Chapter 38: The Winning Match

Taylor braced herself for the hit but instead she felt someone wrap their hands around her as they disappeared. The attack slammed into the crowd blowing up a small portion of the stands. Shayu and Ryu looked around to see what they have done. They walked forward letting go of each other's hands expecting that they had defeated Taylor and won the match.

They looked around seeing what they liked. They looked at each other and grinned brightly. But on the other hand, Taylor had reappeared in the air high above the ring. She looked around seeing that she was alive… at least she thought she was. She looked at her hands seeing that they were their bloody selves. She then pinched herself to make sure she was alive.

"Ow." Taylor said softly as she placed her hand onto her arm where she had pinched herself.

"Don't worry, your alive Taylor." – Taylor turned her head to see Kotari – "Let's finish this battle shall we?"

Taylor stared at Kotari. She was battered and bruised. Cuts laid on her body that trickled with blood. There were a few holes in her jumpsuit revealing cuts that bled. Taylor blinked a few times as she took a second look at her partner and friend.

"You alright Kotari?" Taylor asked. Kotari blinked as she looked at herself. She beamed nodding her head.

"Oh yeah I'm completely fine… what about you? You're face is badly bruised." Kotari pointed out. Taylor shook her head.

"Don't worry about it." Taylor said as she looked down at the beaming sisters dancing in their glory. "Ready to defeat some weird sisters?" Taylor asked as she looked at Kotari.

"They're siblings?" Kotari blinked.

"Yup… I was shocked too." Taylor said to her. "But come on, let's win this match!"

Kotari nodded her head, "right!"

Both of them then lunged downward pulling back their fists. "HAAH!" they shouted out. Shayu and Ryu looked up with their eyes widened. They leapt backwards as Taylor and Kotari's fists went into the ground. They looked up as they placed their feet onto the ring. They looked at their opponents to see their shocked faces. Ryu and Shayu looked at each other as they looked back at Kotari and Taylor.

"Kotari, we can't let them hold each other's hands." Taylor whispered.

Kotari looked at her friend from the corner of her eye. "And why not?"

"Because that's when their full power in unleashed. We don't want that to happen if we want to win this match."

Kotari nodded her head looking forward. "Gotcha."

"How did you survive?" Ryu asked pointing to Taylor.

Taylor smirked. "For me to know and you to find out!" Taylor lunged forward throwing her fist into the valley girl's face. She then spun kicking her stomach. Ryu bent down with blood splattering out of her mouth. Taylor then had grabbed onto her hair tightly. She held her head steady as she slammed her knee into her face.

Ryu stumbled back after Taylor had let go of her hair. She looked forward at the saiyan that had attacked her. She growled as she then gripped her fists tightly. "How dare you attack me like that!"

"It's a tournament, I'm supposed to." Taylor said looking at the valley girl funny.

"Well not in my book! HAH!" Ryu had powered up lunging at Taylor. Taylor walked backwards as her opponent through various series of blurred punches and kicks. She then blasted Taylor while she was off guard.

The attack hit her chest burning a huge hole in her shirt showing her bra. Taylor looked down and decided to take off her shirt since there was no reason to keep it on since everyone got a full view of her chest. Ryu's eyes widened as she watched Taylor stand upright throwing her shirt to the side. Her eyes widened because the super saiyan seemed unaffected by her powerful attack.

"There's got to be a way to beat you! You can't be this strong! There's no way!" Ryu shouted gripping her fists tighter to the point where her remaining nails broke through her skin.

"You see Ryu, there is a way that I am this strong. I fought and killed a powerful Titan back on my home planet who was ten times stronger then you." Taylor said to Ryu.

"This cannot be happening!" She shouted. Taylor rose an eyebrow as she felt her power rise a little bit. "Just because I'm a valley girl doesn't mean I'm going to let myself get beaten by a tomboy like you!"

"I'm not a tomboy." Taylor said to her as Ryu powered up more. Taylor watched as Ryu lunged at her. She was going to evade her attack when Ryu had suddenly disappeared. Her eyes widened surprised at how fast she could move. She then turned her head as Ryu stood there.

