Summertime Beatdown -2-

-5 Days  before the Fight.-

'Everyone was sitting in the audience seating of the old opera house, while Masaru silently sat on the edge of the stage.'

"Lemme tell y'all something...

...My Sensei once told..."

"The world is a jungle...

'Masaru started speaking.'

You either 𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 AND 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗧...

Or 𝗛𝗜𝗗𝗘 and 𝙀𝙑𝘼𝙋𝙊𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙀."

"When life challenges you...

If you're not ready to 𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧

For your 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠...

𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗜𝗧!"

'Everyone, including the ones who knew him,were left in awe.'

"If you don't 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗨𝗣

To your toughest challenges...

You'll 𝗗𝗜𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘...

A slow death."

" Caused by 𝙍𝙀𝙂𝙍𝙀𝙏 and 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧."

"𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗬 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘!"

'Masaru stands up.'

"In my life...𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚

𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘."

"𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗦"

"𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗!

'Everyone starts cheering.'

"𝙄 𝙒𝙀𝙇𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝙋𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙎𝙐𝙍𝙀! 𝙄 𝙒𝙀𝙇𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝙔 𝙊𝙋𝙋𝙊𝙉𝙀𝙉𝙏!"

"𝙄 𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙐𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍 𝙋𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙎𝙐𝙍𝙀

To any obstacle,I say

'May the best man win.' "

"That's what it's all about me:

𝙂𝙄𝙑𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄 𝙃𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀.

This one shot we have.

𝙂𝙊𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘼𝙁𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙒𝙀 𝙒𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙂𝙄𝙑𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙎𝙀𝙇𝙑𝙀𝙎 𝙏𝙊 𝙂𝙀𝙏 𝙄𝙏"

"𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝙒𝙀 𝙒𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝙄𝙉 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀... 𝙒𝙀 𝘾𝘼𝙉 𝙃𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙄𝙏!"

"𝘽𝙐𝙏 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙃𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝘽𝙀 𝙃𝙐𝙉𝙂𝙍𝙔 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙄𝙏!!

𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙔 𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙎𝙀 𝙒𝙃𝙊 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙃𝙐𝙉𝙂𝙍𝙔 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙐𝙇𝙏𝙎 𝙂𝙀𝙏 𝙏𝙊 𝙀𝘼𝙏 𝘼𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙏𝘼𝘽𝙇𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝙎𝙐𝘾𝘾𝙀𝙎𝙎."

"So Don't Hide from Your 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟. At least give  𝙃𝘼𝙇𝙁 of what y'all have inside..."

"𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝙄𝙎 𝘼 𝙅𝙐𝙉𝙂𝙇𝙀!

'Masaru raises the volume of his tone & voice.'

𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙀𝙄𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝙁𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘿𝙊𝙈𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝙊𝙍 𝙃𝙄𝘿𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙀𝙑𝘼𝙋𝙊𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙀"

"When life challenges you...

𝙄𝙁 𝙔𝙊𝙐'𝙍𝙀 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙔 𝙏𝙊 𝙁𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝘿𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈 𝙔𝙊𝙐'𝙇𝙇 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝙃𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙄𝙏!"

"Don't allow 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗧 and 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 into your life!"

"When challenges appear:𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙒 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝙒𝙃𝙊 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙔 𝘼𝙍𝙀!"

"Success or failure

It doesn't matter...

𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝘿𝙀!

𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝙌𝙐𝙄𝙏

𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝘿𝙀!"

"𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙇𝙔 𝙂𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝙄𝙉 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙎𝙊𝙐𝙇 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙂𝙊𝘼𝙇𝙎!"

"...And right now,our Main 𝙂𝙊𝘼𝙇,is Total 𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺."

"So tell me,Boys,Who are we?!

𝗪𝝚'𝗥𝝚 𝗧𝝜𝝚 𝝗𝗜𝙂 𝘿𝝚𝝖𝗟!

'Everyone shouted.'

Louder! Louder! Scream it loud & Clear!

𝙍𝙊𝘼𝙍 𝙐𝙉𝙏𝙄𝙇 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙑𝙊𝘾𝘼𝙇 𝘾𝙃𝙊𝙍𝘿𝙎 𝙋𝙊𝙋!"

"𝗪𝗛𝗢. 𝗔𝗥𝗘. 𝗪𝗘? 'Masaru said.'

𝗧𝝜𝝚 𝝗𝗜𝙂 𝘿𝝚𝝖𝗟!!!!"

'Everyone screamed, louder than ever.'

"That's right.

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-3 Days before the fight.-

-𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺's Hideout.'

'Kana,Yoko,& Ayame,were sparing with Benkei & Taiga.'

'Taiga was laughing loudly as Kana,Yoko,&Ayame,were all trying to land hits on him,& some of them did connect,but it didn't faze him,but he had to sidestep,as Benkei's fist was just inches away from him.'

"Haha! You almost got me there,Ben-Ben!

I thought I told you not to use that Nickname."

'Benkei said, Closing his distance, Grabbing ahold of Taiga, Lifting him off his feet,Body Slamming him onto the ground, but Taiga was still smiling & laughing when he crashed down.'

"What's wrong,Ben-ben? That was pretty weak, considering the fact that you're one of our strongest Tanks!

