< Outside of Fighting Music. 02:30 >
Both Kikaru and David walked outside onto the jarringly empty street. It was a warm night where the moon shined brightly on the two boys. Tom sat down on a bench, looking very interested in what was about to unfold. A few people gathered too, regulars from the bar that enjoyed seeing these street fights happen.
They were both given MMA gloves by Tom.
Kikaru and David stood 5 meters apart from each other. The nerves were beginning to creep up on Kikaru, however. He had never been in such a fight before, all he had were training sessions with his teacher. But that was for sword fighting. He did think that he could apply some skills that he learned to regular non weapon fighting, so he wasn't panicking.
David stood in a very casual manner still, to the surprise of Kikaru. There were no nerves to be seen, as though he had done this multiple times before. "Is he.. familiar with this?" Kikaru thought.
David raised his right arm. "Yo, dude! I just realised, I never got your name." He shouted.
This took Kikaru off guard. "such a casual question before a fight?"
"It's Kikaru Aikawa!" He shouted back.
David crossed his arms in response. "Nope, doesn't ring a bell, you're a total newbie, aren't you?" He laughed as he said that.
Tom stood up. "All right, before we begin, allow me to explain the rules! You win if the other person gets knocked out. You're allowed to hit your opponent everywhere, but don't hit with the intent to kill, otherwise you're disqualified. You can give up by raising your left arm, index and pinky finger out, and shouting "GIVE UP!" He laughed.
"Are ya ready…?"
A dead silence ringed as both opponents assumed their fighting stance.. Kikaru raising both arms in a boxer style, mainly protecting his face. David leaned to the front. Putting a lot of his support on his left leg. Kikaru noticed that he was oddly low to the ground. David just smiled. The only thing that remained was the warm ambience of midnight enveloping the two. Only being interrupted by Kikaru's heartbeat growing louder.
"FIGHT!"
Zoom.
David instantly took the offense. Low to the ground, intending to hit Kikaru with a left uppercut. Caught off guard with the way David was moving, Kikaru barely managed to dodge it. THUD. Kikaru felt a blow against his waist. He had dodged the uppercut, but David quickly reacted with a right hook.
Kikaru jumped backwards, trying to regain his composure. It was a clean hit. It made him stumble a bit, sweat running from his forehead. This made him realize how outclassed he was. He couldn't gather his thoughts anymore. Raising his fists to prepare for David's next attack. Zoom. Another very low to the ground attack. Kikaru could react to it. But, David had disappeared.
Within the blink of an eye, he managed to get behind Kikaru. Barely scraping his right fist against the opponents face. Kikaru countered with a right punch, but David had jumped back to dodge it.
"Your reflexes are sharp! However, it seems that I'm slowly chipping away at you."
He responded. Kikaru said nothing back, opting to take the offense this time. Aiming for David's chest, but he easily dodged that. Kikaru responded back with a punch to the face. David suddenly dodged very deep to the ground. He tried to sweep Kikaru to the ground. With another jump, the boy made distance again.
David was smiling brightly. "This is so fun!" He shouted, not expecting a response back. His flaming yellow eyes burned with excitement.
Kikaru stood in silence, his eyes seemingly darkened.
He could hear his heartbeat ring through his ears. His blood was rising. Yet, there wasn't anger. He was enjoying all of this. His hand were trembling in excitement. He smiled back towards David. "You know what.. Yeah!" he shouted.
Kikaru felt something dripping down on his face, his nose had begun to bleed. His eyes began to shine as if it was on fire. Raising his fists again with a smile that showed confidence. "Oh?" David responded.
Fwoosh. He dashed right at Kikaru. Responding with another uppercut. Kikaru reacted to it by dodging and very quickly stopping the next attack with a swing towards David's face. David was caught off guard, now having to dodge the next barrage of punches. He retaliated back with his own barrage. Thud. Thud. Thud. Was heard throughout the street.
Both challengers chipping away at each other. Their breaths being heavy with no time to rest.
Kikaru dodged two punches aimed at his face and chest, hitting David clean in the face. THUD. He stumbled backwards. Not letting up on him, Kikaru dashed straight ahead, aiming another punch at the opponents chest. Whoosh.
It missed. Kikaru lost his footing, stumbling slightly. David had bended over backwards, using his hands as support on the pavement. He kicked Kikaru cleanly on the chin, sending him flying upwards a bit. THUD. Distance was created between the two as Kikaru stood up. He tasted blood in his mouth.
Tom just smiled, there were no rules after all, except for no killing.
"Time to… end this." David's voice sounded heavy due to fatigue that was building up. He rushed at Kikaru, who was preparing himself. His breath was beginning to get heavy too.
David jumped, doing a flying tornado kick. Kikaru deflected the kick, only to be met with a quick punch to the face. Thud.
He couldn't do anything but block and deflect trying to look for an opening. His ears were beginning to ring.
Thud. Another punch to the chest. Kikaru wasn't going to give up, gritting his teeth through the pain. David ducked very low again, a last effort move to get his opponent off his feet. But Kikaru dodged the sweep, and knew what was coming next. Seeing David rise for the uppercut, he grabbed the fist with his left hand, gripping it tightly.
The realization hit David that he was fully open now, he clenched his teeth as a THUD hit against his chest. The two of them looked at each other once more, raising their fists for the last time.
Kikaru let out a ROAR. Throwing a right punch faster than he ever had, the power behind it was inhuman.
David let out a Roar. Throwing a left punch with the force of a tiger, slower than the one Kikaru threw.
A loud THUD.
Both challengers fell to the ground, Kikaru's punch connected faster, but David could still follow up.
There was no clear winner. Both of them fought very hard, but they both didn't lose consciousness. Heavy breathing was heard from both men.
"D-Damn dude… that was… amazing." David said, a smile of satisfaction on his face as he laid on the ground.
"Y-yeah.. you are way too quick…" Kikaru complemented. A thought occurred in his mind. "B-but.. who won?"
David chuckled, slowly raising his hand with his index and pinky finger out.
"I GIVE UP!" he shouted.
Winner: Kikaru Aikawa.
Kikaru slowly stood up after a short while. Slowly walking towards David.
"You okay?" He asked him.
"Totally, just taking a rest on the pavement." He chuckled.
Kikaru extended his hand, lifting up David.
Tom walked up to the both of them, tears swelling up in his eyes. "My.. that was.. beautiful, such a stunning display of two people not willing to back down.. reminds me of my younger days." He dramatically said.
The crowd clapped for them, all very impressed by the fight that just occurred. "Come downstairs lads, I'll get you both something to drink."