~Chapter 20: Official~
"Wind Wedge!"
Ara's voice echoes throughout the stadium, yet her barrage of spear attacks couldn't be seen. Elsword dodged the attacks until one of the spear attacks snipped a small part of his hair. Elsword slashed at Ara and kicked Ara in the stomach. She coughed out blood as Elsword threw a Cornwell forward. It soon erupt into a small frenzied storm of Cornwells, piercing Ara and locking her in one spot.
"Maelstrom Rage! Fatal Fury!"
The storm of Cornwells had worn off and Elsword took his chance to finish Ara. He released five attacks with his charged blade before he swung it, knocking Ara off her feet. He stabbed his blade down into the ground, next to her neck, however... Ara kicked her leg up. Elsword was forced to back away from her. Ara immediately got up and charge forward to Elsword.
She rammed her body against his, pushing him back slightly with the force and the weight. Ara immediately spun her spear, stabbing Elsword and switched their position. She spun on her heels and unleashed her hidden power. Like in her battle with Proto, her dark cocoa to white with tints of shaded pink. Her golden eyes were bright red, resembling Elsword's and two red lines appeared below.
Behind her, the nine tails finally appeared along with the fangs visible as she smirked. She jumped on Elsword while spinning her spear and there was a small visible image of a white tiger appearing hence its name White Tiger.
Without of her knowledge, a magic circle was visible and it was preparing for the mini Cornwells. A Cornwell was stabbed into the ground. Finally the preparation was ready.
"Rage Cutter!"
Ara gasped as the merciless Cornwells pierced her. Elsword pushed down his heel into the ground and leaped into the air. He spun around in a whirlwind, and continuously slashed Ara in mid air. Elsword was being merciless as he slammed his leg against Ara's stomach and she was thrown downward. As she made contact with the ground, she created a crater below her.
"Sword Blasting!"
"Swallow Assault!"
Elsword's Sword Blasting made contact with her as soon as the sharp metal of Elsword's blade was thrusted towards her. Following that initial attack from his blade, three Cornwells were summoned and they eached pierced Ara.
Ara ignored the tremendous pain from his attack and continued to use Swallow Assault. She pushed herself and continuously slashed Elsword from each direction. Her speed increased and her attacks also grew stronger with each slash. Ara evaded Elsword's attempt in slashing her as she was continuously piercing him with her spear while teleporting.
As Ara's speed decreased and her attacks were doing less damage. Elsword stabbed his charged up blade with flames swirling around it into the ground. Soon.. The stadium had erupt into blazing flame geysers.
"Triple Geyser! Unlimited Blade!"
Ara was knocked away and Elsword dashed towards her with an insane speed. Elsword unleashed series of deadly slashes from his blade and ended the combo with a heavy slash.. Mega Slash.
"Final Strike!"
Elsword slashed open a black hole with his Cornwell. The black hole sucked Ara in, locking her in one place. Fortunately, unlike Eve and Proto's Generate Black Hole, the black didn't do any damage. Elsword charged his blade up and he used all his remaining strength and put it into this final strike. The black hole slowly disappeared and Elsword slashed his blade across Ara. Ara was knocked into the wall of the stadium and her eyes were closed. Her spear was knocked away.
Elsword rushed up and held his blade below her neck.
"Good battle..."
"And that concludes our intense battle of a sword vs a spear! Our winner this time is... Elsword of the Red Knights! Congratulations! Also... Good job to all the participants! Hopefully, you can be the victor once you defeat Elsword of the Red Knights! Elsword, please come to the office during the next two weeks."
Elsword lowered his blade and sheathed it. Ara's eyes opened slowly, and the pain from Elsword's attacks returned in a flash. Elsword held out a hand to her with a expressionless face. Ara was surprised and she took it hesitantly.
"You were amazing. I was no match for you.."
"No... It was a close match. I could have lost to you.. In any case.. You were strong. I'd like to fight against you again sometime soon."
"Same here!"
Ara was surprised once again at Elsword's words before smiling brightly and hugged him. Elsword's eyes twitched slightly before returning her hug. Rena came running down with her light green scarf from Raven. Rena hugged Ara tightly before saying "Congratulations" to Elsword and tending to their heavy injuries.
