Chapter 10: 10 Years Later! A New Tenkaichi Budokai Begins!
10 years had passed since the defeat of Majin Buu. Those years will be told another day. Pan, the 9 year old daughter of Gohan and Videl is training with Piccolo while Gohan and Videl are away.
"Don't use your eyes Pan, feel my ki." Piccolo instructed as a frustrated Pan tried desperately to land a hit on the wise Namekian.
"I'm trying Mr. Piccolo!" Pan snapped. "I just can't though."
"Nonsense. You are letting yourself get to angry, like your father once was. Calm your mind Pan. Let go of your frustrations." Piccolo instructed.
Pan began to take several deep breaths, regaining her cool. "AHA!" Pan shouted as she finally landed a heavy blow on Piccolo.
"Ow! Pan not so hard!" Piccolo laughed, marvelling at the child's raw strength.
"Stop playing Mr. Piccolo, I know that didn't hurt you. I can't even go Super Saiyan!" Pan pouted.
"You'll get there eventually kid." Piccolo promised. "Took your grandfather until he was in his 20's to become a Super Saiyan."
"But…" Pan started, "but what if 1/4th saiyan blood isn't enough to go Super Saiyan?"
Piccolo was at a loss for words. Pan was the first 1/4th saiyan. Goten and Trunks had no problem becoming one at a young age, and so it may in fact be that Pan simply did not have enough Saiyan in her to reach that new level. "You will Pan, I promise."
"You really mean that?"
"Yes." Piccolo replied begrudgingly, not wanting to give a promise he couldn't keep. "Oh look, your parents are back."
"Mom! Dad! Hi!" Pan shouted as her parents flew down to greet her.
"Hey Pan! Were you playing around with Mr. Piccolo?" Gohan asked, picking Pan up and putting her on his shoulder.
"No! We were training! Mr. Piccolo got me to sense his energy and I was able to give him a good slug!" Pan laughed, reenacting it.
"Haha! Really now. Thanks Piccolo." Gohan turned to his old friend, "Say, are you entering in the tournament this weekend?
"I wasn't planning on it, why are you?" Piccolo replied.
"Yeah, King Yemma told me he took me up on my offer and reincarnated Majin Buu as a good guy. He's gonna be at the tournament this weekend and I wanna go and see what he's made of."
"Ma- Majin Buu?" Piccolo stammered, promptly collecting his cool. "Very well, if you are going to enter, I may as well too, it could be fun. We never got to finish that last tournament 10 years ago."
"Yeah." Gohan replied. "What about you Pan? You wanna enter too!?"
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" Pan flew off her father's shoulder and began to fly around in excitement.
"Alright. Pan you go back home with Mom, I'm going to go pay a visit to some old friends and see if they want to enter as well." Gohan said as he flew off.
First, Gohan flew to the residence of Krillin and Android 18. "I don't think I will Gohan, I threw my back out last week stopping a skyscraper from falling, I'm sore."
"I'm entering though." 18 interjected. "That bastard Satan never gave me the prize money from last time, it's time the champ is dethroned."
"Just go easy on him 18." Gohan laughed, not wanting his father-in-law to be too badly hurt.
Next, Gohan went to visit Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu. "I was already going to go." Tien laughed, "Chiaotzu was just going to watch though, but if you want him to rig the lottery for you, he can." Tien said as Chiaotzu giggled.
"Cool, I think I may take you up on that, thanks guys." Gohan replied.
Gohan then went to Capsule Corp. to invite Trunks and Bra and see if they knew where Goten was at. As Gohan arrived at Capsule Corp. he grinned as he saw Trunks and Bra sparring. Trunks was Super Saiyan.
"No fair Trunks!" Bra yelled at her brother as they fought. "I can't go Super Saiyan! No fair!"
"Does that make you angry Bra! Come on get angry!" Trunks shouted, trying to get his sister to transform.
"Stop yelling at me!" The 8 year old half Saiyan began to cry. Bra was conceived when Goku and Vegeta came to visit for Bulma's birthday. A birthday interrupted by a certain destructive cat...
"Hey-hey don't cry!" Trunks tried to calm her down. "Oh thank god Gohan, help me out here!"
"It's fine Bra, your brother is just being an idiot. If you want you can come train with me for a while and I can help you get so strong Trunks will have wished he never said anything!" Gohan winked, helping Bra get up.
