Yo, welcome back to the next chapter! I'm not going to lie but the numbers of reviews have been dropping even though I have added anonymous reviews. We all have our own lives I understand that and the few reviews that everyone leaves are one of the many fuels that keep me updating (that and I want to finish this arc before going back to my other stories). Now to the Announcements!
Announcements:
While looking over the wiki my cousin let something be known to me, if you don't protect your pages they can be altered by outside influence. I don't want my or anyone's hard work and creativity to be altered unless that person owns what they are doing. So go and protect your pages or request me to protect them.
Next, if there are any extra things you want to add about your character let me know. If you can't then put it on the wiki and I know for certain I will see it there, also I would like people to send in quotes and trivia about your character. By trivia I mean like "favorite food," "greatest fear," or any random thing about your character you thought of when you created him/her.
Final one, I'm sure some of you have heard of my idea for fillers, to my own curiosity (and lack of social life) the first filler is done and I don't know if I should post it next, make a whole filler story, or wait until the arc is over, I'll leave the decision to you all.
A few pairing ideas have also opened up, so I'll just post them up before I forget:
DBxNaenia
GrimxRavena
Now to the reviews!
Reviews:
Renchard19: Your character plays his own role in this whole event. I can only tell you that you will be redeemed in the end or hunted down till you are arrested.
Ravena Felidae: You mean you, Punnya and Felis right?
GeneralHyna: Trust me, I guarantee you will go psycho by the end of this arc and if you have your own ideas about going psycho and fighting then send them to me.
Now that I finished that ON WITH THE SHOW!
"FFW"-Speech
'FFW'-Thought
'FFW'-Flashback
"FFW"-Attacks
Disclaimer: I do not own any reference to any anime/game/show/book, etc. that appears in this story. I own the original plot (at least I hope its original) and my own characters and OC's. All other characters and references belong to their original creators.
Special message to you all, the challenge from last chapter I gonna let live, I only got one guess and that guess was wrong, so go back and read the challenge and send your guess for the answer.
"Darkness is my greatest power, but it can also be my greatest fear." Shadowlight0982.
Ch. 13: The road to the Finals, Can the Black Wing break the chain of Destiny?
Some of the members of DarkBlade were shivering with fear as they saw that two of their guys were just defeated so easily.
"A little brat and a girl took them out; this is not what I signed up for!" One of the members said.
"Screw this madness shit, I want to live dammit!" The two made a break for the exit.
"Hey come back here you cowards!" One of the two members not running yelled.
"Hmm…" Out of Hagane's back burst two beam rifles. "I'll put them out of their misery now."
"Get back here you…!" The man yelled.
"Move!" The guy was tackled as two beams of light shot across the ground and vaporized the two that tried to escape.
The crowd was silent as they tried to play back what had just happened. It was one thing for things light this to happen in a fight, but the on member of Destiny destroyed the two players just for fleeing the battle.
(Scene Change)
"Whoa, the power of that attack, it was…it was…" Jack looked at the readings.
"It's what, tell me!" Bella called telepathically.
"Of the charts, something no normal player should be able to produce!" Time Wizard chimed in.
"From the readings he's the only one without signs of being an organic." The decepticon added.
(Scene Change)
"How can he be so cruel, they didn't even put up a fight?" A frightened TPB asked Key as he remained silent.
"I don't know, this may be a fight but there are some rules about things like this." Key said. 'Shadow, do you know anything about this?'
(Scene Change)
DB accidently broke the arm of his chair, his eyes glowed red as he saw the display of cruelty. "What the hell is this, do you know?"
"I do not know this group, Destiny is an enigma." Naenia said.
"Can't you read into the future, warn people about them?" DB looked to the seer.
"Changing events changes the future you must watched what small things you do as they affect your future." Naenia said. "And you don't need to see the future to know your guild must be at their top form to win."
(Scene Change)
"Bringers of Destruction, Mistress, I this all true?" Illu demanded.
"It's all true and it's all we have for now." Shadow said. "Look you guys saw that, they barely have any regard for anyone's life."
"What about the guy Renchard, he's not a member what is he doing?" Illu asked.
"And why are they just fading instead of becoming pixels nya?" Ravena asked.
