Season 1: Chapter 9- Goku vs Ma Jr

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z except my own characters

Chemistry-Deaf: I have no say in this, just enjoy the first half of the match.

Ma Sax: Ready for my commentary?

C-D: Nice to have someone excited for this.

Ma Sax: Good thing too. I was worried how Ma Jr would handle Kami when he finds out.

C-D: He does have some personal issues that he couldn't keep down like King Piccolo could.

Ma Sax: Kami really shouldn't have split himself no matter how much he wanted that position.

C-D: Damn, you're giving me another story idea. I should check to see if that was already done.

Welcome to the championship match! The 23 World Martial Arts Tournament started with 72 participators in the preliminary round. Those numbers were reduced to 8 final contestants for the audience to watch. Those 8 fighters were Ma Sax vs Tien, Goku vs Chi-Chi, Krillin vs Ma Jr, and Yamcha vs Hero! Those winners were advanced from the semi to the quarter finals. They were Tien vs Goku and Ma Jr vs Hero. The winners from the quarter finals get to compete for the championship! They are Goku vs Ma Jr!

I am your commentary, Ma Sax.

Ma Jr stood in front of Goku who had purposely blocked him. Goku wore a serious face while Ma Jr had a calmer face as they stared at each other. Ma Jr had been good at hiding his emotion when situation called for it. Currently, he felt frustrated. The small white bottle with a sealed soul rested in Ma Jr's hand. He clenched the bottle tightly. It was obvious to him that Goku wanted to free the trapped soul, not that he will let him.

"If you're not going to say something, get out of my way," Ma Jr said. He would have moved forward and forced Goku and his friends to move, but Goku responded.

"I won't move till I have that bottle!"

Ma Jr blinked. "You mean this bottle?" He held up the bottle lightly. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Goku's hand slowly moving towards the bottle. "Not a chance." Goku froze and some gasps were heard as Ma Jr flicked the bottle away from Goku. The bottle flew neatly to Ma Jr's mouth as he caught it. They all gasped as they watched Ma Jr swallowed the bottle. "Now, what did you say about not moving without the bottle?" He smirked at the dumbfounded and yet slightly mad face of Goku's.

"Damn you!"

Ma Jr stepped up to the top step. "Did you really planned on releasing him so soon? He'll only damper our match." Ma Jr started to walk around the immobile Goku. "It's not like I killed him, only sealed up. Be prepared, Goku. You haven't seen what I am capable of!" He walked passed Goku's friends and turned to shout, "Ma Sax! You knew who Hero was, didn't you?!"

Ma Sax had stood up to see better of the conflict between Goku and Ma Jr at the steps, and his eyes followed Ma Jr soon afterwards. "I had guesses that I wasn't willing to share with you. On top of that, I knew your opinion of him," Ma Sax replied in a nonchalant voice. He ignored Ma Jr's growl directed at him. "The match would have been quite different if I did." Ma Jr made a noise of disapproval while crossing his arms and looking away. If Ma Sax had to be honest, Ma Jr was acting like a teenager going through a rebellious phase. To be fair, Ma Jr was of teenage years to Ma Sax despite the age of three. A soft chuckle escaped his lips and he made no attempts to hide it.

Ma Sax leaped from the wall and landed smoothly right next to Ma Jr. They went in for a brief snack. The group outside watched them vanish in the dimmed room each with their worries and confusion. "Goku!" a voice called to them from the side. All looked to see a short old man with black suit and sunglasses with a staff. "I am very lost. Explain everything."

"Please, Goku! It's not like you to keep information from us! Didn't you say you'll tell us after this match?" Krillin added.

Goku and Tien looked at each other as the rest waited in anticipation. "I did, Krillin, and I will tell you. Tien and I already identified who Ma Jr really is."

"WHAT!?" the rest shouted in surprise.

"I stopped King Piccolo before Goku arrived, so I do know very well who they are," Tien replied. "Ma Sax and I have a history because he's the one I fought against! His real name is Saxophone and I had some upper hand on taking him down. Even though I won against him, I felt like he's holding back."

"You thought Ma Sax is holding back?!" Goku shouted in surprise. "It didn't look like he was holding back."

