CHAPTER EIGHT: THE COMBAT OF THE ULTIMATE SAMARIS
After waiting three entire days, that day…that one specific day had at last arrived. It was sundown on the weekend in the Foxwood Village and as the sun began to set slowly in the cherry tangerine sky, meanwhile at the Foxwood Samari Dojo, a battle was presently about to commence.
It was the combat between the best Renomon Samari and the best Renamon Samari in all of the Foxwood Village. In other words it was the battle between Heliotrope and Amethyst for the highly praised Sacred Samari Medallion. Every last Renamon and Renomon in the entire village turned up at the dojo to watch the occurring battle and among them was Renamon, who had of course came to support her sister in this most historical of battles.
When all the Renamon and Renomon were comfortably seated in their corrective seats inside the Dojo (students at the front, spectators to the back) Renomon took stand. One that day, the chestnut and black fox was wearing a burgundy and bullion robe with a belt wrapped firmly around his waist. The belt was black in colour with red and white stripes around the middle. The stripes represented a sense of higher rank which was appropriate since Renomon was the sensei of the Foxwood Samari Dojo and the formal judge of that day's match.
When he had stood up, Renomon looked at everyone in the dojo resolutely. His scarlet eyes traveled from his obediently-kneeling students to the seated spectators and with that, he nodded his head to all of them.
"My fellow Renomons and Renamons, a humble greeting to each of you," Renomon's booming voice said loudly, "welcome to the 14th Annual Combat of the Ultimate Samaris. As you all may know, the Combat of the Ultimate Samaris is a competition that has been in our village since the first village was built by the earlier Renamons and Renomons. It is a competition where the best Renamon and Renomon Samari compete against each other in a one on one battle for the Sacred Samari Medallion."
With his right hand, Renomon gestured to his right where an oak made red cushioned platform stood promptly on the ground.
On top of this cushioned platform was a medallion, the size of an average dinner plate. This medallion was tinted in the insignias of gold, silver and bronze: these colours reflected off the eyes of every last Renamon and Renomon in the room. In addition, apart from the shimmering insignias, engraved on the coating of the medallion was a depiction of a Renamon and Renomon fiercely in combat with one another. It was truly a symbol of inspiration.
"The Sacred Samari Medallion is an inspirational heirloom. It shall only be given to the best Samari in all of the Foxwood Village," Renomon continued, "during this year, I, the Sensei of this Samari Dojo have been scouting for the best Renamon and Renomon Samaris of the age. It was a hard choice considering the fact that all of my students were quite impressive. However not any of these students were as excellent as these two students I am about to call. These students truly share the spirit and soul of Samaris and I have to say that I am very proud of them. Now without any further delay, Renamons and Renomons, I give to you the two students who will be competing for the Sacred Samari Medallion."
Renomon then gesticulated his hand to the centre left hand side of the dojo where a brown door was now opening.
"I now introduce the Best Renomon Samari of the Age: Heliotrope," Renomon shouted.
From the brown door walked out Heliotrope. Just as Renomon, Heliotrope was wearing a robe, only his robe was navy blue in colour with black at the sleeves. Fastened around Heliotrope's waist was a black belt and at the side on his hip, was a small black pouch which held a Wakizashi sword.
The room burst into applause as Heliotrope entered and some student Renamons even giggled and drooled at the sight of the strapping young Renomon named Heliotrope. Renamon merely rolled her eyes at these Renamon for she thought they were being foolish. As soon as Heliotrope had reached the middle of the dojo where Renamon stood, all the applause ceased. Afterwards, Renomon bobbed his head as he now gestured to the centre right hand side of the room.
"And also," Renomon began again, "the Best Renamon Samari of the Age: Amethyst."
A second brown door opened and from its interior stepped out Amethyst. From a distance, Amethyst appeared to be vaguely serious although the lavender and pink-sleeved robe she wore made her look divine. Just as Heliotrope, Amethyst also had her famous Katana sword on her which was stuck at the side of her pitch black belt.
The crowd went wild for Amethyst as she walked out: everyone applauded her...especially Renamon. A group of Amethyst's Renamon and Renomon comrades even spelt out her name on their chest and at the sight of this, Renamon could not help but laugh.
Once Amethyst was to the middle of the room, currently facing her opponent Heliotrope, it was then that Renomon turned to both of his students. Surprisingly, he had a serious but yet proud smile on his face.
"Now today is the day you two. I hope that either of you are prepared for this maybe the toughest challenge of your lives," Renomon said looking both Amethyst and Heliotrope in the eye, "it is always hard to fight a fellow classmate, even more a fellow comrade."
