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Thanks for the concern." Roshi interrupted. "It's nice to see some things haven't changed. Like you're still full of hot air."
Crane's façade of cool arrogance quickly gave way to anger. "You better stay out of my way!"
"We're not turning tail for you or anyone!" Roshi countered.
The two of them stared each other off, their respective students ready behind them to back their masters up.
Crane huffed and backed off.
"You've been warned, now suffer the consequences!" He said as he turned around.
"Let's go," He called to his accomplices. "I've wasted enough time with these fools." They complied and followed after him without saying a word.
"Um, Master Roshi, who was that weirdo?" Yamcha asked.
"His name is Master Shen, but there was a time I used to call him my friend." Roshi spat bitterly.
"You never mentioned him before." Gohan said, even he looked surprised given how considerate he was of others.
"No reason to after he turned his back on me." Roshi said, still not losing sight of where Shen left. Then turned around.
"But still, no reason to dwell on the past." He said, back in his cheerful mood. "The important is that Kakarot is here with all of us. So, let's all meet the rest of the gang, shall we?" He said, picking up from where he left off earlier.
So, they all exchanged pleasantries, the episode with Shen already forgotten and with Gine officially introduced to everyone in the gang after shaking hands with Yamcha's shape-shifting cat Puar, Roshi's talking turtle, and the other human female of the group, Launch. Over the course of their conversations, she got to learn more of her son's friends as people as all the details of what he told her fell into place. The way they were friends with Kakarot, and how among almost all of them used to be people with not-so-good intentions. Now, they were a sort of tight-knit group of compadres.
They already knew about her and Kakarot's Saiyan heritage, with him having blurted about it and having them coming to accept it with seeing the way he is. Gine forgot that she never got around to telling Kakarot to never tell anyone, even his own friends, about them lest they draw unwanted attention; but they seemed to not entirely believe and thus weren't too inclined to pry about it. Gine couldn't be more thankful for that.
She was also touched by how she was immediately accepted as if she were one of them already. Her son was such a good friend to all of them that they accepted him and her without question. Although she had just met them, she really started to feel at ease with them. She never would've thought something like this to be possible, as she never had anything this close with anyone back on planet Vegeta even when she was with Bardock's crew. This world truly was full of wonders.
The only exception was Chi-Chi, who wasn't so warm to her as everyone else. Her father couldn't come to the tournament since he had to watch over the kingdom so it's just her. She didn't really get over having her plans of early marriage to Kakarot undone by Gine. To be fair Gine didn't like her too much either but decided not to dwell on that and accept her relationship with her son, and how happy it seemed to make him.
"Now that we are all acquainted again..." Roshi stated, "I suggest we all go get a bite to eat before the big fight!" At the thought of food, Kakarot leapt as excited as he can be. Everyone else was excited too, even Gine since no matter how dignified she made herself to be, a Saiyan never turned down a good meal.
"They don't come any bigger than the World Martial Arts Tournament so let's get the best in town!" Roshi declared, and everyone headed off toward town, Kakarot declaring he'll eat until he burst. Knowing him he probably just might do that. None of them noticed Roshi looking sheepish as he realized he didn't have any money...
The following morning Gine was on edge. She did not get much sleep the night before with so many things taking her mind from any place of peace. She spent a good portion of the night trying to ward off Roshi from the girl's room while fighting off how much she overate at dinner (who would've thought THAT would happen, the food on this planet was SOOO good) and getting used to sleeping in a hotel. Not that she had never done before, for her time in the Frieza Forces she shared quarters with countless other warriors. But today she was not feeling good at all. She wasn't sure how, but knew there was something off about this day and it wasn't just her lack of good sleep...
Roshi disappeared as they entered the tournament grounds, said he had to go "do something." Gohan quietly confirmed to her that it's to change into Jackie Chun. She immediately knew not to tell anyone.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Came an announcement over the ground's PA system.
"Welcome to the Twenty-Second World Martial Arts Tournament!" The entire place erupted into cheering. Gine winced at the sound, the sheer volume of people and noise in one place almost overwhelmed her. Not even Planet Vegeta on its last day with everyone back home was this crowded. Nothing could've prepared her for this, and with how tired and on edge she felt, she wanted to go home now.
The announcer came on again "For all fighters participating, the preliminary matches will take place inside the main building in five minutes, so please report in soon!"
"Alright Mom, this is it! I'll see you when this is over!" Kakarot said as he clasped her hand, not noticing it was trembling.
Gine snapped out of the bombardment of noise for a moment when her son hugged her. Remembering what she was here for, she let that be the force to help her through the fear of being here. She hugged him tightly before he ran off with Krillin and Yamcha.
"Good luck!" She called out before he disappeared into the crowd entering the building.
She was here fo
r her son, and she will cheer him on no matter what.
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