Disclaimer: OK, I'm bringing in a new character for chapter 9… you'll find out who it is when she shows up :p lol I know "she" gives you a big clue, but it's not likely that a new character of MINE if gonna be a guy, is it?

The Ultimate Largely Massive Pointlessly-Named Big Final Bout Super Tournament… 5!!! – Chapter 9!

Last time, Amy had rushed to help Lisa after Vegeta sent her flying across the arena and into the audience. Amy found a new-yet-nasty nickname to counteract Lisa's teasings, but at the end something REALLY spooked Lisa out…

          "Lisa, you can't be nearly wetting your pants just because of a cliff-hanger!" Amy said. "What is it that's scared you so much!?" Before any more movement could be made, Amy realised the answer. She could sense dark Saiyan energy, and a lot of it!

          "Amy! Lisa!" Zori called from the sideline terrace where the fighters could watch all the action. "Vegeta's not here! He just disappeared somewhere!"

          'Yeah, and I think I know where…' Amy thought, her breath rate increasing. Lisa finally got her head around the situation and got into her fighting pose.

          "I know what it is, it's a crazy dumbass named Vegeta… well, I'm not scared of him! If he wants a fight before his next match, he's got one!"

          "Lisa, calm down!" Amy cried. "This energy is a lot more powerful than before! Vegeta might be a Super Saiyan!"

          "That doesn't scare me at all!" Lisa yelled. "He's been asking for this for a LONG time!"

          "Oh, boy… this is gonna end in tears…" Amy sighed. She felt some very thick tension as Vegeta came into view. But wait… it was Vegeta all right, but quite a few things were different about him… He looked taller, had quite a bit more muscle, his Saiyan tail had grown back, and his hair was jet-black. Plus Vegeta's eyelids were blood red. Somewhere between Dragonball GT and now, Vegeta had reached Super Saiyan 4!!! Amy took a step back, lost her footing and fell onto her butt (again).

          "Oww…" she winced. "What… what IS Vegeta?"

          "Veggie's become a Super Saiyan 4…" Lisa replied. Vegeta took a step forward in an attempt to intimidate Lisa.

          "STOP CALLING ME "VEGGIE"!!!!" He yelled. The overwhelming power was too much for Amy as she looked away from Vegeta and began to cry. Lisa, on the other hand, seemed unaffected, but deep inside she was ready to turn around and run at the first opportunity. "Tell me, girl… how do you know of the Super Saiyan 4 level?"

          "My cousin watches Dragonball Z and GT a lot. Who'd have thought it would help to listen to him talk about people like YOU!?"

          "That's it! I've had enough of your insolence, you little slut!" Vegeta yelled.

          "Slut?!" Lisa retorted. "I've only been in a romantic relationship with one boy, and that's Zori! Now you've REALLY got me mad!" Suddenly, Lisa flared up a lot of power, and I mean a LOT!! By the time she'd finished, her hair had grown a little bit and was glowing bright blonde! Plus her power had increased dramatically!

          "What!? Vegeta exclaimed. "How could a loud-mouthed, bossy little runt like you… POSSIBLY become a Super Saiyan!?"

          "Who are you calling a loud-mouthed, bossy little runt?!" Lisa retorted. "Besides, I'm not a Super Saiyan. I'm not even a Saiyan! All I've done is activate Power Junction…" Vegeta looked closely at Lisa, and he noticed that her eyes were still blue, and the cuteness in her face remained. 'It's true…' Vegeta thought 'She doesn't have the regular changes of a Super Saiyan… the only things that have changed are her hair colour, and how bright her hair is…'

          "Hey, Veggie!" Lisa called again. "Are you gonna stand there gawking at my sexy body all day, or are we gonna fight?" This was the last straw. If there was one thing Vegeta hated, it was people assuming they knew his feelings and/or attractions. Oh, and the accursed Kakarot. OK, that's two things. Sue me! (A note to the people of Konami, Capcom, Tecmo and any other company, living or out-of-business, I didn't really mean that!)

