WARRIORS OF THE PRESENT

Battle at the Kame House

Yamcha had arrived on Roshi's island about twenty minutes ago. He was visiting, or spending the night if you prefer, because his latest girlfreind had kicked him out when she learned how utterly broke he was. He was currently enjoying

the sun on his face as he lay on the beach of the small island.

"Gee, how many girlfreinds you lost now!7, 18?" Krillin asked.

"In case you forgot, 17 is a guy. And last i checked you were married to 18." Yamcha replied, earning a laugh from Krillin.

"Hey man check out that whirlpool!" Krillin said pointing out to where a whirlpool had suddenly started.

"Nice." Yamcha said as he looked out over the water. The island would have been the perfect place to live if Roshi, Krillin, and 18 did'nt already live there.

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Fred shot up through the water and broke the surface and instantly smiled when he realized where he was. He looked down on the nearby beach to see the person his sensors said were Yamcha leaping to his feet, while Krillin got into a fighting

stance.

"Who are you?!" Yamcha demanded as he too got into a battle stance.

"It does'nt matter, what matters is you are going to die." Fred said coldly as he landed on the island.

"Oh yeah!? Just try it!" Krillin said.

"Gladly." Fred replied, then shot forward faster than anyone could see and drove his knee into Yamcha's gut. For a moment nodody moved. Then Yamcha slumped to the ground with a dull thump. Before Krillin could react Fred leapt forward

and knocked him into the air with an upper-cut, then flew up after him and began pummeling the helpless warrior with dozens of blows.

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Picollo looked over the side of the lookout with a look of concern on his face. "Whats wrong?" Dende asked from behind.

"Yamcha's energy just dropped to almost nothing, and Krillin's is dropping rapidly. I'm going down there!" Picollo replied, then shot off the side of the lookout with blinding speed.

"Good luck." Dende said quietly.

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Krillin hit the sand hard with his own blood trailing behind him. He was not doing very well at all, he had'nt even managed to make it look like he was defending himself, let alone actually doing it. He tried to stand but it was very difficult.

"I wish you would give me a decent fight, i'm getting bored." Fred mocked as he crossed his arms.

"You want a fight? Alright, here it comes!" Krillin said as he got up. Fred simply stood there. Krillins put his hands at his side and shouted "KAMEHAMEHA!!!!" Then he threw his hands forward releasing the powerful Kamehameha wave at Fred

who swat it to the side as if it were a fly.

"That was weak." Fred commented, then shot forward driving his fist into Krillin's face sending him to the edge of the island with a thump.

"What the hell!! YOU BASTARD!!!!" Came an angry shout. Fred turned to see an attractive woman with blond hair, blue jeans, and a black shirt with white sleeves charging him. He ducked a kick and blocked a follow up punch, then phazed to the right in order to avoid a ki-blast from her. He countered with a punch but she ducked under it and went into a sweep kick but he jumped over it and fired a blast at her and she dodged by rolling to the side and sprang forward with

another punch which caught Fred in the face knocking him into the air. She then phazed above him and sent him flying into the water with a hammer blow, then fired several purple ki-waves into the water after him creating an explosion under the surface which caused the water to swell up in a dome shape, the purple light of the ki-waves shining through it.

After a moment the water fell back down with a large splash. Just when 18 was starting to relax Fred rocketed out of the water and slammed an elbow into her face knocking her to the ground with a mix of blood and spit coming out of her

mouth. Fred shot down and stomped 18's stomache smashing the ground beneath her and causing more blood to come out her mouth with a cry of pain.

"Hey! Why do'nt you pick on someone your own size?" Came a gruff voice from behind. Fred turned to see Picollo hovering there, his cape flapping in the wind. "I think you'll find its not so easy." Picollo said.

Fred smirked and said "Maybe coming to this place was a good idea after all, maybe now i can get a decent fight." He stepped away from 18 and walked towards Picollo, who suddenly turned and flew away at high speeds. Fred took off after him leaving 18 on the island with two unconcious men.

"Hey! What was all that noise about hm?" Came Roshi's voice from inside. !8 merely sighed.