Chapter9: The Tournament
Firedude: I would like to thank all of you for understanding why I took so much longer than usual. Now you may have noticed that this is a normal chapter and not a subchapter. Well from here on the two chapter series meet! Not only that but all four groups will be meeting in one place, plus two more temporary groups! Exciting isn't it?
Zeek72: Thank you for the review and the boost of morale.
FireemblemPRO: Eliwood will be coming within the chapters don't worry. As for the two characters you sent me… I might use them depending on how I want the next part of the story to go. Don't worry about the MarkLynEliwood thing; it's just another love triangle like in this story, it could be Eliwood and it could be Mark, once again I control the outcome.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem or its characters. I own Inomaru, Onimaru, Chikage, Dopple Ganger, Yuan, Girfu and Alderoffe. Gustaph, Mystic, Tyrana, and Zega Verdan belong to friends.
Firedude: On with the show!
Inomaru looked between the two Mystics and studied them. "Ok, I think I know which one is which." He held out his hand and his brother placed a kunai knife in it. One of the Mystics gulped as Inomaru got into stance. He ran forward in a blink and was about to plunge the kunai into one of the Mystic's skulls when he stopped short. Mystic was sweating a lot and sighed in relief as he brought the kunai knife down. Then he pointed to the other Mystic. "The joke's over Dopple Ganger." The other Mystic's eyes widened and took a step back. "Why me? He's obviously the fake!"
"Then can you point out things that are wrong about him?" The other Mystic opened his mouth about to speak when he shut it again. "What can you tell is wrong with me?" Inomaru smiled and walked forward. He pointed to the center of his forehead. "You don't have a cut on your forehead." The other Mystic panicked. "Did I miss something in my transformation?" It ran over and looked at the real Mystic. It then realized what he said and turned around. He then felt the kunai plunge into his chest, and dangerously close to his heart. "Get out of here before I decide to actually hit some vitals." It then stumbled back and pulled out the knife. He morphed into Inomaru now and charged the real Inomaru with the knife. Inomaru grabbed his wrist with a sickening pop and threw him into a tree. He walked over and grabbed Dopple Ganger by the neck and held him up against the tree. It then morphed into Onimaru and gave Inomaru a sad face. "Don't kill me big bro-." Before he could finish Inomaru had bashed the Dopple Ganger's head up against his. It fell to the ground unconscious. He picked the knife back up and threw it back to Onimaru. "We'll leave him here for now."
"Why don't we just take him with us?" Asked Mystic. "His teammates would surely follow us if we brought him back to camp, and I don't think that he was the strongest." Everyone nodded and followed Mystic back to camp. When they were gone Dopple Ganger stood up and resumed his initial form. "You were right sir, he is a strong one. Should I follow them and figure out where they're going next?" A voice suddenly came from the top of a nearby tree. "No I think I want to have a look at him myself." Then a form jumped quickly through the trees after the heroes.
They had made it back to camp in one piece. The new army met at the center of camp as everyone introduced themselves to each other. Inomaru then explained what he knew. "Alright before I was tossed into jail I heard about the location of one of the seven. A wealthy merchant is going to hold a tournament in the old city of Yurai." Mystic winced at the sound of the name. Seventeen years since I've seen my home town... "The prize for the tournament is the air piercer. The bow weapon of the seven. We have two days to get to the Sacaen city before the tournament starts. We've got a lot of people so is shouldn't be too hard." At that the whole entire encampment began to pack up. A person sat high in a tree above them. "The city of Yurai eh?" She then turned and jumped through the trees to her own camp. She landed on the ground and confronted Dopple Ganger. "We leave for Yurai immediately."
"Whatever you say Mistress Chikage."
Mark and co. were healing themselves back at the Kutolan encampment. Pent was explaining to everyone about the tournament also. "So we've got two days to make it to Yurai and fight in this massive tournament?" Asked Mark after hearing everything. Pent nodded. "I'm sure that Alderoffe and his troops will be at the tournament as well. We should make haste and get there immediately." Mark nodded as the whole group began to pack. I think we're going to have an edge with all the all the troops we have. Including Jaffar and Karel!
