(Reo was sitting on a bench on the sidelines. Next to him was Yui. Usually Reo didn't talk to Yui a lot. She annoyed him, and she had a crush on him, but he wasn't in the mood for girls right now. He did have a question for her though.)
Reo: "So, why didn't you sign up?"
Yui: "Huh? Oh yeah, uh well it got booked up."
Reo: "Hm? How?"
Yui: "Well they had to make a certain amount of people to fight, so it doesn't go for so long."
Reo: "No, how did it get full before you signed up. You could've been the first to join."
Yui: "Oh, well heh heh, I wanted everyone to get a chance you know. I thought if it's not full before the day comes, then it's meant to be."
Reo: "That's stupid. If there's a chance to do something you like, grab it. Don't wait and see if it's "meant to be"."
Yui: "Yeah, well I don't know. Maybe there's another reason."
Reo: "Like?"
Yui: "Well, I'm afraid. I've been afraid for awhile. When I fought Diego, I almost died and we had pretty much the same core. Strength. If I can't beat him, how will I beat anyone? How will I ever be a hero people can look up to."
(She was looking at her lap ashamed. Reo hated giving these little pep talks, but he's always the one that has to do it.)
Reo: "If you're too afraid to try how will you ever know if you're any good. No one is born strong. You can be born with a strong core, but either way you have to work to get it strong. Super strength is a boring core, but that doesn't mean it's weak. The more you train the better you get."
(Reo stood up.)
Reo: "Remember that."
(Reo then walked off. Yui looked and thought for a minute. He was right. Super strength may be boring, but it's still strong. She regrets not signing up for the tournament, but there are plenty of other opportunities to show her strengths. Yui was glad Reo helped her. He probably went to the back to take a nap. She looked to her left to see Reo was on another bench on the opposite side a little bit away.)
Yui: "Why did you move benches!?"
Reo: "Cuz I got up to leave, but forgot I needed to watch this fight. Now shh."
Kai: "Now that we got it all cleaned up. Rei v.s. Selene. Rei has an ice core, so she can freeze things and even herself. Selene has a double-powered core, which is rare. Hers is equipped with winds and lighting, she can produce and control wind and lighting. Well now that we know that, fight!"
(Selene flew into the air and shot lighting down at Sara. Sara quickly dodged each attack. She then threw an ice ball hitting Selene in the head. She fell to the ground, but caught herself. Sara ran at her, but Selene made a gust of wind push her back. Selene tried to fly back into the air, but Sara tackled her down quickly. She got there fast. Selene saw that Sara froze the ground so she could move faster. Smart, for Sara. Selene used her wind to push Sara into the air, then she shot lighting at her pushing her back. Sara got up fast though. She was used to being electrocuted. Sara ran right at Selene again. She was persistent. Selene threw herself into the air with her wind, making her fly again. Sara tried to throw another ice ball, but Selene used her wind to throw it back at Sara. It hit her right in the head, and Sara was knocked out. Selene flew down, she has won. The crowd cheered and Reo walked over to Sara to see if she was alright. She was out cold. Reo picked her up and carried her to the back room where he laid her on the couch so she was comfy. While he was covering her up with a blanket Selene walked in. )
Selene: "Hey."
Reo: "Hey, good job out there."
Selene: "Oh, thanks."
Reo: "Yeah."
(There was an awkward silence that Selene did not like.)
Selene: "Sooo, I'm closer to fighting you. What do you think about that?"
Reo: "I feel like I could use an easy round."
Selene: "Hey!"
(Reo smirked a tiny bit while still tucking in Sara. He went back to his normal face and walked out without another word. He's so difficult to read, but it seemed Selene was starting to chip away at him.)
(Everyone has had a turn to fight, so now they're going back around. First fight will be Canteen v.s. Feu. Kiriena was talking with Shurui.)
Kiriena: "So, you didn't sign up for the tournament."
Shurui: "Oh, right uh no I didn't."
Kiriena: "Why's that?"
Shurui: "Well it didn't look like a lot of metal for me to control was around heh heh."
Kiriena: "Yeah that's true. Well you could've still tried."
Shurui: "Yeah, but then it would just be me fighting people with my hands basically. It's ok though, you're the one trying to be the hero more anyway."
(He was right. Kiriena wanted to be a hero more. Mostly for the money, but there was another reason. The reason they left home in the first place. Just then she was called up there.)
Kai: "Canteen and Feu. Your battle is ready."
(Shurui turned to Kiriena.)
Shurui: "You should hurry up and get there. Don't wanna be last heh heh."
Kiriena: "Heh, yeah."
(Kiriena walked off to the arena. She feels like things have been sort of awkward between her and Shurui. She knew why, but she didn't want to believe it. Nothing can get in her way of her real goal.)
Kai; "Finally, now let's do this."
(Kiriena got up on the arena. She was fighting Canteen. She knew her core was ocean wave, which could be a problem for Kiriena, but she thinks she has a plan for this.)
Kai: "Ok, we all know the cores. So fire v.s. water. Let's go."
(Canteen made a wave of water right off the bat. Kiriena dodged it quickly. She saw what happened when Dai faced this girl, so she had to be careful with the water. Plus Kiriena was at a disadvantage with fire v.s. Water so she had to be extra careful. Another wave came her way, which she dodged again quickly. She started to run towards Canteen, but she made another wave. Kiriena couldn't dodge this one, so she had only one thing to do. She made a bunch of fire in front of her. She made it super hot, but not past her limit. The wave evaporated leaving nothing in between Kiriena and Canteen. Kiriena punched Canteen right in the face sending her back, She fell right out of the arena into the sand. Kiriena has won. She walked off the arena with the crowd cheering, but she didn't care too much. She looked over at Kai to see if he had any smart remarks to add to all of this, but then she saw someone. Kai was with a bunch of his students, and one of them. It couldn't be. She had to go check with Shurui. She ran to the back where Shurui was sitting.)
Shurui: "Hey, so how'd it go?"
Kiriena: "Wait, not now."
Shurui: "What?
Kiriena: "Do you have the picture?"
Shurui: "Uh, yeah."
Kiriena: "I have to see it."
Shurui: "Oh, uh here you go."
(Shurui handed it to her and she yanked it out of his hands. She looked at it hard and settled, then she realized. It was him. One of those kids was her brother.)