The Tournament of Power Begins, Team B vs Team Arkham!
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Arkham Knight quickly opened a bag and handed everyone earbuds to communicate, then handed Akainu a capsule. “That’s for you to sit in,” Arkham Knight said.
Akainu nodded, “I appreciate it.” Arkham quickly turns to Noel and Kyle.
“...How will this even stay in my ear hole?” Noel asked with a frown as he pointed with a claw at his ear, which was larger than a humans.
“It expands,” Zabuza said, “Just look at Sakazuki, he’s ten feet tall and it fits perfectly.” He pointed to the Magma Admiral. Noel nodded in understanding as he took the earpiece from the Arkham Knight, soon reaching up to place it inside, allowing it to expand out and, exactly as Zabuza said, it adjusted itself to stay inside.
“Noel, Kyle, on me, we’re going to work with one another. Take out the weakest, and work our way to the strongest.” Arkham said, preparing to rocket off.
“You better be quick!” Kyle said to Noel, he then turned his bottom half into sand and rockets off.
“Soru!” Arkham said as he began to move faster than the eye can see.
“This is going to be a fun learning experience with so many powers...” Noel said in amusement as he beated his powerful wings, allowing some time to quickly accelerate into the air.
“KAHAHA! I’m ready to brawl!” Bullet commented, looking who to fight, Fujitora perked up.
“Let them approach us, then we’ll see if they want to lose or not.” Fujitora commented, Bullet grinned.
“I like your style.” Bullet said, Ganondorf began to walk forward and clenched his right fist and it began to glow with the Triforce of Power.
“Waves of Darkness!” Ganondorf raised his fist high, dark waves began to pulse throughout the area. He then puts his fist down and begins to march forward.
“Let’s crack some skulls!” Herobrine said, getting ready to fight, Lord Twigo perked up behind him.
“Well, you and I should team up, I’m worried for-” Lord Twigo was cut off when Herobrine gave him a glare.
“STOP WORRYING FOR ME!” Herobrine cried out, he then began to sprint off, Lord Twigo sighed.
“I hope you don’t get too hurt, Herobrine.” Lord Twigo then walked off, Zabuza then turned himself into a log, vanishing from sight and Necrozma floated into the air to get a better view of his surroundings.
Team DOOM was on the move. As soon as the game started, they had to move or get caught up in the chaos of multiple battles going on at once. For now, defense and maneuverability was their ally.
“This is a bit much for me!” Twilight shouted over the explosions of spells being cast and whatever else was making a loud bang.
“Just keep moving and don’t get hit!” Luna suggested before deflecting a stray ball of energy that came soaring through the air towards them.
“Is there a place where we can hunker down?!” Celestia questioned uneasily.
“We do that, then everyone and their dogs will come after us!” Berserker retorted as he continued to lead his team through the fights going on all around. “The question is who should we hit?!”
“Not the heavy hitters, that’s for sure! I’m not entirely worried about them, my lord!” Sergeant Ionyx chimed in and the others agreed.
“Yeah, but who should we get rid of first?!” Luna demanded while she and her fellow Princesses kept deflecting any and all stray attacks.
“Anyone who gets in our way! All we need to do is survive!” Berserker reminded everyone while they kept on moving. Staying away from the major battles and fending off would-be attacks made on them.
Deltorix’s team looked around in confusion, except for Deltorix himself, Luna, and Spike. “What have you dragged us into this time?” Celestia said before frowning and lighting her horn. “I will protect my ponies, you do what humans do best and kill the enemies.”
“Fuck you Celestia, that will get us eliminated from the tournament, for multiple reasons.” Deltorix told her before he cracked his knuckles. “Everyone, this isn’t about winning or losing, I want everyone here to push themselves and improve their skills.”
Deltorix places a hand on the ground and suddenly ten golems are formed out of the ground. “I suggest we keep together, but Celestia can do whatever she wants.” The golems run off to find someone to push out of the arena, and as they are made out of the area itself they blend into it, making it hard to spot if someone isn’t paying attention.
“Why should we listen to anything you say?” Crimson Demanded.
