The Tournament Begins

Episode(s): 19

"So, they are now doing it with 50 pounds turtle shells?" asked Chisa as she placed some of the food for dinner on the table.

"So, it would seem," said Roshi as he rubbed his beard in thought. "It might only be a matter of time before I give them 100 pounds."

"We're back!" said Goku and Krillin as they walked into the house.

"Great! Food is almost done! Go ahead and clean up!" said Chisa as she walked back into the kitchen to help Launch.

As the boys went to clean up, Chisa and Launch brought the rest of the food to the table where Roshi was waiting.

"It looks good!" said Goku with a smile.

"It does!" said Krillin as everyone sat down.

"Thank you for the food!" said everyone as they started eating.

As they ate, Roshi, Launch, and Chisa stopped to watch as the boys inhaled their food.

"Wow," said Chisa as they ended up finishing all the rice, forcing Launch to get the rest of it from the kitchen. 'It's a good thing we made a lot!'

"Where's Master Roshi?" asked Krillin, causing the other two kids to look around.

"Who knows?" said Chisa as Launch came back with the giant bowl of rice.

Launch placed the bowl of rice on the table, only for the table to break and fall on top of Roshi, who had been under it.

"Master Roshi!" said Krillin in shock,

"Old-man, the bathroom's that way," said Goku as he pointed toward the bathroom.

"Grandpa, what were you doing?" asked Chisa with a dark look, causing Roshi to break out in a sweat.

~A Few Months Later~

"Master Roshi! Master Roshi! Come here!" yelled Goku as he ran into the house.

"What is it?" asked Roshi as he, Launch, and Chisa ate ice cream.

"Just come, just come! Hurry, hurry!" yelled Goku in excitement.

"What's going on?" asked Roshi as Goku pulled him out of the house. Chisa fallowed the pair.

They ran until they reached the rock that Master Roshi told them to move.

"IS there something the matter with this boulder?" asked Roshi as they stopped in front of Krillin.

"We can move the boulder now!" said Krillin in excitement.

"Watch this!" said Goku as he got ready to push.

"Y-You don't mean it!" said Roshi in shock as Chisa smiled.

Goku started to push. At first, it seemed like he wouldn't be able to do it, but he managed to move it a good couple of feet. Roshi was in shock while Chisa grinned.

"That's great, Goku!" said Chisa with a smile. Krillin then ran to the boulder.

"I'll do it next! I can't move it as much as Goku, but still," said Krillin as he began to move the boulder. He moved it, just not as much as Goku had.

"Great job, Krillin!" said Chisa, causing said boy to blush.

"See!? Now you'll teach us fighting styles, right?" asked Goku in excitement.

"N-Not too shabby, huh?" said Roshi as he cleaned of his sweat. 'I was joking about moving that boulder, but, just like Chisa, these two are remarkable.'

"We're going to try hard!" declared Goku with a smile.

~A Few Minutes Later, Back At The House~

"Oh my, are the boys okay?" asked Launch as Chisa helped her with the food.

"Yeah. Grandpa probably told them they have to wear 100-pound turtle shells," said Chisa with a laugh. 'I can't wait until the tournament!'

~One Month Later~

"Alright. It's just about time. We're leaving for Metro South!" said Roshi from where he stood in front of a black car. He wore a black suite.

"Right!" said Krillin as he stood like a soldier.

"Let's do it!" said Goku with a grin.

"Yay!" said Chisa with a smile from where she stood in between the two boys. Goku on her left and Krillin on her right.

"You guys can take off those shells now," said Roshi, talking to the two boys.

"Thank goodness! It would have been a little embarrassing to go like this," said Krillin in excitement.

"My body seems lighter! I don't feel any weight at all!" said Goku as he jumped around. Chisa laughed at the two boys.

"Try jumping as hard as you can," instructed Roshi, causing the two to do just that. The boys were shocked when they flew into the air.

"Awesome!" they both said in excitement. They then turned to Chisa.

"Can you do that too, Chisa?" asked Goku. Chisa smiled and nodded.

"She can go even higher!" said Roshi with a laugh.

The boys then went around, trying to see how fast they could run.

"Hold on, the both of you!" called out Launch.

"What's wrong?" asked Goku as they both stopped in front of her. She pulled out a box and smiled at them.

"This is a present from me," she said as she opened it, showing them two suits that were inside.

"Launch, did you make this?" asked Krillin in shock and excitement.

"Yes! Chisa helped me as well," said Launch with a blush.

"This is the first time I've worn these kinds of clothes!" said Goku with excitement as he put the hat on his head.

The two boys smiled and ran inside to change. Launch then took out another box and gave it to Chisa.

"I have a present for you as well!" she said as she opened it. It was a red flowy dress. There was also a red ribbon for her hair and black flats.

"Thank you, Launch," said Chisa with a smile as she grabbed the box and went inside to change.

~A Few Minutes Later~

"Where's Chisa?" asked Goku.

"I'm coming!" yelled Chisa from inside the house. Everyone turned to see her come out.

"You look so cute!" gushed Launch.

"Really pretty," said Krillin with a blush.

"Wow! I don't think I've ever seen you in a dress before, Chisa!" said Goku with a grin.

"Come on," said Roshi as he closed the trunk of the car. "If we don't hurry, we'll miss our plane. Get in, get in."

The children said bye to Launch and then piled into the car.

