Arc 1 Age of the Dark Omen, Chapter 5; Martial Arts Tournament! Selena's Hidden Secret!
Back in the room with the transportation device the guys along with the Sage known as Grey. They had just returned and were now about to converse about the next sage.
"The third sage is in Planeptune? Right under us?" James asks.
"I believe so, however I have a feeling Rozen will use a different tactic to try and capture the CPUs. We must be careful at all costs. For now I will return to the Sage realm where Frost is. Please hurry and rescue the last of the Sages." Grey tells them and disappears.
"What are we gonna do now? Finding a sage here on Planeptune will be tricky." Alex says as they wondered what to do and decided to return upstairs and saw everyone gathered in the meeting room and there was also a newcomer. "What's going on?" When he said that it got their attention.
"Oh you all have returned. That is good to learn, however we had a situation happen here while the four of you were gone." Histoire exclaimed to them.
-Start Opening; Fairy Tail Snow Fairy by: Amalee-
Fairy, where're you going We'll gather the light along the way and make it shine upon a brand new day
(Out in the night sky of Gamindustri small lights fly into the air across the four nations and fly high with Jeff in a forest seeing the night sky and the title forms from the lights in the sky.)
Oh yeah Can you hear the voice that's calling you yet
(On top of a building of Lastation, James stares at the basilicom and then turns to the sky above.)
Oh yeah It's raw and hoarse from screaming out to you
(In a forest of Lowee Alex is leaning against a tree and turns his head looking through the trees.)
Oh yeah But it won't give up until you can answer it
(In Leanbox Isaac has just finished taking out a monster and looks up at the sky.)
Oh yeah Oh yeah
(On a hill Jeff sees the whole land of Planeptune then turning around ready for action.)
Through all this time has past, I still remember
(Jeff walks through the streets of each nation and one by one James, Alex, and Isaac are beside him.)
The sun and moon and how they shine together
(The four guys stop and make camp for the day to rest.)
It feels so strange when you are not here with me. I need your smile just to keep me going
(On the path between Planeptune and Lowee Selena was walking into the nation of Planeptune until she raised her head to see the four guys waiting for her and she smiles.)
In my heart it's snowing I'm trying my best to smile slowly it's warming as fate is linking your heart with mine
(The group of five travel through the lands beginning their adventures into danger with large monster hordes, Jeff and James with sparks in their eyes.)
Fairy where're you going we'll gather the light along the way and make it shine upon a brand new day
(Jeff consumes a large amount of fire causing an explosion and the others are gathered watching the scene. As the five are face to face with a large Guard Vermin.)
Don't say Goodbye
(One part shows Jeff with Igniaus then it changes to Jeff and James clashing their fists together causing a large shockwave and ending with all five on Planeptower balcony.)
End of Song
-A few hours before they returned-
While Neptune and Selena were resting in Neptune's bed an alarm went off which made them wake up and quickly get dressed. They head into the meeting room to see everyone has gathered together.
"Histy! What's going on?!" Neptune asks in panic.
"This is an emergency! The Dark Army is attacking Planeptune! They are attacking from multiple locations of the city!" Histoire tells them. "We must stop them quickly!" The CPUs quickly ran out along with the younger sisters. Selena, IF, and Compa run outside to see multiple soldiers fighting against Basilicom staff. IF and Compa run in to join the fight, while Selena was unsure to show what she can do. However some soldiers surrounded her with their fists and swords.
"Hey men this must be the one the master mentioned! Come on, let's get her!" One of them said as they charged forth at her. She leaps over them avoiding the charge. "You can't dodge us little lady! Now show us your actual power! Master Rozen wants to see if you are the person!"
"The hell are you even talking about?" Selena asks while dodging their attacks. "How does he know?" One soldier gets close, swinging his sword at her, but by instinct ice forms over her arm making a blade of ice blocking the sword.
"So you do have such power! Push her further men!" He orders the soldiers, and all of them were going to jump at her.
"Sky Dragon's Roar!" A sudden gust of wind blows them away and both Selena and the other soldier look to see the Blue haired girl. "I will not allow you to harm these people!" Selena was surprised at what the girl did suddenly.
"You?! A young girl like you has that power?!" The soldier asked in shock. The other soldiers stood back up ready to fight against the mysterious girl and Selena. "Men make that ice girl reveal her power! We were told to get her to show it!"
"Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!" The blue haired girl unleashes wind cutters hitting the soldiers hard. The girl ran up to Selena standing beside her. "I got here as quickly as I could! I'm Tempest!"
"Well, glad to see that someone is helping out." Selena said, still surprised to see another Dragon Slayer, Tempest unleashes her wind attacks as Selena is able to freeze the soldiers in place. Selena then punches each of the soldiers in one spot and Tempest uses her Roar to blow away the soldiers. "We got rid of them, that was so close…"
"What's wrong? You looked worried about something." Tempest asks her and Selena was unsure of what to tell her. Everyone else gathered until Histoire called them back inside for something important.
-Back to Current Moment-
"And that is what has happened." Histoire explains to the four guys.
"The Dark Army attacked while we were away, assholes!" James curses.
"They must have been coming after us from what we learned on the island." Noire assumed.
"That would seem likely, but shouldn't they have sent in like elites after us instead?" Blanc asks them, a bit concerned. "It seems a little off to only send soldiers to attack."
"Histoire, what do you think their next objective is?" Vert asks the fairy.
"I am uncertain. However, a strange invitation letter slipped through the front doors of the Basilicom." She explains to them showing the letter opening it.
"What is it an invitation to?" IF asks Histoire, a bit suspicious.
"It seems to be for a Martial Arts Tournament held at the Planeptune Coliseum off to the East. Not even I was aware of this being a thing." She tells them.
"A Tournament?! Awesome! I'll show everyone that I will surpass all of you no problem!" Neptune says excited.
"Even if you want to go Nep, I feel like this is slightly suspicious." IF tells her.
"Actually the invitations are asking for specific people, none of the CPUs actually." Histoire tells them.
"What?! Why not us?! I want to show everyone how good I can be!" Neptune demanded. "They have no idea what they are missing!"
"Who are the invitations for Histoire?" Noire asks the fairy.
"There are invitations for Jeffrey, James, Alex, Isaac, and Selena?" Histoire says a bit surprised with the fifth person. "What should we do about this?"
"Well why don't we take this invitation?! I'm pumped to go up against the toughest competition! Let's do this!" Jeff says pumped up for action!
"I can understand the 4 of us, but why her?" Isaac asks, a bit confused at the sudden choice. "I doubt she is as much of a fighter as we are."
"I think she is! Just wait until you see!" Tempest says to them. "She has a lot more skill than you think!"
"If she says Selena has some skill then I'd like to find out!" Jeff says excitedly. "Come on, let's go and try this Tournament!"
"I'd like to do my best… but I'd rather not do so, but Jeff wants to see me in action. Should I show or not?" Selena thought to herself. Jeff had already gone on ahead to the Coliseum to enter the Tournament, everyone else arrived also and saw the registration people. The four guys go up and show their invitations to them, they turn to Selena who looks a bit hesitant, but shows hers. Neptune was disappointed that she wasn't able to join in.
"How many are gonna be joining in this tournament?" Vert asks.
"Two registered a while ago, we are waiting for the final member!" The Registration guy tells them then he turned like he saw someone coming. Everyone else turned to see who they were looking at. It was a young male about Jeff's height. He has red eyes, metallic black hair that spikes behind him. He wears a Dark Metallic colored trench coat, has a black short-sleeved shirt under it. He wears a belt with grey pants tucked in as well as black studded boots. He has Black metallic studded gloves, he also has studs of metal on his forearm. He also has a shiny metallic color headband.
"Well, it looks like you are here Salamander!" He says with a grin walking past him and places the very same invitation as the others. "Call me X, but if you want my actual name. It's Xander." He looks to Jeff as the registration guy writes the name down and the two were focused on one another. "I've been wanting to meet and battle you one day, you better make this entertaining!"
"Heh! I'll give you a good thrashing when we fight!" Jeff says fired up to see some competition. "Don't expect that fighting me will be easy!"
"I wouldn't have it any other way! I'll see you inside!" Xander says as he goes into the Coliseum.
"Never seen that guy before, but he looks pretty tough to me." James says, curious about the new guy they saw. Everyone goes inside while Neptune and everyone else that weren't selected go to the stands or grab some food as well as drinks. As they entered the place where the fighters should be Jeff got a certain whiff that he recognized.
