[color=DeepSkyBlue]”I have no idea how you did that but – whoo! Go Siobhan! Shout more words at them!”[/color] Kailani was all too enthusiastic about her cheering, actually out of her throne as she jumped for her new friend. Hey, it beat cheering on that asshole Ywa’n. Admittedly, there was some worry that gnawed at her chest – were all non-islanders as powerful as Siobhan? Was she maybe really a demon? Did Kailani even have a chance out there?

... Well, guess she was going to find out soon enough! And really, that thought made her more excited than anything.

“It’s powerful,” The Chieftain commented at her side, eyes narrowed. “Perhaps numbers won’t be the deciding factor, but skill.”It certainly seemed it would be the only option, considering those who fled the arena. Cowards.

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A pair of silver eyes remained narrowed, observational as they took in the carnage a single motion from this ‘demon’ set forth. Competitors were fleeing the arena, but in a swift motion Ywa’n held out his spear, stopping one of the bulkier ones.

“Lua, turn around. I have a plan.” His cousin looked to him with fear naked in his expression, almost whimpering.

“Ywa’n, come on, she’s a demon! Just let Kailani go to her, it’s just as good as her leaving!”

“No it’s not!” Ywa’n spit back in return, almost baring his teeth akin to an animal. “Now turn around and act like a man. I’ll circle the demon and come up behind her.” Lua still seemed doubtful, so his cousin gave him a sharp shove with the end of his spear.

“Do it, or I swear you’ll be facing [i]me[/i] instead!” That finally seemed to motivate him, the bulky man turning reluctantly back to Siobhan.Slowly he edged forward, holding his stone sword – designed specifically not to maim, as the Tournament regulated – like a shield more than a weapon.

“Hey, uh, I’m real sorry for taking Kailani. If I knew a demon wanted her I would’ve, you know, left her?”

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”She’s not a demon, Lua you jerk!”[/color] He flinched at the call from the side lines, taking a deep steadying breath. Okay, okay he wasn’t a real capable warrior like Ywa’n, but he could do this! Already he could see Ywa’n circling her, having used the fleeing motions of their fellow warriors to skirt the sidelines. When his cousin’s swift motions got him at the back he levelled his spear, and Lua nodded to himself. Right, right he could do this!

Letting out a fierce cry to mask his fear, and potentially his cousin, Lua ... threw his sword and ran.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]”... That’s one of your warriors, Mom.”[/color]

“Kailani.”

Behind Siobhan, Ywa’n used his athletic stature to spring forward, going to immediately go to jab his spear into the demon’s spine. His cousin was a coward, but at least he served as a distraction. One single strike. Even a monster couldn’t survive a speared heart.