Chapter 7

"Lylat's Most Badass Martial Artist" Kung Furry

Vs

"The Action Hacker" Doggo Sanchez

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Walking around backstage, Miyu tried to locate TJ. She was dressed in her fight outfit from the last match, save for sandals on her feet so she did not have to walk around backstage barefoot. Her search had led her all around the arena, and past a fuming mad Rena as well. The lynx did not dare to try and stop the vixen, as she looked like one wrong word would be enough to set her off, and Miyu did not need any pre-fight injuries.

As Miyu rounded a corner, she quickly came face to face with Panther, and a smile worked it's way onto her lips. WIth a deep hug, the lynx found herself lost in Panther's embrace. The sleek white suit made it feel like Miyu was hugging an angel, but the rose pinned to his breast pocket gave him the appearance of a Mafia don.

As she pulled back, Miyu looked her boyfriend up and down with a quizzical glare. "So, any luck on finding TJ yet?"

Panther shook his head. "I am afraid not, my love. I have no clue where he could have run off to..." Panther looked to rack his brain for a second, before looking up and noticing a certain spaniel with her ever-present combat sports medic uniform on and first aid kit seemingly glued to her right palm. "Ah, Fay! Have you located Tyler yet?"

Fay shook her head as well, sighing as she set down her first aid kit. "I feel like we need to keep a bell on him, he keeps running off on us."

"Oh yeah, someone with no filter running around an arena full of professional ass-kickers, how could that possibly go wrong?"

Miyu's comment got a chuckle out of Panther, but the smile was quickly subdued by a worried glare. "I think we should hasten our search for him. I saw Miss Rena a few seconds ago, and she looked quite irate. She won her bout if I'm not mistaken?"

The lynx nodded, looking around now with a worried glare. "Yeah, she won and she's pissed. I don't know, she's always had issues. But you're right. If TJ runs into Rena like she is, he'll run his stupid mouth and get a boot up his ass or something."

"I am not in the mood for a surgery like that tonight." Fay's sudden outburst caught Miyu's attention, the lynx shooting a concerned glare at her best friend.

Putting a gloved hand on the spaniel's shoulder, Miyu studied the frowning face of Fay with worry. "Fay? Are you alright? What's got you so upset?"

Fay was silent for the first few seconds, before facing away from her friends with a scowl. "You know why. We've gone over this point a million times, so there's no point re-hashing it. I don't have the energy to either, so let's wait for your fight, and then I'll patch up whatever injuries you get from this barbaric completion."

A scoff passed through Miyu's lips as she rolled her eyes. "Barbaric? Come on Fay, that's being a bit dramatic, don't you think?"

"You and your opponent are locked into a bloodied cage and beat each other up until one of you sustains enough trauma to knock you out or you give up from the intense pain and tap out. There aren't even any rounds in this, it goes until the other can't move anymore. That is textbook barbarism. Even during Panther's golden glove years I'm sure they had rounds and breaks to recover. You could be fighting someone for an hour if you two don't give up."

"Fay, relax. It's not barbaric, there's rules in place. We have gloves, no groin shots, and the tap is respected. There's a referee in there at all times to make sure that this doesn't get out of hand."

Fay's scowl grew deeper as she huffed. "You have gloves, but no kick pads on your feet or helmets on your heads. And what if you tap and your opponent ignores it? Do you really think that some drunken zebra can pull some savage fighter from your broken body if they really want to punish you?"

"Trust me, no-one's gonna get that opportunity on me. I'll be just fine, you gotta trust me. I mean, look how much money we're gonna make from this when I win. If I gotta get beaten up a bit to claim it, that's fine by me."

The glare on Fay's face softened up as she sighed gently. "I just don't want you to get permanently injured from this."

