[5] The Final Ten

[Friend or Foe]

Ares could see Wizard. After the blast from the Saibaman, both he and his white-haired opponent had been thrown from the battlefield, smashing into one of the fiery buildings nearby. It was crumbling, but still a long way from actually caving in on itself. The saiyan in him caused him to stir, to try and stand again and fight this old weakling known as Oliver Nash. But the explosion had taken too much out of him. All he could do was growl.

Nash was practically passed out. He thought he had been hallucinating when he saw a familiar pink-haired girl walking by the burning house. He couldn't call out to her, but it turned out it wasn't necessary. She saw the two men laying on the floor, separated by about ten feet of burned plywood floors. She stepped in the doorway, but didn't say anything, just trying to get the situation.

She recognized Oliver Nash immediately, but not the other man. Both were too abused to say anything, but Wizard did his best to raise an arm to her.

Deciding against helping them, Rose suddenly turned around to walk out. Upon stepping her foot outside of the building again, a flash of blue light flew across the front of the store, catching her with it. It was like she had been carried off out of sight, leaving only her shoes remaining in place where she stood.

"What..." Nash mumbled, starting to get his energy back. "What the...?"

More footsteps. Another woman walked into the smoking structure that once was a saloon. She set down a large blue cannon and walked over to Ares without missing a beat. The beautiful, busty female knelt down and stuffed a bean inbetween his lips. "Chew," she demanded. "Swallow."

Following instruction, Ares took in the senzu bean. Within a couple moments, he sat up, still dirty from his battles, but for the most part, completely scratchless. He stood up and nodded to his savior, then looked over at Oliver Nash.

"Leave him," the woman demanded. "He lives. We arn't done with him."

Ares looked at the girl. He recognized the description of her body to be one Trisha Demolic. It was a good thing he had heard the stories from Kaden and Piper, even if they were in passing and not very detailed. All he knew was they fought him, and they won. Supposedly.

Ignoring her orders, Ares walked over to Nash as he stumbled to his knees, trying to get up. An ankle collided with his ribs, the toe of the show smashing into the elder's chest, causing him to recoil and smash backwards into the bar of the pub. "Asshole," Ares spat.

With that, he turned and walked out with his savior, leaving Oliver Nash to burn alive inside the smoldering ruins known as the Olde Town Saloon.


















(Rose is eliminated, teleported far away. Wizard wins a Battle Charger)