Chapter10: Cheers and tears
Firedude: Alright next chapter! Today is a great day for a no holds barred fighting tournament! Oh I forgot something next chapter, Chikage in Japanese means blood shadow. I'm going away for three days so I hope this chapter is long enough to make you guys happy while I'm gone.
Zeek72: Zega will use it eventually but not now.
Wolf From the Hidden Flames: Wow, you're really excited about the two hacking away at each other aren't you?
FireemblemPRO: Don't worry if the whole entire story was about the tournament I would kill myself. It's actually an essential part of the story to introduce more of the original fire emblem characters. Don't worry I'll read and review on your story. Also at the moment I'm not going to use your two characters, because as of right now I see no way in the story to skip three generations ahead. However I request that you please send in another character.
Disclaimer: I don't own fire emblem or its characters. Shadow, Marco, Quill, Alderoffe, Inomaru, Onimaru, Yuan, Dopple Ganger, Vren, Girfu, and Chikage all belong to me (Long list!). Gustaph, Zega Verdan, Mystic, Tyrana, and Kota belong to friends.
Firedude: I'm going to take this from a different angle today. On with the fights!
Girfu felt superior as everyone began walking into the city. He then remembered something suddenly. "Oh! Wait I forgot to tell you the most important thing!" Everyone turned around and gave him their full attention. "This is a no holds bar tournament. You are allowed to kill your opponent and you're allowed to use anything you find in the city." Some of the people became a little uneasy after the announcement, but walked in to the city ready to fight regardless.
Jaffar silently walked through the town. He looked to the west and saw half of the orange circle remained in the sky. It will soon be dark. That's when I strike... he looked down the street and saw Farina walking away from him. He had been stalking her for about five blocks. It was easy to do because of the fact that they don't allow steeds of any kind into the tournament. He looked back into the sun. 5...4...3...2...1! As soon as darkness swept over the city Jaffar sped at light speed towards Farina. She didn't notice Jaffar until he was right behind her. She turned around and used a silver lance to block his killing edge. He jumped back and pulled out a second one in his other hand. He attempted to strike with both, but Farina jumped to the side in time. She used the butt of her lance to smack him in the back of the head. Jaffar stumbled forward and Farina attempted to trip him. Jaffar jumped in time and kicked her in the forehead. She now stumbled back as Jaffar threw a punch at her face. She jumped back in time and attempted to stab Jaffar. He grabbed the pole of the spear right below blade and catapulted her a good ten yards. She landed on the ground unconscious and Jaffar stood over her smiling. He threw her over his shoulder as someone approached from behind. He pulled out a flare from his cloak as he remembered what it was for. Each contestant was given their own flares. Fire it into the air once you are finished and wait for one of Girfu's guards to escort you and the fallen contestant back to the square. Jaffar pointed it towards the sky and pulled the string on it. A large red blast escaped the cylinder and launched into the night sky.
Matthew sat on an old bench in the slums of the city. He looked up towards the sky and waited for black to finish stretching over the sky. I can't let the others down, but how am I supposed to kill Leila... Just then the street became completely black. "Of course I go to the part of town where there are no street lights!" He got up from the bench and ran down the street, while looking for the first sign of light. He saw a tint of light at the end of the street. He looked closer and saw a figure with red hair at the end of the street. He knew immediately that it was Leila. He squeezed the hilt of his brave sword and ran towards her. She turned the corner and ran when he was half way down the street. When he made it to the corner there was no one there but a lone street light. He cautiously walked down the street looking all around him. A circle of light appeared around him and exploded. He flew through the air and hit a wall. Leila walked up towards Matthew and drew her silver sword. "I had never known you to use mines Leila…" She said nothing in reply and did a vertical slice down at him. He threw himself to the side and drew his brave sword. He dashed forward and slashed at Leila. She ducked and upper-cutted his jaw. He grabbed her cloak and pulled it over her head. She struggled to get it off her head as Matthew got into a striking stance. "Rest in peace for real this time…" He stabbed her in the stomach and twisted the sword. He then pulled the sword out through her side. He closed his eyes as he heard Leila hit the floor and her blood spray. He felt a tear roll down his cheek as he reached for a torch.