A chuckle from Miyu filled the air as she threw her arm around her best friend, pulling her in close and looking down on her with a toothy grin. "Fay, we're mercs. Every mission we go on we could die. So if I could survive that time when I was forced to fight in an unregulated underground anything goes deathmatch until I snapped that asshole who ran it's neck, I'll be just fine in a controlled environment fighting with professionals. Trust me when I say that bare fists and feet hurt less than spiked brass knuckles and jackboots." A warm smile beamed from Miyu as she turned the spaniel's head to face her grin, now beaming with enthusiasm. "What I need right now is my best friend in my corner, and also to patch me up after the fights. Can you do that for me?"

Fay stood still for a second, before looking back up at her friend and nodding with a smile, wrapping her arms around Miyu's waist for a hug. "Yeah, I can do that." The tow shared in each other's embrace before a polite cough sounded from Panther.

"I do believe that we still have to discover where Tyler ran off to. Let us not waste any more time before he ends up in Fay's care, yes?"

Fay let out a giggle as she broke the hug off and picked up her first aid kit. "Yeah, let's go find out where he ran off to."

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After spending minutes wandering backstage while dodging both reporters and fans who had snuck backstage, the trio were able to locate TJ, leaning up against a wall and looking at something out of their view with a quizzical glare. In his hand was a bag of gummy bears, and he was reaching into the bag to grab a bear and either toss it was what he was looking at or shoving it into his mouth. By his feet was a brown paper shopping back, bulging at the edges with something clearly inside. Miyu, Fay, and Panther all traded confused looks before Miyu took the first steps, wondering exactly what was going on. "TJ, what are y-" The driver suddenly snapped to attention, quickly shushing the lynx before motioning her to come to his side quietly. Shrugging, the trio crept up to the kid, who went bag to silently sifting through his gummy bears.

With a final silent step, Miyu crossed her arms and looked the kid in the eyes. "Okay, why are we being so quiet," she asked, keeping her voice to a whisper.

TJ motioned towards what he was staring at. On a blue mat surrounded by both candles and gummy bears was Kung Furry, still dressed in gi, headband, and sunglasses. He was sitting on his knees, eyes (assumed) closed, and barely moving. "Dude, he's been like that since the first fight started. I was gonna come back to you guys, but look at 'im. He hasn't moved an inch. I even threw a few gummy bears at 'im an' nothin'. Here, watch." Quickly, TJ grabbed a green gummy and tossed it at the martial artist. The candy struck the red panda right on his forehead with a soft thwack, but he still remained motionless. "Isn't that the craziest shit you've ever seen?! I must've thrown like half the bag at 'im!"

TJ's whisper shouts made Miyu roll her eyes, especially as more bears were thrown at the meditating fighter. "Hey, check this out, I'mma land one right in his sunglass-"

"Wakatta! Meisō ga kanryō shimashita! Watashi wa tatakatte katsu junbi ga dekite imasu! Shinjite!"

Suddenly, Kung Furry kipped up to his feet in one fluid motion and struck a pose, before tightening his black belt and headband. The group recoiled, TJ nearly dropping his bag of bears as Kung Furry's shout ripped through the air. As he moved to step off the mats, the red panda suddenly felt something squishy underfoot. Lifting his foot up, Kung Furry locked eyes with an orange gummy bear and frowned. "Who threw candy?"

Looking up, Kung Furry cast a suspicious glare at TJ, who quickly shoved the bag of bears into Miyu's unsuspecting arms and looked the other way, ignoring Miyu's protest and shock. TJ's misdirection didn't work, and Kung Furry was quickly up in his face with a deeply quirked brow. "Uh, somethin' I can help you with there, homie?"

"Did you threw candy at me?"

"I plead the fifth."

"You no plead any fives! Answer question, or I shall unleash mōretsudearinagara seikakuna ressāpanda no tenohira on you!"

Kung Furry was up in TJ's face, clearly ignoring any personal space the kid desired. Miyu quickly jumped in for the save, deeply bowing as best she could before trying to calm the master down. "Furry-san, kare no hosshin no furumai ni tsuite fukaku owabi mōshiagemasu. Nidoto okoranai."

