"Right!" Kiro exclaimed excitedly to Akita, as he then took a moment to think things through. "But what about that Jackie Chun guy? If Ally couldn't beat him, he might give me just a little bit of trouble. Especially if he uses some more of those techniques. And what about the other four unknown finalists? How tough do you think they're going to be? Not that I'm scared or anything." He muttered the last part, as he then turned his attention to Shin. The boy must have been a skilled fighter. Not only did he make it past the preliminaries, but he was able to name the technique Chun had used. Kiro knew he'd make a tough opponent too.

"Yeah! Good job, Shin!" Kiro congratulated him excitedly, as he gave him a short pat on the back. Kiro's stomach suddenly began to growl, as he sighed. "Maybe we can convince the old man to give us some lunch to celebrate making it past the preliminaries." He hoped. Kiro's feelings quickly changed again, as Ally caught up to them. How could they celebrate when Ally, the woman who had been training the hardest, lost because of some dumb luck? "Yeah, I'm just sorry that the three of us didn't make it together." Kiro said aloud exactly what was on his mind, as he sunk his head low.
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After about thirty minutes of walking around the grounds, Eno thought he'd make himself comfortable inside the main temple building. He entered the room expecting to find all seven of his mystery opponents, training intensely for their upcoming matches. Alas, all he found was an empty room, with only a single person inside. Who was just sitting around eating candy! Candy! '[i]This is one of the eight finalists?[/i]' Eno thought almost angrily, to think he was even on the same list as someone like herself. He did question, however, what tricks she have up her sleeve. He was so busy eyeing the Turtle Students, he never got a chance to see any of her fights. With a sigh, he sat down across from her, crossing his legs, as he closed his eyes. Eno began to envision his own fight with Jackie Chun, if it had came down to fighting him, at least. How would he beat him?

'[i]No, he'd definitely be able to counter that.[/i]' Eno thought, as he proceeded to go through an entire fight sequence between himself and Jackie Chun within his head, trying to full-proof any and all attacks he would potentially make. Just as he was about to come up with the ultimate finisher to completely destroy the old man, an annoying sound interrupted his train of thought.

'[i]Pop![/i]', the sound made from somewhere in front of him.

Eno slowly opened a single eye, as he irritatingly watched Majin Eve eat her rock candy. He closed his eye back, as he continued to concentrate.

'[i]Now, what about that superhero character? What sort of weaknesses did I find in his fighting style?[/i]' Eno thought about Gin and his boxing technique, knowing that he was one of the eight finalists.

'[i]Pop![/i]', the noise was heard once again.

Eno flashed both his eyes opened, as he watched the pink girl continue to chew on her candy. "Could you possibly eat any louder, you [u]pink freak[/u]!?" He angrily shouted at her. In truth, it wasn't all that loud, Eno just needed complete silence to properly concentrate on coming up with a strategy for each fighter he could potentially face.