"So you are here also?" Jeff asks, turning around to see the very guy back in Planeptune, Collin. "You up to something no good? I'll beat you up if I have too!"
"Relax Dragon Slayer. I'm here to enter this tournament, Master Rozen clearly wants me to test my strength here against all of you." He says with a sly grin while James was surprised to see him strangely.
"You work for Rozen?!" James asks in shock.
"Ah, James. It's been many years ever since we were working together." Collin says while James started to get pissed off. "I was quite disappointed with what happened to her 7 years ago, if only I had said that it would overheat on the second attempt she would have gone first instead of you. But what fun could it be when it should be your fault instead!"
"That is a lie! I went first to show that it was safe! You on the other hand wanted to take her for yourself because of what you were trying to do! You were such a perv!" James shouted at him.
"Is that so? Well what would she say now if you had certain things under your room?" Collin asks with a sly grin which James ran and slams him, cornering him into the wall.
"You make me sick, Collin! I will seriously kill you here and-" James was about to pull his sword out but Jeff grabbed his arm. "Jeff?! Why are you stopping me?!"
"Listen here dude, I don't know the story between you two. But know that I'll kick your ass if you talk badly about him!" Jeff says glaring at him while Collin has a calm expression. "Come on let's go James." Jeff walks away and James follows while he looks back at Collin who still has the calm expression on him.
"The damn bastard thinks he's all high and mighty, who the hell does he think he is?!" James asks, still pissed off.
"Don't let that guy get to you, I'm not sure what he is doing. But we better take him down when either of us are against him if he tries anything funny." Isaac explains to them while Selena was eyeing a mysterious person sitting by themselves. She could tell it is a male with black smooth hair, however he has a mask covering his face. He is wearing a dark blue shirt, black and white jacket, black pants, black and white trim boots.
"Who is that?" Selena asks and the four guys look at the masked guy sitting by themselves. "You think that is the other competitor?"
"Must be one who would not want to show themselves." Alex assumed as a guy in a suit and shades entered the room next to a Tournament board who is the announcer for the Tournament.
"Good day fighters, welcome to the Planeptune Martial Arts Tournament, this was set up by a mystery person who'd like to see specific warriors in action! To win your fight we don't have a platform, so the only way for one person to win is knocking out your opponent or they simply give up. As I see some of you wield weapons, this Tournament will be different as our sponsor asked for this set of fighters." The 8 contestants gather around him as a person comes in with a box. "When I call your name, come and pull a number from the box on who you will fight against. First up, Isaac!" Isaac comes up and digs into the box grabbing a paper.
"I have Number 3" Isaac shows his number.
"So you will be set in the Second Match." The Announcer says placing Isaac's name on 3. "Next up, Xander!" He comes up and pulls out 2 making him the first one to start. James comes up getting 8, then Jeff gets 5. "Next up Selena!" She comes up nervously knowing full well she is going to fight someone no matter what she picks. Going up against Isaac or James she deals with weapon users, against Jeff she might have to show her abilities or let him continue. However, she picked up the other option.
"I got 1…" Selena spoke up realizing that she did get. She looked at Xander who had a grin on his face. "I don't know what his fighting style is, but he seems to be close range." She looks back as Collin is called and goes to fight James, Alex fighting Isaac, and lastly the masked boy called "Zekken" is set fighting Jeff.
"Alright all the Matches are set! The First Match, Selena VS Xander! Second Match, Isaac VS Alex! Third Match, Jeffrey VS Zekken! And the Fourth Match, Collin VS James! Now that everyone knows who they will be fighting, the first Match will start in 5 Minutes!" The announcer tells them and leaves them alone, Xander leaves first which Collin follows behind him.
"So you're up first huh? Well, show everyone what you can do! I believe in you!" Jeff says, patting her back. "Go on and show them what you can do!"
"Well I guess if you want me to do my best, then I will." She says as they all head out to a room that connects to the arena, both Selena and Xander exit going out onto the arena.
