#kublai khan x reader

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First off, DON'T YOU DARE APOLOGIZE😡It's fine if you don't have ideas to keep going. I am very patient so I don't mind waiting even if it takes forever 🫶 writing ain't easy so I understand

Second, who the hell thought it was a great idea to talk instead of write for the exam about MATH?? HELLO?? THOSE ARE MOSTLY NUMBERS😭😭 Good luck, bubs, I salute

Third, I'm doing lovely and eating well~ I hope you are too! Nah nobody has been bullying me and if they did because I'll go feral on their arse to the point where I can bite😙

Lastly, I demand. For more. TTC Analysis. Respectfully😇 Forgot to mention that. And no I'm not gonna stop with the nicknames, love you🫶

- 🍰nom

huehehhhhh it doesn't sit right with me that you're scolding me..

But mind you my cake, I did better in the oral test then in the written one✌😭💀

I've just read the newest episode of the tomato can and I'm mad that Jamie lost...but I'll try my best with the continuation!

Also I think you didn't receive the second analysis I wrote? But I put it down there so you can read again.

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part one, part two

i don't have it in me to post more stuff because i am kinda busy rn, as always, but i will do my best. i don't think i will do more analysis, but we can all chat privately or sth idk

-your diamond <3

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Primary sources related to the Mongol period

Primary sources are the most important part of any historical study, for they are one of the ways that information from the past is transferred to us. In my own videos I increasingly try to make greater use of them, and to aid in the efforts and interests of others, below I will link the english (and two french) translations I have found freely accessible online. Obviously, working with primary sources in the original language is best, but very difficult for the Mongol period considering the Feel free to add any which I have not included (if anyone has found an online copy of D.S. Richard's part 3 translation of Ibn al-Athir, that would be much obliged! Likewise, for the full text of Rashid al-Din)

If any links don't work, please let me know and I'l see if I can do anything about them. I tried to keep them roughly categorized, but the Bretscheinder/Henri Yule/Hakluyt Society works at the end didn't quite fit neatly into that. If you have a question about a particular source or who it was that wrote it, also feel free to ask. I do apologize for wonky formatting (due to the transition from Google Docs to websites!) or ramshackle citation (rather spur of the moment to share it).

Hopefully this helps people interested in the period!

SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOLS, and MONGOL-YUAN PERIOD

Cleaves, Francis Woodman. The Secret History of the Mongols: For the First Time Done into English and out of the Original Tongue and Provided with an Exegetical Commentary. Translated by Francis Woodman Cleaves. London: Harvard University Press, 1982. http://altaica.ru/SECRET/cleaves_shI.pdf

de Rachewiltz, Igor. The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century. Translated by Igor de Rachewiltz. Edited by John C. Street. University of Wisconsin: Madison, 2015. http://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=cedarbooks (without his extensive annotations, unfortunately)

Kahn, Paul. The Secret History of the Mongols: The Origin of Chingis Khan (Expanded Edition) An adaption of the Yüan Ch’ao Pi Shih, Based Primarily on the English Translation by Francis Woodman Cleaves. Translated by Francis Woodman Cleaves. Cheng and Tsui Company: Boston, 1984. https://books.google.ca/books?id=GKCtl8BLaEsC&pg=PA191&dq=alan+guard+mongols&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=alan%20guard%20mongols&f=false

Onon, Urgunge. The Secret History of the Mongols: The Life and Times of Chinggis Khan. Translated by Urgunge Onon. RoutledgeCurzon Press: Abingdon, 2001. https://jigjids.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/the_secret_history_of_the_mongols_the_life_and_times_of_chinggis_khan1.pdf.

Kenneth W. Chase, “Mongol intentions towards Japan in 1266: Evidence from a Mongol letter to the Sung.” http://chinajapan.org/articles/09.2/09.2chase13-23.pdf

The Monks of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China or The History of the Life and Travels of Rabban Sawma, Envoy and Plenipotentiary of the Mongol Khans to the Kings of Europe, and Markos Who as Mar Yahbh-Allaha III Became Patriarch of the Church of the East in Asia. Translated by E.A Wallis Budge. London: Religious Tract Society: 1928. http://www.aina.org/books/mokk/mokk.htm

RUS

The Chronicle of Novgorod 1016-1471. Translated by Robert Michell and Nevill Forbes. Camden Third Series: London, 1914. http://faculty.washington.edu/dwaugh/rus/texts/MF1914.pdf

ARABIC

al-Maqrizi. Histoire des sultans Mamlouks de l’Égypte. Translated by Étienne Marc Quatremère. Paris: Oriental Translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1845. https://archive.org/details/histoiredessulta01maqr

al-Nasawi, History of the Sulan Jelal al-Din Mingburnu, translated by O. Houdas http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/arabe/nesawi/sultan.htm (In french, but google translate did the site to a reasonable degree for me)

Juzjani. Ṭabaḳāt-i-Nāṣirï: A General History of the Muhammadan Dynasties of Asia. Vol. I. Translated by H.G Raverty. London: Gilbert & Rivington, 1881. https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.23988?ui=embed#page/n5/mode/2up

Juzjani. Ṭabaḳāt-i-Nāṣirï: A General History of the Muhammadan Dynasties of Asia. Vol. II. Translated by H.G Raverty. London: Gilbert & Rivington, 1881. https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.211407?ui=embed#page/n5/mode/2up

ARMENIAN

Kirakos Gandzakets'i's, History of the Armenians. Translated by Robert Bedrosian. 1996. https://archive.org/details/KirakosGanjaketsisHistoryOfTheArmenians

http://rbedrosian.com/kgtoc.html

Vardan Arewelt’si, Compilation of History. Translated by Robert Bedrosian.

https://archive.org/details/VardanAreweltsisCompilationOfHistory

http://rbedrosian.com/vaint.htm

Grigor Aknerts’i, History of the Nation of Archers. Translated by Robert Bedrosian. https://archive.org/details/GrigorAknertsisHistoryOfTheNationOfArchersmongols

Het’um of Corycus History of the Tartars/ The Flower of the Histories of the East. Translated by Robert Bedrosian. http://www.attalus.org/armenian/hetumtoc.html

King Hetum II’s Chronicle. Translated by Robert Bedrosian. https://archive.org/details/KingHetumIisChronicle

“The Journey of Het’um I, King of Little Armenia, to the Court of the Great Khan Mongke.” Translated by John Andrew Boyle.https://archive.org/details/KingHetumIisChronicle

https://archive.org/stream/Boyle1964Hetum/Boyle_1964_Hetum#mode/2up

Smbat Sparapet. Chronicle of the Kingdom of Little Armenia. Translated by Robert Bedrosian.

http://rbedrosian.com/cssint.htm

Smbat Sparapet. “Letter of Smbat Constable to Henry I of Cyprus, ca.1248.” Cathay and the Way Thither. Edited by Sir Henry Yule. London: Hakluyt Society, 1915. 262-263.

http://rbedrosian.com/lsmbat.htm

Step’annos Orbelean. History of the State of Sisakan. Translated by Robert Bedrosian.

http://rbedrosian.com/SO/sotoc.html

SYRIAC

Bar Hebraeus http://www.syriacstudies.com/AFSS/Syriac_Books_in_English/Entries/2009/9/30_Bar_Hebraeus_Chronography.html

PERSIAN/ILKHANATE

Hamadani, Rashid-al-din. The Successors of Genghis Khan. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971. https://archive.org/details/Boyle1971RashidAlDin. (not the full text of Rashid al-Din)

‘Ala-ad-Din ‘Ata-Malik Juvaini, The History of the World-Conqueror. Vol. I. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1958. https://archive.org/details/historyoftheworl011691mbp/page/n8

‘Ala-ad-Din ‘Ata-Malik Juvaini, The History of the World-Conqueror. Vol. II. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1958. https://archive.org/stream/historyoftheworl011648mbp?ui=embed#page/n8/mode/2up

CHAGATAI TURKIC

Mirza Muhammad Haidar Duglught Beg, Tarikh-i-Rashidi. (1500-1551) Chagatai Turko-Mongol general, ruler of Kashmir, first cousin of Babur. Wrote history of Timur’s conquests, Moghulistan.https://archive.org/details/TheTarikh-i-rashidi

EUROPEAN

Matthew Paris’s English History From the Year 1235-1273: Vol I. Translated by John A. Giles. London: Bohn’s Antiquarian Library, 1852. https://archive.org/stream/matthewparisseng01pari#page/n7/mode/2up

Matthew Paris vol II. https://archive.org/stream/matthewparisseng02pari#page/n5/mode/2up

Matthew Paris Vol III. https://archive.org/stream/matthewparisseng03pari#page/n3/mode/2up

(Paris mentions the Mongol invasions of Hungary in one of these volumes, but I couldn't remember which)

de Joinville, Jean. The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville: A New English Version. Translated by Ethel Wedgewood. E.P Dutton and Co.: New York, 1906.

http://web.archive.org/web/20081011222823/http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/WedLord.html

The Text and Versions of John de Plano Carpini and William de Rubruquis as printed for the first time by Hakluyt in 1598 together with some shorter pieces. Edited by C. Raymond Beazley. London: Hakluyt Society, 1903.

https://archive.org/stream/textsversionsofj00hakluoft#page/38/mode/2up

Polo, Marco. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, The Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East. Translated by Henry Yule. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1871. Vol 1. https://archive.org/details/bookofsermarcopo01polo.

