Should Have Let Me Die

Chapter 118: Oh, Buddy!

After sitting down and eating with everyone, we headed outside, it was nice to have all the girls with me again. I was going to be coming home each night from now on as long as I could, but I wished I didn't have to leave. The town was looking amazing and Mesh and Breth told me that we had patrols keep the peace, but there hadn't been any trouble. 

Once outside, Nika came to join me to watch the match between Buddy and Moshi. Titania and Xelios were also sitting with us on a couch that had been brought out. I was surprised that Titania was so excited, but she was a half-giant, so maybe wrestling was commonplace for her to see or participate in. 

A glance over to Titania revealed that she just needed a beer hat with straws hanging down and some face paint and a very long t-shirt with a donut on it. I thought she was going to jump out of her seat when the match started. I had invited Moshi's parents and siblings over to sit with us, and they were very shocked when I told them what was going on.

"Are you sure this is a good idea? This is my daughter we are talking about here, she isn't"

That was the point that Moshi's father noticed his daughter for the first time, maybe even the first time he had ever really seen her. The Pig-Kin sat down with his wife who had a knowing smile, this wasn't news to her. I received a silent thank you from the wife before I turned back to watch the fight, as it was about to get underway.

I brought my focus onto the fight, Buddy was standing shirtless and Moshi had a special sports bra top and skintight spandex like shorts. I didn't want her to get exposed while fighting, this wasn't a show-off for her, but I was a test to see if she would just rely on strength or if she would go all out. The answer to this question would tell me a lot about her and where she would work best.

Both stood in a white ring that Karma had drawn for us with her Ink magic. Breth signaled for the fight to start and Moshi went straight for Buddy, and he tried to move, but his feet had been planted. Buddy threw his body forward, using the vines as an anchor, narrowly missing the tackle, but the spinning to break loose. 

"You're a fast thinker." 

"And you're strong and fast, a great combo, but still untrained."

Oh, Buddy, you're gonna get hurt with that kind of talk, but Buddy gave me a wink because of course, he knew what I was thinking, but I couldn't get what his plan was. Aggravate her so she gets sloppy? Maybe, but if she connected with him, we might not be able to put all the pieces back together, but he was fine so I wasn't going to stop good entertainment for nothing. Plus, I was basically watching everything frame jacked, so I could see if something was going to be deadly, and stop it instantly. 

Moshi' didn't get mad at Buddy's comment, instead, she got serious. Immediately, Moshi made the vine creep up around the edge of the ring and seal them in, but Buddy went on the attack, pulling no punches, but Moshi was adept at hand to hand. The problem was that, even with the vines hanging down and harassing him, Buddy was an excellent fighter.

Buddy began to control the fight and I could see that Moshi was getting tired and starting to sweat. I felt it as much as I saw it happen, our sense intertwined, Buddy was about to slip behind her and take her down with a rear-naked choke. 

"TIME!"

Buddy already knew what I was going to do, but Moshi also knew that she had been beat, but that wasn't the point of this. This was fun and entertaining, there were no bets or if there was I didn't care about the outcome of them. Everyone was having fun, and Titania looked like she wanted to get into the ring, but I knew there was no way she would in front of everyone, but maybe I would set something private up when it was our time.

The two combatants turned and bowed to me, so I got up and put both their hands into the air.

"Congrats to both of you for a great show! It was a really good fight, and you both looked like you were having fun," I leaned over to Moshi, speaking in a low voice. "You should take Buddy out for a drink at the tavern, you know, maybe you can learn a couple things from him. The two of you will be working together with me in the future, so best to get familiar with him."

Moshi actually blushed, causing a deep shade of pink to stain her face, then I turned around to see that Buddy had an almost matching stained face, save that he was blue blush. I laughed and pushed the two of them off and I went back over to join my wives and Nika. This was one of the last things I had to do before getting to head to bed.

"Mishka, I'll be up soon, okay? I just need to get married and I'll be right up!"

Mishka rolled her eyes to let me know my joke was about as stupid as it sounded, but that alone made me smile and made it a great joke. I turned Nika and I offered her my arm, which she stared at for a bit, but then took it and we walked and slithered out into the night. 

The town was busy, and it was great to see. The City of Dreams was slowly coming together, and this was only the beginning. This was a brave new kind of world for all the Beastfolk, and some of the humans it seems as well. New faces I had never seen waved to us as we walked down the street.

"You're kind of a big deal around here?"

"Something like that, hehe!"