A/N: Well, here it is: the final fight of this tournament, to be decided between father and son! Enjoy!

If you enjoyed this tournament, you might want to watch out for updates of 'The greatest challenge yet', where my next tournament will take place. Thank you all for your interest in this story!

Welcome to the afterlife, son!

Chapter Eighteen: Final Round!

Last time...

Then both fighters returned to their respective groups and received the more than earned compliments. Yeah, that had been an interesting fight, and as well Goku as Gohan could hardly await the final fight, father Son versus son Son...

Now the continuation...

Okay, Goku had damaged the platform quite a bit so that the final round would be a tad bit delayed, but it couldn't be helped. And besides, they had Uranai Baba to fix the damage in the blink of an eye...

The Saiyan went to his son, proud that he would face him in the final match. Never would he have thought that his son would be strong enough to make it to the final round at his first attempt. But the boy, no, the young man had not only surprised him...

As he looked into his son's eyes he could see the same determination his own eyes must have shown so often before, and it was an understatement to say that Goku was really proud.
"So, son, ready for the battle?" he asked in his usual cheerful attitude.

Gohan turned towards him, a smile playing in the corners of his mouth.
"Ready when you are, dad." he said, reciting their old saying.

Goku nodded, smiling. Now he finally knew that his son would do well up here. He had understood that he could not influence the happenings down on Earth any more, and had to 'live' his afterlife instead.

That is, until someone would find a possibility to wish them back. And they were now prepared for this, more than prepared in fact. Those darn hell-spawned tinkertoys were in for a nasty surprise...

30 minutes later...

"Ladiieesss and Gentlemeeeennn!!!" the alien-announcer guy suddenly shouted. "The damage resulting from the previous intense battle has been once again expertly repaired by our Uranai Baba!!! And we are now ready for the final fight!!!"

The crowd once again burst into a roaring frenzy. They were throwing confetti and all other related articles while crying themselves hoarse. They were awed to be here, to have the honor of seeing these great fighters compete! This was the best tournament ever!

"This fight will be decided between father and son!!! You all know him, you all love him… in this corner, two time winner of the afterlife tournament and these times finalist… I give you SON GOKU!!!" the announcer yelled, and the crowd seemed to explode in a cacophony of sounds.

"Well, not everyone loves Kakkarot, just to make my point clear." Vegeta said while Goku walked up into the ring, waving and smiling.

"And in the other corner, I am proud to present you… the surprise of this Aferlife Tournament and now officially one of the strongest fighters in existence… I am proud to give you SON GOHAN!!!" the announcer exclaimed, and Gohan received the same amount of cheers as his father, although one special woman once again cheered louder than anyone else.

While walking into the ring Gohan gave her a confident smile and twinkled at her. Once he had stepped into the ring completely the alien-announcer guy once again stepped forward, like he done in the fights before. And naturally…
"Okay, Gentlemen, you know the rules!!! So let's get ready!!!"

And once again the alien-announcer guy walked off the platform, and took his security measures as he stood behind the magic forcefield. He knew that this fight could get really hot…

Both fighters dropped into stances. They nodded at each other, absolute drive obvious in their faces. Then the Grand Kai gave the signal, and the battle was one more time on!

Goku and Gohan had decided to start slow and were still in their basic forms, and it was more like sparring to them as anything else.

But nevertheless father and son were exchanging blows at breakneck speed, too fast for the crowd to see.

The sonic waves produced by the blows were again strong enough so that they would have blown the spectators apart, and it was all for the better that the Grand Kai had taken security precautions…

Gohan was currently shooting a fast barrage of kicks and punches at Goku, and Goku countered those with the same ferocity. Yeah, this made really fun!

The combatants continued to exchange blows at an incredible rate, and Gohan could hardly believe that he was now fighting against his father, a father he had not seen in such a long time.

It was a good feeling and reminded Gohan a lot of all the trainings fights and sparrings they had absolved together, and Gohan was beginning to enjoy this fight, but decided to take it up a notch.

He nodded at Goku after one of his punch-kick-blast-combos had been blocked and burst into Super Saiyan with a loud scream, and the shockwave he produced was big enough so that the spectators cooed a loud 'Oohh!'.

