And at last we have the big fight for Shine. But things are only beginning.
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The Final
Shine stepped out onto the arena floor where Ashelin joined a second latter. The tigeress glared at the vixen who sent a smirk back. On the left and right hip of the feline were her weapons. Shine’s staff as usual was on her back and the spikes were inside the main top. “THIS IS IT!” Cyrus announced to the audience. “WE HAVE ARE TWO FINALISTS! SHINE THE VIXEN AND ASHELIN STRIKER! BOTH OF THEM HAVE DISPLAYED INCREDIBLE POWER AND STRENGTH! WHO WILL WIN IT ALL?!”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEcZCBX3p70 )
“I knew we’d be facing each other,” the feline stated to the vixen. “I’m surprised you’ve made it this far. But you’re luck’s run out…”
“Seriously what the hell did I do to you?” Shine growled. “It’s not like I’ve personally gone out of my way to make your life miserable!”
“No, but I’m still taking you out!”
The vixen shook her head. There were just people like that who hated others just because. “Then there’s no more need for words,” she said, and took her staff off her back. With a twirl, the vixen had it at the ready and the spikes out.
“For once we agree,” Ashelin stated and her weapons came out. In her right paw the handle was somewhat normal. But there were two blades. The shorter one curled up and came to a point while the longer one was somewhat shaped like a snake’s body. These two had a space in between them. Shine had seen this weapon used to catch opponent’s weapons. Both of these blades were sharp. The weapon in the left paw was far different. There was no guard, but the bottom ended had a spike and from it a blade came out from it and covered the paw, acting like a guard. Above that was another blade that was more like a regular sword one. Shine had seen Ashelin wield both of these effectively. Everyone here either supported the vixen or tigeress and were just holding their breath.
“BEGIN!” Cyrus shouted and jumped back.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMDPIcf2O_w )
The two females charged in and their weapons clashed. Both of them spun on their feet to face their opponent in an instant to attack again. Ashelin’s arms were moving, her weapons dancing, with the one in her left paw sometimes going in a reverse grip. Shine’s staff was blocking all the attacks from different angles. Then the tigeress began to use kicks as well with her attacks that the vixen either avoided with a shift of her body or taking one paw off her staff to block it. Shine began to use her legs as well. Then the blonde-haired female managed to hit a glancing blow with the head off her staff with the rounded part against Ashelin. The second female struck back harder and managed to kick the vixen down to the ground. Shine felt the blow and lay there, stunned for a second. But she came back to and rolled to her feet just as the tigeress came down with her right foot where Shine had just been. “Holy…” Kenshin the male red panda ruler said after letting out a whistle to show he was impressed.
Shine who was back on her feet used her staff to help her jump over Ashelin. The two females exchanged blows and then the vixen was able strike down with her staff. One of the spikes managed to slightly cut the tigeress on her right cheek, drawing a thin line of blood. Ashelin growled and got Shine with a mighty kick that sent the vixen tumbling back. Shine growled through the pain as her opponent cracked her neck with a smile. The two females came in again and after some intense blows, their weapons came to a standstill. Neither had the power to overcome the other and were at a standstill in this moment. Until Ashelin cracked an evil grin. “Got you,” she stated.
Shine realized she had fallen into her opponent’s trap and was kneed hard and kicked back. The tigeress jumped back and with her right weapon sent a huge ball of wind at the vixen. Shine recovered and with her elemental power of light, sent a series of blasts from the stuff to disrupt the incoming attack. It worked but Ashelin came in after launching the attack. Shine realized too late what was going to happen and got kicked and knocked down hard into the floor with the audience all groaning as it had to hurt. “Look at you,” the feline stated with a smirk. “Down where you belong.”
Shine growled and got to her feet. “I don’t get it still,” the vixen said, glaring at Ashelin. “Why me? Why hate me?”
“Didn’t anyone tell you? Battles can be like monsters that give birth to intolerance and sometimes unfairness. I hate this person. I can beat this person! I’ll make this person pay! You invent reasons to turn someone into an enemy. And once you do, the battle begins.” The tigeress then took a ready stance. “Now get up. I’m going to enjoy this very much.”
