Area D: Day One

[Android-18]

The dust settled and Android 18 fell to her knees, ?You fool?? She whispered to herself and stared at the charred earth, ?You stupid, stupid fool.? She stayed in that position for some time, just staring at the spot where the red haired fighter had been standing, ?Why didn?t you just surrender?? This was something new to the android, she rarely killed. She barely remembered the last time she had killed anyone. She pressed her hot hands to her face. They still tingled with ki energy. She felt the wetness of tears, if only the fighter had not been so proud. She removed her hands from her dusted face and stared once more at the vacant spot, not a bit of the warrior remained. Feeling a little displaced the android got back to her feet and winced. She felt sore and beat up, one glance at the foreboding barricade and she knew she would need rest first. She recalled the map of the area, the bunker would be near by.

A power signature tugged at the back of her mind. It was familiar, and it was close. The android walked with a slight limp, the prideful girl had done some damage to her. She shook her head and continued to trek toward her destination. A few times she spotted some of the Synex warriors but she tried hard to dodge behind some tree or boulder near by. It took her longer to get to the bunker than she wanted. Finally she saw it not far in the distance and after making sure there was no one near by she made her way toward the opening.

She stopped and stood still when she saw the familiar frame of the Saiya-Jin, ?Selipa?? She said, ?Well isn?t this a surprise, I didn?t think to see you here.? 18 said, she tensed a little as the other warrior noticed her. 18 shook her head and reached into the pouch at her waist, she popped the fabled senzu bean into her mouth, this would fix her up, and she could grab another one here before she left. She looked to the girl again, would she try to fight the android? Or would she be friendly?

[Hellfighter 17]

One waited for the other to start it, it was a eternity that the two were there, waiting and waiting for the other to make their move, like how a chess game plays out. It can start out fast then turns slow and becomes more and more intense with each move, fighting was alot like chess. You make your move and hope that your opponent does not catch on to what you are doing and then you go in for the assault and take out a essential part of their strategy and then you become evenly matched and are on the defensive waiting to finish it off or be finished off. That is how this fight would most likely turn out, if it ever got started, for neither one of them wanted to make the wrong move and have their queen be taken out so early in the game. The only difference between chess and here, is that chess is a game, and this is not a game for you can lose.

Since he wanted to destroy the being so badly, the android took off first at the non-mechanical being. His speed was not the fastest , but it was sufficient nonetheless. The shipping of the sound barrier breaking sounded like jets crossing over a country in the middle of a war and the speed was like a bullet that went straight towards it's target and if aimed properly the target would be the opposing force that needed to be annihilated. Whether that force deserved it or not, the bullet did not care, and neither did HF17 in this circumstance, the rage over came him and he knew that could be bad but he could not help it.

Then he had covered half the distance that the two had made, he remembered something that was told to him long ago. "If you fight with rage, you are only fighting against yourself." The words stood true today, it was a shame that he had killed that man. The man was his teacher and master, everything he know now he owes it to him. If it were not for him he would not have the skills to even think of registering for this tournament, but yet he was here, fighting in it. The android suddenly stopped and powered own from his angered state that he was 'forced' into. He was not forced though, he could have stopped it at any time.

The fellow warrior looked confused at the sight of him stopping, since he was the one that wanted the fight more than anything else. "I still want to fight you" the skinny android said. "I just needed to overcome my rage and now I have." The Kalushka-jin flashed a smile of approval then had his placid face over him once again. The two once again presumed their stances for fighting in and then this time 17's opponent was the one that charged at him and he was slower than Hell Fighter 17, much slower. This was a great advantage that he could beat him in, his insufficient speed.

Now all he had to do was come up with a plan, and quick, although he wasn't that fast, there was less area to cover after the clone of an android had covered the distance leaving less time for him to think of something. He needed something though anything, then he was upon him. Without even a single though entering his mind, the black-haired android side-stepped to his opposer left side then appeared behind him and punched him in the back. Dust started to settle where he began to roll over and over, it looked quite humorous, the purple and sometime shaded green rolling on the ground and dust rising where he had passed. Then after about five and a half rolls he stopped himself and sprang into the air then landed very harshly against the ground causing it to quake.

Once the monstrous sized fighter regained his composure, he shot a few ki blasts at the opponent and about two out of five hit, one in the right arm, and one in the stomach. The one in the stomach hurt more though, since he was too skinny, it hurt him more than it would have if he had some more meat to him. The others that missed though he easily dodged. One was headed for his left temple and would have hit if he didn't move his head to the right and another came close to his left leg, but missed without the android needing to try and dodge them, then finally the last one was the closest one to miss and went right by one of his ears, actually both since he had tilted his head before and was at a weird angle. It all happened in such slow motion that he did not remember any of the blasts except the two that hit him.

After the swift escaping of blasts, he bounced off of a nearby tree and jumped own towards the massive fighter and ever so quickly kicked him in the jaw. When it hit his head tilted towards the leg of the attacker and the mouth dropped. The body soon followed and he was headed for the ground, but this time he put his hand out and it hit the ground first helping the legs land gently and the body sprung forward. It was a bit like watching a cheetah chase after it's prey. The hind legs are what makes it the fastest land animal as they are like springs that can help it turn so very easily and keep up with any prey, can even hold a race with some 20th century vehicles.

After the animal had sprung upward it launched a ki blast that formed in both hands a as a distraction, and it worked. For the android just knocked it away as it was so easily be able to be done and then he went in for the kill with a swift hit to the side of 17 and then putting his hands into a giant fist he hit him into the ground by knocking him over the head.

ooc: Fight - HF17 vs. Ayakan (NPC)

[Reijin]

Zone D:

The northwester border of Area D seems to blend the snowy harshness of Area A with the swampy marshland of the warmer Area C. Further east, however, the land begins to grow warmer. Bitter to the constant fighting, the area has grown devoid of any form of vegitation, and the earth has taken a harsh steam to it. Open wounds in the earth's surface bleeds pockets of steam and ash into the air, scalding those that step wrongly through this area. Blisters are easily spread, and broken rock lies everywhere. Closer to the southernmost side, the land grows even more hot and humid, as it approaches the base of a volcano know as the "Eye of the Infernal", shadowing over the nearby bunker. Climbing this treacherous mountain volcano of ever breaking ground is a trail of constant flowing molten lava, ebbing down the easternmost side until it reaches the great canyon behind the bunker known as "Dante's Scar". This canyon runs along the eastern side of Area D, with a constant flow of molten rock running along it's bottom. Many caves have been carved into the sides of the canyon by creatures known as Hellions, insectile creatures that live off of warriors that come near the cave. Synex has attempted to eradicate the creatures, but the numbers of them have thwarted every attempt, sweeping into the soldiers and dismembering them without feeling. Rising to the northern border, things begin to return to a more tranquil, grassy plains as it crosses into Area B, with only a few sparse patches of solidified molten rock.

