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// Chapter 8 
// Story: Pinkie's Sensei 
// by Dirty Bit 
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Chapter 8


Sheesh, this chapter is looooooo-


Here it was in front of renowned (In his mind) Saikyo master Dan Hibiki. It was the moment of truth, the cream of the crop, the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny. It was time...for the final match. But there was one particular thing that set him off with utter bemusement at his foe. It wasn't strength, it wasn't speed, nor was it cunning and skill. It was....

...Those eyes...

Those eyes that are almost black and soulless like the void, like a never-ending torrent of pain and suffering if one took first glance. Not even Fluttershy's Stare probably wouldn't compare to such fear-inducing eyes. But it wasn't just the quality. It was the placement. Dan figured they would just stare at him with their catastrophic effect, but all they were doing is looking at other things while the pony holding them stood still with an innocent smile.

Dan stared before he facehoofed "This doesn't make any sense at all!! How can somepony like you be considered a strong warrior!?"

The wall-eyed pegasus in front of Dan only replied with "Because I have a reason to fight..." She spoke in a serious tone.

Pinkie tilted her head "Derpy having a reason to fight? If it's for muffins, I can always lower the price at-"

Derpy glared at Pinkie "NO! The money is not for muffins, no matter how amazingly succulent they are! The money..." She looked determined "Is for my little girl and her education..." Derpy whispered with passion.

A violet unicorn filly waved in the audience with a wide grin "Hi, mommy!!"

Derpy waved back with the same grin "Hello over there, muffin~!!"

Dan blinked 'Wow...Tartarus hath no fury like a mare scorned...especially if said mare's a mother!' He then shook himself out of thought as he stood his ground "Well, even if your reason is good enough, I'm sorry to say that that large load of bits is as good as mine!"

Derpy smiled "I wouldn't be too sure, Mr. Hibiki! I'm skilled in Derp Fu!" She put on an amateur fighting stance as she reared onto her hindlegs.

Twilight sighed "Hard to believe she used that same style on her last opponent, but I'm sure Dan may come out on top again, right Applejack?"

Applejack shook her head "She's lyin' 'bout her style...If Ah were Dan right now, I'd be keen on my hooves when fightin' this battle!"

Twilight stared at Applejack before she directed her attention to the fight with confused and curious eyes. What could one little cross-eyed mare be hiding to have acheived so high of a position in a fighting tournament?

Iron Will held out his gong as he stared up ahead "This is it!! The final match! Stringbean versus Derpy Hooves!!" He banged his gong "Begin!!"

Dan sighed "Sorry, lady! Mother or not, I'm gonna have to end this! I'll make it quick and painless for you!" He took his stance with narrowed eyes.

Derpy chuckled "Funny thing, Mr. Hibiki! I was gonna say the same thing to you! Everypony last time wasn't much of a challenge before I faced you, and since this is the final round, I can't really hold back! So..." She stood for a moment, and a giant wave of amber-colored energy was suddenly exerted from her as the ground quaked furiously.

The audience were being pushed back at the sheer display of power, and Dan was caught off-guard by Derpy's display "What the hay!?"

Derpy stood with her innocent face, but it swiftly vanished as her eyes narrowed to slits and glowed a threatening red, her muzzle placed in a scowl. The mailmare spoke in a tone that anypony could easily distinguish as demonic "I shall teach you the meaning of pain!!" She rushed forward and launched a swift uppercut that connected with Dan's lower jaw, launching the Saikyo master into the air. From there, she darted into the sky and divebombed towards her opponent "Death's embrace awaits!!" Another hoof collided with Dan's face as he was slammed back onto the ring.

Such dark lines from a so-called innocent mare, striking fear in the hearts of the audience, yet all little Dinky could say was "Yay Mommy!!"

Derpy picked up Dan by his ponytail (Seriously, we need to work out some of these terms here...) and continuously punched him in the face while standing on her hind legs.

Twilight was slackjawed "Unbelievable! Dan's receiving such a pounding from this fight!!"

