Season 43, Week 3
Tengaar
(Suikoden Series)
 
Oh, boy, the vapid loser girlies are just lining up for beatings. Tengaar, with her strong attitude and mighty earth spells, had shown a thing or two to that Kira girl. Now, the uber-example for doormat women all around the world comes up for a good thrashing of her own. Alice Elliot, Yuri Hyuga's original sweetheart, is so insipid that she might as well have been a member of Gundam Wing's female cast. And, while she has solid healing, she has horrible resources and goes insane in a battle rather early. So, while Tengaar may be concerned about that, she has Revenge Earth and Canopy Defense to negate Alice's offense entirely in a stalling match. After the bimbo loses her cool, Tengaar can strike hard and fast with Earthquakes, slaying the pathetic nunnery girl and getting the League rid of another loser lady while advancing to the semis once again. It's a win-win situation, really.

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It's to watch matches like this that we really come to the DL Arena. In one corner, we have the silver haired maiden Alice. In the other, the fightin', auburn haired lass Tengaar. We can rest assured that at least one Godlike champion will be on the edge of his seat (our bet is that most of the arena will be as well)! Alice certainly has a fine streak going and obviously does not want to stop now. She has to find a way to counter Tengaar's Earth Rune, and for that she does have a secret weapon! Of course, not that anyone will see it unless she casts Advent, which should be difficult due to the Earth Rune's protective spells. Regardless, this is a match where Alice cannot afford to play around. With abundant healing and speed to match her opponent, Alice is more than willing to push herself through what will undoubtedly be one of the most brutal, yet sexiest slugfests of them all.


Joou Ranbu
"... WHAT?" Opera's eyes widened at the unearthly sight. The shot of personally mixed gin she was merrily chugging down went flying in the direction of a hapless Roger Huxley, who instantly burst into flames. Nobody seemed to noticed his agony, however. The audience was as aghast as the Tetragenes.

"But... uh... how could...", Deis murmured, putting on special glasses and carefully analyzing the sight. The sorceress raised an eyebrow and scratched her head.

Margarete, by her turn, simply snickered, maliciously playing with a pen in her left hand. She certainly seemed to take it very well. "Oh, wow. This is a surprise, honey. Anything you care to tell us about that?"

Yuri, comfortably (and looking rather posh, by the way) dressed in speedos, simply stared blankly at Hix's face, as if he had seen a ghost. Tengaar's sweetheart himself had turned into an unhealthily bright shade of red, also wearing speedos, but seemingly getting a lot of attention - unlike you'd expect.

Alice, who until that moment seemed highly confident and comfortable, broke down into a giggling fit. Nobody could tell if her fit was due to horror or amused surprise, though. Probably a mixture of both.

"Alright, ladies, you all seen enough. Have you reached a consensus yet?", Tengaar growled. She held a glowing Earth Rune in her right hand, subtly nodding to what could happen if they didn't come to a decision quick. Even so, she had a sly smile in her face, coyly eyeing her boyfriend with a triumphant semblance. It was pretty obvious that she was having fun, but even that had its limits, after all.

Opera, Margarete and Deis glanced at each other, then sighed and shook their heads. Opera coughed, picking up her gin mixture again. "AHEM. Well, I believe so. In face of the... overwhelming evidence, we have no choice but to declare Hix the winner of the Speedo Surprise contest. Now, excuse us, as we have... some urgent business to attend to. Right, Deis? Margarete?"

The snake sorceress winked. "Right-o."

Margarete let out a laugh, and coughed merrily.

Then, the three hurriedly left.

"They're probably going to spend the next week writing three cons worth of fanfic after that", the Warrior lady snorted.

"Hey, Alice. You done embarassing me here?"

Hearing her boyfriend's annoyed voice, Alice facepalmed, and stared blankly at Yuri. The Harmonixer just shrugged.

He grunted. "I guess that's a 'yes', then. I swear, if it isn't Edge, it's this."

Then, he left as a bevy of enthralled fangirls went after him. As for Hix, he had ran away in shame a while ago, and was probably hiding from the shameless paparazzi that inevitably entailed. Things were kinda messy, to say the least, and the Duelling League tabloids would have gossip for weeks after this.

Finally, the young cleric glanced at Tengaar vengefully, but sighed and gave in. "Okay, I admit. You win. But how come nobody ever knew about Hix's... um... well..."

"Oh, that?", Tengaar snickered and turned to Alice with a cynical grin. "Honey, I stick with Hix for three reasons. First is that I'll make him grow an actual spine or my name is not Tengaar. Second, he's still pretty adorable. Third... well, it just became public. But, as for that being kept a secret... heh. I'm pretty possessive, y'know. Wouldn't let that come out without good reason."

"Then... why. We could have just fought this out normally in the arena, y'know. Winning a Duelling League match hardly sounds like a good reason!", Alice haughtily fumed.

To that, Tengaar smiled. "Well. Y'see, I think that the unique opportunity of one-upping your friggin' luck with landing Yuri in the love lottery is more than reason enough. Don't get me wrong, I love Hix, but you're Yuri Hyuga's sweetheart. I think just about every woman here wished she could be you at some point unless you count those Mystic freaks and Lelei, those are just loony. Plus, a woman can have her fun."

The cleric then deflated. She shook her head, her thoughts nearly uttering an aura of defeat. Then, she sat back and blinked, finally accepting the circumstances. "... you have a point. Oh well, I guess I can claim my moral victory at least, no?"

Tengaar snickered and shrugged happily. "Sure. My man still has the better speedos, though."

Tengaar: 33
Alice Elliot: 26