A press conference was in section in order to address the incident of yesterday.

"Mr. President! Will the tournament continues?" One reporter said.

"Have you found the culprit of the hacking?" Another asked.

"Is it safe for players to play Omega now?" So many questions were on the table for the president of the #1 game in the world. Leos as calm and professional as a president should be despite this situation starts answering them.

"I shall address each question, accordingly. Despite this incident, we are very far away from the tournament to cancel it right now. The tournament will continue. Rest assured, that we have improved the system and launch a protection program that will deal with any invasion from black hat hackers accordingly. This program will be active for the remainder of the tournament and in future tournaments so it is safe to say that the game is as safe as it can get. As for the culprit, we're still making investigations but we promise that we will capture this black hat hacker, and bring him or her to justice." Leos said answering each question. As the interview was happening a mother was worried about her very own child. This mother was none other than Gina Chedid Kurosagi.

"Oh, My." The phone in the house starts ringing. The blonde-haired woman stood from the couch and pick it up.

"Kurosagi residence, Gina Speaking." She spoke and smiled as she heard the voice from the other side.

"Hello...Dear. Hmm, What's that? You're coming tomorrow to watch Richard's match?" She then frowns.

"But...you heard the news right now, right?"

"And in other news..." The anchor said on the T.V.

"I see...Well if you trust Leos that is going to be safe then...I will trust in Leos too." She said to her husband.

"Right I love you too Bye." She hung up and sighed. She just hopes that he is right. However, she trusts her husband so she will believe in him and the president that they have everything under control.

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It was the next day and despite the incident of a black hacker happening the crowd was still packed as the next match pit the son of the president of Omega and Team Alpha the uprising team that has impressed many eyes.

"Man I can't wait to see this match!" Richard said.

"I know," Heidi said.

"That's good and all but..." Alice said separating the purple-haired girl from her childhood friend. "Keep your hands to yourself!" She pries her off the shoulders of the brown-haired boy earning a glare from Kitami.

"Alright, now we will commence the Finals of Group A in this Omega Representation Tournament." The M.C. Hyped up the match and the crowd follows suit.

"Don't cry if you lose, losers," Harry said to Team Alpha. They had decided to go with Yuma and Adel. They were doing it just to be safe of a similar incident happening despite the president reassuring and convincing everyone.

"We'll see about that," Yuma told the arrogant teen.

"Heh."

"Are the competitors ready?" They all nodded. "Alright, The stage will be...City in the Hidden Waterfall! Let the finals of Group A between Team Master and Team Alpha begin! Entering Omega...Now!"

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As they Land on the flat surface of the mountain, Team Alpha look to their surroundings.

"Hmm, so we landed on the mountain. Most likely on the lower end." Yuma stated as she looks down and barely sees what it looks to be a Waterfall. That waterfall is where the city of the Aqua Shinobi clan lives, a Ninja clan who are masters of the water art ninjutsu. But that's for another day since this is not the story mode but a tournament.

"Aeris."

"Right. Yuma, see if you can scan the city. We need to know where Harry and his robots are." The pink-haired girl told her kunoichi friend who nodded before using her ninja speed to disappear.

"Adel, we should start climbing down this mountain."

"Right," Adel responded to her core.

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After a couple of minutes, the two girls climbed down. Aeris could've easily climbed down with her Magical class but that would've been a waste of a core shift and considering this is the finals she would need both of them in order to fight Harry. From what she has seen from the black-haired boy his default class is powerhouse which has an edge against her default supporter class. Still...she is very uncomfortable with a black hat hacker lurking around.

"Watch out!" Adel pushed the pink-haired girl out of the way as a giant X line almost got the distracted core of Team Alpha.

"What is..." Aeris reacted fast and both girls dodged the next attack.

"Well, this was even more simple than I thought." Both girls look to see Harry and a new unit this one made of gold. It had two small daggers in hand.

"Harry."

