Semi-Finals: The Z Team vs. The Youth Team

Tournament Announcer: "Ladies and gentlemen! It has been one exciting evening as we have witnessed these great teams battle each other for the cup! We now enter the second half of the Tournament: The Semi-Finals! It is now time to start the next round of tonight's Tournament! Would the members of The Z-Team and The Youth Team please step up to your respective lanes!"

Both teams each made their way to their stations.

The Z-Team

"Going up against my son and his friends…this'll be a good match!" Goku says as he began stretching.

"Hmph, I was hoping to go up against The Villain Team. Now we have to bowl against the brats!" Vegeta says with a grouchy look as he sat with his arms crossed.

"It looks like this will be an easy win for us," Trunks says with confidence.

"Thank goodness we're going up against these guys. No telling what kind of tricks the Villain Team would have pulled on us," Krillan says, shining his ball.

"I wouldn't think lightly upon them, Krillan. You just better bowl your best," Piccolo commented in between his meditating.

The Youth Team

"Oh man, I'm going up against my dad," Teen Gohan gulped as he set down his ball in the holder.

"Don't sweat it, Gohan, we'll beat them," Videl reassures him.

"I'll be happy to remind Vegeta how bad he is at bowling," Yamcha says with a grin, before taking a sip of his drink.

Chiaotzu and Tien were off to the side having their own private conversation.

"Tien, do you think we will win? Goku and Piccolo are really good bowlers you know…" Chiaotzu says to him.

"Then we'll just have to give 120 percent during this match," Tien says to Chiaotzu.

Hercule Satan: "May I have your attention please? Bowlers, the Semi-Final match will begin in one minute. Please shake hands with the opposite team before you begin!"

Both teams walk up toward reach other and shook hands.

"Good luck, dad," Teen Gohan says to his father.

"You too, son. Give it your all!" Goku responds.

"Prepare to be...how you Earthlings say…owned?" Vegeta says to Chiaotzu as he grips the little guy's hand very tightly. Chiaotzu gritted his teeth as he took the Saiyan's intentionally hard handshake.

King Kai: "It's now time to start the game! Captains are up first! Show us what you can do!"

Goku approaches the lane with his ball. He runs up and throws the ball down the lane, hitting a perfect strike on his first throw.

"Yeah!" Goku cheers as he dances back to his seat.

Teen Gohan was first on the other team. He grabs his ball and approaches the lane. He throws the ball down the lane, eventually rolling off into the gutter.

"What?!" Teen Gohan says, his jaw unhinged again at the sight of another bad start for him. "Why is something like this happening again?"

"Heh, too overconfident?" Vegeta taunted from the Z-Team.

Teen Gohan tries at it again. This time he got 8 out of 10 pins. He went back to his seat slightly embarrassed.

"Don't worry, I'll make it up for you," Videl says, trying to make him feel better.

Now it was Vegeta's turn. He throws the ball straight down the middle of the lane. When it hit the pins, it gave him a 7-10 split.

"Dammit! It's nearly impossible to knock down both!" Vegeta says angrily.

"You go Vegeta! Keep up the good work!" Yamcha taunts from the other team.

"Oh shut-up!" Vegeta shouts back. He throws the ball again, luckily getting one of the two pins.

"Good start, Vegeta!" Krillan says, trying to lighten his mood, but Vegeta ignores him as he went back to his seat.

Next was Videl. With her ball, she approaches the lane and throws the ball, getting a strike on her first throw.

"See? Told ya!" Videl says to Teen Gohan as she returned to her seat.

Krillan's was up next. He grabs his ball and approaches the lane quickly and throws the ball. It ended up rolling to the side, and into the gutter.

"What the hell is wrong with you?! You're bowling as bad as I was!" Vegeta yells to Krillan.

"Well, at least he admitted he was doing badly in the first place," Chiaotzu says to Tien, but Vegeta heard him, and shot a smaller version of his Gallic Gun at the little guy, narrowly missing him.

Tournament Announcer: "Hey now! No threatening gestures to your opponents!"

"You call that attack a 'gesture'?" Chiaotzu whimpers from under his seat.

Krillan gulps as he went and tried to at least get a spare. He throws the ball perfectly, picking up the spare like he hoped he would.

"Whew!" Krillan says, wiping off his brow as he went back to his seat.

"Close one, Chrome-Dome," Vegeta says to him, shaking his fists.

Now it was Yamcha's turn.

"I'll try my Wolf-Fang Fist technique once more!" Yamcha says.

He approaches the lane and turns back to pose for the cameras. When he was ready, he tosses the ball straight into the air above him. When it came down, he performed the attack on the ball again. Unfortunately, he overdoes the attack, sending the ball clear over the pins and into the wall.

"Oh no! I think I just helped screw our team over on getting to the finals…" Yamcha cringes as he slowly made his way back to his seat, his entire team glaring at him for his screwed-up tactic.

Now it was time for Piccolo to shine again. He came out of his meditation stance, and approaches the lane with his ball. He calmly rolled the ball down the lane for another perfect strike.

"You're the best, Piccolo!" Trunks cheers toward the Namek.

Piccolo grins as he returned to his area and resumed meditating.

Now it was Chiaotzu's turn. He carries the bowling ball up to the lane and shoves it with all of his might, making it roll faster than before. It reached the pins fairly quickly, knocking down 8 out of the 10 pins on the first try. On his second throw, he got a gutter.

Last on Goku's team again was Trunks. He went up to the lane and rolls the ball. It was starting to look promising, but all of a sudden, it sways to the side and hit only one pin. On his second throw, he managed to get 7 of the 9 pins that remained.

Last on The Youth Team was Tien. He picks up his ball and rolls it straight down the lane for a strike.

"Looks like me and Videl are the ones who are going to pull our team out of the gutter," Tien says as he went back to his seat.

Later Toward The End Of The Semi-Finals…

Tournament Announcer: "Ladies and Gentlemen, it's now the final round of the Semi-Finals between the Z-Team and the Youth Team. The current scores are:

Z-Team: 199
Youth Team: 180

Tournament Announcer: "It doesn't look good for the Youth Team. They need two consecutive strikes to win if the Z-Team misses both of theirs."

"Too easy! We got this in the bag!" Vegeta says to Goku with a gin.

"Oh no! We're toast!" Yamcha says as he looks on and waits for Goku to make his move.

Goku went up to the lane and rolls the ball with determination.

It was a perfect strike.

Tournament Announcer: "AND THE Z-TEAM WINS THE SEMI-FINALS MATCH BY DEFAULT!"

"Damn! How could this have happen?" Teen Gohan says.

The entire audience cheer in an uproar as the Z-Team bows and gives their thumbs up to their fans. They had won once again, and will be challenging the current reigning champions in the final round.

"Good game you guys. You beat us by a long-shot," Videl says to the other team.

"You guys didn't do too bad yourselves," Goku compliments.

King Kai: "That does it for now folks! It is now time for the last Intermission session for the night. The final match of the Intergalactic Bowling Tournament will start in 30 minutes! Don't move a muscle!"

Continue on to the next chapter!