Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Insanity

Rating: MT: MidTeen 15 and up

A/N: I wanted to write a story about rivals that want to beat each other in everything (sports, board games, who has the hotter mom, etc) and also something about partners who support each through thick and thin (even though they were reluctant to be partners in the beginning) and I came up with this story. This story is a combination of watching entirely too much Fuse and Zatch Bell, and the fact that I love rivals and friendships that can end up as more…MUCH more… Despite the title, it's supposed to be funny, with a little romance/friendship, some angst, and lots of rivalry so I hope it's not too corny (it's my first story)

Story/Summary: Drake Finnigan was a lonesome but smart sixteen year old English boarding student (whose roommate was always away partying) and the only thing to keep him company was his very ancient and most prized heirloom, the mysterious and powerful sword Ascendancy. One day, while going out to get the mail, lo and behold, a beaten and barely clothed boy was laying on the front porch staring at him! The boy then tells Drake that he's a demon named Deon, the sword Ascendancy was a sign that Drake has to participate in a centuries old tournament, called Fallen Ascendancies, where humans have to battle each other to make their demon partners angelic, and if he loses, he'll be chained to the bottom of hell for all eternity! And to think, last night he was worrying about his homework assignment….