Hello everyone, Lealius here with a new chapter

In this one, Nega and Apollo´s battle rages on

With that being said, enjoy

Record of Ragnarok belongs to Takumi Fukui, Shinya Umemura and Chika Aji

Nega-kun and Posi-chan belongs to Shunpei Morita

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

-"The cheers of the public for me, and" he took his stance once more "I will answer everyone's expectations without fail. For I am the ultimate existence... the Sun God, Apollo"

The god charged at the young warrior

Nega took a swing with his knife, but the god quickly got out of the way

And delivered a left uppercut into the young warrior´s chin

Nega stumbled a few steps back

-"Float like a butterfly" the god disappeared

-"What the?!"

-"Sting like a bee!" the god said from behind Nega

Nega looked back

And received a straight punch in the nose

-"Ngh"

Nega´s face was a mess of bruises and blood

-"Amazing!" Heimdall said "This is the power of the boxing god!"

-"Apollo-sama, you're so cool!" her ladies cheered

The sun god showed them a smile, then looked at Nega, who was still standing "You´re surprisingly tough… For a human"

-"Heh" despite the damage, Nega was not bothered "This is not my first time in boxing"

-"Oh? Is that so?"

-"Yeah, I used to practice with my dad, granted, all I did was let myself hit, but you never know when you might run into a fight with a criminal and you need to hang in there until help arrives. Building endurance, that's important!"

-"Eh…" the god was having trouble processing that

-"He actually did that?" Aramaki asked from the stands

-"I tried to stop him, but dad said "Hey, at least is exercise" his sister Yuuko answered, feeling a migraine from the memory

-"Nega-kun boxing…"

Hoshi started to daydream, Nega, with his build up physique

-"Hoshi-chan, having you by my side is the perfect motivator" Nega said in a smooth voice

-"I´ll always support you"

She kept fantasizing

-"She is doing that again" Aramaki thought, somehow knowing what her best friend was thinking

-"Anyway" he dashed once more, and prepared a left jab "Let´s continue, my boy!"

And threw said attack, impacting on Nega´s face

But

-"Heh" the pessimistic one grabbed the god´s wrist with his right hand

-"Huh?"

-"Got you"

With his free hand, Nega unsheathed his knife, and yanked the god by his held arm, pulling him towards him

-"What the?!"

Using his knife, Nega stab the god right in the left shoulder

-"Gwah!" the god screamed in pain, kicking Nega on the chest, he broke free

-"What a turn of events!" Heimdall said "Nega took advantage of Apollo´s attack to deliver his own counter-attack!"

-"I was trying to go for some other place, not your shoulder" Nega cursed "Guess those punches are making me dizzy"

The god clenched his teeth while holding his injured shoulder

-"What the?!" Ares could not get it "How did he hurt Apollo?"

-"It's simple" Hermes said "Nega let himself get hit in order to have Apollo up close, then he held him by his wrist so that he wouldn´t escape"

-"That human is quite resisting" Zeus said while stroking his beard "Enduring all punches of Apollo, if he gets careless, Apollo is only gonna end up more damaged than Nega"

-"I am guessing it's gonna be harder for you to punch me" Nega said

-"Hmph" the god was not amused "Don´t get ahead of yourself my boy, I wouldn't be able to call myself "the god of boxing" if a shoulder injury was enough to stop me"

-"Keep up, Nega-kun!" Hoshi said

Apollo looked at the source of the voice, and what he saw stunned him

-"Hah!"

-"Eh?" Nega was confused

In the blink of an eye, the sun god was standing in front of the young woman, separated by the barrier

-"My lovely!" the god said in a sweet and seductive voice "Your beauty is unbelievable!"

-"Hey!" Nega was mad "Get away from her!"

-"That idiot" Ares said while facepalming at the god's attitude

-"Oh, look at me!" another Apollo was right next to Ares "I´m so beautiful and shiny!"

-"What?!" the god of war was confused "Two Apollos?!"

-"Hehehe" Zeus found it funny "Your imitation is always spot on, Loki"

With a clap of his fingers, the fake Apollo was no more

Instead, there was a young muscular man wearing a cloak with long sleeves detached from its base. He also wears fingerless gloves and an array of stud ear piercings on each of his ears. He has green hair that goes down to his neck and a hair highlight to the left of his face. His pupils are slanted like that of a goat

He was Loki, the God of Mischief form the Norse Pantheon, and a future representative of the gods in Ragnarok

-"Thank you, thank you" he gave a bow, feeling flattered "I've been practicing"

-"Been some time, Loki-san" Hermes said "May I ask what brings you here?"

