Crouching down on the outskirts of the city, a very bruised and battered Gohan breathed out a sigh of exhaustion, catching his breath while at the same time surveying the destruction that'd been wrought to the area. "These guys are as every bit as tough as Cell was. I don't think I'll be able to beat them three on one." Damn it if he wasn't going to do his best though, because no matter what it took he was going to defeat these guys.
His eyes snapped upwards when he heard the sound of approaching jets, but were in fact his opponents breaking the sound barrier. "Here goes everything!"
Leaping to his feet, Gohan watched as the plume of smoke that'd been formed from the last attack broke apart and his three alien opponents come swooping in. Strafing low across the city, the aliens bore down on the youngster with all sights locked onto the Super Saiyan and, in a matter of seconds, were right on top of him.
Parrying the opening straight from Zangya, Gohan then ducked the wide hook thrown by Bido before gripping the man's arm and slamming a kick across his face. He then bounced that same foot off of the man's head and slammed it into Zangya's in turn. The demi-Saiyan did this repeatedly; spring backing his kicks between his two aliens until he dropped to the ground and sweep kicked both in the legs so that they lost balance. Once done, he then back-flipped to avoid Bujin dropping a heel kick from above.
The second he landed and his opponents recovered, all hell broke loose. Just like how his father had battled all of Turles's men all those years ago, Gohan began fighting all three of them at once in a running battle across the wide open, deserted prairie. Like a pinball, he shot between his three opponents flying in left and right, exchanging flurries of blows before beginning to backpedal at high speed. His three adversaries pursued him relentlessly, chopping out at him with barrage after barrage of blurred punches and kicks while the boy defended against them with a blur of hand movements. Gohan's eyes darted between all three as he expertly deflected and fended off their attacks.
Managing to catch Zangya's fist, he spun and threw her into Bujin, allowing him to escape and begin fighting them in a scattered fashion across the ruined clearing. His form blurred out into an orange bolt, skipping from hill to hill, before inevitably returning to the city rooftops.
While explosions and blurred figures continued darting across the city in various directions, the imposing figure of the group's leader Bojack appeared atop the tallest tower and watched on with a smug grin in play. Arms folded and coat waving on the wind, the man chuckled when he saw Gohan deflect one of Bido's blasts with an energy ball of his own, before hurling it into his chest and sending the alien into a building.
"Impressive. His level of skill is far more advanced than I'd hoped. This should be fun," the demon remarked in a condescending tone of voice.
Dodging several massive cement blocks being hurled at him by Bujin, Gohan sprang out of the narrow corridor of the alleyway he was in and onto the roof of another apartment building. As soon as he landed, the boy had to block attacks from both sides when Bido and Bujin appeared out of the air, and began pressuring him with another vicious assault.
Parrying dozens of punches and kicks, the wily young fighter then took several staggering hits across the face and body. Brain rattled, Gohan gave a loud snarl and, with a howl of rage, he threw both hands out and unleashed two golden spheres of energy into the pair's chests. "Masenko!" The two attacks drilled into Bujin and Bido, both of them yelling out in shock before they were sent spiraling for over two kilometers through several buildings. Massive explosions occurred seconds later over the horizons, allowing Gohan to drop back down to the building and collapse to his knees.
Panting with one eye shut, he looked up to see Zangya land on the rooftop across the way, smirking at him. Gritting his teeth, the boy threw back his hand and forward. "Bakumadan!" A sharp golden blast of energy launched from his palm and flew at the girl like a lance, prompting her to act.
"It's about time we got up to the fancy moves!" the woman exclaimed, suddenly beginning to spin on the spot like a top, causing her form to blur into an orange tornado. "Beauty Trigger!" As soon as she'd gained enough momentum, a red ball of energy was flung from her spinning form and sent arcing across the gap.
The two attacks collided in midair, the blasts transforming into two battling spheres of gold and red energy, which pressed into one another like rubber balls. As they struggled, grew and started emitting bolts of multicolored lightning which tore apart the surrounding buildings and caused three to collapse, the opposing attacks then shot off in separate directions, forcing Gohan and Zangya to sway and avoid them. They then watched as their rebounded blasts struck the barriers between the battle zones on opposite ends of the map, and two enormous dome shaped explosions nuked the island, forming massive craters.
When the tremors died out, a thoroughly winded Gohan looked to see Zangya round back on him, grin and bring two fingers to her forehead like the tip of a pistol.
"Spark Laser!" A bolt of red lightning then shot from her forehead, which struck the boy full in the chest and sent him rocketing off the rooftop. The young Saiyan gave a cry of agony as he was plowed through the same crater formed by Bido's previous attack and rammed into a wall on the far side.
The impact cracking the brickwork, Gohan crashed to the floor. Coughing up blood and feeling his skin singing from the damage, the Super Saiyan forced himself to his feet and looked up. Through blurred vision, he spotted Bojack landing on the same rooftop he'd previously been on, and was shortly flanked by Zangya, Bido and Bujin, the latter two looking like they'd been run over by a heard of stampeding rhinos on fire, courtesy of his Masenko combo.
Standing up when he saw the demons leering at him from one kilometer away, Gohan took a stance, only to feel a sharp sting of pain strike him in the shoulder, which staggered him. Wincing, the boy glared back at the building, where he saw his three opponents with their fingers raised in his direction, all primed and ready.
Forming a cross arm block, Gohan was then bombarded by a barrage of fingers beams, which peppered him like machinegun fire. Tearing into his gi and hitting him all over from head to toe, the young demi-Saiyan withstood the assault for several long seconds before collapsing to his hands and knees. Bleeding from numerous puncture wounds and panting heavily, the Z-fighter then looked up through a half-lidded gaze as the fatigue of his long battle finally took its toll.
"Great," he groaned, his hair turning black as he faded out of his Super Saiyan form.
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"He's in danger!" King Kai shouted, looking over his shoulder to see Goku standing there with his hand pressed against his back and a nervous look on his face.
"Gohan! Focus! Draw strength from your anger! Show them your true power!" With his mind connected to his teacher's, who had his focused on the battle going on down below, both figures could clearly see what was happening.
The demi-Saiyan had started off brilliantly and had been holding his own incredibly well, even coming close to beating them. But unfortunately, his current level of effort was not going to be enough…