Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z, Digimon, Outlaw Star, Zoids, Cowboy Bebop, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cardcaptors, Hamtaro, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!/Tenchi Universe, Pokémon, Rorouni Kenshin, InuYasha or Yu-Yu Hakusho. If I did, then they'd all be on one channel in a huge block. But they're not, and I don't own them. But one day I will...I'm hoping so, anyway.
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The Super Anime World Tournament
By Hayabusa Will (TheNameIsWill@AOL.Com)
Chapter Four-Battle of the Villains
All of the competitors had gone off on their way, talking about their matches.
Kenshin thought over his match. He had gotten Ayeka. He didn't like to fight women, but it seemed he didn't have a choice. If he were to win, he'd have to. He wasn't going to give up, that wasn't his style. And if he won, he would have an exciting match against either Spike Speigel or Kagato. He personally wanted to fight Kagato, because Kagato was a swordsman. Kenshin arrived at the meal room.
It seemed that just about everyone was going to the meal room in the Fighter's Den by the stadium. It was a dugout-type area, called the Figher's Den. The Fighter's Den was rather large, as it had three rooms. One was the lounge room, from which it was easily visible to see the fighting going on. There were chairs and couches that made the fighters comfortable when they sat to get a clear look at the fighting. There was a second room was the meal room. With tables and chairs, the meal room was where all tournament competitors ate. It had a large screen television on the front and back walls, where whoever was there could see what was happening. The third room, to the left of the lounge, was a medical area for those who are injured in battle or otherwise injured.
At this point, many of the fighters were eating at the meal room. Among these were Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Eighteen, Mewtwo, Kagato, Hercule, Pikachu, Guilmon, Sakura, Li, Yugi, Van, Bit, Gene, Spike, Jet, Tenchi, Ayeka, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars. As it was early in the morning, most of them were hungry for breakfast.
"Hello" Kenshin sat down next to Gene. Gene, Spike and Jet took three of the five seats at one of the tables. Kenshin smiled to them as they nodded. "What's going on?"
"Pancakes" Replied Spike through a full mouth, pointing to his plate with his fork. He took a gulp. "The cooks made a lot of good food. At least, I think so anyway" Spike took a gulp.
"How can you eat this?" Jet poked at his pancake with a fork. "It tastes like cement to me" Kenshin, Gene and Spike chuckled.
Some didn't remain among the other fighters eating breakfast. InuYasha was one of them. He sat Indian-style in the corner of the room. His eyes were closed and he didn't move, as he was trying to concentrate his power for the battle to come. He saw his opponent, it was Wobbuffet. He wasn't impressed. A blue blobby thing called a Pokémon, was his thoughts on the opponent. He wasn't afraid.
"What's with you?" Harry McDougall took a few steps towards InuYasha. "Why aren't you talking to us, or even looking at us...or moving?" InuYasha gave no reply. "Well? Mind answering my question, you?" Still, no reply came from InuYasha. "I'M TALKING TO YOU, DAMNIT!"
Harry raised his fist and slammed it into InuYasha's face. InuYasha flinched backwards a bit, then opened one eye, glaring at Harry. Harry took a few steps back and smirked. "I see I caught your attention that time, huh?"
"You're gonna pay for THAT!" InuYasha glared at Harry as he stood up. Harry put up his fists as he prepared to fight InuYasha.
InuYasha quickly dashed at Harry, who did a roll out of the way, narrowly dodging a swipe of Inu-Yasha's sharp claws. Harry pulled out his castor and shot two bullets at InuYasha. The demon jumped to the left, and then to the right in order to dodge them both. Harry quickly used this to his advantage, elbowing InuYasha in the side of the head. InuYasha promptly moved back in recoil before kicking Harry. It was one of the hardest kicks he ever delivered, as Harry was sent right into the wall. He hit with a huge thud. InuYasha grabbed Harry by the shirt with one hand. He pulled from his side the fang sword Tetsaiga.
"I hope you had your fun, because now you're DEAD!" InuYasha held up his sword, but let go of Harry as soon as he heard the sound of two bullets.
"You can stop that now" Vicious stood behind InuYasha, pointing a gun at his head.
InuYasha looked at Vicious. He saw no threat coming from Vicious, but decided it wasn't worth fighting another person just because a first was stupid enough to cause trouble. InuYasha let go of his grip on Harry and let the blue-haired construct fall to the ground. "Fine, I'll let him go. But hope that you don't last long enough in the tournament to face me, because neither of you are going to have legs to stand on come the end of the match" InuYasha floated a few feet from the ground and took off into the sky.
"Hey, Goku" Hamtaro and Boss walked over towards the table where the Z-Fighters were eating. Hamtaro smiled cheerfully as he spoke.
"Hey, it's Hamtaco" Goku said as he swallowed a bite of grilled cheese. This was Goku's fourth plate already, preceeding french toast, Pop-Tarts and eggs.
"It's Hamtaro, all right?!" Hamtaro said, moving back and forth. He rubbed his head. "Kushi kushi. Who are you guys against in the first round?"
