A typical day in Satan City, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and everything was peaceful.

17 was flying through the skies and touched down 'Well I guess I should get in touch more than 10 years at a time.' he knocked on the door, only to find it open "Hey, anybody home?"

"Up here."

17 looked up and saw Gohan on a ladder getting books from a large cabinet "Hey, how's it going?"

"Hey 17, been awhile. Hey listen I've kinda got my hands full right now, you mind giving me a hand?"

"Oh sure." so he took half of a large stack of books sat them down on the coffee table "So long time no see."

"Yeah about 10 years or so."

"8 years actually, I was at your wedding."

"Really? I never saw you."

"I was kind of in the background, I'm not a huge attention hog. Anyway it looks like Krillin and 18 were right, you're a bit of a nerd."

"You think I read all this? No this is the stuff I wrote for the Groundbreaking Science series about Ki control and the like. Yeah the first couple are about Ki control itself, summoning your Ki, powering up, Ki based techniques like the Kamehameha and so on. I've got a conference coming up too so I've gotta get ready, this next one is about Piccolo's techniques like the Special Beam Cannon and the like."

"Nice. So what's been going on with you guys since the big war?"

"Well a lot has happened. I published the first book of my series of science novels that I titled Groundbreaking Science, the first one goes into the mechanics and existence of Ki, of course what made Kai particularly happy about it was how against it Mr Satan was but it helped that it was being backed by Bulma and Capsule Corp, and it's sold really well. Kagome and I had a daughter about 4 years ago, her name is Pan. Kai opened his own dojo a few years ago that he dubbed the Dragon School of Martial Arts after his Crimson Dragon title, and he and Erasa got married not long after. They had a daughter Pan's age named Kin. Oh yeah, and now Yamcha and Zangya have a 10 year old son named Scar, he's progressing really well in his Ki training too. Yamcha founded his own martial arts school of his own called the New Turtle School, seeing how Krillin was a cop and not a full time martial artist, and Tien founded his own dojo up in the mountains. Kai's been keeping the title of champion of the World Martial Arts Tournament for the past 2 tournaments, sure my dad and Piccolo and a couple of others fought him but he beat them both pretty soundly with his Ryuken technique."

"Wow, it's still kind of hard to imagine a normal earthling being almost as powerful as you."

"Yeah well he had a lot of potential and now it was unleashed to the fullest extent possible 10 years ago. Oh, and Vegeta and Bulma had another kid, a daughter named Bulla."

"What was this the year of-"

"Watch it."

"Sorry."

"Hey Kagome, come down and say hi to an old friend!"

"Oh your wife is here?"

Then Kagome came down the stairs "Oh hi 17, it's been ages."

"Hey, sorry to barge in like this."

"Oh don't worry about it, having just the 3 of us here all the time can get really boring."

"I can relate, it's why I bring my family to visit Krillin and 18 once a month or so." then he turned back to Gohan "So you're a writer."

Gohan nodded "Yeah, I just like being able to spread my knowledge to people and this way I can work from home and spend as much time with my beautiful wife and adorable little girl as I can."

"Nice, you seem happy."

"When you're surrounded by the people you love how can you not be happy?"

"True."

"So what brings you out here?"

"Well I figured I would see what you guys were up to, that and I needed to know where I could find Kai's dojo since there's something I need to talk to him about."

"Oh sure." he handed him a piece of paper "It's in Tokyo, here's the address."

"Cool, thanks. Later." and he took off.

"And he's gone." then Gohan looked in a certain direction "Looks like she's gone full circle already."

Then a little girl with black hair and a purple gi dropped to the ground and rushed inside "Hey daddy, I just flew all the way around the world by myself again!"

"Great job Pan, that was really fast." Gohan picked her up "I think that was your fastest time yet actually."

"I think I'm gonna do really good in the tournament tomorrow aren't I?"

"Yeah I think so, now you'd better go clean your room before your mom gets mad and then we can go out back and do some training on our own so you'll be guaranteed to win the junior division."

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Kai stood in the main training area of his dojo and watched as a large crowd of students were attempting- and failing miserably- to summon their Ki "You guys are getting way too tense over this, you need to relax your bodies and lower your stances. Concentrate your efforts just below your navels."

