Battle for the Championship

"The bell has rung to start the first round and...WHAT'S THIS?!" The announcer asks. as he witnesses both Blueblood and Eternal Flames charge straight at each other about to throw their lefts. They do so simultaneously causing their fists to slam against each other. "Unbelievable, the champion is going to in-fight. This is definetly not the Blueblood we've seen in his previous bouts folks!"

While the announcer continues to blab out what's happened, Eternal and Blueblood start throwing their left jabs at each other at blazing speed dodging and blocking trying to land the first shot. Each time they were running low on breath, they backed off a little and charged at each other again and repeated the same process. The crowds were going wild with cheers as they witnessed both fighters launching blow after blow after blow. Finally, Blueblood landed the first shot straight into Eternal's temple with a left hook. However, Eternal lessened the damage by twisting his neck to the right. This trick helped him and continued his assault. Blueblood kept trying to land some hard punches on Eternal, but he kept repeating the neck twisting trick to soften the blows. Eventually, Blueblood got reckless and started to swing wide with a right straight hoping to bring Eternal to his knees.

"NO, BLUEBLOOD! IT'S A TRAP!!!" Iron Will shouts

'Gotcha!' Eternal shouted internally. Eternal then charged straight at Blueblood as Blueblood threw a right straight. Eternal ducked under it and extended his left arm to where it'd hit Blueblood directly on the face. Eternal threw a left counterpunch towards Blueblood's jaw making him lose his balance and fly backwards, slamming to the ground flat on his back.

"DOWN!" Luna shouts getting in front of Eternal. "Get to your neutral corner!"

Eternal proceeded to do so. The crowd was uproaring with cheers. He looked over at his fallen foe who had taken a full force counterpunch straight to the face.

"ONE...TWO...THREE" Luna shouted.

Blueblood was still concious, but he wasn't sure what happened.

'Wha...why am I staring at the sky? It, does look beautiful, though.' Blueblood said in his mind.

"SIX..." Luna continued

Blueblood then snapped out of it and proceeded to stand up.

"I...I can still fight!" Blueblood says putting up a fighting stance in front of Luna. She nods and lets the fight continue. 'I don't know what happened, but I'm going to take you down!' he says in his thoughts before charging at Eternal. Eternal charged at him as well. As they approached each other, Blueblood's legs started to buckle before he could throw a left jab. He loses his balance and Eternal sent Blueblood's head tilting upwards with a right uppercut. Blood squirted out of his mouth and his mouthpiece came out as well. Eternal pressed on with a steady barrage of left jabs and right straights. During half of the assault, Blueblood kept a tight guard. 'Why did my legs give out all of a sudden, and why can't I move fast? Did he get me?' He says in his thoughts again.

'You've got quite the tight guard, I'll give you that, cousin. But playing defense alone isn't enough.' Eternal says in his mind while he kept showing Blueblood with punches. 'to win...you must....ATTACK!' he shouts in his mind and he lunges a hard right body blow which breaks through his guard. Blueblood coughed up a bit more blood, only this time, a few drops land on Eternal's cheek. However, Blueblood was able to catch his second wind and throws a liver blow to Eternal. Eternal felt the pain and grunted, trying not to lower his guard.

The bell then rings to signal the end of the first round, both fighters head back to their neutral corners.

"Alright, you did good out there, just don't get too crazy and you'll have won the title." Panja says to Eternal

"You kept your guard up to the end, but now you gotta give him pain FAR worse than he gave you." Iron Will says to Blueblood.

Both of the coaches help rince out their mouths to get rid of any blood that's lingering inside. They spit it out into their buckets and have their mouth pieces placed back in. After a whole minute, both fighters' coaches stepped outside the ring and watched as their fighters charged at each other again. They pressed on their assault throwing punches left and right from each angle. From jabs to straights to hooks and to uppercuts never letting up. Eternal didn't realize it when he then threw a reckless left arc punch and ended up getting hit by a hard right punch to the face. He didn't have enough time to use the neck twisting trick, and even if he did, he couldn't use it. His back hit the ropes as he got hit, and then got showered by Blueblood's signature hooks. Eternal loses conciousness after being hit by Blueblood's 7th hook even though Blueblood never stopped his assault. The pummeling continued with Blueblood combining his hooks to the face with body blows, making Eternal spit out blood onto the canvas. Luna then intervened getting in between the boys.

"Neutral corner, now!" Luna shouts, making Blueblood head for a corner. Eternal was leaning against the ropes unconcious with blood hanging from his mouth and bruises all over his stomach. "ONE...TWO...THREE...FOUR...FIVE..." Luna continued with the counting while Eternal was panting trying to catch his second wind.

