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~Stella Nova~

Stella thought about the idea of changing one's physical form in the middle of a Struggle tournament. This is something she hasn't seen in any tournament in Twilight Town, so she has to assume that changing physical form is against the rules since it may be considered magic, and she wouldn't want this guy to lose because he got disqualified. Prepared to deliver the bad news to Kayligai, she said:

"I can't say for sure it's against the rules because I'm not quite sure what you mean by 'a change in physical form', but I have to assume it will be against the rules. In this tournament, the only thing the audience and officials expect to see is fighting based on pure skill with the Struggle Bat. Anything outside of that is usually forbidden. Sorry to crush your dreams there, if I did, but I do look forward to seeing that when we have a real fight where we make our own rules...or just no rules at all."

Everyone was on board with the bet. Stella couldn't feel any better about this whole ordeal, although it was strange that she can get along with strangers from different worlds, yet she made a bad name for herself among the townsfolk on her own world. She can already tell that no one wanted her to win, but that will change when she does win since she will have their respect.

At long last, the announcer posted up the preliminary matches and see who got paired up with who. She gestured for the two males to follow her as the other combatants also crowded around the notice board. According to the notice, neither of the three have been paired off against each other from the beginning, so all three of them can have a decent look at each other's skill before they have a chance to face each other, so it is matter of getting through the first round so that they can fight each other. Her first match is against some dude who looked more nervous than Krystian. Looks like her new friends won't get a good look at her skill level with the opponent she has.

"Okay then. I guess I'm up first. Let me show you how it's done in Twilight Town. Watch and learn."

Stella said this with confidence before the announcer made his way to the middle of the arena to the announce the beginning of the tournament and the first match: Stella vs Nimble. Picking up her Struggle Bat Sword, she headed toward the arena and stood in front of her nervous looking opponent. He is local of the town and more than likely is aware of the girl's reputation. She respectfully bowed at her opponent before the announcer cleared from the arena as the officials gave them the black Velcro vest with the colored balls attached to them. The match was then declared to begin.

Stella's Struggle Bat rested on her right shoulder as she stared at Nimble, who took a stance involving his knees and elbows bent while he held his bat as if it were a dagger. She figured that she should scare the guy good enough since he look like he was about to have an anxiety attack so that she can get this match over with, so she rush toward her opponent as took the bat off her shoulder. Once she closed in, she swung the bat at her opponent's left side, but it looked like he vanished without a trace from her perspective. The moment she turned around, Nimble's Struggle Bat had hit her on the right side. There wasn't a lot of strength in the attack, but it did knock a ball off her, which is how you're suppose to win.

"It's going to take a lot more than that if you want beat me!"

She readied her bat again and took a swing, being careful to watch Nimble's movements. He is fast, but he is also hesitant, so tracking his attacks will be easier than his agility. Her theory was correct as she was able to block every attack he swung at her, and when he least expect it, she struck him hard to knock off a lot more colored balls off his vest more than he could by knocking one ball at a time. It came to a point that she scared the boy to the point he became frantic and desperate by trying to perform bigger strikes at the cost of his speed. At some point in one of his heavy strikes, she jumped over him and slammed her bat down on the last several balls on the back of vest, granting her victor in this match.

The audience was surprised by this and were unsure of whether to support the victor of this match, but the least they did was applaud for both of the fighter's efforts as the announcer came up, rose one of Stella's arms into the air and announced her as the winner. She congratulated Nimble's efforts and wished him better luck next time before leaving the arena to meet up with Krystian and Kayligai. She straightened her hair a bit before she said to them.

"Not too bad for a girl like me right? And that was just me warming up. You guys haven't seen anything yet, so if you want to experience more, you guys better win."

Kayligai Nura

Theme song in battle: Yōen naru

Kayligai thought of Stellas words. If his changes from his father are considered as something that is not something part of a struggle bat, it is cheating then he is fine.

He watched Stella's match as she was able to over power her fast opponent with ease, same with Krys with the opposite in effect, speed over strength. "You two did great, Stella it was excellent what you did with that strike. Same with you Krys with your speed, kept him off balance and confused. Well its my turn, wish me luck."

