*sits in the corner, mumbling to himself*
The disclaimer's coming to get me… It's coming to get me, I tell ya! Gah! Fine, for the sake of the need of a disclaimer (even though Chapters 1 and 2 have one), I own nothing, ya hear? NOTHING! All I own is listed below:
Lisa-Chan, Amy, DJ (2BadGanje), Sephihimoto, Leanne, Danielle = My characters. MINE! *huggles plushies.*
OK, that's it for what I own. The rest of the characters that aren't owned by FUNimation are in fact owned by my friends at the Dragonball Final Bout message board:
Zori = Knuckles14
Hawk Flamewind, Angel Icewind, Xell Flamewind, Mystic Zeon = Hawk XIII
Bakaryu, Thomas Ridley, Jedite (No, it's NOT the one from Sailor Moon!!!) = Zero Nightmare15
Gokan = Clive88
Delon = ssj3Vegito
Kage = ssjGoten45
Zin = Chibi Super Shadow
Hidoi the android = Zagatosan
Rilku = Glassminotaur
Wow! I've managed to limit the count of characters from other games to just ONE! That's gotta be a first!
Hitomi = Dead or Alive 3 (TECMO)
I've been going on long enough, and the chapter hasn't even started yet, so I'd better get cracking!
The Ultimate Largely Massive Pointlessly-Named Big Final Bout Super Tournament… 5!!! – Chapter 4!
'Night-time. But how to describe it?' Amy thought. Not a single star was out that night, only the large, white glowing orb we know as the moon. As though to be theatrical, the moon's reflective light only fell on Lisa-Chan, who was curled up in a ball on her bed, yet still wide awake. Not moving, not even daring to blink. Night-time. That's all there was to it.
Forgetting about how beautiful the night sky looked, Amy leaned over toward Lisa, who still didn't move.
"Hey, are you OK?" Amy asked cheerfully. To her surprise, she heard no response. "Come on! What's the matter?" Amy looked around to see if anyone else was awake. The only people in that particular room were Lisa, Amy, DJ and Leanne. Leanne was already asleep and DJ wasn't too far off with his walkman on. Amy had just noticed a reflection of her gold eyes from a mirror when Lisa finally spoke.
"I don't wanna talk about it…" she said, softly.
"Is it… is it because of what happened tonight?" those words shot through Lisa like a bullet through a glass statue. She got up and grabbed Amy by the forearms, pinning her against the wall.
"I said I didn't wanna talk about it, damn it!" she cried. "Do those breasts absorb sound waves before they reach your ears!?" Amy tried to break free, but she couldn't move.
"Lisa, you're hurting me…" Amy winced, tears building up in her eyes. Lisa noticed this, and loosened her grip. She then sank to her knees.
"I… I'm sorry, Amy…" she said. "I really don't know where that came from. It's just… all this time I've never been seen topless before. Not once… but everyone saw me, Amy. My reputation's destroyed…"
"Ah, no it's not!" Amy chimed. "It would be if you intended for it to happen. Besides, the guys seemed OK with it…"
"They would! They're guys, remember?" Amy decided now was a good time to keep her mouth shut, but as soon as both girls had gone to their beds, another thought crossed Amy's mind.
"Hey, Lisa?" Amy asked. "What do you think of Zori?"
"Say what?" Lisa asked. "Well, he's kinda cool when you think about it, and his fighting style's among the most impressive I've seen…" Amy just giggled.
"I mean, do you fancy him?" After hearing this, Lisa blushed immensely.
"Amy, I hardly know Zori. Why are you always trying to rush me into everything?"
"Actually, you're the one who's prone to rushing me…" Amy replied. "Besides, you gotta admit, you two would make a cute couple…" Lisa closed her eyes and sighed.
"Yeah, I guess he is kinda cute…" she replied. "I wanna see what he's like when Zeon's not around, though. They're pretty comical when they're together, but I wanna see what Zori's like when he's all alone with a girl he obviously has the hots for…"
"Hey, if you two are gonna be up all night doing girl talk I may as well transform into D-Chan!" DJ interrupted. "Let's just go to sleep, so that we're ready for the tournament."