Shine rose to her feet and her body began to glow with the power of her element. It surrounded her like an aura and was white. The second female did as well and her body began to glow as well but the aura color was light green. “Shine…” Hotaru in the audience whispered, watching this.
The auras disappeared and the females charged in. The vixen was now attacking from multiple angles, spinning her staff around. The tigeress’s face was one of concentration, blocking each blow. The feline then came in and the vixen leaned back to avoid the blades. Shine then came down and Ashelin caught the staff with the weapon in her right paw and used the one in the left as leverage to help. They then came apart. “I didn’t think you’d be this strong like Nicholas said!” the feline stated.
“Let’s see you try this!” Shine commented and jumped back. She quickly had the end of her staff facing her opponent and it glowed with light. From it beams of light began to form before being shot forward. The feline was able to dodge them all.
“Damn it!” the tigeress growled and with a shot sent slicing currents of wind at Shine. The vixen moved out of the way of each attack.
“She really is worthy of that weapon,” Ajihad who was sitting close to Nicholas said. “Shine’s really showing how she’s a warrior.”
“I’m proud of her,” the fosky commented with a smile. He then got a frown. “But Ashelin… that feline’s really pushing for the win. If my girl’s not careful, this could get bad quickly.”
The two females were engaged again in close combat with their weapons and legs. Shine even managed to get in elbows and fists at points. Ashelin was still good enough to block or avoid these moves. Then in a flurry of moves, the vixen was able to get the feline to the ground. She jumped back and fired a blast of light energy at the opponent before she could recover. Everyone saw the attack make contact. “IS THAT IT?!” Cyrus asked.
“Did she do it?” Ralis who was with the other rulers watching stated.
The dust then cleared and everyone saw two large black wings, folded over and covering up the feline and like bird ones. They moved to reveal her standing up and unharmed. But she was breathing a bit hard. “I never thought I’d have to resort to these,” she growled. The wings spread out and Ashelin took to the skies. Shine looked up to her with shock.
“I SWEAR I’M GOING TO BEAT YOU DOWN!” the tigeress shouted and came in fast with a swoop towards Shine. “IT’S OVER!”
The vixen managed to barely move as her opponent got the arena floor, bringing up a few chunks of stone. One of them hit Shine in the head, causing a small wound and for it to start bleeding. The tigeress came back in. “MOVE SHINE!” Nicholas shouted to her from his watching position while standing up.
The attack happened and the vixen somehow managed to avoid it again. She was beginning to breath hard. “At this rate…” she growled softly, meaning with using her wings. The female was running out of options. Ashelin came in and their weapons collided.
The two broke apart and the tigeress took off in the air, smiling now as she could see Shine was breathing hard. “Time to end this…” the feline said and launched a huge wind attack at the vixen. The attack made contact where the female was. Dust and stone came up in the explosion.
“I can’t see a thing!” said Lucas who watching this fight in the audience stated.
Ashelin landed. “I’ve won…” she said, looking to the cloud. It then cleared and everyone saw to their shock Shine wasn’t there.
“WHAT?!” the feline exclaimed.
“Up here!” went the vixen’s voice. Everyone looked up and gasped with what they saw.
“Impossible!” the second female whispered. For there was Shine with her glowing wings out, her staff in her left paw, looking down and in the sky.
“AMAZING!” Cyrus said. “SHINE HERE HAS HER WINGS AS WELL! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?!”
“Incredible,” Ralis said to Nicholas. The other rulers also said similar comments to the fosky as well.
“She’s been holding them back for as long as possible,” the long-haired male explained. “It was meant to surprise her opponent. Now this battle could go either way.”
“Here I come!” Shine to Ashelin and charged in on her wings. The tigeress was really hit hard and knocked back, still getting over her shock. But that hit made her recover fast.
“Damn you!” the feline snarled and rose up in the air. The females clashed back and forth on the air with their wings. Then Ashelin was knocked to the ground. She saw the vixen coming in.
“I’VE GOT YOU!” Shine shouted and struck. The feline moved to the vixen’s shock and sliced her good across her body.
“Nice try,” Ashelin said. “But I’m better than you…” Blood from Shine’s wound went flying. She staggered back in shock.
“No way…” the wounded female thought. She fell to her knees.
