What They Died For (Open)

Well, there was a rather large power level here wasn't there? Zuci had decided to come to Lychee today, more so on a whim than anything else. She had been exploring for a while since she had never really gotten a close look at the infrastructure or how things went here in the daily life of the Tuffles they shared a planet with. Definitely more civil and cleaner than a lot of the Saiyan side, that was for sure...

Zuci stops walking when she accidentally bumps into someone. She mutters an 'excuse me' and gets ready to move on when she looks down and sees that it's a small child she's run into. Zuci had been about to investigate that power she'd been sensing, but so long as they weren't being immediately hostile she could spare some time here.

"Oh, forgive me little one- I didn't see you there." Zuci bent down and helped the little girl up to her feet. "Are you okay?" The child looks nervous, but she still nods in response. "Great! ...Hm?" Zuci looks around for a bit before her eyes fall back on the child. "Do you not have a guardian with you?"

"U-Um-" The child stutters. "Lost." She says quietly. Zuci's trained ears pick up on it though.

"Lost? That won't do. Do you know how to sense Ki?" Zuci asks with a tilt of her head.

"Ki?"

"You haven't even been taught that yet? Alright, let's see... Do you have both parents?"

"M-Mom."

"A mother, okay- How does she feel when she's around you? Like a warm, comforting presence- You feel safe being around her?" The little girl nods. "Good. Focus on that feeling, see if you can sense her presence. Like when she's about to come in your room at night and tuck you in bed."

The little girl seems confused, but closes her eyes and tries to do as Zuci says. In less than a minute the little girl is turning her head around quickly and pointing in a direction. "Mama!" She cries out and runs to a woman. The woman's head whips towards her daughter and picks her up in her arms almost immediately. The child points towards Zuci and the mother looks taken aback before waving to her. Zuci blinks, then waves back awkwardly. As the mother and daughter disappear into the crowd, Zuci rubs the backof her neck and sighs. At the very least it seems she's forgotten about the reason she was checking out this part of Lychee, instead staring off in the direction they left in.

...Hm?

Zuci purposefully didn't react immediately when someone had grabbed her arm; it took her a second to process the fact that someone actually had the gall to grab her like that, but her attention was then shifted to what this stranger had to say to her. It felt like the power she'd been feeling earlier... She hadn't expected to meet its owner like this, that was for sure. Zuci debated walking forward just to anger them, but chose to play along for now. She didn't feel particularly threatened, more curious than anything else.

"Mn, right, you're going to 'detonate' the crowd. Definitely believe that. Was that including or excluding me? I'll remind you that death has been proven ineffective against Saiyans, so I don't really understand the threat. I'll be more pissed if you kill that kid I just sent off." Zuci's eyes narrowed and her power quietly swelled, though she made no physical move to shake her would-be attacker off. "The last time a Saiyan died and came back to life he tried to take over things and went on a rampage. Personally, I'm not that much of a child, but I'd definitely pay a visit to the idiot who threatened me in public. I know a Super Saiyan who'd love to work their fist on your face, too! Get off."

Zuci gave this person a chance to back away and talk normally. "I'd rather not fight with these people here, and more importantly I don't feel like it today. But if I need to throw you teeth first against a set of stairs and stomp on your head, I will."

Zuci made a genuinely confused face and snorted at the man's implicit threat. "Um, are you sure? They could be walking around right now and wouldn't know it. After all- what?" Zuci interrupted herself, her head whipping around to look at the older man as if he was insane. "The hell are you talking about? She was lost and wanted to find her mother. I-!" Zuci was surprised when he raised her arm; her brow furrowed, confused when he didn't make a direct move against her afterwards. Her eyes widened when he raised his own arm and shot out at-

When you were in a fight for your life, time often felt like it was slowed down. Against an evenly matched or weaker foe moves shot out like lightning, yet were perceived and intercepted like they were a turtle going for a walk. Zuci had rarely experienced that phenomenon when she wasn't in a fight; maybe when she was deeply in tune with watching someone else's battle.

But right now?

Zuci saw that blast of energy heading straight for that child and saw and heard everything like someone had reduced the speed of the world to a crawl. 

And she was the only one who could move.

Faster than she thought she could Zuci suddenly bolted out the man's grip and flashed directly in front of the child and her mother, wrapping the two in her arms with her back facing the attack. It hit her square in the shoulder, burning skin and some of the cloth there off. But she hadn't fllinched or made a sound at all, instead easing up off of the two she'd just protected.

"You're both okay?"

They both nod.

"Good. Get out of here."

Whether the majority of people had seen that whole thing or not, Zuci didn't care. She slowly turned around to look Sen in the eye, her own cold and hard.

"I thought it was funny at first- You threaten me, I threaten you, we leave and go about our day. Frame me for something stupid? Whatever, who cares. That?"

Zuci dashed in front of Sen, standing only inches away from him.

"I should break you in two for it. Tell me your case- The reason you put those people in danger after trying to condemn me for supposedly doing the same, and perhaps I'll think twice about desecrating my knuckles with your brain matter today."

Every part of her was screaming to tear into the man in front of her, but her mind barely held herself back. At the very least she planned on taking this man to the proper authorities here in Lychee, but who would be mad if she broke some bones or two before then? Still, she gave Sen a chance to try and deescalate before the situation suddenly turned into an all out brawl in the middle of a still populated street.

Briefly, Zuci had noticed that she felt...weird. She had every right to be aggressive with Sen, true, but she felt angry like she hadn't in years. Her power was keeping up a continuous spike that she was normally only able to do in high-stress combat, but here she was standing still and she couldn't put a lid on it.

Regardless, she took in a deep breath and exhaled strongly and waited for Sen's answer.

