“He’s my other tenet I guess you could say and he’s also my god father.” She said with a shrug.

“What your he’s your god father how.” I asked in shock.

“It’s a long story the short version of it is. He took a chest full of shrapnel and lost his leg shielding my mom three weeks before she found out she was already pregnant with me and my brothers. He’s the one who picked my name though I’ve never heard him use it he always calls me my little brawler even before I learned how to fight.” She said with a little smile.

“Oh, wow I’m sorry.” I said feeling a little awkward.

“Well anyways he’s a good guy but a little rough around the edges.” Lilly said before walking in and signed me in as a guest.

“I’ll go get changed why don’t you start to warm up.” Lilly said walking off to the women’s locker room.

The gym was a cross between a dank boxer joint and a top of the line gym this was one of those places where you normally find health or work out nuts but it sort of seamed to fit Lilly. She wasn’t one of the before mentioned nuts as she kept stating she was out of shape, but it was just the type of place where she’d fit in.

‘I guess this is probably one of the few places where she could find someone who could keep up with her like a buff cheetah or rhino. So why am I hear I can’t keep up with her I’m to weak and pathetic I bet to everyone hear I look like a shabby pig I don’t belong here I shouldn’t be here I need to go.’ I thought turning around to leave win Lilly walked out of the locker room.

“Oh wow!” I said a little shock and aww at Lilly’s outfit.

Lilly was wearing a band top and short shorts but the amount of fur she was showing was an amazing view. Plus, with her short cut fur you could see the outline every muscle you can even see some of her scars and old wound she had. She looked tough and strong sort of like a hero from the cheesy romantic novels I loved. Lilly walked over to me catching the eye of more than a handful of mails and at least three females.

“So how does it look its new because most of the time I have to deal with all that extra fur and fluff, so I hadn’t had a chance to where it yet but it’s really comfortable though it’s a little revealing.” Lilly said with a bit of a blush.

“Um it looks good on you.” I said hoping my own blush wasn’t as visible.

“Sooo shell we begin.” Lilly said heading for the machines in the work out room.

“Hay cotton tail want to ditch that fluff ball kitten and going a few rounds with me instead.” he said gesturing to a boxing ring.

Though everyone there knew that wasn’t what he had meant especially Lilly who replied. “Sure if you can last one round in the boxing ring.”

That got him looking happy but most of the on lookers gave him a look that all but said you pore stupid soul. I had to admit after I had seen her fight and then seeing the buff wolf who was four maybe five times her size I honestly felt pity for the wolf. As this was nowhere near a fair fight and less than a minute later I was proven right. As the moment the bell rang Lilly won the fight with a one hit knockout.

“Damn that was to easy he really can’t take a punch well any other challengers?” Lilly offered but clearly the watchers who knew better and either backed up or said some light hearted version of no we aren’t that stupid before starting to walk off.

As I climbed up into the ring getting some curious looks from the group that was walking off.

“you aren’t excepting my challenge are you as I’d rather not as I don’t want to hurt you.” She said starting to remove her gear.

“Oh no I was hoping you could teach me a little of how to fight.” I said a little more shyly then I meant to.

“Oh, um sure I can do that um I’ll get the gear you weight hear.” she said hopping out of the ring once she was gone a snow leopard walked over.

“So, what’s the story with you and the bunny.” He asked me.

“Um she’s my boss and she’s helping me with some stuff.” I said blushing a little.

“Oh what kind of stuff.” He asked eagerly his tail flicking back in forth a motion I knew meant I wasn’t getting out of this easily.

“Um just some stuff like helping me get a new apartment and stuff like that.” I said uneasily

“Oh another charity case huh but I get the feeling your more I’ve seen her charity cases but you’re not like that are you.” He said looking me up and down.

“No no it’s it’s nothing like that.” I said blushing more.

“Oh no no no no no no no no you stay away from her you I know what you’re doing, and I won’t let you put the squeeze on her and don’t you try that trick on me it won’t work.” Lilly said jumping in front of me as the air shifted and filled lightly with anger like it did when she had confronted the elephant in Junipers office or when she confronted my father. Only this time it was a lot less powerful almost like she was showing she could do it but not intending to use it.

