Jet Set Run

July 4th X787

"WELCOME BACK EVERYONE TO THE FOURTH DAY OF THE GRAND MAGIC GAMES! WE HAVE AN EXCITING DAY AHEAD OF US SO LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO IT! TODAY'S EVENT IS CALLED "FLAG MASTER!" EACH GUILD SEND ONE PARTICIPANT TO THE CENTER OF THE ARENA THEN I WILL EXPLAIN THE RULES!" Chapati announced.

"Looks like I'm up! I get the feeling this will need some speed!" Jet said as he walked towards the arena with a wide grin on his face.

Jet approached the center where the other participants were already gathering. Suddenly the arena began to shake and a large amount of magic swelled up in the area. Dozens of bright lights began to glow, scattering across the arena and taking the shape of small flags.

"IN THIS EVENT, FLAG MASTER, EACH PARTICIPANT IS TO TRY AND COLLECT AS MANY FLAGS AS THEY CAN WITHIN THIRTY MINUTES. THERE ARE OVER A THOUSAND FLAGS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE ARENA AS YOU CAN SEE! COLLECTING ONE FLAG GETS YOU ONE POINT. AS SOON AS YOU PICK UP A FLAG, IT WILL VANISH AND YOU WILL GET THE POINT! HOWEVER, OTHER PARTICIPANTS CAN STRIKE YOU, CAUSING YOU TO LOSE POINTS! THE ONE WHO HAS THE MOST POINTS AT THE END OF THE THIRTY MINUTES IS THE WINNER!" Chapati announced.

"Piece of cake! This kind of event was made for me!" Jet said to himself with a smirk as he tapped the tips of his boots on the ground.

"THE EVENT STARTS IN 5...4...3...2...1…"

As Chapati counted down, Jet got into position, crouching down with one leg out behind him and his fingertips touching the ground. A green magical circle formed underneath him.

"EVENT START!"

Jet immediately took off from his spot, leaving a large cloud of dust behind him as he rushed towards one of the pennants. In an instant, Jet picked up a pennant, followed by another one, and another one. Within the first ten seconds, Jet had two dozen points. He glimpsed over at the scoreboard and saw he was in first place, with second place having only ten.

'This is a breeze! No one can hit me when I'm moving this fast and I can keep collecting pennants! As long as I stay on the move, I'm untouchable!' Jet thought as he scooped up several more flags.

Five minutes passed and Jet remained untouched as he lapped around the edge of the arena dozens of times. He scanned the inside of the arena for more pennants but it appeared that all of the other participants had picked them up. Jet glanced at the scoreboard once more and looked at the current top 5.

Jet 433

Dobengal 371

Kagura 325

Rocker 54

Eve 48

'Damn...we're out of pennants to collect and the other two are really close behind in terms of score. I might end up having to fight one of them. I don't have a clue who this Dobengal guy is, but I heard about Kagura. People compare her swordsmanship to Erza's.' Jet thought as he took a large nervous gulp. 'Well as long as I keep moving, they can't-'

As Jet continued to run, his eyes widened with shock as he glanced at the scoreboard once again. To his surprise, the order had shifted.

Kagura 511

Jet 433

Dobengal 185

Rocker 54

Eve 48

'Kagura got ahead of me?!' Jet thought. 'I have the most amount of points after her...so she'll probably come after me...I just need to-'

Jet suddenly came to a screeching halt and jumped up into the air as a man went flying underneath him. Jet landed on the ground and turned around, getting a good look at the man. He wore a black leather jacket with black pants and boots and had blond hair that was styled into two giant tufts that went upward coming from the widow's peak on his forehead.

"WILD!" The man shouted.

"You're Rocker from Quatro Cerberus aren't you?" Jet commented.

"You may be fast, but can you match the speed of my drill?!" Rocker responded as he lunged towards Jet with his legs out in front of him almost like a dropkick. Suddenly, a vortex formed around Rocker's legs' taking the shape of a drill as he launched towards Jet. To Rocker's surprise, Jet quickly dashed out of the way, appearing at Rocker's left side.

"Time to show off my High Speed combination attack!" Jet said with a grin as he suddenly crouched down and spun his body around, sending a kick upward into Rocker's back and sending him up into the air.

"Gghh!" Rocker grunted as he felt a sharp pain in his back. He quickly recovered and turned his body around, only to see that Jet was no longer on the ground but right in front of him.

"Over here!" Jet shouted as he wound his right foot back.

"Skyward Triple Thrust!" Jet unleashed three quick kicks into Rocker's torso, sending him flying into the wall of the arena. Rocker collided into the wall before falling to the ground. Jet turned to face the scoreboard and saw the updated scores.

Kagura 569

Jet 460

Dobengal 189

Eve 48

Chrisack 33

'Looks like I knocked him out of the top five. But Kagura's still in first...I better keep moving!' Jet thought as he took off into another high speed sprint around the perimeter of the arena.

Jet continued running around the arena for the next fifteen minutes. He glanced at the scoreboard once more and to his surprise, many of the names were grayed out except for his, Kagura's and a few other names he didn't recognize.

"INCREDIBLE! KAGURA HASN'T EVEN DRAWN HER BLADE YET SHE'S KNOCKED OUT OVER HALF OF THE PARTICIPANTS!"

'N-no way...she knocked all of those people out?! I can't let her catch me.' Jet thought as he scanned the arena. To his surprise, he couldn't spot Kagura. He turned his head forward and to his surprise, a lone woman stood just a few meters in front of him.

She was a slim, large busted woman with long, straight black hair that fell to her middle of her back with a "hime" style haircut. She wore a white blazer with gold trimmings and a white collar with a red tie, tied into a full windsor knot along with black tights tucked into white boots with the same gold trimming design as her blazer.

"Dammit! It just had to be her!" Jet shouted as he quickly veered directions, making a sharp 90 degree turn to the inside of the arena. To his horror, Kagura reappeared right in front of him, her hand on the hilt of her blade. She crouched down and leaned forward until she was just underneath Jet's chest.

Before Jet could take another step, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen as Kagura quickly jabbed Jet with the hilt of her undrawn sword. Jet felt the wind get knocked out of him and fell to the ground, grabbing his stomach as Kagura stood above him.

"Good, you're still conscious. That means I can take more points from you." Kagura said as she kicked Jet's body upward into the air.

Jet suddenly felt pain all over his body as Kagura unleashed a flurry of slashes with her sheathed blade. Jet fell to the ground, his vision blurring as he took one last look at the scoreboard before blacking out.

Jet: 28 points.

Kagura: 1001 points

'D-dammit! She took all those points from me…'

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Lamia Scale: 20

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