Don't really have a lot to say up here except this is the first main scene with Sogiita Gunha and Gluttony. Gluttony was the last sin I finished and had some help designing him. It took forever to decide on his abilities and how to use them to make an exciting fight. Sogiita is sure to have to use all his guts.

Okaidi: AHHHH, I should have done that. Now that your mentioned it, it was so obvious. I realize millions of things I could have done with that to make it a little less depressing chapter. Dang, too late now, maybe I can change the chapter and no one will notice…

Ultimate10: It was, hoping this one will be a little more uplifting with some humor. I should have used Okaidi's idea, but, to be fair, it kind of made the fight pretty unique. All the sins have a reason for joining the organization. I purposely made a backstory for each one; some have a better reason than others.

There are a lot of comments about Kuroko too. Some like her and some don't. We will learn her fate in four chapters after this one. There are still three fights to finish. Fights are now halfway done with this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Toaru Majutsu no Index or any of the characters.

"Sigh," the scientist said typing on his laptop. "This is why I hate kids. They always say the stupidest things when they get riled up."

"Who are you anyways?" Sogiita asked looking up at the man sitting in the stands. "I should at least know the name of my opponent. I am Sogiita Gunha."

"My name is Dr. Ricane," he replied. "But you can call me Gluttony. That's the name I took after leaving Academy City to pursue my real goal."

"And your goal is so important you are willing to kidnap innocent people?" Sogiita asked. "Nothing could be worth that."

Gluttony sighed. "You kids only think in the short term," he said. "I specialized in spatial displacement when I joined Academy City. I worked a lot with teleporters and others who did dimensional calculations. However, my favorite field was robotics. I designed many interesting designs that would have changed the world. But they never wanted to use them. I always got passed up for someone else or some other objective. Funding dried up and I had to close my research."

"You should have had the guts to stand up for what you believed in," Sogiita replied. "If your research was so life altering, you should have found a way to continue with your own power."

"Of course that's what I did," Gluttony said looking up from his laptop. "I created several robotics automatons that could easily defeat the power suits designed by Academy City. But then I was questioned on what good robots designed purely for combat would benefit mankind. No one ever sees the big picture."

"Then tell me the big picture," Sogiita said. "I don't understand either, but I will listen."

"And here I thought all the rumors said you were a hot-blooded person who just jumped into everything head first," Gluttony said raising an eyebrow.

"I will jump in to protect anyone in a heartbeat!" Sogiita yelled out raising his fist in the air. "My guts will help anyone in need. But as she is not in any danger," he pointed to Kazari, "I was hoping we could come to an understanding instead of fighting to the death. Of course, I will duel you anytime if you want without our lives on the line."

"I can't understand you at all," Gluttony sighed. "But I you want to listen to the truth I will be more than happy to provide the explanation. You see, as long as humans rule, we will fight. My dream was to develop an artificial intelligence that will take the place of governments and stand above humans in order to prevent any more global catastrophes. No more war, no more murder, the AI will make sure all humans are kept in line and live in peace."

Sogiita frowned and narrowed his eyes. "That doesn't make any sense," he said. "Even if you made an AI that could do that, mankind would never accept it. We all use our guts to lead to our own path. Humankind would stand up to such oppression."

"Yes they would," Gluttony nodded sadly. "I realized that but I was young and idealistic. No matter what calculations I did, the AI would always fail. It is the way this world is set up, people care only for themselves, but if they have a common enemy they will fight together to protect our species as a whole. After the threat is gone, they will go back to fighting each other. So I betrayed Academy City and joined The Fallen in order to help others with similar goals. They may not agree robots should rule, but they agree this world is warped and we must change it. I am gathering all the knowledge I can in order to make the most powerful scientific robots and combine it with magic to create the ultimate soldiers for our master. We will use them to defeat those that resist as our master reaches out and rules over all."

"You master is just a tyrant," Sogiita called out angrily. "If you force others to bow with violence, it is just pure evil."

"Even if it will save countless lives in the long run?" asked Gluttony as he opened a bag of chips next to him.

"You can't be sure of that," Sogiita said. "For all you know, this war between your master and the rest of the world could end in even more countless deaths over years."

"Only in one generation," Gluttony said through a handful of chips. "More lives will be saved in the long run if everyone is united in one generation. Our master may use any means at his disposal to win, but he only looks at the big picture. The Herald has told us all about him."

