Irelia's POV

Three days had passed and not a single worthy opponent, it started fun as she began destroying everyone with little effort but all that's left now is anger and disappointment.

"How am I supposed to enjoy something if it's not even worth my time?! What's the purpose of this whole trip if I can't even sweat with a fight, the dummy at least made me work out before succumbing to the floor" As she pondered she began to look at his next opponent, facing him she began to recognize something was off at a distance and became even more apparent as he approached. "Oh great another small one, ahhh this one doesn't even have a sword with him, what a disaster. What is he doing? Is he mad? Why is he flailing his arms like that? Hmm it must be a technique to psyche himself up. Either way that's not going to help."

"Stop right there, let me warn you that your attempts are… hey…" Irelia began to say until she noticed this guy didn't even acknowledge her presence.

"That birdbrain, fathands, I swear she is just uncontrollable. I do it because we are family! Such bullshit, she is going to regret it! I'm going to fill her donuts with mustard, yes! That will teach her respect!" Dom continued to rant as she approached the center of the bridge.

"Hey you stop!" He clearly didn't hear. "Heeeeeyy!" Nop, not a sign. By this moment Irelia's patience had already vanished as she grabbed a rock and threw it at his forehead.

"Ouch what the! No one told me I could feel pain in here! Who did that?... Oh uhhh hey." Dom stood closer to his opponent than he would have liked to be. She stood just a couple of centimeters below his height, her facial features well defined, a body toned and ready to attract looks, but more importantly, her eyes showed determination and strength, both of which were present at the moment mixed with unmistakable anger, and a big scowl.

"Hey uhhh, that's it? AAaaaahhhh I should have stabbed you like 8 times the moment you steeped up in front of me." Said Irelia with a trembling voice filled with anger as she tried to speak in a coherent tone. "Maybe I'll do it while you ask for forgiveness" She said as every ounce of her body tried to remain calm despite the obvious contrast of his actions. How was he to ignore a warrior? He was well balanced, she could see his physique was not that much different from hers, what caught her attention was that she couldn't see a weapon with him.

"MY DEEPEST APOLOGIES!" Said Dom as he tried hard for it to sound sincere, "It's just that someone played a prank to me and I got really bothered for no reason, sorry it won't happen again!"

As he bowed she could sense that he was really sorry for his action, but that didn't change the fact that she was wasting her time with him and was ready to face her next opponent. "Yeah right look nothing personal, but I'm going to finish you quickly and wait for a challenge!"

"You wha…!" Just as Dom was finishing his sentence 8 blades and a girl launched herself at him barely giving him time to jump out of the way, just to continue for three consecutive jumps to evade by a small margin the blades being launched at him.

"So that's your weapon? Like quick feet?" Irelia teased with a mixture of curiosity and astonishment as he was the first person to challenge her speed.

"Not exactly" Dom said with a grin on his face, "But I have yet to find someone with my speed." The moment he finished that, a white line lighted up in his head, along with a hilt he took from his back transforming in what appeared to be a sword made of energy.

She loves challenges, the adrenaline rushing, that anticipation before the collision, that's why there was no more to say as she readied her blades and took a deep breath of concentration.

*Clank*

*Clank*

*Clank*

The sound of electricity running through metal could be heard, and sparks could be seen as Dom's Blade began to parry the barrage of attacks that Irelia was performing. To say the least it was difficult enough to defend against two blades but eight coming from all directions? That's when the word cheating came into his mind, just for a moment, before it was replaced with the word awesome, but no one was beating him, not today he thought as he pushed away from hey just to get enough time to breathe.

"That's pretty amazing, how do you control them?" Dom asked after the furious exchange.

"They are linked to me" she said without a tone of exhaustion in her voice. "You are the first one that manages to stay up to par with me, let's see if you can handle this!"

Another charge, this one stronger than the other Dom could sense that she was planning something but for the time being he would have to withstand the attacks with all his concentration. As the blows kept coming he was beginning to notice the subtle changes on the blades, how they were getting with every swing more distant, and began clashing against him at angles which seemed impossible to defend. Just as the attacks kept going, one of the blades passed through his defenses, slashing at his side, just enough to leave a superficial cut, making him wince in pain, but allowing his concentration to keep at her attacker.

"I have you know!" Irelia shouted as her blade on the other side began reaching for the same spot than the previous one.

*Clank*

She heard as the next thing she registered was a kick to her stomach sending her flying a couple of meters back gasping for air. As she witnessed how his sword had extended his range allowing this light warrior to reach in an instant her attack and countering it perfectly.

There was no mistake to her, she knew it, the thrill of an opponent to beat, she was ready, that kick wasn't the least condescending, he had kicked her with all his power proving her he was serious.

"Yeah.. That feel good? Hhaaaahh.. like tell me, why are you not tired?" Dom asked only to be met with silence and those eyes shining a killing instinct, but he had noticed, she smiled with every slice of her sword, a thin smile which he had seen within their exchanges, she was enjoying it as much as him.

"Ok miss, Haaaahhhhh… How about we switch roles?"

*Clank*

*Clank*

*Clank*

Sometimes a second is all you have to react at a given situation, such was the time Irelia had to begin parring the blows thrown at her, fast paced and well positioned they allowed at the moment no chance for a counter attack as the sparks created by the friction were now shining towards her face. What came at a surprise which she managed to defend just in time was the ability of the light warrior to shrink and enlarge his blade mid attack, which made her enter in a complete defensive position against him until both gained some distance again.

"How about this!" Dom shouted as he pointed his sword at her concentrating his energy and releasing a blast of to her opponent.

At the same time Irelia commanded her bladse to surround her, dissipating most of the shock and launching her own counter attack at the unexpected warrior, managing to gaze his left arm with two blades launched at him.

