Next Generation: Chapter 5
(All characters except the ones I made up are from DBZ, in other words don't sue me. I'm just writing a fanfic here.)
Part 1: Junior Division
"Ladies and Gentlemen, after a grueling first three rounds we are finally down to the semi-finals in the junior division. The winners of these two matches will face each other for the title. Then after the victor will be named the strongest fighter under the heavens." cried the annoucer over the loud speaker.
Sapphire stared up at the board that was monitering the fight. As she figured, her, Goten, and Trunx were dominating the competition. But there was one other person who had also been doing really well. She knew nothing about this person, other then the fact that their name was Ibuki.
"The semi finals are about to be annouced. The next two matches will be Sapphire vs. Ibuki, and Trunx vs. Goten." yelled the annoucer once more holding a paper in his palm.
"We have to fight....each other?!" said Trunx and Goten in unison as they looked at one another.
"Well we would of had to sooner or later ya know." said Trunx.
"I guess. But I don't really think that fact dawned on me until right now." replied Goten
"Don't worry, I'll go easy on you." smirked Trunx as he turned to Goten.
"We'll just see who go's easy on who." Goten replied with the same air of confidence.
"I wonder who this Ibuki girl is that Sapphy has to fight?" questioned Trunx as he looked around.
"Well don't worry, that question will be answered soon. They're up next." answered Goten, pointing at the main arena where they could see Sapphire walking onto.
"C'mon Sapphy! We know you can do it!" cried Trunx over to her.
"I know I can." she replied with a wink, looking at the two. Then she noticed a presence in the arena, it had zoomed right past her just then. She turned her head back and forth trying to spot whoever was causing it, but to no avail.
"The first semi-final match is about to begin. Both contestants in this match so far are undefeated. The first contestant is Sapphire. This little blue bomber has taken the tournament by storm, and by being a first time contestant, it only makes it even more amazing." the annoucer yelled, which was met with everyone cheering; and Sapphire standing in the middle of the arena with her hands on her hips, eating up their cries to approval.
"And her opponent will be none other then the one, the only Ibuki!" he yelled with great emphasis.
At that precise moment, the presence Sapphire felt earlier zoomed by her again, and stopped a few feet in front of her. And Sapphire finally had a chance to see who had been moving so fast. At first glance she though she was looking at a boy, but at closer inspection she realized it was a girl. The girl wore a faded gray ninja outfit that covered her whole body. Out the back of her hood stuck out a long black ponytail, and menacing eyes glared at her from above the face mask. Sapphire knew that this was no ordinary person she was dealing with.
"The most promising fighter, and last year's junior division champion. eight year old Ibuki!" he cried even more, getting a very large reaction from the crowd.
"You heard it boys and girls, Ibuki is going to win once again!" added Mr. Satan taking the mike away from the annoucer.
"Thank you uncle Satan." called Ibuki, waving at her uncle, which was replied by Satan waving right back.
"Uncle Satan?!" cried Trunx and Goten together as they stared onto the arena at the waving girl.
"Feh, if this girl is anything like her uncle. She's all talk and no ability." thought Sapphire to herself as she took a fighting stance, meanwhile Ibuki just stood there with a bored expression on her face.
"Let the fight commence!" cried the anouncer.
Sapphire stood ready, waiting for Ibuki to make a move. But instead the little ninja just stood there with a sly look on her face.
"You are an awfually strange looking little girl. I bet you think your pretty hip with that fake tail stuck to your but." Ibuki said mockingly.
"Why you?!" came the reply as Sapphire lunged forward to end this fight quickly, but when she went to punch the girl, she hit nothing but air.
"What?!" she yelled in frustration looking around her to see where the girl went. She then felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Behind you." came Ibuki's mockingly simple statement. Sapphire, now very angry, sent a roundhouse kick straight at Ibuki's smiling face. But once again she hit nothing but air.
"Stop moving around!?" she cried, looking around once again to find her opponent. She only had a split second to react when she saw somthing flying towards her head.
"What the?" she asked herself, as she touched her cheek.
"You...cut me..." she said almost morbidly, as she felt a slit across the left side of her face. The blood that she saw on her hands when she touched it confirmed this fact. She turned to look a few feet behind her to see a small dagger. But before she could ponder more she felt two quick kicks in her back that sent her sprawling forward. Trunx almost ran into the arena when he saw this, but was held back by Goten.
"She'll be fine. You know Sapphy." he said reassuringly, which Trunx replied with a nod, sitting back down.
