With Drednaw and Unown's match out of the way, everyone was on their way to the Soccer Centre for Scorbunny's match with Rapidight. While the remaining competing heroes rode toward the area in a limo, the rabbit giggled with excitement while Rillaboom and Drizzile sat next to her. As much as Unown had frightened the chameleon, he had to forget about that and put all his efforts into cheering for his friend.

Once the group arrived, Scorbunny was ready to start her preparations. But just as she was about to head off to do that, Rillaboom patted her on the shoulder and asked, "You want some help?"

She was about to refuse, but then she tapped her chin and nodded, replying, "Yeah, I could use another awesome entrance."

During this time, Rolycoly headed toward the bleachers along with Allie and the others. All the while, he and Geneva had gotten into quite a heated discussion about their favourite past times. The more the golem talked to the redhead, the more he found himself getting along with her more than Morgrem, though a part of him felt a tad guilty about that.

Morgrem, on the other hand, grinned at this and whispered, "Isn't that just adorable?" Allie and Bailey turning before the tan girl uttered, "It kind of is," her eyes starting to wander before she shook her head and chuckled, "No, it couldn't possibly be like that."

"So you made those banners all by yourself," Geneva said, "That is really impressive," the golem replying, "No, no, Morgrem took care of the letters. I just painted the background."

"Still," the redhead replied, "That is some real talent," only for Rolycoly to bite his lower lip and let out an uncomfortable mouth noise. Geneva stared awkwardly at him and uttered, "What? Did I say something wrong?"

"Um, well, it's nothing too major," the golem uttered, "It's just that, well, calling my artistry a talent implies that I didn't have to work towards it," Geneva gasping and clasping her hands over her mouth until he waved his hands in front of his face and protested, "Not that I find it offensive or anything! I mean, most artists do, but, uh, well..."

A part of him really did not wish to ruin this moment, but Geneva could tell that she really had hurt his feelings. As such, she smiled and gave him a hug from behind, saying, "Sorry. I forgot there was a difference between talent and skill."

The golem breathed a sigh of relief and smiled softly. After all, Geneva was one of the few human friends he had and he did not wish to ruin it with something as trivial as pride.

"By the way, I've actually thought of writing my own novel someday," the redhead said with a smile, "I was wondering if maybe you could help me out with that, maybe make some beautiful illustrations for it," Rolycoly's eyes sparkling as he uttered, "Oh my god. That would be an honour."

Allie overheard this and smiled sweetly. Now Bailey could not help but wonder if what she had thought earlier was accurate or not. It certainly seemed so.

Either way, time passed until everyone headed to the indoor field itself. Sure enough, the bleachers were filled as Shaymin and Tori sat behind a podium, the hedgehog exclaiming, "Well, folks, it's been a very exciting first half, but we still got a second one to look forward to! This one certainly promises to be quite something to behold!"

She then pointed to the right and squealed, "In the red corner, coming to us from England is that spirited young rabbit with flames that could rival that of a dragon! She managed to expose and defeat Hatterene with only one strike, technically speaking, and she comes to dazzle us more today! Give it up for Scorbunny!"

The British and Edmontonian crowd cheered wildly when the rabbit entered the area. Much like in the first round, she was dressed in a sports jersey as she waved to the crowd. However, it seemed she had more in mind when Rillaboom, still in the entrance way, hurled a fairly big rock that Drizzile had brought in from outside toward the rabbit.

Scorbunny smirked and leapt into the air, flipping herself three hundred and sixty degrees and kicking the rock upward. She then caught it with her foot like an actual soccer ball when it descended and kicked it up and down, surprisingly not taking any damage to her feet. Needless to say, the audience was truly impressed by this.

Drizzile and Rillaboom watched from the back before they turned to one-another and nodded with big smiles on their faces. And when Scorbunny kicked the rock behind her and delivered a roundhouse to send it back into the entrance, Rillaboom made sure to catch it before it could possibly damage anything. Needless to say, the audience was truly impressed by all of this.

The rabbit then propelled herself high into the air and landed against the mat with a look of confidence on her face. And with that, the cheers only got louder while Allie squealed, "Way to go, Scorbunny! That was awesome!"

