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The day of the Tournament, had arrived for Goku and the others, their team was comprised of the following.
Goku Son.
Vegeta.
Piccolo.
Majin Buu.
Gohan.
18.
After much debate, it was decided that Trunks would compete along with Pan.
Everyone else was just there to watch, if Beerus could, he would have entered the tournament so that could wipe the smug grin off of that god's face, and put the universe 12 fighters in their place.
And boy did he hate that guy.
Not that he would ever tell him that boldly to his face.
The train, came to pick them all up where making the rest were forced to make their way to the King of All tournament.
When they arrived at the place, they were at all shocked at the magnificent structure in front of them that seem to shine when there was evidence for the source of light.
When they got off the train, like everybody else and finally got a good look at the competitors they would be facing, they instantly recognized the group they fought from universe 6, they all had changed their look in one way or another.
That's when they all felt the bloodlust coming from one of the Trains, sure everyone else was wary of everybody else but nobody extruded blood lust unlike this one.
It put them all guard and when the door opened, they were all in for a shock.
Ch 18: The unexpected matchup.
Out of the darkness, one by one, the fighters from Universe 12 stepped out of the train.
And what an odd mix.
Instantly several Saiyans from the other Universe recognized the first person to step out was indeed a Saiyan, his most prompt feature was his long spiky purple hair, tucked neatly behind his ears, he tail was wrapped around his waist, he wore the typical Saiyan gear but it was mostly black and golden, it was also much more tightly fitting and the shoulder pads were designed to curve around his shoulders.
Overall it was very different from the gear that Vegeta and Cabba both wore, and fitted a whole lot better too, plus the Saiyan didn't just look powerful but highly intelligent.
The person following behind the Saiyan, had them all blinking in either shock or surprise, at the sight of Monaka in feminine fighter attire behind the Saiyan.
"Eh, Monaka?" Goku said, blinking owishly, while everyone looked surprised that there was a Monaka out there, that was actually powerful enough to be picked as a fighter, but what was most alarming was how they couldn't hear the other Monaka footsteps at all.
After that, came the one person that had their eyes popping at the sight of a much buffer and more groomed Hercule Satan, the man stood tall and wasn't parading his championship belt around his waist in those ridiculous bagging clothing with that afro of his, like what they were used to.
Instead, clearly age hadn't caught up to the man yet, he had looked fantastic and incredible good for his age, the man wore a casual red shirt with black jeans, exposing the bulging muscles underneath along with the giant scar running from the back of his neck to the his hips.
Unlike his Universe 7, he actually looked like a challenge.
Behind the much version of Hercules, was somebody that had a good portion of the Z fighters groaning at the sight of another Golden Frieza, Frost was looking shocked to see another one of his kind here and resolved to talk to him later when the alien was alone.
He was sure the other Frieza was just as crafty as himself, and could help him cheat his way through the tournament before bumping him of and claiming his victory.
Behind the Golden Frieza, was somebody that nobody had ever seen before and the women had most of the males around her looking at her with lovestruck expressions on their faces.
She had long curly silver hair and jasmine eyes, she wore a feminine battle that had many men swooning and females either hitting their partners at the back of the head or looking at her in envy.
She was so beautiful that it stunned everybody, already she had gained a male following.
Behind the goddess, was somebody who made 18 eyes widen in nothing but shock, and surprise at the sight of a very grow up version of her dead older brother.
Bildo had decided months before that his hair was too long and had decided to cut it, so now his front hair only just barely passed his eye brows and his back hair was up to his shoulders.
Even though he was dressed in a suberin way, 18 couldn't help but picture it was her own brother standing there.
She had never truly accepted the fact that her brother was never coming back, there were even days where she was very tempted to go out and collect all seven dragon Balls and wish her brother back to life even though she know that what both of them did, they both deserved to be in hell for.
Even now she still thought she was undeserving of her new life as a human being.
She must have stared at him a little too hard and longingly because she found everybody looking at her.
"I'm fine" She said, but it wasn't clear if she was trying to reassure them or herself but her eyes didn't leave his form.
Behind the man was somebody that greatly resembled Trunks, but he had more of bulma's face than Vegeta's.
Vegeta and Trunks weren't the only shocked by this.
The saiyan was dressed in a very high quality battle armor, his pink haired tied back as he said. "Man I'm hungry, when do you think we'll eat?" Not knowing the various degrees of shock he was inspiring.
And then came the person that Vegeta and Goku looking at in most shock, since they had to seal two version of him because he was simply too powerful to defeat, it put them in edge.
Zamasu.
The real question was, did this Zamasu secretly have the same thoughts as his counterpart?
Vegeta and Goku really hoped not or this tournament could turn extremely deadly.
All eight of them disappeared into the building while everybody, just stood there like an idiot, the killing intent had gone which a lot of them were thankful for.
Vegeta, was the first to react as he began to walk to the building behind his opponents which he was sure was from Universe 12, his actions made other's follow him as well, they all walked through the door to find a space that greatly resembles a classroom.
Majin Buu groaned at the exact same time as Absolom.
Both of them turned to look at each other in surprise.
There is a saying, if you happen to meet your doppelganger, you can either hate each other at first sight, or become best friends instantly.
In this case, they became best friends instantly, without them knowing it, they both wore identical matching grins which everybody else saw as just plain creepy.
