One year later...
"Alright, boy. Give me another set!"
A whole year had passed since the death of Beat's mother, and Beat got adopted by Basaku's parents. Basaku's parents are Pure-Blooded Saiyans, who were originally Earthling-Saiyan hybrids. They were both disgusted by their Saiyan Blood being diluted with Earthling blood, so they used the Dragon Balls secretly to become pure-blooded Saiyans a year before Basaku was born.
Basaku's parents were dead-sure about making Basaku a Saiyan Warrior, which Basaku himself was proud of getting the strength from training since the moment he could walk. Beat is usually trained by Basaku's father, Okara, while Basaku's mother, Planta, trains their son to keep her son improving his power for one year.
"Alright, boy. That's all I got for you today. Get some rest..." Okara instructed Beat.
Beat, who's been under insane gravity training for the past year instructed by Okara, gets up from his set of handstand push-ups in sheer exhaustion and walks away warily. Okara turns off the gravity training, set to 10,000x Earth's gravity, due to Beat's extreme adaptation to said gravity training during the whole year. Okara feels awful about the hellish training he's putting Beat through, but he knows it's what Beat wants.
"So, how is Beat's training?" Basaku asked his father.
"He managed to get through 10,000 times gravity in a year, which speaks volumes of an Earthling-Saiyan hybrid's adaptation and potential compared to Full-Blooded Saiyan. He's been going through with this without question. Either this is a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what his goal is..." Okara replied, explaining Beat's training.
"I don't think Beat's ever told me why he's been doing all that training," Basaku commented on Beat's secrecy of his goals.
"He's been training all this time to find out who the murderer of his mother is. No one knows who killed Beat's mother, though, as the murderer's identity was never verified. He's been training this much for revenge if you couldn't guess by now." Okara explained Beat's goal.
"It's true..." Beat walks into the Gravity Chamber unannounced, which startled Basaku.
"Beat, how come you never told me any of this?" Basaku asked his friend.
"I didn't want you getting involved with my revenge on the murderer." Beat replied.
"Hey, man. We've had our differences that got into trouble, but you can trust me if things get too rough. Besides, we'll find out where the murderer is. But right now, we have a tournament, and I don't want us to miss it so we can get that 100,000,000 Zeni." Basaku pat Beat on the shoulder, giving a friendly smile.
"Okay, I trust you..." Beat nodded his head in agreement, shaking his hand with Basaku.
"Both of you, get some rest. The Tournament is tomorrow." Okara instructed both children to go back to the house for the night.
Beat and Basaku nodded as they walked out of the Gravity Chamber and back into Okara and Planta's house in South City.
The next day...
The World Martial Arts Tournament's crowd cheered with excitement as Beat stepped into the ring as the crowd chanted his name. The blimp of the Tournament soars over, having the screen locked on Beat as the Earthling-Saiyan child raises his fist with a stone-cold expression as he steps to the left side of the ring.
"THIS IS IT, FOLKS! The final match is upon us! Beat has crushed the competition with no effort at all. The final two contenders for the 100,000,000 Zeni have crushed this competition, and it can only assume that Beat and Note are equal to each other as the real fight will begin in a moment!" The announcer spoke with his heart out.
Beat meets eyes with the girl, Note, who he has a crush on but doesn't want to admit it. Beat stares on as Note model-walked with a confident smirk and a seductive wink at him. She and Beat walked over to each other and bowed to each other in respect.
"I hope you're ready, pretty boy..." Note spoke with sultry in her voice.
"You won't even last ten minutes, girl..." Beat gives a thumbs down at her, not in the mood for her attempt to fluster him.
They both walk a distance away from each other before taking their fighting stances. Basaku, along with Okara and Planta, watch from inside the building, along with Basaku's girlfriend, Forte.
"So, that's your friend, huh?" Forte asked Basaku.
"Yep! I've begun to know him for a year now. He's been at my house for a while if you couldn't guess." Basaku confidently replied.
"You think he'll win?" Forte bets on Beat.
"Dunno. That girl is somehow on Beat's power level, which could go either way." Basaku replied, commenting on Note's power.
"I guess we'll have to see..." Forte chuckled.
"ARE YOU TWO READY?!" The announcer yelled to his heart's content.
Beat and Note did not respond and remained locked on each other.
"ALRIGHT! BEGIN!" The announcer begins the match.
Beat and Note flew at each other and threw right hooks at each other's fists. This causes a massive shockwave that makes South City shake as the people scream in excitement. Note gives a seductive smirk while Beat remains stone-cold as the shockwave of their punches dissipates.
They already made it to the finals... May the Tournament give the winner of 100,000,000 Zeni...
