1A/N: Seems I churned out a logical reason for having the tournament in my story. I wish to fit both fights into this chapter and still keep it at the 5k word length so neither of them will be as long as Vegeta's. Sorry for those of you who were hoping for long battles.

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Response to Reviews:

Luna's Meow – Hehe, sorry about all the riddles, they're not really intentional. Except the main ones that deal with the story. All the other ones just kinda pop out as I write. Unfortunately you'll never see the gods fight, and even if they did the techniques they use are completely different than the ones the saiyans use. It's like asking a warrior to start casting a fireball. But on the other hand it's like asking a mage to wield a sword. Both could PROBABLY do it if they put a lot of effort into it, but it's much more effective to just use their own techniques. Nothing wrong with creating them as they go though.

SSGohanStrife – Heh, I'm sure you and everyone else is curious as to whom Gohan ends up with. I can't tell ya, you've waited 12 chapters, what's another 12 eh? Hehehehehe.

SSJ3MysticGohan – Heh, thanks for the compliment. My story being the best on FFN? That's taking it a bit extreme. I know it's up there but the best is stretching it a bit. I've read some DAMN good stories. Especially by Sh33p and The Smooster. Those two can fucking write. There are also several amazing Naruto stories out there that I'd have trouble matching. There are just MANY amazing authors out there. Just being near the top is good enough for me. Hopefully next year I'll be even better because I'm going to start actually taking university courses in Creative Writing.

MattT( ) – Well... the thing is Bardock doesn't know anything about Blight. After all the competitors aren't allowed to see each other fight until the match they fight them in, or after they lose and then it's no longer really important. Hehe ya, about Blight… I can guarantee he won't become part of the 'group' per say but that doesn't mean he won't have some role to play.

Freyr Van'ir – I won't block someone for such a reason. They'd have to start insulting me for no reason what so ever and talking about things NOT involved in the story for me to block them. If it deals with the story, it's fair game and I just gotta live with it, doesn't mean I'll just let it fly by and do nothing but… shrug

Anime-Ronin – Actually dude, the whole reason FOR that speech is so that Vegeta DOES learn something. I just did it in the only way I can possibly see it getting through to him. By someone who he's not a ruler of (or supposed to be) yet who possess strength, experience and knowledge that far exceeds his own. Vegeta isn't going to change overnight, but the process has started and it'll finish when 'it' happens.

the133tness( ) – well, about the description. If you'd notice it comes and goes in phases. Some chapters will have a great deal of description while others won't have any at all. It all really depends on my mood I suppose. Hopefully fall next year I'll be kicking ass and chewing bubble gum in the writing area.

Samurai Demon-God Sekikage – Apology accepted :)

Supersaiyaman – Ummm… no offense but… I don't suppose you could go over what you write before you review? I like you reviewing and all but… Damn… if I didn't know better I'd think you were INTENTIONALLY writing reviews with horrible grammar and spelling simply so you could get a funny comment from me. It's just that I have trouble deciphering a real meaning from what you post.

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Chapter 13: Humiliation and Defeat

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"It's time for the last match of the quarter finals! These two competitors are quite similar in many aspects, both are female, both are beautiful, and both wield fantastic powers! Let's give it up for Karreth and Solar! Karreth is yet another rookie who has made it to the quarter finals. Karreth, with her golden hair spiking upwards in response to her transformation she has quickly become a favorite here at the stadium. There are many men who have expressed desires to bed with her but she has snubbed them all! And her opponent, the reigning champion from the last tournament, is Solar! No one knows if she's elven or divine but her beauty, grace and power seems to suggest the latter of the two. I don't know about everyone else, but this fight is sure to be one hell of a drool fest. Guys, grab your drool buckets as this match will be sure to ram your testosterones into overdrive!" The announcer announced, all the while gathering a supply of at least three drool buckets himself. He too, after all, was a guy.

"I've been waiting to face you Karreth." Solar said with a smile, "It's nice to see another female with at least a smidgen of power."

Karreth smirked back at her, "Yes, I'm glad as well, let's try to beat the other without destroying our clothes." She said as she eyed Solar up and down. She had long, silvery hair that framed a perfect face. Her figure was perfectly proportioned in everyway possible; exquisitely toned, sumptuously sculpted, and unerringly muscled, much like Karreth's own. However, unlike Karreth she wasn't wearing saiyan battle armor, she was wearing what appeared to be a long, silk white robe with two straps that went over the shoulders. Karreth's eyes narrowed at this. There was no way anyone would fight in just that; it was far too easily destroyed. There must be something underneath as well.

"Oh, you got something to hide?" Solar asked with a light smile.

"About as much as you. I'd rather not have a horde of men rioting when they see two naked females beating on each other. It's a bit much for their pint sized brains." Karreth replied.

