User blog:Guardian Fira/Fighters Unite! Chapter 8: Round 1! Stardust VS Armoury

Friday ( Day of the regional qualifiers), Sanbuki Road, 8:33

The day was finally here!

Everyone was excited for the qualifiers taking place today, even the teachers, who took a day off to watch all the fights taking place. It was like the school just shut down for the day, but of course, no one was complaining about it. All the teams had signed up days before, and everyone else was just excited to watch what happened. Among those teams, was Team Stardust, comprised of Chain, Berith and Serena. They all spent the last week fine tuning their decks, making them the best they could be for this tournament. It was an annual thing, meaning that this was a once a year event. Anyone losing here would have to wait until next year to try again. Chain wasn't ready to lose, neither were his teammates. They spent all week getting their decks ready and weren't going to go down easily.

Chain, Berith and Serena were walking towards Sanbuki Academy together. Chain felt more than ready for the tournament. Berith was a little unnerved, being his first large scale tournament, same as Serena. They all agreed to meet up and walk to the tournament together, hoping to arrive and leave as a team. Berith thought the idea was a little childish, but went along with it anyway. Of course, It was Serena's idea. Serena was always the fun one out of the group, finding new and different ways to boost their morale, though they didn't always work out the way she'd hoped they would. She had to keep a cheerful smile for Fira and her sister, she needed to be the cheerful one after the incident. Chain shook his head, trying to divert his attention away from that day. "You ok Chain, you don't usually shake your head", Serena asked. Chain snapped out of his trance like head shake, and looked towards Serena. Both she and Berith had a concerned look on their faces, both worsened by their nervousness. Chain turned his head straight ahead of him again, staring direclty forward ad started to speed up. "I'm fine, let's just go!", he hurridly exclaimed. He took off, leaving Berith and Serena behind, not realising how fast he was going. He turned his head to see how far back they were. *THUD* Chain bumped into something, falling backwards.

Serena and Berith both caught up with him, and started to help him up. Chain looked in front to see what he hit, and was surprised to see 2 girls helping a boy up. It took Chain a second to realise who he bumped into, immediatly apologizing. "Oh, I'm sorry GX, that was my fault, not looking where I was going", Chain quickly stated, bowing in embarrassment. Allisia and Kagome were both helping him up. Allisia was doing most of the lifting as Axia stood behind her, giving her advice on how to lift GX. Kagome, on the other hand, seemed to be struggling. GX eventually picked himself off the ground and stood up proud, his arms folded over one another. "Don't worry about it Chain", GX said. Chain let out a large exhale, relieved that GX wasn't too bothered by it. Serena and Beirth both let go off Chain, Serena blushing slightly, but only just.

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Both teams walked to the school, after the incident left everyone a little flustered. The school gates were in sight now, and Chain could barely contain his excitement. He was looking forward to the idea of fighting all new players, fighters he'd never played against before. It was enough to make anyone feel giddy and ready. "Chain!", Allisia shouted. Chain snapped out of his daydream, realising multiple things. Firstly, that he was daydreaming a lot lately. Secondly, that he was once again, walking much further ahead than the group. And Thirdly, *THUNG*. He walked straight into the school gates. Everyone but Kagome ran towards Chain, while Kagome burst out into laughter. Serena was the only one to speak though, "Are you ok, Chain?!", sounding much more worried than she meant to let on. Chain rubbed his forehead, banging it pretty hard on the gate. But it didn't dampen his mood, nothing could. He shook his head and smiled, "I'm good guys, let's go. We've got a tournament to win!". Allisia, GX and Kagome both smiled and looked straight at Chain, all with the same thought, 'Not if we can help it'. Both teams said their byes and walked into the school separtely.

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Friday ( Day of the regional qualifiers), Sanbuki Academy, Main Hall, 9:02

Chain and his team had assembled in the main hall with the other teams. They were all assembled, along with the students to find out the brackets for the tournament. Chain could see a lot of people he had never seen before, including a masked figure. The mask looked quite similar to another card Chain had seen, Blood Knife Kimensai. Only the mask was coloured red, with blue lines all over it. It would be scary if Chain had thought it was an actual Buddy Monster. There were even more people around who Chain had never seen before, most likely from another town, come to watch the qualifiers. As of now, 8 teams had been registered and were being paired up on a large board in the main hall. Chain noticed Fira and Serena talking to each other. He remembered Serena talking about how their sister got accepted into another school in another town. He couldn't quite remember it's name, but he knew that they would be worried. Fira and Serena were always overprotective, especially with Ruby. He also remembered how panicked they were when their brother got accepted into another school in another town. He laughed a little at how large their family was, and how Serena and Fira were like the parents.

