Arena Fight (1)

"Ben?" Zatanna hesitantly spoke, "What did you talk about?"

Ben had to take a moment to arrange his thoughts.

"Um, I had her leave us for a moment so that we could talk," he said, itching at his beard.

"About what?"

"Honestly?" Ben exclaimed, "I know we've only known each other for less than a day but I think I'm falling for you."

"...And you decide to say that right after you kissed another girl?" Zatanna said with a frown.

"She kissed me but I get your point," he replied when seeing her glare.

"Look," she sighed, "I'm flattered but you know I just got out of a relationship."

"Then what about all of the flirty conversations we've been having all day?"

"W-well," her face slightly flushed, "I do find you attractive and it may be my fault for leading you on…"

"You weren't leading me on Zatanna," Ben crossed his arms, "I was the one who started the advances and I would understand if you wanted to make our relationship just work related."

"No," she responded quickly, "I also like you, it's just, I need some time before we take our relationship further."

"Not to pressure you or anything but how much time do you need?"

"I don't really know but I think we should talk about this later," Zatanna looked in Blackfires direction, "she's waiting for us."

"Fine," Ben sighed, "let's go to this arena. I got the sudden urge to punch something," he lightly smiled.

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"Sooooo, how'd the talk go?" Blackfire slyly asked.

"Peachy," Zatanna muttered.

"What about that arena you were taking us to?" Ben asked, trying to steer the conversation away from his relationship.

The tamaranean pouted before she started to fly away.

"It's not far," she said.

The rest of the flight was mostly silent and only took a few minutes until they saw a giant stadium in the distance.

As they got closer, a few guards flew up to meet them. When the guards got to the same altitude, they bowed before their queen.

"We have a fighter ready for your guest, my queen," one said.

"Just one?" Ben asked, wanting more of a challenge to relieve some frustrations.

"Let's just wait and see how the first fight goes, tiger," Blackfire responded.

The guards all frowned and glared at Ben for him casually talking with their queen but stopped when she looked back at them.

The trio, along with the guards, made their way down to the arena where hundreds of people were cheering as they saw their queen descending upon them. The crowd all looked similar with the golden skin and most had red hair.

The queen and the others landed in the center of the massive field of compacted sand and spread her arms towards the crowd.

"My fellow tamaraneans, my people," she yelled out, "Today's big match will be between our 4th top fighter, Kygat!" she waved a hand towards one side of the arena where a big door started to open.

Ben was expecting someone massive but out of the door stepped a fellow that was slightly shorter than himself. He was lean and had scars all over his body, his brownish red hair tied in a tight bun with the sides of his head shaved. He had a smug smile but a serious look in his eyes as he waved to the loud crowd.

"And his challenger is Benjamin from Earth," Ben told her his full name on the way, "and he can somehow turn into our species so I'm looking forward to a good fight."

The crowd cheered louder as Blackfire, Zatanna, and the guards flew up into the royal viewing box. Ben was told by Blackfire that the match is to knock out or surrender but he should be careful because a lot of stadium fights can lead to death. Ben wasn't worried about that because he was going to put this form through its paces.

As Kygat was stretching, Ben closed his eyes and examined all of what this species could do. Strength filled his limbs as the sun warmed his skin. He also took note of the pre-evolved DNA that was detected but decided to save that for the future just in case.

Eyes still closed, he could hear a short siren go off, which he figured out that that was the signal to start. As he opened his bright, green eyes, his opponent blasted from his position and sent a foot hurtling towards Ben's face.

With a grin, Ben slightly moved his head back, causing the foot to miss by a few millimeters. As the foot passed, he took a step forward and sent a jab to the guys ribs. He heard a cracking sound as the guy took several steps back.

The two sized each other up before clashing again. Ben tried to grab Kygats incoming fist but was hit in the gut by the other hand. Not really noticing the pain, Ben's smile grew as he started to have fun. He quickly grabbed his opponent's other hand before it could be pulled back. He now had a fist in each hand. He spread out his arms, causing the others arms to go wide as he now had a panicked expression on his face. Ben lifted a foot and spartan kicked the guy in the chest while still holding his fists. Both of his shoulders dislocated before Ben released him.

"How about you surrender?" He asked the man who was once smug, now standing with limp arms with his chest slightly caved in.

Kygat nodded his head and slowly made his way to the gate he came from.

The whole crowd was silent as the 4th top champion got his ass handed to him.

Ben looked to the royal viewing box where he saw Blackfire with a wide smile and Zatanna's shocked expression, probably because of how brutal he was at the ending.

Ben didn't know how to describe it but this DNA made him want to be brutal and destroy his enemies. During the fight, he wanted to rip that guys throat out but had to reign it in.

Before he could say anything towards the box, the gate behind him opened again. This time, it was a man 3 heads above Ben and was ripped and huge. He lumbered his way to the center of the field and released a mighty roar, shaking the stadium floor. The crowd recovered from the result of the last fight and again erupted in cheers and hollers.

The siren went off again and the monstrous man made his way over to Ben, each step causing slight tremors. As Ben waited, he figured out that this feeling was bloodlust and he could even feel it radiating from the man in front of him. He still had to hold back a bit but he also decided to release that feeling, his green eyes glowing brighter as small waves of bloodlust made their way to the guy in front of him. The massive man's eyes betrayed a bit of what he felt at that moment, fear.

Ben cracked his neck and knuckles before suddenly disappearing from his opponent's sight. When the new champion couldn't see Ben, he felt his hair on his neck raise and ducked right as the man's foot traveled over his head.

He swung a giant arm behind him in an attempt to hit Ben but caught nothing but air. Another kick came flying and hit him square in the back, sending him flying across the sand.

"Not that impressive," Ben muttered as he inspected his opponents slow moving body as he picked himself up.

Ben's blood was boiling and every fiber of his being wanted to just kill the man in the most bloody way possible but he was holding it in as much as he could.

'Trix,' Ben called out in his mind, 'Why the hell are my instincts urging me to kill this guy so brutally?'

*Scanning DNA structure* She responded, *It seems that the bloodlust is mostly seeping in from the pre-evolved DNA sample. Would you like me to block it?*

'Yes. Do it now.'

Ben immediately felt his mind calm and no longer had the urge to kill his opponent.

'Thanks Trix.'

*No problem*

"Now," Ben made his way towards the giant, "let's do this properly."