The Struck Boulder

"Ugh… wha-what a sight! Le-let us head into our final round!"

The announcer frowned and faked a smile as he tried to continue the rounds so that the next two contestants could take out Genji.

Getting his teeth, the announcer smiled brightly.

"From now on, this will be a free for all! Every fighter will have to fend for themselves.

Now!

Welcome the BOULDERRRR!!!"

"Rahhh! The Boulder had arrived and he will crush you to pieces!"

A muscular man jumped onto the ring, his muscles twitching as he roared and began to taunt Genji the first chance he got.

"So scary! I'm shaking in my boots!"

Boulder frowned when he noticed Genji's obvious lie of being scared.

"Ah, I have no boots! In that case, I can't be scared," Genji told the Boulder with a smirk on his face.

"Grr," the Boulder frowned and cracked his fingers in a threatening way. "The Boulder wishes to crush this clown!"

"It's a bit too much to call yourself a clown, Boulder."

"Grah! The Boulder-"

"Settle down!"

The announcer interrupted Boulder and silenced him before turning to the crowd and letting the tension build up before exclaiming loudly.

"The last fighter has arrived!!

Everyone, hold on to your seats and don't run away as the most feared Earthbender known to man arrives to remain the champion!

Let us all cheer loudly for… THE BLIND BAANDIIITTTT!!!"

Applause and cheers rang out loudly and Genji instantly frowned due to the intense noise that hurt his enhanced heating.

'Looks like Toph has finally arrived,' thought Genji as he smiled a little.

Boom…

Everyone's ears twitched and the entire arena went quiet after hearing a loud explosion-like sound.

Boom…

Another explosion sound rang out and this time everyone heard it loud and clear.

"What is that?"

"You don't know what that is?"

"That's the Blind Bandit's most favorite way of entering the arena!"

BOOM….

The explosion rang loudly and the entire area began to shake as the booming continued to grow more clear.

BOOM!!!

Dust clouds were formed and small pieces of rocks exploded in every direction as a hole was burst open on the wall.

"The Blind Bandit has arrived!!"

Everyone cheered and roared in joy as they saw a figure emerge from the cloud of dust. The figure calmly stepped out of the cloud of dust and jumped into the ring without much of a peep coming out of them.

Whilst everyone was cheering and celebrating the Blind Bandit's appearance, Genji was looking at the Blind Bandit with a weird look on his face.

"Who the hell are you?" Genji asked without thinking after seeing a tall and beautiful woman appear.

The woman had a lean muscular build that showed her strength but also her feminine charm that accentuated her breasts, plump behind, as well as her thick thighs.

A slim waist and long white legs that were visible because of her dress with slits down the waist.

It made Genji nod in appreciation to the beauty of this woman despite worrying just who this woman is.

"Who am I? I'm your worst nightmare," said Toph with a smirk as she cracked her fingers.

Genji smiled like if he had just heard a funny joke and quipped back, "Nightmare? I must be going crazy if I think dreaming about you is a nightmare."

"Hmph, must be my bad luck to fighting against someone like you," said Toph as she turned her head away, upset at what Genji was saying.

"Hah! Must be my good luck to fight against a beautiful and skilled fighter like you."

"Bad luck!"

"Blessed."

"Cursed!"

"A favor from Lady Luck."

"I will crush you to pieces… pervert."

"Be my guest and try it," said Genji as he spread his hands and smiled.

Toph grinned and clasped her fist in a pumped up manner as she looked at Genji with a serious gaze.

"Gladly…"

The announcer saw this little bout between Genji and Toph as he smirked. He kept quiet and watched as Genji ignited Toph's urge to fight.

'Haha! You have created your own doom young man!'

"Let's stop all this talking and fight! The Boulder is getting res-"

Ba-bang!

Two rock pillars shot out from the ground as they launched Boulder out of the ring, leaving only Genji and Toph standing in the ring.

Their eyes were locked onto each other and were both filled with the intent to fight each other.

'I don't care if this is really Toph or not, but I want to fight her and know whether I have a chance to sleep with her,' thought Genji as he got all serious and ready to receive an attack at any second.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Toph's relaxed fighting stance, waiting to strike at any opportune moment.

Bang!

Genji jumped back and narrowly avoided a pillar that sprouted from the ground and aimed to knock him out in one hit.

Bang!

"That's impressive," said Genji as he dodged another attack once his feet touched the ground.

Toph smirked and continued to launch attack after attack, slowly driving Genji to a corner and blocking any way of escape.

"You can't jump around anymore. You're trapped," said Toph as she slid her bare foot forward and pushed forward with her hands clenched.

BANG!

Rocks exploded out from where Genji was and made a small cloud of dust. Everyone cheered, looking to where Genji once stood, thinking that he had finally been taken down after countless wins.

"Trapped? Isn't that you Miss Blind Bandit," said Genji as he stood on top of the rocks that Toph's last attack had formed.

Toph frowned and looked around with her seismic sense before smirking as she turned to look at Genji.

"I have to admit, that's something amazing you have accomplished."

