Red leaps up from her spot and grins.
"A challenge!" Vegeta glares at her for a moment.
What do you mean, 'a challenge'?! Was I not good enough?! Ash smirks as she mutters out loud.
"Bejita, please keep your sex life out of the fighting ring, please." Both Red and Vegeta glare at her.
"Not like that you hentai!!" he yells at her before turning back to Red.
"Why is it that you call this weak baka a challenge?!"
"Well, think about it Vegeta," she explains. "He's a hell of a lot stronger than anyone else from this time and we're only equal in battle because it's my many techniques versus your strength and tactical abilities. Vegeta nods his head slowly.
"I…guess." Doc suddenly sidles up to Red.
"So THAT'S why you wanted to fight Gohan if you couldn't fight Shin." Red nods.
"Hai! I want a fight that'll test my growing abilities. And fighting Gohan is the one way of doing it."
"Hey, Red," Gohan walks up to her.
"Come on, it's our turn to fight." She nods her head.
"Hai." And she walks ahead of Gohan. Vegeta is glaring daggers at the hanyou because he thinks Gohan is staring at her rear.
Kuso! He thinks. I wish now I was fighting Red…NOT Kakarot!
As Gohan makes his way past Piccolo, he stops Gohan and whispers.
"Watch out." He warns. "There's something about this girl that I don't trust."
"Aww, come on Piccolo." Gohan said. "She can't be any worse than Ash. And besides, she's a helluva lot smaller than me." He leans in close and whispers. "And if she really is Saiyan, then I don't think she's able to go Super Saiyan." Ash meanwhile snorted.
Challenge, yes. But smart…I don't think so.
They make their way into the ring, Red with an uncharacteristic smirk on her face and Gohan with his usual happy-go-lucky face. They climb the steps in he fighting ring (Doc it's a SQUARE!!!) and take their positions opposite one another. Red is smirking like anything. Ash turns to Vegeta, a very confused look on her face.
"Erm…Vegeta? Why is Red smirking like that?"
"It's Red." He said. She glares at him.
"I know that! That's why I'm asking, why is Red smirking like that?" she said, elaborating further. "I mean, she's supposed to be the other happy-go-lucky of the group. She's the little kid of all of us. I mean, look at how short she is!" Vegeta glares at the implication of it all. "Is she trying to act like us when we fight?"
"Nope." Frustration marks dot all around Ash's head, a sign that she was getting really pissed off.
"Then…why in the HELL is she grinning so evilly at Gohan as though she is about to do something really nasty! Red won't even harm a butterfly, for Christ's sake!"
"You really don't know Red, do you?" he asked. "If you saw her on Namek, maybe then you would understand that she IS pure Saiyan."
"Oh?"
"Hai." He said. "She may act all cute and innocent most of the time, but she is a fighter," he gazes at her smirking form one last time. "And she will go all out to win."
Red grins at Gohan for a few moments, waiting for the announcer to signal the beginning of their fight.
"So, Gohan," she asked in a cocky voice that didn't seem like her. "Are you ready to lose?" Gohan is a little shocked at this, but figures that she must just be psyching herself up for the match.
"Me? Lose? Ha! I never lose!" Red shrugs.
"Maybe. Oh well, there's a first time for everything." Gohan nods.
"So tell me, Red," he asks, also getting into the mood. "Have you ever lost a battle?"
"Only sparring matches," she says calmly. "But other than those small and useless practices…no."
"I guess this will be your first then." She just grins.
"We'll see." Just then, the announcers voice cut through the air.
"Let's begin the fight!" Gohan stares at Red for a few moments, contemplating on whether he should really go for it, or lag back a little.
I really don't want to hurt her. He thought. She looks so cute and innocent… but that last thought was cut short when suddenly he felt an elbow in his gut.
"What in the hell…?!" Piccolo yelped.
"My gosh!" stuttered Krillin. "That girl moved so fast…I didn't even see her attack!" All the while, Goku and Doc were smiling happily; Ash and Vegeta had stoic looks on their faces.
"It's to be expected." Ash muttered under her breath.
Gohan stumbled back, clutching his aching gut.
"What…what…" he slowly lifted his head to look up at Red; only to see her with an evil smirk on her face that could put both Ash and Vegeta's to shame.
"What's the matter, Gohan?" she asked cockily. "I thought you said you were going to defeat me? Why the sudden change of heart?" For the first time in which they had met, Gohan glared up at her as she laughed.
Piccolo was right, he thought. There is something about this girl that makes her seem untrustworthy.
"Well?" she asked as her voice cuts through the air. "Are you going to fight me, or are you just going to crouch down there holding your gut. I didn't hit you very hard, after all." Her smirk broadened. "And besides, if I'm going to fight the strongest Saiyan on Earth, I want it to be worthwhile." Gohan stared at her dumbfounded.
