//------------------------------// // The beggining of the Budokai Tenkaichi // Story: Equestria Budokai Tenkaichi // by Kaliann25 //------------------------------// The train stopped on Canterlot Great Central Station after a short trip, but very uncomfortable; the whole passengers felt such a relieve. Like the Cloudsdale's best flyers annual competition or the Canterlot Rodeo; the Budokai Tenkaichi attracted audiences for every part of Equestria. Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy stretched a little for recover themselves after the trip. Rainbow moaned. "Gosh, the girls and those two were so lucky; why only the competitors had a train for themselves?" Applejack giggled. "Well, you could compete too, but of course it shall mean to be Videl's mop again." Rainbow was going to say something as well, when luckily Fluttershy saw the girls and their trainers waiting for them at the other side of the station. Gohan greeted them, he seemed to be really excited just as Videl. They were in Canterlot since Celestia raised the soon to accommodate in their assigned dressing room and made a small contest to determine the first opponents. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo ran to the ground ups. "Sis, this is great! We are so lucky to not have to fight each other during the first encounter! At this rate the tournament is going to be much more exciting leaving the bests fights to the end!" said Sweetie Belle in excitement. "Anyway, no matter when we have to fight each other, the first prize is going home with one of us" added Apple Bloom with a grin. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle celebrated Apple Bloom's comment with a laugh. The ground ups petted the little fillies' heads. "Alright, you're going to be such a blast in the platform, but remember Sweetie: you promised me you'll be at least second place" said Rarity with a smile. "I'll not fail, sis!" declared Sweetie Belle. Gohan and Videl called their students. "Come on girls, it's almost time!" The girls happily followed their masters. The mane 6 shared a look and then they followed them. They came to Canterlot Stadium, where the competition was going on. The place was full with ponies from all over Equestria hoping to see the greatest masters of martial arts, who'll prove their abilities in the most important competition for that sport. "Damn it, where can we find a place to watch the competition between this chaos?" mumbled Twilight seeing the line of ponies waiting to enter to the stadium; almost two blocks of ponies waiting to ener. "With the places we'll get we could never see the action and the girls won't see us cheering them! All the time I spent making the cheer routine is now wasted!" complained Pinkie. Rarity moaned in deception. Suddenly, two Princess's guards appeared to the small group. The leader, an old Twilight's mate, smiled to them. "Twilight and friends, Princess Celestia has invited you to her personal box seat along with Princess Luna. Mr. Gohan and Miss Videl are invited as well; Princess said is her way to apologize to them for not found a solution to your problem yet" "Well, thanks but we are contestants" said Gohan. "No problem, you can go directly to the contestant's facility from the Princess's box seat when the children's section is over. Remember there's an interlude of half an hour from children's to adult's sections. Please accept the invitation, it'll mean a lot for Princess Celestia" Gohan nodded kindly. "Very well, just wait for us so we can leave the girls on the competitor's entrance and be with you in no time". The guard nodded and left them, but he came back after a few instants. "I almost forgot: girls, there's also place for you in the Princess's box seat when the children's section is over. I'll come for you and guide you when you stop fighting". The Crusaders mumbled a quick "Understood, thank you very much" and followed their teachers to the competitor's entrance. In the way, they found their classmates who cheered them happily before vanishing in the middle of the crowd. Finally they came to the main entrance and after sharing a quick hug with Gohan and Videl, the girls entered. A guard bored of the work he had, asked their inscription voucher before let them in. "Remember girls, don't use the Ki techniques unless you're fighting between you" reminded Gohan. "But the most important thing is to have fun. Good luck you girls." "Don't worry about us, Mr. Gohan" said Scootaloo. "And we'll keep our promise, you can be sure at that" added Sweetie Belle. "Try to do your best too, Mr. Gohan" added Apple Bloom. Gohan and Videl came back with the mane 6 and went where the