Sorry for the HUGE delay. Let's give this story a little love back.

To RedBurningDragon: Haven't watched it, unfortunately. However, I don't think I will like it, though. The idea sounds... a little too bland to me.

With that out, let's return to the new chapter!

"Welcome everyone, to the Amity Colosseum!" Chao greets the contestants in the waiting room, with Asakura and Sayo's doll on her shoulder. "Thanks to our sponsor, we're given permission to use this structure, so everyone could fight with all you have with no problems."

Asakura continues: "Due to the changes of the fighting environment, we also have to change the rules. First, all CONTESTANTs will gain themselves an unbreakable Aura that protects you from any fatal hits. And because of that, the second rule allows you to use all types of melee weapons. We really mean it, ALL. Fire arms aren't allowed, though, because it's not going to be a fighting tournament."

With that, everyone turns to the sponsor guy, who just shrugs. "Hey, I brought this here for a reason."

"Anyway..." Smiling at his antics, Chao calls out for the contestants' attentions again. "The third rule will be the time limit: fifteen minutes for a match, calling a defeat if being down for ten seconds or give up, the ring-out defeat is out now since the fight is in wider area."

Asakura follows: "If the fight is a draw..." She looks at the mirror matches that could possibly end up that way. "Then we will call for a vote from the audience." Then she notices Kotarou raising his right hand up. "What is it?"

"Uh, I know this is for us holding nothing back, but for me, Negi, Eva and such..." The wolf-boy points her fingers towards the ones mentioned. "What happened if we use magic? How are you going to cover that?"

"I already took care of it." Kuro explains. "A minor distorted spell that makes everyone believe that all 'seemly impossible' feats are made of advanced technology." He then pulls out his communicate device to prove that.

"I will also explain it to the audience about the rules as well, so just do your best." Chao says, then leaves the room to do what she said.

Asakura then says: "Chaos, Kotarou, your fight is first. Let's go and prepare, please."

"Alright!" Chaos bumps his fists together. "Give me your best shot, Kotarou!"

"You bet for it!" Kotarou also mimics, and the two walk out to the entrance to the arena.

Meanwhile, Eva asks Kuro: "So you two are going to fight seriously? You and your other self?"

"Obviously. We have zero reasons to hold back."

T.O follows: "Besides, it's very rare for us to fight, even if it's just for training."

Asuna then asks: "So I could use my sword as well? Isn't that unfair for Setsuna?"

Setsuna shakes her head. "Your sword is bigger than mine, but skill is what it takes. Also, the Aura could prevent us from accidentally killing each other..."

"Since when did we invent that, Kuro?" Everyone turns to the native of the Remnant. "I know we have something similar, but to prevent ALL fatal blows? You put some magic in it, right?"

"Hey, you know me." Kuro shrugs. "Though... never mind. Let's get out and watch Chaos and Kotarou's fight."

"THANK YOU FOR WAITING, EVERYONE!" Asakura's voice echoes through the arena, managing to speak over the excited sounds of the audience. "STARTING NOW, WE WILL BE BEGINNING THE FIRST MATCH OF THE MAHORA MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT!"

And with that, Kotarou and Chaos walk into the arena, earning shouts of disbelieves from the audiences. "What the heck? They're just brats!" "What's with this organizer?" "But they proves their power in the preliminaries!" "They're so cute!"

"Over-acting much?" The commentator, Goutoukuji, says. "They clearly have some fire in them. They will show it in this tournament for everyone to see."

"We could say that to the other contestants." Chachamaru, having the same role, follows.

...

"There's Kotarou!" Natsumi spots the boy.

"I can see him, Natsumi." Chizuru calmly answers. "I hope he will be okay..."

"Don't worry, Kotarou's strong!" The shorter girl then checks the order of the match. "Negi-sensei's fight will be the sixth match, and Kuro-sensei's will be the last..."

...

"MATCH 1, BEGIN!"

The moment the fight starts, Chaos shortens his distance with a simple leap and delivers a direct punch to Kotarou's chest, but an arm-cross blocks the most of the damage, though the force manages to push Kotarou away for a few feet. Gaining his footing a second later, Kotarou uses an Instant-Movement and moves to Chaos' seven, and tries to back-hand at the back of the head, but Chaos blocks it with his own arm without looking back. Grabbing Kotarou's arm, Chaos turns and throws a punch, but the clone just disappears, and the real Kotarou is in his right, managing to hit Chaos' right side with his elbow, then throws a right hook to the chin sending Chaos to the air. The wolf-youkai jumps up and plans to grab the leg and throws Chaos down, but the other boy Instant-Movement right on the air, and before Kotarou could react, Chaos appears right at Kotarou's back and kicks him back to the ground.

