Hello everyone, Lealius here with a new chapter
In this one, the 8th fight begins
Without further ado, enjoy
Record of Ragnarok belongs to Takumi Fukui, Shinya Umemura and Chika Aji
Shikimori´s not Just a Cutie and its characters belong to Keigo Maki
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
Round 6
Taiki Inomata vs Chaquen
Match time: 21 minutes 33 seconds
Deciding move: Cutting Disk: Speed of Light
Winner: Chaquen
Score: Gods 4 - Humans 2
Round 7
Takuya Oohara vs Zeus
Match time: 16 minutes 41 seconds
Deciding move: The Sword that Connects with those I Love, Final Cut
Winner: Takuya Oohara
Score: Gods 4 - Humans 3
-"And now" Heimdall said "The 8th round shall begin!"
The public cheered
-"Even though humanity´s achieved a marvelous victory in round 7, they are still down 4-3, how will things change in this fight? Let´s receive, the fighter of the gods…"
The door on god's side had a fly image on it for some reason
"Specifically!"
The door began to crack
-"From hell!"
It shattered into pieces, a proper introduction for the so known dark god
-"It can´t be" one of the gods said terrified
-"The one who will bring despair to the defiant human race… The cursed god!"
Beelzebud started to walk into the arena, a rather depressed look on his face
-"The dark god spawned from utter darkness. What will his hands bring forth? Prosperity? Ruin? What will his mouth devour? God? Man?"
The more Heimdall described him, the more the gods tremble in fear
-"The priest of the deadly sin of gluttony, and the ruler of evil spirits! Even the gods fear and revile his cursed power! And now, that power will finally be unleashed! Mankind trembles in fear of him! And has called him thus: The Lord of the Flies!"
-"It's" a priest on humanity's side said while holding a crux "It's the devil! The devil is here!"
The god finally stood in the middle of the arena
-"He is… Beelzebub!"
Rather than cheered, the gods began to whisper among each other
-"Yeesh" a god said "Ain't nothing can change the fact that he looks like a total creep"
-"They say any god who gets involved with him will encounter misfortune" another god said
-"Must be the end of the world if we gotta count on someone like him"
-"Well, compromises like these are necessary. We are trying to destroy humanity"
-"Nghh" on his V.I.P balcony, Ares clenched his teeth while holding his bandaged wrist, a reminder of how Beelzebub cut off his hand a little bit ago "I swear, if he was not one of our fighters, I"
-"Don't make threats you know you can't fulfill" someone said, sounding rather tired of Ares´ antics
-"Huh?!" the god turned around, ready to chew on who had dared to insult him
And instead, he started to quiver
-"W-What?"
Hades began to walk into the balcony, his mere presence enough to shut the god of war
-"Move" he said once he got to the seat Ares was on "I want to sit"
-"YES SIR!" and with a quick step, he gave up on his seat
-"Been a while, Hades-sama" Hermes received him with a bow "What brings you here?"
To this, the King of the Underworld put a hand on his chin "I´ve heard that Zeus was killed, is that true?"
Their silence confirmed his suspicions
-"I see" he was quite calm about it "Who would have thought that a human would kill my dear brother?"
-"I was about to get our revenge, Hades-sama!" Ares spoke up "But Beelzebub interfered and"
-"You´re lucky you only got a hand cut off" Hades interrupted him, letting out a sigh "I knew you were a fool, but I didn't realize you were a fool this badly"
-"Eh?" Ares was dumbfounded, to which Hermes laughed
-"I must agree with my dear brother though, Hades-sama, in fact, I am surprised by how calm you are"
-"Who says I am?" he threw him a glare "But I don't need to go after an opponent who was in no condition to defend himself" he looked over his shoulder to Ares, who shivered in response "Do us both a favor and don´t ashame us gods"
-"Eek" Ares turned red
-"Anyway" Hades looked at the arena "So is Beelzebub´s turn, huh?" he folded his arms "I wonder what will he learn from this?"
To this statement, Ares and Hermes looked at each other confused
Meanwhile, on the stands for humanity
-"The gods" Goll said "They all have a weird mood about them. I mean, don't you think they hate Beelzebub a little too much?"
-"That is the sort of god that Beelzebub is" Brünhilde said
-"And now" Heimndall said "To introduce the representative of humanity!"
