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momma raised a soldier ~ 8

Jahseh POV

(After they got food)

I was the only one with a car other than Aysias other friends, but they were currently still at the party, along with Wifi and Coolie which meant I had to drive them all back to their destination. We got in the car, driving over to Stokes house first to drop him off since it was the first one on our way.

"But I don't have clothes to wear", Silese replied to Stokes as he was trying to get her to come with him to his house. "I got extra clothes that you can wear", he replied with a pouty. "Can y'all hurry the fuck up please?", I said half jokingly but still being dead ass serious. "Fine, but you gotta drop me off at school tomorrow", she said before getting out the car with him. It's the fucking weekend tomorrow, I thought to myself with a confused and slightly dumbed our face.

Once they got out of the car, it was only Aysia and I. I put the car back in drive and started heading off to her place. "Can we do something before I go home?", she said out of nowhere. I stopped the car in a public parking lot, turning to her and asking what ideas she had. "I'm not sure. I just don't want to go home quite yet.", "We could go watch some underground fights if you want", I suggested to her. She nodded her head excitingly and then we headed off to one of the illegal fight clubs I usually participate in, it was probably the best one in town.

We arrived at the place, it looked like a normal house until you entered the basement. We knocked on the door, it was opened by a dark skinned guy wearing a black suit with a red tie and sunglasses. He was really tall, around  6'2, he was also really buffed up. He noticed me since I usually come here to actually fight, but today I was just coming to watch. I dapped him up and then got leaded to the door that went downstairs.

We slowly walked down, I held onto Aysias hand so she wouldn't get lost, also since there are a lot of perverts here. There was loud music playing, kinda like rock music, the type that would hype you up. There were two guys in the ring fighting, one of them was a dark skinned one that had a beard, he looked at about 5'9 while the other was oriental, maybe Taiwanese and was also at about 5'9. They were both bleeding, the dark skinned one through his nose while the oriental one through his lip.

There was a lot of smoking and shouting, you could see the people holding stacks of cash that they were using for bets. Sooner or later, the dark skinned guy got knocked out, the referee came in, holding the oriental ones hand up high signaling that he won. You could hear many groans in frustration from the people that put their bets on the dark skinned guy whereas the rest of the people were shouting in excitement while collecting their money from the other. They both were good sportsman ship in the end.  They touched gloves and went back to their corners while getting out of the ring.

The next fight was between two girls. One had long whitish blonde hair while it was up in a ponytail whereas the other one had long, black box braids, they were both at around 5'7. The fight started and the blonde one got a few good hits on the other girl. The rest of the match was more or less the same. They either kicked, put each other in a chokehold while punching or just did moves to our smart the other and then punched. In the end, the blonde girl did win, it was kind of expected since she had much stronger blows than the other and she also was much faster.

"Is anybody willing to go up against our girls champion, Billie?", the host said through the microphone, assuming the blonde, whitish haired  girl was 'Billie'. "Can I go?", I heard Aysia say out of nowhere. "Go where?", I asked back until I understood. "Oh no no no no. You cannot go in the ring", I said before she could say anything else. "Please, I love fighting and I could actually win", she replied back with a pouty face. "No, I do-", I was cut off by the host when he made another announcement. "There will be a $50k prize to the winner", he shouted out excitingly. "Well, if you think you can actually beat her, go ahead.", I said looking back at her. "Thank you!", she replied back in happiness.

(Skip to the locker room)

Aysia POV

Jahseh and I were in the 'change room' putting on the gloves. He was helping me with the hand wrap and gloves. We had 5 more minutes until we had to go into the ring. I used to fight back when I was younger and I would mostly always win, but this time, there was money involved and my broke ass wouldn't mind a bit of cash. "Don't waste your energy in the starting. Make her tired for the first two rounds and then in the third round, start attacking.", Jah advised me as I nodded my head. "Don't be scared to give up. Your health is much more important. If you're not feeling well, just tap out.", he said one last time before I had to go in.

We walked over to the ring from our change room. I was wearing a sports bra and a pair of boxer briefs that said "Reebok" on them. I got in the ring and I was given a brand new water bottle that said 'underdogs' on it, most likely the name of the place. Jah told me a few more motivational things. "You go get her girl", he said jokingly before stepping out of the ring so we could start.

We tapped gloves and then went back to our corners.
DING DING DING!

The bell rung, signaling for us to start. I tried to just dodge the punches and tire her out, just like Jah had told me earlier. It was a bit harder than usual since when I used to fight, I wouldn't dodge, I would just go in with punches. I could tell this girl had practiced, she was fast and agile.

She finally landed a jab, it was a body shot but it hurt like hell. I tried to dodge it, leaving my face opened which led to a straight punch at my jaw, I kept my jaw tightened the whole time, so it didn't do as much 'damage' as usual. I remembered that we can still kick, as she went for another kick, I did a side kick right into her rib cage, she backed up slowly letting down her guard but then putting it back up. Jah told me to not to start punching until the third round but it was the perfect time, she was still a bit dozed off the kick which gave me an open shot for her face.

I ran up to deliver a jab to her face but I was kicked right in the stomach just as I was about to punch. I felt like vomiting but I tried to stay strong. She had the same idea as me. She tried to come up and punch me as I was dozed off from the kick. I quickly ducked down as she swung, connecting my hand to under her jaw. She went right down and that was all. As the referee went to check her he put his hand up, signaling that the fight was over. He came back, raising my hand up high making mostly everybody groan as they put their bets on 'Billie'.

She got up and we both gave eachother a friendly hug, she wasn't a poor sport and she took the loss properly. "You did amazing", she said as we unlatched from the hug. "You too. Your punches brought hell to me", I replied making us both chuckle.

I looked at Jah as he gave me a smile and then I ran out. I jumped down from the ring and gave him a hug. "You did good but I told you to wait till round 3 to throw your punches", he said jokingly with a fake mad face. We were cut off when the guy hosting the show came up to us, "Ma'am come with me to where we will give your cash". We walked over to a little office that was in the corner of the basement. He closed the door right after we entered and then started counting the money as Jah and I sat on the couch in front of his desk. The money was all in $100 bills. He finished counting the money, tapping the sides of the stack on the desk to make it straight and then putting it in the envelope as he handed it over to me.

"We have another fight tomorrow. Are you interested?", he said to us just as we were about to exit the door. I looked at Jah with a pouty face, he didn't seem to really care after seeing what I did tonight. "This time it will be $12k plus all the bets", he cut Jah off just as he was about to say something. Jah looked at the guy and back at me with a smile. "What time?", Jah asked. "Be here by 8 pm but it will start at 9 pm", he said before we walked out the office.

There was another fight going on but we didn't stay for it. We went up the stairs and left the house. As we got in the car Jah turned to me, "I really didn't think you could fight, what else do I not know about you?", he said as he smiled. "Soon enough you will know", I said teasing him.
"Tomorrow, I'll pick you up at 7:30, he ready for the fight", he said before we were off to my house.

I got out the car, as I waved bye to him and he smiled back. I ran upstairs, and hopped in my bed as I was too tired to change into my night clothes and I instantly fell asleep.

BRUHHH. Y'all gonna see some more of Billie aight. Y'all will like it!! Trust me!🖤