Authors note:
Okay so I've been planning this chapter for about 3-4 years, wanted to really go for it, yeah its filler but it's the kind of filler I just wanted to go for it, but this is the first time in my 5 years of doing this, that I've found myself second guessing what I've been writing, and at the time of this authors note I'm 7000 words in, and I've even made a hell of a few changes, a couple of characters removed taking a scene or two with them, but I've really been second guessing myself and I'm not even done at this point.
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Chapter 78: Never Back Down
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The crack of dawn was unusually cold, snow had been predicted over the next few days, it was so cold everyone's breath made them comparable to a steam engine, the usually green grass that surrounded Kadic was frosted over, Ulrich, Odd and William shivered as they sat on the stands, despite wrapping up warm they were still almost frozen stiff, showing them up was Dallas as he ran around the corner for what they counted as the tenth time shadow boxing, Odd pressed a button on his stop watch, Dallas was lightly dressed wearing on his tracksuit bottoms, his boots and a exercise jumper that had seen better days,
"11 times" said Odd dismally as he shivered, William chuckled as he poured himself the last of the hot chocolate "Shit out again" he said as he took a sip, "He's getting faster" said Ulrich as he stood up making sure he wasn't frozen to the stand, "How long do you think he'll last" asked Odd as he looked up at his brown haired friend "until we start passing out" said Ulrich as he sat back down, they turned to see Dallas pass around the corner again, watching from the dorm building was Millie and Tamiya with the camera in hand they watched in excitement as Dallas would come into view, "He's really the pride of Kadic isn't he" said Millie with a romantic tone, "Millie" said Tamiya rolling her eyes.
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Adam jumped up kicking the boxing bag placed in his room, since he had the luxury of having a single room; he had more space to work with and was making the best of it, like Dallas he was ready to fight although he didn't have the unwavering loyalty of friends that Dallas had, he started to punch the bag shaking it violently with each blow as he stopped and grabbed a towel for his head,
"Fucking Nicholas" he said as he grabbed the bag to stop it shaking, he'd wanted help but Nicholas was too lazy to be up at 5:30 in the morning even if school was off for the duration of the tournament, he stepped away from the bag and launched a punch towards it knocking it backwards as hard as he could.
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Despite the cold weather outside Aelita and Yumi were wrapped up warm in their room, they'd woken up early enough to be able to see the guys when they came back in but unlike them they weren't suffering from the blistering cold,
"do you think they'll be okay" asked Aelita as she rubbed her hands together, she'd curled up in her blanket and had her sock covered feet poking out of the end, "If I know the guys, they'll be fine, if Dallas only does one lap" she said trying not to laugh, then there was a knock at the door, "Come in" said Aelita, Jeremie opened the door and walked in rubbing his eyes "I couldn't sleep" he said as he walked over and sat down, "Too anxious about the fights" asked Yumi as Aelita moved towards Jeremie and brought him under the blanket, "I guess" said a now blushing Jeremie as Aelita placed her head on his shoulder, Yumi started giggling at the sight, "He'll be fine, when has Dallas ever been in trouble" said Aelita, Jeremie rolled his eyes and said "When hasn't he".
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An hour passed and with three half frozen people sitting shivering in the cafeteria, Dallas laid on the floor leaning forward and backwards constantly,
"Stop complaining" said Dallas chuckling as the door opened letting in cold air, "Jesus H fuck" said Odd as he shivered violently, "Sorry it was the only way in" said Yumi as she waddled over and gave Ulrich a massive hug, she felt his frozen skin, Aelita and Jeremie sat down at the vacant part of the table, "Dallas you don't need to be pushing yourself" said Jeremie, Dallas jumped up off the floor, "I've got a good few months of lost time I need to make up for" he said as he sat down for a small break, "Besides I feel like my muscles have turned to bags of water" he added as he grabbed his Coffee and downed it, "I'm never gonna get used to you doing that" said William as he watched the spilling liquid bun on his chin, "Marshal" said a familiar voice in a tone that the warriors had never heard Adam speak before, "What do you want" asked Ulrich as he clambered up, Adam walked over from Sissi's group as they stood sat wondering what he was doing, "I come under a flag of truce" said Adam, Dallas looked at him "What if we don't believe you" asked Aelita as she moved behind Jeremie, "XANA said it won't attack, it wants me to use the tournament as a bit of practice" said Adam as he tried sitting down but the warriors stood up, "and why should we trust what you say" asked Yumi as she tried standing up, "if you don't that's fine but I'm telling the truth" said Adam as he smiled and walked away, "I don't believe him" said Jeremie as he grabbed his laptop "I'm gonna check the scan" he added.
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A few hours passed, Jim, Delmas, Kidd and Mulcahy stood outside the onsite church, the temperature had increased but not enough to keep them warm,
"this is the Military school gentlemen" started Morales, as a military van pulled up, the back opened and two large figures emerged, both dressed in Class A military uniforms, both were above 6'6 the first was an older man, but that was purely in the skin area, the rest of his body made him look like he was in his 20's, he was missing a noticeable chunk on his right ear, his hair blonde with a buzz cut around the sides, the second a lot younger, dirty blonde hair that was short and what would be expected of the military, unlike the older man his uniform had no indication of rank and wasn't covered in medals, the older gentleman removed his cap "Gentlemen, my name is Colonel Gamorov, this is Private Thomas Ducat" said the older solider, he spoke in a thick but smooth Russian accent, as he extended his arm in front of the younger solider who also removed his cap, Gamorov smiled as he said "Private Ducat is the best student at the academy" with a laugh, "Guys a fucking brick shithouse" said Kidd then he noticed a noticeably smaller man stepped out of the van, unlike the others he wasn't dressed in a military uniform, but was still smartly dressed "you okay Thom" he asked, he had naturally tanned skin and spoke with a light Mexican accent, black hair that was slicked back, "Yeah I'm good Carlos, just a small bout of travel sickness" said Shithouse, Gamorov laughed and asked "Where's the room for my boy" as he patted shithouse on the back.
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Jeremie sat on a bench with his laptop with Yumi next to him, Aelita was standing close to the ring as Ulrich, Odd and William were alternating in and out, Dallas was far from gentle and at times his blows made the pads and guards feel like they were made of paper, Odd moved out of the ring as Ulrich moved in for his next turn, he grabbed the guards and held them up, Dallas moved forward and threw his fists like they were rockets before swinging his left leg connecting and sending Ulrich backwards,
"I swear you're gonna fracture my ribs long before you break a sweat" said Ulrich as he held his sides, Dallas laughed as he asked "you want to take a break" with a chuckle, Odd spoke up saying "Couldn't you have asked that 40 minutes ago" he said as he held his shoulder, William moved and helped Dallas as he noticed his knee was starting to give way, "You okay" asked William as he felt like he was getting crushed under Dallas's weight "Yeah its my knee" said Dallas, Aelita moved to help William, "It was injured a while before the whole you know… and as such its more or less permanent, I can only get it back in position" said Dallas as he moved to the bench and sat down, Yumi moved with a cloth to wipe down his back, "better take it easy" said Yumi with a chuckle, Dallas laughed and simply replied "Cover your ears", Aelita was confused as Jeremie did as he was told "what do you…" she started as Dallas grabbed his knee and with a large cracking noise and a stifled cry of pain from Dallas his knee was back in position, "That's why" said Jeremie as Aelita shivered from the thought, "Which of you is ready to go again" asked Dallas with a laughter as he stood up and did a flip kick to check his balance, Odd, Ulrich and William turned and started to argue among themselves.
