Chapter 10: The Junior Division

A/N: Hello there my faithful readers, I'm back again with another update. As usual I'd like to start by thanking all of those who have reviewed my story thus far!

Sid89: You know, I would have let Gohan think on it for a little more, but I felt that doing so would cause people to completely forget that he was searching for Videl, and just stumbled upon Bardock (since it is obviously him). No worries though, Gohan will ponder this topic a little more in this chapter.

Dp3of5: Since I absolutely love the WMAT, I will not have Yamu and Spopovich make their interruption until the conclusion of the tournament (I would explain why, but you'll get that info in the story soon enough). And of course Mr. Satan will get is coming to him, but not at the hands of the person you would expect.

Supersaiyaninfinitygohan: Ah yes, I do enjoy the anime quite a bit as well. I know that you see manga references everywhere on FF since it is canon, but I feel that mixing the canon with the non is just fine (especially since none of these stories can be considered canon in the first place XD). Also, I did mean to say terse, but either word can work there. Thanks for pointing it out though.

Cottoncandy101: Sadistic friend…I'm going to be honest you're beginning to scare me. First you tell me that I will die if I don't update in a week, now you tell me you have an insane and sadistic friend. Should I fear for my life?

Ky111: Glad you liked the last chapter, and I do plan on having the entire tournament play out (although I have yet to decide who will win the final, I will just say it is certainly not Mr. Satan). Also, you now get to see the benefits and weaknesses of ASSJ vs. FPSSJ in this chapter, so it's nice that you brought that up!

AnimeFreakGTXO: I am going to give Bardock the ability to go Super Saiyan; one of the nice things about AU fics is that I can say the events of Episode of Bardock happened and I can't get yelled at for it :)

Animekingmike: I'm not too sure where you got Fat Buu's power of 1 billion from, but I can say that the only official power levels are those up to the end of the Frieza Saga and Broly's power level of 1.4 billion at the time of Broly: TLSS. Now given Broly's level, I would think that Majin Buu's would be higher than that, because it took a SSJ3 Goku to match that power, where all it took to defeat Broly in that movie was a punch by SSJ Goku with others' power added to it. In my opinion, Majin Buu's power level is about 4 billion, and that is what I am going to have it set as when he makes his appearance. As for the thing with Videl, I really don't know why I chose to leave the explanation so short now that I'm re-reading it, you have a good point there.

Wow that was a lot of reviews! Now then, in this chapter the Junior Division of the WMAT will take place, and we will witness the much anticipated battle of Goten vs. Trunks!

Deafening cheers originating from the World Martial Arts Tournament stadium could be heard for miles as people of all races and ages waited in anticipation for the tournament to begin. Even though the day would only start off with the junior division of the tournament, the fans were clearly as hyped up as they would be for any other fight. Little did they know that, even in this "lesser" division, they would soon bear witness to one of the greatest fights to ever take place in the WMAT.

Goku, Gohan, and the rest of the Z Fighters made their way to a "standing room only" section of the stadium. Since they had arrived just before the tournament would begin, there was not any more room in the general seating. However, they did not seem to care about that all too much as they would have surely been on their feet anyways. Once they had all made their way to the section of the stands seemingly devoted to them, they took a look at the newly-designed stadium.

"Wow," a surprised Goku said, "they sure have made the ring a lot bigger than last time."

Everybody took another look at the aforementioned ring, and each one of them silently affirmed Goku's word. Piccolo, however, was the first one to offer a potential explanation on this fact.

"It's because of that bumbling idiot Mr. Satan," Piccolo began, earning an angry look from Videl in the process, which he simply ignored. "Ever since he 'defeated Cell' the people of Earth have catered to his every whim. He wanted this tournament to have more excitement to it, and if you can't get better fighters then why not give the ones you have a larger area in which to do battle?"

Goku's eyes nearly burst out of his head when Piccolo was about halfway through his explanation. He leaned in close to the Namekian and in a whisper said, "Hey, watch out how you talk about Mr. Satan with Videl around; she may not know that her dad didn't really beat Cell."

