In Search of Oceans

Period 10: First bout

"The first round match ups are now final!" Alerts the announcer into his microphone, the audience once again erupts into applause, calling out to their preferred fighters. The announcer paces over to the chart in the middle of the ring, reading out the names of the remaining competitors.
"In the first bout Pan will be facing, Wild Tiger"
"In the second bout Goku will take on Uub!" He calls, adjusting his sunglasses.
"In the third round, Narig will fight Captain Chicken!" He calls.
"Next, Buu will face Goten in the forth bout." Turning toward the west stands full of acclaimed fans, he takis a breath.
"The fifth bout will feature Trunks and Odokoski!" He raises his microphone into the air before announcing the last match.
"And in the sixth, Vegeta will go head to head with Knock!" he concludes. The crowd cheers. He turns away from the audience, pointing his microphone away from his mouth he speaks directly to all the competitors waiting in the ring.
"Fighters, the judges need a few minutes to get ready. We will call the names for the first bout, until then you are free to rest, warm up or do as you please to prepare. Good luck to you all!" he calls, bowing before he leave's.

Goten is about to tear out his hair over his match up.
"Great! How come I am the one stuck fighting Majin Buu in the first round?" he shrieks, his hands shaking angrily out in front of him. He cannot forfeit this one. A strong hand come slapping down onto his shoulder.
"That's the luck of the draw bud." Trunks smirks, keeping his hand on Goten's' shoulder. Goku overhears his son's distress, a smile creeps to his face as a thought comes to his mind.
"Well, you will be on that date sooner than you think then tough guy!" he calls. Unable to restrain himself, he breaks into laughter. Goten turns to him, still an overstressed expression on his face.
"That would have been something, but we have an arrangement with Trunks and his girl. Im going to have to wait anyway!" He proclaims, what more can possibly go wrong. They are distracted, heavy boots thumping toward them.
"What are you bozo's belly aching about." Wild Tiger growls. Stoping in front of the group, his hands on his hips. Everyone looks up at him.
"What's his problem now?" Trunks raises an eyebrow.
"I have to fight a little bitty kid!" The giant man spits, pointing his finger at Pan. Pan hides behind Goku's leg, tightly gripping teg fabric of his pants. Wild Tiger squats down slowly, watching Pan. Once at her eye level, he continued his taunting.
"The mighty Wild Tiger doing battle with a fucking toddler? Come on!" he barks, snarling at Pan.
Pan puts on a brave face; still clutching Goku's pants she leans forward and pokes her tongue out at her opponent. Wild Tiger snarls even more, wanting badly to shout and curse at her. Instead, he stands back up.
"This is stupid, they shouldn't even let you in, this tournament isn't for breast feeding babies." he throws another insult. Trunks gives him an icy glare, his fringe castign a shadowing over his eyes. He restrains himself, if a fight is to start now, it could mean disqualification, or worse.
"What the fuck are you looking at?" Wild Tiger snaps, steps intimidating toward Trunks. Trunks does not move an inch.
"Nothing... absolutely nothing." he replies flatly, eyeing him sternly. Wild Tiger watches him for moment. Walking away, he mumbles abusive words back over his shoulder.

Vegeta and Goku stand nearby. Goku is trying to reassure Pan it is all just a game, that there is nothing to fear. Vegeta is watching the heavens .
"Hey old man. Looks like we will be fighting each other." Knock states, strutting up to Vegeta with his hands in the side pockets of his pants. Goku overhears him and listens in. Vegeta ignores his young competitor, continuing his observation of the heavens. A long pause inquest Knock takes a step closer to the Saiyajin prince.
"Got a little attitude problem there, is that it?" Knock adds. Vegeta continues to give Knock the cold shoulder, irritating Knock to take yet another step closer.
"Or are you just so damn old and ugly that you can't bloody hear anymore?" Knock snaps, certain it will get a response. It does not, the cool collected prince ignorers him still. Knock is furious, he walk's straight up beside Vegetas' face.
"HEY!" he yells into Vegetas' ear, erupting in a fit of laughter. In the blink of an eye, Vegeta rotates his left arm up. Slamming the back of his fist between Knocks eyes, sending him flying through the change room door. Other competitors that witnessed this shake in their boots in fear. They may have to fight him eventually. Trunks, Goten and Goku are in fits of giggles and chuckles, amused by what Vegetas' lack of patients gave way to. Vegeta stays situated, listening to his companion's laughter, when their voices cease he speaks up.
"Tell the officials my 'opponent' has decided to forfeit. " He requests, pacing away from his companions.

