The group continue there adventure and enter a familiar tournament based world.
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DM77's Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Chapter 8
The Tournament to Remember Part 1
We come to the group re-entering the familiar white walled room of Castle Oblivion. As they walk Togami was thinking
"You know, I do hope Makoto is okay." Togami said what was on his mind.
"Why bring that up?" Emerl asked as the group stop.
"Yeah, usually it's unlike you to state your worry about anyone." Hiro points out
"Oh, it is no real reason, just had to make sure I hadn't forgotten him." Togami points out.
"How'd that go then?" Doom asked
"It went well." Togami said nodding "I remembered me and Hiro are on a quest to find Makoto Naegi."
"I remember that too." Hiro said smiling
"Yeah I and recall her helped save everything by staying on the other side of the door to darkness!" Lilac said proudly butthinks "Least I think that's how it went."
"You got it Lilac, as I recall that too." Doom said nodding
"As for me, I'm looking for Metal Sonic." Emerl said nodding "He was with Makoto when the door closed."
"Sounds like you had quite some adventures." J said smiling "I guess that also means the most important memories won't be forgotten."
"That is a good thing, as I don't want to forget…" Lilac said nodding "and J I know we will make some great memories with you here as well"
"Err…I…." J said yellow blush likes appearing on her LED eyes and she looks away "I..I guess that will be nice"
The group laugh at that.
Meanwhile on one of the higher floors of the castle Brutaka stood looking an orb which was watching the heroes, but he wasn't alone. With him was a brown skinned girl with short green hair wearing a black suit with pink highlights.
On the sceen it showed a POV of the group from the perspective of J, unknown to the heroes and even J herself while one reason she was ordered to be with them was a test, the main reason was she was there spy for the members of the Organization.
"Smart to use that machine for this purpose if she fails to be a real assest." The green haired girl said and looks to Brutaka "Although I admit you seem pretty intrigued by that Gizoid, Emerl."
"Are you telling me you're not Psycho Pink?" Brutaka asked her.
"I told you, when we're not actually on a job, you can call me Emerald." Emerald chuckles and turns away "Plus I haven't decided yet….I think what intrigues me more is what you see in him."
"From what knowledge we gathered on him, we know there was a time he became a Heartless." Brutaka explained "And if one becomes a Heartless…"
"They lose there minds and their feelings…" Emerald said having heard all this before "They're consumed by the darkness."
"That's right, but for some reason not Emerl." Brutaka points out "He held onto his feelings, even as a Heartless. And we only know of one other person who's been able to do just that."
"It has to be the strength of his heart…" Emerald said thinking on it and smirks "That's what interests you. Why the Keyblade chose Emerl's heart."
"To unlock the mysteries of the heart." Brutaka states "Isn't that the Psycho Organization's mission?" Emerald hearing smirks and giggles
We return to our heroes as they moved up the stairs to the next floor of the Castle.
"Our earlier talk got be curious if there is anything that we have forgotten..." Togami said in concern.
"Hmmmm…. if we did forget something, what would it have been?" Hiro asked thinking. The group remained quiet to think.
"I can't think of anything." Doom said after some time "That might be a sign I could be losing my memories." He sees everyone looking concerned and added "However, whatever they were, they might have been unimportant memories, right?"
"Exactly" Lilac said smiling "If they were important, you wouldn't have forgotten them."
"Yeah." Emerl said and pulls out his cloak the good luck charm Jenny made out of seashells and gave to him before the final battle with Vader "Look."
"What is it?" J asked curious
"A good luck charm Jenny gave me." Emerl told her smiling "It's special to her, so I promised that I would return it." He holds it close nodding "I'll never forget making that promise."
The group smile at Emerl as he added "It's why I could never forget Jenny." The group nod
"That is nice to hear Emerl" Lilac said smiling
Emerl nod as he looks at the charm. Just then he feels the world around him darken. But he smiles and looks up saying "Am I right, Jenny?"
A visage of Jenny appears before him smiling and nods to him in response.
Emerl smiles nodding back but feels someone was behind him. "Huh?" He looks and was able to spot the jet female robot before she fades away "Oh…" The light returns as the group looked at him concerned "Do I know…that girl?"
