Yeah, I have to admit, last chapter's victor was quite a surprise to the audience, wouldn't you agree? But like every battle in this tournament, I do my research ahead of time. And I especially had to condense time for these chapters, especially with AMKE this past weekend. I wouldn't have had time for working on the story due to being in a convention hall with at least 10,000 or so people who love anime, video game, and cosplay stuff like me.
Dynamis: You were late with this one though Warrior. Care to explain?
I slipped on ice Thursday and have been nursing a small concussion since saturday. I'm crabby when I'm forced to stay off my laptop to recover (It's true. Anytime I get really sick or something like this happens, I'm forced to stay off the laptop.)
Dynamis: *Shudders* Yeah, I know.
That and I had a bit of trouble with one or two parts of the battle. I needed a bit more time to figure it out.
Anyways, I got one more announcement before we start this chapter. Due to my dad's work schedule changing from 3rd shift to 1st shift, I am changing the uploading time. With my dad being at work the same time my siblings are at school, it will be much more quiet and easier to write without having to stay up till 1 am in the mornings. That said, I am going to be upload at 4pm central time starting next chapter, just to let you guys know.
Edit: Thank you to my Beta-Reader Queen for helping with the errors on this. Go check her stories out everyone!
Okay, enough talk, let's get this chapter started! I don't own MFB, and all OCs belong to their respective owners.
Chapter 11 To Each their own battles
"So my dearest little sister actually managed to win. Talk about humiliating."
Pluto watched as Nozomi glared at the arena, her eyes looking over her younger sister walking out of the battling area. Ever since they arrived in Prism, Chrona suggested that the two get to know each other while they observed the Paladins and their guards battling against each other. Granted he knew that Sora's team was watching from the other side of the stadium, but he played along with his twin sister's suggestion, thinking it wouldn't hurt to at least try to bond with another teammate. And he had to admit, the other was better company than Shiro.
The first thing Pluto found out about Nozomi was that she did not like her sister. Apparently the other had been given the title of Crown Princess after an incident years past, though she wouldn't explain the whole story. Secondlym he discovered the other had a leader-like aura, and she was one to take charge of a situation. But despite the foul temper she had, Nozomi did tend to be subtile about her problems when there were people around. That and whenever she had a snack in her hands.
"According to what I saw, The next battle features the paladins of fire and water, the water paladin's guard, and an alchemist of Pyra against a pair of twins who have won in the tournament before, the royal adviser of Cryos, and an alchemist of Tarot named Arc S. Winters." Pluto stated as Nozomi munched on another stick of dango.
"Should make for an interesting battle. Have you ever heard of Arc before this?" Nozomi asked, and Pluto shook his head as the other looked at him with complete shock, "Wow, not much about alchemy news makes it to Obscure, does it?"
"Obscure has had few reasons to have an alchemist, compared to other kingdoms like Amour, Tarot, and Vivia."
"You'd be surprise how right you are. Arc S. Winters is a mage born in Amour, but raised in Tarot all her life as the daughter of an Amour potion brewer and a Tarot alchemist. Over the past few years however she's gained a high reputation in many magical based trades, but Alchemy especially. She uses the brewing skills she learned under her mother's guide and her alchemy skills to create potions to use in battles. These potions can range between corrosive fire elemented ones, to instant freezing potions, and even healing potions. Arc's reputation is so well known that she's known as the candy queen alchemist in other parts of Trinity." Nozomi explained, Pluto looking slightly overwhelmed by the info.
"You make it sound as if you've seen her in action."
"I have. I challenged her several years back when I was on a mission for Stratos. She may be just a guard, but I assure you she's extremely dangerous." Nozomi paused as she bit into another piece of dango, before frowning, "The same can be said for Atlantia Lycoris, the crown princess of Aquos. She's more of a knight than a mage, but she combines what she has in magic with her attacks. And her dance skills make it hard for people to get a hit on her. She's got multiple nicknames from her style of fighting, the Aqua Dancer, the Luminary of Atlantis... And don't get me started on those chakrams of hers."
"Interesting. Got anymore data on the other Paladins and Guards?"