Kung Furry kept staring her down, before nodding and slowly backing away. "Kare ga watashi to tatakau koto o nozomanai kagiri, sore wa yoku arimasen."

Miyu bowed once more, prompting Kung Furry to do the same. "Arigato, Furry-san." No sooner was Kung Furry out of earshot and on his way to make his entrance did Miyu sigh, before shoving the bag of gummy bears back into TJ's hand. "I just saved you from getting your ass kicked. You're welcome."

TJ scoffed in return, a lightbulb looked like it went off over his head. Bending over and reaching deep into the brown paper bag, TJ turned to Miyu now holding a studded crop top leather jacket with a hood and a cloth neck gaiter with a crudely stitched smile running across it. "Oh, real quick, put these on so you don't forget before you!"

The street racer shoved the garments into Miyu's confused hands, who looked deep into TJ's eyes with a raised brow. "Uh, why?"

"Because it'll look dope! Trust me, once the first verse of your song finishes, fling off the hood and pull the mask down real quick, you'll hit 'em with that badass look! I've got something special that'll drive the point home!"

Miyu wanted to debate the hoodlum's logic, but he was standing with a cocky smirk and pulled out a stick of gum to start chewing on. With a heavy sigh, Miyu threw the jacket over her shoulders before pulling the gaiter onto her neck and popping the hood over her head. Internally, she made a mental note to throw TJ into a bow and arrow choke once her fight was over.

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(Song: Strawberry Moon - CFO$)

The lights dimmed as Kung Furry's highlight reel began to play on the titantron, causing the arena to stand and cheer for the martial artist as he appeared on the entrance ramp. Throwing out an introductory kata caused an explosion of pyrotechnics to erupt, with the finale exploding on a final sidekick facing the ring.

Kung Furry released a martial arts scream before bringing his foot back down and bowing, a glare crossing his sunglasses as he took a leisurely stroll down to the ring and began showing his respect to the crowd. While hyping himself up, Howard Chimal tapped his microphone and announced the red panda to the arena. "Ladies and gentlemen, introducing first! From Parts Unknown, Zoness, weighing in at one-hundred and eighty-four pounds, Kuuuuuuuuung Fuuuuuuurrrrrrryyyyyy!"

The cheers only increased in volume as Kung Furry struck another pose, this time raising his fist up in the air as he released another martial arts shout. On commentary, Scotty was the first voice heard after Howard's. "So, after his impressive qualifier, what can you tell us about this fighter, Dean?"

The cheetah made a stretching noise as he narrowed his eyes at the gi-clad red panda keeping a grip on his black belt. "Well, there wasn't much I could look up. All I've got is what Kung Furry himself claims, and it sounded really weird. Like one of those old martial arts movies, y'know? The guy's a wild card, but he clearly knows what he's doing."

The remainder of the walk to the ring was a brisk one, as the martial artist only had one thing on his mind. Approaching Diggie, the zebra held a confused glare before shrugging and patting the red panda down. When the gi was confirmed to have no foreign objects in it, Diggie tried to grab the sunglasses off Kung Furry's eyes.

The reaction he got was a bit violent, as the moment the sunglasses were removed from the martial artist's eyes, he shrieked in horror and shielded his eyes from the blinding lights. Diggie was slightly taken aback by the utter pain Kung Furry seemed to be in, the red panda looking down at his feet and using one arm to cover his eyes while he used his other hand to fish around in his gi top for his spare pair of sunglasses. After agonizing seconds of being exposed to the world, Kung Furry had snugly fit his spare pair of sunglasses over his bare eyes, blinking for a bit before he cast a death glare in Diggie's direction. "Nidoto watashi no sangurasu ni furenaide kudasai! Moshi sōnara, watashi wa kono gunshū no mae de anata no zubon o oroshimasu!"

