As Naoki was about to head to the tables himself, a voice stopped him. [color=0072bc]"You're another challenger?”[/color] A voice stopped him, he turned around to see Jun walking up to him, [color=0072bc]“You're a nice guy helping those beginners like that. Here's a word of advice, stay away from this bad boy if you want to last long,"[/color] He finished as he held up a Gunpla to him. Looking closely Naoki remarked on the quality of the gunpla and its design. A custom gunpla based off of the Crossbones X3, a ‘bad boy’ indeed.

As Naoki was about to zone out, he was immediately snapped back after what he had heard next. Apparently the boy that had come in late and had bought the Char Zaku was the elusive and feared Reaper!!! The former tournament fighter and talked about in the back of Gunpla arcades and locals that would rip gunpla to shreds with the weakest of gunpla!!

Naoki was stunned that someone so famous was sitting in on his lecture and before he could say anything Jun would continue, [color=0072bc]“It may not be a perfect nickname, but they're not wrong when they call me 'Shark'!”[/color] And at that Naoki was stunned again! The Shark! An up and coming gunpla fighter talked about for challenging popular locals tournaments right out the gate. Named the shark for his aggression, and the fact that he’s often grouped with … [i]them.[/i]

[i][color=6ecff6]The image of forest bordering the ocean, a pink flamingo gracefully lands on a fallen tree, a ferocious shark floats above the water, a swinging monkey flies out of the forest, a sneaking fox lays in the shadows nearby, and a hornet zips past them all.
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A group of 5 rookies, all appearing in the last year and all making considerable impacts on the local level, the ‘Dobutsu’. Originally there were only 4 Dobutsu at the beginning of last year, but later a 5th would appear and the newest and most recently talked about one is the Shark in front of him.

Naoki watched as the two famed fighters stood in front of him. The Reaper and The Shark. Was this a meeting of fate? Two powers stood in front of him, arriving in his life around the same time Naoki had decided to search for teammates. He couldn’t let this chance pass him up! But before he could say anything they both left to Table A, Gunplas in hand. [color=6ecff6]“That's right, the tournament.”[/color]

Naoki ran after the two to Table A, taking out the new gunpla he had created during the breaks between lessons. [color=6ecff6]“I need to focus for now, I can ask them later.”[/color] He said with a smile on his face. [color=6ecff6]“It's time to play!!! Become a reality, Graze Customized!!!” [/color]

Launching out of the holographic hangar, a gunpla soared through the sky before lowering its altitude to hover above the water. The gunpla had the head, chest, and legs of a graze but the arms and backpack were taken from the Leo and Zaku models he had made earlier today. The amalgamation had larger, sturdier arms and more thrusting power thanks to the modifications.

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[@Blade17] At Table B, Blade flew his Wing Gundam Zero through the air, a barrage of bullet fire began to fire around him, a group of 2 Purple Astray models flanking him with one to the left and one to the right. Both had rifles in their left hands and beam sabers in their right. 

As they close in the one on the left rushes forward, throwing their rifle to their partner before charging full force with their beam saber.

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Seiichi Sero and his Royal Alvaaron flew above the sky of the desert looking for Riku. As he continued to he picked up the signal of an enemy unit. He made a B line for them, uncaring of who it actually was, points are points after all and if his team succeeded in their plan the finals would need to be him and one of his allies. Approaching the signal, he began to gain visual of a flying GM custom. “Easy pickings!!” He said as he took out his beam rifle, firing at the flying target.

[@Double] As the Royal Alvaaron began to fire, Rikus Leo began to pick up the signal of 2 units 20km away. Although he didn’t know if the other signal was Seos ally or enemy Riku did know 1 thing, both were approaching his area fast, but showed no sign of heading directly towards him.

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As Naoki continued to fly at low altitude, he looked up to the sky to see a lone gunpla flying high above everyone else. Zooming in on the target he saw the was the silhouette of the gunpla The Shark had shown him, Captain Miracle. He remembered the warning Jun had given him, but had an urge to still interact with the boy in hopes of recruiting him. But before he could choose between the two he was immediately surprised by a barrage of beam weaponry attacking around him. [color=6ecff6]“What the-?!”[/color] Looking on his sensors he saw a group of 4 units behind him. He turned around, but still moved the same direction to face them to gain a visual of 4 GN-X, each a different color of orange, blue, green and red. 

[color=6ecff6]“It’s Zenshin High!!”[/color] Naoki immediately shot at the ground to create a smoke screen before he turned back around and began to charge towards the shore. [color=6ecff6]“Four vs One? Did me rejecting you guys really hurt that much? Well whatever … still though that's a lot of firepower ... Ah! If I can make it to the ocean I can use the water to hide from the beam weaponry!”[/color] With that plan in mind Naoki rushed towards the shore with the 4 GN-X’s right on his tail.

[@KenjuGuy] [@Shiyonichi] Jun watches all of this from his high position in the sky, and as they approach the shore Kai also sees the 5 of them from his vantage point.