Vol 2. https://archive.org/details/bookofsermarcopo02polo.

COLLECTIONS, VARIOUS.

Bretschneider, Medieval Research on Eastern Asiatic Sources, vol. I

https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.10001/page/n7 (Extract from Yelu Chucai; Wu-ku-sun (1221-1224) Jin envoy to Mongols; Chang-chun; Si shi Ki (Ch’ang te); Ye-lu Hu Liang)

Bretschneider, vol. II

https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.10013/page/n7

Bretschneider, Notes on Chinese Medieval Travellers to the West, 1875

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QwXwHwwtnYYC&hl=en&pg=GBS.PP9

(Si yu ki, Ch’ang-ch’un, 1221-1224; Si shi ki, Record of an embassy to the regions in the west, 1259-60; Pei shi ki, Wu-ku-sun account, 1220-1221; Extract from Si yu lu, Yelu Chucai 1219-1224)

Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China. Translated by Henry Yule. Edited by Henri Cordier. Vol. 2. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1913. (Odoric of Pordenone.)

https://archive.org/stream/cathaywaythither02yule#page/n9/mode/2up.

Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China. Translated by Henry Yule. Edited by Henri Cordier. Vol. 3. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1914. Missionary Friars (John of Montecorvino, Andrew Bishop of Zayton, Jordanus, Pasca of Vittoria)-(Rashid al-Din, when he discusses China)-Pegolotti -Marignolli https://archive.org/details/cathaywaythither03yule.

Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China. Translated by Henry Yule. Edited by Henri Cordier. Vol. 4. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1916. Ibn Battuta (section of his works pertaining to China)- Benedict Goёs (1600s) https://archive.org/details/cathaywaythither04yule.

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youre so right bc elijah really went THRU it and then they just gave him the l???? like even the dude who hated him said hed win??? this is legit so sad like wtf

And he was going to quit too like

poor boi

As fir my fave...idk? they're all pretty good...idk, the mario guy is sweet. also i kinda like ethan. And that other guy with the magic thing is pretty hot. but i like ethan more maybe... can i say all? i wanna say all?

Also are there more tc content creators out there?

hellyuuuuuu again!!!

exactly, and I hope everything turns out for the better for him.

also ye why not? everyone is cool! (minus zach, jj and donovan)

um, tc content creators I'm friends with are @iamthatanon and @backshotsdevil. they both post tc content, and I hope that the tc fandom expands more!

-your diamond <3

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hey, tomato can anon speaking.

i don't know what blue lock is lol but I've just finished ur masterlist posts

any opinions on recent events?

(also the way you simp for elijah is so cute i relate to it so much he's such a beauty)

hellyuu tomato can anon!!!! <3333333333

If you refer to the zach vs Eli fight, I can tell you one thing.

I AM MAD.

THEY ROBBED MY GOLDEN BOY OUT OF HIS VICTORY

LIKE COME ON

ZACH. GOT. FOLDED.

and Kublai just looking at him like "kay, see you at the gym"

and coach trevorrrr poor, stressed father fowekfowekfpkwe

AND YE, FINALLY, ANOTHER PERSON WHO ALSO THINKS ELI IS BEAUTIFUL

EFKFOEKWOPFKWPFKOWP

but is he your fave or somebody else?

awwh I'm so excited for the new episodes!!!!!!

fekwocmvwibe5ftopcüwe.dlpwrüe

--your diamond <333

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My golden boy!

🍰-nom requested: Elijah with a strong buff fem reader!!🤩🤩

Part two

Please read this webtoon because I don't have any other people that know this webtoon which is a crime btw...I recommend it to you, it's very cool!

the reader is also a boxer and russian, just like Elijah, for those who are wondering.

Your name is going to be Milana Marinova in this, alright? Write in the comments if you want another name. I will also write the way you look in my own style, as in long dark hair and big muscles.(but I don't know if I even described the reader's appearance??) And uh, my russian is not the best so if you're russian or can speak and write it, please correct me if I made a mistake on that.

Also don't believe the nonsense I'll be writing about sports and fighting because I'm a couch potato.

anyways, vocab!:

Minya savut .... = My name is ... , blyat = shit (<-you guys know that one already), yisho adin! = another one! , poshalusta ostanoviy! = please stop!

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"Yo, check this out Elijah!", V-Cube's voice called, pulling the russian out of his thoughts. He was beating up a punching bag, after all.

"Yeah? What's up-", and his eyes widened.

They were looking at the video of a female boxer, who made short process out of her opponent. she was beating into her opponent with a vigor that Elijah only knew when an axe, a hammer, or he used when he was angry. And the girl also did it unbelievably fast. That girl was you.

But who were you?

"Who is that?", he only asked. He had to look at you again- you were rather pretty, to be honest. Your long boxer braids were swaying according to your punches, which were quick, short, but impactful.

"That? It's Milana Marinova. She's the first female russian lightweight champion, with 35 wins and not a single loss. And she's pretty young as well. I think she's becoming 20 this year... I think."

'What? 35 wins?! And not a single loss?!?'

"Who are you guys- Mila?! Awww!", Kublai's voice exclaimed. His eyes sparkled and he looked at you through the screen with a fond expression.

How did Kublai of all people know you?

"You know her?", Elijah and V-Cube asked.

Kublai laughed. "Know her? She's my best friend! And! She told me that she'd come here after she's beating up that girl. I'm so excited! Elijah, she could also teach you how to fight! And to be honest;"

And Kublai made a dramatic pause,

"Beating up her opponents is not even warm up to her. She's wanted to fight against some of the fighters here for a long time. And tomorrow she's coming here! Aw I'm so excited!!"

'huh, that's the first time I've seen Kublai so excited...! And Milana teaching me...that could be good!'

"That would be a good idea, to be honest! I'm pumped to fight now!", the black haired boy exclaimed before he ran back to his punching bag. But all the while he was beating it up, he couldn't help but think about you.

You were rather pretty. very pretty. How you beat up that girl like it was no problem...that was hot. Or how you smirked towards the camera with your sharp canines glinting in display. Elijah shuddered.

He also tried to punch as fast as you, but his were mediocre at best when compared to yours.

...

"..li....eli....ELIJAH!!"

"AHHHH!- I'M AWAKE I'M AWAKE!!"

Right above the dark haired boy stood Kublai. His eyes were wide open, sparkling, and he had a big smile on his face. Kublai looked more scary than ever. "Wake up! She's coming today!!!"

The young boxer looked to the side, and out the window, where he couldn't see anything. "What time is it...?"

"Ten minutes past midnight!"

"What the hell, man...?", He grumbled as he turned his back to Kublai. That man only snickered before dragging him out. Elijah hit his head on the ground and hissed, to his kidnapper's joy. "Maybe that'll wake you up!"

And that's how he found himself sleepily nudging a punching bag. "...the others aren't awake, are they?"

"Nope, but Milana will come any moment now!"

"Don't you think that she'll come at a more...reasonable hour? It's barely past one-"

With a click, the back door opened, and an all too familiar face poked in. When you caught Kublai's happy stare on you, you smiled as well. After you closed the door as quietly as possible and closing it again with one of the hairpins you didn't use, you immediately yeeted yourself at Kublai.

You two giggled and whisper-yelled towards each other.

"I can't believe I'm here today! feels illegal, hihiihihihihii!"

"It's so good to see you again! What else did you to in Tokyo!?"

"I was woking on your problem, actually! But seriously, getting banned from Japan because of what you pulled?! That's not like you, Kublai!"

"I'm sorry..."

"You were rather nice with that message, I think I would've shot glass splitters at them or something!"

"Argh, why didn't I think of this?!?!", and he bonked his head.

And you two giggled like what you were talking about were crushes at a sleepover.

Kublai then lead you to Elijah, who stood where he was the whole time (🧍🏻‍♂️), and he blushed. You were actually...small! But you were much more pretty than what he saw on video. And you had a pretty toned body as well.

"Minya savut Milana Marinova, nice to meet you!", you spoke in russian. Elijah blinked at you. 'you were russian?! Ah-- V-Cube said that as well- Uh-'

"S-sorry, I'm not that fluent in russian..."

"Ah, thank god, me neither!"

and you two chuckled. "Say, where are your suitcases and stuff?"

"I came here alone. They'll come around 1 pm. and it's now...?"

"a few minutes past 1 am."

"So...what are we gonna do now? Eat? Or fight?"

...