"Not so confident now are ya blue girl?" Ibuki laughed as she stood there in a fighting stance.
"Darnit, she's so fast, and I can't do anything about it. I should of never made that promise with Goten and Trunx not to use my super saiyan abilities, or energy attacks against regular humans." she cursed herself as she looked at Ibuki.
"Oh well, I gues I'll just have to find some other way to beat her." she smirked to herself, accepting the challenge.
"Now let me show you some real speed!" Sapphire yelled charging at Ibuki. The utterly surprised girl had no time to react and was caught square in the chin with that punch.
"You...you little DORK!" she yelled childishly, as she glared at the now smug Sapphire.
"Now you die." Ibuki said softly as she secured her mask over her mouth.
The next ten minutes of battle were nothing more then a blur to the audience. The two fighters were moving at an icredible speed. The only ones who seemed to be able to follow the two girl's movements were Goten and Trunx. Satan appeared that he could also see what was going on, but in actuality all he was doing was watching a fly in front of his face buzz around.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is amazing. These two junior combatants are moving incredibly fast. Could this new fighter be an actual match for our Ibuki?!" cried the annoucer, trying to stir up the audience; who seemed to be getting bored, since they had been watching blurs for the last ten minutees.
Finally everyone perked up as they noticed the two fighters had stopped moving. Both looking worse for wear. But surprisingly enough, Sapphire seemed to be more badly beaten.
"This is impossible. I'm Cell's daughter, how can I be losing to some human!" Sapphire cursed to herself in between pants.
"She's to fast. Sapphire can't beat her!" yelled Trunx, looking worried.
"Don't worry. If she's Cell's daughter, she'll think of something." Reassured Goten once again.
"What's wrong? Feeling a little tired." smirked Ibuki looking over to her.
"Its not over till its over!" cried back Sapphire with new confidence, charging at her. The two girls collided once again, their fists and feet immediately intertwined in almost invisible movements.
"Give it up girl. I'm faster then you are. You can't beat me." smirked Ibuki in between punches.
"Oh yeah then how about this." Sapphire retorted. And a moment later, Ibuki could feel herself losing her footing on the ground. And before she knew it, she was lying on her back.
"Its over!" cried Sapphire, about to slam her fist into Ibuki's face. Ibuki closed her eyes, thinking she was about to die. But the strike never came; Sapphire's fist hung millimeters away from the girl's face.
"You don't think I would kill a fighter as good as you." Sapphire said smiling, helping the girl up. Ibuki, without answering, turned away from her, and bowed to the audience.
"Ladies and gentlement, it seems to me that Ibuki had forfeited the match!" cried the annoucer in surprise.
"What?!" yelled Satan looking down at the battlefield. He had been watching the sky still, to make it seem that he knew where the two were fighting; he never knew that they had landed.
"Why are you giving up?" questioned Sapphire.
"Because, I know that you weren't really trying. I can sense a lot more power within you. Besides, you have honor, something that I don't see much of these days. And to me, that merits a true champion." replied Ibuki turning towards her.
"I hope we meet again." she continued, taking elegent steps away from her. This leaving Sapphire totally stunned. She watched as Ibuki walked past her uncle who seemed to be yelling at her about something. But she just simply yelled something back and kept walking, leaving Satan standing there with a dumb look on his face.
"Well you've seen it folks, it seems that Sapphire has won the match due to forfeit." fumbled the Annoucer, still not quite over the champion giving up like that.
"How did she do that?" asked Goten, staring at the now cheering Sapphire.
"She did it fast, but I think she used her tail." replied Trunx.
"Her tail?"
"Yeah. That Ibuki girl didn't think that Sapphy's tail was real, so she wasn't guarding against it. Meaning this gave the perfect opportunity for Sapphy to use it to get the upper hand." stated Trunx, smiling at the ingenuity of the move. Goten just stared at him for a moment, then got a shocked look on his face.
"If that match is over, then that means we're next!" cried Goten, jumping out of his seat. The annoucer quickly agreed with him, by calling Trunx and Goten to the arena.
"Well, you ready?" asked Goten, looking at the now standing Trunx.
"Ready, and waiting." he simply replied. After that, the two boys slowly made their way to opposite sides of the arena, ready to battle....
To be Continued
(I know this might seem kinda slow to you, only doing one match at a time. But I'm trying to write in Toriyama's style as much as I can. Meaning that I want to go into specific detail about each fight. Also on a side note, the girl Ibuki is from the Street Fighter 3 games.))
