Princess of Saiyans

Chapter 6: The World Martial Arts Tournament

Disclaimer: As always I DO NOT own Dragon Ball Z or any of its characters.

I know that I haven't posted in a while. I've been moving to a new home and it has been quite the time suck. Hope you guys are enjoying my fanfic so far I have definitely enjoyed writing it. Oh, and please note that anything written in bold and italics, which looks like this, will represent the Namekian language. As always please review and let me know how you like it. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you…Chapter 5.

When Nonica woke up that morning she packed one last bag of supplies and set off to find Junior. When she finally found him, he was hovering over the side of a cliff deep in meditation. Nonica smirked devilishly and threw the bag at him as hard as she could. He simply caught the bag in one and opened his eyes. "Hello, Nonica." he said with an irritated tone.

"Hello, demon spawn." she replied.

Junior floated to the cliff and placed his feet on the ground. "Two visits in two days. I must be special." he grinned.

"No, just trying to make sure you live." Nonica answered quickly.

Junior placed the bag on a large rock and crossed his arms, "Tell me something, Nonica. Does your daddy know that you come to visit me?"

Oh, crap! she thought in a panic. "Kami can see anything from the Lookout." she responded. She wanted to keep answers to questions like that vague. Kami had no idea she was helping Junior and she knew it, but Junior didn't need to know that. "You know, I think that you've gotten old enough to start fending for yourself." she said.

A fiendish smirk curled across Junior's lips as he replied, "Really? Does that mean that you won't be coming back to see me? When will I ever see you?"

Nonica could hear the sarcasm in his words, "Never. That's the whole idea." she said.

"And here I thought that you had become attached to me." he said.

Nonica smiled and walked over to Junior. She put her arms around his neck and pressed her body to his. He looked into her icy eyes. He really didn't know how to react to what she was doing. The wind picked up and blew the scent of Nonica's soft hair right into Junior's face. She smelled like the beautiful flowers that were all over the Lookout and it was started to get to the tall, green warrior that stood before her. Junior put his arms around Nonica's small waist and lowered his head. Nonica moved her head just before Junior's lips touched hers and whispered into his ear, "I think that you're the one that has gotten attached to me." When Junior realized that she was only toying with him, he pushed her away. Nonica began to laugh loudly, "Awww, what's wrong?" she said. Junior scowled at her and turned his back to her with his arms crossed. "You honestly thought that I would want you. An evil monster like you?" Nonica taunted.

Junior turned back to face her. He smiled and replied, "Why would I even care? Do you think I would want the sniveling daughter of Kami?" Nonica's smile vanished. "I think it's time for you to leave, Nonica." Junior said.

"Not just yet." she said, "I know that you are going to be entering the tournament."

Junior nodded, "I suppose that you'll be entering as well."

"Yes." she responded

"Don't get in my way, Nonica," he said with a very stern look, "I really don't want to hurt you."

Nonica smirked and said, "I'm not worried about you hurting me, Junior. I'll see you there then." she turned to walk away.

"Yes, that's right, Nonica. Run back to daddy. I'm sure he's wondering where his little angel has gotten off to." Junior mocked. Nonica clenched her fists together tightly, but said nothing, she simply flew away. Junior was left standing there alone. She smelled so good. I can't believe that I never noticed ho beautiful Nonica is…."What the hell are you thinking?" he shouted to himself, "She is just some stupid human woman and the adopted daughter of Kami at that." Junior shook himself of all those crazy thoughts. He just couldn't believe what had just happened, but in that moment Nonica had made him want her. The evil son of King Piccolo tried to push it out of his mind, he had training to do, a tournament to prepare for.

When she finally got back to the Lookout, Nonica quickly and quietly ran to her room. She knew good and well that Kami had no idea that she was helping Junior out and she was trying to get back to her room without being seen. She went inside her room and closed the door. She put her back against the door and sighed. "How could I have done that. Toying with Junior like that. What has gotten into me?" she whispered to herself. Her bedroom was huge. It had white walls and a large canopy bed. It was her sanctuary. The place she would go to get away from the world and just relax. She went and plopped down on her bed and stared up at the ceiling. Try as she may, she could not shake the thought of Junior with his arms around her from her mind. Had it not been for fear that he would feel her tail through her clothes, she probably would have let him keep them there. She couldn't help but think about what it had felt to have her body pressed to his. "Stop it, Nonica, just stop it." she said as she shook her head rapidly, "Nothing is ever going to come from it, so just stop it. You're only going to torture yourself." The princess had to get her mind on something beside Junior so she changed into her training clothes and went out to find Goku. The tournament was coming up and she had to focus on it. She was going to concentrate on her training and nothing else…she hoped

The day of the tournament finally came. Nonica and Goku meet up and set off to enter it. This would be the first time that Nonica would be around other humans other than Goku. But, Goku had reassured her that his friends were very nice people. When they arrived to the entry place Goku's friends were waiting for him. They were stunned to see how much Goku had grown. That's when they noticed that girl that was standing nervously behind him.

