Krillin watched as that kid with the spiky hair stole the ball off one of the Monks midfielders and race up the field. Damn he was fast, Krillin watched as that kid what was his name again oh yeah, Goku out ran all the Defenders, Tao was coming but he was further up the field when Goku stole the ball and wouldn't get here until it was too late. It was just Krillin and Goku, Krillin and Goku, Krillin and the Districts best striker, Krillin was screwed.

As Goku got closer Krillin thought about his coach, the man was an idiot, who else would make a man less than 5 feet tall goalkeeper in their most important game of the season. Goku was only three meters away from goal now and Krillin decided to move forward to lessen Goku's target area.

Goku then shot the ball, it was a high shot but Krillin expected that. Goku was just capitalizing on Krillin's weakness, Krillin leapt into the air, the ball was to high for Krillin to grab so Krillin just punched the ball making it sail over the crossbar. The referee's whistle blew "Corner". Krillin sighed in relief it had been a lucky punch but it had gotten the Monks defence enough time to regroup. Krillin felt a hand pat his shoulder; surprised Krillin turned and saw Tao standing behind him smiling "Good move Chestnut" Krillin smiled Tao had a few quirks but he was all right "Thanks General" one of Tao's strangest quirks was that he insisted on being call General Tao. Tao nodded and moved over to mark Goku.

Krillin could see Hercule at the other side of the field waiting for someone to kick the ball to him, he was the Monks striker and he did a good job once he got focused. Krillin was officially a Forward for the Chestnut Temple Monks who were currently 5th in the third division. This was their last game of the year and if they won it the Monks would place 4th and be promoted into the second division but they had to beat the best team in the league the, Orange Star Reserves.

The Orange Star Reserves were the reserve team for the Orange Star City, the best team in the 1st division. The Reserves were guaranteed a promotion spot being undefeated all year, and drew only once. The Reserves hand the two best forwards in the league Goku and Piccolo the best midfield and the best Goalkeeper, Tien.

The Monks on the other hand had won only 32 out of their 60 games but were in fourth because they had drew 27 games and had only lost 1. Hercule had scored 37 goals this season and Krillin himself had managed to score 19 goals even though he was only played in 15 games. In today's game Krillin was a Goalie because in their last game was against the Saiyans, the most brutal team in the third division. The Saiyans had injured both of the Monks Goalies so bad that they weren't able to play for 6 weeks.

Krillin could hear the commentator speaking. "That was a great save by the acting goalkeeper Krillin Chestnut but you have to ask how much longer can he make those kind of saves. To take the corner for the Reserves we have Yamcha."

Krillin got ready as Yamcha prepared to kick the ball. Yamcha made a small run up and crossed the ball to Piccolo. Piccolo caught the ball on his chest before stomping it onto the ground and passing the ball to Goku. Krillin got ready to jump forward to grab the ball but Tao had other ideas he did a sliding tackle at Goku from behind taking Goku's feet out from under him. The referee's whistle blew without hesitation and a second later was holding a red card. The Monk's protested but Krillin secretly agreed with the refs decision but he hated what it ment. Tao walked off the field as Goku got up and got ready to take a penalty kick.

Goku stood about a meter behind the ball waiting for the referee's signal. The commentator was ranting on about fair play and other crap. "And Goku's ready to go he takes a short run up..."

The instant Goku's foot left the ball Krillin leapt for the top left hand corner of the crossbar with both hands outstretched. The ball shot up into the corner of the Goal and Krillin's fingers barely touched the ball before it rocketed in.

"GOOOOAAALLL it's a magnificent goal by Goku Son, Krillin almost had it there but he just wasn't fast enough now it's 1-0 to the Orange Star Reserves." The announcer continued on like that but Krillin had stopped listening, he was staring at the spot where the ball went through.

"HEY Krillin you did your best, don't worry there's still 10 minutes left in the game, plenty of time for me to score 2 goals." Krillin looked up to see Hercule. "Thanks Hercule but you gotta get the ball first and without Tao in midfield we're screwed." Krillin refused to be cheered up, he had failed to stop Goku scoring. Hercule shrugged "Nah just kick the ball to me when it comes down here next." Krillin nodded and Hercule walked off.

Hercule walked up to the half way line and got ready to receive the ball. The other forward passed the ball to Hercule and Hercule sprinted up the ground, he ran past Goku and Yamcha passing it back to the other forward who ran further up the ground. That other forward was named Aerol and he never passed the ball unless he had no other choice. Piccolo, a midfielder and two defenders came running towards Aerol. Aerol ignored Hercule who was wide open and charged down the field. Within seconds Aerol was surrounded and unable to pass the ball. He was about 30 meters away from goal when he decided to shoot. The ball was kicked to weak and it went straight into Tien's waiting arms. Why didn't Krillin have any easy saves like that?

