And Class 1 ties up the score, 1-1! And now, there's just one match left! Winner takes all in this epic conclusion to this arc! And do stick around 'til the end because you'll find some very interesting individuals finally making their first appearance in this series! Some that a lot have been asking to see! And speaking of things we've been waiting to see, we finally, FINALLY, had Harper and Lisa put aside their differences! Like, it's about god damn time, am I right? Yeah, they're finally friends and hopefully that helps them down the line. Now, let's get back to what you've all been waiting for, and that's match 3! Here we go! Enjoy!

-POV: Third Person-

"Both teams, you have 15 minutes to prepare! Use that time to think of your battle strategies!" Wrath Queen declared to the two final teams competing as they all gathered together. Representing Class 1 was Phobos, Josh, Joey, Mallow, Phil, and Cameron. And for Class 2, they had Nick, Anne, Midareka, Amy, Bruce, and Vergil.

"Guys, I know you don't wanna hear this, but i'm gonna have to be a non-factor in this fight. With Nick having a vendetta against me and Josh, he's gonna be set on crushing the two of us. So let me take him on, taking him away from you all, so that way all you can focus on the rest of the other team." Phobos said to his teammates as they all gave him nods. 

"Just do what you have to do, buddy. I have faith you can take down that douche." Joey said to him as Phobos then looked over his shoulder to check out the other team. They were all huddled together as well, but Nick was doing the same as him, eyeing Phobos with a deadly glare. 

"......hey! Don't start the match yet, please!!!" Someone started to shout as they ran into the dome. Everyone turned and saw Trini run over, holding something in her hands. 

"Uh, Trini, don't you have a class scheduled for right now?" Drac asked her. 

"Actually, that class just ended. Check your watch, teach. Anyways, me and the second years just came out of our joint class with one of the Support classes. And some of those support students finished building something that Josh ordered. I told them i'd bring it to him." She explained as she made her way over to Josh. 

"Wait, they actually finished it!? Ah hell yeah!" Josh said as Trini handed him his new gear. Josh took hold of a futuristic looking sledgehammer, chrome from top to bottom with green and purple flashy lines all over it. 

"They thought you'd like it, ya big bloke. Now what do I get for giving it to you?" Trini said to him as she turned her head to the left and pointed to her right cheek. 

"Oh, alright, babe." Josh replied as he leaned in and kissed her. All his teammates, and other classmates looked a little shocked to see this happen. Josh and Trini just looked to everyone else with some confused looks on their faces. 

"What? You guys didn't know? C'mon, we've been together since the Sports Festival, surely one of you had to notice?" Josh questioned but everyone just shook their heads. 

"Jeez, just a bunch of blokes, they are. Too blind to see the obvious." Trini said as she kissed Josh back on his left cheek. "Now go get'em, Joshy boy."

"Alright, that's enough chit chat. We're running out of time here, so let's begin the third match. Both teams, make your ways out to your bases!" Wrath Queen declared as both teams of six headed onto the sandy field. They split apart, Nick and Phobos not taking their eyes off each other until a large sand dune got in the way. And, when the two teams arrived at their base jail cells, which were just 12x12x12ft.

"Now, let's get this final match underway! Class 1 team 3, and Class 2 team 3, BEGIN!!" Queen roared as the starting buzzer went off. The first to make a move on both teams were Nick and Phobos, with both using their quirks to launch themselves forward, Phobos using his flames and Nick using his shockwaves. 

"After I beat you and take away your crown, i'm goin' after Josh!!" Nick shouted as he pointed his right index finger at Phobos. The tip began to glow yellow as he fired a small beam from it. 

"Like hell either of those are happening!! You aren't beating me!!" Phobos replied as he ignited his arms and waved them both in front of him. He created a wall of fire to block Nick's attack, but the shockwave blew through it. "Oh snap!" 

"Your flames may be strong, but against a quirk that can easily blow through even the toughest materials, they're useless against me!" Nick yelled as Phobos was struck by the shockwave. He let out a grunt of pain as it felt like he'd been hit by a cannon ball. He was blown back but he managed to use his flames to redirect himself and safely land on the ground. Nick landed too, albeit a bit rougher.

