Well then. It has been a while hasn't it? My apologies for the hiatus, I got really busy for a while, and when I finished that stuff, Monster Hunter World came out and my time was consumed along with my non existent social life. But I'm back, and hopefully I can start to get chapters out at a normal pace again. If you do not remember, last time left off with Ganos transforming into his RAWK HAWK form. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Ganos had no idea what had happened to him, he had felt something he had never felt before and just like that he was stronger than before. His desire to save the Princess and his guilt for getting her and Shantsa into this mess caused him to.. Transform?
Well, it didn't matter to Ganos. All that mattered to him was that he was stronger. And now that he was stronger there was just one thing he had to do:
Wiping out the scum known as Senuv from the Universe.
Senuv was recovering from Ganos' previous attack, "I have no idea what has happened to you thief, but you are truly mistaken if you think this will allow you to beat one such as I."
Ganos and Senuv rushed each other with a barrage of fists. Neither one seemed to overpower the other until Senuv jumped back, Ganos launched himself forward with a massive punch, but Senuv was able to dodge it. Now Senuv was at Ganos' side and he began to launch a barrage of kicks.
Ganos was still getting use to his larger size, so he was unable to dodge the attack correctly and was met with the full force of Senuv's kicks, and was promptly launched backwards. Ganos managed to put his feet on the ground and quickly recovered.
Senuv immediately flew at Ganos and the two began another barrage of punches.
"We appear to be evenly matched." Ganos thought to himself while fighting Senuv.
As they continued the barrage of punches, Senuv suddenly broke his pattern and kicked Ganos in the face with enough force to stop Ganos' punching by causing Ganos to hold his face in pain. Senuv then proceeded to blast Ganos in the stomach area with enough force to send Ganos flying through a nearby rock.
"Hmph." Said the bounty hunter, "I have calculated just how much power I need to spend on you. Your power is impressive, but it is still no match." The bounty hunter opened and closed his fist like a number of anime villains do when they talk about their strength.
"And now, I shall finish this with as much satisfaction as that of a student getting a perfect on a test they did not study for."
"That's a rather specific analogy." Ganos thought to himself.
Senuv rushed at Ganos and the two fighters began to clash in a rush of fists. Ganos was going all out like before, but it suddenly felt like Senuv was not attacking with as much force as he did before. Ganos continued punching and suddenly, managed to knock away Senuv's fists, leaving the bounty hunter open.
"Nani!?" Senuv exclaimed.
Ganos took the opportunity and punched Senuv right in the face, cracking the insectoid bounty hunter's exoskeleton a bit. Senuv was sent flying back, into a nearby rock, causing the bounty hunter to fall to the ground. Ganos was amazed at what he had just done. The bounty hunter struggled to get to his feet.
Once Senuv stood up he glared at Ganos, "What in the name of the Queen is going on? You were not that strong in that state when we first clashed. Bah, it doesn't matter, I will not be defeated by a mere thief!"
Senuv rushed Ganos again, Ganos dodged to the side faster than before. He could see the frustration in the bounty hunter's face. Senuv delivered a barrage of punches and kicks at Ganos, again, Ganos dodged all of them. Senuv more angry than before, launched another kick, this time Ganos grabbed the leg and slammed Senuv into the ground, before throwing him into a rock again.
Senuv breathed heavily, "Impudent little…" He raised his hand and launched one of his Firefly Flameflashes at Ganos.
Ganos swung his fist at the blast, sending flying in another direction. It was at this moment that both combatants realized what was happening: Ganos' power was continuously rising as he was fighting his opponent.
"It's not fair!" Screamed Senuv. "That settles it, I'm going to go full power and end this in an instant!" The bounty hunter flexed and grew a lime green aura around him.
Senuv once again charged Ganos. This time their hands met and the two pushed against each other. Ganos was surprised by the bounty hunter's true power, and began to be pushed back by Senuv. Senuv, upon noticing this, began to cackle like a madman.
Then Ganos began to feel his power rising again. He pushed forward with more strength.
Senuv noticed this slight change, "Nooo…"
The force Ganos was pushing at became equal to that of Senuv.
Senuv's eyes became wild. "Don't you dare…"
Ganos finally began to overpower Senuv and started pushing him back.
Senuv leapt backwards, "Nonononononononono! NO! This was not how it is supposed to be!" The bounty hunter began to stomp his foot on the ground in protest of Ganos' strength. "I. Will. Not. Loose. To. A. Mere. Thief." He declared, emphasizing each word.
