A/N: Here we go readers. Match 2 of the first semi-final match. I know this fight involves a fan favorite for many so I hope you enjoy it.
The crowd roared over the stage where Anthony and Elizabeth stared at each other. With the excitement that was the last fight, there was much anticipation for the next one. Both fighters gathered their opening hand at the ready for their match to begin.
At the stands for Team Round Table, both Thomas and William sat looking past their teammate to her opponent. "Anthony Fergus. Now he's an interesting one."
"William?"
"With our clans being focused on the Paladins, most Dragon Empire clans would give us a hard time by destroying the units we worked hard to bring to the field. But Narukami is an interesting case since he also binds the cards that are retired." William explained. "And if you remember, some of Elizabeth's skills are dependant on the Ritual skill. Statistically, she might be at a disadvantage."
Thomas shook his head at his leader. "I see but I don't think we should worry about that. Once Elizabeth see's what his plan is, she'll develop a counter strategy."
"Right. Let's hope she can take a clean victory."
Elizabeth looked to her hand for a moment as she returned what she didn't want and drew her new hand. "You know I must say. I find it to be a miracle that your team got paired up against ours."
"Oh? And how do you figure that?" Anthony asked as he did the same.
The smug smile she gave to the teen irked him slightly. Not that he'd let that show of course. "Because kid, you can go home knowing that you lost to the team that's going to win this whole tournament."
"Hey, knock it off with the kid comments! You're not that much older than me yourself!" he growled. "Plus there's no way we're leaving this place without showing everyone that we are number one!"
The red head let out a soft snort of a laugh at his claim. "You've got big dreams. I'll give you that at the very least. Try to make sure and give me a fight I'll remember."
"Alright there cardfighters! It's time for the second round to begin!" Sachi announced over the cheering crowd. "Anthony Fergus of Team Cosmic Trio vs Elizabeth Scarlet of Team Round Table! Let's get started!"
"Stand up, Vanguard!"
Both cardfighters flipped over their starting vanguards to begin the fight proper.
"Hardrod Dracokid!"
Hardrod Dracokid
Grade 0, Power: 5000
"Pedigree Knight, Tigresse!"
Pedigree Knight, Tigresse
Grade 0, Power: 4000
Elizabeth looked to her opponent's starting vanguard. The Narukami clan was going to be a difficult challenge but it was nothing she couldn't overcome. "I'll ride Blue Espada Dragon!"
Blue Espada Dragon
Grade 1, Power: 7000
"Tigresse moves back with forerunner! Turn end."
[Turn 2. Hand: Anthony(5), Elizabeth(5).]
"I draw! Ride Smash Boxer Dragon!"
Smash Boxer Dragon
Grade 1, Power: 7000
Anthony moved back Hardrod behind his vanguard with forerunner. "Boosted by Hardrod, Smash Boxer attacks!"
(7000+5000=12000)
"No guard."
"Drive check, no trigger."
Elizabeth turned over her damage check to show no trigger either for her.
[Damage: Anthony(0), Elizabeth(1).]
"Turn end."
[Turn 3. Hand: Anthony(6), Elizabeth(5).]
"Stand and draw. Ride Knight of Brawn, Gronse."
Knight of Brawn, Grosne
Grade 2, Power: 9000
'If he was playing any other clan, calling another unit to attack with would be ideal. But whenever someone tries to rush him, he rides Martial Arts Dragon to apply spot removal of that extra unit.' In preparation for fighting any of the members of this team, Elizabeth had done extensive research on all three of them.
Even if this was statistically her worst matchup out of the three, she knew how this guy played from the numerous matches she watched. With victory on the line, there was no room for even the smallest error. "Boosted by Tigresse, Grosne attacks the vanguard!"
(9000+4000=13000)
"No guard!"
"Drive check." Elizabeth smiled at her check. "Heal trigger, recovering one damage and giving the power to the vanguard."
"Tch, damage check, no trigger." Anthony was a bit annoyed that she got a heal this early on. However that meant one less heal for the late game where it mattered most.
[Damage: Anthony(1), Elizabeth(0).]
"I end my turn."
[Turn 4. Hand: Anthony(6), Elizabeth(6).]
"Stand and draw!" Anthony looked to his hand and to his opponent's field. 'Didn't call anything extra so I can't retire off my usual way. But still have to do something for pressure.' Knowing what to do, he picked two cards from his hand. "I ride Martial Arts Dragon!"
