Chapter 13
"Now that we are into the Second Round our matches will have a time limit of thirty minutes. The first match of this round will be between Pan and Sike!" the announcer said as the two fighters walked out to the ring.
The massive man dwarfed Pan, but she didn't feel intimidated in the slightest, after all, he wasn't nearly as big as one of the fighters she had fought in the 27th Tenkaichi Budoukia. They stepped to their lines, dropped into their fighting stances and sprang at each other as soon as the bell rang.
Pan easily dodged the monstrous man as he tried to grab her, and then kicked him in the back as he stumbled by. She hit him with an impressive uppercut as soon as he turned around and then followed that with a spinning heel kick that sent him crashing to the ground.
She had expected him to stay down after that series of blows, but he climbed to his feet immediately. She went after him again. In less than two seconds, she had hit him twice in the face, doubled him over with a knee to the gut, and then sent him to the floor with a two arm smash to his back.
He hit the ground, lay still for a moment, and then slowly got back to his feet. Pan was so shocked that she didn't react quickly enough to dodge as he tackled her to the ground and landed several painful blows to her face and stomach. In anger she powered up to Super Saiyan, blowing the big man off of her; he flipped in the air and landed on his feet.
Sike glared at her with suddenly hate filled eyes, "So, you're one of the monkeys!" he spat. A split second later, Pan's foot slammed into his face, her momentum carrying her past him. The instant her feet touched the floor, she spun and flew back at him, landing a brutal punch to the back of his head. The big man stumbled forward, and then doubled over as Pan brought her knee into his stomach; he fell to his hands and knees.
Pan stared down at him, the lust of battle coursing through her veins, she felt invincible. She reached down, grabbed him by his shirt and tossed him straight up; she then put her hands together and brought them to her side, "Ka Me... Ha Me..." her hands flew up as she screamed, "HA!!!" An enormous blue ki wave shot out from her palms, struck her enemy and threw him higher into the air. She stopped the beam after a few seconds and watched with satisfaction as the smoking mountain of a man plummeted back to earth.
At the last possible second, he stopped, hovering parallel to the ring floor. Then, as if on a hinge, his body righted itself and he gently lowered his feet to the ground. He looked down at his shredded shirt, tore it off his body, and tossed it aside. The strange symbol that had been on his shirt was also branded into his chest, surrounded by several tattoos of evil looking demons.
"Is that all you've got?" He laughed cruelly, "I've let you spend all that time beating on me and the only thing you have to show for it is a ripped up shirt? You're even more pathetic than I expected!" Pan's blood felt like ice as she backed away in fear. "Well little girl, looks like you need someone to show you what a real attack looks like." Suddenly he was behind her, she spun and tried to punch him, but he swatted her fist away and grabbed her by the throat. The young Super Saiyan struggled against his grip, but could not free herself. He head-butted her several times, then lifted her over his head and slammed her body nearly three feet into the ring floor. He pulled her out of the hole beat on her semiconscious body for a while and then tossed her across the ring; she lay still for several seconds.
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Gohan, Vegeta, Trunks, Uubu, and Akira had rushed out of the waiting room and were watching in horror as Sike began beating Pan mercilessly. Trunks and Uubu grabbed Gohan as he lunged forward, ready to dive into the ring and tear his daughter's attacker limb from limb.
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Pan groggily shook her head and tried to wipe the blood from her eyes as she stood. As soon as she was on her feet, Sike attacked, punching and kicking her as she unsuccessfully tried to defend herself. After what seemed like an eternity, he gave the briefest of pauses in his attack, Pan used the opening to throw one last punch, putting all of her remaining strength into it. Sike caught her fist and smiled sadistically. With a flick of his wrist he broke her arm. Pan screamed in pain and fell to the floor.
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Trunks and Uubu were doing all they could to hold Gohan (who on the verge of changing into a Super Saiyan) back. Vegeta had his hand on Akira's shoulder. The boy hadn't moved yet, but it seemed that every muscle in his body was coiled and ready to strike.
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Sike looked down at the helpless girl and watched her hair turn black and lie flat. He felt a large power surge behind him, the girls father had transformed, as had one of the men restraining him; Sike smirked, unafraid. He reached down, picked Pan up by her neck, held a hand up to her face and powered up a ki blast, ready to end her life.
Suddenly his eyes went wide and his face fell into a look of shock and fear; his hand shook as he powered down the blast, looking around uncertainly. He tossed the unconscious Pan out of the ring. Gohan snatched her up immediately and rushed her to the infirmary, followed closely by Uubu and the other two Saiyans.
