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For those of you that realised, I'm trying to learn to program in C++ as a hobby, that's the origin of the commentary codes.
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Questions, current standing and just a few more points:
You can vote for more than one person to win, though as I said your influence there is a bit limited.
Reviews with to many nuances, though I will consider them during writing won't be shown here since it's hard to make a yes or no out of them.
Conditional votes, such as Dragon Empress saying: "Only if you kill the bastard!" on question #2, will be counted separately in parentheses
Also I've decided to close the polls. As I'm getting to the point where I'm going to actually write most of these developments (or lack thereoff).
Should Hercule remain a complete bastard, or should he become somewhat more likeable?
More likeable---: IIIIIIIIIIIII
Complete bastard: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
What do you think of the idea of a Majin Hercule?
Yes: IIIIIIIIII(IIIII)
No-: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Lol: IIIII
Who do you think will win the tournament? (You won't be able to greatly influence me with that because I have the draw and results planned. Except for the matter of who will win, but it has been narrowed down to two candidates.)
Gohan------: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Goku-------: IIIIIIII
Vegeta-----: IIII
Mighty Mask: I
Videl------: (III)
Nobody-----: (I)
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Response to reviews:
To vsd2oc:
I think the closest you got to Dutch was Danish, but I'm not exactly sure, I don't really speak Danish, though I seem to remember from being there a while ago that Jeg = I. Anyway I'll give you full marks for effort.
If all went well you should have received an e-mail about his update.
To Lady Queen:
Aw, no fair. I let you know about pteska. And since I did some checking on your profile I discovered I have so much to teach. I'm 19, you're 15 according to your profile so that makes you little bro under 15, he still needs to learn the classics, like "Make a funny face. ... But that's what you always look like."
I hope you're managing with your computer exhile. * shudders at the thought of such a cruel and inhumane punishment *
To ~*Crystal Lily*~:
I think Akira Toriyama thinks like you. When you say, 'I like Gohan and all, but I guess I like Goku more.' I think this was his reasoning when he basically decided to overdo the nerdyness in Gohan and to weaken him by making him stop training. The focus of the series had to remain on, and the power had to remain with, Goku (and to an extend Vegeta). That's probably also why Goten and Trunks stopped really seriously training at some point.
Anyway that's just something I've wanted to say for a while now and you gave me the perfect excuse, hope you don't mind me using your review like this, and I seriously appreciate you leaving me one. In the end we can't all have Gohan as our favorite character.
To Everyone:
Thanks, sorry I kept you waiting so long, but here it is.
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Life Is Strange
Chapter 16: Quarter-Finals
"What do you think now?" Shin asked his assistant, as they walked away from the other fighters.
"He is strong, but not as strong as you by a long shot." Kibito replied.
"Don't judge so quickly Kibito." Shin said. "You're assuming that he has fought you at his full power. I'm not sure if that is true."
"But my lord, with all due respect, I know there is a chance of Super-Saiyans actually existing as well as you do, but don't you think he would have shown such a power if he indeed possessed it."
"No Kibito. Due to all the trouble in the south quadrant we've watched this area of the galaxy far to little in recent years. I was barely aware that any Saiyans had survived the destruction of their home world. And a Saiyan would not show his power, not unless he had to. Contrary to popular belief honour is important to them, as is the challenge any opponent poses."
"Still I doubt their power could rival yours."
"We shall see, my friend, we shall see."
The Z-fighters on the other hand had little to talk about. Everything was as expected so far. They would have to start discussing things again after Shin fought Goku, because then they would know how strong he was and hopefully they'd be able to figure out who he was as well.
The only other thing that was briefly discussed was Mighty Mask and his rather high power, but Piccolo would get a chance to see if he posed any threat right away so they weren't too worried about it.
After fifteen minutes the wait was finally over and Piccolo and Mighty Mask were called to the ring. There was a lot of applause this time, but no introductions, they weren't needed, they'd already been given with the first round battles.
Piccolo looked at Mighty Mask in amazement, the fighter somehow seemed to have very poor overall coordination but he'd still managed to ring-out his opponent in the first round without any kind of trouble.
There's something strange about him. The mighty Namek thought. He seems to have a lot of power, but he's so clumsy he even makes that fool Satan look skilled.
The fight started and Piccolo started by blocking the incoming kicks and punches. They held a lot of power, but nothing he couldn't handle, still at this level this Mighty Mask character seemed to have surpassed the Human Z-fighters, something the Namek thought more than a little odd.
Suddenly Piccolo's sensitive hearing picked up a voice from Mighty Mask's mid-section.
"Come on Trunks, can't you land a punch?"
A smile tried to form on the tough green man's lips but he held it back. He never smiled after all, only sometimes around Gohan. But in the end he was a warrior, with no time for such trivial matters as humour or joy.
His own actions belied these thoughts however as he couldn't bring himself to just simply tear off the kids' costume to expose their deception.
Instead he focused himself for the materialisation technique, concentrating and then suddenly shooting it out as his double opponent halted for a moment.
The instant it hit, the Mighty Mask costume disappeared and two smaller forms became visible. One was sitting on the other's shoulders and they were dressed identically, in little Mighty Mask costumes.
// I'd like to thank my sister Pteska for the idea of having two 'mini Mighty Masks'.
"Oh no, what do we do now?" Goten asked as Trunks got of his shoulders.
"I say we keep fighting." Trunks said, as he floated down slightly to hover next to his friend. "We can take him together."
They raised their fists to attack, but just as the two kids were about to rush forward the announcer realised what was going on and let out a yell.
"You two can't fight together. You're disqualified."
"Oh shit!" Trunks yelled. "Let's get out of here."
Goten nodded and the two demi-Saiyan masters of mischief flew off as fast as they could.
"So." The announcer yelled. "Mighty Mask is disqualified for being two people, presumably not of age either, which means Piccolo wins by default and we can move on to our next match, which is the strangest thing we've seen in years. Gohan versus Videl, a young couple engaged to be married fighting each other for a spot in the semi-finals.
Gohan of course is our current unofficial champion due to his defeat of mister Satan, but we all know what Videl can do, so let's give them a big hand as they start this fight."
Applause followed as Gohan and Videl entered the ring.
"You ready?" Gohan asked.
"Not to handle you, but let's fight anyway."
"All right, don't worry I have no intention of seriously harming my bride to be."
"That's a relief. Though I doubt you'd have waited 'till now if you did have those intentions."
"True."