Back at a fight that seemed to be going on forever, Zin was just about sick of his green opponent standing right in front of him.

          "Will you hurry up and get this over with, already!?" Zin called to Piccolo "I'm bored of this match already!"

          "For once, I think you're right…" Piccolo agreed, grabbing Zin's ankle. "So, let's make this a BIG finish to wake up this docile crowd!" Piccolo began to spin around in the air, holding Zin by the left ankle, who was constantly shouting "Let me go! Stupid Namek!". Please note that Zin isn't saying that Piccolo's stupid BECAUSE he's a Namek, rather that he is a Namek who is stupid.

          "I'll show YOU who's stupid!" Piccolo yelled as he threw Zin into the floor. "Rats! I wanted to ring him out! Oh, well… Special Bea- err… I mean, MANKENPOSOPO!!!!!" Piccolo fired another energy beam from his fingers, hitting the arena right next to where Zin was just getting up! As the innocent soul that she is, Amy had just finished buying lots of hot dogs from the hot dog stand near the arena, and had failed to notice that Zin had flown right onto it, breaking it in half! The hot dog guy fell to his knees and burst into tears as he realised he'd need to find alternative employment. Chichi responded by tapping Bulma's shoulder vigorously.

          "Bulma, wake up! The fight's over!" Chichi said. Bulma lazily opened one eye.

          "It is?...." Bulma asked. "Hey, you're right!" Bulma suddenly sprung to life. "Yes, it's over! Piccolo goes through!" The crowd suddenly started to cheer wildly, as though they'd all had a shot of caffeine! Amy was only just starting to notice, as she knelt down next to Zin.

          "Are you all right?" she asked sweetly, offering Zin a hot dog.

In the waiting area, the only person who wasn't in awe at the match was Gokan. He was busy looking out for if Vegeta was up to anything.

          "Where did Zin actually GO!?" asked Zeon.

          "He's over there, where that hot dog stand used to be!" Hawk called out. Angel was practically climbing over Hawk to check out the huge trail of smoke leading from where Zin crashed into the arena to where he crashed again into the hot dog stand.

          "Hey, that Amy chick is eating yet again…" Angel said. "How does she not get humongous?"

          "Umm… she IS humongous, Angel…" Xell pointed out.

          "I mean her stomach, Xell!" Angel retorted.

          "It's her Spirit Energy Field," Gokan said. "She needs to eat a lot to replenish her energy…" Everyone could only nod in agreement to Gokan, even though half of the group had no idea what he was talking about. Suddenly, there was an explosion in the spectators' area opposite the waiting area. The air filled with panicky screams of fleeing spectators and cries from those close to victims caught in the blast. Leanne instantly knew what was going on.

          "It's that bastard Vegeta!" she cried. "He must be trying to get Lisa!" This immediately brought Zori and Gokan into action.

          "He can't hurt Lisa-chan!" Zori exclaimed "He'll have to kill ME first!"
          "Same here!" Gokan replied. "As much as I hate to admit it, that tough little feminine spark has kinda grown on me…"

          "Well then, what are we waiting for?! Lets-" before Zori could finish his sentence, the sound of another explosion filled everyone's ears. This time, it wasn't a death-inducing fiery outburst, but a fierce kick delivered by Lisa, who had just successfully kicked Vegeta through a wall and onto the arena! Bulma and Chichi didn't look too impressed, while Piccolo could only stare. Zori, despite all pointlessness, decided to finish the sentence. "…go……save……………her?"

          "Now you know why I had so much trouble…" Gokan said. Sure enough, Lisa had jumped down to finish Veggie off, her now-blonde hair waving behind her in angelic form. Zori's eyes widened.

          "Does she KNOW how good she looks in that form?!" Zori asked no-one in particular.