Sike took a moment to regain his composure and throw his tattered shirt over his shoulder before hopping off the ring and walking along the brick path toward the waiting room, a chorus of boos from the crowd following him as he went.
Akira was standing at the edge of the path; just as Sike walked by, Akira's hand shot straight out, resting on the shredded shirt, and stopped him. The big man tried to push through, but found that he could not budge the boy's arm.
"Leave this tournament now or you will regret it when we meet." Akira's voice was low and dangerous.
"Those are awfully big words for such a little man. Why don't you run home before you get hurt kid?"
The two stared at each other for a moment; suddenly Akira moved his hand just slightly moving it off of the shirt. Suddenly the big man felt a huge surge of energy; Sike was so startled that he tripped over his own feet as he backed away.
"You've been warned." Akira said gravely, then turned and walked in the direction of the infirmary to check on Pan.
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Vegeta was standing outside the infirmary with his arms crossed, scowling as he watched Akira approach.
"We need to talk," was all he said. Akira nodded and the two walked a short way down the hall.
"Okay, who the hell are you?" Vegeta asked pushing Akira against a wall.
"I don't know what you mean."
"You still insist on playing these games? I know you're the one that scared Sike out there. I don't know how, but somehow you focussed all of your power so only he could feel it when you powered up. I was touching you while you did it; I felt part of what you let him see. You're a lot stronger than you've let people know so far."
"I can't tell you who I am, because I don't really know... but I think I can show you what I know." Vegeta looked confused, but nodded. With that Akira tentatively placed his hand on the short man's head and concentrated. The Saiyan Prince's eyes widened in shock as images flooded into his mind. The forest, the school, a storm rocking a small island, and then a blinding light growing more and more intense. The light seemed to contain images that floated just out of reach. Vegeta tried to concentrate, desperately trying to hold onto his sanity, but he could feel his mind being over whelmed. With all his strength he pulled away from Akira's hand and the two men fell to their knees gasping for breath.
"How... how did you do that?" Vegeta panted.
"I don't know, I've never done it before. It was like an instinct or something, I didn't even think about it."
"What was all that?" Vegeta struggled to his feet and Akira did the same.
"I... I don't know... I think most of it was my memories as far back as I can remember...up until the light, I've never seen that before." Akira's said, doing his best to picture what he had seen.
Vegeta was silent for a while. Then he took a deep, relaxing breath and nodded toward the infirmary. "We had better head inside, we'll discuss this... revelation later." Akira said nothing as the two of them walked through the door.
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Sike and Yurak met in the back corner of the waiting room.
"You fool! You know what the masters told us to do when we fought the Saiyans, there was to be no mercy. Yet you let the weakling go! Her father's transformation could not have been that frightening to you." Yurak said harshly.
"No! It wasn't him... I... I think it was the boy."
"You were scared of a boy? We already checked him, he's nothing, he can't even raise his energy level!"
"If it wasn't him, then I don't know who it was, but right when I was about to finish the girl off, I suddenly felt this immense power wash over me. It was like nothing I'd ever felt... I don't even know how to describe it."
Yurak spat, "You know what the penalty is for failure, neither of us want that. Next time do your job and don't be distracted by phantom powers that no one else can feel."
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To say that there were a lot of people in the infirmary would be an understatement. The moment Akira stepped inside, he was greeted by the sight of Bulma, Trunks, Bra, Uubu, Krillin, 18, Launch, Tien, Chiatzu, Master Roshi, Oolong, Puar, Yamcha, Goten, and Valese all trying to comfort Gohan, Videl, and Chi-chi as Pan floated in the rejuvenation tank.
Bulma was trying to get everyone out of the room so the distraught family could have a little peace and quiet. As everyone began filing out the door, Akira turned to go also.
"Akira," Videl's voice made him pause at the doorway, he turned. "I think you should stay, Pan would want you here." Akira smiled gratefully and sat down in an empty chair.
The all sat in silence for several minutes, until there was a light knock at the door; the announcer poked his head into the room.
"I'm sorry to disturb you all, but the next match will take place as soon as the ring is repaired. Probably not much longer than fifteen minutes."
Gohan and Akira nodded, and then Akira stepped outside to give the family some privacy. When Gohan finally emerged, the two fighters walked back to the arena, neither saying a word, because no words were necessary. Whoever was victorious in their match was going to make Sike pay dearly for what he had done.
A/N: Pan's fight with Sike closely parallels the fight between Videl and Spopavich in DBZ and is similar to the fight between Pan and Samba in Dragon Ball Next; also, the way that Akira saves Pan is the same as in DB Next.
