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Chapter 43: reincarnation.
It was a beautiful day at Papaya Island, the small island that the Tenkachi Budokai was held on. The competition wouldn't begin for another few hours so two families were walking through the crowds and waiting for their friends.
"Grandpa Goku! I want to look over there!" Pan called from on top of Goku's shoulders as she pointed at the stalls. Goku agreed and disappeared into the crowd. Goten looked after them then called Trunks and Zara who were still catching up.
"Hey guys, lets go check out some stalls!" he said and the other two looked over their shoulders.
"I guess we could. We have time." Trunks agreed and Goten dragged them off.
He pulled them over to a stall where coconut shy was being played and Goten immediately put down his money. Zara watched him then looked at Trunks.
"I guess they've made it more commercial." She commented.
"Yea but they do need to get money to make repairs and stuff. You know the ring is gonna get ripped apart if dad and Goku are fighting." Trunks said, earning a smile from Zara.
"Too true." She said back and glanced around again. They could just see a 'test your strength' meter over the crowd but just before Trunks suggested going over to it the bell shattered.
"Guess we know where Goku and Pan went." Zara said and looked back at the stall they were in front of.
Goten was throwing balls at the coconuts as hard as he could but the last one refused to go down.
"Come on 'Ten, you know these things are rigged." Trunks said with a laugh as Goten missed again.
"I know but I really want to win the prize. It'll be a good gift to give that girl I was supposed to be on a date with." He said and looked at the last ball.
"Here goes…" he muttered and threw it. It missed but the air rushing off of it made the coconut rock dangerously. Goten looked hopefully at it but it stopped.
"Oh man!" he growled and kicked the ground hard. The coconut fell over and Goten won the little bear he had been trying to get.
"Well if you're done now, it's probably about time we go get the others and sign up." Zara mentioned as she looked around.
They met up with the others just after Krillen had nagged at Goku for the same reason Bulma had before. Gohan was looking at Piccolo.
"So why aren't you entering this year?" he asked his old mentor.
"To be honest I wouldn't stand a chance. I'm getting to old for this." Piccolo replied.
"No you're not, Piccolo, you don't look like you've aged a day." Gohan replied, making the Namek smirk. The three teenagers stepped up to them.
"So why aren't you entering Gohan?" Zara asked.
"Because I've had to much work to train. I'm lucky that I made it here to watch." He answered then looked at his watch, "But it looks like you guys should get signed in." he reminded them and all the people entering made their way to the sign up booth.
Not long later the group stood outside Hercule's dressing room dressed in their fighting gear, Goten wore a gi similar to his dad's, Trunks wore an outfit similar to his mirai counterpart and Zara wore black gi-pants, black crop top, a red belt and her gi-boots.
Goku knocked on the door and soon after Hercule's head peered out and spotted Goku.
"Ah, Goku! How are you?" he greeted the saiyan.
"Don't forget about me, Grandpa!" Pan chirped from Goku's arms. Hercule laughed and lifted her up.
"How could I forget about my little Pan chan? What are you guys doing here anyway?" He asked as he held her.
"I'm here to become champion!" Pan said happily and Hercule paled.
"You're entering?" he asked.
"We all are." Goku said and Hercule finally noticed Vegeta and Zara leaning against the wall further down the hall watching Trunks and Goten.
Goku laughed as he watched the champs face.
"Hey, don't worry Hercule. If we have to face you then we'll let you win."
"Really? Oh thank you Goku!" Hercule exclaimed. Goku laughed again.
"That's only if we do. You never know, someone else might beat us." Goku said but Hercule blew it off.
"Sure you will." He said with a grin.
"Excuse me! Our family just arrived and were told that there were no seats left." Goten said as he approached. Hercule laughed.
"Nonsense! There will always be room as long as I'm champ!"
After a few minutes Bulma and the rest of the Z gang's family was sat round the side of the ring on deck chairs.
"Maybe I should have entered. At least then I would have had a decent view!" Gohan muttered as he stared at the audience. They were all staring at them and it was making him feel uneasy.
"Don't say that." Videl answered him, looking at him. He hadn't been training as much lately after all.
"What? I'm serious!" he said staring back. Bulma jumped to her feet.
"I'm not taking this sitting down! This is embarrassing!" She half yelled, getting ready to run off and complain.
"Bulma, wait! Let me talk to my dad!" Videl said, jumping up and running to his room. A few more minutes later they were sitting in the room above the waiting area for the fighters. They had an excellent view of the ring through the windows. They all decided that it was much better as the fighters all entered the ring.