          "You should see her in Power Trigger," DJ said. "Her entire body changes a bit. I'd say the biggest change is her height and upper torso area, but her most noticeable change is her hair. Everyone in Power Trigger gets funky hair!" Gokan gave DJ a puzzling, almost scolding look.

          "Upper torso area? Do you mean-" Gokan started.

          "Her arms get a little longer, a little thicker too. The torso gets longer, and a bit more toned. And yes, Gokan, Lisa's chest grows a bit, but that's because her body's undergoing an all-round growth. Kinda wish her belly was softer, though…" DJ only just had enough time to duck under a speeding fireball heading his way, but he didn't use this time, and therefore ended up being sent flying to the recovery room.

          "I heard that!" Lisa called, playfully. "If that's what you want, why not cuddle up to that softy Balloon Breasts?" Of course, Amy heard this, and expressed how she felt by attacking Lisa using her Water Shot attack.

          "Leave me alone, Blitzball Boobs!" she called. Lisa started shooting fireballs at Amy.

          "Don't call me that!!!!" she cried.

          "Then don't call me Balloon… y'know…" Amy blushed. She never felt comfortable talking about what Lisa liked to call her. Of course, none of the girls noticed a certain Super Saiyan 4 Prince standing up, and fuming with rage! Lisa noticed as Vegeta growled.

          "Had enough yet, Veggie?" Lisa cooed.

          "Never in all my life have I been insulted so badly…" Vegeta fumed.

          "Awww, so I'm the one to make you realise the peak of your humility? I'm flattered…"

          "SILENCE!!! I'd rather be in the company of Kakarot than some arrogant, cocky little bimbo slut like you!!!" Vegeta yelled. Lisa just put her arms behind her head, as though relaxing.

          "Well, good luck comparing, Veggie, since none of the arrogant, cocky little bimbo sluts in the world are a THING like me…" Lisa teased, sticking her tongue out.

          "How dare you twist the words of a prince! Now you die!!!" Vegeta started gathering energy from everywhere and stood up in a star-like position. He threw his arms together and cumulated all the energy into a blue ball in front of him. "Go to Hell, bitch! FINAL FLASH!!!" Vegeta forced all his energy in a huge wave toward Lisa.

          'I gotta do something to deflect that blast, or he's gonna kill more people!' Lisa thought. Not seeing any other alternative, Lisa rushed toward Vegeta's Final Flash attack, hoping to kick it into the air at the last moment. Lisa managed to get a Flame Kick in, but instead of deflecting the blast like she'd hoped, the combination of Vegeta's energy and the fire of Lisa's kick created a massive explosion, sending the two of them flying in opposite directions!!! Lisa crashed into a wall with so much force her upper body was trapped in it! Vegeta wanted to be clever and roll in a ball, but when he crashed into the wall and got trapped, this just made it less comfortable for him. "…owwwwwww… maybe I shouldn't have done that…" Lisa moaned.

          "…owwwwwww… maybe I shouldn't have done that…" Vegeta whined as he tried to wriggle free of his stone prison.

Pretty soon, Amy was back at the food parlour, and DJ, Lisa, Leanne, Gokan, Zori, Zeon, Angel, Hawk, Xell, Stormi, Jedite, Thomas, Bakaryu, Zin, Delon and Kage were all with her, watching in awe as the young gold-eyed beauty took on what must have been more than 50 times her own weight in chocolate pancakes! Everyone was just staring, their jaws wide open, except for DJ, who was used to it. The first person to speak this time was Angel.

          "So, DJ…" she started. "Just how much of this Spirit Energy does Amy need to build up?"

          "As much as she feels she needs to," DJ replied. "But on a plus side, Amy loves chocolate pancakes! They're her favourite food in the whole wide universe!"

          "It's true!" Amy added. "I've loved them since I was a little girl!" Amy then resumed eating.

          "Ummm… Amy, were you ever a LITTLE girl?" Stormi asked.

