Season 1: Chapter 2- Tien vs Ma Sax

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Chemistry-Deaf: Those matches that didn't change from the original will be either memories of Ma Sax and Ma Jr's three years or information.

A break was given to the eight winners to rest, chat, and eat while the audience were given entrance to the arena. Ma Sax asked for two apples and tossed one to Ma Jr.

They went outside and avoided the crowds. That meant the space between the tournament and the wall. Soon, they heard familiar voices mixed with unfamiliar ones.

"There are strong opponents here. Tien is going to have his hands full."

"Yeah, his opponent looks tough."

"Not to mention scary."

"What about Ma Jr? The way the names are, it seems like they're related."

"Related? How so?"

"Well, Ma Jr and Ma Sax. They looked like father and son."

"Maybe they are."

"I know for a fact they're not. Maybe Ma Sax raised Ma Jr?"

"This match will be interesting."

It was interrupted by the announcement: "The finals will begin in a few moments! Will all eight contesters come to the back room? Everyone watching the events come to the stadium!"

They had finished their apples and tossed them away before hurrying to the room. They could hear the announcer welcoming the audience to the 23rd Martial Arts Tournament. Ma Sax took off his jacket because it restrict his movement and he did not want it destroyed while fighting. He gave it to Ma Jr to look after. He soon heard his name and his opponent's name and allowing them to enter the arena.

Ma Sax walked around Tien's friends and they noticed the back of the tank top. It was blank. "Didn't you have something on your back?"

Ma Sax looked over at them and replied, "Ma Jr doesn't have one anywhere on him either. You ready, Tien?"

"Yes. I don't plan on holding back."

"Same here."

"You're not going to scratch me to death, are you?"

Ma Sax laughed. "I wasn't used to fighting one-on-one three years ago. No, I learned Martial Arts and other ways to fight. I hope you're not disappointed."

"No, I'm not. It will be thrilling to fight a tough opponent."

"You're lucky. You have the possibility to fight two tough opponents."

"Same to you."

"I wonder…"

They arrive to the arena and was welcomed by a roar from the audience. Several people commented on Ma Sax's appearance. One woman, blond hair, shouted, "Go Tien! Annihilate him!" Ma Sax smirked in amusement.

They faced each other as the announcer shouted, "The first match may begin!" Silence settled over the arena. Ma Sax ears caught soft breathing and movements while a gentle breeze swept through the area. Both eyes trained on Tien.

Tien kept his on Ma Sax for any slight movement he may have. Then, he gasped when he saw a dark shimmer near his opponent's hand. Just as that gasp reached Ma Sax's ears, he quickly punched the air. Tien dodged the blast by centimeters. The audience could see the background wavered as it reached Tien. It decapitated in front of the audience causing those in front to cough.

With the tension gone, Tien ran up to Ma Sax and punched through an after image. Ma Sax appeared next to him and kicked Tien's after image. It was a strange sight to see both of them hitting each other's after images. After seven more after images, both hit each other, forcing them apart.

They didn't even stop to catch their breath and started the classical fight of trading blows. The speed of it was so fast that the normal eyes couldn't follow what was happening. The audience soon saw what was happening when Tien slowed down from the cumulated pain and winced. He didn't see Ma Sax above him until he looked up. He was too slow to defend himself from Ma Sax's feet on his shoulders. The weight and speed Ma Sax was at caused Tien to fall on his back. Ma Sax had a recoil and jumped off Tien.

Ma Sax allowed Tien to get up and waited for his attack. "I'm impressed. You managed to keep up to my speed," Tien said.

"Thanks. Though, you slowed down after all those punches you received," Ma Sax replied.

Tien looked down to see his skin that he could see was starting to bruise. "It's not bad now."

"Of course. Each hit you gained better defense against it. Be careful though, over doing it can cause a reverse effect."

