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Chapter 1: Ms. Cherry vs. TaYu
"Alright everyone! May I have your attention please," the announcer started. "We'll get into the last round of tonight's fights. In the red corner, we have Ms. Cherry and in the blue corner, we have TaYu." Just as the announcer was about to step out of the arena his voice rang out again.
"Oh and try not to spill so much of your blood everywhere; its' hard to scrub off, y'know." He chuckled to himself.
Ms. Cherry stood at the height of 5 foot 5 inches and had deep forest green eyes. She wore a red sports bra with a deep dip at the back, exposing her pronounced shoulder blades. She also wore a short black spandex and strapping around her left forearm; starting from under her elbow to her wrist. Her waist length was in two French braids, having the top to bottom of braided black hair with pink tips. But the most intriguing feature of her body was the tattooed kanji's on her back, going down her spine. It read, 'I am my own demon.' The deepest black ink in contrast with her pale yet slightly tanned skin.
TaYu was a head shorter than Cherry, at the height of 5 feet with a pair of dark mahogany colored eyes. She had on a blue sports bra with black lining; at the back the fabric was in the form of a 'Y', also showing two more straps of a second light purple bra underneath. She wore black spandex that stopped just above her knees. She was also wearing a black beanie with white strapping around her head, making a patch of hair fall in between the creases of her eyebrows. Her light crimson colored hair was in a loose ponytail and two bangs framing her tanned colored skin from the sides of her oval shaped face. Her hands were strapped up from her knuckles to her small wrists, acting as fingerless gloves. She has a tattoo of a flute on her left hip and unknown markings on the left side of her neck.
The said women stared the other down from their temporary territories as the crowd were cheering and banging on the caged octagon with cylinder padding on the edges of the fences. Their eyes making contact; emerald clashed with brown. Some of the men in the audience were also betting on who will come out victorious. As the announcer made his way out, both women did their last minute stretches. The referee replaced the announcer and took his place between the girls with each of his arms pointing to the fighters.
"Fighters are you ready?" The ref asked in a gruff voice.
He wore a sleeveless muscle shirt and black track pants. He also had on a blue bandana that covered his bald head and was tied in a tight knot at the back. He wasn't the most attractive man in the world, with all the scars on his face but they do tell a story of what he's been through in his life.
Both contenders nod and take their fighting stances.
"Remember ladies, you must get up before your opponent has time to pounce on you. If you are too late, your opponent will have an advantage and I will stop this fight when I see that you're not responding," he states the rules while looking between the two women.
Ms. Cherry nods and brings her fists in front of her face; left in front of right and rolls her neck. She inwardly sizes up her opponent, calculating the easiest place to land a hit on her and how to counter her if she makes the first move.
TaYu smirks and folds her arms, 'little Ms. Cherry Bitch here looks easy heh,' she mentally says to herself. 'Don't know what boss was talking about, I could practically break this girl with my pinky. I maybe short but I can pack a punch,' Tayu vows to herself as she nods; she only hope to show Cherry what she's got when she sees her determined eyes.
"Red corner, are you ready?"
Ms. Cherry nods.
"Blue corner, are you ready?"
TaYu shows cocky smile but nods none the less.
The ref nods and points his arm to the air and brings it down, "FIGHT!"
"BEAT HER FUCKING HEAD IN, CHERRY!"
"YOU GOT THIS, TAYU!"
"FUCK HER UP, TAYU! NO MERCY!"
"I WANT TO SEE BLOOD, MS. CHERRY!"
TaYu comes running from her starting position for a jab square on Cherry's jaw; thinking this would give her an advantage. Cherry waits for her to come closer before she brings her foot to TaYu's throat, causing her to stumble back a bit and land on her ass. TaYu gets up, trying her regain her posture. She sends Cherry the most menacing glares she could offer before she lunges again. Her brown eyes transforming into a ferocious yellow ring with a line going horizontally from the outside of the ring to the edge of her eye; as though it resembled an owl.
'Guess I underestimated, Ms. Whatever the fuck her name is. She'll pay for that kick.'
