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It has been a long time now since I updated. Just been busy with lots of other items. I can't promise the next update will be any quicker, but with luck I won't have to keep everybody waiting for long. Until then, enjoy.
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As Vegeta and Jarod launched themselves at each other the air around them crackled with the suppressed power of the two warriors. They spent the first couple minutes exchanging and blocking punches and kicks as they tested each others defenses. So far both warriors stood strong and were evenly matched. As their muscles warmed up and the blood got pumping they both increased their speed to a point where the attacks were a mere blur to an untrained observer. They had also increased their strength to the point that each blow that made contact left a small shockwave of power in the air.
Finally they both fell back a couple paces and assumed a defensive position once again. Another long moment passed while they both considered their strategy, them Lord Jarod leapt forward to continue the attack. Vegeta also charged forward and drew back his fist to land a powerful blow. Jarod saw that move and almost smiled to himself seeing the small but critical opening Vegeta left in his defenses. "Perhaps this won't take too long after all, he is being careless already." Jarod thought to himself and as the two figures closed the distance, he suddenly dropped down under Vegeta's punch and threw a powerful jab into the Sayian's ribcage. But to his great surprise, his punch blurred right through and a moment later Vegeta himself faded.
Jarod stood up and looked around in surprise. He finally spotted Vegeta standing in the air about 15 feet away. His body was relaxed and his arms crossed over his chest. The expression on his face was mostly boredom but there was a hint of amusement in his eyes. "So much for the great warrior, fooled by a mere child's trick."
Jarod didn't bother to respond but threw himself across the short distance and struck out at Vegeta once again, only to have his fist pass through another afterimage. He spun around looking to see where Vegeta went to and flew after him in a rush. Vegeta repeated the trick twice more then when Jarod struck again Vegeta only moved a few feet and threw a punch of his own.
Jarod was waiting for a move like this and caught the sound of Vegeta's fist pushing through the air just before the blow landed on his jaw. Jarod tried turning away from the blow to lessen the impact but was still shocked at the force of the hit. He instinctively kicked out at Vegeta to find the Sayian had already moved again. Jarod spun once more to locate Vegeta and leapt forward once more, this time coming with a forceful roundhouse kick.
Vegeta again changed tactics, this time he blocked the kick with a raised forearm and struck down with his other fist, laying a strong blow right into the belly of his opponent. As Jarod doubled over from the force of the punch Vegeta again backed off and waited a moment for Jarod to recover his balance. As soon as Jarod straightened up and made eye contact, Vegeta decided he was ready to fight some more and went on the offensive. With a blur, Vegeta increased his speed and began a high-speed series of punches against Lord Jarod. Vegeta zoomed around Jarod in a blur and threw punches from every possible direction.
Jarod for his part, found himself momentarily overwhelmed and unable to track Vegeta's movements. He paid the price by receiving several dozen punches to his body in the space of a few seconds. Then there was a pause that gave him a chance to look up, only to see Vegeta in front and just above him with both arms raised above his head, fists clenched together. Before he could react, Vegeta landed a solid blow on Jarod and sent him smashing to ground with enough force to leave a 30-foot impact crater in the ground.
A minute later there was a flash of light as Lord Jarod recovered and blew the debris off him that had settled after his impact. He floated back up into the air near Vegeta and gave the warrior a small smile. "Very good, your power and skill is truly impressive. And I concede that you actually seem to be stronger than me, but your power will not last forever and I will still be the victor of this little match."
Vegeta shook his head with a grin. "I assume I must have knocked something loose in that head of yours. Do you want me to knock you around some more until you come to your senses?"
"Confidence is good for a warrior, arrogance is usually fatal." Jarod responded as he launched another attack, this time pumping energy into his speed until landscape itself blurred past his own vision. Vegeta quickly lost site of Jarod as his speed increased but did not let it worry him, he relaxed and stretched out with his Ki and quickly detected the approach of Jarod and calmly dodged out of the way of his attack. Jarod turned and continued to throw punches and kicks at Vegeta but was not able to make contact with elusive warrior. After a couple minutes of growing frustration for Jarod he suddenly jumped back and started throwing series of Ki attacks at Vegeta. The balls of energy were a special attack of his that did not need to make contact, but would explode if they just got close enough.
