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Chapter 7

Gohan awoke early in the morning although no alarm blazed at him. Today was the day of the World martial arts tournament. His blood ran with excitement. He wanted so badly to finally prove that he was the best in the world. He knew that there were really only two real competitors that he even had to worry about. Those were his father and Vegita. While he and Goku seemed pretty evenly matched, they had never sparred in an all out battle and a fight between the two could go either way. As for Vegita, Gohan had heard that the Saiyan had been training nonstop since he heard about the tournament, refusing to spar for the stupid reason of not giving his opponents any added strength. It was even rumored that Vegita had been seen heading toward the Lookout. Gohan didn't even want to think about how strong Vegita could have been if he had actually managed to convince Dende to let him use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to train for this tournament.

Gohan quickly pushed these thoughts out of his head. He slipped out of bed and ran down the stairs to the kitchen where ChiChi was just putting breakfast on the table. After gobbling down his mountain of food he ran outside followed by his father and little brother. They all three took to the air and flew south toward the island that the world tournament was being held on. After quick flight they landed outside the tournament gates and begin to walk up to the registration desk.

"We need to sign up for the tournament," Goku tells the clerk.

"Ok sir can I have your names please."

"I'm Son Goku. And…"

"The Son Goku who was the former world martial arts champion?"

"Yeah that's me."

"Wow this is going to be so exciting," the clerk says. "Who are your companions?"

"This is my son Son Gohan." He points to Gohan and then to Goten. "And this is my other son Son Goten. They will both also be competing."

"Sir isn't your youngest son a little young to be competing in the adult competition? We could sign him up for the junior tournament."

"No, he's plenty strong for the adult competition. In fact he's much stronger than I was when I won the tournament."

"Really? Well I guess if you sign a release form he can compete. If he qualifies that is. We already have over 300 people signed up and only 16 places to fill."

"Ok." Goku signs all the forms and they all three get signed up. The three Saiyans walk into the main waiting area. "Hey there's Vegita over there." Goku points a finger at an extremely looking Vegita. Standing next to his father is Trunks. The three Sons quickly rush over to the Saiyan prince. "Hey Vegita, what's going on?"

"I'm waiting on this stupid tournament to start, what do you think?"

"Don't worry Vegita you'll get your chance against me, unless I happen to fight and lose to Gohan first that is."

"You will lose today Kakarot but it will be at my hands."

"Always the optimist hey Vegita," Piccolo says walking up to the Saiyans.

"Yeah you could very well lose," Krillin says walking up behind the Namek.

"Not likely I have prepared for this fight and I am finally the strongest fighter in the universe."

Before anyone can respond to Vegita's ranting, the announcer comes over the speaker. "Ladies and Gentlemen we are about to begin the preliminaries for the tournament. This year we have a punching machine we'll use to measure the strength of each fighter. Our Champ will start us off."

Hercule walks up to the machine hitting it with all his might. After a few seconds a number appears on the screen.

"319, an impressive hit. Now I know none of you will get as high as the champ but maybe one of you will be close so we will have a good match."

A line forms behind the punching machine. Krillin finally hits it barely tapping.

"659" the announcer exclaims. "Amazing"

Goku taps the machine next.

"50193" the announcer says dumbfounded. "I guess I can see why this man was once the champion of the world. Hercule must have just been being modest. This will be an interesting tournament indeed."

Many other fighters punch the machine all of the Z fighters holding back a lot. Finally Vegita, having been sent to the end of the line after arguing with an attendant, punches the machine. The machine instantly broke into thousands of pieces.

"We'll take that as a qualification," the announcer says shakily. "Now the randomly generated fights are as follows:

Krillin vs. Pintar

Piccolo vs. Shin

Videl vs. Spopovitch

Gohan vs. Kibito

Android 18 vs. Trunks

Goten vs. Hercule

Goku vs. Vegita

Jewl vs. Yamo

This will be an interesting line-up."

The whole gang moves into the area around the ring to watch the fights.

"Ok ladies and gentlemen the first match today is between Krill and Pintar. Krillin steps up into the ring and his opponent Pintar, a giant sumo wrestler about three times Krillin's size, follow. "Krillin is a veteran of the Tournament who has made it to the quarter finals before. He has defeated many opponents that were bigger than him. Can he manage it this time? Ready, Fight."

Pintar charges Krillin only to be punched in the gut upon reaching his target. The overweight fighter backs up holding his stomach. Krillin charges him, kicking him in the head. The fat man flies out of the ring.

"Well ladies and gentlemen it seems that Pintar has been knocked out of the ring without ever landing a punch on Krillin. That makes Krillin the winner. Let's move on to the next fight. Now we'll see Piccolo vs. Shin. Please step up."

Piccolo and Shin both enter the ring.

"Ok let's begin. Fight."

"I give up," Piccolo shouts. "It's obvious I can't win this one."

Everyone including the Z fighters stand shocked as Piccolo calmly exits the ring.

"What's going on," Goten asks Gohan.

"I don't know. It's not like Piccolo to just give up like that."

"Ok let's move on to the next fight. Now we have the daughter of the world champion, Videl against Spopovitch."

Videl and Spopovitch both step into the ring. "I'll make this quick," Videl taunts. The huge man with the M on his forehead just grins evilly. Videl charges Spopovitch and lands a kick to his neck. Spopovitch, however just stands there. Videl backs away confused. What that was one of the strongest kicks I can do and it didn't even faze him. Videl is brought out of her thoughts by a fist connecting to her stomach. She doubles over in pain only to receive another fist to the face. Spopovitch continues to pound the helpless Videl.

