No Fight's Over Until I've Won Ch 2
By Elbereth in April
The Saiyans all made the finals, of course. Radditz beat Chi-Chi, much to her disgust, but she wasn't surprised after she had watched them fight. It was the most incredible thing she'd ever seen.
She had drifted over to their side of the stadium, not without some misgiving about what about what she was getting into.
"Are these your friends, Kakkarot?" she asked, appearing beside him.
"Hey, Chi-Chi! Um, yeah." He introduced them all around. "And..." inane grin "...you've already met Vegeta."
"Hn."
"Yes."
Brief pause. "Which one of you do you think will win?"
He gave another embarrassed-looking grin. Radditz answered for him. "Oh it'll come down to Vegeta and Kakkarot. It always does."
"Yeah, try not to kill each other," Nappa laughed.
Nappa beat Radditz, Kakkarot beat Thenore, Vegeta beat Nappa.
As predicted, it was down to the two of them.
They faced each other across the ring. "Begin!" the announcer shouted.
They just kept staring. Then Vegeta smirked. "All right. I'll start this time."
He moved so fast he almost seemed to just appear in front of Kakkarot. He attempted a flurry of punches. Kakkarot managed to block them all but one, then responded by kneeing him in the stomach. Vegeta shrugged it aside as if it was nothing. He feinted another punch, but when Kakkarot went to block this time, Vegeta kicked him in the head.
They were both smirking, feeling more alive then they had in a long time.
They traded a few more blows, then they looked at each other. "Forget discipline," they said almost in unison.
"Kame...hame..."
"Final flash!"
"Ha!"
The crowd screamed as the whole arena seemed to explode. Chi-chi clutched Thenore's arm in fear.
But Thenore was laughing. "No fair! You wouldn't let us do that!" she called.
"I have the right to change my mind," a voice rasped back from inside the cloud of smoke.
The crowd gasped again. Eyes watering, they squinted through the smoke and could barely make out two figures. Yes, both combatants were alive! Although the ring was just a crater full of rubble.
The smoke dissipated completely. The Saiyans were clapping. The rest of the audience felt quite sheepish for being so scared when some people thought the whole thing was entertaining; they began to clap, too.
'What kind of weirdo am I attracted to now?' Chi-Chi thought in dismay. 'Can´t I ever find a normal man?'
Kakkarot and Vegeta were ignoring the crowd, staring each other down again. "Can we fly, Vegeta?"
"I suppose at this point that hardly matters."
"OK." Kakkarot burst up into the air, did a somersault, and hurtled back down straight at Vegeta. Vegeta leapt into the air at the last minute. Kakkarot followed. Then they were punching and kicking a dozen feet or so off the ground. The crowd gasped again.
'Oh, what the heck,' Chi-Chi sighed to herself. 'Just go with it.'
"This time, Kakkarot, I´m taking you down."
Vegeta started firing rapid ki blasts at him. Kakkarot swerved through the air, avoiding them. Then Kakkarot rushed at Vegeta again, kicking him in the stomach. But Vegeta grabbed his leg as he pulled away, flipped him over, and double-handed him in the back.
Kakkarot began to fall to the ground, but just before he reached it he righted himself. Vegeta, who had been following him down to hit him again, was taken by surprise. Kakkarot hit him with a small ki blast at point blank range. Vegeta fell over backwards and hit the ground outside of the ring.
He growled as Kakkarot began to twirl around in the air. "I won!" Kakkarot shouted.
"What a stupid rule," Vegeta complained. "In a real fight, we wouldn´t stop until one of us was unconscious."
"Sorry," Kakkarot grinned, not sounding sorry at all.
"I am going to beat you next time."
"Score stands at 385-229."
Vegeta scowled. "I am the strongest warrior in the universe. I will defeat you."
Kakkarot smiled and half-bowed. "I have no doubt, Ouji-sama," he said seriously.
Meanwhile, the shaken announcer got up from where he was hiding behind the bleachers to announce the winner. "And Kakkarot is our new champion! Um, could you come down?"
'He certainly is strong,' Chi-Chi mused. 'Maybe there´s just something about that wrong kind of guy...'
So after all the applause, as the audience was leaving, and the other Saiyans were trying to mollify Vegeta´s wounded pride, Chi-Chi and Kakkarot slipped off to one side.
"Can I see you again?"
"I suppose so."
"I´ll be by tomorrow then! Where do you live?"
Chi-Chi´s heart melted as he gave her that patented grin. She gave him directions. "Come by any time after two," she said.