"Goku, who is this?" a girl with blue hair asked.

Goku looked behind him and said, "Oh sorry, this is Nonica. She's the daughter of the guardian of Earth." Goku took Nonica's arm pulled her closer to the group, "Nonica, this is Bulma, Lunch, Master Roshi, Oolong and Puar. These are some of my friends that I told you about." he said.

Nonica smiled and said, "It's very nice to meet all of you. I've heard so much."

Bulma said at her, "She is beautiful. Is she your girlfriend, Goku?"

Goku looked at her in confusion, "What's a girlfriend?" he asked. Everyone began to laugh.

"No, I'm just a very good friend. Goku and I trained together. I'm entering the tournament with him today." Nonica replied once the laughter had died down.

"Oh well, it's nice to meet you." Bulma said.

"Hey guys, seriously. What's a girlfriend?" asked Goku.

Everyone began to laugh louder. Soon everyone else showed up. Yamcha, Tien, Chiaotzu, and Krillin all came to enter the tournament. They all got registered with only seconds to spare. They left Bulma, Master Roshi, and the others to go inside to the fighters' waiting area. Nonica and Goku soon noticed that Junior was already there. He was still wearing the gi that Nonica had made for him, but now he had a white turban on his head and a white cape draped across his shoulders. Still as handsome as ever. she thought, but then quickly pushed those thoughts out of her head. "Come on, Nonica. You have to stay focused here. He is here to kill Goku. Never forget that. Soon the tournament got underway. Nonica did very well, though that didn't come as a shock to her. The entire time she tried to keep an eye on Junior. When she knew that no one was watching, she approached him, "Don't forget that killing isn't allowed in this tournament. If you kill anyone, you will be disqualified." she said. Junior didn't say a word. He smiled his evil smile and walked by Nonica as if she hadn't even spoken to him. Nonica rolled her eyes, "What a jerk he is." she said to herself and walked back toward Goku, who had already had his match with Chi-chi. Apparently, Goku was now engaged.

The announcer stepped into the ring with his microphone. "Will the following competitors please come to the ring? Nonica and Junior." he said, the crowd began to cheer.

Nonica's eyes widened, "Oh well, isn't that just great?" she mumbled.

Goku looked over at her, "Ah, I'm sure you'll do just fine. You have so far." he said.

Nonica smiled at him, though that isn't what she was worried about. She took a deep breath and headed toward the ring. She climbed the steps and walked over to stand in front of Junior, who was already in the ring. The crowd was cheering loudly as the fighters faced each other. Junior was standing with his arms crossed as if he were bored.

"I didn't bet on having to face you, Nonica." he said.

"Yeah, fancy that." she replied, "I know that you're only here so you can try and kill Goku, but I can't allow that. You're fun needs here, Junior." Nonica took stance.

Seeing this only made Junior chuckle, "Do you really think that Kami has trained you well enough to take me on?" he asked.

"We're about to find out, aren't we?" Nonica replied.

"We are indeed." and with that, Junior lunged at Nonica, but she was one step ahead of him. Nonica's fist connected with Junior's jaw and he went flying backward. Just before he went out of the ring, Junior stopped himself by flipping and landing on one foot. Wiping the blood from the side of his mouth, he grinned. Nonica's speed was a little more than Junior had bargained for. "I must say, Nonica. I didn't expect you to be such a challenge. I'm impressed." he said.

"HMPH! Don't sound so surprised. I was trained by the best there is." Nonica replied.

"I guess this means that I'm just going to have to up the ante." Junior then began to gather all his energy. He was powering up for a ki attack.

Nonica began to panic. If he was successful and used an attack that powerful in this crowded arena, he would hurt or kill everyone there. The ground began to shake under the female fighter's feet. "Junior, stop!" she shouted, "You can't do that here."