"Argh- Oi- Ouch!", was all Elijah could muster up before he was met with another of your dozen punches. And they were as light as you made them to be. He made a time-out sign and you stopped. You guys were fighting without gloves.

"My punches feel like needles on your skin, don't they?"

"Yeah...but...how?"

"Because of my small fists. I don't punch you with the back of my fingers, but with my joints. Wether the ones which are more towards my hand, or even sometimes the pointsies.", you explained as you pointed towards the knuckes which started on the back of your hand, then the ones in the middle and then the tips of your fingers themselves.

"Also, I'm not that strong [-yes bitch you are], so I lay more pressure on the speed as well as vital points. Let's call them hot spots. You felt the most pain in your liver, I also go for the sternum. It's just-- my personal favourite, hehe."

"So, you like attacking the hot spots? But you punched me all over!"

"Yeah, that's because I couldn't find your weak spot. If I punched you close to your eye, it would've been critical for your fight with that Ethan guy. If I press too hard on your shoulder joints, I might dislocate them. In my opinion, you kind of remind me of a Zombie..."

"That's what Kublai said aswell!"

"Well, figures. You are also...kind of, I dunno how I should put it...not there. You're not in the fight, Elijah."

He frowned. "What do you mean? I'm totally in it!"

You shook your head as you looked up to him. "You're getting distracted by something in your head. Have you tried meditating? Maybe that'll clear your head!"

"Yeah, there is actually something that's bugging me...but meditating? you think that'll help?", he lied.

You were the one in his mind. He just couldn't fight against a pretty thing like you. He'd also gladly get his ass kicked by you if he could get so close as to take another sniff at your sweet orange perfume.

"It's worth a try!"

Cue to you, Elijah and Kublai sitting on yoga mats and meditating. As you were giving Elijah instructions on how to better his breathing, as well as when to hold his breath, Kublai was doing bizarre positions. But none of you two paid him any mind.

"Where are you imagining yourself, Elijah?"

"Fighting-"

"I thought I told you to pretend that you're in a forest."

"Ah--sorry. it's just...I don't know. I feel like I have to prove something, even when this is just an excercise...", Elijah mumbled, closing his eyes, and tightening his fists.

"I think that you're maybe too obsessed with fighting? And having to prove something such as 'Just you wait, I'll climb to the top in no time!', do you mean something like that?", you ask as you slowly stand up and go behind him.

"Yes! And I'm really trying to concentrate on meditating, but, I-I just can't-", he suddenly stopped when he felt your cold hands touch his abdomen, which twitched at the contact. A shiver went down his spine when your hand went a little lower.

"You're not even breathing right now. Are you okay?"

"Y-yeAh!", and he cursed himself for having a voice crack at the most unfortunate time. You only 'hmpf!'ed annoyedly by his lack of enthusiasm.

"You need to take this seriously, Elijah. Otherwise I can't help you. We will do some breathing excercises now.", cue to you taking a very deep breath. (he was glad that you didn't address his voice crack.)

He breathed in as deeply as possible, just like you. And as slowly as you could did you breathe out. He also tried imitating your movements, but he found it hard when you put one hand on where his heart was and the other on his diaphragm. His breath hitched.

"Sorry, I-I'll try again-", but he cut himself off when he turned his head and looked straight into your eyes. he could lose himself in them forever. You were eerie calm. You took your hands off him -much to his dismay- and sat yourself beside him.

"How about you go back to sleep? Today might be another exhausting day." "But I thought we could train-"

"How about you take a little rest? It's past three already. Try to sleep as much as possible, alright?"

How could he say no when you asked him so nicely? And he couldn't win against you anyways... So, with a defeated sigh, he stood up and took his waterbottle. "Uh. Kublai, you comin'?"

"In a minute!", his comrade said as Kublai tried to detangle himself. He truly became a human bretzel. You snickered at your best friends antics.

After Kublai managed to stand upright after being free, he jogged over to Elijah. "Mila, is it okay if I leave the tidying to you?"

"Sure thing, here's nothing but yoga mats anyway!"

"Okay, see you later!"

"Bye! And get some rest, you two!"

And after Kublai closed his door, he looked at Elijah with mischievousness. "You like her."

The russian spluttered. "W-wha-!?! No! W-what makes you s-say that!??!", Elijah laughed awkwardly.

Kublai acted like he thought it through. Then he grinned at Elijah.

"Well, for one, she's really pretty to begin with. Two, everybody with at least one half braincell could tell you were enjoying her touching you -even when you made her mad in the process- and three, you didn't ask "who?". That means that you like Milana."

Dang it. 'Is my crush on her that obvious? I don't even know her that well!'

"A...and what if I do...?She must have a boyfriend by now-"

"She has yet to smile at a boy other than us. And well, you can guess yourself lucky that we're the first two who she smiled at. Should I tell you the story on how I met her?! It's the funniest thing ever!"

Elijah sighed, and nodded with a heavy blush. He still couldn't believe that he fell for someone he didn't even know properly. All he knew from you was your name, age, and that you won 35 times, with no losses.

"I think it was in a small village, close to the caspian sea-"

"Where's that?"

"...don't you have geography??"

"uh, about that-"

"In russia, you oaf. Anyways, as I was saying -but got rudely interrupted by you- (Kublai pouted at Elijah with a frown to which the younger male apologized sheepishly) I met her when she was, maybe sixteen? Yeah, something around that age I met her. She beat up a few men who were actually five times stronger than her. But she still managed to beat them. She also didn't really look like the other villagers around her. She looked rather european, so I approached her in english and asked why she beat those guys up. Mila just answered that they were looking at her mother funny.

And not only that. I could see that she didn't really know how to use those fists, she needed to control them. Do you want to see a pic I took of the beat up men?!"

"Ah, s-sure..."

After a few seconds of Kublai scrolling down his gallery, did he tap on one picture with three overweight, grotesque looking men. It wasn't their normal look, but what you did do them. One's eye seemed to have reached it's brain. The other one on the ground seemed to have no teeth at all -maybe because you punched right in his mouth? Because of your small fists?- and the third one's nose was also smashed. And not only their faces were deformed. Their legs were in unhuman angels, from one of the mens' ears came blood, and the other man's arms were rolled together.

Did you put them into a tornado? There's no way a sixteen year old girl like you could've done that!! Kublai sensed his disbelief. He swiped to the right, where he clicked on a video.

It showed you beating up those thugs. In the background people were shouting, and your mother, he guessed, called your name in a desperate and pleading manner.

"poshalusta ostanoviy Milana!", your mother yelled, but you seemed deadset on making those guys suffer. He saw then how you turned one guy's arm into litreal flour. [don't ask how/me, just imagine being badass and doing shit like that]

After the video ended, Kublai looked at Elijah's terrified expression. He laughed. "welp, that's Mila when she was sixteen. Now she's a killing mashine. I can say with pride that I was the one who got her into wrestling.

And, well, she became something like a little sister to me. And you should've been there when I tried to persuade her parents to join me in my travelling. I-I still have no idea how I managed to do that, but what's counting is that she's with us!"

Elijah thought back to when you and Kublai giggled upon your meet-up. You two acted like siblings, that was for sure.

"I'm glad too. Now I have her as an ace up my sleeve and she can teach me cool tricks! I'll beat Ethan in no time!"

"That's what I want to hear! And now back to you crushing on her!"

Elijah flinched and felt his cheeks warm up. "C-c'mon, man, I'm not-"

"if you dare to touch her in any way other than training, I will have no other choice but to rip out your throat, your heart, and pop your balls."

Kublai smiled at the russian with an innocent smile after that. elijah didn't know who he was more terrified of now. You, or your "older brother"?

...

"So...you're Milana Marinova? The chick who beat 35 people?"

"Oh, I actually beat wayyyy more people than 35, Mr. Rumsfeld, but yeah!"

The Alpha-male laughed heartily. "Ahahahaha, of course you'd beat more people-"

"She actually killed a few!", Kublai chimed in. You smiled up at the man in front of you innocently.

His smile strained as he looked down on you. He started to sweat a little. "R-really?"

"I had to serve as a bounty hunter. To my defense, I only killed like...thirteen?", you looked over to Kublai.

"Fourteen."

"Fourteen men. And they were Rapists, Child molesters and overall just very bad guys."

"Y-you're joking...right?", the mullet-man said, unsure if he felt safe around you or not.

I mean, you were what, twenty? You were basically still a child...! And why does Kublai know about your past?! Are you two siblings or something???

But you just smiled at him. Then you broke out in giggles. Rumsfeld was scared of a little girl. Take that, "Alpha male".

A blonde boy came up to you then, holding a notebook with a marker. "Um, M-miss Marinova? Privyet, minya savut-"

"Vasily Vadymovych Vovchanchyn, da? It's a pleasure to meet you.", you smiled, extending your hand towards the taller male. You actually knew him because you watched his tournaments. And because you watched the first few episodes, where they got interviewed. You cooed when you saw a smiling Vasily. He was one of the "cute" fighters if the tournament. Your judgement.

