Hello everyone, Lealius here with a new chapter
In this one, the 6th fight begins
With that, enjoy
Record of Ragnarok belongs to Takumi Fukui, Shinya Umemura and Chika Aji
Blue Box belongs to Kouji Miura
RESULTS SO FAR
Round 1
Kota Ooyama vs Mars
Match time: 10 minutes 2 seconds
Deciding move: Bear Claw: Downard Cut
Winner: Mars
Score: Gods 1 - Humans 0
Round 2
Shouya Nega vs Apollo
Match time: 12 minutes 20 seconds
Deciding move: Artemis Elenchos: Hunters Bow
Winner: Apollo
Score: Gods 2 - Humans 0
Round 3
Kazuya Kinoshita vs Bastet
Match time: 11 minutes 32 seconds
Deciding move: Horizontal Slash
Winner: Kazuya Kinoshita
Score: Gods 2 - Humans 1
Round 4
Miyuki Shirogane vs Loki
Match time: 15 minutes 48 seconds
Deciding move: Dance of the Moon: Princess Kaguya
Winner: Miyuki Shirogane
Score: Gods 2 - Humans 2
Round 5
Shinichi Sakurai vs Shiva
Match time: 14 minutes 47 seconds
Deciding move: Deva Loka (Final Act Flame Dance)
Winner: Shiva
Score: Gods 3 - Humans 2
-"Brunhilde-san…" he said "Please" he gave a bow "Let me be the next fighter!"
Goll was surprised to hear that
However, Brunhilde just stared at him "Are you sure, Inomata-san?"
He looked up, his determination not wavering "Yes, I am!"
Brunhilde put a hand on her chin "To be honest, my original plan was to have you go much later, there's no need for you to"
-"Brunhilde-san, please!" he interrupted "I… I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE SIDELINES ANYMORE WHILE MY TEAMMATES… MY FRIENDS RISK THEIR LIVES!"
-"Well, well, I like your attitude, niño" a male voice said
Turning around, they all saw a tall man of rather well physique. He wore nothing but a loincloth made out of lather, with a belt from which a couple of small disks were hanging. He had long black hair that extended to his shoulders, and he had his head decorated with a headband with colorful feathers. FInally, a cape made out of animal fur, gently flowing with the wind
His skin was tanned, and he had different stripes of paint on it
-"Señor Chaquen" Brunhilde said
-"Chaquen!?" Goll thought "He's also a representative of the gods!"
-"May I ask what brings you here?"
-"Well" he grinned at them "I am going next for the gods"
-"HUH?!" Goll yelled shocked
Meanwhile, Brunhilde and Taiki just stared at him
-"Why are you telling us this?" Brunhilde asked
-"Well, it's not like it's against the rules, right? Plus, I actually wanted to request something of you"
-"Request?"
-"You see, a little pajarito told me that, among the representatives for humanity, there's quite the sports star, Taiki Inomata"
Taiki´s tightened his brow at him
-"It´s you, isn´t, niño?"
-"That's right, sir"
-"Genial!" Chaquen fist bumped "Of course, I am not forcing you, just saying it would be cool. The gods here don´t know a thing about sports, I want to see what a human can do"
Taiki put his fist next to his chest "I don't plan on losing, Chaquen-san!"
To his opponent´s determination, Chaquen just smiled "Well said, niño"
-"Niño?" Taiki thought
-"See you at the arena" and with that, the god left
-"What does niño mean?" Taiki asked
-"It's a spanish word for "boy" Goll said
-"Huh?!" Taike felt offended, but he quickly shook his head "I don't have time to be nervous or offended" he looked at Brunhilde "Brunhilde-san"
-"...Heh" she smiled "Very well. After all, only an athlete can beat an athlete" he pointed at Taiki "Show everyone what humanity´s sportsmanship can do, Taiki Inomata!"