"Yeah, it's very strange. Goku, you have to be careful when you fight against Ma Jr! I don't know how strong they are, but imagine how strong he must be if Ma Sax trained him. Out of everyone, I'm the only one who experienced how his attack was like."

"Quit leaving us in the dark!" Yamcha snapped.

"You still haven't told us who Ma Jr is, dearest," Chi-Chi added.

"Having trouble introducing me to your clueless friends?" a soft amused voice called behind Goku with a sound of chewing. Goku turned around to find Ma Jr lightly eating meat salad. "Step back," he ordered when Goku didn't move. "You're in my spit space." He chuckled while watching them reorganize around him. "You may have mentioned King Piccolo but failed to state that he's my father?" He received mix responses. Then, Ma Sax walked up next to him with a fruit, munching on it. "I am Piccolo Junior, son of King Piccolo, and my mentor, Saxophone."

"Pleased to be formally introduced," Ma Sax told them.

"The last one which all of you seen briefly today and currently sealed in a bottle in my stomach, is my uncle." Ma Jr finished it by taking another bite. They were amused by the varied expression each had. Ma Jr decided to mess with them by pretending to be shocked. "You haven't told them how King Piccolo had a brother?" He wasn't disappointed.

"Brother?!" most of the shouted. Fear was evidence on those with no knowledge of Kami.

"King Piccolo have no brother," Goku countered.

"Au contraire, Goku," Ma Jr began, "when his brother cast King Piccolo out of his body, that makes them brothers creating the stereotypical good brother and evil brother. You all know the evil brother well. What hidden behind him was the good brother that cares for all your well-beings so high above is Kami. Being the son of the evil brother that you killed makes Kami my uncle. Normally, I wouldn't be so upset by his neglect, but situation had changed."

"You failed to mention that both of you are bound. If one of you dies, the other follows."

"Did I?"

"Now I see," the old man said. "If your tale is true, the mafuba was a perfect technique to get rid of one without affecting the other." The weaker ones jump at the sound of Ma Jr's growl. The old man continued as if he wasn't interrupted. "Since Piccolo found a way around it, we could only rely on Goku."

"That's about as much you guys can do," Ma Jr snapped. "I wouldn't like more people to fight against in this match."

"Nor would I let them," Goku added. "It's still a match and I want to fight against him alone. You're probably sore from your defeat three years ago." The last statement was directed to Ma Jr.

"My defeat? We haven't fought yet, but I am here for revenge on my father's behalf. I plan on killing you, so don't hold back." They watched them walk a short distance away to finish their snacks. Those that knows how Goku eats noticed how they don't shovel food in their mouths at a rapid pace. The remainder of the break time was left to silence as each worked with their thoughts while the two demons finished up their meals.

The 10 minute intermission is now over as I, your commentary Ma Sax, will announce the final match will begin! There are two contestants left to take to spot of championship! They are Goku who managed to beat Chi-Chi and Tien and Ma Jr who managed to beat Krillin and Hero. Let welcome them to the arena.

A loud cheer came from the crowd as Ma Jr stepped on the arena. A few seconds later, Goku followed suit. The announcer was giving his usual speech to liven up the excited crowd.

Ma Jr had decided that his weighed cape is no longer necessary and tossed it aside. Unlike me who have some weights holding me back, he has nothing but the clothes he wears. Goku got rid of his during his match with Tien. Will Goku liven up to the challenge of Ma Jr going all out? With the gong sounding and a "Begin!" is called, the match is on!

Sounds of fighting was heard throughout the commentary.

Neither one have the upper hand as each attack either punch or kick was blocked or dodged. Ma Jr quickly saw an opening in Goku's defenses and knocked him a mean uppercut! Goku recovered by a hand stand to his feet like a gymnastics. Ma Jr reappeared behind Goku and received a kick from Goku! He flipped and landed on his feet at the edge of the arena.

Goku turned to face him and saw Ma Jr launching himself at him! A nasty headbutt sent Goku a few feet away. Ma Jr followed up his attack with a kick after recovering. Goku saw Ma Jr's leg and grabbed it! He spun Ma Jr before throwing him in the air. He managed to stop his flight as Goku shot an invisible air punch. I can't tell if it hit Ma Jr or not, but his head was thrown back from either dodging or being hit!

