tournament for the first time. We don't know anything about him, except where he gets his name from, which you can easily tell from his clothes. Let's be surprised by them and see what they do The stadium announcer finished his speech and gave the signal for the ring bell to ring ...



The referee nodded approval to the announcer and struck the bell. C-18 was still standing with his arms crossed, slowly looking over at Black Man. He noticed this and took up a fighting position. His black clothes made it impossible to tell his stature. Unfortunately, he also wore a mask with slits so that you could really only see his eyes. "The guy is strange, ..." Kuririn said to the others "... but his aura is no bigger than that of any other normal person. So you should get the fight over with quickly." Kuririn looked at C- 18 over. Finally she moved too. Strangely enough, she let her arms hang down and bowed her head. "Did you practice a new fighting technique together?" Yamcha asked in surprise at Kuririn. "No. I would know if she had learned a new technique." he replied astonished and looked over at her again. "It looks like she's asleep." Goku looked closer at her."You're right. She has her eyes closed! C-18! What's wrong with you? Wake up. You can't sleep now!" Kuririn called over to her worried. Everyone was amazed at C-18's sudden need for sleep. Kuririn stood with his mouth open. “W-How can she fall asleep now?” Black Man also looked surprised at his opponent's tactics. He scratched his head and slowly walked over to her. When he stood in front of her, he tapped her finger on her shoulder. She showed no reaction. He grabbed it and put it over his shoulder. "What is that guy doing to her?" Kuririn wondered about this action. Black Man ran to the edge of the ring and carefully set the C-18 down on the green lawn. "Äääh ... yes ... so it looks like this fight is over. C-18 has probably more or less resigned this fight ... The winner of this round is the mysterious Black Man. I ask for applause!" Z-Fighters stood in the fighters' preparation room with jaws falling to the ground.Nobody had expected such an outcome of the fight. They looked at each other helplessly. Then they noticed Piccolo. He was still meditating with great exertion. If he could manipulate the draw, why not C-18 too? "It must have been Piccolo. He must have somehow managed to turn off C-18's power supply. But what is he up to? Why did he do that?" Piccolo opened his eyes and laughed diabolically again. He must have overheard the conversation. "You fools!" he said, concentrating again on his meditation. Black Man came out of the arena through the entrance and walked past them without even turning around. Kuririn ran to C-18 and stood in front of them. From one moment to the next she began to move again. "C-18!" Kuririn was pleased that she was fine again. C-18 took a kick and hit Kuririn right on his chin. He flew in a high arc into the ring, slipped out again at the other end and hit his head against the wall. "Ouch.Why did you do that? "He wondered, holding his aching chin. C-18 looked at him in amazement. Then she noticed that she was standing outside the ring." What's going on here? I wanted to kick this guy and suddenly you're standing in front of me. And why am I no longer in the ring? "Kuririn looked at her helplessly." We don't know what happened either. We thought you fell asleep, but someone deactivated you. We think Piccolo must have somehow managed to turn you off using his ghost. "Kuririn wiped the dirt off his clothes and got up." By the way ... not a bad kick. "C-18 walked up to him and hugged him." Sorry my darling. But I know how I can make it up to you. "She began to whisper something in his ear. Kuririn flushed and moved his foot back and forth in embarrassment." Oh, really? Hehehe! "C-18 winked at him and together they went back to the others. Goku looked worried. What if it wasn't Piccolo who had deactivated C-18?Who would have acted in Piccolo's favor? Gohan interrupted his thoughts. "Father! Videl and Trunks are fighting each other now. Don't you want to see that?" Videl was already in the ring and was waiting for Trunks. It came around the corner of the room. "Hello Son-Goten. Long time not seen." He said briefly and passed Goten. A blue scarf hung around his neck. "Hey Trunks. Where did you get the bandana from?" Goten called after him. "I made it out of the stuff of Papa's battle suit. I hope he won't mind when he's back that one of his suits is missing." He slowly climbed the steps into the ring. Videl greeted him and looked forward to the meeting. Trunks said hello and stood across from her. Then he started smiling. Goku recognized this smile immediately. It was the same as Vegeta's ...