Applejack beared the same reaction "Ah'll say! He's really screwed th' pooch on this'un!!"

Rarity held a hoof to her mouth "Oh my! Derpy's really driving it hard out there!!"
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In the Everfree Forest, a certain sea serpent with a mismatched moustache felt like eating a pony for some strange reason while he was busy watering his underwater plants.
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Derpy finished bombarding Dan with enough hoof sandwiches to feed a family of manticores and stood him up properly as she took a stance of her own. Out of nowhere, 4 strange symbols appeared around Derpy as she yelled "Die one thousand deaths!!" If the symbols weren't strange enough, everything around the ring went black, save for several flickering lights timed with the sound of several hooves being thrown and the pained cry of an unfortunate stallion.

"Hey! Who turned out the lights!?" Pinkie asked in an annoyed tone.
"Somepony please do something! I don't like the dark!!" Fluttershy said in her usually scared tone.
"Is Celestia playing a joke again or something?" Spike asked in an unamused tone.
"Nnnope." No comment.

When enough hooves were thrown, the darkness instantaneously lifted as Derpy stood over a battered Dan while her back was faced to the audience. A large red symbol was on the mailmare's back "Korosu...Messatsu!!" She then went back on all fours and quickly went back to her adorable smile opposite to her earlier disturbing state "Did I win?" She asked innocently.

Pinkie called out with vigor "You can do it, Danny-sensei!! You can't quit now when there's so much bits to be won from this!!" She was relieved when she noticed Dan moan while his legs twitched.

Fluttershy winced at Dan's condition "Um...Pinkie? I don't think he has it in him anymore..."

Iron Will groaned and held out his arms in exasperation "For Pete's sake, Stringbean, throw in the towel! We might not have seen what she's done, but you're too messed up to go on!! Iron Will has a fight of his own to get to!"

Fluttershy perked up before she called out to Dan "Go Dan!! Get up!! Please get up! Do it for me!!" She looked over to see a confused Iron Will and flinched "I-I mean...I wanna see more of this fight so I can feel invigorated?" She flashed an awkward grin.

Rarity called out as well "You can do it, Mr. Hibiki! We have faith in you!!"

Spike chimed in "If Pinkie can go crazy, then I'm sure you can, too!! C'mon, Dan!!" He then started to chant the Saikyo master's name. Soon, small bits of the crowd followed, and the chanting started to grow in volume with more people. Derpy looked around and decided to join absentmindedly. The cool kids are doing it, why not Derpy Hooves?

The more they chanted, the more Dan slowly rose until he finally reached his feet "Hey, Derpy..." Derpy ceased her cheering to see Dan take a stumbling fighting stance on his hindlegs as he leered through his blackened eyes "I didn't hear no bell..."

Iron Will was instantly infuriated as he directed his stick like a pointer to his gong "It is a GONG! Iron Will doesn't use a shoddy bell!! Get it right, Stringbean!!"

Dan scoffed "Whatever...I didn't hear no gong..." He then took his stance and slowly motioned a hoof over to himself, beckoning Derpy to come over in a taunt while he carried a smug grin under his swelled cheeks.

Derpy saw this and steamed from her nostrils "So you haven't learned your lesson, huh? Looks like I'll need to lay the hurt down on you again!!" She galloped forward and prepared for another flurry of strikes.

Dan, however, anticipated this as he slowly guided his forelegs in circle as he took a deep breath. While his hooves moved, they began to glow green.

Pinkei gasped "He's gonna do it!!"

Twilight turned to Pinkie "He's gonna do what?" She looked at the ring intently "Is this another one of Dan's amazing techniques?"

Dan hummed to himself as more energy gathered into his hooves. When Derpy was close enough, he unleashed his greatest technique as he launched an enormous green fireball at Derpy's face"Haoh...Gadooooke-AAaaaaAAAaaaugh!!!" When the fireball subsided, Dan was flung back by it's amazing force as he tumbled backwards, sometimes landing on his neck, and stopped at the edge. Good thing he was still alive with his Saikyo neck of steel preventing him from taking severe damage.

