Learning the Ropes [Open]

[Shana Hitoehi]

"You really were pathetic out there, Aruraumon... You have to learn how to fight, and to be strong... Like me... Never show weakness!" Shana said to Aruraumon as they walked together through the slums. Shana had come through the slums with Aruraumon for one reason, and one reason only, to show her what it meant to be strong and brave. She was fed up with having a Digimon who was weaker than her. It was sickening. That's why she was out here training her this night. Failure would not be tolerated. Aruraumon needed to win every fight, every time.

To make sure that no one spotted the monster walking next to her, Aruraumon wore a conical hat which would hide her flower on her head and most of her face. Shana had also let Aruraumon borrow a dress to hide her real body.

"I know... but Shana... after Kudamon attacked you, weren't you on the ground crying?.." Aruraumon said sheepishly as she walked along Shana. After she had said it, she realized that it may not have been the right thing to say. She knew that she needed to watch her words more carefully when around Shana. Shana wasn't exactly the most emotionally stable person around.

Shana raised an eyebrow, surprised that Aruraumon would even bring up what had happened in their fight the other day. In Shana's mind, she could hardly remember that part of the fight. All that she could remember was that she had Perris on the ground crying in agony. That's all she could remember, and that was all that mattered. Shana had never lost a fight before, not even at her school, and not even to the older kids. She had beat up plenty of people. All the kids, even the big boys were scared of her, and with reason.

"That's aside from the point Aruraumon... The reason I have us walking through the slums past midnight has nothing to do with what happened a few nights ago. It's about what it's going to take for us to get stronger..."

Shana and Aruraumon reached the end of the alleyway where they reached a door. Shana quietly pushed the door open. There was a large man, although he was probably only a teenager, standing right inside of the door. He held out his hand as Shana stood before him. She reached into her pocket, handing him a large wad of yen. She then continued going inside.

The place was big, and the people there were loud, it sounded as though they were cheering. In the center of the floor was a cage, or rather a ring. It seemed as though people had just been fighting in it and the battle had ended. No doubt it was a street-fighting ring. Shana and Aruraumon walked through the door.

"Aruraumon... this place is a street-fighting ring... I heard about it from Ichin-san, in my class... His older brother's gang runs it... Most of the people who fight here are teenagers, and they pay well... if you win..."

Aruraumon looked up at Shana. She didn't like the sound of this. It sounded as though Shana wanted to fight someone here. She didn't want her tamer to get hurt, not at all.

"So... Are you going to fight here Shana?.."

"Of course I am... These wimps won't know what hit 'em. Don't worry about me... I've know ninjutsu."

"AND THE WINNER OF THE MATCH IS THE DESTROYER, BUT HE HAS RETIRED AFTER HIS LAST MATCH!! DON'T WORRY, HE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK!!" said a loud voice on the intercom. "IS THERE ANYONE BRAVE ENOUGH TO ENTER THE RING NEXT?!

"This is my call..." Shana said as she walked toward the ring, leaving Aruraumon standing there in the crowd.

This will prove just how tough I am to Aruraumon... She'll never doubt me again... I just have to beat up one big guy... Then Aruraumon will understand my dominance again.

Shana walked into the cage, pushing the door open. She was the only one in the ring now, she just hoped someone else would fight so that she could finally prove herself once again.

"IT APPEARS THAT A YOUNG GIRL HAS ENTERED THE RING!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!! THIS IS NO PLACE FOR LITTLE GIRLS! STEP OUT OF THE RING"

Shana glared out of the ring, where she could see the mature teenage boy on the intercom standing nearby. Her glare, even though she was so young, it almost pierced through his soul.

"I'd shut up if I were you! I'm going to kick some ass!"

What she had said had taken him off guard, but it had made the large crowd break into a loud applause. She had a lot of spunk, and they wanted to see what she had.

"WELL, SUIT YOURSELF LITTLE GIRL!" the man yelled. "IS ANYONE BRAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE ON THIS LITTLE DAREDEVIL?! PLEASE STEP INTO THE RING!"

[kai]

Earlier kai and Phascomon got into a argument about who was doing more work. Phascomon said to Kai that he wanted to see Kai fight somebody who was willing to tear him to shreds in a fight. So they ended up at a cage fighting place. This surely was not legal. Yet he would get paid for a wind which wasn't a problem to him.

He had one bout already with a guy a little bit bigger then him. With a few blows to the face and a choke hold he had put the guy to sleep. After he got out of the cage he watched some impressive fights. One guy even almost got thrown out of the cage.

When the last fight was over he watched while a spunky girl walked in the cage and said she was ready to kick some ass. As seeing that no one else was brave or dumb enough to step in the cage he did.

While walking to his side he cracked his knuckles and neck waiting for the bell to ring. Phascomon was on the outside looking in. He was starting to regret telling Kai to do this.

He was told not to step in even if Kai was hurt. So he felt helpless. At least with digimon kai could help him. Phascomon had no card that upgraded humans. They didn't make cards like that for humans. As far as he knew.

[Shana Hitoehi]

Aruraumon looked into the ring. She couldn't help other than to feel that this was a very bad idea. She only wished that Shana would step out of the ring, but she knew that Shana was so stubborn that probably wasn't going to happen quickly. There was one thing that Aruraumon did admire Shana for, and that was that it seemed she never tried to make her do anything that she wouldn't do herself. Aruraumon didn't like to fight, but it was nice that even though her tamer forced her to fight, she was willing to fight herself.