Vegeta was caught by surprise by the first couple of explosions but quickly formed his Ki into a shield to protect himself from the rest of the attacks. He waited for minute while the attacks continued but when it appeared that Jarod didn't have any interest in stopping, he decided to end the attack for him. Vegeta tapped deeper into his power supply and with a scream, threw a wall of Ki out that whipped across the sky. The Ki detonated all the attacks from Jarod and slammed into him disrupting his concentration. He dropped his attack posture and moved to get out of the way of the next attack he felt for sure was coming.
A bright ball of energy raced from the cloud of smoke still surrounding Vegeta and missed Jarod by less than a foot. Just as he was about to turn his attention back to Vegeta he noticed out of the corner of his eye another flash of light. He dodged to the side and barely avoided getting hit by a second Ki ball. And as he was dodging, he noticed the first attack had curved around and was zooming back at him. Jarod muttered a quick curse to himself and took off in an evasive pattern trying to avoid the 2 balls of Ki that were now chasing him all over the sky. As Jarod dove and wove through the clouds he spotted Vegeta hanging in his same place just watching the action at this point. Jarod frowned and changed course to speed last Vegeta. As he went past he called out, "You are going to have to work harder if you want to beat me!"
Vegeta smiled, "If you insist." Then he threw a 3rd Ki attack and jumped into the chase himself. As Jarod suddenly found himself being followed by 3 glowing spheres he dodged again and ran into a wall. Or at least that is what it felt like just happened. Vegeta had cut around in front of Jarod and caught him with a solid blow to the chest. That stunned Jarod long enough for the Ki attacks to close the distance and explode against his back. The force of the explosion blew him up against Vegeta who stood there like a stone pillar.
Vegeta gave Jarod a small shove to get some space between them and put both of his hands out in front of him. With a yell Vegeta concentrated his Ki and shot a powerful beam of energy into Jarod at close range. Jarod was blown to the ground once again and lay there smoking, bruised and bleeding from numerous small cuts, his energy severely depleted. After a moment he opened his eyes and looked back up at Vegeta. Then with a smile on his face, he pulled himself to his feet and floated back up into the air. Then once level with Vegeta again, "Well done. That should leave me a little sore in the morning, but this fight is not over yet." Then with a yell he started to power up again.
Vegeta watched with a stunned expression on his face. Jarod's power level climbed back to the near 100 million it had been at the start of the fight and once the Ki had fully infused his body the cuts that had been bleeding stopped, apparently cauterized from within. They watched each other for a minute while Vegeta debated his next move. "He seems to have incredible endurance, so I am going to have to just wear him out. At least his strength is no match for mine." And with that, the two warriors leapt forward into battle once more.
As they traded blows and threw powerful blasts of energy at each other they bounced around the area where the arena once stood. The other warriors that stood on the ground had been busy just trying to keep themselves from getting hurt with flying debris. Then suddenly in the middle of trading one set of blows with Jarod, Vegeta paused his attack and threw a look over his shoulder like he was expecting to see something there. His pause was long enough to confirm there was nothing visible and allowed Jarod to land a couple hits and knock Vegeta away. Vegeta quickly recovered and after a quick scan around he returned to the attack and continued to beat upon Jarod.
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The fight continued to rage on for some time. Vegeta had repeatedly achieved the upper hand either through strength or speed and sent Lord Jarod on numerous visits to the ground. But each time Jarod pulled himself back up and continued the fight. Much of the surrounding area had been destroyed by the impact of falling bodies or stray Ki blasts and most people had fled the area fearing for their lives. About halfway through the fight, the members of the Quazar Quartet attempted to join the fight but Vegeta called them off. "This is my fight, my warrior's honor demands I handle this myself. If I fail, then you can have your turn."
Again and again, Vegeta stood strong and knocked Jarod to the ground, but each time Jarod picked himself up and came back to fight some more. As the fight dragged on, Vegeta's frustration surged higher and higher. The man before him was impossible, he was quick enough and strong enough to prevent a crippling blow from landing and seemed to be able to recover from almost anything else that Vegeta could throw at him. Eventually Vegeta started to weaken as his power reserves were depleted and exhaustion took its toll.