"Wha?! How did you know that I'm Saiyan?!"
"Hanyou, to be exact." She sniffed. "But that's beside the point. I came here to have a good battle and I'm GOING to get one. Now, fight me!" she ordered as she kicked him in the jaw. Gohan went sailing up only to get hit back down again. Red followed and proceeded to kick the snot out of him.
Meanwhile, Videl was squealing for all she was worth.
"Oh no!" she cried as she clasped her face in distraught. "Somebody! Help Gohan! That girl is going to kill him!"
"Feh," Vegeta snorted. "That may cross her mind, but she's not going to do such a thing." Piccolo turned to him and growled.
"And how do you know?"
"I've spent most of my training time around her, so I would know that she's only in this for the fight. Not for a kill." He smirked. "But, like I said, it's not like the thought hasn't crossed her mind." Ash stared up at him, her eyebrows raised.
"You're making Red sound like a psychopathic homicidal maniac. And she's only a maniac." Vegeta shrugged.
"How would you know? You weren't on Namek with me. Besides," he said as he continued to watch the fight. "It's the silent one's you must always worry about." Ash sweat dropped as she looked onto the battle.
Hold f! The battle on Namek sure has changed Red a helluva lot!
With every blow Red delivered to Gohan, the more pissed off she got because he was not attacking back. He was just getting hit.
"Come on you weakling Hanyou!" she screamed. "Fight me!!" But just as she is about to hit him in the face, Gohan catches her hand. With a sour look, he brings his own hand back.
"With pleasure," he growls. Red takes the full impact and goes flying across the ring (Doc: it's a SQUARE!!!). She lies on the ground for a few moments, gathering herself up after that hit as Gohan levitates back to the ground. There is a nice bruise on her cheek, but other than that, her smirk has grown even more. "Satisfied?" he asked. She nods.
"Oh yeah," and with that, they both go at each other. Kicks and punches fly, energy gathering all around the island.
"What's going on there?" asks Videl as she clutches her hands in worry. "They're moving too fast for me to see what's going on."
"I know what you mean," 18 mutters. "I can barely see it myself."
"It seems like Gohan is winning, though." Krillin says. "Ha! I knew he'd always win. After all, he is your son, right Goku?" Goku just sweatdrops and nods.
"Uh…yeah, that's right!"
"Che." They look to Vegeta as he snorts. "That Hanyou is not winning."
"How do you know?" asks 18.
"Red is too fiery to ever give in." he said, remembering back to when she was fighting against Frieza when he was in his second transformation, the only person able to stand up to the scaly lizard. He lifts his head up cockily. "Well, Namek. I know you can see what's going on. Can you tell us who's winning?" Everyone turns to Piccolo, whose eyes is still on the match but he is sweating heavily.
"It's…it's…" he swallowed hard. "It's Red. So far, she's the one coming out on top in this match." Vegeta nodded again.
"If that Hanyou doesn't go Super Saiyan within the next few seconds," he continued arrogantly. "He may not be able to win the match." Everyone stared at Vegeta for a while before turning back to the match. Only Ash remained staring at Vegeta.
What is with him? She wondered. Did I detect a hint of pride and admiration for Red?!
Red kicked Gohan in the gut, causing him to pause his actions for a second. She put her hands together and knocked the back of his neck. He let out a wail of pain. She moved her hands down as she took hold of his ankle and threw him back to the arena floor.
This match is over!" she declared. Power up a little, she flew down, arms extending and fists clenched tightly, ready for the final blow. Gohan jerked his head up to see her coming, flying at an incredible rate. He knew what he had to do, he only hoped it would work.
Quickly, he moved out the way.
(What the f?!) She yelped as he quickly flattened her hands to propel herself back up to land on her feet. But just before her feet touched the ground, her face once again made contact with Gohan's fist. Toppling back, she fell flat on her back only to quickly roll out of the way as his fist came down, shattering the tile on the arena ring (Doc: How many times must I tell you… IT'S A SQUARE!!!!!). But Gohan wasn't going to let her have another chance to recuperate and was soon on the attack.
"What in the hell is Red doing?!" Ash yelled as she watched Red get beaten to a bloody pulp. "She's going to lose to that weak Hanyou if she keeps this up!"
"Bulls!" snapped Vegeta. "She will win!" all the while, he was thinking. Come ON, Red! I know you can do better!
Red could only watch through a haze as the golden hair and aqua-eyed form of Gohan beat her. She knew that if she didn't push herself and somehow get a chance to get away, she would lose.
Dammit! She cursed. If only I could get away! Then I'd be able to power up a little bit more so I can whip this fing hanyou's ass!!! Just as he knocked her over, she quickly did a back flip and landed on her feet. But only to have Gohan come up close to her, his hands glowing up ki balls. She stared at him with wide eyes, knowing what would happen. And he knew too. He released his energy, causing her to fly back, her feet digging into the tiles, trying to stop herself from falling out of the arena. But to no avail. She fell over anyways.
