Chapter 6: Timing it just right - part. 1

The twins walked up toward the register to begin their match. The lady at the registration desk, talked with them and nodded every now and then; The twins would nod at times, then the lady would ask which of the two were going to fight first. Both girls looked at each other though, with a sudden burst of glee; Rui excitedly jumped up and down, asking if she could fight first. Ruby was hesitant at first but nodded anyway, knowing full well she wanted to play with someone for a while.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, thank you-thank you-thank you-thank you Ruby!" Rui shrieked with excite, then hugged her sister rather tightly followed by giggles.

"Your match will be in 10 minutes Miss R2." The lady at the desk stated, by using their alias; Ruby being R1 and Rui being R2. (Joke intended XD)

"Thank you miss register lady!~" Rui happily expressed then waved goodbye, as she trailed off to the hallway, which lead straight to the arena, of course Ruby being behind her with her arms folded against her chest.

"Rui...Please...Be careful...You know what happens when you get hurt, or let alone...cut..." Ruby reminded her twin with a strict voice, while her arms remained crossed.

"Yes, sorry...I almost forgot." Rui replied with a small pout, she leaned against a wall nearby while waiting for her match to come up. Ruby sat down beside her cross legged, rested one elbow on one knee and her other arm nested in her lap, as well her head resting in the palm of her hand, that was propped on her knee.

Eight minutes and thirty seconds had passed and it was nearly one in a half minute left, until Rui had to fight. The girls had conversed between each other during those times, playing every now and then, to lighten the mood or..break the boredom.

"Oi...Since you can't unequip your mantis claws...Please try not to use them ok...?They'd be considered weapons, since they're sharp objects. Until we get to the 200th floor...we cannot use weapons...We have to knock our opponent out, or knock'em out of the ring..." Ruby reminded once more, she stood up after hearing the announcement saying who won the match, then faced the hallway that lead out in the arena. Rui walked to her twin's side, then giggled lightly.

"I don't like killing people anyway Ruby, I just like playing!" Rui said while giggling, she twirled around and skipped to the end of the path, then waited to enter her match.

Ruby sighed, then lowered her hooded head simultaneously and unfolded her arms. She walked back over to the wall and sat with in the same position as before. The person who won the match walked passed Rui and took a quick glance at her, then averted his eyes.

The announcer mentioned "R2" and asked for her to come out onto the floor, then asked her opponent to approach the stage afterwords. Doing so, Rui playfully skipped on to the arena with countless giddy chuckles that was muffled by her mask. Her opponent stood there in shock, to see her laughing childishly.

"NOW! LET THE MATCH- BEGIIIIIINE!" After introducing herself to the fighters, she had allowed them to fight; Her name was cocco.

"HEY!..." Rui's opponent shouted for her attention; He seen her tilt her head.

"What?" Rui asked with her natural soft voice, her head still tilted to the side.

"Your name can't be based off of a game controller...What is it really...?" He asked, while keeping his distance from her for safety reasons.

"The rules stated that we may have code names, if we dislike our real names being announced in the fights.. It is of no crime to hold a fake name, in the heavens arena." Rui said with a slight serious tone, her opponent who appeared to be a man, had scoffed then turned his head away from her.

The man ran towards her with his fist, ready to strike her with one blow. Rui had dodged the man's fist easily then turned her back against him, after shoving his arm over her shoulder. She flipped him over her backside and he had fallen flat on his back, with wide eyes that blinked a couple times. Rui's cloak flew up mysteriously; Immature, muffled laughter was heard from her. She had suddenly disappeared with blinding speed and began circled the man in a playful manner. The man's head darted left and right, trying to keep up with her speed.

Though realizing she was too fast, he began panicking; He did a kick that made him spin in place, hoping he'd get her.. but failed. She was no where to be seen now, he desperately searched for her on the stage but, the stage was as spacious as it had been before they went on the floor. The idea of her possibly flying, occurred in his mind and made him peer up toward the ceiling. He nearly staggered after noticing her hovering in mid air, giggling with her head tilted.

*AAAAW! You found me!" She said, laughing with her light, soft and innocent voice; Still flying with her wings that were under her dark green cloak, which was the reason why her cloak floated.