"Yes sir!" they tried, but they ended up giving up after a few more moments "It's still no good, master Kai could you please show us an example?"

"Sure that's a good idea." Kai stepped out into the main training area so he wouldn't damage the dojo in any sort of way, and he flared his aura slightly, shaking the ground, then quickly powered it back down "Alright you guys have had your example, now let's try taking this one step at a time. Let me remind you guys, my level of training isn't for the faint of heart, but once you're able to utilize your Ki to an effective enough extent you'll find that it's able to activate your body in certain ways. Trust me, if you can't use your Ki then you'll never be able to survive when I move you guys onto the real training."

"Is it really that hard Master?"

"The techniques of the Dragon School deal in the fine control of Ki manipulation, down to the minute level. You could even go so far as to call it the shape manipulation of Ki when it comes down to it. Being able to manipulate the shape, size and intensity of your Ki based abilities on the fly are the basis of the techniques I can teach you. Since flaring your aura is actually a little bit advanced now that I think about it, let me show you a more basic form. Now watch very carefully, to tap into your Ki you have to quiet your mind and relax, and once you're ready you start slowly drawing your Ki out from within." he summoned a small ball of Ki "See, it's exactly like this."

"Amazing, it's like a star."

"I kind of had the same reaction and I was only like 10." he dissipated the Ki ball "Now you guys have had your example, now get to it."

"Yes sir!" and they began attempting, though it was clear to anyone that not everybody was a natural talent, seeing how only a few were able to muster out any of their Ki in the same way that Kai did and even then it was a flickering result at best that sparked and faded away almost immediately, leaving them exhausted.

'They're gonna take a lot of work but they're still doing better than I expected. The fact that several of them have already tapped into their inner Ki so fast is remarkable, I mean I myself almost passed out trying to get my Ki out the first time.'

"No… luck…"

"Not at all, considering how far you guys have come as long as it took the results are better than I thought they'd be. I myself almost passed out when I tried to summon my own Ki the first time around, you guys should be proud of yourselves right now." then he looked in a certain direction and smirked 'This powerful Ki, it looks like he finally decided to stop dozing, or what he calls meditating, and get his pointy eared green ass down from the Lookout. Alright guys I think that's enough for today, go do whatever you all want until tomorrow's lesson."

"Yes sir, thank you very much!" they all bowed "We'll see you again tomorrow Master." and all of them departed.

"They're gone Piccolo, you can come out now."

Sure enough, once the students were out of sight Piccolo appeared "Looks to me like you've been busy."

"Well yeah, I love running my own dojo and all but they can be so needy sometimes and that makes it a lot more difficult to balance their training regimen with my own training, even with Inuyasha and the others helping out."

"How are they as instructors by the way?"

"Well…"

"DODGE!" and various punches and screams could be heard in the distance.

"Does that answer your question?"

"So you guys adopted my old training regimen." Piccolo noted "Nice. So you're still training yourself?"

"Of course I am, don't you know me? Always heighten oneself, that's one of the basic principles of martial arts."

"Good to know." a new voice commented.

Kai looked up and saw 17 drop in "Hey 17, long time no see. What brings you here?"

"I heard that Goku plans on entering the World Martial Arts Tournament along with you guys tomorrow."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah he talked about you hiding something from everyone else."

"Well it's not like I was trying to keep some huge secret or anything, but you should enter the tournament too so you can get some prize money out of it."

"Well aside from the prize money what's so interesting about it this time around?"

"Well I did a little intel gathering and I found out that there's this really strong fighter that's gonna be there, I've actually been eager to fight this guy for a damn long while. And get this, just when I'm thinking about him he shows up at the grounds for the tournament when I went to sign up again this morning."

"Are you sure about this though?" asked Piccolo "I mean it's not like I've been able to pick up any strong Ki signatures right now."

"Yeah I know, but that's because he's subconsciously suppressing it. I on the other hand can sense this guy's dormant power, it's totally off the charts. He's strong, seriously strong."

"Are you really serious Kai?"

"I've never been one to screw around."

"So what then, are we talking about some kind of alien?"

"I'm afraid not, that would be 100% earthling."

"An earthling, and you're telling me he's not at least an android or something?"

"No to the no, 100% full blooded human being. Think of it this way, I've never lied to you before have I Piccolo?"

