Six Warriors

Underground - (Arthur)

Arthur knew one more important figure from the academy's unofficial clubs. As he had heard, the Hell's Dogs were the most powerful and dangerous club in the academy, and here he was, facing the strongest leader.

"The White Wolf? I would say the Stinky Dog more, that's right" said another boy who appeared. He was black, tall and thin, but athletic. He had silver hair, and earrings in his ears. He wore a jacket, black leather pants, and black leather shoes. He wore his jacket open and torn at the sleeves, and had thick silver chains around his neck. He had amazing neon green eyes. "This i***t doesn't scare anyone. At least no one he's ever fought."

"Want to take another drubbing, Swarsting?" Provoked Garm.

"Another drubbing? I've lost count of how many times I've beaten you."

"Actually," Gartham butted in, "you're all ties in the fights. The tiebreaker could come out today."

"Interesting, today I'm going to stand out, finally get off that Stinky Dog's tail" smiled faintly Swarsting. He looked like the serious type. "By the way, newbie, I'm Laci. Laci Swarsting, leader of the Crazed Coyotes, I'm known as the Bloodyy Coyote."

"Lassie" chuckled Garm "was my little female dog's name."

"I'm Arthur," replied the chosen one, ignoring Garm. "Arthur Coast, the Stone Taurus."

Laci smiled.

"You mean Stone Bull? Yeah, Stone Bull, from the Phantom Lord, right? I was looking forward to seeing one of you in action. Good luck in the tournament.

"Thanks."

One of the guys who were there just smirked as he looked at Arthur.

"Hey guys, you know what? I think all these introductions made our friend Stone Bull pretty nervous." He chuckled, referring to the fact that Arthur was sweating and his body shaking slightly.

"That's really pathetic" Garm chuckled.

"Okay man, I'm going to continue the introductions" the guy who had pointed out Arthur sweating said, "I'm Barolvir, I'm the current vice leader of the Psycho Ghouls and we're the ones organizing today's tournament." This boy, Barolvir, was strange looking, his skin was gray, his eyes were red and his ears were pointed, "that's why the Psycho Ghouls aren't participating today, we're doing you a courtesy."

"I won't participate today either" said another boy, even stranger looking, he had dark blue skin, twisted horns and even a tail, yes, that boy wasn't a human, "but some members of my club did. They call me Severinus, I am the leader of the East Devils."

"Boys, why are you being so teasing with our lovely newbie?" A girl was smiling looking at Arthur, she was small and thin, her hair was long and a pink color, the only thing that differentiated her from an ordinary human was her snake eyes and then she stuck out her tongue, hissing like a viper and her tongue was also like a serpent. "I heard that his club defied even the Council, they ran away from the Prince of Night itself."

"Those fops?" Disdained Barolvir, "That doesn't mean anything."

"Don't care about them, okay? By the way, my name is Zatsha, I'm the current leader of the Blue Ogres, but honestly i'm getting tired of this life, maybe i'll give my rank to one of my most patented members."

"I don't care what you want or don't want to do, Zatsha" Garm shrugged at the girl, then looked at Arthur smiling and pointed at him, "hey man, let's see today what your new club of Losers can do it, but you better make a good impression on me, right? That's because I don't like the fact that you're shaking like a coward, if you prove yourself a wimp, I'll take down the Phantom Lord myself once and for all. Don't let me down." Saying that, Garm walked away laughing and the other leaders laughed at Arthur too, except Gartham and Zatsha.

Arthur was so irritated by their arrogant attitude that he didn't even notice Amy arriving there.

"Hey Arthur, is what they say true? Are you really okay? You don't have to fight if you don't want to, you know?"

"Are you kidding?!" Arthur almost yelled at her, "Now I'm even more motivated to put on a show for these guys! I always tremble before a fight, it's hard to contain the excitement of so much power inside me."

Amy didn't say anything, just looked away at Arthur's rude attitude. The boy realized how he had acted and apologized awkwardly.

