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Chapter 9: The 1st Day of the Tournament: Part 2
Brittany walked cockily up to the stage and smiled at all the guys. Jubilee ran and jumped up, waving to Ororo and Jean.
"She's very enthusiastic about this." Jean commented.
"Yeah, but Brittany isn't a force to be trifled with. She has magnificent control of her powers." Scott stated.
Jubilee stood up and smirked at Brittany. Ready to loose hoe." It was more a statement than a question.
"Stupid ugly bitch." Was all Brittany said. Jubilee, enraged by this, charged a Brittany. She knew Brittany wouldn't just let herself get hit, so at the last minute, Jubilee ducked around her and when Brittany turned around, Jubilee charged up her hand and punched Brittany squarely in the face. She flew back a few feet, while Jubilee looked at her hand. She had never done that before. Her hand still sparked where she had powered up. Not letting Brittany gain recovery, she rand towards her and kicked her in the face, doing a full round house kick. Brittany flew into a large oak tree a few feet away. She was lucky that neither of them had called 'ring out.' For if they had done so, she would have been automatically disqualified. Brittany rose up, a little more than furious. She dreaded being hit in the face, so this bitch would pay with her life if she had anything to do with it.
"If Jubilee keeps this up, she could win. The key to defeating Brittany is to stay out of hand to hand combat with her. She is a close contact fighter." Ororo said very seriously.
"She's young and inexperienced, though she has a lil technique in her." Logan stated truthfully. "I doubt she will win."
"Technique comes in handy in many situations Logan." Jean stated. Everyone saw the underlying meaning of this statement, but Scott.
"Whateva." Was all he said in reply to her obviously hoe-ish ways.
"Bitch! You will pay for hitting my face." Brittany ran towards Jubilee, being careful to avoid her attacks. This was the chance she needed. She quickly engaged in hand to hand combat with Jubilee. Jubilee was able to keep up with her for a while, canceling out Brittany's attacks with her own. She soon tired out and Brittany began her deadly assault began. Her specialty was barriers. She could create them any size and use them as offensive and defensive weapons. Jubilee knew this, so she regained her cool continued dealing blow for blow with Brittany, until she formed small barriers in front of her. They were all just a few inches across and a few inches long, but everywhere Jubilee hit, was blocked by one of the barriers. Before she could jump back, Brittany grabbed her and began relentlessly punching her in the face. Jubilee tried to block these attacks, but Brittany had also placed barriers around Jubilee, but since they were placed by her, her attacks could penetrate. This meant Jubilee had no protection from the onslaught. Brittany took her feet from under her and when she fell, she kicked her in the stomach, almost breaking one of her ribs. Jubilee cried out and sparks flew at Brittany, burning her left arm severely. She shouted in pain and jumped back. Jubilee rose up, clutching her stomach. Brittany screamed her anger and ran at Jubilee again.
Everyone was scared for Jubilee. Anyone who knew Brittany's powers knew that Jubilee was totally defenseless. Iris had begun to worry the most. Since they were inside, all the fighters were watching the fight on a large screen television.
"I don't like the looks of this. That bitch of a female will be angry for the burns. She will hurt Jubilee." Iris spoke aloud. Most of the people agreed with her, except those cheering for Brittany. Iris hoped that Charles would not let it go too far. They continued to look on.
"Brittany had Jubilee on the ground with her foot digging her heel into Jubilee's thigh. Jubilee suppressed a scream. She could do nothing. She realized she was defenseless. Brittany grabbed her by the hair and slammed her face into her knee. When she feel, she sat on top of Jubilee and began shaking her violently.
"Bitch! See what you did to my arm and my face. I'll kill you. I'll kill you!" She was slamming Jubilee's head into the concrete. She lost consciousness.
Iris didn't say anything. She simply disappeared into the darkness. Even Remy never missed her.
"Professor, I am stopping this." Ororo stood up quickly.
"Yes. This has gone too far. Brittany must stop." Ororo ran to the stage, but stopped. The crowd had gone deathly quite and everyone stared. Iris stood over Brittany with her palm extended directly at her face. At the end of her palm was a small ball of energy that was growing rapidly. It pulsed to the rhythm of Iris' heart, so it was pulsing very quickly. It was deep blue with black streams of energy going haywire inside of it. Brittany rose up quickly, but never let go of the unconscious Jubilee. Iris never moved, but noticed her defiance.