"Told you I was a lot stronger than you! Next time, you should just run away instead of doing the dumb thing and face me." Nick taunted Phobos who clenched his fists in frustration. 

"I see why Nick's the strongest in his class now. So, if I can't overpower him, then i'll just have to try and outspeed and outsmart him instead!" Phobos thought as he ignited his arms and feet. "Don't think i'm done yet. I don't quit, and I don't stay down! This is just getting started!"

Meanwhile, across the battlefield, the rest of their teammates were doing battle. Mallow had locked hands with Bruce, the two in a shoving match with neither gaining the upper hand. Joey flew in his eagle form above Anne who was frantically drawing on her handheld canvas, creating objects and creatures like other large birds to stop him. Phil was dealing with Midareka, using his bright healing light to try and blind her. Amy faced Cameron who had turned his body into rock, the only solid material he could become on this field. Amy was bombarding his with hail and lightning, but Cameron held his ground and took each blow, repairing his body after each hit.

"Looks like everyone else is having their fun. So, I guess that just leaves you and me." Josh said, gripping his new sledgehammer as he stood off against Vergil. 

"Indeed. I heard you acquired a substantial power boost when you fought Markus previously. But I will show you that the strength you received means nothing in the face of my quirk." Vergil said as he created his shadow crows, one of them landing on his left shoulder. 

"*KAW, KAW!!* Go get'em, stupid!" The shadow crow said to Vergil as it pecked his head a few times. 

"Enough. Now attack him!" Vergil commanded as his murder of shadow crows flew for Josh who readied his sledgehammer. 

"Time to find out what this thing can really do!" Josh shouted as he tightened his grip on his sledgehammer. The purple and green lights all around it began to flash on and off, becoming more rapid by the second as Josh raised his weapon over his head. He then brought it down and struck the sandy floor with tremendous force. "Eat this, shadow boy!"

Josh struck and, upon impact, the sheer power of his hit caused a literal wave of sand to go flying towards Vergil and his flock of shadow crows.

"Fly away! Fly away!" One of the crows said as they all turned to try and escape. But the sand wave was too quick and all were buried in it as Vergil was soon to be next. 

"Help me escape!" He yelled as he created one of his shadow tigers. He jumped on its back and rode it away until the wave died down. He then jumped off and looked to Josh with a bit of surprise on his face. 

"Well damn, looks like they nailed my design perfectly. You see, I ordered this weapon specifically to match my kind of quirk. The harder I grip its handle, the stronger the output of power it yields. And let me tell ya, I have a damn strong grip." Josh said as he swung his hammer over his right shoulder. "So what's next, Vergil? Think you've got something that can match my new toy?" 

"Most certainly...." Vergil replied as he made his tiger disappear. Taking its place were the two shadow grizzly bears he could create. "Now, attack!"

About a dozen metres away, Joey was being bombarded by Anne who was using her handheld canvas to draw cannons. Her drawing speed was insane, her capable of creating a weapon from her work in mere seconds. Joey couldn't close the distance, despite the fact he was a literal bald eagle soaring above in the sky. 

"Never thought i'd be stumped by a god damn painter. How lame does that sound!?" Joey thought to himself as Anne had just created yet another cannon which took aim at him. 

"Now, fire!" She shouted as a cannonball was launched up into the air at her enemy. 

"Oh crap!" Joey shouted as he took evasive actions. But Anne just kept on making more and more, giving him zero room to start any offensive. 

"Seriously, how much paint does this girl have!?" Joey questioned as a lightning bolt suddenly shot up from the ground, only just missing him as it flew past his face. 

"Damn! Amy makes it look so easy, but I guess it's harder to aim those things than I thought!" Anne said as Joey saw she had created a thundercloud with a lightning bolt coming out of it on her canvas. Anne went to rip off that sheet and began to dip her brush into some gray paint, but this was what Joey was finally waiting for. 

