If I Could Turn Back Time
II.
"Will contestants number 29 and number 2 please step up on the arena so we can begin the illumination rounds?" a worker said into a megaphone.
Goku watched the two competitors walk up the steps to the platform, one a bulgy weight lifter, the other some kind of cat.
Bulma put her hand on Goku's arm to get his attention, "So, Goku…what are you going to do with the prize money when you win?"
He looked down at her and couldn't help but smile. He loved how much confidence she had in him.
"Well, the first thing I'll do is eat out!" Goku exclaimed loudly, his grin growing wider.
Bulma blushed and turned away from him, "Goku, watch how you word that!"
Goku ignored her and wondered in his head all the other things he could do with the money, "And then eat out again…and again…and again…"
"I get the point, Goku! You'll eat out!" Bulma clearly stated.
A couple of people around them hushed, only catching Bulma's last sentence, thinking…stuff.
"Hey! Do you mind if you two keep your private life to yourselves instead of telling it to everyone here?!" one of the men asked, shaking his head.
Bulma began blushing ferociously, putting her hands between her legs and looking down at the ground, 'I'm just gonna…shut up now.' She told herself.
Goku looked at her curiously, not having one clue what that whole thing was about.
Time flew by quickly after that and before he knew it, they were calling his number.
"Will contestants number 38 and number 46 please step up on the arena."
"That's me!" Goku yelled, hoping up on the arena, not bothering to use the stairs. He did some quick exercises, waiting to see his opponent. As he did this, he saw some of the other fighters snickering up at him.
"Hey! You better win this one if you want your girlfriend!" one yelled.
"Yeah! Don't let her down!" another yelled, making tons of people laugh, loving the jokes.
"Huh?" Goku asked mostly himself as he looked down at the perverted men, then over at Bulma who was still blushing and obviously feeling very out of place. He saw Yamcha leaning against a wall with a scowl on his face, mumbling unknown words to himself.
Goku ignored all this as he saw his opponent walking proudly up the stairs, acting as though he already won. The guy was huge, to say the least. He had muscles bulging out everywhere with no shirt on to show this off.
The man smirked, "Are you ready to lose, lover boy?"
"Ready!" Goku got into his fighting stance, ignoring the nickname since he didn't understand why it compared to him anyway.
The man suddenly came running towards him with nothing to lead up to it. As soon as he was about to run into Goku, Goku stepped out of the way, making the man run right off the edge, leaving Goku as the winner.
Everyone raised their eyebrows at the two-second fight, before leaving it at that when the one announcing everything said Goku was the winner.
Goku smiled in satisfaction, jumping off the arena and walking back over to Bulma.
He laughed once he reached her, "Heh that seemed quite fast."
Bulma shook her head, not seeming to be able to stop blushing, "You got that right."
Since neither of them was paying attention, they didn't catch who were the next two competitors until seeing Yamcha on the arena caught their eyes. They also realized who his opponent was: a blond, young lady. The kind that made Yamcha blush.
Bulma got mad when she caught Yamcha blushing at her and the blond moving closer to him in an "innocent" manner, giving him winks and smiling sweetly at him.
Yamcha kept taking steps back, sweating from being nervous around the girl. But before he knew it, he was near the edge and couldn't help but fall off as the girl leaned in and kissed him on the cheek.
Bulma couldn't see him once he fell, but she was still fuming nonetheless and Goku couldn't help but feel her anger rise.
"Umm…heh! Well, at least you got what you wished for and Yamcha didn't win!" Goku tried to cheer her up.
She turned towards him sharply, glaring at him as her whole body shook with anger. For a moment, he thought she was going to start yelling at him, but instead she turned around and headed towards the exit.
"Bulma, wait! Don't go!" Goku tried to call her back, only to see her disappear around the bend as she went out the exit.
He sighed. Oh well, he wasn't going to make her stay if she didn't want to. He leaned against a poll…that just left him with no one to talk to.
Time went by slowly, even though he quite enjoyed some of the fights that went on. But before he knew it, all fifteen contestants were chosen and the real tournament was to begin shortly.
Goku couldn't go anywhere then to find Bulma, since he had to stay with all the other competitors for his turn to fight.
He was the third one to fight, but he seemed to win the fight in the blink of an eye, as all he did was punch the guy in the stomach, making him double over in pain.
His second fight was quite similar, ending it as soon as it began with multiple back flips to scare the man off the edge.
After this fight, the whole audience was on his side and the upbeat announcer was going ecstatic. Goku couldn't help but wear an endless smile after this.
About time his next fight came around, he was more than confident that he was going to win. He looked up to see who his opponent was and there…standing across the arena directly from him…stood the same endless blushing girl he saw earlier…Chi-Chi.
