Disclaimer: Uh... this is my story, the obvious ones are my characters, please don't copy without my permission, other than that, have fun with it.
Xeexru knew that the next phase of the competition was nearly ready to begin as they took their seats in the stadium. There was a low rumble emanating from the waiting crowd as they sat patiently.
A few moments later, the same obnoxious announcer began announcing the rules for the next level of the competition. Xeexru frowned; this wasn't going to be as much of an enjoyable fight as she had hoped. The announcer was explaining that each of the four warriors would be jettisoned off in their own special pod to different battle arenas where they would have to face off against one of Hercule's trainees. If they were able to defeat their opponent, then the only challenge left would be to find their way to a special elevator which would return them to the stadium where they would go head to head with Hercule himself.
For Xeexru, this whole tournament had turned out to be a waste of time. Gohan and Trunks would never have a chance to battle each other. Finding that her presence was no longer needed, she stood up to leave.
"Where are you going?" Bulma asked expectantly as the saya-jin stood up.
"This competition is pointless. I'm going back to ensure that Sularon is functioning properly." She muttered, gently shoving the toddler away as it tried to reach her once again.
"Sit back down, this might turn out to be better than you thought." Bulma said, pointing to where the saya-jin had been sitting a moment ago, meanwhile someone behind them yelled at Xeexru to move out of the way.
The young saya-jin glared at the man, who quickly stopped his yelling, and looked way. Xeexru switched her glare to Bulma.
"I came here to watch a battle, now that's not going to happen. So I'm going back to my ship." She growled, becoming irritated with the woman. Bulma glared back just as fiercely.
"Sit down, you told Trunks that you would be here to watch him. Now either do it or I'm not going to feed you for the next month!" The human's tone had increased dangerously, and Xeexru continued to glare at her. After a few moments of consideration, she reluctantly sat back down, much to the joy of the toddler to readily crawled onto her lap.
"Either this gets better or I'm leaving." She snarled as she once again pushed the toddler back over to his mother. "And keep this damned kid off me!" Her attitude suddenly taking a liking to that of Vegeta's.
Bulma was now infuriated at the saya-jin and took a breath, ready to yell at Xeexru, but the crowd's sudden commotion caught her attention instead. During their bickering, they had missed the warriors jumping into their individual pods, and launching off.
The same announcer continued to babble on as the TV monitors followed the pods through the tunnels. Xeexru watched on in complete and utter annoyance.
After several minutes, each of the warriors arrived in there own separate arenas. Gohan in a giant toy land. Trunks in a vast meadow of flowers. Krillin in a volcanic tunnel. The last, but largest of the warriors, the human Sumo wrestler, exited his pod to find himself in a desert like area.
The four fighters wandered around for a few minutes, quickly becoming acquainted with their surroundings before the first of their human opponents appeared.
The audience sat patiently as they watched the Sumo warrior treaded his way through the sand, but was suddenly stopped when a shadowed figure appeared and grabbed his throat, easily lifting the massive man off the ground.
Xeexru suddenly sat forward, watching the screen intently with a scowl. There was a cry from the audience when the struggling Sumo stopped moving and was dropped to the sand where he lay motionless. The camera lay fixed on him as his body began to sink into the dune.
"He....he killed him." Chi-chi stuttered out. Xeexru stood up, her eyes fiercely watching the screen as it flicked to the volcanic region where Krillin could be seen walking around.
"What kind of competition is this?" The saya-jin growled as she continued to gaze at the monitor.
An instant later, another warrior appeared behind Krillin, this time a small woman. The human spun to look at his opponent and was immediately awe struck by her beauty, but quickly regained his composer a gained a fighting stance. The small woman smirked, then charged Krillin, easily knocking him down within a few hits. The human was still breathing, but failed to get back up.
Xeexru then noticed that Tien and Yamcha had also appeared at the edge of the stadium, watching just as intently as her.
The screen flicked again, this time the giant toy land stretched out in front of Gohan who was oblivious to what had happened just moments ago. He was bouncing around among the giant toys with a childish grin on his face. His grin though, quickly vanished when an energy blast narrowly missed him, exploding into a near by toy. This time the attacker appeared to be a small man with a turban wrapped around his head. The audience watched on as Gohan questioned his opponents sudden burst of violence, but was quickly engaged in an intense battle. Chi-chi was worried but relieved when she saw that her son was not as easily taken down as Krillin. Just as their fight was getting intense, the camera flicked again, much to the protest of the audience.