“I can't even use my element here!” Lilly said, looking around worried.
“Not a problem.” Deltorix pulls a large gourd filled with water. “You can use this, I made it so if I was ever in a spot with no water I would have an opinion.”
“You pathetic commoners can do whatever you want, but I intend on winning this tournament so I can make my wish come true and get my true alicorn hood back.” Blueblood said grinning before red lighting sparked around him as his ultimate shield covered his body. “It's not like anyone can actually hurt me.”
“Greed, you are an idiot.” Was all Deltorix said as Blueblood walked off overconfident that his ultimate shield would tank anything.
Crimson punches her front hooves together making a small fire. “Why are we just sitting around?”
“Actually in a tournament like this it's actually smarter to stick together and try to wait out all the other competitors tiring themselves out.” Silver Shield said as he lights his horn and makes his guard armor appear.
“Aw common bro, I gotta agree with Caption Crimson on this. The best defense is a good offense, or something like that.” Bronze Shield said to his brother.
“Del, do you think I am ready for something like this?” Spike asked him.
Deltorix kneeled down and smiled at Spike. “Yes, and I will tell you now, if you put all your training to use, you can get pretty far in this tournament. But don't confuse my confidence in you and get overconfident. Don’t think that you're going to win, trust me when I say there's always someone stronger, and there are definitely people stronger in this tournament. I just want you to do your best and push yourself as far as you can.” Spike nods his head and smiles.
“Del, what are you going to be doing?” Twilight asked as she summoned her save the king shield and her save the queen wand.
“Keeping us in the fight as long as possible.” Deltorix said with a smirk, watching as Luna summons her keyblade and prepares herself to fight.
“Gleaming! Shield us! Sol! Luna! Support!”
As chaos erupted around them, Gleaming, Sol, and Luna erected a shield following Sora’s command. “Captain Shield,” Sol commanded. “I am temporarily transferring your command to Sora. Obey his orders as if he were me.”
Gleaming nodded, turning her ears back towards Sora. “What’s the plan, then?”
“Two teams,” Sora said, thinking quickly. “I’m gonna be honest, I’m not planning on winning this. So we’ll make the most out of it as a team-building exercise.
“Jazz. Strongheart. Fancy. Doo. You’re team A. Fancy at range, Appleoosans sharing DPS and tank duties, and Doo working defensive magic and maneuvers. Support each other and keep each other in the ring as long as possible.”
“Yes sir!”
“Gleaming. Kicker. You’re on Coco as team B. Keep her safe while her summons do their thing. Coco, I’ll be keeping an eye on you; show me what you and your summons can do.”
Gleaming and Cloud fired off a “Yes sir!” while Coco fidgeted nervously. “I’ll do my best.”
“Your best will be fine,” Sora reassured. He started to turn away before hesitating. “By the way, do you know about IT?”
Coco cocked her head to the side. “It?”
“You know, the big one?”
Coco stared at Sora for a moment. Suddenly, her ears flattened against her head. Her legs started trembling. Her already pale complexion turned ghostly white. “O-oh,” she whispered. “IT.”
Sora grinned devilishly. “Save that for near the end or if you get cornered with no other option.” Ignoring everypony else’s concerned looks, he turned to address the alicorns. “Sol. Luna. The three of us are going it solo. Have fun, wreak havoc, and keep the more powerful eyes on us. Let teams A and B handle the weaker opponents as much as they can. If they look overwhelmed, try to tag in and take over. Otherwise, go nuts.”
Sol grinned eagerly while Luna bore a more reserved smirk. “Havoc, you say?” Sol asked. “It’s been far too long since I was able to go all-out.”
“Let us hope that there are warriors here equal to our efforts,” Luna added.
Sora nodded before looking around. “Let’s do this then. Shield down! Scatter!”
After that all hell broke loose Jackson did a couple hand signs before saying "Earth style: great wall Jutsu." he said, before slamming his head into the ground to make a great wall between him and the competitors.
