Chapter 3
Tien and Kushami looked at each other before started the countdown.
"3"
Kami shifted his grip on the two people under his care.
"2"
Tien and Kushami squeezed each other's hand, smiling.
"1"
Yamcha carefully powered up a bit to blast open the entrance.
"NOW!"
Yamcha fired a cone-shaped blast at the rubble, so that everything would be blown outward. They needed every opportunity they got to get out of that shelter.
Tien flew up at an angle at Piccolo, attempting to catch him off guard. It failed. Piccolo had been expecting them and was matching Tien blow for blow, while not even fully recovered from firing that blast. Tien was going into an all-out attack, but barely scored a hit. What made things worse, was that he could feel Piccolo's power increasing as he recovered his lost power...
From the corner of his eye, he saw Kami and Yamcha making a break for the forests nearby, their power levels suppressed so they wouldn't be noticed. Tien shifted his attack pattern so Piccolo was facing them with his back. However, the incessant attacks were draining his power, and Piccolo scored a direct hit in Tien's gut, sending him flying back about twenty feet. When Tien regained control, he saw Piccolo prepare a blast he knew he'd have a hard time countering.
"Ma... Sen..."
Kushami had had Piccolo in her sights the whole time, but Tien was flying too close to get a clear shot in. When she saw him get hit and Piccolo prepare a blast, she knew this was her chance. She had picked her heaviest calibre automatic rifle, with uranium tipped rounds. She fired a barrage of bullets at Piccolo, having surprise on her side, as he didn't sense her low power level.
While this wasn't enough to kill, or even hurt him, his concentration had been disturbed enough for him to dissipate most of the blast before it was complete. He angrily shot what remained of it in Kushami's general direction, before turning his attention back to Tien. The ball impacted fifteen feet from where Kushami stood, the shockwave throwing her to the ground, dazed and temporarily unable to fight.
Tien used the time bought by Kushami to recover, feeling a sense of pride at her being able to stand up to Piccolo, the demon king, without fear or hesitation. When he saw him fire the blast at her, he immediately fired a compact beam of his own, severing Piccolo's right arm.
'This is my chance.' Tien thought as he saw the limb falling to the ground. He then engaged in hand-to-hand combat again, knowing he had an advantage still having both his arms. He was still scoring few hits, although he was doing better than before. This continued for a while and slowly, Tien was getting the upper hand. Suddenly, he noticed Piccolo preparing to fire another blast. Tien looked at his side, and saw Piccolo holding an energy ball in his hand.
His right hand.
"How...?" Tien thought out loud, just before it exploded against his chest.
"I can regrow lost limbs, didn't you know?" Piccolo answered him, as he backed up his energy attack with a vicious combo of punches and kicks.
Kushami shook the dizziness from her head and looked up to where Tien and Piccolo were, just in time to see Tien soar to the ground by a nasty elbow from Piccolo. Tien hit the ground hard, making a crater, and Kushami rushed to him as fast as she could. Piccolo was preparing another energy blast.
"Hey partner," Tien said faintly, "I don't think I can fight anymore."
"MA..."
"Don't worry," Kushami told him, smiling, "like I said, I won't leave you."
"SEN..."
They took each other's hand and squeezed it gently
"KO!!"
As the blast approached them, they looked each other in the eyes, knowing they'd be together.
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A/N
Okie that's the last few kills for at least a number of chapters... To be honest, i originally wanted to make the fic start here, with Yamcha fleeing into the forest with the women (in DB he would have loved this, but i disgress)
However, that would have lead to everyone thinking "What? Goku died? But he can't die, he's the strongest in the universe..." and half-expecting to have him show up at one point or another *rolls eyes*
Oh and sorry about the chapter being shorter than usual... like i said the past three chapters were added later so this is more or less the last part of the intro :P
Anyway, until next time,
Amyante ^_^
Tien and Kushami looked at each other before started the countdown.
"3"
Kami shifted his grip on the two people under his care.
"2"
Tien and Kushami squeezed each other's hand, smiling.
"1"
Yamcha carefully powered up a bit to blast open the entrance.
"NOW!"
Yamcha fired a cone-shaped blast at the rubble, so that everything would be blown outward. They needed every opportunity they got to get out of that shelter.
Tien flew up at an angle at Piccolo, attempting to catch him off guard. It failed. Piccolo had been expecting them and was matching Tien blow for blow, while not even fully recovered from firing that blast. Tien was going into an all-out attack, but barely scored a hit. What made things worse, was that he could feel Piccolo's power increasing as he recovered his lost power...
From the corner of his eye, he saw Kami and Yamcha making a break for the forests nearby, their power levels suppressed so they wouldn't be noticed. Tien shifted his attack pattern so Piccolo was facing them with his back. However, the incessant attacks were draining his power, and Piccolo scored a direct hit in Tien's gut, sending him flying back about twenty feet. When Tien regained control, he saw Piccolo prepare a blast he knew he'd have a hard time countering.
"Ma... Sen..."
Kushami had had Piccolo in her sights the whole time, but Tien was flying too close to get a clear shot in. When she saw him get hit and Piccolo prepare a blast, she knew this was her chance. She had picked her heaviest calibre automatic rifle, with uranium tipped rounds. She fired a barrage of bullets at Piccolo, having surprise on her side, as he didn't sense her low power level.
While this wasn't enough to kill, or even hurt him, his concentration had been disturbed enough for him to dissipate most of the blast before it was complete. He angrily shot what remained of it in Kushami's general direction, before turning his attention back to Tien. The ball impacted fifteen feet from where Kushami stood, the shockwave throwing her to the ground, dazed and temporarily unable to fight.
Tien used the time bought by Kushami to recover, feeling a sense of pride at her being able to stand up to Piccolo, the demon king, without fear or hesitation. When he saw him fire the blast at her, he immediately fired a compact beam of his own, severing Piccolo's right arm.
'This is my chance.' Tien thought as he saw the limb falling to the ground. He then engaged in hand-to-hand combat again, knowing he had an advantage still having both his arms. He was still scoring few hits, although he was doing better than before. This continued for a while and slowly, Tien was getting the upper hand. Suddenly, he noticed Piccolo preparing to fire another blast. Tien looked at his side, and saw Piccolo holding an energy ball in his hand.
His right hand.
"How...?" Tien thought out loud, just before it exploded against his chest.
"I can regrow lost limbs, didn't you know?" Piccolo answered him, as he backed up his energy attack with a vicious combo of punches and kicks.
Kushami shook the dizziness from her head and looked up to where Tien and Piccolo were, just in time to see Tien soar to the ground by a nasty elbow from Piccolo. Tien hit the ground hard, making a crater, and Kushami rushed to him as fast as she could. Piccolo was preparing another energy blast.
"Hey partner," Tien said faintly, "I don't think I can fight anymore."
"MA..."
"Don't worry," Kushami told him, smiling, "like I said, I won't leave you."
"SEN..."
They took each other's hand and squeezed it gently
"KO!!"
As the blast approached them, they looked each other in the eyes, knowing they'd be together.
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A/N
Okie that's the last few kills for at least a number of chapters... To be honest, i originally wanted to make the fic start here, with Yamcha fleeing into the forest with the women (in DB he would have loved this, but i disgress)
However, that would have lead to everyone thinking "What? Goku died? But he can't die, he's the strongest in the universe..." and half-expecting to have him show up at one point or another *rolls eyes*
Oh and sorry about the chapter being shorter than usual... like i said the past three chapters were added later so this is more or less the last part of the intro :P
Anyway, until next time,
Amyante ^_^