Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z, Digimon, Outlaw Star, Zoids, Cowboy Bebop, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cardcaptors, Hamtaro, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!/Tenchi Universe, Pokémon, Rorouni Kenshin, InuYasha or Yu-Yu Hakusho. If I did, then they'd all be on one channel in a huge block. But they're not, and I don't own them. But one day I will...I'm hoping so, anyway.
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The Super Anime World Tournament
By Hayabusa Will (TheNameIsWill@AOL.Com)
Chapter Six-Mystery Duel?
"Chansey!" Came two cheerful voices. Two Chansey, each wearing a nurse's hat, came out with a stretcher. The egg-shaped Pokémon picked up Yugi and placed him in the stretcher before carrying him off.
Yugi had regained consciousness rather quickly, and was speaking as he was carried away. "No..." He gave a groan of pain. "The puzzle! I need to get...the puzzle" He stopped, as he was in too much pain to continue speaking much. He panted loudly, enduring the agony his body was going through.
"You're going to have to slow down there, Yugi" Came the voice of a woman. Yugi opened his eyes, which were closed when he was being taken to the medical room. He looked up to see a young woman with red hair and a kind face. "You've taken quite the injuries"
"Who...who are you?" Yugi asked as he was placed in a bed. He was able to see that she was treating Buu, who was in the next bed. He had a bandage around his head and had an ice pack on his head. He was awake but didn't seem in as fun a mood as before.
"I'm Nurse Joy" Replied the woman. "I'm treating all of the tournament's patients. It seems you took quite the injury when you were fighting. You're going to need to go to sleep while I treat you. Chansey, prepare the anesthetic"
"Chansey!" One of the Chansey went off to a counter where many medicines stood.
"But...the puzzle..." Yugi's voice drifted off as he fell into a deep sleep. It would seem that he wasn't going to need any anesthetic after all.
"Er..." Mewtwo floated into the medical area himself. He had taken worse of a hit in the fight than he would like to admit. Even though Mewtwo managed to win, Yugi still did a number on him. "I'm afraid I have my own injuries as well"
"That's fine" Replied Nurse Joy, smiling. "I specialize on Pokémon. I had to brush up on human medicine a bit before I could come to treat them, but it's going to be a little hard in the future. Buu was pretty hard to treat, as he was neither Pokémon nor human...I don't know how I'll be able to treat Hamtaro or Cell if they come here in bad condition. What seems to be the problem, Mewtwo?"
"Oh...everything..." Mewtwo replied, trying to look away. He seemed rather ashamed that he didn't completely wipe out Yugi.
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"What do you mean, I won't fight in this tournament?" Harry faced Hazanko seriously. "You plan to do something about the fact that I'm in and you're not?"
"Yes, I do" Hazanko began to walk over to Harry. "I'm going to take you out. You won't be able to fight in this tournament"
"We'll see about that!" Harry took a large jump backwards and went into a fighting pose. "I'll take you down before I beat Starwind into the ground!"
Hazanko held up to fingers. "Pagua san fa, pagua san fa, pagua san fa, pagua san fa..." As he chanted these words, white energy swirled around his head, slowly moving faster. "PAGUA SAN FA!"
Hazanko sent the Tao magic that he was using to create energy at Harry. Harry immediatley went into a crouching position. The attack hit his shoulders head-on and seemed to disappear. But there was no affect on Harry whatsoever.
"What?!" Hazanko's eyes widened. "What happened?"
"You not only underestimated me, but you overestimated yourself" Harry stood up straight. "My technology is superior to yours. I built a mechanism that absorbs energy attacks and uses them for one of my own attacks, which you will see soon enough. NOW EAT THIS!"
Harry dashed forward and threw a kick at Hazanko. Hazanko quickly blocked and grabbed Harry by the arm. He threw the construct into the wall and started charging his Tao Magic once more. Harry quickly kicked himself to his feet and tackled Hazanko into the ground. As Hazanko got up, Harry backflipped backwards far away.
"Now to show you what I was TALKING ABOUT!" Harry held his shoulders out towards Hazanko. Hazanko could clearly see that there was a machine on them. The machine shot out to large sparks. The sparks struck Hazanko with a large blast, accompanied by a loud booming sound. The wall was broken and Hazanko lay on his back.
"No...impossible..." Hazanko weakly groaned.
"Possible" Harry gave a smirk. "Your attack was very strong indeed. But no amount of strength could overcome the mechanism to absorb energy. Combined with the already strong power of my Spark Blaster, it could easily take you down in one shot"
"Aha, there you are" Harry and Hazanko looked over to see a blue-haired woman in an officer's outfit. She had handcuffs in her right hand. "I heard there was a trespasser, and there is. This is for fighters only"
"Who are you?" Harry asked.
"I'm Officer Jenny" She replied. "Since you're one of the approved fighters for the tournament, I'm guessing that this man is the trespasser" She added, pointing at Hazanko.
"That would be him" Replied Harry.
"Good" Officer Jenny put handcuffs on Hazanko and began to push him along. Hazanko was moving very slowly, as he had taken quite the hurting from the attack.
"This isn't the end, McDougall..." Hazanko weakly threatened as Officer Jenny pulled him away.
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The fight between Hazanko and Harry wasn't the only accident waiting to happen outside of the ring. Kaiba, after having broken Bakura's nose, was still wandering around the stadium.
"Hmph. What a bunch of fools. They think Yugi would actually go far in a tournament like this? Give me a break. I've seen insects that fight better than he does" Kaiba muttered as he continued to walk. Not looking around, he didn't notice someone standing in front of him. He bumped into the stranger. "Hey, watch where you're going!"
