Area B: Day Four

[Burter]

The smoke had already begun to clear out from it's place in the stasis, as Raditzu had planned. Burter's previous position was now uncovered, but the blue alien had moved as fast as he could to attepmt to hide. Inside the gravity vortex, Burter's dark figure was knelt along the side, looking at the saiyan who looked about for the reptilian, knowing he had to be somewhere soon. It would only be a matter of time before Burter was found.

The reptile's head was spinning, trying to weigh each option he had and how could he could affect the saiyan without harming himself. "Ugh..." a grunt came from him as he stood up, letting his presence be known. "I have to keep trying."

"Oh, there you are," Raditzu spun around to be face to face with Burter. "Are we having fun, yet?"

The reptilian only moved down into his traditional fighting stance, still thinking up ways in his head to defeat the powerhouse saiyan. "You are strong," Burter complimented.

"Oh," Rad grinned, "I know."

"But," Burter shook his head and began to shake slightly, summoning ki into his palms, which slowly formed and grew bigger and bigger. Both elbows cocked back, so his palms faced out towards the saiyan. "Your not unbeatable." With that said, a flash of blue shot across the stasis field, sending Raditzu into a defensive stance. He saw Burter coming and easily put both hands up, knowing that Burter had no chance to affect the saiyan. Unfortunetly, he hadn't thought of one thing.

That Burter would stop.

The saiyan looked up, foolishly letting his guard down for a moment. Burter was glaring daggers at him, both bulky arms outstretched award from his body. The two blasts simentaneously launched away from his palms and towards the now exposed Rad. Rad put his hands up just in time to knock one away, leaving his stomach open for the other. Burter watched as the saiyan fell back a couple steps before regaining his composure. The reptile could see Rad's surprised expression, but he could also see the slight grin he sported. He had hit Rad, sure...but he hadn't hurt him.

The two took a moment to look down from their own stasis, and see the faint outlines of another battle in the process. Android 18 was getting her fight from Cell, which could only prove fatal for one of them. The reptile remembered when he had first met the girl, on the Kai's planet, and sparred her for the first time. She was talented to say the least. Burter was snapped away from his thoughts when he suddenly saw Raditzu appear in front of his figure.

"Boo." Rad slammed his first with full force against Burter's gut, forcing Burter upwards and into the air for a few feet. He held his stomach for a few moments, trying to catch his breath from the sudden sneak attack. Raditzu chuckled when the reptile dropped down in front of him, a few feet away. "You shouldn't let your guard down," the saiyan taunted, cracking his knuckles. "Now, Burter, this has been fun and alll...but what say we finish this?"

Burter slowly moved to one knee, and then to the other. He could see Rad slowly moving towards him, keeping that same cocky grin on him. The reptilian couldn't get his image out of his head since the start of the deadly game. And now, here he was. Right there in front of him. And he couldn't beat him, no matter how hard he tried. "Okay...you win."

Rad looked confused for a moment, cocking his head. "Excuse me? Is Big Bad Burter giving up?" He smiled once more, kind of enjoying the fact the reptilian was being so weak.

The small little white flickers of the stasis continued as the two fell to silence. Burter wondered if was truly ready to stop. But he kept telling himself, over and over...Why fight a battle I can't win? Why punish myself?

Inside, Burter could hear the voice pulsing through his chest, up his blood stream, and into his ears. Lakon, his late brother...he could hear the wiser reptile speaking to him, as if he had been there all along. The saiyan warrior only watched as Burter knelt there, weak and tired, ready to give up. He had no idea what Burter was hearing. The voice rang through, and Burter could hear every hissed word. Why fight what your destined to lose?, said the hissed voice inside his skull. [/I]Because, Burter, reptilian warrior, you only lose when you give up. If you can say you gave him everything you got, you didn't lose.[/i]

"Well?" Raditzu seemed a bit impatient, folding his arms over his chest. "Ready to quit?" He looked down upon the beaten alien, sighing at how easy this had begun. "I did expect more of a challenge from you."

His muscules strained against his huge weight, but somehow Burter managed to stand, and then only smile upon Rad's face. "This isn't over yet. Not by a long shot." With those words said, the reptile walked away with an after glow from the supernatual experience. He could still feel the power from his brother, hovering around him in his aura. Then Burter turned around after walking about fifthteen steps, and let one loud scream.

"This isn't over, I said! I have one trick up my sleeve, RADITZUUUUUUUUUU!" Burter's power began to spike once more, sending his aura into a churray of several different colors. Rad didn't even flinch as his power raised and the aura went from whire to green to red. He made no expressions at all, but only watched as Burter's rage and determination gave him the power he needed to stand a chance. His power still raised slowly when he let both fists drop, staring at Rad beyond his blood red aura. "Alright, Raditzu. Game on."

"Finally!" Came the relieved sigh from Rad. "I was hoping you had some power in that huge body of yours!" He let out a chuckle at his own joke, before preparing to launch out. "I'm ready now, Burter. Let's dance."

Both auras broke out hardcore, leaving tails from the spot they started once both fighters shot at each other. They moved up into the air to give themselves speed once they collided. Sure enough, both collided with the offensive attacks, forcing each other to use defense as well. Almost all punchs and kicks shot through, but neither fighter appeared to be effected. They kept going despite the pain which was sent across their bodies, moreso Burter from Rad's obvious advantage in power.

Even though the two appeared to be equal, Burter was still feeling Rad's power when each shot hit his body. His shoulder and chest began to go numb from the saiyan's melee hits, for no matter what he did or how fast he blocked, everything did twice as much damage as he could ever do. Raditzu was taking each shot like a champ, while Burter just pushed through the agony he was facing. The darkness of the stasis had been long erased by both Rad's and Burter's auras, lighting up almost fifty yards around them.

Seconds passed into minutes, and the minutes began to pass into hours. The two fought on wildly before both landed and stepped back, exhausted. Burter was almost ready to collapse, the only thing keeping him up was his will to defeat Rad. Raditzu on the other hand, though tired, was more then ready to continue on. He had only just broken a sweat minutes ago.

"So your serious, huh?" The saiyan questioned, realizing Burter was in no way planning to back down, even after the insane melee battle they had just ran into.

Burter only nodded, panting to catch his breath. "If your going to kill me, Rad." Burter stared at the long haired saiyan with absolutely unadulterated anger, "You won't have an easy time doing it."

"Is that s--WHOA!"

Raditzu was cut off by the surprising cheap shot from Burter flying through the air against towards him. The daggers, formed from ki, had been created as Raditzu and Burter recovered. The reptile had finally mastered Bra's signature technique, and it couldn't have happened at a better time. Raditzu only watched, with mere seconds to spare before the two kienzan daggers would collide with his body.