"Well no but how could a mere human possibly stand up to the likes of us?"

"What's that about mere?" Kai shot him a glare, with 17 doing the same.

"Uh…"

"Yeah that's what I thought." then he looked in a certain direction and smirked "Looks like the little champ makes her triumphant return."

Then a little girl with black hair and blue eyes in a red gi landed on the ground and shot Kai a huge grin "Papa guess what, I just flew all the way around the world all by myself!"

"Alright." Kai sat her on his shoulder "Way to go Kin, that was even faster than my time when I first went around the world. So you think you're ready for the tournament?"

"I think I'm gonna do really good tomorrow!"

"Just remember not to hurt Scar too badly, you know how fragile his ego can be."

"So you're planning on having your daughter enter the World Martial Arts Tournament along with you?" asked Piccolo.

"You bet your ass she is. By the way Kin, never use that language around anyone except for your daddy or his friends."

"But I thought the tournament did away with the junior division a few years ago, are you really okay with her fighting against adults?" asked 17.

"Oh chill out Piccolo, she's still was stronger than Master Roshi and she could easily ace the likes of those guys who call themselves martial artists when they really only learned the stuff that they know from Gohan's book. Sure she probably won't win the whole thing seeing how she'll be up against the likes of me, Gohan and Pan, and Goku and Vegeta if they give enough of a crap to show up, but I'm confident that she's more than strong enough to make her mark in the competition."

"Well this could be interesting, maybe I will enter after all." Piccolo decided.

"Good, I've been wanting to see how much stronger you've gotten in the past 10 years."

"That goes for me too." 17 decided "Maybe I can get close to that dream of mine of sailing around the world with my family."

"And I've been wanting to see a rematch between the two of you, or maybe take you both down myself. Don't forget that I've got a title to uphold and I'll be damned if I let someone like Mr Satan take it again. Knowing Gohan I doubt he's gonna wanna miss out on competing in the tournament if his daughter is gonna be entering it too, I'm gonna hurry and get another quick round of training in before tomorrow comes."

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The day of the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament came.

Gohan was walking through the plaza with Kagome, Pan, Goku, Chichi, Goten, Vegeta, Bulma, Trunks and Bulla "Looks like the place is really buzzing this time around, at this point it feels less like a tournament and more like some kind of festival."

Goku nodded "I know what you mean, even if I'm not competing I'm still getting pretty excited for it."

"Yeah- Wait you're not competing this year dad?"

"No, Vegeta and I agreed to hold out to give Trunks and Goten a fair shot at winning the title. I mean sure they're way stronger now but they're still nowhere near our level."

"...You've really mellowed out haven't you?"

"Well that tends to happen in times of peace. Besides, I thought about what Vegeta had said and I realized that he was right. The time had come for your generation to shine, and soon enough it's gonna fall on Pan and Kin for this."

"Hey there they are!" Krillin and the others stood in front of them waving.

"Hey guys, it's been awhile. How's it going?"

"Don't give us that, look we get that you've got a lot on your plate but dropping in just to say hi once in awhile wouldn't kill you."

"Yeah I guess, sorry about that. But keep in mind that I'm a family man now, like you said I've got a lot of responsibility now."

"Well Gohan it looks to me like you haven't changed a bit." Piccolo noted.

"Neither have you Piccolo, so are you entering too?"

"You bet I am, and so are Tien, Scar and 17 for that matter."

"Cool." he received a nod from the three in question "Anyway we'd better get going." he took Pan's hand and turned back towards his wife and the rest of his friends and family "Alright you guys better hurry if you wanna get some good seats, we'll be looking for you from up in the stands." and he left with Pan, with Goten, Trunks, Piccolo and 17 following.

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Kai was in his private room with Kin and Erasa "Alright then, looks like it's go time."

"You think you're gonna win again Papa?" asked Kin excitedly.

"Well it's hard to say, I mean Gohan is entering after all and he's the only one who can take me in a straight up fight."

"But he can't beat you Papa, you're the strongest in the whole world!"

"I wouldn't go that far but yeah, I'm definitely in the top two." then he heard a knock coming from his door "It's open."

Then Gohan came in with Pan on his shoulder "How are you hanging in there Mr Reigning World Champion?"

