Lev Hart Versus Ori Sawano!
Against all logic and reason that was telling him otherwise, Lev eventually made it down to the ring where Ori has already been waiting for a while now.
“Look who finally decided to show up.” Ori taunts with a smug grin.
Lev doesn't respond. He just stands and tries to calm his nerves to no avail.
He slowly turns his head towards Zari hoping for a miracle to occur.
“Alright! Let’s get this final match started! Lev Hart versus Ori Sawano! …Fight!”
Immediately after Zari started the match Ori bolts directly towards Lev and punches him in the stomach. This sends him stumbling back several feet.
Lev tries to get up, but immediately clutches his stomach as he is overwhelmed with intense pain.
“Is that all you’ve got? How pathetic.” Ori sneers as she spits to the side before slowly walking towards Lev.
Lev turns over so that he is now lying on his back and attempts to sit up.
When Ori eventually reaches Lev she kneels over him.
“What are you doing here?” She asks.
“...I…I…want…to…become…stronger…” Lev says between shaky breaths.
“Is that so? Okay…then prove it!”
“...What?”
“I said prove it!” Ori yells as she kicks Lev directly in the face and sends him tumbling backwards again.
She walks towards Lev again as he struggles to breathe between his intense pain and his tears.
“You know what? I’m starting to get bored so I'll finish this.” Ori says as she slams her fists together.
She is suddenly surrounded in a powerful red aura that engulfs her body like a flame.
As the smoke clears she has transformed. Standing before Lev was a creature that still looked a lot like Ori, but who was much taller and stronger along with having red skin and horns.
Lev manages to steady the top half of his body by balancing on his hands, but after he witnesses Ori’s transformation he starts slowly crawling backwards.
“What? Are you scared?” Ori says with a bloodthirsty expression.
Lev just nods in response.
“You better be.” Ori says and she slowly walks towards Lev while rotating her shoulder.
As she approaches Lev she picks him up by the front of his jacket.
“There is no way that they let someone into this school who is this weak. You gotta be hiding something…Show me your power!” Ori yells directly into Lev’s face.
“God dammit! Show me!” Ori screams as she punches Lev across the face.
“Show!”
“Me!”
“Your!”
“Power!” Ori emphasizes each of these words with another punch.
In a fit of anger Ori lifts Lev over her head and throws him across the ring.
“THAT’S IT! THIS ENDS NOW!” Ori says as she jumps high up into the air.
At the apex of her jump which is about twenty feet into the air she starts to curl her hand into a fist before falling back down directly towards Lev.
“YOU’RE TOO WEAK TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD!!! SO JUST DIE!!!”
Right before Ori lands a direct hit that would have most likely killed Lev he dodges at the last second.
As the dust clears Ori walks out of the crater she just made and searches for her opponent.
She sees glowing red eyes glaring at her from out of the corner of her vision. She looks over to see that it is Lev, but there is something vastly different about the way he carries himself.
“I’ll admit that I am impressed! I was sure that attack was going to kill you.” Ori says while she takes a second to catch her breath.
Lev doesn’t respond. He just summoned his bow from the air and immediately fired a red arrow.
Ori dodges it with ease.
“Ha! You missed…” Ori gloats until she is cut off by an explosion from behind.
Lev immediately follows this up with another arrow which Ori dodges again.
Lev continues to fire arrows for about another thirty seconds. The barrage doesn’t let up until the stone flooring of the arena is absolutely obliterated.
Ori manages to dodge the first dozen or so, but eventually as the volley continues she is hit by at least four or five of the arrows.
“NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!” Ori says with a huge grin on her face “SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN DO! NO HOLDING BACK!”
Ori runs towards Lev again, but Lev follows suit.
Right before they reach each other Lev slides on his knees and underneath Ori and fires an arrow point black from right beneath her.
This causes Ori to fly up and away for a good twenty five feet.
Since the arena is destroyed there is no way of knowing where the bounds of the ring were originally located.
Ori actually struggles to stand for a bit, but once she is back on her feet she immediately runs towards Lev again.
Lev continues to fire arrows, but Ori is weaving between them with relative ease.
She eventually reaches Lev and attempts to do an overhead punch with both of her arms, but before she can connect the hit Lev grabs one of her arms and shoulder throws her back onto the ground.
Lev walks up to Ori and knocks another arrow on his bow.
“Where did this power come from?” Ori questions as she wipes blood from her cheek.
Lev doesn’t answer. He just stands over her with the arrow with an angry yet stoic expression. His eyes were also still glowing a bright red.
“Alright. I’ll admit that you are actually a worthy opponent.” Ori says as she attempts to stand, but fails to do so.”
“What are you waiting for?” Ori sits with a look of anger and confusion. “Finish me!”
“Stop!” A voice screams out as someone approaches the two fighters.
Violet suddenly appears between Lev and Ori.
“The fight is over!” She looks at Lev with a very concerned expression.
“Look!” Violet turns her head and gestures towards Ori who was still on the ground. “Your opponent can’t even walk! This isn’t you!”
Lev is still standing with his bow knocked with the red arrow, but now his stance is starting to falter.
“You are one of the kindest people that I know! You wouldn’t do this! Don’t do this!” Violet says with tears in her eyes.
Suddenly Lev’s bow and arrow disappear and he begins to fall.
Violet catches him before he hits the ground and puts his arm around her shoulders.
Zari quickly grabs her megaphone.
“And the winner of the sixth and final match of our first year class one and class two sparring session is…Lev Hart!”
“...What…what happened…” Lev says as he looks around like he just woke up from a nap.
As he sees all the destruction he just unknowingly causes and at Ori who was still sitting on the ground while struggling to do so.
“...Oh…no…I wasn’t…I didn’t mean to…” Lev suddenly starts crying. “...I’m…I’m sorry…I’m so…so…sorry…”
Violet squeezes her arms around Lev’s shoulders.
“No. It wasn’t your fault.” She says as she shoots a glare towards Ori. “She provoked you and brought you to this point. This had nothing to do with you.”
“...But…but I still…I…” Lev is cut off by his own sobs.
Violet tries to calm him down by slowly rubbing his shoulders while she walks him back towards the bleachers.
Ori finally manages to stand up again and slowly limps out of the gym and towards the paramedic’s tent.
Before she leaves she shoots a glare at Violet.
Now that she and Lev are seated she just lets him rest for a while.
After a couple of minutes Lev starts to talk again.
“...Thank you Violet…thank you so much…”
“For what?”
“...If you didn’t interrupt I don’t know what I would have done…Honestly…I don’t even want to think about that…”
“Well, you are very welcome.” Violet says with a genuine smile on her face.
Lev just nods with a small smile on his face.
“Since the day is finally over, let me help you get back to your dorm.” Violet says as she stands up and extends a hand towards Lev.
Lev has a slight blush on his face before he accepts her help and Violet pulls her up and puts her arm around his shoulders again.
As they walk out of the gym and towards the dorm rooms Lev lets his head fall onto Violet’s shoulders.