Chapter 7: A Test of Skill

Pete: Allright, everyone. Time to train.
Magic: Finally. Haven't trained in a while.
Chaos: Wait till you see what I can do.

In the training ground of Woopz base, the members prepare for training. the training is in the form of a tournament to see who's the sronger one of Clan Woopz.

Pete: Here we are.
Chaos: What the? Is this some kind of battle arena?
Pete: Kupo. I've decided to Make a tourney to see which of us is the strongest.
Joe: 'Kay. So, who won last time?
Jesus: I did.
Chaos: laughs hard Yeah, right. How can a Nu Mou like you...
Ed: RACIST!
Chaos: sigh Fine. How can a Beastmaster like you be the best of you guys?
Spike: Actually, Jesus is incredibly strong for a White Beastmaster (Beastmaster/White Mage). He has hidden skills.
Chaos: Oh, really.
Pete: Alright. Here are the pairings. Listen, kupo.

Everyone listens to Pete.

Pete: For the first match, Jade will face Chaos.
Jade: WHAT?
Chaos: Heheheh.
Pete: Then, Jesus fights Spike.
Spike: Finally.
Pete: The winner of that match faces the winner of B-Man versus Magic.
B-Man: Cool.
Pete: Next, yours truly fights the other gun-user.
Dan: Kupo.
Pete: Finally, Joe fights Ed and the winner faces one of the gun-users, kupo.
Ed: Nice.
Pete: Alright. We'll begin in 5 minutes.
Joe: Fine.

The clan gets ready for the fight tournament. Especially Jade, since she has to fight her brother, whom she knows that he is more powerful. 5 minutes passed and...

Match 1: Jade vs Chaos.
Jade wields the Ranger Bow with wind arrows. Chaos wields the Reaper Scythe.

Jade starts off with shooting arrows. Chaos slices them away. Then, Chaos prepares for one of his Ninjutsu abilities. Some hand signs later. "Katon: Fireball Justu!" Chaos releases a ball of fire from his mouth and Jade is caught in it. While she's burned, Chaos switches weapons to dual Kikuichimonjis and activates one of his Chaotic Skills.

Chaos: Chaotic Skill: Phantom Weapon!
Dan (in the background): Phantom Weapon?
Pete: I don't know either, kupo.

Phantom Weapon: Using only dual katanas, Chaos does what looks like a Strike Raid/Omnislash combo. When it's finished, Chaos jumps above the target (in this case, Jade) and grabs both katanas, unleashing a final dual strike.

That move, Phantom Weapon, pretty much finished Jade, but it appears as if she is still up and running. Joe, as the judge of the fight (Fitting, huh?), checks.

Chaos: Well? Is she done?
Joe: Wait...No. Jesus, HP check.
Jesus: Allright. LIBRA! activates the White Magic "Libra" Jade's at 3HP, Joe.
Joe: 3HP left for Jade.
Chaos: It's a good thing I went easy on you on that move.
Dan: #&!! THAT was going easy on her?!
Chaos: That or death? Besides, my parents told me to take care of Jade before they died.
Ed: Your parents died?
B-Man: DUDE! Behind you!
Chaos: Wha? looks behind him

Jade shows up behind Chaos and prepares for Last Breath. She almost succeded, but it was a clone.

Jade with others: What?
Chaos (behind Jade): Shadow Clone Jutsu and Invisibility Jutsu. Pretty useful, huh? stabs Jade out of her HP
Joe: Well. Jade is unable to battle. Chaos is the winner.
B-Man: WOOT!
Pete: Battle over. Jesus, do the honors. Jesus cast the White Magic "Full-Life" Next fight: Jesus versus Spike.
Jesus: Hold on. drinks a Hi-Ether to restore his lost MP Okay, I'm ready.
Spike: I'm good.

Jade and Chaos walk away while Spike and Jesus enter the arena.

Joe: Ready? Begin.

Match 2: Jesus vs Spike.
Jesus is wielding the Whip of Discipline. Spike is wielding the Spiked Scimitar.

Spike instantly tries to headbutt Jesus.

Chaos: Whoa! Spike is fast!
Ed: That's his speciality.
Chaos: Okay...

Jesus dodges the headbutt, but Spike slices Jesus with his weapon just after. Jesus heals with Cura, but Spike uses Aura while Jesus is healing. After that, Jesus uses Blink and Reraise on himself.

Spike: Oh, you've GOT to be kidding me!
Jesus: Nope. When it's time for me to fight, I prepare heavily. But since Protect and Shell are now Green Magic,...
Jade: True.
Jesus: ...I can not use them.
Spike: Oh, well. Watch thisss! ULTIMA SWORD!
Dan: Since when did Spike learned Ultima Sword?

Spike charges his weapon with Ultima Sword. Jesus prepares to dodge, but Spike throws his weapon at Jesus, which dodges. But Spike headbutted Jesus where he was dodging. The headbutt landed Jesus to where the sword is, when then unleashes Ultima Sword.

Spike: One life down.

Spike jumps high in the air (perhaps he had previous Dragoon skills...) and uses Expert Guard while landing on Jesus, which hurts, by the way. (Apparently, even though Jesus had Blink on, it wasn't enough for Spike to miss.) Jesus then uses Curaga on himself and whips the crud out of Spike, but since he's armored, it doesn't affect much. Wrong!

Spike: What the? I'm totally armored and that whip still hurts. Why?
Jesus: This is the Whip of Discipline. It's supposed to hurt. It's power cuts through any and all defenses. Including magic barriers.
Dan: Kupo! Cool!
Spike: Aww, crud.