"Does my pendant have feathers and shark teeth?"
Yet another thing Pluto found out quickly about Nozomi: She was intellegant and sarcastic.
"Unbelievable! It's hard to believe Ryuga's team went out! He's one of the hardest people to defeat in all of trinity! But I suppose it's also cause he's not exactly a person to team up with people."
Arturia giggled as they watched the two teams in the arena clear out for the next battle, an almost menacing glare on Ryuga as they walked into another tunnelway of the collisieum. Almost all of her team were stunned to see the greatest warrior of Pyra to be taken down by someone who had the disadvantage over his element. "He's not that bad with teamwork Felipe. He just prefers working alone when it comes to fighting and missions. I think the only one he's compromised with mission besides us is Kana," The alchemist stated.
"Kana's the crown princess of Prism, and therefore she's senior in rank compared to him. Besides, we all know those rumors about Ryuga being infatuated with Kana are more than rumors." Felipe retorted, and Arturia snickered in agreement.
"Wow. You make it seem as if that's normal in Pyra dear cousin." Atlantia pointed out, and the fiery haired younger cousin nodded before the guard of water turned to her Paladin, "Any idea on what we're going into Aurora?"
Aurora gave a nervous nod as she spoke up. "W-We definitely need to keep a careful watch on Whimsy and Trixx. They're both illusionists, and both like to switch their battle styles up. But more often then not it's Whimsy on offense, and Trixx on defense. They work in teams, and if we're not careful we could end up falling into one of their traps." The Paladin of water explained, "Not to mention, Whimsy's a battle dancer like you Atlantia, and she uses almost similar weapons to your chakrams."
"So we're definitely gonna need a gameplan going into this. Can we use the remnants of Yukina's attacks that are left over in the air?"
"That depends on if there's enough left in the air, and if Aria doesn't use the iciness to her advantage. Aria is the advisor of Cryos, and she likes to make the battlefield around her cold so it slows her opponents down. But what she uses the most to her advantage is her accuracy. Combined with ice from a revolving chamber in her sword, and her speedy movements on it, she uses her fencing skills to get in a lot of strikes on opponents."
"Leave her to me then." Felipe suggested, pulling out his sword as his phoenix familitar cooed happily from his shoulder, "What about Arc?"
"She has a really strong reputation as an alchemist, and that also reflects on her battling skills as well. Arc uses potions that have different mixtures and elements in them, and they can do some heavy damage. If we're not careful we might end up landing in a puddle of acid, or losing our balance on the ice that those potions she prepares ahead of time." Aurora pointed out.
"Right, she probably prepares her ammo ahead of time cause there's not exactly time to make potions in a battle. Is it possible she might have a few healing potions on hand as well?" Arturia asked.
"It's highly likely. Arc likes to be prepared for situations, especially ones that can put her skills to a lot of use."
Atlantia nodded in agreement. "It looks like we're dealing with an illusion and environment strategy then. Whimsy and Trixx manipulate the eyes, while Aria and Arc use their abilities to mess with the environment. Any ideas we can use against them then?"
"Well, I have a few. Here's what I'm thinking."
"Okay, I have to admit, I'm hyped for this battle. We finally get to see what Arc can do, and it's all front and center."
Dynamis nodded in agreement to Rosalina's statement as the red haired woman passed Yukina a damp towel. Shiro's team had left after the first battle in order to prep for their fight ahead of time, while Yukina and Lucas joined up with them after they left. The two paladins were by themselves, seeing how both their guards were recovering from their injuries. "I personally am curious to see Aunt Glacia's advisor in action. I've seen her technique from fencing tournaments in Stratos." The Paladin of wind admitted, "But she always uses a different sword compared to her normal one. Something about it being unfair in fencing so she doesn't use it."
"It seems a lot of people aren't sue who to root for though." Ruka pointed out, the group of six looking around at the murmuring crowds of people that were around them.
"Personally I can't blame them. After all, It's gonna reveal what some of the trump cards of various kingdoms can do." Lucas stated, earning confused looks from Ruka and Yukina in the process.
"What do you mean by that?" Both girls asked.