"Ladies and Gentleman! From the screen the matches have been set!" The announcer speaks into a microphone having holograms appearing from all sides showing who fights who. "Here we go, as we start this tournament with the First Match! Selena VS Xander!" The crowd cheers loudly. "As for the rules to the crowd, both fighters either have to knock out their opponent unconscious for 10 seconds, or one of them throws in the towel! Now that everyone is up and ready, let the match begin!" He then rings the bell signaling the start of the Match as the two fighters charge at one another.
-Play Fairy Tail OST Dragon Fight-
Xander throws the first punch having Selena block and feels it being stronger than regular human strength. She jumps over a kick attack, which she kicks him in the face making him lose balance.
"Heh, you aren't bad. But how about showing a real fight? Iron Dragon's Club!" Xander's arm forms into an iron pole which stretches at Selena who dodges the attack by a hair.
"A Dragon Slayer?!" Selena asks in shock as the other guys inside as well as the girls watching from the stands. "Dammit, I'm against a Dragon Slayer! What kind of luck do I have?! Should I wear him out… I'm afraid to show what I can do." Selena quickly dodges another club attack and tosses some sharp icicles at Xander who blocked with his other arm.
"Is that all you can do?! Let me show you some real fighting! Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!" Xander's arm forms into a spear and shoots out a rapid fire attack at her, which Selena got hit by a few shots. "Come on and show me what you got! I'll force you to fight seriously if I have to!" Xander launches another club attack which strikes her in the stomach and smashes her into the wall. "Come on girly! If you aren't gonna show what you're made of then, Iron Dragon's Roar!" He then unleashes a twister of metal shards at Selena which she panicked.
"Ice Dragon's Wing Attack!" She unleashes cutters of ice countering Xander's roar attack and making a powerful explosion. "Great, I guess my secret is definitely out."
"Wait, did she just…" Alex said surprised and looked at Jeff who looked slightly surprised. "Did you know she was a Dragon Slayer?!"
"I was expecting she would be, Tempest kinda told me what she did and I assumed that Selena could do something amazing." Jeff explains to them.
"So you really are the Ice Dragon Slayer Metallicon told me about, taught by the Ice Dragon! Now this is getting really exciting!" Xander says pumped up. "Now bring it on Ice Dragon!"
"Fine then, let me show you the power of an Ice Dragon Slayer!" She says with a cold aura and then freezes most of the floor allowing her to skate on the icy floor. "Ice Dragon's Talon!" Ice forms over her foot and heavily strikes his face knocking him a far distance. "Ice Dragon's Roar!" Selena unleashes similar to Xander's roar, but with a cold twister filled with ice shards knocking him farther back and putting a cut on his cheek.
"You surprised me, usually ice is easy to break." Xander assumed wiping the blood from the cut.
"There's a lot more to me than you think buddy! Come at me!" She taunts him and he goes for his club attack, but this time she moves aside grabbing his arm and lifts Xander over her and then smashing him to the ground. "Ice Dragon's Crystal Fist!" Selena has ice form around both her arms, she leaps at Xander and clashes her punch with his.
"Now this is one heck of a fight! Iron Dragon's Lance!" Xander turns his other arm into a large spear point and thrust at Selena which grazed her cheek. "Do you think you can beat me? An Iron Dragon Slayer!"
"I may be at a disadvantage, but I'm not gonna lose easily! Ice Dragon's Ice Eruption!" Selena forms ice right over Xander and the ice explodes, knocking him away. "Ice Dragon's Wing Attack!" She throws ice cutters and then Xander forms his arm into a sword and slices them into pieces. "Ice Dragon's Roar!"
"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Xander and Selena both unleash their roar attacks making both clash creating an explosion with large amounts of smoke. So no one could see what was happening but they could hear loud bangs of them striking one another until Selena was blasted out of the smokescreen smashing in the wall and fell to the ground.
-End Music-
The smoke starts clearing and shows Xander still standing with some bruises and Selena wasn't getting back up though. This meant that Xander took the win for this.
"What a battle! A surprise that these two fighters were the mythical Dragon Slayers from olden times! This time of magic is super rare! To see that these two have learned the amazing Lost Magic! Let's give our challengers a round of applause folks!" The Announcer says and the crowd cheers for them. The med team quickly came to pick up Selena and hurry over to the medical area. "With the first Match done, let's get down to Match 2, Isaac VS Alex!"
In the medical area Jeff went there to see how Selena was doing after her fight, she already got bandaged up from her tough battle.
