The preliminaries were decided, everyone was sorted into a group, I was in group B, Goku was in group A and Jackie Chun in group C, it seemed we wouldn't meet in the preliminaries just like in the anime, maybe it was fate?
I stood near the group A stage Goku waved at me and showed me his number, it seemed he would start as the second match since he was number three, I looked towards my lot, it said number two on it, I was in the first match.
I got on the stage and across from me stood a buff giant man, he sneered at me and stared menacingly, he thought he was going to have an easy fight since I was a kid, very wrong for him.
After the announcer counted down and the fight started I just pushed him outside the stage, he couldn't do anything against me he had a power level of ten at maximum, while he also had no technique or ki.
The same could be said about Goku's opponents and Roshi's as well, they were all too weak especially since we were stronger compared to the original story as well, while the other people were just as strong.
The top three in the preliminaries would get a chance to fight on the main stage of the tournament, of course, the first one was me, the second was an Indian looking guy named Namu and the third was a girl named Ran-fan, the other groups had people that were not known well besides Yamcha, he got second in Jackie Chun's block.
After a quick rest and meal before the fight, the blonde announcer with glasses and a suit made his way out to the main stage while he announced the order of the fights.
They were Namu vs Ran-fan, Yamcha vs Jackie Chun and me vs Goku, the other side characters would fight each other I didn't care about them so I just tunned the other's names out.
The Namu vs Ran-fan fight wasn't interesting in my opinion since I was stronger than both of them combined, the only fun thing was how the woman fought, she tried to seduce him and she even threw her pants away in hope of distracting Namu, but Namu defeated her after an internal fight, from the anime I knew this guy wanted to use the money to buy water for his village.
Yamcha vs Jackie Chun was even easier since Yamcha even though was a bit stronger than the original Roshi was way stronger than before, Yamcha put up a good fight and even used his wolf fang fist, but Roshi was just going easy on him, As I observed the fight I could see the flaws in Yamcha's techniques, he wasn't that great compared to true blue martial artists but he had a strong body from training in the desert and he had great potential, for a human at least.
The fight ended in Roshi's victory, Yamcha dejected about being beaten by a old man was sulking when he got out of the ring, when he saw me and my uniform his eyes brightened, the old turtle hermit was still pretty popular to the people known of martial arts.
Yamcha made his way towards me and asked:
"Krillin you have trained with the great Muten Roshi?"
I answered nonchalantly:
"Yeah what about it?"
He sweatdropped at my response and said:
"Could you ask him if he could train me as well? You were strong before as I saw how Goku looked at you seemingly wanting to defeat you, and he beat me pretty hard back then."
I chuckled and said:
"You could just ask him yourself after the tournament ends he should be around."
Yamcha nodded with a smile on his face not knowing that Jackie Chun aka Roshi already saw potential and him and he wouldn't mind if he asked him to be his student.
It was finally time for one of the big fights before the finals me vs Goku and boy will it be good, I decided to suppress my power around Goku's for a more interesting fight, winning in the tournament won't get me much besides the prize money and even if I got the money It would go to the food bill for the celebration feast after.
We both made our way to the middle of the ring and the announcer started to spice things up saying of how we both were students under the same teacher the great turtle hermit Roshi.
We both bowed towards each other before entering the turtle's school fighting stance, Goku immediately started the fight with a right hook which I dodged, I fought him so many times during our training that I could predict what his moves were, but Goku was a fighting genius who could adapt his fighting style on the moment so I was kind of caught off guard when he tried to slap me with his tail.
Did he want to pull a Raditz on me like when the old Krillin got bitch smacked trough the Kame House?
Bad for him since I easily caught his tail and spun him ready to throw him out of the ring, but Goku caught the edge of the ring and jumped right back up in it before he could touch the grass outside the ring.
He used his momentum to almost fly towards me with a punch since I couldn't dodge it due to his speed and my self restricted power level I punched towards him and our fists clashed, his Saiyan biology let him take the punch full on even though my body was stronger, but he also staggered backward due to the impact, even though I didn't use the full power of my ki, my body was more tempered due to the amount of ki I had in it is higher than his.
Our fight continued, punches and kicks Goku even used the after image technique on me to sucker punch me, but I punched him right back in the chin, he got dazed and fell after that, I expected he would immediately try to attack me after he used the after image technique so I clenched my jaw so the damage would be minimized.
Goku stood down on the ground as the announcer started to count:
"1,2,3,4.....9"
But Goku suddenly sprang up from the ground and cupped his hands together, it was time for the final attack that would decide the match.
I grinned and cupped my hands as well, some of the people in the crowd knew of the legendary Kamehameha technique and gasped.
