After The Battle (The Chronicles of Yang VS Tifa)
Chapter 9: Round 7: Lots of Bruises
Yang and Tifa, after both taking beatings, wanted the other to pay. Yang wanted to get bruises on both sides of Tifa's face, and Tifa wanted Yang's body to be covered with black marks. Both women just wanted some faces caved in.
DING! The fighters got up and walked to meed at the center. Yang started out the round by sticking with the jab on Tifa's left side of her face. Tifa was working on Yang's midsection. The two fighters exchanged blows for a while. Again, Yang and Tifa wanted to get lots of bruises on the other. Soon enough, Yang was able to get a black eye on Tifa's left cheek, and Tifa was able to get many black marks on Yang's chest. Tifa started to back Yang into her corner, and Tifa started to pummel away at Yang's chest and face. Tifa started to make dents to Yang's face, giving her now two black eyes. Yang then felt her chest aching with pain as she did her best to block Tifa's body blows. But in doing so that left her wide open for hits to the face, and with that, Yang was getting clobbered left and right, and then Tifa would throw a punch that would knock Yang down. Tifa threw an uppercut that would knock Yang out for the first time in the round for the night. Yang coughed up blood as she fell down to the mat. The referee called Tifa to get back.
"Into the corner!" The referee shouted at Tifa. Tifa walked back, doing combos to her fans keeping up their encouragement. Tifa and her team were talking amongst themselves as they waited for the counting to start.
"Tifa, you're eyes! They're both black!" Aeris exclaimed to Tifa.
"It's fine, Aeris. I can handle it. Now, Yang. Stay down." Tifa ordered Yang to do from her corner. The referee started to count.
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!" Yang heard Ruby and Weiss calling for her to get up.
"YANG! DON'T GIVE UP ON US NOW! GET UP!" Ruby shouted from a distance.
"Yang! Don't stop now! You have to get up!" Weiss shouted.
"Four!" Yang started to get up.
"Alright, Tifa. That was a bit of a cheap move, knocking me out so early. You son of a bitch!" Yang said to herself as she got up.
"You OK?" The referee asked Yang.
"I'm never better." Yang replied to the referee.
"Fight!" The referee said. Tifa shot out of her corner, and then started to back Yang up to the ropes again, as she was cornered. Yang couldn't do anything as she was having to take everything Tifa threw at her. Hooks, uppercuts, body shots, everything since she was weak from the last knockdown.
"This isn't happening. I was close to this before, but not twice in one round!" Yang said worringly as she tried to get out of the flurry of punches that Tifa gave Yang. Yang soon started to stumble a bit to the side, and then Tifa gave Yang a sucker punch that had her fall to the mat within the next 20 seconds.
"Get in the corner! Now!" Tifa then backed up and waited for the count to start.
"One!"
"Two!"
Three!"
"Four!" Yang started to get up.
"Five!"
"Six!" Yang then got to her feet.
"You okay?" Yang then nodded. "You sure?" Yang then got slightly annoyed.
"Yes!" Yang shouted.
"Alright. Fight!" Yang and Tifa met at the center. Yang was very angry that Tifa knocked her out within a minute in the round...So Yang went all apeshit on Tifa and backed her up into a corner. Yang was giving all her might and having Tifa spit blood everywhere. Cloud was getting worried and then shouted for Tifa to get out.
"Tifa! Don't let her knock you down!" Cloud shouted from Tifa's corner.
"I'm trying!" Tifa shouted back to Cloud. Both Yang and Tifa threw a punch and Both women stopped each other's punches, and Yang then taunted Tifa.
"Aww, is your boyfriend worried about you since you can't handle yourself?" Yang taunted Tifa.
"Cloud isn't by boyfriend, you fucker." Tifa said back.
"You sure? Then why are you defending him...Girlfriend?" Yang taunted Tifa again.
"Oooohhhhh. You've done it now, Yang Xiao Long! Go to hell!" Yang noticed Tifa telegraph her uppercut, and dodged it. Tifa was caught off guard by this, and Yang then started to hit Tifa's cheeks, hooking her, until Tifa fell for the first time in the round.
"The corner! Now!" Yang backed up into the corner, and Ruby talked with her.
"Nice taunts, Yang. How did you dodge that uppercut?" Ruby asked Yang.
"I don't know. But it got me to knock her down." Yang answered Ruby. "Let's see if she gets up after that." Yang waited for the count.
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
"Four!" Tifa spit out blood to the mat and heard Aeris yelling to her.
"Tifa! Don't stop now! You can do this!" Aeris yelled.
"I'm not finished yet, Aeris." Tifa got up on the fifth count.
"Five! You OK?" The referee asked.
"Yeah. I'm good." Tifa said to the referee.
"Fight!" Tifa started to move towards Yang, but Yang turned Tifa to her corner, and started to pummel away again. Tifa was not believing that after her two knockdowns earlier in the round, she would be knocked down once and once again in a few more seconds. Yang then went for the knockdown once again, going for an uppercut, having it connect, and having Tifa fall down again. Yang celebrated by throwing her fists up in the air and then was told to go into her corner.
"Corner! Now!" The referee told Yang. Yang went back and then waited for the count.
"One!"
"Two!"
Three!"
"Four!"
"Five!" Tifa then got more angry then before and then got up.
"Six!" Tifa fell back and then tried to get back up again.
"Seven! You okay?" The referee asked the struggling Tifa.
"Yeah..." Tifa felt a little light headed. She was ready for the round to be over.
"You sure?" The referee asked.
"Yeah. I'm good." Tifa replied to the referee.
"Fight!" Tifa and Yang locked eyes and then charged at each other. Right as they were going to hit each other...
DING! The seventh round had finally ended. Tifa then sighed happily but Yang laughed at her as she did.
"Wait, you were WANTING for this round to end? HAHAHAHA! That is so pathetic!" Yang shouted.
The crowd then grew silent. They even heard some crickets chirping after that last remark. Ruby, Weiss, and Blake then looked at each other and quietly said:
"...It was at this point, that Yang Xiao Long knew... She Fucked up." Tifa then turned around.
"Heh. Well...No. What I wanted to end... IS YOU!" Tifa then uppercutted Yang and Yang stumbled back. Yang then went at Tifa and the two fighter's teams jumped into the ring and stopped them.
"YANG! STOP! COME ON! GUYS! HELP ME!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Tifa! Knock it off! Aeris! Can you give me a hand here?" Cloud shouted as he helped bring Tifa back to the corner. Once the two women got to their corners, They were still fighting to attack the other.
"Yang-Okay. Cut it out!" Ruby then bitch slapped Yang to make her stop. "ENOUGH!" Ruby shouted.
"(Pant) (Pant) Ow! What was that for?!" Yang shouted back at Ruby.
"Just... (Sigh) Focus on getting ready for the eighth round. Ruby had Weiss give Yang some water, and Blake attended to Yang's eyes.
"Tifa. You can't be wasting your energy on these little fights! Just prepare for the eighth round." Cloud instructed Tifa. Tifa and Yang didn't even talk in-between rounds as much as they usually do. The real fight begins soon...