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Gray peers from behind his hand of cards, looking at the stone-faced tiger. The aquatic shark hybrid couldn't read Tal's expression at all. The two had been in an intense game of poker for nearly three hours now, and the victor of the last two standing would decide the fate of the loser.

"Let's see...hmm..."

Gray ponders. He has a decent hand, but could it really be enough to beat Tal's? The brawny tiger shows no change in his facial expression. Gray shoves his last chips in,

"Fine! I'm all in!"

Tal smirks and lays his cards out. Gray gives a grimace, wrinkling up his snout along with the orange line patterns on it,

"Darn that poker face if yours!!", he yells out. A royal flush had thoroughly beaten Gray's hand. Vance and Drake walk into the room with Vance, the motor mouthed black and red wolf, making the first statement.

"You guys finally done? Man, we got eliminated from the match like an hour ago!"

Drake arches his white dragon wings and gives Gray a grin, speaking to Tal, "So what's the loser's reward?"

The big cat gives his chin a rub, "Seaweed. As the winner, I command you, Gray, the loser, to go eat seaweed."

The shark sea monster places both hands over his smooth white belly, and mock vomits, "Yuck! I hate seaweed!"

Drake places his gloved hand over his own dragon muzzle in disgust, "Ugh, we know. I know first hand after the first time you ate it...! And you just finished eating all of that sushi too... Tal, this could be messy."

The tiger gives a chuckle continuing to give Gray instructions, "And you have to eat it all in front of us, enough to fill both of your hands."

Vance chimes in ecstatically, "Yeah Gray! Don't go back on your bet!"

Gray looks down in sorrow, "Oh man... fine, I'll be right back...darn it!"

Drake goes over to the shark-dolphin, patting him on the shoulder, "Be strong, Gray. Show us what a hybrid is made of. You guys are able to endure a lot after all, right?"

Gray gives a toothy grin, his front fangs gleaming, "True! Alright, I'll show all of you guys!" Gray goes out the door heading towards the beach.Gray stands before the sea, looking at it hard. He just remembered an important fact about this area. The seaweed here all grows in one specific location, a location that Gray didn't dare go back to. His last visit resulted in an encounter with a bull shark and a blackened eye that followed the encounter with the bull shark. It had been a warning from the shark to stay out of his turf. He didn't want Gray's 'hybrid ass' ruining the atmosphere. Gray knows better however. Gray knows that the shark was simply jealous when the shark said; "Your type will ruin the purity of the shark species! Dolphins, pah! What a joke! Stay away from the females here!" That shark was simply trying to keep any competition out of the area for a mate. Well damn him! Mates aren't even on Gray's agenda right now. Not only that, but Gray doesn't even spend much time in the water, being able to breathe on land, although he should get more practice, only able to hold his breath for twenty minutes. It was encounters like those that make Gray stay on dry land. Gray was once able to breathe underwater, but now after so long, he can't control his gills properly. The sea creature backs away from the tide with one hand over his emerald green eye, remembering the vicious punch of that day,

'No.' Gray thinks to himself, 'I'll show everyone, and that shark (if I have to) that I'm a brave hybrid!' With a plop, Gray dives into the sea, heading for the depths of the open waters.

The hybrid kicks his legs and tail fin, maneuvering through the crystal clear water. Gray feels his heart skip a beat as the coral reef enclosure comes into view; this was where the shark had dwelled. The reef is gigantic, and tough to maneuver around, with some parts extending to the surface. Slipping through an opening, he begins to pace himself as he approaches the seaweed bed.

'Yuck'.

Gray paddles closer, looking around cautiously, 'No sign of that big jerk....' The shark-dolphin begins snagging as much seaweed as he can fit into each hand, he looks at the vegetation with a sickened glare, 'This should be enough to show the guys' Gray grips into the bushels of collected seaweed and backs away ready to head back. Gray only moves back an inch before bumps into a ridged but smooth surface. Oddly enough Gray was sure he wasn't this close to the reef, nor does the reef have a heaving chest...

'Oh...!'

