Akihito looked around and paid close attention to his competition.
"Hey do you wanna partner up?" Hikaru said as he looked at Akihito with a smile.
"Well of course I'm sure you should know that already" he kept looking "I wonder if..." Akihito paused.
Then out of nowhere a girl came up behind Akihito and tapped his shoulder.
Akihito turned around and noticed the girl. She had black hair and a mask that covered her mouth and nose.
"Hm? Do you need something?" Akihito asked the girl.
"Sorry but we've already formed a partnership" Hikaru said as he immediately moved in front of Akihito, frowning slightly at the girl.
"Oh but c'mon I'm so lonely. I would just love to be apart of your group" the girl smiled and walked closer to them.
Hikaru froze and moved back "I-it's your call Akihito"
"Well..sure why not, I don't see a problem with it at all" Akihito said to the girl.
"Oh yay..you really won't regret it" the girl said as she stared into Akihitos eyes "the name is Hiyami..nice to meet you" her voice got quieter as she continued to stare.
Hikaru glanced at the girl then looked off somewhere else.
Her stare sent shivers down Akihitos spine but he tried to keep his cool "C-cool..my name is Akihito and this guy next to me is Hikaru..nice to meet you as well"
Hiyami nodded and it was as if Akihito could feel the creepy smile spreading across her face even though she was wearing a mask.
He tried to ignore this feeling. He then turned back around and faced Suok the administrator.
"Okay ladies and gentlemen the first part to the games will be...an obstacle course! Then secondly must go through a maze with your partners and finally..a fighting tournament! But just so you know, you will have no partner during the fighting tournament so be ready to fight anyone." Suok said as the crowd started to cheer.
"Oh...and there are NO rules..Now everyone line up at the white line so we can get this started" Suok said.
Akihito, Hikaru, and Hiyami walked and lined up at the white line. So did everyone else.
Akihito looked straight ahead as the ground started to change and form into an obstacle course.
"W-woah.." Akihito said, looking surprised.
"Ready!"
Akihito and Hikaru both moved into a stance, ready to take off running.
"Set!"
"Go!" Suok yelled and everyone started taking off running.
The crowd roared, filling the entire stadium.
Akihito jumped over some spikes that were on the ground and continue racing, he was in third place with Hikaru right behind him.
"H-hey have you seen that new girl Hiyami?!" He asked Hikaru.
Hikaru was quiet for a few seconds then responded "no..don't worry about her we should just keep moving!"
Meanwhile farther back some people Akihito had ran into awhile back was participating in the tournament
"nice job Misuri!" Blake said to Misuri.
Misuri responded with a cheerful smile "yayyy!"
There was a path of fire that they had to get across and Misuri looked at it.
"I have an idea Blake! Super bubble!" A piece of bubble gum appeared in her hand then she chewed it and blew it until it surrounded both her and Blake.
"W-what will this bubble do?" Blake asked.
"Oh not just any bubble a super protective bubble that can shield against almost anything" misuri responded.
She then jumped across since the bubble was bouncy. She was bouncing through each obstacle until the both of them ended up in first place. "Oh and it's incredibly bouncy" Misuri smiled and chuckled.
"Oh no you don't!" Akihito said as he watched them, he used his 'windrive' to go over the fire.
"Oh show off" Hikaru said with a slight smile "how about I just go under it" Hikaru used his 'purple lighting' to pierce the ground under and go all the way to the other side.
"Glad to see you joined the party" Akihito said to Hikaru then they both started running after Blake and Misuri.
"Idiots! I'm not gonna be left behind you can bet your ass on that!" A buff guy with spiky blonde hair and white eyes from nowhere came with a giant hammer and slammed the ground, causing Akihito and Hikaru to fall over.
"Desuro calm down it's not that serious..anyways guys stay here for a while, don't want you getting in the way" a girl with purple hair and eyes pointed a finger at them and shot them with something, making their movements very slow.
"Nice going Fuyuko!" Desuro yelled as the both of them started running to the next stage
"Jeez..you're way to loud in my ear" Fuyuko responded.
"Ahhhh get out of the way loser!"
"Who you calling a loser?! Snow storm!"
A guy rolled over and started fighting with another person.
"Nuisances I'm gonna come in first if it's the last thing I do" some random guy said.
The crowd started to cheer as the participants started giving it their all. People started to knock others over and it was coming down to only six participants.
Akihito, Hikaru, Blake, Misuri, Desuro, and Fuyuko were both trying to get ahead of eachother.
Out of nowhere people started to get killed. Along with loud screams and groaning noises.
"What's this! There's someone far behind killing the other participants, I wonder who it is!" Suok yelled, making the crowd go more crazy and into it.
Akihito, Hikaru and the other four people turned around and saw blood being splattered in different directions.
"W-what...the hell" Fuyuko said.
"We better move now!" Akihito yelled and then everyone started to run.
They approached a place where there were boulders rolling from side to side. It was the final stage to the obstacle course.
"Easy and um..sorry guys. Immobilize!" Hikaru yelled as he stopped the boulders and then stopped the other four participants there.
"Nice thinking!" Akihito said to Hikaru as they both started running.
Out of nowhere the crowd started to get quiet and Hiyami came up behind the other participants.
