First Winter Tournament, Top 8, Izanagi versus Galaxy Soul Boys.

Kikka returned to her team's quarters following her astounding win against GSB's fighter, the forward superstar Tate, now in a much better mood than the one she had when she first went out there.

"I'm awesome. My victory was simply unparalleled." Kikka proudly declared, hand in chest with a stupidlt big smirk, as she entered the room.

"Sure, keep denying you're not on your way to become like me." Harui snickered with her typical cheeky grin. "And you played against Baro, anyone could beat that with a trial deck."

"You lost to Ominagruzio, your opinion is void." The redhead retorted with a glare.

"Why you little-!"

"You rocked, Kikka-chan! You really showed that football potato who's boss!" Midorin cheered, breaking the potential buttheading between teammates with a hearty laugh.

"Midorin-san, are you really still thinkering with your deck?!"

"You bet. Thegrea is like humanity, she never stops evolving! Give me a crumbled up rare and some tape and I'm making this deck tierable!"

"Determination becomes lunacy at some point..." Nozomi sweatdropped.

"What's that? I don't wanna hear it from the guy who has a version with Bahr and Nehalem just to search Rovania! You and me are having our happily together forever after in rock bottom, dinoboy!"

"You don't gotta say it out loud... I knew how the dinosaur economy is at the moment..."

"I see reviting things have happened during my fight." Kikka deadpanned as she took a seat in the couch where the other girls her age were. "I got to thinking on the way back. About what we talked about Lucia-san."

"What, you're down bad for her? I think everyone who heard the words 'For Lucia-san, please return that life to god.' is aware of it by now." Harui said, earning her cheek a pinch from Yukie.

"Be nice, Harui." Yukie requested.

"Yes, yes, my bad, my bad, punish me more." She said, busting out the creepy senile old man leecher grin.

"There's no changing you..." Kikka sweatddopped with a sigh. "It's about the thing with her nails."

"Again about that? She's probably into playing archelogist with other girls, what about it?"

"Archeologist?" Nozomi raised his head. That was the only thing he contributed onto the topic at hand.

"Yeah, sure, whatever, let me keep pretending I have a shot at being her first, this isn't about her anyway."

"Really? Then what's up?"

"Why do you two have normal nails?"

Midorin stopped messing with her deck.

Nozomi stopped thinking about dinosaurs.

Harui and Yukie were back at being red, but this time pushed to their extremes.

Yukie finally gave in to her underlying shyness and hid her face with both hands.

Harui just got louder than usualy and began shaking Kikka by her shoulders with her extremely trembly hands.

"P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-PROBIE! Y-YO-YOUUUUUUUUUU-! YOU CAN'T JUST ASK PEOPLE ABOUT THAT, Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-YOU DUMBASS!"

"I got it, I got it, just get your hands off me!" Kikka whined.

"W-w-we've only been together for a few months! W-we aren't l-l-l-like thoooooose d-d-dumbass teenagers who jump into it a-a-a-a-after confessing like Izuru!"

Izuru sneezed. It was a bit chilly today.

"We have class! Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaass! W-w-we're taking time with our intimacy!"

By now Kikka wasn't really concerned with being let go and just waited for Harui to stop freaking out.

"W-we'll get to it when we get to it! It could to be a year for now, i-i-it could be today! It's-it's none of your business!"

Hearing the word "Today" made Yukie join the freaking out by simply further lowering her head and covering it harder. She even let a low squealing sound slip out.

"Are you done?" Kikka asked, deadpanning, but that only made Harui shake her harder.

"T-t-t-that's like asking if Midorin and Nozomi get it on or s-s-something!"

"Not when I got Thegrea to test." Midorin clarified. "But when we were in Australia, it was non- Ouchie!"

With military precision, Harui hammered Midorin's forehead with one of her shoes and knocked her out of the couch

"You're getting your own futon today, I'm done losing sleep because of your deck- Ow!"

With even more military precision, Harui hammered Nozomi's face with her other shoe and knocked his ass to the ground.

"M-m-m-m-my p-p-point i-is! T-think before you ask, Probie! Got it?!"

"Yeah. Can you let me go now?" Kikka asked, and was promptly released from the tanuki's grasp. "Thanks."

"G-good, you l-learned your lesson... Even you can be smart when you want to, Probie."

But Kikka wasn't gonna let that one slid.

"Good think you unhanded me, maybe now you can go put your hands someone else." She snickered, clicking her tongue.

The room became filled with a mix of Harui's keyboard smash screeching and Yukie's high pitched shrilling.

