Chapter 41: Revenge For the Parents
Jakx and Pan got up onto the ring. All they could think about was their parents. Nothing could make them think about anything else. Jakx thought about how Pan's father killed his mother and Pan thought about how Jakx's mother killed her father. This battle was going to be a war. And everyone knew to watch out.
"The next match starts with…! Jakx from theTeam Aquanvs. Son Pan from Team Earth! Fighters, are you ready?" The ref looked at Jakx and Pan. From their faces alone they knew they were ready for this match. The ref gulped as he stepped back a few times getting out of sight of the ring and of the fighters. The ref raised his hand into the air then swiped it down. "BEGIN!"
"You're going to lose Jakx." Pan said to him. Jakx smirked as he lowered his head a little.
"Yeah, right. It'll be you who will lose. I'm not going to let your father get away with killing my mother!" Jakx lunged at Pan.
"Same goes for me about my father!" Pan shouted as she lunged at him. When they came close enough for contact, it all flooded down from there.
Jakx and Pan fought a brutal battle. They continued to punch and kick each other till one fell down, which was neither of them did. Pan through her fist into Jakx's face. He stumbled back with his head flying to the left with blood splattering out of his mouth. He growled baring his blood stained teeth as he lunged at Pan.
He kneed her stomach and then elbowed the back of her neck. Pan stopped herself from hitting the ground. She growled as she then bared her slightly stained teeth. She then pushed her body upward slamming her head underneath Jakx's chin throwing his head back. The bottom row of Jakx's teeth clamped together with his top row with his tongue in between. His tongue ripped open sending the taste of blood down the back of his throat.
He straightened his head looking at Pan as she stood there with her fists tightly clenched. Jakx felt his blood drip slowly down the side of his mouth. With the back of hand he wiped the blood off staining his teal skin. He then turned his head spitting out what looked like a hand fullof blood. As he opened his mouth to speak moreblood dripped down the sides of his mouth.
"That was a nice hit there Pan. You caused me to bite my tongue." He said to her.
"Yeah. To bad it didn't cut your tongue out of your mouth." Pan snarled.
Jakx growled as he clenched his fists. "You'll regret saying that!" Jakx lunged at Pan. He threw his fist forward. Pan dodged it by moving to the right swiftly. She then spun about to kick the side of him. Jakx smirked as he quickly grabbed onto her foot throwing her over his head and into the ground on the other side of him. He turned looking down into the hole that was created from Pan hitting it.
He blinked a few times as he looked down into it. He placed his hands onto his knees leaning forward. He blinked a few more times staring into the deep crater. "Where did she go?"
"UP HERE!" Pan screamed out. Jakx narrowed his eyes as he turned looking up to see Pan hovering there. She reached up grabbing onto her bandanna since it was getting loose from the fight. She held it out horizontally letting it go. The wind took it.It waved through the air asit slowly drifted to the ground.
Pan and Jakx glared at each other waiting for the orange bandanna hit the grass around the ring. It finally did. They both disappeared and reappeared fighting each other in the middle of the ring.
"Whoa, look at Pan go." Taylor said with her mouth hanging open. Goten, standing next to her nodded his head.
"Yeah I know… I've never seen her move like that." Goten said. Goku stood by his kids. He looked at them as he then turned his head looking at the body of his eldest son, Gohan.
His body looked peaceful. His mouth opened slightly with the back of his hands resting in the grass with his fingers curled a little bit. Blood continued to stain his shirt from that wound that was placed upon his body. His head facing the left towards the crowd. Goku looked down at the grass that waved in the wind.
'The wind's picking up really fast.' Goku looked up at the battle that commenced between his niece and the youngest fighter of Team Aquan. 'This battle is going to end in an amazing defeat. But they're only battling like this for the rage they have towards each other's parent. Gohan, my son had killed Jakx's mother Talli. Talli, Jakx's mother had killed Gohan. This is going to be a battle of revenge for the parents of these guys.' Goku thought as he looked at the bodies of the dead on both teams.
Jakx and Pan hit each other at the same time. Pan hit Jakx's stomach and Jakx hit Pan's face. Both of them stumbled back placing their hands onto the spot where they were hit. Jakx bared his dark red teeth as he glared at Pan.
'I can't let her win! There's no way that I'm going to end up failing at my mother's revenge! She's the one that'll fall! Not me!' Jakx thought as he glared at Son Pan.
Pan placed her hand onto her cheek trying to get the pain to stop throbbing through her face. 'I'm not going to let him lose! I'm going to win this match so I can revenge papa! His death will not be vein! I can't let him WIN!'
"HAAAAAAH!" Jakx and Pan began to power. The wind picked up rapidly as it twirled around the wing. Pan's hair floated with the wind as Jakx's hair waved violently. Their power sky rocketed evening each other out. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" they continued to scream adding power to themselves. It was amazing at how long they could scream and not lose their voice.
