It was the late afternoon. Saku and a number of his classmates, the representatives in his class, were all gathered in a classroom. Saku was sat in his seat between Anastasia and Sophie with Mia sat behind him. They were talking amongst each other "...so...does anyone have any idea how this works?" asked Saku
"beats me" said Sophie "This is my first time"
"from what I heard" said Mia "It's a sort of...elimination match"
"so like one on one fights?" asked Anastasia
"I think so. This is my first time too" replied Mia
"well...there's got to be some elimination involved" said Saku looking amongst everyone "I mean I've watched the championships at home and I remember only a small number of people represent a academy"
"What you speak is correct" said a familiar voice.
They all turned to see Marina sit next to Mia "only about a few actually represent each academy or in some cases region. I don't know the details though" then the door opened to which Ms Reapa came in
"hello everyone. Settle down now" she had in her hand a sort of data-pad "alright start off congratulations for making it to this stage. However you should know...you're not quite there yet. In total we have sixteen reps from this academy that need to be narrowed down to four. Those four will then be only one step away from the end" this brought a tinge of excitement amongst them "now...let me organise the rules"
Ms Reapa cleared her throat and spoke. "What we are doing...is a knock-out tournament. You will engage your opponent in combat, you win when your opponent gives up or is no longer able to continue. You will also lose should you exceed ninety percent of your pain threshold. Now as a change of pace, three of you in this class have been selected to have a small gift"
Ms went from Mia to Aureline "For Mia and Aureline, you may request an assistant to tag-team with you. The rules for this are a bit complicated so listen carefully. You may ask anyone to help you and he or she will fight alongside you. However there are rules. The damage will be dealt to both of you and if one should lose so does the other. The choice to choose a partner is optional but if you do consider carefully" they both nodded
Ms Reapa turned to Sophie "For Sophie, you have been decided to be a part of a pair. You will choose one fellow participant to be on a team with you. Unlike the tag-team if you win, you both win. You only lose if both are unable to continue" Ms Reapa took out a data-pad and placed it on the table which showed a white screen "now here is the list of all sixteen representatives" profile pictures with a name to the right appeared one after another.
Saku scanned through the list of names "That's all of us, Ivy is on there too" he then saw one name come up "so is Akihiko" Sophie shivered
"Oh that not guy again" two more names appeared
"Saku your sisters are competing as well" said Anastasia which made him nervous
"just as long as it's not them first I don't mind" said Saku but then the final three names appeared
"Who are those three?" said Marina "I don't recognise those ones"
"What do they say?" said Saku leaning forward "One says...Violet Varsaci. The second is call Jessamine Hayes...and the third" Mia looked at the final name with a touch of anger
"Amethyst"
Saku turned round to Mia with a look of seriousness "do you know the last one?"
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Eternal Courage
ActionAn ACTION story Bio Duelling. The sport that has taken the world by storm. A one-on-one combat between fighters with special powers. Saku, the youngest child of the Stritos family, has none of the talent or prowess which has made his family...
