Chapter 30: The Other World Tournament


Goku stood staring across the ring at his final opponent in the Other World tournament before he could fight Vegeta in the final round, Pikkon. The preliminary rounds had been somewhat uneventful as all three fighters had advanced easily, crushing any competition in the way. Nobody stood a chance. Now the real fights started where Goku would be contested and pushed to the limit.

"Let's get this fight started," the little green announcer with a mushroom for a head began. "This is the fight you've all been waiting for! In one side we have the North Quadrant fighter and rookie participant, Goku. On the other we have the West Quadrant fighter and favorite to win the whole tournament, Pikkon. Who will come out the victor?"

''Kakarrot, you better not lose! I will fight you and prove my dominance over you before this tournament is through,'' Vegeta smirked.

''We'll see Vegeta. Pikkon, lets have a good match,'' Goku said.

''Agreed, let's see what you can do.'' Pikkon stated in a monotone manner.

BBONGGGGGG!

Goku charged forward as the Grand Kai rang the gong and threw a flurry of strikes at Pikkon before the other fighter could even contemplate blocking. The punches simply had no effect on the fighter that stood before Goku.

Pikkon stood up calmly and said nothing.

"I know you're way faster than that from the way you defeated Cell with one blow," Goku said. "You didn't block because you knew those punches wouldn't hurt you, right?"

Pikkon simply grinned a bit.

"Well you better start blocking when I use my real power!" Goku shouted with a slight grin. As he powered up slightly as a red aura began to surround him as he used the Kaioken to boost his strength.

"I taught him that," King Kai bragged to the other three Kais that were watching the fight with him. ''He's the first student to master that move. He's even good enough that he can use it to boost his strength up to about thirty times."

"So that's how he makes up for being so much weaker than my Pikkon," West Kai replied. "It won't do him any good. Pikkon is still miles stronger than your precious Goku."

''Hmph. If you think he's pulling out all the stops you are sadly mistaken. Kakarrot hasn't even begun to warm up yet,'' Vegeta sneered to the Kai's.

Back in the ring, Goku shot off and threw a punch at Pikkon's face but the other warrior phased out of sight before the strike could hit and appeared behind Goku. The Saiyan warrior brought his arm up just in time to block a blow headed right for his head and sent kick back at his opponent.

Pikkon caught Goku's foot and swung the Saiyan around and tossed him high into the air. The green deceased warrior quickly appeared above him to shoot a massive ki blast at him.

Goku raised his fingers to his forehead and teleported out of the way bare seconds ahead of the beam. The Saiyan appeared right behind Pikkon. He succeeded by landing a knee in his back.

Pikkon quickly recovered and flipped over to throw a punch of his own at the Saiyan warrior. Goku yet again used Instant Transmission to once again stay ahead of the faster warrior and brought both fists down on his head.

Pikkon went pummeling toward the ground but stopped himself and landed softly in the ring. Goku soon landed across from him and the stare down began.

"I don't know where that speed came from," Pikkon finally said breaking the silence. "But you don't have the power to back it up. And I hope you can tell that I've been holding back plenty of power."

"It's called Instant Transmission," Goku replied. "It's a little trick I've picked up. I noticed that you seemed relaxed by this match, but I've held back a great deal as well. Allow me to indulge you."

"I've heard of techniques like that but it won't be enough," Pikkon undid his outer robe and took off his turban. He then wrapped them up and threw them at Goku. They landed by the Saiyan making a dent in the ring. "Now this fight will end quickly.''

Goku picked up the weighted clothes. "Weighted clothes eh," the Saiyan said. "Somehow I'm not surprised. I decided to forgo the weights for the tournament. They can be hard to lose in a pinch. I should introduce you to my friend Piccolo one day. He wears weights too and he'd quite like you. You two would get along great."

Pikkon just stood there listening to the endless babble of the Saiyan almost losing his patience. ''Enough chatter. Let's continue this fight.''