"This might be my only chance! Gotta go in fast and hit her hard!!" Joey thought as he began to dive bomb for Anne who noticed him coming and started frantically drawing. Joey let out a mighty screech as he bared his talons, readying to strike as Anne completed her drawing. She turned her canvas to face her enemy and a cannon barrel popped out of it. It fired and Joey was struck nearly point blank, sending him flying back as he landed hard on the sand. Feathers flew everywhere as Joey remained motionless. 

"Now that's what I call a KO. Now just gotta take you to our teams jail." Anne said as she holstered her paintbrush and strapped her canvas to the right side of her belt. She approached Joey who still remained in his eagle form. He was still breathing which relieved Anne of any of her worries. She went right up to him and crouched down, grabbing one of his wings as she began to drag him along the sand. "Man.... even for an eagle.... you're damn heavy...."

"You calling me fat!? Oh, that is it!!" Joey suddenly shouted as he pulled hard on the wing that Anne was dragging. He made her fall over as she let go of him to try and make some distance. But before she could even attempt to run away, Joey flapped his wings a bit and caused some sand to fly into Anne's eyes. 

"Aaaahhhh!!" She screamed in pain as she began to rub her eyes like crazy, trying desperately to see anything as she felt herself being his on her left side. It didn't hurt very much and she quickly regained her sight, seeing Joey perched on his talons about 10ft away from her. 

"Now that I can see, I can draw some.... wait, what!?" Anne said as she had reached down to grab her paintbrushes, only to find them gone. "Where'd they go!?"

"Looking for these?" Joey asked her, flaunting all of her paintbrushes before her eyes as he held them all in one of his talons. "Can't do much without any of these, can you!?" 

"Give those back to me!" Anne screamed in frustration as she tried to rush him, but Joey took off into the air before she could reach him. He hovered just above her as Anne attempted to jump and grab one of his talons. "Get down here, now!"

"No. No, I think i'll stay up here. And, i'm kinda feeling a bit hungry right now. So let's just...." Joey said as he reached up with his talon and put all of the paintbrushes into his mouth. He swallowed them all whole, gagging a bit before he took in a big gulp. "Ew.... note to self: don't eat a brush that still has paint on it. Or just don't eat a brush at all."

"Son of a bitch, those cost me over a hundred dollars!!" Anne complained as Joey just laughed at her. 

"Well what're you gonna do about it now!? Can't draw anything without them, so how do you plan on taking me down now!?" Joey asked her as Anne looked around her and saw Bruce fighting Mallow nearby. 

"If I can get over there, Bruce might be able to help me if he's not too busy with Mallow." Anne thought as she made a mad dash for her teammate. 

"Oh no you don't, I don't let any prey escape from me!" Joey shouted as he swooped down, quickly catching up to Anne as he grabbed onto and picked her up into the air by her shoulders. 

"No, let me go, let me go!!" Anne screamed as she struggled to break free. But Joey was holding her very carefully, any sudden jerks would either make Anne fall or have Joey's talons dig into her skin. 

"And in you go!" Joey said as he swung his talons, throwing Anne right into the open jail cell."

"NOOOOOOOO!!!!" Anne shouted with complete sadness in her voice as Joey turned himself back to normal. 

"I'd love to stay and chat but I've got some of your others teammates to beat. Later..." Joey said as he started to walk away. But before he could even take three steps, he began to gag. 

"Oh god, don't tell me..." Anne said with disgust in her voice as she watched Joey throw up all her paintbrushes, his vomit coming out in different colours from all the paint that was on them. "Yep. I was right. And I really wish I didn't see that..." 

"Here, uh.... you can have these back...." Joey said as he dropped her paintbrushes next to where she sat in the cell. 

"Gee..... thanks...." Anne replied as Joey ran off to help his team. 

About 50ft away, Phil was struggling to deal with Midareka. Against a literal superhuman, his quirk wasn't suited to deal with her at all.

"You can only run away for so long, Phil! And your little light can't do much to me!" Midareka boasted as she casually walked after Phil who was sprinting away. She knew she could catch up in no time so she didn't bother wasting any energy.