"Why don't you?!" Came a growling, deep voice. Kaiba looked to see a muscular, light purple man standing there, wearing Saiyan armor. He had veins all over his head, which didn't have hair, but did have two horns on the side. He wore a Scouter on his right ear.
"Why don't you shut up, you freak?" Kaiba growled as he looked at the man. "And who are you?"
"You don't know who I am?" The man grinned and then started to move around. "I am...Captaaaaain Ginyu!" He concluded, striking a pose.
"How lame" Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Since you're a Captain, you must be a captain of something. And you must have a crew"
"You don't know?" Captain Ginyu grinned. "I'm the leader of the Ginyu force!"
"And where are they?" Kaiba asked, smirking.
"They uh...died..." He replied. "But that's not the point! The point is that I'm going to beat your ass right now!"
"You can't beat my technology" Kaiba pointed to a device on his hand. "My cards will defeat you easily"
"Ooh, cards, I'm so scared" Captain Ginyu chuckled.
Kaiba smirked. "This machine has been redone. A new effect takes place. It should be rather interesting for you to see" He held up a card with the image of a humanoid lizard that had blades on its arms.
"Well, let's see you like THIS!" Captain Ginyu held out his palms. A flash of yellowish energy began to form. Before he fired it, several voices came. "Huh?"
Officer Jenny then came by, pushing the badly beaten Hazanko along, while Hazanko gave no attempts to resist.
"Looks like a cop" Kaiba pointed out as he put the card back with the deck of the others.
"They should call you Captain Obvious" Ginyu lowered his energy blast. "We better ditch this...what say we take a round in the ring, instead?"
"Oh please, give me a break" Kaiba rolled his eyes.
"Sure, if we request it then they'll let us in" Captain Ginyu chuckled. "I've done it before. I got into a fight with some kid in goggles that turned into a red thingy. He called himself A-Gooney-Man or something. Whatever it was, he got beaten bad"
"Very well" Kaiba nodded. "You go schedule it for after the third fight, and we will have our own small round"
"Fine then" Ginyu nodded. The two arrogant males turned away and walked off their separate ways, probably to get ready for the fight they were to have soon enough.
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Gene quickly turned to face his opponent. It was a frame, and nothing more. A frame of a human made completely of purple wires, with what appeared to be glowing red heart and brain in it. Gene quickly raised his fist and slammed it into the wire, sending it flying. Two more came down, one seemingly a male and the second a female. Gene drew his castor and started to charge it. The female frame came at him with a kick, but Gene quickly stopped his charging and ducked to kick her, sending her out. He shot his partially charged Castor Shot to send the male frame from the ring. He leapt up and punched upwards through the air, knocking two upwards through the nonexistent roof.
"5...4...3...2...1...TIME UP!" Came a voice as Gene knocked off two more frames with a split. "Final score is seventy six knock outs"
Gene put his castor in its holder. "Hm. Not too bad, I guess...I don't have time for another round...they made an announcement that I had fifteen minutes to return and that was..." Gene looked up at the clock on the wall. "Oh great, the match starts in two minutes..."
Gene walked out to see that Goku, Tenchi, Spike, Sailor Moon, Hamtaro, Guilmon and Pikachu were all standing there.
"Hey Gene, good luck" Goku said as he held out his hand.
"Thanks" Gene shook Goku's hand. "I'll do my best out there. I'll be seeing you" Gene quickly dashed out the door before he was late.
"Good luck!" Called all of them but Pikachu.
"Pika pi!" Pikachu added in his cute, high-pitched voice.
"I got McDougall...he's new but...no rookie...I hope I can do this..." Gene quietly whispered to himself as he dashed towards the Fighter's Den. He arrived back within a few minutes, and entered through the back entrance, which had no door but a door-like opening. "Hey, does the match start yet?"
Bit and Van, who were sitting together, both looked over. "No" Bit replied, shaking his head.
"Since when are you two getting along?" Gene asked, smirking.
"We didn't" Van replied. He held up a hand of cards. "Yugi told us about Duel Monsters a little while ago, so we went out and bought some cards during the break from some guy with white hair and a red suit. He was pretty creepy. I'm winning, anyway"
"Your time of winning is over!" Bit put a card down on the field. "I now sacrifice Harpie's Brother and Seven Colored Fish to summon the supreme, imperial, industrial and all that stuff, Red Eyes Black Dragon!" The tiny image of a a black dragon with red eyes that would appear to be giant on a larger scale appeared, roaring. "Now, attack his Girochin! Inferno Fire Blast!"
Van turned over a card he had face down. "Mirror Force"
"Damnit, that's the seventh time you turned a face down card against me!" Bit yelled in frustration, as the Red Eyes shot a fireball at an orange dragon which had just come out of an egg with red spots. A reflective force shot the attack back at the Red-Eyes, destroying it. The purple insect Girochin Kuwagata lunged forward and pinched Bit's arm, causing his life points to fall to zero "Ow"
"I WIN!" Van yelled out, holding up his arms in victory. Everyone around looked at him strangely. Van put down his arms and chuckled nervously, starting to turn red. "What?"
"Er...it won't be like that in the fight" Bit muttered as he collected his cards back into a deck.
"Well, you guys have fun with your cards, it's about time to fight" Gene walked up the steps and stood at the edge of the Fighter's Den, looking out as Stalker prepared to do the introduction of the third match.
"Ok ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for the next match?!" Stalker called out to the audience into his microphone. The audience began to cheer loudly. "Good, then let's get it started! The first two matches ended with the loser out cold after the fight! Will we get another? We're about to see! It's time to duel! Out in the area of Sentinal III, an outlaw traveled in the fastest ship in the universe. He traveled to the Galatic Leyline with his crew. He was also a two-time veteran of the tournament, going into the third year. He was, and is, the one, the only, GENE STARWIND!"
