Wings of FIRE - TRUTH OR DARE! 2

"...Okay, here's one from 'Prime Minister of the Pears' again," said Glory, reading out loud from another slip of paper. " 'Sorry for making you look all *over the place!' Well, we forgive you. 'I dare Sunny to become a master of Karate.' " Glory looked over at Sunny. "What's karate?" The SandWing/NightWing hybrid shrugged.

Glory looked over at Starflight and asked the same question, but he just said, "I don't know."

After a while of looking at scrolls, the duo finally found out what karate was. "We should work you up to the black belt. We don't know any karate masters so I'll let Tsunami train you, since she's good at fighting techniques."

Tsunami and Sunny soon found themselves in a training room wearing karate gis. "Alright then! We'll start with a lesson that should be easy for you. But before we do that we need to do a traditional bow." Tsunami and Sunny both bowed.

"Okay. Today I'll be showing you block and counter techniques. There are three ranges which I'll be showing you today. First the middle range; punching. Second are striking techniques and third are kicking techniques at a longer range. Let's start with the middle range."

Tsunami punched the air in front of her. "Now, punch the air not in front of you, but punch it as if you just accomplished something or got something you wanted successfully." Sunny punched the air as so and her arm and Tsunami's arm struck. "This is a good technique if you want to block your opponent and catch them in surprise, though no one gets struck. This is a good opportunity to punch your opponent in the belly." Sunny did so, but not so painfully enough Tsunami ended up with an injury.

"Karate moves are often accompanied by a battle cry, such as, 'Hi-ya!' or something like that. Let's try that again but with battle cries and faster."

They did it again but with battle cries added.

Tsunami punched the air in front of her once more. "Now, strike forward." Sunny did it and their arms both struck. Then Sunny punched Tsunami in the belly.

They tried it again faster and with battle cries.

"Now, here's the last punching technique in the middle range," said Tsunami. She kicked the air as if she was trying to kick Sunny. "Now, punch me in the belly like you did last time." Sunny did so.

They did it again faster and with battle cries.

"Alright. Now we're going to learn striking techniques. Punch the air in front of you like I did." Sunny did so. "Good. Now strike my arm." Sunny did so, but there was a catch. Tsunami grabbed Sunny's arm before it could strike her, then with the other arm Tsunami struck Sunny's neck with her elbow, but it didn't touch her neck as this was simply a training session.

"This is a useful technique if your opponent tries using middle range fighting techniques, and a good way to take them by surprise," explained Tsunami.

They did it again, faster and with battle cries.

"Okay. Now, try to punch me." Sunny did so but without warning, Tsunami quickly pretended to slice her neck off with only her talon. "This technique is basically as useful as the last one," explained Tsunami.

They did it faster and with battle cries.

"Now we enter the final long range, with kicking techniques," said Tsunami.

"Now, try to kick me." Sunny did it but Tsunami quickly struck Sunny with her elbow. "It's similar to the third middle range technique. Now let's try it again faster and with battle cries."

Afterwards, Tsunami said, "Strike your arm with mine, then kick me." Sunny did so and her foot was mere inches away from Tsunami's face.

They did it faster with battle cries.

"Here is a more simpler one, but alot more painful in an actual battle," said Tsunami.

She punched Sunny but Sunny kicked her face. They did it again faster but with battle cries.

Tsunami tried to kick Sunny, but the little dragon swiftly dodged. Then Sunny kicked Tsunami in the face. "This is a clever technique," said Tsunami. "If your opponent tries using kicking techniques, dodge, then counterattack. It's useful in battle if an opponent tries to overcome you."

They tried it again, faster and with battle cries...

They then bowed to each other.

"That's it for block techniques," said Tsunami. "I'll mark a success in your scroll."

Sunny smiled.

"Here is your white belt." Tsunami grabbed a long white ribbon and tied it around Sunny's waist. "Now, we learn advanced blocking techniques..."

Sunny and Tsunami were learning karate techniques for the rest of the day, and in no time at all Sunny gained her black belt and was now an official master in karate.

"Wow," said Tsunami, smiling. "I'm impressed. For being the last one to hatch, you learned karate faster than I did! Now, I'm going to give you an example battle. I will be your opponent, and, since it is not a training session, I won't show any mercy."

Sunny barely managed not to gulp.

Sunny reached her arm over to possibly slap Tsunami across the cheek to leave her stunned just long enough for her to inflict furthur damage onto the SeaWing. But Tsunami had other plans. She grabbed Sunny's wrist and pushed her to the ground. Tsunami had pushed her moderately hard enough. It didn't inflict much damage but her shoulders ached now. She got up weakly. Tsunami already looked prepared for any surprise attacks.

Sunny tried to do a lunge punch, but Tsunami swiftly dodged and gave Sunny a blow to the face with a kick. Sunny barely had enough time to think and got knocked backwards. She got up and she noticed she had a rug burn on her elbow. She looked over at Tsunami and groaned in pain. She weakly got up, then readied her fists.

With a battle cry, Tsunami spun around and did a leg kick, but Sunny managed to dodge and she punched Tsunami in the face. This left her stunned enough to give her a blow in the stomach, sending Tsunami backwards. Tsunami got up, then charged towards Sunny. But Sunny spun back and kicked her in the back.

Tsunami got up, not too heavily damaged. If the battle ended now Tsunami would still be considered the winner of this round. Sunny just needed a few more kicks and blows to be announced winner...

She kicked and punched then grabbed Tsunami's wrist and pushed her to the ground, adding more weight to the knee that was laying on top of her shoulders. Feeling weakened, Tsunami got up with a stumble and a groan. "...You won," she said, then she fell back. Sunny quickly caught her.

Sunny smiled. "Glory, what's the next dare?"

"Well, 'AshEmber The NightWing' says: 'Hmm what about sunny has to yell at Jade* Mountain that she hates the world?' A guest writes, 'Sunny must yell out to the heavens that she hates the world! Weird idea but good job taking an old story and making it new! Keep on going!' Well, we're glad you like the story." Glory smiled, rose drifting through her scales.

Sunny gulped. "Er, we don't have to do the dares... Do we?"

Glory rolled her eyes. "Of course we do! Now go to Jade Mountain and do as the dare says."

Sunny sighed. "Fine." She flew off to Jade Mountain and went to the very top. The winds were blowing fierce and the sky was overcast. "Um... Ahem. I HATE THE WORLD!" she yelled as loud as she could. She yelled so loud it echoed." Sunny took a deep breath, then flew back.

"Did you do it?" asked Glory once Sunny returned back to the cave. "Yes," said Sunny, her voice deflated.

"Well, that's the same score as last time; three dares, zero truths. Sunny, you read out the dares next time. In the meantime, we'll be waiting for more dares...