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Chapter 17: Son Goku Returns

On the day of the tournament.

Bulma picked up all of her friends that are going to be participating in the tournament at her place. Except for one person.

"Bulma. Where is Goten?" Gohan asked.

"He went out. Saying he wanted to go and look at the Tournament first." Bulma replied.

"Oh my. Look at you. All grown up." Chichi said to Bra who was sitting near her.

"You looked just like your mother when she was young. Now I know why you are Vegeta's favourite." Chichi continued.

"Shut up," Vegeta replied with a blush on his face.

"Oh right. I have to tell all of you about something." Gohan said to everyone who was on the plane at that time.

"Please don't turn into Super Saiyan during the tournament," Gohan said.

"Why?" Vegeta asked.

"The tournament is going to be televised unlike before. If we turn into Super Saiyan we will be recognised and the journalists will not leave us alone." Gohan said.

"If that happened I would just destroy every TV in the world," Vegeta said with a smirk on his face.

"I mean I am fine as long as Goten does not use it." Trunks said.

"Did you hear that Marron? It seems that your chance of winning increased significantly." Kurullin said to his daughter.

"Yeah. Right. As if I would beat them." She replied sarcastically.

"I don't think even you can beat those two in base form. Didn't you see how strong Bra was?" Android 18 said to Kurullin.

The two she mentioned were Bras and Trunks as she did not know how strong Goten was.

"Hey. Don't say it like that. That makes me sound pathetic." Kurullin said.

"You are pathetic," Vegeta said out of nowhere as the whole plane busted into laughter.

Even Android 18 smiled at Vegeta's joke that came out of nowhere despite respecting her husband.

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At that time. At the entrance of the Tenkaichi Budokai.

"Kaioshin. I presume." Goten said as he looked at the purple man who was levitating above the ground.

He was accompanied by a tall red-skinned man.

"You can call me Shin. And this is Kibito. And you are?" The purple guy asked.

"I am Son Goten. And we need to talk about today's tournament." Goten said to Shin.

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A few minutes later.

"You are here to find the place where Buu is sealed. Right?" Goten said.

"Who are you and why are you questioning the Kaioshin? How do you even know about him in the first place? State your identity otherwise, I have to." Kibito said to Goten.

Kibito tried to imitate Goten who has a smaller body using his bigger structure.

Goten realized what Kibito was trying to do and released his suppressed powers.

Goten power when suppressed is about 25 million while unsuppressed is about 50 million.

"Are you threatening the supreme Kai with that amount of power?" Kibito said in anger before Goten transformed into Super Saiyan for a second.

This makes his power jump up to 2.5 billion just for a brief while.

"I have more than enough power to destroy both of you at the same time," Goten said.

Shin frowned when he heard Goten's words.

Goten was not a big fan of Shin. He considers him incompetent and inexperienced.

He was also not a fan of how most of the worst-case scenarios in the Buu saga could have been prevented if he had been more competent.

"I am not asking you to give up on Majin Buu. But I just wanted you to wait until the tournament is finished." Goten said to Shin.

"Wow, little guy you look really strong." Then Goten realized that someone was watching the conversation he had with Shin from behind.

"No way. You are?" Goten knew who that person was and was shocked to see him.

"Ossu. I am Son Goku." Goku said as he greeted Goten, Shin and Kibito.

"I sensed a huge power level here so I wanted to see who it belongs to," Goku said while smiling.

"Hey. I feel like I have seen you somewhere before." Goku said as he sat down and looked at Goten right in the eyes.

The two looked completely identical apart from the fact that Goku was older and taller.

They were even wearing similar clothing Goten was wearing a white gi with a black long-sleeve undershirt whereas Goku was wearing an orange gi with a blue undershirt.

"And you two. The ki that you have kind of reminds me of King Kai." Goku said as he looked at Shin and Kibito.

"Except much stronger." Goku continued while putting a smile on his face.

"Hehe. I am getting excited." Goku said.

That was the moment that Goten found out Goku would be kind of a difficult character for him to predict.

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"So this Little Guy is my son?" Goku asked after he and Goten rejoined the rest of Bulma's group.

"I can't believe you went away while we were in the middle of talking," Bulma said to Goku.

"So that is your dad?" Trunks asked.

"He looks just like you." Bra also commented.

"Yeah. I know." Goten replied.

"But where did you go exactly? Have you signed up for the tournament yet?" Bra asked him.

Goten nodded.

"I can't believe that they won't let us fight adults. That means I only have one challenge for this tournament." Trunks said as he looked at Goten.

"Brother. What do you mean by that?" Bra asked him.

"You have grown stronger Kakarrot," Vegeta said while smiling.

"So did you, Vegeta," Goku replied.

I want to know how far you come. Kakarrot. Show me why you are the best. Vegeta thought in his mind as he looked at Goku.

It looked like Vegeta had also grown stronger. I wonder if he is as strong as Paikuhan. Just like Vegeta, Goku was also thinking about his rival strength at that time.

Still, I don't know why but it seems like Gohan become much weaker. Goku thought as he noticed that there was something wrong with Gohan.

What Goku thought was correct as Gohan slacked off big time during the seven years to the point that he has become much weaker even compared to his Super Saiyan state from Cell Saga.

