Chapter Two: Swordswoman
The noonday sun beat against the backs of the people gathered to watch the sword-fighting tournament. Each year, inhabitants of Rykona would gather from near and far to watch the best of the best battle in the annual tournament. Suzuka had watched anxiously each year waiting patiently until she reached the age of fourteen, so she could enter the tournament. But instead of waiting idly, she had entered in contests for sword fighting in the young divisions where there was not much competition. Now her day had finally come. Most of the contestants were young men… in fact she couldn't see one girl in the contestants area so far. Standing there on the stage waiting for her turn made her nervous. "No Suzuka, control yourself," she kept thinking, "you are better than all of them!"
"Hi," one of the boys next to her started a conversation.
"Hello," Suzuka answered nonchalantly.
"Did you take a wrong turn somewhere?" he asked pushing back his blond hair.
"What are you talking about?" she answered him with a question.
"Well, I mean, you know this is the sword fighting tournament… and you are a girl.." he started but she stopped him by putting her sword to his throat.
"How many sunsets will you see before you will be beaten by me?" she said angrily.
The blond boy took a step back; he obviously got her message. Suzuka smiled, hopefully when she battled him he'd be too overcome with fear to properly think. The boy quickly skipped off to tell his other friends about "the woman" he had just spoken too.
"Go and tell your friends," she whispered to herself grinning.
A middle aged man walked around explaining the procedures, "Now, first of all, this is like any elimination tournament, if you lose you are eliminated. We have everyone split into two groups- the blue and the red. In the end the champion of each group will battle in the finals for the title of best junior sword fighter on the planet. The tournament will take about a week, and you may or may not have to battle everyday." The man went around assigning which group they were in. When the man passed by Suzuka he winked and gave her a slip of paper- she was in the red group and her first battle would be today against a man named Fylen. She had never heard of Fylen, but that didn't mean she should go about underestimating him.
"The biggest mistake one can make is underestimating one's adversary," she thought as she walked off to prepare for her battle.
As I said on my summary, this is my first Outlaw fic, so please R and R so I know how you like it.
The noonday sun beat against the backs of the people gathered to watch the sword-fighting tournament. Each year, inhabitants of Rykona would gather from near and far to watch the best of the best battle in the annual tournament. Suzuka had watched anxiously each year waiting patiently until she reached the age of fourteen, so she could enter the tournament. But instead of waiting idly, she had entered in contests for sword fighting in the young divisions where there was not much competition. Now her day had finally come. Most of the contestants were young men… in fact she couldn't see one girl in the contestants area so far. Standing there on the stage waiting for her turn made her nervous. "No Suzuka, control yourself," she kept thinking, "you are better than all of them!"
"Hi," one of the boys next to her started a conversation.
"Hello," Suzuka answered nonchalantly.
"Did you take a wrong turn somewhere?" he asked pushing back his blond hair.
"What are you talking about?" she answered him with a question.
"Well, I mean, you know this is the sword fighting tournament… and you are a girl.." he started but she stopped him by putting her sword to his throat.
"How many sunsets will you see before you will be beaten by me?" she said angrily.
The blond boy took a step back; he obviously got her message. Suzuka smiled, hopefully when she battled him he'd be too overcome with fear to properly think. The boy quickly skipped off to tell his other friends about "the woman" he had just spoken too.
"Go and tell your friends," she whispered to herself grinning.
A middle aged man walked around explaining the procedures, "Now, first of all, this is like any elimination tournament, if you lose you are eliminated. We have everyone split into two groups- the blue and the red. In the end the champion of each group will battle in the finals for the title of best junior sword fighter on the planet. The tournament will take about a week, and you may or may not have to battle everyday." The man went around assigning which group they were in. When the man passed by Suzuka he winked and gave her a slip of paper- she was in the red group and her first battle would be today against a man named Fylen. She had never heard of Fylen, but that didn't mean she should go about underestimating him.
"The biggest mistake one can make is underestimating one's adversary," she thought as she walked off to prepare for her battle.
As I said on my summary, this is my first Outlaw fic, so please R and R so I know how you like it.