"God damn it, why did I have to get stuck facing her!? Couldn't I have gotten Amy!? At least she can miss with her attacks and is slow!" Phil thought to himself as he ran over the top of a sand dune and slid down the other side. 

"Run away, run away, i'll always be able to find you." Midareka said as she climbed the sand dune and arrived at the top. However, upon reaching the top, she could not see Phil anywhere in sight. 

"Well shit. Perhaps I can't find him this time." Midareka said as she adjusted her Shiketsu High cap before sliding down the dune. But as she got about halfway down, she felt something grab her left leg, and with her momentum she had, it caused her to fall face first into the sand. She quickly lifted her head back up and spat out a bunch of sand from her mouth. "Little scheming twerp!"

When Phil had gone down the dune before, he had stopped halfway and buried himself in the sand. He then waited for Midareka to come down after him to surprise her and catch her off guard. 

"Hey, it worked, didn't it!? Now come here!" Phil shouted as he rose from the sand, jumping onto Midareka as he put his hands over her whole face. 

"It won't do damage, but it'll still blind you! Flashbang!" Phil shouted as he activated his quirk, shining his light from his hands right into Midareka's eyes. She screamed for a few seconds before she reached up and grabbed Phil's wrists. With her immense strength, she near effortlessly pulled Phil's hands off her face and moved his arms apart from each other.

"That's enough!" Midareka howled as she raised her head up and bashed it against Phil's face. He would've been knocked down if not for her holding him, but this action relieved the pressure Phil was putting down on her. Midareka rose to her feet and was still holding Phil up in the air by his wrists. 

"Sorry, Phil, but you chose the wrong opponent. You lose, and your team loses their healer." Midareka told him as she carried him over to her teams jail cell and tossed him inside. The score between the teams evened up in the span of just a few minutes. 

Not too far away, Cameron was on the run from Amy who was generating thunderclouds above in the sky. She made thunderbolts come crashing down one after the other, but majority would miss as she couldn't quite aim something accurately since it moves so fast.

"Stop running away and fight me like a man, already!!" Amy shouted in frustration as Cameron was booking it away at top speed. She was surprised he could move so fast for a person who had turned his body into solid rock. 

"Don't think so! Last I checked in our little rock-paper-scissors game, lightning beats rock!" Cameron shouted as he saw, coming up soon, there was some oddly coloured sand. 

"Oh shit!" He yelled as he jumped over it. He landed on the other side where the sand was still the same as before, and then he looked back and broke off a small chunk of rock from his left shoulder. He tossed it into the oddly coloured sand and watched as it sank beneath the surface. Watching it sink, he saw the sand was more liquid than solid, indicating his theory about it was correct. 

"Well, I guess the teachers did say there was quicksand around here. Maybe I can-" Cameron began to say as yet another lightning bolt came crashing down and struck him in the dead centre of his chest. He was sent flying back at he landed and slid along the sand before coming to a stop and seeing Amy come walking over a hill. 

"Finally! I finally hit you! No more running!" She shouted as she was just done. Her patience had been tested as incredibly loud thunder roared above in the clouds. She walked down the hill as Cameron laid there, trying to regenerate his broken rock parts by using the sand, but the process for him takes time, and Amy was closing in fast. 

"I don't know if I can fix myself before she fires another one of those! ....Wait....." Cameron thought as he saw Amy was approaching the quicksand. Her attention was locked on him, so it appeared that she hadn't noticed it yet.

"Time to find out if lightning strikes the same spot twice!!" Amy screamed as she stepped into the quicksand and fell waist deep into it. "What the!?" 

"Yes! Now's my chance!" Cameron thought as the last of his parts regenerated. He jumped up onto his feet and bolted for Amy who was slowly sinking deeper and deeper into the sand. 

"Even if i'm stuck, i'm not letting you take me down! Now take this!!" Amy roared as she dropped her massive thunderbolt she had been brewing above. But Cameron dove out of the way and just barely dodged the bolt. The ground shook as it struck, creating a shockwave that whipped up the sand all around them. "Did I get him!?"

