03-10-2009, 06:41 AM
Smoke streamed like fire from where the dual charges collided headlong with their respective target now residing within the thick cloudy barrier, nothing more but the sound of steadily heaving breaths resonating from ground zero while the echo of the clash waned.
From the blissful silence broke an utterance from inside the haze.
"Did it hurt?" addressing the damage done on the elder Saiyan, Ares' voice rang out dripping in venom coming from the dissipating murk with a vengeance. Visible through the thinning fog his figure began to define, forearms crossed out in front of his face still adorn in their glaring crimson coating with hands turned out, fingers buckled.
His arms lowered simultaneously releasing the condensed energy built up within them, gradually bringing the color of his skin back to its normal hue. Blood trickled down his chin from the upward curve of his smirk from where his defense leaked; his shirt torn at the shoulder where one of the blasts grazed him close enough to draw fluid.
"More than I anticipated," Ares raised his arm, wiping the blood off on his sleeve. "But if you think that's where it ends-" dropping the arm to his side his head mockingly motioned them on. "There’s more to a true Saiyan warrior than you think."
"Cocky shit." Dimitri grumbled irritably.
Kokukashin forced a chuckle only now feeling the pain subsiding from his stomach. "So... money, is it? That's what this is about?" biding his time to recover from the shot, the elder questioned.
"Hardly." the hunter replied casually.
"Then what?" snapped the youth at halfling's leisurely attitude.
Ares turned his head towards the sky, toying with his lip with the back of his finger with a thoughtful expression on his face. "Not sure entirely. Guess I'll just have to wait and see."
Sputtering something of a growl, Koku turned towards Dimitri "One more like that, got it?" he muttered, receiving a nod from his younger cohort- but Ares was already upon them. The hired wrangler leapt at them bringing the full weight of his body down into the punch with Dimitri's skull as the destination of choice.
Almost instantly the young full-bred planted himself solidly to absorb the girth of the force as he caught the blow, drawing back and launching a strike of his own with his free hand that in turn found its way into Ares' waiting palm. Using both firm grips between them the hybrid hoisted himself up and over in a flip, twisting about behind Dimi with a leg in full swing again towards the Saiya-jin's waiting head.
Koku foresaw the moment of advantage, already in the process of rearing back a hand blistering with waiting energy for deployment. Taking the chance, he let loose a blast at an exposed point in the hunter's screen which would've connected hadn't Ares taken into account the Saiyan's supernatural ability. Leaning himself back ever so slightly allowed the assault to darted harmlessly by while losing momentum to his spin, the elder Saiyan had at least succeeded in throwing off the attack.
Taking the opening, Dimitri seized the half-Saiyan by the leg unexpectedly, turning as he slammed Ares down against the hard asphalt spider webbing at the point of contact. Barring a look of determination the Saiyan fighter drag the prisoner in a full circle till the captured warrior was able to whip himself around, taking his foot across the youth's face. Released but still in motion he slid, crashing with his back against a wooden stand along the sidewalk several yards away.
"Now! Fire!" both worked in perfect unison, their hands flowing out from their bodies after a short charge, releasing bolts of raw energy... but Ares was prepared this time.
Directly after an energy attack there was the briefest split second pause by which the two retracted from once their blasts had been dealt, the abuse suffered from the first wave hadn't been entirely for show. Working through sheer thrill of the fight, Ares rose gaining footing as he produced four tranquilizers from his pouch, diving from the course of the two separate energy shots as he flung his four projectiles in line with the two Saiyans.
From the blissful silence broke an utterance from inside the haze.
"Did it hurt?" addressing the damage done on the elder Saiyan, Ares' voice rang out dripping in venom coming from the dissipating murk with a vengeance. Visible through the thinning fog his figure began to define, forearms crossed out in front of his face still adorn in their glaring crimson coating with hands turned out, fingers buckled.
His arms lowered simultaneously releasing the condensed energy built up within them, gradually bringing the color of his skin back to its normal hue. Blood trickled down his chin from the upward curve of his smirk from where his defense leaked; his shirt torn at the shoulder where one of the blasts grazed him close enough to draw fluid.
"More than I anticipated," Ares raised his arm, wiping the blood off on his sleeve. "But if you think that's where it ends-" dropping the arm to his side his head mockingly motioned them on. "There’s more to a true Saiyan warrior than you think."
"Cocky shit." Dimitri grumbled irritably.
Kokukashin forced a chuckle only now feeling the pain subsiding from his stomach. "So... money, is it? That's what this is about?" biding his time to recover from the shot, the elder questioned.
"Hardly." the hunter replied casually.
"Then what?" snapped the youth at halfling's leisurely attitude.
Ares turned his head towards the sky, toying with his lip with the back of his finger with a thoughtful expression on his face. "Not sure entirely. Guess I'll just have to wait and see."
Sputtering something of a growl, Koku turned towards Dimitri "One more like that, got it?" he muttered, receiving a nod from his younger cohort- but Ares was already upon them. The hired wrangler leapt at them bringing the full weight of his body down into the punch with Dimitri's skull as the destination of choice.
Almost instantly the young full-bred planted himself solidly to absorb the girth of the force as he caught the blow, drawing back and launching a strike of his own with his free hand that in turn found its way into Ares' waiting palm. Using both firm grips between them the hybrid hoisted himself up and over in a flip, twisting about behind Dimi with a leg in full swing again towards the Saiya-jin's waiting head.
Koku foresaw the moment of advantage, already in the process of rearing back a hand blistering with waiting energy for deployment. Taking the chance, he let loose a blast at an exposed point in the hunter's screen which would've connected hadn't Ares taken into account the Saiyan's supernatural ability. Leaning himself back ever so slightly allowed the assault to darted harmlessly by while losing momentum to his spin, the elder Saiyan had at least succeeded in throwing off the attack.
Taking the opening, Dimitri seized the half-Saiyan by the leg unexpectedly, turning as he slammed Ares down against the hard asphalt spider webbing at the point of contact. Barring a look of determination the Saiyan fighter drag the prisoner in a full circle till the captured warrior was able to whip himself around, taking his foot across the youth's face. Released but still in motion he slid, crashing with his back against a wooden stand along the sidewalk several yards away.
"Now! Fire!" both worked in perfect unison, their hands flowing out from their bodies after a short charge, releasing bolts of raw energy... but Ares was prepared this time.
Directly after an energy attack there was the briefest split second pause by which the two retracted from once their blasts had been dealt, the abuse suffered from the first wave hadn't been entirely for show. Working through sheer thrill of the fight, Ares rose gaining footing as he produced four tranquilizers from his pouch, diving from the course of the two separate energy shots as he flung his four projectiles in line with the two Saiyans.