~Chapter 9~
Sora walked onto the bleachers and looked down at the battle arena. "I've been here too many times."
Kairi smiled sitting down, "And I've never been here before."
"Well it's not much." Donald sighed.
"Just fighting and all that stuff." Goofy added.
"Well I guess it should be exciting." Kairi smiled looking down at the battle arena.
"You got that right." Yuffie said jumping down and sitting next to her.
Kairi looked at her, "There you are!"
Yuffie smiled, "I've been wondering around looking at the competition." She looked around, "So far it doesn't seem as if anyone should be here."
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
"Well the competition for this tournament is pretty weak I mean I could go in there and beat them."
"Oh so they're that weak." Sora smiled.
Yuffie glared at him and then punched his head, "WHAT DID YOU SAY!?"
Kairi smiled as she looked around the stadium. A large black room shaped like a box hanging from the walls of the corner caught her eye. She looked back at Sora, now covered in bumps, "What's that?"
Sora shook his head and looked up at the room, "I don't know, never seen it before."
"Neither have I." Yuffie added, "And I've been here longer than you. It must be a spectator's box, you know for those important people."
"Which I'm not." Sora sighed, "I'm the keyblade wielder known far and wide of what I do and I don't get a special room."
"They probably thought you were going to participate." Kairi said.
The doors cage doors opened and Phil walked through with a bull horn.
"Nice to see some things haven't changed." Sora laughed, "Phil still looks that same."
"WELCOME TO THE AMATURE CUP!" Phil yelled.
"Amature?!" Yuffie said to herself, "What does he mean amature?"
"This cup doesn't compete to the one for tomorrow." Sora replied watching Phil."
As he finished all the rules the first tow competitors walked through the gates as Phil left.
"These guys got nothing I mean they have no source of power NOT to mention no lack of skill." Yuffie sighed.
Kairi and Sora looked at her.
"Be quiet and watch." Sora sighed.
As Yuffie had implied the competitors had no skill and the match was over in a few minutes with no excitement. As the competition rolled on the players seemed to get worse. As the next one came up a man with a long chain walked out onto the battle arena.
"Where's the competitor?" Sora asked.
"I gotta go to the bathroom I'll be right back." Yuffie said getting up and walking off.
"Do you think she's planning something?" Kairi asked.
Sora looked at her, "Well it is Yuffie, and plus even if she was she can handle herself."
Kairi watched her walk through the doors and then looked back at the arena, "Right even if Leon's not with her."
"WILL THE COMPETITOR APPROACH THE ARENA! OR THEY SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED!" Phil yelled over the speaker.
A light shined down on the area and something flashy flew around the Man with the chains. As is flew into the ground and stuck up straight Yuffie jumped down on it as the crowd cheered.
"What is she doing!" Sora yelled standing up with Kairi.
"Competing." Kairi replied looking down.
Yuffie jumped off and pulled her shiruken out of the ground and put it over her shoulder with a smile.
Leon walked in and leaned against the wall glaring down at her.
Yuffie walked up to her competitor and reached out her hand, "I'm Yuffie."
The Man glared down at her but didn't shake her hand instead he turned around looked at the black room, "I have to fight this child?!"
"START!" Phil yelled over the speaker.
Leon smiled as he crossed his arms, "This might be interesting."
"A child eh?" Yuffie smiled. She looked up at him, "Well then it would be quite a shame for you to go home and tell your friends and family you got beat by a child no less a girl."
"And what are you gonna do through your little stars at me?" The man asked pulling his chains up.
Yuffie smiled, "Maybe."
The man looked at her then took a step further and slowly started to lean forward showing seven shirukens stuck in his back.
Yuffie looked at him with a smile.
"That's a might nice trick you got there." The man smiled standing back up straight as the shirukens fell out, "To bad my back is to tough to be affected."
Yuffie's smile disappeared as she saw her shirukens fall. She smiled a fake smile. He pulled up his chains and smiled, "Lucky O'l you gets to get beaten by a man." He flung them up in the air and Yuffie ran towards the boundaries of the arena.
"Where are you going fool!" The man yelled throwing his chains at her.
Yuffie put her giant shiruken away and ran up the boundary missing the chains and flipped up into the air. She pulled out her giant shiruken and jumped down on his back.
"She's doing pretty good." Sora smiled.
"Can she keep it up though?" Kairi asked.
Leon stared at the movements the man made as he tried to shove her off, "His chains, they weigh to much making it harder to move around."
"I told you those things don't affect me." The man laughed.
Yuffie smiled and jabbed her shiruken in his neck and gave it a kick. The man let out a loud screech and started to run around dragging his chains behind him screaming. He whipped around knocking Yuffie off onto the ground in pain.
Leon's eyed went wide and then he closed them.
"She's your partner." Sora repeated in his head.
Leon shook his head and walked out of the arena area hands in fists.
Yuffie opened her eyes to see a chain wrapped around her ankle. She jumped up and looked at hem man who had blood trickling down his sides as he smiled, "That actually hurt."
Yuffie glared at him, no smile.
"You look upset." The man laughed as he pulled the chains making Yuffie fall to the ground again. "Might as well stay down there cause that's where you'll end up."
Yuffie closed her eyes and jumped into the air pulling out her shiruken. She throw it around the man and then jumped on it flying around him as the chained squeezed him. As she headed up it wrapped around his neck. He smiled and then fell causing pulling Yuffie off her shiruken and back to the ground and her shiruken next her sticking straight out of the ground and quietly said to herself in pain, "Leon."
