The sound of blows landing echoed across the cityscape in another series of deafening sonic booms and was accompanied by loud 'whooshing' noises as well. This indicated that the pair of fighters was beginning to parry and dodge each other more effectively, now that they knew how their adversary moved.
Engaging one another between the towering buildings of Satan City at invisible speeds, the pair reappeared every now and again across the metropolis at random, locked in a heated exchange of flying fists and kicks. The two fighters would battle furiously for a grand total of a full second before vanishing in another blur and continue their one-on-one war throughout the sky.
After several minutes of an unending tradeoff, Gohan reappeared in the clouds and, with a roar of rage, drove a right fist through the air, seemingly at nothing. It was only after he threw it Kana reappeared directly in his path just in time to block the fist with an earsplitting crash. Another, massive sonic boom rang out that blew the clouds surrounding them out of the way and literally cleared the sky for over two kilometers. It was once Kana stopped the blow she and Gohan vanished once more into super speed.
The situation repeated a third time. More shockwaves and wind cracking sounds exploded across the airspace for another several minutes, before the battle returned to the area above the reserve. Zangya, Krillin and Videl watching from far below looked up in time to see Gohan and Kana reappear hovering twenty stories above them, both locked in a heated flurry of punches and kicks that echoed through the air like a rapidly firing artillery cannon. The exchange continued for three seconds before the pair slammed an elbow into each other, sending an invisible blast in the form of a gale in all directions.
The strong wind struck the people on the ground, nearly knocking Zangya and Videl off their feet, and causing everyone to cover up.
Thanks to that, they missed both Gohan and Kana begin another lightning fast exchange of blows, before the former powered up in the blink of an eye and rocketed off into the distance. Kana powered up immediately afterwards and, both trailing gold vapor trails, chased one another out of the city.
Flying over the countryside with the city quickly shrinking into the distance, Gohan and Kana took their fight into the open and away from the populace. Appearing as two out-of-control missiles trailing hot streaks of energy in their wake, the powerful combatants crisscrossed through the sky at an erratic rate, engaging a few times with spurts of blows that generated several, consecutive sonic explosions, before the pair then shot towards the coast and out over the ocean.
Pursuing one another, Gohan swooped in low and streaked across the water's surface, his opponent following close behind as they both pulled up and created enormous waves across the calm stretch of blue. Turning around so that he ascended backwards, the fiercely glowing demi-Saiyan emitted several bursts of electricity, which he then hurled from his palms in the form of bolts of lightning.
Kana effortlessly dodged the first and smacked aside the second, before continuing her chase of the boy. The pair picked up speed and arced through the sky, ending with them descending towards a group of deserted islands.
Slamming his feet into the mountainside of the largest, Gohan slid down its slope to a grinding stop and spun around. "KA-ME-HA-ME…" Charging a blue ball of ki in his right hand in record time, the boy then threw it back and unleashed it with a mighty yell. "HAA! HAA! HAAAAA!" Every shout was marked by a burst of explosive energy, which rocketed from his hand in the form of three powerful, individual blasts, which shot up towards the approaching Kana.
The fiery haired girl swiftly dodged the first two, watching them detonate over the horizon in spectacular dome-shaped explosions with the force of nukes. When she saw the third one homing in on her, the girl cranked back both her hands and chucked them forward with a yell, producing an enormous, golden sphere of energy that expanded and collided with the final blast.
The impact caused an explosion several times greater than a hydrogen bomb, creating an orange, sphere shaped explosion that parted the clouds, the ocean, and punched a crater into the seabed five kilometers wide. The range was so extensive it completely disintegrated all ten islands in the vicinity. This included the one Gohan was on.
The flash of blinding light the detonation generated could be seen for miles and the tremors from the catastrophic blasts shook the entire Eastern seaboard.
Vegeta, who was still lying stricken in the middle of a distant field, saw the explosion blanket the horizon and gawked in disbelief at how enormous it was. Having lost complete sight of both warriors, the man could only lie there, beaten, battered and burnt from head to toe, trying to feel the fight taking place with his senses.
Though it wasn't as accurate as seeing it firsthand, the man couldn't help but be astonished at how powerful both combatants were.