          "Now, that's not very nice, Stormi…" Xell said. Stormi playfully swatted at Xell, who took it seriously and hid under the table. "I hate when she does that…"

          "It's like us with our intense training." Thomas said. "It's likely that DJ and his friends aren't compatible with Senzu beans, and so resort to eating to restore their strength. But then there's the Spirit energy, and how powerful these characters become…"

          "Good point, Thomas…" Zin replied. "Eating as training. What better way to raise the ultimate fighter?"

          "Works for me!" Amy chimed before eating once again. Everyone laughed at Amy's cute comment, and suddenly DJ felt a pair of hands cover his eyes, much like in chapter 1.

          "Guess who?" A cute, British voice cooed.

          "Sarah?" DJ asked. Lightly pulling her hands away, DJ turned around. Stood behind him was a beautiful, cute, modest young girl. She had red hair flowing down to her shoulders, beautifully shiny green eyes, and upon her delicate nose sat the cutest pair of glasses a girl could hope to be prescribed for. Maybe a couple of inches shorter than DJ, and a little cuddly too, as DJ made evident when he, yep, you guessed it, cuddled her.

          "Sarah! You made it!" DJ cried in glee.

          "I'm sorry I missed your first fight, but I'll be here to cheer you on in your next one!" Sarah said, cheerfully. "By the way, when is the next match?"

          "The next match is in ten minutes," Gokan replied. "We'll finally see who Hercule's fighting against…"

          "Wow, she has such a sexy British accent!" a voice from the back called. "And check out that body!" Sarah suddenly turned around, ducking to the floor and clutching the top half of herself, blushing. DJ glared at the back and shot a Raigeki (Japanese for Thunder Shot) at whoever was making those inappropriate comments.

          "Yhamcha-Robii…" DJ said. "I shoulda known…" A smaller, older male was left staggering to his feet. He had orange hair, covering his right eye, but otherwise falling normally. His eyes were red, like the colour of lust. And his lust was for the body of any girl he set eyes on. He was Yhamcha-Robii Torohoma.

          "Hey, Yhamcha-Robii, you in the tournament?" Lisa asked.

          "Who, me?" Yhamcha-Robii asked. 'Hmm… maybe if I sound tough, she'll respect me and go out with me?' he thought. "I would, naturally, but all these people are far inferior to my fighting level. I'd waste everyone here with both hands tied behind my back!"

          "That's a shame…" Lisa said. "I was looking forward to seeing you get turned to Jello!"

          "Hey! That's not very nice!!!" Yhamcha-Robii protested.

          "Neither's stealing the contents of my underwear drawer, but do YOU care!?" Amy yelled at Yhamcha-Robii, then continued eating.

          "I guess he needs SOMETHING to carry beach balls in for his holidays!" Lisa joked. Lisa opened her eyes, and then had to shut them a split-second before her face met the table, thanks to both of Amy's hands. Lisa instantly sat back upright, her right hand shooting up to her forehead to ease the pain. Lisa could only keep her left eye open as she glared at Amy. "Hey, that hurt!!!" she yelled, but quickly became concerned as she noticed tears welling up in Amy's eyes.

          "I HATE YOU!" Amy yelled as she quickly got up and ran away, crying.

          "Amy, wait!" DJ called, but he was too late. He turned to face Lisa. "Now do you see what this arguing can cause?!"
          "I-I don't understand…" Lisa explained. "I thought she was getting stronger?"

          "Lisa, there's only so much Amy can take…" DJ said, calmly. "Now she's all upset…. We just GOTTA find her!"

          "Hey, she didn't finish her chocolate pancakes!" Zeon said. "That's not like Amy at all!"

          "I'll bring them with us. No doubt Amy'll want something after she's calmed down…" DJ said, taking the pancakes in hand.

          "She'll wanna eat NOW!?" Angel asked. "She's already eaten nearly fifty times her weight in those things!"

