--- [Lett’s perspective]
“During the introductions, I claimed putting your money on anyone other than her was a mistake. Last round she proved me right! Despite being matched up against the fastest hunter here, she adapted, and overcame her. Watch her reach even higher heights in the second round! Please give a round of applause to Luna Luna!” – Barbara
The crowd goes wild as she enters the stage.
They’ve taken a liking to her…
“Luna sure is impressive, but don’t even for a second overlook her opponent! She defeated Valentina Odi, the only person in history to take out everyone in the preliminaries all by themselves! As far as I’m concerned, she’s already a legendary fighter! Please give a round of applause to Lett Lepus!” – Bob
As I get to the top of the stairs, our eyes meet.
I’m fighting Luna for real now…
We’ve been on many missions together and fought side by side.
We’ve worked our asses off training and sparring.
But this will be our first real fight.
No more holding back.
No more fighting for the sake of learning, training, or anything like that.
Now, we’re fighting to win.
“Good luck.” – Luna
“Do your best.” – Lett
“And without further ado, let the next match begin! Luna vs Lett!” – Bob
Immediately, without trying any tricks, I teleport right behind her and kick her in the back of the head.
She already knows exactly how my ability works, so there’s no point in trying to hide it from her.
That’s the problem with fighting your friends, your usual tactics won’t work against them.
But on the flip side, hers won’t work on me either!
Right as the kick connects, she leans forward, negating some of the impact.
She quickly turns around and tries to grab my leg, but I make sure to teleport away before she can catch me.
Her hand…
She transformed it into some kind of spiky contraption…
Had she been able to grab me, several of them would have instantly pierced into my leg, rendering it completely useless.
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She knows she can’t hold me down, so her aim must be to deal as much damage as possible, in as short of a timeframe as possible.
I’ll have to be extra careful and make sure she doesn’t catch me.
I tend to fight with my legs a lot more than my arms, and she knows that.
Maybe the best course of action would be to switch it up a little.
I yet again teleport behind her, but before throwing any attacks, I teleport right in front of her.
She expected me to go behind, so she slammed her elbows backwards as soon as she saw me disappear; now, she doesn’t have time to defend!
I throw a punch with everything I got and it lands square on her jaw.
She staggers, but quickly recovers.
She transforms her right arm into a giant needle, and thrusts it forward as fast she can.
“Piercing needle!” – Luna
It all happens in the blink of an eye, leaving me barely able to react in time.
The tip of the needle digs roughly a centimeter into my abdomen before I teleport to safety.
I appear above her, outside her field of vision.
I clutch her hair, then use a combination of gravity and my own power to pull her down to the ground.
She lands on her back, and before she can counterattack, I teleport back up and stomp her face as hard as I can.
My boots crush her nose and knocks out a tooth.
Before I can follow up yet again, the pain from her stab kicks in.
“Ghhha!” – Lett
I’m bleeding…
A lot…
I’ve gotten some solid hits on her and I’m sure they hurt, but she’s still kicking.
She’s so tough!
It won’t be long before I pass out from blood loss.
How do I proceed from here?
My attacks clearly aren’t affecting her as much as I hoped.
They still hurt her though, so with time, I can eventually knock her out.
The problem is that I don’t have time!
The clock started ticking the moment she stabbed me.
It’s not looking good for me right now…
Do I…
Do I go for a charged attack?
No…
That’s way too risky…
Right?
There’s no way I’ll land a charged attack on her; she’d never let me do that.
But at the same time, what other choice do I have?
I don’t have enough power to knock her out with my regular attacks before it’s too late.
It’s a Hail Mary, but it’s all I’ve got…
I teleport into the air repeatedly, making sure to go high enough that I have time to charge up an attack, but not so high that she’s gone by the time I land.
As I start falling, I let go of every useless thought.
All that matters is making this attack as strong as physically possible!
She’s still laying on the ground, recovering from the stomp.
Good.
I gather the Divinity…
Manipulate the Divinity…
Concentrate it all in one spot: my fist!
Just when she’s within attack range, I finally throw the punch.
It races down towards her, and she panics as she tries to get away.
Just in the nick of time, she manages to roll away, and my fist slams down into the ground instead.
She doesn’t let the opportunity go to waste and uses her spikes to crush my arm.
Normally I could have gotten away, but the blood loss seems to have worsened my reaction time…
She finally gets back up from the ground, and enters a defensive stance.
Her arms turn into large shields covering almost her entire body.
I’ve seen them before; they’re sturdy as hell.
There’s no way I’m breaking through them…
All she has to do is hold out for a little longer, and her victory is secured.
Not like that will even be a problem…
It’s checkmate.
She won.
“I surrender. You win, Luna.” – Lett
Just as those words leave my mouth, two healers arrive to fix us up.
They quickly stop the bleeding in both my abdomen and arm, and I instantly feel much better.
They fix her nose, and her tooth grows back.
“And the match is over!!! Luna takes the win, yet again!” – Barbara
The result ended up being what I thought it would, but at least I tried my best.
For as long as I’ve known her, she has always been a lot stronger.
To be honest, I did a lot better than I expected.
I’ve improved a lot!
Assuming Alex wins the next match, that means he’ll be the one fighting Luna next…
She was always stronger than him too, but is that still true…?