"Mr. Kishima to you. Now how about we get this over quickly, I need to destroy a certain loser in the Grand Finals." Was he talking about Richard? She has been told and heard about the rivalry these two have for more than a year. However, she will not lose to him as she promised her childhood friends that she will meet them in the Grand Finals!

Meanwhile inside the City In The Hidden Waterfall, Yuma has been searching all over the small city to no avail. It seems that they weren't here.

"Girls Harry and his units aren't inside the city." There was no response from the other girls. "Aeris? Adel?" Just then she heard the sounds of metals clashing. So, Harry has found them. That is not good she needs to get there quickly otherwise...! She starts to get out of the city only to be stopped in her tracks by a couple of lasers going her way. Yuma luckily dodges out of the way and it hit one of the small inns. The black-haired kunoichi player had to take cover as she saw another barrage of lasers. So she is not alone in the city after all.

('Looks like I have my hands full right now. Sorry Adel, Aeris but I guess you're on your own for now.') was the thoughts of Yuma as she prepares to fight whatever robot Harry chose for this match.

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Adel, Aeris, Harry, and his new unit were fighting outside of the waterfall. Aeris using her veils was blocking surprisingly the strong swings of Harry. Although, each hit made her struggle more and she doesn't know if she'll be able to last long if she keeps going on the defense.

"Come on! Show me that form you use against Miss Emuna!" Harry told the pink-haired girl as he swung his sword aggressively. He may have a point, she will have to use her Core Shift quickly if she will ever stand a chance against him. She cannot use the wall class as Harry is a powerhouse so her two options are Magical or Scouter. She has given Adel the strength buff but didn't give Yuma the speed buff as they agreed that the pink-haired teen might need as many buffs as she can use in order to stand a chance against the black-haired 3 times champion. She made her decision.

"Core Shift: Scouter!" Aeris disappeared making Harry's swing miss completely and making a crater on the ground. Anticipating that the pink-haired might attack him quickly the boy having experience with many scouters especially a loser rival of his swung to his right blocking a pink monkey with gold on top and bottom staff that had two white ribbons on the bottom. Aeris attire didn't change except her hair that was now tied in twin tails plus on her forehead she had a blue gem. The pink-haired was surprised that the boy blocked it despite him seeing to have lost momentum after his swing.

"There that's more like it!" He backs her off. "But it still won't matter. Losers will always be losers, even if it is a beautiful princess such as yourself." The brown-haired boy said. She doesn't know if he was hitting on her or not but she will not lie that made her a little bit mad.

"I'm flattered," Aeris said nonchalantly to the boy before going on the attack.

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Meanwhile, Adel and the unit which she discovered to be their scouter were trying to defeat each other quickly so they could help their allies. The brown-haired German found it strange that their third member wasn't here before realizing that maybe, Just maybe the third member was dealing with Yuma. So far there was no confirmation that their kunoichi scouter has been eliminated from the game so she can safely assume that it could be the case. Nevertheless, regardless of whatever or not it is true, she cannot afford to be defeated here.

"I must eliminate you for my Master's goal to be completed." The unit told her.

"I will have to defy your goal and your master's because my friend made a promise to her childhood friends that we will meet each other in the Grand Finals," Adel responded before blocking the daggers with her katana.

"Then you must be destroyed," The robot told her before disappearing. Adel dodged his attack but soon had to block. Her reaction, however, was not quick enough for the next quick attack and the unit manage to nick her left arm. Adel hiss in pain before grabbing her hand.

('He's fast.') Was the thought of the brown-haired teen.

"It is futile to resist."

"We'll see about that." The unit disappears again. This time Adel took a deep breath and close her eyes. The brown-haired teen concentrates and uses her Neutral Zone ability in order to even the odds. The unit confident that the teen can't match its speed attacks her only to be blocked by her.

"Impossible."

"This fight is not over," Adel opened her eyes and gave him a determined look. "It has just begun!"

