EDIT: 6/2/09
-Time-warps in from 5 years later-
Hi everyone! This chapter's been cut off for a looooong time. I'm here to fix that. :)
Seems there was an uploading issue back in the day, and for a while I had a temporary fix with a link to this chapter on my Geocities page, but you see, Geocities is closing down later this year, so it'd be best if I just put in a permanent fix; by that I mean directly replacing the chapter and fixing the uploading issue in the process.
I'd like to add that aside from replacing the character that caused the upload incident; that would be the star-like character you get when you shift the 8 key, I have not altered this chapter in any way. It is exactly the same as it was when I wrote it four going on five years ago.
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Thank you and hope you enjoy the chapter!
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1:05 PM 8/11/2004
By: Chuquita
Quote of the Week: -from DuBGT #42
Vegeta: (pounding wall, Son-kun getting knocked out of the ring so easily) You're mine, hear me? I'm going to win this fight!
Trunks: (pokes his head around the corner and spots Veggie) See you, Dad. This looks like one of those private moments.
Vegeta: (still pounding) No one can stand against a warrior this focused.
Chuey's Corner:
Chuquita: That you are.
Vegeta: Focused?
Goku: I liked how Veggie at least sorta acted like Veggie in that episode.
Chuquita: He doesn't show much of his true "Veggieness" until the Evil Shenlong episodes.
Vegeta: Which is disappointing because it wouldn't leave me too many episodes to regain my usual.
Goku: ...Veggieness?
Vegeta: (sweatdrops) Yeah, my Veggieness.
Chuquita: Welcome to Part 3 everybody!
Goku: (chirps) Which'll probably be up unusually close to Part 2 cuz the document manager's bein' a meanie!
Chuquita: That it is. (nods thoughtfully) Anyway, we're here on the side of Veggie's bed in Veggie's room because Veggie decided he wanted to go someplace!
Vegeta: This wasn't really what I had in mind though.. (watches Goku flop backwards onto the bed)
Goku: -Purrrrrr-
Vegeta: (twitches) I'm going to have to spray the entire bed by the time we're done sitting here.
Vejitto: Don't worry Mommy, I am sure your bed will be fine!
Gogeta: (bounces lightly on bed) Yeah Toussan, Kaasan just likes your big bed, that's all.
Vegeta: That's just the thing, I don't WANT Kakarrotto to LIKE my bed! (turns light red and looks away) It could initiate undesired non-platonic desires within his peasant brain.
Goku: (reaches contently out towards one of Veggie's pillows)
Vegeta: ACK!? (grabs pillow just before Goku can, causing Goku to fall onto his stomach) DON'T TOUCH THAT?! That's where my head goes at night when I'm unconsious and unable to defend myself against your kaka-germs!
(Kaka-germs pop out of Goku's hair)
Kaka-germ 1: We won't hurt you Veggie.
Kaka-germ 2: Yeah we promise.
Kaka-germ 3: We luv u Veggie!
Goku: (smiles up at his germs, who re-disappear from sight) (smiles warmly at Veggie and wags his tail) Heehee.
Vegeta: (suspicious) (dryly) Uh-huh. (holds his pillow tighter)
Chuquita: (grins) This chapter, if timed correctly, will contain the preliminary rounds, the previous winners getting their ceremony and medals, and the children's division.
Goku: So the adult division will be in part 4?
Chuquita: Yes it will, Son-kun! Depending on how big/long the fights are, there may even be a part 5.
Vegeta: (calculates) Well if there's 4 battles in the first...then 2, then 1....there'll be 7 battles in part 4 total!
(smirks, proud of himself)
Goku: (applaudes Veggie) )
Vegeta: Why thank you, my loyal subject.
Goku: Can I be Veggie's platonic-oujo as a re-ward?
Vegeta: (flushes red) (mumbles) No.
Goku: (pouts) Why not?
Vegeta: I refuse to discuss this topic right now. It's too personal.
Chuquita: (grins) Veggie's indecisive~~ Vejitto: (pats Veggie on the back) Poor Mommy.
Goku: (shuffling through Veggie's clothing drawers for oujo crown)
Vegeta: (walks up to him) (slyly) You won't find it in there. (theroughly sprays inside of drawers with peasant-repel) I hid it someplace else to avoid you from finding the crown and trying it on.
Goku: (suddenly wearing oujo crown) You did?
Vegeta: ACK!? (falls over) (instantly gets back on his feet) How did you do that?
Goku: )
Vegeta: ...well, fine. Be that way. (sits back down)
Gogeta: (to Veggie) Maybe you should make Kaasan your platonic-oujo out of revenge?
Vegeta: Hmm..I like that. (smirks)
Goku: (grins in eager anticipation) I'm gonna get to be Veggie's platonic-oujo for REAL!? (eyes sparkle)
Vegeta: Ah---...on the other hand I really don't want Kakarroujo to be my oujo in any form of the title.
Chuquita: So it looks like you're stuck either way.
Vegeta: Indeed.
Chuquita: And now for Part 3! :)
Summary: It's that time again. The 27th Tenkaichi Budoukai has arrived again, and this time a year earlier. Luckily for the contestants, Chi-Chi has verbally 'persuaded' Hercule to fake an illness so the rest of the Z senshi actually have a chance to win the title. But with Goku, Veggie, and the fusions entering, becoming this tournament's champion takes on a new level of difficulty. Are Mirai, Juuhachigou, Chi-Chi---costumed to hide her identity, and Kuririn up to the task? Who will be the winner? Find out!
" WOW! IT'S JUST HOW I REMEMBERED IT! " Goku gushed excitedly as he looked out onto the preliminary grounds. The looks, the sounds, the smells were exactly the same--as if they'd been preserved from the 23rd Budoukai.
" Well, this is certainly different from the last one of these I was in. " Vegeta commented.
Goku looked over his shoulder at the ouji, his eyes big and sparkily.
" Ah... " Vegeta backed up, feeling his face starting to turn red.
The larger saiyajin lundged at him and hugged him tightly, " OH VEGGIE I AM SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE TO SEE THIS!! " he gave Vegeta an extra squeeze, then partially calmed down, " Fighting in the Tenkaichi Budoukai is one of my favorite things EVER, Veggie. " Goku whispered to him.
" Oh...kay.. " Vegeta squeaked out. Goku let go.
" Now let's go pick our numbers! " Goku pointed off heroicly in the direction of a booth that had a long line formed before it.
Vegeta shook his head clear again, his body still slightly shaking from the random close contact, " R--right... "
" Oh man, I have a feeling we're gonna be waiting here a while. " Raditsu sweatdropped as the gang stood somewhere in the middle of the increasingly long line.
" Hey, Goku! " a hand waved to him from further up in the front of the line.
Goku gasped in confusion at the voice, " Kuririn?! "
" Hey pal, how ya doing? " Kuririn called out to him, " I'd come over but I'd lose my spot in line! "
" So the formerly bald one is entering as well. " Vegeta said, then chuckled, " Should be amusing. "
" Kuririn did make the final 12 last time. " Vejitto pointed out.
" Correct, son. The final TWELVE. This tournament, however, has only 8 finalists. " Vegeta explained.
" Don't be so quick to assume, Vegeta. " another voice, sounding just as far off in the distance as Kuririn's, said.
Vegeta sweatdropped to see Juuhachigou there, also in line, " Well, no matter. I can beat her too. "
" But Veggie didn't Juuhachigou break your ARM the last time you fought her? " Goku gasped.
" ... " Vegeta mentally back-tracked, " Oh yeah...well, that was then and this is now! SSJ1 was brand new to me.
NOW I have accomplished all 3 levels, including compact oozaru form. " he boasted.
" Still, bragging isn't going to win you any battles. " said a voice that, while ahead of him like the previous two,
was closer to where the saiyajin and demi-saiyajin stood.
Vegeta saw the figure and cocked an eyebrow, " Hey Kakarrotto, it's a Saiyagirl knock-off. " he snickered.
" Hn... " the figure twitched, annoyed and frustrated that she couldn't leave the line to go over there and bop Vegeta over the head, ::Stupid evil little Ouji....at least he didn't recognize me::
" Everyone please keep your numbers with you at all times, we will be starting the preliminaries shortly. " one of the Budoukai workers announced.
Vegeta looked up at the large chart where all the fighters names were written down, " So let's see, there's 128 fighters in the preliminaries, but only 8 finalists. Meaning the first round is broken up into 8 sections with a total of 16 battles within the brackets. Considering that, there would be 32 people in each bracket. Since the preliminaries are ordered numerically, Bracket 1 will be: Numbers 1-16; Bracket 2 will be 17-32; Bracket 3 will be 33-48; Bracket 4 will be 49-64; Bracket 5 will be 65-80; Bracket 6 will be 81-96; Bracket 7 will be 97-112; and Bracket 8 will be 113-128. " he concluded.
" Wow Toussan, impressive. " Gogeta applauded him.
Goku clasped his hands together, " That's my Veggie! " he paused, " So Veggie, what's your number? "
" Hn, I'm #101. Bracket 7. " the ouji held up his number.
" Well I am in Bracket 3! " Goku chirped.
" Bracket 1! " Vejitto held his number up.
" Bracket 4! " Gogeta chimed in.