          "That kind of attitude won't help Amy calm down…" Sarah said, sadly. "We'd better find her. She must be terribly upset…"

          "Well, then, let's go!" DJ called as he rushed off, followed by just about everyone.

Back at the arena, where bricklayers had finished filling the cavities in the walls where Lisa and Vegeta crashed, Bulma and Chichi were just chattering to each other.

          "Well, it looks like the repairs are about done…" Bulma said.

          "Yes… I never thought the people who WEREN'T battling would be so violent…" Chichi responded.

          "Well, just look at you…" Bulma sneered. "You're obviously the most violent out of all of us…"

          "WHADDAYAMEAN!?" Chichi yelled.

          "That's what I mean…" Bulma replied, cleaning her ears out. "Have you seen yourself on Dragonball Z? Man, take a chill pill!"

          "You're a fine one to talk!!" Chichi yelled. "You don't have the patience of a saint yourself!" Suddenly, the crowd cheered as Hercule valiantly got up onto the arena.

          "Hey! Hercule's here!" Bulma announced. "Looks like he's patiently waiting for whoever his challenger is!"
          "But we don't HAVE a challenger for Hercule yet!" Chichi panicked.

          "Calm down! We'll find someone soon…"

          "Grrrrr, look at that guy! Kissing his own muscles… I wish I were down there! I'd like to give him a piece of my mind!" Chichi sneered, not realising what she said.

          "Ladies and Gentlemen, we have our challenger!" Bulma cheered as she pushed Chichi out of the commentator's booth and onto the arena!

          "Bulma!" Chichi called up. "That wasn't funny!"

          "Be careful what you wish for!" Bulma cooed, giving a cheeky wink.

          "So, you're my challenger, eh?" Hercule asked. "Don't think I'll go easy on you just because you're a woman!" Chichi was infuriated.

          "Don't think you'll NEED to, you jerk!" she yelled as she got to her feet. "And just for that, I won't go easy on you!!"

          "Start the fight!" Bulma cheered. Hercule tried making the first move a kick, but Chichi ducked under it and saw the perfect opportunity to kick Hercule right where it hurts! Oooh, that'll make him talk funny!

          "Hey! That was low!" Hercule squeaked. Chichi tried to trip him over with a sweeper kick, but Hercule quickly jumped over her leg, while back flipping away from her next punch. As Hercule landed, a box of C4 landed behind him. Nobody seemed to notice, but then the resulting explosion sent Hercule flying into Chichi, sending her rolling across the arena and nearly out of the ring! Hercule was left wondering what the Heck happened, but he quickly regained his senses and made it look like he'd planed it all.

          "I AM A CHAMPION!!" Hercule yelled, throwing a fist into the air. Then he felt a fist plunge into his gut! Chichi had got back up and was madder than ever!

          "Screw you!!" Chichi yelled as she plunged another fist into Hercule's midsection, causing him to fall back.

          "Right! No more games!" Hercule yelled. Chichi jumped to initiate a flying kick, but using both of his fists Hercule slammed her into the arena, causing quite a big crater.

          "Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…" Chichi whined.

          'Where could she be?' Stormi thought as she searched near the entrance of the entire Budokai Village. Stormi looked over the landscape down the long set of stairs they had to climb and noticed a figure at the very bottom 'That's gotta be her…' Stormi thought as she made her trek down the possible-500 steps, only to slip on step number 492 and land face-down next to Amy, who didn't move. Stormi climbed up to kneeling position and brushed the dirt and sand from her face and clothes.

          "Hey, you OK?" Stormi asked. Amy didn't reply. "Hey, come on, cheer up! What happened to the happy, bouncy Amy we used to know?" Amy seemed to wince at the word "bouncy", and Stormi easily noticed. "…Oh… umm, if it makes you feel better, I'm deeply sorry about the little girl remark…" After hearing this, Amy finally turned her head to look at Stormi.

          "It's worse than that…" she said, sadly yet in monotone.

          "So, what is it?" Stormi asked.

