EPISODE THREE - RYODO
Ryodo twitches. "I dunno."
Ryodo looks around for food.
"I'm hungry. Hey? Where can I get some grub around here?" he says as he spies the arena announcer.
The announcer turns to him. "Hey Kid, you have no time to eat. You're fighting next."
"Man, I should have woken up earlier. Well, better start stretching," Ryodo says as he lazily stretches.
"I think they're gonna announce your match soon. Better get heading to the ring like NOW!"
"Can't I just follow you to the ring?"
"No er I...I have to meet up with a fan of mine first," he says as he blushes. "Her name is Ange... She uh...I'll meet you out there Kid. Just don't be late, OK."
Mason Titanstalker walks by and shouts, "Good luck foolinski!" as he gives an almost sarcastic but encouraging thumbs up. Ryodo pats the announcer on the back, acknowledges Mason, and walks in what he believes to be the general direction of the ring.
As he walks, he receives a large jolt to his side sending him into the wall briefly before he regains his balance. A large, bald figure steps out from a shadow. "Hey pipsqueak. I'm going to kill you today."
The figure is followed closely by the infamous Cell creature in whose name the tournament has been called. Cell turns to the burley, bald figure now known to be… "Not yet Nappa. Wait ‘til he's in the ring. Then it's nice and legal. He he he."
Ryodo rights himself and brushes some dust off his shoulder then looks at Nappa. "You're bald."
"You're puny. Wanna make something of it?"
"Yeah, I could use a warm up before my fight. Hey, do you know when my opponent is supposed to get here? And who's the green guy? Hey green guy! Who're you?"
…In the distance the crowd starts to cheer. They must be announcing the next match.
"Eh, whatever." Ryodo's interest wanes and he starts heading for the ring again. Meanwhile, Mason shouts sarcastically as he starts to head to the stands, "Hey it's Mr. Clean!"
Ignoring Mason, the "Green Guy" and Nappa follow Ryodo very closely as he walks towards the ring, saying nothing to Ryodo. Ryodo stops. The duo keep walking as the announcer is heard saying, "Introducing today’s fighters, first up, hailing all the way from Hell - Nappa!" The crowd goes wild. Nary a person remembers Nappa, who once threatened the very existence of Earth itself and the enslavement of the human race. Ryodo kind of realizes who Nappa is, but is still too tired to really put seven and eight together.
The announcer continues: "Versus, from Earth…" at this the crowd goes wild "we think," the crowd goes a little less wild…"Ryodo!"
Ryodo walks out to the ring "Woo! Yeah!"
"WOOT!"
Ryodo waves to the half frozen guy.
The announcer announces, "Let the third battle of the World Martial Arts Tournament begin!" With this announcement the gong is struck and the fighters begin their ballet of violence.
"Hey Baldy! If you're from Hell, how'd you get here?"
"That's it, I'm gonna smack some sense into you."
"I brought him with me kid. Now die like a good little boy."
"No killing!"
"Shut up."
"Woo."
Ryodo shrugs. "Well, if that's how it's got to be." Ryodo spreads his legs out shoulder width, brings his clenched fists to his sides, and lets out a dramatic scream as an aura of energy bursts from his body and he powers up. "RAAAAGH!"
Ryodo begins the fight as sparks of blue and yellow bolt from his body. His body actually appears to increase in size, although this could be an affect of the strange glow surrounding him.
"Me too!"
Nappa also powers up. His body definitely appears to grow in size as bolts of red and yellow come off his body, perhaps part of the consequences of life in Hell?
As Nappa finishes powering up, he turns to Ryodo. "Hey kid, I have bad news for ya," he says as he taps his tail. "I might actually rape you with it."
"Is...is that allowed? I thought when it was dubbed in English this show was rated PG.…"
"I said shut up!"
Ryodo looks at Nappa's tail momentarily, then realizes that he has pants on that cover his own tail. "Oh. You're a Furry? Weirdo. Well. Time to see if Furrys can fight!" He launches himself at Nappa, unleashing a flurry of physical blows on his opponent.
Ryodo flies at Nappa with a series of punches while Nappa grinds his foot into the arena floor, braces his arms up, and stands there, and takes them. Nine hits slam into what would be considered soft spots on an ordinary human body. But Nappa doesn’t seem to even flinch at the damage done. Instead, with Ryodo as close as he is, Nappa swings into action with his own flurry of punches and kicks.
Ryodo is taken completely off guard. Nappas punches drill into him:
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Ten blows!
While Ryodo swings wildly as his face is slowly depressed by fists, he lands four punches of his own to an already numb and uncaring Nappa.
"I told you you were dead. I will send you straight to Hell with me, so I can do this every single day."
"Good job, Nappa!"
Even Evil Kai from the stands seems pleased as he lets out a quiet, "Excellent."
