A plume of dust rose into the air from the failing edifice. After several seconds, Gohan's form suddenly rocketed out of it and into the sky. Ascending backwards as fast as he could, the boy looked down to see Kana flying after him, the girl throwing both her hands up and charging a large, golden ball of energy in front of her.
While chasing her target, Kana took aim and fired. "STAR BURST!" With a shout she fired it at the demi-Saiyan, who watched it approach with an intense gaze before promptly dodging it, allowing the golden sphere to rocket past him.
Both fighters still gaining altitude at supersonic speed, Kana fired off another round at the ascending warrior. Cranking back his hand, Gohan let out a yell and sliced the sphere in half, the two bits separating and exploding harmlessly out of range.
Continuing to climb, Kana fired off four more rounds, shouting with every attack she launched. The spiky haired Saiyan was undeterred. He evaded them one after the other before, with another decisive yell, he cut the last ball in half with a chop, sending the two halves spiraling off in different directions.
The attacks scattering, the sky was filled with the flashes of simultaneous explosions, which cleared the air of all the white clouds in sight and left Gohan hovering between several plumes of smoke.
Looking through the fumes that'd resulted from the explosions in an effort to track down his opponent, the young Super Saiyan 2 was completely unaware of his foe teleporting directly behind him. Catching a flash of light in his peripherals, Gohan turned just in time to hear his opponent yell out and with a deafening clap of thunder, drive a knee straight into his ribs.
A bloodcurdling scream escaped the half-Saiyan's lips as his eyes glazed white and he doubled over his opponent's leg, a split second before he was promptly silenced by his foe wrapping her arm around his face and clamping his mouth shut.
Muffling his scream with her arm and locking his left arm over his shoulder painfully, Kana powered up and, with the boy firmly in her grasp, performed an aerial flip and rocketed straight towards the earth. Falling in the direction of the largest mountain, the pair's forms transformed into a golden streak of light as the Seirei maneuvered her stunned adversary into position, and prepared to pile drive him into the peak.
Kana, with a feral expression in play, laughed out loud, "WHAT'S THE MATTER, SUPER SAIYAN? AM I TOO MUCH FOR YAH?!"
Life flashing back into his eyes, Gohan snarled against the arm covering his mouth and, with all the power he could muster, began elbowing the girl repeatedly in the kidney with his free arm. The blows drove into the girl one after the other with colossal force, stunning her with every blow. Eventually, the demi-Saiyan managed to get Kana to loosen her grip enough for him to reverse the hold and, snapping her arm behind her in a hammerlock, grabbed her head and powered up.
"NOT AT ALL!"
With a tremendous bellow, both opponents let out a scream as they slammed headlong into the top of the mountain. Their impact caused a geyser like explosion of dust to shoot up from the top of the edifice before the entire thing collapsed in on itself.
The force of the landing also generated an earthquake that could be felt across the entire country…
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(Meanwhile – Otherworld)
"Whoa, man. This is intense," Goku exclaimed in awe, his hand pressed against King Kai's shoulder as he watched through his trainer's eyes the commotion going on down on planet earth.
"Yeah. I know. Why do you think I called you over here in the first place?" the blue overseer of space asked while his antenna did their best to track the battle. "Your son is really tearing it up down there."
"No kidding. Man. Look at him go. This is fantastic!"
Having been on Grand Kai's planet for over a month now, both Goku and King Kai had been able to settle into the community quite well. After participating in the Otherworld Tournament and meeting the most powerful fighters in history, the Z-fighter was able to pick things up where he'd left off on earth and continue his rigorous training sessions under the guidance of one of his most well-known teachers.
Over the weeks, the spiky haired hero of earth had been able to experience a lot, sparring with the fighters from his quadrant and learning a couple new tricks along the way. He was even introduced to a new system of weight training, where his trainer had given him a new set of arm and leg weights, and a whole new regimen of shadow sparring sessions. This way, he was hoping for Goku to not only become accustomed to a whole new set of conditions, but to also gradually build up his strengths and techniques.
So far it'd been going quite well.
But then, while Goku was going on a few running laps of the planet to warm up for another long day of training ahead, the chief overseer of the Northern Quadrant then sensed something taking place down on earth and cut off his observations to tune in on the signal. After looking into the problem for himself, the man was then startled to find out that it was in fact Gohan that was causing the racket and quickly called his student over to take a look.