          "I don't wanna talk about it…" Amy sighed in reply.

          "Is it the jokes about eating?" Stormi asked. "I could get the others to stop if you'd like…"

          "No, that's OK. It's…"

          "Are you sure?" Stormi held out her hand, which suddenly filled with an energy force Amy had never seen before. It had the visuals of electricity, while being simultaneously hot as fire, cold as ice. To look at it, you'd think you're looking into the darkest abyss, yet into the brightest star as well. Amy suddenly underwent a realisation and grabbed Stormi's wrist.

          "No! Don't hurt anyone!" Amy cried in panic. "I'll talk!" Stormi retracted her energy.

          "OK, but you know, that particular spell's just for show…" Stormi sat closer to Amy. "So, what's up?" Amy just sighed.

          "It's just some of the jokes Lisa comes out with…" Amy explained. "This has been going on since my third stage of evolution…"

          "Meaning?" Stormi asked.

          "Kinda far along pre-teen. You see, RocketGuys and RocketGirls grow up in spontaneous growth spurts, rapidly growing up before your very eyes and gaining lots of power too. But, of course, Lisa had to start making fun of my changes…"

          "Oh, you mean your-"
          "Yes." Amy quickly stated. "But I can't help being big! How am I supposed to defend myself against her teasings?"

          "You were doing pretty good half an hour ago…"

          "You mean when I called her Blitzball Boobs?" Amy giggled. "Yeah, but still, she has a lot more experience than I do, so she's always ready with another comeback, be it another tease, or a barrage of fireballs. That beach ball remark was just too far, though! I mean, Gawd! I don't make fun of her ass!"

          "Her ass?" Stormi questioned. "Lisa has her very own pet donkey?" Amy giggled again.

          "No, silly…" she replied. Stormi smiled. She didn't mind being a little silly, as long as she could cheer up her needy friend. "But take a look next time she bends over, or something, it looks like she keeps two halves of a Blitzball in each side of the back of her pants!"

          "You really ARE mad at her, huh?"

          "Nah, not any more, really. I don't know what it is about me, but I can never stay mad at anyone for long… not even Vegeta, and he's started teasing me as well…"

          "Well, that's just Veggie asking for a foot shoved up his ass!" Stormi replied. Amy suddenly burst out laughing! It wasn't understandable how she went from sad and depressed, to a laughing hyena, but Amy just couldn't stop! This made Stormi laugh a little too, and soon it was made obvious to DJ, Sarah, Hawk, Angel, Zori, Lisa and Zeon where they were.

          "Hey, everyone OK here?" Zeon asked. Amy finally calmed down.

          "Thanks, Stormi!" Amy chimed. "I haven't laughed like that in a LONG time! Not since the time DJ got drunk, dressed up as a bunny rabbit and hopped around giving eggs to complete strangers!" DJ looked puzzled.

          "Is THAT why I woke up in a bunny costume the day after Sherry's birthday?" he asked.

          "Amy, are you OK?" Lisa asked. "You know I'd never mean to hurt you that badly…"

          "I also know you're gonna pay!" Amy said, mischievously. "Now… STRIP!" Lisa fell back, blushing.

          "What?!" she gasped. "No way! You guys already burst in on my topless for in the hot spring! That just wasn't fair!!!" Amy burst out laughing again.

          "I was only joking, Blitzball Butt!" she laughed.

          "Umm… that's not the right word, is it?" Sarah asked.

          "Her butt looks like two Blitzball halves pressed together!" Amy giggled. "There's too much likeness to Lisa's body and Blitzballs! I bet if she got pregnant her belly would look like an over-inflated Blitzball!" Lisa was nearly in tears.

          "OK, I get the idea! I'm sorry, Amy!" she cried.

          "Aww, I know." Amy replied, sticking her tongue out.

          "See, Amy, she's sorry…" DJ said.