"OK." Amy and Lisa said.
"OK, everybody, the sports event you've all been waiting for has finally arrived! This is the Ultimate Largely Massive… pointless… thingy… thing…" Chichi announced, quickly losing her words.
"Oh, let me!" Bulma exclaimed. "This is the Ultimate Largely Massive Pointlessly-Named Big Final… erm… Final THINGY!!" Despite the errors in the tournament's name, the audience were cheering wildly anyway. The audience areas has standing and sitting areas wrapped around the total arena space, which consisted of a very large square of grass, a concrete platform in the middle, and some floating platforms around the sides. "Anyway, I understand that this is the fifth of these massive tournaments that are held here every year. We sure had a great bout last year, didn't we Chichi?"
"We sure did, Bulma, our legendary champion Hercule (yeah, right!) won the tournament last year and gained the Final Bout trophy of 2002! Now he's planning to defend his title as the number one martial arts champion of the world!" As Chichi was finishing her sentence, Hercule waltzed into the arena, flexing his muscles and all the usual crap, while getting a surprisingly high level of cheer from the fans. "Look at him now, getting all the attention from his adoring fans!" Chichi announced. "Can anyone defeat this man?"
"Please say yes, someone, please say yes!" Bulma called. Hercule didn't notice this, or at least he pretended not to.
Meanwhile, our friends were all huddled up in a bunch, trying to get a look at the Battle chart. Yajirobi was hanging around to give the group a 'much needed' explanation.
"This chart will determine who each fighter's opponent is, and how the battles will be determined." Yajirobi said. Lisa confidently walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"No shit, Sherlock!" She said as she effortlessly pushed him out of the way. Forgetting about Yajirobi, who was now rolling down the corridor, Lisa took a quick peek at the chart and smiled.
"How's it look?" Zori asked.
"Very good indeed, my friend." Lisa replied. "At least to me…" Curious for explanation, Zori looked up at the chart, which read as follows:
· DJ vs. Zeon
· Amy vs. Zori
· Gokan vs. Lisa-Chan
· Leanne vs. Bakaryu
· Thomas vs. Sephihimoto
· Xell vs. Cell V.2
· Hawk vs. Vegeta
· Delon vs. Kage
· Zin vs. Piccolo
· Hercule vs. ???
"The Initiation Round will consist of ten battles to determine who goes into the Quarter Finals, and who is entered for Consolation Battles for a chance to win second or third places. Winners of the Quarter Finals will be entered in the Semi Finals, then to the Final, and whoever wins the final gets the grand prize of ¥47 billion. We hold special battles for those who aren't as fortunate as the winners, and whoever comes out on top of these can win the Second prize of ¥23.5 billion, or the Third prize of ¥11.75 billion. You are very likely to get hurt in this tournament, so every contestant below third place has a guaranteed ¥2 billion prize. Hey, are we great, or what?""See, Lisa?" DJ asked. "You and Gokan can finally have your little face-off…"
"It's more than that!" Lisa and Gokan called simultaneously. Amy took a good look at the chart and noticed something interesting.
"There isn't an opponent for that wash-out Hercule…" Amy stated. "I wonder what's up with that…"
"Never mind," Hawk interrupted. He was eager to get the battles under way. "Let's just go out there and do the very best we possibly can!"
"YEAH!" Everyone cheered.
"And no matter what, we don't let anything that happens here change our friendships!" DJ announced.
"YEAH!" Everyone cheered.
"And as soon as we're done, we eat loads and loads of ice cream until we just can't eat any more and our stomachs are bulging!" Amy announced.
"Huh?" was the group's confused reply. Xell was just about to question Amy's plan of action, when the intercom buzzed over their heads.
"Attention, contestants, the tournament is about to begin, so please proceed to your designated areas." Krillin's voice said. Everyone practically rushed forth. Boy, were they ready for this! The only ones still near the chart were Lisa and Zori.
"Unless either you or I win all out…" Zori said. "There's a good chance that we might actually be fighting each other, pretty girl…" Suddenly, millions of thoughts shot through Lisa's head at once. Where had she heard that phrase in Zori's voice before? It all seemed really familiar, like it had happened in her childhood, or something. Lisa knew she had to give this some thought, but she'd have felt pretty silly if she didn't answer soon.
