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((Sorry this is going to be a couple of posts instead of one long one sweatdrop ))

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After Juri finished her count and declared Lyn the victor, Lyn smiled weakly as the pain from her wounds was growing. Her energy was running low, almost as low as Sumire’s had become, yet somehow her determination and will kept her going. Now as things were settling, Lyn was beginning to feel her muscles cry in agony and her blood’s hum still raging even though she was trying to change back to her half demon self. Her hair began to show golden brown highlights and some red was appearing on her ears and tail.

The crowd cheered and booed as she placed her hand on her stomach wound. Lyn had heard Rin's praise and concern from her fight.. but it didn't fully register with exhaustion haunting her.. not to mention her dealing with her other side that she still needed to subdue. Before the medical team rushed the ring, she looked at Sumire and slowly walked over to her. She shook her head and staggered as she drew closer and knelt by her.

“Um.. Lyn..? What are you doing?” Juri asked, her tail swishing to one side.

Before Lyn could respond, she groaned and curled slightly, her golden highlights and her red tints receding. One of her hands went to Sumire as if to grab her by the collar of her shirt while the other went inside of her knee high boot.

“Lyn..?” Juri said, inching a little closer.

“This is a bit confusing.. Lyn walked over to Sumire and looks as if she might do something to Sumire even though the match has been called.. What is Lyn planning?” Koto said, tilting her head.

As Lyn’s left hand went for Sumire’s throat, her right quickly drew her damascus dagger and with lightning speed, plunged it into her own left shoulder. Biting the scream, but whimpering and groaning in pain, she curled even more into herself and coughed up blood.ღ.:⇀ “You will.. not harm her..” ↽:.ღshe groaned, holding her shoulder and opened her right eye that showed a slightly glazed over pupil.

⊁ ⊁ "𝓦𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓂𝓈 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀.. 𝓡𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁." ⊀ ⊀

✠ "𝕿𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖘.." ✠
✠ "𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖆𝖑𝖜𝖆𝖞𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖍." ✠

"It sounds like what Lyn was gunning for was getting Sumire off the ring in case her demon form resurfaced and stabbed herself to stop herself from losing control. I hope she will be alright after she comes to.. Though with what she said made me very curious.. She said, I’m sorry Rin.. Did she mean her team captain.. Or did she mean Rin from team Karanama.. Or maybe she was trying to say a different name and her pain interrupted her speech..? Which it almost sounded like Arin.. But if that is the case, who is Arin..? Maybe we will find out later in the tournament..”

Rin’s eyes widened and fear struck as Lyn fell to the floor. “Lyn!” he thought and said as he fought his body to stay where he stood. He wanted to help her and his brotherly intuition wanted to rush, but she was not on his team.. But Haku helped him and Lyn helped Sumire by getting her away from her so she would be out of danger…

He took a deep breath and fought his anxiousness while getting on the ring and going straight to Lyn’s motionless body. He had to remind himself that he has seen this before.. granted that was about nine or so years ago.. “Lyn... Open your eyes.. Even if you can’t see.. Open them..” he spoke softly with a hint of panic as he turned her over. He looked at her very closely for any signs. He could tell that she was definitely out.. Her breathing was very faint, but steady thankfully, and her hair was changing back and forth. “Nia.. Don’t you dare die..” he thought as he looked at Juri.




“Would you be so kind as to grab Lyn’s pendant? It is over where you were standing for the match..” he asked, even though his eyes were filled with concern.She blinked and jogged back to her spot and indeed saw the pendant and picked it up and went back over to him. Handing it to him, she spoke “I’m surprised I didn’t step on it..”

Putting the pendant in his pocket, he nodded with gratitude and said “Thank you..” Then he looked at Rin.

“Please allow me to take her to the Nurse’s Tent. I give you my word that no harm will come to her nor will I leave her side until she regains consciousness.. You need to focus on your upcoming match with Haiyou..” he said looking at him, his pendant, having forgotten to tuck it back under his shirt, slightly glinted from the sunlight as it tapped his shirt gently.

Honestly, whether Rin said yes or no.. Akarin didn’t care, he wasn’t leaving Lyn’s side. It had been nearly ten years since they have seen each other. There was no way in hell that he would abandon her now. That and he had to make sure her demon side stayed quiet until he could fix her pendant.

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Koizumi watched the distant look in Lyn's eyes closely. "Lyn?" He had his theories on her condition, but knew nothing for certain. He closely watched from the edge of the ring, and nearly bolted to stop her when he realized what was about to happen, but a sharp breath escaped his lips in what was almost a scream with no sound, the moment he saw his teammate maim herself. He stepped back instinctively. "Lyn..." He knew she couldn't hear his whispering. "Control it. I know you can..." He watched helplessly as the events unfolded, wishing there was something he could do, but nothing came to him. Once she collapsed to the ground he ran over to her. He had knelt down and placed a hand on her shoulder- the uninjured one. A moment later he looked up to see Akarin. the man spoke to him quickly and then walked away with Lyn in tow. "I don't know who you are, but I can tell you know her better than I do. I trust you, But I will have questions for you later, Rin." He spoke so that the other would hear him well. And after having said that, he finally entered the ring. "Miss Juri, if Karamana is ready, then so am I." He took a deep breath. It would be hard to concentrate on the fight when he was still worried about Lyn, but he would have to try his best. Juri seemed sidetracked by the events as well, but she nodded and called out for the other team's fighter to enter the ring.





