A/N: Bleh I'm so bad at keeping stories updated. I know I said I would update KA, it's been over a year, but I've reread it and it's just so bad. You can expect that to never be updated again. I finished the pre-write for the second chapter on From Hate to Love and will have that up soon. I'm sure almost no one's noticed Hogwarts Gym Class in the thousands of Harry Potter fanfictions, but I'm also working on that one too.
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Yes! This is the start of the Kanto tournament. The true reason I changed the tournament around was that I didn't want any of the four to meet up with Misaki and Hatoko yet, well Aimee's the exception. I'm not going to say who's going on or not, but I think it's obvious. But then again I actually know what's going to happen. My brain is yelling at me saying just start it already-so now it begins! Splee!
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"Ah! Brooke-chan, what side did you get!" Aya asked, practically bouncing up and down with excitement.
"I got side two, what about you? What side did you get Aya-chan?"
"That's the side I'm on!"
"Me also." Jacques said.
"Aimee?"
"Ano? Er-On no! I got side one!" she said loudly. A few people looked at her, and Aimee's face grew pale.
"Aimee, that's horrible. I don't want to be separated." Brooke complained, looking down at the piece of paper the lady had given her. It read:
Side Two
Round Four
Battle One"They chose it randomly. I guess there wasn't a high chance four people in a row would be on the same side." Aya spoke out logically, holding a hand to her face. Aimee groaned and dropped her head.
"This sucks." she whispered.
"Well, I guess there's nothing we can do now. I mean what are we going to do? Quit, just because we all didn't get on the same side?" Jacques spoke up.
"You're right Jacques-kun. There's nothing really we can do. Aimee, just be tough without us. We'll cheer you on when we get a chance." Brooke encouraged.
"Same for me, I'm not going to be depressed!" Aimee snapped back up. It seemed like fire shot from her eyes as she clenched her hand into a fist.
"Eh he he he he." Brooke laughed subtly, a little embarrassed because more people were beginning to stare at them.
"Let's go." Aya suggested, pushing the outlandish sister forward.
"Uh right!" Brooke replied, and they all started to head into the arena.
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Brooke, Aya, and Jacques sat in the waiting room, it being much later. They had waited patiently through the opening ceremony and now their nerves were starting to become intense. Jacques was the first one to go, Brooke was shortly after, and Aya was in one of the last rounds.
"They really spread it out huh?" Brooke asked. She might as well have been talking to the wall. No one in the room even seemed to notice she said anything. She expected Aya wouldn't be so nervous, but maybe she didn't do well under pressure like Brooke thought she did. Everyone was deep in their own thoughts, most of them staring at their angels or holding onto them tightly.
Kura was resting peacefully on Brooke lap, her outfit spotless and her hair was perfectly brushed. Brooke had taken extra care that morning to make her look even neater than she did before. She also took a long time to make up the perfect entry call.
She had also tried in the last week to make up a special move. Her best one was where Kura was on her hands spinning like a top. She was so fast it was like a blur, but still felt it was too-too common. Brooke wasn't even sure if any other angels had that as their special move.
A cheer rose from the screen placed in the room, the previous fight was over. Jacques head shot up, little beads of sweat dripping on his forehead. His turn was up next and it looked like it took everything he had to keep his composure. Brooke was the only one in the room who didn't look like she was about to faint, even though she was just as nervous as Jacques.
"Have a good fight Jacques-kun." Brooke cheered. Aya snapped out of her trance long enough to give him and encouraging smile. A quick wave was all that was given before he vanished out the door. Brooke sighed nervously and watched the TV anxiously, waiting for his battle to start. When they were ready the announcer rang out their names and angels. Then it was "Angelic Fight!". Jacques opponent was an almost all pink school girl type angel.
"Opposites attract." Brooke thought, the opposing angel was indeed the opposite of Nightshade. The colors, looks, and even the type of the angels. Even so it looked like a pretty fair fight, each angel giving the other about the same amount of damage. Then the pink angel used her almost heart shaped bow and arrow to strike a powerful attack on Nightshade.