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Odd held up the guard as Dallas ran up jumping raising his left leg and curling his right leg under, but he landed flat on his feet, as he lost his mid-air balance,
"FUCK" shouted Dallas as he grabbed the back of his head in anger, "Dallas it's okay" said Ulrich as he moved to the ropes of the ring, "I know, I know I wanna be on top of my game" said Dallas as he looked at his friends, "take five" said Dallas as he walked out of the ring towards the bench, "you're being too hard on yourself again" said Jeremie, Dallas shook his head, "I feel like I'm being too hard on them" he replied as he watched Ulrich and Yumi hug whilst moving towards one of the stands, Aelita joined them as they sat together "I really shouldn't be keeping him away from this" said Dallas, then Odd and William joined them, "We'll be back in a minute, we need a small bit of air" said William as he walked with a small limp towards the door, "And a shit ton of aspirin" said Odd wirily as he followed after William.
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Odd and William took in all the fresh air they could, it felt to them like Dallas was kicking the living daylights out of the pair of them more than getting in a workout,
"I tell you, he's got this tournament in the bag hands down" said Odd, William chuckled as he said "Have you not seen that massive guy, the man looks like he punches cars for a living" said William then they noticed someone standing and watching from the vending machine hut, his hair was long and terminated at a mullet, his face had three scars on the right side going from his eyes towards the back of his head, his clothing seemed way past its time, almost by about 10 years, "Whose he" asked Odd, William shook his head "I dunno never seen him before, he a student here" replied William, Odd shook his head "I doubt it", the figure cracked a devious smile before stepping away into the shadows, "Creepy son of a bitch" said William before patting Odd on the back, "Come on Dallas probably wants to carry on training".
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Ulrich, Odd and William were relieved that Dallas had switched to weights, he was lifting 100 pound weights in both hands, if he was still wearing a shirt it would probably be torn apart by the stress, Yumi and Aelita were the only girls who didn't find themselves attracted to him, this meant that the lower area of the Gym was flooded with many people who wanted to watch the home team train, many of them not for reasons of support, in fact Millie was stopping Tamiya from getting too many close ups
"He's got a fan base" said Jim as he and Kidd stood watching Dallas, the two chuckled "How come we're not helping him" asked Kidd as he folded his arm, Jim smiled and said "When it comes to Martial arts, I don't think there's a single thing he knows that we've taught him", Kidd looked up at Dallas as he moved towards a weight machine and began to pull down, "You're probably right" he responded, Ulrich and William looked down at the roaring crowd of fans then they noticed two twins in the ring sparing with each other, both were about 5'10 and were identical when it came to facial structure, but stylistically they were very different, one had a buzz cut and a small scar on his cheek, whilst the other had longer hair and a clean face, the first was using a boxing style and his legs were remaining firmly on the ground when his brother wasn't kicking him off them, the brother was using a more advanced MMA style, "Who the hell are twedle Dee and twedle dumb down there" asked William, Ulrich shrugged his shoulders "Any idea Jeremie" asked Aelita as she gave a glance, Jeremie rolled his eyes and got out his laptop, "Yeah, yeah" he said sarcastically as he began typing.
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The most hated person in school James was walking towards the vending machines, as everyone was busy watching Dallas and the visiting fighters train; he pulled out a box of cigarettes and was about to light one up when he was suddenly grabbed from behind and held in a head lock, he tried to scream out but heard a
"shhhh" noise come from the person holding him, then he let go, James grabbed his neck as he regained his breath, "The fuck do you think you're doing" asked James as he moved to strike the attacker, but his attack raised his leg in a quick and painful roundhouse kick knocking James back, it was the figure who'd be staring at William and Odd Previously, "James Norris" he said as he knelt down to face, "One of the most hated pieces of trash this school has ever spat out" he added, James wasn't happy and moved to punch him but the figure grabbed James's arm and stopped him, "the fuck are you" asked James as he tried to get his arm free, the figure grinned and said "A friend".
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"Wes and George Louis" asked Dallas as he looked down at the training twins in the ring, he was lifting 50 pound weights in both hands as a third person had joined the twins in ring, he was holding up the guards to take the blows, "Yeah that's what it says here" said William as he read the laptop as Jeremie didn't care much for it, "twin fighters" added William, Dallas smiled as he thought to himself, "different fighting styles" said Aelita as it was blatantly obvious that the two were using the different styles, "Whose the third guy" asked Ulrich as he looked down with Dallas and Aelita, William started scrolling down the page, "Carl… jesus I can't pronounce that" said William with a chuckle, Yumi moved to the screen to have a go, "Kroycek" she said with confusion as she was unsure if she was saying it correctly, "anything else" asked Odd as he tried lifting one of the weights Dallas had been using "says here they call him Kettle" said Yumi confused, Dallas looked back at them, "I wonder why he's not in the ring, he's built for it" said Ulrich, Kettle had a very stocky build and looked like he could hold his own, he was African American with tied back corn rolls and a clean shave, his workout routine made him someone would find scary, "it's a two for one" said Aelita, Ulrich laughed and said "Dallas let's hope you don't end up against them" as he patted his friend on the back, Dallas simply smiled at thought, then he noticed James walking in through the main door into the hall, "oh great" said Aelita remembering the bad date, "Don't worry he's history" said Odd with a laugh remembering the broken nose he sustained prior to the events.
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A few hours passed and the Gym was reopened to the rest of the students, Dallas decided to forgo his evening run at the advice of his friends to give his knee some rest and the warriors were sitting in the cafeteria, the different students from the different schools along with their aids all sat at different tables, Dallas was still taken aback by the size of Shithouse,
"Worried" asked William breaking his gaze, Dallas looked at him "A little the guys a brick shithouse" he replied, then Ulrich slammed his fork down onto the table and was about to stand up but Yumi grabbed him "What's wrong Ulrich" asked Aelita, but Ulrich shook his head "I swear if that guy keeps staring at us I'm gonna go over there" said Ulrich trying not to lose his temper, "Might be a fan after an autograph" said Odd laughing as he and Jeremie turned around to look at him, it was the figure even as he at his food and drank his water he didn't break concentration on the warriors, "Maybe not" said Jeremie as he raised his eyebrows, Dallas couldn't help but think the figure looked familiar, "Anything wrong" asked Yumi, Dallas shook his head as he stood up, "I'll be back in a second" he replied, the others were confused as he moved towards the table where Sissi's group were, "so I still haven't received a letter from Herb" said Nicholas then Dallas sat down "Dallas" asked Sissi confused but Dallas raised his hand stopping her, "Don't get used to it" he said as he looked at Adam and Evelyn, the gaze of the figure had followed him, "either you two know him" asked Dallas, the two turned around and looked at the figure who gave a sarcastic finger wave, "No should we" asked a confused Evelyn, Dallas looked at the figure again as James joined him, "You know him Sissi" asked Adam, Sissi shook her head "If not for those scars he'd be rather attractive" she said almost like she was in a dreamlike state, Nicholas shook his head "I wonder how he got those scars" he asked, Dallas rolled his eyes and said "nothing but questions here" as he stood up and walked away, "Adam" he said as he quickly stopped, Adam looked up at him "Good luck" added Dallas with a thumbs up.
