She could sense that there was something wrong. She didn't know what, but knew that it wasn't good. Quickly, she turned around. Her eyes widened in shock. There were two bright balls of light coming her way. Deep down something told her that it wasn't normal light. And that if the balls would touch her, she would die. She knew the situation was desperate. And she did what she always did when the situation was desperate. She acted upon instinct.

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Piccolo couldn't believe what he was seeing. The coward had actually fired the Ki blasts. He had expected that the man would have had some honour. But he had fired the blasts at the girls unprotected back. He knew that this was the end of the girl. She had fought bravely. He could stop the blasts, but that only would get him involved. And he didn't feel much for that. He started to turn away and leave, when he saw the girl move.

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The balls were coming straight at her. She let herself fall. But she new that she had acted to late. The balls were going to hit her. In desperation, she made a swipe with her Katana, trying to hit the balls with the flat of the blade.

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Piccolo saw the girl trying to hit the Ki blast with the Katana. He snorted. Trying to defend yourself from Ki blast was foolish. It only proved to him that the girl didn't know a thing about Ki and real fighting. He shook his head. The girl was doomed. Suddenly there was an explosion. The Ki blasts had hit something. The light was so intense that he had to close his eyes.

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She was lying on her back. She blinked a few times to get her vision back. She wondered if she was dead. No. She the pain she felt told her that she was alive. She got up and took a few deep breaths to stop her knees from trembling. She looked at her Katana. It was a bit scorched, but otherwise ok. She felt relieved. Her instinct had been right once again. She had been able to hit the balls aside with her Katana. Suddenly she heard somebody groan. She looked in shock at the battlefield. There was a shallow crater to her right. She reasoned that that was the place where the balls had hit. There were two warriors lying in the middle of the crater. One of them was obviously dead. Everything from the waist down was missing. The other warrior was hurt, but still alive. The two remaining warriors were slowly getting up. Suddenly there was a cry of rage. Turning around, she saw the third warrior running straight at her.