03-10-2009, 01:13 PM
Orion coughed, expelling a layer of dust from his lungs in a puffy cloud. He had sustained minor injuries so far, but this Zena held in her the unbridled fury of a saiyan warrior, despite her impure blood. Obviously, however, it had been quite some time since she had either fought, or let her fighting spirit control her battle. Those maniacal, unrestrained bouts of laughter showed an unusual sense of enthusiasm, even as a saiyan. Orion loved a fight as much as the next saiyan, but never did he act in a manner as Zena, nor had he seen one of his race.
Standing to his feet, the cyclopian saiyan brushed off the rocky debris from his crash landing off his shoulder. Zena was still laying on the ground.
"Get up," Orion ordered, cracking his knuckles. "You wanted a fight to the death, and now you're motionless after that warm-up? Are you sure you're saiyan?"
A light feminine chuckle emanated from Zena as she sat up, her left hand shaded red.
"Oh, I'm sure," she said with a sly smile. Pain flowed from her wrist; she reveled in the sensation. "Just enjoying the moment."
Orion grunted. "I don't have time for games, child."
Raising a hand, the elder warrior fired an energy bolt. Quickly igniting his blue aura, he gave chase after his own attack. The unprovoked move forced Zena to evaluate her situation. Unfortunately for Orion, she could see through the attack. Trailing close behind, the one eyed fighter expected the half blood to bat the ki blast away, clearing the way for a surprise melee smash.
Zena leapt to her feet, dropping into a combat stance just as the energy wave approached her. She waited for the split second --
She dematerialised. The ki attack sailed through empty space where Orion anticipated a deflection or block. The split second of confusion was capitalised further when Zena's form reappeared above her foe. Orion turned around just in time for the hybrid to deliver a stunning kick to his jaw. The momentum of the strike knocked the veteran fighter to the ground.
"Hahahaha!" Zena laughed.
Orion smudged the trickle of blood from his mouth with the back of his hand. "I'll admit, I wasn't expecting that."
"I'm full of surprises."
"I bet you are."
A brilliant flash of light engulfed Zena's sight, as if a blinding sun detonated right in front of her. Moments later, she recognised the familiar sound and heat of an energy wave approaching. Orion stood at the opposite end, one arm fully extended, funneling his inner energy into the amazingly abrupt attack.
Zena chuckled, readying both hands in retaliation. "We tried this already, remember? Stalemate?" Ki pooled into her palms. "Oh well."
Thrusting palms forward, Zena mimicked her adversary's movements, firing her own column of energy. The two beams collided, generating a powerful gust of wind that shattered the windows of the nearby dilapidated houses. Lightning snaked about the impact point, shaking the very earth they stood upon. Loose rocks broke free of the binds of gravity, hovering upwards. The grinding and sizzling of the ki waves blocked out almost every other sound.
Orion strained, sweat rolling down his face. Using a one handed ki blast against someone using both hands put him at a disadvantage straight away. Despite his inner affinity for energy usage, he couldn't overpower Zena with one limb.
But that was his plan all along.
The hemispheres of the opposing beams struggled against each other. As much as he tried to prevent it, Orion's ki wave was losing. Zena grinned in glee as she watched her side slowly pushing back her foe's energy column. In a moment, her attack would engulf Orion's, and him along with it.
"As much as I enjoy battles," the one eyed warrior called out over the deafening static, "I don't think you're in the same league as me. So if it's all the same to you, I'd like to end this. Now!"
Orion thrust his unused arm forward. His energy beam suddenly widened threefold as the extra ki screamed down the line. It shrunk back to its normal size after the initial flow, but now Zena was having trouble. Orion's natural skill in energy based attacks was shining through. His denser, augmented ki coursed through his blast, aggressively pushing the head of Zena's attack backwards.
"What?" she called out, her advantage vanishing before her eyes.
