"BEGIN!"

The moment, those words left the Announcer's mouth, both fighters got into position. Chi-Chi's fighting stance was more offensive, whereas Goku's depended more on defense.

"It's been so long since we've sparred Chi-Chi. You are no match for me, but that doesn't mean I will end it this quickly. It will be great to retrieve old memories." Goku thought as he calculated Chi-Chi's fighting pose. "While not the greatest, it certainly is better than most of these mortals were able to put off."

Chi-Chi charged, and soon, the battle between two lovers had begun. The audience cheered for the couple, as their moves became much faster and more comparative. Goku dodged all the attacks thrown at him, and he couldn't help but chuckle as fond memories came to him.

"It feels good to walk back on the memory lane." Goku threw his amount of punches and kicks, all of which Chi-Chi easily dodged. "I need to be quick and painless. But I have to be careful not to humiliate Chi-Chi as I did to my other opponents."

His super Saiyan hearing could pick up his friends' cheers from the audience and the waiting room. He could feel how his mate was impressed and awed. That was a massive stroke on his pride and ego.

Both fighters were dancing around each other, the outside world forgotten as they solemnly focused on each other.

"Damn." Whistled Yamcha, impressed. "Despite that Goku is holding back, he certainly is keeping toe to toe with that Fiancée of his."

Tien was also impressed, but despite this, he couldn't feel as though something was...out of place. He just can't help it. There was something odd coming out of Goku that he isn't sure what.

Piccolo was watching the battle intensely, sweat pouring from his forehead. While he would never admit it, especially to himself, he was terrified of the Saiyan who was fighting his mate. If whatever occurred earlier was his rival's doing, than he wasn't sure what he was up against. And as though the immortal Saiyan read his mind, Piccolo swore that Goku shot a wink in his direction with a smirk. He grit his teeth, trying to push down the cold fear and instincts telling him to run.

He has a job to do. He needed to kill his rival to avenge his sire and take over the world. No matter what every single molecule of his screamed at him, he would stay and fight.

After all, he had a secret weapon which no fighter, not even Goku knew off.

Back in the arena, Chi-Chi was breathing heavily. She was running out of steam, and Goku noticed this. He gave her an assuring smile. "She doesn't have as much stamina, but with some training, she should improve." He then looked at her apologetically. "But now, I need to end this. Sorry, Chi."

Goku suddenly disappeared, and the audience, including Chi-Chi, were looking for him. In a matter of seconds, Goku was behind her and gently tapped her shoulder. Chi-Chi turn around, but not fast enough, because Goku had knocked her out of the ring.

"Out of the ring!" Cried the announcer. "Goku wins, and he moves on to the Semi-finals!"

Everyone cheered, as Chi-Chi sat up, trying to catch her breath. In moments, she felt someone picking her up and smiled when she saw it was Goku. The engaged couple waved at the cheering audience and disappeared immediately.

Only for them to pop in the waiting room, scaring the other fighters, as indicated to the shouts of surprise. Goku ignored them and put Chi-Chi down. She didn't look angry; that's a good sign. Goodness knows that despite being more powerful than her, his wife had the temper that even scared the gods.

"Sorry." He whispered as he took her hand and kissed it.

Chi-Chi, cheeks going quite red, waved off the apology as Goku pulled her closer, an arm around her slim waist. Goku wanted to leave the waiting room to meet up with the rest of his friends. He didn't need to, though, as his friends were running towards him. They wore looks of shock and confusion that Goku almost burst out laughing.

Eventually, they started congratulating the Saiyan and the Ox-Princess for their engagement. And of course, for Goku's win.

"Goku! When did you get engaged?" Asked, well more like demanded Bulma, trying to play it off as if she was scolding him, but she couldn't help but let a smile come out.

Goku laughed, "Just Yesterday."

And there was another beat of silence before another bombard of questions were sent at the couple. Seeing that Chi-Chi looked uncomfortable, them as best as he could, without giving too much information. He smiled to see his friends trying to bond with the woman he loved. There was a thrill of delight when he saw Chi-Chi and Bulma hit it off, rather than start a fight like they first did at his timeline.

It warmed his heart to know that despite being in a different timeline, his friends were still the same. While the gaping hole of guilt will remain in his heart, and will never patch up, he was willing to mend it as much as he could. To be blunt, he was glad to have this second chance.

