/Tournament fighter, Cain Leohart, has fought his way to the top. After defeating the ninja Shiro, he was up against the Champion Garr. It was a bloody, violent fight, and Cain was fighting his hardest, as was Garr, After surviving multiple flame blasts, a stab in the stomach, and a powerful head butt, Cain finished off the dragon with a enormous dark energy blast. He was now ready for his next fight, but his next opponent, Rota, disappeared./

Chapter 4:

Cain vs. Monica

True Form Exposed!

Monica and Cain both stood at opponent ends of the ring. Monica had a serious look on her face, but Cain didn't seem worried, nor threatened. In fact, he was looking forward to this fight. The committee, however, were uncertain to allow such a match to happen. The crowd was getting more and more inpatient and restless. They chanted that both fighters be removed from the ring.

"This'll be a great fight..." Cain started to say. "If they can let it happen..." The chants of the crowd started to aggravate him. "Ya can't even hear yourself think with these idiot bastards screaming like that! Can't they shut up for 2 seconds? Damn! Buncha idiots! Won't be satisfied 'til a monster tears a human to shreds..."

The committee was especially worried. They didn't know whether to allow the match or to forbid it. They began to talk among each other.

:If we don't allow this to happen..." One started to say to his partners. "The crowd'll wreak the entire arena."

"But..." Another spoke. "If we do, that means we'll have a human champion. And everyone here hates humans. They'll destroy the entire city!"

"We're damn if we do and damn if we don't..."

Monica looked towards the committee. "Doesn't really matter what they think..." She thought. "I still gotta take this guy down."

Cain started to think. "Boy, I hope they let me do this. It'll be fun to fight a chick for once! Not only that, a hot, human chick!"

A monster in the front row started to speak. "Personally, I don't care who's champ. As long as there are bloody fights, I'm happy!"

The monster next to him started to agree. "Well, we did come her to see humans kill each other right?"

"I say we just enjoy da blood shed!" Another monster shouted.

Soon all the monsters began to shout and cheer for the fight to go on.

"Ha..." Cain scoffed. "Monster fans are so stupid. 2 fights ago, they wanted me dead, now they wanna see a bloodshed between humans? Buncha freaks! Everyone of 'em wants to see a human die in front of them!"

Monica heard this and knew it wasn't true. She recalled when she first turned into a monster...

Max and Monica stood in the Rainbow Butterfly Woods. Monica had in her hands the Flora Monster Badge.

"With this badge, Max..." She started to say. "I can transform into a Himarra and get a Sundrop from one of them."

"Are you sure about this?" Max said with concern. "What if they try to attack you?"

"I'll be fine. I'll get it done in just a minute or so..." As she was about to put the badge on, she turned to Max with a pink blush on her face. "Uh... could you... turn around for a minute? You see when I use this, I'll uh... be... just for a second..."

Max was blushing too. "I...I understand..." He turned around took a few steps away from her. They both knew that for a second, Monica would be completely naked during the transformation process. "Go ahead!"

Monica put the badge on her shirt and a bright light surrounded her, after a minute, she was now a Himarra monster. "You can turn around..." She said in a weird new voice. Max looked at her. "How do I look?"

Max smiled. "For a monster, you don't look so bad." He and Monica both started to laugh.

Monica remembered the times when monsters said they didn't wish to fight anyone, and that they wanted peaceful lives. Clearly, none of those monsters were in this arena.

One of the members of the committee stood up. "We have reached a decision!" He shouted towards the fan base.

"Hope it's the right one..." Max thought nervously.

"We have decided..." He raised his hand. "The match will be..." He gave the thumbs up. "ALLOWED!!!"

The entire arena roared with cheers. The announcer stood up and shouted into his microphone. "Okay!!! We have a fight!!! On one side, the human... no! Fighter who defeated Garr in the last match! The incredible, the powerful, the talented... ladies and gentlemen... THE FIGHTER CAIN LEOHART!!!" Something unexpected happened. The crowd were cheering. "And in the other corner... uh..." He ran up to Monica. "Could we have a name?" He whispered to her.

"Monica Raybrandt." She said proudly.

"Miss Mon..." The announcer was shocked. "MONICA RAYBRANDT!?!?!? PRINCESS MONICA RAYBRANDT!?!?!?"

The arena was silent. No one there could believe who was standing in the ring right now.

Cain smiled and chuckled. "A celebrity... in this very ring... about to fight me. Talk about luck."

"Well uh..." The announcer regained his senses and continued the introduction. "On the side, a young lady who needs no introduction! The beautiful Princess, and warrior, MONICA RAYBRANDT!!!" The audience cheered again. "TAKE YOUR POSITIONS!!!"

