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

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

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome, to the second instalment of the Zolaran Combat Arena!!!" The announcer roared. The entire crowd of people cheered and applauded.

I was standing in the blue corner, while my horrid rival was standing in the opposing red corner...

"In the blue corner, it's another willing fighter, and challenger, from the Patapon tribe, willing to put it all on the line, with his power of the Virtutis Lux...here is...IPAMON!!!" The announcer pointed towards me, and everyone applauded, while few mumbled.

"In this corner, it's the champion of the previous battle, the very girl with prosthetic arms that are proven to be deadly...here is...

...ANNA!!!"

That name sickens me...and reminds me of Taiapon...

...how she passed away...

Anna screamed to the crowd, beating her chest like an animal, showing how volatile she can be. I was merely there standing still, disgusted by her very looks...

The announcer continued, "Now, ladies and gentlemen, we shall...commence this battle!!" Everyone roared in applause again. The referee brought Anna and I closer to the center of the ring.

"Now, I want this to be a clean, fair fight. We don't want something like last time to happen, are we clear?" The referee asserted.

I nodded. I never want to be reminded of that moment ever again...

...unfortunately the very person I am fighting is always making me remember it.

Anna growled in response to the referees assertion, then she glared at me in the eye, "Your funeral, one-eye."

The referee nodded at the bell ringer, "Round one in 3...2...1.. FIGHT!"

The bell rang, and the battle commenced.

Anna equipped her mouth guard and circled around me in a very full-energy manner, I just slowly walked around her.

"Mm?! Come on!! COME AT ME!!!" She yelled via her mouth guard.

I did.

I immediately went to side slash her face, but she grabbed my arm and went for a straight to my face. I leaned and bent down to jab her sides, while she was about to elbow my back. I quickly stepped backwards and dodged it, while she followed it up with a hook, in which I grabbed her arm, struck it and struck her neck. Anna then had a firm grip on my arm, so I did my best to let her go by continuously kicking her stomach,...but it seemed to have no effect on her.

She then grabbed both my arms....and threw me to the opposite side of the ring.

I rolled and got back to my feet, when she savagely dashed towards me to pummel me down. I quickly counterattacked her continuously ape very time she would go for a strike on me. So far I thought it would harm her in any way...

...but she still looked like she never took a hit...

 She's really strong,  I thought.

When she ran out of options for going at a straight for me, Anna grabbed my body, and I grabbed hers. I tried to use my feet to kick and trip her, but she would always strafe backwards...then to my surprise, she lifted me into the air a couple of times like a bull wrangler riding a bull, and  lobbed  me to one of the corners of the ring...

As I stood up, she quickly and powerfully struck me in the face three times...

...and I fell to the ground.

"No! Ipamon! Get up, please!" RottenLee Ravenous yelled.

"Ip! IP!" Sonarchy screamed.

The referee began counting...

1...

2...

3...

4...

5...

"Ipamon! Get up on you feet!!" Yarida and Naughtyfins pleaded.

I began to slowly rise...

6...

7...

8...--

I finally rose on my feet, twitching slightly from the strikes. The referee put his hand on my shoulder, "Are you alright?" He asked. I nodded.

The round resumed.

Anna darted towards me and proceeded to attack me with a barrage of hooks, uppercuts and straights. I blocked most of it while I dodged the rest. I used this as an advantage to knock her out. So I sweep kicked her to the ground, crouched myself, and upper-kicked her face, sending her sprawling to the ground. The Patapons cheered whilst the ref counted...

1...

2...

3...

4...

"Anna! ANNA GET UP DAMMIT!!" One of her friends yelled.

5..

6...

7...--

Anna floated back up. The referee was about to ask her if she was okay, but she gently pushed the ref away from her and slowly strafed towards me...

...she quickly went to do a downward strike on me nape, but I grabbed it just in time. I struggled to hold it...but man, is she strong and tough! I quickly let go and spun to my right side to backhand her cheekbone, in which I did, but she quickly went for a punch to my gut. I grabbed her hand, but her other hand successfully hooked me in the face.

Then she used her other hand that I formerly held and uppercutted me to the ground.

"Ipamon!" Gluttonous Buzzcrave yelled.

I rose to my feet, which were strangely very sore already. I felt a bruise forming on the right side of my eye, as well as a pain on the top of my head. Before I could fight any longer...the bell rang.

Break time.