Twilight gasped "That was incredible!!" She then winced "Though the execution could use some work..."

Pinkie glared at Twilight "Hey! My sensei's always effective when executing his moves! Can you see anypony doing what he just did!?"

Twilight was taken aback at Pinkie lashing out at her, but a part of her didn't mind it 'I can see a unicorn doing what he did without falling back like that...'

When he found his footing, Dan looked to see Derpy laying at the opposite edge of the ring and trotted over to her side. The mailmare was scorched from the blast as she laid on her back, her eyes shut. While the Saikyo master looked over her body, her eyes shot open and narrowed into a glare shortly after. Dan jumped back when she woke up and Derpy hopped up as she steamed from her nostrils "Clever trick, Dan Hibiki, but it won't work again!! Here I come!!!"

Derpy flew into the air and kept a keen eye on the stallion below her. She then began to spin with her left hindleg stuck forward, gradually increasing in speed and intensity. Soon, the mailmare was swirling in her own created whirlwind as she sped down at Dan. The Saikyo master yelped and jumped out of the way as she smashed into the ring like a powerful meteor. Rocks flew as she collided with the ring, but Derpy took flight again while she continued spinning. She then flew back down at Dan from a different angle and collided with the ring while he dodged her next strike.

Dinky cheered more "Yeah, Mommy! Let it rip!!"

Applejack was slackjawed while she watched the process repeat itself several times "Land sakes!! Derpy'll turn th' entire ring int' a rock collection 'fore she finally gets Dan!!"

Spike winced "Derpy's like a rabid top out there! You think he'll manage to win this thing!?"

Pinkie looked ahead with a serious expression in silence 'C'mon, Danny-sensei! I know you can do this! You taught me almost everything you knew about Saikyo!! Nopony's better at it than you!!!' Yep. Life well-spent.

Dan was almost out of breath after dodging so much from Derpy, and felt that his number was up when he was at the last spot that wasn't demolished by Derpy's cyclonic onslaught. He looked up to see the spinning mare idle in the air before zipping at him, and he braced for impact as he shut his eyes 'Okay! No more running! I gotta take this thing like the stallion I was born as!!' While he accepted his fate, he audibly gulped as he stood still in a cold sweat.

Derpy was spinning when she approached Dan, but her pace slowed up as she neared the Saikyo master, landing in front of him without any harsh collision. When they were face-to-face, Derpy moaned as her eyes continued moving clockwise as she stumbled around "Diiizzzy~..." Dan opened his eyes and stared blankly at this while the mailmare was near the edge "Veeeery dizzyy~..." She frowned before she held a goofy smile, her eyes lidding slowly "Sleeeeeepyyyy~..." Derpy then closed her eyes and leaned off the edge as she fell onto the ground off of the ring.

Dinky instantly frowned and galloped towards the unconscious mailmare "Mommy, no!! Please be okay!!" Dinky sobbed a little, and sniffled. Then her eyes glowed red as she bared her teeth and whispered in a demonic tone "Mark my words, Dan Hibiki...I shall destroy you and rape your corpse someday..." She then proceeded to pull Derpy out of the ring by her tail with her mouth while grunting with each tug.

Iron Will was instantly dumbfounded while his massive arms holding his gong and his stick were slumped 'Iron Will cannot believe what he's seeing...The stringbean actually won something in his life! This is seriously crazy!!' Finding his voice, Iron Will hesitantly spoke "E-Er...Stringbean-erm..." He lightly hit his gong "Stringbean wins..." Iron Will muttered in defeat with a bitter expression on his face.

The audience cheered at this, and Pinkie instantly galloped over and tackled her sensei into the ring "Sensei, you did it!! You won the money!!"

Twilight scratched her head "But that doesn't make any sense...The odds were totally against him, yet he managed to win out of a stroke of dumb luck..."

