Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Secret Underground Fighting League ❯ The first day ( Chapter 1 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: Fox_of_red_fire 
The first day of being in the fighting league, main character faces his first challenger
Miscellaneous: Original Stories Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Martial Arts / Hentai / Action | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 07.18.2007 | Pages: 4 | Words: 5.1K | Visits: 440 | Status: Work In Progress
The first day of being in the fighting league, main character faces his first challenger
Miscellaneous: Original Stories Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Martial Arts / Hentai / Action | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 07.18.2007 | Pages: 4 | Words: 5.1K | Visits: 440 | Status: Work In Progress
Fox of red fire: well hello, this is the start of my newest series for this site, The Secret Underground Fighting League or S.U.F.L. This here is based on Feudal Japan, you know, like Inuyasha (which by the way I don't own), a bunch of Youkai demons run the S.U.F.L., they catch younger Youkai demons to put them in cages and market them for anyone to buy, but the catch is, the customer has to beable to defeat the wanted Youkai in battle first... all will become clear...
There's a building in a clearing of a large forest. The building appears to be 100 feet by 90 in perameter, in the middle of the building resides a single door, as a single guard stands by it, a second guard comes forth from the building.
"It's bloomin hot out here!" The guard who was outside to begin with exclaims.
"Yeah yeah, commander Stan sent me up to relieve you of your duties, it's much cooler down there." the second guard reported.
"Good, I mean, there's no shade any where!" The first guard looked around as he pointed this out.
The second guard looked around. "Super, you know I would've been just fine until you pointed that out, now that I notice it, i'm hot already!" The second guard replied in an irritated tone.
The first guard happily left, he quickly swung open the door and headed in. All that was inside were stairs, he headed down them, about 50 yeards down, he opens a second door to reveal an entire underground arena, it was around, the entire thing must've been 200 or more feet in radius! there were bleachers and benches all around it, a steel fence surrounding the arena for audience protection, people all around sitting, standing, cheering watching two demons face off in the arena, for whatever purpose, the guard was unsure, he was at a post for 2 and a half hours. The guard headed to the northern part of the arena from the eastern side of it, looking at the ceiling now and again, some of the lights are out, damn blown light bulbs, luckily he'd been promoted to guard recently, he hated changing the bulbs, so high up, he hated heights. He came upon a door labeled security and went in to see dozens of other youkai demons, and wearing guard uniforms, he casually walked in and closed the door behind. There's a few benches, and little cubbie holes to put gear, theres a table in the back with herbs and food, refreshments.
"how's it going Bob?" The guard who was just on post speaks to one of the guards sitting on a bench.
The guard named Bob looks at the guard who just came back from the post. "Shut up Lee. You know I hate that, my name is Rob."
"yeah, yeah." Lee rolled his eyes. "Not much of a difference."
Rob glares at him. "One letter is enough of a difference to me."
"Touchy touchy." Lee laughs at him. Suddenly a smaller youkai strolls in.
The smaller Youkai, who is dressed in a kamishimo speaks to the guards and quickly leaves. "There is a security issue in the new arrivals, I'll need 4 of you to assist, see to it that it's settled."
Lee looks at Rob. "Woah, 4? usually 1 or 2, but 4? must be a strong one." With that, Rob, Lee and two others run to the room where the new slaves arrive, as they open the door, a guard is thrown out the door. "Woah!" Lee moves in just the right time. Lee and Rob look in to see a Demon, a Kit-Youkai. This Kit-Youkai is dressed in black Hakama and a black shirt. nothing on his feet it has bright emerald green eyes, black short hair it has black pointy fox ears and a red long slender fox tail, tipped with white fur, the kit-youkai seems very young for it is no taller then about 3 feet, it's a child..., this demon is stronger then other demons, a guard goes after it, to subdue it, but it easily side swipes the guard's foot, as the guard falls, the kit-youkai snatches the guards foot out of the air and hurls the guard at the door, breaking it down.
Lee stares at the kit-youkai, then looks at his friend Rob. "think we can take it?"
Rob looks back at his friend. "If we go after it, we might get ourselves killed, if we don't, we get fired..."
Lee laughs. "we could always try..." rob and Lee slowly advance towards the Kit-youkai. Before Rob or Lee get close enough, a different guard advances much faster, the Kit-Youkai jumps and latches onto the guard's armor plate, then slams it's palm into the guard's chest, shattering the armor and sending the guard into the wall, the Kit-Youkai landing back on it's feet with ease.
Lee stares bewildered. "H-how is a demon child so strong?! I've fought many demons much older, and won with ease, but this child...?!"
Rob blinks and asks Lee. "H-hey, I thought Youkai demons were weakened during the mating season!"
Lee shakes his head. "This child doesn't look old enough to be affected by that..."
The Kit-Youkai takes amenacing step towards Lee and Rob. "Move aside..." It's voice extremely childish, Lee can not even determine it's gender... now dominant features suggesting either gender..."
Lee laughs nervously while he stares at his impending doom. "Sorry kid, rules are rules, once your a slave here, you're under restrictions... you can't leave without an owner, just how it is."
The Kit-Youkai stares at him, he narrows his eyes at him. "and do you intend to stop me?!" Lee frown and nods a little.
Lee gathers the courage to speak. "i'll get fired if I don't."
The Kit-Youkai smiles some. "Is your job so precious to you, that you'd risk your life? maybe lady luck will be kind to you, for I don't intend to be anyones pet!" The Kit-Youkai swiftly advances, upon reaching the two guards, the Kit-Youkai advances to strike but an unseen force strikes the Kit-Youkai, making the Kit-Youkai fall backwards, quite surprised, the Kit-Youkai quickly gets back up. "huh?" The Kit-Youkai looks around.
A person wearing a kamishimo appears, katana in hand, the sheath on his belt. "Stan!" Lee exclaims. "Boy, am I happy to see you!"
Stan, still holding his katana watches the kit-Youkai carefully. "A rebellious young one, you are"
The kit-youkai, dazed a bit, stand back up. "Argh! I was so close!"
