19 Clash

"Well," said Kaminari smiling as he spun his spear casually with one hand. "I can see why you were able to take out Hikari." Lucifer still stood with his back to the 4th Seraph, frozen in his starting position. "But you disappoint me, Arima. I wasn't even using Total Concentration. That was like half of my true speed and you couldn't even properly dodge that?"

Sakura, Haruto, and Yasu stared in shock. They hadn't been able to make out Kaminari moving at all. All they'd seen was the streak of white light and the sound of thunder after Lucifer had been hit. But Lucifer had been hit. A clear slash even when he'd been ready. 'And this was just half of Kaminari's speed?'

Lucifer's mind was zipping with neurons. This wasn't the first time he'd fought with someone who surpassed him; he'd been fighting opponents stronger and faster than him for half his life. And Kaminari was just FASTER than him...that shallow gash on his face proved that. Lucifer's biggest, and ONLY weapon, right now, just like all those years ago, was his head. If he couldn't outspeed Kaminari, he had to outsmart him. Lure him in where Lucifer would be at an advantage and overpower him.

Kaminari was right there behind him, Lucifer's back uncomfortably in-range of the his spear.'I can't jump back and put some distance between us. If I give him distance, he's gonna get me the next time he dashes and uses that Thunderstrike technique. Right now, the best tactic is to get even closer, inside his weapon's range, and trap him with a spell. Or better, yet..."

"You that shocked, Arima-kun, that you can't even come up with your oh so witty responses?" asked Kaminari grinning, circling Lucifer like a wolf. "What happened? Did nasty 'Mr. Pipsqueak' startle you that much?"

Lucifer looked up and grinned, his arrogance returning. "You're fast." he said simply. With one hand he grabbed the spear which was near him and with the other he aimed a punch right at Kaminari's face. Almost laughing, Kaminari blocked the punch, the shockwave of it shattering the plates and windows of his cafeteria.

"Tsk-tsk, Arima-kun." he said. "Do you know how exquisite those windows were and how much of a bother it is going to be to repair them?"

Sakura was staring in mounting fear. 'He blocked Lucifer's punch so easily!? This is bad. This is very, very bad! I told him not to take the Seraphs so easily! Is...Is Lucifer going to lose here?'

"Well, you'll also need a couple of tables." smiled Lucifer.

"Why's that?" asked Kaminari casually.

"Because I'm going to break them."

"With punches like this?" asked Kaminari laughing, still blocking Lucifer's hand. "Please."

"No." grinned Lucifer, his eyes glinting arrogantly. "With this."

Glowing demonic runes suddenly activated on Kaminari's spear where Lucifer had held it with his other hand when he'd aimed a punch at him.

"Wha-?" started Kaminari and Boom! Lucifer hadn't held back with his Trap spell at all, and Kaminari exploded backwards, flying through the hall and smashing against a wide pillar.

"Yes!" screamed Haruto involuntarily, seeing the 4th Seraph fly through the room.

His clothes smoking, Kaminari got up, his eyes behind his glasses pissed off. "You put a trap spell on my spear, you little, sh-?" Two of the tables nearest him suddenly flew towards him, and before he could see the glowing Trap Spell runes under the tablecloth, they exploded, sandwiching him between two blasts, knocking him forward now, towards Lucifer. Kaminari saw Lucifer putting down another spell right in his path expecting him to land there and get exploded again; his eyes flashed in rage. "Thunderstrike!" He dashed again, sidestepping the trap to come face to face with Lucifer once more, his uniform singed and his expression furious.

Lucifer smiled with his usual arrogance, but his mind was ablaze with concentration, ready to take on Kaminari in their final clash. 'There's no way I can keep up with his speed. He knows I use traps to compensate for that now so they won't work anymore. But...what if I put a trap on myself and let him stab me? The moment he does, with a concentrated blast, he's fucked.' Lucifer's fingers twirled as he put a trap on his own chest under his clothes. 'This is my only option right now. I'll put another trap on the roof, so even if he jumps backwards from my explosion, he'll be knocked by that.'

Kaminari lowered his body once again as he poised with his spear. "Total Concentration." he whispered ominously. "Lightning Art. 10th From..." His feet stabilized, coursing with Charismata. 'He'll use traps again. I guess he doesn't realize is with Total Concentration Lightning, I'll be able to avoid it.' He grinned. 'Let's end thi-'

"What is going on here!?" thundered a voice as the front doors smashed open. Every student turned in shock. Mr. Albrecht Dieter stood in the doorway, infuriated at the crowd. "Mr. Yoshioka! What is the meaning of this?"

Kaminari just stared stupefied for a second, then straightened up, correcting his glasses at once. "Professor." he greeted smiling. "Oh, this? It's just some friendly training. I was showing my promising little junior, Arima, some pointers on how to improve his form and speed. That's all."

Lucifer, immediately seeing that the fight would now be impossible, transformed back to his lazy self again as he turned to the teacher as well. "That's right, Professor. It's just fun between friends."

"Is that so?" muttered Mr. Dieter unamused at their bare faced lies. "Well, 'training sessions' are hereby banned between you two. I catch you 'training' with Mr. Yoshioka one more time, Mr. Night, and it will be your ass. As for you, Mr. Yoshioka, you're a Seraph, so I can't really punish you." Yoshioka almost scornfully smiled. "But, dare me." whispered Mr. Dieter quietly.

"No, that is quite alright, Professor." said Lucifer yawning. "Nobody here wants to dare you to anything."

"Yes, Mr. Dieter." said Yoshioka respectfully bowing. "I apologize if my behavior was rude. I never intended to be discourteous to our great teachers. In fact, Arima was just leaving. You won't catch us doing unsanctioned 'training' again, you have my word, Sensei."