Nodding, Genji looked at the entire arena that was filled with rocks protruding from the ground except the small area around Toph.

"But I can just fix it," said Toph as lifted her hands and was just about to perform a move to fix the ground when she suddenly felt her legs being constricted by the earth around her that moved like water.

Struggling to move her legs a little, Toph used her hands next, but like her legs, they were quickly restrained by the earth that had turned into chains.

"How are you doing this?" Toph asked curiously and infuriated as she had never been restrained before, especially by Earthbending.

Genji smirked.

"By Earthbending using Waterbending ideology," said Genji as he moved his hands fluidly and quickly evened the entire ring.

Toph raised her eyebrows in amazement since she had never heard of anything like this. True to what Genji was saying, she herself could feel how the earth was moving like if it were water.

It was fast and agile as it contained her movements, but also strong and durable like rocks the instant they turned hard again.

"This must have taken you years to develop," said Toph as she closed her eyes.

Genji chuckled and shook his head as he thought to himself about how he had literally just created this style on the spot.

However, he wasn't too arrogant at how he had done this, instead he looked over at Toph with expectation.

If the woman before him really is Toph, then she will break free from his restraining and fight back trying to incorporate this new technique into her fighting style or just completely ignore.

"But… I won't be losing here today."

Toph opened her eyes and said one word when Genji suddenly noticed Toph relaxing her body and making the earth restraint fall to the ground and dissolving into the ground.

"Looks like your trick wasn't too hard to figure out," taunted Toph as she grinned.

Genji chuckled and it seemed to have irked Toph a bit.

"It just proves just how amazing you are," said Genji as he performed a heavy stop and made Toph move out of the way instantly as she knew that she wouldn't be able to stop Genji's next attack.

Yet to her surprise, Genji's attack was much wider than she had expected.

With her arms crossed, Toph blocked the large rock wall thrown towards her and failed to predict Genji's follow up attack that pushed one of her legs up in the air and disbalancing her.

Something which took incredible effort since Toph was extremely resilient, especially when it came to her legs and earthbending.

Bang!

The instant her foot left the ground and her balance was disrupted, Toph frowned before 'blindly' launching an attack towards Genji that knocked him out of the ring, making him lose.

"The winner, and still champion, The Blind Bandit!"

Whilst the crowd was still silent at how the match had suddenly ended, the announcer interrupted with a loud yell and announced Toph's win in an instant.

With the announcer telling the crowd that Toph had won, the winner in question was frowning and glaring at Genji before jumping off the ring and approaching Genji, who was getting up off the ground with a small groan.

"Ugh, I hate being thrown around like that," muttered Genji with a smirk on his face as he turned to look at Toph who was approaching him.

She stopped right beside him though and glared silently down at Genji for several moments before speaking slowly.

"You were able to block my last attack easily, why didn't you block it? Are you taking pity on me because I am blind," replied Toph coldly.

Her voice sounded strange. She was probably angry.

In fact, she was furious. She had a strong dislike towards those who look at her differently just because of her blindness and treat her differently because of it.

Toph believed that she had met an amazing and skilled bender, someone amazing that didn't look down on her and instead respected her and even recognized her hard work. Yet she didn't?

Raising his eyebrows a bit, Genji eventually broke into a light chuckled before standing upright and stretching a little. He looked at Toph and walked right up to her.

He continued to look into her eyes and even Toph began to feel a little awkward at how Genji was looking at her. Yet she said nothing, expecting Genji to say something.

Eventually, she felt a warm feeling on top of her hand as she eventually distinguished the warm thing on her head as a hand. It was soft yet firm, not at all unpleasant.

Before she realized it, Toph found herself smiling slightly.

Then, Genji spoke softly, "I'm sorry."

"For what?" asked Toph, confused.

His hand moved away from her head and onto her shoulder.

"I didn't mean to lose, but I had to. There's someone in the crowd that needs to meet you, someone who is beneficial to your own growth. If you ever want a rematch, look for me in the future, you will know where to find me soon enough," said Genji as he pulled his hand back.

Toph blinked in confusion before asking a different question, her anger gone already, "Why did you pat my head?"

Genji smirked and shrugged before answering: "Because you're beautiful, and it would make me happy if you fell in love with me."

Toph blushed and smiled before shaking her head, "In your dreams, 'Man of Steel'."

Genji laughed lightly before turning around and walking away.

Returning back to the stage, the announcer continued with promoting the next fight by promising money and title of Champion.

***

Standing far away from the ring, Genji's newest, and only, lackey, who is currently nameless, was shaking nervously as he waited for Genji.

He had seen the entire fight and watched as Genji had toyed with Toph the entire time and even when he had purposefully received an attack head on. Since he was standing very close to the ring, the man could clearly seen Genji and Toph's moves.

After seeing all of that, the man became even more terrified of Genji.

However, he also knew that there wasn't any way to free himself from Genji, so he remained where he was and decided to be obedient.

After some time passed however, the man finally heard the sound of footsteps coming closer.