The Star Blessed Twelve (SDS Fic)

Chapter 6

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Also the chapters are going to be longer from this chapter forwards, so please enjoy :D

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"Alright folks! Because of the number of contestants this year we'll be having another round of drawing lots!"

"Hey, sorry to interrupt but I'm going to be withdrawing." Brooke said, raising her hand slightly.

"What?! You can't do that!" Aarona exclaimed, "You promised me you wouldn't back out!"

"I said I wouldn't back out of the last match. I only stayed in because I wanted to fight that guy. Now that he's been defeated I have no interest staying in. Besides, with how many people there are the rounds are uneven. Someone needed to step out."

"You're really going to step out? You sure?" Meliodas asked.

"Completely. I only joined because Ban signed me up for it. And looking at the line up now, it seems that you're almost guaranteed to win back the weapon."

"Well, if you're sure." Love Helm said, then cleared his throat before making an announcement to the crowd. "Brooke has stepped out of the festival! Therefore the remaining participants are Cain, Matrona, Meliodaf, and Aarona! Please stand by everyone! the semi-finals are about to begin!"

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The matches were soon created, and everyone who was in the hut was now back outside and Love Helm now standing on his podium.

"It's time for the first match of the semifinals! Everyone give it up for Matrona vs. Aarona!"

Aarona grinned and looked over towards Diane. "You better not hold back!"

Diane looked over at her before smiling, a look of determination on her face. "You got it!"

The two girls stepped up into the ring, Aarona looking at Diane with a wide grin on her face. Once the two girls were ready, Love Helm cleared his throat, "Let the first match of the semi-finals began!"

Not even a millisecond had passed when Aarona jumped into action. She sped straight up towards Diane and sent a solid punch to the girl's gut, making her skid back a few feet, a look of shock on the brunette's face. 

"Woah she's strong!" Meliodas exclaimed. "Not a lot of people can send Diane flying back like that."

"Aarona's probably one of the only people strong enough to do so." Brooke said.

On the ring, Aarona and Diane had been exchanging punches for the past few minutes, though even if Diane was putting her all behind each of her punches they seemed to barely effect Aarona while on the other hand every attack Aarona landed sent Diane sliding back a few inches, every once in a while Diane's body shimmered silver as her body turned to iron to defend herself.

"You're really strong! I've only met a few people who could withstand my punches, and they're all probably dead!" Aarona exclaimed as she pulled back, shaking her hands in the air. From where she was standing, Brooke could see that her knuckles had started to bruise. Though as Aarona waved her hands in the air, the bruises started to heal over, leaving no evidence of any injury.

"You're pretty strong yourself." Diane said. "But I'm not letting you win this!" She ran forwards and aimed an attack straight towards Aarona's gut. Dust from the destroyed ring rose up as Diane ran towards Aarona, and when they made contact the people watching couldn't see what was happening.

"This battle is as good as done." Brooke said as she watched the dust slowly float back towards the ground.

As the dust cleared, it showed two figures standing at the edge, one of them leaning backwards over the edge and the other holding them in a dip, arm around the waist and holding the other one's hand.