Back where the spectators are sitting.

“Hoo, quite an interesting event this year, don’t you think so Scupto?” says a man with long spiky blonde hair which was packed at the neck region, having blue eyes. He is smiling with his left hand on his chin as he views the event from the big screen.

“Well A, can’t say for sure. For me I haven’t seen so many astounding things yet, however it seems there are some interesting participants,” a young boy sitting next to the man, replies. He has a mix of short full blonde and black hair, fair skin and grey eyes.

“Well, compared to you and the element you possess, they may not be so awesome but at least one or two of them would have caught your fancy, right?” the man, Aasks as he turns to the young boy, Scupto.

“Who knows,” Scupto replies with a smile.

“You are familiar with the Falcon family, are you not? Then how do you see the twins so far?” A inquires.

“Hmmm, so far so good, I guess,” Scupto replies.

“I see,” A says. Immediately after saying this, he spots a familiar face from a distance.

“Excuse me for a while Scupto, there’s an old friend I haven’t seen in a while,” he says and gets up from his seat as he takes his leave.

“Hmmm, suite yourself,” Scupto yawns as A leaves.

Some minutes after A leaves, Scupto feels a tap on his shoulder.

“Hmph, so the useless one is here too,” a young female voice says.

“Ahh the dumb one finally arrives after fleeing the competition and losing in another one,” Scupto replies.

The young girl smacks Scupto on the head as she takes her seat beside him after shouting at some of the spectators there to make space for her.

“Ouch!!” Scupto lets out quietly while rubbing his head.

“So it’s ok for a girl to hit a guy?” he sarcastically asks.

“Shut up!!!” the girl yells at Scupto.

“As violent as ever, can’t say I’m excited to see you Sali,” Scupto replies.

“Hmph!! Same here,” Sali replies. They both turn their faces away from each other with their arms folded and after a brief moment, they both smile. Sali has short full black curly hair, dark brown eyes and ebony skin.

Meanwhile, A is standing and chatting with the person he spotted.

“Bakuzan, it’s been a while, has it not?” A says quietly bending his face cap a bit to shade his face more.

“Kensora, truly it has been a while, friend,” Bakuzan replies. Bakuzan has very long hair which reaches his knee, dark red in color having a silky and spiky touch. Some of the hair even cover some parts of his face. He also has red colored eyes with a fierce gaze like a tiger yet still having some coolness.

“Quite the surprise to see you here Kensora. What is it that tickles your fancy in this place?” Bakuzan asks in his deep strong voice.

“Well, well, can’t a man just come and watch a competition without any ulterior motives?” Kensora replies.

“But if you must know, I was invited by Hachi, Eight Blades,” he adds.

“I see. He teaches here now,” Bakuzan says.

“How about you? Being your friend for some time now, I’m pretty sure this isn’t exactly your type of stuff,” Kensora inquires.

“Hmm, feeling like you know me now eh?” Bakuzan lets out a light laugh.

“Anyway, I have a student that is competing at the moment,” he adds.

“Oh, wonderful, your student eh? I’d like to see what he can do,” Kensora replies.

“Hmph! don’t expect too much,” Bakuzan says as they both return their view to the large screen.

Meanwhile back at the competition, some distance from the vast body of water, the different teams meet themselves.

The teams present are teams: Blue A – Kiiara, May and Erraz; Red C – Dubnet, Dia and Kalium; Silver A – Tesla, Serena and Kevine; Gold D – Dayve, Sienna and Artemis; Ash H – Maka, Aurium and Armstrong; Blue G – Damian, Borro and Palma; Silver E – Gerrar, Buffy and Teru; Ash F – Jin, Arsey and Kevla.

“Gerrar, so you made it here too,” Dayve says with a smile as he moves to greet Gerrar.

“Of course, why would I lose to the likes of you,” Gerrar replies. Gerrar is quite handsome in appearance, has medium length straight black hair, dark blue eyes which appear black sometimes, fair skin and has this arrogant or proud look in his eyes. He usually has a long silver colored scarf around his neck.

“What do you mean?” Dayve asks.

“Traitors like you, I will never lose to such,” Gerrar answers, pointing one of his swords at Dayve.

“What?!” Dayve lightly exclaims with his mood slowly changing to that of anger while still maintaining a calm composure.

“Hey! Gerrar! That’s too far. Dayve is no traitor, you of all people, his best friend should know this,” Kiiara scolds him as she runs to Dayve’s front.

“He is not my bestfriend!!!” Gerrar shouts still pointing his sword at Dayve though now that Kiiara is in his front, it is pointed at Kiiara.

“Not anymore,” he adds calmly.

“The son of a traitor is a traitor, Kiiara. Though you’re my precious cousin whom I definitely do not want to hurt, however if you get in my way of fighting him, I cannot guarantee your safety,” he continues.

“Did he ask to be the child of the traitor, Gerrar?” Kiiara asks.

“Nonsense!!!” Serena yells, jumping swiftly to Kiiara’s side.

“Gerrar, touch my sister and I’ll make sure to end you right here,” she adds as sparks of lightning begin to emanate from her body.

