Thee Slushee: Yo Yo peoples! We are here to bring you the 7th chapter of the very first Soul Calibur and Tekken crossover, Clash of Fists and Swords.

Hibeki: Yeah, and we're finally doing this at Thee Slushee's house! And we saw FFVII: Advent Children. Man that is an awesome movie!

Thee Slushee: Didn't quite get it at first since I've only played so much of FFVII…and the action sequences were hard to keep up with in some places, but the graphics were awesome! Makes me want to play FFVII again.

Hibeki: And sorry for not updating the past few weeks…we were…busy.

Thee Slushee: (stares at Hibeki) who r you trying to kid, Hibeki! We're on holiday for the next 2 weeks! Lets just face it: we're lazy.

Hibeki: Hey! The people in the States have summer break now, and hardly any of them are updating.

Thee Slushee: Ok, lets just get on with this fic.

Chapter 7: Tournament announced

"Attention all warriors and fighters alike! A special tournament is being held with Soul Edge as its prize!" The town criers all over the world hollered out throughout towns and villages.

"It is a Tag Team tournament, where you must take an ally into battle. The tournament will being in a month's time. For those who are interested in participating, gather at the castle to the north in a month's time. Train well." The town crier took out a dagger from underneath his cloak and staked a poster onto the village's noticeboard. A large crowd gathered around the poster on the wall, most of the conversations being confused whisperings. Two redheads pushed through to the front of the crowd to read the poster for themselves.

"A King of Weapons Tag Team Tournament…" Hwoarang recited, eyes scanning from top to bottom (Thee Slushee: Well, it couldn't be called the Iron Fist when swords are involved right? Hibeki: Yeah, and King of Weapons sounds awesome!).

"Now that sounds like one helluva good time!" said Hwoarang, slamming a fist on his open palm. Yunsng stared at the poster with a serious expression. Hwoarang paused in the middle of his burst of excitement and stared at his friend in confusion.

"Yunsung, you alright?" Hwoarang asked, waving a hand in front of his face vigorously but not succeeding in wavering his expression.

"Soul Edge…" Yunsung stated quietly. "The prize is Soul Edge." Hwoarang's brows knotted in further confusion.

"Soul Edge? What the hell is that?"

"Soul Edge is an evil but powerful sword that must be destroyed." Mitsurugi explained bluntly, appearing from the crowd, which was now reduced to them and a couple of other people.

"But some people are only interested in the power bit and would do anything to get their hands on it." Yunsung explained further without shifting his gaze from the poster.

"Besides, it's an excellent opportunity to test out your new training." Baek whispered into Hwoarang's ear, which made Hwoarang jump. (Thee Slushee: Yet another one of our infamous "Snakes" Hibeki: If you have read either of our fics, you would know what it is.)

"AHHH! Where the hell did you come from?" Was Hwoarang's immediate reaction, turning to face his master. "What? Who needs swords when you've got TKD?" Hwoarang boasted after what Baek said had sunk in. Hwoarang thrusted a foot into the air to demonstrate his point but it didn't go as planned as it hit Yunsung on the side of the head.

"Owww!" Yunsung yelled, rubbing the side of his head. "Watch where you aim those stinky feet of yours!" Yunsung commented bitterly, finally escaping the trance the poster had him in.
"It's a weapons tournament, Hwoarang." Baek stated. That statement alone wiped the grin off Hwoarang's face.

"So…people can fight with swords and axes and maces and stuff like that?" Hwoarang asked nervously. Mitsurugi nodded.

"I'm gonna die out that!" Hwoarang's voice leapt up an octave, sounding like a small child.

"What's wrong, scared?" A smirk landed on Yunsung's face. Hwoarang immediately stood straight.

"The Blood Talon? Scared? Never! Bring it on!" Hwoarang shouted confidently.


"Hey guys! Guess what?" Xiaoyu rushed up to the group excitedly along with Xianghua. The blank faces that greeted her notified her that they weren't up for a guessing game.

"There's a weapons tournament coming up!" Xiaoyu chirped excitedly.

"A weapons tournament!" Asuka, Jin, Kazuya and Kilik exclaimed in unison.

"Yeah! And the best thing is that – "

"We get to beat up innocent people?" Kazuya interrupted Xianghua in a monotone voice. There was totally silence in the group for a few seconds.

"Dad? You need a new day job." Asuka said to Kazuya. Jin scoffed.

"Look who's talking?" Asuka looked at him in outrage.

"Hey! I beat up guilty people, not innocent people!" Asuka defended.

"Well, that's not the best part." Xianghua turned to Kilik. "The best part is that Soul Edge is the prize!"

"Soul Edge is the prize?" Kilik asked in disbelief.

"Saves us hunting for it now." Xianghua stated.

