"First things first, I better head over and apologize." Fatty's face turned pale when he heard these words.

Apologize? What madness! Fuyo would never apologize to those three bullies. Did their beatings finally get the better of him? Has he become a coward? Did they cut off his family jewels?

Shibo couldn't accept it. "Don't worry friend, I won't let you live this way. I will send you to the next life like any good friend would."

He leaped out fist flying, his fist weren't very fast but they were heavy like a mountain. One strike could incapacitate Fuyo, he couldn't resist it with his current body so he had to dodge. His awkwardly shaped body made it hard to complete quick movements. He utilized subtle movement from the Gurren martial arts and moved in an almost transcendent way. The fist came toward him like a mountain but something strange happened after that because the fist never hit. In fact it seemed to assist him and push him out of the way.

Fuyo moved through the air like a piece of paper.

"Thin like paper, sway like leaves." By utilizing the force of the punch he became a leaf in the wind, letting the force carry him away from the blow.

"I can't let my friend live like this; I know you would rather die than live without your Jewels. So, I, as a true friend will save you face and send you on your way."

"Jewels? What Jewels? What are you talking about?"

"Sigh, it's as I feared. He's so distraught about losing them that he forgot he is a man."

Fatty didn't delay a second further, his sharp barb like tail sprung out from the back stabbing towards Fuyo. At this time Fuyo was still falling through the air.

The subtle movement technique is great against blunt moves but against sharp piercing attacks that cut the wind, it was basically useless. The wind churned as that fearsome black barb came shooting towards him. Fuyo applied some weight to his lower body and pinned his feet to the ground. He stood in a mountain stance. "Firm like a mountain, Mountain Stance. Hot like an iron, Iron Skin." He instantly balanced his center of gravity and strengthened his body. His stance anchored him to the ground and his skin burned like a hot iron. Even a little steam was being emitted from his skin.

Boom!

The barb collided with Fuyos stomach and Fuyo looked at Fatty with a look of astonishment. "How can this be?" Fuyos Mountain Stance was easily broken and his Iron skin did nothing to stop the barb from penetrating. As soon as felt the barb pierce through his Iron skin he instantly activated Totemic God.

This was the strongest defense he could muster but even with his instantaneous reactions and strengthened body his skin was easily cut through as the barb pierced deep into Fuyos abdomen.

Blue blood flew from his mouth and splattered across Shibo's pig face. Fuyo had no idea what was going.

"Why are my moves so weak?" Even when he used Crimson Shadow it felt like he was carrying a mountain on his back.

"Maybe I don't have enough energy to use the moves." He hit the nail on the head, his body was simply too weak to perform the moves. His thoughts flew through his head at lightning speed but he still took too long to realize this fact.

A strange sight unfolded as his entire body shriveled up in the air like a prune. He was no longer a fat caterpillar but a wrinkled, shriveled, half dead one. All the calories he got from eating were instantly burned away. Totemic God was activated for 1 Nano second and it burnt all his energy. That means using Totemic God for a second requires a billion times the energy he used up. How ludicrous is that!

His mind worked faster and faster. Hundreds of thoughts flew through his mind in a split second. "It wasn't like this back home; even with my new body I should be able to perform martial arts to a certain degree."

"The amount of energy that drained out of me just now was insane. Totemic God is the art of vitalizing cells. By taking energy absorbed through food and feeding it into your bloodstream you can temporarily make your body as strong as humanly possible." He pondered these thoughts as his falling body finally collided with the ground.

"Are martial arts different here?" He stared at the sky, his body aching in intense pain.

"Fuyo, what's going on? Why did you shrivel up! I was only joking, how did you end up in such a state?" Fatty instantly regretted his actions.

"I only used a sliver of power, I didn't mean too. Honestly, I didn't. Fuyoooo!'' He started crying loudly as his little wings pushed his body towards Fuyo at a frightening speed.

"Why didn't you dodge my attack? Can it be you lost your will to live? I was only joking, I didn't realize you were really suicidal. Awoooo, don't die Fuyo. Please don't die!" He snorted at the moon and cried.

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