Cherry knew she'd come back for more when she got a taste of what she was dealing with; she just didn't expect for her to recoup so soon. Before she could assess the situation, TaYu flies towards her with another jab and lands the hit right onto Cherry's left side of her jaw; feeling satisfied with the crack that filled her ears.
TaYu sees an opening when Cherry tries to set her jaw in place. She grabs a hold of her hair and throws her into the cage fences. Ms. Cherry's back hits the cage, hard; knocking most of the air out of her slides down and makes a thud noise when her bottom makes contact with the ground; her head hanging low, covering her, footsteps over to where she landed.
She crouches to her level on the floor, "And I thought I would get a decent fight with that surprising kick you hit me with earlier but I guess I had my hopes too high, huh, Ms. Cherry?" TaYu whispered in her ear, suddenly remembering her name.
Cherry grins; showing her bloody teeth with her chin still touching her chest.
"Then I guess you weren't expecting this as well," she retorts back while punching her in throat.
'Funny how she's surprised with a hit to the throat again.' Cherry thought mischievously.
TaYu stumbles back, having hard time breathing so she grabs a hold of her throat with both of her hands. Cherry sees this as an opportunity and gives her an uppercut followed by a swift hook of her left fist. Tayu spits out blood as her head whips to the side; her hands leaving the hold she had on her throat and falling to her sides.
'I need to end this quick before she lunges at me faster than last time,' she thought. 'My back is still recovering from the throw. Short stuff here has some strength,'Cherry reflected.
She crouches and kicks TaYu's legs from under her. When TaYu was in mid-air, Cherry stood up quickly, bringing her foot up above her head in the process and she swiftly bringing it down, making her calf come in contact with TaYu's abdomen. TaYu couldn't register what had happened; her head, arms and legs are still floating in the air when her lower back connects with the ground. Cherry notices that she's winded so she drops on top of her and straddles herself onto TaYu's waist and places TaYu's arms under her knees so she can't push or punch Cherry. This earns herself some whistles from the crowd and a few men trying to hide the bulges in their pants.
'Childish'. She groaned.
She starts punching TaYu furiously; the crowd urging her to disfigure TaYu's entire face. Her elbows bent and fists' clenched so tight, that her nails are scraping the insides of hands; blood urging to come out. She continues to pound her face in, until she's bleeding through every hole on her face. The ref intervenes and declares Ms. Cherry as the winner.
She jumps into the air with both arms up high and grins like an idiot, "I won! I won! I won!" Ms. Cherry climbs onto one of the caged fences and starts waving at the crowd. She's so caught up in the moment that she fails to notice a hooded figure gracing her with evil intent.
"See you soon, my dear cherry blossom." They mutter to themselves and briskly exits; avoiding everyone around them.
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Cherry jumps down and makes her way out of the octagon, while medics rush past her and make their way in, to help an unconscious TaYu. She collects her money off the announcer and her eyes widen.
"This is more than triple of what I get when I win," she states.
"Huh, oh some fellow came and put a lot of money down for you saying you're an amazing fighter," he says.
'That's weird.'
"Did he leave his name?" She asked, hoping it was the same person she was thinking about.
"No, he just slammed the money down and said it was for you, if you won."
"Hmm, what did he look like?" she replied, still holding onto what was left of her hope.
"Uh no, he had a black hooded jacket on but I did see his eyes, they were brown; a contrast between tan and red." He stated, thinking back to this male figure.
'Ah fuck, wrong person. But then again, who is this mysterious person?'
"Thanks, anyway." She said, walking away disappointed and confused.
She looked around for the one person who supports her in all of her fights. Suddenly, her vision goes black and she could feel two rough hands over her eyes.
"Guess who it is!" The happy person said in a loud sing-a-long voice.
"Hmm, is it a VERY loud blonde who probably just finished eating ramen instead of watching my fight, considering it's the only smell that's invading my nose at the moment?" She shoots back.