Both Heliotrope and Amethyst glared at one another before scoffing ignorantly. Either of them knew very well that the two of them were not and will never be 'comrades'. Renomon stared at the two fox-types before clearing his throat and continuing.
"As I was saying before," Renomon began again, "this combat will be the toughest one of each of your lives and before we begin the match, I would just like to repeat that I am very proud of you, both of you. The two of you are the top students that I have ever had and I am very grateful. I am especially grateful to you Amethyst, you have definitely come a long way and I would personally like to say 'Well done'"
Amethyst looked up timidly at Renomon and her cheeks flushed. "Th…Thank you Sensei Renomon," Amethyst replied giddily.
Renomon nodded his head at Amethyst and smiled at her. Heliotrope looked from Renomon to Amethyst and with that, he snarled resentfully.
Renomon now turned to face the audience of students and spectators. The brown and black fox-type then drew his own Wakizashi sword which was secretly tucked away at the back of his belt. Renomon then raised his sword to the audience.
"Renamons and Renomons, behold the best Renamon and Renomon Samaris in the village: Amethyst and Heliotrope. Tonight these two shall battle for the Sacred Samari Medallion but only one will win," Renomon said boomingly, "now without further delay, LET THIS BATTLE BEGIN!"
The whole audience burst into another round of applause and Renomon took his seat on the Sensei seat on top of the platform for now the battle was about to begin.
As everyone applauded loudly, Heliotrope took a glance at Amethyst who unsurprisingly stared back at him. An underhanded flirty smirk formed across Heliotrope's face as he looked at Amethyst slyly. Amethyst merely scoffed at this and ignored the young brown fox.
From his Sensei seat on top of the platform, Renomon ceased the continuous applause. He did this just to allow another Renomon to enter the dojo. This Renomon was dressed in green blue garments and in the palm of his hands was a green and red flag. The Renomon then walked up to where Amethyst and Heliotrope stood.
Nodding respectively to both of them, the Renomon turned to Renomon and nodded to him as well. After that, the Renomon lastly turned and bobbed his head in respect to the audience.
"Good evening Renomons and Renamons. I am Kimono," the Renomon introduced himself, "on account of our dear Sensei Renomon; I will be the official judge of tonight's match."
Kimono faced Amethyst and Heliotrope once more. "All fighting Samaris to the centre battle field," he said calmly.
Amethyst and Heliotrope looked at one another before obeying Kimono and trotting to the centre ring where they faced one another. Kimono stood a distance away from Amethyst and Heliotrope where he raised the red and green flags in his hands.
"Right. Tonight's match shall be a one on one match between Heliotrope and Amethyst for the commending Sacred Samari Medallion," Kimono explained, "the rules of the match are as followed: there will be no time limits in this match as said by our Sensei. No digi-evolving in the match either, you shall rely only on your Samari Skills. This match will stop when either one of you feels the need to no longer continue; the last one standing will win the match. Got that?"
"Got it," answered Heliotrope and Amethyst.
"Also add to the rules Kimono, if either opponents dares to cheat in this match, that one opponent will be disqualified from the match," Renomon added.
"Yes Sensei," Kimono said, "alright, you guys heard the man: no cheating, right?"
Heliotrope and Amethyst both nodded their heads.
"Good," Kimono said, "NOW LET'S START THE MATCH. Helio, Amethyst…SWORDS AT THE READY!"
In the blink of an eye, both Amethyst and Heliotrope pulled out their swords and held it infront of their faces.
From the corner of his Wakizashi sword's blade, Heliotrope gave Amethyst another mischievous smirk.
"Heh! Scared Amethyst?" Heliotrope said teasingly.
"You wish Helio," Amethyst answered calmly.
The two then brought down their swords and took three steps backward from each other. Once they were five inches apart from one another, Heliotrope and Amethyst faced one another again. Kimono bobbed his head approvingly.
"Heliotrope, Amethyst…SAMARI FIGHTING STANCE!" Kimono bellowed.
At Kimono's command, Heliotrope and Amethyst immediately stood in their Samari fighting stances with their back legs stepped backwards and their swords raised high and ready to strike.
"You shall both attack each other on my count," Kimono instructed, "now on three. One………two………
But before Kimono could even reach the number three……..Heliotrope struck!
"Hyper Kaiser Daseki!" Helio exclaimed as he suddenly sent a charging fire ball straight at Amethyst. Amethyst caught this attack by surprise and before she could counter attack, the inferno ball caught her in her stomach and she was sent backwards where she laid in a heap on the ground.
