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[Toshiro]

The demon walked toward's the area the man had mentioned, his tail flickered slightly as a man came up to him, the android followed behind.

"Watchers or participent's?" The man asked the tow, they both replied with "participents" & he admited them thou with out charge, a ladt leading them over to two pod's, the demon steped in one, the android lookig wearily at them. The demon stuck a thumb up with a faint smirk, that smirk which boiled the android as it then jetted off & up. To where ever it was they where to go..

[Toshiro]

The demon stepped out of the teleportation device, he shook his body from the disorientated feeling, looking around he saw diffrent people, his ki sense was starting to go hey wire, pointing out multiple being's. One seemed intresting, & some how familiare. He madeh is way toward's it's location, heading toward's the bar area.

Turning in to the bar, he spotted the man he had once meet along time ago. His mohawk still in place, he was drinking on a pint of beer as it seemed, & was talking idle with a two marron haired woman beside him & a blue being aswell. He made his way toward's the them. Watching him carefully.

"Long time no see.. Uub.." The demon's voice was cold toward's him, his memories letting slip to the fight he had seen with him & Recoome agasnt the alien.

[Old Dave]

Uub looked to the one who called his name...the figure brought back a few flashes of the past "Janemba" Uub stood up placing his mug on the table "It's been a while..." The demon nodded "Awhile indeed.." The human warrior could feel the eyes of the others on his back as they paid attention to the conversation the two were having "Sit...have a beer.." He waved to the tender for another beer "It's on me.."

He sat back down "Your more then happy to join us.." The arrival of the demon unsettled the human warrior and brought back memories he would have liked to forget...things that where still unsettled. He coughed leaning forward as Janemba stood still. "You know this Guy?" Burter asked.

[Kami]

Kami smiled to himself as he saw Goku sit down, and even more so when his youngest son ran over to him. "It's been a little while hasn't it Goku?" Kami said. The Sayjin just nodded while talking to Goten. "I haven't really been doing anything special...how are you young man? I can't remember if I've met you before." Goten shot out a hand, Kami took it and was suprised at the firmness of the handshake. Somehow he felt he shouldn't have, it was Goku's son afterall.

"I'm Goten." he said, then went back to talking to his dad. Kami didn't mind too much, it had been a while since he had seen Goku, so there wasn't any need for immediate conversation.

"What have you been doing to keep busy Goku?" he asked.

[Toshiro]

Janemba's eye twitched slightly, then nodded slowly.

"Sure.. If I'm intruding I'll go thou.." He looked over the group slowly, taking more detailed note of them all. One of the woman had shoulder length marron hair, wearing a simple red out fit. The other, wore a red jacket & a white shirt. The blue being which intrested Janemba the most, had a yellowish pad atop of his head, he watched them wearily, unsure of their name's. He was un sure how his pressence would effect them..

[Krillin]

Krillin appeared in the teleportation tube, his feet stuck up in the air and his weight resting on his back. He never could quite grasp the trick with these things. Everyone else seemed to use them fine, but Krillin always had problems.

After quickly straightening himself out, he walked into the only building with any commotion: the bar. Krillin wasn't a drinker himself, preferring to keep his senses alive at all times, but he wasn't the type to refuse funny company.

Walking into the rather bright hut, he noticed an old friend at a table in the corner, happily munching away at a chicken wing. Since he was the only one he knew out of this entire place, he decided to approach him.

"Hey Kirano! How's it been? Didn't expect to see you here!" Krillin said.

Of course, his last comment wasn't meant at a dig at all, but Krillin saw that it could be misunderstood. He didn't think Kirano would take it the wrong way, but he didn't want an out-and-out enemy on him from the get-go. Besides, Kirano was his only hope of a partner in this entire fight, and from the looks of it, he could use all the help he could get.

[Krillin]

Krillin couldn't agree more.

"They most certainly do. I can't sense Ki, but some things you can just feel, and I know some of these people are much stronger than I am. Still, I gotta prove to myself how good I really am, and this is the best chance I'll have in a long time."

Krillin was suddenly struck with another idea.

"Hey, we haven't had our second spar. How about a little pre-tournament fight? I'd like to stretch out a little bit," Krillin asked.

[Burter]

Burter shifted his eyes to the red alien life form who just took the seat across from him and his human companion. He looked back to the mohawked man, "So...you know him?" He repeated, trying to get Uub to snap out of it. Never once did his eyes shift from the red stranger's body. He had seen many strange things and knew of many strange people, but something stopped Burter from simply trusting the alien.

