Versus
--I'm Small But I'm Strong--
To anyone on the outside looking in, it was simply unfair to ask this 5'1" teenage girl to fight a man a full foot taller than her and double her size to boot. But Bra would have it no other way. She stood in front of her opponent, her trainer, her partner, her teacher. The area he had chosen for them was perfect. It was a deserted wasteland that stretched out for miles around. No signs of life.
Goten bowed to Bra. "I'm warning you. When I said we could go all out, I was serious."
"Don't hold anything back on my account. A mistake like that is bound to be your last," Bra said, bowing to him as well. She leapt back from Goten and immediately powered up to Super Saiyan level 2.
"Wow. You ascended while I was away," Goten said. He did the same. "Now, let's see what you can do with it."
Before he was even done talking, Bra had taken the opportunity to blast over to Goten and kick him into the air. She jetted up to his level and wailed on him with a barrage of punches and kicks.
Goten came to his senses and began blocking her attacks, then started in with some combinations of his own. One of Bra's punches collided with one of Goten's, sending a burst of energy outward and knocking the two back a bit.
They levitated in the air just looking at each other for a moment. They were both breathing and sweating pretty hard from the first round, but this battle was far from being over.
The two resumed simultaneously, attempting to pommel each other with a wide array of physical attacks. The blitzkrieg continued for a long time, both of them employing well-placed blocks on the other's assaults.
Goten finally came in with a punch to the stomach. Bra was caught unawares and barely had enough time to grab his hand. She gripped him by the wrist, spinned him around and launched him off into the sunset. Without delay, she followed by holding her arm straight out and opening her hand to his gradually receding silhouette. "BIG BANG ATTACK!!"
The blast was a massive stream of light intended to destroy anything in its path. She knew that technique would do some major damage. If Goten didn't survive it, she wasn't sure what she would do. 'Never let your feelings cloud your judgment in a fight,' she remembered her father telling her when he taught her the technique. She'd tried to live her whole life by that rule. And as she floated there with her arm still outstretched, she knew what her feelings were. The man she was well on her way to killing was the only man she had ever and would ever love.
Love. She knew that was what it was. But if you've never been in love, how do you know what it feels like?
In the blink of an eye, Goten reappeared in front of her and shoved his knee into her abdomen with great force. Before Bra was able to cough out the wind that was knocked out of her, Goten delivered an elbow to her back and sent her hurtling toward the earth. She recovered in enough time to avoid contact with the ground. She stopped herself dead in her tracks about an inch above the ground and hovered there for a moment to catch her breath.
"KAAAAMEEEEHAAAAMEEEE—" Goten shouted in the trademark pose above Bra. "HAAAAAAAA!!!!" He sent his blinding attack straight down to where Bra hovered.
Bra phased out of sight and reappeared next to Goten. She punched him in the face with all her strength, sending him at least 20 feet away.
A little blood ran down the corner of Goten's mouth. He wiped it away, a strange smirk on his face. "You sure do pack a wallop. When did you start hitting so hard?"
Bra smirked back at him. "I trained on my strength as well as my technique. I can demonstrate it again, if you'd like." She had gotten what she wanted. He was impressed.
Goten powered back down to his regular form. "Not right this minute. Let's take a break." He floated down to the ground and sat where he landed.
Bra looked confused. She was just getting warmed up. Usually SHE wanted a break before he did. She sat in front of him Indian style and watched him. They were both obviously exhausted. Both were dripping with sweat and breathing like they had just finished running 1000 miles nonstop. But that didn't usually stop him. She watched as his chest rose and fell with his heavy breathing. He had leaned his head back, perhaps to look at the clouds. She had no interest in the sky. She only watched him. Damn her infernal hormones.
Now he moistened his lips with his tongue. The very tongue she had tasted only yesterday. The tongue she could only wish would meet hers again. She remembered the moment their lips met. What she wouldn't give to have it happen again.
Then he looked at her. His eyes met hers and she became lost in them.
"You know, Bra," Goten began. "We haven't just hung out together in a long time." He gave her that smile of his. "You know, fighting's okay, but we should go out and do regular stuff too."
