The compressing mist of the Fog of War was oppressive over the top-lane. Both opponents had witnessed each other walk into their bushes, and both had warded the middle brush. A standoff now occurred between the fighters and they hesitated, unsure of the other. One claimed to be the best, and had a weapon to show for it, and the other was training day in day out, his positive outlook keeping him going, so that that one day, he would be the best. Both fighters respected one another, and both fighters knew that the other held much fighting prowess and ability, their knowledge being tested time and time again, sometimes with, but more often against each other.
"How does that grass feel?" Jax called out, taunting hit laning opponent.
"I think you already know that!" Wukong called in return, the amusement clearly in his voice.
Jax pondered his tone, whether or not it was confidence wasn't a question, but whether or not he would back up his mouth was another one. He stepped out of the brush and began to farm as the minions clashed for the first time. This was calling out Wukong, who followed suit, and began to hit the minions near him. They stayed like this, farming without conflict until both of them hit the sixth level, their ultimates becoming available.
It happened nearly simultaneously, the advantage not existing long enough for Jax to make a move. Both fighters recognized that the other's ultimate could easily turn the tide of a skirmish if used correctly.
"No leaving lane before we die!" Wukong shouted, his interest in whether or not he could defeat Jax on nearly equal footing being heightened when he realized that there was a great opportunity here.
"Then I will let you clear this lane, and we can do this!" Jax called back, the challenge being accepted.
Both fighters began mentally preparing themselves for their battle, Wukong hitting the minions to get them to be roughly even when the fighting started. It was only fair, due to the fact that over time, the lowly summoned fighters could do a lot of damage when a fair number are targeting a champion. The controlling of the minions worked, and Wukong moved forward, his opponent standing in the open.
They both paused, and let the minions clash. They remained in their respectful places for a short while, judging whether or not they should engage first. Wukong grew bored, quickly, as per usual, and began running at Jax. Jax prepared his lamp, and moved in towards the charging monkey. Suddenly, Wukong stopped standing in the same place, looking at nothing in particular. Jax saw this and instantly recognize the ability. The Decoy was down, and an invisible attacker now moved towards him. He moved closer to the clone, still out of it's range, and faced outwards. An attacker was inbound, and his guard was up. But nothing came. No fighter flew at him, clouds at his back. The decoy still stood there, and Jax waited for anything. Now, the monkey should have been removed from stealth and should be standing there, in front of him. Jax realized all too late what his train of thought meant. The felt the metal braced pole slam into his ribcage, immediately snapping two of them. He turned and instantly used his Counter Strike, Wukong's next strikes being countered. He was in range, and the counter ended. The stun gave Jax perfect time to begin striking Wukong, and he immediately did so, his lamp hitting hard into the fighter. Then, it spun around, and hit the fighter twice in the face with a quick spin, vanishing into thin air.
Wukong had used his Decoy at the last moment before the stun came through. Jax had stunned Wukong too, but the clone took the hits due to the invisibility. His strategy had worked, he had baited out the Counter Strike. He now moved quickly, his stealth wearing off, and his opponent reacquiring his target. The next two hits came quickly, but were not full power, so they were easily parried by the lamp wielding fighter. Wukong was testing the water to see how fast his opponent really was. He needed to know how fast the man could parry, so that he could figure out which attacking technique he should use. Suddenly, Jax countered a move almost faster than Wukong could see it coming, and the monkey was surprised that he had suddenly been placed on the defensive. He knew Jax was fast, but he started to realize that the purple fighter had been finding his own style as well. Wukong realized that this was a fight that Jax was definitely taking seriously, and he would need to be working extra hard to win this fight. A challenge had appeared this match. A real challenge. And that is exactly what Wukong was here for. A smile crept onto his lips.
Jax saw this and recognized that Wukong was planning to make a move. He was right, when Wukong suddenly broke off from the fight, rolling to the side. He had given himself range, and Jax saw this as an opportunity to move with power. He ran towards the champ, and found himself under attack from the Nimbus Strike. He rolled out to the side, but still took a hit, Wukong flying off the cloud. Jax was prepared and instantly attacked, striking the monkey , he followed up with another, the strike barely being parried. He relentlessly assaulted Wukong, his attack speed increasing with each hit. Wukong was barely keeping up, most of his dodges were good, but Jax was still landing hits that were doing damage, every third strike hitting harder, and knocking the strength out of Wukong each time. The power that Jax put into his third strikes was increased, his fighting ability and style able to lay out very heavy damage over time. However Wukong had a plan, and used his Cyclone, launching Jax upwards, and providing Wukong with a chance to deal some damage in return. He had taken quite a few hits and hadn't dealt many out, but that was about to change. Upon landing, Jax used his Grandmasters' Might, but none the less was pummeled by a flurry of strikes, each one hitting the fighter hard. Jax moved quickly, dodging out of the ultimate and moving back towards his tower. Both the fighters retreated to safer territory, their bodies dented by the others' weapon. They would continue fighting, both of them knew that, but they needed to reassess their attacking strategy. Wukong looked over at Jax and saw just how hard his ultimate had hit him. Even with the defensive ultimate use from Jax, he had landed many hits that had done some good damage in return for the powerful strikes that Jax could lay out on the offensive.
Jax looked up, and decided to put an end to the breather they had been enjoying. He empowered his lamp, and immediately began a running leap at Wukong. Wukong looked up in surprise and moved himself to a better stance. As the grandmaster was coming in for the strike, Wukong parried with as much strength as he could muster, as he dodged to the side in an effort to escape the attack. Luckily, it had worked, and the majority of the strike's power was deflected off the staff into the floor. Wukong stood up, and dashed at the heavily injured, and now almost defenseless fighter. Jax looked up in shock as he realized that the monkey had dodged his leap, and was now charging him down with an attacking swing that he wouldn't be able to lift his lamp to. Wukong flew in, striking straight down, and slammed a crushing blow into the purple fighter's neck. It his with a thick, meaty thump, and Jax's spinal cord was snapped in two, killing the fighter instantly.
Jax's body slumped to the ground, lifeless, and the kill was gratified by the Announcer, as she called out that Jax had been slain. Wukong quickly ran back to his tower and recalled. The rest of the match was largely different. Jax and his jungler had realized Wukong's potential quickly after the fight, and were able to ambush him repeatedly, with little defense, due to Wukong's jungler being preoccupied with the middle and bottom lanes. In the end, Wukong's team lost the match after being simply overpowered by the enemy team.
Afterwards Jax pulled Wukong aside.
"Congratulations on that fight Wukong." Jax said. He had a deep respect for Wukong, due to the immense training that Wukong puts into his fighting even recently.
"Thank you, Jax!" Wukong replied excitedly. Everyone knew the story of how Jax got his weapon, and everyone feared his prowess on the battlefield. To have fought him in one on one combat was a rare opportunity and a very big honor. "I am unfortunate that we were unable to hold you off."
"You'll get there kid, believe me. You got some real talent." Jax said, waving as he walked away.
Wukong pondered this. It was a great honor to have someone like Jax tell him such a thing.
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New 1v1 stories coming out. More to follow, like Renekton vs Rengar, or Sion vs Aatrox. Should be some pretty cool stories up here. And you can always send me your ideas for 1v1 match ups. Trying to do stuff that is roughly related, but most suggestions should be good. Gonna have that Strong Gore Warning throughout. (This one wasn't all that gory though. Got some blades and some axes coming soon though. Could even write a couple of larger fights wif you guys have some cool ideas for that too).