the seats as Bulma scanned the readings. "I was surprised that Goten volunteered for this." Gohan said as Bra kept on looking at Earl Grey.
"He wanted to meet that Rosemary girl." Trunks explained, "She dosen't look half bad."
Pan whapped him on the head. "Excuse me?"
"Sorry." Trunks said as he kissed Pan lightly on the cheek.
"You two are together?" Torakak asked.
"Yeah. We're going to get married."
"Wow! You two are getting married?! That's awesome! Hey! That means that Chi Chi will be a great-grandmother if you two have kids and I wonder how Vegita will be related to Gohan? When's the wedding?"
Pan and Trunks stared at the Namekian. She had never seen anyone react so emotionally about their relationship like this. Well... except for Bulma and Chi Chi for obvious reasons. "June. In two months." Pan said as she looked down, "I have to find Grandpa. I want him to be there. I wish you can tell me."
"Panny," Torakak said as he put his hand on her shoulder, "I'm sorry. But, you'll figure it out in time. And even if you didn't, it won't matter. Your Grandpa won't miss it."
"How do you know?" Pan asked as she looked at him.
"Can't say." Torakak said as he looked at the arena. "Hmm... looks like the fight's beginning."
Pan glanced at Torakak again. The Namekian wasn't like Piccolo. He was just too... familiar somehow. "Why did you call me 'Panny'?"
"Huh?"
"You called me 'Panny'. Only Grandpa Goku calls me that."
"Oh... that's what Goku always call you when he talks about you."
"So, you two talk to each other?"
"Pretty much." Torakak replied as he pointed down to the arena.
Goten was standing there smiling at the young man. The first one was Earl Grey. Earl said, "My dad told me all about you. Do you really look like Goku?"
"Pretty much." Goten said, "Now, just because you're Yamcha's kid, I won't go too easy on you. Now, here's the rules. Anything goes, weapons, ki attacks, and even dirty tricks. No killing and you lose if you touch the outside of the ring."
"I know." Earl said as he went into fighting stance. "Ready?"
"I was born ready." Goten and Earl ran at each other. Goten had the obvious advantage of strength and experience. However, he had never faced Earl before and he didn't know about Yamcha's power.
Goten let in a fast furious away of punches and kicks. Earl had a hard time blocking every one. He knew that Goten is giving it him lightly. Well, lightly for him. Earl jumped back and said, "KKKAAAAMMMEEEEHHHAAAAMMEEEEE HA!" He unleashed a fierce blue beam at the demi-Saiyan. Goten caught it and deflected it up into the ceiling.
"Nice, Kamehame."
"Thanks."
"Now, here's mine." Goten said as he went into Kamehame position. "KAMEKAMEHA!!!"
Earl ducked in time to avoid the blast. "Isn't that Kamehame ha?"
"I have my own version." Goten said smugly.
Earl scowled. "Let's see how you will react to this. PRESTO!!!" A poof of smoke came around him as the group stared in shock. From the smoke, a blond haired woman in a very skimpy bikini appeared. Goten's eyes bulged at the sight of the woman. "Huh? Wha?" Goten muttered.
Torakak, one of the few men who wasn't gawking yelled out, "Goten! Watch out!"
Goten snapped out of his trance to see a small ki ball flying his way. Goten rolled his eyes and blocked the ball. Instead of careening out of the way, the ball stopped and began flying around him like a bat. Earl put to of his finger together and moved the ball around him. The ki ball flung itself on Goten's head as Earl kept on gesturing.
Krillian's eyes widen. "That's Yamcha's trick."
"Yeah." Torakak agreed, "The young man has a great deal of power."
Goten kept trying to duck the ball as Earl kept on flinging it back and forth. "Give up?" Earl asked.
"Not on your life." Goten said as his hair turned bright gold and his eyes turned green. He ran faster than Earl's ki ball and his eyes.
"Oops." Earl muttered as he felt a pair of hands grab him by the shoulders and flung him out of the ring. In a poof of smoke, Earl returned to normal.
"Goten wins!" Trunks yelled out.
Krillian flew down to the fallen warrior and said, "Don't worry, Earl. You did great considering the fact that you were fighting someone who's as experienced as Goten."
Earl got up and nodded. "Thanks. I could've done better."
"You will. So, how's your dad?"
"Okay."
"How can you change like that?!" Bra exclaimed with wide eyes.
Earl smiled and shrugged. "I learned from Puar how to morph. I can't change into objects or animals yet but I can do some good human impressions."
