The crowd gets smaller and smaller, yet the exit door hasn't opened once.

  Ryoko and Enyo are searching for Sora, as they make their way through the crowd, a man they were about to pass disappears.

  "Someone is definitely watching us, keep a close eye out Ryoko." Enyo says, powering his gauntlets on.

  "Right... Hey Enyo, what did Reyna mean when-" Ryoko has his hand on his sword.

  "It's.. Not important." Enyo says.

  They make it to Sora, the crowd slowly gets smaller and smaller.

  "I'll recruit Sora, you keep a close eye out." Ryoko tells Enyo.

  "Got it." Enyo charges up a blast.

  "Hey, you're Sora right?" Ryoko asks, eyes darting around, still looking, still worried.

  "Sorry brobro, I dont do 'autographs'." Sora says.

  "No no, I was just wondering, would you be interested in fighting in a tournament? We need 6 members, we have 4 right now.." Ryoko asks.

  "... there any prizes?" Sora is intrigued.

  "A bit more like, we get a prize if we lose... We're all doomed if we lose basically." Ryoko states.

  "Sure. Hey you guys might wanna watch out. Someone is about to attack you.. OR us, either way, be careful." Sora says, stretching.

  Ryoko turns as he sees a great-sword flying towards him

  "Ryoko watch out!" Enyo says, blasting it away.

  - LEON & REYNA'S POV -

  "I got this strange feeling honestly..." Reyna looks around, her fingers back to normal, she shakes her hand, feeling a slight pain.

  "Yeah. I say after we recruit them both, we get out of here as fast as we can." Leon says, walking up to Eizou. "Hey, this sounds crazy.. But would you be down to join a tournament...? It-"

  "The tournament of souls? It sounds cool, but we'd need three more members." Eizou wipes the sweat off his forehead with a towel.

  "Oh trust me, we got that covered." Reyna says

  "Works with me, I'll join." Eizou says

  "Perfect! If everything goes right you should be our 6th member." Leon says

  "And plus, you guys seem strong. Having allies like you guys would push me to get stronger." Eizou adjusts his ring.

  As they were about to leave, they hear the words "ERASURE!" coming from Enyo, seeming to have blasted something away.

  The lights turn off for a second. The three turn as the figure with orange hair appears at the exit, he seems to have been the source of the attack.

  A great-sword gets knocked into the center of the arena. And all of a sudden, the lights start flickering, as the rest of the crowd disappears. The center of the arena cracks.

  The sword and the man start swapping places repeatedly.

  The man throws his sword to the top corner, teleporting to it. He begins counting.

  "1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5... 6! There's six of you! Yes!" The man says, throwing his sword towards Eizou, not sensing much from him.

  Eizou summons a shield and blocks the attack, as the man teleports to the sword, Eizou summons some brass knuckles and hits 3 chest jabs in a row. The man sweep kicks Eizou.

  The man, enraged throws his sword towards Sora, swapping positions with it and dropkicking Sora.

  Sora grabs his legs as he dropkicks her, and she creates two big beams of light on his legs, burning them. "Fuck you!" Sora coughs from exhaustion.

  The man swings his sword, forcing Sora to duck as the man kicks her down fully on the ground, cracking one of her ribs. As he is about to swing his sword again, it feels heavier.

  "Your gravity.. Is doubled... As long as I keep my eyes open and focused on you..!" Reyna's finger goes down. Sora turns her form into light, escaping the grasp.

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  The man drops the sword, as Leon swaps positions with it, kicking the man in the hip.

  The man looks around, swapping places with Enyo, as Ryoko spots this holding him in place with his darkness vines. "Whats the reason you're here for?!" Ryoko pulls out his sword, ready to strike.

  Reyna's eyes begin tearing up "Come on guys, get a good hit on him already!" Her vision begins to blur, as Ryoko swings. A metallic clank can be heard as sparks fly everywhere. His sword flies back, as the man swaps everyone's positions.

  Leon gets a flame in his eyes as he swaps everyone back to where they originally were.

  "Your power.. It's like mine! HAHA!" The man says.

  "I've been told that too many times. Listen.. You're in MY arena now!"

  Leon copies Sora's ability as well, he teleports the sword to him, as he uses Sora's power to begin thinking at light speeds, he swaps himself, the man, and his sword continuously at extreme speeds.

  The man grabs Leon by the neck, repeatedly punching him in the face as Leon continues pushing himself to swap.

  "You're gonna regret that.. Y-" Leon says, as he stops, leaving the man dizzy, as Leon passes out.

  The man lets out a roar, He teleports to each person, sending a heavy blow towards them, making each of them pass out. He presses a button on his helmet. "My liege. I think the city of trinity has it's 6!" The man says before disappearing.

