Season 1: Chapter 4- Krillin vs Ma Jr
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Chemistry-Deaf: I'm glad Christmas season is over. Reminder: Italic is thoughts.
Ma Sax looked up from his half-eaten bowl when Goku came in with the girl. He heard the announcement and decided it was unimportant. He looked around as Goku's friends came in for a quick chat mostly involving introductions and reacquainting. He caught sight of Hero who had a serious look on his face. That made him suspicious. His ears caught Goku warning his friend about Ma Jr. Not that he was surprised, Tien had recognized him as well.
The announcer called out in his microphone, "What a nice ending to the second match! Now the romance is over, we will continue on with the third match with Krillin verses Ma Junior!" Ma Jr watched his opponent walk on the arena before hopping off the roof to the wall and floated down to the arena. Both faced each other.
"Show off."
Ma Jr made a small smile. "Midget."
"You may begin!" The announcer's words rang out. Ma Jr watched Krillin made two fist and placed them at his sides. He didn't wait long for Krillin to blast two orbs of ki at him.
What a pathetic attack. Ma Jr thought as he jumped up. The two orbs passed below him and zoomed up towards his back. He quickly jumped to the side and used eye beam to cancel the orbs. His distraction caused an opening for Krillin to land a good hit on his face. Krillin landed on the arena and watched Ma Jr flipped and jumped to the arena. Damn, I used air step twice by accident. Well, at least they can't see them on my legs. "You're not as pathetic as I thought. This might be more entertaining."
"Darn, it didn't work!" Krillin got his fighting pose up and watched Ma Jr taking a stance. Krillin moved first again by running up to Ma Jr and launching an attack. Ma Jr sidestepped the midget and saw, out of the corner of his eye, Krillin also sidestepped to his direction. Ma Jr quickly halted his motion and watched the midget fly passed him in surprise. He launched into the air when Krillin managed to stop and tried to lunge at him. Krillin soon followed him. That was exactly what Ma Jr wanted. Krillin realized his mistake as a clothed foot connected to his chin. Ma Jr watched Krillin falling; hoping he fell out of the arena. He didn't.
He stared in surprise as Krillin managed to float in the air and got on the arena. He landed on the arena a little later. His amusement was clear on his face. "I'm stunned. You managed to impress me. For that, midget, no Krillin's your name, I hope you like shock."
"Shock? Don't make me laugh. So far nothing had shocked me."
"Don't worry, this one will."
Krillin had his guard up and watched intensely at Ma Jr. He was getting suspicious when his opponent hadn't moved. "Hey, aren't you going to attack?"
"Who are you looking at?" Krillin got confused. The Ma Jr in front of him smiled and pointed to the same side the sound coming from. He looked and saw another Ma Jr already posed for a punch. It got him on the shoulder. The audience gasped at the sudden double and some watched the first one fade.
With his good arm, Krillin did a one hand flip to his feet and jumped at Ma Jr. Without thinking, Ma Jr kicked Krillin up in the air. Ma Jr was tempted to jump after him, but he stopped himself. He could see what Krillin was up to and decided to have fun with it. He walked a short distance and jumped at an angle at Krillin. Krillin had the Kame Hame ready and fired at the speeding Ma Jr. That Ma Jr was an after image.
Krillin's shock was just what Ma Jr needed and he grabbed both Krillin's arms in one of his hands. He got the arms on Krillin's sides as straight as possible. He also made sure that his short legs couldn't kick him either. He quickly dived back to the arena as Krillin attempted to free himself. The speed and the dizzying effect Ma Jr had on Krillin made him cry out. He didn't notice when he landed and when Ma Jr's hands let go of him until he hit soft ground. His head spun as he tried to get his bearings. He was snapped out of it when the announcer called a ring out and Ma Jr was the winner. He looked up to see Ma Jr with open hands and a smirk. Ma Jr turned and walked back to the back room without a backwards glace. Krillin shakily got on the arena and followed Ma Jr, embarrassed.
Krillin was quickly greeted by his friends by how incredible the fight was and the downer ending to it. Goku had noticed Ma Jr had stopped himself and wondered what would have happened if Ma Jr didn't. He watched Ma Jr walk inside and out of view. He wasn't the only one who noticed Ma Jr's self-halt.
I hope the next round I'm in will be as interesting as this one, Ma Jr thought as he strode over to Ma Sax. He noticed Hero was talking to Ma Sax about something but saw Ma Jr and ended the conversation. He watched Hero walked pass him to the entrance, getting ready for his battle. He looked back and saw Ma Sax was having a most displeased expression on his face. "What's bothering you?"
"Hero. He came to talk to me while you were battling. He questioned my reasoning for training you, not that it's any his business," Ma Sax answered with anger in his voice. He unconsciously snapped the chopsticks and left the empty bowl next to him as he got up. "I'm going to observe his match." Ma Sax placed his hand on Ma Jr's shoulder and told him, "You can do what you like." With that, Ma Jr glanced at his retreating figure before ordering a small meal.
A/N: I was debating to add Hero vs Yamcha to this chapter and decided against it. The match really is short.