Once the audience calmed down, Tori stated, "And in the blue corner, once again representing the USA is a mighty unicorn who's just as deadly as she is beautiful! Despite so much going against her, she managed to overcome Flapple's tactics and now she comes to grace us again today! Give a round of applause for Rapidight!"

The American crowd went wild when Rapidight galloped toward the ring on all fours much like before. However, this time, she was also dressed in a jersey and was dribbling a soccer ball. And once she closed in on the ring, she kicked the ball into the air and leapt up, balancing it on her horn and striking a pose in midair.

She then landed in the ring and tossed the ball to the side before she stood upright and removed her jersey. Ben gave her a round of applause and shouted, "Woo! That was awesome, Rapidight!" the unicorn smiling at him with a light blush on her cheeks.

Incineroar folded his arms and said, "I'm not sure who to root for this time," only for Ben to sigh, "You don't have to cheer for Rapidight on my account," before narrowing his eyelids and grunting, "Though it would be mighty appreciated," the tiger and Wurmple both tensing up and releasing nervous sweat.

Either way, Scorbunny jumped back and forth on one foot at a time and said, "I hope you're ready for this. I'm not holding back," Rapidight smirking and remarking, "I wouldn't want it any other way."

Shaymin examined the two before she nodded and squealed, "Alright, folks, the combatants are set! Let's begin!" and rang the bell.

Rapidight immediately raced toward Scorbunny. Once close enough, she sent a roundhouse toward the rabbit's side only for her to retaliate with one of her own. And since Scorbunny had also engulfed her foot in flames, this caused the unicorn more pain, thus she winced and retracted her leg.

The British fans cheered when she took full advantage of this and planted a hard kick into Rapidight's gut, sending her skidding backwards. But even so, the unicorn took a deep breath and raced toward the rabbit again, this time dashing to the side and aiming a sweep toward her from behind. Luckily, Scorbunny saw this coming and jumped up just in time to dodge it and flipped backwards three hundred and eighty degrees while she aimed her foot toward Rapidight's snout.

Unfortunately for her, though, Rapidight had seen this coming. Thus she tilted her forehead down just in time for Scorbunny's foot to strike the tip of her horn. Her friends winced as she cried out in pain, blood squirting out. And it only got worse when Rapidight flung her sideways into the turnbuckle.

Scorbunny had to admit that she felt slightly ashamed of herself. Here she was trying to come up with better strategies and yet she somehow failed to realize that the unicorn might be able to counter a move like that. And it only got worse when Rapidight took full advantage of this and raced toward her before she sent her knee hard into her gut.

The American fans went wild as the unicorn proceeded to lift the rabbit above her head, flip her upside-down and rest her head against her shoulder. She then fell backward and planted the back of the rabbit's head into the canvas before releasing her and rising back to her feet.

"After a good counter from Scorbunny, Rapidight seems to have this match in the bag," Shaymin stated, "Let's see what Scorbunny does about this."

The rabbit rubbed the back of her head and thought, 'No, I didn't train extra hard for this to happen. She's done a good job so far, but now it's my turn.'

With that in mind, she rose to her feet and took a deep breath. Now it was time to truly show how much of a strategist she could be. Thus when Rapidight raced toward her again, she waited until just the right moment before she leapt to the side and sent a roundhouse into her ribcage. She then propelled herself backward into the ropes and bounced off, her foot on fire when she rammed her heel into the unicorn's side and shouted, "BURNING ROCKET!"

Rapidight cried out in pain and skidded sideways while trying her hardest not to fall. The crowd was truly amazed by this as she smirked and said, "Not bad, but you're not the only one who's been preparing for this match. For the last couple of days, I've been developing a technique that'll prevent me from being knocked down."

With that in mind, she raced toward Scorbunny only for the rabbit to leap to the side, this time sending a roundhouse into her cheek. But while this dealt quite a bit of damage, Rapidight ignored it, lifted up her arm and latched onto the rabbit's ankle.