By Elbereth in April
The Saiyans all made the finals, of course. Radditz beat Chi-Chi, much to her disgust, but she wasn't surprised after she had watched them fight. It was the most incredible thing she'd ever seen.
She had drifted over to their side of the stadium, not without some misgiving about what about what she was getting into.
"Are these your friends, Kakkarot?" she asked, appearing beside him.
"Hey, Chi-Chi! Um, yeah." He introduced them all around. "And..." inane grin "...you've already met Vegeta."
"Hn."
"Yes."
Brief pause. "Which one of you do you think will win?"
He gave another embarrassed-looking grin. Radditz answered for him. "Oh it'll come down to Vegeta and Kakkarot. It always does."
"Yeah, try not to kill each other," Nappa laughed.
Nappa beat Radditz, Kakkarot beat Thenore, Vegeta beat Nappa.
As predicted, it was down to the two of them.
They faced each other across the ring. "Begin!" the announcer shouted.
They just kept staring. Then Vegeta smirked. "All right. I'll start this time."
He moved so fast he almost seemed to just appear in front of Kakkarot. He attempted a flurry of punches. Kakkarot managed to block them all but one, then responded by kneeing him in the stomach. Vegeta shrugged it aside as if it was nothing. He feinted another punch, but when Kakkarot went to block this time, Vegeta kicked him in the head.
They were both smirking, feeling more alive then they had in a long time.
They traded a few more blows, then they looked at each other. "Forget discipline," they said almost in unison.
"Kame...hame..."
"Final flash!"
"Ha!"
The crowd screamed as the whole arena seemed to explode. Chi-chi clutched Thenore's arm in fear.
But Thenore was laughing. "No fair! You wouldn't let us do that!" she called.
"I have the right to change my mind," a voice rasped back from inside the cloud of smoke.
The crowd gasped again. Eyes watering, they squinted through the smoke and could barely make out two figures. Yes, both combatants were alive! Although the ring was just a crater full of rubble.
The smoke dissipated completely. The Saiyans were clapping. The rest of the audience felt quite sheepish for being so scared when some people thought the whole thing was entertaining; they began to clap, too.
'What kind of weirdo am I attracted to now?' Chi-Chi thought in dismay. 'Can´t I ever find a normal man?'
Kakkarot and Vegeta were ignoring the crowd, staring each other down again. "Can we fly, Vegeta?"
"I suppose at this point that hardly matters."
"OK." Kakkarot burst up into the air, did a somersault, and hurtled back down straight at Vegeta. Vegeta leapt into the air at the last minute. Kakkarot followed. Then they were punching and kicking a dozen feet or so off the ground. The crowd gasped again.
'Oh, what the heck,' Chi-Chi sighed to herself. 'Just go with it.'
"This time, Kakkarot, I´m taking you down."
Vegeta started firing rapid ki blasts at him. Kakkarot swerved through the air, avoiding them. Then Kakkarot rushed at Vegeta again, kicking him in the stomach. But Vegeta grabbed his leg as he pulled away, flipped him over, and double-handed him in the back.
Kakkarot began to fall to the ground, but just before he reached it he righted himself. Vegeta, who had been following him down to hit him again, was taken by surprise. Kakkarot hit him with a small ki blast at point blank range. Vegeta fell over backwards and hit the ground outside of the ring.
He growled as Kakkarot began to twirl around in the air. "I won!" Kakkarot shouted.
"What a stupid rule," Vegeta complained. "In a real fight, we wouldn´t stop until one of us was unconscious."
"Sorry," Kakkarot grinned, not sounding sorry at all.
"I am going to beat you next time."
"Score stands at 385-229."
Vegeta scowled. "I am the strongest warrior in the universe. I will defeat you."
Kakkarot smiled and half-bowed. "I have no doubt, Ouji-sama," he said seriously.
Meanwhile, the shaken announcer got up from where he was hiding behind the bleachers to announce the winner. "And Kakkarot is our new champion! Um, could you come down?"
'He certainly is strong,' Chi-Chi mused. 'Maybe there´s just something about that wrong kind of guy...'
So after all the applause, as the audience was leaving, and the other Saiyans were trying to mollify Vegeta´s wounded pride, Chi-Chi and Kakkarot slipped off to one side.
"Can I see you again?"
"I suppose so."
"I´ll be by tomorrow then! Where do you live?"
Chi-Chi´s heart melted as he gave her that patented grin. She gave him directions. "Come by any time after two," she said.
