The morning of the first rounds of the Vytal Festival Tournament, Kris and Cheyenne were off getting their weapons ready while Kagami was taking a shower. Elise, with her rifle on her back and ready for the match, was glaring at the door to the bathroom. It was bothering on how her leader was acting different. Something was greatly distressing her, yet she would not speak about. Elise hated that.
"Come on..." She rested her elbows on her thighs, hands holding under her chin as she narrowed her eyes. "I know there is something bothering you, you stupid head." She grumbled. After a moment, she leaned backwards and sighed deeply. Her head trailed upward, towards the top mattress in their stack of beds. "You know, if you won't tell me, I guess I could figure it out myself."
She quickly glanced around, making sure no one was looking, checking the bathroom door several times before she started to climb up the stack of beds.
Once ontop, she slowly slid her hand underneath the pillow, pulling out Kagami's book. She ran her finger across the green leather, glancing once more at the bathroom door. She could still hear water running.
Elise took a deep breath, looking back down at the book. There was a rule Kagami set into place when she wanted to read her writings: she could not read it alone. Rules were meant to be broken in times of importance though.
"Okay, better make this quick." She mumbled to herself, quickly opening the book and flipping through the old pages to find the last one with words on it. "Here we go." She softly smiled, putting a finger on the first word as she started to read. She needed to know what was bothering Kagami, even if that meant breaking the one rule she was told to follow.
Who would have even thought
That the friends I've long sought
Would be the sole reason
I'm losing faith in those named Eason
From one committing treason
Betrayal is a mind bending thing
That leaves an everylasting sting
Of pain and disappointment
While I lose all enjoyment
Who could I even tell
Of this wicked spell
That leaves me so empty
And brings forth insanity
Betrayal came with what she had to say
To let them kidnap and take me away
Yet still I cannot comprehend
That someone I called my friend
That someone on my team
Is working with the enemy
Elise stared at the page for several seconds before she slowly leaned back a bit. she couldn't even think of any words to say. Her mind was even blank. Of course, she knew it had to do with the time Kagami was taken, but she did not know why. No wonder she had been so distant and quiet, someone here had been the reason for her capture and she was probably afeaid of one of them calling her crazy for saying someone at this shool had done something like this. She probably thought that Ozpin wouldn't even believe her.
Taking a deep breath, she quickly slammed the book shut and shoved it back underneath the pillow before jumping off the bed and back down onto the ground. She stood back up, pacing back and forth across the floor with her arms crossed.
"Who could it have been..." She trailed off, whispering to herself. It took her a minute of pacing before she froze in place, her head snapping upward. "...Kris..." She mumbled so silently that she could barely hear herself speak. She knew she hadn't done it, and Cheyenne was far too nice and good to do any harm to anyone, Kris though, Kris was a reckless little girl from a rich family, a rich and corrupt family.
Her brows quickly furrowed as she glared out the window. She couldn't exactly tell anyone, Kagami would murder her is she knew she read her book without knowing. Plus, there was no evidence about Kris being a trator at the moment. It did make sense though. When Kris disappeared the time they broke into the old factory to save Kagani, she came back empty handed. It was like she was not even trying to find her kidnapped teammate. But to state this to Ozpin, she would be setting herself up to make her look like a fool. There was no solid truth in it all.
She simply sighed, lowering her head down as she heard the water being shut off in the bathroom. If Kagami could stay silent about it, then so could she. She just had to pretend to stand Kris. She softly smiled at that, letting her arms drop down. She had to pretend to stand the small red head when they first became a team, she just had to do that again. All she needed to do was find was proof, and help Kagami through all this too.
Though, when the time came when she could, Elise was going to strangle Kris for hurting her.
"I can't believe we're about to enter our first match in the tournament." Cheyenne mumbled with wide eyes as she and her teammates stood in the entrance part of their side of the arena. "This is madness."
