Yosh! I'm back! I bring a lot of apologies for taking so long, but I have
had my fill of school! What with algerbra finals coming up, I've been
pretty hard-pressed. But, school gets out in a week, so I'll be able to
focus a bit more on updating. Okay, now that that is taken care of, on with
the fic! Oh, and to answer a question that I received, no Reala is not
mine. He is actually NiGHTS' brother from the game they are featured in.
Chapter 12: An interlude
The crowd continued to boo over what had transpired during the fight between Reala and Kenshin. The announcer managed to yell over the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, the tournament has ended for the day. The second round shall begin tomorrow. Good day to you!"
The fighters, most worried for Kenshin's health. The medics had assured everyone that he would make a full recovery, but he wouldn't be fighting for a while.
All of the fighters went off to find their own thing to do.
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Shadow looked out on the town one last time. He sighed. "Well, I may have lost the tournament, but what would it have proved? I guess that I'm just doomed to spend my life wandering and wondering."
Shadow was about to speed off when he heard a voice behind him. "Wait a minute!"
He looked back to see Rouge and Robotnik standing there. He turned to them and did something he rarely did. He smiled. "Hello again, my old friends. Is there something you wanted to say to me before I go?"
Robotnik nodded. "What I want to know is how you survived. We found no trace of your body after the energy explosion and assumed that your body had been incinerated."
Shadow shook his head. "Ironically, that blast of energy acted as a chaos control to my body. I was injured by the blast, but it wasn't serious. I was warped to a far corner of the earth."
Rouge nodded. "So, now your back in action? Why don't you come with us?"
Shadow shook his head again. "I'm sorry, but my life is still just as big a mystery to me as it was when we first met. I'm still searching for the answers that I have always sought. Obviously, I won't find them if I stick around here and I don't want to burden you or your friends with my problems."
Rouge looked at her friend with sympathy. "Where will you go now?"
Shadow turned back to the setting sun. "I'll follow the direction that the sun is pointing now. I may never find the answers that I seek, but I'll be damned if I die knowing that I didn't try."
Shadow nodded towards them one last time and sped off on his way. Robotnik sighed. "Good luck, my friend. I hope that you find what you are looking for one day."
Rouge looked up at Robotnik. "I don't understand why he didn't want us to help him."
Robotnik looked down at the bat and shook his head. "Despite the fact that he has learned to trust his friends, he will always be a loaner. He is concerned about us just as we are with him. He doesn't want us to be put into danger because of his hunt. Maybe we'll see him again, but for now all we can do is hope that he finds what he is looking for in one place or another."
Rouge nodded and looked towards the sunset at the small dot that she knew was Shadow. "Good luck."
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Mewtwo sat underneath a large waterfall that he had come across. His eyes were closed and his legs were crossed. He was completely still under the extremely cold waterfall except for his tail which gave a twitch every once in awhile.
Here, he was left to his thoughts. 'NiGHTS was once a nightmare, but now he is good and his brother is out to destroy us all. Boy, it sounds like one of those old low-budget films from back in my world. But, if they are both formed from dreams, how can they combat each other?'
He winced for a second, losing consentration for a split second. 'They both have similar abilities and fighting styles which means that if they fight each other, they will be able to predict nearly every move made by their counterpart.'
He would have continued to contemplate this turn of events if he had not been interrupted. "Well, you must be Mewtwo."
Mewtwo's eyes snapped open and he got out from under the waterfall to see Reala standing there. Mewtwo growled. "What do you want?"
Reala laughed. "What, is it a crime to want to chat with a fellow warrior?"
Mewtwo took a fighter stance. "You have no right to call yourself a fighter! What you did to Kenshin is unforgivable!"
Reala just waved his hand. "Please, don't misunderstand. I was sent here to make sure that NiGHTS and anyone affiliated with him do not spoil the mistress' plans to shatter the wall between reality and dreams."
Mewtwo lowered his stance. "Who is this mistress that you keep speaking of?"
Reala grinned. "She is a black priestess with a mean streak. She has been betrayed several times in the past and I wouldn't be surprised if she never trusted anyone again. She has the ability to move between the two plains of dream and reality at will and can create demons to her satisfaction."
Mewtwo growled. "A name would be more helpful than all the info that you have provided me with."
Reala shook his head. "Sorry, but you will have to learn the rest on your own. That is all I shall tell you. Just be forewarned that if for some strange reason we should meet in the tournament, you shall fall harder than Kenshin did."
Reala flew off, leaving Mewtwo standing there. Mewtwo clenched his fists. "Mark my words, Reala, if we meet, I'll rip you to shreds and tape them back together again just so I can repeat the process!"
