Rather than a disclaimer, I'm gonna point out some mistakes I made earlier (that I didn't mean to!):
In Chapter 3, when Gokan and Zin get knocked over and lose on Dance Dance Revolution, Gokan's supposed to say "Hey! Zori, you ruined my moment!" whereas instead, he says "Hey! Gokan, you ruined my moment!"
In Chapter 5, I didn't make it very clear, but Lisa and Gokan are still throwing punches and kicks at each other while they're speaking, right up to the part where Lisa grabs Gokan's foot.
Another mistake in Chapter 5, when Zori is daydreaming and suddenly snaps out of it, he says "Whaaa!!!" What am I doing?!?!? I'm sorry Amy, really!" You see, the speech mark just after Whaaa!!! Shouldn't be there, because the sentence hasn't finished. I probably accidentally hit 2 while putting exclamation points in. But enough about that, let's get the show on the road!
The Ultimate Largely Massive Pointlessly-Named Big Final Bout Super Tournament… 5!!! – Chapter 6!
In the medical room where Amy had just finished recovering, she was watching the fight between Leanne and Bakaryu with Lisa, Zori, Zeon, Delon, Gokan, DJ, Danielle, Angel, Hawk, Hitomi, Xell, Angel, Thomas, Jedite, Zin and Kage. Of course, right now, all they could see was a big cloud of smoke.
"Come on, Hitomi…" Xell said, anxious for a confirmation. "Who's the winner? Leanne or Bakaryu?"
"Hold on! Wait for the smoke to clear!" Hitomi replied.
"Attention, fight fans!" Bulma announced. "This big smoke cloud may prevent us from actually seeing anything, but our brave referee Krillin is checking around to see who's still standing!"
"Not that I volunteered, or anything…" Krillin grumbled. "Oh, well. From the looks of things down here, Bakaryu has landed outside the arena! But Leanne's been beaten down so much that she looks almost incapable of continuing!"
"… I guess that means that Leanne's the winner!" Chichi called, causing the audience to roar once more.
"Why is it always the Rocket who are winning?" Delon asked.
"Umm, Delon?" Amy asked. "Leanne's not a RocketGirl. She's Sailor Dragoon…"
"Well, at least some of us can keep track of all this!" Zeon said. "I'm clueless!"
"Great…" Thomas sighed. "This means that I'm up next."
"Uh-oh…" DJ sounded pretty scared. "Thomas, weren't you up against Sephihimoto?"
"Yep. I guess you can tell I'm not really looking forward to this…"
"Don't be discouraged, Thomas…" Amy said. "Sure, Sephihimoto may be evil, merciless and a very nasty guy, but even he has weaknesses. He's strong on offence and defence, but he's very weak when it comes to blows to the back. All you have to do is keep at it and I know you'll win!" Thomas brightened up. Even though he didn't feel up to this match, even though Jedite had practically talked him into it, at least a girl was encouraging him.
"Thanks, Amy." Thomas said. "Even if I don't win, I'm just glad to know you believe in me." And with that, he exited the medical room to face his next challenge.
Hey! How come he gets the reassuring speech? This fanfic's about me!" DJ called.
"Don't be greedy! This fanfic's about all of us!" Angel retorted.
"Come on, I was just joking…"
On the arena stage, Thomas had spent the past few minutes waiting for Sephihimoto.
"Where is he?" asked Krillin.
"If I knew, I'd probably have fetched him by now…" Bulma replied. "gulp! Or not, knowing that guy's reputation…"
"I'm not gonna remind him of the match!" Chichi stammered. "What if he… gulp vaporises us?" The audience started to get agitated, like what always happens when they all have to wait for something. Thomas decided it was time to do something before the audience started throwing things again. He climbed up to the commentators' booth to confront Bulma and Chichi.
"Umm… excuse me, ladies, would it be all right if I used the intercom for a second?" he asked. Bulma was disorientated by the very thought of Sephihimoto, but she seemed eager to give Thomas the controls anyway.