Luckily he flips soon enough and lands on his feet, as he turns around to check his opponent, only to immediately dodge away to avoid a drop kick. Thinking fast, Kotarou throws a punch, but pulls back instantly to dodge the back-flip kick. Though, he continues the punch after that, and Chaos just blocks with his left arm. And with that, the two start throwing punches and kicks on each other, trying to find an opening for a clear shot.

"Impressive, both of them." Goutoukuji compliments. "Clever way to throw their opponent into confusion. But Chaos clearly pulled out a stunt to be able to move freely in the air."

Chachamaru: "You mean it's impossible?"

"No, it's possible, but it's a very hard feat. Not even the famous masters of martial arts in the current time could do so..."

Seeing that he's losing ground, Kotarou swifts his right leg under Chaos, causing him to jump up, plans the leg immediately down to stable himself, then uses his left to kick his opponent away. Being sent away, Chaos just lands softly to the floor, before jumping up high and delivers a right punch to where Kotarou was (he dodges, recognizing the threat), though the wolf-boy is still thrown away by the pure spare force from the punch that creates a car-size crater hole.

Everyone widens their eyes in shock at the scene of the devastating punch. Asakura shouts: "WHAT AN INCREDIBLE HIT! DESPITE BEING JUST A YOUNG BOY, CHAOS COULD HIT HARDER THAN A TRUCK!"

"Yeah, a who-knows-how-old boy with the power over destruction." Kuro chuckles, earning himself nods of understandings from the others. "Though, you could do the same right, Yang?"

"Not the same degree though. And I think he's still holding back..."

"That's what you called holding back?" Asuna points to the scene while asking in disbelief.

"Yep." Yang emphasizes the 'p'.

'Damn. So that's the power of a god?' Kotarou drops sweat after seeing the destruction. 'And that's just a normal punch...' Not wanting to take another hit, he calls out his clones to fight against Chaos, while himself stays back a bit to start awakening his power. Meanwhile, Chaos just casually dodges and blocks the hits of the clones with no problems. But then, he notices the real one is gaining a stronger Aura, and he knows what he's planning.

"Hey now Kotarou, you're not the only one knowing to do that." Chaos speaks jokingly to the wolf-Youkai, just in time for Kotarou to finish gathering the power he needs. Chaos is not letting the fun go, so he roars up and releases a burst of power, knocking all the clones. From him, another Chaos comes out with a robe over his head, covering the face.

"Now that brings back memories..." Yang says, remembering the first time she fought Chaos...

"Oh s..." A punch from the robe Chaos interrupts his words, as Kotarou is forced to go into full defense as the two Chaos constantly chains their attacks, not letting him have a chance to fight back. Though, Kotarou manages to dodge one synchronize hit from the two Chaos with an Instant Movement behind their backs. Thanks to the intense training with Negi, he now can call out Shadow Fists from Chaos' own shadows and deliver multiple punches at one time before the Chaos duo get thrown to the ground.

"WHAT AN INTENSE FIGHT! THE TWO ARE GIVING THEIR BEST SHOTS AGAINST EACH OTHER!"

"That's some insane skills I have ever seen." Goujoukuji comments, having seen the clone techniques. "But that shadow fists are quite something else..."

"Though, Kotarou is losing ground." Kuro says, after hearing that. "Chaos has worn out his defense power, so it will be no time before Chaos' punches would deal direct damages."

"Wait, I thought you said they have Aura?" Setsuna asks in confusion.

"That only has the purpose of avoiding fatal blows, it's not the same as Yang's nature Aura."

"That's one good hit, Kotarou." The clone disappears, and the real one slowly stands up while dusting the dirt off his clothes. "Sorry, but you're lost."

'Damn it!' Screaming in his mind, Kotarou raises his arms up before him to protect, though it's pointless as an invisible punch hits him from the left, knocking him off guard. And it's over as it seems to be an unlimited number of punches has been thrown over him, each harder than the previous ones. And to end the fight, Chaos delivers the last hook to Kotarou's chin, sending him to the air and letting him fall to the floor, unable to move anymore.