By the end of the freaking out session, Harui and Yukie were sitting on opposite ends of the couch, each doing their absolute best to not catch the other in their field of view or risk losing their minds again, with Kikka between them looking at the ceiling with an extremely flat stare.

Then you had Nozomi and Midorin, still side by side on their own couch, each pressing a cold can of soda against the footstep-shaped marks on each other's foreheads.

"What a day today has been, huh... And we still have so much ahead of us too..." Kikka mumbled before letting out a quick sigh.

"Just let me go Stone Cold Stunner that asakusan idiot so that I can then Tombstome Piledrive stupid Nozomi's stupid brother..."

"Sure, but please don't actually hurt anyone." Nozomi sweatdropped. "Are you feeling better, Midorin?"

"Harui-chan has an incredible throw..." Midorin sniffed.

And right on queue, Ryuzaki's voice came in to startle everyone in the room.

Again.

"Round two starting soon! Get moving, Izanagi, Soul Galaxy Boys!"

"Stop doing that, you ass!" Harui and Kikka exclaimed in too perfect of a unision to go unnoticed.

The two shared a glance. Kikka slowly regressed into her despair-filled state.

"P-please don't let me be like you..."

Harui was looking cocky as always.

"Too late for that, bubaroo."

"Noooooooooooo!"

The white haired girl jumped off the couch and headed for the door, but was intercept but the light voice of someone in the room.

"U-uhm..." Yukie began, lowering her head. "Good luck, Harui... I... I you..."

"...i-i you too..." She muttered, leaving before anyone could catch her blushing.

"Did you two forget to say love or am I going senile a few decades earlier?" Kikka asked.

Yukie didn't give her an answer.

She just grabbed her shoulders and began violently shaking her! And she was considerably stronger than Harui too!

"N-NOT THIS AGAAAAAAAAAAAIN!" Kikka cried.

"Mouuuuuuuu, b-be careful with what you say, K-kikka-san!" Yukie exclaimed, red as beet, now on her true panicked mode.

And it was back to the tournament arc.

From Izanagi's side came the obvious pick, the overconfident trashy tanuki who was here to beat up an asakusan idiot, Harui.

And from Galaxy Soul Boys' side, that... Thing that sat on the protagonist chair before her, the absolute fiend that makes an appearance in the dreams of Narrator-sans all around the globe and turns them to nightmares, the old man-beating and Raging Form-coping jobless man, Sawada Izuru!

"I knew your ass would come next. So, what did you bring?" Harui asked as she grabbed her deck from the strap around her right thigh. "Afterall, Raging is nowhere close to coming to D."

"I'm not gonna take smack from some child playing a stupid Crest deck." Izuru replied, drawing his deck from the breast pocket on his shirt. "At least I have an avatar."

"That you can't play in this format, so you're as avatarless as me."

"Our ties go beyond family."

"God, you're lame."

"Your motto is about putting the gay back in card game."

"That was a prototype! My current motto is much better!"

"Oh yeah? What is it then?"

"None of your business."

"Stop being rude!"

"Stop being lame!"

Ryuzaki and Payic were quietly watching from the sidelines, both unamused by their familial bickering.

"And then our comedy routine act is bad." Payic commented.

"Hear, hear. Are you two sone yapping? We got more games aftee you two!" Ryuzaki exclaimed.

"Then tell us to begin already, you rich asshole!" Harui clapped back.

"Yeah, you make the rules, dumbass! You decide when the game begins!" Izuru added.

"So help me god, I will smite you one of these days, you rich man-beating thief..." The white haired groaned.

"I'll handle this." His wife said, sweatdropping. "The second game between Izanagi and Galaxy Soul Boys begins now! Let's! Stand Up!"

Izuru and Harui exchanged a last glance.

Despite their bickering the insults they flung at each other mere moments ago, both were smirkig confidently, their eyes brimming with excitment.

"Stand Up, Vanguard!"

"Stealth Dragon, Madoi!"

"Fullbau!"

"Hahahaha! No way! You really picked up PBO because Raging isn't here yet?"

"Absolutely not, I like to believe I still have some taste. Draw! Ride! Knight of Heavenly Lasting, Tranquilia! Turn end!"

Izuru
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

Harui
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"Oh god, you went for Alden?! Have some self-respect! Please love yourself, Izuru!"

"Hell no! I'd unironically get PBO if that was the case!" Izuru deadpanned.

