(Meanwhile)
Having touched down on an island in the middle of the ocean, the still transformed Sandra stood panting raggedly and staring up into the sky. Her golden, spiky hair trailing down her more muscular body, with purple veins still visible and tattooing her skin, the powered up woman then hunched forward an clenched her fists.
"Using this form… places enormous stress on my body, similar to anaerobic exercises," Sandra panted, shaking her head as sweat dribbled down her face. "Since I'm drawing on Blutz radiation directly from my cells, it elevates my power to such a degree that without the Oozaru form to back it up, it rips my body apart every time I use it, thereby shortening my life span. Therefore it should only be used as a trump card for settling fights quickly." She then looked up with a smirk. "And it looks like… I won."
All of a sudden, a flash of light hit the ground several yards away from her and punched a massive crater into the ground, sending debris and rubble blasting across the island. When the shockwave and dust settled, Sandra couldn't help but gape across at it in disbelief as she saw a familiar person step out of the crater. No longer wearing his orange gi top, with only half of his blue top, with his pants tattered to the point of falling apart, a red-skinned Gohan emerged at the crest of the crater and smiled down at his opponent.
Despite having received the beating of a lifetime, the bruised and swollen Z-fighter looked surprisingly chipper.
"Did you miss me?" Gohan asked in his cheerful tone of voice. A split second later, a serious expression suddenly crossed his face before his red aura exploded off of him once again, forming a cone of fiery energy around him. This was further enhanced by a storm of white lightning, which trailed across the ground and left black burns across the dirt.
Unable to believe that her opponent was still alive, Sandra continued to gape up at the demi-Saiyan in bewilderment. Sensing his energy level had increased to a level far beyond the form she'd attained, the woman continued to stare at him with wide eyes, before she leaned forward into a runner's stance. In that instant, a wide grin spread across her lips, her expression intensified, and her heart started hammering against her chest in excitement.
"This man…" Lurching forward, Sandra broke into a light jog. Seconds later, her jog transformed into a full-blown run as she practically sprinted at her opponent standing in the crater several yards above her, "MAKES ME WANT TO GO ALL OUT!" All of a sudden, the woman's purple and golden aura exploded around her, as she then blasted right up at her opponent, vanishing with a crack of wind. A split second later, the ground Gohan was standing on was disintegrated as he was suddenly bombarded from all directions by his adversary, prompting him to shield his face with a cross-arm guard while Sandra unleashed a powerful string of attacks on him without pause or hesitation."RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
The island literally turning to dust around them from the power Sandra unleashed, Gohan decided to end the one-sided beating once and for all. Sticking his fist out, he caught his opponent flush in the stomach, hitting her with such force it generated a shockwave atop the ocean and sent a tsunami fifty feet high rippling out over the vast stretch of sea. As for Sandra, the woman's red eyes bugged out of her skull from the force of the hit, moments before she vomited up blood and was sent rocketing towards the mainland.
When her feet slammed into the shoreline of the continent and she skidded into a cliff, smashing straight through it and up onto the valley floor, Sandra then hunched over and coughed up more blood. Noticing the fist imprint in her stomach and the right side of her ribs, the transformed woman laughed and looked up with an overexcited and bloody smile.
"That's it, Gohan! Let me feel the power of your Super Saiyan fists!" Licking the blood from her lips, she then spat on the ground and took a stance, "Kai… you're making me so hot! You definitely are an opponent worth defeating!" Golden and purple energy erupted from every pore in her body to surround her, the woman let out a mighty roar as she once again powered up, her strength multiplying to match the increase in her opponent's.
The moment she did so, Gohan came barreling at her across the ocean in the form of a red lightning bolt, which struck Sandra and propelled both adversaries up into the heavens. Not only did the land melt and cave in from their point of impact, but the sky was set alight from the sheer force of their take off. What followed from that point was both warriors engaging in one last epic clash in the skies, their red and purple auras leaving vapor trails of energy as they twisted, coiled, spun and collided with each other. Each impact caused the planet itself to shake and could be felt all around.
