Warning: some parts of this chapter may have a little swearing. Sorry! But this is the start of the competition!
Chapter 6: The Battle Starts!
Hours after the opening ceremony, every single contestant gathered themselves up for their first battle and spar and Musaki was definitely stoked up to get himself set and ready for it. He lets out a deep breath and tried to keep himself calm as much as he can and then, Mako comes behind him and he wanted to give his nephew some much needed advice.
"Just remember...always stay focused on your skills, keep your eyes focused on your enemy at all times, relax your muscles but also use them for strengths and imagine you're battling one of the members of the Furious Five." Mako said.
The latter part was definitely kicking in as he imagined him taking down Tigress in his mind and that gave him the motivation he needs to succeed in the first round. He puts on his Japanese bandana and turns to his uncle and said, "Wish me luck."
Mako patted his head and then, he puts his paw on Musaki's shoulder and said, "I'm proud of you, nephew. Now give them a dosage of Bushido-Akio kickass."
Musaki nodded at that statement and he said, "Only if they don't kick mine first."
As the gong sounds, Musaki walks his way through the colisseum and as soon as he stepped foot out of there, the crowd cheered loudly for him and for Musaki, it felt like he was doing this for his dad, but also for himself as well. He then walks through one area of the stage and just then, he brought his A-game face on and was looking forward to see who's gonna be first.
"Okay, everyone...Here we have Xing-Fu Musaki Ko-Kanji Bushido-Akio Meng Cheng Xi-Wang in this corner..." the announcer added.
That made the crowd go nuts when they saw him standing there and even his cousins; Kato, Max, Cody, Samurai, Phoenix, Tsunami and several others were cheering for him and was waiting to see who's his opponent.
"And on the other corner...we have Mojag."
Just then, Mojag struts his way there, making flashy poses as he goes, making almost the entire crowd boo and jeer at his arrogance and sleazy appearance and when he winked at the girls, most of them were not even paying attention to him in the crowd and Musaki couldn't help but agree with them as he shook his head in disgust at that, but decided to keep this out of the way and focus on his skills.
As Mojag faces Musaki, the young boar snorts at him and said, "Nice bandana. Where'd you get it, the ancient store of lameness?"
Musaki never paid the insults any attention and just shook them off like it was nothing and then he said, "I'd insult you back, but it's not my place to do so here...although the girls ignoring your introduction doesn't help your case."
Mojag lets out an angry snort at him for that remark and he said, "Funny. We'll see who will have the last laugh when I'm through with you because I'm hot, I'm awesome and I've got swag! And I'm hot! Ladies love the hotness!"
"Dude...not why we're here." Musaki said, getting a little annoyed.
Mojag really wasn't gonna waste his time talking anyway, so he was ready to take him down superhard as ever and when the announcer told them to start, Mojag immediately charged him with his tusks, but Musaki dodged them with his swirling-lynx kicks, which amazed the entire crowd and shocked Mojag and Musaki immediately kicked him in the face and backflipped him down pat.
The crowd went absoultely nuts for Musaki's moves and as Mojag got himself up, he stared at Musaki and said, "I don't believe it!"
"Yeah, well believe it, punk!" Mako suddenly shouted from the audience.
Mojag wasted no time to beat him again, so he grabbed Musaki's fist and flipped him down, threw him and kicked him in mid-air, but what he didn't know is that Musaki's got something up his sleeve and he held onto the railings near the stairs of the audience, did a handstand and then backflipped his way down back to the stadium and bodyslammed Mojag down.
Mojag punched him in the stomach, but that didn't stop Musaki from still fighting him as he used his kung-fu poses to do a footkick and he leaped to his feet and did a corkscrew move that resulted in kicking him in the stomach, but Mojag had other ideas. He leaped up to his feet and he charged at him, pummeling him down to the ground, kicking and punching him, but just as he was about to use a big move on him, Musaki suddenly vanished out of thin air.
He gets up and he's not around the stadium, leaving audiences wondering where he could've been. As Mojag searches for him, he's completely unaware that Musaki was right behind him and after he tapped him on the shoulder, Mojag turns around and he was shocked to see Musaki there and without warning, Mojag wanted to punch him out, but Musaki had other plans. He grabbed his fist and threw him in the air, then he jumps up and slams him down to the ground.
The entire crowd just went crazy for Musaki as he took down Mojag very quickly and as the boar got himself up, he grunts heavily and then the announcer said, "Mojag is unable to battle, Musaki takes the first round!"
The entire crowd cheered for Musaki and he bowed to them all and felt very humbled to be a part of something amazing as this. Mojag growls at Musaki lowly and he couldn't believe that he was being taken down by him. But he had to admit, those were some crazy moves.
Next up, Musaki takes down the Kao-Shung twins; both 15, red foxes and male as they planned to take Musaki down with their amazing moves, but Musaki used his kung-fu attacks to overpower his opponents and both of the twins did not want to come out defeated, so they used their Kao-Shung signature move called Kao Twist, where they twisted around and took down Musaki in a headlock. As Musaki laid down on the ground, both twins were shocked that he blocked it with his back leg and just swing it back to them, with causes them to be defeated.