“Your timing of the attack and knocking me down was perfect,” the tigeress said. “You even caught me off guard by showing you have wings. You’ve definitely gone far beyond what I thought you were capable of. So why couldn’t you get me? The answer is simple. You must be slower than I am. Now do you see?” She held her weapons out at Shine. “You cannot defeat me.” Ashelin brought them up and swung down. The vixen was somehow able to roll out of the way but was in bad shape and breathing harder than before due to the wound and blood loss.
“You are truly a stubborn bitch,” the tigeress growled.
“Shine…” Hotaru whispered again. “Please don’t let it end like this….” (Music ends)
Then both in her mind and the vixen’s they thought back to one of their training sessions before this tournament. “Why you…” Shine growled as she got up due to a blow from the panda. “You really just tried to kill me just now!”
“You bet; you got that right,” Hotaru replied. “Now get ready, cause I’m about to drive you right into a corner. I’ll just keep pushing and pushing you. To teach you can use a power blast of elemental energy like I just did anytime, anywhere.”
“Come on!” Shine said. “Get real! What happened just now was a total fluke! There’s no way I can keep on using it whenever I want to! My energy has limits-“
“You’ll learn to use it whenever you want,” Hotaru cut the vixen off. “Now listen, you’ve come a long way with learning on how to fight.” The panda let out a small sigh. “You have potential. But your strength right now is only at a guard level who watches over a ruler at best. In order to fight against those stronger like them or higher like those in the tournament, you’ll have to learn to use this technique at will. That’s all there is to it.”
“Easier said than done. It nearly took everything out of me just to do it. And to be honest, I’m not quite sure how I did it.”
“I already know all that. That’s why we’re going to do it again. Understand?”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGUdFiTmCWw )
The panda jumped up and began her attack. With a yelp, the vixen barely blocked her opponent’s strike. Hotaru didn’t let up and kept going. “See?” she asked after some exchanging. “I’m just going to keep pushing you and pushing you! So you can always remember that attack! Am I making myself clear!?”
The panda sent the vixen flying into one of the pillars were they were training hard. Nicholas who was nearby winced. “God, that has to hurt,” he whispered. He hated to see his girlfriend go through this but knew it was needed. Ish who Shine was descended from went through this sort of thing as well. And if that ancient vixen could take it, so could this modern one.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0guH9NoB6T4 )
Shine in the meantime managed to get back up on her feet and saw Hotaru in front of her. “I’m so disappointed Shine,” the panda said. “So very disappointed. I would be to if I were Nicholas, your boyfriend.” The vixen looked to her opponent in shock. “Sadly, your staff exhibits only fear. And when you counter, it’s because you fear being killed. When you attack, you fear killing. And when you protect, you fear you could let whoever it is die.” Hotaru held up her spear. Her energy began to come out, creating a light green aura for wind. “At this point, the only thing your weapon speaks of is senseless fright. And that’s not good. What you don’t need in battle is fear. Nothing good comes of it. When you counter, you don’t let them cut you. If you protect someone, you don’t let them die. When you attack, you kill. Understand? Can’t you see? My sheer resolve to kill you is reflected in my weapon.”
Shine stared, seeing what Hotaru was talking about. In that moment, the vixen eyes focused. They got stronger. She took a stance with her staff up and her aura came out. The two the females had were strong and had a whistling sound to show the pure energy. Nicholas saw this and smiled. “Yeah, that’s it love,” he said. “You’ve finally got the resolve Shine.” The two auras were now causing the ground the females were standing at to shake. They then shouted out and attacked. The blast from their weapons was amazing. (Music ends)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLwFmryO-Yg )
Back in the present the same vixen managed to get her breathing back under control. She looked to Ashelin who was standing there. This memory Shine had only took a couple seconds to remember. The tigeress prepared to strike but then seeing the vixen caused her to raise her eyebrows. Shine let out a breath and placed her staff over her right shoulder after standing up. “What’s going on now with her?” Atem the ruler asked.
“She’s acting different than before,” Shun the male rhino said.
“Sorry to keep you waiting,” Shine said to her opponent. “I found my… resolve.” The aura the vixen had came out, much stronger than before. Everyone felt it, but the tigeress the most since she was the closest. “This time, I will get you!”
