[A/N: As best as I can remember the Jap version of the show never gave Mr. Satan a first name, and from what I've seen of the English version they never give Hercule a last name. So obviously his name is Hercule Satan. What? It's not? Tough, it is here. I use them interchangeably. Deal with it :p)
Chapter Seven - Ready, Set, FIGHT!
Da'kar started to move to the side but Trunks reached him to fast and slammed a fist into his face sending him sailing backwards. As he began to follow Da'kar suddenly stopped and pounded Trunks in the face with a spinning kick. Flying in the two began to trade blows up close. For a moment it seemed as though Trunks had the upper hand but then Da'kar's red aura flared to life around him and the tables began to turn.
They broke off in mid-air, backed up a few yards, then charged at each other. Trunks went up while Da'kar dove down. While the two were directly under or over the other they each fired an energy wave. The waves collided with each other and exploded flinging the two apart.
Again they dove into each other matching each other blow for blow. Suddenly Trunks landed a hard elbow on Da'kar's head smashing him into the ring. He dove down and threw his fist, but missed Da'kar hitting only the ring floor. Trunks spun around to find his opponent only to be meet with an energy wave to the face. Trunks hit the ring floor hard but bounced right back up.
His arms lanced out to his side, then forward with little warning. "Final Flash!" he cried. The golden energy stream surged toward Da'kar who didn't quite dodge fast enough and was clipped on the left shoulder. The young red head hit the ground and grabbed his injured shoulder.
"Nice." Da'kar smiled. "But still not good enough." Red lightning crackled around Da'kar and it quickly became obvious he was powering up. His red aura flared larger and brighter, the up draft of energy caused his hair to flap up giving him the same look as his brother. His muscles began to slowly build in size.
"Amazing." Gohan breathed. "How is it possible that he's that strong?"
I scream erupted suddenly from Da'kar, his aura pulsed and then flared blindingly bright. When the light died Da'kar was a full three inches taller. Suddenly he charged forward again. And then they were at it again. The two young warriors flew back and forth across the ring trading blows. Da'kar landed a hard right jab into the young Sai-jin's stomach, then a kick to the chest followed by a head butt.
As Trunks was knocked away Da'kar thrust his right palm forward and placed his left hand around his wrist as a brace. Small rivulets of red energy flowed down to the center of his hand as Trunks recovered and noticed the building attack. The Sai-jin quickly began to charge another Final Flash.
Finally a small red ball of energy floated before Da'kar's hand. "It was fun while it lasted Trunks." he called. "Flaming Fury!" A red stream of energy surged forth from Da'kar.
"Final Flash!"
The two attacks smashed into each other dead center between the fighters. The two began to pour all of their power, everything they had, into their attack. The winner of this stand-off would take the match and they both new it. A moment later there was an explosion which shook the entire arena. When the dust settled the Z fighters couldn't believe it. Da'kar was at the very edge of the ring, obviously pushed back by the force of the explosion, just barely still standing. Trunks however was down and outside of the ring, and he wasn't a super Sai-jin any more.
"Wow." Goku said as they turned to walk down. The adult division drawing would start soon so they had to go down for it. "He's really strong for a kid. You said his brothers in the tournament too Gohan?"
"Yeah. Videl and I watched him at the punching machine. He scored the highest, a 165 I think it was. Not that that's really telling of how close he is to us. Who knows how much he held back."
Goku nodded as they rounded the corner. "Ever see him fight?"
"No. He just started. Like a week before I started to train. He never talked much, and it never looked like he was paying attention in class. I only knew about his brother because I saw them together everyday after school. They always walked home together."
As Goku and the others rounded a corner two figures emerged from the building. Gohan recognized them from earlier at the strength test. The short purple guy smiled and floated over to Goku. "Ah, so you must be Goku." He said. "We haven't met but I've heard a lot about you." He reached out a hand.
Goku stared at him for a second, then felt a sudden blip of energy which faded as fast as it came. Cautiously he reached out a hand and shook the others. "Who are you?" he asked as they released hands.