Knocks name is removed from the chart; Vegeta needs to wait for the next round before he has the chance to compete. Up on the balcony, Bulma is beside herself. Her face buried in her open palms.
"Agh, couldn't he wait!" she moans disapprovingly.

The announcer returns to the ring. Informing what manner the matches are to commence, not forgetting to mention the prize money and the generous sponsor for that year, Mr. Satan. Once again at the mention of the mans name, the crowds erupt in loving cheers.
In the doorway of the change rooms, most of the competitors listen for their matches. Inside the youngest contender is getting some last minute attention.
Goku, Goten, Majin Buu and Trunks stand in a congregation. Vegeta has taken refuge against a wall out of sight. Closing his eyes gently, he takes the opportunity to relax.
Gohan and Videl came into the change rooms on the condition of being Pans parents, eager to see her before her match.
"Alright, it's almost done sweetie, let's get this good and tight." Videl articulates as she ties a red sash firmly around Pans waist.
"There you go, now be strong but also be careful, ok." she advises, tightening the knot further.
"K.'" Pan nods giddily, looking at her mother kneeling down on one knee. Gohan stands behind Videl, he comes down to eye level with Pans she.
"Stay loose Pan, and remember your training, ok." He reminds proudly.
"Right!" Pan responds blinking her eyes at him. The announcer calls Pan and Wild Tiger out to the ring, its time for their match. Videl and Gohan stand up from the ground.
"You're on Pan, go get him." Gohan cheers, lacing his fingers behind his back.
"Go get em' sweetie!" Videl adds, enthusiastic for her little daughters moment, ever so proud. Against the wall behind them, Vegeta listens as Pan giddily jumps down from the bench and starts for the ring. She stopped for a moment, turning toward her family.
"Wish me luck!" she calls, waving her little hand. She spots Vegeta against the wall, glancing at him briefly she is presently surprised when he gives her a discreet thumbs up. Smiling in return she rans for the ring, calling out her number.
"Goodbye Pan, don't be too hard on them!" Goku calls out.
"Man, she sure is going to be an amazing fighter one day." Goten comments, shaking his head affectionately, beside him Trunks agrees with an at ease smile. Pan and Wild Tiger step into the light and approach the ring. The crowd roars. From the balcony, Pan is still receiving praise.

"Go Pan, your the best!" Bra calls out over the rail. Bulma reaches out, grasping her clothing she pull her back inside, quietly cussing her.
Dende and Piccolo are watching with no less enthusiastic than the rest of the group. Dende had not expected Pan to be matched with such uneven odds; constantly having to remind himself the girl has Saiyajin blood in running through her veins.
"I wonder Piccolo…" Dende begins, looking down at Savarna. Her eyes opened for a movement earlier on, then dropped back into a deep slumber. Dende seem unable to rouse her without making her cry. Piccolo curves his neck toward Dende, ready for what he has to say.
"I wonder if Savarna will ever have the strength to fight, to be a fighter and help protect the earth some day." He says. As Popo had shown him, he tucks the baby's hands away from her face, so she could not scratch the delicate skin. Piccolo stares at Dende, has the young guardian mind gone to the Namekians moons?
"That is 'very' unlikely." Piccolo states firmly. A positively ridiculous suggestion, that this child could ever become more than... human. Dende looks up at him, why would Piccolo not support such a notion. Piccolos had trained some of the most powerful fighters on the earth such as Gohan and Goten.
"Why don't you think it's possible?" Dende inquires, his tone changing.
"You have missed one extremely important fact. Besides the fact that she is a female, she doesn't have a drop of Saiyajin blood in her." Piccolo explains, looking down at the child in Dende's grasp.
"That one factor alone is what allows Gohan and Vegetas' daughters to be as powerful as they are. Their Saiyajin heritage." He finishes, looking over at Bra as she watches the match. Dende also glances over and realises what Piccolo says is true.
"I didn't consider that Piccolo, I thought… Never mind." Dende retires from the conversatio and Piccolo keeps silent.

