Maka Sharktooth Versus Shiro Long!
“Hell yeah!” Maka says as she walks towards the arena while cracking her knuckles. “Finally! It’s my turn to kick some ass!”
After they both enter the arena Shiro bows towards Maka.
“May the best fighter win.” Shiro says while giving Maka a thumbs up.
Maka flashes a toothy grin at Shiro.
Zari holds up her megaphone.
“...Fight!”
Maka immediately uses some of her water to create some sawblades and launches them towards Shiro.
Shiro dodges all of them with ease and begins to run towards Maka.
Maka tries to splash Shiro with a wave of water, but Shiro dodges again and lands a flying roundhouse kick that sends Maka flying back a few feet.
Maka gets up as she wipes some blood off her nose.
“Alright. You’re strong, I’ll admit that, but I’m stronger!” Maka announces as she creates half a dozen water whips and sends them towards Shiro.
Instead of dodging, Shiro just stands in the same place confidently. When the water whips approach her she slams her fist together and is suddenly surrounded by a white aura. A shockwave flies out of her body and causes the water whips to evaporate.
“...That must be your power. Impressive. I can’t wait to see what you can do.” Maka says as she surrounds her arms with water and walks towards Shiro.
As she gets closer to Shiro she starts to run. Shiro does the same.
When they close the distance their fists immediately collide with one another. This creates a massive shockwave that can even be felt all the way in the bleachers.
They begin to trade blows at a rapid pace, but as the brawl continues Shiro’s aura starts to cause Maka’s water to turn into steam.
Eventually the water fists Maka created are completely gone. Shiro seizes her opportunity and sends Maka flying backwards with a powerful palm strike.
“Alright!” Maka yells out as she struggles to stand. “I’m not playing games anymore! It’s time to get serious!”
She creates a whirlpool at her feet and launches herself upwards into the air using the stream of water.
As she is falling back to the ground she molds some of her water into the shape of a shark and sends it directly towards Shiro.
Shiro closes her eyes and breathes deeply.
After Maka launches the projectile she lands back on the ground, but the force of the impact causes her to fall to her knees.
Right before Maka’s shark clashes with Shiro, her eyes snap open and she sends a powerful ball of energy towards the oncoming attack and destroys it.
“...Damn it…DAMN IT!” Maka screams as she slams her fist against the ground. “I am not going to lose! I WON’T!”
Maka starts tearing up. “...I…I can’t…”
Shiro notices this, dispels her aura, and slowly walks towards Maka with her hands behind her back.
“Hey Maka. Are you okay?” Shiro says with genuine concern.
“SHUT UP!” Maka says as she glares towards Shiro. “...You're my opponent…I have to beat you! I have to win!”
Maka slowly manages to get herself onto her feet again.
“Are you sure? You looked pretty distressed just a moment ago.” Shiro says with a slightly confused look.
“I don’t want your pity, and I don’t want you to go easy on me either!” Maka says with a furious looking expression with tears streaming down her cheeks. “I want to win fair and square! You got that!”
“Noted.” Shiro says as she turns her aura back on and assumes a combative stance. “Show me what you can do.”
Shiro charges up another energy ball and launches it towards Maka.
Maka quickly dodges. uses her water to create two swords, and starts running towards Shiro.
When Maka approaches Shiro she starts slashing wildly with more aggression than before.
Shiro dodges each slash with relative ease.
Maka lunges forwards with one of her blades and attempts to stab Shiro right through the heart.
Shiro quickly steps to the side, uses her arms to throw Maka’s off to the sides, and charges up a small ball of energy that she directly uses to strike Maka in the chest.
Maka is sent flying backwards for a long distance and is just about to fall over, but she manages to catch herself and stay on her feet.
Maka screams at the top of her lungs and creates a stream of water that leads directly behind Shiro. She jumps into the stream and the current carries her directly to her desired location.
