*Chapter IV*
The entire foundation seemed to rumble as the sounds of unknown and unseen fighters filled the Colosseum. They could hear the grunts and shrieks and the battle cries of things that only the Z-fighters minds could imagine. But they held their fears and kept their spirits as they awaited the inevitable battle that was about to take place. The creature's voice once again rumbled, louder than the noise provided by the colosseum fighters.
"My warriors seem to be growing impatient. They haven't had a good fight in some time now. I hope you will not disappoint them. Before we begin, I don't believe that I have introduced myself properly. I am Durgan. I started my travels from my home planet in the Gluson galaxy. I take my Colosseum from planet to planet and gather the greatest fighters from planets all over the universe. Every now and then I get a group of friends from the fighter I collect that try to save them, much like yourselves. Unfortunately I must tell you that none of them have ever succeeded. That's a reputation I intend to uphold. This colosseum is especially crafted for fighting. The floor you stand on may seem like an ordinary dirt floor, but it has been compacted and fused with several types of energy so there is no chance of it breaking under any conditions. The walls can withstand any type of energy or physical attack. Yes, as I'm sure you are thinking, it is perfect. I will continue to release my fighters until you are all eliminated. My fighters have no names, only numbers and letters to classify their ranks, you will start with the lowest rank which is D. If you are lucky you might get to meet one of my prize warriors, but don't count on it. Now, for the first level. Prepare yourselves. It is time to begin."
Durgan lowered his head and started pressing some buttons from his viewing box. Doors from the lowest level of the stands started opening one by one. After each door opened, one fighter would take a step outside and await the rest of their comrades. Each fighter had one resemblance, the same blood red eyes that gave each of them an eerie appearance. Once all the doors had opened and all the fighters had come out from their prep chambers, they hopped down onto the floor. The doors closed simultaneously. There was one warrior for each Z-fighter and they took their picks.
Piccolo moved his foot back to begin a dash and the Z-fighters disappeared, starting their attack. Each Z-fighter started with a punch directly to their chosen warriors face and they all connected sending them into different ends of the colosseum walls. With that they disappeared again as well as their opponents.
Krillen had chosen to fight with a shorter, Frieza like creature except this one had bigger muscles, black armor, and lacked a tail. There was a tag, 12D, infused into its armor. Krillen began by throwing punches as fast as he could at random spots on its body. 12D seemed to block them all, but it was struggling. Krillen then disappeared and came down with a hammerblow to its head, but it managed to move out of the way in time, leaving an opening which it took advantage of. 12D pulled its knee directly into Krillen's stomach and followed with a hammer to his back sending him flying into the colosseum floor. There was no mark left after Krillen disappeared and had successfully lodged his elbow into 12D's gut. He followed up with a roundhouse to the side of its head, sending it headfirst into the wall. As it fell to the floor, Krillen sent a ki blast after it. The beam exploded just before 12D hit the floor. Krillen sat and watched for the smoke to clear, but felt his opponent appear behind him and dropped in time to miss a sidekick to his back. Krillen pushed himself back up and connected his fist with 12D's chin which connected with the ceiling. On the way down Krillen grabbed its legs but 12D immediately shot an energy beam into his chest and followed up with a barrage of punches to his face. 12D pulled its leg above Krillen's head and dropped it sending him to the floor once again.
Yamcha was not having a good time with his choice. He had chosen a creature of his size, it's skin was a pale blue and it had no hair. It wore a black karate gi and had a tag, 23D, sewn into it. It continually was on the attack as Yamcha tried furiously to block each hit. 23D finally found an opening and punched Yamcha in the jaw, staggering him for a moment. It then sent a fist into Yamcha's gut, flipped over and dropped its heel into his back. Yamcha hit the floor hard, but didn't waste time as he felt 23D closing in to drop a knee into his back. Yamcha rolled over just in time to dodge it and he blasted 23D at point blank. Yamcha then disappeared as he sensed it heading for the ceiling. He appeared directly over 23D as it was on its way up from the blast and Yamcha crammed his fist into its back. It made a sound of pain as it was sent back down. Before it landed Yamcha appeared under it to bring his knee into its stomach but it disappeared. Yamcha had no time to react before 23D rammed him in the side and continued until he was plowed into the wall.
