(Paprika & Kure)
Receiving a slash across the chest from her powered up opponent, which sliced through her top like crate paper, the enormous demon Paprika let out a snarl and thrust a kick into the beastly Kure's chest. The powerful blow smashed her foe backwards, which only served to enrage the cat woman further, who then spun on the spot and kicked at the demon's feet.
Shifting her foot back to avoid the blow, the white haired giant of a Makyan began a slow retreat as her opponent began striking out at her with various low and high kicks from the floor. Using moves and cartwheels very similar to what you would see in the martial arts Capoeira, Kure spun at her opponent with her legs and tail, slashing and sweeping at her foe repeatedly. When Paprika checked one of her low blows, the cat alien suddenly leapt at her with a right hook, drilling her across the cheek and sending blood flying out of her mouth.
Eyes flaring with anger at the sudden overhand blow, Paprika growled and threw a straight kick into Kure's torso, knocking the woman off her feet and tumbling across the battle scarred field. When the extra terrestrial rolled back into an upright position, she remained crouched on all fours with her tail whipping angrily behind her. From the looks on both warriors, with the Makyan covered in bloody claw marks and Kure sporting numerous bruises of her own, along with an impaled shoulder, the two Z-fighters had been giving one another hell.
And they weren't alone in that respect either. As Paprika bared her fangs and stomped towards Kure threateningly, the latter glanced behind her when she sensed the presence of two others nearby. Her eyes narrowed when she instantly spotted Yamcha and Videl, also covered in bloody scratches, bruises, ruined clothing and black eyes, panting exhaustedly and glaring in her direction. Hunched over and bleeding from the corners of their mouths, the duo had clearly taken a few hits of their own trying to get the jump on Kure, only to receive a thorough beating in return for their efforts.
Taking several deep breaths, showing she was close to reaching her limit, Kure then dug the elongated nails on her hands into the soil and whipped her tail in front of her. "Time… to end this." She then vanished with a crack of wind, her blur darting towards Yamcha faster than he could track.
However, just as her invisible form was making its way across the wasteland, a hand suddenly shot forward and grabbed her ankle. Being pulled out of super speed, a stunned Kure looked down to see Paprika had jumped forward and caught her leg, stopping her dead in her tracks. As soon as she had her, the large-horned, devilish woman yanked the feline warrior out of the air, tossed her over her shoulder, and slammed Kure into the ground. Hitting the surface with an earth-splitting crack, the Makyan gave a yell of rage and, spinning around, threw Kure into the air.
"DUST HER!" Paprika shouted at her teammates.
Yamcha, white aura exploding around him, pulled back both his hands and, with a loud yell of his own, thrust them forward, unleashing two simultaneous Spirit Ball attacks at his airborne target. The speed he launched the spheres meant that he was able to nail her right in the chest and torso, propelling the cat high up into the sky. When Kure spat up blood from the shot, Videl used that opportunity to finish the combo.
Clenching her fists, the battered human crouched low and pressed her right knuckles to her chest. "Okay… last chance. Time to use that technique I've been practicing." Steam rising off of her body, Videl shut her eyes for a moment to focus her energy. Then, as soon as she was ready, her head snapped up and her jaw clenched tightly. "Make it count! KAIOKEN TIMES TEN!" All of a sudden, an aura of red energy burst off of her and began gushing out of every pore on her body. Her muscles bulking up in response to the expulsion of power, the girl let out a cry of agony before vanishing in a blur of speed.
Her take off was marked by a sonic boom, a split second before her body materialized several stories above the stricken Kure, who was still ascending at high speed. Hands brought up and placed over her forehead, Videl, red aura burning around her like flames, then clenched her teeth and growled in effort.
"This'll kill me, but…KAIOKEN, MAXIMUM POWER!" Like dumping petrol over an open pit, her aura exploded widthwise and filled the sky with a raging inferno, burning a hole straight through the atmosphere and right up into space. A scream of agony leaving her lips when she felt her veins expand, all of which could clearly be seen pulsating along her muscles, the human girl then concentrated all of the energy she had into her palms and formed a golden sphere of ki in front of her.
With so much energy gushing through her body all at once, the vessels in a lot of her more vulnerable spots could no longer hold back the strain, as blood came dribbling out of her nose and ears. Ignoring the pain, the girl then let out one last growl and threw both hands forward, unleashing her attack with a mighty roar.
"SUPER MASENKO-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
In a flash, her attack left her hands with a clap of thunder and rocketed towards her approaching foe, filling the sky with a light brighter than the sun itself. A split second later, her attack struck Kure in the back, knocking her into Yamcha's spirit balls, disintegrating them, and sending the woman blasting back towards the planet's surface, with a stunned look slapped across the feline's face. When she slammed into the country's surface, an explosion similar to a thermonuclear bomb ripped the land asunder in a dome shaped blast of orange fire.
