Raiyo took steady strides outside to the arena, he could hear the cheers of the crowd urging him to the fight. He stepped outside and immediately the cheering intensified to ear shattering levels. Raiyo couldn't help but feel a small smile on the edge of his lips. He walked confidently towards the large, tiled arena and couldn't help but feel a little self conscious due to what he was wearing.

"THERE HE IS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE MYSTERIOUS SON GOKEN HERE TO CLAIM HIS RIGHTFUL SPOT IN THE TOURNAMENT!" at this statement, numerous sections started chanting Raiyo's 'name'; "GOKEN GOKEN GOKEN..." the words could be heard resonating in the stadium. Just as quickly as the chants had started the noise level spiked once more, causing Raiyo to look back at where he had entered in from.

There was Kira, her slender yet muscular body adorned with a red gi, her hair pulled back into a winding braid, and her feet were noticeably bare. She strode up to the arena, paying no mind to the cheering of the crowds. She regarded Raiyo coldly and stood opposite him, the announcer then came onto the arena. "THE TOURNAMENT RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS: NO USE OF WEAPONS OR CONTRABAND, NO KILLING OF YOUR OPPONENT, FIGHTERS ARE DECLARED KNOCKED OUT WHEN THEY FAIL TO GET UP AFTER THE COUNT OF TEN OR THEY ARE KNOCKED FROM THE ARENA AND TOUCH ANY OUTSIDE SURFACE. FIGHTERS, READY YOUR STANCES!" He said.

Raiyo and Kira glared at each other, though Raiyo was hidden by the glasses. The two assumed their fighting postures, Kira with her turtle style and Raiyo with his street style. The stadium almost immediately went silent, waiting to see who would act first. The Z-Fighters focused on Kira, their minds wrapped with anticipation. Seida watched with hope in her eyes, "I know you can win Raiyo, now prove it to these people!"

"BEGIN!"

Raiyo struck first, rushing towards Kira faster than the normal eye could catch. Kira was shocked at his own speed and was caught off guard with a right hook to her jaw. She stumbled back, "Damn, he's a lot faster than I would have thought. Guess I won't have to hold back as much!" Kira thought to herself.

She recovered quickly and elbowed Raiyo in the chest, sending him hurtling back a few meters. He rolled back onto his feet and rushed back with a volley of kicks and punches, but only occasional strikes met their marks. Kira ducked, weaved, and occasionally blocked in an attempt to avoid her opponent's onslaught. She had never seen an opponent that fought with such ferocity, albeit with such a sloppy fighting style.

Raiyo was getting nowhere with direct attacks, "Let's try something else." Suddenly Raiyo dropped and swept Kira's feet from under her. Using the same momentum, Raiyo put a foot under him and rocketed himself upwards. He balled a fist and rammed it into Kira's midsection, sending her flying back.

"INCREDIBLE, GOKEN HAS TAKEN AN EARLY LEAD IN THE FIGHT AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY KNOCKED KIRA TO THE GROUND!" The announcer yelled excitedly into his mic. "GET UP KIRA!" Pan yelled down to her daughter. She looked down at Raiyo, who was sporting a smug smile. Pan gritted get teeth angrily, "Who does this guy think he is, beating on my daughter like that?!?" She mentally ranted. Kira flung herself up and rushed towards Raiyo, who had his back turned.

Seida noticed the attack, "DODGE!" she screamed at Raiyo. The warning came too late as Raiyo only had enough time to turn around just as he got kicked in the chest, sending him skirting across the arena floor. Raiyo managed to skid to a halt as he reached the upper right hand corner of the arena. "Bitch," Raiyo muttered and raced back towards Kira. "Bastard," Kira said to herself and flew towards Raiyo. The two warriors met in the middle of the ring with fists raised, both connecting with shockwave that cracked the tile.

Seida's heart was pounding out of her chest with worry. She watched as Raiyo and the girl, Kira, exchange furious and fast paced blows, none of which she could even hope to follow. Whenever she could catch a clear glimpse at the two it seemed as if the fight could go either way. Every so often a shockwave erupted from the two fighters and various parts of the arena splintered and broke apart. The longer the fight went on the more Seida felt that Raiyo was completely outmatched in this tournament, and she wasn't being pessimistic or anything. All she had to do was lean over the balcony railing and watch the gap in fighting skill take place.

Raiyo was caught in a defensive position, his arms raised over his face to block the onslaught of punches. He was sweating from the pain being exerted onto his body, his teeth gritting in defiance. He had tried to remove himself from the line of contact but Kira was relentless in her assault, punching Raiyo to knock him back and kicking him to keep him in front of her. Raiyo had to think of a plan, and fast!

