Ever ready to fight, Wolf engages a warrior walking through an urban jungle...
"Honoo no Tama!!" Fire races past the Android named Angel. It misses him, but hits a pole in front of him. Crowds of people scatter. The melted pole begins to topple. Angel catches it and swings it backwards. Wolf ducks under it and tosses a Kienzan at Angel. Angel slaps the ki disc away and jumps up into the air. "Wolf... what's your problem, Mutt!? You have a death wish?!" Angel says as he fires an energy blast. It blows up the ground in front of Wolf. "Taiyoken! Huh?" As Wolf initiates the blinding technique, Angel had already begun teleporting behind Wolf. A Renzoku Energy Dan sends Wolf crashing into a building. "Bakuhatsuha!" The building explodes and collapses around Wolf. "Pff... I don't even care if you're dead or alive... I've got a relic to find." Twenty seconds later. "Yeah..that's right... Run! You pathetic excuse of a warrior! You're just a useless machine...!" Angel stops in his tracks. "Oh no you didn't. Tell me you did not just say that!?" "I did! What are you..gonna do about..it!?!?" Wolf heaves a chunk of wall at Angel. He crosses his arms in front of his face to block the incoming projectile. "Shin Kikoho!!" Wolf shatters the slab. A myraid of pieces fly all about around Angel. A Death Ball appears in Wolf's hand. "Eat this!!" The Death Ball nears Angel.
"Masenko!!" The anger beam changes the ki orb's trajectory. It blows up several tens of miles away. "You should stop playing around with his kind or they might think they can defeat us!" "What do you mean 'his kind'?!" "The weak!!" Hyuga says as he pulls his hands back. "Galick-Ho!!" The beam washes over Wolf. As it subsides Wolf is barely able to remain upright. Angel's optical receptors flash and Wolf jars backwards. Angel's Psychokinesis is puching Wolf to the ground. Try as he might he cannot break free. Hyuga pounces on Wolf and goes crazy, attacking with multiple claw attacks. He brings both hands close together as he jumps skyward. "Shougeki Ha!!" A higly explosive ki wave utterly destroys Wolf, leaving nothing of him behind. The two Demonic Knights clash elbows as a sign of victory. "Well... I'm off. I have a quota to fill!" Hyuga leaves off to kill again. Angel levitates and searches the now ruined city for a missing relic. Then... "You monster!!" A kid, all of fifteen, jumps off the top of two story rubble. He brandishes his sword and eyes Angel. "Look! Look what you've done!! You've destroyed my city!! What do you have to say for yourself!?" Angel pauses, then answers, "My bad!", and fires a Hell's Flash at the kid. "Ah! I love the smell of burnt flesh. It's so..eh?" The kid gets back up. "Did you just...? I know I just...!" "Hiiiyyaaaaaaa!!!!" The kid attacks with his sword. Angel just backs up and, "Ground Razor!", trips the kid causing him to fall flat on his face. "This is where we part ways kid! Deadly Shaft!!" The kid's body goes sky high, but he is not dead. "Resilent little mofo... Just like a cockaroach... Waitaminute!! The sword!!" Angel finally realizes that the kid must have found the Guardian Sword, which would explain why someone with a power level of 24 could survive anything Angel threw at them. Angel walks over and smacks the sword out of the kid's hand. Angel presses his finger onto his chest. The kid screams out in pain. His scanner indicates that his death is imminent. He stops, grabs the sword and talks to the boy. "I'm letting you go..." Tears of joy fill the kid's eyes as he thanks Angel and skips away. As the kid is about to turn the corner, the last thing he hears is the whizzing sound of ki. "Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..........!!!!!!!!!"
Two-in-One
On one side of the globe, Hito emerges from the Next Dimension, and on another a warrior trains for power...
Hito takes in a deep breath and exhales. "Ahhhh... that's good air!" Happy to be out of Hades and the Next Dimension, Hito walks aimlessly about, pondering his next course of action. Hito looks up and sees the sun. It's getting closer. "Hey... that's not the sun...!" A Crusher Ball explodes the ground he stood on. Now off-balanced, his assailant fires a Masenko. Hito extends his arm and deflects the blast. Hito jumps up and surveys the area. "You... what the heck are you doing, Gotrek?!" "I'm here for a rematch, Hito!"
Elsewhere... a young warrior senses danger. "(Behind me... thirty yards away... big, but not too huge... strong...very strong... outmatched... like that's stopped me before... Blast! And I was so close to finishing...) Time to go!" Yotaga runs as the enemy approaches. "Get back here you little pink bastard! Quit running!!" "Hehehe... You should know better than anyone... things aren't always how they appear to be..." Yotaga stops, causing his enemy to do the same. "Well, Hyuga... what are you gonna do? Back off or run into a trap...?" Hyuga hesitates, possible for the first time in his life. He centers himself, scouting the area with his mind's eye. "(Bluff!) It's too bad... your bluff almost worked. Time Freeze!!" Yotaga is stuck in place. "Well, I hoped you like delaying the inevitable." Hyuga points his fingers to the middle of Yotaga's body. "Diachiretsuzan!!" Cut into two pieces, Yotaga plops to the ground a gelatinous mess. "One Changeling..deep-fried!!" An Internal Flame burns Yotaga's flesh to a cinder. "Another one bites the dust..."