It was a while before Eve and Chung joined them, and helped Rena tend their injuries. In a few minutes, Raven and Aisha also joined the group in tending the injuries. Despite being on a awkward relationship, Rena and Raven worked together to tend Ara's injuries. They even spoke to each other here and there, being on good terms for now. Eve slowly wrapped a bandage around Elsword's right arm, while Chung worked on bandaging his head. Elsword was silent and staring at everyone in front of him.
'Almost everyone is smiling... The atmosphere seems... Cheerful. Even that quiet Raven has a small smile on his face, but it couldn't be seen. Eve.. She's always showing more emotions around Chung, but now.. She's more open about them now. And... Wait.. What is that mark under her scarf..? A.. Hickey..?'
Both Aisha and Chung noticed Elsword's stare towards Eve. Aisha didn't know why she was feeling this certain emotion, but she felt... Mischievous..? Aisha slowly chuckled to herself, while Chung pouted slightly, feeling a small part of himself jealous and... Possessive. Eve, herself didn't notice the stare from Elsword until Chung suddenly hugged Eve from behind. Elsword's head was perfectly bandaged and Chung's arms were possessively, yet protectively wrapped around her waist.
"Eve is mine, and mine alone!"
His voice echoed in the entire stadium. Eve's face blushed bright red, but, on the inside, she felt really happy. Rena dropped the bottle of ointment and squealed along with Ara. Aisha smiled sweetly towards the loving couple while Elsword and Raven felt awkward. Eve took a deep breath and opened her mouth.
"Chung is mine, and mine alone as well!"
Rena and Ara's eyes turned into heart shapes and they immediately snapped pictures with a hidden camera. Chung grinned at Eve and hugged her tighter. Elsword looked at the image before him. He lightly smiled and everyone noticed.
"Elsword smiled!"
"Elsword! Smile again! I need to take a picture of it!"
"No."
There were complaints from Rena as she begged Elsword to smile again. Elsword ignored her, but in his mind, he wasn't. Raven covered his mouth with a hand, and hid the smile on his face. Elsword stuck out his tongue out towards Rena and focused on Aisha who's laughing happily and danced around since all of the bandaging was done.
'Is this... How friends are..? If it is.. It's not so bad...'
~Author's Note~
Woot! I finished it! :D Sorry if this chapter was a bit weird. It was hard to type on my mom's laptop. The "A" couldn't be used unless you press on it ridiculously hard. Anyways... It's almost midnight.
:) It's spring break now! I might update daily, but no guarantee. So, it'll still be every 2 days if I don't update daily. And.. Yay~ 100 reviews! Well.. 105, but eh. :3 I'll write a one shot for the 100th reviewer of any pairing. And when it's the 150th and 200th reviewer, I'll also write a one-shot of any pairing for that reviewer.
Here are my replies to meh awesome reviewers~
RubyCrusade: Rofl! If that ever happens, I'll be the first one to read it! :3 I love all of your stories! I just don't review that much.. XP And.. Bake me another cupcake soon~ :D By the way, try not to bully Elsa too much. XD Then again.. If it's you who's bullying Elsa, I love it. XD And... Elsword should enjoy the romance between him and Aisha as well! o; It's balanced? I'm amazed that the romance and battles are balanced... XD
Konjiki No Yami: Thanks for your compliment! :D And... Here comes Elsword VS Ara~ Also.. Congratulations~ You're my 100th reviewer! :D I'll write a one-shot for you if you want. :3 Any pairing you want.
Kat Neko983: :3 Of course you would. After all, my queen knows everything. XD Of course, I'll be updating almost daily because it's finally spring break! :D
Yumi-San Angel: Aww.. But Chung needs to selfish once in a while. XD I think Eve doesn't really mind the hickey as much. :3 After all.. It's a mark from Chung.
Hospes: Lol~ And your cheering helped him win. Elsword won. XD Next time, he won't be so lucky. She transformed herself, but too bad Elsword still won. I don't mind if you review twice. XD Thanks~ :D It's a miracle that I've gained 100 reviews for this story. Maybe, I'll aim for 200 reviews. Either way, i'm really happy! I promise i won't abandon this story. My other story, I won't abandon it either, but.. I won't be updating it for a while. Maybe.. If you're lucky, you can be the 150th reviewer if this story ever achieve to that goal. XD
BIAxDiA: Indeed.. A cliffhanger. ;D And... Elsword won! :3 He even gets to know the feeling of having friends around. And thanks!
Thanks for reading!
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