44 21st WMA Part 1

Darc and Arkis appear right in front of the entrance to the Tournament since Goku is somewhere around here. Arkis looked around herself and took in everything she could.

"So this is how your planet looks like? This planet has a lot of vitality. The gravity is very low though.", commented Arkis after looking at the people and the blue sky.

"You are right on that. Earth is an ideal planet for lifeforms. There are many different kinds of earthlings. It also does resemble your Kaioshin planet. Though it is not as sturdy.", answered Darc.

"What are we going to do here?", she asked him while now looking back at him.

"We will just relax a little and join this tournament that is held today. Look over there. That's the entrance to it." He pointed in the direction with his finger. "A lot of people on earth admire martial arts. Sure, not all are fighters but some dedicate their whole lives to it. The knowledge they have accumulated over their short lifespans is remarkable. Though I think a lot of it also vanished in the tide of times. Even if we outclass most of these people we could still learn from watching them. Its also kinda the reason why this tournament is here. It is to test out ones strength and take in new experiences and grow.", he smiled and wondered now if his buddy Lite actually would take part in it. He did feel his ki signature after all.

"I see. Shall we also take part in it?", she said and nodded.

"No, what I meant with join is just watching it. Your strength already is far higher than any fighter in there so you would just beat them up and neither you nor they would learn anything. If you watch you can still learn something since they fight equal fighters.", he explained.

"I understand. But I do feel a strong signature in the crowd that is way higher than most here.", she said.

"Yeah, about that. That is probably my friend Lite. Since I trained him he is stronger than most earthlings. He also got talent or maybe it is better to say he just loves martial arts. All the time I wasn't here he improved again.", said Darc and then looked at a girl with blue hair.He smiled because he saw it was Bulma. "Come, let's meet some of my people."

Coming closer to Bulma he smirked "Hello there beautiful girl, are you all alone here?", he asked mischievously

Bulma got angry like expected "Hey, buddy, buzz off. I am not here to get picked up by some pri... when she turned around and saw that it was Darc she stared at him blankly. Then she snorted in a prideful manner. "Hmpf...So did you turn into some skirt chaser as well while you were gone?", she asked him with a smile.

Darc placed his hand on his chest "Uff, my heart. That distrust really hurts. Its also good to see you are still as feisty as ever, Bulma.", he said.

Bulma only arched a brow. "Why shouldn't I? Look who is following you.", she said and hinted at Arkis. She immediately knew she was with him because she had clothes with the GP logo on it.

Darc laughed "Bulma, this here is Arkis. She is my partner at my job. I am mentoring her." Then he looked at Arkis. "And this here is Bulma. My girlfriend.", he said with a smirk.

"Who´s your girlfriend!? That something new I wouldn't know about.", rebuked Bulma immediately.

"You don't want to?", asked Darc her with arched brows.

She hesitates for a second. "Hmpf you are only teasing me right now. And who would want a guy as a boyfriend that is near all year gone in space?", she asked him in a kinda annoyed manner. She disliked that fact the most it seems.

"But I keep contact with you as much as I can.", he said to her.

"That's not enough! You know real couples go on something called Dates, you know?", she pouted now.

Darc only chuckled. In a way, she never really said no. Then Darc actually saw something hanging on her neck. It was a little tube with a little ice piece in it. Looks like she made a pendant out of it since it looked good?

"Well, look who is dishonest now? You are even wearing that birthday gift I gave you on my last visit.", he said and smirked this time.

Bulma only blushed and tried to find an excuse "That was way too late! And you just gave it to me secretly with that letter. Also, you were in my room without my permission!", she kinda shouted at him but got quieter after noticing she made a ruckus for no reason and just remained silent.

"Anyway, its good to see you in person again. And nice to meet you too, Arkis.", said Bulma after giving in to his shenanigans.

Arkis watched the two of them and was curious why they behaved like that. Then something came into her mind and she also blushed. Only after Bulma talked to her again she got the chance to say something. "Likewise, Bulma.", she said politely.

Darc watched Bulma being all shy now and smiled. But shortly after he sighed. "Now, back to my question. Are you alone here?"