"Agree but I've got a little trick of my own," Goku finally said getting to the point. The Saiyan clenched his fists at his side and began to visibly power up. His red Kaioken aura completely disappearing and being replaced by the more immense golden one. He brought out his Super Saiyan power slowly for effect letting his aura sway his hair wildly before it flashed gold as his eyes turned turquoise. He then let his power flow out like a flowing stream or violent storm. "I didn't know it'd be this kind of fight," Goku stated throughout the commotion.

"It seems the rookie has somehow transformed into some kind of shiny gold thing. Will it be enough to close the gap between him and Pikkon?" the announcer asked to the crowd.

''Hmph, so Kakarrot transformed into a Super Saiyan. About time, though that Pikkon is still quite a bit stronger than him. Hopefully Kakarrot can pull something out of his ass to get into the finale. I'm gonna enjoy pulverizing him and no one is gonna get in the way, not even Pikkon,'' Vegeta claimed.

"His power shot through the roof by just flashing gold?" West Kai asked for the first time worried about whether Pikkon would win the match.

"Maybe it's a disease," East Kai stated. "What if its contagious to everyone around here?"

"It's nothing really," King Kai replied. "He just transformed into a Super Saiyan or a mastered one at that."

"What's a Super Saiyan?" West Kai stammered.

"Oh it just means that his strength speed and overall ability has risen by several times. We don't know how many though, maybe like 50 times or so? I really don't know why he waited this long to bust it out, but Goku has always liked a challenge to test his abilities."

"Well Pikkon's still stronger than him by quite the margin," West Kai said. "Or have you not sensed what his power is now?"

"But we don't know if Goku has anything else up his sleeve West Kai. It'll be close to say the least," South Kai interrupted the two. ''It should be quite the spectacle to watch if he does."

"Might as well start with a bang from the get go," Goku said as he cupped his hands at his side and prepared his signature attack. "KAMEHAMEHAAAAAAAA!" he shouted as he sent the might cobalt blast at the warrior.

Pikkon vanished out of sight before the blast could impact him. The Saiyan fired blast after blast trying to keep up with the other warrior but Pikkon was just too fast for him. Goku looked around in confusion, not able to keep track of his adversaries speed. "Where'd he go?"

''Right here,'' Pikkon muttered while kneeing the deceased warrior in the back. Said warrior flung forward into the air before flipping around, setting his eyes on Pikkon.

''You're really tough, Pikkon.'' Goku complimented honestly. ''I've never faced an opponent of your caliber before.'' The Saiyan shot a golden energy blast at the other deceased warrior. When the blast comprised of ki ceased, Pikkon was nowhere to be found.

"You're strong, Goku," a voice answered from above. "But you're no match for me. You disappoint me with this match. I'm ending this fight with this technique." With that Pikkon began to spin as he screamed a bit. Soon a tornado surrounded him that was created sloely off of ki. "Hyper Tornado!" he shouted as he sent the tornado to engulf the Super Saiyan.

Goku saw the attack and prepared to teleport out of there. However, Pikkon zipped behind him before he could blink and kicked him in collision course with the Tornado.

The Orange clad warrior found himself helpless inside the ki tornado as slicing bits of ki began to cut through his clothing to his skin. "I've got to get out of this!" he said to himself as he gritted his teeth.

"Just give up," Pikkon claimed from where he floated with his arms crossed. "You just can't win this match."

''We'll have... to see... about that!'' Goku struggled while a pulsing red aura of ki surrounded him.

"I was hoping to try this move against Cell," the son of Bardock stated to himself. "But with Gohan already stronger and Vegeta fighting him, it didn't seem like it'd be worth the risk of destroying my body. But since my body is already gone it shouldn't hurt.'' The aura convulsed and erupted into an even bigger inferno of raging crimson ki.

''Super Kaioken!" Suddenly Goku's aura flashed crimson completely even as he remained a Super Saiyan. The crimson aura overrid the golden one. His power skyrocketed and he shot out of the tornado with an amazing burst of speed. The boosted Saiyan landed a punch right in Pikkon's stomach sending the warrior flying into a near by moon.

