Chapter 29: My First Pilgrimage PT3

(On Mi Hen highroad)

Walking along Mi Hen highroad was Fira, Ayame, Rikku and Auron.

" Hey Fira that reminds me" Rikku said standing beside him much to Ayame's dislike.

" Ya?" Fira asked.

" It's coming close to the end of the year do you have anybody to go with you to the end of year dance?" Rikku asked.

" I sorta wasn't playing on going" Fira replied.

" What do you mean you don't plan on going!" Rikku said as she turned chibi and landed on his head. " You've gotta go"

" why?" Fira replied nonchalantly. " I got lots of packing to do and I sorta wanna do a final walk through before i leave the school for the summer"

" Hm" Auron dropped down into his fighting stance. " We have compay"

"Huh!" Fira pulled out the kingdom key and Rikku drew her daggers and Ayame put her fists up. They all backed up against eachother as Heartless appeared in a circle around them.

" Hmmmm the heartless rate has gone up" Auron said.

" Ya your starting to see more heartless than fiends these days" Rikku added.

" Let's get em" Fira jumped off at one of them flipping in the air and slamming his keyblade on one of them. He spun around slicing through another neo shadow then jumped back throwing his keyblade like a boomerang slicing through three of them. Rikku switched to her gunner garment and began to pick them off one by one destroying them with one bullet at a time. Ayame rushed through them kicking and punching them making them puff into smoke everytime she laid a fist or foot on them. Auron slashed with one hand on his blade and the other tucked into his robe, he sliced through the heartless in a series of speedy combos destroying all that came within reach.

Before they knew it the heartless were all gone and defeated.

" Is anybody hurt?" Fira asked.

" I'm okay" Rikku said sheathing her guns.

" Yea me too" Ayame said.

" no" Auron said cooly.

" Good" Fira said making his keyblade disappear. They all began to walk agin on the mi hen highroad they were almost completely through with it until two galbadia soldiers on chocobos rushed up to Fira trying to run him over. Fira dove aside then turned back at them.

"Hey what's the..." Fira said.

" ITS YOU AGAIN! LONG TIME NO SEE BRAT!" It was lieutinat Biggs and his underling Wedge.

" ah not you two guys" Fira said.

" THANKS TO YOU I'VE BEEN DEMOTED YOU PUNK!" He said as he jumped off of the chocobo.

" Wedge three times as a matter of fact" Wedge said.

" SHUT UP WEDGE" Biggs said.

"SHUTTING UP SIR" Wedge saluted.

" Who are you?" Auron asked.

" IM LIEUTINANT COMMANDER BIGGS...and he's wedge" Biggs introduced himself.

" MAGNETGA!" Fira shouted putting up his keyblade casting a force of electricity to absorb Wedge and Biggs. " Now let's get outta here"

" Right" Rikku said turning around and running with Ayame and Auron behind her.

"DAMN YOU KID!" Biggs screamed as he was floating around in the air. Fira took off running last until they reached the gate that connected mushroom rock with mi hen. They immediatly crossed the border into mushroom rock road. As they walked through the mushroom road they were once again attacked by heartless.

" Hmm take up arms" Auron said slashes to the right once taking out three heartless at a time. Fira jumped up casting Thundaga three times overhead taking out five heartless with each bolt Fira landed down on his feet then grabbed Rikkus hand as she switched to the swordsman garment. They grabbed eachothers left hand then began to spin around making a slight whirly technique spinning around taking out heartless as they carried on. They let eachother go and Rikku fell back but Fira caught her and helped her back up.

" You guys are amazing!" yelled a youth league soldier as he ran over.

" Huh?" Fira rubbed behind his head as the youth league boy shook his right hand widly.

" Yaibal hi!" Rikku waved.

" Ah lady Rikku hello" Yaibal bowed. " Listen I've seen how good you guys are and I was wondering if maybe you wanted to join the Youth League Battle Tournament"

" A tournament!" Ayame said pushing Rikku aside.

" Yes we hold it every year" Yaibal said.

" Cool we'll be joining then!" Ayame shouted punching her fist into the air, " WOOT!"