Bra turned slightly red and asked, "You're not... I mean, I'm a very open minded girl." "I'm not gay." Earl said firmly.
Bra sighed in relief. **Thank Dende.**
**No problem.**
Torakak leaned next to Vegita and whisphered, "A powerful shapeshifter would make a good member."
Vegita nodded once.
Choutsu came up. Goten smirked. "I never saw you fight."
"I'm tougher than I look." Choutsu said, "I've been training." He held up his hands and focussed.
Goten felt a strange tingling sensation in his right hand. The hand rose up on a will of it's own and started punching him repeatedly.
"Ouch." Majunor muttered, "Looks like the mime learned a new trick."
"He's been practising." Tien said as he watched Goten block off his right hand with his own left.
*Damn it! I can't fight him with only one hand. But it gots to take Choutsu all of his mental power to control my hand.* Goten thought as he used of his power to keep his right hand from strangling him. Goten stared right at the small man. A pair of yellow beams shot out of his eyes and headed straight for Choutsu. Choutsu immediately put his hands up and blocked the beams.
Goten felt control over his right hand again. He flew up to Choutsu and began beating down on him. Choutsu tried to block off the fists with a lack of success. Finally, Goten punched Choutsu out of the ring.
"Choutsu!" Tien yelled out as he ran up to his fallen friend. "You okay?"
"I'm fine, Tien. How did I do?"
"You did great with the Hand move." Tien said as he held Choutsu next to him.
"Sorry about being so rough." Goten said as he rubbed his right hand.
"It's okay." Choutsu said as he looked at Goten. A trail of blood came out of his mouth. "I'm fine."
Goten fainted on the floor. "What the?" Rosemary exclaimed as she ran toward him. Chi Chi saw it too and made a dash through the halls and to the arena.
"It's my fault." Choutsu said, "It's an after effect of my power. I practiced it on Tien lots of times and he felt dizzy after he broke off. I thought that since Goten is stronger, he won't feel so weak after that."
"Goten may be stronger, but he didn't have the telepathic experience I have." Tien said, "Goten should be fine."
"He's fine." Torakak said from over Rosemary's shoulder.
Rosemary looked behind her to see a much larger man with anntanne and fangs over her shoulder. "AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"
Torakak held his ears in pain. "Lower it down, will ya? It hurts."
"Sorry." Rosemary said.
Torakak lifted Goten up and said, "I'll go and get Goten to the lab. He's fine. Just unconscious and will feel really stupid when he wakes up." He glanced at Chi Chi. "You can come if you like. I know you're worried."
Chi Chi nodded and ran with Torakak to the lab. Choutsu got out of Tien's arms and sat down. "I'll be fine." He insisted.
Gohan got to follow them when Majunor's voice rang out, "Who will we fight now?"
"Can I fight Mr. Satan?" Rosemary pleaded, "He's the strongest here. Please! I promise to use all of my special weapons!"
Vegita stifled a laugh as Mr. Satan's face fell. "Of course you can. You better go easy on her, Mr. Satan."
"What about me? Mr. Gohan?" Majunor asked as he looked deep into Gohan's eyes.
Gohan glanced at the boy's eyes. They had a deepness in them that seem to make him look much older. "I will fight you, kid."
Majunor scowled. "Don't call me kid."
Gohan smiled at the boy's response. He can remember back when he was eight. He was fighting to save the world. "Okay, Majunor."
"Mr. Satan?" Rosemary asked as she looked at Mr. Satan's face. "Please! I promise, I won't hate you if you hurt me."
"Sure thing." Mr. Satan said as he went into a classical hero positon. "Mr. Satan doesn't refuse an offer for a good fight!"
Videl smiled. Her years with Gohan had taught her how to sense power levels. As far as she could tell, Rosemary is over ten times more powerful than Mr. Satan without the weapons. "Give him an ego bandaid!" Videl cheered.
"Is it okay if we go first?" Rosemary asked Majunor and Gohan. "Please?"
"Go ahead. I'm in no real hurry." Majunor said as he smiled, "I'm interested in seeing the World Champion fight."
"Say, Rosemary, I was wondering. Maybe, you can show some of your weapons." Mr. Satan said.
"Sure." Rosemary said, "My dad gave me these. He created them himself out of surplus weapons parts." She reached into her backpack and got out a vast assortment of weapons. "Here's my missle launcher, my uzi, my anti-monkey gun, my explosive bananas,"
The Barbarian gulped at the massive armory that Rosemary laid on the floor. He ripped off his name tag and ran off.