The trickster let out a yawn "Watching the fights with old man Odin was getting bored, I needed a change of scenery" he started to levitate, sitting in the air

-"What do you think of Ragnarok so far?" Zeus asked

-"Pfft, I already knew we were gonna win that first fight, but still" he looked at Nega, who was pissed at Apollo´s attitude with Hoshi "At least that human is entertaining"

Back with Apollo

-"I know this is sudden, but you are so beautiful" the god kept on going

-"Eh?" Hoshi was confused, as well as Nega´s friends and sister

-"Apollo-sama!" her ladies felt insulted

-"Once I'm done with that ugly one there" he pointed at Nega, who was red mad "Would you like to accompany me for some tea?"

-"Ugly?" she repeated, then pointed at the god, wearing an expression that was pure honesty "But you are the ugliest one here"

-"EEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHH?!" the sun god was shocked, like a lighting had just hit him

-"Hey!" Nega had enough "We're in the middle of a fight here!"

-"I cannot believe this" the god said, ignoring his opponent "How could you prefer a pathetic individual such as him?"

-"He's not pathetic" Hoshi said

-"Ah!" the god had an idea "I get it now!" he turned around to look at his opponent "I just need to show you properly!"

With a clap of his hands, he began to bask himself in a powerful light

-"What's he doing?" Nega shielded his eyes

Once he was done, his hair was combed backwards, and for some reason, he was sparking

-"Let me show, my boy!" he clenched his fists "What true beauty is!"

He charged at Nega, who had his knife ready on his left hand

The god aimed a right hook at Nega´s stomach, who blocked it, the collision of both attacks sending sparks in the air

-"Hmph!" the god moved to the right side, this time to deliver a left jab

Nega tried to raise his knife to blocked once more

But

He felt his left arm being restrained

-"What the?" Nega was shocked, he couldn't move his left arm at all

And received the jab on his chest

-"Gah!" he coughed some blood

-"Now that I have you tied up" the god claimed "You´re not going anywhere!"

Upon further observation, Nega realized what the problem was

He had threads all around his arm, and they were being pulled by the sun god

-"Artemis Elenchos: Brilliant Domination!"

-"He's using those threads to hold Nega-san?!" Goll asked

-"He is" Brünhilde said "Those light threads can be used both in an offensive and defensive way, when he approached Nega, he tie his arm with them, and so long as Apollo has those threads on his hands, Nega won't be able to use his knife to attack or block"

-"Oh no!" Goll was worried "And those threads looked really strong, can he free himself of them?"

-"Don´t worry" Brünhilde was confident "There is a way for him to do so"

-"Now" the god yanked Nega to him once more "Take this!"

And the young one got punched in the stomach

-"Not so cool anymore, huh my boy?"

The god was so distracted, he didn't realize Nega switching his knife to his right one

-"One more" the god pulled the boy once more

But

Nega cut the threads with his knife, freeing himself

-"What?!" the god could not believe it

-"Incredible!" Heimdall said "Nega broke himself free from Apollo´s threads"

-"It's my turn!"

Nega slashed at the god, leaving a bleeding mark on the sun god´s chest

-"Gah!"

-"Apollo-sama!" her ladies were scared

-"I don´t believe this!" Goll was amazed "How did he free himself? Is his knife that strong?!"

-"Is not only his knife, but rather, the valkyrie that turned into that weapon"

-"Enough of this!" the god started to generated more threads

They started to shape themselves into a circular way

-"Is that" Ares said

He has shield out, bronzed colored with his lyre symbol´s on the center

-"Phoebus' Lyre: Magic Shield!" the god proclaimed "With this, my boy, you won't touch me any further"

-"I wish that was the case" Nega thought bitterly

Wasting no time, Nega charged at the god

Seeing this, the god lifted his shield to intercept him "Pointless, my boy!"

However

Nega´s knife began to shine in a blue aura

-"What's happening to Nega´s knife?!" Heimdall asked

The tip of Nega´s knife landed on Apollo's shield

-"Here goes" Nega applied strength on his knife "Shield breaker!"

Apollo´s shield began to crack

-"No" the god could not believe it "It can't be!"

Pushing forward, Nega broke the shield in two, and

-"Gwah!" the god screamed

Slashed the god on his right lumbar region

Blood was splattered on the ground, and the god bent down on his knees

-"Nega´s attack!" Heimdall said "Has damaged Apollo once more! He's starting to gain the upper hand!"