"I'm still alive aren't I Mr Savior of the Universe?" they did a bro hug "Seriously though, great to see you Gohan."

"You too, it's been what a month?"

"Yeah." he looked down to where Pan and Kin were glomping each other in a girl hug "To think those two are as strong as they are at such a young age. No doubt about it, they're gonna surpass us one day."

"And I proudly await that day, but until then I'm gonna keep protecting my family just like always."

"That's what you do. So how did you guys fare in the preliminaries?"

"Passed it with flying colors, I'm so glad you brought those back by the way."

"That jackass replaced it with a punching machine, the only reason the monks went along with it was because he funded rebuilding the stadium after the gigantic fiasco that was your dad's fight with Piccolo during the 23rd tournament."

"How did he get that money exactly?"

"How should I know? Anyway it looks to me like we're gonna be facing off in the finals once we get the fodder guys out of the way, but there's still our kids to worry about."

"Yeah that's true. Hey by the way there's one other thing, all our friends and family came to see us but there aren't any more seats, you think you might be able to hook them up with something better?"

"Oh yeah sure no problem, getting them something like that is easy enough for me. Hell I'll even get them box office seats with Erasa, does that work for your tastes?"

"It's not my tastes that you have to worry about."

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Kagome sat back in one of the seats and let out a content sigh "These seats are so much better than those other ones, Kai really came through for us. I'm not gonna lie, I was honestly kind of worried there for a minute."

"You've gotta give it to Kai, he knows what people like." Yamcha commented "Looks like the drawing is about to start."

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Sure enough, at this point the announcer made the call out to the audience "Are you folks ready to witness the drawing that will determine today's line up of fighters?" he received a massive roar of cheers from the audience "Alright then ladies and gentlemen, please give all our fighters the enthusiastic welcome that they deserve! These are the brave warriors who fought their way through the preliminary rounds and now seek victory in the finals!"

Sure enough, Kai was the first one to step out, being the reigning champion, with Gohan, 17, Piccolo, Goten, Trunks, Pan, Kin, a few idiots not worth mentioning and one other kid right behind him "Alright guys, let's do this."

Gohan looked and noticed a large majority of the female part of the audience cheering loudly for him "Wow, looks to me like you've built quite the fan base over the past couple of tournaments."

"Well exposing that jackass as a fraud and claiming the title, then reclaiming the title twice over the past decade or so tends to attract some positive attention."

"Yeah that's true, not to mention that with each win you constantly promote my Groundbreaking Science series."

Then the announcer stepped into the ring "And now the moment that you've all been waiting for, the moment where fate decides who each of these fierce combatants will face first! As I'm sure you're all aware by now this is a single elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket moving on to face the winner of another bracket. Of course these brackets are set and organized by a completely impartial lottery to ensure fairness, and then the one contestant who wins over all the others will be crowned as the next master of martial arts."

17 looked over all at Piccolo "So do you have any idea who here could be as out of this world strong as Kai made them out to be when he mentioned it yesterday?"

Piccolo shook his head "Aside from us the only one who I know could even hold a candle to Kai would be Gohan, then there's their daughters but they're still too young and the only other one left is-" he looked towards the 8th competitor who made it past the preliminaries "You've gotta be kidding me."

"What that kid with the mohawk? He looks like he hasn't eaten in a year, which is probably why he entered this tournament in the first place."

Then the announcer made the call "Now then contestants, when your name is called please step forward and draw a number. First up is Goten."

"That'd be me." Goten stepped forward and pulled a number "I'm 8."

"Alright then, Goten will be number 8. Okay, next up is 17."

"On it." 17 nonchalantly pulled up a number "12."

"Okay, 17 is number 12. Next up is scar."

"That'd be yours truly." Scar, the son of Yamcha and Zangya, confidently stepped up and pulled out a number "I'm at 2."

"Got it, Scar is number 2. Okay, next up is Kin."

"Kay! Let's see, which one should I pick?" Kin rushed up and gleefully pulled out a ball "I'm number 1."

"Okay then, young newcomer Kin is number 1."

Kai shot a death glare at Scar, the message being clear as day 'You beat my daughter and I'll beat you within an inch of your life.'

"Next up is our returning champion Kai Sato."

