The tournament is only a few days away. However, tensions have already grown before the battles have even begun. Fria recently fought Ichika and did a lot of damage to himself and Byakushiki. Davis couldn't stop thinking about it as he laid in his bed and looked up at the ceiling.

"Davis, are you going to be okay?" DemiVeemon questioned.

"Yeah. I just can't stop thinking about that Fria." Davis said.

"Fria? You mean that girl you told me about who slapped you silly?" DemiVeemon said. "You're actually into that girl? I thought you still liked Kari."

"I do. Of course I still like Kari. You know that's not what I meant." Davis said.

"I know. I was just joking." DemiVeemon said.

"What she did to Ichika was so uncool." Davis said. "Not to mention she's got some real problems. She acted so smug when Chifuyu called that whole thing off, thinking she was going to win and she can beat me in the tournament."

"Sounds like she does have an attitude problem." DemiVeemon said. "So what are you going to do about her?"

"The only thing I can do." Davis said as he shot straight up. "I'm gonna beat her when the tournament comes and she won't know what hits her. She needs to learn that strength isn't everything."

"Davis? You in there?" He heard someone knock on his door.

"Houki, is that you?" Davis said as he didn't think she show up with Ichika in the infirmary.

"Yeah. Can I come in?" Houki asked, but remembered that DemiVeemon is still out.

"Just a sec!" Davis said as he grabbed DemiVeemon and stuffed him under a bed. Finding DemiVeemon would be bad, but having girls think he still sleeps with a stuffed animal would be embarrassing. "Sorry. Just sit tight. Come on in." Houki let herself in and held a tablet in her arms. "Hey, Houki. What's up?" Houki looked around and had some suspicion.

"You're not hiding a girl in here, are you?" Houki questioned with a glare.

"What?! No! Why would you even think that?" Davis said.

"I thought I heard you talking to someone." Houki said.

"That?" Davis said trying to hide himself being nervous. "I'm just a little pumped is all for the upcoming tournament."

"That better be it or else you're going to need some discipline." Houki said.

"Don't worry. Ichika gave me a warning ahead of time and that was not to get on your bad side." Davis said.

"Good." Houki said as she seemed satisfied that Davis knows his boundaries.

"Speaking of Ichika, what are you doing here? Aren't you going to pay him a visit in the infirmary or something?" Davis questioned.

"I actually went and visited him already." Houki said with some annoyance. "I thought I was going to be there alone with him, but Charlotte and Cecilia got in my way."

"Got in your way? What do you mean?" Davis questioned.

"Never mind. All you need to know is that Ichika's doing better." Houki said as she saw Davis might just as dense as Ichika.

"So is there something you need?" Davis asked.

"Actually, there was something I wanted to show you." Houki said as she placed the tablet on the table and had Davis take a look at it. It was information on Fria.

"Fria? What is all this?" Davis asked.

"I had Kanzashi do a background check on her to see what she's all about." Houki said. "When she heard Ichika got hurt because of her, she did it without even a second thought. I'm hoping this will give you an idea on how to handle her. The more you know about the enemy, the better chance you have on beating them."

"Why are you showing me this?" Davis said.

"Davis, I know you want to beat Fria more than anyone who will enter the tournament." Houki said. "I could tell that she has her sights on taking you down as well, especially how you stepped in to save Ichika like that. I want to make sure you win."

"Really? Thanks a lot, Houki. Ichika's right. You're a great friend." Davis said. Hearing him say that caused Houki to get a little happy.

'Ichika really said that about me.' Houki thought, but shook her head to snap out of it. 'No. Stay focus. Davis is going to need some help if he wants a chance against her.'

"Let's see what we got here." Davis said as he looked over some of the data. "Fria Ivankin. Says here she's the same age as I am and from Russia. That much I knew. Hang on. This seems a little interesting."

"What is it?" Houki questioned.

"It says here her father is actually a colonel general in the Russian army." Davis said.

"Is he now? I wonder if that has something to do with this obsession with strength." Houki said.

"Maybe." Davis said.

"Listen, Davis. This information isn't going to come cheap. Now that you've already taken a look at this information, you must keep your end of a deal I have." Houki said.

