Author's note* Hello there(again)! I've decided that as of this chapter and the next arc, I'll be changing the rating of this story to rated M. The reason for this is that I find that this chapter and the upcoming arcs may, and probably will, contain some sort of violence and maybe-just maybe, so suggestive scenes. This doesn't mean that it's going to be hardcore stuff(they're adolescents, I must be realistic in some way), I just want you, the reader, to feel comfortable with the material. I appreciate the continued support that I've been receiving and cannot wait for the upcoming arcs, I think you all will love them! Once again, I thank you all for reading and please enjoy!

If I don't find a proper form of escape, he'll have my head! Tangie panicked, searching for all the possibilities but because of that stupid whip, I have no chance to escape his range of attack given the randomness in which the whip flies…I'll have to figure out a way to counter the whip… she looks around the ring and notices something that might be an opportunity. As Ueru whipped the surrounding area, the pressure of the whip striking the ground caused some tiles from the ring to pop out of position. If I can get my hands on one, then just maybe…maybe I can turn the tide of the battle! Tangie sees her opportunity and snatches it, doing a forward roll and grabbing a large tile to use as a shield from the attack; Ueru notices her tactic and laughs with excitement.

"So you're finally going to show me what the Citra family is made of!"

"Shut up!" she responded, moving forward and running around to get out of the trap situation.

Ueru times her quick footsteps and cracks the whip into one of the tiles-kicking it in midair in Tangie's direction; Tangie senses the incoming projectile and flings her tile at it to cancel out the attack, leaving herself defenseless once more. Smoke blinds the two competitors as the tiles crumbled on impact and spread their cloud of dust; the audience roars with excitement as the suspense begins to draw, would the two finally exchange hand-to-hand blows?

Tangie sees her opportunity to strike as the dust covers the battlefield, sprinting in an S-curve to help lose any potential target that Ueru might have locked. Tangie halts as she senses something about to head her way; a leather belt lauches at her,she dodges it, but becomes aware of the situation as the dust cleared up.

"Stop running from me, you runt!" yelled Ueru holding his leather belt; Tangie stays silent as she sorts out her potential options for attack.

"You wouldn't want your pathetic trash for teammates to be saddened by you cowardice tactics!" he yelled, taunting her as he stared down the members of Squidcom and her friends; Tangie gets triggered, gritting her teeth as she sharpened her glare.

She makes a head-on run towards him, holding her fist back-ready to launch a powerful punch; Ueru braces himself for the attack, preparing for the effects. But Tangie makes a sharp turn to the right! Leaping over to the left once more and seeing Ueru's back exposed. She holds her left fist back, and then releases a critical hit to Ueru as her fist connects with the lumbar region of Ueru's back; Ueru doesn't absorb the punch too well, jumping forward and holding his back in pain as Tangie took a step back. Tangie took out an orange head-tie wrap, putting it on and tying the ends; the front had the Citra name written in the native Inkling language.

Tangie's Orange irises turn a bright orange as hate filled her eyes, "Prepare yourself…" she said, rushing at him at full speed and delivering a powerful right jab to his gut, following up with a strong knee to the face as he bent forward holding his belly in pain. The crowd cheers as the sweet satisfaction of the verbal abuse from Ueru was coming back to haunt him. Tangie continues the attack, making sure to land all of her attacks on critical areas that could serve as his weak points such as the torso and legs.

But unfortunately, as Tangie continued her attacks, the intensity began to weaken as he began to become used to the attacks; the momentum was beginning to slowly switch sides, surely not a good sign for Tangie. Tangie realizes that she was beginning to lose the advantage, but she powered on anyway, hoping to penetrate the impregnable defense that was continuing to harden with each strike in the hopes of maybe tiring him out. Suddenly, Ueru catches her by the arm, and throws her on the floor-a hard thud could be heard as she make contact, head bouncing of the marble ground-possibly a concussion? The impact was hard enough; the audience cringed as they heard it, fearing for what might happen next to the fan favorite.

Ueru takes his belt, whipping Tangie's body with authority as he laughs with sadistic pleasure; Tangie cries in pain as each strike tears at her skin, showing the hard red marks and small streaks of blood beginning to flow as the stinging sensation spread across her body. The audience is in horror at what's being seen, many screaming for the match to be stopped as Ueru tied her hands behind her back with the belt and began to crack the whip and whip her repeatedly until she began to cry mercy, punching her repeatedly to the face right others are in complete disturbance by what's being seen; Cobalt looks like he's about to unsheathe his sword right there and eliminate Ueru, but Azule grabs his wrist, telling him to calm down. As Cobalt looked over, he saw a murderous glare from Azule-who was just as furious. Azule got up and jumped over the ledge and landed on the outskirt of mildly destroyed ring; the audience hushes as they see Azule there, the others fear what may happen.

"Enough is enough!" shouted Azule, glaring at Ueru; Ueru guffaws at Azule, tossing the badly bruised Tangie over to him. Tangie cradles in his arms as he sees tears flow from her face, broken and embarrassed by how badly she lost to him; Azule wipes away her tears placing his forehead on hers, "You did well Tangie, no tears…" he whispered, giving her a gentle smile and carrying her backstage.

Medics were waiting backstage to treat Tangie's injuries; Dr. Sinclair was there as well. Dr. Sinclair has an orange prescription of pills in her hand, shaking the bottle with an excited expression as Azule approached her. Why is she here…? This isn't a good time for her to show up. I have to go and look out or Tangie until Cobalt comes he thought, walking over to her with confusion as to why she was even there.

"Dr. Sinclair…what are you doing here?"

"I'm the head medic for the festival. I noticed that you were here and wanted to give you this…"-she hands him the prescription bottle-"ever since your departure, I've been working on a possible cure for your disease…and I'm proud to say that after numerous tests, you are my first patient to test it out!"

"Wow…"Azule said, inspecting the heavy bottle of orange pills.

"I must tell you; these pills should be able to relax your mind and heart simultaneously. Any sort of rapid or abnormal pace in your heart's beat that might trigger an attack will be nullified by medicines in the pill. It's a mixture of different herbs and vitamins, ones that specialize in your heart and mind."

"So whenever I take these, I'll be fine? No more thoughts and worries about my past? If so, I may not need them…I've moved past that." Azule said reluctantly, looking to hand her back the bottle; her glasses shine as he said that-as if prepared for that statement.

"Azule…your condition is much worse than you may realize. What you experienced before was the first stage, which you seemed to have cleared. But now you're in the second stage-the worst one…"

"Second stage…?"

"Yes"-pushing her glasses up-"in the second stage, your heart attacks are much more intense and will be frequent-unless you try these pills."-She grabbed his hand that was holding the pills-"These pills will limit the amount of heart attacks that you'll experience. If you take one each day, you'll be better protected from having one."

"Oh…when should I start? Tomorrow…?"

"Yes, but beware! This doesn't fully rid you of your heart attacks…if anything, you should be careful of your first few weeks on the medication. You might experience some seriously rough side effects…so let me know how you do the next couple of weeks, ok?"

"Sure Doc thanks…"

Dr. Sinclair exits, very glad to help Azule after watching his recovery and she was surely impressed with his excellent performances in the tournament so far. But I'm worried, Azule didn't look exactly well…I did hear from his sister that he might have been on the verge of an attack yesterday. Hopefully he'll take the medication

As Azule looks over to where Tangie was, he saw Cobalt already at her side-holding her hands tightly. Cobalt and Azule both exchanged eye contact, thinking the same thoughts: get revenge for Tangie.