Spike
“Seeing as how we just did the simultaneous head bob thing, am I right in assuming that you’re getting serious?” Dameion asked with a furrowed brow, almost projecting his testosterone onto me. It was rather....hot. No, not as in ‘attractive’ hot, but rather a figure speech meaning he’s exciting me.
DAMN IT! Not like that, he just makes my blood boil! Okay!? I’m getting pumped up from standing near him and getting looked at like that.
I nodded with a grunt, then we both turned our heads around and gave Fei-Kuu a glare that could make a demon wet himself. The Anthro Snake’s eyes narrowed but we could tell he was greatly unnerved.
“Would you like to start it off? It seems you want him dead the most.” I started with a smile, which made Dameion chuckle. Can you believe it!? I finally got this guy to fucking laugh!
“If you do that, you might not get any action yourself. Besides, what kind of,” He paused and looked into the sky with a contemplative look before shrugging, “Friend, would I be if I denied you your chance at showing off. Especially when you little Ms. Neigh over there.” I followed Dameion’s finger and noticed he was referring to Luna, who was a good ways away from us and watching from the safety of a stall’s shadow.
The violet aura from one eye was the only indication of her presence. I shivered a little as she smiled, her sharp ivory-teeth cutting through the darkness.
“She certainly seems excited for it.” I agreed.
“But, if you feel so strongly about me going first, then I can only do so much to change your mind. Are you still pushing that notice?”
“Yep.” I responded quickly.
“Then I guess I should be getting busy.” Dameion used a hand to crack his neck both ways before smiling. You know what, his smile is kind of creepy. Certain people shouldn’t smile, and Dameion’s definitely one of them.
“Ssso are we done ssstalling?” Fei-Kuu hissed as Dameion took off the top of his robes and tied them around his waist, showcasing an extremely fit body. How does he keep that hidden under one garment!? That’s not possible!
“A beatdown in a bazaar? You’d think this would be in some type of adventure book or something. Nevertheless, I’m gonna enjoy paying you back for that humiliating position you had us in back there.” Dameion paused and looked back at me. “You sure about this?”
“Just fight him already.” I stated bemusedly.
“Eh.” Dameion shrugged his shoulders.
He turned back around to face the Anthro Snake with another smile.
“Come get some.” He growled as I noticed what looked like yellow lighting fizzle around his clenching fists.
They stared at each other, muscles clenching and relaxing as they looked for signs on who would make the first move. Even the commoners who were walking through the bazaar stopped as soon as they came into the vicinity of these to foes.
One of the commoners, an orange Anthro Dragon wearing a white cap and a white apron, slapped his hands around his mouth before exclaiming...
“MY TILAPIA!!!”
At this moment, both Dameion and Fei-Kuu took off towards each other and collided with a flurry of punches and kicks. They were striking so fast that my eyes had difficulty keeping up with their movements.
They kept throwing blows at each other, with Fei-Kuu blocking Dameion’s and Dameion dodging Fei-Kuu’s. For some odd reason, Dameion seems afraid of getting hit by Fei-Kuu’s attacks, which makes absolutely no sense to me. I mean, you can use magic, and he can’t! Just fucking electrocute him or something!
I crossed my arms and furrowed my brow, trying to figure out why Dameion isn’t pressing the attack. He had done so earlier, but Fei-Kuu was beginning to push him back with his attacks.
Dameion narrowly dodged an uppercut, which he then proceeded to duck way down to the ground and swing his leg about in a wide arc. possibly in the hopes of performing a leg sweep of some sort. It wasn’t effective, seeing as how Fei-Kuu jumped over it with relative ease while shooting a foot out. This foot smacked into Dameion’s face, sending him flying back into the stall we had emerged from.
He hastily came back out, carrying a tilapia on his shoulder. While walking, he gave the fish a wicked sneer before snapping it up in his maw.
“YOU’RE PAYING FOR THAT!!!”
I snickered as Dameion ignored the irritated fishmonger and proceeded to run the rest of the distance back to Fei-Kuu, entering the fray with a wickedly fast jump and a wickedly fast kick to his chest.
Even from thirty feet away I could hear Fei-Kuu’s grunt of pain as he stumbled back into another stand. It came down around him just as Dameion landed from his attack, rolling out of the forward momentum and taking a knee.
I clapped in acknowledgement of his capabilities. Still, I wish to see more of his power before this fight ends. It intrigues me, seeing as how I’ve never seen or heard of yellow lightning before. I wonder if there’s more colors.
A question for another time, perhaps?