Stan, keeping an eye on the kit-youkai says "Tell me, young Kitsune..." Stan takes a few steps toward the Kit-Youkai. "Before I put you to sleep. Why are you so much stronger then other young Youkai demons?"
The Kit-youkai raises an eye brow. "I thought I was arrogant, i'm from the lands of Lien."
Stan thinks for a second. then his fae brightens. "Ah, the notorious Liengods, the only kit race to have a child with blue eyes." Stan looks at the kit-Youkai. "But... your eyes are green, so you are not as good, but much better then these other slaves, now tell me which one are you?"
"Yeah right!" the kit-Youkai scoffs. "as if i'd tell you!" The kit-Youkai runs at Stan, he pulls his fist back as red electricity surges around his fist, he swings the punch.
Stan's eyes go wide seeing the electricity. He acts quickly, with a quick maneuver, Stan slides by the kit-Youkai and with a sickening slam, Stan kicks the kit-Youkai in the back of the neck, sending the kit-youkai into the floor... unconscious.
Lee runs up. "You DA MAN! you kicked his sorry ass!"
Stan back hands Lee. "Be respectful! if I had not known who that was at that last second, I would surely be dead right now! never under estimate the Liengods!"
Lee, shocked bows in apology. "Y-yes sir! Sorry sir!... Who was this Demon?"
Stan stares down at the kit-Youkai. "The oldest and strongest child of the Liengods, rumor has it, he can control electricity, not only that, use his energy within his body to create and manipulate the electricity... extremely dangeous..."
Lee looks at Stan. "What if his parents come for him?!"
Stan, without looking at Lee. "Not to worry, the legend about the liengods... or at least their oldest son, is true, so other legends must be aswell, the island this boy came from is surrounded by a barrier, 3 children escaped it, one is currently unconscious in front of us... only so few have seen them before the barrier was placed..."
Lee speaks up again. "What should we do... with him?"
Stan replies "what we do with every other slave, just this one will need special treatment. clean the blood from his mouth and bring him to my office. I have some matters to attend to." Stan walks off down a corridor.
Lee looks at the unconscious boy. He thinks to himself 'I really hope he doesn't wake up! he'd have my balls in no time!' and with that, he picks the boy up and heads to a washroom to clean the blood from his face. He walks down the corridor and into a room labeled "Employees only". it is a large restroom, an underground spring, a futon, and clothes. Lee sets the boy down next to the spring, splashes his hand in the water and rubs it on the boy's face, cleaning off the blood. "There, better hurry, don't know how long he'll be unconscious..." Lee dries the boy's face off, the picks him up and heads to Stan's office. Lee knocks, he receives a "Come in" Lee walks in. Lee sees Stan drawing a symbol in red paint on the hardwood floor. "ah, going to seal him, i see."
Stan glares at him. "This seal takes utmost care, shush..." He delicately works. After what seems half an hour, he finishes, he grabs the boy and places him in middle of the circle on his belly, Stan sits beside the boy's head and starts painting a small symbol on the back of his neck in red paint.
Lee notices this. "Stan?! a level 3 seal?!"
Stan glares at him. "anything lower, he'll just break it!"
Lee frowns "but you'll be out for 3 days! what if something happens?"
Stan sighs "then get lord Nushi, he'll take my place."
Lee takes a step back. "But Nushi is an asshole! strong... but he treats anyone weaker then him like a slave!"
Stan glares at Lee again. "Bare with it..." He finishes painting the symbol on the boy and stands up. "now... Kitsune-Youkai gokuin taira Mittsu!" A bright red aura shines around the boy, red chains appear around the boy, they sink into his body, the symbol on the back of his neck becomes solid, like a tattoo and shines for a bit before becoming dull red again. Stan falls to his knees, then over backwards.
Lee looks around. "what do I do now?!" He remembers Stan telling him to do with the boy what they do with all the other slaves. He picks the boy up and leaves the office, he heads to the slave hall, picks out a cage, and puts him in it, then locks it. He leaves.
[The next morning]
The Kit-Youkai stirs to an awakening.
"hnnn... ouch!" the back of his neck is sore from where he got kicked. He looks around. "Hey! you cheating sons of-"
"Shut up!" A guard kicks the cage. "Be on your best behavior, customers are coming soon."
the Kit-Youkai growls. "Hows this for best behavior?!" He pulls his fist back and slams his fist into the metal bars. He feels an immense pain shoot through his hand. OWWWW!" he wiggles his hand. "owie! owie owie owie!"
The guard laughs. "Stupid mongruel."
the kit-youkai thinks to himself 'what gives?! why did that hurt?! why didn't the metal shatter?!'
A small voice from the cage next to his calls over. "Hey..." it's quiet... but he heard it.
The kit-Youkai looks over. "wha...?"
A small face looks back at him from the shadows of it's own cage. "you got sealed... didn't you...?"
The kit-youkai gives the face a puzzled look. "what the hell are you talking about?"
The small face looks concerned. "Turn around and lean against the bars..."
The Kit-youkai doesn't understand why, but does anyway.
The youkai in the next cage looks at the back of the kit-youkai's neck, it brishes some hair away and finds it, then touches it with it's fingers. "YEOWCH!" A bolt of pain shoots through the kit-youkai's body, the kit quickly moves away. "what the hell is your deal?!"
The youkai looks back at him. "it's the seal, if anyone touches it, it hurts you... and... the guards will use that just for their sadistic pleasure..."
The kit-youkai growls. "I'll tear their limbs off! one by one!"