"S-sure…" she stammered. Thomas sat down and flipped a little red switch next to the microphone. Clearing his throat, he spoke:
"Umm… Mr. Sephihi- what was it? Sephi- oh, for God's sake, LISTEN UP, MR. I'M-TOO-GOOD-TO-SHOW-UP-FOR-MY-OWN-FIGHTS! WE'VE BEEN WAITING AGES FOR THIS MATCH TO START, AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE BIG SHOT WHO COULD TAKE DOWN ANYBODY! IF YOU HAVE NO EQUAL, THEN HOW ABOUT COMING OVER HERE AND PROVING IT!? Thank you." Everyone, the audience, the commentators, the other contestants, EVERYONE was left in shock. This was certainly out of character for Thomas, as he was usually very quiet, and not interested in fighting at all. Climbing back down to the arena, Thomas spotted Sephihimoto stepping up on his side of the arena.
"So, are you the one who called me out here?" he asked, coldly.
"Y-Yeah, that's me!" Thomas retorted.
"You must have some sort of death wish. You'll be yet another victim for my list of the dead…"
"…" was Thomas' effortless reply. Krillin stepped forward to do his usual thing. Suddenly, Krillin looked as though he was several feet tall, as though he'd been lifted up by an android, or something.
"Whoa! What's going on!?" Krillin panicked.
"Like, calm down, baldy!" was the android's reply. "Like, my name's Hidoi, and I had to lift you up 'cos your bald head reflects too much sunlight and it's totally blinding out my circuits!"
"What?" Krillin was in as much shock as everyone else as this android had suddenly appeared on the scene.
"Hee-eeeyy…" Bulma said, drowned in confusion. "I don't know what's going on here, but official battlers, referees and cheerleaders are the only ones permitted on the arena! Now get off!"
"Like, what-EVER!!" Hidoi said as he left. Krillin just stared, wide-eyed.
"A valley robot?" he asked. (BTW, no offence to any valley people who may be reading this!) "Oh, well. I can do robotics too. FinalBout.exe, Plug In!!" Everyone stared at Krillin, who had just ripped off the Megaman Network Battle anime. Feeling foolish, he simply added "Oh, just fight."
The Medical Room was becoming a frequently visited area as Leanne attempted to recover, lying on a bed in between the one Bakaryu was sat on, and the on Amy was in the middle of while surrounded by ice cream tubs!
"Oww…" Leanne moaned. "Why is it that I always end up getting punched in this story?"
"Stupid little girl!" Vegeta snapped. "You enter a martial arts tournament and expect NOT to get hurt!? What were you expecting, a tea party and cookies?"
"Can it, Veggie…" Leanne retorted. Vegeta went red in the face and pinned Leanne to the bed.
"Don't you EVER call me that name again!" he exclaimed. "Otherwise we'll see just how pretty you are without a head!" DJ thought this would be a pretty good time to throw the 5-star Dragonball at Vegeta's head, hitting his ear with perfect accuracy. Vegeta let go of Leanne and turned his attention to DJ.
"And what was THAT for, spike ball?" Vegeta shot. "Isn't a proud Saiyan prince allowed to defend himself?"
"Isn't a RocketGuy allowed to defend his friends?" DJ replied in question. This sufficiently shut Vegeta up, until Gokan re-entered the room with more ice cream for Amy.
"Man! How much of this stuff does Amy need?" Gokan asked. "Why is it that after a fight these girls love to stuff their bellies?"
"Where do you think our energy comes from?" Amy asked as she happily took her ice cream off Gokan's hands. Vegeta just smirked.
"Well, since you're a fusion of you and your boy, would you mind if I called you Gokakarot?"
"Quit makin' fun of my name, Vegeta!" Gokan retorted.
"And what if I don't? What kind of a Saiyan name is Gokan, anyway? Fusion or no fusion!" Lisa had always liked to tease Gokan to see his reactions, but now she'd heard enough.