Wallace stomped down the street while calling out into the city. "Where are you Wil?" Wil stepped from an alley way and sighed. "Let's get this over with Wall-." Before he could finish Wallace smashed him with the back of his steel axe. Wil fell to the ground unconscious. "Stop fooling around Wil! It was only a tap so get up! Wil… oh, boy." He took out his flare and shot it into the air.
Priscilla sat in the middle of a tavern and waited for it to get dark out. When it did she nervously walked outside and looked both ways. She had out her thunder tome and was prepared to use it. She heard foot steps behind her, but when she turned around she saw nothing. She walked backwards nervously and now heard foot steps from the other way. She turned again and saw something moving in the distance. She finally saw it moving towards her at increasing pace. Multiple waves of skeletons were running towards her. She turned the other way but saw there were also skeletons. They were trudging towards her too. She saw no alleys to escape out of and then began blasting skeletons with thunder, but none of the skeletons died. She turned towards the tavern, but the door wouldn't open. They were feet away from her as she put her arms up to defend herself. She felt their teeth sink into her skin and tear at her clothes. She felt their teeth pierce her bones as she cried out in pain.
Pent walked through the bazaar of the town as he looked for Alderoffe. He was having trouble finding Alderoffe in the darkness, but then stopped suddenly as smoke appeared in front of him. The smoke formed into a solid figure, and into Alderoffe. "Let's get started!"
"I'll kill you for what you're planning to do to Elibe when you get the weapons. It will be pretty easy because of your two wooden arms."
"Oh, I'll take care of these, please excuse me." The wooden arms dropped and focused a lot before screaming out into the air. New bones burst from his shoulder stubs. Muscle then grew over it followed by skin. Pent felt slightly sick after seeing that, but drew his Elfire tome. "Can we fight now?"
"Of course we will!" Alderoffe jumped towards him and hit Alderoffe with Elfire. It turned out just to be smoke. Pent looked around frantically for the real Alderoffe. Alderoffe jumped out from behind a near by stand and jumped at Pent again. He blasted straight through Alderoffe, but once again was just smoke. They repeated this process for about fifteen minutes before Pent began to run out of spells. He leaned up against a wall so he could rest and so Alderoffe couldn't sneak up on him. Unfortunately for him two hands burst out from the wall on either side of him. They clasped over his mouth and pulled him through the wall. He struggled to get up, but felt weak as he felt teeth sink into his neck.
Fiora sat in an alley way as she waited for the darkness. When it finally became dark she cautiously walked out and looked for Quill. She had a silver sword out and was sitting in a crouch at the edge of the alley way. She sat there for half an hour before she felt two thin spikes pierce her shoulder. She stumbled forward as she looked behind her and saw Quill. She got into a defensive position and waited for Quill to get closer. He fired more spikes at her that she easily deflected. She lunged with her sword as he defended himself with his two clubs. He took a swing at her head and she ducked under it. She slashed at his stomach but the spikes deflected it. She jumped back and ducked under a few more blows. She finally got an idea. She blocked a few more club swings before she fell to her knees and punched him in the crotched. She yelled out and shook her hand to get rid of some pain. "You have spikes there too!" Quill laughed and slammed both clubs down upon her. She barely was able to escape behind him. She slashed his back with all her might. She found a spot that lacked spikes and slashed it. Blood sprayed from the wound as he fell forward. He tried to get up and steady himself but Fiora took did a vertical slice on his neck, cutting it clean off. She turned away in disgust and shot her flare into the air.
