Disclaimer (There's one of these at the beginning chapter, you know...): No, I don't own Dragonball Z, and in the name of great anime, neither should FUNimation. This will NOT be a kiddified story, like what FUNimation did to DBZ. There will be SOME DBZ characters in it, but this mostly revolves around fictional characters with DBZ-like abilities, and not all of these are owned by me. Unless, for some odd reason, you decided to skip chapter 1, you'll who the origins of these characters, so let's just get on with it, shall we?
New characters for this chapter:
Gokan = a fusion of Goku and Gohan. Idea belongs to Clive88.
Xell Flamewind = Hawk XIII.
The Ultimate Largely Massive Pointlessly-Named Big Final Bout Super Tournament... 5 – chapter 2!!!
What time was it? DJ glanced over at the clock beside his bed. 8:45? Still looked like midnight, or something. It wasn't usually this dark at this time, not even in Winter, and it was around Summertime at the moment.
"Are we there yet?" DJ recognised the voice of his friend Amy, but it was unusual for her to talk in her sleep. "Are we there yet?" she repeated.
"Amy, it's morning. We're gonna set off for the boat in about 4 hours." DJ replied. Four hours!? That wasn't much time at all! DJ's eyes shot open. "Damn it! We overslept! Amy! Lisa! Wake up! We'll never reach our ferry in time if we stay like this!" DJ didn't seem too impressed when Amy and Lisa remained asleep. 'Fine.' He thought. 'Looks like I'll have to take matters, and the girls, into my own hands...' and with that he hoisted Amy over his left shoulder, Lisa over his right, tied a sledge full of cases around his waist and embarked toward the seaport, thus bringing a conclusion to the shortest introductory paragraph I've ever written!
Packed up with only a backpack and the flyer for reference, Zori remained still, watching everyone gathering to board the ferry and scooping for any possible tournament entries. 'I never thought THIS would be the mode of transportation...' Zori thought as he cast eyes on the ferry in front of him.
"So, you're looking out for Lisa-Chan?" Zeon asked. Zori fell backward in surprise again, just like five days ago.
"Zeon, quit it!" Zori exclaimed, his face reddening. "What if she's here, huh?"
"Come on, Zori, what are the chances of her going to this tournament, huh? YOU'RE doing this to impress HER, remember?" Zori thought for while. Zeon was right again. The chances of the girl-he-was-trying-to-impress-by-battling entering a battle herself were pretty slim... but not impossible, it would seem, as Zori noticed a male figure carrying Lisa-Chan on his right shoulder, and another girl on his left.
"Yo, Earth to Zori! What's up?" Zeon asked. Zori just kept staring. Zeon noticed that Zori was blushing immensely, and pretty close to having a nosebleed. Zeon looked over to where Zori was looking, and he saw why Zori was so embarrassed. Not only was Lisa-Chan there, but she was in her pyjamas!
"Hey, you two! Stop staring!"
Now it was Zeon's turn to fall backwards along with Zori. They both looked up to see another figure. Female, this time. She had shoulder-length blonde hair, quite a large chest and a cheerleader outfit. Hawk Flamewind was standing with her, and Bakaryu wasn't too far behind.
"Angel, who are these guys?" Hawk asked. Angel turned to face Hawk.
"These two were hooked on one of the girls over there..." Angel replied. She didn't sound too pleased. Zori tried crawling away, but he felt someone grab his ankle. 'Great! Is that blonde trying to trap me, or is it one of her friends?' Zori looked behind him. To his surprise, it was Zeon who held him.
"Zori, where are you going? You don't wanna leave so soon, do you?" Zeon asked.
"Zeon, she's plotting to kill us!" Zori snapped. Angel looked a little confused.
"Hawk, who ARE these guys?" Angel asked. Hawk just shrugged. Zori finally stood up. He had to kick Zeon to get him to stand up too.
"Umm, I'm Zori, and this is Mystic Zeon..." Zori explained. "Who are you guys?" Zeon tapped Zori's shoulder.
"Zori, she's not a guy..." Zeon said.
"Shut up, man, I'm on a roll..." Zori retorted.
"I'm Hawk Flamewind." Hawk said. "This is my friend Bakaryu, and my girlfriend Angel Icewind. Do you know who the people are who you were staring at?"
