Chapter 8: Tournaments and Troubles
"Hello and welcome one and all to the Tenkaichi Budoukai!" The over- enthusiastic announcer boomed and the crowd went into an uproar. "Well then let's get this party started! We'll first start with the Junior Division which this year only has five entrants! In light of this they have decided to have one all out free for all battle with the last legal entrant being the winner!" The crowd roared once again.
"So let's meet our competitors!" Five children stepped up into the ring. All had black hair but one had reddish streaks and two were very tall for their supposed age. "Now then we have the twin Starfire and Parago who just turned 10! Goodness you two are tall! This is their first Tournament folks."
"Parago..." Vegeta muttered.
"Right here we have Mailis. Mailis is nine and this is his first tournament as well. And next to him we have Yarro who will be 14 next month and this is also his first tournament." He addressed the tallest.
"These kids names keep getting weirder and weider." Gohan commented cocking an eyebrow.
"And this vibrant beauty is Vikki who rings in at age nine. And is competing for the first time! On a side note both of her parents are competing in the Adult Division today!" The announcer stepped aside. "Now you've all been briefed on the rules so let the fight begin!" The Five stood there staring each other down before four of them lunged at each other and one sprung into the air avoiding the collision. She flipped out of the way and walked off to the side of the platform. As she did so she caught Vegeta's eyes with hers and flashed him a smirk that looked shockingly familiar.
The other four slowly split into two distinct fights and everyone was in awe of their speed including the Z fighters. "They must have had a really good trainer!" Gohan gasped watching in awe.
"Baka, there's obviously more to those kids than we realize." Vegeta hissed.
"I don't know it's not like they're flying or any...thing..." He ate his words as the two fights started levitating off the platform slowly. Everyone gawked but Vegeta who looked on warily.
"It's not the four fighting that worry me the most... It's that one that's not..." He watched Vikki walk towards the center of the platform all the while smirking. She stood there staring Vegeta down a moment when Parago slammed into the platform and Yarro came in pursuit. A moment later Mailis dropped back down on the platform and Starfire came in pursuit. With all of them back on the platform a distinct glint came across Vikki's eyes as she dropped into stance never taking her eyes off of Vegeta. Three energy waves shot in al directions from her knocking the four down and away. In one fluid movement Vikki baseball slide Yarro off the platform and into the ground and grabbed Parago and slammed him into the ground at the same time. She then burst forward and sent two small balls of key flying that wer eweak but caught the other two off guard enough for them to be slide back. With one kick she sent Mailis into Starfire and with one more small ki ball she sent them both flying into the wall.
"Well... It appears we have a winner..." The announcer gawked walking over to Vikki who was standing in the center again.
"Wait a second you cheated! We all agreed no ki!" Parago whined crawling back up on to the platform.
"I didn't agree to anything." Vikki smirked and went to shake the annoucer's hand at the last second she shoved him away as a golden streak flew towards them. A second later two golden-haired chibis stood there. Vikki had Parago in a head lock. "Stupid BAKA! You could have hurt that innocent bystander!" Vikki lectured. "You really need to learn to control your temper and your transformations better." She let him go and he looked at her a bit wounded.
"You're right..." He walked over to the announcer. "I'm sorry Sir..." He stuck his hand out to shake.
"It's quiet all right young man. I put myself in harm's way at every tournament and I'm still not quite sure why..." He took the boy's hand and shook it then fluffed his already spikey hair. "Now then here is your 50,000 zeni prize Miss Vikki!" He beamed walking over to her.
"Give it to some worth charity." She replied walking off and detransforming. "And by the way my name isn't Vikki. It's Vega..." Vegeta dashed out and grabbed her.
"What did you say your name was?" His eyes were wild as he looked at her.
"My name is Vega..." She repeated. "Nice to meet you Grandpa..." Her tough façade faded and there was the girlish face he had seen years before when he fought Daricus. She suddenly transformed and sent a ki ball flying up into the air which met another and exploded. "There's a reason why we're here. And they're it..." They both looked up at five grotesquely oversized Archesaiya. Five people floated up from the crowd and bright glowing auras erupted from them as they shot forward and met in combat with the others. Two more rushed out from the building behind Vegeta and ripped off clothes to reveal definitely alien attire and golden auras erupted from them as they took to the sky.