She could swear something in his eyes had changed. Was he asking her out on a date? No, no, no. This grown man wouldn't ask her to go out on a date with him.
"Kinda like a, you know..., date," Goten added. By this time, he was playing with the sand, studying it.
'Excuse me?' she wanted to ask. Where on earth had that come from? He was asking her out out of nowhere. And this whole time she thought he didn't share in her feelings. He really did.
"You know, friends go on dates all the time," Goten continued.
D'OOOOHH!!
"And you and I going out would be like you and Pan going out," Goten said. "Except I'm more fun."
Wait!! Her and Pan going out? She was supposed to meet Marron and Pan this afternoon to go out. She frowned.
"What's wrong?" Goten asked.
"I was supposed to go out with Pan and Marron today," Bra informed.
"Oh.... Cool.... Can I come?" Goten asked.
"Well, it's supposed to be just the girls," Bra started.
"I can be one of the girls," Goten said in a girly voice. He smiled and batted his eyelashes. "I just got my nails done. Aren't they pretty?" He presented his hand to her. "Come on, let's go to the mall." He placed his hands on his lap neatly. "Wow. Those guys over there are to DIE for!" He put his hands on his cheeks.
Bra broke into a heartfelt laugh. It felt great to laugh like that again. He was the only person who could make her laugh like that. "Okay, okay. You can come."
Goten jumped up and clasped his hands together. "Yay!" he cheered in his girly voice.
Having him come along wouldn't be so bad. It would be Goten and the girls. Sure, he was the reason she was stuck going out with those chatty little hens, but at least she had a better chance of having fun with him around.
--End I'm Small But I'm Strong--
--This is the part where I'll really need some advice. As you can see, there's a little fighting scene in this chapter. How can I improve on stuff like that? I'm not very experienced in writing action sequences. This is my first one. So let me know what you think. Please review.
--Bra has come to the realization that she is definitely in love. What will she do? Will she act on this discovery? Or are there more trials ahead? Find out in the next episode of Versus.
--I'm Small But I'm Strong--
To anyone on the outside looking in, it was simply unfair to ask this 5'1" teenage girl to fight a man a full foot taller than her and double her size to boot. But Bra would have it no other way. She stood in front of her opponent, her trainer, her partner, her teacher. The area he had chosen for them was perfect. It was a deserted wasteland that stretched out for miles around. No signs of life.
Goten bowed to Bra. "I'm warning you. When I said we could go all out, I was serious."
"Don't hold anything back on my account. A mistake like that is bound to be your last," Bra said, bowing to him as well. She leapt back from Goten and immediately powered up to Super Saiyan level 2.
"Wow. You ascended while I was away," Goten said. He did the same. "Now, let's see what you can do with it."
Before he was even done talking, Bra had taken the opportunity to blast over to Goten and kick him into the air. She jetted up to his level and wailed on him with a barrage of punches and kicks.
Goten came to his senses and began blocking her attacks, then started in with some combinations of his own. One of Bra's punches collided with one of Goten's, sending a burst of energy outward and knocking the two back a bit.
They levitated in the air just looking at each other for a moment. They were both breathing and sweating pretty hard from the first round, but this battle was far from being over.
The two resumed simultaneously, attempting to pommel each other with a wide array of physical attacks. The blitzkrieg continued for a long time, both of them employing well-placed blocks on the other's assaults.
Goten finally came in with a punch to the stomach. Bra was caught unawares and barely had enough time to grab his hand. She gripped him by the wrist, spinned him around and launched him off into the sunset. Without delay, she followed by holding her arm straight out and opening her hand to his gradually receding silhouette. "BIG BANG ATTACK!!"
The blast was a massive stream of light intended to destroy anything in its path. She knew that technique would do some major damage. If Goten didn't survive it, she wasn't sure what she would do. 'Never let your feelings cloud your judgment in a fight,' she remembered her father telling her when he taught her the technique. She'd tried to live her whole life by that rule. And as she floated there with her arm still outstretched, she knew what her feelings were. The man she was well on her way to killing was the only man she had ever and would ever love.