Solar's gold eyes twinkled in merriment, "I don't think I'll have to worry about you tearing off my clothes."

"I'm not sure what those girls are talking about but I want to see those boobs bounce… I mean I want to see this match begin! SOOooooOO START!" The announcer shouted.

"I'm going to fucking kill that announcer if he makes any more inappropriate comments." Karreth growled.

"Finally we agree on something." Solar replied.

The two shot forward and Solar lead with a straight punch only to have it go throw Karreth's after image. Her eyes widened for a moment before she found herself skidding across the ground from a well placed kick to the back.

With slight flick of her wrists Solar lifted from the ground, spun through the air, and clipped Karreth in the chin with a kick as she charged in for another attack. This time it was Karreth who found herself flying backwards.

Karreth exerted her energy behind her and halted herself in mid flight before she charged forward once more. The two of them engaged in a flurry of punches and kicks, shockwaves rippled outwards sending dust and small rocks flying away.

"You're pretty good, but not good enough." Solar said and her eyes flashed silver.

Before Karreth could register anything aside from the change in color she was slammed into the ground by an invisible force, and held there. A gasp escaped from Karreth as a kick slammed into her ribs, followed by another, a third, and many more. Then came the last one, the pressure disappeared and she found herself lifted from the ground and smashed away by yet another wave of invisible force.

"What the hell was that?" Karreth gasped out as she slowly rose to her feet.

Solar grinned at her, "The reason why you'll never touch me." She replied cryptically.

"We'll see about that." Karreth replied back.

Karreth shot forward once more, preparing herself for the unseen attacks. Solar simply shook her head as she raised her hand. With a small smile her eyes flashed silver again and a wave of force rippled through the air as it shot towards her opponent. Karreth quickly halted in her tracks, dug her feet into the ground, and opened her arms wide as she put up a shield around her, the exact same kind of shield that Trunks had used during Vegeta's match, albeit much weaker.

The invisible wave of force slammed into the shield and was halted completely. Solar's eyes widened in surprise; the only thing that had even been able to stop her force waves before was the shields around the arena. The thought of any of her competitors being able to erect a similar shield had never crossed her mind. Needless to say she was kind of out of it when Karreth's fist slammed into her cheek, launching her across the arena. With a grimace Solar quickly righted herself only to come face to face with an energy blast, one that finished the job Karreth's punch started, that slammed the former champion into the arena's wall.

"What was that about me never touching you?" Karreth asked with a smirk.

"WOW! This is the first time Solar has ever been hit by her opponent in the entirety of her fighting career here at the arenas! Karreth is giving as well as she is receiving! And the bouncing breasts sure are nice." The announcer said with his first drool bucket over half full. Karreth glared up at the announcer with such venom that it made one wonder if she was poisonous. "Err… uh… I think I should have kept that last comment to myself."

"YOU!" Solar growled out in rage. "You bitch; you fucking touched my perfect skin. I'm going to make you REGRET THAT!"

"Then come shit for brains, make me regret that." Karreth replied smugly.

Solar's eyes began to glow silver, only this time, they didn't just flash silver for a moment, they kept glowing, and the glow got brighter, and brighter. The air around Solar began to crackle, yet no energy could be seen, only heard. The ground beneath her began to disintegrate as a small crater formed under the former champion. "NOW FEEL PAIN!" Solar roared as she unleashed all the energy she had built up.

Karreth's eyes widened in surprise at the massive amount of energy that was shooting towards her; it was so strong it was ripping the ground apart as if it offered no more resistance than air. She quickly braced herself, erecting another shield around her. Karreth took one last look at Solar and she knew she had made a mistake. Solar was grinning, as if she was hoping Karreth would attempt this.

Suddenly Karreth screamed in agony as an attack exploded up from out of the ground. It shot through her legs and ripped through her entire nervous system causing her to momentarily lose control of every single part of her body. An unfortunate side affect of this was the complete destruction of the shield she had just erected. Then came the main attack. With a soundless explosion, that was only seen and heard by the destruction of the ground around Karreth, the attack dealt a massive blow to the female saiyan as it battered and bruised her hardened body. Had she not been wearing the saiyan battle armor, she would have been suffered a great deal more, as it was the armor blocked a great deal of the attack, at the price of the armor itself. The battle armor slowly peeled away as it was destroyed leaving behind nothing but the spandex, which soon followed the armor as it disintegrated in the attack as it tried to protect it's wearer. When the attack was over, a battered, bruised, dazed and half-naked Karreth dropped to the arena floor face down.

Suddenly a great noise filled the arena, almost as if someone had turned on a giant faucet. All one had to do was look around to understand where the sound was coming from. There were large amounts of drool dripping from the mouths of nearly every single male in the audience. Some were putting waterfalls to shame while others simply tilted backwards as their noses exploded in a gush of blood.