Spike tries Expert Guard again to test if what Jesus said was true. Jesus whipped him and hurts. Then, Spike picked up his weapon and tries Rush. Jesus dodged that and then, again, Spike throws his scimitar to Jesus, which hits. Immediately, as a combo, Spike uppercuts Jesus, grabs his weapon, and slashes his back with some force at it. And since the scimitar is covered in spikes, hence the name, it really hurts Jesus. One last headbutt later,...

Jesus: I...can not...believe that I'm...defeated...
Spike: I can't believe that combo worked. I thought for sure that it'll missss.
Joe: Jesus is unable to battle. Spike wins!

A few milliseconds after Joe said that, the entire clan, except for Jesus, Spike, Joe, and Chaos, was shocked half to death to hear that.

B-Man: Dude! Jesus was defeated?
Magic: Un-fffreakin-believable!
Pete: And to believe that his fellow blacksmith beat him.
Ed: Yeah.

Match 3: B-Man vs Magic.
B-Man is holding Manganese and Magic is holding the Dragon Whisker.

B-Man: Yeah. i can now test my new magic.
Magic: Mine, too.

B-Man starts off by using Goblin Punch (He learned it prior to RF), while Magic tries to stab B-Man. Magic stabbed B-Man, but the Goblin Punch connects and followed up by Drain Punch, sucking the HP out of Magic. Magic lets go and runs far. B-Man tries to get close, but Magic uses Aero to blow B-Man away. Then, Magic uses Cura, Astra, Haste, Cheer, and Barrier on himself, all the while B-Man tries to think of a plan. When Magic starts to cast Water, B-Man uses Sonic Boom on the ground so that when the water sphere inevitably hits him, he'll be sent to the sair by the dissolving of the water. When just that happened, B-Man hits Magic with Addle, which Astra bounced off. Exactly 1.53 seconds later, B-Man slashed Magic with Aim: Vitals, making Magic the following status-affected: Poison, Sleep, Confused, and Toad (just what B-Man wanted).

B-Man: Oh, yeah! Frogged!
Jesus: Toad, actually.
B-Man: Whatever. Time to finish him off. SIDEWINDER!

Yes, Sidewinder. Sure, a waste of a move, but it (almost) finished him off. He ended it with Hunting. Joe, as the Judge, give B-Man a thumbs up.

Joe: Magic is unable to battle. B-Man wins.
B-Man: Yes.
Magic (after turning back to normal): Huh? How the heck did you beat me? My plans were flawless.
B-Man: Neither were mine. But mine came after yours.
Magic: Nuts. Well, nice battle, dude.
B-Man: Yeah.

Match 4: Pete vs Dan.
Pete is wielding the Outsider. Dan is wielding the Blaze Gun+ (In GameFAQs, this gun is supposed to be Ice-elemental. I doubt that.).

It's a shooting fest in this battle! Everything is fast-paced, making this battle hard to understand. Dan shoots Fira while Pete Iceshots. Eventually, after both are weakened (already), Dan tries to do another Fira, which is then powered by the Blaze Gun+'s Firepower. Pete ends up defeated. When Dan inspects, Pete Bindshots Dan to oblivion.

Joe: Whoa. Didn't expect that.
Dan: AHHHHH!! I CAN'T SEE!! KUPO!!
Pete: Gotcha! shoots Dan and Dan falls
Joe: Dan is unable to battle. Pete wins.
Chaos: Dude! It was only 2 minutes!
Pete: Clan record!
Jesus: Time to heal Dan, then.

Match 5: Pete vs Ed
Joe is wielding his Ragnarok (His Nagarok sword is in reserve). Ed is wielding the Dream Watcher.

B-Man: Oh, boy. This is going to take a while.

A while later,

B-Man: Told ya.

A while earlier, Ed Quickens himself. While Quicken is in effect, Ed casts Stop on Joe and Haste on himself. Ed thinks of a way to beat Joe while Stopped.Apparently, when Ed was casting Meteor to finish Joe, Joe went to normal.

Ed: How?
Joe: I'm to awesome to be stopped longer.
Ed: No matter. REWIND!

Rewind was cast to when Ed finished Hasting himself. Ed casts Meteor, but apparently, the Meteor was blocked by the ceiling. Then, it was too late. Ed wanted to use Rewind again, but for some reason, it didn't work. Joe then uses his Materia to cast the Quake spell, which knocked Ed down. Joe dashes with his Ragnarok to finish off Ed, but Ed blocks the slash with the Dream Watcher. However, the mace was no match for the Ragnarok. Ed quickily uses Quicken again to get out of the way. Strange enough, Ed fell to a hole trap. Quicken was gone and Joe prepares for his finishing blow. This particular blow is Cleansing Strike. That was enough for Ed to go down.

Pete: Ed can't battle. Joe wins.
B-Man: Told ya. (That is after the while was over.)
Ed: Ugh. Why didn't Rewind work the second time?
Joe: Perhaps Rewind only works once.
Ed: Haven't thought of that. I always finish off my enemy every time Rewind worked the first time. Oh well.

The first round is over. In the next round, Spike fights B-Man and Pete faces Joe. Chaos sits out. (end of chapter)

Joe
Race: Human (Different from Hume)
Job: Judge, uses Judgement Plus
Subjob: None, uses Limit Break
R-Ability: DamageMP
S-Ability: Weapon Def+
C-Ability: Fight Combo
Best trait: "Judgement Plus" is all of the the terrible Judgement abilities plus some moves from the original Tactics, like Cleansing Strike and a Holy-based version of Sanquine Sword. Like the players of Final Fantasy 7, he has Limit Breaks that are used when he's angry enough. They are his last resort moves. A great leader with knowledge of laws and Materia.