“What has you so deep in thought?” I stretched out an arm on reflex to Luna’s voice, feeling her lean on my right side as I brought it down behind her head, using her as a makeshift armrest. In return, I was to ‘bestow her with scratches divine’ or some dribble like that.
“Forgive my lack of eloquence, Mooncakes, but I believe Dameion to be playing with his food. He seems to enjoy battle too much, even willing to lower his power to draw out the conflict. It’s reckless and dangerous, especially when his opponent was able to kill one of his friends before this fight.” I explained, which made Luna nod sagely amidst her hums of satisfaction.
Magic fingers!
“TWIN DRAGONS!!!” That snapped my attention back to the fight as Fei-Kuu performed a masterful feint with a hook, only to use the momentum to land two devastating kicks on Dameion; one to his head and one to his ribs.
Dameion gasped, a small trail of blood leaving his mouth as he was sent flying into the crowd. That looked painful as hell!
“Dameion!? Are you alright!?” I called into the crowd, but it was probably lost on deaf ears because of the panic the crowd was in.
“I’m FINE!!!” Dameion front flipped over twenty heads and back into the circle of battle, landing on a knee and hand. He snapped his head up from his position, staring at Fei-Kuu with a cocky smile.
“This is actually pretty fun! But you do know I can’t be defeated by the likes of you, right?” Dameion started as he rose to his feet quickly. “You see, I’ve grown stronger since our last encounter, making me better than you.”
“Wordsss only explain, not ssshow!” Fei-Kuu hissed as he did something stupid. He opened his hands and stiffened them. “And who sssaysss you were the only one getting ssseriousss?”
“Then this ought to be fun!” Dameion began darkly as he tightened his fists. For the second time, I could see yellow lighting crackle against his scales. This time, however, it was all over his body and not just his fists.
“I need you to see for yourself that fighting me means death. Hell, everyone will come to know that as a fact!” Dameion pressed the attack this time, running at Fei-Kuu who simply kept his hands to their respective sides.
Right as Dameion was about to reach him, Fei-Kuu bent his knees and shot out a palm, hitting Dameion in the stomach hard enough for a large blast of wind to funnel out of his back. Dameion chuckled, causing Fei-Kuu’s eyes to widen in disbelief.
“YOU SHOULD BE DEAD!!!”
“Goodnight...” Dameion responded amusedly as he headbutted the Anthro Snake, missing me hiss in pain as a sharp crack rang through the quiet bazaar. Fei-Kuu stumbled back, clutching his cracked-open forehead in a claw. “...Scum.”
“What the fuck wasss that!? All your organsss should be coming out of your back, but you’re still alive!? HOW!?” The Snake demanded while grimacing.
“As if flesh could harm lightning! Your puny physical attacks don’t have a chance against me, you slithering fuck-bucket! Now I suggest prostrating yourself before me, or else I might have to get physical again!” Dameion taunted, throwing in an amused laugh.
“Grah!” Fei-Kuu yelled in anger. “Your power hasss improved, but you’re ssstill a couple yearsss to sssoon to be challenging me! I’ll demonssstrate thisss now!” Fei-Kuu closed the relatively short distance with a leap, shooting his palm out in an attempt to smack Dameion in the chest. My fried sidestepped to the right, snickering when Fei-Kuu landed and fell over.
“Your sense of balance is all fucked up due to that head injury. Give up and declare me better than you to all these people, and I’ll think about sparing your pathetic life.” Dameion teased as the Snake rose to his feet, putting a muscular hand on his leg for support as he panted in pain. His face was now covered in blood and dust.
“Fuck you!” Fei-Kuu yelled to his right, believing Dameion to be over there. Ah, he’s lost.
“No~...” Dameion drawled out amusedly before going serious and glaring Death at Fei-Kuu.
“Fuck you.” Dameion ran towards Fei-Kuu madly, jumping into the air with a draconic roar and sticking both his knees out as he collided with Fei-Kuu’s head.
“Topaz Lightning,” He began as Fei-Kuu fell back, Dameion’s knees to pressed against his cheek. When he hit the ground, however....
*KRAKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!*
I had to hunker down and brave the storm of dust and yellow lightning, the whole bazaar suffering from the effects of this sandstorm. I hissed as stray arcs of lightning filtered themselves through the brown of the storm, hitting my armor and exposed belly. These small arcs shocked the hell out of me, so I can only imagine the pain Fei-Kuu’s going through right now.
....If he survives this.
Regardless, I could hear the wind whistle loudly as I pulled Luna closer, who instinctively put up an azure shield around us to protect me from getting hit in the face by a stray piece of wood. This alerted me to the fact that even the stands in the bazaar aren’t safe!
A chilling thought indeed.
