Inauguration tournament (game 8, Ai vs. Sakashi)

[Ai Otome]

Today Ai had a match for the Inauguration tournament and she was up against somebody named Sakashi Zeranion. Ai was piloting a shield liger DCS and her opponent was piloting a buster eagle. Ai’s shield liger was green and black colored. The zoid had a mounted a pair of heavy beam cannons on its back, greatly improving its firepower and performance. The extra weight of the cannons did reduce the shield liger’s overall speed, but this was seen as an acceptable trade-off by Ai. Ai made her way to the tournament area and stood on an elevator. The elevator brought Ai up into the tournament area.

The tournament was taking place inside the vast Battle Dome Arena, surrounded by crowds. It is a medium-range space inside of the arena, with four large columns providing cover. Ai thought that she might actually be able to use the environment to his advantage since her opponent was piloting an aerial type zoid. Ai had a decent fighting streak so far but she planned for another to win not only this battle but the whole tournament. Ai liked this kind of arena and took a moment to admire its beauty. The open area was great for her weapons and the crowds made her feel happy. She liked fighting in front of a crowd; it was like putting on a show and getting well recognized. After a minute Ai got tired of looking around and focused on where her opponent would come out.

Ai waited patiently for her opponent to arrive so the battle could get underway. A shield liger DCs versus a buster eagle going up against each other, what a fight this would be. Ai gripped her controls tightly and was starting to tremble. She was not trembling in fear but in excitement. Ai’s adrenaline was pumping and his blood was flowing. This fight would promise to be a good one and Ai would most likely enjoy herself quite a bit.

[Sakashi Zeranion]

Sakashi smiled as she flew in with the Buster Eagle and saw her opponent on the ground. This would be her first official match, and she was looking forward to seeing how far she would be able to get in the tournament. The dome made it difficult for her to fight with her flying zoid, but she should still be able to put up a good fight. She'd just have to hope that her upgrades to the flying zoid would be enough to stand up to a Shield Liger DC. Activating her com unit she said to her opponent, "My name's Zeranion Sakashi. I hope we have a good match." After saying this she calmly waited for the Judge to begin the match from the sky as she circled the the field.

[Ai Otome]

Ai's opponent opened communications and introduced herself. "Hello Sakashi, my name's Ai Otome. I also hope we can have a good match" Ai said smiling. A judge capsule fell from the sky and then opened. "Area scanned...battlemode 0992 approved...battlefield set up...ready? Fight" the judge said signaling for the fight to start. Ai smiled and began to move her zoid. She looked on to the buster eagle and fired off three few rounds meaning six shots. After shooting Ai moved so she wouldn't be an easy target.

[Sakashi Zeranion]

Hearing the fight begin, Sakashi watched the liger as it fired 6 shots at her. It wasn't hard to move her controls a bit and turn the Buster Eagle out of the way. Seeing her opponent begin running though, she lined up her sights in front of the liger and fired 2 full power shots at the liger, not expecting to make a direct hit, but expecting the high impacts of the buster shells to cause a lot of splash and collateral damage.

[Ai Otome]

Ai saw the buster eagle avoid her shots and just shrugged to herself. She didn't really expect to hit with those shots, it would've been nice though. Ai saw the shots coming from the buster eagle's cannon and quickly turned on her e-shield. While not damaging the zoid the shots from the buster eagle did kick up a lot of dust. Ai fired four more rounds meaning nine shots total. three shots were aimed to the right of the buster eagle, three to the left of the opposing zoid, and three in front of it. Ai then used her shots as a distraction to run for the best cover she could find. She had the shield liger DCS crouch down and open it's missile pods. Ai made sure she was hidden from view and waited for the perfect chance to begin a barrage.

[Sakashi Zeranion]

Seeing her opponent aiming for her wings, Sakashi dived down under the shots in order to easily dodge them while allowing her to keep watching her opponent. Seeing her opponent run behind one of the pillars, Sakashi fired her Buster Cannons slightly to the side of the pillar, hoping to blast the liger away with the shots' recoil and throw shrapnel and such into the zoid. After firing she turned left and banked away from the pillar that the liger had taken refuge behind.

[Ai Otome]

Ai was hiding behind a pillar waiting for the perfect chance to strike when a big blast came out of nowhere. Ai's shield liger was knocked back a bit from the blast of the buster eagle's cannons but luckily the shield was still up so damage was minimal. This was actually a perfect chance to fire the missiles so Ai fired a total of eight missiles. the missiles were locked on to the buster eagle and hopefully at least one would hit. Ai closed her missile pods and started running about the arena in hopes she could avoid the buster eagle's shots.