"I see," Sogiita said thinking. So he doesn't know who the master is and just blindly following him. My words armed with my guts probably won't be enough to convince him. In order to save Uiharu-san, I have no choice but to defeat him and make him free us. "You seem devoted to the Herald and I admire you guts. But I can't let my friends get hurt because of you, so I will fight. I do not believe your way of violence is the correct path."

"How about this?" Gluttony said rationally. "If you kill yourself now, the barrier around the girl will fade, and she will wake up shortly afterwards. I will guarantee she will be allowed to leave unharmed."

"No," Sogiita replied instantly. "I can't trust you guys as you have used underhanded methods already. You will probably just try to kill her right after the barrier falls."

"You aren't as stupid as you look," Gluttony said smirking. He typed something on his laptop and pressed a button. "I guess we have to fight. Here, try these robots on for size. They are some of my first generation models, the MK-1s." The sound of heavy stomping caused Sogiita to turn around. Out of one of the side entrances, five large mechanized humanoid like constructs walked forward. Each one was slightly taller than a normal human with what could have been a suit of armor. The heads were slightly flatter and wider sideways then tall. It was like their heads had been squashed by something heavy. Each was armed with a metal staff with small blades on the ends. They marched out of the passageway and formed up in a line. "I kind of want to judge your strength now. After you resisted my gravity in the city, I want to see if your beliefs will trample my robotics. I'll get good data no matter who wins."

"Excellent," Sogiita grinned and slamming his fist into his palm. "I'm not good at complicated issues, but a brawl I understand perfectly. I am going to use all my guts to take down everything you send at me and prove your way of thinking is wrong."

"So you want to force me to see your way of thinking," Gluttony said smirking slightly. "I thought you just told me that was wrong. Oh, well, you are a kid." He shoveled another handful of chips into his mouth and pressed the keys on his laptop. The MK-1 robots suddenly became more lifelike, spun their weapons around, and charged at Sogiita. The nearest one jabbed at Sogiita with its bladed staff.

Sogiita just side stepped the blow effortlessly and grabbed the staff. "To slow," he said. He kicked the machine holding the staff and it went flying. It flew a good 30 feet and crashed into the arena wall with a dull thud. "Your robots lack guts." Two of the remaining robots flanked him and jabbed their staves at him. He jumped ten feet into the air to avoid them, and then did a spin kick, as he came back down, knocking their heads off. "Easy."

"Really?" Gluttony said smirking before hitting a button. Both of the headless robots exploded in a sudden flash of light. The dust cleared and Sogiita was still standing, his uniform was dirty and slightly burnt, but he otherwise looked unharmed. "Hmm, normal explosives don't do anything to you, interesting. Your durability and recovery skills are impressive." He looked at another nearby monitor where a camera was showing the fight along with several measurements. "It is about what I expected after meeting you once."

Sogiita was going to open his mouth to respond, but the last two robots lunged at him with their staves. He simply reached out and grabbed both of the staves a couple inches below the blade and stopped them instantly. "These robots don't seem to be that impressive." As if the robots were annoyed by his words, they both suddenly sent electricity from their hands, through their staves, as both of them tried to electrocute him simultaneously. The voltage was enough to kill a normal person, but Sogiita barely felt it. To him, ii was a slight tingly sensation. "Did you try to do something?" he asked before using the staves to lift the robots, they would not let go, into the air. He slammed them down into the ground and they exploded. The explosion had no effect on him except obscuring the view for a moment. "To be honest," Sogiita called out to Gluttony. "I am a little disappointed.

"No worries," he replied. "Those were just first generation. I was going to dismantle them anyways for parts. But you know us old folks; we get so sentimental with our toys. I figured they deserved one more field test." Two more monitors had appeared next to him while Sogiita had been fighting. "You obviously need more of a challenge."

"No matter what you send…" Sogiita started to say but stopped when he heard the sound of rapid guns firing. A second later he felt prickly pain all over his body as he was barraged with bullets from four different directions. He covered his face with his arms and jumped to the side dodging another wave of bullets. He gave a quick look around and saw four new robots rapidly shooting him with automatic rifles. They seemed to be a little thinner than the first batch, but it might have been because they were set to shoot rather then enter melee range. They didn't have weapons with the greatest piercing power, so Sogiita's high durability protected him, but he still felt some pain. It was like being attacked by a swarm of mosquitos constantly biting. He suddenly dashed at roughly Mach One, a loud boom followed, and covered the distance to the first robot almost instantly. He grabbed the wrists of the robot and pulled. The screeching sound of metal tearing echoed around the area as its arms were pulled off.

