Nothing special today folks, only a filler. Enjoy!

Reviews!

Son Oliver: well I'm sure Goku will be stuck thinking about all he has done now. Goten acting the way he did must be some kind of wake up call for Goku…

Rejhan: well you'll have a long wait I'm afraid…take that as you want. Could mean anything from until the end of this chapter or right near the end of the story. Glad you liked the fight though.

Trugeta: funny how only you and one other person seemed to mention that…
we may have gone over it a million times but you're still right. Everyone should have been stronger etc, well it looks like they are now…which is odd considering that I was going to keep Goten as a strong ssj2…meh, Goten makes a good sub ssj3, its sticking.

Chico: you know I was feeling awful when I got your review and it really made me feel better (cure for the common cold: reviews!) thanks Chi, glad you liked & hopes you didn't get into too much trouble…

Super saiyan 4 Chichi: ah, you see you're touching on something there that everyone seems to have missed. Goten is still with girlfriend Paris/Valese. And yes, Goku can still go ssj4, (I just haven't called it that yet).

Chapter 16: impact.

The next couple of fights went by rather quickly. Goku played around with Bruno, allowing him to try and hit him before eventually kicking the wrestler out of the ring.

Gohan took care of the arachnid easily enough. The masked fighter had been completely stunned when Gohan turned out to be faster then he had ever dreamt of. The Arachnid had been trying to wear Gohan down by staying out of reach and using his supposedly superior speed to catch Gohan off guard but Gohan ended up fazing out of sight and elbowing his masked opponent in the face, knocking him out.

And finally Tara gave Haru a run for his money in the final match of the first rounds. Haru was convinced that he'd be able to persuade her to forfeit but when it came to their match she had simply apologised and then went about pummelling him, first hitting him across the face and chest and then tripping him and throwing him out of the ring.

In the end the second round match ups looked like this:

Vegeta Vs. Eisuke
Pan Vs. Goten
Zara Vs. Goku
Gohan Vs. Tara

During the time it took for these final fights to be settled, Trunks and Goku had been unable to have the conversations they desired to have. Goten still hadn't shown up and Trunks had been unable to escape from the group.

Vegeta's fight was up next and once again everyone was trying to work out if Vegeta would set a new record for the shortest match time or not.

Vegeta watched Eisuke carefully. The boy was extremely nervous about being up against such a great warrior. His master Tien had told Daisuke and himself all about the z gang and now the poor kid was terrified. But he wasn't going to give up.

Vegeta still stood there calmly and Eisuke finally decided to try his luck.

The kid charged at Vegeta and leapt into the air. He then stuck his foot out in a jump kick and hit Vegeta hard across the jaw. The kid then returned to the ground where he continued his attack with a round of punches to the gut followed by a Dodon-pa and then more punches and kicks.

The whole time Vegeta stood perfectly still in a meditative like state. His arms were crossed firmly across his chest and his head was down with his eyes closed. He hardly felt the blows that Eisuke was delivering and the announcer was over exaggerating.

"Wow! Vegeta is completely unable to block those attacks! This is incredible! Eisuke is really dishing out all the stops!" the announcer yelled to the audience, believing everything he said. Of course it were all untrue…

Vegeta opened his eyes and peered down at Eisuke as if he were an insect. Then, as Eisuke continued his flurry of attacks, Vegeta raised his hand and backhanded Eisuke out of the ring in a movement too fast to track. The audience was left completely stunned.

"Well…at least he didn't hit the kid out straight away…" Gohan said whilst a sweat drop rolled down the back of his head. The others simply nodded as they watched Vegeta walk back into the waiting area.

"Could have been shorter…"Zara agreed and then noticed that Trunks was no longer behind her. She turned round and then spotted him over by the door signalling her over.

"I'll be right back…" she muttered to Gohan and Goku and then hurried to her friend. Gohan watched her go.

"Wonder what they're up to…" Gohan muttered and then turned to Goku who was still looking out at the ring.

"You ok dad?" he asked. Goku looked back at his eldest son and grinned.

"I'm fine, son, really. Just want to know where Goten got to…"he told him. Gohan looked back into the ring and sighed.

"He just needed to cool off. Think someone went to get him." Gohan said quietly. Goku nodded.