"Attention everyone!", the headmaster yelled. Everyone stopped their conversation and immedialty look at the headmaster. The headmaster slowly walked across the stage in the main hall, towards the large electronic board. He looked over all the students in a harsh manner, showing them all he was ready to speak, "The pairings are in, and I want to announce them all right here and now". The board lit up and with it, a large bracket list appeared on the screen. Chain could see his team right at the top, paired against Team Armoury. "So, the first match will be Team Stardust VS Team Armoury", The headmaster announced. Chain could see the other teams on the list, including Team Burst and Team Worlds Unite. They were all pitted in other matchs, so they wouldn't fight each other until the semi-finals at least. Chain took a photo of the brackets on his mobile phone, making sure to save them for later, and sent a copy to Serena and Berith.

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Shoreline, 9:46

Team Stardust were on their way to the official fight stadium, on the edge of the city, where they met Team World Unite. They felt a little nervous about being the first match, knowing nothing about the other team. As they walked towards the stadium, Berith was lost in thought. He was still trying to wonder about Kagomes change in personality since he met her the first time. When he met her at the club, she was very moody, not caring for her own safety, now she was hardly willing to get her hands dirty, not picking up GX very well after that morning. He also wondered about Allisia and Axia. He noticed how well they got on, much better than he had seen any Buddy Monster and Human. Serena, on the other hand, was worried about Ruby. Ruby was the younger sister of Fira and Serena, only aged 14. She had just been accepted into another school, along with her Buddy. Serena hadn't spent much time with Ruby this last week, and tohught to herself, 'Ok, when i get home tonight, I'll make sure we have as much fun as possible to make up for not being there last week'.

As Chain and the others walked up to the stadium, they spotted another team of fighters walking from the other direction, also towards the stadium. There were 3 boys in the group, and only 1 girl visible. The first boy had blonde hair with glasses, wearing a purple jacket with white pants, sporting white and purple sneakers. He looked somewhere in his mid-teens, smiling at his teammates. The second boy had brown hair, with black glasses. He was wearing a black sweatshirt and a white undershirt, with black jeans and sneakers. He was sort of keeping his gaze fixed ahead of him, not looking any other directions. The third boy. They also noticed Chain, Beirth and Serena. They walked towards the team and the first boy started to speak.

"Heeeyyy!", he yelled at the top of his voice. Chain recoiled a little at the volume he reached. The boy walked over towards Team Stardust and held his hands out, grabbing Chain's han with both of his and proccedded to shake them, obviously trying to give him a handshake. "Good to meet you, are you here for the tournament too?", the boy asked. Before Chain could respond, the boy had stopped shaking Chain's hand and moved onto Serena, procedding to shake her hand similarly. "Uh, yeah we are", Chain replied. The boy moved over to Berith and shaked his hand as well, though he obviously didn't realise Berith's age, as he tumbled slightly from the force of the shake. The boy jumped back and placed his hand on his chest, before speaking, "My name is Arthur Mirai, and these are my teammates, Sora and Daichi", pointing at the second and third boys respectively. Before Chain could ask about the girl, Serena beat him to it, "And what about her?". Arthur turned around to look at the girl, then turned back and said, "Oh silly me, that's Pan, Daichi's girlfriend". Both Chain and Berith looked over towards the girl, who was slighlty hiding behind Daichi. Serena noticed this and pushed Chain back to his original position.

The two teams spoke for a little bit, revealing their team names to each other. Arthur, Sora and Daichi were all part of Team Heart, relieving Chain a little that they weren't their first opponents. As everyone chatted, they all suddnely realised the time. 9:55, Team Stardust's first match was starting in 5 minutes. Chain, Berith and Serena both ran towards the stadium, waving goodbye to Team Heart and Pan. Chain was starting to feel nervous again. They all ran through the stadium halls, until they came to a booth, labeled SIDE B. This was the deignated side that Team Stardust was fighting on, while Team Armoury stood on the other side. Team Stardust caught their breath from the run and stepped out of the booth and into the stadium. The large dome field was covered in grass, with marked areas for the monsters to be called, along with a fighters spot. The crowd stands were filled with students and adults, all coming from different towns to support different teams. As they looked around, Berith noticed the other team coming out of their booth, but what shocked him more was one particular player, who moved towards the fighters spot. The fighter stood in the fighters spot, signifying he was fighting first, but stood behind him was his Buddy, a small demon. The demon was covered in flames, Berith knew that monster. Armourknight Ifrit. Kagome's Buddy. Berith ran into the fighters spot, wasting no time speaking to Chain and Serena, who didn't have a chance to react to his decision. The match was decided, Berith was fighting first.

So this is part 1, hope your all looking forward to part 2 (and hopefully the bracket works!)