Tien had chosen a tall, humanoid creature. It was wearing only a pair of black shorts with the tag 5D sewn into them. He had no trouble dealing with this fighter as he blocked each attack, but he couldn't land an attack of his own, as 5D had great reflexes. They were fighting on the colosseum floor as each exchanged blows, both blocking every attempt. Tien attempted to sweep its feet but it hopped up and threw a kick in return. Tien had to swivel his body while on one foot to avoid the attack and he jumped up, still twisting and bashed its face with a spinning kick. 5D was immediately back on top of Tien, but was a bit slower than before. Tien was able to find an opening and elbowed it in the face. As it stumbled back Tien dashed at full speed and put his fist into its abdomen. 5D crumbled to its knees with its arms folded under its stomach. Tien just kicked it into the nearest wall and blasted it away.
Piccolo was upset with the weakness of his opponent. He had chosen a slim, very toned humanoid-like creature with orange skin wearing a black skin-tight suit. It had a tag, 1D, sewn into it. Piccolo didn't seem to move as 1D threw punches as fast as it could. Piccolo just lifted his hand and slapped it into the floor. He stared as it slowly picked itself up and disappeared. Piccolo moved his eyes forward and then ducked as a fist flew where his head should have been. Piccolo grabbed its arm and pulled it over his shoulder. As he was about to let it smash into the ground he lifted his knee and drove it into 1D's head. The creature seemed to be completely knocked out. Piccolo put his hands together and gathered a small amount of energy. He closed his eyes, shook his head and simply released the blast. There was nothing left of 1D when the smoke cleared.
Gohan also had no trouble with his choice. He was matched with a large muscular alien that seemed to have a problem with warts all over its body. It's skin was a dark pinkish color and it wore black armor with the tag, 9D, fused into it. Gohan easily dodged the punches and kicks as if it were in slow motion. Gohan landed on the ground as 9D was charging down at him. Gohan disappeared as it landed with its fist in the ground, hoping that it had hit him. Gohan appeared above it and dropped his foot into its neck. 9D was stunned, but quickly recovered to find that Gohan was nowhere to be seen. It looked around dumbfounded until Gohan appeared directly in front of its face. 9D staggered back a few steps in fear. Before it could tell that Gohan had moved, it took an elbow to the back of the head and a kick to its spine, rendering it unconscious as it toppled over onto the floor. Gohan didn't want to destroy it so he simply left it there and waited for what Durgan had to say.He noticed Durgan press at button when 9D had fallen. In an instant 9D melted into nothing and there was nothing left but a small microchip which had been in its neck.
Krillen had gained the upper hand on 12D and was successfully landing attacks on it, but he had taken his fair share of injuries as he had bruises on his face and arms and was bleeding from the lip. Krillen kicked 12D straight into the air and followed it with an energy beam. The beam drove it into the ceiling and left a nice burn mark on its back as it descended back to the floor. Krillen shot up at 12D and planted his knee into its back, then dropped an eblow into its stomach returning it to the floor. He put his hands together and brought them to his side as he began chanting to himself.
"Kaaa...Meee...Haaa...Meee...", Krillen was now holding an intense ball of blue energy that radiated with its pure force. 12D managed to open its eyes just as Krillen yelled the last sound.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
The solid blue streak of energy left his hands as he thrust them in 12D's direction. It struck with deadly accuracy and cleared the colosseum floor of any trace of 12D's existence.
