Chapter 4 - The Tournament

Lia and her parents went to register on the day of the tournament. She registered quickly and then looked at the prospective opponents a little with her parents. Above all, she saw and felt that for the most part they were pretty weak and that she could easily take on them. After a while she suddenly noticed a group of strong people who apparently wanted to register for the tournament. But I did not go to them. 'I'll see them before the fights,' I thought to myself and continued to look around with my parents.
After half an hour the fighters were called to gather in the courtyard. So I said goodbye to my parents quickly and made my way there. Once inside there were quite a few fighters, but I wasn't interested in them. I walked around the courtyard to see the group of fighters I had sensed earlier. When I discovered her, my mouth stayed open, but I quickly recovered.There actually were Trunks, Goten, Vegeta, a green man, a little girl and a man who was a bit like Goths, I guessed his father. But they didn't seem to have found me. I decided not to run into them straight away, because I didn't really want to start an argument with Vegeta or answer stupid questions from Goten and Trunks. 'You will see me soon enough,' I said in my head and walked on. That’s how it should be. Every participant should draw a number and I was lucky enough to land right in front of Trunks. Of course, he discovered me immediately. His companions, friends whatever it was before the two of us. After everyone had lined up and after listening to a lot of stupid sayings, Trunks discovered me too. "Lia? What are you doing here?" He asked me surprised. "Just think about it. I've registered and am currently lining up for the preliminary round, I think I'll take part in the tournament," I replied cheekily."You do martial arts? That definitely explains your athleticism," he said to me. "Well, that's how I am," I replied cheekily. "Say are these your friends?" I asked quietly after a while. "Yes. You already know my father. The other man, I am Goten's father, his name is Son Goku and the little girl is the daughter of Goten's brother, her name is Pan," he introduced her to me. "But she's still very young, are her parents okay with that?" I wanted to know from him when I looked at Pan more closely. "Yes, that's okay. But I think it's a shame that Goten no longer takes part, it would have been exciting," he thought out loud. "Huh, who is Gohan?" I asked. "Oh, I forgot to mention. He is Pan's father and her mother is Videl, the daughter of Mister Satan," he explained to me. "Are you friends with Mister Satan?" I asked skeptically. "Yes, you could say that," he said, embarrassed, and you could tell that he would rather change the subject.So I left it at that and turned back to the front where it was Goten's turn. As expected, he'd gotten a pretty high number on the dynamometer. After he qualified, he came up to us. "Well Trunks? You were very unlucky to end up so far back. Huh? Lia, you here?" He stammered when he finally spotted me. "Nice to see you Goten too. Yes, I'm here, too. And before you can ask any questions, yes, I do martial arts and take part in the tournament," I started talking and grinned at him cheekily. He stood in front of me with his mouth open and couldn't believe that I was standing here at the big tournament. He really couldn't utter a word and just looked at me confused. Since I got bored with time and so I looked at the next fighter who was just going to the power meter. It was Pan's turn and I was amazed when she got a very high score.'Respect, she seems to be well trained,' I thought. Now Pan also joined us. "Goten, I did it!" She shouted happily. When she saw her uncle, she turned to Trunks, confused. "Trunks, what is Goten doing?" "Oh, you know, he's just a bit speechless to meet Lia here," he said to her and pointed to me. "You are Lia? Goten once told me about you. I'm nice to Pan to get to know you," she said, now wrapped in me and held out her hand to me. I accepted her smile. "Lia, nice to make your acquaintance" "Look, Goku is on it now", Trunks said suddenly and we all turned to the power meter. 'You can really see the resemblance to Goten in him, but his fighting power is not to be despised either,' I thought as I took a closer look at him. As you'd expect, he also got a pretty high score. He too came up to us after the blow and Goten had finally composed himself and was no longer staring at me so aghast."Trunks is a shame that you ended up so far back," he said with a pitying look at Trunks. But he said no. "No, that's not bad at all, I'm in good company. Lia wasn't," he said and put an arm around me. "Hey, not so stormy. I'm not a teddy bear that you can hug whenever you feel like it. So hold back a little," I replied unmoved and earned some incredulous looks, especially from Son Goku. "Sorry, but who are you? I don't think we know each other yet," he said to me and smiled. "Yes, we haven't been. I'm Lia, I'm going to Gotens and Trunks class. Nice to meet you," I introduced myself. "You're Lia? Goten once told me about an incredibly sporty girl who was new in his class. So it's you, nice to meet you too. By the way, I'm Son Goku, Goten's father." Having a lot of time to chat we no longer, because it was Vegeta's turn and almost destroyed the power meter if it had not been stopped by an interjection from Goku, Trunks and Goten."What is he actually imagining? Had he destroyed this creature we would never have finished. I've really rarely seen such a selfish and arrogant person," I got upset right away. You could clearly hear that he was not really sympathetic to me. "Wait a minute you know him?", Goku wanted to know after my loud complaint and looked at me a little incredulously. "Yes, I already had the 'pleasure' of getting to know him personally. In plain English, we were fighting," I explained to the others. Now her looks, except for Trunks hers, became even more incredulous. "What?" I asked because I didn't like those looks. "When did you get to know each other?" Goten wanted to know from me. "I met him in the CC when I brought Bulma important papers from my mother. Then I got into a fight with him, there was nothing more," I told them.