(All characters except the ones I made up are from DBZ, in other words don't sue me. I'm just writing a fanfic here.)
Part 1: Junior Division
"Ladies and Gentlemen, after a grueling first three rounds we are finally down to the semi-finals in the junior division. The winners of these two matches will face each other for the title. Then after the victor will be named the strongest fighter under the heavens." cried the annoucer over the loud speaker.
Sapphire stared up at the board that was monitering the fight. As she figured, her, Goten, and Trunx were dominating the competition. But there was one other person who had also been doing really well. She knew nothing about this person, other then the fact that their name was Ibuki.
"The semi finals are about to be annouced. The next two matches will be Sapphire vs. Ibuki, and Trunx vs. Goten." yelled the annoucer once more holding a paper in his palm.
"We have to fight....each other?!" said Trunx and Goten in unison as they looked at one another.
"Well we would of had to sooner or later ya know." said Trunx.
"I guess. But I don't really think that fact dawned on me until right now." replied Goten
"Don't worry, I'll go easy on you." smirked Trunx as he turned to Goten.
"We'll just see who go's easy on who." Goten replied with the same air of confidence.
"I wonder who this Ibuki girl is that Sapphy has to fight?" questioned Trunx as he looked around.
"Well don't worry, that question will be answered soon. They're up next." answered Goten, pointing at the main arena where they could see Sapphire walking onto.
"C'mon Sapphy! We know you can do it!" cried Trunx over to her.
"I know I can." she replied with a wink, looking at the two. Then she noticed a presence in the arena, it had zoomed right past her just then. She turned her head back and forth trying to spot whoever was causing it, but to no avail.
"The first semi-final match is about to begin. Both contestants in this match so far are undefeated. The first contestant is Sapphire. This little blue bomber has taken the tournament by storm, and by being a first time contestant, it only makes it even more amazing." the annoucer yelled, which was met with everyone cheering; and Sapphire standing in the middle of the arena with her hands on her hips, eating up their cries to approval.
"And her opponent will be none other then the one, the only Ibuki!" he yelled with great emphasis.
At that precise moment, the presence Sapphire felt earlier zoomed by her again, and stopped a few feet in front of her. And Sapphire finally had a chance to see who had been moving so fast. At first glance she though she was looking at a boy, but at closer inspection she realized it was a girl. The girl wore a faded gray ninja outfit that covered her whole body. Out the back of her hood stuck out a long black ponytail, and menacing eyes glared at her from above the face mask. Sapphire knew that this was no ordinary person she was dealing with.
"The most promising fighter, and last year's junior division champion. eight year old Ibuki!" he cried even more, getting a very large reaction from the crowd.
"You heard it boys and girls, Ibuki is going to win once again!" added Mr. Satan taking the mike away from the annoucer.
"Thank you uncle Satan." called Ibuki, waving at her uncle, which was replied by Satan waving right back.
"Uncle Satan?!" cried Trunx and Goten together as they stared onto the arena at the waving girl.
"Feh, if this girl is anything like her uncle. She's all talk and no ability." thought Sapphire to herself as she took a fighting stance, meanwhile Ibuki just stood there with a bored expression on her face.
"Let the fight commence!" cried the anouncer.
Sapphire stood ready, waiting for Ibuki to make a move. But instead the little ninja just stood there with a sly look on her face.
"You are an awfually strange looking little girl. I bet you think your pretty hip with that fake tail stuck to your but." Ibuki said mockingly.
"Why you?!" came the reply as Sapphire lunged forward to end this fight quickly, but when she went to punch the girl, she hit nothing but air.
"What?!" she yelled in frustration looking around her to see where the girl went. She then felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Behind you." came Ibuki's mockingly simple statement. Sapphire, now very angry, sent a roundhouse kick straight at Ibuki's smiling face. But once again she hit nothing but air.
"Stop moving around!?" she cried, looking around once again to find her opponent. She only had a split second to react when she saw somthing flying towards her head.
"What the?" she asked herself, as she touched her cheek.
"You...cut me..." she said almost morbidly, as she felt a slit across the left side of her face. The blood that she saw on her hands when she touched it confirmed this fact. She turned to look a few feet behind her to see a small dagger. But before she could ponder more she felt two quick kicks in her back that sent her sprawling forward. Trunx almost ran into the arena when he saw this, but was held back by Goten.
"She'll be fine. You know Sapphy." he said reassuringly, which Trunx replied with a nod, sitting back down.
"Not so confident now are ya blue girl?" Ibuki laughed as she stood there in a fighting stance.
"Darnit, she's so fast, and I can't do anything about it. I should of never made that promise with Goten and Trunx not to use my super saiyan abilities, or energy attacks against regular humans." she cursed herself as she looked at Ibuki.
"Oh well, I gues I'll just have to find some other way to beat her." she smirked to herself, accepting the challenge.
"Now let me show you some real speed!" Sapphire yelled charging at Ibuki. The utterly surprised girl had no time to react and was caught square in the chin with that punch.
"You...you little DORK!" she yelled childishly, as she glared at the now smug Sapphire.
"Now you die." Ibuki said softly as she secured her mask over her mouth.
The next ten minutes of battle were nothing more then a blur to the audience. The two fighters were moving at an icredible speed. The only ones who seemed to be able to follow the two girl's movements were Goten and Trunx. Satan appeared that he could also see what was going on, but in actuality all he was doing was watching a fly in front of his face buzz around.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is amazing. These two junior combatants are moving incredibly fast. Could this new fighter be an actual match for our Ibuki?!" cried the annoucer, trying to stir up the audience; who seemed to be getting bored, since they had been watching blurs for the last ten minutees.
Finally everyone perked up as they noticed the two fighters had stopped moving. Both looking worse for wear. But surprisingly enough, Sapphire seemed to be more badly beaten.
"This is impossible. I'm Cell's daughter, how can I be losing to some human!" Sapphire cursed to herself in between pants.
"She's to fast. Sapphire can't beat her!" yelled Trunx, looking worried.
"Don't worry. If she's Cell's daughter, she'll think of something." Reassured Goten once again.
"What's wrong? Feeling a little tired." smirked Ibuki looking over to her.
"Its not over till its over!" cried back Sapphire with new confidence, charging at her. The two girls collided once again, their fists and feet immediately intertwined in almost invisible movements.
"Give it up girl. I'm faster then you are. You can't beat me." smirked Ibuki in between punches.
"Oh yeah then how about this." Sapphire retorted. And a moment later, Ibuki could feel herself losing her footing on the ground. And before she knew it, she was lying on her back.
"Its over!" cried Sapphire, about to slam her fist into Ibuki's face. Ibuki closed her eyes, thinking she was about to die. But the strike never came; Sapphire's fist hung millimeters away from the girl's face.
"You don't think I would kill a fighter as good as you." Sapphire said smiling, helping the girl up. Ibuki, without answering, turned away from her, and bowed to the audience.
"Ladies and gentlement, it seems to me that Ibuki had forfeited the match!" cried the annoucer in surprise.
"What?!" yelled Satan looking down at the battlefield. He had been watching the sky still, to make it seem that he knew where the two were fighting; he never knew that they had landed.
"Why are you giving up?" questioned Sapphire.
"Because, I know that you weren't really trying. I can sense a lot more power within you. Besides, you have honor, something that I don't see much of these days. And to me, that merits a true champion." replied Ibuki turning towards her.
"I hope we meet again." she continued, taking elegent steps away from her. This leaving Sapphire totally stunned. She watched as Ibuki walked past her uncle who seemed to be yelling at her about something. But she just simply yelled something back and kept walking, leaving Satan standing there with a dumb look on his face.
"Well you've seen it folks, it seems that Sapphire has won the match due to forfeit." fumbled the Annoucer, still not quite over the champion giving up like that.
"How did she do that?" asked Goten, staring at the now cheering Sapphire.
"She did it fast, but I think she used her tail." replied Trunx.
"Her tail?"
"Yeah. That Ibuki girl didn't think that Sapphy's tail was real, so she wasn't guarding against it. Meaning this gave the perfect opportunity for Sapphy to use it to get the upper hand." stated Trunx, smiling at the ingenuity of the move. Goten just stared at him for a moment, then got a shocked look on his face.
"If that match is over, then that means we're next!" cried Goten, jumping out of his seat. The annoucer quickly agreed with him, by calling Trunx and Goten to the arena.
"Well, you ready?" asked Goten, looking at the now standing Trunx.
"Ready, and waiting." he simply replied. After that, the two boys slowly made their way to opposite sides of the arena, ready to battle....
To be Continued
(I know this might seem kinda slow to you, only doing one match at a time. But I'm trying to write in Toriyama's style as much as I can. Meaning that I want to go into specific detail about each fight. Also on a side note, the girl Ibuki is from the Street Fighter 3 games.))