“Ok cool your jets it was just a friendly little chat is all.” he said before walking off.

“What was that all about.” I asked filling really confused.

“To make a long story short he has a similar trick to mine, but he confuses mammals and for some rezone that makes you answer any question your asked. He’s like a living truth serum and unless you can pull off another trick to block it your completely helpless to it.” Lilly said watching him go.

“So how does that whole thing work.” I asked wondering if I could learn to do it.

“It’s not hard to do but hard to explain and I have no idea how to really explain it. Other than one day I got mad and it wasn’t just normal anger it was pure raw rage it was to the point that I was overflowing with rage then I passed out. Next thing I knew I was waking up with the mother of all headaches and could just do it.” Lilly said with a shrug and a look on her muzzle that clearly said she was searching her memory for more.

Lilly stood there for a minute thought before saying. “Sorry but that’s about all I got and in all honesty, I know it’s a rare thing and as much a talent as a trick. It also only seems to appear in mammals who have taken some of life’s worse beating mine was literal but his well it’s his story to tell but it wasn’t pleasant and let’s just say he owes me for braking the bitches muzzle and then some.” Lilly said watching him go.

“Um this is a bit dark let’s try something a bit brighter.” Lilly said pulling on a pair of big padded gloves after tossing me a pair of boxing gloves.

“You can put those on if you want but this is just a warm up to judge where you’re at skill wise now come at me with all you got ill block with the gloves. Your goal is just to lay a paw on me and the gloves on my paws don’t count got it.” Lilly said readying herself to block my attack.

“Um ok I’ll try.” I said as I balled my fist and then swung as hard as I could at Lilly.

To which she blocked with ease as I continued to try and attack her, but Lilly just continued to block me. But before long I started to try and mix it up as I tried to actually touch her. I tried everything I could think of from kicks jumps I even tried to use my tail and I nearly managed it with that last one. As time went on the less it felt like Lilly was holding back but at that point I was running out of steam fast. So I decided to try something desperate I hopped up on one of the rings poles bounced off and trying my best to mimic Lilly’s movements and kicked off when my paws maid contact with the gloves. I could tell I had ether messed up by the low impact or Lilly new how to block it and that was almost confirmed as Lilly pushed out just when I started to kick off and sent me flying and had me landing on my tail.

I laid there panting for a few minutes as I tried to catch my breath once I had I then said sitting up. “Ok that’s it I’m done, and I landed on my tail and that’s going to hurt for the next couple of days.”

“That’s nothing a couple of time some idiots ripped some of the fluff on mine off when they tried to cop a feel” she said panting lightly as she helped me up. I had to wince as just the idea of it was painful.

“Ok that just sounds pain full so how did I do.” I said rubbing my tail.

“Better than I had expected you’re a lot faster than I thought you’d be and your resourceful your trick with the tail nearly got me. now that was smart trick and though it was sloppy as hell you nearly pulled of one of my own moves that I came up with and took me years to prefect on your first try. That really caught me off guard but as I know how it works and how to counter it and if you would have pulled it off right when I pushed off it would have thrown you out of the ring. But don’t just take my word for it ain't that right guys.” Lilly said right before the mammals who had gathered around the ring which at this point was over half the gym had burst into cheers and a few even sounded off a few unfortunately named cat calls as they all clapped.

I felt my hole face turning red in embarrassment as they did, and I quickly covered my face with my paws trying to hide my blush and calm down as I thought. ‘oh god they were all watching this whole time I hadn’t even noticed them and oh why are they all cheering like that did I really do that good oh help this is embarrassing.’

“ok now that is just so adorable.” Lilly said with a little chuckle.

That comment had my heart racing and my chest tightening and if it was even possible blushing even brighter as my knees felt a little wobbly as I started fell little sick as I thought. ‘What’s going on with me oh why do I feel so strange and why did Lilly have to go and say something like that oh god ho god get a hold of yourself girl.’

“Ok ok ok I think she’s had enough give the pore thing a brake.” Lilly said before helping me out of the ring and to a bench. As the bright red blush had just started to slowly fade.

