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Vegeta took a moment from pounding Elegant_Bruises into the ring to tell Rhuda, "Finish this!"
She was just standing there, deliberating on what to do. How to defeat BlameitonAKON07 quickly, but she waited too late. The namekians Health Bars went back to full. He smirked at her before vanishing, and she barely had time to find him before the side of his flat hand 'whapped' into her neck and caused Rhuda to crunch into the ring, sending off pieces of it to the sky.
"Ha!" Her enemy smirked.
She'd taken .5 damage, leaving her with only .5.
Luckily her body warned her of incoming danger through the dust , and she jumped from the hole to the sky, avoiding the finishing punch.
The sensu beans!
Rhuda dashed around the ring as she untied the satchel, pulling one out and chomping into it. Her Health, Ki and Stamina all refilled. The pain of broken fingers and a battered body vanished.
Somehow she had managed to avoid being finished off, but barely. Now she needed to refocus and win this!
The girl spread her arms out, Locked On to blameitonAKON07 and shouted, "Magma Shot!"
He threw his hands up to guard but still took severe damage, one of his 3X bars missing down by .5. As the dust settled from him he smirked, "That tickled."
They began a series of hand to hand combat. He was faster, having the upper hand, and her ribs cracked when he fisted into them over and over. With a downward spike to her head she fell to the ground out of breath and down -1x.
"Ha...ha..." she slowly pulled herself up. He helped, yanking her by one of two pig tails, and slung her across the ring.
Oh no! If I land outside the ring, it's over!
She spun in the air like sonic the hedgehog to stop the momentum. What she needed was a super attack. She bent down to do a Kamehameha Wave, but he saw what she'd planned to do and appeared behind Rhuda, those arms stretching around her once more.
"Argh! L-Let me go, please!' She said.
"You said please? That's cute. Wwe could play a little game instead," he said to her ear. "You call me daddy and ride my power pole."
"T-That doesn't sound fun at all," she replied, struggling to get free. His arms tightened.
I'm stuck! If he wanted to, he could throw me out on the grass! I have to get away from these arms!
"Oh it's fun for 'me' at least. I think you'll come around." He told her.
"S-Stop squeezing me there, please, it's very u-uncomfortable--"
A voice entered her mind. It was cheerful and light, but came with instructions. ("Bite him, Rhuda!")
Goku?
She saw him watching from the stadium with Broly, the two looking on tensely. He had two fingers to his head, and gave her a thumbs up.
With no other choice but to try it she leaned to his arm that was squishing her chest painfully tight, and barred her teeth. "*Bite!*"
"Ruaah!"
She was free. Her elbow swung back and caught his cheek, following with a body twist that ended with harsh kick, causing the namekian to crash down into the ring.
My chance!
"Ka..me..ha..me..haaa!"
Her Ki went down by three, but the attack was devastating. blamitonAKON07 didn't block and took her Kamehameha Wave full force, pushing him off the ring where he landed with a loud explosion into the stadium. The crowd screamed and parted away from it in fear, and as the dust settled Rhuda could see that she had won.
("Did you see that? We can always count on THAT attack to finish with a bang!")
("He's out of the ring! Rhuda is the Winner! Girl power~!")
She tapped down to the ring and wiped away sweat from her brow, looking on as cheers for her grew too loud for one to think clearly.
Vegeta teleported to her. "About damn time. Now it's my turn!"
He shut his eyes, hair radiating from black before settling on blue. Vegeta smirked. "I was tired of waiting for you. Watch how a saiyan REALLY fights!"
Elegant_Bruises had healed again, back to 4x bars, but when Vegeta transformed into SSGSS, she squealed and said, "Now wait a minute! T-That's not fair!"
Rhuda didn't blame her. His Health had risen to 6x.
Vegeta slowly walked over, and she took one foot back, then another. Finally her feet tapped the edge of the ring, and her black eyes widened. "I-I forfeit!" She squeaked.
("Sorry~! Forfeiting is not allowed! Look at that blue hair, it's so beautiful! Makes a cat girl like me just swoon!")
He rose his hand and a bright beam shot from it, to the maijin, who stumbled sideways just in time. The stadium was hit with another blast and yells rang out.
("Finally! Some danger and excitement! I'm sure those in rows D and C will remember that move forever!")
Vegeta didn't move. He watched with his eyes as Elegant_Bruises put some space between them, and smirked like a cat with a mouse. "Go ahead. Run. I like a moving target." He said.
"Eep! G-Go away! You stay over there!"
The prince was having too much fun toying with Elegant_bruises. He 'sssfwss' over to her, appearing at her behind and leaned closely to say, "Boo."
"Kyaaaa!"
His knee collided into her spine and she sailed across the ring, almost into Rhuda who side stepped, and out to the stadium. Dust rose up. The crowd went eerily silent, before a large uproar engulfed everything else.