"I know. I just want to check up on him. First he takes off and then Uub goes to avoid another confrontation like that one…I just don't get what's going on around here." Goku said and frowned lightly at the ground. Gohan glanced at his father then sighed.

"You'll get your chance to talk to him, don't worry. He has to show up soon anyway…"

"Well if he doesn't want to miss his match he does." Bra's voice met their ears. She was still leaning over the top of the screen watching her best friend in the ring. She may have lost but she was still allowed in the waiting area.

Goku nodded at Gohan and Bra.

"Yea, he does…" he said and regained his normal grin.

Zara wondered out into the courtyard to see Trunks waiting for her.

"It was getting a little crowded in there." He told her when she got close enough. Zara nodded and smiled at him.

"Yea it was. And awkward to boot." She said and stared curiously at him.

"So have you worked out what you wanted to say yet?" she asked. Trunks scratched his head nervously.

"What do you mean?" he asked just as nervously. Zara smirked.

"Well…" she began and leant forward, "I'm psychic. That and you've been trying to get me out here all day. You have something on your mind, Briefs." She straightened up again.

Trunks went slightly red and opened his mouth to say something but before anything could leave his mouth, footsteps greeted their ears. They both looked round to see Goten running towards them with Marron not too far behind. They came to a halt in front of them.

"Have I been called yet?" Goten asked between breaths. He had flown top speed across the island with Marron when he realised what time it was and had only just landed.

"Not that long ago. You still have time." Zara told him. Goten nodded and started towards the building.

"Hey 'Ten, Your dad's in there and he wants to talk to you." Trunks quickly called after him. Goten stopped and then glanced over his shoulder at his friends.

"Well he has a long wait." He told them and then jumped clear over the building and into the arena beyond. His friends watched him and after a quick glance, ran to get good spots in the waiting area.

Goten landed and quickly ran into the ring, calling out an apology for being so late as he did so.

"Its ok kid, just try not to go nuts in this fight like you did in the last one." The announcer called back, slightly exasperated. These guys were nuts…

Goten looked over at a frowning Pan and a classic Son grin flashed over his face.

"I'll see what I can do." He joked. The announcer didn't find it all that funny and simply signalled the start of the match.

Goten stuck to his defensive stance as he watched his niece. Pan stayed perfectly still with her arms crossed over her chest and her face pulled into a frown. She didn't make a single move to start the fight. Soon Goten got impatient of waiting for his niece.

"Come on squirt. Are we just going to stand around here all day or what? I have to get into the next round and this isn't helping." Goten called to her. Pan still didn't make a move.

"Why did you do that to Uub? You could have killed him." She finally spoke. Goten was caught off guard by this. He frowned at his niece.

"Does it matter?" he asked and Pan glared at him.

"Yea it matters. You made him leave. You made it seem like he's not welcome when he is." She shot at him.

"What do you mean he's welcome? He isn't. I say good riddance." Goten shot back stubbornly. Pan growled.

"You can be a complete jerk sometimes, you know? This is so 'Goten'. You completely burry stuff and don't tell anyone something's wrong and when it finally comes to the time to confront it, you explode and handle it really badly. I bet you won't even talk to grandpa Goku."

Goten frowned at Pan as she finished.

"You don't know anything, Pan. Just shut up and lets get this over with." Goten said, straining to keep his voice calm. Pan shook her head angrily.

"So you refuse to talk, huh? I thought so. We might as well just handle this your way, right? By beating the problem into a bloody pulp." She shot back and finally got into her stance. Goten growled and lunged.

"Shut it!"

He threw his fist at her and Pan was forced to duck with only a nanosecond to spare. Pan then rolled aside as Goten followed through with an axe kick and fired a blast at her. Pan flew high into the air before the blast impacted the tiles and Goten chased after her.

Goten quickly caught up to her and began to attack, throwing a blur of attacks at her as fast as he could leaving barely enough time for Pan to block. She did her best to fend off the attacks but Goten managed to get a few lucky shots in, catching her hard on the jaw and then moving onto her gut.

Goten floated backwards and smirked at his niece and she looked back at him, wiping some blood away from her mouth. She continued to watch him, entering a stare down.

I have to finish this fast, She decided and then burst into her super saiyan transformation. Her teal eyes set firmly on her uncle and Goten started to transform as well.