The low class then vanished above him. Pikkon received a powerful haymaker as a result which sent his sprawling to the ground.

Pikkon quickly recovered and shot an enormous blast at the Saiyan. The Saiyan flew directly through it as a result of his power and rammed into Pikkon with immense force. ''I'm ending this! KamehameHAAAAAAA!''

The Crimson tainted Kamehameha raged towards Pikkon. The dead warrior was calm however, and he swirved around the blast with grace. In retaliation, Pikkon released a beam of orange ki at Goku. No longer being able to sustain the Super Kaioken and being temporarily exhausted, the blast hit Goku full force. It sent the Saiyan warrior flying into the ring where it exploded sending Goku flying near the edge.

Pikkon appeared with a kick to send the Saiyan out of the ring ending the fight but Goku hopped above the strike and landed neatly on his feet across from Pikkon. For a few seconds the two fighters simply stared at each other panting.

''Come one Kakarrot! You still have to get crushed by me, so don't you lose now!'' Vegeta yelled, glaring at the younger Saiyan.

Goku in turn nodded to Vegeta and settled into his turtle fighting stance.

"I've never fought someone quite as strong as you before," Pikkon finally stated. "But you won't win. This attack will get you for sure." Pikkon sent a wave of telekinetic energy at his foe to keep him in place.

Goku tried to move his body, but he found himself immobile. ''Urggh, I can't move.'' Pikkon smirked at his opposition's words.

Pikkon's arms rotated in a circle slowly as if he was meditating. In truth he was gathering ki, as a fiery orange aura manifested itself around the green warrior. His fists collided together, side by side against one another.

''This attack is sure to take out Goku over there, this Pikkon's most dangerous technique. I taught him myself!'' West Kai boasted to his fellow deities.

''We'll see West kai,'' South Kai stated.

''I'm sure Goku will find away around it,'' King Kai replied calmly.

Vegeta snarled, narrowing his eyes at the fight. 'Kakarrot, you'd better not lose here. I WILL crush you at this tournament!'

"Thunder FLASH!" he yelled as he sent a fiery blast at the Saiyan.

Goku had no chance of blocking or dodging and as a result the blast hit full force. It ended up destroying a portion of the ring and knocking Goku to the floor. Goku stood up slowly, though in a immense amount of pain. Scratches and bruises covered most of his body but he seemed to still be in fighting shape. However, his mouth had a trickle of blood coming down and a cut made a few scabs on his arms bleed. Other than that, he had a few third to second degree burns.

''That was a helluva attack,'' Goku commented before bracing himself for the next blow.

"Still standing I see," Pikkon stated, a little shocked. He once again repeated his technique and brought both fists together side by side. "Thunder FLASH!" he shouted as he sent the attack at Goku once again.

This time Goku raised his arms and managed to block at least some of the damage but the attack was taking its toll on the Saiyan warrior's guard. ''URRRGGHH!'' Goku seethed, in obvious agony. When the blast subsided, Goku was still standing, albeit barely.

Pikkon grinned when he saw Goku still on his feet after such an immensely powerful blast. "You are an excellent adversary Goku. I don't think anyone's ever managed to stay standing from such an attack let alone twice. However, I assure you that you won't a third time." Once again he did his manuever and brought both fists together. "Thunder FLASH!" he shouted as the fiery blast shot at Goku for a third time.

"I've got to beat him," Goku said to himself as he saw the blast heading toward him. He knew what Pikkon was saying was true, he wouldn't be able to tank that star busting blast for a third time. ''I promised Vegeta I would fight him in the finale. I won't let anyone stand in my way of that because I try to fulfill the promises I make. I've GOT TO WIN!''

The call of desperation came within Goku's veins. Suddenly, the flood gates had opened, letting raw untamed Ki flow out of Goku's body. Sparks of Electricity danced around his body more so than ever before. His aura flared up twice as potent and immense as before the transformation started to occur. His hair turned for blonde to completely gold and his hair straightened as well as spiked up a bit. His hair became more untamed, as well as his eyes. They turned from turqoise to pure cobalt blue. A lone dangle of hair flung over his forehead, as well as curled locks around his ears or corners of his hair line.