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Authors note:
Imagine a training montage here, because if this were an actual TV episode this is where one would be, I can't right one as there would be a change practically every 20 words.
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The following evening the warriors had retreated to their rooms to get some rest with the tournament starting tomorrow, they all needed their rest, Aelita was struggling to sleep as remembering the bad date with James kept making her think about Jeremie,
"Yumi" she said quietly, then she head a small groan "Yeah Lita" said Yumi as she turned to face, Aelita was worried "Sorry I didn't mean to wake you" she said as she pulled the covers over her mouth, Yumi chuckled as she responded "Its fine I can't sleep with this thing" she said rubbing her belly "but what's up" asked Yumi, Aelita moved from out under the covers, "its Jeremie" she said wirily, Yumi sat forward and looked at her younger friend "Has he upset you" asked Yumi, Aelita shook her head and blushed "no its…" she started but stopped "Never mind" she said before hiding under the covers, "You like him" said Yumi starting to tease her, "He's a good friend I mean he brought me to earth" said Aelita from beneath the covers, despite being intellectually brilliant she was still naïve and innocent, "No I mean like how me and Ulrich like each other" said Yumi as she moved to sit up with her feet on the floor, "What like… Love" asked Aelita as she turned as red as a tomato under her bed sheets, "Yeah you like him like that" said Yumi as she tried not to chuckle.
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Jeremie however was nervously practicing the tape wrapping on Dallas's hand, Dallas was sitting thinking about the stranger who wouldn't stop staring at him, then he looked down at his hand
"looks good" said Dallas, Jeremie shook his head as he undid it "I can do better" he responded as he undid the wrapping, "Are you sure you want me on your corner team" asked Jeremie, Dallas chuckled and replied "I need the best people I can get who better than family", Jeremie looked away embarrassed "I'm gonna need all the support I can get tomorrow" said Dallas as he watched as Jeremie tried wrapping again, "You're getting better" he added trying to raise Jeremie's spirits, whilst in Odd and Ulrich's room the two were trying to sleep but were anxious for two different reasons, Odd was too excited about the fights but Ulrich knew that soon this life style would come to an end, "just a couple of weeks" said Ulrich, Odd looked over at him "What do you mean its only Tomorrow" replied Odd, Ulrich sat forward and rubbed his head "No I mean that's when Yumi is due just a couple of weeks" he said starting to get nervous, Odd shook his head "Then make these weeks count" he said, Ulrich was still uneasy with Odd but he didn't want to say anything "I guess you're right" said Ulrich as he slammed back down onto his bed.
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The gym was packed, the audience was roaring as students not just from Kadic, but the other schools that were partaking in the Tournament were also attending, the stands were packed with many students also pilling into the weight room just to try and get a peak of the fight, whilst others were standing with their phones in video calls just to get any glimpse of the event, whilst in the changing rooms which were reserved for the first two fighters Shithouse was sitting in his white shorts, his hands was being taped by Carlos, Millie and Tamiya had managed to worm their way into being able to interview him,
"So why did you enlist in Military school" asked Millie, Shithouse rubbed the back of his head, "My Father was a non-com in the military and when he was K.I.A my mother started to fall on hard times supporting me and my siblings so I enlisted" said Shithouse as Carlos switched to his other hand, "I see this as a training exercise, it's a sport, not a competition in my eyes" added Shithouse as he stood up towering above the two girls, whilst in the other room, Dallas sat down as Jeremie, William, Odd and Dallas set to work, they taped up his hands and his feet, sweat was already running down his head and body, "Nervous" asked Odd as he grabbed a towel and gave him a quick wipe down, "Always" said Dallas as he stood up with his hands tied up and his ankles ready, then there was a knocking at the door, "Ready" asked Delmas as he stepped in, Dallas nodded as he quickly shadow boxed and looked at his friends.
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The roaring of the gym was at breaking point, with Father Mulcahy standing in the centre of the ring with his microphone, Gamorov and Delmas were sitting in the front row waiting for the fight to begin, Gamorov had changed into a less formal Class B uniform stood up as Jim and Kidd walked to join them, then as if he remembered something he sat down again looking guilty,
"I think they're both ready" said Delmas as he nodded to Father Mulcahy, the father tapped the mike and the crowd died down "is this thing… okay" started Mulcahy then he began to turn as quick as he could for a man of his age, "Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to the first round of the Inter academy tournament" said Mulcahy then the crowd roared up again "Yes… Quite" said Mulcahy before he turned and extended his arm in the left corner "Representing the U.N. Military School" he started before looking at his note card "Weighing 280 pounds Thomas…" he started again before noticing the nickname "Oh lord" he quickly said before he carried on "Ducat" he finished, then with a roar from the Military students and a few students from the other schools who were good sports Shithouse walked out with Carlos behind him, his physique was almost legendary as he was a rippling mass of Muscles that dwarfed almost everyone in the room, Gamorov gave the biggest round of applause as Shithouse walked into the ring, due to his giant stature he had to step over the ropes he raised his arm and the crowd roared in cheer, Mulcahy nodded before turning "In the other corner represent his home turf Kadic Academy, weighing in at 140 pounds Dallas the Undisputed Marshal" said Mulcahy, the crowd once again roared as Dallas followed by his ring men followed into the room, Aelita and Yumi sat front row ready to watch, "You ready" said Odd as he briefly walked in front of Dallas, "Yeah" said Dallas as he got himself pumped, "How's the knee" asked Jeremie, "good" responded Dallas, then he heard Adam speak "Marshal" he said, Dallas turned and looked at him as he passed "Good luck" said Adam, Dallas smiled and nodded as he broke into a sprint and jumped into the ring, his body whilst not as big as shithouse was still a sight to behold his scars on his chest and back glistened with sweat, "first match and it's against André the giant" said Ulrich as he moved to the corner, "Gentlemen your corners" said Mulcahy, the two fighters nodded as they moved to their corners, Mulcahy moved out of the ring towards the judges table, "Fight" said Mulcahy as he rang the bell.