"Now that we are into the Second Round our matches will have a time limit of thirty minutes. The first match of this round will be between Pan and Sike!" the announcer said as the two fighters walked out to the ring.
The massive man dwarfed Pan, but she didn't feel intimidated in the slightest, after all, he wasn't nearly as big as one of the fighters she had fought in the 27th Tenkaichi Budoukia. They stepped to their lines, dropped into their fighting stances and sprang at each other as soon as the bell rang.
Pan easily dodged the monstrous man as he tried to grab her, and then kicked him in the back as he stumbled by. She hit him with an impressive uppercut as soon as he turned around and then followed that with a spinning heel kick that sent him crashing to the ground.
She had expected him to stay down after that series of blows, but he climbed to his feet immediately. She went after him again. In less than two seconds, she had hit him twice in the face, doubled him over with a knee to the gut, and then sent him to the floor with a two arm smash to his back.
He hit the ground, lay still for a moment, and then slowly got back to his feet. Pan was so shocked that she didn't react quickly enough to dodge as he tackled her to the ground and landed several painful blows to her face and stomach. In anger she powered up to Super Saiyan, blowing the big man off of her; he flipped in the air and landed on his feet.
Sike glared at her with suddenly hate filled eyes, "So, you're one of the monkeys!" he spat. A split second later, Pan's foot slammed into his face, her momentum carrying her past him. The instant her feet touched the floor, she spun and flew back at him, landing a brutal punch to the back of his head. The big man stumbled forward, and then doubled over as Pan brought her knee into his stomach; he fell to his hands and knees.
Pan stared down at him, the lust of battle coursing through her veins, she felt invincible. She reached down, grabbed him by his shirt and tossed him straight up; she then put her hands together and brought them to her side, "Ka Me... Ha Me..." her hands flew up as she screamed, "HA!!!" An enormous blue ki wave shot out from her palms, struck her enemy and threw him higher into the air. She stopped the beam after a few seconds and watched with satisfaction as the smoking mountain of a man plummeted back to earth.
At the last possible second, he stopped, hovering parallel to the ring floor. Then, as if on a hinge, his body righted itself and he gently lowered his feet to the ground. He looked down at his shredded shirt, tore it off his body, and tossed it aside. The strange symbol that had been on his shirt was also branded into his chest, surrounded by several tattoos of evil looking demons.
"Is that all you've got?" He laughed cruelly, "I've let you spend all that time beating on me and the only thing you have to show for it is a ripped up shirt? You're even more pathetic than I expected!" Pan's blood felt like ice as she backed away in fear. "Well little girl, looks like you need someone to show you what a real attack looks like." Suddenly he was behind her, she spun and tried to punch him, but he swatted her fist away and grabbed her by the throat. The young Super Saiyan struggled against his grip, but could not free herself. He head-butted her several times, then lifted her over his head and slammed her body nearly three feet into the ring floor. He pulled her out of the hole beat on her semiconscious body for a while and then tossed her across the ring; she lay still for several seconds.
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Gohan, Vegeta, Trunks, Uubu, and Akira had rushed out of the waiting room and were watching in horror as Sike began beating Pan mercilessly. Trunks and Uubu grabbed Gohan as he lunged forward, ready to dive into the ring and tear his daughter's attacker limb from limb.
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Pan groggily shook her head and tried to wipe the blood from her eyes as she stood. As soon as she was on her feet, Sike attacked, punching and kicking her as she unsuccessfully tried to defend herself. After what seemed like an eternity, he gave the briefest of pauses in his attack, Pan used the opening to throw one last punch, putting all of her remaining strength into it. Sike caught her fist and smiled sadistically. With a flick of his wrist he broke her arm. Pan screamed in pain and fell to the floor.
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Trunks and Uubu were doing all they could to hold Gohan (who on the verge of changing into a Super Saiyan) back. Vegeta had his hand on Akira's shoulder. The boy hadn't moved yet, but it seemed that every muscle in his body was coiled and ready to strike.
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Sike looked down at the helpless girl and watched her hair turn black and lie flat. He felt a large power surge behind him, the girls father had transformed, as had one of the men restraining him; Sike smirked, unafraid. He reached down, picked Pan up by her neck, held a hand up to her face and powered up a ki blast, ready to end her life.
Suddenly his eyes went wide and his face fell into a look of shock and fear; his hand shook as he powered down the blast, looking around uncertainly. He tossed the unconscious Pan out of the ring. Gohan snatched her up immediately and rushed her to the infirmary, followed closely by Uubu and the other two Saiyans.