Gustaph stood in meditation on one foot one top a statue. Raven took out his tomahawk and pointed up to Gustaph. "Hey! Get down here old man! I want to see what you're made of!" Gustaph sighed and jumped down. Raven got into his fighting stance, but Gustaph raised his hand to stop. "It's not night time yet." Raven growled angrily stood straight up. They waited for five minutes before it finally became dark. Raven smiled and resumed his fighting stance. He jumped forward and slashed down, but to his surprise there was just air in front of him. He saw that Gustaph was standing right next to him. "So close." Said Gustaph with a smile. Raven slashed to the side and missed him again. He was now behind him again. "Of course you're not going to hit anything with all that recklessness." Raven felt insulted and took another wild swing at Gustaph. This time He grabbed the axe by the blade. His hand showed no signs of blood although the blade clearly touched his hand. He squeezed the axe and it crumbled under his grip. Raven looked shocked at what Gustaph had done. Gustaph then punched Raven in the face making him fall. Before Raven could get up Gustaph had pulled out his red kryss and put it to the neck of Raven. "Nice try but you still need more training." Raven growled out of frustration of his loss and watched Gustaph's flare shot into the air.
Kota walked down the street as he looked left and right constantly. I'm fighting Shadow at the best time he fights... night. He felt something catch his foot as he was walking. He shot a small Ki blast next to his foot, but it turned out that it was just a rope. He kept walking forward until he saw Shadow standing in the middle of the street. Kota shot at him with a Ki blast. Shadow split in half and formed two more Shadows. He then shot the two and formed four Shadows. They now began to slowly walk towards him. He kept shooting them, but it just made more Shadows. He turned and saw a Shadow also walking towards him. He began shooting both groups making hundreds of Shadows. They were only a few yards away now. They all drew their knives and ran forward. Kota took out his nunchaku and began to maul all the Shadows around him. He hit them left and right, carefully dodging the knife blows. He then punched his fists together and a massive KI explosion blew the rest away. He kneeled on the ground tired and looked up to see the real shadow standing over him. "I expected more from you Kota." Kota jumped up and did a flying round house kick to Shadow's face. Shadow stumbled back and blocked Kota's nunchaku. He slashed his knife at Kota who kept blocking it with his spike gauntlets. Kota threw a punch and nailed Shadow right in the face. Shadow stumbled back and blocked more of Kota's attacks. If this keeps up then I'm going to lose! Shadow flew up into the air right above Kota. "No fair you can fly at night!"
"No fair you can use Ki energy!"
"Touché." Shadow began giving Kota a string of attacks until he was in a street light's light. Shadow catapulted towards Kota who simply jumped to the side. But Shadow's real target was Kota's shadow. He got inside of it and began to make Kota punch himself in the face. After about fifteen minutes of this Kota fell to the ground. Shadow came up from Kota's Shadow and was in the same condition. Just because I can make my opponents do it doesn't mean it doesn't happen to me. He reached for his flare and shot it into the sky before falling over like Kota.
Hawkeye sat at an empty cafe table with his gigantic killer axe. Onimaru jumped out of nowhere and landed on the table. Hawkeye grabbed his axe and took a swing at Onimaru. He jumped back and threw a shuriken at Hawkeye. He deflected it with his axe and swung at Onimaru again. He pulled out a kunai knife and jumped at Hawkeye. Hawkeye slashed his shoulder with his axe. Hawkeye then caught him by the arm and threw him into a nearby building. Onimaru was now frustrated that he couldn't hit Hawkeye. "If I can't hit you then I'll bring out a friend who can!"
"A friend?" Onimaru rubbed his knuckles against his bloody shoulder so his fist was covered in blood. He then punched the ground and shouted "Wolf summoning!" A large black wolf appeared a few feet in front on Onimaru. "Meet my pet, the Alpha Wolf. You see in summoning there are three levels. Weak, medium, and strong. There are summoning strings that you have to sign a contract to. For example I signed a contract with the wolf summoning string. Depending on how much energy I put into a summoning is how strong the summoning is. This is the medium strong one Alpha wolf, and I summoned him here to get you!" The wolf growled then spoke. "Your orders Onimaru?"
"It talks!"
"Of course I talk! Talk about all brawn and no brain!"