Gene smiled as he walked out, waving to the crowd. He tried not to listen to the screaming girls of the audience as he went.
"Gene!" Came a familiar voice. Gene looked to the left, and sure enough, a crowd was there for Gene. There was his young partner, Jim Hawking, who called out to him at the same time as his significant other, Melfina. Along with them was the Ctarl Ctarl, Aisha Clanclan, as well as Suzuka, the assassin.
Gene gave a short wave back as he walked up the short steps into the ring. He threw two punches at the air and began to stretch out his hamstrings as he awaited his opponent.
"And what if I told you that this outlaw had a rival? Traveling in his ship, the El Dorado, he pined for one thing that the Starwind boy had. But, nonetheless, this rival wouldn't let him forget his presence. And he was one heck of a pilot as well as a cool guy. In his first tournament debut, he's come to fight. If you would guess that he was HARRY MCDOUGALL, you'd be correct!"
The crowd cheered loudly, but not as loudly as for Gene. Harry walked out onto the field, smirking as he did. He looked towards Melfina, his attitude becoming suddenly saddened. He looked away, seemingly in pain, to the other side of the field. There he saw the two people that he invited: his brother, Ron McDougall, and the professor who traveled with them to the Galactic Leyline, Gwen Kahn.
Harry jumped over the steps and landed in the ring, facing down Gene. "You know Starwind..." Began Harry. "I'm not going to let you beat me. I refuse to lose this match"
"How about that, same thing" Gene replied with a smirk. He then noticed Harry was serious, and the smirk dissapeared from his face. "Yeesh..."
"ARE YOU READY?!" Stalker continued loudly. The crowd went wild. He turned towards Gene and Harry. "Are you two ready to go?" Both Gene and Harry nodded, neither removing their glare. "Okay, then LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD! Three...two...one...GO!"
The two stood, facing each other. Neither made their move yet. They had their fists raised in a fighting position, but neither moved, they just glared, as if trying to tell each other something. Either way, nothing much was going on. Even though not even a minute had passed, the crowd was starting to get antsy, making loud yells.
"Um...anytime, gentlemen" Stalker said as he looked between them.
"How rude of me" Harry dashed forward and immediately knocked over Gene with a shoulder tackle. Harry raised his foot and stomped Gene in the stomach and slammed his left elbow across Gene's face. He threw a punch, which was blocked by Gene. Gene quickly leapt to his feet and kneed Harry in the stomach, before hoisting him up into the air. Gene leapt up and threw a kick, which Harry moved to the left of. Harry grabbed Gene by the arm and slammed him directly downward onto his side with a thud. Gene got to his feet and looked at Harry, who now stood up straight.
"Not bad" Gene shrugged off the short hits.
"Ditto..." Harry stood on the edges of his feet. "Now let's get SERIOUS!"
Harry quickly grabbed Gene around the neck and put him into a headlock. Gene tried to break free, but to no avail, getting nothing out of it other than a punch to the face. Harry leapt into the air, pushing down on Gene's head as he did. Gene fell to the ground, but got no break. Harry pulled him up and elbowed him in the stomach. Gene quickly pushed Harry back and leapt over for a flying side kick. The attack was quite devastating, as it forced Harry to give up his offense. Gene dashed towards Harry with a forearm to the side of his rival's head, knocking him over. Gene didn't waste any of the time he had. The outlaw leapt into the air and came down, driving a punch into Harry, and skillfully balancing himself on one knuckle, which was driven painfully into Harry's stomach. Harry knew that Gene couldn't hold that position for long, and quickly pulled his Castor, shooting Gene in the arm. Gene immediately fell over on his side.
"LET'S GO GENE! LET'S GO GENE!" A large percentage of the crowd cheered, trying to get one of their top heroes to get up and continue the fight.
Gene nodded to this, knowing he couldn't disappoint his fans. Gene kicked in two directions, causing Harry to leap back and dodge the moves. Harry grabbed Gene by the arm, before Gene could take a further lead and hit him with a quick punch to the chin. Gene stumbled back and threw a reckless punch, which missed Harry's head. Harry grabbed Gene and kneed him hard in the stomach. Gene's eyes widened, as he realized that he was on the losing side of the fight the whole time. Harry quickly pushed Gene off his feet, and began to mercilessly stomp his opponent's stomach. Gene quickly fought back the blood that was rushing up his throat, and tried to fight Harry off, but to no avail.
"Do you like my fighting, Starwind?" Harry smirked as he continued to stomp on Gene. "I'm not as easy as you thought I would be, huh?" To this, Gene gave no answer, other than continuing to struggle against his opponent. "TELL ME!" Harry yelled with a loud stomp, making a loud thud. The entire crowd gasped as Gene lay spread out on the floor, a little bit of blood coming out of his mouth.
"Oh my..." Sailor Mercury gasped, putting a hand in front of her face.
"Wow, never expected this" Commented Gohan. "I thought Gene would have won this easily, but he's barely standing a chance against that McDougall guy!"
Harry grabbed Gene by the back of his shirt. "And now, Starwind, you're gonna pay for all you have caused me!" He raised Gene above his head, Starwind not able to do anything as he was seven feet in the air. Harry slammed Gene into the floor by his shirt. Harry showed great strength in pulling Gene up with one hand again, slamming him on the other side forcefully. The youngest McDougall brother proceeded to pull Gene high above his head. He took two steps forward and leapt down into a sitting position, slamming Gene down on his back all the meanwhile.
"McDougall...got really...strong...but...how?" Gene muttered. He saw Harry coming downwards with a fist and rolled to the side. Harry's hand collided with the mat.
"OW! Damnit!" Harry shook his hand a little.
