บท 9: Chapter 9 - World Martial Arts Tournament
Finally, after Goku's insistent ramblings, Bulma finally released him.
"You still so short huh? It's been eight months and you barely have grown a centimeter." Bulma let out a light sigh. You can see some disappointment in her eyes but the reason was unknown.
"So how have you been Bulma! Still, looking for a boyfriend?" Goku said remembering the reason for both of the Dragon Ball trips...
"I tried but it didn't work out. I've just been hanging out with some girlfriends, like Chichi that we met at Ox King's place. Remember her?" Bulma was twirling a stray hair next to her eye while talking to Goku.
"Chichi?" Bewildered, Goku couldn't help but exclaim out loud. This wasn't anywhere close to how it was supposed to go.
"Yeah, you remember her? Actually, where is she? She came with me..." Bulma started to pivot in 360 degrees with a hand on her forehead looking like an explorer.
The girl in hiding was actually behind Krillin peaking her head out towards everyone.
Krillin yelped in surprise and scurried away like a frightened kitten. Looking at her young features that rivaled Bulma, Krillin couldn't help but overflow with envy.
Chichi had actually gotten a little taller than the last time Goku saw. Her child-like face was less apparent and her clothes were of a city girls standard. Or more like the Bulma standard as they were wearing the same type of clothes.
When Bulma beckoned her over, Chichi shyly came up face to face with Goku slightly looking down at him.
"H-Hey Goku."
Seeing the awkward situation that was about to turn up, Bulma immediately saved her. "So Goku," she put her arm around Chichi "you going win this tournament?"
"In it to win it!"
After chatting with them for a little while longer, Krillin and Goku finally entered the preliminaries. Surround by big dudes and small dudes, tall dudes, and short, Goku felt like he was at an art gallery of every man possible.
"Hey, we were trained by the legendary Master Roshi, we should go easy on these guys."
"Yeah. Yeah!" Let's do this!
Before they can proceed further, Goku was confronted with a tall man with a scar on his face. With a newly fresh-cut, he looked at Goku with an indignant expression.
"Hey, you kid! Your name is Goku, right? It's me, Dio! Wait that's not right... It's me, Yamcha! I've been training diligently just for this moment where I beat you up!"
"Well good luck! I bet you will be a leading figure in martial arts if you keep this up!"
Confused at Goku's ramblings, Yamcha stormed off after he heard it was his turn to fight.
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Goku and Krillin made it into the finals representing the pristine Turtle Hermit School after beating all the grown men like the children that they were.
They ran around the crowd like chickens looking for some of their friends.
"Hey, guys!"
Goku finally found Master Roshi, Bulma, Chichi, and Oolong in the crowd as he pulled Krillin along to meet his friends.
'Phew, Goku isn't closer to any more girls. Wait, is that a bad thing or a good thing?'
Krillin was couldn't help but ponder as everyone talked about their entry to the World Tourney.
"The Martial Arts World Tournament is finally going to begin! To all 8 contestants, please step inside the main temple!"
The announcer's voice was projected into the audience beckoning all finalists to him.
"Looks like that is you guys, we will cheer for you guys from the crowd!"
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Inside the main temple, a crowd of martial artists are socializing and scouting out their competition.
In the corner, there was an old man talking it up to a young purple-haired lady that had a somewhat disgusted look on her face.
Next to a pillar was another man who was ignoring his surrounding by meditating with his hands clasped together.
Standing menacingly in the back, a dinosaur creature was staring at his competition like they were his prey.
When Yamcha saw Krillin and Goku enter, he started to walk towards them only to be intercepted by a large man with nearly no clothing. Yamcha nearly passed out just from smelling him as he passed by everyone. Goku couldn't help but step a few feet back from the smell.
'This is the worst smell I have ever come across! It's like everything smelly in the world decided to make a mutated baby.'
Before he can recover, a man with blonde hair filled with gel and sunglasses walked in the door.
"Contestants, please come and step forward...except you." He pointed at Bacterium while stepping back little by little.
"We will be doing a standard tournament style and we will decide the order by picking numbers out of this box. When I call your name please step forward."
"Nam... NO.6. You are in battle 3"
"Giran... NO.3 You are in battle 2"
"Bacterian... NO.2 You are in battle 1"
"Yamchad. I-I mean Yamcha... NO.7 You are in battle 4"
"Krillin... NO.4 You are in battle 2"
"Son Goku..." When Goku started to walk up, he noticed that everyone's order is changing a little.
'The butterfly effect is becoming more and more apparent. It will only get worse and there is nothing I can do except prepare.'
"NO.1 You are in battle 1"
Looking at Bacterian's visible smell, Goku shivered and lamented his luck.
"Ran Fan... NO.8 You are in battle 4."
"Jackie Chun... NO.5 You are in battle 3."
After everyone's match has been decided, the announcer told them the rules.
"The matches will be 1 round and will be decided if you fall off the stage or give up. Poking of the eyes or vitals will get an automatic ban so restrain yourselves."
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"Ladies and Gentlemen from all over the world, The World Martial Arts Tournament is finally going to commence!"
"We have the matchups decided, it's going to be an exciting tournament with some interesting contestants!"
"For round one, we have Son Goku vs. Bacterian! The winner of the entire tourney will take home 500,000 Zeni. Before we start, a word from our sponsors!"
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"Alright, let's hear it for our two contestants! "
"On the right corner, we have Bacterian! He has never taken a shower in his life and has probably killed anyone that comes close to him with his smell. We are lucky he is wearing those shorts or everyone in this arena would have probably died!"
"On the left corner, we have Goku! From his attire, he presumably has trained under the fabled Turtle Hermit, Master Roshi! He is 13 this year making him one of the youngest finalists ever!"
