Chapter 10: Let the wild rumpus start! (Battle for Pizza part two)
"Okay, I'll bite... what happened to me?", said a strange looking white bat.
A song bird shrugged while she held a microphone in her hand, "Don't look at me. I'm as surprised as you are. At least you didn't wake in a nest."
A small mouse of about Mickey's size asked, "Has anyone seen Eraxric, Hexyla, and Srixjav?"
The bat shook his head and looked into the cafeteria. The trio was walking through the halls of the castle, searching for the organization members. When he saw that the cafeteria was empty, it only made them a little less than happy. That was when they heard the howl. The mouse squeaked and hid behind the song bird, who was adjusting her microphone and a blade came from underneath. It was the Singer's Blade.
"Extruna... what was that?", asked the mouse, hiding behind a staff she just summoned.
Extruna, being the song bird, looked around and then said, "Sounded like a wolf. Maybe it's one of the members? Your thoughts, Oraxtyl?"
The bat put on a thinking face and said, "Maybe. Let's just have a look."
They all began going on the move. Oraxtyl, the bat, up front, Extruna in the middle, and the mouse in the back. If you haven't already guessed by now, it is Xeli. Everyone is probably wondering how the heck they got to be the way that they are. I don't even know, I'm writing this story. Point in case is that something is amiss in this castle.
The howling came again and it was really beginning to creep them out. Oraxtyl drew his rapier readied for what ever possible fight there was most likely going to be. Going around the corner, they found a black furred wolf with a great sword in his left hand. It definitely looked familiar to Xeli, so she squeaked, "Srixjav?"
The wolf turned around and his tail began to wag happily. It was Srixjav, "Hey guys. Weird but cool, huh?"
"Depends on your definition of cool. I'm a freaking bat. I woke up while hanging from my ceiling.", Oraxtyl exclaimed, flailing his wings in the air.
"I woke up wanting to eat a large amount of cheese.", Xeli said, laughing.
Srixjav shrugged while wagging his tail some more, "I don't have a problem with it. Though I do think that howling at the damn moon is a little annoying."
"Then stop.", Extruna said, or rather, tweeted.
"I can't. It's an instinct. A stereotypical one, but still instinct.", Srixjav said.
Xeli began to realize that she was caught in a verbal fight with a bunch off animals, and thought it best to be out of the way. So, she slowly went around the corner and sneaked away with yet another craving for cheese. Why the heck did she want cheese! Wasn't long before she began to pick up a scent. Cheddar cheese spread on crackers. Drool soon began to fill her mouth, so she quickly ran towards the kitchen and busted the door down to tackle the plate of crackers and cheese. What was the problem? A rather happy looking vulture was reading a book while eating the delicious snack. How is this a problem? She jump into the air and while tearing down the door and she has no way of stopping herself. CRASH!
"Xeli? What are you doing on me?", the vulture asked while flustering his feathers.
Xeli didn't even answer, she began to stuff crackers into her mouth faster than Sonic could run, "The world's cheese belongs to me!"
"Zexion to Xeli. Come in, Xeli. You need to get off of me.", the Vulture said.
When Xeli heard the name Zexion, she stopped and looked at the poor bird, "Zexy? You were turned into an animal too?"
"Regrettably, yes. All thanks to Vexen.", Zexion said while getting up and straightening his feathers.
Xeli blinked and asked, "How is this Vexen's fault?"
"Ask him. He's in the freezer, working on a cure.", Zexion said while pointing.
Xeli stared at the freezer and walked towards it as slowly as possible so she didn't really to open it, but before she could ask Zexion to open it for her, the door sprung open and a polar bear in a lab coat came out with a Coca-Cola in his hands, saying, "Eurika! I can cure you all!"
Xeli squeaked and hid under Zexions's cloak. Zexion looked down at her and shook his head before talking to the bear, "So, Vexen. You think Soda is going to really help us?"
"Absolutely!", yelled the bear and he chugged the soda down as quickly as he could.
"Any different?", Zexion asked, tapping his feathered finger on the table impatiently.
The polar bear waited for a while, then burped and part of him turned human for a second. His old face and hair, but then he was back to a bear in seconds. With a sigh of disappointment, he went back inside and started tinkering with chemicals and soda pop. It was at this time that Xeli stuck her head from under the cloak to see if he was gone.
"Are you comfy? Because this looks wrong.", Zexion said, still tapping his finger on the table.
With a heavy blush, Xeli scurried out of his cloak, stood up straight, and said, "I'm sorry! Anyway... what's he doing in the freezer?"
"He's searching for the cure and is trying to put into soda form. He'd much prefer that as opposed to using shots and disgusting syrup. It's going to take a while.", Zexion said while returning to reading his little book.