"They're the last resorts of the kingdoms. Both Aria Night and Atlantia Lycoris are the trump cards of Aquos and Cryos respectively because of their unique styles of fighting. And this ties into what you were saying about your aunt's adviser using a different sword in fencing tournaments Yukina." Dynamis explained, "That weapon of Aria's is a specially modified one. It's a rapier sword with a revolving blast weapon chamber of sorts attached to the weapon's hilt. With it she can fire concentrated blasts of ice, and use that ice it creates..."
"To speed up in attacking! That's why Aria doesn't use it in tournaments. It would give her an edge!" Yukina stated with surprise, earning a nod from Lucas in the process.
"As for Atlantia, her style of fighting revolves around mixed combat. She mixes magic within ceremonial battle dances, and while she doesn't have much magic, she uses what little she has to boost her evasive and attacking skills."
"But we can't forget about Arc. She only uses a slingshot, but it's her homemade ammo that is going to make it hard on Felipe's team." Rosalina pointed out, earning nods of agreement in the process. "Especially if she has some of her homemade healing potions on standby as well."
"Nah, not this time. Remember, only healing spells are allowed in these tournaments." Dynamis stated, and he chuckled as Rosalina facepalmed her forehead.
"Right, I forgot about that. Still, this is gonna be a hard to call battle."
"Ladies and gentlemen!" The group paused as they looked at the stadium within the arena where Ryo was standing, "It's time for the second battle of round one, and boy do we have a kicker of combinations for these two teams. To our left it's the fire and water team of Pyra and Aquos fighters, give it up for Felipe, Atlantia, Aurora, and Arturia!"
Rosalina watched as Atlantia lead her team out, the crown princess of Aquos' head held high up. Atlantia had changed into a dark blue dress with slits at the thighs and a light blue belt holding it in place, the chest adorned with pieces of midnight blue goldstone crystals. At her side was her cousin Arturia, who was dressed in a yellow-orange dress with a golden colored chest piece over the article of clothing, her staff held tightly in her hands. Both girls had a fire in their eyes, as if they knew that they were prepared for what was to come.
Aurora and Felipe were quick to follow, both Paladins geared in battle outfits of their own, and with their weapons at the ready, Aurora was wearing a black-armoured combat dress with pieces of lightweight, lacquered silver armor adorning her upper legs, knees, and shoulders. Her knee-length boots were also reinforced with silver plating as well as her metal gauntlets and breastplate. Her silver hair was tied up into a high ponytail with a hairpiece of sort, but a glint of metal could be seen on it if one looked hard enough. In the Paladin of water's hands was a sharp, slender, damascened blade with a black hilt and crossguard decorated with silver glowing runes and stars.
"Now that is one beautiful sword. Is it made from Damascus steel?" Rosalina asked, earning a nod from Dynamis as she looked back at the sword, "Swords with Damascus steel are rare. They're much more dangerous due to it's sharpness, something created by ancient blacksmiths of Tempora over 1500 years ago. That's even older than the charms of Trinity themeslves."
"It's not just Aurora's weapon. Take a look at Felipe's." Dynamis pointed out, looking over at the Paladin of Fire's attire and weapon.
Felipe was outfitted in chainmail armor and helmet that was decorated with orange crests with a phoenix insignia boldly attached to the armor. There was a shield in one hand, and an orange blade w
"That sword of his is a legendary blade known as equinox, and it had the power of the sun within it's blade. To say that this will be a battle to remember is an understatement." The Paladin of Electricity stated, before chuckling, "Still, that doesn't guarantee the win for them. As a whole this is gonna be a tough battle for both sides."
"Couldn't you use your sight to look into the future Dynamis? I'm sure you could be given hints if you focused hard enough," Rosalina pointed out, earning confused looks from the other four members in their group, "Oh right, you guys are still new to this group. Dynamis has a sense of foresight where he can receive visions due to his Tarot blood. It's cause Ranmaru and Ryutaro's mother is his aunt, so he has a bit of psychic abilities that he can tap into with enough focus, right?"
"You're close. But I have little control over it due to it not being my primary element. If anything it's useless during battle and it drains me mentally on occasions. If I had better focus and channeling, it might be easier." Dynamis explained, before blushing slightly, "Plus I've been focusing more on my new techniques compared to my visions ability."