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Dallas looked at Shithouse as the two moved towards each other, as the latter threw the first punch Dallas dodged with a simple roll, 'mobility' thought Dallas as he realised that his opponent stepped forward with the first punch, Dallas then threw his own punch landing his fist into Shithouses side but he barely felt it as he elbowed outwards hitting Dallas in the face knocking him off his feet, Shithouse raised his arms, the military students cheered as Dallas looked up shaking his face as he felt his broken nose pouring with blood,
"Could've gone better" muttered Dallas as he clambered up, Shithouse turned around to see Dallas as he looked angry, "oh god" said Jeremie from the side lines, shithouse watched as Dallas charged, but as the former threw a punch Dallas jumped and quickly locked his legs around shithouses necks and then in a quick action, turned Shithouse and pulling down using his own body weight pulled down, Gamorov looked stunned almost as if he'd seen a ghost, As Dallas landed he twist flipped into the air kicking Shithouse in the face, before landing again, shithouse however wasn't easily beat as he stood up and grabbed Dallas throwing him to the ground, landing with a crack Dallas stood back up, he raised his arm tempting shit house forward, with a kick from the larger fighter Dallas jumped and with a superman punch connecting square in shithouses jaw causing his mouth to erupt with blood, Shithouse stumbled Back as Dallas adjusted his footing, then he jumped for a double kick, but shithouse grabbed Dallas and in a power move flipped him and dropped to a knee and smacked the base of Dallas's spin into his knee cap, but in a move that should have put any man in bed for a life Dallas recovered almost immediately and before even touching the ground he turned and bicycle kicked shithouse in the face with enough force to knock at least one tooth out before they both fell onto the ground, but both immediately recovered but now Dallas was in his stride and round house kicked shithouse in the head and before his foot even touched the ground he raised his over leg and repeated the action knocking shit house back, Dallas looked at him with blood pouring from numerous open cuts on his face, before he charged and two foot lunged shithouse backwards, the latter threw another punch but Dallas turned out of the way and grabbed his arm and jumped wrapping himself around it before planting his foot behind shithouse head and pushing him down and the two flipped over before Dallas grabbed Shithouse and scissor locking him around the throat with his right leg, Shithouse grabbed the leg and tried to pry free, "TAP" shouted Dallas, but Shithouse wasn't listening so he tightened the grip, then as he was running out of air shithouse tapped on Dallas's leg and he released the grip, shithouse gasped for air as Mulcahy and the fight doctor entered the ring, Dallas stood up wiping the blood from his face as the doctor with a struggle helped up Shithouse, "Good fight" he said as he looked at Dallas who nodded back as he raised his fists in a victory cheer.
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"hold still" said Ulrich as Dallas flinched feeling the alcohol soaked cotton balls wiping the blood from his cuts, "well it stings a little" said Dallas with a laugh, then the door opened "He said no…" started Odd then Shithouse and Gamorov walked in, "that was some amazing fighting son" said Gamorov as he removed his cap, Dallas nodded as he stood up with a small limp, "You gotta Fuckin metal plate in that leg" asked Dallas as William moved the ice pack from it, shithouse laughed and said "No just 12 hours a day of training", Dallas extended his arm which Shithouse took with pride, "Man seeing videos of you online I always wanted to properly meet you in that ring not calmly before" said Shithouse as Dallas sat down, the latter rolled his eyes know Millie and Tamiya had recorded him and posted it, "Well he's the pride of Kadic" said Odd as he patted Dallas on the back causing him to flinch as it was a sore spot, Ulrich moved and began unwrapping his hands "this guy can live through hell" said Ulrich, as Jeremie grabbed a bottle of water, "You ever considered the Military" asked Gamorov as he sat down on the adjacent bench "pa was a medic, but he always told me not to join" said Dallas as Ulrich finished with his hand "yeah we'd miss the ugly sod" he said causing Dallas to laugh, "cheeky Bastard" he said laughing, "here's your water" said Jeremie as he moved to start on the feet bandages, "We best be moving" said Shithouse, "Sir" he said to his commanding officer before the two walked out of the room, "Strange duo" said William as he placed the cold press back on Dallas.
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Adam's first fight wasn't the most difficult the reason it took so long was mainly because of the delayed start thanks to all the spilled blood of the first round, Adam's opponent had tried to look intimidating by shaving a Mohawk into his hair he threw a quick punch but Adam had more speed and skill as he ducked and upper cutted his opponent before jumping and kneeing him in the face knocking him down, the fight doctor rushed into the ring and kneelt down examine him before crossing his arms, Mulcahy walked into the ring
"Gary Leadhead Miles is down, the winner is Adam" said Mulcahy as he held up Adam's arm, Evelyn clapped sarcastically whilst everyone else cheered with approval, Adam exited the ring towards Sissi and her group, "How do you like that" asked Adam as he grabbed a towel, Sissi rolled her eyes and said "mediocre" before she flicked her hair and walked away with Nicholas staring at her rear, "She wouldn't know Mediocre if it fucked her in the arse" said Adam as he and Evelyn walked into the changing rooms, "I thought she did feel something Mediocre in the…" started Evelyn but Adam cut her off "Shut up" he said.
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with another two fights completed the first round was finished of the tournament, Dallas and Adam had advanced to the second stage, whilst the twins had also passed through, the fighters from Kadic didn't know who else had passed through as they were wrecked from the fights and were ready to pass out,
"We'll now take a break before we begin the semi-finals" said Mulcahy as he stood at the centre of the ring which was being cleaned due the blood again, the students began to slowly file out of the room, Dallas walked to stands after exiting from the changing room having washed down, his face still had a few cuts on it as he couldn't heal them without arousing suspicion, and his hands were still scuffed and bloody, "Shithouse was more than I thought I could handle" said Dallas as he sat down next to Aelita, "What do you expect it looks like the guy is on steroids" said Odd, William laughed "I'm sure XANA is more trouble than him" he said, Dallas shook his head and replied "Nah he gives XANA a run for its money", Ulrich stood up stretching "we'll you've got a good 12 hours before your next fight" he said, the others looked at him "Yeah better get back in that ring no reason to let myself get soft now" said Dallas as he stood up and walked towards the ring, William, Odd and Ulrich groaned causing the others to laugh "I don't think that's what he meant" said Aelita laughing before she looked at Jeremie before turning red again, "Better go get changed" said Yumi as she looked at Ulrich, and the three groaned as they walked towards the changing room, "That guys staring at us again" said Jeremie as he noticed the figure watching from the other side of the hall, and with a grin he moved into the shadows, "what's his problem" asked Aelita, Dallas watched from the side of the ring "No shittin clue" he replied still trying to place where he recognised the figure from.
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Yumi and Aelita returned to their room not needing to stick around for the continued training, and Yumi was also feeling tired so Aelita volunteered to keep her company,
"I swear the days feel like they're getting longer" said Yumi as they entered their room, Aelita chuckled "They're gonna when the little things in your arms" she said, Yumi didn't find the thought that appealing but she was looking forward to it never the less "So I noticed how you were looking at Jeremie" said Yumi, Aelita suddenly blushed and pulled up her hood and pulled the cords covering her face "No you didn't" she said embarrassed, Yumi burst out in laughter as Aelita stumbled waving her arms about until she collapsed on her bed, Yumi continued laughing, "It's not funny" said a muffled Aelita, Yumi tried to stop laughing, "I dunno what it is, whenever I'm normally with him the main focus is working on the anti-virus" said Aelita pulling down her hood "but" asked Yumi despite knowing what Aelita was going to answer "But lately it's like things have been different, like I've felt something towards him" answered Aelita, Yumi gave a cheeky smile and said "Like Love" this only resulted in Aelita doing her hood up again tightly and hiding under her covers.