"Yea," Uub replied, "Its hard to explain. This is Janemba. Janemba, this is Burter."

The alien nodded, "Nice to meet you, Burter," he mumbled, obviously not one for conversation. Burter smiled back and got up, deciding it best to avoid anyone he would probably end up fighting later. The reptile moved downwards and whispered into Uub's ear.

"Watch your back." He hissed into the human's ear.

With that, Burter moved towards the bar and then in between the mother/daughter duo of Bulma and Bra. He cocked his head to Bra, smiling. "I'm gonna go find a room at the sleeping quarters. Lets go, I want to talk to you." That was all he said before he walked away, knowing the young girl would follow. He slipped out of the bar and towards the sleeping barracks

[Krillin]

Again, Krillin agreed. No need to give them a tip-off.

"Certainly. Hand to hand, and nothing more. No ki, no techniques. Deal?" Krillin offered.

He knew the answer before Kirano even replied, and walked out of the bar. They certainly would not be able to fight in there.

The air had a sweet taste to it, synthetic apparently.

'Odd,' Krillin thought.

[Ruhiel]

As the teleportation tube doors whisked shut, he saw one last glimpse of his home planet, Earth. A buzzer sounded, and he felt a sudden jolt, as the tube made the jump. In a matter of seconds, the doors reopened, and Android 20 cautiously stepped out. A whooshing noise told him his tube had already left again. As he stared around the platform, he saw many strange looking fighters he had never seen before, and some he did know. He was slightly worried for a second, there were people from all over the galaxy here... many of them were very powerful no doubt. His eyes glanced through one crowd of people, in which he saw nameks, humans, androids, strange looking aliens, and saiyans.

"Gero, what have you gotten yourself into..." he thought to himself.

But these thoughts of fear were quickly interrupted as his stomach growled noisely. Android or not, he still had to eat sometime, so he sauntered over to the nearest restaurant, and got himself a seat at the bar.

[Bra]

"I'm gonna go find a room at the sleeping quarters. Lets go, I want to talk to you." Burter said, and walked out of the bar. It seemed he was a little disturbed about something. Bra looked up at her mother, seeking permission to leave as well. Bulma simply nodded, and with that, the young warrior was gone, jogging to catch up with Burter, who'd made it halfway down a hallway.

"So, what's up, blue man?" Bra asked with a smile. She was very excited about this tournament, even though it bore an eerie resemblance to the Friend or Foe competition, aside from the fact that attendance was voluntary for this particular competition.

"I kinda just wanted to get away from everyone. Too many new faces. Too many potential enemies. I don't know..." Burter stated, honestly.

"Yeah, that's cool. Glad to see Kami's still cool with us. At least, it looks like it." Bra replied.

"True. That is good. Looks like we don't have anyone who's got anything to settle with us, that's a plus." Burter added.

"Yeah. That's good." the cyan-haired girl replied, still anxious about how Raditzu would react to them during the tournament, but decided he was basically a good person, and so tried to ignore the thought, "Are you sure we should be in this tournament thing?"

"What? Don't tell me you're afraid to fight." Burter said, jokingly.

"I'm not afraid, I'm just... nervous. There's a lot of people here." Bra replied.

"Yeah, well, sucks to be you." Burter stated, reverting back to his normal 'tough guy' attitude.

"What?! Dammit, you can be such an asshole!" Bra retorted, punching the blue-skinned warrior in the shoulder.

"Ow!! What the hell, kid!? Chill!" Burter shouted.

"Stop being a jerk then!!" Bra demanded.

"I'm not-Then you- ...whatever." Burter replied, "Here's a room. Go back to your mom. I'll see you later."

"Okay." Bra replied, turning to walk away as Burter closed the door behind him. The girl wandered back down the hallway, passing a few newcomers on the way, without bothering to say 'hello' or make eye contact. The less attention she brought on herself, the better, during something like this.

I wonder what's bugging Burter...

The cyan-haired warrior walked back into the bar, taking her seat next to her mother.

"Hey, mom." she said, "What's up?"

What's up? Bulma knew everytime Bra used that phrase to her, something was wrong. So, instead of replying, she just waited for her daughter to continue.

"I just hope we're not in over our heads this time..." Bra said, before trailing off.

[Hellfighter 17]

It seemed like a flash of light he arrived at the area so quickly form the strange looking tube. The area was massive and tehre were people all over, but still much space left in the area. The android only looked in awe at how the building looked, it must have cost a couple million zeni for a place like this. The bar was also massive, 17 did not know where to go, it all sememd so starnge to him.