Videl launched into action at this point, throwing kicks and punches as fast as she could even though she knew it didn't matter. Gohan just blocked, as he did so often when they were sparring and kept smiling at her.
"Has anyone ever told you're damn sexy when you smile like that during a fight?" She asked.
"I don't think you've put it quite like that, before." Gohan replied, continuing to block with one arm as the other scratched the back of his head. "But I think you've said something like it before, as I recall you succeeded in catching me off guard directly after that during that spar."
"Damn!" Videl exclaimed. "I knew I should have saved that trick for now."
"Well it's your own fault."
"It is."
She continued punching and kicking and then watched as Gohan switched from blocking to a dodge, jumping high an then flipping over backwards, to let his finger-tips touch the floor of the ring and then flip backwards again to land on his feet. The most amazing thing was the way his finger tips touched though, as always Videl found herself impressed by his grace, it was as if he didn't really land on his hands or finger tips at all, they just seemed to brush the ring floor lightly for a fraction of a second.
After landing again Gohan went on the offensive, limiting himself to Videl's level. He didn't want to hurt her after all and the audience deserved to see some good fighting as well. As the two of them met in a close range flurry of kicks and punches levitation seemed to start almost automatically. It usually did when two fighters capable of flight fought close range. There was a distinct advantage to being in a higher position and so they gradually started to lift off the ground.
It only took a little while for Videl to realise what was going on. Gohan had limited himself to almost exactly her Ki, she could sense it. That meant that at least for the time being she had a sporting chance. The rest of his power would kick in almost automatically of course should he get in danger of loosing, but that was okay, there was no sense in him letting her win this anyway, that would just be sending a weaker fighter with no hopes of success on to the semi-finals.
However the fact that she'd accepted that she'd be defeated in the end, certainly this time around, she still hadn't given up all hope of one day finding a way to match a Super-Saiyan in battle.
But she couldn't afford to think about that right now. She needed to concentrate on the fight, because Gohan had a lot more experience with this type of fighting, not to mention his Saiyan instincts and reflexes, as an advantage. And while Videl wasn't and had never been afraid of fighting against the odds she wasn't going to be careless about it either.
Gohan was first to get a little success in their airborne fight. One of his punches got through Videl's defences and sent her flying back a little. By this time they'd levelled off so Videl just horizontally steadied herself and then rushed forward to counter attack, sending Gohan into a period of difficult blocking. Because of his limited Ki Gohan was having substantial trouble with Videl's attacks, not so much that he was letting them through, but it was close.
Backstage the other Z-fighters were watching and Krillin finally couldn't hold his tongue anymore.
"Videl is doing good, but Gohan's just playing with her, even I could have beaten her by now."
"Gohan's interest isn't in beating her." Goku said. "Not yet anyway. He will defeat her in the end of course, as it makes no sense to send her to the semi-finals. But right now he's just using this match as a glorified spar for her, so he can continue her training."
"It's an utter waste of all our time." Vegeta said. "He should just beat her and get it over with, then we can get on with the tournament and he can train her all he wants once it's over."
"Perhaps that would have the same effect for training." Yamcha said. "But I don't think you realise that he's also showing her off."
"What do you mean, weakling?" Vegeta snapped.
"Gohan's in love with Videl." Piccolo explained, defending his pupil. "And as a Saiyan, or in his case demi-Saiyan strength is important to him. He's using this as an opportunity to show the world how strong Videl is. To show that he's selected a strong 'mate' as you would put it."
A loud "Hmmph." was Vegeta's only reply but his scowl seemed to soften just a little as he continued to watch the fight.
The rest of the fight, though exciting for the public was rather uneventful for the watching Z-fighters. Mostly because they knew what would happen in the end, that Gohan would win, where as the audience, safe a few knowledgeable individuals, Chi-Chi, Bulma, Roshi, Oolong and Puar, did not know about the difference in strength that was there in reality. And so the fight really seemed even to them.
When the pressure of time started to increase though both contestants realised that this would have to end soon. Videl decided to make this appearance memorable, even if it was a sure defeat and so she started to power up a Super Twister, her trademark Ki-blast.
Gohan noticed her bringing her arms into the cross position and smiled. This would be the end of their fight, with her own special mentality Videl was going to put everything she had into this attack.
He prepared himself, keeping his Ki down to about her level and getting ready for his reply attack, a Masenko. Of course he could always power up and use a standard Ki-blast, but he didn't need to. In a way this situation challenged his Saiyan side, he wanted to win, not just on brute strength, but on technique.
Their calls for the attacks came almost simultaneously.
"Super Twister fire." Seeming to mix with "Ma... Sen... Ko... Ha!" in the air as the attacks rushed towards each other as two beams of light.
Videl soon felt Gohan's attack overpowering hers. She could sense his base-Ki which was still at her level, but he just had too much of an advantage from his experience. He was far more capable at concentrating his energy in his attack than she was.
Soon his beam cancelled hers out and then went on to hit her, Gohan had of course configured it quite precisely so that it wouldn't harm her, but it did force her back and then down to the ground, where it pressed her into the grass next to the ring before dissipating.
"Well," the announcer yelled, "that clinches it folks, after a brilliant match Gohan has won by a ring-out. Let's hear it for these two."
The crowds erupted in wild cheers, even though some people were a little disappointed that Videl had been beaten.
Gohan just smiled and flew down, landing next to Videl and helping her up.
"You did great Videl, I'm proud of you." He whispered, as he pulled her close the instant she was on her feet again.
"Thanks but you're still a lot better." She answered, leaning closer to him.
"Don't be to hard on yourself, I've been doing this since I was five, you've only been doing it for a couple of months."
"Hmm. You always know how to say just the right thing." Videl said, standing on her toes and pressing her lips against his before he could respond.
Immediately they both lost themselves in the kiss, all of their attention focused on their mouths meeting each other.
Only when they broke apart for the sake of allowing oxygen to enter their lungs did they realise that the entire crowd was staring at them in a semi-shocked silence.
Gohan just took Videl's hand and the two of them headed for the waiting area.
The announcer was still gawking at them along with everyone else as they passed him and Gohan couldn't resist.
In an instant he had the announcer's mike in hand and ready to use.
"Haven't you people ever heard of kiss and make up!?" He yelled, before calmly rejoining Videl on their way backstage.
"Great show Gohan." Yamcha said as the two teenagers rejoined the rest of the group.
"Yeah." Krillin agreed. "And the fight wasn't bad either."
Gohan blushed a little and Videl's cheeks grew slightly red as well, but in the end it was all just good-natured teasing.
