Enchanting Grace

Chapter 4

The first round of the tournament was over very quickly. All of River Mountain swept through the competition like it was nothing. The same was true for Thunder Valley.

"Alright," Shino announced "This concludes the first day of the convention. All teams are to return to there rooms and wait to be called down to the dining hall."

All the teams filed out of the arena and went to there rooms.

"Oh man that got me so pumped!" Sakai cheered "I was so nervous but I made it through alright."

"Yeah, but do you know who you're up against next?" Ayame asked knowing the answer to the question.

"No who?"

"Huh," she sighed "Mashimo Aiko, the team captain of Thunder Valley."

"It's all probably just a bunch of hype to make her seem super tough."

"I don't know Sakai, it seems that her reputation is real." Toda interjected "She's gonna be hard to defeat."

"Yes well, tomorrows rounds are magic based so Sakai should have an advantage." Izumi finally said after staying quiet for so long. "You should prepare yourself for the worst. Mashimo excels in all fields of combat."

After reaching the second floor, they all went back to their rooms and freshened up. After thirty minutes of waiting, the loud speaker came on, "All students, report to the dining hall for dinner."

All the students mobbed down to the dining hall where the saw an amazing arrangement of food. There were many different cultural foods from all over the world. Everyone grabbed a plate, got their food, and sat down.

When they got back to the table, Sakai had a tower of food. "Um, Sakai, maybe you shouldn't eat so much." Ayame suggested.

"No way! This is suppose to be some of the best stuff on the world, I need to try it all." she argued.

"You know there are five days right. The food won't be going anywhere."

"Yeah I kn-"

Nakoa from Thunder Valley walked to their table, glasses shining hiding his eyes.

"Can I sit here?" he asked.

Everyone went quiet, trying to determine whether they should let him sit with them. Then Ayame answered, "Sure, I don't see why not."

He sat down and started eating. Everyone tried not to stare at their new addition, but they couldn't help it. His brown hair look as soft as a pillow and those glasses of his made him look ever so perfect.

Ayame leaned over to Sakai and whispered, "He looks like your type."

"He is not!" Sakai yelled pounding her hands on the table and standing up. All eyes were on her now as she tried to hide her blushing. She sat back down and went back to eating.

Out of nowhere Nakoa let out a little chuckle which turned into laughter.

"I didn't know he could smile." Toda said grinning.

"Indeed, I pegged you for a silent emotionless one." Izumi giggled.

"This is the pot calling the kettle black." Nakoa retorted.

"That's fair. Why aren't you sitting with your team?"

"They're aren't as interesting as you four. They're always so serious, I felt like a change."

"Well you're welcome at our table any time." Ayame said standing up to get more food when she bumped into Mashimo. "I'm sorry."

"Tsk," she scoffed "But whatever, I'm here to warn your team. I will wipe you out tomorrow little girl, so back out now."

That enraged Sakai, "I'm not gonna back down from a pumpus smart ass like you!"

Mashimo looked like she was going to explode with anger, but remained calm.

"We'll settle this in the arena tomorrow. You better not show up, or I'll rip into pieces!"

Mashimo stormed off leaving everyone a bit awkward after the fight that had just occurred.

"Sakai is it? I don't think that that was a good idea." Nakoa frowned.

"Oh yeah, why?" she asked.

"Mashimo is skilled in magic, and is the best at Thunder Valley, she is a force to be reckoned with."

"If so then you just declared war against her, not one of your best moves." Toda sighed.

"I can beat her, I'll use one of my specialty spells."

"What's that?" Nakoa asked.

"Sakai here is a spellcaster, someone more fit for magic than weapons or hand-to-hand combat. She specializes in coming up with unique spells." Izumi explained.

"Mashimo won't know what hit her." Sakai said pounding her fist together.

The group finished eating and went back to their rooms where they turned in for the night except Ayame who was thinking about tomorrow.

I hope Sakai is right or else she's in trouble.