" We're on a pilgrimage remember lady summoner?" Auron added.

" Your a summoner?" Yaibal asked.

"Yes well I'm through practice ritual ya know all that stuff" Ayame said as she walked past Yaibal.

" Hm" Yaibal smiled as they walked up to the sign up table.

After signing up they waited at the entrance for the tournament to begin. Walking in past them was Seifer, Sasuke, Riku and Cloud.

"Whoa Seifer, Sasuke, Riku... Cloud what are you guys doing here?" Fira asked as he ran over.

" I come to this tournament every year" Seifer said pulling out his gunblade.

" Same for me" Sasuke said with abit of a smirk.

" Yea pretty much same goes for me" Riku said.

" I'm here covering for Leon" Cloud said stroking his hair cool like.

" Cool"

" So Fira what are you doing here?" Seifer asked punching him in the arm.

" I'm competing too well because of my client and all" Fira said.

" I see well I hope you don't run into me first" Seifer said with a laugh as he walked off.

" Okay warriors gather round" Lucil commanded. There were about 12 fighters in the entire tournament. There was Fira, Auron, Ayame, Rikku, Seifer, Riku, Sasuke, Cloud and two hooded guys.

" Now the tournament is a free tournament so that means anything goes... Magic, Items, Special and Secret Techniques anything but there is one rule... do not kill your opponent each of you will be marked with a mini cam" Lucil pointed up to small machina floating overhead recording all of there movements. " Killing will disqualify you from the fights"

" Heh like I'd actually need to kill any of these losers" Seifer said.

" Don't get cocky Seifer" Cloud said.

" Whatever Cloud" Seifer said.

" Enough now each of you step onto this portal it will teleport each of you to a designated spot on mushroom rock... you are to go through and search the area once you've defeated two opponents you may procide forth to the final spot" Lucil then pointed to the top where the youth league HQ was.

" Okay" Fira said punching his fist into the air. " I'll go first"

Fira stepped onto the telipad and his body disappeared into small particles, second was Rikku, then Cloud, Seifer, Sasuke, Auron, Ayame then the two hooded guy and Riku went in last.

Fira appeared near the gate of the crimson spheres then started to run off.

(First Battle)

(Author's Note: This is the Riku from Kingdom Hearts 2)

Riku walked through the rocky fields, he paused for asecond then looked around abit. He drew his soul eater blade and looked around some more. Suddenly from above three kunais flew down at him, Riku flipped back on one hand then landed on his feet slidding back.

"Sasuke" Riku said as Sasuke appeared before him from above.

" Riku I was sort of hoping I'd run into you first" Sasuke said drawing his Shadow Windmill Shuriken.

" Same here" Riku said getting in his set holding the soul eater in one hand and his left hand out.

(Author's Note: I dunno but these guys would make quite the fight I always thought Riku and Sasuke would make a good fight)

Riku cocked back and casted Dark Firaga firing a huge black ball of fire at Sasuke. Sasuke performed afew hand seals "Grand Fire Ball no Jutsu" Sasuke fired back a huge fireball back the two powers collided causing an explosion. They both flew up then rushed eachother colliding Soul Eater with Shuriken. They clashed then kicked off of eachother rushing one another, Sasuke tried a round house kick but Riku held up the Soul Eater blocking then tried a punch to Sasuke's face but Sasuke ducked and they flew away from eachother once again. Sasuke tossed afew shurikens at Riku as he slide back, Riku placed his left hand up casting Dark Shield to block the shurikens.

Riku ran towards Sasuke, Sasuke jumped up and tossed shurikens around Riku with a metal line that wrapped around his body holding him securly to a rock. "Katon Ryuuki no Jutsu" Sasuke blasted a flame at Riku that engulfed him completely. Sasuke landed down on his feet then dropped to one knee.

When the smoke cleared standing there was Riku also down on one knee while being covered by a dark aura. Riku and Sasuke got on they're feet and rushed eachother once more. They both slashed and crossed eachother as if they just ran by one another. The first to drop was Sasuke. Riku sighed easy then held his soul eater up on his shoulder then started walk off cooly with his hand in his pocket.

"One down" Riku said as he took another passage.