Goku watched on from the sidelines, come on, Nonica. You're losing focus. Junior is only trying to trick you. Why don't you see it? he thought.

Junior continued to gather his energy and the ground was still shaking. He caused it to jar once more and Nonica dropped down to her hands and knees, losing her footing. "Gotcha!" Junior shouted as he lunged at Nonica, catching her completely off guard. His knee connected hard to her head and she fell backwards. The evil fighter bent down and pulled Nonica by her hair until he was at her ear, "Your speed doesn't count for anything if you can't get to your feet." he said with a chilling tone in his voice that sent shivers down the fallen princess's spine. Nonica punched Junior's face with all her strength leapt to her feet, but the green beast was one step ahead of her. He recovered from the punch quickly and delivered a punch of his own into her stomach. The lady fighter fell back down to her knees, clutching her stomach and gasping for breath. To add to her misery, Junior snatched her back by her hair. She cried out in pain. Like the predator he was, Junior began to beat Nonica over and over. Nonica just couldn't get her bearings; she was in such shock from just how fast it all happened that she couldn't gather the strength to fight him back. Junior had made his movements quick and deliberant just so Nonica wouldn't be able to defend herself. The pain was unbearable and Nonica prayed unconsciousness, even prayed for death. The whole thing reminded her of when Frieza would beat her as a child and apart of her wanted to die so she wouldn't have to feel it anymore.

Goku just could not stand it any longer, "Junior, that's enough. She can't fight you anymore, she's defenseless!" he shouted.

Junior looked over at Goku with an evil smile painted on his face. He pulled Nonica to her knees and whispered in her ear, "I told you to stay out of my way." He pulled her to her feet. Just when the battered woman thought that it was over and he was going to let her go, Junior grabbed her head and slammed it into his knee with his full force. The warrior fell to the ground and was finally unconscious. Sweet release. The torture wasn't over with just yet. For his finally act of cruelty, Junior reached down and grabbed the fallen fighter by the ankle and lifted her into the air just as the announcer started the count out.

"What is he doing now?" Goku said. He hated the fact that he was powerless to help his friend. He didn't want to disqualify her and as insane as Junior was, he'd probably kill Nonica if Goku tried. He watched as Junior walked to the edge of the ring with Nonica. Goku saw Nonica's face and was appalled by what he saw. There was blood everywhere. The female fighter's eyes was swollen shut, he nose was broken and bloody. There was blood all on her face and in her hair and it dripped on the ring floor. Her white fighting uniform was now crimson red. Junior dangled Nonica's limp body over the side of the ring. He looked in Goku's once more. The smile that was on his face was so evil, so demonic that it almost scared Goku…almost. What Goku mostly felt right now was anger. He felt pure, unadulterated anger at the sight of one of his friends being treated like a rag doll. Junior didn't take his eyes Goku as he let go of his grip around Nonica's ankle. She hit the ground, the match was over.

"Nonica is out of the ring. This match goes to Junior." the announcer said with a heavy heart.

Goku ran to his friend's side, "Nonica? Can you hear me?" he asked in a frantic voice. She was unresponsive. Goku lifted her up into his arms, "It's alright, I've got you." he said as he carried her back to the fighter's waiting area. He laid her on a long, wide bench and ran to get her some help.

Nonica began to groan in pain. "My silly child, how could you possibly think that you were ready for a monster as ruthless as Junior." a voice said to the injured warrior.

Nonica opened her eyes to see a man with black hair, glasses, and a mustache. "Kami, is that you?" she asked groggily.

He smiled and nodded. "I know that you asked Korin for a senzu bean before you left the Lookout. Where is it?"

Nonica pointed down at her right shoe. She wore cloth shoes, like Kami's. Kami reached inside her shoe and grabbed the bean. He gave it to her and she ate it. When she swallowed the bean, she was instantly healed. She was no longer in pain and her eyes were no longer swollen. The guardian in disguise gave his adopted daughter a wet cloth and she wiped the blood from her face. They looked around to ensure that no one was watching them and began to speak in Kami's native language. "I thought that I could defeat him, or at the very least get him out of the tournament so he couldn't fight Goku. He tricked me. How could I have fallen for that?" said Nonica.

Kami chuckled, "Everything is going to be alright, my daughter. I want you to relax and no matter what, DO NOT interfere, promise me." Nonica nodded hesitantly. "Very good, don't worry about Junior." he said.

