“Wow!!! What an electrifying first round!!! A spectacular way to start the Glory games!!!” The commentators scream through their microphones.

“Now, time for a short break before the second event,” he adds.

All the participants that have passed the first round gather together in a small building of two storeys, at point B.

“Kii Kii you passed,” Serena says, congratulating Kiiara.

“Yup yup. You too, Serena,” Kiiara replies.

“Of course,” Serena says, as they give each other a high five.

“I’m a little surprised though Kiiara, nice one all the same,” Dia says. She is standing beside Serena as they all meet in the hallway.

“Nice, you all made it,” Dubnet says, clapping, as he walks towards the girls.

“Don’t be so happy Falcon twins,” a female voice says.

“Huh?” Serena and Kiiara turns to find out who it is. It is Alayna.

“Thank your stars that we’re not allowed to fight in here if not you’d be minced meat by now,” she says.

“Hoo, so you too can be afraid of authorities,” Serena replies.

“Didn’t know someone like you also had common sense,” Kiiara says, complementing Serena’s statement.

“What did you say?!” Alayna becomes furious. Purple bubbles start forming, slowly, around her.

“I’m going to kill you,” she threatens.

“They said no fighting, stupid,” a strong male voice speaks up.

Alayna, after hearing the voice, shivers, hisses and turns away.

“Kiiara!!! Long time!!!” A female voice says aloud. The male voice belongs to Damian and the female voice is his sister who is walking beside him.

“May!!!” Kiiara replies with a loud voice, as the two hug each other.

“Hey Damian,” Kiiara says, extending her greetings to him.

“Hey Kiiara,” he replies with a wave of his hand.

Serena stares at him for a while and he stares back. He puts his hands in pocket, saying,

“This is where I leave you sis.”

He begins walking away when Serena says,

“See you in the final, Damian.”

“Hmph!!!” He replies.

“I’m not the one you should be bothered with for now Serena,” he says, smiling, as he walks away to chat a little with Dubnet.

“Hey that was a good fight back there,” a female voice says. Serena feels a tap on her shoulder with the rest wondering when the female got there.

Damian is through with his chat with Dubnet; as he walks away, he pauses and turns the side of his face a bit.

“You,” Serena says, facing the girl whose hand is on her shoulder.

It is the girl with two ponytails that attacked Serena on her way to point A1.

“Get your hands off me!” calmly but fiercely, Serena says.

The girl smiles and steps back some distance from Serena.

“Fine! You have peaked my interest. I have decided to go at you with full force when next we battle,” she says.

“Peaked your interest?” Serena sarcastically asks.

“You were nothing but a grain of dust to me back there and you’re here talking big,” she adds.

“Ha ha ha,” the girl laughs.

“Grain of dust you say,” she says, with a grin.

Suddenly, the whole building starts vibrating violently and powerful red aura begins emanating from the girl with pony tails as her snake eyes radiate brightly. The wind pressure around her becomes quite vigorous as people begin stepping back while covering their eyes struggling to keep their vision and their breath. The very force proceeding from the girl and her ferocious eyes send shivers down Serena’s and most participants’ spines.

“Who the hell are you?” Serena stutters a bit.

The girl, still smiling, begins stepping forward.

“What? What did you say? I can’t hear you. SPEAK UP!” she teases with each step she takes.

“Why doesn’t anyone listen?” Damian asks rhetorically, with a sigh of tiredness, shaking his head.

“Fool, you’ll wreck this building with your enormous aura,” he says, addressing the girl with pony tails.

“Hey what’s your problem? I thought you were leaving?” the girl replies in a softer tone than that used for Serena.

“Maka, Calm down. That’s enough, Damian’s right,” Dayve says, strolling to Kiiara’s location, with his hands in the pockets of his trousers.

“Tch!!!” Maka hisses as her aura dissipates and the violent shaking ceases.

“Maka?” Everyone around, whisper, watching what was happening.

“So that’s the famous Maka, one of the prodigies of the new generation. Serena sure picked the wrong opponent to anger,” they murmur.

“Since you’re hardly ever around even during school hours, it’s no surprise your appearance is not that known plus the fact that you’ve dyed your hair differently and changed your usual curly hairstyle,” Dayve says.