Goku made the same mistake Krillin did against Ma Jr as he launched himself up to Ma Jr. He shocked the incoming Goku by launching a compressed air ball. I hear a collective gasps from Goku's friends. Ma Jr followed up the attack with an overhead slam making Goku hit the arena faster than him. He ended this round with a good elbow on Goku's exposed back! Goku cried out in pain. Ma Jr was on his feet in front of Goku.

Being the ever faithful announcer, he started to count down. Ma Jr glanced at him and said, "Stop counting." He faced Goku and said, "Knock off the unconscious act! It only make me want to beat you even more." A chuckle sounded from the supposed unconscious Goku and he got up.

"So you noticed, huh?" Goku stretched his pained back. "That was quite painful."

"I can see what you're up to." Ma Jr rolled his shoulders before getting into a battle stance. "Trying to hold back so you could study my moves."

"Got me figured out." Goku got his stance ready.

"I'll crush you if you don't go all out. Hold back like that again, and I won't be trying to hold my own strength! You're lucky I didn't decide to snap your spine in half!"

What he said was true. The Dark Ki can weaken or strengthen depending on the user's wishes. If Ma Jr wanted to, he could let the Dark Ki enter Goku's back and easily snapped the spine where his elbow hits!

Goku laughed at the threat. "You are horrible monster, but somehow, I can't help but feel excited!"

Ma Jr raised a brow-line at that before answering, "Thanks for complement. It makes you ignorant. Should I thank you for killing my father before I was created or curse you? Either way, you'll pay dearly for saying how excited you are! You won't be so excited when I'm through with you!"

Now, they're getting serious. The first clash had ki sparks! Each attack was effectively blocked causing a stray of ki to flicker. It didn't take long for their hands to clasped their opponent's. They were putting much effort on their power struggle.

By this time, the ki were much in control. Neither relented in giving their opponent the upper hand. Ma Jr released his eye beam that Goku immediately ducked. What he didn't count on was Ma Jr using similar motion he did to Tien. Ma Jr allowed the force to move him backwards while placing a good kick on his opponent's abdominal area. Goku slid back while holding his pained stomach before vanishing. Ma Jr landed on his side and quickly got up.

Ma Jr remained still after glimpsing Goku disappearing act. My training had him confuse with multiple afterimages rather than vanishing acts. No matter, let see if he could apply the technique of finding such a slippery foe.

Ma Jr stretched his other senses to catch the fleeting Goku. He couldn't trust his eyes and allowed them to scan the area in front of him unfocused. His ears could catch Goku's feet hitting the floor, but he definitely hear three sets each time at different places. Goku's ki felt like a fast buzzing wasp. Slowly but surely, he could follow the ki signature and match the sounds to the ki. It helped that Goku wasn't running in such randomized pattern like Ma Sax usually do. He waited for the ki to approach closer to him. Not long after catching his prey, he sensed him approach his right from behind.

A growl escaped Ma Jr's mouth as he unexpectedly elbowed to his right! His aim was true as Goku finally appeared! The elbow connected to Goku's face and the force caused him to crash into the wall to my right. To the surprise of Goku's friend and mine, he disappeared.

Ma Jr's eyes remained unfocused as his head turned towards the crash. He didn't catch what Goku's friends said and was very in tune with Goku's ki.

Goku reappeared behind Ma Jr and shouted "Behind you!" That was a mistake on his part because Ma Jr ducked his kick. Ma Jr crouched and turned to face Goku to punch him upwards. That Goku was an afterimage. The next Goku appeared to the left and tried punching. It went through Ma Jr's afterimage. It was now Goku's turn to search for the disappeared opponent.

Goku was shocked. Not because his opponent did the exact same thing to him, it was how well he hid his presence! He was good at detecting someone's ki, but Ma Jr's ki felt different. No matter how similar his ki was to King Piccolo, there was something else that throws it off. Here, he couldn't sense it anywhere! Since Ma Jr was still, Goku hadn't needed to pay attention to Ma Jr's ki signature till it was too late.

What he didn't know was that Ma Jr had been slowly erasing his ki signature as he searched Goku's. Once Goku make him refocus to the battle, the unique ki signature of his will come back. Regardless, his ki sensing was useless at the moment. He tried to strain his other senses to find the slippery demon. Due to Ma Jr's choice of shoes, the soft footfalls left no sound a regular human could hear. Goku was forced to rely on his poor eyesight to catch him. His eyes caught fleeting shadows and parts of Ma Jr's body.

