Gin wasn't expecting Akita to try and block his wind hammer and had hoped that she would try to evade the construct, but instead she blocked the hammer and now came at him and was able to grab him by the legs and was trying to pull him down. Gin hit the ground hard and had the breath knocked out of him, but he quickly recovered and leaped into the air quickly to avoid any further attacks.

"Wind Fist!" he shouted and shot a fist shaped blast of air at Akita. This attack would hit with a powerful amount of force if it managed to hit Gin's opponent.

Akita rolled out of the way, glad for the turtle shell training. She had taken the shell off the day before and she felt lighter than the air around her. Her speed had definitely increased since starting the intense training and she felt like she could do anything. Akita nimbly popped back onto her feet, sent out a double kick, one to Gin's thigh, one to his head, and finished by twisting to catch his neck in the hook of her leg, trying to use her weight to slam him into the ground. She knew it wouldn't end the fight, but it would be another step closer to winning.

Gin cursed when he saw Akita dodge his Wind Fist and then she used great speed to close the distance between them and came at him with a powerful combo. He activated a wind barrier to protect his legs against the kick. The blow hurt, but it wasn't too bad. It was the kick to Gin's head that really hurt and the her of West City saw stars after the hit and was defenseless against Akita getting at his neck with her leg. Gin was slammed into the ground and had the breath knocked out of him. He quickly rolled away from Akita. He got back to his feet and shook his head to clear it.

"This wasn't how I thought this would go" he said to himself and got back into the fighting stance. He then charged at his opponent with amazing speed and unleashed a hailstorm of quick and power punches. His goal right now was to keep her on guard and to try and wear her out.

Akita didn't have time to roll away from Gin's fists so she held her hands up. She tried to find just one slip up so she could get in and hit him. Roshi's training was mainly strength, not fighting skill, so she felt pretty limited. A couple of Gin's hits got through, three good ones hitting her in the face and another in the stomach. She felt sick and could tell her nose was spewing blood even though she didn't wipe her nose. It didn't seem like Gin was going to miss a punch, so Akita stepped to the side a bit, creating an opening in his ribs, and threw out two quick straight punches. She took a step back and snapped her foot out in a straight push kick to his stomach. Her arms were now pained from the absorbed hammer blow and Gin's punches, but she would manage. The pain in her left foot was almost gone as adrenaline was full blown. It was a little difficult to breath from her nose so she became a mouth breather.

Gin was not prepared to block the kick, he had let his attention become too focused on his offense and the kick landed with incredible force and accuracy. The power of the kick caused him to be sent flying out of the ring and he landed hard on the grassy turf outside of the ring. This wasn't how he had planned to go out and it really was tough luck for him.

"Damn I was really hoping to go all of the way, oh well better luck next year I guess" he said to himself as he picked himself up off the ground.

Akita's jaw dropped when Gin flew out of the arena. She didn't know what to do under the wave of excitement and relief, so she simply went up to Gin and bowed. "That was a great fight," she said and remembered she needed to be announced winner before leaving so she ran back to the stage.

"The winner is Akita!" the announced said into the microphone. (Pretty sure Rhema doesn't mind this. XD) "She will be moving up in the brackets and fighting our brave little hero Shaz!"

Akita took in the cheers from the audience never feeling more accomplished in her life. Even then she could still accomplish more if she continued to win. When the announcer said she would fight Shaz next her heart sank a bit. She didn't want to fight him since they were friends, plus he took a nasty knockout from the blast. When she realized how badly her nose was bleeding she exited the arena to get cleaned up.

"YEAH! AKITA!" Ally said, cheering and being as loud as she could like a soccer mom. She was proud that Akita could continue to represent Master Roshi. She hoped Kiro could do just as well and win his fight, if not do better. Speaking of Roshi, she turned to the imposter and prodded him with her elbow, "Psst, cheer harder uh... 'Roshi'."

"You did great, Akita!" Kiro exclaimed with a laugh, as he patted her on the back as she walked passed her.