'What the hell happened?' Eternal says in his thoughts. 'damn it...I can hear a count...am I down?' Finally, he regained conciousness 'Wait, what the hell?!' he shouts as he sees Luna counting. He then looks at her with a fighting pose "It's okay. No worries, I can do this." Eternal says to Luna still panting.

"Alright, talk to me, what's your name?" Luna asks grabbing his gloves.

"I'm Eternal Flames." he replies.

"Do you know what school you're at?" Luna asks again.

"Canterlot High School, at the football stadium." Eternal replies again.

"Okay good, you're fully concious." Luna then lets go of Eternal and signals the fight to continue.

Blueblood charges at Eternal at full throttle and resumes his combo assault. Eternal kept a tight guard on trying to regain some of his strength and fight back. The 2nd round was about to reach its end and Eternal was grasping Blueblood's rhythm. Soon, he started ducking and dodging and bobbing and weaving. Eventually Eternal started rolling his upper body into a figure eight left and right with a tight guard up and started dodging Blueblood's punches. Eternal was then about to throw a surprise punch but then stopped at the sound of the bell signaling the end of the 2nd round and both fighters head for their corners.

"Kid, are you alright? Look at me!' Panja says, grabbing a hold of Eternal's chin making Eternal look at him.

"I'm alright, coach. But I just figured out his rhythm." Eternal says before his coach takes out his mouth piece, rinses out his mouth with water and spits it out in the bucket.

"What the hell was that? You're the champ! Don't try to take him out with one punch. Now you wear him down and he's all ours." Iron Will says to Blueblood, wiping the sweat off of his body. Blueblood grabs a water bottle and takes a few chugs of it and swishes it in his mouth before spitting it out in the bucket.

"That bastard...he's figured out my rhythm! I'll get him back this time...I SWEAR on it!" Blueblood says, looking straight at Eternal Flames with anger and spite.

"He's the challenger, it's his job to study your movements. Now just stay calm and try to save your strength for the next round." Iron Will says, laying a hand on his fighter's shoulder.

Both fighters had for the rest of their one-minute break until they both got up while their coaches walked outside the ring. The bell soon rings for the start of the third round. Without a seconds thought, Eternal charges at Blueblood with a tight guard until he was at mid range starts rolling his upperbody into a figure eight motion left and right. Blueblood couldn't keep his eyes locked because Eternal kept moving too fast until finally Eternal was getting close to Blueblood from the right and landed a surprise hook from the right. Blueblood feels the impact of the punch having his head flung to his right. His head then gets flung to his left by Eternal's surpise left punch. Panja was speechless at what his fighter had just started doing.

'No way...I can't believe it...he's doing the Dempsey Roll. That's a highly advance attack!' Panja says in his thoughts.

Eternal keeps up his full throttle Dempsey Roll assault until finally his right hook slammed Blueblood straight into the canvas. His face was bruised and bleeding.

"DOWN!!!" Luna shouts, making Eternal back away moving to his neutral corner panting.

'Don't you dare stand up, you bastard! If you do, I'll make sure you stay down for good!' Eternal says, trying to catch his breath waiting in the neutral corner. Blueblood still hasn't moved a muscle, but Luna is still counting.

"FIVE...SIX...SEVEN..." Luna shouted.

Blueblood then begins to twitch and slowly stood up at the count of 9. Luna checks to see if he's good to fight. Luna then signals the fight to continue on. Eternal decides to wait at his corner with a serious look on his face. He knows he's running out of breath and Blueblood is almost at his peak as well. Blueblood slowly makes his way towards Eternal exhausted and battered up.

'Okay, now all I have to do is wait until he's close enough...then I'll unleash my other secret weapon.' Eternal says in his mind. Finally Blueblood had gotten close enough and Eternal pulled his right fist back and twisted it. With one massive swing and a twist in his entire body, Eternal throws his punch in a drilling motion. His punch reaches Blueblood...or so he thought. Blueblood blocked the signature "Corkscrew Punch" Eternal threw and returned with a barrage of punches to Eternal's face, making his right eye become swollen.

As the fight keeps getting intense, the audience was cheering for both fighters. Canterlot was staying silent with shock, however, seeing their fighter get pummeled. As Blueblood landed one last left punch at Eternal's face, Eternal lose conciousness and is about to fall while reminiscing all that happened before he was about to fight

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Eternal began to recall the first time he experienced his very first wins and losses. He also recalled the time he first fought against his cousin and how he hated his guts so much because of his cocky attitude. Soon all he was was a dark void in his mind only until his eyes are locked with the face of the man he's fighting. Soon he sees darkness again until he feels a spark go off.

