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Eyes darting around, Gohan then felt a tremor and looked down. At that exact moment, the tiles directly in front of him exploded and his opponent sprang up at him from underground, slamming a jumping uppercut into his chin. The blow, strong enough to cause a thunderclap, lifted the half-Saiyan off of the ground and into the air, where his opponent quickly jumped after him and smacked him back down to the arena with a double-hammer blow from above.
Gohan barreled across the ground, ending up on his back several meters later and gritting his teeth painfully. Before he could completely recover, a gasp suddenly escaped his lips and he rolled out of the way, avoiding his opponent slamming their foot into the tiles where his head was. The blow split the ground with a loud crack, a smirk forming on Paprika's face before Gohan unbolted a double kick into their stomach and sent them sliding across the ring, tearing a trench through the concrete.
Sprinting after the cloaked foe, Gohan leapt at them and attempted to flatten them into the floor. But as soon as he dropped down on them, Paprika flipped out of the way and avoided the boy's feet that smashed a small crater into the ground. The demi-Saiyan leapt after them a second time, but his still sliding opponent barreled out of the way once again and he ended up smashing yet another empty crater into the ring's surface.
His miss allowed the masked figure to leap to their feet and sprint away. Taking flight and gliding across the tiled surface of the ring with the other not too far behind, Paprika managed to make it to the edge of the ring and hit the brakes. Slamming their feet into the edge, the fighter swiftly changed directions and charged back at the approaching Gohan. A split second later, the pair collided elbows first, an impact that was marked by a booming shockwave that rocked the entire stadium and cracked the floor beneath them, before locking them in stalemate.
Pushing back against the other for several seconds, their bodies trembling from the opposing forces, the duo soon ended the grappling match and began swiftly exchanging blows. The sound of machinegun fire echoed out when the two young fighters began fighting expertly across the ring, their attacks flying at each other in a blur of movement and with superb martial arts skill. After a minute of darting across the ring, locked in epic combat, the pair stopped with their forearms slammed against their opponent's.
Attempting to gain the upper hand, Gohan chopped over with his free hand, only to have it caught by Paprika's blocking hand, leaving him wide open to a uppercut that flipped him into the air. When he landed on his knee, his opponent super-speeded behind him and attempted to bury a hand into his back, but was cut short when the boy threw a kick into their chin and sent them flipping into the air.
Spinning around, Gohan took a defensive stance and watched his opponent land and assume one as well. Blood leaking out of the corners of their mouths, both fighters glared heatedly at one another before, with shouts of rage, the two of them vanished into thin air.
The audience in the stadium was stunned into silence as they watched the two young fighters of the Junior Division battle it out in center ring. Or at least, they tried too anyway, because from out of nowhere, both Gohan and Paprika began fighting at a speed so great that the entire population of the vicinity was unable to keep track of them. The two child warriors were darting all across the arena in a blur, and not only were their blows loud enough that they could be heard outside of the coliseum, but the impact of some of their attacks had split the ground and punched holes into the concrete.
Needless to say, this battle was nothing that they were expecting… and the crowd loved every second of it!
"YAHOO! This is awesome!"
"I've never seen a fight like this before! This is unreal!"
"MORE!"
"Keep it up you two! Don't stop!"
"Go for the finals!"
Getting over the shock, the audience gave a wild, collective cheer as the two warriors continued to punch it out in their realm of speed, their forms darting this way and that, practically chasing each other all over the place. But of course, while the majority of the spectators were enthralled by the match, the only ones who were taking this even remotely seriously were Piccolo, Zangya and Videl.
The former two especially, because not only were they watching a battle only people of their level of ability could fight, but they were watching the strongest person on the face of the planet actually struggling against an opponent they had never encountered before.
Just who the hell was this Paprika?
Managing to recover from his astonishment, the announcer gave a joyous exclamation and threw his fist into the air, "WOW FOLKS! Look at these two fierce young warriors go! Speed like this hasn't been seen in this arena since the days of Tien Shinhan and Son Goku! Ladies and gentlemen, you are witnessing the rebirth of an era!"
For several minutes the two short fighters continued to fight it out in their own dimension of travel. Their forms were invisible to the naked eye, but every once in a while the crowd was able to catch a glimpse of their blurred forms darting across the mat or the pair reappearing locked in another grappling match, before vanishing once again. It was only after a certain amount of time ticked by that Paprika reappeared once again, this time in the sky above the arena, jabbing out at an opponent that wasn't there.
The moment the cloaked fighter's form phased into view, Gohan dropped down on them from above with an elbow that collided with the back of their head. A crack of thunder echoed out and a shout of pain escaped Paprika's lips as the two of them dropped from the sky and slammed into the center of the ring.
Landing on all fours and punching a small crater on impact, the hooded figure growled and looked up. When they saw the sky was empty, the masked figure's breathing became erratic as they desperately searched the area for them.
"W-Where the hell is he?"
"Right here!"
Gasping in surprise, Paprika spun around, only to have their vision clouded when the back of their cloak was pulled over and wrapped around their head. Their shout of surprise muffled, the hooded fighter was suddenly picked up by the demi-Saiyan using their cloak as leverage and, with a yell of effort, tossed the fighter over his shoulder and slammed them into the ground. Continuing to hold onto their cloak like a lasso, Gohan picked the fighter up again and slammed them on the other side, doing so repeatedly and cracking the tiles on every impact before, with a mighty roar, spun and tossed them across the ring. Paprika ended up tumbling over the concrete for several yards before eventually leaping back to their feet and coming to a defensive stance across the way.
Both fighters then held their ground, the audience finally spotting the pair and fixing all of their attention onto the youths. Clamoring and cheering starting up once more, both Gohan and Paprika found their ears filled with the sounds of chanting as the spectators egged them on to continue their epic battle.
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