The last semi-final match just started and already surprised the people in the crowd. They couldn't believe that two kids were capable of fighting like that, as a matter of fact the people in the audience could barely follow what was going on in the ring. Krillin was on the attack, he tried to kick Goku in the face, but that was blocked by the saiyan who even easily blocked the following punch. After he blocked the punch, Goku tried to kick his opponent, but Krillin in the last moment managed to jump above Goku and went for another shot which once again failed. Krillin grunted to himself at his failed attack and backed away from his friend, but Goku didn't think of stopping even for a moment, the young saiyan dashed towards Krillin who's eyes were wide open in surprise by the fast approach. The bald fighter received a strong elbow in the face which sent him flying away, but the smaller of the two boys regained his composure and stopped from landing on his face. Just as he raised his head up, Krillin met with a kick to the head and numerous punches all over his face and upper body. Krillin groaned in pain as the punches keep coming and in the last resort with his eyes closed moved his hands towards the place where Goku was supposed to be. The hands surprised Goku which caused him to safely back away from his opponent who finally had a moment to breath and to recover to some degree. Krillin moaned in pain as he glared at Goku who just smiled back to his friend and moved back into his stance
"You're pretty fast, Goku! When did you circle behind me?" Spoke Krillin who smiled while he tried to cover up the painful expression on his bruised face. He knew fighting Goku would be hard, but he never imagined it this painful. The smaller of the two shifted into his stance and waited for his friend to respond or attack
"I'm impressed, you've become stronger than before Krillin! You must've trained very hard with master Roshi and Yamcha" Commented Goku who was really glad that his best friend managed to grow stronger in these three years. The young saiyan couldn't but smile, he was starting to get very excited about this match, but he quickly snapped out of it when he noticed that Krillin was on the move. The bald fighter appeared in front of him and went with an elbow to the head, but Goku caught the elbow with his left hand. The saiyan was about to punch Krillin with his right hand, but what he didn't notice was his opponent left knee which hit him in the chin and forced to release the hold. Krillin took his opportunity and while Goku was a bit disoriented kicked him in the face which sent the saiyan flying above the ring. The bald little man smirked and jumped enough to appear just above Goku's head. Krillin was about to hit Goku behind his head, but to Krillin's surprise, he hit nothing but air. He stared at the place where Goku was supposed to be as he slowly started to fall down when he heard someone talking to him from the ground. He looked down only to find Goku standing in the ring with a smirk on his face
"W-What!? He's already down there! Crap!" Cursed Krillin inside his mind as he started to fear for the worse. He didn't know how and when, but Goku was much faster than ever before, not to mention stronger. Krillin started to sweat in fear of losing the match, but he quickly found out his courage back and clenched his fists "No, I'm not gonna lose so easily!" Yelled Krillin who was approaching the ring fast. Goku's smirk remained on his face as he jumped towards Krillin who stared at his approaching friend when suddenly he inhaled such amount of air that made him look like a balloon. This bizarre move saved Krillin who slowed down his fall and avoided Goku who couldn't but stare at his friend. Krillin landed on the ring while Goku bounced back to the ring from the wall and just stared at Krillin who laughed
"Whoa, what was that!?" Asked the surprised Goku out loud. He never saw or heard of such funny technique. The little saiyan stared at his best friend who laughed back with a cocky look on his face
"Haha, are you surprised!? Because I have a lot more to show you!" Stated Krillin with a cocky voice with which he tried to act tough, but his words only made Goku even more excited
"This is so fun, I'm getting very excited about this fight!" Yelled Goku as he raised his closed fists and with a smile glanced at Krillin "Alright, I'm gonna go even more all out! Don't die!" Declared the saiyan who's smile was almost immediately replaced with a serious expression
"Come on then! I thought I told you to not hold back!" Shouted Krillin back at his friend, but as he tried to act tough he couldn't but sweat at the words that his opponent said "He'll go all-out!? Just how strong is he!?" Thought the smaller fighter who swallowed hard as he watched his friend on the other side. Goku had such a serious expression that it started to scare him, he never had to deal with a serious Goku before. Krillin shook his head and focused on his opponent who narrowed his eyes and finally attacked. Krillin waited for Goku in his defensive stance and carefully followed his movement when suddenly the saiyan disappeared. Krillin was just to move his eyes left or right, to search for Goku when suddenly he was punched in the jaw and kicked in the gut. The kick was so strong that send Krillin fly, but Goku wasn't done yet. The saiyan appeared above the flying Krillin and with a knee in the gut slammed him to the ground, causing Krillin not able to move. While Goku slowly walked few steps away from his friend, the announcer began the countdown
"One! Two! Three! Four! Five! S..." The announcer was about to hit the next number, but Krillin jumped from the ground only to surprise even more the already shaken crowd. The young boy rubbed his left hand on his cheek and groaned in pain while the announcer yelled "T-This is amazing! Contestant Krillin is up and ready to fight!"