"You're a master of sport in combat sambo, right? Can you teach me a view tricks of yours?"

But Vasily only blushed. He couldn't believe that his favourite female fighter recognized him on the spot. Let alone spelled his name correctly on the first try. Or even asked him about his fighting. Vasily thought he could die happy now. "Ah! S-sure..! eh-", he only made out as you gently took his notebook from him and the marker as well. You wrote your name in nomal...and what was that other thing you drew-

Milana Marinova <3

'A heart?! Does she like me perhaps?! NO! I-I don't even know her, I mean I do! But maybe she just meant it platonically! Yeah, that might be it!', Vasily thought before you gave him back his belongings. For a brief moment, your fingers touched, and Vasily flinched. His body went into overheat and he knew that he was sweating an awful lot.

You quickly retracted your hands. "Sorry, can't really warm my cold hands.", you chuckled as you did jazz-hands. The blonde only shook his head no. "I-It's alright, really!"

Elijah watched you two with a weird feeling in his stomach. He respected Vasily, but he didn't like how the blonde blushed and was acting all shy with you. And you weren't even against it. Maybe you were into blondes...?

...

"Yesho adin, Elijah!"

"What does that even mean?!-Ouch!"

"Another one, and now stop asking questions and let me catch these hands!"

Again, Elijah got beat up by you. Mr. Trevor, Elijah's coach, was glad that you were there to help at first, but regretted it when he saw how brutal you "trained" with his fighters. Mr. Trevor didn't even want to fight against you himself.

"A-ah, Milana, how about you be a little...tamer with him?"

"But Uncle, I am holding the receiving gloves, while Elijah is the one who has the boxing gloves...how much more tame can I be?"

"How about...you don't verbally abuse him?"

You looked at Elijah. "Did I verbally abuse you? If yes, then sorry."

Elijah pouted at Mr. Trevor. "She's not verbally abusing me!", and he huffed. But, Mr. Trevor could see a tinge of red dusting his fighter's cheeks. He stood a little too close to you, he also crouched so that he could be a little closer to your eye level. The trainer then looked at you, who looked at him and Elijah with an uneasy smile.

A lightbulb switched on in Mr. Trevor's head.

'So that's why you're acting like a brat...'

With raised hands in a giving-up motion, Trevor clears his throat. "Sorry, I shouldn't interrupt this little session you have with her.", Mr. Trevor said while having a fatherly grin which didn't mean good news. Elijah flinched and got a red face. With flailing hands and a slightly raised voice did Elijah try to make the older man stay, but to no avail.

"I-it's not what you think! I-"

"Safe it! I'll ask Kublai about it!"

"Wait, DON'T- aaannnd he left.", the russian deadpanned.

You chuckled awkwardly. "Uhm, what was that just now?"

Elijah seemed to be a scaredy-cat, because he flinched again, to which you flinched. "Eli-" "Sorry! Coach Trevor doesn't know what he's talking about!"

You would've understood it better if the boy in front of you waved his hand around dismissively and laughed.

But no. Elijah stared at you like he was being held at gunpoint as he explained his coach's behavior.

"Ou-kay?", you said in an asking tone, before you raised your hands this time. "Wanna keep training or do you want to take a break?"

"Uh--let's train-" *BONK* "...seriously?"

You bonked him with one of your receiving gloves. "We were training for about three hours now, Elijah. Eat and drink something, it's going to be lunchtime soon, alright?"

The boy nodded with a defeated sigh. "Say, Milana...I-I wanted to ask you something. And I don't want to sound rude or anything, I'm just curious! And, well, if you don't want to answer then it's fine with me too! I mean, I'd like to ask you a personal question, although I don't know if it even is personal or not? I just-"

"Gosh, Elijah, I'm not going to bite your head of for one little question.", you exclaimed as you pulled the gloves off. You then helped him take his off too. When you were done, you looked into his eyesand you noticed what a beautiful touch of blue they were.

you also noticed his right brow which was shorter than the left. You wanted to know the story behind it. Otherwise, you found it kinda cute...Elijah was actually kinda cute...and handsome-

'Was Elijah always this good-looking...?'

"What I wanted to ask was---why are you fighting, like--wh-what is your reason?!"

"Do you really want to know?", you said. But something seemed...off. Why was your tone so...suggestive?

Elijah felt his cheeks heat up as you stepped closer. "Y-yes...!", the boy stuttered, and although he had a bigger body than you, he felt himself shrinking by your uh, gaze? You just stepped closer to him until his back met the wall.

"M-Milana-", but you shushed him as your head came close to his ear. He could smell your light smell of sweat (he must've been stinking then), he could count your droplets of sweat on your shoulder, and he felt overall a little overstimulated as you did something somilar as a kabedon. Your light breath reached his ear and he shuddered involuntarily. 'What are you-'

"If you want to know why I am fighting, then...wait until the author finds motivation to keep writing."

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part two, shortblackdiamond's analysis on the webtoon

Hey hEy heY! How are my fellow readers?! Here, I have written the first part/episode with a buff reader! If you want to, just write in the comments if you'd like a second part!

Read you in the next post!

P.s. please read the webtoon I'm looking for people to simp over some characters of it, specifically Elijah😫😫😭😭😭

[short-black-diamond]

HEYYAA *with Barbie rizz*

BACK AGAIN WITH ANOTHER REQUEST AND I'M GIVING YOU THREE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROMM

1) Elijah with a strong buff fem reader!!🤩🤩

2) Cale Henituse with reader that is very good with knives(and very knowledgeable about it too)

3) Tged x male reader! We have a fem reader, now it's time to male reader!!😤

Pls tell me if I'm asking for too much or am too overbearing 🫶 I'll stop I promise 🫶

-🍰nom

Extra note: I know how much you want an Elijah request so that is why I request and why I'm giving another one 😆

MY BABY CAKE IT'S YOU AGAIN!

ALSO I HAVEN'T WATCHED THE MOVIE YET SO PLS DON'T SPOIL--but was it good?

(lil side note: I am prioritising your requests above everyone's elses)

About the first request, I was actually writing a fic along those lines so you have to be a lil patient love! But if you want to know more or give me details how you want it just dm me or write in the comments my precious and sweet 🍰-nom. I'll also tag you if you want!

As for the second request...Who is Cale Henituse? From a Webtoon? Sorry but I've never heard of him, pls give me some info of him, okay?

And for the third request, do you want it to be with a male reader as well? Or should I write the third chapter with the reader who somehow swapped genders? As you can see, the possibilities are endless, so feel free to give me any instruction and detail you want to have!

"Pls tell me if I'm asking for too much or am too overbearing 🫶 I'll stop I promise 🫶", about that, you just need to tell me in clear words what you want, okay? And no, you are not too overbearing my sweet cake.

Request whatever you want, but make sure it's with good detail, otherwise I might not satisfy you guys with my stories, okay?

Read you in the next post!

[short-black-diamond]

not you hating on donovan tho lmao

(accurate tho)

thx for the blogs! they both look really cool (altho why hasn't iamthatanon posted that much?)

if you ever open up requests (i hear that they're closed rn rip)...ill be waiting...

Come on he's an idiot, claiming to be from a cultural tribe when he's not even 1%, but 0.000001%, like..

iamthatanon is a person who'd rather chat then post stuff, but I can promise you that she's a great person to talk and hyperfixte on the tomato can. also she changed her name to @theboogierat, okay? so not iamthatanon anymore, but @theboogierat.

You can send requests and I'll see what I can do because this is my final school year and I'm kind of busy, but I will make time for your requests, so just send in your asks, alright?

I hope that we can have wonderful discussions and conversations in the future as well!

-your diamond :}

[short-black-diamond]

omg actual "the tomato can" content lets goooo

(hey, im new to ur blog. it's pretty cool! hoping to see updates soon)

jfoiejfiweoifwjfw

hiiiiiiiiii

uh, I have a lot of blue lock content at the moment, but we can become mutuals or you becme a regular anon and we can chat like that too

I will also try to put ttc content over my blue lock content cuz the tomato can is such an underrated webtoon

pkfowkfpwo

I'm glad you like my blog :}

-your diamond

[short-black-diamond]

kublai khan is named after kublai khan

kublai "the great" khan, chilling with his hat, which I thought was him having himself shaved bald at first.

he looks at piece

peaceful kublai.

[short-black-diamond]

HEYY *put shades on* I'm here to hear some business

I'm interested in hearing you talk about what caught your eye in The Tomato Can and I wanna know if you have an oc for it *Slides over a pink briefcase*

- 🍰nom

Hiiii~! *stares at the sun angrily because in no possession of sunglasses* I have business. *gives heavy pink envelope into the briefcase, gives a lil heart-sticker on the briefcase, slides briefcase back*

Also I didn't proofread.

