''FIGHT!'' yelled the Referee
Hybrid Type Mode: Grizzly Bear!
Damien transformed in instant and started to rush towards Raizo using all his 4 limbs. Nearing Raizo, Damien finally got into fighting stance and prepared to attack Raizo with his claws!
*Swish*
Damien attacked the spot where Raizo was and thought he would hit him, but once he had slashed his claws towards spot where Raizo should have been, suddenly he noticed that Raizo suddenly disappeared!
'What?! Where is he?' thought Damien anxiously while looking around him
Then Damien felt temperature rising from above him and then he quickly looked above him and was shocked by sight! Flaming Fist was crashing down on him quickly!
'SHIT!' thought Damien and ran away from current spot and the flaming fist hit the floor of the arena and caused huge shockwave which hit Damien and made Damien back up 10m from his spot.
''Oh you dodged it.'' said Raizo midair without changing his expression on his face, then Raizo coated his fists on magma and started shooting multiple fists with a size of each fist being around 5m!
Magma Fists!
Damien anxiously tried to dodge the fists, but because his ability is more of a power type and not agility, that made him easy target with his large build in his Grizzly Bear mode.
5 of the 10 Magma Fists hit straight at Damien which made Damien fly straight to the edge of the arena while rolling in the ground in pain trying to put off the fire.
But Raizo's attacks were not over yet, in the instant Raizo landed on the arena, he started sprinting towards Damien with frightening speed!
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In the crowd
''Raizo's attacks seem must stronger than 4 years ago!'' said student from crowd with shock
''The temperature of that magma is no joke..'' said Student from crowd while feeling fear towards those magma fists
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Damien couldn't completely put out fire and he grimaced in pain, but he had to stand up, because he saw Raizo rushing to him.
Then suddenly Damien jumped midair with his huge build and started to fall towards Raizo trying to crush him under him!
Grizzly Drop!
But Raizo still didn't change any facial expression and just simply jumped towards falling Bear and coated his arm on magma and did simple punch filled with magma!
Magma Fist!
It hit straight towards stomach area of the Grizzly Bear and magma started rising in the size where Raizo punched Damien!
''AAARGH!'' yelled Damien in pain after feeling hot magma which stopped his fall
Magma Flare!
Raizo's fist was still hitting Damien, but then Raizo shoot his magma from the fist and it made Damien fly straight up and out of the bounds!
*CRASH*
Damien was lying on the ground while being unconscious.
*Cheer* *Clap* *Cheer*
Cheered crowd louder than ever, they all knew how strong Damien was, but they didn't expect such a one sided victory by Raizo!
''Raizo is just in another level!'' yelled student from crowd with joy
''He is strong enough to place within top 64 in the upcoming tournament!''
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''*Sigh* Raizo barely tried.'' sighed Darcel after seeing dominant performance of Raizo then he clenced his fist and said.
''I put my faith on you Raizo.. Please show that even if were are small town, we are not to be underestimated!''
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On the arena
''Match over! Winner Raizo Sulfide!'' yelled Referee
*Cheer*
''Time for the next match!''
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Rest of the tournament was quite anti-climatic after Alex defeated his opponent in the semifinals and facing Raizo in the finals. Alex wasn't any stronger than Damien, maybe even weaker than him, so it was quite obvious how it was going to end and it ended like everyone thought.
Raizo defeated Alex within few moves, barely even using his magma. At the start of the fight he just simply ran towards Alex without caring about defending since Alex had ability to make his flesh tougher, so it had great defensive ability but poor offensive ability, but that defence was quite useless in front of magma.
Raizo just simply punched Alex with his magma coated fist and Alex crossed his arm in defence because he planned to defend against that attack and make quick counter attack, but he greatly underestimated Raizo's offensive capabilities. Instant when Raizo's fist hit Alex's arms it sent Alex flying straight out of arena and match was over!
