Gods of Arena

Kang looked at the weapons on the ground. His eyes moved from one to the other, as he imagined using each of the weapons in the Arena. "Pick one", the man before him said.

Kang sighed and squatted. He held the cudgel, firmly, in his hand and swung it slowly. He didn't know who he was going against and he really wasn't thinking about it. He was just confident. He pulled the cudgel with him and stood up. "I'll go with this one" "Okay", the man said and walked to the door to open it.

"Hold on", another man said, walking up to them. He stood in front of Kang and stared at him for a pretty long while, surveying every part of his body with his eyes.

"I can see that your eyes go around my body so quickly", Kang said, drunkenly, smiling. "Thanks to my lean stature. We would probably have had to wait for hours; give your eyes some time to get around me" "What's your name?", the man asked.

"Kang. My name is Kang", Kang replied. "But don't be deceived. I'm winning this fight"

The man stepped back and glanced at the other man who was about to open the door. "Sorry for taking your time. You can open the door now"

The door opened and Kang ran into the arena, twirling the cudgel speedily in his right hand. He looked up at the fighters and the Gamblers and everyone watching. He stopped twirling the cudgel, as his eyes fell on the girl who had set up the fight. His confidence got halved, immediately, but he wasn't scared at all. The door opened again and a dog ran out into the arena. It had nothing but a wide mouth on it's face. It's ears were extremely large, almost as large as it's head. It had no eyes or nostrils.

".... This is one of the most original fights we've ever had on the Dergon Arena. The low-tier fighter, Kang, has his first fight against the Night Hound. A pretty tough opponent, isn't it? However, Kang looks pretty confident.... He is definitely getting a great tag name if he wins this fight.....'

"When I told you to make him fight the dog, I didn't mean the Night Hound and you know that", King whispered into Ana's ears. "How dare you defy me openly?"

"It's not openly and I didn't defy you in any way", Ana replied. "You asked me to take the dog and you didn't specify so you can enjoy the game while I satisfy my dark desire"

"This is obviously an outmatch and they all know he'll lose", King snarled. "If we lose money, I'll blame it on you"

"You can't stop the match now, King", Ana replied. "Just sit back and watch"

Kang breathed heavily, as the dog roared and ran towards him. The Night Hound leaped into the air and Kang swung the cudgel, throwing him to a side. The Night Hound shapeshifted immediately and stood on it's two feet. It was still a beast, though, looking more like a standing dog. The Night Hound shook it's head and fell on it's fours running into Kang and throwing him back. He fell on the ground, groaning. The Night Hound ran to him again and shapeshifted, standing on two feet. It punched Kang in the face and swiped it's claws across Kang's face. Kang raised the cudgel, sharply, and slammed the beast with it, repeatedly, till it fell back. Kang stepped back and stood still.

"Why isn't he shapeshifting or using his power or something?", Finn whispered into Jin's ears. "He knows what he is doing", Jin said. "When I give the order, be ready to shoot the stunner"

Kang stood there and made no move. The Night Hound was on it's fours and it wasn't moving either. Kang had predicted that. The Night Hound had no eyes so it couldn't see him, neither could it smell. It didn't have a nose, either. The Night Hound moved around slowly and Kang remained still. The Night Hound shapeshifted and stood on his legs. A copy of itself jumped out of it's back and they became two. Kang's heart skipped a beat, as the Night Hounds approached him slowly, even though they still couldn't see him. More dogs jumped out of the backs of the Night Hounds and they multiplied in no time.

The standing dogs circled him but their backs were turned. He held tighter onto his cudgel, making sure he didn't make any sound, as he wondered how to hit them and leave the circle. "They are so close to him, now. Why isn't he using his Shin Zhu?", Romeo asked.

"Get your stunners ready", Jin said. "Just keep shooting at the dogs when I say you should"

It was a bad idea to swing the cudgel at the dogs. He would only bring one or two of them down and the other dogs would attack him. He ran into the middle of two of them and rolled away, swiftly. The dogs ran at him and he swung his cudgel at them, bringing them down one after the other. He bravely moved from one to the other. The dogs seemed to be receding in strength, as he approached them. He swung the cudgel, knocking the dogs out immediately. He staggered back, breathing heavily. All of the night hounds had collapsed on the ground. He fell on his knees and raised his cudgel in the air. "I won!"

Jin, Finn and Romeo screamed and clapped, along with the Gamblers and the Larger Figures. Kang's eyes fell on the girl. She wasn't looking angry but she wasn't smiling, either. She walked out of his sight immediately. The door opened and he walked out of the Arena with the soldiers. Immediately the door closed behind him, the girl showed up and the soldiers stopped. "So you won the fight?"

"I was pretty confident you didn't see that coming", Kang replied, smiling.

"No, I didn't.... You didn't see this coming, either", she said and raised a gun at him.

"You won't do that", a voice said and a man walked in. It was the same hefty bald man he had seen in his dream. He could remember clearly.

"Stop trying to torment me, King!", Ana screamed childishly, still pointing the gun at Kang.

Kang looked at the golden gun. Only the soldiers were allowed to hold it. On her wrist, there was some sort of golden glove; exactly the same color. She dropped her hand and the gun disappeared from her hand. The golden glove remained. "You can leave him with me, Ana", King said and stepped forward. "I will deal with him"

Ana stepped closer to him and whispered in his ears. "I will kill you myself"

Kang smiled, still feeling hyped by the pill he took. "Nice to meet you too, Ana"