Frost teleported in an blue wave of ice and jump kicked Spike. Though Spike managed to regain his footing and slammed his foot down on the ground, blasting Frost back with an ice wall. As they fought blow by blow, Spike kept his focus on her attacks.

"You could have joined me boy! Think of the power you could have had!" Frost said with disappointment.

"Power? At what cost? My will and honor? Something I'm sure you were too blind to understand." Spike replied

This angered Frost who charged her cryomancy from her cybernetic body. As she charged her hands and blasted any icy ball at Spike. Spike however, remained still and breathed in slowly and did a stance.

"What is he doing?" Rainbow Dash said in confusion

The ice ball was about to hit Spike, until his hands caught the blast and he did some hand motions that turned the ice blast in his hands into an even BIGGER form of ice energy.

"Whoa, Spike is doing that trick again!" Pinkie Pie noticed

"He's redirecting the blast to go back to her! Just like he did to me when he fought us!" Sunset further added.

Spike then aimed the blast at Frost and it managed to hit her, this time knocking her back to a wall of the stadium. This made the entire audience give looks of surprise at how Spike was able to redirect the blast at Frost.

Frost, while getting up and looking at her bruises, gave a look to Spike of anger and hate and shouted.

"DIE YOU LIZARD FILTH!"

She charged with increased speed and strength at Spike, who teleported in a fiery blast of hellfire and bicycle kicked her in the chest repeatedly. Spike continued to repeatedly kick Frost from her chest and head until she countered with an icy uppercut.

Spike managed to land safely and they circled each other, awaiting for whomever to strike first

"Now I see why Sub-Zero pushed you away!" Spike goaded

Frost, while in her defensive stance said "Excuse me?!"

Spike only pointed out further without an ounce of hesitation

"You say that Sub-Zero doubted you, failed you! But all he did was try to make you realize power isn't everything! You say that now your the perfect Lin Kuei, yet you still fail yourself! If anything, your practically like those hypocritical Rainbooms that had bullied me ever since. Your prideful yet stupid like Rainbow Dash!, strong yet deceitful and untruthful like Applejack, sadistic and feisty like Pinkie Pie, uncaring and cold like Fluttershy, selfish and greedy like Rarity, power-hungry and treacherous like Twilight Sparkle, borderline ruthless and deceptive as Sunset Shimmer and flat-out delusional as Starlight Glimmer! Your practically the whole package!"

The words of the dragon ninja cut deep in Frost. Who was left fuming and in disbelief at his remark. In fact, his words cut the Rainbooms deep too. Twilight was taken aback with a look of disbelief at his words, Rainbow Dash only looked ready to jump out her seat, Applejack hid her face with her hat to hide her shame, Fluttershy was left in tears and Pinkie Pie looked as if the color in her body and her hair had deflated, Sunset looked as if she was punched in the face as tears fell in her eyes while Starlight's jaw hit the ground while she she fell on her knees limp.

In fact, the words Spike spoke, had even struck some CHS students, with even Scorpion and Sub-Zero giving looks as well, Scorpion with minor agreement and Sub-Zero with disappointment at her lack of judgement. But Frost?.....she......was furious.

The cybernetic cryomancer only said in response with murderous intent.

"How.....dare you..........HOW. DARE. YOU!!!!??!?!?!?!?!"

She charged and began to release a flurry of ice attacks at Spike, who used the training he had learned to evade and counter her blows. As Frost continued her relentless assault on Spike, his eye flared and he countered with a flaming backflip kick, hitting her chin and breaking the left side of her mask off. Frost however, managed to gash Spike's chest on the right upper side while regaining her footing.

"Did that hurt lizard?" Frost taunted.

"I've had worse.....Frosty." Spike retorted.

"Don't call me that!" Frost angrily said

They continued their fight and kept on trading from blow to blow, kick to kick, but each of their attacks were even. Spike then continued in spite of his bruises, until he remembered something.

Spike then stood and began to close his eyes. he lightly lifted his left leg and his hands and looked at Frost directly in her eyes. This confused her and the audience as the announcer said

"IT APPEARS THE DRAGON NINJA IS STANDING THERE! WHAT IS HE DOING?!?!"

Frost only continued looking in his eyes confused, with Spike only moving his head around to follow her eyes as she moved her head, confusing her more. Frost, having enough, shouted.

"Enough! If you want to die! Then SO BE IT!"

Frost then charged an ice blast and launched it at Spike. The spectators looked away, what came next shocked them.

Spike, caught the ice blast, but this time he didn't redirect it, he only kept still and moved his hands around. Frost was left speechless, she fired more blasts, but Spike caught them and continued to move his body.

From the audience, Scorpion said "What is young Ryu doing?"

Sub-Zero then remembered and said with a look of recognition

"Do you remember when we were training a few weeks previously? The warrior that meditated near the statue?"

Scorpion was confused, but caught on and said

"Yes, of course, he is letting the attacks hit him, but he's not rebounding them, he's....he's forming his own attack."

As Frost continued to use more ice blasts, Spike caught them and spinned around more, with the icy aura in his hands and legs getting bigger and after it was big enough, he spinned twice and blasted Frost, with the icy blast hitting her in the chest with icy sparks and snow emitting as she he had been hit.

'I DON'T BELIEVE, SPIKE THE DRAGON NINJA HAS UNEXPECTEDLY SHOWED US A NEW TRICK THAT HAS DEFEATED THE CYBORG LIN KUEI GRANDMASTER FROST. THE DRAGON NINJA IS THE WINNER AND WILL ADVANCE IN THE TOURNAMENT!"

Most of the audience members cheered as Spike bowed with respect and then returned back to his seat with Sub-Zero and Scorpion. Scorpion gave an impressed look at Spike and said

"You remained loyal and maintained your honor in spite of Frost's offer young one. Why?"

Spike replied

"Because Masters, you both taught me power is not about strength and ambition, it's about protecting others, honor, commitment, putting others above yourself. Frost may have power and strength, yet she lacks proper judgement and rational thinking of her acts in the long run. You both taught me to be careful and not let my training and power corrupt me."

Sub-Zero and Scorpion nodded in respect and acknowledgement and Sub-Zero said "You've done well young Spike."

Spike nodded in turn with a smile as the announcer said

"THE NEXT FIGHT WILL COME SOON! UNTIL THEN EVERYBODY GO TO YOUR QUARTERS AND TAKE A BREAK!"

The audience members did so as did Spike, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Jade, Kitana, Liu Kang and Jade went to the entrance that led to their quarters.

Author's Note

I'm so sorry for the long wait! I have been dealing with personal things and I was thinking of more stories to add.

Right now I actually have been thinking of a story inspired from The Dragon Knight of Canterlot City by WildCard25. The story will follow Spike, who is bullied in CHS and is killed in a ritual by some bullies, until he is revived by a demonic entity who grants him powers to fight crime in Canterlot City.

This story was also inspired by me watching The Crow, Ghost Rider, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss and The Punisher. Let me know what I should do. Again, I apologize for the long wait.

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