The day is finally here. I hope all the training that I did pays off. Judging by the ki's of everyone here, there isn't much competition here. The highest ki patterns are nowhere near our level so I guess that I will go easy on my opponents until I get to where I can let loose. Gokou says that I should let Mr. Satan win but I won't hold back if I am against him. I came here to win and that's that I intend to do.
I thought people would really be nervous about my having a tail. But Tien's three eyes are not unusual to anyone so I guess that I can let it hang out when I like. I felt two really strong ki patterns just entered the practice room. One feels near Gokou's the other feels like Goten but a little stronger. Looking at them both from their descriptions they must be Vegeta and Trunks. Just their ki's are exciting me. I am really stoked now.
Vegeta looked around at the competition. "Peasants," he sneered as he walked in and leaned against the wall. His eyes closed as he waited for the elimination round. Trunks immediately looked for his best friend.
"Hey, Goten! What's up, man?" he greeted as he caught the fist of a practicing contestant. "Excuse me," he bowed to the fighter and proceeded to where Goten was stretching.
"Hey! Not much, dude. Just getting ready. You're kinda later aren't you?"
"Yeah. I couldn't figure out what I was gonna wear today. But it don't matter because you know who's gonna win it again."
"Tell me about it. I don't know why we even show up if we're gonna let him win again. I mean Pan can beat him and she's for years old."
"Heh, Bra doesn't train and she can smack'im around a little herself. Where's your pop?"
"Talking to Gohan. I see your dad is his cheerful self as usual. I wonder where I wanna place this time."
"Is Gohan competing this year?"
"No. He trains but not much and I don't think his boss would appreciate his star worker getting hurt."
A ki strengthening interrupted Trunk's next statement. Vegeta looked up and pinpointed the ki.
Trunks looked in the same direction as Goten. Shon was sitting cross-legged and concentrating.
"Who is that?"
"His name is Shon Yun and he is good."
Vegeta closed his eyes continued his wait. He's nothing compared to Kakkarot and me.
"He's pretty good, huh?"
"You'll see later."
Trunks and Goten talked for a few minutes more when their conversation was interrupted by the public address system.
"MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE WEST END OF THE STAGING AREA PLEASE... THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THE THIRTY-SECOND TENKAI BUDOUKAI. THE PRELIMINARY ROUND OF THE COMPETITION IS GOING TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THE RULES HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO YOU ALL AS YOU REGISTERED AND AS YOU ALL KNOW TO DEVIATE FROM THEM IS RESULTS IN DISQUALIFICATION. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOU TIME HERE AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL."
"Gohan, you should practice more than you do. You and your brother has gotten lazy in training and there will be day when I'm not gonna be here."
"I know dad but my job doesn't allow me the time to train. Besides I'm working on this new account and this is the only free time I have." Pan was messing up her grandfather's hair s he started tickling her tummy.
"That still doesn't excuse you from training, Gohan. It's been years since anything happened and I still train."
Gohan turned to see Piccolo standing there with his arms folded.
"Good To see you too Piccolo-san," Gohan replied with a smile placing his hands on the shoulders of his first teacher. " It's been a while."
Piccolo gave a smirk and looked around the room to see all the contestants and sighed. "It looks like this tournament is as big as the last but we both know who the finalists will be."
"True, but it is still fun to watch. But I would keep my eye on Shon and Ubuu to finish near the top. Goten and Trunks are lazy and they have no drive."
"I agree. Shon has potential. I want to see him against Son in a high powered match."
Gokou continued to play with his granddaughter as Piccolo and Gohan talked.
"It's about time for me to go, Pan, I have to go and fight now." Gokou gave Pan to her father and nodded to Piccolo who had already started for the arena floor. "Win, Grandpa, win!" He smiled at her as he walked the way everyone else did.
Shon put on his game face as he walked to the arena floor with other contestants. He saw other familiar faces as he walked out. Nao, Dai, and several of the Shoten-Kai team were there. He nodded to his sensei and looked to Dai who was staring at him intently. He felt a slight increase in Dai's power but nowhere near the level it needed to be to compete with much less beat him. Shon sighed. If he wants it, I'll give it to him.
"THIS PRELIMINARY ROUND WILL DETERMINE WHO WILL ADVANCE TO THE SECOND ROUND OF COMPETITION. THERE WILL BE 20 CONTESTANTS TO ADVANCE FROM THIS ROUND! ANYTHING SHORT OF A KNOCKOUT WILL BE JUDGED BY THE OFFICOALS ON THE FLOOR. AT THE SOUND OF THE GONG BEGIN! GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!"
The sounds of the crowds were lost on the ears of the warriors about to do battle. Shon and Dai stood staring at each other waiting for the gong. Piccolo stood with his arms folded waiting for the gong. Vegeta cracked his knuckles and stood at ready. Goten and Trunks stood back to back with devious smiles on their faces.
"GONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!" The kick boxer that attacked Piccolo was out of the fray instantly as the Namekse-jin blasted him with an open hand to the chest.
Goten and Trunks waded through countless fighters.
Gokou and Vegeta were immediately ganged up on and surrounded. Gokou toyed with the group surrounding him. The Group that surrounded Vegeta was unconscious in seconds. "Peasants."