Without looking back, Gray launches himself forward heading for a small opening in the coral enclosure. In an instant, I giant boxing gloved hand grips onto Grays paddling tail and yanks the hybrid back, hard. Gray comes swishing back, gasping out a bit of air, a minute's worth, and is forced to face his attacker, Bullet, the bull shark. Gray's eyes fill with terror as the shark sneers its sharp shark grin, the great bull shark bulky and muscular all around. Bullet continues to yank Gray towards him into his awaiting fist that slams into the hybrid's smooth white belly. Gray's green eyes bug out from the pink sockets and his cheeks puff up, the shark-dolphin daring not to let his air escape. Bullet gives a low, taunting guffaw and uppercuts into Gray's muzzle, throwing his entire body into the blow. This strike sends

Gray sailing, back first , into the coral wall. His eyes widen more as he strains against the impact of his back. Gray drops his collected seaweed and rubs his sore back, the jagged coral edges banging along his spine. The hybrid fights the urge to yell out in pain against the surrounding waters. The bull shark is upon Gray instantly with his swimming speed, and with his skill he halts right before the shark hybrid.

"I thought I told you not to come around here, but that's okay..." WHUMP! The brawny shark slams his fist into Gray's stomach again, this time creasing up the shark- dolphin's soft belly along with the two gray line markings near his ribcage on both sides, "I'll just take my frustrations out on you!"

Now hunched on the bulking boxing glove, Gray's eyes bulge even more as he resists the need to exhale due to the punch in his belly. He lets a few bubbles escape his mouth to allow his diaphragm the pressure relief it needs. Bullet looks at the few small air bubbles as they float past his snout.

"You're a hybrid and you still need to hold your breath!? HA! Oh... this is gonna be fun...!"

The bull shark grins menacingly as he pushes on the hybrid's white underbelly more, forcing out a few more blubs of air, partially due to the jagged coral on Gray's back pinning him between the fist and reef. Gray tugs on Bullet's forearm trying to remove the giant gloved fist from his abdomen as he begins to use his dolphin echo, deciding to attempt reasoning with the brute.

"Bullet.... I'm not here to take any mates away from ya... I just wanted some seaweed- MPH! *blub*

Bullet thrusts his fist into Gray's flaccid gut a bit more, sending more precious air out into the sea.

"I don't care what your intentions were! I told you not to come back here! Now I'll have to teach you a lesson!"

The bull shark removes his fist from Gray's belly and begins slugging heavy hooks into the shark-dolphin's maw, whipping his head from side to side like an owl on uppers. Gray's muzzle suddenly snaps upward as his whole body floats up following the momentum of a forceful uppercut under his chin. "Mm-GH!" Gray lets out a groan of anxiety in protest to the painful strikes. Bullet follows the ascending hybrid and clutches his leg and pulls him back down. Gray's arms flap up helplessly as he's brought back towards his aggressor. Yanking him back towards his head, the brutal bull shark launches himself into a spectacular head butt right into Gray's rubbery abs, emitting a smacking sound as the bullish head intrudes. The shark hybrid's cheeks inflate to humorously massive proportions, the air forced into his mouth. Bullet then applies his other hand to Grays back and pumps his head further inward. This was all that Gray's abdomen needed to send a rush of air bubbles exploding from his mouth.

"GAAARRRRGH!" *blub!* The air rushes out in a blast, fizzing up the water.

Bullet releases his grip and remains underneath Gray, then starts launching heavy straight punches into the hybrid mammal's navel.

"What's so special about hybrids anyway? You seem SO weak!" WHUMP! THUD! BOMP!

Gray is unable to respond properly as Bullet continues pounding upward into the pit of his stomach.

"GLUB! BLARB! GURB!" *blub-pop!*

Each punch knocks Gray upward in the waters, sending a rush of exploding bubbles from the assaulted sea creature's muzzle. Gray's face is stuck in an expression of utter horror and pain, his mouth agape as more air bubbles flow out from his mouth. Bullet continues whipping his skilled fists into the shark-dolphin's gut, left! Right! Left! Right! Bullet bowls into the fleshy belly, hunching the defenseless hybrid up like a roly-poly. With each punch, the bubbles streaming out from Gray's maw become thinner and thinner. As Gray's oxygen becomes more exhausted, his eyes begin to roll upward toward the back of his head. Bullet looks at this with a sneer,

"Oh you're not done yet....!" Bullet stops his progressive punching then reaches out and steadies Gray by the shoulder with one hand, and clenches the other into a tight boxing gloved fist, his biceps and forearm bulging.

