//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 // Story: Pinkie's Sensei // by Dirty Bit //------------------------------// Chapter 6 Wait...what? Iron Will kept his jaw dropped long enough before he finally pointed into the crowd "YOU!!!" Everypony in the crowd directed their attention to where the minotaur was looking. Oddly enough, all eyes were on Fluttershy. His face of shock turned into an ecstatic grin "You've finally arrived, Fluttershy!! Iron Will was expecting you!!!" Sure, this is an early title drop, but, wait...what? Fluttershy stared up at Iron Will in shock and confusion "Wh-What!? Iron Will?" Rainbow Dash turned to where Fluttershy was looking and tilted her head "So that's Iron Will? The same guy that made Fluttershy more assertive?" She looked away sheepishly 'He did a real good job when I followed her around that one day...' Yes, it was hard for Rainbow Dash to maintain so many disguises in one day, especially when they involved hiding her wings. But hey, she had to dress in style. Iron Will spread his arms as he called out "You're late to this particular event!! Iron Will had all of this planned out with the exception of everypony wanting money!!" Dan perked up "Wait a minute...So this whole tournament's a sham!? There's no money!?" Iron Will shook his head "No way, stringbean! There's money involved! But it was meant for an alternative reward for this occasion!! It is time Iron Will came clean..." He made a fist and covered his mouth as he cleared his throat. Everypony leaned their heads forward in curiousity at this. When he finished, he called out once more with the most bizarre announcement "Fluttershy!! Ever since you stood up Iron Will when he has taught you superbly well in the ways of assertiveness, he couldn't stop thinking about you!! You clouded his thoughts day in and day out, and there was nothing he can do to block out each tantalizing image!! Accept Iron Will's affection for you, Fluttershy!! he only wishes the best!!" The crowd gave a heartfelt 'Awwwww~' at the end of his speech. Fluttershy was now more shocked than usual. However, she was not swayed by Iron Will's speech...in fact, she was pretty scared of him now. She figured standing up to him that one day would be no major feat if she summoned courage, but she never expected this to happen. The timid mare would kindly acknowledge Iron Will's feelings, but this was too much for her to handle. She did not like it. It was not right to be chased longingly by a minotaur who was also her old teacher. Pinkie gave a heartfelt 'Awwwww~!' at the speech, but her friends reacted differently. Twilight, Spike, Rarity, and Applejack all shared bemused glances while Rainbow Dash and Dan visibly grimaced with disgust at the thought of a pony/minotaur hybrid baby. Fluttershy shifted her eyes left and right as she backed away "Um...I-I-Is there anyway to drop this subject? P-Please!?" She began to sweat as she pleadingly looked up at Iron Will. The minotaur held out a hand "No!! Iron Will has done that for too long and no longer will he deny them!! He couldn't bear to see you gone forever in the back of his mind!! So come, Fluttershy! Come and accept Iron Will's affection..." He then grinned "...through combat!!" Everypony gasped, and Dan perked up "Hold it!! We're in a middle of a tournament here!! Couldn't this wait!? Why would you even wanna fight Fluttershy anyway!?" The Saikyo master really wanted that money and the precious fame that went with it. Iron Will grunted "Where I come from, fighting is one of many ways to channel one's affection, in fact the most desirable and approachable!! Fluttershy has proven herself to be most strong and willing, while at the same time graceful and demure!! There is nothing more than what a minotaur like me would ask for!" Twilight held up a hoof "But what about the tournament? You can't just botch up an organized chain of fights and disperse it when it's close to ending!!" Fluttershy heard Twilight and figured it would be best to take advantage of her knowledge as she spoke up "Oh! Yes! That would be most improper to cancel out such an AMAZING tournament set up by you, Iron Will! Can't I see who would win in this before I begin to channel my affection through fighting? Pretty Please?" She batted her eyelashes unprofessionally in attempt to change the minotaur's mind. And change it did. Iron Will stood still before he gave an excited grin after the 'compliment' he earned from Fluttershy "Never has Iron Will heard such amazing words from a soothing voice! Very well! The tournament is back on!" The crowd cheered and awaited the next match. Pinkie smiled and clopped her forehooves together "Yay! I get to see the next match!" Rainbow Dash jerked her head to Pinkie in a glare "Not so fast!! We're doing a rematch and you're not walking away from this!!" Twilight turned to Rainbow Dash with a stern look "Rainbow, can't it wait!? We're trying to see how far Mr. Hibiki can go!" Rainbow Dash scoffed "Is he fighting next?" Twilight pondered and she shook her head "Then forget about it!! I'm getting my rematch from Pinkie whether she likes it or not!!" Pinkie Pie nodded with a smile "Alright!" Spike raised an eyebrow "You honestly don't see a problem with having a rematch with Rainbow Dash, Pinkie?" Pinkie Pie kept her smile "Well, Danny-sensei isn't fighting yet! And maybe I can kill some time before he fights whoever wins in the next match! Besides, the author really