The whole audience gasped at this and Renamon covered her mouth in shock.
"Amethyst!" Renamon shouted at her sister.
Amethyst groaned in pain and tried to remove herself from off the ground. Renamon stared at her worriedly.
"Urgh! I can't believe he did that AGAIN!" said one student Renamon to another.
"Yeah, me neither," said the other student Renamon.
Renamon overhead these two Renamons and looked at them from where she sat.
"Er? Excuse me? Excuse me," Renamon said tapping the two student Renamons on their backs.
Both student Renamons looked up and blinked twice when they saw Renamon.
"Um….hello," said one of the Renamon, "who are you?"
"I'm Renamon," Renamon answered, "I'm Amethyst's older sister and………
"So you're Renamon! Amethyst has told us so much about you," said the other student Renamon shaking Renamon's hand, "hi my name is Sapphire."
"And I'm April," said the other Renamon, "we're both best friends of Amethyst."
"Nice to meet both of you," Renamon said.
"Thanks," said Sapphire and April together.
"Now Sapphire, April, I couldn't help but overhear you two saying that Helio did this AGAIN," Renamon said, "do you mean that this isn't the first time that Helio has attacked out of turn."
"HA! Please, how do you think he got this far? By playing fair?" April said.
"Well yes," Renamon answered, "didn't he?"
"No," Sapphire answered, "take it from me Miss Renamon, from the beginning since he had started training to become a Samari, Helio has always cheated. In every single match, he would knock out his opponent before the official judge could even say 'Go'"
Renamon gawked at Sapphire. "No! This can't be true," Renamon said in disbelieve.
"Oh it's true alright," Sapphire said, "that has always been Helio's style. He hurts his opponent at the beginning of the match so they would be too injured to continue; and believe me, that strategy of his has always worked."
"So you mean to tell me that since the beginning Helio has been doing this sort of thing and not once has Renomon…I mean Sensei Renomon dared to stop him?" Renamon said.
Both Sapphire and April shook their heads.
"Not once," April answered.
"Sensei Renomon has always allowed Helio to continue playing dirty," Sapphire said, "and I have a feeling that he is going to do the same thing in this match too."
Renamon looked appalled. She could not believe what she was hearing. Helio was cheating and Renomon as the Sensei of the dojo wasn't doing anything about it, now that was such absurd nonsense.
Kimono seemed to be having the same opinion about the match as Renamon for he was frowning furiously at Heliotrope.
"Helio! What do you think you are doing?" Kimono shouted angrily, "how many times do I have to tell you? You're not supposed to attack you're opponent before I say so."
Helio snorted aggressively. "Whatever you say Kimono," he said stubbornly, "but look at it this way, even if I had waited for your count, I still would have been able to do the same attack on Amethyst since she is just too slow."
"Grrrr! Alright that's enough," Kimono said gravely, "now I'm sorry to say this Helio but what you just did is classified as cheating in my book; and for that I will have no choice than to disqualify you from………
"Overruled Kimono. The match will continue," Renomon interrupted.
Kimono turned to gape at his Sensei. 'Is he being serious?' Kimono thought.
"But…but Sensei Renomon," Kimono spoke, "didn't you see what he just di……….
"Yes I saw what Helio did perfectly Kimono and I say CONTINUE THE MATCH!" Renomon bawled at Kimono.
Kimono shuddered as Renomon bawled at him. "Y…Yes Sensei Renomon," Kimono said shakily, "(coughs) MATCH CONTINUED!"
"Ha! This is gonna be good," Helio said slyly. Helio then glanced at Amethyst. She had finally gotten to her feet and glaring daggers at him.
Helio could not help but chuckle at her. "Awh, what's the matter Amethyst? Did my surprise attack knock you down?" Helio said annoyingly, "heh! I'm not surprised by this at all. I always was a better Samari and you Miss Amethyst, are nothing but slow and weak."
Some of the Amethyst supporters booed angrily when Heliotrope said such a nasty thing to her. Amethyst, herself was infuriated by Helio's tease and this made her growl wrathfully.
"(Growls) Why you no good Renomon! I will make you pay!" Amethyst snarled. The golden female fox now raised her sword which was being engulfed by black flames as she pointed it at Heliotrope.
"Yang Sutoraki!" Amethyst exclaimed as she sent a black inferno ball straight at Helio.