          "I really AM sorry, Amy…" Lisa added, extended her right arm, offering a handshake. "Friends?" Amy took Lisa's hand, then rather surprisingly pulled her into a hug!

          "Aww, you gonna kiss and make up?" Zeon asked. Zori swatted the back of Zeon's head.

          "Dude!" Zori dissented.

          "Not really a bad idea…" Amy replied, giving Lisa a quick peck on the cheek. "Just to show we're friends again, of course."

          "Of course…" Lisa said. "Just remember I'm spoken for, ya know…"

          "You are?!" Zori cried. Lisa got up and kissed Zori.

          "With you, silly." She declared. Amy just looked to the floor and blushed.

          "I'll see more of you tonight, hopefully, honey…" Amy said. Lisa nearly fainted. She charged at Amy, while being pulled back by Zori.

          "I'm gonna kill you, Amy!!" Lisa cried, while Amy giggled her cute little heart-shaped face off.

          "And you thought I took too much stuff seriously!" Amy giggled, standing up. "Come on, if we hurry, we can catch the rest of Hercule's fight!" and with that, she merrily skipped up the steps, with the rest of the gang in not-so-quick pursuit.

          "And to think I vowed never to climb these steps again…" Zeon sighed.

They'd only just managed to get back in time to see Chichi get back up from when Hercule double-fisted her to the floor.

          "You're gonna pay for THAT, Hercule! You're not the strongest person in the world! I bet even BULMA could take you down!" Chichi yelled.

          "What's that supposed to mean?" Bulma called from the safety of the commentators' booth.

          "Well, if you're so sure you can take me on, go ahead! I'll let ya take a free shot!" Hercule called, triumphantly. Amy was sure Hercule's head was a little smaller earlier.

          "Well, fine!" Chichi shouted as she gave Hercule a swift kick to the left temple. Something must have clicked in Hercule's skull, because everything in his world went red and he fell to the floor, completely unconscious. The crowd were completely lost for words, flabbergasted at the defeat of their so-called champion.

          "Hey! Hercule isn't invincible at all!" one member called.

          "Yeah, he was beaten easily! Are you sure he beat Cell?" said another.

          "We shouldn't waste our praise on that wash-out! Let's all unconditionally worship the woman down there instead!" Then the crowd went wild in agreement, and all around chants of "Chichi! Chichi! Chichi!" were audible. Chichi blushed and bowed to her crowd.

          "Thank you! Thank you all very much!" She called as she left the arena. DJ and Amy weren't surprised at this outcome at all. They knew Hercule was a fake. But his falsely-acquired fame and glory ended here.

          "For a world champion, he sure isn't reliable…" DJ said.

          "Indeed." Sarah replied, without any knowledge at the moment that DJ loved it when she said that…

          "OK, well, that's heat 1 of the tournament over, I'm sure there's plenty more stuff you'll be wanting to do, so I wish you all a great day and be sure to catch Heat 2 tomorrow!" Bulma announced.

          "Hey, that means we can rest up until tomorrow!" Amy said.

          "Well, it IS a very big tournament…" DJ replied. "I wonder who I'm fighting next…"

          "Whoever it is, I'll cheer you on, DJ!" Sarah and Amy said in harmony.

          "So, what should we do now?" Stormi asked.

          "Let's go eat seventy times our own weight in chocolate!" Amy chimed.

          "But you already had nearly fifty times your own weight in chocolate pancakes earlier!" Angel cried.

          "Hey, that reminds me..." DJ said as he gave the packet containing the remaining pancakes to Amy. "I thought I'd best save these for you…"
          "Thanks!" Amy smiled as she practically tore the packet open and sent the pancakes on a one-way trip to her cute yet seemingly bottomless stomach.

          "The amount she eats is almost obscene…" Zori said.

          "Quiet, dude, she's beautiful!" Zeon said, enthusiastically.

          "Zeon!?" Zori asked. "Did you just say that?"

