Ch 4 - Tounament Results
Tora stepped onto the floor where he stood face-to-face with his semi-final opponent. "You haven't unsheathed your sword at all during this tournament, so I'm going to make you reveal your blade to me," the paladin said. "Try it then," Tora said. "Force me to unsheathe my blade. But just know, you don't want to know happens once the sheath come off." The match began, and the paladin was quickly defeated without Tora revealing his blade once, merely defeating him with his sheath. "The winner of the first semi-final match is Tora Hanate," Axelson announced.
"Why don't you take me seriously?" his opponent asked. "Just because you're the Headmaster's son doesn't mean you can look down on us every single moment of every single day!" he shouted. At this exclamation, Tora looked angry at his opponent. "Don't you ever think that just because I'm the Headmaster's son that I get special treatment, because I don't! I work just as hard as all of you, if not harder in order to uphold my father's honor each and every single day. Don't you dare make excuses just because you lost to me!" Tora shouted in rage. At this, his opponent shrunk back in fear, as Tora turned and walked away from the match.
The second semi-final match ended and the finals were beginning. Tora lined up opposite his opponent. "You know, I graduated at the bottom of our class," his opponent said. "But now, I've risen to the top because of this tournament. I worked hard to get to this moment and prove to everyone else that I deserve to be a part of the Royal Guard." He unsheathed his sword and made a stance, holding his sword with both hands. "What's your name?" Tora asked. "My name is William Harkins," the paladin said. "Well then, William, let's begin," Tora said. Harkins ran at Tora, and they both met in the middle of the floor, sword against unsheathed sword.
Both stepped back, and rushed at each other again and again, swords locked in combat. Tora swung his sword at Harkins, and kicked him back a few feet. Harkins stumbled backwards, and, seeing an opportunity, Tora jumped and swung his sheathed sword at Harkins' head. Harkins blocked the attack, but the force of the blow knocked him to his knees. Tora stepped back, waiting for his opponent to stand up before resuming the attack. Harkins rose, and charged at Tora. Seeing his opponent charge him hastily, Tora finally unsheathed his sword and, using both sheath and sword, in a v-formation, sliced at Harkins' blade. The speed of the attack with both the sword and the tough hide of the sheath broke Harkins' sword in half, as the tip was buried into the ground behind Harkins. Upon turning around to look at his broken tip buried, Harkins fell to his knees. "I surrender," he said reluctantly. "The winner of the tournament, is Tora Hanate," Axelson announced. King Charming rose to his feet, "for winning my tournament, I hereby decree that Tora Hanate is the new Vice-Captain of the Royal Guard, and, is my daughter, Darling Charming's, personal guard. Congratulations my boy," he decreed.