" I think I'm in Bracket 2... " Mirai scratched his head at the number 19 on his card.
" I'm in Bracket 6. " Kuririn held up his card.
" Bracket 8. " Juuhachigou said dryly.
" What's your number, niichan? " Goku cheerfully asked Raditsu, who held out his number, frustrated, " Oh..98. "
" Heh-heh, looks like you're going to have to beat ME to get into the finals then, eh? " Vegeta grinned.
" That's not FAIR that I have to be in Vegeta's bracket!? Can't I switch numbers with someone? " Raditsu asked.
" Are you admitting defeat? " Vegeta smirked.
" Of course not! Infact I bet you can be defeated if I use enough skill against you! " the larger saiyajin nodded.
" Well, in that case good luck with your "skill". " the ouji shook Raditsu's hand, then walked off smiling.
" Hn..he wouldn't be so happy if he found out it was YOU who ended up in his bracket, Kakarrotto. " Raditsu commented to his brother.
" Yeah, if I was in Veggie's bracket that would mean only one of us would be competing in the finals and it would be sad if I couldn't face Veggie in the finals. " Goku frowned at the idea.
" And yet its oh-kay for him to take me out. " Raditsu sweatdropped.
" But I thought you said you have "skill". " Goku blinked, confused.
" I do, it's just...it's more like "I have a knowledge of Vegeta's fighting style in intricate detail because I grew up with him" than "skill". " he explained.
" But that's GOOD! That means you'll be able to anticipate Veggie's every move while fighting him! " Goku patted Raditsu on the back.
" Hai...but I can only go ssj1. Vegeta can use all of them! "
" Silly niichan! Don't you even remember what Bulma said earlier? We only go ssj if it is absolutely needed! " Goku nodded.
" Oh yeah. " Raditsu partially brightened up, " Thanks for reminding me! "
" Heehee~~ " Goku grinned.
Several feet away a figure stood beside a second, unconsious figure that lay on the ground. She picked up his number,
" Bracket 5. Perfect. " she tossed away her first number, #100, " The last thing I need right now is to be knocked out of the preliminaries by the Ouji or Raditsu. At least this way I'll be able to get to the finals. " she looked down at the unconsious man on the floor, " Sorry pal. Remember, its not cheating, its just switching numbers in order to give me a larger probability of the desirable outcome! "
" YAAAAAAAAH! " Raditsu sent a kick forward, knocking his already-dizzy opponent out of the ring.
" Number 100 is out of bounds! Number 99 wins! " the worker announced.
" Hahaha.. " the larger saiyajin laughed, partially embarassed by the large crowd, ::That's strange, that guy seemed out of it when he first walked into the ring; not much of a challange at all:: " At this rate I'm never gonna get warmed up enough to fight Vegeta. " he mumbled as he left the ring as two more fighters entered it, " Maybe I could mess with his ego to distract him, then go ssj and knock him out of the ring...but it'd have to be a really hard punch to get Vegeta to hit the ground since he and I can both fly...oh I don't know WHAT to do! "
Several rings away.
" HO HO HO HO HO. "
Goku looked up at his large opponent, who was nearly double the Ox-King's size, " Hello! " Goku chirped.
" Hello down there, little man. " the unbelievably tall and large opponent laughed. He threw a punch at Goku only to have the saiyajin stop it with one finger. The man looked on, shocked. In anger he started throwing punches with both hands at Goku in a rapid fire only to have him block each punch the exact same way.
" You should have more patience, if you get all angry right upfront then you're just putting yourself at a dis-advantage. " Goku commented.
" SHUDDUP YOU! " he lifted his foot up to land a kick at Goku only to have the saiyajin take a deep breath, then blow a huge wind at the foot about to hit him. The wind knocked the man backwards out of the ring and across the room where he slammed and landed against the wall. "
" ... " the worker announcing at that ring started in shock at what Goku had just done, " Ah...ring out. Number 34 wins. " he said weakly.
" HOORAY! " Goku cheered.
" Heh-heh-heh, you're just playing around until the real fights, aren't you? " Vegeta chuckled from the sidelines.
" Heehee~~ " the larger saiyajin grinned, then blew the little ouji a platonic smooch.
" ... " Vegeta's face turned bright red.
Five or six more rings away.
" HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! " Juuhachigou landed a kick to the back of her opponent's neck. The fighter fell to the ground.
Juuhachigou landed back onto the ring from the spot she was hovering.
" How about a countdown? " she asked the worker, " He is unconsious. "
" Huh? Oh! Right! " the ring's worker hopped into the ring, " 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. HE'S OUT! Number 117 wins! "
" Way to go Juuhachigou! " Kuririn applauded her.
" Heh.. " she smirked.
Even more rings away from that.
" HA HA HA HA HA! " "Anonymous" traded blows with her opponent, ::That fruit is great! I should've eaten more than just one. I'm easily beating this guy with no trouble at all:: she mentally boasted to herself, " Time to end this! " she threw one finaly blow at him, sending him tumbling across the ring, over the post, and landing stomach-first on the floor.
" Number 75 wins! "
" MWAHAHA! Take that, Ouji! " "Anonymous" laughed.
" Why do I always have to get the strange ones. " Vegeta muttered. He was facing off against what looked like a fighter made up entirely of large, brightly-multi-colored, rubber toy balls.
" GO VEGGIE YOU CAN DO IT I BELIEVE IN YOU I LUV YOU LITTLE VEGGIE YOU'RE THE BEST! " Goku cheered for him on the sidelines.
Vegeta's cheeks went red with embarassment.
" So, Son Goku's traded in the girl with the ponytail for that guy with a real one? " one of the workers commented to another, surpirsed.
Both Goku and Vegeta's faces turned their respective pink and red.
" Oh my.. " Goku looked away, embarassed.
" WE'RE NOT "TOGETHER", BAKAS! KAKARROTTO AND I HAVE A PURELY PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP!!! " Vegeta shook his fists in the air.
" Y--YEAH! We're BUDDIES! " Goku added, getting his voice back.
" Hnn.. " Vegeta let out a snort, then shook off the redness and turned back to face his opponent. The ouji launched himself at his opponent and swung his arm out only to have the balls that made up the opponent levitate themselves above the attack, " You gotta be kidding me! " Vegeta sweatdropped.
" Hahahaha! " his opponent laughed.
Vegeta paused for a moment, then got an idea and smirked. He threw a punch at his opponent's head, and, as before the orb that made up his head lifted up above. Vegeta's left arm quickly snatched it, then he promptly chucked the head out of the ring, causing it to bounce several times before landing.
" OUT OF THE RING! NUMBER 101 WINS! "
Vegeta's opponent shook a fist at him, then dizzily wandered off to find his head.
" YAY FOR VEGGIE! " Goku said happily as Vegeta got out of the ring and walked over to him.
" These preliminaries are child's play, Kakarrotto. I thought you said they were difficult. " Vegeta snickered.
" Well, they were..back before I became a super saiyajin...and before I got real big. " Goku trailed off.
" This must be such a large bundle of nostalgia for you, then. "
" Mmm.. " the larger saiyajin smiled, " The Budoukais were always so much fun when I was a chibi, Veggie, and without Hercule here I hope it'll be just as fun as it used to be. "
" Heh, I wish I had something like that to recall in a fond, wisp of a manner. " the ouji half-sighed.
" I am sure Veggie has SOMETHING.... " Goku said, then looked at the clock, " Hey, we don't have our next fights for another 15 minutes, would Veggie like to come with me to buy some of the old Budoukai tapes? "
" Ah... "
" Come on Veggie, it'll be fun! " Goku grabbed him by the wrist and ran out of the building.
Anonymous poked her head out from behind a nearby ring, " NOW where's he taking the Ouji? "
" HA! HA HA! " a little voice shouted on the monitor as various people watched the screen. At the Budoukai tapes booth they had one of the previous Budoukais playing on a 13-inch tv setup on the table.
" Wow...that's really you alright. " Vegeta said, shocked.
" Yup! Look how small I was! " Goku clasped his hands together, smiling. On the monitor it showed the 2nd round of the 21st Budoukai where chibi Goku fought Nam.
" You look almost-exactly like you did when I last saw you on Bejito-sei... " the ouji murmured.
" What did Veggie think I would look like as a little kid? "
" Well, I mean, I thought you'd look more like Goten...but instead you just look slightly bigger than your toddler form; baby-fat and all. " he scratched his head.
" Silly Veggie! That's not baby-fat, that's muscle! " Goku grinned and put his left hand on his right arm, patting the muscle there.
" Uh-huh. " Vegeta sweatdropped, then turned back to the tv which panned the audiance. He paused and gawked, " Is that BULMA?! " he pointed to one of the girls in the audiance with a ponytail.
" Yes it is! " Goku chirped.
" Wow...I didn't know her hair used to be Trunks's color....which one's her natural hair-color? The purple or the blue? " he asked Goku.
" I do not know, little Veggie. " Goku shrugged.
" It's the blue. "
" !! " both saiyajin froze, then turned around.
" Hey guys! " Bulma waved, holding a box, " I saw you leave, so I followed you out over here. What're you doing? "
she said brightly.