“I’ll go get you a bottle of water you look like you really need it.” Lilly said walking off once she was gone a few mammals complemented me on the fight even though I had lost.

“Not bad kitten not bad at all now I see what you are, and I have to say she’s got exquisite taste” The snow leporid said to me before walking off.

As Lilly returned she gave him a dirty look then asked. “He wasn’t bothering you was he.”

“No um it was more of the Lilly’s cat thing hmmm way do you think they keep calling me stuff like that.” I asked curiously tilting my head trying to figure it out for myself and was slightly distracted by the way Lilly fought not to smile which she strangely did whenever I asked a question.

‘I need to ask her about that when I get the chance.’ I thought because I wasn’t sure why, but I felt a little embarrassed when she did.

“No clue really I think they may be poking fun of us because we get along so easily after such a short time or they been talking to Z who I think still believes where a couple.” Lilly said with a little shrug as she handed me the bottle of water.

I opened the water and chugged it all down. Up tell that point I hadn’t realized how thirsty and tired I was tell then strangely it all seemed to hit me at once on top of that I felt a little dizzy.

“Does she really believe that?” I ask thankful my blush hadn’t fully faded yet as it covered the fact I was blushing again at what Lilly had said.

“I think she might but not as much as she did before but yeah my best guess she ether thanks we are or she’s hoping we will become one. She’s one of those match makers slash shipper types so she’s been trying to hook me up with someone for about a few years now. So, she’d get a big kick out of me getting a boy or in this case girlfriend and finally getting around to having an actual relationship.” Lilly said with a shrug.

“Well I um what do we do next I’m a little worn out, so um can we take it easy.” I asked hoping she wasn’t about to ask me to do some insane workout routine.

“Don’t worry its nothing major they have a few small class machines for weights and stuff you can either weight or try your paw at one of them.” Lilly offered leading me into a room full of machines and mammals working out on them.

In one of the corners of the room was a cluster of small class machines. Strangely there was only one of each where the other classes had three or four of each machine.

I shot Lilly a suspicious look and said. “let me guess you own this place don’t you.”

“No well I gave the owner a startup loan which I think he’s paid back but he owns the place I just own this equipment and leave it hear on loan. I get to use it whenever I want, and they get free equipment though only I think five other mammals have ever used it and two are Fred and Thomas.” Lilly said with a shrug.

“I still can’t get over the fact you buy entire buildings on a whim.” I said feeling a little embarrassed.

“Hay I never well once but that was for a good cause and I was pissed at a boar but other than that I’ve never bought a building on a whim. I always do stuff like buying up Z’s debt or lone someone money like I did with this place and that was just a startup I very rarely buy a place out right. Though I’ve always done so on good faith and with good intention the simple fact that most have turned at least a small profit It must be a sign I’m doing something right.” Lilly said sounding a little annoyed.

“Weight what about the boar?” I asked a little thrown off track.

“What oh um well it’s a bit of a long story but there was this bore who was trying to get into the hole slum lord thing. So, he decided he wanted to buy up a damn shelter for kids and turn it into a strip club and long story short a finick fox tod approached me about it out of the blue looking for a lone to try and save the shelter. It turned into a bidding war that ended up with me buying the whole damn block, so he couldn’t run them off. Unfortunately for him he went too far and trashed the shelter. After that me and that finick trashed him his place and about seven maybe nine of his goons I’m not really sure how many where there at the time. We then smashed his sick little plans to dust sort of literally. That finick has a lot of anger ok that a little hypocritical coming from me but I can at least keep my anger under control well most of the time but he went nuts smashed everything he even broke his bat to.” Lilly said a little uncomfortably.

“I don’t think of you as an angry person your nice and really kind you helped me out when I hit rock bottom and from what I’ve heard. You have helped others who really needed it.” I said simply and blushing a little before I noticed Lilly was standing there blushing and speechless.

After a few seconds Lilly stuttered “I um I oh I um oh er um thank you” Lilly said before quickly heading off to one of the machines leaving me there a little confused.