CHAPTER 25 – MATCH UP

When we all got to our dorms, I made Sen promise me no dragon training without me. But, however, she somehow got around our agreement, and was able to practice in her dorm.

"Fine Lein. But why would you make me promise something like that?"

"For one, I don't need another heart attack when something suddenly jumps on me."

"Alright. I'll keep her in my dorm."

"Second, I really don't think you can handle all that energy without me or Ty to help you." I pointed to Embi as she was running in circles around the two of us.

"I get it."

"And third, I don't need a completely worried brother on top of us 24/7 during training!"

"...fine, I give up. No training without you or Ty. And I can only summon Embi in my room and that's it. Happy?"

"Yes."

"One question though."

"What is it? I thought you understood."

"I do about Embi. But not why Baki is running towards us." She pointed over my shoulder to a very tired, yet still running, Baki.

"Lein! Sen! Wait, I have to tell you something important!"

We waited for what seemed like hours for him to get over here. We just didn't understand why he was running when his dorm was just ten feet away from ours.

"Lein, Sen. I have...some info...on the...Round 2..."

"What is it Baki? I've been training since we got here, tell me!"

"...it's...it's tomarrow." With that he fainted...right in front of us!

"Lein, you keep an eye on him, I'll go get my brother."

"Kay. Come on Baki, wake up." I was shaking his shoulder gently, from the looks of it, he'd been traing too. It was then that I heard Nara screaming.

"Sen! What's wrong? Are you hurt? Did your dragon get loose? Where's Lein? Is she okay?" I shook my head sighing. I don't know how Sen put up with her brother, but he ws very protective. I'd hate to see it when Sen got a boyfriend. Nara'll have a beeper on her and track them!

Nara came up to us and helped Baki into his dorm. Turns out, just like me and Sen, they have copies of each other's keys. After putting Baki in his dorm, he explained to us what Round two was about.

"Kay, thanks Nara. Come on Sen, let's go get some sleep."

"Right, thanks bro."

"Night you two...four...six? How many of you are there?"

"Six, but the other four are asleep. So, now it's just us two. You really should pay more attention Nara."

As I closed my door, I thought about what Nara had said. There was so much that was different.

They were hving what was called a "Match Up". We could pick our partners if we wanted to, but they had to be from the other village. Fire had to partner with water. Baki and Nara already signed themselves together. They also knew we'd pick each other, so they put our names together too.

The problem was, we had to come up with a trick that we could do together, using both of our skills. The easy part was picking what to use. Since we've been working with Ty and Embi for a while now, we decided to use them in the trick.

The other problem, and the biggest, was with Embi. The most amount of people she's seen are around four. How in the world are we going to get her to perform in front of two villages?! Well, we both know that as long as Ty is there, she won't run away. We learned that Embi won't go anywhere alone, she's too scared. Mostly, if you find Ty, you'll always find Embi not far behind her!