Chapter 46: Final Bout

"Fighters ready…?" the ref looked at the two young girls.

Taylor looked at Kotari with deep sorrow in her eyes. "I'm sorry that it had to come down to this Kotari."

Kotari nodded her head. "Same here. Everything's riding on this match, you better give me your all."

Taylor nodded her head afterwards. "I will. Promise me you'll do the same and we'll still remain friends."

"Promise is made." Kotari said to her.

"BEGIN!"

Kotari and Taylor took a few minutes before the battle had started. Neither of them wanted to fight each other but everything was relying on them. Two very young girls who were best friends who all they wanted to do was keep their planets alive. Was that a crime?

Kotari had finally made the first move. She lunged at Taylor. Taylor dodged her attack by shifting her body to the left. Taylor then threw her knee forward but Kotari dodged it by leaping backwards. Kotari then charged forward throwing her fist forward. Her saiyan opponent lifted up her hand catching her fist quite easily. Taylor then threw her fist forward. But Kotari had caught it from nowhere.

While the two girls were locked in each other's grip. They took this time to look into each other's eyes. This was theone battle that they didn't want to fight. They hated this. Completely hated this with a passion. The man who was forcing them to fight was Moritor, the same man that Borox had partnered up with to try to end Taylor's life.

As Taylor thought about what was going on during this tournament, she owed everything to Kotari. She was the one that had told her family about what Borox, her supposed father was doing all this time. And it was Kotari who had taught Taylor that she had a friend. Before she had met Kotari, all Taylor did was train and prepare herself for another attack on her planet. After the things she had witnessed with Noja coming to the planet, she wasn't about to let that happen again. Taylor devoted those three years of her life to her training. She never had the time to make a friend. Even though she never had a friend, she knew that she made friends quickly. And Kotari proved that to her. Taylor owes Kotari her life for showing her friendship and saving her life.

Kotari thought about what she had gained while she had met Taylor. She had gained a friend. All through her life she trained and trained waiting for the arrival of this tournament since she could walk. She heard great things about this tournament from Borox. But she had never guessed that she would find something so great, which was friendship with a hybrid saiyan girl named Taylor. When Kotari was watching Taylor's bout in the elimination rounds she had learned something from her. No matter what kind of position you were in, never give up. Never let go of your dreams. When Kotari had heard the story of Noja landing on Earth, she had considered Taylor to be an extremely strong fighter. Right here and now proves this once more.

All in all, both girls owed their lives to each other.

Kotari and Taylor let go of each other's fists as they both leapt backward. They then charged forward at each other throwing their fists forward once more. Taylor landed her fist onto Kotari's right cheek as Kotari landed her fist onto Taylor's right cheek throwing each other's head to the left.

They stood there for awhile applying pressure onto their fists. But suddenly the girls broke away then threw their knees forward causing them to clash. Kotari and Taylor grind their teeth as theyapplied pressure. The magnitude of their knees hitting could be seen as the waves caused the concrete ring to crack and fall apart.

Kotari and Taylor leapt backward. They both limped as they stood as pain rushed through their knees. Neither of them knew if they had broken their knee or not but it was possible. Suddenly they lunged at each other. Taylor was able to deflectKotari's energy attack. She then slammed her knee into her stomach causing some blood to splatter out. Kotari's body was thrown up but she had landed on her feet as if nothing had happened. Taylor then ran towards her about to attack.

Kotari got down low placing her hand onto the concrete of the ring. She then kicked her leg up hitting Taylor in her nose clearly breaking it. Taylor clenched her eyes shut as she fell back slamming her head onto the concrete. Blood started to pour down her temple as she looked up.

Kotari was in her view with her fingers tangled together and her hands above her head. She then swung downward. Taylor's eyes widened as she pushed her body down causing Kotari to miss and to slam her hands into the concrete. Taylor then lifted up her knee hitting her friend once more in the stomach. Kotari clenched her eyes shut in pain. Taylor then straightened out her leg hitting Kotari in her nose causing it to break as well.

Kotari stumbled back with her hands over her nose as pain rushed through. Taylor jumped back up onto her feet looking at Kotari. Kotari turned her attention onto Taylor with her hands still covering her nose and mouth. She then lowered her hands letting the blood show to her opponent.

The two of them stood there looking at each other as everything fell silent but the crowd that roared out the fighters's name. Taylor and Kotari looked at each other. Blocking everything else out of their view. The two of them stared directly into each other eyes.

"I don't want to do this Kotari." Taylor began, "this match is pointless. Our real enemy is Moritor… not each other."

"I know that Taylor." Kotari responded. "I don't want to fight you either but to get to Moritor we have to fight."

"No we don't." Taylor said to her swiping her arm through the air. "We can put an end to this nonsense of a fight and turn our power onto Moritor! Not each other."

"I wish I could." Kotari said looking down but then back up at her opponent. "But this is how it's meant to be. And we can't change that."