Punnya and Mukurowl looked at the three as the two could sense the tension and danger of the situation.
"We won't know until we face them, now we really need to work out a strategy." Shadow said.
"What about the other they need to know." Illu said.
"Then we have to meet up then, to the booths." The five (pets included) ran towards the stadium to gather their other teammates.
(Tournament Stage)
"It seems that your team has been cut down a bit." Sen joked to the last remaining two.
Renchard looked at the man who literally blows away their opponents as well as everyone else. Looking down on the seal on his zanbato he began to question this team's motives.
'I know my reasons for doing this…but' Renchard thought to himself.
"Hey new guy, didn't lose your stomach did you?" The child looked to him.
"No I didn't but was it necessary to do all of that?"
"To be honest I couldn't care less but Hagane has a thing about letting targets get away." Aka then smiled. "He literally doesn't let people live unless he has to!"
Renchard looked at him in confusion before Sen joined the conversation. "Don't worry about him; Hagane has always been the type to leave things unfinished."
Renchard relaxed a bit but he was still on ends about the whole situation. "It's just that he didn't need to fight people who weren't fighting back."
"Hmm" Sen then looked down to the seal. "Have you tried using that power yet?"
"No, just something telling me I shouldn't use that power." Renchard said.
"But that power is what you need for your goals, do not forget what you are doing this for." Sen reminded him.
'Yeah, I can't forget that.' Renchard thought.
"I think Renchard and I will go back for a while, why don't you finish this up quickly." Sen put an arm around Renchard and began to walk away.
"Hold up!" The two DarkBlade members called to them. "This round isn't over, one more match winner take all!"
"And why should we agree…" Hagane said.
"Sure why not." Sen quickly said.
"What!" Hagane was outraged.
"Why not humor them; they at least have the guts to stand up to us when the rest of them ran." Sen said. "Besides Fui-Chan and Sui-Chan came all this way, you might as well let them battle."
"This is preposterous we should…" Hagane tried to argue.
"Come on Hagane-Chan!" The green priestess cried.
"If you want we will finish it quick, a double battle." The blue priestess offered.
"Hah a double battle with us, you're finished!"
"Let's do this quickly!"
"You here it right now, the two teams are going to settle it with a final joint battle!" Plugman informed the audience. "The winner of the match wins the whole shabam and will meet Kurotsubasa in the finals!"
"Ok everyone fighting for Destiny is Fuijin and Suijin!" Kyoto announced.
The twin priestesses walked to their side of the ring.
"Fighting for DarkBlade is the sword duo, Masamune and Muramasa!" Kyoto pointed to the remaining members of DarkBlade.
Masamune was clothed in black and purple samurai armor. He had a purple bandanna that hid the bottom of his face and a samurai helmet. The swordsman also had a longsword the same length as his body on his back.
Muramasa was dressed with a white sleeveless shirt and white hakama. The man had dirty blond hair and red eyes along with tan skin. At his side was a sheathed sword that had an evil aura around it.
"They think they can just insult us, my sword will slash them to pieces!" Muramasa growled out.
"Calm yourself brother, we cannot lose our cool like the others did." Masamune tried to control his enraged brother.
"Oh they're siblings sis, this just got fun." Fuijin said.
"Let's see how much fun we can have before Hagane blows a circuit." Suijin told her sister.
"This is for everything ladies and gentlemen, Suijin and Fuijin vs. Masamune and Muramasa!" Kyoto then jumped out of the ring. "Ready…FIGHT!"
Ignoring his brother's earlier advice Muramasa drew his sword and eagerly dashed across the marble stage. Before he could reach the two he was stopped by a wall of wind that blew him back.
"What the hell, wind?" Muramasa said in surprise.
"My name is Fuijin; it should be easy to know my power by now." Fuijin held up two fans. "Now let me show you what else I could do!"
Dance of Blades!
Several crescent shaped blades were sent towards the swordsman. Muramasa used his sword and sheath to block all the blades but was left open to the blade that almost sliced him in two.
Masamune appeared and slapped the blade away with his armored glove. The older brother offered a hand to his brother.
"I told you no to act recklessly, we know next to nothing about them and neither do they us." Masamune helped his brother up.