The American fans cheered when the unicorn shifted her knee right under the rabbit, lifted her up and rammed her back into it. Scorbunny cried out in pain and fell on her side, gritting her teeth and thinking, 'If she can ignore the force of my kicks, I can ignore her moves. She may be taller than me, but I'm tougher.'

As such, when she noticed Rapidight leap toward her with her knees pointed toward her ribcage, she quickly rolled to the side just in time for the unicorn to make contact with the canvas. The crowd gasped as a light tear formed in her eye and she tried her hardest to ignore just how much this had hurt her knees.

With Rapidight distracted, Scorbunny smirked and leapt toward her before planting her foot into her chest. The British fans cheered as Tori exclaimed, "This fight's just going back and forth with both fighters dishing out one blow after the next!"

Scorbunny backed away from Rapidight with a proud smile on her face. But of course, she knew this was far from over when the unicorn rose back to her feet and took a deep breath, Ben saying, "Man, she really has gotten better since she fought Vaporeon."

Incineroar nodded and replied, "Damn straight. Even so, that girlfriend of yours has got some major skill," the boy blushing bright and retorting, "She's not my girlfriend!" before resting his hand against his chin and sighing, "Yet."

Wurmple and Incineroar both stared at him awkwardly. They had not expected him to be that forward about his obvious feelings. But even so, this hardly mattered right now, thus they shrugged and turned back toward the ring.

Rapidight smirked and said, "Not bad, but you're not the only one who can come up with good strategies. Just because I was raised in a barn doesn't mean I'm dumb," thus she knelt down onto all fours and raced toward the rabbit with a pink and violet energy swirling around her horn.

Scorbunny knew exactly what was coming and bounced high into the air. However, her eyes widened when Rapidight smirked and performed a handstand. She then boosted herself up to the rabbit's level and pressed her legs up against her sides before she flipped her so her belly faced the canvas.

The American crowd's excitement grew more and more when Rapidight flipped herself over until she was mounted onto Scorbunny's back. She then took hold of her ears and pulled on them, causing the rabbit's back to bend while she gasped in pain. Soon enough, the rabbit's belly hit the mat hard as she coughed up blood, Rapidight yelling, "HORSEBACK DRIVER!"

Scorbunny's friends all stared in shock when Rapidight released her ears and leapt off of her. She then flipped her hair sideways and said, "Like I said, you're not the only one who can come up with good strategies."

Morgrem frowned and folded her arms, grunting, "I'm not too worried. Scorbunny's dealt with worse," Drizzile nodding and replying, "Yeah. I have no doubt she can get up from that."

Sure enough, Tori only managed to reach three seconds before Scorbunny rose back to her feet. However, she had barely any time to regain her senses when Rapidight leapt toward her and shouted, "FLYING CENTAUR!" ramming all four of her hooves repeatedly into her at a rapid pace.

Scorbunny coughed up even more blood while she attempted to grab Rapidight's ankles. Unfortunately, this prove futile when the unicorn propelled herself away from her and raced toward her again, ramming her elbow into her cheek.

Now Scorbunny's friends were truly worried. While they had seen Scorbunny recover from beatings like this before, it seemed as if Rapidight had found a way to truly dominate the match as the rabbit struggled to keep her eyes open.

'No, why can I hardly concentrate?' she thought, 'Centiskorch was way worse than this, so why do I feel so weak?'

Rapidight smirked and thought, 'Don't underestimate me because of my build. I may look weaker than you, but like I said, I was raised in a barn. I've built up so much strength from that alone.'

Since Scorbunny was still too dazed to fight back, Rapidight took full advantage of this and dealt a flying kick to her forehead. She then latched her legs onto her neck and leaned backward, placing her arm hooves against the canvas. Finally, the unicorn lifted Scorbunny and planted her skull into the canvas.

The American fans went wild while everyone else stared with concern. While Scorbunny had managed to rise back to her feet, her head was still spinning. As such, Rapidight took a deep breath and thought, 'I'll admit, it's been fun, but I think it's time to end this.'

She went down on all fours while a pink and violet energy circled her horn. At that moment, Scorbunny frowned and thought, 'No, I have to advance! This is my chance to face Rillaboom in front of a big crowd and I'm not gonna lose that! Besides, my father didn't raise a quitter!'