He gave her a confident nod
-"You don't appear to be nervous, Inomata-san" Goll said
-"I am, but" he thought of his friends and fellow fighters "The others didn't give up, why should I? And, at the same time" he smiled from ear to ear "Going up against a powerhouse is fun in its own right"
At the arena
-"Thank you for your patience!" Heimdall said "Let's move on to the 6th fight!"
The public chereed
-"With 3 victories for the gods and 2 for the humans, we've officially reached the halfway point of Ragnarok! How will this match go? Let's introduce the fighter for humanity!"
The door for humanity opened, revealing Taiki, this time without his jersey, and with a silver-colored badminton racket
-"One of the rising stars of Eimei Senior High´s badminton team!"
He started to walk into the arena
-"For him, there's no challenge he's not willing to meet! Even if he fails, he will just get back up and train harder to overcome it! The only thing that rivals his love for this sport, is his love for those he deeply cares about! And now, it's time for him to give it his all like he never has before!"
He stood in the center, ready for action
-"An example of dedication and sportsmanship! He is… Taiki Inomata!"
Humanity cheered for its warrior
He thought of the other fighters "Kota, Shouya, Kinoshita-senpai, Shirogane-senpai, Sakurai-senpai, and the others… I'll win for sure!"
He looked at the stands
His parents were there, alongside his friends, a young man that was tall, lanky, and with short brown hair and glasses known as Kyo Kasahara. A young woman with reddish shoulder-length hair which was worn in two balls known as Hina Chono. His senpai and double-team partner Kengo Haryu
And finally, a young woman with short brown hair with brown eyes, and the love of Taiki´s life, Chinatsu Kano
He fist bumped at them
-"And now, let's bring in the fighter for the gods!"
The door for the gods opened, revealing Chaquen, this time without his cape
-"What does this god love the most? Is it the beautiful farm fields growing with abundant crops? Is it punishing those who commit the crime of adultery?"
He started to walk into the arena
-"NO, NO, NO! The one thing this god loves the most is a good match with his almighty Tejo disks! and now, with his passion for this sport backing him up, he's ready to demonstrate his amazing skills!"
He stood in the center, ready for action as well
-"Coming all the way to prove himself as the god of sports… Chaquen!"
The gods cheered for his warrior
Taiki and Chaquen stared at each other while stretching, both filled with determination like never before
-"Two athletes! Both of them love their respective sports like no one else! And now, it is time to prove which one is superior! Who's the most powerful athlete?! Let 's find out!" with a signal from his hand, Heimdall marked the beginning of the fight "Fight!"
-"Love all… Play!" Taiki said
-"Let´s begin the match, niño!"
Chaquen took out one of his tejo disks, and with a circular move, threw it at the young player
Readying his racquet, Taiki returned it with a stroke of his own
-"Huh" Taiki thought, realizing something
The disk returned to his owner's hand
-"Hmm" Chaquen was deep in thought "Let's try something different"
With two disks this time, the god threw both of them, flanking at Taiki from his left and right
The left disk was repelled by another stroke from Taiki, sending him back to his owner
The right disk, which was coming in slower, was gonna hit him
However, with a quick movement from his legs, Taiki adjusted himself, and used another stroke to raised the disk high into the air
-"He's quite agile" Chaquen thought
The disk was high in the air, out of reach for anyone
For anyone but Taiki
Suddenly, the young fighter bent his knees, accumulating strength
And jumped high into the sky
-"What a jump!" Chaquen thought, genuinely impressed
Being next to the disk, and having bent his right arm while having his left one extended
Taiki performed a powerful stroke against it
-"Hah!" he yelled as he released his stroke
The disk was coming in with high speed at the god
However, the god was not intimidated, and grabbed it with his hand
-"What a display of skill!" Heimdall yelled "Taiki has been able to return all of Chaquen´s throws like they were nothing!"
