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Last Time…

When he got to the front of the line the Tournament official asked, "Name and age…?'


Chapter 16: Tournament Kisses

Gohan stood at the front desk. All the Z-Fighters decided to enter the tournament, and were patiently standing behind Gohan, waiting their turn. The Tournament Official looked at the group and was somewhat intimidated by the short angry looking one. He immediately looked away as Gohan answered his previous question.

"Gohan Son, 18 years."

"Okay…next!" The Tournament Official said after he wrote down Gohan's name. The process was repeated until everyone was signed up for the tournament. To Goten and Trunks' disgust, they were signed up with all the other 'little kids'.

"It's not fair!" Trunks said as they walked over to the waiting area.

"Yeah, we wanted to fight with the grown-ups!" Goten agreed.

"Ah, you'll both get your chance when you're older." Krillin said.

"Whatever." They both said sulkily.

They finally reached the waiting area and stood there for a good 30 minutes while waiting for their 'competition'. The last person to enter the waiting area was the person Gohan was waiting for. It was the black demon from his vision.

It still puzzled him why they were all black. 'Maybe they're a special breed of evil or something.' Gohan thought as he glared at the black demon. Gohan's glare didn't go unnoticed and the being glared right back. 'He looks a lot like Gatra.' Gohan noted.

It did indeed look very similar to Gatra. There were only two differences. Instead of the evil red eyes Gatra had, his was purple. He also had a strange white mark on his forehead.

Gohan eventually got tired of the staring contest and spoke to him without breaking eye-contact.

"What's your name?" Gohan asked monotonously.

"My name is Betra. I am Gatra's younger brother and I will kill you." He said in a cold, ruthless voice.

"Not in this lifetime." Gohan said with a smirk that made him look like Vegeta's son instead of Goku's. Then, to end the staring contest, Gohan decided to send Betra a little 'message'.

Gohan's smirk changed into a vicious scowl and his eyes gained a green glow. Ever since the previous week, when Old Kai gave Gohan that tremendous power-up, his eyes glowed green whenever he used the highly advanced psychic abilities that he gained in the previous seven years, not only when he had visions.

Betra's body went rigid as Gohan projected images and emotions into his mind. His eyes rolled over as he witnessed the intensity off Gohan's power. He tried to move, but couldn't, since Gohan's power over him was too great.

The demon never knew what fear was until that moment.

When Gohan released Betra from his hold, the demon stumbled, glared, and spoke in a vengeful, malicious voice, "I am more powerful than my brother was and I'm sure that in battle you will not be able to do what you just did, especially since my power is controlled by another." He then laughed evilly and walked away.

"He's controlled by another? What does he mean?" Piccolo asked more to himself, because he didn't think anyone would know the answer. He was very surprised when he received an answer.

"He's controlled by a wizard named Babidi. The 'M' on his forehead is a mark that indicates his slavery to Babidi. He is what is called a Majin." Gohan said.

"How could you possibly have known that?" Vegeta asked gruffly.

"I looked into his mind." Gohan simply stated.

"Care to explain a little more elaborately?" Videl asked in annoyance.

"Sorry." Gohan apologised while blushing. He then explained everything, "Babidi's wish is to dominate the universe. And by that I mean, he wants to destroy it. Vandrak's goal is the same. They formed, what Babidi thinks is an alliance, but Vandrak will kill Babidi and his monster…"

Gohan was cut off by the 'twins', "His monster?" They asked in unison.

"Yeah, Babidi wants to restore Majin Buu back to life. His only problem is that he requires a sufficient amount of pure energy to release him from his prison. That's why Betra is here. Babidi thinks that Betra will gather energy for Majin Buu's release. And that he will do, but his main reason for being here is to test my strength. He's also here to die so more negative energy will be sent to the seal of The Neutral. But I think Betra's energy will split, some of it will be used to revive Buu and the rest will go to the seal."

"Whoa, that's pretty intense." Yamcha said.

"No kidding. So Vandrak is only using Babidi to harvest more evil?" Krillin asked.

"Yes, because once Majin Buu is released Vandrak's other servant will kill Babidi, Buu, and his other minions, and then Vandrak will be set free." Gohan answered as he stared at nothing in particular.

Just then the Announcer came up to them, with mike in hand. "Welcome fighters!" He exclaimed. "I ask that all those who will be entering the junior competition please follow me!" He then walked away towards the ring and all the junior competitors followed suit.

One of the other TO's then told the fighters to form a line. After that each fighter, in turn, punched a machine that measured punching strength.

"This is so embarrassing!" Videl exclaimed as her father scored a 137 on the machine while doing some really dorky poses. "I mean, I'm stronger than he is for goodness sake. And I don't think they'd be able to build a machine that wouldn't be completely destroyed when one of you Saiyans punched it."

"I think you're right." Gohan said with a chuckle.

The line progressed at the speed of a snail. Everyone could hear that the junior competition had begun. This started to work on the Z-Fighter's nerves. They wanted to see Goten and Trunks fight.

