you think that's okay?"

He did not say anything.


"And without the potion you wouldn't even have been fast enough to avoid Gohan's first blow! He would have swept you out of the ring immediately, don't you think?"


Again he didn't answer, knowing that Marron was right.


"But now it's finally over! Look what I'm holding in my hand!", She said and held up the hand with the magic potion.


Bulma and the others didn't understand anything anymore.


In the meantime, Gohan and Vegeta had turned to them again.


Marron opened the bottle and turned it over so the liquid spilled onto the floor.


"No, my magic potion!" Wailed Dr. Briefs.


Marron smiled. "Let's just hope that the effects will soon end!"


"Honey, what were you doing there?" Asked C18 her daughter.


She explained the history of the magic potion to everyone and that Dr. Brief had only won because otherwise he would have been thrown out of the ring by the first blow from Gohan.

Gohan didn't like it at all, but he didn't let it show because it was too late for that anyway and the bottle was now empty.


"I wanted to win that too, that's why I signed up for the tournament," explained Maron with a sad look, as she very much regretted having only made it through the preliminary rounds. "But I saw my mistake!"


Kuririn took Marron in his arms. "We will train you until you are as strong as me, then you no longer need to use any potions!"


"But I want to be as strong as Mommy!" Said Marron happily.


"Then just as strong as mom!", Kuririn said offended, which he only pretended to be.


Now they laughed and briefly stopped thinking of Dr. Briefs.


"But where did he get the magic potion from?" Asked Yamcha.


"I don't know either, he didn't tell me," said Marron.


"You know what?" He asked Bulma now.

"No, unfortunately not! I also don't know when he should have made something like that!"


"He said he got it as a present," Marron now recalled.


"The other day he went on a trip with my mother, I don't know where you've got to!" Said Bulma.


"That would be a possibility!" Said Kuririn.


"Where did you get the potion from?", Bulma asked her father.


"Secret!" He replied.


"It was clear ..."


"And how long does the power last?" Asked Videl, who had overheard the conversation.


"Yes, how long?" Eraser wanted to know too. "Videl or I have to fight him next."


"I don't know! He didn't even know himself," said Marron.


"Then we can only hope ..." said Videl.


"Now it has to go on! Sit back on your seats!" Said Goten to Trunks and Bulma.


"Let's do it! See you later!" Said Trunks.

"Now it's my turn!" Said Videl. "Are you cheering me on too, Gohan?"


"Yes of course, Videl!"


"No, Gohan has to cheer me on!" Said Eraser.


"Of course I'm cheering you on too!" Said Gohan and hoped that they would calm down now.


"You should only be cheering whoever you think should win," said Eraser.


He was pretty sure Videl would win and he wanted her to win too, since he liked her better. If he did tell Eraser that, though, she'd be offended. "I'm cheering you both on," he said.


Videl knew he was on their side because they were much more in touch.


"Now I ask Videl and Eraser into the ring!" Said Goten.


"Come on, Videl!" She asked Eraser.


"Yes, soon!"


"Good luck, Videl!" Whispered Gohan in her ear.


"Thank you! I'll do my best!"




In the meantime they were both in the ring and the fight could begin.

"Ring free!" Shouted Goten.


Videl went straight into combat position, as did Eraser.


Then Eraser attacked Videl, but she could avoid any of her blows, but then Videl did not pay attention for a moment and Eraser hit her with one blow against the wall.


But Videl got up again immediately. "That wasn't bad at all, Eraser, but I'll beat you!" She said.


Videl attacked Eraser.


She was able to block the first blows from Videl. But then Eraser neglected her cover a bit and Videl took advantage of that for the next attack. Eraser had to take a beating now. "I'm not giving up!" Eraser yelled at Videl. However, she did not meet Videl very often, because she was able to block almost all of her blows.




Ten minutes later, Videl managed to knock Eraser out of the ring with a hard punch in the stomach.


"The winner is Videl!" Announced Son-Goten.

Videl walked up to Eraser and helped her up. "You weren't bad at all, Eraser," she said.


"I know, but I'll never be as good as you! You can fight Dr. Briefs next," said Eraser.


"Yes, I just hope that the potion has lost its effect by then, otherwise I could lose against him!"


"You were great, Videl!" Praised Gohan.


"Let's continue right away," said Son-Goten. "Here comes the most exciting fight of the last sixteen! Vegeta and C16 in the fight ring!"




"The most exciting fight?" Asked some people in the audience.


"But Mister Satan is also fighting, this fight is definitely much more exciting than this!"




"I think yes, Vegeta will win the tournament, nobody can beat him! Except of course me, if I had participated! Ha, ha!", Son-Goten continued.


"What's that gossip about? Why are you showing off like that, Son-Goten?" His brother yelled at him.

“Nobody believes me anyway!” Then he turned back to the audience. "As I said, we can be excited to see what the strongest fighter of this tournament has to offer!"




Mister Satan looked angrily at Goten. What was he actually imagining ?! He was the strongest, not this ... Vegeta!




The audience might be able to read minds because at the same moment people were shouting, "Satan, Satan! Mister Satan is the strongest!"


Mr. Hisahara quickly approached Son Goths. "What's that supposed to mean? We had discussed how you should treat Mister Satan! He's the strongest!"


"Oh yes, somehow I forgot that again! It's fine, can go again, I don't make any more mistakes!"


"That referee was a horrific choice!" The man groaned.


But Son-Goten hadn't heard that because he was busy with the audience again. "That was just a joke, of course! Mister Satan will of course win! Ha, ha!"



"I'm kidding, the boy is a great referee," said one of the people.


"They'll all be amazed if Vegeta wins!" Said Bulma proudly. "My husband is the strongest!"




Vegeta and C16 were now facing each other in the ring.


"Vegeta dear, you win!" Bulma called out to him.


Vegeta looked at her grimly. He hated it when she called him that.


"C16, show what you can!" C18 yelled into the ring.


Kuririn looked at his wife. She was for C16 and even cheered them on, otherwise she never did. However, she had been through a lot with him, so he needn't be surprised. But he couldn't do anything since 17 and 16 showed up and was constantly jealous when 18 was with them.




"Father wins!" Said Trunks. "16 is much weaker!"


"Nice to hear that!" Said Bulma happily.


"Yes, yes, we already know, your husband is the strongest, stop it!", Yajirobi intervened.


"I didn't say anything!"


"But thought!"


"Shut up! You're just as bad as Oolong!"


"Hey! What was that supposed to mean?" Oolong complained.




"Ring free!"




Sequel follows...