//------------------------------// // Chapter 50: Where Four Nations Meet // Story: Saiyan of Equestria // by Boyzilla //------------------------------// Tournament Saga Chapter 50: Where Four Nations Meet Four weeks came and passed, and our twin heroes had finally finished the third grade. Now they are going up to fourth grade, and not only that, but it was time to go to Four Border Tournament. Eager to head on their way, the two twins hastily packed and the whole family journeyed toward the train station. A once every five year tournament is to begin, and they're on their way to participation! Well, at least Kira was going to participate in the fighting. But Kira had a plan to fix that. On the train ride toward the Four Border Tournament location, the little half saiyan girl sat next to Ken, she looked at him and said firmly and with confidence. "Ken, please attend the fighting tournament with me!" She asked. Ken's head shot up, "Huh? What? Attend the tournament?" Kira hastily nodded, "Yes, yes! Please Ken! We can win together!" "B-But, Kira!" Ken yelled in objection. "Pleeeeeeeeeaaaassee, Ken! I want to do this with you! I can't do it without you!" 'You don't have to transform to win Ken, it's a friendly competition, for fun.' Ken sputtered, he couldn't really deny his sister anything, what kind of brother would that make him? "O-okay... But I'll forfeit if I have to fight you." "That's fine!" Kira said, as she hugged him, "You're the best brother ever!" Ken flushed in embarrassment., "Yeah..." Kira smiled, but inwardly cheered at her victory, 'Oh yeah, girl power for the win! Now we can both attend and have fun!' She thought to herself. *CHOO CHOO!* "Ken, Kira, come and see this!" Their mom called out to them. "Coming!" They answered in unison. The two twins went to the side the train their mother looked out of. And saw a spectacle they would never forget. The Four Border Tournament. The building that housed the event itself was gigantic! So much room to fight in, as well as plenty of space for the audience to enjoy the fighting without getting hurt by stray Ki attacks! But that's not all, the building looked completely surrounded by smaller strands, stadiums, shops, restaurants, anything you can imagine! Stretching for miles, it held the promise of fun games and plenty of competition in every field! Not to mention those hotels were huge! And there were lots of different types too, there was a Equestrian one, a Draconic one, a Griffon one, and a newly constructed hotel that appeared to be made out of crystals! The twin children's very bodies seem to radiate with seemingly endless energy and excitement, Ken' saiyan tail wagged so hard it's tough to believe it did not come off! "It looks like so much fun!" Kira exclaimed. "I hope we get there soon, sitting in a train is so boring," Ken said. They suddenly felt the train slow down in speed. 'Ask and ye shall receive.' The two twins bounced up in excitement, rushing toward the train door, looking forward to exploring a brand new place. Their human curiosity rushing through their childish bodies as if they were in a sugar rush. Lyra laughed at their silliness, "Calm down, it's not going anywhere! You have plenty of time to explore after we sign you up and rent a hotel room." The twins turn to their mother with a puppy dog eyes attack, hoping to get their way. Lyra shrugged it off... mostly, "No, we have to get settled first, then we can have fun." "Aww..." Ken and Kira said in disappointment. Once the door opened, and the Heartstrings family exited from the steam train, our group of protagonists headed off toward the Four Border Tournament Fighting Ring. The two twins in the meantime, were fascinated at the many races attending this entire event. Not the fighting tournament, but everything around them. Minotaurs, big and small, Ponies of every tribe, Dragons both humanoid and not, Griffons with both rough and cute looks. The cute look being in Kira's opinion, and also two other species that the twins never saw before. One were ponies, but their manes were all shiny and crystal-like. "Mom," Ken said, getting Lyra's attention, "What type of ponies are those?" The eight year old questioned, pointing toward his pony of interest. Lyra looked up, then answered, "That's a Crystal Pony, they're fairly new to this event. I'll tell you about them later, okay?" "Okay!" Ken replied. "Ken, Ken, look!" Kira said with excitement, tugging on her brother's hand. "What nee-chan?" Ken questioned, looking toward her direction. "There is a eating