"Hey, lay off him, Veggie…" she said. Vegeta grabbed Lisa by her right arm and pinned her against the wall.
"What did I tell the lot of you about calling me that?!" he boomed. "What are you, blind as well as pathetic?!"
"Look who's talking, hypocrite… you hate being called Veggie, yet you make fun of Gokan…"
"You did it too, you wench!"
"Yeah, well I tried this revolutionary process which is obviously quite new to you, Vegeta…" Lisa explained. Then, with a cheeky grin, she added "It's called growing up!"
"Why, you insolent little bitch!! I'm gonna freakin' KILL YA!!!" Vegeta threw Lisa to the floor and prepared to use his Final Flash attack. DJ thought he'd better act now.
"Hey, Zori, Vegeta's about to kill Lisa-Chan…" he said. Before any budgies in the world had a chance to even blink, Zori had kicked Vegeta into the wall and was holding the blade of his sword to the Saiyan prince's throat.
"Sorry, Dad, but I'm not gonna let you or anyone else hurt Lisa-Chan…" Zori said. Vegeta just backed down, for once not wanting to get into a fight. Amy hadn't noticed a thing, as she was still gorging herself with ice cream.
"How much more ice cream is she gonna eat?" Gokan asked.
"She'll probably eat everything in this whole place…" Lisa replied. "I have no idea where she puts it all…"
"Lemme alone…" Amy said, in between mouthfuls.
"Don't talk with your mouth full, Balloon Breasts!" Vegeta exclaimed mockingly.
"For crying out loud, stop stealing my lines!!!" Lisa cried as she pinned Vegeta to the floor with her left foot.
"What!? I am the prince of all Saiyans! I can steal the lines of whoever I wish!!"
"Oh, yeah!? Well, I'm one of the fairy princesses of the Marvel Island Kingdom! I own you, damn it!!" At this point DJ looked a little cautious.
"Umm, aren't we getting too far into our plot, Lisa?" he asked. "We're not supposed to actually know about our origins for a very long time…"
"We're not?! Oops. Forget what I just said, then!" Everyone just stared at Lisa, but not a single person in the room had a clue what she was talking about.
Back at the arena, Thomas had given it everything he had; Rapid fire, Final Flash, even his variation of the Kamehameha wave, the Totomka Blast! He'd used the works, but Sephihimoto hadn't budged an inch! He hadn't even attacked yet! He just stayed there in the middle of the arena like a statue, his only movements being his eyes following his reluctant-yet-powerful opponent.
"What kind of a fighter are you?" Thomas asked as he gave Sephihimoto a kick to the side of his head. "You keep bragging about how powerful you are, yet you haven't even done anything! Fight! Throw a punch!"
"You want me to fight?" Sephihimoto finally asked. "Fine. As you wish." Krillin smiled. Maybe there'd finally be fighting from both people in this battle? But maybe not? Sephihimoto still wasn't doing anything!!!
"Fine, then! If you won't have first move, I guess I'll have to!!" Thomas boomed as he threw a second kick to the head. The next instant was indeed peculiar. When you kick someone, you usually feel the impact of your foot collecting with wherever it is you kick that person. So, why did it feel to Thomas like he had just sent a kick through thin air? Thomas looked forward at where Sephihimoto should have been. Like a summer re-run, he'd disappeared. "Where are you!?" Thomas demanded. Suddenly, he heard laughter above him. Evil laughter.
"Things seem to be looking up for me…" Sephihimoto said. "If you value your life, then that's what you should be doing…" Before Thomas could do anything, he felt a hundred thousand volts of pain course through his body. Sinking to his knees, Thomas could only watch his relentless opponent land in front of him.
"That… oww… that was just LOW!" Thomas cried. Sephihimoto walked towards him with a menacing look on his face.