[Hellfighter 17]

The blow to the head was supposed to impale the android, but obviously the opponent underestimated him this time, for he could not be taken down all that easy. On the way to the ground, which was about 3 feet, the android could only think of one thing, how long would this last. Neither of them seemed to be damaging the other, this would take forever at this rate, if the android wanted to kill this guy he would have to give it one final shot for victory, but that would come later, after some more hand-to-hand and foot-to-foot combat. Once he had hit the ground the dust rose into the air and starting raining down on the android. He did not notice the particles falling on him, he only wanted to concentrate on gathering energy for the duration of this fight, that was his main concern. Once there were only a few particles left trickling down, he jolted to his feet and started dusting himself off, slowly, so that he could gather energy. He would do it bit by bit so that the opponent would not notice it happening. It may take a while, but it would be worth it in the long end.

The energy in his hands was a transparent, colourless glow, so it was almost impossible to see it, which means that Ayakan would not notice, hopefully. The battle started to rag eon with two elbows being slammed against each other and a wave of their power was given off ruffling falling leaves on the way and stirring up a bit of dust . This just showed how close they are in power, obviously the brutish warrior was stronger, not by much, but still stronger. The only advantage that 17 had on his side was speed, and possibly he was smarter than his foe. Now in his calmed down state, the hell fighter fought more clearly then he normally would have if he was in that state of mind.

After the wave of power disappeared the two began their show of power once again. Their were waves of power all over the place, the ground even began to split into different parts. The patchy and grassed area was beginning to shake and the warriors did not seem to notice in the least bit, for they were the ones causing the tremors and they were mainly taking place outside of their own little circle of a fight. Hell Fighter 17 tried his best to not use any ki attacks, which was pretty damn hard since the Kalushka-jin would use them every now and then. His blasts were a light wavy kind of blue that would shake while in mid-air then cause a very small explosion on the target's body when it hits as all ki blasts did.

Soon enough they were blocking legs with legs and arms with arms at the same time. Neither one of them had slipped up, but still the purple warrior would use a blast of energy every now and then to throw off his opponent, but it would not work for one reason, determination. HF17 decided to go one thought at a time, his first though; gather enough energy to be able to launch his attack. Once he completed that step, the rest would come to him, one at a time. Not using his energy blasts was hard since he would regularly use them in a fight and they would sometimes be affective, but he had to stick to the plan.

Without warning the slow moving warrior hit the black-haired android in the face with such force that he could not block it, it went straight though the arms held up. It hit with medium ammount of force that still sent the bandanaed mechanical creature stumble and nearly fall down, but he regained his composure to continue the fight. The energy was still building up with the force that he had never handled in this attack before, most likely because he had become stronger since it's last use. This attack was only half completed, hopefully once it was complete, if he lived that long, it would work against his enemy to incapacitate him, and win the fight.

Once back on his feet, the android who called himself 17 went back into his stance of physical combat, which was his only chance, unless Ayakan kept on piercing punches through the android's barricade, his arms. All of this effort would have been useless if the other succeeded in his fighting routine, and impaled the part human. The only thing that the Kalushka-jin was forgetting about was speed. With this the battle's victor shall be decided and make one of them reign supreme over the other. Neither of them had seen thought of quitting, for that was not there style, they would most likely prefer to die in honor, instead of surrendering. So since neither had ever thought about it, nobody offered or asked it. Now that he was starting to use speed more to his advantage, 17 was getting some hits in on the opposer instead of just him being struck. In fact the fight had become one sided after the clone of a android started using speed as a key factor in this rumble.

The attack was fully charged by the time that over 20 hits had been landed on the green warrior, mostly in the gut and chest. Now he had to think of a way to stop the other from stopping the attack that he had planned. Not a though would near his mind, at the strain of the energy was starting to wear him out, if he didn't use the attack soon, then there would not be much hope at all for him, especially if the opponent survived the blast. The only thing that could possible come to mind was that he could use his speed, but first knock him to the ground. Using some of the energy gathered, 17 dodged a couple more ki blast then elbowed the partly green shaded fighter in the face and punched him to the ground, but this would not matter that he sapped some energy. He just gathered some more while ascending to the air.

He went to the fighter left and started the attack, launching a dozen or so of the blasts that appeared from his Renzoku Energy Dan the stopped them, which was pretty damn hard to do. Then with speed on his side, he went behind Ayakan and launched another rounded off dozen and then started off again. Now at his right, twelve more appeared from the hands and came at the opponent. Almost near the end of the draining attack he went in front of him and blasted them. Although he was in front or to the left, etc., he was about 70 feet in the air, so nothing was happening yet. Then with the last of the energy he watched as the blasts were raining down and hit him he launched 9 more of the last bit and they started down to.

The pleased android watched as the attack was taking affect and started breathing energy, for his energy was sapped form him. A huge aura of explosion appeared reaching over fifty feet into the sky and then started to settle down. It appeared as though there were fireworks going off, except that they were all aimed at the ground. About 80% of the Renzokues hit, but the ones that didn't startled the ground causing minor tremors. Finally after about 55 seconds of flashing lights and loud booms that could be heard from all over the area most likely. Once they were all done, the warrior watched the dust go down, all the vegetation that was left, which wasn't much, had all died, revealing the muddy plains throughout the surface. The dust began it's slow descent to reveal if the Kalushka was alive or not.

Once it had all died down it revealed him to be alive, after a few minutes he rose to his feet and was exerting alot of force into it, as he was disabled in one arm and one leg. 17 began his own descnet and landed 10 feet away. Both warriors were exhausted, but the taller one was injured. The only thing that could stop the android from defeating him now, was the fellow warrior's strength. After regaining some breaths they charged at each other and started a hand combat once again. The punches would hopefully ended it now, but who knows what could happen.

ooc: fight between HF17and Ayakan(NPC) is now OVER. Can staff now end it how they wish please.

[Reijin]

Like two beings verged upon a single axis, Hellfighter 17 and Pan both charged up their energy in front of them. Niether had any way of knowing what the other was doing miles away, but their attacks fired simultaneously. Kugr yelled, slamming his fist into Pan's beam, forcing it to dissipate. She cursed, remembering that she'd have to actually get her hands dirty for this one. She rushed him, throwing her fist towards him with great force. Kugr sidestepped her, growling as he slashed with his clawed hands at her. She faded from view, suddenly appearing behind him, and wrapped her hands around his neck from behind. "Let's end this!" she whispered, and jerked back. She heard a loud crack from him, and felt him grow soft in her arms. The creature dropped to the ground, and Pan stepped back, breathing heavily.