They had gotten more than they had bargained for, and boy did it piss Gohan off. The guys around his immediate vicinity soon forgot about Karreth and erased the picture of her topless from their eyes once they looked at Gohan's enraged eyes. There would be other chances to see naked females, no point in risking ones life to drool over this particular one.

Solar looked up at the announcer and glared at him. The guy had already gone through his three buckets and was now drooling freely over the side of his booth. "I think it's over announcer, and if you don't fucking get a grip on yourself I'll rip you a new asshole to shit out of." Solar growled in anger. She may dislike Karreth for hitting her, but she was still female, and the actions of the male audience members pissed her off far more than Karreth ever could.

"Umm… well… er.r…" The announcer gulped and pointed behind her.

Solar whipped around to receive a punch to the face. Karreth was back and thoroughly pissed off. She glared up into the stands. "IF YOU FUCKERS DON'T STOP DROOLING I'M GONNA RIP YOUR GOD DAMN TESTICLES OFF!" Karreth roared and pointed back to Gohan. "OR GET HIM TO DO IT FOR ME!"

This brought everyone's attention to Gohan and the look on his face could melt stone from a mile away. Much like the guys around Gohan everyone else suddenly had more pressing things to think about. Like the survival of their treasured possessions and their own lives.

"HOW?!" Solar yelled in surprise. "That attack should have nearly killed you!"

Karreth grinned, "Yes well, that armor wasn't there just for show you know." Karreth replied. "And now that I know the weakness in that shield I create one without such a weakness."

"This time I won't be stopped!" Solar declared as her eyes began to glow silver once more. A huge beam shot out from Solar, its origin: her forehead. The beam of force literally seemed to bend reality as it shot across the arena's floor towards Karreth.

The saiyan smiled, she knew she could win. Solar's last attack had dealt a larger blow to her than she let on. But she wasn't going down without humiliating Solar as badly as she did her. "KAITEN!" Karreth yelled as she began to spin. A whirlwind of yellow energy whipped around Karreth leveling the ground in the process. As the wave of force slammed into the whirlwind of energy it didn't stop, but it turned as it began to circle around Karreth, completely caught up in the whirlwind of energy.

Karreth grimaced, this was going to take everything she had. She continued to spin as she raised her hands above her head.

"MASENKO" Karreth started as a massively condensed ball of energy formed in her spinning, outstretched hands.

"HA!" She roared as she timed everything perfectly. It was a strategy that would have made even Bardock proud. A huge yellowish beam of energy ripped through the whirlwind, but due to the spinning and high velocities the attack didn't go in a perfectly straight line, instead it shot out, and spiraled around Solar's attack. What's more, just before the attack had left Karreth's defensive barrier it had snagged the head of Solar's attack and carried it along for the ride.

So it was a very surprised and shocked Solar that received not only Karreth's attack, but her own as well. A piercing scream echoed across the arena as a massive explosion erupted around Solar. The ground shook as the explosion continued to build as the rest of the two attacks continually slammed into Solar until they were completely spent.

As the dust settled it revealed an exhausted Karreth on her knees as she looked upwards, her eyes closed. She was tired, no she was beyond tired. She doubted she could move if her life depended on it. And it may very well if Solar survived that attack in any kind of condition.

As a battered and bruised Solar slowly picked herself off the ground and out of the crater that the explosion had caused. Two things occurred to her. One, the stupid faucet had turned back on again, and the second, was that she was completely naked. Unlike Karreth she had lost the entirety of her clothes, hence why over half the guys were now unconscious due to blood loss and the other half were soon to be dehydrated from excessive drooling. The announcer was struck beyond the ability to speak. Not even death could stop him from drooling over the edge of his booth and onto several disgusted audience members below. With the two gorgeous females naked in front of him he was not going to pass up the opportunity to take this eyeful.

Karreth opened her eyes and stared at her now naked opponent and began to laugh, "Hahaha." She laughed out, "Looks like you're the object of their attention now." She said, all the while laughing. "Think of it as payback for ruining my clothes." She said as she tilted forward and hit the ground, unconscious.

Solar saw red. Not only was her perfect skin marred in many places, Karreth had dared to do the unthinkable, expose her chaste body to the masses. It was an unforgivable offence in her mind, one that deserved nothing less than death. With a feral scream of rage Solar shot forward, ready to kill Karreth, only to be smashed away by a force so powerful it destroyed all of her defences and nearly crushed every bone in her body.

Her rage now forgotten she spotted a form hunched over Karreth. Gohan looked up at Solar, his eyes holding no kindness. "The fight is over, she's unconscious, and you have won. If you wish to take it any further, you'll have to go through me." Gohan said quietly, much like the quietness that precedes the storm.

