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the hell did you....”  I started to ask.
    “ Come on, you know I’m super sneaky and fast,” Eddie laughed.  “I have to face Drake next. Any tips?”
    “ All my tips went out the window when you unhooked my bra during training.  Don’t think I forgot.”  Eddie’s face flushed red.
    “ Sorry about that. All’s fair, I guess.  Good luck in your next match.”  He ran off as fast as he had approached us.
    “ That kid is so freaking fast,” Dave said, as we both let out a laugh.
    “ I know, I wouldn’t be able to even think of how to start strategizing a fight against him.  I mean, he’d be easy once you caught him, but the whole catching part is what gets me,” I said.
    “ Well, I’m glad you won your fight,” Dave said.  “I’m not going to lie...when I heard cheering, I thought maybe Eric had won.”
    “ I know. That was weird, huh?  People were actually cheering for me when I won,” I said, still feeling shocked.
    “ Yeah, it must have been the ELECTRIFYING move,” Dave said, imitating Eddie.  “Either way, let’s go see who you play next.” We headed for the board.
    “ You don’t want to talk about your fight?”  I asked.
    “ No, it went better than expected, and that’s all I really have to say.  He used brute force, as you can tell by my face, but I blocked a lot of his shots.  That guy is insane though. Good luck, Cendall,” Dave said. I nodded in agreement, knowing that I would need luck.  I would have to use everything I had to defeat Drake.
    When we got to the board, it seemed like everyone I knew in our realm was gawking at it.  We managed to sneak our way to the front, and I saw that I had a buy this round due to the odd numbers.  Drake would face Eddie next, then the winner of Tom and Xavier.  I’d face the winner of John and Williams.  Once these matches were won, if things went according to plan—Drake beating his person and I defeating John, since he ranked much higher than Williams—I would face Drake in the final.  Yippee.
    The fight between John and William s ended quickly.  It took about a minute and thirty seconds for John to place his scythe into Williams.  I had expected, and hoped, it would go a bit longer so that John would be tired for our match, but oh well. 
    As I waited for the last minute of John ’s break to expire, I scanned the crowd again.  There was a much larger crowd than I had for my last fight.  Probably because there were only four of us left.  As opponents got knocked out, their crowd of fans joined those that remained.  Either way, it made me feel edgy.  More fans were oddly on my side than John’s.  They were all huddled around my dad and Dave.  My dad was probably the only reason why I had fans at all.  I mean, he was the best Reaper in the record books to this day, which was why I had to win this.  The horn blew, and John and I approached Herald.
    “ Here we go again.  Are each of you ready?”  Herald asked, and we both nodded.
    “ Then let it begin.”
    We each took our steps back and made our quick bow.  Unlike Eric, John was more cautious.  He stood there , waiting for me to make the first move.  His weakness in training had always been his hand to hand combat, so I would have to start with that.  I flicked the switch on my scythe, watching it extend to its full length with an impressive zing.  Then I struck.  I raised my scythe high in the air and swung it downward at his head.  He counter-blocked by using his own scythe to stop mine from slamming on top of him.  It was time to let him think this would be a test of strength.  I slowly, while making grunting noises, let his scythe push mine away from his body and towards mine, letting him think he was gaining the upper hand.  His eyes stared at the top of his scythe as it came closer to my body.  It was all the distraction I needed, because he wasn’t watching the bottom of my scythe, which was heading right for his heart.  When it was at