Author's note: I have been dieing to write this one. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I loved writing it. Editted by Cyber5555.
[Bass's P.O.V.]
"Way to go Adven!" I yelled encouragingly. He stumbled out of the ring where somepony helped him walk out from the arena. The crowd roared happily for Adven's performance.
I heard a snort from behind me. I turned back to see Rage with a cold stare. He looks mad. No not mad he looks angry.
Rage then gave me a anger filled stare. "Uh," I said trying to think of something to break the tension.
"Now lets begin the last round of the semifinals! Would the remaining contestants now enter the ring?" the announcer asked gleefully. Thank Celestia my match is up. Oh my Celestia my match is up!
As we entered the ring we took our respective spots. The announcer continued," We are in for an interesting bout today folks. We have the hardened emerald pony Rage and um...the other pony Bass!" Fine I don't need an introduction anyway.
As I finished my thought the announcer had already begun the match. Rage however hadn't taken advantage of my daze. I locked my eyes with Rage's and I felt a chill go down my spine. Rage was smiling.
"I have been waiting for this," he said beginning to approach me. I entered a defensive position.
"Don't worry I'm not going to attack you," he said menacingly calm.
"Why should I trust you?" I asked nervously.
"Because unlike you I don't need to use cheap shots to kick your flank," he replied nonchalantly. He was now five feet from me and he stopped there.
I lowered my guard. "So what did you want to say?"
"Tell me. Why he chose you," he demanded sounding frustrated..
"Who is he?" I asked confused.
"Don't play dumb!" he snapped at me.
"Seriously who are you talking about?" I begged him for an explanation.
"Fine. Get ready!" he said preparing to make his first move. I reentered my defensive position to counter his offense.
Rage rushed me attempting to punch my head. I evaded his blows and countered with a punch of my own to his chin.
At the last instance he pulled his head back lessening the impact of the blow. Oh fuck me!
He bucked me right in the jaw. Damn! This hurts!
I took a moment to observe my opponent. He isn't even using his gem power yet.
Rage continued pressing his attack. He punched both sides of my head simultaneously with his two front hooves. I stumbled a few feet back.
I groaned in pain until I felt air forcefully leave my body. Rage wasn't done however. Rage threw me straight into the air ten feet high.
He was preparing to buck me as my body returned courtesy of gravity What do I do? What do I do?! Suddenly a crazy idea entered my head. Do a barrel roll!
[Rampage's P.O.V. ]
Suddenly I heard the audience roar in excitement. I turned my head eagerly expecting my opponent but instead saw something strange. My opponent was spinning his body in midair to get away from my attack. He landed a few feet away.
Not wanting to lose the momentum I charged him again. This time however he quickly sidestepped my attack and countered with his own buck to my snout.
My eyes watered after the assault. I blinked my eyes and recovered my senses. "Where are you?!" I demanded annoyed.
"Right here!" my opponent answered from above. He brought down both of his hooves down on my head.
I hit the ring floor hard. I quickly rolled away narrowly evading a follow up attack by Bass.
I picked myself to see an uppercut to my chin. I evaded the attack.
When his leg was out I used it as a lift to jump behind him. Before he could turn around I bucked his back legs.
As he fell I caught him and threw him across the ring. When he began to rise I ran straight at him and bucked his head. It connected with a thunderous crack. The hit sent him flying towards the edge of the ring.
I jumped and landed straight on his chest. I heard him wheeze trying to catch his breath. More potential than me? Master must be getting delusional in his old age.
I bucked his head and walked away. I saw the announcer dazed. "Count," I commanded him. He gulped and nodded.
[Bass's P.O.V.]
"Eight!" I hear the announcer yell. Okay. That hurt. A lot.
I pick myself up panting heavily. "He's up!" the announcer says happily. Then Rage looks back and sees me. Thanks a lot. You darn announcer!
Rage stood there amazed at my ability to stand after his attack. I took the opportunity to retreat a few feet away from him in order to establish a new defense.
He didn't move. He just continued staring at me. Then he shook his head and came at me again.
He opened with a punch to my side. I blocked his punch and countered with a buck to his front hooves. That caused him to stumble a few feet back.
I bucked his face and something unexpected occurred. Why do my legs hurt?! I already suspected the answer but Rage lifting his head confirmed it. He can cover his body in emeralds?!