"Ahh, hhhaaahh… that really hurt you know?" Dom said still with a smile on his face, looking at the still somewhat stunned figure analyzing his every move. At that moment he realized that she was missing two blades. Which were behind him and showed no signs of moving, so this gave him and idea.

"You are not very talkative, are you?" said Dom to the still stoic and focused girl in front of him.

*Clank*

"Oh sh.." She was serious now, there was nothing more, he thought as he knew she was putting all of her efforts in this charge, making him do the same. Sparks flying through the arena as the two of them didn't lend an inch to the other both concentrating all their power and focus in attack and defense.

Muscles tensing, jarred breaths and exhaustion were starting to play an important role as even now the Blade dancer was beginning to show signs of discomfort. But just before continuing it's assault both of them heard a voice inside their heads.

"Time limit has been reached, commencing desynchronization"

"What! No! Wait!" shouted in vain Irelia as the existence of the space began to fade away, and as everything was beginning to vanish she conveyed a message to the warrior. "Wait for me outside" she said with a solemn voice., as Dom suddenly appeared in the room where Karma had left him, only this time he had a massive headache, and the one who greeted him was Jayce wearing an even more exasperating and smug look on his face than normal.

"Well, well look how decided to make some friends, hahaha" he said as he putted his arm around his shoulder and approached his face slowly to his ear. "To be honest I think you make a perfect couple" he finished and stepped away just to avoid the grasp of the still stunned Dom who seemed had problems to move.

"Shut up! Alright! I didn't even think of that!" Dom shouted as his cheeks flushed red.

"Hahahaha, that's why you are still single kiddo!" he said as he tried to tease him some more before remembering what he saw. "Oh yeah didn't she told you to wait at the exit?"

"Wait, how did you know?" Dom said as Jayce responded.

"Every match is transmitted through the show room, man I had a great time with this girl, Karma"

"Yeah, I don't know why she reminds me of you too, anyway let's get out of here I need to breath before my brain gushes out of my ears, I can't even think straight." Dom said as he and Jayce made its way out of the room and too meet the blade dancer.

Before long Dom was out of the building and began walking toward the center of the arena as he saw the blade warrior doing the same at the other side. The only problem was that she seemed to be even more serious than in the match and was ignoring a pleading Karma by her side trying to calm her down.

Dom didn't know how to react to the aggressive machine, what seemed odd to him was that now he couldn't even think, it was as if the link inside the arena had messed with his sense of self, what he could say was that she seemed even more stunning now that she wasn't fighting making him nervous as he just stood there as she arrived before him, pointing a finger at his face and proclaiming with a powerful aura.

"You are now my rival, I will crush you tomorrow without mercy!" said the proud blade dancer with his head high up and a commanding voice. Much to the dismay of Karma who was massaging her temples at all moments.

To say Dom was not in the right mindset to even process correctly all the inputs directed at him was an understatement, to this point his head was a mess, everything seemed strange and he could hardly even think before moving or talking, as he would have found out later he foolishly decided to open his mouth.

"Sure!" he said in an exciting tone, "Hey what is your name?" He asked quite freely causing Irelia to tilt his head in confusion at the rather peculiar lack of fighting spirit previously shown in combat, none the less she felt he had earned the right to know her name.

"My name is Irelia, Blade dancer of Ionia" she proclaimed in a dignified tone, only to be meet with a smile and a subtle laugh as he repeated her name a couple of times under his breath, an action that for some reason made her angry. "What are you laughing about?! Do you think my name is funny? Do you think I'm stupid?!" She exclaimed in a far less dignified tone as she approached the daydreaming man challenging him as he still had that exasperating smile on his face.

"No, I think you are beautiful"

With the end of that sentence different things happened in a couple of seconds, such as Karma lifting a hand to her mouth hiding the amusement and a wide grin, Jayce who had been hearing from a distance let out a suppressed laugh as he covered his mouth and nose trying desperately to maintain his composure. To Irelia though everything seemed to ignite as her face grew red, her eyes widened considerably, and a lightning punch escaped her reasoning and grasp of the situation nailing Dom directly in his stomach.

"Ooofff.." exhaled Dom as he somehow was barley standing on his feet. "Yeah … hahh.. my n-name is Dominic, you can call me Dom" he said looking down grabbing his knees. "Pleased to meet you" he added at the end looking back at the still wide eyed and showing a sincere smile, if someone that has been punched in the stomach could make one.

"I, I'll beat you tomorrow!" proclaimed in a quickly pace Irelia as she passed both the still laughing Jayce and Dom who was now on his knees in the ground.

Karma also said his farewell and before leaving she hunched over to Dom and with a hand in his shoulder she said, "You did great!" She was still laughing. "Just make sure to beat her at least one time tomorrow okay? See you guys later" With that she upped her speed to a light trot in order to catch a fuming Irelia on the distance.

After a couple of seconds, the now freely open laugh of Jayce resounded in Dom's ears as he approached and lifted him to his feet by his shoulder. "Hahahaha, that's one way to do it I suppose" he said through his seemingly uncontrollable fit of laughter. "I didn't knew you cloud be so direct, maybe I've been teaching you well huh?"

"Shut up! Ahhh I can't believe I said that, this headache is killing me" Dom said as they were now walking to their dorms.

"HA!, well tomorrow is another day. In any case are you ok? Do you need something?" Said Jayce as they were opening the door to Dom's bedroom, which after a few seconds he turned around to answer the question.

"Yes" he said with a tired and exasperated face. "I'm going to need a couple of bottles of mustard when we get back, ok? Remember that." With that the door closed leaving a perplexed and thinking Jayce to ponder why would someone need only bottles of mustard.