One Second Counts: Year Two - Kajuu's Turn to Shine
The entire arena was dark. The crowd was the loudest it had ever been since the beginning of this year's tournament. They couldn't take the wait any longer. They had to know who was in the finals, and who would win. Finally, they heard the voice they needed to hear.
"Angelic Layer fans!!! Are you ready!!! These two Deus' and their Seconds have made it all the way here from square one!!" The announcer boomed into the microphone, as a spotlight turned on over his seat. "The champion of Block A, in the East Corner, Deus: Kiriyou Kajuu, Angel: Sakuraryu and their Second: Haiiro Kazan!!!" Spotlights turned on over the duo, both having determined looks on their faces.
"And the champion of Block B, in the West Corner, Deus: Fujisaki Arisu, Angel Alice, and their Second: Fujisaki Madoka!!!!" Their lights turned on, and they had the same look of determination as their opponents. It took a few seconds, but finally, Kajuu realized she was in the Layer with her two idols. She began breathing heavily as a wave of joy went through her body.
'Let's try our best Sakuraryu, for them!' She thought, smiling.
"Our Angels will be fighting on this Layer!!!" The lights above the Layer turned on, revealing a very interesting Layer. Both Angels were already in the wonderland-themed Layer. Everything in the Layer was super-sized, and wet. It was mostly populated by giant mushrooms, but there was (of course) grass, bugs, and a few tree stumps. Sakuraryu knelt on one mushroom for balance, and Alice stood calmly on another, weight perfectly distributed.
"ANGELIC FIGHT!!!!!!"
Alice did a series of cartwheels, gracefully going from mushroom to mushroom. Sakuraryu leapt off hers, and onto a less slippery stump nearby. When Alice reached Sakuraryu, she stood upright, and put up a guard. Sakuraryu attacked with a powerful blow straight to Alice's arms. After the punch, Sakuraryu slid forward a little bit, and Alice recovered quickly from the punch, and kicked her leg up, straight into Sakuraryu's jaw.
Sakura went flying back, hitting a mushroom. She dug her fingers into it, and pulled herself onto the top of the red and white spotted mushroom. Alice did a back flip to get herself onto the mushroom. When she got there, she punched, and Sakuraryu dodged, but slipped in the process. She fell off the mushroom into the tall grass surrounding it.
"~Try and get behind Alice. If you get a good distance from her, you can easily escape her flips.~"
Sakuraryu tried as hard as she could not be noticed crawling away from the spot she landed. She successfully did it because Alice jumped down, hoping for a follow up. When she hit the ground, Sakura leapt from her spot, and slammed both her feet into Alice's back. Alice quickly sprung up, and began an onslaught of punches, pushing Sakuraryu toward the outside of the Layer. After picking up a pattern in the punches, Sakuraryu was able to dodge them more, but that didn't stop Alice. When Alice threw a punched across her body to the left, Sakuraryu grabbed it with her left hand, and when Alice did the same with her right, Sakuraryu grabbed with her right hand.
Sakuraryu then moved her arms so that Alice's were uncrossed, and her back was facing Sakuraryu. Then Sakuraryu picked up her knee and slammed it into the other Angels back. This knocked Alice's damage down to 25. Sakuraryu's was 20. 'Our damage is going down fast!' Kajuu thought, noticing Alice also seemed beat up. 'Ok Sakuraryu let's finish this!' Alice had already begun another set of attacks. Sakura's damage was going down a whole point with every blow.
Sakura then leapt back, and Alice put up her guard. 'Yes! She fell for it!' Both Kajuu and Kazan thought. Sakuraryu came down, removed Alice's guard, and did a punch-kick combo that knocked Alice clear out of the Layer.
"LAYER OUT!!!! SAKURARYU WINS!!!!!" The crowd erupted, and confetti burst from the ceiling of the arena. Kajuu threw her visor off, and as soon as her seat was lowered, she hopped of and gave Kazan a hug. They held each other for a few moments, taking in all that had happened. Then, they walked over to the side where the Fujisaki sisters were waiting. Kajuu had picked up Sakuraryu, and shook hands with both her idols.
"Thank you for giving Alice everything you had." Arisu said, still not happy about the loss. Kajuu blushed.
"Thank you for the same thing." She replied, tears of joy welling up in her eyes. Madoka and Arisu walked back to the waiting room. Kajuu and Kazan stayed in the arena, and an assistant came to tell them where to go. Kajuu went and stood in the seat and one end of the Layer, and Kazan did the same with the chair on the other side. Both chairs moved towards the middle, where they met. Kajuu and Kazan smiled and waved.
Kajuu's face was stained with tears of joy, and some were still falling. The two looked at each other once more, and gave each other another hug. Suddenly, the lights went out. The cheering grew louder, and the spotlights turned on over Kajuu and Kazan.
"Let's not celebrate the victory yet! You still have one more match. The egg-shaped chairs were lowered, and Kajuu and Kazan hopped out. Another egg-shaped chair moved out, and a spotlight turned on, revealing the current Champion.
"Let's go Sakuraryu!" Kajuu sat in her seat, and threw her visor on, and Kazan ran to her desk, and put her headset on. Both seats took their respective spots near the Layer.
"We will, as always, return to the flat Layer for this match! Ready?"
"~Let's go!~" Kazan said, typing madly on the computer, learning even more about the Champion's Angel.
"Angels to the Layer!!!!"
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That's right! You all get a bonus chapter!! I'll have a semi-long AN at the end of that one, telling you more about my plans for the future of this story. ^.^ I know I don't have to tell you to review anymore. You can do it all by yourself, can't you. *sniff* They're growing up so fast! *cries* anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this story so far!!! ^.^