A/N: So this is the first time I have ever written an action kind of thing :S Please don't stop reading if this chapter is not the best T-T but please feel free to review and tell me what I did wrong and how I can improve if I do something like this again =^_^=
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Roxas, Sora, Naminé, Kairi, Hayner, Olette, Xion and Axel were all waiting in the crowd for the tournament to begin.
"I thought Ven, Terra and Aqua were coming" Sora had his arm around Kairi's waist.
"They are, at least, they said they were" Roxas looked confused.
"And we are" A female voiced called from far away. Everyone turned round to see the three missing teens appear.
"Sorry we're late! It took forever to find you in this crowd" The boy with dark hair rubbed the back of his head.
"Yeah" Ven suddenly had a confused voice on his face. "What's wrong with her?"
The group turned around to see Naminé who was practically frozen at the sight of the brothers.
"Nami?" Roxas waved a hand in front of her face which made her flinch, although her mouth remained open. "Are you ok?"
"…I thought Ven was your older brother?"
"He is" Roxas and Ven looked confused.
Naminé's jaw dropped again.
"but…y-you…he…"
Kairi smiled and patted Naminé on the back "Don't worry. I still can't tell them apart!" Kairi and Sora giggled along with everyone else, whilst Ven and Roxas just pulled the same irritated face, causing everyone to laugh harder.
"Can all contenders please report to the tent next to the stage please? The tournament should begin within the next 15 minutes. Thank you." A voiced boomed above the event.
Sora, Hayner, Roxas and Ven all received several 'good lucks' or 'break a leg's from their friends as they left for the tent.
Once inside, the got to have a look at their competition. There were several people who they guessed were local, and a few they knew from previous tournaments, such as Seifer and Rai.
"All right listen closely" A short man with a beard and bald head caught the attention of the boys "We have already selected at random who will be facing who in the first round, however, you will not know who you are up against until we call you and your opponents name out. The winner of each round will have their name put in a hat and then two will be drawn out to determine the opponents for the next round. Does everyone understand?"
Everyone nodded.
"Alright then, the first match of the day is, Sora vs. Leon. Please grab your bats and proceed to the stage" The man walked out off the tent.
"Good luck, Sora"
His friends patted him on the back.
"Thanks Roxas" Sora smiled
"…I'm Ven…"
Sora smiled awkwardly. "Sorry dude!"
"It doesn't matter, just make sure you win!" The real Roxas said this time with a big grin on his face.
Sora entered the stage and stood opposite the boy called Leon, who arrived early by the looks of things.
The boy across from him smiled "Ready to be beaten senseless?"
There was nothing more that Sora liked than a little trash talk between competitors.
"Ok, on the sound of my whistle you begin" the man stood. Both boys waited anxiously until finally the man blew the whistle.
Leon charged straight towards Sora, which Sora quickly dodged and took a strong swing for his chest which also missed as Leon ducked. Taking the advantage of his position, Leon launched the struggle bat upwards in an attempt to get a good shot at Sora's head. Sora quickly released one of his hands from his bat and grabbed Leon's bat, which he easily snatched off of Leon, and threw it to one side. Taking advantage of Leon's helplessness, he used his knee push him to the ground and held the bad horizontal to Leon's chest.
And just like that, it was over. The crowd cheered in excitement as the referee held Sora's arm up. "And the winner is Sora!"
Sora walked over and held out a hand to Leon "need a hand?"
Leon smiled and accepted. "Well played, Sora"
They were quickly removed from the stage to prepare for the next fight.
Next up were Seifer and Ven. The battle however didn't even last a minute. I guess you could say his bark was worse than his bite.
Next up was Hayner and Cloud. As soon as the match began, Cloud swung the bat vigorously, but with no skill, meaning Hayner could dodge without even thinking about it. When Cloud became tired and started to hesitate between attacks, Hayner threw in some powerful blows to the chest which tired him further. After five or so minutes, Cloud fell to his knee's, signalising his defeat. Hayner pumped a fist in the air. He hadn't used much energy during the match so he was still pretty pumped.