I think I should start with the OC's I thought of because my analysis might take a while for you to read and I don't want you getting bored of my writing. So, I think I'd have two OC who could be friends of Milana. Let's think of a scottish buff woman, idk what to call her, but I thought of her looking like Merida from brave, but just--more muscles? And a Chinese one -please don't think I'm racist- who at first thinks that Milana is another easy opponent who doesn't take shit seriously when fighting against her, only to get her ass whooped in the process. I don't know, but I want to call her Mei or Feng, Idk, I imagine her having bangs which go a little over her eyes? But with like, a super serious expression, and Mei/feng is all about honor and has been fighting as some sort of family tradition, and when she looses against Milana does she try to copy her? But like, Mei looks at Milana like a student would look at his master, in such a way.

Like.--imagine:

Milana: *Does laundry a certain way*

Mei/Feng: *trying to fold them in the exact same way*

Merida?? Pls help me give her a name: *joins as well because she wants to feel included too*

and just---wholesome shit, you know?

And then I just thought...why not a little more drama??

So I thought with a few new fighters just being mean girls and ruining Milana's day?? Oh! What if Milana had a female coach, who also doesn't look like a fighter because she retired! Let's call her Ms. Carmichael, and she is just the sweetest person, and then I thought about Milana, Feng/Mei, Merida???, Elijah and Kublai trying to bring Ms. Carmichael and Coach Trevor together and I think that would be cute too.... But let me hear your thoughts as well!

Anyways-

hello and welcome to ...

short-black-diamond's webtoon "The tomato can" analysis!

Here, I am going to point out some details I've found about when reading the episodes of the tomato can!

Also this will contain spoilers? Because I'm going to summarise some episodes, so read at your own risk!

In the very first episode, Elijah is introduced as a golden boy. His opponent is "Guy 'The Machine' Nevazno", (Nevazno means doesn't matter) but what caught my eye was what stood on his boxers. Baby wipes. On his grey boxers stood legit baby wipes.

Like c'mon bro. I laughed so hard at this!!

But then, and I repeat, then there's this hot teacher, like I really wanna know her name. Like, bro, you don't understand-

I wish I could put her pic here, but then it'd be very weird, so you can just reread episode 1 again. Still, I'd do my very best to be a good student, because dayum she's hot. I don't get how he can sleep in her classes. (I secretly hope she will turn up later in the webtoon, if not I'm gonna cry.)

Then, later in the episode, Elijah is fighting against someone and barely wins, and there is another fight announced with Kevin "Bam Bam" Boseman. Please keep that name in mind, because I will go deeper on that name later on.

Anyways, in episode two, we can see Elijah barely winning the fight, and then he has some sort of afterparty all alone because his coaches didn't want to be seen with him (at least that one brother-Idk which one), and so, Elijah was just in a club or something and chilling with a drink. Then, Zach comes with his underlings? and just brings Elijah down.

Elijah warns him to leave, but Zach doesn't listen, and eggs the russian on even more, to which Elijah punches him and says something along the lines of "that was two years ago, bitch", which means that Elijah had all his fights with Zach (six fights) in the past.

(-I like to think that Elijah will beat Zach up in that tournament he took part in, let's hop for that to happen!-)

And, well, as the bodyguards interfere, tearing the boys apart, Zach was about to call him something, but Elijah just growls??? Wait, lemme just-

Yeah, that's what I mean. I think Elijah wanted to break free from that guy's grip, but it would also be funny if Elijah just growled at Zach.

Looking into the next few panels, we can see J.J. (Joseph Jericho) and his assistant/secretary Hank (what's his last name?) conversing and Elijah wants to take J.J. out for a drink. And then---I also love this panel-

Like, look at poor Hanks face. He angy bro. Look at him pout. Look at ugly jericho. This is why you don't have a wife, J.J. (He called Hanks wife shitty) IN THIS HOUSE WE RESPECT HANK'S WIFE.

And later on, when they're in some sort of restaurant, where Elijah wanted to ask Jericho about turning him into a golden boy, but before he could do that, Jericho slapped him with the cold truth. (I'm not going to write down what he said.)

But, then there was that TV show Jericho mentioned, "So you want to be a mixed martial artist?" (=name of tv show), where Elijah had a week to decide whether he'd like to join or not.

Now on to episode three, where some fighters are introduced. First, we have Joe Rumsfeld, whose nickname is GSM (Genetically superior male), and he wears something like gear?? Idk what he's wearing but it's not clothes according to Mr. Gills, the producer and director. BUt please keep in mind that he had such a headgear where it stands fight club- wait lemme just..Yeah, on the right is Joe, on the left V-cube. (idk who the person in the back is but nice jawline I guess?)

AND THEN WE HAVE PRECIOUS BEEFY VASILY VADYMOVYCH VOVCHANCHYN WHO HAS HIS CUTE LITTLE CUTIE-PATOOTIE SMILE LIKE I JUST CAN'T, 🍰-NOM, HE'S SO SWEET!!! Anyways, his friends not being able to pronounce his name is such a mood.

Again, keep in mind what Alpha male (the person next to v-cube) is wearing.

Then we have Bokassa with his cool spiritual horn, and I love how he just--believes in it! (The horn is never wrong) We also have Oscar Castro Fontana, a brazilian, who wants to represent his country and bring the big money to his family. Ah, what a man. But I don't really get the size disadvantage because in the later episodes, he looked like he'd be the same height as Vasily.

Now on to my third favourite, Kublai Khan, my wonderful psycho killer, who scared the living shit outta Mr. Gills/dad and the rest of the staff when he answered their question.

AND THEN--THEN THERE'S..omg, jason Hardwood...also known as "Lil sturdy", but like bro...I can't, like everytime I read his name or think about him, I have to think that "Lil sturdy" ... just stands for ....little dick---I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME BUT I WANT TO MAKE MILANA BULLY JASON SO MUCH ABOUT HIS NAME LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW-

And now to Zach...Zach Heartly...if evil why pretty face? Like, hear me out. Why does he have that long hair?? like for what? I mean, I don't really like him, but he looks handsome-you get what I mean?? And then, later on, his hair just whooshes when he finds out that ELijah is joining too.

And then he sweats? Like what are you so nervous for, Hartly?? Scared Elijah might beat your ass this time?

Anyways, Jason hardwood/lil sturdy (omg I still can't stop laughing abt it) tries to rile up Kublai because he beat his elder brother, Johnny, however, Kublai makes him mad by addressing him by his brother's name, to which Izo Honda (Daimyo) has to hold him back. And now to Izo. He's a gossip lover. Like, look.

But in the next panel he's just-

Like bro😭😭

And in the beginning of the fourth episode, we can see the brothers (Elijah's coaches) argumenting with each other that Elijah is not good enough to become a golden boy. *sad diamond noises*

Also, later on -sorry that I am going fast forward tthe hole time, but- we see Vasily trying to make Elijah his friend and I think that's really sweet of him. Also Vasily promising Elijah that he'll teach him russian for the time being is just so wholesome, but Elijah is a lil suspiscious of him and doesn't trust him at first.

Also if we look at the guys interacting with each other, Medusa asks GSM abt his clothes which are not there, but-

Kelvin Coin...bro I love this webtoon so much

Also can we look at Elijah? He's taller than Coah Trevor and Kublai and just

Just look at them. I mean, yeah the size difference is not really there but still. Also why is Kublai's chin so pointy?? Trevor looks like he aged like fine wine (not that I'm calling him old) and Elijah is just so good-looking...it makes my heart go doki-doki (ok I'll stop☠)

In episode 5, Vasily invites Elijah to take some of his nerves away, but Elijah isn't really happy there. Also not Medusa giving Joe stank eyes for drinking from a bottle...look-

What does Rhabdo stand for? I just looked it up and it stands for Rhabdomyolysis, which is a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle breaks down rapidly. (-> which I looked up on wikipedia) So like, maybe that, or it means sth completely else.

Also, another reason why Elijah is my fave, is because he doesn't drink alcohol. Then, we have Mario Di Vito (MDV), who gives Elijah his left hand to shake because he doesn't have a right hand. ELijah doesn't even address that, but the tattoo. MDV feels delighted (in my opinion) that he doesn't get asked by a stranger abt his missing hand, but gets warned by Elijah playfully who says that he won't go easy on Mario.

I'm happy that Elijah is like that. *happy diamond noises*

And then, it comes to the conversation of Joe talking abt memories, and that takes us back to the first episode, where I talked about Kevin "Bam Bam" Boseman, if you can remember.

I think Kevin, Joe and Medusa were pals once, and maybe Kevin Boseman made it big as a fighter? I'm excited for what will happen in the future!

And then Joe talked abt college days and how they were drunk and a skunk, and then we have poor Mr. Gills/dad who looses it. Also the camera man is looking at them with a concerned face.

And Elijah just laughes his ass off by dark humor, according to Vasily.

And then, in episode six, we have Trevor recommending ELijah and Kublai to fight one round to close off for the night, and The bearded coach sent Izo/drama lover over to see if they could finally use the cage, but then-

izo runs towards his coach, and then-

look at him being all excited. I mean I'd be like that too, but no one is as excited as him in the webtoon.

