Screw the disclaimer, let's just get on with it! :-p (I don't own anything that Krillin rips off.)
The Ultimate Largely Massive Pointlessly-Named Big Final Bout Super Tournament… 5!!! – Chapter 5!
"I don't believe this!" Zeon said as he staggered back to the Contestants' Waiting Area. "How could I have lost?"
"You almost didn't…" DJ replied as he followed Zeon. As you'll know if you read chapter 4 (which I'm sure you did), the tournament began with DJ facing Mystic Zeon, and DJ managed to win by knocking Zeon out of the arena. This was a lucky move for DJ, as in a straight punch-up Zeon would have wiped the floor with him!
"Ya know, I'd do something special for Amy if I were you…" Zeon said. "I think she and her arachnophobia saved you."
"OK, fight fans! Our next battle is between Amy and Zori!" announced Bulma. "Zori's out here to impress a special someone, as I understand from our local gossipers, while Amy's reason for participation remains unknown!"
'It's because Lisa dragged me into it…' Amy thought as she hesitantly stepped up onto the arena. Hundreds of thousands of cheering fans were once again in sheer ecstasy as another fight drew to its commencement. But something didn't seem right. Amy certainly wasn't an expert as far as fighting was concerned, but in a bout there was supposed to be a second participant, right? So where was Zori?
"Attention, Zori, your scheduled match with Amy is about to begin! Will you please proceed to the main arena?" Chichi called through the intercom. Zori was back at the waiting area with Zeon.
"Hey, where's Lisa-Chan?" Zori asked.
"She'll be watching, like the rest of us! Just go!" Zeon replied. Zori stepped up onto the arena, noticing Amy's hesitant stance. 'It's as though Amy's afraid of something…' Zori thought. 'Is she still in shock from the spider, or does she just really, really hate fighting?' Suddenly, Amy and Zori heard a voice call out:
"Amy, if you win, you'll eat my fist!!" Zori turned to see Lisa calling from the girls' waiting area. Looks like she'd be watching after all.
"OK, fighters!" announced Krillin. "First, you must shake hands before we can properly initiate this battle!"
"Hey, DJ, did we do that, or not?" Zeon asked.
"Yep, we did." DJ answered. "It's just that it wasn't written in, for some reason. That's how sneaky the author is…" OK, so this is the part where they shake hands and then fight, yes? Well, what we haven't told you is that sometimes Zori likes to daydream. And until he snaps out of it he has no idea what he's doing, so supposedly he's shaking Amy's hand. 'Hey, why is Amy's hand so warm?' Zori thought. 'Feels kinda round, too. Has she clenched it into a fist? Must be a pretty soft fist…'
"Umm, Zori?" Krillin asked. sweat dropping. "That's not Amy's hand…" Zori blinked, and regained his senses. This was when he realised that Krillin was right. He was standing there, in the middle on the arena, in front of hundreds of thousands of people, clutching Amy's left breast! Zori screamed and quickly jumped back, while Amy just stood there, befuddled.
"Whaaa!!!" What am I doing?!?!? I'm sorry Amy, really!" Zori cried. Amy just stared as a pink question mark appeared above her head.
"Uhhhhh, why would you do that?" Amy asked.
"Zoo-riiiiiiiiiiii!!!" Lisa cried out. This action was hard to decipher. Was Lisa mad because Zori seemed more interested in Amy than the fight (at least it looked that way from a spectator's point of view) or was she jealous because it didn't happen to her?
"Umm, with that out of the way," Krillin continued. "This is to be a battle between Amy from Tokyo on this planet and Zori from the planet Vegeta! Are you ready?"
"No…" Amy whimpered.
"Good! Dragonball Fighters… DRAGON-BATTLE!!!" Back at the waiting area, DJ was just as lost as Amy was a few seconds ago.
"Is it just me, Zeon, or did Krillin just rip off Mr. Referee from Medabots?" DJ asked.
"Well, he ripped off Mills Lane from Celebrity Deathmatch in our battle…" Zeon replied. "I guess he's trying to see if anyone will notice…"
Zori decided to start things off by launching himself towards Amy and throwing very fast punches at her, while Amy's countermeasure was… to run away.
"WAAAAAAAAGH! Go away! He's going to kill me!!!" Amy cried.
"Amy, I promise I won't kill you!" Zori said. "This is just a tournament, it's not like you're a threat to the planet!"
