Chapter 34: Lucas' Betrayal!
Hour after Armya's match.
''Next match! Irio Vs. Snakeland!'' The referee announced loudly.
The trio of Snakeland stood up from their chairs and started their journey towards their arena
''Follow the plan.'' Snakeland's Captain Wreth said towards his teammates.
Snakeland's other Middle Martial Leader Ethan nodded, while Snakeland's weakest member, Low Martial Leader Hank also nodded.
Their uniform was fully black, with some serpent logo's in the jacket and on the pants.
They arrived at the other side of the arena, in front of them was a black horse of the tournament, Irio.
'Ledorman isn't referring to this match… I wonder what Slych did to him…' Ichiro thought with a slight grin, he turned his head to look at his teammate Liam, who was sweating furiously.
''Liam we are counting on you!'' Ichiro said teasingly.
*Bam*
''AH, WHAT THE FUCK!'' Ichiro cried out after someone slapped his head.
''Ichiro, please shut the fuck up,'' Lucas said with clear annoyance.
''You violent brute!'' Ichiro cried out, Lucas started having tick black marks on his forehead, he looked at Ichiro and grabbed him from his collar.
''What did you say!'' Lucas asked with anger.
''HELP! Referee! I am getting violated!'' Ichiro asked for help with teary eyes.
''Hands off from him!'' The referee yelled, he was one of the referees who saw Lucas' ''perverted'' deeds in the locker room, he rushed towards Lucas and took Ichiro from him, and put him behind his back while looking at Lucas with disgust.
''Umm…'' Lucas started sweatdropping.
''Don't you remember our warnings?'' The referee asked coldly, Ichiro looked towards Lucas while shivering in 'fear'
Lucas had bloodshot eyes while biting his lips, trying to contain his anger, he bowed towards the referee and said. ''I am sorry.''
''Hmph.'' Referee snorted and looked towards Ichiro and saw his nod, shortly after he returned his previous spot, to resume the match while keeping a close eye on Lucas.
''We are so doomed,'' Liam muttered with a pale face.
Ichiro walked next to Lucas and stood next to him with a slight smile.
''Ichiro… I am going to kill you after this…'' Lucas whispered in a cold tone.
''Hmph! I did you a favor and you repay me like this?'' Ichiro asked with a sad face.
Lucas started having veins appear on his forehead and asked angrily. ''What favor!''
''You can now focus that anger on our opponents! You should thank me honestly, so ungrateful, hmph!'' Ichiro pouted.
Lucas clenched his fists, almost dying from his anger, he looked at the members of Snakeland and grinned viciously. 'I need to unleash my anger on something.'
Ichiro patted Liam's shoulder and said. ''Go for it buddy, we are counting on ya.''
''O-ok.'' Liam stuttered while looking at the Hank from Snakeland.
''Are both teams ready?!'' Referee roared.
Both teams nodded.
''FIGHT!''
Lucas started running like there is no tomorrow and reached Snakeland's Captain Wreth in seconds, who was looking at Lucas with widened eyes.
''DIE ICHIRO!'' Lucas roared and punched Wreth, he managed to put his arms to block, but he still got sent backward a few meters, he was sliding on the ground until he managed to put a stop on it.
Wreth looked at Lucas with shock.
''Why did you say Die Ichiro, Lucas?!''' Ichiro yelled.
''Tsk.'' Lucas clicked his tongue, he rushed towards Wreth, starting another round of fighting.
''Hmph.'' Ichiro pouted and looked at his blond-haired opponent, who was closely looking at him.
''Well, good luck Liam.'' Ichiro grinned and started running towards Ethan.
''W-wait!'' Liam cried out, he saw Hank looking at him closely.
''Sh*t…'' Liam muttered
''Heh…'' Ethan grinned and started running towards Ichiro, and in about 3 seconds, they met at the center of the arena.
''Good luck,'' Ethan said with a grin.
Ichiro grinned widely. ''Don't lose too soon!'' After that Ichiro attacked with a straight punch, which Ethan parried to the other side.
Ethan counter-attacked with a leg sweep, but Ichiro managed to dodge it by jumping backward.
Ethan kept grinning and rushed after Ichiro.
Ichiro also grinned and punched Ethan, which got blocked, he followed with a punch with his left fist, which got parried by Ethan.
They were exchanging blows, but each attack from them got either blocked or parried, neither of them getting an upper hand on the match.
[Machine Gun Blows!] Ethan took a deep stance and started jabbing towards Ichiro with the speed that made those jabs look like blurs.
Ichiro widened his eyes slightly.
[Ironic Edge!] Ichiro put his hands onwards and started parrying the incoming jabs.
''That technique is so amazing!'' Ethan exclaimed, he grinned and sidestepped towards the left side of Ichiro.
''Take this!'' Ethan yelled.
[Machine Gun Pistol!] Ethan reeled in his fist and punched, aiming at Ichiro's abdomen, that punch looked like a blur, it was even faster than his jabs!
[Ironic Edge - Side Sweep!] Ichiro countered with his left palm, deflecting the incoming punch to miss his body.
Ethan widened his eyes, Ichiro grabbed his shoulder and Ethan saw himself falling to the ground.