Goku barely moved during the 30 seconds Ma Jr disappeared. Slowly, parts of Ma Jr was becoming visible. Soon, Goku was facing a total of 7 Ma Jrs. While to a normal eye, those beings look solid, but to a trained eye, they could see a flicker. I know how many there really are, but I am not the one to spoil. Due to the motion of creating such visible afterimages, a lot of details were missing.

Goku stared at the various poses the Ma Jrs took. Some were in various confidence poses, leaning on the wall or floor, or sitting in the air! He quickly got serious and kicked the closest Ma Jr. What happened next was a great surprise for everyone.

Goku had three closest Ma Jr with two in confidence poses and one leaning on the wall directly below me. Two more were behind them where one was lying down and the other was sitting on the air. The remaining two had one standing near the edge of the arena and the other sitting on the floor near the edge. Goku attacked the closest Ma Jr in confidence pose and watched in shock as Ma Jr literally dodged the blow and nicked Goku's head. Goku rubbed his injured spot as Ma Jr returned to his original pose.

He was paying attention to the other Ma Jrs due to his thought process. He thought that Ma Jr was the real one and ignored the second confidence pose Ma Jr right next to him. He barely saw the second one take a swipe at his head. He dodged and moved out of range. The second one simply got back to his normal pose. It was obvious Goku was very confused.

Goku decided that these Ma Jr was not like how he did when he was younger. He remembered making afterimage clones of different poses, but this seemed much advanced. Decided to test his idea, he used the same speed that he used against the four Tiens.

Goku went into a fast run and took turns to hit each Ma Jrs. They all dodged both blows when Goku went through all 7 and back to his original position. The one leaning against the wall had no wall to lean on moved to a different pose. I now have no wall to sit on! Those that were on the floor where a punch hole was also changed pose. I'm sure Goku would want to know how this is done.

Goku decided that punching them won't work and jumped up. He charged small ki attack as the Ma Jrs kept Goku in their sights. He released a bombardment of ki balls. Only three was lucky enough to escape the attack unscratched. The fourth one had various injures and the fifth was vanquished. This caused the original seven down to 5. Happy that his idea worked, Goku charged a ki ball to control and launched it. He was lucky that it hit the damaged one first. The fuzzy 5 quickly changed to solid three.

Ma Jr had used doubles like I did against Tien. These doubles looked similar to Ma Jr with dark skin, very pointy ears, and whitened eyes. Their color clothes were light grey sleeveless shirt under dark purple tank top with dark purple gi pants. Dark green finger-less gloves adorned their hands. They have red strips of fabric wrapped tightly from their calf muscles down to the ankles and around their waist. Dark green socks and dark brown shoes were over their feet. Their turban was of dark purple with the light grey strips holding it in place.

They scrambled away from the chasing ki ball. One was lucky to avoid it, another was vanquished, and the third lost an arm as the ki ball sailed past. Goku lost control of the ki ball and was preparing another one when the real Ma Jr kneed Goku in the back. This send Goku flying down to the arena!

Goku felt Ma Jr's ki a split second before something dug into his unguarded back. The force was so strong, he didn't fight as his body flew down. The impact was not as bad as the first one though Ma Jr didn't follow up with a kick or an elbow.

"Left yourself wide open, Goku!" Ma Jr mocked. The real Ma Jr was high in the sky barely watching Goku handle the doubles he created. He kept his ki cloaked as he refocused himself and waited for a good opportunity to hit. Goku groaned as he shifted to a better sitting position. He caught sight of the double and blocked his attack. Another rushed forward as he pushed the first double back. Goku caught the lost arm double's hand and kicked him upwards. He grabbed the attacking double and threw him after the second.

Goku managed to throw the two remaining doubles at Ma Jr! Ma Jr readied himself to catch them. A "Kame Hame" was sounded from Goku as he formed a strong blue sphere. He was planning on throwing it at Ma Jr! I don't know how much Ma Jr could see or hear, but I hope he could form a defense against it! And, he fired!