Mason Titanstalker responds to the taunts with a, "BOOO!"
"Well, I guess I didn't quite give you enough credit. You hit hard," says Ryodo as he spits blood from his mouth. Without moving away, Ryodo brings his hands back and charges a nice little beam of energy. "Kamehameha!" He thrusts his hands forward, releasing the beam quickly. Nappa, caught completely by surprise, is lifted clear off the arena floor, flies a few dozen feet, and lands on the other side of the arena, teetering on and off balance.
"I learned that one from … crap … who taught me that again?"
"Ho yea!" is heard from the stands.
Nappa steadies himself. "Oh, a little spark plug I see. See if you like this: MASENKO BEAM!" A bright flash flies across the arena.
"You think that's a beam? Ha!" Ryodo throws his hands forward again, releasing a much larger beam this time, yelling that familiar phrase, "Kame Hame Ha!" He looks damn cool doing it.
Ryodo and Nappas beam energy attacks meet face to face. It's almost as if you can see angry faces of energy meet and the beams hands lock up like two wrestlers vying for ultimate power over the other. The seconds seem to last an eternity, but one of these two wrestlers in this epic struggle has to give up somehow. And unfortunately for Nappa, his beam gives out first and Ryodo’s Kamehameha wave slams into his body with just enough force to knock him out of the ring. He barely has a chance to catch himself before he hits the ground. Hovering precariously in place, he readies himself for a follow up attack from his opponent.
"Nappa, you fool, you got way too overconfident."
"I er I.…"
"I should kill you myself. No matter. If you do win, I will kill you myself when I fight you."
"Show 'em who's da boss!"
Nappa takes no notice of anything but Cell. "It doesn't matter, we're going to the same damned place when this is over again anyways."
"Not if I have my way.…"
Evil Kai shouts from the stands "You’ve said enough, Cell. Get back to training." With that, Cell exits the arena and leaves Nappa standing there, very worried about his fate.
Ryodo takes the opportunity, and charges at Nappa, charging a small beam in his hand before releasing it at Nappa, and immediately after releasing follows with another quick flurry of blows. And looks pretty good doing it.
Nappa, already distracted by Cell leaving him alone in the arena and the drama surrounding this plan that even he knew little about, is hit in the face with a small blast before being thrown into a combo lockup of punches and kicks. As Ryodo lands his first punch, Nappa wises up fast, and throws a series of punches of his own. One, two, three hit immediately.
Will it be enough to overcome the force of the unknown Saiyan’s attack on him?
The answer is no, it only takes four of the six blows given to him to put his first foot down on the soft soil outside of the ring. The two follow up blows are just enough to knock the once proud Saiyan straight on his butt.
"NOOOOOOOOO! No I DEMAND A REMATCH."
"Hey! I remember you now…"
"I'm sorry but you can't. The rules say…"
"FORGET THE RULES!"
"You're that big bald guy that was attacking that small town when that Changeling, Seth, and I were around, and we beat the shit out of you then too!"
Nappa gets up and flies at Ryodo with an open fist punch, but before it lands, his hand becomes transparent and his hand and body go right through the unsuspecting Ryodo.
"What the…"
"Booooooooooooooooo!"
"Yeah, it was so cool, Seth was all, "I'm going to transfo…" Ryodo is taken off guard by the Saiyan's punch. Nappa throws 20, 30 punches and kicks, in what appears as a ridiculous dance around the Saiyan. But none of the punches land. Infact, Nappa starts to slowly disappear.
"So, you going back to Hell now?"
"What is this? No I am not…"
"Sure looks like you are."
"Yes you are. You served your purpose well." Evil Kai eyes Ryodo. "As for you, I will see you later."
"Yeah, see you too buddy. What's your name by the way?"
"I am the Evil Kai. But you can call me Evil, he he he he."
Ryodo cocks his head to the side wondering exactly why anybody would let someone with Evil in their name sponsor anything, then shrugs. It doesn't matter as long as he gets to fight again. "Cool. Have fun laughing. I'm going to go get some grub."
Mason Titanstalker stabs at Evil Kai with his words, "I don’t call him Evil or Kai. I call him collect!"
Ryodo looks over at the half frozen guy. "Hey! Want some food?"
"Sure!" And comes down from the stands to follow Ryodo.
"NOOOOOOoooooo!"
With that, Nappa completely vanishes, as the announcer says, "That was weird. RYODO OUR WINNER!" The crowd goes wild.
"Wooooo!" Ryodo cheers in the ring with the crowd before heading to the back.
With fight three over, fight four is just around the corner. Is Android OchoCinco up to the challenge? And just what is Cell and Evil Kai up to? Can Cell avoid going back to Hell when the tournament is done and if he wins? And can anyone stop this from happening? All this awaits on DRAGON BALL XTREME!