"Yeah!" "kick her ass!" "We have maijins!" "Rip her a new one!"
("Well...shes out of the ring all right. But...")
Elegant_Bruises got up and dusted herself off, flying back to the ring. She glared, "You're just a big bully!"
"Go tell the principal then."
With little effort Vegeta had already gotten her to less than 2x Health. He tapped his boot, waiting for her to try and attack, but she was trembling too hard. A long drawn out sigh he released and rolled his eyes. "I suppose I'll let you have SOME advantage."
His eyes closed.
Elegant_bruises slowly walked over, as if he'd sneak an attack, but grew more bold. Her hand lifted, "Chocolate ray!"
Vegeta vanished and punched her stomach, kicking her out of the ring. He dusted his gloves and scoffed, "Hn! What a waste of time."
She rose up and puked blood. "You--you opened your eyes! Cheater!"
"There was no need. I could smell your fear a mile away."
Vegeta hopped from the ring and Rhuda followed.
("We have our winners! Vegeta and Rhuda! What a fight! I loved the brutality! Let's give it up for our new favorite duo!")
[Battle Clear!]
[Level Up!]
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Trunks stood up from his desk and sighed in relief. He touched his chest where his heart had been racing, thinking on all the things that could have gone wrong but didn't.
I didn't need the 'save' point after all, he thought.
But the relief brought a new emotion---anger.
Seeing that namekian touching Rhudas' chest, albeit in a fight, had ignited his saiyan anger.
"She did it!" SKOT said with a clap.
He'd all but forgotten the kai was there, but turned with a tight smile. "Yeah. I'm proud of her."
"As am I! I might just have to put her on missions after this," SKOT said. Trunks quickly shook his head at that idea. "N-Not yet. She's uh, still green. Trust me on this."
"...Well, alright, if you say so. If you want to take a break go ahead."
"Are you sure?" Trunks asked, not wanting the Nest to be unprotected. He was still waiting for SS4 Goku and Vegeta to return with Shallots body, as well.
"Mhm! Go congratulate her. I'm sure she'd love that." SKOT winked and walked out of her home, saying over her shoulder, "Hearing it from you would really be the best, don't you think?"
"...Yeah."
He left the dome home, the Nest, and flew down the steps, across the hillside, and tapped down by the stadium, searching for her particular energy. He saw her chatting with his father and Goku.
My...tiny girlfriend, he thought with a goofy smile. So tiny yet so fierce.
Just as he edged closer, excusing himself over and over to those he bumped, Trunks caught sight of BlameitonAKON07. His teeth grit.
Before he could stop himself he'd made it to him, and grabbed his scuffed shirt in his gloved hand. "...You need to learn how to treat women," Trunks told him.
"The hell? What do you want, mr. Perfect? Got a problem?"
"I do, in fact." He dropped his shirt, wrinkling his nose in anger. "If you even think about touching my girlfriend again, it will be the last time you touch anyone."
The namekians eyes went wide. He hadn't been expecting a love interest to be so violent and seek him out, but recovered quickly and crossed his arms. "...Got news for ya, bud."
"Oh yeah? what's that?"
"She's Shallots' girlfriend, last time I checked." He smirked, seeing the shocked face of trunks.
"...Tch, you think I'd believe a word you say?" Trunks turned to Rhuda, intent to get to her, when BlameitonAKON07 snagged his bicep.
"Ask anyone. We all saw 'em tongue fucking in the Plaza. Matt and Vann even saw Shallot doing a whole lot more than that."
"..."
Trunks stilled. His eyes caught Rhudas, who smiled and waved shyly. His hand didn't raise, but clenched instead. To the namekian he said, "...That's impossible. She's not like that at all. It must have been someone else."
"Whatever man."
Trunks made his way to Rhuda, who walked away from Goku, Broly and Father. He forced himself to smile, "Hey. You...did great, out there."
"T-Thank you. I couldn't have done it without your help!" Rhuda bowed.
"You don't need to be so formal with me, you know." his mouth blurted, "we're dating."
"Y-yes! S-Sorry!"
Ahh, no good, that guys words are stuck in my head, Trunks thought.
"Say, did you know that guy? Uhm, the namekian?" He asked her.
She slowly nodded. "I didn't remember him at first, but...when I came 'here'...ano, after you found me in the gravity chamber, I ran into him...and...w-well, Shallot fought him and won."
"Is that...all?"
"Eh?" Her green eyes darted away.
A hard knot of adrenaline grew in his chest. Trunks didn't know what it was, only that he felt sick to his stomach. He rubbed his temples and shook away the dreadful feeling.
Her tiny hand touched his forehead. Rhuda checked him for fever. "You...feel a little hot."
"P-probably from all the excitement."
"...W-Would you like to sit down? With me?" She asked, glancing at him and away again bashfully.
He smiled and took her hand.