"You mean you don't like my Dark Thunder?" he asked. "Fine. I have some other moves you'll probably like. How about a taste of Chaos Control!?" (A/N: Shadow the Hedgehog from Sonic Adventure 2 owns the Chaos Control technique, but Sephihimoto's the bad guy, and bad guys steal stuff, so there.) 'Great.' Thomas thought. He knew what was going to happen here. Sephihimoto was going to disappear like that summer re-run again, and then appear somewhere else to initiate another attack. But this time, Sephihimoto stayed in the exact same position. Thomas looked around, and to his horror, he realised that he was five hundred feet above the stadium!!
"… this can't be good…" he sighed.
Meanwhile, back in the medical room, Lisa, Zori and Zeon were quietly chatting in a corner, most of the cast were watching the fight through the windows and on the TV, and Amy was still eating!
"Well, I guess Sephihimoto's won this one…" Vegeta assumed.
"Don't be so sure," DJ replied. "For someone of our capabilities (Rockets, Saiyans, whatever) 500 feet isn't all that far."
"Well, it certainly isn't what we'd call one small step for man…" Angel said. "Unless Thomas can land on Sephihimoto, this is gonna hurt…" After they decided to just watch what would happen for now, Zeon started up a conversation with Lisa and Zori.
"So, tell me some more about this apple tree thing?" Zeon requested. "How come I never heard anything about Zori knowing you in the past?"
"Hold on a sec, Zeon, lemme just see how much I can actually remember…" Lisa replied. "It must have started nearly nine or ten years ago…"
"Nine. It was definitely nine." Zori added.
"Yeah, nine years ago. My school and I were taking a study trip somewhere in Tokyo. Of course, I always found study trips boring, so I sneaked out of the group to a jungle that was there. I'm not sure whether there's supposed to be a jungle near Tokyo or not, but the point is it was there, so I thought I'd check it out. You know, get a little training in. I was only a very little girl then, so I wasn't all that strong. I just thought I'd spar against a tree until it broke and then move on. And, of course, that's when I first saw Zori…"
"Did he blush, like all the other times he's seen you?" Zeon asked.
"Zeon! Quit tellin' her about that!!" Zori called, blushing immensely. "Let Lisa finish…"
"OK… Well anyway, I'd guessed that Zori was also doing some training here, so I thought maybe if I watched him, I could learn a few things. So, I picked a spot to sit and watched him in action. I didn't think he'd seen me at first…"
"…yet I was only there as a one-off originally…" Zori added. "But when I did notice Lisa-Chan, she became my main reason to keep coming back. And I was getting some training in, of course. Then suddenly, one day, I actually saw Lisa-Chan sparring against a tree. I gotta say, I was impressed to see her completely level the tree in just one kick! That's when we decided to start sparring against each other. This went on for a few years, and as we kept training I started to notice how much stronger she'd become. I also noticed how much more beautiful she was becoming…" Lisa blushed. Zeon was having a hard time containing his laughter, as both Zori and Lisa had faces that were redder than Sailor Mars' skirt. (Don't be a sicko! I don't own Sailor Mars' skirt!!!)
"Wait a second… Zori, wasn't your hair black when I was hanging out with you?" Lisa asked.
"Yeah, it was black in Chapter 1, as well…" Zeon added. "What happened, Zori?" Zori was as unsure as his friends about this one. Why had his hair become red? At least his spiky hairstyle had remained. In fact, now that Lisa and Zeon looked more closely, they noticed a little bit of blond hair where Zori's forehead was.
"Hmm… now this I can't explain." Zori said. "I imagine it must be something to do with an increase in my power. I am as powerful as Vegetto now, after all…" Zori brushed his hand through his hair as though it would provide some sort of explanation.
"Dude! I just saw lice!" Zeon screamed. Zori fell back.
"What? Where!?" he panicked.
"Nowhere. I was just joking…" Zeon grinned. Zori just groaned.
"I hate it when he does that…"
While all this was happening, Thomas had only just landed on the arena floor, causing a huge crater in the middle! He wearily clambered out of the crater, only to see Sephihimoto press his foot on his left hand.