The brutish bull shark sends a fortified uppercut straight into the hybrid's belly core, hooking upward for full effect and in turn, folding up the flesh and fat muscle into a few folds along Gray's belly. A seeming final explosion of air comes out from Gray's mouth, his terrified expression accentuated by the blood vessels now visible in his orange eyeballs. The shark hybrid is neatly curled around Bullet's intruding punch, akin to the form of a defensive armadillo. Bullet holds his fist inside the contorted flesh of Gray's gut, the hybrid's mouth agape, fang bearing, and emerald eyes wide. With his tail thrashed out and pointed up, Gray's eyes begin to roll upward again and Bullet takes note to this,

"Not yet, buddy..."

Bullet then twists his fist downward towards Gray's bowels then digs it back upward, rigidly, into his solar plexus. This action sends a giant gargling bubble gagging out from the back of the shark hybrid's wide open muzzle, right from his throat,

"GLAARGUuuuh....UH!" *BLUB*

Bullet watches as the large bubble lurches towards his snout. The wobbling boil pops in his face, carrying the belch from Gray's innards along with its noise. Bullet shakes his head and wrinkles his snout with comical disgust,

"Phew...! Well, at least you still eat like a shark! Heheh! I'm still confused as to why you'd want some freakin' seaweed."

Gray has gone completely limp on the bull shark's fist, as water begins to fill his unconscious body. Bullet snickers at the limp hybrid,

"Heh, go get some air, chump!" With that, Bullet smashes his gloved knuckles into Gray's unconscious muzzle, sending the shark-dolphin spiraling up to the surface, the sea water swirls about.

The calm water on the sea surface pulsates before revealing a beaten up shark hybrid that lies still and buoyant on the water's surface. Gray lies motionless, the gentle waves bobbing him up and down. With a loud, abrupt splash, Bullet emerges from the water and right beside Gray. The bull shark stares intensely at the hybrid,

"Pathetic! I'm still not done teaching you...." Bullet puts a hand underneath Gray's on back, steadying him. With a large grunt of exertion, Bullet sends his free hand in a hammer fist, crashing into Gray's relaxed diaphragm.

"BL-ARCK...! Uck!" With a gurgle, Gray spits and sputters as the remaining oxygen is pressed upward, gushing the sea water from his lungs. "Ugh... *cough*"

Gray doubles up hugging himself, still cradled in the large bull shark's boxing gloved hand. The hybrid lies back with a listless, slack jawed expression on his face, drool water leaking down the side of his open maw. Bullet grins down at the pain struck mammal, letting him rest on the sea surface. The bull shark then propels himself out of the water with a mighty leap above the stunned Gray. THUD! Bullet lands with both feet planting firmly into Gray's torso, sinking the shark-dolphin back into the depths of the sea. The preceding gasp right before impact allows Gray minutes worth of air. As Gray is sent plummeting back into battle, he keeps hearing Bullet's hurtful words,

'....SO weak!'

It resonates through his mind and heart like bells in an acoustic hall. True, Gray was born a hybrid capable of amazing feats, but never before had he been one to be aggressive. He's heard many titles; Gray, the passive hybrid, Gray the kind hybrid, Gray the shy hybrid. Never before had someone made the accusation of calling him weak. 'Weak!?' The nerve... In sync with something deep within himself, Gray's eyes snap open wide. His pupils dilate to serpent like ogles, the emerald green color merely slits in his orange eyeballs. In his visual, Bullet continues to advance at him. Without a second thought, Gray launches himself at the approaching bull shark.

