User blog:Ming the Japanese Fox/A Foxes Tale

6 seasons earlier
"C'mon sis, hurry up we're almost late" shouted Lee

"Coming" Ming shouted back

"Sis, what takes you so long" Lee asked while Ming was coming down the vine

"I was training, shouldn't you have been training for this too?" as they were running to a collisseum like building

"I already did, remember I'm an early riser"

"Oh yeah"

When they finally arrived at the collisseum, they could hear and see the all the commotion for the Warrior Contest.

They stood in a line with all the other teenage foxes while an old grey fox named Jiao rolled out a scroll and called role.

After a few minutes

"Mara"

"Present" shouted a young beautiful red furred fox (at least thats what Lee thought)

"Lee"

"Present"

"Ming"

"Present"

"Alright since you are all here, we should get this thing started, Nanka, bring out the weapons."

After a few minutes a middle aged fox came in with a bundle wrapped in straw, then unraveled it on the ground.

"Choose your weapons, then pick your opponent" Jiao shouted so the packed venue could hear

Mara went first, she picked up 5 small steel disks and a katana, then said "My opponent shall be Olaf"

"Is she crazy," Lee whispered to Ming "she could get hurt fighting a huge bulk of fat like Olaf."

"Relax, she just might have a strategy." Ming whispered back

"Alright you know the rules, leave your opponent unconcious for 1 minute," Jiao said when Mara and Olaf (who was a giant orange fox with a pot belly, who chose to wield a one-sided axe) got to the middle of the field.

"Are you ready"

"Yes" was the reply from both adversaries.

"Alright...Begin." as he chopped the air between them.

1 second after he said those words, Olaf began to swing a vertical stroke on Mara. But while it came down, Mara was already behind him with her katana raised ready for the strike. She cut his right leg. Then before she could cut his left leg, Olaf tried a horizontal strike. Mara tried to jump over it but the axe was faster and it cut her in the shin. She then fell to the ground.

"No" shouted Lee as Olaf was already celebrating

"1..2..3" but that was as far as Jiao got before Mara stood back up.

"Yes" shouted Lee.

When Mara came up Olaf had his back turned to her thinking he had won. That was his first and last mistake. Mara jumped on his head and landed a hard katana butt to him.

"57...58...59...1 minute, Mara wins"

At that moment everone in the arena including Lee started clapping and shouting.

"Great job" Ming said as Mara came to sit on the waiting bench.

"Thanks" Mara said as Lee was getting up to battle next

"Nice cape" Ming said, referring to the red and white cape young foxes got for beating their opponent.

But Mara was not listening, she was watching in anticipation at Lee and his chosen opponent, Trodge, a fox that was the bully of Lee since they were both 4 seasons old.

"Ready...Start" Jiao shouted

Lee knew that Trodge was going to try a vertical slash with his scythe, so Lee just stepped out of the way.

When the scythe came down, Trodge was apparently too weak to pull it back up. Thats when Lee made his move, he slashed at Trodge with his chosen weapons, two small kunai knives.

Lee slashed Trodge's legs and arms, then when Trodge fell to the ground, Lee hit him with the butts of his knives on his muzzle.

"58...59...1 minute, Lee wins" shouted Jiao

"Whoohoo, yeah" shouted Mara while she was clapping with the rest of the audience.(Mara didn't see it but Lee blushed at this)

Then Ming got up to pick her weapons and face her opponent.

She chose a katana, and 2 small kunai knives. "I choose Quan"

At this everyone in the audience gasped, including Lee and Mara. Everyone knew that Quan had years of fighting experience behind him.

Ming knew this as well, not only was he the most skilled warrior in the village, but he would be a good match for her, and he was her father.

Really long Prologue I know but i like to go into detail sometimes, anyway stay tuned for more