I sat in my respective corner while Anna sat in hers. I could sense pride and haters in her eyes...but she has no idea how livid I am right now. Albeit it seems I'm too tired and wounded to express it.

Slow-moving Slogturtle, Miss Covet-Hiss and the rest of the Dark Heroes, as well as Yarida, gathered around me to help and nurse me.

"You alright there, Ip...?" Yarida was worried.

"...I-I'm okay...A-Anna is...t-too strong...s-she can take a lot of hits, you have no idea..." I coughed.

"Well, I can get a glimpse of the idea."

Break time was over, and the second round began.

 Ring! 

While Anna was merely circling around me like a lion, priming to lunge at her prey, I formed a small plan on how I can succeed against her: She can take hits, yet she is fairly fast in her punches, so...maybe if I continuously pummel and kick her at her exposed parts in lightning speed, that should at least weaken her.

Anna lunged at me, but I immediately and repeatedly drill punched her in an almost supersonic burst. It seemed to work, but Anna kept housing her arms to block, and since she can't feel pain and recoil, this was an advantage. So I swiftly darted and continued striking and kicking her sides. She was getting weaker, at least to me, so I did a voracious backflip kick, sending her recoiling backwards, but not falling to the ground. She grabbed her jaw in pain, but proceeded to inch closer and closer to me every second.

I slowly walk back until I felt the corner touch my back. Anna was still coming closer to me with her every vicious frown...but as soon as she was literally inches away from me...

 Ring! 

The round was over.

Finally I could take a breather for no--

 WHACK! 

Before I knew it, my face met the floor...again...

...I didn't understand, it was break time and I was knocked out...! But how...?

Just then, I finally knew...

"HEY! CHEATER! SHE STRUCK HIM AFTER THE BELL RANG!!!" Covet-Hiss hissed.

"THAT IS NOT FAIR!!! NO FAIR!!!" Naughtyfins growled.

Patapons and Non-Patapons began quarrelling in verbal debates, while Anna was proud to knock me down even after the bell...and get away with it.

"Aw boo-hoo! So what?! I got away with it either way, so stick it, losers! Haha!" Anna spoke haughtily.

I coughed blood as I frailly rose up and sat down at my corner.

"Ip, I'm sorry that happened. Oh that whore!" Sonarchy barked.

I didn't say anything, because I was too weak and in pain to reply.

While I was merely sitting there, I spotted the referee and the main host of the fight talk...I didn't know what they were mentioning, but from what I saw it involve me since they stared at me for a brief moment...

...I had a bad feeling about this...

 Ring! 

The third round began, but before we could fight, the ref brought us at the center to speak to us...

"Because of the concerns and the violation of fairness in this battle...you may not use kicks in this round. If you do, you will forfeit the battle...

...and Anna will be announced...as the winner. Do you understand?"

 ...what...? 

 Why...? 

No matter how much I wanted to deny the condition...there was no choice. I nodded and concurred...

Then the fight began again.

I slowly walk around Anna, who was slowly priming herself to strike me down. She then went to do a right straight at me, in which I leaned and repeatedly stuck her in the chest and face. She blocked the latter punches and went for a hook and a uppercut. I leaned back for the hook...

...but I accidentally did a side kick to move her uppercut away.

"AH AH AH! Remember no kicking! If you kick one more time you will be disqualified...!!" The ref warned.

I nodded again...

But as soon as he resumed the fight...I was already hit in the face by Anna. And she kept hitting me, again and again...

And I fell.

I couldn't move.

1...

2...

3..

"Ip!"

"IPAMON!"

"NO PLEASE GET BACK UP!!"

"Please, Ip...!"...

The voices slowly drowned out, and soon I heard...nothing...

..then I saw her...

...on the ground, bleeding, wounded, holding my hands and...

...shaking my head at me...

...then...her again...

...dead....in my arms.

If I...didn't win this fight...

...all of it...all of this...effort...

...would have been for nothing...

...and Anna, would win...

...Anna...

...no....

This isn't the end...

I won't give up...and Anna won't beat me...

...I will fight for our Patapon tribe...

...I will fight...for Taiapon.

I...

...WILL...

....FIGHT...!!!

I jumped to my feet, anger and vengeance as my fuel, staring dead in the eyes of Anna, who was shocked upon seeing me with a quick strength and energy buff, but she quickly retuned to her combat state.

She will pay...

 ...she...will.

 Ring! </I>