Despite being praised, Taiki kept staring at his opponent. He was not pleased
They kept this process for the next minutes, Chaquen throwing disk after disk, and Taiki returning them each
Neither of them sustaining damage so far
-"Inomata-san seems to be doing good so far" Goll said "Being able to return all of Chaquen´s attacks ain't an easy feat"
-"Indeed" Brunhilde said "However, this is just the start"
-"This guy" Taiki thought while deflecting another disk "He's holding back on his strength"
-"This niño does have a good game of legs. That badminton of his has really made wonders" Chaquen thought while recovering another disk
They were testing each other, seeing what the other was capable of
-"But" the god said to himself
-"Incredible!" Heimdall said "Both warriors have been at their exchange for quite some time, yet neither of them have been able to do damage so far!"
-"Let´s see how you do against these!"
Chaquen threw three disks at Taiki
He repelled two of them
However, just as the third one was right next to him
It changed trajectory, circling around the young fighter
-"As I thought" Taiki thought
The disk was coming in hot from behind
-"He's gonna hit from his blind spot!" Kyo said concerned
-"He won't have enough time to turn around" Haryu said
And true, he wouldn't have time to hit it, tso he had no other choice but to jump out to the left
But
Blood fell to the ground
-"Shit!" Taiki cursed
The disk returned to the god, who smiled confidently "That's one point for me!"
Taiki had a cut on his left cheek, blood falling from it
-"Amazing!" Heimdall said "Taking advantage of his opponent´s blind spot, Chaquen inflicted the first damage in this fight!"
The gods cheered for him
-"You can control the trajectory of those disks, right?" Taiki said
-"So you noticed it, huh? Not bad, niño. A good sportsman needs a keen eye to see the flow of the game. But now that you know that, what are you going to do?"
-"It's not fair that he can control how those disks move!" Goll said with indignation "He can just exploit Inomata-san´s blind spot!"
-"Don´t worry, Goll" Brunhilde said, feeling confident of her warrior
-"This is not enough to break his confidence" Chinatsu said, eyes fully on him
-"The match has just started, Chaquen-san" Taiki said
-"Is there a way for him to counter?" Chono asked "His opponent can just keep Taiki at bay with those disks. He needs to get closer to hit him"
-"There´s a way" Brunhilde smiled smugly "With the help of Geirölul"
-"It's my turn now!" Taiki pulled his right arm, the one which he was holding his racket, backwards, as if he was about to do a serve
-"What's he doing?!" Chaquen thought, not understanding
Taiki squeezed his racket´s handle
And swing forward
What happened next was something nobody expected
The shaft connecting to the racket´s throat and head separated, as a chain began to come out of it
The head and neck were now connected to the handle by a chain, and it began to expand itself towards the god
-"He can use his racket as a long ranged weapon!?"
The god was so perplexed that he was caught off guard, and the chain-like racket began to wrapped itself around, holding him tight
-"Ngh" he clenched his teeth
-"What a turn of events!" Heimdall said "Somehow, Taiki separated his racket into a chain, and he´s now used it to trap Chaquen in place!"
-"So that's what the valkyrie niña can do, huh?" Chaquen said
-"Did" Goll was nervous "Did he call sister Geirölul niña? This is not good, she´s the proudest among us valkyries"
-"Indeed" Brunhilde added "She and Taiki won't tolerate being talk down"
-"Niña, huh?" Geirölul, the 5th of the valkyries, was standing next to Taiki, arms crossed, and an irritated expression on her face "Let's show him what's good, Tai!"
And she has a unique property reflected in the translation of her name, which means "The One Charging Forth with the Spear"
In other words, she turned Taiki´s racket, an object you normally use at close range… Into a long range weapon
-"Right, Geirölul-san" Taiki said
Squeezing from the handle once more, the chain began to be retracted back into it
And while doing so, the god was being dragged towards Taiki, unable to break himself free
-"Here goes" raising his racket, the god was lifted into the air
Releasing the god from the chain, Taiki jumped high once more
-"Take this! Down Smash!"