"Me and Vegeta are opponents" Goku replied. He looked towards Vegeta, smirking. "Isn't that right, Vegeta?"
"Yes, it is, Kakarot" Vegeta wolfed down a piece of toast in a single bite. "And it is tonight that I will defeat you once and for all"
"Yeah, right, Vegeta" Replied Goku, chuckling.
"Well, anyway, I have Tenchi" Said Gohan, thinking back to when he received his number. "Is it really true that he came close to winning the first tournament?"
"Yeah, he went to the semifinals" Hamtaro replied. "He would have gone to the finals if Spike wasn't his opponent. He won the whole tournament after he beat Gene in the final fight. Gene beat Pikachu in the semifinal match. Who do you have, Number Eighteen?"
"Sailor Moon" Replied Eighteen curtly.
"Ooh, tough match for you" Goku chuckled. "Don't worry, it couldn't really be that hard"
"Do you guys know anything about that Yoo-kay person I'm against?" Hamtaro asked. Yusuke hadn't fought in any previous tournaments, and Hamtaro didn't know anything about him.
"Isn't it Yusuke?" Eighteen asked quizically, before going back to her coffee.
"No, not really..." Goku replied. Vegeta, Gohan and Eighteen's faces all had the same expression, and it was obvious they didn't know about him.
"What about that Mars girl I'm against?" Boss asked. "What about her?"
"Well..." Gohan took a quick gulp of orange juice. "Sailor Moon told me about the other Sailor Scouts. She said they were Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus, and there were also some others that they saw once in a while called Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Pluto. Anyway, she told me that she was the strongest of the Sailor Scouts, yet the other Inner Senshi, which I think is Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus, aren't far behind in strength. Sailor Moon is a strong opponent, so I'd think you'd have a challenge if you're against Sailor Mars" Goku, Vegeta, Eighteen and Boss all looked strangely at Gohan. "Serena told me a lot..."
"Oh great...I don't want to be knocked out in my big debut" Boss gave a short sigh. "I'll give it my all though. I'm not gonna go down without a fight. Besides, Bijou is out there watching" Boss gave a few sheepish chuckles, blushing.
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Hercule's announcer, who worked at the Tenkachi Boudakai, had a microphone to Hercule, a cameraman behind him. Hercule and the announcer were outside on the green grassy area, near the ring. "This is Hercule on Z-TV! Today he's at the Super Anime World Tournament, a greater tournament with the greatest fighters in the world, including...Cell!" The viewers at their homes were no doubt beginning to 'Boo' and jeer at the mention of Cell's name. "But now, we have the world champion HERCULE! Tell us, Hercule, how do you feel?"
"I feel great! I'm gonna win this too, I am the world champ!" Hercule chuckled. "A bunch of chumps are the only ones around. Look at those two, they can't be any older than eleven!" Hercule pointed to Sakura and Li who were passing by. The two of them just shrugged him off and left, as Hercule laughed. "I'm gonna win for my fans!"
"And how do you feel about being against Charizard, a powerful Pokémon and past contendor of past tournaments?" Asked the announcer, who put the microphone toewards Hercule's mouth.
"Hahahaha! Charizard? That overgrown lizard? I'll make quick work of him!" Hercule boastard. "Hahahaha!"
"Hercule rules! Hercule rules! Hercule rules!" Chanted some of the more gullible fans in the area.
"Attention ladies and gentlemen!" Came the voice of a man. On the television screens in the meal room, and as well as the dozens of television screens around the stadium, the image of a man appeared. He had a strange pink tuxedo and an eyepatch. His hair was shiny. His voice was somewhat scary as he spoke. "I'm Stalker, and I'll be your host for this tournament!" (A/N: Stalker is the strange guy from G-Gundam with the eyepatch). "Today, we're in for sixteen matches for the first round of the Super Anime World Tournament! Round two and three will go on tommorow, and the tournament will be ended the day after that. So let's get this show on the road!"
The audience went wild. Several familiar faces could be viewed in the audience, as all of the fighters reserved spots for their friends. They were all there to cheer on the fighters that they knew and cared about. By now, most of the competitors, who were mostly done with breakfast, had gone to the main lounge in order to view the first match.
"Today's match is between the two greatest villains ever to threaten earth! Perfect Cell and Majin Buu! Let's get started now! Will the fighers get ready to enter! First, born in Dr. Gero's lab, he has proven himself to be one heck of a fighter. He's green, he's lean and he's mean! Weighing in at--wow, he's slimmer than I thought--one hundred and seventy-five pounds, CELL!"
Cell walked out of the Fighters Den, down the rampway. He stopped as he saw Hercule standing there. He smirked, while Hercule just looked on, scared as ever.
"C-cell...I didn't kn-know that you would be here..." Hercule was practically shaking.
"Who did you expect to be here? Your weakling daughter?" Cell laughed. "Don't worry, champ, I'm sure that you shouldn't have too much trouble beating weak little me, now would you?"