"Take this tomboy saiyan!" Ryu shouted throwing her fist into the back of Taylor's head. Taylor clenched her eyes shut as pain shot through her head as she fell onto the ring floor. "HAH!" Taylor shook her head as she then looked up. There Ryu came at her with her hands above her head. Taylor stood up onto her feet and leapt backward as Ryu's hands slammed into the concrete. Taylor crossed her arms in front of her as Ryu turned throwing her head to head but her. Taylor then brought up her knee slamming it into Ryu's face. Ryu's head jerked upward as blood rushed out of her nose. Taylor then threw her fists forward into her stomach.

"HAH!" Taylor then launched an attack at her stomach sending Ryu flying onto the concrete floor of the ring. Taylor huffed and puffed as she then stood upright wiping some sweat that trickled down the side of her face. "Man, this was going to be harder then I thought… I wish she never burned a hole through my shirt."

Ryu began to get to her feet. She looked at Taylor as she pulled her hands back to her side. "Get ready to die." Ryu said. Taylor pulled hers back as well as she watched Ryu call ki to her hands.

"Ka… me… ha… me… HAH!"

"HAH!"

The attacks collided. Taylor and Ryu forced energy out of themselves to feed it into their attacks trying to blow one another away. But Taylor had a lot more energy then Ryu did. And she had shown it.

"Ka… me… ha… me… HAH!" Taylor launched another Kamehameha Wave into her first wave powering it up ten times stronger then Ryu and her attack. Ryu screamed as her body then dissolved into the air with the attack itself.

The ref stepped off of his platform walking over to Taylor lifting up her hand closest to him. "The winner! Son Taylor!" the ref shouted. Taylor turned her attention on Kotari and her fight watching her.

"I'll step in when I'm needed." Taylor whispered to herself.

Kotari was dodging a series of punches from Shayu. Shayu then swung her leg over Kotari's head. Kotari arched her back as she touched the floor with her hands as she then did back handsprings away from her opponent. Shayu lunged at her as Kotari set herself ready for the attack. But she evaded Shayu's fist by jumping to the left.

"Stop jumping around!" Shayu shouted as she lunged at Kotari once again. But this time instead of jumping around Kotari had disappeared. Shayu blinked a few times as she looked around for her opponent. Kotari then reappeared behind her slamming her elbow into the back of her neck throwing her onto the concrete floor of the ring.

Shayu slowly got to her knees as she rubbed the back of her head in pain. She turned her head looking at Kotari as she settled her feet onto the floor. She then stood up turning to face her. "Will you quite jumping around!"

"That time I didn't jump, I use my speed to get away from you. It's not my fault that you can't keep up." Kotari said to her as she crossed her arms. Shayu growled as she then lunged at Kotari once more. Kotari stepped to the left as Shayu went flying past her. She then turned launching a ki beam out of her hands catching Kotari off guard.

Kotari fell forward onto her right knee as smoke steamed off of her back. She turned looking at Shayu as she lunged at her once again. This time Kotari turned around keeping her elbow bent she threw it into Shayu's stomach. Shayu's body jerked forward as Blood came dripping out of her mouth.

"Take this." Kotari whispered in Shayu's ear as she launched a ki beam out of her hand that rested on her stomach. Shayu fell forward hitting the ground. Her stomach burned with pain from the ki attack launched at her. She sat up slowly as Kotari then placed her foot onto her chest. Kotari held her around outward going to launch an attack when Shayu had grabbed onto her ankle flipping her off of her. Kotari fell hitting the back of her head hard onto the concrete causing it to break open and bleed. Shayu leapt into the air lunging a ki attack at her fallen opponent.

Kotari had rolled out of the way as the attack sent up rubble into the air. Shayu lunged down at Kotari once more. Kotari blocked her attack. Shayu then threw her fist forward. Kotari ducked. She then threw herself upward hitting Shayu underneath her chin sending her head backwards onto her back. Kotari leapt a little into the air as she then karate chopped Shayu's throat. Her opponent began to gag as the pain in her throat cause it to tighten up as if she was being choked.

Kotari landed in front of her. She grabbed onto her face lifting her into the air. She then slammed her onto her back hard. Shayu rested in her crater that shaped out her body. Kotari took a couple of steps back expecting Shayu to get out of her crater but she didn't. She then reached out grabbing onto her opponent's arm lifting her to her feet. Shayu still gagged a little as she through her fist forward. Kotari threw it off course as she swung her arm downward. Kotari pulled her hands back throwing them forward as an attack escaped her hands and entered Shayu's body killing her instantly. The ref walked over to Shayu looking down at her as he began to count but then stopped realizing that Shayu was dead.

