It Begins

I had just woken up and was getting changed. I put on a white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, red tie, grey skirt, grey sneakers with a red star on the side, and my star pendent necklace. I wore my hair loose with my bangs covering my forehead and a little bit of my left eye. I got my pactio cards from the dresser.

"You ready?" I turned to see Setsuna wearing her usual side ponytail. She wore a short-sleeved white shirt, moron tie, moron skirt, and brown shoes. She had her pactio card and a wooden copy of his sword. She was waiting by the door.

"Let's do it!" I lunged my hand in the air. I opened the door and we walked out. We were on our way to the Mahora Festival. I was very excited, I couldn't wait to be in the tournament. "What's it like Setsu?"

She turned to me. "It was great last year. I think it's going to be better now that you're here." I had a small blush on my cheeks. I scratched the back of my head.

"Hehe, you think so?" Setsuna nodded. I we talked about how we thought the tournament was going to be. Before I even noticed we were already at the the booth to sign up. Sitting at the booth was Sayo, but she wasn't a ghost. She still had her white hair and red eyes though.

"Sammy-chan, Setsuna-san! Are you two here to sign up?" I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Setsuna seemed surprised.

"Sayo-san? How did you?" I pointed to her body. She laughed a little bit at my reaction.

"Satomi made this body for me. Well, if you guys want to get in here's the sign up sheet." Setsuna was signed up first. I saw there were already people signed up for the tournament. I took the pen and signed as well. Looks like it's going to be some great fights. Very few people signed up though. Sayo got the clipboard. "Alright, you guys were the last ones. So, all you need to know is that tournament's first match starts in like thirty minutes. That will give us enough time to set up the fights. Also there will be no group fighting do to the lack of people."

"Aw, I was looking forward to that," I whined. Setsuna patted my back. Sayo looked at me.

"Don't worry I guarantee it's going to be fun." After she finished she walked away to go make the lineups.

"Well, I guess I should call Scott to see if they're here." I got out my phone. Setsuna said she was going to go look for Konoka and Asuna. I then pressed the talk button.

"Sammy? Hey, where are you?" I looked around just to make sure he wasn't going to scare me.

"I'm in front if the tournament area. Did you guys sign up?" Scott scoffed.

"Of course we did! Wait, hold on we'll be right there!" He then hung up the phone. I pressed the end button. I just starred at my phone. I hate it when he does that. Still I wonder who came. That's when I heard footsteps coming from behind me. Before I could turn around I was grabbed from all sides.

"Ah!" I fell face front to the floor. My head was pounding from fall. I opened my eyes to see Angel and Star were the ones who tackled. Angel was wearing a white dress shirt, over it was a pink sweater, grey skirt, and red flats. She had her brown hair down with her bangs parted to the right. Star was wearing a sleeveless blue vest, black skirt, and black converse. Her hair was down too, but her bangs were to the left. I sat up.

"We finally found you," said Angel. I looked up to see everyone. The first person I saw was Ben giving me a big smirk. Second was Scott who looked like he wanted to laugh. Third was Gwen who looked happy to see me. Fourth was Shadow, he looked very calm. Fifth was Emily, she seemed very mad. I wonder why? I got up and pulled the twins up with me. They seemed surprised that I was strong.

"Wow," said Star, " Somebody's been working out." I got a small smile on my face.

"I've trained my butt off for this!" Ben patted my head.

"That's what we expected from our little Sammy!" I felt a blush on my face. I got his arm off me.

"Little Sammy? Seriously?" Everyone laughed at that. I was still happy to see all of them here. Gwen looked at me.

"So do you like here, Sammy?" I knew that my smile got bigger.

"It's great! It's a lot better than I thought it would be. Oh, you won't believe this my teacher is a ten-year old!" Everyone seemed surprised, well everyone except Gwen.

"You mean Negi?" I looked at her.

"How do you know Negi-sensei?"

"Every mage knows that boy. Trust me I've heard a lot about him. Like last year he was close to winning this tournament." My eyes widened.

"Really, well there's no way I'm going to let him do that!" Everyone laughed at my childish behavior. "So, all of you are going to be in it? Even you Angel?" Angel looked at me.

"N-no! I'm only here to heal anyone if they get hurt." Star walked up to me.

"But I am!" I was a little surprised to hear that. I grabbed her hand. She seemed shocked form my sudden action.

"If you get hurt I won't forgive myself. Why do you want to be in Star?" She got a blush on her cheeks.

"Cause, I wanted to be able to fight you. To show you how strong I've gotten." I felt my cheeks heat up. I patted her on the shoulder.

"I hope that happens." She looked happy to hear me say that. Then someone coughed. I turned to see an annoyed Emily. I didn't have a good feeling about the way she was looking at me. She walked up to me and pecked my cheek. I was sure I had popped. I placed my hand over where she kissed me. "E-Emily?"

"Just a little something for good luck. For both me and you." I just nodded because I was still surprised from what she did. Then a voice that sounded very familiar came out of the speakers.

"Alright everyone who's participating in the tournament please come to the locker rooms." I recognized the voice to be Kazumi. Why is she here? Emily and Star then pulled me into the arena to the locker rooms. I turned to see Angel.

"Ang! Go find Konoka!" She nodded and walked off. I turned back to see we were close to the locker rooms. We were the first one in. Then walked in Asuna and Setsuna with Negi and some dog eared boy who looked like he was Negi's age. Then four other people walked in wearing black cloaks. Kazumi then walked in with a clipboard in hand.