"Chaos must have been holding back all the time..." Goujoukuji says. "If those too-fast punches can't be seen at all."

Chachamaru: "Will contestant Kotarou be okay?"

"If that Aura thing is not a lie, then I won't be worrying him being hurt too bad. His pride though, it's another thing."

"CONTESTANT KOTAROU HAS BEEN FLOORED! WE WILL START COUNTING NOW: ONE..."

"Hey, can you fight?" Chaos walks to the body of his opponent and kneels down, observing the damage he has done. "Hope I didn't hit you too badly..."

Despite clearly hurtful, Kotarou tries to flash out a laugh. "Not too badly? Dude, I wouldn't be surprised if you beat up Eva in raw fight. *Grunt in pain* Aw damn, can't even move..."

"So you're forfeiting?"

"Yeah..." Raising his left arm up, Kotarou weakly waves, showing that he's clearly out of the fight.

"IS THAT... CONTESTANT KOTAROU GIVES UP! CONTESTANT CHAOS WINS!" With that, everyone starts shouting up, cheering for the good fight.

"Well, let's get you to the sick bay..." Chaos throws Kotarou's arm over his shoulder, and he leads the guy inside to heal up...

And Kuro says: "Let's get back in a bit. Let's deal with that wounds on Kotarou."

A while later

"Now that's a way to get healed up..." Kotarou says, marveled at the lotus in his hand as his wounds start healing up. "I didn't think you have something like that."

Kuro smiles. "That's one of the most useful skills before I could use magic. The other types if you know what I mean."

Yang smirks. "Yeah, like, you wouldn't even allow us to get hurt to use that. By the way, I'm out. The next one is mine."

Ku Fei raises her fist towards Yang. "Let's find out who's the winner!"

"Yeah!" With a fist bump, the two head out.

"Looks like Ku Fei now has someone equally on her level." Kaede says, then she turns to Kotarou. "How do you feel?"

"My pride hurts a bit." Kotarou chuckles to himself. "But at least I lost to someone who's a God. I guess I have more to learn before I have to face him again... or try to manage to reach Kuro..."

"Now that's a high goal." Kuro laughs. "Though, that's a good call. We can't sulk forever over our defeats." He then earns a smirk from Chaos, causing him to say: "Hey, I said sulk, not feel guilty."

"Something from your past?" Albireo asks.

"Hey, didn't I tell you already?"

"Not likely."

"Hm... anywOW!" Kuro shrieks in pain as he covers his right ear. "Goddamn it Ruby. Why did you have to shout like that?"

As the man pulls out the earpiece, Asuna asks: "Who are you talking about?"

"Yang's teammates are cheering for her, and her sister just shouted with her high-pitch voice." Fixing it back in his ear, Kuro answers. "The Amity Colosseum is from their place, so they have the right to be here. Though, Blake also is not happy with that..."

Takamichi asks Kotarou: "Think you can walk now, Kotarou?"

Jumping off the bed, Kotarou answers: "All good now! Let's watch Ku-roshi's fight!"

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! MATCH 2 IS GOING TO BEGIN SOON!"

"GO! REPRESENT TEAM RWBY!"

"Don't shout." The young, cheerful leader earns herself a swat to the head, as she turns back to see Kuro standing behind her. "Even Blake is a little discomfort with that."

"Sorry you two." She immediately claps her hands before her and bows apologetically.

"It's fine." The catgirl of the team accepts it, since she knows her too well. "Though, who do you think would win this one?"

"I'm not very sure, but if the other girl's specialty is kicking, then Yang might have a rough time." The heiress replies.

"I think Yang would have thought about that after nearly losing against Mercury." Kuro counters. "Let's the fight decide it."

...

"A boxer, heh?" Ku Fei comments, as the two take the stance. "Some have fought me, and they failed."

"Well you haven't met me." Yang replies while grinning. "This will be good."

"LET MATCH 2 BEGIN!"

Not wanting to be in defensive side, Ku Fei sends a double-footed kick right at Yang, who responds with a two-punch right at her foot, efficiently stopping the momentum of the kick. Yang then pushes Ku Fei away, and the Chinese student lands on her feet after a back-flip. Yang sends a right punch similar to Chao's start towards Ku Fei, but instead of blocking it, Ku Fei barely dodges to the left, grabs Yang's arm and slams her to the ground with an over-head throw. Quickly rolling to her left to avoid a kick to the face, Yang 'wakes up' by pushing her arm to the ground then spinning her legs, causing Ku Fei to slightly jump back.