"A deal?" Davis questioned. "Ichika did say you were formal as well. Why do I feel like this is going to be badly for me?"

"In exchange for giving this info, you absolutely have to win." Houki said.

"That's all? I wasn't planning on it anyway." Davis said.

"I'm serious. If you do lose…." Houki said and deployed a katana from her I.S. and held it near her his head. "….you'll have me to deal with."

"Uh….got it." Davis said as he was a little nervous having a sword held to his head.

"Good." Houki said as she sent the sword away and was on her way out.

"Oh man. Are all girls crazy around here?" Davis said. Davis looked down at the info he now has on Fria. He might be the smartest, but there has to be something he can think of that he can use this with. As Houki was on her way out, she kept thinking about what she just did.

"Davis Motomiya…." Houki said. "He better win. Not just for Ichika's sake, but my own as well." As she was on her way down the hall, she spotted Lita leaning against the wall. "Lita? What are you doing here?"

"Nothing. Just hanging." Lita said. Houki decided to go with that and kept walking. "Thanks for doing that."

"Sure." Houki said. Lita wished she could help Davis, but at least she knows he has a chance in a fight against Fria.

…

Fria

Davis wasn't the only one who was looking forward to the tournament. Fria was getting herself set. She looked down at the arena in what will soon become a battlefield to her.

"It won't be long now." Fria said. "I will destroy all those who dare oppose me and that the strong shall remain." As she believed that, she thought of a man standing over her. "I must be the strongest. I must be."

…

The Next Day

There wasn't much time left before the tournament begins. Everyone and everything was almost ready for it. As for Davis, he continued to look over information that Houki gave him as e sat in the changing room.

"Fria, what makes you tic?" Davis questioned.

"Davis." Davis snapped out of his thoughts and spotted Sierra in her training attire. "We might be banned from matches until the tournament, but we can still train for it. Shouldn't we be getting some extra practice in?"

"Sorry. I just got lost in thought." Davis said.

"With how I hear you are in class, it's hard to believe you are so focused on something." Davis looked to the other side and saw Kimi and Serene as well.

"Miss Neekoso, please. He does his best." Serene said. "What are you looking at, Davis?"

"Houki managed to get some info on Fria. She thinks it would be of some help." Davis said.

"She could be right." Sierra said. "It could be beneficial to have some more info on her. Out of all those who are competing, Fria could be the most dangerous."

"What's there to know? The girl is a psycho." Kimi said.

"Some people actually prefer strategy to hotheadedness." Serene said.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Kimi said as she glared at Serene.

"Just as I said." Serene said with a smug look on her face.

"Oh yeah?! How's this for hotheadedness?!" Kimi said as she tried to punch her, but Serene took off with Kimi going after her. Davis just ignored them and kept staring at the screen.

"It does seem strange to see you analyze someone so hard." Sierra said. "You just don't seem like that type of person."

"Aw! You're right." Davis said as he put it away. "I don't know how Izzy and Ken do it. I'm making myself go crazy all this. I probably just don't want to face Houki's wrath. She's going to be pretty mad if I lose to her."

"Yes, I suppose. So let's do some las minute training." Sierra said and Davis agreed, but noticed something was wrong.

"Are you going to leave because I need to change?" Davis said and Sierr'a face turned red.

"Oh! Right. So sorry." Sierra said as she got up and left for Davis to change.

…

Ichika

Ichika was able to leave the infirmary, but he still had to wear some bandages and take some pain killers. Since he couldn't compete in the tournament, all he could really do is watch from the stands as some of the others did some training.

"Missing being part of the action?" Ichika looked to the side and spotted his sister.

"Chifuyu…" Ichika said, but got hit on the head for that.

"That's Miss Orimura, even if you aren't in my class anymore." Chifuyu said.

"Okay. Just don't make my injuries worse than they already are." Ichika said.

"I hope you're at least studying while you're watching this." Chifuyu said. "If not, get back to the infirmary and continue to get some rest."

"Come on. The nurse said I'm well enough to move around and I'll be all better by the day of the tournament." Ichika said. "Anyway, I'm sorry."

"About what?" Chifuyu questioned.

"About what happened with Fria." Ichika said. "She disgraced you. She stomped over your reputation."