Then the announcer's voice made it's way in from the outside.
"All right now folks, now that Videl and Gohan have made out, uhm... up let's get to the next fight, Shin versus Goku."
"Now we shall see." Shin quietly told Kibito before walking out to the ring.
"All right guys, look sharp." Goku said. "We're finally going to see what this guy can do and maybe we'll even find out who he is and why he's here."
The others nodded and Goku too made his way out into the ring.
"Just before we start I have some news." The announcer yelled. "I'm sure you'll all be happy to hear that mister Satan has regained consciousness in the medical ward. Doctors expect him to make a full recovery." There were some cheers before he could continue. "And with that out of the way, let the fight, begin!"
Goku started out with his power at the same level Vegeta had used in his fight against Kibito, the highest he could go in his normal form, but that didn't seem to be enough in the fight with Shin. The short purple warrior held a decisive advantage for a few minutes and finally managed to knock Goku out of the ring where he could only stop himself just in time to keep from hitting the wall. Shin waited for Goku to return and Goku used the time to transform. Jumping to the first level of Super-Saiyan with virtually no effort, earning him a chorus of gasps from the crowd as his hair changed colour.
So, Shin thought to himself, that part of the legend at least is true, now to see how much power he really has.
The short and purple supreme guardian of the universe concentrated as he summoned his full power. It got him to about that level Goku was on now, though little beyond it. Meanwhile Goku had flown back into the ring and the fight resumed. Shin was amazed as Goku not only matched him from the beginning but then started a very gradual power-up within his Super-Saiyan level making his power rise significantly above the amount Shin held himself.
It's still not enough. Shin thought, as he was slowly but surely defeated. But I can't force him to show more of his strength, perhaps some of the others may or I'll have to ask.
Goku noticed that Shin had reached his maximum and smiled. The short purple warrior was actually quite good, certainly a lot stronger than Frieza, but not as strong as Cell.
Well. Goku corrected himself in thought. Probably a little stronger than Cell's first stage, but not after he'd absorbed #17 and certainly not after he'd absorbed both androids.
Goku continued to fight slowly increasing his power all the while and soon found he had a decisive upper hand. Shin had truly reached the highest level he could. With that established Goku decided to make short work of the rest of the fight, non of the Z-fighters really liked to fool around when it came to competitive fighting, Gohan's earlier fight with Videl had been an exception, but how often did they fight their loved ones? The finals would probably be a bit of an exception too, a bit of show fighting at first before getting down to business.
But as it was Goku simply took advantage of an unguarded moment on Shin's behalf to seize the smaller fighter by the waist and throw him to the ground next to ring where he left another crater. Next to the one Tien had made earlier.
"And that does it." The announcer yelled. "Shin is down, Son Goku wins with another ring out."
In the mean time Shin was getting up and brushing off his clothes and Goku noticing this floated down to him.
"I hope I didn't hurt you too bad." The Saiyan stated.
"Don't worry I am fine." Shin replied. "In fact I was hoping you would be able to defeat me."
"But why?" Goku asked.
"That would take too long to explain right now, however I do want to speak with you and your friends later, I will explain everything then."
"Okay."
The two fighters made their way backstage together and Goku announced to his friends that Shin wanted to speak with them later. The others just nodded and got ready to either fight or to watch the next fight, as the announcer was just announcing it.
"So are you all ready for the next match?" He asked the crowd, pausing for them to cheer. "Yeah it looks like a great battle, two of our most impressive new-comers ever facing off. It's #18 versus Vegeta."
Vegeta and #18 walked out into the ring, both of them looking serious. They were easily the two most serious fighters in the group and of course they had a history together, going back to Vegeta's humiliating defeat at #18's hands when she and #17 first fought the Z-fighters. Part of Vegeta wanted revenge for that but he knew that Bulma had grown to consider #18 a friend and it would take him a lot of shopping-trips to apologise if he hurt her. And not just the normal shopping trips either, the ones where she didn't simply tell him they were going shopping, but the ones where he had to ask her to go shopping, and then when she turned him down beg her until she agreed. And not just one of those either, maybe even a dozen.
#18 was as dispassionate as ever on the outside, she only ever broke through that stern exterior when she was alone with Krillin or Marron or both. On the inside however she was a little worried that Vegeta might go rather far in an attempt to get revenge, she could take a lot and knew she he wouldn't kill her, Vegeta was to hell bend on winning to get himself disqualified, but even with the rules regarding excessive use of force this tournament still allowed you to go pretty far, Gohan's defeat of mister Satan had only been a mild example of that.
She wasn't even really worried about her own health or safety, but if Vegeta hurt her Krillin would probably go berserk and try to attack him. Vegeta would then of course hurt Krillin as well and she really cared for her husband.
As #18 had expected he would Vegeta had transformed before they ever reached the ring and though she couldn't really sense Ki she knew she was probably no match for Vegeta right now. Krillin had been trying to teach her to sense Ki but it was slow go, as her human side seemed to be dominated by her android components in that area.
She was prepared to put up a courageous fight however, what ever she was, she was not a quitter, a lot of people had taught her that. Android #16 had been the first, somehow, even inside of Cell she'd been aware of his actions during the Cell-games, and she'd known his love for life above all else that had even conquered his programming to kill Goku. After that her new friends had been a big help, Gohan and his struggle with himself after the Cell-games and most of all Krillin.
Krillin was of course the only reason she'd known Gohan back then, the only reason she'd ever gotten to know any of the others. She'd run into him, quite by chance, the day after the Cell-games. She'd learned later that he was just on his way home from seeing of Mirai Trunks who was going back to a future where she was on the sort of killing-spree her maker had intended for her. She didn't want to do that here however. First of all Gohan could beat her, and Piccolo should be able to as well, he'd been the stronger when he'd fought #17 before Cell had absorbed him and she and her twin brother had been equal in strength. She'd felt a need to talk, about everything, and had found herself somehow drawn to Krillin by much that same thing that had possessed her to kiss him when they first met. In the end she'd opened up to him about everything. About the internal conflict between her programming and her feelings, some of which she attributed to her friendship with #16. About her regrets about having been part of Cell and about her feeling of loneliness now that #16 and #17 were no longer around.[1] Krillin had just sat there and listened for a long time, but he too had opened up to her. About how he missed Goku and how he wished he could do more for Gohan who was trying to keep up a brave face even though Krillin knew he was hurt deep inside. Even about his love life, or lack of same, and about his history with women. Soon she and Krillin had become friends and she'd started going with him to all the parties at Capsule Corp, and most other things as well, and finally, one day, four months after the Cell-games Krillin had proposed and she'd accepted. She'd never let any of the others get to her real feelings, even though Chi-Chi and Bulma had grown to be relatively close friends, but something about Krillin just enabled her to drop her guard.
