Ugh, finally! The fourth of 8 battles is done! That means I'm halfway done with this arc for the most part. Since it's gonna be a six arc story, I really wanna give it my all. This why I took that break between 9 and 10, so that I could work on the battle chapters. And it worked, for the most part. Chapter 10 was done prior to the break, but I needed this time to focus on the remaining 3 of round one, specifically so I can analyze the situation. I like to calculate how each person fights and how each technique will work together before I write, cause that way I can get ahead in the game of this series, especially for what's to come. But as far as calculated battles go, these 8 battles are so close together in terms of chapters that I needed to figure out how to go about this story's path.

Dynamis: You actually research stuff for this story? I have to admit, I'm impressed. And even more so that you haven't tortured me in this story yet. *looks scared* that's the keyword: yet.

I haven't actually thought of torturing you for this story much. Might put you through some pain in the battles, but for right now, I'm being merciful on you.

Dynamis: Well then, I'm grateful. Not gonna push the boundaries of that luck though.

Nah, save that luck for what's to come in the future.

Dynamis: I know. It's another reason why this story is only 6 arcs long, right?

Yep. Also speaking of battles, you're up in this one.

Dynamis: Of course I am. *sighs* I'm gonna be sore by the end of the chapter author's note.

That said Dynamis, let's get on with this story already. I don't own MFB. All OCs belong to their respective owners.

Chapter 13: Full Force Strikes: Round One Conclusion

"Oh my god that was amazing! I never thought we'd get to see the Skywalker of Stratos make his return to the stage! I'm so happy we watched that battle!"

Atlantia chuckled as she noticed Wales flinch from his teammate's excitement, Yukina's eyes sparkling happily. The entire time the third battle had been going on, the paladin of wind had been absolutely quiet, the young girl's eyes trained on every action Shiro had done. It wasn't until they asked did they learn the reason behind that silence. And both of them had to agree, she had a reason to be quiet.

"I have to admit, your former guard put on quite the show. A shame though Nile lost. I was kinda hoping to face his team in the second round." The princess of Aquos admitted.

"Well there's always future fights Princess Atlantia. I'm sure you'll have the chance to fight him during a training battle, just as you'll have a chance to fight me, Yukina, Sophie, and Lucas in the near future." Wales pointed out.

"You do have a point there Wales. Speaking of your brother, Where did Lucas go? He was just with us a few minutes ago."

"Oh he went to get ice cream. With all the warm air generated by the fire attacks and some of the steam, I can't blame him for wanting to cool down. Ice mages or anyone from Cryos in general aren't major fans of humid and warm temperatures, and ice cream is a good way to cool down a person's system. My Aunt, the queen of Cryos herself enjoys it when she's in Pyra and occasionally while in Aquos." Yukina explained, and Atlantia nodded in understanding. Having been born and raised in the water elemented kingdom, she knew there were times when the humidity could be devastating on a person's health. "Well hopefully he'll be back soon. The four teams participating in round 2 need to meet in the arena after the battle to find out who they'll be fighting."

"I understand that. I hope we get the chance to fight eventually, Lady Yukina."

"Likewise, Lady Atlantia. Now if you'll excuse me," Yukina paused as she stood up to leave, turning to her guard"I have to meet up with someone. I'll be back in a little bit, so let me know if I miss anything, alright Wales?"

"Of course milady."

Wales watched as Yukina left, and for a second he wondered if the other would be alright, give her sense of direction. But he waved it off before smiling. Despite her bad navigation and sense of direction, the other had been a kind princess, taking her studies seriously but with a less strict attitude than her sister. She had been quick to take him in when he had joined Stratos years ago, and the two had fought side by side in training courses, to become stronger in their own ways.

Even if she had gotten lost of her own accord, Yukina knew how to fight. She would be alright.

"Thank goodness we're finally at the last fight of round one. This has been kinda stressful if you ask me."