Goku smiled too, and then he bent the arms to his sides and started to power-up himself. Gohan smiled in anticipation and waited for his father to finish his power-up.

At first Goku was engulfed in the normal white aura that was normal, and seconds later Goku's aura changed to gold and the warrior released his power with a huge scream.
"Ready when you are, son!" he exclaimed cheerfully.

Gohan nodded. Goku's power was dead even to his, and although the following minutes would be nothing more than a warm-up, they would give the spectators quite a show in these forms.

Once again the crowd cheered loudly and even the Grand Kai smirked, although he knew that this was merely a warm-up in the upcoming fight. Yeah, this would get interesting…

Back at the fight Goku and Gohan had begun with the spectacle for the audience. They were now moving much faster than before and the crowd watched the fight with rapt attention at the magical vid-screens, eager not to miss one blow being dealt.

Right now Goku was in the offensive and executed a fluid kick-punch-roundhouse-kick-combo that was blocked by Gohan with ease.

Gohan then started to carry out his own offensive, zanzokened out of sight and reappeared above and right from Goku, trying to hammer him down into the ground. But his father had his guard-up and blocked the blow with ease, then backflipped and used his momentum to kick his son's chin. Or so it was thought…

For the kick met only air as Gohan had fazed out of sight again. Goku fazed out too and avoided a kick being dealt at where he would have been a second before, reappeared and punched at Gohans chest.

Gohan blocked the punch with one hand, cupped the other and fired a Masenko at Goku at point-blank range. His father deflected the beam with one hand and smiled.
"This is fun!" he said.

Gohan nodded in agreement.
"But I think we should take it up a notch. I know that you can go higher, dad. I've seen it. So let's do it!"

His father nodded and subsequently both fighters started to power up even further.

"Yeah! Now it's getting really exciting!" Krillin exclaimed, sensing the increase in power coming from both fighters. The others nodded. This would be a good fight!

Goku and Gohan had started their respective power-ups at the same time, and their golden auras flared back to life.

Father and son began to scream, and as those screams continued the whole arena began to rattle, and once again the spectators got proof how strong those two really were. The width of their auras expanded further and further, and the whole arena was engulfed in blinding light.

Once again everywhere spectators where shielding their eyes, and they could feel the growing power emitted by Goku and his son, and their power-levels were growing fast...

The spectators could then see every muscle bulge even more, and their powers caused the ground to shake like wild, while the crowd was bursting into a roaring frenzy at seeing and sensing so much power. Suddenly KI-Bolts were striking out from both fighters, and their power-levels took the hugest jump ever.

The transformation into a second level Super Saiyan was easy for Gohan, now that he could access his powers at will, and he had decided to take it up to his estimated maximum in this level right from the start.

His already impressive muscles bulged even more, and his hair gained a razor-sharp quality and stood sharp on end.

The same happened to his father, and as the awesome transformation continued the muscles in arms, legs and all over their bodies bulged. Finally the transformation was finished, and as well father as son released their awesome powers in a final display of power and a mighty roar.

There stood Goku, surrounded in a golden aura of astounding proportions. He was radiating even more power than anyone had ever seen or felt before. The KI-Bolts surrounding his body snapped everywhere. It was quite a sight, and VERY impressive.

He smirked, a smirk that was mirrored by his son, who was looking exactly like his father. Engulfed in a fiery golden aura of astounding proportions, a suped-up powerhouse, ready for battle.

The power emanating from them was such that it could even be felt by those who could not sense KI, and once more Videl Satan marveled just how in the world this young man and his father could be so strong. It was unreal!

She did not pay attention towards her father at all, who was still sitting on his seat while all the others had jumped to their feet, cheering those two incredible fighters on. Instead he was mumbling 'It's all a trick!', but Videl ignored him thoroughly. This fight was simply too good, she would put some sense into her dad later…

"Whoah, fans, would you look at this!!! Those two have taken the fight up to the next level!!! After this fantastic display of power we can be astounded what will happen next!!! This fight is truly awesome!!!" the announcer exclaimed, and the crowd could not have agreed more. Never had the Grand Kai heard so much cheering before, and he too was smirking in anticipation…

Father and son resumed their stances with expressions of utmost drive on their faces, and seconds later the battle continued to the 'Oohs' and 'Aahs' of the crowd. Wow, that was one hell of a fight!

