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A wide grin spread across Fei’s face as she gripped Jessi’s hand tightly. It was strange.. Having someone who had your back no matter what was something she had never experienced before. Everything had always been just her. She had trained alone, fought alone, won alone. No one had been there for her when she needed it. Students, teachers, and ordinary strangers were either terrified to be around her or absolutely hated her attitude beyond words. Up to that point in her life, she hadn’t cared. There was no reason to have friends, no reason to be close to anyone except her mother. Fei had one clear goal in life-make her mother proud. It was what filled her dreams and motivated her to train harder. 

Yet.. Such a simple handshake seemed to hold more meaning to her than all of those years spent training and working hard. Having Jessi by her side, knowing she had someone to lean on, Fei couldn’t understand why she felt such..relief. It was like all of her life she had an elephant stuck to her back and no one had helped her until now. The chest locked under her shirt wiggled. Fei raised her eyebrow and let go of Jessi’s hand. For a mere second, she let her eyes off the battlefield and watched as her tome slightly moved again. [i][color=ed145b]That’s odd…[/color][/i]

In the slight moment her eyes left Jessi and her competitors, a shadow hand grabbed his leg. There was no time to react for before she could even breathe her fire to life, a repulsive beast tackled her to the ground, filling her nose with a disgusting stench. The beast was met with Fei’s fiery swords, barely keeping it at bay. She stared into its lifeless eyes and would have pitied it if the threatening reminder of Jessi hadn’t crept into her mind. Taking a deep breath, she willed fire to travel from her and latch onto the beast. A deafening scream filled the stadium and Fei quickly slashed its throat to end the pain. 

Fei’s eyes dashed across the arena, looking for Jessi. 

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