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[h1][color=0054a6][b]Amane Kishimoto[/b][/color][/h1]
[h1][b]vs.[/b][/h1]
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[h1][color=92278f][b]Ruby Mamoru[/b][/color][/h1]
[u]Part 2[/u]
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She was glad that her kick got through, however Amane suddenly caught her leg. With a small change in her expression to a more shocked one, Ruby stared into Amane’s eyes and contemplated on what to do… but it was already too late! In this situation she could not rely on her instincts or reflexes, and she didn’t have enough time to think. Before she had any time to come up with an idea, he suddenly pulled her leg strongly and threw her across the arena. 

Like the cat she was, Ruby managed to land on her hands and feet, but the impact left her grinding backwards over the floor. When she had finally stopped, Ruby looked downwards only to see that her right foot, which was the one positioned behind her, was only inches away from touching the white line that marked the end of the arena. She had gotten incredibly close to losing in that moment. However, since Amane focused on the horizontal aspect of the throw rather than smashing her into the floor, the damage was only mild. From her bent down position the neko slowly stood up and gave Amane a piercing stare.

Of course Ruby heard what he had said and she acknowledged it silently in her own mind. Of course she knew that it was the hero who made the quirk. After all; her quirk was virtually useless in offense on its own and it was only thanks to her own long and tedious training that she had developed a unique and strange fighting-style with which she could utilize her quirk to the fullest potential. If anything, she could certainly relate to Amane in that aspect. Thanks to her calm nature, the second comment about her being too weak did not get to her, possibly much to Amane’s anger. However, there was a slight hint of emotion inside of her which was unusual.

[color=92278f]“You talk too much.”[/color] 

Amane smirked at Ruby's slight display of emotion, it was pretty relieving to know that he wasn't fighting a training dummy. [color=0054a6][i]that's what I'm looking for[/I][/color]. Amane took off with a hard leap forward, it was the final stretch right here as Ruby was near the edge of the arena. The boy knew she would either have to go right or left, even if she tried to stand and fight he would just bulldoze the girl out of the arena. 

With a hasty move, Amane positioned his body diagonally to seal off the girls ride side of escape forcing her to move left or right. He smirked as he threw a right hook at the girls rib. At this point in the game he was more than willing to chase the kitty out of the arena if it was needed.

[color=0054a6]“Let me see your resolve!”[/color]

Just like Amane had intended and correctly spotted, the neko was in quite the predicament. From her position there weren’t many ways to escape, a ring-out would mean her immediate loss so she had to be extra careful. Therefore, once she saw Amane approaching with a smirk on his lips and speed that was intimidating, Ruby took the initiative. Instead of playing right into his hands, the catgirl took a deep breath and went for a huge leap. Jumping above Amane’s head, just out of range for him, Ruby would land on the other side, behind Amane’s back, towards the middle of the arena and then immediately turn around to face him again. Now Amane was closer to the edge.

Amane watched as the girl leapt over him, a bit impressed by her display of skill as she pulled herself from the tight spot. A grin on his face as he took too long strides, his right fist stretched far back before slingshotting his arm forward. His left arm soon mimicking his right until he was releasing a unrelenting flurry of punches.

And once again, the unrelentless Amane kept rushing towards Ruby, giving her no sign of any break whatsoever. A bit baffled by his sheer energy, Ruby kept her gaze upon him, she was beginning to pant. [color=92278f][i]”He just keeps going”[/i][/color] She couldn’t afford to be hit by that attack, which is why she raised her arms to the height of her chest to block it. Even though she succeeded, it still hurt like hell. With a very focused facial expression that was also mixed with a somewhat angry one, as it was common during fights, Ruby immediately went for a counterattack this time, deciding to go for a high-kick to the side of his head from her standing position, leaning her upper body backwards to conterweigh her body to prevent herself from falling.

The exchange of blows was taking its toll on both fighters, though Amane managed to land a powerful haymaker on as Ruby blocked he also made a face as a shock of pain circulated his body. [color=0054a6][i]My injuries are beginning to catch up to me,its too late to go back now.[/i][/color] Ruby's foot slammed into the boy's face causing his body to twist to the side, a bit of blood dripping from his mouth and splattering onto the floor of the arena. It hurt, but the pain of losing would sting much worse. The boy clenched his fists tightly as he continued, each punch was like a double edged sword. As he caused damage to Ruby he would amount even more injury to his hands. He wanted to see how long she would last, whether she would put everything on the table to prove herself in front of a powerful opponent. He wanted her own beliefs to clash with his. He shouted loudly as his punches began ramping up.

[center][color=0054a6][h3]“HAAAAA!”[/h3][/color][/center]

It became obvious that neither of them would back down. He took her kick right to the face; The damage was done but he was still not slacking off or slowing down at all. This time however, she would not back down herself and keep going. After all, the adrenaline that was rushing through her was enough to keep her going. 
Strike after strike, punch after punch and kick after kick were thrown at one another, each of which were either taken, blocked or dodged. Ruby herself blocked all the attacks she couldn’t dodge, the neko could not afford to get hit by anymore attacks. Because of this her arms were really beginning to hurt because of the sheer force of the impact. She was jumping back and forth, kicking his head and legs, but it would just keep going. The girl was gritting her teeth, her gaze was never taken off of Amane as she tried to parry every attack that he threw at her.

