"Remind me how I got here?"Aviva looked at the remaining five people.
"Then remind me why she's here" Evette looked spitefully at Liana.
"Seriously you can't remember okay,this is how it happened"
Flashback
Earlier that morning.
"Ring,Ring"the sound of a phone ringing woke Jude up.
Looking at the number,he answered it. "Kyle" his words dragged.
"Good morning, I'm calling to inform you that the girls are meeting up with us in the arena park by four."
"Which girls?"
"The ones we met when we went to get drinks, they agreed to have a friendly fight as preparation for the tour as it is in a week's time."
" Okay, I'll be there" he hung the call. "Why does this world desperately want me to lose a rib."
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"Kyle, where are you going" Liana purred as she clung unto Kyle's arm
"I'm meeting up with my friends"
"I'll come with you, after all I am gonna participate in the tournament."
She looked at him with stars in her eyes.
"Do whatever you want".
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"Hey guys" Kyle waved over as he saw the three girls approach him.
"Hey"the girls responded in unison.
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"Yah, that's how it happened"Aviva laughed.
"Okay without further ado,let's begin the match"
"Here are the rules,
No killing.
It's a friendly fight have that in mind.
Here are the pairings
Ciara Vs Aviva
Evette Vs Liana
Kyle Vs Jude
Let the match begin"Aviva looked at them who's going in first.
" Let's go Liana"Evette walked over to the middle of the arena.
"Let's start"Liana looked at Evette.
Evette nodded and in no time her fists were surrounded by fire, she charged towards Liana and threw a flame punch.
Liana dodged but another attack was thrown at her.
Evette took a deep breath and exhaled a huge ball of fire heading straight towards Liana.
Liana pulled out a shield from nowhere,leaving everyone in shock as she used the shield to block the fire ball.
The shield vanished and she summoned a staff on her right hand as she ran towards Evette.
Evette swung her leg then a crescent shaped flame strike came out knocking Liana back.
She didn't stop there,she continued giving out crescent kicks and punches.
To finish it she summoned a fire whip and wrapped Liana with it.
The match was over and the winner was undoubtedly Evette.
She unwrapped Liana and went back giving Ciara and Aviva the space to fight.
"You ready"Aviva looked at Ciara.
There was no source of water available for her to use at this point, Ciara was so happy she had reached a point where she could produce ice without needing water.
"Hmmm" Ciara nodded.
Aviva drew her arms out and sent a huge gust of wind knocking Ciara off her feet and raising her up.
Aviva flew towards her and pushed her on the floor.
Ciara stood up dusting the dirt on her brown sweatshirt. "My turn" her voice was cool, calm and collected.
She looked at Aviva and swung her right hand, a huge circular ice blade came out flying right towards Aviva.
She dodged but the ice blade came back like a boomerang.
Aviva couldn't avoid it fast and the blade knocked her on the floor.
She stood up regardless and flew straight up to Ciara, she didn't get too close as she kicked a huge gust of wind pushing her back.
Ciara sent ice shards towards Aviva but she used wind to push it away.
Right then,her waist down was frozen.
"How fast is she, I didn't even feel it till now"Aviva couldn't move and had to give up.
At the end,Ciara won,the two girls left the arena for Kyle and Jude to have their match.
Jude looked at Kyle,he knew he couldn't win against him especially since he didn't have an ability.
"Start" Aviva's voice brought him out of his trance like state.
Kyle raised rocks from the grounds and sent them flying towards Jude. He dodged the first two then kicked the remaining one making it scatter as pieces of dirt flew everywhere.
Kyle sent a huge rock shaping it into an arrow.
It didn't hit Jude as he dodged but he was pinned down by the earth that had held him.
Jude tumbled backwards destroying the pillar that held him,he ran towards Kyle kicking him backwards then punching him into the ground.
Kyle was down momentarily as he raised an earth wall trapping Jude in it.
"The winner is Kyle"Aviva shouted.
"Nice work everybody,now I'm sure we'll do A-OK in the tournament."
"You know what we need to celebrate" Kyle announced happily.
"When?" Aviva raised a brow.
"Since the tournament starts next two weeks, how about the Saturday before the game."
"Okay"the remaining five answered Kyle.
One by one,they started dispersing going back to their various homes.
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"Hey bro" Freya's voice rang in his ears,"how was the friendly match."
"Who did you go up against,did you win,what was his or her ability?"
"First,I went up against Kyle"
"Second,I did not win"
"Third,he can manipulate earth."
I walked straight past her, heading to my room I was tired.
"When are mom and dad coming back?"
"About that,mom and dad have been posted to Kianza kingdom,so they can't live with us but they'll be visiting us once a while."
Freya finished her message with a sigh.
The Kianza Kingdom was at least
four hundred miles from Solacia kingdom.
"Okay,good night"he shut his room door and went to bed.
He sat on his bed thinking about the tournament when it hit him" I didn't sign up,what's the use,I would only get my rib broken."He closed his eyes.