Ch. 16: Finals, Monkey Business, and a Possibility

I sat there in a daze for a while, listening to the crowd. The burn of my cheeks and ears wouldn't go away. I tried to rub it away. I asked a monk for an ice bag, but ice melted after a few minutes of being applied. I turned to the worried monk in question now.

"If a guy kisses a girl on the cheek below a cut, what does that mean for the girl? And if that same guy is always majorly nervous around girls in general?"

He blinked and smile. I could see how red my nose is.

"I don't have much experience in such affairs, but I believe he likes you enough to outside his comfort zone to incite that he wants you to get well."

I blushed harder and thanked the monk for his assistance. I paced in front the bench I was sitting on, trying to cool off my face with the air flowing on it. I then decided to watch Goku's fight. It will help measure how much he grew and help me have a distraction.

I walked out to the opposite wall of where Yamucha and Krillian was to watch the fight. I caught sight of blue hair, Bulma. Now that I think of it, it was unfair to Bulma. Yamucha, her boyfriend, just kissed me. I need to put some distance between Yamucha and myself.

I covered my eyes when the two Kamehameha's clashed. I cheered for Goku. I could feel myself cooling off by watching the fight.

Jackie made two after images to kick Goku into part of the wall Krillian was watching the fight from. At the moment, I'm trying to keep his looks and actions from my mind. Jackie had Mr. Announcer count up to 3 when Goku popped up to take on Jackie again. Goku did a Triple After-Image Strike on Jackie's head. I cheered.

Then Jackie started to act weird, like being all loopy and doopy. But, whenever Goku tried to hit him, Jackie was able to dopily dodge and strike back hard. I heard him yell what style it was, Drunken Fist. Goku tried and tried again to land a hit on Jackie but it wasn't happening. When Goku ran from Jackie, I knew there was something he was going to try to counter the Drunken Fist Style. Goku went rabid. After the successful attack he named it "Mad Fist" or "Mad Dog". Oh well, I'll ask him later. Then he did "Monkey Fist". He just acted like a monkey that knew Martial Arts.

I was half laying on top of the wall now when Jackie did something. I watched closely as to what he is doing, then Zzzzzzz.

I woke up to screaming. My heart nearly stopped when I instantly recognize who was screaming, Goku. I sat up and collided heads with him. I blushed and scrambled away from him. I looked to the sky to see Goku up there being electrocuted. I screamed his name. I climbed up what was left of the wall.

I froze at what I heard Jackie, Muten Roshi said. Goku was going to die unless he says, "I give". Tears started to stream down my face when I screamed at Goku to give up. Then he started to turn. I heard him yell out what faze the moon was in. Well, no shit it's the full moon, Goku wouldn't of have to shift it wasn't!

Goku-Monkey started to demolish the building. The audience ran away while my friends tried to figure out how to stop Goku. Jackie was still in the ring as was Mr. Announcer, but he was further away still commenting on the action. Krillian tried to yell at Goku to stop and turn back. I kept my eyes down so I wouldn't transform and make the situation worse.

"It's not a technique! We turn into Giant Monkeys whenever we stare at the full moon. Goku doesn't have any sense of what he's doing in this state, and I can't transform unless I want the situation to worsen! We have to pull out his tail to get him back to normal!"

While I was yelling commands to take off Goku's tail, Master Roshi prepare to do the Kamehameha wave full power. My blood ran cold at his conclusion. I raced after Master but it was too late. A flash of light and Goku was missing from sight. I pulsed with energy to see if I can find him. I spun on my heel to see Goku. I was there in an instant by his side. I cradled him closely. Streams of tears flooded down my cheeks. I rocked back and forth with him in my arms until he woke up.

"Kagome?"

I smiled shakily and hugged him tighter. I let go after a second. I looked up at Krillian.

"Hey Krillian, can you give Goku your clothes? If the fight is going to continue, he's going to need to wear some."

Goku questioned me on what happened to the building. I told him not to worry about it. The fight resumed with Jackie attempting to do and Kamehameha wave again. It didn't work since he used so much of his energy on the last wave.

Goku took the opportunity to do his own, claiming to have already won. Jackie jumped to avoid it, big mistake. Goku jump kicked Jackie just outside the ring. I didn't cheer like everyone else. I had a clear view of his legs. He had stuck his foot into the ring before he could touch the ground, though it made him look like he was standing. When they all noticed this too with Jackie's instruction to look, the fight continued.

I huffed. I was hungry and tired. I am sure that Goku was too. With one running leap, they did a flying kick to each other. I winced. They fell in heaps on the ground. We yelled for Goku to get up before the count to 10, but I know Goku won't be able to hold out to win. The counting was done now, neither stood up properly. Now the one who can stand and say "Yep, I won it!" completely will win the tournament.

Jackie won. I was disappointed but I was still proud for Goku. I waited with everyone, while discreetly putting Bulma and the others between Yamucha and me. I can feel his glances. I blushed faintly. I listened to the returned Master Roshi give his lesson to us. I didn't apologize for giving Goku his win. I knew my brother too much. The unfairness of our fight would make him want to fight me again and try to win.

Master invited us to dinner out. I can bet you that he is going to regret it. He did when Goku and I eat the restaurant out of food. I wasn't as hungry as Goku so I ate for about 20 people while he did 30 portions. I had to remind him that we might not have enough money to buy all the food we would eat moderately. Everyone fell over at my comment. Besides, I knew the prize money Master Roshi would be just enough to cover our expenses. I grinned at everyone, but when my eyes connected to Yamucha's across the table, the flash of the memory of his kiss on my cheek made me flush. I rushed an excuse to use the restroom.

When I came back, being much calmer, I saw Bulma and Goku giving Yamucha the stink eye. Bulma seemed upset by something so her stink eye was nastier than Goku's

We were in the car, heading towards a spot to park out in the open. I was dozing in the back with Goku in my lap when I snapped out of it when Goku said he wants to get Grandpa's 4 stars Dragon Ball. I was thinking of going on a journey to make myself stronger.

We got out of the car soon after. Goku was ready to leave, saying his good-byes. When he looked at me, he had a question in his eyes.

"Will you come with me to find Grandpa's ball?"

I grinned and hopped on the Kintoun.

"Yes, I am. I know you can stand to fight me, but I need to teach you how to take care of yourself and stuff."

I roughed up his hair. We laughed. I leaned back on my hands with Goku in my lap. My tail wrapped around his waist. I got my stuff from Master Roshi and the Dragon Radar from Bulma. I tied it to my stuff to my back, and Goku held onto the radar. I was about to coax Kintuon to start our journey when a large hand grabbed my smaller left hand.

I can feel my checks burn when I noticed it was Yamucha holding my hand. I looked to Bulma to see her sulking off to the side not looking over here. I turned back to his eyes when his grip tightens. He was blushing too.

"I kinda broke off Bulma and I's relationship. Since I didn't really feel the same, but I do feel something for you."

My blush darkened as Yamucha hold on my hand tightens ever so slightly. In the corner of my vision, I saw Krillian glaring at Yamucha, and Goku eyes Yamucha in contemplation.

"I was wondering if you could-"

Before I could hear the rest of Yamucha's sentence/possible question, Goku had Kintuon start our journey. I looked at my tingling hand that Yamucha held. I could practically feel steam pour out of the pores of my head. Goku took said hand and tugged me to lie down. He curled into me and fell asleep. I looked back to see him staring after us. He waved, smiling.

I wasn't able to wave back since 1) He went into the van and 2) I was too far already for him to see anyways. I lie down and fell asleep. Though I made sure I curled small enough not to fall off.

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