Trunks was standing alone in the large field, patiently gazing around as he waited for his competition to arrive. Needless to say, he didn't have to wait long. Trunks was able to sense the blast before it had the chance to hit him. Twisting around after dodging the powerful shot, he found his opponent sitting calmly in a tree. Trunks frowned and yelled at him.
"What are you thinking?! This isn't a war!" The mysterious figure in the tree just grinned maniacally and jumped down.
Trunks found himself at a sudden disadvantage when his powerful opponent unsheathed a long, slender sword. Frowning, he knew that this wasn't one of Hercule's trainees, this was something much worse.
Xeexru watched, still standing, as the battle between the half saya-jin and the unknown warrior. After a few moments of watching the screen, her eyes were adverted to a sudden movement with the crowd. Tien and Yamcha were now leaping their way through the crowd in an attempt to reach the main stage in the center. In a split second decision, Xeexru jumped to her right, out into the main aisle, then continued leaping down towards the center of the stadium. Thousands of heads turned to watch the three warriors jump over their heads and cries of fear and astonishment could be heard throughout the complex.
It only took a few leaps to reach the stage where the rest of the small pods could be found. Once Tien and Yamcha landed, they hesitated to look over at Xeexru who exchanged a glance from a pod to them and then back again before jumping in. The other two warriors quickly followed suit, jumping in their own individual pods. In a ferocious rumble, the three pods took off along their tracks and disappeared into the tunnels.
The fight between Trunks and his opponent was getting heated up. He was skillfully dodging the sword that had insistently targeted itself at his head while bouncing around the field. In an attempt to gain some space between himself and his adversary, Trunks made a run for the pond that lay next to the meadow. The sword bearer paralleled him as he ran knee deep into the water. Trunks stopped and adopted a fighting stance, preparing himself. Instead of charging like he had thought, his challenger sheathed his sword and grinned. Trunks felt a sudden peak in the unknown fighters energy as water began spraying away from his body. When the cyclone of spray had dissipated, Trunks was left to face against this supercharged warrior and grimaced.
Xeexru scowled as she sat inside her pod as it soared through streams of colourful lights, then bursting into a bright blue, sky. She looked down and found Trunks facing off against his opponent as they bounced between the water and the field. She knew that Trunks situation had gotten much worse when, just a moment ago, she had sensed someone's energy spike, and that someone wasn't any of the Z fighters.
With a sudden hiss, her pod's glass ceiling popped open, and she leaped out.
Trunks chances of winning were shrinking by the minute as his opponent continued to deliver an unstoppable onslaught. But in an instant, the warrior was gone, flying, or rather, thrown into the water. In his place was one very annoyed female saya-jin, noisily cracking her knuckles.
"Let's finish this, shall we?" She asked, an evil smirk sliding across her face. Trunks returned the smirk, and turned to where their enemy had been thrown.
In a suddenly spray of water, a sword came swiping at both their heads. Trunks flipped backwards, dodging the dangerous blade, whereas Xeexru just raised her robotic arm. A loud clang of metal on metal echoed throughout the meadow. The saya-jin glared at the taller man, and elbowed him in the stomach. Elbowed him with the strength of a pissed female saya-jin, throwing him back a few steps.
The warrior just laughed at the sudden jolt of pain, stood up straight, and began a menacing walk forward. Xeexru frowned and prepared herself for an intense battle. In a sudden flash, her challenger was engulfed in an energy beam and was cast off to the far side of the pond.
"Let's get out of here. There's a better area for this, I saw it on the way here." Trunks said walking up along side her. She sensed that their enemy had not been vanquished in the blast, and was now gaining strength, heading their way.
"Lead the way." She said as she took to the air.
The two of them flew in silence for a few minutes before Trunks spoke.
"Thanks for your help." He said quietly.
"Anything to get me away from your mother." She muttered, and despite the dangerous behind them, Trunks let out a soft chuckle.
"She can't be that bad." He took a glance behind them at the approaching menace, who was gaining quickly. Simultaneously the two saya-jins increased their speed.