Orion bared his teeth, pouring as much power into his energy column as he could afford. To completely overcome her, he needed the element of surprise, letting her believe she was winning to lower her guard. Then, thanks to his talent in ki manipulation, a sudden bolster to the ki wave was enough to turn the tide.
"This ends ... NOW!" Orion roared, pulsing one last exertion of his ki into the furious energy contest.
"No!" Zena protested, but there was nothing she could do. Orion's blast overwhelmed her own, tearing it asunder. Now there was nothing left between the head of the beam and Zena. In desperate hopelessness, Zena shrieked as the light came to swallow her whole.
------
Orion dropped to a knee, trying to catch his breath. Wiping the thick droplets of sweat from his brow, he gazed at where Zena had been standing. A deep trench ran into the earth like a half-pipe where their energy blasts had crumbled the rocky foundation they stood upon. There was no sign of the eclectic half-saiyan female. Orion breathed a sigh of relief.
"I can't believe how close that was." He stood to his feet, brushing his hands over his chest. "For a fighter her age, she sure ---"
His reflection session was cut short by a ki ball rocketing towards him. Catching him off-guard, it exploded right before him, knocking him backwards into the faded wall of a nearby building. His back crashed against it, leaving a spider-web like crack in the stone. He caught himself on his hands and knees after the hit, looking up.
There stood Zena, her hand extended, obviously feeling the exhaustion factor as much as Orion.
"How ... how did you --?" Orion asked in amazement.
"I don't know," she murmured, her happy-go-lucky nature absent for the moment. "I guess I was just lucky."
"Lucky?"
Before Zena knew it, Orion's fist clashed against her cheek, jarring her head involuntarily to the right. The saiyan's rage came to show through his single eye. Just as Zena was about to soar away, Orion grasped her leg and spun her about, hurling her towards the same building that she herself launched him into. The hybrid's body penetrated the wall after being weakened by Orion. Dust blew out of the hole she created in the side of the building.
Orion walked solemnly towards the structure, fists balled. Finding the tranquiliser rifle on the ground that he was carrying earlier, he picked it up and pointed the barrel at the gaping hole where Zena passed through. He tried the fun way, but she wasn't going to comply. Now it was time for the easy way.
A single dart piercing into her skin, and that 100,000 zeni prize would be his.
Standing to his feet, the cyclopian saiyan brushed off the rocky debris from his crash landing off his shoulder. Zena was still laying on the ground.
"Get up," Orion ordered, cracking his knuckles. "You wanted a fight to the death, and now you're motionless after that warm-up? Are you sure you're saiyan?"
A light feminine chuckle emanated from Zena as she sat up, her left hand shaded red.
"Oh, I'm sure," she said with a sly smile. Pain flowed from her wrist; she reveled in the sensation. "Just enjoying the moment."
Orion grunted. "I don't have time for games, child."
Raising a hand, the elder warrior fired an energy bolt. Quickly igniting his blue aura, he gave chase after his own attack. The unprovoked move forced Zena to evaluate her situation. Unfortunately for Orion, she could see through the attack. Trailing close behind, the one eyed fighter expected the half blood to bat the ki blast away, clearing the way for a surprise melee smash.
Zena leapt to her feet, dropping into a combat stance just as the energy wave approached her. She waited for the split second --
She dematerialised. The ki attack sailed through empty space where Orion anticipated a deflection or block. The split second of confusion was capitalised further when Zena's form reappeared above her foe. Orion turned around just in time for the hybrid to deliver a stunning kick to his jaw. The momentum of the strike knocked the veteran fighter to the ground.
"Hahahaha!" Zena laughed.
Orion smudged the trickle of blood from his mouth with the back of his hand. "I'll admit, I wasn't expecting that."
"I'm full of surprises."
"I bet you are."
A brilliant flash of light engulfed Zena's sight, as if a blinding sun detonated right in front of her. Moments later, she recognised the familiar sound and heat of an energy wave approaching. Orion stood at the opposite end, one arm fully extended, funneling his inner energy into the amazingly abrupt attack.
