G: Wagwan I'm Gym.

J: And I'm Jeff !

G: And today we are going to introduce our competitors for the title of Ultimate Shapeshifter!

J: So this is how it works. In one chapter you get half the fight, then you vote on the outcome. In the subsequent chapter the votes are counted and a plausible explanation is given as to why that shapeshifter won. The Ultmate Shapeshifter is in the end decided by who won the most fights.

G: Can we get to the fun stuff I'm already bored..

Shapeshifter #1 Danzaburo Danaki

Tanuki

The Spy of a Thousand Scents

J: We start off our list in the Land of the Rising Sun.

G :Japan for you information.

J: Danzaburo was born a tanuki. A species that really were just fun loving people. Until well someone decided they could be dangerous. So said someone a.k.a the Daimyo ordered them to be wiped out.

G: So how is he still a spy ?

J: Well, this Daimyo decided half way through the extermination that he could use the tanuki for his own ends. By training them as spies.

G: They sucked didn't they ?

J: Yes they did and a lot of them ended up dead. Danza sama however found his corner, and seems to enjoy it, until one thing and another (The Dragon Warrior) turns him into the latest guy with a redemption arc.

G: So what's his fighting style like ?

J: Well Danzaburo is essentially a Ninja.

G: -.-

J: I mean it ! Danzaburo primarily analyses his opponent's fighting style, before deciding on a form with which to beat them up in. He also posseses more trees than a fig they aren't just any leaves ! Caltrops, smoke bombs, tar, kunai, shuriken and even katanas are what those babies really are.

Shapeshifter #2 Saras Kanbujian Kanbu Shifty

Fox

G: Welp, that name's a mouthful. What's this wimp's backstory ?

J: Well, as a baby Saras' family sold him to a clan known as the Jit Kun. Every Jit Kun is later awarded a gift by the Jit Kun.

G: Like a nerf gun ?

J: Like shapeshifting and teleportation.

G: Right.

J: Unforetunately right after he got this gift the Jit Kun were near wped off the face of the earth by a bunch of Mongol Raiders. Him and another Jit Kun called Aang were found and raised in the Bat Cave.

G: Hold the phone ! I thought he was from KFP ?

J: He is, the Bat Cave is just the organisation that adopted him and Aang.

G: The last airbender ?

J: -.- Eventually Saras started going on missions for the Bat Cave, his missions taking him all around China, Japan, and even Korea!

G: How does he fight ?

J: Well Saras has a limited number of forms, which he uses to his advantage in combat, granting him buffs and debuffs in turms of armour, . He also fights with a pair of daggers, a pair of knives, a bow and some arrows, a rice hat and several blades he has attached to his feet called Talon Claws. He also possese the ability of short distance teleportation and Blood Diamond, which allows him to turn feral upon ingesting blood.

G: How old is he ?

J: Fourteen,though his age fluctuates from story to story.

G: Nice.

Shapeshifter #3 Xueye

Fox

G: What's this guy's sob story ?

J: Well imagine how you'd feel if your parents sold you to a juju clan who worship blood.

G: That happens in real life ?

J: I shit you not ! Xueye was sold to the Drops when the poor guy was only ten years old, separating him from a younger brother and older sister. Under the tutelage of the Drops Xueye threw himself into his studies, until he mastered the art of hemomancy.

G: What exactly is hemomancy ?

J: It's basically blood control.

G: Sweet. But how is he a shapeshifter ?

J: Well he can pool himself.

G: That explained a lot thanks.

J: He can become a pile of blood on the floor before reforming into a Nian or a fox again. Pooling also makes him more or less invulnerable and massive health regeneration, which makes him damn hard to kill.

G: Good for him.

Shapeshifter #4 Rikuaoshi

Badger

G: Another tongue twisting name ! Where do people come up with this stuff ?

J: In KFP clearly. Anyways poor little Riku was a self-made orphan at the age of twenty.

G: So the badger randomly killed his parents.

J: No,of course not, he killed his entire clan actually.

G: How the **************** did he do that ******* ?

J: It'll be explained later. Anyways, he evaded jail for twelve years, too scared to enter markets or cities he lived in the wild. Killing became not a hobby as it had once been, rather it became a way of survival. He devised new and unnatural ways to consume prey, terrible ways. One day he chanced upon a caravan and after slaying it's residents he stole a powerful gem,known as a Shift Stone, foolishly thinking it to be some sort of treat. He swallowed it whole, the Shift Stone granting him powers he had never dreamed of. Essentially he found that if he kept the pelts of the thngs he killed and wore a piece of them he would be able to transform at will into that creature. So he hunted down anything in a power hungry craze. Becoming more and more powerful with every single kill.

G: Wow, well we have a winner.

J: He is however weaponless and lacks training.

G: Like that evens anything out.

J: Trust me it does.

Shapeshifter #5 Hei An

Demon

G: A GIRL !? Come on this is Ancient China right ?

J: Tigress was a girl.

G: Are you comparing someone who is explicitly said to be a demon to Tigress?

J: Good point.

G: So what is a demon doing in here ?

J: Well, Hei An was summoned from the underworld and placed into a homunculus body by a powerful alchemist, Hei was basically bound to the alchemist's will until she (the alchemist) died. As a demon, she has the ability to devour souls. Her homunculus body has the ability to shapeshift into the species of those she devours. She is very selective about whom she devours; only the most vile of souls are eaten. Not only are they more worthy of being destroyed than noble souls, they are also better for her, since she feeds on the darkness in souls. She can also simply drain the darkness from a soul, without devouring it fully.

G: So another devourer ? How..original. Her combat better be good.

J: Believe me it is, If anything SHE is the winner.

G: How so ?

J: She makes heavy use of her demonic powers in combat. Using these too much without feeding will cause them to become unusable, however but shapeshifting doesn't tire her out. She can shapeshift into a limited variety of forms, the forms of those she has devoured.

G: Like Rikuaoshi. And devours things like Rikuaoshi. And isn't primarily a shapeshifter, like Rikuaoshi. You just made her up!

J: Mind Jack did, okay and he didn't even know about Riku at the time !

G: Sure.

J: Well, I think we are done here. Good night folks !

So, who do you think will win ? Place your (biased) bets now folks !

VOTE: Which shapeshifters should square off first and where ?

Danzaburo Danaki belongs to Berserker88.

Saras Kanbujian Kanbu Shifty belongs to The Grey Coincidence

Xueye belongs to the Grey Coincidence.

Rikuaoshi belongs to me.

Hei An belongs to Mind Jack.

Descriptions will appear in subsequent fight chapters, I was too lazy to make profiles here :P