Princess-Korriandre: I would like to thank all of my reviewers! Thank you, xox.Annie Potter.xox, for the advice. I really appreciate it. Thank you cutterofthecause, for giving me the most reviews, and Blue Eyed Dragon Girl for being my first Reviewer. I like your reviews! They really encourage me. Don't get me wrong, I love all of your reviews! Thank youl! I love you all! (sob)
Slade: she acts like she got a Grammy or something…
Princess-Korriandre: Shut. Up.
Slade: (shrinks away into a dark corner) Yes Maam... Grr…
Robin and Starfire: BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Red X: Why is he afraid of a thirteen year old girl?
(Princess-Korriandre throws a gym sock filled with tofu at Red X)
Red X: Ahhh! HAVE MERCY! NOOOOO! (makes gagging noises)
Starfire: Aren't those… ROBIN'S SOCKS! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Robin: WHERE DID YOU GET MY SOCKS!
Red X: Probably from the Jump City Dump…
Robin: SHUT UP! (Tackles Red X while Starfire still can't control her giggles)
Princess-Korriandre: ……………Someone will be having socks for dinner if this room isn't quiet by the time I COUNT TO THREE! …… ONE!
(Everyone looks at each other)
TWO!
(Everyone gasps)
THREE!
(Crickets stop chirping)
Princess-Korriandre: Thank you. Now that we all have order in the room, Who's turn it is to read? Red X?
Red X: But but but but… BUT WHY! No way! I Don't even wanna be here! I'm just here because of that fan you brought…(shiver)
Princess-Korriandre: (Talking into phone) Oh, hey, Falyn Anjel! Hold on…(Covers the receiver part of the phone) Is that you FINAL answer, Red X?
Red X: Eep! OMIGOD! Princess-Korriandre does not own the Teen Titans! (Runs over to the phone and grabs it out of Princess-Korriandre's hand and hangs up) Phew…
Princess-Korriandre: (smirks) I do, however, own Crystal Summers. I am not too good with action scenes, but try to understand what I say… lol. I am a Red Belt with One Stripe in Tae Kwan Do and Hap Ki Do, (YAY! ONE MORE PROMOTION TILL BLACK BELT!) So I know a few names of some moves… lol Please just try to picture what is going on in your head… thank you!
Crimson Blade
Chapter 6:
"Get ready," a voice came out of the speaker box. "Begin."
That was when it all began…
(OK, Just in case you wanna know the sparring partners again, here they are:
Brianna Lewis and Arielle Pippin
Kiarra Ricket and Yea Chan Kim
Laterious Jones and Adam Aqueous
Katerina Reyes and Ashleigh Rushing
Crystal Summers and Cody Navarro
Mmm… K, All of the following things are happening at the same time! Thank you! OK, Back to the story!)
BRIANNA AND ARIELLE
Brianna, who was wearing a yellow halter top and black short shorts, got out a pair of sai. She held them out in front of her in defensive stance.
Arielle took out her wooden bow staff and charged. Brianna caught the thick piece of wood between her sai, and swung her leg around, causing Arielle to trip. Arielle wasted no time to get up, and kicked Brianna into the wall.
Wincing in pain, Brianna brought her sai back in front of her. Arielle tried to bring her staff over her head, but Brianna reached up and gripped the staff with her sai and kicked Arielle in the abdomen, causing her to let go of her bow staff and stagger backwards, holding her stomach.
Arielle, now without a weapon, lost.
Brianna reached a hand out to help up Arielle, who was now on the ground. Brianna smiled. "Great match, girl!" She said cheerfully, trying not to make the blond feel bad. (A/N: I am just saying that she is a blond… I have nothing against them.) Arielle grunted and helped herself up, and walked away, completely ignoring Brianna.
"Brianna wins" said a voice over the intercom.
Brianna rolled her eyes and walked toward the chairs against the wall, where Arielle also was heading.
KIARRA AND YEA CHAN
Yea Chan took out his sword, and Kiarra took out hers. (She had two) Yea Chan took out his grappling hook and shot it up. He pulled himself up onto the boards on the ceiling and hid himself in the shadows.
