Byako round 4 Animas Survival

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Yoru’s eyes opened languidly, her crimson hues catching the light from the curtained window. They glimmered, alerting all in the white room around her that she was now awake. Sello and Stough stood from their chairs near the end of her bed and smiled at her. They were relieved that she had woken up sooner than the doctors predicted.

“She’s awake” Sello grinned.

“I’m so glad” Stough chimed in after him.

Her body regaining feeling from her pervious unconsciousness, she began to move a little, realizing that Peter had his head down on one arm while Rhea was mimicking him on the other. They felt her begin to shift and in unison they lifted their heads, face lighting up as tears began to form in their large expressive eyes. Yoru smiled looking down at them from where she lay “hey guys.”

“Yoru! You’re ok!”

Leaping up, they jumped onto the bed next to Yoru, snuggling against her and crying into her chest and shoulders. Yoru brought her arms around them, like a mother holding her children close. Sello and Stough walked around to the top of the bed, placing their hands on arm and head. “We were really worried about you” Sello said softly. Stough nodded in agreement.

“Yeah, you should be more careful.”

“I know. I’ll try harder next time. Sorry to upset you all.”

Peter looked up at her from where he lay “It’s ok, you’re alright and that is all that matters.”

Rhea looked up next and the two kids sat up together “yeah...”

Yoru then sat up and began to rip the bandages from her head and limbs, revealing that she had healed completely. She then removed the finger clip and the IV from her left arm and dropped the cords to the floor. All of her friends were surprised and impressed at how quickly she had healed. Yoru then got out of bed and proceeded to enter a group hug. The embrace was tight and warm, and having them all together at the same time was an amazing feeling. She could feel that it was time for them all to go, and one by one they said their goodbyes, Rhea being the last to go.

“Yoru, I want to let you know that it was great getting to know you and I hope to one day see you again.”

“Wait what do you mean? Aren’t you going to be in the tournament?”

Rhea shook her head. “I had to throw out my cards. They were hand painted and when they got wet they were destroyed.”

Yoru’s heart sunk. She thought she had done good, but it ended up not being enough. Her smile disappeared. “so you are dropping out? Sorry it’s all my fault…”

“no, not at all. Things happen that we can’t control and through my journey and study of Tarot I have come to realize that some futures cannot be changed. As living force in the universe we only can change so much, but we also have to accept what we cannot change. You have taut me so much and helped me come to terms with what I cannot change. I wish you luck and congratulate you for your victory. Farewell but not goodbye, we shall meet again.”

From behind her back, Rhea pulled out a bundle and handed it to Yoru as Rhea then left with a sad smile on her face, leaving Yoru in the room alone. Yoru laid it on the bed and opened it finding clothes and another challenger profile with her new opponent and challenge. She had regained her strength and was ready to get back out there and continue her climb through the ranks of Byako. After getting dressed she opened up her folder and began to read.

Opponent: Eight

Objective: BTV’s Animas Survival

Place: BTV Studios

Time: 12 noon

Yoru smiled “hmm this sounds fun… but… my opponent seems… so bizarre.”

Her opponent was a mutated green kitten. She hoped that this better not be another non-fight round. She was beginning to get bored. Tucking the folder under her arm she exited the room and got discharged from the hospital.

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1 hour later

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Yoru made her way to the studio, curious to her new challenge. It sounded interesting, but at the same time, the closer she got to it the more she began to get a strange feeling. Outside the large gates she looked up at the large sign on the building behind it. It read BTV Studios in large letters, and as unsuspicious it looked, her strange feelings began to grow.

When she walked up to the gate, the security guard asked for a name and ID. Yoru was very confused. She had no citizenship ID. She walked up to him and explained her situation and surprisingly he let her through. Seems he had a profile of all the Byako attendees. Moving through the gate, a woman in a short skirt and glasses picked Yoru up in a golf cart and brought her to where she needed to be.

“Alright miss, just go inside that door and the cast and crew should be awaiting your arrival.”

With that the woman drove off leaving Yoru to enter the building alone. She entered cautiously, but as she walked through the door she found that the inside was a giant warehouse full of people. It was mostly dark, the only light coming from what looked like a tinted window looking to an arena of some kind. Carefully Yoru made her way in and looked for the director to see where she belonged and hopefully to see her opponent before things got started. Feeling lost she tapped one of the camera men on the shoulder, a ghostly thing, but nothing she couldn’t touch. Using the same level of transparency he did to do so. He turned to look at her and his eyes widened “Wow you are a big lady! I thought we were only shooting animals here…”

“What?” Yoru was even more confused. She then shook her head and proceeded to ask “I am one of the participants in the show Animas Survival, where am I supposed to be as of right now?”

“Oh! Thru there. The assistant director is giving the briefing. If you don’t hurry you’ll miss it!”

“Ok thanks!”

Yoru moved in the direction he pointed, going into a door finding herself amongst a group of people and animals she didn’t recognize. A man with thick black glasses clapped his hands together saying “basically you have to survive all the rounds and defeat the King of Animas. If you win then you get the glory of being Animas #1. We’ll let you out in order of challenge, but also, team work will be required. Put on a bracelet and the bracelets with the corresponding colors will show who you will be teaming up with. Ok now go get’em.” The man the got up and tapped a green cat and Yoru on the shoulder on his way out of the room while all others exited through a different door. “Come with me” he signaled, going back out into the main room. Yoru eyed the green cat, labeling the fact that this was Eight. The man walked them to the tinted glass wall then turned to the two and said bluntly “you two are our opening scene, fight like you mean it but don’t hurt one another to badly because you will be interrupted and forced to change environments and what not. You miss, you have to be in animal form to fight, wish you both good luck because near the end you will find that things may become quite real. Good luck you two.”

With a push out of nowhere, bother were shoved through an opening in the glass and closed off. What the hell were they getting into?