Dragonball Ryoga
!SPECIAL EFFECTS! "THOUGHTS"
Chapter Four
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Ryoga had showed up for his appointed fight a couple minutes early, doing mild tae kwon do stretching exercises, floating in midair while he waited for his opponent to show up, wearing his usual outfit which consisted of black trousers with yellow leg bands around the ankles and black Chinese shoes and black socks allowing his ebon wings to spread out while leaving his upper body exposed for the world to see as the wind tugged the tufts of his jet black hair.
During this time, the crowd had slowly increased in size near in front of the building where Ryoga had met with Arthur Proctor earlier, seething with excitement and anticipation of the upcoming fight.
"What does anybody know about these guys?" a spectator asked the guy next to him.
"I have no idea. The first guy to get here is pretty big and strong."
"He's handsome too," a girl said, admiring Ryoga's avian physique. "I just love the way his hair flows with the wind.
"I'll say!" another commented.
"Never mind the hair. What about those wings?!
"How much fighting skill does this guy have?!"
"We'll see soon enough!"
"Whatever? When is this fight's supposed to start?!"
Not a moment too soon, a large man walked towards Ryoga from the other side of the street, wearing a brown shirt and pants along with jackboots.
"It's Blue Yamazaki!"
"Isn't he a general in the Red Ribbon Army?"
"That's right! I never thought he'd show up for a preliminary bout for the Ultimate Tenkaichi Tournament," someone called out from the crowd.
"Blue Yamazaki is one of the most powerful fighters on the planet. This new guy is doomed!"
Blue laughed out loud with his hands on his hips. "So you're the fugitive, Ryoga Fong Yu. You know you're going to die today, don't you?"
"You're being awfully premature about this. "You really shouldn't underestimate me like that," Ryoga responded as he cracked his knuckles.
"I know all I need to know! Your friend, Doctor Gero, sends his regards. He really misses you and his hair," Blue said in response.
"What?! Doctor Gero sent you here?!"
"Not exactly, but there's a huge price on your head and I mean to collect! So don't expect me to be intimidated by your roid powered muscles, bird-boy. Nothing wrong with steroid powered muscles, but there's no way a goodie two shoes Boy Scout like you is going to beat me," Blue snapped back.
"I have more than just strength to aid me. I can…"
"Enough talk! Let's fight!"
"Let's fight then!" Ryoga called out.
"Yeah!" Blue charged the Ryoga like a maniac with a blue aura surrounding him, using his hands to cut blue slashes through the air in his wake. Despite the superhuman speed of Blue's attacks, his opponent avoided the hand-knife slashes, shuffling back as he practically glided on the ground.
"Banzai!" Ryoga called out as he moved in on his opponent with such speed that he left after images of himself. Coming into contact with Blue, he struck with countless punches and kicks in an auto-fire manner, ending the barrage with an uppercut to the solar plexus, knocking his opponent several feet back and flat on his back.
"This guy's a whole lot more powerful and skilled than I thought he was. I'm going to have to pay Doctor Gero a visit and see about getting juiced up like this guy is after I've killed him," Blue thought to himself as he got to his feet.
"I don't care how strong you are. I'll gonna bring you back to Doctor Gero in one piece or many!" Blue said as he prepared for another attack.
"I won't go back there until I'm good and ready!"
As Blue was getting up, Ryoga sped over to him and struck him with a forward snap kick to the stomach from his right, following up with a roundhouse kick from his left.
"Aargh! Let's see if you have the balls to stand up to my barehanded killing attack." The Red Ribbon soldier began slashing at his opponent with super speed while Ryoga made some effort to block but mostly endured the vicious, cutting attacks, deciding to put more effort into counter-attacking and ending the fight as quickly as possible.
As the two exchanged blows and slashes, neither giving ground, Blue decided to shuffle back out of harm's way.
"If I didn't know better, I'd think this guy was invulnerable. He might even know the iron skin technique because this guy isn't bleeding at all!"
"I guess this Boy Scout is a lot tougher than you thought. You're going to have to tell me what a Boy Scout is some time. Anyway, let's see how well you handle my energy attacks," Ryoga responded, flying and backward with his hands glowing.