"Ouch," Gluttony commented as he opened a can of soda. "If that was a real person, imagine the pain he would be in." He typed something into his computer and one of the robots stepped back into the doorway out of sight while the other two kept shooting at Sogiita. The bullets were still not very effective, but Gluttony knew no power was limitless so everything was designed to slowly tear down his stamina. Besides, he is only on the MK-2s. I wonder if he will last to five.

Sogiita turned around to attack another one of the new robots, but the broken robot didn't fall with just its arms ripped off. It self-destructed right behind him and the explosion was twice as big as the first group. Ouch, Sogiita thought but the pain quickly resided. I'm going to have to replace another uniform. His clothes on his back had burned away and the slight bruise from the explosion was quickly fading. The explosion was definitely stronger. This fight might get interesting. He knew he needed to defeat Gluttony but if what he said was true, then one of them would have to die before the other could leave with the hostage. Sogiita was hoping he could convince Gluttony that his guts were stronger than his robots and Gluttony would surrender peacefully. Sogiita would not kill anyone, a hero never killed if they could help it.

Sogiita dashed again at roughly the speed of sound and covered the vast distance to the next robot virtually instantly. Instead of tearing apart the robot, he punched it in the stomach. His fist went right through it with little resistance. The robot started to glow, but this time he was ready. He quickly kicked the robot off his arm causing it to fly backwards and crash into the arena wall. It exploded half a second later further damaging the arena. He had become so use to the barrage of bullets coming from the last robot, he barely noticed it. He simply did the exact same thing and blew the robot up away from him to avoid the explosion. He turned to Gluttony. "Looks like that group didn't fare much better."

"You might be miscounting," Gluttony said without looking up from his screen and another bag of junk food. "This should hurt." He pressed a button and less than a second later Sogiita felt something hit him square in the back. It knocked him forward and a loud crack was heard as one of his bones broke. He felt a warm liquid trickle down his back.

He forced himself up and turned around. One of the robots had moved back into the hallway leading to the arena. The robot was lying on the ground with what looked like steel boxes bolted onto a steel tube that was as wide as a human ankle. The barrel was supported by a tripod and the entire rifle had a cable attached to the robot. "Ouch," Sogiita said. "What weapon is that? It hurt a lot."

"Oh it's just a modified MSR-001," Gluttony explained. "It's a sniper rifle which uses principles similar to a railgun. Since it uses magnetism to shoot, there is almost no recoil. However, I modified it so it shoots larger ammunition then normal at higher speeds, great against armored vehicles. It uses a lot more power than a normal MSR-001, but instead of a battery pack, it can be plugged right into a robot. Such a great advantage and you should be careful. Try to avoid it if you can, but the aiming systems of the MK-2s are quite good."

"Not a bad strategy," Sogiita taking a deep breath. "But a little guts are more than enough to repair bones." Even his bleeding stopped. He ran towards the last robot in a zigzag pattern to avoid the ammo. While the ammo did not kill him from behind in the back, if it hit a softer area, it could cause serious damage. Right before he managed to close the gap, the robot shot the rifle. He managed to avoid the bullet hitting him square in the chest, but it hit him directly into his shoulder joint. It was almost like the robot knew which way I would drive. Sogiita drove the thought form his mind and kicked the robot sending it flying down the hall and exploding when it hit a wall. His arm laid limply on his side, the bullet had dislocated his shoulder. He used his good arm, took a deep breath, and popped the bone back in. He flexed it and smiled. "Good as new." He walked back into the arena. "Anything else or are you finally going to surrender?"

"No I have a couple more tests to run," Gluttony said typing on several keyboards in front of him. He was no longer goofing off and pretending not to care. He was watching six monitors that had appeared around him and he was typing at blinding speeds. "Range seems to do nothing against you," he mumbled then got louder. "Try the MK-3s. They are tough and should provide some good melee brawls for you." He hit a button and three robots marched out of another doorway. They were about eight feet tall and built solid. Their skin was silver like the others but looked smoother and undamaged. They were humanoid, but definitely looked a lot more muscular then normal people. They did not have hands, but just metal balls at the end of their arms. "The MK-3s were designed to crush enemy power suits, so they can take a hit and have powerful blows. You should find them entertaining."