Seeing Ku Fei being slightly more agile than Chao, Yang changes her tactics. Placing her arms to defend, she runs towards towards her opponent and throws a quick punch, which is blocked by Ku Fei's right arm. Quickly pulling her arm back, Yang throws her left punch, and starts her consecutive punches that turn into blurs of fists in any normal people's eyes. Slightly surprised by the speed, Ku Fei quickly blocks some while dodging the rest, feeling the heat coming from the fists.

Then, Yang sees a slight opening, as she throws a low punch, that turns immediately into a hook when Ku Fei is about to block, causing the fist to collide to her opponent's chin, sending her up a few feet. Quickly moving below Ku Fei, Yang sends a straight punch towards her back, sending her up a few more feet. She then jumps up and punches the girl's chest, and even with the Chinese girl managing to block it, it won't stop Ku Fei from crashing down to the ground on her back. She's somewhat safe thanks to the Aura, but Ku Fei feels the immense pain crossing over her back. After landing down, Yang jumps back and lets Ku Fei have some time to recover.

"That's generous of contestant Xiao Long." Goutoukuji speaks up. "But, it's a bit of surprise that Ku Fei is having a hard time fighting her."

"The fighters are proved to be very strong." Chachamaru says. "And many of them are experienced in fighting, so it would be no surprise to see someone managing to outrun Ku Fei."

Ku Fei immediately stands up, while taking another stance. "I never thought I would be caught off guard by a boxer."

Yang cracks her neck and replies: "My surprise as well. Guess my training pays off quite well. Let's continue."

"Sure." With that, the two rush towards each other, and this time they start throwing punches and kicks without any pause. Every punch or kick colliding, it causes a hard impact sound that echoes through the arena, but it can barely be heard as the cheers of everyone are getting louder and louder.

The awaiting fighters are also watching the fight with great interest, with Negi and Kotarou focusing the most. Albireo then comments: "Those two are good despite of their human's limitation."

Kaede follows: "I think Yang has the edge, though. She has trained to fight monsters, and her own Aura would help much too."

"Nevertheless, it's a great fight." Mana concludes. "However, the result has been decided."

"Sorry, but it's time I end the fight." The moment she throws off Ku Fei's defense, Yang throws all of her punches as hard and quick as possible at her opponent, hitting everywhere with full force. And with the last hit, Yang throws the hook right at Ku Fei's face and slams her right to the ground, completely stopping her from fighting back.

Upon seeing Ku Fei not being able to stand up, Asakura shouts: "CONTESTANT KU FEI IS DOWN! CAN SHE STAND UP AFTER THIS?"

"Phew, you really give me a run for my money there." Wiping the sweat out of her forehead, Yang comments. "But I believe I have the edge there." She then walks away... for a few steps, before something wraps around her right ankle and makes her fall on the floor. Pushing herself up, she turns back to see a piece of cloth that connects her ankle and Ku Fei's right arm. "What the... you're not down yet?"

"Sorry for disappointing you..." Slowly standing up, Ku Fei wraps the other end of the cloth another round on her right arm. "But I'm not going down that fast." During the cheer-ups from the audience and the commentators, Ku Fei uses her strength to pull Yang to her, thus lifting the girl off the ground much to the Huntress' surprise, and uses her right elbow to hit Yang right in the face, causing her opponent to be turned one-eighty before falling face-first to the arena.

...

"GOOD JOB KU FEI!" Everyone from class 3-A (presented in the arena), the teacher and his friends shout to encourage the girl. Even the people from Gamindustri are also smiling at the girl's comeback.

"That's a quick recovery." Albireo comments.

"That Aura must have protected her real good." T.O replies.

...

"Now that's some good endurance." Weiss comments.

"A little luck that the Aura system reduced the force." Kuro explains. "But, the longer the fight drags on, the chance Ku Fei loses will raise higher."

"So she has to find a way to knock Yang out fast... not going to happen." Blake rules out the only chance possible.

"BREAK HER LEG, SIS!"

"... Something never changes."

"Yep." Reply both of the members of team RWBY.

...

"... At least this is enjoyable." Yang says to herself, before pushing herself up and faces Ku Fei. While fixing her hair a bit, she comments: "Nice going there. Not many could stand against those attacks."