On the sidelines Gohan is going mad. "I've got to stop him. He's hurting Videl." He struggles against Goku's and Vegita's grip.

"You can't interfere. If you do she'll be disqualified," Goku says.

Spopovitch punches Videl in the face once more and a loud crack is heard as her jaw breaks. The huge man continues to mercilessly pound Hercule's daughter.

"He's going to kill her." Gohan flashes into Super Saiyan struggling against the two older Saiyans' grip.

From across the arena Yamo, Spopovitch's tall skinny partner with an M on his forehead makes a cut it out signal to the big man. Finally Spopovitch throws Videl out of the ring unconscious.

Gohan rushes over to his unconscious friend followed closely by Goku. "Here son give her this sensu bean."

Gohan pops the bean into her mouth forcing her to chew even with the broken jaw. A minute later Videl sits up with no injuries what-so-ever. "What happened?"

"You were beaten pretty badly by Spopovitch. He almost killed you. But don't worry he will pay."

"Hey, Gohan why is your hair blonde?"

"I'll explain later." Gohan drops out of Super Saiyan. "I'm just glad you are ok. I don't know what I'd have done if you wouldn't have made it. I love you Videl."

"I love you too Gohan." The two new love birds start to kiss each other but they are soon interrupted. "Ok that was a nasty display of unsportsmanlike conduct. Spopovitch is disqualified for attacking his opponent after she was unconscious. Videl will be allowed to move on if she is capable of fighting. So, moving on to the next fight we have Gohan, the son of the former champion Goku, against Kibito. Will these to please step forward."

After making sure that Videl was ok one last time, Gohan steps into the ring followed by Kibito. "Before we start, I want to see your Super Saiyan powers," Kibito requests.

"I can beat you without transforming."

"I want to see your full power."

Outside the battlefield Shin walks up to Goku and Vegita. "I have a request to ask of you two. Yamo and Spopovitch are going to attack Gohan during his fight with Kibito. I want you to promise not to interfere."

"Gohan can handle himself."

"Ok but it is of vital importance to the fate of the universe that you do not interfere."

"Who are you?" Goku asks.

"I am the Supreme Kai and I'm on a very important mission."

"Don't worry we won't interfere with your plans. If you say leave Gohan to fend for himself then I guess I'll have to trust your judgment."

Back in the ring a wide grin crosses Gohan's face. "Ok you want to see my full power? I'll show you my full power. Ahhhhh…" Gohan's hair flashes gold and his eyes turn turquoise.

"Oh my god," the announcer says. "It's one of the people from the Cell Games. This young man has to be the young boy who fought Cell at the tournament seven years ago. Ladies and gentlemen, do you know what this means? It means that the other blonde fighter that day can only be one man. Son Goku, this man's father. Son Goku must have been the one to defeat Cell, not Hercule. I have personally seen Son Goku fight and he is way stronger than Hercule will ever be. He did defeat the evil King Piccolo after all. He must have also defeated Cell."

Goku comes up behind the announcer. "Actually I didn't beat Cell he was too strong for me."

"What's this ladies and gentlemen Goku lost to Cell during the Cell games? Does that mean that Hercule really beat Cell? If it does I'm sorry champ."

"No actually Gohan beat Cell," Goku points out.

"Did you hear that ladies and gentlemen? Hercule didn't really beat Cell. Son Gohan is the true savior of the earth. Let's give a big cheer for our modest hero Son Gohan."

Back in the ring, Kibito smiles. "Impressive. You are quite powerful."

"I'm not done powering up yet. You said you wanted to see my full power. This is simply my Super Saiyan form. If I push it a bit further…" Gohan lets out a little scream as the tiles start to lift off of the arena floor and bits of electricity start to fly around him. Suddenly his hair grows more rigid and his muscles become more defined. "you get what we call Super Saiyan 2."

"Amazing ladies and gentlemen, you can see the power radiating of Son Gohan. This must be the power he tapped into to defeat Cell."

"And if I push it further yet…" Gohan lets out a scream and strains his muscles. "and pull from power deep inside…" Tiles start to fly up from the arena and crumble under the tremendous power that Gohan is displaying. Finally his hair begins to grow longer, hanging down to his knees and his eyebrows disappear. "you get Super Saiyan 3."

"Amazing!' the Supreme Kai says. "I don't know if even Buu was this powerful."

"Now's our chance Spopovitch," Yamo says to his partner. The two start to rush toward Gohan.

Ok I got another chapter out and yet another cliffhanger. This chapter followed the series pretty closely except for a few differences. For all you Goten/Trunks fans sorry there was no fight between the two but it really doesn't add to the plot all that much so I decided to leave it out. And, following the request of my only two reviewers to date I decided to expose Hercule. His fame is no longer important to the plot so he got exposed. Please read and review this chapter to find out what effects Gohan's Super Saiyan 3 powers will have on Spopovitch & Yamo's plans. (Like you don't know what that is.) I am also welcome to suggestions on how getting the Super Saiyan 3 power right away would affect the formation of Buu. These suggestions are mainly just for laughs but if I get a really good on that I think I can use and the reviewer says it's ok I may put it in the story. Well please read and review because as you all know if I know people are actually reading my story I tend to review faster than if I think that it's not being read.