Bab 152: Saiyan vs original

As the two faced each other they got into battle ready poses, both holding their staffs at the ready. Alex didn't use his super Saiyan or boosted gear, causing Wukong to be confused. As they stared each other down, he asked,

"Are you not going to power up?" Alex shook his head, and replied,

"I will if you force me to, but I want to try and beat you without it first. If I have to rely on things like that to beat the one who taught me, then what exactly did I learn?" Wukong laughed at Alex's words, but there was also a glint of anticipation in his eyes. The audience was holding their breath, when both people suddenly disappeared instantly.

BOOM

All there was to know that a fight was even happening was the sounds the two made when they collided, as they were moving faster than most of the viewers could follow. This lasted only for a few seconds, but it was enough time for Alex and Wukong to have clashed several times before they were visible again, as they were both blasted into different mountains. The two of them seemed to be uninjured as they still stared each other down, until Wukong started shaking his hand as if it hurt.

"Seriously, where does that strength of yours come from? All we did was tap each other with our staffs and now my hand won't stop tingling." Ignoring his question regarding his strength, Alex replied,

"Do me a favor and never say we were tapping staffs again, my reputation is already diving fast enough as it is." This earned him a chuckle from the old monkey, before they both restarted the fight. Wukong pushed off from the mountain he was on, causing large cracks to spread from where his feet were. Alex did the same, except he caused the entire side of the mountain to crumble in the process. They were moving at a speed the audience could see now, as they both thrusted forward with their stave, causing them to collide at each end. As they stopped in midair with the staves, Wukong shouted,

"Extend Nyoi-Bo!" Resulting in Both of them being pushed back as Wukong's staff lengthened. Alex twisted his own staff to the side, resulting in Wukong's Nyoi-Bo shooting past him as he rushed forward again. As Alex swung his staff, Wukong managed to retract his and block it, but he only barely managed to avoid Alex's next attack by breaking off and jumping back. Wukong started rubbing his neck nervously, as he looked at the sword that just nearly took his head. Alex on the other hand had a large grin on his face as he twirled the staff in both hands, and swung around Ascalon with his tail.

It was an idea he had for actually using his tail instead of just letting it be dead weight all the time. Even though it was somewhat awkward to use his tail to swing a sword around, it would be a good surprise attack for his opponents, though it didn't work with Wukong, who had over a thousand years experience in combat. Wukong looked at the unusual sight of a sword being swung around by a tail, and said,

"In all my years I've never seen that before, youngsters these days come up with the weirdest ideas." Alex laughed and said,

"That "weird" idea nearly took your head though, and I had to put the damn thing to use some way." Hearing that Wukong laughed as well, then turned serious once more. Noticing the change in his attitude, Alex became battle ready as well, even though he never let his guard down. Wukong then reached up and took out an entire fistful of hair, throwing it to the wind. A second later there were several dozen Wukong's standing on the mountain, all looking right at Alex.

Though he wasn't actually pushing himself so far, it took all of Alex's skill to fight the small army of Wukong's as they charged him, almost to the point that he was tempted to use either the boosted gear or super Saiyan. Each time he struck or stabbed one they disappeared and left behind a single strand of hair, but with the amount Wukong used, the air was filled with falling strands of hair after a few minutes. Alex was so focused on the fight with the copies, he didn't notice what the real Wukong was doing until the area was covered in shade. Alex looked up to see a giant mass of rock moving above him, and from the rock a voice was heard,

"This happened to me in my youth, how about we see what would happen to you if a mountain was dropped on you?" Alex simply stood there as the mass of rock fell towards him and the remaining copies, a smirk on his face. As the mountain fell on him, there was a loud crash as the stone behemoth knocked down the mountain Alex was already standing on. After the crash settled there was dead silence, everyone watching was holding their breath, waiting for Alex to reappear since the retirement announcement never sounded. When a rock started falling down the slope the sound echoed as everyone, including Wukong, were waiting tensely for any sign of Alex, before a small rumble filled the air.

The mass of stone that Wukong threw suddenly started moving, as it began rising from its landing point, revealing a golden glow underneath. A second later the transformed Alex stood there holding the giant mass of rock with a singe hand, as he turned towards Wukong and said,

"Really, a mountain?" The elder monkey laughed at Alex's words, until the same mass of stone he threw suddenly came rushing back at him. Wukong dodged to the side, not noticing until the last second that Alex was suddenly right next to him. He swung his staff at him again, only for Alex to block it with a couple fingers. He pulled the staff back and started stabbing it forward in rapid fire succession, only for Alex to nimbly dodge with the smallest movements.

Wukong shuddered as he saw the difference from the time he first fought Alex. Even then he acknowledged that Alex was most likely stronger than him in brute strength, but now only a year later, his movements carried a refinement rivaling most that trained for decades. As he was getting lost in his thoughts he didn't notice the fist coming for his mid drift, blasting him back into the side of another mountain. The audience was astounded at what they saw, as the famous Sun Wukong was suddenly sent flying back so hard he created an enormous crater when he impacted the mountain.

"Cough, cough, I really am getting old, getting distracted like that." Alex hovered in front of him, still emoting his golden glow as a sphere of ki grew in his hand. He then said to Wukong,

"Thank you for everything teacher, the trials I'll face soon will be much easier with the guidance you have given me." Wukong laughed and smiled as his former student fired the ki sphere at him, effectively retiring him and turning the mountain he crash into to rubble.

"The king Sun Wukong has retired, the red dragon emperor wins."

The arbitrator announced, signaling the end of the match. Alex released his transformation as he was transported back to the stadium, and was welcomed by thunderous cheers. He raised his fist in victory at their applause, and turned towards the loudest section, filled with his lovers and those closest to him. There in the middle, was a certain Crimson haired woman, who was now his next opponent. As they looked at each other, Rias gave him a look, a look that stated that she wouldn't lose, a look that was declaring war. Alex smiled in response.