" Me and Veggie don't have our next fights for another 15 minutes so I thought we'd buy a tape or two! " Goku said,
" And Veggie doesn't have any childhood nostalgic times of fun beyond the first 7 years of his life so I felt sad for Veggie. " he patted the ouji on the head, " Poor lil Veggie. "
" Why did you temporarily dye your hair Trunks's color as a teenager? " Vegeta asked her; Goku's hand still on his head.
" It was a popular hair-color back then. " Bulma answered simply.
" Ah, so where's Turles? " Vegeta asked, confused.
" Actually, he's off "stealing" food. "
" You used quotations, that causes suspicion to arise within me. " Vegeta nodded mock-wisely.
" Well, you see, all the food in this little area around the preliminary building is free; but I didn't have the heart to tell Turles that--or rather he concocted and went off to enact his "evil scheme" before I could stop him. "
" So he's stealing free food. " Vegeta sweatdropped.
" Yes. "
" But he doesn't know that. "
" Not yet. "
" ... "
" Ah... " the smaller saiyajin replied, then went back to watching the chibi Goku win his 2nd match. The little chibi did a victory dance, then squealed and excitedly ran out of the ring, " Heh-heh, Kakarrotto.. "
" Yes? "
Vegeta suddenly felt something smushing up against his right cheek. He looked to the right to see Goku's head there.
" Hi, Veggie. " Goku said warmly.
" ... " Vegeta twitched; his cheek already starting to go numb from the large contact of kaka-germs, " AARGH!? " he lept back, spraying them off.
" Hahaha. " Bulma laughed, " You know how to get his attention, Son-kun. "
" That I do! " Goku chirped.
" As long as we're here, " she pulled her wallet out of her handbag, " How about we buy a copy of all 3 Budoukais;
the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd. "
" Out of curiousity, do they have one of last year's? "
" Why? " Bulma asked Vegeta.
" You said you used the dragonballs to erase everyone's memory of Buu...but what about the tournament? Won't it confuse people if they buy it knowing they were in the audiance only to see themselves die at my hands on the videotape? "
Vegeta suggested.
" OH!.....yeah, I wonder.. " she picked up a tape of the 26th Budoukai, " Hey wait! That part wouldn't be on it anyway! The tournament ended BEFORE Babadi sent all of you to the ring! "
" What? But there had to have been at least half a dozen battles left in the tournament after we left! " Vegeta motioned between himself and Goku.
" Traditionally there would've been, BUT since so many of the participants left; you, Son-kun, Kuririn, Piccolo,
Kaioshin....the remaining 4 or 5 people had a battle royale; two fighters were knocked off right away, leaving it between Juuhachigou, Hercule, and Trunks and Goten dressed up in some other guy's costume. Juuhachigou figured out it was them and exposed the boys--causing them to be disqualified. THEN it was just between her and Hercule and, since we all know Juuhachigou cares more about the prize money than the title, it was easy for Hercule to bribe her with 20,000 zeni to let him win. " Bulma explained, " You guys appeared a while after that; so you shouldn't be on the tape. "
" WILL NUMBER 101, VEGETA OUJISAMA, PLEASE REPORT TO RING G. VEGETA OUJISAMA, TO RING G. " a worker announced over the intercom.
" Have we really been out here that long? " Vegeta sweatdropped, surprised, " Oh well. " he shrugged, then took the larger saiyajin's hand, " It appears I must now leave you, my sweet peasant. " Vegeta proclaimed overdramatically, a spotlight showning on him.
" Haha..oh brother. " Bulma sweatdropped. She paused and looked upward, " Wait where'd that spotlight come from,
we're outside? "
" Will Veggie be back soon? " Goku asked, his eyes wide and shining.
" Ah, I shall return to you as soon as I am able. Hope for me that I will reach the finals as I am confident you will, and face you in an awesome, wonderous battle of epic proportions! " Vegeta dipped the larger saiyajin until Goku was just 2 inches off the ground, " Adieu, my Kaka-muffin. " the ouji let go, causing Goku's back to hit the ground and the spotlight to disappear. Vegeta headed back to the building.
" You are such a ham. " Bulma laughed.
Vegeta grinned at her, " It's always good to keep my peasants entertained. " he waved to Bulma, then walked back inside.
Bulma looked down at Goku; who's face was bright pink and his eyes 10 times normal size and sparkling in a daze. The large saiyajin's hands were clasped over his heart, " You oh-kay? "
" I wish I had my diary with me right now. " Goku squeaked out, still partially stunned; his face glowing.
" Hey, is that Son Goku? " one of the other people buying tapes at the booth asked.
Bulma laughed nervously, " Yes, actually. "
" AHH! Can he sign my shirt? " she gushed.
" He can try, after I get him a cold glass of water to revive him with. " Bulma headed to a nearby snack booth.
" -insert music notes- " Vegeta whistled proudly as he marched up towards the ring and feeling very seme-ish and in-control. He hopped into the ring, " Ah, Raditsu! Hello! " he cheerfully waved to him.
Raditsu sweatdropped, " What's with you? "
" I just came back from wooing Kakarrotto; he practically fell over in awe. I feel so deliciously in-control of my own destiny right now. " Vegeta rubbed his hands together, grinning.
" Doesn't wooing mean you were flirting? And isn't flirting a vocab word that usually belongs in the category of what you call "non-platonic"? " Raditsu asked.
" Noitdoesnt. " Vegeta said quickly, then whipped out a small thesaurus, " Woo, verb. Synonyms: persuade, encourage,
court, entice, pursue, and flatter. " he closed the book and instantly the thesaurus disappeared from whence it came.
" "Court and entice"? "
" Don't question me, Raditsu. It brings me down. " Vegeta snorted in a mock-annoyed way.
" Uh-huh. SO! " Raditsu struck a defensive pose, " You ready? "
The little ouji smirked at him, " Of course. I haven't fought against you in a long while. This should be interesting. "
" -FWOOSH- "
" -FWOOSH- " both saiyajin powered up.
" Remember, Vegeta, no ssj unless its an emergancy. "
" Heh. I doubt I'll have an emergancy in this particular match. "
" You're just as cocky in sparring as I remembered. " Raditsu grinned.
" I do try.. " Vegeta said boastfully. He and Raditsu lundged at each other. Vegeta throwing a punch only to have Raditsu dodge it and grab Vegeta's arm. The larger saiyajin thrust Vegeta onto the floor of the ring; the ouji hitting the ground with a thud.
Vegeta kicked his feet up, hitting Raditsu in the stomach and causing the grip on his arm to break free. Vegeta somersaulted into the air and landed back on his feet while Raditsu backed up holding his stomach, " I know that didn't hurt you. " the ouji smirked, " You're a lot stronger than that. "
Raditsu fully stood up, " Can't fool you. "
" Indeed. " Vegeta said, proud of himself only to feel an elbow suddenly slam into the back of his neck, " ARRG! "
he almost feel foward, then saw Raditsu hovering above him. Raditsu teleported out of sight, and Vegeta teleported after him.
The two started up a teleporting match between themselves; each time one appeared beside the other he would attempt to hit or kick him, only to have the second teleporter disappear before the hit.
Vegeta smirked as an idea popped into his head. He waited for Raditsu to appear, then flew off in the opposite direction instead of attacking him. Raditsu hovered there, suspicious, " GARRIKU--- " a large ball of pink ki appeared in Vegeta's hands. Raditsu teleported to behind the ouji just as Vegeta started to launch the blast. Instead Vegeta whipped around just as Raditsu appeared behind him, " HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! "
The huge ball of ki flew at Raditsu, who caught it while the force of the ki pushed him closer and closer to the floor of the building, " ERRRR.... " Raditsu powered up just enough to not go ssj, " YAAAAAAAAH!! " he launched the attack up into the air and sending it through the ceiling of the building; creating a large hole, " Whew... " Raditsu sighed in relief as he hovered there, a slight ache in his arms from launching the ball of ki up with using only part of his power,
" Man, Vegeta you're brutal.. " he chuckled.
" YAHHHHHHHHHH! "
" ?! " Raditsu's eyes widened as something lept into the air and landed heavily on his stomach, causing him to hit the floor. He struggled to look up only to see Vegeta plopped ontop of him, grinning.
" Hello. "
Raditsu twitched.
" NUMBER 99 is out of the ring! NUMBER 101 WINS! "
" WHAT?! " Raditsu gasped, " But Vegeta's out here with me!? "
" True, but I'm not touching the floor. You are. " Vegeta pointed out.
" Ugh.. " Raditsu sighed and thumped his head back onto the floor.
Vegeta hopped down and reached out with his right hand, " Hey, not you're fault you ended up in my bracket. Besides,
don't you think its more honorable to lose in here to me than if you were, for example, to lose out there infront of all those people to someone like, Kuririn? "
Raditsu glanced over to where Kuririn was and sweatdropped, " You have a point. "
Vegeta helped him up, " You were doing good for a while there, and you caught me off-guard a couple times...maybe by the time the next Budoukai arrives you'll have mastered the other ssj forms we'll be able to battle each other in the finals. "
" Why are you acting so polite? " Raditsu sweatdropped.
" Because, Raditsu, my friend, I currently feel in-control. And feeling in-control gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling of seme-ness. "
" Eew. " Raditsu momentarily cringed.