A man, a strong man, walks in into the slave hall. He appears to be human. "Alright my Youkai, we open in a short few minutes, let me remind you how this works, I know that a few new slaves are here, and should brought through the rules. When the customers come in, they decide which of you they want as a personal slave, they must fight you, do not worry little ones, this fight will only be until one of the opponents can no longer continue, such as knock out, disabled, or surrender. Now, if you lose in a fight, you will be transported to my cousins mansion, where your training as a personal slave will begin, for 3 years, then full ownership will go to the victor, BUT provided that you win the fight, you will be rewarded with 500 points, these points you may use on what ever you like, you all will find an envelope behind you, you may look through the papers, that'll tell you what you can use the points on." he takes a breather. "I'm sure, some of you will notice that your powers are sealed within you, you are probably wondering how you can fight like that, huh? the arena has a special barrier around it, the barrier will negate the seal, releasing your powers, allowing you to use them in combat, however, the second you leave the arena, the seal will become active again. I warn you now, if you kill your opponent, I will not tolerate it, I will immediately send you to my cousin for personal slave training, and on top of that, the seal will become imbedded and completely permanent, so don't screw up, if you manage to survive 700 years here, we will release you back into the forest. now the customers are arriving, good day, and best of luck to all of you." The human turns and leaves the same way he came in. then the kit-youkai hears it, thudding of feet as youkai and human alike pour into the slave hall. The kit-youkai retreats into the shadows of his cage, perhaps if he is not seen, he will not be challenged, he doesn't want to "accidently" kill his opponent, with a sly grin, the kit-youkai waits patiently, he whispers to the youkai in the cage next to his. "How long does this last?"
The youkai with a frown turns to him "12 hours, with an hour break in between..."
The kit-youkai's eyes go wide. "Twelve hours!? you've got to be kidding me!" He slumps leaning against the bars and waits stealthily. after what seems like three hours of watching youkai go in and out of the slave hall, many being challenged. one male youkai, tall, wearing a black trench coat that's buttoned up and a straw hat walks up to the cage next to his. the kit-youkai looks into the cage, but no youkai is in it. The man speaks. "Hello kitsune."
'DAMNIT!' the kit-youkai curses as loud as he can in his mind. he can smell me! busted!
the man smiles. it's a generous smile. "Why don't you come out into the open, where I can see you? I want to see if I want you or not."
The only response the man got from the kit-youkai was... "Drop dead."
The man's smile doesn't fade. " I sense rebellion... I like that, I think, I will challenge you. I wonder if a Kit-youkai, the first of your kind that i've seen... is hard to tame."
A guard comes over. "you wish to face this one?" pointing to the kit-youkai's cage
The man, without looking away from the kit-youkai's cage, tells the guard. "Yes, this one, thank you."
The guard nods and unlocks the cage to let the kit-youkai out. "get out!" the guard kicks the cage
The kit-youkai climbs out, stands and brushes himself off.
The man looks the kit-youkai over. "Hmm, my, what a looker you are, i'm surprised no one claimed you before me, how lucky I am."
Frowning, the kit-youkai mumbles incoherently "We shall see..."
The guard tells the to follow him, and off they went, to the arena. upon entering the arena, the guard turns to them. "Ok, remember the rules, if your opponent faints, surrenders, or is unable to continue, you win, you are not allowed, under any circumstances, to kill your opponent, slave, you know what happens if you do, but you." he points at the man. "If you happen to kill this slave, Stan will see personally that you regret it. Stan might be running a business with them as products, but he takes care of them, so don't bring the wrath of Stan on yourself." With that, the guard turns and unlocks the gate. "Now if memory serves right, you slave, already got a taste of what Stan can do."
"Hmph." The kit-youkai pouted.
"Now, in with ye!" the man and the Kit-Youkai walked in, the kit-youkai felt his powers returning and grinned at the man.
The man looked at the kit-youkai. "This will be a most fun match, don't you think?" he smiled kindly. "Oh, silly me, I have yet to ask your name, I need that if i'm going to be your new master."
"Arrogant bastard..." He charges at the man full speed, the man smiled.
"Ah well, guess this will be easier then I thought, he waited patiently for the boy to get to him, about 5 feet away, the boy came to a sudden halt, pulling a katana blade from his sleeve and pointing it at him.
"Odd... usually you come all the way before-" the man was cut off as a foot slammed into his back, making him stumble forward directly for the blade! the man spun just a little bit, enough to dodge being impaled, but was cut a little on his stomach. the man quickly recovered. "Most impressive! what speed, that'll come in handy." he smiled mischieviously.
"I'd kill you, but I can't... so horribly maiming you will have to do." Red electricity surged around the kit-youkai as he said those words. The kit-youkai holds his hand behind him, electricity charging in it.
the man watched him. "how cute, i underestimated you, but you won't catch me off guard again." He started walking towards the kitsune. The kit-youkai watched the man draw closer. 'damn it... i need a little more time...'
The man is now 4 feet away. "Whats wrong little cub? don't you want to fight anymore? I see, you don't want to hurt your new master anymore, it's ok, just say that you surrender and we'll take you to be trained."
the kit-youkai ignores him 'jibber jabber all you want, airhead...'
the man smiles. "come on, say it, so we can go..." he notices the energy gathering behind him. "oh, so you do have some fight left in you after all." he takes another step forward and slams his fist into the kit-youkai's stomach, lifting the kit off his feet, the kit gasps in pain, in mid air, the man slams his fist into the kit's face sending him spiraling to the floor. "That hurt to do that to you my kit... please, don't make me hurt you more."
the kit-youkai rises to his feet and spits blood out. "you'll have to do better then that, to keep me down."
The man sighs. "ok... if you want to continue..." he clenches his fist, it glows blue. "here i come, kit!" he swiftly and gracefully dashes towards the kit-youkai. "this will finish you!" he swings his fist towards the kit-youkai's stomach for a knock out, at that instant, the kit-youkai brought his hands together in front of him, a large mass of red electricity surging in his hands.
with a death glare, the kit-youkai declared his victory. "Wrath of the lightning fox!" millions of electric bolts burst forth from his hands completely overwhelming the man, the man electrocuted so bad, it sent him flying into the wall, was it the lightning that forced him to pass out, or the wall? it mattered not, the kit-youkai is victorious. the kit-youkai walked over to the man who was recovering quickly, the man looked up at the kit-youkai who defeated him.
the kit-youkai looked down at him. "Though I dislike the way you declared victory over me before you even saw what I could do, I respect you're abilities as an opponent, I believe an award is in order."