'Attack! Attack!' A voice, strong and boisterous, bellows loudly in the shark hybrid's mind. Bullet, surprised at Gray's sudden change of heart, hesitates for a split second allowing the hybrid to ram both of his fists first into Bullet's gut, bowling in his abs,

"URRGH!" With a deep thud, Gray plows into Bullet pushing him back a good ten feet. Gray stops his assault with his powerful tail, and gets his guard up. Bullet floats back a few more feet before stopping himself. With a low moan, he briskly rubs his punched in stomach,

"Heheh, looks like you really do have some shark in you. Alright then, let's do it!"

Gray just stares at the bull shark, anger filling the hybrid's glare. His glare widens in anticipation as Bullet suddenly charges forward at the hybrid. Gray is able to see the quick shark's movements now, but his reaction is too late, catching a swift uppercut underneath his chin. Gray is involuntarily arched up, giving the shark a fully presented smooth, white underbelly target, bent back to perfection. Bullet zones in on Gray's concave navel and rhythmically lobs punch after hard punch into the young mammal's guts. Gray is hunched over the deeply thudding leather boxing gloves, his green eyes widening as his puffed out cheeks fight to hold in his morsel of air. Bullet slams in another hard punch, pausing to look at how his gloved fist contorts Gray's belly flesh.

"MMMmmnnn....!!"

Gray gives a loud, closed-mouthed moan as he hunches over Bullet's intruding fist. Bullet's right fist is punched into Gray's belly, turned three quarters to the left. The brutish shark gives his fist a violent twist to the right, 180 degrees, pumping upwardly as he does so. He gives a sharp toothed grin, his ruby eyes staring into Gray's pained face. Gray gives a gag as his punched stomach is creased upwardly, a billow of bubbles escaping his maw. The dolphin hybrid snaps his mouth closed, to hold what air he had left. Bullet smirks, starting to slowly withdraw his fist and resume punching, but his fist is held fast by a pair of white hands. Gray holds the shark by his boxing glove, a defiant glare on his face. Gray gives a mighty tug, pulling the shark forward, before flipping backward and sending his long, muscular tail smashing into Bullet's face.

"Gah ha!" Bullet's head is whipped up and back, the big blunt cylindrical appendage smashes the shark's face with a crunch, a red tail fin impression on the white underside of his muzzle.

Bullet recoils to face Gray, just in time as the hybrid had flipped again, catching another upward tail smack to his maw. Bullet recoils again, in astonishment of Gray's speed. The shark-dolphin again launches his whole being into Bullet's unguarded torso, head first, plowing into the shark's meaty abdomen. Bullet's eyes expand to dinner plate portions, as he jackknifes around the hybrid's skull. Gray's head gains half a foot in the boxing shark's stomach, pushing his insides upwardly. The shark retches air, water and saliva, swirling it all about as he's bulled back. Gray continues charging forward smashing Bullet back first into a coral wall.

"GUOOOUuugghh!!!"

Bullet let's out a loud, guttural groan and his red eyes bulge out in the likeness of sirens as his stomach is crushed to half its girth. Stunned, and mouth agape, Bullet remains doubled over the ambitious shark hybrid's head, staring straight ahead. Using his powerful tail, Gray paddles himself forward a bit more, grinding his skull into the pit of Bullet's guts. Then gives a final jolting pump, before backing away.

"Urrrggghh....!... GUH!"

Bullet lets out a loud grunt as Gray finally removes his head, revealing a deep, bowl shaped cratered impression in the bull shark's abs. The brutish shark looks at this, folding over and cradling his white stomach. Bullet then rubs his chin, the stinging tail fin mark throbbing under his maw. He then looks up angrily at the hybrid, who had done the damage.

"You! You little punk!"

Gray merely glares back at Bullet, awaiting the purebred's next move. Bullet snarls gritting his teeth, appalled by Gray's boldness. The bull shark's grimace curls into a grin,

"This is just fine. I'll put you right in your place. Not many have pushed me this far, and I don't do this unless I'm in it to the death, but I'll make an exception for you, my little hybrid..."