"Let the first battle of the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament commence!" A gong can be heard signaling the start of the battle.
Bacterium started the battle with a disgusting gaze as he swiped at Goku. The smell penetrated everything and reaped whoever it touched.
Goku quickly backed away from Bacterium like he was a pandemic. He just wished he packed a mask if he knew he was going to fight Bacterium.
Bacterium saw Goku back away so he started to puff his chest. He blew out rancid air directly towards Goku hoping to stun him. Goku counterattack to him was to also puff up and blow air. With Goku's lungs, he was able to successfully repel Bacterium horrid breathe right back at him.
Bacterium was all too used to his smell so it didn't affect him that much, but the properties of the stench still tickled his nose making him sneeze.
That was all Goku need as he held his breath and approach Bacterium full of fighting intent. He punched him right in the gut making him double over. To finish it off, he roundhouse kicked him in the face to make him fly off the ring. He landed off the stage with a crack as stars accompanied his vision.
"Bacterium is off the ring! What a spectacular first fight!"
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"Onto to the next fight, we have Giran here on our right! A monster from the wild, he decided to come to 'show how weak humans are'!
"To our left, we have Krillin. Former martial artist of the Oorin temple and current student of the Turtle Hermit School like Goku! He is also 13 like his fellow peer to come to participate in this competition."
"Let the second battle, commence!"
"Hey, I don't like fighting kids, come here I got something for you."
Confused, Krillin approached the dinosaur expecting something like a kid trick or treating. When he came close, Giran swiped his tail slapping Krillin a few feet away. Right before he hit the wall of the temple, he flipped over and landed his feet on the wall.
"I knew a monster like you would trick me!" Krillin used his feet and sprang towards the surprised monster. He headbutted him in the chest making him step back a few steps. Seeing that he is still doing well despite his full blunt headbutt made the bald monk fear him.
"You are pretty tough for a kid, but you are going have to do better than that." Giran shot a feral girn at Krillin and rushed him. He clasped both of his hands and swung it down on the bald monk. Krillin used his heads to defend himself, but he still sunk down on the concrete with his arms shivering.
Seeing that he is on the losing end, Krillin slipped out from under him. Seeing the dinosaur approaching him, Krillin was scared out of his wits. Knowing that he was going to lose if he didn't do anything, he put his arms behind him in a clasping motion.
"Kamehame..." saying the familiar words, Krillin was making his last stand. It took all his effort into making the signature Turtle Hermit technique.
"HA" Krillin launched the blue beam at Giran. Seeing the blue beam approach him, Giran used his wings to fly up. Once he was up, he dived towards the shocked Krillin that still had his arms outstretched. He punched him right in the jaw making the young man spiral out of the ring.
"What a puny human! HA HA HA!" Giran was laughing boisterously to himself. Goku didn't expect Krillin to lose to Giran but he soon forgot out the specifics when he saw Giran laughing. He shot a murderous glare at Giran promising himself to finish him while ignoring the flowery words the announcer said.
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"This next fight we have coming up is Jackie Chun coming from our right. He is an unknown fighter and is a rising star!"
"To our left we have Nam! Coming for a village far away, he is hoping to win for the sake of his people!"
"Let the third battle commence!"
"I am sorry, respected old man, I need to win for my village!"
"I am not too sure about that!"
Nam approached the old man with a flurry of kicks that was a blur to any normal person. To his surprise, Jackie Chun was easily dodging all of them.
"Very nice potential, but you are severely lacking!"
Jackie, in the midst of dodging, threw a punch too fast for anyone to see. Nam's face caved in and he flew back to the edge of the ring. Just as he was about to go overboard, he used his toes to barely keep himself steady.
Sensing the gap in power, Nam decided to go all out and jumped towards Jackie. He sent a karate chop to his neck only to be stopped by a casual counter. Jackie threw him upwards with a lazy expression. Infuriated, Nam used his ultimate move with his elevated height.
"X-Strike of the Heavens!" He crossed his arms in an X shape barreling towards Jackie. Just as Nam was about to crash into Jackie, Jackie's figure started to blur. Nam finally reached the ground, but instead of hitting Jackie, he went through him into the ground.
Nam slowly came up with a dazed expression on his face. Behind him, Jackie materialized out of thin air and hit him hard on his back sending Nam out of the ring.
"My after-image got you eh?"
As the announcer was declaring the winner, Nam got up and started to pack his things.
"Hey, nice fight, I see you are in a rush?"
"Yes, I can not wait any longer."
"You can get the water here for free. There is a well over there, help yourself." Jackie gave Nam a capsule knowing what he wanted.
Nam, processing what Jackie told him, finally took his gaze away from the capsule to ask the old man some questions.
However, when he looked up, Jackie was nowhere to be seen.
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(Bonus Scene)
In a purple planet out in the far-flung galaxy, there stood a tall man with a very pale complexion. He had a ring around his neck as he sipped on his tea in front of him. On his other hand was a staff with a black orb on top as he looked into it.
"Seems something has happened a few years ago. I don't know what but there were multiple tears in space in different spots across the universe. Hmm, I don't know what happened but I will inform Lord Beerus to see if he cares enough to investigate when he wakes up."
After looking through it a little more, he put his staff down and started to eat the bagel looking pastry in front of him.
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The World Martial Arts Tourney is starting and getting heated up! Suspicious activity is happening in the universe that could be influential as time goes on.
Bonus Chapters will stop happening every chapter after chapter 10. I enjoy doing them but if I really want to keep on doing them, then the scenes would only be gags like Korin and Kami. They will still happen if I feel the need to do them.
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