"SAO!" The green-haired boy rushes from the stands and jumps into the arena along with Natsumi.

"Give a hand to the Round 1 winner: Saori Kojo!"

The crowd erupts in cheers and praise.

"Tsk." Yuumi smacks her teeth while standing from her chair and walks towards the main hallway.

"She's as brutal as me… Excellent."

A grin forms on her face.

Dai runs over to Saori and catches her before she falls to the ground.

"Sao!" Natsumi runs to Dai's side and crouches, looking over to her with concern.

Four individuals wearing blue cloaks with golden lacing tying them together surround the four in the middle of the stadium.

"We can take it from here."

Dai clenches Saoki closer.

Natsumi rests her hand on Dai's shoulder. "We should let them take care of her."

Dai clenches his teeth and picks Saori up from her legs and shoulders.

One of the people in the cloaks has a dark purple ring appear in their right hand and puts it over the gash in Ryo's stomach; The hole starts to form back.

Another of the individuals threw his finger up, and Saori started to float towards him. Ryo, still having a purple light radiate from her gash, also floated toward them. Once they were in the four people's vicinity, a runic circle appeared around them in rays of light.

The rays disappeared, and they were nowhere to be seen.

Natsumi helps Dai stand as they walk over to a gate leading to the stands.

"Next up, we have Usui Maito vs. Yuumi Yato!" Calina announced from above.

The crowd cheered in excitement.

Yuumi stepped to the middle of the arena where Saiko once stood. In front of her stood an average-build male with shabby black hair covered by an iron helmet. He wore an armored chest plate covering his long black shirt. His pants were the same color, being laced at the sides. Boots covered his feet, going up to his lower legs.

The young male walked over to Yuumi.

"Let's give it our best!" He held out his hand while grinning.

Yuumi glared at him. "Oh, I intend to."

"Oooh, scary." The male jumped back to his place.

Kali walked forward in the middle of the two fighters.

"Same rules as well as same consequences. Are you both ready?" Kali looked at both fighters.

"Yep!" Usui drew his hands forward and spread his feet apart.

"Bring it!" Yuumi pumped her hands towards her torso.

"Three… Two… One…"

The two fights braced themselves.

"Begin!"

"GIVE ME STRENGTH!" Yuumi's eyes glowed with a ray of light, and her body gleamed. A fantastic set of armor appeared, covering her head to toe, while two large and sharp blades formed in her hands connected by a silver chain.

Usui grabs a short maul from his back and smirks.

—CLANG

He lowers it to his waist as a chain extrudes, making the spiked ball fall to the ground.

Yuumi cackles while lifting her left blade, pointing its sharp metal edge at her opponent.

"Short ass chain."

She dashes towards her opponent while throwing both her chained blades in his direction. Usui ducks while both blades cut towards the left and right of his head. His ears ring with the ripping wind of her attack.

He drops his mace to the ground and grabs hold of the two chains then tugs them towards him.

Yuumi goes flying from the force of his pull. He then drops the right chain and drives a deep jab into her abdomen.

"UUGH" The wind is knocked out of her as his punch leaves a wide dent in her chest plate.

She's thrown back from the momentum of his punch but not before he pulls onto the left chain as she comes flying back. He then picks up his mace by the handle and tosses the ball at her aerial body.

—CRACK

Before the spikes could touch her torso Yuumi shields herself with her forearms, the mace throws her back. While mid-air, she tugs on her chained blades as they retract back to her arms. She flips over and lands on her hands and feet.

"You were saying?" Usui runs forward to break the gap between them.

Yuumi clenches her teeth and runs towards him. She does a pivot and swings her blades at her opponent.

Usui jumps, eluding her attack while grasping the spiked ball in his hand. He then throws it towards the chains connecting her blades.

—CLINK

The left blade snaps off and tumbles onto the ground. The chain connecting it fades into rays of light.

He falls to the ground and lunges at Yuumi.

—SHING SHING SHING SHING SHING

His mace creates sharp crackles as its chain extrudes, leaving the weapon high in the air. He then lowers his hand and brings it down, Yuumi tries to block it with her forearms, but the force leaves the ground below her to crumble.

—Drip —Drip

A stream of blood rushes from Yuumi's forehead as well as her arms.

Despite her efforts, the armor on her arms was cut open, and the mace is covered in the blood of its victim.

Usui rips the mace from her skin and throws it to the side.

Yuumi's left arm falls to her side as she looks at her opponent's weapon with wide eyes.

"HAA!" He slams the mace into his opponent, throwing her towards the ground. She slides, leaving a dirt cloud and trail of blood in her wake.

Usui throws the mace towards himself and catches it into his left hand.

Yuumi stands from the cloud of smoke, grasping her left shoulder with her right arm.

—CRACK

She moves it back into place while staring down at her opponent with piercing red eyes.

"…I ain't …losin' …to no one..."

Yuumi tugs at the chain from her right blade and snaps it in half as rays of light disperse from her hand.

"What's she doing?" Mimi asks

"She knows that her opponent is a lot faster than her, so she has to change tactics," Tatsuo replies subtly.

"HELENA!" Her voice is echoed across the entire arena. A wave of light starts to form around her arms materializing another pair of long silver chains.

"Screw the blades…"

Yuumi grins as Usui runs towards her with his mace at the ready.

"… Time for a Chain Massacre!"