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Gamorov sat down in the empty cafeteria, he had a now cold cup of coffee next to him, he couldn't stop thinking about the fight he'd seen, he wasn't angry that his student had lost, he enjoyed a fair fight, but something was playing on his mind he took a sip of his coffee before spitting it out back into the cup,
"Jesus Christ" he said as he stood up and took it back to the kitchen, "Something on your mind Colonel" said the stranger as he stepped out from the shadows and sat down at the table, "You, aren't you the fighter from Bowman academy" asked Gamorov as he returned to the table with two coffees, "Thank you" said the stranger as he took the cup, "And yeah that's me" he said as he put down the cup, "Impressive skills, looks like you got yourself a couple of war scars" said Gamorov pointing at the three massive scars across on the strangers face, "got into a fight with a selfish asshole, it was a draw" said the stranger as he took a sip of his drink, "But what's on your mind Colonel" he asked, Gamorov huffed as he put down his drink, "watching the first fight, between my boy and the Kadic student it reminds me of a incident a long time ago" said Gamorov then he began to ponder even more on it "Can't be" he said to himself then he grabbed his hat as he stood up "If you'll excuse me" he said as he walked away, the stranger grinned as he finished his drink.
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With a high kick knocking William back, Dallas turned as Ulrich threw a punch which was quickly blocked as Dallas pushed him away before raising his fists for a defensive stance; Ulrich jumped kicking towards Dallas who raised his arms pushing the leg away before ducking as William threw his fists as quick as he could, but Dallas with a duck grabbed William around the sides before tackling him to the ground and as the two hit the floor Dallas let go of William and flipped onto the ground before jumping and spin kicking Ulrich back,
"Ahh fuck" said Ulrich as he felt his stomach, Dallas moved towards him "You wanna stop" asked Dallas as he helped Ulrich sit down, "if you say No Ulrich I will drop you from the science building" said William as he remained on the floor winded Odd laughed as he moved to help, "and if you carry on laughing you'll be his crash mat" said William as he got on his feet, "The sheet got posted" said Odd as he put William on a stool, Dallas and Ulrich looked at him, "You won't like who you drew" he added.
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the night hadn't done much to quell the fire that burned inside the students, in fact word of mouth from those who witnessed the fight in person had fuelled it turning it into an inferno, despite the defeated fighters going home, Gamorov and Shithouse stuck around being massive fans, the roar of the Gym was once again deafening, Dallas sat in the changing room, Ulrich, Odd and Jeremie were wrapping up his hands and feet whilst William was unwrapping his knee,
"those son of a bitch twins" said Ulrich as he finished with Dallas's feet, "Couldn't you have drawn that spicy Latina" said Odd doing a maraca gesture which just caused Jeremie to chuckle, "A fights a fight" said Dallas as he stood up, "You think you can take them both" asked Jeremie, Dallas smiled as he looked back at his friends "no idea" he said breaking his stoic nature and bent over laughing.
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In the other changing room, Millie and Tamiya had again sweet talked their way into George and Wes's changing room to interview them, but sweet talking was not something neither twin knew how to do, the twins were wearing matching black trunks with red piping, Kettle shook his head as he put away their stuff,
"So how would you say you feel about your fight today, after your victory yest…" started Millie, But Wes spoke up "eh, eh Flawless victory we soaked the floor with that guys blood" he said boasting and smacking his brother on the back, "Yes, well with your opponent today, he arguably had a tougher fight, how do you…" started Millie again but this time George spoke up saying "All he did was prove that the military is fucking useless" before he stood up and walked towards the lockers pushing Kettle aside, "watch it" said Kettle as he was shoved into the locker injuring him slightly, "You shut your mouth unless you want another harassment charge down your throat" said George, Tamiya was sneakily capturing it in the background as Millie kept going with the interview, "So how do you personally feel about your fight today" she asked, Wes laughed and answered "that aussie bastard is gonna be wishing he was back with home the kangaroos", Tamiya laughed in response, angering Wes "He's not actually from Australia" she said, then George suddenly snapped as he raged towards the two "I don't give two shits about where the fuck he's from, he's gonna get his ass beat into the ground" yelled George pointing at the camera, before he stormed off grabbing his twin as they moved towards the Door, Kettle looked at them before moving to Millie and Tamiya "Sorry about them they… well have anger issues" he said as he picked up their towels, Tamiya was confused as Kettle had the reputation as being the violent reputation, "Like you" asked Tamiya, Kettle chuckled but it was clear that it was to mask some pain, "Yeah you get angry at harassment one time and they label me the bad guy with the violent reputation" he said as he went after the twins.
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The cheering of the crowd had gotten to breaking point, with the twins standing in the ring Dallas walked up to enter with his team behind him,
"Think they could fit any more people in here" asked Jeremie as he had never seen so many people before, "No idea" said Ulrich as the exited from the corner, "Marshal" said Adam as he stood with his arms crossed, "Kick ass out there" he added as he extended his arm forward, Dallas fist bumped him, "I better see you move forward" said Dallas as he walked up to the ring, the others moved to the side, "I cannot believe we've just seen those two acting friendly" said Odd as he sat down, "Have we slipped into the twilight zone or something" asked William as they joined the girls, "Boys" said Yumi as they sat down, Aelita watched as Jeremie sat down next to her and she started to blush but Jeremie didn't notice "You okay Aelita" he asked, Aelita was about to panic and pull up her hood again but Yumi grabbed her arm, "no" she whispered Aelita then gulped and looked at Jeremie "Yeah just nervous" she said, whilst in the ring, Dallas stood at the centre as the twins were mucking about boasting and cheering at the crowd, Mulcahy walked into the centre with the Microphone, "Ladies and Gentlemen" he said but then a massive roar from the crowd cut him off "For the first round of the semi finals, we have the home fighter Dallas, Undisputed, Marshal" said Mulcahy as he pointed Dallas who raised an arm in the air whilst remaining focused the twins, "and from Brody middle school, the twin demons Wes and George Louis" said Mulcahy, the twins took this as an opportunity to start boasting to the crowd again with Wes doing his boxing stance and George doing a flip, the two returned to the centre of the ring, "Okay I want a nice clean fight" said Mulcahy as he started to walk away but as the twins went to their corner George screamed out "WHERE'S THE FUCKING FUN IN THAT", Dallas ignored him.
