Path of the Hunter

Never Ask Me About My Work

   If you ask me about my work again, I'm gonna break your nose and take your wallet. Well it's my business, so keep out of it. I don't need to justify myself to you! Do you want to hear the story or not, asshole? That's what I thought.

We stood across from our opponents. Jane Rouge, redhead with duel handguns, and Blaze Rose, another girl with a chainsaw. The terrain was... nothing on our side. it was a pit with seemingly no bottom. They had red crystals structures on their side, fire blazed across the surface of the rocks surrounding the gems. This arena was terrifying to be honest.
The buzzer rang and I charged at Blaze, Ama took Jane.
Wissen connected with the girls saw, sparks flying.
"And it seems that Blew is no match for Blazes strength! He's being pushed right into the ground!"
"WILL YOU SHUT UP?!" Blaze and I yelled at once. We both stopped fighting and looked at each other in surprise.
"Blew Neko. Nice to meet you." I introduced myself and stuck out my hand for a shake.
She took my hand. "Blaze Rose. Weren't you the guy that saved my bacon in the woods at the start of the year?"
"Oh yeah, I knew I recognized you from somewhere."
"Yeaaaahh... sorry about leaving you to the Beowulf."
"It's cool, you had to worry about your girlfriend, I get it. That's her right?" I asked, pointing at the girl running for her life from an angry Ama, an activity I was familiar with.
"Yeah, she's adorable." Blaze responded.
"HEY!!! Shouldn't you be fighting or something?!" Greggor yelled over the speaker.
"Will you shut up, we were just getting around to it." She screamed at him. "So, you want first hit?"
"Oh, that very kind of you. Sure." I said as I kicked her in the stomach. She flew back, hitting one of the dust crystals. The explosion that commenced afterwards launched her right back to me and right into my blade.
"Blazes aura is almost completely drained! That one lucky hit and Blazes kindness may have given Blew the win!"
"I don't necessarily need luck to win a fight!" I yelled back to him.
I turned to see that Blaze was getting back up, but behind her in the entrance to the arena... was Zuro.
He was standing there, recording the fight on his scroll. Ama ran in front of me just in time to block Blazes chainsaw from being introduced to my face. "Snap out of it, Blew!"
"But Zuro~"
"I see him! Don't worry, Hermes will get him! Fight!" Ama yelled as she was barely holding back the sawblade.
I took Roland off my back and loaded some purple dust into it. "Fine... lets do this!" I said, firing a shell.
Blaze was hit dead in the back and flew off, gravity no longer applying to her. She was about to leave the arena, when her saw transformed into minigun.
"WOOOHOOOOO!!!!" She propelled herself back with the power of
bullet fire, bashing me into the ground with the back of the minigun, and cracking the arena with my face. Ama turned to attack and was hit with the turning blade.
"My aura may be low, but I'm not going down without a fight!" Blaze yelled happily.
I rolled back. "Maybe we need a different strategy for fighting her?" I suggested to Ama.
She looked Blaze up and down.
"How do you walk with those things?" She asked, pointing at Blazes large breasts. Blazes eyes turned from blue to crimson in a moment.
"Run. Run, run, run!" Ama yelled to me before she ran into the crystal field.
Blaze carefully set down her chainsaw and put on leather gloves.
"Why do I need to run? She put down her~" I think I lost some teeth from that punch. It went right through my aura, but technically didn't damage it at all. The crystals I hit, those damaged it.
"She's related to Yang Xiao Long!" Ama yelled to me.
I attempted to get up. "The Huntress that supposedly punched a Beowulf to Minstrel?"
"That's the one!" Ama confirmed as she was being chased by the surprisingly fast Blaze.
"She's my aunt!" She said laughing happily and lightheartedly, as if this was nothing. If I felt romantic attraction, it would have been for her.
Oh, just because I was flirty means that I feel some kind of romantic attraction, does it? Nope, I just found it fun to flirt, so shut up.
Blaze punched Ama in the back of the leg made her do a flip, then punched her towards the pit.
"And Blaze has taken out Ama by knock out! Even with her aura so low, she's a fearsome fighter!"
Blazes eyes turned blue again. "Ok can someone take him out of the announcing booth? The way he said that makes me uncomfortable."
I took this opportunity and struck her, taking down her remaining aura.
"Blew has defeated Blaze through distraction and dirty tactics! He is technically the winner!"
"I won fair and square, so shut up!"

Ama and Rose were waiting for me at the exit.
"What were you thinking exactly when you insulted her?!" I asked.
Ama looked down a little. "I thought it would lower her defensive coordination a little bit..."
"I guess it did..." I said. "Did Hermes find Zuro?"
Rose shrugged. "He hasn't called back in yet."
"And you're not worried?" I asked her.
"Nope. He may be my boyfriend, but he's not defenseless." Rose responded.

Can one of you watch the road out there? I think Hermes and Rose were pretty close when he called last. Don't asked why, I already told you that I don't want to be found. Just do it, ok? Thank you.

Another chapter that I don't have much to say on... I'm just sitting here... typing... I should probably mention that I have finished the story already and I'm just posting chapters.
The doubles are here and Blew is ready! Ama and him are gonna fight with all they've got, so even if they lose they know they tried! Who are we kidding, if they lose, Hermes is gonna kill them.