Dragonball AU – Chapter 5
Welcome Back Goku!
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z, Cheena (Cheena Son owns her) or Zara (Zara M owns her)
Claimer: I do in fact own Emily so I'm happy!
The week had flown by for Emily and Gohan after the "Babysitting" incident and everyone they knew would be competing had thrown themselves into last minute training. Getting ready on the morning of the tournament, Emily, who was wearing a light purple training gi, Cheena, who was wearing a navy blue training gi, Goten who was wearing his fathers fighting outfit except long navy blue sleeves instead of his fathers short ones and Gohan was wearing his Great Saiyaman costume, left Mount Potaz. Upon arriving at the tournament, the gang met up with Krillen and Bulma's family.
"Where's Zara?" Goten asked his best friend.
"She's not here yet; no doubt she'll be here soon. Haven't seen her in a while…" Trunks replied. Zara's mother had left not long after the babysitting incident, leaving Zara with her great grandfather.
"Hi guy's, you made it!" Bulma greeted upon noticing the Sons.
"You bet, we've been training for months. Any sign of my dad yet?" Gohan asked, Krillen shook his head at this.
"No, but he'll come." He replied.
"He'd better." Vegeta growled. Cheena suddenly pulled on her mothers leg and Chichi looked down at her.
"Hey mom, can I go look for Videl?" She asked.
"Alright, but I want you back for when your father gets here." Chichi replied. Cheena nodded and quickly ran off.
"Hey Vegeta, I hope we get to fight. I'm anxious to battle you as well as my dad." Emily announced, smirking.
"You fight? Please." Vegeta snorted and Emily glared at him.
"What is with people and me fighting, I'll show you who you're putting down." She snapped and stormed off, only to run into someone who just appeared out of nowhere. She looked up glaring at him but suddenly recognised the person and just stared at him in shock.
"Goku?" Krillen gasped.
"Hi guy's. Wow Gohan, you've gone tall!" Goku said smiling at his son. Gohan nodded as he looked at Emily.
"Yeah, we all have." He replied and Goku looked down.
"Emily? Is that you? Man I didn't even recognise you!" Goku said, pulling her into a hug, Emily briefly returned it before pulling away.
"I haven't changed that much, just got stronger and faster." She replied, shrugging her shoulders. Goku looked passed her at Chichi, who now had tears streaming down her cheeks, then spotted a small figure who was hiding behind her legs.
"Hey Chichi, there's a little me behind you." He stated pointing at Goten, Emily narrowed her eyes at this comment.
"That's Goten." She said, whilst Gohan shot her a warning look.
"Go on, say hello." Chichi urged, pushing Goten forward.
"Daddy!" Goten cried, running into his fathers arms whilst Chichi started looking around, Goku immediately noticed this.
"Who are you looking for?" He asked, scooping Goten up.
"Goten's twin sister, Cheena." Chichi said, frowning now.
"I have another daughter too? Wow twins." Goku laughed.
"Do you want me to go look for her mom?" Emily asked. Chichi just sighed as she looked at her.
"I told her to come back for when Goku arrives." She said. Taking that as a yes, Emily was about to take off when a flash of blue and black
suddenly appeared and latched onto her leg.
"Hey come here!" A loud voice yelled.
"Cheena look its dad!" Goten cried.
"What's going on Che?" Emily asked, looking down at her little sister but before Cheena could answer her, a large woman stormed up to them. Unlatching herself from Emily's leg, Cheena ran over to Goku and climbed onto his shoulder, before poking her tongue out at the woman.
"There you are! You're coming with me." The woman cried, trying to pull Cheena off Goku, making Chichi glare.
"Take your hands off my daughter!" She screamed.
"So she's your kid huh? What kind of mother are you? Letting her wonder off by herself." The woman sneered. Emily growled as she walked up to the woman and grabbed her by the dress.
"Listen lady, she's a very good mother; I wouldn't trade her for the world. Now get lost, you don't want to be messing with this family." She snarled, her eyes flashing green. Chichi blushed with pride whilst Gohan gasped at her, recognising the eyes immediately as the super saiyan stage.
"Who are you?" The woman gasped, pulling herself out of Emily's grip and running off. Emily smirked to herself.
"Heh, too bad she didn't see it all, then she really would have freaked out… hey!" She cried as Gohan grabbed her arm and dragged her away from the others where he knew they would be out of earshot.
"What was that?" He demanded.
"Which?" Emily asked.
"The eyes, they were super saiyan eyes." Gohan sighed.