"Alpha Wolf, I want you to get him!" Alpha growled and ran towards Hawkeye. Before he could even swing his axe Alpha had latched himself onto Hawkeye's arm by his mouth. Hawkeye cried out as Alpha's teeth sank in. Onimaru then ran forward and shoulder tackled Hawkeye in the gut causing him to fall over. The more he struggled with Alpha the more Alpha's teeth sank in. Hawkeye finally stopped flailing and gave up. "It doesn't matter, because we're on the same team right?" Onimaru nodded and fired a flare into the sky.
Marco stood about fifty yards from his opponent Zega Verdan. They stared at each other until the sun set. At that Marco pulled out his scalpels and Zega pulled out his light brand. Marco ran forward while dodging Zega's light shots. Marco attempted to stab him with a scalpel as Zega dodged it. He grabbed the back of his head and shoved it against the ground. "Sorry it's nothing against you, but when I get a contract I finish it." Marco slid out from under him and kicked Zega in back of the head. He reached into his pouch and pulled out a dark red pill. He swallowed it and closed his eyes. When he opened them his eyes were blood shot and the veins in his fists were pulsing. He swung his right arm at Zega catching him in a head lock. "Tell me what I want to know and I don't pop your head!" Zega struggled for a bit but couldn't get out. "Look I don't know anything. I was just hired by those freaks to participate in this tournament. I didn't ask any questions I just did it!" He then threw Marco off of him and did a round house kick to the face. He then pulled out his killing edge and began bombarding Marco with attacks. Luckily Marco had increase vision because of the pill, and was able to precisely block each attack with a scalpel. Marco's scalpels broke and Zega's killing edge broke. He reached for his light brand only to find that that was also broken. "It seems we'll have to fight with fists."
"No, you'll have to fight with fists." He gripped the hilt of the silver sword and slashed it in front of him. "I'll give you one chance right now to surrender. If you don't I can't guarantee that you'll live after this fight." Marco gave Zega a glare. "I fight until the end. There's no way I'm going to give up because you have some fancy sword!" Zega sighed. "Alright then." He held the sword out in front of him and it began to black. He fell to his knees with his eyes closed as a black figure rose from the sword. It landed on the ground and roared. Marco's eyes widened at the sight. It can't be!
Inomaru walked down the street whistling as the sky became dark. As soon as it was pitch black he heard another whistling sound. He jumped back and saw an arrow land where he just was. He looked around the corner and saw that Louis was on a roof with her long bow notched. This may be harder than I thought... Inomaru pulled out a grappling hook and threw it to the top of the building Louis was on. She saw this and shot multiple arrows at Inomaru. He dodged them nimbly and began to climb the rope fast. Louise then panicked and shot the rope as she jumped across to the next building. The rope broke snapped after being hit by the arrow, but Inomaru continues to run up the side of the building. He landed on the roof and Louise fired more arrows at him. He quickly deflected them with a kunai knife and jumped across to the next building too. Louise continued jumping to the next building and firing arrows as Inomaru followed. This will take forever to get her at this rate. Inomaru stopped and caught an arrow in his hand. The head of the arrow had stabbed into his palm. He smiled and slammed his bloody palm on the ground. "Boar summoning!" In front of him appeared a red boar with average sized tusks. The boar and short hair on it's body, but had a Mohawk hair cut on its head. Louise looked at Inomaru. "How did you do that?"
"I signed a contract with the boar summoning string. All shinobi are required to have at least one summon before becoming a full fledged ninja, but of course you don't need to be a ninja to have a summoning." Inomaru pointed to Louise and spoke to the pig. "Get her hog!" The boar squealed and began leaping across buildings towards Louise who began firing arrows again. Inomaru smiled to himself and transformed into his humanoid boar form. Leapt off the building and continues chasing Louise from the street. Louise was firing frantically trying to stop the boar from getting too close, but was having trouble. She finally stopped running turned around and took precise aim at her target. She steadied the shot and released an arrow that stabbed right into the boar's chest. It fell to the ground and turned into a cloud of smoke, and then disappeared. Louise sighed and tried to catch her breath. She heard a sound behind her and turned in time to see the humanoid Inomaru putting a kunai up against her throat. Louise thought that he was going to kill her, but he didn't. "Do you surrender?" Louise sighed. "I suppose so…" Inomaru smiled and shot his flare into the air.