Dynamis nodded as Ruka finished tying Rosalina's braid up, pulling it out of her face for the battle. The princess of Vivia had gone simple for her battle uniform, consisting of a steel chestplate over her red tunic, a green vest, and a pair of light green pants with red leather boots. The remainder of her hair had been tied up into a bun, allowing for her flower rune to show on her neck instead of being hidden by her usual braid.

"If we win this battle, there's gonna be an even bigger fight waiting for us. But I suppose that's where we have the advantage against them. We've seen what they could do, more before they could see what we do." Dynamis pointed out, earning a nod from Gingka in agreement.

"Dynamis is right milady. We've had more chances to see what our opponents could do in this round, and enough to plan ahead for future rounds." The Vivia native added.

"Gingka, please call me Rosalina. Milady is just too formal to me." Rosalina admitted.

"Right, I forgot about that."

"It's just something Rosalina's uncomfortable with Gingka. You're not the first person it's happened to." Dynamis explained as he patted Gingka's shoulder, before turning to Rosalina, "Titania's the same way I believe, am I right?"

"Partially. She's just not a big fan of wearing dresses. It's cause Queen Bianca was a seamstress outside of her duties as a queen, and a few of the dresses Titania wore as a child had a lot of frills to them." Ruka retorted, earning chuckles from her teammates.

"It's kinda a shame though. I was kinda looking forward to facing Titania if she made it to the second round. Both of us haven't had a good sparring match in a while." Rosalina added.

"Speaking of battles, we should prepare ourselves for our opponents. Anyone got a gameplan?"

"Don't worry, we've got one in the works. Dynamis, care to explain a bit?"

"Of course. Listen up..."

"We really showed how we fight last round, and to top it off, we bested my sister's team and made it to round 2! Awesome!"

Shiro watched Amethysia chuckle, the disguised crown princess of Obscure slightly amused by her younger teammate's optimism. Even while drained, it seemed the other had a lot of stamina left to celebrate their win in round one, and had the former Stratos guard not been drained of most of his magic, he probably would've joined the others. "You know what a victory like this calls for you three? Ice cream! There's a Cryos native who makes a huge profit off of tournaments like these, and I spotted her somewhere in the colleseum before!" Platina exclaimed, her pink eye sparkling at the idea.

"I like the way you think Platina, and I think that's a great idea. I haven't had a good scoop of ice cream in months. To be honest I should've gotten some last time I was in Cryos." Amethysia stated as she turned to her partners in crime, "You two up for some as well?"

Both Emily and Shiro gave opposite responses, with Emily nodding in agreement and Shiro shaking his head. "I'll meet up with you guys later. I wanted to ask Yukina something first."

"Are you and Yukina dating Shiro?" Platina asked, her head tilted in curiosity.

"N-No no, it's nothing like that Princess. Yukina is my cousin through her father, my uncle, the king of Stratos. I had left Stratos years back for something, and so it's been a long time since we've talked." Shiro explained, and Platina seemed to understand as she shook her head up and down.

"Alrighty then, I understand! You go bond with your cousin! We'll probably be in the stadium watching the last battle since one of them might be our opponent in the second round, if you wanna meet up with us afterwards."

Shiro nodded as the trio walked off, Noir mouthing a "be careful" as they disappeared from his sight. "Now then, are you gonna stand in the shadows Shunjou, or are you gonna actually talk to me. Noir told me about you." The Stratos native called out as he turned around, revealing the former performing fighter in front of him.

"What was your game with that fight? You didn't exactly use your full skills in that fight." Shunjou pointed out, Shiro shrugging his shoulders as he crossed his arms, "A performer should give it his all when it comes to performing in public like what you just did."

"Oh, so you're just being hypocritical of my skills then. I thought you would've been a bit more jealous of the fact that I'm still going after all these years." Shiro paused a whip whirled around him and yanked him forward, Shunjou's eyes lit with a glare, "Okay, maybe I should of rephrased that."

"Don't get me wrong here Skywalker, but I have no respect for performers who don't give their all in their performances." Shunjou retorted, his voice cold as ice, "And I have even less respect for a nosy, annoying person like yourself."

