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But she still had one last ditch move she could do. It's a dirty trick, but with it she could win.
"Kakarot! You better prepare yourself for this!" Chi-Chi declared, then cupped her hands.
"Kaaaaaa...meeeeeee..."
Chi-Chi knows it too now? Gine thought. She figured Kakarot must've taught her on their adventures.
"...haaaaaa...meeeeeee..." Chi-Chi continued, a glow of blue energy shone in her hands.
"Chi-Chi, don't do that. You'll just waste energy on me!" Kakarot said, trying to reason with her.
"HAAAAAAA!" She fired the Wave. A modest-sized but powerful energy beam flew from her hands directly at Kakarot.
He stopped it effortlessly with punching the beam head on, and the resulting explosion lit up the whole arena as everyone briefly turned away to shield their eyes.
The smoke cleared and Kakarot didn't look fazed at all, but Chi-Chi had disappeared from her spot.
Kakarot looked around confused. Suddenly, he cried out in pain.
Chi-Chi was behind him, and she had grabbed his tail. Kakarot realized too late that the attack was a distraction, and she got behind him before he could act.
"Let's face it Kakarot. Your tail is your weakness!" She squeezed hard, making him scream harder and fall to his hands and knees.
"Uh oh, folks! It looks like Chi-Chi has Kakarot in a painful spot!" The referee commentated.
Gine was aghast. Now that was a sneaky move on Chi-Chi's part. But it's true that it was a critical weak point. Gine almost felt disappointed in her son for letting his guard down like that, and he fell right into a classic Saiyan trap that she watched in painful slow motion.
"NO FAIR!" Kakarot croaked out between gritted teeth, the pain looked so debilitating.
"Doesn't matter, you still have a weak spot that anyone else could've used!" Chi-Chi said teasingly. She tightened her grip even harder, sending Kakarot writhing in agony on the ground on the brink of passing out.
"Say you give up and I'll let go!" Chi-Chi demanded.
Now that was low to ask of any Saiyan, Gine thought as she watched.
"NEVER!" Kakarot cried.
"Fine then!" Said Chi-Chi, before she squeezed as hard as she could.
Kakarot didn't even scream as he simply went limp, as if he blacked out cold from the shear shock of the pain.
"One!...Two!..."
The referee began the countdown as Kakarot didn't get back up. Gine couldn't believe it, he was gonna lose the tournament just like that?!
Three!...Four!..."
Chi-Chi giggled at the seemingly unconscious Kakarot, "I hope you're not mad at me, Kakarot. I did what I had to do, just like you!"
"Five!...Six!..."
Then, Chi-Chi noticed Kakarot's lips curling into a mischievous grin.
"Huh?"
"Seven!...Eight!..."
"Gotchya!" Kakarot shouted as he sprung up suddenly. Chi-Chi had no time to react as, with her still holding onto his tail, Kakarot leapt right over Chi-Chi, landed behind her, lifted her by his tail, and flung her like a catapult straight out of the ring, all in one fluid motion.
Chi-Chi screamed in surprise as she landed with a hard thud on the grass surrounding the arena.
The referee was stunned too but acted quickly. "WHOA! Chi-Chi is out! Kakarot is the winner! Chi-Chi who appeared to be dominating Kakarot now appears completely flabbergasted after being literally thrown from the ring! A surprising end to yet another exciting match!"
Kakarot stepped down from the ring to help Chi-Chi up. "Are you alright?" He asked worriedly if he threw her too hard.
She looked as furious as she looked confused. "How did you do that?! I grabbed your tail! You shouldn't have been able to defend yourself, let alone stand!"
Kakarot chuckled, "I've been training my tail while I was away! I was getting tired of it being a weakness, so I toughened it up, so it won't happen again."
Gine was amazed. It was also a sneaky move on his part and cutting it real close with the countdown too, but what he did was ingenious!
"So he DID listen!" Roshi said aloud.
Gine turned to him. "Huh?"
"I mentioned to him in passing that his tail was a weakness and should do something about it, but he seemed so carefree that he just went along with it."
"I did try to help him with that." Gine explained. "He came to me and asked him to help toughen up his tail. I thought he didn't catch on since he passed out every time."
Roshi hummed thoughtfully. "Ah, but you forget that you are quite possibly the strongest person on this planet, and if he could still stand up just a few seconds longer against you, then nothing us humans could do would cripple him with his tail."
"And to pretend being rendered helpless and passing out, in turn making Chi-Chi lower her guard instead?" Gohan gave his thoughts, "That was brilliant!"
"Indeed, it is." Gine agreed. "Sneaky still, but in a life or death fight it could be invaluable."
"His determination is his greatest strength. With it, he could accomplish anything he sets his mind to." Roshi remarked thoughtfully.
Gine stared at her son with a swell of pride in her heart. How Kakarot could surprise her every day with how much he could learn never ceased to amaze her. It made her think of the words Gohan said so long ago.
"Everyone has the potential to be great if they set their minds to it."
Gine looked at Gohan knowingly. It almost sounded like something Bardock would say. How he tried to claw his way up the ranks through taking on the most difficult battles he could, that he tried to be something better than what he was born for.
And now here was Kakarot. A child of a low-class warrior and already proving to be more than what he was given at birth. Just like his father.
Then she wondered. If he could do it, could she as well?
At that thought, Gine shook her head. As if automatically brushing off that idea with a 'like THAT's ever going to happen'. She never dared entertain the idea that she could be better than what she was. Bardock and Kakarot had the genes to improve their strength, but not her... Right?
Meanwhile, Kakarot was wiggling his tail in front of Chi-Chi.
"Go ahead, grab it as hard as you can and see if I can feel it!" He challenged. But Chi-Chi did not take kindly to this mocking from him.
"That was really sneaky of you pretending to be passed out!" She shouted at him angrily.
Kakarot looked her in the eye in mock seriousness, "Is it any sneakier than grabbing me by the tail?"
Chi-Chi tried to retort back but stopped herself. She looked ashamed now, but Kakarot chuckled.
"Don't worry, Chi-Chi. I'm not mad at you. It was so much fun to fight with you!" He said reassuringly and placed a hand on her shoulder. Chi-Chi's face lit up again and she hugged him tightly.
"Oh, Kakarot! You are the sweetest thing in the whole world!" She cooed flirtatiously, Kakarot was unsure what to make of it.
"I dunno, I always thought cinnamon rolls were the sweetes
t thing in the world." He said innocently.
At that, Chi-Chi backed off, and slapped Kakarot hard across the face.
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