Xeli asked, "Wait, then what are we going to do? The next tournament is tonight!"
"Just fight as you are. After all, you can still use your powers and summon your weapons. I'm sure it will be an interesting experience.", Zexion said while laughing silently to himself.
Xeli knew that this was going to be weird, but he had to make due with what she had. With a simple scurry, Xeli ran to the doors to the rooms of everyone who was at the last tournament. An update was made as to how the fights were going to be held. The fights were going to continue, but there was not going to be any biting, scratching, clawing, or any animal type behavior on the battle field. Simple as that.
Momentary Interruption
Xeli: We're fighting... as animals?
Yup. There a problem?
Eraxric: Yeah there is! I don't know what the heck I am. When am I showing up?
Patients. Keep in mind, I am one hell of a writer.
Xeli: Really? Acting like Black Butler?
I have become rather dark as of late. Otherwise, I wouldn't have Vanitas as my profile pic, and be quoting a great demon butler.
Eraxric: That and he has signed a contract with me.
…. That too.
Xeli: Well this is news to me. But I guess you are one hell of a writer, just make sure that you get this done. You haven't been updating as fast as you should be.
I am aware. Give me time. I do have other stories.
Eraxric: Can we concentrate on this one for now, and get it done?
As you wish. Let us continue the battle for pizza.
End of Interruption!
The Olympian Colosseum at night is still a sight to behold. The marble pillars, the shining stadium. Phil knew how to keep the place looking sharp. But having Hercules around to help doesn't hurt either when it comes to cleaning up the place. Now, the entire group is here. Though, they were still in their rather furry forms. Turned out that Hexyla was turned into a black cat. Not good when she crossed everyone's paths, but it couldn't be that bad. Eraxric was a cat as well, just that she was a lioness.
Everyone that wanted to be there was there. Byxur didn't want to make it because of the fact that she was turned into a rather strange looking pug. As for Orkyxe, he said that he didn't want to go because he knew there wasn't any point in actually going to the fight. Code for, being a peacock sucked. So, it was only the fighters that actually lasted long enough in each fight that made it. Xeli approached the arena with a megaphone in her hand and a nervous expression on her face, "Alright everyone, the semi finals are about to begin. Our first round is the fight between Oraxtyl and Srixjav. Remember to fight clean and not to use any animal behavior."
As soon as she finished, Eraxric was found behind Xeli with a smile on her face. Xeli looked up at her and squeaked before running in cartoon fashion. Eraxric started the chase after her, making sure to keep up. Hexyla had popcorn and was eating it while watching a rather entertaining Tom & Jerry type of chase.
Oraxtyl summoned his rapier and took to the stage while Srixjav just kept howling at the moon. A sweat drop of embarrassment came rolling off of Oraxtyl's head before his large bat ears flattened, "Do you really have to make so much noise? I mean really, we're here to fight."
"I know, but do you see that moon? It's red and I simply have to howl at it!", Srixjav said while carrying his Great Sword with him.
When both were on the stage, they assumed a battle position and waited for the announcer to say when to begin. Oraxtyl kept his blade pointing downwards when he said, "Try not suck too badly."
"I was going to say the same to you.", Srixjav said while the blade began to separate into segments.
With Eraxric in close pursuit, Xeli yelled, "Begin!"
Srixjav didn't skip a beat on this and whipped his blade forward, making a nice slicing motion towards Oraxtyl. The bat didn't even move, he only just stood there with his blade pointing down. Thing was, the sword didn't make any contact with Oraxtyl. Instead, it hit a crystal kind of shield that got in the way from no where. Srixjav blinked and growled before trying to do it again, but only got the same result was shown.
"Hope my new block is to your liking. Learning to do a Barrier was a little tricky, but I pulled it off.", Oraxtyl said and when a third strike hit his barrier, Oraxtyl shot himself forward for a piercing move to the heart.
Srixjav saw this and quickly put his blade together and blocked it with the blade, "I guess I'm not the only one who took extra lessons during the reprieves."
"Hmph. I practice by myself, thank you. I take what ever I learn and push it to the next level. And a little world exploring doesn't hurt either.", Oraxtyl said while jumping back and holding his rapier with both hands.
It was unbelievable, but the handle is in fact large enough to have two hands on it. The blade is sturdier and stronger than most rapiers that are found, but that is to be expected, especially for this move. Oraxrtyl's eyes flashed with some anticipation when he yelled, "Golden Blade!", and the blade did in fact turn gold, but it also extended and even became wider like a broad sword. With in a second, he shot himself forward, but he moved faster like he was using a Sonic Blade technique.