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Zidane was sleeping contently in his bed back at the hotel. NiGHTS was there as well. Being a dream, he had little need of sleep, so he was rather bored for the moment. He looked at Zidane and an idea came to mind.
He smirked. "I know that I really shouldn't but what fun would that be?"
He walked over and placed a hand onto Zidane's head. He consentrated for a second and was warped into Zidane's dream. He knew that it was rude to 'dream-drop' as he called it, but he just couldn't resist.
He was now in Zidane's dream and he knew that he couldn't be seen by anyone, so he looked around. He was in a small room with one door in front of him that had a sign reading 'DO NOT DISTURB!'.
He smirked, shook his head, and opened the door. As soon as it was open he gasped, closing the door and dropping out of the dream altogether.
He leaned against the hotel wall, breathing heavily. He had seen Zidane lying naked on a king-sized bed in a beautiful palace room with Rouge the bat right next to him. They weren't doing 'it', they were just kissing each other. But, he was sure that they were damn near to doing 'it'.
He shook his head and looked out the window. "Soon, brother... soon."
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Yusuke and Inuyasha were sitting near the bank of a river leading into a canal of the town. Yusuke looked at his friend. "Say, Inuyasha, how come you can't stand to see other people kissing and stuff?"
Inuyasha snorted. "It's disgusting! If they want so much to flaunt their emotions for each other, then they should just get a hotel room and..."
Yusuke shook his head and cut him off before he could finish. "Inuyasha, come on, if you had someone like that of your own, you'd do the same thing."
Inuyasha blushed a bit, but shook his head. "I would not! Besides, who would want something like that?"
Yusuke smirked. "Oh, now I get it! You're jealous!"
Inuyasha was about to make a comeback when they heard someone approaching.
They looked behind them to see Magnum, Crunch, and Consume standing there. Yusuke gave them a look. "Can we help you?"
Magnum nodded. "Yes you can! By holding still so we can pummel the living daylights outta you!"
Inuyasha took a fighting stance. "Heh, looks like you guys are pretty sore losers."
All three of them charged at Yusuke and Inuyasha. Yusuke yawned. "I'll take the ugly one."
Inuyasha snickered. "Which ugly one?"
All three of their attackers thrust at them with their fists at the same time. Inuyasha grabbed onto Consume and Crunch's outstretched arms while Yusuke grabbed onto Magnum's. In one fluent motion, all three of them were thrown into the air and into the river where the current quickly carried them away.
Yusuke looked at Inuyasha. "Think we should head back now? Maybe you'll get lucky on the way back and a lady will actually be attracted to you."
Inuyasha growled. "I'm going to give you to the count of ten to get out of my sight before I personally make your death as slow and as painful as possible."
Yusuke shook his head. "Oh come on! You expect me to be afraid of a threat like that after you lost to me in the tournament? Sure, the officials called it a draw, but we both know that I was the winner."
Inuyasha growled and shook his head. "Damn it, you lost and you know it! Just accept that. There is no way in hell that you won against me."
And thus, their feud began anew...
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Link sat down on the grass next to a large and healthy apple tree, munch on one of the tree's luscious fruits. Zelda came up and sat down next to him. "Link, do you think that Kenshin will be okay?"
Link looked at her and nodded. "He'll be fine. He is pretty strong. I'm just hoping that the attacks that Reala used don't end up installing perminant damage on him."
Zelda gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "I wonder how tomorrow's matches will end up."
Link chuckled. "Well, I'm up against Robotnik tomorrow, and I'm not sure if it is a battle that I can win."
Zelda shook her head. "Why not. You have much more combat skill than I do and you saw how close that I came to defeating him."
Link nodded. "Yes, but he still won. He is extremely intelligent and he can formulate very complicated battle plans. He also has several trick that could give him the edge."
Zelda looked down at the ground. She reached into her pack and withdrew a red, green, and blue potion. "I'm not sure how helpful these will be, but I want you to have them.
Link took the potions gratefully and gave her a kiss on the lips, sending both of them straight to cloud nine.
There was the sound of someone clearing their throat. They both looked to see Robotnik and Rouge standing there. Robotnik chuckled. "So sorry. Were we interrupting something?"
Link and Zelda blushed. Link got up and offered his hand to her. She took it gratefully and the both hurried off to their respective rooms. They could both clearly hear Rouge and Robotnik laughing at the awkwardness of the situation.
Link sighed as he sat down on his bed. "Every single time! Why does this keep happening to me? Am I cursed or something?"
He decided to let it go for now. He rested his head on the pillow, intent on getting some rest for the next round of the tournament.
