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Previously:
Victoria shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I learned that technique when I was like five or six… I can't really remember." She smirked. "You and I both know that Namek no longer exists. That's why your kind had to find a new planet to settle on."
Piccolo growled in anger. This girl was mocking him!
Victoria smirked again. "Gohan, I think that you should go out since that announcer was calling you for the last two minutes."
Gohan shot Victoria another glare before running off toward the ring.
Chapter 13
Gohan's Turn
Gohan stepped out of the building and walked toward the ring where his opponent awaited his arrival. He stared up at the menacing man loaming over him.
"I hope you're ready for battle," Kibito commented.
The young demi-saiyan nodded his head. "I've been ready."
A little smirk appeared on the larger man's face when those words left the saiyan's mouth. "Excellent."
The announcer gazed up at the two fighters and observed each of them. When he felt that they were ready, he raised his hand in the arm and yelled, "Fight!"
Immediately, Gohan dropped into defensive stance, eagerly awaiting his opponent's onslaught. It was at least ten seconds that Kibito had not shifted from his standing position. The young saiyan wondered what was wrong and narrowed his eyes, glaring at the orange man. "Why aren't you fighting?" he demanded.
Kibito stared down at the young boy calmly and replied, "You are the one."
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean that I'm the one?"
Kibito grinned at the boy's inquiry. "You will soon find out. Now I suggest for you to not hold back against me."
Almost instantaneously, a smirk appeared on the blond boy's lips. "I don't plan to." With that said, he charged forward, tired of waiting for the larger man to attack. He gave an uppercut to the colossal man, forcing him back a few steps before doing a round house kick, nailing him square in the face once again.
Kibito staggered back a couple more steps and gripped his face in agony. He was definitely not expecting to be hit with so much force. He peered through his swollen eye and noticed the young saiyan flying forward for another attack. Alarmed, he brought his arms up, covering his face and causing the assault to his arms. Again, he staggered back a few steps. This boy was strong, perhaps too strong. He was sure that Yamu and Spopovitch would emerge from hiding to drain this boy of his energy. However, he knew that they knew better. They would most likely wait for the strongest fighter to be confirmed before robbing him of his energy.
"Why aren't you fighting back!" Gohan demanded as he switched to a defensive stance.
The larger man gritted his teeth and powered up until he was at fifty percent of his max. "Don't worry. I will fight!" Then he charged forward as well, dropping to the ground to do a leg sweep.
Gohan was caught off guard. He began to fall, but he reacted quickly by rebounding with his hand pushing against the stone ring. He skillfully brought himself back onto his feet and deflected an attack meant for his head. He retaliated with his own attack, kneeing the orange man in the stomach.
Kibito deflected the assault and brought his arm up to elbow the boy.
Gohan reacted quickly and bounced backward with a couple back flips. He landed skillfully on his feet and smirked. This battle was going to be very interesting. "You're not that bad," he stated with the smirk still on his face.
Meanwhile, Kibito began to quicken his breathing quite a bit. Several beads of sweat ran down the side of his face and dripped off his chin. He knew that he wasn't going to last very long in this battle. "Thank you," he returned half-heartedly.
"What do you say about having a little more fun?" offered the demi-saiyan.
Kibito stared at Gohan bewilderedly. "What do you mean by fun?"
The grin on the young boy's face grew. He brought his hands over his head and slowly began to gather energy in the palm of his hand. "Masenko!" He threw the energy ball at the unprepared alien.
Kibito jumped out of the way just in time for the little ball of energy to graze the skin of his hand. 'That was close,' he thought as he observed the light trickle of blood oozing out of the newly opened wound. "What are you, crazy? There are people here! It's too dangerous to be using energy blasts!"
Gohan shrugged a bit. The smirk never left his face. "It's all right. As long as I don't use too much energy, there won't be much damage."
Goku's eyes widened at his son's words. "What is he thinking? He knows better than to use energy blasts in such a crowded place!"
Off in the back corner, you could see a smirk appear on the Saiyan prince's lips. 'Looks like he isn't such a wuss after all.'
"He's been hanging around Vegeta way too long," commented Krillen.
The other fighters could only nod their head in agreement.