The trumpets blow and the drums beat, first bout is about to begin. The announcer calls for the match to commence; it begins with a single beat of the gong.
Wild Tiger takes the initiative; walking up to Pan, he tries to frighten her with his enormous size. His boots thumping loudly, he swings his braid back over his shoulder and attempts to strike.
However, Pan is prepared; she squats defensively then leaps up into the air. Opening her hand, she slams her open palm against Wild Tigers face. The large mans body is sent tumbling across the ring floor. Pan does not give Wild Tiger a chance to recover, as soon as he is on his feet, Pan lunches her little body at him with great velocity. Rising up to his eye level, she half moon kicks him in the back of the head. The force of the impact so strong, it sends Wild Tigers skidding across the ring floor, crashing into the wall of the opposite stand. Pan is victorious.
Gohan and Videl cheer on their feet, the audience in the stands however are in shock, unable to convey how a child was able to beat such a beast of a man, in less than a minutes into the match up.
The announcer quickly rans to Wild Tigers side to check his condition, although still breathing this tiger is out for the count.
"The winner of the first bout by knockout, the mighty Pan!" Calls out the announcer into his microphone, instantly the audience respond with a standing ovation. Pan stands up straight up, placing her hands together in praying fashion, she bows at each of the stands. After her last bow, she earnestly waves up to the balcony to her parents, Bra and Marron. After the announcement that she has gone to the next round. Pan merrily skips to the locker room, singing her number as she stops beside Trunks.
"Did ya see me? Did ya Trunks, I did it!" she announces, clenching her little fists proudly. Trunks leaning down and pats Pans head.
"You sure did Pan. I think when you get older we are going to have to watch ourselves." He states, removing his hand from her skull. An unexpected visitor clumsily runs in, tripping over the in the doorway is Mr. Satan. Trunks and Pan swing around to see him lying flat across the ground, looking up at them both.
"Pan are you ok?" Hercule asks urgently, looking up at his bubbly little granddaughter. After watching the entire match, he is utterly relieved that had Pan walked away in one piece. Pan nods.
"Mm hmm, of course I am gramps!" she says vivaciously, seemingly unaware of the dangers.
Trunks looks down at Mr. Satan who is lying quite pathetically on the ground, he sighs. Knowing he must not be cruel.
"After all she is 'your' granddaughter." he offers hesitantly, turning away. Trunks senses Goku approaching, he looks up to see the great man walking silently up behind Pan.
"Pan, you little rascal you! What a great performance, wow. I couldn't have done better myself." Goku compliments, ruffling her hair between his fingers. After congratulating Pan, Goku spots his opponent standing nearby

Uub is awaiting his turn to enter the ring, when he notices Goku come toward him.
"Hi there. I guess were up next." Goku exclaims to him. Uub stands his ground, unsure of what Goku's intentions are he steps back as Goku offers his hand.
"My name is Goku." he says. Uub stares at his hand, unsure of what to say. Here he is, facing his opponent who is offering friendship.
"How about we just give it our best." Goku adds his holding his hand out to Uub. Uub smiles faintly, this man seems different from the others, not only because of his kindness, but also because of something deeper. Uub grasps Goku's much larger hand inside both of his.
"Yeah sure, im looking forward to it Goku." Uub replies.

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