Chapter 20: Rage VS Rupert: Street Dance Fight

"It seems that you will be finished, spiky man." Rupert said became confident. "I assure that my vengeance of defeating me previously is to take it back from you."

"Yeah... I think a man like you needs for the beating. Let's do this, bald guy..." Rage said as both he and Rupert begin to fight.

Both are exchanging their blows and they are equally matched as Rupert attempts to grapple him but avoided as Rage knocks him with a punch and goes for a powerful kick almost knocking him down. Rupert angrily charged him with several punches as Rage ultimately avoids as he spinning kicks him twice and knocks him with another punch to the groin sending him in a near distance.

"Okay, bald guy... I'm sure your boss is here just to make sure to kill the Disco King, haven't you? You're just wasting your time to delay us for stopping him." Rage said angrily towards Rupert.

"It is my duty for my boss' sake. I won't be beaten by someone like you!" Rupert gritted as he attacks Rage as he block most of his punching attacks as he goes for a straight punch at him as Rage blocks with both of his hands almost knocking him down. Rage begins to hurt his left arm after blocking most of his punches.

"Ugh... my arm..."

"Hahaha... that injured arm of yours that I inflicted on you seems to have your disadvantage. You can't stand a chance against me." Rupert gloats as Rage gritted knowing that it will be end for him as he thought.

Darn, my left arm got cramps at the moment... I'm not given up... As a Street Dancer or a Fighter, I can still fight...

"What are you gonna do? Still play that stupid dance song?"

"Not just about what I did the last time, bald guy...? This is much different than that." Rage smirked as he removes the right half of his gi and he presses the Mp3 player hidden at the left side of his purple belt as the earplugs equipped on his ears are wireless earphones and the song "MAX 300" has been played as he dances with his own dance moves which Rupert knows it's the same distraction as he did previously. He begins to charge but it was still avoided due to his street dance exhibition feats as lands a kick to his face.

"What's going on? Why his dance moves are different than the other one?" Rupert said as he angrily charged him again as he dodges while do as Rage countering him with a heavy knee to the groin and lands a powerful kick to his face as he spins around while dash and charge with a powerful punch to his face knocking Rupert down in a little distance. Rupert is finally knocked down cold and Rage watches while clutching his left arm. "Darn it, what kind a man are you? Is that...a trick...?"

"Dancing is not a trick, bald man...? It is also use for a great distraction to the enemy, You got that!" Rage angrily answers as Rupert finally knocked unconscious.

Meanwhile, Spike tries to distract most of the black ops as Izam and Retsu deals most of them as one of the staff members are controlling the stage lights as Retsu finally arrived in time.

"Oh, Kageyama... why are you here?"

"Is it okay if I control these stage lights, I'll take it from here...?" Retsu said as the staff member leave the scene as he tries to handle the stage lights as he hacks the electrical systems from his mini-computer. "Time for me to control these lights. This play hasn't been started yet."

"Hey, Retsu are you sure you're gonna stay here?" Spike asked as Retsu answers.

"Of course I'm gonna stay... you help Izam beat the black ops on the back side of the auditorium."

"All right, Retsu... I'll go help him." Spike said as he goes to help Izam to distract the enemy.

Meanwhile, Schubert disguised as one of the Japanese audience along with his men who watches the traditional Japanese theater play as Liana arrives to start the show which Retsu handles the stage lights.

"Is everyone ready to watch the show?!" Liana said while speaking with a microphone as most of the audience are having a round of applause. "Very well then... now let this play begin...!"

As it open the curtains we can see Alice portrays as the beautiful daughter of the shogun wearing a red traditional kimono as everyone seems to like her very much as she acts like a princess as they act on the first act of the play.

"Oh dear me...? Why does my father want to kill the warrior with an iron fist who attempts to take me?"

"Well if isn't the shogun's daughter as I presume?" Disco arrives as he portrays as the enterpreneur to the shogun. "You seem pretty terrified today."

"It's because of my father... he cannot forgive about the warrior he had mentioned." Alice as the princess said and she explains. "He says that this warrior is the black sheep to all of it's community."

"Oh I see... that warrior is defintely a tough guy, my dear princess."

"..."

Meanwhile, Rage deals most of the black ops by knocking them down singlehandedly with one punch knowing that the play is already started as he thought.

I have to warn my grandfather...? I know Reinrich is here in the auditorium.

Therefore, one of the black ops disguised as a samurai tries to attack him with a katana as Rage manages to avoid every sword slash as he blocks his sword with two hands as he gritted as he lands a powerful kick to the disguised samurai knocking him down. With that he saves Spike from two black ops who cornered him.

"Thanks, Rage..." Spike said thankfully and he noticed his half of his karate gi is loose. "Uhh... what just happened to your right arm?"

"Nah... I just removed the half part of my gi because of my role in the play is the iron fist warrior. I gotta hurry..." Rage answered smiling as he runs hurriedly to the backstage as Spike continues to help Izam.

As it start of the third act of the theater play where his role had begun, Rage finally arrives at the stage where he was waited by Garuda who portrays as a shogun.

"Huff huff... grandfather... we have a problem...? Reinrich was..."

"Don't even dare talkin' to me this way, warrior with an iron fists? Do you have any idea how I strongly hated ya?" Garuda as the shogun said as Rage reacted angrily.

"Come on, grandfather... I'm serious...? There was some men in black disguised as the audience for watching the play?"

"Now stop blabberin' around...? Now ya have to fight me, warrior...? Don't ever underestimate the shogun of the Japanese Empire?" Garuda said as he wields the wooden sword as Rage closes his eyes while putting his hand on his head in disappointment as he thought.

Darn it... he's mostly focus on the theater play right now. I think the intermission of the play would be the only way to convince him. I have no choice but to fight him in the theater play.

"Fine then... As the warrior of the iron fist? I'm going to take you down so seriously. All you ever do is to fight me with your wooden kendo stick?" Rage said raising his brow as he accepts his grandfather's challenge as a shogun.

"Don't intimidate me, you spiky warrior...! I will beat the crap outta you!" Garuda exclaims as he charges Rage with a wooden sword as he and his grandfather are ready to fight during the theater play.

Trivia:

*Rage loses the half of his Karate gi is a reference to Sasuke's outfit in Naruto Shippuden as well as Kenshin Himura in Ruronin Kenshin.

*Alice appears in a red traditional kimono for the theater play and a reference to her appearance in the background video Sakura.

*Garuda wields a wooden sword resembles Tadowaki Kuno's wooden sword from the anime Ranma 1/2.

A/N: Now the play is already heat things up. The next chapter is where the theater play takes place before Schubert angrily mad from their actions. Good Luck...