The door for humanity opened, revealing a young man
He has shiny dark purple hair with long fringes parting between his eyes and purple eyes. He has a slim figure and little muscles, wearing a long sleeved black sweater with a white shirt below, gray pants and black shoes
But what stood out the most was his shield
A shield made of a shining material, gold colored, and circular shape, big enough to cover a good portion of his right arm
There were also 2 symbols on it, a black cat on the left side, and the number 777 on the right side
-"A young one cursed by constant bad luck"
He started to walk into the arena, a confident smile on his face
-"Accident prone like no one! From things like getting hit in the face by a newspaper, to a literal truck crashing into his house, there´s nothing he has not faced!"
He adjusted his shield
-"And yet, despite the hardships, he never stops caring for others! Until the bitter end, his desire to help people is simply too strong! A true embodiment of hope and kindness!"
His eyes shined in confidence
-"Caring and with a will unmatched!"
-"Let´s do this" he said to himself
-"Yuuki Izumi!"
The public cheered for the young one
But
Just as he took another step, he tripped, making him lose his balance
-"Ah, ep, wah!" and landed face down on the floor
The entire arena went silent. Some just looked stunned, others sweat nervously
Beelzebub just kept looking down to the ground, either deciding to ignore what had just happened, or not caring, or both
-"Izumi-san!" a shiny pink haired young woman yelled from the stands on humanitys side, she was Miyako Shikimori, Izumi´s girlfriend
-"He really can't catch a break" one of his friends, a young man with brown/blondish hair said with a sigh, he was Shuu Inuzuka
The rest of his friends, a short young woman with blond hair known as Yui Hachimitsu, a young woman with long black hair known as Kyou Nekozaki, another young woman with short dark blue hair known as Ai Kamiya, and a young man with black haired known as Saruogi, all sigh too in agreement
They were all watching the fight, alongside Izumi´s parents
-"I-I´m fine" Izumi said raising a thumb, he managed to stand up and dust himself off
-"A-Anyway" Heimdall said, somewhat taken back "We have quite the match up here, the two cursed ones facing each other, who will win?!Tthe emissary of darkness?!" referring to Beelzebub "or the embodiment of hope?!" referring to Izumi "Who is the one cursed the most?! Let 's find out!" with a signal of his hand, he marked the beginning of the fight "Fight!"
Immediately, Izumi bowed
-"Let´s have a good match"
-"Huh?" Beelzebub looked up, not expecting that
-"Beelzebub-san"
The arena was confused
-"That kid" a god said "Did he just wish good luck to Beelzebub?"
-"That was unexpected" Goll said
-"Well, It's part of Izumi´s personality, he just can´t be rude to anyone" Brünhilde said shrugging
-"Good match?" Beelzebub said with a somber tone "Unfortunately for you, you won't be getting a good match"
Izumis hand began to shake
He looked at the young one with death on his eyes
-"This will end with you being destroyed, nothing more"
Izumi just looked down to the floor
-"And with my defeat, you will be one step closer to winning Ragnarok, and then wiping out all of us, is that it?"
No answer
He looked up, determination on his eyes
-"I won't allow that to happen!"
That got humanitys attention
-"I won't allow that to happen!" readying his shield "I will protect them! Thats my duty!"
The public was touched, specially his family and friends
-"Protect? Duty?" Beelzebub repeated "Why does that matter?" he started to emanate a dark aura "Let's just get straight to the killing, shall we?"
With a tap from his staff, a crack formed, and it started to expand towards Izumi
The young one managed to move out to the side before being touch by it
Eventually, the crack stopped, and it caused a small explosion that left a hole on the arena
-"Amazing!" Heimdall said "With a tap of his staff, Beelzebub generated enough force to destroy a part of the ground, just what exactly did he do?!"
-"I gotta be careful" Izumi said "Still" Izumi had a small smile "That was cool!"
Beelzebub just stared at him "Cool?"
-"Yeah. Just one touch and look what you did, that's an amazing power"
-"... You´re a peculiar one"
-"Incredible" Ares said "But what exactly did he do?"
-"Vibration" Hermes said
-"Vibration? How can that be a weapon?"
-"For example" getting a nearby wineglass, Hermes began to yell at it, until it broke "Sometimes they destroyed objects as sound waves. Sometimes the shake the Earth as earthquakes"
While continuing with his explanation, Beelzebub rushed towards Izumi, and with his right hand, slashed at the boy, who barely dodge, although it cut a part of his sweater
-"Sometimes, they can be a very sharp blade"
Vibrations that cause such tremendous destruction, Beelzebubs ability
The Devil´s Wing Flapping
-"Beelzebubs hand is like a sharp sword!" Heimdall said "It sliced through Izumis clothes, who seemed to have managed to dodge"
-"That's a lot of power, if I had been hit directly, I wouldve been cut in half. Either way, I can't just stand here and do nothing"
And so, he threw his shield to the god, like a disk
To this, the god simple moved out, the shield flying away, but
Completely unarmed, Izumi ran towards the god
-"What is he doing?" the dark god thought while preparing his hand blade
-"Return!" Izumi said
Suddenly, the shield came to a stop, and started to go back to Izumi
It was gonna hit Beelzebub from behind
-"He can call his shield back to him?!"