While Kiarra was looking up for him, he landed behind her and kicked her in the back, causing her to fall to the ground. One of her swords slid across the room and one was still in her hand… she was about to lift it when Yea Chan placed his steel-heeled boot on the blade.
"Yea Chan Wins" another voice came over the intercom.
Yea Chan smiled and helped Kiarra up. When she was standing, she jerked her hand away and walked toward the place where Arielle and Brianna were sitting. Yea Chan sighed and followed. Sore losers…
LATERIOUS AND ADAM
Laterious threw a punch at Adam's face. Adam moved slightly to the side and kicked Laterious in the stomach. Laterious wasted no time and kicked Adam in the face. Adam quickly retaliated by punching Laterious in the stomach.
Laterious got his sword out and swung it hard at Adam. Adam quickly got his sword out and blocked it… Laterious quickly moved his sword and it caught a shallow cut in Adam's arm…
Adam swung hard and fast and Laterious barely had time to respond. His sword was thrown out of his hand. Adam brought his sword to Laterious's throat. (A/N: Not killing him)
"Adam wins," came the voice from the intercom.
They both walked over to the seats to watch the other battles.
KATERINA AND ASHLEIGH
Katerina got out her daggers and Ashleigh got out her long sword. Katerina just started slashing at Ashleigh, and Ashleigh kept blocking.
Katerina just kept going, and she soon got slower. Ashleigh, waiting for the most opportune moment, smacked the daggers out of her hand and knocked her to the ground.
"Ashleigh wins" said the same voice over the intercom.
The two walked towards where the others were sitting to watch the remaining two sparring partners.
CRYSTAL AND CODY
Crystal had her two swords out and Cody had his two out. Crystal was nervous, to say the least, but her face showed no emotion. Crystal got into a defensive position, and so did Cody. After a couple of minutes, Crystal got impatient and attacked. Cody moved his swords in a cross shape and locked Kori's swords in an X shape. Together, the swords looked like a star.
When they broke apart, they both kept slashing at each other and alternating their two swords. The others that were watching could barely keep up with their movements.
Soon, they both had each others' swords locked with their own. Kori was surprisingly strong for her size, but not strong enough. As much as she hated to admit it, most guys were still stronger than her. So, Cody threw her into the wall, and one of her swords flew out of her hand. She winced quite visibly as she stood. That would defiantly leave a mark…
She picked up her one sword and held it out in front of her. She was showing no signs of weakness. Cody approached her and attacked. She blocked as best as she could, but still ended up with a large slash on her back. She turned around and quickly hit one of Cody's swords out of his hand before he could react.
They were both left with one sword. She looked at him with expressionless eyes that showed she wasn't tired in the slightest. They then continued their fight and they were both starting to get tired. Crystal started to breath a bit hard and Cody started to have beads of sweat roll down the sides of his face.
In a swift move, Crystal knocked Cody's other sword out of his hand. He ran to get it, but before he touched it, it was pinned to the ground my several ninja stars. When he tried to pick it up, it wouldn't budge. He looked around and saw that all the other swords were too far to reach. He growled in frustration.
"Crystal wins." said the voice in the intercom.
The rest of the people, winners or non-winners, gaped at Crystal. "Damn… that scrawny little girl beat Cody?" said a very shocked Yea Chan.
Adam shrugged. "That's probably what everyone thought before they got their ass kicked…
"And you have a problem with a girl beating a guy?" fumed Brianna.
"Well, still. You never would have guessed…" Laterious said.
When Crystal and Cody arrived, the others just stared.
"What?" Crystal asked.
"Nothing!" They all said.
Crystal shrugged and Cody rolled his eyes. Crystal took a seat next to Brianna and Cody took the seat as far away as Crystal as possible. He didn't know why he instantly hated her after she beat him… maybe he was just a sore loser.
Crystal winced a little as she leaned against the wall. Brianna noticed. "That looks kinda bad…" she said.
Crystal turned her head and gave Brianna a reassuring smile. "I've had worse… I'll be fine." She replied.
Brianna shrugged. She had never had anything worse than what the girl next to her had. She didn't even thing she's ever had anything THAT bad. But, if she says she's fine, she's fine. She was really glad she wasn't put up against Crystal OR Cody… she might have lost to either one.
Victor Stone opened the massive doors to the room, followed by two other men.
