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looked like he got his confidence back, Kakarot looked dazed. "No fair!" Tien, after what he was just dealt moments ago laughed heartedly. "So what?"
Kakarot got back on his feet with some difficulty. "You rely on too many tricks!"
"Stop complaining, now either fight me or step out of the ring."
"Never!" Kakarot said defiantly.
"Fine, then when you meet Tao, tell him I sent you!" Tien said as they charged and traded blows evenly again, jumping high.
Then, Kakarot froze again. Gine thought it was a fluke, but it was happening again, and it looked unnatural.
Kakarot was now helpless as Tien landed a power kick to his face that sent him flying down out of the ring. He kept falling, not doing anything. He was out for sure!
"NO!" Gine cried out, her heart sinking as he got closer and closer to the ground.
But then, Kakarot looked to concentrate as he fell, then slowly, his fall slowed down until he finally stopped just a few feet off the ground outside the ring.
"WHAT?!" She heard Tien and Crane shout simultaneously. Their eyes were not deceiving them. Kakarot was floating!
Gine couldn't believe it. He finally figured it out in time to save him.
"What an amazing sight, folks! It seems like Kakarot has the gravity defying ability to fly as well as Tien and Chiaotzu, and has made an ultimate recovery from falling out of the ring! It goes to show that Kakarot is one amazing fighter who can do quite about almost anything!"
Kakarot hovered back over the arena and set himself down on his feet in front of a dumbstruck and enraged Tien.
"HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!" He demanded. "THE FLYING TECHNIQUE IS SOMETHING ONLY MY MASTER CAN TEACH!"
Kakarot laughed happily. "I finally figured out how to channel my energy to hover my body weight by watching your friend Chiaotzu against Krillin!"
Tien looked even more confused and angry. "That still doesn't answer my question! How did you even learn the ability to fly at all?!"
"My mom taught me!" He said matter-of-factly. "She's been trying to teach me for a while, but I finally figured it out." Then he turned toward her in the crowd and waved.
"HEY MOM! I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT!" He shouted to her excitedly.
Gine chuckled embarrassingly as everyone looked at her in amazement that she could even fly as well, not appreciating the attention as much as the thanks. She had been hammering home how to get him to focus his energy to force his body above ground and he has struggled so much, barely able to lift his own weight a few mere inches. But she figured after seeing someone else do it, he was able to figure it out. She felt mixed emotions as to how she failed as a teacher or Saiyan mother about how to do something basic as flying, or how proud she is that her son is so observant and can learn just about anything from anywhere, making himself into an amazing fighter.
Tien felt entirely the opposite, a technique so sacred to his school now being utilized by this insulant little twerp and his monster of a mother to mock him and Tao, he looked seething and charged while Kakarot's back was turned. Kakarot turned in time to react and dodge. The fight then continued in earnest.
Kakarot froze again and was struck by several punches, unable to block at all. Gine could definitely see it now and saw on Kakarot's face that it was not him doing it on purpose. It looked like someone, or something was definitely manipulating her son's body like he was being controlled.
"ENOUGH!" Kakarot demanded as he got back up. "I'm tired of your sneaky tricks!"
This got her attention, now it was definitely not a fluke or suspicion. Tien looked taken aback too, "Tricks? What tricks? I don't know what your angle is, but my kicking your tail is all skill!"
"I call it cheating!" Kakarot said seriously.
Tien chuckled, "I don't care. All I know is I don't use excuses to cover up a failure. That's your way."
Kakarot charged angrily but Tien didn't move, then Kakarot froze, again.
Gine saw Tien didn't do anything either, he wasn't concentrating on anything just readying to attack. It couldn't be him but rather an outside force.
Then she noticed Yamcha looking over at the direction of Crane, and her blood boiled in anger. It was Chiaotzu, his finger pointed at Kakarot and glowing. So, it was magic! And they ARE cheating!
"Rapid Velocity Technique!" Tien shouted, Gine looked back at the ring to see Tien's arms blur to a whirlwind, landing hundreds of smacks a second on him and Kakarot could only take it until he fell to the floor after a brutal beating. He looked like he was still conscious, but he wasn't getting back up.
"Get up, Kakarot!" Bulma and the girls shouted.
"He wants to, but I don't think he has a choice in the matter." Yamcha spoke.
The whole group looked at him for an explanation, but Gine spoke instead as she and Yamcha saw what was going on. "That creepy doll-like child, Chiaotzu, is using some sort of mental telepathy to manipul
ate Kakarot's body." Barely containing the anger in her voice.
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