"You never give up," Sogiita noted. "If your guts weren't so misplaced, you could do a lot of good for the world." He slammed his fists together. "I will just have to knock some sense into you." He lunged toward the middle robot and swung his fist. He was surprised the robot sidestepped him and swung a fist right back at Sogiita's side. He spun around and kicked the fist, the blow rang through the arena, and he knocked the fist away. He could not however, dodge the blows coming from the other two robots. One of the fists hit his side, and the other hit him in the side of the face. He started to spin in midair before taking a deep breath and yelling at the top of his voice. The sound wave pushed the robots back two feet while sending him flying backwards, allowing him to twist his body in midair and land on his feet. "They are definitely tougher and can use teamwork," Sogiita admitted to Gluttony. "However, they are still machines and can't stand up to guts." He focused his thoughts, the pain in his side disappeared, and then lunged back into the fray.

Gluttony watched as Sogiita continued to trade blows with his machines. Their armor was a titanium alloy so it could take anti-armor blasts from even Academy City's advanced weaponry, but even it wasn't immune to Sogiita's fist. Every blow rang out and caused a large dent in the robots. The only positive thing in the encounter was he was measuring all of Sogiita's habits and attack patterns. No matter how random someone appeared to be, they always had some kind of fight plan. Every battle added to his information and he passed the information on to the next generation of machines. He expected Sogiita to win against the MK-3s but still take some damage and reveal any trump cards he has. The sound of metal tearing was heard followed by an explosion. Sogiita had finally managed to crush the body of one of them and it exploded as it fell apart. Show me your trump card.

"Two more," Sogiita called out confidently. "Time for a show." Gluttony grinned broadly. Sogiita jumped right in between the remaining two robots. They both swing a fist at him and a huge colorful red explosion appeared around him. One of the robots was knocked back, but Sogiita quickly grabbed the arm of the other one. He threw it to the ground and delivered a powerful fist through the chest. He jumped back avoiding the explosion and turned to face the last one. The last robot was getting up but was not fast enough. Sogiita jumped a good 20 feet in the air and slammed both of his feet into it causing it to sink into the ground. He delivered a powerful fist to its head shattered it into pieces. He jumped again riding the explosion in midair before landing back on his feet and turning to Gluttony. "Not bad," Sogiita called out. "They actually put up a decent fight but I told you machines can't beat me."

Gluttony was reviewing the information from the explosion Sogiita created on his screen while chugging his tenth soda since the fight started. "I wish you could tell me about your ability," Gluttony said. "But I heard all the rumors about the stupid and impossible explanations you give." Sogiita opened his mouth to respond. "I don't care," Gluttony said interrupting him. "I love watching your fights though. It gives me such nice data on my mechanized units." He tapped a few more figures and the sound of two more machines was heard before they entered the arena. He should be slowly getting tired even if he doesn't show it.

The two new machines were humanoid too. They were only about six feet tall and had the same proportions as an average adult male. They may have been slightly thicker in some places but over all, if they were not silver, they might have passed as humans. In one hand they held a sword and in the other hand was a large shotgun style weapon. Sogiita did not know why, but he felt something weird coming from them. He immediately got into a defensive pose and was glad he did. Both of the robots were extremely fast, moving almost as fast as he did. He dodged the first blade coming right at his neck but the second one he had to swing his fist at it. Right before his fist hit the blade, he rotated it at high speed and knocked the blade to the side, while at the same time bringing his fist into the face of the robot. He heard the clang as his fist made contact, but the robot's head only moved about two inches from his powerful punch. The response was it aimed the shotgun directly into his chest and pulled the trigger.

"Shit," Sogiita said as he rotated his body at the last second. The blast from the shotgun wasn't simple ammo, it looked almost like pure energy, and the ground below them exploded sending pieces of rock flying. He rode the momentum of the explosion to move about ten feet away from the two robots. They did not appear to be phased by the explosion and instead both of them aimed their guns at him. He now noticed a large cable was attached to the guns and ran up the arms of the robot into the torso area. Are they energy weapons? But it seems more than that. Best not to get hit by it. As both of the robots shot a blast of white energy at Sogiita, he ducked and charged forward. As he about to deliver a punch into the leftmost one, the blade held by the right one swung at his neck. He quickly back stepped and the blade just nicked him causing a left a tiny cut under the ear. He felt the warm blood trickle down his neck. A small wound like that would heal instantly for him. After a second or two, the blood slowed but it did not stop completely. Something is wrong with those blades.

