Thank you all for the reviews! I am encouraged by your reply. Sorry I took so long for such a short chapter.. I kinda got stuck on one part..
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Chapter Six
When they finally got to the tournament building in the middle of town, Kris stopped and looked up at the tall buildings surrounding them.
"Wow." she said.
The others stopped walking and looked back at her.
"What?" Yai asked.
Kris looked at them with a slightly embarrassed look on her face.
"It's just that I haven't been to a big city like this since I was little. And the buildings still look huge." Kris explained.
Everyone else looked up at the buildings too.
"I guess you're right." Dex said, slightly awed by the sight.
The others nodded and Aquaria said, "Ahem, Kris? I thought we came here for a tournament, not to look at the buildings."
"Oh, yeah. Sorry for holding us up, guys." she said apologetically.
She was answered by a chorus of "It's okay."s and they walked inside the huge, dome-like building together.
Inside, there were a ton of people of all ages, mostly kids though, waiting for their turn to NetBattle. There was a large screen on the wall that showed the tournament grid with pictures of the competitors.
They all looked for their picture when Maylu said, "Looks like we'll be battling later today, Roll."
"It looks like all of us are near the end of the day." Lan said, kind of disappointed.
"That gives us more time to explore and build up our strategies." Kris said, trying to cheer everyone up.
"Yeah, I guess so." said Lan.
Kris looked up at the list again and found a familiar face at the very top.
"Zap!?" she exclaimed.
The others looked at her in confusion while Aquaria said, "No way, he's here?"
"Yeah, he's in the very first battle! Let's go watch!" she said excitedly looking at her friends faces and realizing that they needed an explanation.
"Zap is a friend of mine from where I used to live. We were next-door neighbors and best friends, almost like brother and sister. He moved away a couple of weeks before I did and--" she trailed off, her excited expression turning into a sad one.
"It's all right, Kris. He might be over it now." Aquaria said, trying to comfort her NetOp.
"Over what?" Maylu asked, still unsure of what was going on, as were the rest of the group.
"We had a fight a couple days before he left. I don't even remember what it was over, but I don't think he has forgiven me yet. Because for the last two days he was there, he avoided me." she said, still looking sad.
"Well, let's go watch him, and afterwards, you can ask him about it." Yai said.
The others agreed with a nod and they all walked to the arena where they were just announcing the competitors to battle.
"For the first NetBattle of the day, we have Tai Denkou and his NetNavi, Staticman against Joe Rivers and his NetNavi, Waterman!" the announcer said as they took their seats.
"So, which one is Zap?" Maylu asked, still confused.
"The blonde boy with Staticman." Kris said, pointing to Tai.
"Why to do you call him Zap?" Dex asked.
"Uhm. Well, it started out as a joke when we were little when he first got Staticman. I started calling him Zap because of his NetNavi. He didn't mind at the time and played along for awhile. Until he decided it was too childish and got mad at me. I think that was what the fight got started over. Then other things kept getting mentioned." Kris said, becoming saddened at the thought.
The others nodded and Yai was about to ask something else when the buzzer sounded for the battle to begin.
As soon as that buzzer sounded, the two Navis ran towards each other head on.
"Staticman! Get ready for an Elecsword! Battlechip in! Download!" Tai said as he slid the battlechip into his PET.
As Staticman's right arm morphed into the electric sword, he sliced Waterman, then he jumped out of the way of Waterman's Aquasword.
"Waterman!" the worried NetOp said, watching as his aqua blue NetNavi collapsed to the ground.
"Time to finish this." Staticman said, coming in for another slice, but right before the attack hit, Waterman logged out.
"What a match!" the announcer said through the speakers. "Tai Denkou and Staticman are the winners!"
The crowd cheered, but Tai just stood there with an ever-serious expression on his face and walked of the stage after logging Staticman out.
Back up in the stands, Kris watched Tai walk off the stage with a concerned expression.
"What's wrong with that guy?" Yai asked. "He didn't even seem happy that he won."
Maylu looked at Kris. "Has he always been like that?" the redhead asked.
Kris shook her head. "No, he used to be a happy kid. Always laughing, always smiling." she looked sadly down at her blonde friend walking towards the exit. Then she snapped out of her thoughts and stood up quickly. "Come on, lets go find him." she announced as the next match was beginning.
"Right." Lan said, getting up. "Let's go."
The others followed them down the stairs to the lobby just to see Tai walk into a darkened hallway.
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Ooh! A dark and ominous hallway! What in the world will happen next? Wait and see! In the meantime, Review! The more you review, the faster I will try to work on the next chappie.
Sorry it's so short! ()