"The winners of two more matches are Team Earth and Aquan!" the ref shouted. Taylor and Kotari shrieked for joy as they suddenly hugged each other tightly. They swung themselves around in a circle as the ref watched them walking away towards his platform. Goku stepped up onto the ring with a smile on his face. Taylor noticed her father as she let go of her friend running to her father jumping into his arms.

"I did it dad!" Taylor beamed. Goku nodded his head as he hugged his daughter.

"Good job Taylor. I'm proud of you." he said to her placing her onto the ground. He then slipped off his orange gi handing it to her. Taylor blinked as she took it from him. "You need a shirt." Goku said with a smile. Taylor smiled remembering that she had taken hers off. She slipped it onto her body hugging her father once more.

"Thanks dad." Taylor said.

"You're welcome."

Kotari walked over with a smile on her face. Goku looked at her smiling as he placed his hand onto her head. "Good job to you too Kotari. I thought you were dead when you had saved Taylor from that attack."

"No I wasn't dead. I thought I was too but I guess I had saved myself." Kotari said to him with a smile on her face.

"Okay, come on, Pan has the senzu beans for you guys." Goku said to them. Taylor and Kotari nodded their heads as they stepped off of the ring. Pan had hugged Taylor tightly and then Kotari.

"That was a great battle you guys!" Pan said to them pulling out two senzu beans from the bag she held holding them out in her hand.

"Yeah I know, and it was a lot of fun." Taylor said with a smile on her face as she took a bean from her niece slipping it into her mouth and chewed. Kotari blinked as she looked at the yellowish green bean oddly. Pan lowered her hand.

"It's okay Kotari. It's not poisonous." Pan said to her.

"And if it was do you think I would've ate it?" Taylor asked with a smile. Kotari looked at her and smiled back. She threw the bean into her mouth and chewed.

"Great job sissy!" Goten shouted as he held his sister in a head lock rubbing his knuckles against her head.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" Taylor said trying to get out of her brother's grip. Goku laughed with his hands on his hips as he watched his son continue to rub his knuckles on his sister.

"Good job Taylor. You had me worried there for a minute." Gohan said. Taylor had finally pulled herself out of her brother's hold nodding her head.

"I had myself worried too for a minute." Taylor said to her older brother.

"You had us all worried." Piccolo added looking at the young girls. Taylor and Kotari turned their heads looking at the Namekian with a smile.

"We had you worried Piccolo? Amazing." Taylor said jokingly. Piccolo let a smile creep across his lips as the girl.

"Awesome Kotari!" Jakx shouted hugging her tightly. "I can't wait till I get to fight in this match!"

"Next fighters! Son Pan and Jakx vs. Oki and Juju! Fighters! Come to the ring!" The ref shouted as he stood in the middle of the ring.

"There you go Jakx." Kotari said with a smile on her face. Jakx nodded his head as he let go of Kotari.

"Good luck Pan." Gohan said to his daughter. Pan nodded her head. Jakx and Pan were about to step up onto the ring till Moritor appeared in front of them.

"Before this match starts. I would like to say something."

"What?" Vegeta growled.

"You have an uneven team. Since one of your fighters was killed I'll have to take Kui out of the team and kill him myself."

"WHAT!" Everyone shouted.

"I can fight on my own!" Kui said to Moritor. Moritor shook his head as he launched a ki beam through Kui's chest.

"No you cannot." He said.

"You a cold hearted monster!" Goku shouted at him. "When we win this tournament we're going to destroy you to make sure that you don't ever run this tournament again!"

Moritor looked at Goku with a smirk on his face. He crossed his arms looking at the furious saiyan. "I'm looking forward to it." He said as he walked away. Goku turned looking at Kui's body that laid there on the ground with his blood forming a puddle underneath him. Talli was on her knees checking his pulse. She lowered her head turning to her team shaking her head.

'This guy is a monster! I can't believe he just killed Kui like that from out of the blue this isn't right! We're going to have to bring him down when we win this tournament.' Goku thought.

Pan and Jakx stepped up onto the ring to come face to face with their opponents. There stood two boys that looked out Taylor's age. They looked the same so Pan and Jakx guessed that they were twins.

"Fighters, please remove any weighted clothes." The ref said. The two boys took off their shirts tossing them to the side as they pulled themselves back into their stances. "Fighters! Are you ready!"

Pan and Jakx pulled back into their stances.

"BEGIN!"