"Hey Emerl, where did you go exactly?" Togami asked him
"Yeah you were just standing their with your head in the clouds it seems" Doom points out
"Sorry. Never mind." Emerl said to them
"We best keep going sooner we head the adventure in the place the sooner we can get out of here" Hiro states pointing to the blank door ahead.
While his mind was still on the mysterious girl he nods and keeps going. The group approach the door. This time it was Doom's turn to pick. J pulls out the three world cards that were left.
"If we don't get more the next one to pick will be the last" J said.
"That might be best if we want to get this over with." Togami said.
J shuffles the three and presents them face down. Doom thinks then picks the middle one. Emerl holds up to the door and it reacts, and the door opens and bathes the group in a bright light.
As the light fades, our heroes find themselves sentering the grounds before a futuristic building that had a hint of Japanese feel to it as the walk to the building Lilac sees a sign set out nearby it and runs to it.
"Hey guys look! An announcement!" Lilac called out and the group go to join her
RiCO pops out of J's broach and reads the sign "Hmmmm…It's for some sort of contest, for something called the 'Conton City Arena Survival Cup'. Contestants will run an obstacle course going though safe pockets of time, battling each other along the way."
"That sounds interesting" Doom said
"Oh but get this, the great warrior Goku as well as Head Time Patroller Trunks will also compete in this cup as a team." RiCO said as she kept reading. "It says here that Trunks is a skilled swordsman and Goku has never lost a tournament since becoming an adult."
"This sounds like it could be fun." Emerl said thinking "Why don't we all enter it as well?"
"I figured you'd say that." Hiro said with a smiling
"I take it whenever there is a contest, Emerl is raring to take part in it?" J asked the group
"Yeah and even if we don't want to he would still join it so leaves little choice" Togami said with a sigh and a shrug.
"You got that right." Emerl said with a chuckle
"Well I guess we will tag along" Lilac said giggling.
"Wait everyone, there is still more here…" RiCO said to the group and goes back to read the sign "Only contenders who finish the preliminary course may enter the main competition. It says the preliminary course is just ahead."
"Then what are we standing around for? Let's go!" Emerl said to them the group nod and RiCO returns to the broach and everyone heads inside
What they don't see is a figure approach the sign. He was read haired figure in a blue overcoat, pants and boots and holding a white staff with a red orb on the top of it. He was Demigra the Demon god of the Demon Realm
Demigra looks at the sign "Goku is considered the strongest Saiyan to exisit and Trunks is a dedicated Time Patroller, the perfect heroes!? He clutches his staff as he gets angry and sparks of dark enemy emit from him "Oh they're perfect all right. PERFECTLY INFURIATING!"
"Just thinking about those two damn Saiyans makes me so frustrated! OH, I'd love to see how they handle living in the Demon Realm!" Demigra ranted
"Which is why you recruited me?" A voice nearby said to him, a figure in a green outfit with white boots and gloves with a green helmet covering his face and a golden chest armour as well approaches him. In a holster held a daffer which doubled as a flute,
"That is correct." Demigra said calming down "Towa said you were the ideal man for the job….Tommy Oliver aka the Green Ranger, was it?"
"That is right" Tommy said nodding. "Though this form is one of a few I had."
"Well the job is simple, beat Goku and Trunks in the games. And once you have them concerned…. finish the job." Demigra tells him "You do that for me, and…"
"You will restore my lost memories. As we agreed upon." Tommy said finishing the explanation.
"You have my word." Demigra said in response.
With that said, Tommy walks to the entrance to enter the Preliminaries course.
-Conton City Arena-
Emerl and J enter through the doors as the others return to the cards and the Gizoid gets the Key of Beginnings Card and as they make there way to way through the prelims course they encountered some Heartless along the way.
"So what are you looking forward to facing this tournament?" J asked as slashes one of the Heartless
"I am mostly looking for a chance to fight some skilled warriors." Emerl said smiling "Get some experience."
"Sounds reasonable." J notes
"Plus it will be fun" Emerl adds nodding and J nods, there it was.
As they continue they enter a treasure room where Emerl gets a scroll with instructions for the skill Blizzard Raid.
