( Yuuki's POV )
With Ichika out of the fight, this turned into a 1v1 battle, but this time, I didn't have the luxury of playing with Cecilia, Cecilia's drones were approaching me, and I used a powerful swing, Cecilia blocked with her rapier, but the power of my attack pushed her back.
I wanted to shoot the drones down, but they were able to dodge my attacks Cecilia's control skill had improved a lot, I switched to my tails to whip the drones, but Cecilia used her extra thrusters to get next to me, and she cut off half of my tails.
She passed by me at great speed, but I was able to grab and start one of her boosters, then we both tried to shoot the lasers from our swords, and she was faster, my sword was destroyed, and when I was pushed against the wall, I put on my battle-hungry smile.
Cecilia was showing off all the improvements she had made and I couldn't help but get excited, I wasn't going to use my other powers, but I did push my unit to its limits, I removed most of my armor and sub arms to maximize my speed, my only weapon was my extendable claws and the rest of my tails.
I flew towards Cecilia, dodging her shots and drones with repeated ignition boost, I appeared in front of her, and she raised her sword to block, but with another burst of speed, I ended up behind her, and with a swing, I sent her flying.
When Cecilia was about to crash into the wall, I grabbed her with my tail and spun her around a couple of times before slamming her into the ground, I descended on her with my claws in front and she threw a screen of grenades to stop me but I used my gravity control to deflect the explosion, and I resumed my attack, from the ground Cecilia fired again and I used ignition boost to dodge but she predicted where I was going to move and she hit me square in the chest.
The victory siren rang on Cecilia's side, and I deactivated my unit, I approached and extended my hand towards her with a smile.
Yuuki: Congratulations on the win, that was impressive, Miss Elite.
Cecilia: Humff, of course, you expected something less.
We shared a laugh and then left the arena.
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In the second semi-final fight, the Origami team won again and the final participants were decided, the two teams quickly entered the stadium and Origami finally showed off her new personal unit, this was the unit Devas, this was the sister unit of my IS Asura, This one was black and blue, it didn't have the sub arms and tails of my unit but it had extra boosters and drones similar to Cecilia's, two energy cannons on its shoulders, her main weapons were a laser assault rifle and an energy chain sword made to bypass any defenses.
Her unit also had an overdrive mode that multiplied its power by five but like Charl's unit, that was designed to run on a triple core but she didn't seem too worried about that because when the siren sounded she activated her overdrive mode, her unit only had a few minutes but she made the best of her time.
Origami flew straight to Cecilia, who was the most dangerous, she shot at Origami, but she didn't know what her new unit could do, Origami was able to pass all the shots and positioned herself above Cecilia and fired her energy cannons and her gun at the same time.
The triple attack left Cecilia out of combat, and Momo immediately tried to knock Origami down with shots, Origami flew unpredictably, and as she approached Momo, she used her chain sword to finish off Momo in one swing.
The victory siren sounded no more than two minutes before the battle began, and all the students were shocked at the outcome of the tournament.
After the fights the students had observed, they were in disbelief that the final round was the shortest but I was not so surprised, Origami didn't have any difficult rounds and she reached the finals without wearing down her unit, but that wasn't the only thing that gave her the victory, I'm the one who had trained her, she had the ability to take advantage of the accumulated damage of the Cecilia team.
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With the tournament over, we went to the dining room and had a little celebration, basically just eating and talking about our battles in the tournament and when that was over, Ichika, Charl, and I were called by Professor Maya.
She told us that the school had built some hot spring baths, and we would have the first chance to try them out, we definitely needed to relax, so I happily took her up on the offer.
Charl couldn't come for obvious reasons, so it was just Ichika and I, we talked more about the tournament, and after a while, I was left alone, but when I was enjoying my time, I heard footsteps approaching.
Yuuki: Hey, did you forget something?
I asked a question, thinking it was Ichika who was coming, but when I didn't hear a response, I turned around and saw a blushing Charl covered only with a towel, without saying anything, I admired her body, and she got even redder.
Charl: Yuuki, could you turn around?
Charl seemed a little embarrassed to take off her towel with me staring at her but I didn't want to stop, which made her a little upset.
Charl: Pervert.
Yuuki: Sorry, I was very surprised by your appearance.
Charl: Liar.
I turned around and she walked into the big bathroom, pressing her back against mine.
Yuuki: How lucky I am! I received a special prize even if I didn't win the tournament.
Charl: Do you know what the tournament prize is?
Yuuki: No, really, is that something important?
Charl: It's something most of the girls at the academy want, I guess it's not bad that Origami is the one who won.
Charl didn't elaborate on that, and after a few seconds of silence, she placed a hand on mine.
Charl: Yuuki, I think I'm going to stop hiding who I am.
Yuuki: Are you sure about that?
Charl: I think it's for the best, the school trip to the beach is approaching, and I think there's no point in hiding it anymore.
Yuukí: Well, we knew this day would come, and now I'll get to see you in a skirt every day, so I think it's for the best.
Charl: Yuuki, you pervert.
Yuuki: No, I'm not, it's normal for me to feel this way about my fiancée.
Although I couldn't see Charl's face, I could feel that she was only blushing more, I pulled the hand Charl was holding, and she spun around to end up sitting in front of me.
As I thought she was blushing heavily, while she was in that state, I leaned forward and gave her a deep kiss, when we separated, Charl closed her eyes, asking me for another one, but she jumped in surprise when we heard a voice behind us.
Cecilia: I think that's enough, you two.