"Hey Chise!" Mary waved from under the towel, causing the others to notice her approach. "How was your match, we couldn't spectate it.
"Hey Mary, it went well, your suggestion to play games was a good one, thanks Sakura..." Chise blushed as she scratched the back of her neck.
"Hehe, it's fine." Sakura quickly changed the topic, "So who do you think will go next?"
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(I'ma stop using the "POV" stuff, it's limiting)
The group looked to the screen.
"It looks like we're both going up!" Sakura looked to Fen.
"I hope you practiced well earlier this week." Fen gave her challenge.
"I sure did." Sakura nodded, "But that's for later when we go up~" She slouched a little, almost submerging Mary.
"Careful, I'm still here." Mary stood to avoid getting water into her body.
"Hehe sorry~"
Soon it was time for the duo to have their match.
Inside the meeting room, both Fen and Sakura are discussing the terms.
the terms they decided were:
Fatal hit or leaving the arena
Sakura must keep a heart and head to comply with the first
Fen cannot freeze Sakura
With the rules decided, it was time for the fight.
-In the arena-
*woosh
Both appeared in the arena, ready for their rematch.
"Ready fenny?" Sakura changed her hands into claws.
"Ready." Fen put on a serious expression, knife and gun at the ready.
"Let's go in 3... 2... 1... GO!" Sakura sprinted to Fen.
Fen, expecting this, met her with a knife being thrown.
Sakura, now with better claws thanks to the dragon heart, successfully blocked it with little difficulty.
Now without a knife, Fen retreated to gain distance from the chaos that is Sakura.
Sakura saw this, and took a deep breath.
*Inhale--
Fen, not knowing what Sakura is doing, braced herself with ice.
*WOOSH
Sakura breathed fire at Fen, a new trick she learned.
"!!!" Fen's hair stood on end.
Startled, Fen instinctively dodged, knowing her ice alone couldn't block it.
"Nice dodge~" Sakura gave a sharp toothy grin to Fen.
Fen looking at herself, saw that her ice completely melted and the right side of her blouse was singed off, leaving that side bare.
( ^`v ^ )
Fen's eye twitched in irritation.
"haha-!" (Sakura)
Fen didn't hesitate and shot at Sakura, interrupting her amusement.
*kshk
Blood dripped from Sakura's ear.
"Rude~"
Sakura went on all fours and once more sprinted to Fen, using her tail for balance and her wings to dodge incoming bullets.
*BANG BANG
After shooting a few rounds, Fen realized she couldn't hit her unless it was close combat.
So she held the gun in her mouth and prepared a knife that was hidden on her thigh.
Sakura reached her target and pounced, pinning the wolf.
"So much for wolves being predators~" Sakura didn't resist the urge to tease her.
*stab*
"Ow-!" Fen stabbed Sakura in the leg and to get her off her-
*bonk*
She headbutted her.
Sakura stumbled back, rubbing her head.
Fen took advantage of her disorientation and shot at her, the wings specifically.
*BAAG BANG*
after the shot's were fired, Sakura gained awareness and rolled away.
*splt*
She successfully managed to doge one bullet but the other still hit.
Now with her mobility removed by a knife and bullet, Fen took advantage while she was distracted trying to remove the foreign objects and brought out her own claws, but covered them in frost to prevent regeneration.
*pat pat pat*
Fen ran over and slashed at Sakura's unprotected legs, however she was watching and picked up her legs to avoid losing them.
Now with Fen's hands stuck in the ground, Sakura didn't delay and went for it,
*slip*
"eh?" Sakura was confused, 'Why is everything upside down?'
She slipped on the ice that Fen created when she missed.
Now on the ground, she noticed the entire arena was covered in ice,
'Oh no' so she panicked.
Fen, with good grip thanks to her heritage, went for the "killing blow", plunging her claws to where her heart would be.
"heh, I won~" Sakura, however, smiled.
Fen looked around, only to notice Sakura's tail with a spear shape, pointed to heart.
"..." Fen was angry but didn't object.
"Good game Fenny! looks like I won't need these~" Sakura got up and threw away feathers.
Fen looked as they approached the ground... and sliced through her ice!
"Now we're even!" Sakura extended her hand in a fist.
"What's this?" Fen didn't know what was happening.
"It's a fist bump." Sakura smiled as she took Fen's hand, now without her claws, made it into a fist, and brought it to hers, completing the fist bump. "It's from my world!"
"So you don't come from the HUB? Neat." A voice interrupted them.
It was Yang, "Nice round, it seems you guys know each other! How'd you gals meet?"
Yang was enthusiastic but was reminded by their twin, "Ignore them, anyways, despite the fact you lost, you will still likely make it to S or A rank."
Yang nodded, "Yep yep! and another good thing is that you can still stay in the hot spring if Sakura doesn't get eliminated! wink wink." Yang said the last part out loud while nudging her with their elbow.
"Why's that?" Sakura asked, tilting her head.
"Cuz I said so! and it'd be rude to separate you two." Yang blushed, "Also because of you're attire." They had the humility to be embarrassed as both looked away.
"!!!" Fen blushed up to her ears,
"What they mean is that we can set it to a tie, which it pretty much was." Yin cut in calmly.
"But why are you doing this?" Fen asked as she used one of Sakura's wings to cover herself.
"You two seem like a good couple so I want to ask for relationship advice... for a friend." Yang put his hands together, "please?"
"I don't see why not, what's the prob?" Sakura asked.
Yang shifted their legs uncomfortably, "They don't like the monotony for one, and the other likes it." Yin asked instead.
"I suggest compromising for that." Fen offered an option.
"There's not much about a healthy relationship that I can understand but I agree!" Sakura agreed with Fen.
"There's also the... sexual part, how should we make it better?" Yang slipped up but everyone ignored it.
"Kinks, trying new things, and making both feal pleasure!" Sakura knew the answer to this one, "Also does it have to be just two people?"
Fen nodded, remembering the bunny.
"That... might work!" Yang beamed as Yin just shook their head. "Approved, you both can stay! but no more matches, is that fine?"
Both nodded in approval.
"Great! enjoy your stay!" Yang waved and they interlocked their fingers with Yin's as Sakura and Fen teleported back, also waving.
Back in the waiting room, both laughed a little as they walked to the changing room, still with Sakura's wing covering Fen.
"That was totally about themselves." Sakura nudged Fen winking.
"Yeah." Fen gave a smile to Sakura.
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*Splash!*
Sakura jumped into the hot spring, covering Fen in water.
"Really?" Fen looked at her before swinging her head back and forth, drying out her hair, "I don't like getting my hair wet."
"But you'll get wet anyways." Sakura was confused but switched the topic, "Let's go find the others." Sakura marched through the water.
Both soon reached the others, but were met with dead gazes from them.
"We're screwed." Mary's soul was practically escaping from her body.
"can't cut can't cut can't cut..." Chise was mumbling to herself.
Confused, Sakura looked to the screen to see their match up.
"I get it." Fen also noticed.
Chise's fight was against living fire and Mary's was against a giant automaton.
They all could agree on something,
"They're screwed."
(To be continued)