"I'll keep that in mind."

"Alright, what's going on here!?"

Shiro and Shunjou looked over to see Yukina approaching them, and the males could see her familiar at her side. "Trying to start a fight between important people of the kingdoms is a law reinforced by punishment. So unless you want to be arrested for potential conspiracy against the kingdoms of Trinity, stand down." The princess of Stratos declared, her fans at the ready, "And trust me, despie my short stature, I can put up a fight to take you in by force if I have to."

Shunjou glared at Yukina, before scoffing as he retracted his whip from Shiro's form and tucked it away. "It's not worth the fight that it's gonna bring. Count yourself lucky Shiro Mizukami," The former performer stated as he walked away, his ice cold magic retreating with him. There was a sigh of relief as Yukina breathed, and Shiro watched the other turn her attention towards him. "What was that about just now?"

"Just a bitter former performer and a coworker. It's nothing unusual. You out in the open however is a rarity. You're not exactly one to be seen in public due to your shyness, milady." Shiro pointed out, and he watched the familiar alongside his cousin chuckle as Yukina's cheeks puffed out.

"That was years ago Shiro! I have become more open and made more appearances in public. It's part of the duties of a future Stratos crown princess after all." The princess exclaimed with a hint of pride in her voice as Shiro chuckled again. "I'm glad to have found you. I wanted to meet up with you to see if you wanted to walk around Prism later tonight. I figured since it's been years, us cousins need to have a day to rest and reminisce from when we were younger."

"That sounds nice. I actually wanted to ask something similar, cause I actually have some info to share. Something that might help the Paladins in their quest." Shiro admitted, watching Yukina tilt her head in concern, "I know it's been a while, but it's something I discovered recently that you might want to hear. It has to do with the family."

"What is it?"

Shiro shook his head. "I can't say here, not with many ears around Milady. This is something that should be discussed in private, within the crowds of Prism at night."

Yukina nodded in understanding. When informants had messages to deliver to members of the royal family, it was a common thing to deliver information in more secretive ways. Shiro was one who learned those at a young age, having been her former guard. Had he stayed around, it would be his duty to make sure that she was delivered the information safely, and to make sure that the royal family's line would be protected during meetings such as the one he was proposing now.

"Very well. I appreciate it if Noir would stay back though. I would not want the information you are giving me to reach Caspian's ears." Yukina pointed out, and Shiro gave a nod.

"Trust me, these words will not even reach Caspian through her. I swear it."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the last battle of round one is about to begin! We've seen some tough battles this past day, and this next battle is no different. To our left, it's the team of steel elemented Paladin Ninel Bychkov, Her Guard Dashan Wang, the other half of the Mikuri twins Koto, and well known Eterna heartthrob Chao Xin!"

Hiram's eyes seemed to dart towards the arena as the first name was called, his attention centered on the woman that had yet to come out. This had been the battle he had been waiting for, a battle that featured someone who he considered close to his heart. And now he would see the steel paladin of Tempora in action once more.

"You seem very happy that Lady Ninel is fighting, my dear Hiram," Vexa pointed out as she appeared on his shoulder, the lizard watching the first team with intrigue.

"Of course Vexa. I wouldn't dream of not watching her fight in a battle like this," Hiram stated as they observed his former fiance's teammates. The famous female blacksmith of Tempora was carrying a giant hammer, Koto tossing it over her shoulder as if it were nothing but a feather in weight. Next to her, Chao Xin, a warrior of Eterna's court was looking around lazily, his spear behind him swinging idly like a stick. Those two he knew for a fact weren't a threat to his plans.

As for Dashan... Hiram scowled as he saw the guard close by Ninel, his light green eyes burning with disgust. This wouldn't do, not one bit. He needed Ninel for his plans, plans that differed from what the rogues of Chaos had. In order to manipulate the other, he would have to observe Ninel's battles, and when the time came rid her of Dashan. After all, he couldn't exactly take what was his back if he was unprepared.

