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Chikyuu: Black Hole for Evil
Book One: Into the Rising Sun
Author: Cka3ka
Chapter 11: In their midst
The adult portion of the 26th Tenkiachi Budoukai began as soon as lunch was over. The structure of the match was exactly like it had been for the junior division. There would be sixteen competitors who would fight for the chance to battle against the World Champion, Mr. Satan.
The lottery assignments were given to the fighters. The important ones were, of course, the ones that affected the Z-senshi. There were six of them competing and they had all matched up against one of the others in the first round.
The first battle would be Gohan vs Mr. Buu. The moment Videl started the match, the two opponents were at each other's throats. Gohan bashed Buu hundreds of times causing damage, but not enough to put Buu away. The longer the fight lasted the more the tide began to shift towards Buu. Already in SSJ2, Gohan could do nothing against the pink blob. Every blow had been absorbed and those that caused damage regenerated. Finally after fifteen minutes of brutal punishment from both sides, Buu knocked Gohan out of the ring. Videl called the match and quickly went to check on Gohan, who was fine. The warriors had agreed not to use energy blasts in such a crowded place, so Gohan was just slightly winded from Buu's punch.
The second battle was between Goku and Android Number Eighteen. This battle also lasted about fifteen minutes. No one had expected it, but Eighteen had forced Goku into SSJ3. Everyone had expected Goku to simply power up to level two and just throw Eighteen out of the ring. However even in SSJ3 it took all of Goku's skill to finally land a kick that threw Eighteen into the concrete wall. After the fight, Eighteen simply got up, ran her hand through her hair and retook her seat in the audience.
The third battle was Vegeta versus Android Number Sixteen. Right before the battle began, Bulma took out a little device. Pressing a button on the device, a force field suddenly sprang up between the crowd and the contestants. Bulma gave a slight wink to her friends.
"Hey, you know Vegeta," she said. That was enough of an explanation for everyone, and they nodded. Quickly they turned to watch the fight.
When the battle began, Vegeta had attacked Sixteen and tried to do damage him in SSJ form. This was completely ineffective. Backing off, Vegeta began laughing. Only Bulma knew that he had helped her design and test the alloy that the Android was created out of. He knew exactly how much force was needed to hurt the Android. He also knew about the two Ki generators and the shielding device. Trying to dance around the android he was suddenly caught unprepared by a solid punch in the stomach. This was followed up with a solid punch to the head that sent Vegeta sprawling.
Getting up, Vegeta flared into SSJ2. He laughed again. Launching himself at Sixteen, he quickly threw several punches at Sixteen's head. These were, of course, blocked. However, he suddenly changed tactics and with a kick he sent Sixteen flying. Before Sixteen could get up, Vegeta grabbed his arms and swung him out of the ring. Powering down, he just smirked. His wife had done well in re-creating the android. Had it been a real fight, he would have been hard pressed to destroy the machine.
The second round of the tournament would be one of the most memorable for the viewers. The ultimate fighters would battle against each other. It would be Goku vs Vegeta, and Mr. Buu vs Jewel.
The outcome of the Mr. Buu vs Jewel fight was obvious. Mr. Buu won.
The battle between Goku and Vegeta began in the same manner that they always did, by Vegeta insulting Goku and telling him that he would beat him this time. Goku merely laughed and dropped into a fighting stance. The two former rivals and now comrades assaulted each other the moment Videl started the match. The viewers at the arena could only see blurs and sudden flashes of light. For twenty minutes the two warriors hammered at each other without there being a clear winner. That abruptly came to an end when a massive explosion took place in the sky. To the viewers at home they saw only two angelic beings collide again and again against each other. Finally one of them fell from the sky into the stadium impacting like a meteorite a few feet outside the ring. Frowning Vegeta stood up and saw Goku land in front of him. Videl announced Goku the winner. Vegeta laughed, and took the towel that was offered to him by the attendant to wipe off. Goku did the same.
The crowd now waited to watch Goku battle against Mr. Buu to see who would fight the world's greatest martial artist.