Son Goku has finally ascended into a Super Saiyan Two.

About this time the blast hit and shook the whole arena. When the smoke cleared, Goku stood in the middle of the ring not having moved an inch and not hurt any worse than before. The Super Saiyan Two transformation became apparent due to his new sharp features.

''Curse you Kakarrot, always one step ahead of me!'' Vegeta growled with rage and animosity.

Pikkon stared in shock and wonder. "How'd you do that? Have you been holding back the whole time?!"

''No, it just happened,'' Goku said, his voice more serious than before. ''Now lets continue where we left off.''

Outside the ring, the four Kai's were also in shock.

"What's going on?" West Kai asked bewildered and worried for his pupil.

"Goku's ascended, I'm afraid that Pikkon is now too weak to stop Goku." King Kai responded also amazed at his most prodigal student's smooth recovery.

"Ascended?" East Kai asked.

"He's gone beyond Super Saiyan," King Kai explained. "He's only the third one known to ever do so in the universe."

"Who were the other two?" South Kai asked.

"His son and Vegeta's son from the future," King Kai explained. "It happened about two to three weeks ago in a battle on Earth. But young Gohan and Trunks are still alive."

"You mean there are mortal's that's that powerful without training for centuries?" the Kais said bewildered. It was a lot of imformation to take in, considering Pikkon's been training for a thousand of years.

"Yes," King Kai answered. ''Gohan's about the same strength as Goku if not a little stronger. Trunks is the same strength as Goku from the last record of power I sensed from him before he left."

''What happened to Trunks?'' East Kai berated.

''He went back to the Future, his home timeline.''

Back in the ring, Pikkon had regained his composure. "Let's try this again. That must have been a fluke. There's no way you could've taken it head on."

''Show me what you got,'' Goku provoked blandly.

He did his maneuver for the fourth time and brought both fists together. "Thunder FLASH!" the beam of orange fire once again shot at Goku but the Saiyan simply back handed it away from him. The trajectory was shifted towards one of the moons of the planet where it exploded destroying the moon completely. The devastation caused the crowd to yell in shock.

Pikkon realized the futility of his attack and charged at Goku throwing punches and kicks like wild though concentrated. Goku just stood there and dodged the strikes form Pikkon effortlessly. Finally, Goku brought a hand up backhanding Pikkon and sending him flying. The warrior flipped over only to have Goku already waiting for him. Pikkon turned swiftly to catch Goku off guard with a punch, but said Saiyan caught his fist and elbowed Pikkon into the wall.

The warrior slid down the wall and onto the grass outside of the ring ending the fight permanently.

"Goku is the winner of the match!" the little announcer yelled into the mic after ecovering from his shock of seeing the favorite to win be taken down by a rookie.

Goku let his power fade and offered a hand out to Pikon helping the other warrior to his feet. "That was a great fight, I wish for a rematch when you get even stronger," he said to his adversary.

"Were you toying with me the whole time?" Pikon questioned.

"No," Goku replied. "I didn't really even know I could bring out that much power but the need for it when you shot that third Thunder Flash technique took over and bam, I ascended past a Super Saiyan."

"I see."

Vegeta smirked. ''I knew Kakarrot wouldn't pass up this opportunity.''

The two Super Saiyan's went into the ring with smirks on their face.

"Ladies and Gentlemen," the other world announcer stated. "In our next fight we have our prized rookie who took down Pikkon, Son Goku vs. The other rookie, Vegeta!" The announcement was soon interrupted by the cheers of the crowd.

"Ready to lose, Kakarot," Vegeta sneered.

Goku just stared across the ring at his rival with a grin on his face. His blood was rushing with more excitement than he'd felt in a long time. "Yeah you bet," he answered.

BBONGGGGGG!