"Y-Yeah…" she replied. "Umm… good luck…"
"Yeah, you too." Zori started walking to the area. Lisa followed him.
"Zori? If we did fight… how would you react?" Lisa asked.
"Well, since it's a tournament, I'd see my opponent as… well, my opponent, really." Zori replied. "But I really don't wanna hurt you, Lisa-Chan… that's the last thing I ever wanna do…" Lisa blushed slightly.
"Well… to tell you the truth, Zori… I don't wanna hurt you, either. But we can't let friendship get in the way… nor can we allow it to be tarnished…" Zori smiled. 'See? I told Zeon, but he wouldn't listen! Lisa-Chan really does have a heart of gold…' he thought. Soon they both reached the designated rooms. There were separate rooms on the corridor, one for male combatants, and the other for female. 'OK, looks like it's now or never…'
"This is it." Lisa said. "You sure you're ready?"
"Hey, no sweat!" Zori replied. "I could handle all of ya with just one hand!"
"Hey, we don't need two DJs around here! You should just be yourself, Zori. OK?"
"Y-Yeah, sure. So, are you ready for the tournament, Lisa-Chan?"
"I was born ready. While Amy was always too busy eating and chasing DJ, I always found time to get some training in, so that I could fight whenever I needed to. A girl's gotta look after herself, ya know?" Zori nodded as he turned to walk through his door. He stopped and turned to face Lisa.
"From what I saw last night, I'd say you've looked after yourself pretty well…" Lisa blushed immensely. She honestly had no idea what to say at all. It took a while, but there was something that Lisa felt she just had to say, no matter what.
"Th-thanks, Zori…" she managed to say. Amy poked her head out of the door, shocking Lisa and Zori with the following phrase.
"Hey, how long are you two lovebirds gonna stand here?" Amy asked. "They're getting ready for the battles already!"
"OK, OK, keep your blimps on…" Lisa replied. Amy frowned and slammed the door.
"Damn meanie!" she said. Lisa and Zori just giggled.
The initiation of the first match of the day saw the audience flaring up in applause.
"Chichi, our first battle of this tournament is all ready to go!" announced Bulma.
"That's right, Bulma, our first match-up is between DJ and Mystic Zeon!" called Chichi. "Will our fighters and referee please enter the arena so we can get this party started?" Krillin stood still in the middle of the arena.
"Yeah, it's all right for you two, you get a nice safe booth…" he sighed. "I'm gonna get beaten up, I know it! OK, OK, bout one of the Ultimate whatchamacallit thingamajig thingy…" Suddenly Zori called out from the contestant's area:
"For crying out loud, it's The Ultimate Largely Massive Pointlessly-Named Big Final Bout Super Tournament 5!" Zori looked around and blushed when he noticed that Lisa was doing the exact same thing from the area where she was. They could at least wave to each other before Krillin gave them cold stares, indicating to go back to the designated areas.
"Please, only the combatants for the current bout are permitted to kick ass in the arena." Krillin said. "DJ, Zeon, you're up first!" DJ stepped up onto the massive marble stage on the east side while Zeon stepped up on the west side.
"So, are you ready, Zeon?" DJ asked.
"Why shouldn't I be?" Zeon replied. "After all, this is the day we've been waiting for, isn't it?"
"All right, you two, I wanna tough clean fight!" Krillin announced. "I don't wanna see any weapons, firearms, or hits below the belt!" DJ and Zeon looked down at their clothes.
"We're not wearing belts…" Zeon pointed out.
"Good point. Ah, well. Let's get it on!"
"You might wanna step back a bit, guys…" Zori advised. Gokan stepped forward.
"Why's that, Zori?" he asked.
"Well, I know what Zeon's punches are like, whether he's against a friend or not…" As if to demonstrate Zori's words, Zeon threw the first punch straight to DJ's head. DJ blocked this with a counter punch to the fist, but the connection caused a powerful shockwave which sent everyone else to the floor!
"D-D-D-D-DAMN! What WAS that!?" Vegeta exclaimed. Zori stood up.