The Lord of the flies ducked to avoid the incoming projectile, which returned to his owners hands
Having the god with the guard down, Izumi slammed down his shield, trying to hit his opponent
The impact caused a cloud of dust to engulf them, did he get him?
No, because he felt his shield bouncing back, making him take a few steps back
Once the dust cleared, what was there was Beelzebub, who had switched his staff to his left hand to produce circular waves that acted as a shield
-"Sorath Samekh: Gates of Hell"
-"So that explains the bouncing" Izumi said, impressed
-"Is that really your limit?" the god said, disappointed "Alright then" he switched his staff to the right hand, and began to charge the skull handle of it "Hurry up and break"
The energy emanating was similar to that of a dark beast, this one looked like a giant fly
-"Sorato Vau: Fallen angels gluttony"
He charged staff ahead towards the young one, ready to hit him with the dark attack
-"I gotta counter attack!"
Charging with his shield, Izumi met the gods attack
Both fighters were against one another, trying to gain the upperhand, it looked as they were evenly match
However
Beelzebub put his free hand on his right hands wrist, and started to generate more vibrations, increasing the power of his attack
-"He can generate that many vibrations!?" Izumi was alarmed
And then, an explosion ocurred
It send Izumi back, leaving a mark on the floor,
Though he was still standing, he ended up with a cut on his forehead, it was bleeding
-"Izumi-san!" Shikimori yelled concerned
-"It has happened, the first one to take damage in this fight is Izumi!" Heimdall claimed
-"Ngh"
-"I knew it, you too" Beelzebub said in an arrogant way "Cannot kill me"
-"Beelzebub is so strong" Goll said "With such a small staff"
-"No" Brünhilde said "That staff is a weapon that amplifies Beelzebub ́s power. When wielded with the left hand, it becomes a shield that can repel Izumi-san´s own shield. If wielded with the right hand, it is a sword that can destroy armor created by the gods. The staff of Apomyius. Beelzebub ́s ability, The Devil ́s Wing Flapping, each of the left and right hand has different characteristics. The left hand is defensive, the right hand is offensive. By specializing the vibration in such a way to maximize offensive and defensive power. The staff is both a weapon and an armor that further strengthens the vibrations. In other words, he can both attack and defend. He's a god with the strongest spear and the strongest shield"
To this, Goll panicked
However
-"That´s" Izumi said, and smiled brightly "That's so cool!"
Beelzebub looked at him surprised, mouth hanging opened
-"You really are cool, Beelzebub-san, I mean that!"
-"That guy" Nekozaki said, not surprised at all "He just can´t stop complimenting someone when he/she does something cool" she looked at Shikimori "Don't get jealous though, Micchon"
-"I am not!"
-"She is" the rest of Izumis family and friends thought the same
-"But still" he looked down "That part you said, about not being able to kill you, the thing is" he looked up "I don't want to kill you"
He was not expecting that statement
-"You don't want to?" Beelzebub asked him "You do know that"
-"Yes, I know these are fights to death, but even so, it doesn't mean I want to do it, nor that I should be happy by doing so"
Beelzebub kept staring at him "You really are a peculiar one, but it does not matter, I'm not gonna waste anymore time on you. Whether you want to or not, the truth is" he pointed his staff at the purple haired "You don't have the skills to fight me, let alone kill me"
-"...Won't know until I try"
Suddenly, the image of the black cat on Izumis shield began to shine
-"Just what is Izumi about to do?!" Heimdall asked
-"Sorry for doing this" aiming his shield at Beelzebub "Mark of the Black Cat!"
Switching the staff to his left hand, Beelzebub deployed his own shield, ready for whatever was to happen next
Although, no one could have anticipated that
A small black cat emerged from the shield, landing on the ground
-"Meow" the animal said
-"Eh?" Heimdall said
-"Eh?" Goll said
-"Eh?" Izumi´s family and friends said
-"EEEEEEH!?" the entire public said
All of them were confused, even Beelzebub himself
The only exception was Brünhilde, who wore a confident smile
-"In an unexpected turn of events, Izumi summoned a black cat from his shield, but why?" Heimdall said
-"Go!" Izumi commanded
The feline began to walk towards Beelzebub. After some steps, it was in front of the god, who just looked down to it
-"This is ridiculous" using his right hand, he attacked the creature with his hand blade
And it just went through the animal
-"Huh?" the dark god could not believe it
Using this opening, the feline jumped towards the god, phasing through him like a ghost going through a wall
Once it landed
-"Meow" with that final meowing, the cat disappeared
The cursed god looked at his own body, he didn't feel any different
-"I am not sure what was that about" Beelzebub said "But it's time to end this"
Charging at the young one, Beelzebub prepared his hand blade once more
Izumi made no effort in dodging or blocking, just stood there confidently
And then, as Beelzebub was charging towards him
He tripped
-"Wha!" he started to waved his arms, trying to not lose his balance "Wha, I can´t!"