"Explosive bananas?" Trunks repeated.
"Long story. Oh, here's my robots, my machine guns, my grenades, oh and my special... where's my anti-MB bot?"
"Ouch!" Vegita yelled out as he unwrapped his tail around his waist to show a small egg like bot bitting down on the end of his tail. "I think I found it." He grabbed the bot and pried it off. "Here!" He said as he tossed the bot to the confused girl.
"Thanks." Rosemary said as she caught it. "Say, do you know anyone by the name of Goku."
"You mean Kakarot? He was... is a friend of mine."
"Oh." Rosemary said as she put it away. "Wow. It really works. Where was I? Oh yeah. My ammo... my swiss army knife... my needle gun... my old machine gun! I was wondering where that was."
"Maybe you should hold off on the weapons." Mr. Satan suggested, "I like my opponents unarmed."
"Okay." Rosemary said as she began putting her weapons back into her backpack.
"How does she fit all that junk in there? Without the capsules?" Tien wondered.
"I have no idea." Gohan muttered.
Rosemary and Mr. Satan went into fighting stance. "You can do it!" Earl cheered.
Rosemary smiled at him and stared at her opponent. **This is it. I'm so nervous. Kami, give me strength to fight.** She ran up and did a flying kick.
The 'World Champion' fell over as Rosemary knelt down and started hitting him in the chest. "Okay, you can get up." Rosemary said as she kept on hitting.
"Enough!" Videl yelled out as she got up, "You got him!"
Rosemary stopped and get up. "That's it?" Mr. Satan's left eye began to show the potential for a nasty black eye. He had bruses all over his chest. "But... that was too easy. Yajarobie and Kurin gave me a harder fight."
"Rosemary, there's something you should know." Gohan said softly, "You see... Mr. Satan isn't the most powerful man on Earth. He's not the one who defeated Cell, Buu, or even Bebie."
"I thought he was mistaken." Rosemary whispered as a dark cloud came over her.
"Huh?"
Rosemary's eyes turned crimson. "My father often told me that Mr. Satan wasn't the most powerful man in the world. He knew of one other person who have the power to save the world. He was defeated numerous times. My father gave me these weapons to use against him if I ever see him. I try to deny it. After all, everyone knows that Mr. Satan is the world's hero. Now, I know the truth." A tear came out of her left eye. "I wanted to see for myself. Yajarobie and Kurin told me that I have the power to defeat Mr. Satan. I didn't believe it. Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to see the World's Champion and get as strong as him. Now, I know. MR. SATAN IS A GREAT BIG FAKE!!!" She yelled out as she ran off.
"Oh man." Krillian muttered as he scratched his head. "Poor girl."
"I know how she feels." Videl sympathized as she got out a senzu bean and put it into her father's mouth. "When I found out my father lied about Cell, I felt heart broken. She must've respected Dad alot."
"I'll go and talk to her." Pan volunteered. "You know, girl to girl talk." She ran off.
Majunor crossed his arms. "Mr. Gohan, is it alright if we wait till your family returns for us to fight."
"Okay." Gohan replied as he patted Majunor's shoulder. "You know, I thought you would be heart broken too."
"Me? Nah."
"Are you sure? I know lots of teenaged boys who wanted to be just like Mr. Satan."
"I'm not like other boys." Majunor said as he smirked again.
*****
Torakak walked down the hallways in almost deep thought. Goten was just asleep but Chi Chi wouldn't leave his side. He didn't blame her. He had forgotten how powerful Choutsu can be. He smiled. **I wonder how much stronger Tien is now?**
A faint sound of crying reached his sensitive Namekian ears. Concerned, Torakak ran over to see the blue girl, Rosemary, running with streams of tears gushing out of her eyes. "You okay?" He asked as he stepped right into the girl's path.
Rosemary stopped just short of the man and looked up. "Oh! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to get in the way."
"No need to apologize. What's wrong?" Torakak asked as he put a hand on her shoulder.
Rosemary flinched and stepped back. "I fought Mr. Satan and I won. Easily." Rosemary replied with coldness in her voice. "He's a fake. Mr. Satan is a no good lying fake."
"I'm sorry." Torakak whispered as he looked down. "I figured that you might figure it out sooner or later."
"Why? Why did he lie to the entire world?! And if Mr. Satan didn't save the world from Cell and Bebie and Buu, who did?!"
"I can answer that." Torakak replied, "Gohan did. He defeated Cell and Goku defeated Buu and Bebie."
