[center][h2]Tournament Aftermath, Planet Earth[/h2][h3]Sunday, July 17th, 2500
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Pan grinned at Bakuto's excitement. His unyielding desire for battle yet childlike innocence reminded her of her grandpa, Goku. Off training in the afterlife, always getting stronger, never aging, she missed her grandpa. Sure, he could visit any time, but sometimes it would be years between visits. 

"Good." Pan said to Bakuto. "I wasn't sure at first, but now, I think you'll fit right in with the team." 

She motioned for Bakuto to follow as she started walking toward the ring's exit. "Come on then. I have a private plane waiting for you at the airport. You can ask the pilot to take you anywhere you want today, and you can stay there tomorrow if you like."

They walked through the empty building where the preliminary rounds were fought. "But Tuesday, he has orders to fly to our private training island, with or without you. If you're serious about all this, you'll be on that flight. Understood?" 

Pan's eyes were serious as she looked to the young man. 

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The old gentleman nodded with his signature kind smile as Angela mentioned going home to see her family. Then, after signing an autograph for the ramen shop keeper, she asked him who he was. To that he smiled, deciding how formally he should introduce himself. 

"Ah yes, I suppose I owe you that much." He set his glass of water down on the table and turned his swiveling chair square to face her. "My name is Son Gohan, but you can just call me Gohan." Then, with great pride, he swelled up. "Though, you may have heard of me by another name, the Great Saiyaman!"

When this failed to get a reaction out of Angela, he deflated. "Nevermind, that was before your time. Anyways, I'm Gohan, son to one of the greatest fighters in the world, Goku. Of course, you wouldn't remember his name. Let's just say, he was a great protector of this world for a long time, but through special means, his name has been erased from the history books."

Afraid that he would loose Angela's attention if he rambled any further, he moved on. "And I understand wanting to be with your family. That is an admirable trait." Finally, Gohan showed her a serious face. "At the same time, I'm not here to ask you to join a fun summer camp or something. There are dark forces on the way to Earth, and we need fighters as soon as possible. They will be here in less than a month, and every day that passes is another day wasted. Now there is a small private plane at the airport that you can use to go home to see your family. You can even stay the day with them tomorrow and get all your affairs in order. After that though, we'll need to get started... if you choose to join us."

The seriousness in his eyes gave way to his previous good natured state. "So what do you say?" He smiled wide.
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