(WOOOO! Also, all is good... I honestly temporarily forgot about this thread anyway. sweatdrop Curse you Breath of the Wild! *ahem* anyhoo.. )

(P.S. If you'd rather avoid confusion between Rinri and Akarin, feel free to use his full name (Rinri) or his surname. ^^ But the way you created confusion with the two was kinda genius, Lyn. ^^)

✠ "𝕿𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖘.." ✠
✠ "𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖆𝖑𝖜𝖆𝖞𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖍." ✠

As Ruka was working on Sumire, Rin had to get out Lyn's dagger and stop the bleeding. Though he had to admit.. what she did was genius. Stabbing herself, not to mention twisting the blade, created a blockade in her veins. The pain also overwhelmed the humming of her own blood. In a way, even though she was wreck less, he was proud of her for remaining in some control of her demonic form.

He looked and caught a glimpse of Ruka nearing Lyn. "Hold on a moment, Ruka.." he said. She looked at him and began to protest as he cut her off. "Before you say anything.. I need to do this for her, and I don't feel you have enough bandages to stop her bleeding.. She twisted her blade within her shoulder a full quarter turn.."

Ruka blinked and asked "How are we going to help her then?"

Keeping his eyes on Lyn, he replied "I going to seal her wound.. Even though she may not like it.."

Ruka watched carefully as Rin bent over Lyn. He had to be quick. Thankfully, out of the two of them, he was always quicker. He placed his left hand on her breast bone and with his right, he rolled and flexed his fingers. Taking a smooth breath, all in one motion, Rin removed her dagger quickly and as he reached the high point of the pull, he dropped the dagger and his hand began to glow as blue flames sprouted. As he came down, he aimed his blue fire into her shoulder, cleansing and closing the wound.

✠ "𝕿𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖘.." ✠
✠ "𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖆𝖑𝖜𝖆𝖞𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖍." ✠

As she laid back down, Akarin was about to go to the opening of the tent to watch the match until he felt a tug. Lyn somehow managed to grab his wrist. Though it was a loose hold, he didn’t pull away as he heard her softly whimper in her sleep. He blinked and slightly grinned as he stepped closer. As he stood there, memories were revealing themselves inside of his mind.

Thankful she was going to be back to herself after resting, he gently stroked her forehead as he allowed his hand to become more normal, though in others cases, his demon form. His nails were longer, though he was just a gentle and stroking her head with the back of his hand.

After a moment or two longer, Lyn’s grip on his other hand loosened. Slipping out slowly, he took out her pendant, restrung with some thread he had in his pocket incase his own had broke. Gently putting it around her neck, her breathing was more normal now and less labored. Smiling, Akarin stayed by her cot, but looked toward the ring to watch the two captains duke it out.

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Koizumi glared at his opponent. "A... Pleasure to meet you both. I am rather aware of your separate personality... So please make sure he knows that my sex is not something to be joking about to my face." The transgender man looked at Juri and nodded his head to begin the fight. Koizumi reached his hand into the air as his reiki manifested a scythe made purely of spirit energy. Though it's hard to take a weapon like that seriously when it was a glowing neon pink. He sighed. Then he hardened his emotions and took a step back to form a defensive stance. "I'll give him the first move, it will be easier to counter. Once I get a cut in, I can hold him down. I need to focus on not using so much energy this time, but I also need to take him out quickly before he overpowers me." Koizumi's eyes were focused on his opponent as he formulated his strategy.





(Dude, a comment like that from the get-go? Well HB never fails to deliver, but damn that one was harsh. >,< Also, have you seen 00?)

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Koizumi reacted instantly to his opponent's barrage, back-flipping at just the right moment while using his scythe as a pogo-stick to keep his balance. His movements were slow in comparison to the pyropath, but he calculated each move carefully to avoid injury. He had noted the the extra fire to his side, and used his spirit weapon to jump higher into the air to avoid fire. Upon his decent, he had nearly fallen into one of the balls- and would have if it weren't for a sudden twisting motion he made to avoid it. He landed on his feet with only a minor singeing of his shirt. He looked up just in time to see a blue hand in front of his face. He held up the butt-end of his scythe, with the large blade held at waist-level between himself and Haiyou. The blade was pointed directly at Haiyou and would easily pierce his heart if he didn't change course. Koizumi used this opportunity to charge a beam attack, as his pink-spirit weapon glowed brighter than usual, and if he did change his course, Koizumi would only shoot the beam at him. For now, he remained defensive. He knew Haiyou's guard was up and couldn't really attack him since Haiyou's speed was superior to his own. "Check, Karamana." Koizumi smiled as his blade held at Haiyou's chest with a glowing beam prepared.





( rofl Dude, don't apologize, that was GOLD! I freaking loved it! It's so HB! It was the perfect amount of shock and humor! This is why I freaking love you! It's made even funnier that you didn't even know he was trans, that was perfect. xd BTW, LOVE the G reference. That show was so ******** cool! Kion and I will be at A-Fest this weekend, we'll be doing our Wing cosplays ((Hilde and Heero)) and running a Gundam photoshoot ((And later a Capcom one dressed as Leon and Ada from RE)) and we'll be doing a panel on Gundam's anti-war message. )