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With the ring of the bell the three fighters moved forward in the ring George charged first he jumped with a kick towards Dallas's head but raising his arm he blocked it but Wes moved in and double punched him in the chest knocking him back allowing George to kick Dallas in the stomach, then George went for a superman punch but Dallas ducked and turned punching George in the stomach and as he fell down Dallas raised his leg and kicked George to the side before jumping and two foot lunging his twin knocking him away but landing on George crushing him, Dallas moved as Wes threw another punch, his movements were slow and this made them all too easy for Dallas to either block of dodge, then after a few missed punches from Wes, Dallas found himself grabbed from behind as George fell backwards and pulling Dallas with him, but as he hit the ground he turned into a roll, but George was also prepared as he flipped off of the ground and started to kick towards Dallas, the latter raised his arms and punched away one kick but George turned around and spun kicked the other way, Dallas quickly punched his leg, Wes quickly ran over to get involved but as he did, George reversed his manoeuvre, but Dallas expected it and as he kicked with his leg, Dallas grabbed it in his arm, he quickly wrapped it around Georges leg and then spun and wrapped his body around the leg and with a quick movement flipped George to the ground, Wes moved forward with a left hook but Dallas rolled free and jumped to his feet, Wes then threw more punches which Dallas side stepped before Wes over stepped a punch and Dallas moved behind and locked the two of them together by looping his arms through Wes's, he began squeezing and pulling Wes's should backwards, then George flipped to his feet and jumped in a two footed lunge, but Dallas turned and the impact struck his twin and with a crack, Wes's ribs were broken, Dallas threw him down as he raised his hands and signalled for George to try again, George charged but Dallas round house kicked him, knocking him backwards before Dallas jumped and flipped before hitting George backwards before landing feet on the ground, George was starting to get weak from all the blows, but he wasn't giving up as he ran again, Dallas spun and raised his leg connecting with Georges chin kicking off his feet and causing his mouth to erupt with blood like a geyser, George hit the floor unconscious, Dallas turned back to Wes as he stumbled to his feet,
"You son of a bitch" he said muffled through his mouth guard, Wes charged at Dallas but the latter as soon as he got close dropped and spun kicked Wes's legs and he collapsed forward landing on top of his brother, the bell rang and the fight doctor ran into the ring, the crowd fell silent then the doctor crossed and uncrossed his arms, Mulcahy spoke into the mike "Winner by double knock out, Dallas, Undisputed, Marshal" he said, the crowd cheered except for the few who liked the twins, Dallas smiled as he walked out of the ring.
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There was a huge delay and an unplanned break as the doctor and some staff had to move the twins out of the gym, the crowd was growing bored with the delay, whilst Adam was standing ringside shadow boxing to stay ready for the fight, Sissi sat down behind him on the bench with Evelyn and Nicholas,
"damn I had so much money on those twins" said Nicholas, Evelyn just laughed as she smacked him on the back, "I told you it was a bad idea" she said laughing, this did nothing to help with his feelings, Sissi ignored him as she watched Adam, "How come none of the fighters are hot" she said, Adam ignored the comment as he didn't wish to break his focus, Evelyn rolled her eyes, "Stop thinking with the hole between your legs" she said, Nicholas laughed at this but in return he got a smack on the back of the head by Sissi.
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Ulrich, Odd and William got to work cleaning up Dallas, Jeremie had opted to stay with the girls to keep them company, Dallas's cuts he'd sustained the previous day had reopened but this didn't make much of a difference as he'd gained a load more
"tell me will I still be pretty after this" said Dallas with a laugh as he felt his side, having taken a serious blow there, "we're not miracle workers" said Ulrich as he removed an ice pack from Dallas's back, "well at least he doesn't look like you" said Odd as he removed Dallas's ankle supports, "Actually" said William as he removed the tape from Dallas's left hand, "What" he asked as he took a gulp of water, "You and Ulrich do like slightly similar" said William with a small chuckle, "yeah they've both got brown hair" said Odd laughing himself stupid, "No I mean more than that" said William, but the others didn't see it, "William I'm the one whose taken the blows to the head here" said Dallas laughing as he rolled up his trouser leg and wrapped up his knee again.
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Yumi, Aelita and Jeremie sat watching as the ring was quickly cleared of all the blood left over from the 1st round, the noise had died down significantly,
"Who do you think will win this round" said Yumi as she looked at the others, Jeremie shrugged his shoulders "I dunno we didn't stick around to see the other guy yesterday, but Adam has shown himself to have some skill" said Jeremie, but then he realised that the words had upset Aelita a bit, "Oh I'm sorry Lita, I didn't mean to…" he started trying to apologise, "its fine, I'm just not used to playing nice with them" she said, Jeremie patted her on the head, Aelita looked up and felt warm inside but her face turned red as she blushed, "love birds" said Yumi under her breath, then they noticed the figure standing their watching them, "Him again" said Aelita as she pointed at him, Jeremie was about to stand up but Aelita grabbed his arm, "Leave it alone" she said, but Jeremie was getting sick of it "It's not worth it Jeremie" said Yumi as she grabbed his other arm and the two pulled him down into his seat, "Don't" they both said as he tried standing up again.
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The others had walked out of the changing room and joined the three sitting on the bench as Adam stepped into the ring; they all thought Hell would freeze over before they'd ever cheer for him, but in the name of a good sport they decided to, Mulcahy walked into the centre of the ring,
"Ladies and gentlemen for the second match of the semi-finals we have Adam, King of the ring, Scylla" he said, Adam raised his arms causing the crowd to cheer, "and his opponent hailing from Bowman academy, Kurt Elliot" added Mulcahy then to the shock of the warriors the stranger who'd they seen staring at them stepped into the ring, wearing black shots with a green stipe on either leg, "Son of a…" said Evelyn as Kurt grinned at Adam not removing his eyes, "Okay boys I want a nice clean fight" said Mulcahy, Adam raised his fists but Kurt just grinned as he moved towards his corner, "Okay then" said Adam as he put in his mouth guard and retreated to his corner as Mulcahy exited the ring.
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With the ring of the bell, the two moved forward and Adam swung his leg wide but Kurt dodged by moving his head, Adam swung his over leg but Kurt just pushed it away with his arm, this annoyed Adam as he threw his arm, but Kurt side stepped and punched upwards into Adam's jaw, before moving behind him quickly and kicking backwards into Adam's spine knocking him forward as he grabbed it in to the ropes, Kurt then raised his arms as he looked at Adam, the later charged at Kurt but he jumped and superman punched Adam knocking to his knees before Kurt raised his leg and planted the sole of his foot into Adams head kicking him down, but Adam recovered as he moved in a role and jumped up and threw his own punches, which Kurt almost effortlessly dodged, but Adam quickly did a low kick striking Kurt in his left leg, but the later retaliated by Grabbing Adam by his throat and sweeping behind his feet and smashing him into the ground, Kurt stood down looking at him as Adam spat up a mouthful of blood, but he was far from down or out, Adam quickly started to flip up onto his feet, but Kurt span and raised his leg which moved over Adam's head followed by his other leg before he kicked outwards striking Adam in the face knocking him back down before he was even up, Adam rolled onto his front in pain, but Kurt was far from done as he moved forward and stomped on Adam's leg, there was a crack as Adam felt his leg snap, but he was defiant and he turned using his other leg and kicked Kurt's legs out knocking him to the floor, but as Adam moved to start throwing more punches, Kurt rolled and Adam punched the floor and let out a yell, but Kurt grabbed him and turned him over before suddenly throwing a punch into Adam's face, blood erupted from his mouth throwing his mouth guard, Adam looked up at him stunned before he suddenly began to punch Adam repeatedly and violently in his head, despite the cracking noises coming from Adam's skull Kurt didn't stop he kept going in even as the blood began to pour onto the ring floor and was spat into his face, then he stopped and stood up stomping on Adam's stomach causing him to spasm forward with another mouthful of blood, Kurt walked away not even show boating the crowd was stunned and silent, the doctor rushed into the ring to look at Adam as the bell rung, Kurt had won but no one had wanted the outcome, Evelyn rushed to Adam as even Sissi and Nicholas stood up but were blocked by Delmas and Jim, Kidd and even Dallas rushed into the ring, with Dallas turning back and looking at Kurt as he grinned before pointing at Dallas.