Gene saw an opening and quickly thrust his shoulder into Harry. He went down to the ground and set his body on Harry's stomach and began to punch. He continued, because he couldn't stop punching. If he did, he knew that there was a good chance that he'd end up the loser of the match. Harry's face twisted with anger, not pain, as each punch landed. Harry took a chance between blows and launched his right fist upwards. Gene moved backwards to dodge, then pulled his knee forcefully onto Harry. He got up and started to charge up his Castor Shot. Harry came dashing at Gene, who stopped charging in order to roll out of the way. Gene got up and finished charging his Castor. Gene took a jump backwards and shot at Harry.
Harry put his arms in front of him and tilted his shoulders forward. The machine on his shoulders absorbed the energy being shot at him in the form of the bullet. The machine started to glow white.
"What?!" Gene was startled at this.
"SPARK BLASTER!" Roared Harry. Two sparks came flying from his shoulder machine at Gene. Gene tried to dodge, but the sparks moved far too quickly, and he was caught off-guard. Gene gave a short yell before falling to his knees, panting. He gritted his teeth as sparks still shocked his body, even though the attack ended.
"Gene!" Jim called out from the audience. "Don't give up, you can do it!"
"Don't listen to that kid, Harry!" Ron urged his brother. "He CAN'T do it! You have this match in your pocket!"
Gene was getting to his feet, but the words of Ron seemed to encourage Harry. Harry dashed towards Gene and started to hit him with right and left hands to the face. Gene put up his guard after about six or so punches, and blocked the blows. Gene lunged out with an elbow, which Harry leapt over in time for a punch. The android quickly uppercutted his opponent and followed it by grabbing Gene by the arm. He swung Gene around, but before he could manage a toss, Gene put his foot down and pulled Harry to the ground. Gene quickly took a dash around the ring, gaining speed as he ran. Harry could tell that an attack was coming, and prepared for an impact. No impact came however, as Gene was standing before him after a few seconds. Harry looked up. "What?"
"Should've expected THIS!" Gene raised his fist and thrust a right hand into his opponent's face. Harry was knocked off his feet, giving an easy opportunity for Gene to grab Harry by the ankle. "Now let's see how you like to be slammed around!" Gene raised Harry by the ankles and slammed him into the ground. Harry grunted as he was impacted once more. Gene pulled him up for a third time, but Harry quickly pulled his upper body forward. He tucked Gene's head under his arm and pulled Gene's head onto the mat with a loud thud. Gene yelled out as he flipped over and landed on his back. Harry leapt a few feet away and stood in a stance.
Most people in the audience were shocked at this. They never pictured Harry McDougall of all people to be the one kicking Gene around the stadium. They didn't expect him to be such a powerful fighter either.
Gene quickly shot a blast from his Castor from where he lay. Harry quickly absorbed the small attack, and yelled out "SPARK BLASTER!" The sparks once again came from Harry's machine, blasting Gene with electricity. Gene was on his hands and knees, yelling again as he was hit by a heavy shot of electricity. He fell to his stomach. Harry took his time walking over, then proceeding to give Gene a heavy kick in the stomach. Harry pulled the weary fighter up. Gene could barely stand, and Harry had to hold him so their faces were at equal height.
"How do you like it now, Gene Starwind?" Harry asked to the half-conscious outlaw. "How do YOU like being in pain?" Gene gave no answer to this. "Hopefully now you'll know how it feels to be in such pain, as you just got your butt kicked, by me, your lesser rival, Harry McDougall!"
"I...can't let you win, McDougall" Gene threw a punch, which Harry blocked with his left hand while holding Gene with his right. Harry struck Gene across the face, causing blood to fall from his mouth.
"Gene!" Melfina called from the sidelines. "Don't keep on! I don't care if you lose, I'll still love you!"
Harry looked in disbelief. He felt as though an arrow had hit him in the heart. His fingers opened and he let go of Gene, and started to walk towards the steps of the ring.
"Where are you going, McDougall?" Gene demanded, but weakly.
"I have no desire to go on" Harry said, turning towards Gene. "I entered, because I thought if I could defeat you, I could win Melfina's heart...I guess I was wrong" He looked towards Stalker. "I forfeit!" With that he stepped out of the ring.
"Well, then, this match is settled, the winner is, GENE STARWIND!" Stalker held an arm towards Gene, who was getting to his feet. The crowd cheered loudly for the winner of the third match.
"No...that's not how I wanted to win..." Gene managed to get this out, but realized he shouldn't fight a good thing. He stood up and smiled as the crowd cheered on his proud win.
Back in the Fighters' Den, Bit and Van were wrapping up another duel.
"Well, almost time for our fight..." Bit said as his Red Eyes Black Dragon demolished Van's Celtic Guardian.
"Yep" Van replied, placing another card on the field.
"Ookazi, I win" Bit held up a card, and a small fire started on Van's side of the dueling field. His Life Points were wiped out.
"Well, time to fi--" Van was interrupted.
"Van" Master Hand stood there.
"Yeah?" Van asked.
"Prince Rudolph called" Master Hand said. "He said you must return to Gygalos, and if you go directly there through even Teleportation, you won't be back until it's time for the twelfth fight"
"WHAT?!" Exclaimed Van. "You must be kidding!"
Master Hand shook his head. "I'm sorry, but I'm not kidding...you will have to forfeit the match, unless someone takes your place...or, you can refuse to go and stay for the fight..."
"I will take his place" Stated Kagato, stepping forth. He smirked as he looked at the confused group of people. "I will fight Bit Cloud in your place"
"So, what will it be?" Master Hand asked.
Van looked at Bit, Kagato and Master Hand. It looked like he had a choice to make.
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Preview of Next Chapter
Harry must now face the reactions of the other fights, not to mention his brother. Captain Ginyu settles his feud with Seto Kaiba as they have an exhibition match. And of course, Van decides on whether he will stay and fight Bit, or go to Gygalos, and Bit must find out who his opponent will be.