-"Now!" Izumi charged at the god with his shield ahead
Beelzebub was alarmed, he still could not regain his balance
And so
Izumi collided his shield against the gods chest
-"Blagh!" Beelzebub coughed blood, and was sent flying backwards "Tch" using his staff to steered himself, the god stood there damaged
-"Unbelievable!" Heimdall said "Somehow, Izumi was able to catch Beelzebub off guard, and managed to damage the Lord of the Flies for the first time in the fight!"
The humans cheered for its warrior
-"You" Beelzebub was angry, and charged at Izumi
However, another unexpected thing occurred
-"Mgh!" a newspaper that came out of thin air had engulfed the Lord of the Flies face
-"Eh?!" Heimdall yelled in astonishment "What the hell? Where did that newspaper come from?! The barrier is supposed to protect from outside interference
And that was indeed the case
Except, that there was no outside interference
-"Gah!" Beelzebub finally took the newspaper off his face "What?!" eyes wide, he moved his body to the side "Agh!" and felt a sharp pain on his left shoulder
In the sky, Izumi´s shield was spinning. There was blood on it
-"I don't get what's happening!" Heimdall exclaimed "But the newspaper had bought Izumi a window of opportunity to throw his shield like a disk, leaving a nasty cut on Beelzebub's shoulder!"
-"Tsk!" Beelzebub clicked his tongue "This is ridiculous!"
He tried once more to move ahead, except
-"Eh?"
His foot landed on a banana peel, making him slip and fell face down on the floor
-"I" Inuzuka said from the audience "What's with that guy? Is almost as if"
-"He's as clumsy and has the same bad luck that Izumi has" Hachimitsu said
Everyone looked at her
-"You mean thats he´s going through the… unfortunate accidents that Izumi-kun goes through daily?" Kamiya said
-"At a certain level, yes, and I think he noticed it too"
Standing up, and dusting himself off, Beelzebub stared at his opponent, face slightly bruised
"It was that cat, right?"
Izumi´s confident smile confirm his suspicions
-"When that cat went through me"
-"What do you mean curse?" Goll asked to her sister
-"Simple" Brünhilde said "Izumi´s one that has endured bad luck for as long as he can remember. What is silly in daily life like slipping on a banana peel, or having a bird crap on you, if it is a battle, the unexpected event can make anyone lose its focus, and that's precisely what the mark of the black cat did. He inflicted the same bad luck he had on Beelzebub!"
-"That's amazing!" Goll said
-"And it is all thanks to the power of Gondul, the valkyrie Izumi is paired up with, the power which dwells within her runes is… Magic Wielder!"
Magic, or dumb luck, whichever works in her favour
-"Quite the annoying trick you have" Beelzebub continued, looking at the cut on his shoulder
Izumi scratched his cheek embarrassed "You figured it out quickly, you really are cool. Although" his expression turned into a sad one "It's not a curse I would wish upon anyone"
-"... Curse, you say?"
-"Even so" the 777 symbol on Izumis shield began to shine now "I have to stop you!"
-"Just what is Izumi´s plan?!" Heimdall asked
-"I hope I can catch a break this time" Izumi said
And threw his shield at the deity
The god prepared his own shield, but just as Izumis projectile was about to hit it, it vanished in thin air
-"..." Beelzebub was looking at his surroundings
-"Did" Izumi was worried "Did it not work?"
Beelzebub deactivated his shield, there was no need since there was no threat
-"How unfortunate"
Or so he thought
Because suddenly, he was trapped
-"What?!"
He was surrounded by an energy barrier
-"Beelzebubs been trapped by a mysterious barrier, but where did it come from?!"
Looking up, the god found the source of his predicament
Izumis shield was floating in the air above the god, and from it, a light was being generated from the edges of the shield, locking the god in something similar to a cage
And from the center of the shield, a spark of energy was charging itself up
-"It worked!" Izumi was happy "The Lucky Break worked!"
Beelzebub looked at him "Lucky Break?"