For the next hour after that, the pair watched together as the young demi-Saiyan of earth battled against an alien foe that was not only his equal in strength and skill, but in power as well.
They weren't alone either…
Standing around them, dozens of other fighters from different quadrants had broken off from their respective trainings to see what the North Kai was making such a big fuss over. When they moved over and keyed into the reception the man was currently on, they were able to see the battle going on between the Super Saiyan 2 Gohan and the star child Kana taking place in the mortal plains below.
The spectatorship wasn't just limited to fighters either.
"Th-This… is good…" a short man very similar in appearance to the North Kai, only shorter, with purple skin, a lens over his left eye and the Kanji for 'West' emblazoned on his uniform, murmured as he observed the fight through his own telepathic abilities. A grin forming on his face, the small Kai gave an exclamation of excitement, "THIS IS GREAT! The best I've ever seen!" The man then looked across at his compatriot, who was still watching the battle with vested attention. "Who are those two?"
Apparently even the West Kai had taken an interest in the battle and was currently overseeing it with the others.
King Kai, hearing his fellow trainer's exclamation, glanced over at him with a frown, "Well, one of them is a member of that Planet Trade Organization responsible for keeping the galaxies in order. You know, the same group set up by Lord Beerus and his friends to keep things organized while they're away."
"Oh. So… is she part of the destruction corp. or…"
"Nah. The one for my sector was terminated a long time ago," King Kai replied while looking ahead of him again. "This one is a collection member… a freelancer to be exact. Kana."
"Hmm… I think I've heard that name before," the West Kai murmured before making his inquiry. "Isn't she that Seirei that's been running around the universe challenging planets and taking them to the protection zone?"
"That's right. The one and only."
"Ooh. From what I've heard that girl is supposed to be quite strong," the West Kai murmured, before then narrowing his eyes on the other fighter he could see battling her across the planet. "And… the other one?"
Goku grinned proudly and looked across at the Kai from the other quadrant, which he could see was standing between the fighters from his region. It didn't escape his notice that Pikkon was also with him. "That's my son. His name is Gohan." This answer had several of the warriors gawk at him in surprise.
"Is that true, Goku?" Olibu, a blonde haired, Herculean fighter dressed in a white tunic asked, earning an affirmative nod from the Saiyan.
The West Kai was baffled, "WHA?! Are you serious? That's your boy? Such a strong fighter?"
"Uh-huh," the spiky haired Saiyan replied while grinning back at his teacher, who continued to monitor the fight closely. "He's got the same gi, looks and everything. Heh. He takes right after me in the martial arts department. Heck, he's got even more talent for fighting than I do. And get this… even after all my training over the past twenty or so years; my son is even stronger than I am." It was a revelation that brought surprised looks to the West Kai and Pikkon's faces, as well as to the mugs of all the other warriors present. The collective reactions drew a smile to Goku's face as he watched his boy fight.
From the looks of it, his boy had been training a lot recently, a sign that he was determined to fulfill his dad's wishes to protect the planet. His skills, strength and fighting techniques were sublime. "I'm so proud of him."
"Well, you should be," King Kai spoke up again, attracting the man's gaze when he glanced at his student, "Because this Kana girl is powerful… more powerful than Cell was back in his final battle against Gohan. If he loses, then she's going to take the earth as her own and move it into another quadrant that's outside of our jurisdiction." He looked forward again with a bead of sweat appearing on his head. "After that, there will be nothing we can do until somebody else steps up to challenge them."
Hearing this had Goku blink, before the warrior from earth took on a confident look and nodded to his anxious teacher, "Don't worry about it. I know without a shadow of a doubt that my son will be able to beat this girl. You watch."
After all, he could sense it.
Even though this Kana girl was just as fast and strong as his son, Gohan was still slightly stronger and more skilled than her. Though it didn't seem like it at first, the evidence was all too clear. Just like Goku's fight against Frieza all those years ago, with every blow the demi-Saiyan managed to land on his opponent, the more damage he caused her and the more energy he sapped from her body.
It was only a matter of time before something happened.