"It is going to be pretty cool." Elise couldn't hide her smile, no matter how angered she was at Kris. She was about to fight in the most epic battle ever told. "It's going to be beyond cool. The Vytal Festival Tournament, guys..." Her eyes widened up at the arena, eyes trailing up to the stands of people.
"You ready for this?" The deer Faunus looked back at Kris with a smile.
The red head nodded, folded up wood with straps on her back, her weapons underneath it. "I'm ready to kick some butt." She chuckled softly, reaching back to tap the wood. "And I'm sure as hell ready to use this."
"Elise was smart to make that." She reached over, nudging the young farm girl. "You have some really good hand skills. I could use some of that when I make things."
Elise shrugged back. "Maybe." She looked back at her team leader. "You doing alright?"
"Yeah..." Kagami slowly nodded, eyes still widened at the large sum of people in the stands. "I just... never seen so many people in one place at once. They're really loud too."
Kris couldn't help but smile, laughing ever so slightly. "Don't worry, once your adrenaline starts going, you won't even know they are there."
"Right..." Her head moved in a very slow nod. "I sure hope so." She took a deep breath, glancing down at her knees. "We definitely got this though." She cracked a smile, unwrapping and rewrapping the cloth around her knees to make sure they were compressed enough. "It's time to win this." As she straightened her back, Oobleck and Port started to talk in the announcer box up above.
"And here we are once again," Oobleck spoke as fast as always, taking a long sip of coffee as he spoke into the microphone. "It is time for the next match, and after the last round, it is going to be rather difficult to top that with those amazing archers, don't you think, Peter?"
"Ah, yes." Port nodded, his bushy eyebrows raising up just a bit. "Team ARRW is a rather impressive team. It's going to take a lot for our next contestants to outshine them."
"Enough talk about past rounds though," The green haired teacher leaned his arms onto the table. "It's time for the next match!" The ground immediately started to roar, cries of cheers all over.
"Indeed!" Port clasped his hands together. "We have a wonderful show for you right now. We have two first year teams going head to head. First, we have team MACE from Beacon!"
"Well," Kagami patted Elise on the back as she started to walk forward, her team following behind her as they stepped into the arena floor and walked towards the center. "It's now or never."
"And on their opponents," Oobleck's voice filled with excitement, the way announcers should sound. "Team MVVV from Haven!"
The crowed roared louder as Maya and the three Varken brothers started to step out and walk towards the center floor.
"So much for a low possibility." Prac mumbled, arms crossed as he looked around at the crowed.
Fid nodded, a small grin forming. "It seems chance was with us."
"I would think it was against us since we have to fight them." Fif glanced back at Maya.
She simply smiled at them as she ceased her walk in the middle platform. Her eyes locked with her twin sister. "I hope you know that just because we're friends, doesn't mean I'm going to let you win."
"And I hope you already know we have won." Elise grinned back, pointing at herself. "We've already chosen to bring home victory for Vale. We're going to be so famous, mama will even hear stories about our matches."
"The only stories told about you," Prac stretched his arms out.
Fid doing the same with his hands. "Will be about your loss,"
"And how completely brutal it was." Fif chuckled softly.
The brunet grumbled softly, crossing her arms and sticking her tongue out as the randomization for the grounds started up. Her grumbled only turned into a groan at the two which it had landed on: a volcano and an open beach with water.
"Well." Cheyenne blinked several times. "We just got put in a home field advantage that was definitely not for us."
Prac started to grin, looking at both places which had stone.
Fid was staring at the lava, a wicked smile forming as his fingers stretched.
Fif simply chuckled, watching the crystal blue water on the opposite side.
"You were saying?" Maya smiled, fixing her beanie before she let her arms fall. "You were going to win?"
"Yeaaah..." Elise quickly looked back at Kagami. "Do you have a plan?"
"Uh, give me a minute." She mumbled back.
"And here we go!" Oobleck took another sip of his coffee. "In three, two, one... begin!"
"Kagami!" Elise looked between the team before looking back at her leader. "Please say you have a plan!"