It took them a while to get hold of each other and no longer stared at me in amazement, partly because Pan really wanted to go back to her parents.After a while, it was finally our turn. I went forward and gave the impact dynamometer a slight push, after all, I didn't want to stand out from the crowd with a result that was too high. I got a high number, as expected, and I was pretty much sure to qualify for the finals. After my stroke I went back to Trunks, or rather waited for him, since it was my turn right after me. He made a pretty astonished face at my high result, but quickly caught himself and made his own stroke. Then he came up to me, still with a slightly astonished look. "Tell me, where do you get such strength from?" He asked me. "Just because I'm a girl and you can't tell by looking at it, I can still train and be strong accordingly, don't you think?" I replied. Trunks didn't answer, just nodded silently. "Well then, and now I apologize, I still have something to do. I'll see you in the finals," I said as I was leaving.I went to my parents to talk to them a little more. "And did you make it?" My mother asked me. "Sure, what did you expect? But there are other strong opponents. Put yourselves in front of some of my classmates also take part," I started talking. "Take a breath first. Nice that you are in the finals, of course we never doubted it. Who from your class will take part?", My father asked me interested. "There are 2 boys sitting next to me. Trunks and Son Goten, they are good." Actually we would have continued talking, but the finalists were called and should meet in the courtyard. So I said goodbye to my parents again and went into the courtyard. Once inside, I joined Trunks and Goten, who greeted me happily. The others were also introduced to me and greeted me. I now knew that the green man was called Piccolo and the blonde woman was C 18, even if I was a little surprised about this name.I gave Vegeta the cold shoulder, which he did. I looked around quickly and found that apart from Trunks, his friends and myself there were no strong opponents. One by one they were all called. After everyone had drawn a number who followed the division of the fight.
1. Fight Pan against Kay
2. Fight Nemo against Lion
3. Fight Karlos against Son Goten
4. I fight against Fighter Y
5. Fight Son Goku against Barbas
6. Vegeta versus Piccolo fight
7. Fight Trunks against Nico
8. Fight C 18 against Norman
The first fights were not very exciting. Although Pan was still quite young, she won against this Kay. 'He was just a macho anyway,' I thought of him. The next fight was pretty even, as two weaklings (unlike Trunks and his friends) fought each other. In the end, this Lion won. The next fight was again pretty short. The guy didn't stand a chance against Goten. Next up should be my fight against this Fighter Y.Whenever I hear this name I have to pull myself together that I don't always start laughing at him because the name seems ridiculous to me. We went into the ring, faced each other, and the fight began. He didn't have time to react, I was behind him in a flash and pushed him out of the ring, I didn't want to hurt him badly. So this fight was over quickly. Actually there should be a little break now, but since the fights had all gone so quickly, this break was skipped and the fights continued. The fights are actually hardly worth mentioning. Goku won against Barbas, Trunks against Nico and C 18 against Norman. Only the fight between Piccolo and Vegeta was interesting, even if you could tell that Piccolo was inferior to him, they fought a bitter fight. It annoyed me that Vegeta emerged victorious from this encounter.