The continent rattling under the force of impact, a thoroughly drained Videl then dropped out of the air to land next to Yamcha. When her legs buckled, her fellow human ally was there to catch her, while Paprika came to stand defensively by their side. When the trio watched the explosion of the Masenko die out, they saw an enormous crater emerge from the blast, and when the smoke from the impact zone cleared, so did Kure.
Her suit all but shredded to the point of leaving her in nothing but a bra and underwear, her back seared and the rest of her body covered in second degree burns, a still transformed Kure forced herself to her feet. Trembling from the damage racking her body and the fire still burning on her limbs, it took several moments for Kure to get to her knees. When she did, the woman then threw a glare towards her opponents where, through a blurred vision, she saw all three of them standing together several yards away.
Paprika, stepping forward, then brought back her hand. "Now… FU-RI-KA-KE-HAAAAAAA!" She then thrust her palm forward, unleashing an orange, hand-shaped blast that blasted towards Kure faster than a lightning bolt.
Jumping to her feet, Kure braced herself in time to take the attack head-on, feeling it slam into her and send her rocketing backwards for well over a kilometer. Her body consumed in the flames of the blast, the woman dug her feet into the ground and slowed her retreat. As the forces of the attack continued to rip into her and burn her skin, the desperate and still conscious woman then began marching forward through the fire, her teeth gritted and fists clenched. Like a rock against an endlessly flowing stream, she fought against the river and continued to stomp across the disintegrating landscape, to the point a scream of rage left her lips and the pain overwhelming her became next to unbearable.
Videl and Yamcha were stunned to see the woman withstand the full might of Paprika's most powerful and dangerous attack. Even the Makyan unleashing the blast was more astonished than they were. However, not willing to give up just yet, Paprika took a deep breath and, after concentrating more energy into her free hand, thrust that forward too and unleashed a second blast down the line. The reinforced attack shot towards Kure in a surge of energy and, a split second later, hit the young woman like a tidal wave, knocking her off her feet and sending her tumbling through the twister of orange fire.
The explosion that followed shortly afterwards was immense, as energy filled the sky of the planet and the force of the blast distorted the surface of the Earth. When the smoke faded several minutes later, it revealed a major indent had been formed on the edge of the continent connecting the land to the ocean, which could clearly be seen from space. By the time the last embers of the attack had dissipated, water from the sea had finished flooding into the newly formed basin.
There, on the shores of the burnt cove, an exhausted Paprika, Yamcha and Videl floated over from the beginning of the trench to find Kure, back in her base form and even more damaged than before, wafting with smoke along the banks. Coughing as she was woken by the tides of water washing against her arm, the woman forced open an eye and turned to find her opponents standing over her.
When she saw the three of them staring down at her and looking quite concerned at the amount of damage she'd taken, she knew right away what'd happened and what the results of her battle were. Unable to feel really anything, due to having been subjected to the most thorough sterilization process ever recorded, Kure's lips broke into a smile and a pained laugh escaped her throat.
"Looks like… that's game over for me," the cat woman coughed.
Videl, hanging off of Yamcha's shoulders due to being unable to walk anymore, gave the woman her own cheery smile. "Yah think?"
Hearing the response prompted Kure to beam at the trio, "There's no doubt about it… you guys are strong."
Yamcha, feeling a little sympathetic for the pain she must be in, grinned down at their extraterrestrial opponent as well, "Hey. Don't sell yourself short. It was three against one. You're pretty damn strong yourself."
"Even if it was one-on-one, I would've lost anyway," the female with the cat features wheezed, at the same time shooting a look up at the still transformed Paprika. When she saw the devil woman crane her head, the woman with brown hair nodded to her, "After all, that one's powers are well above my own. She purposefully held back on that last attack… to stop from killing me."
The two Z-fighters also glanced over at Paprika to see their ally nod in understanding to their defeated adversary. After sizing up the giant woman, who was now easily twice their height, pulsing with Amazonian muscles, and had two enormous devil horns that would put the Lord of Darkness to shame protruding from her spiky white hair, the pair of miniscule humans then gave her a slightly apprehensive look. When Paprika felt their eyes boring into her side, the teenage girl glanced down at them and blinked in surprise.
"What?" she asked in a butch tone of voice.
Videl threw a nervous smile at the Makyan. "Yeah… do you think you can change back now, Paprika? Please?"
"Huh?"
"Yeah. I'm going to have to back Videl up on this one," Yamcha stammered, before then gulping at the puzzled look the green woman threw them, which came off more intimidating than she intended. "Don't take this the wrong way, girl, but… you look fucking terrifying."
Agreeing with the pair's assessments, the burnt and battered Kure nodded quietly in support.
Blushing, the giant woman then, much to her friends' relief, reverted back to her normal form, giving her muscles and the group's nerves a rest. Considering all the hits they'd taken in the last couple of hours, they definitely needed it.