Solar had no intention of trying to go through Gohan to get at Karreth. She had won; she'd have to be happy with that. She knew when she was out-matched. The fact that Gohan had stripped her of all defences with ease revealed much about him. As she watched Gohan gently pick Karreth up Solar became jealous for the first time in her life. The fact that Karreth had access to one such as Gohan made her seethe. Why such male perfection would ever go for such a woman made Solar exceedingly jealous. For the first time she was seeing a man that was worth her time, and he was as far away from her reach as the moon.

Gohan positioned Karreth gently, pressing her chest against his. It's not that he wanted to feel her breasts pressing against his chest. No, that wasn't it. He just wanted to cover her and deny the audience any more than what they had already seen. She was too good for the likes of them. Gohan kept saying this as he slowly began to float back up to where he and the others were seated.

"Wait! We need to check up on her!" The clerics called out as they arrived in the scene.

Gohan glared down at them and would have said something nasty had he not noticed they were all female. Apparently the arena officials had some good sense when it came to such things. "Don't worry; she's more exhausted than anything. She's survived far worse than this with little to no help. All she needs is food and a good night's rest and she'll be fine. All her wounds are superficial."

"Alright." The cleric said, "But if her condition should worsen you'll bring her straight to us?" She asked.

"Yes, I will." He replied. They nodded and let him go.

The gods didn't bother trying to intervene with Gohan as he quickly flew back to his seat. After all the match had already pretty much been decided.

As Gohan settled back into his seat with Karreth cradled in his arms Sapphire couldn't help but wonder what it would like to have him hold her like that. Maybe I should lose my clothes during one of my matches so he can hold me like he's holding her. Sapphire thought for a moment before changing her mind, No, I want him and only him to see me in such a state.

"Trunks, don't suppose I could borrow your vest for a while?" Gohan asked.

Trunks smiled, "Sure, I'll just get it back from Karreth when she gets into a new change of clothes." Trunks said as he removed his vest and handed it over to Gohan.

Gohan slipped the vest onto Karreth, zipping it up afterwards. It was tight, constricting her chest quite a bit, but it was far better than being exposed. "Sorry, Trunks, I don't suppose…" He began.

Trunks smiled, "No problem." He said as he stood up and moved over a seat, kicking the unconscious man out of the way. Trunks may have been kinder, had the idiot not passed out from staring at his aunt's breasts.

With Karreth sleeping peacefully between the two saiyans they were finally able to turn their attention back to the arena. What they saw was kind of strange considering how the previous matches had gone. The four semi-finalists were all gathered together down in the center of the arena. Solar had been given a new set of clothing; this time she was wearing a pair of loose fitting white pants with a sleeveless blue shirt designs that looked like white flames drawn all over it. She was also wearing a pair of soft, white boots and a pair of white gloves. In addition to the clothing her energy had been restored along with her body, although her face was still beat red from the exposure she had just previously suffered.

The announcer had been replaced by one of the two God's that had confronted Gohan earlier. "Welcome everyone; I suppose you're wondering just why I am here announcing this and why all four semi-finalists are gathered below?" There was a murmur of agreement. "Well, the actions of the announcer were rather unsightly, as was his words and behaviour. He is being… reprimanded as we speak so I am taking over for him. An announcer should be partial, fair, and not a gawking idiot who loses all common sense at the first sight of naked female skin." There were smiles and grins from many of the females in the audiences at this. "As for the semi-finalists; we've decided to hold a free-for-all brawl between the four of them. This way not only power and skill will determine the winner, but strategy and foresight. That's the candy coated reason. The real reason is that there isn't enough time left in the day for three matches, but there is enough for one long battle. Because of this we've decided to end the martial arts portion of this tournament today, as opposed to leaving you all in suspense for a single final fight tomorrow."

There was a loud, long roar of approval from the crowd.

"Now, announcing the first of the four competitors. His name is Bardock and as many of you have guessed or wonder, just what is he? No other race on this planet has the known capability of transforming in such a way, and no other creature looks like a human with a monkey tail. The truth is, he's not of this planet, and neither are his cohorts. They are members of a race called saiyans and you can consider them the guests of the gods. Four of them have decided to participate in this tournament, the last opting out from the sole fact that even us God's would have a hard time touching him. Bardock is the third strongest of the saiyans, but that's not where his greatest strength comes from, no, that strength comes from his mind. His power is only surpassed by his intelligence and experience. Age has given him an extra edge that his other two fellows didn't have, and because of this he's here now. Don't underestimate him, he'll take whatever opening you give him, and if you give him none, he'll make his own."

