For a few moments, Kaido was lost in his thoughts imagining the soon-to-occur fight between Arra and Lero. She supposedly had a lower battle power, but something told him that was because no one had bothered measure it when she was pissed. He must've looked like quite the idiot as he stared at Arra, as soon the glare she was directing at Lero was turned to him.

"What are you looking at? You think I can't back it up?"

As fun as it was to see her get angry at others, he had just witnessed how her simply getting angry was enough to help her win matches not in her favor. It wasn't wise to piss her off when he could fight her later on.

"No, I'm just picturing Lero's face after you're done with him."

It was by far the best possible response he could've given to calm her, but on the other hand, it wasn't the kind of response any other Saiyan would give. If his father was the one in his shoes, he'd have challenged Arra even further.

With a confident smile on her face, she got up, dragging the injured Leku behind she made it to where everyone was standing, she dropped him and moved to go get Nipu as well. She didn't really need to do that, and he was already trying to start a fight, so of course Lero needed to comment.

"Arra, put down that weakling and let one of his parents come for him."

Arra didn't get to reply to him before the other girl gave her own opinion, finally stepping out from behind Kaido to be in between him in Lero. While she spoke, the announcer addressed the masses with the news that Arra had one.

"Actually, it's not a bad idea to move them both. Them being there means we can have people trip. That's not as fun as watching people really fight."

Kaido honestly had to agree, but at the same time he'd now have to scrap some ideas of his own because of it. No longer could he get away with something like pushing his future opponent back into one of the bodies to get the upper hand. He hadn't intended to resort to that kind of thing immediately, but he wasn't going to let himself lose in the first round because he didn't feel like being underhanded.

Still, it put this strange girl in a new light. She apparently really found the idea of 'fair' fights important, as she had been angry about his interrupting Leku's concentrations earlier. Then the little interaction between all of them was ended when the announcer said the words Kaido dreaded.

"If the Saiyans 'Kaido' and 'Kohl' are present, come forward."

There it was. Kaido first turned to the crowd, specifically at his father. Artiko could barely stand still, and it looked like he was pointing his son out to the King.. So Kaido couldn't really let himself lose.

Kohl was the first to step up, and when Kaido realized that he'd be disqualified if he didn't do the same, he followed his opponent's example. This 'Kohl' was someone he had never seen before, though considering that could be said for most others in his arena, it didn't mean much. He was far taller than Kaido, and far more muscular, which made the guy an oddity among the contestants. Unlike the others, Kohl hadn't just come of age.

So once the two Saiyans were standing in front of one another, it was actually pretty comical. It was something Papai certainly had to point out himself. "Standing before you all now, are the Saiyans Kaido and Kohl. Kaido is the child of his majesty's loyal soldier Artiko, and stands with a battle power of 450. In front of him is the older Saiyan Kohl, the son of Shugesh, one of Lord Frieza's men. Kohl has himself a battle power of 600, which of course would make sense for someone three years Kaido's elder." Three years meant that Kohl either failed to survive the first round of the Placement Trials three times in a row, or hadn't attended at all. That meant that Kaido didn't need to fear his power level- Kohl had somehow not survived the first round before..

In the moments that followed, before the whistle could let them know to start the battle, the only voices that could be heard clearly were those of Lero, and another boy who Kaido didn't know. Kaido didn't turn to actually look at them, since he wasn't dumb, but he had heard enough from Lero to know that taunts and insults were coming.

"So a loser like Kaido versus someone so bad they couldn't even get picked by one of Frieza's goons in three whole years. King Vegeta sure is going to be bored out of his mind waiting for my fights." The other boy laughed in agreement, before commenting himself. "So, which one do you think will win, Lero? Kohl or Kaido? 'Cause-"

Then the whistle-like noise blared out, and the fight had begun. Kaido was lucky he was actually still looking at Kohl, as the older Saiyan was eager to get the first hit. Kaido just barely dodged the first punch, which was intended for his gut, by jumping back. Like some others his age he had enough ki control to fly, so simply jumping wasn't exactly a difficult feat.

Realizing Kohl would just charge forward and try a series of strikes, before Kaido hit the ground he put his hands together to send a blast of ki to the ground and disrupt Kohl's movements. He'd see he was wrong to think Kohl wouldn't charge anyway, as once Kaido hit the ground, Kohl had simply brought his arm up to defend himself and move forward anyway. Then, once he was close enough, Kohl kicked the unsuspecting Kaido in the chest, to send him to the ground.

Once he saw this, Lero decided to answer his friend's question. He didn't care for either of the fighters, but of course he held a grudge towards Kaido. He didn't care if his conversation was distracting. "Well Komat, my money is on Kohl. Kaido couldn't beat one of the Saibamen, even if his father beat the creature to an inch of its life." If Kaido wasn't a little busy, he would've tried to defend himself. But something told him that Kohl wasn't willing to stop for a brief moment and simply allow Kaido to give his retort.