To the untrained eye it would seem as though the punches being thrown were blurry as adrenaline heightened Amane and Ruby to their physical peaks. Though soon enough one side was was beginning to slow down a bit. Though both have token an equal amount of blows to their body, Amane seemed more worn out. Threw a kick to her midsection hoping that she would step back so he could assess how much damage was received. Looking down at his fingers which were beginning to change a purple hue the guy was panting hard. [color=0054a6][I]I can't even make a damn fist.[/I][/color] Amane held his hands up trying his best to curl his fingers but it was no use. In the time he took to assess damage done his foe was preparing her own relentless onslaught.

[color=0054a6][i]I can only use my legs at this point. [/I][/color]

Despite the intense speed of the exchange, Ruby began to notice that Amane began to slow down. He was not as fast anymore reacting to her kicks and punches and that would bring around her opportunity. Even though she was hit with some of his attack, most of which were blocked, Ruby did not feel any pain in that moment. The adrenaline was enough to enable her to block it all out. Of course, she didn’t receive any serious injuries so far, but the pain would still put a stop to the intense level that they were both fighting on.

Finally, her opponent decided to break up the fight with a straightforward kick which Ruby dodged by leaping backwards. Conveniently, both were now standing opposite of one another in almost the same position which they started the fight in. As Ruby stared over to Amane, she noticed how he was gazing at his own hands, but even Ruby’s vision was somewhat blurry. Maintaining such a high speed and velocity while simultaneously blocking and dodging Amane’s attack severely lowered her stamina. Just like Amane, the neko was penting quite heavily with sweat rolling down her forehead. Both competitors looked incredibly worn out; a result of their exchange. 

However, when Amane would look into the eyes of Ruby, almost hidden behind the hair that was thrown around during the fight, he would not see any sign of defeat or exhausting. Despite her whole body shifting up and down due to her heavy breathing, Ruby’s golden eyes were filled with determination. It was almost an intimidating stare as the glowing eyes signaled that she was nowhere near backing down from this fight. Her look was piercing right through her target.

[color=92278f]“Haaah...haaah… I am not going to lose…”[/color] 

The neko claimed rather silently. It seemed as though she was more talking to herself than to Amane. 
Suddenly, Ruby stopped panting and breathing heavily as her breathing began to stabilize and become focused again. She slowly lowered herself to the floor which was not very easy since the exhaustion was practically shooting through her body. 
Soon she was on the floor and the neko had positioned herself on all fours. Her palms were connecting with the floor and so were here feet. Her body however, was lowered to the floor so that both her arms and her legs, which carrying her above the floor, were bent and angled so that she could pounce at any moment. It looked similar to the stance a tiger would take on before jumping on its prey. Ruby’s eyes were now fully covered by her hair.

Amane tilted his head to the side as she watched his opponent creep down to the floor like a wild animal. It confused him as to why she decided to shift into such an odd fighting stand but he prepared himself to the best of his ability for what was to come. Amane couldn't make a fist but he planned to continue fighting. She was strange, really strange, though it kinda intrigued him as to how different this girl really was. 

He didn't know what was to come next but he was going to face it straight forward and with s grin plastered on his face. The boy beckoned his arm forward signaling for Ruby to attack.

[color=0054a6][I]Bring it[/I][/color]

Under normal conditions, after everything Ruby had seen before, she knew that she would not be able to beat Amane. However, now he was not allowed to use his quirk and was still injured. Even if it meant going all-out, Ruby would surely win, she was confident. This was her strongest technique when fighting without her quirk or sword.

[color=92278f][i]“Predatory Stance”[/i][/color] 

She whispered to herself before tensing up. Only seconds after she began to prepare herself, Ruby suddenly pounced. From her position with just one jump she cleared the distance between her and her opponent. To an untrained eye in the audience, it seemed as if she was blurry moving through the air and to those who did not expect a jump, it could look similar to a teleport. The speed at which she had leapt was insane. Those who were skilled enough could see her moving through the air, even though it only took her less than a second to reach Amane. 

The move looked similar to that of a tiger or panther that pounced on its prey, it was her unique four-legged wildcat fighting-style.
Upon reaching Amane, Ruby’s arms were crossed in front of her head with her elbows pointing forward. With just the speed and momentum that was behind her pounce, the impact on Amane of her elbows would be severe.

In the blink of an eye, Ruby had traveled more than half of the battlefield, if Amane didn’t defend himself quickly he’d find himself in a tight bind. The boy’s eyes sharpened as he got a lock on his target as she came flying towards him, it felt as though everything around him slowed down as his natural senses adjusted appropriately. In exchange for enhanced sight he gave up sound, smell, taste, and touch. Of course if he simply evaded this attack Ruby would ring herself out resulting in a win, at the speed she was coming it would be impossible to alter her trajectory. 