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Well, it wasn't the most important or the longest chapter that I have written, but I think that it was a nice break from all of the fighting that had been happening. Anyway, I'll try to get the next chapter up sooner. R/R ppl!
Chapter 12: An interlude
The crowd continued to boo over what had transpired during the fight between Reala and Kenshin. The announcer managed to yell over the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, the tournament has ended for the day. The second round shall begin tomorrow. Good day to you!"
The fighters, most worried for Kenshin's health. The medics had assured everyone that he would make a full recovery, but he wouldn't be fighting for a while.
All of the fighters went off to find their own thing to do.
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Shadow looked out on the town one last time. He sighed. "Well, I may have lost the tournament, but what would it have proved? I guess that I'm just doomed to spend my life wandering and wondering."
Shadow was about to speed off when he heard a voice behind him. "Wait a minute!"
He looked back to see Rouge and Robotnik standing there. He turned to them and did something he rarely did. He smiled. "Hello again, my old friends. Is there something you wanted to say to me before I go?"
Robotnik nodded. "What I want to know is how you survived. We found no trace of your body after the energy explosion and assumed that your body had been incinerated."
Shadow shook his head. "Ironically, that blast of energy acted as a chaos control to my body. I was injured by the blast, but it wasn't serious. I was warped to a far corner of the earth."
Rouge nodded. "So, now your back in action? Why don't you come with us?"
Shadow shook his head again. "I'm sorry, but my life is still just as big a mystery to me as it was when we first met. I'm still searching for the answers that I have always sought. Obviously, I won't find them if I stick around here and I don't want to burden you or your friends with my problems."
Rouge looked at her friend with sympathy. "Where will you go now?"
Shadow turned back to the setting sun. "I'll follow the direction that the sun is pointing now. I may never find the answers that I seek, but I'll be damned if I die knowing that I didn't try."
Shadow nodded towards them one last time and sped off on his way. Robotnik sighed. "Good luck, my friend. I hope that you find what you are looking for one day."
Rouge looked up at Robotnik. "I don't understand why he didn't want us to help him."
Robotnik looked down at the bat and shook his head. "Despite the fact that he has learned to trust his friends, he will always be a loaner. He is concerned about us just as we are with him. He doesn't want us to be put into danger because of his hunt. Maybe we'll see him again, but for now all we can do is hope that he finds what he is looking for in one place or another."
Rouge nodded and looked towards the sunset at the small dot that she knew was Shadow. "Good luck."
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Mewtwo sat underneath a large waterfall that he had come across. His eyes were closed and his legs were crossed. He was completely still under the extremely cold waterfall except for his tail which gave a twitch every once in awhile.
Here, he was left to his thoughts. 'NiGHTS was once a nightmare, but now he is good and his brother is out to destroy us all. Boy, it sounds like one of those old low-budget films from back in my world. But, if they are both formed from dreams, how can they combat each other?'
He winced for a second, losing consentration for a split second. 'They both have similar abilities and fighting styles which means that if they fight each other, they will be able to predict nearly every move made by their counterpart.'
He would have continued to contemplate this turn of events if he had not been interrupted. "Well, you must be Mewtwo."
Mewtwo's eyes snapped open and he got out from under the waterfall to see Reala standing there. Mewtwo growled. "What do you want?"
Reala laughed. "What, is it a crime to want to chat with a fellow warrior?"
Mewtwo took a fighter stance. "You have no right to call yourself a fighter! What you did to Kenshin is unforgivable!"
Reala just waved his hand. "Please, don't misunderstand. I was sent here to make sure that NiGHTS and anyone affiliated with him do not spoil the mistress' plans to shatter the wall between reality and dreams."
Mewtwo lowered his stance. "Who is this mistress that you keep speaking of?"
Reala grinned. "She is a black priestess with a mean streak. She has been betrayed several times in the past and I wouldn't be surprised if she never trusted anyone again. She has the ability to move between the two plains of dream and reality at will and can create demons to her satisfaction."
Mewtwo growled. "A name would be more helpful than all the info that you have provided me with."
Reala shook his head. "Sorry, but you will have to learn the rest on your own. That is all I shall tell you. Just be forewarned that if for some strange reason we should meet in the tournament, you shall fall harder than Kenshin did."
Reala flew off, leaving Mewtwo standing there. Mewtwo clenched his fists. "Mark my words, Reala, if we meet, I'll rip you to shreds and tape them back together again just so I can repeat the process!"
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Zidane was sleeping contently in his bed back at the hotel. NiGHTS was there as well. Being a dream, he had little need of sleep, so he was rather bored for the moment. He looked at Zidane and an idea came to mind.