"Beats me who the meatball head and spike ball are," Zeon replied. "But the brunette's called Lisa-Chan, and Zori's got a crush on her..."
"Dude, shut up!!" a red-faced Zori screamed. This got everyone's attention, including a certain, as Zeon put it, spike ball...
Yes, I do realise that there's a lot of talking and it's slowing the plot down, so I'm gonna translate big speech parts like the following into script format, with plot movements in normal style.
Making his way through the heavy crowd with the girls and their luggage, DJ finally made it to the group and set Amy and Lisa down on the floor.
DJ: Something wrong over here?
Zeon: See, Zori? You over-react like that and you'll attract attention...
Zori: Uh-oh... this is as close as I've ever been to Lisa-Chan...
DJ: Oh, you know Lisa?
Zori: Well... I kinda know of her...
Zeon: Zori has a crush, you see...
Zori: I do NOT!
DJ: What's going on?
Angel: I think I'll do the introductions this time. I'm Angel, this is my boyfriend Hawk, Bakaryu, and two people we just found: Zori and Zeon.
Zori had cooled down a bit by now so his blush wasn't as intense. He ran back a bit and his blush intensified again as Lisa started to wake up. She curled herself up in a ball.
"DJ, why is it so cold?" she asked. "And where are we?"
"We're waiting to board the ferry to the island where the tournament is being held." DJ replied. "You two weren't gonna wake up any time soon, so I carried you with me." Lisa didn't look too pleased about the situation.
"You took us into public in our night clothes?!" she exclaimed.
"What was I supposed to do? Dress you up myself? You were out like lights, both of you!" As much as Lisa wished she could argue, she knew DJ was right. Nothing had been able to wake her up on time in the past few days. Nothing, that is, except for this sudden drop of temperature. Amy, however, was still sound asleep. In fact, she'd curled up into a little ball; at least as little as her chest would allow.
"At least SHE'S not found any reason to wake up... yet." Lisa mumbled. "That should change around food time…"
"Food? Where?!" called a strange voice. It actually sounded like two voices calling concurrently. The owner of the voice came rushing up to the group. He was between 5 and 6 feet tall, with black hair(like Goku's but shorter), and he was wearing Goku's clothes.
"Umm... who are you?" DJ asked. The new person walked a few more feet toward the group.
"My name is-" he paused. "My name is Gokan..."
"I get it... a fusion of Goku and Gohan..." DJ announced. Gokan frowned slightly as he heard muffled laughter from behind DJ. DJ looked behind him to see Lisa trying her best not to burst out laughing. Of course, now he thought it would be funny to push Lisa over to see if she'd manage to keep her cool. One tap on the side of the arm later and Lisa was rolling on the floor, laughing out loud and waving her arms around like a fool. Guess she couldn't, huh?
"And what, may I ask, is so funny?" Gokan asked. He was leaning over Lisa by this time, staring her right in the face. Lisa didn't reply. Or rather, she couldn't. "Sorry to say, but I don't think I like you!" Lisa couldn't reply to this either. She was too busy suffering from an uncontrollable fit of laughter. Now Gokan was getting pissed, and if you value your life it's NOT a good thing to do... Lisa rolled out of the way just in time to see a hot blast of energy incinerate the spot she was previously on. She wasn't laughing at this time, however.
"Hey, what's the big idea!?" Lisa cried.
"Quit laughing at my name, damn it!" Gokan retorted. "I could probably find a MILLION things to tease you about!" Lisa got to her feet and stared daggers at Gokan.
"Ya wanna make a fight of it, buddy?" she asked. DJ stepped in, acting like a referee. He was a little afraid, as this action is like a double-edged sword.
"Calm down, both of you." DJ said. "Maybe you can fight each other in the tournament? Save your rivalry for then, OK?" Lisa hesitantly stood down while Gokan stayed where he was.
"I guess that would be a good idea," Gokan finally admitted. "But even so, I may have forgotten what we're arguing about."
"Don't worry, I'll remind you..." Lisa replied, adding a wink and a cocky smile. DJ got one of those funny sweatdrops on his head. He knew no good could come of this.
Well, everyone was on board the ferry on course for the tournament location, and things seemed to be OK so far.
"Why are we doing this?" Thomas asked Jedite.