"Mr. Gohan? But the Cell games were years ago. Gohan must've been a kid at the time."
"He was one strong kid."
"Why didn't Gohan take the credit?" Rosemary asked, "He could've been famous!"
"He didn't want the credit." Pan replied as she came out of the shadows. "I don't blame you for hating Mr. Satan. Dad told me that he was glad to lead a normal life. Well... normal for Dad."
"But, it's wrong! I felt Mr. Satan's punch and I barely felt it. I should just call the press and tell them."
"No!" Torakak ordered as he put his hand on Rosemary's hand. "Look, Mr. Satan may not have a direct role in saving the world but it's vital that it's kept a secret."
"Why?"
"Because, Goku never wanted to be famous." Torakak explained, "He may be the most powerful fighter in the universe but deep down, he's still a simple man. He could never handle the pressure of being famous. The lack of privacy would get to him. His wife, Chi Chi, doesn't want it either. She wanted Gohan and Goten to lead normal lives. Okay, maybe their lives aren't exactly normal but it's close."
"The green guy's right." Pan said, "I know how hard it is. Sometimes, I wanted to be recognized as Goku's granddaughter instead of Mr. Satan's granddaughter. But, I know that some secrets should be kept a secret."
"It's just so wrong." Rosemary said as she shook. "But, I'll keep quiet for now. Besides, who would believe me?"
"Thanks. Hey, if you want a fight, you can fight me. I'm very tough." Pan said as she went into a pose. "I'm Son Pan! I'm one-fourth Saiyan."
"Do I get to use my weapons?"
"Sure. I guess. But I must warn you, I've handled live missiles with my bare hands."
"Okay!" Rosemary said as she smiled, "Man, I feel like I'm in one of those Saturday Morning teenage shows."
*****
Mr. Satan held his head in his hands. His injuries were healed due to the senzu bean but he didn't feel better. His greatest fear had came true. In a way, he was relieved. For years, he had carried the secret of the his 'success' in his mind. It had taken a toll on his body. He lost his hair due to all of the stress of keeping face. Every day, he would thank Dende that the Special Forces agreed to the secrecy.
"Mr. Satan?" Rosemary said as she came in with Pan and Torakak.
"Hello, Rosemary." Mr. Satan said with a strange amount of grief in his voice. "Sorry, you had to know."
"You mean sorry I felt like one of my greatest heros is a fake or sorry that you were caught." Her voice could freeze fire at that point. "I won't tell anyone. After all, who would believe me?"
"*whew* thanks." Mr. Satan felt a load off of his shoulders.
"But, you have to promise me something." Rosemary said as she smiled slowly. "No more throwing the tournament. You will announce that you are retiring from the hero business. The public would understand. Just give some speech about giving younger heroes a chance to save the world. Whatever mission we're about to take, I don't want you to take the credit this time. If the heroes want to remain unknown, that's fine. But, don't stroll in taking the credit again. Got it?"
Mr. Satan nodded. He was feeling tired of the charade. If he just retires gracefully, then his reputation will remain. "Okay."
"Good."
"She's good." Earl muttered.
"Impressive girl." Majunor said as he smirked. "That fake got what was coming to him."
"Girl?" Gohan repeated, "She's old enough to be your mom."
"I know." Majunor glanced to see the giant Namekian standing there behind Rosemary. "Looks like Torakak is here. Good."
"Good. Let's get going." Gohan said as he gestured to everyone to get out of the way.
The two went into the arena. "Ready?" Majunor asked in an excited way.
"You bet." Gohan can feel the boy's chi. It was suppressed but it's there. **Weird. How can an eight-year-old human boy know how to suppress ki?**
They went into a fighting stance. "Gohan, just because I'm a kid, dosen't mean you have to go too light on me." Majunor warned.
"I'll try." Gohan promised as he ran forward. He did a series of somewhat light taps as Majunor blocked each and every single one of them. He even returned a few punches.
"Not bad." Gohan commented, "You're fast."
"Can we get serious?" Majunor said as his ki grew. Everyone who can sense ki gasped at the massive power flowing into the young man's body.
*How can a kid like this be so powerful? Goten was less powerful at that age and he's half-Saiyan.* Gohan thought as the boy started to punch hard and fast.
"Hey! I thought you warriors get better with age. Or is that wine?"
Gohan would've scowled at the young boy for making such a strange comment. Yet, he smiled. "You want tough. I'll give you tough." His body glowed with a golden aura. His hair turned gold as his eyes turned green.