Goku and Gohan had launched at each other at the same time and started to strike at each other vehemently. The magical video display showed everything in detail and the warriors were exchanging blows with enough force to create shockwaves in mid-air that were much stronger than before.

Even with the protective enchantments cast by Uranai Baba those blows could be felt even in the stands...

The only thing that could be seen on the platform was the disturbances caused by air being compressed trough their blows. Even Vegeta and Piccolo, two of the strongest Z-Fighters had to watch the fight together with the other at the magical vid-screens, for Gohan and Goku demonstrated a speed they were not able to keep up with.

Luckily magical vid-screens had been conjured at strategic places, and thus the crowd could watch this awesome battle untroubled and in full quality. Yeah, magic had its good sides...

At first father and son had done some probing and testing in their new forms, some punches here, some punches there, but now they had decided to go full out. And that they did!

Goku sent a flying fist to his son's face, which was instantly blocked with one hand and countered. The older Saiyan nearly didn't see the punch that was flying at his face with jackhammer speed, but he managed to block it at the last second.

Goku then decided to up the anti and shot a blow for Gohan's gut, which was again blocked with ease. Seconds later they were trading blows at breakneck speed, all over the platform and fierce enough to compress the air and create sonicwaves strong enough to rattle Grand Kais throne.

The crowd cheered loudly as they watched them go, amazed at the fantastic powers those two had. Videl was openly cheering for Gohan, ignoring his fathers enraged shout.

Meanwhile Goku shot a swift kick to his son's head that found only thin air, and he moved his other leg just in time to block a kick aimed for his lower body, then stopped Gohan's left hand from smashing his nose.

The older Saiyan then executed a punch-claw-kick combo that was however ineffective before Gohan's air-tight defence.

But Goku surprised his son as he rushed forward and executed a punch-kick-roundhouse-kick-blast-punch-blast-punch-combo, and his son was not able to block the last punch.

Videl cooed a loud 'Oh no!' at seeing this, but was unheard amongst the cheers from the crowd.

Gohan however had heard it, and although the punch of his father drove the air out of his lungs and he had to touch down on the ground he managed to somersault however just in time to avoid another roundhouse-kick to the head. This young woman was giving him one heck of a motivation...

His maneuver had given Gohan some time to recover, and as he heard loud calls 'Go Gohan! Go Gohan!' coming from… guess who?... he was even more so determined to beat his father.

Suddenly Gohan zanzokened out of sight, and as did his father. They reappeared seconds later, and Gohan was decking Goku with a hailstorm of punches and driving him back.

They were now in the air again, and then Gohan suddenly shot a quick roundhouse-kick to his father's head, to fast for the older man to see, and this time the shot was a hit. Goku was send to the ground, but caught himself in time to prevent crashing into the ground.

Videl cheered loudly, although the man that had been hit was Gohan's father. But the heck with it! She was cheering for Gohan, not his father. Period!

Goku smiled at his son and launched himself at the younger man with ferocity. The blows they exchanged were so strong that they could be felt outside despite the enchantments, and the crowd was going wild with excitement!

The combatants continued to exchange blows at ridiculous speeds, and Goku could hardly believe how much stronger his son had become. He was very proud of Gohan, and he could see that his son was enjoying this battle to its fullest. This feeling was mutual…

Goku then charged straight at his son and performed a spinning roundhouse-kick, but Gohan was prepared and ducked. At superspeed he countered with an upper cut.

But his father disappeared, and punched at Gohan the moment he reappeared. This time Gohan phased out, but when he did so Goku performed a graceful back flip and brought his fist into his reappearing son's chest.

Gohan floated back from the hit, gnashed his teeth in determination and flew right at him with renewed strength. His father did the same with a expression of utmost drive on his face and met him halfway. They clashed and Gohan attacked first, but once again Goku was able to block all of his son's attacks.