Blue orbs started to rotate between our hands as we launched them towards each other, we were locked in a stalemate but I decided to stop holding back and put forth all of my ki into the attack.
It engulfed Goku and he flew out of the ring, his clothes were burnt and his face was black, his hair also looked quite bad, he just got back up bowed while saying that it was a great fight and left for the stands, he was surely going to go and eat something after the fight.
The announcer asked me if I wanted to rest before the final fight but I just gave him the go and that I'm ready and prepared for it.
Jackie Chun made his way on the ring and we both bowed, I smiled and used my telepathy to talk with him:
"So master why didn't you tell us you will participate in this tournament."
Roshi was stunned but he responded with his telepathic powers:
"Ah, I see you know quite a bit, is my disguise that bad Krillin? It seems you also have quite a strong mind for you to be able to use telepathy at such a young age."
I just smirked and nodded my head, the crowd didn't understand why we were standing motionless for a few seconds before I nodded my head, our actions seemed strange in their eyes.
The announcer already gave the go before I started to talk to him, but after I nodded to him immediately attacked, this old man had a lot of experience and quite a lot of tricks in his sleeves, if I didn't fight him seriously and take him by surprise he might even beat me.
Roshi was surprised but he parried my blows with his hands, he winced as my strength was almost near his and his body was quite old, we fought back and forth before the willy old man used his thundershock surprise as an attack after he used the after image technique.
I took the attack full on but unlike how Roshi imagined it, I didn't get stunned instead the lighting started to arc around me as it started to turn from a dull yellow to a light blue instead, my clothes started to flutter as the lightning encased me, I used my ki to take control of the lighting that was pouring around my body to forcefully integrate it with my aura.
I achieved godspeed with the help of Master Roshi unintentional help, I always tried to do it myself with my internal ki that was transformed into lighting but I could never quite get it, It seemed I had to take in lightning from outside forces to achieve the godspeed technique.
I could feel my thoughts going a million times faster than before, it seemed like everyone stopped in time, I felt like I was using Hit's time skip at this moment, I tried something as I punched Roshi quickly three times in the chest with my fist.
He flew outside the ring with three holes in his black martial suit, I made sure to not injure him hard as I restrained myself but he got taken down so easily!
The announcer was dumbfounded as he looked at me his eyes were wide open behind his glasses, the electricity around me faded as he announced me as the winner of the tournament.
After we got back into the building behind the stage the announcer gave me the prize money three hundred thousand zenni in cash.
I smiled but my smile disappeared when Goku came and his stomach growled, I had a glutton Saiyan who I had to feed now!
We met back with Bulma and Roshi outside, Roshi already talked with Namu before we got out and he gave him a capsule that he filled with water from a nearby well, Yamcha was already on his knees ready to take Roshi as a master.
It seemed he was desperate to become relevant, it was like he already had the premonition he would become useless in the future.
We all gone to a nearby restaurant in the city and Goku ate almost half of my money, he ate only half because the others decided to pitch in when the bill came. Bulma could have paid it all by herself but she said that she forgot her wallet home. After that long adventure and she was so stingy she didn't even want to pay for one meal.
Whatever, after that Goku, decided that it was time to roam the world and he said that he would meet up with us after a few years when the next Budokai tournament would be hosted.
Every tournament was hosted once every three years, it was five years before but the tournament's popularity made it reduce its delay.
Goku left on foot, Yamcha made his way back with me to Master Roshi's house, Puar followed while Bulma also decided to come with us to keep Yamcha company while also to observe how we trained.
We all made our way back on Roshi's island and we were confronted by a blond Launch and a goddamn minigun that she pulled out of nowhere me and Roshi immediately got in front and plucked the bullets out of the air.
Launch sneezed and she became blue-haired again and threw the minigun in the ocean, wondering how she got the gun in the first place.
Bulma and Yamcha sweatdropped while the poor cat Puar was terrified.
Yamcha immediately wanted to start training so we had to relocate back to the other island.
After we relocated it was immediately time for another session of training, I increased my gravity field to four times normal and put on a turtle shell that was as heavy as one hundred kilograms.
I also focused on training the turtle schools' mantra.
I was just waiting to get my hand on the information about Goku's adventure's, the red ribbon army would surely appear on the new's, maybe I could even join him on some, just for fun.
I also wanted some of that super ultra divine water, it could increase my body's potential and also excavate some it so I would become stronger.
I could also gather the dragon balls again with him or I could let the red ribbon army gather them for me so I would just steal them.
Yeah, I would do just that, let them gather the dragon balls and steal them, I already asked Bulma for the radar and I could use it to track their progress.
My next wish will be very important towards my future martial arts potential, maybe it could even make me rival the almighty Saiyans and their thousands of different hairs and hair colors.