//------------------------------// // Lancer vs Shark // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls Magical Mayhem // by Wildcard25 //------------------------------// Shark threw some punches at Lancer, who blocked and dodged, until Shark swung an upper kick, knocking Lancer down. “Point, Shark!” “With that, Viper Kai is ahead with one point!” Fugitoid announced, as the screen showed Shark's score with a one, “The score is 1-0! But Lancer looks determined!” “On the line, battle position! Ready, fight!” the referee called. Lancer threw some kicks, making Shark back up. But when the bad boy ducked a kick, he swung his leg up and hit Lancer in the groin. The boy cried in pain before Shark uppercut him to the floor. “Groin attack! That's a penalty point!” “That attack will cost Shark a point,” Fugitoid noted, as the video screen showed a replay of his attack on Lancer, “The score is now, 0-0.” “C'mon, Lancer! Tough it out!” Casey called. “You can take that mocoso!” Gabby added. Crouching at first, Lancer did get back up. “That’s the spirit!” Raph cheered. Lancer then runs to punch Shark, who blocks and flips him on his back. “Point! Shark!” “C'mon! Get up!” Rainbow called. “Lancer! Please!” Bright Eyes pleaded. Lancer got back up as he and Shark trade punches. Then the two locked hands and struggled. After struggling for a minute, Shark then rammed his head on Lancer’s, hurting his eyes as the crowd goes "Oh!" “Ay no!” Gabby cried. Shini groaned, “Oooo! That would hurt him!” “Yeah.” Mikey agreed. “That was a dirty move!” Caitlyn called. “And it looks like the ref agrees.” Sunset noted. “No points for that head-bash!” The ref called. “You got this, Lance!” Mikey cheered. Pinkie started shaking pom poms, “Go, Lancer!” Lancer stood up with a black eye but still determined. When the ref gave the signal, he began dodging Shark's punches until he grabbed his arm and flipped him over his shoulder. But Shark landed on his feet before he whipped around, punched Lancer twice in the chest hard, then spun him around and kicked him in the back of the head, knocking him face first to the floor. “Point, Shark!” Lightning Dust bent down to Lancer, leaning on her arms, “Aww! Did Lancey fall on his face?!” She laughed until Lancer pulled out one of her arms, making her fall on her face. “Speak for yourself!” Lancer mocked. “Ha!” Rainbow laughed. Lightning Dust growled, “Why you!” “Lightning!” Kai shouted making her stop, “This is Shark’s fight! You’ll get your turn soon enough!” and so the girl backed off. The fight continued as Lancer shot a couple punches at Shark who blocked a couple of them. Shark then grabbed Lancer, flipped him, and held him down with his foot. “Unnecessary roughness! Minus one point! Shark!” “What's a matter, Lancer, can't take a hit?!” Shark mocked. “One more violation, and your disqualified, Shark!” The ref warned the Viper Kai student. “Whatever!” Shark replied clearly not worried. As he walked near the Ninjas, Zach called out. “You're dirty, Shark! And you fight dirty too!” Shark responded by sucker punching him in face hard, knocking him out of his seat, “Shut your mouth, yah pansy, or I'll break your jaw next time!” he stormed off. “Zach, are you okay?” Caitlyn asked worried for her brother. Zach sat up, covering his mouth, “I think he knocked out a tooth.” he groaned. Rarity huffed, “The brute!” “He may be a worse brute than you are, Raph.” Mikey told his brother. Raph who was just as shocked, answered, “For once, I agree with you, Mikey.” Twilight spoke, “Shark seems to be getting more penalties then he was advancing.” “What else is new?” Spike asked rhetorically. “You know, it's almost like he's doing it on purpose” Donnie noticed. Karai thought for a moment, “I think you're right, Donatello,” She glanced over at Kai, “And I think Kai's behind it all.” Fugitoid spoke into the mic, “With that final penalty from Shark, the score is once again 0-0!” And Shark's number on the screen changed back