The group talked all the way to the airport and continued to talk until the got onto the plane. Goku was fascinated by the plane, Krillin read, Roshi was himself, and Chisa took a nap.

"Chisa, we're here," said Goku as he shook his friend awake.

"Okay" said Chisa as she rubbed her eyes and sat up. She and the boys followed Roshi off the plane and into the city.

"So, this is the city!" said Goku in awe.

"D-don't look about so much! It's embarrassing!" said Krillin with a sweat drop.

"Hey! Taxi!" yelled Roshi, causing a taxi to stop in front of them. "To the World Martial Arts Tournament grounds."

"Very good," said the taxi driver as the group got into the car. They drove for a while and eventually reach the tournament grounds.

"Now, now, are there any others wishing to participate? Tonight at 12 o'clock is the deadline!" said a man on a megaphone.

"Wow, there sure are a lot of people in world, huh?" said Goku as the group walked to the registration area.

"I-I'm starting to get butterflies in my stomach," said Krillin in nervousness.

"Don't be! As long as we do our best, we are fine!" said Chisa with a determined look.

"Yeah!" said Goku with a grin.

The three children talked while Roshi signed them up. They only stopped talking when they heard someone call Goku's name.

"Goku! Goku!" yelled a voice.

"Did you call me?" asked Goku as he turned to look at his friends.

"Hey, Goku!" said a man as he walked up to the children. "It sure has been a while, huh?

"Who are you?" asked Goku in confusion as Krillin and Chisa looked on. The man knelt and did a move, seeming to spark Goku's memory. "Yamucha!"

"Finally figured it out, huh?" said the man now known as Yamucha.

"It sure has been a long time. Your hair is different, so I didn't know it was you!"

"I'm told that in the city, long hair is unfashionable," said Yamucha with a blush as he touched his head.

"Hey, who is this?" asked Krillin as Chisa nodded in agreement.

"This is my friend. His name is Yamucha," said Goku as he looked at his two friends, he then turned to his older friend. "This is Krillin, who I went through training with at the old-timer's place. And this is Chisa, she's the Old-timer's granddaughter and a princess!"

"Don't tell people that, Goku!" said Chisa with a blush.

"Nice to meet you both, especially you, princess," said Yamucha with a smile.

"N-Nice to me you," said Krillin.

"Nice to meet you," said Chisa with a blush.

"Goku! Chisa!" said Bulma as she appeared next to Yamucha.

"Bulma! Oolong! Puar!" said Goku as he went to hug his friends.

"Wow, Goku! It's been to long!" said Oolong as he and Goku held hands and smiled.

"Sure has!" said Goku with a big smile, he then turned to Bulma. "Has everyone been okay?"

"Yeah," said Puar.

"Hold on! What are you doing here?" asked Bulma with a smile.

"Hello!" said Roshi as he appeared in front of Bulma, causing her to through her ice cream into the air.

"Master Roshi!" said Bulma in shock. "Where in the world are you living now? We went to visit the island in order to see Goku and Chisa, but there was nothing there!"

"It was too small there for Goku and the other's training, so we moved. But never mind that," said Roshi as he stepped closer to Bulma. He then whispered something that the children couldn't hear.

"You think I would!" yelled Bulma as she knocked him back with a mallet.

"Where'd she get that from?" asked Chisa with a head tilt.

"That old guy hasn't changed in the slightest," said Oolong with a sweat drop.

"Still, if you're entering, Goku, I can't very well celebrate, huh?" asked Yamucha with a good-natured laugh. "Starting in tomorrow's matches, we'll be each other's opponents, after all."

"Tomorrow? They're not starting matches now?" asked a confused Goku.

"What are you saying?" asked Bulma with a laugh. "Tonight, you're staying at your accommodations, and then the matches start tomorrow, early in the morning."

"Oh, I'm sure disappointed," said Goku with a sad face.

"Don't worry, Goku! That just means we get to sleep right before they start! We will be ready!" said Chisa with a smile, causing Goku to smile as well,

"Oh boy!" said Goku.

~The Next Day~

"There sure are a lot of people!" said Bulma in shock.

"I wonder if there are a lot of contestant, too," said Goku in shock.

"There is probably going to be an elimination round, that way there will be less people," said Chisa as she put her right hand on her chin to think.

"So now, go to the preliminary hall. Don't wander off and get lost," said Roshi as she walked away from the group.

"Will the contestants participating in the tournament please enter the competition hall so that we can hold the preliminaries?' said the same man from yesterday, on his megaphone.

After some trouble with check in, Roshi gave the boys new outfits, like Chisa's normal outfit, he then gave Chisa a new outfit as well, same as her old.

"They sure stand out. It would look bad if we lose," said Krillin as Goku showed his off.

"Those eight contestants that win their way through the preliminaries will fight out front, where the spectators are watching. I will be cheering from out front as well," said Roshi to his three students, "and I'd like nothing better than to see you out there."

"We'll try our hardest!" said Krillin with a smile as Goku nodded.

"You better watch closely, grandpa!" said Chisa with a smile, Roshi smiled back.

"I will."

The three kids, plus Yamucha, walked into the building and saw it packed with people.

"Are all these guys contestants?" asked Goku.

"I'm starting to lose my confidence," said Krillin as he looked down.

"We've got this Krillin! Don't be scared!" said Chisa as she patted her friend on the back, making him blush.

"We will begin the World Martial Arts Tournament preliminary matches!" said the man on the megaphone.