Part Three     Ryoga berated himself for not listening to Buffy and Ranma.  Fighting that Demon, definitely wasn't one of his brighter ideas.  Looking around he wasn't even sure if he was still on Earth, what he did know was that he was in another dimension of some king, no that THAT was much of an improvement.
   In the act of shifting the weight of his backpack he was blinded by an explosive blast.  When his eyes cleared he started in the direction that the ball had come from... after all, he had nothing better to do.
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    Gohan struggled to his feet, the blast having sent him sprawling.  Absently he looked over at Krililyn and Vegita but he knew no help would come from them, they were thoroughly exhausted.  Turning he faced the three members of the Ginyu force only one of which he was fighting right then.
    The orange lug started forward quickly, leaving Gohan no time to avoid the attack so he braced himself for the impact.  Amazingly it didn't come, probably because a teenage boy in yellow and black had caught the fist mid-air before it had had a chance to reach it's target.
    "If you wanna dance, maybe you should try me on for size."
    Recoome wrenched his arm away.  The boy just stepped back nonchantedly as if he were waiting for a bus instead of a battle.  The sight of which made Recoome laugh uproarishly.  "You actually think you're a match for a member of the Ginyu force, kid?"
    All the black-haired young man did in response was to set his backpack on the ground a few feet away, remove his umbrella and wait.
    "Well kid, I gotta hand it to ya.  You definitely have guts.  You're stupid but cha got guts.  What's your name?"  Hands on hips the orange-haired alien waited for an answer.
    "Hibiki, Ryoga.  But it won't do you much good... so are you going to fight or are you too much of a coward to face me?"  His voice was deadly intense and quiet and Gohan backed up a step in surprise.
    The giant shrugged, "Since I likes ya, I'm a gonna make this quick."  With that he rushed forward.
    Ryoga's only move was to lift the umbrella slightly which only made his opponent grin.  When Gohan thought it was too late for the newcomer, he shifted his weight and extended the umbrella outward so that the space warrior's gut came into full-force contact with the end, Gohan would have thought the instrument would have shattered, instead the goon flew back because of his own momentum, clutching his stomach.
    Ryoga tossed the red umbrella down next to his bag and moved forward slowly.  Curious, Gohan went over to the fallen weapon, always keeping an eye on the two in front of him.  The umbrella looked normal but when he tried to lift it he found it was so heavy it wouldn't budge.
    Recoome was still bent over when Ryoga squatted and pressed a single finger to the ground, calling out, "Breaking point technique."  Immediately a large crevice streaked from where his finger touched the ground and opened up directly under Recoome who noticed a second too late as he fell into it.  Then, moving quicklly he used the same technique, this time against a huge rocky slope, loose rocks and boulders crashed to the ground inevitably filling in the open vien and burying Recoome as well.
    Without a second glance he went back to his bag.
    Gohan found himself staring in disbelief and a quick glance at Vegita and Krililyn showed the same uncertainty.  The fact that he couldn't sense any power level coming from him only made it worse.
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    Ryoga sat down cross-legged peering intently at the crevice, before he found himself speaking aloud.  "Come on Man!  I'm sure you can do better then that!  What happened to the challenge?"  He paused, waiting impatiently before getting to his feet.  "Why are you taking so long to crawl outta your hole?  For crying out loud, even Ranma's more of a worth while opponent!"
    The desire to break something burned in Ryoga, so hot that he thought he might explode if he couldn't destroy something... anything... His disappointment didn't last long before the orange-haired playmate broke free and landed neatly on the edge of the fissure.  Unable to prevent the smirk that curved his lips Ryoga folded his arms over his chest.  "Took you long enough."
    The large man growled.  "You seem to be as cocky as Vegita.  And I taught him to show a little respect, maybe I should do the same ta you."
    Ryoga easily avoided the first series of punches but Recoome unexpected flying foot caught him off guard with a round-house kick to the face sending Ryoga sailing backward towards the cold lake.  Catching his balance in mid-air he flipped, landing with his back to Recoome.  Turning at a deliberately slow clip he carefully wiped a trickle of blood from his lip.  A dark, dangerous looke creeping into his green eyes, "Nice move, too bad you're gonna have ta live to regret it."  With the same deliberate movements he completely faced him, one arm held out, palm up, a small red glowing orb growing at it's center.
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    Vegita's eyes narrowed as he sensed the boy's power go from nothing to about 7000 and up.  His body shook at the realization and he heard someone whispering the word 'impossible' over and over again.  To his surprise he concluded the person was himself.
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    "Shishi Houkadogen!"  With a whirling motion he sent the orb hurling at Recoome.
    As the ball hit him the explosion knocked him so hard into the rock wasll that it left a dent about three feet deep, and that was it for Recoome.
    With an inviting smile he turned to the other two.  "One down.  Two more to go.  Did you want to go one on one or two against one?"
    At first Burda and Jaice just stood still then Jaice was coming at Ryoga from the front and he lost sight of Burda entirely.  Do to his paranoid nature though, his sixth sense informed him the moment that the blue alien was behind him.  A powerful blast grazed his side as he barely managed to scrabble out of the way.
    His side burned and the stench of blood and charred flesh reached his nose, turning his stomach.  And only then did the pain and exhaustion from his last three battles hit him full force.  As the other two approached menancingly he refused to retreat but couldn't keep the words 'This is bad, really bad.' from echoing in his head.
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    Gohan somehow realized the exact moment that Ryoga's strong continence was deteriorating.  It was a second before the guy got blasted by both warriors but didn't fall, not until they hit him four other times.
    When they turned on  himself he braced himself as two more Chi attacks were fired at him.