Applejack shrugged with a smile "Well, Pinkie did learn from him, didn't she? Ah think he might've had this in th' bag from th' get-go!" The others then gathered towards the Saikyo master as Pinkie lifted him onto his feet.

Dan grinned, though his cheeks were puffed with bruises "Looks like Saikyo wins this day! Now all I gotta do is round up and count that money and see if some of it doesn't pay for a hospital bill!"

Pinkie shook her head "No need, Danny-sensei! I got just the thing for you!" She pulled out a rainbow-colored cupcake "This'll get you back on your feet in a giffy! Eat up!"

Dan took the cupcake and eyed it "Well, I AM pretty hungry after that match..." He popped the cupcake in his mouth and chewed it up before swallowing it "Not bad, Pinkie! Your cooking's always number one in my bo-" Suddenly, parts of his body, face included, swelled up before deflating to show that he looked good as new, save for his clothing. Even his face looked as if it hadn't been mangled by his many opponents "Hey! I feel great!!" He grinned at Pinkie and tussled her mane "Thanks for the help, my faithful student!!"

Twilight watched dumbfounded "Are you kidding me!? A cupcake healed Dan instantaneously, yet we had to waste a first-aid kit on Rainbow Dash!?" She pointed at the resting cyan pegasus with her wounds wrapped up.

Pinkie nodded "Yeppers! That was a special extra prize for my sensei if he won the battle!! I had it planned because I knew when my sensei comes to different places, plenty of fights happen!!" She hugged Dan "And he tends to win them, too!" Well, some of them...He picked on a kid once in the street and passed it off as a street fight. What was worse was that the same kid kicked his flank mercilessly soon after...

Dan smirked "Well done, Pinkie! Always prepared for anything with a rewarding experience!" He then turned to Iron Will "Speaking of reward..." The Saikyo master grinned as he pointed at the minotaur "Where's that prize money, big guy? Does it come in a check?"

Iron Will snorted "Iron Will said there would be bits involved..." His eyes narrowed "He didn't say it was gonna be for you!!!"

The entire audience gasped, and Dan was outraged "The flank are you talking about!?!?"

Iron Will tossed away his gong and stick as he cleared his throat "Iron Will proposed this tournament solely for the purpose of proposing to Fluttershy through combat!! Seeing that she wasn't around, Iron Will chose to have you ponies do the fighting before she arrived here!! Now that she's here, not only can we do battle, I can offer her the money I stashed as  proposal gift!!"

Rarity stared before she spoke "Couldn't you just buy a ring and say 'Will you marry me' like everypony else!? This is madness!"

Iron Will turned to Rarity "Madness?" He walked up to her and leaned his head down in her face before he bellowed furiously "THIS! IS! LOVE!!!" Rarity's mane breezed back from the intensity of Iron Will's voice.

Dan bumped Rarity aside and got in his face "Love nothing! I won that tournament fair and square! I deserve that reward you're keeping from me, bub!!"

Iron Will snorted "You're wasting your breath, stringbean! You coming out on top from the rest of these ponies is reward enough! Now if you'll excuse me!" He easily pushed aside Dan and looked over at Fluttershy, who desperately tried hiding behind Big Macintosh "Iron Will has a date with destiny! Oh, and a fight, too!!" He walked over to her with a smile.

Dan growled and zipped in front of him again "Oh no you don't! One way or another, I'm getting that prize money!! Even if it means fighting YOU for it!!" The audience gasped.

Iron Will casted an unamused stare at Dan "Iron Will doesn't swing that way..."

Dan stammered before he spoke "Not like that!!! I'm talking an actual fight!! With actual stakes!! If you win, feel free to do whatever you want with Fluttershy!!" He pointed at Fluttershy as she whimpered sadly. The Saikyo master rested a hoof on his chest with a look of confidence "But if I win, you're gonna give me the money AND leave Fluttershy alone!! You got that?"

Iron Will rubbed his chin "A tempting offer, and it could be easily met with gusto..." He then crossed his arms and looked away with his eyes closed "But Iron Will cannot! He has standards against fighting other ponies half his size or lower! He could feel severe guilt from crushing you like a crispy wafer!"