Cell smirked as he walked out into the ring. The audience cheered loudly for the tournament competitor. Even if he was an evil threat to earth, he was a favorite of good and evil alike. He came and stood in the ring, chuckling to himself at the amount of applause he was getting.
Stalker continued his introductions. "And, created centuries ago by the evil wizard Babadi, he was recently released to wreak havoc on earth. Don't be fooled by the pink, he's strong, and how! Weighing in at a hefty three-hundred-plus pounds, with the roundness to prove it, welcome Majin BUU!"
"Buuuuu!" Buu said as the child-like fighter came out. Buu got some applause, but it didn't quite match Cell's applause. Maybe it was because he damaged more than lives, or because they didn't know who he was, or because he was a tournament newcomer. Whatever it was though, Buu didn't seem to mind his lack of applause.
"Now, you all know the rules" Began Stalker, looking at the card he had in his hand. "You win if your opponent gives up, is knocked out of the ring or falls unconcious. No killing is allowed. If you kill your opponent you will be disqualified. Now LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD! The match will begin in three...two...one...GO!"
Cell made the first move. He lifted himself from the ground and flew straight at Buu. Buu put up his fists and threw a punch, which was too premature. It was thrown before Cell reached him, and the android fighter was able to quickly knock Buu down with a kick into the stomach. Cell flew back a few feet and shot a small Ki blast. The blast went across the ground. Buu dashed to the right to dodge the blast, landing a kick to Cell's stomach. Cell took the blow easily and responded with an elbow to the side of the head. Buu wobbled backwards from Cell's attack. Buu shook his head, and held back both elbows, his hands put into fists. He quickly brought them forward, but Cell was anticipating and pulled himself at a great speed behind Buu. Buu turned around, just as Cell grabbed Buu by the pink spike-like flap of skin on his head. Cell threw Buu into the ground and hit him with a strong knee to his flabby stomach. Buu got up, kicking in both directions. He got one kick in on Cell, then got to his feet to knock Cell to the ground with a push of his body.
Cell's face turned angry. Now the match was to become serious. He got about four feet into the air. The tournament had a flying restriction, and he was only allowed to be four feet above the ground. He flew above Buu and shot two of his Ki blasts. Buu did a short-jump, followed by an air-dodge to get away from Cell's energy attacks. Buu held out two mittened hands to shoot double blasts in a long row. Cell was hit by one and sent across the square ring. Buu gave a loud "BUU!" before flying at Cell. He landed two kicks, and a knee, which sent Cell behind him, causing Buu to miss a short barrage of punches. Cell punched forward with one hand, and executed a second one with the left. He did another one of these one-two punches followed by a sharp knuckle, extended at an angle, landing right in Buu's face. Buu fell on his back, flipping backwards. Buu wiped his mouth of a tiny trickle of blood before flying up. He flew full-strength at Cell. Cell put up two arms for a guard, but underestimated his opponent as he was launched back.
The biological android was started to become angry with his performance. It still was somewhat early into the fight, but his attacks didn't seem to harm Buu all that much and he was getting his fair share of the beating. Buu was quickly approaching, running at top speed, which actually wasn't all that fast. Cell replied with his own run, dashing towards Buu. He held up his arms and caught Buu before the pink fighter could nail an attack. He turned around and gave Buu a toss, which wasn't really strong but helped put some damage on the pink fighter as he threw him. Buu was still down, so Cell took the opportunity for a dash again. As Buu tried to get up, Cell did a running forearm that sent Buu upwards. Buu growled angrily as he was sent up. He stamped both feet downwards, which was a successful blow. Cell was launched into the ground as Buu's stomp hit him full-force. With the speed he was hit, Cell crashed right into the ring, nearly cracking it in half.
Buu waddled over to Cell and grinned childishly. "Knock knock"
"Er...who's there?" Asked Cell, who decided to go along with it, even though he hasn't so much as gotten up.
"Buu!"
"Gr...Buu who?"
"Ha ha ha! Green man crying because Buu winning! Ha ha ha!" Buu laughed.
Wincing and angry, Cell got up as the audience laughed. He nailed a fierce punch into Buu's stomach as soon as he rose to his feet. Buu gasped and doubled over. Cell finally had the right advantage. He raised one foot to kick Buu across the face, and began to hit him with lightning-fast kicks. The whole crowd was on the edge of their seat at this point, watching the battle between these two created superpowers. Buu tried to throw a punch to break Cell's rapid moves, but Cell held up his right arm to block and with a right hand sent Buu back. Cell shot two more of his Ki blasts towards Buu, one from each hand. Buu blocked both with physical punches, and procceded to nail three punches to Cell, starting to wear him down.
