MRVerse Episode 9

[Chapter 9-Nohrian Official Rank C Cup!!!]
{APR 4TH 20XX}

Today was the day of reckoning for Jalen...He will compete in the Nohrian Official Rank C Cup to fight against Diego and his monster....At the moment, him, Chrom, Rin, and Lissa were all driving to the Krakenburg Stadium. This arena is the pride and joy of Nohr....Complete with 4 giant statues of Dragons spitting fire above each cardinal entrance. The dome is currently being filled to the brim by many people both lower-class and upper-class alike.

"Goddamn, this is just a Rank C Cup..." Jalen speaks up from the passenger seat of the truck next to Chrom who's driving...the 2 younger sisters in the back with their monsters, Hilbert in particular is doing some stretches to prepare himself as the ruck is parked in the parking spot.

"You would had thought from the attendance here that this was a Rank A tourney back home..." Lissa unbuckle her seatbelt and open the door to step out as Rhiannon follow her out. "That's just show how much Nohrians love their sport here...Almost to a religious state of mind..." She shudders...

"Regardless..." Chrom close the door and locks the rest of them to the truck as they all get out along with their monsters and stand beside it as they look up at the dome from the lot. "Those people will more than likely cheer on Diego against Jalen..so we have to support him just as hard, if not harder."

He smiles and pat Jalen's back. "Wish we could go in into the lobby with you, but rules dictate that only participants may enter that room..."

"It's fine." He shrugs as Hilbert come up to him and nods.. "You guys can cheer me on from the stands as I win this one...We're gonna go home celebrating my win here!" He fistpumps and raise his fist to the sky as well as everyone who cheers loudly.

After that, he walk on to the entrance for the participants as the others head on to the entrance for the spectators....for them, they were allow clearance to the noble box for visiting foreigners..This essentially means that they had a box all to themselves.
Walking inside, the 3 of them could see fancy comfortable chairs and a couch with many refreshments on a table before it. Lissa walks over and flop herself on the couch and sighs as Chrom goes to the window and inspect the arena..

"Oh man, this couch is SOOOOOOO comfortable!! You guys have to sit on it..."
"Nevermind that, come look at the arena..."

Frowning, Lissa walk over next to her older brother to see what was the fuss about when she gawks...Rhiannon comes over after getting a bowl of chocolate treats and whistles...

"Not bad.."

The arena floor was huge, to say the least...There were plenty of Nohrian trees(Black trees with no leaves on them) Some rocks here and there..the turf is a brownish-yellow turf made like grass to emulate the actual grass in Nohr..There's even some mist low to the ground to give it a gothic feel made by generators underneath the arena..


"This is where most of their taxes go to..." Chrom muses on as Rin scowls... "So while most of the Nohrians suffer....at least they can say they have an amazing arena, right?" Sarcasm oozes off of her tongue.

"Let's not forget ;better trainers..'Xander sure as hell won't let us.." Chrom sighs and crosses his arms...Knowing that would be the case. As far as he know, the Gothas were busy worrying abut their own rank with Camilla in another town as Xander will be in here later tonight for the next Rank C Cup..

"Bah! All the more reason for Jalen to win.." Rhiannon frowns as she sit down..Chrom meanwhile looks somewhat sad as he too sit down as Lissa join them and sit down next to her brother.

"Chrom, what's wrong?" She assume it's cause of his losses to Xander weighing down on his head...She's actually wrong.

"Hu-Huh?" He shakes his head.. "No-Nothing.."
"...You wish Robin was here." Rhiannon smirks as Lissa's eyes suddenly shine with a mischievous vibe, making the Ylissian Prince blush and scowl at Rin. "No!, Shut up, Rin!!"

"I'm right, am I?" His silent glare answers for her as Lissa soon smiles and lean in... "Does my big bro have a crush?~"
"........"
"YOU DO! AHA, I'M TELLING MOM!!!!"
"NO, YOU CAN'T!!!!"

As Chrom and Lissa argue with the latter having an evil look to the former's panicking expression...Rhiannon sighs with a smile as she knows she will have to give some woman her blessings to carry Jalen's 1st child before she can have theirs...

"(At the least, it won't be that Branwen skank....)"
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Meanwhile within the waiting lobby...there's quite a silent tension between Jalen...and the rest of the Nohrian Trainers..Ever since he have entered, all 5 of them have pretty much quiet down and occasionally look over at him with looks mixed with fear and anger..

"....."