The said blonde takes their hands off of her face and she turns around to see a pouting face of a male with sun kissed, tan skin, shaggy blonde spiky hair and three whisker marks on each cheek. He was wearing an orange shirt with a swirl on it, blue jeans, a grey hood under a black puffy vest and black casual shoes.
"Sak-" before the blonde could reply Ms. Cherry slaps her hand over his mouth.
"Kyuubi, what did I say about saying that word?" She says through clenched teeth while looking around to make sure no one heard him.
"Oh right, heheh, sorry Cherry. It just slipped out." He replies back sheepishly while scratching the back of his head.
Cherry and Kyuubi promised that they wouldn't call each other their real names while in the presence of other fighters and spectators who come to fight and watch the fights. Kyuubi being short for his full name, Kyuubi no Youko.Thankfully though, when they joined this underground UFC organization, called the Akatsuki, they were to sign a NDA to stop the participants and audience members from exposing this place and organization alone.
Cherry still having doubts, also made the 'big boss', as Kyuubi would like to call him, sign a NDA so that their real names were not disclosed to the public when being announced for a fight.
Though, when she presented it to him, he raised an eyebrow. Followed by saying in his deep masculine voice, "It wouldn't matter because of your hair," he replies as it's the most obvious feature on her. "It's bright and eye catching; it puts neon lights to shame. When you're out in public, someone who comes here often is bound to know who you are."
That didn't bother her though.
She discovered that there was a hair product that dyed your hair temporarily. So she would buy the black hair color on the day of her fights and dye her hair. She would leave the tips pink though; leaving the one feature that got her the nick name, Ms. Cherry.
The crowd was dispersing but as Cherry and Kyuubi were walking, some men stopped them to congratulate her on her 'spectacular win', which earned them a scoff.
As she was saying her thanks to the group, one guy had the nerve to get a firm squeeze on her ass. She turns around to an older man with a seductive smile on his wrinkled face.
Having no time to hesitate, she kicks him the in the balls. The person on the receiving end of the kick bends forward while clutching his sacred manhood. Muttering some words, no one could make out. Cherry delivers a sweeping round house kick to his face, knocking him unconscious on the ground while blood begins to pour out of his nose. She crouches and notices that his face is starting to swell up on the right side.
"That's going to leave a nasty mark in the morning. That's too bad, dickhead." She laughs while walking through the crowd that was in the way of the changing room's door.
The crowd makes way for her and Kyuubi, who was laughing throughout the scene, laughs harder when he notices the big eyes and gaping mouths of the group.
"Remind me not to EVER mess with her," one whispered to his friend beside him, while they both stare with at the retreating figures of Cherry and Kyuubi.
His said friend nods and says, "Same here, bro."
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"Oh, I see you've taken Konan's advice and brought yourself a more suitable attire," Kyuubi comments while looking her up and down.
"Well, yeah. The black singlet I use to wear was pissing me off, so I went and brought me some sports bras; mostly pink, red and blacks ones. I also brought some spandex's; the short ones to be exact." She says. "Can you take the strapping off please?" while she holds her arm up to him.
He moves towards her and takes the strapping off. He wraps the fabric into a cylinder shape and hands it to her.
Once he's done, she changes into black a white and grey wind runner and a pair of black and red runners. She left on her black spandex to air out her legs. Lastly, adding her ankle weights to both legs.
"Hmm, your moves looked swift out there. I mean, nothing was holding you down that was dripping with sweat," Kyuubi replies and chuckles.
"Now that you mention it, I did feel lighter." She ponders.
She places her winning money and her belongings from the locker into her sports bag and swung it over her shoulder. She winces when the bag hits her back.
"Here, let me." Kyuubi says and takes her sports bag.
Cherry smiles, 'I really should start treating him better.' She thought as she takes a breather while leaning forward a bit and placing her right hand on her back and her left hand on her knee.
"Wow, you look like shit." Kyuubi mocks.
'Or not.'
Cherry gives him a warning glare. He races to the car parking lot where his orange Mazda RX-8 before he could get the beating of his life.
