Thal was confident that his speed was enough to connect this time, there was no way that Shu would be able to dodge. When his axe kick met only the floor of then he was stunned and barely able to follow the Saiyan child as he dashed to his side. He was so quick! The Uuonian had barely taken his heel from the stone when Shu was already countering with a kick that easily connected with his side, sending an already off-balance Thal tumbling yet again towards the edge of the arena. Trying to catch himself upright and stop his momentum Thal had just barely saved it and looked up to see where Shu was, his face dropping seeing the Saiyan boy racing in for yet another attack. Not able to dodge he threw up his arms and tried to block the kick, feeling the full force of the blow on his forearms as he was easily lifted off of his feet and thrown out of the ring as he collided with a barricade set up on the edge, collapsing into a few of the closer bystanders. Cheering all but died down when Thal was ejected in such a fashion and no one was sure what to make of it until Takeshi began to cheer above the silence, and Sasha quickly followed suit. A second later and the arena had erupted into cheers again, this time solely for Shu however. 

"And that concludes our match folks! Your winner is Shu!" the announcer declared, beaming as he rejoined the young Saiyan on stage, "Well done Shu, go ahead and take a rest until round 2, you've earned it! We'll get the ring fixed up and start the next match shortly!"

Takeshi had a wild grin all over his face when Shu rejoined them in the waiting space and he nearly tackled his brother in excitement. Instead he rushed over and ruffled the younger boy's hair, laughing as he then patted his brother's back. "See? I knew you'd kick his ass, the guy never even touched ya!" he cheered proudly, looking over at Thal as he was helped up by a few ringside doctors, clearly in a daze as he stumbled about. Putting an arm around Shu's shoulders he walked with his brother back to Sasha and Ricken, looking mighty proud as he pointed to his sibling at his side. "How was that guys? The Uuonian didn't even stand a chance!"

"Gee, its almost like he was stuck fighting Saiyan royalty," Ricken replied sarcastically with a roll of the eyes, "No wonder he didn't stand a chance, no one with a brain expected Thal to win." Getting an elbow to the side he growled and shot Sasha a glare as he nursed the spot.

"Thal is still a very good fighter, you made it look easy beating him Shu. Nice job!" Sasha added in with a thumbs up, "But its only going to get harder as we go on, so don't get too comfortable. You might have to fight one of us in the later rounds still," she added, tossing Shu a playful wink, "And we're not going to be that easy to beat."

Back in the hospital plenty of people were tuning into the tournament as well, Yumi and Viral included. Not that there was much else to be doing anyways in such a stuffy place. Knowing their friends were taking part in it made viewing the whole ordeal a little more exciting. As  Shu's match came to a rather quick and satisfying conclusion Yumi was out of her seat and clapping, an act which must have looked rather idiotic to Viral who was the only other person present. "It really reminds me a lot of those tournaments back on Earth, doesn't it?" she asked, beaming as she posed her question to Viral, "What do you think... Want to try and sneak down there? We could probably get out without one of the nurses noticing if you'd want to."