Let the Preliminary Rounds continue!


Kumo vs. Xing

"Time for a battle of paralysis masters," Xing said, twirling his hammer.

Kumo smirked, getting his fangs ready.

"Ready? FIGHT!" Kai announced.

The spider rushed forward to bite the wolf, only to receive a hammer to the face. Kumo wiped some blood from his mouth, then jumped up to spray webbing on the ground.

"You know, it doesn't matter how I move," Xing said. "What matters is that I start the spark of my victory."

(Cue "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC)

Xing held up his hammer, the head sparking with electricity as the wolf started spinning it around. "Time for my Stormbreaker technique!" he shouted, slamming it down onto the ground and sending lighting through the webs, forcing Kumo to jump up to avoid the attack.

"Where's the music coming from?" the spider asked.

"It's the power of battle," Karasu shouted. "His passion is so high that he's manifested his own theme."

"You watch way too much anime," Saras said.

Kumo decided that if Xing was going to go all out, then he would do so as well. "Black Widow!" he shouted, his fangs glowing with poison as he charged forward with a web shot. Xing blocked with his hammer again, then punched with an electric fist. Kumo took the hit, then bit down on Xing, the wolf yelping as his shoulder started to bleed from the wound.

"What's going on…" Xing said, falling over as the poison coursed through his body quickly.

"Xing!" Shen shouted, jumping down to help his friend.

"Hikari check on the boy," Oogway said. "I don't want a death on our campus."

Kumo backed up, sensing the looks of horror from around the campus. "I… I didn't mean to…" he tried to say, before running off.

Tigress vs. Wing Wu

"Xing will be okay," Kai announced. "He's just in a coma while the poison is being removed from his body. For now, let's continue the tournament."

Karasu stood up. "I'm going to go check on Xing. We used to know each other when we were younger, so I need to be sure that he's safe. Tell me how the tournament goes."

Meanwhile, Tigress was ready to throw down with Wing, wanting to put this Wu Sister in her place.

"I will restore the prowess of my sisters," Wing said.

"Ready? FIGHT!" Kai announced.

Wing and Tigress met in the middle of the arena, meeting punch to punch, blow for blow. Wing tried to pull out her fire-and-ice wheel, but Tigress kicked the weapon away, making the leopard very angry. Wing managed to smack Tigress across the face, the force from the hit sending the warrior flying.

"No time to mess around," Wing said.

"What does she think she's doing?" Su questioned.

"WU VORTEX!" Wing shouted, going into a spinning attack and a rush of claws.

Tigress blocked the attack, which wasn't as powerful with only one Wu Sister. Grabbing Wing's arm, Tigress slammed her opponent down, delivering another punch to her face, knocking Wing out.

"Wing is unable to battle, making Tigress the winner!" Kai announced.

Su growled, the stadium railing bending under her grip. "After this is over, we make our claim on this school. No one will make a fool out of the Wu Sisters again."

Zucchi vs. Huli

"I'm ready for my next fight," Zucchi called, taking a fighting pose.

"Then you better be ready to lose," Huli replied.

"Ready? FIGHT!" Kai announced.

Zucchi went in to attack with his staff, but Huli dodged it, inverting her gravity to float over the monkey. Delivering a few kicks to Zucchi's back, the fox increasing his gravity so he could barely move.

"You know, I think you're holding back," Huli said, increasing his gravity to he was stuck face down. She leaned into his ear. "Why don't you show me what your hiding?"

Zucchi, not seeing a way out of this, activated his inner power, his body glowing as he forced his way through the increased gravity to stand up. With a shout of power, his fur turned golden and his eyes a piercing green, his strength increasing and breaking out of the increased gravity.

"Wow, this really is DBZ," Neyo said, taking notes in his Hero Journal.

Zucchi, in his Super Form, rushed forward with increased speed, surprising Huli when he delivered a bunch of rapid hits. The fox struggled, but broke out of the combo and started to avoid the golden monkey. Zucchi kept on rushing forward, with Huli using her Gravity powers to stay above where he could attack her.

'He has to have a limit,' she thought. 'I just have to outlast him until he powers down.'

The game of cat and mouse went on for some time, almost to the point where Kai was going to call time on the match. At the five-minute mark, though, Zucchi started to slow down, his fur returning to normal as the Super form faded. Huli, seeing her chance, decided to use a new move on her opponent.

"Gravity Break!" she shouted, levitating herself up to come crashing down with the full force of triple the normal gravity. Zucchi took the attack head on, his body being smashed into a crater and knocked out.

"I guess… it wasn't enough," the monkey said as he fell unconscious.

"You should really learn to pace yourself, monkey boy," Huli chided. "That form of yours can only last so long, so increasing your stamina would be the wisest decision."

Byakko vs. Hyung

"You are an untamed beast," Byakko said to her opponent. She pulled out her whip. "How about I teach you some manners?"

"Sorry, not into that stuff," Hyung retorted, eyeing her whip wearily.

"Ready? FIGHT!" Kai announced.

Byakko threw her whip forward, but Hyung dodged and grabbed it, pulling the Pallas Cat towards him and delivering a hit to her gut. Byakko flinched, but charged up her Chi and jumped away, pulling her weapon back and landing a safe distance away.

"Come on, let me see that monster inside so I can pass judgement," the cat said.

"Bad idea," the maned wolf replied, calming himself down from the adrenaline of battle.

Byakko didn't care, however, and continued to attack, increasing Hyung's adrenaline levels until he couldn't hold his spirit beast in any longer. The Pallas Cat grinned, then activated her own energy, her fur turning silver with white streaks running through it. "Virtuous Beast!" she shouted.

The two warriors went at each other, the feral Hyung versus the judge Byakko. The two were battling tooth and claw, with Hyung trying to get his inner beast under control again. Byakko, however, was having the time of her life, being able to battle another warrior with such power.

"Come on! Show me that raw power! Let my judgement be of your full potential!" Byakko shouted, rushing forward to do her Imperial Judgement attack.

Hyung howled, the beast taking full control of him to do his final attack, Spirit Eater. The beast lunged at Byakko, both of them meeting and crossing each other, their attacking hitting true. They both stood opposite of each other...

Byakko groaned, clutching her chest as she felt empty inside. Within Hyung's jaws was a ball of energy: Byakko's spirit. The Pallas Cat fell to her knees, her eyes fading in color from her missing spirit. The beast tried to chomp down on the spirit, but Hyung stopped it, regaining control and pulling the spirit out of his mouth.

"No more," the maned wolf said. He took the spirit and put it back inside Byakko, the cat returning to normal but still exhausted from her form change. "I would like for us to leave on good terms, so take this advice: don't goad me on again."

As the maned wolf left, Byakko looked at him. 'His spirit is out of control. He needs training to get it under his reign,' she thought to herself. 'As the judge of this generation's warriors, it should be up to help him out. Beasts should stick together.'


Author's Note

What did you think of these fights? I'm sorry if the fights seem shout, it's just that I want to save the long fights for the semi-finals and final match. See you guys next time for the next part of the preliminaries!