"Hehehe not bad Goku, not bad! But that won't bring me down!" Laughed Krillin who once again forced the laugh and tried to act tough. Seeing that Goku just continued smiling, he quickly changed his expression and clenched his fists "Prepare yourself, Goku!" Shouted the bald fighter who ran towards Goku with a punch ready, but that was easily avoided by the saiyan who just smacked his friend at the back of the head which was followed by a knee in the abdomen. The knee left Krillin grasping for air, but the smaller of the two quickly ran away from his opponent
While Krillin tried to regain his normal breathing and think of something against Goku, behind the crowd master Roshi was standing on his staff and watched the fight between his two pupils. It was little to say that he was impressed by what his two best pupils did in today's match "Unbelievable, Krillin's abilities already approach that of a superhuman and yet, are they enough for him to beat someone like Goku?" Thought the old master as he shifted his eyes from Krillin to Goku. He knew from the moment he met the saiyan that the boy had something big inside of him, a potential to be a great martial artist. The master continued carefully observe the boys when he noticed a presence next to him. He glanced to the right only to see the scar-faced saiyan standing near him with his arms crossed. The old man was about to greet the saiyan, but the saiyan cut him off
"So, do you have enough strength to stand and follow this to the end, old man? From what I saw, you received quite a beating in the last match" Spoke Bardock who's words almost caused master Roshi to fall down from his staff. He looked the saiyan with his eyes wide open in shock, he didn't know how the saiyan find out his secret. He stared at the survivor who's eyes never left the ring
"H-How did you.." Master Roshi tried to find some words, but only to be once again cut off by Bardock who just smirked at the old man. He raised his index finger up and started explaining
"Quite easy, I recognized your energy while you were fighting in the preliminaries and the fact that you mysteriously disappeared" Explained the saiyan with a red bandana on his head "But I only now realized why you did such a thing and why you give up" Concluded Bardock on which the old martial artist nodded. The saiyan never chase to amaze him, no wonder Goku was so strong and such a great fighter
"I see, so I can count on you that you won't tell the others?" Asked the old man who just received a nod from the saiyan and smiled "Thanks, I think my days are finally over with you here. The boys won't lose their ambition after this tournament since someone like you is here... their desire is to reach your level of strength" Commented master Roshi who glanced back while Bardock just grunted something
"That won't be enough! They'll need to grow much stronger!" Bardock clenched his fists at the thought of his enemy he's sure to face one day. He knew, he heard the stories of his foe true power and his own strength was still nowhere near close to him. The saiyan gritted his teeth in anger when he suddenly felt an increase in power. He glanced back at the ring and saw Krillin preparing to fire an energy wave
"Ka-Me-Ha-Me" Krillin was in the already known stance when a small blue energy orb appeared in his hands. He was about to fire the blast when he heard his best friend speaking to him
"Stop, Krillin! That won't work against me, you'll just lose your energy!" Goku tried to warn Krillin, but his friend just smiled back at him. Goku didn't understand why would Krillin go on with this, he tried to warn him
"Haaa!" Yelled Krillin and fired the blue energy wave towards his friend Goku. The blast was approaching fast, but Goku remained standing still on the exact spot and only placed his left hand in front. The young saiyan easily blocked the energy wave which exploded at the impact with his left hand and created a small smoke around him. When the smoke cleared he wanted to prove how wrong Krillin was, but to Goku's surprise, his opponent wasn't there. Goku's surprise quickly faded away, he was just to turn around when he felt something on his tail
"I did it! I caught your weak point Goku, your tail!" Spoke Krillin out loud which was overheard by Tienshinhan who was watching the match from the sidelines. He was impressed by the match, but only for a bit. He never knew however that Goku's weakness would be his tail. The tall fighter chuckled to himself and crossed his strong arms
"So even that brat had such a huge weakness, huh!? This means that I will fight that Krillin in the finals, an easy victory!" Said Tienshinhan who laughed as he watched his soon opponent. This wasn't what he expected, but he was sure to beat the midget quickly so he could kill the other for what he did to his master
Krillin happily laughed, assured in his victory over Goku. It was still hard to believe that he was able to catch Goku off guard like this, it was a long shot which in the end worked great for him. He raised his other hand above the head and waited for Goku to fall on the ground at any moment because of losing his strength, but to Krillin's, Tienshinhan's and master Roshi shock, he was lifted and throw into the wall. The smaller boy placed his right hand on his head and only watched in shock and confusion towards Goku who with a grin on his face waved with his tail
"H-How is this possible!?" Mumbled Krillin while he slowly stood up from the ground and stared at his friend "You should've lost all your strength when I squeezed your tail!" Yelled the smaller pupil of master Roshi who only received a grin from Goku