Majunor nodded. "That's more like it."
In the seats, Torakak and the rest of the fighters watched the fight. Rosemary looked confused. "Where are they?" Rosemary asked.
Bulma explained, "Gohan and Majunor are moving much faster than we can follow. Hey, Vegita, what's going on?"
Vegita's eyes widen. "Incredible. The brat have more power than I thought. How can a mere boy be that powerful?"
Torakak smirked as he watched the two fight. They were really getting into their little match. Gohan had obviously been training for the past nine years.
"I got it." Pan said as she snapped her fingers. "Torakak, Grandpa is Majunor right?"
"Huh? No! Absolutely not!" Torakak said as he shake his head. "Goku isn't Majunor."
"You thought that kid was Kakarot?" Vegita asked the girl. "Did Majunor act like a kid? Kakarot acted more like a kid even before he deaged."
"I see your point." Pan said. "But who is that kid then?"
Gohan was wondering the same thing. Majunor had managed to keep up the blocks but was getting weaker. "You're good."
"So are you." Majunor said as he did a fast dodge and began kicking at Gohan's legs. Gohan fell over for a second before flying up.
Majunor followed him and the two fought harder.
"Man oh man." Earl muttered, "I can't follow them anymore."
"This is insane." Rosemary said as she gave up trying to follow the sounds of ki blasts and punches. "Are kids usually this strong?"
"Only if they're either reincarnated demons, part Saiyan or super powerful warriors wished into a kid." Trunks pointed out.
"Reincarnated demons?" Rosemary repeated.
"That would be me." Uub said as he rose his hand. "In my past life, I was a fairly powerful monster."
"And I thought my father was an oddball." Rosemary muttered as the two fighters reappeared. Majunor looked like he was about to drop while Gohan didn't look much better.
"*Whew* you're real good." Gohan said.
"You're not so bad yourself." Majunor said as he collapsed on the ground.
Gohan picked up the boy and checked his ki. "He's okay. Just exhausted."
"He's in." Vegita said as Majunor opened his eyes again. "You did good."
"I thought so." Majunor said as he smiled again. He weakly got up and tried to shove himself away from Gohan only to lean into him.
"Easy. Just rest for a while. You did great. Especially for a young kid like you."
Majunor scowled at him and then he smiled. "You didn't do so bad yourself."
"Here's some water." Torakak said as he came up to the boy. "You look like you can use a drink."
Majunor accepted the bottle and sipped out of it slowly. "Thanks." He mumbled as Gohan lifted him up again and placed him in an empty chair.
"Your welcome."
"Our turn." Pan said as she dragged Rosemary to the arena. "Ready?"
"Just a sec." Rosemary said as she reached into her backpack and took out a pair of beautiful golden swords with black diamonds. She balanced each one in her hands before getting into fighting position.
Pan nodded and did the same. "Let's see what you got." She flew up to the girl as Rosemary started blocking off the fists with her swords.
Pan grimaced at the cuts the two swords were causing. Despite the fact she could snap them in two, she couldn't.
"Enhanced swords." Rosemary said as she jumped out of the way. "SHIELDS!!!" she yelled out as a faint bubble appeared around her.
Pan smirked, "You got something on that skimpy suit?"
"Shields generator." Rosemary replied as Pan started bashing into the shields. It was holding but it was getting weaker.
"KAMEHAME HA!!!" Pan yelled out as a blue beam shot out of her hands.
Rosemary got blasted out of the arena and into the wall. The shields failed after the blast hit her.
"Rosemary!" Earl cried out as he ran to her side. Rosemary slumped down on the floor. "Rosemary, can you hear me?"
"Did anyone get the license of that truck?" Rosemary asked before collapsing into Earl's arms.
"Oops." Pan muttered as her mother got out a senzu bean and put it into the girl's mouth.
Rosemary jumped up and asked, "What just happened? I was hurting all over and then poof, I'm back to normal."
"Senzu beans." Vegita said as he grinned, "It's magic."
"Wow. I thought they just keep you full for ten days."
"It's my turn." Tien said as he came up. He glanced at Torakak and asked, "I want to fight you. If that's okay."
"Sure. I saw how much power Choutsu gained. You must've gotten much stronger." Torakak said as he grinned.
Tien blinked at the strange expression on the Namekian's face. True, the only other Namekians he had met were Piccolo, Kami, and Dende, but Torakak acted like no Namekian he had ever seen. "Let's go." Tien said as he and Torakak went to the arena.