"Alright everyone listen up," Jackson said, getting everyone's attention. "Itachi and Kakashi, you go after one of the small fries. Make sure they don't get past you and use any genjutsu needed to distract them long enough to get a hit on them," he said before looking at Jiraiya and Tsunade.
"You to take on this the grade Heavy hitters make sure they don't get enough breathing room to charge up any attack," he said then turned to Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Applejack and said.
"You three stick together. I want you to use any attack magic or defense magic. I need you to stay in the Tournament as long as possible. And Spike you are with me," Jackson said, before dodging any attack from one of the competitors.
Necrozma was in the skies using any buff up skill to increase his stats. “Charge beam!” He shot bolts of electricity at anyone he could see, and what he saw was a certain Saiyan, Jackson.
Jackson canceled out the attack with a small Ki blast before flying up to Necrozma and delivering a punch into his abdomen leading to a roundhouse kick that sent Necrozma back to the ground.
Not very effective…
Necrozma got up from the ground. “Prism Armor!” He began to shine white before going to his regular black, he looked at Jackson from the ground. “Gravity!” Jackson was brought back down to the earth with intense gravity. “You could say you… Leveled down.” Necrozma jokes, he then coated his claws in metal.
Jackson just looked at him before yelling out going super saiyan 3 getting up and smirking before opening his mouth to let out a large ki blast at Necrozma.
He was able to dodge but didn't notice Spike coming up behind and threw shooting at his back covered in lightning.
Necrozma looked at the two and chuckled, “Two on one, eh? I can make this work.” Necrozma turned to Spike to attack him, but it was a trick, for he had teleported behind Jackson. “Metal Claw!” Necrozma slammed his burly claws into Jackson’s gut.
Attack rose.
Necrozma then grabbed Spike using his Psychic abilities and hurled Spike at Jackson, slamming the two together. A loud SMACK was heard throughout the arena as their body slammed into another.
Necrozma showed the two his palm, “Charge beam!” A bolt of electricity went off and hit both Spike and Jackson.
Special Attack rose.
Necromza backed up from his assault and he began to harden. “Iron Defense!”
Defense rose
Jackson flew out of the smoke Necrozma noticed that Jackson hair was green and his eyes were empty White that's all he got before being attacked relentlessly by Jackson blow after blow hit after hit his before Jackson yelled out and deliver a punch so hard that it since out a Shockwave that setting back to the ground leaving a crater.
Necrozma shot out and his claw was surrounded in darkness. “NIGHT SLASH!” Necrozma slashed Jackson across the chest, tearing off some of his Gi. Necrozma frowned, “No crit, let’s change that, shall we? Psycho Cut!” Necrozma crossed his arms before spreading them apart, making a bunch of crescent shaped attacks of psychic energy.
Just before the attack hit he noticed Jackson's eyes and went wide-eyed before seeing himself in the same spot Jackson was before being attacked with his own psycho cut.
Then Jackson did a few hand signs before saying. "Let's see how you like it. Lightning style: Thunder clap Jutsu," Jackson said before putting his hands back and letting out a loud clap That was followed by a stream of electricity.
Necrozma grunted in pain, being knocked back but he caught himself. Necrozma shot towards Jackson, his right claw overflowing in darkness. “NIGHT SLASH!” Jackson was slashed across the chest, this time, taking a chunk of flesh off of him. Making him bleed.
Critical hit!
“JACKSON!”
After everyone began to race off to fight, Katakuri looked to Arkham and his group. He sighed, “Hopefully he can unlock it.” Katakuri said.
“He seems close, he just needs that push.” Elia commented, Katakuri nodded.
“Well, the point of this whole thing is to not only get a miracle wish but to also push those who’ve stagnated to get stronger,” Ed said as he walked out from behind a corner. “Good to see you again King Katakuri,” he bows.
The Mochi Man chuckled, “Don’t call me ‘King’ it’s embarrassing, but, you’re right. Elia started up this tournament to see everyone grow, Arkham here has shot up the ranks. He was the weakest and now he is at 3rd rank out of ten. Ten is the strongest as you know by now. It’s amazing how much potential the kid has.” Katakuri said.