Yamcha was still intense with his battle against 23D. Neither seemed to have the advantage. 23D kicked Yamcha across the face, blood leaving his mouth, but he just turned around and countered with an uppercut to the jaw, sending 23D into the air. Yamcha formed a small but intense ball of yellow energy in his hand. It hovered there for a second gathering energy. When he felt it ready he hurled it at 23D as it was on its way back down. 23D disappeared just before the energy ball hit, but before it hit the ceiling, Yamcha moved his hands in a certain motion and it shifted directions coming back towards the ground. 23D appeared in at another end of the colosseum and Yamcha moved his hands to send the ball after it. 23D disappeared again and Yamcha quickly changed the energy ball's direction before it exploded against the wall. It passed directly in front of Yamcha just as 23D appeared behind him. He quickly moved his hands and the ball started straight for Yamcha's head. Just before it hit him he ducked and it made contact with 23D's face. The explosion was enormous and Yamcha had to jump away from the force of the blast. When the smoke cleared there was but a decapitated body of 23D left on the floor.
All the Z-fighters had passed the first level of warriors that Durgan had unleashed. They awaited for his next words.
"So, are you warmed up yet? I hope you didn't think that was hard, because this is only the beginning.", Durgan announced.
"You've gotta be kidding. That was just a warm up?", Yamcha gasped as he was catching his breath.
"You guys, I'm not sure I'll make it through this. That fight took a lot from me.", Krillen said, also trying to regain some strength, "I don't want to have to take a sensu bean. We only have one for each of us."
"If you need it Krillen then take it. We're gonna need everyone for this.", Piccolo responded.
"Hey guys, if it really gets too rough for you then it might be better if you go. We don't want to lose anyone here.", Gohan said.
"We'll be alright, I'm gonna take my sensu bean now. Does anyone else want one?", Krillen offered as he took the pouch from his belt and took out his bean.
"I think I'm gonna need one.", Yamcha replied as he walked over to Krillen and took a bean out of the bag.
Krillen and Yamcha ate their beans and their bruises and cuts healed. They bulked up a little and they charged up power levels back to their full potential.
"I hope you are prepared, because my fighters are eager to get their chance with you.", Durgan stated.
He started pressing more buttons and the doors on the next tier started to open one by one.
The entire foundation seemed to rumble as the sounds of unknown and unseen fighters filled the Colosseum. They could hear the grunts and shrieks and the battle cries of things that only the Z-fighters minds could imagine. But they held their fears and kept their spirits as they awaited the inevitable battle that was about to take place. The creature's voice once again rumbled, louder than the noise provided by the colosseum fighters.
"My warriors seem to be growing impatient. They haven't had a good fight in some time now. I hope you will not disappoint them. Before we begin, I don't believe that I have introduced myself properly. I am Durgan. I started my travels from my home planet in the Gluson galaxy. I take my Colosseum from planet to planet and gather the greatest fighters from planets all over the universe. Every now and then I get a group of friends from the fighter I collect that try to save them, much like yourselves. Unfortunately I must tell you that none of them have ever succeeded. That's a reputation I intend to uphold. This colosseum is especially crafted for fighting. The floor you stand on may seem like an ordinary dirt floor, but it has been compacted and fused with several types of energy so there is no chance of it breaking under any conditions. The walls can withstand any type of energy or physical attack. Yes, as I'm sure you are thinking, it is perfect. I will continue to release my fighters until you are all eliminated. My fighters have no names, only numbers and letters to classify their ranks, you will start with the lowest rank which is D. If you are lucky you might get to meet one of my prize warriors, but don't count on it. Now, for the first level. Prepare yourselves. It is time to begin."
Durgan lowered his head and started pressing some buttons from his viewing box. Doors from the lowest level of the stands started opening one by one. After each door opened, one fighter would take a step outside and await the rest of their comrades. Each fighter had one resemblance, the same blood red eyes that gave each of them an eerie appearance. Once all the doors had opened and all the fighters had come out from their prep chambers, they hopped down onto the floor. The doors closed simultaneously. There was one warrior for each Z-fighter and they took their picks.
Piccolo moved his foot back to begin a dash and the Z-fighters disappeared, starting their attack. Each Z-fighter started with a punch directly to their chosen warriors face and they all connected sending them into different ends of the colosseum walls. With that they disappeared again as well as their opponents.