  And from the shadows, a man with white hair pops out. "I think I have my 6 too. Well. They're a bit disappointing right now.. It's fine I'll just train them up." The man uses his ability to carry them.

  -5 HOURS LATER...-

  They all wake up to the smell of tea, the light of the sun shining on them, they see a man with white hair.

  "It's him.. The guy from the statue..." Ryoko says, as Enyo is the first to charge at him. Enyo shoots an erasure as the man blocks it with his teacup.

  "It's a trap!" Enyo says

  "The man, the myth, the legend." The man takes a sip of his tea, which has been warmed up a bit from the blast. "If that was your strongest blast, you'd be better off as a microwave." The man says as he launches Enyo back.

  Leon follows after, swinging his sword, which the man blocks with his fingers. Leon grabs the man's wrist and tries copying his ability. In which he hears a message in his head.

  'Back down..' Leon starts holding his head as it begins throbbing violently.

  "Sorry. This power is mine to keep, not yours to take." The man says.

  "What the?!-" Leon backs away. Reyna jumps up alongside Eizou.

  "Stand down! Your gravity-" Reyna's eyes widen as the man stands up with no effort whatsoever. "These rules come from the Lumen clan.. Quite unfortunate on what happened to them." Taking another sip of tea. Sora tries standing up, but to no avail.

  Sora shoots multiple blasts of light, which the man deflects. "You're too rough with your technique, the ability of light is meant to be graceful, yet it's given to a ticking time bomb."

  Eizou manages to land a gut punch, which gets tanked. Eizou dodges an attack, as he grabs the arm and tries flipping the man over his shoulder. But the man doesn't budge, taking a sip of his tea. "And I thought you had the most potential here. Your techniques are impressive, but your strength isn't."

  Ryoko readies his blade. Darkness vines wrap around the handle.

  "And last.. The boy with the vines. Who really are you..?" The man squints, curious.

  Ryoko summons darkness vines from his hand, the man catches it, observing them. "This is... Curious.." the man says. "Now... I have seen what your group has to offer. And I have one question for you all, are you ready?"

  The group stays wary, but they all agree.

  "Very well. You two, come here." The man gestures to Ryoko and Eizou, giving them both something.

  Ryoko is handed a sheath. A very dense sense of familiarity oozes from it. It fits his sword perfectly. The vines react to it, Ryoko hands tighten around it.

  Eizou is handed a book on lightning martial arts. He flips through it, a shine appears in his eyes.

  "If you do not know yet, I am Amata Uzugita. Are you all familiar with the Tournament of souls?" Amata says.

  "What about us? Do we get cool things??" Sora says

  "In due time, when your training is done. I ask again, do you guys know of the tournament of souls?"

  "We uh... Already know what it is..." Leon states.

  "Yeah..." Enyo agrees

  "Very well. Follow me, except for you, bulb." Amata says, talking about Sora.

  "This outside area will be your personal hells for the next 30 days. By the end of this day I expect you all to be half beaten to death, but still breathing. Now, GO." Amata commands all of them, as they all run and start training.

  Amata gestures Sora into a medical room. "You should be grateful that man broke your rib, he put you at mercy considering what I'm going to put your crew through." He hands her a cup of tea that doesn't smell, or look the greatest. "Drink up. It tastes like shit, but you'll heal that rib in no time."

  The sun sets, as the group goes to sleep. Amata looks off into the sunset, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes. "These six might not be that bad after all."

  As the moon glistens through the clouds, Everyone goes to sleep except for four, Ryoko is in his room observing the sheath, it feels like the sheath itself wants Ryoko to be the best. he walks out and into the main area when he hears grunting.

  He walks out to the back yard, to see Eizou trying to master the techniques on the books.

  "Can't sleep either?" Ryoko says.

  "It's not that I can't. It's that I won't. I'll stay up as long as it takes to master these abilities." Eizou says.

  "You seem stressed..." Ryoko says

  "Who wouldn't??? We almost lost to the sword swap guy, and we got beat by Amata, and he used a teacup!" Eizou states, as he forms lightning on his palms. It's unstable, and it looks sloppy. It crackles and snaps.

  He stares at his hands, they have slight burn marks. "And I can't even control some stupid lightning bolts..."

  "Fair point. Hey.. Do you sense that?" Ryoko says.

  Amata is watching them on the roof, observing their movements, as soon as Ryoko turns his head towards Amata's position, Amata dissapears.

  "Was that..?" Ryoko looks confused.

  "Amata. He's observing our training, make a good impression on him." Eizou is practicing on controlling the lightning.

  Ryoko observes his vines, before going to train.

  "Three hours until daytime. Make them count." Eizou says.

  Sora groans as she clutches her rib in the medical room.

  "That's definitely Eizou training out there... Like hell I'll let him beat me again!" Sora smirks, then wincing from the pain, she takes some medicinal tea Amata made.