Jengai and Arokei charge at Cobalt, leaving a trail of dust as a loud clinging sound is heard, as the dust settles down, the three are seen locked. Cobalt's holding them both off as he struggles to keep up the defense, beginning to slide back as they push more of their weight forward. Sweat drips from Cobalt's hands as they begin to tense up and lose grip of the wooden blade, he's forced into a tough spot as he looks back for a moment's notice, seeing that he is close to being eliminated.

"You guys are disrespectful and naïve if you think I'll be eliminated!" yelled Cobalt with enthusiasm quickly pushing them back and leaping over them, performing a front flip in the process.

"Cobalt…you're not making this easy for us…." Jengai said, exhaling afterwards.

"I'll be the first one to eliminate you!" Arokei added, rushing at Cobalt; both of them take a hard swing at each other, releasing a huge amount of wind pressure from the immediate impact of the powerful force between the two; Han appears with his two apprentices-the green ninja from before and a pink kunoichi, all three are by the stands to the left of where Squidcom and the others were dressed in very casual clothing and lying low.

"Who do you believe will be victorious?" Han asked, rubbing his female apprentice on the shoulder as the green one was fully engaged in the match.

"Hmmm, the Blue one…he's seems to be by far more powerful than the one he's battling…" responded the kunoichi, squeezing his hand tightly with a vein popping out her forehead as she maintains her content expression, clearly disapproving of his gesture; he squeals in pain as she tightens her grip tighter after he drops a remark about the situation.

Cobalt and Arokei slash away at each other, cutting at each other's clothing with each attempt; Jengai leaps in striking both of them with critical hits to their stomachs, collecting a small sample of their blood on his blade. He takes out a handkerchief, wiping the blood off the blade as the other two marveled at his insane strike; the crowd wooed with excitement as Cobalt and Arokei catch themselves, wiping the lightly dripping blood from their cheeks-where they'd been attacked.

"It just got real…" they all said simultaneously.

Jengai holds his sword down with a Green aura beginning to emit, a flurry of green light begins to emerge. Cobalt and Arokei's eyes widen as they realize the move that he was about to perform. Jengai take a giant and powerful swing, releasing a powerful beam from the sword and shooting it in their direction; they both dodge, avoiding the ravages that would've eliminated them immediately, they watch the strike fade away as it dissolves into little sparks just before lightly grazing the audience like a little fluff.

The audience applauded, knowing they were in for a huge treat. Arokei sprouted a huge grin as he saw the seriousness displayed in Jengai, gripping his sword tightly. Cobalt's hands began to tremble with excitement; he hadn't been in an intense battle like this since his escape from home, no doubt his instincts were beginning to kick into high gear.

"Amazing!" awed the Kunoichi, "He can transfer his energy into a physical attack!? What power! He must have had to do quite the training to reach this point."

"If you think he's amazing, wait until you see Arokei…he's the wild card in this triple threat." the Green apprentice said, taking a seat next to Han; Han was holding his hand in pain.

Arokei held his sword close to his chest, taking a deep breath and calming down. He closed his eyes, focusing all of his senses on simply performing his technique. Jengai rushed at him, trying to prevent the danger move from being performed. But Cobalt intercepts his attack! Blocking the big horizontal swing with a vertical stance, they form a "T" with their swords.

"Cobalt…" he mumbled as he struggled to break through Cobalt's defense.

"You might be wondering why I've gone to Arokei's defense…"-he tightens his grip, forcing Jengai back just a little-"It's a three man fight! That means one should always be on guard for anything!"-forcing Jengai to the ground with a final forced push.

Jengai stumbles to the ground, dropping his sword on impact. Arokei releases his attack, which was a giant tornado that appeared from his sword; Cobalt dodged, rolling out of the range of the attack. Jengai sees the attack coming his way, but he doesn't know if he can reach for his sword in time. Either I can block his attack, or counter it…but both require me getting my blade back! He snaps his fingers in frustration, reaching for the sword and dodging the attack as well.

Arokei appears before Jengai instantly, swing his sword vertically to put him to rest; Jengai senses his impending doom, but suddenly, a blur after streak appeared before him as well. A loud clash of swords can be heard as Jengai sees Cobalt defending him.

"Cobalt…move out the way! You'll be next! Aren't you trying to win this thing for team Trick!?" yelled Arokei, trying to power through; Cobalt fends him off.

"I'll be winning regardless…" Cobalt responded with arrogance.

The crowd silences as Cobalt and Arokei duel it out, their swords slash away passionately with synchronization; Jengai watches on, amazed at the determination of both. He notices that both of them are wearing an Orange wristband, while he himself had on a Purple wristband, realizing what the two morons were really fighting for.

"Are those idiots really just fighting to be the last team Trick member…?"