"Yeah! That sounds good!" Bra cheered.
"Gohan! What brings you our way!" Bulma greeted as she walked outside with drinks for her kids.
"Oh hey Bulma! I just came by to see if Bra and Trunks wanted to enter the tournament this weekend." Gohan replied, giving Bulma a hug.
"Oh the tournament is this weekend? If you win you get a ton of Zeni right? Hell yeah I'm entering!" Trunks interjected.
"Hold on Trunks, you're working this weekend!" Bulma lectured. Trunks had been working as Bulma's secretary at Capsule Corp. for some time.
"Sorry Mom, I quit. If I can win this tournament I won't have to work ever again!" Trunks replied.
"Trunks! … Oh well, you're an adult now I guess." Bulma groaned.
"What about me mom!" Bra begged.
"Fine." Bulma conceded.
"Cool." Gohan started. "Hey Trunks, do you know where my brother is? My mom hasn't seen him in a few days and is having a stroke about it."
"Goten?" Trunks began laughing. "Last I heard he was spending the week with some girl down on an island in the Southern Ocean."
"Why am I not surprised. Do you know where the two are hold up at?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah, I'll come with you, it'll be funny to crash Goten's little party." Trunks chuckled as he and Gohan flew off to the South.
"I remember the last time I fought Satan at the last tournament we went to." Trunks recollected. "I knocked him out with a baby punch and he pretended like he let me." Trunks began laughing. "I could probably just breath on him now."
"That's all good, but if you do make it to the championships against him, please make it look less… lopsided." Gohan remarked.
"Yeah whatever." Trunks passively replied. "Look, I can sense Goten there on that island."
"Right, let's go say hi." Gohan smirked as the two flew down to find Goten and a mysterious girl in a hot tub.
"This has been so wonderful Goten." The mysterious girl cooed, leaning in to kiss the saiyan.
"Oh Felicia," Goten cheesily stammered as he leaned in to kiss Felicia.
"How's it going here kids?" Trunks interrupted, shoving his grinning mug in between the two love birds.
"Trunks! What the hell man why are you here I told you all that stuff in confidence… And what do you mean 'kids' we're like the same age!" Goten shot out of the hot tub furious.
"Last I checked, I'm 18. I'm an adult, while you on the other hand are still 17 there pal." Trunks ribbed Goten. "Hey Felicia, sorry about this."
"It's alright Trunks." Felicia gave a fake smile as Gohan now landed.
"Gohan! Why are you here too!" Goten exclaimed, now starting to sweat.
"Gohan? Who is this Gu-gu?" Felicia asked Goten.
"Gugu!?" Trunks howled upon hearing Goten's pet name.
"This… Uhh… this is…" Goten stammered.
"I'm Goten's older brother, nice to meet you." Gohan nodded to Felicia, before quickly turning back to Goten. "Goten, Mom has been worried sick what the hell is wrong with you!?" Gohan barked.
"Wait hold on Goten, I thought you said your family all died in a car accident when you were 4?!" Felicia interjected.
"Felicia babe, wait, it's not what it-" Felicia smacked Goten flat on his ass and stormed off.
"Why the hell did you tell Felicia your family all died?" Trunks asked, still bubbling of laughter.
"It was the only way I could seduce her, shut up Trunks!" Goten gave a love tap to his buddy. "Oh well, she was kind of annoying anyways. She was into cats way too much for me… So why are you two here anyways?"
"There's a tournament this weekend Goten, I think it would be good if you joined." Gohan explained.
"Yeah I think I'm good bro, I gotta think of some new pickup lines since that last one was a big old bust." Goten replied casually, trying to fix his hair.
"If you don't join the tournament I'm telling mom what you were off doing. If you do join… You hit your head and were in a hospital for a few days… Which is it Goten?" Gohan laid it out plainly.
"Damnit man, fine, I'll join the stupid fighting thing." Goten gave in.
"Alright cool, head home now and I'll call mom later to verify your excuse." Gohan finished.
Right as the three were about to leave, a familiar voice entered their heads. "That sounds like a lot of fun guys! I think we might join too!"
"Dad!?" Goten and Gohan shouted in unison.