" ...not in that sense! In the other one! " Vegeta exclaimed, his cheeks turning momentarily red.
" Oh. "
" And said warm fuzzy feeling gives me the need to be partly warm and fuzzy to those around me. As you may have noticed I didn't smush my win over you in your face. " he explained.
" No...you didn't. But it still wasn't fair of you to leap right out of the ring and tackle me into the ground-- "
" --uup. Kuririn. " Vegeta pointed out.
Raditsu looked over at Kuririn, who opened a soda and accidentally squirted himself in the face with it, " ... " he turned back to Vegeta.
" You still confuse me to no possible end, you know that? "
" Yes, I do know that. " Vegeta rubbed his hands together maliciously, " Well, I'll see you in the audiance! " he waved to Raditsu and headed off to his next match.
Raditsu shrugged, then grabbed a nearby box and walked off to find Bulma and Turles.
And so, 20 minutes later, the preliminaries came to a close and the tournament ring had filled up with its audiance.
Raditsu looked around. He was seated with Bulma, Gohan, Videl, and Marron.
" So! How was the honeymoon? " Bulma asked the couple.
" It was nice. " Gohan laughed nervously, both he and Videl blushing.
" Well I'm glad you both had a good time! " Bulma said.
" Kaasan's having us watch Marron for Kuririn and Juuhachigou in hopes it'll inspire us to have kids. " Gohan explained, embarassed.
" Potato chips? " Videl offered the chibi some.
" Yay! " Marron said happily and took a few, " Thank you, Videl! "
" They both must've made it to the finals if they're not here yet. " Raditsu looked around.
" Hey, don't feel bad. The numbers are pulled completely at random, Raditsu. " Bulma patted him on the back.
" Yeah, I know. Vegeta "consoled" me after I lost too...however his was more of just the continuation of him talking about how "in-control" he felt after "wooing" my ototochan. " Raditsu sweatdropped.
" "Wooing"? " Bulma looked slightly worried.
" His word, not mine. "
" ...oh-kay..as long as Vegeta's in control that's fine with me. " she nodded.
" So, anything happen while we were gone? " Videl asked.
" Hey! Anyone for some stolen fried earth-snacks? " Turles said happily as he walked up to the group carrying an armful of "stolen" goods.
" o.O "
" O.o " Gohan and Videl stared at Turles in shock and disturbment.
" Oh! Yeah, I forgot to mention! Gohan and Videl, this is Turles. He's an evil type-3 saiyajin who tried to destroy the planet last week with the use of a giant ki-sucking tree! Son-kun, Vegeta, Raditsu, and the others defeated him and killed his minions; and in the process Son-kun broke his arm which is why he's staying at my house until its healed enough for him to leave in his huge spaceship! But you probably didn't notice any of this since you were both at sea. "
" HI! " Turles grinned and handed Gohan and Videl each a bag of cheese-doodles, then sat down in an empty seat.
" ...oh. " Gohan managed to squeak out, weakly, " Anything...else? "
" Well, you're brother's grown a tail. "
" WHAT?! "
" It was during the battle against Turles. OH! And several weeks ago Son-kun used the dragonballs to wish himself to be Vegeta's Oujo for a day. "
" What?! " Gohan was still shocked from the first two occurances.
" Yeah it as quite an interesting day; the wish had Vegeta pretty deeply under its spell; at one point Vegeta even tried to...um...do non-platonic things to Son-kun; but Chi-Chi stopped him before it could go any further. After that Vegeta actually told Son-kun the truth about what a saiyajin no oujo is/does and they came to mutual understanding about it. Son-kun WAS pretty shocked about the truth though. He apologized to Vegeta for all he'd done concerning it and they've been getting along even better lately now that that's out in the open. Of course, Son wants to be Vegeta's PLATONIC-oujo now, but he's not nearly as gung-ho about the title as he'd been when you guys left. "
" ... " the newlyweds stared at Bulma, speechless.
" Haha...yeah. " she laughed nervously, " So how's things with you? "
" I leave for two fics and I miss all that? " Gohan sweatdropped.
" So! Who are you? " Turles asked, leaning forward to see Gohan and Videl past Bulma.
" Oh, Turles, this is Gohan; Son-kun's oldest son, and that's Videl, Gohan's wife. " Bulma introduced them.
" Ah, Kakarrotto's son, huh... " Turles narrowed his eyes as he observed Gohan, then widened them again, " Other than the body-structure you don't look that much like him. The chibi and those two sons he had with Vegeta-san look more Kakarrotto-ish than you. "
Gohan sweatdropped, " Ah, well you see I had Toussan's eyes, but their shape changed after the old Kai gave me a powerup. "
" "Kai powerup"....I had one of those! From the evil fruit I ate! " Turles nodded, then sat back in his chair, " Yup!
Kai magic is some powerful stuff. " he paused, " Why aren't either of you entering the tournament then? I mean, you know why I'M not.. " he held out his cast-covered arm, " But what about you? "
" We just got back. And neither of us has trained in a while. " Videl sweatdropped.
" Oh. " Turles replied, " I would've entered, but unfortunately Kakarrotto broke my arm back when I was trying to drain the planet of its energy via the use of my giant magical, evil tree so I could eat its fruit and become super-powerful because apparently growing giant magical evil trees is against the law here on earth. " he folded his arms, frustrated.
" Well, yeah, we do like living here. " Gohan laughed nervously.
" It's not like I didn't offer Kakarrotto, Vegeta-san, and the other saiyajin to come with me into space once Earth had become a desert due to the tree. " he nodded.
" You know, Vegeta doesn't rule over any land here on earth, and none of the other saiyajin address him formally,
just to let you know. " Videl pointed out.
" I'm aware of that. I happen to hold an amount of respect for Vegeta-san. Besides, I like going against what's usually expected of a type-3 saiyajin. " Turles smirked.
" So, an average type-3 saiyajin would react to Vegeta... " Gohan started.
" Much in the same way Kakarrotto does. " Turles finished.
" It's a good thing its only the two of you then. " Videl motioned to Turles and then off in the direction Goku was in.
" ATTENTION! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE PROUDLY PRESENT TO YOU THREE OF OUR FORMER FOUR TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI CHAMPIONS! "
an announcer announced over the intercom.
" Hey there! " a voice said happily.
Bulma and the small group looked over to see Launch and Chaoutzu, " You made it! " she grinned as they sat down.
" We had to stop for some snacks and then we couldn't find where you were sitting so Chaoutzu used his psychic powers and here we are! " Launch cheerfully explained.
" I have snacks. " Turles waved a bag of cheese-doodles in the air.
" Oh! Goku-kun has another brother? " Launch said, surprised.
" WAHH! " Turles nearly fell over, " I'm NOT Kakarrotto and Radtisu's BROTHER!!" he blurted out.
" Father? Uncle? " Launch suggested.
" I'm not related to their family at all. " Turles twitched.
" Huh. That's strange that you look so much like Goku though. Especially....everything. "
" WE NOW INTRODUCE TO YOU--THE WINNER OF THE 21ST TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI--JACKIE CHUN! " the budoukai announcer said.
Roshi walked out onto the platform in his disquise, " Hey there, heh-heh! "
" GAH! " Bulma nearly fell over, " I thought he said he was staying home and watching it on tv! "
" So Jackie, you look near-identical to how you appeared almost 30 years ago at the 21st Budoukai. To what do you contribute your fantastic aging process! " he held his microphone up the Roshi.
" Oh THIS ought to be good. " Bulma folded her arms.
" Well uh, actually Mr. Budoukai Announcer, I must admit, I owe my fine golden years and the perfect health I am in....to my daily exercise and the thought-provoking magazines I've acquired! HO HO HO! " he laughed boldly.
" Sure you do... " Bulma said sarcastically. She, Gohan, Videl, Launch, and Chaoutzu all sweatdropped at once.
The announcer spoke into his microphone again, " AND NOW TO INTRODUCE THE WINNER OF THE 22ND TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI,
TENSHINHAN!! "
" YAY! " Chaoutzu cheered.
" GO TENSHINHAN! " Launch waved a large flag in the air with a Tenshinhan head on it.
" Where did you get that? " Bulma asked.
" I got it at the gift-shop! They have clothes and hats and flags and all sorts of things with the current and previous winners faces' on them! "
" Indeed. "
Bulma looked over to see Vegeta standing there with a Goku t-shirt, head-band, pajama-pants and slippers.
" Can you point me in Onna's direction. I'd like to go see her. " Vegeta grinned menacingly.
" I'd rather you didn't. Now can you please give me those before Chi-Chi or Son-kun DOES see you? " Bulma held her arms out towards him.
Vegeta pouted stubbornly, then handed said items over to reveal his training outfit beneath it, " Fine. Be that way."
he then walked off.
" ... "
" The headband TOO, Vegeta. "
The ouji turned around and took the headband with the smiling Gokus on it off his head, then gave it to Bulma and re-walked off.
" Honestly. " she sighed.
" You certainly `enjoy` us type-3 saiyajin peasants, huh Vegeta-san! " Turles teased.
Vegeta's cheeks turned red with embarassment and he continued to walk away.
