Disclaimer: same as always...don't own, don't sue. You wouldn't get anything even if you tried.

quotes -- talking

italics -- thoughts or flashbacks

warnings: may be some mild implied violence, minor insults, and customs bashing

previously Very soon woman, and you won't be in the picture any more. The tests begin tommorrow and I WILL ruin you.

TESTS BEGIN

The girls were woken up at 7am the next morning for the first test. Luckily they all had different tests because of them getting different parts of the pre-tests done without any problems. Bulma wouldn't have to undergo the knowledge testing but the other girls did. They were all fuming at that part which Bulma found quite amusing. Bulma's tests consisted of Endurance, Stamina, Cooking, and two random tests which as of yet have not been named. The other girls had Cooking tests, Knowledge tests, a test to see how well they could pay attention to minor details, and 2 random tests. The King keeps an eye on the girls as they start their tests and follows them from the main hall to the first tests. He looks in on Bulma who had her endurance test first. They had stuck her in the room and started it at 20g's. Bulma was cringing and trying to stay standing but was having a hard time with it.

Every 10 minutes, the gravity would get up another 5g's. Bulma kept trying to stay standing but by the time it reached 40g's, she was having a very hard time and winds up on one knee. She glances at the smirking King on the other side of the window and growls. "I will not let you beat me. I refuse to give in." She struggles against the gravity and manages somehow to get back up though it looked to be very painful for her in doing so. After an hour, she was up to 70g's and was on her knees in pain. They shut the gravity off at that moment and look at her face turn into one of shock and relief. They pull her from the room and check her over for injuries. Finding none, they take her downstairs for her to rest up for a few minutes. The other girls come into the room about an hour later looking ready to pull their hair out from the Knowledge test which Bulma couldn't help but snicker about slightly. The girls look at her and grumble a moment seeing she was still alive and sit down away from her to talk about their torture, err, Knowledge test.

Bulma was called outside after another hour to do her stamina test. Three guards were around her as they led her towards the arena where she would have to face 3 of the strongest female saiyans around. She looks around nervously as they approach the arena and notices the stands almost filled up already. The guards hand her a set of clothes to change into and show her the nearest ladies room to change in. She goes in and changes then comes out in what looked to be spandex training clothes with some kind of armor shield going across her front and some boots which she thought were very comfortable. She walks out to the arena and hears alot of booing from the crowd towards her and even someone insulting her saying that a weak human with no pride has no place in the arena. They start insulting her customs of people dating before mating and call her weak for using such an approach to that. Bulma scowls and crosses her arms in a very good imitation of the Prince which gets a few shocked looks from the crowd.

The three female saiyans who were part of this test come in and immediately the crowd starts cheering for them and yelling for them to rip the weak human female apart. Bulma tenses up seeing the three and notices the forms of them. Each had a well toned body, biceps that could knock you through a mountain, legs that could split you in half with a well placed kick, and eyes that were totally devoid of emotion. The only thing showing in their eyes, was the promise of a very slow, painful death. Bulma gulps a moment then gets into a fighting stance when the three enter the ring. The fight begins soon after with one rule, to knock your opponent from the ring. Bulma squeaks and dodges numerous hits but winds up getting tossed around a bit. She thinks of something and grabs one of the ladies by the tail and yanks getting a yelp out of her. She then kicks the lady off the side of the ring while she was off balance and faces the other two. The other two double team her and pin her to the ground. Thinking fast Bulma grabs the ladies heads and smacks them together causing the two to let her go. They were disoriented and couldn't move fast at the moment. Bulma used her chance and nudges them from the ring with her foot. After the three were out, the crowd was deathly quiet and in shock.

The guards walk over to the ring and announce Bulma as the winner which causes the crowd to boo some more and insult her even more. One guard yells at them telling them to shut up and to show some respect to the possible future Queen. The crowd shuts up immediately and starts to leave. Bulma was escorted back to palace and left in her room to rest. She lays on the bed and conks out immediately considering how stressful of a day it had been already, and the day wasn't even half over yet.

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Here's chapter 13. Please, please review so I know what everyone thinks of this so far.