Krillen had chosen to fight with a shorter, Frieza like creature except this one had bigger muscles, black armor, and lacked a tail. There was a tag, 12D, infused into its armor. Krillen began by throwing punches as fast as he could at random spots on its body. 12D seemed to block them all, but it was struggling. Krillen then disappeared and came down with a hammerblow to its head, but it managed to move out of the way in time, leaving an opening which it took advantage of. 12D pulled its knee directly into Krillen's stomach and followed with a hammer to his back sending him flying into the colosseum floor. There was no mark left after Krillen disappeared and had successfully lodged his elbow into 12D's gut. He followed up with a roundhouse to the side of its head, sending it headfirst into the wall. As it fell to the floor, Krillen sent a ki blast after it. The beam exploded just before 12D hit the floor. Krillen sat and watched for the smoke to clear, but felt his opponent appear behind him and dropped in time to miss a sidekick to his back. Krillen pushed himself back up and connected his fist with 12D's chin which connected with the ceiling. On the way down Krillen grabbed its legs but 12D immediately shot an energy beam into his chest and followed up with a barrage of punches to his face. 12D pulled its leg above Krillen's head and dropped it sending him to the floor once again.
Yamcha was not having a good time with his choice. He had chosen a creature of his size, it's skin was a pale blue and it had no hair. It wore a black karate gi and had a tag, 23D, sewn into it. It continually was on the attack as Yamcha tried furiously to block each hit. 23D finally found an opening and punched Yamcha in the jaw, staggering him for a moment. It then sent a fist into Yamcha's gut, flipped over and dropped its heel into his back. Yamcha hit the floor hard, but didn't waste time as he felt 23D closing in to drop a knee into his back. Yamcha rolled over just in time to dodge it and he blasted 23D at point blank. Yamcha then disappeared as he sensed it heading for the ceiling. He appeared directly over 23D as it was on its way up from the blast and Yamcha crammed his fist into its back. It made a sound of pain as it was sent back down. Before it landed Yamcha appeared under it to bring his knee into its stomach but it disappeared. Yamcha had no time to react before 23D rammed him in the side and continued until he was plowed into the wall.
Tien had chosen a tall, humanoid creature. It was wearing only a pair of black shorts with the tag 5D sewn into them. He had no trouble dealing with this fighter as he blocked each attack, but he couldn't land an attack of his own, as 5D had great reflexes. They were fighting on the colosseum floor as each exchanged blows, both blocking every attempt. Tien attempted to sweep its feet but it hopped up and threw a kick in return. Tien had to swivel his body while on one foot to avoid the attack and he jumped up, still twisting and bashed its face with a spinning kick. 5D was immediately back on top of Tien, but was a bit slower than before. Tien was able to find an opening and elbowed it in the face. As it stumbled back Tien dashed at full speed and put his fist into its abdomen. 5D crumbled to its knees with its arms folded under its stomach. Tien just kicked it into the nearest wall and blasted it away.
Piccolo was upset with the weakness of his opponent. He had chosen a slim, very toned humanoid-like creature with orange skin wearing a black skin-tight suit. It had a tag, 1D, sewn into it. Piccolo didn't seem to move as 1D threw punches as fast as it could. Piccolo just lifted his hand and slapped it into the floor. He stared as it slowly picked itself up and disappeared. Piccolo moved his eyes forward and then ducked as a fist flew where his head should have been. Piccolo grabbed its arm and pulled it over his shoulder. As he was about to let it smash into the ground he lifted his knee and drove it into 1D's head. The creature seemed to be completely knocked out. Piccolo put his hands together and gathered a small amount of energy. He closed his eyes, shook his head and simply released the blast. There was nothing left of 1D when the smoke cleared.