"For now that does not matter." He said. "I look forward to seeing you fight." With that he turned and left with the tall red man in tow.
"Strange." Krillin said.
"Yeah, but did you feel that energy?" Gohan asked.
Trunks nodded as Piccolo took a step forward. "I know that energy from somewhere." He said softly…
Now Goku and the others were gathered at the back of the building for the drawing. None of them could believe the match between Trunks and Da'kar. Neither Gohan or Videl could keep their eyes off of Hiroshi as they waited for the drawing to begin.
"All right." The announcer said walking up to the drawing box. "It looks like everyone is here. Let's start the drawing. Mr. Satan asked me to draw for him, so we'll begin there." The announcer stepped up to the box and reached in. "And Hercule is number, 16.
"okay, next up is Goku." Goku walked up and reached in. "Number 3! Next is Krillin... Number 1!" One by one he called the competitors up to draw their number. Once it was all said and done they posted the match-ups on the board in the ring.
"Can you see Bulma?" Chi-Chi asked. "Who's up against who?"
"I can't tell from back here. They'll probably announce it though..." As she said that the announcer walked out into the ring.
"Ladies and gentlemen! In a few moments the adult division of the tournament shall begin!" This got a chorus of cheers from the crowd. "Here's the line up for the tournament, and it looks interesting! Match one is Krillin Vs. Matrix! Round two, Goku Vs. 18! Round three is Kibeto Vs. Vegeta! Round four we have Mainframe Vs. Shin!"
Goku glanced over at the purple guy and the red one. "Shin and Kibeto… I wonder who they are?" he thought.
The announcer continued. "For round Five it's Trunks Vs. Yamu! For round six it's Piccolo Vs. The Great Saiyaman! In round seven it's Videl Vs. Spoppovitch! And finally for round eight it's Hiroshi Vs. Hercule!"
The crowd erupted into cheers yet again. "The first match will begin shortly. However we have a special surprise for all of you first! A special re-enactment of the end of the Cell Games! Finally we'll all get to see what happened!"
As the blimp floated down out of the sky Krillin sat down just inside the main building and looked up to watch. "This should be good." he said. "I wonder how badly they butchered it?"
"Yeah I know." Goku laughed as he too sat down. Videl looked at the two of them for a minute trying to figure out what they were talking about. She looked up when the video screen crackled and came to life. Dust swirled across the screen and slowly revealed a group of people. "Wha!" Goku cried seeing the badly made costumes of himself and the others.
Trunks blinked as he stared up at it. "Is that suppose to look like us?" he asked in disbelief.
"Well, at least they kinda got Cell right anyway." Krillin said frowning.
"We will beat you now!" the costume Goku said in a cheesy voice.
"No." the fake Cell replied. "You will never defeat me. Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
Krillin groaned as the two figures were lifted off the ground by visible strings and poorly faked a fight. The video jumped ahead and all the fake Z fighters were laying on the ground.
"Ha, ha, ha! Now you see! I win and now I shall destroy the Earth! Ha, ha, ha!"
"Not so fast!" a cheesy but close impersonation of Hercule declared. The camera turned and the Hercule costume walked up.
"Well, they got his expression right at least." Gohan said laughing.
Back on the screen the fake Hercule had just done some kind of taunt. "You dare mock Cell!" the phony Cell demanded. "Here, take my monster death rays!" It showed his foot touch a button and two spears shoot up out of the ground.
"Foolish Cell! I will not be tricked by your, uh, tricks! Your foolish tricks are stupid and, uh, foolish!" The costume Hercule reached out and broke the spears.
"Ugh, no more." Krillin said getting up. "How pathetic can you get?" he said shaking his head. Goku and Gohan laughed as the video ended and the announcer re-emerged.
"Copies of that video are on sale at the gift shop for only $19.99! You can also buy a replica of the Hercule or Cell costume for only $9.99! Buy all three and pay only $25.00! Supplies are limited so get them now!" Again the crowd cheered.