"Young man, those were some moves you did back there." Jackie Chun nodded quite seriously, as he approached the fallen warrior on the grass. "Don't let this discourage you, you have potential to become a great fighter one day. Those young ones have just been through training you couldn't even imagine." Chun gestured over to Akita and Kiro, as he started to chuckle to himself. "Train hard, son, and then maybe one day, you can come back for a rematch!" Chun encouraged him.

"Our third match in the quarter finals is none other than Jackie Chun versus Majin Eve!" The announcer exclaimed to the excited crowd.

"Well, it looks like I'm up." Jackie Chun fixed his hair, and dusted off his pants, as he climbed onto the ring. "Hey, all you ladies!" Jackie Chun exclaimed, as he began to throw out several peace signs to the crowd. "I hope you all are ready for a good match! I'm young, strong, single, and ready to mingle!" He laughed loudly in embarrassment, as he tried to slide in those last few adjectives slyly.

"Well, yes, thank you, Mr. Jackie Chun." The announcer awkwardly coughed to try and get Jackie Chun to stop.

Jackie Chun only got worse, as he took the microphone from the announcer. "I'm looking for a curvy girl, with a big personality to match her big-" He started to exclaim to the crowd, as his last few words went unheard, as the announcer took the microphone back angrily.

Eve had watched the last match, it seemed the girl, Akita? if she heard correctly, had got a lucky hit in or something that sent Gin out of the ring. It was entertaining to watch to say the least, but now she would be fighting next, she couldn't help but smile a little in excitement. She had made her way to the door that she was meant to enter the arena from, before she did so she watched as Jackie eagerly made his way to the ring. She decided to wait a moment or two to watch what he would do, and she was a little glad she did.

Eve couldn't help but giggle at Jackie's display towards the audience, making several peace signs with his hands. Though what he said did make her think.

'hmm... well, he seems like he could be strong, he did manage to take out that girl from before... but he doesn't really look all that young...'

Eve was drawn from her thoughts as she watched Jackie take the microphone from the announcer, her brow raised in curiosity as she listened.

"he's... looking for someone?..."

She quietly spoke to no one in particular, her brows slightly upturning with concern. Eve looks away from the ring in thought before she smiles and looks back with an optimistic look about her.

"well... I hope he finds who he's looking for, he must be concerned about them if he asked the crowd for help"

Eve said with a small smile as the announcer took the microphone back from Jackie. A moment or two had passed by and Eve found herself hesitating to walk through the door into the arena, but it was only for a second, she put on a smile as she began walking towards the platform both Jackie and the announcer stood on with confidence in her stride. When she was about three meters from the edge of the ring she jumped high into the air with a front flip before landing in the ring, she then stood tall and looked towards Jackie Chun with a competitive smile.

Though her attention was drawn to her opponent, she found it being pulled away towards the crowd. Normally people would avoid her or stare, they'd speak under their breath about how different she was, in worse cases people would go out of their way to call her mean or hateful names, throw things at her even, though it never really hurt it still... hurt. But what she heard from this crowd wasn't disdainful jeers, it was cheers, applause and looks of awe. Eve's eyes widened in surprise as she looked around the arena to the crowd, soon the look of surprise turned into a bashful smile as she looked to her feet, holding her hands behind her back as a faint blush appeared on her cheeks.

"wow...."

Was all she could think to say with her brows slightly upturned as she smiled. After a moment or two her blush faded as she looked at Jackie before looking at he announcer to see if he had anything more to say.

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A faint, embarrassed blush became visible on the announcer's face, as he cleared his throat. "Well, without further ado, let's get this fight started!" He exclaimed through the microphone, as he jumped back to the corner of the platform. The crowd went wild, as many were split between rooting for either Jackie Chun or Majin Eve.

"Begin!" The announcer exclaimed, as the gong was hit, signaling the start of the battle.