"Okay, okay." She quickly nodded, taking a step back. "It's the best plan ever. Think of it as a trump card." She took a deep breath, turning on her heels and bolting away. "I say we run! Until we think of something else!"
Elise blinked a few times before shrugging and running after her. Cheyenne quickly did the same as the opposing team charged at them.
"Guys that's not..." Kris groaned, eyes widening at Maya and the Varken brothers before she followed her team and rushed away.
Maya grinned, looking back a Fif. "You know where you go." She nudged her head over towards the water. The middle Varken brother nodded, his large body flexing under his clothes as he ran towards that side of the arena. She then looked over at Fid. "You and me," She pointed between the two of them. "I hope you like heat." As he grinned over at her, she looked up at Prac. "You," She waved her hands around. "Go everywhere. Just get their leader out first and split them up."
"On it." Prac nodded, heading straight for the group of four girls.
"Kagami!" Cheyenne shouted, ducking down below a rock to dodge a stone going over her head. "We are all waiting!"
"Well I'm still thinking!" She snapped back, her adrenaline overshadowing the thoughts that Cheyenne was a trator. "And I really have no idea!"
"This is really bad..." Kris munbled, peeking around a rock before it started to rise up. "Shoot." She muttered, jumping out of the way as it came crashing down, shattering into several pieces and flying off.
"Okay, okay." Kagami waved her hands in defense, looking around. "All I know is we can't be separated. If we are, then we're scre-" She stopped herself, seeing the ground below her teammates start to shake and crack.
"Damn it..." Elise muttered, her shoulders dropping down as she looked up at Kagami. A moment later, she was hurled through the air towards the volcano. She hit the ground, grunting heavily. "Ow." She reached up, rubbing her head. She then grunted again, Cheyenne landing directly ontop of her.
On the other side of the arena, Kris was letting out a high pitched scream seconds before she was swallowed up by a large splash of water.
Kagami sighed, arms dropping down as she looked up at Prac. "You know, throwing ladies is not very nice." She reached up, drawing her sword.
"No offense," He gave a generous smile. "But I highly consider you for to be lady like."
She flashed a grin, lowering her body to a better center of gravity. "None taken."
Kris gasped deeply, taking in all the air she could as she popped her head out of the water. "For the love of Oum..." She mumbled, looking around for Fif. Seeing no one in her line of sight, she grinded her teeth together in a groan. "Come on..."
Down below her kicking feet, Fif was grinning as he kept his body below the water. He let out some bubbles from his mouth, pulling his hands back and together.
On the surface, Kris was still rapidly looking around. She then blinked, seeing a few bubbles burst next to her. Her eyes widened and with out so much as a second thought, she pushed herself away and went straight for the nearest ground.
Mere seconds after she moved, the water where she was shot up high into the air. She took several deep breaths, stumbling up onto the dry sand which covered up her knees. "Good thing you moved..." She muttered to herself. She then yelped, a hand made of water grasping her ankle. As it started to drag her back into the water, she drew her weapon. Instead of slashing at it though, she tossed the curved edge attached to the chain aside, letting it dig deep into the ground. She pressed the button, the chain tensing as it tried to pull her free.
"You know," Fif slowly emerged from the water, his left hand open and towards the water limb. "People usually try to slice water. It never really works though."
"Well I like thinking outside of the box." She grinned a bit and with one hand, kept her grip on her weapon to keep her still as the other reached up to unbuckle the wood on her back. "I think you'll like this."
He raised an eyebrow before his eyes narrowed, the water pulling harder on Kris' leg.
Meanwhile, Cheyenne struggled to dodge between fireballs that shot in every direction towards her. She gritted her teeth, sliding down behind a black stone. With a deep breath, she quickly morphed her Atlas rifle into its second blasting mode. She knew she couldn't dodge forever, but she also knew she was faster than Fid. She looked up, eyes narrowing at an edge of the volcano that would be a perfect position for a sniper.
"Come out, come out where ever you are." Fid mumbled, looking all around as he stalked forward. In his hands were dancing flames. He head sudden snapped back, seeing a blur of light brown and white bolt upward. He quickly shifted his body, his right arm flying forward.
