DIMENSIONAL TOURNAMENT SAGA
EP.20 TOURNAMENT START!
LAST TIME ON WAR OF LAND XTRA, THE FINAL FIGHTER WAS CHOSEN TO ENTER THE TOURNAMENT. A VELOCIRAPTOR WITH A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO RAPTOR, WHO DIED FIGHTING THE DARK HORDE, NOW THE FOUR FIGHTERS HAVE GATHERED FOR TRAINING BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH?
Charge said, “Raptor?” The velociraptor sneered, “My brother, I know. He fought and died with you, I do not plan to suffer the same fate.” Charge said, “I know that you may harbor some distrust…” The velociraptor shouted, “My brother knew the consequences of battle!” He toned down, “He knew the risks he was taking and what their consequences of battle. I know and live by the same rules my brother died by and I plan on living a long life.” Shock said, “We have to get on with our training, or do you want to stand giving speeches all day?” CD3 said, “Quiet, I’m in the dark about all of this, what’s it about?” Charge said, “Years ago when the entire conflict with Omegula started we fought a band of mutates called the Dark Horde. Raptor was a warrior under our employ and he died in battle.”
TWO DAYS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT
Charge punched Shock in the ribs as he evaded a kick. Shock grabbed a hold of Charge’s arm and threw him into the air. Charge looked behind him in time to evade an energy attack dealt by CD3. CD3 drew his sword and blocked a vicious sword attack from the velociraptor. All four fighters landed exhausted, they had trained hard these past few days and they were not going out so easy inside the tournament grounds. Charge said, “Well we’ve all become accompanied with each other, warrior I wish to ask of you your name.” The velociraptor said in response, “I have no name, I go by nature and in such a name is a possession. Something friends or family gives you, to identify you with. I don’t blend in with the crowd, nor want to at all. I don’t identify with crowds so there’s nothing to compare me to; I am myself an individual away from a crowd making me the only one here to be identified. There is no need for me to have anything that even remotely resembles a name.”
Charge said, “A name may do that, but it gives you an identity. Like the imperfections on your face are actually a perfection to add individuality to our surroundings and us. To throw away your identity and say what’s the point is just like saying that your life is pointless. To throw away your name, you might as well throw out your deeds as a person that also adds to your individuality. Like it or not a name is a precious thing that gives you the final piece to your identity. Someone may give it to you, but someone also gives you life. That can be taken away just as easily and the point is treasure what you have, if you have a name; say it.”
The velociraptor just sneered and said, “I don’t need any of your petty bullshit, leave it be, I choose not to have a name and that’s final.” Charge said, “Fine, do it your way.” CD3 said, “I wonder why there is such a crap on why we need to fight these battles. I mean why were we suddenly thrust into this tournament?” Shock said, “All secrets are revealed sooner or later. We’ll find out about what’s going on rather we want to or not.” CD3 said, “Well isn’t this something, we may all die in following tournament but yet we stick together as a team.” The velociraptor snarled, “After this tournament is over you can expect to never see me again.” Charge said, “Rather we see you or not is not our decision for now. We must train for the tournament.” CD3 said, “How long until the tournament?” Shock answered, “Well seeing as how it’s 12:00, we have one day.”
As soon as Shock said that the small cloaked figure walked out of the darkness and said, “One day indeed, we must leave for the tournament grounds this instant.” CD3 asked, “Why?” The figure said, “You will train in our palace for the remainder of the time to get you used to your tournament surroundings.” Shock said, “That seems reasonable.” As Shock completed his sentence their surroundings went black and then lit up a bright orange behind them with a sunrise. They were somewhere else now. Charge said, “What the hell?” The figure said, “Around here our palace always follows the sunrise, our palace is a ship following the sunset worldwide, welcome to the duoverse!” Shock said, “Duoverse?” The figure continued, “Where you live, the universe means one line; one dimension. Duoverse means second line or second dimension. We have sixteen fighters from this dimension and others including your own.” CD3 counted and said, “So five dimensions are competing in this thing, how interesting.” They looked down and saw the tournament grounds and landed.
TOURNAMENT DAY #1
Charge walked foreword with the others, the tournament panel had already decided who would fight who. CD3 would fight first then Shock, then the raptor warrior, and then Charge. CD3’s fight was fast approaching and he was fighting someone called Star Seed from this very dimension. No one was allowed to look at his or her opponent until the tournament begins. CD3 floated onto the tournament grounds with large walls surrounding the area. A mass of demons, mutates, monsters, robots and every other kind of life form roared for the fight to begin. CD3 looked at the opposing wall and in walked a large green muscled man with long dark hair wielding a large sword, Star Seed.
Star seed looked, smiled and said, “I want you to attack me first.” Charge watching from the sidelines said, “What?”
NEXT TIME CD3 FACES HIS STRONGEST OPPONENT TO DATE PULLING NEW TECHNIQUES AND LETHAL BATTLE SKILLS, CD3 TRIES NOT TO BE OUTDONE AND REVEALS A NEW TECHNIQUE, BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH?