Authors notes: Okey I am very sorry I haven't update in a while but I had writters block. This chapter isn't one of my best but it gets better. Please forgive my long absence
Gohan slid down into a back kick and hit Videl in the cheast. She let out a cry as she was tossed into a rock. She got up and attacked in a blurr of punches and then tried her kamehameha.
"Ka-me-ha-me-ha!"
Gohan smiled. "Very expectable." He jumped up and avoided it and then came crashing down to land a hammer blow on the side of her neck. Videl collapsed and he looked at her. She was unconsious. He picked her up and dragged her under a tree to wait for her to come around again. When she did they'd go back to fighting. He hoped she'd wake up soon.
Gohan sighed and drew his gaze away from her. Having her so close was almost too much for him. Her scent drived him nuts. For the past few days he'd lay in bed staring up at the ceiling. He could smell her above him throught the floor boards. That spicy smell of her that constantly reminded him of their first night together.
He looked at her with her eyes closed and the way she gently leaned against his side. It would be so easy to start kissing her and then taking her the moment she awakened. To ease her clothes off and make her cry out his name and say that she was him. But he wouldn't. He wanted Videl to come to him of her own free will.
Tomorrow night was the tournoment and then came the full moon. Yeah, Gohan thought, it was the full moon that was making him so upset. There wasn't a place you could go now without seeing some fight going on or some men stawking females. The moon effected all sayjins basicaly the same way. With blood lust.
Gohan felt his skin burn right now. Heard his heart pound in his ears. The past few days he had taken Videl out to train for last minute spars. Sometimes he'd get out of hand and nearly kill her. Other times he'd pulled her close and kiss her wildly untill his mind came back into controll and he tossed her aside and went back to fighting her. He knew she was confused and even a little scared by his latest behavior but he couldn't help it. The tournoment was tomorrow and she needed her rest so she decided not to wake her. Instead he lifted her up and flew her home. He placed her in bed and went back downstairs at eat.
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The next day . . . .
The setting was just after sunset at the capital. A large round ring rose up from the center of a stadium and sayjins young and old cheered. The day had been a fesival of eating and dancing. Flutes played a cheerful tune as couples paired off into traditional dancing. On days like this no one wore armor, instead they dressed in fancy shirts and slacks or pretty dresses. Sure they might get torn up in a fight or by an impacient mate, but it was a celebration!
Now night was here and what everyone really was waiting for had arrived. The round ring clicked into place and robed preists came up holsing a torch. Around the ring were three tall poles and they walked to them lighting them afire. Legend was, that the original super sayjin was able to gain his great power after three years of torment. The lights symbolized that.
High, up in the tower, the King Vegeta, his wife the Queen and his son the prince walked out to watch the tournoment. He waved and the crowd yelled in approval. With a wave of his royal hand the women compeating walked out. Men hooted and passed mugs of ale around, one of which Gohan took.
Gohan blew the foam off of his glass and drank it down. He knew he shouldn't be drinking but he doubted that anything could dull his sences tonite. With his seat towards the back he could even make out the grain in the wooden torches! He spotted Videl walk in wearing a gi simmilar to the one she had back on earth. It was white with black underneith and she wore her necklace the Tamashii around her neck. He wanted to be next to her to root her on but she needed to do this on her own.
Videl wished Gohan was there with her. All of the sayjin females teased and poked fun at her and the other slaves. Soon she spotted Lou, Qupr and Quen.
"I am sure glad to see you." she said running up. "This is nothing like the tounoments we have at home."
"I know." Lou said. "On Aquaria we did everything under water so no one really got hurt. This is plain scary."
"Chill out." Quen said. "We only have a few rounds to do."
"Yeah well," Videl said trying to cheer her up. "Then you'll be free."
Quen and Qupr looked at each other. "Our master is making us throw the thrird fight."
"WHAT! He can't do that!" Videl said outraged.
"Yes he can." Lou said sadly. "He owns us. He'll beat us if we don't."
"But if you win the fight he can't do anything to you." Videl mentioned. "You'd be a citizen."
Qupr and Quen looked away. Videl looked to Lou but she too was avoiding her gaze.
"Fine." Videl said. "Be that way. Be a slave all your life! Don't even try to win your freedom. But if you think-"
Someone shoved her from behind and Videl spun around madly. She sneered. Selek stood with her tail thrashing wildly behind her.
"Oops." Selek said mockingly. "Didn't see you there, slave."
"Don't. Call. Me. That." Videl said warning her.
Selek smirked and Videl saw some other sayjin women walking up. "What are you going todo about it. Slave."
Videl lunged for her but Quen and Qupr held her back. Selek threw back her head and laughed and walked away.
"Videl," Qupr said. "do you want to be beaten before you win your freedom?"
She shook their hands off. "No. But that bitch is really getting on my nerves."
"Fellow warriors!" the announcer yelled. He was a long haired short sayjin in armor. "We have gathered her today on this night before the full moon to let our women fight and pay tribute to one of our most treasured traditions. The Tournoment!" The stands cheered. "Since the begining of time we sayjins have known a memory. The memory of aggesion as a means of survival. A memory of fighting! I only ask of these fighters to ask their own flesh and blood to give there all, because ones blood is the way to truth and fighting is the truest act of all!!!"
"Whoooo!!"
"Go for it!"
"Give your all girls!"
"Blood and flesh!"
"Yeah!!"
The announcer smiled at his little speach and raised his mic again. "For those who do not know the rule here it is. Their is no eye goudging, tail pulling, spitting in the face or use of wepons. Anything else goes! If you kill your opponent the roll her out of the ring so we may start the next match! Now let's get started! The women have already been randomly matched and will start fighting-NOW!"
A pair of fighters went in and started going at it. Videl looked at the board and saw her first match was against a sayjin called Selri, low level at Meushi Rank. Simple enough. When her time came she got in and saw Selri was a short black haired teen who looked like she ate raw meat for breakfast. The announcer wave to begin and Selri rammed rightat her. Videl jumped over her and kicked her out of the ring. Unlike on earth that ment nothing. Selri climbed back in and they started going at it. Dodge and punch with each move. Soon she saw Selri dragged her right shoulder when she was about to attack and Videl jump kicked her in the left arm causing her to topple over. Videl lunged on her and punched her untill Selri fell unconsious.
"Winner Videl!"
Her next fight was like that too. Videl found the whole thing suprisingly easy. She guessed that all the training truely paid off. She watched as Qupr threw her third fight and she looked away in disgust. Quen started towards the ring to do the same and Videl stopped her.
"You don't have to do this." Videl said. "He has no power over you."
"I'm sorry." Quen said walking around her. Videl cheered her on anyway as Quen pouposly lost to a sayjin. Videl sighed and tried to focus on her finnal fight. It was against a sayjin female names Bin. She was short with long black hair tied up in a pony tail. Videl watched her for any weeknesses.
"Next up in Lou vs. a fellow slave named Herper!"
Videl gasped. She had been so busy she forgot Lous third fight was up next. She ran up next to ringside. "Lou!" she whispered. "Lou!"
Lou turned and smiled. "Hi Videl. What's up?"
"Listen Lou this is very important." Videl said getting Lous full attention. "You can win this fight. If you do you will be free."
"But- master said throw this fight." Lou said confused. "If we don't he'll beat us."
"Lou," Videl said calmly. "If you win this fight and get you freedom then he cant' beat you. You'll no longer be his."
"But I don't have any money." Lou said. "How will I get yo Norcom?"
"I'll help you." Videl said. "Like you helped me on the ship remember? Just don't lose."
*Dingggg*
Videl backed away as Lous fight began. Tackle, hit, dodge. That was the rythem of each fight and Lous and Herpers began that way too. Herper landed a few hard hits in Lous cheast that could have been easily blocked. But then something changed. Lous movements became more gracefull and she wasn't taking as many hits. She hit the floor on all fours and side stepped away from Herper. Lou moved almost bug like double jointedly. She jumped up and latched onto her opponant from behind and squeezed. The slave howled and fell to her knees. Videl soon saw why, Lou had pinned her arms at her side so no one was paying attention to Lous feet. A long fat spick had grown out of each foot from the top and digged into the back of Herpers legs. Herper was in great pain but was still consious. Lous grip tightend and the entire stadium heard a sickening crack.
Herper fell to the floor and Lou stood up. The announcer ran over and checked Herper for a pulse. He straightened. "The winner is Lou!!!!"
Gohan slid down into a back kick and hit Videl in the cheast. She let out a cry as she was tossed into a rock. She got up and attacked in a blurr of punches and then tried her kamehameha.
"Ka-me-ha-me-ha!"
Gohan smiled. "Very expectable." He jumped up and avoided it and then came crashing down to land a hammer blow on the side of her neck. Videl collapsed and he looked at her. She was unconsious. He picked her up and dragged her under a tree to wait for her to come around again. When she did they'd go back to fighting. He hoped she'd wake up soon.
Gohan sighed and drew his gaze away from her. Having her so close was almost too much for him. Her scent drived him nuts. For the past few days he'd lay in bed staring up at the ceiling. He could smell her above him throught the floor boards. That spicy smell of her that constantly reminded him of their first night together.
He looked at her with her eyes closed and the way she gently leaned against his side. It would be so easy to start kissing her and then taking her the moment she awakened. To ease her clothes off and make her cry out his name and say that she was him. But he wouldn't. He wanted Videl to come to him of her own free will.
Tomorrow night was the tournoment and then came the full moon. Yeah, Gohan thought, it was the full moon that was making him so upset. There wasn't a place you could go now without seeing some fight going on or some men stawking females. The moon effected all sayjins basicaly the same way. With blood lust.
Gohan felt his skin burn right now. Heard his heart pound in his ears. The past few days he had taken Videl out to train for last minute spars. Sometimes he'd get out of hand and nearly kill her. Other times he'd pulled her close and kiss her wildly untill his mind came back into controll and he tossed her aside and went back to fighting her. He knew she was confused and even a little scared by his latest behavior but he couldn't help it. The tournoment was tomorrow and she needed her rest so she decided not to wake her. Instead he lifted her up and flew her home. He placed her in bed and went back downstairs at eat.
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The next day . . . .
The setting was just after sunset at the capital. A large round ring rose up from the center of a stadium and sayjins young and old cheered. The day had been a fesival of eating and dancing. Flutes played a cheerful tune as couples paired off into traditional dancing. On days like this no one wore armor, instead they dressed in fancy shirts and slacks or pretty dresses. Sure they might get torn up in a fight or by an impacient mate, but it was a celebration!
Now night was here and what everyone really was waiting for had arrived. The round ring clicked into place and robed preists came up holsing a torch. Around the ring were three tall poles and they walked to them lighting them afire. Legend was, that the original super sayjin was able to gain his great power after three years of torment. The lights symbolized that.
High, up in the tower, the King Vegeta, his wife the Queen and his son the prince walked out to watch the tournoment. He waved and the crowd yelled in approval. With a wave of his royal hand the women compeating walked out. Men hooted and passed mugs of ale around, one of which Gohan took.
Gohan blew the foam off of his glass and drank it down. He knew he shouldn't be drinking but he doubted that anything could dull his sences tonite. With his seat towards the back he could even make out the grain in the wooden torches! He spotted Videl walk in wearing a gi simmilar to the one she had back on earth. It was white with black underneith and she wore her necklace the Tamashii around her neck. He wanted to be next to her to root her on but she needed to do this on her own.
Videl wished Gohan was there with her. All of the sayjin females teased and poked fun at her and the other slaves. Soon she spotted Lou, Qupr and Quen.
"I am sure glad to see you." she said running up. "This is nothing like the tounoments we have at home."
"I know." Lou said. "On Aquaria we did everything under water so no one really got hurt. This is plain scary."
"Chill out." Quen said. "We only have a few rounds to do."
"Yeah well," Videl said trying to cheer her up. "Then you'll be free."
Quen and Qupr looked at each other. "Our master is making us throw the thrird fight."
"WHAT! He can't do that!" Videl said outraged.
"Yes he can." Lou said sadly. "He owns us. He'll beat us if we don't."
"But if you win the fight he can't do anything to you." Videl mentioned. "You'd be a citizen."
Qupr and Quen looked away. Videl looked to Lou but she too was avoiding her gaze.
"Fine." Videl said. "Be that way. Be a slave all your life! Don't even try to win your freedom. But if you think-"
Someone shoved her from behind and Videl spun around madly. She sneered. Selek stood with her tail thrashing wildly behind her.
"Oops." Selek said mockingly. "Didn't see you there, slave."
"Don't. Call. Me. That." Videl said warning her.
Selek smirked and Videl saw some other sayjin women walking up. "What are you going todo about it. Slave."
Videl lunged for her but Quen and Qupr held her back. Selek threw back her head and laughed and walked away.
"Videl," Qupr said. "do you want to be beaten before you win your freedom?"
She shook their hands off. "No. But that bitch is really getting on my nerves."
"Fellow warriors!" the announcer yelled. He was a long haired short sayjin in armor. "We have gathered her today on this night before the full moon to let our women fight and pay tribute to one of our most treasured traditions. The Tournoment!" The stands cheered. "Since the begining of time we sayjins have known a memory. The memory of aggesion as a means of survival. A memory of fighting! I only ask of these fighters to ask their own flesh and blood to give there all, because ones blood is the way to truth and fighting is the truest act of all!!!"
"Whoooo!!"
"Go for it!"
"Give your all girls!"
"Blood and flesh!"
"Yeah!!"
The announcer smiled at his little speach and raised his mic again. "For those who do not know the rule here it is. Their is no eye goudging, tail pulling, spitting in the face or use of wepons. Anything else goes! If you kill your opponent the roll her out of the ring so we may start the next match! Now let's get started! The women have already been randomly matched and will start fighting-NOW!"
A pair of fighters went in and started going at it. Videl looked at the board and saw her first match was against a sayjin called Selri, low level at Meushi Rank. Simple enough. When her time came she got in and saw Selri was a short black haired teen who looked like she ate raw meat for breakfast. The announcer wave to begin and Selri rammed rightat her. Videl jumped over her and kicked her out of the ring. Unlike on earth that ment nothing. Selri climbed back in and they started going at it. Dodge and punch with each move. Soon she saw Selri dragged her right shoulder when she was about to attack and Videl jump kicked her in the left arm causing her to topple over. Videl lunged on her and punched her untill Selri fell unconsious.
"Winner Videl!"
Her next fight was like that too. Videl found the whole thing suprisingly easy. She guessed that all the training truely paid off. She watched as Qupr threw her third fight and she looked away in disgust. Quen started towards the ring to do the same and Videl stopped her.
"You don't have to do this." Videl said. "He has no power over you."
"I'm sorry." Quen said walking around her. Videl cheered her on anyway as Quen pouposly lost to a sayjin. Videl sighed and tried to focus on her finnal fight. It was against a sayjin female names Bin. She was short with long black hair tied up in a pony tail. Videl watched her for any weeknesses.
"Next up in Lou vs. a fellow slave named Herper!"
Videl gasped. She had been so busy she forgot Lous third fight was up next. She ran up next to ringside. "Lou!" she whispered. "Lou!"
Lou turned and smiled. "Hi Videl. What's up?"
"Listen Lou this is very important." Videl said getting Lous full attention. "You can win this fight. If you do you will be free."
"But- master said throw this fight." Lou said confused. "If we don't he'll beat us."
"Lou," Videl said calmly. "If you win this fight and get you freedom then he cant' beat you. You'll no longer be his."
"But I don't have any money." Lou said. "How will I get yo Norcom?"
"I'll help you." Videl said. "Like you helped me on the ship remember? Just don't lose."
*Dingggg*
Videl backed away as Lous fight began. Tackle, hit, dodge. That was the rythem of each fight and Lous and Herpers began that way too. Herper landed a few hard hits in Lous cheast that could have been easily blocked. But then something changed. Lous movements became more gracefull and she wasn't taking as many hits. She hit the floor on all fours and side stepped away from Herper. Lou moved almost bug like double jointedly. She jumped up and latched onto her opponant from behind and squeezed. The slave howled and fell to her knees. Videl soon saw why, Lou had pinned her arms at her side so no one was paying attention to Lous feet. A long fat spick had grown out of each foot from the top and digged into the back of Herpers legs. Herper was in great pain but was still consious. Lous grip tightend and the entire stadium heard a sickening crack.
Herper fell to the floor and Lou stood up. The announcer ran over and checked Herper for a pulse. He straightened. "The winner is Lou!!!!"