A proud smile formed on Renamon's face as her sister sent this assault. After all, it was she who had taught Amethyst the Yang Sutoraki attack.
Amethyst's attack soared at Heliotrope and seeing this, all the brown fox did was yawn in boredom. When the attack approached him all Helio did was simply leap into the air and dodge the attack. Amethyst growled when she saw her opponent completely unharmed by her own attack.
Heliotrope glanced at Amethyst.
"Honestly Amethyst," he said, "is that measly attack all that you got?"
"No," Amethyst answered as she charged at Helio.
Heliotrope saw this coming and quickly attacked Amethyst before she could reach him. He attacked Amethyst with another 'Hyper Kaiser Daseki' attack. However unfortunately for Helio, Amethyst saw his own attack coming and immediately avoided it.
The golden vixen had sprung upward; and while in midair, Amethyst also seized another chance to attack Helio. Amethyst had jumped above the maroon fox and now she brought down the blade of her Katana sword on Helio.
Helio glanced above his body and when he surprisingly saw Amethyst, the maroon fox quickly evaded the attack as fast as he could have at the moment. But even though Helio evaded her attack that did not stop Amethyst from attacking him.
When her aerial assault didn't work, Amethyst dropped to her feet where she began slashing vigorously at Heliotrope. As fast as the attacks came, Helio counterattacked at each of them as quickly as he could. This sort of thing continued for awhile in the match where Amethyst would slash at Helio and he would block.
That is how it went: Slash…Block…Slash…Block!
Each impact that either opponents' attacks made were so intense that the whole entire audience had to hold their breath and keep still in order to see what happens next. Even Kimono was frozen in time as his attention was focused mainly on the two fox-types fighting infront of him. Renomon also watched the match carefully, although he was not as mesmerized by it as the other fox-types in his dojo.
Slash…Block…Slash…Block…that is how it continued again.
But at another point in the match, Amethyst slashed at Helio and when Helio blocked for the umpteenth time, Amethyst took this chance to spin around and hook-kick Helio at the side of his head.
Helio was knocked forcefully to the side but he regained his posture; and when he did, Helio stood up to glimpse back at Amethyst. There was a tiny smudge of saliva at the side of his mouth (he's data so I can't use blood) as a result of when Amethyst had kicked him but Helio wiped it off with the sleeve of his robe.
Afterwards, Helio smiled a keen smirk at Amethyst.
"Heh! I guess I…underestimated you Amethyst," Helio said, "you're not as slow and weak as I thought you were."
"And you're not as strong as you said you are," Amethyst retorted.
"Ha! Ha! Funny," Helio said, "it's even kind of cute."
Amethyst growled. "I don't need to be cute," Amethyst said, "especially when I'm gonna defeat you."
"Ha! Well bring it on cutie, bring it on!" Helio said teasingly as he gestured for Amethyst to give him her best shot.
Amethyst snarled irritably before she raised her sword again and attacked.
"Haipa-Ikazuchi Daseki!" Amethyst shouted as she sent a fully charged thunder strike at Helio.
Regrettably for Amethyst, when he had seen her attack approaching, Helio immediately blocked away her attack with his Wakizashi sword. Now it was his turn to strike.
Passing his fingers across the edge of his sword blade which glowed bright blue as he touched it, Helio spun his Wakizashi sword above his head. A huge spinning cyclone of gust was forming above Helio's head as he spun his sword.
"Tornado Daseki!" Helio shouted as he unleashed his fully conjured cyclone straight at Amethyst.
Amethyst stared wide-eyed as the swirling mist came toward her; however Amethyst knew exactly how to stop the spinning mist. Amethyst now raised her sword to her face.
"Katana Sword: Energy Orb!" Amethyst said, passing her sword around her body and forming a powerful energy circle. Aiming her sword just right, Amethyst unleashed her attack on the cyclone. The energy orb zoomed at the cyclone and when it had impacted on it, the orb cancelled out the tornado.
When his attack did not work, Helio growled snappily at Amethyst. Now he was really mad at her.
Amethyst was amused by this.
"Awh! What's the matter Helio? Did my powerful attack take out your weak one? Sorry…not really." Amethyst said.
Helio growled again. "That's it! I've had enough!" he said, "no more playing games!"
Helio then started charging at Amethyst, sword raised and ready to strike. "Ox charging sheep!" Helio shouted, slashing at Amethyst.
Amethyst quickly counterattacked. Amethyst slashed at Helio with her Katana sword, causing both too swords to clash with one another on impact. Both Amethyst and Helio glowered at one another from the edges of their swords.