Sora walked onto the bleachers and looked down at the battle arena. "I've been here too many times."
Kairi smiled sitting down, "And I've never been here before."
"Well it's not much." Donald sighed.
"Just fighting and all that stuff." Goofy added.
"Well I guess it should be exciting." Kairi smiled looking down at the battle arena.
"You got that right." Yuffie said jumping down and sitting next to her.
Kairi looked at her, "There you are!"
Yuffie smiled, "I've been wondering around looking at the competition." She looked around, "So far it doesn't seem as if anyone should be here."
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
"Well the competition for this tournament is pretty weak I mean I could go in there and beat them."
"Oh so they're that weak." Sora smiled.
Yuffie glared at him and then punched his head, "WHAT DID YOU SAY!?"
Kairi smiled as she looked around the stadium. A large black room shaped like a box hanging from the walls of the corner caught her eye. She looked back at Sora, now covered in bumps, "What's that?"
Sora shook his head and looked up at the room, "I don't know, never seen it before."
"Neither have I." Yuffie added, "And I've been here longer than you. It must be a spectator's box, you know for those important people."
"Which I'm not." Sora sighed, "I'm the keyblade wielder known far and wide of what I do and I don't get a special room."
"They probably thought you were going to participate." Kairi said.
The doors cage doors opened and Phil walked through with a bull horn.
"Nice to see some things haven't changed." Sora laughed, "Phil still looks that same."
"WELCOME TO THE AMATURE CUP!" Phil yelled.
"Amature?!" Yuffie said to herself, "What does he mean amature?"
"This cup doesn't compete to the one for tomorrow." Sora replied watching Phil."
As he finished all the rules the first tow competitors walked through the gates as Phil left.
"These guys got nothing I mean they have no source of power NOT to mention no lack of skill." Yuffie sighed.
Kairi and Sora looked at her.
"Be quiet and watch." Sora sighed.
As Yuffie had implied the competitors had no skill and the match was over in a few minutes with no excitement. As the competition rolled on the players seemed to get worse. As the next one came up a man with a long chain walked out onto the battle arena.
"Where's the competitor?" Sora asked.
"I gotta go to the bathroom I'll be right back." Yuffie said getting up and walking off.
"Do you think she's planning something?" Kairi asked.
Sora looked at her, "Well it is Yuffie, and plus even if she was she can handle herself."
Kairi watched her walk through the doors and then looked back at the arena, "Right even if Leon's not with her."
"WILL THE COMPETITOR APPROACH THE ARENA! OR THEY SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED!" Phil yelled over the speaker.
A light shined down on the area and something flashy flew around the Man with the chains. As is flew into the ground and stuck up straight Yuffie jumped down on it as the crowd cheered.
"What is she doing!" Sora yelled standing up with Kairi.
"Competing." Kairi replied looking down.
Yuffie jumped off and pulled her shiruken out of the ground and put it over her shoulder with a smile.
Leon walked in and leaned against the wall glaring down at her.
Yuffie walked up to her competitor and reached out her hand, "I'm Yuffie."
The Man glared down at her but didn't shake her hand instead he turned around looked at the black room, "I have to fight this child?!"
"START!" Phil yelled over the speaker.
Leon smiled as he crossed his arms, "This might be interesting."
"A child eh?" Yuffie smiled. She looked up at him, "Well then it would be quite a shame for you to go home and tell your friends and family you got beat by a child no less a girl."
"And what are you gonna do through your little stars at me?" The man asked pulling his chains up.
Yuffie smiled, "Maybe."
The man looked at her then took a step further and slowly started to lean forward showing seven shirukens stuck in his back.
Yuffie looked at him with a smile.
"That's a might nice trick you got there." The man smiled standing back up straight as the shirukens fell out, "To bad my back is to tough to be affected."
Yuffie's smile disappeared as she saw her shirukens fall. She smiled a fake smile. He pulled up his chains and smiled, "Lucky O'l you gets to get beaten by a man." He flung them up in the air and Yuffie ran towards the boundaries of the arena.
"Where are you going fool!" The man yelled throwing his chains at her.
Yuffie put her giant shiruken away and ran up the boundary missing the chains and flipped up into the air. She pulled out her giant shiruken and jumped down on his back.
"She's doing pretty good." Sora smiled.
"Can she keep it up though?" Kairi asked.
Leon stared at the movements the man made as he tried to shove her off, "His chains, they weigh to much making it harder to move around."
"I told you those things don't affect me." The man laughed.
Yuffie smiled and jabbed her shiruken in his neck and gave it a kick. The man let out a loud screech and started to run around dragging his chains behind him screaming. He whipped around knocking Yuffie off onto the ground in pain.
Leon's eyed went wide and then he closed them.
"She's your partner." Sora repeated in his head.
Leon shook his head and walked out of the arena area hands in fists.
Yuffie opened her eyes to see a chain wrapped around her ankle. She jumped up and looked at hem man who had blood trickling down his sides as he smiled, "That actually hurt."
Yuffie glared at him, no smile.
"You look upset." The man laughed as he pulled the chains making Yuffie fall to the ground again. "Might as well stay down there cause that's where you'll end up."
Yuffie closed her eyes and jumped into the air pulling out her shiruken. She throw it around the man and then jumped on it flying around him as the chained squeezed him. As she headed up it wrapped around his neck. He smiled and then fell causing pulling Yuffie off her shiruken and back to the ground and her shiruken next her sticking straight out of the ground and quietly said to herself in pain, "Leon."