Now however she had to return her attention to the fight as she entered the ring together with Vegeta. She knew the outcome of the fight, but she wasn't going to give up without actually fighting it.
The two of them rushed at each other as the announcer yelled for the fight to start. The announcer along with the audience was a bit stunned about the changes in hair colour the Saiyans were displaying but at this point the fighting was so intense and captivating that they didn't care.
#18 threw all she had into the first exchange of blows, even that way she was sure she couldn't win but at least she might be able to get a couple of shot in before Vegeta got fully used to fighting and the power he was using.
The exchange was fierce and fast, like any exchange between Z-fighters. #18 had been right when she thought she might be able to get a shot in and managed to deliver an upper cut to Vegeta's jaw at the end of it, forcing the Saiyan prince to take a step backwards. But after that he attacked with renewed power, and the slender yet strong android found herself blocking more than anything else. Finally Vegeta managed to get in a good kick to her stomach. One that he'd underestimated himself, because he'd wanted to play with her some more and this kick knocked her out of the ring, and into the surrounding wall.
#18 let out a small sigh, the fight was over. Looking as calm and composed as ever she got up and brushed of her clothes. The announcer was yelling but she didn't really care about that, she'd lost as she'd expected. She was just hoping she could win the Battle Royal for fifth place, as fifth place still got prise money. Maybe that way she and Krillin could move out on their own so she wouldn't have to worry about Roshi trying to spy on her when she was in the shower anymore. Videl wasn't any competition, though she'd have to be careful not to hurt the girl too much or Gohan would be after her hide.
Shin was the real problem, she just didn't know where he fit in, he might be a bit stronger than her, but he might not, all she'd been able to tell was that Goku had been forced to go Super Saiyan to beat him, which put him roughly in her class, but above or below she couldn't say.
"Well," the announcer yelled, "that clinches it. Vegeta is our last semi-finalist. That means our two semi-finals will be Piccolo versus Gohan and Goku versus Vegeta. Will this lead us to an eventual father-son showdown in the finals, or will one of the have to avenge the other. Or will neither make it through, nobody can say for sure, but I can say for sure that this is the first time in the history of the World Tournament, from the first tournament on, that two generations of the same family have made it to the semi finals.
Piccolo against Gohan will be the first semi-final as I said and it promises to be an interesting match. Piccolo of course lost to Goku, Gohan's father, in the final of the 23rd Tournament. And now he'll have to go up against the son of the man who defeated him.
Goku we know to be a great fighter, but his opponent for the next round, Vegeta doesn't seem anything other than impressive either. So stick around for what is sure to be a super show. However before we get to the semi-finals we have one more thing on our program, after the usual fifteen minute break there will be a battle royal for fifth place. As you know we pay out to the top five places and we have to have someway to decide who's the fifth. So Videl, Shin and #18 will be facing of all at once. Mighty Mask will of course not be participating in that fight as he was disqualified."
"Bummer eh Goten." Trunks whispered as he and his friend heard the announcer. "I guess sneaking back into the waiting area really is everything we have left to do."
"Yeah, I wonder who that guy fighting daddy was though." Goten remarked. "He must be pretty strong to make daddy go Super-Saiyan."
"Who cares?" Trunks said dejectedly. "We won't get to fight him so it's hardly our concern."
"So why are we sneaking in again?" Goten asked.
"Just answer me this, where would you rather be, with our dads or with our moms who'll get angry because we tried to fight?"
"I wanna be with daddy and Gohan." Goten said.
"Exactly that's why we're sneaking back in and now we have be quiet."
"Okay Trunks."
The two boys continued on their way silently, sneaking into the athletes waiting area by flying there, virtually pressed against the ceiling.
To their surprise the others were all gathered around Shin who was apparently telling them something.
"First of all." Shin told the Z-fighters. "I think you should know who I am. Some of you probably have at least some suspicions already and Piccolo even had some suspicion that I might exist before he even met me. I am the Supreme-Kai."
The Z-fighters gasped as the two surprised eaves dropping kids wondered what a 'Supreme-Kai' was.
"Wow." Goku said. "I've heard rumours from King Kai, about someone above the Grand-Kai but I never knew they were real."
"It's not surprising, even the Grand-Kai doesn't often meet me, I think it was over a thousand of your years ago that I last spoke to him."
The others gave a short nod of understanding and Shin continued.
"Though this may seem strange I am here looking for help. Even though I'm the supreme guardian of this universe I find myself without the power to guard it. I only hope that one or more among you may have such power."
Gohan slowly nodded and then replied. "I think we may. With myself my father and Vegeta you are probably dealing with three of the strongest, if not the three strongest, fighters in the universe. In what order the rest of this tournament will show."
The two other Saiyans nodded in agreement as did Shin.
"I have not met anyone who could defeat me before so I am optimistic about your chances. However the enemy that awaits is stronger that any other. Many of your years ago, when Humanity was still in its infancy there were five Supreme-Kais, North, South, East and West, and what you might call a Grand-Supreme-Kai, I was the youngest, the East-Supreme-Kai. All of the others were killed by the monster we'll be facing again and only through a stroke of luck did I manage to win that battle, though not the war. But I will have to tell you more about that later as Videl, #18 and myself have to fight in a few minutes. Though I can't say I will really put a lot of effort into this fight, I don't need what you call money, but there is no reason to alert everyone else, or to make myself stand out anymore than I already have."
[1]
#16 could not be revived because he was fully mechanical. #17 didn't come back in this AU as he was part of Cell when he died.
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Next time on Life Is Strange, the battle royal for fifth place and the semi-finals, who among our brave warriors will make it to the final and will the final be in the next chapter all ready or will you have to wait another. Only one way to find out, be sure to read the next exciting chapter of Life Is Strange.
Well it took a while for this to get out but while I did have a lot of inspiration it was mostly on another story. I'm posting that story, 'Dawn Of The Third Era' at the same time as updating this and my other current story 'Gohan Goes To Highschool', it's another Gohan/Videl, my third, just click my author name at the top to go to a list of all my stories, but before you do that, please review this story.
Also finally please note again that the poles have been closed.
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Disclaimer: DBZ isn't mine, Gohan is, well in my dreams he is at any rate.