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Rhuda knew Trunks wasn't himself. There was something different, something bothering him. She just couldn't put her finger on it.
Perhaps from working so late on the save point, she told herself.
Away from the crowd remaining for the next fighters, and close to the bamboo forest, the two found a bench unoccupied. It was aesthetically beneath an umbrella of shade trees . They sat close to one another, now used to their bodies brushing.
"I was scared at first." Rhuda said. "But...I remembered what you told me, to push back."
"That's good. I--I liked training with you. If, you know, you wanna do it again sometime, just let me know." He said.
Trunks placed his hand on top of hers and she leaned on his shoulder.
"I-I'd like that a lot. I can't believe that I really won. All those people were cheering...for me! It...felt nice." She murmured.
"Get used to it. You're amazing, Chisato. I hope one day you can see yourself the way that I do."
Their eyes caught.
Trunks...I'm...falling for you, truly, the girl thought in a daze.
Her rosy cheeks and glittering eyes drew him in. Trunks captured her lips, gently telling through them he adored her, would do anything for Chisato.
It must have worked. She pulled away and climbed on his lap, wrapping her brown tail around his thigh. Her silky hand stroked his jaw, chin, neck. Trunks leaned back, relaxing into pleasure.
"Chisato..."
She took his breath when her soft lips caressed his neck. One, two, submissive kisses she laid, and Trunks tensed.
Ah--what's going on--, he thought.
His pulse tripled, body throbbing, and he grabbed her face to his and slid his tongue between her teeth, feeling tiny bumps along her wet tongue as it lifted and met his.
I can't...hold back, he realized.
Her fingers pressed into his arms harder, and his body instinctively latched onto her hip meat and began grinding their pelvises together.
"Mnn.."
God--I can't--I can't stop---what's going on with me--
His rational mind was being ran over by the sensation, until she pulled away to catch her breath. That's when he saw how she was panting and red faced, whimpering at the 'thing' from his pants pressing into her parted thighs.
"Ah...you're so...b-big," she whispered.
Another time of grinding their bodies together and Trunks lost it. All willpower to hold onto being a gentleman. If was as though a beast within was taking over, making him want to do something crazy.
It scared him.
"Ha...ah..." Rhudas lips glistened with his spit, and his nose nuzzled her cheek, neck, suckling deep enough she whimpered.
"T-Trunks--ah--I--I--want you," she said, now rubbing herself across him.
It was his turn to be teased. Trunks groaned, knowing full well anyone could see them like this but powerless to stop his desires.
At that moment it dawned on him what he was doing. His nose was just along her neckline, sniffing it hungrily, and his teeth were primed to tear into her skin.
I want to taste it--
--Chisatos' blood--
There was a scent rising from Rhuda, like something both foreign and natural. The cause for his wild behavior.
What is that? It's not perfume. But why do I want to--? Trunks panicked.
Trunks shut his eyes. Slowly he said, "...Chisato...g-get...off of me."
"E-Eh?"
"You have...to get off of me. Please."
She climbed away from him, clearly confused and somewhat dissapointed. His hand flew to his nose where he covered it and tried to only inhale from his mouth.
It helped.
Slowly his mind became normal again, his thoughts his own and not some wild creature. After all his senses were back to base he finally faced her, seeing that she'd been hurt by his refusal.
"I'm sorry, Chisato. I...I--" he clamped his teeth together. How could he say that he was going to eat her, like a weird vampire?
He tried to word it gently. "Listen to me. I...almost...lost control. A-And--I....I'm sorry. It's not your fault. It's me."
She shook her head. "No!--Ano...that is, I w-wanted you to do that."
They awkwardly stared at one another until Trunks relaxed and pet her head. "One day. But for now, we should focus on preventing the next apocalypse."
To his shock she grabbed his wrist and shook her head. "I-I want that...now. All of those things--I want to share with T-Trunks."
His body grew warm.
Quickly he stood and walked a few paces away, shaking his lilac head. "...We can't."
"...But...why?"
"I--"
He didn't have an answer.
Seconds ticked past.
Rhuda slowly stood from the bench and hugged his back, quietly saying, "If there is an end to all this...this place...I--I want to be with you, before it comes."
Her words seared into his chest. That's right. He was a character in a damn game, not a real person, not like Shallot. One day they might part ways, and even if the ending was good, it didn't mean Rhuda would be with him forever. She might move on to Other World, or even back to her reality. Leaving him...leaving him alone.
"Why...?" He grit his teeth together, not understanding why those words had him full of sorrow. There were new worries in his mind, and they had nothing to do with the present danger of enemies.
"It's because I love you."
She--
---she loves me?
He gulped down anxiety, while his heart tripled again, beating to some unknown tune of those both mourning and rejoicing.
Her arms were shaking around his hips. If he turned now, he could probably see that she would be crying. Still she clung onto him and repeated, "I--I love you, Trunks."
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