Chapter 26: A New Tag Team System

The gang was given two days to rest. And those days were used up for training and watching Team Aqua go against their opponents. Taylor had gotten many visits from her family, they went with hope that she would get better and awake. Actually, Goku was there right now.

He sat on the stool looking at his daughter as her hair waved around in the green liquid. He rested his chin in his hand as his elbow rested on his knee watching her. He sighed as he looked at the floor. This tournament was wearing him out. With all the battling and worrying about losing and losing Earth. It was hard.

"She'll get better." Someone said behind him. He turned around to see the man who ran the building. "I'm surprised she was alive when you brought her to me." He added.

Goku nodded, "I was too." Goku said.

"I couldn't help but notice." The man began, "that your daughter is a hybrid between a human and a saiyan." He said.

"That's right." Goku said nodding his head.

"But wasn't the saiyan planet destroyed?" he asked him. Goku sighed. It was going to be a long story and he rather not tell.

"It's a long story." Goku said. The man nodded his head.

"I understand." The man said. he went to walk away when Goku asked another question.

"Do you know when she'll wake up?" Goku asked him. The man turned around and looked at Goku. He walked over to the panel that told him her status.

"Well, the Status Panel says she only at 10 percent healed. Maybe another weak or so." The said.

"What if… she's supposed to battle?" he then asked.

"Well, it depends. Considering she was in extremely bad shape when you brought her in I'm pretty sure that Moritor will dismiss her absences and let you replace her with another fighter on your team." He answered. Goku nodded his head. "Anything else?" he asked. Goku shook his head.

"No, thank you." Goku answered. The man nodded back and walked away.

"Grandpa!" came Pan's voice. Goku looked over to see Pan running to him. "Moritor has called a meeting." She said. "Papa sent me to get you." she added. Goku nodded his head as he placed his hand on Pan's head.

"Alright let's go." He said. Goku and Pan exited the building and walked to the arena. They searched for their team in the stands and soon united with them.

"I wonder what this is about." Pan said.

"Probably some rule changing's." Gohan answered.

"Most likely." Goten said agreeing with his brother.

"Whatever it is I'm sure we'll get through it." Piccolo added as he folded his arms. Moritor walked out onto the arena as he held a microphone to his mouth.

"Hello again fighters. Its been a great tournament and I wish you good luck. But there has been a slight change in the rules." He announced.

"Told you." Gohan said.

"You will no longer be moving forward with just your teammates." Moritor announced. Whisperings went around the fighters. "Calm down. Calm down. Now, you'll moving forward with another tag team. The team you are rooming with will be the team that you will continue the tournament with."

"Well, looks like Team Aqua are our teammates now." Pan stated.

"I guess so." Gohan said with his daughter.

"Maybe now since we're on the same team, we won't have to battle them now." Goten said.

"Doubt it." Piccolo said, "it will have to come down one team. And if it comes down to our team and theirs, we'll have to fight them."

"We will win anyway." Vegeta said with his arms crossed on his chest.

The announcements were over. The gang went to their training ring and begun to train. Goku sat on the edge of the ring drinking out of a water bottle. Goten sat next to him in the grass sweating. He wiped his face with the towel that was wrapped around his neck. Gohan and Pan had gone to visit Taylor. Piccolo stood with Goku and Goten as Vegeta trained himself.

"Hey!" someone called from afar. Vegeta came to a stop with his training as they all looked over. Kotari and her brother were running over. Kotari was waving her right arm around in the air as she smiled running over as her brother Guru walked over.

"Hey there Kotari." Goku said with a smile on his face. Kotari came to a stop standing in front of them.

"How are ya guys?" she asked with a smile.

"Alright." Piccolo answered. Vegeta rolled his eyes as he went back to training. Goten stood up off of the grass as he looked at Kotari.

"What is it that you want?" Goten asked. Kotari looked at Goten.