" So Tenshinhan, you won the 22nd Tournament by a few slim seconds when you and Son Goku hurtled downward, he hitting a truck and landing on the ground and you hitting the ground just a few seconds later, winning the match. Have you ever thought about re-entering and having a rematch now that you're both adults? " the announcer asked.
" Well ah, " Tenshinhan glanced over at Goku; who stood in the doorway of the building; the large saiyajin smiled happily at him and burst into ssj, ssj2, ssj3, then compact oozaru and back to normal, his tail wagging in the breeze, " I'd be glad to have a rematch, just, not here. I honestly don't know if the ring, or I could take it. Goku's a real challange and he came so close to beating me, we were both roughed up by the time the match was finished. "
" Interesting. " the announcer said, " AND SPEAKING OF HIM, HERE'S THE WINNER OF THE 23RD TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI--SON GOKU!! "
" YAY! " Goku cheered as he zipped over onto the platform. The entire crowd erupted into cheers. The large saiyajin beamed with pride.
" As you all know, not only did Son Goku win the 23rd tournament, but by doing so he defeated the evil Piccolo Jr!
He was also the one who, several years earlier, defeated Piccolo Jr's father, Piccolo Daimou, who had temporarily taken over the planet at one point. " the announcer explained.
" Heehee. " Goku grinned, blushing.
" Son Goku was also the runner up in both previous Budoukais which were won by Jackie Chun and Tenshinhan respectively. " he continued.
The crowd cheered even louder.
The announcer shut off his mike for a second, " I tell ya, you can't imagine how happy I am to have YOU back and not pander around to Hercule like this. " he smiled at Goku.
" Well I am happy to be back, Mr. Budoukai Announcer! " Goku chirped.
" All of our previous Budoukai winners are out here today to each accept a medal for his achievements. Our 23rd Champion will actually be competing in this year's tournament as well. " the announcer said as three of the workers came out, each carrying a small pillow with a medal on it. They put the medals around each of the winners's necks. Master Roshi,
Tenshinhan, and Goku admired the medals.
" Our champions will be signing autographs after we announce the winner of this year's children's division. The division will take place in 15 minutes. After that you can line up for autographs at the far west corner of the store grounds. Enjoy the tournament! " he waved to the audiance, then left to go back into the budoukai building with Roshi,
Tenshinhan, and Goku.
" Wow, I'm so proud of them; even Roshi. " Bulma smiled.
" Yeah, its nice to see someone other than HERCULE get applause. "
Bulma paused, then looked over, " Yamcha! And Puar! " she said happily as they sat down.
" Hey! We got here about 10 minutes ago but the parking's horrendous if you're not early. " Yamcha laughed nervously.
" There was barely a spot to be had. " Puar added.
" Well its great to see the whole gang here! " Bulma clasped her hands together, " I'm guessing Tenshinhan and Roshi will be joining us once they're done in there. " she motioned to the building.
" Hm... " Yamcha looked down the row at everyone, " Where's Chi-Chi? "
" Umm, we really don't know. " Videl sweatdropped.
" And that much worries me. " Gohan sighed, " According to Bulma she let Toussan stay at her house with Vegeta for the past 4 days while she worked on some secret project with Goten; the fact that she's not here but Goten is is giving me a sneaking suspicion on where Kaasan happens to be... "
" You know where she went? " Raditsu said, surprised.
" I just have a bad feeling that I know where she went. " Gohan shifted uneasily, " And its not here in the stands,
that I'm sure of. "
" HUH HUH HA HA! " Goten threw punches in the air while standing on his tail. He hopped down onto one foot and threw a barrade of kicks.
" Hmm.... "
Goten paused and looked over at Trunks, who was watching his tail, " You still want one, huh? " he grinned.
" Of course I do. " Trunks said.
" Didn't you ask Turles for a tail? Why didn't he give on to you? "
" I didn't ask him because I accidentally chased him off the other day. He hasn't given me one because I haven't gotten a chance to ask. " Trunks explained.
" Ah... " Goten said.
" HA HA HA HA HA! Well look who's back! "
Trunks and Goten glanced over to see two other boys standing there, a blonde and a brunette.
" ... "
" Hey Trunks who're they? "
" WAHH! " both boys fell over.
" They're two of the guys we beat in the last tournament. " Trunks said, " Ickaysa and Ookata...? " he paused to think.
" THAT'S IKAYSA AND OKASA YOU PURPLE-HEADED BAKA! " one of the boys snapped at him.
Trunks narrowed his eyes Veggie-style and instantly grabbed the boy by the neck, " NOBODY...calls me a baka. " he squeezed for a moment, then let go, causing Ikasya to fall to the ground, gasping for air. Trunks turned and walked off.
" Ooh...Trunks are you allowed to do that if you are then WOW you sounded exactly like Veggie-san that was so cool!!! " Goten gushed.
" Well I did learn from the master. " Trunks bragged, " And I DO come from the source ya know. "
" Heehee, guess it'll be you and me again this finals, huh? " Goten grinned at him.
Trunks smirked and motioned to him, " That it will, Goten, and I plan on beating you again; I promise I won't go too hard on ya though. " he smiled.
" Heh, that's somethin you won't be able to brag about Trunks cuz this year I'm gonna beat YOU! " Goten nodded proudly.
" Are you? " Trunks said, amused.
" Yes I am. " Goten nodded, proud of himself.
" Well then good luck! " Trunks shook his fellow chibi's hand, " May the strongest of us win! "
" That'd be me! " Goten said cheerfully.
" Getting a little ego yourself, eh Goten? "
" Heeheehee~~~ "
" Ah... I think I know who's going to win THIS particular event. " Vegeta smirked as he cracked open a pepsi and took a shift chug of it.
" You really think SO, eh? "
The little ouji looked over to see 'Saiyawoman' standing there, " You sound familiar. " he said flatly.
" ?! " she froze in place, " Um...no, no I don't. "
" We haven't met before... " the ouji trailed off.
" I would've addressed you by your name had I done so. " she folded her arms, regaining ground.
" Not everyone calls me by my name you know. Certain people I encounter take it upon themselves to nickname me. Some out of platonic-affection, and some out of outright frustration and distaste of me. " Vegeta snickered.
" You're rather good at leading people to the meanings of what you say, no matter how vague the sentences themselves appear. " she pointed out.
" Sometimes you gotta be vague to get the point across; besides, in certain situations unlike this current one;
avoiding the details helps derail any possibilty of unwanted thoughts from spilling into one's brain. " he said wisely.
" HEY VEGGIE! "
Vegeta nearly fell over at the large saiyajin that teleported infront of him, " Like this one for instance. " he motioned to Goku.
" So what's Veggie doin? Chatting with Miss Anonymous? " Goku asked, waving to her.
" Did it occur to you that I could be married? " she twitched.
" ... " Goku paused for a moment, then turned back to Vegeta, " So what's Veggie doin? Chatting with Mrs. Anonymous?"
" WAH! " she fell over.
" Yes. Her voice sounds familiar actually. The smell however, doesn't match up.. "
" D--doesn't match up to what? " she got back up, the back of her mind slightly nervous at the idea of the ouji discovering who she was before they got to the adult division.
" Oh, nothing. " he smirked.
She clenched her fists and walked off, ::He's TOYING with me! I bet that Ouji DOES know who I am and he's TOYING with me!:: Anonymous looked over her shoulder to see Vegeta giving his peasant a hug while patting him on the back, seemingly in-control of the situation while Goku lay there, " WHY YOU EVIL LITTLE-- "
" Yes? " Vegeta said teasingly, now playing with Goku's hair while the larger saiyajin giggled.
" ---ah....OHNEVERMIND! " she spat the two words togehter, then stomped back into the waiting area of the building.
" Ha HA.... " Vegeta laughed, then started to hear the peasant that was pressed up against him begin to purr. Vegeta gulped and promptly shoved Goku off, " Come Kakarrotto, let--let's go watch the children's division from the stands with the others, I'll even get you some snacks. " " But I want to watch the tournament here with just my Veggie. " Goku pouted.
" Don't you think we've had enough "just you and me" time this week? " Vegeta sweatdropped back at him.
" No. " Goku said simply as if it were obvious.
" ... " the smaller saiyajin stared at him incrediously, unable to think of a comeback, " You've...really been enjoying these past several "Veggie" days, haven't you Kakarrotto? "
" YES. " this time Goku beamed at him.
::Hm, I fear I may be spoiling my peasant...just as a person switching from soda to those fancy frozen coffees experiances a heightened addiction to the caffeine within, allowing Kakarrotto to spend all this time around me may be causing him to crave my constant undivided attention rather than having me pay attention to him several random times throughout the day:
" Mmmm~~ "
Vegeta paused and looked up to see Goku glomping him from behind. The ouji sweatdropped, " Too much caffeine. " he squeezed out of the hug and climbed up onto Goku's shoulders, " Come Kakarrotto, to the stands! After we get some snacks you can show Bulma and the others your wonderful little medal. " he tugged at the object hanging around Goku's neck, " I bet you'd like to show it off to them all. "
" Yes I would little Veggie! "
" Good, now let's go. "
" ...can I at least sit next to Veggie? "
" Umm, sure. " the smaller saiyajin sweatdropped.