Nonica didn't have time to question what her father was planning. She heard Goku coming back. Kami quickly left. "Hey, you're ok." Goku said in astonishment.

Nonica smiled and answered, "Yeah, I made a quick trip to Korin's before we came here. You know, just in case."

"Oh, good thinking." he said.

The tournament continued on until Junior was once again called to the ring by the announcer. He would be facing off with a fighter by the name of Hero. Hero was actually Kami in disguise. After revealing himself to Goku, he went out to the ring to challenge Junior. Oh no. Nonica thought to herself as she watched her adoptive father going out into the arena.

Once in the ring, "Hero" addressed Junior in the same strange language that he and Nonica had just previously spoken to one another in. Of course, he did that so that no one could understand what was being said, but Nonica understood every word. "How's your little girl doing, Kami?" Junior asked.

"She's just fine. In fact, she is standing over there with her new friends." Kami answered with a smirk on his face.

"Well, that is wonderful, because I thought I had beaten her half to death." Junior said as an evil smirk curled across his face, "I would hate for her to miss watching me kill her little friend."

Kami cringed at the thought of Junior beating his daughter with such brutality. "That's not going to happen, Junior. You won't be getting any further than this match." he said as he took out a small bottle and placed it on the floor of the ring. Kami was going to try and trap the evil green villain inside the bottle. Junior figured it out in enough time to reverse it and sent Kami flying inside the bottle instead. Kami quickly discarded the human body that he had borrowed and yelled for Goku to forget and destroy Junior.

"NO!" Nonica screamed in horror as she watched the offspring of darkness pick the bottle up and walk out of the ring. He walked toward the exit of the arena where Nonica and Goku were standing. Nonica scowled at him, "Give him back!" she ordered. Instead, Junior swallowed the bottle and then walked away. "Argh! He is such a monster!" she said in frustration.

Goku put is hand on her shoulder and told her, "It's going to be alright, Nonica. I promise. We'll get him back some how, so don't worry."

Nonica sighed, "Okay. I trust you." she said. She couldn't help but worry about Kami, but she put a smile on her face anyway and trusted that Goku would keep his promise.

The time had finally come. The battle for the future of Earth had arrived. It was the match that Junior had been waiting for. It was the match that Goku had trained to hard for. It was the match that Nonica had dreaded for so long. No one could have predicted the events that would unfold that day. It was an intense battle. It had become so bad that the on lookers had all left. Everyone left except for Nonica and the others. Goku was holding his own and Junior became desperate. Right there in the middle of the ring, Junior began to grow. He intended to crush Goku under his enormous feet. But, when Goku showed Junior just how powerful he was by flipping the giant with his bare hands, Junior increased his size even more. Goku saw this as his golden opportunity. When the time was just right he use a blast to shoot himself inside Junior's mouth and down his throat. When he reappeared, Goku had the bottle that held the Earth's guardian and tossed it to Tien, who opened the bottle and let Kami out. "Father!" Nonica exclaimed as she rushed over to him and put her arms around his neck, "Oh, Goku, you're brilliant."

Junior wasn't happy about Kami getting out and he soon went back down to his original size. The battle continued on and Goku had gained the upper hand over Junior. With a powerful blow, Junior went down. Everyone started to count him out. 1...2...3...4 Junior wasn't getting up…5... He was still lying on the floor of the ring…6...7...8... It looked like it was all over until…9... Junior woke up and blasted a ki beam from his mouth and into Goku's shoulder. "Goku!" Nonica screamed. Everyone began to fear the worst. Krillin, Nonica, Tien, and Yamcha went rushing to help him, but they were quickly stopped when Junior threw a beam of energy at the ground, causing a large trench to appear. It was meant as a warning.

"This doesn't concern any of you!" he shouted at the worried friends of Goku.

Everyone was helpless and didn't know what to do.

Goku continued to fight the best he could, but his shoulder eventually started to get to him. Junior took full advantage of the injury and hit him over and over in the shoulder. Nonica couldn't take anymore, "Junior, stop it!" she shouted.

Kami put his hands on his daughter's shoulders in an attempt to soothe her, "Calm yourself, Nonica." he said.