From where she stood in the arena, Ninel shuddered. There was a nagging feeling that someone or something was watching her as she and her team entered the arena, and even as she waited for her team's opponents to appear, it was hard to shake of that feeling. Especially if it felt like she had sensed that feeling of uneasy from her past.

"Are you feeling alright Ninel?"

Ninel turned to Dashan, who stood close next to her. "I-It's nothing Dashan. I just have the uneasy feeling of someone watching us. But it won't distract me from our opponents, especially with who we are facing," Ninel explained, and Dashan nodded in agreement.

"Chao Xin's mentioned that Rosalina's a tough fighter, despite her stature. We're gonna have to be careful of both her and her guard Gingka. I've faced him in the past and I know despite his antics, he's not one to give up when the situation seems down for him." Dashan pointed out, listening in as Ryo called out the second team, before watching them appear from the other side of the arena.

Dynamis was the first to enter alongside Rosalina, the young woman dressed in red and green. The crown prince of Prism was wearing a white, robe-like article of clothing that as tied with bandages at his waist, a pair of black pants with brown boots, and a pair of gold bands around his arms. At his side was a sword, the orichalcum metal gleaming alongside the jade and amethyst runes etched within the blade. Dashan knew for a fact that Dynamis was wielding a special sword, one passed down from ruler to ruler. The Lightning Bolt of Jupiter was not exactly a blade to be taken lightly.

Next to come out was Ruka and Gingka, the two guards carrying their weapons in their hands. Gingka was known for carrying a sword much like his own, one called the wings of pegasus. The glowed blue when they sensed trouble was nearing from the skies, while his blade sensed trouble from below. Either way, he knew this was gonna be a tough battle for his team, especially with Ruka backing the other up.

But he wasn't too worried. Despite being a randomly composed team, they were quick to figure out how to fight as a team. Koto was one for using earth shattering attacks with her hammer, something her strength as a blacksmith backed up, and it would make it easier to split Dynamis' team up. Chao Xin was a person who knew how to distract a person from their objectives with his light and psychic elemented abilities, not to mention the idea they had for their opponents. And Both him and Ninel made for a great team, having fought and trained both alongside and against each other in the past.

They knew their opponents weren't pushovers. But then again, neither were they.

"Remember, stay weary of Koto. Despite her appearance, she knows how to use that hammer to deal damage."

Rosalina nodded as she grabbed an arrow from her quiver, her hand steady as she waited on the Ryo to start the battle while she watched their opponents intently. It would be her job to keep the other team on their toes, using her archery skills to help them keep them away. She had a feeling Koto would be doing the same for her team as well, and that meant that a good part of this battle would be focused on making sure none of Koto's attacks landed.

"Hey." Rosalina paused as she looked next to her, Dynamis comforting her by placing his hand on her shoulder. "Don't be so tense. This may be a tournament, but it's also a good way to relieve tension between our teammates. We'll just do our best against them, win or lose." The paladin of electricity stated, giving a slight smile that Rosalina returned.

"I know Dynamis. It's just that I want to give this battle my all. It's the first time I've been in a tournament like this, and I want to make my first battle memorable." Rosalina admitted, and Dynamis nodded in understanding.

"If that's what you want to do, don't let me stop you. Just be careful."

"I will." Rosalina stated quietly as Ryo's voice rang out.

"Let the final battle of round one, begin!"

Ninel's team was the first to charge, not hesitating in their steps as they ran forward with Koto leading the attack. "Brace yourselves, cause I'm going all out in this fight! Time to break out my all famous Earthsplitter!" The blacksmith exclaimed as they watched her jump into the air, her hammer raised high over her head.

Rosalina jumped out of her way, watching her teammates do the same as Koto brought the hammer down to the ground. Cracks immediately begun to form in the ground, and stone debris scattered in the air as it reduced the vision of her teammates. Even with her vision reduced, she could spot the rest of Ninel's team had stayed back as Koto made the first attack, using the backlash as a distraction to get closer. So they're going for the same strategy as us then...

