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All of team light (except Amarth) was disgusted with the performance of team enishi.
"How could they take the lives of the samurai? They never stood a chance anyway!" yells Eldaire. Heero and Matt merely looked down.
"There's nothing we can do Eldaire. These are the rules. We can't change anything but the way we fight. When we're out of the ring, we have no say," spoke Matt.
Amarth on the other hand was about to burst with excitement. "They're great fighters! I can't wait to battle them!"
Heero calculated a strategy, seeing the obvious skill of team Enishi. Matt is far more agile than the blue samurai. Amarth is far faster than the yellow one. Eldaire is far stronger than the green one. The red was just a joke anyway. I doubt the fact that we have far greater abilities than the samurai team provides an accurate calculation though. Team Enishi's victory was not sealed by ability alone. They were also calculating, strategizing, and improvising. We're gonna have our hands full any way about it. They're solid and brutal.
[OOC: Everything above took place after Enishi's match. Everything below will take place during my match.]
Team dim finally sent out another competitor. This one was a fairly large man who came out unarmed.
"He's unarmed! He's definately mine!" called Matt.
Matt leapt high into the air, coming down right in front of team Dim's competitor in the center of the ring.
"My name is Gunther. I wish you luck. May the best fighter win."
"I am Matt. Good luck to you as well Gunther."
By the look in his eyes, Matt thought Gunther could already tell he wasn't going to win. Matt admired his bravery and his honor. Well, we've already won two, and Heero's gonna win. I see no reason we can't afford just one loss. Gotta make it convincing though. When he heard the word fight, Matt instantly landed a fierce punch to Gunther's face. Matt saw the counter-kick coming and made a feigned attempt to dodge. The kick landed in his side and both competitors went to the floor, but only for a moment. An instant later they were both back up and engulfed in a series of punches and kicks. Seeing this wasn't going anywhere, they began moving all about the ring. There movements were near impossible to follow. To an untrained eye, it looked as though they were teleporting around the ring as they fought. Eventually, Matt allowed Gunther to land a solid punch. Matt feigned a stunned look and Gunther followed with a kick that sent him out of the ring. The cat lady quickly called a ring out and announced Gunther the winner. The crowd was going nuts (none of them liked team light and all wanted to see them out in the first round). Gunther was also excited. He could barely contain his joy as his teammates ran out and lifted him on their shoulders. As Matt walked back to his team, he felt sure he had convinced everyone. "Too bad Matt. That guy was really tough," said Eldaire, trying to comfort him. Matt assured him that he was fine. He could never tell what Heero was thinking. Matt went and leaned against the stadium wall a little ways away from his team when Amarth appeared next to him. "That was disgusting Matt. Why did you let him win? It makes no sense. Have you no pride?!"
Matt countered with, "Look over there at Gunther." At the moment, his face was lit up with the biggest smile the world had ever seen as his team continued to poor congradulations on hiim for beating the famous Matt, many time hero who has saved the world time and time again. "There's your explanation." For a brief moment, Matt thought he saw a smile on Amarth's face, but it quickly vanished.
"I still think you're a fool."
Matt only grinned.
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