Miles away, Hellfighter's beam struck nothing but dirt, as Ayakan nimbly dodged to the side. Hellfighter quickly acted on his followup with a quick flurry of energy balls, but the creature appeared behind him, slamming an arm into the back of Hellfighter's head. Hellfighter hit the ground hard, and rolled up, firing a blast back up towards Ayakan. Ayakan caught the blast in it's hands, and pushed back on it, pouring it's own energy into it. "Shit!" Hellfighter cursed. "It's going to try to over power me!" He tried to power more energy into the beam, but he felt the energy around his palms grow hotter and hotter, and he was already pressed against the ground with nowhere to go. He finally cursed as he threw himself to the side. He felt the freed beam tear through his left arm the moment he removed the slightest amount of reverse force from it. The beam shredded through his arm, striking into the ground and opening a pore in the earth itself. Ash flew into the air, and a steam pocket caught the creature in the eyes. It screamed, scratching at it's eyes as Hellfighter scrambled to his feet. He looked at his shoulder, damaged and missing it's limb, and then at the streak of burns flowing down his side. He could not win this now. By the time the creature was able to clear it's vision to continue it's assualt on Hellfighter, he was gone...


Verdicts:

Pan +5,000 zeni, +1 point.
Hellfighter 17 +1 point, Missing Left Arm.

[Android-18]

No words came back toward the android. Perhaps the girl hadn?t even heard her words. The blond fighter shrugged her shoulders back slightly and went further into the safe bunker. She made sure to grab another senzu bean just in case and stretched out her limbs to make sure she was fit to go back out. Her fight was not one she liked to recall, the woman had been stupid. 18 didn?t enjoy what had happened, but maybe it won?t happen again. She shook her thoughts away and started to leave the bunker after a short rest, she had to get into the next area still.

The air was hot and steamy. She had not realized it before. She was further in to the land and now she felt that the ground was rather hot. Earlier a cool wind had hit her, but that had been when she was close to the barricade to section B. She glanced around and noticed the charred earth and ash like vents that seemed to glow and threaten her. She had spent more time hiding and getting around than she had to look at the land. Carefully she trekked toward the northeast in hopes of reaching the barricade again. The hot air pushed against her frame and she found that this way was different from when she had been going to the bunker. It was more open, and she found herself trying to dodge the pot spots on the ground. She took in the sites now; off in the distance she saw the peaking mountain as it bellowed hot smoke. It was obviously a volcano, not far from it a glowing mass showed that it had let loose a river of molten rock. Android 18 did not feel much like exploring, it was after all down south and far away from where she was. It was only a blotch of light, so up close it may be hazardous. She took back to looking northeast and hoped to make the barricade before anything happened.

What would she meet there? She couldn?t possibly know. The air was beginning to cool as if came in from the east. She also noticed that the ground was not as hot. She was getting close to the next area, which was good. Would it be as hazardous as this area turned out to be? It seemed that all the areas would be just as bad as the other; it was meant to be harsh on them after all. The worried android wiped her arm across her brow; she had been sweating under the heat. She continued on though, the harsh environment would not stop her. The question did hit her though, why not fly? But that would be a little foolish; if she were to fly anyone could see her and even try firing at her. She wanted to stay low, for now anyway.

The barricade was coming into view. Luckily she had been in the bucker further away from the Synex building so she encountered no problems. This far away it was hard to make out the barricade, but she knew it would not be so simple to get over. She just shook her head and continued to go onward toward her destination; she would just have to decide from there.

It seemed that fate was against her. As the blond trudged up toward the barricade she noticed that it shivered like a wall of stretched out ki. It was some sort of electrical substance that could kill anything, she pondered it. A few Synex fighters walked around the barrier but did not seem very alert; this place was not very active yet. Android 18 wondered how she could cross. Off on both sides of the barricade, though it stretched far, there was a way around. She could not attempt that though, there were Synex guards all over. They were NOT supposed to even try leaving the area, but she wouldn?t let the company stop her. They had no set pattern in their movements; they just wandered around guarding the area. She bit nervously on her bottom lip. There had to be some way, surely there had to be a power supply that made this thing work? She glanced around herself, all that she could see was a withered old tree, the pile of rocks she had been standing behind, and little else. Suddenly a thought clicked into her head, wouldn?t it be located in a more secure area? She looked back the way she had come. A smirk fluttered across her lips.

She would have to head back toward the building, the Synex. Quickly she started to trek back toward the base she had seen before her first fight. She knew where it was and so easily made haste with all of the speed she had. She did not stop to take in her surroundings, or to try and hide at all. She moved swiftly, knowing anyone could see her, but soon it wouldn?t matter. The building showed in the distances, it was more like a military base where the fighters were sent from and some stuff was kept. Cautiously the android slowed down and started to carefully approach, she had to be careful now. A synex solider was beginning to make his rounds and he was coming rather close. 18 perched behind her rock watching and waiting, this had to be where the kept the power supply. This was a risky idea, but if she planned it right it would work. Quickly 18 moved a little away from view as the guard passed by without notice, they weren?t really paying much to sight. They didn?t know she was undetectable. She quietly snickered.

Sneaking along she took in the sight of the base, a lot of things looked familiar, and especially the bulky mass and device that was close but not too close to the base. She eyed it carefully; large cables came out from the bottom of its bulk and were sent deep into the earth. This must be the generator. She could hear it buzzing, a soft sound that she knew from various cities and the like. Once more she looked around for any guards or figures. The area was clear so she dived and rolled toward the hulking device. It was not hard to work from there. The android continued to try and over load the thing, at least enough to give her time to get out and into the next section without notice. She pushed buttons, set miniature ki blasts against the cables and controls, and finally some sparking pursued. An alarm suddenly blazed to life in the air and she suddenly knew it had worked, but if she didn?t move now the troops would be on her. As quick as a rabbit, 18 set off like there was no tomorrow.

They were fast, but she was quick on her feet. The fighters came out and started to fire ki blasts but she had already been far off already, and their aim was short. She jumped, dodged and dived away from the blasts as they chased her, another group set to work on the damaged generator. The android kept running with as much speed as she could put forth. She had to make that barrier before they fixed it and set it back up. A glance over her shoulder told her that though most of the troops had just given up, a few followed still. No matter. She pushed on, sweat streaming down her face. Her heart pouded with each bound, she was close. The familiar surroundings came to her and she knew she would make it. The guards were alert, but she was too close now. She jumped, a mighty leapt that she added some power to, and she dived through the barricade section. Just as she had made it the wall of sparkly energy flashed yo life, it just singed one of her shoe laces. 18 landed and looked through the wall catching her breath. The warriors stood dumbfounded, she flashed a grin and set off through the new area. The synex troops turned back, she was not worth it.

OOC: I?m now in B.

[Hellfighter 17]

The intense fight was not over, th etwo were now shooting simple beams of ki and even stronger ones to decide the fate of the battle. A beam erupted from the Kalushka-jin's hands and came straight at the fighter from hell and he could not odge the attck, but he moved from being killed by it. It went through a limb and blasted the ground shattering it in two. The limb that it had broken through was his left arm and it had tore it off. He knew that he could not win the battle if he stayed, this would be tough. His opponent became distracted by his own blast after it quaked the earth. 17 saw this opportunity and, even though he hated doing so, he took off towards the bunker where he could not be killed and hopefully recover from tyh eblow. The pain from the dismemberment was painful, but he trekked on. Ayakan did not go after the android, so HF17 thought that the tall warrior just assumed he had obliterated him and then moved on for another fight. Probably popped a sensu bean for hi snext fight, which reminded the warrior that he should have a sensu bean so that he could get better, and in case he is attacked on the way to the bunker.

