the tournament: Fight

Jin kicked the tree and followed up with a powerful punch. After that he kicked the tree two times and followed with a right, left, right punching combo. He only stopped when he suddenly heard someone coughing behind him. It was the small host, who had come to tell him that his fight was due during lunchtime in the arena. Jin nodded to show he understood and gave another powerful kick at the tree.

Jin walked in the sand of the arena, watching his opponent standing there already. He was only wearing pants with fire emblems on it while his opponent was dressed as a yellow ninja with yellow mask.

When the two stood against each other in an empty arena, the host suddenly started talking.

'In this corner, straight from the Tekken tournaments is Jin Kazema. Member of the famed Mishima line, which holds the devil gene, Jin knows how to throw a punch.' The host kept smiling while Jin remained silent. This man knew an awful lot about him, including the stuff about the devil gene. Jin wondered if this host also knew that Jin was fighting here to get that devil gene removed, to be able to live a normal life for once.

'In the other corner, traveled here from the Mortal kombat tournament is Scorpion. This hell spawn specter was once human but now he travels the world, searching for the killer who took his family and clan from him.

Don't cross his path unless you wish death by fatality, here is Scorpion.'

As with Jin, Scorpion remained silent. He would destroy this opponent and be finally able to get his family and clan back again. To actually live again.

The two warriors stared at each other, judging the opponent. Suddenly, the host shouted 'Fight.' and both man jumped into action.

Scorpion started with a 'Get over here.' As his spear escaped from his hand and flew towards his opponent, the chain ringing in the air. Jin stepped aside and punched the spear away before he ran at his opponent to deliver a punch to the face. Scorpion was just in time to avoid the punch and grabbed his opponent in the process. He then performed a shoulder throw, which threw Jin on the ground. Scorpion stood over him and the tekken fighter delivered several kicks in the stomach, which forced the specter backwards and allowed Jin to stand up again.

Jin then followed up with two punched to the face that Scorpion managed to block, however the kick in the stomach that followed came as a surprise and Scorpion buckeld over in pain. Not wasting a moment, Jin rammed his knee in the face of the ninja with incredible force. The attack was aided with the electric power that Jin used with his strongest attacks.

Scorpion fell to the ground in pain. He lay still for only a second or two and then used his legs as scissors to trip his opponent, who also fell on the ground. Scorpion got up, waited for Jin to stand up as well and then used his flaming backflipkick to push Kazema away.

Jin moved again and ran towards his opponent, who attempted another spear attack, this time with success.

Jin felt a stab of pain as the spear entered his chest and pulled him forwards. Jin was unable to move as Scorpion punched Jin in the face a few times and then gave a kick to the temple.

Jin had managed to stay on his feet during these blows as he had suffered worse during the tekken tournaments and came back with a electric fist to the face and another electric fist to the chest. Jin then jumped up and rammed his knee into the chin of his opponent. He finished this line of attack with his spinning kick where he stood on the ball of his left foot and the right one was outstretched. Loaded with electricity, he was spinning towards his opponent and hit the legs and knees of Scorpion, who jumped up after the first spinning attack and landed behind Jin.

Jin turned around to kick his opponent away but Scorpion teleported, to appear on the other end and deliver a blow to the face.

The fight was only in its begin stages but both fighters had already sustained some serious damage and both guys were already bleeding.

The two warriors grappled for a bit, until Jin moved for a strike to the head, which Scorpion managed to dodge by ducking and as he stood up, he aimed a uppercut. The uppercut got avoided by stepping aside and while Scorpion was rising, Jin kicked the knee and then gave a electric punch to the side of the head of the ninja.

Scorpion was forced backwards and when he stepped forwards again, he was brandishing two tanto swords, which replicates the sting of a scorpion. Trying to stab his opponent with both small swords at the same time, Jin cached the wrists of his opponent and barely managed to avoid getting lethally stabbed.

The two struggled for a bit for control, but Jin, who felt he was losing, pushed his opponent away.

Scorpion returned the two swords to their places on his back and got hit by a fist. Another fist was heading for him but this time, he sidestepped. scorpion then grabbed the wrist of his opponent with his right hand and grabbed the elbow with his left. Now full in control of his opponents arm, the hell spawn forced his opponent to the knees in a joint lock. The ninja then kicked Jin in the side and drew his larger one-handed katana.

