I wrote a lot of these in a row today, so I'm going to be posting them sparingly over the next week, due to my hectic exam schedule. Oddey, the answer to all your question is... "all of the above", lol. I'll leave everyone to decide whether its a red herring or foreshadowing.
I'm glad you like this fanfic so far, I'm having fun writing it. The fight scenes seem to get written very quickly for me, so I'm hoping to make it quite action packed. I wrote most of this story while watching Johnny Mnemonic last night
I was going to post Chapter 5 and 6, but I think that 6 and 7 would be better kept together
Enjoy!
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Chapter 5: Entrants Assembled
Of the entrants standing in the row, Park was the tallest. Rao was like Park, but had slightly more muscle mass than him. Nara was holding her curved dagger loosely. Mern was holding his dagger in his left hand, he was looking towards the stands. Tury was holding his crossbow to his side, so was Une. Une gave Tury a cheeky smile from the side of her mouth. Tury blushed but remained focused. Warro and Kardo were excitedly talking to each other.
The announcer turned the microphone back on. "Alright everbody, we have decided the order in which fights will take place. The match order will be; Rao vs Warro, Park vs Mern, Tury VS Nara, Une vs Kardo. All entrants please move to the arena floor".
The fighters moved to the four arena sections in order to fight their opponent, the announced spoke once more. "Okay everyone, this is what we've been waiting for. I would ask the chosen to not use lethal force during the match. You can win by knockout, pin or by throwing them out of the ring. On the count of three, you are to begin the trials. One, Two, Three".
The crowd erupted in cheering. Warro charged at Rao, his longsword was drawn and he tried to swing at Rao. Rao raised his spear and blocked the blow. Park was counterattacking Mern, who was trying to circle around him. Mern chuckled before trying to attack Park again. Tury was trying to keep his distance with Nara, before trying to aim with his crossbow. Nara however wasn't prepared to let him have any time to aim, so she carefully made sure that he didn't have enough time to aim right. Une was holding her crossbow steady, she was aiming towards Kardo's weapon. Kardo tried to hit her with the sword but she was too fast for him to reach her.
The outsider shifted his leg slightly, he looked at the nearest officer. "Do you work here often?". The officer nodded, "Yup". "Is it a hard job?", "Yup". The outsider shrugged, "You don't talk much do you?", "Nope". The outsider sighed and walked back to his seat.