The man smiled. "even though I lost... you'll be my personal slave?" he was happy, he started daydreaming about what he was going to do to him. then it all came crashing down with a simple reply.
"no" the kit-youkai shook his head, the man seemed disappointed. "Instead, i'll tell you my name. Zion(Zee-on)"
The man blinked. "Funny name" SLAM! "OWWWW! what did you do that for?!"
Zion the kit-youkai turned away from him with an irritated expression. "because I can" then proceeded out of the arena.
the man watched Zion, his expression turning serious. "You will be my kit... i will keep trying..."
Zion exited the arena, he felt a tingly sensation on the back of his neck, then he felt his powers leave his body and he sighed as he was forced to return to his cage. he sat down in his cage and took hold of the envelope that was mentioned before the fight. then he heard a woman scream. "huh?" he looked up to see a woman in front of his cage, peering in at him. "I want him! isn't he just soooo cute!" the woman exclaimed
Zion's expression immediately showed he was irritated.
The woman turns to the guard. "I'll fight him right now!"
Zion's ears perked up. "Hey! no fair! i just got out of a fight!"
the guard sided with Zion this time. "Sorry ma'am, you cannot challenge a slave that has already fought and won, a slave can only be challenged once a day."
with that, Zion sighed a breath of relief, he was in no condition to fight again, thought he was not hurt that bad, lots of his energy was consumed from the wrath of the lightning fox, since it wasn't charged all the way.
the woman was not happy. "Hmph, fine, i'll come back tomarrow." with that, she left.
Zion grabbed the envelope and looked at it. it appears there are a lot of nice things he can use the points he earned on. like the meals he gets, he gets one meal a nice, if he uses 400 points, he can get two meals a day instead! he can even upgrade his cage with using points, make it bigger, more comfortable, and he can even use them on choosing the food he wants! not bad... with his abilities, he would be set for life! though... he shouldn't get too comfortable, this isn't the best place to be, it'd be better out there... where he could what he wanted, when he wanted... but the seal... he had to plan this through. he thinking it through when a guard came to his cage.
"hm?" he looked up at him, the guard knelt down to peer into his cage.
the guard seemed embarassed to talk to him. "Hey... nice performance in there, what a nasty attack! my kids loved you, they want... they want an autograph."
"wha?" Zion is quite surprised. He even turned a little red. "uh... well, this is different..."
the guard waited patiently, he handed Zion a pen and paper.
Zion blinked, to play along, he signed it as "the Kitsune youkai"
the guard looked at it. "thanks a bunch! here's a reward." he handed Zion a paper
puzzled, Zion takes the paper and reads it, it told him that he just received another 25 points for good behavior, he was well on his way to becoming a fine slave. "what?! you tricked me!"
the guard chuckled. "whats wrong kitsune youkai? you got more points!"
Zion growled. "i actually thought people liked me..."
the guard stared at him. "like you? hah, good one" he shook the side of the cage to rattle Zion and then continued with his patrol.
Zion watched him, pissed off now 'so much for nice guys...'
a different guard, skinnier then the last one, wearing hakama and a shirt, announced to all the slaves. "It's time for lights out, sleep if you know whats good for you, you know, you might have to combat tomarrow." the guard walked through the hall, peering in each cage as he walked by, then left.
Zion crawled to one of the corners of his cage and layed down 'at least i don't have to fight two or more opponents in a row' he yawned. 'now, let's see what I can do about...' darkness invoked him as he fell asleep.
[flashback]
A meadow, two kit-youkai demons stand facing each other. both about the same age, one being Zion, the other... standing a bit taller, though he is younger, he has dark green eyes, he wears black cotton pants and a red cotton shirt. he carries a black scythe, the blade emmitting a slight black aura.
the kit-youkai with the scythe speaks. "Zion, you may be my older brother, but you are falling behind in strength..."
Zion looked at his younger brother. "hah, you haven't seen me in the past two years, what do you know about my strength, Iori?"
the kit-youkai with the scythe, seemingly known as... Iori... grins at his brother Zion. "So be it, shall we have a match then?"
Zion grinned aswell. "lets" with a quick foot, he advances upon Iori and swings his fist quickly, Iori easily blocks it with his scythe staff, Iori brings the other end of the staff, the non-blade end around to smack Zion, Zion ducks and kicks Iori in the gut, Iori stumbles back some.
Iori watches his brother. "I see... I don't need to go as easy on you... as I thought..."
Zion shakes his head. "why would you go easy in the first place?!"
it's Iori's turn to shake his head. "Brother, look at the facts, you are weak... you haven't even found your weapon yet."
Zion seems hurt. "Weak...? father always said I never needed a weapon! that these fists are all I need...!"
Iori frowns. "It's not the fact that if you need it or not, but it materializes from your blood when you are strong enough, thats how my scythe came about, and it's perfect for me... unlike you, you havent aquired the strength to materialize one."
Zion is starting to get angry. "oh yeah?!" red electricity forms at his hands.
Iori watches him. "you've used your lightning against me before... it doesn't work, my scythe acts like a lightning rod... remember?"
Zion clenches his teeth. "I don't care, i'll show you i'm not weak!" he charges at his brother, fist drawn back with red electricity, upon reaching him, Iori easily just swipes the scythe once and slashes Zion across the gut, knocking him down, a gash in his gut. Zion climbs to his feet, clutching his gut.
Iori sighs "it's a painful lesson Zion... I know, but one that-" Iori watches as the gash glows, while blood pours out onto Zion's hands.
Zion stares at the ground as if he's ashamed... the blood running onto his hand, suddenly, the blood travels from his hand outward into the air, forming like a bar, then it builds upon itself, forming a unique sword, a blade bigger then Iori's mighty scythe, the sword being quite broad, the end of the sword having an extra blade, as if it were a combination of a sword and an axe.
