"Great, now look what mess I got myself into" Ken swore as witnessed the falling swords. "I still have a chance... He's stronger, but he's as smart as a bakery treat." the thought gave him some satisfaction. "I'm way smarter, so I'm going to use my wits to win." Then the perfect idea came to him, it was so simple- yet so effective! He immediately starting preparing, then he planted his hand onto the ground and muttered "Dig" Vines grew then starting burrowing in the soft sandy ditch, he didn't have much time Akio was going to find him soon already the dust created from the swords were subsiding. Akio found him when he dug 5 feet. He yelled a victory cry and starting charging... straight to the hole. "THUNK?!" Akio yelled in surprise as he fell headfirst into the hole and he laid there stunned. Ken didn't hesitate for a second, he planted his palm and laughed "Cover" Vines grew and wrapped a very irritated and confused Akio up. When he noticed that Akio couldn't break free and that he had won he screamed his victory cry. Spectators starting muttering and cheering depending on their bets. Some of the spectators jumped down and congratulated him. "Good Job!" Said the guild leader Masato Yokoyama he shook Kens hand. Ken couldn't hold his happiness, after the 3 seconds of formal handshaking he broke free and yelled "Victory!" and started charging through the crowd as they sprinkled confetti over him. Then a extremely mad vine wrapped oval came rolling toward him, he looked at it, then... PUNTED IT. Cries of alarm could be heard as the oval flew over the crowd finally settling into a corner. "Gosh, that was annoying who was that anyway?" Ken wondered Not important he decided then he went over to the stalls and ordered some ramen as a victory treat.
5 hours later~~~~~~~~~
"WHY DIDN'T YOU LET ME OUT?" Akio snarled as he stared at Ken eating some ice cream, "IT WAS HOT AND SUFFOCATING IN THERE, I COULD'VE DIED" Ken calmly picked at his ice cream. "Or you could've let yourself out, like... using your magic to bunch up the atoms in the vines so it would've snapped? or... you could've created a small explosion so it would've destroyed the ropes. You didn't figure it out, so your fault" Ken continued eating his ice cream. Akio fumed, how he hated his smug looks, his his his... everything! "I will be somewhere else" He hissed, he didn't want Ken to know that he thought of destroying the vines 2 minutes ago. His stomach growled, face red he turned around looking at Ken he was still eating his treat flashing a smug look. "At least he didn't hear, might as well get something to eat." Then he went to the guild bar. Inside was loud and dark, signs of random alcohol could be seen and rowdy play and laughter echoed throughout the damp wood walls. He walked over and found a seat sitting down he beckoned a waiter and was about to order when he noticed the waiter was glaring at him. "What's your problem?" He snarled he wasn't in is best mood. He was stuck in vines for long, long hours. "I thought you were going to win, I bet that you were going to win, and I bet 600 jewel! My paycheck for a week! You were my ROLE MODEL!" He shouted exasperated. "I wanted to be like you! I had faith in you! YOU WERE GOING TO BUY MY GIRLFRIEND A PRESENT!" He spat the last words. "Now what would you like to order?" sneering the last sentence. "Forget it" He rose and walked out, noticing new glares from people as he thought these words over and over again. Should I have challenged him in the first place? Is KEN better than me?
Ice cream is the best Ken decided as the scooped up the last bits of chocolate ice cream from his extra super duper large chocolate ice cream cup. He smacked his lips in delight as he starting savoring the rich chocolate taste. Now, what was he going to do? He could... go on a job? Nah, too excited wanted to celebrate this glorious occasion. He regally walked down the middle hall as "Thank you"s surrounded him. He laughed as he walked out the double doors. A blast of cold surrounded him making him shiver. He didn't like the cold. Vines thrive best in the hot warm weather, he finally decided to shop just as an explosion filled the air shattering the guild windows. Balls of flame danced in the town square, screams of terror resonated What was that? He started sprinting to the location of the sound. He heard footsteps behind him it was Akio and Leiko. "What do you think it was?" Leiko shouted. "I don't know, ask the person there!" Ken responded back. Then the trio started sprinting through the night.