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Yuma has been trying to track down the whereabouts of her enemy. For being a sniper he is pretty good at its job. The robot must be using a cloaking ability that prevents him from being easily tracked down by scouters such as herself. She needs to think of a strategy and fast before the unit gets the first attack. If only she knew where to start she can use her ninjutsu skills in order to create a diversion...Diversion...!

"That's it!" Yuma concentrates some of her Capacité D'alimentation.

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The unit has been silently waiting in a building near the statue of a boy with two dragons surrounding him. One of them, blue and the other one is black. The robot knew that as long as his cloak ability is active his opponent won't be able to detect him. He looks around some more until it sees it from a distance moving to one of the houses. It starts shooting it and its opponent dodges it. Despite his target being a scouter, the unit could track it down easily and if it gets a well precise timing shot then this fight will be over. Afterward, he will return to his master and defeat their core in order to make it to the Grand Finals. They're loyal to their master and will throw themselves away in order to become the black-haired boy's shield. He concentrates and with a well-timed shot...he got her! Right in the chest. Now he has to finish her off and then...Just then the unit got surprised when a pair of shuriken went toward its direction. That was impossible! How was he tracked? And those shurikens they belong to the kunoichi, he had it on his memory base! How?! He then realizes it the thing that he shot, it wasn't the teen it was only a...

"Found you," The unit reacted late as Yuma was able to hit it on its chest resulting in the units cloak to dissipate. "Here I thought I will never find you."

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"Impossible how were you able..."

"A master of ninjutsu always has a way to deceive his or her enemies. That was my Ninjutsu Art: solid clone technique It allows me at the cost of some of my Capacité D'alimentation to create a solid clone of myself in order to deceive my opponents. Of course, if I am hit then it will be gone. Luckily for me, your head was looking elsewhere." The unit hisses and rose its weapon in which Yuma using her speed to close the distance dodge the shot and slash its hand. The unit twitch and sparks appeared where its hand was before oil started to leak from its arm. "This ends here!" Yuma uses her speed to slash him fast and ends p behind the new unit. This one twitches.

"Error...Error! E...RR...OR..." It explodes.

"Team Master's Sniper has been defeated."

"That takes care of that. Now..." Yuma looks at the direction of the exit. "I should hurry up and find them." The black-haired teen went on to exit the city to find and help her friends.

"Team Master's Sniper has been defeated."

"Tch." That piece of junk has failed him. It didn't even take their scouter with it. Well whatever, so long as he defeats the pink-haired girl none of this will matter.

"Looks like your unit wasn't enough," Aeris told the 3 times champion.

"Doesn't matter as long as that scrap metal kept your little scouter far away from us then defeating you will be a piece of cake." This boy has no self-consciousness of what team-work is. That's why she must win this match. There is no way she will lose to someone who doesn't appreciate the effort of his teammates.

"We'll see about that!" Aeris speed has been doubled since before her core shift but she can assume that her speed buff and strength buff will end soon. The pink-haired girl has not landed too many hits on Harry although, the same could be said for the black-haired boy. Using her pole as slingshot Aeris leaped in the air and slammed it to the ground. Harry blocks this resulting in creating a crater where he stands. The pink-haired girl didn't waste thou, as she used her speed to disappear and re-appear behind the black-haired teen who barely dodged the attack and got a bruise on his hand.

"You'll pay for that Princess." Aeris ignore the angry comment from the boy and kept her offense and guard up. The pink-haired girl swung her pole in which Harry parry and counter with his own swing. Aeris with nowhere to go but up jump on top of her staff while slamming it to the ground to keep herself from falling. Using this momentum the pink-haired teen dive kicked Harry in the chest staggering him back. "That's it!" Harry said angrily before his sword glowed indicating that his Master Slash was coming. Aeris took her pole quickly and used her speed to dodge the incoming X slash. Harry tired of the girl's constant dodging use his Core Shift to take the scouter class and match her speed. This resulted in a pink and black blur that appeared once in a while while the sound of the two weapons echoed through the area.