A loud roar went up the crowd. More than a few cat calls went up as well as many of the females tried to get his attention.

"Oh, and ladies, he's already been taken." The God said, disappointing many of the females in the crowd.

"The second competitor is Blight, although that's not his true name. It was formed from the two words: Blind Sight. Blight however can see just fine, even without sight, as he has an alternative way of seeing things. This opponent is tricky, with enough power to go toe to toe with anyone but with the ability to nullify virtually everyone's special attacks. His greatest fight was against the youngest of the saiyans, Vegeta, defeating the young competitor after one of the greatest shows of hand to hand combat that has graced the arena this tournament. Will he deliver a similar defeat to Bardock, or will the veteran saiyan's experience and intelligence give him the edge required to take down him down?"

A slightly quieter roar of approval came up from the crowd, but Blight didn't mind, because she was the most vocal of them all. Blight had entered the tournament for a single purpose and, for the first time since entering, it seemed as if that purpose would be fulfilled.

"The third semi-finalist is a giant of a man. Titan is said to be powerful enough to crush mountains, and from the damage he's done to the arena, and his opponents, since coming here it doesn't appear as if the rumors are entirely false. He wears nothing more than just a loincloth, no protective gear, but then he doesn't really need any. It's also been proven in the past that his skin is tougher than the strongest steel. However, despite all this he's… not very well liked having a fetish for females. That doesn't sound bad in and of itself but it prevents him from even remotely considering the feelings of the females he eats. Yes, you heard me, eats."

There weren't any cheers at this. Everyone, especially the woman, stared at Titan in disgust in anger. Gohan wasn't worried. He knew Bardock well enough that he'd prevent anything like that while he still drew breath, and from what Blight's done in the past Gohan knew he could count on him to aid Bardock.

"The last semi-finalist is last tournaments grand champion, Solar. She breezed through the competition until she met the greatest challenge she had ever faced here at the tournaments, Karreth. We all know how that match went and ended, and we'll skip the details to spare the woman any more humiliation, save to say that if I see even a hint of a inappropriate comment coming from anyone you'll have me to answer to. This is a martial arts tournament, not a porno fest. If you want to see naked woman, go to a brothel.

The loudest roar of approval went up for her. She was the favorite of many. For females she was a symbol that they could surpass even the greatest of men, and for males, she was an object to ogle and idol over even if they weren't allowed to vocalize their opinions.

"Hehe, I'm so lucky to finally meet the great Solar." Titan said as he leered down at her. "I just can't wait to taste you!"

"Ugh, please, keep your distance. You're disgusting breath is making me want to vomit." Solar said as she waved her hand in front of her noise in an attempt to get rid of the smell.

Bardock and Blight exchanged looks and nodded, they were in agreement.

"Well, let's get this final match started! And may the best fighter WIN!" The god yelled.

Titan turned to grab Solar, only to cough up blood as two shockwaves rippled out from his body. Solar stared at Bardock and Blight in surprise. She had taken Karreth's and Vegeta's signature ball crusher move and used it on Titan, forever riding him of the chance of reproducing. That had caused one shockwave. The second shockwave came from the contact between Blight's knee and Titan's head. This had caused the oversized human to buck forward, but the greatest surprise came from the yellow flaming hand sticking through Titan's chest holding a portion of his spinal column. Bardock obviously had serious issues with people like Titan.

There was sickening squelch as Bardock ripped his hand back out, still holding the bloody piece of Titan's spine. As the large human began to fall a third shockwave erupted as Bardock slammed a titanic kick into his opponents rib cage, brutally destroying all the ribs on that side of the body while sending the ruined man across the arena floor to skid several meters before halting at the far wall.

"Well, I think it's safe to say that Bardock's approval rating just went up several notches from THAT performance." The God said as he watched the clerics gather around Titan and carry him off. He may not be well liked but he deserved equal treatment that all competitors liked, of course he would be kept far, far away from all females and under tight watch.

"Just get this straight Solar." Bardock said as he tilted his head towards her. "I didn't do this for you; I did it for everyone that fell to that asshole's sick pleasures."

Solar smiled back, "Hmm, I see. That's fine with me. It's nice to know men such as yourself exist in the world." She replied, "Pity that you're taken."

"Whatever, let's continue this match." Bardock said, ending the discussion.

Bardock leaned back as a leg crossed through the area where his head once was. He grabbed the leg, and with a quick twist of his wrist and arm he threw Blight at an oncoming wave of force. Bardock followed up by throwing several balls of energy at Blight as he moved to the side. Both the force wave and balls of energy met Blight at the same time, and exploded inside of him as he activated his ability. It was an unusual feeling for Blight to say the least.

