AN: Thanks to all those who've reviewed this fanfiction throughout its chapters. I was a little sad that I didn't get many reviews for the fifth chapter, but that's okay. I was comforted by the fact that both Julia Tran and Chi-Chan put this in their favorite stories list (thank you so much!). I feel so loved. Anyway…this chapter was hard, frankly, to make. Serious writer's block. No one provided any suggestions, so…prepared to be bored. I think. But read it anyway! Ciao!

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball and never will. Shimatta. Oh, I also don't own Pepsi or Coke. For heaven's sake, I don't even like the stuff (s).

Through Thick and Thin

"Goku, make sure that Chi-Chi doesn't turn evil from Bulma's influence."

"Too late, Krillin."

"ACK!" Krillin sighed. "Oh well…Goku, how come every girl that you meet has to be all dangerous?"

"Um…Well, Bulma kind of found me, not the other way around. And Chi-Chi…well, it's a long story."

"I won't ask."

Chapter Five: Look, 40 Zenni!

"OKAY!!! NOW, FOR THE NEXT FIGHT!!! GOKU VERSUS ANDROID THREE! ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET…FIGHT!" The attendant at the gong hit it with his 'bat'. It sounded throughout the arena.

Goku boldly looked and the rob- er, android. Yes, he was an android. Android Three looked about seventy, with a grim face and lips like a prune. His robotic voice cackled whenever he took the initiative to talk rudely to a passerby, or in this case, his opponent.

Goku waited for the android to make the first move. Three [AN: that's what I'll call him] spit on the ground and rubbed his hands, grinning a not-so-toothy grin.

"You'll regret this day, kid, when you crossed my path."

"Just shut up and fight!" Goku retorted.

"As you wish," Three mockingly faked a bow, then grinned sadistically. 'Here I come, kid.'

He disappeared, then reappeared behind Goku, who had been looking around for his opponent. "HI-" Three prepared a punch. Goku, hearing his start-of-a-battle cry, quickly phased, but left an image behind [1].

Three grinned, not realizing that this was just a type of after-image, and swung his fist towards "Goku's" nose. His hand, much to his stupefaction and anger, traveled right through Goku's after-image. Unfortunately, too much power was put into the attempted attack, and his fist came flying straight back at him, like a boomerang, or Frisbee.

BAM.

Three was down, and for the count. The announcer blinked; no one had managed to floor an opponent this quickly before (of course, Goku really hadn't done anything- Three knocked himself out.). He shrugged in amazement, and started the countdown. "ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR…"

Three grunted from his spot on the floor, and started to move his arms in an attempt to get back up.

"…SEVEN. EIGHT. NINE…"

Three was up the millisecond before the announcer yelled out the dooming number. He was a bit jaded [hehe. ChibiChan- remember we thought this would be a cool word to use?], but otherwise seemed fairly okay, not counting the numerous bruises in his face.

Goku blinked. 'Huh? Woah, this guy practically knocked himself out! Maybe I'll just keep dodging.'

So………

Three kept attempting to hit Goku, being careful not to get out of control and knock himself out again. To his frustration, though, Goku nimbly dodged every single one of his attacks. Finally…Three brought his fist back, and projected it towards Goku's stomach. It hit our little friend directly, and at the punch's peak of power. Goku stumbled forward, clutching his stomach. "OW! That hurt. Almost as much as the time that I ate 54 servings of Lunch's puffer fish hotdogs…" [2]

Three, taking this as mockery at its finest, growled, and –forgetting to not lose control again- launched himself at Goku, who happened to be standing in front of a statue.

Goku, being incredibly naïve, glanced at the floor because he thought he had seen something shine. "Oh! Look, 40 Zenni!" [3] Goku bent down in order to collect the coins.

Three gasped.

He crashed into the statue, head-first. Slowly he slid down from the object, swirls twirling in his eyes.

Goku, hearing the crash, turned around and stared at his opponen,t who was once again down for the count.

"ONE!" Goku scratched his head.

"TWO!"

"Huh? What's going on? What happened?"

"THREE! FOUR! FIVE!…"

The audience face-faulted. Krillin, Bulma, and Chi-Chi blanched.

"SIX! SEVEN! EIGHT! NINE!…"

Everyone was waiting for the next number to be yelled…

"TEN!!!!! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUNG GOKU HAS WON!!!"

Everyone cheered. Krillin, Chi-Chi, and Bulma were by far the loudest and most enthusiastic of Goku's fans.

"THIS FIGHT HAS SIGNALED THE END OF THE FIRST ROUND!! WHO IS VERSING WHO FOR THE NEXT ROUND? FIND OUT SOON!"

Goku was confused, but happily skipped down to his friends who were waiting.

"Hey guys!"

"Hey Goku!" Krillin enthusiastically exclaimed. "Isn't it cool that all of us made it to the second round?"

"Yeah!" Chi-Chi contributed her input.

"Hey, guys, you better get over there, they're doing the drawings for the second round." Bulma warned.

"Yeah, you're right! Well, see you later Bulma!" Goku yelled, waving his hand. He, Chi-Chi and Krillin ran off.

"Sure, kid. See you later…Hopefully you won't have to fight against one of you best friends." Bulma sighed.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN~! NOW…FOR THE RESULTS!"

"NUMBER 2 AGAINST NUMBER 7!" (Krillin against the blonde pretty-boy who all the ladies were fawning over.)

"NUMBER 4 AGAINST NUMBER 10!" {Chi-Chi against the big purple dinosaur who spit when he talked.)

"AND NUMBER 6 AGAINST NUMBER 11!" {Goku against a blond woman who kept swearing.)

"AND NOW, A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK FOR A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS!"

Shortly, a guy wearing a red shirt with the Pepsi logo on it came onto the arena, waving his hands.

"PEPSI'S THE BEST! PEPSI'S THE BEST!" Shortly, a bunch of Coke cans were thrown at him.

"GAH!"

AN: Well… before I start, here's the scoop on the stuff that I put the numbers by.

[1] – You know when Goku leaves those after-images? Sometimes he leaves two or three instead of one? Well, yeah. That's what he's doing here.

[2] – In one episode, Lunch (the girl who stays with Master Roshi) feeds puffer fish for dinner to Krillin and Master Roshi. For those of you who don't know, if puffer fish isn't cooked perfectly, the result can be deadly (poisonous).

[3] – I don't know how you spell it or how much 40 of it would worth, but work with me here.

Okay. Now that that's done with… get ready for the first edition of 'Kat's Advertisement Corner'!

ORIGINAL POEMS, STORIES (NOT FANFICTION)

Um…well, read the stuff by ChibiChan. NOW. It's very good. It's not fanfiction, it's original poems- but they're incredibly powerful and dramatic.

FANFICTION

Read REQUIEM: Renascimento. It's a Gohan/Videl au, by Kaz Valkyrie. Incredibly good fanfiction- and hardly ANY reviews! READ AND REVIEW IT, NOW!!

That's it. The next chapter whouldn't be out for a while, I'm finishing this at 8:15 on Monday night. Tomorrow morning its back to school for me, so I won't be able to write a lot. Not that I did during vacation, but… ::sob::

Ja ne! …oh, and REVIEW!

-kat