An hard training

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Our friends were still watching their friend Neyo struggling into Viper's grip.

"He doesn't have much time left! Come on, Neyo!" Alena screamed.

These words echoed into the hedgehog's head.

"She's right; I can't give up like that!"

He gathered all his strength to free one of his arms.

"Come on! A little more!"

Finally, he managed to free one of his arms and immediately grabbed one needle which he stabbed into the snake girl's skin. She yelled in pain and let go of her prey who rested on his knees and panted in exhaustion.

"Come on, Neyo! You can do it!" Toka cheered fo his friend.

This last one turned with a smile. "Thanks for motivating me!"

Suddenly, he noticed Viper charging at him. Luckily, he managed to jump in the air in time to avoid the attack. While in the air, he grabbed some needles in his hands.

"Take that!" He screamed with throwing his needles one by one.

However, the female snake managed to dodge all of them thanks to her skinny and fast body.

"I see; there's only close combat that works against her!" Neyo thought.

He then turned into a spikeball and charged toward Viper. This last one was surprised but managed to dodge the attack, letting Neyo smash the ground with a huge impact.

"AAAARGH!" He suddenly screamed in pain as he held one of his kees in his hands.

All the others looked in shock.

"NEYO!" They said with jumping in the arena followed by the Five.

"Are you okay?" Toka asked him.

"My knee!" He said in pain.

Master Shifu came into the arena and looked at his injured knee. Once he was done, he turned at the others.

"Neyo is no longer able to battle; I am forced to eliminate him and send him to the infirmary."

The others were surprised as Neyo was escorted by Zeng to the infirmary.

"Eliminated because of an injury caused by a false move!" Koji said.

"No luck at all." Suya sadly said.

"The duel shall restart!" Master Shifu ordered before leaving the arena.

"I take the place!" Alena said while staying in the fighting zone.

"Good luck, Alena." Toka said.

The panther girl smiled at him before turning to Viper.

The two girls walked in circle for a moment before charging. Naturally, the snake girl managed to dodge Alena's attacks and replied with some of her own with her tail. However, Alena didn't seem to get tired at all by her attacks.

"How can you resist my attacks?" The master asked.

The black panther smiled. "It's simple; you're fast and have zero difficulties to touch me. The only problem is that, what you got in quickness, you don't have it in strength. Therefore, it's not hard for me to resist!"

Realizing that she was right, Viper quickly turned to her team to give the tag to someone else. To everybody's surprise, she tagged Tigress. This last one entered the arena face to Alena who was looking in shock.

"T-Tigres?!" Koji said in surprise.

"Crap!" Suya added.

Toka, knowing how strong she was, got concerned for Alena. "Alena! Tag me in!"

"No, Toka! I can handle this!" She answered while looking at her opponent with sweat.

"You're ready?" The master asked with putting herself in fighting position.

"I'm coming!" She answered with charging at her and prying for luck in her head.

Alena then started a storm of punches and kicks which Tigress blocked and dodged.

"I must keep attacking! She's gonna end up leaving an opening!" Alena thought.

"Wow! She's on fire!" Suya said, impressed.

"Yup, but if she thinks she's in control, she's wrong." Koji said.

Toka and Suya turned their attention to him. "What do you mean?" Toka asked.

"Simply that our friend is doing too much useless moves despite her ardor. At this rythm, she will have used all her energy before finding an opening into Tigress' defence."

This made his friends look in surprise.

"Damn it, Alena! Stop or you'll be done!" Toka screamed.

Luckily, she heard him and staepped away from her opponent to catch her breath.

"Dang it! Despite my ardor, I can't touch her!"

"Alena indeed have a great resistance and ardor, but she doesn't know how to make her attacks in a suitable order. For short she can't beat Tigress." Master Shifu thought.

"My turn to attack!" Tigress said with getting in attack position while Alena got in a defence one.

"Be careful, Alena!" Suya screamed.

"What do you think I'm doing since the beginning, feather face?"

Tigress then charged and threw a storm of attacks that Alena managed to dodge. Suddenly, she managed to break the panther's defence with a kick under her arms. She followed with a palm strike under her chin and a spinning kick that knocked her down, completely K.O.

"Alena is no longer able to battle! Therefore, she is eliminated!" Master Shifu said.

The Five congratulated Tigress while our friends watched Alena leaving sadly.

"Sorry, guys; I did what I could." She apologized.

"It's okay; we take care of the rest." Toka said with a reassuring smile.

He tried to enter the arena, but was exceeded by Suya who flew close to Tigress.

"Hey! It was MY turn!" He exclaimed.

"Step back, feline; watch a powerful girl do the job!" She said with getting in fighting position.

"Goodbye, owlet." Koji negatively thought.

Then, Suya took off and started flying everywhere at an impressive speed.

"What a speed! I have difficulties following her moves!" Tigress said.

All the others were also impressed by her speed.

"Did you see that, Toka?! It's hard to follow her!" koji said.

"How did she became so fast?!" Toka asked.

Suya then acted by smashing Tigress' shoulder.

"Geez! I didn't see her coming!"