Chi-Chi smiled at him and waved, slowly making her way over to him.
"Hi, Goku," she greeted him, "Isn't this lucky that we get to fight each other?" Chi-Chi giggled.
"Heh…yeah, sure Chi-Chi. Whatever you say." Goku replied, smiling.
For no apparent reason, Chi-Chi began blushing again, "Oh, Goku, you are the sweetest thing!" And with that said, she again gave him a 'gentle' shove, making him fall back a little from the surprise.
"Oooo, and it looks like the fight is starting out good with the young lady making the first move!" cried the announcer, screaming with all his heart into the microphone, making the crowd go wild.
Goku smirked, lowering his body to his fighting stance, "So…I see you're anxious to get started then."
Chi-Chi smiled and got into her fighting stance, too, which matched Goku's pretty well, "Right."
Before another second passed, Goku flew at her, sending her a fury of kicks and punches. She quickly got the hold of his style and blocked all his attacks, remembering their 'first date.'
During this, Chi-Chi decided to make some conversation in between her quick breaths.
"Wow Goku, you seem to have gotten stronger over the years!" she exclaimed, barely dodging his latest punch.
Goku smiled and nodded, "Uh-huh!"
Chi-Chi loved to see him smile, but she almost got too caught up in it as she began losing her concentration, but she didn't notice until she was right near the edge.
"Oh!" she yelled out of surprise, seeing her left foot slip out from under her, barely catching herself.
Goku threw tons of punches at once; moving so fast that a normal person wouldn't be able to keep up with it. So Chi-Chi just put her arms over her face to block that way, even though she knew she was going to get thrown off the arena.
But to her surprise, she felt nothing and finally got the courage to look between her two arms, to see Goku grinning at her. She dropped her arms from her face and stared at him blankly.
"Goku, what—." She tried to begin but got cut off from her loud shriek as Goku moved his foot behind her and pulling outwards, tripping her and causing her to land outside of the arena.
She made an "oomph" sound as she hit the ground, shocked from how he slick he did that move. She looked up at him looking down at her when she heard the announcer yell out that Goku had won yet another round.
Goku smiled down at her and put up his two fingers, signaling peace. He jumped off the arena and extended his hand down to help her up.
Chi-Chi blushed once again, slowly putting her hand into his to accept his offer, then being pulled straight up at once.
He still smiled down at her, "Good fight, Chi-Chi. My best one so far." He said to her, before giving her a thumbs up and walking back behind the arena again to wait for his next fight.
She watched him all the way, then blushed some more and sighed contentedly, "That's my future husband…" she said out loud to herself proudly.
As Goku went "behind the scenes," all the contestants that were still left congratulated him and patted him on the back for a job well done.
He smiled and politely said thank you to each of them, but his mind was else where as he was looking out the side in search of Bulma.
'Gee, I wonder if she seen any of my fights,' he asked himself, feeling his face drop as he didn't spot her anywhere, 'Guess not…'
He peered back inside the cool area, leaning against the wall. He was only there for a few moments before he saw Yamcha come around the bend.
"Hey Yamcha," Goku greeted, standing straight up from the wall, "What's up?"
Yamcha walked next to him looking worried, "Goku, have you seen Bulma? I can't find her anywhere!"
Goku shrugged, "I'm sure she's around here somewhere."
"Yeah, but you saw her last!" Yamcha accused him; "I didn't even see her leave until after my…stupid fight," he slowly admitted.
"She got mad when she saw that girl kiss you I think," Goku said, oblivious of how much he really should tell him, "Maybe she saw how nervous you looked up there next to that girl," he went on, knowing that's how Bulma always is.
Yamcha looked down in shame, "Yeah…I know. But I'm trying to find her to apologize for our fight earlier."
Goku tried to smile sympathetically at his friend, "I wish I could help, but my last fight is about to start soon, so I can't go anywhere. But I'm sure she'll show up sometime."
The older man nodded before walking out from behind the arena, knowing he really wasn't supposed to be there.
Goku frowned and shook his head, "I'll find her after my fight…" he said to himself, confident that he would.
As if on cue, he heard the announcer scream his name, along with his opponents, for his final face off.
He walked out and up the steps to the arena, looking to the other side to see whom he was up against. He smiled to see that it was a woman who didn't look too buff, but looked serious all the same.
Goku put his hands on his hips, not bothering to go into his regular fighting stance, "Hi!" he yelled over to her.
The woman seemed to notice how relaxed he was and smiled hastily, "Don't think just because I'm a girl I can't beat you!" She momentarily stopped talking to pull her wavy orange-red hair up into a high ponytail, "And just because you're cute, don't expect me to go easy on you."
"I don't," he replied, advancing towards her until he was only a few feet away from her.
