Antoni Matteo Garcia

August 12, 2004. The clock struck two in the afternoon at the Tokugawa Martial Arts Training Center’s main arena. A deadly silence rang throughout the arena, as all seven Yokai martial artists were bloodied, bruised, gashed, and eviscerated. Ayame and Shunran were prepared to beat Inuyasha, Hakkaku, and Ginta up and vice-versa. The silence broke when Sesshoumaru and Shuran continued to choke and strangle each other out. Inuyasha and Shunran charged at each other, as she gave him nerve strikes to his pecs and he countered them with a tracheal grip choke. Ayame, Ginta, and Hakkaku were giving each other shin kicks, elbow strikes, knee strikes, elbow slashes, overhand punches, jabs, and back fists. However, Ayame was far more excited to fight her husband, Inuyasha, while Shunran was just as excited to fight both of her husbands, Hakkaku and Ginta. Sesshoumaru and Shuran noticed the action occurring between the couple and the throuple respectively, just as the latter was crushing the former’s knees. However, Shuran let Sesshoumaru go to see what Inuyasha, Hakkaku, and Ginta were about to get themselves into with Ayame and Shunran.

Sesshoumaru said, “It appears that my dear brother and my darling sister-in-law are going to bash each other’s brains out. Shall we continue our battle, Shuran?”

Shuran responded, “Yeah, and my little bros and my little sister-in-law are going to crush each other. To answer your question, Sesshoumaru, yes. I would love to!”

Sesshoumaru returned to his Mixed Martial Arts stance, while Shuran also returned to his Professional Wrestling stance. Once ready, Sesshoumaru and Shuran charged at each other. Shuran then proceeded to deliver Sesshoumaru one massive chokehold, thus making the latter counter the former’s attack with an armbar and vicious ground and pounds to his face.

Inuyasha positioned himself with his Pankration stance and chuckled, “Ready for a massive beatdown, babe? Because this is going to be better than sex once I crush you!”

Ayame readied herself with her Kyuk Too Ki stance and responded, “Yes, my dearest, it would be my pleasure to demolish you too and enjoy every single moment of it!”

Hakkaku prepared himself with his Muay Boran stance, “All right, sweetheart, my brother and I are ready to take you down!”

Ginta made himself ready with his Lethwei stance, “Yeah, honey bunch, and we are going to enjoy making you squirm!”

Shunran composed herself with her Shaolin Kung Fu stance, “Well, cutie pies, this is going to be such rapture seeing you submit!”

With all niceties being said, and with Sesshoumaru and Shuran still combating each other, Inuyasha and Ayame charged headfirst at each other as did Hakkaku and Ginta towards Shunran.

Inuyasha proceeded to go all out with his Superman punches, liver punches, rear-naked chokeholds, tracheal grip chokes, camel clutches, piledrivers, torture racks, jabs, uppercuts, cross punches, and hammer fists on Ayame, while Ayame countered most of Inuyasha’s attacks with her jabs, hooks, uppercuts, front punches, axe kicks, double uppercuts, spinning back kicks, roundhouse kicks, corkscrew kicks, and front kicks right onto Inuyasha’s entire body, thus finding pleasure in shattering each other from the inside and on the outside.

Meanwhile, Hakkaku and Ginta were unleashing their headbutts, elbow slashes, elbow strikes, knee strikes, knee bombs, overhand punches, clinches, shin kicks, and spinning kicks on Shunran, and Shunran was countering their attacks with her leopard blows, finger strikes, nerve strikes, spinning back fists, palm heel strikes, knife-hand strikes, flying double kicks, spear-hand strikes, foot sweeps, and leg wheels straight onto Hakkaku’s and Ginta’s whole bodies, thus giving each other excitement through the pain.

Inuyasha and Ayame duking it out with each other as well as both Hakkaku and Ginta whaling it on Shunran felt so much more exciting than making love, let alone having sex. It also felt a million times better than the many orgasms when Inuyasha and Ayame have been having sex and the several pleasurable moans Hakkaku and Ginta emit when making love with Shunran.

Sesshoumaru then broke free from Shuran’s grasp by giving him an elbow strike to the chest and a headbutt to his forehead and tackled Inuyasha, with Shuran also tackling Hakkaku and Ginta, and Ayame and Shunran also returning to face each other again. All seven martial artists were brutally bloodied, bruised, battered, and bashed, but they still had enough fight in them to let out one blood-curdling, decibel-breaking battle yell that sounded more like a lion or a tiger unleashing a terrifying roar.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha charged at each other with bone-damaging jabs to each other’s faces and straight onto their noses and mouths with blood gushing out of them like waterfalls.

