Chapter 14: Endless Evolution

I kicked the lion girl into a large yellow car (bulldozer), then I rushed toward her and threw a punch at her face. She dodged it and my fist shatter the window, then she elbowed me in the ribs and socked me across the face, sending me flying into a large unfinished building. I stopped myself but got gut punched and smashed through the walls of the building until I came out the other side. I held my stomach, lion girl was really strong. If I don’t stay on guard, I could lose this fight. I grit my teeth and she came charging out of the building, she went for a kick, but I ducked it. She started throwing a barrage of kicks, but I dodged them all and grabbed her right leg, then spun her around and threw her across the construction site. I charged at her and threw a punch, but she blocked it with her forearm. She strained for a second, then looked at me with a smile. “I must admit, you’re a challenge for a failure.” She said. “Yeah, well you have a lot of hair,” I responded. Ms. Clare told me that when someone insults me to give them one back….so hope I did that right. I concentrated back on the fight and when I did, the lion girl socked me across the face again…but this time it wasn’t as strong. She came charging at me again, throwing slashes at me. Each one I was able to dodge or block, and when she was open, I kicked her in the stomach and set her sliding back.

I was gasping for air, that last attack knocked the wind out. Just a few minutes ago we were on equal footing, so why does it feel like there’s a gap? He charged at me, so I crossed my arms to block the attack. I slid back on impact but managed to keep my footing, then I retaliated with a kick. He blocked it and I went for a punch, but he dodged it too and socked me in the face and I went flying toward a building. I stopped myself before I crashed into it, but he shoulder-charged me into the building anyway. We went for an exchange of attacks, each of mine he managed to block and counter….then it hit me. HE’S LEARNING AS HE FIGHTS! Damnit, that explains that when I do something, two minutes later he figures out how to counter or evade it. “Tch, this means nothing! I’ll still win!” I shouted as I started rapid-firing punches, but he blocked them all and side-kicked me out of the building and into another. I was dazed for a quick second, and in that second the building became unstable and collapsed. I regained consciousness and looked up as the building came falling. “Ah!” I covered my face as the building crashed on top of me.

I ran out of the building to see the one I kicked the lion girl into collapse. I hope she is okay, didn’t think that would happen. I saw some of the rubble moves, and she burst out, bruised and bloody. She was panting heavily and her lion ears were gone, so I guess she returned to her normal person look. She pulled herself out and stumbled to stand up. “This…*huf* means *huf*…nothing!” She said, limping down off the rubble. I could tell she was in no condition to fight, she needed help. I closed my eyes and exhaled, going back into my normal person look. “I’m done,” I said. “W-What?” She asked, confused. “Yeah, you can’t really fight anymore, so it’d be pretty boring to keep going.” I replied, “But good fight though. You were really strong.” She gritted her teeth, “T-This fight is not over! I….I REFUSE!!” She charged at me for a punch, but I dodged it. “I said ENOUGH.” I punched her in the gut and she fell to her knees. She groaned in pain and I instantly felt bad. “Oh, I’m sorry! That was a little too hard, I know.” I picked her up, but she tried to push herself off. “What the hell are you doing?! Let go of me!” I smiled, “Don’t worry, I’m going to help patch your injuries. Just hold on tight.” I started running, following the path of destroyed buildings we made to find where we started. That way I can take her back home and ask Ms. Clare if she can help lion girl. Why would she say no?