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Chapter 324 - Chapter 324

(Several minutes later)

The first to arrive at the crash site was actually the people living and working closest to the center of Satan City. People who had previously been watching the fights on their laptops, computers and televisions quickly abandoned their posts to go see for themselves the person who'd instigated the planet-wide battle, who was now lying in a massive ditch of her own making.

After a huge crowd had gathered around the crater, police were quickly called to the scene, with a majority of them bordering off the area to prevent people from going down into the crater themselves. While the officers on the scene quickly called in the military and news choppers suddenly came down in their droves, amidst the clamoring crowds, Erasa, Touya, Yukie, Sharpener and Sena appeared on the scene.

Forcing their way to the front, the group of teenagers looked down into the bottom of the hole, where they saw their best friend and classmate lying in a pool of sewage water.

Upon seeing the bloodied and battered state he was in, a concerned Erasa gasped in horror. "Gohan-kun. N-No…"

"Damn. Our boy got the stuffing taken out of him," Sena whispered, not really knowing what else to say after seeing the state the teen was in.

"So did his opponent," Touya spoke up, gesturing to the raven haired woman lying several feet away from his position. "Even if he didn't win the battle, he still managed to take her down with him."

Swallowing nervously, Yukie looked across at the others, "Do you think he's dead?"

"Hell no," Sharpener said, clenching his fists and gritting his teeth. "He's our bro. There's no way he can get taken out so easily." Though he sounded confident, after watching the sheer brutality that had taken place during the fight, his gut was soon telling him otherwise.

Erasa however, not willing to believe her Gohan was down for the count, gritted her teeth and screamed down into the crater, "Come on, Gohan! Get up! Don't you dare let it end like this! Get up and win this thing! I know you can!"

The crowd gathered around the girl thought otherwise and immediately began calling this fight over. However, almost immediately after the girl's cries echoed out, the people surrounding the crater gasped in disbelief when they suddenly saw Gohan's body start to move. Silence rained instantaneously as everyone watched in astonishment as the burnt and battered demi-Saiyan shoved the slab of concrete off of him and struggled to his feet, at the same time his opponent did as well.

Rising up from the ground like a couple of corpses, both Gohan and Sandra revealed to the world the horrifying states they were in. Faces beaten to the point of being made up entirely swelling and bruises, blood dripping from various open wounds and cuts, and their clothes practically hanging off of their bodies in tatters, the two warriors choked and gasped for breath, stumbling as they attempted to regain their footing.

Straightening up as best as they could, the two barely conscious Saiyans shook themselves out of their dazes and, upon realizing where they were, quickly turned their attention to their opponents. When they saw them standing on opposite ends of the crater, the pair's expressions immediately hardened. Upon which the duo then went about regaining proper fighting postures.

While the crowds gaped down at the two nearly dead warriors, the Z-fighters arrived on the scene. Dropping down from the sky, both Bulma's group and Zangya's group landed inside the police barricades, with the crowds behind them taking a big step back when they saw the rest of the competitors arrive.

The police on the scene quickly considered drawing their guns on them, but they instantly thought against that idea, as neither of them was keen on tangling with the super powered group.

When the newcomers looked down in the crater, they could not for the life of them comprehend what they were witnessing.

"I don't believe it. They're still going?" Vegeta choked out, shaking his head.

"They shouldn't even be conscious," Android 18 murmured.

"They barely have any energy left," Yamcha uttered, narrowing his eyes when he saw the two Saiyans edge around each other. "Do they seriously want to keep fighting?"

"Neither one of them has been knocked out yet," Kure announced, narrowing her eyes on the scene and adjusting her glasses. When Maya and Cal moved over to her position, with San coming to stand behind them, the feline alien spoke up, "From what I can see, those two will keep going until one of them passes out completely or concedes defeat. There's no other way about this."

"I can't believe how much both of them want to win," Choutzu murmured, gulping when he saw the blood dripping down their faces and arms. "Saiyans are really incredible."

Cupping her hands together, Videl edged forward and stared down at her boyfriend, who she could see was swaying drunkenly on the spot. Hell, from all the damage she could see on him, he looked like he was about to keel over. "Please… finish this, Gohan. You can do it."

After several more seconds of panting, Sandra gritted her teeth and stuck her nose in the air. "I've said this before… and I'll… say it again… you are one tough bastard," she wheezed.

"And you are one… amazing woman," Gohan also gasped, his knees trembling badly.

Chuckling in a pained manner, the Empress then raised a broken finger and pointed at him, but was unable to focus properly due to how blurry her vision had become, "This… won't be over… until one… or both of us are either dead or unable to move."