She then received another strike to the leg.

"She's too fast!" Monkey screamed.

"Give me the tag!" Crane screamed.

Tigress shook her head while holding her shoulder in her paw. "No! I can do it!"

She then closed her eyes and focused. Eventually Suya charged for another attack. Suddenly, Tigress opened her eyes and quickly turned around to send a powerful smash straigth to the snow owl's stomach.

The punch was so hard that she made her spit saliva. The others were shocked. Suya then fallen on the ground.

"Suya is no longer able to battle! Therefore, she is eliminated!" Master Shifu said.

Tigress then kneelead beside the female bird who was holding her belly in pain with both of her wings. "Sorry for punching so hard."

"Tigress punch really hard. And, since Suya was flying at full speed on the opposite side, the damage has been twice worst!" Toka thought as Zeng was escorting Suya away.

The young snow leopard then noticed that Koji was panicking.

"Cheese of cheese! They are 4 and we are only 2! What are we gonna do, Man?!"

Toka glared at Tigress for a moment before answering. "I go!" He entered the arena.

Suddenly, Tigress tagged Monkey.

"Really? Cool!" He said with jumping into the arena, ready to face Toka.

Not losing a moment, he charged at the snow leopard. This last one managed to block each of his attacks and ended the encounter by a spinning punch straigth to his face, sending him to crash into the fence.

"Crane! Your turn!" He said with tapping his avian mate who jumped into the arena.

The young leopard taunted by an hand sign.

The avian fallen into the trap and charged at him. This began an exchanging of blows which both opponents managed to dodge or block. Finally, they both stepped back to catch their breath.

"He have a good dexterity; I understand how he defeated Hiroshi!" Crane thought.

He then decided to tag Viper who entered in the arena.

"I hope he'll be able to follow her moves; she's super fast!" Koji thought.

The girl snake then charged at the feline who tried to smash her in vain as she was too fast for him. She then wrapped her body around his arms and used them to smash him in the face.

"Why do you smash yourself?" Koji jokingly asked with a chuckle.

Toka got angry. "You laugh from me, little fun guy?!" He asked between each strike.

He eventually managed to shove Viper away, but was still tired after punching himself.

"Darn it! Tigress managed to eliminate Alena and Suya, but I couldn't eliminate Monkey, Crane or Viper! What's wrong? I am better to tag Koji in!"

Therewith, he tagged Koji at the same time Viper tagged Crane and they both entered the arena.

The avian wasted no time and tried to attack the bug who dodged and replied with a Samoan Drop. As soon as Crane got back up, Koji kicked him in the stomach and layn down to slap him in the face. By reflex, Crane flew off in the air.

"You're not the only one who have wings!" Koji said with taking off in the air after him.

Suddenly, Crane stopped and threw a huge gust of wind toward the beetle. "WINGS OF JUSTICE!"

Koji however managed to dodge the attack and started an aerial Kung Fu battle.

Toka was sweating. "This is not good; Koji is clearly giving all he got. If this continues, he will beat Crane, but we'll still have the three on the back!"

Suddenly, Koji grabbed Crane's wings and let both of them fall toward the ground.

"KOJI! STOP!" Toka screamed.

The beetle ignored his friend and let himself hit the ground with Crane, creating a wall of dust. After a moment, the dust fadded to show both of them laying K.O. on the ground.

Shifu checked on them. "Koji and Crane are both no longer able to battle; they are both eliminated!"

Zeng and another goose escorted them out.

"Dang it! I'm the last one!" Toka thought before entering the arena, ready to face Monkey, Viper and Tigress with the first entering to face him. "I can't make any mistake now!"

Toka tried to clothesline Moneky, but he dodged and replied with a kick to the face which stunned him. He then jumped on the wall in a backflip toward Toka. However, the leopard grabbed him and jumped to smash his head on the ground (see Tombstone Piledriver).

Shifu came to check on him. "Monkey is no longer able to battle; he is eliminated!"

"YES! One down; three remaining!" Toka said as Viper entered the arena.

His yellow eyes were glaring at Viper's jade ones as they were ready to fight. The snake girl charged again.

"I have to be careful; I saw what she can do!" Toka thought.

She then attacked him, but he managed to block her attacks. He then grabbed her tails in his hands, but it was a bad idea as it gave her the opportunity to wrap her body around his waist. She the started applying pressure.

"She wanna break my ribs! She's crazy?!"

"Give up and I'll stop!" The jade snake said with a smirk.

Toka couldn't give up; he made a promise to Master Yoshi.

He gathered all his strength and managed to free himself from her grip before throwing her in the air.

"What?!" Viper said in the air before Toka jumped and smashed under her chin with a Moonsault Kick, leaving her K.O. to the ground.

"Viper is no longer able to battle; she is eliminated!" Master Shifu said.

Toka smiled while sweating. "Great! Now, I can face Tigress!"

This last one jumped into the arena with a threatening look that was shared with her opponent.

"You are both the last of your team! The winner will give the victory to his team!" Shifu said as they both got in fighting position. "The moment of truth have come..."

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