Gotrek and Hito exchange blows. Hito is barely trying but Gotrek is giving it his all. Hito drops his guard and Gotrek levels him with a side kick to Hito mid-section. Hito cringes. As he begins to recover Gotrek fires a Shin Kikoho at him. Hito falls to the ground. "...can't be leave it... Let my guard down once, and I regret it..." "Saiko No Kogeki!!" "Whoa!" Hito blocks and propells himself forward. He runs right into a Galatica Donut. His arms fasten to his sides and gets assaulted by a rapid attack from Gotrek. "Yay..ok...!" Hito powers up and explodes out of the ki hoop. The resulting surge knocks Gotrek straight into a bunch of trees. "Man... didn't mean to knock him out." Hito gives Gotrek a senzu and disappears.
ZKT VII: Semi-Finals
"Ok you two... I want a good clean fight. None of that catastrophic stuff here... Now let's get it on!!" Malls Lines leaves the ring, allowing the warriors to begin combat. "I'm holding nothing back, Frojen!" "I wouldn't expect you to, Muri! Frojen Beam!" The beam hits Muri in the foot. Frojen dashes forward and attacks with an ascending revolution assault. Muri counters a punch and comes in with a hammerfist. Frojen blocks, but the force pushes him down. "Eraser Cannon!!" The still-blocking Frojen gets knocked into the slate floor of the ring. Two seconds later, Malls begins counting. "1..2..3..4..5..6..7..." Just before he says eight, "Thousand Spikes!!" Frojen teleports just above Muri and executes the multi-faceted ki attack. As Muri twirls towrads the ground, Frojen yells out. "The culmination of your powers are nothing compared to mine!" He powers up to full and blasts straight for the Namek. Muri rights himself, just before going out of bounds and launches one of the fastest Kamehameha's seen in a long time. The beam projects Frojen out of the arena. Still visible to the naked eye, Frojen stops in mid-air and touchs back down in the middle of the ring. "He didn't touch the ground so... I'll allow it!" The fight continues.
A total of seven minutes have elapsed. Both warriors are slightly fatigued, but neither one shows signs of giving up. "Bakurestumaha! Eye Beams! Kakusanyudokodan! Dengekiha! Crusher Ball! Bakurikimaha! Energy Dan! Haisyuken!" "Double Tsuihikidan! Kakusandan! Rensha Re-za! Masenko! Death Disk! Shyougeki Ha! Te-buryoku Nami! Blastar Beam!" The two put on a display like their lives depended on it. Odd, neither one has held animosity towards the other, yet they fight with such vigor, such determination, such spirit, you'd swear it was two long time rivals going at it. Odder still that this has been the longest fight in the history of the Zuiichi Kioi Taikai. Now nearing the twenty minute mark, Muri decides to make his move. He lets Frojen get in close on him. When Frojen is within range, Muri attacks. "Denjin... Hashira!!" Frojen, being no slouch in the grey matter department, figured as much and erected his Ki Barrier around himself and used a Kiaiho on the incoming wave. Deflecting most of the potentially damaging energies away from himself, Frojen counters with the same move. "Denjin Hashira!!" His blasting wave totally catches Muri be surprise. Muri juts out a Mystic Kuukanteni Attack and strikes Frojen in the chest with a savage punch. Frojen goes flying into the arena walls. Too bad Muri hit the ground first. "Frojen is the winner!!"
ZKT VII: Finals
"Well, here it is. The Finals of the ZKT! It's Frojen versus Deus! Ok no more talk... Let's get it on!!" Malls Lines leaves the warriors to battle it out. "Get ready Deus... I won't hold back!" "Don't worry Frojen... I will!!" Deus grins sadistically and rushes Frojen. And elbow to the gut pushes Frojen back. He dashes forward and hit Deus with a Renzoku Energy Dan. Deus weaves in and out of most of the minature ki orbs. As he reaches Frojen, he's greeted with a Crusher Ball to his face. "Graaaahhhhh!!!" Deus falls to one knee. One hand covering his face, the other clawing the air. Frojen connects with a rising knee and chains it into a descending revolution assault. Frojen taunts Deus. "Come now... you know you're not holding back. You're just trembling inside aren't you? You saw what I did to the Namek... Admit it... You're scared!" Somewhere in the crowd, a voice shouts, "Oooooohh son! You gettin' punked! Yo man, if that was me I'd just kill myself and get it over with! GDI, son!!"