"...What? What even- What?" Zuci's anger was flared by the amount of, in her mind at least, absolutely stupidity that this man had just dared to disrespect her ears with. "So let me understand; you're scared a Super Saiyan is going to come and eradicate the Tuffles- Never mind that it was Saiyans who drove him back the last time he tried to do that, and because of that you're fine with killing a kid to 'remind' Tuffles that Saiyans are the real enemy? Even though you'd be the one doing the action? And you were the one who had to frame me for it rather than me being evil on my own?"

Zuci took in a deep breath and stared the man down, fully restraining herself from outright bashing his skull in. She hadn't blinked in over thirty seconds but the extremely focused and angry Saiyan hadn't even noticed. "Idiocy aside, you must think you're above judgement- Or do you think it doesn't matter as long as you get your result of senseless killing? Your war is over, old man. But since you don't seem to know that, I'll give you what you want. A violent, pissed-off Saiyan."

Zuci suddenly threw two punches at Sen's head and stomach at once, fully intent on beating the man until he couldn't stand anymore. If he surrendered at any point beyond this Zuci would settle for breaking his bones before she accepted it. She couldn't recall the last time she so blindingly went into a fight so full of anger, but she wasn't about to dwell on it; right here, right now, she had someone she needed to hit until she physically couldn't do so.





TWC: 1547

Power Level: 365,000




KP: 4/6 (=2)


MP: 2/6 (+2)


HP: 0% / 270% (--%)




Status: N/A


Passive Effects:


Bare Knuckle Brawler: Non-sparking Defensive Techniques that do not have the Evasive Variant gain +5% power if Zuci does not have consumables or combat items equipped! (Active)


Noble Blood: Total DMG +20%, Critical DMG +30%

Saiyan Pride: +10% Technique Boost when at or above 100% DMG (Inactive)

Restrained Might: +10% Technique Boost while below Final Transformation (Inactive)





Resources:


Burning Ki: Spend Momentum to regain Ki at 2:1 Ratio (One Use)


Zuci uses One-Two! against Sen, aiming to deal 73,000 (91%) of damage against Sen! He will be inflicted with Exhausting if it deals at least 10% damage!

LIGHT ATTACK TYPE || ONE-TWO!

Zuci steps in and aims a strong punch at her opponent's head while simultaneously throwing a punch at their stomach. The reverse can also be true depending on the situation.

Power: 20%

KP Cost: 2KP

Variants: Exhausting, Power Upgradex1



"...You're an idiot." Zuci says simply after listening to the man ramble on and on. He was the equivalent to a conspiracy theorist who happened to have a higher than average power level in Zuci's eyes and she wasn't about to waste her time debating or going against his obviously false claims. First he attacks a child, then acts as if she's in the wrong for striking him because of that? Zuci felt her blood boiling as Sen pulled out some device that shot prongs off at her. 

"Really?" Zuci said unimpressed as she waved her hand out; a small purple shield of Ki that resembled a mirror appeared in front of her. The two prongs would be shot back with additional force back towards Sen, aiming at his neck instead of hers. Zuci huffed and folded her arms as she glared daggers into Sen. "You know I was there, right? I got my tail broken because of that bastard and some other person. If we wanted to kill or rule over Tuffles, why make a situation like that instead of- You know what? Let's stop talking, I just wanna make you cry now."

Everything he was saying was pissing Zuci off beyond belief. Out of all the arguments she's ever been in in her life this one just felt like talking to a wall without any sort of walls in it. The man was clearly deluded, but dangerous too- At the very least she had to incapacitate him before he either tried to hurt someone again or tried to start up more incidents like this.

"Hurry and get up; if I have to beat the extent of your idiocy into you I absolutely will, and I'll have the people you just tried to kill praising me for it. Or are you so trash you can't muster the will to fight back after trying to do something so depraved?"

Zuci was slowly losing her penchant for witty banner; she hadn't the patience to engage in conversation with him, and Zuci definitely didn't care about his insane ramblings either. She watched Sen dig into his pockets for a weapon and scoffed; what kind of fighter had to do that in the middle of a fight? She watched him set up his weapon while mentally acknowledging this whole thing as ridiculous; he pointed it towards her and the prongs and fired, incinerating his own weapon.

Zuci herself hadn't moved. As the fire engulfed her she could feel her skin burning, but her breath stayed remarkably even. Eventually she flared her Ki out and pushed the fire away; she came out of the ashes with clear burns making her clothes and her skin, but mentally she hadn't seemed perturbed by her new injuries in the slightest. The Saiyan warrior opened her eyes and huffed at Sen, clearly not amused with his attempt at murder.

"...Really? Fire? Can you actually not fight at all?" Zuci held her hand out and pointed a finger at Sen, rapid firing small Ki Blasts at Sen as if she was mocking him. The fact she wasn't taking the man seriously despite her new injuries was probably silly to him, but in Zuci's mind he wasn't even important enough to ask his name.

Yeah, this guy was crazy.

Zuci casually continued firing small blasts at the man, seeming more and more unenthused with the fight as it went on. She rolled her eyes at the man's daring insults. Any energy blasts that managed to hit throguh her own she simply waved out of the way while still standing in the same position. "Do I look tired?" Zuci asked sarcastically. She suddenly stopped shooting weak blasts and ducked under one aimed at her head, closing in and charging her foot and whole leg with Ki as she kicked it out towards him. It would clash with his blaster for only a second before shooting through its blast and it, hitting Sen directly with her attack.

"Seriously, one of us gets stronger while this goes on and the other runs out of weapons. If you're gonna run, I suggest trying it now. You're boring me too; your little toys don't match up to raw Saiyan might and you know it. Here's a fun thought; why don't you lay all your weapons down on the ground and we'll see if they can take me kicking them into pieces like I just did with your little pea shooter there?"