Cheyenne ducked, the fire barely gliding across the top of her head. "Jeez..." She gulped, jumping to the right to dodge another blast. She took a deep breath, reaching up with both hands as she pulled herself onto the rock ledge. Immediately, she pulled her weapon from her back and took aim. There was no time to lose.
On the same side, Elise gave a very heavy grunt, her back slamming into the ground as wind pushed her down. It was nearly impossible for her to move. Her jaw tightened as she opened one eye. This was completely unfair.
Maya smiled, pausing her winds as she jumped up into the air. She raised her hands above her head, a ball of high speed wind forming.
Elise's eyes widened as she rolled over onto her side. She pushed herself up, feeling an impact of wind behind her that sent her forward and flying away. "This isn't fair!" She shouted, tumbling on the ground just a bit before she skidded to a stop and pushed herself up. She brushed some dirt from her cheek off, eyes narrowing. "Really unfair."
Kagami groaned softly, looking up at the board that showcher teammates losing aura faster than anyone on team MVVV. Her head snapped back to Prac again, slicing her sword through the air to cut a stone in half. It split, each separate piece going to either side of her.
"You really aren't that bad." The eldest Varken brother nodded, his fist coated in a thick layer of earth. "But you and your team have no chance of winning. My brothers and I were born into the world of nature. There is no way to stop us or even Maya while were are in our element."
Kagami blinked a few times, suddenly a small smile forming.
He tilted his head, eyebrows raising. "Why are you smiling?"
"Well," She smiled some more. "I now how a plan from what you said. You're right. We really can't beat you when you're in your element."
He blinked back, his brows quickly rising before he stomped on the ground, a large piece of rock coming up from the earth and floating. He now realized his mistake. "You won't get a chance to tell them!" He shouted, jumping and kicking the earth towards Kagami.
She twirled her sword a bit, running straight towards it. "Try me."
Fif started to blink a little, seeing the wooden device Kris had takem off gain a faint green glow to it. "What... is that?" His eyebrows raised.
Kris gritted her teeth, clutching her weapon tight as she held out her hand. Her eyes narrowed up at him.
"Huh?" He let out. His eyes then quickly shot wide at the sight of what happened in the next second.
The square block of folded up wood slowly started to unfold. The first thing visible was a torso filled with bolts. Next, shoulders and biceps came out as did hips and thighs. Then, with the sound of gears creaking and wood rubbing up against each other, forearms and fingers appeared and shins and toes soon followed suit. It stood up, its life like back straightening upward. In a split second, a fist had formed, the green glow around the wood growing brighter before it sent its arm forward. It collided with Fif's face, sending him stumbling back.
With his mind distracted, the water trying to pull Kris into the depths released its grip. She let out a heavy gasp of relief, her body relaxing onto the sand. Her face hit it, her wet hair sticking fo her face. "Damn..." She panted, the wooden and life size figure losing its glow and dropping down. She pushed herself up to her hands and knees, shaking her head a bit. She shook her head, pushing herself away to dodge of stream of water.
"Not half bad." Fif mumbled, moving his jaw around. "That actually really stung." His eyes narrowed down at Kris. "This will be fun."
Up from the stone ledge on the volcano, Cheyenne took a deep breath. Her first blast hit one of Fid's, both sending off an explosive shock wave. The next two shots, Fid's was forced to block with two of his own fireballs. As he went to light his hands up again, Cheyenne quickly aimed right for his chest, slowly squeezing the trigger with steady breathing.
As the blast struck him, he grunted. His arms went up to block his chest, his feet digging deep into the black and rocky ground. He shook his head once the smoke cleared, coughing up a few puffs of smoke from his lungs himself. He simply nodded, rolling his wrist around.
While Kris and Cheyenne both seemed to have a second of luck in hitting their opponent, Elise was having none of the sorts. She was being tossed left and right by the winds, her darts curving direction each time she tried to shoot one. At the moment, she was between a rock and a hard place without a way to fight back.