Cell shook his head. ~What was is this? Here I am, and I'm fighting like a novice and paying dearly for it. At this point, my fighting style could be compared to the carelessness of Guilmon or Pikachu's fighting. I need to be more strategic...I won't lose!~
Little did he know that Buu was still holding back some of his strength, reserved to surprise Cell. Buu was more clever than anyone in the stadium thought, as young as he acted. Cell raised a fist and flew fast at Buu. Buu quickly used his maximum speed to run out of the way, leaving Cell to throw a missed punch. Cell knew this was coming and took to the short air, starting to prepare an attack. Buu grinned mischeviously. Now he could shock Cell, enough to win. Cell quickly pulled himself behind Buu, but Buu used his phsyical strength now. A punch landed right in Cell's stomach. A punch that Cell had no idea would be so strong. He gave a loud gasp as he took a few steps back. Buu quickly threw a kick that knocked Cell to the ground. Buu used his full weight to slam his body onto the fallen Cell. Cell's face contorted in pain as he was shocked by such a large weight. Buu got up and kneeled, kicking hard at Cell's knocked down form.
Cell rolled on his stomach before pushing himself up with his arms. He got up and faced Buu. There wasn't much strength left in his body, so if he were to win he'd have to use his intelligence to defeat the opponent, who wasn't quite as smart. Buu came rushing towards him. Cell used his speed to now move behind Buu as he rushed forward. Buu turned around to face Cell's one-two punch combo. He quickly uppercutted Buu and flew after him, doing an upwards uppercut. Buu gave a yell out as he started to descend. He quickly went into a new form, sort of like he was sitting, and plunged like a ton of bricks down towards Cell. Cell did a dodge to move away, and Buu's attempt came up empty. Cell kept his elbow, which was held by his arm, forward. Buu moved forward, but ended up being struck by Cell's smash of the elbow. Buu's face was nearly squashed. Cell's strategy of flowing from one move to the next was working perfectly now.
He quickly flew through the air, landing a perfect kick into Buu's face, turning into a double-armed sledgehammer blow to the back. Buu had not gone very far before his head tentacle was snatched, and he was tossed by cell across the ring. Buu quickly shot an energy blast at Cell. Cell grinned and swiped his hand, knocking it away. He then halted as he looked at his hand. His hand had been scorched from the energy blast from Buu, and he had just realized it. Buu realized something also, his open window of opportunity.
Buu went all-out, and began to wave his arms in several punches. Cell was taking damage, but not as much as Buu had already taken. Cell did a rolling dodge and quickly used a headbutt into Buu's head. Buu was knocked to the ground, and hit by several airborne kicks by Cell, who had taken to the air. Over a dozen kicks, done over instantly, had sent Buu down to the ground. Buu lay worn-out on his back, panting for breath. "Buu...no...lose..."
"Too bad, Buu, you have lost" Cell held his arms back, starting to charge energy. "Ka...me..." An energy ball began to form in his hands. Buu tried to block, but he was too weak. The energy was slowly growing, and growing in power.
"That Kamehameha Wave is almost an instant win" Kagato spoke from the main lounge. He was sitting with Mewtwo, Harry and Vicious.
"Buu could simply stop him with one punch, but it seems he is too worn-out to even get up" Mewtwo added telepathically. Both Harry and Vicious were still watching the fight carefully.
"Ha...meeee..." The ball was nearly the size of Buu now. Buu was getting to his feet. He had one last chance. The pink fighter raised his fist and ran as fast as he could pull himself towards Cell. He threw the punch, but it connected at the same time Cell used his attack. "HAAA!"
Buu gave one last yell as he was launched right from the ring. His body was softened too much from the fight and he couldn't pull himself back with flying or a specialty technique, like most of the others would. He landed outside the ring.
The crowd began to cheer loudly. "That's it for this match! Here is your winner...CELL!" Stalker announced to the crowd, who began cheering madly for the figher.
Cell crossed his arms and grinned. "Was there ever a DOUBT?!" He called out the crowd, who continued to cheer for him.
Sailor Moon crossed her arms. "Hmph. I was hoping that Cell would lose"
"That pink tub of crap didn't deserve to win anyway" Spike said. "He sucked big time"
"Maybe you're right about that..." Sailor Moon sighed. "But I still don't like Cell"
"What do you know, Cell's better than we thought he would be" Goku commented. "I see now why he went so far in the last tournament"
"Kakarot, you're pathetic" Vegeta simply commented.
"Buu...no lose" Buu closed his eyes and fell unconcious, now knowing that he lost the fight.
Cell stood proud of his first round victory. He hoped it was first of more than one to come. However, a new fight was about to start. And back in the main lounge, Yugi Mouto and Mewtwo faced each other, prepared for their fight.
~It shall be no trouble for me to wipe him out...~ Were Mewtwo's thoughts.
~I can't lose...~ Yugi clenched his deck of Duel Monsters cards and Millenium Puzzle both close. ~ Not as long as I have these~
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Preview of Next Chapter
Next chapter, round one continues with the second battle, when Yugi faces Mewtwo. It seems to be a one-sided match, but Yugi is seen as a serious threat to Mewtwo once his true power is revealed. Goku, Gene, Tenchi, Sailor Moon, Spike, Guilmon, Hamtaro and Pikachu head to the gym for some training before their matches. And Inu-Yasha decides to speak with some of the other fighters.
