The woman disappears from his line of sight, but the black-haired boy was able to 'block' the punch due to the Sharingan.
The orange-haired woman appeared beside the boy, punching him in his cheek. Madara tried to block the punch, but her strength was superior to his.
She broke through his defense, sending him crashing into the trees. A large cloud of dust formed when he crashed into the trees.
When the dust cleared up, there stood Madara with a few injuries and blood leaking from his mouth. He wiped the blood from his mouth, then looked at it. He put his arm back to his side, then spat out a mouthful of blood.
He saw Mereoleona standing there, he took the opportunity to strike back. Madara swung his arm upwards as a trail of fire shot towards her. He did this with both arms, sending two at a delayed time.
Mereoleona saw the fire coming toward her and canceled out the fire with her own. She then canceled out the other one, when she was about to cancel it, Madara appeared behind her, ready to attack.
Sadly, the woman already expected this and took his fire to the back. She didn't even flinch when it burned her. It was like it was in slow motion, the boy was attacking her and fire surrounded her fist.
The black-haired boy already knew what this was. He did not want his clothes burned. Since his bad was eaten by the boar, he was lucky enough to save a pair of pants.
[Calidos Brachium]
Madara quickly changed from offensive to defensive, in the air. This was something not everyone could do. Even Mereoleona was impressed though she didn't let it show.
Madara used magic to increase his defenses. Though he didn't like doing that, he didn't want to rely on magic to make his body stronger. So that only meant one thing, he needed to be stronger.
When the woman's fist connected with his forearm, it broke through and engulfed him in flames.
He wasn't bothered -at the moment- that he was being burnt by fire, he was mostly confused about how she got through his defenses. He even used magic to help him.
He then realized that he was fighting the strongest human in black clover. He couldn't take her lightly which he wasn't before. This woman would be even more monstrous in the years to come.
Through the fire, he was engulfed in, he saw that there was no smile on her face. She didn't seem to be enjoying herself. It looked like she didn't like hurting a kid.
Who is he kidding? She would obliterate a kid if she wanted or had to. She wasn't smiling because she was bored.
He lowered his head and the fire around him, dispersed. He was surrounded by a white aura that was giving of strong magic power.
'Guess it's time I go all out.'
[Water Magic: Twin Dragons]
Madara jumped back to gain some distance. He then jumped in the air as water manifested around his legs. Madara then kicked toward Mereoleona.
Two water dragons shot from his legs, toward the woman. They were fast and powerful. With open jaws, they were about to devour her, but four lion paws stopped them.
She then evaporated each of them with a single punch. Madara charged at the woman with breakneck speeds. It was almost like teleportation how fast he moved.
One moment he was meters away from her, then the next he was right in front of her. Madara threw a full-powered punch toward her, only to be blocked by her punch.
Mereoleona immediately saw the difference in strength from a few moments ago, then smiled. She felt this light, numbing feeling in her arm when they clashed.
Showing off her canine when she smiled, Madara backed up a bit, to jump in the air, kicking toward her chin. Madara had to jump up because she was taller than him and his legs wouldn't reach.
The ginger woman leaned back a little and easily dodged the kick. While Madara was in mid-air, Mereoleona's fist was engulfed in fire as she threw an overhead.
The punch connected, sending Madara to the ground with a crater formed around him. He had a few missing teeth and a blood-covered face.
'This pain different...'
Madara said in the crater for a few long seconds before she jumped out. He moved his tongue to where the missing teeth and could already feel them growing back.
When Mereoleona saw him spit, she saw his teeth growing back. She put the pieces together. He had some fast regeneration, so she could not hold back as much.
A wide grin appeared on her face as she disappeared and appeared beside Madara. She punched on the cheek, sending him flying.
She then appeared in front of Madara before he crashed into more trees. She punched him in the mouth and nose, breaking his nose and making him lose more teeth.
The black-haired boy went crashing into more trees, he could feel his conscious fading, but he knew if he gave in he would never be considered her mate even if he managed to beat her.
The boy used fire on the soles of his feet, making him fly in a burst of speed at the woman. She went to punch him again, but Madara narrowly dodged it.
Flying up in the air, he positioned himself upside down. She then used fire magic to boost falling speed.
When he was close to her, he stopped using his fire and does a front flip. With his heel aiming straight for her head, he uses his full power in his attack.