Zena chuckled, readying both hands in retaliation. "We tried this already, remember? Stalemate?" Ki pooled into her palms. "Oh well."
Thrusting palms forward, Zena mimicked her adversary's movements, firing her own column of energy. The two beams collided, generating a powerful gust of wind that shattered the windows of the nearby dilapidated houses. Lightning snaked about the impact point, shaking the very earth they stood upon. Loose rocks broke free of the binds of gravity, hovering upwards. The grinding and sizzling of the ki waves blocked out almost every other sound.
Orion strained, sweat rolling down his face. Using a one handed ki blast against someone using both hands put him at a disadvantage straight away. Despite his inner affinity for energy usage, he couldn't overpower Zena with one limb.
But that was his plan all along.
The hemispheres of the opposing beams struggled against each other. As much as he tried to prevent it, Orion's ki wave was losing. Zena grinned in glee as she watched her side slowly pushing back her foe's energy column. In a moment, her attack would engulf Orion's, and him along with it.
"As much as I enjoy battles," the one eyed warrior called out over the deafening static, "I don't think you're in the same league as me. So if it's all the same to you, I'd like to end this. Now!"
Orion thrust his unused arm forward. His energy beam suddenly widened threefold as the extra ki screamed down the line. It shrunk back to its normal size after the initial flow, but now Zena was having trouble. Orion's natural skill in energy based attacks was shining through. His denser, augmented ki coursed through his blast, aggressively pushing the head of Zena's attack backwards.
"What?" she called out, her advantage vanishing before her eyes.
Orion bared his teeth, pouring as much power into his energy column as he could afford. To completely overcome her, he needed the element of surprise, letting her believe she was winning to lower her guard. Then, thanks to his talent in ki manipulation, a sudden bolster to the ki wave was enough to turn the tide.
"This ends ... NOW!" Orion roared, pulsing one last exertion of his ki into the furious energy contest.
"No!" Zena protested, but there was nothing she could do. Orion's blast overwhelmed her own, tearing it asunder. Now there was nothing left between the head of the beam and Zena. In desperate hopelessness, Zena shrieked as the light came to swallow her whole.
------
Orion dropped to a knee, trying to catch his breath. Wiping the thick droplets of sweat from his brow, he gazed at where Zena had been standing. A deep trench ran into the earth like a half-pipe where their energy blasts had crumbled the rocky foundation they stood upon. There was no sign of the eclectic half-saiyan female. Orion breathed a sigh of relief.
"I can't believe how close that was." He stood to his feet, brushing his hands over his chest. "For a fighter her age, she sure ---"
His reflection session was cut short by a ki ball rocketing towards him. Catching him off-guard, it exploded right before him, knocking him backwards into the faded wall of a nearby building. His back crashed against it, leaving a spider-web like crack in the stone. He caught himself on his hands and knees after the hit, looking up.
There stood Zena, her hand extended, obviously feeling the exhaustion factor as much as Orion.
"How ... how did you --?" Orion asked in amazement.
"I don't know," she murmured, her happy-go-lucky nature absent for the moment. "I guess I was just lucky."
"Lucky?"
Before Zena knew it, Orion's fist clashed against her cheek, jarring her head involuntarily to the right. The saiyan's rage came to show through his single eye. Just as Zena was about to soar away, Orion grasped her leg and spun her about, hurling her towards the same building that she herself launched him into. The hybrid's body penetrated the wall after being weakened by Orion. Dust blew out of the hole she created in the side of the building.
Orion walked solemnly towards the structure, fists balled. Finding the tranquiliser rifle on the ground that he was carrying earlier, he picked it up and pointed the barrel at the gaping hole where Zena passed through. He tried the fun way, but she wasn't going to comply. Now it was time for the easy way.
A single dart piercing into her skin, and that 100,000 zeni prize would be his.
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