Not wanting to play around, Shon sidestepped Dai's punch and punched him square on the chin leaving him to fall where he stood. Shon turned in time to catch an oncoming fist and duck a kick meant for his head. Quickly dispatching both of them, Shon continued to wade through countless fighters.
Mr. Satan sat watching the preliminary round from his booth sure that he would win. And seeing that he hadn't heard any word about Son and his family participating, it would be any easy day. I got it made in the shade, he thought to himself as tilted back a Satan Cola. "Mr. Satan, are you looking forward to a match with the former champion Son Gokou?" a Reporter asked. Satan spit like a fountain.
Oh man, I'm screwed. He might not let me win this time. "Ahem, I'm looking forward to it it's been a while since I had a Interesting bout. I just hope he doesn't hold back because I want a real challenge. Ha ha ha." Oh man, am I really screwed.
The gong sounded signaling the end of the round. After fifteen minutes the Competition was narrowed down from over three hundred to twenty. Satan was sweating bullets as he saw the faces of the heroes of earth.
Shon looked around and saw who was remaining. "That was a nice light workout. Now for the real fun," he said to himself as he appraised his competition for the top spot. The only humans remaining were Nao, Kuririn, Juuhachi Gou (No. 18), and Tien.
"THERE WILL BE AN HOUR BREAK TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT ROUNDS OF FIGHTING. ALL CONTESTANTS ARE TO REPORT TO THE STAGING AREA IN ONE HOUR."
The crowd was wild and screaming for more. Gokou and the others left the Arena floor and went their separate ways.
Shon went to the locker room and showered and changed his clothes. "You got some nice moves."
Shon turned to see Trunks leaning on the locker. "You're pretty good too. But you were holding back to much."
Trunks being used to the crass comments from his father didn't let it get to him. He just opened his locker and pulled his bag out. He pulled what looked like a candy bar out and tossed it to Shon and continued the conversation.
"I don't know about you, but I don't plan on letting Mr. Satan win this year. He's a punk and a phony."
"Never met 'im but from what Goten told me He's got a pretty sweet deal going on. But maybe if he trained more than he would be strong like us. My sights are on fighting Gokou again."
Trunks chuckled, "My dad might have a few 'words' on that one."
"Good," he smiled, "I'll 'listen' intently."
Trunks Looked at Shon, " Dude you don't understand. My pop and Goten's dad have a 'thing' goin' on for years and..." He trailed off as his attention was turned toward the ceiling.
"And what. Hey what's wrong with...." Shon's attention was also turned skyward.
"Gohan, when is your next day off?" Videl asked as she was playing with Pan.
"In a week. I should be done with the project and then I'll have a week vacation coming to me. I was thinking that we could drop pan at my mothers and get away for a little while."
His attention was taken away from his wife and averted skyward.
In the cafeteria area, a table big enough to fit ten people was filled with food. It was vanishing quickly. Gokou sat devouring everything in site and didn't miss a beat.
Kuririn and Juuhachi Gou sat at a table near his. "As many times as I have seen him eat, it always amazes me," Kuririn commented about his friend. Juuhachi sat and sipped her drink and looked toward the ceiling, as did Kuririn. Gokou stopped inhaling his food to look up at the ceiling as well. A massive power was concentrating above the arena area.
Shon and Trunks ran out to the arena floor and looked skyward. Piccolo was already standing there looking up. " This does not look good."
High above the arena was darkening with clouds, lightening flashed and the loud thunder clapped but there was no scent of rain.
"Something about this doesn't feel right." Lightening struck the arena ring in several places. Each of the Saiyajin was drawn to the power like moths to a flame. Vegeta, Gokou, trunks, Goten, and Shon all stood by the near the ring watching and waiting to see to see what would happen.
The as Kuririn and Juuhachi both emerged from the tunnel, lightening struck again, this time it contacted all who stood around or near the arena ring. They all felt fire course through and around them. The spectators in the stand horror in horror as several of the attendants, judges and contestants were instantly scorched. The crowd panicked and started stampeding out of the grandstands. Gohan and Videl instinctively flew up and looked for their friends and family. A sigh of relief escaped his lips as he saw Gokou and the others picking themselves up off of the floor, but a feeling of sorrow quickly dominated him as he looked to the charred remains of others.
"Gohan, look!" as his attention was turned skyward the dark clouds were dissipating.
He floated down to his father and friends.
"Dad! Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Gokou looked around at the others.
Gohan looked into his father's eyes. He couldn't quite put his finger on it but something didn't feel right.
The place was dark and cold. Shon was the first to stand up. He walked over to Goten and Trunks and knelt. "You guys okay?"
"Yeah," Goten replied, "what the hell hit us?"
"More importantly, where the hell are we?" Gokou, Vegeta, Piccolo, Kuririn, and Juuhachi all stood and gathered closer to the younger ones.
"You are in Allyah."
The turned in a defensive stance to see a small figure bathed in an ethereal blue light standing with his hands clasped in front of him. Its eyes were shaped like almonds and he was shorter than Vegeta. TheSaiya-jin prince charged and demanded, "Why have you brought us here!" he demanded as he punched at the small creature. His punch was stopped by an electrical charge, shocking him into unconsciousness again.
"All be revealed in time."
"What did you do to him!" Trunks shouted Goten and Shon both grabbed him to save him from his father's fate.
"Follow me and I will explain."
To be Continued