"But it's gonna hurt!" Amy cried again.
"Gawd, you are such a chicken!" Lisa called. "Your chest will probably absorb all attacks anyway!"
"Stop teasing me!" Amy retorted. With Amy distracted, Zori saw an opening and swiftly jabbed Amy's arm. Falling to the floor, Amy looked back at Zori.
"Ow!! See? I told you it would hurt!" she cried. Zori pulled Amy back to her feet.
"I'm sorry, but I can't show you any mercy, Amy. Besides, we agreed that this tournament wouldn't affect our friendships…" he said.
"But… I really, really hate fighting…" Amy replied.
"Look, if you at least attempt to have a fight, I'll get you some ice cream afterwards. OK?" Suddenly, Amy's eyes lit up.
"OK!" She chimed as she punched Zori in his nose. Is that any way to say thanks for the ice cream? Well, at least Amy was participating, now, which was what Zori planned. Zori tried to sweep-kick Amy down to the floor, but she jumped over Zori's leg and kicked him down instead. Quickly standing back up, Zori managed to catch a punch and immobilise Amy in fear!
"Nice moves, Amy…" Zori said. "But let's see how you like Zeon's trick!" With that, Zori effortlessly threw Amy high into the air and clasped his palms together, accumulating ki energy. "FINAL KAMEHAMEHA!" Amy opened her eyes in time to see a huge wave of ki roaring in her direction.
"If I don't do something to deflect this, it's really gonna hurt!!" Amy cried. Clasping her palms together, Amy started to accumulate energy and created five swirls of water from thin air. "AQUANIHILLATION!" About two seconds later these swirls of water propelled multiple jets of high pressure water at the Final Kamehameha wave, countering it and causing a huge reactive explosion! Unfortunately for Amy, the explosion occurred too close and she was sent hurtling back to the ground. Landing with a huge thud and causing a slight crater in the arena, Amy was knocked unconscious.
"Well, she put up a good fight, but Amy is incapable of continuing the fight!" Krillin announced. "This means the winner is Zori!" The audience roared in cheer as Zori approached Amy.
"I'm sorry I had to do that…" he sighed. "Don't worry, Amy. When you wake up you'll start to feel better."
Amy awoke in the Medical Room just near the entrance to the arena. DJ, Zori, Lisa, Hawk and Angel were there with her.
"Where… where am I?" Amy asked.
"You're in the Medical Room." Angel replied. "Are you OK? You took a pretty bad fall there…"
"I… I guess I'm OK… but… I can't remember what happened in the fight! The last thing I remember is Krillin pretending to be Mr. Referee…" Danielle entered the room, looking red in the face and out of breath.
"They're madmen out there!!" she cried. "A bunch of kids started throwing stuff and Krillin tried using me as a shield! Of all the nerve!"
"I guess they'll want me to beat up Gokan, then…" Lisa replied.
"I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you…" DJ said. "Gokan's really looking forward to this too, ya know?"
"Yeah, I know. Well, I'd better be getting off now…"
"Good luck, pretty girl!" Zori said. This got Lisa thinking again. This whole 'pretty girl' thing was really familiar, but when did it all happen? And what happened anyway? Had Lisa actually met Zori before? And if so, when did they go their separate ways?
"All right! Our next battle is one that we've been waiting a LONG time for!" Chichi called. "Next up is Lisa vs. Gokan!" Gokan was already on the arena platform.
"Finally!" he called. "I'll show her what happens to those who make fun of my name!" Lisa, who was also in a rush to get started, decided to use Instant Translocation to get to her post.
"Finally, the beginning of the greatest battle ever!" Lisa announced.
"OK, you two, don't forget to shake hands!" Krillin reminded Lisa and Gokan. Both Lisa and Gokan looked really hesitant about this…
"Do we… have to?" Lisa asked.
"Yeah, we're kinda not friends with each other…" Gokan added. "She keeps making fun of my name…"
"Just shut up, cast your differences aside and shake!!" Krillin yelled. Hesitantly, Lisa extended her right arm. Gokan did the same and they were shaking before they knew it. Suddenly, Gokan yelled in pain and jumped back.
"Yeow!! Geez, why did your hand get so hot?!" Gokan asked.
"Maybe 'cos I'm a fire-type RocketGirl," Lisa replied. "I mainly use fire-based attacks and I can generate heat from anywhere I want!"