Deus slowly rises. "Playtime's ended!" His fighting stance changes, as Frojen rushes in. "Fool..." 360 hits later, Frojen falls to the ground in a heap, as he's rendered unconscious from the Yin Yang strikes. "Deus is the winner!" Deus looks into the crowd. "Mother... You can come out now, H.R.B.!" "Looks like it's just you and me in the Championship Match." "Seems like it!" "Good luck sucka... You're gonna need it!"
ZKT VII: Championship Match
"Here it is the moment you've been waiting for! This is the Championship Match of the Seventh ZKT! It is between Champion of the Sixth ZKT, the man known simply as H.R.B. and the No. 1 Contender, Deus! Let's send it don't to Malls Lines." "Ok, you two, you know the rules... I want to see a good clean fight. Now let's get it on!" H.R.B. and Deus smirk as they meet face to face. "You ready to lose, man?" "Pfft! In your dreams! I'm gonna be a repeat champion!" "We'll see..." The two charge in with dashing elbows. Each one blocking the others' attack. "Hmph! Your Gung fu is good! But mine is superior! Waaah!! Waataaa!!" Deus taunts as he fakes a high roundhouse and throws a swift front kick. H.R.B. rolls back from the kick. "Huh! Trick Foot!? I should have known." Deus cracks his neck. "Not to worry. I have my own tricks! Yeeyataaa!!!" H.R.B. comes in with a jump kick, air back roundhouse, slicing high roundhouse kick. Deus stumbles about. "I call that one... Liquid Swords! And this is Golden Arms!" H.R.B. comes in with a barrage of punches. Deus is easily dodging the strikes. "Golden Arms... more like nickel-plated!" The the attacks speed up to a feverish pace. H.R.B.'s arm begin to glow golden. The punches are like a sledgehammer. If it wasn't for Deus' malleable form, he might have been pulverized. Some blood drips out of his mouth. H.R.B. goes in to contine the assault, but Deus palm stikes the drop of blood towards H.R.B.. It pierces H.R.B.'s shoulder. "Aaaaarrrrgggghhhhhhh!!!! Motherfloodpucker!!" H.R.B. kicks Deus in the mouth. More blood spills. H.R.B. picks up Deus by his neck and punches for his solar plexus. Just before contact, Deus sprays H.R.B. with the blood that was filling in his mouth. Blinded, H.R.B. staggers back. Deus now takes advantage. "Deus Kick! Kikoho!" The side kick opened him up even wided for the energy wave. "(Can't..see! No good! I'm done for... Maybe not!)" The air blows up in front of Deus with the brillance of the sun. "Bastard!!" "Now, we're both blind... so you know what that means!?" "Let's go!" The two warriors commit to Blind Fighting.
Elsewhere on Planet Frieza, Xyle, Ryuuko and Dzikara and deciding which course of action should be taken first; Find Gyakusatsu and merge Xyle back into one, or decipher this deadly riddle... "Save the husband and wife, only if you value their lives. I'm waiting for a challenge, on a desolate planet. Quick to trigger, you'll feel my burning vigor. From the fiery depths I call out to thee, please make it time while they still breath. My tortures are devious, sending their minds to the brink. You think you can stop me... it doesn't matter what you think!" "Kuso!" "I know, Ryuuko." "We have to help them!" I know Dzikara, but were are they!?"
"This has got to be the new longest fight in the ZKT history!! How long has it been? 15..20 minutes?!" "Who cares!? Let's just get back to the match!" "Grrrraaaahhhhh!!!!" "Yeah boy! I told you... I'm a bad man!" As Deus finishes his best Ali impersonation, H.R.B. rises, almost zombie-like muttering one word. His pitch gradually raises to the point that the word is audible. "...tori... katori... Takatori... Takatori... Takatori!!!" "Sweet Christmas!!" "Takatoriiiii!!!!" H.R.B. lashes out at Deus, but with every hit he connects with Deus hits H.R.B. in the same place. Deus jumps back. "Enough of this!! Let one strike determine the outcome!" "Fine!" "Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!" "Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!" The two powerhouses, well, power up. Both are now at their maximum. They fly at each other. "(This sucka won't...)" "(...know what hit him!!)" "Gatling Strike!!" "Ukiyo Sabaki!!" The two fighters plummet and crash into the ring. "Oh my oh my!! Neither fighter is out of bounds. 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9.." Suddenly, H.R.B. starts to get up, but can't. The Ukiyo Sabaki drained too much of his remaining ki. "10!! It's a draw!!" H.R.B. passes out upon hearing the news. Deus had already beaten him to that, however.
Days later, as the two warriors have left the planet, they each recieve this message; "Due to the fact there was no clear winner, both H.R.B. and Deus must fight the winner of the ZKT VIII Finals Match! ---ZKT Officials" "Well son... looks like it's gonna be a triangle match in the next ZKT!" "Whatever's clever! I'm just ready to wreck shop on these cats!" "Then let's do this, then..."