Martial Arts Dragon
Grade 2, Power:9000
"I then call Demonic Dragon Berseker, Chatura!" He knew that he had to get back some of the advantage from the heal trigger from last turn. Forcing cards out of hand early is something to answer to that. "With the skill of Hardrod Dracokid, I bind the card in your drop zone!"
Elizabeth bound the card face up with a small frown. It seemed that the heal was a double edged sword in the long run since he now got a head start on his thunderstrike.
"Chatura comes in on the vanguard! With his skill add 3000 power to the attack!"
(8000+3000=11000)
She knew that letting that unit hit would be nothing but trouble. "Guard!" She threw down a grade 2 to guard with.
"Now for Martial Arts! Get in there!"
(9000)
"No guard."
"Drive check, no trigger." Checking her damage, there were no triggers for Elizabeth.
[Damage: Anthony (1), Elizabeth (1).]
"Turn end!"
[Turn 5. Hand: Anthony (6), Elizabeth (5).]
"Stand and draw!" The game was about even between the two of them. However Elizabeth merely shook her head and chuckled.
"What's so funny?"
"If you think I came into this match blind, you're mistaken. Narukami may be a pain to deal with. But I can assure you that I'll deal that pain back tenfold." She raised one card about her hand. "Dark dragon that stands at the pinnacle of strength! Annihilate all who dare make light of your power! Ride! Supremacy Dragon, Claret Sword Dragon Tyranny!"
Supremacy Dragon, Claret Sword Dragon Tyranny
Grade 3, Power: 11000
"I activate Tigresse's skill." She paid a counterblast and retired her starter. "By retiring him, I can check the top seven cards of my deck for a card with Claret Sword Dragon in its name." Looking at the top seven, she grabbed a copy of her vanguard. "I then shuffle my deck and then draw a card since I have a Claret Sword Dragon vanguard. I then call Taboo Mage Cafar behind my vanguard. My vanguard attacks! With the skill of Cafar, move into soul to give my vanguard 5000 power and I draw a card!"
(11000+5000=16000)
"No guard!"
"Drive check! First check, no trigger. Second check…" Smiling again, Elizabeth raised up a heal trigger. "Heal trigger. Recovering one and giving the power to the vanguard!"
"Tch! Damage check, draw trigger! Power to the vanguard and draw one card."
[Damage: Anthony (2), Elizabeth (0).]
"Hmm. Seems you have a bit of luck yourself. I end my turn."
[Turn 6. Hand: Anthony (7), Elizabeth (8).]
"My turn! Stand and draw!" Anthony looked to his formation then his opponents. She was playing this game two steps ahead of them by keeping her board free of units to bind. That and two heals this early on would prove to be annoying.
'This might be a problem but I'm just gonna smash right through it like I always do.' Anthony looked to his favorite unit and smiled. 'Let's show this stubborn girl what we're made of Vanquisher!'
"If you think planning around my binding is gonna give you the edge, you're the one who is sorely mistaken!"
This made the Scarlet heir raise her eyebrow at his bravado. "And what makes you so sure of that?"
In response, Anthony showed Elizabeth the card he was going to ride. "Because Vanquisher and I are gonna bust through that hand of yours! The power of the skies is in your hands! Descend upon this battlefield and blow all foes away with your wrathful lightning! Ride! Dragonic Vanquisher "SPARKING"!"
Dragonic Vanquisher "SPARKING"
Grade 3, Power: 11000
"And now Stride Generation! Conquering Supreme Dragon, Dragonic Vanquisher "VBUSTER"!"
Conquering Supreme Dragon, Dragonic Vanquisher "VBUSTER"
Grade 4, Power: 15000+
"I activate my stride skill to bind a card in your drop zone." Anthony rolled his eyes at her empty field. "You'd normally bind a unit on your field also since I strode into a unit with the thunderstrike skill but since you want to ruin my fun, we can't do that."
Back in the stands, Aurora gazed at the matchup at current closely. "He's in the backseat for sure here. That Elizabeth did her homework to counter everything Anthony usually goes for."
Dan nodded his head. "Anthony is a very reactionary player though. He likely has something planned to counteract this."
"You won't be able to do much with what you have to work with." Elizabeth said confidently.
"Ha, says you. Thunderstrike 3 is all I'll need to do everything this turn." From his hand he threw down a unit behind Chatura. "I call Dragon Dancer, Fatine. Fatine's thunderstrike 2, I soulblast to draw a card. Now "VBUSTER"'s skill, bind the last card in your drop zone and since I have more rearguards than you three of my units gain 3000 power until the end of the turn. I choose my vanguard, Fatine and Chatura."