"Neat, might have to try that out some time" Emerl said smiling
"Yeah but remember it uses three cards so you will lose the last card for the remainder of the fight." J told him
"I know" Emerl said with a nod and as they keep moving he reworks his deck with new cards he found and gathered "I will say this card business made it a lot more complicated."
"Maybe but it's the rules of the castle." J told him "No room for debate."
Emerl agreed as they soon find themselves at the door to use the Key of Beginnings on and he uses it and they go in and are creeted by two beings, one was a young pink skinned girl with short red hair wearing pink and blue robes and white high heeled boots
The other was a purple skinned old man wearing similar clothes but blue with teal under clothes. They were Chornoa the Supreme Kai of Time and Old Kai.
Upon seeing the group of six Old Kai said surprised "Huh? Where did you come from? Don't tell me you lot already finished the preliminaries!"
"I told you to at least set up pockets of time to add more obstacles to them old man" Chornoa said shaking her head.
"Well we did finish and we want to go for that cup." Emerl told them smiling.
"Well, you lot came to the right place." Chronoa said smiling "Though I doubt numbers will help you stand a chance against Trunks and Goku."
"Why do you say that?" Lilac asked
"It's a simple two words." Old Kai told them and added "You aren't warriors!"
"You're wrong!" Emerl said annoyed.
"Exactly, those are three words." Hiro said firmly
"Really focusing on the wrong issue with that Hiro." J said
"Yeah, the point is, how can we prove we're warriors unless you give us a chance." Emerl said to the Kais
Just then two more figures walking in, the first was a man with black spikey hair whire an orange gei and the other was a man with short purple hair wearing a brown coat and wielding a sword strapped to his back. They were Goku and Trunks.
"He's right Old Kai. They cleared the preliminaries; I think they deserve a shot." Goku said "Besides I am eager to see what they can do."
"I have to agree, the rules state clear the preliminaries you can compete." Trunks points out
"You both may have a point" Old Kai said thinking "But at the same time…"
"Of course, I can always say we pull the plug on these tournament." Trunks points out.
"Cancel them? For what reason?!" Emerl asked shocked.
"Despite what I said about the prelim course earlier, the old man here actually made it so hard, no one else was able to finish it." Chronoa points out "You six are actually the first to make it this far."
"Is that right?" Doom said nodding.
"Well then, if you let us all compete, you won't have to cancel the tournament." J said to them "How does that sound?"
"Alright fine, not like there is any better choice then this" Old Kai said sighing "Let's first explain the rules first, whippersnappers…"
"It's Emerl, not whippersnapper." Emerl told him
"It's fine no need to get angry" Chronoa said to them "Since your team and the team of Goku and Trunks are the only contenders…"
"No, they're not." A voice behind our heroes said and they all look to see Tommy walking in through the open doors. "The tournament has a new fighter joining. The name is Tommy Oliver, but you can also call me the Green Ranger if you want."
"That's good, the more the merrier I always say." Old Kai said with a chuckle. "Now this tournament will be a sight to see indeed."
"I'm getting excited for this. You better bring you're A-game!" Goku said excited
"We won't be holding back either." Trunks said "Through we will be staying in base power but still using all our strength and skill."
"So long as no one gets vaporized, I'll be fine." Lilac said with a nod.
Emerl looks to his friends. "Let's give it our best"
"Hmph." Tommy just said as he stood there.
"Alright everyone, settle down now." Chronoa said "Let's explain the rules as we have a few. The first rule is simple, first through the obstacle course is the winner, the pockets in time are merely cosmetic so don't expect to cross with anyone who would be living in those time periods."
"The second rule, in the event of a tie, a battle will happen to determine the winner" Old Kai said "Saying that the third rule is you're allowed to interfere with your opponents on the course."
"And the final rule is all challengers have to give it all they got." Chronoa said with a smile.
Soon the participates of the tournament line up as a pocket portal opens up.
"All right, enough talk, on your marks….get set….GO!" Old Kai said
With that the group head off through the portal as Emerl gains a Key of Guidance card. Emerl and J could see they had tough competition but they wouldn't let that stop them.
Time for the group to compete in another tournment this time going through pockets in time but what will happen during it.
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