to 0. “You think Lancer will give up?” Rumble asked Kai who answered. “Not yet. He hasn't been pounded enough.” Lancer got up and stood facing Shark again. But Shark went up to the referee and whispered something. “Very well.” the ref replied. Shark walked back to his line, with his back to Lancer, and threw off his gi shirt, revealing a open mouthed shark tattoo. Then he whipped around, his fists raised, “Get ready to feel the shark's fury!” Lancer looked intimidated, but got in a stance as the referee called, "Ready? Fight!" Shark rushed at Lancer, swinging his punches and Lancer blocking them. Lancer then moved around Shark as the bad boy continued to throw his fists until he landed a hard punch that pushed Lancer out of the ring. “Ring out! No points!” Before Lancer could go back in, Kai grabbed him and stared him down menacingly. “Now the real pain begins, Lancer!” Kai threatened, and pushed him back in the ring. Before Lancer had time to react, Shark grabbed his arm and sent three sharp kicks into his back, making him cry out. The audience winced as Shark continued to hurt Lancer. “Oh, no!” Fluttershy gasped in shock. Fugitoid himself looked deeply concerned, “Oh my! This cannot be appropriate for viewing.” Raph growled, “Okay! This is getting out of hand!” he was about to head over there only to be stopped by Leo and Sunset. “Raph! We can’t go in there!” Sunset told him. “Are you nuts?! He’s hurting him!” Leo reminded him, “The match is still going on! You go down there and Lancer’s disqualified and Viper Kai wins!” Raph strained himself before scoffed in defeat. Bright Eyes was trembling, “No! Lancer!” she tried to jump in but Blade grabbed her and held onto her, “Let me go! He needs help!” “I’m sorry, but we have to obey the rules.” Blade reminded her. “Blade. Please!” she pleaded. “You heard Leonardo. You’ll do more harm than good,” Bright Eyes fell to her knees crying as Blade held her shoulder, “I’m sorry, Bright Eyes. I really am.” Just when Lancer thought he couldn't take any more, Shark grabbed his arm again, kicked him in the chest and face, and elbowed him back. “You really thought you could beat me, Lancer?” Huh?!” He punched him twice in the gut and swung kicked him in the head, but grabbed him by the gi to keep him from falling down and kneed him in the chest, “You could never!” He hit him with a hook punch, “Beat!” Then he hit him in the side with a kick, “Me!” And just as the timer buzzed, Shark hit Lancer with a hard upper cut then knocked him off his feet and onto the mat. “NO!” Bright Eyes screamed. “Out of time!” The ref called. “And that's time,” Fugitoid announced, “With zero points, the fight has now moved into Sudden Death! Meaning whoever can knock their opponent to the ground once is the winner!” The ref went to check on Lancer, “Kid, you all right?” Lancer nodded, but he didn't get back up. Instead, he stayed on the ground, his voice trembling in pain. In an instant, Karai realized what Shark had been doing. “Shark's trying to break his spirit!” “What?!” Everyone asked as Karai explained. “He's filling Lancer with fear and doubt! To scare him into giving up!” April felt her head sensing Lancer's emotions, “Oh no! It's working!” Leo hurried over to Lancer and knelt down beside him, “Lancer?” Lancer spoke practically crying, “I can't do it! I can't do it, Leo, it's over!” “No, it's not! You can do it!” “He's too strong! I can't beat him!” Lancer continued to doubt himself. “That's what he wants you to think!” Leo replied. “He's stronger than me! He's a better fighter! How can I beat him? I'm scared! I'm scared of him!” “Lancer!” Leo began speaking calmly, “It's okay to lose to an opponent, but you must never lose to fear. So fear nothing. Even if Shark's stronger, you can still beat him. Show him that you're not gonna stay down. And focus.” Then he went back to his seat. Shark shouted down at Lancer, “Get up, Lancer! Get up, yah wussy! You're no fighter! You're weak! Do you hear me? You're