Day One: Afternoon

[Burter]

Face to Face

Kakarot

Bra, Reijin, Vegeta

"Goku," Reijin said aloud as he noticed a figure walking by. The saiyan had made no point of sneaking around or trying any cheap tricks, instead walking right towards the group of three. As Rei stood up, Vegeta and Bra followed.

"A wanna-be human," Vegeta smirked from behind his friend. "But idiot or not, he can fight."

"I call this one," Rei said, grinning back at the father and daughter. "Me and him have a little history."

Kakarot stopped in front of the three. The battlefield was a large, open plain with just a couple trees. The only cover was where the three had set up camp to rest. "Reijin," Kak said. "Seems like I keep running into all the powerhouses today."

Indeed, the saiyan was very scratched up. "I saw the super saiyan flashes during the rainstorm. Was that you?"

"Yea. Me and my brother," he answered. "I kicked his ass."

"I bet," Bra chimed in from the side. "You look like shit, Goku." Believe it or not, that was a compliment coming from her.

The saiyan frowned at the name. "My name is Kakarot," he explained, "And I didn't come here to talk." Then the frown turned into a smile. "Let's go. I'm still itching for a real fight."

Reijin's eyes narrowed as he clenched his fists. "Alright, then, Kakarot. I'm ready for a real fight, too. NOW!"

The two lunged forward. Melee combat ensued at normal speed, with Kakarot getting the first upper hand by jabbing Rei in the face. The opposing saiyan countered by jamming his elbow into Kak's gut, and then bringing it up into his chin.

"Now this feels good," Reijin commented as he spun around, heel kicking Kakarot in the head. The humanized saiyan rolled to stand up. "I was starting to feel cramped, just walking around."

"Sounds dull," Kakarot agreed. He threw a fist, which got caught, but hooked Reijin in the chest with his free hand. "I've been kicking butt since this game started!" He then jumped up, slamming his knee into Rei's rib cage.

Kakarot landed on his feet over Reijin, who hit the ground hard. That was when Vegeta lept forward. Fighting fair wasn't exactly in a saiyan warrior's manual: survival was at the top of the list. "Haaa!" The prince roared.

That was when the man formally known as Goku ducked and raised up, shattering ribs with his shoulder and causing Vegeta to gasp in surprise. So much for supplying back-up to his good ole buddy. To top it off, Kakarot knocked him backwards with his hand and landed fine.

"Dad!" Bra jumped up and caught her father in the air. "Dad, you ok!?" She landed on the ground, gripping him and checking his wound. "Dad?!"

As Reijin stood, Kakarot looked at the father and daughter. After so many years, the two were still inseperable. He tried his best not to, but his thoughts drifted to his own status as a father and a husband. All his life, he had looked down on people who spent more time fighting then they did with family...and he had become one. He had turned from the family man, Goku, into the man who only knew fighting: Kakarot.

His thoughts were cut off when Reijin appeared in front of him, holding up a gun. A stream of liquid sprayed into his face and immediately tore into his eyelids, making it all black. "Ugh!" He grunted, "What the...Aaaaagh!"

Reijin slammed two palms together. "Final FLASH!"

Kakarot's body was engulfed his light and ki, and blown backwards, almost ripping apart in the flash of energy. With no way out, he just let himself be blown back.

Hundreds of feet away, he remained motionless and quiet save the occasional twitch. It was then, and only then, did he realize what he had gotten himself into. This was the life he had chosen to take. And he gave up everything he ever loved to live it.

It didn't seem like such a fair trade after all.

37 Remain

Kakarot is scarred up, bloody, beaten...and blind. Major injury

Vegeta's cracked a couple ribs. Minor injury