Dan stared up at Iron Will "Your mother's a cow..." He spoke dryly.

Iron Will's eyes shot open, and he instantly glared at Dan as he clenched his fists from his insult "Iron Will no longer feels guilty for having to grind you to a pulp! He gladly accepts your challenge with the pleasure of knocking you around!!"

Dan smirked boastfully "That's more like it! We got ourselves a fight!!"

Twilight frowned "While I admire his bravery for taking him on, I think Dan might be calling down loads of thunder from this challenge..."

Pinkie grinned "Are you kidding? He's fighting to help our friend AND get loads of cash! It's a win-win!!"

Twilight turned to Pinkie as she pointed at Iron Will "Pinkie, he's enormous!! Dan could get clobbered by him!!"

Pinkie scoffed at Twilight "Says you! Just you wait, Doubty McDoubterson! Danny-sensei will come through in the end, and Fluttershy won't have to give birth to any ponytaurs...Minoponies...whatever!!"

Fluttershy was worried, but she had faith in Dan herself, especially since he was his only chance of avoiding a loveless marriage with her old teacher. She watched as Dan and Iron Will got in their own fighting stances and prepared themselves for another epic showdown 'I believe in you, Dan Hibiki...Please win this battle...Pretty please...'

The two combatants stood, and then Dan ran forward, hooves blazing (Not literally, of course...) "Here I come!!"

Iron Will steamed from his nostrils as he pawed at the dirt with one of his legs, his horns pointed forward. He then bellowed like an ox as he charged at Dan himself.

Dan was running, but then he skidded to a halt with widened eyes and narrowly dodged Iron Will's charge before he got too close. He then glared at the minotaur "So he wants to play that way, huh!?" He tore off his worn pink shirt and held it out like a matador with his forehooves. Dan grinned when he noticed Iron Will had missed and shook his shirt "Come on!!"

Iron Will saw what Dan was doing and his scowl worsened as he prepared for another charge. The minotaur then bellowed and charged again, only to pass under Dan's shirt while the Saikyo master dodged and yelled "Olé!!"

Iron Will turned and snorted as he charged again. Instead of going under the shirt, however, he approached Dan and caught him in a bear hug, crushing him in his grip and causing the Saikyo master to gurgle and writhe in pain. He then held him by the collar of his shirt with one hand and shouted "Headbutt of love!"

Dan stared despite his pain "I thought you said you don't swing that wa-AGH!" He felt his head meet the thick exterior of Iron Will's very hard, and the minotaur continued headbutting Dan while he grunted in pain each time.

In the crowd, there was a tan-coated blond pony wearing a preacher's outfit and an mp3 player that nodded rhythmically with a smile every time Dan got headbutted.

Refusing to take more beatings, Dan finally went on the offensive once more and tossed a Gadoken at Iron Will's face, landing his first hit as the minotaur dropped him and rubbed his face. Dan then galloped forward and landed a Koryuken under his chin, lucky to launch Iron Will a couple of feet into the air and knocking him back.

Pinkie cheered him on from the sidelines "Woohoo!! Go, Danny-sensei!! You can do it!! Kick his flank for Fluttershy!! Oh, and the money, too!"

Rainbow Dash stirred from her unconsciousness and rubbed her eyes with a tired moan. When she noticed the fight, she instantly perked up "Huh? Why's Dan fighting Iron Will!?"

Pinkie noticed Rainbow Dash was awake and grinned at her "Isn't this great, Dashie? Danny-sensei's fighting Iron Will so he won't try and propose to her by fighting her! He's even gonna get money from this!!"

Rainbow Dash stared, then winced "You think he has this fight?"

Pinkie shook her head "Nopey-dopey! I KNOW he has this fight! Nopony's as tough as my sensei!!" Yeah, supposedly avoiding certain death disguised as a wall-eyed mare getting dizzy counts as being tough. We'll give him that for now.