"No, don't worry about it Goku," Videl interrupted, hearing what he said. "I know my dad is nothing compared to you guys…but someone still refuses to tell me what happened at the end of the Cell Games!" she said, sending a glare at Gohan who just laughed sheepishly. Although everybody there could tell the girl about the conclusion of the games, they all respected Gohan's decision not to tell her quite yet.

They sat around for another minute or so exchanging casual conversation, when they were interrupted by the booming voice of the announcer.

"Ladies and Gentleman!" the announcer said with as much enthusiasm as he could muster, "Welcome to the Twenty-Fifth World Martial Arts Tournament! To kick things off this year, we will hold our second ever Junior Division of the tournament!" The crowd went wild, every person itching to see the fights that would come shortly.

After pausing a moment for some of the crowd to calm down, the announcer continued. "Now without further ado, I would like to welcome into the ring our first two competitors, Trunks and Peter!"

The two boys walked up to the ring next to each other. If one were to judge who would win this fight based on appearances, many people would say that Trunks stood no chance. His opponent, Peter, was a 15 year old who stood at an astounding 6 feet 2 inches, making him the largest fighter in the junior division. If his towering height wasn't enough, his muscles were all nearly the size of an adult body builder. Although this boy would have struck fear into nearly every other competitor in the junior division, Trunks didn't even consider him a threat. He just walked silently into the ring with his eyes closed, waiting for the match to start.

The others watched from above as the two fighters took their positions. "Wow, Trunks is in the first match," Gohan said, surprised that his friend would be fighting so early.

"Yeah," Goku said in reply, "but when is Goten going to be fighting? I'd hate to have to have them fight before the finals."

At saying this, everybody's heads turned towards the small white board that was next to the ring. Although it was hard to see from a distance, they were able to make out the words.

"Looks like he's on the other side of the bracket," Krillin started, "It's a good thing too; they might not have had a ring left for a final if they fought before then!"

Everybody, other than Vegeta and Piccolo, laughed at the short man's joke, and then turned their attention back to the arena, where the announcer was ready to begin the fight.

In a voice that could be heard for miles around, the announcer said with gusto "LET THE FIRST MATCH OF THE JUNIOR DIVISION BEGIN!"

Not wanting to waste any time in securing what he thought would be an easy victory, the massive Peter charged at Trunks with a loud battle cry. Despite this menacing approach, however, Trunks was still far too bored to even care. Not even bothering to open his eyes, Trunks just lazily swiped his arm up at the charging Peter, who took this rather insignificant blow, by Saiyan standards, straight to the chin and flew headfirst out of the ring and into the crowd.

"Oops, looks like I hit him too hard," the boy said, although by his tone of voice it was clear that he couldn't care less how much he hurt the boy.

The audience, on the other hand, just stood at their seats dumbfounded. How was this eight year old boy able to throw the massive fifteen-year-old that far? They had no idea, and the announcer was only slightly less stunned than the rest of the crowd.

"Well…It seems…That Peter has been knocked out of the ring! Trunks is the winner!" The announcer shouted out, regaining his composure. The crowd, eventually regaining their own composure as well, all broke out into cheers for the young boy, who had already quietly left the ring.

The Z-Fighters just stood where they were at and breathed a collective sigh. "I guess there isn't going to be much for us to watch until the two of them fight, huh?" Goku asked in a disappointed tone.

As expected, Goten plowed through his first match with the same ease as Trunks, to much the same reaction from the crowd. As round after round dragged on, the Z-Fighters began to grow bored. Just when they started to think that the tournament would never end, the announcement that they had been waiting for was made.

"Now everybody, it's the fight you've all been waiting for!" The announcer began, vibrant as always. "It's time for the final round; now, help me welcome to the ring your two finalists Goten and Trunks!"

The crowd roared in anticipation of seeing these two prodigies fight. As they walked up to the ring the announcer continued with his introductions.

"Trunks is the son of the president of Capsule Corporation, Bulma Briefs. He has made his way through the tournament with seemingly no effort. Opposing him is his best friend Goten, who is the son of former champion Son Goku! The fight between these two is sure to be an intense one!"

The two young warriors took their positions on opposite ends of the ring, and held one last conversation before their battle.