Gohan smirked, "You… read my mind." Reaching down, the boy ripped away what was left of his top and yanked off the remains of his pants. When he tossed them to the side, he revealed his beaten up, muscular body, and the pair of black swimming trunks he wore under his gi, which were torn on the side.

Licking her lips when she saw her opponent cast his attire aside, Sandra decided to follow his lead. Grabbing her broken suit by the collar, she also ripped it free and dropped it to the ground. At first people thought she was nude, but as it turned out the woman was actually wearing a black thong underneath and a single strip of breast tape around her chest. As soon as she dropped her armor, she then cracked her neck and took a stance, not caring that her body was screaming at her to stop. "To the end?"

"To the end," Gohan parroted, before letting out a roar and powering up. His aura flickered several times, before his hair shimmered blonde and eyes turned green. His transformation to Super Saiyan was weak and pathetic, but it was all he could do just to stay in the game.

Sandra copied him, also letting out a gutsy yell as her own aura flickered around her and her hair spiked up. As soon as her locks flashed gold, the woman gave a spirited battle cry and rushed at her opponent, stumbling and zigzagging all the while.

The demi-Saiyan did so as well, almost tripping over his own feet as he practically threw himself at his opponent. Cocking back his right fist, he threw a hard straight punch at his approaching target, only to watch the woman duck under it and tackle him. The air was knocked out of his lungs as he was picked up and slammed into the ground. The moment he was down, Sandra leapt on top of him and began uncorking punches into his face, clocking him across the cheek several times before he grabbed her wrist and pulled her over. When the female landed in the mud and attempted to sit up, Gohan leapt at her with a knee to the face, cracking her in the nose and knocking her back into the floor before springing to his feet.

Seeing she was still down, Gohan cocked back his leg and threw a kick at her head. But the downed Sandra blocked the attack with her forearm, leapt from the puddle and nailed the hybrid in the stomach with a swift body shot.

From that point onwards, the slugfest continued, with both warriors stumbling about the crater, trading slopping punches and sloppy kicks in the mud, all the while desperately trying to stay conscious. When Sandra grabbed Gohan and shoved him into the wall, she attempted to punch him in the face. But the teen pushed off the crater and drove a kick into her gut, sending her skidding back with a loud thud. Stopping several feet later, the woman then raised her arms and parried an onslaught of punches, before countering with a right straight that nailed Gohan in the temple, sending him staggering drunkenly to the side. Not willing to go down just yet, the half-Saiyan let out a roar and lunged at the Empress, slamming a hook across her face, which threw her to the other side of the crater.

As the crowds watched silently as the fight between the two Saiyans chugged along, Krillin couldn't help but clench his fists and grit his teeth with amazement. "Damn. Even though they're Super Saiyans, both of them are so gassed out I bet even Master Roshi could beat them right now."

"Yeah. But even I don't want to get in between that," Yamcha remarked, cringing along with everybody else when they saw Gohan smash Sandra's chin with an uppercut.

The crowds stirred and murmured, not knowing what to do or what to say. This being a fight that was well beyond any of them and between people they didn't know who to root for, all they could do was watch and wait in silence.

Clenching her knuckles tightly as she watched the agonizing engagement unfold, Videl soon grew tired of standing in silence, and stepped forward with a yell. "GOHAN! You can win! Don't let that woman beat you! COME ON! GOHAAAAN!"

Hearing his older sister figure begin to call out, prompted Goten to also voice his support. "Yeah! Beat her, big brother! You can do it! I know you can!"

"Go Gohan! Fight her! Win!" Trunks also cried out, throwing his arms in the air as high as they could go.

When the people nearby saw Videl Satan begin to shout and cheer for the young man fighting down in the pit, men and women left and right quickly picked up on the mood. Piggybacking off of the trio's cries of encouragement, the rest of the crowd started cheering as well, urging the duo on and voicing their support for the one who was fighting for them.

"That's right! Fight! Keep it up, son!"

"Go! Go! Go!"

"Take it to her! You've come so far! Don't give up!"

"You can do it, Gohan!"

"You're both awesome! Keep going!"

"Fight for us, Gohan! Win!"

"Don't make it easy for him, Sandra!"

"Show that woman the power of an Earthling!"

The tension and excitement was just too powerful to resist. Everyone who'd tuned in to watch the battle on screen was now jazzed to see how the fight would end in person. So, not caring what was at stake or who would win, the crowd cheered and bellowed for the two to give it their all. Hearing the people of the planet cheer for their friend and comrade had Maya, Cal and Kure look around in amazement, before they too started to cheer.

"YEAH! GO SANDRA!" Maya screamed.

"Go for it, girl! Go for the win!" Kure also shouted.

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