"Mama, I want to go find Trunks and Goten," said Marron. She was bored from watching all the fighting, and wanted to go play somewhere in the Carnival.
"Me too, I want to go also!" cried Bra. She too was totally bored of the fighting, but she mainly wanted to hang out with the older kids.
Bulma glanced at them, and was about to say no, but decided that Bra was a Saiya-jin and with a power level of over one hundred she could take care of herself. Not even any of the fighters here would be able to harm her.
"Ok sweetie, if Juuhachi lets Marron go then you can go with her," said Bulma. She patted Bra on the hand and pushed her towards Marron.
"Ok, Marron," said Eighteen, "but if you don't find the boys in twenty minutes come back, ok? And remember all the tricks that your daddy showed you." She didn't like Marron going around by herself, but she to wasn't worried since Bra would be with her and also because she hadn't sensed a normal human being over the power level of 20, except for Videl. Not to mention she or Vegeta could sense where the girl's ki's were at all times.
The two little girls took off together, laughing and excitably planning some trick on the boys. They ran through the archway and into the main carnival area. Quickly they went down to where all the rides were and looked around for the boys. Not finding them, they decided to ride the merry-go-round before they went back. Smiling they went to the line and waited their turn.
At the same time the girls asked for permission to go find the boys, Goku was squaring off with Buu. At the beginning of the round Goku was slowly pushing Buu back. Blow upon furious blows slammed into Buu causing him to fall back slowly. Goku was doing more damage than Buu could regenerate. All of a sudden Goku clutched at his lower back as a sharp throbbing pain began shooting up his spine. His eyes widened in pain. He tried to compensate for this by going into a higher SSJ level, however the more ki he drew the more painful it got. Quickly taking advantage of this, Buu punted Goku out of the ring.
"Winner, BUU!" announced Videl in shock. Before she could say anything further a terrifying scream came from Goku as he continued to clutch at his back in vain.
Vegeta rose from his seat in the audience to see what was going on with Goku. It was impossible that Kakkarot would lose to that marshmallow, he thought. The next thing he knew there was an explosion of pain in his lower back. In a moment, he was also screaming as the pain in his back became unbearable. Falling to the ground he began to flail about as if in a seizure.
Bulma didn't know what to do. Both Vegeta and Goku were down screaming in pain. She had to get them to a hospital immediately to see what was wrong. However, with the two of them lashing out in pain no one could get close without getting severely hurt.
"Juuhachi-gou," she said, "We're going to need the boys, can you find them and bring them back. Oh and also get the girls to. I'll see what I can do here."
"Right. I'll be right back," Eighteen replied and flew off after she spotted the boys' ki. She should have went after the girls first. It was a decision she would regret for over a decade.
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Marron and Bra were just getting off the Merry-go-round when a man approached them. They tried to go around him, but he quickly moved in front of them and grinned maliciously.
"Excuse me, but we are trying to get through please," said Marron politely. She didn't want any trouble, but she wasn't scared of this skinny guy in glasses anyway. He looked like some wimpy scientist, not a fighter like a lot of the other people around.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that," said Dr. Fujiwara.
"Get out of our way," began Marron angrily. She never knew that another man had been standing next to her or that this other man would club her in the head and into unconsciousness. She would only remember waking up in a place that she would remember for the rest of her life.
"MARrON!" cried Bra as she saw the big man hit Marron over the head. She jumped over Marron's unconscious body and punched the man who had been standing in their way. Dr. Fujiwara flew ten feet backwards and landed on his ass. On that day, had it only been Dr. Fujiwara, and Aaron Klemsfeld, tragedy would have been averted. Bra could have fought them both off by herself. However, from her blindside she was chopped by a massive hand, sending her into unconsciousness.
"Take them to the rendezvous point," a deep metallic voice intoned.
Dr. Fujiwara and Mr. Klemsfeld immediately grabbed the two girls and ran towards their hover car. Powering it up, they took off as fast as they could.
Bra's gigantic assailant watched them leave, and then turned around to rejoin his friends in their attempt to get Goku and Vegeta to the hospital. They would never know his role in this. Never know they had a time bomb in their midst.