Next Chapter: Heart and Mind
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The Super Anime World Tournament
By Hayabusa Will (TheNameIsWill@AOL.Com)
Chapter Four-Battle of the Villains
All of the competitors had gone off on their way, talking about their matches.
Kenshin thought over his match. He had gotten Ayeka. He didn't like to fight women, but it seemed he didn't have a choice. If he were to win, he'd have to. He wasn't going to give up, that wasn't his style. And if he won, he would have an exciting match against either Spike Speigel or Kagato. He personally wanted to fight Kagato, because Kagato was a swordsman. Kenshin arrived at the meal room.
It seemed that just about everyone was going to the meal room in the Fighter's Den by the stadium. It was a dugout-type area, called the Figher's Den. The Fighter's Den was rather large, as it had three rooms. One was the lounge room, from which it was easily visible to see the fighting going on. There were chairs and couches that made the fighters comfortable when they sat to get a clear look at the fighting. There was a second room was the meal room. With tables and chairs, the meal room was where all tournament competitors ate. It had a large screen television on the front and back walls, where whoever was there could see what was happening. The third room, to the left of the lounge, was a medical area for those who are injured in battle or otherwise injured.
At this point, many of the fighters were eating at the meal room. Among these were Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Eighteen, Mewtwo, Kagato, Hercule, Pikachu, Guilmon, Sakura, Li, Yugi, Van, Bit, Gene, Spike, Jet, Tenchi, Ayeka, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars. As it was early in the morning, most of them were hungry for breakfast.
"Hello" Kenshin sat down next to Gene. Gene, Spike and Jet took three of the five seats at one of the tables. Kenshin smiled to them as they nodded. "What's going on?"
"Pancakes" Replied Spike through a full mouth, pointing to his plate with his fork. He took a gulp. "The cooks made a lot of good food. At least, I think so anyway" Spike took a gulp.
"How can you eat this?" Jet poked at his pancake with a fork. "It tastes like cement to me" Kenshin, Gene and Spike chuckled.
Some didn't remain among the other fighters eating breakfast. InuYasha was one of them. He sat Indian-style in the corner of the room. His eyes were closed and he didn't move, as he was trying to concentrate his power for the battle to come. He saw his opponent, it was Wobbuffet. He wasn't impressed. A blue blobby thing called a Pokémon, was his thoughts on the opponent. He wasn't afraid.
"What's with you?" Harry McDougall took a few steps towards InuYasha. "Why aren't you talking to us, or even looking at us...or moving?" InuYasha gave no reply. "Well? Mind answering my question, you?" Still, no reply came from InuYasha. "I'M TALKING TO YOU, DAMNIT!"
Harry raised his fist and slammed it into InuYasha's face. InuYasha flinched backwards a bit, then opened one eye, glaring at Harry. Harry took a few steps back and smirked. "I see I caught your attention that time, huh?"
"You're gonna pay for THAT!" InuYasha glared at Harry as he stood up. Harry put up his fists as he prepared to fight InuYasha.
InuYasha quickly dashed at Harry, who did a roll out of the way, narrowly dodging a swipe of Inu-Yasha's sharp claws. Harry pulled out his castor and shot two bullets at InuYasha. The demon jumped to the left, and then to the right in order to dodge them both. Harry quickly used this to his advantage, elbowing InuYasha in the side of the head. InuYasha promptly moved back in recoil before kicking Harry. It was one of the hardest kicks he ever delivered, as Harry was sent right into the wall. He hit with a huge thud. InuYasha grabbed Harry by the shirt with one hand. He pulled from his side the fang sword Tetsaiga.
"I hope you had your fun, because now you're DEAD!" InuYasha held up his sword, but let go of Harry as soon as he heard the sound of two bullets.
"You can stop that now" Vicious stood behind InuYasha, pointing a gun at his head.
InuYasha looked at Vicious. He saw no threat coming from Vicious, but decided it wasn't worth fighting another person just because a first was stupid enough to cause trouble. InuYasha let go of his grip on Harry and let the blue-haired construct fall to the ground. "Fine, I'll let him go. But hope that you don't last long enough in the tournament to face me, because neither of you are going to have legs to stand on come the end of the match" InuYasha floated a few feet from the ground and took off into the sky.
"Hey, Goku" Hamtaro and Boss walked over towards the table where the Z-Fighters were eating. Hamtaro smiled cheerfully as he spoke.
"Hey, it's Hamtaco" Goku said as he swallowed a bite of grilled cheese. This was Goku's fourth plate already, preceeding french toast, Pop-Tarts and eggs.
"It's Hamtaro, all right?!" Hamtaro said, moving back and forth. He rubbed his head. "Kushi kushi. Who are you guys against in the first round?"
"Me and Vegeta are opponents" Goku replied. He looked towards Vegeta, smirking. "Isn't that right, Vegeta?"