"Yeah so?"
"How? Your not even a super saiyan!" Gohan cried.
"Who said?" Emily asked, smirking now.
"You are? Oh man, how long?" Gohan asked groaning.
"Four years, five months, six weeks and two days in counting. I was going to surprise you when we fought so don't tell mom and dad ok? Oh and before you ask, I know Goten can go super, Cheena can too." She sighed, Gohan widened his eyes at this.
"Both of them? Whoa." He groaned. When the twins had wanted to train in the past, Gohan had agreed that he would be the one that would train Goten whilst Emily would get to train Cheena. Sibling rivalry was big especially when the major fighting got more experienced and Gohan had no idea both of his sisters could go super saiyan.
"Come on, let's get back to the others." Emily laughed, watching the reaction on his face and running off. Following his sister, Gohan finally met up with the others where they proceeded to sign up.
"You're competing too?" Goku asked, his eyebrows raised as he watched Emily sign her name and pick a ball.
"Duh, and I'm gonna kick your butt!" She declared smirking.
"So you finally started training after the Cell games then." He said, smiling at her but to his surprise she shook her head.
"Actually I was training before the Cell games. I knew no one was interested in teaching me how to fight so I trained myself. Of course I learnt more when Gohan agreed to train me but I knew the basics, flying, shooting ki blasts etc. I really surprised Gohan a few times too." She replied. They all began making their way over to where the junior division was being held and Goten and Trunks were surprised to see that Zara still hadn't turned up.
"I guess her great grandpa wouldn't let her come." Trunks said sadly.
"Shame, I'd have loved to wipe the floor with her too." Goten announced grinning. A bit further away from them, a small person was shaking. Her identity was hidden by a mask so no one knew who she was, but she was glaring over at the saiyan party.
"Don't be stupid 'ten you know you're dreaming." Trunks snapped. Emily smirked at the sudden comeback the saiyan prince made.
"Aw, so your standing up for your girlfriend now Trunks?" She teased.
"Shut up Em." He shot back, glaring at her now.
"What? I envy you." She said seriously, suddenly all eyes went on her, as Gohan looked at her suspiciously.
"Why?" He asked.
"Well it's nice to have someone your own age and the opposite sex to understand who you are. I mean when I get to the age that I'm dating, who's gonna go out with someone when they know they can knock them out in one single blow." She pointed out.
"Em, you're only 14, why are you thinking about it now?" Bulma asked.
"Well it's something I should be thinking about soon, I mean I am a teenager now." She sighed. Goku crouched down so that he was level with her and pulled her towards him.
"Your mom's not going on about you getting married is she?" He groaned silently, Emily smirked at this.
"No, she will be soon but at the moment she's concentrating on Gohan and Videl." She whispered back, earning a smack over the back of her head from a very embarrassed older brother.
"No she isn't." He declared.
"Please Gohan, everyone can see it, and if she isn't showing it now, she will do shortly, just wait." She said, laughing as she ran off to join the youngest of the group.
"So Em, are you in with us or the adults?" Cheena asked.
"Adults, I got some butts to kick." Emily replied.
"But that's impossible your only 14." Bulma argued as she and the rest of the adults came into earshot, frowning at the teen. Emily stared up at her.
"I'll just pretend that I'm 16. I'm not in it for the money; I'm in it to prove that I'm worthy to fight. I want to show everyone what help they could have had during the Cell games." She declared.
"Look Emily, there was a reason why I didn't want you fighting then." Goku started firmly only to get cut off by a now angry teen.
"Why was that? I was seven years old when you had to fight Cell. You sent Gohan off to Namek when he was five. Just admit it dad, you didn't want me fighting because I'm a girl. Well here's news for you, you now have two daughters that can fight so you'll have to live with it." She screamed and stormed off. Goku stared after her, stunned.
"She's pretty angry with me isn't she?" He commented.
"All she wanted was what she was born to do and fight along side us. I still don't know to this day how much she pushed herself to get to our standards. She'll eventually get over it all, she was really happy when she got to train Cheena." Gohan sighed.
Once they all signed up they went over to watch the junior division. Seeing that Emily wasn't with Cheena, they assumed she was passing off as a sixteen year old somewhere. During the junior division, there were twelve contestants including Cheena, Goten and Trunks. None of the Z fighters were surprised when they were the last three in the semi finals and noticed that another person had joined them. She bore a black mask with a red M across it that went round the two red eyes and she was doing some last minute stretches as she faced Trunks, her next opponent.Goten was fighting Cheena.