"Look at that cardfighters! Even when restricted as much as possible, Anthony still manages to reach the thunderstrike he needs to make plays!" Sachi cheered along with the crowd.
Anthony took one more card from his hand and called it to the last open front row rear guard circle. "I call Plea Lightning, Helena and activate her thunderstrike 3. Since I have a Vanquisher vanguard, I counterblast to draw a card and give Helena 2000 power until the end of the turn. Now let's go, Helena attack the vanguard!"
(9000+2000=11000)
"Please, I guard that." Throwing down a grade 1, Elizabeth guarded the attack.
Anthony rested his vanguard for the attack. "Time for "VBUSTER" to bring the pain!"
(26000+3000=29000)
"No guard."
"Triple drive!" His first two checks didn't provide anything but the last one gave him a smile. "Critical trigger! Power to Chatura and critical to the vanguard!"
[Damage: Anthony (2), Elizabeth (2).]
"Looks like we're even now, huh princess? Now for Chatura, go for the throat!"
(8000+3000+6000+3000+3000+5000=27000)
Elizabeth discarded one of her heal triggers. "Generation guard! Dragwiser, Bronach!"
Dragwiser, Bronach
Grade 4, Shield:15000
"With her skill I check the top five cards of my deck and put any grade 1 units from among them to the guardian circle." Choose two from among them, she threw down the cards for a total 25000 shield value.
"I end my turn."
[Turn 7. Hand: Anthony (9), Elizabeth (6).]
As Elizabeth stood her units and drew for turn, an aura of death seemed to emanate from her. The intimidating aura made Anthony flinch back in slight fear. From the stands of Team Round Table, both William and Thomas sighed at the mistake the Spaniard made.
"So. Princess, huh?"
'Oh crap…'
"Think I'm gonna let you get away with that comment?"
The glare coming from the redhead made a cold sweat break out on his back. "L-Look I'm sorry! I just got caught up in the heat of the moment!"
"Oh no, you're not sorry." She raised one card in her hand. "Not yet."
For some reason, Aurora couldn't help but feel a bit of pity and satisfaction in seeing Anthony in this situation.
Practically slamming the grade 3 down into the drop zone with her fist, Elizabeth snatched a G unit and held it high. "Get ready for your punishment kid! Stride Generation! Supremacy Black Dragon, Aurageyser Dragon!"
Supremacy Black Dragon, Aurageyser Dragon
Grade 4, Power: 15000+
"Due to me not having any units to retire, I can't activate the stride skill. But that won't stop me from plowing you into the dirt. Call! Knight of Brawn, Gronse and Mage of the Rouge Eye, Arsur!" The two units were called to the left hand column. "With Gronse's skill, gain 3000 power everytime a grade 1 or less unit is called to the rear guard. And then call Morion Spear Dragon and Nightsky Eagle to the other column. Gronse gains another 3000 power while Night Sky gains 4000 power until the end of the turn! Gronse, cut down Chatura!"
(9000+4000+3000+3000=19000)
'Picking off my rearguards for less offense next turn. She's also limiting my damage resources by going for the others. That extra 2000 power makes guarding Chatura all the more difficult.' Anthony decided to let Chatura go, letting the attack through.
"Now my vanguard attacks! Aurageyser's skill!" She retired her stand trigger while paying a counter blast and soul blast and flipping a copy of her G unit face up. "I retire two units when I attack to reveal the top two cards of my deck and add them to my hand. If they are grade 1 or less units, my vanguard gains 5000 power for each! My stand trigger Arsur counts as two units when being retired for the cost of a skill. Now for my first check." From the top of her deck, she revealed a perfect guard. "5000 power to my vanguard and now for the second." It was a grade 1 but not a perfect guard this time. "Add another 5000 power to my vanguard. Crush him!"
(26000+5000+5000=36000)
Anthony quickly threw down a perfect guard to top that attempt. "I don't think so!"
She knew that he would probably guard that, but there was no way she was going to let him off that easily. "Triple drive check! First, stand trigger! Giving the power to Morion Spear and standing Gronse! Second check, critical trigger! All effects to Morion Spear! Final check, no trigger."
Anthony grit his teeth at the current situation. Morion just got a huge boost while he had another attack to deal with. Not to mention being one thunderstrike short from activating his perfect guard's effect to replace what he discarded for the cost. Elizabeth looked like she knew this and gave a smug grin of satisfaction.
