| Euphoria, the City of Phoenia, Arena District, Present Day |

"… Fight!"

Yuumi jumps into the air and throws two chains on both sides of me. She then reels herself using the momentum for a powerful kick aimed at my stomach.

I guard myself using my blade, but the force is enough to knock me back.

She then thrusts her blade into my torso; I dodge with a twirl and throw my claymore into her side.

"Agh!" She winces at the pain as a piece of her armor starts to fall off.

Yuumi jumps back and looks down at her stomach as her armor disappears in rays of light.

The rays then converge into the tip of my blade, making it glow brighter than before.

I then rush toward her and leap into the air. The ground breaks below Yuumi as we clash.

"You weren't… As strong as this before…."

We break the clash, and she throws one of her iron-clawed gauntlets at my face.

I tilt my head backward as her pointed-finger tips scrape the air.

Not letting up, Yuumi throws a solid kick to my stomach.

I get thrown onto the floor as she jumps into the air and fires a chain at my location

—CHING CHING

Two chains clamp into my armor and bring me forward into the air toward Yuumi.

She then grabs me by the neck as we both fall to the ground.

"GAH!" Yuumi slams me onto my back, the force causing me to cough up air.

A punch is thrown towards my face, but I move my head and propel her off my body using my legs.

I twist onto my back and jump, landing on my feet.

Yuumi, while mid-air, launches two more chains from her hands.

I block the chains with my angled claymore and dash toward her.

She reaches the ground and advances toward me.

We both lock hands as we struggle for power.

"You're holding back… I know you want to try a bit harder."

Yuumi's armored claws dig into my hands. My armored starts to creak as it breaks off.

"Ugh.." Blood starts to flow from my hands as she presses down harder.

"… Remember our first fight?"

Yuumi gives a confused expression.

I bring my head back and bang it into her noggin.

"GAH!" She gets knocked back, holding her head.

I kick my blade upwards and grasp it into my hand.

Lowering it to the ground, air starts to seep from the bottom as the area around us starts to rumble.

I raise my claymore in the air as pebbles start to levitate around us along with Yuumi.

My blade is thrown to the right as pebbles start to fly in the direction of the seeping wind. My opponent is thrown with enough force that she loses the grip on her blades.

I throw my blade by its handle at her while she flies to the coliseum's wall.

She expels a chain to the ground as the blade misses her lodging into the stone wall.

"AGH!" Yuumi slams into the surface as rocks start to crumble behind her.

I run over to her with both of my feet lodging into her stomach.

Reeling my hand in for a punch, she kicks at my shin, and I fall forward. She grabs me by the hair and pivots, slamming my head into the wall.

My forehead starts to extrude blood as she slams me into the wall once more.

"…I ain't holdin' back Momoko!"

Before she can slam me into the wall again, I push myself off the surface with my hands.

She pulls her chain towards her that's connected to a blade.

I pull my sword from the wall, and we clash. We start to exchange blows as the area surrounding us is covered in blood and we exchange cuts on our bodies.

Yuumi thrusts her blade at my head; I dodge, but she still manages to cut the side of my eye.

I throw myself forward and jab her in the face.

Her nose starts to leak a red fluid as she looks at me with piercing eyes.

She throws a kick toward my stomach that sends me stumbling back.

"Huff…huff.." I bend down from exhaustion, looking at Yuumi's bruised armor. It has cuts and dents all over, the opened parts gushing blood.

With the adrenaline fading, I start to feel the pain of my cuts as well. My hand wipes away the blood covering my left eye as I flick it towards the ground.'

"Heh…heh…" Yuumi grins while walking over to me, trembling from her outburst of energy.

"What're you laughing at, punk?" I walk over to her while setting my sword on my shoulder.

Yuumi then throws her hands forward, and a pair of chains extrude and clamp onto my armor. I'm brought forward as she then pivots, swinging me into the coliseum walls.

"GAWK!" I cough up blood from the force.

She runs over to me and knees me into the gut.

"… In this world, we don't have to hold any virtues."

"AH!" I let out a scream as Yuumi grabs me by the hair.

"LET ME SHOW YOU HOW MUCH THESE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT VIOLENCE!"

My head crashes into the concrete wall. I feel a ping of pain as she drives her claws into my skull and drags me across the wall.

"GAAH!" Her attack leaves a heavy blood trail across the arena's wall. My vision fogs as I start to feel weak.

Yuumi stops dragging me and holds me up by the head.

The entirety of my face is covered with scrapes and bruises as blood gushes from my nose, splattering to the ground.

Every breath I take makes an indistinguishable croak as I choke on my blood through my swollen nostrils and neck.

Yuumi smiles then drops me onto the ground.

I attempt to get up, but she lands a foot on my skull. She presses down as my face burns from the dirt entering my bruised cheeks.

"That's enough."

Kali walks over and places a hand on my side.

The armor covering my torso starts to disperse in rays of light. My clothing is ripped to shreds, with cuts covering the entirety of my arms, legs, and stomach. My eyes are swollen shut with a dark purple tint.

"Eck.." I try to speak but the blood coming down my throat only allows me to utter a small phrase:

"That… All you got… Bitch…"

Yuumi darts her eyes toward me as her pupils flared. She threw up her hand to perform an attack, but they dropped to her side.

"Wha—?"

Kali looks over at the confused girl.

"You over-exerted yourself. Both of you did."

The crimson-knight stood and threw his hand up.

"Momoko Miwa is unable to continue."

The crowd cheers started to fade as a group wearing black fabric blocked my view of the arena.