Season 1: Chapter 1- Preliminary Round

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Chemistry-Deaf: With a short special at the beginning.

Saxophone had low to no ki left to fly and felt too hurt to try. He walked away from the group already feeling sick. He needed a bath and new clothes, but he needed to find that egg. He quickly started to jog and reached the edge of the blast radius. He vaguely remember the direction of the egg, but he could be anywhere in front of him. He kept looking for the unique ki signature that his race has as he trekked through the wilderness.

It was slowly getting dark and the woods had gotten thicker when he detected the child's ki. It was to the left of where he's going, and the child was moving to the right. He sped up. The child probably heard his crashing about and stilled for a moment based on the movement from the ki. It quickly ran off in some other direction. Saxophone took off, ignoring the branches and bushes. He stopped at a small clearing with the last dimming ray of the sun. The child's ki was nearby.

Saxophone scanned the area, trying to see a glimpse of the child. A faint rustle alerted him the correct area. Stumbling out was a very small child of his race. He was wearing an outfit with a circled demon on the front.

"I was worried that you may be dead."

-Three years later-

A tall young man was walking around inside a big spacious room. There were many people there of various color, sizes, ages, and species. This one had green skin, purple gi, red sash, white cape with shoulder pads, purple and white turban, and light brown shoes. He was trying to find his mentor and friend he was with for the last three years. By now, he could call him father. How hard could it be to find someone like him, but taller?

He stopped his searching when a familiar ki caught his attention. It wasn't the one he was looking for, but he's nearby. He glanced at a group of four. One had wild hair who his gaze met. He was about his height wearing an orange gi. In fact, as he looked at the group, two others were wearing the same gi. One was bald and short while the other had his long hair in a ponytail. The fourth one was taller than wild hair. He was bald and had a third eye. The first and the fourth quickly recognized him. He smirked at them and turned away.

Let them tremble, he didn't care. He has to find his mentor. He finally found him leaning on a wall. "Ma Jr."

"Ma Sax, I'd been looking for you," he said as he approached the leaning man. Ma Jr was half a head shorter than Ma Sax.

"Sorry, I was checking up on things." Ma Sax was outfitted with a black tank top with an open, rolled up sleeved jacket that stopped halfway down his chest. He wore dark green pants with red sash and black shoes. He also have a turban but the top color was a darker purple. He had a strip of cloth hanging down from the turban on the left side. The bottom of the strip had a triangular metallic weight.

They were interrupted by an announcement. "Attention all participants! Sorry to keep you waiting. We well now begin the preliminary rounds! Please gather at the center of the room.

"I like to thank each and every one of you for your support for the Martial Arts Society. As you all know, the tournament is held for every three years. This year the number of participants is 72. This is lower than the last tournament. This may mean that the the last tournament scared off any of those not confident about their skills, so I assume that the 72 in front of me are high caliber."

Every 72 participants lined up for their number. Ma Jr and Ma Sax was near the back of the line. After picking up their numbers, they looked at the board where the numbers were placed in blocks. "Looks like we're in different blocks," Ma Sax commented after comparing their numbers.

"Good, I wouldn't want to fight against you. These preliminaries are too small for us to fight out."

Ma Sax chuckled.

The preliminary round had four blocks, and each had two halves. The total number of winners were eight. The first half of each block were fighting first then the second half. Ma Jr had the first half of block 4 while Ma Sax had the second half of block 3. The first two numbers of each block were called up. Ma Jr had to wait for two rounds before his number was called. Since nearly everyone in the room was weak compared to them, Ma Jr quickly end each and every preliminary battle he was in. The first half of each block got their winners. Two of them were from the group of four Ma Jr saw: the wild hair and ponytail. Th third winner was a female, and the last one was Ma Jr. They mingled or waited as the second part of the blocks commence.

Block 1 and 2 had a clear winner in each. A short bald man was in block 1 defeating all of his foes with ease. Block 2 was the taller bald man with a third eye. Ma Sax quickly noticed him and searched for his friend. He found him in block 3. That meant he may have to fight against him. Ma Sax's round was called, and he stepped up. His opponent wasn't worth remembering after he defeated him. As his block was nearing the end, Ma Sax had become one of the possible contestant for the 7th spot. He was watching with Ma Jr of his opponent.

One was Tien's friend and the other was a strange man with cyborg parts. The strange man had knocked out his opponent. "Chiaotzu!"

Tien ran up to his unconscious friend. The opponent chuckled. "Don't worry, he didn't die. I don't want to be expelled." Tien glared up at the opponent only to be shocked. "We meet again Shinhan."

"No! I heard you were dead!"

"Not quite. And, you must be Goku."

The wild hair confirmed to be Goku and recognized him. "Mercenary Tao!" Tao came to the tournament for revenge against Goku and Tien. He had to fight one more contestant before he could be in the semi-finals. The announcer called the number and Ma Sax walked into the ring. Tien and Goku gasped.

"You look strong, but you're no match for me," Tao said.

"You're right. I'm above your level," Ma Sax replied.

"No, you're the inferior one!"

"May the match begin!" the announcer said.

Tao planned on ending the match and decided to punch his opponent off. Instead, his fist was caught and was slowly being crushed. "Seems like you got a few tricks up your sleeve," Ma Sax commented.

"Oh? You want to see them so soon?" Tao released the hand Ma Sax was crushing and pointed the hollow ki cannon at him. "Say hello to my Dodon Cannon!" It warmed up and fired point blank at Ma Sax. Unfazed, he stopped it inches from himself.

"It's unwise to play fire in a losing situation." Ma Sax gently dissipated the ki ball to nothing. While Tao was standing there in shock, Ma Sax forcibly pushed him off the stage.

Tao was unable to accept defeat and got up angry. "You'll pay for that!" Ma Sax flicked him before he could do anything and it knocked him out cold.

"Getting angry over nothing," Ma Sax muttered to himself as he got off.

"S-Saxophone?" Ma Sax stopped and faced triclops.

"Ah, Tien. You sound surprised to see me."

"Ye-eah, well, your appearance changed."

"Slightly, yes. I see the little runt had a growth spurt."

"Yep, I grew a bit," Goku laughed.

"About that. Are you still mad at Goku?" Tien asked.

"No. The way I figured is that if you didn't stop me, I would have succeed. I'm after you, Tien," Ma Sax clarified. "See you all at semi-finals." With that, Ma Sax turn and left with Ma Jr trailing behind.

With the last winner, all eight assembled and choose a number.

The maches became:
Tien vs Ma Sax
Annomynous vs Goku
Krillin vs Ma Jr
Yamcha vs Hero

"First match already?" Ma Sax noted.

"At least you got to fight your opponent right away," scowled Ma Jr. "I have two rounds to fight before I get mine."

"I do have a score to settle and you got yours."

A/N: The battle between Tien and Saxophone comes next.