"I have to thank Kuro for this Aura. The forces felt weaker than I expected. Still hurt though." Even after recovering, Ku Fei still feels the pain of the attacks.

"Well that's Aura for ya." Punching her knuckles against each other, Yang lets her inner power awake, and her hair starts bursting out fire. She then takes the defense stance again and says: "Let's get the last minute fire up!"

Sensing the danger, Ku Fei uses her cloth as a spear and attacks Yang from afar, however, the cloth immediately catches on fire the moment it touches her opponent. Ignoring the burning cloth, Yang rushes in again and starts her punches again, and Ku Fei has no choice but to dodge, while trying to hit Yang's blind spots to no avail, as her own nature Aura absorbs the damage quite well. And she also feels the heat in every punch.

After thirty seconds, Yang pulls her hands back and cups them, then gathers the fire in her palms. Sensing the danger, Ku Fei tries to run away, but it's a bit too late as Yang immediately fires it towards her while shouting: "Shakunetsu Hadouken!" The fire blast knocks out Ku Fei and ignites her, as her body falls on the floor hard. The fire's then quickly absorbed by the Aura to avoid Ku Fei's body from being burnt.

"Is that... the famous Hadouken?!" Goutoukuji asks himself in surprise. "Wow, I have done Long Reach before, but to see someone managing to do a Hadouken! This is getting more and more exciting!"

"Though, it seems to be the end for contestant Ku Fei." Chachamaru points at the girl, who's lying unconsciously.

"WE WILL START THE COUNT NOW! ONE... TWO... THREE... TEN! CONTESTANT YANG XIAO LONG DEFEATS CONTESTANT KU FEI AND PROCEEDS TO ROUND 2!" Asakura's announcement gains the fight applause by the audience, though some of them feel a little surprised at the defeat of the famous Martial Art fighter of Mahora.

"Oops, she's knocked out." Yang sees that Ku Fei is truly unconscious. "Welp, better bring her back now. Up you go!" Carrying the other girl in her arms, Yang walks back to the room where the others contestants stay...

And she's immediately bombarded with praises and questions, former for her performance, and latter for Ku Fei's conditions. She waits for them to calm down first while she puts her opponent on a bed, before answering them: "Thanks for the compliments. Ku Fei's just unconscious, nothing serious." That eases the group with relief.

'Uh, Yang? Can you go to the audience stand, please? I can't hold Ruby for so long.' The huntress then hears Kuro talking with telepathy, as she looks out to see a hyping Ruby trying to get away from Kuro's arms.

'Ah yeah, I see you.' Yang replies. She then says to everyone: "I have a sugar-rushed sister to calm down. See you later."

After the arena is fixed, Asakura calls out for the next fight.

"This fight is ours." Kaede says, looking at Albireo. "Should I just admit defeat now?"

"Now now, don't put yourself so low." That makes him chuckle. "This tournament is fun because we could fight with our heart contents."

"... Guess there's no turning back then." The ninja smiles. "The better one wins."

"Good luck Kaede!" Everyone cheers for her.

Kuro has also returned to the room, and watches the duo walking out for the fight. T.O then leans to him and whispers: "Do you think the fight would be the same?"

"I think so. I mean, what could possibly be changed?"

...

"I stand corrected. This is better." Kuro grins ear-to-ear.

"Told you." T.O replies at Kuro's comment.

Due to the 'weapons allowed' rule, Kaede immediately starts by throwing a massive Fuma Shuriken right at her opponent, causing him to dodge to the side. And the next thing people could see is blurring of Kaede's clones attacking Albireo in all corners, and yet her opponent is not staggered by the hits at all. The rest is largely the same... and of course, the end too.

"At least I fought with all I have." Kaede smiles even though she just lost, while scratching her head.

"Your ninja skills are very good, despite your young age." Albireo praises. "You should be proud of it."

"By the way, where's Asuna and Setsuna?" Negi then looks around to see neither of them.

"Ah, I saw them heading in there." Yang points her thumb towards a closed door. "Asakura told them to go in there and change outfit."

"Hm? Couldn't they just fight in their uniform?" That earns Kuro blank stares from everyone. "What? Did I say something wrong?"

"They're not us. Their uniform will be shredded during the fight." T.O reminds him. Kuro immediately points to Kotarou, causing T.O to remind him again: "He used fists. They use swords."