Nino and Florina sat in the middle of a road talking to each other until it was dark. "Well I guess we fight now." Said Florina. "I guess we do…" replied Nino. They sat there for a second looking at each other. Nino sprung up with her thunder tome shouting "Draw!" Florina jumped up with her javelin and stabbed at Nino as she fired her thunder shot. Nino caught Florina's javelin as the thunder shot hit her lance. They were both electrocuted and they fainted on the ground while both their flares shot off.
Karel had refused to wait for sunset and was assaulting Rath with multiple waves of attacks with the Wu Dao. Rath was blocking it with his killing edge, but was having trouble keeping up. Karel wildly swung Wu Dao at Rath's ankles. Rath jumped over it and kicked Karel in the face. Karel disappeared and then reappeared behind Rath. Rath whirled around and blocked his attack. Rath ran from Karel into the nearby alley. Karel followed and found nothing but an arrow in his calf. He pulled it out and climbed up the ladder of the building next to him. At the top he found Rath who had his brave bow notched. He released an arrow that barley missed Karel. He got on top of the building and took a swing at Rath. He ducked and kicked Karel in the stomach. He stumbled back and almost fell off the building. He steadied himself on the building's edge as he got an idea. Rath notched him next shot and released. Karel jumped off the building so the arrow wouldn't hit him. Rath's eyes widened in shock and he ran to the edge. Karel was hanging onto the edge of the building. He grabbed Rath's ankle and pulled him off. Rath fell and grabbed Karel's ankles. He grabbed the bottom of his pants by accident revealing underwear with bunny rabbits on them. Rath released and landed on the awning below. Karel climbed back up on top of the building and pulled his pants back up with a growl. He looked down below and saw that Rath had gotten away. He smashed his fist against the roof and fell through it. He groaned and tried to get up. However he felt steel against his throat and saw that Rath was there waiting for him. Karel slid to the slid on his back got up and hit Rath with the butt of the handle of Wu Dao. Rath fell to the ground as Karel smiled. He then shot the flare up into the air.
Lucius had found the church in town and was praying before he had to fight Guy. He heard footsteps behind him. He turned around to see that Yuan had walked in. Yuan walked up next to him and also sat down to pray. "So you came to pray too?" Yuan didn't answer and continued praying. Lucius sighed and also continued. They sat there silently praying for five minutes before Yuan broke the silence. "Faith overcomes all" Lucius smiled and continued praying. Just then Guy entered the room. Lucius stopped his prayer short and walked over to Guy. "You didn't finish…"
"Huh? Oh! No it's fine I prayed enough." He walked a bit more before Yuan spoke. "You didn't finish yours… by the time my opponent gets here I will have finished it. I will win my fight, and you will lose yours…" Lucius felt slightly uneasy by what he just said, but he still walked towards Guy. "You ready?" Lucius nodded in reply as he pulled out his Aura book. Guy lunged forward and slashed at Lucius. He jumped back and used an Aura shot on Guy. He jumped out of the way in time and landed behind one of the church benches. Lucius sent another shot towards where Guy had just jumped. Lucius was shocked when he saw nothing was behind the bench he blew up. He looked around frantically for him, but found nothing. He made a break for the door at top speed, hoping that he would be able to make it. He stopped suddenly as he felt a blade rest against his throat. He sighed and looked at Guy. "Ok you win." Guy fired his flare through a hole in the ceiling. Lucius looked back at Yuan who had just finished his prayer. The three of them walked outside to find Vren standing there waiting for Yuan. "Are you ready yet?" Yuan solemnly nodded and walked forward. They stood twenty yards away from each other as both of them got ready. Vren got out his scythes as Yuan took out knuckle claws. He put the claws on and got ready to fight. Vren was slightly puzzled. "…You think that since I'm a priest I use light magic?" Vren charged forward and slashed at him. He jumped back and punched towards him. Vren moved just in time so the claws scratched him face. He attempted to slash again but Yuan ducked and kicked his stomach. He then hit Vren with the back of his fist making him fall over. He jumped on top of him and put the claws against his neck. "…Remember later that I had the chance to kill you…" Lucius was astounded that Yuan had won. I guess he was right...