Princess was waiting for them. Meanwhile, in the arena, the Crusaders went to their dressing rooms and then reunited with the rest of the competitors. The referee came. "Very well fillies, I need to everypony except earth ponies to approach" said the referee. Unicorns and pegasi came close to him. So, referee's assistants started to put them a strange kind of seal in horns and a harness in wings. The referee smiled to the confused fillies. "Sorry about that, but rules specify if you fall from the platform you'll automatically disqualify. We can't allow pegasi use their wings as an unfear advantage. Also we have to be sure unicorns don't use their magic to cheat and that's what those things are for. If a unicorn makes magic, will be immediately disqualify. Also the harness prevents pegasi use wings. Sorry but those are the rules" Scootaloo giggled. "Well, we really don't need wings or magic to win" When every pegasi and unicorns were ready, the referee nodded and came to the arena. The audience was really excited. They all were giggling, talking and gambling who'll be the best martial arts fighter. But they quiet immediately when they saw the referee coming. The mane six, along with Gohan and Videl arrived the Princess's honor seat box; where Princess Celestia was already waiting for them with her sister Luna. "Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student, I'm so glad to see you and your friends. Gohan and Videl are very welcome as well" said the Princess. "Well, thank you a lot for inviting us, Princess Celestia" said Gohan shyly. "I don't know how to thank you, this is very kind and…" Videl laughed. Gohan was really shy and doesn't know how to react when was talking with someone as important as Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. The rest of them took their places. Princess Celetia smiled to Gohan. "Don't worry about it, after all, this is the only thing I can do for you after I haven't found a solution for your problems yet. Besides, I really want to see the progress you had training the little fillies" They took their time to admire the stadium; just as in Japan, the center of it was a giant platform made of cement. The referee finally came silencing the whole stadium. Gohan and Videl gasped. He was a beige pony with a blonde mane, sunglasses, a microphone Cutie Mark and a light mustache. A pony version from the referee they had home. Coincidence? "Stallions and mares, welcome to the 20th edition of the Equestria Budokai Tenkaichi. You know the rules: if you give up, you're knocked out, kill your opponent, fall from platform or you fall and don't raise at the count of ten, you'll immediately disqualify. Also if a Pegasus uses its wings or a unicorn magic, they'll be also disqualify. And, if after thirty minutes and nopony has won yet; the judges will determine the winner" "How stern" mumbled Rainbow Dash. "Remember Rainbow: earth ponies started this competition, is logical to put some rules to the other kind of ponies" said Twilight. The whole stadium exploded in cheers. "So, let's start with the children's section! But, we had an odd number of contestants this year, so we added a small rule. For each combat, ten points are given to the contestant who won. But according to the damaged received during the fight, we're going to deduct some points. If you lose, all your points are going to lost as well. At the end of the competition, the fillies with more point accumulated will be the ones who do the final match. But only one can take home the first prize" More cheers. "And now, for our first fight: little Sweetie Belle from Ponyville; versus Twinkle Star from Fillydelphia! Let's start" Rarity and Sweetie Belle's classmates yelled her name wishing her luck. The two contestants do a small reverence for a salute and evaluated each other. Sweetie Belle noticed the colt was at least twice her size and really wanted to hurt her. They started. The gigantic colt launched himself against Sweetie Belle, but she dodged the attack jumping at the right and took her chance to kick him in his flanks. Twinkle Star scram in pain and faced Sweetie Belle, who easily dodged his next attacks and kicked him back right on the jaw. He was stunned because of the attack, so she took her chance once more and started to kick him at great speed making him move back to almost fall from the platform. Finally Sweetie Bell jumped and kicked him just in the middle of his face making him fall from the platform definitely. Sweetie Bell won. "And I don't even use my front hooves. How about that?" The referee raised Sweetie Belle's hoof. "Twinkle Star fall from the platform, and also he can't continue. Little