Srixjav yelped before jumping in the air and growling down at the bat for using something that he hadn't heard of. With a bit of rage, Srixjav pointed his blade to the sky and said, "Thundara!"
Clouds developed from no where and streaks of lightning came down on Oraxtyl. Oraxtyl didn't bother to dodge, and the strike really didn't damage him much. The was a little strange in Srixjav's opinion, and he struck again, only to once again have very little damage take place. Oraxtyl used a cure magic on himself to ensure that he didn't be affected by the damage later in the fight, then he looked up at Srixjav and said, "Really? You didn't think I would come here unprepared, did you?"
"Why aren't I doing anything!", Srixjav yelled, making his blade separate and whip out at Oraxtyl again.
Rolling his eyes, he side stepped and blocked with his rapier. His Rapier was still glowing in a shade of bright gold. Oraxtyl leaped into the air and readied yet another piercing strike which again was blocked. Surprisingly, they both were of equal strength. Just not of equal defense. While Srixjav was busy raising his strength to take down his opponents, he didn't bother to think of a defensive strategy like cure or a barrier, or even a powerful block.
Oraxtyl, on the other hand had been training alone and trying create a balance of attack and defense. While he held no true elemental power, he did have a way of using the most unusual of spells. An example of such is about to be shown. When Srixjav attacked again with a thunder raid, which meant his sword was together, Oraxtyl yelled, "Reflect!"
This caused a type of barrier to form and he took a little bit of the damage from when the sword flew by. When it made it's return trip, he took a little more. When the spell was over, Srixjav suddenly took damage from no where. Everyone who was watching, even those who were doing a chase, were now frozen in awe from the spell cast. Reflect is one of the few spells that anyone would normally use in combat, or know how to do it properly. It made them all curious of what else he could probably do. What made it worse was that even though he was landing very little hits with his rapier, he was very good with magic. They were just surprised that he didn't cast any other magic spells.
Srixjav was kneeling on the ground with his sword supporting him. Oraxtyl smirked and came towards him, with his rapier gripped tightly on one hand. Since he couldn't resist the urge, he pointed the blade to Srixjav's throat, and spread his wings for all to see while saying, "Do you yield, pup?"
Srixjav growled and snuffed while looking down, "You win this round..."
Oraxtyl, being the meme master that he was, put his hood on, and took it off, wearing the hair style of Black Star and pointing to the sky as the audience that seemed to come from no where cheered him on. The point became a thumbs up and he walked with hands in his pockets in a dramatic fashion. Srixjav dragged himself back into the audience to get comfortable enough to watch the next round. He was definitely going to need a trip to the nurse's office. Poor Namine.
Momentary Interruption!
Srixjav: Damn it, you better give me some fried chicken.
What! Why?
Srixjav: I lost, badly, and am hungry. Now give me some chicken!
Fine... but you guys better behave...
Oraxtyl: We'll try.
Xeli: What's the point of this?
Oraxtyl: To decide the winner of the pizza.
Xeli: I meant of this interruption. We aren't discussing anything really.
Srixjav: I wanted to see if would actually make me some chicken.
Eraxric: Sounds good to me. Just remember that we have a party in a few days.
Oraxtyl: Again?
Extruna: Yeah. It'll be fun. I mean, come on. The last one was good.
Byxur: If you call listening to you being good.
Extruna: Ignoring the angry one, let's get back to the story.
Xeli: Yeah, and Srixjav, you better share that chicken.
End of Interruption!
Xeli snapped out of the awe that was on her face, then gulped. She was to face Extruna now and that meant only one thing. Either blood was going to come out of her ears, or she was going to pass out from the pain of it all. She could still remember the look on Eraxric's face when they were fighting each other. That Reverb Slash was something to be feared.
Eraxric, done with her chase scene, stood up with the megaphone and shouted into it, "The winner is Oraxtyl! Now that we're through with that one, let's move on to the final! Xeli and Extruna!"
Extruna jumped to the arena, landing gracefully as a song bird should while Xeli scurried to the arena with her staff in hand. Both came together and shook hands, "May the best fighter win.", Extruna said.
"You bet. Let's have fun, okay?", Xeli asked.
Both nodded and took to their side of the battle field, getting into their battle stances. Extruna seemed to have a stance where the blade is extended forward and the microphone is close to her mouth. Xeli's style of holding her staff was a little strange. It didn't look like she had a firm grip, but now wasn't a time to judge any of them. Eraxric roared, "Begin!"
Extruna yelled into her microphone and sent a wave of sound while she was charging at Xeli, the blade pointed at Xeli the whole time. She was a small step ahead of them, so she took her staff and slammed an end into the ground to send her up into the air. The sound waves went under Xeli, but she could still hear it. It made it hard to think clearly when she couldn't even hear herself think. Extruna yelled into the microphone again, but a sound wave wasn't sent. Instead, it made the blade vibrate. Unfortunately, Xeli was still in the process of landing when Extruna said, "Reverb Slash!"
