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Things had picked up quickly as Daisy caught the ball from Jasmine and began to dodge and weave her way through the Ravenclaw chasers. Watching the players it was easy to forget that the effort being put down here was also going on between two individuals soaring above the clouds and all around the pitch. Unless the Slytherin chasers could score 13 more times without the Ravenclaws ever scoring, an idea that was highly unlikely, the finality of the game would come down to Belle and Tristrain and that small tiny gold snitch.

It was ideas like that which had the potential to make players questions what they were doing and if it mattered. Questions like those were not something in Ronyo’s mind at the moment as he was not looking to assess the situation and best form a motion to help Daisy, stop the Ravenclaw chasers, and prepare a counter strategy should the quaffle get taken. With a smile on his face Ronyo took off towards another Bludger and made a quick side-long turn, slamming his bat into the sphere. His target was Chase, as the sight of the boy fully rejoining the game with an attempt at the quaffle had Ronyo feeling he had given the boy enough time to breath.

The Beaters seemed to have shifted their attention to Chase as he just barely evaded two bludgers. Another hit meant certain death for him, so he had to awkwardly shifted his broom left and right. He accelerated towards Daisy, going in for another attempt.

That was it. The game had been called with no snitch being caught and only one goal being made. It sounded like a boring game but from the looks of the two teams a different story was told. Sweat, blood, and tears had been poured into this first game and both sides had given it their all. Ronyo took another deep breath feeling were the bruise would likely appear from the bludger hit and looked around at the players, both sides. Beaten and battered was what was coming off the field and a look that showed the will to go on even if the body was not able.

With that Ronyo flew to the two Ravenclaw chasers who had been putting up such a stalwart fight against the onslaught Dominic and Ronyo had given them. He leveled his broom out next to them and gave another deep inhale and exhale of breath and could see both of them would be carrying a few bruises to the hospital wing for a looking over. He placed a hand on each of their shoulders and smiled as he started to breath heavier with the adrenaline wearing off.

"You two are stone eagles, keep this up and next time those bludgers are just going to bounce off you," Ronyo chuckled a bit and then pushed off as he past the rest of the Ravenclaw team and gave them nodes and shouts of "good game," in passing.

Moving to his team as they gathered up around him he could not keep the large smile off his face. His whole team had put up a wonderful effort and because of that they had come out on top. It didn't matter if it was by one goal or fifty, in Quidditch nothing was ever certain and his team never once stopped playing like they were in the world cup.

"You all did a brilliant job out there, don't let that score or anyone else tell you otherwise. This was a tough match and one that pushed our endurance and fortitude and everyone performed wonderfully. We won our first game of the year people, and this is just the start. That trophy is as good as ours...am I right? Am I Right!?"

Ronyo cheered with his team and then followed them down to the ground where they touched it for the first time in what felt like hours. Ronyo could feel his legs tighten around his muscles and his already toned stomach felt compressed even more. That was one game down, now they just had three more to go.

Shina drifted over to a wobbly looking Chase, taking a deep breath. It was disappointing to lose a match that had been called for time, but she felt like she had really tried her hardest. The snitch had just been too elusive for either Seeker to find.

At the Slytherin Captain's unexpected praise, Shina blushed, not that it was really visible with the bright flush of exertion already staining her cheeks. She didn't manage to find anything to say before he left to talk to his own team. Shina followed her teammate to the ground, dismounting carefully.

As the adrenaline started to wear off, Shina suddenly became painfully aware of her damaged ribs when she thoughtlessly tried to roll her shoulders, only to feel a sharp, hot pain a hand-span below her shoulder blade on the left side, with a deep ache radiating underneath and out from the brightest flare of pain. Her chest suddenly seemed a size too small, and taking a full breath was clearly not in her immediate future. A quiet groan slipped out of her. "Aaah. No problem. I had the faster broom, made sense for me to play decoy. You need an escort to the Hospital wing? If I feel this bad after one hit, you probably need the nurse to take a look at you," Shina said, glancing down shyly before trying a smile. Her smile was moderately better than Chase's, but her eyes were also tight with pain.

Chase smiled at Shina. But you didn't have you, he wanted to say. "You'll need the nurse to look at you too," he said. "A bludger to the ribs can't be taken lightly. Let's escort each other?" He held out his hand for Shina to take, then he would stroll off to the hospital wing to assess the damage done on his body.

{OOC; Sorry for second post, but I can't think of any way to post this otherwise. ;n;}

"Probably a good idea," Shina admitted. "Now that the adrenaline is wearing off..." she trailed off with a grimace. The pain seemed to be getting worse, but it was probably just her realizing she was hurt, she thought. Shyly, she took Chase's hand, and headed off to the hospital wing with him.