Emma behind me fighting. Liam pauses briefly in front of me before throwing a punch, aiming for my face. I bend backward and avoid the hit. Standing back up, I kick my leg up trying to connect with his shoulder, but he sees my move and grabs my leg, throwing me to the side. I twist mid-air, so I will land on my feet. Without giving me any time to collect myself, he runs over to me and I drop to the ground, swiping my leg out, knocking him to the ground.
“David out!” Emma must have gotten a hit on David. Logan starts towards her now.
Liam quickly jumps up and runs towards me again. I do a back-flip to give him more space and brace myself. When he reaches me, he swings his arm out again. “You know, if you loved me, you would stop trying to hit me right now,” I say as I bring my arm up to block his punch.
“I’m doing this because I love you, Ryanne.” He says while deflecting my hit. I duck as he attempts to swing with his other hand. In my ducked position, I kick his shins. He bends down in pain and I take his injury to my advantage. I bring my knee up and connect it with his stomach. When he hunches over, grabbing his stomach, I step back and thrust my foot out, kicking him in the chest and knocking him backwards.
“Liam out.” I barely have a chance to recover before I hear footsteps behind me. I whip around and come face to face with Colton. He doesn’t give me any time to react. Feeling a sharpness spread through my shoulder, I start to fall down to the ground, because he just punched me. While falling backwards, I bend and do a quick back walkover. When I kick off the ground, my feet connect to Colton’s abdomen, also knocking him over.
“Emma out!” Apparently Logan got the upper hand and was able to land a hit that would have knocked her out. I hear footsteps behind me and find Logan running towards me. “Crap.” Can’t a girl get a break?
Colton gets up and both guys start to fight me. I have no idea what my body is doing. I can’t really concentrate on either one of them, but thankfully my body seems to know exactly what it needs to do. I thrust my arms out, punching and blocking simultaneously. Kicking my leg back, I am able to duck Colton’s hit and kick Logan in the stomach at the same time. I do a couple flips backwards, so I am no longer in the middle of both guys. They seem momentarily surprised at my disappearance, but quickly recover.
Instead of waiting for them to come towards me, I run towards Logan first. I know that he is starting to tire out since he fought off Emma already. I run off to the side, confusing him, before abruptly stopping and turning around. I kick him in the back, sending him to the ground, face first. Without seeing if he would get up, I turn and give my attention back to Colton. “Logan out!” When I see Colton reach out to deflect my blow, I swing my leg up and connect with his shoulder, knocking him down. “Colton out!”
I thought that that would be the end of it, but no. I hear footsteps again. Logan and Colton, both get up and run to stand with Emma, Liam, and David, beside Tom. “Oh, come on!” I shout. As I turn and face Bragden I can hear everyone’s laughter behind me. I’m glad they find this so amusing. Bragden’s larger than the others, so I know he will be harder to fight.
He reaches me, drops to the ground, and spins, hitting the back of my knees. With a thud, I land on my back and roll to avoid another blow, before jumping up. He attempts to punch me, but I deflect it. He is way stronger than the other guys. It hurts when I block their punches, but with Bragden my arms start going numb. What can I do to get the upper hand here?
I’m so stupid. I have magical abilities and I’m fighting fairly? Tomorrow, no one will fight fairly, so I should get some practice in. I start to draw magic into my limbs, so my punches and kicks are more forceful.
Bragden seems surprised when I hit him and he staggers backwards from the