"Vegeta and I haven't seen you guys in a few years, and this sounds like a great chance! We finally get to finish that tournament from all those years ago! I'll see you all then!" Goku's voice disappeared.
"This is gonna be awesome I get to see Dad!" Trunks cheered. "I get to… Oh shit!" Trunks all of a sudden became very upset. "If Goku and my Dad are entering, there's no way I'm getting the prize money!"
As Trunks began to feel sorry for himself, the three shot up in unison. "Do you guys sense that? A huge power has just arrived on the planet?" Gohan observed.
"Bu-it's fading!" Trunks continued. "They might be hurt, let's go see!"
And so the three Saiyans launched off to the northern region to find an interesting ship had crash landed and just outside an odd alien was lying on a rock. The the gang got closer, and they realised the alien was bleeding out.
"Oh my goodness! Can we help sir!? We can try and get some medical attention!" Gohan shouted as he rocketed to the dying alien.
"N-no. I am fine." The alien replied, giving a faint smile. "You see, I h-have finally defeated the demon that killed my brother, I can now die in peace. I… I'm ready to die in peace." The alien began to close his eyes, but gave Gohan a hard look. "You look like a man of great conviction. I'd like you to have my only remaining possession. It is in my ship." The alien pointed to his ship wanting Gohan to get it.
"A sword! It's craftsmanship is incredible!" Gohan exclaimed, bringing the sword out of the ship, only to see the alien had passed away. "That is too bad… At least he was happy in his final moments. Goten, go on and bury him will ya?" Gohan told his brother as he examined the sword. 'Why does this sword look so familiar. I could swear I have seen it before… WAIT!' Gohan's head shot up.
"Trunks... I think you should have the sword." Gohan declared, handing the sword to the purple haired saiyan.
"What the hell Gohan! I'm burying the guy! Why not me?" Goten complained.
"Because Trunks trains very hard, unlike you. You are a huge slack off." Gohan lectured his brother, though that was not the real reason he gave it to Trunks…
"Jeez, thanks Gohan, this thing is cool, and strong too, it might be useful in combat and stuff!" Trunks thanked Gohan, beginning to play with his new gift.
"Man that looks like fun." Goten grumbled watching his friend have a blast with his new toy.
And as Goten lamented his sorrows a few days passed and finally the day of the Tournament had arrived. 18, Krillin, Marron, Tien, Chiaotzu, Bulma, Bra, Trunks, Master Roshi, Yamcha, Piccolo, Gohan, Goten (who is now in a head wrap and being waited on by his mother, pretending to be injured) Chi-Chi, Videl, Pan, Fat Buu, and Mr. Satan all met up before the tournament. Bulma went and before the tournament installed an energy shield to surround the arena so the fighters could fight at full power without damaging anything.
"Oh, you are joining after all Krillin, awesome!" Gohan beamed as he saw Krillin enter his name into the roster.
"Yeah, I realised I was just making excuses for myself." Krillin admitted. "Also 18 wanted to increase the chances of winning the prize money."
"Heya guys!" The gang all spun around to see Goku and Vegeta once more in their presence, sporting their usual halos.
The gang erupted in greetings as Vegeta and Goku were swarmed. "Oi who stepped on my foot!" Vegeta barked, before realising it was his daughter Bra. Vegeta's face grew light. "Hey Bra, how have you been?" Vegeta asked as he hugged his daughter.
"Hiya daddy!" Bra began nonchalantly. "I've been alright, I'm trying to beat Trunks to get that dumb smug grin off his face but it's been hard so Gohan promised to train me!"
"Oh really, your brother has a dumb smug grin?" Vegeta chuckled as he stood up to see Trunks grown up. "You've still been training. Good." Vegeta stated plainly to Trunks as the two embraced.
"Goten you're really weak now huh?" Goku said without a second thought as he hugged his son. Goten fell backwards.
"Yeah I know, all he can think about is girls Goku." Trunks chimed in, loving to embarrass his best friend.
"Trunks shh!" Goten tried to silence Trunks.
"Can you even still go Super Saiyan?" Goku chuckled.
"I can so! Just you guys wait for the fights, I'll show you." Goten clenched his fist.
"Hey guys, before we go in, let's lay a few ground rules." Gohan cut in. "I don't think anyone should use a power past a Super Saiyan 3 if you can power up that much. Also, no cheap shots in any private areas, and-"
"Like the pee pee area?" Bra asked, only to become frustrated at everyone's laughter.