They were trading blows, and on one occasion the older Saiyan got a punch in and hit Gohan in the cheek. But the younger man just smiled and repaid him by hitting his father back hard. This caused Goku to float back.
"I can't believe how good you've become, son! This fight is awesome!"

Gohan smiled.
"I am inclined to agree, dad. Let's continue. Those people shall get something for their money!" he said and launched himself at his father again, the warsong boiling in his blood.

But before Gohan could connect his punch Goku fazed out of sight, and when he suddenly reappeared he uppercuted his son fazed out and cracked him with a roundhouse kick on reappearance. The force was enough to send Gohan flying, but it did not hurt him.

Once Gohan had completely regained his balance, which he did fast enough to make sure his father did not get any advantage, he smiled.
"Now it's my turn, dad." he said, fazed out and reappeared above, then punched his father's guts hard and hammered him into the ground with a doublefisted blow to the back.

"And our current champion has been hit hard for the first time!!! And that was one blow!!!" the announcer exclaimed, while a certain raven-haired young woman was cheering loudly
"YEAH!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!"

As the tournament ring itself had not been enchanted Goku created the first impact crater of this fight and chips of stone were flying everywhere.

Goku got up fast, but was impressed nevertheless.
"Wheew, that was one blow..." he said and then shot a giant energy blast from his right hand straight at his son. Gohan only smiled and deflected the blast with one hand so that it crashed into the protective forcefield.

The crowd whistled loudly at seeing this, and it was needless to say that the other Z-Fighters were impressed too. Most had thought that Goku would be able to make short work of his son in the blink of an eye despite his grown powers due to his experience, but until now Gohan was proving them wrong...

"Ladies and Gentlemen and everything else in between, have you seen with which ease this young man deflected this mighty blast??! This was amazing!!! Truly amazing!!!"

The spectators and Z-Fighters seconded that notion. Gohan had indeed become incredibly strong...

"GO GET HIM!!!" Videl exclaimed.

The Saiyan Prince, who was standing beside the ring with the others chuckled amused.
"The brat even has his own fan-club..."

On the platform Goku fazed out and reappeared before his son, and the two instantly exchanged a barrage of blows. Suddenly Gohan was kicked hard in the head by a roundhouse kick that sent him slamming into the ground. The platform beneath buckled from his impact and just another crater formed.

But Gohan got up again fast and raced up to meet his father in mid-air. Together they clashed launching blow for blow. The force of their blows sent shockwaves through the air, and the spectators stared in awe. The power coming from those two was completely off the charts. It was unreal!

"Wow!!! Fans, can you believe the power those two have??! They are strong enough that their spectacular blows can be felt even outside the ring despite the protective enchantments!!! It's unreal!!!" the announcer yelled, and the crowd cheered loudly, while Videl was crying herself hoarse with her "GO GOHAN GO!!!" battle calls.

In mid-air after a massive exchange of blows Gohan suddenly rammed his forehead into his fathers nose, stunning him momentarily, and Gohan twisted in mid-air, using his momentum to connect his feet full force with Goku's chin. Falling back into position he then started gathering KI.

Seconds later he cupped his hands and released a Kamehame-ha wave of enormous intensity straight at Goku's face, which cost him in Super Saiyan Two a medium amount of effort.

The Kamehame-ha wave hit dead on, but as the smoke cleared it became obvious that Goku had 'survived' the blast unscathed, as he had brought his arms up in an X to block the blast. However his arms were singed and smocking...
"Not bad son, you almost had me there!" he said, smiling his usual goofy smile.

Gohan nodded, smiling.
"And soon I will get you!" he exclaimed and launched at his father with even more determination.

In a flash they disappeared, only the sounds of the battle above could be heard and the air rippled from the force of each blow that either connected or was blocked.

In the end both father and son hit the ground away from each other, but as soon as their feet touched the ground they raced towards each other again.

Gohan's face meet Goku's left fist and Goku's face Gohan's right fist, and both fighters were sent flying backwards. Both recovered fast and took the fight into the air again were they racked each other with gunfire.

Goku took the offensive again and fell onto his son in a flurry of punches who were all countered and returned by Gohan.

The experienced Goku then aimed a kick for Gohan's forehead in a feint attack, and Gohan countered the blow unknowing that the real attack was to follow.

