23 Chapter 23:CM pt3

As the matches progressed eventually another on of them was called up. This time it was Austin. As he got up and readied his dagger and sword, with his knives also strapped to a belt on his waist. he walked down approaching the arena and entered. When he stood in the arena his opponent stood in front of him. The girl stood there with a sword pointed towards him. Pulling out his daggers the girl in front of him readied herself. She also looked towards his daggers and noticed they had little dips in the blade on one with little arrowhead looking parts on it.

As they rushed towards each other, the girl swung the blade towards him. Austin ducked down and rolled under the blade and swung towards her leg, and left a slight cut on her leg making her flinch as he recovered back to a standing position. She turned and swung it and the blade slashed his side when he went to dodge. Quickly he dashed close towards her making her panic slightly before bringing the blade towards him again. This time, he brought his blade down at an angle catching the blade in one of the gaps of the dagger, then quickly twisting it locking the blade in place. As this happened the Girl let go of the blade and leaped back preventing him from following up his attack.

"hm, smart idea. But you've disarmed your self as well.."

She looked at him for a second before saying something, "Yea, but I can still fight you with my hands"

"You know you are at a significant disadvantage without a weapon..."

"Would a monster care?"

He starred at this girl before deciding she had definitely something different about her then a lot of others did. He liked that, most people he knew didn't really think anything like this. She has potential...

"What's your name"

"Cora"

"I see... I'm Austin," He quickly dashed at her and as he did this she tried to punch towards him. He moved to the side and brought the blade up against her neck and held it there.

The person's voice on the intercom sounded out, " That concludes the match,"

Austin pulled his daggers back and put them in a sheath and looked at Cora. "Nice try, you have a lot of potential, we should talk again sometime." He smiled before walking off back to the group while holding his side where it was cut. Cora watched for a moment before returning to her spot as well.

Austin gave the group a high-five and sat down. They all congratulated him on his victor in the match and his skills. Austin was proud of himself and was glad his training had paid off in the end. He also met someone he was interested in now. So he was overall ok with this. He was gonna get strong enough so that he can make a lot of money. Then he would be able to live a good life and support his family. Also he was wondering what new things he could discover in the danger-zones. This was one step in the direction of his goals. Austin sat there with a smile on his face.

After a few minutes the speaker turned on and out projected the voice once again. "This concluded the core matches. The finals will be in a few days. Train well, as this will make a big difference. As this was said, the intercoms turned off, and everyone got up and went their ways. As the group stood up, Austin went to look for Cora. Looking around he eventually found her and went up to her. When she saw him she looked at him confused. As she had no clue really what he wanted at that moment. Austin looked at her with determined eyes. He gave her a piece of paper with his number on it and then took off to get home. He wasn't sure why he did that or why he suddenly got awkward, but he ran to his house and went to his room plopping on the bed after locking his door. He laid there for a bit before taking his daggers and knives, placing them on the floor by his bed. Few minutes pass when he heard his phone vibrate. He picked it up and looked at it. There was a text from someone. After looking at the text which simply read 'Hey, it's me Cora' he knew who it was and saved it to contacts before then going on and texting her. They chatted for a while about a bunch of things. Usually about games or shows that they had both enjoyed. As the night went on the continued their chat while the stars outside twinkled in the midnight sky. The moon shining a dim light upon the land giving everything a slight level of visibility.

After a bit Austin grew tiered. But Cora was invested in their conversation and wouldn't let him go to bed so he made some coffee and sat in bed while he talked to her on call making it easier for them to communicate. This continued throughout the night until about 3 in the morning which she passed out on a call and he was too awake to sleep. He decided to watch show TV while he waited for his 'crash' and smiled a bit.

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