I'm so sorry for not updating earlier, I completely forgot.
I hope that this chapter makes up for it, I put quite a bit of effort into this part.
Enjoy
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Germany, April 12
At the Grand Prix-Aufgalopp, a race was currently underway, 16 Umas were currently running with their all to win the race. A blond haired Uma was stationed at the 13th position, their footsteps were steady compared to the rest of the racers at the front.
'12 people in front, 3 back. 600M from the finish line, spurts begin at the 400M mark.' They thought. Their eyes were glancing between each racer, looking for anything to use.
Their blue eyes seemed to have a slit, similar to that of a cat or snake, the oddity of the eye being something that would've been pointed out in a social setting.
With their eyes analyzing, the meters till the end of the race became smaller with each passing moment. 550, 525, 500, 475, 463, the meters becoming smaller and smaller until it was eventually the 450M.
The eyes of the Uma tensed up, the pupil dilated as it zoned onto something. The body of the blond Uma tensed up, a large amount of strength built up in its legs and with their feet stepping onto the ground, their body launched itself forward seeming to become a blur to the eye of a human.
Their figure surged past the racers in front of them, they ran in a near straight line that they had seen, with each racer they passed, the outroar of the audience grew louder. The announcer was quick to notice that the blond Uma was quickly encroaching on the front leaders, and seeing that there was something to hype up, they quickly started working to make people even more excited.
At the front of the race, New Moon was currently holding her position as best as they could, the racers behind her were putting up some pressure that caused her to sweat. As she was focusing on the people near her, her ears perked up when it caught the sound of something quickly zoning on her.
With the 200 Meter mark passing by, the blond Uma appeared behind New Moon, their presence pricked against the skin of the racers, it was like the stinging pain that came from the thorns of roses.
Despite the sudden appearance of the Uma, New Moon didn't lose her calm, she instead took her time to see who was the racer putting up the pressure. Looking behind her, she saw a pair of slitted eyes that were staring into her.
The figure had a blue aura around them, it wrapped around them like vines, it seemed to be originating from the back of their hand, growing like roots. The vine-like aura grew till it reached the racer's leg before it eventually stopped, thorn-like objects seemed to be growing from it and were pricking into the skin of the racer.
New Moon watched as the racer was approaching her, the presence becoming stronger and stronger until it felt like a mountain was sitting on top of her. Sweat was dripping down from her forehead but instead of the typical despair that one would feel, a smirk appeared on her face as a purple and gray aura sprouted from the moon ornament on her ears.
The aura spread like a wing before it enveloped her body, the scene was ethereal but only a few of the people in the audience could really see what was happening. The presence that came with the sudden sprouting of the colored mist was clashing against the blond haired Uma's own.
The clashing of the 2 had created a scene of excitement to the audiences, the shouting of the people rivaling the pressure that was emitting from the 2.
With the finish line getting closer and closer, it seemed that New Moon was going to win the race. The anticipation got bigger and bigger despite people already coming to terms that she was going to win.
The delicate balance of the 2 was suddenly broken by the voice of the blond Uma. "I don't have time, move it!"
With their words, the pressure emitting from her suddenly increased. It utterly devastated any of the pressure that was coming from New Moon, forcing all of it to crush her. With this sudden burst of pressure, the vine-like aura grew from her legs and started to rush towards New Moon's legs, it wrapped around it and the thorn protruding from the vine pricked into her skin.
Along with the sudden visual occurrence, the blond haired Uma launched themselves forward once more. They overtook New Moon with a new found burst of speed and strength, they continued forward until they eventually reached the finish line.
"STERNENKIND TAKES THE LEAD FROM NEW MOON ENDING WITH A HALF LENGTH LEAD, SHE IS TRULY THE GODESSES CHOSEN EMPRESS!!" The announcer shouted, his voice filled with excitement from watching the race, the crowd mirrored his excitement, shouting with a fever of joy and adrenaline.
