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Chapter 1: The Tournament of Legends

Lugia immediately bolted up and looked around. Lugia was in an underground cavern, a majestic waterfall was pouring on his right and a small shaft of light was coming through a hole in the ceiling, just enough to illuminate the cave. Lugia felt himself breathing heavily as his eyes focused and adjusted to the cave.

"That dream again, why do I keep having it? What does it mean?" said Lugia.

Lugia was thinking to himself when all of a sudden he heard a slight noise. Lugia turned around and saw Jirachi floating in front of him.

"Lugia, so there you are, I've been looking all over for you." Said Jirachi.

"Jirachi, what brings you here?" asked Lugia.

"Have you forgotten? Today is the final round of the Legendary Tournament." Said Jirachi.

"That's right." Said Lugia.

"Come on, everyone is waiting for you." Said Jirachi.

Jirachi then flew away through the hole in the ceiling. Lugia then dived into the waterfall, flew through a large tuneel, and then found himself outside. The day was beautiful with the sun shining and the temperature comfortable. Lugia flew to a large island and landed in front of the Legendary Palace, which overlooked a battle arena. All of the legendaries were gathered there. As soon as Lugia landed, Mewtwo approached.

"Ah, Lugia there you are, we can finally begin the tournament." Said Mewtwo, irritated..

"Sorry about the delay." Said Lugia.

Mewtwo then wandered into the center of the battlefield and raised his hand to get the other legendaries attention.

"Fellow legendaries, during this tournament, we have seen several feats and amazing battles, but today is the final match between the final two contestants who have fought their way here. First, we have the legendary bird who excels at both water and air, the legendary beast of the sea, Lugia. Next, we have that majestic wonder, a legendary who likes to show off his multiple colors, the rainbow bird, Ho-Oh." Said Mewtwo.

Lugia and Ho-Oh entered on opposite sides of the battlefield and faced each other.

"Two fighters enter, but only one shall emerge as champion. Let's get this battle started." Said Mewtwo.

"I hope you're ready." Said Ho-Oh.

Ho-Oh spread his wings and flew directly towards Lugia. Lugia dodged at the last second and then hit Ho-Oh from behind with one of his wings. Ho-Oh was dazed, but quickly countered with Sacred Fire. Lugia flew high into the air, but the Sacred Fire attack nailed him on the left side. Lugia was burned, but charged up energy and fired an Aeroblast. Ho-oh dodged, but the resulting explosion knocked him off his feet and sent crashing into one of the arena walls.

"Ohh, that one had to hurt. Lugia looks like he's ready for more, but Ho-Oh is looking a little tired." Said Mewtwo.

Ho-oh was then surrounded by a glowing light and his wounds were healed.

"He's using Recover, this might be harder than I thought." Said Lugia.

Ho-Oh then flew up to Lugia and flapped his wings, producing a powerful gust that knocked Lugia down onto the floor. Ho-Oh then flew down and delivered a series of devastating wing blows. Lugia used his wings as a shield to absorb some of the damage, but it didn't work to well.

"Are you ready to give up?" said Ho-Oh.

"You wish, this isn't over yet." Said Lugia.

Ho-oh delivered some more wing blows, but this time Lugia caught one of Ho-Oh's wings.

"What the…" said Ho-Oh.

Lugia then threw Ho-Oh into the air. Lugia then fired an Aeroblast at Ho-Oh. Unable to dodge, Ho-Oh was hit directly and fell to the ground. Ho-Oh attempted to get up, but immediately fell down again. Ho-Oh had been defeated.

"Ho-Oh, is unable to battle. The victory and the title of Tournament Champion go to Lugia." Said Mewtwo.

The crowd cheered and applauded as Lugia stood victorious. Mewtwo then approached and gave Lugia a golden trophy. Etched on the side were these words "LEGENDARY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION LUGIA".

Later that night

All the legendaries gathered inside the main lobby of the Legendary Palace. The room was beautifully decorated inside with crystal tile floors and ornate walls. Only the Legendary Leader was allowed to live in such a pristine palace, who in this case was Mewtwo, but the other legendaries were free to come and go as they pleased. All the legendaries had gathered around Lugia to congratulate him on his championship status.

"Hey, Lugia way to go." Said Jirachi.

"You really earned this one. Congratulations." Said Articuno.

"Hail to the champion." Said Mew.

All th other legendaries shared their congratulations with Lugia, then the legendaries partied late into the night and had a really fun time

Eventually

Lugia and the other legendaries went back and retired for the night. Lugia flew back to his underwater cavern. Once inside, Lugia wandered into a small alcove in the cavern and placed his trophy there. Lugia stood there motionless for a while.

"I only wished that he could have been there to see this. Not a day goes by when I don't remember how he was taken away from me." Said Lugia.

Lugia then wandered back into the main cavern, laid down and went to sleep.

To be continued...