"So Trunks," Goten started, giddy as usual. "What are you gonna do with the money if you win?"

The lavender-haired boy just shrugged his shoulders before saying, "I dunno."

"Yeah, it would be hard to get something new when you already have everything…I know what I'm gonna get though!" Goten said, his slight jealousy turning back into happiness.

"What's that?" Trunks asked his friend.

Goten smiled with glee as mountains upon mountains of toys ran through his head. Trunks didn't need Goten to speak; the look on the boy's face gave everything away.

After deciding that they had made enough idle chat for now, Trunks put a hardened expression on his face and dropped into a fighting stance. Goten, seeing the look on his friend's face, readied himself for their impending battle as well.

The announcer took the cue from the boys and, hyped up to see an epic battle at the WMAT once again said in his loudest voice ever, "LET THE FINAL BATTLE BEGIN!"

As dramatic as his announcement had been, the reaction from the two boys was equally anticlimactic. Rather than rush each other at the word "go," they just stood in place, each waiting for the other to make the first move. Although this disappointed the crowd, neither one of them cared about that. Eventually, being the hard-headed boy that he is, Trunks' patience ran out and he shot a single blast of ki at Goten.

The yellow sphere of energy was easily deflected, but was only meant as a distraction anyways. As soon as the blast left his hand, Trunks rushed at Goten. He reached his friend at nearly the same instant his blast was deflected, and lashed out with a powerful punch to the now defenseless Goten.

The blow connected with the boy in the chest, and knocked the wind out of him. Trunks continued his assault with a kick across the side of the face which sent Goten soaring across the ring. Trunks sped off towards the edge of the ring, beating the other boy there, and finished his combo with a massive elbow to Goten's upturned chest, sending him crashing into the ring below.

"Wow," Goku commented while watching the fight with the rest of his friends, "It looks like Trunks is off to a really good start on this one."

Vegeta scowled at the taller Saiyan. "You think that he is giving any effort right now? Don't make me laugh, your boy is just weak," he said, appalled that anybody would think that this dominating start to the battle was anything out of the ordinary.

"Care to put your money where your mouth is Vegeta?" an entertained Krillin joined in. "If you're so confident in your son, how bout we put some money on it. I bet five thousand zenie Goten wins the match."

Vegeta eyed the short martial artist, and with a feeling of absolute certainty in his voice he said, "You're on, baldy."

The former monk was about to make a comment on how he now had hair, however the sight of Goten picking himself up from the ground turned everybody's attention back to the fight at hand.

Goten, after taking that head on assault from his friend, was surprisingly all smiles when he got up from the ground. "Hey, that was a pretty good attack there Trunks! You almost hurt me with that one!" he said to his friend who was still floating slightly above him.

"What are you talking about? You were on the ground for five seconds; that had to hurt!" Trunks shouted back in him at slight disbelief.

Goten's goofy grin just widened even more, and he responded, "I know I was on the ground for a while, but there's no drama if I just get up right away!"

Trunks just shook his head in disbelief at his friend, and with slight annoyance in his voice he said "Just get back to the fight, Goten. This is for real, not for fun."

Sensing the seriousness in Trunks' voice, Goten nodded slightly before dropping back into his fighting stance. The instant Trunks saw that his friend was finally listening to him, he too moved to drop back into his fighting stance. However, this was one instant too late, as Goten wasted no time in darting up towards the lavender-haired boy before pounding him in the gut with an uppercut, sending Trunks reeling backwards. The youngest Son boy closed the short gap between him and his opponent and followed up with three more punches to the chest, before quickly maneuvering himself behind Trunks and sending him crashing downwards with an axe kick. As the boy flew at high speeds towards the arena, Goten charged a powerful ball of ki over his head, and threw it at the boy. It caught up with Trunks just after he hit the ground, and the resulting explosion left a small crater to appear in the explosion.

The announcer moved to begin his count, however Goten simply waved him off; he knew better than to think that Trunks would be defeated so easily. Sure enough, Trunks picked himself up out of the crater, and he was seeing red. He felt that it was a bit of a cheap shot for Goten to rush at him like that without allowing him a chance to take his stance, so it was high time for some payback. So, while Goten was still floating idly by, Trunks took this opportunity to catch the boy off guard. He flew at Goten at top speed with the intentions of sending a kick to his jaw, however when the boy reached Goten's form, his foot only hit air.

