After several more seconds of continuous shooting, Paprika stopped, allowing the flames from her attack to fade and reveal to everyone there what had happened to their favorite young fighter. When the smoke lifted, they saw the still intact Gohan lying beneath her feet, his shirts incinerated and his entire upper body battered and burnt. The sound of his heavy breathing and the sight of his agonized face had the Makyan leer in satisfaction.
"How does it feel, Gohan? How does it feel to be the victim, to be the helpless one… to have your face buried in the ground and to have no one here to help you? Does it hurt?" The girl spat and, kicking him in the side, rolled him onto his back and elicited a yelp of pain from him. "I bet it does. So how about we continue this little game? I've got a lot more frustration to take out on you… and I'm not going to stop until I hear you beg for my forgiveness." She then held her hand up and began charging yet another energy attack. "Now… BURN YOU MURDERER!"
At that exact moment, Gohan's eyes flew open and, with a yell of rage and a flash of teal, he sprang up from the ground and nailed Paprika directly in the nose. The force and speed of the punch practically caved the girl's face in before sending her flying through the air and bouncing across the ring. When she eventually rolled to a stop a second later, the girl grabbed her face with both hands and yelled out in agony.
"GAAAAAHHH! FUCK!" Gasping in shock, Paprika slowly stood back up and looked across the arena floor. When she did, she saw her now standing opponent become engulfed in a golden aura before a brilliant flash of light engulfed the entire stadium.
Blinded by the flare and deafened by the immense howl that came with it, Paprika only had to wait a couple of seconds before the anomaly died down. When she looked back, her visage twisted into one of shock when she saw her opponent standing there, bathed in a golden glow, his eyes teal and his once night black hair turned a shining blonde.
While Hercule and the rest of the stadium gawked at the boy's transformation to his first level of Super Saiyan, Videl was overcome with joy, her eyes sparkling just as brightly at the young male's ethereal form.
"Yes!"
"Have you calmed down?" Allowing the shock to settle in and seeing the girl take a step back, the shirtless Gohan cracked his neck and smirked, "Good. Now we can do this properly. You want a fight that badly, Paprika? Well… you've got one."
Shivering at the amount of power she could now feel coming off of the boy, Paprika grinned and clenched her fists. "Finally. This is exactly what I was waiting for… Mr. Super Saiyan." With a growl of effort, a red aura exploded off of her body and engulfed her in the same manner the boy had emitted his cloak of energy. The earth trembling at the amount of power both fighters were generating together, the Makyan, now at full power, then took a fighting stance and shouted, "Let's do this! Bring it on!"
His fists tightening even more as he gauged his adversary's power increase, the hybrid Saiyan's eyes narrowed and his jaw clenched. "You asked for it." Gritting his teeth, the transformed Gohan then exploded from his spot and charged at the girl in the form of a golden flash, crashing into her head on and elbow first.
Paprika threw her arms up in time to block the blow the youngster tackled her with. However, just as she was leaning back from the force of the impact, she suddenly saw his afterimage pass directly through her, causing her to blink in shock. A split second later, Gohan's faded form solidified directly behind her and, reversing directions, elbowed her in the back. The unexpected attack knocked the girl off her feet and sent her flying forward.
Managing to gain control of her flight, the stunned girl spun into a flip, rotated around and landed deftly. Throwing her hand back, Paprika gave a loud growl before, throwing it forward, unleashed a blinding white blast from her hand that rocketed towards the Super Saiyan standing directly in her line of sight. "WONTON BLASTER!" With a mighty howl the attack rocketed towards the boy at light speed, only for the golden warrior to vanish before the beam struck that side of the ring and completely disintegrated the edge in a catastrophic explosion.
When the audience was pelted by dust and debris, Paprika's eyes snapped behind her, where she saw her opponent reappear.
Clenching his jaw tightly as he watched the demon curl her fists and take a stance as well, Gohan then brought his guard up to his sides and dashed forward. Rushing at her in a blur of movement, as soon as he was in range he cranked his right fist back, gave a mighty yell and, taking aim, drove his fist into her chest. Paprika's forearm flew up to block the hit and, as soon as the earsplitting shockwave rang out and rocked the entire stadium to its foundations, the pair began to fight.
Gohan's fists flew at Paprika in blurs, slamming into her arms again and again as they shot up to intercept his attacks. Continuous shockwaves exploded off of them as they boxed it out in the middle of the arena. With every hit generating a violent tremor, the demi-Saiyan continued attacking her with reckless abandon until Paprika pulled her fist back and slammed a punch into his face. The boy took the blow, his head cocking to the side. But even as her knuckles buried into his cheek, the young Super Saiyan only growled against it and violently shoved it away with a quick shake of his head.
Eyes widening in alarm, the girl threw a hand up to block a swinging left punch, only to then see the Super Saiyan leap up and drive a knee into the side of her head. The blow impacted with a thunderclap, knocking the girl to the side with her eyes glazed over. Before she could fall, Paprika recovered quickly and threw up another guard, only to then receive a palm strike to the cheek.
The hits landing with deafening thuds, Gohan then brought both his fists up and, with a yell, drove a hammer blow into his opponent's back. The girl crumpled from the attack, but as soon as his fists lifted free, Paprika retaliated with a vicious flurry of attacks. In the blink of an eye, both Super Saiyan and Super Makyan began pummeling each other with lightning fast blows, thunderclaps ringing out at a machinegun rate while they fought across the decimated arena.
With every blow that connected the stadium shook and as the spectators held on for dear life, the announcer stood beside the ruined court in awe. "This fight just got real, ladies and gentlemen! Right now, both Gohan and Paprika are giving each other everything they've got! Their punches are so strong; every single blow they land is causing the heavens themselves to shake! WHAT A MATCH!"
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