''?!'' Ethan looked with confusion and felt himself landing with his butt on the ground.
[Ironic Edge - Gravity Control!] Ichiro directed Ethan's center of gravity, which resulted in him falling to the ground.
Ethan knew he was in peril, he quickly stood up from his spot and jumped quickly backward, he saw the kick coming to his previous position, that kick came from Ichiro.
''I think I am in trouble…'' Ethan muttered.
On the other side, Hank Vs. Liam has started.
Well, it barely can be called a fight, Hank was pushing Liam backward with each attack.
Hank punched towards Liam's face, but he managed to dodge it barely, he counter-attacked with his own fist, but Hank easily blocked with his remaining arm and did front kick towards Liam, which sent him flying towards the edge of the arena, but Liam managed to stop before he went out of the bounds.
''Damn…'' Liam muttered and stood up with fierce glint on his eyes.'I don't want to lose this easily! I want to do something useful for them!'
''Give up,'' Hank said and attacked Liam with punch, aiming to push Liam out of the arena.
Before that punch managed to contact Liam, he managed to sidestep to right, avoiding the punch with a very slight margin, Liam punched towards Hank, but it was easily dodged by Hank.
Liam took a step forwards, twisted his waist, and unleashed his punch towards the torso of Hank, it managed to hit, but only managed to push Hank backward by a single step.
''C'mon…'' Liam was frustrated, Hank looked at Liam in the eye and attacked with his palm, aiming at Liam's face.
*Bam* Palm hit perfectly Liam's face, which made his nose bleed and head push backward, Liam quickly pulled his head forwards, only to see Hank unleashing another punch
''…'' Liam looked at the incoming punch in frustration.
*Bam* Liam was sent towards the edge of the arena from the impact of that punch, his lip was bleeding, also bleeding from his mouth, but he still looked at Hank without fear, but only frustration.
'Not like this!' Liam screamed internally and saw Hank unleashing another punch, which was even faster than previous ones, with all his strength behind it.
'All or nothing!' Liam clenched his fists and prepared himself, he went into a low stance and put his hands onwards.
*Grab*
Liam grabbed the incoming punch, which pushed him backward, he was now at the edge of the arena.
Hank smiled, knowing that he is about to win, but before he could do anything…
Liam dragged Hank from his arm and embraced him.
''…Heh'' Liam smirked, Hank widened his eyes in shock and tried to get himself out of Liam's embrace, but before he managed to do that, he saw Liam jumping out of the arena with him.
''NO!'' Hank cried out, but it was too late, both Liam and Hank landed out of the arena.
'I did it…' Liam said while looking at the sky above him, he had a few tears coming from the corner of his eyes.
''Liam!'' He heard someone call out to him, he looked towards the voice and saw his club advisor running towards him.
''You alright?!'' He asked worryingly, Liam nodded with a small smile and stood up.
''Amazing job!'' One of the Irio's backup fighters said with a huge smile.
Liam smiled warmly and looked at the arena, and saw Ichiro and Lucas fighting with great momentum.
'Please win…'
Back to the fighting.
''I-impossible!'' Wreth cried out after seeing Hank getting thrown out of the arena.
''What the f…'' Ethan said with widened eyes, he retreated and stood beside Wreth.
''That was unexpected…'' Lucas muttered.
Ichiro walked to stand beside Lucas and said with a proud expression. ''Hah! I am the only one who had faith in him! On your faces, you simps!''
''Shut the fuck up Ichiro,'' Lucas said with anger.
''Who are you calling simp!'' Wreth cried out with veins popping on his forehead.
''I am calling you simp! You fucking simp!'' Ichiro said while looking in disgust at the simps.
''Fuck you! You are simp!'' Ethan yelled
''That is what a simp would say,'' Ichiro said with a pout.
Lucas, Wreth and Ethan started having red faces out of anger.
''I have a suggestion…'' Lucas said while looking coldly towards Ichiro.
''What is it?'' Wreth asked
''Let's team up to beat up Ichiro.''
''Sounds good.'' Wreth and Ethan nodded.
''W-WAIT! Lucas, we are teammates, we best buddies, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!'' Ichiro said but started yelling after seeing Lucas joining Wreth and Ethan while all three looked at him coldly.
''Uhh… what is happening?'' Announced asked loudly while seeing the weirdest thing ever happening… ''It seems Lucas has betrayed Irio?'' He asked with confusion.
''Lucas! My bro, come back, I was just joking~'' Ichiro said while winking, which made Lucas even angrier.
Lucas sighed. ''Fine, I don't take part in this, but I won't help you either, so go for it Wreth, Ethan.'' After that Lucas went to the edge of the arena and sat down while looking at the trio.
Ichiro looked at Lucas with widened eyes.
Wreth and Ethan cracked their knuckles and started walking towards Ichiro with angered expressions.
''You are no fun, as expected from simps!'' Ichiro said with a grin.
''Yup, let's kill him,'' Wreth said with bloodshot eyes, Ethan nodded and both started rushing towards Ichiro.
'''Well… 2v1… fine by me.'' Ichiro grinned and rushed towards the duo.