"Oh what's wrong? Irritated that this little 'princess' is making this fight hard for you? Poor kid, but I don't show mercy to anyone in a cardfight!" Her grin disappeared for a stoic expression as she turned Gronse for his second attack. "Attack the vanguard!"
(9000+3000+3000=15000)
"Intercept with Helena!" Since Helena already did her job, he didn't mind losing the rearguard.
"Now for Morion Spear's attack with Night Sky's boost! He gains an additional 5000 power when boosted by a grade 1 unit. Impale him!"
(9000+7000+4000+5000+5000+5000=35000)
Not having a heal trigger in hand for a G Guard truly was hurting him right now. He couldn't afford to waste any more resources on guarding an attack this high, even if it was critical. "Tch, no guard!" With no triggers in his damage check Anthony was given no relief in this.
[Damage: Anthony (4), Elizabeth (2).]
"With that bit of punishment I'll end my turn." Returning the G unit face up, Elizabeth passed the turn onto her opponent. "But don't even think for a second that this is the worst of it."
[Turn 8. Hand: Anthony (6), Elizabeth (7).]
"Stand and draw!" Not having thunderstrike 4 prevented him gaining a soul charge he could've used to go into "VBUSTER". But rather than that, he knew that forcing damage was the more important thing to do at this moment. So in order to do that, he had to lose his forerunner. "Stride generation! Conquering Supreme Dragon, Dragonic Vanquisher "VBUSTER"!"
Conquering Supreme Dragon, Dragonic Vanquisher "VBUSTER"
Grade 4, Power: 15000+
"Stride skill! Bind one card in your drop zone and you choose one of your cards to bind on field!"
The redhead looked to her units and bind zone. Now he was at thunderstrike 5, things were going to get a bit more hairy in terms of his offenses. But she was confident she could counter anything he threw at her. "I'll bind Night Sky Eagle."
No front row rearguards were bound. That was something that Anthony had to change. "Skill of Hardrod Dracokid, I bind one card in your drop zone." With that Elizabeth was left to one card left in her drop zone. But he knew he had to push for more. "Now the second skill of Hardrod, I counter blast and throw him into soul to give Fatine 3000 power and you choose one of your units and bind it!"
Another irritating play but something the Scarlet heir had to accept in fighting the Narukami clan. She bound Gronse face up.
"And now I call!" From his hand he called two Grizels to the front row and a Smash Boxer Dragon behind the one without a back row unit. "Skill of "VBUSTER"!" Paying the same cost as before, Anthony smiled while pointing to her field. "Bind the last card on your field and the last card in your drop zone! And now I choose my front row to gain 3000 power since I have more rearguards than you! In addition to that, "VBUSTER"'s Generation Break 3! Thunderstrike 7, my front row gains an additional 5000 power and my vanguard gains a critical and an extra drive check!"
"Just like that Anthony has turned this situation around to try and overwhelm Elizabeth! How will she respond to this!?"
"Grizel boosted by Fatine is coming at the vanguard! With her thunderstrike 5, she gains an additional 9000 power for the battle!"
(9000+9000+6000+3000+3000+5000=35000)
"Tch, I don't guard. Damage check, stand trigger! Power to the vanguard!"
[Damage: Anthony (4), Elizabeth (3).]
That trigger, while a bit annoying, made no difference to Anthony's game plan. ""VBUSTER", go and get her now!"
(26000+5000+3000=34000)
Elizabeth quickly dropped a perfect guard. Not wanting to take any risks given the extra critical. "I don't think so!"
"Fine, quadruple drive! First check, stand trigger! All effects to the resting Grizel! Second check, no trigger. Third check, critical trigger! All effects to the left hand Grizel! Final check, nothing."
The royal looked to her hand and scowled. The stand trigger really put her into a hairy situation with how big the coming attacks were. One of them critical no less.
'I won't lose here! A Scarlet never backs down, never surrenders! This Anthony is going to know how ferocious I can be when push comes to shove!'
"Boosted by Smash Boxer Dragon, Grizel attacks the vanguard gaining another 9000 for the attack!"
(9000+9000+7000+5000+3000+5000=38000)
'I can't waste this much guarding it. Even if it is critical I have to take it.' Elizabeth grit her teeth but nodded her head. "No guard." Her first check revealed a critical trigger but the second gave nothing to help.
[Damage: Anthony (4), Elizabeth (5).]
