Ai wobbled to the arena area while lost in thought. She was still trying to figure out why Yuki asked her not to aim for the butt hole. She stood there with her sword drawn as she looked absentmindedly toward the girl across from her. She was a girl around her age, a tad taller with a slim build. She was not the most prettiest girl in the world, but she was also not bad looking.

“Begin!” Rin’s voice rang out.

Ai was still somewhat in a daze, but her body still moved on its own. Her sword clashed with her opponents as they passed each other on the first strike, both parrying each other's moves. Ai’s movements seemed to be a bit quicker as she turned her body, crouched down to dodge any attack that might come her way, and struck out! “Hiayiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!” A strange squeal rang out, which caused Ai to snap out of her daze and look at where her sword currently was.

“Ah! I’m sorry?” Ai’s face blushed. She turned to look at the others around her, who all averted their eyes while holding their butts. She turned to see Yuki staring at her with a blank expression as always, but for some reason, she could see a flash of surprise in Yuki’s eyes.

Whether it was done on purpose or subconsciously, Ai’s sword had hit its mark in more ways than one. The poor girl at the receiving end will always have to live with the fact that her butt hole had been poked with the tip of Ai’s blade. Luckily she reacted in time and jumped forward up into the air. But the fact that her butt hole had been poked by a sword was something that was seen by all.

“You did that on purpose!” The girl yelled out, her face red as can be. She was thanking the heavens that only the very tip poked her and did not fully stab in.

“No! I really didn’t mean to! It was an accident!” Ai dropped her sword and waved her hands back and forth. She really did not mean to! The looks of the people around her were looks of disgust and fear. They were still holding their butts as they stared at her with many different kinds of gazes.

“Ai, you told me not to do stupid things, but what about you!?” Kenji yelled out. She had been scolding him left and right since they got here but now she goes and does something like this!

“I didn’t mean to!” Ai picked up her sword and ran out of the arena. The battle was not even over yet, but Ai did not care. She didn’t mean to do that. She ran over to Yuki and tried to find solace in hugging her arm. “Yuki, you believe me, right!? It was an accident!”

Yuki turned her head and glanced at Ai but couldn’t help shifting her butt away a tad causing Ai to want to cry. Even her Yuki was being mean to her! She hugged Yuki’s arm tighter. Rin looked at the girl who was still standing in the arena and scratched her head. “Uh, well… Ai is out, so Shirai Maiko wins! Come on next! We do not have all day!”

Rin just wanted to get things moving. She watched as the next two people walked up while Shirai Maiko had a strange stride as she walked over to where she had been sitting before, but it seemed she could not sit. Because she stood there and took out a porcelain bottle and poured a pill out and ate it immediately. Rin could only feel a bit of pity for the girl. But she could tell it did seem to be an accident. However, she was sure that Shirai Maiko would not let things slide so easily, not after being embarrassed in such a way. But such things would allow them to grow stronger with competition like this.

The battles continued until it was finally Nana's turn. She was the second to last match. Nana stood up but paused when Yuki reached out and grabbed her hand. She turned to look at Yuki, who gave her a slight nod before letting her go. With a nod back, Nana walked towards the arena. Her opponent was a young man who wielded a saber. Nana was a two handed great sword wielder so going against a saber user might be a bit harder on her if she was not able to dodge his quick strikes.

The young man did not say a word to Nana. He was not going to open his mouth only to lose and end up looking like an idiot. As soon as Rin’s voice fell, he charged forward. He wanted to get this battle over with as fast as possible. But his thinking was dreadfully right but in the wrongest way. As soon as he took a step forward, he felt a huge amount of killing intent erupt from the girl in front of him. He began seeing her not as a tall, slender beauty but as a demon who was about to consume his soul. Before he even knew what had happened, his entire body was suddenly lifted off the ground, and he was sent flying out of the arena and did not stop until he smashed heavily into a tree.

“Winner, Nana!” Rin announced. She had figured as much, but she was also surprised by the killing intent coming off Nana. Even she felt a bit of fear from it, and it was not even directed at her! “Come on, next match!”

Nana walked back over and sat down next to Yuki. Yuki looked up at her and nodded her head. A small smile formed on Nana’s lips, but it quickly disappeared. It was as if the two were communicating in their own way that no one else would understand.

The last battle began. It was between another male and female duo. Although they made quite a few exchanges, the female disciple was unable to dodge the male disciple's last attack and ended up being knocked out of the arena. Luckily the male disciple was not as mean as some of the others and did his best not to hurt the female disciple.

Rin marked down the last winner and looked at the next matchups before announcing what was going to happen next. “Alright, we will be taking an hour break. Then we will start the next matches. Since Yuki is number one, she will automatically go to the semi finals to decide who will go to the finals.”