"Damn you! You're not the only one who can generate energy! How about we start this match off with some powerful wave attacks? Think you can handle that?" Lisa smirked at Gokan's offer.
"I think I can manage…" she replied.
Back at the Male Waiting Area, Vegeta was watching Gokan with menacing black eyes. 'Well, Kakarot, let's see if you can handle this girl's power…' he thought.
"Father, is that you?" Zori interrupted Vegeta's trail of thought. He turned to face Zori with a menacing look on his face.
"What!? Who do you think you're calling 'father'? I haven't even seen you before!" Vegeta shot. But then he thought 'Wait a minute… this child does look at least a little familiar… but could he really be my son?'
"Well, the match is about to get under way!" Chichi called. "Let's hope it's as good as the last one! Eh, Bulma?"
"That's right, Chichi! Who'd have guessed that Amy would have put up such a good fight against my little boy?" Bulma replied.
"LITTLE BOY!?" Vegeta exclaimed. "Damn it, it IS true!!!"
"Is it THAT bad to be my father, Dad?" Zori asked. "I mean, really?" Vegeta stopped breathing for a minute. It wasn't that being Zori's father was a bad thing, it was all just so unexpected. Besides, why didn't Bulma tell him about this? And how did he get red hair? Mind you, Trunks had purple hair, so Vegeta guessed he could let that slide. But being the proud Saiyan prince he was, could he really allow his feelings to come into view?
"A bad thing? Well, I guess that depends, son. Just as long as you're nothing like Kakarot, things will be OK. Now, let's watch the fight, so we can see who will triumph out of these two…"
"Err, who do you wanna win, Dad?" Zori asked.
"Well, I promise you I won't be rooting for Kakarot and his boy any time soon," Vegeta replied. "What is that girl's name? You're interested in her, right?"
"Oh, you mean Lisa-Chan? Yeah, I like her. I like her a lot! In fact… hey, wait a minute! Why am I telling you this? You may be my Dad, but I've still only just met you!" Vegeta suddenly burst out laughing at Zori's response.
"Ah, yes, you show potential! Let's see how you handle in your next battle…"
"OK, so you're both ready with your special attacks?" Krillin asked.
"Ready and waiting!" Gokan replied.
"Ready and yawning!" Lisa retorted. "Let's get on with it!"
"Err, OK… THREE! TWO! ONE! LET IT RIP!!!"
"Great!" Bulma exclaimed. "Now he's ripping off Beyblade!"
"Why can't you just be yourself, baldy!?" Chichi shouted. Krillin looked up at Chichi.
"Ah, shaddap!!" he called. Now, back to the fight…
"My, what a pretty face… too bad I'm gonna ruin it!!" Gokan shot. "CONSTANT-KAMEHAMEHA!!!" Now, the Constant Kamehameha is a lot like a standard one, except it's more powerful and it just continues until Gokan runs out of ki energy.
"You don't think I'm just gonna stand here and let that hit me, do you?" Lisa asked before assuming her ki wave position once more. "JUBEH-HERWORTHAMATA!!!" Yep, another variation of the Kamehameha. This one is a lot brighter, has three times more power and is also used as a handy search light when you point it in the air. And that's just the regular Herworthamata, but Lisa's using the one that's ten times more powerful. The collision between the two waves caused a highly reactive explosion which continued for as long as the blasts were propelled at each other. From that moment, everything was engulfed in a brilliant whitish blue light, causing everyone in the stadium to instinctively close their eyes.
"I can't see a thing! What's happening down there?" Chichi asked.
"I dunno, but I think I know a way to find out!" Bulma replied. "Hey, Krillin! Open your eyes!"
"What!?" Krillin exclaimed. "No way!"
"Well, this is just great!" Chichi said, angrily. "The fight we've all been waiting for since these two met each other, and we don't get to see it!!"
"Hold your horses, Chichi! All we have to do is wait until they stop using their wave attacks!" Bulma explained. "That way, we can see them beating each other to bloody pulps!"
Back at the medical room, Amy could hear all the noise and crashing and all sorts of other sounds you hear when Goku uses Kamehameha.
"My gosh! What's going on out there?" Amy asked.
"Lisa and Gokan are killing each other." Danielle replied. "It's easy to guess that those two would be packing the heavy artillery…"
"You're not hurting too bad after your match, are you Amy?" DJ asked.
"I'm OK, I'm just hungry again, that's all…" Only Amy could go into a battle, get knocked out and switch straight to the topic of food.
