As the sun rose up above the horizon, Rioki yawned and slid out of bed.
"What a night," she sighed, and headed to the kitchen for something to drink. Gohan and Goten were already up, and just sitting down for breakfast. "Well, morning, guys," she said, pulling out some cereal, and pouring herself a bowl, then plopped down across from Gohan at the table.
"Morning," they said, and shoveled some more food into their mouths. She shook her head, and just jammed the spoon into her mouth when Chi-Chi and Sansui walked into the kitchen, grabbed something to eat, and sat down at the table as well. They ate in silence, and as soon as the last dish was stuck in the sink, Rioki was out the door, stretching. Gohan and Goten followed, leaving the others in the house to clean the dishes.
"You guys wanna do some last minute training? I'll take you both on," Rioki said. They got into fighting position and started to train, and ten minutes later, Rioki slammed her left foot into Gohan's stomach, causing him to drop to the ground, and he knocked Goten on the way, taking him down with. Rioki landed, and said, "You okay?" Gohan nodded and stood up, then helped up his brother. They sparred for a little while longer, then went inside to change.
Rioki pulled out her favorite fighting uniform: a bright pink T-shirt, and bright green shorts that stopped at her knees. She slid on her blue wrist guards and her tennis shoes, then headed outside to wait with everyone else for Bulma, Trunks, Krillin, Vegeta, and the others. Goten and Sansui were wrestling when Rioki pulled them over to the house as everyone landed in the shuttle they were taking. They loaded and headed for the island where the tournament was being held.
"Maybe we shouldn't go Super Saiyan at the tournament guys. We don't want to be noticed as the people who were at the Cell games, you know, the ones that lost?" Gohan said on the way. Everyone got into this big conversation about it, laughing about "losing," and they finally agreed not to go Super at the tournament.
They landed about an hour later, and headed into the tournament. After walking for no more than five minutes, Rioki smiled and laughed.
"What is so funny?" Vegeta asked.
"I sense Piccolo," she said. Gohan looked over to the tree she was looking at to find a tall, green, pointy eared Namekian leaning against it. He smiled and ran over.
"Hey, Piccolo, is my dad here yet?" he asked.
"I don't sense him anywhere," Piccolo replied, and opened his eyes. Gohan nodded, and Master Roshi looked up.
"I sense him, now," he said. Gohan turned around, and the others looked up, and there, in his navy blue shirt and wristbands, and orange suit, stood Goku, tall and proud. They just stood there, mouths open wide, not sure what to say or do.
"Well, are you guys just going to stand there or what?" Goku asked. Krillin's eyes watering, he mumbled something, then ran over to Goku. Gohan, Krillin, and Rioki ran over and hugged him, and he hugged them all back.
"I missed you, bro," she said.
"Missed you, too, sis," he said, and looked up at Chi-Chi.
"Oh, Goku. I've missed you so much," she said, tears sliding down her cheeks.
"I've missed you too, Chi-Chi. Oh, and who do we have here?" he asked, noticing Goten hiding behind Chi-Chi.
"Goten, go on," she said, pushing him out. They looked at each other for a second, and then Goten cried, "Daddy!" Goku picked him up, hugged him, and set him on his shoulder. "Wow, kid-o, your pretty big!" he exclaimed. Goten smiled and giggled, and the Z fighters, Chi-Chi, Bulma, Ox-King, 18, Maron, Sansui, and Roshi all headed for the fighters sign up area.
Gohan watched Videl get off her father's helicopter, and headed off to find her, and they chatted while Rioki, with Sansui's hand clutching hers, talked to Goku about the Other World.
"So, Goku, you both were disqualified? I can't believe it! Maybe he should have mentioned that before you guys started fighting, then maybe you would have won," she said, smiling.
"Yeah, Uncle Goku!" Sansui cried. He looked down.
"Whoa, girly! Is that your daughter?" Goku asked, reaching over and rubbing her head. She giggled and Rioki nodded.