Gohan also had no trouble with his choice. He was matched with a large muscular alien that seemed to have a problem with warts all over its body. It's skin was a dark pinkish color and it wore black armor with the tag, 9D, fused into it. Gohan easily dodged the punches and kicks as if it were in slow motion. Gohan landed on the ground as 9D was charging down at him. Gohan disappeared as it landed with its fist in the ground, hoping that it had hit him. Gohan appeared above it and dropped his foot into its neck. 9D was stunned, but quickly recovered to find that Gohan was nowhere to be seen. It looked around dumbfounded until Gohan appeared directly in front of its face. 9D staggered back a few steps in fear. Before it could tell that Gohan had moved, it took an elbow to the back of the head and a kick to its spine, rendering it unconscious as it toppled over onto the floor. Gohan didn't want to destroy it so he simply left it there and waited for what Durgan had to say.He noticed Durgan press at button when 9D had fallen. In an instant 9D melted into nothing and there was nothing left but a small microchip which had been in its neck.
Krillen had gained the upper hand on 12D and was successfully landing attacks on it, but he had taken his fair share of injuries as he had bruises on his face and arms and was bleeding from the lip. Krillen kicked 12D straight into the air and followed it with an energy beam. The beam drove it into the ceiling and left a nice burn mark on its back as it descended back to the floor. Krillen shot up at 12D and planted his knee into its back, then dropped an eblow into its stomach returning it to the floor. He put his hands together and brought them to his side as he began chanting to himself.
"Kaaa...Meee...Haaa...Meee...", Krillen was now holding an intense ball of blue energy that radiated with its pure force. 12D managed to open its eyes just as Krillen yelled the last sound.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
The solid blue streak of energy left his hands as he thrust them in 12D's direction. It struck with deadly accuracy and cleared the colosseum floor of any trace of 12D's existence.
Yamcha was still intense with his battle against 23D. Neither seemed to have the advantage. 23D kicked Yamcha across the face, blood leaving his mouth, but he just turned around and countered with an uppercut to the jaw, sending 23D into the air. Yamcha formed a small but intense ball of yellow energy in his hand. It hovered there for a second gathering energy. When he felt it ready he hurled it at 23D as it was on its way back down. 23D disappeared just before the energy ball hit, but before it hit the ceiling, Yamcha moved his hands in a certain motion and it shifted directions coming back towards the ground. 23D appeared in at another end of the colosseum and Yamcha moved his hands to send the ball after it. 23D disappeared again and Yamcha quickly changed the energy ball's direction before it exploded against the wall. It passed directly in front of Yamcha just as 23D appeared behind him. He quickly moved his hands and the ball started straight for Yamcha's head. Just before it hit him he ducked and it made contact with 23D's face. The explosion was enormous and Yamcha had to jump away from the force of the blast. When the smoke cleared there was but a decapitated body of 23D left on the floor.
All the Z-fighters had passed the first level of warriors that Durgan had unleashed. They awaited for his next words.
"So, are you warmed up yet? I hope you didn't think that was hard, because this is only the beginning.", Durgan announced.
"You've gotta be kidding. That was just a warm up?", Yamcha gasped as he was catching his breath.
"You guys, I'm not sure I'll make it through this. That fight took a lot from me.", Krillen said, also trying to regain some strength, "I don't want to have to take a sensu bean. We only have one for each of us."
"If you need it Krillen then take it. We're gonna need everyone for this.", Piccolo responded.
"Hey guys, if it really gets too rough for you then it might be better if you go. We don't want to lose anyone here.", Gohan said.
"We'll be alright, I'm gonna take my sensu bean now. Does anyone else want one?", Krillen offered as he took the pouch from his belt and took out his bean.
"I think I'm gonna need one.", Yamcha replied as he walked over to Krillen and took a bean out of the bag.
Krillen and Yamcha ate their beans and their bruises and cuts healed. They bulked up a little and they charged up power levels back to their full potential.
"I hope you are prepared, because my fighters are eager to get their chance with you.", Durgan stated.
He started pressing more buttons and the doors on the next tier started to open one by one.