Bulma realized he actually did ask that in his pick up line. "No, I am actually joining Yamcha here. He is already inside in those preliminaries I think?", she answered.

"I see. So he still trains. That's a good thing to hear. You know, even Goku is taking part here.", he told her.

Bulma was surprised "What, Goku is also here?", she asked.

"Yeah, look there. Even Roshi is right over there", he said an pointed at a man with a black suit and a fedora on his head.

Bulma traced his finger and saw it as well. "You are right! Well, then Goku should be here as well just like you said. Yamcha, Oolong, and Puar should also be happy to see him again. Come to think of it. Where did that damn pig disappear to?", she said and looked around.

"You know, I was here the whole time...", sounded a dejected Oolong from the sidelines and Puar only snickered about his demise.

"...." Darc & Bulma.

"It´s been a while, Darc.", said Puar.

"Yeah, likewise. Say, did you guys shrink or something? I also didn't notice you. Well, anyway. Arkis, these two are Oolong and Puar. You both, this is Arkis. Get along well.", he introduced them as well and Arkis gave a polite hello to both of them.

She found Puar particularly interesting and actually started to pet her. She did read about cats in the book material that Darc gave her to learn about different things since he didn't actually want to go through that one situation again.

Puar could not do anything against it because she actually liked being patted. Even if she wasn't really a cat as she always said herself.

Oolong had a perverted smile "Sure, let's get along." he was immediately hit by Bulma because she knew what he was thinking. "Don't even think about it.", she scolded him.

Arkis was confused why she hit him but Darc only snickered so she thought it was the right thing to do?

Going over to Roshi they got into a conversation with him as well.

"Oh my. Long time no see.", said Roshi after seeing them.

"I did try to visit but you weren't on that island anymore...", rebuked Bulma because she really did try to visit Goku.

"Oh, we just moved to another place. Darc should know about it. Anyway, how about you let me puff-puff you for old times sake?", he asked and had a drolling face.

Bulma became enraged at that moment. Not only did she actually forget about that but now even Darc was with her. She blushed and hammered Roshi to the ground. "As if old perv!"

Where the hell did she even get that wooden Hammer from?

"You let him touch your breast?", he asked her nonchalantly.

"Of course not! I would never let someone like that defile me!!", she said in a panic.

"Oh, okay then. I believe you.", he gave as an answer and Bulma calmed down. Did he really believe her? It was kinda a lie though. This made her feel guilty now.

Darc knew better what happened so he didn't really pursue that matter.

Oolong on the sidelines though knew he would get punished later as well now that even Darc found out about it.

"Alright, then how about this beauty then? Are you willing to give some old bones a little bit of pleasure?", was what came from Roshi after he stood back up and talked to Arkis. Arkis blushed because she immediately knew what he meant by that.

But now even Darc got angry. He took the hammer from Bulma and smacked the old man to the ground until he saw stars. "Don't you go around and destroy my reputation you old fool. Arkis, don't let people like that approach you.", he said to the old perv and warned Arkis.

The atmosphere became a little bit awkward but Goku shouted them awake after finding Oolong. He was pretty happy to see them all. "Wow, everyone is also here! This is amazing! Oh, and this here is Krillin. I trained together with him.", he said and introduced Krillin.

"Hello, nice to meet you.", gave Krillin back to the people he didn't know yet.

Then Goku noticed Arkis. "You are new! I am Goku. Nice to meet you", he said with a grin.

Arkis smiled and nodded. "I am Arkis. Nice to meet you too, Goku."

He talked a bit with Roshi about how they progressed in the tournament and afterward climbed the wall back up to get back.

"He is still a runt as always", said Bulma smiling.

"Are you sure? I think he is developing really well.", said Darc to her and foreshadowed something.

"Huh, you think so?", she asked him with a confused look.

Arkis was also curious now. "Darc, that kid had a unique physique.", she said in a low voice only for him to hear.

He looked at her in surprise. "You noticed? Yeah, he is kinda special I guess.", he said and remained silent about his origin for now.

Then he noticed an aura approach them. "Long time no see, Darc!", came a cheerful voice from behind.