"Good luck, Tien!" Choutsu yelled out.
Tien nodded toward his little friend. Tien flew out toward the Namekian and started punching and kicking. Torakak blocked each move with ease. "You're good." Tien complimented as he powered up.
"Not bad. You have improved." Torakak said as he did a roundhouse. Tien was flung back several feet before stopping.
"I learned a few new tricks." Tien said as he closed all three of his eyes and then he yelled out, "KIOKEN ATTACK!!!"
A red aura surrounded the triclops. All of the dust on the ground flew away from him. "You finally learned that move." Torakak said as he powered up himself.
"What's that move? That Kioken?" Goten asked Vegita who was getting more interested in the fight.
"That is the Kioken attack. It was one of Kakarot's old moves. He used it against me when I first threatened Earth many years ago. But I thought that Kakarot haven't taught it to anyone else."
"King Kai taught it to him back when we were training under him while we were dead." Choutsu explained, "But Tien could never get it right until just a few years ago."
"King Kai?" Rosemary repeated. "While dead?"
"Long story." Gohan said as Tien and Torakak stopped again.
Tien's muscles bulged out. "Want to see another trick I invented?"
"Another one? Sure."
Tien closed all of his eyes again. A white aura came out while the red vanished. He fanned his face and yelled out, "KI SCATTER!!!" A white light appeared and Torakak and everyone else who can sense ki looked around in confusion. Rosemary and Mr. Satan were blinded by the bright light.
"What happened?" Gohan asked confused, "I can feel Tien's ki everywhere. I can't feel him in one spot."
"My eyes." Rosemary moaned as she rubbed them vigorously.
"It's my Ki Scatter move. I learned to make a massive ki blast that made it look like I'm everywhere at once." Tien explained.
Torakak grinned despite his blindness. "Great trick." Tien started punching at him. Despite the fact that Torakak was still blinded by the light, he still managed to block off the moves. "Now, that I can see, here's another move." Torakak said as Tien grabbed his arm. "DISLOCATE!" He yelled out as the arm that Tien was holding came off of his shoulder. Tien dropped the arm in shock. Torakak jumped back and focused. The arm rose itself up and blasted right at Tien's face causing him to fall over. Torakak, then, grabbed Tien by the pants with his remaining arm and tossed him out of the ring.
Tien got up and moaned. "Wow."
Torakak smiled at him. "That was a great fight." He gave him his hand and the Tien accepted.
"You're an incredible fighter. I wish Goku was here, that would be a fight that's worth watching."
"You think that I'm as powerful as Goku?"
"Definitely." Vegita agreed. "If you can handle my power, you would be a match for Goku."
Torakak's eyes widen. "Hey, you said 'Goku'."
"Yeah, you did." Gohan said as he glanced at Vegita.
Vegita crossed his arms. "So? That's his name right?"
"Normally, you would call Dad 'Kakarot'."
"Just a change in pace." Vegita admitted as he smirked at Torakak.
Torakak gulped as he nodded. "Okay. Now, I guess that all of you made it." He said to the group of newcomers. "All of you did a great job and in two years, you can be even more powerful."
"All of us? Even me?" Rosemary asked as she packed her goods. "I'm not very strong."
"Are you willing to die for this world?" Torakak asked as he looked down at her.
"I guess. I don't want to die but I'll do my best."
"Good. What about the rest of you?"
"If I die, and you guys succeed, you can just bring me back with the Dragon Balls." Earl said as he came up. "Okay."
"I don't mind death." Majunor said as he crossed his arms.
"Speak for yourself." Rosemary said, "Does anyone knows what happens after you die?"
"Simple, you go up to King Yamma and he'll tell you whether you go to heaven or hell. Or you can go to King Kai's to do some training." Tien answered. Rosemary looked at him in shock and Tien continued, "I died once."
"Ummm... okay." Rosemary said as she smiled weakly.
Torakak grinned at them and continued, "Okay. Now, Majunor, Tien, and Choutsu will train with the other Z warriors in the palace and at the Corps. Earl, can you get Yamcha here too? He obviously did a good job training you and maybe he can help out."
"I'll try."
"Rosemary, your ki is somewhat weak but has a great deal of potential. You will be training with Krillian." Torakak gestured to the shorter fighter.
"Okay."
"Earl, you're going to King Kai's. Don't worry, you don't have to die to go there."
Rosemary glanced at Earl confused. "Good luck." "I'll need it." He moaned.
