Hiya guys and gals, sorry this chapter is a little late I didn't quite know how I was going to work this chapter, but here it is enjoy and please review.

The countdown begins

Bulma, Chichi, Gohan and Lime were all seated in one of the sitting rooms at CC watching the T.V, there was nothing really interesting on they were waiting for a special feature on the new WMAT (that's 'world martial arts tournament').

"It sure will be interesting to see what changes they have made, I can't remember the last time I watched one of these." Bulma observed.

"I can't wait to see it; although you guys have told me all about them I have never actually seen a tournament." Gohan said.

"You'll love it kid, but they just won't be the same without your dad and the guys in them anymore." Bulma added sadly.

"I watched the last one, when Mr. Satan became the world champion and even the announcer looked disappointed with the fights, at one point it looked like he was dropping off." Lime chipped in.

"I sure do feel sorry for that guy, with the drop in proper fights and having to listen to that oaf Satan shout about how great he is, I would have quite by now." Chichi commented.

Just then a service robot skidded to a halt in front of the sofa leaving some rubber tire marks on the polished floor.

"How many times have I told you not to go that fast in the house!" Bulma yelled at it.

"Sorry Mrs. Bulma, but there is a message coming in from prince Vegeta, he said it was urgent, would you like it displayed on the television?"

"Why didn't you just say that, yes put it up please." She responded.

The little robot fiddled with the T.V for a second then pulled a wire from a panel on its side and plugged into the side of the screen, after a static burst Vegeta's face was displayed.

"Finally, did I or did I not say this was urgent you pile of scrap metal?"

"Sorry prince, it took a while to boost the signal enough for two way communication."

"DON'T GIVE ME EXCUSSES YOU RUN DOWN PIECE OF…"

Everyone sweat dropped.

"VEGETA" Bulma yelled "what's so important"

"Sorry" he muttered "Bulma we are headed back to earth, expect us in 4 days and have a full medical team and room ready for when we arrive."

"Whoa hold on, what?" Bulma was slightly surprised and confused, "Why do you need medical personnel for when you get back? Is Trunks alright? And why is it going to take 4 days to get back when at top speed that ship can make it in under 3?" she reeled of close to light speed.

"Bulma" Vegeta started "this is probably not the best time to discus this, we are both fine but have a passenger in need of care…"

Vegeta was interrupted by a loud alarm sounding from the cockpit, Trunks head poked round the corner and yelled,

"DAD THEY GOT A MISSILE LOCK ON US!"

"got to go Bulma I need to lose these guys so I don't lead them back to earth" Vegeta then cut the comm. link.

The gathered friends just stood there looking at the now blank screen and the robot that was unplugging itself and proceeded to clean the skid marks up. It was a little while before Chichi managed to take control of herself, walk over to Bulma and put a comforting arm around her, Bulma looked close to tears.

"Im sure Vegeta has everything under control Bulma, why don't you sit down and I'll get you something to drink." She offered comfortingly.

All she said was "Sure" and allowed Chichi to maneuver her back to the sofa and place her on it and Gohan switched the T.V back to the Tournament channel as a distraction, it wasn't long before Chichi returned with a selection of drinks and offered them all to Bulma, she immediately went for the strongest on the tray, a shot of vodka followed by a double measure of whisky, a massive glass of wine and finished by picking up the cup of tea that Chichi had made.

"That's better thanks Chi" she smiled at her friend.

"Good, now you know Vegeta, as insufferable as he can be, will not let anything happen to Trunks and he's been flying space ships since he was little more than a toddler himself, he knows what he's doing." Chichi reassured Bulma.

"I know Chi, guess I should learn to cope with it like you did, you will have to tell me how you did that by the way." Bulma said more brightly.

"Sure but not now Bulma the tournament program is starting."

Everyone went into complete silence and concentrated fully on the T.V as the official announcer for the tournament appeared on screen a wide smile on his face.

"weelllllllll helloooooooo fellow tournament fans, welcome to this special on our up coming world martial arts tournament" the announcer bellowed from the middle of the tournament ring, "we are lucky that after the last tournament the champ Mr. Satan, funded a complete refurbishment and rebuild of the old stadium, this new one has seating for 20,000 people and 4 VIP boxes with excellent views of the ring, and as well as the normal prize donated by CC the champ has offered to donate the same amount giving the winner DUOBLE the prize money."

"That two faced, sneaky, self publicizing, fame obsessed fraud."| Bulma ranted.