"During these last three years, I have toughened up my tail as hard as I could" Spoke Goku who gently grabbed his tail as he continued talking "My dad was very strict with this and it was very painful, but I managed to overcome my weakness! So now I'm fine even if it gets squeezed" Explained the saiyan who even squeezed his tail as a demonstration and it did nothing to him. He was perfectly fine, he finally had overcome his only weakness
"Amazing, it's not so easy to conquer your weaknesses, he must have done one hell of a training!" Thought master Roshi who even tho was surprised by this was also very proud of his pupil. The old master quickly glanced towards Bardock and saw a smirk on a saiyan face "I wonder, what else did Goku learn under him... how strong the saiyans can really be!?" Wondered the old martial artist who moved his eyes back to the ring just when Goku received an elbow in the face
"Gahh... that was dirty!" Yelled Goku angrily towards Krillin. The saiyan was angry because he was so easily tricked by his opponent, it was something that his father always warned him about. Krillin just said something back to him which Goku didn't even bother to listen, instead, he just disappeared
"Huh!? Where are you Goku!?" Yelled Krillin who quickly moved into his defensive stance and prepared for any attack. He glanced left and right, but there was no sign of Goku "Above!? Nope, he isn't there! Did he vanish!?" Said the small fighter out loud while he moved around. Just like Krillin, the announcer and the people in the crowd had the same problem. Even master Roshi didn't know where Goku was at the moment while the announcer yelled through his microphone
"H-He really did vanish, but I can still feel his presence in the ring! What is going on!?" Master Roshi wondered out loud and somehow tried to locate his pupil, but it was all in vain. Just like master Roshi, the master of the crane school had the same problem while his best pupil tried to focus and find out Goku's location
"Hmm... I can feel he's still in the ring, but he's moving so fast that is hard pinpoint where exactly he is!" Thought Tienshinhan who tried his best to set his eyes on Goku, but no matter how much he tried he wasn't able to see him "Damn, how is he so fast that even I can't track him down!? There is no way for a brat like him to match with me!" Tienshinhan clenched his fist in frustration, there was no possible way for someone to exist and to be somewhere near his level. Tienshinhan's expression changed when he and the others suddenly saw Krillin flying and land outside of the ring. No one said a word, everyone waited for the announcer to say something, but the guy in a black suit was just as surprised as the others
"W-What... Oh, ring out! Contestant Goku is the winner of the match" Declared the announcer who didn't quite understood what happened, but he knew one thing and that is that Goku is the winner of the last semi-final match. While the announcer declared the end of the match, not all people in the crowd understood or were pleased by the end of it. On the opposite side of the crowd, Tienshinhan still tried to figure out what the saiyan did. He wasn't able to track him down nor was he able to see the attack he delivered to Krillin. Frustrated, Tienshinhan punched the wall and walked inside the temple while his master thought about Goku and his performance
"T-That... he's one outrageous brat! Now I'm actually sure that he really killed Tao..." Thought the master of the crane school, Shen who wasn't pleased with this, but no matter how good Goku was, he was very confident in his top student. The old master chuckled at the thought of Tienshinhan breaking the little brat's neck while Chiaotzu stared at his master with confused expression
"That Goku grows stronger each time I see him!" Thought the master of the turtle school, Roshi who only could keep wondering if this was the maximum of Goku's abilities or was he maybe holding back. The old man kept pondering about that while Goku walked towards the end of the ring and helped his friend to climb up
"Geez, you really are too strong for me Goku, and here I thought I had a chance" Said Krillin who was a little bit sad that he lost the match, he thought that he finally had an upper hand, but it was the opposite
"Well, you can always try next time, Krillin. I'm sure you'll be much stronger, even tho you're pretty strong now. I had a lot of fun!" Exclaimed Goku as he and Krillin approached the entrance of the temple. Goku's words caused Krillin to smile and light up a bit. His friend was right, he was already one of the strongest guys in the world and he was sure that next time he will be even better. The two boys smiled at each other and talked some more until the announcer called Goku's name
"Goku! Um, the finals are next, but would you like to take a rest?" Asked the announcer who was sure that Goku would be tired from the match. He didn't want for Goku nor any fighter to be at any disadvantage during the fights, but the guy in black suit was surprised when the saiyan answered back to him
"No, I'm ok. I can't wait to fight my next opponent!" Said the young saiyan who didn't feel any fatigue from his match against Krillin. He remembered that his opponent in the finals was Tienshinhan, the same one who hurt his friend Yamcha in the first match. Goku clenched his fist excited with the fact to try out his full strength against Tienshinhan
"I see, then let's just go ahead" Spoke the announcer who gestured with his right hand to Goku to walk in front, towards the center of the ring. As the saiyan walked towards the center of the ring, Krillin cheered up for his friend who just smiled while the announcer yelled through his microphone