Majin Buu had just found his alternate self and stubbornly went to sit next to the young Saiyan Prince who immediately offered him a pack of expensive candy, which he was more than happy to take.
Meanwhile, everybody else was debating who would be the one to drag Majin Buu away from that table because he wasn't supposed to be sitting there.
But who had the guts to go over there and drag Buu away from that group, so they just left him.
It took an hour of tense silence for somebody to finally show up, for Universe 12, it was a good thing that they all know how to train in their minds to combat their urges or the whole building wouldn't have survived.
None of them could visible sit still for an hour.
Although it was hard to miss the constant changing volume of blood lust in the room.
The Angel called the ' The Great Priest' walked into the room, only Goku know who he was and how strong he wa, since they had met before.
While everyone else became wearily, since he seemed to be from that race that always mentored their gods, who dragged them into this.
The Angel smiled and said. "Welcome, everyone to your first task at the King of All tournament" several people gave out several whoops and 'it's about time!'. "We will now begin the first task of the tournament" alright everybody was ready for this, he continued his speech and said. "The King of All has grown quite fond of Earth's tournament, so he decided to take some pointers from them. The first task is a written exam, don't worry the questions are fashioned in a way that it's always about something common in all universes. You have to get 50 percent or above to pass, those who fail, will not qualify for the fighters round even if you deserve to be here, if your found cheating, you will be disqualified"
Several people noted the word 'found' and that meant they would have to cheat so good that they won't be found out.
If you had taken note and were going to pick a target to cheat from, than it would have to be the Saiyan Waeh, the Saiyan looked to be the smartest one here, a lot of people were fighters but they lacked the brains to be truly exceptional fighters unlike Waeh.
Unlike his Universe 7 counterpart, Waeh was actually a very accomplished professor with several degrees under his belt, he liked to note even the tiniest thing about his surrounding and would often go on trips all over the universe just for information.
So if you were to copy from somebody it would be him.
And since there was already a mind like between all of the fighters from Universe 12, since they fought each other in a single mind space seconds ago, this was going to be extremely easy.
Everyone can you hear me? He said through the mind link, nobody reacted to him but they all gave their own responses back.
"Is everybody ready?" The Grand Priest said. "You may start"
Later on. they would all get to a certain part and realize that those born with noble or royal blood would know the answers to and the rest will be forced to cheating.
The Grand Priest eyes, found themselves shifting to the fighters of Universe 12, they were all too calm and from what he could see, they were accurately answering each question correctly.
He didn't believe for one second that all of them were smart enough to answer every single question correctly without help, the most competent looking one for this exam would be the Saiyan with the long purple hair, and if he were to guess what was happening behind the scenes, they all hzc a way to cheat without him detecting anything.
Interesting...
Just what was in Universe 12?
# 2 hours later#
"Man, that test was hard!" Goku said, he had a major headache, finally finished.
"Of course you'll have a hard time, Kakarot. For me it was pretty easy." Vegeta boasted, unaware of a pink haired boy looking at him with wide eyes.
Absalom, blinked owlishly at the image before him, what was his father wearing and why was he hanging out with so many humans? Since when did his Uncle wear so much orange?
No, he was wrong, whoever they were, weren't his dad or Uncle, he faintly remembered something about alternate selves while he was stuffing his face with ice cream, a couple of days ago.
He looked at his friend Buu.
They had a lot in common, they both like to ate, they both had a very stubborn personality and they were quiet childish, plus they were both sporting pink hair.
Could it be... that Buu was him but from another universe?
He was a pink fat blob in another universe?
Just what was Buu exactly?
Whatever he was, the idea was both awesome to think about and very troublesome because he swore his other self was wearing a poorly disguised diaper.
But then he had lost interest.
"Okay, I've finished going through all of them and can now give you who passed" The Great Priest said, making them all tense as he began to read out one name after another.
As a result, there were several sigh's of relief in the room along with 'of course 'ill pass', universe 7 were especially relieved when Goku name got called out, because he barely passed.
Everybody else noted every single one of those from universe 12 passed, with the highest marks in the room but nobody looked smug about it, it was more like 'we pass, yay', vibe.
In total, a total of 62 people out of 96, passed while those who didn't were made to leave whether they liked it or not.
"Now that were cut down" The High Priest said seeing that lots chairs, that were occupied just a second ago were empty. "I think you will agree that we should all go to a more open space to do the draw, this place is a bit too crampt, don't you think?" A circle appeared underneath them and they all suddenly found themselves in a much larger room, in the middle of the room was a table with a box on top of it, behind it was a self updating challengers, tournament board that changed it alignment the moment all those people left.
"Can you all, go into a single file line and take one?" The high Priest said, and they all obeyed and waited in line, they were all issued with a ball with a number on them.
They all looked at their numbers and then found themselves on the board.
"Now can everybody hold their balls up high, so that you can find your opponent for the next match?" He asked, and everybody held their balls and immediately located their opponent.
It looks like nobody from Universe 7 would be facing Universe 12, right off the bat..
Hold on.
Pan found her eyes meeting with none other than Beater, from Universe 12.
And scene!
Next chapter, Beater goes to introduce himself to Pan, an encounter that leaves all the Z fighters shocked by his friendlessness before the match. Next chapter, Beater vs Pan. Review/ fav and follow!