"If I had a dime for every time I thought THAT when I was around a woman!" Cain thought to himself and laughed. He walked to the middle of the ring, as did Monica. "Just so you know," He said to her. "Just cause you're a girl, cute, and royalty, that don't mean I'm gonna be easy on ya. I don't give mercy, or take it! You better hit me with all ya got! And ya better do it quick!"

"Fighters..." The announcer started.

"I don't need or want mercy!" Monica replied to Cain's comment. "I can get along without it!"

"Just a quick warning..." Cain said.

"Ready..." The announcer shouted in the air. "FIGHT!!!"

Monica and Cain both jumped away from each other at the same time. They also ran towards each other at the same speed and time.

"It's now or never..." Cain thought,

Monica drew out her sword and raised it over her head. "Haaaaaaaaa..." Suddenly, Cain's hand was extended. He quickly laid it down on her left breast and squeezed it. Monica's face turned red with embarrassment. "HUH?!?!?" She used her sword handle to knock Cain away. She stopped running and covered her chest with her arms. "YOU PERVERT!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?"

Max watched the whole thing. "That was a mistake..."

Cain rose to his feet and laughed victoriously. "I did it... I did it!"

"DID WHAT!?" Monica shouted.

"My life long dream..." Cain grinned. "I never thought I could do it... I, Cain Leohart, has done the one thing people have dreamed of doing... I GRABBED THE LEFT BREAST OF THE FAMOUS PRINCESS MONICA!!!" In his head, trumpets were sounding a loud fanfare. He looked towards the crowd and saw Max. "Course, I might not be the first one to do it. That guy ya came with probably done it a million times."

Max's face turned red and he started to sweat.. "W-What?"

Monica was full of rage. "What kinda dream is that!? Grabbing my left breast?"

"Well..." Cain started to explain. "I'm right-handed, so naturally, I'd go after the left breast. Course, a fighter does switch dominant hands at times, so I coulda used my left hand and grab the right breast..." At that point Monica ran towards Cain and tried to slash him in two with her sword. He moved out of the way and ran behind. "Here's the other dream..." He took both hands and grabbed her rear. Monica was mortified. "Maybe I shoulda just used both hands and grab the entire chest?" Monica slashed her blade and hit Cain in the stomach and knocked him down on the ground. He skidded out of the ring. Cain poked his head over the ring. "I love a women who could kick my ass..."

"Cain has been knocked outta the ring!" The announcer shouted. "1...2..."

Cain jumped back into the ring and ran towards Monica with great speed. Monica prepared to block any attacks with her sword, but Cain instead jumped and flipped over her. When we landed behind her, he drop kicked her and knocked her down. Cain tried to punch Monica while she was on the ground, but she rolled out of the way and countered with sword slash that scratched down Cain's right arm. He backed off and punched her in the stomach. He then walked behind her and put her in a sleeper hold.

"Time to go night-night..." He said.

"Uhhhhh..." Monica front flipped on the ground and knocked Cain away with a double kick to the chin.

Cain felt his chin. "So you're a flexible girl?" Cain grinned smugly. "I like bendy girls..." Monica grew even more angry and ran towards him. Cain's eyes bugged out. "Huh?" In a split second, Monica was slashing her sword wildly in angry. Cain had to be quick on his feet to dodge the swipes. Her kept backing away and ducking and dodging until he heard something he didn't expect.

"Monica! Monica! Monica!" The crowd began to chant her name and cheer.

"HEY!!!" Cain was annoyed. "You guys must really hate me!" He didn't realized he stopped for a second. Monica stabbed her sword through his stomach. He looked at the sword in his body and at Monica. "Ow... Not again..." The crowd cheered even louder. "Ah...Shaddup..." He simply backed away at the sword was out of his stomach. "You're pretty serious bout this."

"Of course I am." Monica said. "This is a fight to the death!"

"It is?" Cain scratched his head. "Then I guess I can do this!" Cain kneed Monica in the chest and picked her up over his head. "HHHHHHYA!!!" He started to spin her around. He kept doing it faster and faster until she was just a spinning blur. "Getting' dizzy? Well..." Cain's eyes became the anime dizzy sign. "So am I..." He started to wobble until he threw Monica straight in the air. He felt to the ground in a sitting position and was completely dizzy.

Monica came flying back to the ring, however, she wasn't dizzy. Instead, she was charging up for a fire blast. "Try this one!!!" She threw the fire ball at Cain.

"Maybe...I...didn't...do...right?" He thought while still dizzy. The fire ball crashed into him and exploded on his head.

Monica landed safely on the ground. She watched the smoke around Cain clear and saw she had blasted his head clear off his shoulders. The crowd went into a crazed frenzy.

"What an attack!" The announcer exclaimed. "Cain is now sans a head. I guess he lost this one..." Before he could finish. Cain popped his head up from inside his collar. "Forget what I said! Cain just hid in his shirt while all this happened!"

