Act: 58
*The fierce lion Tora, a 5-star, and on the other side stands Mika, the 4-star user of slime! Shall we have them get started!*
Tora rotated his head around, cracking his neck. Standing 6'6ft tall, he has a huge muscular build with yellow orangish hair that spikes around his head. Staring at Mika, who was 5'6 and had blonde hair that touched her shoulders.
*Let the fight!*
*BEGIN!*
Mika was soft-spoken and the first to speak.
"Star activate, slime pool. I know you, Tora, and I've seen your skills in action; I doubt I will win, though I won't give up on making it to the finals."
"Heh. I like that! Mika, you made me happy!"
Tora responded in a deep, growling tone.
A lavender-colored star appeared beneath her feet, and goopy slime of the same color started to pour out of her star, slowly covering the entire field. With each second, a foot of the slime would spread out further.
"You have quite the interesting star, but I researched the students here that would trouble me, and you were one. I know you can summon some slime creatures within that pool. Right?"
Tora started to look down as he began to grin fiercely.
"Sadly. That won't work on me!"
He lifted his right leg.
"Lion Roar."
Slamming his leg down and crushing the ground underneath him. Straight ahead of him, the slime instantly blew away, clearing a straight path to where Mika stood. The intense shockwave was enough to fling her into the wall behind her.
*The winner is Tora! With a swift victory.*
Shizu's eyes were wide open and worried. Why? Tora managed to win his fight, and if Shizu had intended to make it to the finals, he would most likely have had to fight Tora and win. On returning to the locker rooms, Tora glanced down at Shizu.
"Know this. I want you to win and impress me because I don't plan on losing to you."
The timer is displayed. 9:24. Shizu started thinking to himself.
'Can I really beat him? I don't even know what attack that was. Nor did he call up any Star... I didn't see any form of shockwave in that move. Happened. Maybe I could've sensed it if I were on the field with him...?'
In a minor panic, he sat back, waiting as the other students continued with their fights. Rounds passed, and wins became much more exciting for the crowd. Reaching the sixth bracket, Chisaka quickly stomped her opponent and going on to the seventh bracket, Aikawa also easily won her bracket round. The following rounds occurred, and Oto, Daichi, Ren, Kyde, and Amamoto advanced in their brackets.
With all the fighting, a momentary break was set, and the students were given time to rest and recover for their last and final fight, wrapping up the second round of the tournaments. Up came Taku. He struggled a little within his battle, but nothing that he couldn't handle, and he progressed, advancing to the final rounds.
Taku joyfully entered the locker rooms, throwing his hands up at Oto.
"You got it Oto, I know you can do it when it's your turn!"
"...yeah... I guess so.."
"Good job, Taku. I will see you there as well."
Shizu said with a smile on his face.
"Hm? I wish I could've had the chance to fight you for a second time, Shizu. But really, come on now. You're up against Tora? That man will crush you in seconds; he acknowledged that girl's power. I doubt you'll show him anything."
He ended up saying before walking away and re-grouping with Oto.
The silence was once more left in the air for Shizu.
'I will show you. Taku.'
Hano was up next. He won with a flashy time yet again. Making his fight seem like light work. The announcer spoke to the crowd again, full of excitement and joy.
*Boys and Girls, the fight you've all been waiting for. I am not quite sure why the hype has been around this fight. But give it up for Tora, the lion king, and Shizu, the false light. It is a one-sided fight, but who cares! I'm ready to watch this beatdown occur..! Are you ready! You two fight!*
Standing apart from one another, none made a move. The anticipation was high up in the air.
"Shizu. I have had my eye on you for a little while. Looking back at some of your moves. What was brought to my attention? Hano is saying you're some weakling, almost like everyone else. However, I need to see this with my own eyes. So prove them wrong, right here. And."
*NOW!*
Veins popped from Tora's neck as he shouted to where a shockwave of sound channeled towards Shizu. He kept his ground, raising both arms to block the wave of pure energy that shot toward him. His hair flew black, and he remained locked in place, ready.
'God, Tora is no joke...'
Shizu started to think about it deeply.
Before he could drop his arms within the exact second, Tora dashed over to him firmly, grabbing both his arms, picking him up off the ground and over his shoulders, then slamming him back to the ground as he rotated his body to the left. Shizu's body slammed profusely into the tile, and spit shot out of his mouth. When Tora had let go of his arms and watched him lay there, he raised his right leg, slamming his foot down onto his gut.
*Thud!*
A minor amount of smoke cleared the air, and Shizu's body wasn't where his foot resided. He pulled back his leg from the ground, which caved in by three inches. He was somewhat confused as to where he had moved that quickly.
*Pow!*
Tora tightened his neck, resisting looking in the other direction, as his body remained still and pushed the force against Shizu's fist that dug deep into his cheek. Muttering out some words, he could withstand and look him in the eye.
"Nice... One... Shizu, now is that all?"
He grabbed his arm and tossed him across the field.
"Pretty light now."
Raising his leg, he stomped down in his direction. One slam at a time sent the same shockwave at him, though Shizu recovered fast, running in the other direction and avoiding each incoming slam. Breaking the distance, he managed to gain in on Tora, running faster than before he got close for a punch. A swirl of energy faintly appeared as he went for it.
"HA-HA-HA, you are a bold one, Shizu."
Tora, too, rewound his arm and punched his fist as they clashed together. A wave of energy cleared from both of them, but Shizu leaped back right away as his right arm lightly swayed back and forth. Ignoring the pain, he held onto his arm.
*POP*
"I'm not done yet, Tora!"
'I have to use what Chul-Moo taught me... Channeling my star energy and feeling the flow...'
Close your eyes.
Shizu stood still. Everything became black.
The sound of the crowd.
Loud.
Silent.
Everything around him.
Silent.
Became sort of an inverted color.
Silent.
He could feel the breath of each living being.
The crowd's star energy, he sensed.
Tora's star energy. He felt—the power.
Focusing on his star output, he released from his heart and his palms throughout his body.
*Ztztzs Fststsss*
The flow of his star maneuvering all around and a new kind of energy manifested. That didn't manifest. An interruption that was a flaw, a flaw, a flaw, a correction. Star Energy. Pure, white, black, white, pure, impure, pure, and tainted, pure. Two. One Star.
"Tora!"
Shizu snapped back to reality. Instantly, he was shocked once more, unlike before. Glancing at his hands and even witnessed clear white energy surrounding his body. He moved his hands around in amazement. Looking at the crowd, he saw everyone's Star energy and back to Tora, who seemed shocked. He even saw the height at which he had his star outputted. No wonder Shizu's punch didn't phase him.
'I could've sworn I felt Shizu's star energy shift, and not only did I see it. Where'd it go? Was he toying around? No?'
"Shizu! Show me what you're made of-"
Tora's eyes dropped down once he realized Shizu had been underneath him. He uppercutted his jaw, and Tora almost fell back, though he kept his balance. Leaning his body back forward, Shizu followed through with a barrage of punches to his stomach; Tora tried to grab these punches but couldn't catch his hands in time. He jumped back and swung his right arm towards Shizu. A gust of energy blew straight to his chest.
Shizu channeled all his star energy to that specific spot on his chest, testing whether this would work.
*BOOM*
Shizu remained unfazed.
Tora had been shocked. Yet he only smiled.
"Star Activate. Lion Dance."