"Do you like them?" Gluttony asked. "They are the MK-4s, the first true machines combined with magic. Their weapons are infused with Aztec charms to slow healing. I'm surprised your ability was even able to heal that much. Normally, even a small nick with these weapons can lead to unconsciousness from blood loss. Of course, they aren't as good as Greed's knives, well they use to be. I heard Greed got pretty pissed when the Saint destroyed both of his daggers. He lost one during the museum fiasco too. Oh well, that's why mass produced things are the best. You can always replace them."

Magic, charms, and a Saint? What is he talking about? Are these some new types of guts? I'll think about it later, I need to destroy these two. He took a deep breath and focused his power. The two robots moved and held their swords in front of them. Then, together, they rushed at him without warning. Both of them were able to move near the speed of sound, almost as fast as he was moving. However, Sogiita focused his strength to his legs and moved at his full speed, Mach Two. The new burst of speed surprised even Gluttony and the robots could not react fast enough.

Since he was twice as fast as them, he charged forward and delivered a punch powered by his momentum. Since momentum equals mass times velocity and, he was moving twice the speed of sound, he had a lot of power behind him. His hand shred through the robot on the right. His hand did hurt from the blow, the robot was built quite solid, but he didn't stop until he was on the other side of the arena. A huge explosion occurred in the middle of the ring blocking all sight. He took a deep breath. While his max speed was Mach Two, it still put a drain on his body. He could not keep it up indefinitely. Suddenly he heard the sound of energy buzzing coming from behind him. He turned around as a blast of white light came toward him. "Punch Guard." He felt the energy materialize around his fist as he knocked the energy away from him. The defense was not perfect and he received a burn on his hand and arm. It broke my guard, can't take it head on for sure. As the dust cleared he looked at the last robot standing.

Gluttony was getting annoyed. He thought for sure the MK-4s would be able to take out Sogiita. However, he just lost one to a simple fist. He could always build a new one, but it took time to infuse them with magic after he built them. He looked at the monitor showing the vital signs of Sogiita after he used his full speed and grinned. Moving at full speed does take a lot of his stamina. He might be able to do it a little while longer, but he can't keep it up forever. I suppose I can lose the other one. I still have my greatest creation left. It should be able to make quick work of him. And I still have my power though I really don't want to fight. He opened a bag of pork rinds and chomped them down while preparing his next move.

Sogiita stood up straight and walked toward the last robot in front of him. He took deep breaths to restore his stamina and focused his guts. The burns on his hand started to fade and it looked normal again. The robot looked at the gun, disconnected it, and the gun fell to the ground with a loud thud. The robot then grabbed its sword with both hands and held it in front of him. Sogiita knew the sword was unusual and damage caused by it did not heal like usual, so one good hit with the sword would end this fight. He walked closer and it finally decided to move.

The last robot lunged at him and swung the sword sideways at his stomach. Sogiita did a quick step back and the blade missed him my millimeters. He aimed a sweeping kick at the ankles of the robot. To his surprised, the robot jumped and swung the sword downwards at him. Sogiita rolled to the right and jumped up to deliver a punch to its face. The robot turned its head and, out of its mouth, a torrent of fire engulfed Sogiita. Sogiita fist came out of the fire and still delivered the powerful blow to its head. The robot flew backwards twenty feet but remained in one piece. Sogiita felt a pain on his leg and looked down to see a shallow cut on his ankle. It bled a lot then slowed down, but did not stop. He realized he got cut by the sword as the robot was launched backwards. He frowned and realized dragging this out was not in his best interest. One accidental deep cut would finish it. "Guess I have to end this." He took a deep breath.

The robot stood up and charged at him with the sword pointed directly in front of it as if it was going to spear Sogiita. It moved at roughly the speed of sound, but it was no match for Sogiita's speed. Moving at Mach Two, he easily dodged the blade and kicked the machine in the torso. His foot just exploded through the robot and he stopped over fifty feet away to watch the explosion. He felt another sharp pain in his ankle and looked down. Because the wound had not healed, Sogiita used his full speed on a hurt ankle. The wound had opened more and blood stained his sock. I probably shouldn't use my full speed again unless I want to lose my foot. He looked up to Gluttony who was surrounded by monitors and a pile of junk food wrappers and containers. "See," he called out triumphantly. "With guts, nothing can stand before you."