Sure enough, just as Rapidight closed in and spat, "MYSTICAL JAB!" Scorbunny leapt backward into the air and flipped three hundred and sixty degrees.

The crowd gasped as Shaymin squealed, "Wow, what a turnaround! Not only does Scorbunny dodge the incoming stab, but now she's riding Rapidight like a regular horse!"

As surprising as it was, the rabbit had managed to pull off just that. After she leapt over Rapidight, she mounted herself into her back and took hold of her ears. But this was only a set up for her to light her feet on fire and propel herself off of the unicorn's back, aiming her heels right at the back of her neck.

"BUNNY BLAZE KICK!" Scorbunny barked before she planted the heels into the exact spot she had aimed at. All but the American crowd cheered wildly when Rapidight coughed up blood, her eyes and mouth wide with shock while she fell chin-first into the canvas.

Rillaboom, Rolycoly and Bailey stared in stunned silence while Morgrem folded her arms and said, "I figured as much. She took multiple strikes from my blade. She can handle anything."

Scorbunny panted heavily and gazed down at Rapidight while Tori started the ten count. The rabbit had a feeling that strike would not be enough to end the match for good. And the American crowd seemed to think so when they started to cheer for their representative.

"Come on, Rapidight!" Ben exclaimed, "You can still win! Get up!" the unicorn's ear twitching and her eye slowly starting to open.

All went silent while she pressed her arm hooves against the mat and shook them while pushing herself up slightly, Tori having now reached eight seconds. But just as it seemed like Rapidight would be able to continue, she released one last cough, closed her eyes and collapsed.

Once Tori counted to ten, she rang the bell and exclaimed, "And that's that, folks! After a hard match, Scorbunny has won and will move onto the semi-finals!"

After a few seconds, the British and Edmontonian fans all cheered and applauded Scorbunny while she stood there in shock. She continued to breathe heavily and think, 'Really? I actually did it?' a smile crossing her face before she rose her arms triumphantly into the air.

"Way to go!" Rillaboom shouted with her fist up, Drizzile sighing with relief and saying, "Yep, you were right, Morgrem. Though that was a lot closer than it should have been."

Either way, the rabbit was ready to take a good long rest when she suddenly remembered one last thing. She blinked and turned to face Rapidight to make sure the unicorn was okay. After all, the last thing she wanted was to hospitalize a fellow hero.

Of course, Ben was equally concerned, thus he rose up from his seat and leapt from the edge of one seat to the next. And once he reached the bottom, he sprinted toward the ring and jumped into it, kneeling down next to Rapidight and asking, "Hey, Rapidight, you okay?"

The unicorn slowly opened her eyes again and smiled sweetly at him. She then held up her hoof and took hold of his hand, chuckling, "I'm fine. I should be up and at it soon."

Scorbunny breathed a sigh of relief before Rapidight turned to face her and said, "That was awesome, Scorbunny," a grin on her face, "You damn well better not lose after a victory like that."

The rabbit smiled and nodded her head with her arms folded. Although despite the fact that Rapidight was conscious, she was still unable to move her body. As such, Ben helped her up onto his shoulders and carried her out of the ring. But just as he was about to leave, he turned to face Scorbunny and nodded his head with a smile.

At that exact moment, Scorbunny's friends entered the ring to congratulate her only for Rillaboom to briefly turn to face Melmetal. The cyborg sat in the back row with his arms folded, and while his eye implied that he was excited for their match, she still felt bad vibes from him. She knew she would need to up her game if she was to succeed where Vaporeon failed.

"Well, folks, that was certainly a very intense match!" Shaymin squealed, "I was on the edge of my seat! But of course, we still have one to go, and this one will take place in Northlands Coliseum!"

"So we're going to a normal location this time," Allie uttered as Rolycoly sighed, "All that matters to me right now is that we support Rillaboom. If anyone can beat Melmetal, it's her."

The others nodded in agreement, the gorilla smiling and thinking, 'Yeah, that's right. That hunk of metal may be scary, but I've seen what he can do. I'm ready for whatever he can dish out.'