The announcer continued, "Ok so there you go folks all the major details are laid out for you, we did ask the champ to make a statement in person but insisted he was too busy with his training, instead he gave a challenge for me to lay down, 'to all the fake fighters at the cell games I challenge you to face me at the world tournament to prove your strength and ability, no fancy light tricks just good old fashioned fighting', so there you go folks the challenge is set and the count down begins, 1 year to the world martial arts tournament, train hard and safe, see you all in the ring."

"What I wouldn't give to be able to stick it to that guy" Chichi exclaimed surprising everyone.

But not as surprising as the next statement that came from the normally calm and docile Lime,

"Im going to enter that tournament and show that detestable oaf up in front of his millions of fans, don't even try to talk me out of it, he's mine" she finished making her hand into a fist and thrusting it in the air.

For the first time since Gohan, Chichi and Bulma had known Lime they had seen real hate and burning determination in her eyes, Gohan knew this look well, it was one his father got in every battle he had seen him fight seriously, but Limes was comparable to the first time he had seen it in his father, in his battle with Frieza after he had killed his best friend Krillen, that's why he knew nothing would stop Lime from reaching her goal.

"Hmmm, im going to need someone to train me" Lime thought out loud.

Chichi's eyes suddenly lit up and she jumped to her feet, then quickly demonstrated some of her out of practice barely used martial arts moves, Gohan and Bulma sweat dropped.

"Well to beat that horrid man I'll train you personally, I am the strongest woman on the planet you know" she finished smugly.

Gohan and Bulma looked at each other and rolled their eyes in despair at the woman that hadn't fought since the world tournament where she married Goku and was now very pregnant with his second child.

"Mum you might be the strongest woman on the planet, but you are also pregnant with a saiyan child and your bump is starting to show," Gohan sighed at his mother, "I'll train you Lime, it will be worth seeing the defeated look on Satan's face."

"Wow really!" Lime screamed, she jumped on Gohan and planted a kiss on his cheek making him turn bright red, "can we start now, oh can we please?"

Gohan took a moment to regain his composure and thought about how his dad and piccolo trained him; it took a while for him to remember all the details he had received two very different methods of tutoring, he used the best from both and pulled them into his own style before he spoke.

"Sorry Lime I need to gather a few things before we can start, it should all be ready for tomorrow so we can start then" he informed, he then turned to his mother, "mum I think you should know that this might mean less time for studies" he said carefully.

Chichi surprised everyone with her response "Gohan, you can take as much time off as you need to make sure Lime can teach that despicable man a lesson he will never forget for discrediting my Goku and my baby boy."

"errrmmm, thanks mum, I think,"

"So Gohan what exactly do you need to get for my training?"

"Well for starters im going to get you a weighted training Gi that you will wear unless I tell you otherwise, Mr. Popo will sort that, I need to see Korin about speed training like he did with dad and get some senzu beans, just in case." He finished dropping his thoughtful look.

Bulma then announced that it was dinner time and marched everyone to the kitchen where the service bots had already prepared their favorite meals, there was an excited atmosphere around the table and Chichi was practically glowing with pride.

After dinner Gohan took off and spent the rest of the day gathering the supplies he would need for Limes training, Mr. Popo and Dende were happy to help Gohan on the grounds of getting back at Mr. Satan and Korin was his usual happy helpful self and glad of a visitor to his tower in the clouds. Chichi and Lime enjoyed a girly day with Bulma after Gohan had left and went shopping at the new mall, it was late when Chichi had finally called it a day, nearly 10pm, and called Nimbus as the fastest way of getting back to their mountain home, Gohan had returned an hour earlier and went straight to bed, he was happy with what he had achieved and got to spend a few hours with his friend Dende.

It seemed all to soon that his alarm was going off at 5am, 'its going to take me a while to get used to this again' he thought, he pulled himself out of bed washed, dressed and gathered Limes training gear, he looked at his watch '5:33am'. He stood a moment in Limes doorway and looked at the sleeping girl before taking a deep breath,

"GET UP LIME, ITS TIME FOR TRAINING TO START!"

How will Lime cope with her first day of training with 'master' Gohan and what does he have in store for Lime, and how will Vegeta and Trunks fair in space trying to escape hostile aliens and will their passenger survive, find out in the next chapters of, Gohan, a saiyan childs story.

There you go folks, not the best chapter I know but it has set the scene for upcoming chapters, I would like to apologise again for how long it took to get this to you I have been busy at work and had a few other priorities that im not going into, enjoy the chapter and please review

Thanks Matt.