In episode seven, Elijah finally lands a kick with "double cheese and mayo", as coach trevor explains which is "the code for a straight a straight left and calf kick".

And well, at the end of the seventh episode, Kublai recalls his memories on how Coach trevor stopped his right leg, but then he remembered that Coach Trevor actually blocked his left leg, and it was Elijah who gave him that nasty bruise on the right side of his knee-leg part.

In episode eight, we can see Elijah being one pound over the weight limit because of the energy drinks, according to Kublai, to which Elijah gets an earful. Maybe I'll write Milana making Vasily and Elijah getting a diet?

Then we have our Alpha male who has to wear that to sponsor the TV show. Can't wear his rhabdo thingy anymore i guess lol

As the fighers Elijah and Ethan are being checked by the security, Gills interviews the other fighters again. That blue haired guy, Donovan "the freak" Day says Elijah is the weakest link and that Ethan't going to win the fight easily. Alpha male exclaims that it's going to be a boring fight and that they should watch his instead. Stfu man no one likes u.

Then we have sweet Vasily who looks concerned on Elijah's behalf because of the wounds Kublai gave him, and our cool Bokassa, who says that Elijah will win, which makes mr. Gills perk up.

Also Elijah being 23? and Ethan 25? Damn, I dunno what I should expect- I actually wrote Milana being 20 in my fics, is that okay for you, 🍰-nom?

Now we know Hank's last name too, who is moderating the fight. Hank Morel, who is also vice president of the Pankration F.C. (idk what F.C. stands for)

I also love how Ethan tried to to the fake glove touch trick with Elijah as well, but homeboy got warned and info-dumped by Vasily and Alpha male. And well, Ethan got punched and nearly lost his balance and stood on wobbly legs.

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That's it for this post! Thank you for reading this far! All the pictures I put up in this post do not belong to me but MAGNOZZ , WmW. Please support them on Instagram!

If you want to hear more about what I'd say about the webtoon, please like or comment, I'm all ears!

Please also read the Webtoon, it's really fun!

Read you in the next post!

[short-black-diamond]

Mr. Gills, father figure, milana and me craves violence

- 🍰nom

DRINK WATERRR

Bwahahah but yeah, Mr Gills will surely have a therapy session with Milana abt her past where Micro and camera man will comfort her. I just love having side characters as emotional support.

I am drinking waterrr are you drinking waterrr?

Anyways I want Elijah to accidently call Mr. Trevor "Dad". I will write it. Sooner or later. Also...would you like to hear about my analysis about what I picked up from the webtoon? ...What caught my eye?

Also please choose who you want Milana to fight against. I cannot decide between Mila fighting against Kublai, Zach, Ethan, Rumsfeld, that Izo Daimo guy, or the blue haired guy, Donovan Day. Then there's also sweet Vasily who holds a special place in my heart (right next to Elijah), but also Bokassa (the one with the spiritual horn), and also Medusa, Mario, and yeah, I can't think of a suiting fighter, but I thought about bringing up another OC for Milana to fight against.

Anyways, you decide,

-your short diamond <33

[short-black-diamond]

The tomato can - Masterlist - 02.09.2023

My golden Boy! (request: Elijah with a buff fem reader!)

My golden Boy! -> part two!

Short-black-diamond's analysis on the tomato can+possible OC's

Short-black-diamond's analysis on the tomato can - part two!

Send requests!

[short-black-diamond]

Elijah is the simp

"...wait until the author finds motivation to keep writing." HAH real enemy: Motivation

Now have a drink you deserve, I offer *slide over some fresh water*🫵🫶

- 🍰nom

I'm an even bigger simp for him 🍰-nom you have no idea- *takes fresh water from you* mmmmm flllllllavvoorrrrrrrrr<333 Yes my enemy is having no motivation, but what's more frustrating is that I have a story in mind -all perfect, perfect plot and stuff-, but I then also have to write it down. Also I'm going to do it with the reader cooking-it will be essential for the next part which I'll be writing. Anyways-

Part one

Word count: 4.3 k also I didn't proofread

My golden Boy! -> part two!

{ Last time:

You then helped him take his off too. When you were done, you looked into his eyes and you noticed what a beautiful touch of blue they were.

you also noticed his right brow which was shorter than the left. You wanted to know the story behind it. Otherwise, you found it kinda cute...Elijah was actually kinda cute...and handsome-

'Was Elijah always this good-looking...?'

"What I wanted to ask was---why are you fighting, like--wh-what is your reason?!"

"Do you really want to know?", you said. }

But something seemed...off. Why was your tone so...sad? You sighed as you sat down, petting the spot next to you. Elijah sat down quickly. "I suppose Kublai told you a bit about my past?"

"Yeah, he did.", he answered. 'maybe she doesn't want to talk about it!' "ah, but if you don't want to talk about it, then it's fine! Really!"

You looked at him with a relieved expression. "Thanks. It's just..I don't really know you that well, I mean you must be a good person if Kublai hangs out with you, but like--we only know each other since like, seven hours? So...yeah. I don't really feel comfortable about sharing very personal stuff with people I just met... Sorry-"

"Don't apologize! I'm sorry for asking you that! I should've actually waited for that question..hehe."

You grinned and your sharp canines came to view. Gosh, he'd love to get bit- "All good Eli. And now let's go eat something."

Elijah had to shake his head physically to make his pervy thoughts dissappear and earned a confused but also concerned look from you.

...

"Hello, my name is Milana Marinova, and I'm so, so glad to take on this tournament as a special guest!", you cheered into the camera. To the people who didn't know you, you were looking more like a pop star, or an influencer, or just...a model. But to the people who watched your fights, you were a source of inspiration.

Craig Gills, the producer and director of the reality TV show of this tournament, shook your hand briefly and found a cookie in his hand magically. "Oh? How'd you do that?", the bearded man asked as he examined the sweet thing in his hand, the microphone holder and the camera man were staring at him in envy.

You smiled at the man sitting in front of you. "I think that you guys will have trouble with dealing with the fighters this season, so I'd like to take some off that weight off your shoulders in which I will cook you some homemade meals and not unhealthy stuff- if that's alright with you guys, of course."

The staff looked at you happily and Mr. Gills smiled. "Why thank you very much, but will you also cook for the fifteen fighters here as well?", he asked. [Actually, you two should be discussing about your past and what you'd be doing in this tournament, but we'll come to that later.]

"Hmm, I think I can do that, but I'll need to go to the market and stuff -not that it bothers me! I'll be able to make new friends by that!- I just think that it'll be a bit hard taking into account their allergies and intolerances - do you guys have any allergies?"

"Peanuts!", the guy holding the microphone yelled. "Pistachios!", answered the cameraman. [ep. 3] "Mine's just strawberries.", Mr. Gills said calmly, to which you smiled again.

"Alrighty! A big nono for Pea...nuts...Pis....ta....chi...os...and strawberries. Great, now I can make a list- please tell me if you guys would have anything in mind I could cook for you guys, otherwise I'd just cook my traditional food, plus european dishes.", you remarked into your notebook and smiled at the men.

The three smiled right back. Then, Mr. Gills looked at his cards. "Ms. Marinova, would it be okay if I asked you a few questions about your fights? And maybe your connection to Kublai?"

"Why yes of course, Uncle Gills. Go ahead.", you answered and put one leg over the other. Your long hair was open today and you felt cute as well so you chose to wear a light blue dress that went down to the middle of your calves. You also wore high heels. You really didn't look like a fighter, more like a model or actress.

"Okay, ahem. For your information, all the questions I will be asking you about are from your fans, Ms. Marinova."

You giggled. "Ask away."

"Alright. Why did the people in russia give you the name 'dewushka yaga'? What does it mean?", he asked, and you chuckled, drying your wetting eyes.

"Oh my, to have this question as the first? phew, okay. Uncle Gills, do you know baba yaga? A russian fairytale witch who lives in a house which stands on one chicken leg? Where baba -which means grandma witch in russian- is, well, a witch who eats small children who got lost in her forest.

I guess when the people saw me fighting against my opponents with my open hair once and it reminded them of the witch, but I don't know why...I think there's still a video-"

"You mean this one?", Mr. Gills asked as he interrupted you, and you looked to the side where a TV stood. There, you saw yourself beating into your female opponent. You were drilling into her while laughing like the maniac you became when you were in the cage and your hair freed itself at one point, springing in all directions all fuzzy and curly and well, with the lights, your hair, the blood on your face and you laughing all crazy it was no wonder the people called you dewushka yaga.

You were cringing at the video. "That's so embarrassing to look at.", you mumbled and Mr. Gills laughed. "Are you serious? You beat that woman -who was undefeatable before- into a pulp before she could even launch herself at you, Milana! And it also fascinated the fans to get to know you more!"

You sighed and buried your face in your hands. "I know, Sir, but still...I just...I feel sorry for them."

