Feeling the wind whipping at his hair as he traveled along at his regular speed, Son Gohan was making excellent progress towards Satan City. Looking down to see the land whiz past him in a sweeping montage, with the fields and valleys soon being replaced by farmlands and suburbs, the youngster spent the final leg of his journey taking in his surroundings, which he had seldom done in the past. Most of the time, whenever he'd been required to fly places, he'd always been in a hurry, never really taking the time to admire the countryside.
Now, with the opportunity presented to him, he could truly appreciate the sights and sounds of the planet around him. What made it an even greater splendor was the fact that it was peace time and he had no galactic threats to worry about.
"I should take a page out of my dad's book and go for a trip around the world someday. See what's what," Gohan thought, briefly recalling some of the stories his father had told him back when they'd been training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. After hearing about all of the amazing things his dad had done, it made him strongly consider doing something similar.
It'd sure be a worthwhile experience to have.
But just before Gohan could get completely engrossed in the pristine wilderness beneath him, he suddenly sensed something strange and looked up. Noticing he was approaching Satan City, he quickly realized this odd vibe wasn't coming from up ahead and looked towards the sky, above the towering buildings of the metropolis several kilometers away. When he did, he saw through his eagle eye vision an object passing through the atmosphere, trailing fire and smoke while plummeting towards the earth.
The demi-Saiyan balked. "A meteorite?" Sensing a strange ki signature coming from it, Gohan immediately thought the object was volatile and, his eyes cutting from it to the city, the youngster realized it was on course for impact and picked up speed.
A sonic boom rang out when Gohan's body literally broke the sound barrier. The demi-Saiyan made sure to increase his speed enough to align with the falling object and, making a quick calculation in his head, gave it a burst just as he was entering the outskirts of the mega city.
Civilians down below turned their attention to the sky when they heard a series of loud 'cracks' ring out and looked up just in time to see the fireball plummeting towards them. Those directly underneath the falling object and could see it approaching their city immediately clamored in fright and began to move out of the streets. However, as panic started to ensue, what the people saw next came as an even bigger shock to them when, from out of nowhere, a teenager dressed in an orange and blue gi flew into view and tackled the meteorite out of the air.
The boy managed to intercept it when it was only ten feet away from colliding with the nearest skyscraper.
Upon catching the large, human sized sphere and stopping it from making landfall, which would have easily wiped out several blocks and skyscrapers, Gohan flew on. The flames extinguishing themselves as the orb was carried away from the city center, the young male breathed a sigh of relief, as he knew he'd just stopped a catastrophic disaster from befalling the people.
He then took a moment to inspect the object in his arms and saw that the metal sphere was silver, perfectly smooth, with grooves all over it that were glowing a hot orange.
It wasn't a meteorite, though it certainly looked extraterrestrial from a science fiction point of view.
But then, before the youngster could fully examine the strange object he'd stopped from hitting the metropolis, Gohan blinked in surprise when he suddenly saw a burst of steam escape the orb's channels before the ball started to unwrap itself in his arms. A split second later, the boy felt his fingers interlock with a pair of hands and recoiled in shock when, emerging from the dome, he found himself face to face with a beautiful girl about a couple years older than him, wearing a figure-hugging metallic plug suit with a curvaceous figure, and long, orange hair that glowed like the sun, which grew past her legs and was bellowing in the air around her.
A stunning girl with fire-like hair and the face of an angel being the last thing Gohan expected to come out of the pod as he continued his flight over the city, the demi-Saiyan was too stunned to react when the teenage alien removed her right hand from his and slammed a hook across his cheek. The blow crashed across Gohan's face with a thunderclap, cocking the boy's head to the side and causing him to lose control of his flight, sending both him and the girl he was pushing through the air spiraling into the city streets below.
With the sound of jets echoing across downtown, the pair crashed into the middle of the main highway with an earthshaking 'bang'. The impact drawing the attention of every single person on the street and the nearby buildings, the once two airborne people slid along the floor for several painful yards, kicking up a cloud of dust along the way. Then, grabbing the head of the girl on top of him, Gohan gave a loud yell and tossed her, throwing her down the street and spinning through the air.
Performing an acrobatic twirl to slow her down, Kana righted herself and slammed her feet into the tarmac, skidding to a stop and digging two trenches through the ground. Once her movement ceased, the fiery haired girl looked up to see Gohan flying straight at her, his fist loaded back for a punch. Taking a stance, Kana waited until he threw it before catching his arm and, using his momentum, spun him around and threw him back down the highway.
