Demons Battle

Who's gonna beat who?

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Kim was hunched over having both his knees and hands touching the ground. He had a flustered look on his face. He was currently feeling abashed because of how he was just easily brought to his knees by Daniel.

It was as if his pride was just flushed down the toilet. Kim gritted his teeth as he felt a feeling of anger and humiliation. On top of that everybody was currently watching him in his humiliating moment. If there’s was one thing noticeable about Kim, it was his pride and right now he felt like he was losing that pride as the gazes of everyone poured on him.

[ Is everything okay down then?]

Nakamura sensei voice with the microphone effect immediately interrupted the sudden situation by grabbing the attention of everybody.

“Yes everything is fine Sensei!” Daniel shouted with a wry smile.

[Then why is Kim on his knees?]

“Oh he just tripped and fell!"

Daniel immediately extended his hands towards the currently kneeling Kim.

Kim looked upward towards Daniel to find him smiling with his eyes focused on him. He  immediately understood what Daniel was trying to say.

“I’m fine Sensei I just accidentally tripped!”

Kim ignored Daniel’s hand as he immediately got back on his feet on his own.

[You boys better mind yourself. Round two will be starting in a few minutes so you all better behave I’m I clear?]

“Yes Sensei!”

Both Daniel and Kim answered with a bow.

[ I’m not just talking to you two. I’m talking to everybody! I’m i clear]

“Yes Sensei!!!”

The whole student in the battle ground instinctively answered with a bow.

[Okay wait for round two to start]

“Oh wow they are really scared of their Sensei”

“Yeah even hearing his voice gives me the creeps too”

“Although I would’ve loved to see those too fight though”

“I’m sure we’re gonna see something way cooler in round two”

The audience were currently expressing their own opinions. Some of them were disappointed that the situation between the two members of The Strongest Five didn’t escalate but almost all the audience were excited about the upcoming round two.

Gabriel was still staring at the members of The Strongest Five.  The members of The Strongest Five were not looking united in anyway instead it was the entire opposite.

Gabriel decided to glance at Sora. He found him looking at the direction of where the members of The strongest Five were standing. Sora had been unexpectedly quiet since they stepped into the battle ground and it was not like him to be this quiet.

Gabriel deliberately observed Sora and found out that he was currently watching someone.The person Sora was currently watching was not just a regular student like them. He was currently staring at one of the members of The Strongest Five. He was staring at the one with the blue hair. Sora’s eyes were currently fixed at Arata and his face was currently conveying a feeling of mixed emotions. It was quite unusual.

“Do you know him?”

“Yes”

“Well you have been quiet for a while and that’s not like you. What’s his deal?”

Gabriel glanced at Arata while Sora was still fixed at him. Sora didn’t take his eyes off Arata even when Gabriel was asking him questions. This was really looking serious. As if the situation was not bad enough with Sora looking all weird and creepy, Arata had to notice them staring at him.

Arata gave a slight smile and started walking towards Gabriel and Sora.

‘Oh shit he’s really walking over here.’

Gabriel’s mind thumped with shock for a second but he was still able to keep his nonchalant composure on.

Arata walked towards them and said.

“It’s been a while young Sora”

“Yeah Arata senpai”

“I can see you were lucky enough to get into the semi-finals of the tournament”

“I wasn’t lucky. I won because of my amazing Teammate”

Gabriel’s became startled as Sora acknowledged him before a member of The Strongest Five.

“Fool. That’s why I said you were lucky. You won because of the regular human. You’re not even supposed to be in this tournament because of how weak you are. But man I have to say people do get lucky sometimes.”

Sora kept quiet while Arata kept speaking to him with contempt.

“Well unfortunately for you, your luck ends in this semi-final. I was really looking forward to see if you’ve improved but you’re still the same”

“...”

“You’re still too weak”

“...”

“You’re not even worth my time”

Arata turned and started walking away right after talking down on Sora.

“He’s not weak!”

“Huh?” Arata stopped and turned around towards Gabriel and said.

