With the announcer's shouting, all the demons within the area that were just spectators began to scream and root for the people they wanted, most of the demons that were in the stands were the ones that wanted to see the bloodshed, skin being ripped from the bone, with organs flying about the place. With a smile, the announcer turned toward the contestants and smiled lightly herself, "As you all know the rules I'm sure, and because you know the rules, I won't waste too much time explaining them. Anything goes in this tournament, except cheating of course, those who are found cheating will be completely expelled from this tournament and punished by the ruler of demon world. The fighters will be determined by a drawing of sorts, and without further ado, let's let the bloodshed and the merciless fighting begin!"
With another annoyed sigh, Cho looked toward Eniki who was cracking his knuckles, before glancing to Slythe, whose tongue decided to flicker out like that of a snake's tongue. I don't know how long we will last in this tournament. A lot of the demons that are here are at least of the upper C-class if not higher. She listened to the announcer call out the names, not really paying attention to them, while she looked up at the display screens that the demonic bats were showing for entertainment. Her eyes however were on the screen with Jin and his fight, wincing a bit whenever he would get hit.
With another inward sigh, she noticed that the matches were over, Jin had barely been hit by his opponent passing with flying colors, which only left the next set of demons that would be going up before the preliminary rounds. Walking toward the stage that she had been picked to be put on, it was a forested area, the trees stretching outwards toward the now crimson colored sky. The ground was rough beneath her feet, showing cracks and years of wear and tear, of course Cho looked around for the demon that she was meant to be fighting, a frown appearing on her face from not being able to find this fellow. A sinister laughter resonated around her, while Cho walked along the ground, not being able to hear anyone but the announcer that was talking about the other battles and her own.
A frown began to set itself onto Cho's face, while another deep sigh was about to escape her lips, though quickly that sigh turned into a scream when something grabbed her leg. Lime green eyes widened while she looked down to the hand that had came up from the earth, throwing her toward the trees that were around them. In doing so, Cho slammed through three tree's, one of the limbs had cut into her right wing, causing the membrane to separate and powder to fall around her on the ground, making Cho pant slightly to herself, while her eyes narrowed at the male that came up from the soil beneath her.
Letting her eyes narrow, the butterfly demon quickly rose up from the trees before her opponent could slam into her, making her groan out slightly from the pain that was in her right wing, it was hard for her to over. Closing her lime green eyes for the moment, as she focused her power, allow the powder that had formed around the area that she had been at previously move over the body of her enemy. "Sleep," She spoke to the male. In doing this, she made sure the powder from her crimson wings had been inhaled, knowing that she would need to last the match out, until her power took effect on him, which would mean that he would soon be falling asleep, thanks to the type of powder it was.
The male glared at her, while he moved to shoot up from where he was, barely missing Cho's leg, who was now waiting within the air, knowing that she couldn't stay suspended for long with that injured wing of her own. Moving her hand behind her body, she quickly grasped for the daggers that she had, moving to hold them in her hand. They were butterfly daggers, appropriate for a butterfly demon right? Letting her lime green eyes glare at the male, she rushed down after him, moving the knife a bit to make it look like she was about to cut the other, as she moved to dodge to the right to avoid a fist, managing to cut the rock demon's shoulder. That didn't stop her from getting a right hook to her stomach, making her fly backwards into the trees once more, hitting the ground as dirt began to pile onto her body.
Cho groaned out in pain, letting her eyes close, while she held her stomach tightly, and glared at the male, starting to get up from her position in the ground, panting heavily herself, while she moved to walk forward a bit, her body wobbled lightly, knowing that after the preliminaries they did have a few days to rest, and then the rest of the tournament would continue on again. The evident signs that her powder was taking effect on the demon she was fighting was evident as the demon swayed and his lids dropped. She felt him gripping her shirt, making Cho smirk at how loose his grip had become, and in no time, she felt her body hitting the ground. The male was lying there asleep, while she started to move her own body up from where it had been on the ground, letting out a very pained ground at the burning sensation that was spreading from her shoulder blades throughout her back.