Finally Vegeta's power had faded enough that he was unable to hold full power and his power level started to slip away from him. On the other hand, Lord Jarod was still fighting the same as he had been the entire fight. Once he saw that Vegeta was wearing out, he added a few verbal spars to his attacks. "Come now, where is that arrogant pride you were so proud to show off not so long ago?"
Vegeta didn't answer but continued to pummel Jarod with kicks and punches in the continuing attempt to wear him down. But the only person that was wearing out was Vegeta. After each series of attacks his breathing was harder and it took longer before he was able to resume his fighting. Finally Lord Jarod decided it was time to turn the tables. "Vegeta, you seem to be wearing out, how about I do the punching for a while?" And he jumped forward to land a series of painful blows against Vegeta's ribs.
Vegeta tried to block the incoming attacks but his reserves were far too low and he could not keep up with the speed Jarod was moving at. But Vegeta was The Prince of All Sayians and would not allow himself to admit defeat so easily. So each time Jarod knocked him to the ground he got up and flew back into the fight. Now it was Jarod's turn to stand in the sky and wait for the return of his opponent. And his smile grew each time as it took longer and longer for Vegeta to climb back to his feet.
Vegeta had risen from the rubble over a dozen times already when he finally stopped and stood on the ground for a minute just looking at Lord Jarod, then allowed a smirk to drift back onto his lips. Jarod watched scornfully as he saw Vegeta smile, "Fool, he doesn't realize he is beaten, I doubt he can even get up here to attack me again." But his words proved to be false and suddenly Vegeta let out a yell of rage and frustration and gathered the last of his power into one more attack. Vegeta launched into the air and landed a series of quick punches that stunned Jarod, and before he could recover Vegeta stuck both his hands out in front of him and yelled out "Gallick Gun!"
A powerful blast of light and energy slammed into Lord Jarod at close range and blew him halfway across the sky. But the effort had been almost too much for Vegeta, the majority of his power expended, his Super-Sayian transformation faded and he was barely able to hold himself in the air. The members of the Quazar Quartet floated up into the air near him and Coombra grabbed ahold of Vegeta to keep him from falling. But before they had a chance to say anything, Yardra's head snapped around and he was barely able to say, "Oh no..." before Lord Jarod retuned.
With the pain from Vegeta's last attack still coursing through his body, Jarod was in a foul mood, so he attacked with all the power and speed at his command. It took him less than a second to land blows on all the Quazar Quartet and send them crashing to the ground below. Before the others had even landed he grabbed Vegeta by the front of tattered battle suit held him out at arm's length. "It is over Vegeta, you don't even have the power now to look me in the eye. The others are no match for me and there is no one on this planet that would come to your rescue." Then Jarod threw several vicious punches into Vegeta's gut that made Vegeta cough up blood.
But just before he dropped Vegeta to the ground, the Sayian prince managed to lift his head up and looked at Jarod in the eyes. He swallowed slowly and finally managed to croak out, "There is one more who will fight you."
Jarod threw his head back in laughter, "What? You can't be serious! Just who is this mysterious warrior? Some friend of yours that you managed to sneak along? It can't be any of those fools below us, most of them can't even move. Besides, it is obvious you were the best of the warriors, and I have beaten you so nobody else would be foolish enough to challenge me."
Vegeta twisted his lips into a smirk once more, "As much as I hate to admit it, I am only the second best warrior here. But I will be glad to introduce you to the best." Vegeta turned his head and called down to the rubble below them. "Are you ready?"
A voice came back up, "I have been waiting for your call. I am ready."
Then a section of rubble that had been piled up early on exploded outward and a figure drifted upwards. Dust and small pieces of debris swirled around the figure as it continued to rise. Once it was level with where Jarod was, a scream came from within the cloud and a sudden golden flash blasted across the sky.
Jarod turned his head away for a moment to avoid the glare and pieces of flying rock to look back and see a glowing figure standing before him. Shock and surprise crossed Jarod's face and he blurted out, "You?!? But how?"