Bardock's eyes furrowed for a moment before he shot forward, kicking up a huge cloud of dust where he had been. Solar did likewise and the two met at the epicenter of their blasts. With a large boom Solar found herself knocked away as Blight did a double spin kick in the air. The kick hit Bardock as well, but it merely went through him, surprising Blight to no end. There was an explosion beneath him and he barely had time to register that fact before a pair of feet slammed into his chin, knocking him out of the air and onto his back.

A wave of energy rippled towards Bardock who quickly took to the air and letting the attack pass harmlessly beneath him. A kick to his side caused him to spin through the air, or that's the way it appeared at first. Bardock quickly reached out and grabbed the offending boot that had hit him and threw it and the person in it, to the ground. There was a loud crash as Blight made a slight crater in the ground where he landed. Blight quickly activated his ability and Solar's attack rippled harmlessly through him.

"KA!" Bardock yelled as he cupped his hands before him. He had righted himself quickly after throwing Blight to the arena floor and had further distanced himself from the ground.

"If it was anyone but Bardock using this attack I might be worried but I know Bardock's not as stupid as Vegeta. He has something up his sleeve." Gohan said.

"Most definitely, but whatever it is, it's sure to be spectacular to watch." Trunks replied.

"ME!"

Bardock brought his hands to his sides as the energy began to gather between his fingers.

"HA!"

Blue tendrils of energy escaped from various parts of the older saiyans body and began to creep along the skin until it reached his hands and began to filter into the space between them.

"ME!"

A ball of bright blue energy sprung into existence as the tendrils of blue energy began to grow thicker and flow faster, gathering at an ever increasing pace between the saiyan warriors hands.

"HA!" Bardock roared out, drowning out everything else as the thrust his hands forwards and unleashed the energy he had been gathering into a massive wave of energy.

Straight at the ground below him where there wasn't anyone.

The force behind the blast propelled Bardock upwards, and just in time as Solar wasn't one to simply sit back and let anyone fire off attacks. The only thing was, was that her opponent wasn't just anyone. He was a saiyan, a creature born with natural combat instincts, but more than that, he was a saiyan with many battles behind his belt with more real combat experience than anyone in the tournament. He had seen the attack coming before it had even occurred to Solar to fire it off.

Solar's attack passed the point where Bardock once was, and was swallowed up by the energy wave as Bardock was pushed further upwards. Bardock flipped upside down and a moment later his feet came in contact with the shield covering the arena. As the energy slammed into the ground it began to burrow deep into it. Gohan thought for a moment Bardock had lost his mind but relief washed over him as he watched as Bardock stopped feeding energy into his attack and made some quick hand movements, cutting one way and then the other.

Blight and Solar stared up at Bardock in confusion; the attack had done nothing making it a complete waste of energy. Yet with that much energy there should have been some form of explosion. Solar's and Blight's eyes widened in surprise as Bardock quickly cut two fingers upwards and the arena was engulfed in a pillar of brilliant blue energy. A scream erupted from Solar's mouth as the attack washed over her body biting, burning and bruising her body at every opportunity. Blight faired better as he activated his ability as soon as he realized what Bardock was up to, but one shockwave later he too was screaming in pain as the attack burned through him.

When the energy finally died out the arena was now several meters lower than it had previously been. Bardock could be seen grinning several feet above the arenas new floor as he looked back and forth between the battered forms of Solar and Blight.

"Damn…" Blight said as he slowly stood up, "I guess you've discovered my weakness."

"Yes, and it's a great weakness. I wasn't certain at first, but now I know for sure. I won't say it aloud; the others will have to figure it out for themselves if they wish to use it against you." Bardock replied.

"He, thanks." Blight replied as he shot forward, only to stop and activate his ability as the arena erupted as yet another pillar of energy exploded upwards. When the energy died down it was Bardock's turn to get off his back. His entire body was singed as if burned by an incredibly hot fire.

"That wasn't nice Solar." Bardock said as he glanced over at her. Bardock's attack had done the majority of its damage to Solar's arms and legs, completely destroying the gloves and boots and reducing the bottom half of her pants to little more than rags.

"I know, but you ruined my hair with that attack of yours. I felt I had to return the favor." Solar replied with a mock sniff of distain.

"You're vain you know that?" Bardock replied.

"Not really, I just need an excuse to bloody you up." She responded.

Bardock shook his head in exasperation. "Women!" He said as he rolled his eyes. "I've been bonded to one for years now and I still can't figure you creatures out."

Solar smirked at him, "Where's the fun in being with someone predictable?" She replied.

Bardock grinned back. "None, you should see her in bed, she's still pulling surprises on me." He replied caused Solar to blush.

"Shut up! I don't need to hear about your sex life." She shouted as she shot towards Bardock and began to wildly throw punches.