"I told you guys…" he replied. "Zeon can punch with a highly threatening force. If he can't hit his opponent, there's a good chance he can still knock it over…" Meanwhile, on the girls' side, Amy was only just getting up to her feet.
"Was all that from Zeon's punch!?" Amy exclaimed in question.
"I guess so…" Lisa replied. "Why? Getting scared?"
"I'm not scared of ANYTHING!" Amy retorted. Leanne wasn't at all convinced that Amy wasn't afraid. Noticing the fact that Amy's top button was undone, and an innocent little spider walking along the wall, Leanne saw the perfect chance to test this theory…
'Should I, or shouldn't I?' Leanne thought. 'Nah. Too evil. But then, she is asking for it with that attitude… I reckon this should be fun…'
A few minutes into the fight, DJ had decided to move into the offensive, throwing blisteringly fast punches in Zeon's direction, although any moves Zeon didn't parry, he blocked altogether!
"Wow! Have you ever seen such quick moves in your life, Chichi?" Bulma asked.
"Hah! My sweet Goku's much faster than that!" Chichi retorted. "They're not even hitting each other, it's just one person blocking another! When will one of you connect a blow!?" DJ turned his head to see Chichi.
"Oh, SHUT UP!!!" he shouted before getting a swift kick to the cheek from Zeon. DJ spiralled to the floor, landing just a few feet away from the arena's edge.
"What's wrong, DJ?" Zeon asked. "You're a sitting duck…"
"Geez!" DJ called as he rubbed his cheek. "Who let Chichi in as a commentator anyway?" Suddenly, DJ swept his left foot across the floor, tripping Zeon down to the ground. This was followed by Zeon grabbing DJ and throwing him into the air, then flying after him to resume the fight. After another array of speedy punches, kicks and various ki shots, Zeon paused for a second, seemingly oozing with energy.
"Now you're going down!" DJ announced. "I'm not like the characters you see on Dragonball Z who just wait for everything! I'll take you down with one blow before you can finish charging up!" Zeon just smirked. But was DJ serious, or was it an act of overconfidence? Launching himself forward, DJ swung his right fist into Zeon's head, but at the instant his punch connected, DJ felt like his hand had just been stuck in a deep fat fryer! With this new pain, DJ couldn't defend himself from Zeon's next attack:
"What were you saying about me going down?" Zeon asked. "FINAL KAMEHAMEHA!" Yep. All DBZ fans will know this kind of attack. A beam of energy flew from Zeon's palms as he clasped them together, sending DJ flying back down to the arena! Zeon flew down in pursuit as DJ crashed into the hard marble floor.
"Geez! What WAS that!?" DJ asked. "Maybe I should have used a ki attack…" DJ wearily stood up. He didn't look like he could take much more of this. DJ had tried almost everything he could on his own. There was only one thing left… but before DJ or Zeon could do anything they heard a loud scream coming from the girls' area, and Amy ran out into the arena with a big spider clinging to her shirt.
"Get it offa me! Get it offa me!!!" Amy cried. DJ could only watch as Amy ran circles around both him and Zeon.
"Is she like this all the time?" Zeon asked.
"Amy's terribly arachnophobic…" DJ replied. "Me too, actually…"
"Get it offa me!!!!" Amy cried again. DJ wasn't going near that eight-legged thing, even if it was to help Amy. Nah, he couldn't just leave her hanging… or IT hanging, rather, since it's the spider clinging to her shirt. "Do something! It's gonna crawl into my shirt! Ewwwwwww!!!" DJ effortlessly picked the spider up, took one look at it and threw it a hundred miles away.
"Get away from me, you eight-legged freak!!!" DJ cried. He was right about being arachnophobic. After watching this, it was Bulma's turn to get mad.
"Get off the arena!!!" Bulma cried. "That area is for official Final Bout Battlers only! Wait your turn!"
"Sorry…" Amy replied, blushing. She quickly returned to her area while DJ and Zeon just stared.
"Poor Amy…" Zeon said. "Well, let's get back to the battle!" While a long pause if anything, this was definitely not enough for DJ to regain any stamina. Now Zeon was probably going to kill him with one of those shockwave punches!
