DRAGONBALL REALITY
Chapter 9
Vince watched with some small amusement as the fight continued. Now that Eric was using his Kaio-Ken he was managing to keep the fight somewhat even, but the Kaio-ken would eat through his strength quickly just like it did in the show.
On a whim he raised his scouter to his eye and turned it towards the duel whistling to himself at the suprising results it showed him. Gozan was fighting with a power level of 119,000, while Eric was just slihgtly behind at 115,000.
"How do these players get so strong so fast when the game is so new?" He wondered out loud. He shrugged, it wasn't as if it truly mattered, none of them were any match for him.
A little ways off Tyson logged back on, reappearing in the grassy area outside the ring just in time to see Eric's fist slam into Gozan's. The two broke apart, them came forward trading blows with shocking ferocity, electricity sparking from each
hit. With a growl Eric sprang back firing a small blast at Gozan who swat it aside as he pursued, but Eric launched himself skyward dodging a punch before Gozan shot after him.
"Not bad!" Gozan exclaimed as the fought back and forth in the sky.
"Same to you!!" Eric said as he finally got a punch through knocking Gozan through the air, but he shot back with a barrage of punches that had Eric desperately retreating. He could feel his strength waning, and he knew that he wouldn't last
much longer.
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Sadly, Carl was having an even worse time than Eric. Water parted beneath him from the sheer speed with which he shot through the air, but as fast as he was Sharlene was quickly gaining ground on him. A blast shot by so close he felt the
heat on his ear, then as he swerved another shot through the area he had been a moment before.
"Come on!! What did I do to deserve this!?" Carl cried out as he whirled sending a blast of his own which Sharlene batted away.
"You have to buy me a new car!!" Sharlene shouted back then shot down at him with a furious punch which he dodged by shooting straight up into the air, the water beneath them sprayed out voilently from the winds created by their moves.
"Why!?" Carl shouted back as she came after him, furiously hurling punches and kicks which he blocked and countered.
"Because it was your cat that is responsible!" Sharlene acused.
"You shouldn't have been trying to run him over!" Carl shot back as he threw a punch, but Sharlene dodged and came back with a solid blow to the jaw which snapped Carl's head back, and the rest of his body followed.
"Shut up!!" Sharlene said angrily, then hurled a barrage of ki blasts on Carl before he could recover. A moment later he shot out of the smoke cloud and delt a furious punch to her face launching her away with a stunned cry.
Carl looked at his fist for a moment as he thoughtfully said "Maybe I should add martial arts to my list of future trophies,"
"Hey, idiot!" Sharlene shouted as she recovered. He looked up just in time to take a crescent kick to the face.
"I'm no idiot!" Carl countered with a punch to the gut kick and a knee to the face, then as she hurtled through the air he raised his hand to his head and shouted "SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!!" The mighty beam flew at Sharlene who crossed her
arms in a desperate block, but the blast overwhelmed her and exploded voilently. It would have finished the fight, except that most of the attacks power had been used trying to get past her guard, meaning that it only did slight damage.
Sharlene laughed through the smoke as she said "If your not an idiot then why did you expend so much energy right there?"
"You had to use just as much power to block it, maybe even more," Carl pointed out with a sigh. He found himself wondering how he had ever fallen for this girl.
The laugh stopped, and Carl sensed a psychotic tidal wave rising within Sharlene. "Uh-oh," He said.
A wrath filled scream erupted from her as she charged sending a barrage of blasts as she approached forcing Carl to fly backwards and weave around to avoid death, or a game over, or whatever.
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Punch after punch, kick after kick, Gozan drove Eric back, and with every second the difference in their powers grew. So why, Eric wondered, was he still in the fight. As he observed the casual, almost lazy way in which Gozan blocked and
dodged his blows the anwser came to him. Gozan was only toying with him. Anger rushed through him briefly, but he forced it down and formed a plan. He let the next blow slam int his face and flew backwards for about twenty feet before he slowed to a stop and hovered there, the red aura of the Kaio-Ken faded away.
"Looks like you have lost," Gozan said hovering forward slowly.
Eric grumbled silently as Gozan appraoched, then he lurched forwardslamming into Gozan and flew full force towards the ground stopping short, causing Gozan to slam into the ground outside the ring.
"We have a winner!" The ref shouted. Vince grunted and walked off towards a snack stand.
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Carl shot from space to space wondering how a person could be so crazy, and still be so tough. He moved sideways barely avoiding a punch and lashed out with a kick but Sharlene caught it and threw him towards the water. He flipped
quickly and shot back into the air, his aura burning wildly as he considered his options. A sudden beeping came from the scouter in his pocket. He flew backwards as he pulled the scouter out and put it over one eye. There was a text message on the eye piece.
'Your match is up in two minutes,' In the corner it said that Eric had sent the message.
"Lovely," Carl said, then flew upwards once more, and Sharlene angled herself upwards shooting after him as he whirled and flew for the island where the tournament was being held.