"Oh, good. Then I don't gotta be worried about you. Draw! Ride! Stealth Dragon, Seizui! With Seizui and Madoi's skills, I draw two and set Shiranui's Crest! And since I went second, energy charge! (0>3) Seizui attacks! (8000)"

"No guard!"

"Drive check! (Stealth Fiend, Shenryi)"

"Damage check! (Cerrgaon)"

"I knew you were on Keter pile. Bet your boss unit's some promo like Halmveld or something."

"That's Ban's thing. And I couldn't do that even if I wanted, diversity cut exists."

"Play around it like people did when Jet was good. Turn end!"

Izuru
Hand: 5
Damage: 1
OXO
OOO

Harui
Hand: 8
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"Draw and energy charge! (0>3) Ride! Clearsky Knight, Soudios! Tranquilia's skill! I reveal Cerrgaon, Chilmya and Dfyn to scry five and call a grade one! I call Bringer of Soaring Wind, Lachte! Then, Biscotti's skill! Energy blast three to draw one!"

"Dyfn and Lachte? I knew it! You are on a deck that lives and dies by generics because it's a promo!"

"Gramgrace was in a set and has a starter set, it's more than just a bland promo deck! I call Cerrgaon and battle! Boosted by Cerrgaon, Soudios attacks! Cerrgaon's skill, add 5k! (10000>>18000>>23000)"

"No guard!"

"Drive check! (Knight of Soaring Blade, Ffernbael) No trigger!"

"Damage! (Stealth Dragon, Shiranui)"

"Cerrgaon's skill! He retires, I scry two and add one to hand. Lachte attacks! (8000)"

"Falhart! (13000) I energy blast three to draw ome with his skill! (3>0)"

"Turn end!"

Izuru
Hand: 7
Damage: 1
OXX
OOO

Harui
Hand: 8
Damage: 1
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw! Energy charge! (0>3) Ride! Stealth Dragon, Genkai! I call Shenryi and Tenrei to the back, then counterblast one to draw with Tenrei! I move Tenrei up and call a second Shenryi! Battle! Boosted by Shenryi, Genkai attacks! Shenryi's skill, add 5k! (10000>>18000>>23000)"

"No guard!"

"Drive check! (Soaring Sun Presence, Forwd & Revertis)"

"(Bringer of Soaring Wind, Lachte)"

"Shenryi goes to soul and I draw! Now boosted by Shenryi, Tenrei attacks! (8000>>16000>>21000)"

"Chivalmya! (25000)"

"Once again, Shenryi to soul and I draw! Turn end!"

Izuru
Hand: 6
Damage: 2
OXX
OOO

Harui
Hand: 9
Damage: 1
OXX
OOO

"Stand and draw! Energy charge! (0>3) Dance through the sixth heaven, and rend all wings and phantoms assunder! Cut down even the unparalleled, sword saint of silver blades! Ride! Sword Saint Knight Dragon, Gramgrace!"

"Soudios' skill! I reveal Dyfn, Ffernbael and Lachte to scry five and call Dyfn behind Lachte, then I'll swap their positions. Gramgrace's skill! Berserker Veil Mirage! Counterblast, soulblast, I draw one and call Drilling Angel behind him! Drilling Angel gets 10k and can attack from there this turn! (10000>>20000) Drilling Angel's skill, I put Cerrgaon from drop to soul, scry three and call a new Cerrgaon!"

"He didn't whiff that thing?!" Ban and Tate exclaimed.

"I call a second Dyfn in front of Ceregaon. Now let's go! Drilling Angel attacks! (20000)"

"Shikintan! (25000)"

"Gramgrace's skill! Drilling Angel goes into the soul and I draw one! Now Gramgrace attacks! Dyfn's skill, he gets 5k! (13000>>18000>>23000) Crescent Silver Downpour!"

"No guard!"

"Twin drive! (Palladium Zeal Dragon) (Rising Radiance Dragon, Blediarc) No trigger!"

"Damage! (Soaring Sun Presence, Forwd & Revertis)"

"Boosted by Lachte, Dyfn attacks! Dyfn's skill! Since two attacks came from my center column this turn, I counterbladt to buff him by 15k! (10000>>18000>>33000)"

"Crud, that's too big... No guard! (Stealth Dragon, Utsuroi)"

"Then boosted by Cerrgaon, the other Dyfn attacks! Cerrgaon's skill! (10000>>18000>>23000)"

"Madowazu! (25000)"

"Cerrgaon's skill, scry two and add one. Turn end!"