"Yeow!" Blue yelled as he got tagged with a burst of bluish/black energy that knocked him to the ground.
"I'm not done yet. Here, this is for you!" Blue called out as he blasted Ryoga with ki energy that resembled light blue dagger sized and shaped objects that Ryoga couldn't all together avoid despite using his acrobatic skills to land on his feet, a few of the countless blades struck his chest, bouncing off of him yet causing some pain at the same time.
"Ouch!"
Despite the pain of the attacks, Blue was surprised when his deadly barrage practically bounced off of Ryoga without leaving any kind of marks on him.
"What the F #%! That should have injured if not killed you. Nobody said anything about you being invulnerable!"
Ryoga had spent a lot of time training, toughening himself against attacks, killing attacks like Blue's and others. Killing attacks like knives and bullets actually did less shock and stun damage than powerful punches and kicks.
"If you want to beat me, you'll have to do it the old fashion way," the half-naked man answered as he walked towards his opponent without any sign of damage or injury.
"Oh, he's so gorgeous!" a cute, young girl in the enlarged audience swooned, jumping up and down in excitement.
"No one tells me how to fight, nobody! It's over for you! I'm going to bring you back to Gero in pieces!" All of a sudden, another volley of ki knives came flying in Ryoga's direction.
"Yeow!" Ryoga leaped up into the air, avoiding the deadly barrage. Then he swooped down on his opponent fists first, flying straight into his opponent, striking his torso and smashing him into the ground after which he kicked Ryoga upwards using his arms which pushed from the ground for more leverage.
"Yeargh!" "He flew into me like it was nothing! He's tougher than those other Fong Yu practitioners I helped wipe out! Even though Ryoga's mastery of tae kwon do is inferior to that of the best students of Fong Yu, it doesn't matter because he can do so many other things better. Fighting purists like Fong Yu is a lot easier than fighting someone as varied as this Ryoga guy. I'm going to have to break out the brass knuckles for this."
"Try this on for size!" Ryoga struck his opponent with over a dozen superfast punch and kick combinations, rocking the blue aura man back a few feet. The last particular blow struck Blue so hard that it made his hair stand on end, but he wasn't out of the fight yet.
"Heeyaaah!" Blue screamed, striking Ryoga countless times with his blue bracketed fists.
"Ungh!" Ryoga moaned as he went down, prompting Yamazaki to kick Ryoga several, making a point to keep him from getting up.
"You're through Ryoga. You're just no match for a guy like me," Blue said as he loomed over him, striking him over and over.
"Ungh!"
"Maybe I'll give that Ranko chick a visit. The bosoms on that girl! I'm gonna love having my way with her assets."
"Never!"
To his opponent's surprise, Ryoga quickly bent his knees and blasted his way up like a shot while punching upwards, breaking out of the pounding he was taking by knocking Blue off his feet, sending his opponent crashing to the ground several feet away.
"Aarrgh!" Upon recovering from the previous attack, Blue got up only to be hit with another attack by Ryoga who had sped over towards him before Blue knew what was happening.
Then Ryoga yelled and struck the ground with his right foot, sending a tremor right under Blue thus propelling him upwards in a world of pain. After crashing to the ground in a heap, the martial artist stood up none the worse for wear.
"Yeaarrgh! I'll get you for that!" Blue screamed as he leaped into the air towards Ryoga, intending to strike him with his jackbooted feet. However, Ryoga was ready for an aerial attack so flew into the air towards his opponent, but as Blue came down on him Blue did an unexpected acrobatic maneuver which allowed him to grab Ryoga, knee his chin, slash his mid-section, and violently throw him into the ground.
Ryoga got up and shook himself out of a stunned state but not before Blue struck him with a forward snap kick, knocking him several feet back. Then Ryoga tried to get up quickly, doing his best to recover and prepare to mount an effective counter-attack.
"You're totally F#ed up. And now, it's time to finish this," Blue said, cracking his knuckles as he walked over to his recovering opponent.
However, before Ryoga was within the range of Blue's battle aura backed attack, he slid on the ground and used his outstretched wings to "leg sweep" his opponent, knocking him off his feet several meters back. "It's not over yet, Blue."