Next Chapter: Duel With the Demon, or Battle of the Zoidians?
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The Super Anime World Tournament
By Hayabusa Will (TheNameIsWill@AOL.Com)
Chapter Six-Mystery Duel?
"Chansey!" Came two cheerful voices. Two Chansey, each wearing a nurse's hat, came out with a stretcher. The egg-shaped Pokémon picked up Yugi and placed him in the stretcher before carrying him off.
Yugi had regained consciousness rather quickly, and was speaking as he was carried away. "No..." He gave a groan of pain. "The puzzle! I need to get...the puzzle" He stopped, as he was in too much pain to continue speaking much. He panted loudly, enduring the agony his body was going through.
"You're going to have to slow down there, Yugi" Came the voice of a woman. Yugi opened his eyes, which were closed when he was being taken to the medical room. He looked up to see a young woman with red hair and a kind face. "You've taken quite the injuries"
"Who...who are you?" Yugi asked as he was placed in a bed. He was able to see that she was treating Buu, who was in the next bed. He had a bandage around his head and had an ice pack on his head. He was awake but didn't seem in as fun a mood as before.
"I'm Nurse Joy" Replied the woman. "I'm treating all of the tournament's patients. It seems you took quite the injury when you were fighting. You're going to need to go to sleep while I treat you. Chansey, prepare the anesthetic"
"Chansey!" One of the Chansey went off to a counter where many medicines stood.
"But...the puzzle..." Yugi's voice drifted off as he fell into a deep sleep. It would seem that he wasn't going to need any anesthetic after all.
"Er..." Mewtwo floated into the medical area himself. He had taken worse of a hit in the fight than he would like to admit. Even though Mewtwo managed to win, Yugi still did a number on him. "I'm afraid I have my own injuries as well"
"That's fine" Replied Nurse Joy, smiling. "I specialize on Pokémon. I had to brush up on human medicine a bit before I could come to treat them, but it's going to be a little hard in the future. Buu was pretty hard to treat, as he was neither Pokémon nor human...I don't know how I'll be able to treat Hamtaro or Cell if they come here in bad condition. What seems to be the problem, Mewtwo?"
"Oh...everything..." Mewtwo replied, trying to look away. He seemed rather ashamed that he didn't completely wipe out Yugi.
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"What do you mean, I won't fight in this tournament?" Harry faced Hazanko seriously. "You plan to do something about the fact that I'm in and you're not?"
"Yes, I do" Hazanko began to walk over to Harry. "I'm going to take you out. You won't be able to fight in this tournament"
"We'll see about that!" Harry took a large jump backwards and went into a fighting pose. "I'll take you down before I beat Starwind into the ground!"
Hazanko held up to fingers. "Pagua san fa, pagua san fa, pagua san fa, pagua san fa..." As he chanted these words, white energy swirled around his head, slowly moving faster. "PAGUA SAN FA!"
Hazanko sent the Tao magic that he was using to create energy at Harry. Harry immediatley went into a crouching position. The attack hit his shoulders head-on and seemed to disappear. But there was no affect on Harry whatsoever.
"What?!" Hazanko's eyes widened. "What happened?"
"You not only underestimated me, but you overestimated yourself" Harry stood up straight. "My technology is superior to yours. I built a mechanism that absorbs energy attacks and uses them for one of my own attacks, which you will see soon enough. NOW EAT THIS!"
Harry dashed forward and threw a kick at Hazanko. Hazanko quickly blocked and grabbed Harry by the arm. He threw the construct into the wall and started charging his Tao Magic once more. Harry quickly kicked himself to his feet and tackled Hazanko into the ground. As Hazanko got up, Harry backflipped backwards far away.
"Now to show you what I was TALKING ABOUT!" Harry held his shoulders out towards Hazanko. Hazanko could clearly see that there was a machine on them. The machine shot out to large sparks. The sparks struck Hazanko with a large blast, accompanied by a loud booming sound. The wall was broken and Hazanko lay on his back.
"No...impossible..." Hazanko weakly groaned.
"Possible" Harry gave a smirk. "Your attack was very strong indeed. But no amount of strength could overcome the mechanism to absorb energy. Combined with the already strong power of my Spark Blaster, it could easily take you down in one shot"
"Aha, there you are" Harry and Hazanko looked over to see a blue-haired woman in an officer's outfit. She had handcuffs in her right hand. "I heard there was a trespasser, and there is. This is for fighters only"
"Who are you?" Harry asked.
"I'm Officer Jenny" She replied. "Since you're one of the approved fighters for the tournament, I'm guessing that this man is the trespasser" She added, pointing at Hazanko.
"That would be him" Replied Harry.
"Good" Officer Jenny put handcuffs on Hazanko and began to push him along. Hazanko was moving very slowly, as he had taken quite the hurting from the attack.
"This isn't the end, McDougall..." Hazanko weakly threatened as Officer Jenny pulled him away.
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The fight between Hazanko and Harry wasn't the only accident waiting to happen outside of the ring. Kaiba, after having broken Bakura's nose, was still wandering around the stadium.
"Hmph. What a bunch of fools. They think Yugi would actually go far in a tournament like this? Give me a break. I've seen insects that fight better than he does" Kaiba muttered as he continued to walk. Not looking around, he didn't notice someone standing in front of him. He bumped into the stranger. "Hey, watch where you're going!"
"Why don't you?!" Came a growling, deep voice. Kaiba looked to see a muscular, light purple man standing there, wearing Saiyan armor. He had veins all over his head, which didn't have hair, but did have two horns on the side. He wore a Scouter on his right ear.
"Why don't you shut up, you freak?" Kaiba growled as he looked at the man. "And who are you?"
