The crowd moral went down significantly after watching the capsize of the first match. It was supposed to be a head on battle between super natural powers resulting a hazardous destruction giving a complete satisfaction to the audience but it turned out to be cat fight between two noobs trying to overpower each other with brute force.
"hey Tess, Ethan where are you both in such a hurry" said Rin
"you haven't told him yet?" Ethan asked
"no I didn't, I thought you are going to….." Tess replied
"hey, what are you talking about, don't talk like I am not here, anything you have say it, I'm all ears"
"don't be so serious, not a big deal, it's just that, we are the candidates of the second match"
"oh, I see, good luck then" said Rin
"...…. Wait, what!! Did you just say WE" Rin exclaims
Ethan chuckles while scratching his head "um... he is my opponent in this match���
"What!!! Why don't you ask someone to change their chit with you" Rin says in a deep pitying voice.
Placing his hands on Rin's shoulder with a grin on his face "don't worry my friend, it's just a friendly match, no matter who wins, it will not affect our friendship"
Saying this Ethan and Tess advanced to the battle arena, each standing at a corner with a strong conviction which can *be seen in their fiery eyes, just after one look one can tell this wasn't going to be so easy.
All of the enthusiasm which was once lost in the cat fight was slowly returning to the audience. Once again, the ground was charged with excitement, before them stood the most talented of their batch, the child genius Tess and the hard worker Ethan.
Finally the long awaited dream of seeing a true fight between power users was only a few seconds away from them. The crowds rapidly increase as Merlyn announces the start of the match with a whistle.
The match begins and in an instant Tess disappears from the arena leaving all the audience and Ethan in a puzzled state.
"Where did he disappear to, that guy ,did he fled from the battle?" asked kyoko.
Rin shrugs as he was in the same boat as everyone else.
All the eyes including Ethan's were searching for Tess, none of them able to conclude what happened. That's when a strong wind started blowing over the entire arena. The wind was supported by electric shocks almost engulfing the whole arena. For a moment though Ethan saw a yellow light moving at a great speed in that electric storm and it was the last of it. The next instant he found himself lying on the ground.
All of it happened in a split second, coating his body with lightning chakra, Tess was able to run in a speed nearly equal to 1/50th of the speed of light, it sure sounds very small but it isn't, comparing it to the human abilities it is next to impossible for a human to achieve such a feat. With his ultra rapid movement he created an artificial mini storm to divert Ethan attention, meanwhile bcuz of his swift movement he was invisible to human eyes creating a chance to hit him with his thunder punch.
"Ahh... my cheeks and jaws hurt, what happened?" Ethan exclaims while he laid on the ground, uncertain about his current situation. Ethan body was aching in pain after getting hit with thunder punch.
"bwahahahahah.... That was a short preview of my killer moves, combination of Lightning dash and Thunder punch" Tess shrieks with laughter while Ethan knelt down weakly.
Soon enough Ethan rose up mustering all his strength, his legs were trembling due to the aftereffects of the thunder punch which have a paralyzing effect on the opponent. His body has weakened, breathing heavily as all his energy was sucked in that attack, he gazed straight into Tess eyes.
"hello partner, ready for another round, here I come" Tess announces as he charges toward Ethan, with the same trick again but much more confidence than he had earlier.
The strong wind blew over again inside the arena surrounded by electric shocks. Ethan kept standing there, weak with his trembling foots. Tess thought this was the perfect chance to land a blow and rushed towards Ethan.
The mini storm tremors and a lightning flash before Ethan's eyes. Without a second ado he released his attack, the fire ball in the direction in which the yellow flash was moving. The speed which was his great strength had turned into his weakness. Unable to change his path because of his ultra rapid speed, he was hit by the fire.
While his luck discarded him, misfortune extends his hands. The fire ball was supposed to cause a minute damage to his body but unfortunately when Ethan released his fire ball it was fueled by a heavy gust of wind emerging from the mini storm which combusted on contact with Tess. The impact of the combustion was so mighty that Tess was thrown out of the arena.
He fell 3 metres away from the boundary, he was severely damaged, 1/4th of his body had already burned. Tess body lied motionless on the ground. Ethan, the teachers and all of the rest students rushed to the poor guy. Before the students could reach him, Mariko sensei instantly teleports him to the infirmary.
Ethan, Haruka, Kyoko and Rin ran with their all energy while drops of tears plummeted down. Thy directly went to the ICU ward, kagami and Merlyn were already there near the doors to the ICU.
Ethan tries to force his way into the ICU but Kagami stops him midway. "it's not the right time go there, kid. You have to wait patiently while Mariko sensei is treating him" said kagami.
Never in his life, Ethan has felt more helpless and weak than he was today.
"how can I sit patiently when my friend is suffering through life and death because of my foolishness" Ethan screams as punches the wall.
"Nobody is at fault here, that was an accident" kagami tries to explain him but he was in no condition to reason with anyone. The mere thought of not being able to help his best friend in this dire situation was eating him away from inside.
Thud.....
Ethan collapsed on the ground.