Anything between /* and */ is just me budding in, so is anything after // up until the next hard return.
For those of you that realised, I'm trying to learn to program in C++ as a hobby, that's the origin of the commentary codes.
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Questions, current standing and just a few more points:
You can vote for more than one person to win, though as I said your influence there is a bit limited.
Reviews with to many nuances, though I will consider them during writing won't be shown here since it's hard to make a yes or no out of them.
Conditional votes, such as Dragon Empress saying: "Only if you kill the bastard!" on question #2, will be counted separately in parentheses
Also I've decided to close the polls. As I'm getting to the point where I'm going to actually write most of these developments (or lack thereoff).
Should Hercule remain a complete bastard, or should he become somewhat more likeable?
More likeable---: IIIIIIIIIIIII
Complete bastard: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
What do you think of the idea of a Majin Hercule?
Yes: IIIIIIIIII(IIIII)
No-: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Lol: IIIII
Who do you think will win the tournament? (You won't be able to greatly influence me with that because I have the draw and results planned. Except for the matter of who will win, but it has been narrowed down to two candidates.)
Gohan------: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Goku-------: IIIIIIII
Vegeta-----: IIII
Mighty Mask: I
Videl------: (III)
Nobody-----: (I)
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Response to reviews:
To vsd2oc:
I think the closest you got to Dutch was Danish, but I'm not exactly sure, I don't really speak Danish, though I seem to remember from being there a while ago that Jeg = I. Anyway I'll give you full marks for effort.
If all went well you should have received an e-mail about his update.
To Lady Queen:
Aw, no fair. I let you know about pteska. And since I did some checking on your profile I discovered I have so much to teach. I'm 19, you're 15 according to your profile so that makes you little bro under 15, he still needs to learn the classics, like "Make a funny face. ... But that's what you always look like."
I hope you're managing with your computer exhile. * shudders at the thought of such a cruel and inhumane punishment *
To ~*Crystal Lily*~:
I think Akira Toriyama thinks like you. When you say, 'I like Gohan and all, but I guess I like Goku more.' I think this was his reasoning when he basically decided to overdo the nerdyness in Gohan and to weaken him by making him stop training. The focus of the series had to remain on, and the power had to remain with, Goku (and to an extend Vegeta). That's probably also why Goten and Trunks stopped really seriously training at some point.
Anyway that's just something I've wanted to say for a while now and you gave me the perfect excuse, hope you don't mind me using your review like this, and I seriously appreciate you leaving me one. In the end we can't all have Gohan as our favorite character.
To Everyone:
Thanks, sorry I kept you waiting so long, but here it is.
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Life Is Strange
Chapter 16: Quarter-Finals
"What do you think now?" Shin asked his assistant, as they walked away from the other fighters.
"He is strong, but not as strong as you by a long shot." Kibito replied.
"Don't judge so quickly Kibito." Shin said. "You're assuming that he has fought you at his full power. I'm not sure if that is true."
"But my lord, with all due respect, I know there is a chance of Super-Saiyans actually existing as well as you do, but don't you think he would have shown such a power if he indeed possessed it."
"No Kibito. Due to all the trouble in the south quadrant we've watched this area of the galaxy far to little in recent years. I was barely aware that any Saiyans had survived the destruction of their home world. And a Saiyan would not show his power, not unless he had to. Contrary to popular belief honour is important to them, as is the challenge any opponent poses."
"Still I doubt their power could rival yours."
"We shall see, my friend, we shall see."
The Z-fighters on the other hand had little to talk about. Everything was as expected so far. They would have to start discussing things again after Shin fought Goku, because then they would know how strong he was and hopefully they'd be able to figure out who he was as well.
The only other thing that was briefly discussed was Mighty Mask and his rather high power, but Piccolo would get a chance to see if he posed any threat right away so they weren't too worried about it.
After fifteen minutes the wait was finally over and Piccolo and Mighty Mask were called to the ring. There was a lot of applause this time, but no introductions, they weren't needed, they'd already been given with the first round battles.
Piccolo looked at Mighty Mask in amazement, the fighter somehow seemed to have very poor overall coordination but he'd still managed to ring-out his opponent in the first round without any kind of trouble.
There's something strange about him. The mighty Namek thought. He seems to have a lot of power, but he's so clumsy he even makes that fool Satan look skilled.
The fight started and Piccolo started by blocking the incoming kicks and punches. They held a lot of power, but nothing he couldn't handle, still at this level this Mighty Mask character seemed to have surpassed the Human Z-fighters, something the Namek thought more than a little odd.
Suddenly Piccolo's sensitive hearing picked up a voice from Mighty Mask's mid-section.
"Come on Trunks, can't you land a punch?"
A smile tried to form on the tough green man's lips but he held it back. He never smiled after all, only sometimes around Gohan. But in the end he was a warrior, with no time for such trivial matters as humour or joy.
His own actions belied these thoughts however as he couldn't bring himself to just simply tear off the kids' costume to expose their deception.
Instead he focused himself for the materialisation technique, concentrating and then suddenly shooting it out as his double opponent halted for a moment.
The instant it hit, the Mighty Mask costume disappeared and two smaller forms became visible. One was sitting on the other's shoulders and they were dressed identically, in little Mighty Mask costumes.
// I'd like to thank my sister Pteska for the idea of having two 'mini Mighty Masks'.
"Oh no, what do we do now?" Goten asked as Trunks got of his shoulders.
"I say we keep fighting." Trunks said, as he floated down slightly to hover next to his friend. "We can take him together."
They raised their fists to attack, but just as the two kids were about to rush forward the announcer realised what was going on and let out a yell.
"You two can't fight together. You're disqualified."
"Oh shit!" Trunks yelled. "Let's get out of here."
Goten nodded and the two demi-Saiyan masters of mischief flew off as fast as they could.
"So." The announcer yelled. "Mighty Mask is disqualified for being two people, presumably not of age either, which means Piccolo wins by default and we can move on to our next match, which is the strangest thing we've seen in years. Gohan versus Videl, a young couple engaged to be married fighting each other for a spot in the semi-finals.
Gohan of course is our current unofficial champion due to his defeat of mister Satan, but we all know what Videl can do, so let's give them a big hand as they start this fight."
Applause followed as Gohan and Videl entered the ring.
"You ready?" Gohan asked.
"Not to handle you, but let's fight anyway."
"All right, don't worry I have no intention of seriously harming my bride to be."
"That's a relief. Though I doubt you'd have waited 'till now if you did have those intentions."