"Oho?" "Wha- No! I didn't mean it in a sarcastic way, I swear! It's just...Somehow, whenever I'm in that cage, something in me switches and I'm no longer Milana Marinova but dewushka yaga. It-it frightens me sometimes. Like, I can't even control it, you know? That cage is like a portal to another world, where I become some sort of--monster, who nearly kills everything that moves.", you said, hugging your arms tightly, wrinkling your pretty sleeves in the process as you looked at the ground in front of you with a troubled expression.

Mr. Gills looked sorry now too. "Oh, I'm sorry. Would you still like to keep going? If you want to, we can talk in private and I can summarise everything later."

"Really?" "Of course, it's the least we can do. But I want pancakes tomorrow morning." "Good thing that I make the best pancakes known to earth!"

And with that, you hugged Mr. Gills [new possible father figure?] goodbye and gave micro- and camera man each a sweet they saw you give Mr. Gills earlier. They thanked you heartily. You left, but not before giving all three of them an autograph.

J.J. came into view and you greeted him politely. "Hello, Mr. Jericho." "hello, Ms. Marinova. Thank you for finally arriving here. I suppose your people have arranged your room now?" "Yes, I'm glad we could afford that nearby hotel. By the way, are you really going to let me fight or did you just invite me for personal reasons?"

Mr. Jericho laughed as he put his hands in his pockets, going outside with you. "Ms. Marinova, do you know how famous you actually are? The fans you have are -and I dare say- crazier than you in the cage, and that's saying a lot."

You chuckled at this. "Still...I...I just can't believe I'm actually here. It just feels so surreal...!"

"Well, it certainly is real [I wish], Ms. Marinova. Even when you lose against your opponent here, the fans will still support you."

You halted abruptly. "You think I'll lose?", and a tick mark appeared on your temple. The older man only shrugged his shoulders at you. "Depends. You might be scary, but do you really think you can hold a cup to my fighters?"

"If you keep talking like that, then you'll make me increase my body count."

"What, you horny?"

"No, I kill."

And with that, you went back, leaving a scared Jericho outside.

...

You were outraged. Not because something happened to Kublai. Or to you. Somebody destroyed -more like tore apart- someting Elijah held close to him.

"Who'd do something like that?!", you yelled as you patted Elijah's back in comfort. His room, which was actually just the fucking cellar with a bed and his bag, filled with tomato cans, had one covered wall. On the wall stood:

"You suck. 8 and 24."

...and a little to the right stood "Can.", for tomato can.

You dashed to the cleaning room to grab cleaning supplies as soon as you saw it, while Elijah looked inside his bag. As you came back, you heard him asking who tore his picture of him and his dad apart and then...you shook. Kublai held you close to him as your eyes were unnaturally wide, your fists turned white, and the handle of the bucket with water you carried folded by how hard you held it.

"Hey, we'll talk to the culprits, Mila. Wanna go outside for a moment?", the mongolese asked as he lay his head on top of yours but you just kep shaking. "If I don't punch something right now, Kublai, then I'll punch someone."

He quickly led you away from the scene and ordered Vasily to clean up this mess. You and Kublai stepped outside where he took you to a big rock which just uselessly stood there as decoration.

"Now, let all your anger out-"

*CRACK*

"-I meant as in 'take a breath'...but breaking that rock is also a solution...How do you feel?"

You were panting as you kept hitting the broken pieces of stone, not answering Kublai, and Kublai watched you with a sad expression. 'I wish she'd forget about that incident...'

It took you some moments to finally register that you were outside, and that it started to rain. You looked up to him. "How...how long have we been here?"

He looked at his watch. "For about ten minutes. Wanna talk or walk?", but upon your unsure looking face, which kept looking between him and the rock and the mansion, he crouched down and picked up the pieces you broke.

"You know, Mila, I'm glad that you have found a new person to care about. And I'm even more glad that it's Elijah. Also...when you're about to fight against either Zach or Ethan...please break their bones for Elijah. And me, of course."

You grinned at him sweetly. "You don't have to tell me that, bro. How about...we pay them a visit?"

And with that, you and Kublai left the from you pulverised rock where it was. The next person who'd see it would be suprised to see something like taht and wonder how it even happened.

...

"Zach!", Elijah yelled as he approached Zach and Ethan playing billard. you and Kublai were to his right, and Vasily and Mario (the one without a right hand/minecraft steve's wardrobe/cool tattoos) on his left.

"Well...if it isn't the bob cyclone of MMA."

"Why the hell were you in my room?!"

zach grinned as he looked at Elijah. "I don't know what-" "Bullshit!"

(the staff would have to cut off all the swearing later.)

Mario raised his voice. "Don't play stupid, zach. I saw you leave Elijah's room earlier."

"Me? I was here, chatting with Ethan and Bokassa about magical horns.", he explained as Ethan snickered. Bokassa corrected him that it was spiritual horns they were talking about and also called him a baboon.

Elijah looked like he could pounce on Zach any second now, but Zach himself didn't pay the russian in fornt of him any mind, too engrossed in guilttripping Mario.

"I'm dissappointed, Mario, I thought we were teammates...", he said, coming a little closer to Mario. "You look right at home with the other guys. I can't help but wonder whose side you're on."

But Mario didn't budge. "Don't get it twisted, Zach. We have the same coach, but we are not teammates."

You were glad that Vasily and Mario had Elijah's back, even when they were not training under the same coach.

However, Elijah took the word again as he walked up to Zach and pointed towards Zach's chest. "Do you know what you just did?"

"No, actually. Fill me in later?"

"You sonofa-"

In less than a second, Ethan grabbed Elijah's arm. You backed away from the wall to walk to to the "Cheetah" (=Ethan's stage name), but Kublai held you back.

"Didn't your mother teach you not to point...? Pretty rude if you ask me." "I guess she had more important things to worry about.", Elijah answered with a frown.

You stared Ethan up and down, but looked at Kublai and stomped a little. He then saw it too. Ethan's houseslippers were covered red. He nodded to you, and you nodded back.

Noone else seemed to have noticed you and Kublai silently conversating, but it was better like that, anyways.

"My issue is with Zach. But don't worry. Your ass whooping is coming soon." 'yes Eli, show 'em who's boss!', you thought, but Elijah looked down on his arm which got--squeezed?!, by Ethan, who loughed like santa (a little).

"Ohoho! We have a shit talker here. I like it!" 'This guy...is really strong!', the russian thought as he glared at Ethan. You were thinking of splitting open his skull, but then Elijah wouldn't get to have that bonus. Ugh, keeping yourself in check used up all your energy on self control.

"Don't fuck our fight up, Elijah, I'm really looking forward to my finish bonus.", then he grinned. "Now be a sport, and wait for your ass kicking...", and Ethan grabbed his arm tighter, "...like the tomato can you are."

Elijah only glared at Ethan with a blank face before yanking his arm back but ready to grab Ethan this time, however, he got held up by V-Cube. "Forget about them, Elijah. Don't get kicked off the show. You can stay in our room until yours is fixed."

You and Jublai stood back as Elijah, Vasily and Mario left the room.

...

Now, Elijah had trouble doing what Mr. Trevor ordered him to do. Weigh-ins were the next day, and Elijah's nerves were on high alert, but he couldn't focus to save his life. Elijah also couldn't fight against you properly. When you pushed him away, he just let himself fall to the ground. You lost it. "Okay that's it! Eli, you, Kublai, match- NOW!", you yelled as you took him by the hand and yanked him up.

He felt like a ragdoll when he flew in the air a little because of the strength you had.

Kublai made himself ready. Mr. Trevor also looked interested. "That's a good idea, Milana. And Elijah, if you can fight one round against Kublai, you can do ten with all the other fighters here."

"Except for me.", you chimed in.

Kublai sneered at you. "Watcha say??" "Remember that time where I beat the crap out of you?"

"...when was that?"

"That time where you woke up all bruised. you didn't even remember who you were going up against and thought it was a mysterious man, but it was actually me."

Kublai looked at you like the time where you told him that Santa was not real. "...What?"

"Do you need a rematch?", you asked, hald deadpanning at him.

"No, you two will not fight against each other. ...if that happens, the mansion might collapse...Now, Elijah and Kublai, get ready to fight."

"Beat his ass!" "Thanks, Milana!" Both men said. You sweatdropped as they looked at each other.

"Of course she'd mean me, Kublai."

"I call bull, she's my sister, after all!"

"Ugh, beat each other!" "Got it!"

"Do you know who'll win?", Mr. Trevor asked you as Elijah and Kublai went into the cage.

"You or me will have to interfere. In the worst case, I'll have to knock Kublai out.", you said in a tone that knew what would happen. The coach looked at you with a concerned face.

As Elijah put on his red headgear, he saw Kublai without one. "Kublai, where's your headgear?", the russian asked as he pointed towards his own head.

Kublai smiled lazily as he anwered. "Don't need one, I'll be just fine."

And for a moment, Elijah just stood there before tossing his headgear out of the ring. It landed right in front of you. Coach Trevor, Elijah and Kublai were in the ring as you sat on one of the many seats and observed the soon-to-be fight.