"So for now, visions is out of the question?" A nod escaped the other before Rosalina understood. "Looks like it's up to what we know to figure out how this battle will go then."
"And to our right, it's the team of Kingdom mages and knights! Give it up for Arc S. Winters, Whimsy Bellarosa, Trixx Bellarosa, and Aria Night!"
Atlantia breathed deeply as she stood in the arena, taking in the surroundings of her battlefield. Unlike the previous battle, that was on a clear field, this one seemed to be on a more rocky terrain, which was natural given that the tournaments also tested their limits in different environments as well. Several boulders had been brought in for the battle, as if the announcers expected the area to become flooded at some point in the fights.
Well, given that they had a lava flinging alchemist and two water elemented fighter, that was probably an expected reaction. Atlantia thought as she looked ahead at her team's opponents. That said, I'm not expecting this to be an easy fight.
Arc was the first to enter, dressed in a light pink corset under a beige colored vest, a white and light pink striped skirt, and knee high brown boots. The alchemist also wore fingerless brown gloves, and there was a thick belt full of potions around her waist. With her arms exposed, one could see the dark pink magic rune tattoos that ran up her tanned skin, though at the moment they weren't glowing with the usual magic.
Whimsy and Trixx were quick to follow the alchemist's lead, each one dress in a pair of dancer's clothing. Trixx had opted for a dark orange and gold dress decorated with belts of gold coins, while Whimsy had gone the opposite with a pure white dress with a rainbow scarf tied around her waist, silver coin belts attached around the skirt of the dress and bells tied around her ankles. As for their weapons, it didn't look like the two carried any, though the umbrella in Trixx's hand and the bladed hoops in Whimsy's said otherwise.
"Those two are just as flamboyant in their battle fashion as people say they are." Arturia whispered to Felipe, who nodded in agreement.
"It's their style Arturia. Both use the colors of their clothing to catch the attention of people watching them, or in the case of a battle, distract their opponents while their teammates take advantage of the situation. But more over than less, it's just for show. The true weapons in their arsenal is the bladed weapons in their hands. The umbrella Trixx uses is for defending, while the hoops Whimsy uses is for distance battles." The paladin of fire explained as Aria walked out behind her teammates.
If Felipe's outfit gave the person watching an image of a person engulfed in flames, Aria's clothing gave the impression of a woman swirled in snow. Aria wore a long-sleeved dress that reached her knees, a pale, icy blue pair of tights, white boots, and silver jewelry that ranged from bangles to necklaces, to a silver ring with a blue stone on it. Her silver hair was tied into a bun above her head, with her bangs framing her face and eyes. In her hands was a silver sword designed with a revolver in the hilt, runes decorating the blade of the weapon.
"They don't call you the arctic angel for nothing Aria," Atlantia pointed out as the silver haired woman gave her a smirk.
"Beauty isn't everything. Just like people say don't judge a book by it's cover, don't judge me to be weak cause of my beauty. I'm not the advisor to the queen of Cryos for nothing, Princess Atlantia." Aria retorted, a fire burning in her eyes.
Atlantia moved to prepare herself when Aurora spoke up quietly behind her. "Atlantia, can you and Felipe keep the twins busy? I'll handle Aria." The paladin of water whispered, and the princess of Aquos nodded in approval as Ryo shouted above them.
"Fighters, take your positions! Let the second battle of round one begin!"
The second the words escaped Ryo, Atlantia felt herself move forward as she threw two of her chakrams at the other team, forcing them to scatter in order to dodge the circular blades. "Bubble Needles!" The Crown Princess of Aquos called out as she and her teammates scattered to fight their targets.
Whimsy and Trixx grinned as both Felipe and Atlantia ran at them, bubbles escaping the chakrams the dark blue haired woman held. "I hope that's not the extent of your attacks, Luminary of Atlantis. Cause I can assure you that I am quite the dancer of magic myself," The younger twin giggled as she threw two of her own hoops at the chakrams, "Spark Spin!"