"She's continually obsessed with getting what she wants. You can't tell me you don't notice that." She said, reflecting back on the mild argument she and woman had only twenty minutes before.
"You have to remember that the Bulma I grew up with is much different then the one that you've been staying with. But I do know what you mean." Trunks stole another glance behind him, their opponent was still gaining. "But I think you're just encouraging her to fight for what she wants."
Xeexru glared fiercely at him, before fixing her gaze ahead of them.
"How so?" She growled.
"Well, I find that she picks up on negative traits in other people, in your case, she's a lot more stubborn than she used to be."
In an instant, Xeexru came to a dead stop, Trunks came to a stop just ahead of her, and floated back, keeping a careful eye on the warrior closing in. When he looked back to the female, he was surprised to find her face just inched from his. The look on her face was one he had learned from their previous sparring match. It meant she was royally pissed off.
"What are you saying Kuunta'ra?" she snarled, he could feel her power level rising.
"I'm just saying you're stubborn, that's all." He raised his hands in a mock surrender. He shot a glance at the approaching warrior, and frowned when he realized that he would be on them in a matter of seconds.
"I'll show you stubborn." She growled as she pulled back a clenched metal fist. In flash that fist was streamlining it's way towards his face. To his surprise, the fist narrowly missed his jaw as it soared by and connected solidly with their powerful opponent just as he was coming in to attack. Trunks stared incredulously as the large man was thrown into a deserted city bellow. He looked back at Xeexru, who floated calmly just a few feet away. He eyed her suspiciously for a moment.
"Who had that whole thing planned didn't you?" He asked, bearing a knowing grin.
"You could say that." The smirk was very apparent on her strong face. She reduced her power level and all but dropped towards the ground, with Trunks following.
Before their feet touched the dirt, Xeexru was knocked into a neighboring building, smashing off a good portion of the bricks. Trunks now faced the nameless warrior who had surprised them from the shadows. He grimaced as they engaged in a fierce sparring match, his opponent gaining the upper hand very quickly.
The two men were suddenly halted when Xeexru's infuriated cry filled the city, followed shortly by the sound of the massive building collapsing around her. Seconds later, Trunks picked up on her golden aura as she floated above the rubble. Her enraged green eyes landed on their overpowering adversary. Then she charged.
Trunks knew better than to stay where he, especially when pissed a female super-saya-jin was approaching in his direction. The moment he dodged out of the way, she crashed into the next closest building, with the throat of their enemy in hand. The sounds of tumbling buildings could be from miles around as she threw her opponent into a long row of skyscrapers.
Quietly she floated back towards Trunks and dropped out of super saya-jin. She cast a wary glance around, waiting for their challenger to return. Satisfied that he was finished, she dropped to the ground, Trunks following. They stood for a moment, their keen sense of hearing trying to pick up on any sign of life, or any other opponents, but they heard nothing.
In a sudden crash, Xeexru was fiercely kicked into the air, as their enemy had returned, forcing his way through the buildings to get to them. Trunks was firmly knocked to the ground where he lay for a moment, until he heard the familiar sound of a sword being unsheathed. Just as the blade was sung around towards him, Trunks charged to super saya-jin and blocked the sword with his arm. The struggle lasted for only a few seconds, then the blade snapped in half. Trunks took this as his oppourtunity and delivered a hard punch to the larger man's stomach, effectively pushing his arm all the way through. Their opponent was dead within seconds.
Shoving the body to the ground, Trunks look up at Xeexru who was descending to the ground. He didn't have enough time to warn her as a blur bounced up from behind her. For one agonizing moment he could see this new opponent, and he was much larger and far more powerful than their previous one. Xeexru never saw him as he raised his hand, nor did was she even aware when the fist came crashing towards her. The last thing she felt was a sharp pain from the back of her neck, then hitting the ground. She briefly remembered the fading image of a still super saya-jin Trunks running up to help her, then her world was sunk into blackness.
Trunks grimaced as he searched around for the man that had easily disposed of Xeexru, but found nothing. As he stood up, he caught a glimpse of a shadowed figure, but was too late when a punishing kick landed itself along his neck, sending him too, into a world of blackness.
There, I hope you like it, and I apologize for the long wait, but I now have a good solid access to a computer so I'm hoping that the next chapter will be up within a week or so. Until then, nonamewriter.