Everyone was eating at the table and having a good time.
"Hey Akihito guy..you really should've been apart of my group. You wouldn't regret it I'm just telling you!" Blake said to Akihito at the table.
"Don't you ever give up?" Fuyuko said as she took a sip of her drank.
"Yeah yeah whatever!" Blake responded.
Akihito laughed some then out of nowhere everyone was transported back to the arena. The crowd began clapping again and the atmosphere got back to being intense.
They all looked at eachother, they became friendly during the time at the table but they knew that they would have to beat eachother sooner or later.
Akihito looked over at Hiyami, then she looked back at him with a smile.
Nobody could see her smile since she wore a mask but people could tell by the way her face moved.
'It's like she never blinks..she just stares' Akihito said in his mind.
"Alright participants are you ready!" Suok yelled into the mic "you will now be entering a maze, the first group to make it out are the first place winners of course. There will be monsters and there will be traps so be prepared for anything. And just like last game, the same rules apply which are...there are no rules"
The crowd cheered as the participants looked straight ahead with determined expressions.
The arena changed to a maze and each group had a different starting place.
"There are more than one starting place but there is only one finish line..ready..set..go!" Suok said.
They all started running into the maze, Hiyami was walking slowly.
"Hiyami hurry up we need to get going" Akihito said as he looked back at her.
Hikaru looked at Hiyami then walked up to her and grabbed her collar "I'm done with your shit..first you kill a bunch of people, not even knowing if they'll die or not now you're not taking this seriously. You asked to be in our group don't you forget that"
Hikaru looked at Hiyami with a aggravated look and she stared back at him.
Akihito looked at the both of them worried and walked up to Hikaru "a-alright Hikaru..I think she understands. I'm sure she'll do better"
"No...she killed people without a second thought about it. She can't do better if she's already that far gone"
Hiyami stared at him for a few seconds then tilted her head. She then leaned into Hikaru some and whispered in his ear "you know..my mother really wouldn't like you talking that way to me" she whispered to him.
Hikaru froze and let go of her collar, then started walking "let's go Akihito"
Akihito looked at Hiyami who was smiling then Hikaru who was walking off. He walked up to Hikaru "hey..what did she say back there?"
"Nothing..don't worry about it, anyways we need to come first place in this, we'll win the tournament if we get first place twice. Since there's only three parts to the tournament"
"Anyways..I have a spell that I can use to sense things like traps,bombs, and things like that. So..trap detection" he said.
He sensed bombs and spikes all around the place "we need to start moving, this spell takes a lot of magic to do"
Hiyami then walked past them, she was see through but they could see the outline of her body.
"T-there's traps there, they're not even being set off" Hikaru said "I won't let this crazy girl beat us"
~Meanwhile on another side of the maze~
"These monsters..they keep coming" Fuyuko said as she was out of breath.
"Y-Yeah I wonder where they are coming from" Desuro responded to her.
"Hey..I just thought of something, maybe there's some type of spawn point where the monsters are coming from. Maybe that'll lead us to where we need to go" she said.
"Umm...I didn't understand a word you just said but sure!" Desuro said.
Fuyuko shook her head.
~Another side~
Sara, Ichiro, and the girl wearing the hoodie decided to partner up.
Sara was sending clones to set off the traps and kill some of the monsters that were spawning.
"O-oh..were you the one who made a clone of me? That's an amazing spell.." Ichiro said to her.
"Yes. It takes a lot of magic but it's definitely worth it, the monsters keep on coming so they have to be coming from somewhere"
The girl in the hoodie was looking down at the ground, standing beside them "I-I have an idea" she said.
Both Ichiro and Sara turned around at her, surprised.
~Back to Akihitos team~
Akihito and Hikaru were panting heavily "these guys have got to be coming from somewhere" Hikaru said.
"W-Where do you think they're coming from Hiyami?" Akihito asked and looked at her.
"I don't know..why not just kill the competition. Wouldn't that be efficient and affective for us?" She asked, calmly.
Akihito and Hikaru both looked at her surprised. It was like she had no morals or no type of sympathy for hurting others.
Akihito looked around and noticed where the monsters were coming from "I have an idea.." he said.
"What is it?" Hikaru asked.
"Have you watched TV ever..these mazes never work like this, there's always some type of trick. I can bet you monsters are coming from inside one of the walls"
"What do you mean?" Hikaru asked and looked at Akihito. Hiyami looked at him as well.
"I mean, we need to go through a certain wall.." Akihito responded with a smile.
Each team started running to where the monsters were coming from.
"Oh it looks like the teams are going to clash somewhere, who do you think will make it out of the maze first!" Suok yelled and the crowd started to get wild.
Akihito, Hikaru, and Hiyami ran to the place where the monsters were from.
Sara, ichiro, and the girl with the hoodie met up with them "hm..seems like you had the same idea" Sara said
"Y-Yeah..don't get in our way!" Akihito demanded then each person from the two groups ran to the wall they thought would be the finish line.
They then got stuck on a water droplet that was on the ground, the water then surrounded all of them and formed into a bubble.
"W-what is this" Hikaru said.
"What..t-there's no way let me out!" Ichiro yelled, scared.
Suddenly Fuyuko walked from the corner with a slight smile "if only you thought some step farther"
Desuro came up right behind her, smiling as well.
"What's this?!?! It seems Fuyuko and Desuro have their opponents right where they want them, what will they do!" Suok said into the mic.
The participants who were trapped then looked at Fuyuko in shock.