Goku's friends returned to their spot in the audience, courtesy of blond Launch, and went to cheer on Yamcha, as he was against Hero. Goku saw that Hero was eyeing him, but he merely waved it off with a smile.

When the battle began, Yamcha was confident that he had this fight. But he later understood that he underestimated his opponent, because not only was he losing, he was ultimately humiliated by Hero's 'accidental attacks.'

The entire audience was laughing, including the announcer. Most of Z-fighters were either shooting looks of embarrassment or laughing at Yamcha. Bulma didn't exactly seem to be happy that her boyfriend was getting humiliated by someone she could be up.

Goku's roaring laughter mingled with the crowds'. Chi-Chi, who remained next to her soon-to-be husband, was laughing behind her hand. Despite Goku knowing that Hero was actually Kami in disguise, it doesn't make any less funny. It became even more ridiculous, as the loud laughter indicated when Hero smacked Yamcha out of the ring. Yamcha was stunned when Hero began leaving the ring. Goku saw Hero shoot him a look, and he understood. Giving a quick kiss to Chi-Chi, he told his friends he'll be meeting up with Hero, much to their confusion.

"By the way, Krillen." Said Goku, getting the attention of the former Monk, "Watch out for Majunior, there's something unpleasant about him."

Krillin gulped, as Goku left.

"I want the truth, Goku." Said the disguised Kami, sternly. "I know that it was you who used that technique to erase that assassin."

Goku sighed but smiled sadly. "You are correct. I erased the bastard. Not that anyone would miss him."

Kami was shocked. What was going on with his pupil? "Goku, what happened to you? You weren't like this the last time we've seen each other." He raised an eyebrow, "And how do you know that erasing technique. As far as I know, only Gods can achieve such a technique."

Goku laughed, but the humor was lacking in his eyes and tone as he looked at Kami. There was no point in hiding it from his former mentor.

"There's no point in hiding from you, Kami." Goku sighed and looked back. "We don't have a lot of time. The match between Krillin and Majunior is about to come to an end." He turned to leave. "But I can do to shed some light over the confusion master, is give you bit and pieces of my memories. Maybe then you'll understand."

Goku left the bewildered Kami behind.

Kami remained in the spot as he closed his eyes and looked inside his pupil's memories. Kami's eyes bulged just as he heard the Announcer shout that Majunior was declared the winner.

"Goku... is from the future?"

He returned to his friends, and they asked what was that all about. But he answered with a dismissive wave, clearly not planning to say anything, much to their disappointment. But eventually, it was time for Goku's and Tien's battle. This was a battle against last year's Champion and the two-year runner up, which brought quite the excitement. While Tien looked determined and confident, Goku was calm and collected the entire time.

Tien couldn't help but sweat a little. "What's going on with him? I would've thought he would've been at least a bit excited." Tien then grimaced as he watched Goku give a couple of kisses to Chi-Chi before parting from her, blowing a kiss at her, making her giggle as she left back to her spot in the audience. "And what's up with him showing affection?" While he had nothing against love, it still felt odd to see Goku openly expressing his emotions towards the woman he was promised to.

Both the Saiyan god and human fighter walked to the arena. Tien was shooting Goku a strange look, Goku noticed and narrowed his eyes, shooting him a warning at his direction, as if daring him to say anything. Tien lifted his hands in defense, and wisely remained quiet.

"Goku's a lot scarier than ever before. What's going on?"

"Alright, let's get this match underway! Ladies and Gentlemen, the first bout of the semi-finals will now begin!" With a bang of a gong, they were off.

Tien quickly went into his fighting stance, whereas Goku remained standing there, not moving. Tien bawled his hands into fists and charged at Goku. His fist successfully landed blow after blow on Goku's chest and stomach, but the Saiyan, who looked rather bored, remained unbothered

"And Tien is beating his opponent! Goku is not capable of reacting!" Shouted the Announcer, as the crowd roared.

Tien kneed Goku's stomach, which made the Saiyan stumble a bit, before regaining his composure quickly. Tien was sweating as he realized that his physical attacks, did little to no effect on Goku.

"I'm not playing around, Goku!" Shouted Tien, slightly irritated, "I know you're not using all of your strength! And I will make sure you don't!"

Goku raised a mocking eyebrow. "Oh? If it's true, show me your true strength Tien. Prove to me that you aren't bluffing!"

