Tournament pt 1

My eyes shot open as soon as the feeling of the sun's rays hit me through my thin tent. I felt the most excitement I had in either of my lives.

The rookie tournament starts today and I still had something I needed to do before it starts. As eager as I was to go fight somebody that possibly could match me, I still knew that if I don't adapt my fighting style to what me and Wimpods bond weapon is I could get fucked in the first round. Especially by the Kahunas brats, their basically royalty and either get one of the regional to pokemon, a psudeo legend or a totem pokemons egg if they get lucky. That's a big gap to jump for my bug type and myself but we got this, right?

So I immediately picked up Akuha, Wimpods actual name, which startled him awake and brought him out onto the sandy Beach our camp is on. The little horseshoe crab pokemon was still a bit disoriented but quickly got a grip and asked why we were up so early when the tournament was in a few hours.

" Well, Akuha" He was now looking at me with interest and annoyance as to what woke him up this early twice in a row. " We have to manifest our bond weapon so I can get some practice in before the tournament. "

{ And why didn't we do this yesterday Jax? We were already up! You said we should never waste time that could be used for training!} My companion complained. He might respect me for helping him out but he somehow picked up my sarcasm in a few days and I don't know how to feel about it. So I replied with equal sarcasm.

" Because I stayed up all night to make sure we weren't late, while you were sleep like you were drunk at a party." My partner looked at me with an inquisitive look but just shook his head forgetting about it.

" Let's do this, Akuha concentrate on the bond you feel with me and mold it into what your instincts tell you to." At the same time I closed my eyes and focused on our bond and felt it move and shifted into a... pair of kunai connected with a chain. Didn't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that.

But after a few seconds I felt the feeling of a handle appearing in my hands and the sound of a chain rattled off right behind me confirming what I saw in my head. They had a nice design which emphasized a bit of extra weight so that they can gain more momentum with the chain.

The have a leather handle with white highlights and the blade was black except for the edge which had the same shade of white that Akuha had on his shell. The chain had the same white as well, all in all they were some badass weapons.

I immediately got to work on using them and figuring out what I could do with the bug and water type energy I had in my system. And I have to say I like the results.

The chain wasn't two long and allowed me to use them similarly to Tengens cleavers. Very flashy if I had to say so myself. On the energy front I only managed to coat bug energy on my legs and arms to give a boost in strength to me.

The tournament starts in an hour so I better start moving. Man I can't wait for this.

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" Ladies and gentlemen, today I'd love to present this years rookie tournament!" The announcers excitement lit a fire in the crowd resulting in booming cheers.

The stage we stood on was big to say the least. The stands were made of wood except for the 20 or so vip booths spread across the arena filled with either trial captains, Kahunas or big corporation head's there to observe how their children will do in combat after all the recourses put into them.

But other than that I was also being observed because of my fifth place in the entrance exam and the fact I had no backing caused some to view me with disdain and disregard while others gave a curious glance at me.

The mean looks only served to motivate me, because even if they look with disdain or respect both are still watching and both are still fans. Heh, this will be one hell of a show.

After a few minutes of hyping up the crowd and calling out the favorites to win which was of course the Kahunas kids, but he also took time to paint me as an underdog to stand against the gifted generation of Kahuna blood. The preliminary started and after a few matches with some of the trainers that didn't stand out at all, ya boi was called up.

And guess who my opponent was? The moss headed jungle brat. He looked at me with a hateful glare as we stepped into the arena alongside our partners. In return for his mean look I gave him a predatory grin which promised pain.

" Are both contestants ready?!" The announcers booming voice was met with a resolute nod from the moss head and cheeky thumbs up from me.

" 3,2,1 FIGHT!" The announcer said those famous words as some of my own left my mouth, directed to my bug type companion in a whisper.

"Strat A-2." After my command Akuha jumped on my shoulder and I manifested my chained kunais.

Moss hair ordered his Fomantis in front of him and manifested his weapon which were two deep green trench knives that curled around his hands in a crescent moon shape. Pretty cool but not incredible or anything.

" Fomantis, close the gap with quick attack and attack with Leafage!" Moss head orders made it clear what his plans were for this fight, his Fomantis keep me and on my toes while he blasts away with attacks from a far.

His plan just made mine easier though. As Fomantis tried to close the gap I jumped to the the side and left a trail of water energy behind me, dodging the poor guys attack. This went on with constant attacks from Fomantis and it's trainer charging up a good bit of grass energy and molding it for a bit before he would swipe at the air with his knives and send volleys of razor leaves towards me. When I dodged and got to close to the jungle brat I would 'attack' his position so he would move around the stadium. I made sure to fake some close calls to make it seem like I was struggling all the while no one but the trainers, big figures and teachers at the school knew what was going on. This game of and mouse ended when I ended up right back to where I started. The next attack that came was from the impatient moss head who got tired off fighting long range closed the distance by using neutral energy to boost the speed of his legs.

As he rushed me I dropped low and kicked the little Fomantis using my bug energy to increase the damage output, I sent the grass type into the center of the stage and let Akuha counter moss heads attack with a Fury Cutter. Which knocked his momentum off course and to the side of the arena.

Time to finish this.

"Akuha! Ride the tide!"