"Alright! It's time for what you've all been waiting for! The first match of the Adult Division World Martial Arts Tournament! Would Krillin and Matrix please report to the ring for your match! Let's get round one under way!"
Chapter Seven - Ready, Set, FIGHT!
Da'kar started to move to the side but Trunks reached him to fast and slammed a fist into his face sending him sailing backwards. As he began to follow Da'kar suddenly stopped and pounded Trunks in the face with a spinning kick. Flying in the two began to trade blows up close. For a moment it seemed as though Trunks had the upper hand but then Da'kar's red aura flared to life around him and the tables began to turn.
They broke off in mid-air, backed up a few yards, then charged at each other. Trunks went up while Da'kar dove down. While the two were directly under or over the other they each fired an energy wave. The waves collided with each other and exploded flinging the two apart.
Again they dove into each other matching each other blow for blow. Suddenly Trunks landed a hard elbow on Da'kar's head smashing him into the ring. He dove down and threw his fist, but missed Da'kar hitting only the ring floor. Trunks spun around to find his opponent only to be meet with an energy wave to the face. Trunks hit the ring floor hard but bounced right back up.
His arms lanced out to his side, then forward with little warning. "Final Flash!" he cried. The golden energy stream surged toward Da'kar who didn't quite dodge fast enough and was clipped on the left shoulder. The young red head hit the ground and grabbed his injured shoulder.
"Nice." Da'kar smiled. "But still not good enough." Red lightning crackled around Da'kar and it quickly became obvious he was powering up. His red aura flared larger and brighter, the up draft of energy caused his hair to flap up giving him the same look as his brother. His muscles began to slowly build in size.
"Amazing." Gohan breathed. "How is it possible that he's that strong?"
I scream erupted suddenly from Da'kar, his aura pulsed and then flared blindingly bright. When the light died Da'kar was a full three inches taller. Suddenly he charged forward again. And then they were at it again. The two young warriors flew back and forth across the ring trading blows. Da'kar landed a hard right jab into the young Sai-jin's stomach, then a kick to the chest followed by a head butt.
As Trunks was knocked away Da'kar thrust his right palm forward and placed his left hand around his wrist as a brace. Small rivulets of red energy flowed down to the center of his hand as Trunks recovered and noticed the building attack. The Sai-jin quickly began to charge another Final Flash.
Finally a small red ball of energy floated before Da'kar's hand. "It was fun while it lasted Trunks." he called. "Flaming Fury!" A red stream of energy surged forth from Da'kar.
"Final Flash!"
The two attacks smashed into each other dead center between the fighters. The two began to pour all of their power, everything they had, into their attack. The winner of this stand-off would take the match and they both new it. A moment later there was an explosion which shook the entire arena. When the dust settled the Z fighters couldn't believe it. Da'kar was at the very edge of the ring, obviously pushed back by the force of the explosion, just barely still standing. Trunks however was down and outside of the ring, and he wasn't a super Sai-jin any more.
"Wow." Goku said as they turned to walk down. The adult division drawing would start soon so they had to go down for it. "He's really strong for a kid. You said his brothers in the tournament too Gohan?"
"Yeah. Videl and I watched him at the punching machine. He scored the highest, a 165 I think it was. Not that that's really telling of how close he is to us. Who knows how much he held back."
Goku nodded as they rounded the corner. "Ever see him fight?"
"No. He just started. Like a week before I started to train. He never talked much, and it never looked like he was paying attention in class. I only knew about his brother because I saw them together everyday after school. They always walked home together."
As Goku and the others rounded a corner two figures emerged from the building. Gohan recognized them from earlier at the strength test. The short purple guy smiled and floated over to Goku. "Ah, so you must be Goku." He said. "We haven't met but I've heard a lot about you." He reached out a hand.
Goku stared at him for a second, then felt a sudden blip of energy which faded as fast as it came. Cautiously he reached out a hand and shook the others. "Who are you?" he asked as they released hands.
"For now that does not matter." He said. "I look forward to seeing you fight." With that he turned and left with the tall red man in tow.