Meanwhile, Dan launched his signature Dankukyaku on Iron Will only to have all three of his hits being blocked. He then hopped away and taunted in midair by resting his left foreleg on his flexing right foreleg "Wohoo!!"

Iron Will was instantly provoked and held out his hands, ready to grab "Alright, Stringbean! Iron Will's about to teach you how to count in Germane!!"

Dan scoffed "If that's supposed to be a taunt, then you've got a long way to go, pal!!" He then galloped and readied himself for another Dankukyaku. 

However, Iron Will anticipated this and snatched Dan into another hold when he got close. He then hoisted the Saikyo master over his shoulders and jumped into the air with a spin "Eins!" When he landed, Dan felt the minotaur's shoulder frame dig into his body, causing him to yell in pain. Iron Will then jumped again with another spin "Zwei!" Dan yelled again when the minotaur landed. Iron Will jumped again, but this time he went higher as he spun "Drei!!" In the air, he did a graceful flip, set himself in a belly-flop position with Dan under his chest, and dropped to the ground, slamming the Saikyo master with his massive weight "Ende!!!" The entire audience hissed as if they felt that one.

Pinkie gasped "Oh no! Danny-sensei!!"

Rainbow Dash winced "Errrgh...I heard of squashing somepony in a fight, but this is ridiculous!!"

Iron Will lifted himself to reveal Dan laying on the ground in a comically flat fashion. The Saikyo master instantly inflated himself and spat blood when he got on his feet "I think you broke a rib there..."

Iron Will scowled "Iron Will's not stopping there, chump!" He then picked up Dan by his head and tossed him into the air and jumped up as well, grabbing his opponent midair. From there, he flipped backwards rapidly as he yelled "Megaton!!" Iron Will then dropped Dan on the ground, then slammed him into the ground once more with his chest "Press!!!" He got up to reveal a bruised Dan on the ground, only he wasn't flat as a pancake this time.

Pinkie was worried "Danny-sensei, are you okay!?"

Dan moaned "I think I peed a little..."

Iron Will snorted "You're in no condition to go on in this fight, Stringbean! Iron Will believes he has made his point when somepony like you shouldn't come between a man and his soon-to-be wife!!"

Fluttershy was sweating bullets and imagined a horrid scenario involvign her doing housework while caring for several crying children at the same time. For the sake of this story, the children mentioned will not have their features described in detail. Who would want to imagine a child mixed between a pegasus and a minotaur?

Dan growled as he slowly picked himself up "Must...not...lose..." He was on his knees as he caught his breath "Must...help...Fluttershy..." The Saikyo Master was back on all fours as he turned to Iron Will with a worn glare "Must...win...bits..."

Iron Will scowled "You don't know when to quit, do you!? Iron Will's gonna have to put you down!!"

Dan spat some more blood as he smirked "Not if I do it first...and I know the perfect way, too..." He squinted his eyes 'I hope you're watching this, Father...'

Iron Will ran at Dan, ready to inflict more pain as he gradually closed the distance between them. When he was close, Dan readied a foreleg as he reeled it back "Saikyo..." He uttered as he waited for Iron Will to get closer. When the minotaur went to grab him, he was stopped in his tracks with widened eyes as Dan's hoof made contact "Nether Strike!!!" He yelled with mustered energy.

Iron Will squeaked in pain and drew himself away from the Saikyo master as he held his crushed pride and fell over on his side. Hehe, it rhymed...

Everypony else watched in surprise to see that Dan had indeed won the battle, seeing as how Iron Will spoke in a high-pitched voice "You win..." He writhed in pain, and the audience cheered for the Saikyo master as he stood proud, though severely damaged from his fight.

Dan reared onto his hindlegs and held up a foreleg with a grin as tears streamed down his face "I did it, Father! I did it!!!"

Pinkie and Fluttershy hugged each other while they jumped for joy at Dan's victory. Twilight and the others, however, stood slackjawed at what just happened "He...He cheated!!" Twilight blurted out incredulously.


-ooooooooooooooooooooong!