"Yup, she's mine alright, and she's your niece, so be nice, kay? She and Maron are only watching the fight today, along with Chi-Chi, Bulma, Roshi, Yamcha, Puar, and Ox-King. So, you guys thirsty?" she asked, picking up her daughter and setting her on her shoulder's.
"I am," Goten exclaimed, laughing. Rioki waved her left hand over her right hand, and handed the drink down to her nephew.
"Wow, Aunt Rioki! That was so cool!" he exclaimed, and began to drink.
"How did you learn how to do that?" Goku asked.
"I've always been able to do that, bro, but I guess I never really used it before. Hey, look, what's going on over there?" Rioki asked, pointing to a long line. Goku and the others shrugged, but Piccolo said, "That is the adult section's qualifying round. After you sign up, you have to punch a machine, and the top scorers will be in the match. So, I believe it is safe to say we are all in the fight."
They all joined the line, and the Z fighters, plus everyone else, hit the machine once. Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, Rioki, and 18 were the first Z fighters to hit the machine, and when Vegeta was up, he destroyed it. He completely totaled it, all that was left was a bunch of dust, and the pillow part of the machine. Rioki turned around and sighed, then turned back and said, "I think I will go help them fix the machine…" She hopped over to the men standing there and moved them aside. Taking her precious time, she slowly lifted her arms, and flicked her wrists, and the dust and pillow began to move. It swirled around, and moved up to the same height as Rioki, then colors began to swirl with it. Gohan, aka Saiya-Man, and Videl watched the show Rioki was creating, and began to smile. The swirls began to get faster and faster, then began to take shape and finally, the machine was back, in one piece, and it was working again. The fighters, on the other hand, were growing impatient, and hit the machine, carefully, slowly, to make sure it didn't collapse. They began to waste time, and Gohan was missing Goten and Trunks final match. He finished and had just made it to the ring with Videl to see Trunks win the match.
Rioki turned to Piccolo, and said, "That guy we met…you know him, don't you, Piccolo? You never act this way about someone unless you know them."
"I can't put my finger on it, Rioki. I do not know why, but I know him from somewhere, ok?" he said. Rioki nodded, and turned back to the match. They went down to another little area to pull numbers and find out who was fighting who. Krillin was number 1, against your average fighter. 18 was against the Mighty Hercule (pathetic, huh?), Gohan was against Kibeto, Piccolo was against Shin, Rioki was against some guy named Jewel(weird-o), and, low and behold, Vegeta was against Goku. Not a big surprise, although Rioki had to ask Piccolo who her brother was against twice to make sure she wasn't hearing things. As the match started Mighty Mask(Trunks and Goten) was a little held back. They didn't want to reveal themselves to anyone, and were afraid that if they talked to the Z fighters, they would figure it out. Goku and Gohan and Rioki, on the other hand, were totally relaxed about this fight. They watched Krillin take out his opponent in two or three hits, and not even breaking a sweat.
Next up was Piccolo and Shin. They stood in the ring, not moving, but Rioki could see Piccolo was trying to figure out who thi guys was. It then hit him. He got this worried look on his face, and thought, "What is he doing here?" Shin answered, unexpectedly, "You'll find out soon enough," with a smile on his face. It really creeped Piccolo out, and he forfeited the match. All the Z warriors were surprised, except Rioki. She knew he would, when Shin replied to a thought. Shin was surprised, too, that Piccolo forfeited the match, because he really didn't expect it. Piccolo just walked back inside and stayed up against the wall. When Shin was heading back in, Spopavich and Videl headed out for their match, and Piccolo asked why he was there, and who he was. Shin told him he was none other than the Supreme Kai. Piccolo was so shocked, he couldn't say anything. Goku walked back, and smiled.
"Hey, Piccolo. What'd that guy say to you? Do you want me to go talk to him?"
