Tournament of Anime
Part 4: Mystery and Speculation
It is around midnight and Inuyasha is sleeping soundly in his guest room. Suddenly, a knock on the door is heard. Inuyasha stirs suddenly from his sleep. He crawls out of bed and groggily walks to the door, which is being knocked upon again. Inuyasha opens the door slightly, revealing Miroku. Inuyasha gave a big yawn.
"Miroku?" Inuyasha asked, still half asleep and coming to his senses. "What are you doing up?"
"I couldn't sleep" Miroku answered, "I'm still a bit concerned about the others!"
"Don't tell me you're worried about that flea-mongrel Koga!" Inuyasha said, a bit of annoyance in his voice.
"He may be your rival, but I'm still worried about his and the other three's whereabouts" Miroku answered, "It all seems so suspicious!"
"Look!" Inuayasha said blunyly, "The Master of Games said he sent all of them back home to their home worlds safe and sound."
"I know," Miroku replied, "but I am not sure this Master of Games is very trustworthy. I have my suspicions about this whole tournament. It doesn't seem quite right!"
Inuyasha then opened the door all the way and stepped out next to Miroku.
"Alright!" He said as he took a few paces down the hall, "Maybe we should look into this…huh?"
Inuyasha then stopped dead in his tracks. An expression of suspicion then came upon his face suddenly as he narrowed his eyes.
"Wait a second…" He said. He then turned to Miroku with a serious look on his face. "Nice Try!"
"What are talking about?" Miroku asked.
"Don't play dumb with me, monk!" Inuyasha said tensely, "I know this is some sort of trick."
A screen then appeared with chibi versions of Inuyasha and Miroku in a badly drawn dark hallway. The two chibis then walk down the hallway looking around.
"You talk me into staying up all night investigating into your "suspicions" about the tournament and the four losers only to find nothing."
The chibi Inuyasha then shrugs to the chibi Miroku. The scene changes to Morning. Chibi Inuyasha yawns a big yawn.
"Come morning we'll both be so tired because of this. But while I struggle to stay awake for the tournament…"
Chibi Miroku then slaps a sutra on his forehead. He is then surrounded with a red, glowing aura.
"You'll use some sort of sutra on yourself to boost your energy, making you more awake than me."
The scene then changes to a badly drawn dojo. Chibi Inuyasha is standing up straight with his eyes closed and little Zs floating from his head. Miroku, however, is awake and in a fighting stance.
"And then when round two hits, I'll be too tired to fight, while you zip through the round without fail."
Chibi Miroku then jumps up and kicks Chibi Inuyasha in the head, knocking him over flat. Chibi Inuyasha cries while Chibi Miroku jumps up and down cheering. WINNER flashes above Chibi Miroku in red letters.
"And you turn out as the winner instead of me!"
"Inuyasha, that's crazy!" Miroku exclaims, "I am not tricking you!"
"Feh!" Inuyasha snorted, turning his back on Miroku and walking towards his door, "Just like you didn't trick me during the mock sparring match?"
"I'm serious!" Miroku replied, "I don't care about winning: It isn't everything!"
Inuyasha then steps through the door and turns to Miroku, grabbing the door.
"I know," He says, "It's the only thing that matters!"
With that, Inuyasha shut the door in Miroku's face. Miroku opens his mouth to say something, raising his finger, but he says nothing. He then drop his finger and sighs in disappointment.
Just then, Miroku heard a noise. He turned suddenly, curiosity over his face. It was a springy, stretchy sound like a rubber band. It was coming from the arena. Miroku snuck towards the arena's entrance. He peeked inside, seeing a silhouette of a person doing flips, stretching his body whilst doing so.
"Luffy?" He asked to himself.
The silhouette then came into the light. It was the Master of Games. A look of shock came to Miroku's face. It was the Master, but he looked different. He was wearing Luffy's straw hat band Naruto's headband. His costume was now a school uniform, like Yusuke's. He also had a brown tail like Koga's. He stopped in the moonlight and picked up his amulet, gazing at it.
"Magnificent!" he said to himself, "Simply magnificent! Naruto, Yusuke, Luffy, Koga! All are in my possession; their powers are mine to command!"
"YOU!" Miroku shouted, jumping in the arena holding his Wind Tunnel arm out towards the Master! "What sort of sorcery is this ape demon!"
"Well!" The Master said, half surprised, "If it isn't the monk. Come to see my new prizes?"
"What have you done to the others?" Miroku asked angrily with gritted teeth.
"Why, there all perfectly safe!" the Master replied, holding his amulet up to the light, "Safe within my magical amulet, of course! And now I can wield their special powers for myself!"
"Let them go this instant!" Miroku demanded, stepping forward with arm still stretched.
"But they will not be of any use for me if I do so!" the Mater replied, "But don't worry, young monk! You and the other competitors will see them soon again: When you all are trapped within!"
"I think not!" Miroku exclaimed, uncovering the clothe from his arm, "WIND TUNNEL!"
A vortex of wind then started to suck in everything into the hole in Miroku's hand. The Master braced himself. He jumped in the air quickly and kicked his leg forward, sending a wave of wind towards Miroku. It hit him, knocking him over onto the ground. Miroku's wind tunnel stopped.
"I am quite impressed with your wind tunnel, monk!" the Master said.
He then clapped his hands together, disappearing in a puff of smoke. He then appeared before Miroku, along with many clones of himself surrounding the monk. The clones jumped in the air simultaneously, and pointed their fingers at Miroku.
"SPIRIT SHOT GUN!" they exclaimed as an energy blast shot from each of their finer at Miroku. Miroku groaned as he was knocked unconscious by the blast. The clones then disappeared, leaving the Master by himself. He then lifted his amulet in the air.
"Which is why I would like it for my very own!" he shouted, the ruby glowing bright red.
The amulet then shot a red lightning bolt at Miroku, which surrounded him with red energy. With that, Miroku was sent into the amulet like a Pokemon summoned to his Pokeball. The Mater then looked at his amulet with envy.
"I'm afraid that you are disqualified!" he said, "You should never challenge the Master!"
His right arm then turned into Miroku's, with the purple clothe covering his hand.
"I always win!" He said, laughing evilly.
The next morning, Inuyasha, Trunks, and Edward appeared in the arena, waitng for the Master and Miroku. Inuyasha throws a few kicks and punches in the air, practicing. Trunks turned to Edward.
"May the best man win!" he said, extending his hand forward, "Or in you case, boy!"
Edward just shot a glance of resentment towards Trunks with a loud grunt.
"Enough with the short jokes, will yah!" he snapped, turning his back on Trunks.
Inuyasha then walked up to Trunks with hand extended out.
"Good luck to you too!" he said, as he and Trunks shook hands.
"Where's your friend?" Trunks asked.
"Miroku will not be joining us!" The Master said, as he magically appeared on his podium. He appeared normally, just as he did yesterday, without any of the additions of last night. "He has been disqualified for attempting to sabotage his fellow champions!"
Inuyasha shook his head.
"I knew it!" he said to himself.
"With only three champions remaining," the Master announced, "We will now procede to the Final Round: a three-man fight to the finish!"
With that, Inuyasha, Trunks, and Edward disappeared in flashes of lighting!
End of Chapter 4
Next Chapter: The Final Round
The big fight is coming up in th next chapter. Who will win? Only I know, and I'm not telling :P ! You'll have to stay tuned to find out! Oh, and I'd like to thank Dying Confessions for pointing out that spelling error!