"Do you have any idea how much those cost," Gluttony sighed. "You sure make a mess everywhere you go." He glanced at the computer and smiled. "I got one more for you to play against. I hope you find this one to your liking. It has some unique abilities you might find familiar." The arena started the shake and part of the floor separated. Sogiita watched as a metal floor started to lift a giant machine. "I like you to witness the MK-5, aka Scorpio." The name was quite fitting for it. Its main body was about the size of two large cars lined up in a row. It had eight legs, four on each side, and its head had several optical lenses watching 180 degrees in front of it. What made it look intimidating was the black long upward curving tail connected to the back which ended into a cylinder at the end. It was probably twenty feet long. The MK-5 really looked like a giant scorpion. It also had several turrets located all over its body. "Let's see how much strength you have left."

Sogiita looked at the machine for a second then suddenly yelled "That is AWESOME! I have never seen a machine that amazing before. I hope it's strong, but if it's a new generation from your last models I bet it is. I can't wait to fight it." Gluttony gave him a look as if saying, are you an idiot, which Sogiita did not notice because he was too busy staring at the machine. "Let's test it out." Sogiita moved into a crouching position and suddenly dashed at high speeds toward Scorpio. He was only moving around Mach One in order to limit the damage to his ankle that still had not healed. He aimed for a leg but, a second before he grabbed it, the leg moved out of his way. He slid on the ground to jump at the leg when he was hit by several high powered rounds coming from turrets on the underside of the machine. Since these were more than just simple hand held guns, they actually caused him some pain and he jumped back to get out from under it. The machine turned to face him and several compartments opened on its back. A second later several missiles shot out at Sogiita's location.

The sound was defining. These were advanced weapons designed with Academy City technology. The explosions would have blinded Gluttony if he didn't look away at his monitors. Clouds of dust covered the arena. "I see you are still alive," he said munching on some beef jerky while looking at the monitor keeping track of Sogiita's vitals. "But you seem to getting slower." He looked at the arena when the dust settled to see Sogiita on one knee using his arms to protect himself as he glowed slightly. There were some minor wounds on him that were slowly healing. Gluttony did make note the wounds were healing slower than they did before. So his regeneration has a limit and it appears to be weakening as he gets tired, excellent.

"If that is all it has," Sogiita said standing up. "It doesn't have nearly enough guts to defeat me."

Gluttony frowned annoyed Sogiita did not find his masterpiece formidable enough for him. He decided it was time to unleash its true power. "You really can't understand a work of art. This is why I hate kids so much. I guess I can show you its ultimate weapon". He clicked a button on his computer and Scorpio turned to directly face Sogiita while lifting its tail at him. He stood in a karate pose with his hand out front in order to take on whatever it is going to do. The base of the tail started to glow green and kept rising up near the end by one segment at a time. "You see, its tail is a collection of systems capable of allowing the MK-5 to manipulate the power of unstable electrons. It forcibly controls these electrons and channels them in the state between particle and wave to create a powerful destructive cannon. It was based off of another level 5 in Academy City, the number four, Meltdowner."

Sogiita raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Wow," he said, and then he remembered the scientist was trying to kill him. He briefly forgot that important fact as he was distracted by the new machine. "If it's your greatest weapon, I will use all my guts to show machines can't beat me." The final segment glowed green and a glow appeared at the tip of the tail. Sogiita took a martial-arts stance, took a deep breath, and then slammed his arms down on the ground. A wall of pressure appeared between him and the machine as Scorpio fired a powerful green beam at him. The beam collided with the wall and another huge explosion followed.

Gluttony watched in interest and surprise as the wall managed to hold back most of the energy. Controlling unstable electrons to the point of making particle beams was not a simple task. The number four could do it easier than his machines could do at the present time. However, the beam should still have dissolved anything between it and about 200 feet out. The monitor showing Sogiita vitals dropped significantly and he grinned. Whatever the wall was it did not protect Sogiita completely. "You seem to have taken a lot of damage. Are you sure you can continue, it would be boring if the Mk-5's first field test ended so soon."

"Heh," Sogiita voice came through the cloud of dust. The dust cleared and Sogiita was on a knee again. His arms were bleeding from cuts and he coughed out blood into his hand. "I survived it. That is the power of guts."

"Will you survive another blast though?" Gluttony asked and Scorpio started to glow again at the base of its tail.