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On the other side, Adel was keeping the opponent neutral with her Neutral Zone ability. She decided to use her static slashes in order to keep the robot at bay. Is she can land one of those attacks she will be able to perhaps fry the unit's system. Despite her having an advantage with her ability she is still unable to hit her target as he is still very fast. Thinking of a strategy the brown-haired girl proceeded with caution.

"Why are you all resisting? You should just accept that you will not complete your task." Said the unit.

"That's a bold statement for someone that is in a jam." Responded t the samurai girl as she unleashes another static slash. "But if you want to know...It's because our friend made a promise to someone that we will win and meet in the Grand Finals. And I will not let her down, none of us will. Aeris is the core not only of this team but in our friendship. She was the one who brought us all together. Without her, none of us will be here and for that, I'm grateful to have such a friend." Adel told the robot from the bottom of her heart.

"...Such a foolish statement." Was the cold reply of the robot. "Humans like yourself is the reason why this community and this world hasn't fully evolve into a better future."

"And your "master" has? Looking down on others isn't the exact definition of a better future."

"Our master thrives to be the best. We are his loyal servant if we have to be his pawns in order to fulfill his goals...then be it." There's no convincing him. She hates these kinds of people or in this case A.I. to blind to see that this way of playing or living is not the answer. Supporting each other and encouraging others to never give up and keep their dreams alive is.

"Is that is how you decided to see things...then I'm afraid I will have to clean and reset that Hard Drive of yours!" The girl uses her static line but the quick feet of the unit prevent her from hitting it. Luckily, for the brown-haired girl, she has bought enough time for a certain friend of hers to reach them. From the left side, a couple of Shurikens went the way of the new unit. This one saw this and dodge but this was enough of a delay for Adel to catch the pesky gold robot in its tracks with a static line. As promised, the electricity was a lot that it's seemed to fry the systems of the unit. Adel wasn't done tho as she used two more before charging and slashing the unit clean in half before backing up from the impending explosion that came after.

"Team Master's Scouter has been defeated." Adel sighed before sheathing her sword back into her scabbard.

"Thank you, Yuma," Adel said to her partner.

"Anytime but we cannot waste time."

"You're correct." The brown-haired responded before they both look toward the core of Team Master and their last obstacle to meeting Team Omega in the Grand Finals.

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Speed vs Speed, Core vs Core, the proud warrior vs the now nicknamed "Angel of Omega" a battle that has everyone on the edge of their seats as both warriors in the scouter class has traded damage with each other. Aeris dress was a bit tattered from the slashes that she got from the black-haired boy while the 3 times Omega Singles Champion has bruises in his arms and perhaps hidden on his attire most of them on the upper body while the other percentage on his legs.

"Why won't you...stay down..." Harry told Aeris with a glare while panting of exhaustion.

"I...I could say the same to you..." The pink-haired girl was getting tired. Without her buff, she was slightly at a disadvantage so she had to improvise on the spot each and every attack. If this is how a fight with Richard's rival feels like she cannot fathom how her fight with the brown-haired childhood friend of hers will feel like. That alone for some reason got her excited and impatient to actually fight against him. Is this...Is this what they call the joy of battle?

"If you don't want to stay down then I will have to put you out of your misery, right now!" Harry buries his sword underground. "Core Shift: Magical!" Magical? Is he going to bet it all on this class? If that is the case...She will play this game as that class is one of the required classes for her ability that will put an end to this game once and for all! Harry with his thinner Buster Sword and the cape was ready to defeat the pink-haired girl. Aside from his default Powerhouse class, this was his most powerful class. He has master almost everything that this class has to offer, from his illusion spell shown in his battle against the purple-haired western girl to casting spells that infuse with his weapon for extra damage and effects. Aeris not to be left out using her last core shift and with it, her Heaven's Gift.

"Core Shift: Magical, Heaven's Gift!" Her white wings spread and a staredown between both now Magical class warriors ensued. After 10 seconds both competitors went into the air: Aeris using her angel wings while Harry using a levitation spell.