"It's about time." Kai stepped up "Hey, how's it going?

"So you're letting your daughter compete huh?"

"She was dying to and I couldn't say no, she's probably the only person in the world who can make me go soft." he pulled a number "I'm on number 3. The only one still open. Good, that means I still have a shot.'

"Alright, Kai has drawn on number 3. Next up, Majunior."

"Right." Piccolo stepped forward, his fingertip glowing 'I'm guessing Kai wants to fight that kid so I guess I'll just have to grant that wish of his.' he pulled out a ball "I'm at 6."

"Okay then, it looks like Majunior has pulled out 6 and please make sure you give us a good fight that doesn't destroy the ring."

"That was 30 years ago, get over it." he stepped back.

"Alright, next would be Uub."

"Me? Okay." the unfamiliar one, now known by the name of Uub stepped forward and pulled out his ball, unaware of Piccolo changing his ball.

Kai shot Piccolo a look "What exactly are you doing?"

"Granting your wish against my better judgement." Piccolo told him dryly "But I've gotta ask, what's so special about that kid that has you so interested in fighting him?"

"I've been waiting for this Piccolo, all of this training for the past 10 years has been because I've been waiting for this kid to enter the World Martial Arts Tournament."

"You're gonna have to enlighten me a little bit."

"I probably should've told you about this before now, but Gohan knows a little bit but none of the exact details." Kai took a breath "10 years ago during that war against Magatsuhi, or to be more specific when we were fight Majin Buu, I made a wish. I wished for him to come back one day as a better person so we could have a little one on one and prove who's the strongest out of the two of us. I talked about this with Goku last week and he told me that this big guy in Other World named King Yemma heard my wish and decided to make it happen. What I'm saying is that that kid over there is the reincarnation of Majin Buu, I've never been more sure of anything in my life."

"Are you serious?"

"Deadly serious, I'm not really sure how but I can just tell that it's him. Take a look at his name, it's U-U-B which is actually Buu spelled backwards when you think about it. Quite the insane coincidence isn't it?"

Uub looked at the bracket and let out a gulp 'Looks like mom might've been right when she warned me, I might be the strongest one in our village but the world happens to be a really big place and there are bound to be a lot of people out there who have to be a whole lot stronger than I am.' he looked at where Gohan was now drawing his ball 'People like that guy, he's that famous author but is probably one of the most powerful guys in the entire world. What am I supposed to do now? I already told everyone back home that I was gonna win this tournament easily, and then I was gonna use my prize money to buy tons of food for my village. The bracket says that I'm fighting Kai, if I remember correctly then he's the reigning champion 3 times in a row. I'm dead.'

Then the announcer decided to make the call "Ladies and gentlemen the matchups for the first round have all been set at last! First up, we have Kin vs Scar! In the second match we have the previous 3 time champion Kai against Uub! The third match is between Son Gohan and Majunior! After that, we've got Pan taking on Son Goten. Then we've got Trunks battling it out with Captain Chicken, and rounding things up will be Tien and Scar! The tournament will begin in just a few moments so please pay attention and when your name is called go ahead and step into the ring, until then you're welcome to rest or warm up or do whatever else you need to do to get ready. That's all and good luck."

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About an hour or so passed.

The announcer finally made the call "Ladies and gentlemen it's the moment you've all been waiting for, the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament is about to begin! 104 fighters submitted their names and we've selected the 12 strongest and most dynamic to compete, battling it out for riches and for the chance to compete for the title of master of martial arts!"

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Erasa finished tying Kin's obi "Just hang tough out there sweetie, your daddy and I will be cheering you on from upstairs okay?"

Kin nodded "Okay."

"Don't be nervous Kin, just keep your cool." Kai told her "And remember not to beat up Scar too badly."

"Right."

Then the announcer made the call "Are you ready for some action? Now let's bring out our first competitor!"

"It's time?"

"Yep, good luck princess." Kai ruffled her hair.

"Okay, here I go!" with a joyful wave, Kin took off.

"Our first astounding arena shaking match features Kin against Scar!" the announcer called at the top of his lungs "Kin is a talented young girl at the tender age of 4, and she just so happens to be the daughter of our own 3 time champion Kai Sato! Her opponent Scar isn't any lightweight either, he just so happens to be the son of previous champion goer Yamcha, whom I'm sure you know from his rather… crushing… match in the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament!"