An electrical charge seemed to rip through the bubbles as the hoops met with the other blades, the popped bubbles transforming into needles of water that flung into every direction as Felipe jumped back to avoid the liquid. "Hey! Take it easy on those water attacks that can cause recoil!" The paladin of fire scolded as Trixx used her umbrella to block the water needles.
"Seriously? You're afraid of water? That's really embarassing," Atlantia pointed out as she gathered magic around her form and weapons.
"I just dislike water users. Water attacks weaken fire elemented attacks."
"Well Get use to it Blazing Phoenix, cause two of your teammates are water users. Aqua Hoops!"
"I have to admit, I didn't expect you to take me on Arturia. But I suppose you are curious on how I fight, huh? It's a matter of our pride as alchemists."
Arturia rolled her eyes as she flung another wave of lava at at Arc, the older alchemist moving like a dancer to envade her attacks. The younger alchemist was quick to notice a pattern with her senior, that being she would envade her lava attacks, then aim a potion at her with a slingshot. And while to her it seemed like a clever strategy on the other's behalf, there was still something the fiery haired alchemist didn't understand.
"Tell me something. If you're an alchemist and magician like me, why don't you use a wand like a true mage?" Arturia asked, making Arc pause for a second in her attacks.
"Are you saying that to distract me?" The older alchemist asked as she prepped to fire another potion, this one a dark brown color.
"Not at all. People have said you used to use a very special wand, one you created when you were young. But about 5 years ago, when you were a teen, you changed to using a slingshot and potions as your weapon of choice. It just doesn't make any sense to me why an alchemist like you would do that."
Arc thought for a second, before chuckling. "I suppose a youth like you would be confused by the change. I was, always have been, a tradition breaker. You and I both know that alchemists are people who use their magic off the field, not on it. So when I was a restless young woman of 13, I asked myself something: how would I be able to apply my alchemy skills on the battlefield? Then I thought of something. People use healing potions on the battlefield when their magic is low. What if that could be applied to using potions to create damage instead?" Arturia relaxed as Arc continued, "So I spent 2 years researching ideas and applying them to my fighting skills."
"So in other words, you wanted to make a legacy," Arturia pointed out as Arc gave a smirk, throwing several potions in the air.
"Yes, I suppose I did. After all, I was the first to try this strategy I'm using on you. Burst bomb!"
"You know, I have to admit, you're giving me a lot more trouble in this battle than I though you would!"
Aurora felt her heart race as she sidestepped the ice Aria sent past her, the cold magic freezing some of the water around her. The paladin of Water was quick to learn that Aria was a head on fighter, and used the ice her magic produced to boost her speed and accuracy. "I wasn't expecting an Aquos person to know how to ice skate. But then again Ice, to an extent, is water at it's coldest point." The ice user stated as the revolver in her sword clicked, before firing, "Glacial Bullet!"
A blast of ice escaped the chamber on the other's sword, and Aurora spun to dodge it before gathering her own magic around her. "I'm not that athletic, but I do know how to ice skate and fence, enough to even the odds against an ice user like you Aria. Aquos Hurricane!" The paladin called out, and water rose out from the puddles around the two before surrounding Aria.
"An Aquos Hurricane attack. I've seen this one in action, so I know how to counter it," Aria retorted as she raised her sword into the air, her eyes glowing blue as a pulse of magic escaped the blade, "Angelic Ice Ring!"
The water around the pale haired ice user began to freeze as the air grew colder, increasing the speed of the process. However, just as the frozen water began to shatter, a smile escaped Aurora, her hands glowing with magic. "Snow Dance!"
Aria's eyes widened as she fired a bullet of ice at the ground, which propelled her upwards as shards of ice flew around her, with a few catching her in the process. "A mixed water arts mage. Color me impressed." The young woman pointed out as she landed, her sword poised to strike, "You say you are a fencer, lady Aurora. How about we put those skills to the test?"
Aurora held her sword out as a returning sign to the other's challenge, the weapon almost half her physical height. "Water Vortex!"
"Magma Burst!"