When she arrives she surrounds her fists in water again and manages to successfully land a blow on Shiro which manages to send her sliding backwards a couple of feet.
“You managed to actually land a hit on me. I’m actually really impressed. Good job Maka!” Shiro says as she gives a thumbs up.
Maka quickly averts her eyes and tries to ignore her blush.
“...Shut up…”
This causes Shiro to briefly giggle.
“...Alright. This has been fun, but now I think that it is time to finish this.” Shiro says with a surprisingly solemn expression.
She starts charging up another energy ball attack.
After shaking her head Maka gets back to her senses and immediately sends a giant wave in Shiro’s direction.
Right before it connects, Shiro opens her eyes and launches her attack.
Even though Shiro has been using a lot of energy attacks this entire fight this one was different from all of the others. After quickly flying towards Maka in the shape of a giant laser for a couple of seconds the attack quickly takes the shape of a dragon.
As it approaches Maka the dragon opens its mouth and swallows Maka whole.
Afterwards it flies directly into the gym wall that was directly behind and slams Maka against it. Even though Maka hit the wall the dragon itself passed right through it.
As Maka fell from the crater that her impact just created she somehow manages to stay on her feet. She slowly tries to walk back towards the arena, but after a couple of steps she falls face first onto the wooden floor of the gym.
“...And the winner is…” Zari announces. “...Shiro Long!”
Shiro leaves the arena and quickly jogs over to where Maka landed.
“Hey Maka. Are you okay? I’m sorry if I went too hard on you.”
“...Nah…You’re good…” Maka says while struggling to balance on her hands and knees.
“Are you sure that you’re okay? I can get the paramedics if you need them. They are directly outside of the gym.”
“I said that I was fine! Okay!” Maka yells as she slams her fist against the ground.
Shiro suddenly gets a soft look of understanding on her face.
She crouches down and extends out a hand towards Maka with a grin.
Maka tries to bat her hand out of the way, but misses and falls flat on her face again.
Shiro rolls her eyes and helps Maka up anyways.
“...I don’t need your help…” Maka says with tears in her eyes.
“I’m just helping you get to the paramedics. After that, no more help from me. I promise.”
“...Whatever…” Maka says with a small sniffle.
As the two walk out of the gym and towards the tent where the paramedics are set up, Maka slowly lets her head fall on Shiro’s shoulder.
“How sweet.” Zari says as she looks away from the doors of the gym and back towards the bleachers. “...And now for the final match of our sparring session! Lev Hart and…Ori Sawano!”
Right as Zari was finished speaking a jolt went down Lev’s spine.
‘This has to be a dream, right?’ Lev is fully panicking now.
As fear starts to consume him Lev sees something right out of the corner of his eyes. After looking towards whatever it is that entered his vision he feels his heart stop.
Ori Sawano was slowly walking this way.
Her eyes shoot daggers towards Lev as she wears a huge toothy grin.
“Hey, this ones too small. Throw it back.” Ori says as she pretends to talk to someone else who wasn’t actually there.
Tears start to form in the corners of Lev’s eyes as sweat starts to form on his brow.
“Don’t worry kid, I’m just kidding.” Ori says while still looking directly towards Lev.
She starts to slowly walk towards Lev again.
“If you were to leave this gym then I wouldn’t have anyone to punch.” She says as she grabs Lev by the shirt and holds him about a foot into the air. “And let’s just say that it has been a while since I have been legally allowed to fight someone.”
She drops him and walks all the way down to the bottom of the bleachers, but as she does so she turns around one more time. “One more thing…”
“I have really been looking forward to this fight so you better go all out. If not, then…let’s just say that you won’t like what happens next. “Ori emphasizes the last part of her sentence by dragging her thumb across her throat.
After this she walks the rest of the way to the arena.
‘...This can’t be happening!’ Lev thinks to himself, fear fully devouring him and sending his mind quickly spiraling further down than it ever has before.