Shuran, Hakkaku, and Ginta were locked in an incredibly devastating and nerve-damaging headbutt that saw them bleed a lot more.

Ayame and Shunran let loose with their destructive flying spinning back kicks to the cheeks, thus making blood spew from their mouths.

All seven martial artists were scattered throughout the ring. They stood up once again, let out loud heaves, and let out an even louder roar reminiscent of a Tyrannosaurus Rex combined with a chimera, a dragon, a lion, a tiger, a gorilla, and a bear. Shuran then charged towards Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran with a massive body slam, thus leading to Sesshoumaru landing a front punch to Shuran’s nose, Inuyasha delivering a double axe handle to Sesshoumaru’s head, Hakkaku giving an elbow strike to Inuyasha’s right eye, Ginta throwing a shin kick to Hakkaku’s stomach, Ayame attacking with an uppercut to Ginta’s chin, Shunran striking with a back fist to Ayame’s jaw, and Ayame providing Shunran with a vicious liver punch in return. Even with every blow and strike all seven Yokai martial artists threw at each other and every bruise, wound, and gash that they acquired, they never surrendered.

Just as all seven Yokai martial artists were about to proceed to beat each other down, they all collapsed to the ground flat as pancakes wincing in pain from all the lethal blows they acquired, but they were laughing and smiling in delight. It was as if euphoria and pain entwined and made them come off a fighter’s high.

“That was the best sparring match we ever had.” Sesshoumaru huffed.

“I just love smashing and crushing all of you.” Shuran sighed.

“We definitely gave each other a run for our money.” Inuyasha panted.

“I hurt all over, but it still feels so good.” Hakkaku moaned.

“If I had it my way, I’d love to do it again and again.” Ginta suspired.

“You’re right, Inuyasha, this is better than sex.” Ayame gasped.

“Every part of my body is wounded, but I feel very happy.” Shunran huffed.

Inuyasha limped as he tried to sit erect, “Come on, everybody, let’s have a nice group hug.”

Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran all limped together to give each other one massive embrace. As soon as they embraced, they still felt the excruciating pain of their intense sparring session.

“OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!” All seven martial artists cried and groaned until they lay down flat again but emitted faint yet hearty chuckles.

“We should do this again tomorrow. I really enjoy sparring with every one of you. You guys are the greatest, and at least it is awesome that we can prove ourselves stronger than our opponents.” Inuyasha said.

“No doubt about it, brother dear. Sparring with you gives me great pleasure and makes me feel truly elated.” Sesshoumaru responded.

“Yeah, this is the best feeling ever.” Shuran beamed.

“Indeed.” Hakkaku chimed in.

“Absolutely,” Ginta added.

“Whatever you say, Captain Handsome.” Ayame sighed with euphoria to Inuyasha. “I really enjoyed myself.” Shunran giggled.

Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran laughed faintly, as they limped and trudged towards each other to lay their bruised, black-eyed, bloodied, and battered bodies to rest. Sesshoumaru and Shuran lay down together, Inuyasha and Ayame ended up cuddling with each other, and both Hakkaku and Ginta tenderly enveloped Shunran with their toned arms and legs. Despite their martial arts attires being tossed and torn, all the beatings and smatterings they acquired, all the wounds, gashes, bruises, and scrapes they obtained; and their bodies giving way from all the moves they threw, they had had an invigorating and exhilarating time. The most important thing was that they were able to revel in sparring together with all their hearts, minds, and souls. Nobody and nothing can ever stop their fighting spirits. For now, sleep and rest have become their reward for a brighter tomorrow.

August 12, 2004. The clock struck one in the afternoon at the Tokugawa Martial Arts Training Center’s main arena. With Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran all suited up, they first warmed up to keep themselves in mint condition. Sesshoumaru was punching boards and bricks, giving boulders and dummies ground and pounds as well as sprawls and brawls, and doing knuckle push-ups. Shuran was practicing his wrestling moves with a dummy by giving it sharpshooters and torture racks. Inuyasha was throwing uppercuts, jabs, crosses, and hooks on huge boulders, giving a dummy a series of piledrivers and armbars, bench-pressing, and giving the punching bag a series of powerful punches. Hakkaku was giving a series of elbow strikes and shin kicks on slabs of concrete. Ginta was throwing headbutts and knee strikes on oak logs. Ayame was practicing her punches, kicks, elbow strikes, and knee strikes on the punching bag. Shunran was practicing her palm strikes, finger strikes, tornado kicks, and roundhouse kicks on the striking post. They were going to do a whole lot of damage to each other.

