Chapter 6: Team Aquan's Power
They got back up to their room. Taylor was set on the couch as Goku went up stairs to find his bag that held Senzu Beans. Vegeta was already in his room. Piccolo was sitting on a chair meditating Trunks, Goten, and Gohan were talking and Pan sat with Taylor.
"Found them!" Goku called from up stairs. Taylor turned and looked at her father as he came down them and toward her. "I already gave one to Vegeta." He stated as he placed one in Taylor's hand.
"Thanks dad." she stated as she tossed the bean into her mouth and swallowed. Piccolo opened one eye.
"So who's going to fight in the next around?" Piccolo asked.
"I'll go first." Gohan stated. "We should all have a chance in a battle to give the others timeto get ready for the next time they're up." He added. Goku nodded his head.
"Good idea." Goku stated.
"But we don't know if the next team we're going to go against is all girls or all boys." Pan stated.
"And if they're all girls me and Pan will have to battle them." Taylor stated as she stood up stretching feeling good about her new energy the bean had given her.
"They do have a point dad." Goten stated.
"And how do we know that they won't make one of us battle all of them." Trunks stated.
"All in favor who doesn't like this tournament… say I." Goku said.
"I." Everyone's hand went up at the same time. Then the door opened and incame walking was Kotari and her team.
"Hi." She said cheerfully.
"Hey Kotari." Taylor said smiling at her.
"We all saw you battle." Jinx stated as she came into the room. "You guys are good." She added as she disappeared up the stairs. Kotari's brother wrapped his arm around Taylor's neck pulled her close and started to give her a nuggie.
"You got some kills there Saiyan." He stated. Borox placed his hand on his son's shoulder and pulled him away.
"She does. And you need to get ready for you're battle." Borox stated as he looked over at Kotari. "You do two." He added. Kotari nodded her head.
"Yes dad."
"You two will be battling with each other two on two so you better watch out for each other's back." Borox told them.
"Wait in the next around your set up with partners?" Goten asked. Loji nodded his head.
"Yes usually they team up sister with brother or father with son, father with daughter, friend with friend, or they just team you up." Loji stated as he stood by the fridge leaning against it. Jakx came into the room.
"When do I get to battle mom?" he asked Talli. She bent down and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Soon son." She stated. Borox looked at the clock.
"Okay team, the next round has begun for us let's go." He stated. Taylor stood up.
"Do you mind if I come and watch Kotari battle?" Taylor asked. Goku looked at his daughter. He knew that she had already become friends with Kotari. Borox looked at Taylor.
"Please dad." Kotari begged. Borox sighed.
"As long it's all right with her father." Borox stated as he looked at Goku. Taylor and Kotari turned and looked at Goku. He blinked then smiled.
"Sure go ahead Taylor we'll meet you down there." Goku stated.
"Thanks dad." Aquan's Team walked out of the door onto the hover pad with Taylor. Vegeta was standing at the top of the stairs watching the whole thing.
"That was a stupid move Kakkarot." Vegeta stated as he walked down. Goku turned and looked at Vegeta. "If she gets to close to that girl she won't be able to beat her when she has to battle her."
"Vegeta's right dad." Gohan stated. Goku nodded his head agreeing with them.
"I know that." Goku stated, "but I have faith in Taylor she'll win this for us." Goku stated as he walked past Vegeta and up the stairs.
Borox, Kui, Loji, Talli, Guru, Jinx, and Kotari stood on their ring as Taylor was sitting on the grass watching. They were going up against an all girl team. The ref raised his hand over Team Aquan.
"The first pairing! Guru and Kotari vs. Poi and Hue!" Poi was only about Taylor's height maybe. She had blonde hair that touched her shoulders and dark red eyes. Next to her was Hue. Her brown hair touched the middle of her back. She had dark blue eyes that sent shivers down Taylor's spine. The two girls were dressed the same way. The two looked like twins. Their white shirts rested above their stomachs and with low cut jeans hugged aroundtheir waist. To Taylor these two girls didn't look tough at all, but that would underestimating your opponent.
Kotari's family stepped off of the ring as Kotari and her brother get ready to fight with the other two looking like siblings as well stand there.
Taylor looked up at Borox. "Borox." She called. He looked down at Taylor; he slightly bent over to look at Taylor. "Is Kotari human?" she asked. Borox looked at her funny.
"Why do you ask?" he asked her.
"Because she has pale skin and you all have teal including her brother." Taylor stated.
"She's half human." He answered as he stood upright. "We don't know what the other half is but she just showed up on our planet one day and we took her in." he answered her. Taylor looked forward at the battle that was about to start in between Kotari, Guru, Poi, and Hue.
The ref raised his hands into the air. "Are both teams ready?" he asked. Kotari and Guru tightened themselves up as they held their fists tightly. "BEGIN!"