"Everyone, we're going to determine the world's strongest today!" Yelled the man in dark glasses on which the audience erupted with excitement. The man smiled and continued "Will it be Tienshinhan who will obtain the title of the strongest man and 500,000 zeni!? Or will it be Goku!? This will truly be one amazing battle!" Shouted the announcer while the crowd cheered and yelled their favorites names. While Goku had a smile on his face as he stood on his side of the ring, Tienshinhan walked out from the temple with a smirk on his face and slammed his fists together
"At least I'll be able to have a little bit of fun before breaking him!" Murmured Tienshinhan who seemed pretty confident in himself, far more than before. The man with three eyes slowly walked towards the center of the ring without eve bothering to look at his opponent until he was at the opposite side. They stared at each other without saying any words. While Tienshinhan had a smirk on his face, Goku seemed very serious about this match. The two moved into their own stances and waited for the announcer to start the match. In the crowd the crane hermit didn't seem worried at all, he was very confident in his strongest pupil. Not so far from him was master Roshi who sweated a bit, this was a match like never before and he knew it. He quickly cast a glance at Bardock who for the first time since the tournament started seemed very interested in this match. The saiyan uncrossed his bulky arms and with his face gestured to the old man to follow. The old man at first thought to join the other side, where Krillin was, but since Bardock invited him he followed the saiyan who easily moved away the people who were in front of him. The two man arrived in front just in the right moment
"Begin the final match!" Yelled the announcer on which Goku immediately dashed towards Tienshinhan who was a bit taken aback by the so sudden attack. Goku tried to punch the taller man, but his punch was blocked. Tienshinhan quickly tried to kick Goku, but the saiyan caught the leg with his tail and swung down and up which resulted with him punching Tienshinhan in the jaw. Goku followed Tienshinahn who was sent flying, but the three-eyed man jumped from the ring and escaped in the sky. Goku didn't waste any second and followed his opponent. The saiyan was quickly approaching when he noticed something in his opponent
"Dodon Ray!" Tienshinhan fired his beam towards Goku. The taller man smirked and thought he had him, but he was wrong. Goku stopped himself from going up and quickly enough placed both of his hands in front his body. He caught the yellow beam and with some effort pushed the beam down, towards the ring. The beam pierced through the ring and destroyed a small part of it. Tienshinhan stared at Goku in shock, the young saiyan wasn't falling down he just hovered in the sky which surprised many people on the ground
"Hey, Goku isn't falling down!? How is that possible!?" Wondered Krillin who tried to think how was Goku able to do that and when did he learn such a thing. He was sure the last time he saw him, Goku wasn't able to do that. In the crowd, Roshi wasn't able to muster a word until he heard a chuckle from Bardock
"D-Did Goku really learn how to fly?" Asked master Roshi who already knew the answer but just wanted to make sure he wasn't going crazy. The saiyan stared in the sky for few seconds until he spoke
"Yes, it wasn't that hard for him to learn, he's a saiyan after all and we learn to fly at a very young age" Stated Bardock who just stared above and remembered how it was when his son started training. His son had some trouble at the beginning but as he grew stronger and better at controlling his energy, he conquered it and learned to fly. A proud smile appeared on the saiyan face as he continued watching the two dots in the sky
"You can fly!? How are you able to do it!?" Yelled Tienshinhan who wasn't pleased with this. The pupil of the crane school was angry, this was supposed to be something he could use as an advantage. He clenched his fist, but slowly started to calm down "This is nothing to worry about, he's still weaker than me and I'll prove it!" Thought Tienshinhan who once again smirked
"My dad taught me how to do it" Honestly answered Goku who's words caught Tienshinhan off guard. The taller man thought that maybe Roshi taught him that, but not his father, who was he then? Tienshinhan snapped out of it when Goku spoke: "So are we going to fight or just talk!?"
"Hmph, are you really in a hurry to lose? Oh well, I can arrange that!" Tienshinhan flew towards Goku who didn't wait for his opponent and did the same. The two exchanged punches and kicks. While Goku blocked most of it, Tienshinhan had some trouble in doing so, he couldn't understand how he wasn't able to block them. As he was lost in his thoughts he received a strong uppercut which followed with four kicks in the gut and an elbow at the top of the head. Tienshinhan was falling down and to everyone's surprise crashed into the ring
"Tienshinhan!" Yelled the crane hermit Shen who couldn't believe what was going on with his best pupil. This was some kind of an illusion, this couldn't be real. Tienshinhan was supposed to beat and kill the one who killed his younger brother and show them all which martial arts school was the greatest. The old master clenched his fist in anger and tried to calm down "There's still nothing to worry about, it takes far more than this to hurt Tienshinhan and if by any chance something goes wrong, I have just the right person near me" Laughed the old man evilly as he glanced towards Chiaotzu who sweated in fear