After a few hours of catching up, the fighters participating all had to gather inside to do the lottery to see who would fight who. Thanks to Chiaotzu, Gohan made sure he got to fight the Majin Buu reincarnate Uub in the first round. The fighters were Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Bra, Pan, Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Krillin, 18, Tien, Uub, Fat Buu, Master Roshi, Giant Tiger, and Madeline. The matches for the first round were ordered as follows:
Match 1: Pan vs. Giant Tiger
Match 2: Krillin vs. Tien
Match 3: Bra vs. Madeline
Match 4: Master Roshi vs. 18
Match 5: Gohan vs. Uub
Match 6: Goku vs. Piccolo
Match 7: Vegeta vs. Fat Buu
Match 8: Goten vs. Trunks
"Looks like you're up first Pan!" Goten shouted over to Pan, giving her an air high five.
"Yay yay yay!" Pan jumped up and down excited as she was quickly whisked out to face Giant Tiger.
"Good luck sweetie!" Gohan called as her daughter left sight. After a few minutes the other fighters were allowed to go out and watch the matches if they liked.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" The announcer shouted, getting the crowds attention. "We have for you the first match of the 27th Tenkaichi Budokai! This first match is a doozy, we have the great hulk know as Giant Tiger against the precocious child wonder Pan! And guess what folks! Pan is the granddaughter of the Great Mr. Satan!"
Pan and Giant Tiger both walked out on the stage. "Aren't you worried about Pan at all Gohan, that beast's thumb is as big as Pan!" Krillin asked, shocked Gohan and Pan both didn't break a sweat at this matchup.
"Oh please Krillin." Gohan laughed. "I more worried for this Tiger guy."
"This must me a joke!" Giant Tiger bellowed, looking at Pan's size. "This can't be allowed, can it? Oh well, sorry little girl, but I'm in this thing to win it!"
"Me too Big Tiger guy!" Pan smirked.
"Ready… Fight!"
Pan lept up without hesitation and backhanded Giant Tiger in the face. As bones began to crack, Giant Tiger was sent skyrocketing out of bounds and landed on his back. The arena grew silent for some time.
"I… I can't believe it folks! Pan has possibly won in the shortest time ever recorded!" The announcer yelled, getting the crowd to cheer as Pan merrily skipped backstage.
"Wow, amazing Pan!" Goku congratulated in awe.
"Thanks Gramppy Goku, it was nothin'!" Pan giggled.
"She sure takes after you, eh dad?" Gohan ribbed.
"Our next match is between two veterans of the tournament who haven't shown their faces in quite some time. Krillin vs. the former World Champion Tien Shinhan!" The announcer signaled for Krillin and Tien to step up.
"You ready Krillin?" Tien asked his old friend.
"You better believe it." Krillin replied back.
"This is going to be a super interesting fight!" Goku bounced up and down elated. "I honestly don't know who's going to win!"
"My money's on Tien." Goten piped up. "Tien never stops training and Krillin didn't even want to show up today."
"What's that?" 18 angrily spun to Goten as Goten leaped back in terror.
"Well if Goten thinks Tien, then Krillin probably will win!" Trunks laughed.
"Their both expert fighters." Vegeta interjected, surprising everyone that he would compliment the two humans. "If they were saiyans they would give Gohan a run for his money."
"Ar… Are you really my dad? Like for real though." Trunks stammered.
"Ready… Fight!" The announcer belted as Tien and Krillin faced off. Neither moved an inch, they stood still, waiting for the other. Then, finally…
"Kikoho!" Tien blasted his signature attack Krillin's way.
"Kienzan!" Krillin sent his powerful ki disks as a counter attack. The kienzan sliced the kikoho in half, giving Krillin a path to get right to Tien. And as Krillin launched himself at Tien the two began a fiercely trading punches. The two continued fighting close quarters on the ground for several minutes.
"Taioken!" Tien sent out his blinding attack. However, even though Krillin could not see, he simply stayed calm and continued to sense Tien's energy, effectively dodging Tien's onslaught of attacks. "Impressive Krillin I must say!" Tien grinned, "But not good enough!" Tien backflipped as a second Tien created from the multiform technique dropped down on Krillin from above. Tien had spilt bodies when Krillin was focussing his energy on the single Tien while he was blinded. However, as the other Tien went to hit Krillin, it was revealed that Krillin was an afterimage.