They readied themselves and waited. Tien attacked first. Ma Sax dodged each blows and he wasn't moving backward. He noticed Tien had hold back on speed in the last round. Here, Tien was using his full speed. The last punch, Ma Sax had crouched with his back to Tien and lifted his arms up. His hands found Tien's arm pits and he jumped. Tien could feel himself being lifted by the powerful jump. Ma Sax twisted in the air. Soon, he landed on his feet and slammed Tien on his back.

Off to the side, Ma Jr winced at the spectacle. He had been a victim to that a few times during sparring. He remember how ruthless Sax could be during training.

Tien was surprised by the attack and was jolted by the ground. He saw Ma Sax's eyes glowing before firing the eye beam at him. He was fast enough to avoid them.

Sax followed up the attack by punching him. Tien dodged. Sax made contact on the ground making his head low and easy spot for Tien to kick him. Sax landed on his hands and flipped to his feet.

"Wow, you managed to keep up with my speed," Tien said in amazement.

"I trained with Ma Jr, and he's faster than you."

Ma Sax readied himself for the next round of fighting when Tien said, "I was planning on using this on Goku, but you already matched up to my speed. No use in holding back a useful card. Are you ready for my secret weapon?"

"Secret weapon?"

"Yes, it's not very destructive, but … you won't be able to dodge it!"

"Sounds like you put a lot of faith in this secret weapon of yours."

"I do. Since I know now that you can be faster, my three eyes won't be able to find you. But, with twelve eyes, you won't be able to escape!"

"Quit boasting and show it to me already!"

Tien smirked at Ma Sax's impatience and took a stance. Soon, he made a double and both made a double, creating four Tiens.

"Four? That explains the twelve eyes."

"Yes, my quadra-body makes twelve eyes!" Each Tien ran to one of the four corners and faced Ma Sax. Ma Sax looked around as each Tien readied a ki ball. All four fired at the same time at Ma Sax. The ki balls collided and created an explosion. The four Tiens looked around for any sign of his opponent. "There!" one called out. "In the blast!" The rest saw a hazy outline of Ma Sax.

Once it cleared, Ma Sax was unharmed. The only difference was two extra arms were sprouted from his back. They were colored strangely. He didn't dodge, he created an extra pair of arms and made a dome barrier. Tien watched in amazement as Ma Sax created an unique double.

It seemed to step out of Ma Sax's back. The skin color was dark blue with blue-purple patches. His tank top was red with a dark colored belt. The pants were light blue, and the shoes were dark green. His turban was silver-grey with the top a light red-violet. It wasn't the color scheme that was different. His eyes were glowing like a permanent charge of eye beam. His pointed ears were longer and stuck out instead of up. Since he doesn't have the three red circles on his wrist, the purple patch on the arms was shaped like a rain drop.

Ma Sax and his double vanished. All Tiens felt a hit from their side and discovered that they were flying into another Tien. This forced the four Tiens to two.

"How about double vs double?" The two Tiens on the ground looked up at the smirking Ma Saxes.

Tien was at disadvantage, and he knew it. Unlike his multi-form technique where the user divided everything to make clones, Ma Sax did not. He only spent some of his ki to create another being thus, only losing some of his ki. He had to do something! A thought occurred to him. If he could get rid of the double, that would leave Ma Sax. He started planning on how to do that.

Ma Sax saw Tien's fearful eyes changed to thoughtfulness. He wasn't about to let them plan away and attacked. His power was reduced slightly, but it was enough to keep Tiens on their feet. While the Tiens were busy with keep away from Ma Sax, his double snuck up on one of Tiens and caught him. The other Tien saw that and decided to fire a Dodon Ray at the double. He dodged Ma Sax's attack and fired at the double.

It hit the double above the elbow. The captured Tien wretched the wounded arm out of the way and slipped through the opening. He turn to face the double and saw what the ray did to the arm. A section of it was missing, but the double quickly filled it up. That gave an idea for Tien and he jumped up. Like he expected, the double followed. He started charging the kame hame wave and waited for the double to face him. The double was posed for attack when Tien fired his at his stomach area.