"True."
Videl launched into action at this point, throwing kicks and punches as fast as she could even though she knew it didn't matter. Gohan just blocked, as he did so often when they were sparring and kept smiling at her.
"Has anyone ever told you're damn sexy when you smile like that during a fight?" She asked.
"I don't think you've put it quite like that, before." Gohan replied, continuing to block with one arm as the other scratched the back of his head. "But I think you've said something like it before, as I recall you succeeded in catching me off guard directly after that during that spar."
"Damn!" Videl exclaimed. "I knew I should have saved that trick for now."
"Well it's your own fault."
"It is."
She continued punching and kicking and then watched as Gohan switched from blocking to a dodge, jumping high an then flipping over backwards, to let his finger-tips touch the floor of the ring and then flip backwards again to land on his feet. The most amazing thing was the way his finger tips touched though, as always Videl found herself impressed by his grace, it was as if he didn't really land on his hands or finger tips at all, they just seemed to brush the ring floor lightly for a fraction of a second.
After landing again Gohan went on the offensive, limiting himself to Videl's level. He didn't want to hurt her after all and the audience deserved to see some good fighting as well. As the two of them met in a close range flurry of kicks and punches levitation seemed to start almost automatically. It usually did when two fighters capable of flight fought close range. There was a distinct advantage to being in a higher position and so they gradually started to lift off the ground.
It only took a little while for Videl to realise what was going on. Gohan had limited himself to almost exactly her Ki, she could sense it. That meant that at least for the time being she had a sporting chance. The rest of his power would kick in almost automatically of course should he get in danger of loosing, but that was okay, there was no sense in him letting her win this anyway, that would just be sending a weaker fighter with no hopes of success on to the semi-finals.
However the fact that she'd accepted that she'd be defeated in the end, certainly this time around, she still hadn't given up all hope of one day finding a way to match a Super-Saiyan in battle.
But she couldn't afford to think about that right now. She needed to concentrate on the fight, because Gohan had a lot more experience with this type of fighting, not to mention his Saiyan instincts and reflexes, as an advantage. And while Videl wasn't and had never been afraid of fighting against the odds she wasn't going to be careless about it either.
Gohan was first to get a little success in their airborne fight. One of his punches got through Videl's defences and sent her flying back a little. By this time they'd levelled off so Videl just horizontally steadied herself and then rushed forward to counter attack, sending Gohan into a period of difficult blocking. Because of his limited Ki Gohan was having substantial trouble with Videl's attacks, not so much that he was letting them through, but it was close.
Backstage the other Z-fighters were watching and Krillin finally couldn't hold his tongue anymore.
"Videl is doing good, but Gohan's just playing with her, even I could have beaten her by now."
"Gohan's interest isn't in beating her." Goku said. "Not yet anyway. He will defeat her in the end of course, as it makes no sense to send her to the semi-finals. But right now he's just using this match as a glorified spar for her, so he can continue her training."
"It's an utter waste of all our time." Vegeta said. "He should just beat her and get it over with, then we can get on with the tournament and he can train her all he wants once it's over."
"Perhaps that would have the same effect for training." Yamcha said. "But I don't think you realise that he's also showing her off."
"What do you mean, weakling?" Vegeta snapped.
"Gohan's in love with Videl." Piccolo explained, defending his pupil. "And as a Saiyan, or in his case demi-Saiyan strength is important to him. He's using this as an opportunity to show the world how strong Videl is. To show that he's selected a strong 'mate' as you would put it."
A loud "Hmmph." was Vegeta's only reply but his scowl seemed to soften just a little as he continued to watch the fight.
The rest of the fight, though exciting for the public was rather uneventful for the watching Z-fighters. Mostly because they knew what would happen in the end, that Gohan would win, where as the audience, safe a few knowledgeable individuals, Chi-Chi, Bulma, Roshi, Oolong and Puar, did not know about the difference in strength that was there in reality. And so the fight really seemed even to them.
When the pressure of time started to increase though both contestants realised that this would have to end soon. Videl decided to make this appearance memorable, even if it was a sure defeat and so she started to power up a Super Twister, her trademark Ki-blast.
Gohan noticed her bringing her arms into the cross position and smiled. This would be the end of their fight, with her own special mentality Videl was going to put everything she had into this attack.
He prepared himself, keeping his Ki down to about her level and getting ready for his reply attack, a Masenko. Of course he could always power up and use a standard Ki-blast, but he didn't need to. In a way this situation challenged his Saiyan side, he wanted to win, not just on brute strength, but on technique.
Their calls for the attacks came almost simultaneously.
"Super Twister fire." Seeming to mix with "Ma... Sen... Ko... Ha!" in the air as the attacks rushed towards each other as two beams of light.
Videl soon felt Gohan's attack overpowering hers. She could sense his base-Ki which was still at her level, but he just had too much of an advantage from his experience. He was far more capable at concentrating his energy in his attack than she was.
Soon his beam cancelled hers out and then went on to hit her, Gohan had of course configured it quite precisely so that it wouldn't harm her, but it did force her back and then down to the ground, where it pressed her into the grass next to the ring before dissipating.
"Well," the announcer yelled, "that clinches it folks, after a brilliant match Gohan has won by a ring-out. Let's hear it for these two."
The crowds erupted in wild cheers, even though some people were a little disappointed that Videl had been beaten.
Gohan just smiled and flew down, landing next to Videl and helping her up.
"You did great Videl, I'm proud of you." He whispered, as he pulled her close the instant she was on her feet again.
"Thanks but you're still a lot better." She answered, leaning closer to him.
"Don't be to hard on yourself, I've been doing this since I was five, you've only been doing it for a couple of months."
"Hmm. You always know how to say just the right thing." Videl said, standing on her toes and pressing her lips against his before he could respond.
Immediately they both lost themselves in the kiss, all of their attention focused on their mouths meeting each other.
Only when they broke apart for the sake of allowing oxygen to enter their lungs did they realise that the entire crowd was staring at them in a semi-shocked silence.
Gohan just took Videl's hand and the two of them headed for the waiting area.
The announcer was still gawking at them along with everyone else as they passed him and Gohan couldn't resist.
In an instant he had the announcer's mike in hand and ready to use.
"Haven't you people ever heard of kiss and make up!?" He yelled, before calmly rejoining Videl on their way backstage.
"Great show Gohan." Yamcha said as the two teenagers rejoined the rest of the group.
"Yeah." Krillin agreed. "And the fight wasn't bad either."