loves skipping fights a lot, and that's just plain unfair!" Um...Errrrr... Spike paused, and did not say another word as he went to find his own gong. It wouldn't help to question the ethics of the precocious pink party pony pulling pranks and putting down physics pitifully. Hehehe...Alliteration. Rainbow Dash gave a confident smile "That's more like it! Now let's get started!" Applejack shot Rainbow Dash a look "Can't ya take it somewhere else? We're tryin' t' watch a match here!! Jus' head on back t' my farm and y'all can have yer little scuffle there!!" Rainbow Dash sighed "Fine, AJ! I really hope you would come with us, cuz you're definitely missing out on some good old-fashioned flank-kicking!!" Twilight deadpanned "You mean the tournament we've been watching for the past couple of hours?" Rainbow Dash glared "I didn't know about it, okay!? And this is personal!!" Rarity sighed "Rainbow, dear, you're taking this too far! You can't win them all, you know! Even the best of the best had their losses at some point!" She turned to Dan with a smile "Isn't that right, Mr. Hibiki?" Dan nodded "Sure is! Even my dad knows when a battle can't be won, but that doesn't mean he can't go out like a stallion!!" Anypony wanna see THIS stallion's win/loss count? Anypony? No? Story? Okay... Pinkie smiled "Okay, Danny-sensei! You wait here and don't start without me, okay? I'll be riiight back!" Dan rustled Pinkie's already-wild mane and grinned "You do what you gotta do, Pinkie! And remember-" The two Saikyo fighters spoke simultaneously "Always taunt during a match!" Pinkie pulled out a notebook as she beamed "I came up with several of them ever since I trained on my own! I save the best ones for when I feel great!" That notebook is the tiniest snippet of what she came up with. She keeps 3 encyclopedia sets worth of them in her closet. Along with other things... Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes "I hope you brought a fork, Pinkie! Cuz' you're about to eat those words!!" Pinkie pulled a fork out from behind her back with her free hoof "Like this? But how can I eat words? I can't make words appear so I can eat them!" There's somepony who can, but only when they speak of a certain advancement or ascension in rank. Rainbow Dash growled "Well I hope you're dressed up for a night on the town!" She narrowed her eyes again "Cuz' I'm about to take you out on a ballroom blitz!" Pinkie looked confused "But I'm not wearing a dress! I'm wearing a ghi, see?" She presented herself on her hindlegs "And besides, we're fighting, not dancing! Well, then again, fighting is derived from dancing! Or was it the other way around? There is this one fighting style that mixes the two! Capoeira, was it? Yeah! And I saw this large zebra mare fight me with it once, too! Man, she really filled my heads with beats!!" Rainbow Dash facehoofed with an annoyed growl. Clearly she forgot how easy it was for Pinkie to come back from a threat or witty remark, especially when she doesn't mean to "Let's just go to AJ's so we can do this thing..." Pinkie beamed with a chipper smile "Okie Dokie Loki! Let's go!" She waved to her teacher "Be back soon, Danny-sensei!" Dan waved back "Try not to get hot-blooded back there! We all know how you get in that phase!" Wanna hear a funny tale pertaining to that phase? One day, she was baking for her master, but it was a gundam. She baked a gundam! Sounds weird, doesn't it? Imagine how weird it was seeing it! SHE BAKED A GUNDAM! Do you even know what a gundam is? Cuz everypony else sure doesn't! _____ In a small stretch of time and space, we find our two mares and dragon at the same field where their match took place. Rainbow Dash was in her gear, as was Pinkie. The only gear Spike wore was his 'I don't give a flying feather about this match' face while he held his gongstick. Rainbow Dash glared "You ready for this, Pinkie? Cuz you're in for a world of hurt!!" Pinkie tilted her head obliviously "But I don't see you with a bow and a set of glowing arrows..." Rainbow Dash stared blankly before she shot Spike a dirty look "Just ring the gong so we can do this already..." She muttered bitterly. It's like she just couldn't win today. Spike shrugged before he did as he was told. Like before, he felt himself vibrate severely. It's funny and at the same time sad to see this, or in your case, envision this. Rainbow Dash stood her ground and waited for Pinkie to come in. When the time was right, she would have a special surprise for her opponent. Pinkie ran towards Rainbow Dash in the same comical fashion as Dan had demonstrated against Donut Joe. When she was close, she performed a taunt "You're fired! You butt!" For some odd reason, it provoked Rainbow Dash into swinging at Pinkie, and the party pony simply dodged by moving away. Pinkie then ran in front of Rainbow Dash again to repeat the process "There's punch and cookies at the door!" Another unsuccessful swing from Rainbow Dash. Pinkie did it one more time with another funny quip "Whoa! I'm sweating here!"