Mark sat inside an old bar looking at the old beer still left. He took a sip of the whiskey. Hmmmm not bad. Just then he heard the door open and saw Legault walk in. "You know you should be out there getting ready to fight, not getting drunk!"
"Oh come on Legault take a seat and have a beer." Said Mark as he poured some beer into a large glass. Legault shrugged took a seat at the bar and chugged it without a breath. Five minutes later they were both drunk and were laughing for no apparent reason. They heard the door open again and saw Lyn walk in. "I can't believe you Mark!"
"Oh, hey mom." Both Legault and Mark cracked up after what he said. "We're supposed to fight and you decide to sit here and drink? Unbelievable!"
"Hey calm down Lyn. Here have some scotch."
"No I will not drink!"
"Oh really…" Mark and Legault walked over to her. "What are you two doing?" Legault pushed her over and held her down on a table while Mark poured the scotch in her mouth. Five minutes later when they were done pouring several different brands on beer down Lyn's throat. They were all cracking up and laughing for no apparent reason whatsoever. Now the door opened again and saw that it was Dopple Ganger. He pointed to Legault and said "I've come for you!"
"Yeah, yeah just let me find my pants." The three of them all started to crack up. "What's wrong with the three of you?" Legault sped forward and bashed a beer bottle over his head. He then stabbed him with the broken bottle. "Woohoo! I win!" He shot the flare off into the air while Lyn and Mark just cracked up. "Hey wait don't you two have to fight?"
"No it's cool I'm going to drop out and let Lyn go on." Said Mark through hic ups. They all cracked up again for no apparent reason and drank more beer until the guards got there.
Mystic stood at one end of the street and looked at his sibling who was on the other end. "I guess we're going to fight Tyrana…" She simply drew Zantetzugen and said nothing. She ran down the street towards him as he drew his sword. She swung wildly but precisely at him, but Mystic was able to block her every swing. Mystic was afraid to go on the offensive since he didn't want to hurt his little sister. He barely dodged and blocked every blow and then ran down the street. She gave pursuit and finally caught up. She swung her sword cutting his back. He cried out in pain and punched Tyrana in the face as a reflex. He felt bad but at the same time didn't. This isn't my sister. My real sister would never hurt me... she is just a tool being used by Alderoffe... He held his sword in front of him and began to assault Tyrana with a string of blows. She blocked every blow and tried to kick Mystic in the face. He jumped back and slashed Tyrana's thigh. She grunted in pain and slashed Mystic's right arm. He jumped back and began exchanging blows. After fifteen minutes of fighting they were both out of breath and could barely lift their swords. Mystic was able to stand up straight first and kicked Tyrana in the head causing her to fall over. He jumped on her and held her down with his sword to her neck. "I win…" He stood up and shot his flare into the air. He got off Tyrana who got up and started slashing at Mystic again. He was caught off guard and was slashed across the face. He slammed his fist into the side of her face making her fly ten yards away. He sat there and rested while Tyrana stood up and began to speak with Alderoffe's voice. "You're a worthy opponent Mystic, you were willing to fight your own sister to save the world… that takes guts."
"I'm going to kill you for what you did to my sister!"
"Then I can only image what you'll do to me when I do this." Tyrana raised her sword up in the air. "What are you doing?"
"Failure means death…"
"No!" Tyrana stabbed Zantetzugen into her gut and fell to the ground with lifeless eyes.
Firedude: As I said before I'm taking three days on vacation so hopefully this gave you enough time to think a little.