"She just caught me by surprise; I haven't even used Muramasa to his true power yet!" Muramasa held his sword and sheath up as he formed a stance.
"I was sure that would kill him, oh well." Fuijin was about to send another blast until Suijin raised her hand.
"Don't get too greedy sister, they have shown to be able to block the wind…" A trident then appeared in Suijin's hand. "Let's see how they deal with water."
Suijin stabbed the points of the trident into the ground and it formed a small pool of water around the blade. Suijin then sent a tidal wave forward and the water began to flood the field.
"Water hah, let see them try…" Masamune held a hand in front of Muramasa as he walked forward.
As the water moved closer to the two Masamune moved to grab his longsword.
"Part the seas."
An almost invisible slash parted the tidal wave. The water flowed passed the two as they stared at their now stunned opponents.
"It seems that these two have at least some skill." Suijin said.
"Hey sis think you can summon up some more water for me?" Fuijin asked.
"All you need to do is ask." Another press of the trident and another portal of water opened in front of the two.
"Now you can rush them." Masamune ran with his hand grasping the sword.
"Alright!" Muramasa followed his brother's example.
The two disappeared in a burst of speed that startled the two priestesses. Both members of Destiny were then slashed clean through with their blades.
Supersonic Slash!
Fuijin and Suijin had shocked faces as they were cut clean through. Muramasa was smirking until he noticed the absence of blood on his sword and from the two.
"What happened we cut through them didn't we?" Muramasa asked.
"It looks that those two are cleverer than we thought." Masamune then looked up. "Look above brother."
Muramasa looked up and true to his brother's word the two were floating in the air as they watched their opponents from above.
"High-speed movement, please tell me that is not all you two have." Fuijin joked.
Muramasa glared at the two until he noticed that they left the portal of water in the ground. "Let me show you what else I have."
A series of handseals the swordsman performed as he focused on the water and his targets.
Water Style: Five Feeding Sharks!
Five sharks formed from the pool and swam forward to the girls. The five ravenous creatures collided with the two and each other and exploded raining water all over the arena. Muramasa began to laugh thinking he destroyed the two but Masamune began to think.
'One of them is able to manipulate water so that attack shouldn't have been effective. The one with wind power could have also created a shield similar to before.' The sound of rushing wind brought him out of his thoughts.
"Muramasa, jump now!"
Muramasa didn't hear and a blast of wind sent him across the stage. Masamune tried to prepare himself but his body moved against his will and he was forced to stand where he was.
Decapitating Airwaves!
Carving winds slammed against the armored warrior. While the wind couldn't cut through his armor Masamune was still flung across the stage almost to the edge. The two then reappeared on the other side of the stage, Suijin canceling the water portal.
"Do you think using an attack of my own element would do anything, by the way...?" Suijin slashed with her trident and opened a rift in the air. "I believe these belong to you."
The five water sharks swam from the rift and towards the two. Seeing Masamune was down for now Muramasa took it to him to take the hits for his brother. The sharks collided with the lone warrior.
"Muramasa!" Masamune yelled as he looked to his brother.
"One down" Suijin smiled.
"Let's see what we can do with the other one." Fuijin got her fans ready to attack. A burst of energy filled the arena. "What the…?"
Muramasa appeared with several marks along his body but still standing. The sword he held now was outlined blood red as was his body. Madness flowed through his mind as he felt power flow through him.
"Now let me get serious!" Muramasa held both his sword and sheath high up into the air. The air mummed with power as Muramasa prepared his attack.
"Should I block it?" Fuijin asked.
"No let him continue." Suijin said. "The best way to destroy someone is to do so when their will is broken."
Double Getsuga Tensho!
An X-shape energy cut through the ground as it trailed towards the two. Muramasa continued to howl in laughter when he saw his technique slash through the earth itself.
"Ahahahaha I would like to see what you too have to dodge this attack!" Muramasa laughed.
Suijin summoned another portal of water and prepared for their counterattack. "Ready Fuijin?"
"Of course" Fuijin readied her fans.
Water Style: Water Wall!
The portal spread further and a wall of water rose over the two. Fuijin saw it was her turn and summon several tornados on the stage.
