Chapter 7: Long Road Ahead

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Vodet was furious. He walked through the hallway of the temple with a seething rage. After all the training, after all the years of dedication to becoming as strong as he possibly could, he still lost. He'd never be a god if he isn't even the world's strongest. He couldn't keep his anger in. Anger at himself for losing, anger at Chilli for beating him, angry at himself for being just another weak human. He growled, let out screams, and kneed and punched and kicked at a wall. "GODDAMNIT! GODDAMNIT! YOU ABSOLUTE FAILURE! YOU'RE NOT A GOD! YOU'RE NOT EVEN A MAN! YOUR NOTHING!" He pointed his head to the sky and let out a scream.

Red and Nutmeg ran down the hall towards Vodet. Red was the first to speak.

"Dude, are you alright?"
"NO!" Vodet let out, with tears rolling down his face, "I'm not good enough. All my dedication is worthless. I'm just another pathetic earthling, a puny dirt-man."

Nutmeg spoke up. "You're not pathetic! You're really good! You made it into the world tournament. Yeah you lost to a big bully, but she's really strong."

"I NEED TO BE STRONGER, THOUGH! I have to be! I want to become a god! To do that, I have to become the strongest I can possibly be. How can I expect to be noticed by the angels, if I'm not even the strongest on my own planet?!" Vodet took his face out of his hands and looked left and right, before putting his arms to the side and beginning to run down the hall. 'I need to get back to training, NOW!"

"WAIT!" Nutmeg interjected. Vodet stopped running and listened to her. "Can you at least stay and watch me beat up Chilli! She hurt my friend, I can't stand for it!"

"You two met yesterday," Started Red, smart-assid as ever. "Plus you still have another fight before her."

"I can beat Adam easy. I haven't actually had a hard fight so far."

Vodet paused for a moment, before quietly speaking. "Because you were born with power. You didn't earn it."

For the first time Nutmeg seemed upset. Her features oddly contorted into a sharper, much more intimidating face. She walked over to Vodet. He could feel her power increasing by orders of magnitude. Majins where bound quite a bit by their emotions. "Now listen here, I didn't choose how I was made! I didn't decide to be a big fat ball of gum! I like fighting cause it's fun, alright! How can you be mad at me for just being how I was created! Just being who I am?! Now I'm gonna ignore that very ruuude comment because you're angry!" There was another pause, as Nutmeg's face went back to normal, and she calmed down. "Now, I'm gonna go kick Chilli's butt to get revenge for you!" She gave a pumped smile, before running off to the sage.

Vodet looked inside himself for a moment. He was born weak, she was born strong, but could he really blame her any more for being naturally strong? If he did that, he'd have to also take the blame for being so weak. Nutmeg was so different though, from all the bullies who held Vodet's humanity over his head. But Chilli was just like them. It was never really a racial thing to him to begin with. It was about proving himself. Though that often ment breaking the stereotype of his race.

He wasn't able to finish his train of thought before Red spoke. "Dude, lets go watch the fight. She's trying to help."

"Oh, uh, yeah, sure."

While vodet stood watching, his mind wasn't' really focused. He kind of went black. He was barely registering that he was taking in stimulus, buried deep in his own thoughts.

Nutmeg didn't care much for the fight either. Immediately after the announcer said "go", before Adam even had a chance to register, Nutmeg had the upper hand. Her face again morphed into the intimidating face, her body becoming more muscular (think Wario. Muscular, but still not thin). She slammed into Adam, and headbut him. It knocked him out of breath, but he took this moment to whip his tail around and stab Nutmeg in the side. He pulled himself with his tail, so he was holding himself up above and behind Nutmeg. Nutmeg spun around but he just moved with her. He began sucking at her, pulling her cells into his body. She didn't seem to be in pain, just annoyed. Eventually she fell onto her back, and Adam just jumped off.

As Nutmeg got up Adam spoke. "After I steal your cells, I can incorporate them into my body and steal your abilities! I know what you Majins are capable of! Your gummy bodies allow you to shrug off damage like it's nothing, and with your abilities, combined with the others I already have, I have the upper hand!"

Nutmeg spoke after she got up, her more serious face came with a fittingly more serious voice. "Go ahead and try! Us Majins' bodies have no individual cells, and we can control any part of our body from any distance. You don't have an upper hand. In fact...You're already dead!"

"WHAT?!"

Chunks of blue gum exploded from all over Adam's body! From his tail, from his arms, from his face, ripping huge holes in his flesh and bone! Blood shot out of his wounds like a fountain, as he fell limp to the ground. As he lied in a pool of his own blood, the pain Adam felt was immense, but he was not dead. Luckily none of the gum was in his head, or he probably would be. He immediately passed out due to blood loss. Nutmeg's face went back to normal, and she seemed to have a bit of regret on it.

The crowd went wild with cheers and shocked gasps. Vodet's attention was caught again, as he was in utter shock at what this woman was capable of when she was driven to it. After paramedics checked on Adam to make sure he was still alive, Nutmeg was declared the meant, the next battle would be the final battle, to determine the world martial arts champion! Chilli Vs. Nutmeg

I've already decided who the winner's gonna be beforehand, but who do you guys think is gonna win? Nutmeg, the kind hearted Majin girl with hidden potential depending on her emotions, driven to avenge her friend's pride, or Chilli, the mystery arcosian with speed so potent that even some of the world's best can barely see her?