He erached into his pocket and pulled out a small bean the colour of green, it looked like any other bean, but it wasn't. It was grown by some guy named Korin and had the power to restore a fighter's health after being beaten up badly. This situation called for that so he put th ebean between two fingers then threw it into his wide open mouth. He could feel his strength recovering, but his body would fall behind the rest of the healing process. He was only a bit away from the bunker when could feel the sensu bean starting recovering his health. He walked through the doorway and entered the safezone.

The door was convienently still open after being blasted open by himself. This owuld be a long process for the sensu bean to work since he had even gotten his arm blown off. While downstairs he decided to get another sensu bean from the storage room that was located on the east end of the downstairs. On the door it said in big bold letters "Only one of each item is permitted to user at atime, no more than one per person at any time!", needless to say, itwas a big sign. He entered the room and looked at the boxes that lined each self. Each box had a label with the different items you could get, all that the hell fighter noticed were "Statis Field Grenades" ones and "Sensu Bean" ones. He took a box and opened it, scrounged around for the biggest sensu bean he could find and put it in his pocket where the old one was.

He then went over to a cot and was about to lay down when he noticed something, there was a pad with buttons on it and it was blinking. For some reason he had not paid attention to it before which was weird, but he decided to just figure out what it was. It had the words "TURRTET CONTROL PANEL" acroos the top. If this was really th eturret control panel, he could have fun with this. It asked him who he wante don the safe list. After searching the names quickly, all he remembered were himslef, duh, Pan, of course, and Android 18, his original's sister. There were probably others, but he didn't remember them. H ethen went to lay back on the couch and fell asleep.

ooc: Used a sensu bean, got sa sensu bean. Turned on turrets where only me, Pan, and 18 can get by, unless you roleplay pass them very well. =)

[Hellfighter 17]

Once 17 awoke from his peaceful nap he was in shock. For his left arm had grown back in the time that he had been resting soundly. He felt back to full health and knew that he was ready for another fight, but first he would see if Pan was around. He sat up on the cot and looked around for the girl. She was not there, he would just call her up on her scouter and see if she was heading back. He held his scouter closer to his mouth and said to it "Hey Pan, how are you doing?" She took awhile to respond with the reply "Good! I just defeated some guy." The android came back with a "Good for you, are you going to be heading back soon" She answered his question with a simple "Maybe. I gotta go now, see yea."

Then he just said "Yea, see yea" to thin air and laid back on the cot with his arms behind his back he pondered in his thoughts what he should do now. He felt kind of lazy at the moment so he would not fight, maybe he could plan where to head next after the two were done in 'Area D'. "Dante map" he yelled into the scouter and it went over the green tinted eyepiece. He scrolled around it after commanding it to show th eki levels on th emap. It was very hard to decide of where to go, he was in no rush at the moment, he just wanted a idea after there were no oter beings left alive in this area.

He was becoming cocky, but it all died down when he remembered his first fight here, the one he just recovered from. It happened all so quickly. He launched the Renzoku Energy Dan which hurt th eopponent, but did not kill him. Then 17 was wiped of almost all energy which made him an easy target for Ayakan. Luckily enough though the Kalushka-jin was blinded by his last attack because of everything that spat up from the planet. That gave him the opening to escape and come back here and have the sensu bean.

He would never forget the pain that he felt when he lost his arm. It was excrutiating, but he knew what he had to do, so he trudged on. It was good for him that the arm grew back as that was his good arm, not his right. He would want to fight the foe again, bot not for vengance, but to see if he would be strong enough to face him again and beat him. He had other things to worry about so he would just forgive for now, but not forget.

ooc: My arm is back o.0

[Hellfighter 17]

Without warning the girl jumped at the android to show how glad she was that he was alive. He was a bit startled at first then embraced her by hugging back. After a few moments she released her grip and and wiped her eyes not letting him see the little amount of droplets that surrounded them. Her face then turned grimace and she said "How could you lose like that" and she punched him in the shoulder, He looked confused by the sudden change in emotions then a smile washed across his face.

"I was...distracted" replied the android. Before she could contradict his last remark and put in "You look a bit exhausted. Did you take you sensu bean?" he inquired. She only rolled her eyes to the left to avoid eye contact which let him know that she had not. All he had to do was shoot a stare and she quickly grabbed it from her pouch and through it into her mouth and within seconds it was gone in the depths of her belly. "Come on, there are some more down this way." He then started on his way to where he had gotten his newest from and then let her inside to choose her own. It took her about three minutes to find the one she wanted, exceptionally long. If she had taken any longer the tournament would probably be over.

She came out at a normal pace instead of skipping around like she did on the ship with a grin on. "I think we should leave now" she said while putting the sensu bean into her pocket. The fighter from hell only agreed by nodding and they were going to leave when he remembered the turrets. He walked over to the control panel for them and shut it down and entered a new password for it. This way people could get into the bunker, but not be able to set on the turrets themselves. The two then trudged out of the safezone into the mysterious planet named Dante.

It seemed to be a harsh land, the two wondered if it were like this in all of the areas. They would most likely find out because they could not stay here forever. They had to trek forth and find new opponents so that they could rack up some money, and face some tough opponents.

ooc: Not long, but w/e. The bunker's turrets are now down, but only I know the password for now to set them back up. Plus Pan still has a sensu bean as she got another one.

[Old Selipa]

While in the room Selipa had realized the sound of her old companion from the Lord Vine group. The voice had belonged to the second female that was to travel with her and the others, with her beautiful golden long hair and amazing fighting skills Selipa grew frightened. Not knowing what to do she froze, her cold sweat dripped down her back, touching her tail and making it bush from the uncomfortable sensation. Standing there not moving a single step the android made way with her business and left the room. After leaving all the youths tension fell loss and she sighed.

Looking out the window she saw her old friend fly away not knowing if they were friends or enemies, or if they would have to fight. What would she do then, her power level had grown but she had not obtained her scouter after parting from the android. What was the true power of the female machine? But more to the young Saiya-jins heart was how could she clash a person she had respected and longed for a friendship with her.

Moving her head from side to side quickly and trying to shack the emotions from her head, the young girl breathed in and walked to the entrance of the bunker. Placing her hand on the wall Selipa knew she had to depart and fight for her life. She had to establish to herself how far she had come and what she was made of.

Walking out from the protected lobby Selipa could fell the temperature drumming her face and body as if she were under attack. The coldness she had just felt a moment ago was gone and now the pain of tempered hotness fell upon her smooth skin.

