The first round of the tournament went well without a hitch. Everyone was excited to watch the second round. Meanwhile, someone was roaming around the academy. It was a girl wearing moss green platform shoes with a mini dress that went down to her thighs with a scaly design and wore green armbands. She had peach colored hair and was walking around like she was a wondering child.

"Ooh! Sounds like there's a lot of fun going on around here. I can't wait to check it out." She might seem like an innocent young woman, but there's always more than what meets the eyes.

….

The Changing Room

'Okay. Focus, Lita.' Lita thought as she looked herself in the mirror. 'I hate my partner and I actually wish I didn't have to fight Davis, but there's really nothing else I can do.'

"Lita." Lita closed her locker and saw Serene.

"Serene, you better not give me stuff about how Davis is going to win or whatever. I have to treat him with some respect and give it my all." Lita said.

"No. It's not that." Serene said. "I just want you to be careful out there. I know that Davis and Sierra won't he holding back, but my biggest concern for you is Fria. There's no telling what that witch might do to you even if you are her partner."

"Thanks." Lita said. She's aware of what she's getting into, but she came here to compete and win. No matter the circumstances, she's going to fight.

…..

Kimi

"Damn. Going to the bathroom is hard in these things." Kimi said as she finished going to the bathroom in her training attire. "I better hurry back. I don't want to miss Davis kick that Russian's butt." She was about to exit the stall, but she saw Fria over by the sink and splashing some water over her face. Kimi was doing her best to keep herself hidden. Fria looked right in her mirror and was trying to keep her focus.

"You must win, Fria. You must." Fria told herself. "You must be the strongest. You must. Father says that you must be strong in order to survive."

'Her father?' Kimi questioned. She took a closer look at Fria and saw she was shaking a little. Fria was remembering some hard times in her life.

….

Flashback

"Ever since I learned how to walk and talk, my father has been nothing, but strict." Fria narrated. She was only about five years old, but she was already working on her body. She was doing pushups and it was all painful for her.

"Keep going!" Her father ordered. Fria wanted to cry as he arms were hurting. "I don't wish to see tears."

"Papa….it hurts." Fria whimpered, but all he did was stomp on the ground.

"If it hurts, it means you are weak and no daughter of mine will be weak." Her father said. "You are Russian army blood. You must be strong. The strong survive and the weak die. That is the way of the world. Now give me another set."

"Father was a colonel general in the Russian army." Fria narrated. "He believes not in weakness and he continuously pushed my body to make me strong." Fria ran through a series of obstacles, but her body was hurting. She tripped and fell with her getting dirty.

"Fria, up!" Her father demanded and she tried to get back up. "Fria, is anything broken?"

"No..." Fria said.

"Then why are you laying there. Keep going!" Her father ordered. Fria fought through the pain and continued to run, but it was all too much for her with such a small and young body.

"People saw how father acted around me, but they were all too afraid to do or say anything about it." Fria narrated as she remembered the humiliating and awful things her father did even when they were in public. "It soon reached to the point where my father truly tested myself." Fria remembered a couple years later that it was the cold harshness of winter, but Fria and her father were outdoors. Her father was bundled up, but Fria was freezing as she only wore rags.

"This will be your ultimate test of your strength." Fria's father said. "You will try to survive hear for one whole month. Hopefully, it will rid you of all your weakness. You will return to this spot after that month. If you survive, it will prove you are strong. If you die here, so be it." He turned around and left her there. Fria wanted to go after him, but she knew he would just throw her back.

"I had to survive in the woods during the harsh winter." Fria narrated. "No mere child would have survived out there for a week, let alone a month." Fria tried her best to stay warm, but it was hard. Fria whimpered in the night and was in so much pain and cold. She heard a growling sound and saw a wolf coming her way and it was ready to feast on her. "I believed I was going to die there, but I surprised myself." The snow was stained red in blood, but it wasn't the blood of Fria. It was the wolf's. Fria stood over the wolf with her hands stained in blood as well. "Father's training actually came through for me and seeing that dead wolf made me realize that he was right. The strong survive and the weak fall." She turned that wolf into a cloak for her to stay warm and Fria was able to last a whole month there.

End of Flashback

…

"Father says that if you are not strong, you will die. I must remain as the strongest so I can live. I must." Fria said. She could still feel herself shaking, but she grabbed a hold of herself. "Stop it. Fear shows weakness. If you still have weakness, hide it all away. You must be strong like father says." Kimi heard the whole story and she couldn't believe Fria went through all that. She actually felt sorry for her.