"WOO HOO! A real fight!" Parago beamed charging up his aura. Starfire stood next to him and transformed and the pair took off to battle. Mailis looked at Yarro and shrugged as they too transformed and took to the air.
"What's going on?" Vegeta fumed looking at her again.
"Your people need you Grandpa..." Vega uttered as she floated up. "Let's take this battle to a less populated area!" She yelled and four of the fighters stopped she floated forward and grabbed one of the invaders. A moment later they all disappeared.
"Come on boys!" He called to Gohan, Goten, Bardock, and Uubu. "We've got something more interesting to do..." He smirked and took to the air. The four nodded and took off after him.
"Why does this always seem to happen anymore? Someone either leaves or something gets blown up and we never get to finish the tournament..." The announcer sighed as he sat down on the edge of the platform.
"I'll put it to you this way, sometimes not finishing something you start is better than seeing the results." 18 commented as she and Krillin walked by with Marron. He blinked a few times as he debated if he wanted to know what she meant. After remembering past Budoukai's he decided she was right.
"Why does this always have to happen to me?!" Chichi lamented. "Why does something bad have to happen and one of MY boys has to RISK HIS LIFE to save everything?!"
"Oh shut up Chichi..." Bulma muttered. "Your BOYS are old enough to take care of themselves you know and besides MY boy and a lot of help went with them so stop blubbering!" Chichi looked at her surprised before turning away and fiddling with her dress. Bulma just beamed over her triumph.
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"It's been awhile since we had a good work out like this hasn't it Naros?" Kaykora beamed as she planted a bunch on the possessed Archesaiya.
"Yeah and this is Vega's first real fight. Having fun over there Sweetie?" He looked at Vega who with the help of the other chibis was giving one invading Archesaiya male a good work out.
"Tons Dad." She replied dodging a punch and planting one of her own. Frustrated the Archesaiya grabbed her by the neck and refused to let go. The chibis started pelting him in terror but couldn't get him to release her. In a flash gold there was a horrid cracking sound and he wailed in pain releasing her and she fell to the ground. A second later Vegeta appeared holding her unconscious under one arm.
"Move." He ordered the chibis and they floated aside. He held up his hand a prepared a Big Bang to finish off the menace. The attack shot forward but was deflected by an eerie blue power. When they smoke faded Starfire floated in front of Archesaiya with a look of intense anger.
"You can't just blow them up! They're our people too! It's just what's inside them, controlling them that's evil!" She fumed and another eerie blue light shot out of her blinding everyone. The red lines above the eyes of the Archesaiya started faded and they looked more and more confused.
"The healer... Zani uttered and Bardock nodded in agreement.
"What?" Vegeta snapped.
"Her mother is Pallas and Pallas's role among the Chosen was the Healer..." Bardock explained smiling.
"How do you know all this?" Vegeta asked shifting Vega to both arms. Bardock simply pointed to his head. "You still have visions?"
"Well I have been lately." Bardock replied and it looked like he was going to say more but was interrupted by Parago.
"Look another ship! I bet it's my Mom!" He beamed pointing as a tiny sparkle appeared in the sky. Starfire squinted.
"That's not a ship from our planet..." She replied a bit worried.
"Then come on..." Vegeta groaned. "Let's get this over with..." He subconsciously clutched Vega closer and tighter as he shot off towards where the ship was set to land. Everyone followed in a big pack including the still confuse Archesaiya. Vega came to on the way.
"Grandpa?" She muttered looking up at him.
"Not now kid I'll put you down when we land." He half snapped.
"Where are we going?"
"The fight more possessed, mindless idiots..." He grumbled and looked down at her. She had an expectant smile on her face that screamed "Let me at 'em! Let me at 'em!" Vegeta couldn't help but smirk with pride. "You did well in the tournament today."
"Thank-you Grandpa." She simply replied. "I wanted to impress you... Momma said you're on of the strongest fighters in the universe and you're the one I should try to be like." Vegeta looked at her oddly a minute.
"Be like me? Why not her or Naros..." He thought to himself. "Well I'm... proud of you..." He muttered looking up again.
"I'm proud of you too... For letting me go..." Again Vegeta looked at her funny but wasn't about to press for an answer. They were to close to the battlefield.
