Sarah moved first, her leg snapping in a wide arc kick aimed at his liver. He blocked the attack with his forearm, but she was already turning to follow the kick with a punch. She aimed her fist at his head, but Leo ducked out of the way.
The gravel crunched under his boots as he moved forward, aiming for her waist. However, Sarah saw that coming from a mile away. She dropped her center of gravity and grabbed his wrist, used his own momentum to fuck with his balance, and almost made him fall to the ground as he stumbled past her.
"Can't you get my ass out of your head? Pervert," she teased him with a vulpine smile.
Leo quickly turned around as she was already in her combat stance, bouncing lightly on the balls of her feet and sweating a small bead down her hairline.
"You are the one that can't get your head out of the gutter even while fighting," he answered. After all, she was the one who introduced him to the spicier types of anime.
Sarah laughed and charged again. A few quick jabs that he dodged, pointing directly to his chin, that finished with a hook that he blocked again with his forearm. He was already a minute in, and he was feeling his arms sore; the girl really hit harder than someone of her size had any right to.
He answered with a low kick that she blocked with her shin, and they broke apart, circling each other.
"Hitting your childhood friend and a woman?! That alien goo is already corrupting you! You are not the same! Fight back!" Sarah teased him with an overly dramatic tone.
"Is it because I am black? Of course . . . you are part of the NYPD," Nigredo barked at her from Leo's shoulder.
"Let's focus on combat!" Leo reminded both and closed the distance again. Two jabs that got blocked and then another low kick that actually connected with her thigh, making Sarah grunt and lose her balance for an instant. Pressing the advantage, he grabbed her collar and was about to sweep her leg.
SMACK.
She went down on her back so hard the impact knocked the air out of her lungs. Before she could react, Leo was on top of her, pinning her hips with his legs and his hands grabbing her wrists.
"Tap out," he said.
Sarah smiled at him while a single drop of sweat from the redhead landed on her face. For a second, he thought she would try something, but then she slapped the gravel three times.
Immediately, Nigredo updated the user interface inside his brain, allowing the boy to see the notification.
[Combat experience gained!]
[Level 1: 10/100%]
He let her go and rolled to the side. Leo laid flat on his back next to her, staring at not only the sky but also the notification he just got. Slowly, he was progressing, becoming stronger, and someday, he would be able to match her full force.
"I missed that . . ." she said between breaths.
"We sparred like a week ago," the boy answered.
"Yeah, it has been a week since I got all sweaty and entangled with my best friend; that is a lot of time!" Sarah barked back and gently punched him in the shoulder.
Leo chuckled, and they laid there for a minute, catching their breath, and then got up again.
"Again. You can't leave a girl with only one round, you know?" She teased him, and they began to circle each other.
They fought over and over. Sarah won some times, and Leo did the same. She was a lot more dangerous when the girl went all out on the offensive instead. However, at the end of the morning, both were exhausted, and Nigredo had all the combat information she needed to give him what he wanted.
[Combat experience gained!]
[Level 1: 100/100%]
[Congratulations! You level up]
[Level 1 -> Level 2 0/100% ]
[Normal sparring with Sarah no longer offers experience points]
[New mutation unlocked!]
[Name: Enhanced Glycogenesis ]
[Category: Endurance]
[Description: Not even a proper mutation but a fine-tuning of the process that the body makes to the procedure of turning stored nutrients into ready-to-use energy, increasing the user's stamina. This gives you 30% more energy in your organs and muscles before they start to feel the negative effects of overexertion.]
("Was it that easy?") Leo asked while on top of Sarah, feeling a little bit less tired the second that the mutation took effect.
("Actually, I was working on it for a while while you were fighting; just now I put it online, so enjoy your extra stamina, darling!") She cheered him up.
("Also, what is the point of having levels if the exp to level is measured in percentages of fixed numbers?") Leo asked inside his head.
("Numbers go up! Serotonin goes vrooom vrooom, and I feed on that; it is my little treat.") Rubedo answered.
("Fair point.") Well, as long as she kept working hard, the redhead didn't have a problem with that.
"Fuuuuuuuuck, I am spent . . ." Sarah groaned while having her best friend on top of her, pinning her to the ground with his body as her face was facing the floor. Covered in sweat and grime from the gravel and breathing heavily.
Leo looked at her, defeated, under him, his whole body bursting with adrenaline and desire. That fat ass, that face, those lips, the constant teasing, all those emotions bubbling up, especially after she started using grappling. Twisting those thick legs around his neck and pinning him to the ground until he tapped out, and now, that fat ass was just pressing against his hips while he used his weight to keep her on the floor.
He took a deep breath, blushing. "Yeah . . . me too . . ." Leo managed to mutter, and then, he felt it: he was getting hard, really hard. The leather pants only made the cleft of that fat dump truck more pronounced, not helping at all to keep his lust at bay.
"There is . . . something wrong? Did I kick you too hard?" Sarah asked as Leo was taking an uncomfortable amount of time to get off of her.
("What . . . are you doing?") Leo asked, panicking but unable to stop. He wanted this, he wanted her, and this was the perfect chance to take her.
Nigredo chuckled inside his mind. ("Me? Nothing, that is all you, . . . honey . . .") She lied. After all, the alien had fine-tuned his hormonal system to be extra sensitive, and Sarah did her best to tease as much as it was humanly possible.