Inner Core (Book 2) (Completed)

Chapter 20 *Feu Has Entered*

Kai: "Canteen is the winner."

(The crowd cheered and Dai started to get up. His grey outfit was soaked in water, it looked nearly black, except for the wet sand he got on it from falling off the arena. He was a mess. He didn't really think he would win the whole tournament, but he never expected to lose the first fight. Kazu walked over to him and patted him on the back.)

Kazu: "Hey, it's ok. You tried. That was just bad matching. "

(Dai nodded and looked to the ground. You never get to choose the matching when you fight a villain. If she was a villain, Dai would have been screwed. He felt weak, like a failure. After this he was gonna train harder. He needed to get stronger, way stronger. He walked over to a bench his brother was sitting at. He sat next to him.)

Taku: "Heh, she really did mess you up."

Dai: "Yeah."

(Taku looked at him with a concerned look.)

Taku: "It's ok, Dai. You'll get them next time, maybe."

Dai: "Heh, yeah."

(Taku wasn't very good at comforting people, but he felt the need to. It was his brother and he was sad. He didn't know if this would help, but it was the only thing he could think of right now. He stood up and slapped Dai in the face.)

Dai: "Ow, what the-"

Taku: "Shut up, Dai! You might have lost, but that doesn't give you the right to give up! It was one lost and that just means there is room to improve. So stop your pouting and go get better!"

(Taku's speech was all over the place, and he slapped Dai, but weirdly, it helped him out.)

Dai: "You know what, you're right. Just one loss. It's ok. I can still do this"

Taku: "There you go."

(Dai looked at Taku.)

Dai: "Thanks Taku."

Taku: "No problem Dai."

(They smiled and went to the back where the rest of the competitors were. Reo was sitting at a chair with his feet on a table and was leaning back. Sara and Selene were talking with each other on a couch. Yui and Ruri were doing push ups and Kiriena was walking towards Dai and Taku.)

Taku; "Hey girl. Do you want the Taku now?"

Kiriena: "Move. You are in the way of the exit."

Dai: "Oh, sorry. Where are you going?"

Kiriena: "To fight, I'm next."

Taku; "Sorry, but I don't know if you know how to count or not, but the next letter is E or F so going outside now will be a waste of time."

Kiriena: "Kiriena isn't my hero name idiot. It's Feu."

Dai: "Feu? Why Feu?"

Kiriena: *sigh* :Can we not ask a million questions before I leave?"

Dai: "Oh, sorry."

(Dai and Taku moved out of the way to let Kiriena pass. As soon as she went outside her name was called.)

Kai; "Next is Feu."

(She walked onto the arena.)

Kai: "She'll be fighting Gurgle."

Kiriena: "Gurgle?"

(A giant guy started to walk onto the arena. It was more of a roll, but he got there. He was huge, he looked to be about 600 pounds. He was bald and had brown eyes. He had on the grey sweat, but he didn't wear the grey tank top.)