Anubis: the second chance
		part 3: battle to the northern continent
	a Ronin warriors/Slayers crossover fic
			by Anubis3k
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	The group had reached the arena and they all had passed their 
first two matches with ease. luckily, none of them were scheduled to 
fight any of the other groups from their main group. it was now Anubis
and Filia's third match. they had been paired up against a werewolf 
and a healer. the match was going nowhere fast as the two kept 
attacking the werewolf and the healer kept doing her job. the turning 
point was when Filia caught wind of this, turned into a dragon and 
knocked the annoying little healer into the wall with her tail. of 
course, the werewolf forefited, as did the pair's next match seeing 
the transformation.

	By the end of the day it was the final match with Filia and 
Anubis facing off against a powerful mage and his twin brother 
master swordsman...

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	"Filia-san, i don't much like this. it seems like all of our 
matches have been way too easy for a real tournament."

	"You're right. something just dosen't feel right about this 
one. do you think these are the "trump cards" we've been hearing 
about?"

	"I wouldn't doubt it. There's a good chance that if we want 
to win this one, i'm going to have to put on my armor. which one will 
you take?"

	"I'll try the mage. he seems to have a weakspot for fire." 
she grinned "and of course me being a dragon..."

	Anubis nodded. "sounds reasonable. and unless that swordsman
has a copy of Gourry's sword of light, I doubt he can beat me."

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	this match started diffrent from the others. the fighters 
paired off, choosing an opponent each and starting one on one, Anubis
and the swordsman took their positions...

	"so, may i ask who this is that i am about to best?" the cocky 
swordsman grinned.

	"Most certainly, I am Anubis..." his armor appeared on him, 
his kusari-gama in hand. "...the former dark warlord of cruelty. and 
what about you, oh certain one?"

	"Thoron of the island of valradia" and with that, they began 
trading blows. neither really gaining any ground until Anubis trapped
Thoron's weapon arm with the chained end of his kusari-gama. he pulled
him forward and gave him a hard right to the face, breaking his nose
and knocking him down for the count. Anubis brushed off his hands 
and turned to Fila and the mage. "tis your turn."

	the mage waved a finger. "now now, why don't we make this 
interesting. i'll take the both of you on" the mage grinned.

	"so, you're the real reason why your team had always won?" 
Filia questioned.

	"tis true. but they changed the rules this year so that the 
last matches of the day were one on one. however, i can waver that 
at this point just to make this interesting."

	Anubis whispered to Filia quietly. "this one's bad news. 
there's a weird bloody air hovering around him."

	"you've sensed it too? it's strange... "she began 
thinking to herself.

	"well, either way, this is the last match we have to fight.
after this, we can just go to sleep and wait till morning for the 
ship to come in." He smiled.

	"and it's a good thing too, because i'm getting tired" 
Filia said as she yawned.

	"are you two quite done yet, or are you going to forefeit?"

	"us? never. let's go!" Anubis summoned his armor again and 
Filia changed into her dragon form. it seemed as though nothing could
even touch the mage, and then he began to struggle. his sheild had 
been weakening.

	"inconceivable! my sheild's always help up! ARRGH!!!" he 
screamed and began running around as Filia's dragon breath peirced
his sheild finally.

	"oh no you don't! QUAKE WITH FEAR!!!!" the clawed end of 
anubis' kusari-gama tunneled into the earth, creating 40 red chains 
of energy which shot up from the ground and entangled the mage. he 
screamed in pain and passed out. Anubis sighed and stretched.
"well, that's that."

	"yeah. boy that was easy. and the others did real well, too.
i think the boat's supposed to be leaving about noon tomorrow. we 
should eat and rest up."

	Anubis nodded and smiled. "i would enjoy it. by the way, do 
you have any knowledge about what is on the northern continent?" he 
asked as they walked to the food hall.

	"well, supposedly there are many ruins from ancient 
civilizations. and also there was supposed to have been another race
of dragons that lived there that just suddenly dissappeared. they were
among the golden dragons' greatest allies. i think they called 
themselves "solarians". they were as noble a race as you could find...
something wrong Anubis-san?" she asked as she saw the strange look on 
his face.

	"well, it could be just me, but it seems as though that name 
sounds familiar. as if the Ancient had heard it somewhere. maybe if 
we find one of the ruins they were legend to live at we could shed 
some light on this. most likely we will have time to visit one 
before Talpa can get much of a foothold into this world. at least a 
couple months." he finished as they sat down and began eating.

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		END PART 3