"It's my turn to show you an attack now," Sogiita said. He took a deep breath and forced himself to his feet. He took his favorite karate pose and stuck his right hand out. He pulled his right hand in, leaped forward and shot his right hand out while yelling "AMAZING PUNCH!" Suddenly a huge red explosion, larger than any of the ones caused by the machines, engulfed Scorpio and sent it flying. It crashed into the wall of the coliseum and just kept going. It flew out of sight as about a fourth of the coliseum collapsed into rubble, along with a lot of Gluttony's food and electronics. Pieces of its remains fell down from the sky because the explosion blew a lot of pieces into the air. Standing in the middle of the metal rain was Sogiita, panting hard but still on his feet. Using Attack Crash while tired and injured was quite tough for him, but that never stopped him before. "That is how you use guts."

"How?" Gluttony gasped in shock. His greatest invention was destroyed by a kid yelling out stupid and incomprehensible things such as using guts. No matter how much he studied this kid, he could not figure out the limits of his power. Now he lost countless hours of development because he had to use it all against Sogiita, ineffectively. However, even though he abandoned Academy City to pursue his own research, he was still a scientist at heart. When something failed, he wanted to figure out why and fix the problem. "There might be something to your words," he said slowly rubbing his chin. "Though I don't understand them, I might have to think about using guts in my inventions." He turned to look at Kazari who was still sleeping in the barrier. "I wonder if the girl would make a good cyborg. Combination of technology, reinforced with magic, then added to, as you say, guts." He grinned evilly.

Sogiita realized what he was planning and immediately became angry. "I won't let you hurt her," he yelled and jumped easily thirty meters into the air at Gluttony. As he was about to exit the arena he immediately was stopped in midair as he hit some kind of electric field. He felt pain course through his body as the electricity flowed through him. At the same time, several turrets from behind Gluttony started to shoot high powered bullets at him using magnetic propulsion instead of gunpowder, like the rifle the second generation robots used. The force of the bullets, as the electric field slowed him in midair, knocked him back into the arena.

"Nice try," Gluttony said standing up slowly. "I have a lot of defenses to keep you in the ring. But now, you blew up all of my machines. I'm not going to goof around any longer." He unbuttoned his shirt revealing a black symbol on his stomach. It looked like an upside down U with a small triangle on top of it. The tips of the U were curved into the middle slightly. "My curse doesn't really do much, but it makes traveling around easy without exerting a lot of effort. No more waiting, so I can focus on the pleasures in life, food and machines." The ground below him glowed white and he disappeared into the ground. He appeared on the other side of the arena. "It also has the handy ability of allowing me to put it on cards so others can use it once. Infiltrating Academy City was ridiculously easy because of it."

"You know I can overcome your gravity," Sogiita said turning around to face Gluttony. "And you are out of machines. You can't win and it is only a matter of time before I break through your defenses."

"Gravity is an interesting force," Gluttony said ignoring Sogiita's words. "Out of the four fundamental forces of nature, gravitational, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, and weak nuclear, we understand the interactions between three of them, but not gravitational, even though it is the weakest of the forces. However, we still developed a gravitational theory to explain it, but the theory breaks down under a specific circumstance."

"What's this have to do with our fight?" Sogiita asked.

"Good question," Gluttony said and walked over to a large six foot cube. "This cube is made of Osmium, the densest material naturally found on earth. I like to use it as a focal point, though any heavy metal works fine for me. You see, our current gravitational theory breaks down under one specific circumstance, during a black hole."

Sogiita frowned then realization hit him. "You control gravity and a black hole is just a well of gravity at a specific point. You can't be serious…" He trailed off. He wouldn't risk it since he is trapped in here.

"You look like you got it," Gluttony said his smile widening. He bent over and lifted the cube of Osmium like it was made of paper. Since he controlled gravity he could make things lighter as well as heavy. He then tossed the cube high into the air above the arena. It suddenly fell down and smashed into the ground with a sickening crunch as all the stone below it broke. Sogiita wasn't sure why he did it until he saw the cube start to shrink as sections of it started to collapse into itself. The ground nearby was also getting sucked into the mass.

"You can't do this," Sogiita yelled. "You will kill her," he pointed to Kazari, "and yourself." He didn't even stop to think of his own safety.

"If you willingly jump into the black hole and die early enough," Gluttony said. "I can still stop it. If you don't, we will all get sucked in. Let's see what you got hero." He said the last word with nothing but malice. He obviously was still holding a grudge against Sogiita for destroying his machines.