Scar followed Kin into the ring 'The current champ's daughter, dad did say I shouldn't mess with him but his daughter is another story. Having to fight with a kid who's not even half my age is just degrading.'

"Fighters, you may begin!"

"Fine by me. Alright squirt, I'll make this quick."

"No, I will!" Kin suddenly burst forward and smacked Scar straight across the face, sending him tumbling out of the ring and crashing to the ground.

The announcer checked on Scar and decided to make the call "I've got visual confirmation fans, Scar has officially been knocked out of the ring and therefore Kin wins and moves on to the next round!"

Kin bowed to the audience and waved to the group in the boxed seaets, then made her way back inside.

Kai knelt down and ruffled her hair "Well that didn't take anywhere near as long as I thought it would, but then again I guess that means that I trained you well."

"Yeah you did Papa, and you're next!"

"Oh yeah that's right, I'm next." Kai looked back at Uub in the corner of the room 'I've been waiting for this day for about 10 years. Hey little man, that means that the two of us are gonna be next." he held out his hand "Good luck."

Uub shakily accepted the hand "Yes, thank you and thank you for sharing the room with me sir."

"No problem, now let's get a move on before the crowd gets anxious." and he started walking out, with Uub following.

The announcer made the call "Our second match has a riveting storyline of its own, it's Kai vs Uub! Kai Sato is our current reigning champ for the third time in a row, his extraordinary run to success starting with his victory over Mr Satan in the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament and he's even defeated previous champions such as Goku and Tien Shinhan. Based on the amounts of experience he's shown us up to this point I believe he is our top contender and will very likely go all the way once again, we could expect an amazing matchup in the future! But once again he'll have to prove that he's still in fighting shape against our other contender, Uub here is a young boy at the age of 10 from a small village on south island and being the oldest of 5 kids he spends his time helping his family get by. He hopes to win that prize money for them, isn't that truly inspiring?"

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"Oh that poor little kid." Krillin muttered "He had to have the bad luck of being pitted against Kai in the first match, and after coming all this way just to help his family too."

"This might be the only fight in this tournament that matters." Vegeta muttered.

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"Alright contestants, are you ready? Then let's begin the match!" the announcer roared.

Uub was sweating buckets 'Here goes…'

"Hey come on kid, you don't have to be so nervous." Kai told him "You can't give it your all if you're sweating out half your body weight like that."

"Y-Yeah right, sorry."

'This kid is officially screwed, I need him to focus for this. Well like a wise man once said, desperate times call for desperate measures. For f*ck's sake will you suck it up already, or does your backwoods village only produce pathetic little wimps? I hope you weren't dumb enough to fall for my nice guy routine back there, that's an act that I put on around my friends and family but the truth is that I'm one of the meanest and most arrogant bastards you'll ever meet and I'm proud of it!"

"What?"

"You're nothing but a pathetic little wimp who was lucky to get through the preliminaries but with me you're in the big leagues now, I'm gonna kick your ass so hard and so fast your head will spin! No maybe instead I'll show some mercy, kill you and throw your bones in a bag and give them to your fat ugly tramp of a mother!"

"You'd better take that back before you make me mad!"

"Fine you're right, she's not fat. She's way worse, she's a dingleberry! And worst of all, your father is nothing but a coward!" he aimed a kick.

Surprisingly enough, Uub caught the kick with ease through his rage "Don't you dare badmouth my parents, they do everything they can for us! I'm gonna make you suffer!" and he aimed his own kick at Kai's head.

Kai was able to block it at the last second and shake him off, though found that his arm was throbbing as a result and was sent crashing onto the other edge of the ring by another kick to the face 'Son of a bitch, this kid's got some serious raw power under his belt. Still though, that's what I expected from him.'

Uub blitzed above Kai and brought down a mighty kick.

Kai backflipped away to gain some distance 'There's no more doubt about it in my mind, this kid really is the reincarnation of the evil Majin Buu that I faced 10 years ago.'

Uub charged at Kai and aimed a furious barrage of punches and kicks.

Kai blocked and dodged all of them, then leapt into the air and flipped Uub over his shoulder, sending him crashing down to the ground.