“I agree,” The alchemist nods. “The same can be said about my own kin. Gar has shown much growth in the past few years but without a real threat to his power he doesn't really push himself. Thus is the curse of the fairy race. Lethargy.” He looks over at Ichigo, “He needs more training for his eyes. Sharingan self training from memory only does so much as well.” He smiles, “Plus we get some good entertainment where the displaced can go all out without the threat of anyone dying… hehehe…”
“Yeah…” Katakuri nodded, he had nothing else to add but Elia perked up.
“So… Who are you guys betting on?” Elia asked, Katakuri looked at Elia.
“I bet on our Commanders taking the win, sure they’ve been slacking off as of late but when it comes down to it, they’ll win.” Katakuri said.
“My bets on that Sora guy, what about you, Ed?” Elia curled an eyebrow, looking at Ed.
“Hehe..” Ed chuckles. “You don't want me to bet. Time magic and infinite possibilities make it trickery on who to pick but at the same time not knowing is so much better for suspense,” he points at Spike and Rainbow Dash next to Gar, “But keep an eye on those three. Gar is part saiyan and Spike and Rainbow Dash we’re trained by my middle brother personally. Not only in martial arts but also in Breathing styles. They’re the top power couple back in their world. Not to mention Spike’s Demon Dragon and Dragon Berserker make him an opponent not to be taken lightly from the start. Take into account that his power is second only to Asta and Ichigo paired with training from the latter and you have one hell of a wild card. Just watch and see…”
00:12:21
Arkham was crouching down behind a rock, and sand reformed next to him, it was Kyle. Arkham looked to Kyle. “So, what did you see?”
“Sora and his gang are on the move, they have the same format as us, going after the weaker ones.” Kyle explained.
“There are no weak ones in our team, wait, Herobrine! We need to take them out before they go to Herobrine, he’s all alone.” Arkham said, using Ki sense to try and locate Herobrine.
“He’s fine, he has Lord Twigo backing him up, I saw the Heavenly Knight stalking him from above.” Kyle said, Arkham sighed in relief.
“Thank the Gods, what about you Noel, what did you see?” Arkham asked the Drake.
“It looks like the keyblader and his allies are going on the defense, they’re planning something, but I don’t have the means of super hearing to know what.” Noel explained as he had a good bird’s eye view of everything.
“Yeah, I noticed that too, I think they split up into separate teams. Should we attack the team with the horny pegasi or the one with the strong heart?” Kyle asked, Arkham sat there in thought.
“Let’s attack the horny girl, I don’t want my fourteen year old brother around her.” Arkham said he looked to Kyle. “What was their last location?”
“They were making their way towards Herobrine, if we get there in time, we can stop Herobrine from being attacked. Cutting them off from reaching our 2nd Commander.” Kyle said, Arkham nodded.
“I have not seen you in battle, Noel, so I hope you don’t disappoint. We’re going now, we’re intercepting Team Horny!” Arkham said, as he began to use Soru to make way, Kyle turned his body into sand and began to fly away.
Noel shook her head at that name before giving his wings a powerful flap, propelling himself forwards to follow everyone. It didn’t take long for them to intercept the not so officially dubbed team; Team Horny.
“We’ve got incoming!” Gleaming shouted, lighting her horn and preparing shields.
“I’ve got ‘em!” Cloud launched into the air, keyblade in hoof and wingblades flashing. She charged Noel, rolling beside him and taking a swipe at his wing with hers. Noel quickly tilted his body to avoid the attack.
“Rather ballsy for you.” Noel said with a grin before mumbling something under his breath, causing sparks and flames to build up in his claws. Noel launches what appears to be a fireball sparking with flames equal to her size. He was surprised to see his attack intercepted by a series of fireballs shot from Cloud’s back, causing it to detonate prematurely. As the flames cleared, he spotted a red, lizard-like creature clinging to Cloud’s back.
“Heh yeah! Take that!” the creature cried. “That’s what happens when you try to out-fire a great guardian dragon!” Cloud ignored the taunts being shouted right next to her ear and angled herself for another attack, diving straight for Noel’s head.
