HEY EVERYBODY THAT READ THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS OF THIS STORY! Sorry for the wait, but I had two problems.

Problem One: Lack of characters. I have people on to thank for the however many characters I needed. I don't think I used many, if any, characters that I got from this site. If not, they'll be in the next chapter.

Problem Two: Writer's block. Self-explanitory.

Chapter 4

The many races of demon kind (plus the occasional human, cross-breed, half-breed, or otherwise) that had chosen to fight in the tournament were assembled aroung the ring in the stadium. Those who weren't fighting were sitting in the stands.

Syd and Kori were standing at the edge of the people that were surrounding the ring, waiting for Sam to show up so the prelims could begin. Syd was wearing her usual multi-purpouse clothes, as was Kori. Syd was wearing black and gray (yes, i did change it) camo pants, a black tanktop with "Warning: I'm An Asylum Escapee" in orange letters and black combat boots; Kori was wearing black cargo pants, a red tanktop with "I'm One Of Those Girls Your Mother Warned You About" in black letters and black steel-toed combat boots.

Syd started jumping up and down out of excitment; Kori just watched her for a while until Sam magicly appeared in the center of the ring. The tournament announcer was an hour late. She waited for the noise that greeted her arrival to quiet. When that didn't seem to want to happen any time soon--

"WILL YOU ALL JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP?" she thundered. That shut even the animals outside the arena up. Not a single sound was heard. "Thank you." Sam was suddenly calm. "I'm sorry that I was so late but I got lost on my way back from finding out what happened to some one who died during a fight."

"Can we just start this stupid thing now?" Syd yelled out, suddenly allowing her impatience to show.

Sam glanced at the green haired girl, who was glaring venomously at her. "All righty then," she said. "We have randomly matched the fighters and the order. The first fight will be Haruno Sakura (i'm picking random names but the descriptions for the characters i may come up with will work too) vs. Alicia Katsuru."

Sakura entered the ring as Sam stepped to the edge. Another girl, who had been standing at the back of the crowd, joined her soon after. She had long black hair and gold eyes. She was wearing a red shirt with a black rose on it, black jeans and sneakers. Presumably, this was Alicia.

The fight didn't last long. Alicia won twenty seconds after the match started then walked out of the ring. Sam blinked. "Well... The winner is Alicia Katsuru!" she announced. Some people in the stands cheered. "The next match is Syd vs. Kenji Hashtuna (...)!"

Syd jumped into the ring from where she was. The guy that everyone assumed was Kenji walked calmly into the ring soon after.

"I have to face someone that looks like she can't even lift a baby?" Kenji asked. Syd's good mood vanished instantly. She could take a lot, but one thing she could NOT take was people calling her weak. Even Kori winced at the look on the green haired girl's face.

"You're dead, buddy," she (Syd) growled. Kenji scoffed.

"Let the match begin!" Sam yelled. Less than five seconds later Kenji's head was in Syd's hand, making Kenji among the dead. No one saw how she pulled it off. Sam blinked. "Wow..." she said, amazed. "It looks like Syd is the winner..." The crowd around the ring was amazed into silence. The crowd in the stands was dead silent.

Syd jumped out of the ring to stand next to Kori, still slightly pissed. Kori gaped at her taller friend before realizing the next match had started. No one won this paticular match: both of the fighters killed each other at the same time.

"Tsuki vs. Melvin!" (I don't know where I pulled that one from...) Sam called out. Tsuki walked calmly into the ring. She had midnight blue hair that fell to the middle of her back in a ponytail and neon blue eyes. She was wearing blue jean shorts and a black tanktop. She was currently barefoot. A ring blade was on her shoulder. The man everyone assumed was Melvin skipped (yes skipped) into the ring not long after. "Begin!"

The match was the longest anyone had seen all day, lasting 20 minutes. (That seems so sad for some reason I can't possibly imagine...) Tsuki won the match. (These fight will get more detailed, but that won't happen until I start the main tournament.) She had mostly been toying with her opponent until she had gotten bored.