Chapter 27 - Hedgehog power battles!
I was supposed to fight The Malicious today, but something strange is going on. Our battle was supposed to be the first one, but the match-ups are a bit changed. The Malicious and I both have to fight hedgehogs that both lost 7 times during the preliminaries. Instead of the first one to fight, I have to fight somewhere in the middle now. I was put into a different block. The Malicious was placed in that same block too, but we won't fight until round 5 if we keep winning. Did someone do this on purpose? Or do they just want to get rid of the weaker fighters as fast as possible? Well... seems my fight will be in 2 more days. The next fight is a bit of a coincidence too... I wonder if someone is messing with the fights? Metal weapons aren't allowed, or 1-hit-kill weapons aren't allowed, so Solar brought a blunt wooden Windmill Shuriken. The wood it's made of is nearly indestructible.
Ninja VS Samurai: Solar Blade VS Zero Zaca
Zero: "Without your buddy you're nothing. There's no darkness either. I'll take you down this time!"
Solar: "I can do without them. I'll show you."
For the first 10 seconds, they just stand there in the same stance. Waiting for one another to move. As soon as Solar moves a bit, Zero sends a Wind Blade his way. It misses, and Solar runs to Zero. Zero manages to fire another Wind Blade before Solar is there. Solar jumps over the Wind Blade, lands right in front of Zero, and before he can do anything he gives him a jumping uppercut. Then in mid air he throws the Windmill Shuriken, but Zero slashes it down and it doesn't hit. Just before Zero lands, 2 Solars uppercut him into the air again. 2 Solars? So he can duplicate himself. A 3rd and 4th one throw 2 Windmill Shurikens to the airborne Zero. Right after that the 2 Solars below him throw 2 of them, and Zero has no way out. Zero curls up, and right before they hit... "Wind Explosion!" An enormous wind blows everything and everyone near him away. I can even feel the strong wind here. The Solar clones disappear into thin air by it, and Solar gets blown a long distance away by it. During the time he's flying away, he creates a lot of clones. I'd say about a hundred in total. As soon as they're created they all assault Zero, and he runs at him as soon as he lands.
Zero puts holds his sword in a position like a samurai readying himself to sheath his sword, and goes on one knee. Before the first Solar clone arrives, he's ready to attack. "Blade storm!" He rapidly slashes his sword, firing numerous horizontal and diagonal Wind Blades while continuously turning in circles too. About half of the Solar clones get exterminated, before they start to dodge each and everyone of them. When they're close enough, Zero unleashes another Wind Explosion, exterminating all other Solar clones. But where's the real Solar? He looks behind him, but there's nothing. A Windmill Shuriken is flying straight into his back now, but Zero quickly turns around to get ready to slash it down. But right then, another Windmill Shuriken hits him at the back of the head, and he staggers. The one heading for him hits his forehead, and right after that Solar jump uppercuts him into the air. Zero unleashes a short Blade Storm in the air, each Wind Blade hits Solar. Solar is knocked out, and Zero falls on the ground. Is he knocked out too? No, he's not. He barely manages to get up.
Zero Zaca wins!
Now this was quite an exciting fight! It's a shame that my friend Solar lost. But... it's just a tournament in the end. He can always go back for a rematch. And if he used his normal Windmill Shuriken, Zero would have been decapitated. Great fight though!
No special fights happen for most of the day. They're either between guys I don't know, or someone I know totally dominates one of their opponents. But the last fight of the day... it's a special one.
Battle of the Krezne brothers: Blaze Krezne VS Aquis Krezne
Blaze: "Aquis, prepare to lose!"
Aquis: "Heh, since when do little brothers beat their big brothers? Foolish little brother."
Blaze was angered by that comment of his brother. "Blazing Fury!" A HUGE fire storm rages through the arena grounds. The audience can really feel the heat. Aquis manages to shield himself with water. After a few minutes the storm of fire stops. "Heh, do you think that can defeat me?" Blaze's eyes widen. Aquis runs up to him, and they start to fight up close. Though Blaze isn't bad, Aquis is better in it. Each time Blaze is about to hit his brother, he turns into steam, and reappears behind Blaze. It doesn't take Blaze long to notice that, but once he starts predicting where Aquis appears, Aquis starts to appear on random locations. It's like Blaze is fighting with ghosts.
After a while, Blaze completely stops, doing nothing. Did he give up? His brother didn't do much, but because Blaze does nothing he has to attack. Blaze just lets himself get hit quite often. Then Blaze dodges Aquis's kick, by ducking, and he has a chance to attack. A very good one. "Flaming Uppercut!" Seeing it reminds me of the move Ken does from Streetfighter. While in mid-air, he does another move. "Blaze Bullet!" He shoots himself diagonally down, hitting Aquis good. He's earlier on the ground than his brother, and does another Flaming Uppercut to punch his brother into the air, leaving another chance to attack. "Magma Beam!" It looks much like a very thick laserbeam of fire. Aquis is send to the ground, and doesn't stand up anymore. The battle is over. "That'll teach ya." Blaze then says.
Blaze Krezne wins!
Cool, he defeated his brother. Those fire techniques of his are really destructive! I wish I had destructive techniques like that. All I can do is... drain energy. Hey... he just gave me an idea. Even though I don't have destructive moves, I can just absorb their moves. The basis they're made of is their own energy, after all. So I still have a chance to win. The 2nd fight of the next day is yet again an exciting one. It determines my opponent for the 4th round opponent too... unless the match-ups get rearranged for that round again. The first battle of the day was mine, and I easily won.
Metal Translation: Lexer Adario VS Jack Matis
Jack: "What's a kid like you doing here?