He smirked. "I know that I really shouldn't but what fun would that be?"
He walked over and placed a hand onto Zidane's head. He consentrated for a second and was warped into Zidane's dream. He knew that it was rude to 'dream-drop' as he called it, but he just couldn't resist.
He was now in Zidane's dream and he knew that he couldn't be seen by anyone, so he looked around. He was in a small room with one door in front of him that had a sign reading 'DO NOT DISTURB!'.
He smirked, shook his head, and opened the door. As soon as it was open he gasped, closing the door and dropping out of the dream altogether.
He leaned against the hotel wall, breathing heavily. He had seen Zidane lying naked on a king-sized bed in a beautiful palace room with Rouge the bat right next to him. They weren't doing 'it', they were just kissing each other. But, he was sure that they were damn near to doing 'it'.
He shook his head and looked out the window. "Soon, brother... soon."
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Yusuke and Inuyasha were sitting near the bank of a river leading into a canal of the town. Yusuke looked at his friend. "Say, Inuyasha, how come you can't stand to see other people kissing and stuff?"
Inuyasha snorted. "It's disgusting! If they want so much to flaunt their emotions for each other, then they should just get a hotel room and..."
Yusuke shook his head and cut him off before he could finish. "Inuyasha, come on, if you had someone like that of your own, you'd do the same thing."
Inuyasha blushed a bit, but shook his head. "I would not! Besides, who would want something like that?"
Yusuke smirked. "Oh, now I get it! You're jealous!"
Inuyasha was about to make a comeback when they heard someone approaching.
They looked behind them to see Magnum, Crunch, and Consume standing there. Yusuke gave them a look. "Can we help you?"
Magnum nodded. "Yes you can! By holding still so we can pummel the living daylights outta you!"
Inuyasha took a fighting stance. "Heh, looks like you guys are pretty sore losers."
All three of them charged at Yusuke and Inuyasha. Yusuke yawned. "I'll take the ugly one."
Inuyasha snickered. "Which ugly one?"
All three of their attackers thrust at them with their fists at the same time. Inuyasha grabbed onto Consume and Crunch's outstretched arms while Yusuke grabbed onto Magnum's. In one fluent motion, all three of them were thrown into the air and into the river where the current quickly carried them away.
Yusuke looked at Inuyasha. "Think we should head back now? Maybe you'll get lucky on the way back and a lady will actually be attracted to you."
Inuyasha growled. "I'm going to give you to the count of ten to get out of my sight before I personally make your death as slow and as painful as possible."
Yusuke shook his head. "Oh come on! You expect me to be afraid of a threat like that after you lost to me in the tournament? Sure, the officials called it a draw, but we both know that I was the winner."
Inuyasha growled and shook his head. "Damn it, you lost and you know it! Just accept that. There is no way in hell that you won against me."
And thus, their feud began anew...
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Link sat down on the grass next to a large and healthy apple tree, munch on one of the tree's luscious fruits. Zelda came up and sat down next to him. "Link, do you think that Kenshin will be okay?"
Link looked at her and nodded. "He'll be fine. He is pretty strong. I'm just hoping that the attacks that Reala used don't end up installing perminant damage on him."
Zelda gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "I wonder how tomorrow's matches will end up."
Link chuckled. "Well, I'm up against Robotnik tomorrow, and I'm not sure if it is a battle that I can win."
Zelda shook her head. "Why not. You have much more combat skill than I do and you saw how close that I came to defeating him."
Link nodded. "Yes, but he still won. He is extremely intelligent and he can formulate very complicated battle plans. He also has several trick that could give him the edge."
Zelda looked down at the ground. She reached into her pack and withdrew a red, green, and blue potion. "I'm not sure how helpful these will be, but I want you to have them.
Link took the potions gratefully and gave her a kiss on the lips, sending both of them straight to cloud nine.
There was the sound of someone clearing their throat. They both looked to see Robotnik and Rouge standing there. Robotnik chuckled. "So sorry. Were we interrupting something?"
Link and Zelda blushed. Link got up and offered his hand to her. She took it gratefully and the both hurried off to their respective rooms. They could both clearly hear Rouge and Robotnik laughing at the awkwardness of the situation.
Link sighed as he sat down on his bed. "Every single time! Why does this keep happening to me? Am I cursed or something?"
He decided to let it go for now. He rested his head on the pillow, intent on getting some rest for the next round of the tournament.
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Well, it wasn't the most important or the longest chapter that I have written, but I think that it was a nice break from all of the fighting that had been happening. Anyway, I'll try to get the next chapter up sooner. R/R ppl!