The feline took a step back, a spark of fear and uncertainty going through her body for the first time since this fight began. “What the hell’s with her all of a sudden?” the feline thought. “She was never like this throughout the fights she had so far. Was she always like this?” Ashelin then realized what it was. “No… this time I can sense her energy is a lot calmer. And without a doubt it’s much stronger. What the hell is she?!”
Shine then jumped into the air to attack on her wings. The feline yelled out and sent some blasts of wind to counter. The vixen dodged or deflected them with her staff. “When you counter, don’t let them cut you,” Shine thought. She landed and Ashelin struck with her weapons. The vixen was able to block them. “When you protect someone, don’t let them die!”
Shine knocked the opponent back and raised up her staff.. “When you attack… YOU KILL!” she stated. Her eyes were glowing now with the same color as her aura.
Ashelin had sweat on her face from shock and fear. She yelled out and tried to attack, but her weapons were knocked out of her paws. Her eyes had total shock for one second before Shine struck with the same blast of energy Hotaru had been trying to use during that training session. Blood flew out of the huge wound across the feline’s body. Ashelin went flying with a yell. Dust came up along with stone and the audience shielded themselves as they felt it. The feline landed hard on the ground. “Damn it… she got me…” she thought. “What the hell was that just now…?” (Music ends)
The two’s eyes met for a minute before the feline passed out. Shine was breathing hard, still in the position of launching the attack, her wings retreating back into her body. “THAT’S THE MATCH!” Cyrus stated who got over the shock first. “THE WINNER IS SHINE! THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPION!”
The audience members all roared as the vixen looked up in surprise. She had won this against all odds. The people here were cheering and shouting her name. The vixen then saw her boyfriend come from his place where he had been watching on his wings. “SHINE!” he called to her, pride and a big smile on his face. The fosky landed in front of her,
“I won…” she whispered, looking to him with a weak smile. “I actually won…”
The long-haired male smiled and placed one paw on her shoulder. “I’m so proud of you,” he said. “You’ve gotten so strong… Now, I think we need to patch both you and Ashelin up before the award ceremony.” Looking showed the feline was being attended to and had regained conciseness. But now something big was about to strike.
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The Final
Shine stepped out onto the arena floor where Ashelin joined a second latter. The tigeress glared at the vixen who sent a smirk back. On the left and right hip of the feline were her weapons. Shine’s staff as usual was on her back and the spikes were inside the main top. “THIS IS IT!” Cyrus announced to the audience. “WE HAVE ARE TWO FINALISTS! SHINE THE VIXEN AND ASHELIN STRIKER! BOTH OF THEM HAVE DISPLAYED INCREDIBLE POWER AND STRENGTH! WHO WILL WIN IT ALL?!”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEcZCBX3p70 )
“I knew we’d be facing each other,” the feline stated to the vixen. “I’m surprised you’ve made it this far. But you’re luck’s run out…”
“Seriously what the hell did I do to you?” Shine growled. “It’s not like I’ve personally gone out of my way to make your life miserable!”
“No, but I’m still taking you out!”
The vixen shook her head. There were just people like that who hated others just because. “Then there’s no more need for words,” she said, and took her staff off her back. With a twirl, the vixen had it at the ready and the spikes out.
“For once we agree,” Ashelin stated and her weapons came out. In her right paw the handle was somewhat normal. But there were two blades. The shorter one curled up and came to a point while the longer one was somewhat shaped like a snake’s body. These two had a space in between them. Shine had seen this weapon used to catch opponent’s weapons. Both of these blades were sharp. The weapon in the left paw was far different. There was no guard, but the bottom ended had a spike and from it a blade came out from it and covered the paw, acting like a guard. Above that was another blade that was more like a regular sword one. Shine had seen Ashelin wield both of these effectively. Everyone here either supported the vixen or tigeress and were just holding their breath.
“BEGIN!” Cyrus shouted and jumped back.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMDPIcf2O_w )
The two females charged in and their weapons clashed. Both of them spun on their feet to face their opponent in an instant to attack again. Ashelin’s arms were moving, her weapons dancing, with the one in her left paw sometimes going in a reverse grip. Shine’s staff was blocking all the attacks from different angles. Then the tigeress began to use kicks as well with her attacks that the vixen either avoided with a shift of her body or taking one paw off her staff to block it. Shine began to use her legs as well. Then the blonde-haired female managed to hit a glancing blow with the head off her staff with the rounded part against Ashelin. The second female struck back harder and managed to kick the vixen down to the ground. Shine felt the blow and lay there, stunned for a second. But she came back to and rolled to her feet just as the tigeress came down with her right foot where Shine had just been. “Holy…” Kenshin the male red panda ruler said after letting out a whistle to show he was impressed.
