"Alright, the next fight will be Tania Black Stone versus Regina Cole." Madam Nelly said before stepping out of the middle spot.
Tania's eyes darted towards Natasha before she slowly made her way to the spot, she had her hair tied back in a ponytail today to stop it from interrupting in the middle of a fight.
Regina Cole was a very sleek red-haired girl who was also strong as she managed to make it to the round of sixteen.
"Don't try your tricks on me, they won't work," Regina said as she struck her fighting pose.
Tania didn't say a word as she got in her own fighting pose.
Regina was the first to attack as Tania was never going to do that, that was one of the tactics which she had learned from Todd.
'If you're not sure of how strong your opponent is then wait for him or her to attack first and study their moves.' He recalled his words in her memory.
Regina began her attack with a mix of punches and kicks while Tania blocked and dodged the attacks while slowly moving back.
"You think you're going to wear me out like you did to that idiot," Regina said as she sprang up and delivered a karate kick on her stomach.
"Ohhhh." Tania groaned as she staggered back while clutching her stomach.
Regina didn't give her time to recover as she ran to her and delivered a knee kick on the same spot which caused her to drop to the ground immediately.
You could tell Natasha was enjoying the fight as her face was all smiles.
"Why don't you try fighting back," Regina said as she watched Tania pull herself on the ground. "You're done, girl."
She ran towards her and was about to jump on her when Tania quickly turned and raised her knee which she tripped on and to make her fall more painful pulled her backward with her hands.
Regina was sent flying backward until she had crashed on the table which had a mug on it and had broken both the mug and the table in the process.
The class burst out in cheers as they had just witnessed one of the best comebacks throughout the competition so far.
Natasha just rolled her eyes as she moved to the back of the class.
'I just hope we meet in the next round.' She thought.
"I guess you fell for one of my tricks." Tania turned to Regina to say before walking back to her spot.
Todd's fight wasn't that fun to watch as everyone already knew who was going to win and as usual Todd had been the one to emerge victorious.
Todd's fight was the final one in the round of sixteen as eight people had made it to the quarter-finals and among those eight were Tania, Todd, and Natasha.
Natasha was furious as she was matched with another person in the quarterfinals and she had taken out her anger on the boy, almost kicking his head off before Madam Nelly had called her to order.
"If you hurt someone, Natasha you're going to miss out on the tournament." Madam Nelly said.
"I'm sorry Madam Nelly." She said casually as she walked back to where she was standing but not before turning to Tania and giving her a wink.
The fight continued until it had gotten to Tania's turn, this time she didn't use any tricks as she was direct with her attacks.
The boy didn't even get the space to fight back as Tania crippled him with every kick, sending him down on his knees before knocking him out with a final kick.
This time she decided to try something as she turned to Natasha and gave her a wink before walking back to her spot.
Madam Nelly was quite shocked by how far Tania had managed to make it so far in the competition, she was one of the students she would put in the trying category. She never saw her as one of her brightest students but all that would change today.
Todd was faced with one of the skilled fighters in the class who knew some moves in martial arts.
The boy managed to put up a fight and at some point, it looked like Todd was losing but he wasn't the strongest student amongst the N.A.Us for nothing as he managed to turn the tides and knocked him off with a sliding kick before knocking him to the ground.
The boy was panting heavily as Todd offered him a hand up.
"Good fight," Todd said.
"Yeah, I almost got you there." He said as he took his hand.
One more fight took place as another skilled fighter named Harry emerged victorious.
Now there were only four students left in the tournament, Harry Moon, Tania Blackstone, Todd Rowland, and Natasha Rowland.
Madam Nelly went over the matching procedure with her tablet which decided who would be facing who in the semi-finals.
"For the first fight in the semi-finals, Tania Blackstone will be facing Natasha Rowland." Madam Nelly.
"Yes," Natasha said with a wide smile on her face.
"No, no, no," Todd said as he was beginning to get strange feelings about the fight that was about to take place. "Can't you let me face her instead Madam Nelly?"
"I'm sorry Todd but I wasn't the one that made the decision." Madam Nelly said.
Before Tania could step into the spot for the fight, Todd rushed to her and pulled her back by her shoulder.
"What is it, Todd?" She was a little startled by the way he had grabbed and pulled her.
"Natasha, I know you want to fight her but that girl is planning to do something terrible to you," Todd said, looking at Natasha who was already standing on the fighting spot.
"I know she doesn't like me but she's not going to kill me in front of everyone because I won't let her," Tania said.
"Tania you don't…."
"Tania Blackstone please step up to the spot." Madam Nelly said.
"Don't worry Todd, she won't do anything to me," Tania said before quickly walking out to the spot.
The two girls were now standing opposite each other waiting for Madam Nelly to give them the go sign.
"You are really lucky to make it to this stage," Natasha said.
"And so are you," Tania said.
"Not everyone would give you a tip before a fight but here's a tip for you, if you try that drain trick on me then you're just going to get hurt more." Her voice sounded chilling as she said this and it had sent a little shockwave down Tania's spine but she did a good job in not showing it.
"I wasn't planning to," Tania muttered immediately after Madam Nelly had given them the go sign.
Natasha charged in immediately with a powerful kick which Tania had made a mistake by using her hands to block as they had gotten crushed by Natasha's leg.
"Arghhhhh." Tania screeched in pain as she moved backward.
Her hands had gone numb from that kick, partially putting her out of the fight.
Natasha didn't consider what her kick had done to Tania's hands as she rushed towards her, grabbed her neck with her legs, and pulled her to the ground.
She was trying to suffocate her as Tania was beginning to struggle with her breathing now.
"Tania." Madam Nelly called but she didn't stop until Todd had stepped up and pushed her away.
"Are you trying to kill her?!" Todd yelled as his temper was beginning to rise now.
Natasha didn't say anything as her creepy smile was still on her face.
Todd turned away from her as he turned to face Tania who was still lying on the floor trying to catch her breath.
"Are you okay?" Todd asked as he brought her head up on his arms.
"You are crazy Natasha." Todd turned to Natasha to say after seeing Tania's neck which was all red now.
"Natasha," Madam Nelly called with an angry voice that forced Natasha to turn to her immediately.
"The last time I warned you was my last warning to you, now you'll have to face the consequences of your action."
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