Lexer: "I'm not just any kid."
Lexer runs to Jack, and then does nothing to him. Jack attacks him, but... his punch doesn't hurt Lexer one bit. He doesn't even seem to hit him. Like something is blocking it, and I clearly see his fist hurts. With the other fist, he punches Lexer in the face, but again the same thing happens. Jack turns his fists into metal, and punches another time. This time, Lexer quickly retreats by going backward. Apparently, the metal fists will be able to hurt him. A big cannon is created above Lexers shoulder, out of nothing. It shoots a big black bullet to Jack. I don't know what it's made of. Jack dodges it, and the bullet follows him. Lexer shoots another one, and now Jack is between 2 bullets. They both hit him, and a white flash is seen throughout the arena when they explode. So... Jack is... No, he's not! He's still standing there. He's... metal? Even his clothes became of metal. Lexers cannon returns to nothing. Jack dashes to Lexer, and throws a straight punch. Before it hits, Lexer gets a HUGE baseball bat out of nothing, and he thrusts Jack high up into the air. Immediately Lexer replaces the bat by an even bigger cannon, and he shoots several more of those black bullets while Jack is airborne. So Lexer can materialize and dematerialise metal objects. I'm sure of it. I still don't know about his bullets. They can possibly be dark energy.
Jack punches the first two bullets right and left. The 3rd one he punches into Lexers direction and it hits him, pushing him into the ground. A flash blinds the arena again. Jack lands on the ground, dashes backward to dodge the first bullet he punched away, and punches it to Lexer again. Another flash appears. Before I can see everything again clearly, I see Jack do a jump kick, and the 3rd bullet hits Lexer too. The flash blinds me for about 10 seconds. But I think Lexer is KO, so it doesn't matter. But to my surprise, he's standing when I can see again. He made a very, very BIG cannon this time. At least 10 times bigger than the others. He shoots a very thick black beam with it, and it hits Jack, pushing him into the wall for about a whole minute. After that, the cannon dematerializes and Lexer falls on the ground. He's unconscious, and put all his energy into the last beam. Jack can't possibly have survived that... But he did. His metal armor is gone now, and he falls onto his knees. Then he looks at Lexer, who's unconscious. He realizes it now. He won.
Jack Matis wins!
So Jacks armor is nearly impenetrable? And he's my next opponent? In 3 days it's my turn. The remaining fights of round 3 aren't really anything special. And for some reason, Jackals opponents all are really easy. Anyway, 32 opponents remain. Time for the first battle of round 4.
Bullet VS sword: Regulus Bomb VS Zero Zaca
Zero: "You're taking revenge for your friend?"
Regulus: "Nah, I'm just here to kick your ass."
Right when the battle starts, a loud bang is heard. Right after Zero flies backward agains the wall while Regulus takes up Zero's spot. Can you say, overkill? Right after that, Regulus does another Bullet Blast. Zero barely manages dodge it, and unleashes Blade Storm while Regulus is recovering. Nearly every one of them hits Regulus. But Regulus can withstand them. He quickly turns to Zero, and does another Bullet Blast. Zero get hit, and flies backward to the middle of the arena. That's about 2 miles. But Zero still stands up. For the next Bullet Blast, Zero simply takes one step to the side, and Regulus hits the wall. He immediately does another, and flies all the way to the other side of the arena. This goes on for 5 more times, when Zero decides the step aside and hit him with his wooden sword while he's Bullet Blasting. Regulus then fall to the ground, and his stomach is hurt. Though he easily stands up. They start to melee fight then, and Regulus seems to be on the winning side.
After fighting for 10 minutes like that, Zero blows him away with a quick Wind Explosion. Regulus does a Super Bullet Blast to surprise him right after. It has a much wider reach than a normal Bullet Blast. But Zero knows Regulus comes straight at him, and initiates a Blade Storm. The Super Bullet Blast comes to a complete stop after that. Regulus fall to the ground. He is defeated. "Phew..." Zero says, and he stands on one knee, leaning on his sword. "You're a tough guy alright."
Zero Zaca wins!
Man, I really hoped Regulus would win... Seria wins her next battle, which was a lousy opponent. So in round 5 it'll be Seria VS Zero. I hope Seria wins. Anyway, now it's my time to fight.
Hero Red VS Jack Matis
Jack: "The great Hero Red. Yeah, this'll be an awesome fight! I won't hold back!"
Hero: "Sure, i'll make this an awesome fight."
He immediately covers himself beneath his metal armor. My punches right now won't hurt him, I have to find a way to get through that armor. He runs straight at me, and a melee fight begins. I throw a few soft punches, to test how hard his metal armor is. And the thing is... I just can't get through... I think. And while he's in the armor, I can't drain much of his energy. Only a little bit. But I can easily read him, so he doesn't hit me at all. Maybe there's a weak spot? Or maybe his armor wears down after a certain time? Either way, I got to hang on.
Like this, 30 minutes pass. A close combat melee fight. I still have full stamina, and he seems to have gotten a bit slower. But the constant reading and dodging made my sight a little fuzzy. And it gets fuzzier and fuzzier... suddenly I get a very heavy headache. Jacks kicks me, and then punches me, and a fall backward to the ground.
The pain in my head... it keeps increasing. My sight goes black... what's... happ...ning? I... can't hear... anything... Everythings... dark...
Now... I don't hear or feel anything. What happened? Am I dead?
I suddenly wake up in my hotel bed. So... I lost... I take a look at the PA for the upcoming battles, and the date. But to my amazement... I won?
Hero Red wins!
End of chapter