As Kayigai stepped onto the arena, he saw his opponent, adjusting his glasses as he too stept onto the arena. Eye to eye in the area they were allowed to stand to start, the boy in glasses said in a tone very rude, "So you are new, then this battle will be very quick if you don't figure me out soon." Kayligai smiled about it and with that remark, his attitude changed from his normal kind self to a more serious self that is also some more ominus, "Well, then like those I fought before. I shall fight you to show you there is more then you think I am."

As the match was told to begin, Kayligai and someone who uses logic to out think his opponents next move he figured. he plyed around a bit to test him by looking like any normal human and doing so, the strikes were almost blocked by the logic user as he could only evade the attacks, seeing only moments to strike. The logic user started to get moments to strike in and started to take orbs at a time and said at the middle, "Well, well, looks like I am going to win. Got anything to say?"

The boy smirk didn't last long due to he started to see something that scared him, Kayligai's eyes started to turn yellow and his hair in the tip area started to turn white, "Yeah, I am getting serious now. Question though, do you believe in monsters?" The logic user can only nod to say no and Kay smiled and said, "Well you should, I am partially one." He smiled as he started to walk to the logic user who started to attack him. Kay avoided the strikes, knowing how his battle style was too and this made the logical boy realized, he wasn't the only one studying the other as he was hit by the Struggle Bat, but it hit was tough enough for Kay to get his orbs back.

This put the crowd in awe, seeing the stranger having unknown abilities like this was about the most amazing thing they saw and they started to cheer for him and the Logic boy started to panic as he tried to strike him from behind, which was blocked with a turn that tripped him and then a upper cut at the torso which knocked more orbs off and with those orbs and his opponent knocked out, the match ended with Kayligai's victory.

He put down his struggle bat and picked up his opponent to the stands nearby so he can rest and said, "Sorry about that, I get like this from my dad's side." With his eyes and hair still in its state, he walked to Stella and Krys and said, "Hence the earlier question, I get this from my dad, his name is Rikuo Nura. Leader of the Nura Clan." He looked at his hair, seeing it white like it is reminds him of his father and smiled about it.

OOC: if need to do any changes Please PM me. TY.

~Stella Nova~

So when Kayligai talked about changing physical form, this is what he had meant: a bit of his hair changed to white and the eye color to yellow. Surely there had to be more than this in terms of how much he can change and what actually does change about him. So far it was just his demeanor in combat, but she will find out sooner or later whenever they have a proper fight. Kayligai placed his arms around Krystian and Stella's heads as he supported the two of them for their upcoming match against each other, and she could have sworn that he looked different than before. She blinked her eyes several times to confirm this, but before she had the chance, the announcer declared for the first semi-final match to start: Stella vs Krystian.

"Well then, I can't wait to hear more about your secrets Kayligai. Just make sure you win and I'll do my best to meet you in the finals. Come on Krystian. It's time to give it our all."

Stella released herself from Kayligai's grip, picked up her Struggle Bat, and headed towards the middle of the arena. She stood on the right side of the announcer facing Krystian when he would join her as he would face her from the left side of the announcer. The feeling of excitement filled her knowing that she found a worthy opponent in Krystian. Of course, she still believed that she will win simply because her confidence told her so, but if she loses, it should still be a good fight in the end.

"Remember, don't hold back. I won't forgive you if you don't give me your all."

As the announcer left the arena to declare the match to begin, Stella assumed a similar fight stance she had in the last match, but she bent her knees, stood sideways with her left leg forward and her left elbow bent facing towards the left. Her right hand still held the Struggle Bat and the bat itself rested on her right shoulder. The one thing she knew about Krystian was that he is fast, so she will have to keep a close on him if she is going to win and will have to strike hard at the right time when he can't dodge her. The moment the announcer declared the match to begin, she took the initiative and surprised Krystian by jumping towards him and swinging the bat to his right arm. This attack is more likely to miss, but her initial strategy is to continuously use momentum to keep her close to Krystian and keep him running to the point he can't run no more. If she failed to land the first hit, she would continuously chase him by making leaps toward him and perform hard strikes to either hit him or keep him moving.