"Grrrr! Give up Helio…you won't win!" Amethyst growled.
"That's what…you think," Helio said, "Rhino…pushing boulder!"
With all of his strength, Helio rammed his sword hardly against Amethyst's sword. This caused Amethyst to drop her sword as she fell to the ground. Amethyst hurried quickly to grab her sword but before she could reach the sword it self, Helio attacked her again.
"Woodpecker pecking wood!" Helio said as he stabbed his sword at Amethyst.
The golden vixen tried to avoid Helio's persistent stabbing as quickly as she could. Then it was her turn to strike.
"Seal slapping ball!" Amethyst yelled as she stretched her leg out and front kicked Helio right in his abdomen. This forced the male brown fox backwards, and it gave Amethyst time to grab her sword and spring to her feet.
All of Amethyst's supporters cheered loudly as she regained her stance.
"YAH! GO AMETHYST!" cheered Sapphire as she waved her blue gloved hands in the air.
"YEAH! KICK HELIO'S BUTT!" exclaimed April.
"Hmmm, Ox charging sheep? Woodpecker pecking wood?" Renamon repeated confusedly, "those sound quite odd. Are they techniques?"
"As a matter of fact they are," April answered, "they're called Animal Intuition Techniques. Sensei Renomon taught it to us. It is a technique in which a Samari uses a basic movement from one specific animal as a form of his or her Samari skills."
"I see," Renamon said understandably, "that sounds quite interesting."
"It is interesting," April said, "and that is mainly because Sensei Renomon is the best Samari teacher ever."
Renomon smiled at April.
"Ooh! Ooh! Look at the match you guys!" Sapphire said excitedly at she pointed to the centre of the dojo.
The battle between Helio and Amethyst was really getting intense; especially since both two Samari fox-types were firing slashes and strikes at one another and evading their opponent's assault using the Animal Intuition Techniques.
"Hawk hunting prey!" Amethyst yelled as swooped down on Helio, slashing at his chest.
"Bear protecting cubs!" Helio shouted, forming a magnetic force field with his sword and shielding himself from Amethyst's attack.
Amethyst growled at Renomon furiously before trying another ambiguous assault on her opponent.
"Kangaroo leaping grass!" Amethyst said springing in midair and trying a high jump kick on Helio.
Helio immediately retaliated this physical attack. "Wolf baying moon!" Helio shouted as he struck at Amethyst while she was still above the ground.
Amethyst eluded this assault immediately. Now she flipped in the midair and was bringing down the blade of her Katana sword upon Heliotrope's head.
"Monkey slicing banana!" Amethyst yelled.
Helio saw this coming. "Repulse the monkey!" shouted Helio bellowed as he dropped his Wakizashi sword and suddenly grabbed hold of Amethyst's Katana blade as she brought it on his head. This sort of movement caught Amethyst by surprise but before she could even respond, Amethyst was knocked down…knock down from midair and back on the ground in a heap.
"GET UP AMETHYST!" shouted April to her fallen friend.
"QUICK! GRAB YOUR SWORD!" Sapphire screamed.
Amethyst rubbed her aching head and reached for her sword only to realize…it was not there! She did not have her Katana blade. Amethyst looked infront of her and to her utter shock, there was Helio standing right infront of her with his Wakizashi sword in one hand and surprising Amethyst's Katana sword in the other.
Amethyst's jaw dropped as she gawked at Heliotrope.
"I can't believe it," Amethyst spoke slowly, "you took my SWORD!"
"Yes I have. Why defeat you with one sword when I could defeat you with two," Helio said cunningly as he raised up both swords and got into his Samari fighting stance.
Amethyst just continued to stare at Heliotrope.
"That's it! Now I know that's against the rules." Kimono spoke in a serious tone, "you can definitely not take your opponent's sword and use it against them!"
"Yes he can Kimono," Renomon said coolly from his seat upon the platform, "the match will continue."
"What!" Kimono said appalled at his Sensei's response, "but he can't…….
But before Kimono could finish his sentence, Renomon shot him a defiant glance which clearly meant that he had made his decision and it must be followed. Kimono stared at Renomon for a while before sighing exasperatedly. "MATCH…CONTINUED!" he said.
"Get up Amethyst so I can defeat you," Helio ordered sternly.
Amethyst got to her feet and then she glared at Heliotrope, her lavender eyes burning with anger. She could not believe what he had just done. He had taken her sword…her only weapon and the only chance she had of winning the match. Before Amethyst could think even more about her dilemma, Heliotrope struck once more.