Uub emerged from the rubble and began coughing profusely.

"Come on kid, you can do better than that." Kai suddenly appeared right above him "Hey, how's it going?" he beckoned a finger "Come at me bro."

Now totally red with unyielding fury, Uub burst free of the rubble 'I have to find a way to beat him, I can't lose this match! I promised my mom and dad and everyone else that I would win this tournament no matter what, I promised that I would win that money!'

"Let's do this Uub, if you're not gonna make a move then I will!" so Kai charged forward and began dealing Uub a furious barrage of attacks.

Uub quickly regained his fighting grit and began blocking and countering Kai's attacks, resulting in the two of them trading even blows across the arena.

'He's pretty impressive, little by little he's starting to match up to me even if I am only using about 80% of my power in this fight. He's learning to fight as he goes, with every blow he's tapping into more and more of his dormant power.' he brought down a kick.

Uub blocked it, resulting in them trading blows once more faster than most people could see, leaving the people in the stands jaw dropped, which then slowly turned into thunderous cheering.

Kai let out a roar and clashed his knee with that of Uub, cracking the arena, then went for one more charge, resulting in the two of them clashing their fists together, the force creating a small crater in the center of the ring, then to the knees.

Uub suddenly found another burst of strength and began pummeling Kai, then threw him into the air "This is for what you said earlier!" and he leapt up and smashed Kai down towards the ground, deepening the crater in the arena even further.

"Papa!" Kin tried to rush out, only to be held back by Gohan "Hang in there Papa!"

Uub returned back to the ground "I didn't kill him did I?"

"Not a chance kid!" with a furious roar and a blazing white aura, Kai burst back up from inside the crater, his Mystic white aura flaring wildly "Not gonna lie kid, that one kind of stung a little bit. So how about it then, are you ready for round 2? I should warn you, now I'm going at full power." he blitzed away.

Uub followed his lead, resulting in them trading even blows across the arena.

Kai landed a kick to Uub's shoulder, sending him crashing down onto the arena.

Uub got back onto his feet "I won't give up, I made a promise and I told them that I was going to win! I don't care what it takes, I can't quit! I won't quit! I WON'T QUIT!" and in his rage he summoned his hidden power and charged at Kai full speed.

Kai blitzed away easily, causing Uub to nearly fall off the arena.

Uub climbed back up and saw Kai flying "You've gotta be kidding me, this guy can fly too?!"

"I'm the 3 time champ kid, of course I can fly!" Kai aimed two fingers "Nail Gun-"

Then Uub suddenly fell once the stage crumbled.

Kai blitzed down and caught him before he hit the ground, then carried him back into the air "I should've figured that you never learned how to fly, sorry about that. It does make sense now that I think about it, you've been on your own and you haven't had anyone to teach you and you've just been learning all of it on instinct up to this point. Just out of curiosity, have you bothered to check out the Groundbreaking Science book series?"

"Well I've wanted to but I couldn't afford it."

"Figures. Anyway I'm sorry about all the trash talking before, I was just trying to get you worked up so you could unleash your hidden power. But now I know for sure exactly how much hidden power you have kid, and I've gotta say that you're everything that I was hoping you would be and more. You really are an amazing fighter. But praise aside I noticed something, you aren't used to fighting with your full power are you? I'm guess that this is the first time you've actually had a real challenge in the ring isn't it? Now what to do…" he pondered for a moment, then smirked "I think I've got it, from now on I'll come to your village on weekends and give you some private training so that I can teach you how to use your powers effectively. All you have to do is say you'll do it and you'll get stronger than anything you could ever dream of. So what do you think?"

"Yes I do want to be strong, but.."

"But what?"

"I can't afford to train, I have to help my family. That's the main reason why I came here to compete in the tournament, I need to win that money for my village and my family."

"Oh that's no problem, if money is the only thing holding you back then I'll just give you the prize money from when I win again. I don't need it, I've already gotten 30 million zeni under my belt as it is so my family is pretty much set for life."

"You'd do that?"

"Of course, I don't need it."

"But if you've already agreed to be my teacher then you've already paid me with a great kindness Mr Kai, I don't think it would be right of me to take such a handout as well."

