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KALERAGETSUSEI

CHAPTER LXXI

CRUSHING BLOWS

The second match of the day was set to begin and the crowd sat in rapt anticipation as Chichi, Relena and Hercule stood awaiting their opponents. Just then the floor of the rings upon which Relena and Chichi stood began to separate and a low hum could be heard. From the opening rose a pair of elaborate chess sets made of glass. The sight caused gasps of surprised disbelief to leap from the gathered crowd.

Kakarrot, who had been exiled from the lockers and forbidden to follow his other self, could not fathom what his eyes beheld. Heero, who stood with him and beside Gohan and Piccolo, smirked.

“Oh, this ought to be exciting. Relena thinks herself the queen of this game,” Heero muttered.

“Chess sets?! I thought this was a fighting tournament?” came a voice form the crowd.

‘I’d like to know that myself,’ Kakarrot thought.

‘I can’t bloody well fight her as we do even if she was amongst the strongest females ever. She issued the challenge, mate of mine. This way I can fight her without causing any major injury except to her pride,’ Vegeta’s voice replied over the link he had with the larger Saiyan.

“Man, I feel sorry for the saps who go up against the reigning queens of that game!” came another comment from the crowd.

Heero, whose hearing was as sensitive and highly developed like the other Gundam Pilots‘, heard the comment. “Reigning queen of chess? Relena? Oh please,” the former Wing Zero pilot snorted.

“Have you ever seen either of them play? Man, they rock!” a patron stated.

“I’ve played Relena and she’s pathetic and if her opponent is who I think it is, she’s not only toast, she’s history,” Heero shot in his quiet manner.

“Well, that Chichi’s no slouch, either! One of the best I’ve ever seen!” remarked the same fan.

“In whose dreams? I know who her opponent is and there are just a handful of beings who can outwit and edge by him. That’s if he wills it,” Heero responded then perked up as he watched the opponents enter the arena.

“Hey, who’s fighting the champ? They’d better have an ambulance waiting!”

“When the champ finishes with them, they’ll need a spoon!”

“I-” Heero’s eyes slightly bugged when he saw a well proportioned lithe body leap onto the ring with Hercule. A smile burst onto his face when he saw a twin to the first body hop into the ring with Relena.

Kakarrot had tried to hide his nervousness at the prospect of his mate and prince playing the ex-wife at a game of chess. Playing? Vegeta didn’t play, he annihilated! He was ruthless at the board game as he was on the battlefield. A smile broke onto the larger Saiyan’s face.

“What’s with the end of the plant smile, young one?” Bardock asked as he and Onya approached their son.

“Oh, hey. Just knowing that that female stands no chance of winning against my prince. Dad, I really love Vegeta, but there are sometimes he drives me crazy!” Kakarrot lamented to his parents.

“Yes, well, Areus will do that. I have a time with the king!” Kakarrot’s elder twin image smirked.

“Areus? But-”

“Areus is the young prince’s first name. Vegeta is the family name, however, the first names are only used by family and mates. We are called by our first names because we are of the lower class of the nobility,” Bardock explained.

“What’s our surname, then?” Kakarrot asked.

“Lentilus, but very few remember the lower classes even have surnames. Tell me why our prince would chose barchess (pronounced barshess)? Granted it is a game the nobles delighted in on the former home planet,” Bardock mentioned.

“Chess? Our people played chess on Vegeta? It’s Vegeta’s favorite game and very few can defeat him and that happens only if he’s feeling generous. It’s not a violent game. I think he’s had enough of that,” the large Saiyan sighed.

“We all have as far as fighting as bullies. Time to find newer and less harsh ways to settle disputes. Besides, Areus has his family, now. Not only his birth family but all of his offspring and you, above all. With that as a major factor, we won’t fight as much. However, we will not hesitate when the need arises. Contrary to popular belief, we Saiya-jin are very family oriented. That’s what that white slut hated about us. I mean even though we put forth that we didn’t care but we did. I loved you even though your birth energy was low. I’m proud of you, Kakarrot and Areus really loves you,” Bardock clapped his youngest son on the shoulder then the pair turned to watch the second match unfold.

“Ladies, gentlemen and creatures of various genders, it is our pleasure as announcers to present the opponents to these fighters! Challenging her highness here in ring three is Etien Yuy,” Shuichi’s dulcet alto voice announced.
“Right, fighting the self-proclaimed savior of the universe here in ring one is Etienne Yuy!” Koto announced.

“Bring it one! I’ll mop the floor up her pretty face! I don’t care if she is a beauty!” Hercule snorted.