" GREAT! "
" ATTENTION! WILL ALL YOUTH CONTESTANTS PLEASE REPORT TO THE MAIN ROOM OF THE BUDOUKAI BUILDING. THE CHILDREN'S DIVISION BEGINS IN 15 MINUTES. ALL YOUTH CONTESTANTS TO THE MAIN ROOM, PLEASE! " a voice announced over the intercoms.
Trunks rubbed his ears, sweatdropping, " Geez do you think she could've said that any louder? " he commented.
" GOTEN!! " a voice happily exclaimed from nearby the two chibis.
The third chibi screeched to a halt infront of them.
" ? " Goten looked over, then grinned, " Parisu! " he glomped her, " Oh wow its so great to see you--GASP--you're going to the competing with us aren't you--I CAN'T WAIT~! " the demi-saiyajin gushed, wagging his tail.
" You have a TAIL now? " Parisu oohed in surprise, patting it, "Haha! It's cute! It looks like a puppy's or a kitty's tail. "
" A monkey's actually. " Goten said cheerfully, " Since I'm a demi-saiyajin I can grow a tail just like Toussan and Veggie-san can! "
" And I will be getting a tail shortly. " Trunks added.
" OH! " she suddenly remembered why she came into the building, " I'm here to wish you goodluck, and to offer you some of my candy bar! " she held out a bar of chocolate, " I only ate half of it and I'm full from all that ice-cream I had before I came down here. "
" YAY! " Goten took the chocolate bar, " Thank you Parisu! " he took a bite of the treat.
" So you're not competing? " Trunks looked surprised.
" Haha! That's funny! I don't know any martial arts, I wouldn't make it past the first round. " Parisu laughed.
" Or maybe you're just scared! "
Trunks, Goten, and Parisu turned around to see Bura standing there.
Trunks sweatdropped, " Bura what're you doing here you're supposed to be sitting with Kaasan. "
" Besides you don't know any martial arts either. " Goten pointed out.
" I DO SO....sort of....perhaps....we'll I've seen Toussan and Kakarroujo spar before! " Bura sputtered.
" That doesn't qualify as being trained, you never even showed the slightest amount of interest in traini-- "
Bura sent Trunks a death-glare.
" -iii...yah. " he sweatdropped.
" Well if Bura does know something, then she should be able to dodge or block a punch at least. " Goten thought,
then grinned and struck a defensive pose, " Alright Bura! Are you ready! "
" Heh. Of course! "
" K! Here I come! " Goten chirped, " YAHHHH! " he threw a punch towards her.
" EEP! " Bura yelped, causing Goten to pause in confusion for a second. Bura grabbed his arm and pulled him into a headlock, " HAH! HA HA HA! "
" -ACK-! " Goten gasped for air.
" Take THAT, Goten's would-be candy-and-ice-cream-luvin "girlfriend"! " she pointed at Parisu, who just stood there confused.
" Huh? " Parisu tilted her head.
" I don't get what you see in her anyway. " Bura commented to Goten, " All you two would have is a bunch of clueless chibis with fuzzy saiyajin tails who train and eat ice-cream all the time! " she exclaimed.
" I also like cheeseburgers! " Parisu happily pointed out, " And video-games! "
" Me too! " Goten gushed.
Bura's grip tighted.
" Goten's only 9, Bura. Why would he be thinking 20-some years into the future anyway? " Trunks twitched.
" Because he doesn't want to live with Onna all his life ya know! " Bura pointed out, " If he lives with Parisu all they'll do is eat and train and play video-games all day! "
" Sounds fun to me! " Goten chirped.
Bura dropped her grip on Goten, " And that is why I am going to enter the children's division with you and Trunks!
To show you all! "
" To show us what? " Parisu asked, confused.
" You know! " she snapped in reply.
" ... " Trunks stared at her.
Bura's face went blank, " Uh, what? "
" It seems a little less complex than your usual schemes. " Trunks pointed out, " Usually you have some twisted,
planned out little scheme behind what you do. "
" It's true! " Bura said as a spotlight appeared over her, " You see, dear brother, I've been under such a large amount of stress and confusion lately! " she sobbed over-exaggeratingly.
" You see...you see...KAKARROUJO DOES NOT WANT TO BE TOUSSAN'S OUJO ANYMORE!!! " her tears poured throughout the room.
Goten opened up an umbrella to share with Parisu.
" So? " Trunks shrugged.
" SO!!! " Bura instantly became enraged, " DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND! EVERYTHING I WORKED SO HARD FOR HAS BECOME LOST! "
she then instantly calmed back down, " Did you even HEAR what Kakarroujo wants now instead?! To be Toussan's PLATONIC-oujo!
What's the fun in THAT! Can you honestly believe it! "
" You don't need to get all bent out of shape, Bura. " Trunks sweatdropped, " Goten's toussan didn't even know what a regular "oujo" was when he wanted to be one. Toussan said so. "
" But still, it saddens me so. " Bura sniffled, then stood up determindly. She pointed off into the distance, " And thus I must mentally exhale my confusion and frustration through battle! I'm off to sign up! " she marched off.
" But Bura sign ups are over! They were over a couple hours ago. " Goten exclaimed.
" Well they're not over for me! " Bura nodded, then continued on.
" She scares me, Goten. " Parisu gulped.
" Me too. " Goten agreed, then smiled, " Wanna go walk around in random directions til the tournament starts and we gotta take our places? "
" K! " she chirped and followed him down the hall.
Trunks looked down at his feet; an entire foot-tall layer of saltwater now covered the floor, " ...eew. "
" Heeheeheeheehee~~ " Goku giggled.
" Remind me again how our places got switched? " the ouji sweatdropped. Somehow on their walk to their seats Goku had decided his feet felt sleepy and Vegeta was now carrying the larger saiyajin in his arms up the stairs. On Goku's chest and stomach were several bags containing snack-foods they'd bought at the food-stands.
Goku opened one of the bags and took something out, " Fry? "
Vegeta sighed, then grabbed the french fry with his teeth and chewed it up.
" VEGETA!! "
" -GAK-! " Vegeta nearly choked. Nango wrapped around to his front and started beating Vegeta in the chest, allowing him to swallow the chewed-up french fry, " -WHEW-! " he sighed with relief, then looked past Goku's stomach to see Bulma standing up and waving to them.
" HI BULMA!!! " Goku waved back as Vegeta walked over to the others, " Look! Me and Veggie bought snacks! " he cheerfully handed the bags to her.
" Snacks huh? " she smiled and looked at the bags, then over at Vegeta, " Interesting predicament you're in over there. "
" Kakarrotto's surprisingly heavier than he looks. However, I am the great and powerful saiyajin no ouji, and in being the saiyajin with that title, I must prod on. " Vegeta said astutely, " ...would you like to take him from me? " he smirked.
" OH! No no, it's alright. " Bulma laughed nervously at the thought of trying to carry the large, heavy saiyajin in Vegeta's arms, " Are you feeling oh-kay, Son-kun? "
" He should be, what with Vegeta-san carrying him across the threshold and all. " Turles snickered.
" Oop! " Goku's cheeks turned pink.
" I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT!! " Vegeta exclaimed, accidently dropping Goku.
" Whoa---Oww-! " Goku landed awkwardly in one of the seats. The large saiyajin blinked.
" I wonder what other Kakarrotto-themed clothing items Vegeta-san bought that he decided not to show us. " Turles said cheerfully, " Perhaps some, " he pinched a small bit of his saiyajin training suit under the armor, " Heh-heh~ "
" You enjoy taunting me like this, don't you? " the ouji said flatly, " I'M YOU'RE RULER! SHOW SOME RESPECT! "
" Like Kakarrotto? " Turles motioned to the other type-3 saiyajin.
Vegeta looked over his shoulder to see Goku tying a little red bow around Vegeta's tail, " ... "
" Nango's lookin snazzy, Veggie! " Goku chirped.
" ...not like Kakarrotto. " the ouji corrected himself.
" I respect you, Vegeta-san. I just have a higher "awareness" level than Kakarrotto does. " Turles smirked, " Unlike Kakarrotto, who's oblivious to your own insecurities, I am not. And because of that, it gives me ammunition to commit the "evil" act of teasing you about your obvious, and almost unhealthy obsession with my fellow type-3 saiyajin peasant. "
" Uh-huh. " Vegeta twitched, sitting down.
" You like being around Kakarrotto, don't you Vegeta-san. Kakarrotto makes you feel all warm and safe and luved-- "
" --SHUDDUP! " Vegeta swung a fist at Turles, only to see the larger saiyajin no longer in his seat, " Ah... " Vegeta blinked, confused.
" Over here! "
The ouji looked over his shoulder and sweatdropped to see Turles standing there, grinning cheesily at him.
" You know I actually think Son-kun's been worse than Vegeta lately. " Bulma said.
" Really. I never noticed. " Vegeta said sarcastically in a wooden tone of voice.
" Hm? " Turles looked over at Goku, confused.
" Especially since Onna let him stay over those four days. " Vegeta said, " It slightly spoiled him. "
" Haha, yeah, its dangerous to let you two stay alone together in a room for a long period of time. I should know. "
Mirai laughed nervously as he took a bag of snacks from Turles.
" Hi Mirai. " Gohan waved.