"Okay, the first ones up are Kotaro Inugami and Sammy Rose!" I took a deep breath. I walked up to the door leading to the arena. The boy who was with Negi walked up to the opposite door, he my opponent? This feels like it's going to be fun. Kazumi then walked out through the middle. She introduced both of us. I looked at Kotaro.

He wore a boys school uniform with the jacket open. He had black spiky hair. He looked at me with thumbs up. I smiled back at him as a reply. He walked out first while his name was being called. Before I went out there I turned around to see everyone. They just gave looks that said good luck. I nodded and walked out the door.

When I walked out the door I saw people everywhere. They were all cheering. "Our second contestant, is 4-A's very own Sammy Rose!" The crowd cheered louder. I just gave a small smile and waved. I looked at Kotaro. I waited for Kazmui to say when.

"Alright guys, begin!" Kotaro made the first move by lunging at me. He pulled his fist back. Right when he was close to me I used my agility to get behind him. He looked surprised. I hit him with my elbow. He was sent flying, but he got back on his feet.

"You're good, but let's see if you can handle this!" He charged at me again, that was until I saw seven of him lunging at me. Clones, huh? I crouched down then kicked my legs up. I hit two of him. Next I punched two more, one in the face and the other in the stomach. Three were left.

One disappeared and reappeared above me. I moved out of the way, only to punch him in the back. I then ran to the other two. I kicked one in the gut, it turned out to be another clone. So that means you're the real one! I turned to see him with a dark ord in his hand. "Garyuu Inugami-ryuu. Rouga sou-shouda!" It hit me right in my torso. It stung a bit, but it really didn't hurt. I looked down.

I felt my ears and tail pop out. He seemed even more surprised. I felt a smirk on my face. "Let me show you what I can do." I punched him on the chin. He fell backwards and just stayed there. "Kotaro?"

He moved his arm back and forth. He grunted from the hit. He opened his eyes to look at me. He slowly got up. "You're a ookami? That's a new one. Well, I'm not going down yet!" He lunged at me again; he was aiming at my chin now. Right when he was close enough I kneed him in the stomach. He coughed out some saliva. He fell to his knees.

"Sorry, but I can't lose. I made a promise with someone that I have to keep." He got a smirk on his face. He then spun around and tripped me with his own legs. I fell on my butt. He jumped up only to kick me into the ground. A huge hole was caused from the kick to the ground.

"Ha, looks like you won't be able to keep it." My ears twitched. I clenched my fist. I opened my hand and faced it towards him. It started to flow with darkness. It shot out to Kotaro. Hit him straight in the chest. He flew backwards.

"Ah!" He fell hard to the ground. I slowly got out of the hole to see if he was alright. I walked up to him. His body was open with his head to the side. Kazumi walked up to me and held up my arm.

"The winner is…Sammy Rose!" I still looked at Kotaro to see if he really was alright. He then slowly sat up and put his hand to his head.

"How did I lose?" When Kazumi put my arm down I walked over to him. I held out my hand. He took it and I helped him up. He got a smile on his face.

"Like I said, I have to keep that promise." He patted my back.

"I understand. It was a great fight anyway!" He laughed with each other. We walked over to the doors. I was tackled yet again by people. This time it was Asuna and Konoka.

"Sammy," said Konoka, "You won!" Asuna smacked me across the back.

"I knew you could do it!" I looked to see Setsuna and Negi giving me big smiles. I replied back with a smile of my own. Scott came up to me.

"Nice one Sammy!" He then pulled something out of his pocket. "Here a little reward." He threw it at me. I caught it with my right hand. I opened it up to see a black and red plastic board with no wheels. It had the red lines going down in a grid pattern with the black for the outlines. I gave Scott a confused look. "It's a hover board! All you need to do is say 'board' and it will turn full size." I looked back to it.

"Board?" It then started to grow into a full sized board. I put it to the ground and got on it. As soon as I got on it started to hover. I was very excited to be on it. "Woah, thanks Scott!" I got off it and said board again to make it shrink. I put it in my pocket.

I heard Kazumi announcing something outside in the arena. "Alright due to the last fight we will take a while to fix the arena for the next fight." I then turned back to see the results on the wall. The next fight was Asuna and Emily…wait, what? That's not good!

I looked over to see Asuna talking with Star while Setsuna, Angel, and Konoka had their our conversation. Emily was talking with Gwen. Do they know whom they're fighting against? I looked back to the results.

After that it was Star and….Yami? I turned back to see the four people in cloaks talking to each other.

No way…it can't be. One of them looked up and all I saw were bloody red eyes starring at me. My heart pounded hard against my chest. Eclipse?


Wolfhanyo: How will the rest of the tournament go? Who will Sammy cheer on in Asuna and Emily's fight? What will Sammy do now that she found out Eclipse and his gang is here? You'll have to wait and see in the next chapter of The Wolf and the Crow!

Wolfy: Whoohoo! Sammy won her fight! Now I have an announcement!

Wolfhanyo: Oh no, not again Wolfy!

Wolfy: Don't worry boss, this time I'm sure you'll like it. Now I'll let my friend do the rest.

Wolfhanyo: Friend?

Sammy: Hey everybody! Sammy here to continue Wolfy's announcement! Now during the time of the Mahora Festival you guys will get the chance to ask any of your favorite character questions. All you have to is write your question on your review. Even Wolfhanyo and Wolfy.

Wolfhanyo: Wait, aren't you just an OC? How are you able talk?

Sammy: Good question. I'm not the only one you know.

Setsuna: Me too, actually all of us can talk now.

Wolfhanyo: Wolfy!

Wolfy: Oops! Well it's time for me to run. This is Wolfy-

Sammy: and Sammy!

Setsuna: and Setsuna.

Wolfy: Signing off~!