Tien roared and continued his thrashing. Goku's Ultra instincts reacted, and dodge every attack Tien shot at him. Tien was getting more enraged by the moment, and Goku was getting more amused as Tien humiliated himself by the passing seconds.

"You're letting your rage blind you, Tien. While Anger is an emotion to motivate you to become stronger, it could also be your downfall if you let it control you." Scolded Goku with a teasing tone. Almost as if he was lecturing a child, to the amusement of the Z-fighters and the crowd.

Tien turned red with anger, but listened to Goku's words and managed to calm down. "He's right. I almost lost myself to my anger. I need to take control of it."

Goku nodded in approval and waited patiently for his opponent to attack. Tien Charged up an energy attack and threw it at Goku. The Saiyan God watch as the attack slowly, or at least slow in his standers, made its way towards him.

He could've just swatted the blast away, or allow it to hit him, knowing farewell that the attack would do no damage to him. But Goku decided to tease Tien and dodged the attack on the last second. Tien grit his teeth as he realized Goku was still holding back and playing with him.

"Damn!" Cursed Tien. "I knew Goku was powerful, but for him to wave off my attacks like it was nothing… I need to finish this now!"

Meanwhile, Goku smirked, knowing what is to happen next. He was proven right when he started using his speed. He felt Tien him in different parts of his body. While in the human eye, he was invisible, in his eyes, Tien's speed was easily calculated and predictable.

Still, he decided to have fun with his friend. He made it seem as though the attacks were finally starting to take damage on him. He would say his acting skills were rusty, but to see the crowd and Tien quickly eat it up like a Saiyan in an all-you-can-eat-buffet, made him smirk.

"What's wrong, Goku? Too fast for you?" Asked Tien, taunting the Saiyan.

Goku looked down, making it look like he was in pain, holding his chest. No one noticed him smiling, although both Piccolo was looking suspicious. Hero, however, narrowed his eyes as he watched with interest on what Goku has in mind.

"What is he up too?" Both Namekians thought.

Goku, putting a false wince as he stood up, holding his chest, slowly stood up, mockingly glaring at Tien. He was smirking on the inside, though. "That's right, Tien. Believe that your strength is your speed."

"Wow, Tien is fast. He's actually making Goku look slow," Roshi commented, watching how both of his students were fighting.

They were swinging faster and faster, but as his bald, three-eyed student landed hit after hit, the long dark-haired one remained strong, standing on his ground, barely showing signs of damage

"Well, Tien believed speed was a principle in fighting. We trained by every day with speed as the main focus," Chaotzu stated, sitting on the stone railing. "It's what will give him the edge!"

"Something's not right though," Bulma thought out loud as she watched the fight play out.

"What do you mean, Bulma?" Oolong Inquired as he noticed the blue-haired scientist going into her analysis posture, scrutinizing what was happening.

"Well, look at Tien is so fast and Goku is so slow why isn't Tien winning? I mean, all he's doing is just striking him over and over, but Goku isn't taking as much damage as we would expect. If I didn't know any better, it looks like Goku is still playing around and letting Tien attack him."

"What?! No way?" Puar said in a shocked voice as she rested on Bulma's shoulder.

Goku was beginning to get bored. So he decided to rile up his friend by suddenly disappearing, and teleporting behind Tien. Tien, however, was quick and avoided Goku's chop. Despite missing, Goku remained smiling innocently.

"Tien, is it alright if I remove my boots and wristbands?" He asked, a little too innocently.

Tien's eyebrows shot up in surprise and confusion. When Tien permitted him, Goku grabbed his wristbands and released them on the ground. There was a sickening crack, dust clouds covering Goku as the Arena tiles shattered underneath him. Everyone winced at the unexpected sound. Goku then proceeded to remove his boots, and like his wristbands, he released them and repeated the process. There was silence as Goku let out a sigh of relief.

"Much better. Those weights were getting rather heavy."

Tien was now curious. "Let me see Goku."

Goku shot a knowing look and grabbed one of his waistbands, passing it on to Tien. "Careful now, we don't want you to fall and destroy that pretty face of yours, now do we?"

The moment Goku let go, Tien nearly crashed down, faceplant, on the Arena, the wristbands shattering more tiles.

"Wha-?" Tien chocked a gasp.. "W-What is this?!"

Tien attempted to pick it up, but the waistband remained firmly buried on the ground. Tien look at Goku, serious and questionably. "Your waistbands and your boots-! Have they've been-?!"

