Chapter 12 "Predator""Time to strike!", says Shadow in his thoughts.
Shadow starts throwing a few Ki Blasts toward Virus, all of them hitting Virus' back.
It didn't do heavy damage on Virus, but it still hurt him.
Clearly, Shadow is toying with him.
Shadow throws more Ki Blasts towards Virus.
"Dammit. I can't see what's going on! I hope you're okay, Virus!", says Hunter.
"WHAT THE HELL?! I CAN'T SEE A GOSH DARN THING!", Yells Elder Kai, who starts throwing Popcorn at the fighting stage.
Elder Kai continues to lose his shit.
Virus continues to get assaulted by Shadow's Ki Blasts.
"Heh, these Ki Blasts may be weak, but sooner or later even he'll fall to these. So pathetic!", thinks Shadow as he continues fire.
After getting hit by a few more Ki Blasts, Virus starts to understand the pattern of where the Ki Blasts are coming from.
Two from the left, one on the right, and a few from behind. Every 3 seconds.
After noticing the same pattern once more, Virus successfully evades them all without much effort.
"What?! How did...ah screw it, enough play time!", thinks Shadow.
Shadow teleports around Virus, and throws heavy punches at him.
Virus gets hit, and every time he swings back at Shadow, he vanishes in the smoke.
Having had enough, Virus uses an explosive wave to force Shadow to back off.
Virus immediately closes his eyes, and concentrates hard.
He focuses hard enough to feel Shadow's Ki.
It's faint but he can sense it.
Shadow rushes over to Virus, and throws a heavy kick, but Virus is able to catch it with his right hand before Shadow could land the hit.
"What?! How did you know?! You couldn't have been able to sense me! I masked my Ki!", yells an angered Shadow.
"Did you think I wouldn't prepare myself for situations like these? I have a very sensitive Ki Sensing ability. And I made it even stronger during my training. You should have beaten me when you had the chance.", says a calm Virus.
Shadow glares at Virus, but before he could attack, Virus punches him right in the chest, sending him back into the smoke.
"Sudden Storm", says Virus.
Virus puts his hand toward where Shadow is and unleashes a few Purple Ki Blasts, all of which go toward Shadow, and hit him directly.
Virus then teleports behind Shadow while he was getting up, and begins attacking him.
Meanwhile, Hunter is concerned in his thoughts.
"I forgot, right after this fight, my match'll be next. That means..."
Hunter looks over to Rykon, who is looking at the screen, waiting for the smoke to clear up.
"Hopefully I beat this guy...he doesn't seem like much...but still...I shouldn't let my guard down going up against him..", thinks Hunter.
Virus continues to beat up Shadow.
"Dammit, I've had enough!", thinks Shadow.
Shadow is able to block Virus' next punch, and pushes Virus back.
"You think you have this in the bag don't you?! Well guess what, loser, I'm the one who'll win this fight! Not a single on of you Z-Star losers can defeat me!" Yells Shadow.
After a while of glaring at Shadow, Virus replies.
"You're a fool if you think you'll win. Honestly though, I don't care what you think. You're nothing but a minor obstacle in my way. Now are we done talking? I'd like to get this over with."
Though shocked at Virus' words at first, his shock turns to anger, and a vein starts popping out near Shadow's forehead.
Shadow starts to clench his teeth along with his fists. His Ki starts rising.
"I'm getting absolutely sick of you! I hate your disgusting careless attitude! You think you're going to win?! No, I'm going to beat you right into the ground! As a matter of fact...I want to kill you!", yells Shadow.
Shadow starts to power up, his Ki rising even more.
Electricity sparks around Shadow as he continues to power up, Shadow giving out a powerful roar.
Virus remains unfazed.
Shadow's hair turns golden, and his eye color changes into a greenish blue. Suddenly his hair starts to grow out.
He then begins to get engulfed into a blinding light.
His Ki is strong enough to clear the entire stage of the purple smoke.
Even though everyone felt Shadow's power rise, they can now see it.
"Holy cow, Shadow's power is amazing! How will Virus beat this guy?!", says a worried Hunter.
Vegeku nearly shits his pants.
Elder Kai chokes on his popcorn.
After a short while, Shadow's scream has ceased, and the blinding light around him fades away.
Virus observes Shadow.
"So you've become a Super Saiyan 3?", says the still calm Virus.
Shadow, now a Super Saiyan 3, glares at Virus.
"I guess I'll have to outdo you.", says Virus, who gives out a small smirk.
Virus yells, and starts charging up, quickly transforming into a Super Saiyan 2.
He then transforms further into a Super Saiyan 3.
The two stare each other down, observing one another.
After a few tense seconds, Virus speaks up.
"It's over Shadow. We both know who's going to win this fight.", says Virus.
Gritting his teeth once more, a pissed off Shadow rushes over to Virus.
Shadow throws a very strong punch at Virus, but Virus blocks the hit with ease.
"What?!", yells Shadow.
"I can tell you put all of your strength into that punch, hoping it was more than enough knock me out. I already told you the result of this fight."
Shadow's eyes widen in realization that he might not win this fight against Virus, and attempts to throw another punch, but Virus catches his arm with ease.
Shadow tries to break free, but can't. He continues to struggle.
"Let me go, you bastard!", yells Shadow.
"You've lost.", says Virus, who uses his free arm to raise it close to Shadow's face, and begins charging up a green Ki blast.
Noticing this, Shadow gives out a scream knowing there wasn't much he could do.
"Final Shine Attack.", says Virus.
Virus then releases the powerful attack at point blank range on Shadow, Shadow getting engulfed in the powerful blast.
As the smoke clears, Shadow is seen out of the ring, unconscious, and with a lot of scratches.
"Wow, he could have killed him. I guess Shadow was lucky it wasn't a fight to the death, otherwise he'd be in Otherworld..", says a shocked but relieved Hunter.
"Crap...", mutters Vegeku.
Virus then powers down to his base form.
"AND YOUR WINNER, VIA RING OUT, VIRUSSSSSS!", Yells the Ring Announcer to a bunch of cheering.
Shadow was about to be taken to the infirmary via a stretcher, but he was able to wake up.
Even though he was angered, battered and embarrassed at the result of the match, he still valued his pride and decided to go sit in the audience, bearing the physical pain as self punishment for his loss.
Shadow caught a glimpse of Virus, and stared at Virus as he walked to the back.
After observing him in anger for a while, he relents and lets out a sigh. Shadow began his walk over to the audience.
Hunter began stretching.
"The final Match is about to start. I better stretch. I don't want to pull a muscle.", thinks Hunter.
Rykon looks over at Hunter.
After observing him from head to toe, Rykon sighs.
"Oh my gosh, I think the next fight is the last! And that means it's Hunter's fight!", says a happy Rachel.
"Oh yeah, that's right!", says Silvie.
"That means Hunter'll be fighting that Rykon fellow...good luck Hunter...you better win!", thinks Vegeku.
"ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, ARE YOU READY FOR MATCH NUMBER EIGHT?!", yells the Ring Announcer.
The crowd starts cheering.
To Be Continued...