"Yes, it is, Kakarot" Vegeta wolfed down a piece of toast in a single bite. "And it is tonight that I will defeat you once and for all"
"Yeah, right, Vegeta" Replied Goku, chuckling.
"Well, anyway, I have Tenchi" Said Gohan, thinking back to when he received his number. "Is it really true that he came close to winning the first tournament?"
"Yeah, he went to the semifinals" Hamtaro replied. "He would have gone to the finals if Spike wasn't his opponent. He won the whole tournament after he beat Gene in the final fight. Gene beat Pikachu in the semifinal match. Who do you have, Number Eighteen?"
"Sailor Moon" Replied Eighteen curtly.
"Ooh, tough match for you" Goku chuckled. "Don't worry, it couldn't really be that hard"
"Do you guys know anything about that Yoo-kay person I'm against?" Hamtaro asked. Yusuke hadn't fought in any previous tournaments, and Hamtaro didn't know anything about him.
"Isn't it Yusuke?" Eighteen asked quizically, before going back to her coffee.
"No, not really..." Goku replied. Vegeta, Gohan and Eighteen's faces all had the same expression, and it was obvious they didn't know about him.
"What about that Mars girl I'm against?" Boss asked. "What about her?"
"Well..." Gohan took a quick gulp of orange juice. "Sailor Moon told me about the other Sailor Scouts. She said they were Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus, and there were also some others that they saw once in a while called Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Pluto. Anyway, she told me that she was the strongest of the Sailor Scouts, yet the other Inner Senshi, which I think is Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus, aren't far behind in strength. Sailor Moon is a strong opponent, so I'd think you'd have a challenge if you're against Sailor Mars" Goku, Vegeta, Eighteen and Boss all looked strangely at Gohan. "Serena told me a lot..."
"Oh great...I don't want to be knocked out in my big debut" Boss gave a short sigh. "I'll give it my all though. I'm not gonna go down without a fight. Besides, Bijou is out there watching" Boss gave a few sheepish chuckles, blushing.
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Hercule's announcer, who worked at the Tenkachi Boudakai, had a microphone to Hercule, a cameraman behind him. Hercule and the announcer were outside on the green grassy area, near the ring. "This is Hercule on Z-TV! Today he's at the Super Anime World Tournament, a greater tournament with the greatest fighters in the world, including...Cell!" The viewers at their homes were no doubt beginning to 'Boo' and jeer at the mention of Cell's name. "But now, we have the world champion HERCULE! Tell us, Hercule, how do you feel?"
"I feel great! I'm gonna win this too, I am the world champ!" Hercule chuckled. "A bunch of chumps are the only ones around. Look at those two, they can't be any older than eleven!" Hercule pointed to Sakura and Li who were passing by. The two of them just shrugged him off and left, as Hercule laughed. "I'm gonna win for my fans!"
"And how do you feel about being against Charizard, a powerful Pokémon and past contendor of past tournaments?" Asked the announcer, who put the microphone toewards Hercule's mouth.
"Hahahaha! Charizard? That overgrown lizard? I'll make quick work of him!" Hercule boastard. "Hahahaha!"
"Hercule rules! Hercule rules! Hercule rules!" Chanted some of the more gullible fans in the area.
"Attention ladies and gentlemen!" Came the voice of a man. On the television screens in the meal room, and as well as the dozens of television screens around the stadium, the image of a man appeared. He had a strange pink tuxedo and an eyepatch. His hair was shiny. His voice was somewhat scary as he spoke. "I'm Stalker, and I'll be your host for this tournament!" (A/N: Stalker is the strange guy from G-Gundam with the eyepatch). "Today, we're in for sixteen matches for the first round of the Super Anime World Tournament! Round two and three will go on tommorow, and the tournament will be ended the day after that. So let's get this show on the road!"
The audience went wild. Several familiar faces could be viewed in the audience, as all of the fighters reserved spots for their friends. They were all there to cheer on the fighters that they knew and cared about. By now, most of the competitors, who were mostly done with breakfast, had gone to the main lounge in order to view the first match.
"Today's match is between the two greatest villains ever to threaten earth! Perfect Cell and Majin Buu! Let's get started now! Will the fighers get ready to enter! First, born in Dr. Gero's lab, he has proven himself to be one heck of a fighter. He's green, he's lean and he's mean! Weighing in at--wow, he's slimmer than I thought--one hundred and seventy-five pounds, CELL!"
Cell walked out of the Fighters Den, down the rampway. He stopped as he saw Hercule standing there. He smirked, while Hercule just looked on, scared as ever.
"C-cell...I didn't kn-know that you would be here..." Hercule was practically shaking.
"Who did you expect to be here? Your weakling daughter?" Cell laughed. "Don't worry, champ, I'm sure that you shouldn't have too much trouble beating weak little me, now would you?"
Cell smirked as he walked out into the ring. The audience cheered loudly for the tournament competitor. Even if he was an evil threat to earth, he was a favorite of good and evil alike. He came and stood in the ring, chuckling to himself at the amount of applause he was getting.