"Hello and welcome one and all to the Tenkaichi Budoukai!" The over- enthusiastic announcer boomed and the crowd went into an uproar. "Well then let's get this party started! We'll first start with the Junior Division which this year only has five entrants! In light of this they have decided to have one all out free for all battle with the last legal entrant being the winner!" The crowd roared once again.
"So let's meet our competitors!" Five children stepped up into the ring. All had black hair but one had reddish streaks and two were very tall for their supposed age. "Now then we have the twin Starfire and Parago who just turned 10! Goodness you two are tall! This is their first Tournament folks."
"Parago..." Vegeta muttered.
"Right here we have Mailis. Mailis is nine and this is his first tournament as well. And next to him we have Yarro who will be 14 next month and this is also his first tournament." He addressed the tallest.
"These kids names keep getting weirder and weider." Gohan commented cocking an eyebrow.
"And this vibrant beauty is Vikki who rings in at age nine. And is competing for the first time! On a side note both of her parents are competing in the Adult Division today!" The announcer stepped aside. "Now you've all been briefed on the rules so let the fight begin!" The Five stood there staring each other down before four of them lunged at each other and one sprung into the air avoiding the collision. She flipped out of the way and walked off to the side of the platform. As she did so she caught Vegeta's eyes with hers and flashed him a smirk that looked shockingly familiar.
The other four slowly split into two distinct fights and everyone was in awe of their speed including the Z fighters. "They must have had a really good trainer!" Gohan gasped watching in awe.
"Baka, there's obviously more to those kids than we realize." Vegeta hissed.
"I don't know it's not like they're flying or any...thing..." He ate his words as the two fights started levitating off the platform slowly. Everyone gawked but Vegeta who looked on warily.
"It's not the four fighting that worry me the most... It's that one that's not..." He watched Vikki walk towards the center of the platform all the while smirking. She stood there staring Vegeta down a moment when Parago slammed into the platform and Yarro came in pursuit. A moment later Mailis dropped back down on the platform and Starfire came in pursuit. With all of them back on the platform a distinct glint came across Vikki's eyes as she dropped into stance never taking her eyes off of Vegeta. Three energy waves shot in al directions from her knocking the four down and away. In one fluid movement Vikki baseball slide Yarro off the platform and into the ground and grabbed Parago and slammed him into the ground at the same time. She then burst forward and sent two small balls of key flying that wer eweak but caught the other two off guard enough for them to be slide back. With one kick she sent Mailis into Starfire and with one more small ki ball she sent them both flying into the wall.
"Well... It appears we have a winner..." The announcer gawked walking over to Vikki who was standing in the center again.
"Wait a second you cheated! We all agreed no ki!" Parago whined crawling back up on to the platform.
"I didn't agree to anything." Vikki smirked and went to shake the annoucer's hand at the last second she shoved him away as a golden streak flew towards them. A second later two golden-haired chibis stood there. Vikki had Parago in a head lock. "Stupid BAKA! You could have hurt that innocent bystander!" Vikki lectured. "You really need to learn to control your temper and your transformations better." She let him go and he looked at her a bit wounded.
"You're right..." He walked over to the announcer. "I'm sorry Sir..." He stuck his hand out to shake.
"It's quiet all right young man. I put myself in harm's way at every tournament and I'm still not quite sure why..." He took the boy's hand and shook it then fluffed his already spikey hair. "Now then here is your 50,000 zeni prize Miss Vikki!" He beamed walking over to her.
"Give it to some worth charity." She replied walking off and detransforming. "And by the way my name isn't Vikki. It's Vega..." Vegeta dashed out and grabbed her.
"What did you say your name was?" His eyes were wild as he looked at her.
"My name is Vega..." She repeated. "Nice to meet you Grandpa..." Her tough façade faded and there was the girlish face he had seen years before when he fought Daricus. She suddenly transformed and sent a ki ball flying up into the air which met another and exploded. "There's a reason why we're here. And they're it..." They both looked up at five grotesquely oversized Archesaiya. Five people floated up from the crowd and bright glowing auras erupted from them as they shot forward and met in combat with the others. Two more rushed out from the building behind Vegeta and ripped off clothes to reveal definitely alien attire and golden auras erupted from them as they took to the sky.