“Oh, sorry to disappoint you all, but I’m not fighting this lug. This honor goes to Kazuma Kuwabara,” Etienne smiled as she announced Kuwabara.

“No matter, I’ll mop the ring floor up with his ugly face!”

“Rip ‘im apart, Kazuma!” a deep female voice called.

“I’ll stuff his head between his shoulders, if I must!” Kuwabara retorted.

“One request. I want my daughter and her husband to fight alone with me in a handicapped match,” Hercule spoke.

“Fine, then I get two more myself and we’ll have a three on three! My choices are Yusuke and Etienne!” Kuwabara requested and Yusuke jumped onto the stage to join his best friend.

“I’m gonna enjoy this, hey, wait a sec. I know this sleaze ball! He claimed to have saved the world from some green alien looking thing!” Yusuke pointed to the champ.

“It’s true, punk, and I also saved the world from a thing called Majin Buu! Besides, you can’t remember any of that! You weren’t even born!” the champ countered.

“Ever hear of video history disks? A buddy of ours has a vast library he created from his mind alone. Pretty hot stuff and great training aides,” Yusuke mentioned. “C’mon, let’s do this before Genkai gains another wrinkle.”

“Smart ass! I’ve heard about you two punks and you’ve got the worst reputation in Sorry ass ki Junior High,” Hercule defamed.

“Take that back, phony! Only we can make fun of our school!” Kuwabara could barely contain his ire.

“Hey, down, boy! Koto hasn’t given the go ahead!” Yusuke held his buddy back.

Kuwabara took a deep breath then…

“EEEKKKK! A girl! I can’t fight a girl, Uremeshi, you know my honor code! Fighting a girl goes against it!” the large carrot top teen cowered.

“So, did you invite me for show or what? I’ll be fighting her and from what I heard at dinner, last night, she used to be married to one of the Saiya-jin and fight crime. She’s married to a fighter for goodness sakes!” Etienne (Éclair) sputtered.

Kuwabara looked at the skimpy dressed female he had invited to fight at his side and smirked. “Oh…Uh…yeah…guess I forgot. Let’s get this show on the road!”

The fighters took their positions and at Koto’s signal, all six charged at once and the six man battle royale commenced. At the signals of the other two announcers, glass barriers rose to surround the chess opponents and shield out the excited cries of the crowd.

“I’m gonna enjoy whippin’ your alien ass!” Chichi snarled.

“Your ass is grass, street rat!” Relena growled at her opponent.

Both Areus Vegeta and Etien (Duo Maxwell) Yuy smirked in knowing fashions, each confident in his own abilities of the game.

‘Etien, can you hear me, son?’ Vegeta asked in mental voice.

‘Loud and clear, sire. Copycat?’ Duo asked in kind.

‘That’s the ticket. Let’s show these pretenders what they’re up against. Oh, and Duo, let’s begin play like the armateures they take us to be. Then, when they lest expect it, we zero in for the kill,’ the prince instructed and Duo gave an imperceptible nod.

The fighting match progressed with team Uremeshi scoring a double ring out as Éclair and Kuwabara both sent Videl and Jewel flying by barely touching them.

“I don’t believe it! Kuwabara of Team Uremeshi, the Dark Tournament champs three years ago, and the lovely female with them have just landed two very strong fighters outside the ring at the same time! Now, it’s up to wonder boy to put his opponent’s lights out and Uremeshi advances!” Koto beamed.

At that moment, Yusuke threw a straight right jab that caught the self-proclaimed champ off guard and sent the larger man flying into a wall under Yukina and her family.

“Stupendous! Wonder boy has flattened the champ like an old tire and did you see that gush of blood pour from Hercule’s mouth and nose as he flew passed? WOW!” Koto giggled as she spun around happily.

The chess matches had been progressing with the females seaming to be in the position to win. However, when Hercule flew from the ring, his body hitting the wall with such a force, the vibration shook the enclosed rings. Being females, Chichi and Relena were easily distracted by the event. Fortunately, that was all Vegeta and Duo required to swing the game.

The sudden roar of the crowd brought the females back to focus on their matches and a pair of smug smirking males met their gaze.

“Go tend to the clown on the grass,” Vegeta pointed out.

Chichi looked down at the board only to be confronted with the word “CHECKMATE” in glowing neon blue capital letters.

“WHAT?! NO! YOU’RE NOTHING BUT A BRAINLESS SAIYAN WITHOUT AN OUNCE OF SENSE! HOW COULD YOU DEFEAT ME, THE REIGNING QUEEN OF THE GAME?” Chichi shrieked.