"Rose Jubilee!" Rosalina called out, raising her hand into the air. Rose petals began to appear, scattering around her and her teammates. It was more of a defensive illusion, on she often used confuse her opponents. However, it seemed Ninel's team was aware of the weakness of the illusion, as the others were already gathering magic in their hands.

"It's gonna take more than a simple attack like that to take us down. Our team aims to win and move on." Ninel pointed out, her hands glowing with a blackish-gold aura as she slammed them on the ground, "Black Metal Slam!"

Rosalina jumped as metal spikes appeared out of the ground, forcing her to retreat alongside Gingka, who had found himself backed against the wall by Koto. "Hey Ninel! Think you could help with this? Gingka's being a bit to agile for my tastes." Koto admitted, shattering some of the rocks in front of them. Ninel nodded as she complied, gathering more magic into her hands.

"Let's see if this will help you then. Metal Crusher!" The paladin of metal called out, bringing her hands together. Pillars of blackish-gold metal had begun to form, and both Gingka and Rosalina found themselves moving to dodge the pillars as they collapsed onto the ground.

"A move like that could really do some damage," Rosalina pointed out, before noticing her teammate in a dileama. Gingka for the most part had dodged the pillars as well, but had caught his scarf on the last two, the white fabric caught in between the two pieces of metal. A look of frustration had crossed his face as he tugged at the scarf, and Rosalina felt the urge to facepalm at the situation. I did warn him of the possibility of that happening.

"Looks like Ninel and Koto have this covered on their end. Have to say though, that is a funny scenario Gingka's going through right now."

Dynamis facepalmed at the scene in front of them, both him and Dashan watching Gingka attempting to tug his scarf out of the metal debris. The two of them had paused in their battles, Ruka having gone after Chao Xin while the paladin of electricity had gone after the metal using guard of Tempora, to watch the scene. "Rosalina did warn him that something like that would happen, but he really likes wearing a scarf." Dynamis pointed out, before attacking Dashan again with his blade, the other repelling the sword with his own.

"That's his own fault then, not his teammates. A battle is about showing one's potential, not their appearance." Dashan added as he jumped back, before gathering magic into his sword, "Metal Burst!"

Dynamis stepped out of the way as a pulse of steel magic was fired at him, some of the sharp metal catching his arm. And potential is something that Dashan has. He's one of the strongest mages alongside Ninel in terms of magic, and I've even heard that the two trained together from a young age. The paladin of electricity thought as he jumped out of the way of another attack, resulting in him landing near Ruka in the process, We're gonna need to turn the tide against these guys soon, but how? Ruka's fairy magic is weakened against steel magic.

"I think a switch up is in order here. We're a bit backed against the wall due to their attacks." Ruka pointed out, both of them jumping to avoid a light elemented attack from Chao Xin.

"Sounds like a plan. I'll help Rosalina take on Koto and Ninel, while you and Gingka keep these two from interfering with the fight." Dynamis explained, before turning to run towards the second fight. Chao Xin, who had heard the two speak, grinned.

"A switch up then. Well we can't have that on our hands." The psychic elemented mage stated as he charged towards Dynamis, only for Ruka to interfere, "You really don't give up easily do you?"

"That's just the kind of person I am. Blade of the Fay!"

"Rose Arrow Barrage!"

"Iron Barricade!"

Rosalina felt her lungs begin to burn as a barricade surrounded Ninel, her exhaustion starting to show as her arrows bounced off the metal like nothing. She had seen the paladin of steel use the defensive spell earlier, and she found out just how strong the spell was. Both her and Gingka had wasted several attacks before realizing that most of their attacks were useless against the spell. But where it was strong, there was a price. The spell could only hold for six minutes at a time, and after it was released, it would be another six minutes before Ninel could use it again. So the next attempt to attack would be in six minutes time.

The question was, could she survive that long. Her stamina was starting to wear down, and Gingka looked just as exhausted as she was. If this kept up, they would be sitting ducks before the barricade let up.