Noel let out a gentle hmph as he opened his arms wide, grinning. The wingblade slashed across Noel’s cheek as he took the full blunt of the attack, there was a small spark of blue fire that spun around Noel, but it came as quickly as it appeared.
He’s cocky, Cloud thought. Horseapples. If he’s taking hits like that head-on, then he’s probably out of my weight class. Cloud dove towards Gleaming. “Need some mage support here!”
“On it!” Gleaming pointed her horn up at Noel and fired off a few scattered bolts of energy. Once again, Noel took the shot in the head. There was obvious damage to his scales, but he showed no sign of pain. That spark of blue fire appeared again to spin around Noel, hinting to Cloud something was up.
“OI!” Kyle formed a wall of sand to protect his team mate, “Your fight is with me, Ms. Rule63!” Kyle made a portal beside him and shot a blast of Wakfu in it. He then made a portal next to Gleaming and the Wakfu blast went out of the portal. The Wakfu shot landed it’s target.
Gleaming grunted as she skid across the ground, but remained upright. “Coco!” she called. “Support!”
“Right!” Coco thrust her keyblade towards Kyle, the tip glowing green. “Help us, Mor’du!”
With the sound of bagpipes, a massive, scarred bear appeared right in front of Kyle, towering over him. It roared in his face before lashing out with a powerful strike.
“Tch, Arkham!” Kyle shouted, the Knight appeared above Coco and slammed a rocket powered fist into the back of her head. Slamming her into the ground.
Arkham then looked to Kyle, “Deal with the Shield, I’ll take on the sword!” Arkham ordered, Kyle then shot off to face Gleaming.
Coco grit her teeth and turned her blade towards Arkham. “Simba! Everyone!” With a mighty roar, a lion burst from her blade, tackling Arkham away from her. A chorus of roars answered, and the knight found himself surrounded by a pride of angry lionesses. Another flash heralded a massive buck, who stood protectively over Coco, the tips of his antlers glowing.
Arkham holds his chest before shaking the pain off, he then takes out a black and red sword. “I haven’t used this sword in a long ass time. Meet the sword of the legendary Ryuma, the blade that can cut down dragons!” Arkham raised the sword high. “One Sword Style: Daishinkan!” Arkham suddenly appeared behind Coco and her companions. A shockwave was felt and impacted all of them, “Thank god I didn’t aim to strike.” Arkham said.
Several lionesses fell, dissipating into wisps of vapor. Others got their paws, staggered but mostly unharmed. Simba rallied them, turning them to surround Arkham again. The stag, barely affected by the attack, leaned down and scooped Coco into his antlers, turning and bolting away, quickly vanishing into the chaos. With a mighty roar, the pride leapt upon Arkham with all the savagery the savannah had to offer. As the Knight of Arkham and Simba’s pride square off, Noel and Cloud were still dueling.
“Damn it,” Cloud muttered, weaving through the sky to throw off Noel’s aim. “Gotta get back to Coco.”
“You’re a bit on the fast side, I'll give you that.” Noel said as he looked toward the sky, slowly inhaling air. With a mighty exhale, Noel fired a barrage of fireballs into the air, soon arcing to fall down toward Cloud. The pegasus banked and weaved, diving to avoid as many as she could. Any that got too close were met with intercepting strikes from Mushu. Eventually, she dove straight down, aiming for Noel, trying to get him inside the blast radius as well.
A misty spray of fire erupted from Noel’s gaping maw straight at Cloud as she drew in close. Judging from how Noel was fighting, he was definitely holding back. Cloud cursed and pointed her keyblade forward. I really hope this works. “Blizzard!” A scatter-shot of ice blew a small hole in the spray of fire, and Cloud touched her legs and wings in, sailing through as her armor took the brunt of the remaining flames. As soon as she was through, she snapped out her wings and turned, bucking Noel right in the face before shooting straight up. The strong hit to Noel’s face gave a hint to Cloud, revealing his scales were tough. Cloud saw that same blue flame circling around Noel, but stronger than the last time she hit him.