....She so stole that one... Rainbow Dash was fuming after all three taunts and her cyan coat slowly became red as she felt more aggressive "You're mine, Pinkie!!" She began firing hits on the party pony as she blocked each one sans effort. That's pronounced sans effor...like four. The now-red pegasus did not relent in her onslaught despite her punches being blocked. Pinkie only smiled while she blocked "Good thinking, Dashie! Sometimes, chip damage is the way to go!" She kept skidding backwards while her opponent continued to attack in blind rage "Not to stray off-topic, but with how red you are, Dashie, you make me think of this one stallion who loved oil so much! But he grabbed instead of punched wildly like you were doing! He looked like he was enjoying it, too! I was beginning to think he was coming onto me, but then he told me he had a beautiful wife and children! And then I thought 'Why not lay off the oil when you grab me then, mister?', but all he said was you can never have enough oil!" While Pinkie continued to ramble on about oil and grappling, Rainbow's red began to fade, though her anger was still showing 'I WON'T let her stand me up like this!!! I need to win this fight!! This is the battle of the century!' Kinda late for that one...Anyways! Rainbow finally had enough and stopped her flurry of punches, only to grab Pinkie with her forelegs and choke her for a brief moment. She set Pinkie down, and she was stunned long enough for Rainbow Dash to use her surpise. She got into a pumped stance as she yelled "Here we go!!" She then punched Pinkie near her nether region and was satisfied to see the party pony's face grimace in pain. But she didn't stop there. She gave three quick and powerful jabs to her chest and finally delivered an astounding uppercet that sent Pinkie flying. While she was up there, Rainbow Dash kept her hoof up with a look of anger and focus "Seichusen Godanzuki!!" Spike watched Pinkie fall on the ground with widened eyes "Holy Guacamole!" Were the only words that came out of his mouth. When can that dragon say something else?" Rainbow Dash stood on her hindlegs with her forelegs crossed as she smiled arrogantly "Yep! Just gonna stand here and keep being awesome!!" Her arrogance left like Flim and Flam after their cider fiasco when she saw Pinkie get up and give a slight cough "Ouch! I think you hit me where the sun don't shine, Dashie! But I'm not a colt!" She then shook herself and stood on her hindlegs "At times like this I just wanna go crazy! But Danny-sensei said to not get hot-blooded..." She pondered before she grinned deviously "But he didn't make me Pinkie Promise, so~..." She got into a pumped stance of her own. Rainbow Dash tilted her head "So what?" Pinkie's grin grew wider "Anime Power-up time!!" Oh sh*yay*t... Pinkie yelled fiercely as the ground around her began to shake and winds began to blow from all around her. Soon, she found herself covered in a glowing yellow aura while she yelled. Rainbow Dash widened her eyes, but then shielded them when she felt some small debris pelt them. She managed to get a small peek at what was happening "Pinkie!? What's going on!?" Oh, she'll tell you... Pinkie wore a grin that was similar to a hero's as well as a crazed berserker's as she spoke "Hold onto your hooves!!" Her forehooves lit up as she raised them "I am just about to be BRILLIANT!!!" She was then engulfed in a large pillar of light. _____ At the town square, the large pillar of light could be seen, but the crowd chose to ignore it and paid attention to the fight. Twilight wanted to be the black sheep and ask what was going on with the light "Why is-" Dan only facehoofed "Pinkie, for the love of Celestia..." He muttered to himself. Twilight jerked her head to face him with a look of shock and bemusement. Sadly, everypony else didn't seem to care at all. Zero. Zilch. Zip. Nada. Bumpkus. Twilight looked irritated "But doesn't anypony see what's going on back the-" "Keep it down! I'm trying to watch the fight!" A stallion from the crowd yelled in an annoyed tone. It would seem that some ponies were enraptured in Iron Will's tournament. Applejack turned to Twilight "Ah wouldn't sweat it none, sugarcube. It's probably some kinda solar spell Celestia's been workin' on!" Twilight stuttered "Even if that were logical, this sudden light doesn't make sense!" She paused before she blurted again "How would you even come up with that theory!?" Applejack shrugged "Hung out with ya so much, maybe Ah got some kind o' intellect goin' on...Either that or some outside force might've found it's way int' my head..." Former. Definitely the former. Twilight watched the light vanish and she groaned in annoyance and defeat. She hung her head and drooped her ears as she wore an angered expression "Nevermind..." She muttered. _____ When the light vanished, the field around the two mares was ravaged from its pristine green state and replaced with barren soil. Rainbow Dash laid on her back in a large crater, her karate ghi tattered to the brim. It is best to say that some serious manure hit the fan while the light was still active, but Pinkie's display of moves could not be viewed for three reasons: 1. It was too bright 2. They are forbidden moves and can only be seen by either those willing to learn or those who seek immense pain 3. Viewer discretion is advised. Spike popped his head out of a brush from a tree he somehow landed in while the fight took place. He then hopped out and scurried to see Rainbow Dash lay down while Pinkie stood with the same invigorated grin on her face, instantly scaring Spike "Uhh...Pinkie?" Pinkie instantly dropped her insane look and turned to Spike with a regular smile "Yeah, Spike?" She asked in her regular happy tone. So regular. No randomness here. No siree bob... Spike stared for a moment before he spoke "Wait...What?" Oh, for the love of- End of Chapter 6