PARENTHOOD

Chapter Nineteen

The Doctor stood opposite his foe, his body tense and ready for battle. On the other side of the room, his adversary relaxed and prepared himself for the coming battle. The two opponents stood together in a dojo in Hong Kong, both of them seasoned fighters. The Doctor quickly sized up the other man with an expert eye and got into a fighting stance. Then suddenly, the two of them sprang towards one another, fists flying as they punched and kicked and tried to defeat the other. The Doctor ducked and weaved, expertly avoiding the muscular Asian man in front of him as he tried to get the upper hand. But the Asian man had been through years of training and he was every bit as capable as the Doctor was. Even though the Doctor wasn't winded, he could tell that it would take all his skill to win this contest.

For fifteen minutes, the two men sparred with one another, each trying to hold out long enough to win. The Doctor grinned when he landed a kick to the man's chest but it barely phased him as the man returned a roundhouse kick. The Doctor was able to jerk back just as the man's foot went by his face. Switching tactics, the Doctor tried to go for his feet but the man was too quick for him and the Doctor was rewarded with a kick to the face that sent him to the floor. He was up and on his feet in no time but the man came at him quickly and the Doctor suddenly found himself in the middle of a lightning assault of punches and kicks from the man. Then he felt the man's leg connect with the back of his and he fell hard to the floor, the wind knocked out of him as the man followed him down and planted his knee on the Doctor's chest, his fist poised to strike him in the face and break the Doctor's nose. Then suddenly, the man let out a laugh and got up off of him as Rain and the triplets laughed. The Doctor looked over at them as they sat in the corner of the dojo with Bruce Lee's son and daughter, Brandon and Shannon.

"Hey, you're supposed to be on my side. Quit laughing," he said to his wife and four year old triplets as he got to his feet.

"Sorry, dear," Rain said. "Not every day you get to see your husband get his ass kicked by Bruce Lee."

"Thanks a lot, Rain," the Doctor said as Bruce chuckled.

He grinned at Bruce and the two men shook hands.

"Good match," the Doctor said.

"Very good. I'm surprised. Not many men can hold their own against me," Bruce said.

"Yeah, well I've had a lot of training in my younger years," the Doctor said, not bothering to tell him he'd been using Venusian Aikido moves on him.

Bruce patted him on the back as they walked over to their families. Brandon hopped up and ran over to him.

"You did really good, Daddy," he said to him.

"Thank you, Brandon. It was a rough fight but I managed to come out on top," Bruce said, tousling his hair.

He smiled as Chaska hopped up and held his fists up.

"Oho, you want to fight me next, little one?" he said to the Doctor's son.

Bruce chuckled as Sokanon, Namid, Brandon and Shannon joined him and surrounded him.

"Looks like you have your work cut out for you now, mate," the Doctor said. "I don't think you'll be able to fight all these children all at once."

"No, my friend, I think you're right. I have no chance," Bruce said as he knelt down.

He hugged each of the children in turn as Rain got up and went to her husband's side.

"Instead of fighting me, would you mind if I fed you all?" Bruce asked them.

The Doctor chuckled when they all cheered.

"Follow me then," he said to the children as he walked off.

The Doctor took Rain's hand and they watched with glee as the children followed Bruce Lee towards the door of his personal dojo so they could all get something to eat.

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