The insult flew over the zebra's drunken head, as Diggie simply shrugged and let Kung Furry enter, sunglasses still over his eyes. Surveying his new battleground, Kung Furry got down on one knee and placed his palm in the center of the mat. After a few seconds, the red panda jumped up and struck another pose before centering himself, calming down from his encounter moments prior. Taking a deep breath, the martial artist walked to his side of the cage and sat on his knees, waiting for his opponent to enter as his music died down.

A full minute passed, and the second entrant had yet to emerge at the top of the ramp. No music, no dimming lights, nothing. This fighter was testing Kung Furry's patience, while Diggie took another swig of his drink and the two commentators tried to figure out where the other fighter was.

A few of the lights flickered along with the titantron, as both spectators and officials were confused. Without any warning, the titantron displayed a test pattern along with a loud and continuously droning beep, before the lights redirected themselves one by one to the top of one of the entrance gates in the stands.

(Song: Mass Appeal - CFO$)

Music began to build up in the speakers around the arena as a video of a self proclaimed "Action Hacker" took over the titantron, before the music hit a crescendo and Doggo Sanchez's name appeared on the screen. Walking out not on the entrance ramp but from the nosebleeds was the shiba inu action hacker himself, wearing a custom cyberpunk themed pair of MMA shorts, hand wraps, and sunglasses while a jerry-rigged tablet sat in his hand. Controlling the lights, Doggo began to descend from the crowd, each one trying to get recognition from the fighter as he made sure he stood out to the crowd. The canine basked in the limelight, cheers pouring down on him as he slowed his decent to soak up the glory for just a bit longer.

Howard Chimal was back on the mic once more, noticing the shiba descend and face him. "Introducing second, from… uh…" The canine trailed off as he realized that he was never given any proper information on Doggo's hometown. Shrugging it off, Howard continued. "Weighing in at one-hundred and fifty-five pounds, Doooooooggggooooooo Saaaaannnnnchhheeeezzzzz!"

Hoping over the barricade separating the spectators from just outside the ring, Doggo tapped his tablet a few more times before gently touching the rim of his sunglasses and setting his tablet down. Approaching the intoxicated referee, Diggie began to pat down the fighter before he reached his sunglasses. Over the cheers of the crowd, Diggie could see a twang of nervousness cross Doggo's face. The zebra remembered how the red panda sitting in the ring reacted to having his sunglasses removed and sighed, before waving the shiba inu inside. Surely there was not going to be an issue if both of them wore sunglasses.

Silently breathing a sigh of relief, Doggo stepped into the ring and jogged around it for a bit, stalling as he tapped his sunglasses once more. A grin crossed his lips as he watch for any movement from Kung Furry, but the monk was as still as… well, a meditating monk. Doggo tried to see past the steely exterior of the red panda, but he could not break through the wall of stoicism. For a few more seconds, anyway.

As soon as Doggo's music mysteriously faded out when he tapped his sunglasses again, Kung Furry hopped up to his feet and struck a pose, staring down the hacker as Diggie walked to the center of the ring. Looking at both fighters, Diggie raised his hands, waiting for either of them to back out. When they both seemed ready to fight, Diggie brought his hands down to the cheers of the crowd.

With the bell rung, Kung Furry quickly bowed to Doggo before assuming a complex fighting stance. Doggo simply sneered as he put his paws up and began circling the martial artist. The two circled each other for a bit, before Kung Furry opened his mouth first. "Do you know me? I Kung Furry! Master of martial arts! Watashi wa anata o taoshimasu!"

Doggo let out a scoff, before he adjusted his sunglasses. "You're just a glitch in the system, kid. And I'm the debugging compiler!" The proud shouts of the action hacker caused cheers to erupt, despite ninety-five percent of the crowd not understanding a single word that left the canine's lips.

Despite the words mostly flying over Kung Furry, he could tell that they meant offense. So he fired back. "I bug you can no squash! I wear you down, and take you out! All fall to Kung Furry! Wata!"