Kaido wanted to get up and fight before Papai considered him unable, but he knew that Kohl would just strike him once he tried to. So rather than stand up at all, what Kohl did was blast the ground below him to propel himself into the sky and avoid being kicked.

"Well I can't blame you for thinking that way, Lero- but you're wrong. Maybe this Kohl didn't lose cause he's weak, but because-" From Kaido's vantage point in the sky, he could see that the girl who had gotten annoyed at him for merely trying to encourage Arra before had elbowed this 'Komat' in the stomach. "Brother, I swear, if you don't keep shut.." So they were siblings- that was nice to know, but not what Kaido should focus on at the moment.

No, instead, what he had to focus on was Kohl below him. Choosing to simulate the fight between Arra and Leku before him, Kaido chose to send a barrage of energy down on Kohl, to at least keep the opponent occupied dodging.. but like before, Kohl chose to simply try blocking the attack rather than moving out of the way.

That was when Kaido noticed what was going on- Kohl was showing of his endurance rather than agility, likely so he could impress someone from the Planet Trade Organization at least. He probably wouldn't be too damaged by the blasts since Kaido hadn't intended for them to do major damage, so it wasn't the worst idea. However, it showed Kaido that Kohl was pretty confident he'd win, despite his previous losses.

So as Kohl was pushed back by the barrage of blasts, Kaido came up with a bit of a plan. He dropped down to ground level, and once Kohl noticed this, he ran forward, probably intending to knock Kaido out and win this image of 'hardened soldier' he so desperately needed. As Kohl got closer, Kaido pointed his finger at him, concentrating his energy into it before firing the beam off. Unlike the previous blasts, this wasn't meant as some distraction. So when Kohl finally brought his arms to his chest to block it, he'd go through the painful surprise of realizing the concentrated beam had gone through his left arm and shoulder.

Kaido had made sure the beam wouldn't hit one of his organs out of respect for the rules, but the rules never said he couldn't poke a few holes in the much stronger Saiyan. Kohl was stopped in his tracks by the attack, likely because he probably thought blasts from a kid could only bruise him at best, and Kaido took this as an opportunity to continue, sending off weaker beams aimed at other parts of his body. The speed of these small attacks made it so Kohl couldn't block them all with his uninjured hand, and as a result he was forced to finally try dodging.

Lero was presumably watching intently, but Komat was risking his sister's ire by continuing on with his explanation. "As I was saying, before Suna so rudely interrupted me, he could be he's unintelligent. He has the highest battle power out of all of us, and look at him now, he's bleeding. So my money's on Kaido." Kaido couldn't have put it better himself. Anyone who willingly allowed blasts to hit them the way Kohl was doing definitely didn't deserve to be considered stronger. Regardless of battle power, concentrated energy when used correctly could split the strongest warriors in half.

When Kohl finally began dodging the beams of ki that Kaido was sending to approach him, Kaido decided it was time to look like more of a target. Pretending to be overconfident, he put his left hand behind him, gathering energy in it for a strong blast while he sent weaker versions of his beam attack at the quickly approaching opponent.

This false overconfidence drew Kohl closer and closer, to the point where he was about to strike Kaido's neck and likely knock him out. Once he was close enough though, Kaido moved his hand and fired the blast at a point blank range. Needless to say, it stopped Kohl in his tracks to have the blast fired at him from the side, and it sent him flying towards the other contestants.

All of them were able to get out of the way fast enough, so all Kohl would hit would be the wall. Kohl wasn't knocked out cold by this attack, but it kept him down for a few moments. While Kaido was more than capable of blasting Kohl while he was down, he didn't. Not only was it an unnecessary move, Kaido had already used a lot of energy and it wasn't wise to continue doing so when he'd have to fight someone else soon. So instead, he stood where he was, allowing Kohl to get back up and try to approach him.

Kohl had actually learned something from this whole experience, so he didn't rush forward like Kaido expected him to. No, he took out of his opponent's book and tried sending his own ki blasts from afar. These weren't too hard to dodge, as Kohl's left arm hurt like hell, and he was holding his side.

Kaido refrained from approaching Kohl at this point, instead merely moving out of the way of his blasts until the latter had used too much of his energy to continue the constant barrage. Unlike Kaido's attacks, these were meant to hurt- and a lot went into them.

When Kohl made one last ball of ki as a last ditch attempt, it's growth was stopped by one of Kaido's beams. A small explosion that would knock Kohl against the wall again was the result. This time, the impact did prevent him from simply getting up again.

When Kohl finally looked away from his fight to see how people were reacting, what he saw brought a smile to his face. Arra and Suna didn't really care for what they saw, but Lero was visibly pretty angry at the result. Komat was smirking, probably due to the fact that he predicted the result. These, however, were not the reactions that really mattered to him. No, the reaction that affected him was the one of his father.

When Kaido looked up at him, he could see that Artiko was smiling.