Suddenly, a ray of energy fired itself from the shield towards the god, who was in shock
A pillar of light formed, it was so bright that everyone had to covered their eyes
-"Wh-What a light!" Heimdall said
After some moments, the light disappeared, and what they saw left everybodys mouth open
Beelzebubs entire upper body clothes were gone, most likely shattered from the blast
But he was in far worse shape on his knees trying to catch his breath, bruises and cuts on his arms and torso with blood coming out
And for some reason, he had a strange tattoo on his left peck, it looked like a rose with thorns shaped like a heart
-"No way! Whatever Izumi´s attack was, it has left the god severely damaged!"
Humanity cheered at this while Izumis shield returned to his owner
-"Way to go Izumi!" Inuzuka said
-"That was awesome!" Nekozaki said
-"Izumi-san… you are so cool" Shikimori said
-"But still" Saruogi said "How did he do it?"
-"It was" Beelzebub said, recovering his air "It was that Lucky Break, right?"
Izumis smile fell
-"I noticed that your 777 symbol began to shine, and then you threw your shield at me"
-"Well"
-"And what you said"
Izumis eyes went wide in surprise
-"You were worried that it didn't succeed at first, your words were "The Lucky Break worked!" You weren't entirely sure if it was gonna work" he was trembling as he stood up "You really took a gamble"
-"..."
-"Hence the lucky part, it is an attack that is lucky because it will work, or at the very least, be beneficial for its user…"
-... You are a genius, Beelzebub-san" Izumi said with a small smile
-"Don´t just confirm it!" his friends said, sounding annoyed at this
-"It is as you said. This shield may let me manipulate luck, but not fully control it, it will be helpful for me whenever I use the Lucky Break, but how exactly it acts when I used it, I have no way of knowing it"
-"And there is one more thing" Beelzebub said "The amount of times you can use it"
To confirm its suspicious, one of the 7 in the 777 symbol disappeared, now it was only 77
-"You can only use it 3 times, 777, just like the lucky number"
-"Indeed"
Suddenly, Beelzebub coughed more blood, the attack took a toll on him
-"Heh" he looked at his bloody hand "I stand correct, you are not peculiar" he tightened the grip on his staff, and threw a deadly look at Izumi "You're annoying"
Charging ahead with his staff on the right hand, Beelzebub attacked
-"Sorato Vau: Fallen angels gluttony"
Raising his shield, Izumi blocked the attack
-"As I thought" charging more vibrations, Beelzebub managed to break the stalemate
Swapping the staff to his left hand, he slashed at Izumi with his hand blade
The young one managed to jump back, but
-"Ngh!" he was still slashed on his chest, leaving a bleeding mark on it
-"You can't use both at the same time"
Izumi was quiet
-"You either use the Mark of the Black Cat, or the Lucky Break, but not both. The moment you used the Lucky Break, the cursed you inflicted upon me vanished, hence why I didn´t slip or suffer any other bad luck shenanigan"
Izumi pouted embarrassed, he had been caught, again
-"You are correct, although"
-"Yes?"
-"I am glad"
The arena went quiet
-"Because I am not suffering the same curse as you, right?" the dark god said
-"I would hate for that to happen to anyone"
Beelzebub looked down "Allow me to ask you a question… Have you ever caused suffering to anyone because of your bad luck?"
Izumi´s expression turned into a dark one, reminiscing all those bad times
"Depends on your definition of suffering, nothing severe happened yet" he make his hand into a fist "The idea that because of my bad luck, I bring misfortune to someone I love, it is one of my biggest fears"
-"Izumi-san" Shikimori was concerned for her boyfriend, so was the rest of his family and friends
-"Essentially, no" Beelzebub said
-"Huh?" Izumi was confused, looking at the god
-"At most, you have caused them stress. Perhaps they missed an exam, or have to end up paying for something with money, but those are minor things"
-"What are you"
-"I´ll rephrase my question… Have you ever, because of your bad luck, your own curse" he looked at Izumi with somber and obscure eyes
There was despair on them
"Killed someone you loved?"
Izumis eyes went wide in shock, his mouth hanging open, not believing the question that was asked to him
But there was a reason for it
And that´s the end of that
So, this chapter came out rather fast, right? Well, the thing is that for certain reasons, I already have this fight completely written, so all I had to do was fixed some spelling mistakes. So yeah, this fight will be published quite faster compared to the other ones, same for the 11th fight
Next time, we learn more about Beelzebub, and he will unleash a dark technique
As usual, thank you all for reading, leave any comments if you want or send a PM, and I will gladly answer
Until next time
Peace