"You don't know who I am?" The man grinned and then started to move around. "I am...Captaaaaain Ginyu!" He concluded, striking a pose.
"How lame" Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Since you're a Captain, you must be a captain of something. And you must have a crew"
"You don't know?" Captain Ginyu grinned. "I'm the leader of the Ginyu force!"
"And where are they?" Kaiba asked, smirking.
"They uh...died..." He replied. "But that's not the point! The point is that I'm going to beat your ass right now!"
"You can't beat my technology" Kaiba pointed to a device on his hand. "My cards will defeat you easily"
"Ooh, cards, I'm so scared" Captain Ginyu chuckled.
Kaiba smirked. "This machine has been redone. A new effect takes place. It should be rather interesting for you to see" He held up a card with the image of a humanoid lizard that had blades on its arms.
"Well, let's see you like THIS!" Captain Ginyu held out his palms. A flash of yellowish energy began to form. Before he fired it, several voices came. "Huh?"
Officer Jenny then came by, pushing the badly beaten Hazanko along, while Hazanko gave no attempts to resist.
"Looks like a cop" Kaiba pointed out as he put the card back with the deck of the others.
"They should call you Captain Obvious" Ginyu lowered his energy blast. "We better ditch this...what say we take a round in the ring, instead?"
"Oh please, give me a break" Kaiba rolled his eyes.
"Sure, if we request it then they'll let us in" Captain Ginyu chuckled. "I've done it before. I got into a fight with some kid in goggles that turned into a red thingy. He called himself A-Gooney-Man or something. Whatever it was, he got beaten bad"
"Very well" Kaiba nodded. "You go schedule it for after the third fight, and we will have our own small round"
"Fine then" Ginyu nodded. The two arrogant males turned away and walked off their separate ways, probably to get ready for the fight they were to have soon enough.
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Gene quickly turned to face his opponent. It was a frame, and nothing more. A frame of a human made completely of purple wires, with what appeared to be glowing red heart and brain in it. Gene quickly raised his fist and slammed it into the wire, sending it flying. Two more came down, one seemingly a male and the second a female. Gene drew his castor and started to charge it. The female frame came at him with a kick, but Gene quickly stopped his charging and ducked to kick her, sending her out. He shot his partially charged Castor Shot to send the male frame from the ring. He leapt up and punched upwards through the air, knocking two upwards through the nonexistent roof.
"5...4...3...2...1...TIME UP!" Came a voice as Gene knocked off two more frames with a split. "Final score is seventy six knock outs"
Gene put his castor in its holder. "Hm. Not too bad, I guess...I don't have time for another round...they made an announcement that I had fifteen minutes to return and that was..." Gene looked up at the clock on the wall. "Oh great, the match starts in two minutes..."
Gene walked out to see that Goku, Tenchi, Spike, Sailor Moon, Hamtaro, Guilmon and Pikachu were all standing there.
"Hey Gene, good luck" Goku said as he held out his hand.
"Thanks" Gene shook Goku's hand. "I'll do my best out there. I'll be seeing you" Gene quickly dashed out the door before he was late.
"Good luck!" Called all of them but Pikachu.
"Pika pi!" Pikachu added in his cute, high-pitched voice.
"I got McDougall...he's new but...no rookie...I hope I can do this..." Gene quietly whispered to himself as he dashed towards the Fighter's Den. He arrived back within a few minutes, and entered through the back entrance, which had no door but a door-like opening. "Hey, does the match start yet?"
Bit and Van, who were sitting together, both looked over. "No" Bit replied, shaking his head.
"Since when are you two getting along?" Gene asked, smirking.
"We didn't" Van replied. He held up a hand of cards. "Yugi told us about Duel Monsters a little while ago, so we went out and bought some cards during the break from some guy with white hair and a red suit. He was pretty creepy. I'm winning, anyway"
"Your time of winning is over!" Bit put a card down on the field. "I now sacrifice Harpie's Brother and Seven Colored Fish to summon the supreme, imperial, industrial and all that stuff, Red Eyes Black Dragon!" The tiny image of a a black dragon with red eyes that would appear to be giant on a larger scale appeared, roaring. "Now, attack his Girochin! Inferno Fire Blast!"
Van turned over a card he had face down. "Mirror Force"
"Damnit, that's the seventh time you turned a face down card against me!" Bit yelled in frustration, as the Red Eyes shot a fireball at an orange dragon which had just come out of an egg with red spots. A reflective force shot the attack back at the Red-Eyes, destroying it. The purple insect Girochin Kuwagata lunged forward and pinched Bit's arm, causing his life points to fall to zero "Ow"
"I WIN!" Van yelled out, holding up his arms in victory. Everyone around looked at him strangely. Van put down his arms and chuckled nervously, starting to turn red. "What?"
"Er...it won't be like that in the fight" Bit muttered as he collected his cards back into a deck.
"Well, you guys have fun with your cards, it's about time to fight" Gene walked up the steps and stood at the edge of the Fighter's Den, looking out as Stalker prepared to do the introduction of the third match.
"Ok ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for the next match?!" Stalker called out to the audience into his microphone. The audience began to cheer loudly. "Good, then let's get it started! The first two matches ended with the loser out cold after the fight! Will we get another? We're about to see! It's time to duel! Out in the area of Sentinal III, an outlaw traveled in the fastest ship in the universe. He traveled to the Galatic Leyline with his crew. He was also a two-time veteran of the tournament, going into the third year. He was, and is, the one, the only, GENE STARWIND!"
Gene smiled as he walked out, waving to the crowd. He tried not to listen to the screaming girls of the audience as he went.
