Maki looked at the body on the ground before her. She turned away from the cadaver without expression and faced the crowd who were roaring and cheering her name. She liked it, how they applauded, how they feared her. The girl she had just killed knew how to get the crowd going. She had down this unusual chant that rallied her fans. But her "Nico Nico Nii" didn't stop Makis blade. Maki smirked at the thought before turning and heading out as the announcers applauded her victory and riled the crowds up for the next fight.
She headed straight to the changing rooms. She always got changed straight away then washed when she got to her home as she lived nearby. She passed a new fighter on the way in. "NYA, are you maki the strong?" Said the Orange haired girl as she went to walk past. "What's it to you?" Maki said, eyeing this new contender. "Rins a massive fan of yours, in fact, rins technique is derived from yours and works like a charm" said the girl, who maki guessed was called rin, said brightly. Maki liked the girls warm attitude. "Fought many times before?" Maki asked. "Only twice, but both times were flawless victories, they didn't even touch me." Rin answered proudly.
"Impressive, in fact, I've only ever had 1 flawless, I like letting my opponents hit me, that makes them confident, and vulnerable" Maki said, winking at the girl. "you're fights as so brilliant, you're always clearly in control, like when you fought the archer last week, what was her name, Umi, the way you dodged and were able to kill her, your form was perfect NYA" Rin said, clearly excited at remembering the fight. "It's always nice to meet a skilled fan, we should talk again sometime" Maki smiled, they said their goodbyes and departed.
Maki walked into her home where she was greeted by her parents, who congratulated her on her win, they owned the entire combat duel business and everyone in it, that's why Makis training was perfect. She was born for this. She thanked them before heading up to her room to shower and get cleaned up. After, she sat in her chair and activate her holo screen. It was the latest model, with the most real visuals and strongest data connection. The perks of being the champ was the money from sponsors. She was paid millions to represent a company
As she looked at the creek she searched both of Rins previous fights. She found one rather fast. Rin was fighting a clumsy, orange haired girl. She looked at the title. "Combat Duel Arena: Rin the swift vs Honoka the bold" both lived up to their name in the fight, the Honoka girl doing bold moves that were risky in the best of fights, where Rin easily dodged all of them. Honoka wielded a large axe with a surprising large head whilst Rin used 2 small daggers. The fight came to a conclusion when honoka did an over head swing, which Rin dodged then planted her foot in the axe which was buried in the ground, and almost faster than maki could see slashed both daggers across honokas throat. Surprise registered on her face as she fell to the floor, choking on the blood in the wound.
She looked up another fight. She again found it quite quickly. This one showed Rin fighting against a girl opposite to honoka. This video was titled "combat duel arena: hanayo the defender vs Rin the swift". Maki watched as Rin tried to dart around hanayo a defender, which was a shield as big as her and a spear, she kept Rin at bay for a long time, nearly catching her a few times, but she made a mistake when she went for a jab when Rin was on the wrong side of the spear and she span aside and rolled down the length of the spear. Without being able to bring her shield to bear, horror filled hanayo a face as she saw Rins daggers flash. The look of was frozen on her face as Rin had spun round behind her and buried one of her daggers into the base of Hanayo's skull, killing her instantly.
Maki was impressed with the girls style. She was certainly agile. Maybe more so than maki. But Rin lacked the same strength Maki did, relying more on her speed and precision. Maki searched for anything else on her online, and was surprised to find another video after 10 minutes of searching. She selected it and looked at the title. "Combat duel arena: Rin the swift vs Nozomi the powerful" intrigued, Maki looked to the video and saw Rin facing down an unarmed individual, who was facing the ground, then she raised her arms and head and Maki saw her eyes were ablaze a beautiful jade fire.
She flicked her hands and shot balls of fire from her hands. Maki then realised the girl wasn't unarmed, her gauntlets were her weapon. Rin was surprised by this form of attack and struggled to dodge the attacks. Nozomi smiled, clearly experienced and in control. "Not that in control of she loses" maki smirked to herself. Then something happened maki did not expect, a ball of flame struck Rin square in the chest, instantly flooring her. Nozomi sauntered over secure in her victory, and burned Rins body, smiling at the blanked body beneath her.
Rin had lost the fight.
Maki was in shock, she was sure she had met that girl. She searched Rins name into the dtabase. She needed to know what was happening. She then saw Rins real name and recognised it instantly. She was the daughter of the owners of the restoration clinic. They were able to heal those wounded but still alive. Meaning Rin must have survived the horrific treatment Nozomi game her. It wasn't against the rules, just unheard of, so, technically Nozomi hadn't won that fight.
Maki thought it all over in her head. Rin was lucky, she wouldn't have made such a mistake. But she needed to rest now. Tomorrow she would need to prepare for her next fight. She looked at her timetable. "Eli the dancer". Maki frowned. Such an unusual name. But she put that thought away for tomorrow, and fell asleep, dreaming of an agile girl with 2 daggers and a warm aura.