Piccolo's is also different. As Goku notices that he has become a little stronger. He is still not as strong as Gohan when he becomes Super Saiyan 2 for the first time but Goku notices that he is close in power.


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Gohan is weaker than his Main timeline and Piccolo is stronger.

Chapter 18: Girl’s Power, Marron vs Goten

The Tenkaichi Budokai begins at last.

The youth division where Goten and Trunks were participating started before the main tournament.

With most of their opponent being normal kids, all four of them were able to beat them with one hit.

Goten, Trunks and Bra don't even need to hit them physically to beat them as they could just throw punches that could produce enough shockwaves to knock the kids out of the ring.

Apart from one person. Marron.

Marron was the youngest among all of them.

Not only that she was also the weakest by quite a margin.

Being the weakest among Goten, Trunks and Bra is not a bad accomplishment but the gap is still there.

"Haa." She kicked a boy called Ikose in the stomach and knocked him out with one hit.

"Knock out. Marron wins." The announcer said.

"I might be able to beat her with 2% of my power," Goten said as he looked at Marron from a place not very far away.

Marron also noticed that Goten was looking at her.

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It didn't take long for the match between Goten and Marron to take place in the semi-finals.

After all, they beat all their opponents with one hit making the fights extremely fast-paced.

The two kinds got onto the stage.

Goten was six years old and Marron was three.

I should hold back. Goten thought as he looked at Marron who was not only younger than him but also a normal human.

"Please go easy on me." She said.

"I will, but I am not planning on losing," Goten replied.

"And begins." With the announcement, Marron rushed towards Goten.

She then tried to punch and kick him with her little legs and hands.

Not only her power level is much lower than his she also has shorter limbs.

Making her unable to dominate Goten even though he was not using even 5% of his full power in base form.

She is surprisingly strong. I wonder If she is using turtle style like her father? Goten thought as he looked at Krillin who was in the audience stand.

Goten's mind was wandering all over the place during the fight showing that he is not taking her seriously.

Should I just give up? It seems like he is not even trying. She thought in her mind.

18 also noticed that Goten was not even trying when he fought her daughter.

"Ah. Memories." Chichi said.

"What do you mean by that?" Bulma asked her.

"Remember when Goku and I fought in the tournament? He was not even trying and was able to knock me out with just an air fist. I don't know why but this fight reminds me of that moment." Chichi said to Bulma.

"Ah. I forgot that you also fought in the tournament." Bulma said as she remembered the moment that Chichi was talking about.

"Ahh. How romantic." Mai who was also with Bulma and Chichi to cheer for Trunks commented.

"Goten is going too easy on her. He should have already knocked her out of the ring." Trunks who were watching the fight on the TV said.

He was in the waiting room where fighters were placed before their fight.

"...." Bra didn't say anything and just watched the fight.

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I should finish this. Goten thought as he decided to start fighting back.

But when he prepared to attack her she used an attack that Goten was not expecting.

"Solar Flare." She said as a huge light covered the whole ring.

Goten was taken off guard by it as he was not expecting her to know or use that technique.

Because of this, he was blinded by her leaving him open to attacks for a few seconds.

"Now. Use it." Krillin yelled out from the stands.

"You can do it, Marron." 18 also cheered.

The crowd becomes wild because of an unexpected situation.

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"Kamehameha." She yelled out.

A beam. Goten thought as he decided to tank the ki blast but instead, he was hit in the stomach by something.

It was her head. She used the Kamehameha as a propeller that allowed her to headbutt Goten instead of a direct beam attack.

She knew she would not be able to harm Goten, even if her Kamehameha was ten times stronger than it originally was.

So she decided to use it as a method to knock him out of the ring and make him lose by knock-out instead of defeating him head-on.

It would have worked if she was stronger but the problem is that even without using Super Saiyan, Goten was multiple leagues above her.

He tanked her attack head-on without any injuries and just simply threw her out of the ring immediately after it was over.

It was kind of anti-climatic and Goten beat her without any noticeable injuries but it was to be expected.

Goten was still surprised by her battle intelligence, especially since she was only three years old.

"Contestant Marron is out of bounds. Goten will be attending the finals." The announcer said.

"Are you Okay?" Goten said as he helped Marron get up.

She nodded. She looked like she was about to cry because of her humiliating loss.

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Phew. He won. Thank god he was not eliminated because of his carelessness. Bra thought as she felt relief after Goten won.

She was also happy that Marron did not suffer any major injuries after the fight.

"Marron is really strong. I was not expecting her to have that kind of technique. If only we had not participated in the tournament she would have won the whole thing easily." Trunks said.

However, the two of them realized that it was not the time to be happy about Goten's victory as they have to fight each other in the semi-finals.

Trunks was confident about his victory as although he knew Bra was strong he had become much stronger after creating a new technique.

He believed his new technique to be the key to defeat Goten.

Bra was also confident about herself. She knew Trunks was weaker than Goten and she believed she was stronger than Goten.

Of course, she has never seen Goten going all out unlike Trunks so her evaluation of Goten is not as good as Trunks.

But she was already stronger than Android 18 who trained her so her confidence was not something that came out of nothing.


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