Sweetie Belle won!" All the stadium started to cheer Sweetie Belle, who just bowed to them and get back to the dressing room. In her way in, she shared a high-hoof with Apple Bloom, who was about to fight. After the introduction, Apple Bloom evaluated her opponent. Was a small and skinny girl, so Apple Bloom guessed she specialized in speed techniques. The fight started. Just as Apple Bloom thought, the girl was fast and agile; but nothing she couldn't handle. She managed to spend the first fifteen minutes dodging her making her tire to finally knock her out with a single punch directly to the jaw. Just like Sweetie Belle, she doesn't receive any damage. "Unbelievable!" shouted the referee "Two little fillies just passed with the two contestants from Ponyville passed with their ten points still intact! Can they handle this during the whole tournament?" The public resounded their hooves in excitement while Apple Bloom bowed to them and walked back to the dressing room. Scootaloo had to wait a lot for her turn, but after some fights it was finally her turn. When she came out, she found a short, but muscular colt. Once again the two opponents took a few seconds to evaluate each other. When the fight started, Scootaloo gasped when she saw the colt was short, but really fast; but not enough to beat her. And just as Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo kept him in defense position giving him a shower of kicks. The colt felt in a matter of seconds. The whole audience was stunned, and the referee raised Scootaloo's hoof to show her as wineer. "Everypony, this is unbelievable! We have three exceptional fighters. None of them has received damage, so they're draw in the first place. Can those three maintain to the end? We'll see!" In Celestia's seat box, everypony were celebrating the Crusader's victory and Applejack wasted no time in congratulate Gohan and Videl for training the little ones. Celestia was glad too, but she was like expecting something. Twilight noticed but didn't said anything about it. The fights continued one after other. Being at the first place, the girls had the privilege to select their next opponents, so they avoided fighting each other until the end. Finally they draw for 80 points each one in the last round. So for the first time in the Budokai Tenkaichi, the final match had to be between three and not two. The referee smiled, for him that was how the Tenkaichi had to be. "EVERYPONY! We already saw the incredible abilities of this three little fillies: Scootaloo, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle! None of them has received any damage, so can this be the end of their luck? Being training partners I have no doubt this is going to be epic! Everypony started to scream in excitement; that was going to be an epic fight just as the referee said. Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash approached a little to enjoy more the fight; Gohan and Videl kept their calm. The fight started. The Cutie Mark Crusaders saw each other for half second and then launched to eachother in a very high speed, starting the greatest fight ever. Scootaloo punched Apple Bloom, but she blocked the attack with her hoof and made a somersault to put herself out of her friend's reach; unfortunately, Sweetie Belle caught the opportunity and tackled her friend making her fall. The little unicorn was about to attack her fallen friend when Scootaloo made a flying kick making her put her hooves in cross position to block it. Then Apple Bloom got up and attacked the two of them with a double kick with flying effect. The two Crusaders felt on the ground while Apple Bloom put herself in position to keep fighting. That was it, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle made an agreement to defeat Apple Bloom first, so they attacked at the time the poor earth pony. Sweetie Belle was kicking while Scootaloo punching, making Apple Bloom los more and more terrain, at this rate she was going to fell from the platform. Finally Sweetie Belle used herself as a sawhorse to impulse Sweetie Belle to kick her friend out of the platform. The impact made Apple Bloom fall from the platform, as her friends expected, just in front of Celestia's seat box. "Apple Bloom" mumbled Applejack a little sad for her sister. Then, Apple Bloom stopped in the air and flew a few meters to face her friends. Everypony on Canterlot Stadium muttered immediately. An earth pony was flying? Apple Bloom crossed her hooves to make a cross position and yelled: "MA-SEN-KO" A powerful energy blast came from Apple Bloom's hooves destroying a considerable part of the platform. Her friends barely dodged it flying as