Gerrar pauses, looking at the twins as he actually cares for his cousins, trying to calculate how to deal with the situation without endangering them.

Tesla quickly jumps to Gerrar’s side.

“Now wait a second, if you fight against Gerrar, I’ll have to go against you too,” Tesla says.

The other team members and the other teams just watch as this goes on.

“Now now,” Dubnet speaks up.

“I hate to spoil this epic battle about to happen but…do we really have time for this? Look ahead, we have some dangerous company,” he says.

“Hmmm” they all turn to see three people, two males and a female, standing just some metres away from all of them.

“Finally we get the attention,” one of the males says, clapping his hand.

“Finally,” the other adds with a gentle smile.

“What? Unbelievable!!!” Dia yells.

“Those are our teachers,” Dayve says looking unperturbed while most participants present were in shock.

“Hoo, this should be interesting,” Damian says looking down from a high pillar next to Dayve.

“Wait!! Isn’t that the lady we saw earlier? The one that was saying strange things?” Serena asks Kiiara, referring to the lady among the teachers in comparison to the lady Kiiara bumped into during registration. (See chapter one for more details)

“What’s she doing here? She’s not a teacher here, is she?” Serena asks.

“No she’s not, however, that is Lady Suiryu Antoniette of the flowing waters,” May answers.

“Who is that?” Kiiara asks.

“I don’t know the details but I heard she’s related to the queen of Aquaville in some way,” May answers.

“Hoo, that’s quite a strong one there,” Sienna, a girl with pink hair and pink eyes, from Dayve’s team, comments.

“Well then, guess you already know but we are the final obstacle to clear this particular event before the battle royale tournament,” one of the males speaks.

“So they had to use both our teachers that we have personal training classes with, Kiiara,” Serena says.

“That’s right. My own teacher, Hachi, the Eight blades, one of the blade masters that even fought in the great war against the menacing blade of Apocalypse, Shakurai and your teacher, Deva, a man of mystery and a master of the psychic element,” Kiiara replies.

“Well, well, as expected of my student, Kiiara, always knowledgeable in such things. Not to worry, we are basically projections created by Deva’s technique and can only use twenty percent of our powers. Feel free not to hold back,” Hachi says while smiling.

Hachi has short full spiky dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, fair skin and a friendly countenance. He usually wears a long black jacket, a pair of black trousers with some knives strapped to his thighs and has a long horizontal bag, like a scroll, strapped to his waist.

Deva has a calm and gentle countenance like a monk, with long hair twisted down to his waist, orange eyes though he usually closes his eyes or faintly opens them, fair skin and wears about three studs on each of his ears.

Everyone stands still, some observing carefully, some frozen a bit in fear and some waiting for someone to make a move.

“This a complex situation. After this, is the battle royale, most people are saving their skills as a surprise for their opponents in the battle royale and so have tried to minimize the techniques being used so far,” Artemis, the other member of Dayve’s team, whispers to herself.

“But having to face these people even at twenty percent of their power, we might have to use all our cards,” she adds.

“How laughable,” Dayve speaks up.

“Huh?” Artemis turns to Dayve.

“If you have to wait to surprise your opponent with your technique in the tournament, then maybe it’s not that awesome after all,” he adds.

“Supposing there was war, do you think you will have such luxury especially in a grand war that lasts for years,” Dayve says and rushes to attack Deva.

Deva is standing in the middle of Suiryu and Hachi with the former at his right and the latter at his left. Immediately Dayve goes for the attack, Hachi appears in his front and counters with a kick, giving Dayve no chance to launch his attack. Dayve blocks the kick but the effect is powerful and it sends Dayve flying some distance however he lands on his feet, screeching backwards.

“Don’t worry Dayve, you’ll be my main prey,” Hachi says as he flicks his hand, bringing out a short blade from his sleeves and makes the dash to attack Dayve.

Simultaneously, Kiiara runs towards Suiryu to attack her.

“You’re not fighting your teacher?” Tesla asks.

“No. Being related to the queen of Aquaville, I feel Lady Suiryu uses water element, so I’ll counter her attacks with my fire,” Kiiara replies as she runs towards Suiryu.

“Hoo, interesting that we meet again,” Suiryu says in her soft, smooth and calm voice, seeing as Kiiara is running towards her.

Kiiara does not fully get to her but jumps when she is some metres away and launches an attack.

“Elemental Release: Fire Style: Breath of fire.”

Immediately, she releases huge amount of fire, by blowing from her mouth, at Suiryu however Suiryu just stretches her palm at the attack and creates a big shield of water which evaporates with the fire causing the area to become misty. Suddenly, out of the mist, Serena appears at Suiryu’s front and launches a swift attack.

“Elemental Release: Lightning Style: Crippling push.”

With lightning wrapped around her lower right arm, she rushes to land a hit on Suiryu but Suiryu easily and calmly evades the attack, grabs Serena by her right upper arm and throws her back in the direction she came.

“Ugh!!” Serena exclaims as she lands on the ground.

“She easily evaded my attack?” Serena asked herself.