After their warmup, all seven martial artists entered the ring for their intense full-contact non-stop sparring session. The first matchups were Sesshoumaru versus Inuyasha, Shuran versus Hakkaku versus Ginta, and Ayame versus Shunran. The battle commenced as fast as lightning, as all seven martial artists went head-to-head.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha charged at each other with vicious intent. Sesshoumaru delivered Inuyasha a series of front punches to his stomach, roundhouse kicks to his head, jabs to his ribs, and low kicks to his legs. Inuyasha countered all of Sesshoumaru’s attacks by delivering him the following attacks: two double axe handles to his cheeks, ten fast liver punches, a rear naked chokehold slamming him to the ground, and an eviscerating stranglehold to pin Sesshoumaru down all while he tried to subdue his younger brother with hammer fists to his flanks. The two dog Yokai brothers gave each other devastating punches, kicks, grapples, and strikes charged with feral energy.

Shuran also charged at his younger brothers, with Hakkaku and Ginta doing the same to their older brother. Shuran was unleashing torture racks, bearhugs, sharpshooters, and powerslams on Hakkaku and Ginta. Hakkaku and Ginta then retaliated by giving Shuran and each other a series of elbow slashes to the chest, knee strikes to the stomach, shin kicks to the legs, elbow strikes to the face, and overhand punches to the head. No doubt was Shuran giving Hakkaku and Ginta the fight of their lives, considering how his massive size was a challenge to both his younger brothers to contend with.

Ayame and Shunran were just as ferocious as the men. Ayame threw Shunran a flurry of uppercuts to her chin, jabs to her face, hooks to her stomach, cross punches to her ribs, roundhouse kicks to her thighs, spinning back kicks to her cheeks, and axe kicks to her head. In return, Shunran threw Ayame a barrage of finger strikes to her bust, palm strikes to her face, nerve strikes to her shoulders, leopard blows to her ribs, back fists to her head, tornado kicks to her cheeks, and roundhouse kicks to her stomach. That was only the beginning, as the men quickly switched sparring partners, while the women continued to spar with each other.

While Ayame continued to give Shunran a barrage of uppercuts, hooks, jabs, elbow strikes, knee strikes, spinning back kicks, and regular axe kicks, and Shunran returned the favor by continuing to give Ayame multiple finger strikes, nerve strikes, leopard blows, spinning backfists, flying kicks, front punches, and palm strikes, it was time for Sesshoumaru to spar with Shuran and for Inuyasha to spar with Hakkaku and Ginta, with Sesshoumaru also sparring with Hakkaku and Ginta and Inuyasha sparring with Shuran.

Sesshoumaru held nothing back for Shuran, considering all the hammer fists, ground and pounds, sprawls and brawls, straight punches, hooks, armbars, and Kimuras the former threw to the latter, making Shuran scream in pain. On the other hand, Shuran threw Sesshoumaru a barrage of German suplexes, suplex powerslams, bearhugs, chokeholds, Full Nelsons, choke slams, and leg drops, attempting to reduce Sesshoumaru into a bag of crumbled bones.

Inuyasha was throwing mighty uppercuts, hooks, jabs, camel clutches, bearhugs, piledrivers, and torture racks to Hakkaku and Ginta, while Hakkaku had enough overhand punches, knee bombs, elbow slashes, elbow strikes, knee strikes, shin kicks, and low kicks to spare, and Ginta had headbutts, front punches, overhand punches, shin kicks, axe kicks, haymakers, and face punches always on standby.

For exceptional measure, Shuran gave piledrivers, Full Nelsons, sharpshooters, and suplexes to Inuyasha, with Inuyasha countering his attacks with rear naked chokeholds, camel clutches, tracheal grip chokes, elbow strikes to the face, and a huge headbutt to his forehead.

Sesshoumaru also gave hammer fists, chokeholds, soccer kicks, and ox-jaw strikes to both Hakkaku and Ginta, with Hakkaku countering Sesshoumaru’s attacks with his elbow strikes and headbutts and Ginta with his knee strikes and push kicks.

With Ayame and Shunran giving each other a glorious beating, it was time for them to give Sesshoumaru and Shuran a thrashing they will never forget. As Shuran was continuing to strangle Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru was continuing to ground and pound both Hakkaku and Ginta, Ayame and Shunran charged at both of them with nearly murderous intent. Ayame delivered an axe kick to Sesshoumaru’s head, and Shunran delivered a palm strike to Shuran’s back, thus releasing Inuyasha, Hakkaku, and Ginta from their grasps. Ayame and Shunran snarled with bloodied grins on their faces as they were going to fight their big brothers-in-law.