"No need to be rude!" Kotari shouted at him. Guru was no standing with his sister. He placed his hand onto her shoulder as she turned and looked at him.

"My dad wanted to know if you guys wanted to train with us since we're now going to be fighting with each other." Guru said. Piccolo, Goku, and Goten looked at each other.

"I don't mind." Goku said. Goten shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't either." Goten stated. Piccolo turned and looked at Vegeta.

"How about it Vegeta?" he asked. Vegeta looked at the Namekian.

"Whatever." Vegeta said coming to a stop with his training. Kotari clapped her hands together once as she tilted her head to the right with a smile on her face.

"Great!" Kotari looked around, "where's Pan and Gohan?" she asked.

"They went to go visit Taylor." Goten answered her.

"How is she doing?" Guru then asked.

"She's doing fine." Goku answered. "She'll be in there for a while though. She's only at 10 percent healed." He added.

"Oh… then she'll probably be in there for another week or 2." Kotari stated. Goku nodded his head.

"Dad." Goten said turning to face his father. "I'm going to go get Gohan and Pan." Goten said to him. Goku nodded his head as he walked away.

"Wait Goten! I'll go with you!" Kotari shouted at him as she ran to catch up.

"Come on. My dad's waiting for us." Guru said. Everyone followed Guru to their training ring.

Kotari and Goten walked to the Regeneration Building without saying a word. Goten walked in front of Kotari as she walked close behind him. The two of them never got along. NO one really knows why though. It's one of those things where you know your going to hate that person even if you haven't met them once.

"Goten," Kotari called.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"Why do you hate me so much?" Kotari asked him. Goten looked at her. How was he going to answer that? He never really had a reason why he didn't like her, he just didn't.

"Um… I don't hate you Kotari." Goten answered.

"You act like it though." Kotari said to him. Goten sighed.

"I'm sorry if I made you think I hate you. I just… don't get along with you that much." He said to her.

"Well, I know. Let me guess. I'm kind of one of those people who you know your not going to get along with even though you never met me?" Kotari asked. Goten nodded his head.

"Yeah, something like that." He answered. Kotari sighed. They finally got the Regeneration Building and right when they were going to walk in out came Gohan and Pan.

"Hey Uncle Goten! Hi Kotari!" Pan said with a smile.

"Hey Pan." Kotari returned the smile.

"We just came to get you." Goten said walking up to his brother.

"Why?" Gohan and Pan asked confused. Kotari smiled a big that went from ear to ear.

"Because my dad wanted to know if you guys wanted to train with us since we're going to be teammates! Piccolo, Vegeta, Goku, and Goten already said yes. So me and Goten decided to come and get you." Kotari answered. Gohan and Pan looked at each other and then they shrugged their shoulders following Kotari back to their training ring.

When they got there the training was already commencing. Vegeta and Loji were going at it and so wasn't Borox and Goku. Guru, Talli, Jakx, Kui, Jinx, and Piccolo sat back and watched them.

"Hey guys." Gohan greeted. They turned and looked at them. Jakx quickly ran up to Kotari and tugged at her hand.

"Kotari! Kotari! Train with me! Pretty please!" he shouted at her. Kotari smiled at him as she nodded her head.

"Alright." She said. Jakx smiled and dragged her up onto the training ring.

The next day, Team Earth and Team Aqua found themselves standing next to each other on the battle floor with another team in front of them. The ref walked in between the two teams as he held the microphone to his mouth and lifted up his hand in the air.

"The next match starts with Son Goten and Guru vs. Ayme and Mora!" he shouted out. The teams left the ring except for the four fighters. Goten and Guru looked at their opponents to see that they were girls. Goten sighed.

"This is the next time I'll be going up against girls." Goten said with a sigh. Guru looked at him and he placed his hand onto his shoulder.

"At least you didn't have to fight 3 girls in a row." Guru said to him. Goten turned and looked at him as he smiled. Goten got what he was saying and then he smiled.

"Let the next battle start! BEGIN!"