Making her way out only after two steps did the Saiya-jin perceive sound of the movement of parting air from the swirling sound of Ki moving towards her. Jumping back the young female turned her torso to look at the fighter whom had attacked her only after leaving the safety of the bunker in two single steps.

?It?s you.? Said the puzzled and now growing annoyed girl.

Looking of to where the orb of energy had come from Selipa saw the face of the person who she had been transported with to the planets surface.

?What?s the big idea?? questioned Selipa the anger in her voice obvious.

?You must have know that I would have come after you, you make straightforward prey for the strong.? Laughed the human.

?Straightforward What!!! You cowered who attacks the weak not the strong, that tells a lot about your failing.? Said the girl in a infuriated tendency. ?But lucky for you I?m not an easy fish.? Finished off the girl with a smirk appearing upon her face.

The human continuing to look on, Selipa dropped down to a fighting posture, but with speed rocketed away form the bunker into a more cleared out area. While she had spoken Selipa had planned to attack in the comfort of the open land so that the human could have no place to hide from view.

OOC: Fight begins with an NPC: Selipa vs Tray

[Old Selipa]

As an insect to the light did the human from Earth follow the Saiya-jin youth into the open plains of the wastelands. Never realizing that he would be the one taken off guard and not the shorthaired girl Selipa. Selipa was taking to the air gaining altitude into the atmosphere, thinking of a way to start of the battle in a fun way for the viewers the young girl turned suddenly around with her hands in a triangle from and gazed down through the opening in her hands. Zooming in on the humanoid Selipa called out her attack ?Tri-beam Cannon.? The flickering of energy surrounding her fingers and closing up the triangle opening she had formed was a golden light to descend upon the direction of the human.

The human in mid flight towards the Saiya-jin quickly moved to the side as the golden light of power flew by him, following with his eyes the Ki to the ground the explosion was colossal damaging the land. After the spectacle was done and the human had lost interest, was he fast to turn his attention back to the main purpose he had and that was the battle with the monkey.

But to his surprise the ?Monkey? was already in front of him with the smirk she had placed upon her face early in the battle when she took off to the wastelands.

?And what was that meant to be, you missed me and I can tell you used a great deal of energy you stupid fool.? Grunted the human not understanding the strategy behind Selipa?s move.

?First you don?t know how much energy I used, sure it seemed to be a lot but in actuality it was not that much for me,? said Selipa partly bluffing to her opponent. ?And secondly do you not find it odd to why I have not attack you yet, I?ve had more then enough time to land several punches on you.? Asked the girl to her somewhat low level of thinking foe.

With one of the humans eyebrows rising up he started to ponder about what the girl had said still with his guard up. While bearing in mind what she was talking about did he start to hear a clamor of sound coming form all directions.

?What did you do, what?s going on and that sound?? yelled the human as he become more confused with the sound growing louder.

?Well I guess you will have to see, now wont you.? Laughed Selipa as she flew slowly back, away from her enemy.

For in a short moment did the air grow extremely hot around the human, panic starting to drip down the side of his head. Was he curious to what was about to happen, but still his fear building up in his throat until a huge scream came from his lowered jaw. The Saiya-jin?s attack had broken into the ground a fissure and released the pressure of lava that was building under the soil. The hot molten rock was taking to the air in a pillar form all the way under where the human was positioned but was running out of steam to gain additional height into the atmosphere before it started to fall back to the land of Dante. However before descending back down was a single drop expelled from the tower of lava and landing on the rear of the humans bottom. With the pain burning into the humans butt could the Saiya-jin girl be found laughing. Falling onto he flipside in the air were tears of delight declining down her face.

?See I told you to look out.? Continued to laugh Selipa as she thought about when she first had landed on the planet and then made the comparison to her mother?s stern. It would have seemed that the circle had come around upon her foes bottom.

[Raz]

"Alright, let?s go." Bulma spoke as group headed out from the bunker, leaving off in the direction that the area code named under "D" laid in. The tracking was anything but easy... encountering thickets of the largest trees the youth had ever laid eyes on became little more then a boring detour as they continued.

"Hm hm hm... hm hm hm hm... hm hm hm ... hm hm hm hm." The humming of the child that would have sent any sane being into a rush of pure hatred was little more then a breeze to his two older companions. Bulma, being the mother that she was, simply looked on as if Goten hadn't been making a sound... 16 was used to the small annoyances of the Saiya-jin so it made little difference what he did now compared to the past problems. As the small Saiya-jin was making his rounds to go into the second chorus of his song there was a sudden pressure in his lower gut. Blinking blankly he looked up to the two ahead of him as spoke.
"I gotta go!" The youth said with urgency to receive a chuckle from both android and human alike, Bulma nodding as he waved her hand off towards a tree.
"Go on then, we'll walk a little slower so you can catch up." The cyan haired mother smiled and turned back to the walk with the carrot top android who strode ahead of her by a few steps. Goten thankfully retreated over to a tree askewer of the path, stopping abruptly with a sigh as he dropped his pants slightly to pee against the tree. Smiling briskly as he finished up... yet... something was wrong. He was suddenly three inches shorter and his ankles had sunk into the ground... eyes widening the demi Saiyan struggled to get himself free, Bulma and 16 having already left gave him no hope of help.

The short warrior groaned as he felt his feet beginning to slide out of his boots, knowing that if he lost the only pair of shoes he had available that he would be suffering when the chill wrapped itself about him as he had been feeling lately. Trees above showing leafs containing small flakes of frost that had gathered blissfully, a breeze blowing by containing the light hint of a frigid gasp... air began to press down under the small Saiyan as he began forcing his ki down against the ground... at first it looked as though this would come of no avail but was quickly mislead as the stout child propelled himself upward above the ground, boots and all, to hover within the air.
"Hahaha!" The demi Saiya-jin did a little mid-air dance of victory as he stuck his tongue out at the spot where he had been held in. "Take that!"
"Indeed..." An umbrous and deep voice said, almost choking the happiness strait from joyous little party as a figure stepped forward from the midst of the trees.

The shrouded man wasn't all that tall, standing at least a good five foot eight at his peak with a heavy build hidden under but a black tank top that had seen better days. Completed with a pair of deep maroon boots as well as a pair of abyss colored pants that hung loosely from his legs, it seemed as though he were just looking for a fight. His hair was long, standing on end in waves flowing to the back of his head... and, of course, that black metal collar beeping about his neck with a habitual red blinking light upon one side of it matching that of Goten's own collar.
"Wha?..." The youth spun about in a confused manner as he landed his eyes upon the stranger in a half innocent fashion.
"You have a collar, which means you are libel to die... I'm the insurance that you will die... too bad you didn't save the receipt." The man spoke in a darkly endowed tone as he moved even further away from the trees he stood near, eyes singled upon the child as Goten's high descended rapidly before touching down against the ground. Clearly it hadn't been apparent to the young one that this was a tournament, not some social gathering where displays of power were given... but that quickly cleared up as the shadowed fighter dashed forward in assault against the tiny warrior, the liquid mud that the path between the two had been loosely paved with kicked up in the wake of his rush.