"Oh, I think you do." Bardock said with a laugh as he dodged Solar's attacks. "In fact, you want to hear them so much you want me to shut up so you can concentrate on winning and not on what it may be like to be with a man."

Blight watched the two and merely shook his head. Bardock truly was a devious person. Solar was totally off her game now. She couldn't think straight for multiple reasons and this was making her make many mistakes. She easily had twice the energy reserves as Bardock – the kamehame-ha and the following attack by Solar had seriously drained him – but she was wasting quite a bit of it in her desperation to shut Bardock up. Blight was staying out of it for the moment, allowing Solar to waste as much energy as possible before she came back to her senses. He had even less energy and stamina left than Bardock. He hadn't been able to put up any kind of defense after Bardock had laid waste into him during the middle of his energy assault.

"I can't believe you! What would your wife think about this?!" Solar yelled as she threw a kick at Bardock's head.

Bardock ducked beneath it and laughed, "Who knows, she's unpredictable." He replied, throwing back an earlier comment. He dodged to the right allowing a vicious left hook to swing by harmlessly. "But even after all these years she's still so tight. Oh wow, you should see the moves we pull." He ducked under another kicked and redirected a punch away from his face. "I have her screaming my name so loudly we wake up the neighbours." He said, letting Solar's mind create the images by itself. He had yet to actually make reference to anything particular, but Solar's overactive mind, and lack of any real experience, had left her imagining things that she would have liked done to her. In fact it was her that she was seeing in those images and it was severely unnerving her.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Solar yelled as she threw another powerful punch at Bardock's face over-extending her arm far too much and giving Bardock just the opening he'd been waiting for.

With all the power he could muster Bardock slammed a fist straight into Solar's stomach completely knocking the wind out of her. She quickly clutched her stomach as she gasped for breath and tried to keep her breakfast in. A second later a powerful, double-fisted attack slammed into the small of her back smashing her into the ground with such force that created a massive crater and STILL managed to bounce back up to meet a third attack from Bardock: A spin kick that hammered into her side and sent her tumbling through the air towards Blight.

Before Solar was able to register what exactly was happening Blight shot forward, threw his body forward and dug his hands into the ground. Solar eyes widened in surprise as she passed over Blight only to have them bug out as two feet slammed themselves into her chest halting her horizontal flight pre-maturely and sending her on a now almost completely vertical one.

Neither Blight nor Bardock were done playing catch with Solar. With a burst of speed that surprised even him, Bardock appeared directly above Solar and did a vertical bicycle kick. Her breath now back she was able to actually yell out in pain as her vertical flight upwards was suddenly and violently reversed and she found herself flying towards the ground at a speed she really didn't like. The thing is, she didn't hit the ground.

She hit a pair of booted feet belonging to someone called Blight who was spinning around on his hands.

A second scream was ripped from Solar's throat as she was thrown to the side at super sonic speeds. The scream was short lived as yet another pair of booted feet slammed into her. This time it completely halted her flight as it slammed her firmly into the ground kicking up massive amounts of rock and dirt as she was ploughed several feet into the already ruined arena floor.

Bardock quickly jumped back and stood beside Blight. They had both placed a lot of power into those attacks and were now more drained then they once were, but Solar's energy had dropped the greatest.

"Think she'll be mad about this?" Bardock asked Blight.

"Wouldn't you?" Blight returned.

"Shit."

"Wow, now that is what you call teamwork. Although not exactly allowed in a free-for-all, it's not exactly disallowed either. Bardock and Blight just showed that even the great can be brought down if perfect team work is executed. But Solar is far from out, and both male finalists realize this. This match seems to be nearing the end. With one competitor out and the last three nearing their limits I wonder what desperation moves they will pull out to win this." The God announced.

Laughter echoed through the arena as Solar slowly picked herself out of the ground. She was the one laughing.

"That certainly wasn't what I expected. How about you?" Bardock asked.

"Nope, I'm about as confused as you." Blight replied.

"Women!"

"Yup."

Solar turned to them; there was a huge smile on her face. "Thanks you two. I was really loosing it there wasn't I?" Solar asked as she closed her eyes and tilted her head. "I need that awakener. You truly are a devious person Bardock, making me act like that and think those thoughts, but I suppose I deserved that, for multiple reasons. I did loose my cool after all. I was practically begging for that kind of attack." She stood up and brushed some of the larger particles of dirt from her clothing. "But now I'm cool headed again. Let's end this shall we?"

Solar's eyes glowed silver as she began to rise into the air. Her clothing began to ripple as an unseen force began to move across her body.

"Uh, Bardock?" Blight asked.

"I know." Bardock replied.

"I'll remember your sacrifice." Blight said solemnly as he shot towards Solar.

