Zypher: Hi hi everybody! I decided to break from the Halloween fics for a bit since I'm getting close to being done with one soon. Yay! But anyways, here's the next chapter to Challenge of the Kombat. Also, two new characters. These might be the last ones for a while. I might add in Ryo for the heck of it but it won't be until a later chapter since I'm running out of ideas for animalities and fatalities.
Jun
Fatality: Summon up the armor of the Chthonian Soldier and slashes opponent to death
Babality: A baby with tuff of greyish black hair
Animality: Wolfhound (my version from Cursed Accommodations) gorges on opponent with no remorse
Friendship: None
Bio: He wanted to join only to get power. Many blame this because of his brothers' influence but he wanted this so he could take them down along with anyone that gets in his way.
Daichi
Fatality: Summon Water and Pyro Dragons to kill opponent
Babality: A baby with tuff of hair almost the same shade as Jun, only slightly lighter
Animality: A mix of fire and water dragons (use a fire/water combination breath that kills opponent in a flurry of fire and ice needles in the water)
Friendship: None
Bio: A friendly guy that make many friends once he joins up with the Earth Warriors during the tournament. His powers over the forces of the elements helps him in battle.
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Challenge of the Kombat
Chapter 2
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Once they were outside, they started training. Yugi trained with Jax, Diamond with Sonya and Jou with Kabal. The others sat out and watched them, eagerly waiting for their turn. "Ok, Yugi. Now let's try for your animality." Jax said and he nodded.
"Now, look inside your soul and see the animal that you are meant to be. Use your new powers to shift into the animal." Jax spoke and Yugi nodded as he concentrated quietly. Soon, he saw the form of a white tiger appear before his mind's eye and he concentrated even harder, feeling his form shifted until he was standing on all fours.
He opened his eyes, which were now a vivid green and looked up to Jax. /Did it work?/ he asked and Jax nodded with a grin. "Yeah it did. You're a white tiger. A rare one as far as I have seen animalities." Jax complemented, grinning even more.
Yugi smiled before making a move to pounce on Jax. He moved out the way in time and Yugi pouted. /Hey, I was supposed to catch you. How am I supposed to get my opponent if they move?/ he questioned.
"Well, you can't always rely on your opponent to stay still unless they're in shock of seeing your animality, you have something to keep them in place or you get them unexpectedly. Remember, Yugi, this is a tournament of life and death, you will have to fight your best and your strongest. Nothing can get in your way of doing so if you don't want to risk your life." Jax implored and Yugi nodded before he trained with Jax some more before switching training opponents.
After a while, they took a break. "Ok, let's see, for animalities, we have a white tiger, dragon, lion, giant white cobra, arctic fox, cheetah, sabretooth tiger, cougar, Troodon, hawk and a skeletal rhino. I think we may just do better this time than before." Sonya said.
Jou looked to her. "You've fought in a Mortal Kombat tournament before?" he asked. "Yeah, we all did, most for different reasons but all in all, we worked together and defeated Shao Khan and killed his queen. After that, some left and some may come back but we may never know until the day of the tournament." Kabal replied.
"Would you mind telling us what happen the last time you fought in a Mortal Kombat tournament? This may help us know what we'll be up against." Ryou said. They nodded and started to tell them of their experience in the last Mortal Kombat, unaware they were being watched.
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Yami and the other watched from the shadows of the trees, oddly intrigued by their opponents. "They all look pretty weak to me. They shouldn't be too difficult to kill." Dartz commented. "Remember that old saying, Dartz. Looks can be deceiving. I say we watch them a little while longer before we go back to report to Khan what Earth warriors the thunder god has ready for us." Yami spoke. 'Besides, I want to know this intriguing mystery that is my look alike.' he thought as he left, Aqua following behind him.
The others left as well, also intrigued by someone but wasn't going to get themselves involved as much before the tournament day.
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The girls were walking through the temple, having made it in without attracting much attention and decided to talk about the new Earth warriors. "So, did you see that blond haired boy? I think he was pretty handsome." The woman with wavy blond hair commented. "Ah, forget him. I like the cute one that resembles Yami." The Chinese girl with black hair responded.
"Man, how can you both think of them? They're on the side we have to go against. I rather go for someone that's already on our side. Yami and Aqua has my heart and I will get there's soon enough." The last girl with short brown hair said.
"You should give up. I was watching them and they seem to have their eyes set on someone else." The first girl spoke. "Oh, what do you know, Mai? I'm sure that once they get used to me being around, they will fall for me just as easy." The girl huffed.
"I would place a bet on that, Anzu. Let's just see who can win Yami and Aqua's heart. I'm pretty sure the boy Vivian in interested in will get to them first without knowing it." Mai murmured.
"Hey! No fair! I saw him first!" Vivian snapped, cheeks puffed out in anger at the thought. "Well, let's just see. If you can be with that boy, then Yami and Aqua may give up on him if not kill you for getting him first but you'll never know until it happens." Mai said before walking off out the temple to leave the two girls to ponder on their situation.
'Since they'll be busy with that, I'll see about meeting my own boy of my dreams.' Mai thought as she walked towards the training arena.
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They continued to train while Jax, Sonya and Kabal headed back inside to fix up something for lunch, still unaware that the Dark Warriors of Shao Kahn was roaming around unnoticed. In the training arena, Yugi was in his animal form once more and tried to tackle down Diamond but she was quick and her being a snake made it harder but he knew he would need this kind of training in order to prepare for what's to come.