Alas, the explosion began dying down into mild winds and clouds, letting me see the winner of the fight clearly. Dameion loomed over the headless body of Fei-Kuu with a frown on his face, which I quickly chalked up to be a frown of dissatisfaction.
“Guillotine.” He snapped, kicking the lifeless body hard enough for all the smoke to roll out of the bazaar and send the body flying off to parts unknown. He turned around and began walking back towards me, redressing himself so that his robes covered him properly.
Many of the onlookers were sporting huge lumps somewhere on their body, possibly from debris and what not. Most of the stands had been demolished, but a few stood proud amongst their wrecked brethren.
“I told you there wouldn’t be a guy for you to fight.” Dameion jabbed as he walked up to the side of Luna and stood there.
“Yeah...Yeah you did.” I admitted with a sigh. I really wanted to try out my new sword on that douche too! Damn it!
Dameion chuckled half-heartedly before beckoning me with an utterance of my name. I turned around and noticed how his hand was outstretched.
“You looking for a handshake?” I asked with a raised eyebrow.
“No...I’m asking for your hand in marriage.” He responded sarcastically, making me snicker.
“YOU TAKE HIS HAND RIGHT NOW!!! I DON’T CARE HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT OTHER GUYS!!! YOU TAKE HIS FUCKING HAND AND PULL HIM INTO A BIG, SLOPPY KI-”
And that’s enough of that!
Still, I stopped scratching my mare and shook hands with the Anthro Dragon.
“YESSSSSSSSSS~~!!!!”
“You did not just climax from this handshake!!!” I yelled mentally.
“I’m afraid I wasn’t being completely honest with you, Spike. You see, I am a Prince.” I stumbled while waiting for Vorvin’s response at the news that was passed on to me. I chanced a look down at Luna, who seemed to be taking the news with a raised eyebrow and a grain of salt.
“You’re yanking my chain right now.” I stated in a shocked voice.
“I had assumed your mannerisms to be on par with Blueblood so the resemblance was there, no offense Luna.” I turned my head down to my partner.
“Why are you apologizing? He’s a pompous plothole.”
Well manure.
“I assume you speak highly of this, Blue Blood?” Dameion growled sarcastically, making me snicker.
“No. Not at all!” I began laughing as Dameion’s growl turned into a chuckle.
“Then I’ll have to remember that for later, friend.” Dameion said after calming down from his fit of laughter. “But...now we must vacate the premises before the-”
“And I was just wondering who caused such a commotion.” A snooty but childish voice made all three of us turn to our left.
Before us was an Anthro dressed in an expensive looking ballroom dress, which was a magnificent shade of green. Black frills were stationed on the cuffs of the arms, and the dress reached down and covered her feet. In her ears were gold hoops, which were narrow but not overly so. She had a black collar around her neck that seemed more at home on a dog than anything.
Blood-red hair spilled down her body from the crown of her head, highlighting her entire ensemble magnificently. Even her lime-green skin seemed flawless, her long tail swishing about behind her to some unknown tune. The tail had red spots on it as well.
She didn’t seem all that different from me age wise, either.
“You there, the one with the horse.” I narrowed my eyes as she beckoned for me, hearing Luna snarl at being called a horse. “Do you know who did this? I have a sneaking suspicion it was the one beside you two, but I don’t want to make baseless accusations.” The woman explained as she stepped closer to us.
“One,” I began sharply, making her stop at the sharpness of my voice, “Her name is Luna. Two, she’s not a horse, but a wonderful pony. And three, I would like for you to apologize for calling her so before I engage in conversation with you.” The woman seemed a little put-out, but the hell if I care! You don’t insult my mare like that!
“Now, do you know who did this?” She asked quickly, making me realize I just accepted a half-plot apology. There’s nothing for it now, so I decided to play it cool.
“Depends on who’s asking.” I rubbed a claw against my chest armor, hearing the woman groan in exasperation.
“I am Lady Crimson, and my shopping spree was ruined by an unofficial match in the Tournament! Now, if you’d be so kind as to-”
“Artemis?” Dameion interrupted breathlessly, making the woman’s eyes narrow as she whirled on my friend quicker than I could follow. Somehow, she had already placed a dagger across his neck and pushed him against a stall, her eyes glazed over in adrenaline.
“I don’t know how you came to know that name but I assure you, you would do....best...” She trailed off as her eyes slowly widened at Dameion’s smiling visage.
“Day-Day?” She breathed out the same way Dameion did, making the Anthro Dragon chuckle.
“I don’t know how you came to know that nickname...” He trailed off playfully as the woman dropped the dagger and began sobbing into his chest.