"WELL IT APPEARS WE HAVE A CHALLENGER! St. MaRKZ has entered the ring once again to fight!" The announcer shouted. "I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW THE RULES, BUT ALLOW ME TO REITERATE THEM ONCE MORE... ALL RIGHT! THIS IS A FREE FIGHT, ANYTHING GOES, HOWEVER NO WEAPONS OR ITEMS ARE ALLOWED. ONLY YOUR LEGS AND FISTS! ADDITIONALLY, THE FIGHT CONTINUED UNTIL SOMEONE VERBALLY FORFEITS, PASSES OUT, OR THE JUDGES DEEM THE FIGHT OVER. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A TOUGH SPOT NOT TO RELY ON THE JUDGES, NOW BEGIN!"

A bell was rung, indicating that the fight was to begin now. Kai was quite a bit taller than Shana, but she didn't find herself at a disadvantage yet. If anyone was going to lose, it would be him. She was going to take him down, she was confident about it. She quickly took her fighting stance and looked up to him with her most indimidating glare. She wanted to rip him apart.

"I'm going to rip you to shreds... I'm the toughest in my class!"

[kai]

Kai bit down on his mouth guard once his name was said. He knew the match would start shortly after. He wondered how this girl was going to fight him. He stepped forward and decided to get things going with a left jab followed with a right.

He really didn't plan on making contact. He just wanted to see if this girl was as capable as she claimed to be. If she was he would turn it up a notch. Hopefully he would end it quick.

Knocking out little girls wasn't on his to do list today. Phascomon covered his eyes when Kai swung. He peeked though. He needed to know who was winning this fight.

[Shana Hitoehi]

Shana was ready to fight this guy. She would use everything she had learned in her studies to help her fight. Hopefully it would be enough. She remained very serious, watching his movements very carefully. The faster she could take him out, the better it would be, although if she did end up prolonging this, her agility could probably work to her advantage. As he came toward her with his left jab, she quickly used her right arm to guide his hand off course. Then before he swung his left, she aimed to grab his wrist, as she pulled herself toward him to knee him in the stomach.

Aruraumon watched, Shana surely looked brave up there. He was quite a bit bigger than her, but she didn't seem to have any fears at all. It was admirable. She wondered how Shana could be so courageous, but this wasn't the time to think about that. She would have to cheer on Shana.

"GO SHANA!!"

[kai]

Kai knew he would miss but didn't expect his arm to be grabbed. He tried to go for a one legged take down by grabbing the knee with his other hand. If he could get her down he could just pound on her while sitting on her chest or make her tap with an armbar.

Phascomon was intrigued by this girl. He saw himself actually cheering on the opposition this time. It was strange. he didn't understand the emotion he was feeling. He would be sure to ask Kai about it later. If Kai was able to actually survive this fight at least.

[Shana Hitoehi]

"SHANA!!!"

Much earlier than she had expected, Shana was sent falling down to the ground in a hold with Kai coming down on top of her chest. As she went down, she did manage to pull something out from her pocket. She looked up at him, struggling to get away from him and out of this lock, but it wasn't as easy as she had hopped. He was a lot stronger than her, and she probably wouldn't be able to get out of the hold without him allowing it. It didn't matter to her though. No matter what, she was not going to give up this fight. She was going to fight the exact same way she wanted Aruraumon to fight.

"Get off of me you fatass!"

Shana screamed as she struggled to get from under him, but she couldn't get him to budge. Aruraumon couldn't even watch anymore. She looked away, feeling sorry for Shana.

This isn't over yet...

[kai]

He did it. He got on top of the girl. He started swinging at her. One aimed for her face the neck aimed for her side. He was going methodically take her apart until they had to drag her out of the ring. After that combo he was going to shove an elbow right into her face. Maybe that would get things going for him.

Phascomon watched in awe. Kaizer was ruthless. He didn't even realize that their was a little girl he was fighting or something. He couldn't believe him and Kai were so much alike. Kai seemed to be letting all his anger out in his swings and he was enjoying it.

[Shana Hitoehi]

"Nngh"

No matter what she did, she couldn't break free. She took some brutal punches, first to the face, then the neck, and then her side, but there was still nothing she could do to get free. She clutched her right hand tightly, contemplating whether to do what she was thinking or not, but she now realized there was no other way to get out of this. If she didn't do something soon, he would quite possibly mess her up.

Before she could make her next move though, his elbow came straight down, planting into her face right into her nose. Blood spurted out everywhere from her nose, and she was in more physical pain than she had ever been in before. No one she had ever fought had done this much damage to her before, although she had caused this much damage on someone else before. She quickly made up her mind to do what she was thinking. She quickly jabbed her right palm into his left leg, piercing his skin with a tack and then pulling it back into her hand so there would be no evidence. To others, it would just look like a slap.

"Jerk!"

[kai]

Kai was surprised by the amount of blood that came out of her nose but before he could swing again he felt a stabbing pain in his leg. The bitch cheated. He jumped up from the excitement of being stabbed. It wasn't a deep wound so it had to be something petty. Yet he feel weaker now.

He rubbed it for a second and started to back up.. He was going to have to knock her out while she was on her feet. He couldn't trust her on the ground where she was bound to cheat again. Every stepped looked like a limp.

Phascomon started to get worried. Why would kai back off like that? Was he throwing the fight? No he wouldn't. He had to prove something so why would he chicken out.? He was so confused.