The points trickled just above zero when the area around Nightshade grew dark. Brooke knew what was coming, but Jacques's opponent didn't. The angel tried to run into it, but alas that failed. The announcer seemed to be in a shock and didn't mutter a word until the attack was over. The Deus seemed to be terrified now and was losing speed and power. With a final kick Nightshade knocked her out of the layer and he won.
The cheers were amazing and when they got a close-up of Jacques he looked much more relieved. It lowered Brooke's stress a little, but she reminded herself she had a battle after the next one. The new Deus's were coming out, and Jacques walked back into the room. Brooke rushed up to him and gave him a quick hug.
"Jacques-kun that was amazing! You fought much more brilliantly than you did before at Piffle Princess."
"Thanks, I got a lot out of watching you and Aya-chan. I can't say it wasn't hard though. There was that moment when I almost lost, pretty scary."
"Anyway you won so be happy now! After my fight we can all go out and celebrate really quick. Because even if I lose you and Aya mostly likely will have won."
"Aww give yourself some credit Brooke-chan. You're going to win also."
"You think so."
"Definitely, no doubt."
"Thanks." There were more cheers from the screen signaling the fight was over. Brooke was stunned it was over so quickly and the nerves that had gone away over the past few seconds came around back full swing. Her feet were rooted to the floor and it took a shove from Jacques to get her going.
The bright lights blinded her, but she somehow managed to find her way to her seat. She was a little scared as it rose into the air, and the fear she might fall off fanned her nervousness.
"In the east corner Deus- Miyoko Brooke, Angel- Kura! Brooke-san is one of the rookies we have here, along with her sister fighting on side one and who won her last battle with superb moves!" Brooke smiled after hearing that, if Aimee could find a way to win so would she.
"In the west corner Deus- Otsuka Yuji, Angel- Scout! This is Yuji-san's second time here at the Kanto tournament, surely trying to fight her way back to the top like she did last year. Will we have another 'Miracle Rookie' or will Scout bring Kura down to her knees? We won't know until we Entry Angel!" the announcer yelled out.
"Radiance of our destiny let us fight with all our power! Shine like your own star Kura!" With that Brooke threw Kura into the layer. "The angel descends!" Kura glowed with golden light, then shook it off when she did a couple graceful tumbles into the layer and then landed into a tennis position.
"We'll win the battle and the war! Soar Scout!" Yuji threw Scout into the layer. "The angel descends!" The short-haired blonde angel landed with a thud. She was dressed in an American army attire with black combat boots and a couple medals on her left chest. Scout was tall and mostly likely a power type, and her black eyes seemed cold and unforgiving.
"Angelic Fight!" Scout went straight on the offensive charging Kura down. She hesitated for a moment before running forward. When she got close enough Kura went down and tried a low leg sweep. Scout was wise and dodged grabbing Kura's shoulders. Aya had done this to her many times and Brooke knew how to shake it off. Kura brought her leg back in for balance, grabbed onto Scout's arms and shoved her to the side building up enough momentum to flip Scout over her head. The army angel suffered the first blow, but she was a power type and Kura a speed so she didn't take much damage.
Scout's closed eyes opened up and she jumped back to her feet and kicked Kura's open back so fast Brooke didn't know what happened. The kick had so much force Kura went tumbling almost out of the layer and she lost a lot of stats. The crowd went wild with cheering, but Brooke was filled with dread.
She quickly recovered Kura's stance and charged again. Scout waited and when Brooke tried a higher attack Scout gave a quick high-leg kick and knocked her back. It happened the same time every time Kura charged. She got close but she was blown away by one of Scout's powerful kicks.
It took some time before Brooke realized her weakness. Scout could do almost anything with kicks, but her upper body only seemed to be used for balance.