"We can try."

Kotari shook her head, "no… we can't. If we're meant to fight each other here then we're meant to fight here. There's one thing you taught me as I watched your fights in the elimination rounds, and that was to never give up. Now we both promised that we were going to give it our all and that's all I expect to see, nothing more."

Taylor could see that she wasn't going to get through to Kotari. But she was right. If they were meant to fight each other here then that's what they were going to do. Nothing was going to change that. No matter how hard it was, Taylor was going to make this their destiny and she was going to fight Kotari, no matter what.

"Alright Kotari." Taylor said, "we'll make this our destiny."

Kotari smiled to the words her friend had spoken. That's what she was going to do. That's what they're going to do, they're going to make this fight the best one, since they were going to make this their destiny.

They both lunged at each other once more. They both began to dodge a series of punches, kicks, and ki attacks. The two of them were locked within this battle, and nothing was going to knock them out of it.

Goten had helped his father sit up to watch the battle. He watched with one eye closed and completely weak. Goku was surprised himself that he hadn't passed out yet. He watched as the girls on the ring fought furiously and viciously. He could feel their power increasing with every move that was given.

"Come on Taylor…" Goku mumbled to himself. He knew that this was going to be an excellent battle. But he wasn't sure if his daughter was going to survive or not. He was worried about her.

Taylor had great power, and so didn't Kotari. As the battle progressed, he could feel Kotari's power slip a little bit higher then Taylor's. Goku wasn't sure how this battle was going to end, but he hoped it was going to end in Earth's favor.

"GAH!" Taylor was hit in her face tossing her back onto the concrete. She quickly jumped up throwing her fist into Kotari's face.

"ARGH!" Kotari growled out as she stumbled back on her feet. The two of them have been fighting for quite some time. Their clothes were ripped and torn, their bodies were cut, bruised, and lost great amounts of blood. But nothing was going to stop these two from fighting.

Kotari lunged at Taylor. "HAAH!" Kotari screamed out as she threw her fist outward. But Taylor pushed Kotari back to her spot as she lunged a ki beam at her.

"hhhhHHHHAAAAH!" Taylor thrusted her arms backward. A gigantic blast of golden energy roared around her as her hair turned from black to gold. The elastic band that kept her hair in a ponytail quickly broke apart as her hair spiked up.

Kotari watched as Taylor transformed into her super saiyan state. "HAAAAAAH!" Kotari screamed out afterwards. Her body began to transform as well.

Her hair went from white to black, it spiked up as her eyes turned red. Her biceps muscles grew bigger as a white aura surrounded the young fighter. The jumpsuit sleeves ripped off of her as a little bit of her jumpsuit that covered her chest area ripped as well.

Soon enough, both of the girls lunged at their newly transformed opponent.

Taylor screamed out in rage as she threw her fist forward. Kotari had done the same as their fists collided causing the energy around them tofuse and then pushing each other back from the unbalance forces. Kotari lunged forward spinningaround swinging her leg. Taylor ducked as she then lifted her hand up catching her opponent's leg. Taylor then gripped onto her shin tightly probably fracturing it. She then spun Kotari around above her head as she then threw her into the ground.

But Kotari caught herself easily. She turned her head disappearing and then reappearing right in front of Taylor's face. She slammed her hands onto her head throwing her into the ground. Smoke appeared over the ring as Kotari lunged herself into the sky. She squinted her eyes searching for Taylor.

Suddenly Taylor came flying out of the dust with her arms crossed in front of her face. She lowered her arms by her hips as she then turned her body upright swinging her leg into Kotari's side. Kotari's body arched creating a sideways V that faced the right. In the process of that Kotari's arm had broken at the elbow, making it unusable. So now she had to fight one handed.

Kotari lifted up her usable hand launching a surprise ki beam at Taylor. The ki beam pressed itself against the super saiyan girl's body and then exploded causing her shirt to rip open where she was hit. Taylor placed her hand onto her chest as she felt her heart skip a beat. She then looked up at Kotari as her fist suddenly landed on her right cheek causing a cut to form and bleed. Taylor lifted her hand up and launched a ki blast into her chest.

Kotari fell to the ground as she felt the ki blast about to enter her body. She growled as she suddenly turned letting the attack explode onto the ring nearly destroying it. Kotari landed face first onto the concrete. Taylor landed by her feet but a few feet away as she watched her opponent get up to continue the fight.

Taylor and Kotari continued their fight. The two transformed girls continued to beat on each other till one had no more energy left. But that was merely impossible because the girls refused to give up.

Their teammates watched with their mouths nearly hanging open as the battle pressed onward. Guru watched as the little girl he once called sister has transformed into a furious fighter.

"Holy…" Guru's voice trailed off. "I can't believe what I'm seeing."

"Same here." Jakx said as he stared at the battle that continued.