"Well, I have to say this hasn't been such a bad battle after all," Sephihimoto said. "But it's about time I put you out of your misery." Thomas pushed Sephihimoto back and stood up.
"Listen you…" he started. "I may stay quiet most of the time, Hell, I may even have pretty low pride, but when I think about Jedite and everyone else who has accompanied me here, I have no misery!"
"An excellent point. In that case, I'll put you out of MINE!" Suddenly, Sephihimoto's left glove started to glow brightly. The next action he took was to spin his left arm in a clockwise motion, almost like the wind-up for a baseball throw. 'Why do I get the feeling I've seen this before?' Thomas thought. 'I know! That's Sephihimoto's Destructive Glove technique! That's what he used on the police squad in Tokyo!' Rather than punching the glove forward like in chapter 1, Sephihimoto threw his left fist into the ground instead, causing an extreme build-up of energy beneath the arena and completely demolishing the designated battle area!
"Damn it!" Sephihimoto growled. "I was saving that attack, but it was all I had left! He's not bad for an inferior…"
"Err, what am I supposed to do, Bulma?" Krillin asked. "Thomas is incapable of continuing the battle, but I think Sephihimoto's outside the arena! Umm… not that there's an arena to be standing on…" Everyone in the audience was on the brink of panic, staring into the area where a marble arena once was, now replaced with a gigantic crater with two figures in the middle, and a bald referee trying his best not to slip down. "I suppose the drastically evil Sephihimoto is going through to the next round, then…" Krillin sighed. "But honestly, this can't keep up! How are we supposed to fight without an arena to fight on!?"
"Not to worry, folks, we anticipated this!" Chichi announced. "That was only arena A! Everyone move along the bridge to the North to arena B!"
"Huh?" The audience asked in unison.
"Allow me to explain. Do you know the Big Shell oil facility from Metal Gear Solid 2?" Bulma asked. "Well, despite us not owning that either, whoever built this arena decided to do a rip-off of that, so this stadium is almost like a big hexagon, with a fighting arena at each corner."
"Despite it ripping something off, this wasn't my idea this time!" Krillin said, looking innocent. "It was Yhamcha who built this place, not me!"
Back at the medical room (which, may I add, had just produced wheels and was driving to the location of arena B… no, really! We're not making this up!), Xell was watching the screen with sheer anticipation.
"I hear I'm up against a variation of Cell…" he said. "Boy, am I ready for this!"
"Be careful, Xell…" Hitomi warned. "If this new Cell's anything like that Sephi… whatchamacallit, this could be pretty tough, even for you!"
"Well anyway, looks like there'll be another bed taken up soon…" Angel sighed. "Poor Thomas. I hope he'll be all right…"
"He should be," Amy replied with a sweet smile. "I mean, everyone else turned out OK, and we'll always heal in time for our next battles, so we should all be OK!"
"What did I tell you about that lovey-dovey cutesy attitude!?" Vegeta exclaimed.
"What did I tell YOU about taking a break!?" Amy retorted.
"Do you want to see what it would be like for me to use my Final Flash while holding on to your head?"
"Dad, leave my friends alone…" Zori said. From what Zori had seen, Vegeta spoke of being a great Saiyan prince, yet he seemed nothing more than a loud mouth who started fights and had an ego that's bigger than his power level. Forget whether Vegeta was proud to have Zori as a son, was Zori proud to have Vegeta as a DAD!?
OK, it's safe to say that was the longest section of text dedicated to one battle I've ever written. Usually, I'd get at least two or three fights in a chapter, but this just shows that the fights are getting a lot more interesting! (At least they are in my opinion.) In chapter 7 Xell and Cell V.2 will duke it out, plus Hawk will go up against good old Veggie, and we'll see about some more fights too. Maybe we didn't learn why DJ got hit over the head, but you'll know before this fanfic's done!