Yelping in surprise at the sudden counter toss, Gohan flew for half a kilometer before slamming into the concrete back first. Bouncing down the road a couple of times, the boy then leapt to his feet and slid backwards along the ground until he came to a smoky stop several hundred meters from where he first hit the highway. Cars coming down the road in both directions literally skidded to a stop at the sight of the 'jaywalker', with the drivers getting out of their vehicles to see what was going on.
A wall of dust blocking his view, Gohan took a stance and glared into the mist, searching for his foe. Several seconds later, just as the Z-fighter was preparing to go on the offensive, the cloud suddenly parted and the fiery haired girl came flying straight at him; tackling him in the chest and knocking him off his feet. A loud 'oof' escaped the demi-Saiyan's lips when he was knocked back for several yards before the pair collided with an eighteen wheeler's front, slamming into its grill and knocking the truck carrying the stack of cinder blocks into the row of cars behind it.
The people in the cars had to get out of the way to avoid the massive transporter from smashing into them.
Feeling his back wedged into the front of the vehicle, his small body squashing its engine like a pillow, Gohan gave a loud yell and slammed a right hook across the girl's face. The impact snapped her head to the side, the force of which causing a loud gunshot to echo throughout the neighborhood and the girl to stumble away, freeing the Saiyan from the corner.
Expression conveying momentary surprise, Kana turned back to glare at her opponent before, clenching her right fist, retaliated with a punch of her own, cracking the boy across the mug in a similar manner with a second artillery shot ringing out. Though the half-Saiyan recoiled, he immediately came back with another punch that the girl evaded.
The pair began to box; trading lightning fast punches that the two fighters blocked and parried respectively, until Kana over flourished a right straight that her opponent deftly caught. With her wrist in his grip, Gohan spun around her and caught the girl in a standing hammerlock with his left arm hooking around her neck.
With her back against his chest, the half-Saiyan increased pressure on the invader's arm in an attempt to force her into submission. However, just when it seemed like he had her, Kana's eyes suddenly widened, the orange channels on her armor flashed blue and, with a loud growl of effort, she engulfed both herself and her opponent in lightning.
"GAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Gohan gave a cry of agony as he was electrocuted by the girl, the defensive countermeasure forcing him to release his opponent and freeing her from his hold.
Powering down, Kana spun around and pointed her hand at her stunned foe, unleashing a golden blast right into his chest. Gohan looked up just in time to catch the attack that sent him flying into a building.
Civilians screamed and barreled out of the way when the boy slammed into the concrete wall with an earsplitting 'crack', using the building's support to hold back the blast that continued to drill into his palms. Gritting his teeth against the burning sensation, Gohan eventually mustered the strength enough to push the beam away and deflect it into the sky. The blast detonated when it slammed into the top of the tower, taking out a chunk of the roof but managing to explode safely out of reach of any residents.
But then, the second the half-Saiyan deflected it, Gohan was unexpectedly struck in the chest by his opponent appearing and drilling into him with a blow that sent him blasting through every single wall of the office block behind him.
When the boy eventually exploded out the other side, he ended up smashing through a parked car, taking out its roof before crashing into the middle of the road.
"Ow. That hurt." Groaning as he laid there in a crumpled heap, the young Saiyan then looked up in shock when Kana suddenly appeared directly over him with her hand pointed down at his face.
Reacting instinctively from his prone position, Gohan slammed his foot into the side of her leg, tripping the girl at the last second and forcing her to release her blast into the ground, engulfing both of them in an explosion that choked the entire area with dust and smoke.
XXX
Managing to convince her dad quite easily to hand over his jet-copter, Videl wasted no time in unpacking it from its capsule and climbing on board. As soon as she shut the hatch and switched on the engine, she skillfully lifted it out of their mansion's backyard and into the air. It was no difficult task. Having learned how to operate it from an online manual, getting used to it firsthand only took her a few short minutes.
Upon stabilizing the craft, the girl then accessed the GPS and dialed in Gohan's home address. Finding it easily enough, she then maneuvered the copter and began flying in the direction of Mount Paozu. But just as she was in the process of leaving the center of the metropolis, a couple beams of light, smoke, and a series of explosions drew her attention downtown in the opposite direction.
Caught by surprise at the sight of the plumes of black smoke rising from the information district, the girl quickly came to the conclusion that those beams of deadly energy were no ordinary occurrence. In fact, she was pretty sure they were related to that extraterrestrial girl that'd just visited their house.
"Something big is going on over there," Videl thought, quickly changing course and heading in the direction of the explosions.
Whatever the hell was going on now, it was happening all over this damn country.