As Jin stood up, Scorpion grabbed his hand, pulled him off balance and then thrusted his sword forwards, into the chest of Jin Kazema.

Jin fell with a loud yell on the ground, as a puddle of blood formed underneath him.

Scorpion now watched his opponent die, but to his surprise he saw how his opponent stood up again.

Jin's eyes were glowing red as he pulled the sword out of his chest. Strange markings formed around his face and a red dot got attached to his forehead. But the strangest of all were the two dark wings that sprouted from his back, each followed with a angry howl. Devil Jin had arisen.

Scorpion looked up with surprise as he saw how his opponent flew into the air and kept hovering above the specter. Attempting a spear attack, the newly formed Devil Jin blocked the attack and flew towards Scorpion. He first gave a strong punch and then lifted the yellow ninja up in the air to throw him into the stands of the arena, where Scorpion crash-landed. Devil Jin then used the power of the laser, which he had gotten with his devil transformation and aimed it at at the ninja. 

Scorpion was just in time to step away and saw how the stone seats close to him got destroyed by the laser. Wanting to get away here Scorpion jumped in the air and performed his teleport attack while in the air. 

He appeared again in the air behind Jin where he smacked the opponent in the face and followed up with a burning back-flip before he would fall. The backflip pushed Jin backwards, who did manage to use his laser again on Scorpion. 

While Jin flew into the stands, Scorpion headed towards the balcony where the host stood. The host jumped in the air and kept hovering there as Scorpion got rammed through the balcony and then fell on the ground, with pieces of balcony falling on his body.

Devil Jin walked up to his opponent, believing him almost defeated. He lifted up the head of the ninja and pulled of the mask for one final blow. However, as he pulled the mask away, a burning skull got revealed. Staggering back for a little bit, Jin recovered quickly but scorpion had already raised himself up and attacked. 

'This is interesting. A devil versus a hell specter, both in their real forms.' The host spoke while he walked in the air.

The two warriors did not notice this comment as both fought with all the power they possessed. Both fighters struck, kicked and blocked blows. Scorpion suddenly attempted to grab Jin again, which failed as Jin pushed the arms away. Retaliating, he stomped the hell-spawn in the face four times and finished it off with a knee attack to the chest. Scorpion cried in pain and Jin grabbed his throat. Ignoring the flames that danced around the head of Scorpion and the hands of Jin, the tekken warrior started choking his opponent.

Scorpion first attempted to break free out of the grip but found he couldn't. He then pulled one of his two small swords and pushed it into the side of Jin. This move forced the devil gene fighter to release his opponent and he saw how Scorpion attacked with the second blade. This time prepared, Jin stepped away and slammed his wing into the arm of Scorpion. Following the wing attack, Jin kicked the blade away from the hand of his opponent and then created distance. 

Using the distance his opponent created, Scorpion heaved his arms in the air and underneath Jin, a fire suddenly erupted. Being on fire, the fighter screamed in pain and as he recovered a punch that cracked his nose pushed him to the ground.

Not wasting his moment Scorpion bent down, impaled his opponent with the kunai tip of his spear and forced the chain of the weapon around the neck of Jin. Unable to escape from the chain, Jin tried nonetheless and as Scorpion pulled the chain tight, Jin kicked and punched out even more. However, he was not able to get away and the attack that followed took him with a even greater surprise. 

Scorpion started breathing fire that gave off a lot of smoke. Keeping on going, he stopped when Jin had long stopped moving. Untangling the chain, Scorpion stepped away. When the smoke dissapeared, it showed only the skeleton of a fighter who once was Jin Kazema.

'That was intense.' The host spoke, who walked from the air to the ground as if he was descending stairs. 'Here you go.' He said as he touched the fighter with his cane. 'You are now fully recovered and your powerful blows give off the same electrical charge as Jin's did.

Not listening, Scorpion walked away from the arena.

'That was very well done Scorpion.' a strange voice spoke. The ninja,who had donned his mask again looked at who gave the comment. It was a man with black hair and grey skin. 'What do you want?' Scorpion demanded.

'I know that you are searching for the killer of your clan.' the man spoke with a smile. 'A good friend of mine named Shang Tsung told me.' Angst saw that the name of the sorcerer had given him the attention of this fighter. 'You know who was responsible?' Scorpion asked, showing no emotion. 'I am afraid not, otherwise i would have told you.' Angst said. 'But he has left some clues that might help finding the real killer.' He added as the yellow ninja had turned to walk away. 'I want to help you if you help our alliance and maybe we can get your clan back.'  Angst offered his hand. Scorpion looked at it for a few seconds and then shook the hand.