"Forget it, I know this kind of thing can be stressful." Amy replied.

The loud, noisy music ceased for a moment.

"HELLOOOO there, everyone!" shouted a boy, holding a kind of microphone or loudspeeker. Everyone looked at him "We're here at… which edition is this? You know what? Screw it! We're here at the Underground Tournament, one of the any editions. Today, the tournament will be a lot of brawl! Although some leaders like Gartham and Severinus don't participate today , we still have a lot of powerful guys in the tournament, like none other than Laci and Garm, the most feared delinquents in the academy!"

Those present screamed in ecstasy.

"As you may know, I'm Loire, the official Underground narrator" Loire was a very skinny kid with a huge mohawk and a rat face. His voice was hoarse, loud and high-pitched. "And let's start this madness soon, because I want to see some beatings and people bleeding soon" he began to laugh, "The first phase of the tournament, everyone will be together in the arena, everyone against. The last twelve to survive will be classified and will fight one one to the end. Best of all, magic and special techniques and spells will not be allowed, that's right my friends, just good old-fashioned punching until only twelve of the thickest are left! AND LET THE TOURNAMENT BEGIN!"

The audience roared in approval. A shiver ran down Arthur's spine, and his fur bristled. It was all a racket. A flood of participants stormed the arena at the same time, including Arthur. It was like the gymnasium arena, only with rusty fences, a sandy floor and here and there grass, an abandoned and unsafe place.

"BEGIN YOU BASTARDS!" Roared Loire. The students then began to fight each other, hitting anyone they encountered along the way. Arthur was confused, but soon understood what was to be done. Just beat in anyone. This was pure confusion, pure adrenaline was exactly the kind of thing Arthur liked. A boy with weird hair attacked Arthur, who was punched straight in the stomach, but didn't even show any pain, just returned two punches to the boy's face, who instantly fell unconscious.

"Phantom Lord? You are nothing!" Yelled a boy with a ridiculously large hook pompadour hair and Blue Ogre g**g identification. He tried some kicks against Arthur, who blocked them all and then slapped the boy with a hook and uppercut, beating him easily. Another boy in a ridiculous hat tried to attack Arthur, but when he saw that it wouldn't be so easy, he gave up and fled, looking perhaps for easier prey. The third boy Arthur took down was a young man who appeared to be from a club called Mayhem Darkness, he wore a kind of pierrot mask that was completely broken by Arthur's crusaders and jabs.

When Arthur finished with the last one, he saw that there weren't many students left standing. He and eleven others were still standing victorious, others were still awake but they hadn't gotten their rankings, and more than forty students sprawled across the arena floor unconscious, plus a handful of blood here and there. Laci went to Arthur when he saw that he was still standing.

"You passed the first round, boy" said Laci "you went well."

"I expected no less," Garm said scornfully, "if you hadn't gotten past these wimps, I'd think you and all your little club would have been lucky. It's not as bad as I expected, but it still has a long way to go, Stone Cow."

"If I beat you, would I impress you, Garm?" Arthur asked defiantly, "That's right, I mean to finish you" Arthur smiled confidently.

"No," interjected Laci, "the Garm is mine, I will beat it. Unless you beat me too, Arthur."

"If that's really necessary, then I will." Arthur punched his hand like he used to. Laci smiled slightly, never underestimating Arthur as Garm used to.

"Whatever yous weaklings, I'll take out anyone who stands up to me." Garm just waved a dismissive hand and walked away.

"We'll see you soon Arthur, if you win" Laci spoke seriously and also left.

"There are the twelve classified!" shouted Loire "the names will be drawn so they can fight one against one, now the things will get ugly!" We waited a moment. Amy came to talk to Arthur, she looked happy.

"You really got it!" she said, delighted.

"Yes. Now I have to beat the strongest."

"I trust you. It's really strong."

"These guys here are too, I can't underestimate them."

"Arthur, you who won the Great Hunt and helped Glastro, remember that?" Amy touched Arthur's shoulder, "You must never underestimate YOURSELF."