Smashing his racket´s head against his opponent, the god received the impact with his arms crossed
-"Ngh" the god was send towards the ground, using his arms to steer himself
Taiki landed on the ground once more, breathing heavily
Inspecting his forearms, the god could see the skin removed, leaving nothing but exposed tissues that were dropping blood into the ground
-"Mierda, that hurts"
-"Taiki has inflicted damage on his opponent for the first time in this fight!" Heimdall said
Humanity cheered for its warrior
-"As I said, the match has just started, Chaquen-san" Taiki said
-"It sure has, niño" the god was having a good time so far "I better step my game against him"
Jumping high into the air, Chaquen threw 3 more disks in different directions
However, their objectives were not Taiki
They were buried deep into the ground, not leaving a trace behind
-"Huh?" Taiki was confused "Why would he do that?"
-"You don't have time to daydream, niño!" Chaquen said as he threw another disk at him
-"Crap!" Taiki was caught off guard. Since he had no time to adjust himself, he had no other choices but to jump left to dodge the projectile
However
-"Te tengo" Chaquen smiled
When Taiki´s foot landed on the ground, a light began to emanate from it
-"Huh?"
4…3…2…1
And a loud bang noise came, followed by a smoke cloud that engulfed Taiki
It was an explosion. He had stepped on a landmine
-"Gah!" Taiki yelled in pain as he was send flying back, landing on the ground
Parts of his clothes were shattered. He had bruises on his legs and belly, result from the explosion
-"W-What just happened?!" Goll asked terrified
-"I only heard rumors about it, but alas, it is true" Brunhilde said with concern
-"What do you mean?"
-"In the game of Tejo, small, exploding targets that contain gunpowder are used. When struck by the tejo, which is the disk, they explode loudly"
-"W-Wait" Goll said, terrified once she realized the implication
Taiki stood up, clenching his teeth in pain
-"Taiki is fighting in a minefield" Kyo said from the stands
-"So that's why that god threw his disks into the ground" Chinatsu said, looking concerned at who she holds dear "He was planting mines"
-"Chaquen can use his disk as regular cutting projectiles, or use them as landmines" Brunhilde said
-"This isn't good" Goll said worried
-"The saving grace is that he either uses his disks as a cutting projectile, or as a landmine, not both at the same time" she put a hand on her chin "But knowing Chaquen, he must have a strategy in mind"
-"I told you, niño, a keen eye it's important in sports" Chaquen said, not hiding the smugness in his voice "Think you have that in order to avoid the mines?"
A drop of sweat fell from Taiki´s chin
-"Crap" he looked at the distance separating him from the god "If I am not careful. But I can't see any indication as to where they are"
-"There's only two left though" Geirölul said deep within his soul "If we can power through them, we can make a come back"
-"Right" he then came up with an idea
Using his racket as a chain once more, he threw it at the god
-"Not falling for that again!" the god jumped back right before the racket got him
Taiki called back his chain
-"Have another mine!" the god said as he jumped high and threw another mine into the ground
But before it could go deep into it
It was wrapped by Taiki´s chain
-"Huh!?" Chaquen yelled surprised
-"4" Taiki said as he spinned around, his chain following as he did so "3" he let go of his chain, sending the disk back at the god "2"
-"Mierda!" the god panicked at the disk came closer "That was his plan from the beginning!"
The disk was next to the god´s belly
-"1" Taiki said
Boom
The god was engulfed by the smoke, being a victim of the explosion
He landed on his knees
-"Clever" he said as he stood up, his belly burned away, leaving an ugly look to it
-"What a clever play!" Heimdall said "Taiki was able to return the mine to Chaquen! Seems he's not out of the game just yet!"
Taiki and Chaquen stared at each other, both drenched in sweat from their intensive battle
-"Heh!" Geirölul was proud "I like the way you think, Tai"
-"Thank you, Geirölul-san" Taiki then took a deep breath "If you keep throwing projectiles at me" he got himself ready once more "Then I'll just have to return them to you!"
This match was getting more exciting by the minute
And that´s the end of that, both had started slow, but little by little, they´re showing what they are capable of
Next time, the fight rages on
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Until next time
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