Love. She knew that was what it was. But if you've never been in love, how do you know what it feels like?
In the blink of an eye, Goten reappeared in front of her and shoved his knee into her abdomen with great force. Before Bra was able to cough out the wind that was knocked out of her, Goten delivered an elbow to her back and sent her hurtling toward the earth. She recovered in enough time to avoid contact with the ground. She stopped herself dead in her tracks about an inch above the ground and hovered there for a moment to catch her breath.
"KAAAAMEEEEHAAAAMEEEE—" Goten shouted in the trademark pose above Bra. "HAAAAAAAA!!!!" He sent his blinding attack straight down to where Bra hovered.
Bra phased out of sight and reappeared next to Goten. She punched him in the face with all her strength, sending him at least 20 feet away.
A little blood ran down the corner of Goten's mouth. He wiped it away, a strange smirk on his face. "You sure do pack a wallop. When did you start hitting so hard?"
Bra smirked back at him. "I trained on my strength as well as my technique. I can demonstrate it again, if you'd like." She had gotten what she wanted. He was impressed.
Goten powered back down to his regular form. "Not right this minute. Let's take a break." He floated down to the ground and sat where he landed.
Bra looked confused. She was just getting warmed up. Usually SHE wanted a break before he did. She sat in front of him Indian style and watched him. They were both obviously exhausted. Both were dripping with sweat and breathing like they had just finished running 1000 miles nonstop. But that didn't usually stop him. She watched as his chest rose and fell with his heavy breathing. He had leaned his head back, perhaps to look at the clouds. She had no interest in the sky. She only watched him. Damn her infernal hormones.
Now he moistened his lips with his tongue. The very tongue she had tasted only yesterday. The tongue she could only wish would meet hers again. She remembered the moment their lips met. What she wouldn't give to have it happen again.
Then he looked at her. His eyes met hers and she became lost in them.
"You know, Bra," Goten began. "We haven't just hung out together in a long time." He gave her that smile of his. "You know, fighting's okay, but we should go out and do regular stuff too."
She could swear something in his eyes had changed. Was he asking her out on a date? No, no, no. This grown man wouldn't ask her to go out on a date with him.
"Kinda like a, you know..., date," Goten added. By this time, he was playing with the sand, studying it.
'Excuse me?' she wanted to ask. Where on earth had that come from? He was asking her out out of nowhere. And this whole time she thought he didn't share in her feelings. He really did.
"You know, friends go on dates all the time," Goten continued.
D'OOOOHH!!
"And you and I going out would be like you and Pan going out," Goten said. "Except I'm more fun."
Wait!! Her and Pan going out? She was supposed to meet Marron and Pan this afternoon to go out. She frowned.
"What's wrong?" Goten asked.
"I was supposed to go out with Pan and Marron today," Bra informed.
"Oh.... Cool.... Can I come?" Goten asked.
"Well, it's supposed to be just the girls," Bra started.
"I can be one of the girls," Goten said in a girly voice. He smiled and batted his eyelashes. "I just got my nails done. Aren't they pretty?" He presented his hand to her. "Come on, let's go to the mall." He placed his hands on his lap neatly. "Wow. Those guys over there are to DIE for!" He put his hands on his cheeks.
Bra broke into a heartfelt laugh. It felt great to laugh like that again. He was the only person who could make her laugh like that. "Okay, okay. You can come."
Goten jumped up and clasped his hands together. "Yay!" he cheered in his girly voice.
Having him come along wouldn't be so bad. It would be Goten and the girls. Sure, he was the reason she was stuck going out with those chatty little hens, but at least she had a better chance of having fun with him around.
--End I'm Small But I'm Strong--
--This is the part where I'll really need some advice. As you can see, there's a little fighting scene in this chapter. How can I improve on stuff like that? I'm not very experienced in writing action sequences. This is my first one. So let me know what you think. Please review.
--Bra has come to the realization that she is definitely in love. What will she do? Will she act on this discovery? Or are there more trials ahead? Find out in the next episode of Versus.