"Looking for me?" a voice called out from behind Trunks, who was rewarded for his blind rage by being sent right back down to the arena with an elbow to the skull.

At this point, Trunks was becoming rather infuriated. Watching from above, Gohan smiled. His brother was using one of the less desirable traits that Vegeta passed on to his son, his anger, against him. Goten knew that Trunks was rather easy to piss off, and an angry fighter is certainly easier to fight than a calm and collected one.

"Alright, that's enough warming up!" Trunks yelled towards his opponent. Then, letting out a battle cry with his fists at his sides, the formerly lavender-haired boy assumed his Super Saiyan transformation. There was no way that Trunks was going to give Goten a chance to reach the same power level he was at, so taking his advantage he rushed at Goten and, grabbing him by the ankle, threw him down towards the arena. The black haired Saiyan hit the ground with such force that he bounced back up into the air two feet, and was met by none other than Trunks. The Super Saiyan lashed out at his defenseless friend with a violent kick, and Goten was sent flying high and far into the air. He cleared the edge of the arena and was well on his way to flying clear out of the stadium, but this was not going to be enough for Trunks. Raising his arms to the side, the boy gathered his ki into his hands before putting them together and pointing his two index fingers at Goten. With a cry of "Big Tree Cannon!" he fired a massive yellow energy wave straight at his soaring opponent.

The blast rocketed through the air and Trunks, along with many of the other people present, felt certain that this would end the battle. It closed in on Goten with amazing speed; however the boy would once again prove his resilience. The black-haired child recovered from Trunks physical assault in midair, and after quickly steadying himself, he raised both hands in front of him, preparing to take the blast.

The beam was caught by Goten with both hands, and he struggled to keep the deadly energy in front of him. Grunting, he gradually pushed the beam back, and finally with a loud shout punched it over his head and it sailed away harmlessly.

"Alright Trunks, it looks like you've had your payback. Now it's my turn!" Goten said, and powered up effortlessly into his Super Saiyan form. Quicker than lightning, the boy vanished out of the view of the audience, and reappeared right behind Trunks an instant later. He punched Trunks in the spine, sending him flying through the air.

The older boy regained his balance quickly. Damn, he's fast. I barely even saw that one, he thought to himself before rushing back to Goten, prepared to launch a counterattack. Goten was having none of this, however, and simply vanished from sight once more, reappearing directly above Trunks and slamming him back down into the ground.

Up in the stands, Gohan's attention was drawn away from the fight by the sight of the spiky haired man he mistook from his father. He was sitting only a few rows away from the bottom, and was watching the battle between the two Super Saiyans rather intently. Who is that guy? the teen wondered. He has a tail, so he's obviously a Saiyan, but he also has a halo, so isn't he dead? Assuming that's the case, why is he here?

Not knowing who else to go to, Gohan turned towards the one man who may be able to provide him with some answers, Vegeta.

"Vegeta, I need to talk to you," he said to the older Saiyan. His face then hardened, and he added, "In private."

The Prince of all Saiyans gave a short nod and allowed Gohan to lead him off to a more secluded area. "What do you want, brat? Couldn't bear to see my boy destroy your brother?"

Gohan was not really in the mood for Vegeta's jibes, so he ignored to comment and simply stated "There's another Saiyan here."

Vegeta was incredulous. "What?!" he shouted, "That is not possible. The only Saiyans left are me and you whelps. The rest are all dead!"

The younger Saiyan nodded in response. "You're right Vegeta, they are all dead. Nevertheless, there is one here. Now then, I need to know. Should we be worried?"

Recovering from his earlier disbelief, Vegeta calmly shook his head. "No," he stated, before quickly adding "At least, I don't believe so. At the time of Planet Vegeta's demise, there was not a warrior with a power level larger than 20,000; hardly anything to be concerned with."