In a flash both warriors disappeared from the sight of all the audience, moving faster than all but the warriors could see. Seconds later, the two appeared up in the sky trading blows at lightning speed.

Goku sent a fist out at Vegeta's face but the Prince of all Saiyans easily blocked the blow and sent one of his own at his rival. Goku used Instant Transmission to quickly get out of the way of the blow and appeared behind the Saiyan Prince with an elbow to the back.

Vegeta recovered quickly, using his ki to stop any momentum from the blow. In an instant he sent his fist flying forward into Goku's face catching his rival off guard. Goku floated back a few feet with his guard dropped for just a split second.

That split second was all Vegeta needed. The Prince vanished out of sight and appeared behind Goku. He drove an elbow down into Goku's head sending the Saiyan crashing into the floor of the ring hard. Never letting up for a second, Vegeta proceeded to fire a volley of small blasts into the crater that he'd made with his rival's body.

''Come on Kakarrot, is this all you can do?'' Vegeta taunted.

"Ladies and Gentlemen," the announcer said. "It appears that Vegeta has gotten the first blow in of the fight.''

"Well looks like Vegeta's a lot stronger than I thought he was," King Kai commented.

"Yeah I almost expected Goku to wipe the floor with him," West Kai said.

"They're still just warming up," South Kai pointed out. "They aren't even Super Saiyans yet."

Goku blocked Vegeta's jab and kicked Vegeta's way. However, the older Saiyan vanished at the last second before appearing in front of the other Saiyan. Goku brought his forearms up to block Vegeta's kick.

The Son of Bardock elbowed The Prince in the gut sending him flying through the air at rippling speeds. Goku shot after him at blistering speeds. The younger Saiyan rammed into the older Saiyan's shoulder, making Vegeta stagger in the air.

The younger Saiyan charged back at him only to be intercepted by a light ki blast from the prince. Vegeta took the window of opportunity to hook Goku in the jaw before following up with two knees to the stomach.

The younger Saiyan spat up some blood, before wiping his mouth clean. Vegeta flipped upwards, intent of downwards kicking his opponent to the ground. Goku flanked Vegeta to the side and caught him with a swift but powerful uppercut to the jaw.

The armor clad Saiyan went flying towards another moon, but he recovered quickly and he vanished. Goku, being the clueless fellow he is, charged around the moon only to be hit dead on by the moon about the size of Earth's moon courtesy of Super Saiyan Vegeta.

Goku caught the moon and was beginning to get pushed back. As if on cue, there was a golden flash of light and a now transformed Goku began to slow down the Grand Kai's moon descension.

He was extremely close to the crowd, so he pumped more ki into his body, completely stopping the moon's fall.

''In what was an incredible display of strength, Goku caught the moon that could've crushed us all!'' Said Saiyan charged energy into his palm, and rocketed the moon away with a ki blast. The moon shot towards Vegeta at unnerving speeds. However, the Prince only smirked. He made a sword out of his ki and sliced the moon in half with his hand.

The audience watched in amazement as the two fighters were moving faster than ever throwing kicks and punches like wild at each other.

"It's amazing," Grand Kai said astounded. "They have more power than I even expected. I can barely even see them move."

Goku slammed his fist through Vegeta's defenses sending a fist right into the prince's face. Wasting no time he used Instant Transmission to get out of the way of Vegeta's return blow and landed another blow right into the other Saiyan's stomach doubling him over. A hammer blow to the back soon sent the prince flying into the ground.

"It looks like the challenger, Vegeta, is down," the announcer said. "Will he be able to get up?"

As in answer to the question, Vegeta suddenly phased behind Goku to deliver a blow to the taller Saiyan. But unfortunately for him, Goku easily blocked the blow and sent a small ball of ki behind him into the prince's stomach.

The energy attack knocked the wind out of the Saiyan and Goku never let up for a second. He began to pummel Vegeta with blow after blow before the prince could even begin to block.