Sike took a moment to regain his composure and throw his tattered shirt over his shoulder before hopping off the ring and walking along the brick path toward the waiting room, a chorus of boos from the crowd following him as he went.
Akira was standing at the edge of the path; just as Sike walked by, Akira's hand shot straight out, resting on the shredded shirt, and stopped him. The big man tried to push through, but found that he could not budge the boy's arm.
"Leave this tournament now or you will regret it when we meet." Akira's voice was low and dangerous.
"Those are awfully big words for such a little man. Why don't you run home before you get hurt kid?"
The two stared at each other for a moment; suddenly Akira moved his hand just slightly moving it off of the shirt. Suddenly the big man felt a huge surge of energy; Sike was so startled that he tripped over his own feet as he backed away.
"You've been warned." Akira said gravely, then turned and walked in the direction of the infirmary to check on Pan.
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Vegeta was standing outside the infirmary with his arms crossed, scowling as he watched Akira approach.
"We need to talk," was all he said. Akira nodded and the two walked a short way down the hall.
"Okay, who the hell are you?" Vegeta asked pushing Akira against a wall.
"I don't know what you mean."
"You still insist on playing these games? I know you're the one that scared Sike out there. I don't know how, but somehow you focussed all of your power so only he could feel it when you powered up. I was touching you while you did it; I felt part of what you let him see. You're a lot stronger than you've let people know so far."
"I can't tell you who I am, because I don't really know... but I think I can show you what I know." Vegeta looked confused, but nodded. With that Akira tentatively placed his hand on the short man's head and concentrated. The Saiyan Prince's eyes widened in shock as images flooded into his mind. The forest, the school, a storm rocking a small island, and then a blinding light growing more and more intense. The light seemed to contain images that floated just out of reach. Vegeta tried to concentrate, desperately trying to hold onto his sanity, but he could feel his mind being over whelmed. With all his strength he pulled away from Akira's hand and the two men fell to their knees gasping for breath.
"How... how did you do that?" Vegeta panted.
"I don't know, I've never done it before. It was like an instinct or something, I didn't even think about it."
"What was all that?" Vegeta struggled to his feet and Akira did the same.
"I... I don't know... I think most of it was my memories as far back as I can remember...up until the light, I've never seen that before." Akira's said, doing his best to picture what he had seen.
Vegeta was silent for a while. Then he took a deep, relaxing breath and nodded toward the infirmary. "We had better head inside, we'll discuss this... revelation later." Akira said nothing as the two of them walked through the door.
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Sike and Yurak met in the back corner of the waiting room.
"You fool! You know what the masters told us to do when we fought the Saiyans, there was to be no mercy. Yet you let the weakling go! Her father's transformation could not have been that frightening to you." Yurak said harshly.
"No! It wasn't him... I... I think it was the boy."
"You were scared of a boy? We already checked him, he's nothing, he can't even raise his energy level!"
"If it wasn't him, then I don't know who it was, but right when I was about to finish the girl off, I suddenly felt this immense power wash over me. It was like nothing I'd ever felt... I don't even know how to describe it."
Yurak spat, "You know what the penalty is for failure, neither of us want that. Next time do your job and don't be distracted by phantom powers that no one else can feel."
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To say that there were a lot of people in the infirmary would be an understatement. The moment Akira stepped inside, he was greeted by the sight of Bulma, Trunks, Bra, Uubu, Krillin, 18, Launch, Tien, Chiatzu, Master Roshi, Oolong, Puar, Yamcha, Goten, and Valese all trying to comfort Gohan, Videl, and Chi-chi as Pan floated in the rejuvenation tank.
Bulma was trying to get everyone out of the room so the distraught family could have a little peace and quiet. As everyone began filing out the door, Akira turned to go also.
"Akira," Videl's voice made him pause at the doorway, he turned. "I think you should stay, Pan would want you here." Akira smiled gratefully and sat down in an empty chair.
The all sat in silence for several minutes, until there was a light knock at the door; the announcer poked his head into the room.
"I'm sorry to disturb you all, but the next match will take place as soon as the ring is repaired. Probably not much longer than fifteen minutes."
Gohan and Akira nodded, and then Akira stepped outside to give the family some privacy. When Gohan finally emerged, the two fighters walked back to the arena, neither saying a word, because no words were necessary. Whoever was victorious in their match was going to make Sike pay dearly for what he had done.
A/N: Pan's fight with Sike closely parallels the fight between Videl and Spopavich in DBZ and is similar to the fight between Pan and Samba in Dragon Ball Next; also, the way that Akira saves Pan is the same as in DB Next.