"Double Haipa-Ikazuchi Daseki!" Heliotrope yelled as he conjured a large bolt of thunder from both his Wakizashi sword and Amethyst's previous Katana sword. After that, Helio sent the attacks directly at Amethyst. Both lightning bolts zoomed at Amethyst…each twice the power and twice the force of an average thunder strike. Amethyst tried her best to dodge both of the attacks.
Fortunately she evaded one of the thunder strikes however…before she could evade the other….ZAP! The second thunder strike caught Amethyst.
The vixen felt on her knees…the sentiment of 1000 bolts of lightning surged through her veins paralyzing every last part of her body.
The whole crowd of spectators in the dojo all held their breaths.
"Who was I fooling?" Amethyst thought to herself despondently, "I can't defeat Helio…especially without a sword. What am I going to do now? Even if I fight back, that still would not work. Oh man, I won't win…I can't win! I just can't! I………
"GO AMETHYST!" shouted a sudden voice.
"YOU CAN DO IT!" cheered another voice.
Amethyst snapped out of his thoughts and stared into the crowd of Renomons and Renamons.
"What! It's…my friends!" Amethyst said, realizing that the two beings whom had shouted to her were her comrades: Sapphire and April.
"AMETHYST GET UP! YOU CAN STILL WIN!" shouted another voice.
Amethyst looked into audience again.
"It's my friends…and my sister!" Amethyst said seeing the face of her sister amongst the audience, "they're all cheering me on. They all…believe in me! They all believe that I can do this!"
"AMETHYST! AMETHYST! AMETHYST!" cheered Sapphire and April.
Amethyst looked from her cheering friends to her sister Renamon, who was smiling encouragingly at her and with this, Amethyst beamed blissfully at all of them.
"It's true! They all really believe that I can do this," Amethyst thought, "then if my friends and my sister all believe that I can win this match then so it shall be!"
Getting off her knees, Amethyst stood on her feet. She then closed her eyes tightly and concentrated. She was going to put her mind and spirit into what she was about to do.
Helio stared at the still form of Amethyst. Despite his efforts to defeat her, he could not help wondering why she was no longer moving.
"Hey! What's going on here?" Helio shouted impatiently, "Why aren't ya moving Amethyst? Are you playing a joke on me or are you just scared stiff because you know I'm going to destroy you."
Amethyst did not respond. Nothing was going to break her deep concentration… not even Helio's obnoxious taunts.
Helio growled in annoyance at Amethyst. "Fine be that way Amethyst," he said, "if you're not going to move then I'll make you move."
Raising both his Wakizashi sword and Amethyst's Katana sword, Helio charged the two swords as he prepared to assail with another Double Haipa-Ikazuchi Daseki attack.
"Say goodbye Amethyst," Helio said, "Grrrr…Double Haipa-Ikazuchi Daseki!"
Helio unleashed the attack. At the same time, two powerful raging thunderbolts bolted across the battlefield straight at its target which was Amethyst. But although the attack was approaching her, Amethyst still did not budge…she just stood as still as a rock.
"If you think that that attack is going to work on me a second time Helio," Amethyst thought silently, "then think again!"
BOOM! The two Haipa-Ikazuchi Daseki attacks hit their mark. The whole audience of Renomons and Renamons gasped as there was an explosion from the impact of the assail. It was on the exact same spot where Amethyst once stood. Dust emitted as the results.
Seeing that his attack had completely obliterated his adversary, Helio smirked.
"Ha! Ha! Game over!" Helio said triumphantly.
"That's what you think Helio," said a familiar voice suddenly.
Helio looked up. "Huh?" he said confusedly, "What? (Gasps) WHAT! NO WAY!"
The dust from the explosion soon cleared out and to Helio's utter shock, there stood Amethyst. She was completely unharmed. But that's not all that surprised Helio. What really shocked him was what Amethyst was grasping in her hand. In Amethyst's hand was a sword…not just any sword. It was a sword made out of glistering diamond. Helio gaped at Amethyst. He was completely horror-stricken.
"Ho…How did you? How did you get that sword when…I have your original sword?" Helio asked confusedly.
"I know that you have my original sword Helio. That is why I used my normal Renamon magic and conjured this new and more powerful sword," Amethyst answered, "Helio, meet the weapon of your demise: The Diamond Blade."
"How Awesome! Amethyst channeled all of her magic to conjure a whole new sword," April said in amazement.
"Now that is what I call true power." Renamon said nodding her head approvingly.