"Wh-! Do you think this is a game?! Why are you playing and not taking this fight seriously?!" The man grew angry, due to her kiddy behavior. His eyes narrowed and his teeth got clamped into view.

"YEEEES! I love playing! It's so much better than killing people and hurting them!" She yelled so he could hear, then unexpectedly disappeared.

The man stood there, with his expression changed to that of surprise. His eyes were wide and his mouth was open due to hearing soft humming; As if a humming bird fluttered behind him. He gradually turned his head with slight shaking, then seen her hovering behind him giggling. Her arms were behind her back, she was leaned over to his face level and her face was so close to his, that it almost made him fall back on his hind end

"Don't you agree, mister...?" She nearly whispered her question but, only to have her gut kneed by the guy and the side of her face rammed, by the side of the guy's fist. It had knocked her mask off and her cloak, then sent her soaring across the stage slightly. Her long light brown locks, softly brushed down passed her face with blood rolling down her cheek, since the mask had broke and cut her.

"See?! You're too naive, to fight with the big boys!" He began laughing to himself, with his eyes closed.

A while ago, Ruby had decided to sit at the bleachers with the crowd, to watch her performance. "Oh no..Rui don't!" Ruby yelled out, leaning against the bars with her mid section bending over them, the bars restrained the crowd from falling into the arena. Illumi and his family looked over at her as if she was speaking out of turn, though with a slight interest as to what she was talking about.

The scene shown Rui sitting there on all fours with wide orbs and a slight open mouth; All emotion in her...began to fade. She slowly stood up, with those wide pink peers of hers and gradually turned towards the man.

"W-what the hell?!" He couldn't see any emotion in her at all, her face were expressionless and noticed her tilting her head to the side, with no change in her face. She flew upward once more and jerked her arms out, which made countless vines burst out from the stage and tangle the man up. The man struggled real hard to get free but, within a couple seconds, she had vanished after he glanced up in her direction.

She re-appeared in front of him, only to have him flinch with an afraid look on his face. During that instant she brought up her knee and rammed it into his stomach; He spat out blood, had it run down his mouth and recoiled, by leaning forward with his breath being knocked out of him. He got punted again by her knee, from under his chin and the force made his head face the ceiling, followed along by a spin kick that slammed down onto the man's head. Bringing it back down, she caused him to go unconscious.

"R2 STOOOOOOP!" Ruby screamed at the top of her lungs, trying so hard not to yell out her real name; She raced out after her, then sprawled her wings out so she could fly towards her. Her white cloak got brushed off and flew into the air, revealing her two pairs of wings.

Ruby's peers were wide and her mouth was open, from yelling out to her twin. Jumping over the railing, which was almost up toward the ceiling, the scene gradually went into slow motion to show that she was desperate to try and stop Rui from killing the man unconsciously. Ruby had always known Rui to be a combat machine every time she was in that state, kinda like when someone hits a bumble bee. The bee would come back with it's stinger ready without thinking, although she'd be more of a wasp than a bee, since she had hit him more than once.

Rui extended her claws and was about to butcher him senseless, until feathers had softly fallen all around her; Her sister hugged her to try and calm her down. Rui sluggishly closed her eyes and feel into a deep sleep, which made her body go limp, her head lay on her twin's shoulder and her wings go stiff.

"I told you...Why didn't you listen to me...baka~..." Ruby whispered in her sister's purple ear, then lifted her over her shoulder and carried her to the exit, though she almost fell comically due to cocco announcing the winner.

"R2 WINS BY KNOCKING OUT HER OPPONENT!" The crowd roared her name in a chant, all excited by her performance.

Some people were heard whispering amongst themselves, about them two looking inhuman. Ruby clicked her tongue with narrowed eyes but, continued her way towards the hallway. Ilumi was sort of shocked by her attacks and his family seemed a bit puzzled, yett amazed.

~An hour later~

Ruby laid her unconscious twin on a nearby couch in the waiting room with a sigh. Her eyes seemed saddened but, stoic and she had planted her hands on her hips, deciding to go sit on the floor since sitting in a chair would be... kinda hard for her, considering her large wings.