"My firewalls fall to no-one! And by the time I'm done with you, I'll load a script into your systems that'll have you speaking proper Cornerian!"

"Only one no speak proper is you, when I punch mouth closed!"

"Tough talk from a routine error! I'll clean up your code faster than you can say n-dimensional bidirectional long-short term memory neural networks!"

Kung Furry looked like his brain had just fizzled out before a fire was lit behind his sunglasses. "No fancy word can save you from me, Doggo-san! Take this!" The red panda quickly threw out a few kicks, hoping off his back foot with each kick. Doggo blocked each kick as he was forced to step back. The action hacker realized that he was backed against the cage mesh, sneering and letting a glare cross over his sunglasses as he kicked off the cage wall to deliver a superdog punch.

As Doggo attempted to land the punch, a glare crossed Kung Furry's sunglasses as he blocked the punch, forcing the hacker to roll on the mat and watch his guard. Kung Furry somehow kept the momentum from his barrage of kicks and swung an ax kick downward, landing the kick straight into Doggo's paws. The hacker took hold of the foot and twisted it, causing Kung Furry to flip mid-air. The red panda landed on his feet as he re-assumed his stance, making the crowd cheer at the exchange.

Hiding any fear he had behind a smirk, Doggo flashed his fangs and gave a thumbs down motion, before reassuming his stance. "Prepare to get your hard drive fragmented!" The shiba inu shouted. Kung Furry kept his guard up as Doggo rushed him, throwing a few punches his way, quickly ducking and dodging each blow. Kung Furry tried to retaliate by using a hook kick, missing by the narrowest margin and just barely scraping Doggo's nose. The red panda quickly used a front kick to shove the canine away, causing him to stumble backward and hold his chest.

"Heh, now you on backfoot! Take this! Vu~aipā no ken no shūgeki!" As Kung Furry took closer steps, Doggo only smirked, keeping an eye on his sunglasses. The lens displayed a hud, along with a translator into Cornerian. Just as Kung Furry was about to strike, the sunglasses had translated the attack. "Viper's assault of fists." A small hologram of how to counter the move popped up, causing Doggo to smirk wider than before. As Kung Furry began his assault, Doggo was able to block each attack in picture-perfect succession, startling the martial artist. "Nani?!"

"Consider your code sunsetted!" With that, Doggo quickly threw all of his weight behind a haymaker. Still startled, the punch hit Kung Furry square on the nose, sending him flying backwards in dramatic fashion before he hit the cage mesh. As he got to his feet, Kung Furry could only grumble as he dramatically wiped blood from his nose, reassuming his same complex stance.

"Bakana, try this! Akumanoashi!" Kung Furry rushed forward, but Doggo's sunglasses already translated what he meant. "Devil's Foot." Even though no one could see it, Doggo swallowed. This was going to hurt if he messed it up.

A smirk was wide on the red panda's lips as he rushed the shiba, before he leaped into the air. In the moments leading up to the kick, Doggo was able to notice some sort of red energy swallowing his opponent's lower leg. It moved and crackled like a mixture of fire and electricity, slicing through the air with his foot as the edge of the blade. Doggo glared at the incoming attack, setting his hands up for a defense against the kick.

With a high-pitched shout, Kung Furry brought his leg down with the speed of a bullet, expecting to feel the satisfying crack of a skull under his heel. There was no crack, only a soft and fleshy impact as the kick struck guarding hands. Going to the well again with another kick after he was blocked did not fare well, as Doggo's hands blocked the kick again. Kung Furry refused to end the attack however, determined to land a strike. Each kick was paired with a shout that filled the arena, while Doggo attempted to keep his mind on parrying the kicks.

Swatting away the kicks quickly drained the canine, and a few kicks were able to slip through. His chest, lower stomach, and muzzle were all struck, sending the hacker reeling backwards and impacting the cage mesh. As Kung Furry landed in a practiced pose to drink in the cheers of the crowd, he noticed something peculiar on the face of his opponent. In fact, it was downright creepy.

