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Fight Club
Chapter 1: UTC Unleashed
Fighting.
It was something that I was always good at getting into...
...but something I was never great at.
It wasn't always like this. Back when I was still just a kid, thinking that throwing blind punches and kicking with just my feet was true fighting. Street Fighting. But it's different now. I had left my village to train with my perverted sensei, despite him being a Sanin. From the moment I left home, I knew I needed to learn how to fight ... how to defend ... how to survive ... and how to win.
That's me standing there on the other side across from my opponent, here in the center of this eight-sided cage. With nothing on but my shorts, a mouth piece, and gloves. Where my supposed sensei was, I had no idea. Instead there was another man standing behind me, a man with a hardened face, like that of an old lion, his face filled with scars from many fights like the one I am about to engage in. In this world, he is known as "The World's Most Dangerous Man", but to me, he is Kenta Shenlong. He tells me exactly what I have to do, and how to do it. He's trained me for nearly six months now. It's not long now, the man announcing the match had just finished introducing my opponent, and now it was my turn.
"And in this corner, fighting out of the Lion's Den ..."
I wasn't quite listening to him, instead I was still focusing on Kenta-sensei's prep talk. The sounds of the underground stadium roaring with viewers attending the bloodsport, screaming, chanting, roaring for the fight to begin. Just then the announcer came to my name, not my true name, but my sudo name. My fighter's name.
"... RENATO -BABALU- SOBRAL!!!"
The entire stadium roaring with my name: "BABALU! BABALU! BABALU!" I don't remember what number fight this was ... but soon it would end. The referee for this match was "Big" Joushin Masakari, he called out to us.
"Are you ready?" Pointing to my opponent who nodded, then pointed over to me and asked the same question. "Are you ready?" I nodded my head, then he did a hand chop to signal the beginning of the fight. "Then LET'S GET IT ON!"
(:::NOW PLAYING::: . . . Fat Boy Slim - Right Here, Right Now . . .)
Before I knew it I had already taken my opponent down on his back, and spent a good few minutes manuvering through his guard until finally I was on top of him with full advantange. He tried to punch his way out, but I blocked his useless punches away making him completely open for that split second. That one split moment in which everything slows down, my heartbeat slows to an easy pace, and grinned down at my opponent who knew what was coming. My right fist raising slowing up into the air as if at this moment it would be all over soon. My grin now turning to a smile of pure delight.
(... -instrumental- ...)
It wasn't always like this. Now I have a taste for fighting. And I'm not so much afraid to get into them anymore ... because I always win.
(... "Right Here" ...)
A right fist down into his head.
(... "Right Now" ...)
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A Left.
Twelve shots unanswered, and by then referee Joushin Masakari pushed me away from my opponent's bloody unconscious body, waving his hands to stop the match, as it was already over. I had won, and the entire underground roared with excitement! And I loved it, the chant, my chant, my name. Joushin Masakari took my by the wrists and raised my arm in victory.
"Winner by TKO! AND NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT ULTIMATE TAIJUTSU CHAMPION, RENATO -BABALU- SOBRAL!"
The Chairman of UTC, Danna Ookami-sama, wrapped a gold belt around my waist. I looked to Kenta-sensei and he grinned at me with satisfaction. It was then that I knew I had made him proud. But it was only just the beginning, and I got lost in the satisfaction of the entire chant of my name: "BABALU! BABALU! BABALU!"
It was now that I became a fighter, and learned how to fight, without the use of chakra.
To be continued.
Author's Notes: All I can say is that I'm a big fan of the UFC, and Renato Sobral is one of my favorite fighters. So if you haven't figured out just who "Babalu" is in this story is, duh it's Naruto. I'm going into a different angle about how Naruto learns how to fight over his 2 1/2 years away from Konoha. Just think of it as, he's already finished his ninjutsu, and genjutsu training (or basics) from Jiraiya already, and now it's coming up to the final year & a half left, where Naruto now has to learn how to get a move on with his Taijutsu training. So thus why now throw him into the world of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or in this case Ultimate "Taijutsu" Championship. Kenta Shenlong Ken Shamrock. Joushin Masakari Big John McCarthy. Danna Ookami Dana White. Yeah, I know pretty silly name changes, but I wanted to do a little change around. So anyway, I'm having Naruto pose as Babalu for now, as he can't really use his real name since technically he's being hunted by Akatsuki. Anywho, more to come, and you'll never believe who else joins in the Fight Club series. I'll tell you now, it isn't just going to center around the UTC (I mean UFC XD), but other kinds of fighting as well!
