"So, do the judges have any words of encouragement for our courageous challengers today?" The announcer asked as he and the crowd waited patiently for a response.
"While it may be generic, regardless of what happens today within the cage, you guys are all winners in our eyes, and we are glad you chose to attend our school! So, give it your all, and I hope to see some exciting fights today!" The Vice President smiled as he glanced at Olivia before turning his head toward Felicia.
"... just have fun and please don't kill anybody by accident as I have enough on my plate already," Felicia said with a yawn as she briefly gazed at her troublemaker of a cousin, "Oh, and go Forbidden!"
"Um, well, that was disappointing. Hopefully, our President could uplift the mood." The announcer said with an awkward laugh.
"Sorry to disappoint, but I think it'd be better if we began the reselection, so with that, let us begin," The President said as she stood up and clapped her hands, commencing the start of the reselection and an event that will last about two days or shorter.
"Well, you heard the lady, so could the first round of contestants step up to fight against Rin Kurama, Wendell Stone, Ghost, Ethan Davis, and Maze Kurama!" The announcer said as our first set of challengers entered the cage.
"Hmm, well, what do we have here?" Rin muttered as he stood up with a yawn and stretched for a bit before looking at the courageous soul who dared to challenge him.
"Just a curious bystander who wanted to test his luck. So please go easy on me, Rin," Isaac said as he gazed at Rin and tried to look for an opening in his defense.
"Now this was unexpected, however, something tells me your intentions aren't as innocent as they may seem, Isaac," Rin said with vigilance as he inspected Isaac.
"Sigh, just what is it with people always trying to tell me, what and who I can be?!" He said with anger as a burst of reddish energy erupted from his body, as a pair of golden khopesh swords appeared in his hands.
"Bro, just what are you talking about?" Rin asked with confusion as he summoned Scarlet and blocked Isaac's charge.
Swoosh! Clang!
"Ladies and gentlemen, it would seem we have our first fight of the day, between Isaac Newton and Rin Kurama! And what a way to start, however, this is only the beginning, so who do you think will be the winner? Will it be the infamous Otaku of the Kurama Clan or Issac, the concealed serpent waiting for a chance to shine? Only time will tell," The announcer smiled underneath his mask as he and the crowd watched Rin and Issac exchange attacks.
***
Meanwhile, as Rin and Isaac went at it like two men fighting over a girl...
The other candidates were also beginning to face off against their own opponents within the nearby cages as cameras flew around the arena, trying to capture everything.
So that those at home would have a perfect visual of what was going on at Forbidden Blood.
"So shall we start?" Maze asked with boredom as she gazed at the girl across from her, who was wholeheartedly focused on Rin's and Isaac's fight.
"Oh, sorry about that, I did realize you were ready to begin," She said with a smile before stretching out her hand, "Also, I'm Sarah by the way!"
"Sigh, it's nice to meet you, Sarah, and I'm Maze, if you didn't already know." Maze smiled as she shook Sarah's hand before instantly teleporting away as purplish gas began to emit from Sarah's body.
"Nice reaction. However, while impressive, do you match up to your profile, Maze Kurama, The Twisted Saintess of Destiny?" Sarach chuckled as she took out a pair of bloodstained white thorned whips from her spatial ring.
"You'll never know unless you fight me, so could you please join me for a dance, Sarah?"
"I'd love to Maze," She grinned menacingly before zooming toward Maze like a tornado as electricity gathered around her whips.
While Maze just shook her head and summoned her weapon, which was a pair of crimson metallic guns that briefly glowed with a whitish light. Before transforming into a sword and shield that were inscribed with runic glyphs that resembled crosses made of jagged shapes.
'This should do the job,' Maze thought as she glanced at the approaching tornado of lightning and sheathed her sword while the shield in her hand began to hum as she infused energy into it.
"3... 2... 1... 0!" Maze muttered as she slammed her shield into the ground and whispered, "earthquake".
Causing the entire cage to tremble as the floor cracked and shattered, following the release of a wave of energy that erupted from the shield. Yet, just before the crowd could process what occurred Maze swiftly unsheathed her sword in a one quick motion and threw it at Sarah.
After slamming her shield into the ground, which forced Sarah to pause and cancel her attack as she redirected the built up electricity in her whips into her body and then infused it into the ground to block Maze's attack. Just as the whips in her hand elongated and revolved around her like a shield to block the incoming flying sword.
That was deflected and fell to the ground with a ding as Maze just smiled and disappeared simultaneously as dust filled the cage.
BOOM! CRACK! SWOOSH! BUZZ!
"Shit! Just what is that girl on... is she trying to kill me?" Sarah wondered as she tried to catch her breath, before suddenly freezing as a hand grasped her shoulder while a needle pricked her throat.
"Give up," Maze whispered into Sarah's ear seductively as she blushed and fell to the ground in defeat.
While her mind went into haywire as dirty thoughts swirled in head as she thought back to how weak she felt in Maze's clutches. Which caused her to envision sexual scenarios' instead of ways to improve herself.
But that's besides the point, so let's return to the initial fight at hand between Rin and Isaac as the first fight of the day was completed...