Going to work might've always been a massive pain in the ass, but I never thought it'd actually get me killed!
While riding the bus to get to work one day, I came across this fanfiction that seemed like the perfect way to pass the time. The story wa...
As my opponent and I continued our silent stand off, I took this small lull in the fight to adjust my stance. If I had to guess, I'd say that the two of us were pretty evenly matched right now. While my opponent definitely had more experience with martial arts than I did, he had also made the fatal mistake of underestimating his opponent.
In trying to end this match quickly with a few flashy moves he had exhausted himself quite a lot while I was still had a decent amount of energy to spare!
Suddenly closing the distance between us, my opponent rushed in close for a grapple! (Which even with my limited experience I knew was a bad move).
I was physically taller between the two of us, so in-order to get a good grip on me my opponent was forced to overextend himself. And with a quick sweep of the leg he went down like a sack of potatoes.
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"Good job boy!" came a loud booming voice. And following the voice to its source I saw my instructor who had a look of unabashed pride on his face. He was the owner of the Taiyou Dojo and my sensei, Goku Taiyou.
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Goku was an amazing martial artist with swept-back silver hair and burning orange eyes. His face and jaw were quite well defined, and on his neck you could see part of an old tattoo sticking out.
"You could've ended the match a lot earlier during his last attack though." Goku chided firmly. "You're still not acting aggressive enough! He left himself open during that last punch and I would've punished him for it! But...overall I'd say you did quite well."
Helping my opponent back to his feet we shook hands with each other before walking away to our respective instructors.
"Here." Goku said, throwing me a water bottle and a towel as I followed him over to one of the free workout mats so that the other students could have the space for their matches. Now that the fight was over, I was coming down from the adrenaline and I drained the entire bottle in just big three gulps.
Which I then immediately choked on when I heard Goku say, "You know, you're probably the best student I've ever had."
"W-what!? H-how?" I forced the words out as I coughed harshly. I remember Goku giving almost the exact same compliment to the Protagonist in the story, but I'm 99% sure that I'm not nearly as good of a hand-to-hand fighter as he was at this point in his training.