Jackie Chun stood there, with a calm composure, as he stared at his opponent. "I suppose I'll make the first move." He muttered, sounding quite serious, as he suddenly sped off towards Majin Eve. He rose both his hands high into the air, as he continued his dash. "Grabby, grabby!" He laughed quite crazily, as the old man suddenly leapt into the air. He dove to tackle Majin Eve, both of his arms still outstretched in front of him. If Majin Eve didn't do something quick, Jackie was going to go in for a, er, potentially devastating chest-grab attack!

Eve's eyes narrowed as she grew serious, but she couldn't help but keep a small smile as she get ready to fight. Jackie made the first move and charged towards her, she brought her fists up in front of her, left in front of her right like that of a boxer as she watched her opponent close in.

'lets see what you got'

She mentally challenged before Jackie let out a rather strange battle cry, her eyes widened in bewilderment when he jumped into the air to dive towards her, with his form he left himself wide open, and he had more or less announced his intentions, to grapple her. Without hesitation Eve quickly dashed to her right, moving out of the way of Jackie's flight path as he descended towards the ground. After her dash she stood slightly at ease, a brow raised in curiosity at what her opponent would do.

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Jackie Chun was quite surprised by the woman's quick movements, as he kept his arms outstretched ahead of him. He pushed off the ground with his open palms, as the old man landed gracefully back onto his feet. He faced his opponent in a quite comfortable manner, his arms resting behind his back, as he stared into the girl's eyes. "You're pretty fast to dodge even a single attack of mine, you know that?" The old man laughed casually. "Hey, how about after all this is over you let me take you out to dinner, eh?" He laughed louder this time, as his cheeks grew red. He may have seemed to just be acting his normal, perverted self, but in reality he was stalling, as he tossed a dilemma in his mind. 'If this were a man, I would've already knocked them clean out of the ring!' He was sure of this fact, as he thought to himself. 'However, since this is such a beautiful lady, if I hit her, she might think I'm some rude jerk or something! Then I'd never have a chance at getting that date! But if I don't manage to win this fight, then there won't be anyone to stop one of those little brats from winning the tournament. Darn it, Roshi, what do you do!?' Roshi stared off into the distance, as he played out the different scenarios in his head. Not a word, not even a single movement; the man was simply too distracted by his own thoughts to stay completely active in the present fight. The only thing he really remembered to do was breathe.

'What's that idiot doing!?' Eno angrily questioned in his mind, as he watched the motionless turtle hermit.' Is he afraid? Is this really the master of our rival school?' He sighed, as came to a conclusion. 'Perhaps Master Shen was correct; the old turtle hermit is nothing but a weakling. Frankly, I'm disappointed. I was hoping for much more from a famous celebrity such as Roshi.'

Eve stared at Jackie Chun after he landed from his attempted grapple, he had turned to face her. He had taken a rather relaxed looking stance, which perplexed Eve. It seemed like he was leading the charge but then he put on the brakes to look her in the eyes.

"You're pretty fast to dodge even a single attack of mine, you know that?"

His words echoed in Eve's mind, she wasn't used to getting complimented, thus she couldn't help but smile a tad bashfully. Though she seemed to snap out of it when Jackie offered for a second time to take her out to dinner after the tournament. She raised a slightly confused brow as she observed him, his cheeks had turned a faint shade of red and he stared off into the distance, he seemed... nervous?.

"um..."

She looked to the referee for a brief moment before looking back to Jackie with a small smile that seemed a pinch concerned.

"hey Jackie... are you alright?..."

Eve asked loud enough for him to hear, she hoped it was just him who could hear her, the crowd seemed to have gotten a little quiet since neither of them were moving.

"Jackie?..."

She asked as she scratched the back of her head. She really didn't know how to proceed, she could just attack but with him this distracted it would be like blind siding him. It wouldn't be a fair fight, she wanted to beat him at his best, she knew he was pretty strong, and she wanted to see it for herself. But it sounded like the audience was getting a tad restless, she didn't want to face their wrath more than she didn't want to attack a distracted Jackie Chun, so if she needed to, she would throw the first punch.

With that in mind Eve furrowed her brows a little as she bent her knees, getting into an offensive stance ready to charge.

