Reacting in alarm, Kana took a step back and threw her hand forward. But just before she could do anything even remotely defensive Gohan, permeating with his Super Saiyan 2 form, vanished in the blink of an eye and buried a fist into her face that sent her rocketing through the eleventh floor of an office building behind her.
Seeing the boy effortlessly smack the invader away with a single blow, the stricken Zangya lying in the crater directly beneath him blinked in shock. "Damn." Her remark earned a momentary smirk from the golden haired warrior. After which she then watched the teen vanish, leaving the area with a crack of lightning.
Krillin and Videl gawked at the speed he moved, unable to keep track of him anymore.
Smashing through cubicles, chairs, computers and windows at bullet speed, the plug-suit wearing Kana eventually spiraled out of the tower and traveled an entire kilometer across the city. Completely stunned by the hit, the alien traveler was unable to do a thing when she began her descent back to ground level; flying past several more skyscrapers and eventually colliding with one of the city's many highways. Bouncing down the multilane road, cart wheeling off the top of a van and landing on the hard concrete between a group of stunned civilians, Kana curled up on the ground, clutched her face and cried out in agony.
Revealing a bleeding nose, the girl formed an angry fist and slammed it into the floor, splitting the road down the middle at the force and bringing herself onto her hands and knees. But just as she was looking back the way she'd come, Kana suddenly saw her opponent dive straight down at her from above at a ridiculous speed and crash into her with his foot. The Seirei had only a split second to appear shocked before the boy began plowing her down the highway faster than a missile.
Tearing a trench along the multilane road and rocketing past civilians and cars, Gohan literally skateboarded the girl down the tarmac for a full kilometer. Kicking up a massive cloud of dust and debris that could be seen for miles, the Super Saiyan 2 then sprang off of the teenager and allowed her to slide along her face for several more yards, before she ended up colliding with the frontend of a police cruiser.
Landing gracefully on the ruined expressway, the still glowing Gohan fixed his glare on the partially buried Kana, while the two cops standing beside their car stared at him in shock. Having leapt out of their vehicle when they saw the wall of fast-moving dust approaching them, the pair of officers then found themselves staring at two people, one bathed in an ethereal golden aura and the other with her face in the ground, squaring off in battle.
Placing a hand on the bonnet of the car, Kana pulled herself out of the crater, sporting numerous cuts along her face and damages to her suit. Growling angrily, the Seirei stood up and turned around, at the exact moment the two cops tried to act smart and pulled their guns on her. They opened fire on her back, emptying their pistols, only to watch in disbelief when their bullets literally stopped in mid-air just inches from hitting her back.
When they saw the fire haired girl glare at them, they immediately backed off, dropping their side arms and putting their hands in the air.
Promptly ignoring them despite their lame actions, Kana turned to Gohan to see more electricity course over his body. After a few moments of looking him over, the girl smiled and brushed some dirt away from her mouth, "Not bad. You really caught me by surprise there. I can't remember the last time anyone has ever given me this much damage before." Spitting out blood from her mouth, the battered girl smirked. "Judging from your change in appearance and sudden increase in strength, I'm going to venture a guess that this is some sort of second level transformation for your Super Saiyan states."
"Yeah. Vegeta calls it the genuine Ascended Super Saiyan form." He then threw her a smile while electricity crackled off of him. "But for me… I like to call it a Super Saiyan 2."
"Well, it certainly packs a wallop. There's no denying that," Kana replied groggily. Having received a substantial amount of damage with only two running attacks from the boy, she immediately knew that she was in big trouble and, thinking carefully, opted to correct this dilemma. A frown appeared on her face. "But if you think I'm backing down just because you've increased your power, think again!" She then gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. "Remove all remaining bolts!"
Gohan blinked in surprise when he suddenly saw a couple more nodes on her plug suit pop up and rotate. Steam expelled from these bolts when they spun and the moment they sunk back into her suit, all the channels on her outfit lit up and her energy level skyrocketed once again. With a howl of agony, Kana threw her hands up as golden ki exploded from her body, shooting up into the clouds in the form of a blinding beam while the ground around her caved. People had to get the hell out of the way when sections of the highway started to collapse, leaving the glowing Kana floating in midair.
Her opponent on the other hand remained stationary, looking across at her in astonishment.
When her energy output eventually reduced to a more tame level seconds later, leaving the teenager's hair bellowing upwards and a brighter glow radiating off of her body, Kana smirked. "That's it. I'm at full power. It's certainly been forever since I last felt like this. I'd almost forgotten what it was like."