weak! You're worthless! You're a joke!” Through Shark's rant of insults, Lancer glanced at Kai, who gave him a smug look and the other Viper Kai students each made mocking gestures at him, “You're nothing, Lancer! You'll never beat me! And your teachers taught you nothing!” Lancer looked at Leo who gave a nod, “You're a loser, Lancer! And that's all you'll ever be!” Slowly, Lancer got up and looked at Shark, “No matter what you say. No matter how many times you beat me up. I will NEVER stay down!” Shark smirked, “We'll see about that! You're still weak, Lancer! And you're done for!” Lancer just shut his eyes and let out a calm breath. Then he began to chant, “Rin. Pyo. Toh. Sha.” Shark was suddenly confused, “What are you doing? Are you chanting?” he asked with a laugh. Lancer ignored him and continued as his hands started glowing, “Kai. Jin. Retsu. Zai. Zen!” Then he placed his glowing hands over himself and his whole body glowed. “I don't know what you just did, but it won't save you!” Shark yelled, as he charged at Lancer. Fluttershy covered her eyes in a panic, “I can't look!” Shark threw a punch, but Lancer dodged it and back fisted his arm, making it go limp, “What the?” Growling, Shark threw his other fist, but Lancer dodged that one as well and struck his arm with a chop, making it go limp too. Surprised, Shark then swung a kick, but Lancer stopped it with his fist. Then Lancer threw a palm strike and nailed Shark in the gut, knocking him off his feet and onto the mat. “Point! Lancer wins!” The referee announced. Everyone cheered as they hurried to Lancer as Bright Eyes hugged him before quickly jumped off him, “I’m. Glad you’re all right.” Joan Archer spoke to her son, “Oh, Lancer are you all right? You scared me half to death!” “Scared me half to death!” Lancer confessed. “But I’m still so proud of you!” “You were awesome!” Logan gave his brother a hi-five. Karai smiled, “You made us all proud.” Leo nodded, “You did good, Lancer. You did good.” Lancer smiled before he noticed Shark grumbling as he snatched the first place trophy from Fugitoid and stomped towards the group. Raph secretly began to pull out his sai just in case. But, to everyone’s surprise, Shark actually handed the trophy to Lancer. “Here!” Shark said disgruntled. Lancer accepted the trophy while feeling surprised, “Uh thanks?” Shark spoke, “Don’t think this is over! Viper Kai will strike again! So enjoy your little victory. Cause next time, you’re mine!” Lancer looked at Shark sternly, “Then I’ll just keep training. Because I now know I can fight you! And as long you show no mercy, you’ll never win!” “Keep telling yourself that!” Shark turned to leave, before looking back, “By the way, I look forward to the rematch.” he left. Leo then knelt by Lancer, “If he gave you the trophy, then maybe there’s hope for Shark to reform.” “I don’t know, Leo. The friend I know was long gone years ago.” “There’s always hope. Remember that.” Leo told him. “Well, I hope we can go get some pizza to celebrate!” Mikey cheered. “I’m down for that!” Logan agreed. “Yay!” Pinkie cheered. Karai looked back as Kai was leading his students off, “I'll catch up with you guys.” “Why?” Sunset asked. “I need to take care of something first.” And she walked off. In the hallway, the Viper Kai students were following their sensei, as Short Fuse asked, “Are we really gonna leave that weakling alone for the rest of the school year?” Kai laughed, “As if I'd really honor a bet I made with a kid?” “You better, Kai! Or else!” Kai turned around and saw Karai standing behind him and chucked, “Or else what?” In a split second, Karai hissed and transformed into her snake form, “What the?!” Karai shot her snake hands at Kai biting him all over before she tail-whipped him into a wall. Then she shot toward him, her serpent mouth open. Kai screamed and braced himself until he saw Karai had stopped. Karai changed back and grabbed him by the chin, “Or next time, you'll know what my venom