"With Smash Boxer's skill, I move him into soul to draw a card and countercharge! Now Grizel, finish her off!"
(9000+9000+5000+3000+5000=31000)
"Don't you dare get ahead of yourself! Generation guard! Dragwiser, Bronach!"
Dragwiser, Bronach
Grade 4, Shield:15000
"With her skill I check the top five cards of my deck for any grade 1 to guard with!" She didn't even hesitate to grab the three grade 1s in her check and threw them to the guardian circle.
Anthony was satisfied with the push he made but knew that this was do or die. He had to survive whatever Elizabeth was going to throw at him now that she was against the wall. "I end my turn."
[Turn 9. Hand: Anthony (8), Elizabeth (4).]
Silently standing her units and drawing for turn, Elizabeth looked at Anthony while selecting a hard from her hand. "You know… I never thought I'd have to waste this card on someone like you. But you've decided to back me up to the edge of the cliff, so anything is fair game." She discarded the card in her hand to stride, picking up a card from her G zone. "Get ready for your reckoning."
He knew that she wasn't bluffing. This was an all in move, all chips on the table but he wasn't going to fold. "Bring it on!"
"Generation Zone release!" Elizabeth called out. "Despair, as only pain and suffering awaits those who lack true strength! Be bathed in the flames of hell itself! Stride Generation! Dark Future King Dragon, Claret Blood Dragon!"
Dark Future King Dragon, Claret Blood Dragon
Grade 4, Power: 15000+
"Claret Blood Dragon's skill!" She flipped over a copy of her G unit. "If I have a Claret Sword Dragon vanguard, I pay the cost to retire two of your units! I retire Dragon Dancer Fatine and Circular Blade of Strong Lightning, Grizel!'
"Grizel's skill activates, since you targeted her for a skill you bind one card in your drop zone!" Losing an intercept hurt but he couldn't falter here.
"Irrelevant! Since I retired a grade 1 unit, my vanguard gains 5000 power! Now… Call!" She emptied her hand of all cards. Calling a Gronse first to the right side column, a Darkpride to the left and behind both it and the vanguard two Darkquartz Dragons. "Skills activate! Gronse gains 6000 for the two Darkquartz called! The two Darkquartz skills give 3000 to themselves and give 6000 to the vanguard!"
The fierceness in which Elizabeth was going in on this turn with was staggering. 'Most skills are being used to boost her vanguard's power. I have to save everything for this attack or else I could be up the river.'
"Boosted by Darkquartz, Darkpride attacks the vanguard!"
(9000+7000+3000=19000)
"No guard!" No damage trigger to help out for what was coming.
[Damage: Anthony (5), Elizabeth (5).]
"The time has come! Dark Future King Dragon, Claret Blood Dragon attacks the vanguard! Skill activated! I retire my two Darkquartz Dragons and my Darkpride Dragon to stop you from using any grade 1 or higher cards from your hand to guard with! And that's not all, since I retired two grade 1 units I gain 10000 power and a critical! One more skill, since Darkpride was retired I can search my deck for one Darkquartz Dragon and call it." She looked through her deck and grabbed her last remaining copy of the card and threw it behind Gronse. "Gronse gets another 3000 power while my vanguard and Darkquartzs both gain 3000 power! Destroy him now!"
(26000+3000+3000+10000+3000=45000)
"Generation guard! Sky Guardian Supreme Dragon, Bulwark Dragon!"
Sky Guardian Supreme Dragon, Bulwark Dragon
Grade 4, Shield: 15000
"Bulwark's thunderstrike 3, I gain 10000 shield for this battle! And guard!" Anthony threw down the critical and stand trigger from the last turn bringing the total shield to 45000.
'Three triggers to break through. I can't risk anything on this attack.' Any triggers at this point had to go to Gronse to make that final push. "Triple drive check! First, critical trigger!" Everyone looked in anticipation to see where Elizabeth would put the trigger effects on. She tapped on her front row rearguard. "All effects to Gronse! Second check, no trigger. Final check, critical trigger! All effects to Gronse! Knight of Brawn, Gronse, attack the vanguard with all your might!"
(9000+7000+3000+3000+3000+3000+5000+5000=38000)
"Perfect guard!"
With those two words, all the energy flowing through Elizabeth disappeared in an instant. Her last attack nullified which brought her turn to an end. "... I end my turn…"
[Turn 10. Hand: Anthony (4), Elizabeth (3).]