Gohan was silently relieved. Now with the issue of world destruction gone, he could try and find out who exactly this man was. He pointed to where the man was sitting a few rows away from the ongoing battle. "That's him over there," he said to Vegeta. At the sight of the man, the Saiyan Prince's eyes grew wide and, despite the fact that concealing emotion was one of his strong suits, his jaw dropped slightly in surprise.

"Are you still sure that we shouldn't be worried about him?" Gohan asked, somewhat worried by Vegeta's uncharacteristic reaction.

It's unmistakable! Vegeta thought, ignoring Gohan for the moment. That is Kakarot's father! The older man's features then returned back to normal, that is to say, angry and annoyed, and he responded to Gohan. "Worried? No. Interested? Yes." Gohan was about to ask him to clarify, but was silenced by a loud crash sounding throughout the area. Following this, the large crowd erupted in cheers, and the announcer shouted "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a champion!" The two Saiyans bolted from their secluded area to see just who had the last laugh.

***During Gohan and Vegeta's conversation***

Trunks picked himself up from the rubble that the ring was being turned into. He glared back up at his normally goofy and carefree friend, and noticed that his eyes had gained a rather hard quality to them. Goten must really want to win this thing, he thought to himself, looks like I won't be catching him off guard again anytime soon.

Trunks hardly knew how correct he was in this thought. Something had happened inside of Goten. Whenever he and Trunks had sparred together in the past, Goten would always be just behind the eight ball. Sometimes when they fought, it would appear that he had the upper hand, just for Trunks to come roaring back and take the fight once more. Once Trunks had taken his "payback" at Goten during this fight, the youngest Super Saiyan made the decision that there was no way he was ever going to let Trunks come back again. So, when he made his jump to Super Saiyan, the kid gloves came off and Goten was all business.

Trunks jumped off the ground and shot himself straight at Goten and unleashed a flurry of punches at the boy's head, chest, and arms. To his dismay, however, Goten avoided each and every punch sent at him. Growing frustrated, Trunks began to mix in some kicks with his punches, but the result remained the same. The fact of the matter was that Trunks couldn't keep up with Goten's speed, so his attempts at hitting him were fruitless.

Goten shortly grew bored with simply dodging every blow sent at him, so when Trunks shot out with yet another punch aimed for the head he grabbed the boy's wrist with both hands and began to spin him around several times. With a small grunt, Goten sent Trunks soaring back down to the arena where he crashed once again, creating yet another crater.

Trunks picked himself up from the ground once again, and he felt his chances of victory slipping gradually. At this rate, I'm going to be lucky to hit him, he thought, so the hits I do get in on him need to be as strong as I can make them. Looks like it's time to reveal the ace up my sleeve…

He brought both of his fists to his side and let out a war cry, letting all the power he had within him rise towards the surface. His muscles grew larger, and his hair shot straight out in every direction as his power reached its peak. With a final shout, Trunks' completed his change into the Ascended Super Saiyan state, and rushed at Goten once more.

The Son boy was beginning to think that Trunks had no battle plan. After all, he just tried this tactic and it failed. Phasing out of sight, Goten prepared to land another strike to Trunks' back. What he did not expect to happen, however, was for Trunks to spin around 180 degrees the moment that he phased out of sight, and rather than Goten landing a punch to Trunks' back, Trunks instead planted his fist squarely in Goten's face.

All that Goten could feel at that moment was pain. Trunks had put all the force he could muster into that punch, and it was more than likely that the single blow had broken a few bones in Goten's face. As the younger boy sailed through the arena towards the crowd, Trunks made his way in front of his path, and sent him flying in the opposite direction with a powerful kick. Then he did it again. And again.

The Z-Fighters watching the battle were slightly shocked at the brutality Trunks was putting into his blows as he played Goten Pong. Eventually, Trunks made the decision that enough was enough, and with one final axe kick sent Goten crashing back into the arena, the force of his landing creating a crater that dwarfed each of the previous ones in size.

"Goten is down! I will now begin the count!" The announcer shouted, earning a roar of approval from the crowd.

"One!"

Get up Goten, there's still more fight in you! Chichi thought, willing her son to get back to his feet.

"Two!"