Dance of the Dragon!
The tornados mixed with the water wall and now several waterspouts formed form the two techniques. The twisters formed a wall and guarded against Muramasa's energy attack. The Getsuga Tenshou barely was a match for the elemental attack.
"The hell, how in the world did you block that?" Muramasa dropped to the ground as his adrenaline rush left him.
The sisters gave no answer and sent the raging whirlpools towards the fallen swordsman.
Joint Attack: Torrential Vortex!
The attack almost hit if not for Masamune standing before his brother. "While he may not be much, he is my brother and I can't allow you to win this battle for his pride and mine!"
Celestial Sword!
Quickly drawing his sword the blade became that of light and Masamune sent out a shockwave that seemed to cut through the air. The beam sword cut through all of the waterspouts and left everyone in the arena shocked.
"There you have it folks, the famous technique that nicknamed him Masamune the legendary sword! What do the two sisters have to say about this?" Plugman said over the mike.
"The legendary sword? Well it's impressive to say the least." Fuijin said in wonder.
"Well he blocked one joint move but he won't block another." Suijin informed her sister.
"Muramasa get up, you don't want to go down like this do you?" Masamune yelled to his broken brother. "Muramasa!"
"I wouldn't bother with him, looks like he put more than his power into that last shot." Suijin's statement proved true as the aura around Muramasa left him as he sat on his knees.
"He has accepted defeat, but I fear that you will not do the same." Fuijin said. "Oh well, it looks like we'll have to defeat you the old fashion way!"
The longsword once again became a beam sword as Masamune stood his ground. Thinking quickly the swordsman kicked his brothers out of bounds.
'One of us has to live at least to tell the story…brother." Masamune turned to the twin terrors.
"A bit noble of you to knock him out of bounds to spare his life!" Fuijin said.
"Too bad you will not get the same opportunity!" Suijin said.
Cyclone Storm!
As like before, several tornados dropped from the sky around the two girls. The six funnels combined and formed a swirling vortex of destruction. Suijin pointed her trident to the storm and added a new twist to the storm.
Subzero!
The wind attack now became an ice attack as became a blizzard. By a silent command the attack moved forward, freezing all in its path towards Masamune. Masamune held his ground even though he knew the outcome of the match.
"Brother!" Muramasa called before his brother was swallowed by the ice storm.
"So long brother, we will never know who the better swordsman is today."
Joint Attack: Artic Storm!
The storm hit and exploded outward filling the arena with freezing wind. The stage now mimicked that of arctic tundra and a frozen block of ice stood in the center. Inside of the ice was Masamune. The ice then cracked as it seen burst into shards that flew in the wind.
"I…I g-guess that match is over, the winners and those going to the finals are…Destiny!" Kyoto announced.
Destiny took the applause and then left the stage, the final battle of the Eclipse Tournament has been decided.
(Scene Change)
"Those clever organics!" Soundwave said as the readings from the Camera-bots died.
"They must have known about the cameras somehow!" Jack Spicer said. "At least a few of the bots managed to survive."
Ghostfreak appeared back in the room and shift back into Bella. "Man I didn't even know Ghostfreak could feel cold, tell me you got all of that."
"We have everything, all we need are with me and Jack." Time Wizard said.
The Bella in the chair turned back into Naruto and looked at the destruction. "Hey Bella-Chan, think Shadow knows anything about this?"
"This looks like the kind of thing Shadow might know about." Bella admitted. "You guys can go back until the guild meets up, I have a feeling we'll need the replay."
The three Hyna Squad members agreed and were sent back into the omnitrix. Bella then saw that DB and Key had entered the booth. "What took you guys so long?"
"Girl troubles." Both of them admitted.
Shadow, Ravena, and Illu then appeared in the booth. Before Shadow could take a step Bella took him by the shoulder and shook him a bit.
"Ok talk, what do you know about all this going on!" Bella threatened him.
"I would if you would stop shaking me!" Shadow managed to get out.
"Bella you have to let him down so he can tell you guys everything." Illu said.
Bella then let go a now dizzy Shadow who had to take a minute to compose himself. "Did you really have to manhandle woman!"