Inuyasha, Hakkaku, and Ginta proceeded to spar with each other much further. Inuyasha continued to give it his all with his hammer fists, low kicks, rear naked chokeholds, and ground and pounds to both Hakkaku and Ginta. Hakkaku went all out with his overhand punches, front punches, shin kicks, and knee strikes for Inuyasha and Ginta. Ginta threw his elbow strikes, elbow slashes, headbutts, and axe kicks to Inuyasha and Hakkaku with abandon.

Back to Ayame versus Sesshoumaru and Shunran versus Shuran, Sesshoumaru delivered uppercuts, hooks, and jabs to Ayame, thus making her counter his attacks with her spinning back kicks, spinning axe kicks, hooks, and cross punches. Shuran pummeled Shunran with his chokeholds, strangleholds, sharpshooters, and Full Nelsons, thus countering his brutal moves with her elbow strikes, palm heel strikes, front punches, and nerve strikes. Ayame and Shunran also applied those same moves to Shuran and Sesshoumaru when they tried to bring them down.

With Ayame delivering one devastating spinning axe kick to Sesshoumaru’s head and Shunran delivering one brutal palm strike to Shuran’s chest, they muscled in on Inuyasha’s, Hakkaku’s, and Ginta’s three-way sparring match. Ayame delivered one huge jab to Inuyasha’s face, while Shunran gave Hakkaku a palm strike to his forehead and gave Ginta a leopard blow to his left temple. Both women switched by having Ayame give both Hakkaku and Ginta roundhouse kicks to their stomachs and having Shunran give Inuyasha an axe kick to his head.

Inuyasha, Hakkaku, and Ginta stood up and recovered from the blows they received from Ayame and Shunran. The three Yokai men saw the two Yokai women glaring at them with fierce and intimidating eyes. This was going to be the most exciting match Inuyasha, Hakkaku, and Ginta were going to have with Ayame and Shunran, all while Sesshoumaru and Shuran were continuing to strangle, choke, armbar, and submit each other out.

August 12, 2004. It was noon at the Tokugawa Martial Arts Training Center’s changing room. Seven mighty martial artists were about to engage in an intense sparring match. They were the two long- and white-haired dog Yokai brothers, 23-year-old Sesshoumaru and 22-year-old Inuyasha, the hulking male panther Yokai with spiky black hair, 22-year-old Shuran, and his two younger wolf Yokai brothers 21-year-old Hakkaku, who had a white mohawk, and 21-year-old Ginta, who had gray hair with a tuft of black hair in the middle; and the two long- and auburn-haired sisters consisting of 19-year-old Ayame the she-wolf Yokai and 18-year-old Shunran her younger panther Yokai sister.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha were the sons of 41-year-old Toga and 39-year-old InuKimi, who were both prominent Karatekas, with their father Toga mainly specializing in Shotokan Karate and their mother InuKimi mainly specializing in Goju-Ryu Karate. Shuran, Hakkaku, and Ginta were the sons of 38-year-old Izayoi, an Aikidoka who was renowned for her forceful throws and precise strikes. Ayame and Shunran were the granddaughters of the 60-year-old Wolf Elder, a veteran mixed martial artist who combined Boxing, Wrestling, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai to create his own style and was still as powerful in his old age. Despite having different grown-ups raising their progeny to be the powerful martial artists they are, the seven powerful Yokai martial artists always remained a strong team and an even stronger family.

Sesshoumaru and Shuran are single fathers both with fourteen adopted children, with Sesshoumaru’s ranging from 14 to 8 years old and Shuran’s ranging from 15 to 12 years old. Inuyasha has been married to Ayame for nine years, with Sesshoumaru being extremely supportive of both his younger brother’s and his younger sister-in-law’s romantic endeavors and passions, and have fourteen biological children from 9 to 2 years old. Both Hakkaku and Ginta have been married to Shunran for eight years, with Shuran also showing great support to his younger brothers for being the best men to be with Shunran for all eternity, and also have fourteen biological children from 8 to 1 year and 2 months old. Sticking together as a strong family may be one thing for these seven Yokai martial artists, but establishing families of their own also meant that their exciting legacies can last for a long period of time, especially when their children see their parents emerge triumphant in any and every martial arts tournament, and when their parents see their children grow and flourish as fighters and as people.

The seven Yokai combatants were changing into their martial arts attires. Sesshoumaru the fierce Mixed Martial Arts warrior remained topless and barefoot, just as he was about to put on his white MMA shorts with an icy silver flame design on his right leg and his silver MMA gloves, while Inuyasha the Herculean Pankration champion, also topless and barefoot, was about to put on his black G-string and black Himantes or Ancient Greek boxing gloves made out of ox hide, as he was rubbing olive oil all over himself. Inuyasha, in his oiled and naked glory, flexed his tremendous biceps at Sesshoumaru, chuckling at him, “You better like what you see, big bro, because my big muscles are ready to crush you.”

