Chapter 21 A Dangerous First Round

Piccolo stared down Twin as he entered the ring, powering up slowly as he did. 'Alright then Piccolo, time to avenge your father.' He thought to himself as he took his place. Twin was smirking on the opposing side, a twinkle in his eye as he took in his first victim.

"You know, you're the spitting image of your father. I wonder if you'll beg like he did." He taunted.

Piccolo growled before quickly calming himself. 'Don't get angry, he's just trying to make you lose concentration.'

"You know you look as pathetic as he did standing right there." Piccolo refused him the pleasure of a response. "I'd have thought you'd have been angrier about the death of your father, but I guess I can't blame you for not caring about someone as pathetic as him." Still nothing. "I killed your dad." Twin glared. "Well you're no fun."

"I'm not here for fun, I'm here to kick your ass!" Growled Piccolo as he stepped into a fighting stance.

Twin chuckled. "Hehe, maybe you will be fun after all. Alright then, I'll let you have the first shot." Twin uncrossed his arms and held them out wide.

"Fighters!" Called the announcer. "Begin!"

Moments later Piccolo flew across to the other side of the ring and punched Twin with all his might. Twins head moved back by a margin and his smirk grew even wider. "Now this is the part where you crap yourself." Chuckled Twin, enclosing his hand around Piccolos fist. "My turn." Twin punched Piccolo hard in the stomach making him gasp for air. Lifting him slightly, Twin balanced Piccolo on his fist before quickly removing it and hitting the back of his head. As Piccolo bounced off the ground, Twin kicked him across the arena where he settled in a dust cloud.

Twin chuckled to himself before a bright yellow blast of ki shot out at him. He quickly raised a hand and a shimmering, translucent brown wall appeared in front of him. The ki blast hit the barrier and dissipated with a whimper. The dust cloud began to disperse leaving a panting Piccolo with both arms outstretched.

'What?! But...that was everything I could muster...was it all for nothing?' Thought Piccolo.

"You know it's awful dusty now." Hissed Twin, casually strolling towards his opponent. "Perhaps we should play a game to clean the place up. I like to call this one, street sweeper. I'll be the sweeper, and you can be the brush." Twin shot forwards and grabbed one of Piccolo's legs. He lifted it up and sent Piccolo spinning into a flip before pulling his leg, and the rest of his body, back down towards the ground. As Piccolo's body was smeared across the ground, Twin followed through and raised him back into the air before repeating the process. After several more 'sweeps', Twin through Piccolo's body smearing across the ground. Reappearing in front, Twin kicked him up into the air. As Piccolo sailed through the sky he caught a glimpse of Twin flicking his wrist and sending him back down towards the arena with a ki blast.

Unfortunately, Piccolo landed back inside the ring. Twin began to laugh to himself as he hovered down and walked towards his victim. Looming over him, Twin raised his leg above Piccolo's neck and swung down. "10!" Called the announcer.

Twin faltered and stopped. "What? I'm kind of in the middle of something here!"

"Piccolo has been rendered unconscious for 10 seconds, he has been disqualified! Twin is the victor!" A round of boos and jeers came from the crowd at their monster of a winner.

Twin glared at the fallen demon. "You got lucky..." He muttered before walking off.

Out in the stands Kakarot rose from his seat. "Bulma, remember those beans I gave you this morning? Give me one."

Raditz got annoyed by Kakarots willingness to help an 'enemy'. "Why the hell would you want to help him! He tried to kill us remember."

"I can't take the chance of him dying of his injuries, I'll explain later." Said. Kakarot before hopping out into the ring and popping the bean in the demons mouth.

Piccolo's eyes began to open. "What the...what's going on?"

"I gave you a senzu bean, you lost." He looked around at the destroyed ring. "Badly."

"Shut it Saiyan, I'd like to see you do better."

The announcer cut off all further conversation. "Can we have Kakarot and Tao to the ring."

Kakarot turned and looked back at the fighters quarters to see Tao in all his cybernetic monstrosity come out.

"Well it's good to see you again freak." Sneered Tao.

"Look who's talking, looks like I messed you up." Answered Kakarot, almost genuinely.

Tao hissed. "Yes you did. But I look forward to returning the favour now that I've had some upgrades."

The announcer started the match and Tao ran forward and threw a fist...straight through an afterimage. "Alright Tao, I've had a few changes myself so I'll give you a chance. Admit that you're an evil scumbag and be a good person for the rest of your life, and then I won't kick your teeth in." Said Kakarot from behind Tao.

"Arrogant little...come here." Tao ran and threw a kick hitting another afterimage. He began to throw random attacks, whilst Kakarot kept throwing up afterimages. "Stop running you coward!" Tao's next punch was caught, Kakarot glared daggers at the man.

"I don't appreciate that." Tao's glare suddenly became a smirk as he pulled his arm back, leaving his hand in place. Kakarot had enough time to raise a confused eyebrow before a blade shot forth from the arms stump and he swung at the Saiyan. Kakarot dodged out of the way and grabbed hold of the mans arm and punched the blade into two pieces. As Tao watched his knife fall to pieces, Kakarot grabbed the mercenary and kneed him in the stomach and tossed him like a rag doll out of the ring.

"You know, I'm pretty sure you were disqualified for using a weapon anyway, but now it's definite." As the announcer called the match, Kakarot turned and walked away.

Tao picked himself and removed his other hand. "Don't you turn your back on me!" Tao built up all his power and fired a super dodon wave at the Saiyan. Kakarot growled before forming a ball of ki and turning back towards Tao. "You fool!" Kakarot unleashed the blast and watched as it shot straight through Tao's wave and incinerated the mercenary.

As the smoke cleared the audience were left speechless as the announcer recovered his composure. "Uh...according to the rules of the competition, since Tao was a disqualified contender, he attempted murder and according to the law...uh, self defence is ok! I think...we'll have a chat backstage mr Kakarot. Uh...and the victor is Kakarot!" The audience began to emerge from their stupor and applause slowly filled the crowd again.

Kakarot sighed and mentally face palmed. "This was going to be hard to explain to the officials and police.

Power Levels:

Twin: 1700 (not powered up)

Kakarot: 190 (suppressed)

1600 (not powered up)

Cyborg Tao: 330

Piccolo: 600

Hello all, I know it's been way too long and I apologise but I've had some personal issues to deal with which has kept me busy and cost me any motivation to write. I'd rather not go into it if it's all the same but still, I apologise for the gap and I'll get back to writing.

ShadesRadtiz: Pairing with them won't change, as for Yamcha, I really haven't given any thought to him at the moment.

Guest: Chi Chi will be sorted in the next chapter.

DarkSuperSaiyan: Basically, because of the zenkai boosts, Raditz will be stronger than Kakarot so I couldn't have a Raditz v Twin finale because that wouldn't be as good. The finale fight will work itself out but the main attraction is Kakarot v Twin.