"You know, this could be a trap." Jin stated in the same monotone voice as Kazuya.

"Jin's right. Someone could just be luring people like you to one place. I have a bad feeling about this." Kazuya backed him up.

"Lighten up, Dad. The only reason we went for the Iron Fist Tournament was to fight and now we have the chance." Said Asuka.

"Another cool thing is that it's Tag Team as well! I bags Xianghua!" Xiaoyu latched onto Xianghua.

"Awesome!" Xianghua yelled enthusiastically. "What about you guys?" Kilik and Jin sidelong glanced at each other.

"I'll be with him." They both said simultaneously.

"What about me? I don't wanna be stuck with…him." Asuka said nervously, looking up at Kazuya.

"What's wrong with me?" Kazuya asked.

"There aren't enough hours in a day to get into that, Dad." Asuka said wryly.

"But you guys know what else? It gives us an opportunity for…" Xianghua paused, winking at Xiaoyu.

"MAKEOVERS!" They both squealed excitedly. Kilik and Jin's jaws dropped. They recovered themselves quickly back into their neutral expressions.

"We need to train." Kilik said seriously, surreptitiously gesturing to Jin to follow.

"Oh no you don't!" Xiaoyu took hold of Kilik's arm while Xianghua took hold of Jin's arm.

"Jeans and hoodies haven't been invented yet," Xianghua stated matter-of-factly.

"How come you know what they are then?" Jin fired at her.

"Uh, Jin? It's quite obvious that Xiao told her." Said Asuka.

"But why do I have to come?" Kilik complained.

"You are the perfect model of what Jin should look like in this century." Xiaoyu explained.

"We should get them identical clothes," Xianghua suggested.

"Then they'll look like twins!" Asuka remarked. Jin glared at his sister.

"Asuka, incase you haven't noticed, no girls in this century don't wear the stuff you're wearing." Xiaoyu pointed out. Asuka looked down at her black and red boots and gloves, black overalls and red top.

"Oh no, Oh no no no no no no no no no." Asuka protested.

"You're not getting me into something like THAT!" Asuka pointed at Xianghua's attire. Kazuya coughed.

"We going or not?" Xiaoyu and Xianghua turned to Kazuya.

"Are you that eager to get out of your purple suit?" Kazuya's eyes widened in horror and then narrowed in anger.

"There's absolutely NO WAY you're getting this suit off me!" Kazuya protested.

"But you stick out like a sore thumb already with your hair. The purple suit has to go." Xiaoyu reasoned.

"The only way you can get this suit is if you pry it from my dead body." Kazuya hissed in his low, threatening voice. Xianghua sighed.

"If we find a purple tunic, will you wear that?" Kazuya considered the option.

"If it's purple and black, I'll wear it. But I won't get rid of my suit." Xianghua and Xiaoyu sighed in relief.

"What if it's purple and yellow?" Xiaoyu suggested.

"No." Came Kazuya's straight answer.

"Purple and green?" Asuka suggested.

"No."

"Purple and pink?" Xianghua suggested innocently.

"NO! I'll look gayer than my gay brother!" Kazuya yelled in outrage (Thee Slushee: To all the Lee fans out there, we weren't intending to bash Lee! Hibeki: Yeah, we're just stating Kazuya's opinion of his foster bro.). Jin chuckled at Kazuya's comment.

"Jin…are you laughing?" Asuka asked incredulously. Jin immediately pulled back his straight faced- mask.

"No, I wasn't laughing. I never laugh." Said Jin, but a small grin came to his face.

"Jin, are you…smiling?" Asuka asked again. Jin turned away from Asuka, hiding his expression.

"Man, I wish I had a camera with me." Asuka said wistfully to herself. Her face lit up when an idea came to her.

"Maybe I do…" Asuka reached into her pocket and took out her blue fliptop mobile. Miraculously, it still had about half charge.

"Hey Jin! Smile!" Asuka leapt in front of Jin and took a quick snapshot. Unfortunately, the humour of the comment ahd worn off and it was just another picture of Jin and his straight face. Asuka groaned in annoyance.

"One of these days, I will get a pic of you smiling, Jin…and then I'll sell it on eBay!" Asuka warned.

Thee Slushee: Man, I just realized how much dialogue there is in this chapter…Pretty much all of the chapter was just conversations between people!

Hibeki: Well yeah…but we have to have the Tekken and Soul Calibur people interacting. Next chapter, we'll see how Lee, Paul and Law will react to the tournament announcement…and Asuka will find herself a Tag Team partner!

Thee Slushee: Oooohhhh, I wonder who she'll team up with…and its not Kaz folks! We got sum1 special for him to team up with :D But you'll have to stay tuned for the next chapter!

Hibeki: hehe yep…so let us know how you thought that chapter went down by a simple review!