It has been a long time now since I updated. Just been busy with lots of other items. I can't promise the next update will be any quicker, but with luck I won't have to keep everybody waiting for long. Until then, enjoy.
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As Vegeta and Jarod launched themselves at each other the air around them crackled with the suppressed power of the two warriors. They spent the first couple minutes exchanging and blocking punches and kicks as they tested each others defenses. So far both warriors stood strong and were evenly matched. As their muscles warmed up and the blood got pumping they both increased their speed to a point where the attacks were a mere blur to an untrained observer. They had also increased their strength to the point that each blow that made contact left a small shockwave of power in the air.
Finally they both fell back a couple paces and assumed a defensive position once again. Another long moment passed while they both considered their strategy, them Lord Jarod leapt forward to continue the attack. Vegeta also charged forward and drew back his fist to land a powerful blow. Jarod saw that move and almost smiled to himself seeing the small but critical opening Vegeta left in his defenses. "Perhaps this won't take too long after all, he is being careless already." Jarod thought to himself and as the two figures closed the distance, he suddenly dropped down under Vegeta's punch and threw a powerful jab into the Sayian's ribcage. But to his great surprise, his punch blurred right through and a moment later Vegeta himself faded.
Jarod stood up and looked around in surprise. He finally spotted Vegeta standing in the air about 15 feet away. His body was relaxed and his arms crossed over his chest. The expression on his face was mostly boredom but there was a hint of amusement in his eyes. "So much for the great warrior, fooled by a mere child's trick."
Jarod didn't bother to respond but threw himself across the short distance and struck out at Vegeta once again, only to have his fist pass through another afterimage. He spun around looking to see where Vegeta went to and flew after him in a rush. Vegeta repeated the trick twice more then when Jarod struck again Vegeta only moved a few feet and threw a punch of his own.
Jarod was waiting for a move like this and caught the sound of Vegeta's fist pushing through the air just before the blow landed on his jaw. Jarod tried turning away from the blow to lessen the impact but was still shocked at the force of the hit. He instinctively kicked out at Vegeta to find the Sayian had already moved again. Jarod spun once more to locate Vegeta and leapt forward once more, this time coming with a forceful roundhouse kick.
Vegeta again changed tactics, this time he blocked the kick with a raised forearm and struck down with his other fist, laying a strong blow right into the belly of his opponent. As Jarod doubled over from the force of the punch Vegeta again backed off and waited a moment for Jarod to recover his balance. As soon as Jarod straightened up and made eye contact, Vegeta decided he was ready to fight some more and went on the offensive. With a blur, Vegeta increased his speed and began a high-speed series of punches against Lord Jarod. Vegeta zoomed around Jarod in a blur and threw punches from every possible direction.
Jarod for his part, found himself momentarily overwhelmed and unable to track Vegeta's movements. He paid the price by receiving several dozen punches to his body in the space of a few seconds. Then there was a pause that gave him a chance to look up, only to see Vegeta in front and just above him with both arms raised above his head, fists clenched together. Before he could react, Vegeta landed a solid blow on Jarod and sent him smashing to ground with enough force to leave a 30-foot impact crater in the ground.
A minute later there was a flash of light as Lord Jarod recovered and blew the debris off him that had settled after his impact. He floated back up into the air near Vegeta and gave the warrior a small smile. "Very good, your power and skill is truly impressive. And I concede that you actually seem to be stronger than me, but your power will not last forever and I will still be the victor of this little match."
Vegeta shook his head with a grin. "I assume I must have knocked something loose in that head of yours. Do you want me to knock you around some more until you come to your senses?"
"Confidence is good for a warrior, arrogance is usually fatal." Jarod responded as he launched another attack, this time pumping energy into his speed until landscape itself blurred past his own vision. Vegeta quickly lost site of Jarod as his speed increased but did not let it worry him, he relaxed and stretched out with his Ki and quickly detected the approach of Jarod and calmly dodged out of the way of his attack. Jarod turned and continued to throw punches and kicks at Vegeta but was not able to make contact with elusive warrior. After a couple minutes of growing frustration for Jarod he suddenly jumped back and started throwing series of Ki attacks at Vegeta. The balls of energy were a special attack of his that did not need to make contact, but would explode if they just got close enough.