"I guess I disappointed you for losing that fight huh?" Selena says sitting up with a disappointed expression.
"Nah, don't be sad. I was pretty surprised to see you were a Dragon Slayer like me, but not just you. Learning that Xander, and Tempest are Dragon Slayers is quite a surprise in it's own way." Jeff says to her. "However, I'm not gonna let Xander win in the finals. No way Isaac or Alex can beat an Iron Dragon Slayer, I'll be sure that I'm the best out of the two!"
"Fire against Iron, I feel like you have a better chance against him rather than me." She says as they look at the monitor showing Isaac and Alex walking out into the arena.
"Alright, now we are onto our Second Match! Isaac VS Alex! Which one shall prevail and battle Xander in the next round?! Let us find out now!" The bell rings once he finishes his announcement, Alex starts his move by setting two cards and summoning Celtic Guardian.
"Go Celtic Guardian!" He commands his warrior as Isaac readies himself clashing and blocking against Alex's warrior.
"He may be tough but I got skill." Isaac says and does a couple of slashes at Alex's Warrior then strikes, making him fall and Isaac leaps in the air. Then thrusts his sword right into Celtic Guardian using his Ending Blow skill and Alex's warrior bursts into shards which causes pain to him.
"Dammit, I can't protect myself if I'm gonna lose my duel monsters one at a time. I gotta do the best I can for this." Alex says and draws his next card. "I call upon my Queen's Knight to the field!" He summons a woman in red armor as Isaac's next opponent while Alex comes up with a strategy.
"Isn't Alex gonna summon his Magician to the field?" Selena asks as she and Jeff watch from the monitor.
"I believe he said that to summon higher level monsters to the field he needs to sacrifice the weaker ones to summon more powerful ones to battle." He explains to her.
"So that's a rule in his card game?" Selena asks a little curious about the cards Alex holds.
"Alex said Slifer is an Egyptian God Monster. Will he summon it to the battlefield?" Jeff thought to himself as he saw Alex sacrifice Queen's Knight for Dark Magician Girl.
"So he does need to do that to summon a stronger one. But he's gonna go nowhere if he can't take down Isaac." Selena said as Alex's Magician fires at Isaac who blocks with his shield. Then he pulled out his bow with a bomb arrow and released it.
"Sorry Isaac, but you fell into my trap! Magic Cylinder!" One of Alex's face down cards reveals and summons two cylinders having the bomb arrow enter one of them. "As you had launched your arrow I can launch it back at you!"
"You'll need to hit me first!" Isaac told him, however as he tried to move his body was unable to do so. "Wait, why can't I move?!"
"That is because of my second trap, my Spellbinding Circle! Once activated I can lock one person in place until they get attacked! Magic Cylinder, fire!" Alex shouts and the bomb arrow flies out the other one exploding on Isaac. The smoke clears and shows Isaac has the blast hit his arm and has a couple of burns on him. "As you can see Isaac, I can expect a lot after watching how you all fight."
"Yes, I guess underestimating your abilities was definitely a mistake. However..." Isaac then snaps his fingers causing lightning to strike around him and shock his opponent and magician. "I have powers besides using a sword and shield."
"His Lightning power automatically switched my magician to defense mode, but it also cut her power in half." Alex thought to himself in worry. "I'll need to finish this quickly."
"I want him to summon that Egyptian God, we took it down as a team. I wanna see if he has the power to control it!" Isaac thought to himself wanting to see it. "Look, we can make this easy if you just summon your new one right now! I'm ready for any challenge!"
"Is he really wanting me to summon Slifer? Well, we only saw it in a cyber like style so I guess I could. Problem is I need a total of 3 to summon the Dragon." Alex thought wondering if he should bring out the big one. "I'll do that, as I play the Sage's Stone magic card. If I play this with Dark Magician Girl on the field, I can instantly summon Dark Magician to the field!" Appearing next to his female spellcaster is his favorite magician that he uses.
"So you got both magicians out huh? Alright then, I'm ready to deal with this." Isaac says twirling his sword at the ready.
"I'm not done, I use Monster Reborn to bring back Celtic Guardian from the grave!" Alex resummons his elven warrior to the field and draws another card and takes a look at it. "You said you wanted to witness it, so you are going to see it in its full glory! I sacrifice both of my magicians and Celtic Guardian so I can call upon the Egyptian God!"