"Alright Cheena, show him what us girls are made of!" A voice yelled, all eyes went into the direction it came from to see Emily sitting on a low wall and staring at her youngest siblings as they made their way out onto the arena. As the Z fighters turned their gaze back to the twins. They lunged at each other and began a lightning speed duel.
Fists were flying everywhere as the twins weaved in and out of each other's attacks, appearing as nothing more then a blur to the audience. Goten swung his leg round in an arc that Cheena ducked under before leaping up with an upper cut. Goten stumbled backwards before spinning on his heel for a spin kick that sent his sister flying. She managed to flip herself round and rebounded off of the floor, charging towards Goten with her fist raised. Goten attempted to block the incoming punch but Cheena switched at the last moment, hitting his exposed gut instead. Goten doubled over and growled before lunging at Cheena again, having the dual start all over again.
Cheena suddenly stopped not long after.
"Hey Goten, do me a favour and go super." She said.
"Why?" Goten asked, looking puzzled at her.
"Just do it." Cheena pressed on.
"But Gohan said we couldn't do it this year." Goten protested.
"Aw come on Goten, you want a fair fight don't you?" Cheena cried.
"Alright." He sighed and transformed. On the sidelines, Goku was gob smacked as he watched Goten.
"Super saiyan at seven? That's incredible!" He cried.
"You have no idea." Gohan muttered, glancing at Emily before returning his gaze to the fight below. Meanwhile back on the arena Cheena was smirking at her brother.
"Why did you want me to go super?" Goten asked.
"So I can go super too." She replied, transforming herself. Up in the crowd, Chichi stared at her.
"She's a super saiyan too. Oh…."She yelled as she fainted into Ox Kings arms, and she wasn't the only parent stunned.
"Cheena too! I haven't seen a girl super saiyan before." Goku announced. In the arena, Goten was amazed at his sister.
"Wow, you're a super saiyan too! Great!Let's fight." He declared.
"Bring it on." Cheena declared, lunging at her brother as they both carried on with the fight, throwing kicks and punches at each other. Cheena went to fist Goten in the stomach but he grabbed her arm and swung her towards the edge of the arena. He couldn't lose to a girl but he hated to admit she was equal to him. Halting just before she fell out, Cheena did several back flips phasing out a few times then catching her brother in the jaw. Goten growled and did a spin kick sending Cheena out of the ring and slamming into the wall before she could stop herself. Emily jumped off the wall and ran over to console her sister who was rubbing her now aching head.
"It's ok Che, you can beat him up next year k?" She asked, helping her up as Cheena painfully nodded, still a bit dazed. Next up it was Trunks versus 'Fighter M'. Even though she made it in the finals, Trunks had a feeling he wasn't in for an easy fight. This person wasn't like other people, and he was amazed to see that she was a girl when they stepped out.
"Are you ready to get your butt kicked?" He sneered, getting into a fighting stance, the girl just returned the answer in a smirk. The match was signalled and the two fighters flew at each other.
The mysterious girl seemed to be teasing Trunks as they fought. Trunks tried to hit her with everything he had in his normal form, but she was too fast. He thrust a right hook towards her and she phased out of sight, appearing at his left. Trunks spun round to try and get her with an axe kick but she was already gone. Trunks whirled round in surprise, searching for her and she appeared in front of him, throwing her leg up to catch him in the jaw. Trunks was sent flying backwards and was forced to flare out his aura to slow his momentum. He then frowned at 'M' before smirking a smirk that would have done his father proud.
"So you're pretty powerful, huh? Well let's see how you do against a super!" he cried before powering up to the legendary level, screaming as his golden aura washed over him. The girl was unimpressed but the same couldn't be said for a certain hero.
"Trunks is a super saiyan too? What is up with this generation?" Goku cried. Emily nodded her head as she kept her gaze on the fight; she had a really good idea who Trunks's opponent was. Trunks watched Fighter M carefully, surprised by how unimpressed she was. Something wasn't right.
"Who are you? You're not an ordinary kid, that's for sure." He demanded and to his surprise, the girl started laughing.
"I thought you'd have known who I was by now, Briefs." She replied.
"Zara?" Trunks cried, widening his eyes as the girl took off her mask to reveal the brown haired Kalroo wearing a red fighting gi, staring at him with her golden orb like eyes and smiling.
"Yup, ready to go again?" She asked, throwing her old disguise behind her. Trunks smiled. So she managed to turn up...