Goku shrugged innocently. "I mean yeah, training with Kami after all. And not to mention, I continued training like this after training with Master Roshi." His smile then turn fondly at the pleasant memories. "Better than those heavy turtle shells he made us wear."

"H-how much do these weight?!"

"There is no way this is normal! I can barely pick them up!"

Goku tapped his chin, "Oh well, maybe six-ton or so?" He said as if it was no big deal.

Everyone, including Majunior, gasped as they gaped at the Saiyan in question. Goku restrained himself from laughing at everyone's reaction.

Tien was gobsmacked. "H-How-?!" This wasn't humanly possible, yet here was Goku, wearing them as everyday clothing, waving off their weight.

"Doesn't matter." Replied Goku as he walked up to Tien an effortlessly took the wristband. He grabbed his boots and other wristband and took them to the edge of the arena, where his friends were. He placed them down and walked back to his spot.

Krillin and Yamcha got curious, and they eagerly grabbed the same wristband. The result was the same, as onlookers watched how both fighters struggled to lift it.

"T-This is impossible! How is Goku able to do this?!" Cried the gobsmacked Krillin as both he and Yamcha let go of the wristband.

"Yeah, no doubt," Yamcha said. "These do weight 6 ton."

The rest of the Z-fighters looked at Goku in shock. They suddenly realized that there was more than meet the eye. Chi-Chi was also surprised, but couldn't help but to feel a little lovestruck.

"My Goku, a smart, strong, and handsome man. I can't wait until we get married." Chi-Chi blushed when she saw Goku wink in her direction.

Once the Announcer got out of his shock, he shielded his mic, "Um, can you guys continue please."

Goku nodded, whereas Tien was remained gobsmacked before regaining his composure. Tien threw a punch, but to everyone's shock, Goku, in a fraction of a millisecond, jumped very high, almost fifty feet.

"H-his speed, it's off the charts!" Panicked Tien.

Goku landed behind him, and Tien quickly threw more physical blows. However, Goku dodged and blocked every single one of them; what made this more humiliating, was that Goku hadn't moved an inch. He merely did all of that with an amused smile. In the next moment, he disappeared again.

The next thing he knew, the entire audience, and the Announcer included, were laughing at him. People were pointing at him, and he was baffled. What was going on? Why was everyone laughing? He heard a chuckle behind him and saw Goku there, pointing at his lower waist and holding his belt.

Tien's eyes shot down, and his face went red, in embarrassment and anger. He glared at Goku, who threw away the belt somewhere. Tien pulled up his pants. "GOKU!"

Goku looked innocent. "What, you weren't fast enough. So I figured you didn't need it."

The laughter got louder as Tien was fuming. He had been utterly humiliated in the worst possible way. "You want to play?! Then let's play!"

Goku was still grinning as Tien shouted, "Multi-form!"

In a matter of seconds, three new identical Tiens appeared, and each one of them circling the Sayain from each corner of the arena, the following original pursuit.

"Impressive. Seems like Goku's in trouble now," Mumbled Roshi.

"How can he do that?" Oolong asked, the old perverted master, "I mean, you can't just create copies of yourself, you know!"

All the eyes turned to the expert Roshi as he focused on what was taking place. "They are just copies of the real Tien, although to say which is the original would be impossible, all of them move as one mind and fight as one. It is an incredible technique that I'm sure only Tien can use because of his impressive latent abilities. I've only seen someone create one image of themselves but never three!"

Chi-Chi looked worried about in the waiting room. She put her hands on her chest and silently prayed.

"Be careful, Goku."

The crowd looked at the Saiyan god, wondering how would he react, Goku merely seems amused, not the slightest worried.

"You should give up, Goku! You can not take us four at the same time!" Said one of the Tiens.

"No, I can't, I destroy planets effortlessly in a second."

Goku just shrugged. "I will believe it when I feel it, Tien. Prove to me that you aren't all talk!"

All Tiens glared. "Your mistake!"

All four Tien's cupped their hands and started charging energy. Goku snickered, standing still and not doing anything to stop this.

"DODAN RAY!"

At each corner, the offending attack shooting towards Goku, who remained in the center. Goku merely smiled as the attack landed a direct hit. There was a massive flash and an explosion that caused the audience to cover their eyes.

"Goku!" Shouted his friends in the audience once the flashing has ended.

Everyone in the crowd looked at the arena, horrified, as the smoke had yet to clear.