Faster than he could see he was punched hard in the face and flew back. And with a lightning quick kick Goku shot his son to the ground where he created another impact crater.

Suddenly an explosion of power took place in said impact crater as Gohan tapped deeper into his powers. He disappeared in a blur and phased in right in front of his father, obviously thriving in battle completely.

Gohan's right fist flew forward and met his father's left fist, and the sonic boom produced by this hit was strong enough to move the Grand Kais throne.

Seconds later Gohan's left fist came flying and met Goku's right. The force of the last blow sent the fighters apart, and Goku charged at Gohan fist first.

His son caught it with ease and waved the fist aside, dodged another roundhouse-kick aimed for his head and wobbled back to avoid an uppercut Goku had tried to connect with his chin.

Both fired KI-blasts at the same time and hit the other square in the chest, so that Goku as well as Gohan were sent flying backwards.

Gohan had recovered as first and he charged straight at his father and made to punch him. But Goku dived out of the way. His son followed with a fast kick that aimed for Goku's chest, but the older Saiyan was able to block it.

Gohan then did a reverse flip and thus avoided being hit by a kick of Goku. They continued to exchange blows for some minutes, but none of them was able to gain the upper hand.

Suddenly Gohan had an idea, as this fight could continue for ages, for they were about equal in strength.

Dad, how about we make a Kamehame-ha shootout and decide this way who the stronger is? We are both about equal and this fight could go on forever!

Goku nodded.

Good idea, son. We make it so!

Surprisingly for the spectators suddenly both fighters touched down onto the platform. That surprise however wore off fast as Gohan and Goku fell into stances, several yards away from each other...

Both fighters gathered KI and cupped their hands...
"KA...ME...HA...ME... HAAAAAAA!!!" Goku and Gohan exclaimed at the same time, and two blue trademark-beams of the Kame school of fighting made their way towards each other.

The beams impacted against one another and soon began to form a bubble. Both fighters struggled to gain the upper hand, while Uranai Baba was floating towards the Grand Kai.
"Grand Kai, we should evacuate the seats behind Gohan and Goku. I have made the enchantments as strong as possible, but I fear they might not be able to resist this much power!" she said.

Grand Kai thought for a moment and nodded then. This was indeed a lot of power...

He gave his orders to the alien-announcer-guy and the little guy arranged everything. Soon all seats behind both fighters at the West and East side had been evacuated and the spectators were now 'only' watching from two sides, as more rows of seats had been added to the North and South side of the stadium.

Now Goku and Gohan could go full out...

And soon, a Kamehameha tug of war has started. Both powers were about equal, and not much was happening.

When it seemed like Goku was going to win, Gohan pushed back.

When it seems like Gohan was going to win, Goku pushed back.

It seemed to be a never-ending power struggle, that what Gohan had wanted to prevent...

This was however until one special woman cheered Gohan on.
"GO GOHAAAN! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!!!" Videl Satan cheered him on from the stands, and Gohan smiled. It seemed like she really liked him, and he would win for her. He knew he could do it...

Concentrate, Son Gohan! You have all this new power, now tap into it to the fullest! Gohan thought and suddenly he knew what he had to do! He imagined Krillin being killed by the Androids, and felt a spike in his power-level.

Then he imagined Tien, Yamcha and Chaozu being killed by those blasted machines. Spike. Then he saw the mental image of his ersatz mother Bulma being killed by the Androids. SPIKE.

Now his mother was being killed by the Androids in his imagination, and it was so real as if it had actually happened. And he could not do anything! SPIKE!

Now he saw the mental image of this wonderful young woman, Videl Satan, being brutally murdered by Android 17 and 18. SPIKE!!! SPIKE!!! SPIKE!!!

And with a final HAAA!! Gohan pushed more energy into the Kamehameha-wave than he had ever thought possible. In an instant it pushed over his fathers' beam and overcame it within seconds.

The surprised Goku who had been sensing the power rise within his son could not do anything to counter the beam of his son.

The older Saiyan was catapulted out of the ring and impacted against a wall, while the Kamehameha wave crashed into the seats and obliterated them completely until it disappeared into the space above, guided by Gohan, where it exploded with an enormous BOOM, and everything went white for several seconds.

