Chapter 3

So far so good as the day of the 25th world martial tournament is still in progress. Almost all the Z fighters are waiting in the preliminaries ground area and everyone is waiting for the punching machine. Everyone doesn't know what they were talking about, but they are in for something, except the kids, who were called to follow one of the staff members because the kid's division is first. Krillan wished both Trunks & Goten good luck as they went to follow him and Trunks was upset, but he began to think, this could be good because he is gonna face his friend in the finals.

Trunks turned around to look at Goten, but the look on his face wasn't happiness that Trunks knows Goten always has, he has a look like he just witnessed something terrible. Goten wasn't paying any attention, he was looking at the ground while walking, but he snapped into reality when he accidently ran into Trunks.

"Goten. Are you ok?" said Trunks.

"Yeah. I am. Really." Replied Goten while putting on a fake smile.

"Somethings wrong because no one runs into other people unless their was something bothering them."

Goten's face reaction changed from fake happiness to shock and sadness because he might have to tell Trunks what has been bothering him. Goten just stayed quiet for a while to think of a good reason and avoid the true reason.

"I was just thinking about my dad."

"What for? He seems like a nice guy and from what I saw, you were really happy to see him."

"I am, but I was…I was just worried if I make a complete fool of myself when fighting out there." Replied Goten.

"I don't know why your worried, you will do ok until you get to the finals because you are gonna be put through the ringer when you face me."

Hearing that response from Trunks did make him feel less stressed, but he still has a problem. Goten was worried about his performance, but he was worried about losing because he would have to deal with his mother afterwards and he knows, it's not gonna be pretty. Talking about one problem also did make him feel happy because he is gonna have fun out there with his best friend and he will try really hard to show his father and his friend that he is stronger than he looks.

"Your right. Let's have some fun out there."

"That's the spirit. Let's go."

All the young participates arrived at the waiting area and they started with two other kids. Goten and Trunks went to a corner and waited for their turn. A couple of kids already went and perform and they didn't really put much of a fight according to the audience. Match #5 is over and now it's Trunk's turn to fight and he is gonna face Idasa, who was talking smack to Trunks earlier, but all Trunks did was respond back to him saying he is gonna lose or something; Goten wasn't paying attention. Trunks walked out to the ring along with Idasa and Goten decided to watch Trunks's fight to get his head out of the clouds sort of speak.

Trunks and Idasa walked to the middle of the ring and waited for their que to fight and Goten just stayed by the entrance.

"Standing to my left is 8yr old Trunks and to my right is 15yr old Idasa. Now let the match BEGIN!" said the Announcer.

The match began with Idasa approaching Trunks and was going for a right cross, but before he could do that, Trunks swept his legs and kicked him in the air. Idasa landed on the side of his face, which knocked him out instantly. Trunks just started walking back towards the room where the other contenders were at.

"This young man is out cold. The winner of this match is Trunks."

"See this is why I wanted to fight with the adults." Said Trunks as he stopped infront of Goten near by the entrance way.

Goten just shook his head in agreement even though that's not what he really feels. Both kids walked back inside the waiting room and had to wait because the officials had to carry the unconscious Idasa to the infirmary. Goten was getting nervous because he was told that he would be fighting next against Ikose, Idasa's brother.

20 mins later, the officials had finished taking Idasa to the infirmary and now it's time to get the next match underway.

"Ok now that we got the young child to the infirmary, we can now start our next match. Fighting next is 14yr old Ikose and 7yr old Goten. Said the Announcer.

Ikose and Goten both were walking to the ring and Ikose was ready to give Goten a humiliating defeat, but Goten was still super nervous. This is gonna be Goten's first official match and also his first time fighting infront of everyone, minus Trunks.

"What's the matter, you look all nervous." Said Ikose all rudely.

Goten just looked down at the ground with a sad look on his face because he knows it's true.

"YOU CAN DO IT GOTEN!" yelled a familiar voice.

Goten lifted his head and looked in the direction of the voice and he saw that it was his dad, who was standing high in the audience. Goten's face turned red with embarrassment, but he kept on walking to the ring. Both Goten and Ikose got to the center of the ring and Ikose got into his fighting stance while Goten just stood there still.

"Now let the match BEGIN." Said the announcer.

With that said, Ikose decided to throw a right punch at Goten, but Goten was so scared that he dropped to his knees and cover his eyes. Ikose fell down to the ground and shot back up angrily.

"Hey are you gonna fight or just stay on the ground and cry like a baby!?" yelled Ikose.

Goten snapped out of it and he looked up and saw his mother sitting in the stands all mad. Goten stood back up and turned around to face Ikose. Goten got into his fighting stance and Ikose just swung again at Goten. Goten freaked out again and he closed his eyes, but he swung his right fist and it connected with Ikose's face, knocking him out instantly.

"Your winner by knockout is GOTEN!"

Goten opened his eyes and saw that he won his first match. The crowd cheered and Goten got embarrassed, but he took a bow and walked back into the waiting room. Goten approached Trunks, who was sitting on the ground.

"Way to go Goten. You could of done that without acting that your scared. We both know that no one can beat us in this kind of tournament." Said Trunks.

"Yeah I know just wanted to have a little fun" 'Even though fighting scares me considering that my mom makes me fight for everything. Even getting a toy is painful to ask for."

"Well I guess I'll do the same considering that this is starting to get boring." Replied Trunks.

"SINCE WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS BOY ALSO TO THE INFIRMARY, WE ARE GONNA TAKE A SHORT BREAK." Shouted the announcer.

"O great. I'm going to the bathroom. I'll be right back."

Trunks left the room and Goten just went to the corner and sat down.

'Great. I can tell that I'm gonna get a beating after this for being a baby and embarrassing my family. Hopefully mom thinks different after I this tournament.' Thought Goten.

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