"For the third match, I call...CONTENDERS SHENGWU AND AYANO!"
The two said contenders came down into the fighting zone with the scary crocodile laughing as he knew he wouldn't have any trouble against a small bunny who was barely 4 ft. tall.
"Looks like it's not your lucky day. Don't worry, I shall make this quickly so that you won't suffer...too much, meh, he, he." He snarked at her. However, she didn't replied and din't even changed her emotionless face.
"I feel bad for this poor little girl." Misty said to Cat whose nerves just got back to work. "Of all the participants, it had to be her who ended with this bully."
"Don't worry." Said Shao who was close to her. "If she got chosen for the tournament, I'm sure she can fight for herself."
"I hope you're right."
After they both affirmed to Bindo that they had no objections, the referee started the third match of round 1.
"Alright, before I get rid of you, I'm gonna toy around a bit." Shengwu said as he charged at Ayano with an incredible speed. Normally, someone of his size would get slow down, but his freakish strength removed this disadvantage.
As he headed for a strong punch, the little snow hare disappeared in the bink of an eye, leaving the crocodile to hit the ground where he left a crater.
"What?!" He said, surprised that she moved so fast. Next thing he knew, a painful kick was delivered straight on his cheek, causing him to step back a bit. He rubbed his cheek to calm down the sharp pain.
After the pain was gone, he realized that it was indeed Ayano who did this to him. To pretty much everybody's surprise, she took out her katana in her paws. But why didn't she used her speed to cut him with it?
"W-When did you move? I didn't saw anything!" Shengwu asked.
However, Ayano kept her emotionless look which only irritated the crocodile even more.
"Okay, enough with the playing, bunny!" He took out his two great handed swords and charged once more, wanting to deal really bad damage to his opponent.
Ayano held her katana in mid stance with the blade raised in front of her, handle at waist level and blade at face level. with an impressive agility, she performed swift moves to block and dodge all of Shegwu's attacks. She would also use every openings the crocodile left her to strike back with her katana.
Eventually, the snow hare jumped back, leaving the tired crocodile with many bleeding scars on him.
"He, talk about size matters." Koji remarked with a chuckle. However, Toka was too focused at watching Ayano's fighting style to care.
Shengwu growled in anger. "There's no way in hell I'll loose to a shorty like you!" He suddenly took the amulet around his neck in his hand. "Admire the power of the Cursed Amulet!" He suddenly broke it with his raw strength.
A transformation then started for him: he grew bigger with larger claws and spikes of bone breaking through his skin along his back and the sides of his arms.
"ADMIRE MY JUN 6 CURSED AMULET FORM!" He said in a loud voice. "IN THIS FORM, MY STRENGTH IS INCREASED ENORMOUSLY AND MY SKIN IS AS IMPENETRABLE AS THE STRONGEST ARMOUR! BUT THAT'S NOT ALL: I'M ALSO IMMUNE TO ALL CHI ATTACKS! IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE A DEAD GIRL!"
"I don't like to say this, but I think he's right." Cat said. "With such power, it will take more than a good agility and katana to stand up to him."
Misty scratched her chin. "And yet, why is Ayano still looking so calm?"
"GET LOOOOST!" Shengwu screamed as he swung his huge fist and hit the ground, causing Ayano to be sent flying back many feets away, ending on her back. She got back up with a few marks on her.
She then rose her katana which started glowing with chi. This chi moved to her wounds and healed them in a few seconds.
"Huh, did I dreamed or did she just healed her wounds with her katana?" Shao asked.
"Nope, I think it was for true." Saras answered.
"BAH! IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING! I'M STILL GOING TO CRUSH YOU!" Shengwu said and went for another strike which made the ground shake, but ayano managed to dodge it this time. Using her speed, she ran at his leg with her blade up. "YOU'RE WAISTING YOUR TIME: MY SKIN WILL BREAK YOUR POOR LITTLE SWORD!"
Wrong. Ayano swung her katana with full speed and a wave of blood errupted from the crocodile's leg. This caused him to let out a roaring scream of pain. Unfortunately for him, the snow hare didn't stopped there and ran all around him, striking one slash after the other on his torso, back, and arm. Soon, Shengwu was a blood mess and in huge pain. Ayano finally dealt the finishing blow by slashing her blade right across Shengwu's throat, cutting it open and making him cough a lot of blood, falling on the floor.
Everybody - the participants, the watchers, the emperor, and even the referee - gasped in shock. Shengwu coughed blood out of his mouth and slowly returned to his normal form before ceasing to move. Bindo managed to put the surprise aside to check on him.
"He's...dead..." He announced, much to everybody's greater shock. They all looked at the little bunny who regained her blood tainted-blade into her sheath. "This makes Ayano the winner of this match!"
"What?!" Koji, Shao, Sinsuke, and Cat said at the same time. "But she killed this guy! She should be disqualified!" Koji protested.
"The rules say that, if a contender is killed, it automatically makes this person's opponent the winner. The Power Struggle Tournament is under the rules of the strongest." Karasu explained without looking at the outraged beetle.
The snow hare came back to the bar (with everyone backing away from her) as Bindo along with other guards removed Shengwu's corpse to go bury it on the field of honnor...
Sorry for not updating for a few days, but I'm a really busy man, he, he.
Anyways, HUGE PLOT TWIST! You can win your match by killing your opponent! A few friends suggested this idea to me and I actually liked it, because, y'know, this is a fighting tournament, it's not a PG kid-friendly show.
Except that, I hope you're enjoying reading this as much as I enjoy writing it :)