Both floated in the air and Tien admired his handiwork. The double stared at the gaping hole with several cracks. He looked up to find Tien rapid firing at him. He didn't stand there to allow Tien a good shot and moved. Tien tried to keep in mind of the audience below as he tried to hit the escaping double.

Down below, Tien wasn't having much luck against Ma Sax. He resorts to dodging and defending against his stronger opponent. His mind tried to work up an idea to defeat him. It wasn't long when the double smashed between them. The double had stopped trying to repair himself and left the many intersecting holes. The double fired eye beams at the flying Tien. The flying Tien was charging up another kame hame wave and this time to finish the double for good. Ma Sax and the tired Tien watched as the double disintegrated.

The airborne Tien landed next to the tired Tien and they merged back to one. Ma Sax could see Tien having an idea. Both were very tired, but Tien was smirking. "I think I found a way to counter your shock attacks."

Ma Sax watched Tien put his hands to the sides of his head and shouted, "Solar Flare!" Ma Sax was blinded. His closed eyes were in pain, but it was nothing new to him. He searched out for Tien's ki and managed to defend a few of his blows. Tien stopped and charged his ki into his hands. He ducked Ma Sax's attempt to attack making him under Ma Sax's chest. Ma Sax managed to open his blurred eyes and saw Tien below him. Tien wasted no time placing his hands on Ma Sax's chest and fired. A choked gasped came from Ma Sax as the attack burned through him.

Tien had expected Ma Sax to fly from his hands, but he didn't. Tien moved away from under Ma Sax and watched him fall. The announcer was startled by the display that Tien had to prompt him to count. Ma Sax did not get up before count ten.

The announcer walked up to Ma Sax and shook him. "Ma Sax?" A gasp and coughing noises answered him. "Good, you're awake." Ma Sax spat out purple blood that was clogging up his wind pipe. He slowly got up and heard the crowd clapping. A faint blush appeared on his face.

"A-are you ok?" the annoucer asked.

"My chest felt like it's on fire. No, I'm not ok!" Ma Sax turned and stormed off. Tien followed and noticed Ma Sax's slight trembling.

Ma Jr watched Ma Sax walked up the steps. "If he was going for the win, he would have taken them off. Those weights on his legs. He did have weights on his chest, but he took them off before arriving here. I'm glad I took those off before coming here. Only my cape is weighing me down." Ma Jr sigh as he recalled his conversation with Ma Sax when receiving the apple.

He looked at the mix of red and yellow skin of the apple contrasting the green hand. He didn't care about the taste or texture as long as it did its job. Fruits and vegetables were easiest to digest compared to grains or meat. They still have to eat those once in a while. He had concerns when seeing how the matches was ordered and voiced them, "You're going to lose, aren't you?"

Ma Sax took a bite before replying, "What give you that idea?"

"You're strong, but we all know who going to win the second match. If you fight him, he won't be at his peak against me. I won't, no, you wouldn't want that."

"Heh, sharp. Even if I did lose, he should know it was only luck that Goku's match was next. If it was any other matches, I would go for the win."

"Even if mine was next?"

"Even yours, yes."

Back to the present, Ma Sax was storming up to Ma Jr and took the jacket. Ma Sax looked the inside pockets of his jacket to find a flask. He took the lid off and drank the continents greedily. He sighed after finishing most of it.

"What's in it?" Tien asked.

"Banana water."

"What?"

"I found some on the way here and made some." He took another drink.

"You have to drink it after the match?"

"Yes." All of them walked in as the announcer called the next two fighters.

"Banana water?"

"Not always. I have to drink or eat something after fighting."

"Does it have anything to do with those tattoos on your body? I noticed them while fighting. I didn't see them three years ago."

Ma Sax glanced at his tats on his arms. They had changed during the battle. It started off black with thick lines. Now, it's simmering between blue and purple. Some of the tips were red. "Yes. I'll explain more later. As for three years ago, I had them, but all of them were released, so it took time for me to reign them in. By the time I double team with King Piccolo, I was completely healed and sealed them."

A/N: During the match between Anonymous and Goku, Ma Sax and Tien have a discussion about the battle.