The blond haired Uma, race name Sternenkind, finally slowed down, she took a deep breath as the aura around her started to dissipate back to where it had come from. The vine-like aura retreated back, slowly regressing until it reached the back of her hand which had a tattoo of a crown with a star embedded inside of it.
The pressure had disappeared but the emotions that had been created still permeated the air, she looked over to New Moon who was breathing hard, she was looking at Sternenkind with hatred.
Sternenkind only looked at her for a second before retreating back to her personal room, not taking the time to enjoy the crowd.
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"Anselma, are you sure you want to join this race?" A female voice asked, she was a long, black haired woman that was wearing a suit.
The person she was talking to was the winner of the Grand Prix-Aufgalopp, Sternenkind, real name being Kikka Anselma. The blond haired Uma was drinking from a plastic bottle, gulping down the large amount of water from it. With the race now over, it was easier to see that she had the tips of her hair colored blue.
Putting down the bottle, she looked over to the woman, her blue eyes acknowledging her presence but nothing more. "yes.." her words only came out softly, not putting much effort into speaking.
The woman who was the trainer of Anselma only sighed, her head was starting to ache. "It just feels like it would be a waste of your talents."
Anselma softly squinted her eyes after hearing the words coming out from her trainer, she suddenly got up before walking over to where the mirror was placed. A blue duffel bag was placed beside the mirror, Anselma opened it and took out a black brush. She sat on the chair that was in front of the mirror before starting to brush her hair.
The trainer watched with confusion as her trainee randomly started to brush her hair, watching as she didn't speak or look at her and only focused on the blond, blue tipped hair that she had.
"Do you remember the Queen of Europe?" Anselma suddenly asked, her eyes slightly moving to see her trainer in the mirror. Despite the question, she didn't stop brushing her hair.
"Tony Bianca, what about her?" The trainer looked at her trainee, the confusion in her eyes only growing.
"She lost against Obey Your Master, Tamamo Cross and Ogrui Cap. 2 of them were Japanese Uma's." Anselma softly placed her arms onto her legs, she moved her hair around slightly before turning to look at her trainer. "I want to race against Ogrui Cap seeing that Tamamo Cross had retired and was beaten by Oguri Cap."
The trainer looked into her trainee's eyes, seeing the resolve she had in them to defeat the racer that had beaten the Queen of Europe. She let out a small sigh before nodding her head, finally agreeing with the sudden demand of her trainee.
"Alright, I'll schedule to run in the first race." The voice that came out from her signaled the tiredness she had from dealing with her trainee.
"When is it?" Anselma asked.
"September 21st, at the Chyuko race course."
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"I hate that b!tch!" New Moon was in her personal room, she was shouting and hitting the wall, the only saving grace being that the walls were sound proof and reinforced.
"She thinks she's just so high and mighty, she only won against me because I was recovering from an injury 2 weeks before the race!" Hitting the walls once more, New Moon took in a deep breath, holding it for a second before letting it out.
Her face quickly calmed down, the gritting teeth and clenched fist now gone, replaced by the serene composer that she usually held when she was in front of people. Her eyes glanced around the room and landed on the piece of paper that she had gotten during February. It was a newspaper, the company was known for their collection of information on races for Umas and it just happens to be promoting the new races that are going to happen in Japan.
New Moon walked over to where the newspaper was placed, she had only carried it for if she ever got interested in those races. Her eyes quickly scanned the words on it, the words 'accepting foreign Umas' screamed out to her and a thought quickly entered her mind with it.5
"Knowing her, she would probably want to win against the racers that had won against the Queen of Europe." A smirk appeared onto her face as a thought formed into her mind. "I wasn't originally going to join but with you beating me, I think it might be fun to crush you and the racer known as Oguri Cap."
She glanced at the clock that was hung onto the wall, seeing that the after race performance was about to begin, she straightened her waist length, purple hair and clothing, fixed the moon ornament that was connected with her ears before leaving the room.
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Once again, sorry for the delay with the update, I am also sorry that I am probably not going to update next week as I will spend my time with family.
Have a good day.