The tournament: Steal

Hagrid watched as the white skinned man stood before him. He had dealt with vampires, hags, goblins, werewolf's, giants and all other kind of magical creatures but he had never seen anyone like his opponent now. This man was armed to the teeth and looked rather dangerous with his dangerous smile. 

Hagrid was not afraid off this man. The half giant stood towering over this opponent and apart from his strength, he had some magical abilities. 

His boar hound Fang growled angry. Normally Fang was a bit of a coward but today, the boar hound really was in his element. 

The host had walked up to Hagrid as he had been walking through the forest, that looked a bit like the forbidden forest back home. Wondering if there were any strange creatures here as well, Hagrid had been visited by the small man with the top head that reminded him of professor Flitwick. The man had told Rubeus that his first fight would take place on a dune near the beach. The small man would not say what opponent Hagrid was about to face and the big man wondered who is opponent would be. After having watched the battle between these two green men, it could only be very exiting. He had his crossbow with him, his pink umbrella and of course Fang so Hagrid was prepared to win this first match and continue to the second round.

Hagrid already knew what prize he wanted when he won this tournament. He would chose to have more magic and in fact to be able to use magic again. Half of his life, he had to watch as all sorts of young children learned magic while he sat on the background, unable to perform even the simplest transfiguration.

'Fang, are you ready boy?' Rebeus asked the dog. A growl answered his question and Hagrid stepped closer to his opponent. 'I have fought gods. You will be crushed.' his opponent yelled with a vicious smile.

As soon as they got the signal, Hagrid fired off his crossbow. The bolt flew through the air and hit the opponent in the stomach.

'Aaahh.' Kratos yelled in pain. He pulled the bolt out of his body and watched this big and bearded opponent. This man also had a dog that should be watched but this would not be a problem as he had dealt with multiple opponents before and he had some weapons especially made for them. Knowing that his bow would be useless, this opponent would be close in before he would even be able to use the bow, kratos choose to use his blades of exile. 

Swinging them around, he was able to keep his opponents on a distance and still deal damage. 

Swinging these swords at Hagrid, Kratos managed to tear the moleskin coat and the thick hide of the half giant. As Kratos kept attacking his opponent with the blades, he aimed both of the swords to hit Hagrid. After they hit however, Hagrid grabbed the chains of both swords with his hands. 

With a sudden power, Hagrid pulled the chains with all his power and Kratos, who was not about to let go, got pulled towards Hagrid and received a fist in his face that forced him backwards again.

'I'll get you.' Kratos spoke angry. At that moment Fang jumped into action and bit Kratos in the arm. 'you hell hound, son of Hades.' Kratos yelled out as he kicked the dog away. 'Go get him Fang.' Hagrid encouraged his dog. 

Equipping his nemesis whip, Kratos waited for the dog to attack again and as Fang jumped to bite again, Kratos stabbed his whip in the chest of the dog. Fang howled in pain and received a kick from the Spartan before the latter finished Fang off with impaling the throat. 'FANG!' Hagrid cried as tears filled his eyes and rage consumed him. Hagrid pushed the nemesis whip aside and slammed his fist in the stomach of his opponent. Another fist hit the face of the ghost of Sparta before Hagrid threw him to the ground. 

Kratos stepped up quickly and drew his sword, the almighty blade of Olympus. 

Hagrid saw how his opponent pulled a large sword and countered by taking his pink umbrella out of one of his pockets. Wanting to let the sword dissapear, Hagrid moved the umbrella, however nothing happened and Kratos slashed the umbrella in halve. Hagrid stepped backwards as the sword came at him again. He jumped away and managed to get only his shoulder slashed in the process. Kratos lifted up his sword in the air again to take his opponent down once and for all but Hagrid stepped in before the sword came down and grabbed the wrists of the Spartan.  The two struggled for a bit, where neither warrior was able to overpower the other before Hagrid gave a head butt that knocked Kratos away. The now disarmed Kratos had to step aside to avoid another blow and barely managed to block a third attack of the fist.

wanting to distract his big opponent, Kratos pulled out the head of Helios and aimed it at Hagrid. This tactic had the effect Kratos was wishing for as it suddenly blinded Hagrid. Not wanting to lose this edge, Kratos attacked again, this time with the claws of Hades. 