Vegeta was caught by surprise by the first couple of explosions but quickly formed his Ki into a shield to protect himself from the rest of the attacks. He waited for minute while the attacks continued but when it appeared that Jarod didn't have any interest in stopping, he decided to end the attack for him. Vegeta tapped deeper into his power supply and with a scream, threw a wall of Ki out that whipped across the sky. The Ki detonated all the attacks from Jarod and slammed into him disrupting his concentration. He dropped his attack posture and moved to get out of the way of the next attack he felt for sure was coming.
A bright ball of energy raced from the cloud of smoke still surrounding Vegeta and missed Jarod by less than a foot. Just as he was about to turn his attention back to Vegeta he noticed out of the corner of his eye another flash of light. He dodged to the side and barely avoided getting hit by a second Ki ball. And as he was dodging, he noticed the first attack had curved around and was zooming back at him. Jarod muttered a quick curse to himself and took off in an evasive pattern trying to avoid the 2 balls of Ki that were now chasing him all over the sky. As Jarod dove and wove through the clouds he spotted Vegeta hanging in his same place just watching the action at this point. Jarod frowned and changed course to speed last Vegeta. As he went past he called out, "You are going to have to work harder if you want to beat me!"
Vegeta smiled, "If you insist." Then he threw a 3rd Ki attack and jumped into the chase himself. As Jarod suddenly found himself being followed by 3 glowing spheres he dodged again and ran into a wall. Or at least that is what it felt like just happened. Vegeta had cut around in front of Jarod and caught him with a solid blow to the chest. That stunned Jarod long enough for the Ki attacks to close the distance and explode against his back. The force of the explosion blew him up against Vegeta who stood there like a stone pillar.
Vegeta gave Jarod a small shove to get some space between them and put both of his hands out in front of him. With a yell Vegeta concentrated his Ki and shot a powerful beam of energy into Jarod at close range. Jarod was blown to the ground once again and lay there smoking, bruised and bleeding from numerous small cuts, his energy severely depleted. After a moment he opened his eyes and looked back up at Vegeta. Then with a smile on his face, he pulled himself to his feet and floated back up into the air. Then once level with Vegeta again, "Well done. That should leave me a little sore in the morning, but this fight is not over yet." Then with a yell he started to power up again.
Vegeta watched with a stunned expression on his face. Jarod's power level climbed back to the near 100 million it had been at the start of the fight and once the Ki had fully infused his body the cuts that had been bleeding stopped, apparently cauterized from within. They watched each other for a minute while Vegeta debated his next move. "He seems to have incredible endurance, so I am going to have to just wear him out. At least his strength is no match for mine." And with that, the two warriors leapt forward into battle once more.
As they traded blows and threw powerful blasts of energy at each other they bounced around the area where the arena once stood. The other warriors that stood on the ground had been busy just trying to keep themselves from getting hurt with flying debris. Then suddenly in the middle of trading one set of blows with Jarod, Vegeta paused his attack and threw a look over his shoulder like he was expecting to see something there. His pause was long enough to confirm there was nothing visible and allowed Jarod to land a couple hits and knock Vegeta away. Vegeta quickly recovered and after a quick scan around he returned to the attack and continued to beat upon Jarod.
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The fight continued to rage on for some time. Vegeta had repeatedly achieved the upper hand either through strength or speed and sent Lord Jarod on numerous visits to the ground. But each time Jarod pulled himself back up and continued the fight. Much of the surrounding area had been destroyed by the impact of falling bodies or stray Ki blasts and most people had fled the area fearing for their lives. About halfway through the fight, the members of the Quazar Quartet attempted to join the fight but Vegeta called them off. "This is my fight, my warrior's honor demands I handle this myself. If I fail, then you can have your turn."
Again and again, Vegeta stood strong and knocked Jarod to the ground, but each time Jarod picked himself up and came back to fight some more. As the fight dragged on, Vegeta's frustration surged higher and higher. The man before him was impossible, he was quick enough and strong enough to prevent a crippling blow from landing and seemed to be able to recover from almost anything else that Vegeta could throw at him. Eventually Vegeta started to weaken as his power reserves were depleted and exhaustion took its toll.