"Who said I'm giving you a choice?" he shot his fist forward and sent out a shockwave, catching him off guard and knocking him out of the ring "Sorry kid nothing personal, but just because I agreed to give up the prize money doesn't mean that I'm giving up my title just yet."

The announcer decided to make the call "After quite a heated battle Uub has been ringed out, therefore Kai wins the match and moves on to the next round!" he received an applause.

Kai blitzed over and helped Uub to his feet "Sorry kid, but just to be clear I am giving you the prize money either way."

This was when Gohan came over, with Piccolo right beside him "That was kind of excessive don't you think?"

"Hey just because I'm trying to help the kid doesn't mean that I'm gonna let him steal my shot at taking you down in the finals."

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One incredibly boring tournament later…

Kai entered the ring one final time, with Gohan following him "Yeah that's exactly what I'm talking about, this is how it should be."

Gohan smirked "The two strongest warriors in the universe fighting it out in the finals to decide who's number one, it's honestly pretty dramatic. To be real though, I only originally entered this tournament for two reasons. The first was to give Pan the moral support I thought that she had needed, and the second was so that I could get a shot a fighting you."

"Yeah and look how that turned out, we had to knock them out with chops to the neck so we wouldn't have to actually fight them. It's so anticlimactic."

"Well it's better than punching our daughters."

"True. Anyway what's really anticlimactic is how 17 just jumped out of the ring so he wouldn't have to fight them."

"Probably because you threatened to cut off his testicles with a Nail Gun to the crotch if he hurt them."

"Oh yeah, that was fun. But what was really fun was how Pan oneshotted your brother by bitch slapping him into a wall."

"True." Gohan took a look around at the cheering audience "You ever wake up in the morning and wonder how your life turned out this way?"

"Pretty much every day. I mean just 22 years ago I was nothing but a martial arts fanboy who was so obsessed with it I might've ruined my future. But then you came along and helped me make my dreams a reality, thanks to you I'm the world champion and I've got a gorgeous wife and an amazing daughter, and even after my mom died I was happy. You really came through for me in the hardest time of my life."

"You did the same for me, you were there for me in the darkest parts of my life and ended up saving me from myself. You were one of the reasons I was able to gain the strength I needed to protect, and I'll never be able to repay me for that."

"Well I can think of one way."

Then the announcer made the call "And now, let the final match of the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament begin!"

"You can thank me by giving me everything you've got in this fight." Kai dropped into the classic Piccolo style martial arts stance.

Gohan smirked and dropped into his own stance "Fine by me, so are you ready?"

"I always have been ready and I always will be."

With that being said, both warriors dashed straight towards each other at full speed as if they were planets that were about to collide, the two greatest warriors the universe had ever seen.

When their quest began they were nothing more than children with great potential and great dreams, but they soon grew into great warriors and great heroes.

When the universe needed saving, two warriors and their friends and family answered the call without hesitation.

And now these two warriors pulled back their fists simultaneously, ready to prove once and for all who truly was the greatest warrior the universe had ever seen.

A/N:

And with this, The Rise of a Protector has at last come to a close, and before I get into the notes I just want to thank you all for sticking with this story until the very end. This is my most popular story by far and I greatly appreciate all of your support.

Let me explain to you my plan about Kai: Originally I wasn't going to make him anything more than a moral support character that couldn't even measure up to the likes of Krillin, Tien or Yamcha, but then a thought occurred to me: Why are the human characters, who are actually from Earth, treated like they're practically worth less than nothing just because they can't go blonde like Saiyans or fuse with others to become stronger like Namekians. I decided to use Kai to show what true potential earthlings really have.

As for Goku and Vegeta and everyone else hanging back during the final clash and those two not competing in the tournament, it was what Goku said about letting the next generation have their moment in the spotlight, so I decided to expand on that and give Gohan's generation their chance to shine.

That final quote I gave at the very end was a reference to what Master Roshi said after the final battle between Goku and Piccolo during the World Martial Arts Tournament at the end of the original Dragon Ball series.

The Rise of a Warrior: Naruto: Shippuden will have a new chapter out before the end of the month, I promise. Thank you again for all the support and I will deliver a new and exciting story to you soon, I promise. The Legendary Dragon Reaper is out, peace!