"Now, any questions?" Torakak asked.
"I have one." Tien said as he stepped up, "What's threatening Earth this time?"
"I thought you might ask that." Torakak said as he went into a long story about Gakidou and how New Namek was destroyed.
"We have to fight against that?!" Earl exclaimed, "A super powerful immortal alien who has his own set of Dragon Balls?!"
"That's why we need all the fighters we can get." Torakak said as he shrugged.
"What about Goku?" Rosemary asked, "Where is he?"
"Can't say."
"That's why I'm holding a luck of the draw guessing bet." Krillian announced as he held up a sheet of paper. "Everyone guess where Goku is and whoever wins get a million zenni."
"Can I try?" Rosemary asked.
"Sure. The more the merrier. Here's a list of possibilities." Krillian handed the girl a list of possibilities.
Rosemary read it with Earl looking over her shoulder. She cocked her eyebrow. "Outer space? In the future? In the four-star?!"
"We're taking wild guesses." Krillian said, "We're having a meeting to talk it over further at my house. Wanna come?"
"Where is it?"
"About a few miles that way." Goten replied as he came up. "I can take you there if you like."
"Okay." Rosemary said, "I can get out my car and I can follow."
"No, I mean take you there." Goten said as he picked up the girl in a swoop.
"Oh."
*****
Krillian stared out over the room. He was standing next to a giant chalkboard to keep track of all suggestions. Every person who had known Goku showed up. "Okay, everybody, now everyone here knows about Torakak's challenge. We have to figure out Goku's position and situation." Krillian said as he tapped on the chalkboard. "Any suggestions?"
"He can be in the Next Dimension." Yamcha suggested, "With King Kai."
"He's not." Tien pointed out, "I talked with King Kai and he has no idea where he is."
"Outer space?" Lunch asked.
"Too vast. We need to be more specific."
"How specific can we be?" Trunks said, "Goku can be on any of the planets we visited."
Pan frowned. "Torakak said that even if we didn't figure it out, Grandpa Goku won't miss a thing."
"Maybe he's a ghost." Goten muttered, "He can be in this room and we don't even know it."
Rosemary looked around her and shivered. "That's creepy."
"But not true." A voice said as everyone looked at the door. Torakak was standing there with a bottle of water in his hand. "Sorry. I hope you don't mind if I watch."
"Not at all, Torakak." Majunor said as he smirked.
Gohan rubbed his temples. The last time he felt so frustrated about finding his father was way back after Namek was destroyed and Goku refused to come back when the dragon tried to bring him back. "Okay. Goku left with the Dragon Balls. Right?"
"Yes." Chi Chi said as she stared at the Namekian.
"So, he would be where the dragons are when they are not in the Dragon Balls." Gohan said, "I mean, I saw Shenlong's aura when Torakak were talking to them."
"Hmm... close. Goku did spend some time there." Torakak said, "But he left."
"Damn it!" Gohan paced back and forth. Torakak went to him and placed a hand on Gohan's shoulder.
"It's okay. You'll figure it out. Just ignore me and try to figure it out." Torakak said with almost a plea in his voice. "It's not that hard."
Rosemary frowned, "I don't know why I'm here. I never even met Goku before."
"We need another perspective." 18 replied, "We have all had different experiences and you are very new. Maybe, you can think of where Goku is."
"Yeah right." Rosemary said as she lay down. Her cell phone rang. "Hold on a sec." She picked it up and said, "Hello? Dad! Yeah, I made it. Uh huh. Everyone is hard but they let me in! I'm excited for me too. No, I haven't seen any yet. The weapons worked nicely. Even the Anti-MB bot. There's this guy named Vegeta with a long monkey tail and the bot got it. *snicker*. I even got to fight Mr. Satan." Rosemary frowned at the last part. "It was interesting. I even got to fight his granddaughter. Oh yeah, she's strong. Okay, I gotta go. Bye." She hung up and noticed everyone looking oddly at her. "That's my dad. He calls me sometimes."
"Okay. Whatever." Bulma said, "Now, maybe if we think like Goku, if you are Goku, where would you be?"
Several hours passed as the group talked about where Goku might be with Torakak listening intently. However, the topic changed to the point that now everyone was reminiscing on the past. Oolong revealed about how he was defeated by Goku when he tried to marry one of the village girls. Gohan talked about how he trained with his father. Vegita, much to everyone else's horror, talked about the times he managed to beat Goku to a pulp. Bulma retaliated with a story about how she and Goku met and told the story about how she personally bathed Goku. Vegita turned red with anger while Torakak blushed slightly.