"What!?" Tien blurted as Krillin was a step ahead of him. Before he could turn around he heard Krillin.
"HA!" Krillin blasted a full power Kamehameha Wave right at Tien's back. That Tien went flying, crashing into the other one to reform the single Tien.
"Clever Krillin. Very clever." Tien wiped the sweat from his brow as he stared his opponent down. "Very well."
Tien shot up high into the air. "I have to admit Krillin, you are a genius at ground combat, but in the air, my third eye sees all, Kikoho!" Tien blasted his kikoho at the stage. Krillin dodged it, but the stage was left as a giant hole so Krillin had to stay in the air.
"Alright Tien, let's see how much that third eye really can see." Krillin began to power up, but what came next shocked everyone. "KAIOKEN!" Krillin unleashed the attack that was once believed to only be known by Goku.
"What? How did Krillin learn the Kaioken!?" Goku stammered.
"When I told him he was going to enter the tournament, he went out and asked Dende to visit King Kai." 18 explained. "King Kai taught him the Kaioken and Krillin spent some time in the time chamber mastering the form."
"Crazy! With Krillin's already impressive base power, he's gotta be as strong as a Super Saiyan now!" Goku marveled at his best friend.
"I don't know about all of that Kakarot!" Vegeta piped in, not wanting to give the guy too much credit.
"Yah yah yah yah yah!" Krillin unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks Tien's way. Tien was able to block most of them, but with the Kaioken drastically increasing Krillin's speed, Tien got clobbered. Krillin gave Tien one more good punch as Tien went rocketing out of bounds.
"Tien is out of bounds! The winner is Krillin!" The announcer declared as the crowd went wild.
Krillin flew down to help Tien up. "Incredible Krillin, would you please teach me the Kaioken sometime?"
"Sure Tien."
After a short break as the arena was put back together, the next match was on. "Our next match has Bra, the friend of Pan, facing off against Madeline Winsborow of the Winsborow Academy for advanced martial arts.
"Wish me luck you guys!" Bra yelled excitedly as she ran out into the arena.
"Try not to kill her Bra, we don't want to gather the Dragon Balls." Vegeta called out.
"I will not treat you like a child like that Giant Tiger did to your friend. Are you ready Bra?" Madeline asked as she got into position.
"Yea!" Bra chirped.
"Ready… Go!"
"Yaaa!" Madeline raced towards Bra as she began the first strike, furiously assaulting Bra, quickly knocking Bra to the ground. "I'm sorry Bra, but I had to end things qui-" Madeline was cut off as Bra bounced back up.
"That was fun! My turn!" Bra charged at Madeline and began hitting her. While Madeline was able dodge some, the ones she didn't stung very bad, but she managed to stay strong, eventually landing in a spin kick to Bra's head.
"Ow! That hurt a lot! Watcha do that for?" Bra held her head in pain.
"Do you think this is a game!? I am trying to defeat you!" Madeline shouted.
"Fine, I'm done playing then." Bra pouted as she blasted out a galick gun that sent Madeline spiralling towards the out of bounds.
"And Madeline is out! Bra is the winner!"
"Woo-hoo!" Bra cheered as she danced of stage.
"Ha! Fool." Vegeta snorted.
"Our next match is the old Master Roshi, a seasoned veteran here at the Budokai, against a mysterious fighter known as 18."
"I give up!" Roshi yelled as he crawled out of the women's' restroom, followed shortly after by 18.
"Disgusting pig!" 18 barked Roshi's way. "How the hell do you even have a shrinking device like that anyways?"
"I got this thing a looong time ago." Roshi replied, reminiscing back to a simpler time.
"Our next match is Son Gohan, the son in law of the champ and son of the former champ Goku, vs. the young up and comer Uub!" The announcer beckoned for the two fighters to enter the stage.
"Good luck!" Gohan stuck his hand out to Uub, but was shocked when he found that Uub was incredibly nervous and his handshake was frail. "Why so nervous? This is gonna be fun!" Gohan tried to ease the anxiety as he held his hand behind his head. Uub gave a very quick nod to Gohan as he got in position, shaking in fear.
"Ready? Begin!"