"WOO HOO! A real fight!" Parago beamed charging up his aura. Starfire stood next to him and transformed and the pair took off to battle. Mailis looked at Yarro and shrugged as they too transformed and took to the air.
"What's going on?" Vegeta fumed looking at her again.
"Your people need you Grandpa..." Vega uttered as she floated up. "Let's take this battle to a less populated area!" She yelled and four of the fighters stopped she floated forward and grabbed one of the invaders. A moment later they all disappeared.
"Come on boys!" He called to Gohan, Goten, Bardock, and Uubu. "We've got something more interesting to do..." He smirked and took to the air. The four nodded and took off after him.
"Why does this always seem to happen anymore? Someone either leaves or something gets blown up and we never get to finish the tournament..." The announcer sighed as he sat down on the edge of the platform.
"I'll put it to you this way, sometimes not finishing something you start is better than seeing the results." 18 commented as she and Krillin walked by with Marron. He blinked a few times as he debated if he wanted to know what she meant. After remembering past Budoukai's he decided she was right.
"Why does this always have to happen to me?!" Chichi lamented. "Why does something bad have to happen and one of MY boys has to RISK HIS LIFE to save everything?!"
"Oh shut up Chichi..." Bulma muttered. "Your BOYS are old enough to take care of themselves you know and besides MY boy and a lot of help went with them so stop blubbering!" Chichi looked at her surprised before turning away and fiddling with her dress. Bulma just beamed over her triumph.
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"It's been awhile since we had a good work out like this hasn't it Naros?" Kaykora beamed as she planted a bunch on the possessed Archesaiya.
"Yeah and this is Vega's first real fight. Having fun over there Sweetie?" He looked at Vega who with the help of the other chibis was giving one invading Archesaiya male a good work out.
"Tons Dad." She replied dodging a punch and planting one of her own. Frustrated the Archesaiya grabbed her by the neck and refused to let go. The chibis started pelting him in terror but couldn't get him to release her. In a flash gold there was a horrid cracking sound and he wailed in pain releasing her and she fell to the ground. A second later Vegeta appeared holding her unconscious under one arm.
"Move." He ordered the chibis and they floated aside. He held up his hand a prepared a Big Bang to finish off the menace. The attack shot forward but was deflected by an eerie blue power. When they smoke faded Starfire floated in front of Archesaiya with a look of intense anger.
"You can't just blow them up! They're our people too! It's just what's inside them, controlling them that's evil!" She fumed and another eerie blue light shot out of her blinding everyone. The red lines above the eyes of the Archesaiya started faded and they looked more and more confused.
"The healer... Zani uttered and Bardock nodded in agreement.
"What?" Vegeta snapped.
"Her mother is Pallas and Pallas's role among the Chosen was the Healer..." Bardock explained smiling.
"How do you know all this?" Vegeta asked shifting Vega to both arms. Bardock simply pointed to his head. "You still have visions?"
"Well I have been lately." Bardock replied and it looked like he was going to say more but was interrupted by Parago.
"Look another ship! I bet it's my Mom!" He beamed pointing as a tiny sparkle appeared in the sky. Starfire squinted.
"That's not a ship from our planet..." She replied a bit worried.
"Then come on..." Vegeta groaned. "Let's get this over with..." He subconsciously clutched Vega closer and tighter as he shot off towards where the ship was set to land. Everyone followed in a big pack including the still confuse Archesaiya. Vega came to on the way.
"Grandpa?" She muttered looking up at him.
"Not now kid I'll put you down when we land." He half snapped.
"Where are we going?"
"The fight more possessed, mindless idiots..." He grumbled and looked down at her. She had an expectant smile on her face that screamed "Let me at 'em! Let me at 'em!" Vegeta couldn't help but smirk with pride. "You did well in the tournament today."
"Thank-you Grandpa." She simply replied. "I wanted to impress you... Momma said you're on of the strongest fighters in the universe and you're the one I should try to be like." Vegeta looked at her oddly a minute.
"Be like me? Why not her or Naros..." He thought to himself. "Well I'm... proud of you..." He muttered looking up again.
"I'm proud of you too... For letting me go..." Again Vegeta looked at her funny but wasn't about to press for an answer. They were to close to the battlefield.