<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Tigrus<br/>Town Square</strong></span><br/><br/>Oblivious to the personal goings on around his position, the to-ing and fro-ing between clerics and chatting between other cats, the huge cheetah, oblivious even to the smart cat whom had taken a tree-top view of the city, Rus continued to pose with his prize.<br/><br/>It was as he flexed his tail for the umpteenth time that Pumal pounced.<br/><br/>Lunging in whilst Rus had his back turned, the huge puma grabbed his grinning orange opponent by the shoulders and flung him to the ground, earning an earnest "Ooooooh" from the crowd. Bob leapt on the moment triumphantly as the fight began.<br/><br/>"Oh and would you look at that! Our large friend doesn't want to mince his words any longer and opens up with a sly floor-throw on the Orange Howler! How will our chatty catty take that I wonder!"<br/><br/>Rus winced on the floor and slowly got to his feet. Above him, Pumal towered over, and grinned at the crowd, showing his shiny fangs in a rare display of emotion. Rus seemed pained as he rose, pushing himself up on his arms, his orange biceps bulging from their bandages as the tiger got up off the floor. Pumal grinned further at the sight of Rus straining himself to his feet, his whiskers bent on one side.<br/><br/><strong>"Apparantly you ARE out of sh-"</strong><br/><br/>Quick as a flash, Rus launched a savage kick to Pumal's side. Surprise caused the huge cat to bow to the attack, leaving the clearly-unhurt Rus to grab his head and perform a shoulder-drop on the huge cat, a muffled grunt eminating from Rus's flame-coloured shoulder.<br/><br/>Bob winced as the crowd began to holler loudly in enthusiasm. These kind of fights were staged to a point, but the fighters had to have leeway in order to make it look realistic. Pumal was no stranger to giving out and receiving pain, but he was new to the kind of tricks that Rus was so used to from his time spent on the cage circuit. Bob shrugged and supposed the big cat deserved it for his sly opening move.<br/><br/>Rus wasn't giving Pumal a chance to recover, knowing that if he did the fight would soon be over. They hadn't agreed on a winner, thinking that the guard would break up the fight before a conclusion could be wrought, making the crowd hungry to see (and pay!) for a rematch elsewhere. Knowing this, the wily Orange Howler pummelled his opponent, a barrage of kicks and running punches to keep his heavier opponent in one place. Although the blows glanced (nearly) painlessly off Pumal's massive arms and boulder-like shoulders, the crowd were baying. And that was all Rus cared about.<br/><br/>"Never-interrupt-a cat...when he's...flirting!" Each word was punctuated with a blow. With Pumal in a defensive stance, Rus quickly took the oppurtinity to run to one side of the ring.<br/>"Quickly. Sketch a picture. It'll go for thousands." Rus flashed a winning smile, showing his slick shiny-white canines whilst Pumal slowly got to his feet behind him. Knowing full well he had scant seconds, Rus was about to turn and recieve Pumal's renewed attack when something caught his eye.<br/><br/>At first he thought it was a small tree being lifted, but only then did Rus distinguish Cheetarik's massive form. Flicking a glance over at his opponent and pointed out of the ring.<br/><br/>"Hey boulder-face. You're not the biggest guy in Cat's Lair at all, s'probably why I'm having such an easy time with you. THAT guy over there is the biggest guy! And I bet he could wipe the floor with you just as easily, too. But..."<br/><br/>Rus turned back to the confused audience-member who was bravely trying to draw a picture as requested. The flashy tiger winked. "...not with as much damned<em>style</em>."<br/>Without turning round he ducked<em>just</em>in time to avoid a massive clothes-line from Pumal, slipping underneath the grey-black pipe of an arm as it sailed over Rus's head, the Orange Howler blowing kisses to the crowd as he limbo'd under his opponent's attack whilst the purple panties still flew like some hilarious flag from his tail.