"Fine," Sogiita said turning around and facing the threat. He felt himself being pulled toward the center of the mass. Everything near it was being warped as light and gravity were being sucked into the black hole. Dust and other gasses were spinning around the dark point in the middle while the outer rings were emitting a faint glow as heat and energy were generated by the friction of all the particles colliding into each other. I have one chance to stop this or we all die. He took a deep breath and took up a karate pose.

"You can't be serious," Gluttony said in astonishment. "You are going to try to punch a black hole? Are you stupid?"

Sogiita ignored him and focuses all his strength into his fist while taking a deep breath. This was one of the times he would use all his guts and more. He vividly remembered the first time he met Touma Kamijou and saw what real guts were. That guys guts were strong enough to create a dragon and now it was his turn to do the impossible. He opened his eyes and only had one target to focus all his thoughts and energy on. He released his breath and delivered a punch with all his guts yelling…

"HYPER, ECCENTRIC, ULTRA, GREAT, GIGA, EXTREAME, MEGA, SUPER, AMAZING, PUNCH!"

The explosion was beyond understanding. Half of the coliseum just disappeared instantly and the shockwave spread out causing massive damage to the rest of the structure. Gluttony was blown back by just the wind pressure and he slammed against the wall. Rubble from the upper floors fell down all around him. He tried to use his magic to save himself, but he had used it all to create his final trump card. He started to laugh, not because he knew he was safe, but because he saw the stupidest thing ever succeed. It defied all reasoning. He was about to be crushed by the falling debris when several more explosions erupted above him. A second later, a battered, bleeding, half dead, Sogiita was standing over him and reached down to pick him up.

"A hero never leaves someone to die." Sogiita carried him into the middle of the arena and set him down. "Now free the girl."

"D-did you just punch a black hole," was all Gluttony old ask completely bewildered.

"With enough guts you can do any…" Sogiita started to say.

"NO!" Gluttony yelled out interrupting him. "NO, NO, NO! One does not simply PUNCH a black hole. That defies all reasoning. No matter how much energy or mass you have it defies physics. You can't just punch gravity."

"But with guts…" Sogiita tried to explain again.

"ARG!" Gluttony screamed in anger ripping out clumps of his white hair. A trickle of blood went down his neck. "I can't stand you anymore. I don't want to live in the world where you can just punch a black hole with your ridiculous reasoning. You win, I'm done with this." As soon as he mentioned his defeat, a rune on his back began to glow and he started to dissolve into salt. There was pain at first, but it quickly subsided. He smirked slightly as he realized he would finally leave the idiot and his unreasonable power.

"What are you doing?!" Sogiita yelled in surprise and tried to help him. It was too late and all that was left was the pile of salt. He suddenly felt a stinging sensation on his stomach. He looked down, through the tatter remains of his uniform, and saw the mark Gluttony had on his stomach now appear on his. "What's this?" No time, I have to check up on her. He ran as fast as he could to where Kazari was lying. The blue barrier was gone and he gently shook her awake.

"Where am I?" she asked rubbing her eyes, sat up, then saw Sogiita. "Gunha-san, Did you save me?"

"I'm not the only one here," he replied. "They are all fighting the other guys as we speak." He looked up at the cracking sky. "I hope that crack means we are going to leave this place soon. Even with all my guts these wounds will take a while to heal."

"Thank you for saving me," Kazari said politely. "I'll follow your lead. Let's go find everyone else."

So I realized, when writing this chapter, this focused on a difference aspect of a character then the previous fights. The previous two fights focused on character development. This one was Sogiita Gunha's first real appearance so it was more of character introduction. I like how the fight was split up to give plenty of opportunity to see how Sogiita likes to fight and his obsession to fight strong opponents.

Feel free to leave a review, comment, suggestions, or idea. I love reading them.

Sogiita: And that is real guts.

Accelerator: You are just so ridiculous to the point of sheer stupidity.

Kuroko: All guys are idiots though.

Mikoto: You ok from your last fight Kuroko?

Kuroko: No, still bleeding out, but after seeing that fight I had to point out the stupidity too.

Jason: Fine, I'll save you so you can be my slave until you repay your life debt.

Kuroko: That's not going to happen.

Touma: That's actually a thing in a lot of cultures.

Accelerator: Now you force girls onto you hero?

Mikoto: Please never let that happen, most of the world be his slaves then.