Tien took his time in passing the ball to a defender who passed it to Yamcha. Great they know they've won and they're in no rush. Suddenly Yamcha exploded forward running at top speed leaving two midfielders that were coming up to meet him far behind. The Monks scattered midfield and defence struggled to regroup. Yamcha still running at full speed passed the ball to Piccolo who out ran all of the Monks defenders and placed himself in the penalty box with an easy shot at goal.

The kick was a good one accurate and fast Krillin had to jump into the air and punch the ball away the instant the ball left Piccolo's feet. Krillin probably should have payed more attention to where the ball went after he punched it but he realised to late that the ball was heading straight to Goku. Krillin landed and jumped up in time to see Goku reach the ball. Without waiting to see what Goku would do Krillin made a huge jump over to the other side of goal. Goku made his shot it right down the middle of the goal. Krillin watched as the ball shot right up just out of reach of his hands only to hit his left foot and shoot off toward Yamcha. Yamcha reacted instinctively and pushed his head forward and try to head it into goal. But the ball hit his head wrong and it went straight into Krillin's waiting arms. Clutching the ball felt himself falling when he hit his head on the far left goal post before hitting the ground.

Krillin got up and saw that most of the players on both teams were looking at him shocked, noticing Hercule in the open Krillin threw him the ball before relaxing. Hercule received the ball and ran up field. Hercule's run was virtually unchallenged as he made his way to the Reserves goal. About 4 meters away from the Reserves goal Hercule made the shot. Krillin couldn't see what was happened cause he was at the other end of the field but the roar of all the Monks supporters told him that Hercule had scored. "Tien must be kicking himself right now letting himself be faked out by Hercule." The Announcer spoke quickly and excitedly "Well folks it looks like today's match will end in a tie, with only 2 minutes to spare Hercule managed to tie the game"

The game ended a tie the ball didn't make it down to the Monk's goal in the last 2 minutes, which Krillin was thankful for. Krillin walked into the change rooms and stopped when he saw the Coach there waiting for him and the other guys to enter. Krillin looked around and found a place to sit. Hercule and Tao sat down on either side of him, and the rest of the team found places to sit. The coach took a deep breath and said "You managed to tie with the best team in the league. You're the second team to do this in a year are you all proud of yourselves? Krillin looked at Tao and Hercule, maybe the coach wasn't going to give them hell after all. "I SAID ARE YOU PROUD OF YOURSELVES?" The coach yelled. Krillin sighed this was going to take a while. "YOU ALL SUCKED, WE HAD TO RELY ON 5 FOOT TALL GUY TO STOP GOALS BECAUSE OUR DEFENCE WAS WORSE THAN USELESS, OUR MIDFIELD WAS OK AT BEST AND OUR FORWARDS ONLY MANAGED TO MAKE 5 SHOTS AT GOAL. "Um coach if you thought Krillin played so badly why did you put him in goal." One of the Monks asked. "BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT OUR DEFENCE WOULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF HARM HE COULD DO." The coach was starting to froth at the mouth now. Krillin was shocked, the coach thought that he was useless. The phone rang and the coach answered it. Krillin felt a hand rest on his shoulder and one pat his back. "The coach is an idiot, we three are the only decent players on this team" Tao said confidently ignoring the glares his statement brought. "Yeah your nearly as good as me, and that's saying something cause I'm the greatest." Hercule said. Krillin looked over at Tao and rolled his eyes but grinned, Tao grinned back.

"Alright you losers get out of my sight." The coach was back. The team got up and went to shower. "Not you Chestnut you stay" When the rest of the team had left the coach said "Krillin your contract has run out and management has decided not to renew it." Krillin nodded. The Coach looked at Krillin for a second before leaving. Dejected Krillin went to shower.

Krillin felt a little bit better after the shower. He had just finished putting on his shirt when Hercule and Tao came over to him. "What did Coach want?" asked Tao "He told me that my contract wasn't being renewed" Krillin said looking down. Tao and Hercule swore. "Anyway guys I gotta go" Krillin got up and emptied his locker and dumped it all into his bag before leaving.

It was late when Krillin arrived at his foster parents place. They were both asleep so Krillin went to bed he didn't feel like eating he was too depressed. Before going to sleep Krillin thought about his job prospects.

It wasn't to good he had signed onto the Monks at the start of the season, the contract had only been for a year but Krillin was happy with that, at the time Krillin thought that it would be renewed at the end of the season. Krillin had played in 16 games but had some how had managed to score 19 goals which mad his average 1.18 goals a game higher than Hercule's average. But Krillin was only 16 he had quit school so he wasn't going to be taken seriously by any of the first or second division clubs, the third division clubs knew he was a substitute for nearly 44 games this season so it wasn't likely that they'd sign him. So that left district soccer or fourth division, Krillin hoped that he didn't have to go back to district soccer not that there was anything wrong with the district league but there was no pay. Before going to sleep Krillin wondered what fourth division team he would play for.