The air drifted peacefully between the branches of the trees as if it were some sort of magic amidst in the area that would bring this awkward silence... but that only lasted a moment... a stray ki blast bolted through the natural guardians of the forest to slam heavily against the side of one, causing an almost snapping like sound to fill the air, another jolted past to cause the same effect on a nearby tree as two figures dashed through the timberland. Goten's small frame wheeled backwards as his hair flapped franticly in front of his eyes, watching as the man in black threw storm after storm of sizable blasts at the young warrior.
"I can't run forever! But first I gotta get up and outta these trees!" Goten told himself as he looked up, seeing a sign of the heavenly light shining through the thick grove of leaves above him. Closing his eyes he darted upward and through the thicket, emerging above the tree tops... and at the edge of the forest... his head turning to see a wasteland. Snow fell, indeed it did, but didn't touch the ground. It seemed as though a continuous volley of heat that rose up from the earth itself melted any sort of frozen spectacle from touching down, making the heated water from the melted snow flakes land in mush wakes, forming a marsh like grounding about the random vents of heated air.
"Caught ya." A deep voice abruptly brought the adolescent back to attention, but a moment too late. The man's hand grasped heavily upon Goten's ankle in a catch as he turned quickly, whirling the toddler around in a whirlwind spin before releasing his hold, sending Goten flying downward at a break neck speed. With a crash and a splash the young Saiya-jin was submerged in scolding hot water, causing him to open his closed eyes suddenly and burst forth from the heated prison.

"Hehehe, toasty, ain't it?" The dark man said as he lowered himself to float just above the waters of the mossy area, a steam vent breaking up from beneath the marsh waters to blow its heated air into the sky. "Active volcano... makes for perfect killing grounds."
"That hurt!" Goten said mending to a small red mark on his hand where he had pushed off of the hot waters with, glancing up as his eyes narrowed. "I don't even know who you are!"
"Kelz," The fighter said vociferously over the roar of several other hot geysers erupting from below. "And I will be your killer today."

It was obvious that this 'Kelz' was no human nor a member of the staff Synex promised would be going around making bunk-calls on all the participants... in fact, this might be a participant. His strength was about that to fit in with anyone else?s in this tournament, Goten's small sense of ki gave the hint that he was something other then both a reptile that he had felt off Burter or a Saiya-jin that he and his father had both been accustomed to holding.
"Let's get rolling." Kelz pronounced without a moment's hesitation as he shot forward again, waves lapping in either direction as he approached Goten in a rush, bringing his right elbow up as well as a mockingly challenging grin which lay upon his lips. Goten's arm coming up as he blocked the jab of the elbow, eyes widening as Kelz's leg swings about to nail him in the side, catapulting the youth to the right with the dark man closing in quickly on his tail. A grunt coming from the child as he regained composure, spinning about upside down with his hands positioned with palms aimed at his attacker.
"Kamekame-Ha!" Goten said quickly, with the quickness of the attack it wasn't very effective. A small beam darting out to burst in a rush of smoke against Kelz's chest, the fighter bursting forth from his dusted aura to throw a punch into the demi Saiyan's stomach. Goten's teeth clutching as he was tossed away by the fighter, skating along the heated lake in a hurried pace, trying to figure the next best position for attack... till it struck him. Turning about onto his stomach facing backwards, the youth gave a quick push of ki energy as he bolted himself back at his opponent. Waves curling left and right of him as Kelz had done on his approach as the distance between the two decreased quickly.

"Little... just die already." Kelz whispered to himself as he jumped higher into the air, Goten following him up to meet in fist to fist combat. A sense of seriousness hanging in the child's eyes as he threw two quick jabs simultaneously with his right hand, blocked simply by Kelz's extended right forearm which remained risen as Goten's right arm reared back as if setting itself for another punch... but instead, the child spun backwards, slamming the heel of his right foot against the side of the man's face, distorting him for a moment as he drifted uselessly in mid air. The hybrid's saiyanistic instincts taking over as no mercy filled his mind, dashing above Kelz, he held his hands up over his head in a fist, bringing it down heavily upon his opponent's back to send him careening down into the mossy lake below. With a large splash echoing, Goten darted higher, spinning once to position him directed toward were the bubbles coming up in the liquid began to grow.
"Err..." The snarl on his lips began to grow as Goten's hands began to glow... radiating with a pulse as energy leaped in bounds from his palms, an aura becoming known as the youth began to throw his hands forward, first slowly... then picking up... more and more rapidly until a wave of ki bolts darted downward in between Goten and the lake that now glistened in the color of the ki, shining in a brilliance only an artist could come to appreciate. The demi Saiya-jin now floated tiredly, panting up a storm as the water droplets that had become air born lowered down into the heated pond again, his hands hissed violently as they hadn't been used to pushing as many blasts as he had at one time.

Goten's upper lip twitched slightly as his mind tried to master what had happened, what drove him to do that? As his mind wondered a being below slowly emerged from the wake of the water, battered and bruised... strength still in him... his jaw moving slowly as a senzu bean was grinded down between his teeth, filling his body with a sense of new power...

[Old Selipa]

With the human Tray in great pain, his hands tried to calm the soreness to a little while each finger stroked gently up and down on his butt chicks. Turning is torso around to see the damage made while the Saiya-jin girl continued to laugh only a few meters away Tray saw a hole in his fabric, a burnt mark from the molten rock that had landed on his bottom.

Breaking away from the sight the human burst out his aura all around himself, accompanying with a scream of hatred for the girl. Tray was powering up so to do harm upon the fragile soft tissue of the black haired female. Selipa stopping her on going crack of amusement rose back to her fighting stance readying herself for a scuffle. As she did so was the human on his way to fight, placing out his hands in a attack formation Tray wanted to catch the girl off guard and plummet her to the ground. With no such luck Selipa was able to dodge the oncoming hand and counter with a side kick, however being fast and landing her attack on the side torso of the human did he not move an inch before grabbing Selipa by her short beautiful hair and throwing the Saiya-jin to the ground.

With the hot wind growing in temperature Selipa pushed away form the ground, and thus slowed down the motion she was coming to the land at. Shaking her head the Saiya-jin looked up at her opponent, he had gained a good sum of power with his power up. But it should not have been a problem for the Saiya-jin; she to would only have to elevate her Ki and then attack for a triumph.

Taking into account the fans of DA Selipa knew that a final act with a dramatic attack would gain her the favour of the viewers and not a quick finishing. With this decided Selipa burst out her crisp blue aura and flew towards the sky, closing the gap between her and the human name Tray Selipa vanished before the big log hoping that her intelligence would prolong the battle and try to earn her some points.