Using the claws, Kratos slashed the face of his opponent several times before he summoned all his power and teared the soul of the grounds keeper out of the body and into one of his claws. Hagrid fell down with a surprised look on his face and he did not stand up again.

\

'Congratulations my friend.' The host spoke. 'That was a astounding battle.' 'I faced a weak fool. Use a real warrior next time.' Kratos spoke. The host was a little taken aback by this but found his happiness back soon after. 'You already have a price in the form of the soul of Hagrid, however, I also will grant you a copy of Fang the Boar hound, who will listen to your every command.' After the host had spoken, the man tapped the ground with his cane and a big dog with ferocious teeth appeared. 

Kratos looked at the dog. He never really had one and was now wondering what he should feed this dog. This dog also was not the strongest tool that Kratos used in his fights as he had his souls that could help him a lot more then this dog. This Fang did have his uses however, as it could take some of the attacks and distract the opponent.

'Soo dog.'  kratos spoke, trying to remember what the name of the dog was. 'O Athena, what should i do now.' he muttered as he walked away, closely followed by the dog.

Angst walked as fast as possible between the different warriors. He pushed a young man in red aside and just in time avoided colliding with a black haired man, who was wearing a robe with a snake on it.

He finally reached his destination and clapped the masked man on the shoulder. 'What is it?'  Jack of Blades asked as he turned around. 'O it is you.' he cooled down after seeing Angst in front of him. 'I have to fight.' Was all Angst said. 'Where and when?' Jack asked. I have to be in the forest, in the afternoon.' angst spoke. 'I'l be there.' Jack finished the conversation.

Selena jumped from tree to tree while she looked for her opponent. She was very happy that her first battle was taking place in a forest and when she won, she would be one step closer in finding Batman.

Suddenly she saw how a man was standing beneath her. This rather ugly man had some sort of Grey skin and black hair which did not fit at all. She waited patiently until the man had walked underneath her and then jumped out of the tree to land soundless on the ground.  Years of acrobatics and thievery had made her one of the most silent and deadly thieves in the whole of Gotham and maybe even the world. 

She approached her target slowly and when she was almost on top of him, he turned around. Catwoman first used her claws to slash the man in the face, that revealed a burn scar around his left eye and a small beard. 

After having slashed his face, Selena slammed her elbow in the face of her opponent and followed up with a knee to the crotch. She then gave a backhanded hammerpunch directly to the face. 

Angst had enough of it. This cat girl dared to attack him? He would show her. Using the powers he had once stolen from Mewtwo, Angst pushed the girl backwards. The girl, just like a real cat, managed to keep control of her body and while she got pushed back, she managed a back flip so she landed safely on the ground. 

While Angst pulled out his mace, Catwoman took her whip. The woman took a deep breath and ran at the opponent, who merely looked at his mace.

'So, You want to find Batman back?' he suddenly spoke. At this, Selena froze at mid-run. How could this man know about her intentions of finding Batman. Even that Red Robin kid did not know that. 

The man smiled with a vicious grin. 'I know what happened to Batman, I was there in the first tournament.' Her mouth opened with surprise as Selena took everything in. 'What happened to him?' She asked. However, instead of getting a answer the man said that she would need to find out for herself. 'Let me win and you will get answers. Let me lose and you will never find out what happened. 

Standing there in the forest with her whip in her hands, Selena had no clue on how to act. She could let the man win but somehow that did not make sense. The man was toying with her. Even if he knew what happened, he would never reveal it only be getting a victory. like all men, he was a jerk and he would abuse this power. There would always be another way. 

'I might forfeit the fight if you tell me please.' Selena said as she walked up to this strange man. 

When she was near him, she laughed. 'I will never let you get your victory.' she spoke before her whip slammed into the hand of the man. The mace dropped to the ground and she followed up with a kick to the groin again and then a knee in the face. 

'You bitch. You will regret this. Nobody lures a god.' Angst spoke in an angry voice. 

As Catwoman attacked with her whip again, Angst teleported away from the dangerzone and appeared behind her. Catwoman turned around as fast as possible but before she could attack, she got gripped by telekinesis again and slammed against a tree. 