"Here we go!" Kura yelled out. She attacked left and when Scout tried to attack with another kick Kura went right and stopped behind Scout. Kura jumped on top of her shoulders and trapped her upped body with her legs. It was hard but Brooke managed to do a back flip, slam Scout into the layer, and jump away before she could recover her stance. It wasn't enough to completely KO her, but it did lower her stats almost even to Kura's.
Then the two went into a charging fit. Yuji knew her strategy had failed and went with both kicks and punches. Brooke tried her rolling top attack and it struck with success, Scout's body flew away and almost brought her to the point of losing. It annoyed Yuji who attacked with such rage that Kura had to go back to defensive, but she managed to get a good kick in and send Scout back to the ground.
Kura switched to offensive and as soon as Scout stood up she charged. She knew her attacks would take forever to wear her off so she focused on getting Scout close to the edge of the layer.
Kura got her really close to the edge, but Scout did something unexpected. She copied Kura's moved and flipped Kura over her head. Thinking fast Brooke had enough room to get Kura on her hands and flip Scout out first. The army angel went out, but she refused to let go of Kura and followed Scout right out. The audience was silent and there was a moment of tension.
"Well Scout was the first angel out so- Kura, win!" the bomb was released and the crowd went wild. Brooke smiled madly and hoped off like a bunny when she got back to the ground. When she got to the angels Scout was still holding onto Kura tightly. Brooke gently took them apart and gave Scout over to Yuji as she came over.
"Great battle, you really got me there. You a gymnast?" Yuji asked, shaking Brooke's hand.
"No, tennis player. But I guess I did do a lot of flips and gymnastic type moves in there didn't I?"
"Yup!" Yuji replied happily.
"Ah, it was a great battle and you're a tough one to beat. Maybe we'll fight again sometime?" Brooke asked.
"Sure."
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It was later that night and all of them were celebrating their winds. Brooke, Aya, Jacques, and Aimee had all won their fights. Their parents had taken them out for dinner and they just got out of a top hits movie. It was an exciting day for all of them, and Brooke was glad to be heading back home. She wouldn't be able to go to sleep right away. They still had school and Brooke was a little behind with her article.
She had all the information and she just need to type it, find a picture, spell check-it, have someone at school spell-check it, finalize it, and then give it to Mr. Snyder to grade and put in the newspaper. It would be their first issue of the Aurora, and Brooke couldn't wait to see what it looked like.
Jacques had let her see the finished copy of his comic. He had named the fox-demon Kimihira, deciding he didn't like any of the names he had chosen before. She was a seventeen-year-old fox demon who was at war with wolf-demons. In just the first issue he had the wolves attack and kill some fox-demon kits, and now Kimihira who was the alpha female was seeking revenge. One of her daughters who was only two weeks old had stumbled in on the fight and then it cut off, continuing in the next issue. Brooke was surprised Jacques was able to squeeze that much in, and the art and color was amazing. Jacques told her he wanted to be a manga-ka when he grew up.
The Miyoko's were carpooling Aya, so they took her home before pulling into their own driveway. Brooke was glad to sink into her warm bed with the laptop humming before her. She had let maple in and she was resting on her feet. As she wrote more and more Brooke was glad she chose this topic. On one site it had all the information and pictures she needed, then Brooke just had to write the information into her own words and set it in columns with a picture in the middle. The articles were only one or two pages long, and Brooke was a fast typer. In eighteen minutes she had finished the column, and she would proof it in the morning.
Brooke placed the laptop gently on the floor next to her bed. She tried not to disturb maple as she reached for the remote next to her TV. Brooke clicked it on and turned it to the Angelic Layer channel. To her surprise she saw the tournament being played, although she didn't know why she was so surprised. It said it would play tournaments right in the note her mom and dad had left. It had just finished playing the fight right before Brooke's, and she was glad she caught it right at the perfect moment.