...You big Brute. Don't you get tried?

Not really."

'Taiga got off the ground,But had to quickly block a flying kick from Ayame,Kana used that as an opportunity,& Started throwing a Fury of Punches in Taiga's liver,Ribs,& Stomach, which Just Stun the giant.Yoko, appeared behind Taiga,in midair,She proceeded to spin in midair, Kickin' Taiga in the neck, Which just left a huge bruise on his neck.'

"Still feisty as ever,Yoko!

'Taiga glanced over to Her, Still Having a smile on his face.'

Boss!"

'a Gang-Member shouted,barging in.'

"What the hell?

'Kana said, turning over to the new person.'

W--We got a reply from 'Big Deal'!

'He shouted.'

What did they say?!"

'Taiga excitingly said.'

"....On June 4th,2002, Along The Tama River,in the underpass,They Want to Finish this, Once & For all!"

'The gang-Member said, Surprising everyone, Expect Taiga,Who was Smiling wider than ever,as that date was closer than Ever.'

"....T-that's in two Days!"

'Benkei said.'

"Wow,it seems the Battle will be arriving sooner than expected.'

'Ayame said, Placing her fists on her hips.'

"... What are we going to do,Kana?

'Yoko asked, looking over to her leader, with a serious expression.'

... What else can we do,but accept their challenge?"

'She said, turning over to Yoko, with a small grin.'

"Gather everyone up,Tell them to prepare themselves for the Bloodbath. No one stays absent."

'She said, looking over to Taiga,who Nodded, with a Big Cheeky Smile on his face.'

"On it,Boss! I'll tell my men to get off their asses!"

'Taiga rushes passed the gang-member, accidentally launching him backwards a few feet away from the entrance of the Gym, Landing on his back.'

'The Gang-Member moaned of discomfort, rubbing his back.'

"Yo.

'Benkei called, gaining the gangster's attention.'

How did you know about that?

Them wanting to finish this,along the Tama river's underpass,i mean."

"...Oh! Um...well,Who I'm guessing,Is the leader, Straight-up Told me.

He saw the logo on my jacket, asked about it,& once he confirmed it,told me the information. He wasn't hostile or anything, pretty chill,to be honest."



-The Sanctuary's Logo.-

"Is that so,huh...?

'he said,In a thoughtful Tone.'

...Go also prepare yourself."

'He said,The Gangster, Silently obeying, Leaving the area.'

"...Well,this fight will certainly be Exciting. I finally will get to meet the man who Absorbed

𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹'𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱,&𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙆𝙣𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨."

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[𝚃𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚁𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛,𝘠𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪, 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢]

[𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦4𝘵𝘩,2002.]

'Kana,Was Standing in front of all,Her Gang,Masaru Did the same.'

"...You must Be 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐮 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐨.  'The latter raising his eyebrow,when hearing his name.'

I've heard alot about you. About how you conquered Two of The '𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚' Gangs. Well, I'll like to see you try & do the same to '𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺!'"

'She shouted, Crossing her Arms in front of her.'

"Hmmm,I mean,I could try,but I think it would be more of a challenge, conquering you~♡."

'He jokily said, winking at Kana,the latter gave a small Eye-closed Smile,Veins appearing on her face.'

"Hey,now, don't get all angry,all of a sudden! You'll ruin your beautiful Face!"

'he said, with a comedically concerned facial expression.'

"You're really getting on my damn nerves,Asshole."

"Wow,you guys have more men than what I expected.

'Masaru said, in a fake scared tone.'

Yeah,400,to be exact."

'She said,in a cocky tone.'

"Well, that won't be of any worry.

'He said, while stretching. The others of his Gang doing the same.'

What?! You dare insult us? You cocky Lil- Basta-"

'The newly rival gang member,made the mistake of approaching Masaru,& try to punch him,The latter Merely Uppercuting him on the chin, Which was all it took to knock the gangster out.'

"I would kindly appreciate it if y'all didn't interrupt my stretching routine."

'He said, with a smile.'

'The newly rival gang members murmured amongst themselves,& the ones who weren't recently recruited members,all stared in awe,as they had heard about Masaru Takao,but was their first time seeing him in action.'

'After a few seconds,he stopped stretching & slowly opened his eyes.'

"Y'all ready to Square up?

'He said, Looking towards Kana & her gang.'

𝘾𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚!"

"Let's Do this Shit!"

'Masaru shouted with a big smile, Everyone of his Gang, Cheerfully shouted.'

'Masaru,Ran towards The 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺, everyone simultaneously followed behind Masaru.'

"Crush 'em all!

'Kana Shouted,Taiga was the first to happily answer.'

Oh,you don't gotten tell me twice,Boss!"

'The giant said,Running Passed her, Fallowed by the other Gang-Members.'

'As both gangs were getting closer,Taiga was the first to throw a punch,at Masaru,But was received by the Fist of Daisuke.'

"You're fighting me, Meathead!

'He shouted.

excellent!"

'The giant shouted.'

'Launching Towards Daisuke.'

-End of Chapter.-

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