“Did I hear you speak?”

“Yes you did. I said he’s not weak you’re totally wrong”

“Did I ask you to speak?”

Arata’s voice became some-what repulsive as he kept maintaining his majestic composure. He really was looking down on Sora and Gabriel with contempt. To him they don’t deserve to walk on the same path as him. Gabriel got even more pissed as he wondered if all the members of The Strongest Five were just pr*cks who got pride stuck in their head.

“I don’t think I need your permission to speak.”

“Huh?...let me explain something to you. Sora here may be trash but you here are worst than trash. I guess I’ll have to discipline your impudence in round two. That’s if you would stick around long enough to fight me.”

“Right back at you d*ck head. We will definitely beat you. So please stick around till we meet”

Arata glared at Gabriel with a disgruntled expression and then smiled again.

“We will see about that regular human”

Arata casually started walking away with both his hands still in his pockets.

“My name is not regular human! I’m Gabriel Lee! Remember that name because that’s the name of the person that’s gonna beat you.”

Arata chuckled and continued walking.

Sora was still quiet. Arata spoke to him in a dominant manner while Sora just stood there without saying a word. Speaking of which Gabriel has not seen Sora this submissive before.

*Slap*

Gabriel immediately gave Gabriel a hot slap.

“Ouch! What was that for?”

“That was to snap you out of your weakling syndrome”

Sora’s hand was currently on his cheek as replied.

“And what does that mean?”

“You let that guy talked down at you? That’s not like you! You didn’t even let Ashlee talk down at you and that was one of the main reasons why we won”

Sora’s expression became sympathetic again. Gabriel had never seen him behaving like this before so now he really had to ask.

“Tell me everything about Arata”

“He’s just like Ashlee.”

“Just like Ashlee? How is he like her?”

“Ashlee can predict her opponents attacks. He can also do the same in short that’s what he does”

“How?”

“Ashlee predicts your attack due to her zone for him predicting your attack is possible because he can hear your thoughts”

Gabriel was taken by surprised.

“Hearing ones thought?”

Daniel was amazed at Arata’s ability. No matter how he looked at it, the ability really was an amazing ability.

“So he was probably hearing our thoughts during our conversations?”

“Probably..”

“But don’t tell me you’re scared of him just because of his abilities?”

“It’s not that I’m scared of him”

“Of course you are!”

“Okay believe anything you want!”

Sora immediately agreed to shrug off anymore arguments before he continued speaking.

“It’s just that my body just freezes when I see him”

“Tell me how do you two know each other?”

“Arata used to bully me when I was a kid.”

“What are you talking about? You’re still a kid.”

“Do you wanna listen to what I’m saying or not?”

“Okay..okay..okay continue”

“He always knew how to get on my nerves. We attended the same junior high. This was before I even started attending the Dojo officially”

“...”

“He bullied me to the point I started avoiding him when I got the chance to do so”

“...”

“It’s not that I’m afraid of him. I just don’t know  why I always freeze up anytime I encounter him. And when I try to talk he always knows what to say to counter me. It’s as if he’s reading my...wait a minute”

Gabriel chuckled.

“I can see you understand now. You’re so scared of him that you even forgot about his ability. Tell me what we were you thinking about while talking with him a moment ago?”

“ I see... I was trying to tell myself that I am strong now so I shouldn’t be scared of him. I was trying to act strong.”

“You were so immersed in your emotions and thoughts that he used them against you.”

“Shit..that bastard! How stupid of me ” Sora said in a disgruntled manner.

“Hey how about we go beat the bastard in round two?”

Gabriel placed his arms around on Sora’s shoulder as he smiled.

“Now that sounds like a plan” Sora held his chin with his right hand which was resting on the his left arm currently around his chest.

“I know right.. now really tell me everything you know about Arata not just him. Tell me everything you know about the members of The Strongest Five”

[Alright it’s now time for the Round two of the Representative tournament! Who’s exited ] The voice of the commentator was immediately heard.