"Don't you remember, Tom?" Jedite replied. "Remember what I said about the prize money? With a lot of money you can help a lot of people!" Thomas lowered his eyelids in a lack of emotion.
"Actually, you said I could buy a lot of stuff..." Thomas looked around at the different people on the ferry. "What time is it?" Jedite spotted a large clock on one of the walls.
"12:52." He said. "I'd say time to get something to eat..."
"I'm not hungry..." Thomas said, quietly. Jedite made a face.
"Is that so?" he asked. "Then how come I could hear your stomach growling from the other side of this room?"
"That's the girl over there, with the big eyes..." Thomas pointed in Amy's direction. In any other situation, Jedite would probably think that Thomas meant to refer to something else, but Amy's eyes really were big. Come on, it's Anime!
One particular group of tables at the fast food section was bombarded with food for our big group of fighters from earlier. Gokan had already started tucking in, as had Hawk, Angel, Bakaryu, DJ and a new friend, Xell Flamewind, who was kind of like a 16-year-old Goten.
"Man! The burgers and desserts here are great!" DJ called. "Lisa, you've GOTTA try one of these sundaes!" Lisa wouldn't have minded, had it been any type of sundae but chocolate.
"I am not touching that. Don't you guys know how fat chocolate can make you?" she asked.
"Oh, please. You're gonna be using up a lot of energy!" DJ replied.
"Yeah!" Angel chimed in. "It's like I always say: A moment on your lips, a lifetime on your hips.. unless you fight in a tournament!" The combined forces of the laughing of most of the group and the aroma of food were enough for a certain gold-eyed girl to finally wake up.
"Where are we?" Amy asked, yawning.
"We're on a boat." Lisa replied. Amy blinked a few times.
"Very funny. Where are we REALLY?" DJ pointed out of a window.
"Look outside, Aimes." He said. Amy obediently looked and saw water, and lots of it! The view seemed to be shifting, as though she were watching the view from, oddly enough, a ferry.
"It's a good thing the sea's calm," Bakaryu said. "I'd hate for something to happen to any of us before the tournament."
"Yeah, if this ship crashes, then we may sleep with the fishes, but we won't fight with the best!" DJ joked. He followed up with more eating, and Amy joined in too.
"These two eat more than Saiyans do..." Angel said.
"The girl's eating more than ME, and I'm two Saiyans fused in one!" Gokan replied. One thing to be sure of was that someone from the group would have to ask for seconds at some point soon. Lisa sat back and stared out of the window. There were a few clouds floating around, but nothing that should disrupt the calm sea. After aimlessly glancing around the room Lisa noticed Zori blushing immensely, and Zeon trying to be unnoticed. This thought made her smile, just as though she were about to laugh. Suddenly, a fist slammed on the table just in front of her, and she looked up to see Gokan mad again.
"You're thinking about my name again, aren't you?" he snapped.
"What?!" Lisa replied. "I wasn't this time, I swear!"
"Calm your butts down!" DJ interrupted. "Why don't you go find an arcade? There should be some good beat-em-ups to unleash your anger on..." Gokan sat back down. Zori looked a little displeased, though.
"If that guy does so much as lay a finger on Lisa-Chan, I swear to King Kai, I'll-"
"You'll what?" Gokan interrupted. Now it was Zori's turn to sweatdrop.
"No-nothing, really..." he sheepishly replied.
"At least there should be a good show in the actual tournament..." DJ sighed. With all this anger flaring, it was only inevitable for there to be a good fight. But who would win? Was everyone guaranteed survival? And most important of all, could the fights wait for the tournament?
It had been a while since the argument and everyone had calmed down now. DJ had found the latest Dance Dance Revolution arcade and was already dancing on it. Meanwhile I was letting you readers know that I sadly do not own DDR. Back to the story, Amy and Lisa were dressed by now, and all they could do was watch and exchange surprised expressions.
"How can you dance on a boat of all things?" Lisa asked.
"It's the sea level," DJ replied. "If it's calm, I can dance. If it's rough, I'd end up eating one of the walls!" As DJ danced the afternoon away, Amy stared at the set of arrows on the empty Second Player side and sighed.
"I'd love to dance alongside you, DJ," Amy said, dreamily. "But your level of dancing is far superior to mine..."
