The day began with intensity as the crowd was impatiently waiting for the preliminaries to finish. Even so, with the aid of Launch, everyone managed to get good places up close and personal to the action. Bosa giggling as Bulma, Launch, and Puar played with him. He also started to pick up words more readily.
"Oh my, he's picking up words left and right now." Oolong grumbled, thinking about how much of a pain it'll be.
"Oh yeah? And what's wrong with that Oolong? My son is a smart boy…" Bulma retorted holding Bosa up to her face and the two's noses gently rubbed. "If you really have that pig of a problem with it, I'll start saying that word you don't want to hear."
"Anything but that, No saying piggy alright." Oolong panicked, relenting as he held his stomach.
"Piggy!" Bosa shouted, "Mommy, Oolong is piggy?" Bosa asked, then saw Oolong running away holding his butt. "Why is piggy running away? Piggy come back! Piggy…" Bosa said, in the longest stream of words yet and pouted nearly coming to tears.
"Oh don't cry Bosa, that word makes him go number 2 really bad." Bulma answered, wiping the welled up tears away before they fell down Bosa's cheeks.
"Piggy, makes piggy go potty?" Bosa asked, in an inquisitive voice.
After a while Oolong came back and the preliminaries ended. And the lots for the tournament were drawn. The announcer introduced the fighters and their match lots. Then a brief intermission was held, allowing the anticipation to build, and the fighters to rest before the tournament begins in earnest.
The first match was Tien against Mercenary Tao. The cheering of the crowd was loud, and yet, Bosa didn't register it at all. Instead his eyes were transfixed upon the fight. And then during one of Tao's rants…
"GO UNCLE TIEN! UNCLE TIEN BEAT THE BAD MAN!" Bosa shouted with his whole lung capacity, rendering him exhausted.
Tien, having three eyes, had one of them look over to see that the voice really came from Bosa. And a small smile appeared on Tien's face, he held up a fist and extended his thumb…
"Don't worry little man, the bad man is going to lose."
Launch, in her blonde state, was even more over the moon seeing that interaction. "I've got to make him mine. I've made up my mind. I'm not going to rest till we're together."
Tien blushed once he heard that blatant of a confession. And then the fight continued. Once the energy attacks really started flying, Bosa looked confused yet, enthralled.
"Hmm… Bulma, that son of yours. He seems like he'll be a great martial artist one day. Frankly, I've never seen a child so young be so interested…" Master Roshi said, noticed the unusual interest in the fight.
"Gramps Roshi, the, uhm… Lights? What are they?" Bosa asked, not taking his eyes off the fight for a moment.
"Hmm, one day you could learn to do the very same kind of things. But for now I think it might be too complicated and dangerous for someone so young and weak like you are now, Young Bosa." Master Roshi answered, opting to leave the mysterious wonders of the arts for a later date. There, he is still so young, let him enjoy the mystery a little bit longer.
A few more moments later, Tien ended up with a total victory. With the encouragement of his friends and the hopes of someone looking up to him as a role model, he ended the fight completely unscathed.
That was odd, I felt… Stronger after Bosa said that, huh? This must be what role models felt like. Instead of leaving to the fighter waiting area, Tien took a moment to visit Bosa and rub his head. "Thanks little man."
"Hey, Tien! What am I? Chopped liver?" Launch said, interrupting, though only after a short pause. Then she offered her head for a pat. "I want one too."
"Uh? Alright…" Tien said, turning red in the face.
A little later it was time for the next match, Goku versus Anonymous… This time it wasn't all that impressive of a fight when compared to the threat from the last one. Though, once the fight was brought to a lull. Bosa sensed something wrong with Bulma as she had an instinctive urge flow through her, her embrace was a little tighter and more for her and not Bosa.
"Mommy, is mommy okay?" Bosa asked, looking up and saw the glistening of a tear forming.
No response and then Bosa looked back at the fight. And heard the exchange…
"YOU PROMISED TO MARRY ME!"
"Woah folks, did I hear that right?"
"Wait, Goku, you promised to get married to this woman?"
"Uh, I don't know? What's Marriage mean? Is it something that you eat?"
As the crowd fell on their backs at that moment, Chichi grew furious and red.
"You…! You really forgot about our promise…"
"Goku, Marriage is when you and your partner live together…" Krillin attempted to explain it. "It's something people who love each other do."
"Oh?" Goku said, scratching his cheek. His eyes focused on Chichi and unfortunately for someone else… "Well, that was a promise made as kids, and I thought marriage was some kind of food you eat. But, I can't deny what I feel. Let's do it, so, Chichi, will you marry me?"
Bulma's heart sank as the second to last final hope was destroyed before her very eyes. And then the last one fell to the wayside as well when…
"Yes, of course I'll marry you, Goku." Chichi bashfully nodded.
Bulma's legs started to feel weak. "Launch, can you hold Bosa…"
"Mommy, what's wrong?" Bosa asked, when he saw the tears from his new perspective in Launch's arms.
"Hey, Bulma, how about we go get some privacy. You can get it all out there." Launch said with an unusually caring attitude in her blonde form.
"Huh, hey Launch, Bulma…" Master Roshi called out, Bulma turned and he saw her face filled with tears. "Oh, uh, I'm going to check on them. When you're done… I mean ready, come back and visit them.
In the waiting area Roshi arrived with the two transformers Puar and Oolong. Tien and the others were there, still in a daze at just how quick that happened.
"So, this is going to be rough on her. I mean she wasn't really hiding what she was going for earlier…" Krillin mentioned, slightly annoyed with Goku now. Though it was impossible to stay mad at Goku forever.