The fight could begin. Videl was the first to take the initiative and ran towards Trunks.With quick and powerful punches and kicks she tried to work Trunks, but not a single one of these punches and kicks hit its target. Trunks was still standing in the same place, but he repeatedly dodged Videl's attacks with his upper body. Unfortunately she did not notice that it is a disadvantage to concentrate only on the upper body of the opponent. Trunks kicked her leg with one foot so that she lost her balance and fell to the floor of the ring. "Man, he hardly had to move. He stood still and waited for the best possible situation to launch an attack." noted Kuririn and was amazed at Trunks progress in terms of the overview in the fight. "He fights like his father and yet his style has something of his own personality. He doesn't fight out of pride, but for his father. But that could be his only big weakness if he doesn't pay attention to it." replied Goku and turned back to the action.Videl was on his feet again. She jumped up to Trunks and tried to kick him out of the ring. But he only lifted his arm briefly and blocked her jump so that she fell to the ground again. Slowly she didn't know what else to do. Normal kicks and punches were of little use to him. She decided to take to the air and continue the fight there. Trunks looked up at her and followed, showing with a cool expression that he didn't care whether they were fighting up in the air or down in the ring. Videl attacked him again. This time she was careful not to give him a chance for a counterattack. But the efforts brought little. Trunks always avoided the blows. Videl stepped away from him again and thought. Trunks crossed his arms and waited for the next attack. "Why doesn't he attack himself? Does he want to let her win?" Yamcha asked thoughtfully. "No idea.But he shouldn't underestimate Videl. Now she shows what she has learned from me. "Answered Gohan and was looking forward to what was to come next." Okay. You don't give me any other choice. Trunks ... "Videl spoke to him. Then she put her hands together next to her, opened them slightly at the front and concentrated." Came ... hame ... "a small blue energy ball formed between her hands. Now Trunks had a serious expression on his face for the first time in this fight. He hadn't expected something like that. "... haaaa!" shouted Videl, releasing the energy beam on Trunks. Trunks made no movement about this attack Instead, he raised his right arm towards the KI blast. It was briefly light when it hit Trunks. After something could be seen again, Trunks could be seen still in the same position as shortly before the blast hit Hand rose some smoke, but otherwise it was okay. "I was too confident of myself going into the fight.I'm sorry! "He said to Videl before disappearing in front of her. Videl had no idea where he suddenly disappeared to. Suddenly he appeared behind her and gave her a light kick. This was enough to get Videl out of the ring So Trunks was the winner of this fight. Videl took it calmly, got up and went back to the others. "It's a shame, unfortunately Videl, the daughter of our champion, lost this fight. But still a big applause for the winner Trunks. Maybe he will be one of the four who can fight Mr Satan in the final. He could do it because he was junior champion at this tournament before. "Trunks flew back into the prep room." Wow, Trunks did a great job! "Goten praised him." Yes, but I can do better. I only spared myself for the next fight. "In his mind he went back to the corner of the room and then looked over at Piccolo. He just finished his meditation phase and made his way to the ring.Mayen waited nervously and looked at the huge crowd of people in the stands. When the announcer saw Piccolo, he went to speak to him. "Oh, hello Beelzebub. Surely you will take care of our ring and not totally destroy it like back then. I am counting on you." "Move aside, you Primate! Or should I pulverize you?" Piccolo replied and pushed him away. Shocked, the speaker began his address to the audience. "Um ... well ... our last fight of this preliminary round takes place between the young Mayen and Beelzebub. Mayen has been champion in the league of 13-17 year olds five times in a row and is now playing for the first time in such a big tournament She could have fought here before, but she decided to start small. Beelzebub has been there several times. We fondly remember the legendary final fight against Goku ... "Piccolo looked at him with evil twinkling eyes. "... um, well enough of that.Let the fight begin. "Mayen stood focused in the ring. She waited for the ring bell to ring. Then it finally sounded and she slowly moved towards Piccolo. Exactly at that moment the Z-Fighter ran through an energy. Piccolo felt it too. It was only for one small moment there, but then just as quickly gone again. Piccolo looked shocked at Mayen. He knew that this energy came from her and Goku was amazed too. "What was that? Did you feel this energy? For a moment there was something incredibly strong. Kuririn asked horrified. Goku thought about it. He looked at the girl, but it seemed to him as if she did not