Vegeta's impatience finally got the better of him and he stormed forward, pushing people aside, until he reached the front. He turned around and faced the others.

"Well! I've cleared the line. Now get over here!" Vegeta said as he ordered the rest of the Z-Fighters to move to the front. He turned and faced the machine once more. 'This is ridiculous!' He thought, 'I am the Saiyan prince! And this is for weaklings!'

He drew back his fist and Gohan was alarmed by what he knew was going to happen. 'Vegeta stop!' Gohan said telepathically.

'Get out of my head Gohan!' Vegeta said impatiently.

'Just don't break the thing! Or let us go first and then you can break it.' Gohan said telepathically with a smirk.

Vegeta turned to face Gohan and saw the smirk on his face. The prince laughed out loud and walked to stand behind Piccolo who was the last of the Z-Fighters. The gang was confused by Vegeta's sudden change in behaviour.

Videl stepped up first and scored a respectable 427. The TO looked at her incredulously and all she said was, "Well, I am Hercule's daughter." He didn't pick up the sarcasm in her voice.

Eighteen was next and scored a 774, Krillin scored a 645, Yamcha's score was 566, Tien got a 538. When Piccolo stepped up he saw no reason to be subtle, since the others already out-scored the rest of the field by far. The Namekian scored an 822.

Gohan finally stepped up and looked over his shoulder to see Vegeta's smirk widen with anticipation, he faced the machine once more and punched. His score was 999, the maximum of the machine.

The two TO's looked at each other after Gohan's punch. "It seems there's something wrong with the pressure mechanism."

"There's nothing wrong with the damn pressure mechanism! It's not our fault that everyone else is weak! Now stand aside!" Vegeta said as he stepped up to the machine. He then completely demolished the device with a single punch. Debris was sent flying everywhere and a poor tree was cut down by the force of the mangled metal hitting it. A laughing Vegeta then made his way over to the junior competition.

The junior fights were a complete bore. Thankfully the final match came, and it was Goten versus Trunks. As the fight progressed, Videl came to stand next to Gohan. She took his hand in her own and looked up at him. He smiled and was reminded of the first time Videl grabbed his hand.

Flashback:

Gohan and Videl were walking down the halls of school during lunch. It was Gohan's third week at OSH. They made their way outside and walked around the school grounds. The bell rang, signalling the beginning of the next class, but they didn't hear it.

As they wandered on the sports fields they suddenly became aware that no other students were out there anymore. They gave each other confused glances and then realisation hit them like a ton of bricks.

"Class must have already started!" They said in unison.

Videl grabbed Gohan's hand and ran back to class with him. Gohan blushed deep red at her touch, it was warm and soft, and her hand seemed to fit...perfectly.

End Flashback.

Gohan squeezed Videl's hand lightly and smiled at her. In the back of his mind he was hoping to have more memories like that one. A loud noise drew Gohan's attention back to the fight and he resumed watching the boys battle it out.

Goten and Trunks threw punches simultaneously with opposite hands. Both hit the other and they separated after that, smirking at each other. They had been evenly matched since the beginning of their training. They both knew that the fight would come down to who fought with the best strategy.

However, after their 30 minutes expired, the Announcer stopped the fight to let the judges decide. Goten and Trunks didn't like this one bit, and neither did Vegeta. Gohan was, luckily, able to convince them to just drop it.

The judges finally came to a decision. "Both these boys are excellent fighters and, as far as we could see, evenly matched. After much deliberation we have decided that they will share the victory and the prizes of both first and second place."

Goten and Trunks gave each other a handshake and a punch on the shoulder. Vegeta wore a big smirk; he knew the judges couldn't even see the boys fight and that the only fair thing to do was to declare them both as the victor.

The time for the adult division soon arrived. They gathered in the fighter's waiting area and soon enough the Announcer came and called them forth one by one to pick a number.

Gohan was surprised to see Shin and Kibito there, "Sir, Kibito, what are you doing here?" he asked

"We came to support you. We may not be able to aid you in battle, but it is our duty to stay by your side." Shin answered.

"Thank you." Gohan said with a small smile.

When everyone finally picked a number the pairings read:

Match 1: Krillin vs Pentar

Match 2: Piccolo vs Shin

Match 3: Videl vs Spopovich

Match 4: Gohan vs Kibito

Match 5: Yamu vs Betra

Match 6: Tien vs Yamcha

Match 7: 18 vs Hercule

Match 8: Vegeta vs Jewel

"Looks like you're up first Krillin!" Gohan said with a smile.

"Yeah, oh well. This is gonna be an easy one." Krillin said with a frown. His opponent was a complete idiot and joke to most off the competition.

And sure enough it was an easy fight. Pentar did a few ridiculous back-flips around the ring-floor before Krillin beat him within 10 seconds. Piccolo was up next and forfeited the match because he refused to fight the Supreme Kai.

Videl's match was next and Gohan knew that Spopovich was a Majin. As they entered the ring Gohan used his psychic abilities to do something to Spopovich. Shin sensed that Gohan had done something and asked, "Gohan what did you do?"