"Stand and draw." Even though he managed to block her all out attack, he could tell past her disappointment was still the will to keep fighting. He had to be sure to meet that ernesty in kind. ""SPARKING"'s thunderstrike 4, I counter charge and you bind a card from your drop zone. Stride generation! Conquest Dragon of Immolation, Baal-hadad!"
Conquest Dragon of Immolation, Baal-hadad
Grade 4, Power:15000+
'The G unit he used against that one Kagero user. He really plans to end it here.' Looking at her hand, the Scarlet teen gave a soft shake of her head knowing that she couldn't guard any of this. 'I can't believe I'm about to lose to someone else who isn't William.'
Anthony met Elizabeth's bold move with his own by calling all the units in his hand to the field. "Call Martial Arts Dragon with Dragon Dancer, Fatine behind him, Lightning of Triumphant Return, Reseph behind my vanguard and Smash Boxer Dragon behind Grizel! Fatine's skill to soul blast and draw a card. Now for Baal-hadad's skill, thunderstrike 5!" He paid a counterblast and flipped up a copy of his G unit. "For every card face up in my G zone plus one, you bind a card from your field and drop zone. So that's a total of seven cards but since you only have six, you bind all of them!"
With her drop zone and field cleared out there was almost no way to make a comeback from this.
"Now since a card was bound from your drop zone, my front row gains 5000 power. And since a card was bound from the field I draw a card. In addition to that, Baal-hadad's Generation Break 4! Every time a card is bound, I can choose up to three of my units in the front row and give them 3000 power for each! 3000 multiplied by six is 18000 to my front row! Martial Arts, attack the vanguard and gain 3000 power with your thunderstrike 2!"
(9000+3000+5000+6000+18000=41000)
"... No guard…"
Just like that, the last damage landed in Elizabeth's damage zone. Not being a heal trigger to keep her in the game.
[Damage: Anthony (5), Elizabeth (6).]
"And we have a winner ladies and gentlemen!" Sachi roared into her mic as the audience burst into cheers of excitement. "Anthony Fergus of Team Cosmic Trio has defeated Elizabeth Scarlet of Team Round Table! Meaning it's time for a showdown of the team leaders!"
As the audience and MC did their thing, Anthony began walking but not to his teammates. Rather to his opponent who eyed him warily.
"What? Come to gloat with your victory over me? Want to rub your victory in my face, is that it!?" Elizabeth nearly spat at the teen.
However, instead of reacting negatively to her words. Anthony only offered a roll of his eyes and an extended hand. "Geez, you really got a sharp tongue Elizabeth. I only came here to thank you for the fun cardfight. Even with what is on the line, that was an amazing game! You're really talented!"
This… was unexpected to say the least but she slowly took the hand. Looking away because of the embarrassment of her uncalled for outburst. "Th-Thanks I suppose."
Once the handshake concluded Anthony turned around and wave back with a free hand. "If you're ever in Japan, look me up. We can have a rematch some time."
Even though he couldn't see it, Elizabeth waved back the tiniest bit before walking back to her own team. Both guys giving her strange looks upon returning to her booth. "... What!? You got a problem!?"
"Don't get so worked up Elizabeth. You don't want to have another show in front of that guy now would you?" Thomas teased.
"Why you little-!"
"Alright, that's enough." William said to stop Elizabeth's snarl. "I do believe it's my turn to fight now, yes?"
The Scarlet heir said nothing, and decided to take her seat far away from Thomas to ignore his stupid comments.
Meanwhile Anthony returned to the questioning gazes of his friends. "You wanna tell me what that was about?" Aurora asked with a raised brow.
"What? She was skilled and I had a lot of fun. It would be rude not to say something."
"Since when do you care about being rude to people?" Dan countered.
"Oh shut it. Aurora, I made a path for you. Ride that road all the way to victory!"
Aurora nodded her head. Everything was riding on her now to win this for the team. But it was painfully clear that wouldn't be easy however as her next opponent was a champion of the Euro League.
"Alright folks, it's time to get on to game 3 of the first match of the semi finals!" Sachi called out. "Aurora Fujou against William Lewis! Which team will win and be our first team to move onto the finals?!"
William: I must say, your team has truly impressed me. You've overcome so many challenges to get this far.
Aurora: Thanks.
William: That said, I'm afraid your journey is at an end. Because I will not be losing.
Aurora: Hate to break it to you William, but I can't afford to lose either. It doesn't matter how good you are, I'm coming out on top.
Next time: Aurora vs William