"You didn't get shit!" Cameron yelled as he appeared through the cloud of sand. Amy was nearly at shoulder depth in the quicksand, so she had zero ways to run away or avoid any attack now. And so, Cameron reeled back his left leg and swung it right into her face. With one strike, he KO'd her and watched as her head tilted back before she became fully submerged in the quicksand. But Cameron reached in and grabbed one of her arms, pulling her out to safety. Amy was still out cold, so Cameron was easily able to take her away back to his teams jail and put her in with Anne who looked grumpy beyond compare. 

"Any chance you guys can tell me the score? I can't hear or see what's going on from in here." Anne asked as Cameron chuckled a bit. 

"Our team now has two of yours captured, and you guys only have one. Now goodbye!" Cameron said as he closed the cell door before taking off back into the action.

"Come on, that the best you've got!?" Bruce roared as he was currently in a shoving match with Mallow, while Midareka and Joey fought nearby. Despite Mallow having the limbs and strength of a full sized gorilla, she paled in comparison to Bruce's massive shark body and overwhelming physical strength. Bruce was pushing her back along the sand with relative ease, but Cameron was coming back onto the scene to assist. 

"Hang on, i'm here too!" He shouted as he rushed in and body checked Bruce, knocking him back a bit and making him let go of Mallow. 

"Annoying pebble is what you are. Now come here!" Bruce shouted as he literally chomped down onto Cameron's upper body and began waving him around inside like he was a ragdoll.

"Let him go!" Mallow yelled as she ran back in and grabbed Bruce's upper and lower jaws, orying them open so Cameron fell out. Luckily for him, his body was made of rock at the moment so Bruce didn't do too much damage. 

"Incoming!!" Midareka shouted as everyone turned to see Joey still in his eagle form flying over totally out of control. Midareka was holding onto him by his talons and she forced him to crash into his teammates. She let go before crashing as well to avoid taking any damage. 

"Nice one. This shouldn't be too hard considering how strong e both are. How's Vergil doing?" Bruce asked his teammate. 

"Last I saw it wasn't going so good for him. Josh has pushed him into his 4th tier shadow form. I'm really hoping that giant is strong enough to stop that brute." Midareka responded. 

"If we finish things here quickly, then we may be able to go and help him." Bruce replied. 

"Yeah, I agree, but it's three against two here. It's not going to be easy even if we're both physically stronger than them." Midareka said. 

"Then we even things fast. Take out Joey, he's the weakest they've got." Bruce said as he started to run at the enemy team. 

"Here he comes, everyone get ready!" Mallow said as she and Cameron raised their fists up to brawl while Joey took off into the air. 

"Oh no you don't! We're not letting you get away from us that easily!!" Bruce roared as he jumped up high into the air and grasped one of Joey's talons with his webbed hands. He effortlessly pulled him back down and then threw him back with so much force that Joey couldn't reposition or stabilize himself.

"I got him!" Midareka shouted as she caught Joey by his wings and turned and ran at full speed back to their teams jail. "Hey Phil, open the door!!"

Phil complied since it was the only thing he was allowed to do and he watched at Midareka threw Joey inside before closing the door behind him. 

"Nice of you to join the party." Phil said to him as Joey turned himself back to normal and punched a nearby bar. Not the best idea on his part as he grunted in pain shortly after. The score was tied once again. 

"What's the matter, Vergil!? Starting to get tired!?" Josh questioned his opponent who was on one knee. Having transformed into his 4th tier giant shadow form, Vergil's strength had sky-rocketed, but it still seemed no match for Josh's own power. 

"No... i'm just taking a short break. I'm only getting warmed up to take you down." Vergil said in a menacing tone as he rose up to both feet and smashed his two huge shadow fists together.

"Is that so, eh? Alright then, let's see you handle this then!" Josh said as he clicked a button on his sledgehammers handle. The head popped off the end but was still connected by a chain. Josh began to flail it around, the chain extending even more as he swung the hammer head at Vergil. "Try and beat me when now when I've got range!"

"Big mistake." Vergil said as he reached out with his left shadow hand and caught the hammer head. There was still enough force to momentarily make him lose balance, but Vergil kept his footing and tightened his grip on the hammer head. "And now, you're mine!"