"I blocked the power that Spopovich shouldn't have. He's still under Babidi's control, but he no longer has the abilities that Babidi gave him." Gohan stated.

"Why did you do that?" Shin asked.

"Because I want this to be a fair fight, Spopovich didn't work for that power. And besides, I'm not going to let Videl get hurt."

The match started and Videl was surprised at how easily she won, she only charged at him once while throwing a combination of punches and kicks. Spopovich was soon backed against the edge of the ring due to the fact that he no longer had the ability to fly. He fell out when he lost his balance after Videl hit him with a well-placed side-kick. Needles to say, he wasn't happy, and when Videl turned her back he attacked. He raised his fist and thrust it forward. Gohan appeared out of thin air and caught his hand, and then he squeezed.

"That's not very honourable." Gohan said coldly, while Spopovich nearly screamed because of the pressure around his hand. "Go home weakling." Gohan then released Spopovich's hand and walked back to the others. He did not tolerate those who would willingly harm the people he cared about.

The rest of the first round progressed rather rapidly. Kibito forfeited because he knew he would never be able to beat Gohan. Betra beat Yamu without killing him, which was quite a feat. Tien beat Yamcha in a very impressive match, 18 beat the cowering Hercule, and Vegeta swatted Jewel away in annoyance.

There was a 30 minute break, after which the second round commenced.

When it was Krillin's turn to fight Shin, the short human was all smiles. "I don't mean to offend you Supreme Kai, but I haven't fought against someone my own size in a friendly match since I was a kid. So I'm not going to forfeit like Piccolo did."

"I understand, and I look forward to this little match." Shin smiled back and they began.

It was one of the most impressive fights so far. Shin and Krillin were evenly matched. Punch for punch, kick for kick, neither let up. But the Supreme Kai still hadn't powered up to his maximum while Krillin had. In a fabulous display of yellow 'light-tricks', Shin sent Krillin flying into the grass and out of the ring.

Gohan and Videl were up next.

"So, Gohan. You ready to lose?" Videl said playfully.

"Yeah, right." Gohan replied with a chuckle.

"You wouldn't hit a girl would you?" She asked.

"No, but who said anything about hitting you?" He answered while smirking. Videl also wore a smirk as they reached the centre of the ring.

"Fighters ready? Begin!" The Announcer said enthusiastically.

Gohan dropped down in a fighting stance, but got really confused when Videl just walked over to him with her arms folded across her chest. She had a mischievous look on her face. Gohan straightened up and scratched his head.

When she reached him she stroked a finger over his chest and advanced. "V-Videl, what are you doing? We're s-s-supposed to f-fight." He said nervously. Gohan didn't even notice that he was walking backwards as Videl continued to stroke his chest.

"Oh, I don't know Gohan. What do you think I'm doing?" She asked seductively.

"Um, your s-s-seducing me?" Gohan stuttered while blushing.

"Well of course silly. I don't want to fight you, I want to kiss you." She said while batting her eyelashes.

Suddenly Gohan felt the ground disappear beneath his foot as he took another step back. He grabbed hold of Videl as he lost his balance. At the last second he used his energy to stop himself from touching the ground and was horizontal to the ground. Videl now lay on top of Gohan.

"What a precarious position you put yourself in Videl." Gohan said with a smirk, all nervousness disappearing as Videl practically handed him the victory.

"Ah, I almost had you!" She sulked. They were completely unaware of the crowd around them and the rest of the fighters in the waiting area. The crowd was confused while the rest of the gang laughed out loud at the strange sight, and at the fact that Gohan, possibly most powerful fighter in the universe, nearly lost to a 'weak' human girl by losing his focus.

"Can you let go now?" She asked as she was still in Gohan's clutches.

"No." He smirked.

"Well why not?" She asked a little annoyed.

"Well, I'll give you a choice. You either kiss me and I gently drop you outside the ring, or I just drop you outside the ring." Gohan said with a devilish smirk.

"Gohan Son, you are impossible." She scowled. Then Gohan turned them around so she was closest to the grass, and she grabbed on to his neck. "I'm not going to win, am I?"

"No." Gohan's smirk changed to a loving smile.

"Well, in that case…" Videl said just before she pressed her lips on Gohan's. They shared a tender kiss and when they separated she continued, "…I'm happy to have someone as strong as you are."

Gohan brought them in a vertical position and gently placed Videl outside the ring.

"…Um…that was…interesting…Well, there you have it folks! Gohan wins by ring-out!" The Announcer said. "Next up…! Betra will face off against Tien in the third match of the second round."

Gohan and Videl walked back inside the waiting room. Tien was about to walk out before Gohan stopped him, "Tien, I think you should forfeit."

"There's no way Gohan. I'm going to fight! I've never backed down from a challenge!" Tien said determinedly.

"Okay, just be careful. And if it becomes too much, get out of there." Gohan said seriously.

"Right." Tien walked behind Betra towards the ring, where the fight would begin.

TO BE CONTINUED…


That was one of my longest chapters yet! I had to put some Gh/Vi in there. I hope it was alright. And I kept my promise! An update a week!

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