"This could be going one way, folks! DJ's not looking so hot!" Chichi announced.
"Just shows how much your taste in men sucks!!" a girl from the audience called. She had long flowing dark brown hair which got lighter as it went down.
"Hey! What's wrong with Goku!?" Chichi retorted. DJ looked over to the girl.
"Danielle, what's going on?" DJ asked. "How did you get here?" Danielle jumped down from the audience to see DJ.
"Unfortunately, I got here the same way as everyone else…" she replied. "Anyway, I came to cheer you on!" DJ was confused. He hadn't told Danielle about the tournament. He hadn't even seen her since she'd left for some training, although DJ never knew what training it was.
"Can we fight yet!?" Zeon called.
"Hey! What did I tell you about the arena being for Final Bout Battlers only!?" Bulma shouted.
"I have every right to be here!" Danielle replied.
"You do?" asked Zeon.
"Yeah, I'm err… I'm… err… DJ's… cheerleader!" Everyone fainted.
"That's nice, now can we start fighting again?"
"You really like fighting, don't you Zeon?" DJ asked. "OK, let's go. But first…" DJ suddenly flared up his energy and was suddenly wearing an open yellow jacket with yellow jeans and a yellow cap. Across his bare tanned chest he wore a gold chain with the words "2BAD" on the front.
"Is that the new Super Saiyan look!?" Zeon asked.
"That's a good point, actually…" Gokan asked from the boys' area. "What the Heck IS that?"
"No idea whatsoever…" replied Zori. "Any ideas, Bakaryu?"
"Not a one…" replied Bakaryu. "I'd ask him, but I'd get shouted at by Bulma…"
"I know what that is…" Piccolo said. "It's a boy wearing lots of expensive clothes…"
"Thank you, Captain Obvious!" Vegeta exclaimed. "Now how about telling us WHO it is!" Everyone seemed as clueless as each other. Delon, however, looked as though he knew something.
"Could the 2BAD symbol on his chest mean something?…"
"Hey! Did you see that, girls!?" Angel asked. "DJ just did some… thing! Now he's giving off more power than I've ever known him to!"
"That's because you've only known him about a day or so…" Lisa replied. "Oh, and he's changed into that cutie 2BadGanje!"
"Lisa, you know DJ gets embarrassed when people call him cute…" Amy replied. "But you're right about the power. Where does he get it all from?" Leanne seemed a little confused.
"I dunno, I can't really sense anything…" she said. "How can you tell his power levels?" Amy and Lisa just stared. How could Leanne not sense it? All RocketGuys and RocketGirls had the ability to sense increasing or decreasing power, and some humans had been trained to sense it too. So why couldn't Leanne? Amy thought there had to be some kind of secret, but before she could think of anything…
"WOW! DJ's really kicking ass out there!" Lisa cried. Amy turned to watch…
Now that DJ had become 2BadGanje, his offensive level had increased dramatically! "Now there's no escape, Zeon!" he called. Suddenly, DJ's right fist started to glow. This could only mean trouble… "SUPER HARD PUNCH-FAREWELL TO THE OPPONENT'S FACE!" With one swing, DJ's glowing fist knocked Zeon flying into the audience area, resulting in the very first time DJ had managed to knock Zeon down!
"Whoa!!" Bulma exclaimed. "Well, since Zeon's landed out of the arena, that means DJ's the winner!" DJ sank to his knees, gasping for breath.
"Barely made it. That sure wasn't no walk in the park..." he sighed.
"This means DJ is through to the Quarter Finals and Zeon has been entered for the first round of the Consolation Battles!" announced Chichi.
"Way to go, DJ!" Amy cheered.
"I knew you could do it…" Danielle said, smiling. "I just knew it!"
"………I didn't…" DJ replied.
Chapter 4 is finally out of the way! Expect many more fights in chapter 5 where, to start things off, Amy battles Zori! There'll be lots of fun, thrills, and best of all, fights! Oh yeah, I don't actually own the Super Hard Punch thing. I just heard it somewhere, and thought it sounded really cool, so I used it. If you know who DID make it up, tell him (or her) I'm incredibly sorry!