" Hey! I just came up to get some food, I'm going to watch the matches at ringside instead of up here. " the demi-saiyajin from the alternate future explained.
Vegeta grabbed Mirai by the front of his black tank-top, " What do you mean "I should know". "
" I made a little mistake the first time I time-traveled, but hey, you learn from your mistakes and I definately did better this time! " he said brightly.
" What KIND of mistake? " Vegeta's eyes narrowed in suspicion.
" I really don't know what I did to cause it. " Mirai shrugged, " But somehow I jeopardized my own existance the first time. "
" Oh. YOUR existance. " Vegeta let go, disinterested.
Mirai twitched, then let out a sigh and grabbed the bag of potato chips, " I'll see you guys later. "
" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS! THE CHILDREN'S DIVISION OF THE TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!"
" AARG! " Mirai started running down the stairs to get back to his spot.
" -BUM- -BUM- -BUM- -BUM- -BUM- -BUM- -BUM-! " the drummers began to play as all the contestants walked out onto the ring, including Trunks, Goten, and-
" --BURA?! What's she doing out there?! " Bulma gawked.
" Bura's never been interested in training before, how strange. " Vegeta rubbed his chin.
" "STRANGE!?" She could get hurt! " Bulma sweatdropped.
" Are you SURE you wanna do this? " Trunks asked Bura as they stood on the ring, " There's other ways to vent. "
" Yeah! You can mediate! " Goten chirped, " Like Piccolo! "
" ... " Bura stared at him, " I'd rather do this instead. "
" Oh-kay Bura. " Trunks shrugged, " It's gonna be tough though. "
" Ha! I can take it! " she boasted.
" One of these 50 young men and women will become the 26th Tenkaichi Budoukai's Junior Champion! But WHO will it be!
The battle begins now! Numbers 1 and 2, take your places! " two of the contestants left the line and walked to the front of the ring, " Will our remaining challangers please return to the contestants waiting room for your names and numbers to be called. "
And with that, they did.
The children's division continued on much in the same way the previous budoukai's had. Some just standing there,
others accidentally falling out of the ring, some crying even before they were even hit. And then, it was finally Trunks's turn to enter the ring. He would teach his first opponent, that Ikaysa kid, a lesson. The demi-saiyajin snickered evilly and and hopped onto the ring.
" Hi niichan! "
" Eh!? " Trunks looked over to see Bura at the other end of the ring, waving to him, " BURA!? What are you doing here and where's Ikaysa! I'm 23 and he's 24! "
" Haha, not anymore! " she held out the 24 ticket, " Ikaysa had to go home early, so he graciously handed over his ticket, " she lied, " so now I'M number 24! Ready to fight! "
" Hn....::I can't beat up Bura, Kaasan'll ground me for sure!:: Trunks twitched, frustrated. Bura rushed at him.
Trunks sighed, " KIAH! " he let loose a huge kiah, sending Bura backwards in mid-step and hurtling her past the ring and right into the wall half a dozen feet behind it. Bura slid to the ground, twitching.
" Number 24 is out of the ring! Number 23 wins the match! " the announcer motioned to Trunks.
" CURSE YOU TRUNKS!! " Bura shook her fist in the air as she dizzily stood up.
Trunks sighed, " Two more entire rounds before I get to fight Goten, this is gonna take forever! "
One of the drummers leaned over towards Bura, " Umm, you oh-kay? "
" Come closer... "
" Uh...? " he did so, only to have Bura make a fist and punch him in the gut, " OOF! "
Bura wobbled back towards the stands, " Perhaps I could get Kakarroujo to change his mind... "
" Finally, the finals! So far all the rest of the child-battles have been mediocre. " Vegeta sighed with relief. Once again, the remaining two finalists were Goten and Trunks.
" I take slight offense to that. " Bura, who was sitting on the left-hand-side of the ouji, muttered.
" You were fighting Trunks, who trains everyday and has competed in one of these tournaments before. If you'd have told me a week or so BEFORE the tournament that you wanted to enter I'd have gladly trained you. " the ouji explained, " Then you'd at least be able to defeat the other contestants. "
" Well its not like I planned this. I got the idea while we were back on the plane. " Bura said, rubbing her aching back--which had been the first thing to have hit the wall, " ... " she paused and looked over at Goku, " Kakarroujo are you SURE you don't want to be Toussan's Oujo anymore? " Bura pleaded desperately.
Goku's eyes went wide, " ... "
" Don't ask him that of course he doesn't! " Vegeta's face went red.
" I told you Bura, I am going to be Veggie's PLATONIC-oujo. "
" You're not getting that job either! " Vegeta huffed.
" If I were Veggie's REGULAR-oujo then I would be auto-matically breaking rule 2 because one of the saiyajin no oujo's jobs be to break rule 2 and that's one of the biggest rules of all! " Goku gasped.
" Indeed. " Vegeta nodded wisely, " It's for Kakarrotto's own protection. " he smirked, " And as his ruler it is my job to protect him. "
" You're so chilvalrious, Vegeta. " Bulma sweatdropped.
" That I am. " he folded his arms.
" And now we introduce to you our top two finalists, Number 23, Trunks Briefs! And Number 12, Son Goten! " the Budoukai announcer announced as Trunks and Goten walked onto the ring, " These two boys made it to the finalists in the previous Budoukai, will Trunks continue his winning streak and be the first two-time Junior Division Champ, or will Goten get revenge for his loss in the 25th competition and come back to win it today! "
" The second one! " Goten cheered.
Trunks smirked, " I doubt that. "
The announcer backed up out of the ring and the drummers began to play, " Alright gentlemen! The fight will begin, in 3, 2, 1! "
" YAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! "
" YAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! " Trunks and Goten flew at each other, landing a barrade of punches and kicks and moving upward into the air with each one. Trunks suddenly raised one arm and landed a punch to Goten's back, sending him downwards. Goten flipped over and flew back up at him. Trunks dodged only to have Goten after-image beside him and kick the older chibi in the side. Trunks grabbed Goten's foot and threw him over his head. Just as Goten was nearing the end of his semi-circle he opened his hands and launched a ki-blast in Trunks's face, causing him to let go of Goten's foot and put his hands up to his face, coughing. He glared at Goten, then went ssj. Goten grinned and went ssj as well. The two chibis stared each other down;
then all of a sudden struck familiar poses.
" KAH...MEH...HA..MEH... "
" GARRIKU... "
" HAAAAAAAA! "
" HOOOOOOOO! " the two blasts collided with each other, Trunks and Goten each trying to push his over the other's.
Vegeta beamed, " Now this is how the "junior" division SHOULD look! " he said, impressed.
The two blasts ended up being bounced upward into the air beside each other; evenly matched.
Goten suddenly flew downwards. Trunks blinked, then flew after him. Goten landed onto the middle of the ring and started running until he reached the edge, " Whoawhoawhoa, " he wobbled on one foot. Trunks grinned wickedly and blasted at him, ready to knock Goten out of the ring only to have the younger chibi grab Trunks by each of his hands, flip him over his head and towards the ground below only to have Trunks stop himself just two inches from the grass beneath him. He swung around to his right and chucked Goten across the ring. Goten threw mini ki-blasts at Trunks while he spiraled backwards until skidding to a halt on the ring. Trunks had been able to dodge almost all the blasts except for two or three of them.
" Wow Goten you've really been training hard lately, haven't you. " Trunks smirked.
" Heehee, not only that but I've got a secret weapon! " Goten proudly pounded his chest.
" Goten, we're not allowed to use 'weapons', you know that. " Trunks teased.
" Oh its not THAT kind of weapon, Trunks. " Goten happily shook his head no.
" It isn't, huh. "
" ... "
" HAAAAAAAAAAAA! " Goten launched himself at Trunks, who was still at the other end of the ring. Trunks easily side-stepped Goten only to feel something yank him by the waist two seconds later. Goten stopped suddenly at the end of the ring and Trunks was jerked past him, landing onto the ground with a thump.
" o.O " Trunks stared in shock at what had grabbed his waist. Chibiko waved cheerfully at him.
" YAY I WIN!! " Goten gushed, pumping his fists in the air.
" WOOHOO! " Goku pumped his fists as well as his sat in his seat.
Vegeta sat back into a stubborn pout, " He just got lucky because he has a tail. "
Goku looked over at the little ouji, then grabbed him with his tail and plopped the smaller saiyajin onto his lap,
" Haha! " he glomped Vegeta, " GO GOTEN!! " Goku waved to him while Vegeta sat there, dazed and glowing bright red as his face pressed against the front of Goku's gi.
The budoukai announcer walked back into the ring and up to Goten and Trunks--who was in the process of trying to pull Chibiko off from around his waist, " Trunks is out of the ring, Goten is our new Junior Division Champion! " he held Goten's arm up.
" Hahaha! " the chibi laughed.
" Grr....UGH! " Trunks flopped back, unable to free his waist from the tail's grip, " I am DEFINATELY asking Turles for a tail before this is over. "
" There will be no match between our Junior Division Champ and Hercule this year because of Hercule being temporarily down due to his illness. That's it for today's schedule of the 26th Tenkaichi Budoukai! Remember, you can get items autographed by our three previous budoukai champions for the next half-hour. The Adult Division will begin tommorow at 9:00am! Drive safely and have a good night everybody! "
9:41 PM 8/17/2004 END OF PART THREE!
