MM: I am so sorry to anyone who reads any of my works, I haven't worked on anything in months, I'll try to do another Sparks and Embers, and get back to work on this, along with a WilxRebecca fic I'm working on.
Yay I got some support for this so I'll continue it. Most of the time I'll just pick who I like better to win each match which could be a bad idea...Anyways...Also I think chapters are gonna have two matchups in one chapter,otherwise these will be short chapters. But not this one.
I was going to respond to all of your wonderful reviews but by the time I got around too it, it was too late and Fanfiction forbid it so..Thanks for the reviews everyone!
Now back to the tournament...
Lute VS Erk! that was what appeared on the Mystic Board. The purple haired Sage's were brought out onto the field.
"Kick her ass Erk!Yay Erk!" Serra called out, she grabbed some pom pom's and was forcing Florina too join in a cheer with her.
"You can do it Lute!" Artur called from the other side of the field. A staff flew across the stadium and hit him on the head.
"Wow Serra that went far!"
"Thank you Florina!"
The two purple haired powerhouses walked up to shake hands, while they were shaking Lute had a message for Erk.
"As you may not know, I am the best there is, so you have no chance!"
"Why do I always have to deal with the crazy ones?" Erk thought to himself.
The match started with a bang! Literally.
"Thunders power lend me thy might, I have a foe whom I must smite,Thunder!" Lute fired a thunder at Erk.
Erk managed to jump out the way leaving a sizzling spot in his wake. He pulled out a fire tome.
"A fire tome just so happens to be the weakest of the Anima tomes but I'm sure you already know that." Lute told him.
"Thanks..."Erk replied,"Simple Flame,Singe and Maime, Fire!"
The little fireball he shot went so fast Lute couldn't get out of the way in time,it was a direct hit.
As Lute recovered she said, "Ah I see, you used speed over power, thats clever, not as clever as I of course."
As she was talking Erk had run to the opposite end of the arena,he appeared to be saying something.
"I'm sorry your voice isn't carrying this far but if you..."Lute was cut off as she was almost hit by a Bolting spell.
"Ah, I see now what you were doing, It certainly is a good thing that Bolting is unaccurate. It is so because..."Lute started into a lecture.
"This girl could outtalk Serra..."Erk thought to himself again.He fired another bolting at her.
Lute jumped out of the way.
"How very rude! I was just trying to add to your knowledge of all things. Seeing as I am suberb and you barley cross the line of mediocrity...I suppose I should attack."She pulled out her Fimbulvter(sp?) tome,"Chilling Ice and Frost,Make the Other feel the cost!"
The storm of ice enshrouded Erk. He was hit by a large chunk and knocked over.
"As you may or may not know Fimbulevter is the second most powerful of all the anime magic, only the legendary Excalibur tome, which might I add, Ms.Eirika wouldn't allow me to use..."Lute went off on another tangent.
"Artur does she ever stop talking?" Ephraim asked him.
"I wish..."
The people around him gave him a shocked look.
"What?"
"I meant...oh, never mind" Artur shrugged.
Erk had taken advantage of Lute's droning on by scoring another direct hit with his Fire tome. He then brushed the ice off his clothes.
"Arg! That's enough of that!" Lute exclaimed, she fired another ice blast at Erk. He managed to nimbly move out of the way.
In an instant Erk pulled out his Elfire, seeing him do so Lute did the same. The stared at each other for a moment. Then Erk started running in a circular motion, with Lute following, they began firing Elfire bursts at each other, singing the ground leaving an acrid smell in the air. They span and span shooting blast after blast until...
"I love you Erkie-Poo!" Serra called.
"Shut up you blasted woman!" Erk was distracted.
Lute took full advantage, she smashed Erk right in the chest with a burst of flame. He flew backwards and skidded along the ground.
Lute laughed rather snobbily, " Tsk, Tsk you shouldn't let that foul cleric girl distract you, I have found in my monk watching that holy people are indeed quite interesting, but now is not that time for that sort of thing."
"This is just crazy...Why am I even doing this?" Erk was frustrated with both of these women.
"I'm not sure, obviously I'm gonna win. I am the greatest after all," Lute fired another blast, Erk rolled out of the way quickly. He got up dusted himself off, and smashed her with an Elfire blast.
"Oh Lute...try and concentrate..." Artur sighed sadly.
"I think that this has gone on long enough.."Erk winced, he was sore from this fight.
"I quite agree, I'd say it's about time I stopped playing around and crushed you!" Lute was panting, she was tired too.
Erk took out his Forblaze tome, Lute looked surprised.
"Ah, Forblaze, the tome of Archsage Athos, quite strong I understand...Well I'll have to use this then, I hope the princess isn't too angry..." Lute pulled out Excalibur.
"Lute!" Erika called, " I told you not to use that!"
Lute casually ignored her.
"I guess this is the last attack for us both then..." Erk began making complicated hand gestures and chanting," Ultimate Flame, Victorys Torch, I call upon your aid, for one final scorch!"
At the same time Lute did the same thing only she chanted, " Ravaging Wind, Power of the Sky, I call upon thee, your time is nigh!"
A huge flaming blast appeared beneath Lute, at the same time a cyclone of wind appeared under Erk, there was a blast and no one in the stands could see anything...Even Serra was quiet.
Then the smoke cleared...one figure was on one knee, the other was nowhere to be seen.
"I am the best after all!"
Serra began screaming like a banshee, Hector had to physcially hold her from storming into the arena to pound on Lute, but when she saw Erk was already back in the stands she went over to check for injuries.
Artur smiled in relief, " I knew you could do it Lute."
" I knew I could too. "
"That's two losses for us Eliwood, we aren't doing so well..." Lyn pointed out.
"I know...hopefully we can start to pick up the pace. Not that it was Erk's fault..." Eliwood sighed.
With much cheering on the Magvel side, and some muttering on the Elibe side, they all quieted down looked up on the scoreboard and besides the 2-0 score they saw the next matchup.
In a flash the two myrmidons were in the arena.
MM: Well thats all folks. It was short but I hope you enjoyed it.
Genis: I'm sure they did.
MM: We can only hope...
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