Kotari was the first to attack. She lunged forward at Poi and striked her in her face. Poi stumbled backward as she lifted up her leg about to kick Kotari when a ki beam came from Hue and blasted her to the side. Guru lunged forward and started to throw blurs of punches to Hue's stomach. Kotari disappeared and reappeared hovering in the air. She pulled her arms behind her as they started to glow a greenish blue color.
"GURU!!! GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!" Kotari called out to her brother. Guru blasted away Poi and Hue. He looked up at his sister and flew up to her. Kotari was now holding onto a huge ball of energy that roared and raged with power almost like it was alive. Taylor stood up from the power. Her eyes widened. She couldn't believe that Kotari, who seemed like the one to be energetic and hyper had the most strongest power that Taylor could ever place her eyes on. She didn't even know if her father posses such power.
"Whoa…" Taylor said as she backed away. "The attack is strong enough to wipe out my planet!" Taylor stated. Talli who had appeared next to her nodded her head.
"Kotari is quite strong for her age." She stated. Taylor turned and looked at her. "Her poweris even with one of the members on your team." She stated as she looked at Taylor.
"Who?" Taylor asked.
"Your father Goku." Borox answered. Taylor turned looked at him. She couldn't believe that Kotari, at her age; her power was even with her father's. Vegeta has been trying for years to posse the power that Goku has it took awhile but he's pretty close and Kotari who's no older then Taylor has the power of her father. Taylor looked back at the battle wondering who Poi and Hue are going to get out of this one.
"TAKE!!! THIS!!!" Kotari threw the attack and it slowly made its way to the two girls on the ring. Poi and Hue held out their hands as the other girls on their team were blown back from the energy of the attack. Their feet begun to sink into the ground as their hands burned from holding back the attack. Guru put his finger tips together as he closed his eyes calling ki to his hands which pushed them away from each other. He then opened his eyes and looked down at the attack Kotari had managed to make energy ballbut it was going to be a while. He then turned his hands so his palms were facing at his sister's attack.
"HAAH!" the energy ball he had called to his hands went forward entering the huge energy ball making it glow. Then there was ping noise and the energy ball had exploded. Taylor crossed her arms in front of her from the light of the energy ball that had exploded. Rubble going through the air and hitting against her bruised forearms. Once she had removed her arms there was nothing left of the ring kept for the out line and the ref.
The ref lifted his hands into the air. "The winners! Team Aquan!" Kotari and Guru hovered down to the ground. Their feet stepping into the burnt grass. Taylor looked at Borox.
"I thought that you couldn't kill you opponent till the tournament really started." Taylor said. Jakx startedto laugh. Taylor turned and looked at him.
"This is you're first time here isn't it?" he asked her. Taylor nodded her head. "Well in the second and third round of the Eliminations you can kill your opponent." He stated to her.
"We've been coming here since I was about your age." Borox stated. Taylor looked at him.
"It's true." Taylor looked over at Talli, "and we've won it ever since then." Talli added. Taylor couldn't believe this. Borox was probably her father's age and he's been winning it ever since the first time they've been here. She thought about all the planets that had lost during those years. Probably half of the universe was wiped out.
"Next up! Elri and Seta!" two more girls stepped up. Seta had black with a blue tint to it. She had black eyes with a blue out line. Her shirt was tucked into her jeans and her jeans rode low. Elri was shorter. She looked about nine or ten. She had orange hair like Borox's but she had it down. She had pale teal skin and her leftear was pierced with two golden hoops. Her red eyes looked evil. "BEGIN SEOND ROUND!" The ref called out. Elri lunged forward and so did Kotari.
Elri pulled back her fist about to hit Kotari in her face when Kotari brought you her hand side ways and caught Elri's fist. Kotari smirked as she twisted Elri'swrist causing her to scream in pain.
Seta lunged forward toward Kotari. Kotari turned her head but she was too late. Seta had launched a ki beam attack but Guru appeared in front of Kotari and he had flicked the attack away with a movement of his hand.
"No one touches my sister!" Guru shouted as he lunged forward toward Seta. He pulled back his fists that begun to glow blue with energy. He then started to throw them forward. Seta was hit by the punches without Guru really hitting her. Guru then placed the bottom of his palms together and launched a ki beam attack throwing Seta out of the outline of the ring. The ref turned and looked at Seta. He began to count.
"One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten! That's two wins for Team Aquan!" the ref shouted. Guru turned and looked at Kotari. She lifted Elri into the air and spun her around and around. She then let go and Elri went toward Guru. He placed his palms on her back and launched a ki beam through herkilling her instantly. Elri's eyes begun to fade from any life as she fell onto the grass. "That's the third win for Team Aquan! Your team proceeds to the Tournament!" Kotari begun to jump with joy as Guru caught her and hugged her tightly.
"Dad! We did it!" Kotari shouted as Guru placed her onto the grass. Borox nodded his head.
"Great job, both of you." he stated as Kotari and Guru ran toward them.
"How did you think Taylor?" Kotari asked. Taylor smiled at her new friend.