~Stella Nova~

Stella's strategy to keep Krystian moving worked for a short time, but it was something she expected considering who her opponent is. She couldn't have seen how he was going to counter it, especially when he charged toward her instead of running away like she had been making him to. From that surprise he was able to slide around her and knock off a few orbs off her and managed to recover his own orbs. That was her opportunity to recover her own orbs and return the match to even. The momentum became his as he clashed bats with her, but it didn't seem like he was trying to hit her. It was as if he was trying to stall for time, but that didn't make sense at this point since they were both even in orbs. Wait a minute, why is she thinking about this? She has to gain the momentum of fight back, so one of the times that she blocked an attack, she pushed him off, causing him to jump back, and swung the bat hard, but he ducked at the attack and attempted to hit her in the stomach. From the momentum of the swing, she allowed herself to slip so she could avoid getting hit, but caught herself with one hand before landing on the arena, cartwheeled around Krystian and vertical swing at Krystian's right shoulder to knock a couple of orbs, at least that is the hope.

Kayligai Nura

Theme song in battle: Yōen naru

Kayligai smiled about the energy coming from the two as they started to head from the ring as well as the excitement coming from Krys about his change. it never happened before due to most people avoid him, even back home. But Stella, she was more curious about it as well as excited to see him in a fight. He also noticed she was confused, but he dismissed it due to it was normal it seemed.

As the match got started, Kayligai noticed they were using their abilities to their fullest due to only using bats as swords and he couldn't blame them. he nodded and thought, "Stella has great maneuvering skills over speed and with her strength by her side, its a good match up. With Krys, his speed and tactical style matches well great against strength opponents in a length of time. Those two remind me of my uncles from the strike team." He smiled as the fight kept going.

He noticed Krys was having a hard time and said out loud for him to hear, "Hey, you want to give her a fight to remember right? Then show her what a real quick fighter can do." He wanted Krys to give Stella a fight out of respect, also he knows Krys has more in him then even Krys thinks himself. When he sit down, he crossed his legs and placed one arm on his chin.....almost making himself look like a general even though he is a entry in the tournament.

Krystian's blocks were rendered useless as his strength depleted and his dodges lost distance. The boy only managed to knock off only a couple orbs each time now if any hits were landed. He fought with less energy now but he never stopped, determination still on his side.

I'm runnin' on reserve now... I don't think I can do this anymore. Krystian continued fighting Stella with diminished gusto, his blue eyes flickering in defeat.

Finally, time was called. Krystian stepped back from Stella, lowering his bat. He stood tall, chin up despite his loss, and smiled proudly to Stella after looking between their vests and noticing he only had seven or 8 orbs left. He applauded with everyone as the referee deemed Stella the victor then stepped down from the arena to join Kayligai once again.

"Shew! That was intense- but I enjoyed every second of it." The boy sat down on a nearby vacant bench and wiped the sweat off his forehead. He looked up at Kayligai with a grin. "Thanks for cheerin' for me earlier. It helped a lot. I think you're next, right? Good luck!

As Stella rejoined them for the ten minute break, Krystian stood up and held out his hand to her. "That was an amazing fight! You really had me out there. Let's try again next time, outside of the arena."

~Stella Nova~

It was a close match, but Stella prevailed in the end. Krystian definitely gave it is all and never backed down. He believed that he would be able to win no matter what, and that is the kind of opponent she likes. When her victory came, she noticed how she started gaining support from the crowd instead of shame. Maybe now they are realizing that she isn't some punk girl who enjoys getting mad at other people. After a moment in relishing in her victory, she stepped down from arena, pasing Kayligai on the way who congratulated her and mentioned that Krystian should have paced himself more to make the match longer. He did make a point there since Krystian sort of panicked when his strategy failed, but it was still a good match. Kayligai's large opponent chimed into the conversation as well, and Stella found it funny that he ended up with another big guy.

"Well, you seem to fighting all the big guys here. At least this one don't seem like a jerk. Maybe he can be a better challenge to you. Best of luck to you, and make sure you end up in the finals. I want to make sure that I become champion after beating you."

With that said she made her way to the bench that Krystian is resting and sat beside him. With a pat on his back, she said to him after he spoke,

"You were awesome out there. The times you threw me off there made it hard for me to keep up my guard because I didn't know where to block. You're definitely a fast dude and I can see you getting better so let's fight again someday when both of us have gotten stronger. For now...lets see what our friend is capable of since hes got another big one to fight."