Chapter 34 The Tournament

"WHEW!" I sighed loudly as I made it to the living quarters with 1 minute to spare. "Transportation to the tournament beginning in T-Minus 60 seconds." 02 said as I nearly died from exhaustion.

'Jeez I should have had a plan!' I thought annoyedly. Soon everyone had crowded around the living quarters. No one noticed me though and they just crowded around Stephanie. "We'll be out today!" Some of them jumped in joy.

'They really have forgotten about me haven't they.' I thought while laughing to myself. 'Status.' I thought. In a flash my status screen appeared.

Name: Cyril Reeds

Type: King Of The Sea

Stage: 1

Strength: 90

Agility: 90

Endurance: 75

Perception: 50

Busoshoku Haki: 10 (adds 10 to strength agility and endurance if applied.) MAX Stage 1

Kenbunshoku Haki: 10 (adds 10 to perception while also granting standard Ken abilities) MAX Haoshoku Haki: 1 (Stuns those with lower Will or even knocks them out) MAX

Note: Once all stats reach Max Stage 1 user may evolve to Stage 2.

'Damn that's hot.' I thought to myself as I inspected my stats. They had shot up tremendously and even Perception had increased. 'It must be because of The King Of The Sea Body training manual and the ravine trials.' I thought as the countdown had reached an end. ".......1, beginning transportation." 02 announced.

"ZZP!" In less than a nanosecond we were all transported to an arena. "Wow! This is awesome!" Someone within the crowd shouted out. We were standing on white benches which were surrounded by red walls.

On the ground in the centre there was a martial arts ring which was 100 meters in radius. In the stands there were 5 groups all partioned with an invisible wall.

"Now that you've all arrived the tournament shall start in 5 minutes. You may chat for now." 02 said as the invisible walls vanished. As I looked to my left and to my right there were 2 people.

One was a boy in a black coat with red hair and eyes. The other wore long baggy white trousers along with a grey shirt. "Jack, Drake!" I said in excitement as I waved towards them. Soon after they walked towards me.

"Hi Cyril! Man this was crazy." Jack said as he looked towards me. "Ya it was. So what about you Drake." I asked in curiosity. Drake's side only had about 10 people and they all seemed pretty quiet. "I dont want to talk about it." Drake answered concisely as I just shrugged my shoulders.

"Well I'll tell what happened on my end. So we were all transported and had the talent tests. I assume the same happened to you guys, and not only that, but I was lucky and got Super Rare talent. I was so surprised! Later on through the training and various obstacles I won my year competition and I acquired a Katana of Chilling Light. I also got a type, but for now that's a secret." Jack explained in a more concise manner than usual.

"Oh, you also got a Super Rare talent." Drake said with some happiness. "So did I although I had to go through a special process." I told them. 'Damn what lucky b*st*rds.' I thought in slight jealousy and heart ache.

"By the way what's up with your year?" Jack asked with some concern. "It's..... nothing." Drake replied with as we began to talk about other things.

Eventually the 5 minutes ended though and, as if space itself willed it, Jack and Drake were back in their year zones. "Well now we'll begin the tournament. First Battle: Cyril Reeds vs James Oak!" 02 said triumphantly as I along with another boy was transported to the arena.

'Just my luck.' I thought as I gazed at the boy. I was still tired after the run and still needed to rest a bit. "GO PIDGEY!" The boy shouted as he threw a red and white ball. "NANI!!!" I uttered in great surprise and happiness.

'There are pokemon! Besides that though the boy seems to be from the Year 7s.' I thought in excitement and glee. "Come at me Pidgey!" I said as I looked at the Pidgey with a fierce gaze.

"PIDGEY! PIDGEY!" The Pidgey squaked out as it flew towards me. Along with that it's trainer took out a gun and pointed it at me. 'Well f*ck.' I thought as I closed my eyes and activated my Kenbunshoku Haki.

"PEW!"

"PEW!"

"PEW!"

The gun shots rang out as I dodged one after the other. Soon after the Pidgey flew in while sending a violent gust of wind my way. To this I simply hopped towards it and punched it lighty. "PIIII!" It squaked in pain as it flew across the arena.

Seeing this the trainer looked on in shock as in less than 3 seconds I appeared in front of him with my fist in front of his face. "Do you give up?" I asked while looking towards him. "YES I FORFEIT!" He screamed in fright and with that the first battle was over.