Kibito gritted his teeth as the boy's bold statement. He charged forward at the demi-saiyan, gathering a ball of energy in the palm of his hand during the process. When he reached Gohan, he kicked the boy and shot him with the ki ball.
Gohan blocked the kick effortlessly and took the ki blast. He flew back a little and examined the singed part of his shirt. What the orange man hit him with was very weak. He frowned at the thought. "I know that you could do better than that."
The larger man looked at the boy incredulously. "You're mad! If we use more energy than necessary, then that would mean that innocent people could get injured."
The blond sighed and relented. "Fine. I won't use more energy than necessary, okay?"
However, before Kibito could reply, the young demi-saiyan charged forward and attacked with a flurry of punches and kicks. Kibito, to say the least, was trying his best to defend himself, but to his avail, about fifty percents of the assaults made contact. The large man staggered back more until he fell to the ground, clutching his sore arm and stomach.
Gohan stood in front of the man, unscathed and barely winded. "I don't think that you could last any longer in this battle."
Kibito peered at the teen through swollen eyes and struggled to prevent himself from passing out then and there. However, it seemed as if luck wasn't on his side. It wasn't long before his eyes closed and his body fell with a loud thud onto the floor of the stone ring.
"Gohan is the victor!" the announcer yelled.
Gohan rid himself of the smirk and chided himself for letting his saiyan side take over once again through the exhilaration of battle after having not fought for so long. He stepped off the ring and slowly proceeded to enter the fighter's fighting area.
As soon as he walked through the doorway, he was bombarded with a barrage of inquiries.
"Wow! When did you get so fast and strong?"
"How did you end the fight so quickly? He was so bulky!"
"Eh, you could've ended the fight sooner," Victoria remarked. Almost everyone in the room sent glares her way, but she didn't care.
Gohan gave them a soft smile and walked over to Videl, standing by her side.
"That was an awesome fight, Gohan," commented the raven-haired girl.
"Thanks," he replied with a very faint smile.
"Okay! Next we have, the World Champ against the beautiful Number Eighteen," the announcer declared to the crowd. Immediately, the people went wild with boisterous screams and shouts of admiration for their hero.
The Z Fighters instinctively rolled their eyes in disgust at the citizens' demeanor. "Go get him, Eighteen!" cheered the Z Senshi as the blond woman walked through the doorway.
She turned to look at them with a grin plastered over her face. "Of course. That imbecile deserves what he's going to get." The moment she set foot on the ring floor, the males began to whistle and doubt her ability to fight. Eighteen shot the crowd a malicious death glare that sent babies wailing in no time.
"Well, you're a cutie, aren't you," commented the World Champ. "Don't worry, I'll go easy on you."
Eighteen ignored the comment and waited indifferently for their battle to commence.
As soon as the announcer waved his arm, signifying the start of the battle, Eighteen charged forward at the afro-ed man and elbowed him the gut. Hercule immediately doubled over in pain and curled up into a little ball, tears of agony streaming from his eyes.
The announcer peered over at the bawling man and asked cautiously, "Mr. Satan, are you all right?"
Eighteen nonchalantly flipped her hair over her shoulder and crossed her arms. 'Looks like he won't be going anywhere any time soon. Might as well end it now,' she thought to herself. She walked over to the World Champ and kicked him with as little force she could muster, but powerful enough to knock the imbecile out of the ring. However, she never did have control over her light punches and such, so Hercule ended up flying up in the sky for approximately a thousand feet before landing flat on his face outside of the ring where the grass used to stand before his collision.
Everyone stared at the World Champ in awe. All were speechless and the crowd silent. The only cheering was from the Z Senshi and their friends.
"I guess this means that Ms. Number Eighteen here, is the victor," the announcer muttered into the microphone.
Eighteen walked back toward the waiting room with a grin plastered on her face. 'The imbecile deserved what he got. But I do wonder how long he would have to be in his full body cast after taking a hit to the ground like that.'
Okay, I'm gonna end it right here. I know that it's been a long time since I last updated. November, to be exact, but that's beside the point. The reason is… I've been writing another fanfiction for some other site and that took up most of my time. But I haven't forgotten you all, that's why I'm back! D I hope you enjoyed this chapter because I don't know when the next update will be, but I hope it won't be too long from now. P
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Thanks again to ShaggyDiz for his excellent editing.
