Chapter One:
The Tournament Begins!!
Kenshin Menzuro brushed his hair back, staring into the crowd. Each one was clapping their own pair of hands, cheering for the sixty-four duelists standing on the stage.
"Helloooooooo, everyone!" shouted a well-dressed man into a microphone. "Are you ready to see some dueling action?!"
The crowd's cheering got even louder, forcing one of two of the duelists on the stage to cover their ears.
"That's great!" the man shouted again, grinning. "Because in less than half an hour, the Legendary Shadows Tournament will begin! We've chosen the sixty-four best duelists from Legendary Shadows in order to give you a fast-paced, all-action, tournament!"
The cheers continued. Most of the duelists smiled.
"That's right! The duelists will be divided into four hand-picked divisions, where they will fight to be the champion of that division! And, when the division fights are over, the champions from each will fight! North will fight South! East will fight West! And the winners from each of those duels will fight...giving us our champion!"
Edward Moonshadow snickered. "The champion being me, of course."
Ress Moonshadow nudged him in the side, shutting him up.
"Each duelist has a fair chance of winning, giving us the most awesome tournament ever!" continued the announcer, ignoring Edward. "Now, without further ado...here are the first round matches!
North Division:
1. Kenshin Menzuro
2. Tetsuo Yoshida
3. Aaron Herris
4. Burn
5. Yuki Ryuuga
6. Olivia Fourna
7. Ishi Shihai
8. Stone
9. Mitsuhiko Takahashi
10. Kuro Hi
11. Serra/ Asaka Mitsushima
12. Amy Takahashi
13. Pharaoh
14. Jordan Cross
15. Claire Takana
16. Daisuke Ronnas
South Division:
1. Justin Maker
2. Aka Murasaki
3. Yoshiko Takana
4. Itakura/ Shadow
5. Hayden Mizunashi
6. Miro Miyake
7. Kelsey Mizunashi
8. Ronald/ 'T'
9. Flounder
10. Exorcist
11. Watage Tama/ Dream
12. Doyle Menzuro
13. Negita Surnan/ Shape
14. Teru Mizika/ Shift
15. Genji Yamada/ Reverse
16. Kuro Dairo
East Division:
1. Shinta Menzuro
2. Zero
3. Eight
4. Rush
5. Akira Harashima
6. Tatsuya Akechi
7. Kazuha Ogata
8. Twelve
9. Kosuke Murakami
10. Mao Zhang
11. Ress Moonshadow
12. Breeze
13. Emperor
14. Empress
15. Fan Zhang
16. Rokanna
West Division:
1. Channeler
2. Ikuji Mitsushima
3. Shapeshift
4. Iana Matsuyama
5. Souta Mitsushima
6. Vicky Menzuro
7. Doctor
8. Edward Moonshadow
9. Salazare
10. Haku Doku
11. Greathe/ 'I'
12. Izuna Shihai
13. Iwashi Obi
14. Akurei Kokuo
15. Akari Ganosuke
16. Gishinki
"...and that's them!" concluded the announcer, taking a deep breath. "The duels will go as follows, taking the first two rounds of the East Division as an example. First off, Shinta Menzuro and Zero (numbers one and two) will duel. Then Eight and Rush (numbers three and four) will duel afterwards. Finally, after the round one matches are done, the second round matches will start. Somewhere around there, the winners of these two matches will fight (for example, if both Zero and Rush win, they will duel). Do all of the duelists understand?"
All of the duelists (or a majority of them) nodded. The announcer smiled, and turned back to the audience.
"My name is Iruka, and I'm glad to present to you...the Legendary Shadows Tournament!"
Applause, again, erupted everywhere across the stadium.
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Twenty minutes later...
Kenshin Menzuro and Tetsuo Yoshida stood facing each other, each holding a big grin on his face.
"Hello, Tetsuo." said Kenshin. "I'm glad I can freely duel a part of me without holding back."
"And I'm glad I can duel the one who gave me life." responded Tetsuo. "I don't count my 'parents' as such, after all."
Kenshin nodded, activating his duel disk. "Well then...shall we?"
"Of course."
Kenshin: 4000
Tetsuo: 4000
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Next Time:
Explosive Start! Kenshin VS Tetsuo!
The Legendary Shadows Tournament is underway, starting off with Kenshin versus Tetsuo! This non-canon duel will be the first of many, as each duelist draws his best cards...and plays his best hand!
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Author's (Important) Note: This tournament is completely non-canon. Most of these characters are dead, anyways.
I'm doing this because I can. Don't expect me to update every five minutes, like I did with Legendary Shadows (exaggeration, but a little close). And I want to try to work on Zokkou as well, as soon as I can get over my writer's block for it.
In any case, enjoy this little tournament. Actually, it'll be a fair amount of chapters...I hope to go over every single duel.
Hmmm...this'll be the death of me, won't it?
-Salazare