So the group headed over and joined the crowd by the stage.
Spotlights appeared around what were the proctors of the previous segment, including the fiery man and cold woman from before, but there was an intimidating man in front of them.
*CLAP*
He got the participants attention, "Now that you have proven yourselves able to do your job as a demon well, we will move to the next section!" screens turned on behind him, with one for each tier, "We will be doing a tournament!"
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(POV: 3rd)
The man stood in the spotlight, waiting for cheers, "What? nobody wants a fight?"
The icy woman walked up behind him and-
*SMACK*
Hit him on the back of his head with a fan, sending him off stage.
"What was that for!?" he yelled up to her.
"They just got back from a summoning of course they aren't happy for a fight." This seemed to knock sense into him as he lowered his head.
"I'm sorry Yuki..." He was remorseful but not for long as he jumped back up with her, "Anyways, as I was saying," He dusted himself off, "You all will be doing a tournament, here are the rules."
The board switched to a demonstrative video.
"Rule one." Yuki spoke calmly, "No killing or damaging ones source of power."
The video showed examples such as mana cores, hearts, and dantians,
'They all have the same thing in common.' Sakura noticed 'It's always in the head, heart, and stomach, and you need to have a special technique to even damage it.'
"Rule 2!" The fiery man spoke with enthusiasm, "In order to win, you must get the opponent to surrender or put them in any situation leading to breaking rule one!"
The screen changed to a person in a choke hold and them holding a gun to their crotch.
"This also includes severe pain, nobody wants to lose their family jewels!" He spoke with even greater enthusiasm as his hair started sparking.
*splash*
Someone cooled his head.
"Rule three." a calm woman with water for hair spoke, "This is not really a rule but have fun, this is a test of your abilities, it's fine to lose."
She smiled as the screen changed to a hot spring, "After each match you will gain access to a spa to heal, and it also strengthens you the longer you're in it so the longer you stay in the game the better."
"That's it for the rules so let's introduce your ref's and class reps!" The other two on stage walked up, one with leaves for hair and the other being an androgynous and short with white and black hair.
Then the intimidating man added for clarification, "The schools all have the F-S tier system, so if you got S from the last part, you can end up in the F class, the initial is for your school and the later is for your class and the representatives are for your class."
Then came the introductions, starting with the lowest, the leafy woman, "I'm Sylfy, I represent the F-tier classes, I hope you can graduate this group... so If you come here I will train you so that you wish you never did bad." She suddenly looked very menacing as she whipped the air.
The fiery man cut in, putting his hand on her shoulder, "Now now, no need to scare them!"
This earned him an elbow to the gut from her,
"Guh!" now doubled over, he introduced himself, "I'm Igni, I'm the representative of the D class, the place for the average, so try to shine more than the others!" He finally collapsed after enduring the pain.
The watery lady went over to him and healed him with a caring touch, after healing him, she let Sylfie carry him to who knows where, and began her introduction,
"I'm Lily and I represent the C class, you will get more opportunities here but that also means more injuries."
She quickly backed off as to not get her hair frozen by the next person,
"I am Yuki, I represent B class, you will not get as much sympathy as you can earn your own keep with your skill." She walked back to her position... next to Lily.
The next person walked up, however Sakura noticed their aura was different.
'It has two colors, like two people in one body.'
"Hello, I am, drum roll please!" the intimidating man played along, and after a little bit he glowed a little and split into two people? 'who coulda guessed.'
"Yin!" The golden haired twin grabbed the other, dark haired, twin,
"And Yang." Yin pointed to Yang in a monotone voice.
"The representatives for A and B classes!" Yang made a heart with theirs and Yin's hand.
"There will be a lot of competition." Yin added calmly.
"That's all for the introductions!" The intimidating guy finished, "I am Alex, the representative of the academies, aka, principal! HAHA!"
"Anyways go to over there for the healing onsen or hot spring and waiting rooms and the tournaments will all be done at the same time ending with a free for all!"
Back to the group,
"Quite the spectacle." Chise nodded in approval.
"Agreed, Yin and Yang look fun to be around let's aim for A and S class!" Sakura said with enthusiasm.
'I'll try to be in your class Saki-chan.' Mary said in their heads as Fen nodded.