"Ready when you are." He declared, smirking now, Zara flew at Trunks and they began another lightning duel, staring at each other each other down for a few seconds before each leapt towards the other. Trunks thrust his fist forward and Zara made a sharp left, going round him and above before coming down hard with an elbow to his spine. Trunks cried out in pain and Zara swung herself round and charged energy to her right leg. It started to glow white before she swung it at him.
"MEGA KICK!" she cried as she hit him. He was flung backwards with excessive force from the kick and could only stare at her as she came towards him, preparing another mega kick that would no doubt hit him into the stands.
Thinking quickly he powered up, his golden aura burning brightly as he stopped himself in mid-air as Zara got onto him. She swung her glowing leg forward and he grabbed it, catching her by surprise, and swung her round. He let go and she sailed towards the stands. She gasped and started powering up to try and slow herself down but to no effect. She was going to hit it. Unless…
Zara looked over her shoulder and frowned at the stands she was flying towards and thrust her arms up. The stands shook then lifted up high into the air just before Zara would have hit them. She stopped halfway under them and sighed with relief.
Everyone else was speechless. The entire stands were floating several feet off the ground with a little girl floating underneath, not touching the stands or the ground at all.
Trunks stared at his friend then pouted as she floated out from underneath them and dropped them gently into place, earning cheers through out the audience. Trunks was slightly disappointed as he knew that should have worked, but he didn't have enough time to dwell on it. Zara was raising her power level to match his and was charging.
Trunks aimed a large ki blast at his friend, but Zara telekinetically turned the blast back at him and Trunks had to phase out the way in order not to get hit by his own attack. Zara lunged at Trunks again and aimed one of her mega kicks at him, hoping to catch him off gaurd. To her surprise, he shimmered out before she felt a thud to her back as she went hurdling towards the wall, crashing into it. Emily winced as dust began to form around the crater and ran over to help the young girl up, whilst the final match was announced. Zara made her way over to Trunks and the twins.
"Hey, how about we find a place to eat?" She suggested.
"Alright then, we can come back for the later half of the tournament, no doubt everyone we know will still be in it." Trunks replied, nodding at his friend, suddenly Emily ran over to the them.
"Guess what? I'm facing a weakling in my first match, which means I'll be fighting Gohan in the next round! Gohan's opponent is a weird guy, so I hope he doesn't beat him up too much!" She cried.
"Who? Gohan or his opponent?" Goten asked, Emily just smirked as she took off again, Trunks smirked at her.
"She's excited isn't she?" He commented.
"Well you would be too if you've been waiting seven years to prove yourself to your dad." Cheena replied. For the Z fighters, the break had flew by and Trunks and Goten finally made their way onto the arena. The two boys lunged at each other when the match started and before they knew it, ten minutes had passed since they had been throwing lighting blows at each other, when Trunks stopped.
"Done with the warm up?" He asked.
"Yeah." Goten declared as they lunged at each other again.
"Go you guy's! Show him whose boss Goten!" Emily was yelling, Zara and Cheena looked at each other before cheering for the two boys as well. Goten fisted Trunks up in the air but halted and transformed into a super saiyan. Goten lunged after him only to have Trunks shimmer out then grabbed him in a headlock. Annoyed for falling for one of Trunk's old tricks, Goten transformed knocking Trunks off him. Trunks hurried up and did a spin kick sending Goten to the ring floor and out cold.
"That's gotta hurt!" Cheena winced, as she ran over to her twin. Goku slipped his son a senzu bean and Goten came too moments later.
"Who won?" He asked dazed.
"Trunks did, but only just. Maybe next year bro." Gohan said warmly as he helped his brother up.
"Oh, I'm hungry, can I get something to eat." Goten asked, brightening up as he ran over to Trunks.
"He doesn't sound too disappointed." Goku commented.
"When there's food around, Goten is never disappointed." Emily sighed as Trunks was declared champion and the adult division was to start. Emily glanced at her opponent and smirked. She couldn't wait to fight her brother, even though she knew she didn't stand a chance since he was still a lot stronger, she was determined to give him all she had.
"Are you seriously competing?" Goku asked, staring at her.
"Yeah, it's about time I did what I was born to do." She declared, folding her arms stubbornly.
"Come on, Piccolo's first up, then it's Videl, then Gohan, then you. Looks like I'm fighting Vegeta." Goku sighed.
"I'll bet he's happy. I need to go warm up, I'm giving Gohan all I've got." Emily replied, jogging into the changing rooms, Goku shook his head as he met up with the others and followed his daughter.