Iori stared at the sword. "wow... you did it..." iori blinked while staring at it.
Zion growled at iori. "what was that about being weak?!"
Iori smiled 'let me rephrase... show me you are not weak." the two ran at each other, at the same time they both slashed their weapons at each other causing a major clash, sending a bright white light, blinding both of them...
[end flashback]
Fox of red fire: okie dokie, thats the first chapter, hope who ever is reading this, that you enjoyed the first chapter!
There's a building in a clearing of a large forest. The building appears to be 100 feet by 90 in perameter, in the middle of the building resides a single door, as a single guard stands by it, a second guard comes forth from the building.
"It's bloomin hot out here!" The guard who was outside to begin with exclaims.
"Yeah yeah, commander Stan sent me up to relieve you of your duties, it's much cooler down there." the second guard reported.
"Good, I mean, there's no shade any where!" The first guard looked around as he pointed this out.
The second guard looked around. "Super, you know I would've been just fine until you pointed that out, now that I notice it, i'm hot already!" The second guard replied in an irritated tone.
The first guard happily left, he quickly swung open the door and headed in. All that was inside were stairs, he headed down them, about 50 yeards down, he opens a second door to reveal an entire underground arena, it was around, the entire thing must've been 200 or more feet in radius! there were bleachers and benches all around it, a steel fence surrounding the arena for audience protection, people all around sitting, standing, cheering watching two demons face off in the arena, for whatever purpose, the guard was unsure, he was at a post for 2 and a half hours. The guard headed to the northern part of the arena from the eastern side of it, looking at the ceiling now and again, some of the lights are out, damn blown light bulbs, luckily he'd been promoted to guard recently, he hated changing the bulbs, so high up, he hated heights. He came upon a door labeled security and went in to see dozens of other youkai demons, and wearing guard uniforms, he casually walked in and closed the door behind. There's a few benches, and little cubbie holes to put gear, theres a table in the back with herbs and food, refreshments.
"how's it going Bob?" The guard who was just on post speaks to one of the guards sitting on a bench.
The guard named Bob looks at the guard who just came back from the post. "Shut up Lee. You know I hate that, my name is Rob."
"yeah, yeah." Lee rolled his eyes. "Not much of a difference."
Rob glares at him. "One letter is enough of a difference to me."
"Touchy touchy." Lee laughs at him. Suddenly a smaller youkai strolls in.
The smaller Youkai, who is dressed in a kamishimo speaks to the guards and quickly leaves. "There is a security issue in the new arrivals, I'll need 4 of you to assist, see to it that it's settled."
Lee looks at Rob. "Woah, 4? usually 1 or 2, but 4? must be a strong one." With that, Rob, Lee and two others run to the room where the new slaves arrive, as they open the door, a guard is thrown out the door. "Woah!" Lee moves in just the right time. Lee and Rob look in to see a Demon, a Kit-Youkai. This Kit-Youkai is dressed in black Hakama and a black shirt. nothing on his feet it has bright emerald green eyes, black short hair it has black pointy fox ears and a red long slender fox tail, tipped with white fur, the kit-youkai seems very young for it is no taller then about 3 feet, it's a child..., this demon is stronger then other demons, a guard goes after it, to subdue it, but it easily side swipes the guard's foot, as the guard falls, the kit-youkai snatches the guards foot out of the air and hurls the guard at the door, breaking it down.
Lee stares at the kit-youkai, then looks at his friend Rob. "think we can take it?"
Rob looks back at his friend. "If we go after it, we might get ourselves killed, if we don't, we get fired..."
Lee laughs. "we could always try..." rob and Lee slowly advance towards the Kit-youkai. Before Rob or Lee get close enough, a different guard advances much faster, the Kit-Youkai jumps and latches onto the guard's armor plate, then slams it's palm into the guard's chest, shattering the armor and sending the guard into the wall, the Kit-Youkai landing back on it's feet with ease.
Lee stares bewildered. "H-how is a demon child so strong?! I've fought many demons much older, and won with ease, but this child...?!"
Rob blinks and asks Lee. "H-hey, I thought Youkai demons were weakened during the mating season!"
Lee shakes his head. "This child doesn't look old enough to be affected by that..."
The Kit-Youkai takes amenacing step towards Lee and Rob. "Move aside..." It's voice extremely childish, Lee can not even determine it's gender... now dominant features suggesting either gender..."
Lee laughs nervously while he stares at his impending doom. "Sorry kid, rules are rules, once your a slave here, you're under restrictions... you can't leave without an owner, just how it is."
The Kit-Youkai stares at him, he narrows his eyes at him. "and do you intend to stop me?!" Lee frown and nods a little.
Lee gathers the courage to speak. "i'll get fired if I don't."
The Kit-Youkai smiles some. "Is your job so precious to you, that you'd risk your life? maybe lady luck will be kind to you, for I don't intend to be anyones pet!" The Kit-Youkai swiftly advances, upon reaching the two guards, the Kit-Youkai advances to strike but an unseen force strikes the Kit-Youkai, making the Kit-Youkai fall backwards, quite surprised, the Kit-Youkai quickly gets back up. "huh?" The Kit-Youkai looks around.
A person wearing a kamishimo appears, katana in hand, the sheath on his belt. "Stan!" Lee exclaims. "Boy, am I happy to see you!"
Stan, still holding his katana watches the kit-Youkai carefully. "A rebellious young one, you are"
The kit-youkai, dazed a bit, stand back up. "Argh! I was so close!"
Stan, keeping an eye on the kit-youkai says "Tell me, young Kitsune..." Stan takes a few steps toward the Kit-Youkai. "Before I put you to sleep. Why are you so much stronger then other young Youkai demons?"
The Kit-youkai raises an eye brow. "I thought I was arrogant, i'm from the lands of Lien."