Pan didn't give him enough time. He barely even had enough time to think about defending himself before Pan dived in with her fist forward. She punched him hard across the jaw and then swung her left fist up to hit his face up. She followed through with several kicks to his side and then quickly charged a weak kamehameha and fired it into his chest, sending him flying backwards. She finally appeared above him and slammed him hard into the tiled ring where he bounced and struggled to get up. Goten had only just managed to get onto all fours when Pan appeared beside him and kicked him hard into the air. She executed a perfect final spin kick when he was high enough, that sent him flying into the wall outside the ring. Goten had lost.

"Wow! I have no idea what exactly happened there, ladies and gentlemen, but Pan sure didn't waste anytime! She didn't even give Goten a chance there! What an incredible match!" the announcer yelled as Goten pulled himself out of the indent in the wall. He growled to himself and then looked up to see Pan floating in front of him, powering down from super saiyan.

"So how does it feel? That's pretty much what you were planning on doing to Uub right? Not give him a chance?" she asked, still frowning. Goten averted his gaze to stare at the waiting area's screen instead.

"Yea." He mumbled and Pan smirked.

"Well that's how you do it properly. Well if you don't want to torture the guy at least." Pan started frowning again.

"Look, if you want to fight grandpa next then do it at home. We don't want you going out of control around so many people again." Pan added and then sunk to the ground. Goten was still staring at the screen as a small group of people came out. Goku was amongst them.

Goku looked straight at his son and Goten stared back before taking off. Goku started to go after him.

"Goten! Wait!" he yelled but felt something rest on his shoulder. Gohan had put his hand on there.

"Wait dad, I don't think he's ready yet." He said softly and Goku lowered his head and began to head back to the waiting area.

"Guess you're right…"

Zara, Marron and Trunks stared off in the direction Goten had gone in. Trunks sighed.

"Something tells me that he isn't going to stay on the island this time." He said. Zara looked up at him.

"Your not thinking about following, are you?" she asked and Trunks shook his head.

"Nah, think its best we leave him alone. He'll come back when he's ready." He replied. Marron sighed.

"He better. I don't like the thought of him being alone right now." She said. Zara smiled at her.

"Hey, Goten just has a lot of stuff to think through. He won't do any thing stupid…er." She assured. The other two nodded and from the ring the announcer called the next competitors.

"Its time to get the next match underway! Goku is up against Zara! Can they please get to the ring?"

Zara smirked as Goku walked over to them with Gohan at his side.

"That's us, you ready?" Goku announced, son grin in place as he awaited his next challenge. Zara nodded and then looked to the others.

"Go on, we'll be cheering for you guys!" Trunks said.

"Yea but I'll have to from the stands. I'm not exactly allowed back here." Marron explained and then quickly left. Zara and Goku thanked the others and then quickly went into the ring, leaving Trunks and Gohan behind to watch.

Zara and Goku now stood at opposite sides of the ring. Zara stood with her right side facing Goku with a serious look on her face as she watched him. Goku wore his special smile that he only wore when entering a good fight. He was the first to sink into a stance.

"Good luck!" he called and Zara smirked as she lowered into an offensive stance.

"Same back at you, you're going to need it to keep up." She called back. Goku's smile widened as he adjusted his stance and inched closer.

The whole arena was silent as they waited. A cloud floated lazily across the sun, casting a shadow for a time and then it passed.

"And begin!"

Immediately the two fighters lunged forward to start their attack. Goku started with a right hook but Zara swerved out the way and came up with one of her own that was pushed aside by Goku. Goku came back with a second punch but he was too late as Zara had already swung her left leg round to catch him on the side. Goku winced and was left with an upper cut that pushed him up but he recovered with enough time to kick Zara before she continued her combo.

Zara was sent backwards where she began to back flip across the ring and finally jump high into the air just before she made it off the ring. Goku watched her and then took to the air as well, meeting her head on. Zara had thrown her fist forward to meet him but Goku caught it and shoved his own up to meet her gut. She managed to catch it just in time and they were then stuck trying to free their fist from the other.

Goku then felt like he had been punched in the face as an invisible force hit him – no doubt Zara's telekinetic ability –and was forced to let go. She then flew forward to hit him hard simultaneously in the gut and chest and then execute a spin kick. Goku was hit by all three and was sent further back, where he recovered.