Jinx's eyes widened as she felt the powers of the girls rise. "They're… power… it just, continues to rise!"

Guru, Jakx, and Borox, the remaining fighters of Team Aquan turned their heads to look at Jinx who stared at the fight nearly in horror at the power levels she was sensing. Guru turned his head back to the match opening his senses, he then felt his sister's power.

"Oh my god…" Guru said with his widening. "Their power could destroy a planet!"

"I know." Jinx said nodding her head. "Kotari exceeds the power of Borox."

Borox glared as the battle pressed on. Kotari and Taylor dodged series of attacks from each other.

'This cannot be true! How could… why did… sooner or later I have to face the truth. Kotari is a stronger fighter… and she'll be the one to save our planet and destroy earth.' Borox thought, 'I'm proud to call her my daughter.'

Piccolo who had now woken up from his unconscious state, stared as his eyes widened. "I can't believe Taylor's power. It's just keeps on rising and rising… like it has no limits." He stated.

Goten nodded his head agreeing with Piccolo. "I've noticed… I believe we've all noticed."

Vegeta growled, "can you sense Kotari's power?" he had asked his team with a low growl at the end of the question. Everyone turned their head.

"What about it Vegeta?" Pan asked as she clenched her hands to her chest.

"OPEN YOUR SENSES!" Vegeta shouted to them all. They all looked back at the match now turning their senses to Kotari's power, then, Goku was the first to speak.

"It's higher…." Goku said with his voice trailing off.

"Exactly!" Vegeta shouted, "if her power continues to rise higher then Taylor's… this match is all over."

"No… Auntie Taylor…" Pan said softly looking back at the battle.

Even though Taylor and Kotari had powerful ki readings… but that doesn't mean their bodies weren't giving out on them.Taylor had been fighting with Kotari for nearly an hour, she had taken to much of a beating and didn't know if she could take anymore. But she had tofor her planet's sake.

Everything Taylor knew and loved was back on Earth. Everything. Her family, friends, and her mother. She couldn't give up on them, and she wasn't about to.

"HAAAH!" Taylor screamed as the energy around her bursted higher. Kotari's eyes widened as she watched Taylor lunge at her. Taylor threw her hand into her opponent's face tossing her onto the ring floor (whatever was left of it).

Kotari got to her feet slowly as her body shook with pain. But then Taylor came slamming her knee into her stomach forcing Kotari back into her crater causing it to grow bigger as Taylor applied more pressure onto her. Kotari then threw her hand forward blasting Taylor off into the air. Taylor came to a halt but then Kotari lunged up at her giving her an upper cut.

Taylor's teeth cut open her top lip causing it to bleed. But then Taylor grabbed onto Kotari's fist. She pulled her closer a little bit as she placed her hand onto her chest blasting a ki beam tossing her into the ground once more. But then Kotari stood up. She pulled her hands to her side as she began to call all of her energy to the palms of her hands pushing them apart.

Taylor saw what she was doing, so she began to do the same thing. "Ka… me… ha… me…" Blue energy appeared in Taylor's hands pushing her hands apart. "HAAAH!"

"HAAH!"

Kotari and Taylor's attack lunged forward speeding towards each other. It was amazing at the speed of these attacks. But then, the attacks collided exploding at the same time.

Goku's eyes widened as he jumped to his feet with little energy he hadand ran forward towards the ring. "TAAYLOR!" he shouted out.

"GRANDPA! NO!" Pan called for him. Goku nearly stepped up onto the ring till Goten and Vegeta pulled him back.

"KAKKAROT! WHAT ARE YOU! AN IDIOT!" Vegeta shouted. "YOU'LL CAUSE HER THE MATCH!"

"And earth will be destroyed!" Goten shouted out as he held with all of his might trying to keep his father away from the ring.

"TAYLOR! TAYLOR!" Goku called out as the smoke flowed off of the ring.

The crowd became silent as everyone watched in suspense as the smoke slowly began to disappear. Team Aquan and Team Earth watched as they saw a standing figure… Kotari. Goku's eyes widened as he continued to watch the smoke disappear finding his daughter lying on the concrete floor of the ring completely unconscious and out of her super saiyan state.

"TAAYLOR!" Goku screamed out with tears forming in his eyes.

Kotari looked over at Goku as she watched as he collapsed to his knees. Vegeta let him go as Goten got by his side with tears forming in his eyes as well. Kotari looked away, unable to bear it anymore. She looked at Taylor's body that laid on the ground.

Someone began clapping. Kotari looked over to see Moritor hovering towards her. He landed on the ring as dust fluttered into the air as he approached her. "Well done Kotari. You managed to beat your best friend."

Suddenly a blast came out of nowhere and Moritor was thrown back. He looked at his chest to see a burn mark. He growled as he looked up to see Taylor standing up with a smirk on her face.

"Not yet Moritor." Kotari said. Moritor turned and looked at her. "We still have one more match to fight."