The Fantasy Begins
Sora was sleeping on the sandy beach of Destiny Island of course, and it seemed like a nice day since the sun was blazing over the land and the sea with no clouds in sight. He snoozed and snoozed and then something landed in his hair and as he awoke and felt what was in his hair, he saw a piece of paper. It wasn't just any piece of paper however. He opened it up and apparently it read:
Dear Sora,
Congratulations, you have been selected along with hundreds of thousands of lucky people or beings to be a part of a tournament known as the GoldConoton Tournament. There a few little rules though that we have to go over. First off, you have to win a set of eight battles against our finest trainers we call the 'GoldConoton Leaders'. Once you do that, you also have the option of battling against the Beta Elite as well to earn yourself a name in the Hall of Champions. Next rule is that you have to be a registered participant to gain entry into the tournament as well. This can be done at out front office on Ignaryu, where the tournament is being held of course. There isn't much time though as the tournament begins in as little as a month and spots fill up fast. We hope to see you there.
Signed,
The GoldConoton Administration
P.S. you also have the option of bringing a few of your friends as well to the party.
Sora jumped at the idea and ran as quickly as he could to his tree bark brown island house to tell his mom the great news, slightly chuckling at him being chosen among many people. Yet even as he did, he noticed that Riku and Kairi were there too packed with backpacks on their backs and everything. Sora then said, "So I see you guys got an invite to this GoldConoton Tournament?" Riku and Kairi nodded, then Riku stated, "We were thinking of going there as well anyhow. It beats waking up to a blazing hot sun every day." Sora then laughed as he said, "Oh man that's awesome. It'll be us three, we get to have some fun travelling and meeting new people, best part is we get to kick the tard out of…" Kairi then looked away at first and then with her eyes looking troubled she said, "Actually Sora. We were thinking of going just by ourselves. It's nothing personal, but we feel as though we would do better just us fending for ourselves that's all." Sora's smile dropped as he said, "What about you Riku? You up for some adventure with your old buddy?" Riku didn't even know how to respond to that question.
Sora then said, "I see then. Competition's the same in any language ya know. Even though it hurts me saying this, I hope you guys do well for yourselves." Then Sora ran out the door, just as his mom arrived and she asked, "Oh dear, is he alright?" Riku then replied, "Who knows, who knows?" Even as Sora ran outside, the humidity was too much and he decided to rest underneath the Paopu trees he always sat on when he, Riku and Kairi would talk about their day every time the sun set. Even as they stood all glamorous and finely coated by the sun's rays, he couldn't help, but sulk. Yet he started to hear something, like the sound of a portal and he then stood up to see what the matter was. It was a white portal and a boy about his height walked right through to greet him. He of course, had chestnut brown hair, charcoal brown eyes, wore a black t-shirt and wore blue jeans topped off with his dark black shoes. Sora then asked, "Victor? What are you doing here?" "I got this letter here.", the boy replied. It was a similar letter that Riku and Kairi along with Sora himself got in kind. He then asked, "You got invited too?" Sora replied, "Yeah, but Kairi and Riku didn't want to come with me. They said they'd do better fending for themselves and instead of all of us going together." Victor then scratched his head and chuckled a little saying, "Well how about that. Apparently I got myself in the same situation, I asked Mike and Chris if they wanted to come, but they said they had other things to take care. That usually means they got another invite somewhere else or who knows what. I also got four other people with me in the same situation."
