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Chapter Eight
"Alright, let's go to Collosso!" shouted Zinin. He ran towards the carriage and jumped in. Kalirn and Gaolik followed, and they set off towards Tolbi. After traveling for a while, they finally arrived in Tolbi. Although it was not yet time for Collosso tryouts, the friends didn't want to miss it.
"Really? They let you sign up even though you're only eight?" asked Kalirn. Zinin nodded excitedly. "I can't wait!" he exclaimed. "I'll beat you!" Kalirn laughed. Over the last few months in Tolbi, they had been training hard. Now that Collosso was coming up, they were ready for it.
"Go!" a man shouted. Gaolik began running towards his first obstacle. It was a wall, easily five feet high. He scrambled up it and jumped off the other side. Continuing onwards, Gaolik grinned to himself. This was going to be too easy. The next obstacle was directly in front of him. Small pools of water. Gaolik loved water, but he couldn't stop to play in it. He jumped over the water and ran towards the next obstacle. It was a belt moving backwards. Gaolik charged towards it and ran over it easily, barely touching the ground. Ahead of him, he saw a raised platform. On it sat two swords. He quickly lifted one of them and prepared for battle. Soon afterwards, his opponent ran up. The tall muscular man glared down at the boy who had beaten him to the battlefield. "I'll teach you, kid." Gaolik shrugged, and replied, "Don't be too sure." The man grinned, revealing several missing teeth. His face was scarred, and he looked as though a sword couldn't cut through him. He picked up the other sword, and rushed towards Gaolik. Their swords clanged together, and Gaolik tried his hardest to resist. The man spit in his face and laughed. "You're pitiful," he said. Gaolik shrugged, and cast ice horn. The thin peices of ice sliced into the man, causing blood to seep out, but no serious injury. The man asked, "What was that? You're cheating, I just know it. I don't know how but I know that you are. If you want to cheat, I can play that same game. With that, he pulled a long sharp sword from within his clothing. He grinned and said, "It's too late to give up now, kid. I'm going to kill you." Security guards ran onto the battlefield to try to stop the man before he killed Gaolik, but never made it to him. The huge man slashed his heavy sword down repeatedly, killing all of the guards. Only Gaolik remained. He leapt forwards, casting hail prism at the same time as attacking with his sword. "I'm stronger than you think," he said, "and I haven't even used my full power yet." As he finished talking, the sheets of ice slammed into the man, knocking him unconcious. Gaolik smirked, and walked over to him. "You'll never kill again," he said. WIth that, he grabbed the man's sword, and stabbed it through his heart. He signalled to the guards who had just entered to take him away, and then grabbed hold of the blade of the sword. Blood came from his hands, but he held on tight. He began to bend it, until it finally snapped in half. With a grin, he dropped the two halves on the ground and cast ply on his hands. Meanwhile, the audience had been frightened by the entire thing, and finally cheered for the triumphant Gaolik.
"That was an odd fight," said Gaolik, several hours later. Zinin nodded. "I hope I don't have to fight some insane monkey," he said. Kalirn laughed. "My first fight is tomorrow. I think I'm fighting a respected citizen of Tolbi." Gaolik laughed.
Kalirn found himself facing a fairly short man, not much taller than himself. He had short black hair. Kalirn smiled, and said, "Good luck." The other man nodded, and said, "The same to you." He then lunged forwards with extreme speed, nearly killing Kalirn right then. However, he managed to get his sword up just in time to save himself. "Not bad," he said. His opponent replied, "Not bad yourself! Almost anyone I've ever done that to lost to it immediately." Kalirn grinned, and said, "I won last year, but with you around I could have trouble this time." The other man laughed. "Why do you look so happy about it then?" Kalirn laughed himself, and said, "Because." With that, he cast spire. The large rock fell down towards his opponent, who barely managed to move out of the way in time. For several minutes the two competitors continued to fight, until finally a spire hit the man. Kalirn grinned, and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" He laughed, and walked away.