Bardock jumped into the air and erected the strongest shield he was capable of in his condition, and not a moment too soon as a huge beam of energy shot from Solar and headed directly for the older saiyan. The energy wave wasn't visible, not really, it was only noticeable because of the air particles it displaced, and that it distorted all light that it hit making it visible, yet at the same time invisible.

There was a huge silent boom as the attack slammed into the older saiyan. Bardock held his arms wide and grounded his teeth as he held on, pouring everything he had into the shield and it appeared as though for a moment that it would actually work. But unfortunately the combo done against Solar hadn't diminished her power enough. If she were to concentrate on a single opponent she still had the capability of overwhelming them, and overwhelm Bardock she did. With a loud crack the shield broke and Bardock yelled out in pain as the energy attack exploded on to him.

The attack didn't go on for long as she was forced to let it go and concentrate on a Blight who was currently swinging a punch at her face. Solar leaned back and brought her knee up to meet Blight's chin knocking the other back a few steps. Solar wrapped her mental energy around her like a second skin and began to lay into Blight. Each hit, even the ones that were blocked, greatly hurt Blight. He was able to absorb physical blows, and ignore energy attacks, but not in combination. Should they be used on him at the same time they did twice the damage they would have normally done.

A knee connected with Solar's head momentarily distracting her from Blight. With a backhand she smashed Bardock into the ground, and it was then that she got a good look at him.

"What the hell happened to your hair and eyes?" She exclaimed, thinking there was something horribly wrong with Bardock. She, nor Blight, had ever seen him outside his super saiyan form.

"Nothing's wrong." Bardock said, as he pulled himself from the ground and jumped away. "I simply lack the energy to stay in my ascended form and I'm too stubborn to stay down when I should. This is actually what I naturally look like."

"Whew, I thought for a moment my attack had done something unforeseen and serious to you." Solar said. The relief in her voice was palpable. "And now that I don't have to worry about you…" She smiled sweetly before she disappeared and reappeared behind Bardock.

He knew it was coming, he saw it coming, but due to the previous beatings he lacked the capability of making his body move fast enough to avoid it. So it was with a womanly backhand that Bardock was knocked flying through the air and into not only the ground, but unconsciousness as well.

With a burst of speed Solar shot across the ground towards Blight who prepared himself, but he knew he was finished. Solar used Blight's chest as a spring board as she stepped on him and slammed her right foot into his chin, snapping the other mans neck back violently. As she did a somersault in the air Solar's eyes flashed silver again, completely unseen by Blight whose eyes were fixated on the ceiling at that moment, a concentrated pillar of force erupted from beneath Blight ripping him from the ground and tossing him through the air like a rag doll.

He was out before he hit the ground, leaving a bruised, tired, and panting Solar as the only female competitor to ever win the martial arts tournament twice in a row.

"AND SOLAR HAS WON THE MATCH!" The God shouted out. "And what a match it was! This tournament is one for the record books! Give a hand to Solar, the first woman to win the martial arts tournament twice in a row!"

A massive roar filled the stadium as Solar stood tall, graciously accepting the praise. The previous year she had been smug and a sore winner, grinding it into the faces of others but this year was different. Several things had made themselves clear to her during the final match. The first was that men were worth while creatures and that they could compare to her. The second was that there were truly great men out there, and the third, she needed one of them. Bardock's comments during the middle of the match had made her realized that there was something important missing from her life.

She gazed down at Blight and smiled. I wonder…

To be continued…

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A/N: So, how was that chapter? Slightly longer than I wanted but the martial arts tournament is over! Only 4 more fights in total, 2 for Trunks, and 2 for Sapphire.

A/N: Solar uses psychic energy. Telekinetic and stuff like that. She's not a telepath, but she can manipulate things with her mind. I also realized that she hasn't really used many martial arts techniques, like few kicks and punches and the sort. Ah well, she's where she is because there isn't a telekinetic combat group and since she's using no weapons aside from her hands/feet and her mind she's in that category.

A/N: Yes, I know I'm a pervert for that fight between Karreth and Solar, but I got tired of the DBZ fights where the clothing protecting their 'private areas' would ALWAYS stay intact, regardless of the attack. Annoyed me to hell. And besides, there hasn't been a nice Gohan/Karreth moment for awhile so I put one in. Another thing you'll notice is something about Sapphire; if you guess what it is you can ask for one thing (about this story, like who will end up with who or something similar and I'll answer it truthfully, only thing though is that you can't repeat what I tell you to anyone else). You just have to give me your e-mail (if you're a girl, you home phone number and address as well… hehe j/k, like anyone would) and only the person who answers correctly first can get the info. The deal's only valid until my next chapter comes out.

A/N: Hehe, guess what Blight entered the tournament for? It's pretty easy actually. I've pretty much given it away.