"And our last match of the morning, Roxas versus Rai!"
As Rai walked on the stage, Roxas could see he was shaking. He obviously didn't want to do it. Most likely Seifer encouraged him to do it. Roxas picked up his bat and stood in his fighting stance.
That must have pushed Rai over the edge because he screamed "I forfeit!" and ran off the stage.
After a short moment of awkward stares and mumbles among the audience, the referee walked over to Roxas and raised his fist.
"Roxas wins by default!"
Roxas looked unsure but was happy that he would be in the semi – finals. He proceeded off the stage where he was met by his brother, Sora and Hayner.
"Wow, you got lucky bro" Ven punched his arm playfully.
"I suppose, but I was looking forward to fighting" Roxas' head sunk.
"Well, you can fight in the semi's, that ok?" Ven smiled.
Alright, we have decided to start the next match right away. Can Ven and Hayner please report to the stage please" the referee shouted over the audience.
Ven looked at Hayner and grinned. "Well well, me versus Hayner"
"Looks like it! Ready to be beat?" Hayner said bravely.
"You should really be asking yourself that question!"
They both laughed together and walked towards the staging and prepare.
"Begin the battle!"
Ven moved close and immediately made several swings towards the chest which were elegantly blocked by Hayner. Quickly thinking, Hayner noted Ven's stamina and strength and calculated the possible strategies he could use to defeat Ven. That's right, Hayner was a lot smarter than he looked. After coming to the conclusion that he had very few options that may work, and blocking infinite swings, he decided deception was his best option.
Ven looked like he was fed up with wasting time and energy and took one strong shot to Hayner's head. Thinking quickly, he ducked and swung his bat straight for Ven's ankles. Unexpectedly, Ven jumped to avoid the bat and quickly knocked Hayner to the floor, causing him to let go of his bat.
"And the winner is, Ven!"
Hayner looked up at Ven "Haha, well played, Ven"
"You too!" Ven held his hand out to help Hayner up.
The crowd cheered louder than ever before at the good sportsmanship between these two friends.
Sora turned to Roxas. "I just realised something!"
"Hm? What?" Roxas turned to his friend.
"We're going to fight each other next, aren't we?"
Roxas look like he had just walked into a glass door. "Oh my god, yeah!"
"We won't fall out though, no matter who wins! Right?"
"Of course! We can't let something like this get between us!"
"Roxas and Sora, Please report to the stage!"
"Well, good luck! You're gonna need it!" Sora joked and patted Roxas on the back, before running towards the stage.
They took their positions and waited patiently for the referee to start the match.
"Let the battle begin!"
They both charged at each other. Roxas started with a swing at Sora's shoulder; however Sora blocked this then retaliated, instead swinging for Roxas' arm. Roxas blocked this and attempted another attack. The only thing you could hear for minutes on end was the sound of the two bats colliding and retreating. This went on until the two backed away for a short moment to catch some breath. They could both see that this was getting nowhere, but neither of them were going to give up. They charged in unison. Sora took a powerful swing at Roxas' head. Roxas ducked and quickly shot up whilst Sora was still in the middle of stopping the last swing of his bat. Roxas seized the opportunity and swung the bat at Sora's ribs.
Sora dropped his bat and held his ribs as he fell to the ground. Roxas dropped his bat and knelt beside him.
"Sorry! Are you ok? I-"
"It's ok! But I am going to have one hell of a bruise tomorrow!" Sora laughed, despite his pain.
"I-"
Before Roxas could finish, the referee pulled his up and held his hand in the air.
"And our winner is, Roxas!"
Roxas quickly snatched his hand off of the man and helped Sora up.
"Good match!" Sora held his hand out, which Roxas took after a slight hesitation.
"You too!"