Doggo slowly rose up from his position against the cage wall, his face now seeping with a wide grin mixed with a dash of blood. The grin was only on his lips but spread from ear to ear. Even though the sunglasses obscured his eyes, Kung Furry could tell something was off with the hacker, like a switch was flipped. There was now a demented stare fixed on Doggo's face like there was something he wanted badly from the red panda.

Despite the chill running up his spine, Kung Furry steeled his nerve as he rushed in, shouting "Sandākikku!" as he lunged towards the twisted expression of the shiba. As Kung Furry barreled towards Doggo, the canine stood where he was, the wide smile still on his lips. Kung Furry ignored the new chill down his spine as he jumped into the air, quickly performing a front flip before chambering his leg for a kick as he reached the crescendo of the jump. He could feel his chi building up in his leg, ready to kick the smirk off of Doggo's strange face.

The only thing Kung Furry's foot struck was the cold cage mesh, sending a surge of pain up his body. The martial artist quickly became perplexed, how did he miss? No sooner did the thought cross his mind, he was swept off of his feet, crashing to the mat as the wind was knocked out of him. Looking down, Kung Furry noticed his opponent down by his feet, and quickly lashed out with a few kicks from his back, trying to create some sense of space.

The kicks were beyond useless, as Doggo quickly grabbed the red panda's ankles and held them tight to the point where the grip was causing Kung Furry pain. Kung Furry's thoughts ran wild as he tried to ignore the pain. "Kare wa hayai! Haya sugiru! How he become so fast?!"

Kung Furry tried to wiggle and shrimp away, but the death grip on his ankles prevented anything from happening. With nowhere to go, Kung Furry snarled at his opponent, before he noticed the crazed glare once more. The red panda quirked a brow as he tried to pull his legs back, but Doggo would not let go.

"Hey," the red panda shouted, trying to catch Doggo's attention. "What you doing?! Give me back legs, now! Or I make fight worse for you!"

A low chuckle escaped the throat of the shiba inu, his lips still contorted in an unnerving grin. "You know, a lot of people underestimate me just because I look weak. But you've just run into a syntax error!" Kung Furry had no time to react as Doggo tucked the martial artist's feet under his arms. Doggo began to lean backwards and spin in a circle, causing Kung Furry to rise off the mats. Like he was caught in a twister, the shiba began to spin the red panda around, using the centripetal force to keep himself grounded to the center of the octagon.

Kung Furry could only hold his head and close his eyes as the spins were threatening to induce sickness. Round and round he went while the crowd cheered for the display of showmanship from the action hacker. The commentators took notice too, Dean's eyes going wide as he leaned forward in his chair. "I-I can't believe it! Doggo Sanchez is using The Big Flex! That's a pro-wrestling move, I didn't know it could be so useful in an MMA fight! Kung Furry looks like he's about to puke if he keeps on spinning!"

Despite not being able to heat the commentators, Kung Furry was about to confirm Dean's observation. He had to get off this swing from hell. Taking a deep breath, Kung Furry centralized his chi, shutting out everything save for him and his opponent. The arena fell silent, the lights went dim, all that existed were the two in the ring. Exhaling, Kung Furry brought his hands up to his face, ready to lash out. He could feel the yellow energy beginning to swirl in forearms as he took another deep breath, ignoring the bile rising in his stomach.

Exhaling once more, Kung Furry opened his eyes, blocking out the spinning world and aiming right for the bridge of Doggo's muzzle. With a final inhale, the yellow energy cascaded down to his fists, before he began to unleash an ear-splitting martial arts cry

"Īguru no hōkō kankaku o ushinau panchi!"

