[Present, 2 months later]
"Serpentine Fist!" I punched my opponent right in the jaw and he fell to the ground, K.O.
"AND THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR MONKEY KUSABARE!!" It's been around 2 months since I've arrived in this place and a lot has happened. First I learned the name it's called the Soaring Dragon fighting ring, at least that's what Yumi told me. Second, according to Yumi, there is a tournament coming up. This tournament has a grand prize of 100 million yen. If it were two months ago, I would say having that money is no use to me but, The Man told me something very important. He said I could buy my freedom. He said it's 45 million yen, but there are some agreements. First I can't fight for another fighting ring, I will get paid to fight, I have to answer any calls that the fighting ring gives me, and I can't disclose the location of the fighting ring. According to Yumi, one of their fighting rings fell victim to a bombing around 2 years ago. Now the third and most important thing that happened is a rebellion. You heard me, a rebellion.
I don't believe for a second that I could buy my freedom and get so many bonuses. Yumi didn't believe it either. It seems she's trusted me enough to disclose her rebellion plan, though it's more like a coup d'état but same difference. Anyways, this plan will consist of me winning the tournament, and instead of buying my freedom I simply ask for a bank account to place it in. After winning the tournament the fighting ring will see me in a better light and will just grant me more freedom, this part of the plan is mostly speculation. Also, according to Yumi, the fighting ring is secretly owned by a company called Title Creations. A large conglomerate and one of the richest companies in the world, I have no idea how she found this out but she's mysterious like that. Anywho, this money will help the rebellion in some way, I don't really know-how.
Overall, the goal of this rebellion is to bring down the fighting ring and Title Creations. Though I have to admit it's a shitty plan and needs major revisions but I haven't thought of any good ones to bring to Yumi. Back to the real world, I walked down the ever-so-familiar stone hallway and make my way to the infirmary. After 2 minutes of walking, I made it to the infirmary and opened the door.
"Hey, Yumi!" I waved with a smile and Yumi returned the smile.
"Howdy, I'm assuming you're here to talk?" Yumi looked me up and down and I'm assuming due to the lack of injuries that she thinks I'm here to talk, which I am.
"Yeah. I came to talk about the plan." Yumi raised an eyebrow and put down her book.
"What about the plan?"
"Well, I think it's uh, kinda shitty." Yumi's face flared with anger before returning to indifference.
"And why do you think so?" Isn't she supposed to be fourteen? Why do I feel like I'm speaking to my boss?
"Well. It has a lot of holes. One of them is the assumption that I'll win the tournament, not very likely," Yumi nodded and I continued, "Another thing is if I do somehow win the tournament, who's to say the fighting ring will treat me any better?" Yumi sighed and nodded.
"Now that you bring it up, it sounds like a shitty plan," Yumi said as she facepalmed herself, "What should we do then?" It's time for a little movie action!
"Infiltration!" Yumi looked at me like I was the dumbest person on earth, that kinda hurts.
"Now before you get mad allow me to explain," Yumi sighed and rolled her eyes, "Okay, so first what we do is beat The Man until he's a vegetable! Brutal but effective. Second, we find out how he was employed and go the same route. After we get employed by whoever we will probably start at the lowest rank. If we are good enough at whatever job he does, then we will be promoted. The goal should be bodyguards of someone important. Considering this fighting ring is owned by Title Creations, we will probably be employed by them, and if we become bodyguards it's probably going to be some executive. This leads me to my next part, manipulation! Let's say for some odd reason, all of the other bodyguards got beaten until they were vegetables. Then wouldn't that mean we are the only bodyguards for whatever executive? Now, they'll probably have new bodyguards on standby but that'll probably take a few hours. So what we do in that time window is beat the executive until they have no choice but to obey us or get another beating!" Yumi thought about what I said and surprisingly agreed.
"It's a better plan than before but I think it also needs revising."
"Like?"
"Well, beating the executive and other bodyguards isn't a very good idea. If we get caught we'll probably be killed or something. I suggest we do the best option and sneak around when no one is noticing. We should make note of all cameras and anything else that could get us caught." Yeah, I guess that's better than beating the bodyguards and executives.
"Okay, so when should we start this plan?" Yumi gave me the most savage grin I've ever seen.
"Right now." Is she insane? If she is insane that's really hot!
"Alright! Now to find the dickhead." I put my hand on the door handle and felt an overwhelming sense of danger go through my head.
"He's coming." I told Yumi and she got up and got ready for combat.
"Yumi, I need-" Once he opened the door me and Yumi immediately attacked him. I threw a punch to his face and Yumi launched a kick at his gut. He caught my fist and threw me across the room and blocked Yumi's kick with his knee.
"I knew this day would come, I only hoped it was after the tournament." Cocky bastard! I sprinted forward and jumped into the air.