…

The Changing Room

The next match was about to begin and it was the one Ichika and the others were waiting for. This is the one where Davis and Sierra face Lita and Fria. Kimi found the others and made it to them, but she couldn't stop thinking about what she heard.

"There you are, Kimi. It's about to start." Laura said, but she and the others noticed that something was wrong.

"Kimi, is something wrong?" Serene asked.

"It's Fria." Kimi said.

"Fria, again? What did she do now?" Charlotte asked.

"Nothing. It's just….I heard Fria in the bathroom earlier." Kimi said. "I think she's dealing with a lot more pressure than we thought." That was when Kimi told them what she heard and they all felt sympathetic for her. They couldn't believe anyone could live like that. That kind of life could scar anyone.

"So she desires strength because of her life?" Laura said. Laura looked to the video and kept her eye on Fria because Laura can actually relate to her.

…..

The Arena

Davis and Sierra were ready to face Fria and Lita. This was the match was the one Davis was looking forward to and refuses to lose to her. Fria was feeling the same about Davis.

"I can't believe I actually get to face you. This won't take long." Fria said.

"Don't be so sure. I'm not going down so easily. I refuse to lose to you." Davis said.

"Davis, you must keep your composure." Sierra said. "If you're too angry or upset, it will affect your judgement and it will be used against you."

"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing." Davis said as the clock began to tick down. Both sides were ready for this and the clock reached zero. Once that happened, Davis and Fria charged right at each other. Both of them brought out their weapons and slammed them against each other and tried to push the other back. Sierra flew up into the air and tried to get a good shot at Fria.

"No you don't." Lita said as she flew at Sierra. She swung her sword, but Sierra was able to avoid each of her attacks.

"Just look at Lita out there. She doesn't like Fria, but she's still trying to win." Ichika said.

"She's just trying to make the best of what she got. I tried the same when I was partnered with Laura." Houki said.

"Still, Fria is tough and dangerous. Do you think Davis and Sierra will be okay?" Rin asked.

"I sure hope so." Cecilia said. Davis and Fria pulled back from each other and kept this fight going. Fria opened up the crafts on her shoulders and started to open fire on Davis, but Davis was moving away. Fria fired the two grapples, but instead of going around Davis, they wrapped around Lita and tossed her away.

"What are you doing?!" Lita said.

"I don't need help from anyone." Fria said as she flew at the two of them.

"Was Fria helping Lita?" Ichika said.

"No. Fria just thinks that Lita is in the way." Rin said. Fria kept her focus on Davis and kept swinging her halberd at him, but Davis blocked each of his attacks. Fria held out her arm and used the A.I.C. and had Davis trapped.

"Not this thing again." Davis said as he couldn't move.

"Are you forgetting that there's more than one of us?" Sierra said as she flew over them and opened fire with her railgun, but Fria moved out of the way and freed Davis. Fria moved up to her and swung her halberd at her and she got hit hard.

"Sierra!" Davis shouted.

"Sorry about this, Davis." Lita said as she charged right at him, but Davis was blocking each one of her attacks as well. While they were busy, Fria unlocked her cannon and fired with both of them getting hit and blown back.

"Damn her. She even attacks her own teammate." Davis said.

….

Chifuyu

"It seems that Miss Ivankin is capable of fighting off multiple enemies." Maya said.

"That be good if she was fighting alone, but she doesn't seem to know the advantage of having another on your team." Chifuyu said. "She's just like how Bodewig was and that's going to be her down fall."

"You really think so?" Maya questioned. "She appears more than capable of holding her own against them. She even gave Orimura a hard time."

"Just wait and see." Chifuyu said.

…

The Arena

"Davis, are you hurt?" Sierra asked.

"No, but that girl is getting on my last nerves." Davis said. "Sierra, I think it's time to put in our little plan into action. If we can get Lita out of the way, Fria will be force to fight us alone. She obviously doesn't know how to work with others." While those two were talking, Lita and Fria were waiting.

"Hey! I don't like this partnership any more than you do, but will you stop treating me like the enemy?" Lita said.

"You're simply in the way. You're only a necessary for this, but I made no promises of collateral damage." Fria said.

"You really are a psycho." Lita said.

"Enough of this." Fria said and went in on her own. "I will not wait for the enemy to attack!" She attacked both of them with her halberd when she got close enough, but they both separated. 'If I go for the other one, Motomiya will have no one to help him. I can use the A.I.C. to trap him and finish him.' She thought and went to attack Sierra. She swung her Halberd at her, but Sierra was able to block it. How she blocked it surprised everyone as she was able to use Davis' sword. "The Sutapisa?!"

