Azorath's Adventure

Chapter 16: The ZT Round 3! Part 3

They layed on the ground, nearly motionless. If it wasn't for their painful grunting and their small attempts to get up, you'd think they were dead. Erwin himself walked into the room, with a microphone in his hand. "Well it looks like neither contestant has the ability to get up, so ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid we will have to move on to the next match, until we decide who shall be the winner of this 'bout. But get ready to enjoy the match of Minou versus Ka Poliko! This one will be interesting, so make sure you don't miss it!" Erwin said before he began to orchestrate nurses picking up and taking the two contestants, which consisted of Azorath and Itatsu, and taking them to the hospital area. Minou walked past the nurses carrying Azorath, and sighed. "Always fighting till he collapses...this kid." She said to herself as she walked into the arena, with Ka Poliko walking closely behind. He stood about 3 inches taller than Minou, and he had a hood on, so you could not see his face, arms, or torso. He wore blue jean pants and white shoes. They stood on opposite sides, and Minou was ready to fight. Poliko didn't get ready, he just stood there, with an unseen smirk on his face. "Allllllright! Ready? Fight!"

At the same time, Azorath and Itatsu were taken to the hospital areas. They were surrounded by nurses. "Ohhhh! What cuties!" One of them yelled out to the huddled group. "I could just eat them up!" Said another. "Why are they so fit at suuuuuch a young age?" Asked one of them. A different nurse walked in the room. "Alright alright ladies back up back up." Said the nurse, who had a similar, but different outfit. "Get back to work, you can gawk at men on the tv." Continued the special looking nurse as she shooed the other nurses away. Only people in the room left were Azorath, Itatsu, and the special looking nurse. "Hey, sorry about that. Those nurses go crazy after every new man they see in here. Now, my name is Summer, and I'm here to help you. Don't worry, I'm the head nurse here." She said as she reached in her pocket and pulled out a hypodermic needle with a green substance within it. "This is what I like to call EnthusiJuice. This stuff will give back all your energy and magic back. Good as new!" Summer continued as she walked forward. Summer quickly gave them both a shot of the 'EnthusiJuice'. It took a second before anything happened, which gave Summer enough time to sit across from them.
Itatsu's eyes opened and he jumped forward. On his feet and full of energy. "Hey! Man thanks Summer! Now I've gotta find those nurses and get some affection!" He said as he ran out of the room, closing the door behind him. Azorath watched him run, and got out of bed himself. "Wow! This stuff really works doesn't it?" Azorath said as he started to punch and kick into the air. "Oh look." He interrupted himself as he looked at the tv. "Minou is about to start. She better win. If she doesn't, then we won't get our fight. Go Minou go!" Summer looked at him confusingly. "You know her?" She asked as she sat politely. Azorath turned to her with a slight smile. "Yeah. She's my closest friend. Except she has a bad tendency to drop apples on my head." He replied to her. "Wait a minute...." He pondered to himself. "Who won the match!?" He turned to Summer, grabbed her shoulders, and lightly shook her. "Who! Won! The! Match!" He asked again, with Summer looking dizzy. "Erwin is gonna decide later! Calm down!" She yelled so he would stop shaking her. Azorath let go and jumped backwards. "Sorry..." He told her as he looked down. A loud crash was heard outside the room. "Aw crap." Summer said "THAT'S probably Itatsu isn't it?" Azorath looked out the door and found Itatsu running around. "Yep. It's him alright. Don't worry, I'll get him." He told summer as he started to walk outside, closer to Itatsu. Itatsu jumped up. "Hey! I want a rematch with you right now!" He told Azorath as he tried to strike a pose while standing in all the stuff he knocked on the ground. "No No. We can't do that right now-" Azorath said before he was interrupted. "The fight is starting NOW!" Itatsu interrupted Azorath with those words, as he ran away. Azorath confusingly chases up, until he was able to back Itatsu into the corner against a wall of a different room. A patient room but with everything turned off but a tv. Most likely where nurses sat for lunch so they could watch some shows. "Look, man. I want the rematch too, but we can't yet." Azorath told Itatsu, trying to calm him down. Itatsu put his back against the wall with a smirk. "You don't wanna fight? Then I guess you don't care much about Minou do you?" Itatsu replied, which stunned Azorath for a moment. "Wait what?! She's just in a fight there's nothing wrong with her." He questioningly told Itatsu. But Itatsu pointed at the tv in the room. The current match was playing, and Azorath couldn't believe what he saw. His eyes turned a light red as he got horribly upset. "If you don't do something, she won't leave that arena alive."