Izuru
Hand: 9
Damage: 2
XXX
OOX

Harui
Hand: 7
Damage: 3
OXX
OOO

"Stand and draw! Energy charge! (3>6) Let's rock!"

Harui's left eye turned cerulean.

"Cursed spirits shackled to dwindling life, light up the night past this glacial squall! All truths will be revealed under the lunar flare! Ride! Demon Stealth Dragon, Shiranui "Oboro"!"

"Genkai's skill! He gets called to the side and I soulcharge! Now liberating the Generation Zone! Throughout heaven and earth, I alone woll be the victorious one! Generation Stride! Enma Stealth Dragon, Maguntenbu!"

"Shiranui's stride skill! I dominate Lachte and give her 4k! My Crest buffs her by another 5k! She attacks your vanguard! (8000>>12000>>17000)"

"I wasn't born yesterday, I know an intetcept bait when I see one. Blediarc! (18000)"

"Onto the main phase! I move Tenrei back and call Soaring Sun Presence, Forwd snd Revertis! Their skill gives them 5k and let's me soulcharge! (10000>>15000) Then, I counterblast one to call Shenryi from soul behind the vanguard! Maguntenbu's skill! Counterblast, G blast, re-dominate Lachte and attack! (17000)"

"Biscotti! (18000) Energy blast three and draw! (3>0)"

"Tch, you suck. I call Stealth Dragon, Fuurai! He gets 5k fot every dominated swing this turn, then my Crest buffs my front by 5k! (10000>>20000>>25000) (28000>>33000) (15000>>20000) Battle! Fuurai attacks! (25000)"

"Curaaf! (28000)"

"Boosted by Shenryi, Maguntenbu attacks! (33000>>41000) Fuurai's skill! Soulblast to restand! War To Lies! Clouds Gone Goodbye!"

"No guard!"

"Triple drive! (Stealth Beast, Kataragitsune) (Stealth Dragon, Fuurai) (Stealth Fiend, Shenryi) How the hell?!"

"Heh. Owned. (Protection Magic, Prorobi - Draw) Super owned. All on Gramgrace! (23000)"

"Beat it! Fuurai attacks! (25000)"

"No guard. (Knight of Soaring Blade, Ffernbael)"

"Boosted by Tenrei, Forwad & Revertis attack! (20000>>28000)"

"No guard! (Knight of Soaring Refinement, Dyfn)"

"Turn end!"

Izuru
Hand: 8
Damage: 5
XXX
OOX

Harui
Hand: 8
Damage: 3
XXX
XXX

"You willingly went to five to have the counterblast for both Gramgrace and both Dyfns. Think you can take me out that easily?"

"Win or lose, I'm still going home to smooch your sister, so-"

"You leave Neetama our of this, you raging cringe dumbass!"

"Keep his name our of your mouth! You'll never love him like I do!"

"He's a stinky man dragon so yeah, I won't."

"Oh, so you like girl dragons? Okay, scalie."

Rookie mistake.

"Wha- Y-you ass, that's not fair, you tricked me into saying that!" Harui exclaimed, even pointing at him. "Bully, bully, bully!

"You fell for it on your own!" Izuru deadpanned.

"Get to it, you two!" Ryuzaki groaned, but only became their next victim.

"Shut your trap, old man!" The two shouted.

"We need to stop letting these Sawadas and Sawada-adjacent people be the focus of stories...!" The rich man whispered to himself, gaining a light chuckle from his wife.

"I'll do you a solid and end this now, Ryuzaki. It'll just cost you half your money. Stand and draw! Energy charge! (0>3)"

"Silly rich man didn't even properly think the rules of his fightig tournament." Harui snickered with a cheeky cackle.

"I hate you two!"

"The rivers overflowing with jewels, the vampires gleaming in scarlet, the golden dragons roaring bluish flames, the continuation of a beautiful dream! Devour the daybreak and Persona Ride! Rage across the sixth heaven and fight all silence, spirals and generations alike! Fight even the world, mad dog of myriad heavens! Even if haven't crossed over yet, your raging mirage is right here! Ride! Saint Sword Knight Dragon, Gramgrace!"