Kira's mind was blank except for one thought, "Destroy the the guy who stole our name, my name!" Kira repeated in her head as she kept up her barrage. Though she had to admit that this Goken guy was incredibly strong willed to have survived this long, Kira was determined to end this right now.

Kira started concentrating her energy into her feet, building up for her finisher. Raiyo was starting to feel numb from the numerous blows to his arms and chest and yet he was still no closer to figuring a way to turn the fight in his favor again. "Unless I was never in control, in which case I am thoroughly screwed." Raiyo thought nervously. Suddenly he felt the punches stop and quickly looked up. Kira had leapt back several feet and was now standing motionless. Raiyo saw this as his last chance and readied himself.

Kira concentrated on putting most of her energy into her feet, they began smoking and cracked the tile underneath. Raiyo's mind suddenly went in alert mode. "She's not moving, why is she not moving?!" Raiyo asked himself, a nagging sense of danger biting at the back of his mind.

"No, is she insane?!" Uub asked, staring shaken at the ring. Gohan turned towards Uub, "What, what's going on?" The older fighter asked. "Her finisher, she concentrates most of her energy into a single strike and unleashes it on her opponent!" Uub said nervously, earning a questioning look from Gohan. "That doesn't sound very smart, she's going to be vulnerable if she misses her target." Gohan said.

"Don't you think she knows that," came a voice from behind the two fighters. It was Vegeta, "I would have thought you would have recognized this Gohan. She obviously must have implemented a way so her opponent can't dodge the attack, true saiyan tactics if I've ever seen it." Vegeta said in a gruff voice. Gohan looked at Uub incredulously, then back at the arena.

Raiyo was starting to feel antsy watching Kira stand there, as if she was waiting for something. He gritted his teeth, "Screw it!" Raiyo yelled and rushed at Kira, putting everything he had into his speed.

"Crap, not now!" Kira thought to herself as she jumped to avoid the incoming assault. Quickly though she saw Goken turn on his heel and leap up to meet her in mid air. They exchanged blows but eventually broke apart once they touched back down on the arena floor. Raiyo and Kira were both breathing heavily, but for different reasons.

"I just need one more minute, just let me have one minute!" Kira said franticly in her mind. Her normal attacks were starting to slow since she was focusing mostly on putting her energy into her finisher, meaning also that blocking and/or dodging was somewhat out of the question. "I'm not going to have that much left in me if he gets that close again. I need to buy myself some time to buildup the energy!"

Raiyo stood in a weary stupor, gasping for air to enter his lungs. Everything felt sore; legs, arms, chest, even his head felt as if it was used as the punching test machine from earlier. He knew he wasn't even close to Kira's speed or strength, even her technique was nearly flawless.

Nearly...flawless.

The more Raiyo kept fighting the more mistakes he had started to notice in Kira's move set. She kept going slow in her attacks and would often waver whenever she had a clear shot, leaving Raiyo to only assume...she's testing herself. All she's been doing this entire time was testing her new attacks on Raiyo because she didn't think he was a threat, but in the process she's become fidgety in her attacks in order to execute them perfectly. "A control freak, always the easiest ones to break!" Raiyo whispered to himself.

Seida watched meticulously from the balcony room. She noticed Raiyo's mouth curl into a knowing smile, sending excited jolts through her body. "I guess he found a way to beat her, lucky bastard!" Seida thought to herself, a smirk playing on her lips. She was looking off at the fight when a shining light caught her attention from somewhere else. Seida turned to see what it was...only for her heart to drop to her feet. Seida looked out at the video camera capturing every moment of her. She quickly went and hid herself behind a wall. "Shit, I should have known this place was being televised, I just hope no one from the orphanage is watching this!" Seida mentally chastised herself.

"Almost...there..." Kira kept focusing on building the energy up, sweat dripping down her forehead.

"I guess it's now or never!" Raiyo then launched himself towards his opponent, fast enough for most people to assume he had just disappeared. Raiyo had almost instantly closed the gap between Kira and himself, his fist raised to strike her square in the face.

"Finished,"

Suddenly, Raiyo couldn't move his fist no matter how hard he struggled, like it had been...caught. Raiyo looked up to see Kira, his fist held firmly in her hand. She sneered at Raiyo before elbowing him in the chin, sending him sprawling back. Raiyo recovered to see Kira, an aura of energy surrounding her figure. "NOW YOU'RE DONE FOR!" she yelled profusely and charged straight for Raiyo.

"DRAGON.....KICK!"

"No, she'll kill him!" Pan screeched at Uub, who could only look on in horror.