"Allllllright! Ready? Fight!" Erwin said as the match had begun. Minou stood in the middle of the ring across from Ka Poliko, who was still covered in his hoodie. For a short moment they stood there in silence. "Soooo....... Do you wanna attack first....or should I?" Minou asked, but got no reply. "Ok...well....I suppose I'll start." She added as she got in her fighting stance. "Ya know.....you look like you're a hard worker..." Poliko finally said. "Minou ran forward quickly and decided with a kick to the side of Poliko's head, but at which he blocked with no trouble. "Quick too....heh you'll be great for the Boss." Poliko also said, while Minou jumped backwards. "Ok you are being REALLY creepy. What are you even talking about?" She asked, but again got no reply. She ran forward again, but slid close and did a spin kick against the ground. Poliko jumped up to evade the attack, and landed with easy. Minou jumped up for an amazing uppercut, but her wrist was caught and grabbed. "Let me put it this way...I'm going to sell you as an "unpaid worker" in a factory. Ok?" He told her quietly, so nobody was able to hear her. Minou began to freak out from this and attempted to pull away, but she could not. Poliko pulled his hood down, and revealed his face, which was covered in tattoos of flame and other such things. Something slid down his sleeve, and when he pulled it up closely it was a knife. Everyone watched in terror. Erwin appeared as a Holo Image. "Ka Poliko! You are officially disqualified on the rule of no weapons allowed!" Poliko shrugged. "Guess I have no reason for staying here then." He said as he began to attempt to walk away to the door, holding Minou and starting to drag her. Everyone stood outside the door, about to open it but Poliko swung his hand with the knife out, and a golden seal covered the door. "If I can't leave, then nobody can enter! This Golden Lock Magic can only be broken by the same spell, so I'll stay in here until you're ready to back off!" Everyone began to freak out. Ochi Konda stood with them, and began to freak out himself. "What is that I'm sensing?! I can't make it out." He asked himself. Poliko pulled Minou closer, and placed the knife close to her neck. "Try anything and see what happens!" He yelled, and Minou began to freak out, lightly crying. Nothing happened in this hostage situation for some time except panic.

An explosion appeared on the wall behind them. Poliko and Minou flew forward, along with pieces of the wall which was now reduced to rubble. Itatsu layed on the ground on the other side of the arena. Azorath stood behind where the wall used to be, with anger in his eyes and an aura around him of black. Poliko stood up, with the knife in his hand. "Look man. You better stay away. Or else Ill cut-cha man. I ain't no shiv." Poliko said, as he twitched his hand holding his knife. "You.....you don't touch my friends..." Azorath demanded in a low tone. Poliko scoffed. "Who do you think you are?" He asked before he threw his knife at Azorath. Azorath reached his hand out, and caught the knife between his thumb and fore finger. With his bare strength he broke the knife and dropped it onto the floor. The crowd stood at the door, not able to watch what was happening. Ochi Konda watched through the wall, but with no emotions whatsoever. Azorath walked forward towards Poliko, with anger still in his eyes. Ochi appeared between the two, staring Azorath down. "Do not do this." He said as he teleported Poliko away. "I've already almost killed you, don't make me have to finish the job. I know you're worried about Minou, but taking lives isn't a good thing to do." He continued, but Azorath just grinned at him as he readied to fight. "Azorath no!" Minou cried out as she lunged forward at him. Azorath's eyes lost their anger, and Azorath lost his aura. "M..Minou?" He asked as he caught her. "You're ok?" He asked as he hugged her close. "I thought you were gonna die." She hugged back. "I'm fine...thanks to you." She replied to him as Itatsu slowly started to get up. "Well.....it was all thanks to Itatsu here." Azorath replied back "If he hadn't tricked me I wouldn't have....gotten here somehow." Itatsu stumbled forward and leaned on Ochi. "Hey man, you hit harder than I expected." Itatsu said right before he fell forward. Ochi looked at him and sighed. "I'll take care of him, you guy's just relax and go home. He is in no condition to fight." He said as he dragged Itatsu back to the hospital area. "Oh and." Ochi continued as he broke the lock on the door. "Make sure you fill them in on what happened." Azorath and Minou laughed a little bit as the crowd ran in. Many questions were asked of them of what happened and where everyone was. "Just hold on, hold on." Azorath said "I'll tell you all about it."