He, along with crowd, had a single sweat drop as they watched the two have a childish fight that had appeared to been serious at first. A vein sprouts as he charges up his sword for one more special attack; Cobalt and Arokei continue their fight. As both of them return their attention to Jengai, he releases his special attack- hitting and eliminating Arokei and sending him flying out the ring on impact as Cobalt suffers a broken arm from the breeze of the attack. As Cobalt looks back at Arokei, he sees his whole body bruised, with a black eye rearing an appearance on his left eye. The medics arrive, retrieving his unconscious body; Cobalt's petrified as he puts his thoughts together, he shivers as he saw how lifeless Arokei was. Jengai prepares for another special attack, seeing how Cobalt was completely shaken by the sight.

"Cobalt..! Snap out of it!" Tangie screamed, trying to get him in gear; he recovers himself.

Jengai releases his attack, a bigger and stronger one than the previous two. Cobalt's red eyes sharpen as he diagonally slices the powerful attack in half! Everyone gasps as the light spreads across the ring illuminating everywhere; Jengai takes a step back as he senses the murderous aura surrounding Cobalt as Cobalt took a stepp forward.

He's lost it…Cobalt, please hold back! Worried Tangie, not wanting to yell again since it would be rude.

"Cobalt…that aura…has returned. Exactly what has happened to you?"

Cobalt doesn't answer; instead he held up his sword and got into a running position. Before he knew it, Cobalt was gone! Cobalt appears behind him, ready to jab him with the tip of the wooden blade to a crucial spot in the back, but Jengai moves out the way in time although his back made contact with the edge of the sword though. He cringes as he felt the cut-it wasn't deep, but it wasn't a simple scratch; Cobalt laughs as Jengai jumps back.

"It's clear that we aren't of the same level! You suffered a cut from a wooden sword! I should have expected you to still be below me." Cobalt boasted, wagging the wooden sword at Jengai.

"The fact that you didn't use your famed katana blade in this event is enough disrespect! I won't tolerate your words!" yelled Jengai, approaching him in a head-on battle.

Their swords collide, with both of them meeting the others sword at each step. They hop around as they continue to meet their strikes, the ground below them, beginning lose color as their footsteps deepen. Cobalt does a back flip, releasing a blue burst of energy from his blade and shooting it at Jengai; Jengai retaliates with the same attack.

They continue this, lighting up the entire surrounding area with Blue and Green hues of light. Cobalt throws his blade at Jengai, running around him, and then he attempts to punch him in the face. Jengai avoids it, but he doesn't notice that it was all according to plan, as he escapes Cobalt's clutches, he trips over the wooden blade; Cobalt kicks the blade out his hand.

"We both are without our blades…now who shall win?" Cobalt said, lifting Jengai by the shirt; Jengai slaps him in the face, escaping his grasp as he reached for his blade, Cobalt snaps, speeding up his movement and increasing his power as the fight enters its final act.

The tide of the battle changes as Cobalt savagely forces Jengai to the edge of the ring, overpowering him and slicing him in the gut with swiftness. Jengai hollered in agony as the wooden sword pierced his skin with a small portion of blood spilling as he toppled out of bounds-ending the match. The medics retrieve Jengai as everyone cheered for Cobalt; he achieved victory for team Trick but he hesitated as he tried to understand his actions. He falls to the floor, sitting down-exhaling deeply-staring down at Jengai, thinking about what he'd just done.

Did I go too far? He thought, holding his head in shame as he realized the msitake.

As the event came to a close, Cobalt received a gold trophy and a wave of applause. It wasn't that he didn't enjoy claiming victory, but the fact that he inflicted so much pain in one of his friends and witnessed the other one sharing that same intensity of pain. He sat in the infirmary watching over them as they recovered from their wounds, his eyes closed as he prayed for their recovery. Tangie walked in to see if he was ok, but she saw him and realized that she had accidentally interrupted him. She stood frozen, unable to say anything to cheer him up; they exchange quick glance at one another, she saw the emotional anguish in his eyes-knowing it was better if she left him alone, pretty clear by his expression that he was telling her to "Go Away". She turns around and exits-peeking back at him as he returned his attention to his wounded friends; Azule and the others are outside waiting for her, they were all heading back to the Flounders stadium for the Track final.

Team Trick already had a lead with the victory in hand; another victory would surely give them an even bigger advantage. Each event leading up to the turf wars would be balanced into the final results for the splatfest-each following the same format of popularity and the actual performance of the event.

As everyone made their way back, the women were all on the track warming up for the big final. Earlier that day, a historic record of 29.57 had been set by Sally as she broke the record set by Machi earlier that same day that had broken Bianca's record that she herself set in the first heat, breaking the record first; an insane 3 times in one day had the world record been shattered! People begin to cheer as the climatic final approaches! Who would be the winner of the Track event? Would it be a fellow team Trick member? Or would team Treat finally get on the board? Also, would there be a slight possibility of the record being broken again by potentially one of the three girls from earlier? These were all the questions on the minds of everyone in attendance and at home, watching live as the primetime event was about to take stage.