Nonica placed her hand on her forehead, "I can't take this. He's killing him." she wept. That's when she looked and saw Chi-chi looking on with pure terror in her eyes. Goku, you can't die. she thought with tears flowing down her face, you promised Chi-chi that you'd marry her. You have to beat him, you have to. Junior used a massive ki blast and hit Goku dead on with it. "NO!" Nonica cried.

When the smoke cleared and the dust settled, Goku was gone. "Goku, no!" Chi-chi screamed.

Nonica fell down to her knees, Kami still holding her. "I can't believe it." she said softly.

Junior began to laugh. He was convinced that he had won the battle. "Look up there!" said Krillin and when they looked up toward the sky, they saw Goku falling toward the ground. He was aiming at Junior. Goku crashed into Junior with all his strength. He knocked him off his feet and sent him flying out of the ring.

"Junior has landed outside the ring. The winner of this year's World Martial Arts tournament…GOKU!" the announcer said.

Everyone cheered. The battle was over, Junior had been defeated. Goku was hurt pretty badly. He was given a senzu bean was within seconds he was healed. Kami walked over to Junior, who was unconscious. He had decided then and there to kill him. "Father, what are you doing?" Nonica shouted.

Kami raised his hand to Junior, but was stopped by Goku. "Goku, what are you doing? Junior is still alive. He has to be destroyed." Kami said.

Goku replied, "If you kill him then you'll be killed too."

Nonica went over to her father, "You can't do this." she said.

Kami looked over at Goku and told him that if he died then he could be brought back with the Dragon balls. Nonica shook her head. She knew he was lying, but so did Goku. "The Dragon balls will go too." he said.

"That's right. Just let him go, Father, please." Nonica pleaded.

Kami placed his hand on Nonica's cheek and, "Alright." Nonica smiled at him, glad that he had reconsidered. Goku got more senzu bean and gave it to Junior, much to everyone's surprise. When he was healed he jumped up away swearing vengeance. When the daughter of Kami heard his words she became furious. She then realized why Kami wanted to kill him. That there was nothing that would make him change. Nonica regretted stopping Kami in that moment.

Even though it would mean saying goodbye to yet another father, Nonica knew what needed to be done to ensure the safety of the earth and its inhabitants. I'll be seeing you real soon, Junior. she thought. Everyone went their separate ways. Kami and Nonica went back to the Lookout together.

That night, after everyone had gone to sleep, Nonica snuck out, dagger in hand. Keeping her energy low, she hunted down Junior. She found him meditating over a waterfall. Before he even had a chance to react, Nonica crashed into him. They rolled on the ground a few times. When they stopped Nonica was on top of him with her blade at his throat and fire in her eyes. "What are you doing?" he asked in a panic.

"I'm ending this for good, Junior." she replied.

Junior could see in her eyes that she was serious. "But, what about Kami? He'll die if you kill me." he said.

"Shut up!" shouted Nonica, applying more pressure to the blade. "He'll understand. Everyone will understand. You'll never be any different than what you are right now. You're evil and you'll never stop unless I stop you." She sat up and raised the dagger above her head. Just before she came down it, she paused. Her breathing was heavy and her mind and heart were racing. Closing her eyes she let out a deep sigh, "I can't do it." she said softly dropping the dagger to the ground.

She stood up and, once she had stepped over him, Junior jumped up. He stood there and stared at her. "That was you're only chance. Why didn't you take it?" he asked.

"It's bad enough that Kami has to share his life with you. He shouldn't have to die because of you too. You're just like King Piccolo and Kami shouldn't have to pay for the things that you do, it isn't fair." she responded with her head lowered. She held out her hand. Her dagger lifted from the ground and shot over to her open hand. Turning her back to Junior she said, "Stay away from Goku, stay away from Kami, and stay away from me." Junior's eyes got wide. He wasn't sure why, but it bothered him a little to hear her say that. Nonica looked over her shoulder, "Goodbye, Piccolo." she said and flew away.

Junior watched her leave he was still in shock. "Goodbye, Nonica." he said. From that night on he would go by the name of Piccolo.

Junior…er…Piccolo has been defeated by Goku, but that isn't the end of the story. So what is going to happen when Nonica's little secret gets out? Find out in the next chapter of… Princess of Saiyans.

So there you have it. I know it took a while, but what can I say? I got busy. Sorry if you guys thought that the fight scenes were rushed, but I'm really no good at writing things like that. Please remember to review and if you see any mistakes please let me know so I can fix them. Thanks so much for reading and be on the lookout for chapter 7. Til next time.