Vergil tugged hard on the chain and pulled Josh closer to him. But Josh seemed to have planned this as, when he extremely close to Vergil, he began to tug even harder on the chain. He yanked Vergil over and reeled back his right fist to strike Vergil dead on in the face. He sent him flying back through a sand dune which collapsed over him, essentially burying him in a big pile of sand. Josh then hit the same button on the handle and retracted the hammer head back onto the end of the handle.

"The support course knocked this thing out of the park. This is awesome!" Josh said about his weapon as Vergil burst out of the sand and charged him. Josh responded by raising him sledgehammer over and behind his head and tossing it like a throwing axe at Vergil. It flew and spun so fast in the air but Vergil actually managed to dodge the weapon by jumping to his right. And he kept on coming as Josh began to run at him at well.

"Come on, Vergil, hit me with your best shot!" Josh shouted to him as the two neared each other. Vergil went to make the first move as all of the shadows engulfing his body moved to just his right arm. They turned a deep black colour as he was using every bit of his quirk on this one point to land a giant strike of pure power. 

"You'll fall to this!! Ultimate Move: Pitch Black Abyss!!" Vergil shouted as he threw his punch at Josh. However, Josh managed to avoid the attack by leaping for Vergil and going over his fist as he threw it. Josh reeled back both his legs and then thrusted both of them into Vergil's face. But somehow, Vergil managed to not be blown back and planted his feet into the sand. He reached up with his shadowy arm and grabbed onto Josh's legs and lifted him high into the air. "I will surpass all physical pain and surpass the strongest in Class 1!!!"

"What!?" Josh shouted as Vergil slammed him down into the sand. But Vergil kept up his assault by lifting Josh up again and again only to keep on smashing him against the ground. "His grip on my legs is so tight!? I can't break them out! So.... i'll have to improvise!"

As Vergil swung Josh down once more, Josh reached down with both his hands and shoved them deep into the sand as he was slammed into it. Josh then mustered all his strength to swing his legs and throw Vergil over himself. He tossed Vergil with so much force that he lost his grip on Josh's legs. Vergil landed on the side of a sand dune but got up shortly after, brushing off a bit of sand from his costume. 

"I am growing tired of this. So now, I will finish this." Vergil claimed as he charged Josh once more. Josh remained still as he reeled back his right arm and began charging up his own mighty attack. 

"If this attack could beat my dad, then it should be more than enough to beat you!" Josh shouted as steam began to come off his arm. And, when Vergil neared, the two threw their strongest attacks at each other for an epic clash of power. "Olympic Crash!!!"

The two made contact and instantly there was a huge shockwave that ensued, blowing back the sand and kicking up an intense wind. But both stood their ground, giving everything they had to push the other back but for neither to gain that ground. But as Vergil's feet were planted in the sand, Josh two two small steps forward, allowing him to reel back his right arm again while still attacking. 

"This is everything I've got!! I will not let my team..... or my class down!!! Not now.... not ever!!!" Josh roared as he pushed hard again and overpowered Vergil. He pushed Vergil's attack back and blew through the shadows on his own arm. Josh landed the shot of all shots to Vergil's face and forced his fist down, taking Vergil with it as he smashed him into the sand. 

The sand erupted into the air from the sheer force of Josh's attack, and once it all cleared away, Josh stood over Vergil who wasn't moving anymore. He had the indent of a fist in his left cheek and his eyes were a blank white. 

"I am sorry I had to hit you so hard.... but i'll admit.... you definitely pushed me that far...." Josh said as he carefully picked up Vergil and put him on his back. Josh carried him all the way back to his teams jail and opened up the door where he gently laid Vergil down next to Anne and the still knocked out Amy. 

"Don't worry, he's fine. Still, he did quite a number on me." Josh told Vergil's teammates before he exited the cell. Josh then took off and found his sledgehammer before meeting back up with Mallow and Cameron to help them fight Bruce and Midareka. 

All the while, while this had been happening, Phobos and Nick were still fighting in their corner of the field. But despite Phobos having the most offensive quirk in his whole class, it appeared to pale in comparison against Nick's. 