Grand Kai sweatdropped, now glad that he had taken Uranai Baba's advice. The Kamehameha-waves had indeed been too strong for the protective forcefield. Much too strong, in fact...

Outside the ring Goku got up and dusted his clothes off, while the alien-announcer-guy had to grab this. Then...

"AND HE HAS LANDED OUTSIDE OF THE RING!!! GOKU IS OUT!!! THAT MAKES SON GOHAN THE WINNER!!! AND NOT ONLY OF THIS FIGHT, BUT OF THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT!!! THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THAT A ROOKIE FIGHTER HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH A FEAT!!! ONE CAN REALLY SAY: LIKE FATHER LIKE SON, LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND EVERYTHING ELSE!!! LET'S HEAR IT FOR THOSE GREAT FIGHTERS!!!" he exclaimed, louder than ever.

The spectators, who had been all standing during this clash of powers, went into a roaring frenzy and threw confetti and all other related stuff. And once again the Grand Kai was proud of himself for a) hosting such a great tournament and b) giving out all the tournament related stuff like confetti, fan-articles and and and...

Maybe I should consider entering merchandizing... he thought grinning, while Goku and Gohan were still being celebrated upon.

This had indeed been a good fight and an awesome tournament. One that they all could be proud off...  

to be continued...

==  Gohan, who has entered the tournament as a rookie fighter has won the tournament! And he has fought one hell of a tournament during which he gained more power than he ever thought possible! The tournament is finally over, but there is more to come!  ==

Thanks for reading! Please review!

Very special thanks to my beta, who is doing a great job, as always! Thx!

REVIEWERS RESPONSES:

Roadkill4: Thanks! And nice quote, pretty cool!       

Deathlord98: Glad you liked it…as for not enough originality, I just figured that the Saiyans can't be the only ones to go Super, and other races might have a legend like that too.        After all, the Saiyans can't be the only ones...

Dirbatua: Nope, for SSJ3 both have to train more. They will have to train much more than that, in fact. But in the other tournament mentioned at the bottom you can and will see SSJ3s...

Candy the Duck: That was the intended name pun, lol. Cool that you liked it! gives CtD dictionary

Goku's little sister: Thank you! Wow, you actually trained with King Kai? Cool! :)                       

Raid-Scion-of-Randomness: Thank you, thank you! Oh yeah, that pissed Vegeta more off than anything else. But I hope you didn't fall out of your chair this time. And to be honest, I personally think that Goku vs. Alamba was my best fight. But that's just me...
gives Raid-Scion-of-Randomness some waffles    

Anthony1: Thanks. I hope it was not...

dabaka: No prob. RL, I can tell...
Cool that you liked it, I try to make the fights as actionpacked as I can.
Yeah, the idea was cool, and as I did not name the attack I did not have any trouble to decide. :)
And true that, the father-son-fight was the better option.
As for the term: pouts I also use asteroid-shattering and others! Lol, but otherwise you're right.
Regarding the Buu Saga: I have not given it a thought yet, as I will pause this story here and write another tournament in another story of mine. But I will cross this bridge when I come there...

animeprincess1452: ??? I gave you an idea for Rokon's origin? Cool!
Glad that you liked the chapter!

Marshmellow13Dragon: Hey, that's cool! Italy is a cool place to live, and then you're in the same timezone as me! Fun!
Yup, Alamba did well, and he was a challenge for Goku! Glad that you liked the fight!

Kayapride: I aim to please... :)
How I manage to write all those fights, you ask? I have a vivid imagination; I just extrapolate them in my mind. Is a funny way to spend time, most and for all when you're stuck in a train or a boring lecture...

Cappucine: Thanks! I'm glad that you liked it!
Yup, it takes more than that to win against Goku, but Gohan proved that it is possible...

DBZ Chick1: Cool that you liked it! I'm honoured that you think my story is something to look forward to! Thanks!           

== Note: If you liked this story and its fights, you might like to read 'The greatest challenge yet', for there will be the next tournament with (hopefully) equally interesting fights. Btw, this story is not finished yet, I will write more on it once I've got enough time and ideas. ==