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Dorothy expected to have to treat some of the fighters for minor injuries maybe a broken bone or two, but as Adam was carried in unconscious on a stretcher it was enough injuries for a small group, by the end of it, it was found his jaw had been dislocated, his nose was broken, his left eye swollen shut, all of his ribs had been shattered, a broken leg and a broken knuckle, Dorothy had done what she could, but Adam was in a bad way, Evelyn was staying next to him, there was a knock on the door, Dorothy opened it and Dallas walked in,
"I'm sorry but no one is allowed to…" she started but Adam raised his fingers to get her attention, "No let him" he said coughing in a lot of pain, Dorothy did nothing to stop Dallas as he pulled up a chair, "You saw it too didn't you" said Adam as he tried turning his head towards Dallas, but he remained silent "he thought like you" added Adam, Evelyn looked at her brother "you're delusional" she said as she began to fluff his pillow, "It's his style" said Adam as he coughed again, Dallas cracked his fingers "It was, but how the fuck has he managed to replicate it" said Dallas as he looked at Adam who through great pain grabbed Dallas's jumper "You kick his ass tomorrow, I don't care how you beat him into the ground" said Adam.
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The students who'd watched the altercation had been removed from the hall as the teachers remained behind to discuss what had happened, even Gamorov was involved,
"it was within the rules of the contest" said Mulcahy as he sat on a chair, Jim shook his head "yeah but that was over the top violence" he added as he kept rubbing the back of his head "If that sort of scrap happened at my school, I'd have him in for a court martial" said Gamorov as he folded his arms, Delmas put his foot down saying "Gentlemen we're not discussing his punishment, he's not a student here, we're here to say if he can fight tomorrow", Kidd shook his head "is that even a discussion, he just put a kid in the hospital, yeah a contact sport is one thing, a full on beating is another" he said angrily, then the teacher from Bowman academy stepped forward, he was an older fatter gentlemen bolding on the top of his head "Gentlemen" he said as he stepped forward with his walking stick, "It was a contact sport, you expect him to not go all out against his opponent" he added, Gamorov grabbed Jim before he could move to attack him, "Steady Corporal" he said but then panicked slightly, but Jim didn't hear him "you call that a sport" said Delmas angrily, the teacher laughed again "well it's a sport by definition, but I look at them more like warriors" he said as he turned around, "my boy will fight tomorrow, I just hope yours puts on a good show" said the teacher as he walked out of the hall, "How in god's name is that piece of shit a teacher" said Delmas before looking at Mulcahy "sorry father" he added.
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Word had travelled fast around the school, the final round wasn't going to be postponed, the warriors sat in Jeremie's room,
"I always wanted to See Adam get what was coming to him, but…" started Odd, William patted him on the shoulder, "I know, when he's attacking you its fight or flight" he said as he sat down, Jeremie was checking the super scan, "what's the point Jeremie, XANA would never have one of its own hurt" said Ulrich, but Jeremie shook his head "It could be a trap" he replied, but Aelita placed her hand on his shoulder, "Jeremie I'm sure its fine" she said, Yumi smiled seeing that Aelita wasn't blushing anymore, "like Aelita says I'm sure it's gonna be fine, besides Dallas is more skilled than Adam" said Yumi, the others nodded in agreement, "He'll have that guy for breakfast" said Odd, before he realised he hadn't had breakfast himself.
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Dallas opened the door of the nurses office having finished visiting his enemy, he flicked his hair back as he walked out into the main hallway then with a massive cracking noise Dallas fell slumped over onto the floor,
"Mother fucker" muttered Dallas as he grabbed his left knee, then he felt a small metal bat grab him from behind around the throat and pulling him up, he looked back to see James holding him, "You son of a bitch, I'll…" started Dallas but then he heard a clapping noise as he looked forward to see Kurt walking towards him "There's the beast, the unbridled temper that I want to see" said Kurt, Dallas tried to break free but James had too tight a grip on him, "Let him go" said Kurt, James nodded and let go kicking Dallas down before walking off, "Do I know you" said Dallas as he began to crush his knee, but Kurt grabbed him and with an almost unnatural strength pinned him against the wall "Xanadu you son of a bitch" said Kurt, Dallas was confused as to what he meant, "What're you on about" he asked as he finished cracking his knee back, Kurt let go dropping Dallas, "you don't remember, You left me for dead on that Island, you fell into the digital sea and I saved you but you left me for dead, ruined my pretty face" said Kurt pointing at the scars on the side of his head, "I don't even know who the fuck you are" said Dallas as he hobbled onto his feet, "when you crossed back to Lyoko I went with you, except I managed to take enough of you to get back safely, that includes all of your skills" said Kurt as he walked away leaving Dallas confused as to his words "What do you mean" said Dallas after him, Kurt stopped and simply replied "I'll best you at your own game".
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"Xanadu" asked Jeremie as he turned away from his computer "What on earths that" he added, Dallas shook his head as he wrapped up his knee, "I dunno, he just said he saved me from the digital sea" replied Dallas as he moved his leg onto the bed, "fuck that hurts" he said as laid down, Jeremie shook his head, "how can he know about the digital sea" asked Jeremie, Dallas shook his head as he laid back in his bed, "no idea, you might have to do some more digging in the super computer" he added as he closed his eyes "what can you do" asked Jeremie, Dallas didn't move as he said "Beat the son of a bitch".
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Two days had not quelled the fire in the students who were watching, although it was now clear that it was a one sided cheer, no one was cheering for Kurt, they just wanted to see him lose, Kurt smiled as he looked around at them, he didn't care what they thought of him, he just wanted Dallas to pay, Dallas had stopped any of the warriors joining him in the changing room,
"What do you think he's playing at" asked Ulrich over the crowd, Jeremie shook his head "I have no idea he didn't want anyone in there" he replied, Aelita was getting scared and grabbed his arm, "all we can do is be supportive" said Yumi, Odd and William nodded in agreement, "Lets hope he can beat this guy" said Odd, but William was a little doubtful "He said his knee is slightly busted though" he said, Odd patted him on the back "Have faith" he said.
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"Xanadu was a test site" said Evelyn as she stood behind Dallas, he didn't even face her as he sat with his hands together staring off into nothing, "Hopper built it to develop whatever he wanted to test" said Evelyn, Dallas simply replied "And Kurt", Evelyn shook her head as she stepped forward "I dunno, XANA doesn't know anything about him or if the story he's telling is even true" she said, Dallas stood up still hobbling slightly on his left leg, "Thanks" he said as he moved towards the door, "Wait" said Evelyn, Dallas stopped before he could leave, "For Adam, beat that guy into the ground" she said as she gave Dallas a small kiss on the lips before walking out first, Dallas remained unfazed as he took a deep breath.