When the wind broke away, white energy roared around the two youngsters. They glared at each other as they stood there. The rage had turned into energy for them raising their power levels.
"Let's go." Pan said.
"You got it!" Jakx shouted as he lunged at her.
Pan returned the lunge. They both began their fight up once more.
Team Aquan watched in amazement at how high Jakx's power level had gotten. Their eyes were wide as their mouths hung open. All of them but Kotari. She knew that this was going to happen. How could you not expect it since his mother was just killed by the man she trusted.
Kotari looked over at Talli's body that had been removed from the ring for the next match to start. She laid there in the grass looking like she did when she fought Gohan in the middle of the battle. She looked like she was at peace for once in her life. Being the sister of Borox was hard and she knew. Kotari might've not have known what kind of secrets she held for Borox but she knew that they haunted her, and being dead was the only way she could be free from that and be at peace.
Kotari turned her head to look at Team Earth. Over at the other end of the ring was her best friend Son Taylor who she had to fight soon. She didn't know if she was going to fight her but she didn't want. Kotari looked at the ground as she listened to the noises of the battle.
'I can't fight Taylor. She's my best friend. There's no way I'll be able to do. If I have to fight her last and each of us have an even amount of wins… then… it'll fall upon me to win the next match to keep our world alive. But I don't know if I can do. Taylor was the only friend I ever had. Since I was always training with Borox… I had no time to make friends like Jakx was able to. It was nearly impossible for me to leave home and go out. Plus, I was different. Nobody liked me back home on Aquan. But here, when I met Team Earth, they accepted me. Taylor was the first one since I shared a room with her. She told me everything. About the battles that happened on her planet before she was even born and about the battle she fought to keep her world alive. She beat that Noja guy with only a few days of training. I had a whole life's worth of training. There's no way I would be able to match her impressive power. Absolutely no way.' Kotari thought to herself as she looked back up at the battle.
Pan blasted Jakx away. Jakx skids across the ring floor sending up dust into the air. "HAH!" they both shouted throwing ki beams out of their hands and at each other. They both pushed each other away from each other as they fed their attacks with more energy. Pan and Jakx struggled to hold their ground. But soon enough, the attack exploded sending a cloud of dust hovering over the ring.
Both teams watched and waited for the end of the match. Once the smoke had cleared both of the young fighters were standing. Both of them were covered in dust with their clothes ripped and torn. Pan and Jakx had lowered their heads glaring at each other. It was amazing to see that both of them had survived that attack.
"Well done Pan." Jakx said. "But I sense that your ki has dropped a lot since the beginning of our battle."
Pan stayed silent for he was right.
"This match will soon be over!" Jakx lunged forward throwing his fist. Pan blocked his attack by catching his fist in midair. She then swung her leg hitting him in his nose causing it to gush with blood. Jakx growled baring his teeth.
He then disappeared. Pan looked around trying to sense out her opponent but she failed at it. She then stood in the middle of the ring wondering where he could've gone.
"Up here!" came a singsong voice. Pan's eyes widened as she turned looking up at him. There Jakx hovered in the air holding a tremendous amount of ki in his hands. He then launched it at the young quarter saiyan.
Pan held her hands outward. She tried as the attack touched her hand; she tried to hold back the attack. But she had grown weak during the battle. And there was no more energy she could give. Eventually she let the attack slip and hit her causing it to explode on contact.
"No! Pan!" Taylor cried out as she was blown away approaching the ring. Taylor's father had caught as the bright light blinded everyone.
When the light disappeared and the smoke had cleared. Pan laid on the tile floor unconscious. Jakx landed on the ring looking down at her as he tapped her with his foot. Jakx smirked realizing that he had won the battle. The ref walked towards him lifting his hand into the air.
"The winner! Jakx from Team Aquan!" the ref shouted. When Jakx stepped off of the ring he was congratulated by all of his teammates. Goten hopped up onto the ring walking over to his niece. He scooped up her upper body looking at her. He then picked her up when he had heard the next fighters being called.
"The next fight! Guru from Team Aquan vs. Goten of Team Earth!" the ref shouted. Goten scooped his niece into his grip as he walked over towards his team. Goku held his hands outward taking his granddaughter into his arms.
"Good luck bro." Taylor said to him. Goten nodded his head as he then faced Goku his father.
"Give it your all." His father said. Goten nodded his head turning walking towards the middle of the ring. Pan began to wake up in her grandfather's arms.
"G-Grandpa?" Pan called. Goku looked down at her and smiled.
"Hey." He greeted her softly.
"I'm sorry I lost." Pan said.
"Don't sweat it Pan! You're always going to be a better fighter then Jakx to me." Taylor said to her niece who was one year younger then her. Pan smiled as she reached out about to hug her aunt when Taylor popped a senzu beam into her mouth. She chewed it gaining her strength back. She got out of her grandfather's arms and then hugged Taylor.
Then the whole team turned towards the next match that was going to happen in between Guru and Goten.