Stan thinks for a second. then his fae brightens. "Ah, the notorious Liengods, the only kit race to have a child with blue eyes." Stan looks at the kit-Youkai. "But... your eyes are green, so you are not as good, but much better then these other slaves, now tell me which one are you?"
"Yeah right!" the kit-Youkai scoffs. "as if i'd tell you!" The kit-Youkai runs at Stan, he pulls his fist back as red electricity surges around his fist, he swings the punch.
Stan's eyes go wide seeing the electricity. He acts quickly, with a quick maneuver, Stan slides by the kit-Youkai and with a sickening slam, Stan kicks the kit-Youkai in the back of the neck, sending the kit-youkai into the floor... unconscious.
Lee runs up. "You DA MAN! you kicked his sorry ass!"
Stan back hands Lee. "Be respectful! if I had not known who that was at that last second, I would surely be dead right now! never under estimate the Liengods!"
Lee, shocked bows in apology. "Y-yes sir! Sorry sir!... Who was this Demon?"
Stan stares down at the kit-Youkai. "The oldest and strongest child of the Liengods, rumor has it, he can control electricity, not only that, use his energy within his body to create and manipulate the electricity... extremely dangeous..."
Lee looks at Stan. "What if his parents come for him?!"
Stan, without looking at Lee. "Not to worry, the legend about the liengods... or at least their oldest son, is true, so other legends must be aswell, the island this boy came from is surrounded by a barrier, 3 children escaped it, one is currently unconscious in front of us... only so few have seen them before the barrier was placed..."
Lee speaks up again. "What should we do... with him?"
Stan replies "what we do with every other slave, just this one will need special treatment. clean the blood from his mouth and bring him to my office. I have some matters to attend to." Stan walks off down a corridor.
Lee looks at the unconscious boy. He thinks to himself 'I really hope he doesn't wake up! he'd have my balls in no time!' and with that, he picks the boy up and heads to a washroom to clean the blood from his face. He walks down the corridor and into a room labeled "Employees only". it is a large restroom, an underground spring, a futon, and clothes. Lee sets the boy down next to the spring, splashes his hand in the water and rubs it on the boy's face, cleaning off the blood. "There, better hurry, don't know how long he'll be unconscious..." Lee dries the boy's face off, the picks him up and heads to Stan's office. Lee knocks, he receives a "Come in" Lee walks in. Lee sees Stan drawing a symbol in red paint on the hardwood floor. "ah, going to seal him, i see."
Stan glares at him. "This seal takes utmost care, shush..." He delicately works. After what seems half an hour, he finishes, he grabs the boy and places him in middle of the circle on his belly, Stan sits beside the boy's head and starts painting a small symbol on the back of his neck in red paint.
Lee notices this. "Stan?! a level 3 seal?!"
Stan glares at him. "anything lower, he'll just break it!"
Lee frowns "but you'll be out for 3 days! what if something happens?"
Stan sighs "then get lord Nushi, he'll take my place."
Lee takes a step back. "But Nushi is an asshole! strong... but he treats anyone weaker then him like a slave!"
Stan glares at Lee again. "Bare with it..." He finishes painting the symbol on the boy and stands up. "now... Kitsune-Youkai gokuin taira Mittsu!" A bright red aura shines around the boy, red chains appear around the boy, they sink into his body, the symbol on the back of his neck becomes solid, like a tattoo and shines for a bit before becoming dull red again. Stan falls to his knees, then over backwards.
Lee looks around. "what do I do now?!" He remembers Stan telling him to do with the boy what they do with all the other slaves. He picks the boy up and leaves the office, he heads to the slave hall, picks out a cage, and puts him in it, then locks it. He leaves.
[The next morning]
The Kit-Youkai stirs to an awakening.
"hnnn... ouch!" the back of his neck is sore from where he got kicked. He looks around. "Hey! you cheating sons of-"
"Shut up!" A guard kicks the cage. "Be on your best behavior, customers are coming soon."
the Kit-Youkai growls. "Hows this for best behavior?!" He pulls his fist back and slams his fist into the metal bars. He feels an immense pain shoot through his hand. OWWWW!" he wiggles his hand. "owie! owie owie owie!"
The guard laughs. "Stupid mongruel."
the kit-youkai thinks to himself 'what gives?! why did that hurt?! why didn't the metal shatter?!'
A small voice from the cage next to his calls over. "Hey..." it's quiet... but he heard it.
The kit-Youkai looks over. "wha...?"
A small face looks back at him from the shadows of it's own cage. "you got sealed... didn't you...?"
The kit-youkai gives the face a puzzled look. "what the hell are you talking about?"
The small face looks concerned. "Turn around and lean against the bars..."
The Kit-youkai doesn't understand why, but does anyway.
The youkai in the next cage looks at the back of the kit-youkai's neck, it brishes some hair away and finds it, then touches it with it's fingers. "YEOWCH!" A bolt of pain shoots through the kit-youkai's body, the kit quickly moves away. "what the hell is your deal?!"
The youkai looks back at him. "it's the seal, if anyone touches it, it hurts you... and... the guards will use that just for their sadistic pleasure..."
The kit-youkai growls. "I'll tear their limbs off! one by one!"
A man, a strong man, walks in into the slave hall. He appears to be human. "Alright my Youkai, we open in a short few minutes, let me remind you how this works, I know that a few new slaves are here, and should brought through the rules. When the customers come in, they decide which of you they want as a personal slave, they must fight you, do not worry little ones, this fight will only be until one of the opponents can no longer continue, such as knock out, disabled, or surrender. Now, if you lose in a fight, you will be transported to my cousins mansion, where your training as a personal slave will begin, for 3 years, then full ownership will go to the victor, BUT provided that you win the fight, you will be rewarded with 500 points, these points you may use on what ever you like, you all will find an envelope behind you, you may look through the papers, that'll tell you what you can use the points on." he takes a breather. "I'm sure, some of you will notice that your powers are sealed within you, you are probably wondering how you can fight like that, huh? the arena has a special barrier around it, the barrier will negate the seal, releasing your powers, allowing you to use them in combat, however, the second you leave the arena, the seal will become active again. I warn you now, if you kill your opponent, I will not tolerate it, I will immediately send you to my cousin for personal slave training, and on top of that, the seal will become imbedded and completely permanent, so don't screw up, if you manage to survive 700 years here, we will release you back into the forest. now the customers are arriving, good day, and best of luck to all of you." The human turns and leaves the same way he came in. then the kit-youkai hears it, thudding of feet as youkai and human alike pour into the slave hall. The kit-youkai retreats into the shadows of his cage, perhaps if he is not seen, he will not be challenged, he doesn't want to "accidently" kill his opponent, with a sly grin, the kit-youkai waits patiently, he whispers to the youkai in the cage next to his. "How long does this last?"