"Maybe you shouldn't have to make it that I have to force secrets out of ya!" Bella argued.
"My secrets are just that mine and that's not the issue here!" Shadow then told them all what he had finished telling the others.
"So who ever this Mistress is seems to be running this thing." Key thought out loud. "Did you get a name when she was in your head?"
"Kusanagi or something like that, look I hate to put this on hold but what we really have to worry about is the Finals." Shadow said.
"You're seriously thinking about the prize with this going on, did you see what just happened?" DB asked.
"Know but something tells me Bella recorded all of it." Shadow said. "And if we deal with them now I think we can interrogate them to see what their plans are."
"That's how you want to do this, are you going to involve the Admin?" Key asked.
"That's your job isn't it, inform them of that and see if we can get support for this." Shadow said. "Now to the game plan."
(Scene Change)
"Now I want you to go out and practice, if you can't control that power then there is no point in you having it." Sen said.
Renchard stood to leave but before he did he turned back to Sen. "I don't know what you guys are planning but if it wins the tournament for me I don't care." Ren then left the booth.
"Wow I thought we were the ones using him." Aka said.
"We are he is exactly what we need to test out Mistress' creation." Sen reminded the boy.
"I still do not see why we need him in the first place." Hagane said.
"Are you questioning Mistress' orders Hagane, that's very unlike you?" Sakura laughed.
"Do not question my loyalties witch, anything involving humans are pointless in my opinion, we should just do away with this whole stadium." Hagane spoke his opinion.
"That's going to put too much attention on us." Fuijin said.
"And if this experiment works then we have a plan for all of those humans in the crowd wishing to join us." Suijin pointed out.
"How does the seal work again I forgot." Aka asked.
"You should pay more attention instead of feeding off of sweets Aka." Sakura criticized the blond demon.
"Hey I don't see you quitting you daily supply of cakes Saku-futoi!" Aka then pulled out a chocolate bar.
"Who are you calling fat shorty!" Sakura yelled back.
"I'm not short I'm height-challenged!"
"Enough!" Sen ended their childish argument. "To answer your question Aka, the seal pulls from the depths of energy from the well and powers up the individual tremendously."
"And, come on I may not be the smartest but I do know we don't hand out power for no reason." Aka said.
"The seal will erode a person's conscious and will and slowly puts them into our control." Sen continued. "Their goals soon become that of ours."
"So the promise you fed to that human?" Hagane asked.
"We will hand him the prize money as offered but as soon as he his fulfilled his duty as a test subject we will let Hagane dispose of him." Sen said.
"The only job Hagane seems to show any emotion about." Fuijin joked.
(Scene Change)
Shadow was in his realm as he decided that now was a time to chat with Izanami about Destiny's members. When the goddess got the message she looked very worried.
"So she decided to raise some followers." Izanami said.
"Looks like it, are they some of the guys that were sealed away along with you?" Shadow asked.
"No, except for my sister and me we are what remain of that time, but it seems she has found a way to revive some of the people from long ago." Izanami said.
"Must have used the character creator from the game, they do share some common themes though." Shadow said. "I got one question to ask you though."
"What is it?" Izanami asked.
"What happens if they fall in battle?" Shadow asked.
"What?" Izanami said in surprise.
"When a player is killed they are usually respawned the next day, I want to know if it is the same with you all?" Shadow clarified.
"I do not know but any answer I want to give you is not a good one." Izanami said sadly. "I am surprised you asked such a question."
"I just want to make sure this isn't going to be a recurring pain in my side." Shadow tried to hide his feelings.
"You are questioning if killing them is the right answer, you really thinking of resolving this without harming them." Izanami continued.
"Something like that, I'll talk to you afterwards ok don't want you getting lonely in there." Shadow offered.
As soon as Izanami's image disappeared Shadow concentrated on the one who was overlooking their conversation. "How the hell did you get in here?"
"Did you forget about my little present I left a way so that we could talk more?" Kusanagi said.
"Well there is nothing I want to talk to you abou…" Shadow started.
"To answer your question, if you kill a person in your world can they be brought back?" Kusanagi stopped him with her question.
"So it's like that huh, I know you didn't come here just to answer my question." Shadow said.