well. Sweetie Belle grinned. "I see, it's time to level up". The other two nodded and then the real fight started. Sweetie Belle flew to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo shooting a kind of energy discs from her hooves making her friends move as fasts as they can. Finally one of the energy discs reached Apple Bloom making her disappear instantly. "San-Su-Ken!" screamed Sweetie looking for her real friend; who was right behind her. Apple Bloom took her chance to tackle her with her whole body. Sweetie felt on the ground and Scootaloo shot her two energy blasts from her hooves. Sweetie barely managed to dodge it and returned to the air to give Apple Bloom a lesson. The two Crusaders started a fight in the air while Scootaloo was on the ground preparing her attack: "Kame… Hame… HAAAAAAA!" The blue energy came from her hooves forcing her friends to split up if they wanted to avoid the impact. A blue explosion covered the whole sky like fireworks. The Cutie Mark Crusaders back to the air and smiled to each other. "Girls, we all known this was about time" said Apple Bloom. "I know, now, let the best Cutie Mark Crusader win" added Sweetie Belle. "Thanks!" said Scootaloo. That was it, they reassumed the fight. All the audience was shocked. What on earth was happening? All the fight was so intense and almost impossible. The referee had to take a deep breath before speaking: "My dear public, this is something completely out of any understanding. Our experts are in shock, none of them is using magic according to the detectors; also the little Scootaloo is flying without using her wings just as the little Sweetie Belle and little Apple Bloom. This fight is beyond any understanding, but in all my years of judging I'd never seen something like this!" Punches, kicks, energy blasts; everything in the air and only one of the three finalists was a pegasus. "Princess Celestia, what kind of magic is this?" managed to ask Twilight. The Princess shook her head. "Is not magic my faithful student, I can't tell you what is it but I'm sure is not magic". "I can't tell you what it is neither" said Luna amazed by the fight. Applejack gulped. "I can't believe this" "I know" said Gohan. "They mastered all my techniques in just a few months. I'm really proud of them" The eight ponies turned to Gohan and Videl. They were completely speechless looking at the Crusaders. "Don't tell me you show them how to fly and all the things they're doing" mumbled Rarity after a while. Like confirming it, Gohan raised in the air a few centimeters; raising his hoof to release a spark of Ki. "Is their internal energy what they're using" said Gohan calmly. "Is very simple to transform it into devastating attacks once you know how to control it" "It took it's time but it worth it" said Videl flying a little too. The mane six and the Princesses were completely shocked. Rainbow Dash giggled nervously. "It's ridiculous, only pegasi can fly" she said. Fluttershy pointed the Crusaderes. "Tell that to Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle" Celestia didn't say anything so as Luna; they only shared a look but nopony noticed it. The fight continued growing in intensity, the three fillies were amazing using Gohan's attacks and the platform was almost destroyed. Only a few places saved to be destroyed by the energy attacks. Then, a strange bell rang. Their thirty minutes were over. Completely surprised, the three of them landed. "Is not fear, I was wining already" moaned Sweetie Belle. "You're dreaming, I was the one who was winning" defied Apple Bloom. "You two are wrong, I was taking home the trophy" They started an argument soon to become a real fight when Princess Celestia arrived. "Young fillies, I must say that was the most amazing fight I ever saw; unfortunately it was a draw. Do you mind to share the prize?" "No problem Princess Celestia" said the three of them really excited. Celestia turned to the audience. "People of Equestria, I have the great pleasure to announce this three little fillies are the winners from children's section in this Equestria Budokai Tenkaichi Edition! They had showed us the best fight ever, but it was so intense so I have to delay the adult's fights until tomorrow; so we can have a new platform" The whole stadium once again cheered in excitement. The Cutie Mark Crusaders bowed to them smiling and saluting their classmates. But after a while, Celestia made them follow her. Without saying anything, she guided them to her personal seat box. Gohan and Videl were in a corner surrounded by Luna and the Mane 6. The Crusaders joined to their masters and then Celestia spoke: "Now, do you mind to explain?"