"Gene!" Came a familiar voice. Gene looked to the left, and sure enough, a crowd was there for Gene. There was his young partner, Jim Hawking, who called out to him at the same time as his significant other, Melfina. Along with them was the Ctarl Ctarl, Aisha Clanclan, as well as Suzuka, the assassin.
Gene gave a short wave back as he walked up the short steps into the ring. He threw two punches at the air and began to stretch out his hamstrings as he awaited his opponent.
"And what if I told you that this outlaw had a rival? Traveling in his ship, the El Dorado, he pined for one thing that the Starwind boy had. But, nonetheless, this rival wouldn't let him forget his presence. And he was one heck of a pilot as well as a cool guy. In his first tournament debut, he's come to fight. If you would guess that he was HARRY MCDOUGALL, you'd be correct!"
The crowd cheered loudly, but not as loudly as for Gene. Harry walked out onto the field, smirking as he did. He looked towards Melfina, his attitude becoming suddenly saddened. He looked away, seemingly in pain, to the other side of the field. There he saw the two people that he invited: his brother, Ron McDougall, and the professor who traveled with them to the Galactic Leyline, Gwen Kahn.
Harry jumped over the steps and landed in the ring, facing down Gene. "You know Starwind..." Began Harry. "I'm not going to let you beat me. I refuse to lose this match"
"How about that, same thing" Gene replied with a smirk. He then noticed Harry was serious, and the smirk dissapeared from his face. "Yeesh..."
"ARE YOU READY?!" Stalker continued loudly. The crowd went wild. He turned towards Gene and Harry. "Are you two ready to go?" Both Gene and Harry nodded, neither removing their glare. "Okay, then LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD! Three...two...one...GO!"
The two stood, facing each other. Neither made their move yet. They had their fists raised in a fighting position, but neither moved, they just glared, as if trying to tell each other something. Either way, nothing much was going on. Even though not even a minute had passed, the crowd was starting to get antsy, making loud yells.
"Um...anytime, gentlemen" Stalker said as he looked between them.
"How rude of me" Harry dashed forward and immediately knocked over Gene with a shoulder tackle. Harry raised his foot and stomped Gene in the stomach and slammed his left elbow across Gene's face. He threw a punch, which was blocked by Gene. Gene quickly leapt to his feet and kneed Harry in the stomach, before hoisting him up into the air. Gene leapt up and threw a kick, which Harry moved to the left of. Harry grabbed Gene by the arm and slammed him directly downward onto his side with a thud. Gene got to his feet and looked at Harry, who now stood up straight.
"Not bad" Gene shrugged off the short hits.
"Ditto..." Harry stood on the edges of his feet. "Now let's get SERIOUS!"
Harry quickly grabbed Gene around the neck and put him into a headlock. Gene tried to break free, but to no avail, getting nothing out of it other than a punch to the face. Harry leapt into the air, pushing down on Gene's head as he did. Gene fell to the ground, but got no break. Harry pulled him up and elbowed him in the stomach. Gene quickly pushed Harry back and leapt over for a flying side kick. The attack was quite devastating, as it forced Harry to give up his offense. Gene dashed towards Harry with a forearm to the side of his rival's head, knocking him over. Gene didn't waste any of the time he had. The outlaw leapt into the air and came down, driving a punch into Harry, and skillfully balancing himself on one knuckle, which was driven painfully into Harry's stomach. Harry knew that Gene couldn't hold that position for long, and quickly pulled his Castor, shooting Gene in the arm. Gene immediately fell over on his side.
"LET'S GO GENE! LET'S GO GENE!" A large percentage of the crowd cheered, trying to get one of their top heroes to get up and continue the fight.
Gene nodded to this, knowing he couldn't disappoint his fans. Gene kicked in two directions, causing Harry to leap back and dodge the moves. Harry grabbed Gene by the arm, before Gene could take a further lead and hit him with a quick punch to the chin. Gene stumbled back and threw a reckless punch, which missed Harry's head. Harry grabbed Gene and kneed him hard in the stomach. Gene's eyes widened, as he realized that he was on the losing side of the fight the whole time. Harry quickly pushed Gene off his feet, and began to mercilessly stomp his opponent's stomach. Gene quickly fought back the blood that was rushing up his throat, and tried to fight Harry off, but to no avail.
"Do you like my fighting, Starwind?" Harry smirked as he continued to stomp on Gene. "I'm not as easy as you thought I would be, huh?" To this, Gene gave no answer, other than continuing to struggle against his opponent. "TELL ME!" Harry yelled with a loud stomp, making a loud thud. The entire crowd gasped as Gene lay spread out on the floor, a little bit of blood coming out of his mouth.
"Oh my..." Sailor Mercury gasped, putting a hand in front of her face.
"Wow, never expected this" Commented Gohan. "I thought Gene would have won this easily, but he's barely standing a chance against that McDougall guy!"
Harry grabbed Gene by the back of his shirt. "And now, Starwind, you're gonna pay for all you have caused me!" He raised Gene above his head, Starwind not able to do anything as he was seven feet in the air. Harry slammed Gene into the floor by his shirt. Harry showed great strength in pulling Gene up with one hand again, slamming him on the other side forcefully. The youngest McDougall brother proceeded to pull Gene high above his head. He took two steps forward and leapt down into a sitting position, slamming Gene down on his back all the meanwhile.
"McDougall...got really...strong...but...how?" Gene muttered. He saw Harry coming downwards with a fist and rolled to the side. Harry's hand collided with the mat.
"OW! Damnit!" Harry shook his hand a little.