Gohan blushed a little and Videl's cheeks grew slightly red as well, but in the end it was all just good-natured teasing.
Then the announcer's voice made it's way in from the outside.
"All right now folks, now that Videl and Gohan have made out, uhm... up let's get to the next fight, Shin versus Goku."
"Now we shall see." Shin quietly told Kibito before walking out to the ring.
"All right guys, look sharp." Goku said. "We're finally going to see what this guy can do and maybe we'll even find out who he is and why he's here."
The others nodded and Goku too made his way out into the ring.
"Just before we start I have some news." The announcer yelled. "I'm sure you'll all be happy to hear that mister Satan has regained consciousness in the medical ward. Doctors expect him to make a full recovery." There were some cheers before he could continue. "And with that out of the way, let the fight, begin!"
Goku started out with his power at the same level Vegeta had used in his fight against Kibito, the highest he could go in his normal form, but that didn't seem to be enough in the fight with Shin. The short purple warrior held a decisive advantage for a few minutes and finally managed to knock Goku out of the ring where he could only stop himself just in time to keep from hitting the wall. Shin waited for Goku to return and Goku used the time to transform. Jumping to the first level of Super-Saiyan with virtually no effort, earning him a chorus of gasps from the crowd as his hair changed colour.
So, Shin thought to himself, that part of the legend at least is true, now to see how much power he really has.
The short and purple supreme guardian of the universe concentrated as he summoned his full power. It got him to about that level Goku was on now, though little beyond it. Meanwhile Goku had flown back into the ring and the fight resumed. Shin was amazed as Goku not only matched him from the beginning but then started a very gradual power-up within his Super-Saiyan level making his power rise significantly above the amount Shin held himself.
It's still not enough. Shin thought, as he was slowly but surely defeated. But I can't force him to show more of his strength, perhaps some of the others may or I'll have to ask.
Goku noticed that Shin had reached his maximum and smiled. The short purple warrior was actually quite good, certainly a lot stronger than Frieza, but not as strong as Cell.
Well. Goku corrected himself in thought. Probably a little stronger than Cell's first stage, but not after he'd absorbed #17 and certainly not after he'd absorbed both androids.
Goku continued to fight slowly increasing his power all the while and soon found he had a decisive upper hand. Shin had truly reached the highest level he could. With that established Goku decided to make short work of the rest of the fight, non of the Z-fighters really liked to fool around when it came to competitive fighting, Gohan's earlier fight with Videl had been an exception, but how often did they fight their loved ones? The finals would probably be a bit of an exception too, a bit of show fighting at first before getting down to business.
But as it was Goku simply took advantage of an unguarded moment on Shin's behalf to seize the smaller fighter by the waist and throw him to the ground next to ring where he left another crater. Next to the one Tien had made earlier.
"And that does it." The announcer yelled. "Shin is down, Son Goku wins with another ring out."
In the mean time Shin was getting up and brushing off his clothes and Goku noticing this floated down to him.
"I hope I didn't hurt you too bad." The Saiyan stated.
"Don't worry I am fine." Shin replied. "In fact I was hoping you would be able to defeat me."
"But why?" Goku asked.
"That would take too long to explain right now, however I do want to speak with you and your friends later, I will explain everything then."
"Okay."
The two fighters made their way backstage together and Goku announced to his friends that Shin wanted to speak with them later. The others just nodded and got ready to either fight or to watch the next fight, as the announcer was just announcing it.
"So are you all ready for the next match?" He asked the crowd, pausing for them to cheer. "Yeah it looks like a great battle, two of our most impressive new-comers ever facing off. It's #18 versus Vegeta."
Vegeta and #18 walked out into the ring, both of them looking serious. They were easily the two most serious fighters in the group and of course they had a history together, going back to Vegeta's humiliating defeat at #18's hands when she and #17 first fought the Z-fighters. Part of Vegeta wanted revenge for that but he knew that Bulma had grown to consider #18 a friend and it would take him a lot of shopping-trips to apologise if he hurt her. And not just the normal shopping trips either, the ones where she didn't simply tell him they were going shopping, but the ones where he had to ask her to go shopping, and then when she turned him down beg her until she agreed. And not just one of those either, maybe even a dozen.
#18 was as dispassionate as ever on the outside, she only ever broke through that stern exterior when she was alone with Krillin or Marron or both. On the inside however she was a little worried that Vegeta might go rather far in an attempt to get revenge, she could take a lot and knew she he wouldn't kill her, Vegeta was to hell bend on winning to get himself disqualified, but even with the rules regarding excessive use of force this tournament still allowed you to go pretty far, Gohan's defeat of mister Satan had only been a mild example of that.
She wasn't even really worried about her own health or safety, but if Vegeta hurt her Krillin would probably go berserk and try to attack him. Vegeta would then of course hurt Krillin as well and she really cared for her husband.
As #18 had expected he would Vegeta had transformed before they ever reached the ring and though she couldn't really sense Ki she knew she was probably no match for Vegeta right now. Krillin had been trying to teach her to sense Ki but it was slow go, as her human side seemed to be dominated by her android components in that area.
She was prepared to put up a courageous fight however, what ever she was, she was not a quitter, a lot of people had taught her that. Android #16 had been the first, somehow, even inside of Cell she'd been aware of his actions during the Cell-games, and she'd known his love for life above all else that had even conquered his programming to kill Goku. After that her new friends had been a big help, Gohan and his struggle with himself after the Cell-games and most of all Krillin.
Krillin was of course the only reason she'd known Gohan back then, the only reason she'd ever gotten to know any of the others. She'd run into him, quite by chance, the day after the Cell-games. She'd learned later that he was just on his way home from seeing of Mirai Trunks who was going back to a future where she was on the sort of killing-spree her maker had intended for her. She didn't want to do that here however. First of all Gohan could beat her, and Piccolo should be able to as well, he'd been the stronger when he'd fought #17 before Cell had absorbed him and she and her twin brother had been equal in strength. She'd felt a need to talk, about everything, and had found herself somehow drawn to Krillin by much that same thing that had possessed her to kiss him when they first met. In the end she'd opened up to him about everything. About the internal conflict between her programming and her feelings, some of which she attributed to her friendship with #16. About her regrets about having been part of Cell and about her feeling of loneliness now that #16 and #17 were no longer around.[1] Krillin had just sat there and listened for a long time, but he too had opened up to her. About how he missed Goku and how he wished he could do more for Gohan who was trying to keep up a brave face even though Krillin knew he was hurt deep inside. Even about his love life, or lack of same, and about his history with women. Soon she and Krillin had become friends and she'd started going with him to all the parties at Capsule Corp, and most other things as well, and finally, one day, four months after the Cell-games Krillin had proposed and she'd accepted. She'd never let any of the others get to her real feelings, even though Chi-Chi and Bulma had grown to be relatively close friends, but something about Krillin just enabled her to drop her guard.