"(What a bunch of cucks...)"He couldn't help but imagine to himself as he leans on the couch with Hilbert sitting down next to him looking quite ready to fight. Soon, the doors open up as they all look over to see Diego Brando in a yellow/black outfit of a jacket/shirt with black jeans on walking in with a Blue Hare(Hare/Tiger) behind him. He look around and as soon as he sees Jalen, the 2 of them get into a staredown as the latter stands up off the couch.

"...Ah....so you have arrived....Jalen Faraday."
"You must be Diego Brando.."

"Yes...I am indeed THE Diego Brando..." Jalen had to fight the urge to roll his eyes as Diego approach him...being a head taller than him made the blonde appear more intimidating to anyone else except Jalen. The 2 of them stood across from another as well as their Hares doing so...


"I must say, you are shorter than I imagine....all Ylissians are of your height?" Diego smirk down as Jalen shrugs. "No clue, but since when have height ever factored into skills of training and battling?"

"This is true...that being said, I do not think for a moment that your Hare will stand up to the dominating might that is.." He gestures to his Blue Hare by his side. "Diewelt!"

"(...That's Nohrian for 'The World.'") Jalen glances down at the monster and as much as he will dislike to admit..Diewelt looks pretty damn strong...

"Diewelt looks strong, but at the end of the day.." Jalen place a hand on Hilbert's head and rub it softly.. "He's just another stepping stone to Hilbert."

Diego scowls at Jalen, elicting a same one from the latter. "Is that so...?"
"Yup.."

Both of them stare off with anger in their eyes...Until the doors open up to reveal the last contestant...Belkut and Solomon...

"...You!"
He walks over to the 2 and glare at Jalen, hatred shining in his eyes.

"How dare you show your face here....You wish to embarrass your country and tarnish our sacred sport?!?"
Jalen just look over at Belkut with a bored look as he shakes his head.


"You want another ass-whooping, fine by me...Hilbert could use the warm-up..."
"FUCK YOU!"

And so Belkut storms off as Diego give Jalen one last look as he too walk off...and the trainers in the room are soon walking out of the lobby with their monsters besides them....

"(I'm gonna win this..)"


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Meanwhile in the stands, Robin and Summer are currently sitting down in the crowd as Robin is currently looking around for Chrom as Summer is sipping her pop on with her hoodie on her head.

"Damnit, where is he?..." She frowns as she continues to look for him....until she finds the man she wants in a noble box for visitors... "SUMMER!" She hugs her tightly as she points at the box.. "I'VE FOUND HIM!! HOLD UP, CHROMMY! IMMA GET TO YOU!!!" And so Robin begin to bulldoze her way out of the stands and head to the hallways that leads to the noble box.

Summer sighs as she gets up, but as she does so from the corner of her eye...she spots Raven and Beruka down in the seats below them...she freezes for a moment as Raven soon look up behind her and she too freezes for a moment..Both of them have a look of anger at one another.

"(What the hell is she doing here?!? It's not like her to cheer on any of her so-called friends...No..)" Summer's eyes widen as she scowls and walk off.. "(She's not here for Diego..she's here for Jalen...)"

"(Damned bitch here is gonna ruin my plans....fucking damnit....)" Raven scowls before she shakes her head and look down at the ring with the trainers arriving and some of them waving at the crowd...she can spot Belkut holding a blue rose at Rinea in her spot...she feels very sick of seeing such a sickening display of affection...

She soon see Diego glaring at her spot with her mockingly waving at him...Beruka merely nods as the 2 girls know that Diego's pride is on the line here...

And...the man she is here for...her emperor-in-training...whether she know it or not..Raven wants Jalen...and she's here seeing him waving at his friends and sister in the box..she can't stand none of them up there, she will just plan to remove them when she gets Jalen.

Jalen soon look away and scan the crowd before she is spotted by him..she couldn't help but smile...and this wasn't one of her mean smiles or anything...no, she actually felt a ping of joy that alarmed her as she softly smile..

"(What is this...what the hell is happening?..why does this...feel good...)"

And yet...when Jalen give her a confused look, she felt her heart weaken a bit...

"(Ow...I don't care tho...this is a new sensation that won't ki-)"

And then she sees something that make her feel as if a Naga pierced her heart....and her eyes widen as her pupils get smaller with silent rage.

That's Jalen..is waving at Summer who's entering the visitor box as Robin glomps Chrom much to his shock and Lissa's and Rin's teasing joy.

...And Summer waving back.
".........."
Raven ball her fists up on her lap as even Beruka is alarmed at look at her worried...

"...Raven?"
"I will make Summer regret living...very soon.."
Raven's hair covers her eyes for a moment before she glances up at Summer who don't see her as she's too busy smiling down at Jalen who's doing the same...Raven's eyes leaking trails of tears..

"I. Will. Have. My. Revenge."