"Cody, Ashleigh, Laterious, Arielle, and Kiarra, please follow these gentle men to have your minds erased. It may not sound very pleasant, but I am sure you won't feel a thing." He said in that deep voice of his.
Reluctantly, they followed, nervousness etched in each of their faces.
"OK. Brianna, Crystal, Adam, Yea Chan, and Ashleigh. You all move on to the next challenge. You must all fight each other. We will be watching from the cameras to pick out the last three.. Good luck." And with that, he walked out of the room.
"Begin." came a voice over the intercom.
From there, they all just chose who they wanted to target. Brianna, Adam, and Crystal decided to eliminate Ashleigh and Yea Chan. Yea Chan's original targets were Adam and Ashleigh, but as he saw the whole three against two thing, he quickly decided to just protect himself. Ashleigh's plan was just to eliminate everyone, and, of course, save Crystal for last. But that plan backfired as they all took her out of the arena.
Yea Chan was next, but defiantly not without a fight. But, out none the less. Now it was just Crystal, Brianna, and Adam.
Brianna and Adam decided to go for Crystal, to spare themselves. Crystal mentally cursed, but kept quiet and just fought back as best as she could. Which was, in fact, pretty good. Brianna was taken out by having one of her sai pinned to the wall by a couple of sword stars, then had the other kicked out of her hand. She was now out. It was now Adam and Crystal. Adam knocked her onto the ground and brought his sword down. Crystal moved her swords into an X and locked their swords together. She knew if she let go, she would probably loose since she was on the ground. So, she just threw the swords toward the edge of the arena.
This caught Adam off guard so she quickly got up and ran toward where the tangle of swords were. Adam noticed this and threw a couple of pocket knives in attempt to pin them to the ground as Crystal had previously done.
Crystal saw this. Thinking fast, she saw a piece of wood and kicked the edge of it and it flew up high enough for her to reach it. She caught it and threw it, so instead of hitting the ground and pinning the swords, it hit the wood, which hit the ground pretty hard.
She was about to dive for the swords and win, but was tackled by Adam. He pinned her arms to the ground, and no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't break free.
"WOAH. Did he just beat you!" Brianna asked.
Adam smirked as Crystal stared at him. "Hell no." She said.
Adam gave her a weird look, and then Crystal entangled her legs with his and flipped him over, taking her foldable pocket knife out of her ankle boot and pressed it lightly against his throat. "I beat him." She said and grinned in spite of herself.
Adam looked at her in confusion. He was obviously still trying to understand how she got out of his grasp.
Crystal rolled her eyes. "Guys…" she murmured.
She got off of him and walked over to where Yea Chan, Ashleigh, and Brianna were. She smiled at them.
"Great match, guys!" she said, trying to make Yea Chan and Ashleigh feel a little better. Yea Chan nodded and tried to smile while Ashleigh rolled her eyes.
Just then, Victor came in with the same two guys that came in with him earlier.
This time, he didn't have to say it. Ashleigh and Yea Chan automatically went with him.
"Congratulations, y'all!" Victor said after they left. "You made it! Well alright! I must say that I am glad that we are getting more women in the association. I think you will like it. You all are perfect." He remarked.
Crystal smiled.
'She is almost exactly like Kori… She fights as good as Kori does, and she almost even looks like her!' Victor thought.
"Well, little lady, I must say that your skills are quite remarkable." Victor commented Crystal.
He turned to Brianna and Adam. "You all have remarkable skills. You may all go home. We will need your medical records and all that jazz… we will also need a short report on your history, background, and relatives. Be back here at 08:00 tomorrow with that report and your records. I'll escort you to the exit." Victor started walking and the others started following. Perfect! A report! This is going to be SO fun…
Princess-Korriandre: YAY! I think this is my longest chapter yet! It is defiantly the most action filled…I hope you liked it! Please review! I will accept flames on this one… I don't know why. I just feel like reading reviews, I guess.
Robin: Well… I guess this one was… OK…
Slade: Yeah… I … guess.
Red X: Hmm… I think it was OK…
Starfire: Yes. I think so also!
Princess-Korriandre: OMG! It must be really good! They didn't insult me!
(Everyone but Starfire rolls their eyes… behind their masks…)
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