Should he go over and talk to all of the fellow people chatting, or should he get himself a drink first to llosen up. The black-haired humanoid took a risk and started walking towards a group of poeple.

ooc: Somebody meet me!

[The Not Cool Not Tapion]

"God this place is crowded..."

The weak Konat spoke to himself. He limped between warriors laughing and talking. People fighting each other and all kinds of stuff. He looked up to see a sign for a healing chamber. He sighed in relief and followed it.

"I need to heal.."

He looked at a person and saw a stamp on Tapion's hand.

"Ahh, a warrior. You look a bit beat up! Here, feel free to heal when you want, when you want. It will only take a few minutes with our new technology in healing."

Tapion nodded and smiled and walked up a couple steps onto a platform and walked along it with chambers of liquids on his right. He looked at one that nobody was in and that had no liquid in it. He pressed a button and it opened instantly, sliding up. Tapion stepped in it and stood there and the door slid shut on it's own.

Instantly, a thick liquid starting filling the tank, it was like a gel but just a bit more thin. A mask came down so he could breathe and he latched it on and hooked it on the back. The gel-like liquid filled to the top and Tapion could feel it soth his muscles and made him feel better. He wasn't sore anymore and he relaxed to the liquid and his feet lifted from the ground. The gel carried him and held him there, healing him.

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Several minutes passed and Tapion felt much better. The liquid was almost gone and it soaked in his body some. Then it was drawn out and he unlatched the mask as the door opened. The mask started raising up from a wire it hung on. He walked out, not limping anymore and took a breath of fresh air and smiled. His wounds were healed but his mohawk was still shaven off. His clothes were different from before so they covered most of his body anyway. He felt like a new man and jumped from the platform to the ground, the man that told him to go in smiled then started barking orders at a person trying to sneak in one.

[Raz]

Goten's actions were almost as though they were timed. In an instant the youth had jumped from his position next to his father into the air, landing on the other side of the bar with the ashtray in hand the Frieza had thrown. Turning he slowly walked over to where the ivory colored changling sat and set the small glass container on the table in front of him.

"Here." He spoke in a childish tone. "You... dropped this." Goten looked up slowly into a cold glare, bowing his head down as he sulked away sluggishly before going over to sit in front of his apple juice drink, the glass half full as he looked into the orangish yellow fluids. What made the child so sudden to carry out his actions... was the fact that he could do something so someone else wouldn't get hurt. As he picked up his head slightly he saw the bartender that would have been targeted by the stray tray, serving up another round of beers as he hadn't an idea what could've happened to him. Was it always that way? People going on with their lives not knowing the next second they could've been killed? Well... it didn't matter much... as long as nobody got hurt who was innocent then it was ok.

[Raditzu]

This was the problem with large crowds: trying to remember who you wanted to talk to and who you wanted to punch in the face. Raditzu had taken care of the latter as soon as he had walked in, but decided not to inform anyone else of the event. The young daughter of Vegeta probably wouldn't be thrilled to find out he had sucker punched her big blue companion. The arrival of Koola had reawakened the urge to hit someone, and Furiza's presence had only compounded that emotion. Throw on top of that some random humanoid slapping him on the back, and then leaving to meet someone without a ki signature, and Rad's mood was very quickly turning to one of dismal annouyance. The thought that he would soon have the chance to run around and beat the living hell out of everyone around him was somewhat comforting. Raditzu waved to his brother, who had just taken a seat next to Kami, and then turned to Bra, who had started a conversation with her mother.

"I just hope we're not in over our heads this time..."

"Everyone here is in over there heads." Raditzu answered the short demi-saiyan. "Sorry... didn't mean to interrupt."

[Hellfighter 17]

"It's been a while hasn't it. taht was a good fight you put up, maybe we could have one in the tournament." 17 spoke out at the saiyan Corniss.

Before anything else could be said Corniss stated "We can have a little fight right now if you want?"

"No, I would like to face somebody new. Not taht youa re not a great fighter, but I want somebody I have not fought yet."

The android watched as everal more people walked in. he reconized one of them, it was Tapion. They did not talk much in the killing of archers, but the humanoid had a greta respect for him. Another was a white being with several other colours upon him. Hell Fighter 17 took down the beer in one big gulp. "So how have things been for you?" the petite android pondered at the ally.

"It has been fine, pretty hectic, but fine. Let's go over to teh bar and get some more beers...or uhh get you some more beers. There are also otehr people over there." He was right to, tehre were to pairs of people that looked very much alike, and some other people, so the two walked over towards one of the people already sitting down and sat down themselves.