"Damn iiittt." Elise groaned out, standing back up straight. She was waving back and forth, not of her own free will though. The winds around her wouldn't give up for even a second. She took a deep breath, her eyes half shut as she tried to look around. If the four of them didn't come up with a plan soon, they would be toast. As she stepped backwards, she glanced over towards the line between both environments. There, she saw Kagami.
He jade haired girl was being forced to be quick on her feet, dodging and ducking between rocks or slicing them apart. She wasn't making much distance towards Elise, if not any at all. She needed to get past Prac's defenses, and that seemed nearly impossible.
"Are you just going to keep on running?" Prac called out, tossing a large rock straight towards her.
She took a deep breath, bracing herself on the ground before jumping over the devris hurtling at her. He was right. All she had been doing was trying to avoid him the best she could. Her jaw clenched as she took a deep breath. That right there was getting her nowhere. So, she sheathed her sword, suddenly darting straight at him.
His eyebrows raised slightly, his head tilting the to side a bite. Even he wasn't expecting something like this. He brushed it off as quick as he could, bringing up more ground from the ground and tossing it at her. Like before, she dodged between each with ease, but this time, she was charging right at him.
"What are you even doing!?" He shouted, grunting with each rock he tossed.
"I'm taking your words!" She shouted back. "You say I keep running away, well how about I run forward and right at you!"
He gave an amused smile with a nod before he reached down with both hands, bringing up a piece of earth from the ground twice his size. He chucked it right at her, grunting heavily as his feet imprinted onto the ground.
For a few second, the large rock blocked Prac's veiw of Kagami. He let several small pebbles roll around in his palms. His eyes were locked on either side of the rock. "Come on... which side are you coming out of..." When the rock simply struck the ground and Kagami didn't appear, he let his arms fall a bit. Cautiously, he stepped towards the stone, walking around it. When he came to the back and still saw no sight of the girl, his eyebrows raised. "Huh?"
"Thanks for making me a way!" Kagami shouted, jumping out from the other side of the rock and bolting away. She had hit behind the rock the whole time, moving around it just as Prac did.
He groaned softly, charging after her with heavy footsteps. "Get back here!"
Kagami completely ignored him, running straight at Maya. The girl with the beanie glanced back, her winds lightening up around Elise. She quickly turned around, holding out her hands towards Kagami. With heavy panting, Elise didn't spare a second of her time before she jumped up, swinging her rifle around like a bat and hitting Maya in the side.
"That's for all that damn wind! My ears are freezing!" Elise snapped, watching the girl she struck fly several feet away.
Kagami skidded to a stop in front of her, panting softly. "Listen." She glanced back at Prac who was charging. "I have a plan, but it's going to drain a good amount of your aura and make you really tired. You up for it?"
The brunet nodded quickly, clutching her weapon tight. "I trust you. Just tell me what to do."
"Hey!" Prac looked over at Maya for a second. "You alright, Maya?!" When he saw her hold up a thumb, he softly grinned before looking back at the girl with jade hair. "Now you! Get back here!"
Kagamo gritted her teeth, looking back up at him before patting Elise's shoulder. "You got it?c She barely had time to explain her insane idea for a plan.
"I'm good." She nodded before running away. "Just do your part!"
"No problem!" She gave her a two finger salute before she jumped back, just barely missing a stone covered fist. "Okay! Too close for comfort!" She stumbled back before turning and sprinting. "Catch me if you can big guy!"
With heavy panting, like an aninal who had just finished running a mile in the winter, he snarled and darted right after her. "I will!"
With heavy breathing, Elise hid behind a bolder and crouched down. "Okay... okay... you got this Elise. You got this." She shut her eyes, inhaling as deep as she could as she steadied her breathing. Ignoring all the screaming and shouting around her, she felt her heat beat slow down to a rest. No matter what, she was a hunter, and calming her nerves was her thing.
A cloud of smoke slowly formed around her, in casing her body. When Maya saw this, she sent a heavy wind right at it. But as the smoke cleared, there was absolutely nothing there.