"So you finally show it up," Harry told the pink-haired girl who simply opened her left hand.

"Odolzhite mne svoi sily, Angely Nebes!" Aeris release her light sword to clash with Harry's thin Buster.

"Humph. Tangam vindictam meam Thor 's judicii." Harry chanted before his sword was embedded in Lighting. The two back away before clashing, again, and again, each one releasing a spark more violent by the minute. Harry backs away and unleashes a Lighting version of his Master Slash who Aeris dodges gracefully making the crowd awe of how beautiful the pink-haired girl is right now, A true angel for sure. The pink-haired girl in retaliation closes her eyes and concentrates her power in the palm of her free hand creating a ball smaller than her signature Purification Orb before firing it at Harry who then slashes the orb in half.

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Yuma and Adel can only look to the sky as they were now far away for even Yuma to throw a couple of shurikens in Harry's way as a distraction. Now they can only hope that their leader can finish this match.

"Let me ask you something. Why do you intend on getting in my way?" Harry asked her.

"Because...I made a promise."

"A promise?" The boy scoffed at that answer. "What a stupid reason to come all the way here to participate."

"And yours is any better?"

"Is better than a stupid promise, Let me guess who the promise is to...Is for those losers that are waiting in the finals isn't it?" Her silence confirms his question.

"Humph, let me tell you my intentions, Is to pulverize and destroy anyone who stands in my way of being the best. I was on top of the world, nobody could touch me! But then, Then he showed up. That stupid face of his, that idiotic charisma of never giving up, I cannot fathom how I have lost twice already to that loser! HE IS NOTHING! I am the best Omega Warrior! Me! And that's why I have to prove not only to that loser but to the world that the Kishima's are the superior players of Omega! My dad created this game and I have mastered every single detail. But yet that idiot...that stupid loser somehow has defeated me time and time again! This time...I will be the victor! I will defeat him and you who stand in the way of my goal are nothing but a nuisance!" Harry charged at her. Aeris sighed, The brown-haired boy has lost it on his jealousy of her childhood friend. The only reason she assumes that Richard has defeated Harry twice was because...The brown-haired boy not only doesn't give up, but he believes in himself. And now that he has a team with his friends, he not only believes in himself but in his friends. That's why she admires him, that's why she will win this match. Because like her childhood friend...She believes in herself and her friends too!!

"We shall see, shall we end this once and for all?" The black-haired boy couldn't agree with those words more. Harry prepare to charge a very powerful Master Slash. It was so powerful that it automatically created a rainstorm.

"Whoa," Yuma said as she sees the clouds become dark before the rain starts pouring on them.

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Harry has his attack all maxed out. All he has to do is connect this and then he will be able to face that loser. It should be him that faces Richard in the Grand Finals, not her and this will prove that he is the best player in Omega. Aeris, on the other hand, starts whispering her Purification spell, However, she was also adding something extra to it. She hopes that with this it will be enough to defeat the black-haired boy and then...She will be able to keep her promise to her friends. So, in the mind of both competitors...They cannot afford to lose!

"This is over! MASTER SLASH!!!" Harry unleashes his Master Slash this one was so massive that it made even her group concerned that she would lose.

"Aeris!!" Aeris was in another place. She was so focused on this attack and she knew that the attack might be intimidating. But...she believes, and as long as she has that...she can overcome any attack with her Purification Orb. Slowly opening her eyes the legendary piece dangling on her neck started to glow. This in result made everyone's including Lahaska's piece glow. Luckily, for the black-haired girl who is questioning how such a thing is happening, she was far away from everyone including the cameras.

"Huh?"

"Hey, your pieces...!" Frederick said to Alice and Richard who see their pieces glowing.

"They're glowing." Alice finishes her friend's sentence.

"Oh!?" This was the response of The president as his Hexagon of Fate glows intensively.

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Emuna saw her legendary piece glow.

"Hmm, this is interesting."

"Miss Emuna..." She looks at Irogan.

"It seems that the legendary pieces are slowly awakening by the minute."