/Come on, Yugi, try harder. One of your opponents may be just like me without being in some sort of animal form so you need to prepare for what kind of movement they'll may make./ Diamond said and he nodded as he prepare to pounce once more.
Not far away, Yami and Aqua were watching. Yami was still very intrigued by their similarity and wanted to know more about him. But he knew he would only learn so much since he's on Kahn's side and soon enough, he will have to go against him.
'This is bad, though. I really would like to learn more about him but with us being on different sides, it won't be possible nor easy.' They weren't ready though when Yugi pounced but Diamond dodged in time and he crashed into where they were hiding. Their quick reflexes kept them from being hit.
Yugi shook his head as he got up and look towards them. He gasped when he saw them. 'That boy, he looks so much like me. But I never saw him before so I can only assume that's he's on Shao Kahn's side.' Yugi thought and growled.
/What are you doing here?/ Yugi demanded.
"We only came here to see what going on."
/But why? I never seen you around here before so I can only say that you must be on Shao Kahn's side so I suggest you leave now or I'll be forced to fight you here and now./
'Hmm, so he is truly an Earth Warrior. Truly saddening to know but for now, I will agree to his request.' Yami thought and nodded. "Fine, we'll leave but I only ask one thing of you."
/And what's that?/ he questioned, watching him with a careful eye to make sure there wasn't any chance for a surprise attack from one of them.
"What is your name?"
/I'm…Yugi./ he answered. Yugi didn't know what compelled him to tell them his name but he felt as if something good may happen soon. 'But what is what I don't know.' he thought before he heard Diamond calling for him, now worried that he may have gotten himself hurt.
He turned back to see if she was coming and not seeing her yet, he turned back towards where Yami and Aqua were but saw they had disappeared. He sighed lightly and headed back out before he worried anyone else.
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Jou went to take a walk, wanting to take a break from their training right now. He really did hope that they will succeed with keeping Shao Kahn from being freed from the dimensional gate but he was having his doubts.
Yes, he was an exceptional fighter but that was before this. It was all a matter of life and death. His worries lied in whether his friends would survive during this tournament of death.
While he was lost in thought, he wasn't watching where he was going and soon crashed into Mai who just came out from the forested area that surrounded the path he was walking on. "Oh crap. I'm so sorry for crashing into you." Jou apologized as he got up and helped up Mai as well.
"It's nothing. No injuries sustained here. What got you so caught up that you weren't watching where you was going?" she asked, glad that he didn't realize that she wasn't even part of the team. He told her of what he had to go through and she listen with interest, never noticing that Seto was watching, a scowl on his face as he saw Mai making conversation with Jou.
'How dare you. I may not have said anything or showed any reaction to seeing these Earth Warriors but I saw him first. I won't let you have him.' Seto thought bitterly as he left silently.
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"Well, it's getting close to noon, I best be going now." Mai said and Jou nodded. "Yeah, I better be getting back as well before my friends wonder where I went to." Jou added and soon left after saying goodbye.
"I have an odd feeling that he knows I'm not part of their team. But he never said anything. Maybe I have a slight chance with him after all." Mai spoke, smiling a little to herself. "Not on your life, Mai." A voice hissed as Seto came out from the foliage.
"What do you mean?" she questioned as she turned to him. "I saw him first and I'm not letting you get him." Her eyes narrowed as she looked to him. "Really? Well let's just see. We may be Dark Warriors for Shao Kahn but if we do win this tournament and we get what we want, if one of us doesn't have him by the end of the tournament and we're not dead, we'll settled this little dispute then. But I advise you, Kaiba, I'm not letting you have a chance at ever seeing him." she hissed before walking off.
Seto glared at her back before leaving as well into another direction. 'Same here, Mai. Same here.'
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"Siegfried, I think it's time I tell you that this doesn't seem right." Leon muttered. Siegfried turned to him. "What do you mean, Leon? This is perfectly fine. Once we win, we'll have the power we need to make our family business the biggest of them all." Siegfried said. "But that's just it. We shouldn't need ultimate power to make the family corporation better. There has to be another way." Leon pleaded.
Siegfried narrowed his eyes as he glanced at his younger brother. "So, you think there's another way do you? I think there isn't. We share this corporation together, Leon, and if you don't think my way is right..." Siegfried began as he pulled out his sword. "Then I guess I'll have to do this on my own." he finished. Leon watched the sword warily. "You...you wouldn't really kill me, would you?" he questioned in horror.
"If you dare stand in my way of helping our family business then yes, I will." Siegfried replied with anger and slashed at Leon. But before the blade could even make a mark on him, Leon was lifted off the ground. He clutched onto whoever grabbed him and finally looked up. He saw he was saved by a red dragon. "Who are you?" he asked.
/I'm Keara. What was going on there?/ she asked. He told her his story and she nodded as she landed back at the temple for the Earth Warriors. /Well, it's seems you may be better off not joining Shao Kahn's forces. Would you like to become an Earth warrior instead?/ she asked.
"Yeah, I think I would feel much better here." Leon whispered with a soft smile. She smiled back as she reverted back to her human form and walked inside, Leon following behind her to his new home.
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Zypher: There, done for now. Hoped you like this chapter and will review. Now, I shall be off with working on my Halloween fic.