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Raizo then started walking towards home after he talked little bit with his classmates and with Principle.
''Brother!'' yelled a girl who was running towards Raizo
''Ruby? What are you doing here?'' asked Raizo with smile
''I came to watch the matches! I knew you would win!'' said Ruby with smug smile
''You skipped school didn't you?'' said Raizo with grinning face
''Uhh.. don't tell mom?'' said Ruby with puppy eyes
''*Sigh* fine only this time'' said Raizo with defeated expression
''Yay brother you are best!!'' said Ruby with happy smile while clinging to arm of his brother
''Yeah yeah, lets go home'' said Raizo while Ruby nodded
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1 Month later - Day of the tournament - Capital City Ignite
In the Cafe near stadium where tournament will be held.
There was young man around 14 year age sitting with man who is in his 40s. These two are Raizo and Darcel.
''Finally is the day huh, nervous?'' asked Darcel with smile
''Yeah.. 4 years prepared for this.'' said Raizo with hint of nervousness
''You will be fine, but i have to warn you, even though you have great chances of getting into top 32, there are some people you need to be careful, if you accidentally get them as your matchup then tournament might be short lived..'' said Darcel with grim face
''Who should i be wary of?'' asked Raizo with curiosity
''Well, there are 7 people you should be wary of, because their great talent they are called as 7 Prodigies.'' said Darcel
''7 Prodigies?'' asked Raizo with surprise
''Yes.. i am not sure if its bad luck or just simply coincidence to face against one of the greatest geniuses in long time and there is 7 at same time!''
'7 Prodigies huh..' thought Raizo while starting to get more and more excited for the tournament
''I will tell some public knowledge about them. First there is Leo Strongfaith, he is from this capital city and he was one of the 3 who qualified through, his ability is Hybrid Type: Lion, no one has seen his full capabilities yet, even in qualifying he got through easily so he is one of the winning candidates.'' said Darcel
''Second Rook Riscon, he is from the City of Viscosity and won there easily with barely giving any effort and his ability is Physical Type Mode: Body of Rocks. It allows his body to turn full of rocks, his defensive capabilities are best out of 7 prodigies, but don't underestimate his offensive capabilities either.''
''Third Luna Silverheart, she is from this city aswell being one of the 3 to qualify, her ability is Elemental Type Mode: Ice. She is said to be biggest winner candidate and she is young princess of the Silverheart family, who is controlling half of Capital City of Ignite.''
''Fourth is Darc Nightstar. He is one of the rare Spirit user with ability called Dark Energy Manipulation. No one really knows full capabilities of it since he had barely used it in the qualifying, but we know that it can control Dark Energy to nullify other people abilities or making weapons and he has ability to control shadows.''
''Fifth is Rei Bloodheart. He has ability of Hybrid Type Mode: Bat. His ability is probably weakest out of other prodigies, but that is just in paper, we know that he has great control of his ability, but we don't know full might of his power yet.''
''Sixth is Amelia Green. She has ability of Spirit Type Mode: Fairy Physiology. We know once that she uses that ability she turns as fairy and it gives the user Enhanced Agility/Strenght/Durability/Dexterity and Energy Manipulation.''
''Seventh is Mor Flarewind. You probably already guessed and answer is yes.. he is son of the Drake Flarewind and he is also one of the 3 who qualified through capital city. His ability is Elemental Type Mode: Fire. He is one of the 3 strongest for sure.'' said Darcel after introducing every single Prodigy
'They sound strong..' thought Raizo with grim face
''I am not sure how seeding works, but i am guessing its randomized, but atleast changes it that much that other prodigies wont fight against each other until the end.'' said Darcel
''Got it.'' said Raizo and stood up from the chair
''Where you going?'' asked Darcel and stood up aswell
''Going to stadium.. it wont be long before the start of the tournament.'' said Raizo and started walk towards stadium with Darcel.
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Only 3 Hours remaining to the start of the tournament!