A loud "HA!" sounded over the captivated audience. Ma Jr managed to catch his doubles when he saw the infamous turtle wave and it was strong! He reformed the doubles into a double layered semi-sphere around him. He could only hope that it was enough to cut down the power.

A loud shattering shrieked as the wave reached the barriers Ma Jr put up. The black shards rained down which turned into puff of smoke as it hit. Above them, a dark cloud surround the floating Ma Jr. The smoke cleared to show how Ma Jr furthered protected his body. His arms were in an X position to protect his head and both his legs were bent to protect his torso. Ma Jr slowly uncurled his body, and a displeased face stared down at Goku.

The wave had burned up most of the clothes it came in contact. Those were his turban, the midsection of his shirt, and everything below his knees including his shoes. He could feel the stinging pain on his forearm and his shins. His head and torso had less pain compared to his arms and legs. Not only he was angry, he had a fleeting embarrassment of remembering girls and women bare their midriffs on the occasion he saw them during warmer days. Pushing the comparison aside, he glared at the man who caused his pain.

Ma Jr stayed up in the air before slowly descending down. He reached the floor as both contestants stared at each other in determination. The announcer had stated how apparently unscathed Ma Jr is before noticing some familiar aspect of Ma Jr.

"He looks like- like King Piccolo!" a woman's voice rang out. Confusion and murmurs of how similar Ma Jr looked to King Piccolo. Ma Jr could hear their conversation with his excellent ears. He wasn't used to the attention and managed to ignore them during his matches, but on the spot like that, he started to feel a little self conscious. He wasn't aware that his turban had burned off until a soft wind alerted to his free antennae.

He wanted to yell at those fools that he does have a connection to the great Demon King Piccolo they were talking about, but he restrained the urge with difficultly. Taking a deep breath and exhaling, he scanned the crowd before landing on a woman with sharp eyes and blond hair staring right at him. She was the only one not to flinch or look away from his gaze as they stared each other. Conveniently, she stood at the front just behind the wall.

Goku noticed Ma Jr distraction and was worried what he'll do as he watched Ma Jr walk up to the edge of the arena across from the blond woman, Launch. Since he was a nice guy, he didn't attack the distracted Ma Jr and waited to see how this would play out. Ma Jr didn't notice Goku's anonymous gesture to pause the match. He crouched down to her eye level as the audience ceased talking.

"What did you say exactly?" Ma Jr asked her.

"I said that you look like King Piccolo." Ma Jr noticed it was her that called out the first time. He liked the courage she spoke to him.

"Uh-huh, what gave that away?"

"…When your turban came off."

"So, the signature antennae that clued you in not the rest of me? Or, is it because of the antennae that the rest of me made sense?"

"Wha-" Ma Jr cut her off.

"Should I tell you a secret?" He smirked as the woman nodded. "King Piccolo is my father."

The silence was deafening until those nearby suddenly understood what Ma Jr said and how his tournament name made sense. The announcer was quick to tell the audience that didn't hear Ma Jr by saying, "What an unexpected event this is! The mysterious Ma Jr had revealed himself to be the son of the infamous King Piccolo!"

Ma Jr responded to the announcer by saying, "Oh, sure shout it louder will you-?" The crowd screamed in terror that cut off Ma Jr's sentence. Ma Jr looked at the running crowd with wide eyes before changing to amusement. "Look at them go, like mindless sheep. Didn't think that would have this much of an impact." He was about to get up when he saw the blond woman had ducked down and was peering over the edge. She wasn't alone. There were a blue-haired woman with her along with a cat and a pig. "I suppose you guys make up the audience. Are all of you by any chance more Goku's friends?" Ma Jr sighed, not caring if he's right, and got up now that the excitement was over.

Round two will commence next chapter as the conclusion to the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament! Stay tuned for the unexpected excitement!

Ma Sax: You certainly know how to make this interesting!

C-D: Thank you! You did a great job with the commentary!

Ma Sax: Thank you very much! I appreciate it and I had fun too!

C-D: So did I. The cannon had way too much Goku pummeling Piccolo Jr and Piccolo Jr wasted so much energy to a point it's boring. I wish I could say the conclusion would be epic, but compared to this half, I am not sure.

Ma Sax: Don't worry about it.

A/N: Somehow I managed to fit Season 1 in 10 chapters like the Prologue.