--

Eternal, still unconcious, shouted and slammed a killed right straight at Blueblood's face, making blood leak from his mouth and nose. Eternal was caught in his own unconcious rage and landed hard punches on Blueblood, from his entire face, to his chest, ribs and stomach, making him cough out tiny droplets of blood.

"W-what the hell?! He's gone mad!" Iron Will said.

"Eternal!" Panja says to himself. He could see the look in his eyes. He saw that Eternal had the intention to kill. Blueblood then tried landing a few punches to grasp his rhythm, but Eternal kept dodging while he was still unconcious. Eternal continued to land punches left and right breaking a few of Blueblood's ribs. Everyone except Canterlot High became speechless. Canterlot High started their uproar once again seeing their school representative take the lead and pressing on the assault. However, Celestia kept her eyes away from this horrific scene because it broke her heart seeing her own son fighting to vicious.

'He's hitting all my vital areas...he's...trying to kill me' Blueblood thinks before he feels Eternal slam his right uppercut on Blueblood making him fall to the ground.

"DOWN" Luna shouts, holding Eternal back. Eternal acts on instincts and heads over to the corner panting and still unconcious.

"ONE...TWO...THREE" Luna shouts.

'I...I can hear a count...Damn it...did I go down again?' Eternal thought before finally regaining his conciousness. 'What the?!' He then turns towards the center of the ring where Blueblood was twitching from the pain trying to stand up. 'What the hell is going on and why is Blueblood on the mat? Did I knock him down? I can't remember!' Eternal became frustrated and punched the corner still panting. 'What kind of crap is this? Taking the belt while I was unconcious, what kind of a victory is that?! Unless I knock him down with a punch I remember..." Eternal then pauses and resumes his sentence by speaking out loud. "I WON'T BE SATISFIED!!! SO STAND YOUR SORRY ASS UP!!!" Eternal shouts winding his whole right arm backwards ready to end the match.

Meanwhile, Blueblood had finally stood up to the count of 8. Luna then signals the two to continue the fight. Without a hitch, Eternal charges straight at him with an angry look in his eyes.

'Say goodnight YOU NO GOOD BASTARD!!!' He shouts in his mind. Unfortunately, Luna gets in front of Eternal, and held him back after the bell rung signaling the end of the 3rd round. Eternal's face was inches from Blueblood's face. Both fighters had different expressions on their faces as Eternal was held back.

Eternal had the look of an angry predator ready to rip his prey to shreds while Blueblood had the look of fear in his eyes. Eternal and Blueblood both went back to their corners. Both were exhausted. Eternal had gotten way past his limit, while Blueblood was quaking in fear after witnessing this new side of his cousin.

"He tried to kill me! Why didn't you tell me he had this kind of attitude?!" Blueblood says, still shaking and looking down at his feet.

'Eternal really got to him. His coach must've taught him a technique that can bring any normal fighter down for good. He's got one hell of a coach, I'll give him that.' Iron Will says in his mind. He then turns to Blueblood. "Listen kid, you took a nasty beating out there. But he's barely hanging in there. Launching all those punches has taxed his stamina. Just give it one more push."

"Y-Yes sir...I'll show him who wears the title belt." Blueblood says. After 30 seconds, Blueblood slowly regains his courage as he slowly raised his head looking towards his coach. "Coach...I've made up my mind...I'm going to annialate him...ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!!!!"

'Anymore trauma and this could be life-threatening. If I see you slightly wobble oout there, I won't hesitate to throw in the towel. Don't hate me for it, kid. However, I'll rely on your pride for as long as you're still punching.' Iron Will thinks as he tightens his grip on the towel around his neck.

Panja had completely rinsed out the blood in Eternal's mouth, but he also let Eternal drink some water to help his lower body muscles relax for a little bit. As Eternal was resting for the remainder of his break trying to get some stamina back, he sees his lover, Sunset walk up to him, but she stayed outside the ring. The two stared at each other for a few seconds until finally Sunset spoke.

"Eternal, no matter what, I'll be waiting for you to come back to us! You can do it!" Sunset said, earning a nod from Eternal as he then looked towards Blueblood. Panja then gets out of the ring and Eternal stands up, putting his mouth piece back in. The bell is then rung signaling the start of the 4th and final round. But out of nowhere, Blueblood charges straight ahead with wide swings from his punches, but Eternal kept his guard up just in time.