She nodded, "And just because I'm a girl, I don't expect you to go easy on me."
"Good, 'cause I won't!" And with that said, he flew at her, sending a punch right to her face.
She tried to block it, but once she found out how tough he really was, it was too late. His fist went through, hitting her right between the eyes.
The woman moaned as she dropped to the floor on one knee, rubbing her face to get the feeling back.
"Oooo, and it looks like Goku gets a point for that one as Utini is down!" the announcer was clearly heard.
Upon hearing this, the woman named Utini stood back up, ignoring the painful throbbing running throughout her eyes and nose. She glared at him for a second before lunging herself at him at her full speed, ready to give him his punch back.
Utini screamed as she did so, putting all her strength behind it and when she almost came in contact with Goku's face, he put one hand up and stopped her fist abruptly. Her eyes widened, not seeming to believe what just happened.
She put her feet on the floor firmly and jumped away from him, putting her fists in front of her face, "How did you do that?!" she demanded.
Goku smiled, "Easy…I put my hand up."
Utini growled, not bothering to explain the question better. She did a complete spin, sending her right leg flying through the air and landing it right in Goku's side.
But it didn't faze him any.
He stood there, still smiling at her, "Hey, nice kick! Now…let me try!" He exclaimed before copying her last move and sending her flying to the other side of the arena from the power.
She didn't quite fall off, but her head was hanging off the side. The announcer ran over by her, screaming into the microphone again, "Oh my god, it looks like she's down folks! Can this be the end of Utini already?! Let's find out! If by the time I count to ten and she's not up, Goku is our winner! One…two…three…"
As he counted, Goku stared at the woman, knowing she was about to get up, mostly because he could tell that she wasn't one to give up, but then also there was someone screaming right in her ear.
"Six…seven…eight…ni-oh wait! She's getting up!" the announcer said enthusiastically, watching as Utini began lifting herself up with her elbows, then flung herself forward, picking herself up the rest of the way on her knees.
The crowd went wild seeing that the fight was still going on, but most people were betting on Goku winning in the next two minutes or so.
Utini again flew at him, sending him a never ending supply of kicks and punches, hoping to hit him good at least once…but to no avail.
Goku easily blocked or dodged all her attacks, never even bothering to stop his smiling. Without warning, her threw a punch to her stomach, making her stop dead in her tracks, feeling pain shoot through all parts of her body this time, making their way from her stomach, to her toes, then right back up again to her head. Utini fell to her knees, arms wrapped around herself with her eyes seemingly to bulge out of her head. She had her mouth open some, trying to breathe properly again.
He smiled down at her sympathetically, sorry he had to do that. He picked her up in his arms like a baby and carried her to the edge of the arena.
"Sorry, but I don't like to hurt people," Goku explained, about to drop her out of the arena.
But just as he was letting go, Utini came back to reality and realized what he was about to do.
She groaned as she flipped herself out of his grasp, landing on his back, legs wrapped around his waist from behind as she began hitting his head in an attempt to get him down.
Goku tried to cower away and hide his head, "Ow, ow, ow, ow! Hey, stop that!"
Utini didn't listen though, of course, as she continued her assault. Goku began running all around the arena, thinking that if he ran enough, she would go away.
So as the audience watched an unsuccessful Goku try to run away from something that he was connected to, they all sweat dropped, not bothering to say anything to fit the stupid moment.
This went on for a few minutes, before Goku ran to the edge of the arena again, not paying attention to where he was though, still trying to get the clinging girl off of him.
He was about to take a step back, but then realized there wasn't any more arena if he did that. It was too late though, as he couldn't keep his balance on one foot with someone on his back. He began falling backwards…
Utini didn't realize this until she felt herself falling backwards herself. She stopped pulverizing Goku as she looked back to see the ground coming closer and closer to her.
She screamed and desperately grabbed onto Goku in an attempt to push him forward. It didn't work, though, as they both fell to the ground, him right on top of her but his feet still on the arena.
Well…Utini was pretty well dead from the moment Goku fell on top of her as her arms went outspread and she gave a dazed look.
The announcer came around to the other side of the arena to see what happened. Once he saw their position and Goku trying to get up from his back, but not succeeding, making him look like a turtle that fell on his shell, he fixed his sunglasses and cleared his throat.
"Umm…well, that was quite an interesting fight and technically, when someone falls off the arena and touches the ground, they lose," he stared harder at the straining Goku, "but since Goku's not really touching the ground," meaning he was on top of Utini, "and his feet are still on the arena…I SAY THAT GOKU IS THE WINNER!!" the announcer suddenly blared out, making everyone in the crowd jump from the surprise, but then start jumping with joy for Goku.