"What's the matter!? Is the International Sports Festival champion getting tired!?" Nick questioned as Phobos was on his knees before him, breathing heavily and with a very dark black eye on his right side. "I warned you that you didn't stand a chance against me. Now yield and let me go after Josh."

"No way...." Phobos said as he pushed himself back up onto his feet, clenching his fists tightly as he ignited what little flames he could from overusing his quirk. "Even if you knock me down.... I'll never let you.... harm.... my friend...."

"So be it then. Don't blame me for the injuries you're about to receive!" Nick said as both his fists glowed with a yellow outline. He raised them up as Phobos' elbows ignited like blow torches. Nick fired two shockwaves but Phobos used his arms to make himself slide along the sand, almost like he was on skis. 

"Can't hit me if I move too fast for you!" Phobos shouted as he went circles around Nick, who was trying to hit him by firing blast after blast, only for each to miss. "Each time he fires, there's a short cooldown, so I need to use that small window to strike him!"

"Stop fleeing me and face me like a real hero, you fake champ!!" Nick roared in frustration as he fired but missed yet again. 

"NOW!!" Phobos thought as he redirected himself, turning him so he'd slide right for Nick who was stuck in his brief recharge. Phobos came right up and crashed both his fists into Nick's face, blowing him back through a sand dune. "Let's see you.... get up..... from that...."

Nick certainly did as he stood up and actually roared at the top of his lungs from the anger he'd been building up. He threw both of his arms behind him and fired two shockwaves from his hands, launching himself forward like a rocket as, like a blur, he came up on Phobos and shoulder checked him. Phobos was knocked down as Nick went to stomp down on him by raising up his right leg. But Phobos swept his left leg and tripped up Nick, making him fall on his back. 

"Have to act quickly before he gets up!" Phobos thought as, without getting up, he the raised up his left leg into the air and ignited his toes which blew through the ends of his shoes. He increased the output and thrusted his foot down so fast and with so much force that, when he struck Nick in the chest with his heel, Nick nearly folded over like a lawn chair. 

"Don't think..... that that's enough to take me out!!" Nick screamed as he grabbed Phobos' leg and raised up his right fist, forming a shockwave on it. He then slammed his fist into Phobos' knee, a loud *SNAP* filling the air as Phobos screamed in pure pain. Nick then pushed Phobos off him as he got up to his feet to see Phobos grasping his knee, still screaming. 

"Didn't have to be this way if you just let me go after Josh!! You're the idiot here who thought he could beat me!! This is your own fault!" Nick declared as he turned his back to Phobos to go off and find Josh. "I'll leave you here as a sign of mercy."

"Don't.... leave..... not.... done!!!" Phobos screamed, clearly in pain as another *SNAP* sound could be heard. Nick turned to see Phobos actually getting up onto his knees and then standing up.

"You.... dislocated my knee.... to slow me down.... but I know.... how to... pop things.... back into place..... like I said.... you can't keep me down...." Phobos said as he used what flames he had left and ignited his entire right arm. 

"You're more persistent than a flea on a dog. So maybe it's time I really do knock your lights out." Nick said as he fully turned and began creating a huge shockwave on his entire left arm, it glowing with a red outline now. 

"This is everything I've got left!! It beat Cry in the festival and it beat Markus as well!!! Now it's time to add your name to that list!!" Phobos shouted as his black flames expanded, going over his right side now as the flames that engulfed his back formed into a huge black wing. The two then charged each other at full speed, pulling back their fists as they readied to beat the living shit out of one another. 

"ULTIMATE MOVE: MEGATON DEATHBLOW!!!" Nick screamed as he threw his colossal punch at Phobos. 

"ULTIMATE MOVE: BLACK WRATH!!!" Phobos roared as he did the same, the two colliding with enough force to crater the ground and sand around them. Flames and wind were whipped up all around them as both gave one last push to beat the other. 