"Our next match will be starting an hour from now! Thank you" A voice spoke from the speakers placed around the event.
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Kairi, Naminé, Axel, Xion, Terra and Aqua were all waiting for the boys at a café. As soon as the boys approached them, Kairi ran towards Sora and gave him to biggest hug yet. But Sora grunted in pain. Kairi removed her arms.
"Are you ok? Roxas! What did you do?" Kairi pointed at Roxas.
"I'm ok Kairi" Sora held his side.
"I already said sorry!" Roxas exclaimed.
"You should have got his head; it might have knocked some sense into him!" Ven joked and laughed, as did everyone, except Kairi.
"Where did he hit you?"
Sora pulled his top up to reveal a huge bruise covering the left side of his ribcage.
"OH MY GOD ROXAS! WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Kairi skimmed the surface with her fingertip, causing Sora to flinch.
"It's not that bad! Honestly!" Sora exclaimed through his pain, whilst replacing his t-shirt to its previous position.
"Not that bad! Sora! I think you've broken your ribs!" Aqua intervened.
"If I had, then I wouldn't be walking around casually, would I?"
"Yeah bu-" Kairi started.
"Come on, let's get an ice cream!" Sora walked inside the café.
"On Roxas!" Axel added, which made everyone cheer.
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After their ice cream's, the group decided to hang around near the stage because soon they would have to go back there anyway, plus Roxas and Ven would have to go a bit earlier for the upcoming match. Soon enough, the brothers were called to the stage.
"Wish us luck!" they waved as they walked away.
Axel made sure they were out of ear-shot and then turned to the rest of the group.
"I bet 100 munny on Ven!"
"Axel!" Xion almost shouted.
"I'll put 50 munny on Roxas" Sora handed the money to Axel.
"Sora!" Kairi shouted.
"Me too" Naminé handed over the munny.
Everyone stared at her open mouthed.
"What?"
"Naminé!" Xion and Kairi shouted together.
"The guys are doing it!" Naminé defended.
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Roxas and Ven stood face to face on the stage, ready to battle at the given signal. You could hear several murmurs amongst the audience. Most likely people confused of the identical people.
"Let the battle, BEGIN!" The suddenly more enthusiastic referee called.
Ven swung at this call. Roxas jolted backwards as Ven swung again. Roxas ducked and swung his leg under Ven's feet in an attempt to trip him. However, Ven just jumped over his foot and focused on getting his balance back as Roxas quickly got to his feet. After a short pause, they charged at one another and their bats collided again and again and again. You could hear the strength in the 'clunk' the bats made as they slammed together. Ven moved his bat and held it above his head for a short second, then slammed it down in am attempt to hit Roxas' shoulder. Roxas leant to his side and swung the bat into Ven's ribs. Ven momentarily flinched but still continued to fight.
This continued for over five minutes. By this time, both Ven and Roxas were desperate for breath. But they still continued to fight. Roxas swung his bat left and right in an attempt to hit Ven but he just moved further and further backwards.
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The whole audience gasped in shock as one of the contenders fell of the side of the stage.
"Falling off the stage or exceeding the given space to battle in is an immediate disqualification!" Sora shouted.
"How do we tell who won?" Xion called out.
"Can anyone tell them apart?" Kairi looked round to see all shaking heads.
A few of the stage hands rushed over to see how the boy was, whilst the referee took the other boys hand and held it high in the air for the audience to see.
"And, our struggle champion of 2010 is…"
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CLIFFHANGER!!! Please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter because I have never written action before and I would like to know how it was =3 Also, tell me who you think won because I haven't even decided yet :S Thanks again to all my reviewers! YOU GUYS ARE ALL THE BESTEST!!!! Here, take a Camel as a token of my gratitude! (Not really, Camel's steal your water. Naughty camel! :P)(Also, I'm not high! I'm a geek so I get way over excited about fan fiction XD) Anyway REVIEW PLEASE!!!!
