Well, those were some interesting dreams/visions. Ares is indeed still trusted by Diane to some extent in the future. Will he turn against the evil, or will his role in their plans simply not be discovered? Diane's an Eliminator, Norus has two sons (only one of whom shares his father's nastiness... are you hinting that they're stepsons?), and in the present, Norus is up to his old tricks. I expect Lina to blow her top when she finds out what Norus has done. And I'm pretty sure we all know who will be in the next duel. This should be interesting; it's the battle of the boyfriends, only worse!

I liked your descriptions of the shrine; pretty good. I was able to visualize most of it fairly well. (Although I initially believed Diane to be back with the crystallized dragons when she instead was inside her lair... you know, the whole "crystal pillars" thing and all.) The duel was nice as well. She's ruthless in the future, huh? Intriguing.

There were some things, though, that I think could have been improved. For one thing, you got Norus into his... erm... "fantasies" again. I thought you said you'd be editing that out? It still seems odd for a boy his age. And the bit with the video game was very confusing as well. Perhaps you meant for the readers to not fully understand, but it ended up sounding somewhat jumbled. In addition, some of the dialogue felt a little out of place, too. Beth's loud laughter, for one thing, seemed very odd. Watch for that kind of thing.

All in all, though, you did a great job with this "filler". (This actually doesn't seem like a filler to me, despite the fact that the tournament did not continue. A lot happened to change things, so that has to be taken into consideration as to whether or not this is a filler.) The settings were done well, a lot of information was given, and Norus stacked his deck again. *sighs* What a foolish boy. Anyway, I'll see you next chapter!