"Goku!" Cried Krillin, Yamcha, and Chi-Chi, horrified.

"No! Please be alright, Goku! You can not die!"

Back in the battlefield, everyone was silent as the smoke has yet to clear. Tien was sweating as he realized what he's done.

"The fool! H-He shouldn't-!" Tien thought as his copies merged with him.

However, everyone was caught off guard when they heard light chuckles. When the smoke cleared, everyone's eyes widen, when they saw Goku, in all his glory, looking beautiful. His clothes were a bit scraffled up and burnt, but otherwise, he was fine.

He dusted himself off. And once he was done, he put his hands behind him, looking mock disappointed at Tien, who was still gaping like a fish. It took all of Goku's self-control not to burst out laughing. He didn't want to ruin his little game.

"Is that all? How disappointing. I expected more." Said Goku, shaking his head. "I'm already getting tired of this game, so I might as well end this now."

The Saiyan god teleported behind Tien. Tien quickly turned around, but sadly, he couldn't react fast enough, as Goku punched him, sending him flying. While the punch wasn't hard enough to knock him out, it was enough to leave a mark. Tien landed on his back on the edge of the arena, gasping for air and screaming in angst as he held his chest painfully, which a nasty bruise was beginning to form.

Goku winced, the crowd following his example. "Whoops, I gave more power than I intended. I need to get a better hold on my strength and power." Goku look with pity at Tien, who was still struggling to get air. "I might well do him a favor and end this."

Goku walked towards Tien and knelt. He chopped a specific spot on Tien's neck, and Tien was knocked out cold.

Everyone was silent, wondering what just happened. Meanwhile, the Announcer regained his composure and ran towards Tien to see if he was alive. Satisfied to find see Tien's chest moving, not to mention he checked his pulse, he stood up and looked at the crowd.

"No way! Goku has knocked out Tien with a single blow on the neck! At least he's still breathing! I'll begin the count and see if he can rise up or Goku will win the match!" The announcer began his count with one and upwards, but the former champion didn't even stir.

Goku merely looked away and started walking to collect his training gear. He came back to Tien once the Announcer reached eight.

"Nine!" The Announcer raised his finger one last time. "Ten!"

Goku was declared the winner, and the moment he was, Goku knelt at Tien again. Just as Chaotzu ran up to them, Goku placed his hand of Tien's chest, and his hand began to glow. Everyone watched in awe as the wound on Tien's chest vanish. Tien didn't stir, however. Goku picked up Tien and placed him on his shoulders. He walked away, with Chaotzu right behind him.

Entering the waiting room, he handed Tien to the monks with a stretcher. Tien was taken away, Chaotzu following them, worried for his friend. The moment Tien left the waiting room, he was greeted by his friends and Fiancée.

"Goku, that was amazing!" Cried Yamcha as Chi-Chi gripped Goku's arm

"Yeah! How did you do it, man!? And how did you manage to survive!?"

Goku smirked, "I just knocked him out by hitting his weak point. And as for how, that is my little secret."

Yamcha and Krillin look at each other then glanced nervously at Goku. Goku had gone off to have a bit of privacy with his Fiancée.

"You were amazing," Chi-Chi said as she hugged him. Goku smiled and held her small form. It felt nice to hold her like this

Goku said nothing and held her as close as he could. He didn't want to leave, so he relished this as much as he could. Nothing could ruin this moment. Not Kami, not Piccolo, not even Beerus and Whis if they were to pop out now.

Any worries he would have were gone. All that mattered now was this moment with his mate.

A/N: Now, just a little heads up. Once the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament comes to an end, The Dragon Ball Z series won't start for a while. I want to focus on Goku and Chi-Chi's marriage for a little while.

Answers:

Anonymous: I knew I should've explained this. While yes, Goku can use the Dragon balls to his friends and family immortal, he didn't want to drag his friends like that. He felt as though it would've been better if they never see him again, as he is too ashamed of himself. Goku wanted to fix mistakes, so when he had the chance, he took it.

Yo: I know it was shocking to see Goku like this, but hey, Goku is OOC here. But the reason he erased Mercenary Tao, was because he didn't want to repeat another mistake. Here's a little spoiler, Mercenary Tao killed Master Roshi and Turtle, therefor Goku wished to prevent this from happening again by erasing him. While it would have been nicer if Goku killed him, Goku decided that he was done playing nice with that killer. That is a reason you mortals should never rile up or anger a God.