"What, can you only get to the Back arrow because of your chest?" Lisa asked. Amy frowned and glared angrily.
"Hey, shut up, you hypocrite!" Amy snapped. "You're just mad 'cos YOU can't do it!"
"I don't have time! I still need to do all sorts of training for the many baddies back at our world! Besides, there's too many jumps..." After hearing this, Amy knew she'd hit something.
"I get it. You tease me about my bust so often, but if you go on one of these machines, yours would be bouncing all over!" Amy laughed.
"Well, at least I wouldn't break the machine and send myself toppling forward in the process!" Lisa snapped back. Amy stepped back, tears collecting in her eyes. Whatever part of Lisa she'd hit earlier, Lisa had countered ten folds. Amy sank to her knees and began to cry.
"Bwaaaaaa!! Why are you so mean to me?!"
"You started it!" Lisa replied. "You called me a hypocrite and said I was mad, remember?"
"B-but before that," Amy sniffled. "You.. you said I could only reach the back arrow... you're always mean to me!" DJ had finished his dance by now and was already trying to cheer Amy up.
"Never mind, Aimes, Lisa's just trying to wind you up for the tournament..." how many times had he used THIS excuse? "Besides, even if it is true, you could always learn the steps backwards…"
"You- you really think so?" Amy asked. From a good distance behind a Crazy Taxi machine (I don't own Crazy Taxi! Leave me alone!) Zori and Zeon were watching the whole thing.
"What a load of bullshit." Zeon remarked. "We're about three hours away from the most aggressive island ever, we should be doing last-minute training, and all they can think about is DANCING!?" Zori didn't reply. "Hey, are you STILL staring at Lisa-Chan? Didn't you see the way she treated Amy?"
"So what? She practically asked for it by taking the joke so seriously..." Zori replied.
"What!? Don't you think a girl that busty might be just a LITTLE sensitive about it?" Angel, who was standing right behind them, cleared her throat just loud enough for them both to jump in fright.
"Can you two change the subject, please?" she asked.
"Sorry, but Lisa-Chan is all Zori talks about..." Zeon explained.
"No, she's not! Shut up, man!" Zori retorted, blushing.
"I'm not talking about Lisa-Chan. I'm talking about the B-word. Don't you realise the author's getting mad?" Zeon was confused. Since I'm the author of this story, shouldn't I have been able to make Zeon, Zori and everyone else do what I wanted? To tell you the truth, I let them run amok, 'cos I'm lazy! Anyway, Angel was pretty mad too. She wanted to spend time with her boyfriend Hawk, but she forever had to keep Zori and Zeon under control. Well, at least Zori was calm. Zeon, however, was about to blow a fuse and shout as loud as he could at Angel when a sudden tremor shook the ship a little.
"What was that?" Zeon exclaimed.
"It sounded like it came from up on the deck!" Zori replied. "Let's go check it out!"
"Like we have a choice? It leads to an important part of the plot!"
Another helpless challenger was brought to the floor before the might of Gokan, Xell and Thomas. Zori and Zeon had already reached the deck and were watching the action.
"So, what's gotten THEM so mad?" Zori asked.
"Nothing, really." Zeon replied. "They just heard that there's a place on the island for replenishing Hit Points, Stamina and Ki, so there's time for last-minute training before the big tournament." Hit points? What was this, an RPG?
"It's not just a big tournament." Zori said. "It's THE big tournament. In fact, I thought you'd remember? It's the Ultimate Largely Massive Pointlessly-Named..."
"...Final Super Big Tournament 5, I know..." Zeon interrupted. Of course, he got it wrong, but he was a little jealous that Zori was the only member of the group to actually remember the entire title. Thomas sent another challenger flying with a devastating punch. Zeon ducked under, while Zori jumped over as the opponent slid through the deck doors and rolled down the stairs.
"Hey, you two! You want training, right?" Gokan asked. Zeon and Zori simply nodded. "Then let's go! We'll see if you two can put up more of a fight than those two could..." So as the battle initiated, a smaller figure with big, black spiky hair watched the blistering blurs of fury shoot all over the deck.