"You're holding back!" Zara yelled at him. Goku smiled and nodded.

"So are you." he called back and Zara smiled.

"True. How about we get serious?" she called and then phased out of sight. Goku smirked and did the same.

To the audience what happened next seemed like a succession of flashing running through the air every few seconds accompanied by the occasional glimpse of the two warriors being hit or entering another stalemate. But to the trained eye it looked like things were heating up.

Zara threw a punch at Goku but he phased out of sight and appeared behind her where he threw an attack of his own but Zara also disappeared. She appeared a good distance away from him on his right, preparing a blasting her out stretched palm. She fired but Goku deflected it whilst he charged forward. He feinted a punch but ended up kicking Zara hard in the jaw. She was sent backwards by the hit but disappeared before Goku could continue his attack. He looked round just in time to be on the receiving end of an elbow drop to the face. Zara twisted off of it and then executed a spin kick that sent Goku flying but he disappeared before she could continue.

Goku appeared above her with his fists laced together as he swung them down towards her head but she raised her hands to block. He continued to press down on them and Zara struggled to keep them above her head. She struggled and then somehow managed to quickly grab his wrists before he could hit her and she ended up pulling him in to head butt him in the face. She flipped him over her head from there and Goku grinned when he stopped himself from falling.

"Wow, you've really come along way since the last time I saw you fight." He commented. Zara smiled back.

"Yea, I may not be as good as you yet, Goku, but I'm getting there." She replied and then returned to her stance.

"Yea, I guess sparring with Vegeta helps. So how about we continue?" he asked. Zara nodded.

"Right, give me everything you've got."

"Ok, as you wish." Goku smirked and then vanished.

Zara looked surprised for a moment and then quickly scanned the arena for movement and ki signature. A small glimmer appeared in the corner of her eye and she quickly turned in time to block Goku's headshot. Goku pressed down and Zara growled under the strain and her red, inferno of an aura quickly came to life and pushed Goku back. The slippery saiyan smirked and then within a blink of an eye he was a super saiyan.

"Was hoping to save super but oh well." Goku admitted and then disappeared. Zara disappeared as well and they both met higher above the ring.

Zara aimed kick after kick at Goku and he managed to dodge before aiming a punch to her chest but she leapfrogged over him and kicked him hard in the back. Goku then translocated behind her and aimed another punch that she only just managed to push a side before being met with his knee in her gut. He pushed her off of it and then hit her hard on the back and sent her plummeting down. Zara managed to stop herself easily enough but when she looked up, Goku was charging up his signature move and it was too late to do anything about it.

"…HA!" he yelled as he fired the blast and Zara was forced to cross her arms in front of her and take it. The blast pushed her further down when it hit and Zara was only just able to stop herself from going further down before it dissipated. The next thing she knew, Goku was on her and had double fisted her the rest of the way down, onto the edge of the ring. She bounced off of it and hit her head hard on the edge when she landed on the green grass.

Goku let out a long breath when he saw her land and powered down. He landed on the ring and smiled down at her.

"You ok?" he asked. Zara winced as she felt the back of her head.

"Yea, nothing some aspirin won't fix. Good match Goku." She replied and winced as her hand felt a sore spot.

"Zara!" another voice called out and the two warriors looked up to see Trunks and Gohan making their way towards them, Trunks was running, Gohan was walking briskly.

Trunks knelt down next to Zara and inspected her head.

"Ouch, you ok?" he asked and Zara laughed.

"Oh yea, I'm fine, it's just a headache. It doesn't look that bad back there, does it?" she asked. Trunks helped her up as he inspected it some more.

"Just a scratch and its already closing up." He informed and Zara nodded. Goku scratched his head and flashed them all a Son grin.

"Didn't think I hit you that hard." He said. Zara grinned at him.

"Neither did I. It's ok Goku, really. Lets just get back inside. The next match is going to start soon." She told him and the group made their way back inside, discussing that last match and momentarily forgetting about all the problems they had at that moment.

A/N: leaving it there. Hope you enjoyed it but it was just a filler. All the next few chapters are going to be are the final matches and then I'm starting super 17. That should be fun, ja'ne!