The referee steps far away from the arena and hides behind one of the pillars
Kaori leans forward in her seat "he actually accepted it!"
Shinjiro leans back and puts his right hand on his chin "I can't say I'm surprised knowing him but...This is more exciting than I thought"
The audience watches in suspense
Akemi and Kana stares at each other silently
Referee: "B-BEGIN!" breaking the silence
Kana throws a punch at Akemi's face with her right fist
Akemi ducks to the left
Akemi's Thoughts: "She's fast!" he twists to the right and swings his left elbow towards Kana's face
Kana blocks Akemi's elbow and pushes it forward then she raises her right knee at Akemi's face
Akemi blocks Kana's knees and pushes her legs towards the ground then throws an uppercut at Kana's chin with his left fist
Kana leans back dodging the uppercut
Akemi and Kana start throwing series up punches at each other while blocking and dodging one another
After a moment Kana and Akemi break from each other and jump away
Akemi slides on the ground while looking down then he looks up and sees Kana
Kana cocks her right arm back and punches towards Akemi "HA!"
Akemi blocks her punch with both arms and the arena under him cracks
Akemi's Thoughts: "Her punches are heavy"
Kana smirks "Heh!"
Kana looks down and sees Akemi right foot raising towards her face and she jumps back
Akemi slides to her on his left foot with his right leg up
Akemi stomps his right foot down and swings his right fist towards Kana
Kana dodges to the left them kicks up with her left leg
Akemi: "oop" falls back onto the ground
Kana: "Huh?"
Akemi puts both of his hands over his head on the ground then puts his legs up and starts spinning on his hands (pretty much breakdancing)
Kana jumps back "whoa"
Akemi jumps to his feet
The audience sits still while stunned in silence then cheers loudly
Ken: "They are really fast aren't they?"
Fumiko: "All of that happened and the fight just started"
Student: "Lu X- Ah Akemi has gotten really strong!"
Student 2: "I know right, he's strong enough to be on equal footing with Kana"
Student 3: "I wonder what happened to him"
Ai looks at Akemi with an angry expression while biting her right thumb nail
Ai 's Thoughts: "Shit! What happened to you, did I make the wrong choice?"
Kana: "This is what I've been waiting for, you're making me excited" she smiles widely
Akemi: "Huh?" he notices a weird look in her eyes
Kana moves her right foot and the arena below her cracks then she disappears
Akemi: "What!?"
Kana appears in front of Akemi and punches towards his face
Akemi's eyes widens and he barely dodges it
Akemi's Thoughts: "She's gotten faster!"
Akemi leans back getting ready to jump back but stops "Huh?" he looks down and notices Kana's left hand holding his shirt
Kana: "You're not getting away this time!"
Kana pulls Akemi towards her and balls up her right fist then punches Akemi in the stomach
Akemi: "ARCK!"
Akemi flies back and falls on the ground
Akemi's Thoughts: "her punches hurt so much" he gets up to his hands and knees to looks at Kana
Kana runs to Akemi and kicks her right leg towards his face
Akemi moves his head back and jumps backward "not letting up huh?" he waves his hands then puts his left hand next to his left cheek and extends his right hand "I guess I better take this a bit more seriously"
Shinjiro looks at Akemi and his eyes widens "That stance"
Kaori: "Hm? Grandpa you know that fighting stance"
Shinjiro: "It's something I saw a long long time ago is all"
Kana: "Oh? Finally ready to start fighting back"
Akemi spits "why not come and see"
Kana: "well since you invited me" she runs towards Akemi and throws a punch with her left hand
Akemi moves her left hand to the side and steps towards the right then thrusts his left palm towards Kana's face
Kana her head to the left "heh" she leans back then puts both of her arms to her side and punches towards Akemi's face with both of her hands
Akemi grabs both of her arms and pulls them down bringing Kana towards to ground
Kana: "What?"
Akemi lifts his right leg and knees kana in the chin
Kana: "Aurgh!" she stands straight up and throws a right punch towards Akemi
Akemi dodges to the left and punches Kana in the face
Kana spits then punches towards Akemi again
Akemi moves to the side and hits Kana in the middle of her face with his palm, pushing her face back
Kana looks back with red eyes and a big smile on her face
Akemi's Thoughts: "She's still smiling?"
Kana grabs Akemi's shirt with both of her hand
Akemi: "Shit"
Kana leans back then pulls Akemi towards her and headbutts him
Akemi stumbles backward and blood drips from his head "ack!" he looks up at Kana and notices his vision is blurry
Kana runs toward Akemi and throws a series of punches towards him
Akemi dodges left and right
Akemi's Thoughts: "Dammit, I can barely see"
Kana uppercuts Akemi with her left fist
Akemi floats in the air
Kana slides back and puts both of her hands to her sides
Fire forms around Kana's hands
Kana spins and punches Akemi in the stomach with both of her fists
Akemi spits up blood and flies to the edge of the stage
Haru: "Akemi!"
Akemi slowly gets up then spits up blood on the ground "It burns, it feels like my stomach is on fire!" he puts his right hand on his stomach "did she use a fire technique on me?" his vision starts to clear "I can finally see a little better" stands up and looks at Kana
Kana waves her hands to the side and spins then the fire clears revealing a red and black gauntlet on each of her hand
Akemi: "So you're taking this seriously now huh?" he pulls off his shirt with his right hand and throws it to the side "Good, let's get started with round 2 shall we"
Akemi and Kana stare at each other from across the arena"
TO BE CONTINUED