Kuro raises his index finger up and plans to say something, before closing his mouth and lowering the finger. Yang laughs and wraps her left arm around his neck. "Can't counter that, huh? Quite rare seeing you having no answers."

"Yeah..." The door opening sound can be heard, and Kuro turns back to see the two wearing the maid outfits. "So you girls finis..." He immediately ducks with Yang as Asuna thrusts her sword right at his head. "What was that for?"

"WHY DO YOU HAVE THIS IN THAT CLOSET, YOU PERVERT?" Asuna shrieks in embarrassment. Behind her, Setsuna's face is also reddening.

"... Ah yeah." He remembers. "That closet has all sorts of outfits. And I do mean ALL. And it would pick... the most suiting outfit..." Jumping to dodge a low swing. "It has a mind of its own, okay?"

Before Asuna could swing another strike, Asakura pushes her and Setsuna towards the exit. "Save your energy for the fight, Asuna. And show those pretty legs for the audience as well."

"THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFRAID OF!" Asuna's voice echoes even when she's completely outside.

Eva glares at Kuro, then draws her Pactio card out and puts it on her forehead. 'Was it really the case?'

'Yes, I'm not kidding. Why did you...' Kuro glances at her and sees a tiny bit of jealousy in her eyes. He then sends her a look of gleefulness. 'Hey now. You have that other form of yours, right? I'm sure you could find something good going along with that.'

'...' With that, Eva puts the card away and returns to watch the fight begins as Setsuna swings her sword over Asuna's head, and the latter ducks to dodge it.

T.O leans to Kuro and asks: "What was that about?" The two fighters are exchanging hits, casting sparks with every connection.

"Ah, girl stuffs." Kuro just shrugs it off.

Asuna forces her opponent to jump up with a swing from left to right, then she immediately uses the momentum of the swing to move the sword over her head before changing it to her left hand and delivering a bashing to Setsuna's side, sending her out of her. She quickly moves it back to the right hand and closes the distance with a leap and her sword is ready for a right uppercut.

However, Setsuna is quick to recover, as the moment her feet touch the ground, she immediately jumps high up to avoid Asuna's strike to hit her. Using Zankuushou, she sends Ki-shots surrounding Asuna, causing a minor distraction. Though, Asuna decides to bring her sword up to defend herself, and it's a good choice as Setsuna's attack would only be able to hit from above, thus only able to slam her sword against Asuna's own. After that moment passes, the two return slashes to each other again, which the MC and commentators describing as a sword dance.

Glaring at Albireo, Kuro whispers: "Don't you dare giving her advice."

"I haven't. She's holding herself up quite good." He replies back. "However, she needs to remember it soon."

"I know. But not now. She doesn't need to use that as the fuel to gain strength."

"Don't you mean 'target'?"

"I mean fuel here. If it backs fire..."

"Ah, that's what you mean... But, at least he didn't die from that wound."

"... I managed to save him?"

"She didn't know."

"What are you two talking about?" Takamichi asks, overheard their quiet conversation.

Albireo points a finger towards his own head, then to Asuna. The teacher immediately understands, as the Mage continues: "Just giving Kuro enough details about his 'interferences'."

"I see."

"I can't still find out the stupid reason how I could accept such deal..." Kuro rubs his eyes, remembering the picture he found during the trip to Kyoto.

That causes Albireo and Takamichi to chuckle, as the latter replies: "Sorry, but QoA told us to not tell anyone, even you."

"I can see why..."

After ten minutes, Setsuna manages to kicks Asuna's sword out of her hands and slams her opponent to the ground with her sword over Asuna's neck. It causes the poor girl to surrender.

"THE WINNER OF THIS FIGHT IS CONTESTANT SETSUNA! SINCE THE ARENA'S NOT DAMAGED, WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE NEXT CONTESTANTS, WHO ARE NEGI SPRINGFIELD AND TAKAHATA T. TAKAMACHI!"

"Good luck, you two." Kuro gives his good luck to the two.

"Thank you!" Both replies back with gratefulness in their voices while they enter the arena.

Kuro then turns to T.O to see him closing his left eye, and a familiar look on his right. "Oh, so we stop now?"

"Yes."

Chapter 17 end!

Sorry for not describing the last two fights, but I don't want to repeat much.

I was planning to write the whole first round, but... based on how long the four fights went on (and I already shortened two down), I think it's best to put the next four fights into the next chapter.

For now, that's it. See you all in the next chapters!