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"How can these battles just happen without any remorse?" said Sora to Mario as they sat in the seats above watching down as two more combatants entered the arena.
The two of them were wondering if they would ever have to face each other at a future time, but hopefully something will happen before anything bad can happen.
"Do not fear, the fight may be hard, but the rewards will be great," came a voice inside Sora's head that seem familiar to him.
Ameterasu layed on the stone seat behind Sora and she stared at the young boy. She was speaking to him through his mind.
"But what if I can't save everyone," thought Sora as he envisioned him standing atop a pile of defeated foes.
"It is what you must do in order to save us all," said Ameterasu as she turned her head to look down into the arena.
The two combatants were fighting hard, a weird looking short guy carrying bombs and a fighter with a large blade were the ones in the arena.
"You will tremble beneath my blade," said Cloud as he jumped in the air toward Bomberman.
Bomberman quickly grabbed a bomb on the floor and threw it towards Cloud, but he easily hit it back at him. The bomb exploded and Bomberman was sent flying into the wall fast.
"Cloud wins!" shouted Devonix from above as Cloud was transported back into the rafters above.
The energy of Bomberman flew into the hand of Devonix and the combatant was defeated.
"We will resume the battles tomorrow in the morning, for now you must all get some rest!" shouted Devonix as he waved his hand a large stone door opened up in the arena revealing another room.
Everyone was transported down into the arena to go into the sleeping chambers. Ameterasu was no where to be seen and Sora need all the rest he could get for the battles ahead.
"Whata do you think abouta this?" said Mario as he motioned for Sora to come over to where he was.
Hard springy bed lined the walls and seemed to go on forever. Sora took a bed next to Mario and plopped down on the mattress.
"It's better then nothing, we could be one of the losers tonight," said Sora, almost half regretting what he had just said.
"Letsa just hope that when we battle tomorrow that we cana win," exclaimed Mario as he took off his cap to lay down and rest.
Ameterasu was no where to be seen and Sora could really use the boost of confidence right about now. The night was long and no one seemed to get much sleep since arguments and yelling filled the vast room. There was even an incident of an attempted escape from a princely looking fellow in Arabian clothes and a secret agent in stealth gear wearing night vision goggles. The two weren't seen the next night, so no one is sure what happened to them.
"Gooda Morning Sora," shouted Mario as he tugged at Sora's shoulder to wake him up.
Light shined in Sora's face from mysterious torches that weren't on the walls last night and he got up half asleep.
"Devonix is yelling fora everyone to come ina the arena," said Mario as he pulled Sora off the bed.
Sora got up and trudged his way into the arena floor where many of the combatants were already up and ready to fight.
"Last night there was an attempted escape by two of your fellow fighters so they have been promptly disqualified from returning home. Now let's begin our first match, Samus versus Star Fox!" yelled Devonix from his regular throne area.
Everyone was teleported to the seats above save for the fox and the high tech woman. The stone door leading to the sleeping chamber was closed and the two combatants looked ready to fight.
"BEGIN!" shouted Devonix in a spree of twisted pleasure at knowing the two were basically fighting to the death.
Samus instantly jumped up and kicked Star Fox right in the face knocking him back into the wall behind him. Star Fox grabbed a laser out of his pocket and fired it at the body armor of the woman to no avail. Sora looked around at the people watching the match and the were cheering for their favorite to win.
"How can these people get pleasure in seeing them fight like this?" asked Sora to Mario.
"Ia don't know, but I don'ta like it," said Mario as he itched his leg from boredom of watching the match.
Sora looked up at the mysterious magician causing all this fighting and noticed that he was wearing a deep red ring on his finger. It seemed to glow with power and perhaps this is what gave him his powers. Devonix seemed to notice the eyes of the young boy glaring at him for he looked back at him and covered his ring with his other hand.
"Your going down foxy," yelled Samus from behind her armor as she shot a laser at Star Fox who dodged it.
Star Fox did a flip behind Samus and started pulling off pieces of armor off of her so he could get a plain shot at her body. Samus tried with all her might to get the fox off her back that she backed up into the wall and slammed Star Fox into it.
"AHHH!" shouted Star Fox as he fell to the floor in pain.
Samus charged up her laser and aimed it right at Star Fox and blasted him. Before the light from the laser had even settled, Samus was in the stadium seats again and Star Fox was no where to be seen.
"Samus wins!" shouted Devonix as he gave an evil grin as he stared deep into his ring.
Sora had been watching the match, but he quickly eyed Ameterasu in the seats across from him, she was silently watching up at the magician just like Sora had been before. She was deep in thought and seemed to be murmuring to herself.
"What a good fight that was," said a woman in purple from behind Sora.
"Excusea me madame, whatsa your name?" asked Mario as he turned around to look at the woman.
The woman seemed to ignore Mario's comment and went straight to Sora.
"I see that you to have noticed the magician's ring, It seems to light up when someone is defeated," said the woman as she sat next to Sora.
"I thought I was the only one who noticed," exclaimed Sora.
Mario seemed frustrated by the woman and stood in front of the two of them.
"Now don'ta come barging in here withouta giving your name," said Mario as he had a semi-angry look on his face.
"Well aren't you a little pushy, I don't even know yours," said the woman as she moved her white hair out of her eyes.
"I'ma Mario and this here isa Sora," said Mario as he patted Sora's back.
The woman got up and look away from the two of them, she turned her head back and said," The names Ivy, we will talk later."
She walked into the chaotic crowd merely disappearing before their eyes. Sora and Mario looked towards each other and shrugged their shoulders as they got ready for the next fight.
I hope you guys like this updated chapter… It's been a long time since the last one so I hope you enjoy!!
Who do you guys want to see battle in the next battle, just give me a review and I will post the results in the next chapter!!