Seida took the moment to peek out from behind the wall. Her eyes went wide once she saw the tight spot Raiyo was in. Her eyes started to water slightly, "No... Please, dear God, no more!" she pleaded silently.

Raiyo had enough sense to cross his arms, trying to minimize the damage. He took the full force of the kick towards his upper chest and part of his lower neck area, a blow that would've killed him if he hadn't moved fast enough. As it was, the kick sent him rocketing backwards towards the far edge of the arena.

About halfway towards the edge, Raiyo finally realized what had happened. He then did the first thing that came to mind, he put his feet down in an attempt to stop himself. Raiyo did slow exponentially but was still going too fast. Grunting, he lifted his legs and slammed them back in the ground, digging shallow trenches in his attempts to stop. He was sweating both from strain and nervousness, he was getting closer to the edge. He then got desperate and leaned forward, using his hands to try and gain some extra traction. The jagged tile tore at his hands but he kept hanging on.

"No way..." The entirety of the Z-Fighters, Xander, Kira, and even Seida said in a surprised tone while the rest of the arena just stared in shock and awe.

Raiyo's teeth gritted adamantly, he was getting closer. He slowed to a mere crawl just inches from the edge. In an instant Raiyo felt his feet slip off, forcing him to drop to his arms. Thinking quickly, Raiyo swung his feet into the air behind him and flipped himself back onto the arena ground.

"Ah...ahh... INCREDIBLE!" came the amplified voice of the announcer. "SON GOKEN HAS SUCCESSFULLY KEPT HIMSELF IN THE ARENA AFTER TAKING THAT LAST ATTACK DEAD ON, SIMPLY AMAZING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!"

Most of the Z-Fighters were left speechless, all except Vegeta and Gohan. "He's strong, stronger than I would have thought." Gohan said meticulously. "Even still, his power is dwarfed even compared to Kira's." Vegeta said disapprovingly. "He's going to have to come up with a damn good strategy to turn this fight around."

Raiyo was lying on his back, breathing heavily. He felt the horrible urge to need to throw up everything he had consumed from the buffet table in the hall. He looked up into the blue sky and straight at the sun, which caused him to close his eyes even though he had the sunglasses. "Please......help." Raiyo said, his voice raspy and filled with pain.

No normal person could ever figure out what just happened, even most of the Z-Fighters were confused on what happened. The air in the coliseum suddenly grew heavy, as if the pressure had risen a few degrees. Raiyo's body shook for a few more seconds, then he stopped. He raised his head up confusedly, then pushed himself up off the ground. Raiyo stood up and looked down at himself, "Where...where did that extra strength even come from?!" Raiyo asked to no one in particular.

"There's just...no way he could have been that okay after taking a hit of that much power!" Kira yelled angrily inside her head. She emitted a low growl, even though she spent most of her energy on that attack she still had a little power left to spare. "I'll just knock him off the edge, it's not like he's got anywhere else to go!"

Raiyo was still looking down at himself in contemplation when he heard a loud boom coming from somewhere off to his front. He looked up to see Kira was still very much angry and was flying towards him quickly, her eyes holding a murderous look to them. Raiyo was scared, his face was needed with sweat. He looked down at his hands, they were worn beyond their use without medical treatment. Raiyo instinctively tried to step back but he quickly remembered that he was on the edge of the arena.

"So that's her plan, she's just going to toss me off the edge like I'm nothing!" Raiyo thought to himself. Suddenly his fear turned to anger, and then he had a realization.

Time seemed to play in slow motion, every breath in the arena seemed to catch simultaneously. Kira was already a mere inches away from Raiyo, who hadn't even tried to dodge her. Her right arm was outstretched and a fist was raised, expecting it to hit something. In one easy motion, Raiyo leaned back to his left and grabbed hold of Kira's wrist.

"Got you!" Raiyo growled. Using Kira's momentum, Raiyo flung himself, and her by extension, upwards. Raiyo then twisted himself in midair, swinging Kira around like a weighted throwing ball. With one final twist Raiyo let go of Kira, sending her hurtling to the ground.

BOOM!!

The impact wasn't large, but it still left many stunned. After Kira landed she looked around...and immediately yelled in frustration.

She had been thrown completely out of the arena, and was now sitting on the grass area surrounding it.

"I don't...believe it. She was just thrown out of the arena, and he didn't even fight!?" Pan asked angrily. "What kind of coward do you have to be to pull am underhanded move like that?!"

Seida felt as if a weight had been lifted off of her chest. She grinned a crooked tooth smile and walked down to the fighter's hall.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU THE WINNER OF THIS BOUT OF THE WORLD MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT... SON GOKEN!"