Stalker continued his introductions. "And, created centuries ago by the evil wizard Babadi, he was recently released to wreak havoc on earth. Don't be fooled by the pink, he's strong, and how! Weighing in at a hefty three-hundred-plus pounds, with the roundness to prove it, welcome Majin BUU!"
"Buuuuu!" Buu said as the child-like fighter came out. Buu got some applause, but it didn't quite match Cell's applause. Maybe it was because he damaged more than lives, or because they didn't know who he was, or because he was a tournament newcomer. Whatever it was though, Buu didn't seem to mind his lack of applause.
"Now, you all know the rules" Began Stalker, looking at the card he had in his hand. "You win if your opponent gives up, is knocked out of the ring or falls unconcious. No killing is allowed. If you kill your opponent you will be disqualified. Now LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD! The match will begin in three...two...one...GO!"
Cell made the first move. He lifted himself from the ground and flew straight at Buu. Buu put up his fists and threw a punch, which was too premature. It was thrown before Cell reached him, and the android fighter was able to quickly knock Buu down with a kick into the stomach. Cell flew back a few feet and shot a small Ki blast. The blast went across the ground. Buu dashed to the right to dodge the blast, landing a kick to Cell's stomach. Cell took the blow easily and responded with an elbow to the side of the head. Buu wobbled backwards from Cell's attack. Buu shook his head, and held back both elbows, his hands put into fists. He quickly brought them forward, but Cell was anticipating and pulled himself at a great speed behind Buu. Buu turned around, just as Cell grabbed Buu by the pink spike-like flap of skin on his head. Cell threw Buu into the ground and hit him with a strong knee to his flabby stomach. Buu got up, kicking in both directions. He got one kick in on Cell, then got to his feet to knock Cell to the ground with a push of his body.
Cell's face turned angry. Now the match was to become serious. He got about four feet into the air. The tournament had a flying restriction, and he was only allowed to be four feet above the ground. He flew above Buu and shot two of his Ki blasts. Buu did a short-jump, followed by an air-dodge to get away from Cell's energy attacks. Buu held out two mittened hands to shoot double blasts in a long row. Cell was hit by one and sent across the square ring. Buu gave a loud "BUU!" before flying at Cell. He landed two kicks, and a knee, which sent Cell behind him, causing Buu to miss a short barrage of punches. Cell punched forward with one hand, and executed a second one with the left. He did another one of these one-two punches followed by a sharp knuckle, extended at an angle, landing right in Buu's face. Buu fell on his back, flipping backwards. Buu wiped his mouth of a tiny trickle of blood before flying up. He flew full-strength at Cell. Cell put up two arms for a guard, but underestimated his opponent as he was launched back.
The biological android was started to become angry with his performance. It still was somewhat early into the fight, but his attacks didn't seem to harm Buu all that much and he was getting his fair share of the beating. Buu was quickly approaching, running at top speed, which actually wasn't all that fast. Cell replied with his own run, dashing towards Buu. He held up his arms and caught Buu before the pink fighter could nail an attack. He turned around and gave Buu a toss, which wasn't really strong but helped put some damage on the pink fighter as he threw him. Buu was still down, so Cell took the opportunity for a dash again. As Buu tried to get up, Cell did a running forearm that sent Buu upwards. Buu growled angrily as he was sent up. He stamped both feet downwards, which was a successful blow. Cell was launched into the ground as Buu's stomp hit him full-force. With the speed he was hit, Cell crashed right into the ring, nearly cracking it in half.
Buu waddled over to Cell and grinned childishly. "Knock knock"
"Er...who's there?" Asked Cell, who decided to go along with it, even though he hasn't so much as gotten up.
"Buu!"
"Gr...Buu who?"
"Ha ha ha! Green man crying because Buu winning! Ha ha ha!" Buu laughed.
Wincing and angry, Cell got up as the audience laughed. He nailed a fierce punch into Buu's stomach as soon as he rose to his feet. Buu gasped and doubled over. Cell finally had the right advantage. He raised one foot to kick Buu across the face, and began to hit him with lightning-fast kicks. The whole crowd was on the edge of their seat at this point, watching the battle between these two created superpowers. Buu tried to throw a punch to break Cell's rapid moves, but Cell held up his right arm to block and with a right hand sent Buu back. Cell shot two more of his Ki blasts towards Buu, one from each hand. Buu blocked both with physical punches, and procceded to nail three punches to Cell, starting to wear him down.