"Serpentine Kick!" He guarded against my kick with his left arm and Yumi used his brief opening to punch him in the gut. The man was stunned and I took the opportunity to kick him in the chin and Yumi elbowed his gut.
"You shitty brats!" The man recovered as Yumi and I got ready for another fight. The man charged forward with immense speeds and I trouble had tracking his movements.
"Striking Despair!" The man fired a series of punches fast enough to create after images making it look like hundreds of punches. I put my arms up to block and Yumi jumped on my shoulders for an axe kick. She hit his head and I rushed in to punch him in the gut again.
"Serpentine Fist!" My fist went deep into his stomach and he was sent through the infirmary door. He tried to recover but Yumi kicked him in the jaw and I punched him straight in the chest.
"Blegh!" He threw up blood and a couple of teeth. Still not giving him a chance to breathe, I rushed in and kneed his chin upward, and Yumi kicked him in the chest sending him down the stone hallway. He tried getting up again but I performed a strong sweeping kick that brought him to his knees and Yumi kicked his head into the wall. His head bounced off the wall and I punched him straight in the face, making him fall on his back. The man flipped and got into a combat stance. He spit out more blood and a couple of teeth.
"I'm going to beat you two into bloody pulps." Heh, he can try.
"Come do it then asshole!" I said as I sprinted forward with Yumi. We fought in synchronization against The man and he had a hard time keeping up. I ducked under one of his punches and struck his rib. He flinched from the pain and Yumi back kicked his jaw and he collided with the wall. I tensed my muscles and performed a new attack.
"Biting Cobra!" My arm was a blur, at least to the average human, and made contact with The man's jaw. He fell to the ground, he was knocked out.
"Now the plan really starts." Yumi said but not before I do something very important. I flipped The man over and Yumi looked at me in question.
"When I said we were going to beat him until he was a vegetable," I stepped on his spine with all my force and I heard a very unsettling crack, "I meant it." Yumi looked at me with shock.
"I thought you were just kidding! You really want to turn the man into a vegetable?!" I nodded and Yumi sighed deeply.
"Fine, at least he won't be able to fight anymore. Now let's find his office." Yumi searched his body and found a black card with a red dragon on it. Yumi then began walking away and so I followed. This place is a lot bigger than I thought, I followed Yumi for around 15 minutes before we reached two wooden double doors with two guards armed with batons standing in attention.
"Hey! You're not supposed to be back here!" I looked at Yumi and she looked at me. We both nodded and I charged the guard on the left and she charged the guard on the right. I leaned back to dodge the guard's baton and punched him in the jaw with a Serpentine Fist. The guard was knocked out and Yumi finished her fight as well. On Yumi's side was a card reader and she put the black card in it. The door unlocked and opened by itself.
"We have around 5 minutes before reinforcements arrive. So let's be quick alright?" I nodded and began searching the room. The room or should I say the office, was large and had a large wooden desk in the middle of it. Along with multiple bookshelves, a minibar, and a huge black safe that radiated a strange presence. I decided to check out the safe and I guess Yumi had the same idea.
"Do you also feel that strange feeling radiating from this safe?" I asked and Yumi nodded.
"Yeah, it feels incredibly negative. But it doesn't feel like a bad feeling, more like a good negative." I completely understood. We looked at each other before cocking back out fists, we are going to open this safe the muscle head way.
"Biting Cobra!"
"Explosive Strike!" The combined force of our attacks made the safe door fold in on itself. I pulled the door out of the safe and sitting inside the safe were two black beads that radiated the same negative feeling.
"What do you think these are?" I didn't touch the beads and simply observed.
"Other than beads, I have no idea. Maybe they are some type of performance-enhancing drug?"
"If they are then what about the strange feeling? Where is that coming from?" Yumi put her hand on her chin and thought.
"How about we just eat them?" I suggested and Yumi looked at me with a crazy smile.
"Great minds think alike!" I smiled and touched the bead on the left and Yumi touched the bead on the right. The bead was heavier than it looked. I popped it into my mouth and felt it dissolve on my tongue, it tasted like blueberry. Then that's when the regret kicked it. I felt as if my entire body was being doused in lava. The amount of pain raking its way through my body was unimaginable. I couldn't even scream due to the sheer amount of pain. After what felt like an eternity, the pain finally stopped.
I looked around and saw Yumi lying on the floor scrambling in pain. I couldn't do anything so I watched, until she stopped. Looking at the clock on the wall reinforcements will arrive in 1 minute 30 seconds. Yumi soon got up and punched a hole in the walk due to anger. Wait, she punched a hole in the wall.
"You just punched a hole in thick concrete." Yumi looked at the hole in surprise and saw no scratches on her fist. Maybe these are more than performance enhancing drugs.