She wasn't entirely sure what had convinced her to listen to Bolin's mad ideas to sign up for this tournament, but Asami couldn't deny the idea had been tempting even without his input. This place was much smaller than even Republic City, and while the people here were, so far, very nice, there just wasn't much to do. She was used to keeping busy in various ways, and there just hadn't been enough of that going on randomly, so she was starting to formulate some other plans now that she knew more about this. The tournament was at least something to pass the time, something she felt comfortable with. Hand-to-hand combat was her forte, after all, even if it didn't usually come with a bat.

Still, she'd done some training with common hand weapons under the very thorough instruction of her teachers, so using the bat wasn't completely unfamiliar to her. It just wasn't very practical to carry a bat around with you when your own fists or feet were just as good for weapons. Also the padding for this looked ridiculous with the orbs stuck all over it. But this could be fun, and a friendly competition never hurt anyone. So she simply waited for her opponent, all suited up and ready to go. After making sure Nezha understood this wasn't a real fight and stayed out of it.