tournament! Think about all the food we can get for free!" Kira said, her mouth already drooling. Ken's mouth already dripped with saliva, "That sounds sooooo good." He extended his words while in thought of eating so much, his tail wagging left and right. His twin sister looked toward Lyra and Bon-Bon, "Mommy, Auntie Bon-bon, can we go there too? Please! With sugar on top?" She begged. Bon-Bon giggled, barely holding back laughter. Lyra smiled at the twins' ever growing hunger seemingly finding a source to fully fill itself. Honestly, she expected this, having amount pictured this exact scene. "Yes, yes. After we get a hotel room!" Lyra exclaimed with happiness. "But that's going to take forever!" Ken whined. "It's not going to take forever, Ken, stop being ridiculous." Lyra answered her son's whining. Bon-Bon spoke up, "Nope, see?" She pointed toward a building decorated in gold and dark purple. "The Diarchy Sister Hotel is right there." Lyra leaned over to Bon-Bon's ear, "How are we paying for our days here?" Bon-Bon replied with a whisper, "This place is discounted for Equestrians, I've saved enough money for our stay." "How did you do that, I thought we were broke." "Emergency savings Lyra, emergency savings." Bon-Bon replied quietly, the two twins distracted easily by their surroundings to notice the conversation. "Oh, alright," Lyra said, "By the way, you never said there were to be minotaurs here as well." Bon-Bon shrugged, "Minotaur clans travel all around the world, I wouldn't be that surprised they're here as well." "Mom! Auntie Bon-Bon! Hurry up already!" The two twins called from some distance. "We're coming my little munchkins!" Lyra yelled back at them. "Mom! That's embarrassing!" They answered her back. "Never gets old." Our family of Heartstrings, plus one Bon-Bon, checked into the Diarchy Sister Hotel and got the room number seven, seven, seven. They made their way up the floors using the magic lift and then entered the room. The two twins instantly dropped their packs and ran up to the two king-size beds within. "I call that bed!" Ken shouted. "I call the other!" Kira continued. The two twins jumped right on the beds, the springs within causing them to bounce right back up in which to they squealed in childish joy. Intrigued with the bed's dubbed 'Jumping Skill', Ken and Kira started to spring up and down them for minutes on end. Lyra looked on at the twins' happiness. But managed to say, "Ken, Kira, you do realize that you two are sleeping together in one bed right?" The two twins stopped their jumping spree for a moment, "Aww..." they whined. "But, our beds! We need more beds!" Ken yelled. "More beds, more beds! One for each of us!" Kira agreed. "They can't bring entire beds up here just like that!" Lyra told them. "But, our individuality!" Ken exclaimed. "Oh bother, stop being so dramatic!" Lyra said. Bon-Bon scratched her ear, "I swear I can hear dramatic music for some reason..." 'Didn't know she could hear my soundtrack.' Ken's eyebrow raised at his father's comment, he tried to hear, but nothing came to mind. "I don't hear anything..." "Hear what?" Kira questioned. "Nothing, when can we go explore? No wait, when can we do that food eating contest?!" Ken questioned with excitement, his tail wagging side to side in a quick manner. "Ken, the contests don't start until tomorrow. In three days the Fighting Tournament will begin." Bon-Bon answered him as he started unpacking and putting clothes into drawers. "Oh, applesauce!" Ken said, crossing his arms and pouting. "What we do then? I don't want to be bored," Kira asked. "Register you for the Fighting Tournament, then we can eat at the free buffet here before going watch a show perhaps?" Lyra said to her children. Ken and Kira looked at each other, before facing Lyra again, "A show? What kind of show?" Kira asked with a curious expression on her adorable face. "I believe it's called, The Manticore King? It's shakesponian drama." 'Sounds like Lion King to me, go for it Ken. You'll like it. Plenty of songs and well done scenes as well.' 'Yeah, but food first!' Ken replied to his father mentally. 'Hahaha, of course my little munchkin!' 'Not you too!' Ken wailed in mock despair. 'Yes, from now on I shall call you and Kira, munchkins!' Ken grumbled about stupid spirit of chaos starting this and causing all his problems. Lyra opened the door out of the room, "You two better come, I can't register you two without you being there," she said to them. The two twins cheerfully left the room and followed their mother. Leaving the entirely of the Diarchy Sister Hotel and heading straight for the Fighting Tournament arena. The three reached said place, the twins mouths were agape on how identical, albeit a whole lot bigger, it was too a similar memory their father had shown them ages back. 