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Back to the fight who is at its climax. Aeris raises her hand and glides toward the slash. Harry feeling confident that the stupid girl was walking right to it smirk. This battle is his and up next...Is that loser, he will rue the day that he humiliated him. However, that confidence was struck with surprise as Aeris Purification Orb clashed with his slash.

"What?!" Aeris cringes a bit but nevertheless keeps her arm up as both the slash and her orb have a power struggle. The Orb starts to take the lighting inside the slash little by little weakening the attack of Harry and thus the lighting slowly became Aeris'. Aeris looking at her new lighting Purification Orb stared down at Harry who came back from his shock.

"You have lost," Aeris stated making Harry angry.

"You...Damn Bitch!!" Harry rose his Sword to strike Aeris with another Master Slash but Aeris appeared in front of her.

"What?!" Yuma realized what Aeris must have done. Aeris Whisper was just her using another one of her abilities...Heaven's Blessing. This ability can only be used once per battle and it will give Aeris a random buff. This time she got the one that she needed....speed.

"Ochistka." Her new powered orb hit the chest of Harry.

"Damn You...DAMN YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!" Harry was sent flying into the air on the orb before this one exploded realizing a lot of lighting on random parts of the area. Yuma and Adel had to move out of the way of some so they wouldn't get zapped. In the aftermath, however, not only were the soaked kunoichi and samurai girl. They were left standing but their beautiful angel leader was just staring at the sky droplets of water going down her cheek and hair as the sky clears and the dark sky was now replaced by the beautiful blue and white cloudy sky.

"Team Master's Core has been defeated. Team Master is eliminated. Final Result: Team Alpha advances to The Grand Finals!" As the M.C. Announce this the crowd erupted in cheers.

"That was awesome!"

"Yeah did you see the part where they were fighting in the sky?"

"Totally it was like, Oh my gosh they're really cool!" Those and many more were the response of the fans of this game that have enjoyed perhaps the best match of this tournament and to think that there is only 1 more match left!

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As Team Alpha got out of the teleporters they were now surrounded by many people.

"That was really awesome!"

"Yeah, and to think we study in the same school!" Aeris was getting a bit uncomfortable with this situation. She was never, very good at dealing with these sorts of crowds.

"Ah, Er..."

"What do you call that cool attack you just did?!"

"Em...Well..."

"Would you be staying at Lycée until graduation!?"

"Um, I...!"

"Are you by any chance single..."

"Guh....!"

"Okay that's enough, Our leader is feeling uncomfortable with you guys asking her questions," Adel stated. Some of them quickly apologize others were very persistent. The brown-haired sighed, can't please everyone I suppose. But...She looks at the bracket.

('At least she kept her promise.') Was the thought of the always calmed powerhouse of Team Alpha. Only one of them is going to represent France in the Omega Team World Tournament. They might be friends now but in a couple of hours from now...She promised that Aeris and the team will be sure that they will give everything they got in this Grand Finals to make it a Grand Finals to remember.

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On Harry's side, he pounded his fist in frustration. How? How did he lose to someone as low as his rival?! He will not...! He cannot accept this! He will find a way, Now Team Alpha has a new enemy and his name is Harry Kishima!

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Lahaska's Pentagon Of Manipulation stopped glowing she looks at her sun ornament.

"I don't know either...I see.......Her Rubix Of Knowledge, it has awoken." She wasn't worried about the Rubix Of Knowledge as it was a non-threat to her. It was one of the weakest Legendary Pieces along with The Sharp Of Sinfonia. Compare to her legendary piece? Those two were nothing but child toys. Her lips curled up. Even if it was awoken it could only mean 1 thing...That her Phase 2 of her plan had been speed up. Now the Grand Finals are set...the final curtain is about to close and with it...The Final Chapter of the president of Omega Corps' demise is about to be written.

('I cannot wait for justice to be served to you...You Murderer.') Lahaska thought with more anger than ever as her revenge for the death of her sister in a few hours will be complete.