User blog:Spyral370/Ipamon: The Anna Saga (Part One)

(Note: The following fanfiction you will read is considered non-canonical, and does not affect the main timelines of both Patapon and AoW)

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"Hey Ip, aren't you exhausted from always practicing like that?" She asked, concerned.

I struck my elbow on one of the bars on the wooden dummy form. Then I kicked the stem of the said object. Yes, I was practicing as always.

"At times, yeah" I replied after I did a downwards slash on one of the beams of the dummy, "you know, Taiapon, you should try this sometimes."

"Well, how can I do it while you're using it?" She smirked, trying to sound like a smart-Alec.

"...right." I grinned, "although I didn't mean now obviously--"

Taiapon nudged me playfully, "--hehehe I know what you mean."

"...very well." I attempted to keep a solemn expression. There is just something about me and Taiapon. Well, obviously, because both of us are best friends, and she is all I've got, since...my family was taken away from me by the wretched Mali Vim. But thank goodness they are wiped out from the face of the world...thanks to me.

I halted my practice session and just had a conversation with Taiapon. "So, Taia...is there any news lately...?"

"Besides Yarida and Naughtyfins dating, no." She shook her head, "Man, if only there would be more interesting things in Patapolis than Priestess Meden always drivelling about the Almighty Kamipon."

"Yeah I hear you. They should really do something else for a cha--"

Before I finished my sentence, a loud, feminine voice thundered outside my house, followed by a fellow Patapon sprinting towards me, panting and sweating severely.

"I-Ipamon! Ip!" He panicked, "c-come outside, now!"

Taiapon and I turned to gaze at each other, and then we headed out. As I exited via the door, I spotted a group of Patapons that circled around....three Halacandrans...

...one was a girl with bright green eyes, pale skin, dark brown hair, and a treble clef shaped birthmark over her left eye. She wore what seemed to be a green coat with a rainbow pattern across the bottom resembling an equalizer. She also wore a pair of headphones around her neck...

...another one of them was a silver halcandrian with black hair and 2 large tattoos on his face of a heart and spade respectively. He wore a monochrome suit and hat that are decorated with playing cards sewn across the waistline of the suit and on the brim of his hat. There were also 4 card suits that were embroidered down the center of his clothing...

...the last one was a tan halcandrian with thick blonde hair tied up into a pony tail and heart shaped marks on her cheeks. She wore a read dress with a pixel design on the bottom and a controller across the chest area. Instead of arms, she had two prosthetic arms that protruded from both shoulders...

...unfortunately, that last Halacandran was the one rambling loudly.

"Hey! I want someone to fight right now! Any of you cyclopses gonna challenge me...or are you all too chicken to, huh?!?!" She yelled here and there, trying to intimidate the Patapons.

The one with the equalizer sweater gently nudged her and spoke in a quiet tone, "H-hey, I d-d-don't think you should just ramble and scream at these guys--"

"ZIP IT!" The rambler snapped, "You're not going to stop me from finding a potential guy to fight here!"

The monochrome male spoke up, "Y-yeah! Come on you one-eyed freaks! Are you too yellow to challenge her?!--"

I immediately barged in, "Um l-look, I don't think this is necessary right now. M-may I help you...?"

The three halacandrans glared at me.

"And you are...?" The tan one frowned.

"The name's Ipamon. Pleasure to meet you--"

"Ipamon? 'Ipamon'?!" She chuckled, "What the hell kind of name is that?!"

"...look, I think you're merely disrupting our community right now--"

"'I think you're merely disrupting our community right now" She mocked, "Shut up, eyeball!"

At that moment, Taiapon interrupted, "HEY! Don't you dare insult my friend like that!!"

The tan Halacandran's frowned faced Taiapon, "Well would you mind explaining who you are...?"

"The names Taiapon, and you have no right to treat Ipamon like that--"

The Halacandran cackled, "HAHAHA! Oh my...I swear, you guys have the most messed up names I've ever heard--"

"Quiet, and let's cut to the chase already." I snapped, "Who are  you,  and why are you here...?"

Her laugh was altered to a smug smile, "Me? Why, I am the best fighter in the world; Anna Logue. And why am I here? Well, I hoped that one of you would challenge me to a fight at the Zolaran tournament coming tomorrow. I am the premiered champion."

I raised my "eyebrow", "...Well, Anna Rogue, I'm afraid that our community is in no mood for challenging you--"

"-I will." Taiapon growled.

Everyone gasped, but Anna just grinned rather darkly.

"Really...?" She said, "Hah! It appears you are wrong, Ipamon."

I gently grabbed Taiapon's arm, "Taia, what do you think you're doing--"

"This hag thought she had the right to just barge in our peaceful Patapon tribe and insult us like that?! You know what, I will accept her duel, and she will be sorry to bring up the offer..." She hissed.

I hesitated before I let go of her hand.

Anna chuckled, "Well...good luck. You'll need it. Meet me tomorrow at 7PM at the Zolaran National Combat Arena...if you have the guts to face me. Now come on, Alto and Ace! Let's leave these filthy eyeballs." She floated away with the two. The Patapon just speechlessly gazed at the trio slowly disappearing by the second.

"...Taiapon...are you sure you really want to do this...?" I worried.

The entire tribe looked at the two of us.

Taiapon held my hands in hers....

"....I do. I will teach those three not to mess with us."