Bullet painfully straightens up and begins removing his big, leather boxing gloves, which had been quite hard to begin with. Gray's stoic expression turns to shock and awe as his eyes widen at the sight of Bullet's bare hands. Calloused, scarred and generally burly looking all around, the shark's hands look like they were chewed on by his own teeth.

"Heheh.... You look scared! This is the result of some intense training!" Bullet proudly holds up his grotesquely rough hands, "I punched coral night and day to become this strong. The blood that flowed from my knuckles during my training even brought bigger and tougher sharks to challenge me. Now I'm the best in these waters, and everyone fears my name! Bullet!"

Gray instantly lost interest in the shark's hands, wanting to end this before his air ran out. Without warning he charges at Bullet again. Bullet gets his guard up with a sneer. As Gray lunges at him, Bullet quickly dodges to the side, countering with a harsh battering ram into the hybrid's chin. At least that's what Gray thought was a battering ram. The force of the punch snaps Gray's head up and back, almost instantly bruising his muzzle. The dolphin hybrid coils back holding his maw in angst. Bullet lets out a crude chuckle,

"Haha! You scared? You should be....!

The bull shark follows up with a vicious hook into Gray's cheek, whipping the hybrid's head to the side. Bullet repeats the attack, this time to the right side; then left, then right. Bullet continuously slugs hook after hook into Gray's muzzle, interspersing a backhand every now and then. The callouses and scars dig ruggedly against Gray's skin. The Bull shark finishes off

the assault with a fist-deep uppercut into Gray's belly, folding him right over his bare, hard knuckles. Gray lets out a pained grunt .

GHMmmmnnn!!

"Wowza! This is like punching right into a sand bed... with a rubber casing. Feels kinda nice. Can't say the same for you though, heheh."

With that, Bullet sends a head butt into Gray's muzzle, launching him back. A small trail of blood leaks from the hybrid's upper lip. Deciding that the kid has had enough, Bullet launches forward preparing to knock out Gray. As he springs forward, however, the grinning shark's flared nostrils inhale the small strand of red in the blue waters. Bullet pauses, snorting. He then looks over to Gray with a cold, lustful glare. Gray looks up in time as Bullet appears before him, a primal glare across his face. Gray's face suddenly crinkles into a portrait of utter pain as the bull shark plunges his unsuspected fist into the dolphin's relaxed abs. Bullet gives a grin as he continues to push his hardened fist inwardly, swimming Gray to the sea floor. Sand and shells kick up all around as they impact the bottom. Cheeks puffed like a blowfish, Gray thrashes his tail out in protest and retaliation, striking the shark wherever possible and swimming back. Bullet clutches the thrashing mammal by his tail and yanks him back toward his hard knuckles into an overzealous uppercut that plows into Gray's navel. The young hybrid's mouth flies open as his stomach practically swallows the bull shark's fist whole. Bullet continues pulling on Gray's tail while pushing his knuckles vertically up into Gray's belly. Gray gasps.... his gills suddenly opened! This however gives him no relief to Bullet's assault. In fact the sudden ability of oxygen adds to the wave of nausea welling up inside Gray's belly. Bullet yanks on Gray's tail pumping simultaneously into the mammal's gut. Gray lurches forward as his nausea climaxes to an explosion of bubbles, saliva, white sushi and fluids gurgling out in a blended potpourri. Bullet, smugly grinning, wades to the side avoiding the waste as it floats away. Gray continues retching, now able to breathe. He looks at the now berserk bull shark, wondering if he'll be able to at least escape.

"B-bullet... I ,may be a hybrid, but I'm still a shark... How does it feel, treating family like this?"

The bull shark continues grinning perversely, "HA! I've beaten plenty of other sharks to a pulp.... you being part dolphin only makes me feel further removed." Bullet gruffly grabs Gray by his pulverized gut. His rugged fingers dig into the dolphin hybrid's flesh and fat, gripping into the underlying muscle. For added grip, bullet clenches his thumb into the hybrid's belly button, lifting him easily from the sea floor.

"AaaaagggghKh!"