Gene saw an opening and quickly thrust his shoulder into Harry. He went down to the ground and set his body on Harry's stomach and began to punch. He continued, because he couldn't stop punching. If he did, he knew that there was a good chance that he'd end up the loser of the match. Harry's face twisted with anger, not pain, as each punch landed. Harry took a chance between blows and launched his right fist upwards. Gene moved backwards to dodge, then pulled his knee forcefully onto Harry. He got up and started to charge up his Castor Shot. Harry came dashing at Gene, who stopped charging in order to roll out of the way. Gene got up and finished charging his Castor. Gene took a jump backwards and shot at Harry.
Harry put his arms in front of him and tilted his shoulders forward. The machine on his shoulders absorbed the energy being shot at him in the form of the bullet. The machine started to glow white.
"What?!" Gene was startled at this.
"SPARK BLASTER!" Roared Harry. Two sparks came flying from his shoulder machine at Gene. Gene tried to dodge, but the sparks moved far too quickly, and he was caught off-guard. Gene gave a short yell before falling to his knees, panting. He gritted his teeth as sparks still shocked his body, even though the attack ended.
"Gene!" Jim called out from the audience. "Don't give up, you can do it!"
"Don't listen to that kid, Harry!" Ron urged his brother. "He CAN'T do it! You have this match in your pocket!"
Gene was getting to his feet, but the words of Ron seemed to encourage Harry. Harry dashed towards Gene and started to hit him with right and left hands to the face. Gene put up his guard after about six or so punches, and blocked the blows. Gene lunged out with an elbow, which Harry leapt over in time for a punch. The android quickly uppercutted his opponent and followed it by grabbing Gene by the arm. He swung Gene around, but before he could manage a toss, Gene put his foot down and pulled Harry to the ground. Gene quickly took a dash around the ring, gaining speed as he ran. Harry could tell that an attack was coming, and prepared for an impact. No impact came however, as Gene was standing before him after a few seconds. Harry looked up. "What?"
"Should've expected THIS!" Gene raised his fist and thrust a right hand into his opponent's face. Harry was knocked off his feet, giving an easy opportunity for Gene to grab Harry by the ankle. "Now let's see how you like to be slammed around!" Gene raised Harry by the ankles and slammed him into the ground. Harry grunted as he was impacted once more. Gene pulled him up for a third time, but Harry quickly pulled his upper body forward. He tucked Gene's head under his arm and pulled Gene's head onto the mat with a loud thud. Gene yelled out as he flipped over and landed on his back. Harry leapt a few feet away and stood in a stance.
Most people in the audience were shocked at this. They never pictured Harry McDougall of all people to be the one kicking Gene around the stadium. They didn't expect him to be such a powerful fighter either.
Gene quickly shot a blast from his Castor from where he lay. Harry quickly absorbed the small attack, and yelled out "SPARK BLASTER!" The sparks once again came from Harry's machine, blasting Gene with electricity. Gene was on his hands and knees, yelling again as he was hit by a heavy shot of electricity. He fell to his stomach. Harry took his time walking over, then proceeding to give Gene a heavy kick in the stomach. Harry pulled the weary fighter up. Gene could barely stand, and Harry had to hold him so their faces were at equal height.
"How do you like it now, Gene Starwind?" Harry asked to the half-conscious outlaw. "How do YOU like being in pain?" Gene gave no answer to this. "Hopefully now you'll know how it feels to be in such pain, as you just got your butt kicked, by me, your lesser rival, Harry McDougall!"
"I...can't let you win, McDougall" Gene threw a punch, which Harry blocked with his left hand while holding Gene with his right. Harry struck Gene across the face, causing blood to fall from his mouth.
"Gene!" Melfina called from the sidelines. "Don't keep on! I don't care if you lose, I'll still love you!"
Harry looked in disbelief. He felt as though an arrow had hit him in the heart. His fingers opened and he let go of Gene, and started to walk towards the steps of the ring.
"Where are you going, McDougall?" Gene demanded, but weakly.
"I have no desire to go on" Harry said, turning towards Gene. "I entered, because I thought if I could defeat you, I could win Melfina's heart...I guess I was wrong" He looked towards Stalker. "I forfeit!" With that he stepped out of the ring.
"Well, then, this match is settled, the winner is, GENE STARWIND!" Stalker held an arm towards Gene, who was getting to his feet. The crowd cheered loudly for the winner of the third match.
"No...that's not how I wanted to win..." Gene managed to get this out, but realized he shouldn't fight a good thing. He stood up and smiled as the crowd cheered on his proud win.
Back in the Fighters' Den, Bit and Van were wrapping up another duel.
"Well, almost time for our fight..." Bit said as his Red Eyes Black Dragon demolished Van's Celtic Guardian.
"Yep" Van replied, placing another card on the field.
"Ookazi, I win" Bit held up a card, and a small fire started on Van's side of the dueling field. His Life Points were wiped out.
"Well, time to fi--" Van was interrupted.
"Van" Master Hand stood there.
"Yeah?" Van asked.
"Prince Rudolph called" Master Hand said. "He said you must return to Gygalos, and if you go directly there through even Teleportation, you won't be back until it's time for the twelfth fight"
"WHAT?!" Exclaimed Van. "You must be kidding!"
Master Hand shook his head. "I'm sorry, but I'm not kidding...you will have to forfeit the match, unless someone takes your place...or, you can refuse to go and stay for the fight..."
"I will take his place" Stated Kagato, stepping forth. He smirked as he looked at the confused group of people. "I will fight Bit Cloud in your place"
"So, what will it be?" Master Hand asked.
Van looked at Bit, Kagato and Master Hand. It looked like he had a choice to make.
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Preview of Next Chapter
Harry must now face the reactions of the other fights, not to mention his brother. Captain Ginyu settles his feud with Seto Kaiba as they have an exhibition match. And of course, Van decides on whether he will stay and fight Bit, or go to Gygalos, and Bit must find out who his opponent will be.
Next Chapter: Duel With the Demon, or Battle of the Zoidians?