Shine who was back on her feet used her staff to help her jump over Ashelin. The two females exchanged blows and then the vixen was able strike down with her staff. One of the spikes managed to slightly cut the tigeress on her right cheek, drawing a thin line of blood. Ashelin growled and got Shine with a mighty kick that sent the vixen tumbling back. Shine growled through the pain as her opponent cracked her neck with a smile. The two females came in again and after some intense blows, their weapons came to a standstill. Neither had the power to overcome the other and were at a standstill in this moment. Until Ashelin cracked an evil grin. “Got you,” she stated.
Shine realized she had fallen into her opponent’s trap and was kneed hard and kicked back. The tigeress jumped back and with her right weapon sent a huge ball of wind at the vixen. Shine recovered and with her elemental power of light, sent a series of blasts from the stuff to disrupt the incoming attack. It worked but Ashelin came in after launching the attack. Shine realized too late what was going to happen and got kicked and knocked down hard into the floor with the audience all groaning as it had to hurt. “Look at you,” the feline stated with a smirk. “Down where you belong.”
Shine growled and got to her feet. “I don’t get it still,” the vixen said, glaring at Ashelin. “Why me? Why hate me?”
“Didn’t anyone tell you? Battles can be like monsters that give birth to intolerance and sometimes unfairness. I hate this person. I can beat this person! I’ll make this person pay! You invent reasons to turn someone into an enemy. And once you do, the battle begins.” The tigeress then took a ready stance. “Now get up. I’m going to enjoy this very much.”
Shine rose to her feet and her body began to glow with the power of her element. It surrounded her like an aura and was white. The second female did as well and her body began to glow as well but the aura color was light green. “Shine…” Hotaru in the audience whispered, watching this.
The auras disappeared and the females charged in. The vixen was now attacking from multiple angles, spinning her staff around. The tigeress’s face was one of concentration, blocking each blow. The feline then came in and the vixen leaned back to avoid the blades. Shine then came down and Ashelin caught the staff with the weapon in her right paw and used the one in the left as leverage to help. They then came apart. “I didn’t think you’d be this strong like Nicholas said!” the feline stated.
“Let’s see you try this!” Shine commented and jumped back. She quickly had the end of her staff facing her opponent and it glowed with light. From it beams of light began to form before being shot forward. The feline was able to dodge them all.
“Damn it!” the tigeress growled and with a shot sent slicing currents of wind at Shine. The vixen moved out of the way of each attack.
“She really is worthy of that weapon,” Ajihad who was sitting close to Nicholas said. “Shine’s really showing how she’s a warrior.”
“I’m proud of her,” the fosky commented with a smile. He then got a frown. “But Ashelin… that feline’s really pushing for the win. If my girl’s not careful, this could get bad quickly.”
The two females were engaged again in close combat with their weapons and legs. Shine even managed to get in elbows and fists at points. Ashelin was still good enough to block or avoid these moves. Then in a flurry of moves, the vixen was able to get the feline to the ground. She jumped back and fired a blast of light energy at the opponent before she could recover. Everyone saw the attack make contact. “IS THAT IT?!” Cyrus asked.
“Did she do it?” Ralis who was with the other rulers watching stated.
The dust then cleared and everyone saw two large black wings, folded over and covering up the feline and like bird ones. They moved to reveal her standing up and unharmed. But she was breathing a bit hard. “I never thought I’d have to resort to these,” she growled. The wings spread out and Ashelin took to the skies. Shine looked up to her with shock.
“I SWEAR I’M GOING TO BEAT YOU DOWN!” the tigeress shouted and came in fast with a swoop towards Shine. “IT’S OVER!”
The vixen managed to barely move as her opponent got the arena floor, bringing up a few chunks of stone. One of them hit Shine in the head, causing a small wound and for it to start bleeding. The tigeress came back in. “MOVE SHINE!” Nicholas shouted to her from his watching position while standing up.