Like a heat-seeking missile, Kung Furry's crackling fists shot out, striking Doggo right between the eyes. Kung Furry felt a crack under his knuckles as he was flung towards the cage wall, letting out a guttural moan of pain as he tried to calm his rampaging stomach down. Doggo was sent towards the opposite cage wall, colliding in the same manner as the chain rattled and the crowd cheered. Both fighters lay motionless for a time, but before Diggie was able to call the fight, the action hacker and black belt stumbled to their feet, much to the joy of the crowd.

Doggo had only taken a single step before a crack filled his ears. Looking through his sunglasses, the display and fight telemetry had vanished. Then the sunglasses themselves vanished, falling to the mats in two pieces. The lights threatened to blind Doggo as the crowd gasped, one of the fighters now de-sunglassed. Using the momentum of the crowd, Kung Furry cried out before striking a complex pose, standing tall on the ball of his leading foot while spreading his arms in front of him and behind him to increase his wingspan. "You underestimate me, Doggo-san! Yield!"

The shiba seemed to consider Kung Furry's offer for a second, before shaking his head. Reaching into his shorts, the hacker produced a second pair of sunglasses from behind his back. The crowd erupted in cheers, especially when he put the pair of sick shades over his eyed and crossed his arms. "Yield? I'm just getting started, and no good action hacker leaves their code unfinished!" In a look of pure horror, Kung Furry dropped his stance and mouthed his disbelief, unable to get a single word out.

Even in the commentary booth, both Scotty and Dean were broadcasting their excitement, especially as Dean began to stand up in a fit of joy. "Scotty, look! Another pair! He pulled out another pair of sunglasses! Where's he getting those?!"

"No clue, Dean! But wherever he got them from, it doesn't seem like Doggo Sanchez is out of the fight just yet!"

With the fire rekindled, Doggo smirked as his new pair of sunglasses booted up, the shock on Kung Furry's face giving the shiba enough time to let all the programs come back online. Once all readouts were green, Kung Furry finally shook himself free of his own trance. "Enough! I defeat you now, sunglass or no sunglass!"

Kung Furry launched into a string of quick jabs and kicks, but each one was blocked by the action hacker flawlessly. It had gotten to the point where each attack was being parried by only Doggo's arm, as the red panda tried in vain to get just one punch or kick past his seemingly robotic appendage. Kung Furry tried to slip a side kick past the defense only to have his leg shoved away with such force that it spun him around in a full circle. As soon as he was facing his opponent again, he was caught by a sudden uppercut, causing him to stumble backward and fall flat on the mats.

The red panda already had a game plan as soon as his torso hit the canvas. Swinging his leg in a counter-clockwise motion, he tried to catch Doggo off guard with a low sweep, but the canine hopped over the leg and began to rush the downed martial artist. Going for one last play, Kung Furry shot his leg out and aimed toward Doggo's kneecap. The feeling of flesh and fur beneath Kung Furry's sole was an indicator of his success, as well as the yelp of pain coming from Doggo as he too crashed to the mat.

It was now a scramble for a dominant position as the two got into a grappling match on the ground. The hand fighting lasted for a while as each competitor tried to slip past and secure a grip on the other. Kung Furry was having a hard time finding the grips he needed due to a lack of clothes, while his gi provided many easy grip points for the action hacker. It was on his belt that Doggo finally got his grip, ripping the martial artist's waist to the ground before passing on his back.

Kung Furry was in defense mode as soon as Doggo reached his back, but the shiba was not looking for a choke to secure. Rather, he secured his arms around Kung Furry's waist and got to his feet in a squatted position. All air was sucked out of the arena and into the mouths of the gasping spectators as the action hacker began to lift the martial artist off the ground. Kung Furry tried to grab his opponent's ankles to prevent the move, only for his fingertips to graze the canine's shins. Going dead-weight did not help either, as Doggo was pulling this feat of strength out from seemingly nowhere. With a guttural roar, Kung Furry was lifted into the air as camera flash bombarded the two.

