Soul stepped into the gym, his hands drenched with nervous sweat as his heart beat quickened with every step he took. He hadn't done this in a while; fighting… the last time he had taken down someone was his last mission with Maka.
No… he won't think of her… not right now… Soul shook his head, clearing it as he looked up to see everyone had their eyes on him, some with disgust, and some with… hope?
"Soul Eater against Dagger Nelson! Who shall be victorious?" Mr. Law's booming voice echoed through the gymnasium, a roar of cheers bouncing back at them making Soul flinch.
Calm down Soul Eater, you're acting as if it's your first time in a battle. Soul growled at himself, his hands turning into fists as he walked towards where Mr. Law and Dagger where standing in the middle of the gym.
Dagger smirked at him and held out his hand. "May the best weapon win." He said a smile spreading across his face but it had an evil glint to it.
Soul stared at the hand and he got an uneasy feeling in his stomach. He glanced at Mr. Law to see that he was staring at him.
Mr. Law gave him a short nod and Soul gulped, raising his hand to meet with Daggers.
Unlike Soul, Daggers hand wasn't shaking and had a powerful grip. Dagger noticed this and sent him another smirk.
Soul blinked at him and next thing he knew, Dagger flipped him into the air and while he was up there jumped and pushed him down, aiding gravity with its job.
Pain shot up Souls back when he smacked down onto the ground.
Dagger stepped away from him, his arm turning into a long strip of what looked like wood with huge shards of glass sticking out of it.
"Be sure to not inflict too much damage Dagger!" Mr. Law called out, suddenly remembering what type of weapon he was. A guilty feeling spreading through him as he raised his hands to his head.
The roars of the crowd kept getting louder and louder as Dagger raised his weapon arm in the air.
Soul looked at it with amazement. He was mesmerized, completely forgetting that he was in a fight with Dagger. He had never seen a weapon like that… the wooden weapon had decretive colored swirls around it, a bracelet with a feather hanging loosely from the end. The shards of glass glistening in the light as they came down.
Quickly thinking, Soul rolled out of the way and jumped up as the weapon came down in the space where his leg was, a loud snap echoing through the gym, silencing the crowd, and then a louder roar came from them. Soul looked at the ground to see that Dagger had made a huge crack on the gym floor and was now glaring at him, a deadly look in his eyes.
Soul glared back, his arm turning into a scythe and Dagger raised his arm again, but to Souls surprise his weapon disappeared and turned back to an arm, which Dagger used to support the other arm as he kneeled down on one knee. The supported arm pointed towards Soul, his hand turning into a fist.
Soul stood there, confused, what the heck was going on? Had Dagger gone crazy?
The crowd went silent, unlink Soul, they knew what Dagger was doing. They were all looking in Soul's direction waiting to see what his reaction will be.
Dagger smirked at Soul as his arm let out a bright glow making Soul look away, but he shook it off and turned back to see that Dagger's arm had turned into some sort of cannon. From Soul's point of view it looked like some sort of nest of bees… he was beyond confused but he kept his posture, willing to take what Dagger would throw at him.
From the audience's point of view, the cannon was what they feared Dagger would pull. They went quiet trying not to remember the pain that it inflicted. The cannon is called 'The Nest of Bees'. It had a bunch of arrows on it, and on the tip of each one there was a poison that would paralyze your body. They all knew what was going to happen next. Some of the audience stood up and left, not wanting to watch Soul's defeat.
Dagger let out a chuckle as arrows shot out of the cannon, the force pushing him back a little.
Soul's eyes widened and his scythe arm went to shield his head as a swarm of arrows flew at him. Soul ran out of the way and ran toward Dagger as the arrows hit the ground behind him and disappeared. While Dagger was just getting up, Soul swiped at him, but Dagger was ready for him.
Dagger turned his other arm into his Macuahuitl, the wooden stick with glass sticking out of it, was out and ready and came in contact with Soul's scythe just as it was about to dig into his shoulder.
Twisting his arm around Soul's scythe, Dagger bent it in the wrong direction making Sol yelp in pain and start to see white spots.
No, you've been through worse Soul Eater! You could do this! Soul blinked away the while dots and brought his other arm over to punch Dagger in the stomach with enough force to let him go and stumble back on the ground, out of breath. That was all that Soul needed, he lifted his scythe arm and brought it down on Dagger's Macuahuitl.
Dagger let out a roar of pain much to the crowd's surprise.
"Give up yet?" Soul asked him, looking down at Dagger.
In spite of the pain he was in, Dagger managed to pull a smirk onto his face. "What do you think?" he asked Soul as he brought his legs to kick at Soul's making him loose his balance and stumble onto his back.
Dagger stood up now that his weapon was free and looked down at it. There was blood running down it as if it were one of the other swirls on the weapon.
Dagger glared down at Soul, he may be in pain, but he was Dagger… he never gave up. He walked over to Soul and they both looked into each other's eyes.
"You threw a cheap move out there Eater… it's my turn." Dagger growled at him and stomped with all his might onto Soul's stomach a grin spreading across his face with satisfaction when he heard bones crack.
Soul let out a groan of pain against his will; the white dots were back and more powerful than last time.
Raising his Macuahuitl, Dagger set it against Soul's cheek, the glass digging into it. "Give up yet?" he asked sarcastically, mimicking Soul's voice a fake pout on his lips as he slowly yanked the weapon ripping Soul's cheek until the tip of his lip.
The white spots clouded his vision and Soul passed out from the pain. "That's enough Dagger!" was the last thing he heard.