The attack happened and the vixen somehow managed to avoid it again. She was beginning to breath hard. “At this rate…” she growled softly, meaning with using her wings. The female was running out of options. Ashelin came in and their weapons collided.
The two broke apart and the tigeress took off in the air, smiling now as she could see Shine was breathing hard. “Time to end this…” the feline said and launched a huge wind attack at the vixen. The attack made contact where the female was. Dust and stone came up in the explosion.
“I can’t see a thing!” said Lucas who watching this fight in the audience stated.
Ashelin landed. “I’ve won…” she said, looking to the cloud. It then cleared and everyone saw to their shock Shine wasn’t there.
“WHAT?!” the feline exclaimed.
“Up here!” went the vixen’s voice. Everyone looked up and gasped with what they saw.
“Impossible!” the second female whispered. For there was Shine with her glowing wings out, her staff in her left paw, looking down and in the sky.
“AMAZING!” Cyrus said. “SHINE HERE HAS HER WINGS AS WELL! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?!”
“Incredible,” Ralis said to Nicholas. The other rulers also said similar comments to the fosky as well.
“She’s been holding them back for as long as possible,” the long-haired male explained. “It was meant to surprise her opponent. Now this battle could go either way.”
“Here I come!” Shine to Ashelin and charged in on her wings. The tigeress was really hit hard and knocked back, still getting over her shock. But that hit made her recover fast.
“Damn you!” the feline snarled and rose up in the air. The females clashed back and forth on the air with their wings. Then Ashelin was knocked to the ground. She saw the vixen coming in.
“I’VE GOT YOU!” Shine shouted and struck. The feline moved to the vixen’s shock and sliced her good across her body.
“Nice try,” Ashelin said. “But I’m better than you…” Blood from Shine’s wound went flying. She staggered back in shock.
“No way…” the wounded female thought. She fell to her knees.
“Your timing of the attack and knocking me down was perfect,” the tigeress said. “You even caught me off guard by showing you have wings. You’ve definitely gone far beyond what I thought you were capable of. So why couldn’t you get me? The answer is simple. You must be slower than I am. Now do you see?” She held her weapons out at Shine. “You cannot defeat me.” Ashelin brought them up and swung down. The vixen was somehow able to roll out of the way but was in bad shape and breathing harder than before due to the wound and blood loss.
“You are truly a stubborn bitch,” the tigeress growled.
“Shine…” Hotaru whispered again. “Please don’t let it end like this….” (Music ends)
Then both in her mind and the vixen’s they thought back to one of their training sessions before this tournament. “Why you…” Shine growled as she got up due to a blow from the panda. “You really just tried to kill me just now!”
“You bet; you got that right,” Hotaru replied. “Now get ready, cause I’m about to drive you right into a corner. I’ll just keep pushing and pushing you. To teach you can use a power blast of elemental energy like I just did anytime, anywhere.”
“Come on!” Shine said. “Get real! What happened just now was a total fluke! There’s no way I can keep on using it whenever I want to! My energy has limits-“
“You’ll learn to use it whenever you want,” Hotaru cut the vixen off. “Now listen, you’ve come a long way with learning on how to fight.” The panda let out a small sigh. “You have potential. But your strength right now is only at a guard level who watches over a ruler at best. In order to fight against those stronger like them or higher like those in the tournament, you’ll have to learn to use this technique at will. That’s all there is to it.”
“Easier said than done. It nearly took everything out of me just to do it. And to be honest, I’m not quite sure how I did it.”
“I already know all that. That’s why we’re going to do it again. Understand?”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGUdFiTmCWw )
The panda jumped up and began her attack. With a yelp, the vixen barely blocked her opponent’s strike. Hotaru didn’t let up and kept going. “See?” she asked after some exchanging. “I’m just going to keep pushing you and pushing you! So you can always remember that attack! Am I making myself clear!?”