"No, Goku, don't! Whatever you do, don't!" Piccolo replied, and went back to his wall. Goku scratched his head, shrugged and went back to watch Videl and Spopavich. Rioki, though, went back, and put her hand on Piccolo's shoulder.
"I didn't know there was a Kai higher than the Grand Kai, Piccolo," she said softly. His eyes popped open.
"How do you know that?" he exclaimed. She tapped her forehead, smiling, and said, "I can't help it, Piccolo. I can read minds, I can tell if something bad is going to happen, but, uh, I can only do that about a minute before it happens." He nodded, and said, "Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. But, remember, you can't tell anyone, alright?" She nodded, and walked back to watch the match.
It started off good, but soon, Videl was growing tired, and Spopavich didn't seem to want to lose. Finally, Videl kicked him too hard, and spun his head around on his shoulders, which would instantly kill anyone. The large M on his forehead hit the ring floor with a thud, causing silence, while his body still faced upwards. The announcer had just said that if you killed your opponent, you were disqualified, when Spopavich stood up, fixed his head, and beat Videl so hard that she herself was near death. He would have killed her, but his partner said that she was not the one they wanted. Spopavich kicked her out of the ring, and Gohan ran out to her, picked her up, and went to carry her back to another room. He turned to Spopavich, and said, "Spopavich! I will pay you back for this, understand?" Spopavich just smiled, and left the ring.
Goku transported himself up to the watchtower below Dende's tower, and got some sensu beans. After about thirty minutes, he arrived, gave some to Gohan, and then Gohan gave one to Videl, making her better. She left her room, and went to watch Gohan fight Kibeto. Shin stood on the sidewalk that led up to the ring, and told everyone that, no matter what happened, not to go into the ring to help Gohan. They looked at him, but agreed. Kibeto asked Gohan to go Super Saiyan.
"Do you want just Super, or the next level?" he asked.
"There's a level after Super Saiyan?" Kibeto asked. Gohan transformed, and revealed his true identity to the crowd, shocking them all. At the side of the ring stood Spopavich and his partner, with a power meter, and a container. They entered the ring, jammed a needle into Gohan, and drained his energy, and life, into the container. Videl rushed forward, heading for the ring, but Goku caught her.
"You guys, Gohan is in trouble! Don't you care about your own son?" Goku's stern look stayed on his face as he said, "If the Supreme Kai doesn't want us to enter the ring, he must have a good reason. Just, don't interrupt this match." Videl quit struggling, and Rioki watched the attack, carefully placing her finger on each motion that Spopavich's partner made with his body. Shin had already made Gohan stay still, like he was tightly wound up with tape or something, so he couldn't move.
As soon as they pulled the needle out of Gohan, they took off in one direction. Shin explained something to Goku, and took off after them, followed by Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Krillin. Rioki and Videl ran into the ring and dropped down beside Gohan as Kibeto brought him back, refilled his low life, and refreshed his energy, all in one motion. Rioki, Videl, and Gohan followed Kibeto, who was following Shin and the others, who were following Spopavich and his partner.
Kibeto explained everything about Buu, Babide, and those under Babide's control. They caught up with Shin and the others, but Videl had turned back, deciding she would just be in the way. The whole group arrived at a mountain, and stayed hidden from sight while Spopavich gave the energy to Babide, and Debura, King of the Demons, stood behind the small, pathetic looking wizard Babide. Babide blew up Spopavich and his partner, since they were useless to the Wizard now. Babide went back inside his spaceship, and down to the bottom to feed Majin Buu the energy collected, and Debura turned, and the warriors realized that he had spotted them. Debura flew up, and destroyed Kibeto with one blast-Kibeto didn't even have the time to move. Debure then turned to Krillin, and spit on him, which turned him to stone, and did the same to Piccolo. He said a few things, and went back down to the spaceship, leaving Piccolo and Krillin stone artifacts, Kibeto gone, and everyone else in total and complete shock.