"Put her down NOW!" Even though she was angry, it was said very quite.
"Fine." Brittany dropped Jubilee, letting her head hit the ground. Iris eye twitched angrily. Remy and the others ran out.
"Stop dez chere. Zhe not wort' it." Remy urged her to stop, but it had no effect. She never moved or even flinched. Logan and Ororo screamed for her to stop, but this did help either.
"You told me to put her down." Brittany said sarcastically.
"Yes I did." As Iris said this, she let the ball in her hand disburse and she opted for a better lesson. Before any one saw anything, Brittany had flown through two trees and into a building. When everyone looked in the ring, Iris was still in her exact position. She raised her hand and closed it into a fist. Brittany rose off the ground and her body came flying back towards the ring and back through the trees. Iris let her body drop on the ring pavement. She went to Jubilee and examined her. She proceeded to create a healing sphere, the same thing she had created for Jean the first day she was brought the institution. She was about to put Jubilee in when Ororo spoke.
"That's not necessary Iris. In this dimension, all bodily harm is healed over there." She pointed to a small building. "You can be hurt here, but after the fight, you are totally healed. They will take care of her." The medics came and picked up the two unconscious bodies. Nobody dared tell Iris anything as she walked back into the building. The other fighters followed a ways behind her.
"What was that?" Scott asked Professor Xavier.
"Scott, that woman houses more power than I have ever felt. That one small sphere of energy she created could destroy the entire state of New York. Yet she had total control over the energy flow and its size. I have never seen anything like it. Jean, Scott, Logan, Ororo, and Dr. Harrington listened intensely. They all looked in the spot Iris had just been.
Stupid whore. I'll find her weakness and when I do, I'll have her blood on my hands.
Jean thought this the entire time. No one made a move for nearly five minutes. Once everything had seemingly died down, Ororo walked to the middle of the ring and announced the winner.
"The winner of fight 2 was Brittany, due to the fact that Jubilee was rendered unconscious and the interference does not count."
"Fight 3: John vs. Brian"
The two boys walked into the ring and began chatting. Bobby and Brian had been friends for a long time. They shook hands.
"I'm not gonna take it easy on you my friend." Brian said in his low alto voice.
"I never would have expected you too Brick." The two friends had always sparred together, so they held nothing back and automatically powered up. Brick's skin turned hard and grey. He looked like a walking cement man. At the same time, john's body was becoming the walking flame. Though Brian was physically strong, he did not have good control over his mutant capabilities. Mostly because he was too damn cocky to ask for help when he needed it. John, however had excellent control over his flame capabilities, but wasn't the best fighter around. John could move fast and hover off the ground, while Brian was a slow mover and couldn't dream of getting off the ground, because his body was just too dense.
Fans cheered for the two boys as they got closer and closer to each other. John struck first. He hit Brian square in the jaw, which they both knew did no damage. Brian grabbed John's leg, spun him around and released him. He grabbed a tree branch and released himself flying back into the ring.
"How about we raise the steaks?" Brick asked
"Thought you would never ask man." The two boys backed away from each other and looked at Professor Xavier and shouted in unison.
"We both call 'ring out!'" They went back at each others throats soon after.
Inside the building, everyone was still watching the fight cheering on their friends. This was not a fight for revenge, nor did they have ill will towards each other. It was simply for sport. Remy was the only one who had fallen asleep. He had told Iris that he "waz bored because, Remy haz yet ta fi'ght." Not really being interested in the fight, she crept silently out the side door and into the carnival area of the grounds. Someone saw this and followed behind her. As Iris looked toward the ring, Pyro was shooting fireballs at Brick. If he kept that up, he could win. It would begin to melt Brick's hard outer layer. Brick was hitting the fireballs in every direction, causing a small light show.
They will probably be fighting for a while. She thought.
As she continued her stroll, most of the younger kids pasted her. She had overheard some of them say, that they like to see spectacular powers or pretty light shows. These were the really naïve children and the ones who had no idea what being a mutant was all about. They didn't know the hatred, the racism, and just the anger, and fear they would go through. She continued walking, deep in thought, until she saw Logan and Ororo playing a game of Ring Toss, or better yet arguing over it.
"I'm tellin ya Ro, if ya throw it like this, it'll make it to tha back bottle and ya can have tha biggest gift." Logan demonstrated his technique to Ororo, while she shook he head.