Even as Victor spoke, behind him came Inuyasha, dressed in his fine red feudal Japanese clothing with his Tetsaiga in its case, Brock of course from Ash Ketchum's party of occasional changing pokemon group, Bart Simpson, and Bridget Verdant rushing past the closing portal. Sora's jaw then gawked as he asked, "I know all you guys. We met awhile back on the Anime Planet for the Olympics. You must be Inuyasha, that's Brock and that's Bridget. You must also be Bart Simpson I take it?" Bart then blew on his hand and wiped it on his chest as he said, "The one and only." Sora then said confused, "How many people does this tournament even take in anyway?" Inuyasha then replied taking out his registered card showing his place of birth, name, likes and dislikes, etc. info about himself, and said, "The register office in Ignaryu said they have had up to a hundred million beings come from miles around just to get front row tickets and hundreds of thousands actually participate. Plus that's if we can actually get our pins." Sora then asked, "Pins?" Brock of course then took out his handbook on the tournament and said, "From each of the GoldConoton Leaders beaten you get a pin and you need eight pins to challenge the Beta Elite and let alone enter the tournament. It seems simple, but the leaders are spread out across the entire planet and it could take weeks to face 'em all." Sora then asked, "So the rest of you guys are by yourselves too?" They nodded as Bridget said, "I came here since I wanted to do something more than just be a Mew Mew. At least this way being the only girl in the group, it means I'm a little more unique. Brock said, "I needed a break from the constant hiking I did with Ash and Dawn. It's been great don't get me wrong, but at least we can get a free ride throughout the entire planet of Ignaryu." Bridget then said, "I think you got it wrong there Brock. We get a free ride for registration, but other than that the entire trip we got to do on foot." Bart then responded, "Let's face it, I like seeing my own father get his own but kicked by ham at chess, but even for me there's a limit as to what a kid can take in." Inuyasha then said, "I'm simply here because I figured it would be good practice against Naraku. That and I am just itching for a real challenge. I haven't had one in a long time."
As Brock sighed and said, "You just can't win them all can you?" Sora gasped as he said, "Oh darn it!! I didn't even register yet. There's no way I can go now." Bart then said throwing him his own ID, "Oh Contraire mon frère. We took the liberty of doing that ourselves." Sora then took a look at the passport ID and noticed everything about him on his card. Then Victor said, "We figured that since we all are just by ourselves, you'd maybe wanna come along with us. Brock's cooking is out of this world. I've never tasted a cheeseburger like that before ya know." Brock then grinned confidently as he said, "The secret's in the spices. Who knows maybe you'll get the hang of my recipes." Then Victor began talking to Brock about how he wasn't that great of cooker and Brock was saying he was too hard on himself as Sora thought, 'What a weird group we got here; a half demon, a boy without sin in his body or soul, the guy who defined the song 'Bad Boys', a guy love struck with every girl he meets, and a girl as shy as a rabbit in a playpen. Oh well, we'd sure make good buds that's for sure.' Sora then agreed and said, "I'll do it!"
Then out of nowhere Chief Wiggum as well as Eddie and Lou from a white portal as he asked, "Excuse me, this wouldn't happen to be The Kid's Choice Awards Show is it?" Bart then answered in an 'obviously not' fashion, "We're in the middle of nowhere first off, and second I don't see Jack Black hosting anything around here so what do you think?" Lou then said, "I knew we should have just taken a plane trip to L.A. like we should have done in the first place." Chief Wiggum then said reportedly as he always did to Lou, "You know Lou, it's talk like this that makes you only a sergeant instead of a chief. Maybe if we hurry we could still catch a nearby flight in the next portal we run into." Victor then opened up a white portal as he said, "This should probably take you to Scottsdale anyway Chief." Chief Wiggum then said, "Thanks kid, I appreciate it. See Lou, at least someone knows how to think positive." Lou then said, "Oh not this again. I don't want to start anything okay Chief?" "Okay you're right. Come on let's get moving. I don't want to miss Ralphie's big debut." As they rushed off, Victor asked the group, "How many of you think Chief Wiggum realizes that the kids are just the voters and not the actual entertainment of the show?" Bart then said, " I can say this much, if smarts were based on getting fat off of doughnuts, being the worst policeman known in history, and falling for the same old dollar tied to a fishing rod trick, then yeah Chief Wiggum's Albert Einstein." As the group laughed at the comment made by Bart, they then got their stuff together and Victor opened up another portal, this time to Ignaryu and the place of their newest adventure. Victor then asked Sora, "So you ready for this Sora?" He nodded and said, "Just promise me we'll stick together alright?" The group nodded and then ran off into the portal as it quickly closed behind them.
(This is probably a long shot idea, and maybe even the nuttiest of them all I have ever thought up of, but I feel it's one that just about anyone could enjoy. So I hope you got your taste buds ready. I got plenty of stuff I'm cooking up with this soufflé. More to come as I get posting.)
(Next Time: Ignaryu.)