"Ladies and gentlemen, people of the Sweets' Kingdom, I am here to announce the semifinals' challenge!" Julian's mother announced "The ten remaining teams will be divided into two, the first five and the last five. Each team will have to create a sweet that represents your team, then it will be judge for it's originality, how much it fits the consign and it's taste. Any ingredients you need to use, are in the stuff you recollected on the last challenge. Everyone will have five hours before the next battle will begin, good luck everyone!" with that said she was gone.

"Any ideas?" Nicholas asked, once they had reached a secluded area. So, no one would try to steal their ideas or try to kidnap them... again- Ichigo learned that the hard way, both times.

"I believe that we have to make a wedding cake! That's Ichigo-senpai's thing, and then for Julian-san we can cover it and make some decorations with chocolate. To represent you, we can add some bombones filled with alcohol... or we can use the técnico you just perfected- the one in which you can freeze alcohol so it will look like caramel. That can work for amazing decorations. And, lastly, for me, the cake can be of lemon base. That we we are all representing our fields in the sweets' world!" Lemon-chan exclaimed excitedly, making all stop and look at her amazed at the incredible idea.

"That's perfect, love!" Her boyfriend praised, picking her up to spin her around and then peck her lips softly, after he had put her down.

"What's left is deciding what theme and design the wedding cake should be. Any ideas Ichigo?" Julian asked her, the one that always has a creative and charming idea "Ichigo?" He repeated, concerned when he noticed the thoughtful expression on her face.

"I might have one, but it's a gamble. We'll have to make the equations perfectly, otherwise the design won't hold on and everything on the cake will fall apart" she told her team, seriously.

They looked at each other worriedly, not knowing what to say at that. They just nodded, after all Ichigo never failed them- her plans always went through and she thrived to victory every time. Decided to win, and prove those who have tried to put them down, how wrong they are about them, they put their hands to work and made the best of the time they had left before the challenge.

When they heard the bell, signaling the end of their time, tehy looked at each other nervously, gulping hard and looking for strength on the other. If they didn't win this, they won't make it to the finals and they'll lose their Sweet Spirits... their best friends.

The first ones to go were the group A, the first five teams that finished the last challenge. All of them were very talented, but specially the one representing France. Even though, all of them made delicious sweets, the Frenchs pulverized the other four teams, taking the victory home. It made Julian's team afraid, because if they ended up passing to the finals they would be going against them. It specially scared Ichigo, who reminded her defeat against Tennouji-senpai's team- she didn't want to fail her team like that again.

Shortly, after the first group was over, group B gathered to face their challenge. The Sweets Spirits of Julian's team were in guard those hours, while the rest were preparing their cake design, making sure that no one would try to attack them... again. Luckily, no one tried to take their ingredients away.

It was hard, that's for sure. They had little time to prepare it, no time to practice it and the design was so complicated, that they were afraid it will end up in pieces and not holding up. But they had to stick with it, it was the only way to impress the judges- such a creative wedding cake will surely give them the victory.

Before tehy knew it, the cake was finished, just in time for the bell to ring- signaling the ending of the teams' times and the start of the judging process. One by one the teams presented their sweets, why they thought it matched the consign and the judges tasted them, before scoring each one of them. Until, it was Julian's team's time.

"We decided to create a wedding cake, in honor of Ichigo's specialization. Then the base of the cake was decided to be lemon, for Lemon-san, the chocolate couverture and chocolate roses were to symbolize me. Lastly, but not least, the heart bombones, with a heart of liquor were made by Nicholas. Also, he added a new ability he gained recently, he filled the mascarpone teapot figurine with a hot, caramelized alcohol mix. There's also the same mix on the mascarpone teacups, but instead of being hot and in a liquid form- as in the teapot-, it's frozen and in a gel texture" Julian explained, in representation of his team "We call it: 'The Wonders of Love'."

The public gasped at the creation. It looked as if the team tried to add so many things on the cake at the same time, something that looked chaotic and out of place. But at the same time so in order and good, as if it had always meant to be together. Using Alice in Wonderland as a theme for the wedding cake was a great idea! It represented the team perfectly, four people and didn't know each other, pushed down the rabbit hole and into a whole new world. Facing the adventures that come together. Even though they are very different from each other, they still made it look as if nothing should be changed.

The judges were able to see that, and for that they chose Ichigo and Lemon's idea as the winner of group B. Everyone cheered for the prince and his team, they had made it to the finals! However, things weren't over. They still had to face the French team and made look out for the haters that wanted to bring them down.

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