"Is that what started that whole fight in the first place?" Chifuyu said. "You idiot. I don't really care for something like that. If you're referring to how I was before I became an instructor, that's all ancient history. I let that part go. So stop worrying about it. Just focus on getting better." She said and left him there. Ichika knew Chifuyu would say something like that, but he still wishes he could have been stronger.

…..

Davis

Night soon came around and Davis was ready for bed. It was a little hard for him to sleep because he was a little anxious about the tournament.

"It won't be long now." Davis said.

"Don't worry about the tournament, Davis. You're going to do great as usual." DemiVeemon said.

"Yeah." Davis said and turned off the lights. "Night, DemiVeemon."

"Good night." DemiVeemon said as they both went to sleep. Both of them slept through the night, but as they did was when some trouble came. Davis had the same dream as he did before and he woke up before he could see anything different.

'That dream again? Why do I keep having that dream?' Davis thought. It has been one strange thing after another ever since Davis first entered the academy, but this dream he keeps having is the most mysterious for he doesn't know what it means.

….

A Few Days Later

The time has finally come for the tournament and those who were entering were ready for it. Everyone gathered in the stands to watch and DemiVeemon wasn't going to miss this and see Davis in action. He was able to make his way through the arena and made it to the top. In the changing room, Davis just got finished into his training attire and was ready for this.

"This is it. I'll be counting on you, Sierra. You know can count on me, right?" Davis said.

"Right. Out of all the competitors here, there is only one we need to be weary of." Sierra said.

"Fria. I know. I'm not scared." Davis said.

"She isn't the only one you should be concerned about." Both of them took a look and spotted Rin, Cecilia, Charlotte, and Laura.

"Hey guys." Davis said.

"You've got us to deal with too. This is actually the first time they're allowing upperclassmen and lowerclassmen to face each other." Rin said.

"That's right and rest assure that we won't go down easily." Cecilia said.

"Neither will Laura and myself." Charlotte said.

"That's fine with me. By the way, where's Houki? Ichika might be out, but that doesn't mean she is. Didn't she find another partner?" Davis asked.

"Actually, without Ichika, Houki decided to drop out." Cecilia said. "She claims that it's just not the same without him."

"What is she talking about?" Davis said. "I get she and Ichika are pretty good friends, but she could still have entered. She just needed a new partner. Oh well. Her lost."

"Uh….Davis, I think you and Ichika are having trouble reading women's feelings." Sierra said.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Davis asked.

"Never mind. We should just keep our focus." Sierra said. "I'm sure Kimi and Serene will be tough competition as well since they have their own personal units."

"Speaking of which, I wonder how Lita is going to do. She was planning on entering herself, but she doesn't have her own unit." Davis said.

"I'm sure she'll do fine. Worry about yourself and your teammate." Laura said. "They should be announcing the matches for the first round soon." Laura was right as a screen appeared and revealed who was facing who.

"There we are." Sierra said as she pointed to where she and Davis was and Davis was surprised to see who they were facing.

"No way. We're already going against Rin and Cecilia in the first round." Davis said.

"So it seems. In that case, you better brace yourselves for a whole lot of pain." Rin said.

"Indeed. We won't be going easy and against the likes of us, you don't stand much of a chance." Cecilia said.

"Oh yeah? Bring it on ladies." Davis said. Then, he heard Sierra gasp. "What? I wasn't threating them. I didn't say anything I shouldn't have."

"It's not that. Look who we might go against in the second round." Davis said. Davis looked over and was surprised himself. Lita saw the matches as well and she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

'What the hell are they thinking with this? Even if it was by random, they can't be serious.' Lita thought for if Davis and Sierra does win against Cecilia and Rin, there's a chance he has to face Lita who is partnered with Fria.

…..

Davis: I can't believe Lita got partnered with Fria of all people. I'm also going to face them now. Still, I need to get past Cecilia and Rin first. It won't be easy. These two are a pretty good team and they are more experienced then I am. That won't stop me. I'm not stopping until I have the chance to face Fria and bring her down.

Next time: Tears and Shenlong

I'm not going easy because they're girls. Watch out because this pilot is flying.