"GO GET EM AMETHYST!" Sapphire cheered enthusiastically while waving her hands in the air.
Amethyst then smiled cunningly at Helio as she held up her Diamond Blade. "Ready to battle Helio?" Amethyst asked, "or do I have to make you ready."
Helio snarled at Amethyst. "Regardless of whether you have a new sword that still wouldn't make a difference," Helio grumbled, "I will defeat you."
"Well what are you waiting for Helio," Amethyst said sharply, "BRING IT ON!"
"With pleasure," Helio replied, "DOUBLE HAIPA-IKAZUCHI DASEKI!"
Helio unleashed another double thunder strike upon Amethyst. However, Amethyst was expecting this attack this time because she immediately retaliated.
"Repulse the Thunder!" Amethyst yelled as she held out her Diamond Blade and swiftly stopped the attack before it could have struck her. Then with a swipe of her sword, Amethyst sent the attack straight back at Helio. Helio evaded this assault though it did not save him from the aftereffects of the assault.
The reflected thunder strike was so strong that when it struck the ground instead of Helio, it left an enormous hole in the battlefield. Helio goggled at the hole.
"Geez! I can't believe how powerful that attack was," Helio thought to himself.
"AAAAAAAYAAAAAH!" Amethyst screamed.
Helio snapped out of his distant thinking and looked up only to see a leaping Amethyst striking him with her Diamond Blade. Surprised a bit by the sudden attack, Helio quickly blocked the strike with the two swords in his hand.
Helio then kicked at Amethyst. He tried to hook kick her behind her neck. However the efforts were proven impossible because Amethyst saw the attack coming and dodged the kick summarily.
The battle now was getting more interesting. The more Amethyst struck, the more Helio dodged and the more Helio attacked, the more Amethyst counterattacked. No matter what happened, the battle raged on.
The audience of students and spectators were on the edge of their seats as both Renamon and Renomon Samaris battled fiercely against each other.
"Grrrr! COME ON! WHY WON'T YOU QUIT!" snarled Helio as he and Amethyst suddenly clashed swords.
Amethyst glared at Helio. "NEVER!" she growled.
Both Helio and Amethyst fought on. Neither of the two showed the decency to stop fighting and this caused their swords to clash with the other on unremitting occasions. But even thought the two fox types continued to brawl with the other, every great battle must come to an end; and the end of this battle was now……….
After clashing swords so many times, Amethyst and Helio soon stopped to glare at one another. Either of the two of them was panting breathlessly. They were both growing tired of fighting and impatient of which one of them was going to be the winner.
Taking a deep breath, Helio and Amethyst gathered the last of their energy. This was it……this was going to be the final clash. Raising their weapons high, Helio and Amethyst breathed a breath before they each took charge. Both two digimon charged speedily at each other.
Some Renamons and Renomons goggled carefully at this situation (not wanting to miss a moment of it) while others cheered immensely. Some covered the eyes of their baby Reremon and Foxenmon while a few screamed, 'They're going to crash'
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Amethyst and Helio loudly. With their swords at hand, both fox-types flipped into the air; and at the same time, Helio and Amethyst attacked each other with one swipe of their swords.
When they had landed back on the ground of the battlefield, Amethyst and Helio stood with their backs to each other, though from the corner of their eyes, they each looked at the other.
The audience all stood stationary. There was nothing but utter complete silence inside the dojo. No one spoke.
Amethyst and Helio continued to stand back to back to each other. Either of them was wondering who will fall first. Who was going to forfeit the match first? Who was going to lose?
Each of these questions were answered when all of a sudden…in all of the silence.
"Urg!" Helio grunted as a sudden striking pain surged through his body. Helio then touched the middle of his chest. On his chest was an elongated graze and tiny bits of data were dissolving from the scratch. Helio then grunted again. He had been hit.
Helio then dropped to his knees and before long…he fell on the ground, clutching his chest. This left Amethyst to be only contender standing. That was it. It was all over.
Kimono stared from the standing Amethyst to the fallen Helio before her raised his flags.
"HELIO IS UNABLE TO BATTLE!" Kimono shouted, "THE VICTORY OF THIS MATCH GOES TO AMETHYST!"
The audience then went into a thunderous uproar. Everyone cheered at the top of their voices. The winner had at last been chosen and the winner was Amethyst. Both April and Sapphire hugged one another in glee as they screamed stridently for Amethyst and Renamon began to cry tears of joy for her triumphant sister.
As the whole audience applauded, Amethyst stood up and breathed a sigh of reprieve. She had done it…she had actually done it. She had won the match.