Senuv then began to launch a barrage of ki blasts at Ganos. Ganos readied himself, and then deflected each one, further angering the bounty hunter. Ganos then powered up an energy beam and launched at Senuv faster than he could dodge, sending the bounty hunter flying back.
Ganos began to charge towards Senuv. Senuv's body tensed up. Ganos halted, he knew what was about to happen. Once again, Senuv's exoskeleton exploded, leaving a green silhouette of the bounty hunter behind.
"His ultimate technique." Ganos thought to himself. "If he has gotten to a point where he is going to use that, then I have this in the bag."
The silhouette of Senuv raced towards Ganos with incredible speeds. This time, however, Ganos was fast enough to dodge its first attack. And then its next attack. All of Senuv's attacks were being dodged by Ganos.
"Thankfully, my speed has increased to a point where I can effectively dodge his attacks." Ganos observed as he dodged the bounty hunter's attacks. "There must be a limit to how long he can maintain that state."
Sure enough, as Ganos kept dodging, the silhouette began to move slower. As its movements became more sluggish, Ganos realized that its time was up. Sure enough, the exoskeleton of Senuv grew back on.
Senuv collapsed to his knees, panting like a tired dog. His technique uses up an insane amount of stamina, using it twice in a single fight was something he had never done before. Senuv looked at Ganos' hulking form approaching him. He braced himself for the beatdown he was about to receive.
Ganos' movements suddenly faltered, "W-What?" He excalimed.
Ganos collapsed to his knees as well, he had been to focused on his fight to realize it, but he was damn tired. As Ganos collapsed on his knees, he began to shrink. He could feel himself getting weaker.
He was reverting back into his normal form.
"No! No! NO!" Ganos lamented in frustration. Even if Senuv was weakened, it would be much more difficult to defeat him now that he himself had almost no stamina left. Ganos struggled to get to his feet, a look forward revealed that his opponent was doing the same.
Senuv couldn't believe his luck! The first time he had been outmatched in his entire life, and his opponent runs out of stamina.
"I have defied the odds!" Senuv thought to himself. "Once I get this brat out of the way, I will just need to kill the Princess and then my Queen will have had her vengeance!"
Senuv lumbered towards the tired Ganos.
Ganos knew he was in a bad predicament, "I still have one final attack he has not seen, but if I miss it, I won't have the stamina to fight back. I MUST time this perfectly." He carefully observed the approaching bounty hunter, looking for a prime opportunity.
Senuv prepared to launch himself towards Ganos-
Only for an energy arrow to pierce his shoulder.
Senuv looked behind him, Caway was standing there, energy bow in hand. The Princess' face held an intense glare, that of one who was done with everything around her. Senuv found it intimidating. Ganos found it to be terrifying, and also strangely attractive at the same time.
"YES! She regained consciousness!" Ganos happily thought to himself.
"SHIT! She regained consciousness!" Senuv thought to himself.
Senuv raised his arm to blast Caway, but he was two slow- a dozen energy arrows pierced him causing him to stagger back in pain.
Senuv shook angrily, "That does it! I'M GOING TO DESTROY THIS WHOLE PLANET!" He took off into the air. As he flew upwards, he prepared a massive ball of energy.
Caway began to shoot more arrows at him. But this time Senuv flew past all of them. Ganos realized that this was the chance for his final technique. He formed a green circular disc of energy in his hand and began to spin it.
As Ganos spun the energy disc, it became larger and grew edges like that of a saw. It formed until it was even bigger than he was. Ganos prepared to throw.
"Circular Cutter!" Ganos yelled. And with that he launched it into the air at Senuv.
Senuv looked down, "Circular Wha-?"
At that moment, Senuv felt a brief pain in his waist. The Circular Cutter had hit the bounty hunter.
And sliced him in two.
Senuv's upper and lower body fell to the planets surface together. Just like that, the greatest bounty hunter in Universe 4 had been slain by the combined efforts of a thief and a princess.
Ganos had used up all of his stamina with his attack, having seen it work, he collapsed to his knees. Breathing heavily, he smiled. The ordeal was over. Ganos looked up to see Caway sprinting towards him with unfathomable speeds. Ganos quickly rose to his feet and began to back up.
Ganos thought to himself. "What is she-?"
At that moment, Caway lunged at Ganos, tackled him to the ground, and gave him one big ass hug. Ganos could hear her crying tears of joy.
Ganos couldn't help but blush at this. He only had one thought:
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
YEP! I just made that reference. I'm sorry, but I could not resist. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Hopefully I can get the next one out without several weeks hiatus in between. Also, the Circular Cutter is an attack Ganos uses in Dragon Ball Heroes, I did not make it up.
As always, constructive criticism is appreciated.