"Wait. Egyptian God?!" Selena says in shock as Jeff was watching carefully.
"Come forth Slifer the Sky Dragon!" Alex shouts out, placing the card onto his Duel disk and a beam of red light shoots into the dark cloudy sky that appeared. From the clouds the long length dragon emerges revealing its original form being a red dragon having a black underside. "Stare into the face of defeat!"
"So that's one of those power creatures from that card game years ago? I heard stories about them, but to see them before my eyes." Xander says, watching from the doorway. Slifer then unleashes a powerful thunderforce blast at Isaac which he tried to guard against but the explosion was too much force from him to hold up against. For a while there was silence while Alex wondered if he was too hard on Isaac from the last attack. When the smoke cleared he could see an orange barrier that looked to have large cracks surrounding Isaac, the crowd was surprised and cheered for what just happened.
"Amazing! It looks as if Isaac used some kind of magic barrier to protect himself from the incoming blast! However it looks like his magic barrier might break if another attack makes contact!" The Announcer explains from what he witnessed. "What will Isaac do against Alex's dragon?" He stares up at the long lengthened dragon with no fear. Though he sheathed his sword.
"From what I can see, you can definitely control that dragon. Taking it down with others was tricky, but fighting it solo is near impossible." Isaac says calmly. "So as of now I will call it quits Alex. I'm throwing the towel." The crowd was surprised to hear this as were some of the girls watching the fight.
"What a shocker! Isaac has forfeited his Match from the dragon before him without fear! Give him a round of applause for an amazing performance!" The Announcer says in the mic and everyone cheers and claps for him as Alex turns off his duel disk and makes Slifer disappear. The two walked back inside as Isaac looked at Xander who was watching from the doorway and then looked where the masked guy "Zekken" was leaning against the wall like he was in deep thought. "Now let's get down to the Third Match! Come out Jeffrey and Zekken!" Zekken stands straight and heads out to the arena.
"Guess it is my time to shine! Wish me luck Selena!" Jeff says to Selena going to leave the medic room.
"Oh hey Jeff, I was hoping you could do some kind of favor for me?" Selena says with a hopeful expression.
"Sure! I'll do you a favor, but first I'll ask about it after my Match!" Jeff tells her and leaves, making her sigh in disappointment as Tempest walks into the med room.
"Thought I could watch over you while Jeff is out in his match." She tells Selena.
"Thanks Tempy, I'm glad to have you here." Selena said with a slight smile then went to an unsure expression. "Tempest, could you keep a secret for me?" Out in the arena Jeff walks out to face his mysterious masked opponent.
"Now here comes Match 3 of the Tournament, let the battle begin!" The Announcer rings the bell again as Jeff stares at his opponent with a serious expression. The two opponents stare at each other until Jeff makes the first move throwing punches and kicks as Zekken blocked and threw some punches and kicks on his end.
"Go get him Jeffy! Show him that you can definitely be the best!" Neptune cheered as everyone looked at her. "What? If I can't get him to become my Knight then I might as well cheer for him." Neptune continued to cheer for Jeff as the others watched the fight. However that was from on the outside, but from within it was an illusion as Jeff and the masked guy Zekken were watching their illusions fighting one another.
"What's with the illusion? You have something you want to keep hidden?" He asked Zekken.
"Yes and No. Normally I am waiting for the moment to reveal myself. But for now I want to test your strength privately and see if you are ready." Zekken says whose voice is modulated. Jeff was wondering what he meant to see if he was ready, but he charged forth at Zekken.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Jeff punches Zekken blocking it, but gets pushed back from the blow. Jeff then unleashes his wing attack smacking his opponent into the walls. Jeff then leaps to strike from above.
"You expect it to be easy? Ha I know more than you expect!" Zekken says as he unleashes a blast of lightning out of his hand and strikes Jeff down to the ground. "I know a lot of different types of magic." Zekken uses different elements such as Water, Ice, Earth, Wind, Light, and Dark. Jeff struggles to last against the multiple elements knowing he can't consume other elements, however Jeff was wondering why he wasn't unleashing any fire magic. "I expect you are wondering why I am not using Fire magic which I actually can use. Well I know about you a lot more than you think, being a Dragon Slayer you are immune to your own element and can consume it to strengthen yourself."