Finally Vegeta's power had faded enough that he was unable to hold full power and his power level started to slip away from him. On the other hand, Lord Jarod was still fighting the same as he had been the entire fight. Once he saw that Vegeta was wearing out, he added a few verbal spars to his attacks. "Come now, where is that arrogant pride you were so proud to show off not so long ago?"
Vegeta didn't answer but continued to pummel Jarod with kicks and punches in the continuing attempt to wear him down. But the only person that was wearing out was Vegeta. After each series of attacks his breathing was harder and it took longer before he was able to resume his fighting. Finally Lord Jarod decided it was time to turn the tables. "Vegeta, you seem to be wearing out, how about I do the punching for a while?" And he jumped forward to land a series of painful blows against Vegeta's ribs.
Vegeta tried to block the incoming attacks but his reserves were far too low and he could not keep up with the speed Jarod was moving at. But Vegeta was The Prince of All Sayians and would not allow himself to admit defeat so easily. So each time Jarod knocked him to the ground he got up and flew back into the fight. Now it was Jarod's turn to stand in the sky and wait for the return of his opponent. And his smile grew each time as it took longer and longer for Vegeta to climb back to his feet.
Vegeta had risen from the rubble over a dozen times already when he finally stopped and stood on the ground for a minute just looking at Lord Jarod, then allowed a smirk to drift back onto his lips. Jarod watched scornfully as he saw Vegeta smile, "Fool, he doesn't realize he is beaten, I doubt he can even get up here to attack me again." But his words proved to be false and suddenly Vegeta let out a yell of rage and frustration and gathered the last of his power into one more attack. Vegeta launched into the air and landed a series of quick punches that stunned Jarod, and before he could recover Vegeta stuck both his hands out in front of him and yelled out "Gallick Gun!"
A powerful blast of light and energy slammed into Lord Jarod at close range and blew him halfway across the sky. But the effort had been almost too much for Vegeta, the majority of his power expended, his Super-Sayian transformation faded and he was barely able to hold himself in the air. The members of the Quazar Quartet floated up into the air near him and Coombra grabbed ahold of Vegeta to keep him from falling. But before they had a chance to say anything, Yardra's head snapped around and he was barely able to say, "Oh no..." before Lord Jarod retuned.
With the pain from Vegeta's last attack still coursing through his body, Jarod was in a foul mood, so he attacked with all the power and speed at his command. It took him less than a second to land blows on all the Quazar Quartet and send them crashing to the ground below. Before the others had even landed he grabbed Vegeta by the front of tattered battle suit held him out at arm's length. "It is over Vegeta, you don't even have the power now to look me in the eye. The others are no match for me and there is no one on this planet that would come to your rescue." Then Jarod threw several vicious punches into Vegeta's gut that made Vegeta cough up blood.
But just before he dropped Vegeta to the ground, the Sayian prince managed to lift his head up and looked at Jarod in the eyes. He swallowed slowly and finally managed to croak out, "There is one more who will fight you."
Jarod threw his head back in laughter, "What? You can't be serious! Just who is this mysterious warrior? Some friend of yours that you managed to sneak along? It can't be any of those fools below us, most of them can't even move. Besides, it is obvious you were the best of the warriors, and I have beaten you so nobody else would be foolish enough to challenge me."
Vegeta twisted his lips into a smirk once more, "As much as I hate to admit it, I am only the second best warrior here. But I will be glad to introduce you to the best." Vegeta turned his head and called down to the rubble below them. "Are you ready?"
A voice came back up, "I have been waiting for your call. I am ready."
Then a section of rubble that had been piled up early on exploded outward and a figure drifted upwards. Dust and small pieces of debris swirled around the figure as it continued to rise. Once it was level with where Jarod was, a scream came from within the cloud and a sudden golden flash blasted across the sky.
Jarod turned his head away for a moment to avoid the glare and pieces of flying rock to look back and see a glowing figure standing before him. Shock and surprise crossed Jarod's face and he blurted out, "You?!? But how?"