Atlantia found herself back to back with Felipe as the other fired a burst of flames over a wide range of the arena, the paladin of fire and herself a little pressed in terms of space. Both of them had thought at first that it was a good thing that both of them had been fighting the two Prism mages, since both of their opponents preferred team battling. But it wasn't until after she and Felipe had landed close to each other that the twin fighters had shown their true fighting colors.
As much as it seemed like the two girls were illusionists, that was only part true. The illusions were only a defensive measure. The truth about their fighting style, as Atlantia and Felipe were quick to find out, was that the two were masters of trap-based attacks, and each of them used a different strategy. Whimsy would litter the ground with electric magic in spots, where if they landed on one of them, an electrical charge would be sent through their bodies. As for Trixx, she used her magic to create a white mist around them, and then litter the air around them with clear, almost invisible spheres of the same magic.
Limiting our movements by creating traps, and using illusions to hide them. Clever strategy, I'll give them that much. But judging by the amount of traps around them and us, they must really be running extremely low on magic to use. Atlantia told herself mentally as her opponent's voice called out around them
"What's wrong? A little bit uncomfortable with the situation?" Whimsy's voice asked in a teasing matter, the white subspace around them making the other's voice echo as it's owner and Trixx appeared out of nowhere, "Though me and sis do give you credit for realizing out strategy. Few people have realized the true extent of our skills."
"And even few people have realized it before it was too late." Trixx added as she crossed her hands, "Still, I must ask how you are gonna get out of this one. With our traps everywhere, one wrong move could set off a chain reaction of damage to both of you."
"Like that's intimidating!" Atlantia heard Felipe retort before he lowered his voice. "Got any attacks that can do long ranged bursts of damage?"
"Yeah, I got one. But I need to build up a lot of my magic to use it. Why do you ask?" Atlantia asked quietly.
"They do have a clever strategy against us. But those spheres of magic that Trixx uses are very fragile, as I noticed with my magma burst attack. Use the attack to disperse the spheres..."
"And we can use the air to our advantage. Can you cover me for several minutes though?"
"No problem. Solar Strike!"
"You know, if you give up, it'll make this easier on ya. You're kinda trapped in a corner there Arturia."
The fiery haired mage gave a glare at her opponent as she felt the wall of the arena against her back, magma of different colors covering the area around her. After their initial conversation, Arc had changed up her strategy, throwing explosive and corrosive potions into her magma attacks, making it impossible to go near them. While Arturia was resistant to magma and could walk through it easily, corrosive and bomb filled magma was a different story.
"You really don't expect me to give up easily do ya? I'm an alchemist like you, and a very stubborn one at that." Arturia pointed out, and Arc chuckled in agreement as the younger alchemist conjured some magma bubbles into the air and crossed over her the infused magma on the ground.
"That's our self curse. We are too stubborn to allow failure in our intentions." Arc retorted, before smirking, "So what are you gonna do about it?"
Arturia returned the other's smirk with one of her own. "You're about to find out. Blaze Bubble Burst!"
Aurora and Aria both jumped as multiple explosions rang out, and both of them paused to see the results of their teammate's own battles. Arturia and Arc had passed out from their fight, both unconscious from the results of drained stamina and magic. As for the Bellarosa twins, and her own teammates, Both illusionists had been sent to their knees from a combination of water attacks and blinding flames from both Felipe and Atlantia. As for her two teammates themselves, both of them were giving her a thumbs up, letting her know that they had it covered.
"To think that my teammates were defeated after a good fight. Just goes to show you that the strength of underdog teams can be scary to underestimate." Aurora heard Aria point out as they faced each other, both of them covered in cuts. "Though I suppose our strength is starting to reach it's limits. Let's say we finish this up, shall we?"
Aurora nodded as she focused her magic into her hands. With most of my magic used and my stamina drained, Final Neptune is out of the question for this battle. But I do have one thing that can help in this fight. And I don't think Aria is gonna be expecting it. The paladin thought as she gathered her magic into her sword, the blade glowing from the magic. I just need her to get close enough to strike.
"I usually don't use this attack in combat battles like this. But for a good opponent like you, I'll make an exception," Aria stated as she focused her magic into her weapon as well, the blade becoming coated with a large amount of ice as she charged forward, "Permafrost Excalibur!"