“Simple, really. Like any overzealous champion, you forgot strategy. Duo and I made identical moves, left ourselves so open that my infant twins could have nailed us. However, in making such painfully obvious moves, we were honing in on your kings. Yes, Relena, if you check your board, you’ll see that Duo has won as well,” Vegeta intoned in bored accents.

“WHAT?!” Relena screeched like a banshee then she faced her own board. To her dismay, the same message Chichi had been greeted with flashed brilliantly back at her. “I don’t believe this! There’s no way a common street rat trollop could play, let alone win, such a complicated game of skill and strategy! And don’t give that ‘I was a Gundam Pilot’ bullshit, either! You cheated! I want a rematch! Heero is mine and I won’t rest until we’re happily-” anything else the former queen of worlds had to say was silenced as blood exploded from her body and she fell limp onto the arena surface.

The crowd exploded into shouts of elation while others looked to find the cause of the shot. Because of his highly sensitive olfactory sense, Vegeta followed the smell of gunpowder and the feeling of freshly discharged spirit energy. The prince found himself facing several of his adopted sons and two of his natural sons. The four other Gundam Pilots, Yusuke, Shuichi and most surprising Vegeta locked gazes with Piccageta and Jeita. Yusuke had fired a spirit gun blast, Shuichi’s rose whip was laying like a beaten serpent and the palms of both Piccageta and Jeita were smoking.

“Damn, I missed!” was murmured by a multitude of voices.

“If my whip had of connected, she’d be shredded wheat, now,” Shuichi M. spat as he recoiled his whip then retransformed it into a rose.

Duo spun around and his deep violet eyes met with a pair of cobalt blues, the eyes of his chosen life partner, Heero Yuy.

“He-Hee-koi, you did this?” the long haired former god of death asked, his mouth hanging open in surprise.

“Not by myself, love!” Heero smirked and directed Duo’s attention to their long time friends and housemates.

Duo looked and his jaw hit the floor of the arena when he beheld a Zero-system crazed Quatre Winner, a smug looking Trowa Barton, a snarling Chang Wufei, and three males with smoke rising from their palms. The long haired male was stunned speechless until…

“You guys must really hate that girl to attack her like this,” Éclair said in a casual tone that snapped her brother out of his stupor.

“That female is the most annoying being ever to set foot on this planet. She is so into herself, ‘Clair, that anyone with no great wealth is seen as common and trash. She’s even gone so far as to call Sire a common slut!” Duo snarled.

If the Saiyan prince was affected by what Relena thought of him, he did not show it as he looked over the body of the comatose female.

“Is she dead, Sire? Forgive-”

“Don’t go there, I’ve been called worse and no, sadly, she is not dead. You heard the boys say they missed. Take her to Dende or one of the other healers, I’ve got a pair of sons to see to,” Vegeta nodded to Zechs, who had ventured over to inspect his young sibling.

Moving over to his two half-bred younger sons, Vegeta regarded both Jeita and Piccageta who had both blasted Relena with chi shots.

“You boys all right?” the elder prince asked as he noted how drained the pair appeared in the arms of their mates.

“Got any of those senzu beans about, sire?” Getabon asked and the prince threw both Kariccolo and the latter a bean to give to their younger mates. “Thank, you, sire. He’s something else, is he not?”

“Yes, he is. His dislike of that female must be as great as the Gundam boys,” Vegeta noted.

“Remind me to tell you how great but for now, I think someone’s awaiting your attention,” Getabon motioned and Vegeta turned to regard his own mate.


With a brilliant smile on his face, Vegeta moved to the edge of the ring. Kakarrot stood with arms outstretched to receive his lovely mate and other half. As on the night the silver Saiya-jin had been discovered on Planet Staygia, Vegeta poised himself to jump.

‘Catch me, KK,’ the prince requested over the link the pair shared then free fell from the arena, straight into the strong arms of the man that owned his heart.

“I love you, my prince, and thank you!” Kakarrot smiled as he hugged Vegeta close.

“Love you, too, my Saiyan bull. Forever, thank you!” the prince replied then leaned to grace the larger Saiyan’s lips with his own.

After the chaste kiss, Vegeta lifted his head, bared his canines and bit into the mark he had placed on Kakarrot’s neck not long ago. Kakarrot did the same.

‘Let’s go koi, before we do something to cause the humans to toss their lunches. Take us to our suite, love,’ Vegeta requested and his mate complied.

“One guess as to where they winked out to and it looks as if Heero and Duo won’t be too far behind,” Wufei noted as he watched his two best friends battle for dominance in a strong lip lock.