Zinin was nervous. His friends had both won their matches, but he was afraid that he would lose himself. He kept telling himself that he wasn't going to be fighting Xulkar, or even an adept, as far as he knew, but he couldn't calm down. It was finally time to go. He walked towards his first obstacle. A large wall covered in vines stood in front of him. He laughed. This would be easy. He jumped into the air, grabbing a vine. Next, he grabbed for another vine above. After switching to that vine, he climbed up it. At the top, he saw several large birds flying around, and some water below. He laughed to himself, and jumped onto a bird. With psynergy he communicated to the bird, and flew over the remaining obstacles. At the end, he hopped off the bird and grabbed a sword from the ground. The audience gasped. Zinin heard shouts and whistles from the ground. This boosted his morale slightly, and he waited for his opponent to arrive. When he finally came, he was amazed to see Zinin sitting on the ground, nearly asleep. He laughed, and said, "Hey kid! How long have you been waiting?" Zinin got up and said, "Oh, I'm sorry about that." He grinned. He quickly ran towards the man, swinging his sword. His hair flew out behind him, and he began moving extremely fast. Suddenly, a huge red beast flew over his head, trampling his opponent. He gasped, and ran over the the man. "Are you all right?" he asked. The man moaned, and looked up at him. "What was that?" he asked. Zinin shrugged. "I have no clue," he said. The man moaned, and closed his eyes. Zinin sighed in relief at his victory, and wondered what had happened.
Later, Zinin was talking to Phobos and Deimos. He asked them, "Did you have something to do with that... thing?" The djinni began to giggle. Phobos said, "We decided to help you. Not gonna let anybody else win..." Deimos giggled harder, and Phobos continued, "It was Kirin! Kirin helped you win! You owe Kirin a big thank you!" The djinni went on and on about Kirin, and Zinin began to laugh.
Kalirn groaned as he looked over the schedule for the next rounds of Collosso. He was fighting Gaolik. The next round was going to take place in about an hour. Zinin was fighting someone who was signed up as 'War- Hero'. Kalirn laughed. 'Yeah right,' he thought. He then went off to prepare for the next round.
After Zinin's victory in the previous round, he was extremely excited about the next round. He hoped to get a ride on a bird. Finally, he heard the voice he was waiting for. It shouted, "Go!" Wasting no time, he ran towards the first obstacle. It was a pool of water with a log in it. He didn't know what the log was for, so he rushed towards it and jumped. Right before hitting the water, Deimos and Phobos grabbed his feet. He looked down in amazement realizing that he was walking on the water. He quickly rushed over the pool, continiously gaining altitude. He laughed, looking down at the awe-strucken audience. Soon, he landed on the ground, and grabbed a sword. Not long afterwards, his opponent walked up, and picked up the other sword. He was a young man, appearing to be about twenty years old. Zinin laughed. "Hello," he said, "and goodbye." He grinned widely, and the spirit of Kirin came down to attack. 'War-Hero' managed to dive out of the way in time, and the metal platform melted where the spirit hit. Zinin whispered, "Phobos! Deimos! Don't do that unless I tell you to, ok?" The djinni agreed, and Zinin again concentrated on the battle. He cast plasma repeatedly, but his opponent was able to dodge them. He steadily came closer to him, until he was in range to attack. Zinin did a backflip and pointed his sword at his opponent. Concentrating hard, he managed to send a storm ray through the sword, striking his opponent's sword. The electricity filled the sword and overflowed into the man. He screamed in pain, dropping the sword. Zinin grinned, dropped his own sword, and slammed his head into the man's chest as hard as he could, knocking him backwards.
Kalirn sighed. He didn't know why Zinin was doing so well, but he knew that he didn't stand a chance against him. He shrugged, and prepared to battle Gaolik. Several minutes later, he found himself holding a sword, facing him. He grinned at him, but stood back. Gaolik pointed his sword slightly forwards.
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Sorry about the wait, I had a complete mental block. Anyway, in the next chapter... Well, I can't tell you, or you'd know! That'd ruin the surprise!