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Jackie Chun slightly jumped back at the sight of the woman getting into her fighting stance. "Now hold on just a minute!" Jackie exclaimed nervously, as he took a step back. 'They really did give you the worst opponent, didn't they!? Just your luck, Roshi!' He internally screamed, as his eyes drifted over to the other competitors at the sideline.

"Come on, Jackie Chun! Show us that crazy power we saw you use against Ally!" Kiro exclaimed happily with a laugh.

'I have to make sure those stupid kids don't actually win this tournament...' Roshi growled angrily, 'but still! I can't hit such a beautiful woman! And if I beat her, there's no chance of us going out to dinner! Darn!' He weighed his options, until he suddenly spotted an angry-looking Eno. 'That's it!' A lightbulb lit off in Jackie Chun's brain, as he pounded a fist into an open palm. "Excuse me, Mr. Announcer-Guy!" He waved the referee over.

"Huh, me?!" The announcer was confused, but ran over to meet Jackie anyway.

Jackie Chun whispered into the man's ear, as the announcer's face got more and more distressed as the message continued. Finally, the referee stood up straight, and nodded. "I see." He mumbled, as he brought the microphone to his face. "It appears that Jackie Chun..." the announcer trailed off to leave the audience in suspense, "has forfeited the match!" He exclaimed.

"WHAAAATTT!?!" The crowd screamed, as they fell over backwards in disbelief.

Jackie Chun angrily grabbed the microphone, "That's right! I quit! This woman is just too powerful for me!" He nodded in agreement with himself, as he turned to the woman, "now please, allow me to take you out on a nice midnight stroll on the beach, we can pack a picnic, and-"

The announcer snatched the microphone from the old man, as he exclaimed:"You heard it right, folks! Jackie's apparently just too overwhelmed by Eve's power...!"

The audience proceeded to boo, and throw things at the stage, as Jackie slowly exited.

"What!? She was too strong, even for..." Kiro questioned, as he watched Jackie walk off the stage, "Jackie...?" Kiro scratched his head, as he didn't think the pink woman looked all that tough.

Eno, leaning over the arena's outer wall to see, crushed part of the stone with his grip. "Get back up there, you old fart! You can't just give up like this! You're supposed to be a martial arts master! You're supposed to fight, even when you don't know the outcome of the battle!" He angrily screamed at Jackie, as the old man passed by him. Eno was visibly angry, as he was shaking, and very red in the face. Master Roshi was nothing but a joke.

"I have already made my decision. The battle is over." Master Roshi muttered calmly as he passed by the young man.

The Majin stood, completely bamboozled. Her eyes were opened wide as she smiled, unsure how to react.

"b-but... I didn't even..."

Eve wasn't able to bring herself to speak as she watched her opponent take the microphone from the announcer. Eve found herself just standing there in disbelief, chuckling mildly as Jackie spoke words that she wasn't paying attention to at the moment.

'is this a prank?'

She was dragged from her thoughts as something hit her, she brought her hand up to her face and wiped it, pulling her hand in front of her to find a mix of red, yellow and green on it, she looked down to see someone's hotdog near her feet. She then heard all the contestants booing as Jackie left he ring. Eve shook her hand clean of the condiments before she ran out of the ring, past the announcer and towards the exit to try and catch up to Jackie Chun, a determined look in her eyes.

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Ally intensely watched the... well, she wouldn't exactly call it a match. Roshi, now Jackie, didn't seem to be interested in using his drunken techniques from earlier. "Must not work so well a second time, huh?" she murmured bitterly. Although Rossi had his reasons for not letting her continue on with the match, she was still heartbroken. After all the years she spent training with him, he rewarded her with this? Her stomach churned with a mixture of negative emotions, and the pathetic scene in from of her didn't help the frustration in her mind.

After he got his dirty win, this was how Roshi was going to display his might? By swooning over his opponent? His rare encounters with women on his island led to his perverted nature, but this was getting out of hand! How could he disgrace martial arts in such a way? No, don't let your anger get the best of you, Ally thought, watching the two exchange words, Roshi always has his reasons, right? Although Roshi was the most perverted person she knew, he respected martial arts. He wouldn't let his lust cross over into his fighting, would he? Right now, Ally couldn't be sure. "Come on Jackie!" she cheered to her Master.