Those watching through the cameras following the pair could only look on in amazement as the pair struck and exchanged blows with the capacity to split entire planets. Unlike the rounds from before, where the two showcased superb technique and form, here there was absolutely no grace or skill at all. The two Saiyans were just battering each other with wild haymakers and attacks, not caring whether or not they were hit. They just wanted to break their opponent and put an end to this fight once and for all.
Their efforts eventually yielded incredibly painful results. As the pair lapped the planet in a running battle, attacking each other while traveling at speeds well above that of light, the sound of muscles popping and bones cracking soon began echoing all around. Both fighters winced when they felt their muscles shred, their bodies unable to maintain such high levels of energy as blood seeped out of their mouths, noses, ears and eyes. Eventually, when the pair slammed their fists into each other during the last of their exchanges, the pair felt all the bones in their knuckles and forearms fracture, with some of the fluid spurting out of their hands. This caused the pair to separate and scatter in the vacuum, where the two then suspended themselves between both Earth and Corvus floating several hundred miles away.
Gasping for air inside their auras, Gohan and Sandra then leered at one another excitedly, knowing full well that their fight was finally coming to an end.
"Damn, Gohan fucked me up real good. Eight broken ribs, a fractured arm, a broken jaw, a broken leg, cracked femur, seven busted toes, splintered wrists, broken knuckles on both hands, bruised fingers, fractures around my eye sockets, busted nose, two missing teeth, ten concussions, wicked bruising in the abs and midsection, torn muscles, and multiple internal injuries,"Sandra thought, before licking her lips happily, "Kai… he's incredible…"
"Sunken eyeball, broken shoulder, three broken ribs, two cracked, eighteen concussions, fractures around the eye sockets, broken jaw, three missing teeth, a broken toe on each foot, hairline fractures in my shins, a busted arm, shattered knuckles, ripped muscles, tearing in the midsection and thigh, broken nose, and other internal injuries I'm still trying to count," Gohan also thought, rolling his shoulder and clenching his fists, "It's a miracle I haven't fallen apart yet. Kami, this woman is awesome."
Not wanting to lose out, both warriors powered up, their auras kicking around them in a blaze. Upon which the two leant forward and charged, battle cries leaving their lips as they rocketed towards one another with the intent to knock the other out.
It seemed like this battle would be decided by who could land the last punch. But just as the pair was closing the last few inches of distance between each other, their auras suddenly dispelled and with it, so did their transformations. As a result, not only did both of them return to normal size, their hair went back to its normal length and color, their eyebrows grew back, and the veins pulsing on their muscles sunk back into their skin.
All of this happened with a hilarious and comical pop, leaving both fighters staring at one another in momentary surprise, before they suddenly started to fall out of the sky. Easily reentering the planet's atmosphere, the two Saiyans fell side by side, still staring at each other and still wondering what'd happened. When the pair saw the clouds start flying past them and saw the ground approaching, the two suddenly realized that they had no more energy and started to panic.
Unable to fly, the pair did everything they could to gain altitude. While Sandra started flapping her arms, Gohan hilariously tried to do breast stroke through the air. When that didn't work, the two warriors then started shouting.
"We're going to die!" Sandra screamed.
"No we're not! It's just a fall from over twenty thousand feet!" Gohan shouted back. "We can survive this! Think positive!"
After a moment, the female Saiyan cried out again, "I'm a hundred percent positive we're going to die!"
"HOW IS THAT POSITIVE?!"
"IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT!"
When the pair saw ground fast approaching them and details of the landscape getting larger and larger, the two warriors shrieked and latched onto each other. Since they had no means to stop themselves from falling, they were pretty much screwed.
"Gohan! Before we hit whatever part of the Earth we land on… there's something I really need to say to you!"
"Yeah? What is it?" the demi-Saiyan asked.
"You were the best opponent I've ever had!" the Empress shouted.
