The first round of bouts was finally over. Great battles had been fought with much skill and technique shown by all fighters. The crowds were buzzing with talk of the superhuman feats witnessed in the ring. Teenagers replayed video recordings of the battles, disappointing to find that their cameras were not equipped enough to deal with the fast moving pace of the fighters. Videos of the fights went viral, the videos explicitly showing and exposing the fighters as they seemingly shimmered across the ring, attacking each other with lighting fast ferocity. The tournament was trending online, and even scientists were hastily tying to explain away the impossibilities of such miraculous actions. All eyes were on the World Martial Arts Tournament and it's incredible combatants. However, little did the public know of the shady dealings that were taking place behind the scenes....

Piccolo made his way towards the forest outlying the hustle and bustle of the busy Martial Arts center. He went alone, and none challenged him as he went or inquired after him. He didn't even look back as he left, causing some of the stewards of the tournament that spotted him walking away to wonder if he was leaving, but were too cowardly to actually confront the giant green man.

Piccolo walked for a short while before stopping in a small clearing. He looked about him, making sure no one had followed him. It seemed that he had made a startling impression on the humans, and now none dared to approach him for fear of being hurt in some way. Piccolo smirked to himself. Soon they will despair at even the thought of my power. Once I have displayed my domination of their strongest fighters, I shall turn my eye to the domination of their peoples, and come to rule over these lands like I once ruled long ago.

After double checking his privacy, Piccolo began to heave quite violently as if he were about to be sick. He convulsed like this for a few moments, and with every convulsion a lump in his throat formed and expanded, getting bigger and bigger each time. Soon, his throat bulged like that of a bullfrog, almost to the point of bursting. Then, quite suddenly, Piccolo's jaw swung open, dislocating itself from it's normally fixed position and bursting open like the jaws of a snake. Out of his mouth fell a huge white egg, speckled with green dots and jagged lines. The slime from Piccolo's insides clung to the outer shell and dripped from Piccolo's mouth in a vile fashion. Wiping his mouth, Piccolo watched as the egg began to hatch at an alarming rate...

Akihiko walked out of the showers, stretching a little. His fight took a lot out of him, but it appeared he was back on his feet now. But still, he lost. That was a very bitter pill to swallow for him. It was all because of that stupid move he tried. He got too hasty when it came to finishing the battle and he paid for it. That was also the first time he used any of his ki powers in public. The audience was amazed. So amazed that even though he didn't win his fight, he had people come up to him and ask how he performed such amazing feats. He would always respond with the same thing; work hard, eat right, and never give up. He wasn't going to lie, his responses were a little sluggish. That loss put a real damper on his mood. He would have to go home empty handed and tell his friends and family that he failed. Or maybe they already knew? They surely knew of the amazing feats performed at this tournament.

If they knew that, maybe they knew of his loss too? Akihiko jolted up. No. No time to mope! No time to feel sorry for yourself! It's time to train! Akihiko quickly got dressed and began to do squat thrusts right in the middle of the shower room. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eigh-- AH!" His leg gave out and he fell. Akihiko shook his head. It appeared he still wasn't ready for intensive physical activity. "Alright then..." He stood up and brushed himself off. "Later." He was right. There would be plenty of time to train later. Then he will come back and take the next tournament by storm! With a nod, he left the shower room and went to sit down in the Commons area.

Rakutsu was on laying on a bench stairing at the celling. He had finished his match againest a older male fighter and won with a few scratches, but why was he mad? To answer this question his opponent Akihiko Yoshigawa used a ki attack at the end of their fight. This wouldn't be a problem if, Aki knew that, he was a ki user, but he didn't know and that could have killed him if the attack hit. He also wasn't mindful of the people in the stands and they could have died.
He got up and punched a dent in the locker in frot of him and left to the common areas. On the way, he ignored any reporter or person wanting to ask him about his fight even if it was a pretty girl his age. As he entered the common area, he took a beep breath and shouted"WHERE THE HELL IS AKIHIKO YOSHIGAWA." He didn't let anyone answer as, he scanned the room and saw him. He ran at him so fast, he would seem to be a blur so, he can try to grab by the neck. Even if, he failed he wouldn't back down."Are you a f#%}ing idiot or WHAT?!" He was steaming mad and wouldn't listing to reason until he made his point. He put a open plam a few inches away from his face and charge a bright blue glow in the form his his ki."You know what I'm doing with my hand right and did ou know if I could do this before our fight because I sure as hell didn't tell anyone?!" The glow begun to become brighter as, he put more energy into it. You do realize that you could have killed someone with that stupid stunt of yours and not just me, but the people in the stands well DO YOU. I've only used my ki attacks in forests during training, but never one anyone else why don't I try it out on you?" He waited a moment as, he kept the charging ki attack infront of Aki's face, but instead of fireing at him, he when to a open window and fired it at the sky.
He then marched to Aki and tryed to punch him in the face hard. "Do NOT let me catch you doing something that stupid again." He didn't even let him answer his questions as, he stormed off to find a place to relax.

[1-11, Evade 12-20, Struck. Rolled 1-5-5; Evaded]
Akihiko was relaxing when the guy he fought came up and started lecturing him. There weren't a lot of things that made Aki angry, but this guy was really pushing it. Then, he tried to hit him. Aki deftly dodged. Then, his attacker tried to walk away. Aki thought for a second about trying to fight back, but he gritted his teeth and decided to wait until he fully recovered. When that happened, he would get his revenge. Aki blinked. It was so rare for him to get angry. He was kind of scaring himself. Aki shook his head and grinned. "Hey! He shouted after Raku. "I look forward to a rematch!" He said with a big smile.