>>5144709“Vegeta and Tien were pretty in-sync. It’s gonna be tough, even tougher than we anticipated. And… hrmn.” Your tail sways behind you as you watch them walk back. “That comment he made about old habits dying hard? Even with our training, I bet there are still habits in our fighting styles they’ll be aware of. Tien for you, Vegeta for me. We’ll need some way to break, or subvert, or deal with them.” You look up at your partner. “What do you think, Keli? We can still win this, right?”
“Absolutely.”
“Hey now, don’t count us out yet.” Chuu Lee reminds you with a cheeky grin. “You very well may be facing us in the finals.”
“I doubt that. I still have a score to settle with you, ‘former’ Champ.” Vegeta scoffs as he enters the waiting area, smirking.
“Current Mifan Champs.” she reminds him.
“Indeed. I don’t expect any match against the two of you to be an easy one.” Tien remarks politely.
Videl and Kuriza head towards the ring with Yamcha and Lapis next. This will probably be the last chance you and Keli will get to see either team in action before facing them. Definitely gonna need to watch this.
“Fighters ready? BEGIN!” Pilaf announces.
Yamcha and Kuriza face one another, with Yamcha taking a fighting stance as Kuriza crosses his arms behind his back. “Jeice put up a pretty good match against you, but ultimately was unable to claim victory. In his honor, then,” Kuriza brings his arms up, rolling his torso, then flipping his head back. With a thrust of his hand forward and with his legs spreading out a bit, he declares. “I, Lord Kuriza, shall defeat you for the sake of the Red Magma of the Ginyu Force!”
“Thanks, boss! Give ‘em your best!” Jeice cheers.
Kuriza lunges forward, Yamcha immediately on the defensive. “All right then, let’s play ball!” Yamcha tries to get some distance and launch a Spirit Ball at Kuriza, swerving around the alien’s arm as he tries to deflect it. He then uses his free arm to fire off a quick barrage of Ki blasts. “Howling Rifle!” Each deflected beam is followed by an attempt to hit Kuriza with the Spirit Ball, yet they just barely miss him. And he pushes forward.
“I’ll show you a skill Videl and I developed together! Behold!” He leaps upward and his aura flares around him, with a frigid chill flowing around his body. “Avenger Auk!” Spinning in midair, Kuriza bolts down at Yamcha, dodging the Spirit Ball with the grace of a seabird underwater. Yamcha leaps out of the way, yet as Kuriza punches the ground, mounds of ice shoot upward and even catch Yamcha by the leg.
“Gah!” Yamcha tries to pull his leg free from the ice.
(cont.)