With a swipe from her blade, it cut through the air with a more concentrated sound wave going to Xeli. With in seconds, her ears had flattened and the pain was beginning. She may as well been in a cave while listening to her little sister scream at the top of her lungs. How could someone who sings so well sound so bad with her attacks. Xeli began to recover until Extruna was already on above her to come down with slash. Luckily for her, she got her staff up into a defensive pose, and the blade and staff came together and actually started to create sparks.
Extruna jumped back and assumed her battle stance again, keeping the blade pointed to the side with her microphone close to her mouth. Xeli was panting from how strange it felt to have those waves go through her body the way it did. It was Xeli's turn to get on the offensive because Extruna thought it was a good idea now to fix her feathers a little, so with a squeak, she twirled around her staff and started an Aero spell, "Wind!"
Extruna was instantly carried by the small and short lived vortex and was sent flying to the ground. Extruna wasn't expecting a wind based attack, and she wasn't expecting the next one either, because Xeli kept her staff spinning until she came close to Extruna and brought it down on her. Extruna kept up the pace when she blocked with her blade. Both just stared at each other while trying to push one another, but Xeli didn't see the fact that Extruna had the microphone so very close to her lips. Before Xeli could even have a look of surprise when she finally noticed, she was sent flying by a large sound wave.
Xeli hit her back on one of the pillars that stuck out on the arena and grunted in pain. Dragging herself up with her staff, she readied to call up on her nature power, but another sound wave came and blasted her hard against the pillars. Extruna wasn't going to let herself lose by giving an opening. She learned enough from a few extra lessons with Xemnas to know that an opening can not be left unattended. Xeli felt that she was going to be done for, until she raised her staff in the air. Extruna thought it was a surrender call and that it was time to relax and let her guard down. Big mistake.
"Cure!", She shouted and for a split second, falling leaves were shown before Xeli felt her strength return to her.
Extruna was surprised and readied a Reverb Slash, but then thought it was about time she showed her newest move. She pointed her Singer's Blade into the air and shouted into the microphone, "Vibro Blade!"
The sword not only vibrated, it seemed to slither like a snake. Normally, such vibrations would tear a weapon apart, and even hurt it's wielder, but Extruna seemed to master her sound capabilities and made her sword begin to ripple even. Oraxtyl looked on at the battle and thought for sure that Extruna was going to win, so he took as many mental notes as he could to remember the moves he see. Xeli gulped when she saw the blade ripple the way it did. It was even moving around like a snake would, just like the Ribbon Blade and the Great Sword did.
"Don't be too scared, Xeli. I was honestly going to save this for another time, but I guess now is as good as ever to show you my new technique. I worked hard on it.", Extruna said, and started charging at Xeli with great speed.
Xeli did her best to block it with her staff, but when Extruna brought the blade down, it seemed to slither around the staff and straight at Xeli. Xeli knelt down and tried to cover herself, yelling, "I give up!"
Then, nothing. Xeli thought she was knocked out, or even dead. Then, she opened her eyes and saw that Extruna was standing over her with a smile and the blade not rippling anymore. Xeli looked around and realized that she yelled she gave up and sighed, "You win, Extruna. Did you really need to scare me like that?"
"Well, I thought it would be cool to show it off. I did like how you used the Aero spell though. I had fun.", Extruna extended her hand to Xeli to help her up.
Xeli looked at it for a second and then took it in her own hand. She rose from the ground and both gave each other a hand shake. The ones who were watching cheered happily, congratulating Extruna and Xeli for a well played match. Even Srixjav, who was injured, came up to join the crowd as they cheered.
Eraxric picked up the microphone and said, "This calls for another party. I heard that Vexen is going to have the cure tomorrow. So, tomorrow, I will deliver the invites to have the theme of the party known. I hope you all get rest and get back to normal soon. Remember. Day after the cure, we will party!"
They all cheered happily once again.
Author's Note
Sheesh. What a bunch of fight scenes. I guess the final fight will be one to remember. Anyway, thank you for your patients on the chapter being updated and feel free to leave a review. Also, I can't help but do this, but the next chapter will feature a new character. A new addition to the Academy XIII family. This one is going to make Eraxric very happy!
Eraxric: Yay! My brother is coming!
Xeli: I can't wait!
Extruna: Me either!
Srixjav: He better not touch my damn chicken!
Oraxtyl: This should be fun.
Hexyla: Yeah! Don't forget to review! Bye bye!