The panda sent the vixen flying into one of the pillars were they were training hard. Nicholas who was nearby winced. “God, that has to hurt,” he whispered. He hated to see his girlfriend go through this but knew it was needed. Ish who Shine was descended from went through this sort of thing as well. And if that ancient vixen could take it, so could this modern one.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0guH9NoB6T4 )
Shine in the meantime managed to get back up on her feet and saw Hotaru in front of her. “I’m so disappointed Shine,” the panda said. “So very disappointed. I would be to if I were Nicholas, your boyfriend.” The vixen looked to her opponent in shock. “Sadly, your staff exhibits only fear. And when you counter, it’s because you fear being killed. When you attack, you fear killing. And when you protect, you fear you could let whoever it is die.” Hotaru held up her spear. Her energy began to come out, creating a light green aura for wind. “At this point, the only thing your weapon speaks of is senseless fright. And that’s not good. What you don’t need in battle is fear. Nothing good comes of it. When you counter, you don’t let them cut you. If you protect someone, you don’t let them die. When you attack, you kill. Understand? Can’t you see? My sheer resolve to kill you is reflected in my weapon.”
Shine stared, seeing what Hotaru was talking about. In that moment, the vixen eyes focused. They got stronger. She took a stance with her staff up and her aura came out. The two the females had were strong and had a whistling sound to show the pure energy. Nicholas saw this and smiled. “Yeah, that’s it love,” he said. “You’ve finally got the resolve Shine.” The two auras were now causing the ground the females were standing at to shake. They then shouted out and attacked. The blast from their weapons was amazing. (Music ends)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLwFmryO-Yg )
Back in the present the same vixen managed to get her breathing back under control. She looked to Ashelin who was standing there. This memory Shine had only took a couple seconds to remember. The tigeress prepared to strike but then seeing the vixen caused her to raise her eyebrows. Shine let out a breath and placed her staff over her right shoulder after standing up. “What’s going on now with her?” Atem the ruler asked.
“She’s acting different than before,” Shun the male rhino said.
“Sorry to keep you waiting,” Shine said to her opponent. “I found my… resolve.” The aura the vixen had came out, much stronger than before. Everyone felt it, but the tigeress the most since she was the closest. “This time, I will get you!”
The feline took a step back, a spark of fear and uncertainty going through her body for the first time since this fight began. “What the hell’s with her all of a sudden?” the feline thought. “She was never like this throughout the fights she had so far. Was she always like this?” Ashelin then realized what it was. “No… this time I can sense her energy is a lot calmer. And without a doubt it’s much stronger. What the hell is she?!”
Shine then jumped into the air to attack on her wings. The feline yelled out and sent some blasts of wind to counter. The vixen dodged or deflected them with her staff. “When you counter, don’t let them cut you,” Shine thought. She landed and Ashelin struck with her weapons. The vixen was able to block them. “When you protect someone, don’t let them die!”
Shine knocked the opponent back and raised up her staff.. “When you attack… YOU KILL!” she stated. Her eyes were glowing now with the same color as her aura.
Ashelin had sweat on her face from shock and fear. She yelled out and tried to attack, but her weapons were knocked out of her paws. Her eyes had total shock for one second before Shine struck with the same blast of energy Hotaru had been trying to use during that training session. Blood flew out of the huge wound across the feline’s body. Ashelin went flying with a yell. Dust came up along with stone and the audience shielded themselves as they felt it. The feline landed hard on the ground. “Damn it… she got me…” she thought. “What the hell was that just now…?” (Music ends)
The two’s eyes met for a minute before the feline passed out. Shine was breathing hard, still in the position of launching the attack, her wings retreating back into her body. “THAT’S THE MATCH!” Cyrus stated who got over the shock first. “THE WINNER IS SHINE! THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPION!”
The audience members all roared as the vixen looked up in surprise. She had won this against all odds. The people here were cheering and shouting her name. The vixen then saw her boyfriend come from his place where he had been watching on his wings. “SHINE!” he called to her, pride and a big smile on his face. The fosky landed in front of her,
“I won…” she whispered, looking to him with a weak smile. “I actually won…”
The long-haired male smiled and placed one paw on her shoulder. “I’m so proud of you,” he said. “You’ve gotten so strong… Now, I think we need to patch both you and Ashelin up before the award ceremony.” Looking showed the feline was being attended to and had regained conciseness. But now something big was about to strike.
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A long chapter but it had to be done.
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Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Mammal (Other)
Gender Female
Size 984 x 1280px
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