"Draw! (10000>>20000) (13000>>23000) (10000>>20000) I call Blediarc! Skill! He gets 2k and I scry one! To the bottom! (8000>>10000) Gramgrace's skill! Berserker Veil Mirage! I call Ffernbael! (13000>>23000) Then, Gramgrace's other skill! Crescent Silver Revenger! My backrow also gets the power from Persona Ride! (10000>>20000) (23000>>33000) (8000>>18000) Battle! Ffernbael attacks! Dyfn's skill times two! (33000>>43000)"

"Tch, no guard! (Stealth Dragon, Tenrei)"

"Ffernbael's skill! Soulblast and discard one to give Gramgrace 10k and a drive! (23000>>33000) Then, Blediarc's skill from drop! Energy blast three and remove him to bounce back what Ffernbael discarded! (3>0) And finally, Gramgrace's skill! Ffernbael goes to soul and I draw! Gramgrace attacks! Dyfns' skills! (33000>>43000) Crescent Silver Downpour!"

"Utsuroi, perfect guard!"

"Triple drive! (Sword Saint Knight Dragon, Gramgrace) (Radiancr Caliburn) Dope. (Chilvamya - Critical) And a critical on top of that! All effects go to the Dyfn with Blediarc behind him! (20000>>30000/2) Boosted by Blediarc, Dyfn attacks! Dyfn's skill! (30000>>50000>>65000/2)"

"Over Guard! Spiritual King of Aquatics, Idosfaro! Then Forwd & Revertis intercept! (68000)"

"Boosted by Lachte, Dyfn attacks Fuurai! (20000>>38000)"

"Flare Veil, Madowazu and Kataragitsune! (40000)"

"Turn end! Lachte's skill! I retire her to return the Ffernbael in soul to my hand!"

Izuru
Hand: 11
Damage: 5
XXX
XOO

Harui
Hand: 3
Damage: 4
XXO
XXX

"I'm liking my odds here. Just one restander on board, only three cards in hand and only one counterblast open. Aren't you supposed to be some super unparalleled excommunicated fighter?" Izuru teased.

"Aren't you supposed to not be a stinky neet?" Harui countered.

"I'll get a job when I feel like it, I'm loaded now."

"Loaded with some bull-"

"Language in the officially sanctioned match." Ryuzaki warned.

"Shut up." The two fighters deadpanned.

"You bastards...!"

"I don't need some miracle or whatever you beat you, Izuru. Besides, in true Keter fashion, three of the cards in your hand are shiedless, so frankly, I already won."

"Oh yeah?"

"Huh-uh."

"Nuh-uh."

Ryuzaki internally asked Harui to kick Izuru out of the tournament and it wasn't for a professional reason.

"Keep those eyes open, you asakusan fool! I'll show you how a real pro does it! Stand and draw! Energy charge! (6>9) I'll skip out on Shiranui's skill this time! Now let's kick it into overdrive! Let's rock!"

(Media - What's your FIRE)

The cerulean lily bloomed from Harui's left eye, signaling Izuru's incredibly deserved demise.

"Limiters removed! At the cost of my own vanguard, I'll even surpass the limits of stride! Liberating the Generation Zone!"

Harui slammed Oboro into her drop zone.

"Be it kings, gods, or even planets, until I'm the one sitting on the chair of victory, I'll never stop carving my legend throughout Heaven and Earth! Generation Stride! All-revealing cerulean moon, pull back the veil of illusions cast upon this domain! Blade cast in the lunar flare, cut down all the lies! The final act, on stage! Evil-Eye Hades Emperor, Shiranui "Mukuro"!"

"Stride skill! The lonely Dyfn gets dominated and attacks the vanguard! (10000>>14000>>19000)"

"Prorobi! (23000)"

"Energy Generator's skill! Draw! (9>2) Leave no stone unturned, no word unspoken, no lie unrevealed! Shuranui's skill! Cerulean Underveiling! Soulblast to dominate the same Dyfn and attack! Now Genkai's skill! Counterblast and get Boost! Dyfn gets 10k! (19000>>29000)"

"Chivalmya, Lachte! (33000)"

"Not yet! After Dyfn attacks, it's the vanguard's turn! Stand for me, Gramgrace! (13000>>18000) Attack that loner loser Dyfn! (18000) Crescent Silver Downpour!"

"No guard!"

"Twin drive! (Dragritter, Falhart) (Stealth Dragon, Shikintan - Heal) Heal trigger! I don't he, but I give it all to Fuurai! (10000>>20000)"

"Dyfn goes."

"To finalize your cooking, I call a second Fuurai! The skills of the two Fuurais plus Crest go off! (20000>>35000>>45000) (28000>>38000) (10000>>25000>>35000) Battle! Fuurai attacks! (35000)"

"I hate that deck, please find an avatar to call your own fast! Blade Feather, Drilling Angel, intercept with Dyfn! (38000)"

"Skill issue! The other Fuurai attacks! (45000)"

"Over Guard! Spiritual King of Aquatics, Idosfaro! (63000)"

"I'm nowhere near done! Victory is mine! Boosted by Shenryi, Shiranui attacks! Shenryi's skill! (38000>>46000>>51000) Then, soulblast two to restand both Fuurais! War To Lies! Cerulean Bujin Goodnight!"