And so the group went to check out the waiting area along with the rest of the participants to get rest from their last summon.
Inside the waiting room there was a few screens and tablets on chairs, 'not many though as people will be waiting in the hot springs,' Sakura noted in her head, 'Speaking of hot springs!'
"lets check them out the hot springs next!" Sakura was exited about see their naked bodies.
"Sure this place looks like it's for those next in queue to fight." Chise commented.
On the way to the hot spring the group made it to a locker room separated by gender.
Fen noticed a note on a sign, "They are not separate inside the onsen, just the changing rooms, proceed at your own risk!
PS, for the genderless can enter either." Fen read aloud.
"I wonder if they forgot about futas or just don't care at this point..."
'Why's that?' Mary asked her.
"There wasn't even a distinct spot for us, we went to the girls fittings." Sakura answered, "Maybe cuz there isn't many so they don't bother?"
"Maybe, I don't know anyo- wait you two are futanari!" She blushed as she wasn't prepared for such information.
"Yup~" Sakura emphasized the 'p' as she winked to her.
This was too much for the tsundere as she clutched her chest, looking at the two in new light.
'Enough theatrics, let's go in.' Mary cut in before the girl could get too exited and started fan-girling, ruining her calm persona further.
Inside the girls side they were met with women of getting undressed and gossiping with each other.
The group chose a locker that was a little out of the way as they got undressed.
"Since we have time," Sakura started conversation, struggling with her dress. "What are the specifics of what you got from your summon?"
She got frustrated with the dress quickly though, "Fuck it!" she said as she prepared to just rip it.
"Wait!" Chise cut in before she could, "I'll help, so anyone want to explain first?" She asked the others but was looking to Mary the most.
"I can go first." Fen said calmly with little stutter 'It seems she's getting used to us.' Sakura thought.
"I was summoned to help with hunting, but on the hunt we were attacked by a big wolf, but I killed it after being abandoned and got a second tail." She waved her tails as she removed her shorts. "I'm glad they did as they were perverts and it let me leave early without penalty," She removed her top. "I got thermal vision from getting a S tier, it lets me see heat." She removed her underwear.
"Me next!" Sakura cut in, knowing Fen probably couldn't stand being stared at too much as she went to get towels.
"On my summon I was sent to steal a letter for a vampire, and I successfully negotiated for a dragon heart as they didn't know what it was HAHA!" She was proud of herself. "That's how I got the dragon tail, it's soft when I want it to and hard when I want it to be!" She rubbed the tail against her face with a blissful expression. "The wings I got because they were going to be my trait anyways and they are fluffy!"
*cough cough*
Chise reminded her to continue about the summon.
"Right right, Anyways! It was elves that I had to steal from and they put the letter in a museum, apparently they are stuck up but I wouldn't know as I never saw one," She got side tracked before returning. "Anyways I stole it and returned it to him but it was a fake or something because he was mad, but since I got the letter, I completed my end of the deal and was sent back with my wings now detached from my back and new eyes that can see stuff like emotion and other things!" She removed her undergarments and let loose her assets.
*stare~*
"What?" She asked before Fen returned with towels and threw one to her.
"Cover up." Fen said with a glare, 'If you don't I might do something... again.'
"Hai hai~" Sakura complied, "Now how about you Chise?"
"Mine was easy for me, all I had to do was beat up some 'young master' spoiled kids in the name of training, which was very mana dense so I got my 2nd tail there." She dropped her robes. "And I got fox-fire from the S tier bonus, it can be any temperature I want it to be."
'I guess it's my turn then?' Mary asked to which she received nods from the, now naked, others. 'My summon was strange, I had to store knowledge from what seemed like an eldritch witch, but I negotiated to be able to use the knowledge at the cost of my body, and the strangest part was...' She paused as she removed the clothes, 'The fact that she could negotiate with the summoning system higher ups... Anyways the S tier bonus I got was that I got my doll body upgraded, the surface upgrades made me look like my previous self, but something happened inside that I don't know about yet.' Now naked, she looks exactly the same as before, just tiny.
"Woah spooky~" Sakura commented.
"Cool, but instead of standing around practically naked, lets take a dip in the hot spring." Chise cut in, reminding them of the situation.
"Ok!" Sakura and the others nodded.
(To be continued)