-"Ngh!" the god was pissed

-"How did Nega-san?!" Goll asked

-"I told you, it's all thanks to the valkyrie he's partnered up with"

-"Thanks for the assistance, Randgriz-san" Nega said to the valkyrie deep within his soul

A beautiful woman smiled at the compliment. She has long and wide light brown hair that reaches her waist, she has a double ended golden spear hairpin on the back of her head. She wears a classical white and black dress adorned with golden plates on both sides of her waist, a turquoise pendant and black and white high shaft boots on high heels with metal shin guards

She was Randgriz, the fourth of the 13 valkyries

And the power which dwells within her runes is

Shield Breaker

Barely standing up, the god jumped back to gain some distance "For someone as"

-"Ugly?" Nega finished the sentence "I know that much, I know I am pessimistic, the lowest of the lowest of the low, but" he clenched his fist "I learned that even some garbage like me can find light in his life…"

That light was

-"Nega-kun" Hoshi said while holding an eraser "You dropped your eraser"

-"Oh" Nega looked at her "Thanks"

With a bright smile, she walked away

-"Hoshi Sayaka" Nega thought "She's bright and popular" his thoughts turned into dark ones "On the other hand, I´m the king of gloom. The grossest trash person in class. We´re the kind of people that would get never get involved with one another"

His heart started to beat faster, and his expression turned into a nervous one "I LOVE HER SO MUCH!"

At the school's rooftop

-"Then go confess to her" Hiyumano, his best friend, said

-"I can´t do that"

-"Why not?"

Nega laughed "Do you even have to ask?" he took a deep breath "It's because I have no confidence!"

-"Don´t say that so confidently"

He grabbed Hiyumano by his shoulders in a panic "But I´m gross, aren't I?"

-"No, can´t say"

-"Aren't I?"

-"Not really"

-"Please, say that I'm gross"

-"Why?"

He let go of him "Anyway, It's just impossible for me"

-"Whatever, man"

Meanwhile, with Hoshi

She remembered talking to Nega and giving him his eraser "I-I-I-I spoke to Nega-kun today" her face was blushing hard

She noticed her best friend, Aramaki "Maki-cahn! Maki-chan!" she waved at her

-"Oh? Sayaka"

-"I spoke to Nega-kun today!"

-"Oh? How did that go?"

-"I went "you dropped your eraser" and he said "Oh, thanks"

-"That´s it?" Aramaki said, somewhat disappointed

-"I can hope for something, right?" Hoshi continued gushing "Or rather, It's already decided, right?"

To this, her best friend laughed, it was a dry laugh

-"I wonder when should we do it"

-"Do what?"

-"Is it not obvious?" the white haired said "The wedding ceremony"

-"Are you insane?"

Hoshi was full of smiles, stars on her eyes "But he must want to marry me too! I mean, I picked up his eraser, and he went "oh, thanks", Who else would thank me?!"

-"Many people would!"

Ignoring this, Hoshi kept daydreaming

Yeah, they were the complete opposite of the other, one was a young pessimistic man, the other was a positive young woman

And yet, as time went on, they attracted each other more

Like that time at cooking class, after Hoshi burnt the cookies they were making

-"S-Sorry" she was embarrassed "Well, look at it this way… They're just well done"

-"They literal turned into charcoal" Aramaki said

-"Not cool, Hoshi-chan" a classmate said

-"After all the work we put into that" another classmate said

-"I" she felt terrible

-"We´ll just have to throw it out"

For rare as it was, Hoshi felt hopeless

-"W-Wait" Nega said as he approach them "Don't do that"

-"Nega-kun?" Hoshi was surprised

-"You could break those up, melt some chocolate, and mix it together, it´ll make the chocolate crunchier"

-"Whoa, crunchy" one classmate said

-"Sounds yummy" another one said

-"You sure know your stuff, Nega" Aramaki said

-"Oh, I just spent some time thinking all the possible ways things could go wrong today" he laughed nervously "I didn't sleep for three days"

"Dude, that's not good"

-"A-Anyway, Hoshi-san, don´t… don´t worry so much"

-"Um" that was unexpected "Yeah" she raised her fist "Let's do this!"

-"Damn it, I shouldn't have been such a busybody!"

And the cookies were saved, proving that even someone like him can be optimistic from time to time

And because he didn't want to see her sad

With their summer break close, Nega was cursing that he wouldn't be able to see Hoshi daily

-"Then how about the fireworks festival" Aramaki said as she joined Nega and Hiyumano

-"Right!" Hiyumano agreed "There's one next week! Go ask her out!"