Now however she had to return her attention to the fight as she entered the ring together with Vegeta. She knew the outcome of the fight, but she wasn't going to give up without actually fighting it.
The two of them rushed at each other as the announcer yelled for the fight to start. The announcer along with the audience was a bit stunned about the changes in hair colour the Saiyans were displaying but at this point the fighting was so intense and captivating that they didn't care.
#18 threw all she had into the first exchange of blows, even that way she was sure she couldn't win but at least she might be able to get a couple of shot in before Vegeta got fully used to fighting and the power he was using.
The exchange was fierce and fast, like any exchange between Z-fighters. #18 had been right when she thought she might be able to get a shot in and managed to deliver an upper cut to Vegeta's jaw at the end of it, forcing the Saiyan prince to take a step backwards. But after that he attacked with renewed power, and the slender yet strong android found herself blocking more than anything else. Finally Vegeta managed to get in a good kick to her stomach. One that he'd underestimated himself, because he'd wanted to play with her some more and this kick knocked her out of the ring, and into the surrounding wall.
#18 let out a small sigh, the fight was over. Looking as calm and composed as ever she got up and brushed of her clothes. The announcer was yelling but she didn't really care about that, she'd lost as she'd expected. She was just hoping she could win the Battle Royal for fifth place, as fifth place still got prise money. Maybe that way she and Krillin could move out on their own so she wouldn't have to worry about Roshi trying to spy on her when she was in the shower anymore. Videl wasn't any competition, though she'd have to be careful not to hurt the girl too much or Gohan would be after her hide.
Shin was the real problem, she just didn't know where he fit in, he might be a bit stronger than her, but he might not, all she'd been able to tell was that Goku had been forced to go Super Saiyan to beat him, which put him roughly in her class, but above or below she couldn't say.
"Well," the announcer yelled, "that clinches it. Vegeta is our last semi-finalist. That means our two semi-finals will be Piccolo versus Gohan and Goku versus Vegeta. Will this lead us to an eventual father-son showdown in the finals, or will one of the have to avenge the other. Or will neither make it through, nobody can say for sure, but I can say for sure that this is the first time in the history of the World Tournament, from the first tournament on, that two generations of the same family have made it to the semi finals.
Piccolo against Gohan will be the first semi-final as I said and it promises to be an interesting match. Piccolo of course lost to Goku, Gohan's father, in the final of the 23rd Tournament. And now he'll have to go up against the son of the man who defeated him.
Goku we know to be a great fighter, but his opponent for the next round, Vegeta doesn't seem anything other than impressive either. So stick around for what is sure to be a super show. However before we get to the semi-finals we have one more thing on our program, after the usual fifteen minute break there will be a battle royal for fifth place. As you know we pay out to the top five places and we have to have someway to decide who's the fifth. So Videl, Shin and #18 will be facing of all at once. Mighty Mask will of course not be participating in that fight as he was disqualified."
"Bummer eh Goten." Trunks whispered as he and his friend heard the announcer. "I guess sneaking back into the waiting area really is everything we have left to do."
"Yeah, I wonder who that guy fighting daddy was though." Goten remarked. "He must be pretty strong to make daddy go Super-Saiyan."
"Who cares?" Trunks said dejectedly. "We won't get to fight him so it's hardly our concern."
"So why are we sneaking in again?" Goten asked.
"Just answer me this, where would you rather be, with our dads or with our moms who'll get angry because we tried to fight?"
"I wanna be with daddy and Gohan." Goten said.
"Exactly that's why we're sneaking back in and now we have be quiet."
"Okay Trunks."
The two boys continued on their way silently, sneaking into the athletes waiting area by flying there, virtually pressed against the ceiling.
To their surprise the others were all gathered around Shin who was apparently telling them something.
"First of all." Shin told the Z-fighters. "I think you should know who I am. Some of you probably have at least some suspicions already and Piccolo even had some suspicion that I might exist before he even met me. I am the Supreme-Kai."
The Z-fighters gasped as the two surprised eaves dropping kids wondered what a 'Supreme-Kai' was.
"Wow." Goku said. "I've heard rumours from King Kai, about someone above the Grand-Kai but I never knew they were real."
"It's not surprising, even the Grand-Kai doesn't often meet me, I think it was over a thousand of your years ago that I last spoke to him."
The others gave a short nod of understanding and Shin continued.
"Though this may seem strange I am here looking for help. Even though I'm the supreme guardian of this universe I find myself without the power to guard it. I only hope that one or more among you may have such power."
Gohan slowly nodded and then replied. "I think we may. With myself my father and Vegeta you are probably dealing with three of the strongest, if not the three strongest, fighters in the universe. In what order the rest of this tournament will show."
The two other Saiyans nodded in agreement as did Shin.
"I have not met anyone who could defeat me before so I am optimistic about your chances. However the enemy that awaits is stronger that any other. Many of your years ago, when Humanity was still in its infancy there were five Supreme-Kais, North, South, East and West, and what you might call a Grand-Supreme-Kai, I was the youngest, the East-Supreme-Kai. All of the others were killed by the monster we'll be facing again and only through a stroke of luck did I manage to win that battle, though not the war. But I will have to tell you more about that later as Videl, #18 and myself have to fight in a few minutes. Though I can't say I will really put a lot of effort into this fight, I don't need what you call money, but there is no reason to alert everyone else, or to make myself stand out anymore than I already have."
[1]
#16 could not be revived because he was fully mechanical. #17 didn't come back in this AU as he was part of Cell when he died.
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Next time on Life Is Strange, the battle royal for fifth place and the semi-finals, who among our brave warriors will make it to the final and will the final be in the next chapter all ready or will you have to wait another. Only one way to find out, be sure to read the next exciting chapter of Life Is Strange.
Well it took a while for this to get out but while I did have a lot of inspiration it was mostly on another story. I'm posting that story, 'Dawn Of The Third Era' at the same time as updating this and my other current story 'Gohan Goes To Highschool', it's another Gohan/Videl, my third, just click my author name at the top to go to a list of all my stories, but before you do that, please review this story.
Also finally please note again that the poles have been closed.
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