Hearing her loud and clear, Gohan nodded and yelled back, "The feeling is mutual, Sandra-san! You are the greatest, most awesome person I've ever had the pleasure of fighting!"
Sharing a smile through their bruised and swollen faces, their cheeks puffed up from all the punishment they'd sustained, the two then took a deep breath, before letting out two simultaneous screams.
Seconds later, the two crashed in the middle of a densely populated city, sending rubble and dust shooting up into the sky, and shaking the ground from their impact.
By happenchance, the two had ended up crash-landing in the center of Satan City.
OOO
(Meanwhile)
Over in King Koku's courtyard, the people watching the events unfold on screen shared the exact same reaction as every other person watching around the globe, which consisted primarily of both bewilderment and blank.
Around this point, most of all the Z-fighters that'd been locked in battle with their opponents had returned to the starting point. Here, they'd been able to watch the fights between the remaining members of their group unfold, with Zangya and Maya's being the most recent. However, after watching the epic showdown between Gohan and Sandra, which led into the most astonishing slugfest and gladiator match in the history of the world, they then had the pleasure of watching both of them crash and burn in the most anti-climactic way imaginable.
This led to Bulma, Krillin, Tien, Kure, Yamcha, Videl, Choutzu, Android 18 and Paprika palming their faces or staring at the screen with deadpanned expressions, with the only ones not reacting in any manner being Goten, Trunks and the collection of CAT Droids standing around them. Even King Koku and his staff were confused by the development, which prompted the royal to turn to the Z-fighters for answers.
"W-What happened?" the man asked, unable to see anything through the smoke and dust clouding the crash site on screen. His question caused murmuring to break out amongst the crowd gathered around him. "Who won?"
"Don't know," Bulma replied, narrowing her eyes on the picture before turning to the enormous spider-tank standing next to her. "Do you think you can clear up the screen a little? Get one of those cameras closer?"
"I sure can," San replied, a secondary hologram popping up next to the big one, showing the tank manually seize control of one of its drones. Moving the mechanical sphere closer in, the automaton was able to give the audience a clear view of the situation. "There." When they watched the roving device zoom in through the clearing smoke, everyone saw a massive crater had been punched right into the heart of Satan City square, about eighty feet in diameter and twenty feet deep.
There, lying at the bottom of it, covered in dirt, bits of concrete and busted up pipes, they saw Gohan and Sandra, all bloodied and battered, with their faces in the mud.
Shocked at the sight, Videl quickly limped forward with her hands over her mouth, "G-Gohan."
"Geez. They look pretty bad, guys," Krillin spoke up, gritting his teeth in worry, "I don't see them moving."
"We need to get them some Senzu Beans… stat," Yamcha spoke up, turning to his friends hastily. "Does anybody have any on them?"
Upon seeing the senior members shake their heads, the ever-attentive Tien then stepped up to the plate. "Don't worry. I'll fly by Korin's place and grab some," the martial artist spoke, floating off of the ground while everyone else looked on. "I'm the least banged up out of you guys and I'm a fast flyer. I'll be back in a few ticks." Powering up, he then shot off into the distance, leaving a white vapor trail in his wake.
When the dust from the man's takeoff settled, Bulma quickly turned to her friends and pointed in the direction of the city. "We won't be able to do much good standing around here. Let's head over to Satan City and help them out." Accessing her helmet and pulling down her facial visor, the woman willed her suit's engines to life. As soon as her jets fired up, the woman then shot off of the ground and rocketed into the distance.
Following her lead, the battered and exhausted Z-fighters also took flight, with the CAT droids helping those who couldn't move fly after them, namely Kure, Mobi, and Videl.
Upon watching the super heroes take flight, along with the enormous spider-tank that'd been relaying the fight to all of them, King Koku, his staff, and the visitors to the castle stood there looking around at one another. After several seconds passed, the ruler of the nation and the world narrowed his eyes, and then pointed across at his secretary and head of security.
"Get a transport ship ready! We're going after them!"
And so they did…