Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or the characters. Jade is my character though.



CHAPTER 2: TENKAICHI BUDOKAI

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"Bulma!!!!" The blue-haired girl looked up to where the cheery child's voice came from.

"Goku!!! Hi!!! Now that's some time ago, how's it been? How was it at master Roshi's house?"

Goku grinned "Very good!! I'm a lot stronger now!"

"That's just great! Who's your friend?"

Krillin looked a bit shy. "Oh, this is my friend Krillin! He trained together with me at Roshi's. We're both gonna participate in the tournament!"

"Cool! We're here because Yamcha wanted to compete as well. Well, good luck, you guys! Hopefully that wish will come true."

Krillin arched a brow "Wish?"

Bulma nodded. "I just saw a falling star, so I wished that one of you guys would win the..."

"Hey, if you tell a wish, it won't come true, Bulma." A young girl next to Bulma, with long, light brown hair and shiny green eyes; she wore a light red t-shirt and dark blue jeans.

"Who are you?" asked Goku curiously.

"Oh, hi! I'm Jade."

"She's one of my best friends in the city. We are in the same class and so." said Bulma.

Jade smiled "You're right, Bulma, what a cute kid!"

Goku grinned again and rubbed the back of his head "heh heh, thanks..." His monkey-tail twitched some nervously behind him. "

How odd... I never saw a kid with a tail.."

A voice crackled through a loudspeaker "All contestants, please gather in the main building. We will start soon."

"That's our call! Let's go, Goku! I'm gonna be there first!!" said Krillin, looking back to his friend while already running towards the arena.

"You'd wish!!" and Goku ran quickly after him.

"Well, I have to admit he's a bit odd... You should know what happened when we last met. You'd almost say he's not human." said Bulma turning back to Jade.

"What happened then?"

"Something REALLY weird... perhaps I'll tell you later, but let's go and get some good spot! I don't want to miss a bit!"

"Yeah!" yelled Puar.

The young warrior cursed some while walking towards the city. "How the hell am I gonna find him here... The computer didn't find any special high power level, and if I'd use my scouter, Frieza will soon find out... stupid radio thing." He left his space pod behind on the place he landed, a lonely canyon, just perfect.

Just as he got out, he noticed to his big surprise that the creatures on this planet were still alive, Kakarotto didn't complete his mission. Raditz couldn't help but sigh a bit relieved. He was probably going to stay long on this planet, and living on a dead planet wasn't really a pleasant idea for the Saiyan.

Now his biggest problem was, how to find Kakarotto? (A/N there are different ways to write it, but I prefer the Japanese name) As he saw the large city up ahead, he decided to take his chance there.

Luckily for him, the Saiyan's features were almost perfectly human. Raditz didn't want too much attention just yet. He didn't go through the streets totally unnoticed though, as most people found his armour, gravity-defying long hair and of course his lashing tail rather odd. Raditz got soon bothered by these gazes and wrapped his tail around his waist. It just looked like a bit weird fuzzy belt.

He walked through several streets, saw a lot of humans, but no Kakarotto. "Kuso... and who says he's in this city anyways.." Then his eyes fell upon something intriguing: on the wall of some building hang a huge poster of something called 'World Martial Arts Tournament' Raditz walked closer and read the message on the poster.

"Once every five years, and now today in the Martial Arts stadium!!! Watch as the eight finalists fight it out to prove who is the best fighter in the world! Or fight yourself! Be quick to participate..." The rest Raditz didn't bother to read.

"A world tournament by those weaklings... this should be good. Hm... as a Saiyan, Kakarotto could never resist such a challenge, even if he would be a weakling. Maybe he is there..." Raditz smirked "Maybe I should participate in the humans' game as well..."

He looked to the address mentioned on the poster. "I just passed that... so that's why all those humans were gathered around there." He nodded to himself and started walking towards the stadium.

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Much thanks to the people who reviewed my story ^^

By the way, Chikyuu-sei wasn't a made up name, but it's Japanese for Earth (-sei means planet, like Vegeta-sei and like -jin refers to a race, e.g. Saiya-jin or Saiyan)

Tenkaichi Budokai, the chapter's title means World Martial Arts Tournament (check the playstation games)

And Jade is a character inspired by my best friend Mike.