Renomon too clapped in approval of Amethyst. His best Renamon Samari apprentice had won the match and he could not have been any more proud of her. Getting to his feet, Renomon gestured for Kimono. Kimono obediently came to Renomon's side. Renomon afterwards gestured for Kimono to take the cushion with the medallion.
Kimono did this deferentially. With that, Renomon walked over to Amethyst with Kimono following respectfully at his side. Once he was next to Amethyst, Renomon looked her directly in the eye. This made Amethyst flush a little but she contained herself.
"Congratulations Miss Amethyst," Renomon spoke, "with hard work and great determination, you have clearly defeated your opponent Mr. Heliotrope. Now you have officially earned the Sacred Samari Medallion and also the title of the Ultimate Foxwood Samari Swordsman. Well done my girl."
The audience broke into applause as Renomon placed the medallion around Amethyst's neck before he embraced her. Amethyst returned Renomon the hug and afterwards, Amethyst beamed at Renomon (cheeks red) and the audience with a broad toothy smile on her face.
In the meantime, while Amethyst was enjoying her time of praise, Helio had fully removed himself from off the dirt. He stared at Amethyst in all of her glory. Despite his loss of the match and his envy towards Amethyst, Helio still clapped for the yellow vixen goodheartedly.
"Well congratulations Miss Purple Renamon, you've finally beaten me. Good job," Helio said nicely stretching out his hand to shake Amethyst's.
"Er? Thanks Helio," Amethyst said gratefully shaking Helio's hand, "how is your chest? I didn't injure you much, didn't I?"
Helio glanced at the wound in the middle of his torn blue robes. "Not at all, you didn't hurt me one bit," Helio replied, "besides this is just a slight wound, it'll heal quickly."
"Ooh," Amethyst said understandably.
"You know Amethyst; you were extremely awesome out there today," Helio said, "you truly deserved to win the Sacred Samari Medallion."
Amethyst rubbed the back of her neck in embarrassment. "Awh shucks Helio. You're making me blush," Amethyst said, "besides if I didn't conjure up that Diamond Blade, you would have won the match, not me."
"Really? Thanks," Helio said gaily.
"On the contrary Amethyst. Even if Heliotrope had won the match, I still would have given you the medallion," Renomon said.
"What? How come?" Helio asked goggling at his sensei.
"Because Mr. Heliotrope," Renomon answered coolly, "what you displayed today on the battlefield was a total disgrace to the code of the Samari. You see Helio, a Samari is not just one who holds a sword and uses it to defend himself and the ones he cares about. A Samari is one who is always fair and never cheats to claim victory. A Samari is also one who treats his fellow Samaris with respect and you…Mr. Helio have done neither throughout this entire year."
"I understand Sensei," Helio said, "so I guess I have to work on that, do I?"
Renomon nodded his head.
Helio then turned to face Amethyst. "Amethyst," he said, "I greatly apologize for all the horrible stuff I have said to you and about you this entire year."
"It's alright Helio. I've already forgiven you," Amethyst said.
"Really?" Helio questioned.
Amethyst nodded her head.
Helio smiled at Amethyst before turning to the audience. "See that folks," Helio said, "this here is what I call a true Samari. Everyone cheer for Amethyst: THE ULTIMATE FOXWOOD SAMARI!"
The audience applauded once more and Amethyst could not help but smile at them and at Heliotrope.
"Say Helio that was the nicest thing you have ever said to me," Amethyst said, "thanks."
"You're welcome!" Helio answered.
"Just one last thing Helio," Amethyst said.
"What's that?" Helio asked.
"Gimme my sword! Just because I have the Diamond Blade doesn't me that I'm going to allow you to keep it," Amethyst said as she deliberately snatched her Katana sword out of Heliotrope's hands
Helio blinked twice at Amethyst before he started to laugh.
Amethyst laughed as well as she held up her Sacred Medallion for everyone to see. The audience clapped once more.
Wiping away her pleased tears, Renamon smiled delightfully at her sister. "Well done little sister," Renamon said, "I am truly proud of you. You are truly Foxwood's Ultimate Samari Swordsmen."
A little note from MistressPC
Wasn't this chapter a bit too long and too corny? Honestly…this probably was the corniest chapter ever. I know some of you may not think that it's corny but still…--'! In any case… give me your honest opinion.
Anyway, the next chapter will be up soon (soon as I finish it). The title of the next chapter will speak for itself and…might give some of you readers a bit of a shock. 00
Until next time…bye!