?Where did the monkey go now?? thought the human, as he saw no signs of the Saiya-jin girl anywhere. Closing his eyes and focusing on his hearing the sound of disjointing air molecules separated around him. Realizing that the female youth was flying around him at great speeds he continued to listen in to when she would slow down and attack. As the human had thought he was correct in that the Saiya-jin slowed down and turned in the direction for an attack to the upper regions of the body. But knowing all this ahead of time before the attack was to happen, did the human being open his eyes and coil in the air just as Selipa had rematerialize with her hand out full. With panic on the girls face was she fast the find out that Tray had been on to her the hole time. Looking at him dead in the eyes she saw him smile before turning around faster then she had seen him do and kick Selipa in the same location where she had tried to attack him. But this time the blow flung the Saiya-jin girl to the ground at immense speed giving the girl little to no time in making any come back.

Falling through the atmosphere with her common sense being knocked out the Saiya-jin tried to slow her decent down to the land but with no luck she could feel her skin start to cook form the vibrating heat. Sweat having not the time to drip flew off her skin and vaporized before not long leaving. Selipa knowing she had not the power currently to stop her rapid drop. Formed her Ki-Shield around herself just as she was about to strike the land.

The wind curved if as a bubble were to be made and the land too, making a crack the lands soil was sent into the air. Not being able to see the Saiya-jin girl due to the dust let lose in the air Tray now laughed at the pitiful Saiya-jin.

?See, little monkey I am truly greater then you will ever be.? Yelled the human being from his elevated position.

But Selipa was not about to give up, with her blood running thick now. Her uncontaminated Saiya-jin heart gave her strength to stand once more.

[Raz]

"Hey, the name's Kirano. Nice to meet ya'!" A voice called from below, obtaining Goten's attention as he turned to look at the image curiously, not hearing fully what he said.
"What-!?" As the child asked there was a suddenly break of movement and a thrust of force, the hybrid's eyes opened wide as his mouth gasped openly for air. Floating in front of him with his arm extended was the figure of Kelz with his arm extended and fist dug deep into Goten's gut... his teeth gritted tightly as he attempted to regain himself, turning his head back to his opponent with his arm hand risen, bringing it forward in a small punch which his opponent shook off with a smirk.
"That last little attack actually had me worried, ya know?" The dark fighter said with a half interest floating in his voice. "Where did a little tike like you get that much strength?"

Goten hadn't the words nor breath to answer as he stayed positioned on the fist of his attacker, his eyes closing slightly as liquid formed at the side of his eyes. "I can do better then this... I gotta make Dad proud of me!" The demi Saiyan's last thought brought on a moment of strength for him as he looked up with a sudden determination in his eyes, bringing his hands down to clutch Kelz's wrist he swung himself up and free from the fist into a handstand on the opposing fighter's arm.
"The hel-" Breathed from his lips for only a second as a downward trust from above slammed heavily upon his head, Goten had rolled down to bring the back of his heels down on Kelz. Floating freely and correctly standing, the youth looked down as his opponent crashed down into the waters below again, jumping back out with a ferocious look on his face.
"I'm getting tired of getting knocked in there, ya little bastard!" He bellowed as his right arm extended out to his side, a second's silence then there was a loud humming as a purple blade like aura shot up from around his fist. Reaching a good foot and a half from his fist before stopping at a point, a grin now on his lips as he yelled forth. "Chop up the midgets..."
"Err... come on!" Goten shouted, very unlike his nature which was a happy-go-lucky thought about everything.

Kelz dashed forward with the blade drawn back, making a quick swing towards the hybrid who narrowly escaped the strike by bending backwards to let the blade hover over his stomach. Moving back up as the blade passed over him, dashing forward again only to dodge another thrust by ducking down under it. As that attack passed over Goten suddenly swung backwards, pulling in his legs quickly to release them so that his feet crashed diligently against Kelz's chest, pushing him backwards a good distance away.
"Ka... Me..." The youth was going for it again... his hands swerving back to his right side as they cuffed, a ball of energy now vibrating in his hands as the child's eyes narrowed upon his target.
"Ka... Me..." The energy sphere grew larger as he repeated the first chant, an aura now vibrantly hovering around his hands as he saw Kelz regain himself. Turning with a sudden hate in his eyes as he dashed forwards toward Goten with his ki blade extended out to pierce the child's chest... nearing closer... and closer... until...

"HA!" Goten threw his hands forward to expose his enemy to the attack, a wave of energy bursting as the child deliver his assault. Kelz becoming caught in the blast as he was thrown backwards in flight, teeth bearing in a snarl as he caught his ground against the muddy ground of the lake below. Pushed downward so that the waters spread out about him as he continued to hold back Goten's attack.
"Little bastard!" He shouted as his ki blade disintegrated away from his hand, looking up with fire in his eyes as he continued to hold back the attack with deteriorating determination...

(OOC: Up to staff now if the attack kills Kelz now.)

[Old Selipa]

As Tray looked down from his secure position lofty in the atmosphere the dust from the Saiya-jin?s landing had started to clear out, slowly revealing the rivers of lave and the hole the girl?s body had created. In the center of the crack when the dust had finally cleared out to the extent of viewing substance, Selipa stood strong her head down and her arms lose.

?What she still stands? But how it was a direct kick with all my might.? Thought the human as his eyes grew extensive with terror and panic. The horror that the Siaya-jin may not have been lying, that she may be stronger then him. But as he started to drip sweat the young female lost her balance and almost fell to the ground. ??Ha!!! I knew it she is damage. That little monkey has more determination than I expected but it will only prolong the pain.? Said the calmed down fighter not knowing that Selipa hand not powered up to her full strength yet.

As the Saiya-jin girl waddled back and forth the outer edges of the puncture she stood in started to cave in with little streams of molten rock. Flowing in all directions at great speeds down to the middle where she stood half knocked out. ?That human thinks his won? The fight has only started.? Whispered the girl in a soft tendency. Stabilizing her feet and raising her arms to the side with her head still down the Saiya-jin called forth her ?KI-Shield? defense attack. With the lava coming closer and almost ready to reach her Selipa was protected by her energy barrier that she hoped would block the volcanic emission for a short time just until it covered her from sight. ?If this doesn?t get the crowds attention I don?t know what will.? thought the Saiya-jin to herself as the lava brushed up against her energy shield.

Increasing the power of it to its maximum Selipa could still feel the warmth start to eat at her skin. She had burnt the side of her arm from the extremely hot soil when she crashed into the ground and her left arm was somewhat damaged. As Tray looked high above the ground in happiness to the fact that he had won the battle due to the lava engulfing Selipa. Now the Saiya-jin was completely covered under the thick liquid. Her bubble of protection beginning to close on her Selipa had to do the action she had been planning out now or die.