Vegeta hit the ground hard after a punch from Goku but was back on his feet a second later, wiping a small trickle of blood from his mouth while smirking. The prince immediately shot at Goku with equal ferocity. Vegeta's double jab to Goku's face sent the Saiyan raised on Earth to the ground.

''GALICK FLASH!'' Vegeta manifested cobalt ki into his hands before firing off one of his signature attacks.

''KAMEHAMEHAAAA!'' Goku shot his own signature move at his rival in retaliation.

The two blasts met in a stalemate, with neither gaining ground on the other. The two beams eventually canceled out, forming a enormous explosion.

The taller Saiyan barely had time to get out of the way of the blast before it expanded its radius. Unfortunately for him, Vegeta was already behind him with a fist to the face, sending him into the remnants of the blast. The Saiyan Prince followed up on his attack with a series of ki blasts that Goku had no chance of dodging.

Goku saw the blasts coming and did the only thing he could, he crossed his arms in front of him and braced himself against the attack the best he could. Vegeta was relentless, he kept hammering blast after blast at his rival slowly wearing him down.

Finally Goku used the Instant Transmission Technique to disappear away from the blasts and appear behind Vegeta with an attack ready. Unfortunately for him, he was met by Vegeta's elbow to the teeth. "You're too predictable, Kakarrot," the prince sneered as he brought his knee up into Goku's stomach before axe handling him to the ground.

Goku picked himself off the tile and wiped a trickle of blood from his mouth. The younger Saiyan grinned. "What do you say we start taking this seriously?"

"Very well, if you're through warming up," Vegeta answered. ''Don't hold back on me Kakarrot, I don't care if you've ascended and I haven't!''

''Have it your way. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!'' Goku ascended back into his Super Saiyan Two form.

In a flash both fighters were at each other's throats throwing kicks and punches like crazy. Both fighters blocked less and less deciding to go ahead and take damage in favor of inflicting as much damage on their opponent as possible.

Vegeta's fist collided with Goku's face sending the taller Saiyan back a few feet, but seconds later Goku's foot shot out and caught Vegeta in the head paying the Saiyan Prince back for the blow.

The prince tried to go in for another blow, but Goku swirved out of his path. He intercepted Vegeta with a hard knee to the chest. The older Saiyan rolled to the left and coughed a bit. He held his palms out and shot the energy from them at the Ascended Saiyan.

The ki blast just bounced harmlessly off of Goku's aura.

Goku shot at Vegeta and in a split second, the prince was on the ground clutching a bruised nose. The younger Saiyan raised his palm to hit Vegeta with a ki blast. Vegeta jumped back up and shot his own ki ball.

''BIG BANG ATTACK!''

The ball of cobalt colored ki reached Goku's ki blast and the stalemate only lasted a few seconds. Easily, Goku's attack ripped right through Vegeta's, hitting the prince full on.

Vegeta skidded across the ground smoking and in obvious pain. He coughed up blood, before getting to his feet, obvious fury expressed on his face. ''Why is it that you always surpass me in strength! My destiny, thrown to the waste side! I was supposed to be the strongest, not you! I can't take this anymore! No more being your Second, I will be the strongest like I'm destined to be! Stop holding Back!''

''But if I did that, the match would be over really quickly.'' Goku tried to reason.

''I DON'T CARE! I WILL NOT BE SURPASSED BY YOU EVER AGAIN! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHH!''

Sparks of Electricity cackled around Vegeta. His aura flared up twice as potent and immense than before. His hair turned for blonde to completely gold and his hair straightened as well as spiked up a bit. His hair became more untamed, as well as his eyes. They turned from turqoise to pure cobalt blue. It seems that Vegeta has also ascended.

''Vegeta, you've ascended as well.'' Goku commented, smirking.

''It seems I have.''

Vegeta looked at his body in awe at what he was viewing. Potent electricity coursed throughout his body. However, Vegeta knew that he wouldn't be able to sustain the transformation much longer so he charged up as much ki as he could muster.

''Lets end this, Kakarrot!''

''I wouldn't have it any other way, Vegeta!''