The rather slow standoff continued, until finally Jackie made his surprising move by calling the referee over.

"It appears that Jackie Chun... has forfeited the match!"

Ally's voice become one with the crowd's as everyone exclaimed, "WHAAAT?"

"No Jackie, you can't!" she shouted down to the stage. How could he just forfeit? Why would he forfeit? First you make a fool out of me during our match, she thought, You made each of your movements look like a joke, you drooled on my arm, and you took advantage of knowing my Solar Flare. Now you make my loss for nothing. You made me lose so you could make yourself look like a fool again and forfeit. All of these angry, bitter thoughts ran through her mind without mercy. He wanted to show them that there would always be someone stronger than them, but he ended up forfeiting the tournament without showing them more.

Her mind moved off of the betrayed feeling that still lingered from her defeat and thought on something else. "Why did you forfeit?" she murmured, pushing aside her feelings and thinking objectively. Was he trying to intimidate the others into thinking Eve more powerful than the truth? Or did he want to avoid fighting another pupil in the tournament? Whatever the reason, she doubted he would tell her soon, if at all.

***

Akita allowed for the medical staff to patch up and ice her injuries from the fight with Gin. She knew without all of the tough training Roshi have them, she would have never gotten to this point in the first place. She thought of how grateful she was to have such an intelligent Master guiding her in her career as a fighter.

As they finished up on her injuries, Akita was able to see the Chun and Eve fight. If this man beat my friend, I want to see what else he's got! she thought excitedly. She hoped she wouldn't have to fight him later in the tournament. Actually, she hoped she wouldn't have to fight any of her friends in the tournament, but considering how many there were of them compared to the other fighters, Akita knew at least one of them would be paired.

The fight on stage continued, Jackie leaping towards Eve with his odd grabbing attack. Eve dodged it so quickly Akita almost missed it. Wow, these guys are the real deal, she thought, amazed by the speed. She flexed and unflexed her sore muscles. If she were paired with one of them could she win? Akita watched the fight go still again. After what felt like hours, Chun called the referee over. The referee announced the forfeit and Akita's jaw dropped. She was at a loss for words.

Akita looked around to some of the other recovering fighters, but no one could offer a solution until Jackie gave his own. "He could tell her power that easily?" Anita questioned. She knew Eve was fast, but how could Chun determine her power if she never attacked? Anita shook her head and clapped for the end of the fight despite all of the booing from the crowd. "Well, at least someone beat Jackie," Akita murmured, slowing her claps to a silence.

Ally blinked. Hard.

"W-Wow... I didn't realize there'd be so many strong fighters here..." Kiro muttered after seeing the impressive display of power from Majin Eve and Jackie Chun. He clapped with the rest of his friends, as he gulped. It was his turn to fight next. Kiro took a glance over at the angered Eno, 'can I really beat him...?' the boy pondered, as his legs shook uncontrollably.

"Our final match in the quarter finals will be the young Kiro, versus Eno!" The announcer exclaimed in an attempt to get the crowd riled up.

(Hawkeyes wont mind this slight powerplay...)
Akita rested a hand on Kiro's shoulder, "You got this, buddy!" She smiled at his friend, as she gave him a nod.

Kiro returned the nod, as he nervously stepped onto the stage.

"Any words for the crowd, boys!?" The announcer questioned, as he hovered the mic over to Kiro.

Kiro began to sweat profusely, as he was too nervous to speak. The boy sat in awkward silence for a few moments, before the announcer took the microphone away.

"Uhhh, okay..." The announcer ran over to Eno, who had just positioned himself opposite of Kiro on the other side of the ring, "what about you, sir, anything?" he held the microphone up to Eno's mouth.

The angered Crane student stood in silence, as he eyed Kiro down. 'I'll beat this kid senseless. That'll show that old man to mess around with me...'