Checkmate! "Mystic Storm!" Aurora called out as she aimed her blade at Aria, the magic inside it released into a blast of blue and white magic.
Aria's eyes widened as she was sent backwards into the arena walls, shock escaping her more than the pain from her head hitting the stone walls around her. What an Ironic situation. But what an honorable opponent that I faced today. It's times like these that I don't mind losing a battle on purpose. King Caspian will be very pleased. Aria thought as the world around her faded out, a near invisible, dark smirk on her face as she heard Ryo's voice scream out.
"And with that, the second battle is over! Team Atlantia, Aurora, Felipe, and Arturia are moving on to the second round!
There's another reference to the Psyren manga in this chapter. Visions is more of something I'll be talking about in chapter 13, but as a whole visions is simultanious activation of both trance and enhance. There are many different ones mentioned in the manga, but the one most known is Menace (The ability to see threats of death), and the whole clairvoyance based foresight that would be more of Dynamis' ability."
Dynamis: You know, if you think about it that first visions ability could be consider Yukina's ability, if you go by what went down in chapters 6 and 7.
... *sinks in* Goodness, you're right! I never thought about it like that!
Dynamis: And everyone wonders why I'm always with her.
So anyway, reasons why Atlantia, Felipe, Aurora, and Arturia moved on to the second round. I kinda want to use this arc to get a chance to show what each character can do, but especially more so with the OCs sent in by you guys. As there weren't any real knights on Arc's team, I really didn't have much of an idea of that they would do if they made it to round 2. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't let them lose against the other team so easily.
Believe it or not, Whimsy's had a few prototypes prior to working on Elemental. One was as an alternate for of myself, then as an OC for hetalia (Which I quickly scrapped), and then as a half fox girl in another anime series that I wanted to write for but had a lack of ideas for. But I realized that maybe I could use Whimsy in this story just to see how she would fit in, and the ideas poured in more for her character (and to an extent Trixx) and what to do with her. I think of Trixx and Whimsy as kinda my versions of a dancer and a fortunetelling pair, much like the characters in a dragon quest series.
As for Aria, well, she also had a prototype as a sort of minor antagonist for the TSAT sequel I had, where I originally planned her to be Yukina's niece. But then all that stuff happened (As mentioned in TSAT) and I kinda set it aside to figure out what to do, hence setting me on hiatus from the fandom for a good 15 months. But it wasn't until after I had started writing Aria into Elemental that I realized the name sounded familiar.
And then there's Arc. I used her in one chapter of TSAT (Which I ended up growing frustrated with), and I realized that she needed a more prominent role in a different story. Like Aria, I planned for her to be in TSAT's sequel as an archeology teacher, but in since Archeology isn't really mentioned much in this story, I had to go with something else for her (in this case, her role as an alchemist.)
Okay, that's enough on that. OMG This chapter was over 6000 words long. I think I broke my record for most words written in a chapter.
Dynamis: You think? Jeez... You put a lot of detail into these chapters. That's why they end up so long.
I'm sorry, I have to do something to help write these battle chapters! I have mentioned in the past that they're my weak spot. Why do you think I haven't updated on my miraculous ladybug fanfic?!
Dynamis: *Smirks* Lack of inspiration cause season 2 keeps getting delayed for America?
...Shut up.
Okay, let's wrap this chapter up. For my questions of the day, Which of my OCs (Aria, Whimsy, Trixx, Koji, Koto, Rosalina, Yukina, Nozomi, Chrona, Shiro, Titania, Ruka, Arc, Ranmaru, Platina, Arturia, and Kana in case you need to remember which ones) do you want to learn a bit more on? I want to give some thought into their back stories for the future of this story. Some have been shown in previous chapters, but I want your opinions of who to work with. Who knows, I might do a spinoff of one-shots if I get enough answers.
And the second one: How did you like my little plot twist with Aria? (What? I had to make it fair. Just as there are spies for the paladins, Caspian has his own spies. Had to be fair and point it out.)
That's it for this chapter. Don't forget to read and review, and until next chapter, this is Warrior signing off.