Later on, Mojag took down Kang-Dae with his hardcore moves, but the jackal was not ready to be silenced. He grabbed Mojag's leg and swung it around as hard as he could and kicked him in mid-air. Suddenly, Mojag brought a ginormous edge to his stamina by kicking Kang-Dae multiple times in one sitting, but both of them were strong and bold enough to bring it all down and kicked, punched and knocked themselves out and Mojag finished him off by throwing him to the ground.
Just then, Taji came out and fought with Mai Su, a female leopard, 13 years of age, planning on using a hard maneuver to take her down when he leaped in front of her and swung her down by grabbing her leg and kicking her in the air, but Mai Su landed on her feet and grabbed Taji's tail, which made him howl and she kicked him in the face, but Taji bounced back as he leaped towards the wall and just took her down in no second flat.
He looked at her and said, "I would've finished you easily if you weren't so good-looking."
She pushed him down to the ground and pinned him and then she said, "You're so lucky that you're innocent looking."
He pinned her back and completely brought her down without words and completely kicked her and used a backflip trick and knocked her out. He then said, very sarcastically, "Whoops...I did it again."
And also, Liu Shang comes in battling with Jaa Mick, 17 years of age, a Bengal tiger and Jaa wasted no time taking him down a notch with moves that are much more fierce and definitely unstoppable as he charged at the young lion. After getting several blows from Jaa, Liu came back swinging when he punched him straight in the face and with that, the battle between two cats were on. Liu and Jaa faced each other and as they looked at themselves straight in the eyes, they leaped up in the air and scratched themselves down, and kicked each other. Jaa fiercely leaped up to finish him off, but Liu grabbed him by the paw and threw him across the air and he jumps up in the air and used his back legs to shove him smackdown o the ground.
Jaa growls at him and Liu lets out a big roar as they both came charging at each other and Liu flipped him, swung him down and dodges every single one of Jaa's shots. And then, Jaa goes underneath him and plans to kick him on the stomach, but Liu poked his head with his tail and while Jaa was distracted, Liu sets his body down to his and then he gets up and swings at him directly. Jaa wasn't gonna give up easily so he kept running to him, planning to use his claws to scratch him, but Liu made a backflip and he kicked him down to the ground, pinning him down for the count.
Everyone was shocked and surprised that this lion was a skilled fighter in his own right and it shocked Musaki the most as he never expected him to be this experienced. It was like seeing a battle with Tigress, only if she was a lion dude with a half mane and more masculine. He chuckled softly and said, "Epic..."
"And with that...Liu Shang concludes this first tournament of the day as the biggest ranking fighter!" the announcer exclaimed.
Everyone cheered and applauded for Liu Shang and as he looks around and sees all of the people rooting for him, it was something he never expected before. And that obviously meant a lot to him much more and he lets out a smile and thought that they were cheering for someone else, but instead it was him.
After the first day, Musaki was a little bit exhausted from that first battle and as he set out to his grandparent's place, Taji walks up to him and he said, "Musaki, you were awesome! You took Mojag down like a sack of rice."
Taji reenacted some of Musaki's moves and all Musaki could do is just smile and chuckle a little and he said, "Aw, thanks. So did you."
"Yeah, that leopard's awesome, but I didn't think I had a chance at taking her down." Taji said, smiling.
"But you did anyway. You told me that you were shy about showing people your skills, but it seems as though you broke out of it on your own." Musaki added.
Taji widened his eyes as he took in some words that Musaki put in and that's when he realized that his shyness vanished quickly while taking down the leopard and he said, "Yeah, I did. I guess I am as good as I thought I was."
"Dude, you are."
Taji chuckled softly and said, "But not as good as Liu Shang. I've never seen a lion do kung-fu like this before."
"Neither have I. I was blown away by his moves and even more, how he managed to do them so well." Musaki added.
Just then, Liu Shang caught up with Musaki and Taji as they headed towards another part of the Valley and he asked Musaki, "So...how was I?"
Musaki chuckled slightly and said, "Dude, you were epic! Like if you could take down Tigress with that move, you'd be the new leader of the Furious Five...if there was a challenge for that."
Liu Shang was a little bit modest about his skills and said, "Who, me? Nah, come on."
Taji happily disagrees with what Liu just said and told him, "Yeah, man. You kicked that tiger's butt hard. I never thought lions would bounce back and kick serious tiger boot-ay!"
Liu Shang chuckled softly and then turns to Musaki and said, "If anything, I thought you were the best skilled fighter."
Musaki rolled his eyes and he said, "Well, either way, we're all skilled fighters today. I am definitely looking forward to tomorrow."
If there was ever a list of songs to describe the battle montage: it'd have to be 'Starships' from Nicki Minaj, 'Feel So Close' from Calvin Harris and 'We Are Young' from fun. You got other song suggestions for this battle scene? If so, list them as you review! Well, there's more where that came from!