Krillin woke up at 8 the next morning, he got dressed and turned on his computer and logged onto the net. He logged onto the third division soccer site and checked for news and statistics on yesterday's game. They were pretty embarrassing. |Team |Orange Star |Chestnut Temple | | |Reserve |Monks | |Score |1 |1 | |Shots on goal |67 |5 | |Possession |89% |11% | |Red Cards |0 |1 | |Yellow Cards |1 |2 | |Man of the | |Krillin Chestnut | |Match | |(G) | |Goal Scorers |'Son(90) |'Satan(98) |

Notes: Orange Star Reserve: The reserves totally dominated this game but just couldn't get the ball into the back of the net.

Monks: Only some extremely amazing work by the goal- keeper kept this game from being a joke

Krillin read and re-read the notes section and grinned, it wouldn't be so hard to find a team after that. Krillin left the computer on and went down stairs to make breakfast, his foster parents had already left for work.

Krillin was just finishing breakfast when the phone rang, Krillin picked it up "Hello" "Hello I would like to speak to Krillin Chestnut please" a female voice said. "Speaking" Krillin said what did this woman want. "I'm Bulma Briefs and I'm calling to see if you have a manager" "A manager?" Krillin was surprised "Sorry I don't need a manager" "But I think you do, look just meet me at Chestnut Inn for lunch ok and we'll meet face to face." "Ok Bye" Krillin waited till she said bye before hanging up the phone. "Why do I need a manager for?" he asked himself before going back to his room to get ready.

When he got to his room Krillin noticed that he had been e-mailed so he sat down and checked it, there were 4 messages, they were all contract offers from various teams. The first message was an offer from the third division team the West City "Hero's" it was for 1 season at $45,000 a year that was a good offer. The second was an offer from a fourth division team the Mount Frying pan "All Stars" it was for three years at $30,000 a year. The third offer was from the Capsule Corporation "Saiyans", which shocked Krillin since the last game the monks played against them the Saiyans and injured both the Monks goalies and won the game three-nil the offer was good though, a newly promoted second division team at $40,000 a year for three years. The last offer was from his old district team the "Sidekicks" which had just been granted a position the fourth division, one year at $25,000.

Krillin printed out the e-mails and then went onto the National Soccer Association (NSA) website and printed out his profile. As it came off the printer Krillin picked it up and began to read.

Name: Krillin Chestnut Age: 16 Years Pro: 1 Position: Forward Height: 4'9 Season Games Played: 16 Cup Games: 0 National Games: 0 Career Games: 16 Goals: 19 Assists: 8 GA: 1.18 AA: .500 Goal Ranking: 21st Assist Ranking: 40th Gpg Ranking: 1st Apg Ranking: 12th Achievements: In his first professional game Krillin scored a hatrick, and despite his being moved around the field position wise Krillin has managed to put his name on the scorecard whenever he was in forward and sometimes in midfield. In the last game of the season Krillin played in the position of acting Goalkeeper and has been nominated for save of the Year. - Mr Briefs President of the CFL.

Krillin printed this out this as well, looking at the time he panicked "I'm going to be late. Krillin hurriedly got changed and left the house.

Krillin made it to the Chestnut Inn a minute late. He tried to guess what Bulma looked like, "Over here" A long slender arm rose up and waved to him, it belonged to a young woman with light blue hair. Krillin walked over to her this had to be a joke she couldn't be older than 20 if that. "Umm Miss Briefs?" Krillin asked. "That's me" Bulma smiled she was HOT. "Umm." Krillin couldn't think of what to say there was no way she could by an manager. Bulma looked at Krillin strangely then guessed what he was thinking. "I'm 19 I graduated college last year any other questions?" her voice said that if he asked a question he was going to die painfully. "Umm just one, have you got any players signed?" Bulma smiled "Yeah I got Goku, Yamcha, Piccolo and Tien" Krillin was shocked even though every one of her players she had signed was under 21, she had probably gotten the best players under 21 one there is. Krillin handed over his resume and the contract offers to her. She put the resume over to one side and explained to Krillin that she had already seen it. After looking at offers and said to him "Well I'd have to say your best bet is with the Saiyans" Krillin shook his head "No way their nut's they have the worst reputation in the league after 3 years with them no one will want me" Bulma shook her head "Then who were you planning to go to then." "I was thinking of the side kicks." Krillin said he paused for a second before continuing. "They've been promoted to fourth division and they're a good team and I get along with the players, and I'm guaranteed at least 30 games." Bulma nodded her head thoughtfully "Yeah you need to make yourself more known if you have some amazing games next season you could get signed to a big club." Krillin nodded and smiled. "Great that's settled then now all we need to talk about my fee." Bulma said happily. Krillin sighed "How much?" "10%" Bulma said "5" Krillin countered. "8" she said "7" Krillin hoped she wouldn't be pissed. "Done I'll bring the papers around tomorrow for you to sign" Bulma said happily. Krillin nodded next year he was playing for his old team, the pay was bad but he got on well with them, his future was looking up.