"You guys are doing so amazing you know that?!" Hiyami said with a crazy look in her eyes, mixed with blood covering her face and clothes.
The crowd froze, so did Akihito and Hikaru. It was as if the whole atmosphere in the arena had just gone dark.
Akihito had never seen anyone look as crazy as she did and he was scared for his life.
"Th-that was you doing the killing?" Akihito asked as he stood there staring at Hiyami.
"Yes.." she tilted her head to the side, staring back at him "what's wrong with that? I helped you guys didn't I?" Hiyami responded.
Blake stared at Hiyami as his eyes narrowed "y-you...did you hurt I-Ichiro?!"
Hiyami looked at him "hm? Who is that?"
"A blonde kid! He was short and not really brave b-but..he had heart! Did you hurt him!" Blake yelled.
Akihito and Hikaru both looked at them, feeling nervous and sad about the situation.
"Hmmm..I killed quite a few of those" Hiyami smiled as she sprinted towards Blake with a sadistic look spreading across her face.
"I'm gonna kill you!!" Blake yelled angrily.
"Hikaru cross the finish line..now!" Akihito yelled as he used his 'wind drive' to get to Hiyami quick. When he did he tackled her down so she wouldn't hurt anyone.
"Blake was it? you introduced yourself to me..I'm sorry for what happened to your friend I am. But you need to go, win this tournament for him!" Akihito said to Blake.
"Let me go Akihito. Don't you want to win this?" Hiyami yelled.
"Yes but I don't want people killed in order for that to happen!" Akihito said as he yelled her down tightly, keeping a tight grip on her.
Hiyami looked up at Akihito "ooo..you're very strong you know that? I want you to know something though" she leaned in and whispered in his ear "I'm stronger"
She smiled then laid back down.
Blake and Misuri stood there frozen.
While Akihito was restraining Hiyami. Hikaru, Desuro, and Fuyuko were running straight to the finish line.
"You won't get ahead of me!" Desuro yelled and slammed his hammer down.
Hikaru noticed and as soon as he felt the ground cracking he jumped, giving him acceleration.
It blew Hikaru right past the finish line.
The crowd went silent. Everyone was shocked at what just happened.
"W-we have a winner!" Suok yelled into the mic.
'First place: Akihito, Hikaru, and Hiyami'
'Second place: Desuro and Fuyuko'
'Third place: Sara'
'Fourth place: Blake and Misuri'
Akihito looked up at the large screen and saw the names of the winners "S-Sara..isn't tha-" he paused when he saw someone in the corner of his eye.
It was Sara, she stood there looking at Akihito and Hiyami.
"Since Sara was there and not immobilized like Blake and Misuri she will get third place but fourth place will belong to Blake and Misuri!" Suok yelled.
"Hmmm..I could've swore I killed you" Hiyami kicked Akihito off of herself then stood up.
"No..you weren't strong enough.." Sara responded.
Hiyami looked at her with a irritated look "whatever.." she turned around and walked off
~minutes later~
"Congratulations to our first place winners..everyone who was killed in the tournament will only go back to their level..we made sure of that. You now have two more parts of the tournament. Everyone do your best!" Suok said and the crowd cheered.
"But for now..there's a dining area in a part of the stadium. Get your energy up and you'll be transported back when it's time to start the next part to the tournament" Suok said to the participants.
Akihito and Hikaru walked into the area with the dining room "I don't know if she can be trusted..she killed a bunch of people. Even though they only went back to their level, it's not like we knew that until the administrator told us" Akihito whispered to Hikaru.
Hikaru responded with a nod "mhm..we should just see how this goes for now..I don't think she's gonna hurt us and hopefully anyone else if we ask her not to.."
Akihito nodded and they sat at the table.
"Thanks for saving us man!" Akihito looked off and it was Blake who sat down.
Alongside Misuri, Ichiro, Sara, Desuro, Fuyuko, Hiyami, and some girl with a hoodie covering her face.
"N-no problem..hey I thought that blonde kid was killed?" Akihito responded.
"Turns out it was just a clone of him someone made..isn't that weird? I'm just glad he's alive" Blake smiles and patted Ichiros back hard.
"Ouch ouch t-that hurt" Ichiro said as everyone at the table started to laugh a bit.
"I say we introduce ourselves, my name is Desuro!" Desuro jumped up on the table.
"My names Fuyuko..nice to meet you all" Fuyuko with the purple eyes and hair said.
"I-I-Ichiro!" The short blonde kid said nervously.
"I'm um..I'm Clare" said the girl with the hoodie.
"Sara.." Sara said with a straight face.
"My name is Hiyami! It's so fun getting to meet new people" Hiyami said happily.
Everyone looked at her a bit creeped out for a few seconds then snapped out of it.
"I am Blake you guys are so amazing! Let me know if you wanna join my team" Blake with the red hair said positively.
Hikaru smiled slightly "call me Hikaru" he said.
Akihito smiled and slowly stood up "my name is Akihito..it was crazy..but it was fun. Let's continue to do our best!"
Everyone looked up at Akihito surprised.
"What a main character" Hikaru said with a smile and took a sip of his drank.
"W-what do you mean by that?!" Akihito yelled at Hikaru.
Everyone started to laugh.