feels like!” She whipped back at the Viper Kai students, “That goes for all of you too!” And gave a quick hiss, that sent them running away, screaming. Karai herself took off. Kai got up feeling a big numb from the snake bites, “I guess she wasn't kidding when she said she's not the same girl as before. Well, she's not gonna stand in Viper Kai's way!” “Well, I'm not standing with Viper Kai either!” Babs announced. “What did you say, Seeds? I think I didn't hear correctly.” Kai asked with a growl. “Then read my lips! I QUIT!” “What? Care to explain why?” “I wanted to learn martial arts, NOT be a bully. Not after the way you tried to hurt Bright Eyes.” she threw her karate attire to the ground and stomped away. “THEN GO!” Kai screamed, “And you better hope that we NEVER see you again. Because next time, you will PAY for this betrayal! Anyone else have turncoat?” he turned to his remaining students were were now terrified of him more than Karai. “NO, SIR!” “Good.” Kai said, as they left. Shark was the last one to leave he heard a female voice shout, "Shark!" He turned around and saw Diamond Tiara standing behind him, and she looked mad. "Hey, Diamond!" He was about to kiss her cheek when she slapped him. "Ow!" "Don't 'hey Diamond' me, Shark!" The rich girl snapped. "What was that for?" Shark asked, rubbing his face. "When I saw your match against Lancer, I heard the all things you said to him!" Diamond Tiara said. Shark looked surprised. "You did?" He said, nervously. "What kind of things?" "You said he was worthless, a joke, a loser, and especially weak!" "It was my uncle's idea." Shark insisted. "And you went along with it!" Diamond Tiara rebuked. "He was you're best friend!" "He's a weakling geek!" Shark stated, unsympathetically. "And anyway, why do care?" "He's my cousin!" Diamond Tiara revealed. "Come again?" Shark was surprised. "His mom is my dad's sister!" Diamond Tiara explained. "And we're very close!" "Lancer never told me that?" Shark said. "Listen, Diamond, I had no idea!" "Save it!" Diamond Tiara interrupted. "I've seen who you really are!" She touched his mohawk. "I like this. And I like how strong a fighter you are, but I'm not dating a bully! Not anymore! " She turned on her heel and walked away. "Where are you going?" Shark asked. "We're done, Shark!" Diamond Tiara called back. "What?! Diamond! Diamond, wait!" Shark called after her, but she had already walked out the doors. As the Ninjas left the arena, Blade hung back and called, “Leonardo. Sunset Shimmer? Could I speak to you two? In private?” “Certainly, Blade, “Leo replied, as he called back to the others, “We'll catch up with you guys,” he turned to Blade, “What’s up?” “It’s about Bright Eyes. I couldn’t help but notice that every time we talked about Equestria, she gets rather dismal. And I remember hearing Maud saying she’s dealing with trouble back home. And I saw you two talking to her. Is that why she stowed away with me?” Sunset spoke, “Sort of. Ya see, Blade, do you remember that stunt Cozy Glow pulled on the School?” “Of course. I'll never forget how she almost drained all the magic from Equestria.” Leo continued, “Well, Twilight and the girls are still very sore about her trapping them in Tartarus and failing to stop her.” Sunset added, “They became paranoid and now have trust issues with the other students. Especially Bright Eyes since she took Cozy's job. In fact, Rainbow Dash accused her just for smiling.” “What?” Blade asked in surprise. Leo nodded, “Starlight and Spike were the only ones who got over it. That’s why Starlight helped her sneak here to our world and Bright Eyes asked us not to tell Twilight. Blade was shocked to hear this. He looked at Bright Eyes as she was leaving with the others. She had a smile on her face, but after hearing what he was told, Blade saw that behind that smile, was an innocent pony who had been wronged. It also reminded him about another innocent pony who had been wronged a long time ago. Himself.