Chapter 16
The ordeal
Trunks and M. Goku watched as C. Trunks, Goten, Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, and Yamcha entered the area. Paikon, Arqua, Olibru, Piccolo, Tien, Eighteen, and the kais descended from the sky and Roshi, Baba, and Korin walked in from the woods. There was a large stone arena in the center.
"Welcome" King Kai said. Grand Kai, who had decided to come for reasons known only to him, smiled and nodded at them.
"Hey ya'll"
"This is to be your greatest training step, this will determine how far you've come. Welcome to your final exam" Supreme Kai said. Yamcha and Gohan gulped. Goku and Goten looked confused. Vegeta and C. Trunks just looked annoyed.
"Your test" Trunks continued "Is going to be a tournament. Your opponents will be your instructors as well as each other. And your judges will be the kais"
"ALL of the kais" Grand Kai said with a wink. All gazes snapped towards the sky.
"What is that? I sense some strong power levels approaching. One VERY strong power level"
"Can it be?" Shin asked Kibito. Kibito looked, quite frankly, confused and shocked.
"Who is that?" Trunks asked
"Well, since you all seem to be in the dark, I'll enlighten you" Elder Kai said "To be blunt, it's the most powerful kai ever to exist. Dai Kai"
"And"
"The North, South, and West Supreme Kais"
"But how could that be?"
"They died didn't they? Well, so did I. And I'm here aren't I?"
"But Dai Kai and South Kai were absorbed"
"Yes, but Buu was killed. Therefore"
"They died with him"
"And so"
"They're here now"
"Alright!" Shin yelled. The group of higher kais landed and, upon seeing elder kai, paid they're respects before being embraced by their younger counterpart.
"They'll be judging along with us" Grand Kai said. The kais nodded.
"It will be interesting to see them fight" WS. Kai said (West Supreme Kai)
"Yes, but remember, there is a lot on the shoulders of these warriors" Dai Kai said.
"Yes, far more than could be imagined"
"What do you mean?" Vegeta asked, not liking to be kept in the dark
"The Ice-Jins are attempting to restart the planet trade" SS. Kai said (South Supreme Kai)
"WHAT?! THIS CAN NOT BE ALLOWED!!" Vegeta bellowed
"I agree, so lets get on with this final exam so we can go kick their butts" Yamcha said
"Indeed, let the tournament begin" Baba shouted "The first fighters will be..." the kais gave each fighter a number and she drew two numbers from a box.
"Number 14 and Number 1!" Each looked down at their numbers.
"YES!" Yamcha called
"Alright" Arqua said
"That fish nearly beat you, didn't he Kakarot?" Vegeta said
"Yeah, he did, luckily I figured out how to beat him" Goku said
"Then this shouldn't last long"
"That's what you think" Eighteen said "Yamcha is full of surprises"
"Begin!" Baba said
"Alright" Shin said
"I don't think so" WS Kai said
"What are you planning Kailendra"
"Don't worry Shin, I just want to use my powers. I'm getting rusty" she said with a wink. She stretched her arms out and closed her eyes, humming softly. The area around them began to shift, and they were standing on hot sand. The ocean lapped up next to them.
"A beach?" Shin asked
"No, a desert and the ocean" she said. Shin looked behind him and found himself looking at endless desert
"Where did you find a planet like that?"
"In my quadrant, duh!" she said, sticking her tongue out and rolling her eyes to make her point.
"WHA?!" Yamcha stumbled and looked around, then grinned to himself. He turned back around and Arqua was nowhere to be seen.
"Where did-" He didn't get a chance to finish his sentence as he was kicked into the water. He looked left, then right, and found Arqua swimming straight at him.
"If he doesn't get out of the water, he's gonna be in trouble" Goku said
'Come on my friend, you can do it' Tien thought.
'Come on Yamcha, you can figure this out, watch his attacks' Yamcha thought. Aqua curved and his eyes left Yamcha for a moment, but then they were back on him and Yamcha was hit again. He was running out of air and stamina. He couldn't take much more. He waited for Arqua to curve again, then shot into the air. Arqua turned back towards where Yamcha was, then stopped, looking for his prey.
"Take this" Yamcha yelled "Flaming Rain!" he raised his hands above his head, palms up, and gathered ki, then fired big red streams of ki into the water. The water hissed with each blast, but the blasts were not extinguished or slowed, and quickly found their prey. Arqua shot out of the water, and quickly raised his hands in surrender.