“Maka Dusa,” Serena says, glaring at Maka excitingly.

“Interesting,” she adds.

“I guess this is my first time really meeting you in person. Now I look forward to our battle,” Serena continues.

“The fool went and changed her hair,” Damian comments.

“Hey!! Don’t call me a fool!!!” Maka exclaims, facing Damian.

“Shut up, you’re too loud as usual, attention seeker,” Damian replies.

“That’s it, I’ll–,” she says but Damian quickly interrupts.

“Huh? Want to have a go at it?” Damian asks, with a grin of excitement.

“Tch!!!” Maka hisses and turns to walk away.

“You!!! Princess!!!” she shouts, pointing at Serena.

“I hope to see you in the Battle Royale tournament. So don’t lose till we meet in battle,” she says.

“Yeah and hope you become even stronger by then so you’ll be enough entertainment,” she adds with a smile and walks away.

“Well, that was interesting,” Dubnet says, after a yawn.

“What a hassle,” he adds.

“Already making friends eh?” Dayve sarcastically says, looking at Serena.

“Well what can I say, I’m that awesome,” she replies, smiling in such a way that her teeth shows.

“What’s up Kiiara?” Dayve asks, turning to Kiiara.

“Hanging on,” She replies with a faint blush.

“Dayve!!!” May screams as she runs and hugs him.

“Pfft! Two friends tripping for the same guy,” Dia whispers to Serena.

“Well, they’ll have to sort it out some day,” Serena whispers back and shrugs.

“I’ll catch up with you Dayve, I have to go to the infirmary,” Kiiara waves as she runs off.

At the Infirmary.

“Heeeyyy,” Kiiara greets, entering the room where Erraz is resting.

Erraz is lying on a bed close to the window, sitting up on the bed and enjoying the serene view outside.

“Peaceful isn’t it? The way the world is now, no major threats…yet that is,” he says and turns to face Kiiara.

“Hey there my lady,” he greets.

“My lady?” Kiiara responds, raising her right eye brow.

“Anyway before you begin spouting nonsense, how are you feeling?” she asks.

“A bit better. I’ll survive,” he answers, moving his hands about.

“Good,” Kiiara replies.

“So care to share what exactly happened?” she inquires.

“Well, I had an unexpected battle with Damian,” he answers.

“Oh my and you lost? Just how strong is he? What exactly is his style?” she questions.

“You mean you don’t know?” he replies.

“Well, don’t let me spoil the fun. It’ll be nice when you see it in battle. All I can say is that he uses Quake Style.”

“Huh? Quake style?” Kiiara ponders.

“Don’t think too much, once you see it you will understand,” Erraz says.

“By the way, why exactly did you help me?” he asks.

“Hmm, umm,” Kiiara says, putting her hand on her chin.

“I guess it’s because we seem to have the same hand band type and I think it’ll be of use in the second event,” she answers.

“Oh!! I see, not quite what I was thinking,” he replies, laughing and scratching the back of his head.

“Huh?” Kiiara says, with an unamused face and sighs, shaking her head.

“Anyway, for you to have been beaten this badly, that’s quite troubling,” she says.

Erraz gazes at her for a moment and says, “You’re aiming for the top right? Well I won’t say it’s impossible but all I can say for now, that’s quite a difficult dream.”

“If it were so easy, where’s the fun in that?” Kiiara replies, with a soft smile.

“ALL PARTICIPANTS, PLEASE REPORT TO THE GENERAL HALL IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. I REPEAT ALL PARTICIPANTS, PLEASE REPORT TO THE GENERAL HALL IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU,” an announcement is made, echoing through the speakers which are connected to all the rooms of the building.

“Well, guess it’s go time once again,” Kiiara says as she takes her leave.

“By the way, what were you thinking at that time I aided you?” she inquires.

“Well…you know…I thought it was because you liked–,” Erraz stammers a bit but is interrupted by a sudden burst of laughter from Kiiara.

“Ha Ha Ha,” she laughs out loud, holding her stomach as she exits the room.

“What’s her problem?” Erraz murmurs.