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Gine let go of a breath she didn't realize she was holding in, having forgotten her exercise, and unclenched her fists that she so desperately wanted to drive through Crane's stupid face after mocking them for nothing.
Off to a great start, this tournament is. She thought to herself.
It took another two hours for the preliminaries to be over with and Kakarot rejoined them along with Krillin, Yamcha, and Chi-Chi. They all breezed through the elimination round with no trouble and are ready for the main event. And it's about time too, after the incident earlier with Crane, Gine wasn't sure how to distract herself with the already overwhelming sensations of being in a strange place with large crowds.
She tried her hand at some of the vendor games for a little while with Oolong and Puar, winning lots of (quite frankly) pointless prizes meant for children. But she partook in it anyway to play along with her friends to make them happy and have a good time. But after a while she was getting bored out of her mind with such trivial play, even after seeing Launch shoot up a vendor. At least SHE was having fun.
"That's great! I'm impressed guys! I guess you did learn a thing or two from Master Roshi after all." Bulma said, scarfing down a sugary snack. Gine tried some more of the food and found that the sweets were very delicious indeed, but too much so and couldn't eat them as much as the rest of them did.
Krillin looked around. "Speaking of Master Roshi, where is he?"
"I haven't seen him since it started."
"Wherever he is, I'm sure there's trouble." Said Turtle.
Bulma smirked. "It's kind of nice. I need a break from the old man every now and then."
"I'll tell you what you need. A napkin." Said Roshi out of nowhere and surprising everyone.
"And for your information, I've been hiding amongst the crowds, watching the elimination round. I come here to see my boys fight, not stuff my face with sweets!"
"So, did you like what you saw?" Krillin asked his master.
"Mhm, from what I witnessed, I'd say all three of you-"
"Three? HEY! What about me?!" Chi-Chi indignantly.
"Oh my! I'm sorry, all four of you have improved a great deal." Roshi said, flustered. "I think we have a strong shot of winning this title."
"Don't worry Master, we'll win!" Said Kakarot with such fire in his voice. Then the announcement came.
"THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. WILL ALL COMPETITORS PLEASE REPORT TO THE TEMPLE AT THIS TIME?"
Bulma and Yamcha exchanged glances and hugged. "Good luck out there, baby." She whispered, Yamcha winked.
"SEE YOU MOM, SEE YOU GRANDPA!" Kakarot called out as he left for the temple.
"Good luck!" They called back.
"It's on guys! Maybe the rest of you can find a good place to catch the action." Krillin said.
Oolong looked sly. "With Launch here, anything is possible. She's good at making room." Then gestured towards her.
"Follow me boys and girls. My friend and I will find you the best seats in the house!" Launch declared as she pulled out her pistol. Everyone in sight of her, the gang included, was horrified.
"ALRIGHT PEOPLE, LISTEN UP! I want this path cleared out on the double!" Launch barked at the crowd around them and fired her gun in the air as well. "Let's go! Move it!"
Everyone fled as they marched toward the arena. Gine was too embarrassed and kept her head low. Did Launch not know how to be a little less... excessive, at all?!
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At the arena itself, Gine was astonished by the sheer number of people packed into one place to watch someone fight. Never in her life had she seen so many live bodies at once, not even the entire population of Planet Vegeta on its last days where every Saiyan was recalled. Her hyper-tuned Saiyan senses were screaming at her by the vast overlapping sounds and scents of so many varieties of people here.
So overwhelmed she was that a wave of panic gripped her. She didn't want to be there, but far away in the mountains back in their cozy little home on Paozu. Right now.
She held Gohan's hand even though she was eager to take off and leave the arena. But Gohan noticed how her hands were shaking.
"Don't worry, my dear. I'm right here!" She somehow managed to hear Gohan's voice through the cacophony of sounds bombarding her from all around.
Hearing his words helped Gine calm down a little, and she set aside her thoughts of wanting to go home as best she could. She won't run away from this just because she had gotten too used to living in isolation for so long. She was here to cheer her son on, and by the gods that's what she was going to do.
Roshi had slipped away quietly from them as everyone gathered by the ring. Gine didn't say anything and pretended not to look as he went off to go change into Jackie Chun.
The rest of the gang took notice of his absence and sent Oolong and Puar out to search for Roshi, eventually coming back without him and Oolong battered for looking into the women's bathroom.
"What if Master Roshi isn't hiding? I wonder if something bad happened to him?" Launch asked, back to her peaceful self.
"Hello ladies." Came that loathsome familiar voice of Crane. Gine immediately forgot her anxiety of being there and looked toward where Crane's voice came from. She saw his crane hat poking above the crowd like a swan on water. Gine would've found it funny if it weren't for the repulsive human being that hat was atop of.
"I heard you lost a turtle in the crowd. I Hope I didn't step on him." He mocked.
Bulma glared at him. "If that was an attempt at some cleverly veiled threat, you failed miserably! You'd better not have anything to do with this!"
"Hmph! I'm in the dark the same as you." Crane admitted.
Oolong crossed his arms, the bruises he sustained for peeking flared up in pain. "I'm sick of looking, I'm staying."
Crane looked at Oolong in mock pity. "Come on, life's too short to be sour. I'll find him for you."
Huh? They all looked at him and at each other amazed. But Crane walked off before anybody could say anything.
Gine
looked at where Crane went and turned to Gohan. "What's with that guy?" She asked.
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