Day Two: Evening

[Yamu]

The sun slowly sank over the horizon for the second time in the Abyss. Dante was the only place Yamu had seen that had ugly sunsets. As the bloated star sank there was no spectrum of colors to please the eye, just a blood red smear, an arterial spray splashing across the once pure blue sky. It doused the entire woods in a murky maroon as the sun refused to set all the way.

The warriors trekked on under the dark red light that slanted through the trees where it could. He ran his fingers along the smooth grain of Kari to comfort himself. She had made it further then he hoped?but then again it was because he had not seen much action either. But, no action beat killing himself?

A ki blast smashed into Yamu?s midsection and smashed his back into a tree. Two warriors flooded in from the side, ?Fuck?it had to be?? The flowing mane behind the lead warrior meant it could be none other then Raditzu. Yamu lay stunned against a tree, unable to move but forced to watch the ensuing struggle.

A familiar android leapt behind the grinning Saiya-Jin. He did not know if it was Android or Hellfighter, but both were friends and it saddened him that the moment of truth had come this quickly.

The reigning champion turned towards Celipa and Bujin at the back of the group and began raining punches like hailstones, enough that it took the pair of them to block the hellish onslaught, using their weapons as shields.

Seventeen jumped kicked off a tree and fired himself at Yamu?s first allies, Jeice and Paragus. S-man jumped into the way, claws first, but the raven haired youth twisted mid-air and knocked the green growth away. He flung his hand forward, using his metal binding technique to throw his opponents weapons to the side.

Paragus moaned, in a mix of frustration and fear as he once again was not allowed to shoot the gun in combat. Jeice just smiled, his weapon was glass. With a Wilhelm Scream he dashed to meet the oncoming Android Bullet.

Tired of being on the defensive Celipa spun her ruggedly built shotgun and used it as a goad, smashing Raditzu in his left thigh as Bujin lowered his rifle to fire.

The Arlian Guardian slowly regained feeling in his hands and feet as the stun from smashing the tree so hard slowly faded. He was not surprised the two power houses had thought any five fighters would be easy game, but nine opponents was a whole different story. Five Yamu?s pulled themselves off the tree, two headed for Rad the other three swarming Seventeen as he fended off wild slashes from a shard of mirror and saibamen claws.

Raditzu jumped back, electricity arcing across his fingers with a witch?s cackle as he decided which of the gun toting pair would get it first.

*beep*beep*BEEP*

Everyone who was wearing a scouter suddenly felt it go off, louder then they had ever felt. All eleven warriors turned towards the fast moving signal. Six powerlevels streaked across, a party moving fast, a strong party moving fast.

The five Yamus went from a strike force to a police force. As the others moved to resume their respective fights, they all found a wall of flesh between them. ?Stop.? Rang out the five voices in unison. Slowly the Yamus merged back together, to form a singular life form again. ?We all felt that?anybody here feel confident in fighting six people in groups of twos or threes? None of us are going to be able to take on that alone, it would be suicide.?

Eyes darted from each other suspiciously. Everyone knew most of them were going down?not everyone could win but all the fighters preferred to go down swinging then in their sleep. Raditzu had rarely met a fighter with as much mass as he, and he stared at the fighter he vaguely remembered from the previous competition. ?You?ve gotten stronger.? He said simply, looking over at his artificial companion.

The youthful automaton cocked his head, ?I guess I won?t have to kill you yet, Yamu.? He said with a smile.

The long haired Saiya-Jin stepped forward, ?We take them out, then we are going our separate ways, agreed??

?I wouldn?t have it any other way.? He walked back over the Seventeen and the two talked privately, not completely happy with the abrupt change in the game.

Paragus and Jeice were the first to reach Yamu after the agreement. Paragus spoke for the two, ?Can we trust them, Yams? I mean?the big one?he has the look of death in his eyes!?

Jeice spoke up, ?And the other one?fast as a snake they could turn on us and we would be dead before we knew it!?

Yamu sighed, ?It is a risk?but I?d rather have a shot with them two, then be run over by whoever was in that other group. We have to at least chance it.? He looked over where Celipa and Bujin had their heads together. ?Are you two still with us??

Celipa walked over, ?I?d rather be in this group then against it?we?ll tag along. I just hope you know what you?re doing.?

So do I?at least I won?t have to turn on my friends yet?