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Tonight was interesting.

Chris and his minions have been making themselves scarce lately. Maybe he's not crazy enough to want to take on the military after all so he's been letting the heat die down. Maybe he's running low on minions and working on recruiting for another big assault on the city. Or maybe he just got bored. Who the fuck knows.

Point is, The Cunts have been all but absent from the streets of New York for at least the last month so we've gone back to our usual patrol groups so we can cover more ground. Which means it's just been me and Dave again.

Which has been cool. Even if we've just been chasing down noise complaints, chasing off stalkers, and other boring shit. It rare for us to find someone we actually get to kick the crap out of. Maybe once or twice a week we come across a mugger, or some drunk and angry motherfuckers who're looking for a fight. And I have to admit, running into some guy who hates us superhero types and is just drunk enough to be stupid are my favorite fights. It's like bullfighting only not as dangerous and way funnier. But for the most part it's just me and Dave patrolling the city, and getting to actually be ourselves and talk.

Wow. When I actually write that it sounds totally lame.

Anyway, tonight was NOT lame.

We ran into that new gang that's been posting their fight videos online. The Blood Knights.

Turns out their basically sportsmen. They literally just go out looking for fights. They don't care if you're a good guy or a bad guy. Well, they do, it's just that if you're one of the good guys, they just challenge you to a one-on-one fight, but if you're a criminal they all jump your ass, no matter the numbers.

Which is what happened tonight.

We ran into them and they immedietly blocked our path, and one of them stepped forward, and said, "Hey, Kick-Ass, Hit Girl. How's it going? Up for a fight? One-on-one. Me and Kick-Ass. If he wins, one of my boys steps up. If I win, I go against Hit Girl."

And I'll admit I was interested in the idea. On the one hand I'm always looking for an opportunity to kick someones ass, but they didn't exactly say what the ruled were, or if there even were any besides "one-on-one" and in every fight there's always a risk and I wasn't sure I wanted to take that risk just for shits and giggles.

They didn't really give us a choice though. With six of them they were able to surround us and not let us pass. So, after one failed attempted, Dave just looked at me sighed, then turned to the leader and said, "Fine, you want a fight, you got a fight."

Dave and I exchnaged a quick glance where I asked him if he was sure about this and he said he was so I went off to the side with the other Blood Knights. Which, in retrospect, was a mistake. And one I will not be making again.

So, Dave and this guy squared off, and that's when we both learned something that should have been obvious. Anyone who fights for the sake of fighting is going to be good at it.

But Dave has gotten pretty fucking good over the last year so I wasn't worried. At first.

After a few seconds I realized Dave was almost entirely on the defensive. Which I thought was weird, because I didn't think this guy was that much better than Dave, so I figured Dave was just feeling the guy. Maybe trying to wear him out.

But then Dave started losing. He kept taking hits and wasn't landing any of his own. And I started to get seriously worried that Dave was going to get his ass beaten by this guy.

Which is probably why I didn't notice the other Blood Knights had flanked me.

So then Dave takes a hit to the face and stumbles back and the other guy winds up for spinning back kick and I start to rush in to stop it, and the four other guys grab me, They weren't fucking around about it either. They were waiting for me to make a move and when I did I got grabbed by both arms and both legs.

So I had to watch as dave took a kick to the gut that lifted him off the ground and knocked him back about two feet where he fell onto his hands and knees, coughing and gasping for air.

And so now the head Blood Knight or whatever starts pacing back and forth saying things like, "Oh come ON! Really? You're supposed to be one of the best in the city man, and THIS is all you have to offer? That's fucking pathetic man! You got anything to say for yourself before I knock you the fuck out, Ass-Kicked?"

Ya know, I just figured out why my Dad completely failed at making that joke. He just called him "Ass-Kick". Trying to explain it didn't make it any better. I must have gotten my sense of humor from my mom.

Anyway, Dave had pulled himself up onto one knee and was still trying catch his breath when he held up a finger and gasped out, "Just...one...thing." But it was so quiet I could barely hear him. And what he said next I couldn't make out at all, I just saw his lips move.

So the guy said, "What?" and came closer, so Dave repeated himself.

I guess he still couldn't hear him cause he came closer and leaned over and said, "Speak up fucker, I don't got all night and I've your bitches ass to beat too."

And that's when it all fell away.

His whole body coiled, he brought his fist up and connected directly under the guy's jaw as he came to his feet, lifting the guy right off of his and shouted "SHORYUKEN!"

And it really fucking was too. He didn't just stand up, he came up off the ground, with his fist still shoved right into the guys jaw, and then he twisted his arm and that knocked the guy back and he fell back and landed on his head. And Dave managed to pull it into a 180 and land on his feet looking like he hadn't taken a single hit.

Aside from the split lip and what was probably going to be a wicked black eye.

And he looked over at me, and I suddenly realized I'd spaced out at seeing Dave doing something that was actually AWESOME and that the other Blood Knights had loosened their grip on me, so I pulled free and flattened them in five seconds flat.

So while they were trying to pick themselves up I went over and took the camera off the one who was filming it as a souvenir. He didn't really argue with me about it.

I gotta admit I was really proud of Dave. He's come so far since he first put that suit on it's almost unbelievable. I couldn't stop myself from grinning about it and finally just punched him in the shoulder and said, "You were playing him the whole time weren't you."

I think Dave blushed, it was hard to tell with the bruises, and said, "Kinda, yeah. I mean, he was good but he doesn't hold a candle to you," I almost hate how stupidly fucking happy I get when he compliments me, "And I've been...practicing that for awhile now. I was never willing to risk trying it in a real fight though, and I sure wasn't going to try it out when sparing with you."

And I said, "Why not?"

And he said, "Well, aside from the fact that if I hit you with it and it worked it would have really hurt you, it's embarrassing." and then he DID blush.

And I was like, "What are you talking about! That was the most awesome thing I ever seen you do! I can't wait to get home and watch this!"

"Yeah, well, what if I'd fucked it up? I would have looked like a fucking moron. I almost didn't go through with it until he insulted you."

And again he had me grinning like an idiot and I put an arm around him and said, "Ya know, that's one of things I like about you. You're not afraid of making yourself look like an idiot."

Dave scoffed and said, "Yeah, thanks for that."

And when I did get home, the first thing I did was check out the video. And once I saw that me getting restrained wasn't on film, I posted that shit onYouTube.

It's already got like, 5,000 views.

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