The youkai with a frown turns to him "12 hours, with an hour break in between..."
The kit-youkai's eyes go wide. "Twelve hours!? you've got to be kidding me!" He slumps leaning against the bars and waits stealthily. after what seems like three hours of watching youkai go in and out of the slave hall, many being challenged. one male youkai, tall, wearing a black trench coat that's buttoned up and a straw hat walks up to the cage next to his. the kit-youkai looks into the cage, but no youkai is in it. The man speaks. "Hello kitsune."
'DAMNIT!' the kit-youkai curses as loud as he can in his mind. he can smell me! busted!
the man smiles. it's a generous smile. "Why don't you come out into the open, where I can see you? I want to see if I want you or not."
The only response the man got from the kit-youkai was... "Drop dead."
The man's smile doesn't fade. " I sense rebellion... I like that, I think, I will challenge you. I wonder if a Kit-youkai, the first of your kind that i've seen... is hard to tame."
A guard comes over. "you wish to face this one?" pointing to the kit-youkai's cage
The man, without looking away from the kit-youkai's cage, tells the guard. "Yes, this one, thank you."
The guard nods and unlocks the cage to let the kit-youkai out. "get out!" the guard kicks the cage
The kit-youkai climbs out, stands and brushes himself off.
The man looks the kit-youkai over. "Hmm, my, what a looker you are, i'm surprised no one claimed you before me, how lucky I am."
Frowning, the kit-youkai mumbles incoherently "We shall see..."
The guard tells the to follow him, and off they went, to the arena. upon entering the arena, the guard turns to them. "Ok, remember the rules, if your opponent faints, surrenders, or is unable to continue, you win, you are not allowed, under any circumstances, to kill your opponent, slave, you know what happens if you do, but you." he points at the man. "If you happen to kill this slave, Stan will see personally that you regret it. Stan might be running a business with them as products, but he takes care of them, so don't bring the wrath of Stan on yourself." With that, the guard turns and unlocks the gate. "Now if memory serves right, you slave, already got a taste of what Stan can do."
"Hmph." The kit-youkai pouted.
"Now, in with ye!" the man and the Kit-Youkai walked in, the kit-youkai felt his powers returning and grinned at the man.
The man looked at the kit-youkai. "This will be a most fun match, don't you think?" he smiled kindly. "Oh, silly me, I have yet to ask your name, I need that if i'm going to be your new master."
"Arrogant bastard..." He charges at the man full speed, the man smiled.
"Ah well, guess this will be easier then I thought, he waited patiently for the boy to get to him, about 5 feet away, the boy came to a sudden halt, pulling a katana blade from his sleeve and pointing it at him.
"Odd... usually you come all the way before-" the man was cut off as a foot slammed into his back, making him stumble forward directly for the blade! the man spun just a little bit, enough to dodge being impaled, but was cut a little on his stomach. the man quickly recovered. "Most impressive! what speed, that'll come in handy." he smiled mischieviously.
"I'd kill you, but I can't... so horribly maiming you will have to do." Red electricity surged around the kit-youkai as he said those words. The kit-youkai holds his hand behind him, electricity charging in it.
the man watched him. "how cute, i underestimated you, but you won't catch me off guard again." He started walking towards the kitsune. The kit-youkai watched the man draw closer. 'damn it... i need a little more time...'
The man is now 4 feet away. "Whats wrong little cub? don't you want to fight anymore? I see, you don't want to hurt your new master anymore, it's ok, just say that you surrender and we'll take you to be trained."
the kit-youkai ignores him 'jibber jabber all you want, airhead...'
the man smiles. "come on, say it, so we can go..." he notices the energy gathering behind him. "oh, so you do have some fight left in you after all." he takes another step forward and slams his fist into the kit-youkai's stomach, lifting the kit off his feet, the kit gasps in pain, in mid air, the man slams his fist into the kit's face sending him spiraling to the floor. "That hurt to do that to you my kit... please, don't make me hurt you more."
the kit-youkai rises to his feet and spits blood out. "you'll have to do better then that, to keep me down."
The man sighs. "ok... if you want to continue..." he clenches his fist, it glows blue. "here i come, kit!" he swiftly and gracefully dashes towards the kit-youkai. "this will finish you!" he swings his fist towards the kit-youkai's stomach for a knock out, at that instant, the kit-youkai brought his hands together in front of him, a large mass of red electricity surging in his hands.
with a death glare, the kit-youkai declared his victory. "Wrath of the lightning fox!" millions of electric bolts burst forth from his hands completely overwhelming the man, the man electrocuted so bad, it sent him flying into the wall, was it the lightning that forced him to pass out, or the wall? it mattered not, the kit-youkai is victorious. the kit-youkai walked over to the man who was recovering quickly, the man looked up at the kit-youkai who defeated him.
the kit-youkai looked down at him. "Though I dislike the way you declared victory over me before you even saw what I could do, I respect you're abilities as an opponent, I believe an award is in order."
The man smiled. "even though I lost... you'll be my personal slave?" he was happy, he started daydreaming about what he was going to do to him. then it all came crashing down with a simple reply.
"no" the kit-youkai shook his head, the man seemed disappointed. "Instead, i'll tell you my name. Zion(Zee-on)"
The man blinked. "Funny name" SLAM! "OWWWW! what did you do that for?!"
