AN: Thanks, Elisiva, for telling me that site. It helped a lot. ^ ^
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball. I wish I did, though…
Through Thick and Thin
With impeccable timing, the guy who was going to fight Krillin lumbered up to the stage. As he stepped, the ground sank beneath his feet.
"Aha..so you're the puny kid I'm fighting…" He grunted, then smirked. Krillin paled. The big sumo-guy stepped up to Krillin…and tripped. He fell, flailing his arms. As he landed, the ground shook. After about 5 seconds, he slowly got up and stared. 2 minutes later…" OW."
Krillin fell over, anime-style.
Chapter Three: Um…Wait. What are Nuerons?
Krillin stared at the man's non-existent eyes. He was subconsciously aware of the announcer counting down. "THREE…TWO…ONE…BEGIN!" A man banged the gong and the match began. Krillin waited for the man to man the first move. Suddenly, the man (we'll call him Sumo) lunged. Sumo raised his fist to punch the living daylights out of Krillin, but Krillin nimbly dodged.
"That was way too easy," he smirked.
Sumo was furious. He lunged again, and this time Krillin took the offensive. While Sumo's arms were extended, Krillin ducked under them and quickly brought a jab to Sumo's chin. The guy clutched his chin, his eyes bugging out. This went on for a while: Krillin punching, jabbing, kicking, and basically beating up Sumo. The defender never seemed to slow down very much, though. After every blow was delivered, Sumo slowed down for about a second, then was at it again. After about a minute of this, Krillin was confused.
'Why won't he stay down!?'
Krillin was getting tired. Sumo hadn't hit him yet, but he was wearing down from all of his own hits. Suddenly, Sumo leaned over, shaking. He yelled in pain. His feet collapsed, then his legs, and finally his whole body was down on the floor. Krillin was stupefied…but not for long.
'Aha! I get it. Haha, prepare to lose!'
Krillin got into a fighting stance again. Sumo easily got up and stood to face Krillin, but now he had bruises all over his body. Krillin winced.
'Ow, that's gotta hurt…'
Sumo lunged. Krillin dodged him again, and pounded him repeatedly with punches. Sumo seemed very rushed, though. He just turned around and took them all on his huge back. Suddenly, he growled. His body shook, and you could see the veins popping out in his concentration. His muscles bulged. He started to get larger…and larger…and larger. Soon he was half the size of the ring. He started to walk towards Krillin in order to push him out of the ring. Krillin realized what he was trying to do, though, and took a huge leap; completely flying over Sumo. Sumo blinked. Where'd Krillin go? He turned around, and voila! There his opponent was. So sumo started to run. Krillin again jumped back, and Sumo skidded to a stop right before he fell over the edge.
This gave Krillin an idea.
He ran over to the very edge of the ring, and yelled out to Sumo : "NYA NYA YOU CAN'T CATCH ME!" Krillin also, respectively, stuck out his tongue. Sumo got mad. His eyebrows knotted and he yelled a battle cry, then raced over to Krillin like a stampeding bull. Krillin was extremely focused. Since he had to end this quickly, he couldn't use his other plan. This HAD to work. And he wouldn't have a second chance. As Sumo was nearing, Krillin was staring straight at him, not moving a muscle. Finally, Sumo was right in front of him, charging with his head lowered. Krillin sprang up, usin g his feet as the springs, and sailed high above Sumo. Sumo was shocked, but didn't have enough time to stop. He barreled straight over the edge of the rink, and the crowd burst into cat calls and applause.
"YES! THE SMALL BUT MIGHTY KRILLIN HAS JUST DEFEATED SUMO!!!" The crowd's applause increased. Goku ran over to krillin, excited that his friend had just won.
"YAY, KRILLIN! That was so cool!"
"Ah, it was nothing. Just gotta be a genius!"
"Oh, and you're a genius? Thhhbttth." A young, blue-eyed girl said sarcasrically, walking up to the two martial artists.
"BULMA! I didn't see you in the crowd!" Goku exclaimed happily.
"Oh, really? I was in the front…anyway, Krillin, that was a nice match. I think that I figured out Sumo secret before you did, though."
"Huh?" Goku was confused.
"Oh! You don't know? Well, anyway, Sumo apparently taught himself to have slowed association neurons so that he wouldn't feel pain very quickly. Quite amazing, actually. And as long as he could end a match quickly, before he felt any pain, he could win."
"Wow." Goku was filled with admiration.
"Um…wait. What are neurons?" Goku continued after a short pause.
Krillin and Bulma sighed.
"Nevermind, kid…"
"Goku…" Krillin shook his head. "You really shouldn't have fallen asleep during Master's lessons."
"Huh? Master gave lessons?" Krillin sighed and shook his head again.
"Goku, what am I going to do with you?"
"I dunno. What?"
Krillin and Bulma sweat-dropped, anime-style.
"SIGH…" Suddenly the announcer's voice broke into their frustrating conversation.
"WILL…ah…oh! CHI-CHI AND DABOK PLEASE REPORT TO THE ARENA!"
Goku started. "OOH! Chi-Chi's up! I'm gonna try and find her before her match! She's fighting the guy who beat her up." Goku ran off, leaving Krillin and Bulma coughing in his dust.
"Gack…now where'd he run off to?"
AN: Okay, not a big cliffhanger this time either…expect another chapter soon, I'm on spring break. YAY! Anyway, the guy's name is going to be Dabok, which is a play on the Japanese word bruise. I mean, I've got to make his name be a pun on something! This is Dragonball were talking about here. Hmmm….anything else to say?
Nope. Anyway…
Next chapter : Chi-Chi has a very interesting fight with Dabok. You go girl!
-kat