"I think Zori said something about checking the fridge, or something…" Angel told Amy. Amy, looking puzzled, opened the fridge door to find lots and lots of ice cream!
"Hey! Zori kept his word! He got me some ice cream!" Amy squealed happily. Angel counted up to ninety-five 2-litre tubs of ice cream as Amy started eating again.
"She calls all that SOME ice cream?" Angel asked herself.
Back at the fight, Lisa and Gokan were still continuing their powerful ki wave attacks!
"Damn it, why don't you just give up!?" Lisa called. "You know I'm just gonna end up beating you anyway!"
"Never! I'll never give in to the likes of you!" Gokan retorted. "Why are you being so stubborn anyway?"
"Stubborn!? Me!? You're the one who won't let this whole name thing drop! Besides, if you're threatening to break my face, I'm gonna defend myself, aren't I?" After this, well I'm not sure what happened. It was probably too big a build-up of energy, or the reacting ki blasts just thought "forget this!", but a gigantic explosion occurred in the middle of the arena, blowing dust and smoke everywhere!
"Well, at least we can all see again!" Bulma announced. "And when the smoke clears, we'll see who won, and who got knocked out!"
"I hope Goku and Gohan are all right!" Chichi said. "That Lisa-Chan girl had better have wussed out!" It took a few minutes for the dust to clear, and when it did… neither combatant had fallen! Instead they were engaged in close-range combat, hastily punching and kicking at each other. Lisa and Gokan were just attacking and deflecting, just like back on the ferry!
"God, not this again!" Chichi bawled. "Goku, Gohan, hit her already!!"
"Damn it, Chichi, you're a commentator! You're not supposed to be biased!!" Bulma exclaimed.
"Oh, yeah? Well, how about asking me if I give a damn!?"
"Christ! Who does that old bat think she is!?" Lisa said. "I don't even know her and the bat's out for my head!"
"Excuse me, but that's my wife you're talking about!" Gokan replied. "Or is it my Mom? Wait a sec… damn it, father and son fusion is confusing!!!" In all the confusion, Lisa managed to grab one of Gokan's kicks.
"If that's the case, try asking HER!!" she called as she threw Gokan up to the commentator's booth, sending him on a collision course with Chichi!
"EEEK!! Goku! Gohan!" Chichi cried.
"Umm… hi, honey…" Gokan said, sheepishly. "I mean, Mom… I mean, aww crap!" Bulma just stared at the both of them, bewildered.
"Well, Gokan's outside of the arena, so that makes Lisa-Chan the winner!" Bulma announced.
"WHAT!?" Gokan and Chichi cried simultaneously. Lisa just looked around at all her adoring fans.
"Thank you! Thanks, everybody!" she called. "I'd like to dedicate this victory to… umm… everybody here! Especially Zori!"
"Well, it seems that Kakarot and his son bit off more than they could chew this time…" Vegeta smiled. "It also seems that Lisa-Chan is interested in YOU, son…"
"Umm… my name's Zori…" Zori replied.
After everyone had done congratulating Lisa and consoling Gokan, Delon stopped DJ for a second.
"I couldn't help noticing your transformation in your bout, DJ…" Delon said. "So, you're the one known as 2BadGanje…"
"That's right!" DJ grinned. "Lisa says I'm cute, but not as cute as Zori. I dunno whether to be happy or sad…"
"I'd be prepared if I were you. There's someone really evil after you. I'm not sure when he's gonna arrive, but all I know is that he's very powerful…"
"Well, whatever happens, we'll be ready. We always are…" DJ turned to face Bakaryu. "That reminds me, are you ready for your match-up? Leanne will be pretty tough to beat, so…" DJ would have managed to finish his sentence if Leanne hadn't pummelled him to the ground with a mallet she pulled out of nowhere.
"Hey! Are you wanting me to lose?!" she cried.
"What is this? I can't give supporting words to two people at once! Gimme a chance!" DJ wearily staggered to his feet. "OK, Leanne… umm… thanks a heap! I can't remember what I was gonna tell you! Oh yeah, I don't think they'll permit you to summon that big dragon thingy…"
"Big dragon thingy?" Bakaryu asked.
"He means Dragoon…" Leanne said. "Anyway, I think I've realised why I couldn't sense anything back in those past few battles we've been watching… I don't really think I'm actually a RocketGirl…"
"Say what?" Amy asked. "Then why can you use all these powers?"