Goku heard this and he wanted to get up so he could stand on the arena and see his fans, but he still couldn't get up the way he was trying to…so he rolled to his side and stood up easily.
He smiled and put two fingers up for peace to the audience while the announcer had his other hand and held it up high.
Goku looked up at the crowd then back down at the woman he beat to see her sitting up slowly. He smirked down at her and when she saw this, she smirked back.
"Good fight, Goku. I hope to see you in five years," Utini said, finally standing up and walking away.
"You can count on it!" Goku yelled back at her.
He saw her wave behind her, but not turning around. He smiled once again as the announcer handed him the one thousand-dollar prize money.
"Congratulations, Goku!" said tons of people at once.
"Thank you!" he waved at everyone before turning and heading behind the arena so the announcer could talk some more about how much he appreciated everyone coming to the tournament.
"Wow…imagine how much food I can buy with this money!" Goku said, flipping through the bills.
Suddenly, the money was snatched away from him before he could blink, "I'll take that!" he heard someone say.
He looked up to see Chi-Chi looking through the money proudly, like she won it.
"H-hey…what are you doing, Chi-Chi?" he asked confusedly.
Chi-Chi looked up at him and smiled, "Well, this money will go to our wedding of course! I know you won that tournament for me, so I'm willing to buy everything that we will need!"
"Oh!" Goku realized, "Well, now that I know it's going for food anyway, I don't mind."
She just nodded her head in agreement, "By the way, Goku…the wedding will be in three days, that means Friday, at seven p.m., okay?"
Goku nodded too, but enthusiastically, "Right! I can't wait!"
Chi-Chi giggled and blushed, hiding her face, "Oh, Goku! You are so sweet!"
She looked up at him with puppy eyes, shimmering and big. He didn't know what the look was for, but he didn't have too much time to think about it as he saw her lean up and put her lips to his.
His eyes got wide, never really doing anything like this, only seeing Bulma and Yamcha do it every once in awhile.
Since he didn't know what was going on, he didn't bother kissing back. Chi-Chi noticed this and let go instantly. She blushed about five different shades of red, as she looked down at the ground, too ashamed to look at Goku.
"What was that?" he asked.
From this question, she looked up at him with a raised eyebrow, "That…was a kiss, Goku."
"A kiss? HA! Cool," Goku exclaimed, "Does it have a meaning to it?"
Chi-Chi nodded, "Yeah…you kiss someone when you really love someone and you want to show them affection," she explained, blushing again as she did.
"Oh, I see," Goku said, but then kept quiet, not sure what else to say.
Chi-Chi didn't either so she turned around, "Well, I'll see you Friday then, okay?" she began walking away.
Goku nodded, even though she couldn't see, "Yeah, right. Bye, Chi-Chi."
As soon as she was out of sight, Yamcha came up beside him and patted him on the back, "Hey, nice job Goku! You did really great!"
"Thanks!" Goku smiled, "Have you found Bulma yet?"
Hearing her name, Yamcha's face dropped low, "No…I haven't seen one sign of her…maybe she went back to the hotel we're staying at. I'll go look there."
"All right…" he said quietly to his hurt friend as Yamcha began walking in the direction of their hotel.
Goku curled his eyebrow up in a look of pity then began walking out of the whole stadium, going to the side of the people so he was behind the stadium. By then, it was eight at night, so the moon was hung high in the sky (not a full moon though) with only a couple stars insight and a few dark clouds.
"Today was amazing…" he said to himself, looking up at the endless supply of sky and then feeling a soothing cool wind wash over him.
He sighed, "Too bad Bulma wasn't there with me…to cheer me on like she said she would."
Goku shrugged the thought off as soon as he thought about it. Bulma was upset because of Yamcha, that's all. Or else she would have been there…she just needed some private time…alone…
His thoughts stopped though, as he saw someone sitting against a tree not too far from where he was. The person was facing the opposite direction of him, so he didn't know exactly who it was at first, he just saw an elbow and a knee sticking out the side.
The wind blew again, making the persons' hair fly out to the side, which happened to blue. Right away, Goku knew it was Bulma and smiled widely. He always loved talking to her at the end of the day and telling each other what happened with them at the times they weren't together…which wasn't very often in that case.
He began walking quickly over to her, excited to tell her his great news…
Hey everyone! That was chapter two of my story! And I know this one was boring but I needed it in there…all you other writers know how that is, right? You always need that one stupid one in there to lead on to the rest. ::shakes head:: it's a pity really…anyway, I wanted to tell everyone HI and…I have a little secret to tell you…wanna know? ::lowers voice:: Well…as you are reading this…I'm already done with chapter 3, ha! But I think I'll wait for some reviews before I post it. ^_^ I'm mean, aren't I?