"Uhhh, alrighty then!" The announcer awkwardly turned away from Eno, and towards the crowd, "It looks like our fighters just want to get straight to the action, so let's do it!" With that, the man ran off to the corner of the stage (a safe distance away), as he raised his hand into the air, "Annnddd..."

Eno got into a classic crane hermit fighting pose, never taking his eyes off of Kiro.

Kiro tried to shake away his fear, as he put two fists up himself, and positioned his legs into a stance. The boy looked more serious now, as he stared Eno down, but beads of sweat dripping from his head still gave away his nervousness.

"BEGIN!" The announcer threw down his hand.

Kiro and Eno both rushed towards each other at once, as the began exchanging blows at amazing speeds.

"Wow! All of these fighters are so impressively fast!" The announcer commented.

Neither fighter was able to land a single hit on each other, as the continued to dodge and evade each other's attack. They both sent up uppercuts at the same time. Kiro's eyes widened, as he noticed the punch coming just in time, as he slipped his head backwards to avoid it. Eno mirrored Kiro, as he dodged as well. To counter, Eno threw out a fierce punch towards the boy's face, just as Kiro threw out a speedy kick towards Eno's head. The two tried to dodge each other's attacks, but both ended up receiving small cuts as both attacks barely connected.

Kiro jumped backwards, as he backwards somersaulted to his edge of the stage.

Eno jumped back as well, ending up parallel to Kiro.

Kiro breathed heavily, as he tried to catch his breath.

Eno did the same, as he smiled, "Done already, are we?"

"N-Not even close." Kiro lied.

"Come on, then!" Eno charged at Kiro while the boy was tired, as they went into an exchange of blows again.

Roshi pushed passed the crowd, as he found Ally towards the front. Red marks and blood revealed themselves, as the peered just from out of coverage from his hat. 'Damn wig...' He rubbed some of the marks on the back of his head, 'maybe I used too much super glue...' Roshi thought to himself, as he patted Ally on the back, "sorry! Had to use the restroom. Burritos and all that. Made me kinda gassy!" He laughed, "what'd I miss?" The old man questioned, as he looked up to observe the fight.

Kiro was losing this exchange this time, as every fifth attack of Eno's landed. A hit to Kiro's head, his chest, then to his side. Bruises began to show on his face, as he tried to keep his guard strong.

"What's the matter!? You're not keeping up like you were before!" Eno laughed, as he continued the barrage of attacks. "Show me some power, shorty!" He yelled, as he finally jumped away, after delivering a powerful knee to Kiro's chest.

Kiro hit the ground heard, as he sat there curled up, holding his chest. Tears escaped his eyes, as he winced.

"What's this!? I thought they were going at it evenly, but Kiro seems to have taken the first hit of the match!" The announcer wrongly deduced.

"Mmm..." Roshi voiced with disappointment, "Kiro is strong, but this other boy has much too much stamina for our friend."

"Are you done!? Is this all the Turtle School has to offer!?" Eno questioned with anger.

"You wanna see what I got!? How bout this!?" Kiro yelled back, as he suddenly shot himself straight towards Eno, going in for a fierce headbutt to the chin.

"Huh!?" Eno was caught off guard, but quickly put his arms in a curling position at either side, as he whispered: "Iron body..." Kiro's attack hit him dead on, but left Eno unfazed. The tall boy smiled wickedly, as he gave Kiro a mean hook to the head, sending him flying across the arena.

Kiro caught himself, as he slid across the floor. He wiped some blood from his cheek, as he looked on at Eno. "I-It didn't hurt him at all...?" He muttered with confusion, as he sighed, "I was saving this for my battle with Shin or Akita, but it looks like I've got no choice." The boy spoke quite seriously, as he put the base of his palms together, and held it close to his chest.

Roshi's eyes widened, "N-No way! There's no way any of those brats have learned it already!"

"Kame...." Kiro began, as his palms began to glow.

Eno resumed his fighting stance, ready for whatever Kiro was about to pull.

"A secret technique!? What could it be that Kiro's trying to pull off!?" The announcer questioned for the crowd.