[Burter]

Everyone had gathered around in the bar mainly, only a few people walking around the other areas of the station. After Burter took his rest in the sleeping quarters, he moved away to find a gym or some kind of training station. He tried following the signs the best he good, but he was having no luck and ended up finding something far different. His emerald skin glowed in the sunlight as he walked outside. In front of him was probably the largest cliff he had ever seen, and straight at the bottom, was an ocean.

Water...

He took a breath, trying to bring back the memories he had. Being a reptile, he had a natural knack for swimming like an amphibian. Though it had been so long since he had actually gone swimming...he hadn't touched water since his brother's untimely disappearance. Never one to miss a chance like this, he looked back to make sure no one was watching. Then he kicked his legs into the air and moved forward, heading straight down in a nosedive. His speed increased as the wind pushed passed him, forcing him to close his eyes before hitting the water.

His speed caused him to go several feet deeper then he intended, but it didn't stop the reptile. While he may have been called quick on land, it was no where near as quick as he was in the ocean. Burter moved like a silvery fish, brushing through the water quicker then anyone could imagine. He began to laugh to himself, taking some water in a he remembered the childhood memories. Racing against his brother, play wrestling, and even meeting the woman who he would hope to marry. He remembered it all happened here....underwater.

Water...

The reptile suddenly gagged on the water without meaning to, and with his newly found quickness, he dove upwards out of it. After coughing the water up, he quickly dove back in headfirst. However now he could feel the poison he once tasted as if he only had it yesterday. The reptilian could recall the green faze that had appeared in the water, and he could even imagine seeing his brother going into the small cave, as if it was right there in front of him. He could recall it all, and it made the need to swim more and more powerful.

Finally, Burter jolted out of his dream world and slapped out of the water, flying directly up the cliff and away from the universe that was underwater. He took one last look and remembered one more thing. His brother. The last time he ever saw him...screaming for him.

His skin darkened as he walked inside. He was dry already thanks to his skin absorbing the majority of the water. He started picking the skin that had begun to slip off his body. Yawning, he just continued walking back towards the bar.

One flaw about being a reptile...was shedding.

[Hellfighter 17]

Hi scompanion had left him alone at the bar now, so 17 decided to go meet other poeple. He wasn't very goo dat this, he mainly liked fighting. He then bumped into a tennage girl. "Oh sorry about that mister" she said, since he spilled half of his beer on him.

"That's okay, I probably would have gotten some on myself anyway, and don't call me sir that is for geezers." the android retorted. "My name is 17 by the way."

The young woman said "That's an unusual name, but I can't say that mine isn't. Hi, I'm Pan."

The part human was surprised to see such a young competitor here, they must allow any age here.

[Hellfighter 17]

The two decided two sit down and get to know each other before talking to others after gettinh=g a weird galre from a tall man in green.

"You seem pretty young to be in such a dangerous competition?" the fighter from hell inquired.

The girl named Pan answered back with "Well, I can't really explain why I want to be in it, but I just do."

"Okay" the black-haired humanoid siad as he took in what was aid.

A blue figured walked towards the two with a puzzled look on his face and was scanning the room. "You two haven't seen a girl with blue-coloure dhair, would you?" he asked.

Both of them choired at the sma etime "Nope." The large reptillian then began to scan the room once agian but he seemed to be to no prevail.

ooc: sorry for posting again so soon, but I just had to.

[The Not Cool Not Tapion]

Tapion walked through a crowd of people pushing past them. He was bumped by many people including a little girl on the way. He only grunted when she apologized after giving him a funny look. Tapion sensed so much ki here, he was afraid. He saw the lizard man that he had beaten before because of his final attack. He looked at him and smiled and raised his arm pointing to the battle charger. The blue reptile only gave a slight glare. Maybe he was a sore loser?

Tapion also saw Hellfighter Seventeen from when they killed the archers. He smiled at him and gave a wave even though he was talking to somebody. Seventeen seemed to nod back to him. Everybody was having a good time and talking to others, he felt left out almost. Then he scanned the people and found orange hear and knew that hair. He saw green clothes on the figure and smiled as he ran forward and poked the android in the back.

The android swivled around and looked but saw nothing. Tapion stood to the side and jumped infront of him.

"Hey 16!"

This scared the humanoid a bit.

"Oh, it's you Tapion...the last time I saw you was..."

"In hell." Replied Tapion, finishing his sentance, "I was there for one day because I asked Baba to send me there. That's when I met you and you ran off."

16 smirked, "Yeah, my friends were bring me back..."

OOC: Hey, old pal.