Once the ocean settled back in after the landscape reducing attacks went off, Gohan reappeared a full minute later many miles away atop another island peak. Landing there, bathed in his golden aura, the Super Saiyan 2 frowned as he glared across at the other mountain top, where he saw Kana reappear in a golden flash.
The two fighters revealed to each other that they were both covered in extensive bruises, cuts and burns, a majority of which had been caused by their last attacks reaching critical mass. Both sporting ruined clothing, including Kana whose armor had broken in several places and was missing a few plates, the pair also had blood running out of their noses and mouths to join the heavy wounds on their faces.
After pounding away at each other for well over several minutes, it was a given that the two would be in such ruined states. It was unreal.
Staring at one another for well over a minute, the glowing fighters remained as they were, catching their breaths and sizing the other's condition up. Once they were certain they'd analyzed the other enough, both took fighting stances a second time. While Gohan stood side on with his arms firmly at his sides, his opponent brought her fists up and took a wider stance, showing that both were ready.
"Round 2?" Gohan asked.
Kana smirked, "I thought you'd never ask." Her expression then became surprisingly feral, a split second before she vanished in another golden flash.
The girl teleported directly in front of the boy and flew into him head first, crashing into his cranium. A thunderclap ringing out, Gohan was sent blasting off of the island peak and flying backwards through the air. The impact shutting down his aura, the demi-Saiyan tucked, rolled, and stopped, before giving a burst of energy and rocketing forward with a yell. Kana charged in as well, and with either a fist or an arm leading their dashes, the pair crashed into each other head-on with a shockwave that rippled out in a brilliant flash of white light.
The bright blast caused the ocean to stir violently and the entire island beneath them to splinter and crack. Soon enough, the two warriors began exchanging ridiculously fast blows high above the ground once again. This time however, instead of attacking with the same grace and form that they had back in Satan City, their attacks were wilder, more furious, and as they traded shots at invisible speeds, they started to pummel each other with reckless abandon. Rapid machinegun fire echoed out across the ocean as the two teens hammered away at one another, while at the same time blocking, parrying or dodging whatever they could.
Right now, both Gohan and Kana were opening up with everything they had and, as their fight progressed above the large island, their battle became more and more aggressive.
Loud shouts echoing out with every blow he landed, Gohan pressed forward with an assault. Landing a devastating hook that stunned Kana, he began hitting her with power shot after power shot. A right fist buried into the girl's stomach, doubling her over, followed by a swift left knee into her face that cocked her head backwards. She then received a left kick straight into her stomach, allowing Gohan to grab her hair and, pulling her forward, drive a right knee across her face.
Thunderclaps marking each hit, Gohan then took advantage of his stunned opponent and, while continuing to hold onto her long orange hair, began repeatedly kneeing her in the face with his left over and over, eliciting continuous shouts of pain from the Seirei. His blows landing at the rate of a machine pistol, he continued to leisurely pummel Kana like she was a punching bag, until his rhythm was unexpectedly broken by the tip of her hair suddenly coming to life, extending, and wrapping around his neck like a chord.
"Whoa! What the-GAH!"
Caught completely off guard, Gohan was then yanked forward and, while being throttled by the length of hair, was head butted by the girl with an earsplitting crack. Paying him back for the brutal knee assault, Kana then gleefully began elbowing him in the face over and over again, the sounds of loud, metallic clangs ringing out with each impact. The demi-Saiyan cried out repeatedly from the blows that connected. Then, after three more seconds of a continuous, vicious assault, Kana cranked back her leg and threw a kick straight into the boy's chin.
The force of the foot slamming into his face sent Gohan rocketing into the sky with a shockwave. Kana shot after him. But just when it seemed like she would catch him, the boy suddenly stopped with his hands thrown up and splayed over his forehead, forcing the girl to hit the brakes and halt in midair directly in front of him.
"MASENKO-HAA!" Gohan roared, throwing his hands forward and unleashing a blast with an enormous spread that engulfed Kana in a blinding flash of golden and purple light. The attack ripped through the skies like a hurricane, disintegrating the whole top portion of the island beneath them while sending the young Saiyan's opponent spinning into the ocean at the same time.