Sesshoumaru, also naked, responded also by flexing his biceps at Inuyasha and letting out a chuckle, “I do not fear you or your muscles, little brother. I will gladly conquer you.”

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha approached each other, and standing extremely close to each other, they flexed their biceps and grunted.

“May the best man triumph, dear brother.”

“Just so you know, I will own your butt, oh, favorite brother of mine.”

Sesshoumaru’s and Inuyasha’s muscular bodies from their pecs to their abs were in full contact with each other, as they were growling and snarling at each other. They were then interrupted by Shuran the brutal Professional Wrestling prizefighter, who was putting on his green wrestling speedo, green gauntlets, and green ankle bands, “Hey, as soon as you guys are done trying to outmuscle each other, get your behinds ready for a good pummeling!”

“You got it, Shuran!” Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha responded enthusiastically while they were still flexing their muscles at each other.

Ayame the determined Kyuk Too Ki or Korean Kickboxing victor was putting on her red tank top and shorts from her husband Inuyasha’s robe of the fire rat. She also took notice of her brother-in-law’s and her husband’s nude pose down, as she approached the latter by running her fingers over his biceps and pecs.

“Don’t forget to show me how strong you always are, you handsome stud.”

Inuyasha flexed his bulging biceps, put them down, and made his granite pecs bounce at his wife, “Honey, you know me well. I always deliver the goods, especially for someone as gorgeous and strong as you are.”

Inuyasha and Ayame kissed passionately, but Sesshoumaru, who was now putting on his MMA shorts and MMA gloves, interrupted their romantic endeavor, “All right, lovebirds, save your intimate moment for the bedroom. We are about to engage in battle.”

“No worries, Sesshoumaru. I’ll make sure that I give my handsome Inuyasha a great fight.” Ayame replied as she wrapped her hands with her red kickboxing gloves, her feet with red footguards, and her shins with red shin guards.

“Yeah, no worries, bro. We know exactly what we’re doing, and my babe Ayame is all mine.” Inuyasha said with a wide grin, as he quickly got into his G-string and Himantes.

Meanwhile, Hakkaku the punishing Muay Boran combatant was putting on his forest green Muay Boran shorts, forest green armbands, white hand wraps made of hemp, and white ankle wraps, and Ginta the intrepid Lethwei competitor was putting on his brown Lethwei shorts, white hand wraps, and white ankle wraps. Shuran, now in his full wrestling attire, came over to excitedly greet his younger brothers, “I hope you guys are ready because I can’t wait to see what you are made of.”

“We’ll definitely give you a great fight, big brother!” Hakkaku and Ginta replied.

Shunran the crafty Shaolin Kung Fu contender, who was donning a pink silk Hanfu or Chinese ceremonial robe with cherry blossom designs given to her by her two husbands giggled, “My dearest Hakkaku and Ginta, don’t hold back on me, okay, because my body, mind, and soul are ready.”

Hakkaku grinned, “You got it, sweetie pie.”

Ginta beamed, “We will never let you down, cutie pie.”

Shunran then proceeded to caress and tickle both Hakkaku’s and Ginta’s chins and necks, and the two men retaliated by giving their wife a tender kiss and warm embrace. “You three go easy on the mushy stuff. It’s going to be beatdown time!” Shuran excitedly bellowed.

“Speaking of beatdown, I trust that you will not slack off in combat,” Sesshoumaru said, now in his full MMA attire and approaching Shuran.

“I definitely will not, buddy, because I am going to give you my A-game,” Shuran replied.

Both Sesshoumaru and Shuran clasped each other’s hands.

“Well, you guys, you know the drill. I’m gonna knock you as hard as I can, and I’m sure you’re gonna give it your all too.” Inuyasha said as he put his hands on Hakkaku’s and Ginta’s shoulders.

“You got it, man.” Hakkaku beamed.

“We won’t hold anything back.” Ginta beamed as well.

Inuyasha, Hakkaku, and Ginta gave each other a three-way fist bump.

“All right, little sister, may the best woman win,” Ayame said.

“You got it, big sister, I’ll not hold anything back for you.” Shunran chirped with excitement.

Ayame and Shunran embraced each other, Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha embraced each other wishing each other success, and Shuran wrapped both Hakkaku and Ginta with a powerful bearhug, as all seven martial artists were suited up and ready to spar.