Zion the kit-youkai turned away from him with an irritated expression. "because I can" then proceeded out of the arena.
the man watched Zion, his expression turning serious. "You will be my kit... i will keep trying..."
Zion exited the arena, he felt a tingly sensation on the back of his neck, then he felt his powers leave his body and he sighed as he was forced to return to his cage. he sat down in his cage and took hold of the envelope that was mentioned before the fight. then he heard a woman scream. "huh?" he looked up to see a woman in front of his cage, peering in at him. "I want him! isn't he just soooo cute!" the woman exclaimed
Zion's expression immediately showed he was irritated.
The woman turns to the guard. "I'll fight him right now!"
Zion's ears perked up. "Hey! no fair! i just got out of a fight!"
the guard sided with Zion this time. "Sorry ma'am, you cannot challenge a slave that has already fought and won, a slave can only be challenged once a day."
with that, Zion sighed a breath of relief, he was in no condition to fight again, thought he was not hurt that bad, lots of his energy was consumed from the wrath of the lightning fox, since it wasn't charged all the way.
the woman was not happy. "Hmph, fine, i'll come back tomarrow." with that, she left.
Zion grabbed the envelope and looked at it. it appears there are a lot of nice things he can use the points he earned on. like the meals he gets, he gets one meal a nice, if he uses 400 points, he can get two meals a day instead! he can even upgrade his cage with using points, make it bigger, more comfortable, and he can even use them on choosing the food he wants! not bad... with his abilities, he would be set for life! though... he shouldn't get too comfortable, this isn't the best place to be, it'd be better out there... where he could what he wanted, when he wanted... but the seal... he had to plan this through. he thinking it through when a guard came to his cage.
"hm?" he looked up at him, the guard knelt down to peer into his cage.
the guard seemed embarassed to talk to him. "Hey... nice performance in there, what a nasty attack! my kids loved you, they want... they want an autograph."
"wha?" Zion is quite surprised. He even turned a little red. "uh... well, this is different..."
the guard waited patiently, he handed Zion a pen and paper.
Zion blinked, to play along, he signed it as "the Kitsune youkai"
the guard looked at it. "thanks a bunch! here's a reward." he handed Zion a paper
puzzled, Zion takes the paper and reads it, it told him that he just received another 25 points for good behavior, he was well on his way to becoming a fine slave. "what?! you tricked me!"
the guard chuckled. "whats wrong kitsune youkai? you got more points!"
Zion growled. "i actually thought people liked me..."
the guard stared at him. "like you? hah, good one" he shook the side of the cage to rattle Zion and then continued with his patrol.
Zion watched him, pissed off now 'so much for nice guys...'
a different guard, skinnier then the last one, wearing hakama and a shirt, announced to all the slaves. "It's time for lights out, sleep if you know whats good for you, you know, you might have to combat tomarrow." the guard walked through the hall, peering in each cage as he walked by, then left.
Zion crawled to one of the corners of his cage and layed down 'at least i don't have to fight two or more opponents in a row' he yawned. 'now, let's see what I can do about...' darkness invoked him as he fell asleep.
[flashback]
A meadow, two kit-youkai demons stand facing each other. both about the same age, one being Zion, the other... standing a bit taller, though he is younger, he has dark green eyes, he wears black cotton pants and a red cotton shirt. he carries a black scythe, the blade emmitting a slight black aura.
the kit-youkai with the scythe speaks. "Zion, you may be my older brother, but you are falling behind in strength..."
Zion looked at his younger brother. "hah, you haven't seen me in the past two years, what do you know about my strength, Iori?"
the kit-youkai with the scythe, seemingly known as... Iori... grins at his brother Zion. "So be it, shall we have a match then?"
Zion grinned aswell. "lets" with a quick foot, he advances upon Iori and swings his fist quickly, Iori easily blocks it with his scythe staff, Iori brings the other end of the staff, the non-blade end around to smack Zion, Zion ducks and kicks Iori in the gut, Iori stumbles back some.
Iori watches his brother. "I see... I don't need to go as easy on you... as I thought..."
Zion shakes his head. "why would you go easy in the first place?!"
it's Iori's turn to shake his head. "Brother, look at the facts, you are weak... you haven't even found your weapon yet."
Zion seems hurt. "Weak...? father always said I never needed a weapon! that these fists are all I need...!"
Iori frowns. "It's not the fact that if you need it or not, but it materializes from your blood when you are strong enough, thats how my scythe came about, and it's perfect for me... unlike you, you havent aquired the strength to materialize one."
Zion is starting to get angry. "oh yeah?!" red electricity forms at his hands.
Iori watches him. "you've used your lightning against me before... it doesn't work, my scythe acts like a lightning rod... remember?"
Zion clenches his teeth. "I don't care, i'll show you i'm not weak!" he charges at his brother, fist drawn back with red electricity, upon reaching him, Iori easily just swipes the scythe once and slashes Zion across the gut, knocking him down, a gash in his gut. Zion climbs to his feet, clutching his gut.
Iori sighs "it's a painful lesson Zion... I know, but one that-" Iori watches as the gash glows, while blood pours out onto Zion's hands.
Zion stares at the ground as if he's ashamed... the blood running onto his hand, suddenly, the blood travels from his hand outward into the air, forming like a bar, then it builds upon itself, forming a unique sword, a blade bigger then Iori's mighty scythe, the sword being quite broad, the end of the sword having an extra blade, as if it were a combination of a sword and an axe.
Iori stared at the sword. "wow... you did it..." iori blinked while staring at it.
Zion growled at iori. "what was that about being weak?!"
Iori smiled 'let me rephrase... show me you are not weak." the two ran at each other, at the same time they both slashed their weapons at each other causing a major clash, sending a bright white light, blinding both of them...
[end flashback]
Fox of red fire: okie dokie, thats the first chapter, hope who ever is reading this, that you enjoyed the first chapter!