There's no point in counting, he isn't getting back up from that, Yamcha thought with certainty.

"Three!"

Come on Goten, Krillin thought desperately, I have money riding on this!

"Four!"

Six seconds to victory, Trunks thought as he watched the unmoving form of his best friend below him.

"Five!"

Just then, Goten twitched. The movement was so slight that unless you were paying extremely close attention you would have missed it. Trunks, however, did not miss it. Suddenly those mere six seconds began to seem like hours.

"Six!"

Goten heaved in a gigantic breath as his eyes opened wide in front of him, his face still buried in the dirt.

"Seven!"

Still struggling to breathe, the youngest Super Saiyan brought one leg close to his chest, beginning his effort at picking himself up off of the ground.

"Eight!"

Trunks was beginning to panic as he saw Goten's arm rise as he pushed himself to one knee. Trunks put all of his force into the blows that knocked Goten down, and as such he was feeling pretty drained. If Goten got up, how would he be able to put the hurt on him again?

"Nine!"

With a final push, Goten rose to both of his feet, earning a round of applause from the excited crowd. "It looks like Goten is back on his feet! The battle will continue!" the announcer shouted, signaling the boys to continue their bout.

Goten looked back up at his adversary and smirked. "That wasn't too bad Trunks," he said to the boy before adding, "but it won't be happening again." To prove his point, Goten vanished from sight of the boy once again, his blazing speed not being hurt in the slightest by Trunks' assault. Trunks used his mind and tried to quickly feel for where Goten was moving, and quickly spun around and brought his arms up in defense, blocking the blow intended for his back. He would not be given a reprieve of any sort, however, as Goten simply disappeared once more before quickly reappearing behind Trunks once more and hit him with a sweeping kick, tripping him.

Before Trunks had a chance to land on the ground, Goten crouched as low as he could and, with both legs, kicked upwards into Trunks' gut, sending him flying through the air with the wind knocked out of him. As he was soaring through the sky at high speeds, Goten flew beside him and grabbed hold of his ankle. The young Saiyan spun him around a few times, building up his momentum, before throwing Trunks down as hard as he could.

He meant for Trunks to land at the edge of the arena, he really did. However, he underestimated the force at which he threw the boy, because when Trunks made contact with the tile near the edge of the arena, his speed was so great that he hit the ground with the force of a small earthquake and plowed clear though the concrete before crashing into the grass outside of the arena, the impact forming yet another crater.

It took a second for everyone to recover from the shock of what just happened. However, being the professional that he was, the announcer was the first. With all the excitement of the fight still flowing through his veins, the man shouted at the top of his lungs, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A CHAMPION!"

It was over. Goten had won.

A/N: That marks the end of my tenth chapter! Wow, that update took much longer to get out than I intended. Honestly, when my golf season and school got into full swing, I found that I had almost no time to write. Lucky for you guys, golf is a very short season and thus is already over. So, I should be able to write more often again.

On a related note, I found writing this chapter very difficult. I don't know why, but the battle between Goten and Trunks was just much harder to write than my previous ones. Most likely because of the length it had to be, but I think I did a fairly good job with it.

Next up are the power levels for this chapter:

Trunks (Base): 125,000,000

Goten (Base): 187,500,000

Trunks (SSJ): 500,000,000

Goten (FPSSJ): 750,000,000

Trunks (ASSJ): 800,000,000

The careful observer will notice that I used a different multiplier between their base and SSJ forms than I did for Goku last chapter. This is because of the factor of experience. When the SSJ transformation was first made by Goku in the fight against Frieza, it gave him a multiplier of 50, however as his power level in his base form increased, the multiplier decreased. So, since the kids have less experience than Goku does, and their base form is not as strong, the multiplier they get for the SSJ transformation is larger.

Next chapter, the lots for the Adult Division of the WMAT are drawn, and the first match (or maybe first few, I haven't decided yet) will take place. Finally, I would like to thank each and every one of you for reading my story; your continued support means so much to me. If you have any comments, concerns, or just general questions I encourage you to leave a review, and I will respond to you at the beginning of the next chapter. Thanks again everybody, until next time!

-HRR2b23