There were only 12 fighters this year and the eventual winner would have the 'privilege' to face Hercule himself. The announcer announced them as they entered.
"Hey Goten, bet I can still beat you." Trunks said as he looked round at the audience.
"Yea right, I've gotten a lot stronger since we were kids." The younger saiyan announced.
"Strength isn't everything." Zara reminded them as she stepped between them.
"Maybe so but I bet I can still take you on and win." Goten said and Zara laughed.
"I doubt it!" she grinned.
"You're not the only one that improved…" Trunks pointed out.
"Well then I guess we're going to see who improved the most." She said and smiled at him then started sizing up the other combatants.
There weren't many people that could pose a threat. There was the classic pretty boy, a man in a chicken suit, a muscular man in a cop hat, a very big and muscular man and a small boy.
"Guess Dad and Goku are the only ones we really have to worry about." Trunks pointed out.
"Yea. But which one was the one dad wanted to fight?" Goten asked as the three drifted over to Goku and Vegeta.
"Ok, it's about time we got this ball rolling! Now when I call your name you have to come and pull a ball out of the box. The number on the ball will determine who you'll face." The announcer explained.
"Son Goten." The announcer called and Goten ran up and drew a five. Next up was Wild Tiger who drew a two.
Goku watched and turned to Buu who had entered as well.
"Hey Buu, can you do me a favour and change the numbers for me?" he asked. Vegeta looked at him slightly amused.
"What's this? Kakarot breaking the rules?" he asked but Goku is grinned.
"Maybe. I just want to fight the strong guy before anyone else. That way we'll both be at 100% and it'll be fair." He explained
"Next is Son Goku!" the announcer yelled and Goku glanced at Buu.
"Ok, make mine number three, ok?" he asked.
"Buu do, Buu do!" was the reply and Goku went to draw a number. Sure enough he got number three.
"Kirano!" the announcer yelled and the pretty boy walked up as female cheers rose through the stadium. Zara rolled her eyes.
"Ok Buu, give this one 12." Goku told Buu and Kirano got 12.
"OK, it's Uub's go!" the announcer announced and the small boy stepped nervously up. He was tanned with a black Mohawk.
"Make him four." Goku commanded and the others looked round in surprise.
"Him?" Vegeta asked and Goku nodded as he watched Uub pull out four.
"Yep, him." Goku said with out an explanation.
"Who is he anyway?" Zara asked as she watched him. He looked sort of familiar.
"He's Uub. You see when I was about to kill kid Buu I wished for him to be reborn as a good person. Apparently king Yemma heard this and decided it was a good idea. So in short Uub is kid Buu reincarnated." Goku explained.
"How can you possibly know that?" Vegeta asked.
"There were signs, like his name. It's Uub which is Buu spelt backwards." Goku finished explaining as Pan was called forward. Everyone stared at Uub a little uneasily until Goten ribbed Trunks.
"Err, man, looks like you're not only popular with the ladies…" he whispered and the three teens looked at the man who had just been called. His name was Otokosuki. He was the man in the cop hat and he was starring intently at Trunks. As the others watched he blew a kiss at the boys that made them both turn away.
The guys started commenting on it but Zara continued to watch him. Something didn't feel right about him…
Finally the drawings were complete and the standings went like this:
Pan V.S Wild Tiger
Goku V.S Uub
Goten V.S Buu
Trunks V.S Otokosuki
Vegeta V.S Zara
Captain Chicken V.S Kirano
The group of fighters all looked over the standings.
"Aw man! How'd I end up against Buu?" Goten asked.
"Dunno, but if you trained harder then you'd probably feel more confident." Goku told his son.
Wild Tiger approached his opponent who hid behind her grandfather.
"I don't believe it. I have to fight this shrimp? This will be embarrassing." He said and Pan poked her tongue out at him.
"Embarrassing for you." Zara said from behind him. He whirled round and stared at her.
"I don't think so. I can beat a weak little girl."
"Look pussy cat-"
"Wild tiger." He corrected her.
"What ever. You just shouldn't underestimate Pan. If you do then you'll find yourself in big trouble." Zara told him. The man laughed.
"That's a good one girl." He said and walked off laughing. Zara glared at him then felt a hand on her shoulder she turned to see Vegeta standing there.
"Leave him. You have more important things to worry about." He said and a smirk slowly crept across her face.
"So I do." She agreed. This was going to be good.
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Looks like some good matches are up ahead. But why does Zara have a weird feeling about Otokosuki? Not long until it all comes together…