[Rolling Thunder]
Seeing him coming down toward her, she gets an odd sense of danger coming from the boy. A wide grin appeared on her face, she hadn't felt something like that in a while.
She summoned her lion paws and coated her arms in fire magic. She then crossed her arms and put it above her head, where he was going to strike.
Though she could dodge the punch and opened a barrage of attacks on him, she wanted to see what he was made of.
So she decided to take the attack head-on. She knew it wouldn't kill her, but she hadn't had fun like this in a while, especially with a little brat.
In the air, Madara coated his leg -up to his knee- in fire magic. His leg was a bright orange color as he aimed for her head.
When the kick landed on her head, a shock wave and a crater around Mereoleona. Both flames were extinguished on contact.
Neither party was moving. Madaras' heel was dented into her forearm, but it was just an exaggeration.
After a few long seconds, Madara pushed himself backward. When he did, Mereoleona dropped her guard. He saw that she was bleeding from her head.
When she looked at him, she had neither anger nor hate in her eyes. There was nothing but pure excitement in her eyes.
"It's been a while since I've been my own blood. Let me show you something many don't survive to tell about." Mereoleona said with a wide grin on her face.
At that moment, Madaras' senses were going off, telling him that he would die if he stayed. His senses were screaming at him to run away as fast as possible.
The only reaction she had was a bloody smile. He was ready for what was about to come.
If he ran around now, he would be a coward forever. But that was just his pride talking.
He was too arrogant to run away from danger, even if he could die in the process. He came here to prove something and if he ran now, it would all be for nothing.
[Mana Zone: Calidus Brachium Barrage]
From every direction, Madara was hit with a stream of fiery blast. He couldn't do anything, he couldn't dodge, block or counter.
Madara was getting beaten like he stole something.
He could feel his skull cracking, his bones breaking, his organs feeling like they were going to pop. Most of all, he could feel his consciousness fading and it was stronger than before.
But he fought the feeling of giving in. No giving up. He made it this far, he wasn't going to throw it away now.
After about 50 seconds, of the constant barrage of attacks, it finally stopped. When the attacks stopped, Mereoleona expected him to be dead.
Instead, he was still standing. She thought that he could continue fighting which made her thought of him grow, but she got a closer look to see he had passed out, standing up.
"He passed out on his feet..." Mereoleona mumbled as she got closer to him. When she did, she sniffed the air and pinched her nose.
"You are in desperate need of a bath..." The orange-haired woman said as she walked away from him.
After about two hours, Madara regained consciousness and looked around. He saw Mereoleona still there, training.
She looked at him, to see he was awake and stopped her training. She walked over to him because he seemed to be lost.
"To survive an attack like that from me. Not even one can say they've done that." Mereoleona complimented.
"Thanks, does this mean you'll become my wife?" Madara asked.
"You have yet to beat me in a death battle," Mereoleona said with a toothy grin.
"In ten years, I'll beat you in a death battle, then you will become my wife," Madara said with determination in his eyes.
"I like your determination, brat. Now, take off your clothes, you smell." Mereoleona said with her smile dropping.
Madara complied but when he got to his pants, he was a little hesitant. He was only six and his meat was little. But eventually, he took off his clothes and headed toward the waterfall.
He went in and behind him, came Mereoleona. It was a sight he would never forget. They talked for little while bathing and got out. When they did, Madara took a good look at her.
"Like what you see?" Mereoleona asked seeing him eye her body. She wasn't mad, she found it funny.
Acting like a kid, he turned his head and made his face red with fire magic. Since Madara had lost his bag and was only able to save some pants, he was left shirtless.
Mereoleona took a look at his body and saw that it was a bit muscular for a kid his age. He had a good muscle fat ratio. Madara seeing her eying him, smiled.
"Like what you see?" Both he and Mereoleona shared a laughed.
After that, they spent two weeks training. No. They spent the entire two weeks, fighting until the other passed out. To say the least, Madara lost every fight. He would be dead if weren't for his regeneration.
When he made it back to Reiner's house, he was greeted by him. From one glance, he could tell Madara had gotten stronger.
"Did you find who you were looking for?" Reiner asked.
"Yeah, I did," Madara answered, sounding a bit tired.
"How did it go?" Reiner asked catching on to his tiredness.
"She beat the shit outta me."