Kris grunted, a fist of ice crashing into her chest. She grunted, stumbling backwards as the wind was knocked out of her. She coughed heavily, looking up at the large beast of a man walking towards her with ice shards all around.
"I apologies if I hurt you." Fif said sincerely, creating a large ball made of ice and swirling water.
"Hell..." Kris panted put, her shoulders dropping as her eyes widened.
Just before he could follow through with his blow, Elise suddenly locked herself onto his back, her arm wrapped around his neck. "Hey! Kris!" The brunet and the redhead's eyes locked. For a moment, Elise paused. This girl was the reason why Kagami was hurting. She shook it off, eyes narrowing. It didn't matter. She was in the middle of a fight. "Head over to the other side!" She shouted, vanishing in a cloud of smoke.
Kris blinked rapidly, picking up the wooden dummy and strapping it to her back, running straight towards the volcano side of the arena.
On the ledge that Cheyenne was standing on, she was gritting her teeth. She may be a shooter, but she wasn't that fast of one when fire was being shot at her. She suddenly yelped, jerking up to her feet as Elise and Fif landed next to her.
With insanely rapid breathing, Elise shoved the youngest Varken brother off the ledge. "Get to the water..." She let out with raspy breaths before jumping down straight at Fid.
Stunned with what had just happened, Fid ceased his fire. With the moment of opportunity, Elise jumped right into him and held him tight. "Come on big guy!"
Cheyenne skidded down the rocky edge of the volcano, running forward as a misty smoke swallowed up the two. In the center of the arena, Cheyenne past by Kris, the two high fiving with a faint grin.
"Elise is insane, huh?" The deer Faunus muttered.
Kris simply smiled and nodded. "Always is. Just like Kagami."
Elise and Fid suddenly appeared in a shallow end of water. She made sure to soak him in it, making it harder for his fire to form. "Later..." She panted, sweat and water dripping down the side of his face. She herself then vanished in smoke. From the cloud, Cheyenne's foot shot through, striking Fid in the chest and sending him back into the water with a splash.
"Lord Oum..." Fif brushed his hair back, standing up in the heat of the volcanic area. He lifted up his head, shaking it softly. His eyes then widened, seeing a blur of red and white metal smash into his face.
"Try and take the moisture from the air this time!" Kris shouted. "I'd like to see you hit me with ice again!"
"Bloody hell." Maya mumbled to herself, rapidly looking around. Her team's advantages were slowly failing. Her eyes then widened as she saw smoke come from behind her. Before she could move, Elise had her arms wrapped around her and bear hugging her.
"Let's see you use wind under water..." Elise gritted her teeth, her chest rising and falling rapidly. As smoke formed around the two, they suddenly appeared under the water in a deeper end of the beach side of the arena. With gritted teeth, she smile, letting bubbles escape from her mouth.
Kagami ran until the she reached the edge of the arena. She panted, looking back at Prac who skidded to a stop several meter before her. "You know," He panted, looking back at his teammates. "You come up with rather insane plans."
She flashed a smile back at him, slowly started to move. "I think normal is way too over rated."
He chuckled, mirroring her actions until they were both the same distance from the edge of the boundary. "Indeed."
She simply smiled, looking up at the aura status bars. She could see those on MVVV dropping down. Her only worry was Elise who was getting close to the red zone.
Fif began to grunt again and again, Kris' chain wrapping around him. He tried to fight back, but before he could, it tightened and he was thrown straight into the ground.
"Come on already!" Kris shouted, twirling her weapons around and holding them by the curved part before she started to fire shot after shot. Fif did his best, grunting each time he was shot. But he couldn't form a shield from water to save his life.
There was then a sudden ding, Kris immediately ceasing her fire. She looked up at the board, seeing Fif at fifteen while she was at thirty-seven. "Hell yeah." She muttered, panting heavily for several seconds. She then heard another ding, her head snapping towards the other side.
