Rivals

"Now Mr. Yukio why do you think we should accept you at Kakumei High?" Asked a middle-aged man with a stern face.

" Why you should accept me well that is pretty simple I plan to become one of the best magicians in the world and earn the title of Frontier Magician," Harada replied with Vigor and passion.

" I like that passion boy I hope you can keep it until the end because the road to the top is a hard and lonely road at times," He replied still keeping his stern facade. 

"I will never lose this passion sir this has been my dream since I was a little boy," Harada responded. 

"That's it for the interview, so you can head to arena A  located next to this building, there you will find instructor Shizu, she will give you further instructions." the man stated.

"Thanks for your time, sir." He replied.

As Harada left the room he wondered what was going to happen next, but none the less he headed towards the Arena.   

As he entered the open-air arena he noticed it was filled with other applicants for Kakumei High. Just then a woman wearing a cloak jumped from atop the arena, catching everyone's attention. By manipulating the wind she landed gracefully in the middle of the arena.

" Hey there future students of Kakumei High or should I say some future student." said the woman with an excited tone.

 everyone in the arena started murmuring about what the woman said wondering what she meant by her statement.

" Listen up I won't be repeating myself twice, your all here because you want to go to one of the best magic schools in the pacific, let me rephrase that one of the best in the world well you will have to prove it," she said in a sharp excited tone.

" what do you mean prove ourselves instructor?" questioned a black-haired boy.

" Exactly what I said we only want the best of the lot, there are  120 of you  here and 4 classes for 1st years with 15 spots, so as you may guess about half of you will not make the  cut....."

at that moment the atmosphere turned tense, everyone was silent you could hear a pin drop.

she finished by saying " We will be deciding this on one-on-one one round combat tournament pining you against each other to see who deserves to stay."

there was a mixture of feelings among the competitors, some panicking others excited to show what they were made of, but Harada was excited but still felt there was something else more to this.

" Instructor your not only doing this to gauge our strength but our personalities and how we react in intense situations, which I presume will aid in determining who goes in what class." stated a brown-haired boy with a Katana on the side of his waist.

"You are a very perceptive young man," she said with a cheeky smile.

"No matter who I am up against I will always win." responded the boy with brown hair.

"Alright enough talking let's get this party started, your opponents have already been decided, you can see the matches on the giant monitor only  30 matches will be happening today the others will be done at a later date." explained the instructor.

When Harada looked at the monitor he noticed he would be in the third match against someone named Kane. 

all the applicants except the ones in the first battle and the instructor took seats in the arena.

"Ok the rules are  Nova Magic is allowed, each match lasts 30 minutes and the winner is the person who gets the other to give up or makes them unable to continue and all fatal injuries are instantly healed as long as you are in the arena so don't be afraid to go all out. GOT THAT EVERYONE!" she added

"YES INSTRUCTOR!" replied everyone 

"THE FIRST MATCH IS Crystal Winterfield VS Leroy Dunk AT 7:00 AM Let's BEGIN!" she shouted

At the sound of the name Crystal Winterfield, the other applicants began to murmur among themselves, but Harada was at a loss of why just then a hand tapped his shoulder, when he turned around he noticed it was the Brown-haired boy sitting behind him.

"I can see you don't know who Crystal is by that confused look," He said

"Well yes I have never heard of her before but it seems as if everyone else has," Harada replied

" I will fill you in on why everyone is acting so, by the way, my name is Kai Ryoga what is yours?" He asked.

" Nice to meet you Ryoga my name is Harada Yukio, you can just call me Harada," Harada responded 

"Well you could just call me Kai then, anyway I will get back to my explanation the reason is that she is from one of the most Prestigious Magician Families in the world, with both her parents having the title of frontier Magicians and brother becoming the youngest person to achieve that title at 21 years old. Well, that's the jists of it." Kai explained to Harada in a calm tone.

"Wow that's amazing, but it must be tuff on Crystal the pressure of having to be at the top all the time must be a heavy one," Harada replied

"Well, that might be true, but enough talk let's look on and see how the match goes."

"A girl with icy blue short hair stood in the arena with stoic and calm expressions while her opponent was not wavering he looked up to the task of beating her.

"I DON'T CARE WHO YOU MIGHT BE I WILL STILL BEAT YOU!" shouted the boy.

The boy charged towards the girl, the atmosphere around the arena changed it became colder.

The girl said in a calm and cold tone" I will end this quickly. Ice chain trap."

Chains of ice chains came from the ground chaining all his limbs making it impossible for him to move.

"I will finish it with icicle forest," she stated

icicles came from the ground impaling his body, the hold crowd went silent. when Crystal released her magic the boy went unconscious he didn't look physically harmed but he was mentally drained taking on those attacks. 

the whole arena was relieved when they realized he was only unconscious.

"The winner is Miss Winterfield," shouted the instructor.

Everyone was in awe of Crystal's talent. But Harada saw something else in her someone who fighting against the world, he couldn't get it but he found himself wanting to know as a curious person.

"Well, I am up next wish me good luck," said the voice behind me snapping me from my own thoughts.

"Yeah Kai," said Harada.

"The next match will be Kai Ryoga VS, Ivan Charles."

The two competitors entered the ring without hesitation, in the middle of the arena they stared at each other intensely the tension between them grow with Kai's hand on his blade while Ivan was in a defensive stance armed with brass knuckles ready for any attack.

Ivan charged Kai going in for the punch.

Kai manages to evade the attack going around behind Ivan, he goes in for the counter.

His hand on his blade he tries to slash at Ivans back.

" Don't get ahead of yourself," Ivan exclaimed

he turns his right hand around to deflect the attack.

both sliding a foot from each other, neither seemed to want to give in.

" Enough playing let's get serious," Kai stated. 

"I agree," replied Ivan.

The air around the two changes the atmosphere became heavier.

After their statement the attacks were relentless, Ivan was throwing punch after punch, Kai could only defend for now.

Just in an instant, an opening was provided  Ivan was starting to get tired just then Kai slashed at Ivan with an amazing force, Ivan flow across the arena.

Was this the end of the match? 

"EARTH ARM MINE!" 

At that moment  Ivan appeared behind in full earth armor Kai. he was going to restrict Kai's hand.

Kai realized what he was doing and he activated his magic.

A shroud of lightning formed around his blade, with an outer-worldly speed he spun and slashed his lightning blade through his opponent, causing Ivan to become incapacitated.

Everyone in the arena applauded the performance of Kai in the match.

That match made Harada all the more excited for his match he could barely contain it letting out a wide grin.

"Kai's the winner. The next match is Harada Yukio Vs Kane Knight."

Harada got up and walked to the arena determined to win his match.

"Hey don't go losing now Harada," Kai said in a  friendly tone as they both exchange positions

"Of course not, and I hope next time I get to face you" He responded 

"Can't wait," Kai answered

 As Harada entered the arena he saw his opponent Kane he was armed with two revolvers on both sides of his waist.

Harada thought to himself ' his  aura feels different from some of the others I better be careful.'

And thus the time for Harada's match drew closer.