          "Well, if you can pine after Lisa-chan all the time, why can't I do the same with Amy-chan? Besides, she IS beautiful!" Well, this was new. Now it turned out Zeon had a crush on Amy! But she seemingly had no idea just how many people were enveloped in the fact that she looks devilishly attractive, yet acts angelically cute.

          "If anyone wants me, I'll be at the hot springs! I need to relax, and I can have my ice cream delivered there!" Amy said, already setting off on her way. "Umm… DJ? Could you show me the way, please?"

          "Uuuuuuuh… sure." DJ said, following Amy. Everyone else seemed to just stand there.

          "Hey! Wait a second!" Lisa called. "Amy's the one who led ME to the springs! Why would she suddenly forget the way?"

          "Maybe she just wants a walk with DJ?" Stormi suggested.

          "Yeah, or drag him into the spring with her!" Leanne cried.

          "Guys, she's waaaaay too shy for that…" Gokan said. He had just arrived with the remainder of the cast.

          "Amy was quite upset today. It's best if we leave her be…" Thomas suggested.

          "But we managed to cheer her up!" Zeon replied. "Now she's all happy and cute again!"

          "Besides, DJ's idea of alone time is paying to reserve the arcades either all to himself, or for him and a girl…" Delon added.

          "Yep, that's DJ for ya! My cousin's a crazy little Rockie, don't ya think?" Now everyone was staring at Lisa.

          "Umm… what's a Rockie?" Kage asked.

          "A RocketGuy or RocketGirl. Things have been OK this one time, because you guys didn't know and I'm just explaining, but something to remember is that only other Rockies can call each other Rockies."

          "How come?" Zin asked.

          " 'cos it's offensive for non-Rockets to say it!" Leanne replied. "It's like they're insulting our heritage!"

          "I thought you weren't a RocketGirl?" Angel asked.

          "Well, I am, but not in the group that obsesses themselves over DJ…"

          "Why not?" Sarah asked with dreams in her eyes.

          "Anyway, can't we check if Amy's NOT doing something dirty with DJ?" Lisa asked. "I may be his younger cousin, but I feel I gotta look after him, ya know?"

          "We'll head for the ice cream parlour first, just in case Amy hasn't made her order yet…" Stormi suggested.

Lisa, Angel, Zin, Zori, Xell, Hawk and Stormi decided to go to the ice cream parlour while Kage, Delon, Thomas, Jedite, Gokan and Leanne searched the hot springs elsewhere. Sarah, on the other hand, had gone to warn DJ and Amy that they were being stalked. Lisa noticed a sheet of paper on the wall, not unlike many others that had recently been put up all over the village.

          "Hey, check this out!" Lisa said. "This looks like the sheet of the next fighters for tomorrow!"

          "Lemme see!" Stormi cried, nearly pushing Lisa out of the way. Angel, Hawk, Zin, Xell and Zori crowded round as well.

Heat 2 Combatants:

o DJ vs. Zori

o Lisa vs. Leanne

o Sephihimoto vs. Xell

o Hawk vs. Delon

o Piccolo vs. Chichi

          "DJ has to fight Zori?" Lisa sighed in disbelief. "No… this can't happen!"

          "Hey, we'll be fine no matter what happens…" Zori explained.

          "You don't understand!" Lisa cried, burying her face in Zori's chest. "I'll worry too much if the two closest guys to my heart are fighting each other!" This was a good point. But a fight like this was inevitable. What would happen now that Lisa knew what could hang in the balance? And more to the point, where were DJ and Amy?

          "Excuse me, please…" said the driver of a delivery scooter holding a HUGE amount of ice cream of all flavours, who drove past the group and headed out of the parlour.

          "Hey…" Lisa realised. "Follow him!" And with that, Lisa took pursuit, with the others not far behind.

Woo! It's taken me ages to get this one done! I can't believe I was stuck with Writer's block for ages, then jumped from page 2 to page 13! Now what surprises await our heroes in Heat 2? Read chapter 10 to find out!