'Whoa... Told about Deja Vu. Nearly identical to the World Martial Arts Tournament... Except it's a huge stadium." 'It's like ten times as big than yours dad!' Ken exclaimed back to him as his eyes wandered along the decoration. "So big! So much room! We're have plenty of area to fight in without worrying about hurting anyone!" Kira exclaimed. They approached the registration booth, the twins seeing a sign that explained key rules and facts. 'Let's see... Crowd is protected by reflective magical shielding. That's good, don't have to worry about energy blasts hitting the crowd.' Chris read. "Touching any area outside ring, or leaving the sky area of the ring for more than thirty seconds counts as disqualification." Ken read. Kira read the next one, "No hitting in eyes, privates, or a unicorn's horn. Absolutely no severing of limbs or killing blows." "Preliminary fights are held first to determine who goes into the Tournament, followed by the first rounds, semi-finals, and then the final match... Identical to World Martial Arts Tournament basically. Winner gets fifty-thousands bits, that's a lot of money." "The winner of the final match gets to battle with the former champion!" Kira exclaimed, "I wonder how strong he or she is!" "It doesn't matter if we lose against the former champion either, we still get the money," Ken finished the reading. Kira laughed, "We won't loose, this will be easy peesy!" Lyra turned to them, "Alright, you're registered. I'm surprised the age limit is seven and up. Apparently it's because children of other Nations also tend to fight." "Cool, wonder if there are any kids our age in the tournament," Kira wondered out loud. Ken scratched his head, "I hope not... I just want to fight adults and get it over with." "Party pooper," Kira replied. "I am not a party pooper!" "Hey, you two, no fighting." Lyra scorned. "Let's go eat now, alright?" "Okay, mom." The twins answered her in unison. "By the gods... The minotaurs have nothing on these kids." That's what the waiter said as he hurriedly cleaned up the table of two half saiyan children, not that he knew that they were part of a race called the saiyans. After all, only the species name of humans were known to describe them. Ken and Kira were eating like their last day alive, gorging themselves in blissful calories as their plates kept stacking on higher than the unicorn waiter could carry back into the kitchen. Lyra sweat dropped, becoming both nervous and embarrassed as surrounding customers and employees of the buffet restaurant stared at her ever hungry twins with wide eyes, agape mouths, and lots of mumbling. "Ken, Kira, dears... Can you, slow down?" Lyra asked. Ken swallowed a fish stick, "Mh, slow down? Why mommy?" He questioned, his sister looking at Lyra while having a roasted duck leg in her mouth. "Look around..." She whispered. Ken looked around at all the people staring at them, instead of keeping to himself, the child greeted them innocently. "Hiya everypony! Or is it everyone? I don't really know anymore, you're not all ponies, are you? Kind of be silly if your actually if you disguise yourself... Or wait, changelings do that don't they? Don't know why, wouldn't it just be better to be yourself?" Ken trailed off in his words as the surrounding customers started to giggle, chuckle, and laugh at the child's innocent conversation before going back to their own meals. Lyra smiled, a sigh of relief coming out of her mouth, "Why am I not surprised you make the best of the situation?" "Mmh Hmm," Kira nodded in agreement as she continued to chew on her food, the half saiyan girl glad to have a large quantity after such a long time. 'Wish I could taste... Stupid seal limitations, cursed and blessed.'' Chris stated with anguish. 'I wish there was some way...' Ken said. 'Not unless you have a pair of dragon balls, even that may not work. Oh well, I'm just glad to at least be with you.' Kira swallowed her food, "Where's Auntie Bon-Bon?" The little girl questioned. "Having room service, she had something else to do." Lyra said, "I'm so lucky this is free. Thankfully they account for extra people, so I'm basically a family of sixteen or more eating..." She looked to the two hybrid children starting to gorge through food items once again. 'Make that thirty...'