Chuquita: HOORAY!
Vegeta: (smirks) Nice note to end the chapter on.
Chuquita: (grins) This should be finished intime for Thursday! (to audiance) I now have a part-time job where I cashier at Marrazzo's--that's a grocery store--and since I have work tommorow, that means the chapter could be either done tommorow OR Thursday. My work hours and the 3 days of the week change every week. (nods) I also get my very first paycheck on Friday!
Vegeta: Wouldn't that be confusing if the days and hours you work change each week? (cocks an eyebrow)
Chuquita: Normally, but I like the variation it gives; though I'm really beat after I'm done. It's more tiring than you'd think it would be.
Goku: (happily) I like playing with the moving belt thing you push a button on the make the food come down!
Chuquita: All the machines in there hum the same so I keep forgetting to turn off the smaller fan-belt. (sweatdrops)
Vegeta: How much do you get paid?
Chuquita: I'm not sure. But I know its 6 dollars an hour and altogether so far I've worked 12 hours last week and 6 hours yesterday....but I don't know if I get paid for both last week and this week together or just for last week this week.
-confused-. Eh, I'll find out Friday. (happily) And now onto the reviewer-replies!
To PiccoloDiamao1020: Thanks so much! For chapters, I think this story may have either 4 or 5; depending on how long the battles in the adult division and adult finals are.
To BlackDragonFury: I'm happy to be back too! :) I really missed updating; finally getting to upload chapter 2 made me feel so happy! Sure! I'm going to draw something to submit once I get done with the request-doodle I'm working on. OOH! New chapter of "Chibi Chaos"! (grins in anticipation) The Goku one-shot sounds fun too! Goodluck with 'um both!
To Hakura0: It's oh-kay. I will eventually re-upload fic 90; though one chapter at a time like the other fics. Heehee, I am now seriously contemplating on keeping Turles around for a while. If he stays I could probably still get his part in fic 100;
where he spots the other ship from in his own; to work. Maybe have him temporarily go out there to pick something up...I dunno :) Thanks!
To Jenna & Vash: Yeah, it definately freaked me out as well. LOL! Hiei's party. Vash and Hiei arguing :) I like Hiei's reason to continue to be evil. PS2's so much fun! Haha, Goku and Raditsu are arguing now.
To Tonketa-Ouiji: Aw, you're welcome. Heehee, thanks! Yah, for a lil bit after "Densetsu" was finished I was slightly brain-fried for a short while '.';; But after a few fics I felt back to normal, as I do now :) Yup! Veggie gets his turn to fight in the next chapter!
Vegeta: (proudly) "Go Veggie!" indeed! :D To Cathowl: Thanks so much! I'm happy to be back! Ah, so that's what "Kaadra" means. Cool! Yes, Veggie's been having some trouble lately; especially when spending so much time with Son-kun. Heehee, Veggie's got Gokus on the brain. The BIG Goku in the seme shirt represents the kind of Goku Veggie's afraid of; a dominating one. Glad you like the Turles-germs! Yup!
Turles enjoys being evil, and, for him, mentioning things to Vegeta related to the tension falls in that category. Ooh!
Gotoma's learning how to use a sword? I wish him goodluck then! I may be keeping Turles around after all. :) I'll have it decided by the next chapter. Chi-Chi had no choice but to let Goku sleepover at Veggie's if she wanted to train AND get her uniform done by Saturday. Oh! Is Gomi's Goku more aggressive? Punching without a warning or timelimit. (confused.
Thought-bubbles are fun! Cool! I shall think about it :) I'm actually drawing a doodle for each chapter of "Kakarroujo".
I have one of them done. Ah, I start school in 2 weeks. (nods.
To RyukoVulpix: LOL! Thanks! Veggie's dreams are always fun to write with. :) Yup! The Budoukai's very flexable. The years and rules and contestants seem to change from year to year. I enjoyed Trunks and Goten's first match; though its been a while since I've seen the episodes (I have the manga of it though). I liked how Veggie reacted during the match. Getting all excited and happy when Trunks was winning, then getting mad at Goku when Goten went ssj, then getting happy again once Trunks won and even patting Goku on the shoulder. Goten going from that stubborn pout after Trunks cheated, then instantly being happy again once Trunks tells him he can have some of his toys was great! :) Hee, the tail ended up winning Goten the match!
To Chibi-Maggie: Thanks! The age differences with Trunks, Goten, Bura, and Pan....most of that got all mixed up a long time ago in my fics. Think of it as a plothole. I do know that their age differences are wider in the show though. -nods-. Glad you like the tenkaichi budoukai plot.
To Chibi-Maggie: Thank you! I shall update as soon as I can!
To wrayshine2: Thanks! Glad you did get to read it. Funny that all those warnings were especially for that particular person.
Don't worry, I'll eventually re-post "Kakarroujo"; this time with more than 3 warnings for scene 11. Maybe some huge bolded,
italicized, underlined warning or something like that. The person said in the review that the person got a "mental breakdown"
from reading scene 11.
To orchideater: Hai...that's why it was so late. I was shocked to see I'd been suspended. You know what's ironic? I'm number one on that person's "favorite authors" page on their profile. My "G 'n V" fic is also on that person's "favorite stories"
page. -shakes her head-. I know. It shouldn't be that way where just anyone has the power to do that to you. If that person didn't like my story he could've just gone to read someone else's story; God knows has hundreds of other dbz fics on it. Yes, I was a little bit nervous about some of the stuff I did put in "Kakarroujo"; there's a reason why two other written items by me; which started as a challange I was given; are at the geocites page instead of being here. Nearly all the reviews I've gotten since I started doing reviewer-replies have been saved onto my computer. Ah, how I miss the old days of when we were allowed to use any symbols we wanted, back when we could use any font, size, and color we wanted, back when we could insert links and pictures into our stories and had forums and profile-pictures....-muses-. I miss all that stuff SO.
Hee, thanks! Turles is fun to work with. Poor Trunks's ps2. Not sure who'll win or not, but Veggie should be thrown off a little bit due to situation he'll be put in. It did take me to planet namek, but it was a different site than the original;
which was where this one was . Some funny stuff there though :) Sure its oh-kay to save that stuff as long as you don't post it without permission. I have lots of images and doujinshi-pages in my folders that I keep just for the sake of reading/viewing enjoyment.
To Nekoni: Hee~ thanks so much! Happy you liked it! Veggie's nightmare was fun :) So many Gokus. Veggie's frightened of the idea of a Goku-seme, which is why his opponent in the dream was one. Ahh, I didn't give the details for those four days cuz I wanted to get to the Budoukai; though I will give the details of Goku and Veggie's day in the room they're sharing between now, tonight, and the following day when the Budoukai begins. Yes, them spending too much time alone together in the same room (well, a year) did cause things to happen and evolve. Veggie wanted to have him and Goku sit with all the others in the stands to avoid having anymore alone time with him. Mirai is actually the same Mirai as the one who appeared in "Oi!"; his attempt to change the future here was his second one, so technically he's the only one who knows what would happen had Goku and Veggie trained together in the room of time and space rather than have Mirai go in with Veggie and Gohan with Goku. I may even have this chapter up for Wednesday, I'm almost done )
To QueenPhoenix: Heh, chapter 3 ended up being almost as big as 2. Not really, cuz I normally figure out the size of my chapters by kb, while on they determine the size by number of words. I should look at some of the other fics word size. -nods-. Aw, thanks so much! )
To QueenPhoenix: Thanks! She doesn't want to enter as herself because she wants to beat Veggie at his own game (fighting) and then shock him and Goku by revealing herself after the fact, and also to spy on them and make sure nothing "non-platonic"
happens. Veggie'll end up beating her in part 4 anyway though '.';; Yup! Probably )
To poketr: Thanks so much! Hee~, "platonic" :) Yeah, "Kakarroujo" will eventually be re-posted. I will! :D To Goddess Shimi: -applaudes Goten's lil story-. I like it! Heh-heh, Jitto and Goggie telling Chi-Chi to go home. Aww! A bunny! Named Veggie! How cute :) Ooh, you're getting the Bojack dvd? I may get one soon. I have movies 1, 2, 3, and 8. -nods-
I liked the Trunks plushie. Goggie and Jitto plushies would be so CUTE! I hope Suncoast comes out with them, or Goku and Veggie. Lookit all the Veggie plushies! The machine's stuck!
Vegeta: Good think we're in my room instead of back at the Corner where the warnings are.
(huge number of Veggie-plushies suddenly smush against the windows of Veggie's room)
Vegeta: ACK! (backs up)
Chuquita: (whips out an umbrella) TAKE COVER!
(windows burst under the plushies' pressure and said plushies flow into the room)
Goku: Haha, (pokes head up above plushies) Lookit all the VEGGIES! (gushes)
Chuquita: (looks around the room) Wow... Anyway, I may get part 3 done intime for Wednesday after all!
Goku: HOORAY!
Chuquita: See you sometime next week with part 4 everybody!
Vegeta: (waves) (swimming around trying to get out of the sea of plushies) Later.
Goku: BYEBYE!