"That would be because I'm Sailor Dragoon, Amy…"
"So… that also explains why you don't get hungry as often as we do, and why you can't eat as much…" Amy added.
"And why you hit me over the head!" DJ added. Leanne just giggled a bit. "It's not funny! That really hurt!"
"Sorry, DJ, but this is Anime after all! You can't expect something funny like that to just not happen!" DJ just gave up and walked away, still rubbing his head. Now it was Zori and Lisa's turn to start talking.
"Umm, I saw the fight…" Zori started. "You got some great moves!"
"Thanks, Zori…" Lisa replied. "Ya know, in a way I could feel you cheering me on… especially when we initiated the melee style combat…"
"But of course. After all, I showed you those moves first!"
"Wha-!? Zori, what do you mean?" Lisa asked.
"You don't remember? When you were a little cutie pie, you used to watch me training all the time! It was so cute how you'd always pick the same spot to watch me…"
"You mean… under the smallest apple tree?" Well, now it was official: Lisa had met Zori before! Now that she thought about it some more, she did recall running through a forest every day after lunch, creeping up to the grounds where a young boy was seemingly always in training, and sitting down under an apple tree to watch him. "But Zori, didn't you have a tail then?"
"Yeah, but like Goku, I had mine removed 'cos I didn't like the idea of becoming a huge destructive ape every full moon. Besides, I wouldn't be able to spend a moonlit evening with you if I were over fifty times your size, would I?" Zori laughed. In his laughter, he didn't notice another immense blush crossing Lisa's face.
"Cool it, Zori, you're making her blush!" Zeon interrupted. Zori stopped laughing.
"Good." He replied. "It's cute when Lisa-Chan blushes." Zeon was about to talk some more when DJ's voice cut through the room.
"GO FOR IT, LEANNE!" He called. "YOU TOO, BAKARYU!"
"Rooting for two people at once?" Zeon asked. "Wait a second, the match has started already!?"
"I forgot all about it…" Zori confessed.
"Me too…" added Lisa. "Who's winning?"
"It's only just started, Lisa…" Amy said.
"OK… which referee did Krillin rip off?"
"Ya know that guy from the Tekken series who says 'ROUND ONE, FIGHT!'? Krillin did that…"
"Yeah, apart from he said 'Final Bout, FIGHT!' instead…" DJ added. "Does his lack of hair allow him to absorb other people's ideas?"
"Come on, is it Krillin's fault that everything's already been done by someone else?" Kage asked. "And how come either DJ or a girl gets to say everything?" Thomas looked up at Kage.
"…if you really want to say something, then just say it…" he said. "I'm not really much for speaking, so that's why I tend to stay quiet…"
"Yet whenever you do speak, you say nothing that's regrettable…" Zin added. "DJ, on the other hand, is certainly likely to get himself hurt quite a bit, even if it's just for a few laughs…"
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" DJ asked, chuckling. "You might wanna watch the fight, you know… Bakaryu's Knuckle Buster's pretty impressive!"
"DJ, what attacks does Leanne know?" Thomas asked.
"Lemme see… I think she knows standard Kamehameha, the Kaio Ken technique, Destructo-disc and Dragoon Sword…"
"I thought swords weren't permitted?" Xell chipped in.
"It's just an attack in which Leanne takes her tiara, uses it to generate an energy sword, and hits the enemy with it. After this the sword changes back to a tiara and reappears on her head." Hitomi had no idea what DJ was talking about, so she just continued to watch the fight.
"Hey, you guys! Looks like this could be over!" she said.
"What?" Lisa called. "Who's the winner?"
"It's…" Hitomi started.
"Is it Leanne?" Amy asked.
"Wait, lemme get there… it's…"
"Is it Bakaryu?" Angel asked.
"Hold your horses!" Hitomi cried. "It's…" By this time, everyone was leaning over Hitomi, anxious to hear her answer. "It's a cliff-hanger!!!" Everyone fainted.
"Oh, I hate it when she does that!" Hawk groaned.
All righty! I've been working my ass off on chapter 5 since I got my PC back, 'cos I'm really getting into the heat of this fanfic! In chapter 6 you'll find out who kicked whose butt, and (just in case there are any people who actually like him) you'll get to see Sephihimoto again! Plus more on the story between Lisa and Zori unfolds, and maybe we'll find out why DJ really did get hit over the head with a mallet?