Two days later at the ruined city of Yurai. Mystic and co. had made it to the city. His heart felt heavy as he saw the ruins of his childhood city. "Is there something wrong Mystic?" Asked Wallace. "It's nothing Wallace"
"Oh, I get it… You're nervous about the tournament! Don't be lad it will be easy pickings for us hahahahahaha!" Mystic laughed a little and returned to studying the city. They went to town square where other troops had met together. One group was just three people. A girl with short black hair and a red outfit much like Inomaru's, and on either side of her sat Dopple Ganger and an assassin. The assassin had brown hair and with a black cloak. He had matching boots with red pants and a short sleeve white tee-shirt. On his belt hung a sword made of silver. There was a dragon's head at the bottom of the hilt with an emerald in its mouth. On the other side of the town square there was a group as large as their own group. Matthew ran forward from the group and peered across the square. "Hey! It's Mark!" He and the other members of the original army ran over. Mark saw this, cursed and ducked as everyone dog piled on him. "Nice to see you guys too, can you get off me though I'm injured." They all got off and everyone greeted each other. Just then there was a blast of thick black smoke in the middle of the square. They turned and saw Alderoffe standing with Leila, Quill, and Tyrana. Tyrana looked the same except had an evil grin on her face. Mystic couldn't believe what he saw. His sister that he thought was dead for all these years was standing right in front of him. "Tyrana? Is that you?" Mystic tried to run forward towards her, but Mark put a hand on his shoulder stopping her. "She can't here you, she's being controlled by Alderoffe…" Mystic looked over and saw that it was true. She was looking straight at him and gave him a plain uncaring look. Mystic grew angry towards Alderoffe, but restrained himself from casting Excalibur on him. Just then a man on horseback and about ten guards around him marched into the square. "Hello everyone! My name is Girfu and I'm the merchant running this tournament! Now everyone participating step forward so we may set up the matches." Everyone her surprisingly cooperated, even Alderoffe! Once everyone signed in every contestant was given their own private house. Each house was spread all over town so no one could communicate with anyone. They all trained as much as possible so they could cut through the opposition easily. The next day they all met back at the square. Everyone sat in the chairs that were provided in front of a podium where Girfu was standing. "Alright pay attention these are the match setups. Farina, you're facing Jaffar!" Farina gulped at the words and looked at Jaffar. He didn't look like he cared that much bout the fight at all. In fact, he was sleeping! "Next, Matthew is facing Leila!" Matthew felt his heart get heavy and slid down in the chair. I'm fighting Leila... this can't be! "Wallace, you're facing Wil!" Wil slapped his forehead and sighed as Wallace laughed loudly and patted Wil on the back. "Chikage will be fighting Priscilla!" Pricilla looked over at the woman she was fighting. There's something about her I just can't put my finger on... "Alderoffe is facing Pent!" Almost everyone looked at Pent after the announcement. He solemnly nodded as Alderoffe laughed to himself. "Fiora is against Quill!" Quill chuckled as Fiora just sat there. He looked to Alderoffe and whispered. "She'll be an easy kill master!"
"Gustaph will be fighting Raven!" Raven smiled. "Time to see what this old fart is made of."
"Kota will be fighting Shadow!" They looked at each other and simply nodded. "Hawkeye is fighting Onimaru!" Hawkeye looked down towards his opponent, and Onimaru looked up at Hawkeye. They both thought at the same time, this is going to be an easy one. "Marco against Zega Verdan!" Marco looked at the assassin from before. "I'm not sure about this…" Mark looked at him. "What are you talking about? You can take him easily!" Marco said nothing in reply. "Inomaru against Louis!" Inomaru looked over at Louis and smiled. Sweet I'm fighting a babe. Pent gave him a glare and Inomaru began to sweat. Can he read my mind? "Nino against Florina!" They both smiled towards each other thankful they weren't up against any of the strong people. "Mystic against Tyrana!" Mystic felt like a flaming poison knife had stabbed his heart. He looked over at him brain washed little sister. It can't be true... Gustaph put his hand on his shoulder. "You can't quit ok…" Mystic nodded slightly and looked back towards Girfu. "Rath against Karel and Guy against Lucius!" The four of them quickly exchanged looks. "Vren will fight Yuan!" Vren looked over towards the silent bishop and looked him over. What a freak! "Dopple Ganger against Legault!" Legault looked over towards the flaming form. This might be fun! "And finally that leaves Lyn and Mark!" Lyn looked shockingly over towards Mark who wouldn't meet eye contact with her. "Those are the match ups if you don't like it tough! There will be no fighting of any kind before the tournament starts! You are to walk around the city until the sun has set and it is completely dark. We have the street lights working so you are to track down your opponent and get fight em! You're all dismissed!"
Firedude: short chapter I know, but it's only an introduction for the tournament! Stay tuned for next chapter! The first round!