Taking on Ash would be easier than his sister. After knocking him out, I could focus on her. The sharkman said "On this one's mark." It then counted down. When it was a good time to get a head start, Alex charged at the clone she was facing off against. That was fine with me. I walked towards Ash and said "I won't kill you this time, so lets not do any fatal moves on each other." He nodded. I charged up a Water Ball and fired at him. His eyes widened. "Where did you learn that!?" he asked after dodging. "It's your Qi that powered this clone. The magic came from reading spell books in town. Are you telling me you don't have any spells to use?" He looked a bit nervous. I stopped and said "How the hell do you think you can beat me if you have no weapons or magic." He got into a firm fighting stance and said "Martial arts. It is all I need." "You sure about that?" I asked. "I don't need tricks or weapons if I can just beat the shit out of you." I used Mist to shroud myself. I did not put any of my points into hand to hand combat at all. If he got in too close, it was all over for this clone. That was bad.
It seemed that he could sense my presence even in the mist. I shot several Water Balls at him and he dodged them all. I was not dumb enough to stay in one place so a martial artist like him could find me. It was still not working. I decided to use a good Water Whip at medium range. That was a huge mistake. The first strike was dodged, but the second one was caught. I tried to pull it back, but Ash had such a firm grip. "Stop hiding. I'm not letting go." he said as he ran directly at me. I panicked and I dropped the whip. That made the whip turn into water and fall to the ground. It was too late. He had already gotten close enough to make out my body. He then chased me around as I charged another Water Ball. He dodged it and jumped in the air. I stopped and watched him pull off a double flip and land directly behind me. Ash swept my legs and knocked me to the ground. He then jumped on my back and began beating me. I tried balling up and throwing back elbows. It connected with him, but it was not enough to stop him. He had also got me in a full mount and began choking me out with his arm.
Even with a minigame, I could not get out the hold and had to tap out. The mist was dispelled and I gasped for air as I was let go. Ash smirked in triumph. It truly was well earned. I just was not made for brawls. That was a good thing for me to learn. I could see Alex was beating the shit out of the other clone as well. It was a wash. I went to the sharkman again. "Alright, alright. I see you are the real deal." I said. They looked at me. "Time for me to get serious. Let the clones duplicate again. Then we can have a second round." They held the clones' hands and they duplicated before joining and forming into sharkmen. The twins backed off and allowed me to give them yet another countdown. I took the place of the clone fighting Ash again. I immediately said "You better not kill me this time either." He just smirked and said "Don't worry too much. Heroes don't kill our enemies that give up the fight." I rolled my eyes and waited for him to come to me. I hit him with Stream. He flew back and I took a chunk of a health bar from him. I smirked and said "I needed some payback." "I'm coming for you now." he replied.
Stream seemed to not work a second time. I was confused until I saw him block it with his hands. It reminded me of when James would block Fire attacks with his hands too. That gave me the answer. Ash was using his Qi to deflect the attack. He was a bit staggered as he got used to the pressure. He began walking toward me and I tried to push him back. As I kept going on, however, the pressure got weaker. I was running out of Qi. Ash got closer and closer. Eventually, I ran out of Qi and he ran at me. I waited until he was close enough and then whipped around to hit him with my tail. It certainly stunned him, but it was not enough to knock him down. I tried to hit him with my tail again, but he caught it. He kicked the back of my knee and made me fall down to the sand. He went for the choke again. Now that I knew what was coming, I was ready for the minigame. That made me last much longer than the last time. I still ended up tapping out. He was still angry with me. "This is the villain in top 30, huh? We are going to be the number 1 heroes. You better recognize it!". Alex had also beaten her clone.