Nega let out a sigh "And here I thought you guys got me. You know I can´t"

-"Why?"

-"I'm too chicken!" he said that with pride

-"And you´re proud of that?" the girl asked, not believing that

-"For shame" Hiyumano said

-"We can help you out" Aramaki said

Nega just laughed, it was a bitter laugh "Please, no matter how much you help me, we know it will never work out!"

-"Nega, please" his best friend said, having enough "Do you really think you can keep that shit up?"

Nega was stunned silent

-"Why do you give up before even trying? Or Am I the weird one because I think you actually have a chance?"

Aramki slapped his back in confidence "Don't worry! Trust yourself! I also trust that you can do it"

-"Ugh" he felt touched by their support and kindness "Well, since you´re going this far… I guess… I can ask her out"

It was the end of the day, after their end of semester party

-"Phew" Nega was tired "Sorry guys" he was smiling "I couldn't do it"

-"The fuck is wrong with you, dude?" Hiyumano said in disbelief

-"You little" Aramaki felt sick

-"Well, guess that´s that" he began to walk away "See you after summer break"

-"Ok, screw it" Aramaki said, rolling up her sleeves "I´ll take care of it myself. We´ll ask them both to come with us, but we'll just stay at home and"

-"Enough" Hiyumano said "I think this is all pointless" he saw his best friend walking away "He needs to change himself"

While he was walking down the street

-"Nega-kun!" Hoshi said with a bright smile

-"Hoshi-san?!" he was nervous

She kept talking about summer break, but

-"It's meant to be like this" he began to have negative thoughts "I don't have a chance with her to begin with. We´re only able to talk like this because we´re classmates. Once classes are shuffled, we´ll never speak again. Then we turn into adults, and Hoshi-san will eventually forget everything about me. That's the way things are… So"

The idea of a growing Hoshi

-"It´s fine"

And

-"This…is"

She forgetting about him, and him not being a part of her life anymore

A tear fell from his eyes as he looked down

-"No"

-"Anyway, later, Nega-kun" she began to walk away

-"It's not fine"

Whipping his tears, he called her "Hoshi-san!"

She turned around, surprised

-"There´s a firework festival next week. Do you… Do you want to go there together?"

She had a fierce blush

-"Did… Did I hear him right?" she was happy inside "Yes, I did hear him right" she smiled at the boy who stole her heart "Sure!"

Nega could not believe it

He remembered his friends encouragement

-"They… They were right… They really care that much for us, huh?"

He was happy

His friends with their full support, and sometimes weird way of doing things, his sister with her love, and also with her weird way of doing things, his crush with her positive attitude

They were all peculiar in their own ways

But he wouldn't trade them for anything

Back at the arena

-"It's thanks to those people" he pointed at them "That I know that even garbage can be loved"

They all smiled at him

-"That guy" Hiyumano and Aramaki said

Loreen gave him a thumbs up, full of happiness

-"I am proud of you, little bro" Yuuko said

-"Nega, my best friend and rival" Kawai felt proud "You are finally taking action, and not hesitating and worrying!"

-"Yeah" he felt embarrassed "Not crying over spilled milk, right?"

She nodded

-"You're the best, Nega-kun!" Hoshi said while blushing "I am glad I met you"

-"Me too" he looked at the god "And I'm sure I am not the only one who feels that way!" he pointed at the god "You won´t take that away from us"

-"I see" the sun god said "That's wrong"

-"What?"

-"You have definitely improved over your life… But you´re still lacking"

-"I have time to improve, a little humility would do you good"

-"But" the god stroked another dramatic pose "That won't be beautiful!" he got back to normal" Here I am trying to show you the way of self love, and you spit on my face"

-"You don't want me to improve, you just want to feel superior"

The god shrugged "To each their own my boy. But, I am not gonna play with you anymore"

Moving his threads in a dramatic way, he started to change weapon once more

-"What now?" Nega thought

Once he was done, he revealed a golden bow, the string made out of silver, while the body parts holding said string were shaped like a serpent

-"Artemis Elenchos: Hunter´s Bow"

-"He's changing to distance attacks" Nega said

-"This, my boy" the god summoned a silver arrow, placing it in the bow "It's the legacy I carry. and" he pulled the string back, ready to shoot "Why my way works, and yours don´t"

And that´s the end of that, we get Nega´s backstory, and Loki cameo, look foward to his fight

Next chapter, we´ll learn why Apollo is the way he is, and the 2nd fight finally reaches its conclusion

As usual, thank you all for reading, leave any reviews or send a PM, and I´ll gladly answer

See you next time

Peace