Alien Competition-Part 4

Bardock and Zibbiocho stepped into the ring, staring each other down in classic stance.

"Are you ready for the beating of your life?" asked Zibbiocho.

"Yeah, I'm ready to give you the worst beating of your life," sneered Bardock. Bardock charged at Zibbiocho, but got only an after-image. Bardock spun around and blocked a kick from Zibbiocho. Zibbiocho punched at Bardock, who dodged it and punched Zibbiocho square in the face. Zibbiocho quickly recovered and sweep-kicked Bardock, knocking him down. He then elbowed Bardock in the stomach and kicked him high into the air.

"Bardock!" shouted Celipa.

"Get back down there and show him what you're made of!" bellowed Twora.

Bardock stopped in midair and headed back to the ground. As he came down he shot at Zibbiocho, who met an after-image of him. Zibbiocho looked around, not seeing Bardock anywhere. Suddenly, Bardock came out of nowhere and kicked Zibbiocho in the face.

"DO-DON-PA!" shouted Bardock, while Zibbiocho held his face in pain. Then, Zibbiocho looked up, just to have the energy hit him in the stomach and knock him out of the ring. Bardock walked over to Zibbiocho. "Bluffer!"

"Bardock is the winner! The next match is Ginyu versus Falicorn!" Bardock, Celipa, and Twora all glanced over as Ginyu came out to fight.

"I'm gonna check his power level," said Bardock. His scouter beeped, locking the number. "I-impo-ossib-ble. 120,000. Why would someone that strong be here at the tournament? Don't they have another tournament for stronger people?"

"I'm not sure," said Twora. "But now we know why Frieza wants him."

"Poor Falicorn," said Celipa.

The fight had started. "Look at Ginyu's speed!" exclaimed Bardock. "How does he do it?"

Falicorn was knocked unconscious. "I don't know, but you have to fight him next," said Twora.

"Hahahaha!" said Celipa.

"Shut up, Celipa," said Bardock. "Right now you have to go fight Jabinski."

"So?"

"You're not nervous, scared to death, or frightened beyond belief?"

"Nope."

"The first match of the semi finals is Celipa versus Jabinski!"

"Good luck, Celipa," said Bardock.

"Suck up," she replied. Celipa and Jabinski walked out to ring and waited for the signal to start.

"Let's get this match started!" Celipa charged at Jabinski, hoping to knock him out of the ring; she knew he was a lot stronger than her. Jabinski swung his arm out, flinging Celipa across the ring.

Celipa stopped herself and fired an energy wave at Jabinski. Jabinski was hit by it and slid to the edge of the ring. Celipa charged at him again, but met an after-image, while she almost fell out of the ring.

Jabinski reappeared behind Celipa, but she was ready. As Jabinski kicked at her, she grabbed his leg and tossed him out of the ring; he was to surprised to stop himself.

"Celipa is the winner! The next match of the semi-finals is Bardock versus Ginyu! Let's get these next 2 fighters out here!"

As Celipa passed Bardock on his way out to the ring, she whispered, "Good luck," while wondering if she'd ever see him again.

"Thanks," mumbled Bardock.

Bardock and Ginyu stepped into the ring, doing some last minute stretching.

"Let's get this match started!"

Bardock immediately charged at Ginyu, who dodged his punch and retaliated with a kick. Bardock was flung across the ring.

'Hmm,' thought Ginyu. 'If he has a scouter, then he must know how strong I am. That means he's probably going to try to knock me out of the ring, not knock me unconscious, unless he has a higher power level than I suspect.'

Bardock stopped himself and readied the attack that won him his last match. "DO-DON!" Ginyu shot towards Bardock, hoping to cut him off in his attack. "PA!" The energy ball hit Ginyu in the stomach, sending him flying. Ginyu used his speed to disappear away from the ball, who hit the ground with a small explosion.

"My turn," said Ginyu. "HA! HA! HA! HA!" Ginyu shot off 4 homing energy blasts.

"Shit!" exclaimed Bardock as shot away from the blasts. Bardock fired his own blast at one of them, destroying it. Bardock continued to dodge the other 3 for a while.

"You can't run forever!" said Ginyu.

"Oh, my," said Galando, the announcer. "Ginyu has Bardock on the run with homing energy blasts. What will he do now?"

Bardock flew straight at Ginyu, then swerved around him so that the blasts would have to go through Ginyu in order to get to Bardock. But the blasts didn't go through him; they just shot towards the edge of the ring. Ginyu was about to smash into Bardock, but Bardock suddenly pulled up and shot high into the air. The blasts were pushing Ginyu; Twora and Celipa were shouting; Bardock looked on with hope in his eyes.

Ginyu stuck out his hands, holding off the blasts, while he floated in mid-air. He pushed the blasts away, which had become stuck to him, which would have otherwise continued chasing Bardock. The blasts then did continue to chase Bardock. Bardock quickly destroyed another blast as it shot towards him and then he fleed again. Now there were only 2 blasts after him.

Bardock quickly landed and fired a huge energy wave at the 2 blasts, annihilating them. While Bardock did this Ginyu left off another blast into the air. The trouble was, Bardock didn't see this.

"What's next?" Bardock asked Ginyu.

"My win," said Ginyu as the blast he shot into the air came down on Bardock. It hit him in the stomach and shot him against a nearby wall. Bardock slid down the wall to the ground. Bardock lost; he was out of the ring.

"Bardock is out of the ring!" shouted Galando. "After a short intermission we'll be back with the final match!"

"Bardock, are you okay?" Celipa and Twora had rushed over to him.

"Yeah, but it's gonna take a lot of luck to beat him, Celipa," said Bardock.

"You were awesome out there," said Twora. "But against Ginyu you barely stood a chance. I certainly wouldn't have."

"This prooves our theory though," said Celipa. "No doubt why Frieza wants us to get him for him."

"Look," said Bardock. "Jabinski's still hanging around. I wonder if he's waiting for us to finish our job so that he'll lead us to where Frieza is."

"Probably," replied Twora.

15 minutes later...

"Let's get the final match of this tournament started! Celipa versus Ginyu!"

"Good luck, Celipa," said Twora.

"I have a feeling you're going to need it," said Bardock.