The Namekian announcer jumped into the arena, once again braving the (this time literal) fires of combat to do his work! "Alright, time!" He declared, stepping between Zhalla and Jackie before they could do anything further.
"Awesome battle, you two!" The crowd erupted into cheering, they were well and truly enjoying this! "We will need to get our judges to deliberate on who won, please give us a moment." He added, bowing politely to the two fighters before hurrying off towards the judges table, where a discussion would be held... Unlike other rounds it actually took a fair bit as the panel mulled it over. Eventually, the announcer would return and the crowd waited with bated breath. "Holy smokes this was a super duper close one, but we have our results now, and the winner is Jackie! Everyone give it up for one of our finalists!" The crowd cheered, but not just for Jackie, they cheered just as much for Zhalla as well. "Well, I can tell the crowd certainly wants more from the both of you, so.. Hmm. I think I have an idea, I'll ask the tournament officials, but how would a bronze match sound to you?" The announcer asked Zhalla eagerly, trying their best to hide a bit of fanboying, and the crowd was on the verge of going utterly bonkers at the thought! "Well, it'll be up to you if you wanna do that, so we'll see!"
With that, the announcer left to prepare for the finals.
Jackie is the official winner of this round and will move on to the Finals! Zhalla can choose to participate in a Bronze Mach, if another agrees...
"Well it seems to me like you really care for it a whole lot, so it'll be in good hands with someone like you around to keep it safe. I'm sure others will follow your lead too especially with you being open to guiding them" Their fight hadn't been one as long as she would've liked but even from just this time spent together she could tell why Jackie was the Guardian of Earth itself. She was incredibly strong for sure but also had all the other qualities one would expect from a Kami too.
Speaking of strong she also managed with the help of her staff and a brilliant aura of fire, to dissipate the strength behind Zhalla's explosive firework of an attack and just in time too as the Namekian announcer who called the time and started the rounds of every tournament match soon jumped back into the arena to call for the end of this match too-- The ginger Saiyan would huff under her breath feeling a little disappointed she wouldn't have the time to fight the fellow redhead any further but time was time! She would pull her weapons back and rest them back down upon her belt in response as the little guy reached the space between them.
It took a little longer than the last matches did for the judges to decide the winner this round but eventually they would have to pick one of them and eventually they did! With Earth's Kami being crowned the winner! Zhalla would smile and joined in the crowds round of applause for the Earthling, pointing her out and gesturing for the audience to go even louder in their cheers before eventually offering a hand for Jackie to shake, as her hair returned to her normal slightly-less-unruly curls, her eyes returned to their usual watermelon colour and her nails returned to normal as well. "Congratulations! And well done! You're a fun fight, and hey if you see my fiancé in the finals tell him I'll have a surprise for him after the final round" She'd give a two fingered salute as a gesture of goodbye to the Earthling as she turned, "And best of luck with your last round! Not that you need it of course Kami"
The Namekian announcer though seemed to have an idea too that would give Zhalla a chance to participate further by having a sort of bronze match, the Saiyan would give a bit of a queasy smile and rub a hand against the back of her neck as she waved the other hand, hoping to not disappoint too much in her answer while also hoping the splitting headache that was coming on presumably from the change of transformation wouldn't last too long either. "That's really sweet of you guys to offer but I think I've gotta tap out here for now, I'm sorry! But I've got another idea that I'm sure you're gonna love, you'll hear about it later I'm sure!" With that she'd give her final waves before hopping out of the arena and heading off out of the tournament grounds-- For now at least, she'd be sure to come back and see who won the finals later!
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Zhalla powers down to base and turns down the offer of a bronze match idea, sorry! Making Dosu the winner of that if he so chooses. Thank you for such an interesting match Jackie and best of luck in the finals!
The fights were never as long as Jackie wanted them either. With a sure push, the staff find purchase and throw the axe away. But just as she went to nab it and yank it away, the sound of the announcer calling time froze her in place. She'd blink and trail her crimson eyes over to the booth of those gathered at their panel. The kami rarely paid attention to the timer, if there was one even present for fighters to distract themselves with. For the two of them, this was really just getting started, however. As they deliberated, Jackie would relax. Lowering the makeshift staff to rest its tip on the tiled floor as she stood. Remarkably shorter than Zhalla, even more apparent when they stood still.
"Heh." Jackie smiled as the call was made for her again; She won that judgment again. Be it through better technique or just sheer experience she wasn't certain. The earthling would disperse those motes of flame surrounding her at around the same time Zhalla dropped her rage and offered a hand. Giving the lady a good shake and close-eyed smirk up at her. "Thanks! And I'll be sure to give him the heads-up. For his sake though, he's gonna be the one needin' luck!" She'd tease a bit, hand carrying the staff eventually tossing it harmlessly in the air so that it too could turn to small cinders in the wind. The martial artist gave a proper bow of respect to the bested opponent, bending deep at the hips before wiping some sweat from her brow.
The Namekians were offering some bronze match to Zhalla, something Jackie wasn't a part of. With another wave, she'd send herself off. Bounding over the tiled arena. Something occurred to her last second she felt wrong not clearly showing. Before stepping away fully, she'd cup a hand over her as she yelled back up.
"Hey, I'll catch ya around for a rematch! Got it?!" It was the one real fight so far that felt like she had more to learn from. So perhaps another time they could go at it again.
EXIT, thanks for the match ya'll!~ WC: 355 TWC: 2810
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