The duo Super Saiyan Two's collided against one another. It seems that though Goku held the slight edge in strength, Vegeta made up for it in stamina, endurance and tenacity. The blows were traded at twice the amount of speed than before.

The shockwaves that rippled through the air were so great that sonic booms raced all over the arena skies. The blurs zipped across the sky in a show of lightning and golden flashes along with clashes.

Vegeta punched Goku in the face which caught Goku off guard. The former went in for another blow, but the latter vanished behind him to kick him across the sky at faster than light speeds.

BOOM!

CCLACKKKKK!

The two warriors collided in fierce clashes that shook the planet to the core. Elbow to elbow and knee to knee met in another bout that was covered in Golden illuminating light the warriors were emmiting.

The two Saiyan's back flipped away from one another before nodding to one another. This was the climax. The Two Super Saiyan Two's charged their most fearsome attack they ever produced.

''FINAL FLASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!''

''SUPER KAMEHAMEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!''

The two blasts met head on in the air and another stalemate was created. ''HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!'' The two ascended Saiyans gave every ounce of strength they had and produced a gigantic clash that nobody in Otherworld had ever witnessed before.

When the clash ended, both fighters were flung to the grass. However, Vegeta landed on the ground a second before Goku did.

"Well that's the end of the fight," the announcer said. "Let's hear it for both of our fighters. It's not often that we have two fighters of such calibre!''

''Due to touching the grass a split second before Goku did, the winner of this fight happens to be Goku!'' The announcer shouted to the crowd.

"Don't worry Vegeta," Goku whispered. "We'll finish our fight after the tournament. Then we'll have the time and room to really go all out. You would've won had you not land before me on the ground."

"Very well," Vegeta said as he left the ring to start fading away into nothing. "As soon as we are both alive, we will have our fight."

''See you Vegeta,'' Goku saluted as Vegeta's figure whisked away into nothingness. It seems since the tournament ended, Vegeta's probabtion period was over so he had to go to Hell as a free spirit.


A/N: This was one my favorite chapters I've written. Definitely in the top 3 in my opinion. This chapter was also quite an effort for me, as its full of descriptive action scenes. Which fight did you think was better? Goku v.s. Vegeta or Goku v.s. Pikkon? Tell me in the review section below. Anyways, stay tuned for the next Chapter and take care. Deuces.

Power Levels:

Tier 1: Goku SSJ2, Vegeta SSJ2, Pikkon

Tier 2: Goku MSSJ, Vegeta MSSJ, Grand Kai

Tier 3: Goku SSJ, Vegeta SSJ

Tier 4: Goku Base, Vegeta Base, The Kais

Review Section:

C: Something I forgot to mention in my last review, and from what I'm reading in the response to reviews in this chapter; I did also feel that the fight was rushed, but honestly I'm not that into fights so I was kind of okay with it being shorten to one chapter. Some people are crying foul because Trunks didn't get his do, and while I concede to a certain degree after the last chapter and I can see why they felt burned; I agree with you that this was Gohan's big canon victory and it would feel cheap to take that from Gohan given how much has already been taken from Gohan in canon. I believe you did the right thing in the end. I think the biggest mistake was letting Trunks fight because it raised the hopes of those that wanted to see him or Vegeta win, rather than make it clear that in the end Gohan was to be the killer. Gohan literally came out of no where and just killed Cell, and like I said in my last review; I'm happy that he was the one to take the win, but I can see why they felt burn because Gohan literally came out of nowhere. It's the issue I told you I had with Goku letting everyone fight and in the end he shows up just to kill the villain. It makes it kind of a slimy win.

Anyways that was my addition and response to your reviews for the last chapter. This chapter was also filled with areas I wasn't too please to read. We begin with the cameraman; he know that Hercule didn't win and show his displeasure, but somehow he still goes along with Hercule's word. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The second was the wish making. In canon, Krillin took the second wish because no one knows what to do with that wish since Goku isn't coming back, but in this story he was and I was surprised that they didn't use the second wish to travel to New Namek. To bring everyone back to life that same day, but I guess it was made so Goku and Vegeta could still stay for the tournament. Still it was a glaring hole for me.