With a quick thrust of her head back and the grinding of her teeth reverse and forward in her mouth, the Saiya-jin tightened her grip and screamed with all she could give. Understanding that this could not be a smart move due to it giving her location away she hopped to be long gone if anyone where to arrive on the scene. As her aura exploded around her the bubble expanded for a short moment until she knew the act could be pulled off. With a greater scream the shield detonated with a twirl motion and sparkles that up-shot with a tint of racing crystal blue from the rising Saiya-jin. The Lava danced all around the shorthaired girl in beauty to the eyes beholder. Though on closer examination her blood vessels could be seen she expected not to worry about such a small detail. All the girl could concentrate on was controlling her energy flow into making the lava seem to salsa around her. With her aura doing its own grace she rose from the molten rock lagoon and lowered her hands down opening her fingers as a final act of the play.

With her legs crossed and her hands gently floating in her blue aura she rose to the elevation of the human Tray. Looking him dead in the eyes she was about to win this battle no matter what the cost. She would show him that the truth of the heart and mind wins in life and not the evil sinister beings. Selipa?s training with the Namek-jin people had truly helped enlighten her mind and goodness within, she was sure that she would win against a low level fighter such as the human.

?Lets begin the real fight now Bubba.? Stated the Saiya-jin girl with passion burning in her eyes.

?Lets, shall we,? added the human.

Both flew to each other placing blow after blow and explosion to follow the next, a true light show was blinding the sky with its style. Selipa making tricks in the air and so to with her opponent each one was going to show the other who was the best fighter. As the fight went on as each landed several kicks and punches where the two now in a hand lock with each other grabbing deeply into their hands fleshy tissue. The white and blue aura from each colliding and making a wave of elegance however in the center the Saiya-jin trusted her head forward as too did the human. Both beings once again doing this action again and again. As each encounter was the light around the sky to brighten and the clouds to coil away from their mighty attacks.

Cuts beining to run blood down each ones forehead did Selipa cry her heart into her hands forcing her Ki to flow into each finger. ?Now perish before the Saiya-jin kind, I am a warrior and I can not run from whom I am. Feel my power you foolish human being.? Said the youth, a true Saiya-jin breed. ?Ball of Doom.? As the words where spoken with her breath and saliva little energy orbs started to form at the end of each of her fingertips. With the pumping of energy into the end of each orb two spheres where created around the hands of both Selipa and Tray, combining into one ball of energy Selipa let lose of her grip on the humans hands and pushed more power into her attack that expanded to the size of a full grown body. ?Take it human!? yelled the youth as she pushed her attack.

The burning ball of red energy made its way to the ground covering the human and destroying his cloths of his body. Making contact with the ground an explosion rose to the heavens taking anything that stood in its path. After the light of power came to a drop Selipa lowered herself to the injured human. Her attack was for show and getting the attention of the viewers but still powerful enough to end the fight with Tray. The humanoid lay on the ground blood making its way down all his body and face. His hands burnt the tissue could be smelt in the air.

?Good fight but its over give up and surrender. Its obvious you have lost to me, have your pride and surrender.? Said the Siaya-jin as she looked down upon the human feeling a pain for what she had done but also knowing that each and every person knew what they would be getting themselves into when they joined the tournament.

OOC: Fight ended. Verdict please.

[Bardock]

Warriors were on the move. It had not taken long for more powerful fighters to enter Area D. What was once considered a safe place was no longer sanctuary. Bardock had figured if he laid low in one of the starting areas, everyone would move on to the farthermost points and he could pick off the weaker ones who stayed behind. Unfortunately for him, his plan wasn?t working. Not only had he wasted most of the day standing idly by, the balance of supremacy in the scope was no longer in his favor. It never was, but even more overwhelming energies were crowding the sultry flats.

The Saiya-jin wiped a thick sheen of sweat from his brow. The bloodstained bandana he kept tied around his forehead was soaked to the last thread with perspiration. His surrounding environment was reminiscent of Hell, a place he did not intend to go back to lightly. At the very thought, a strange weakness overcame him. Bardock?s mouth went cotton dry, and the effects his lack of replenishing fluids in the sweltering environment were having seemed tenfold. Deep, ragged breaths escaped his lips as he fell to his knees. Terrible memories flooded his mind that he had sought so hard to suppress: his stay on Earth, the strange child, his death, and the misery and emptiness that consumed him in the lower dimension. Bardock howled in frustration and shook his head, sending beads of liquid exudation everywhere. Focus. Get back in the game. Precious time had already been thrown away. He was not that man anymore. Not anymore. A hand clapped over his face, wiping the salty liquid away.

?Damn waste of time. I?ve got to get moving before I?m eliminated?or I?ve just thrown away my second shot at life for nothing,? he told himself. The ground on which he stood seemed to steam in its agreement. His breathing did not ease. He had to get out of here. This place was starting to affect his mind. Bardock stood up.

Harsh winds suddenly blew past, bringing with it a torrent of sand and dust. Bardock brought up an arm to shield his eyes from the disturbing granules of earth. His sharp Saiyan senses detected the sound of boots scraping against rock. Someone was coming. At last he?d been found. It was a wonder why no one had come for him sooner. But who was this? Robbed of clear sight, the black-haired bruiser was forced to rely on his other senses. His mind threw out a metaphysical net, scrying for a body of Ki. Directly in his path was an obscure figure marching towards him. Judging by the resonance of the footsteps, the stranger was of medium build and weight. The seconds in between each crunch of dirt was paced, deliberate, moderate speed. Whoever it was did not make any secrets about their approach. Bardock assumed it was some kind of hominal biped, ruling out any hostile inhabitants of the planet. The evolved ape turned to face this new threat. Nearby, the barrier hummed and sizzled hungrily. First fight, first blood.

OOC: Nothing fancy, been busy with work and all that good shit. <=(

[Reijin]

Fights:

Goten vs. Kelz
"Little RUNT!" Kelz screamed, his aura flaring up all around him. He forced back the beam with such intensity that a backwash of power spread through out the beam, rippling along the outside and finally striking Goten. Goten flew back, flipping through the sky until he finally hit the dirt next to Kirano.

"OW!" he screamed, holding his head. He rolled up to his feet, and looked up for his opponent. He turned, searching and scanning the sky, until he finally lowered his fists. "Hey... Where'd he go? No fair!" Goten growled angrily.

Kirano walked up laughing. "Apparently he got scared and ran while you were down. Come on, let's get a soda or something."

Goten's eyes followed the clouds, and he finally saw the energy trail dissipating in the distance. He knew that he'd face Kelz again. And then, he'd beat him. "Sure... Why not..." he answered distracted.

Goten: +1 point

Selipa vs. Tray
Selipa stood over Tray's wounded form. "Do you seek wish to give up, human?" she sneered. She recieved no answer. A growl spread on her lips, and she kicked his side in anger. "SURRENDER!" she screamed, and then realized that he'd made no response. A slight smile crossed her face, and she stepped over the form at her feet, and kneeled down, looking the other fighter in the eyes. They were glazed over. She smiled, and reached down, grasping the head by the sides. Just to make sure he was truely dead, she snapped his neck, and then rose. "That should get their attention."

Selipa: +1 point, +5,000 zeni