Well, Arena battles are about to start,

(But you have to do Joe's Training.)

Fine, roll the Training scene.

They cut and punched dummies.

Happy?

(No but heh-.- who wants to see a bunch of dummies getting killed, they are only boxes.)

True. Now that Ian, Watt and Torch "trained" to prove themselves stronger, Watt asked Joe a question.


"That was fun." Torch said while jumping up and down.

"Easy for you to say, you got easier courses then we did." Watt, lying argued on the ground and sweating a lot with Ian next to him. Ian got up and faced Joe,

"So Joe, how do we enter a tournament?" he asked, Joe looked at him then laughed.

"You got to be joking, you guys aren't ready to face what's in there." he simply said, "If your tired from my training, then there is no way that you will beat the people in there, but to answer that question, you need to either be in Gold rank, or get a pass from a God rank person." Joe answered, then started to walk away, "You Juniors get some rest, come to me when you are ready to continue your training." he said then went back inside his tent.

Ian just sat back down and sighed, "Guess we won't be able to participate in the tournament." Ian uttered.

"I hate being called a Junior." Watt implied, then got back up his feet, "How are you doing Torch?" Watt asked, but saw him trying to gnaw the Gummi Apple and face palm, "I knew I should have gotten rid of that apple," he whispered to himself then walked towards Ian, "Guess we should leave this place, there is nothing we can do here but train since we don't know any god rank people." he proposed and Ian nodded and started to walk towards the exit, "Leaving so soon because the Kid won't let you in?" a voice echoed, Ian got to battle position. with his new Keyblade in hand, along with Torch, who put up his apple and got out his wand, and Watt as they scanned the area around them.

"Who's there?" Ian asked, but it was silent until a burst of blue flames came out in front of them and a figure appear before it, "Whoa, don't be afraid little one, I'm just here to give you a pass." it said, Ian and the others exchanged glances then turned to the figure.

"A pass? Are you in God rank?" Torch asked, the figure just laughed then tossed a card at them, "It's all yours, now make good use of it kid, and good luck out there, ya little shorty." it said then disappeared back inside the flames. Then the flames extinguished to leave a burn mark on the floor.

Watt caught the card then looked back at the mark, "Who was that guy?" Watt asked, Ian and Torch wondered as well but looked at the card. It was a blue card with 2 swords colliding at each other, they turned it to see some word, 'This team is qualified to participate in any tournament they want,' it said and Torch had a bright smile, "We can fight now in the tournament now!" Torch cheered, Ian and Watt smiled at the, "Let's go to Joe and ask him." Watt said, Ian nodded then grabbed Torch to go inside Joe's tent.

"... How did you get this?" Joe asked, holding the pass.

"Hey, a deal is a deal, now tell us where to enter." Watt said, Joe growled then passed the pass to Ian.

"To enter a tournament, you have to go to that yellow tent over there and sign up, just a heads up, that's the only tournament right now." Joe said, they turned around and saw a yellow tent, they walked inside to see a orange creature with a pale face and was kinda round,

"Hello there, are you here to sign up for the Knuckle Cup?" it asked them and they nodded, "Alright, I just need your team's name and your all good to go," it said. "Can you give us 5 minutes." Ian asked, "I don't see why not," it said They huddled up, "Um... do you guys know a team name?" Ian asked, Watt shook his head, "How about Spark of Hope." Torch suggested, both Ian and Watt nodded and turned back to the orange thing, "Our Team name is 'Spark of Life'" Ian said, "The orange thing wrote it down and their name appear on a board, "You'll all sign up and ready to go," it said, they nodded then walked out of the tent to meet with Joe.

"Did you sign up?" Joe asked and they smiled, "I'll take that as a yes but listen, these competition are tough, lucky for you, I'm your 'Teacher'" he said, Ian smiled, looked at Watt, who was pumped for the competition, then at Torch, who had his wand in his hand.

"You guys be careful with that guy over there." Joe warned, pointing at a Blue haired man with a red sash on his head and a red cape on his back, equipped with a heavy golden sword. "I'm guessing he's gonna participate in the Knuckle Cup as well along with Champ." Joe said.

Ian, Watt and Torch eyes widen to know that the Hero Rank man is fighting in the Tournament.

Participants for the Knuckle Cup, please come to the Battle Arena.

"You heard it, go in there and win that tournament!" Joe said, we punch the air and went inside a tent with 2 sword clashing each other.


Battle Starts!

Match 1: Shadow Sniffers

Ian, Watt and Torch got into battle positions and got out their weapons to face 3 Shadow Soldiers and 4 Sniffflames appeared in front of them for the first round and started to attack them in sync, the Sniffflames shot fire balls at the Soldiers arms, who start to spin around in a circle to create a heat wave around them to keep them away from the Sniffflames. Watt got an idea to block the heat with Water Gun then used Blade Form to defeat the 3 soldiers while Torch used Blizzard to take out 2 Sniffflames behind them and Ian used Spinning Slash to take out the other 2 Sniffflames.

Intermission!