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Chapter Eight
"Alright, let's go to Collosso!" shouted Zinin. He ran towards the carriage and jumped in. Kalirn and Gaolik followed, and they set off towards Tolbi. After traveling for a while, they finally arrived in Tolbi. Although it was not yet time for Collosso tryouts, the friends didn't want to miss it.
"Really? They let you sign up even though you're only eight?" asked Kalirn. Zinin nodded excitedly. "I can't wait!" he exclaimed. "I'll beat you!" Kalirn laughed. Over the last few months in Tolbi, they had been training hard. Now that Collosso was coming up, they were ready for it.
"Go!" a man shouted. Gaolik began running towards his first obstacle. It was a wall, easily five feet high. He scrambled up it and jumped off the other side. Continuing onwards, Gaolik grinned to himself. This was going to be too easy. The next obstacle was directly in front of him. Small pools of water. Gaolik loved water, but he couldn't stop to play in it. He jumped over the water and ran towards the next obstacle. It was a belt moving backwards. Gaolik charged towards it and ran over it easily, barely touching the ground. Ahead of him, he saw a raised platform. On it sat two swords. He quickly lifted one of them and prepared for battle. Soon afterwards, his opponent ran up. The tall muscular man glared down at the boy who had beaten him to the battlefield. "I'll teach you, kid." Gaolik shrugged, and replied, "Don't be too sure." The man grinned, revealing several missing teeth. His face was scarred, and he looked as though a sword couldn't cut through him. He picked up the other sword, and rushed towards Gaolik. Their swords clanged together, and Gaolik tried his hardest to resist. The man spit in his face and laughed. "You're pitiful," he said. Gaolik shrugged, and cast ice horn. The thin peices of ice sliced into the man, causing blood to seep out, but no serious injury. The man asked, "What was that? You're cheating, I just know it. I don't know how but I know that you are. If you want to cheat, I can play that same game. With that, he pulled a long sharp sword from within his clothing. He grinned and said, "It's too late to give up now, kid. I'm going to kill you." Security guards ran onto the battlefield to try to stop the man before he killed Gaolik, but never made it to him. The huge man slashed his heavy sword down repeatedly, killing all of the guards. Only Gaolik remained. He leapt forwards, casting hail prism at the same time as attacking with his sword. "I'm stronger than you think," he said, "and I haven't even used my full power yet." As he finished talking, the sheets of ice slammed into the man, knocking him unconcious. Gaolik smirked, and walked over to him. "You'll never kill again," he said. WIth that, he grabbed the man's sword, and stabbed it through his heart. He signalled to the guards who had just entered to take him away, and then grabbed hold of the blade of the sword. Blood came from his hands, but he held on tight. He began to bend it, until it finally snapped in half. With a grin, he dropped the two halves on the ground and cast ply on his hands. Meanwhile, the audience had been frightened by the entire thing, and finally cheered for the triumphant Gaolik.
"That was an odd fight," said Gaolik, several hours later. Zinin nodded. "I hope I don't have to fight some insane monkey," he said. Kalirn laughed. "My first fight is tomorrow. I think I'm fighting a respected citizen of Tolbi." Gaolik laughed.
Kalirn found himself facing a fairly short man, not much taller than himself. He had short black hair. Kalirn smiled, and said, "Good luck." The other man nodded, and said, "The same to you." He then lunged forwards with extreme speed, nearly killing Kalirn right then. However, he managed to get his sword up just in time to save himself. "Not bad," he said. His opponent replied, "Not bad yourself! Almost anyone I've ever done that to lost to it immediately." Kalirn grinned, and said, "I won last year, but with you around I could have trouble this time." The other man laughed. "Why do you look so happy about it then?" Kalirn laughed himself, and said, "Because." With that, he cast spire. The large rock fell down towards his opponent, who barely managed to move out of the way in time. For several minutes the two competitors continued to fight, until finally a spire hit the man. Kalirn grinned, and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" He laughed, and walked away.