"Palladium Zeal! Perfect guard!"

"Triple drive! (Elementaria Sanctitude) (Vairina Esperaridea) (Bracing Angel Ladder) No trigger! Shenryi goes to soul and I draw! Boosted by Tenrei, Fuurai attacks! (35000>>43000)"

"Palladium Zeal again!"

"Let's end this! Boosted by Genkai, Fuurai attacks! (45000>>55000) Don't stand proud, Izuru! You are a bum!"

"I'm paying for the roof over your head! (Divine Sister, Biscotti)"

"And we have a winner!" Ryuzaki declared. "Team Izanagi knocked the Galaxy Soul Boys out of this tournament and hopefully into the far off depths of space! Have a safe voyage back to whatever planet you came from, Team GSB!"

"You're doing a terrible job at hiding your bias..." Payic sweatdropped.

The two teams met once again in the general lounging area where they crossed paths for the first time. Nozomi and Ban, as the responsible adults of their teams of problematic children, shared a firm handshake.

"I wish I could have fought you, Ban-san. Let's have a go after this is done." Nozomi requested.

"You bet, Nozomi-san. Good luck on the rest of the tournament, we're all cheering you on." Ban declared.

"Man, the semi-new generation is built diff..." Tate said, sighing, with his hands behind his hand.

"No, you're just a doofus who thought bringing Baro here was a good idea. You know he's getting a new form next thursday, right?" Izuru asked.

"Wait, for real?! Aw man, why didn't Ryuzaki make this thing a week later then?!"

"Because Baro is lame." Harui deadpanned.

"You're lame, Harui-cha- Ow! Why did you hit me, Miyuki?!"

"I felt like it." Izuru shrugged, smacking the forward on the head a second time.

"You're such a softie with Harui-chan, Miyuki!" He cried. "I know you really only dragged us here to knock off teams that could get between Harui-chan and that blondie ruler! You just got curbstomped by your RNG like usual!"

Izuru gave Tate a good kick on the shin to shut him up.

"Ow, my leg! I need that to play!"

"Stop making stuff up, you dumbass!"

And Harui also gave Tate a good kick on the other shin to shut him up aswell.

"Ow, my other leg! I also need that to play!"

"Yeah, you slavidiot! Don't make up stuff! As if this asakusan idiot would ever do anything for someone!"

"Dumbass!"

"Slavidiot!"

"Dumbass!

"Slavidiot!"

"Those two have a really way of showing their love for each other..." Kikka sweatdropped. "I totally get it where she gets her everything from now..."

"What are you implying, Probie?!" Harui asked, shooting her teammate with a glare. "This thing is not my father figure, he's my bother figure!"

"I didn't say that!"

"Hey, show your papa some respect!" Midorin snickered.

"Ow goddammit!" The white haired groaned. "Izuru, I want karaage for dinner! I have alot to drown on unhealthy food today!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'll go get the chicken." Izuru sighed.

"Right now?" Ban asked.

"He'll be back before my next fight." Harui replied, looking up at the asakusan. "Won't you?"

"Obviously. I'll also pick up Ibuki on the way, her shoot should be over by now. Make sure to not make a fool of yourself out there."

"Why? You got high expectations of me?"

"Are you stupid? I know you'll bulldoze through whatever competition's between you and the Eternal Ruler."

Harui already had her big, stupid smirk that oozed an aura that made her extremely slappable to Kikka and Nozomi. She even crossed her arms and puffed out her chest as she entered the second phase of her overconfident tanuki mode.

"Praise me some more!"

"You're the worst..." Izuru sighed and put his hand on Harui's head. "You rock. You're awesome. You're unmatched. The coolest. Unparalleled."

"Put some emotion into it! And headpat me properly, this stationary hand bullcrap isn't how it's done!" Harui deadpanned.

"Cut from the same lowest of the low cloth..." Kikka commented, staring disapprovingly at the two.

"I think it's cute." Yukie chuckled

Harui and Izuru kept bickering, but Izanagi's first fight was still finished.

Izanagi moved on to the top four, but the other teams on their side are nameless, so they might aswell just be on the finals. They didn't have anyone to stop them, afterall.

The same didn't apply to Blacksync, however.