Cell shook his head. ~What was is this? Here I am, and I'm fighting like a novice and paying dearly for it. At this point, my fighting style could be compared to the carelessness of Guilmon or Pikachu's fighting. I need to be more strategic...I won't lose!~
Little did he know that Buu was still holding back some of his strength, reserved to surprise Cell. Buu was more clever than anyone in the stadium thought, as young as he acted. Cell raised a fist and flew fast at Buu. Buu quickly used his maximum speed to run out of the way, leaving Cell to throw a missed punch. Cell knew this was coming and took to the short air, starting to prepare an attack. Buu grinned mischeviously. Now he could shock Cell, enough to win. Cell quickly pulled himself behind Buu, but Buu used his phsyical strength now. A punch landed right in Cell's stomach. A punch that Cell had no idea would be so strong. He gave a loud gasp as he took a few steps back. Buu quickly threw a kick that knocked Cell to the ground. Buu used his full weight to slam his body onto the fallen Cell. Cell's face contorted in pain as he was shocked by such a large weight. Buu got up and kneeled, kicking hard at Cell's knocked down form.
Cell rolled on his stomach before pushing himself up with his arms. He got up and faced Buu. There wasn't much strength left in his body, so if he were to win he'd have to use his intelligence to defeat the opponent, who wasn't quite as smart. Buu came rushing towards him. Cell used his speed to now move behind Buu as he rushed forward. Buu turned around to face Cell's one-two punch combo. He quickly uppercutted Buu and flew after him, doing an upwards uppercut. Buu gave a yell out as he started to descend. He quickly went into a new form, sort of like he was sitting, and plunged like a ton of bricks down towards Cell. Cell did a dodge to move away, and Buu's attempt came up empty. Cell kept his elbow, which was held by his arm, forward. Buu moved forward, but ended up being struck by Cell's smash of the elbow. Buu's face was nearly squashed. Cell's strategy of flowing from one move to the next was working perfectly now.
He quickly flew through the air, landing a perfect kick into Buu's face, turning into a double-armed sledgehammer blow to the back. Buu had not gone very far before his head tentacle was snatched, and he was tossed by cell across the ring. Buu quickly shot an energy blast at Cell. Cell grinned and swiped his hand, knocking it away. He then halted as he looked at his hand. His hand had been scorched from the energy blast from Buu, and he had just realized it. Buu realized something also, his open window of opportunity.
Buu went all-out, and began to wave his arms in several punches. Cell was taking damage, but not as much as Buu had already taken. Cell did a rolling dodge and quickly used a headbutt into Buu's head. Buu was knocked to the ground, and hit by several airborne kicks by Cell, who had taken to the air. Over a dozen kicks, done over instantly, had sent Buu down to the ground. Buu lay worn-out on his back, panting for breath. "Buu...no...lose..."
"Too bad, Buu, you have lost" Cell held his arms back, starting to charge energy. "Ka...me..." An energy ball began to form in his hands. Buu tried to block, but he was too weak. The energy was slowly growing, and growing in power.
"That Kamehameha Wave is almost an instant win" Kagato spoke from the main lounge. He was sitting with Mewtwo, Harry and Vicious.
"Buu could simply stop him with one punch, but it seems he is too worn-out to even get up" Mewtwo added telepathically. Both Harry and Vicious were still watching the fight carefully.
"Ha...meeee..." The ball was nearly the size of Buu now. Buu was getting to his feet. He had one last chance. The pink fighter raised his fist and ran as fast as he could pull himself towards Cell. He threw the punch, but it connected at the same time Cell used his attack. "HAAA!"
Buu gave one last yell as he was launched right from the ring. His body was softened too much from the fight and he couldn't pull himself back with flying or a specialty technique, like most of the others would. He landed outside the ring.
The crowd began to cheer loudly. "That's it for this match! Here is your winner...CELL!" Stalker announced to the crowd, who began cheering madly for the figher.
Cell crossed his arms and grinned. "Was there ever a DOUBT?!" He called out the crowd, who continued to cheer for him.
Sailor Moon crossed her arms. "Hmph. I was hoping that Cell would lose"
"That pink tub of crap didn't deserve to win anyway" Spike said. "He sucked big time"
"Maybe you're right about that..." Sailor Moon sighed. "But I still don't like Cell"
"What do you know, Cell's better than we thought he would be" Goku commented. "I see now why he went so far in the last tournament"
"Kakarot, you're pathetic" Vegeta simply commented.
"Buu...no lose" Buu closed his eyes and fell unconcious, now knowing that he lost the fight.
Cell stood proud of his first round victory. He hoped it was first of more than one to come. However, a new fight was about to start. And back in the main lounge, Yugi Mouto and Mewtwo faced each other, prepared for their fight.
~It shall be no trouble for me to wipe him out...~ Were Mewtwo's thoughts.
~I can't lose...~ Yugi clenched his deck of Duel Monsters cards and Millenium Puzzle both close. ~ Not as long as I have these~
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Preview of Next Chapter
Next chapter, round one continues with the second battle, when Yugi faces Mewtwo. It seems to be a one-sided match, but Yugi is seen as a serious threat to Mewtwo once his true power is revealed. Goku, Gene, Tenchi, Sailor Moon, Spike, Guilmon, Hamtaro and Pikachu head to the gym for some training before their matches. And Inu-Yasha decides to speak with some of the other fighters.
Next Chapter: Heart and Mind