"Rosalina!"

The red haired paladin turned to see Dynamis land next to her, Gingka having gone to assist Ruka in their fights. "Looks like you're having a bit of trouble keeping up." Dynamis pointed out, extending his hand over a gash that Rosalina had gotten earlier in the battle, "Zeus' Light."

Rosalina nodded as she took a deep breath, the wound starting to close from Dynamis' healing magic. "Ninel's a lot stronger than she looks. She can use that spell of hers to bide some time and heal herself and Koto with her own healing spell, while the rest of us try to break that barricade around her. We're gonna run out of magic if we keep this up."

"What we need is a good solid strike, one to pierce the spell. Do you have enough for Divine Rose Arrow?" Dynamis asked, and Rosalina shook her head as she moved to heal the other's wounds in return, "Shoot. We're really in a bind."

"What about Grand Lightning? You mentioned you've been training to use the attack."

"Yes, but it's still not exactly perfected. I still get backlashed with damage if I'm not careful."

"I trust you can do it. Maybe we can use the defensive spell against her. Metal is a great conductor for electric elemented attacks."

Rosalina watched Dynamis think for a second, before nodding in agreement. "I can make it work. But I need you to back me up as well. We need to keep Koto back as well." Dynamis pointed out, before both of them charged at the barrier, where Koto stood waiting for them

"So you've finally decided to attack! I wasn't sure if you guys were knocked or thinking of surrendering," The blacksmith teased lightly, slamming the hammer on the ground.

"Not at all Koto! We're not a team that breaks down and thinks of giving up! We like to finish our battles in one single strike!" Rosalina called out as she prepared another arrow, dodging the stone debris in the process as she drew closer to the other fighter.

"A single arrow isn't gonna be enough to stop my team."

"Funny, who said that it was?"

Koto's eyes widened as Rosalina closed the gap between them, her arrow glowing green as it was fired. "Rose Burst!"

"Grand Lightning!"

Dynamis felt the lightning magic swirl around him as he charged towards the barricade, his sword gripped in his hands. Dashan and Chao Xin had sensed their attack, and had quickly finished up their battles with Gingka and Ruka, though Chao Xin had been knocked out in the process. This left Dashan to guard the barricade while Rosalina took out Koto, leaving just the four of them left in the battle.

"If you think we're gonna let you win, you're gonna have to do a lot more than that with your attack Dynamis!" Dashan pointed out as he raised a barrier around him and the other defense spell, just as it cracked open, "Sterling Dome!"

Dynamis noticed Rosalina jumped back as a silver barrier appeared out of thin air, this one covered in thin spikes that had extended around the barrier. He's using Sterling Dome, then using a spell to fortify that barrier. And if it's a spike based spell, he must be using his sword to power it up! It's over then... For them! "Grand Lightning!" Dynamis called out, thrusting his own blade into the barrier.

There was a crackle of magic as the electricity was channeled from the sword into the barrier, and both Dynamis and Rosalina jumped back as the barrier exploded, sending metal and magic into the air around them. As the dust cleared, Ninel was still standing, while Dashan was knocked out a few feet away. "I have a feeling this is why father warned me to be careful against steel elemented magicians. Their stamina is incredible." Dynamis pointed out as Ninel took a few steps towards them, before promptly collapsing on the arena in front of them.

"And it's over! Team Dynamis is moving on to the second round!"

Dynamis ignored Ryo call out the results as he and Rosalina went to assist Ninel. "Are you alright? I think my attack did a bit more damage than I expected it to," The Paladin of Electricity pointed out, noticing the various cuts on Ninel's arms and legs.

"Part of it was from my attack I was charging when you did that. My attack I was preparing, Alloy Change Steel Heart and Soul, has a chance for backlash and I wasn't able to disengage it in time. I wasn't expecting an attack like that to break through Dashan's defensive spell." Ninel admitted, shaking both Dynamis and Rosalina's hands, "I'm glad we had the chance to fight though. That was a great battle."