The good things I saw in this chapter was that Trunk might get a second chance to fight Cell as you teased in this chapter, so that might shut those that didn't like that Trunks didn't win. Personally I don't care for it, but at least you solved your 'Trunks was robbed' issue that others were mentioning. So kudos on that. I liked how Gohan laid out the consequence for Goku to see, though it was slightly forced, it was still a gesture that I appreciated. It's nice to see that Gohan managed to reason his Goku's failed logic. Finally I liked that Gohan took a stand on trainingl; though I'm slightly worried by Gohan's words because it seems like Gohan is just going to maintain his power but not increase it from what he said to Chichi. I guess time will tell, but I do hope to see a Gohan that balances his studies, but also uses his smarts to keep himself ahead of the curve even with his limited time training. In my mind I can see him finding creative way to get some training in even when he has to study like trying to maintain his SSJ2, or intensifying greatly his training when he does have the time to train.

Overall it was a nice saga that had it's ups and down. There were a lot of new elements; some that breathed a fresh air into the Android/Cell saga, and others that didn't land so well. I liked most of the changes, but we will have to see where you go from here.

Keep it up.

R: Damn that's a long review! I feel bad for giving Gohan the victory because I agree, the fight was rushed and Gohan kind of came out of nowhere. I should've had both Trunks and Gohan fight Cell, then have Trunks die by a cheap sneak attack. I felt burned too, as Trunks is my favorite character. But this was Gohan's only real victory in canon since after that he was nerfed. Now onto the wishes, I really didn't think about that while writing to be honest. It crossed my mind while I was writing it. The Cameraman only went along with it because he had nothing else to put to the public. Think about it like this, if you were a reporter to the world and had no evidence that someone else defeated a Super Villain and the only evidence you had was a World Martial Arts champion since you were knocked unconscious. And you can't come back without any evidence of who defeated the villain, what could you have said besides went along with the champions claim. I had to make Goku realize the futility of his words because I concede that him leaving Gohan and the rest on Earth was a terrible decision. Gohan will definitely increase his power. Its just that Gohan won't train as much at first until a villain comes across him that he finds to be a true test of his abilities. That'll force him to train more than he did at prior to the conflict. Thanks for the huge review with really helpful constructive criticism and I hope your stories will prosper as well.

C: I love this story so much. I know you get that a lot but it is hard to explain everything good. By the way I vote otherworld tornament.

R: And that's exactly what came first in this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it and thanks for the review.

C: I LOVE this story so much. You write so much in a chapter. The average I read is 1-1.5k and you write 5-8k and i love it. My favorite part is the justce that you bring Tien in this story. He is one of the more potential filled characters and he was not written the way he should have. Also when you get to buu sagas maybe Chiaoutzu could fuse with Videl, just an idea. Also please PLEASE for the love of kami have some more Tiencha.

R: I will have plenty more Tiencha where that came from. Besides, its the only way they can really keep pace with the Saiyans. Thanks for the review.

C: Hey great job! I wanted to know if you are going to have Gohan and Vegeta become stronger than Goku over those 7 years before Buu saga? Or are you going to have them tranform into SSJ3?

R: That's for me to know and for you to find out. They'll be of similar strength and only one of those three will be Super Saiyan 3 when the Buu Saga begins.

C: You should do the otherworld tournament, then have Goku and Vegeta revived. Then have trunks fight future cell. And I wanted to if you were going to have future trunks and bra in the majin buu saga.

R: That's exactly how its going to happen. As for bringing Trunks and Bra back in the Buu Saga... you'll have to wait and see.

C: Awesome job.

R: Is that all you can say? Thanks for the review.

C: Bye.

R: Peace.

C: Trunks vs Cell should hold precedence, as Mirai Trunks is one of the most beloved DBZ characters.

R: I agree, Mirai Trunks is actually my favorite character in the whole of DBZ. Thanks for the review.