"Red!!" Goku and Doc cried, both in shock that she, the first person ever to turn Saiyan, lost to a hanyou.
"Baka onna!!" Ash cried in fury. "She LOST!! And to what?! To a bakayaro weakling hanyou!!!" Vegeta stared on, hoping that Red had not really fell out of the ring. Then, his eyes widened as he felt a sudden surge of energy, far stronger than anything he had encountered before.
"Ka…sei-kun?"
"Oh! Out of the ring!" announced the announcer, running to the other side to see the damage that had been caused. The fighting ring was already wrecked, craters of all sorts dug into the tiles. Meanwhile, Spopoviche and Yamu were standing behind a pillar, watching the fight and grinning as they looked down at the energy locator.
"He's the one," Yamu said. "Just look at the way the meter is going."
"He's the one with all the energy," chuckled Spopoviche. "I know we'll get a lot out of him!" Yamu nodded.
"Babidi will be very pleased with us." He said as he turned to his companion. "Let's go." But before they had even taken one step, the meter suddenly went haywire. "What?" Yelped Yamu. "What's going on?!"
"Do you think it's broken?" Spopoviche queried. Yamu shook his head.
"How can it be?" he asked. "The only way for it to go so nuts if there was someone with an even higher power than this kid and…" he stopped short as they looked up, eyes widening at the sight.
"Umm, Yamu?" asked Spopoviche.
"Yeah?"
"I think maybe we should wait until after this match." He swallows. Yamu nodded.
"I agree."
The announcer stood stock still at the sight of what he saw. He was expecting to see Red lying in a messed up heap, all in pain and agony. But she wasn't. Instead, she was levitating a inches from the ground so that ultimately, she wasn't touching the ground meaning she wasn't out of the match.
Red's eyes were flickering between aqua and brown, and her hair had threads of gold in it. But she didn't want to give in. She didn't want to beat Gohan in Super Saiyan form.
If I am going to beat that first half-breed of Kakarot's, she snarled to herself. I will make it the most HUMLIATAING defeat he shall EVER suffer!! With that, she raised her ki just before Super Saiyan and clenched her fists tightly as she levitated back up to the arena.
Gohan watched in utter amazement as she floated back up to the fighting ring. Blood was dribbling from the corner of her mouth as it was his, but he obviously caused damage to her. Blood was trickling down the one side of her forehead, coating over her right eye. A few bruises littered her torn and burnt exposed body, but the real thing that got his attention was her facial expression.
Red looked ready to KILL! He too could see that her hair was threading with gold and her eyes were debating on the usual soft brown or the determined aqua. Pursing her lips together, she lowered her head, eyes still glued to him.
"So," she said. "It seems I have underestimated you a bit." She said as she spat a bit of blood out her mouth. Gohan paid no attention to that, and continued to glare daggers at her.
"And it would seems that I have, too, have misjudged you." He said. Wiping away the thick trail of blood from his lower lip, he looked back at her. "What say we just keep on fighting. No rules or restrictions." On hearing this, that same smirk found it's way back to her lips.
"I'm glad to finally hear the Saiyan within you." She said. "But it does not matter. For I WILL defeat you, and I WON'T go Super Saiyan to do it!" They both glared at each other as their energy began to rise, as well as the bits of broken tiles and ground.
"Wow! This is SO intense!" jittered Doc, staring with wide eyes at the sight before her.
"You're telling me!" added Goku. "I've never seen such a magnificent fight! This is all so brilliant!!" But Ash wasn't really focusing on the fight; she was focusing more on Vegeta's reaction to the fight. She could clearly see that he was, as usual, expressionless and calm. But that's only how he appeared. She could see VERY clearly, that he was also quite high strung as the rest of them.
Bejita's always going on about how much he doesn't like Red and how, if anything, he'd love to be rid of her. But if that is so, then why in the hell is he so worried about whether she wins or loses?
Suddenly, Gohan went on the attack again, charging at her as he threw a ki ball. But Red wasn't going to be walked over again this time. Faster than her friends could do (mainly because she's done more training than them and has been Saiyan longer than them), she formed her signature Red Guitar and deflected the ki blast with one blow, as well as managing to get in a hit on Gohan. Knocked back, Gohan decided to attack full on with punches and kicks, thinking it was merely a stupid guitar, though also wondering where in the hell did she summon it from. They fought for a good few minutes before the fighting became so intense that they began to float up off the ground. Everyone watched in absolute fascination as Red suddenly brought the guitar down on his head with a loud 'twang', sending him crashing back down to the arena. Feeling the rage burning within him, Gohan sped back up and fired a number of ki blasts at her, of all which she dodged and hit right back at him. He managed to dodge them and made his way over to Red, trying to get close enough to try and beat her to a pulp. Red, as fast as she could, summoned the energy to do one of her best weapon attacks.