"I agree with Ninel on that one Dynamis. This was a great battle." Rosalina stated as she shook Ninel's hand in return, "I hope we get to fight again sometime."

"Thank you, and good luck with the second round."

"With the conclusion of this battle brings the conclusion of Round 1, which means it's time to see who will be facing who in the second round! Who will be fighting who in round 2? Let's find out!"

All of the teams that had made it to round two watched as slips of paper were drawn, before Ryo grinned. "And we have our battle pairings! Team Lucas will be fighting Team Emily in the first battle of round 2, while Team Dynamis will be facing off against team Aurora! Hang on tight till tomorrow folks, cause these battles are gonna be extreme!"

Yukina watched as Shiro gave her a nod, and she nodded back to him before looking over at Lucas, who had paled slightly. "Are you gonna be alright Lucas?" The paladin of wind asked, and the male gave her a slight nod as Noir walked towards them with Shiro in tow.

"Well I never thought you would be our opponent for the second round. But at least now we get to see if your words from the meeting before we true or just all talk." Noir joked, and Yukina noticed something odd as the older woman talked. Called it a hunch, but there seemed to be a less playful and slightly remorseful tone in her voice.

"Easy Noir. You might be biting off more than you can chew saying that," Shiro pointed out as he walked alongside his teammate, "I hope we can have a fair fight, Princess Yukina."

"Likewise Shiro. I'm expecting a lot out of our fight tomorrow." Yukina admitted, before lowering her voice, so that no one could hear them, "And of our meeting tonight."

Shiro nodded slightly, standing up straight as he looked over at his teammates. Out of Yukina's sight Amethysia gave a nod of approval, sensing what was to come. Can I trust you to keep her busy? To seal an alliance, one must be able to cover all angles of a situation. If you are going to reveal yourself to Yukina, I must take precautions for what's to come.

No problem, we need to catch up on stuff anyways. What are you planning?

Just something to make our little alliance against Caspian stronger. Just give me some time.

Yep, I planned for that last scene to happen! *laughs evilly* This is part of why Team Shiro had to move on!

Shiro: Well that and for what's to come in next chapter.

Wait, Shiro!? Where's Dynamis?

Shiro: He needed some rest, so he asked me to fill in. I think his exact words were that if he was woken up early, he would not hesitate to go full Hades' Curse mode on us.

*Shudders* Alright, I'll let him be. He's scary if woken up like that.

Alright, so reasons why Dynamis' team won. I was really, really torn between who would win this one. I'm naturally torn with who should win which battle, especially since I'm starting to get better at writing battles. But even if Ninel's team lost, I really wanted to show her abilities to the best that I could. Don't worry, Ninel will be seen fighting again this arc alongside the others, just not until later, with what I have planned for this arc.

So for my questions of the day, What do you think Shiro will do once he's able to talk to Yukina, and what exactly do you think Noir/Amethysia is planning in the meantime? Answers for this one will be in next chapter, but I like to hear your guys opinions on the matter as well.

And #2: What exactly do you think Hiram is planning. I can't exactly say myself, cause sometimes it's easier to just work with what you have at the moment, especially with the fact that I have to work on upcoming chapters in order to set the stage.

Shiro: *looks at story plot* You have quite a bit planned out for this arc. I'm surprised it's condensed into this many chapters. I thought it's be longer.

Well I don't want it to be too long for what's to come. Btw, people like how you're developing a person so far in this story.

Shiro: I'm flattered. *looks at plot again* hey this is new.

Oh I was inspired by a dream I had Friday afternoon when I was taking a nap. It was a random dream, but it fit so well for something like this.

Anyways, that's about it for this chapter. Next chapter is filler, cause there's stuff that needs to be revealed in order to proceed with the plot. Remember to read and review, and if there's anything you have questions on, let me know in the reviews or send me a PM. My tablet lets me know when I get messages so I'll be able to respond to you guys as quick as I can.

Until next chapter though, this is Warrior signing out. Catch ya guys on the other side of the nexus!