A Better Name [Open to All]

Hyoza was gratified to see the Saiyan fall to the ground after a ki blast collided with his shoulder, knocking him off-balance momentarily. He was impressed as the stranger turned the injury into an acrobatic landing, but considerably less impressed to see an enormous chunk of wood being hurled towards him, shattering into millions of shards as a blast impacted upon it from below. He briefly caught sight of the monkey-boy running back under the trees before the explosion filled his vision. Hyoza tucked in his legs and tail as best he could, crossing his forearms in front of his face. Then, all he could feel was pain. It was like being bombarded with jagged rocks - the wood was surprisingly hard, and though the pain was far from excruciating, it would certainly be uncomfortable.

When the pain stopped, he found himself covered in dozens of tiny grazes and cuts. But he could still sense the Saiyan, moving slower on the ground. Hyoza began to throw ki blasts out into the forest, shattering trees and rupturing the earth. He would drive this enemy back into the open.

"Come out, Saiyan! Finish what you started, and stop running away like a coward!"

His body jolting in surprise, Yuken quickly performed several aerial flips backwards to get away from the brute and was greeted by a damp sensation up to his knees. Looking down the boy discovered he had landed in a small, freshwater stream. Realizing the Saiyan would soon close in on him, Yuken prepared one last distraction and fired a beam of energy with each hand, the ki quickly evaporating the water and throwing up a cloud of steam.

Not wasting any time, Yuken took to the skies as fast as he could but immediately regretted this when he saw the Arcosian already there. Cursing as he looked for a way out, Yuken realized there was no way out for him with a bitter sense of reality. Sighing, he spread his legs and pulled his right arm back, a dark blue ball of energy forming once more.

"I'm not going back... and you... can't make me..." Yuken huffed, his breathing ragged as he poured more energy into his attack.

Hyoza grew somewhat irritated by this. How dare some monkey tell him to stand aside? He was more than capable of dealing with this himself! But, he bit his tongue in this case. There was no sense in making an enemy of Pieter, who had been more friendly than most he had encountered so far. With a grunt, he turned around and headed back to meet the human boy back on the ground. Landing not far from him, he could see the boy prepared to fire a ki blast off into the distance. Hyoza raised a hand in a placating gesture.

"Relax, Pieter's dealing with it. We can sit this one out. Let's train, shall we?"

With that, Hyoza assumed a combat ready stance; feet apart, fists raised, tail curled slightly to one side, and head lowered, presenting his armoured crown rather than his vulnerable face as a target.

"Let's see your moves, boy."

"Make him go back," the Hunter thought, "What's this saiyan talking about? Is he a slave or something?"

The saiyan was running something, much like Pieter was. He stopped, charging a dark blue orb, preparing to defend himself. Wolfbane stopped as well, observing the man. His posture was off with his frightened nature. The hunter took in a deep breath, cooling himself down. He crossed his arms, thinking of what to do here. He knew that this man wasn't in the mood to talk things out. After all, he was preparing an attack for Wolfbane. A thought in mind came to Pieter about knocking him out and bringing him back up to the others, so that they each could have a good, long berating.

That was honestly the only thought that came to mind, to remedy this situation. He put one hand on his hip, as he told the boy, "You think you've got the ability to handle me, hmm? I'll tell you what: Land that hit, while I've got 1 hand here. I won't move it at all. However, I'll be using this other hand to guard myself. You're done if I land 1 attack on you. If you land that hit, there'll be no chasing you any more than I have. Deal? One more thing: What's your name? I wanna know the name of my opponent before we fight. I am Pieter Wolfbane."

Hyoza watched Alex, standing in a casual posture, totally unready for combat. He was wide open to attack, and a more powerful and more well-trained foe could tear him apart before he could ever get his guard up. Of course, Hyoza was not intending to kill him, merely to spar. He could still sense fluctuating energies nearby, while Pieter and the stranger confronted one-another. It seemed the assailant was still committed to his goal of shooting at everyone at least once.

The Arcosian's attention snapped back to the present sparring match as the human boy lunged forward, trying to land a right hook. For his power level, it was a fairly strong attempt, but too slow and clumsy for Hyoza; who was a practiced fighter with skills and reflexes honed on hundreds of planetary raids over the decades. It was simple to side-step the attack, and grip the human by the forearm, leaving him off-balance. The pair exchanged a glance, before Hyoza released his grip.

"You need to use a combat stance, you're unprepared to defend yourself. And your attack was clumsy and left you off-balance!" With that final admonition, Hyoza spun and flicked his tail up, arcing towards the human's chest. If it connected, it would be a heavy blow that could easily knock him off his feet.