“Tell me, how much has he taught you?” Noel asked as he hovered in place.
Cloud hovered above him, her eyes darting all over the ground below. Is that… Coco? Riding a stag? She sighed in relief and turned her attention back to Noel. Gotta buy her and Gleaming time. “If you mean Sora, then not at all,” she admitted. “I got the general instruction course from a pegasus from Canterlot.” She grinned cockily. “But I was already a warrior before that. Four years at West Point Academy, and a lifetime of guard training before that.” She reached up with a hoof and thumped her red chestplate. “You’re fighting a Kicker; we were born for the Guard.”
“So just some Black Magic and nothing more?” Noel asked curiously.
“The bare basics. Don’t really like using it, though. I leave the magic to the unicorns.” She flared her wings briefly, letting the blades on their leading edges catch the light. “Honestly, I prefer to use these. I only bother with the keyblade back home because that’s what works on the heartless.” She raised a curious eyebrow. “You aren’t a heartless, are you?”
“No, I am not, otherwise there would have been an obvious black heart with red on my chest. I’m more of a king who never got his crown, but you can blame my Displacer for that.” Noel explained, dropping a small hint..
“A king, huh?” Cloud’s eyes darted upwards before falling back to him. A smirk formed on her face. “Well, I’d best leave royalty to deal with royalty, then. I’ve got a mare to protect.” With that, she turned and fled. As Noel moved to follow, a figure dropped out of the sky before him. Noel barely managed to dodge back away from his giant flaming hammer.
“...Hmm, a male Celestia,” Noel said in amusement. “Not as fiery, radiant, or as beast-like as her.” he commented.
“I’m sorry to disappoint,” Sol reapplied, grinning fiercely as his mane and tail began to smoke, his golden regalia turning soft and starting to drip away.. “I shall endeavor to correct the first point, at least.”
“Come at me then, let’s see if you can break my limit. “ Noel said with a grin as his maw opened up, but no fire came out, but Sol could feel his magic being pulled away out of his body and into Noel’s maw.
“A drainer?” Sol asked disdainfully. “How quaint.” In an explosion of movement, Sol burst forward and tackled Noel, bearing him to the ground and getting Arkham and Kyle’s attention as well.
“An Alicorn, be on your guard everyone!” Arkham warned everyone, Kyle eyes widened in fear. “Kyle, where is Gleaming?”
Kyle looked around, “No clue, I was just fighting her just a second ago.” Kyle said, Arkham groaned. Kyle evades an attack from the bear in front of him, “Is that Mar’du? Well, doesn’t matter, you’re toast! Desert Spada!” Kyle formed his right hand into fast moving sand before stabbing his hand into the ground. A sand blade tore through the earth, splitting the ground in half and hitting the bear. Causing a cut across it’s chest. Mar’du roared in more anger than pain as he charged Kyle, bowling him over.
Kyle hit the ground and rolled to his feet, he coated his fist in Armament Haki and slammed his fist into Mar’du. Kyle then performed an roundhouse kick enhanced with Wakfu to kick it’s rib. A sickening snap hailed another roar - this one tinged with pain - but the mountain of a bear simply turned and swiped at Kyle again, raking his claws across his chest.
Kyle had nullified the damage by coating his chest in Armament Haki, but it still stung. Kyle hit the ground and inhaled, “I need to finish this, fast.” Kyle opened his left hand and a small sand tornado was formed. “SABLES!” Kyle threw the small sand tornado and it grew almost immediately, sand began to sweep across the lands. The sandstorm began to rage and pick up anything, Arkham resisted to pull and stabbed his sword into the ground. The remains of the pride he’d been fighting were pulled in, quickly dissipating into mist. Mor’du growled, digging his claws into the earth and being dragged slowly towards the storm regardless.
Kyle faced his palm towards Mar’du and fired off a Wakfu blast, the blast of Wakfu hit Mar’du and solidified his fate. To be swept up in the sand tornado. His claws were ripped from the earth, his massive bulk flying back and quickly joining Simba’s pride in oblivion.
