Chapter 2 - The Elimination Round
"Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Elimination Round of the World Martial Arts Tournament!"
"Elimination Round? Sanzo, what's an Elimination Round? Is it tasty?" asked a bewildered Goku.
"You stupid monkey!" WACK shouted Sanzo.
The announcer continued, "Please step up to the box when your name is called and pull out a number to show which block you will be fighting in."
Now even more confused, Goku cried, "Sanzo, I don't want to be put into a block! What if it's stone? We're all gonna die before we can even fight!"
Sanzo and Gojyo just sighed and mumbled, "Baka" as Hakkai said in his usual cheery voice, "At least Goku can tell when a situation can be deadly." (A/N: Poor Hakkai…always doing pathetic attempts to try to lighten the situation…)
"Alright, the first person to draw a number," began the announcer, "Will be Vegeta" (A/N: Yes yes, I know he doesn't come until DBZ, but this is kid Vegeta and he's just visiting for the Tournament)
The teenage boy walked up to the box and pulled out the number 7. The announcer continued, "Sha Gojyo."
Gojyo pulled out the number 24, and then "Genjo Sanzo" was called. After he received 92, "Cho Hakkai" pulled out the number 68.
"Son Goku" was the next name. As Goku began to approach the box, a little boy wearing a bright orange gi and a stick on his back, not to mention the tail sticking out of his ass, ran past him and pulled out number 176.
The announcer looked back down at the list and froze. Goku was looking around, absolutely confused, not to mention angry, and before he could start to complain to Sanzo, the blonde-haired announcer said, very slowly, "Son…Goku?"
Having a thick head, Goku just smiled and picked up the number 135. As Goku walked back to Sanzo, he heard "Krillin" (A/N: I don't know his last name :P ) called, and he received number 111.
Gojyo smiled as Goku reached them and, putting an arm around his neck, Gojyo said, "Oy, monkey! Someone else has your name, but he actually has a tail! You jealous?"
Goku was quiet for a moment. They heard that "Lunch" was given number 49 before Goku looked up. His face was so serious and filled with concern, that even Sanzo was curious as to what he needed to say. "Sanzo, I'm hungry! Do we have any fo--"
Sanzo yelled, "SHUT UP!" as he hit him on the head with his fan.
When the sorting was finished, the announcer stood atop an arena and shouted, "Attention all participants of this year's World Martial Arts Tournament! As a request from Fortune Teller Baba, weapons will be allowed in the tournament! She says that it will 'spice' things up a bit. Don't get too excited you crazy, blood-thirsty, mad men! Killing is still against the rules and will result in disqualification and jail time. After the elimination round, there will be eight people proceeding to the next round. Four people will then move on to the semi-finals, and then the best two will fight in the final round!"
"What?" asked Goku.
"Jeez, Goku. It's the same as last time," said Krillin. "Come on let's go watch the fights."
"Oh no, not fighting. Why am I here? Ohhh! Are we going to go on a picnic?" asked the blue-haired Lunch. Krillin sighed, gulped, then shook a feather underneath her nose.
"Hell yeah, bitch! Let's kick some ass!" yelled the insane, blonde Lunch, guns ablaze.
The elimination round sped by and the participants who were to proceed to the next round were Son Goku, Sha Gojyo, Cho Hakkai, Genjo Sanzo, Son Goku, Lunch, Krillin, and Vegeta…how convenient…
A/N: OK, so it wasn't long :P sorry, but I was getting kinda bored. Next chapter will be better cuz it's where the fighting begins!!!!! Yeah, I know it's kinda weird that Lunch is fighting…but I needed her to…for my mass plan……