[color=0054a6]“As if i’ll run.”[/color]

Instinctively Amane bent his knees and raised his arms to brace for the attack, this is exactly what he wanted. She took up the challenge that he proposed, it was only right to return the good will back. [color=0054a6][i]Close range is my domain and i’ll prove it once again right here.[/i][/color] Amane held out both his arms out, as insane as it seemed he was prepared to stop her with his bare hands, he struggled to open up his fingers all the way but pulled through in the last second. 

Despite Amane raising his hands up to protect himself, Ruby’s impact was imminent and it was bound to hurt. Only small moments after she had jumped, it was incredible enough that Amane was able to protect himself from the move quick enough, Ruby crashed into Amane with her elbows first. Despite the impact being severe and the fact that it had likely pushed Amane backwards, Ruby wouldn’t give him any room for a breather.

If she stopped now, he would have time to regain his composure, his senses, his grasp on the battle. No, Ruby wouldn’t let Amane recover.

Immediately her lower body followed after, her feet connected with his hands as she pounced off of Amane as she used him as the necessary force to jump off of. 
Only seconds after the neko’s first attack started, she was now in the same position as before, in her same stance. However, before much thinking could occur the catgirl jumped again with the speed being the same as before.
Just so that Amane wouldn’t be able to block again, Ruby did not put her elbows forward but rather was ready to crash into him with both of her hands forward this time. 

Amane braced for impact but it didn't do much, as Ruby crashed into his hands the boy was shoved back viciously. Even at the attempt of trying to grab onto Ruby, the crippling damage that his fingers acquired made it impossible to grapple the small cat. 

As Ruby kicked off of him she managed to break his guard, forcing Amane to throw his hands up in the air in order to regain balance. This was growing to be annoying due to the fact of Ruby repeating the attack over and over again until he was forced into the corner of the arena.

Amane now at his limit having suffering a large amount of damage to is upper body due to Ruby repeatedly crashing into him. He was panting frantically as he eyed the girl down, it was clear to him that his injuries were catching up to him. He was completely defenseless and without answer to Ruby's barrage of attacks.

With her determined stare never letting go of Amane’s frame, Ruby jumped and pounced around the arena at the highest speed which she could. Gritting her teeth she crashed into him again, pounced off and then leapt into him again only to repeat that action. Each attack was in rapid succession, not giving Amane proper time to recover due to his injuries. Whether Amane noticed or not, with each attack he was pushed back further. Even though the initial damage from the attacks was not too bad, Ruby’s predatory stance in this case only served to push him.

After at least a dozen of pounces, Ruby leapt off of Amane one final time before coming to a stop in the middle of the arena. Her frame was more than shaky and her heavy breathing and pants were filling the air in the room. Why did Ruby stop? If Amane were to look down, he would be able to see it. 
Slowly Ruby stood up, her frame was shivering as she did, the rapid attacks during her predatory stance were enough to blow all of her stamina. After her struggle to get up, the shaky girl stared into Amane’s eyes with her determined stare. Her hair was all roughed up just like the rest of her body showed the signs of the battle. Her hands were scratched open and somewhat bloody as she had used them so carelessly, leaping off the floor together with her legs. The next words she practically screamed at Amane. After everything he had said to her during the fight, she just couldn’t help herself.


With ruby’s last and most forceful shove Amane had been forced out of the arena, though he hadn’t realized it yet as he took a step forward. He realized that Ruby stopped for some reason as she released all the tension in her body, the boy glanced down seeing that his foot was planted horizontally along the white outlining of the arena. It seems as though he was out of bounds resulting in a lost.

[color=0054a6]“Tsk”[/color]

His shirt was stained with bloody fingerprints, it seems like he wasn’t the only one who damaged their hands in the battle.

[center][color=92278f][b][h3]I AM GOING TO BECOME A HERO!!!”[/h3][/b][/color][/center] 

Ruby had shouted at him from the top of her lungs, putting whatever energy she had left to display how she felt, it was surprising to hear. So much that Amane’s mind had went blank as he stared back at the girl who looked a mess at this point as compared to her aloof composure earlier. Seeing her flip the script was quite…

Satisfying.

A small grin was placed on the boys faced as he began walking forward towards Ruby, [color=0054a6]“Go ahead and rejoice in your measly win, I hope you’ll be ready for round two by the same time tomorrow.”[/color] 

After Ruby’s display of emotions, her heavy breathing steadily became slower until it got back to her normal breathing. She was quite out of breath after this fight after all. While her expression slowly returned to her normal face too, Ruby lifted her head up again to face Amane who had stepped closer to her. 

[color=92278f]“We’ll see.”[/color] 

Whether she had any intention of fighting Amane or not did not matter at that moment, Ruby was glad that she was able to prove herself to the one person who seemed to put everyone through a test that he met. For some reason she needed that self-reassurance. 
It was only then, when the fight was over, even though Ruby was still hindered by the injuries to her hands and the lack of stamina, that Ruby finally noticed that they were being watched by more people than at the beginning. Therefore, she turned her head towards were they sat and noticed that even a teacher had watched them. Was the encounter that interesting?

[@Melpaws][@Silver Carrot][@Lucius cypher]