She walked onto the screen and Brooke was surprised at how calm she looked. She hadn't felt calm at all, she had even been shaking when she had stepped onto the seat. When the fight started Brooke watched in awe, at both Kura and Scout. It was then she saw how tall Scout really was, she was almost twice as tall as Kura. As she continued to watch she found her movements were shaky, but quick. She would have to work on that and maybe her attacks would be more efficient.
Kura's face and yells looked to match what Brooke had felt at that moment, it was like Kura was a mini her. Finally when the angels both glided out of the layer Brooke turned off the TV, returned the remote, and snuggled under her covers.
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Once again Brooke sat in the Deus's seat. Her hopes were a little dashed today, she had watched Aimee's match earlier and to everyone's disappointment Hirobi had been knocked out of the layer and Aimee out of the tournament. Brooke had wanted to stay and console her sister, but her fight was almost right after that. Even with the depressing news Brooke more confident this time, more sure that she could win.
Brooke's opponent was Arari Moriyo with her angel Verdi. Brooke assumed Verdi meant green, because that was the color scheme of the angel. She had green medium curly hair, and green eyes that matched her jade green yukata. The thick dark green obi had bells at the end and the sandals had bells on the back also.
"Entry angel!" the announcer yelled.
"Radiance of our destiny let us fight with all our power! Shine like your own star Kura!" Kura flew down towards the layer. "The angel descends!"
"Verdi, peace is our strength and illusion will aid!" the green angel was thrown in. "The angel descends!" Verdi landed gently in the layer and posed into a peaceful position.
"Angelic fight!" Verdi just closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and hung her head.
"What?" Kura practically yelled. The announcer went into a talking fit, but still Verdi refused to move. Brooke knew it was an amateur thing to do but Kura charged at the defenseless Verdi and attacked with a fast jab, but all Verdi did was dodge with her eyes still closed. Kura went with a kick, punch, a tackle, and everything else she could think of, but Verdi just dodged.
She remained in her soft state with her eyes closed and hung head. The shocked announcer continued to go on with a ramble about what was happening, and Brooke began to get annoyed. She was determined and charged again with a jump kick, and it finally hit the green angel. The crowd roared and Kura went for another attack., it struck again and Verdi was almost knocked out of the layer.
Kura ran in for the kill but at the last second Verdi jumped up and made it safe out of harm's way. Then she jumped so high into the air she touched the lights. Brooke didn't know if she did or not because she knew it was stupid to look directly into the lights. Kura ran into the middle of the layer and looked around for any signs of her opponent. Brooke heard bells jingle and Kura was just barley able to dodge the highflying attack. Verdi slammed back down on the layer so fast that it was almost impossible to see her.
Kura recovered her stance and sent Verdi flying before she could recover from the fall. It was just enough to send her out of the layer.
"Layer out! Kura- no wait! What!" the announcer cried out in desperation. At first glance it looked like Verdi had been knocked out. But her stats didn't lower, and Verdi never reappeared out of the layer, but right behind Kura.
"WHAT!" Kura yelled.
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A/N: Mwahahaha! Cliffie-o-gram! What's with Verdi and why didn't she get knocked out, you'll find out next chapter. But I'm going to work on FHTL and HGC first, so it'll will have to be a little longer.
At the end of each chapter I'm going to take a character and tell you how they've changed since I've first imagined them, or if they've even changed.
First up is the main charrie, Brooke. Brooke's almost identical to when I first thought up her. I imagined her just a little bit more outgoing and much more loud, she seems to have become softer since then, which is what I seem to do with my characters. She used to be the type I imagined maybe falling asleep in class, getting sent out in the hall or get a detention here or there. As you can see she's nothing like that. Who knows, it might be fun to give her a detention, I just might do that.
Kura is more like the original Brooke, she shouts a bit more and is a bit more aggressive. She's not afraid to shout out what she "feels", and she stills has that soft side to her. I haven't shown that side much, but I will.
That's it for this chapter, please RandR! (Wow, it's actually SHORT! Less than ten pages!)