"Logan, if I throw it like that, too much forced will be exerted and it will miss." They both threw there rings and surprisingly, Logan's made it. He looked triumphantly at Ororo as she feigned mock- anger. Logan pointed to a very large white teddy bear that had a bow around its neck with the words 'I love you' attached and written on the bottom of the feet in gold stitching.
"I told ya Darlin. Ya shouldn't be getting this, cause ya didn't listen ta me." Logan said, smiling the entire time. He reached the bear to Ororo and she smiled. He picked her up by her waist and kissed her for a long time. Iris cleared her throat.
"Seems you two are getting along great." She looked mischievously at them both.
"Guess ya could say that Iris. Why are ya out here? Shouldn't ya be fightin?" Logan asked as he continued to hold Ororo's slim waist.
"Haven't fought yet. It's just round 1, but I was hoping to fight early on. Now I will have to wait till round 2 tomorrow." She sounded a bit let down by this.
"You have a lot to look forward to tonight, though." Ororo let in to cheer her up.
"What?" Iris asked now very curious.
"You will have to wait and see. The night after every round, we give something special for everyone, but you are just going to have to wait like everyone else." Ororo smiled, knowing this would make Iris jumpy for the rest of the day.
"Come on Ro. Can I get a clue or something?" Ororo shook her head.
"Looks like ya have company Iris." She turned around, expecting Remy had noticed she was gone, but instead came face to face with Neo walking her way. Ororo and Logan laughed, said their goodbyes and walked off. Iris noticed that even though, all X-Men were required to wear an official uniform, Logan and Ororo's were the exact same. A black fitted uniform with insignia placed to the left and on the right shoulder. Instead of it being in gold or classic black, theirs was in royal blue and they both sported royal blue soft material boots to match.(think saiyan boots off DBZ) Ororo's reaching to her thigh and Logan's to his ankle. As they walked off laughing with each other, Neo appeared behind Iris.
"About time I catch up to you Iris." Neo came a leaned against the small frame of a Cotton Candy Stand. He turned around and asked for two. When he turned back, Iris had walked off. He ran to her and put the cotton candy in her face. She stopped and looked at him coolly, but accepted the generous offer.
"What do you want?" She inquired as she pulled a piece off the candy.
"Just to take a walk with you."
"What makes you think that I wanted the company?"
"You looked lonely when you left." He didn't know the cord that struck. She had been feeling lonely for a companion, but she didn't know why. Maybe something to do with her past. It was as if something was missing from her being, if she could only find out what. Instead of saying anything to him, she let him continue to walk beside her until they came to a small pine tree. Neo loved the smell of pine, so when they got to it, he immediately fell to the ground and leaned against its large trunk.
"What ever are you doing?" She stated. He didn't answer.
"What are you doing?" She insisted again. He opened his eyes and looked at her and smiled.
"I love the smell of pine, so I decided, we could sit here." He then closed his eyes again.
"Who ever told you I would sit with you?" he opened one eye and closed it again.
"Because, it's serene here. You barely hear all the noise going on over there. We are a couple of hundred yards away, and you know deep down, you want to spend time with me." Iris scoffed at this bold use of words, but begrudgingly sat down next to him.
"Now listen. Yes, it's serene, yes, I can barely hear the noise, and no, deep down, I don't want to spend time with you."
"Then why are you here? Why didn't you turn me from your presence before we got here?"
Iris thought about this for some time. She thought she had the answer, but she didn't. She stood up quickly and waited for him to acknowledge her. When he did, she answered.
"I don't know." She began walking back towards the carnival grounds. Neo made no move to stop her but, he shouted.
"Will you meet me here tomorrow after the fights?" Neo was secretly hoping she would say yes. He was compelled to be in her presence. It was the only reason he had followed her out of the building. Iris stopped, turned and looked at him in all seriousness. She shrugged her shoulders in indifference and mouthed a 'sure' and continued her walking. Neo smiled and leaned back against the tree to doze into a pre-natural sleep. Unknown to both Neo and Iris, him asking her to meet him again and her agreeing, was the start of a most uncommon partnership.
I know that this stuff isn't rated mature, but don't worry, I will get that going in my next chapter. Not a lemon, just some lime and much cursing, since Brittany and Iris are going to be in the same area. PLEASE REVIEW! Love ya! Check out my Legacy of Kain story "Bringer of the Past: Helios Audron"