"I give up" he shouted
"Arqua concedes, Yamcha wins" Baba called
"Yeah!"
"Incredible!" Goku shouted
"How did THAT weakling almost beat you?" Vegeta scoffed
"Eighteen warned you he was full of surprises" Goku grinned, changing the subject. Yamcha waved his hand and grinned. The area changed back to normal and Kailendra grinned. Just then, a large blast hit the entire area, putting a large crater where the arena used to be. Standing there were two dozen ice-jins, each in the third stage.
"Whoa, a whole bunch of Friezas!" Goku yelled
"No, they're from his clan though" Vegeta growled "Somehow they've found our location"
King Kai smiled slightly, but then quickly took on a look of dread.
"Oh no, Ice-Jins!" he cried
"What did you do Northy?" West Kai asked
"Yeah, I know that look" East Kai said
"You're definitely up to something!" South Kai agreed
"Oh nothing, I just decided to make this a REAL test"
"You leaked information?!"
"Uh huh, but don't worry, I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think they were up to it" he said, crunching loudly. East Kai looked at him in disgust as he ate popcorn and slucked soda "Popcorn?"
"Oh great"
"HOW did THEY get here? I thought you said this is a secure location, you dumby!" Elder Kai ranted at Shin
"It should be! No one but kais have ever been here"
"This is what happens when you bring lesser beings to holy cleansing places" Kibito said
"Someone must've leaked" Grand Kai said. All eyes turned on the lower kais, the three lower kais turned on King Kai, who blinked, in the middle of opening a can of peanuts.
"Umm, peanuts?" he offered meekly
"How could you?! This is a holy cleansing ground for the higher kais!" Kibito roared
"Calm down big red" Elder Kai said cooly "I'm sure it will be clean again once the Saiyans get done"
"But-"
"Hush! And pass me some of those peanuts"
"Vegeta?"
"What Kakarot?"
"Remember what I said?"
"Yes, of course"
"Let's put it into practice"
"When have I ever not?" both went Super Saiyan
"Stay back" Trunks said to the three chibis
"This is butt whoop 101" Gohan added with a smirk. Both went Super Saiyan. Mirai Goku groaned
"But Sensei"
"Just stay back and take notes" Gohan said "You might learn something"
"Ha!"
"And so" the leader of the Ice-Jin group had unrolled a scroll and begun reading in an official voice while all this had been going on.
"Umm, sir"
"What is it? I'm reading them the order for their execution"
"But sir, I don't think they intend to go quietly"
"What are you talking about?" he looked up at his officer and noticed his eyes were wide and glued to the enemy. He looked around at his other troops and found they were also wide eyed and speechless. He sighed and turned around to see a Super Saiyan fist traveling straight towards his nose. He barely had time to scream like a little girl before it connected.
The chibis watched, and occasionally grimaced in sympathy pain, as the elder Saiyans along with Eighteen, Tien, and Yamcha pick apart the group of Ice-Jins. They saw one of them break away from a large group Gohan had been beating on and turned on the lower kais.
"Uh oh Trunks" Goten said, pointing to him. M. Goku and C. Trunks' attention turned to their friend's finger, then to the Ice-Jin who was coming up on the unsuspecting kais.
"Lets go Goten" C. Trunks said, turning Super Saiyan
"Come on Goku" Goten said, following his friends example. M. Goku merely nodded turning super, and the chibi trio descended on the Ice-Jin.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaah!" the stalker turned in time to see three feet coming at him from different directions, connecting in such a way as to keep him there, but crush his head as well. The impact sent him to the ground, where they proceeded to beat him senseless. When they finished, East Kai looked at the Ice-Jin and clucked her tongue before taking out a large hammer and whacking his head, knocking him into the way of one of Goku's ki blasts.
"Good boys, here's some lollipops" she said, handing each boy a large, multi colored treat. They cheered with delight.
When all Ice-Jins had been dealt with, there were still ashes and the occasional charred tail or two laying on the ground. Several holes opened in the ground and the grass brushed everything into the holes.
"I told you" Elder Kai said. Kibito grumbled and Kailendra chuckled.
"That was good, don't you think so Sante?" she said to SSK
"Yes, Norris and I quite enjoyed it" He said, gesturing to NSK. The lower kais each stood with their hands behind their backs, observing the group.
"I think they're ready" King Kai said
"Yes" the others agreed