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I WON'T LOSE!!! NOT TO A SCUMBAG LIKE YOU!!!! AND NOT TO A TRAITOR LIKE JOSH!!!!" Nick roared at the top of his lungs as the shockwave on his arm blew away all the flames Phobos created on himself. He effortlessly blew back Phobos, crashing his fist into Phobos' chest which erupted with a massive shockwave that sent Phobos flying like a rocket into the side of a boulder that stuck out of the sand. But Phobos actually broke through the boulder and landed on the other side where he slid along the sand before coming to a complete stop where he laid there. 

"Some champ you turned out to be." Nick said as he came walking up to Phobos who was still conscious, but was breathing very heavily and had massive bruises all over his body. 

"I wouldn't be surprised if you somehow found a way to get up from that. So I guess I should shut down your persistence by taking you out of this match." Nick said as he grabbed Phobos' hood and began dragging him away to his teams jail.

"Hey, Joey, open up the gate!" Nick said as Joey complied. Nick dragged Phobos right up and readied to throw Phobos inside. 

*BZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!* The sound of the buzzer went off, signaling the end of the third match. Everyone who was still fighting stopped and some even collapsed from how exhausted they were. 

"Wait, what!? No, it can't be over already!? I still have to fight Josh!!" Nick complained as he dropped Phobos. Phobos then started to laugh as best he could as Nick looked down with a face of shock. 

"I.... was never... trying to beat you..... I was just.... keeping you.... away.... from the rest of my team...." Phobos told Nick who reached down and picked him up by the collar of his jacket. 

"Are you telling me you were barely even trying!? You were just stalling so I wouldn't take out anyone on your team!?" Nick questioned as Phobos gave him the smuggest smile he could muster. 

"Kept a countdown of the.... time limit.... in my head..... I knew.... when there wasn't.... much time left...." Phobos told him as Nick looked like he was about to rip his head off. 

"With a score of 3-2, Class 1 takes the match!!! And with an overall score of 2-1, Class 1 is victorious!!!" Wrath Queen announced as everyone in Class 1 erupted into cheers. 

"Jeez, talk about a close call. Another second and Nick might've tied up the match." Joey said as the two jail cells opened up, allowing the captured to leave. The field then returned to its plain white flooring as the injured were rushed off to the infirmary. 

Nick still stood there in shock, not wanting to believe that Phobos was toying with him the whole time. Josh walked up from behind him and patted his back a few times before saying to him "If Phobos was actually trying, then you'd be the one being taken away on a stretcher, not him."

"Woohoo!!! You were awesome, you big bloke!!" Trini cheered as she ran over and hugged Josh who hugged back. 

"Congratulations are now in order, for both teams for your efforts today, but of course, more so for Class 1. My class, learn from your loss today. It'll grow into valuable experience. And maybe next time, don't let personal feelings cloud your judgement." Drac said as he eyed Nick who just kept his head down and kept his mouth shut. 

My class, with you claiming victory, you have earned a reward. You all receive the day off tomorrow!" Wrath Queen announced to her class as they cheered even more than before. 

"And as for my class, you all must attend tomorrow. And prepare for a tough training session and a test afterwards." Drac told them as they all dropped their heads in shame. 

"Even though we dominated the first match, we still lost. Man, this blows." Amelia complained.

"And with the third match now concluded, that does it for our time today. You're all dismissed. Change out of your costumes and head home." Queen said as all who remained nodded and left, the two teachers following shortly after. 

Meanwhile, in P.H Academy's viewing room, three students had been watching the two classes and their brawls. And as they watched it all end, they didn't seem satisfied. 

"So those kids were the ones who saved our city? Please, what is this, some kind of joke?" One of them, a boy, said as he was currently sharpening a sword he had.

"I guess it's better to say we were lucky to survive that war last month if these kids were the ones who fought for us." Another, a girl, said.

"Perhaps you're both right. But despite how trash they may seem, they still somehow managed to save everyone. We have to give them that. Now let's go. It's almost time we head out for our mission tonight." The third, another boy, said as the three left the viewing room to suit up in their costumes. 

These three students were the pinnacle of P.H Academy, the strongest, most intelligent, and most skilled in the entire school. The Big Three.