"These are some of the strongest powers I've seen in a good long time..." he said to himself. "That guy who invited those other two has a sense of familiarity... though I can't quite figure out what yet..." as Gokan dodged one of Zori's attacks, light reflected on one of his Fusion earrings. "Wait! Those earrings! Of course, it's a fusion! Why didn't I think of it before!?" The figure pushed past many spectators and stood up before Gokan. "Who are you fused with, Kakaro-" he never finished his sentence, however. A swift blow to the gut left the poor stranger gasping for air. Gokan merely looked down on him.
"Oh. Hey, Vegeta. What's up? You entering the tournament too?"
About 15 minutes later Vegeta was recovering in a medical room, getting angrier by the second.
"Goddammit! Damn it all! Damn it to Hell! Kakarot's done it again! And this time he's involved his kid! If Goten becomes stronger than me I'm gonna level this entire planet! Kakarot, you WILL die!" Suddenly, a look of enlightenment crossed Vegeta's face. "I... I can say 'die'? Unbelievable! FUNimation have hardly ever allowed me to do that! Perhaps I can get rid of that stupid 'next dimension' crap once and for all? First thing I'm gonna do is get out of here..." Vegeta got to his feet and attempted to leave, but a sudden shake caused him to fall to the floor! "Damn it! What was that? Can't those stupid little bastards pilot this bucket of bolts right!?"
"Hey, that sea's starting to look a little rough..." Amy said as the ferry started to rock back and forth slightly. DJ looked out of the window, first at the sea, then the clouds.
"From the looks of things, it's not gonna get any better..." he replied. "Hey, where are Zori and Zeon?" That was a good point. Nobody had seen them since they left for practice. And where was Lisa? In fact, it seemed that DJ and Amy were the only ones in the area. A rough wave sent the ship's nose upward and caused Amy to slip down the long seating area. DJ, on the other hand, was holding on to something at the time. Too bad it was just a soda! Amy hardly had any time to move before DJ landed on top of her, so now they were in a heap at one end of the room, and Amy had a huge patch of soda in her hair!
"Eww! I'm gonna be spending AGES washing this out!" Amy cried. "Why couldn't you have grabbed something SECURE?"
"Soooooooo-rriiiiiiiiieeeee..." DJ sighed. There was no way either of them could stand up; the ferry was rocking too hard. It was a good thing nobody else could see this situation, as it was pretty embarrassing. This changed quickly, however, as a sudden dip of the ferry's nose sent DJ and Amy sliding out of the room and crashing into Lisa, then Zori, and then Gokan and Hawk!!
"What the-!? What the heck's on me!?" Gokan screamed. "You're too heavy!"
"What is THAT supposed to mean!?" Lisa cried.
"I kinda think he was referring to the whole group altogether..." DJ explained.
"So, he's calling ALL of us fat!?"
"That's not it, it's-" DJ didn't have time to finish his sentence as Lisa threw everyone off her and pinned Gokan to the wall. Gokan easily pushed Lisa back and the two got into another fist fight. "This isn't the time for fighting! The seas are too rough! You'll make yourselves sick!"
"Please, DJ, don't mention being sick..." Amy moaned. Lisa was having no problem whatsoever deflecting Gokan's attacks, and any attacks she made on him were just as easily blocked. Throughout the whole five minutes, neither of them managed to land a single blow. Gokan slipped down as a result of another shaking, and Lisa was sent toppling forward, thus managing to make a sufficient hit to the face.
"Geez! Gokan'll feel that one in the morning!" Hawk exclaimed.
"Huh? Not me..." Gokan replied. He was right. Lisa had hit the wrong person! This was a young girl with short brown hair (with blonde streaks in), and a body quite similar to Lisa's. The glasses that once rested on the girl's pretty face were now halfway across the deck. Amy walked over to the girl and examined her face.
"Hey, how come Leanne's all the way here?" Amy asked.
"I'm not sure..." Lisa replied. "But when she wakes up, she's gonna kill me..."
Looks like this is it for the chapter leading through the journey. Next up everyone will arrive on the island, meet some MORE new people and register for the tournament. Sorry to all bad-guy fans about the fact that Sephihimoto wasn't shown in this chapter, but he'll definitely be in chapter 3. I'm also sorry if some people feel that some characters aren't saying/doing enough, but there's loads of them! Everyone will have his/her spotlight! :p And don't forget: Positive reviews = good. Negative reviews = good. Mindless flaming = Baaaaaaaaaaad...