Case #2-The Supernatural Tournament, Round 1

"Woah, nice room!" Evelyn exclaims as she barges into the room that Team Reaper's Paranormal is staying in for the duration of the Supernatural Tournament.

"Our room actually is surprisingly huge and luxurious!" Raiden exclaims.

"It even has a private bedroom and bathroom!" Circe excitedly adds.

"The bed's even cozier than my bed at home!" I chime in.

"Lucky…" Evelyn sighs as she flops down on my bed. "The rooms for the spectators are whack! At least I have a private room, but it's so old and run down! It's like all the care went into the actual participants."

"Yes…that's usually how these things go…" Koga replies.

"So the Supernatural Investigators are fighting Hunter's crew first, huh?" Circe asks. "Who do you think is gonna win?"

"The Supernatural Investigators, no doubt," I answer. "Have you seen Hunter's team?"

"I don't even know how they were strong enough to enter!" Raiden chimes in.

"Which means that we'll be fighting the Supernatural Investigators," Koga adds.

"We can win," I reply. "Smith and Gaumond ain't all that."

"Sniper, Kardos, and Hexley are worrisome though…" Raiden adds.

"Yeah…that might be a difficult one…" Evelyn grumbles.

"Well the Zodiacs will be even harder," I add. "How can we defeat a team that we didn't even beat last time?!"

"Yeah, especially with Ezra there," Circe replies. "We barely beat Cancer and Libra, and Yamata and Mikoto gave us a run for our money when we first met them."

"And Mikoto definitely got stronger thanks to our brief training," Raiden adds.

"We can do it," I say. "What about Team Satan, Crimson, how are they?"

No answer.

"Crimson?"

Nothing.

"Crimson!" I snap.

"Oh, sorry!" Crimson exclaims as she jumps up. "I was…just thinking…"

"About…?" I ask.

"About my sisters," Crimson answers. "And about how difficult they'll be to face."

"Do you think we can win?" Circe asks.

"Honestly…I don't know," Crimson answers. "I'm the strongest of my sisters, but…" Crimson then looks at Raiden, Circe, and Koga in turn. "I just…don't know how the rest of you will fare against Emerald and Bronze. And the two other Devils there, Beelzebub and Moloch, are two of our strongest."

"I see…" I sadly reply.

Everyone looks glum.

"Maybe…we can't win the Supernatural Tournament…"

"Oh, no…I didn't mean it like that!" Crimson exclaims. "I'm just saying that my sisters are strong, is all! But we…we have heart! We can win this!"

"YEAH!" The rest of us cheer.

***

The very next day, team Reaper's Paranormal joins Evelyn in the audience to watch the first round of the Supernatural Tournament.

"Welcome, everyone, to the first day of the Supernatural Tournament!" Loki booms, and the crowd goes wild. "Without further ado, let me announce the teams that will be battling today!"

"On my right is Team Supernatural Investigators!" Loki booms, and Team Supernatural Investigators enters the arena. Just like the other day, the audience begins booing, and Team Supernatural Investigators have to shield themselves from the tomatoes being thrown at 'em. "And on my left, is Team Hunter!" Loki booms, and Team Hunter enters the arena as well. And just like the other day, the audience is silent. But also just like the other day, Team Hunter begins hooting and hollering as well, to make up for the silent audience.

"Now, as per the rules of the Supernatural Tournament, will the team captains enter the ring?" Loki orders, and Agent Hexley and Hunter step forwards. "Now, Team Supernatural Investigators, what will be the rules of this match?"

"We discussed this the night before, so I hope you don't mind," Hexley smirks at Hunter. "We've decided to do a five on one, I'll take your entire team on at once!"

Hunter's eyes widen. "H-huh, are you sure?" He blinks

"What, are you scared?" Hexley smirks. "I am the son of a God, afterall."

"Why would I be?" Hunter smirks back. "If you're breathing, then we can hunt ya'!"

There sure is a lot of smirking…

"Now, that everything's settled…!" Loki booms as he floats into the air and spreads his arms out wide. "Let the first round…begin!"

"This'll be easy!"

"Let's get 'em, boys!"

"We'll take him out here!"

"It's a five on one!"

Hunter's family all booms as they storm the stage alongside Hunter. All five of the hunters then draw their cross-bows and aim them at Hexley, knocking back five arrows.

"Don't blame me if you die!" Hunter exclaims as he and his family fires off five arrows towards Hexley.

In response, Hexley lifts a hand into the air, as five golden-white glowing swords form around his hand. "Judgment Swords!" Hexley shouts as he swings a hand towards the hunters, sending his five swords flying towards them. Hexley's sword then slash straight through the hunters' arrows, before slashing through the hunters, not drawing any blood, but causing them to limply fall to the ground.

"HEY!" Loki furiously snaps as he swiftly floats over to Hexley. "I told you not to kill them!

"Don't worry, my Holy Powers aren't lethal to humans," Hexley explains. "They're simply unconscious."

"Oh, in that case-!" Loki replies. "IN AN OUTSTANDING FIVE TO ONE SWEEP, TEAM SUPERNATURAL INVESTIGATORS IS THE WINNER!"

For the first time since the start of the Supernatural Tournament, the audience goes WILD for Team Supernatural Investigators.

"WE WON!" Agent Kardos cheers as she throws her hands into the air.

"They're…cheering for us…?" Agent Gaumond blinks.

"Alright, now we're one step closer to winning," Agent Smith smirks.

"I told you that this was the right idea," Hexley smirks as he turns around to face his team and hopes out of the arena. "Now, we're going to go into the next round with everyone at full strength!"

"And that means…" Agent Sniper growls as he scopes me out through the audience. "That we'll be facing the Reaper next round…"

***

"Man, what the heck was that!" I exclaim as I flop backwards onto my bed. "Who would have thought that Hexley would be able to sweep Team Hunter like that, one on five?!"

"Well…are we really that surprised…?" Crimson asks.

"And now we have to face that monster in the next round…?" Raiden sighs. "What are we going to do?"

"Don't forget, we get to decide the rules for the next round," Koga replies. "So what should we do?"

"Well…first off, we need to do something that would put Hexley at a disadvantage," I explain.

"Too bad we can't do a five on one," Raiden sighs. "We need to make the rules so that everyone on the other team gets a chance to fight, but not everyone on our team has to."

"Well…we can't do a five on one, but we can do a three on one…?" I suggest.

"But that would leave two of us to take two against one," Koga replies.

"That won't do," Crimson adds. "I want to face Agent Kardos."

"You…do?" Circe asks. "How come?"

"There's something that I need to settle with her…" Crimson answers.

"I feel the same way," I chime in. "I'm taking Sniper."

Raiden, Circe, and Koga look around at one another.

"So…what should we do?" Raiden asks.

A devious smirk spreads across Circe's face. "I have an idea."