My turn. I wait in the dark until the tall door in front of me opens. I've had so many thoughts running through my head, it's driving me crazy. How strong will the other one be? Will I beat him? What happens if I don't beat him? Will the guys be mad at me? Am I strong enough? Shouldn't I back out? Will I win or not?

  The drops on my forehead trickled down to my neck, where my jugular vein was throbbing rapidly. If there was a vampire here, he'd bite me quick. I chuckled a little and continued to check my body. My chest was rising quickly. Perhaps to the point of being unnatural. The inside of my chest wasn't much better. My heart was beating fast and then skipped a few times, as if it was having a heart attack, but then it was going again. I felt a slight tremor in my limbs and a strange tickling in my fingertips.

  It was all over when the door slowly began to open and I was struck by a sharp light. Here we go. I braced myself and proudly stepped into the arena.

  It was the same as Kenji's. I'm glad to see that hasn't changed in any way. At least one positive. The referee stood in the middle and motioned with his hand for us to go to him. While I walked to the middle of our ring, I looked at my opponent. I couldn't see much of his face because his head was down. All I could see was the long raven hair that fell in his face. He was dressed in a burgundy suit and a white shirt to go with it. He was also wearing a tie with.... bears? I had to hold myself from laughing all the way round.

  The referee cleared the rules for us and left. Yamadashi, as the referee formally introduced us, didn't even shake my hand. As soon as the ref finished, he turned on his heel and walked away.

  "Begin!" Yelled the referee one last time.

  Hiro raised his head as a sign. His eyes were bright orange. His pupils narrowed at the sight of me. His lips widened, showing white beads that were all to the tip. God, what kind of a freak is this?! I cringed more and put on a focused expression. Just like that, he doesn't scare me. All I have to do is beat him. His deranged laughter cut through the silence. My grimace turned to one of surprise. Even in the stands, they wondered what was going on.

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  "You...hahaha... Are you a boy?! You look like a girl and your hair... Hahahaha.."

  "Uh? You have hair like a girl!" I started yelling at him. My blood suddenly started boiling.

  He suddenly stopped laughing and took a deep breath. It was more like he was breathing something out.

  "Mmm such a lovely smell. So girly. Hahahaha."

  "Ggrrrr. Fireballs!"

  "Spliced."

  What? Where is it? Where is he?!

  "Get the hell out, you coward!"

  "As you wish."

  Unfortunately, I didn't react in time and he pulled me down by my hair. I winced in pain. He pulled me down harder and harder. Of course you want to trap me. No way. I jerked my head to the side, breaking free from his grip. With a few of my hair ripped out, he went back to the ground.

  "You bastard." I growled.

  "Such a lovely smell." It echoed behind me.

  He stood there, sniffing my plucked hair.

  "What are you? Some kind of hair pervert?" I yelled at him.

  He made a fake hurt face and then burst into another fit of laughter.

  "I'll destroy you for this." He said suspiciously serious and spit on the ground again.

  "That's what you think."

  I opened my arms and roared:

  "Stand up."

  The ground suddenly began to rise, as if forming hills. Here and there, rocks flew around, not stopped by the sudden change, and floated in the air.

  I jumped into the air and set my hands against the ground.

  "God's flames."

  Giant yellow flames tore through the ground, and with them came Hiro's pained cry.

  "You're mine now." I yelled aloud.

  "Water imprisonment."

  The flames disappeared and were replaced by water, trapping Hiro in a giant sphere. I used my hands to spin it.

  "That's what you get for that, you son of a bitch."

  I swung my hands apart and the water splashed sideways.

  With a scream, Yamadashi fell to the ground. I waited a moment to see what would happen next. His hand came up. Damn, this is bad. He held it in the air for a moment, but then tapped it twice on the ground.

  "Yeeeeees!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

  "Iruka Huro versus Hiro Yamadashi. Iruka Huro won."

  Yes. I did it.