"So you know about my abilities, very interesting. I wonder who you are though." Jeff says curiously.
"That is unfortunately not gonna be revealed, you will have to wait for that. But first show the true power of a Dragon Slayer, there is more power in you than you realize!" Zekken says which makes Jeff curious. Zekken of course this time unleashes fire magic to create an explosion between them and dispel the illusion over them to make everyone think that they are getting serious now. And Jeff starts slurping up the fire Zekken unleashed and swallows it down. "Now then show me your strongest attack!"
"Alright then! You asked for it! Dragon Slayer's Secret Art; Flame Lotus, Exploding Flame Blade!" Jeff conjures flames from his arms and spins them in a circular motion unleashing a torrent of flames at Zekken and exploding on him. The crowd was silent as they waited until the smoke cleared to see the results, as it cleared a bit they could see Zekken still standing for just a second until he fell on his back.
"What a twist! The two fighters were throwing punches at each other and suddenly Jeff unleashes a powerful Dragon Slayer attack, and it has knocked Zekken down for the count! Which means Jeff goes onward to the Semi-finals to face either James or Collin in the next round!" The Announcer explains having the crowd cheer loudly, as Jeff goes up to Zekken who easily got up with a few burns on him.
"You are strong, however at your level it might not be enough to beat Rozen." He tells him. "I know you have a lot of questions, but I can't tell you everything now. However, there are some enemies the CPUs will recognize. However Rozen used some magic to force them to obey his orders, one of them is holding the sage and needs to be destroyed to release them. This Sage will give you a clue to the blade that was forged by the goddess of old. For the start, here hold onto this." Zekken places something in Jeff's hand. "Keep it with you, you will need it later. But for now we will meet at another time." He heads to the doorway as Jeff opens his hand showing a glowing red gem.
"I wonder what this is for. He said to hold onto it so I guess I will until I find out what it is." Jeff thought to himself, putting the gem in the pocket of his trousers as he left the arena passing by Collin.
"I may not be able to fight you now, but once I beat James and reach the Semi-Finals I will crush you this time." He says with a confident smile.
"Get real, if you think you can overpower James you have another thing coming." Jeff says glaring at him as James walks to them seeing what was going on. "Your Master will taste my fist when I come straight for him."
"HA! You think you can be on par with Master Rozen, he is way above your league!" He says and heads out. Jeff glares at him and then turns to James.
"He thinks he should have protected my friend, but in truth he is a jerk." James says, having a frustrated look. "I took that risk just to show her that it was safe. Losing the closest friend is the worst to have ever happened."
"He's only getting to you, never back down when he insults you. All of us should be able to fight for someone we care for, so show him that any of us can overcome whatever Rozen and the Dark Army throw at us!" Jeff encourages him.
"Right, I'll do whatever I can to do this." James says and enters the arena where Collin waits for their fight to start. "Collin is a jerk, and I'll show him that I am better than him and his Master."
"Alright Ladies and Gentlemen! The Last match of the round is about to start, our last two competitors are Collin VS James! Which one will advance to face the Fire Dragon Slayer in the Semi-Finals? Let's find out right now, begin!" The Announcer says as the bell rings signaling them to start having James pull out his sword and charges forth at Collin who counters with a katana blocking the attack.
"It wouldn't be fair if you were the only one with a sword to use in this fight. But it won't matter to me with I have to use against you." He says as he pushes James away and with quick movement he strikes James with a punch. James was surprised and certain Collin doesn't have the Saints Serum Powers. "What's wrong James? Can't keep up?" Collin taunts him trying to force him to use his powers.
"What the hell?! How is he moving fast? I'm certain he doesn't have them. Or did Rozen give him the powers?" James asked himself as he was trying to focus on defending against Collin's swift attacks.
"Does that guy have the same powers? He's moving so fast!" Alex says watching the two fight.
"No, the armbands and shoulder pads on him might be the cause." Jeff assumed as he could see the device connecting onto Collin were glowing like being activated. Also Collin had the same glow from last time Jeff encountered him. Not sure what it could be that is giving Collin the extra power boost, James had no choice except throwing a fire blast at Collin however he dodged it easily.