The demons around them didn't cheer, which wasn't anything new to her, considering many of them probably didn't like her, but with a smile, as their bodies were teleported back to the main area of the tournament, Cho giggled in happiness, knowing that she was deemed the winner of her fight. Walking over toward her teammates, she gave them a grin, before passing out on the ground in front of them, her body having gone through as much pain as she could afford at that moment. Eniki and Slythe glanced to one another, before lightly sitting her back against the large wall, making sure that she would be safe, before Slythe went into his fight. It wasn't very hard to tell who had won his fight, since they were in a sea-like terrain, Slythe had the upper advantage having the scales and body of a reptile it was easy for him to utilize the water as his best offense against his opponent.
The last one that was on Cho's team to go out and battle was Eniki, Eniki's fight was harder than Slythe's, but easier than Cho's considering that he was more brute strength than anything else. He managed to wear his opponent down, easily avoiding injuries unlike the other demons that had went up and fought after them, making it almost impossible for someone to match up with Eniki's record. When both men from Cho's team had come back and walked over to Cho's past out body, Eniki gently picked her up, taking her toward the rather large castle that was beside of the tournament that they could sleep in, considering there was too many guest rooms anyway.
She had slept a good deal of the day away, only waking up when it was close to the night time of the demon world, her body rose from its place on the bed, she had bandages around her waist, showing that she could have one or two ribs broken, but that didn't bother her. Cho moved toward her window, letting her eyes look outside of it, as she noticed that her right wing's membrane had already healed back up. With a grin spreading on her gentle face, she managed to sneak out of her room, flying off toward the forest that wasn't too far from her, looking down onto the shimmering water that glistened in the moonlight, and moved with the gentle wind that nipped at her pale arms.
"Already up and moving around lassie? You have some good stamina there." The voice came from above her, making the male that spoke lower himself to be able to look at her, bright blue eyes seemed to shine in the night light, while his arms crossed in front of him, a proud smile on his face. "I'd have to say that when I first saw ya lassie I didn't think ya stood a chance, but then again, I've been proven wrong before."
Cho let out a soft 'eeping' sound at this, looking to Jin with her soft lime colored eyes, and then allowed a nervous smile to appear on her face from his words, making her put a hand slowly over her already accelerated heart beat. "Jin please don't do that, you could give me a warning or something next time, okay?" Her eyes followed his figure up to his face, feeling her own cheeks beginning to flush once more with that blasted red hue that wanted to make her lime colored eyes stand out more.
"Sorry lassie, didn't know you were one that was easy to scare," chuckling lightly, Jin moved to cross his legs while he stayed technically sitting in mid-air, turning his bright blue eyes over toward her with a grin. "So are you that little butterfly that I helped rescue when you were younger?"
At his inquirement, Cho nodded in a feeble attempt to hide the blush that coated along her pale cheeks. "Yea…Yeah I am," Cho whispered, though her eyes looked down in embarrassment at his question. "I never really got to repay you for helping me out back then, and I…kind of feel like I owe you."
Jin only allowed his smile to fall showing a serious look to his eyes, "Try to stay alive through the tournament, that's how you can pay me back, alright lassie? These demons aren't as easy as you think they are."
Feeling a little insulted, Cho flew up close to him, getting in his face as her brows scrunched together, making a wrinkle in her forehead to show her anger. "I'm not weak Jin, and I'd quit underestimating me if I were you!" With that said, Cho returned toward her room, going inside so she could rest up for the next tournament.
Jin however stayed sitting there, completely confused, as his head tilted to the side, and his hand rose up to his head, scratching at it, with confusion evident in his eyes. "What did I say to make the lass blow up like that? Oh well, let's just hope that she can stay alive…"
More to come soon I hope you enjoyed it.