Soon, Eternal ducked under one of his punches and aimed for the body. He lands a left body blow making Blueblood grunt in pain since his right ribs still had a few fractures. Both fighters continued their relentless assault landing blows to the face. It seemed almost evenly matched until Eternal started getting more punches in. Blueblood was becoming more and more injured. Eternal then landed a serious right straight to his jaw, but despite the damage, Blueblood kept punching. Eternal was losing stamina quick. Then he's caught by surprise by Blueblood's left hook which made his guard break. Blueblood took this chance and decided to use Eternal's own technique against him. Blueblood pulls his fist back, twists it, and throws it in a drilling motion. Eternal tried to guard as he knew how devastating the Corkscrew Punch was. Blueblood managed to make contact with Eternal's chest and felt his heart stop beating for a moment. Eternal stood in the middle of the ring, paralized from the punch.

"ETERNAL, NO!!!!!" Sunset shouted.

Blueblood finally used the last remnants of his strength to launch a full body left hook.

'Take a look at me, Eternal, this is who I am....I AM....BLUEBLOOD, PRINCE OF THE RING!!!' Blueblood shouts in his mind as he launches his right hook...only to have it miss as Eternal sways his head backwards. Blueblood is caught off guard as he sees his brutally bruised up cousin standing tall.

'Very impressive, Blueblood...your speed and timing was perfect. If your Corkscrew Punch had made connected an inch closer, you would've won the match...from now on when I'm asked which boxer I respect the most, I'll answer with this.' Eternal says in his thoughts. ' "He is a warrior who fought like a prince, a samurai I met at Rogue High School' he thinks as he prepares his Corkscrew Punch. As he throws it, Blueblood is still not moving from his spot as he was too tired. Eternal continues to speak in his mind 'We will never meet in the ring again, but I will never forget your name!' With that last thought...Eternal's Corkscrew Punch connects with Blueblood's chest, making his heart completely stop for a moment. Eternal then throws a killer left uppercut, sending Blueblood flying and sent his mouth piece flying out of his mouth all covered in blood. Blueblood sinks into the mats flat on his back with blood running down his mouth.

Eternal then backs off as Luna walked towards Blueblood. Seeing how Blueblood wasn't moving, she waves her arms up in the air, the bell rings a few times, signaling the end of the match.

"Unbelievable! In an astounding turn of events, the champion has collapsed onto the mats, he's got no strength left to use and in the end, the last one standing is Eternal Flames! The match it over!" The announcer shouts. Soon, most of the crowd went into an uproar. Celestia then walks up onto the ring with her microphone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in a stunning upset. Scoring the win by knockout, we have a new Amateur World Welterweight Boxing Champion, and he is "The Fiery Fists of Fury," Eternal Flames!" Celestia says gesturing her son who had the belt around him, thanks to his coach and is then lifted off the ground by his coach. He throws his hands up shouting in happiness. Panja then puts him down and is then greeted by his mom and his girlfriend. "I'm so proud of you, son!" Celestia says, hugging him with tears in her eyes. Eternal gives her a hug as well. After she lets go, Sunset runs up to him and hugs him tightly.

"Congradulations, Eternal!" Sunset says.

"Thanks, Sunset" Eternal says, hugging her back.

Finally, after two whole years, Eternal and Blueblood had finally settled their grudge match. Eternal now felt satisfied knowing he and his cousin had put up a good fight.

--

The next day, Eternal paid a visit to his cousin who was in the hospital. Eternal had already had already finished his appointment. Luckily the doctors told him he had no brain damage. But he was still concerned about his cousin. He started thinking out things as he was walking around the hospital, trying to find Blueblood. He realized that it wasn't his cousin he hated so much, it was his attitude that made him feel so uneasy all the time. Eternal finally found the room Blueblood was resting in and looked inside to see something that shocked him.

Blueblood was watching TV, his waist was covered in bandages, and so was most of his face. Eternal walked up towards him and immediately gave him a warm smile.

"Hey cous...I see you're doing okay." Eternal says.

"Yes, but I don't think I'll ever box ever again." Blueblood says. "You see, I made a promise to myself that if I ever did lose the fight, which I did, that I would retire. Especially with these injuries and what not."

"I say you definetly earned your retirement, cousin. Sorry for braking your bones."

"Oh don't feel guilty about it. It was a fight after all. You earned the title belt fair and square. But know that earning the belt is only half the battle, since there WILL be other challengers who want to take it from you. The fight has only just begun."

"Yeah, I know. Luckily, I ain't got brain damage, but I'm gonna be careful with how I fight. Otherwise the next thing you know, my next fight might be my last."

"You have my full support, cousin. Well, I'd better get some rest, you should head on home, too."

"Alright...get better soon, Blueblood." Eternal walks out of the room and closes the door. But after he closes it, he turns around to see Sunset who's waiting for him and then presses her lips against his for a brief moment. While he was kissing her, he started thinking about the new challenges as he starts his new life as the Amateur World Welterweight Boxing Champion.