"That was great Kotari." Taylor stated. Kotari and Taylor hugged when…
"Great job Team Aquan." Kotari and Taylor let go of each other to see Moritor standing there. "I'm looking forward for another win from you." he stated as he looked at Taylor. "What is the Saiyan doing here with your team Borox?" Moritor asked as he looked up at him.
"She wanted to come and watch Kotari battle." Borox answered as he wrapped his arm around Kotari. Moritor smiled and nodded his head.
"Don't get to close to her now Saiyan. You'll lose when you fight her." he told Taylor as he walked away. Taylor kept on eye on him as he went to greet some other fighters.
"I don't like him." Taylor stated. "And I don't like this Tournament."
"Taylor, you're planet is going to be destroyed sooner or later. He's just speeding up the process." Guru told her.
"How would you feel if you lost and you had to go home and die with your planet! I don't know about you but my mother is still on my planet and she's praying for us to win and we're going to." Taylor walked away from Guru. Kotari ran to catch up with her.
"Taylor hold on." Kotari said as she placed her hand on Taylor's shoulder. Taylor stopped and looked at Kotari. "No one likes Moritor and I understand how you feel." She stated to her.
"I hope so." Taylor stated.
"This is new to me… this Tournament just like it's new to you and your team." She said. Taylor nodded her head. "But to my father this is like a sport."
"What?" Taylor asked.
"He thinks of this as a sport and that's why he only wants to win. When I was little say 5 or 6 he would get excited about the letter to come here and my aunt would to. Our planet doesn't get much attacks from anyone so this is the only way my father can train."
"On Earth, we're attacked all the time. Before I was born my older brother Gohan told me about this one guy Cell that he had to beat because my father lost his life." Taylor stated.
"So… this isn't new to you?" Kotari asked. Taylor nodded.
"It is, but we train all the time to prepare ourselves from any invasions… 3 years ago there was this Titan name Noja that I had to defeat because mainly all the fighters who protect my planet were killed and I had to destroy him."
"So the fighting isn't new to you like it is to me?" Kotari asked. Taylor shook her head.
"No not at all." Taylor answered.
"Oh."
"Kotari." Kotari turned around and faced her father. "You and Taylor go back to the rooms and rest. I'll come and get you later for our next battle."
"Okay dad." Kotari and Taylor were off.
"Kotari!" Borox called out. Taylor and Kotari stopped. They turned around and looked at Borox. "You may watch Taylor in her battles."
"I won't be battling in the next round." Taylor told him. Borox nodded his head as he turned around and walked away. Kotari looked at her.
"Why not?" she asked. Taylor smiled.
"Because we're all going to take turns battling so we all get a chance to win one for the team." Taylor answered. Kotari nodded her head.
"Oh… when we get to our room. Will you tell me about your fight with this Noja guy?" Kotari asked. Taylor smiled and nodded her head.
"Sure I'll be glad to."
Taylor and Kotari sat in their rooms. Both of them sat on Taylor's bed as she told the story about her long battle with Noja and what had happened to her father and brothers. Kotari smiled through the whole thing as Taylor used her hands to show her the movements that weremade.
"Wow." Kotari stated as she kept on smiling. "It must've been hard for you to have your dad die in your hands." Kotari stated. Taylor nodded her head.
"Oh yeah… it was difficult all right." Taylor stated. Then there was a knock on the door. Since Taylor's back was turned to the door she turned herself around.
"Yeah?" she and Kotari called. They looked at each other and smiled as they looked back at the door. It opened to reveal Goten.
"Come on Sis. Tournament time." he stated to her. Taylor nodded her head.
"Okay." She looked at Kotari and they both hugged.
"I wish you good luck." Kotari stated. Taylor nodded her head.
"Thanks I'll see you later." Taylor let go of Kotari and walked out of her room as Goten shut the door.
"Ready Taylor?" Goku asked his daughter. Taylor nodded her head.
"Born ready." She answered. Trunks wrapped his arm around Taylor and pulled her close and he started to rustle up her ponytail.
"That's the spirit!" Trunks stated. Taylor pulled herself away. She then gave Trunks two playful punches as she fixed her hair.
"Let's go and get this over with." Vegeta stated as he opened the door and walked onto the hover pad. The others followed. The hover pad floated down as Taylor looked at her father.
"Dad." Taylor called. Goku looked down at her and smiled.
"Yeah Taylor?" he asked.
"I think I found a friend here." She said smiling. Goku smiled back.
"That's great."
They now stood at the ring. The ref standing in the middle. "You will be paired up into partners. The partners for Team Earth are: Goten and Piccolo! Trunks and Vegeta! Pan and Gohan! Taylor and Goku! These pairings will go on till you reached the real rounds of the real Tournament! You may kill your opponent but you may not step onto the ring our help out someone else who isn't your partner. Now the pairings for Team Whali are: Zola and Caya! Tajo and Sasuke! Salu and Koli! Three wins! First battle! Goten and Piccolo vs. Zola and Caya!"