"She's using Davis' sword?" Lita said.

"Lita!" Davis called out and got her attention. She saw Davis had Sierra's rifle and he took aim with it.

'That's Sierra's rifle! They must have switched weapons just before Fria charged them.' Lita thought. 'They unlocked both of their weapons to utilize the other. An effective team.'

"Sorry, but I'm winning this, Lita." Davis said and fired at Lita. He fired a few rounds at her. Lita took some damage earlier so her shields couldn't hold out any longer. Once Lita lost the last of her shield energy, her unit stopped moving.

"Yay, Davis! That's one down and one to go." DemiVeemon said.

"No." Lita said. She may not have liked the team, but she still didn't want to lose. Davis heard a crashing sound and saw Sierra was pushed down. Davis hurried over to her and helped her up.

"Sierra, are you okay?" Davis asked.

"Si. You don't need to worry about me." Sierra said. Fria landed down and she was ready to face both of them.

"Lita's taken care of. That just leaves her." Davis said.

"I have no need for a partner. I can handle the both of you myself." Fria said.

"Here. Take your weapon back, Sierra." Davis said as the two of them switched their weapons back. "Thanks for letting me use it, but I want to use my own weapons against her."

"Of course." Sierra said. "I'll let you handle this, but I'm here if you need me." Davis and Fria glared at each other as they wanted to settle this here and now. Ichika and the others were anxious to see this match.

'I must win. I will win. I must win in order to survive in this world.' Fria thought.

"Get ready. Here I come." Davis said and both of them were getting ready. Both of them charged right each other with their weapons and were ready to end this little fight. Just before they made contact, the mystery girl dove between them and got them to call of their attacks.

"What?!" Fria said.

"Who are you?" Davis said. Everyone was wondering the same thing.

"Who is that girl?" Ichika said.

"I don't know. I don't think she even goes here." Houki said.

…

Chifuyu

What's going on? Who is that young lady?" Maya questioned. Chifuyu was just as surprised and confused as everyone else.

"I don't know. How did she even get pass the barrier without setting off an alarm?" Chifuyu said.

…..

The Changing Room

"What's going on out there?" Serene questioned.

"I'm not sure. Does anyone even know who she is?" Kimi asked.

"I don't think she even goes to this academy." Charlotte said.

"She doesn't. She's not in uniform and I have not seen her around here before." Laura said.

…..

The Arena

"Ooh!" The mystery girl said as she looked around like she was at an amusement park. "This place looks like so much fun." She looked around and soon spotted Davis. "Wow! You're actually a male pilot! You and one other exist."

"Uh….thanks, but you really shouldn't be here. Wait your turn like everyone else." Davis said.

"Davis, I don't think she even attends this academy." Sierra said.

"She's right. This place seems too uptight." The girl said. "The battles do look fun, but that's about it." Fria was getting irritated and held the halberd behind her.

"I won't allow you to interfere in my battle. Now stand aside, whelp." Fria said.

"Bu I just got here. It looks like so much fun." The girl said, but Fria just got even more annoyed.

"I said stand aside!" Fria said and was about to swing down on her, but she raised her hand and caught it without even turning around. "What?!"

"The hell?!" Ichika said.

"She blocked an I.S.?!" Cecilia said.

"With her bare hand?!" Rin said.

"No way! How'd she do that?!" Davis said.

"I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this." Sierra said.

"I thought you would be more fun, but you're not." The girl said. She pushed the halberd away and jumped so she could kick Fria in the gut. That one kick had a lot of force behind it as Fria was slammed right against the wall.

"Who the hell are you?!" Davis said.

"You can call me Harina, but enough about me." The girl said and she suddenly appeared right behind Davis hanging on Dragonic Heaven. "Let's have a look at you and that I.S. of yours." Davis was surprised to see her behind him so quickly. "It feels nice, doesn't it?" She slid her hand by Davis' neck. Davis got the shivers and shook her off him as he freaked.

"Davis, what's wrong?" Lita said.

"Her hands felt like ice. Who or what is she?!" Davis said. Harina might have an innocent smile that looks like it belongs to a child, but behind that smile is something frightening.

…

Davis: That Harina girl is seriously messed up. She acts like she's a little kid, but that alone isn't weird or creepy. Her I.S. is as well. Then, this other pilot shows up and she appears to be just as bad as Harina. I don't know what's going around here, but I can already tell that it isn't good at all.

Next time: Snake in the I.S.

Some people might think the little girl act is cute, but it's not so much with this Harina.