"hame..." The light in Kiro's hands got brighter, as he suddenly jumped into the air above his opponent, "HAAAAA!" He yelled, as an enormous blue blast rushed out from his hands, and straight towards Eno.

A huge gust of wind hit the crowd, as it caused many hats, wigs, and newspapers fly off into the distance. Roshi gasped, as his hat flew away as well, and he held onto the wall of the arena to keep his own self from flying away, "I-Impossible! How could he have possibly learned my technique!?"

Eno gritted his teeth, as the blast flew straight for him. He clasped his hands together, and left his index fingers pointed up to the sky in some sort of defensive stance.

"N-No way, is Eno planning on blocking the attack instead of dodging it!? I-Incredible!" The announced exclaimed out, as he took cover from the ground beside the stage, with only his head visible from atop of it.

"HAAA!" Eno exclaimed, as the attack hit him at full force, burning most of his shirt. His feet slid back, as he struggled a little to contain the attack. Suddenly, the blue blast began to deform, as it was suddenly sent flying upwards.

"H-He deflected it!?" Roshi and the announcer exclaimed at once.

"Wha!?!" Kiro yelled out nervously, as he tried to swim his way away from the blast (because he can't fly). He succeeded just barely, as the blast sped straight passed him, and exploded upon impacting with the side of the building behind the stage. "Wheh..." Kiro sighed with relief, but suddenly, Eno appeared directly behind him.

"Take this!" Eno yelled, as he caught Kiro by surprise, hitting the boy downward with both his fists.

Kiro had no time to react, and was sent flying down to the ring. He flopped onto the ground, as he slid slightly. Beaten and bruised, Kiro didn't even have the strength to move anymore.

Eno came speeding down behind Kiro, his knee outstretched, as he fell full-force onto Kiro's right leg.

"AHHHH!" Kiro cried out in pain.

Eno jumped away, only to immediately leap back into the air for the same attack on Kiro's leg.

"AHHH!" Kiro cried again, unable to do anything to defend himself.

Eno jumped back into the air, as he performed the knee-attack one more time on Kiro, this time really rubbing in his knee as to make sure he had it so Kiro wouldn't be walking any time soon.

"Stop, stop!" The announced stood in front of the wounded boy, as to protect him from Eno. "Can't you see he's down for the count!?" He yelled at Eno.

"Well," Eno smirked, as he turned away, ready to leave the ring, "are you going to call it or not?"

"Huh?" The announcer questioned.

"The kid's clearly unconscious. Call the fight." Eno spoke casually.

"O-Oh, right..." The announcer looked down at the unconscious boy, "Win by knockout! Eno progresses to the semi-finals!" The announcer announces, as Eno calmly left the stage and disappeared. A member of the stage crew came, and whispered something in the announcer's ear. "Well," the announcer composed himself, "as it is getting late," he gestured to the sun setting in the distance, "we will continue on with the grand tournament tomorrow, as we'll find out who will make it to the finals!" He tried to get the crowd excited, as medics came onto the scene for Kiro.

The pink skinned girl ran quickly, but had to slow to down to avoid running into people, she tried to catch up to Jackie Chun but lost him in the crowd.

"Darn where'd he go?..."

She thought aloud as she looked left and right, her brows upturned. She closed her eyes and shook her head.

"I guess I'll just try and find him later, the tournament is still going on, maybe he'll stick around to see who wins."

Eve smiled lightly before heading back, slightly disappointed she wouldn't be able to find out why Jackie Chun gave up the fight. She got back just in time to see the winner decided for the last battle today. She pouted, only seeing the end of the fight.

"Naw, I can't believe I missed the whole fight!"

She frowned, stamping a foot onto the ground.

"But that attack was pretty cool, I guess... Haahh... Guess I'll find somewhere to hang out until tomorrow."

The Majin's stomach lightly gurgled at her, reminding her that that Jackie Chun guy mentioned something about taking her out to eat, twice, before their fight and during it. Letting out a sigh, she pat her stomach before heading towards the exit.