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Kurt walked around the ring, he wasn't waiting for a fight he was waiting to massacre Dallas, for him it was the perfect target, someone who he could keep beating and breaking over and over again, Mulcahy walked into the ring,
"Ladies and Gentlemen, for the final of the interschool fight, your fighters are Kurt Elliot of Bowman Academy" said Mulcahy to an almost universal bowing noise from the crowd, "Quite" said Mulcahy to himself "and from Kadic Academy Dallas, Undisputed, Marshal" Added Mulcahy, Dallas suddenly sprinted to the ring before entering, he was furious and he wasn't gonna back down from, he walked towards Kurt who mockingly asked "How's the knee", Dallas ignored him as he turned towards his ring, Kurt did the same "Okay I want a clean fight" said Mulcahy as he looked at Kurt who didn't respond, the time it took Mulcahy to leave the ring felt like forever.
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With the ring of the Bell the two fighters moved forward, Dallas broke his clam and threw the first punch connecting clean with Kurts nose knocking him back before he jumped and kneeing him in the face, but Kurt responded kicking Dallas in the stomach following with a superman punch, Dallas was almost unfazed as Kurt Swung his leg again, Dallas dropped and spun his leg out swiping out Kurt's leg causing him to fall down, with a twist and flip Dallas jumped flipping with his leg extending towards Kurt, but the latter dodged as Dallas crashed his leg into the ground, Kurt swung out his leg knocking Dallas in the head but he recovered as he two foot lunged at Kurt knocking him back, but Kurt retaliated by throwing a left hook into Dallas's eye knocking him down before raising his knee into Dallas's jaw, but Dallas grabbed his ankle and pulled out his leg whilst smacking his elbow into Kurt's side, Dallas then twist flipped holding onto Kurt's leg spinning him across the ring but he recovered easily, Dallas raised his fists, Kurt laughed as he moved towards him but instead of throwing a punch he swung his leg and kicked Dallas's knee, but along with hurting Dallas it angered him as he superman punched Kurt in the head cutting his forehead open, Dallas landed and hobbled slightly on his leg, before he charged at Kurt again who spun kicked Dallas to the ground, his mouth erupted with blood as he his guard fell out, Kurt then repeated the flip kick move on Dallas landing it on his stomach causing Dallas to yell out in pain, Kurt moved away ready to do it again, Dallas quickly moved out of the way, and threw a left hook which connecting with Kurt's Stomach, the later flinched in pain however he managed to raise his legs and kicked off Dallas knocking to the ground and himself flipping off into his feet, Dallas started to crawl in a lot of pain, then with an almighty blow Kurt kicked him in the back of the head causing it to smack in the floor,
"next its them" said Kurt with a small chuckle as he raised his arms to the booing crowd.
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Dallas looked at his friends as they cried out, his vision was blurred and he could barely move, he felt like he was going to die, suddenly he saw Mulcahy move towards him and held out his hand,
"1" he said as he held up a finger, "2" he said as he raised another, Dallas rolled on his back looking at Kurt "3", then he looked upwards to see his friends again, "4", suddenly he felt a rush of adrenaline and Jeremie looked into his friends eyes and said "Oh shit", suddenly Dallas turned again and grabbed Mulcahy's hand and pushed it aside as he stood up, Kurt turned and began clapping but Dallas jumped flipped in a cartwheel kicking him away, Kurt was surprised as Dallas began to violently throw punches striking him anywhere he could and giving him almost no time to recover, he quickly pushed Dallas away and jumped locking Dallas in a scissor lock and holding him on the ground, despite becoming starved of air Dallas didn't give in as he lifted Kurt up and swung him smashing his head into the corner of the ring, blooded exploded from Kurt's mouth throwing his guard and opening a large gash on his face, Dallas kneed Kurt in the face, the later grabbed Dallas's leg and twisted his knee causing more pain, Dallas however stomped on his arm using his other leg before flipping away, Kurt stood up and charged him tackling him into the opposite ring corner and began to violently punch and kicking, Dallas initially held his arms up and blocked the blows, but then he grabbed the ropes and raised his legs kicking him three times with his legs and knocking Kurt backwards, "COME ON" shouted Dallas as Kurt began to swing his legs high, Dallas ducked and underneath them and raised his arm blocking, then he jumped and flipped moving into a Guyver kick and smacking Kurt's face hard to open another wound, landing on his bad leg Dallas hobbled as Kurt spat out a mouthful of blood, Kurt yelled as he charged at Dallas, who in returned charge, Dallas jumped raising his left leg and curling his right leg, the sole of his foot connected with Kurt's head, suddenly with a snap Kurt was knocked off his feet and thanks to the momentum his body flipped before he landed on his front, Dallas collapsed on the ground but got onto his knees, Kurt laid almost motionless aside from his breath, "STOP, STOP" shouted Mulcahy as he clambered into the ring followed by the Academy teacher and the doctor, Dallas raised both his arms and through the immense pain he was in roared at the audience in a cheer, the audience where stunned and were unsure whether to cheer or not, the doctor crossed and uncrossed his arms, Mulcahy grabbed the microphone "The winner is Dallas Marshal" he said, the crowd began to cheer but before Mulcahy could raise Dallas's hand he hobbled out the ring, not looking back as some of the students moved to congratulate him.
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The aftermath had been a nightmare for everyone involved, Kurt had on top of a broken jaw and a few shattered ribs sustained a broken neck and hadn't regained consciousness, he was transferred to a hospital, whilst the teacher had fled before he could pay any bills, Gamorov and Shithouse had returned back to the UN military school, Adam was starting to recover but was going to be bed ridden for a number of days, most students had become scared of Dallas after seeing the violent fight, but Dallas himself was probably the worst off, with many cuts on his face and a number of broken ribs, and his knee in a bad way he laid on his bed as his friends tended to him, Odd placed a steak over his swollen face,
"Sorry you won't be able to see anything" he said, Dallas laughed and said "What couldn't you find a prescription steak", the others laughed as well despite knowing Dallas was in terrible pain, "Do you think that's the last we'll see of that guy" asked William, Aelita wrapped her arms around herself "I hope so he gave me the creeps" she said, Jeremie hadn't told the others anything out of fear, "Well with an injury like that I think he'll probably forget" said Ulrich as he and Yumi sat down at the end of the bed, "You never know Ulrich might beat you in a fight now" said Yumi with a laugh, Dallas removed the steak and said "Even like this I'll still be able to kick his arse" with a laughter but immediately regretted the decision as it hurt his ribs.
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Authors note:
So yeah this chapter was probably the most violent one I've ever thought up and written, yeah it's a massive deviation from the usual format but I just wanted to have this chapter featured so badly, yeah it's the most self-serving filler but damn am I proud of it, despite all my second guessing and it's just hit me that I'm nearly done with season 2, but that's not the whole of it, I've got a lot over the next two chapters, and boy I don't think I'm ready for it.