Zinin was nervous. His friends had both won their matches, but he was afraid that he would lose himself. He kept telling himself that he wasn't going to be fighting Xulkar, or even an adept, as far as he knew, but he couldn't calm down. It was finally time to go. He walked towards his first obstacle. A large wall covered in vines stood in front of him. He laughed. This would be easy. He jumped into the air, grabbing a vine. Next, he grabbed for another vine above. After switching to that vine, he climbed up it. At the top, he saw several large birds flying around, and some water below. He laughed to himself, and jumped onto a bird. With psynergy he communicated to the bird, and flew over the remaining obstacles. At the end, he hopped off the bird and grabbed a sword from the ground. The audience gasped. Zinin heard shouts and whistles from the ground. This boosted his morale slightly, and he waited for his opponent to arrive. When he finally came, he was amazed to see Zinin sitting on the ground, nearly asleep. He laughed, and said, "Hey kid! How long have you been waiting?" Zinin got up and said, "Oh, I'm sorry about that." He grinned. He quickly ran towards the man, swinging his sword. His hair flew out behind him, and he began moving extremely fast. Suddenly, a huge red beast flew over his head, trampling his opponent. He gasped, and ran over the the man. "Are you all right?" he asked. The man moaned, and looked up at him. "What was that?" he asked. Zinin shrugged. "I have no clue," he said. The man moaned, and closed his eyes. Zinin sighed in relief at his victory, and wondered what had happened.
Later, Zinin was talking to Phobos and Deimos. He asked them, "Did you have something to do with that... thing?" The djinni began to giggle. Phobos said, "We decided to help you. Not gonna let anybody else win..." Deimos giggled harder, and Phobos continued, "It was Kirin! Kirin helped you win! You owe Kirin a big thank you!" The djinni went on and on about Kirin, and Zinin began to laugh.
Kalirn groaned as he looked over the schedule for the next rounds of Collosso. He was fighting Gaolik. The next round was going to take place in about an hour. Zinin was fighting someone who was signed up as 'War- Hero'. Kalirn laughed. 'Yeah right,' he thought. He then went off to prepare for the next round.
After Zinin's victory in the previous round, he was extremely excited about the next round. He hoped to get a ride on a bird. Finally, he heard the voice he was waiting for. It shouted, "Go!" Wasting no time, he ran towards the first obstacle. It was a pool of water with a log in it. He didn't know what the log was for, so he rushed towards it and jumped. Right before hitting the water, Deimos and Phobos grabbed his feet. He looked down in amazement realizing that he was walking on the water. He quickly rushed over the pool, continiously gaining altitude. He laughed, looking down at the awe-strucken audience. Soon, he landed on the ground, and grabbed a sword. Not long afterwards, his opponent walked up, and picked up the other sword. He was a young man, appearing to be about twenty years old. Zinin laughed. "Hello," he said, "and goodbye." He grinned widely, and the spirit of Kirin came down to attack. 'War-Hero' managed to dive out of the way in time, and the metal platform melted where the spirit hit. Zinin whispered, "Phobos! Deimos! Don't do that unless I tell you to, ok?" The djinni agreed, and Zinin again concentrated on the battle. He cast plasma repeatedly, but his opponent was able to dodge them. He steadily came closer to him, until he was in range to attack. Zinin did a backflip and pointed his sword at his opponent. Concentrating hard, he managed to send a storm ray through the sword, striking his opponent's sword. The electricity filled the sword and overflowed into the man. He screamed in pain, dropping the sword. Zinin grinned, dropped his own sword, and slammed his head into the man's chest as hard as he could, knocking him backwards.
Kalirn sighed. He didn't know why Zinin was doing so well, but he knew that he didn't stand a chance against him. He shrugged, and prepared to battle Gaolik. Several minutes later, he found himself holding a sword, facing him. He grinned at him, but stood back. Gaolik pointed his sword slightly forwards.
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Sorry about the wait, I had a complete mental block. Anyway, in the next chapter... Well, I can't tell you, or you'd know! That'd ruin the surprise!
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