Laying in the water, Fid sat up and shook his head rapidly, his hair sending water droplets flying. "That gun of yours... it really backs a punch when I can't hit it back with fire."
Cheyenne softly chuckled, her own breathing heavy as she held out her hand to him. "Trust me, if it was for this water, you would have clobbered me."
Deep underneath the water, Elise and Maya traded punches. Maya though, she had much more air in her lungs than Elise. The brunet's face was starting to turn red. Seeing the change in color on her face, Maya smiled to herself and let bubbles escape from her face.
Elise groaned, looking up. If she broke the surface, then Maya would have the advantage again. So instead of going up, she dove straight for the bottom of the water.
Maya's eyebrows raised at this. She groaned softly, diving straight after her. At the bottom, Elose looked up and gulped. If she was wrong, she was going to be in some serious trouble. She started to flip a few rocks over, and suddenly, several bubbles of trapped oxygen rose up. She stuck her face near it, inhaling the fresh air as much as she she could. Her lungs screamed for joy. She grinned, chuckling softly as she looked up at Maya.
The girl with the beanie froze, floating in the water softly. Her eyes then widened as she started to swim straight towards the surface.
Elise wasn't going to let her. She pushed herself off the ground, gliding through the watter like a bullet. She caught ahold of Maya's ankle, jerking her downward. She brought her fist back, hitting her in the chest. Bubbles quickly escaped from her mouth followed by a silent groan. Elise shoved her back down, pushing herself back up to the surface as fast as she could.
Once on solid ground, she stumbled away from the water and louded a blue dart into her air compressed rifle. Seeing Maya coming towards the surface, she fired. The water immediately sparked with electricity, a ding sound off.
Maya groaned as she came up to shallow water, stumbling forward. She was about to collapse before she felt hands catch her. Elise looked up at her, her face covered in dirt, sweat, mud, water and sand, and she smiled as bright as every. "To me a favor... and don't ever join the bad guys." Elise chuckled softly.
Maya blinked before forcing a smile back. She the glanced uo at the board, seeing Elise's aura at sixteen. Just one point away, Maya was just one point away.
Both girls then looked over, hearing two dings, one after another. Maya raised an eyebrow where Prac once was. "What... Was Kagami's part in this?"
"Well..." Elise smiled some more. "We both knew Prac could use earth in either area sooo... Kagami pushed the two of them off the edge." She smiled from ear to ear.
Maya blinked several times before she reached up and softly rubbed her head. "Dear Oum... do you guys ever do anything normal?"
Elise shrugged, looking back. "Naw, that would be lame anyway."
Down on the ground next to the main arena floor, Kagami groaned as she sat up. "Okay... I swear I thought we were closer to the ground than this."
Prac stood up, hitting the side of his head. "My ears are ringing. I'm blaming you."
She chuckled softly, watching him hold out his hand to help her up. She grasped his large hand in her own. "You guys are not just insanely big though. You guys are extremely strong." She cracked a smile as he returned the gesture.
"And what and amazing match for team MACE!" Oobleck let out, slamming his hands on the table. He looked over at Port. "Wouldn't you agree, Peter?"
"Ah, yes indeed. It seems the odds turned halfway in favor for the all girl team." He nodded back.
In the stands, Aero was in the front row and leaning on the railing. She slowly nodded, sitting up straight. "You guys may be strong... but you're still no where near a fighting level. This win was just luck. Your next match definitely won't be so lucky."
"Um, lady." A small boy with a green tie tied around his head like a bandana poked her. "Who are you talking to? Or are you talking to yourself?"
She suddenly jerked from her seat, waving her arms rapidly around. "Is there a problem with talking to myself! You know people who talk to themselves are usually really depressed and lonely an sad!"
The boy blinked a few times before slowly scooting away just before his mother snatch him by the arm and dragged him away.
Aero sighed deeply, sitting back down as she leaned onto the railing once more. "You guys aren't that bad though... you come up with crazy plans too..." She sighed, watching as the teams left the arena floor as the settings went back to normal.