"Ice Slash!!" she cried out as she swiped at Gohan, almost missing him. But she did manage to get him. The slash that had grazed him from his right shoulder down to his left side suddenly filled with small ice particles, which dug into his skin. It was an attack that only affected the opponent momentarily, but it was more than enough time for her to bring the guitar up and bash him over the head, sending him back down to the arena. She followed suit, pulling her guitar back in as she flew at him, planning on knocking him out. Gohan just missed being hit by her fists as she ploughed into the arena. Wrenching her fists out, she just managed to block off a hit Gohan sent at her. Both continued their battle in the middle of the fighting ring until it got so intense that the build up of energy forced them to fly to the opposite ends of the arena. Both steadied themselves as they prepared for their final attack.
"What are they doing?" questioned Doc.
"They're getting ready to finish each other off." Said Piccolo, not really bothering or worrying that the girl that was talking to him was that freaky little thing. All the while, Vegeta was sweating.
"Come on, Red," he muttered. "You can do it."
Gohan put his hands together in a very familiar stance and brought them back as he began to power up. Red was doing the same on her side of the world, powering up for her ice attack.
"Ka…" Gohan started as he gathered energy. Red remained silent as she summoned for the ice spirits, a huge pillar of ice forming before her.
"Me…" the ice pillar shattered, causing splinters to fall to the ground.
"Ha…" The energy ball was now gathered, and all he needed was just a little more energy. She brought her hands forwards, collecting the invisible energy that was before her.
"Me…" His sky blue ki ball got bigger and brighter. Red drew her hands back, the energy in her hand now clearly visible.
"HA!!!!" he yelled as he released his Kamehameha. Red said nothing as she released her attack, throwing her hands forwards as the ice blew towards him.
They caught in the middle of the fighting ring (Doc:…can't say anything. So intense!), each attack pushing against one another. Everyone held their breath in suspense, the stubborn Saiyan's included. Then, without warning, the blasts exploded, showing both of the fighters with sharp shards of ice. But Red didn't give a s about the ice particles cutting at her skin. She formed her guitar and went straight for her enemy.
Because Gohan wasn't used to this sort of thing, the ice stung like mad! He lowered his guard only for a second, but that was his downfall. The next thing anyone knew, he was standing defenseless and Red was coming at him with her trusty guitar.
With a final blow, she knocked him right out of the ring and into the wall, leaving another nice little crater. Then, he collapsed onto the ground. There was silence before the announcer returned to Earth.
"Well, there you have it, ladies and gentlemen!" he declared. "The winner of this intensifying match is…Red Kasei!!!" There were huge rounds of cheers and applause for the tiny Saiyan. Red's tough and hardened face disappeared and was once again replaced by her cheerful and cute smile.
"Hehehehe!" she giggled. "I won!"
Everyone, save for Vegeta, sweat dropped and stared at the suddenly 'return to cuteness'.
"I sure hope I don't have to fight against her!" gulped Krillin.
Umm…Bejita? Asked Ash, eyes wide at the weird sight.
Yes?
Remind me not to get Red pissed off again! Vegeta just shook his head amusedly. He was rather proud that Red whipped Gohan's ass without going Super Saiyan. But he wasn't going to tell ANYONE that. ESPECAILLY Red! Red came skipping back, her usual smile on her face.
"So?" she asked. "How did I do?"
"Could've done better." Snorted Vegeta as he turned his head to one side. Red looked a little hurt, but that soon faded as she was showered with praise from Doc and Goku.
"You were so awesome!" gushed Goku.
"Yeah! That was way cool how you did that Diamond Dust as your final attack!" squealed Doc. Red just blushed happily. Then, Ash's hand came down on her shoulder.
"Not bad," she said. "But couldn't you have finished him off a lot sooner?" Red blinked owlishly at her.
Why? She asked. That would be taking away half the fun! I wanted to see if I could beat him without going even half my strength. Ash nodded.
"Hmm, well I thought you were going to lose." Red snorted.
"Feh! You would think that!" she said. "I mean, that's why you chose and easy to beat up weakling like Shin…"
"He is the Supreme Kai!!" Piccolo bellowed, but went unnoticed by Red and Ash.
"…and I chose the strongest challenge of this world." Ash glared daggers at her.
"Why you…" But just then, Vegeta blocked her off. "Hey!" she yelped. "What's the big idea!"
"I believe," he said. "They are announcing the next lot of fighters."
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SSJ Naomi: the fate of Doc and Goku r not in my hands... whatever goes on is KASIES IDEA so whichever wayanyromancegoes BLAME HER!