It had come down to two fighters in this match, Malin-Odysseus against the River. Malin realised that Ikki must have been planning this the entire time-for it to be just them left on the field. He knew that Malin had a score to settle and a point to prove to everybody and himself. The Wind King must have seen something in him to trust him with this match and he looked over at his opponent. They had both been in this situation before and memories of that fight kept running through his head. "This is the best possible way for this fight to end," said the River. "You put so much pressure on yourself to rise above the expectations your dad has placed on you that you cannot beat me."

"My dad never put any expectation on me; he has given me every ounce of his knowledge so that I may someday never be beaten-it is your expectation that will be the death of you. The River that supplies hope and life to the whole team will run dry if used up too quickly. You are only a river; you are not even an ocean." For the first time Malin talked to one of his opponents, and it seemed to have stung him. "I don't need to be hurt by that, I already know what your special moves are. Your Tornado Air 900 will most likely be the only thing I need to watch out for, because your Freeze Frame move will not work against someone more skilled than you. Your Conceal ability also relies on a teammate being next to you-like you in general, always relying on others."

The River charged at him and Malin watched carefully trying to see more than what normal people could. Looking at every part of his body to judge which way he was going to go.

River threw shots at him knowing full well he wouldn't connect that easy, Malin was able to block and dodge them all but not finding a good opening to get on the offensive at all. The River was a little more skilled in close combat with his combinations and he wanted to keep the tempo up. But the longer it went for; Malin could begin to see some more openings in his opponent. The River backed off to catch his breath but Malin followed him. The River was surprised Malin attacked so aggressively as it was unlike him at all. Malin swung a shot and River blocked it, but he didn't stop the true opening that Malin had seen. The River was very lazy and Malin knew this, which was why he would be able to stop a simple shot head on, but leave his open side vulnerable. He had left his other side completely open to a kick from Malin. The River needed to use every ounce of his speed and agility to get out of harms way and make some distance between them. Malin watched him and felt confident, he felt as if he could go forever.

"How can you keep fighting?" River asked Malin, being very tired and seeing Malin who wasn't nearly as exhausted as what he should have been.

"The River doesn't fuel itself, it relies on the rain and the ocean for more water so without your suit working to dehydrate me-you gain no advantage." The River seemed shocked and realised the entire time he had been trying to dehydrate Malin that his suit hadn't even been working. He took off his jacket to see holes in it and completely stopping its ability to absorb the moisture out of the air and store it. "How…When did you…?" River remembered back a little bit in the fight. When he had charged at Ikki and Malin got in the way, Ikki ended up behind him without him noticing. Did that mean…?

Malin watched him and began smiling, "It seems like you have figured it out. You thought you were free from me using my Conceal ability on you and you didn't even realise that I had already used it on you to take away your biggest weapon.

"My biggest move is my conceal ability," said Malin to Ikki and Agito the night before. "It involves my using my riding ability and a supersonic sound in my AT and a lighting created by the glow of the wheels to distract a particular rider. When I use it though, it can temporarily give one of my teammate's invisibility-as they the opponents mind becomes completely unaware of their presence as they are focused on me. This is my signature move back home and they will know of it."

"We can use that to our advantage," said Ikki. "When it comes to the time when we are on our real opponent most likely on the change over you will create an opening for me and I will be able to stop his suit from working. We will only get one shot and won't even be able to plan it, we will just have to know when the right time is. But you will be the distraction and I will stop him using his ability-then the rest will be up to you."

The Tokyo Reds watching on the field realised his ability now. When they were originally chasing the two Australian riders and their fastest was taken down from a shot they couldn't see. It was because all their attention was focused on Malin who was creating an opening for Blake and his reflexes to take him down. Indeed a scary ability.

"You see, my ability doesn't rely on my ability alone-it utilises everyone's ability and makes it more powerful than anything you can do on your own. Ikki was able to use his wind to cut through your suit and put it out of action without you even knowing about it." Because the wind had cut through, the water stored within it had slowly evaporated out and this suddenly made the fight very interesting. The River tried to smile it off, he was still the favourite to win on his status alone and readied himself.

As if reading each others thoughts, the River and Malin raced towards each other with a fury in their stride. The crowd was getting really into the match and didn't know who was going to take it out from here. Malin threw a shot and the River ducked underneath it and got a shot to his ribs, taking the air out of him and dropping him. While on the ground, River tried to bring a hammer shot down from on top of him but Malin rolled out of the way and swept himself around tripping the River up. Malin backed off while the River quickly got up from the ground.

Malin watched carefully, knowing full well he was going to increase the pace of the match. The River did just as he thought and began riding around very quickly, rather than wait for him, Malin began riding along with him. He was nowhere near as fast as he was, but because of his anticipation, he could see through his movements. He kept a close eye on him, trying to keep him within his sights and predict which way he was going to go. Then noticing something, he knew the River was going for one of his moves. River began moving swiftly from side to side about to use his River Rapid Walk ability.

"River has this ability called the River Rapid Walk, which can create whitewash in the air like on the shore of a beach. Because of his movements which are very flowing and quick as well as the moisture that he absorbs out of the air. His side to side motions rolls air around with the water, creating the whitewash in the air that can completely hide his whole body within it. When you see this happen, you got to know he is most likely trying to finish it and be ready for anything that can happen."

By creating whitewash in the air, it neutralised Malin's ability to anticipate what he was going to do. Malin kept his eyes firmly fixed on River trying to find him within his ability, and suddenly turned his ankles out-screeching on the platform and bringing him to a stop using very high class breaking ability. The River went straight passed him and concentrating one last time-Malin took off again with as much acceleration as possible but in the opposite direction. The whitewash form of River was going on way, but the real River wasn't underneath it-the real one was coming from behind using his technique as a distraction to knock him off the platform. Malin, even though he never saw this, knew this was going to happen and had trusted himself to use his Freeze Frame ability at the right time. It had worked and the River was caught in it. He zoomed straight at the River who couldn't move his body from the pressure Malin had placed on him but being aware of everything in his mind. Malin mustered all the strength he had into the shot that would send the River off the platform bringing victory to the Kogara-Magpies against the Southern Snipers.

Kogarasumaru cheered while the Reds went berserk. Ikki walked over to the River on the ground, "As I said, the worst thing is fighting someone with a purpose and because you didn't want to meet me head on you thought he would be the easier option and lost because of it. oh and by the way, didn't you ever read the story of Odysseus and his great odyssey. Over his long voyage, he met many perils but the one that gave him the most trouble was the sea, even Poseidon-God of the Ocean hated Odysseus and it didn't matter how many times he tried he couldn't kill him. Odysseus could never be bested by the water." He left the River there and walked over to Malin where Blake was already attending to him in his state of euphoria and fatigue. "You knew he couldn't resist finishing you off like last time. You had all your attention drawn to his whitewash so he knew you would be vulnerable from behind. You trusted your instincts over your vision and won." Just like when Odysseus gave the Cyclops wine before blind siding him-Malin had done the same. He offered the chance to River to increase his status and ego and he wasn't able to see through his attack plan.