The gut-wrench suplex had slammed Kung Furry down hard on the mat, but Doggo wasn't done yet. Twisting his body, the duo were in the same position they were in a few seconds ago, and Kung Furry felt the grip around his waist increase once more. Another gut-wrench had the crowd on their feet and roaring in excitement. The ride still was not over, as Doggo still has his grips. With one final heave, the third suplex was threatening to leave red panda-shaped marks on the canvas as Doggo finally let go.

The pain was shooting through Kung Furry's back, allowing him to deafen the crowd and focus on his injuries. He had to act quickly, especially as he could see the excitement on the commentators' faces while they called the triple suplex to those watching around the system. Moving on pure instinct, Kung Furry sat up, ignoring the pain as he grabbed the quickly approaching action hacker's wrists and pulled him down. The canine's fall was stopped by Kung Furry's feet being placed on his chest before he was suddenly in the air. Using all available force, Kung Furry launched Doggo into the cage mesh, letting it rattle as the crowd roared.

The red panda got to his feet as he watched Doggo in a prone position slowly get up. He was not going to give up, Kung Furry had to end this fight. Knowing what he had to do, the red panda centered himself as he stood at attention. Bringing his arms down in front of his waist, he began to perform a series of motions with his arms. Taking calculated steps and bringing his arms in sweeping motions, he could feel his chi building up, almost ready to be unleashed.

Doggo shook the pain from his back as he stood up, ready for the red panda's assault. But instead, he watched as Kung Furry began performing some kind of kata in the center of the ring. Closely watching the readings from his sunglasses, Doggo was shocked to find the readings come back blank. Tapping his sunglasses, the errors were right. Whatever Kung Furry was doing, there was no record of it. The canine thought that rushing him would be an obvious trap, so he elected to hang back.

A flash of nervousness began to cross Doggo as he saw a spark of green energy flare up behind his opponent. Kung Furry was speaking to himself in Eladaridian as more and more green energy began to spark up. Doggo had no clue if he was hallucinating or not, but he swore he could see a green serpent rising up behind Kung Furry, crackling with the same energy that surrounded his opponent.

The canine was so focused on the snake that when it was coiled up and ready to strike, a pair of fingers came down and struck him right on the bridge of the muzzle once more. In dramatic fashion, with the cheers of the audience, Doggo was sent flying backward once more, leaving the red panda's hand vibrating at the power he put out.

The chains of the cage rattled as Doggo staggered off them before he tried to take a step forward. Kung Furry watched his opponent with the focus of a sniper as Doggo planted one foot on the mat before he fell to one knee. The audience was on their toes as Doggo tried to will himself to stand back up, but everything was going hazy. The world was turning, he was seeing double, and his legs felt like jelly. After agonizing seconds, the action hacker judged that it was not worth it to stay in the fight any longer.

With a defeated sigh, Doggo collapsed to the mat and passed out, all of the fight leaving his body. Once Doggo fell, the arena erupted in cheers as Kung Furry's music began to play. Over heavy panting from his blood-stained jaw, Kung Furry dropped his pose and issued a deep bow towards his fallen opponent. As soon as proper respect was shown, Kung Furry began wildly celebrating, throwing out a practice celebratory kata before Diggie raised his hand and he was officially announced the winner.

"Well, that was quite a spectacle wasn't it, Dean?"

"You said it, Scotty! Both these fighters gave it their all, and showed us all the difference between self-taught and proper martial arts! Reminds me of when I took on Shad Lavarius a couple of years back in one of my debut fights here, and let me tell you, those untrained fighters are dangerous. While they lack proper training, that's their biggest strength, since you really can't predict what's gonna come next! It seems that Kung Furry hit a few of those roadblocks against Doggo Sanchez, but he powered through!"

A/N: Okay, wow, it's been a while haha. Sorry about that, I'll admit, I got pretty lazy on this, that's my bad. But I promise that these will come out a lot quicker now, so no more multi-month long waits, especially now that it's summer :) Thanks for sticking with me, I appreciate it!