The spiky haired Super Saiyan smirked, "Well, you certainly didn't keep me waiting. I can tell you really want to do this." It also provided him an interesting detail about his opponent. "Figures. If I'd gone straight to Super Saiyan 2 at the beginning she would have been able to remove all those bolts of hers and matched me right from the get go." She was able to do it in an instant without the slightest bit of effort, and didn't need to waste needless energy powering up. Since she was already at a maximum state, it was all a matter of unsealing the well that was her power and allowing it to course through her body freely. All she had to do was; unlock the restraints and unclog her conduits.
Oh well. Coulda, woulda, shoulda, didn't. And now they were here.
"Of course. The Earth is a very rare planet. You can't find many others like it in the Northern Quadrant. You could search the stars for centuries and never find another world quite like this one," Kana answered.
Gohan grunted, "I can assume you can get a lot of credit for this one."
"Enough to allow me to live comfortably for the rest of my thousand year life cycle," Kana replied, giving the boy a brilliant grin.
It was this response that inevitably drew a frown back to the now more serious demi-Saiyan's face. "Even so, I cannot allow you to take this planet from us. This world is our home, as is the system it orbits. My father entrusted me to protect the earth and everyone on it, so if you think I'm going to let you or anyone else try to claim it as their own, then you're sadly mistaken."
Kana frowned back at him, her eyes narrowing on the youngster. "Just one question before we get started: why didn't you reveal this transformation to me earlier? You could have saved yourself a lot of trouble if you had taken this form the moment you underwent your first power up and we could've gotten to this stage much sooner. Why'd you hold back?"
The inquiry had Gohan tighten his scowl, a crackle of electricity running up his chest. "I thought that with the four of us fighting you together we would have had a chance of beating you through teamwork and I wouldn't have to rely on my Ascended Saiyan form to fight. Since my friends were fighting alongside me, I didn't want to risk them getting hurt in a potential crossfire. I've still got a lot of training to do before I can perfectly control this form." His transformation to the second state was still an incredibly potent and volatile result. Even now the young half-Saiyan had some uncertainties and concerns about his current control over this power. Figuring he would learn how to master it as they went along, Gohan then smiled back at the girl and gave a small chuckle. "I also thought that I would be able to challenge myself during the battle and beat you using only my first form, and test my abilities against someone of a high level. You could probably say that a bit of my father's own pride and desire to exercise his skills has also rubbed off on me." It was a glaring weakness and a serious flaw in his approach sure, but it was part-and-parceled with his half-Saiyan, half-human genetics.
The urge to fight and test his limits was a sensation that was almost impossible to resist.
Even so, Gohan believed he really needed to break himself of that habit of showing restraint, so that he didn't inadvertently put anyone in danger. If he had actually been fighting against an opponent who was more malicious than Kana and had actual intent of destroying or enslaving the planet instead of winning it in a fair fight, then he probably would have jumped straight to Super Saiyan 2 and be done with them with the first punch. But since their opponent had a kind nature, something that Gohan was able to pick up while interacting with her, and because he was fighting in close proximity with the others, he didn't jump to the next level right off the bat.
Additionally, because this was an opponent who wasn't intending to bring harm to the population of this planet, Gohan could progress to the higher forms of his transformation process at a more comfortable pace with little need for urgency or anger. This gave him a better grasp and sense over his higher forms, and also filled him with the confidence he needed to push forward. But now that the girl had proven to be an incredibly powerful foe and they were now fighting one-on-one, he could now fight without worrying about hurting the others, open up the taps and show her what he was really made of.
Right now, their power levels were almost exactly the same…
Almost…
"Very well," Kana replied. Smiling at the boy's reason for holding back his best card up until now, the girl then rolled a shoulder and slid forward with one foot so that she was standing side-on to the boy. Once she assumed her stance, her scouter appeared over her eye again and a recording light activated on the edge of the orange visor. "I, Kana of the Planetary Trade Organization, recognize you, Son Gohan, as the protector and guardian of Terra 4032-877 and the entire sector, and hereby challenge you to single combat over the right to claim ownership over this planet. Should you lose, I have the right to take planet earth as my own and will transport it to a safe location until a suitable guardian can be found. If I lose, then the earth will remain in this solar system under the protection and care of you and your descendents. Do you agree with these terms?"
Taking this all in, Gohan nodded, "Yes. Do we need to shake on it?"
Kana smiled, her scouter deactivating, "Your verbal acknowledgement is more than enough." She then took on a hard glare and nodded towards him, "Now then… shall we begin?"
Electricity crackling off of his body, the spirited young male frowned as well, "On your go, Kana."