"Strange." Krillin said.
"Yeah, but did you feel that energy?" Gohan asked.
Trunks nodded as Piccolo took a step forward. "I know that energy from somewhere." He said softly…
Now Goku and the others were gathered at the back of the building for the drawing. None of them could believe the match between Trunks and Da'kar. Neither Gohan or Videl could keep their eyes off of Hiroshi as they waited for the drawing to begin.
"All right." The announcer said walking up to the drawing box. "It looks like everyone is here. Let's start the drawing. Mr. Satan asked me to draw for him, so we'll begin there." The announcer stepped up to the box and reached in. "And Hercule is number, 16.
"okay, next up is Goku." Goku walked up and reached in. "Number 3! Next is Krillin... Number 1!" One by one he called the competitors up to draw their number. Once it was all said and done they posted the match-ups on the board in the ring.
"Can you see Bulma?" Chi-Chi asked. "Who's up against who?"
"I can't tell from back here. They'll probably announce it though..." As she said that the announcer walked out into the ring.
"Ladies and gentlemen! In a few moments the adult division of the tournament shall begin!" This got a chorus of cheers from the crowd. "Here's the line up for the tournament, and it looks interesting! Match one is Krillin Vs. Matrix! Round two, Goku Vs. 18! Round three is Kibeto Vs. Vegeta! Round four we have Mainframe Vs. Shin!"
Goku glanced over at the purple guy and the red one. "Shin and Kibeto… I wonder who they are?" he thought.
The announcer continued. "For round Five it's Trunks Vs. Yamu! For round six it's Piccolo Vs. The Great Saiyaman! In round seven it's Videl Vs. Spoppovitch! And finally for round eight it's Hiroshi Vs. Hercule!"
The crowd erupted into cheers yet again. "The first match will begin shortly. However we have a special surprise for all of you first! A special re-enactment of the end of the Cell Games! Finally we'll all get to see what happened!"
As the blimp floated down out of the sky Krillin sat down just inside the main building and looked up to watch. "This should be good." he said. "I wonder how badly they butchered it?"
"Yeah I know." Goku laughed as he too sat down. Videl looked at the two of them for a minute trying to figure out what they were talking about. She looked up when the video screen crackled and came to life. Dust swirled across the screen and slowly revealed a group of people. "Wha!" Goku cried seeing the badly made costumes of himself and the others.
Trunks blinked as he stared up at it. "Is that suppose to look like us?" he asked in disbelief.
"Well, at least they kinda got Cell right anyway." Krillin said frowning.
"We will beat you now!" the costume Goku said in a cheesy voice.
"No." the fake Cell replied. "You will never defeat me. Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
Krillin groaned as the two figures were lifted off the ground by visible strings and poorly faked a fight. The video jumped ahead and all the fake Z fighters were laying on the ground.
"Ha, ha, ha! Now you see! I win and now I shall destroy the Earth! Ha, ha, ha!"
"Not so fast!" a cheesy but close impersonation of Hercule declared. The camera turned and the Hercule costume walked up.
"Well, they got his expression right at least." Gohan said laughing.
Back on the screen the fake Hercule had just done some kind of taunt. "You dare mock Cell!" the phony Cell demanded. "Here, take my monster death rays!" It showed his foot touch a button and two spears shoot up out of the ground.
"Foolish Cell! I will not be tricked by your, uh, tricks! Your foolish tricks are stupid and, uh, foolish!" The costume Hercule reached out and broke the spears.
"Ugh, no more." Krillin said getting up. "How pathetic can you get?" he said shaking his head. Goku and Gohan laughed as the video ended and the announcer re-emerged.
"Copies of that video are on sale at the gift shop for only $19.99! You can also buy a replica of the Hercule or Cell costume for only $9.99! Buy all three and pay only $25.00! Supplies are limited so get them now!" Again the crowd cheered.
"Alright! It's time for what you've all been waiting for! The first match of the Adult Division World Martial Arts Tournament! Would Krillin and Matrix please report to the ring for your match! Let's get round one under way!"