Cain shook his head quickly. "That was close one..." He looked at Monica. So ya wanna throw fire around like that? Okay!" He gathered some energy in his fight hand and formed a yellow ball. "This is called the surprise ball. Don't let hit the ground!"

"Why?" Monica asked.

"That's the surprise!" He pitched the ball towards Monica.

Monica fired another fireball to bounce the ball back to Cain. He jumped to his feet, and batted it back with his fist. Monica grabbed her sword and went into a batter's stance to hit the ball. Cain bounced it back with his head.

"What's this?" The announcer said. "This fight has turned into a innocent ball game?"

Monica hit back again. Cain then kicked it higher in the ground. He jumped up high and spiked it down. It flew towards Monica. She prepared to hit it back, but it traveled to fast and was about hit the ground.

"Monica!!!" Max quickly jumped from the crowd and ran as fast as he could to Monica. Before the ball hit, he pushed her away and they landed outside the ring. The ball exploded and demolished half the ring. Max had found himself on to top of Monica. "Oops!" He said sheepishly and got off her.

Cain landed on outside the ring. "Hey! You can't help her! That's against the rules!"

"He's right." The announcer said. "I'll have to disqualify...": They was a rumble throughout the entire city. "What?"

The crowd stands began to collapse. While most of the fans escaped, some were crushed by the rubble. The entire arena cracked and collapsed. Soon all that was left was dust and broken stone. Among a dust cloud stood a dark figure. It walked closer towards Max and Monica.

"Cain revealed his true form!" Monica shouted as she drew out her weapon.

"Let's go Monica!!!" Max drew out his hammer.

"Hey..." Another person said. Max and Monica turned around and saw someone trapped under some rubble. It was Cain. "A little help?"

"Wait!!!" Max exclaimed. If that's Cain... then..." They all looked at the dark figure. The dust settled and they all saw the true Dark Energy that they had been after this whole time.

The person applauded. "Well done..." The man smiled evilly. "No one would suspect that anyone other than that fool Cain was the bad guy." The person clapping and smiling... was Rota.

"I knew it!" Cain cleared off the rocks off him and stood up. "You were the one who led me here! You're the reason I'm here! Nice to see ya again... Griffon!"

Max and Monica were surprised that Cain knew who Griffon was. Rota laughed sinisterly.

"So it is you, Cain Leohart." He said. "I knew I'd remember you."

Cain recalled the incident that happened 2 years ago.

A younger Cain was fighting against a powerful figure in the dark woods of Sindain. Cain was punching the figure rapidly in the chest while dodging the sword swipes that the figure was using.

( Cain: I remember you were in a different body. And you challenged me to a fight. I refused, but you decided to attack anyway.)

Cain ended up getting sliced in the wrist. Blood escaped it as he tried to cover it with his other hand. The figure lifted Cain by the neck.

( Rota: Your power was insignificant compared to mine. It took me only a matter of minuets to defeat you.)

The figure threw Cain against a tree. Cain's back cracked to pieces as he hit the thick tree with great force. He slid to the ground and was laying on the ground. The figure walked towards him with his sword drawn. He stood over Cain and pointed the sword above his chest.

"You have been defeated." The figure said. "All that's left is to hear your final scream of agony."

"Do your worst!!!" Cain shouted back. "I ain't gonna scream..."

"Everybody screams... the only question is... What will you say?"

The figure drove the sword into Cain's chest. Cain gritted his teeth to hold back his screams. The figure stabbed him again. "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

"I was pretty damn weak back then..." Cain said. "But now I'm gonna kick your ass!"

Rota shook his head. "You aren't worth my time." Rota extended his hand flew Cain, Max, and Monica away with his energy. "I've become much more powerful than ever. But don't worry..." He snapped his fingers.

The ground rumbled again. Everyone looked to the north. "What's that?" Max asked.

A giant beast dog walked towards Rota. It was as half as big as the arena was. It's fur was dark black and it had 3 heads. Each with incredibly red eyes and sharp teeth.

"That's...a...Cerberus!" Monica shouted.

The beast dog roared loudly and stared at the 3 teens.

"Have fun with them, my pet." Rota said. With that, Rota disappeared.

"Dammit..." Cain said. "And to think, I just wanted to fight in a tournament..."

/Now that Max and Monica had finally found the dark energy, they must now fight against a evil Cerberus. Can they, along with Cain, be able to defeat this creature and find Rota? Or has their time run out?/

START TEASER:

Cain: [voice-over] Okay... ya guessed. I ain't that evil force that Max and Monica have been after. Yeah...big surprise there. So now the real Griffin had decided to decided to run like a coward! I hope he's reading this... I'm gonna kick your ass!!! But first I'll take on this Cerberus single handedly. Okay... maybe I could use some help. Next Chapter...

The Goddess of Time

Cain: Judging by the title, a hot chick's gonna be in this chapter. I'm
lookin' forward for it!!!"