Gray writhes against the grab, weakly clutching Bullet's forearm in protest. The cruel shark lifts him high above his head, then cups beneath Gray's muzzle, drawing him forward to his own sneering face. The shark's rigid thumb-claw plunges further into the hybrid's navel, past the knuckle. Gray continues wriggling in the agonizing grasp, pained grunts and groans leaping from the hybrid maw, his struggling only twists his abdominal flesh even more

between Bullet's fingers. "Huuuuhrrrgh!!"

Bullet continues to sneer in Gray's grimacing face, a final taunt in preparation for the knock out blow. He lets go of Gray's chin, forming a tight fist geared at the hybrid's face.

"Well, this is goodbye, weak chump"

Gray looks at Bullet furiously, his grimace now a defiant glare. His chest wells up with a fierce rage.... literally physically welling up in actuality.

'Weak?!?!?'

Bullet looks in surprise as the hybrid's chest begins to expand above his gripping hand. The expansion appears to compress, forcing Gray's cheeks to swell, the gills along the side of his head now visible and wide open. The bull shark stares blankly at Gray's swollen cheeks. He blinks twice then resumes sending his KO punch into the dolphin's maw. However, a sudden eruption blasts into Bullets face. Gray's mouth is open wide, sending a vibration that rips through the sea water, and pulsating into the shark's head. Gray is released from Bullet's grip as the shark falls back grasping his head in agony and confusion, disoriented. His features fall in worry as he has a sudden revelation...

"The psionic echo!??"

The shark-dolphin's cheek blow up once again just as Bullet turns, his eyes meeting Gray's face. Another pulsating wave is sent rippling throughout the water, blasting into Bullet's upper body this time. The force of impact sends the shark crashing into the coral, back first. Bullet bounces off of the corral arching and holding his back. He winces and grimaces, looking at Gray as he begins to deeply inhale, his mouth wide. Using his incredible swimming speed, Bullet launches himself at the hybrid, catching the sea creature by his muzzle, holding it shut just as he was about to blurt out the psionic attack. Both covered in bruises, the two glare fiercely into one another's eyes.

*huff* "Damn hybrid!" Bullet says, panting.

WHUMP! The bull shark sends a vicious uppercut into Gray's core. Gray's eyes widen and his already inflated cheeks puff out more in Bullets clamping grip. THUMP! THUD! THUD! The careless shark continues to pummel Gray's gut with relentless uppercuts that continue to expand the hybrid's cheeks, so much that Bullet's grip is forced to loosen.

"I'm the boss of these water-....!!!"

Before Bullet can finish his declaration, his fist punches one more pumping thrust that Gray's diaphragm needed to send the stifled psionic wave blasting from his maw. This blast engulfs Bullet's entire being, sending him spiraling downward into the seawater, with the speed

of a torpedo. Bullet crashes into the coral, breaking it into pieces. The coral blasts apart in every direction, the impact fizzing up the water substantially. The debris begins to settle covering the bull shark with large chunks of shell and coral reef. Gray, exhausted turns his half opened eyes at the motionless shark.

"Jerk."

Gray casually looks around. He gathers up his seaweed and begins to leave the once enclosed coral reef area. He looks back, giving Bullet a parting look. The unconscious bull shark's hand twitches. With a flinch, Gray takes off, leaving the unintentional battleground.

Tal.

Vance looks at his watch, brows furrowed. The red and black wolf turns to Drake and "It's been over an hour now. How long does it take to get to the beach?" Drake punches a fist into his other hand. "Not even ten minutes.... That's it! I'm going to look for him!"

The boxing white dragon storms to the door, wings flared out. He swings it open and comes to a halt startled at the sight of a bruised and abraded Gray munching on seaweed.

*chew* H-hey guys....*gulp* ...is that enough seaweed....?

The hybrid sways a bit, smiling triumphantly. He then abruptly face-plants to the floor. The group scrambles to Gray as he collapses to the floor. Tal, Vance and Drake all fervently interrogating him.

"What the heck happened?" "Where'd you get those bruises!?" "Why're you smiling!!?!?"

Gray, with seaweed hanging from his muzzle, gives a tired smile at his panicking friends.

"I'm a tough hybrid after all."