Kyuubi places Cherry's bag into the boot and makes his way into the driver's seat. He and Cherry put their seatbelts on and he starts the car, shifting the gear into reverse and they proceed to leave the parking lot of an abandoned warehouse where the fights were being held.
"What do you want to eat? My treat," hoping this could make her forget about his comment earlier.
"If you say so, I want some McDonalds. I'm famished,"
"Sakuraaaaaaaaaaa, that's not very healthy," he whines but inwardly smiles, knowing he could always win her over with food.
"Neither is Ramen but you don't hear me judging you,"
He pouts and turns to face the road, "Oh hell no!"
"Awww, is my Naru-bear hurt by comment?" She says as she starts pouting and her puppy dog eyes come into play.
He turns to look at her, "No Sakura, you know I hate it when people insult the most precious gift that Kami has ever graced us with," He says and exhales a dreamy sigh.
Sakura rolls her eyes, "Can we just get some food and not crash, Naruto?" She says while holding up her fists. She was seriously hungry and the idiot driving is drooling over Ramen.
"Shit, okay. Geez, don't need to get all angry! Women," He whispers the last part to himself.
"Did you say som-"
"WE'RE HERE NOW." He yells, cutting her off and going into the drive thru.
"Shut the fuck up, Naruto!" Sakura yelled back and covered her ears with her hands.
"Heheh, sorry Sakura. So, what did you want?" He asked as he rolled down his window.
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After they left McDonalds with their food, Naruto drove to Sakura's house. She ate on the way home. He pulled up into the driveway of a nice sized house. The house was very modern but still had a touch of vintage worth. It had bricked walls the consisted with different shades of brown, two big windows looking at out to the driveway, two pillars just in front of an oak door.
Naruto made his way up the driveway and went around the small water feature in the middle of the driveway; acting as a mini roundabout. She gets out the car as soon as it comes to a stop and went to the car boot to get her bag. She holds back a whimper when the bag hits back.
"Thanks for the ride Naruto," she says as she goes back to the passenger side.
"No worries Sakura, are you coming to school on Monday?" He questions.
"Yes. Why?"
"Do you need a ride?"
"Uh, no it's fine. I'm going to drive, for once," she chuckles.
"Okay then, see you on Monday. Get some rest tomorrow."
"Bye Naruto," She waves to him as he reverses out of the driveway. He honks his horn as he speeds off.
"Probably going to see his girlfriend," she mutters to herself.
When she was about to walk up the small clutter of steps, she notices moving trucks at the mansion across the road.
"New neighbors, fantastic," she mutters to herself; sarcastically.
Sakura walks up steps and is about to open the door when a petite old lady with red sleeved dress and a tan tunic over the top, opens the door for her.
"Good evening, Sakura," she greets her as she walks in.
"Thanks for looking after him Granny Chiyo," she says back. "Where is he? It's awfully quiet."
"Oh he's somewhere around here. I told him to wait until you came in but he must've ran somewhere else," Granny Chiyo replies with an eye crinkle and a smile.
Sakura sees little feet from under curtain of the bay window looking out to the side lawns.
"Hmmm, I wonder where little Aki is," she says out loud playfully.
That's when she and Granny Chiyo hear a child's giggle coming from behind the tan curtain.
She fakes a yawn and stretches; slightly grimacing from the pain in her back, "guess I'm going to bed without my cuddly teddy named Aki."
Silently, Granny Chiyo took her bag and Sakura managed to mouth a 'thank you' before a little boy with deep Maroon hair and green orbs that most likely had tints of brown mixed with it while wearing dark grey pajamas came running from the curtain.
"MOMMY'S HOME!"
A/N: First of all, thank you for reading my story. It's my first fanfic so please be gentle. If there's any mistakes or grammatical errors, don't be afraid to tell me; I really have a distaste for them. Once again, thank you and I hope you'll stick with me on this story. Please please please, review! It helps me to know you'll want more and quicker updates.
24/09 - Update: Just fixed some errors and added a few sentences.
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