Sol, meanwhile, was standing easily against the raging winds, a small area of calm surrounding him as he held his wings slightly unfurled. “A most interesting spell,” he observed casually. “Most pegasi would have to put considerable effort into resisting its pull.” He turned his attention back to Noel. “You have powerful allies, young man.”
“There is much for you to learn when it comes to the multiverse.” Noel said as he spread out his wings. Seeing as Sol was another Celestia from another world, Noel made a mental note to avoid using any of his fire spells. Despite the raging sandstorm that moved all around him, Noel’s scales were bearing against it just fine. In Sol’s eyes, he would notice a fiery blue aura radiating from Noel’s body and steadily grow with every passing minute.
“Noel, can you handle Sol for a while? We’re going after the stragglers.” Arkham asked and Kyle turned his body into sand, and was swept up into the sandstorm.
“I’ll be fine with some difficulty.” Noel said with a lowered voice to Arkham.
“Well, hopefully this will help you out.” Arkham handed Noel a Pumpkin Bomb, “Alright, use it wisely, it’s dangerous!” Arkham pulled his sword from the ground and jumped in the sandstorm. Kyle manipulated the sand around him and he shot himself out in the direction Cloud and her group fled. Arkham used the sandstorm as well to propel himself forward, “Kamisori!” Arkham proceeds to move faster than the eye and bounced off air to reach them faster.
Now, it was just Noel and Sol.
“I’ll have to trust in them, then,” Sol muttered, staring off after the retreating storm. He shook his head. “Ah, they’ll be fine. Between Cloud’s and Gleaming’s respective trainings, I’m sure they’ll be able to protect her.” He turned a knowing, teasing grin on Noel. “And if not, well, IT will be more than a match for them.”
“Now you’ve gotten me curious of what IT is, and surely it isn’t some eldritch horror clown.” Noel said half joking half serious.
“Nothing eldritch, I assure you,” Sol replied, his tone anything but reassuring. “Just one of her summons. Perfectly natural. As natural as a hurricane. Or a tsunami.” He chuckled. “But I’ve said too much. Trust me, you’ll know IT when you see IT. Now then,” he spread his wings fully, dissipating the area of calm around him as he brought his flaming warhammer before him, “shall we?”
“Let’s.” Noel said just as he opened his maw, allowing Killoflare to shoot out as multi fireballs. Sol raised an incredulous eyebrow, taking the shots head-on.
And was blasted off his hooves.
He skidded and tumbled across the ground before finally coming to a stop several dozen meters away. He groaned as he slowly rose to his hooves. “Not fire,” he muttered, scraping the remainder of his regalia off of himself. “Looks like fire. Not fire. I’ll remember that.” He took a deep breath before glaring up at Noel. “My turn.” His horn flared suddenly, blinding Noel and forcing him to shield his eyes. When the sunlight faded, Sol was gone.
The next thing Noel knew, a warhammer had slammed into his back, sending him flying. “FORE!” Sol shouted. Now that hit actually managed to hurt him as he flew across the air; the blue fiery glow now in full fierce.
Noel screamed out partially in pain. The blue fire exploded from within Noel, blanketing him in flames and hiding his form. Noel looked like a flying blue meteor as he hit the ground skidding. All was eerily silent other than the sound of the sandstorm and the sounds of the other teams fighting off in the distance. Sol hopped into the air, flying over towards the impact site. He frowned at the roaring flame that covered a significant section of the field, more than there should have been. “Troubling,” he muttered, preparing to cast a shield at the first sign of attack. Two pairs of oddly formed wings spread out, causing the sea of fire to part to reveal a much bigger Noel now standing on his hind legs with scales of red and underbelly of yellow.
“It's been a long time since I used a level one limit break..” Noel said as he flexed his neck around, causing it to pop a few times.
Their fight was just about to begin.
Things are really starting to take off! Berserker and his gang make a move but get attacked by Celestia and Blueblood! Despite outnumbering them, they still might lose, for an opponent made a metal and rock approaches. Will they prevail? Find out... NEXT TIME IN THE DISPLACED TOURNAMENT OF POWER!