"It's over when I say it's over!" Blue shouted as he got to his feet.
Then at an uncanny speed, Ryoga moved right in front of his opponent, hitting him with lightning fast kicks, practically drawing figure eights with his foot as he struck Yamazaki hard and fast.
"Aargh!" Blue screamed as the force of the auto-fire kicks made his hair stand up out of place. Then Ryoga struck him with a well-placed roundhouse kick with a lot of power behind it, knocking his opponent back several feet more causing Blue to stagger backward with his arms dangling downwards. Then Ryoga flew into him, slamming into him fists first, hitting him right in the sternum, stunning him. Finally, Ryoga finished him off with a right cross to the jaw which knocked the soldier out cold, sending him flat on his back.
"Wow! That was a great fight!" a spectator yelled.
"I wouldn't have believed this if I hadn't have seen it for myself!" another spectator called out. "This Ryoga Fong Yu guy must be tough; he's not even bleeding from Blue Yamazaki's barehanded killing attacks!" another spectator called out.
"Ryoga, you did it!" Ranko exclaimed, running towards him with a microphone in her hot little hands, dressed professionally in a business shirt and skirt, unlike the last time.
"How far are you planning to go with this? Do you really think you're powerful enough to take on the likes of the Red Ribbon Army?"
"Is that army run by Doctor Gero?" Ryoga asked.
"That's actually an unproven rumor, but there are a lot of people who think Doctor Gero is the one pulling the strings ever since Commander Red met up with an accident."
"Well, if things come to that, then yes," Ryoga answered with a smile as his massive chest expanded and retracted with his every breath.
"I see."
"My eyes are up here, Ranko."
The reporter responded to the knowing smile Ryoga had given her. "Hmm, you caught me looking, but I'm not embarrassed. You look great though. I'm sure most of the women watching this would agree with me."
"Well, thank you, Ranko. You look nice too." At that point, a young man with orange/red hair, wearing a black, striped suit and slacks stepped forward and took pictures while a few people checked their working video cameras.
At that point, several star-struck kids ran up to them.
"Can I have your autograph?"
"Where's your studio located? Can I join it?"
"What's the name of your fighting style?"
"My main art is Fong Yu Tae Kwon Do along with boxing, wrestling, aikido, and other ki based techniques. An ancient martial arts master named Shin Fong Yu trained me in his wonderful martial art. Watch for me in the upcoming Ultimate Tenkaichi Tournament. You'll see more of what I can do there."
"That was a good match!" Arthur Proctor announced as he made his way towards them.
"You might have what it takes to go all the way after all."
"Thanks, Mr. Proctor."
"Call me, Arthur. If you're really serious about this, then your next fight will be in the main tournament several weeks from now."
Then a large shadow loomed over them.
"Why did you have me get ready to fight several blocks away while the real fight was right here?! You practically sent me on a wild goose chase!" a bellowing yet cackling voice resounded several feet from behind the fight promoter.
"U-um. It wasn't my fault. You see Blue..."
"Silence, fool! No one makes a fool out of Dorodabo! I will tear you apart, you swine!" the bat-winged, larger than life, scaly, dark green-skinned gargoyle yelled as he took hold of the frightened promoter. He had well-rounded physique with large powerful limbs and a grace that belied his size, being six feet ten inches tall weighing 400 pounds. His teeth were shock white and sharp while his eyes were dark green. His clothes consisted of only what looked like black swimming trunks while his exposed body resembled living chainmail armor.
"Take it easy, Dorodabo. If you still want to fight, you can fight me," Ryoga answered, stepping up to the draconian warrior.
"But you've just had a hard fight against Blue Yamazaki," Ranko interjected. "Are you sure you want to fight again so soon?"
"I'm all right, Ranko. I haven't taken any serious injuries and I recover rather quickly."
"The gargoyle tossed the promoter aside several yards away like a sack of potatoes and regarded his new opponent. "You look like a half-naked, winged barbarian. So defeating you will bring me glory! Aaaah!" he screamed as he flew into Ryoga with his clawed hands outstretched.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: I hope all of you like this fanfic. If you do, leave me a review for it. See ya!