"Finally decided to use them now? Well let's make this interesting!" Collin moves quickly towards James as he blocks the swift slashes coming at him.
"I don't remember you ever getting the Saints Serum powers. Did your Master give you those powers?!" James asked, a bit frustrated not getting a chance to attack.
"You are right, I don't have those powers. However Master Rozen provided a new special element that enhances my abilities! That is how I am able to move so quickly!" Collin explains moving fast and striking hard.
"A special element? How interesting." Jeff says with his hearing. "James has to get him somehow. He may be limited in using his powers, but he needs to win this somehow!" James and Collin were now clashing blades as James was throwing blasts to hit Collin but having no luck getting one to contact him. James focused closely on Collin's movement and then with precise aim he fired another blast that would have hit Collin, but he noticed it at the last second to dodge it.
"You almost got me th-" Before he could finish James stomps his foot causing Collin to tumble and becomes vulnerable by a few strikes from James and knocking him into the wall. "Well done there James, you caught me by surprise. I might as well try my other tactic." Collin had a sly grin which James readied himself for whatever was going to come at him. Collin moves fast towards James and clashing blades again. "You know you've always been the better one out of the 7 of us! I always wanted to get rid of you because you weren't worthy of being a part of the project!"
"Just because I was strategizing, doesn't mean you can be superior to all of us during the project! We got through the simulation with no problems, but only a few came from you!" James argued with him. "And even if it didn't, Vivian would never be yours!"
"Are you certain? Actually her parents selected me as a suitor and will be her fiancé!" Those words hit James hard, but he was unsure if he was joking or being serious. "My dad was a worker of our project, of course the Main Scientist insisted to have you along. Of course I had planned for a way to get rid of you before, but it backfired on me!"
"What are you saying… Are you trying to tell me you were the cause of overheating the machine?!" James asked, starting to get furious as their blades clashed as they try to push the other down.
"In a way, yes. I wanted the machine to destroy you with massive overheating. But apparently it cooled down for you to survive! However I can change that by destroying you here!" Collin says with a wicked evil grin while James' eyes were shadowed from what he learned. "This is where you will fall James, this is the end for y-" before he finished James suddenly had a blue aura surrounding his body and he pushed Collin off and revealed his shadowed eyes looking seriously mad now.
"It's your fault, now you are done!" James shouted as he moved faster than expected, slashing and striking Collin where he couldn't defend against the sudden attacks. "I'm finishing you here and now!" His sword then separates which he moves to grab one of the 5 swords slashing Collin, and he repeats this with the others up to 11 hits until he does a downward slash causing Collin to crash to the ground. James lands having 5 of the sword lands around him as he catches the main blade of the Fusion Sword. "However I can't kill you here, but the next time we fight. I will not hesitate to end you." Collin was badly wounded and frustrated he lost as James left him there. Up in one of the stands someone in a dark violet longcoat saw the whole fight and left the scene after it finished.
"We need a medical team quickly!" The announcer calls out for a med team as they huddied up and brought Collin into the medical room as Selena was clear to leave. "Alright! The first matches have now been decided! The Semi-Finals will begin in 10 Minutes! Our 2 Matches now are, Xander VS Alex! And Jeff VS James! Which ones will head into the Finals? Only time will tell!"
Deep in the shadows below the Colosseum, four figures were awaiting the moment they had waited for.
"Argh, I hate waiting! Why can't I just go out there and kill them already?!" A loud voice spoke, sounding frustrated and impatient.
"As we were told, if we disobeyed Rozen for reviving us. You know what will happen." A woman's voice said to the impatient one.
"Disobeying him is the one thing we shouldn't do, otherwise we will be destroyed." A calm voice said.
"Hehehe, well when he gives us the signal then we can lay waste onto them easily!" Another voice said laughing.
"As well as Rozen's new creation once it is fully complete. The End of the CPUs is at hand." The woman says looking at a large figure with a strange glowing sky blue energy flowing through the whole thing and the Center has a glowing object.
A Tournament has begun, 3 Dragon Slayers have been revealed. Rozen also has a sudden surprise under the Colosseum. Will the Gang find the sage and rescue them? Or will disaster fall upon them all? And why does Selena want to keep her Dragon Slayer magic a secret? All this and more in the future, find out next time!