"Hey I thought," I began before I was interrupted by Rage punching my jaw with his emerald gloved hooves.
"You thought wrong," he said mercilessly. He proceeded to kick my body.
"Awwwwwwwwwwww!" I yelled in unbearable agony.
"Stop it Rage! He is beaten! Just end it now!" I heard somepony say from the crowd. Master? What is he doing here?!
"I'll decide when your new pupil is finished," Rage roared back angrily.
He lifted my back legs but left the rest of my body down. He returned to his normal self and jumped into the air.
As he began his descent he once more covered his body in emeralds. He shot down like a rock and landed on my back legs.
I couldn't even utter anything to illustrate the amount of pain I felt in that instant. I think he just broke my body.
All I could do was cough up blood from the blow.
"Bass! Stop the match!" I heard Shadow yell from the audience. Everypony else stood there in silence.
The announcer nodded. "The winner is," he began dramatically.
"Wait!" I yelled interrupting him, "I can still go on."
"Are you sure?" he asked surprised.
"Does this look sure to you?" I asked picking myself up only to stumble back down.
"You should quit while you can still speak," Rage advised calmly.
"What's wrong? You scared?" I said chuckling. I grabbed my chest in pain.
"If you die it will be your own fault. You're welcome," he said forming an emerald sword.
He plunged it into the ring floor. As he did that the entire ring became covered in emerald. "Now I can say I gave you a fighting chance. That is if you're willing to take more punishment," he continued smirking maliciously.
I tried again to fall again. "I can do this!" I said picking myself up.
"Come get me!" my opponent said ushering me forward.
"Okay!" I said rushing him. It was more stumbling towards him. I fell two feet away from him and onto the floor. I felt one of his hooves on my head pushing it down.
"Just give up," he said bored. "I don't want to waste my time." I shook my head.
Rage sighed. He then picked me up by my neck and neared the edge of the ring. "Do you have any last words?" he asked me politely as he tightened his grip on my neck.
Come on. Think. Think! I looked at the ring getting ready to say my goodbyes. Its a long shot but maybe. "What would you say if I claimed I could get you to revert back to your normal self."
"What do you mean?" he snarled at me.
"I know a move that will demolish your armor is what I mean," I bluffed slyly.
"Nothing can get past this defense," he stated hesitantly.
"Prove it. Let me use one move. If it doesn't work I'll give up," I offered smiling.
"What if I just decide to secure my win now?" he threatened now switching to his left hoof to hold me up.
"Because then you will never know if your defense is truly unbreakable," I said smiling.
[Rampage's P.O.V. You can stop the music now]
"Fine. One move. And then you're done," I said tossing his body back in the ring.
"Okay. First we need to be in the middle of the ring," he instructed me. I nodded and stood in the middle.
"Now I throw you up," he said trying in vain to lift me. "I can just jump,"
"I'll need you to turn your body upside down," he said happily.
"Can we just do it already?!" I asked impatiently.
"Right. Get ready to jump," he answered nervously. I did as he instructed me.
He then jumped headed straight for my head. He then however moved to the left of it narrowly escaping a collision.
He proceeded to grab my two back legs with his two front legs. "What are you doing? Some sort of slam?" I inquired desperate to know.
He didn't answer me. He only said two words when we landed back on the ring floor. And those were,"Kinniku Buster!"
When we landed he let go of me. "Man! And I was so sure it was going to work!" he complained childishly.
I was readying to pick myself when suddenly I felt a jolt of pain. I then heard a crack. I looked over trying to find the source of the cracking noise. As I did that I felt my pain grow worse and worse.
I then heard more cracks and felt more agony. I looked at my hooves and found my own armor was dented. Worse it was shattering. "Impossible," I uttered stunned. The shards chose then to fall and hit the ring floor.
"Ha. I did it!" my opponent exclaimed happily. "I give up!"
What? I turned towards him to find he was unconscious.
Master decided to enter the ring and retrieve him. "Master. How does a weakling like him have more potential than me?" I asked desperately.
"Because Rampage he knows and understands the limits of his opponents and himself," master answered exiting the ring with his new student.
"Fine. Abandon me. Just like everypony else" A single tear fell down upon the ring floor.