"It seems that the Heartless are smarter here." Watt said, "Who knew that they could pull off that kind of teamwork." Ian added then saw Torch looking at a board, "We need 6 more matches now." he said then heard the announcer calling them, "Let's go guys." Watt said as they got out again.

Match 2: Sinisters

Ian, Watt and Torch faced 10 Shadows and 3 Sniffflames next and were surrounded after the 10 Shadows closed them in while the Sniffflames started to shoot fire balls in the sky to let the fall around them, Watt used Shield Form then barrier above them to keep the Fire balls from falling on them while Ian used Flame Charge to fend off the Shadow enemies away from Watt while Torch started to combine Aero with Thunder to create a lucky Tornado and collected all the Shadows and Sniffflames together and it seized to drop all of them and stunned them as Ian told Watt to change to Blade Form and used Spinning Slash with him as they spun and release the energy to defeat all the Heartless that were stunned.

Match 3: Heat and Freeze

Ian, Watt and Torch stood their ground as multiple Ice Shards from the new enemy, Snifffreze, and Fire balls from Sniffflames tried to hit them. Watt smashed Shield Form on the ground as Barrier surrounded them and blocked all the incoming magic, then Torch added a secondary effect by adding Aero to Watt's Barrier and reflected the magic towards their opposites to defeat all the magic enemies with ease.

Match 4: Shadow Platoon

Ian, Watt and Torch faced 2 Shadow Soldiers, 2 Sniffflames, 2 Snifffrezes, and 2 Shadows in the next round. They split into 3 sets of heartless where Shadow Soldiers jumped in front of Ian to scratch him while while the Shadows kept Watt busy with going to the floor to prevent Watt from attacking them while the magic Sniffers flew around Torch and used Ice Shards and Fire Balls around him. Watt got worried about Torch since he was taking a lot of damage from the Sniffers but had trouble of his own, so he started to wrap himself around water and shoot through both Shadows (Aqua Jet), defeating them in the process and got to Torch and used Blade Form to reveal a new skill, Water Surge, Where he slams his scalchop to the ground and a water barrier circled around him, Torch, and the Sniffers where multiple water needles appeared from the water and attack the Sniffers and made them disappear while Ian got rid of the Shadow Soldiers with regular attack.

Intermission!

"These guys are tougher than I thought." Watt said, sweating a bit, "I told you that these competition aren't easy." Joe said, "The Monsters here are smarter and work very well together, so you guys better have teamwork and handle yourself if you want to win." he stated, Watt and Torch nodded while Ian looked at the board, "We're up against Red's Revenge guys." Ian told them, they showed determined faces and went out to the battlefield.

Match 5: Red's Revenge

Ian, Watt and Torch went to the battlefield again and faced 10 Sniffflames, Ian's cheeks started to let out spark with electricity and used Thunderbolt to stunned half of them while Watt used Strike Raid to stun the other half. Then they got into a circle as Torch used a thunder spell to get rid of all the Sniffers in one go.

Ian, Watt and Torch started to cheer, little did they know that they were being watch.

Somewhere dark and spooky.

"That mouse and his friends will be your next opponent, okay? Now don't screw this up and take him out with one swing of our sword." a bony turtle figure said to the Blue haired man who looked at Ian, "The supreme ruler of the Battle Tent is afraid of a mouse? Sorry, but my contract states-" "I know! You think I don't know? I wrote that contract for your information! I know it says that you're only required to kill Champ in this Tournament, but you got to fight that mouse to get to him. Come on!" he interrupted him, the Man looked back at the group, who were talking to Joe for the next match, then started to walk away from the figure, "Geez, these kind of people are hard to control then back at home, but suckers like him are hard to come by." It said with a grin then a growl was heard in the background.

Match 6: Heavy One

Ian, Watt and Torch faced against 2 Giant Impacts and 5 Sniffflames, Ian decides to distracts the Impacts while Torch and Watt work together to defeat the Sniffers, they nodded and Ian started to run towards both Impacts and used Spinning Slash to push them away from the Sniffers and his friends, while Torch used blizzard spell and got lucky to freeze the enemies, so Watt took advantage and used Strike Raid to defeat the Sniffers then helped Ian but taking out one of the Impacts while Ian used his Keyblade to defeat the last heartless standing.

Intermission!

"Great job guys, your in the semifinals now." Joe said while clapping, "Alright, all we need to do now is defeat... Ike?" Watt said, "That's a person name isn't it?" he asked, "Yes it is Watt, and that person is your next opponent." he said, pointing at the Blue haired man who was at the battlefield already, "That's Ike, so be careful alright." he warned, the group nodded, "Our final match before Champ, you ready guys?" Watt asked and both Ian and Torch nodded, entering the battlefield.


Now that Ian, Watt and Torch faced 6 matches, they are ready to face against Ike himself, the next chapter will contain 3 Boss Battles, so look forward to it!

(BOOOOO, I want them to fight Ike now!)

No because I want more battle scenes in the next chapter, the ones here are simple summaries of what happen, real batteling begin in the next one.

(Fine, but you better make it good.)

I promise!