"My mother bathed Goku?" Bra muttered as her eyes turned into a pair of dinner plates.
"And I thought I know everything about Goku." Chi Chi laughed and then she noticed Torakak blushing wildly. No one else could see it but yet, she felt drawn to him. **Oh! This is insane! Why am I falling for this alien anyway? He knows where Goku is and he won't tell me and besides, he's not even a guy!**
"You okay?" Torakak asked the woman.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Chi Chi lied as she looked down.
*****
The full moon rose as Torakak landed in the clearing. He stared up at the twinkling stars and smiled. "Better." He said as he sat down. Chi Chi had made a feast for the warriors but Torakak couldn't bear to watch everyone else eat since he couldn't.
"It's not easy being green, eh?" A young voice asked as Torakak looked up to see Majunor standing there. "Hi. I thought you might be here." He got up and looked down at the boy.
Torakak smiled at the boy. "It's good to see you again. I'm glad King Emma finally let you go. I'm surprised you remembered so early."
"Don't underestimate me." Majunor said as he hovered up to Torakak's face. "I've been through a hell of a lot of memory alterations and merges. You think that a simple thing like reincarnation will make me forget who I am, you're dead wrong."
"Sorry." Torakak said as he rubbed his hand by the back of his head.
"It's okay. By the way, thanks."
"No problem."
"Although, I wouldn't mind being reincarnated as a Namekian instead of a human. King Emma have some strange sense of humor reincarnating me as a human boy."
"It could've been worst. It would've been a girl."
Majunor scowled. "I see your point. I noticed you weren't at the feast."
"I can't eat anymore." Torakak explained as he sighed.
"You know that Namekians can eat. Right?"
"Of course I knew! But it's tradition for Namekians not to eat. Just drink water." Torakak sighed, "I can't just break the rules."
Majunor smiled, "Heh. I never thought I'd see the day when you won't eat because of the rules."
"You did. Now. But other than the inability to eat and the lying, it's not that bad. It's better than being purple." Torakak laughed a little at the little joke.
Majunor glanced at him confused and then smiled himself. "Oh, I get it. Ha ha."
"You never had a sense of humor." Torakak said as he frowned. "You're a kid again, can't you just laugh?"
"I'm not like you." Majunor replied.
"Will you tell Gohan?"
"Will you?"
"I can't tell him. I want that to be your decision."
"Maybe. He's a smart guy. He'll figure it out." He glanced at Torakak and added, "Of course, he haven't figured out Goku."
"He will." Torakak looked up at the stars. "He has to. Oh well, we have two years. Why don't we go to the party? It's still going on."
"Okay. Why don't we make a little bet? If Gohan figures me out first, you have to... make me a whole new gi outfit. Can you do that?"
"Yeah, I've learn to make clothes out of thin air. If Gohan figures Goku out first, then you have to play with the other Namekian kids for a week."
"Deal." Majunor nodded and the two shook hands.
*****
Rosemary ate her food at the table. Everyone else had gathered together to eat. "Where's Majunor?" she asked.
"I don't know." Krillian replied, "He said that he's off to get Torakak but he didn't know that Namekians don't eat."
"Huh? Don't eat?"
"Yup. They don't eat. They just drink water."
"You're kidding me." Rosemary muttered, "They can live without eating?"
"Oh yeah."
"Okay, now I've heard everything." Rosemary said as Torakak and Majunor entered the room.
"Hi." Torakak said as he sat down in the only empty seat besides Majunor. "Majunor told me about the dinner. I'm sorry, I won't be able to eat it." He looked at the food almost longingly.
"It's okay," Chi Chi said as she smiled at him. "water?"
Torakak sighed as he sipped at his water. Vegita got up and said, "*Ahem*, now that we're all here. Let's have a toast. To the battle and to the Namekians."
"Here's to the most interesting two years we'll ever have." Pan said as she raise her glass. "And to Grandpa Goku. Wherever he is."
"To Goku." Chi Chi repeated as she raised her glass.
"To Goku." Everyone chorused as they rose their glasses.
Torakak nodded as he smiled. "To Goku."
To Be Continued...
Hi! Gohan here! Looks like there's going to be some heavy duty training over the next two years. How can our new people handle it? I wonder what secrets Majunor and Torakak hold? And what's the deal with Rosemary's father? And where is my father? Maybe, we'll find out next on Dragon Balls GN: Let the Training Begin!