Untouchable

🦁The Usurper from the Wilds pt.6🦁

~Third Pov~

"Hey, Headmage! We caught your guy! You know what that means...
Time to cough up the reward you promised!" Grim exclaimed

"What? Ohhh... I did promise you that, didn't I?" Crowley said. "But it's far too late. The tournament brackets have already been announced. What to do...?"

"WHAAAAAAAT?! You wretched, backstabbin' swindler! I am gonna make it rain fire, you liar!" Grim shot fire out. "MYAAAAAAAH!"

"I fully support you, Grim." Yukio smiled

"Stop, please! And young Yumeno don't encourage his behavior! Retrain yourselves for a moment! I will...come up with something. Uh..." Crowley thought then smiled. "Ah! I've got it! What would you say to playing in a special exhibition match?"

"If it were held before the tournament itself, it wouldn't interfere with anything. And the eyes of the world would be squarely on you!" He said

"On me?!" Grim questioned

"He caved in..." Yukio sighed

"B-but of course." Crowley nodded his head

"Well, so long as I'm the center of attention, I guess that will do. This'll be great! After the scouts see me kickin' tail on TV, they'll be swarmin' all over me!" Grim jumped up in excitement

"But Spelldrive teams need seven players..." Yuu reminded

"The other players... Ah, right. And we'll need an opposing team as well. Perhaps we could cobble one together out of faculty members..." Crowley thought

Grim stopped jumping around. "Myah?! You haven't given this any thought at all!"

"Hey, so, couldn't help overhearing..." Ace grinned

"If you need some teammates, we could help you out." Deuce offered

"What are you doing? You're members of Heartslabyul!" Riddle said

"There's no tournament rule that says we can't play for another dorm's team." Ace reasoned

Trey let out a laugh. "Ha! He's right! I guess no one thought that would ever happen, so no one ever wrote it down."

"Ooh, now this sounds totes fun! I wanna be on Yuu's team too!" Cater exclaimed

"B-but you're an actual member of our team!" Riddle reminded him

"Oh. Poo." Cater pouted

"I didn't go through all that just to sit back 'n cheer for you guys. If I'm getting the chance, I wanna play!" Ace exclaimed

"I'm not like him, okay?! I just want to have my friends' backs." Deuce said

"Yukio are you gonna join?" Ace asked. "Or are you on Pomefiore's team?"

"Nope, I'm gonna watch from the stands." Yukio held Slappy to his chest. "Sports aren't my thing."

"If you need someone to play against, Savanaclaw will be happy to help." Jack crossed his arms

"Myah?! You will?!" Grim exclaimed

Jack nodded. "Of course. Playing against the faculty would be no fun. We'll give you a proper match."

"Sa-weeet! Guess you ain't such a jerk after all." Ace grinned

"Don't get the wrong idea—this is just payback! I don't want that debt hanging over my head." Jack finally decided to ask his upperclassmen. "You don't got a problem with it, right?"

Ruggie sighed. "Yeah, sure, what's one more game when we're already at the brink of exhaustion? You're a monster, Jack."

"Pfft. I don't even care anymore. Come and take your best shot, herbivores." Leona smirked. "It may be an exhibition match, but we ain't gonna be playin' footsies here. You better be ready for us."