Galactic Tournament[2]

The second phase would be one vs one to determine who would go to the semi-finals.

They were divided as follows:

Goku vs Doskoi. Gohan vs Kenfu. Piccolo vs Krillin. Vegeta vs Tenshinhan.

''Seriously, I would get Piccolo from the start? Men, talk about unlucky." Krillin was saying to himself. He wanted to get some good cool moves before being tossed around, as Maron was watching it too.

"Worse is Tenshinhan-san getting Vegeta-san from the get-go…" Gohan was saying too, looking around to see if he could find these two. Even he wanted to fight seriously against his father and Vegeta, even though he knows that victory is far from him.

Inside the cube, Mr. Satan was answering some questions.

"What can you say about those incredible fighters, Mr. Satan?" A cute reporter asked him.

"What can I say but they need to get stronger. It seems to be a good roster this time, but they are still far from competing against me." He had good confidence in himself. While smiling at the camera, he was also paying attention to the reporter.

"Incredible, Mr. Satan. So, you were saying that no matter who wins this time, you still would be the last to stand against them."

"Indeed. Human or alien, no one can stand against me!"

After saying that on TV, most people went into a frenzy, calling his name again and again in adoration. He was their idol after all; his popularity was high even if he didn't ''defeat'' Cell in this timeline.

But of course, no matter the timeline, he was still a poser. A good-hearted poser.

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Now it was Gohan time. He was fighting against a weak opponent so it was to be expected that he win easily too.

ChiChi didn't stop to scream for a second, even tossing Goten in the air when Goku won.

"Hey, Vegeta. Glad you came after all, ready to have some fight?" Goku went to greet Vegeta who was alone on a corner waiting for his time.

He looked at Goku and smirked "Indeed I'm waiting. Only you to take me out of this boredom, Kakarrot. Don't disappoint me."

"Hahaha, don't be so serious. The others were getting good too, though indeed you were becoming stronger pretty fast. It is a great motivation to aim higher." Goku said, only in these conversations he would show a more rival side of him.

"Hmph, at least Piccolo can keep up. Your Son has a lot of potential, but I doubt he will walk all the way there."

Gohan was a rare case where he needs to have a great motivation to unlock his power. Vegeta took care of Cell this time, and maybe they will have an even easier time taking care of Buu, maybe hindering Gohan's development since he will not have a hard time forcing him to unlock his dormant power.

Of course, there is still Goku, he may train him and help with this. But no one truly knows. He may just stay out of fights and dedicate himself to his early dream.

"He does. We trained for most of the time and he is becoming stronger. Chi Chi is letting him train with me from time to time." Goku smiles while watching his Son winning the match with one blow.

Now on the stage, it was Piccolo vs Krillin.

Krillin was a bit dejected but he would give his best. He has a good road to become stronger, he may not have the potential that these aliens have. But that doesn't mean he will be ''weak'' all the time.

So he will try to give his best right now. Unfortunately of course his opponent is Piccolo.

"Go with everything. I want to fight those 2 there, so I'll not go easy on you, Krillin" Piccolo said that but he was still with his weighted clothes and eyes close.

"Haha give me a break~ But sure I will do my best!" Krillin charged at Piccolo, who stay unmoved.

In a small moment, Krillin throws dozens of punches at Piccolo leaving only the after image of it. Piccolo easily catches each punch with his hand. So Krillin chooses to do a high kick instead. Only to get caught by his legs and tossed to the ground.

"…Ow d-did you see that?"

"N-no, just some flashes. It looked like those TV fights."

Some random spectators were surprised, thinking that this was some special effect. Some of them were eager to see even more.

"H-hurts!! You really won't go easy…" Krillin quickly got to his feet.

But Piccolo just appeared in front of him, taking him by the collar, and tossing him into the water behind them. Krillin didn't have the time to react at all.

The difference in strength was just that much.

"The competitor Krillin is out of the combat. Piccolo is going to the semi-finals." The announcer said. Due to the Z warriors, the fights ended pretty fast.

Vegeta looked at it and started walking to the arena. Tenshinhan did the same; he knew that fighting against Vegeta was pointless, yet like Krillin, he wanted to give his best for now and test how much difference exists between them.

"Guess we didn't have the chance to fight since you came to Earth for the first time, Vegeta," Tenshinhan said to him while they were looking at each other.

Vegeta chuckled at it. "Indeed, we never had the chance to fight. Are you going to use this chance to avenge yourself?"

"No…I hate to admit it, but I still don't have the strength to stand against you." He shook his head.

"I see. Well, work hard; it's not like I'll die so easily, so you may have a chance after some dozens of years." Vegetal casually said.

Tenshinhan kicked the ground and met Vegeta with a punch. Vegeta easily lifted his hand, bumping both punches at each other.

He kept it like that for a few more moves, reading and canceling each of Tenshinhan's blows.

Tenshinhan backflipped a bit, taking some distance, and then made a triangular gesture with his hands.

"Kikoho!!" A beam went out in Vegeta's direction. He extended his hands, catching it with his bare hands and crushing the energy. Tenshinhan knew that it was not enough, yet even he was surprised by the ease of it.

"Yeah, Vegeta is out of Tien's league already…Even I don't know if I could catch that like this," Goku was saying more to himself than to others.

"Pretty good power output, but you have to be careful not to expend too much energy on this attack. Yet, you need an attack strong enough to break my posture, which ended up with a half-assed attempt," Vegeta said, quickly appearing in front of Tenshinhan. The latter tried to back off, but Vegeta didn't give him the chance.

He punched him so quickly that the only thing Tenshinhan saw was his vision turning black. He was out and fell to the ground.

Vegeta just walked out of the arena with the announcer giving him the victory.

"Hehe, you didn't need to lecture him like that," Goku said, smiling at him.

"It's for his own good. Or not, I don't care," Vegeta said while leaning against the wall and closing his eyes.

Goku saw that and couldn't help but laugh. He knew that sometimes Vegeta tried to help them become stronger in his own way. He saw that with Piccolo and Krillin. And now maybe with Tenshinhan too.

"And with this, all 4 winning participants were qualified for the semi-finals. From now on, we are going to the Battle Island."

"Their opponents being none other than the 4 otherworldlings. These people are strong; will these human warriors be able to win against them?!!!"

Hearing the announcement, a smile creeps onto the faces of five individuals. They have been waiting for this chance for some time already. They were able to infiltrate the planet without any issue and even found some new toys to play with.

For them, the show starts now, and they hope that these warriors will be good enough play for them.