Elijah said something to which Kublai raised his arms. You locked eyes with Coach Trevor and made a kicking motion with your leg. He nodded while a droplet of sweat flew down the side of his face.

And when he said "GO!", Elijah and Kublai leaped at each other.

[I'm not going to spoil anything more abt their fight]

...

You and Kublai were standing on either side of the door, as you and Kublai glared daggers into Zach and Ethan. You smiled sympathetically, but Kublai was staring at them with a bored face.

You took the first word, addressing Ethan. "You were in it too, weren't you Ethan?", you asked as you smiled at him sadly.

Kublai continued. "Your shoes had drops of tomato paste. You were the one who wrote on Elijah's wall."

Ethan grinned as he glared right back at your best friend. "Well, no shit Sherlock."

You gave him another sad face as you asked him why. "I can understand Zach, but what did Elijah ever do to you?"

Ethan snickered as he walked towards you. He put one hand on the wall next to your head as he leaned down to you. "Listen, doll. There's just some things a man's gotta do. If you're free later, I could tell ya more about it.", the fighter said, smirking down at you.

Meanwhile, Kublai was chuckling as you looked up at him with big, doe eyes. "Doll? Do I look like a doll to you?", you asked with a smile, a sweet little blush making your cheeks rosy.

Ethan blushed a little as well as he answered you with a, "Yes, and a very cute one as well."

You then averted your eyes shyly as you whipped around with your upper body from side to side. "Then...could you do me a favor?"

"Can't promise anything when it comes to fighting that Elijah guy, sweetheart."

Kublai smirked at him mischievously, and Zach sensed danger, but Kublai didn't do a thing.

You giggled as you looked up at him. "Ah, no, that's not what I meant. You know, I've been fighting myself too, Ethan. ...If you look up "dewushka yaga", then videos of me should pop up. Please...if you're free later...could you give me some tips on how to improve my skills?"

Ethan blushed even more when you smiled up at him. "S-sure thing!"

And then you bid a good night, but before that, you turned around. "And Ethan, after you've watched that video, I expect you to come. Let's meet in the kitchen, alright?"

Ethan smirked again. "You can count on me, sweets."

And with that, you and Kublai left. "Damn, you sure about her? She's pretty damn close with Kublai.", Zach said as he thought back to your interaction. Kublai not interfering when Ethan stepped too close to you? There was something foul.

"Nah, I ain't too worried about him."

Ethan plopped down on to a sofa and typed down your stage name.

Then he froze. There were thousands of videos with aa frozen picture of you laughing into the camera lika a maniac, your goth make-up highlighting your crazy-wide smiling face.

The captions were "DEWUSHKA YAGA KILLS OFF UNDEFEATABLE..." "DEWUSHKA YAGA; THE MOST BRUTAL FIGHT..." "WHO IS DEWUSHKA YAGA?!" "DEWUSKA YAGA BEATING ALL HER OPPONENTS TO A..." "WILL ANYBODY EVER DEFEAT DEWUSHKA YAGA?!"

With hesistance, Ethan tapped on the least intimidating-looking video. Big mistake. The video started with you posing in front of the camera, your tight ponytail holding your dark hair in place. Your dark goth outfit did your body pretty much justice and you actually looked rather sexy than intimidating. But then, there was a cutely dressed girl which he knew, that girl could beat many people, after all.

He was immersed into the video that Zach plopped down right next to him to see what he was watching. The recording went on a bit, interviewing before the fight. You grinned into the camera. "She's cute, but I think that after I'm done with her...plastic surgery wouldn't even be able to give her back her looks."

And the cute dressed girl giggled when the interviewer played out your words for her to hear. "Ohhhh, she thinks she's all that! But no, I'll beat that newbie!"

Uh, yeah, no.

You beat her to a pulp. While laughing crazily, you broke her limbs and smashed her head many times into the fighting grounds. BEfore the guards could pull you away from her not moving body, you bashed her face one last time into the ground, and the ground broke.

Ethan had seen enough. He thought back on how he cornered you and how he called you these petnames. Then he thought about you wanting to see him later. Ethan thought about shitting his pants. "Told ya. Something was foul.", Zach whispered as he went to his dorm.

...

[the fight day]

"HeY, gUys.", Elijah greeted Joe, Vasily and Medusa.

"Stop moving around, Elijah.", Kublai grumbled, hyper-fixated on binding his hand neatly and perfectly. Just how you would do it.

"Where's Eva?", Vasily asked as he looked around. "She said she'd bring him a lucky-snack for the fight.", the mongolese answered while Elijah sat shaking in his seat.

Mr. Trevor paced around, mumbling something under his breath.

Joe, being the GSM he was, wanted to mock Elijah. "Hah! He's shitting his-" "He's in high spirits!", the blonde interrupted him, not wanting Elijah to feel any more down than he already was. Joe warned V-Cube to watch his mullet as he got pushed down by his neck by him.

You just came in time. "Okay, sorry for the wait! I had to take it out from yesterday! I'm glad I found a lunchbox last minute!", you exclaimed as you took out a spoon and opened the lunch box. Elijah looked inside of it, and saw a salad. A colourful salad.

He frowned. "What's inside?" "Eggs (Egg white and yolk), Peas, Sasiska (=Sausage), potatoes, carrots, pickles and mayonaise! It's also called-"

"Moscowsky Salat?! You made it?! How?!", Vasily interrupted and already drooled at the cool salad. "By preparing it. And now eat at least a spoon, Eli.", you instructed as you took a small portion and held it in front of his lips.

The dark haired russian blushed, not having expected for you to spoonfeed him, but he didn't complain. He closed his eyes as he took a bite, and he fell in love. "More-" "After you've won."

Elijah looked up to you. "This salad is full, Elijah, and it's still cold. Moscowsky Salat is served best cold, so you better hurry up before it gets warm."

He nodded, determined to win and get another delicious taste of the salad you made. "I will!", and he ran to his bag to get his mouthguard. But he rummaged a little too long. "Blyat! I can't find it! I still can't find my mouthguard!"

'Did I leave it back in my room?!', he thought as he stared at his bag in betrayal. [bro the bag never did anything to you]

All of a sudden, Mr. Trevor seemed to have gotten alive as well, because he spawned next to Elijah and scared the hell out of him. "Who the hell forgets their mouthguard?!", he yelled angrily while Elijah screamed in fear.

You looked at Kublai. "Give him your "watching a fight" mouthguard, Kublai!", you commanded and he fished it out of his pockets as Elijah scolded Mr. Trevor to not scare him like that. Mr. Trevor only looked at him like that😠. [I don't know which other emoji would suit best.]

Kublai told him that he could use his special mouthguard and you sighed. vasily came closer to you and tapped your shoulder as you deadpanned at your "older brother" for telling Elijah and Mr. "Uncle" Trevor about his different mouthguards used for different activities.

"Ah, Vasily, what's up?", you asked as you looked up to him with a smile. Vasily stared at your box, as he fidgeted with his fingers shyly. "C-could I have a bite?"

You grinned, showing your sweet fangs. "I actually packed a few more boxes in case more people wanted to eat."

You internally melted when you gave Vasily a box containing some of your salad with an included spoon to which he showed his most precious and cute smile to you while thanking you. Joe looked interested as well, along with Medusa, but you shook your pointy finger in front of Mullet man. "No-no's for you, cause you bullied Elijah. Here, Sir.", you then smiled at Medusa sweetly, who glowed in excitement. Rumsfeld grumbled under his breath.

"This tastes so good! I haven't had this salad in such a long time!", V-Cube cried, munching away happily as Medusa froze when he tasted the salad. "This tastes incredible...! Do you have more of that?"

You just put your pointy finger on your lips with a smile because of Vasily. He had a shitty diet and if he heard that you had more, then he'd eat it all up, gaining even more weight and you didn't want that. Medusa glanced at him, then nodded in understanding.

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ALRIGHTY!! I wrote this far, and yeah. I think I'll write more parts of these, but that's it for today. I hope you liked this part, 🍰-nom.

Requests are still open!

Read you in the next post!

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in light of...recent events.....

Magnozz how could you rob us of this scene:

YE OMG IT MADE ME SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SOSOSO MAD

LIKE

COME ON

JAMIE WORE IT

VASILY WORE IT

KUBLAI WORE IT

WHY NOT JOE RUMSFLIED

nah

nah, I'm mad. I'm very mad about this. füewpfplüwelpüw

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Might redraw this digitally

jfioweojeoiewjoiwfjfiowj SAITAMA INCIDENT FIJWEFWOKP

Kublai's unhinged face is everything. everythingggg

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Elijah after him vs Hartley happened

awww eli's happy dance jiowejfiowjfiojwio so cute!!!

also that's coach trevor, no? ifjefiowjfiojwfijwiofjwiofjwoiejf

I love everything about this picture. Trevor's hands behind his back, eli's excited face. everything.