"Well seeing my sister was a bonus I believe but, I thinking more of your dark power." Kusanagi smiled.
"You think I would use something that I purposely sealed off, I don't plan on using that power." Shadow said.
"Ah but now you don't have a choice." Kusanagi said. "Use it during the next round in your fight."
"I'm not one of your lackeys from Destiny I don't have to do whatever you say." Shadow said.
"Ah but I know the person you will be fighting will have an incredible power of his own, if you don't use it then defeat is what awaits you." Kusanagi informed him.
"How do you now I can't use this?" Shadow flashed the Wings of Creation.
"If you could use that power you would have done so earlier in the tournament." Kusanagi fought his bluff.
"Not really I don't like showing off." Shadow said. "Now if you excuse me."
Shadow then left his realm in a second. Kusanagi took a second to look at the moon in the sky before she too left the realm.
(Time Skip)
"Tell me again what the reason we tagged the girl is?" Amaterasuice asked. "DarkBlade lost I don't see the need for us to keep her seal active."
"Patience, DarkBlade may have lost as Muramasa told us but she has use." Chaos said.
"So what's the plan for the finals?" Amaterasuice said.
"Just be ready when Shadow's match begins and your will find out." Chaos said.
(The Next Day)
"Welcome everyone we have watched fighters fight long and hard and make to this day, the day of the Finals!" Plugman announced.
In the Admin Booth Deus was looking at the stage to see the two teams that may be his competition. "It won't be long now, can't wait to see who wins."
Meanwhile Cast and Rina were discussing the information that was given to them yesterday.
"Do you think what he said was true?" Cast asked.
"Well the word of a Beta is serious; I can always message the lab and see if they can scan for the players from yesterday." Rina said. "In the meantime all we can do is watch the match."
Cast looked at the match with a sigh. "What do you think will happen Leon?"
The Captain stood at his place by Cast's side as he was sent back to check on the stadium. "Who knows with what you told me Team Destiny can do, but I don't want to count out Kurotsubasa just yet."
"Is it because they were the ones that beat you before?" Rina joked.
"More than that, this battle will be too unpredictable to call, what is the order?" Leon asked.
"Surprisingly Destiny made a request for who will be paired up with whom." Cast said. "They should be displaying it right now."
"In a turn of events Destiny has called for the battle selections to be decided before hand, Kurotsubasa do you accept these terms?" Plugman announced over the mike.
"Whatever, you guys want just remember what we planned." Shadow asked around.
"I don't care if they did pick the order let's do this thing!" Bella said.
"Yeah let us at em, nya!" Ravena agreed.
"Punnya!" Punnya added.
"Let's show them they're dealing with a real team now." DB said.
"We worked hard to get this far let's do our best!" Illu said. Mukurowl hooted from his place on Illu's head.
"Kurotsubasa never backs down from a challenge right?" Key smirked.
Shadow smiled as he heard their answers and looked to Destiny. "We accept!"
"Well you heard them, Kurotsubasa has agreed to Destiny's request!"
(Audience)
"You better not lose Shadow you can't just beat me and not win the prize." Rose said as she and Mazareth was watching from the stands.
Grim was in another part of the stands as the match was about to start. "Glad we didn't have to fight them, that battle would be too troublesome."
Doppelman was somehow going through the food that Grim had purchased to eat. The shadow offered his master a bag of popcorn that he declined.
"No thanks besides you need to learn how to cut down." Grim said.
Doppelman made some angry gesture but continued to eat.
"This battle can end one of two ways, that's what I told you." Naenia said as she watched the battle that was about to start.
Everyone in the audience was on ends as this battle was to be the end all battle. The two teams that have made it all the way to the end were about to fight right now.
TBC…
Got to stop it there, while I was thinking of including the first fight on here that would just make more of you call to continue. The fights are next chapter so make sure you are there! Don't forget to…
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The Finals of the Eclipse Tournament have finally begun and the two teams are bringing everything they got. Destiny has some powers that some have not seen before but Kurotsubasa will also pull off some new moves of their own. Who will win the Finals, Team Destiny or Kurotsubasa?
Next Time: The Battle Begins, Kurotsubasa versus Destiny!
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