While attempting to climb the tree, Angst suddenly unleashed a flamethrower out of his hands that took the woman by surprise and burned body. While she was trying to put out the fire on her body, Selena never noticed that her opponent had taken out a sword and only realized it when he was seconds from impaling her. Not able to move out of the way in time, the sword entered the chest of the catburgler and came out the back where it hit a tree.

As Angst pulled his sword back, the woman fell down against the tree, dead.

'That was a gruesome fight.' The host said, without his trademark smile. 'You have butchered this woman and you won. Therefore you deserve a prize.' it seemed that the burning and then impaling of the woman was something that even the host was not happy about but it was not against the rules. 'You will get a copy of the whip that Catwoman uses.' The host spoke but before he could use his cane to create the whip, Angst was already moving. The man walked up to the body of his opponent and picked the whip up, which lay next to the tree. 'Don't bother.' Angst spoke to a surprised host. 'I prefer the real one. She is not using it anymore.' he added with a smile. Angst then walked away.

That the host did not act after he had taken the real whip, which was rather odd. this did prove some suspicions but not all of them. Still the information could be useful.

'Why did you allow this girl to get close to you?' Jack asked when Angst had joined them. Both he and Amon had watched the full battle and had seen the power that Angst possessed. 'I first thought she might be an ally but I found out that she could become a liability so i killed her.' Angst gave as answer. 'Very well.' jack spoke, who was clearly not convinced yet.

Jack stepped away and into the sunlight and when Angst tried to do so as well, he got grabbed by his shoulder. 'i know that fire.' Amon spoke in a cool voice. 'Where have you learned fire bending?' he asked in the same cool tone. 'Ahh. I forgot that you come from a bending world.' Angst smiled. 'This little bending was a trophy from the last tournament. I took it from a young man named Zuko.' 

Amon fell silent for a few seconds. 'Fire lord Zuko?' He asked, clearly amazed. 'The one and only.' Angst said. 'He was in my tournament, lost and I took his bending powers.' the Grey skinned man explained. Impressed, Amon walked with Angst out of the forest.

the tournament: An alliance with a shocking end

Angst walked through the landscape. Al tough he was very able to teleport, he still preferred walking. It gave him time to think, to plan, to scheme. He would become a master god and eventually the elder master, just as his father had foreseen. He would become powerful once more and there was nobody who was going to stop him. Angst was returning to power, just as his father would have wanted and just as he wanted. Angst would demand the powers of the master gods when he had been crowned victor and he would slay these master gods.

Walking past a hillside, Angst saw the fighter named Raphael jumping from rock to rock. This strange warrior had been kicked out of the tournament in the first battle and it was not a warrior who had deserved to live. 

Angst knew the power of the Hero of Oakvale and the Hero could have destroyed that little ninja if he had wanted to.

Walking on, Angst stepped into a cave, where his two new allies were already waiting.

'My allies, my new brothers.' Angst spoke as he watched both Jack of Blades and Amon.

'You have summoned us here, why?' Jack asked in his creepy demonic voice. 

'Well.' Angst started. 'I do not like this tournament and especially that man controlling us and telling what we can and cannot do.' Angst looked at both masked men. 'I have chosen you both because of your cunning and your strength.' His voice kept calm and cool. 'What is your plan?' This time it was Amon who asked the question. 'I want to take out this host and let us control the tournament, but to do that I need help. Your help.' Angst looked at them again. 'Together we can find others for our alliance and strike this foul for a host without him ever realizing.' Angst did not notice that he started to smile. The other two however, were not smiling at all. 'How do we know that we can trust you?' Amon asked. 'We do not even know who you are.' came Jack.

Not losing his smile, Angst spoke. "My name is Angst. I used to be a god but those idiots threw me out. Now all I want his revenge and my place in the city of the gods. ' Neither of the other two man gave a reaction. 'I was the host of the first tournament and it went really wonderful, until that idiot of an hero screwed it all up.' This piece of information sparked a reaction from Jack of Blades. 'That makes two of us who hate the hero then' 'Ahh well, together, we can take this man out. He will not stand a chance and we will destroy him.' Angst said, continuing on the idea of fighting the hero. 'We can take all the warriors out who have created problems for us.' The eyes of Angst kept switching between the two others. 'Now, is there anybody you want to be taken care off?' He asked as he looked at Amon. The bender kept silent for a few minutes before he spoke. 'There is this girl. The avatar. She has become too powerful for me to handle alone.' Then we take her out.' Angst finished. 'We three are maybe the most dangerous warriors here on this island. Together we can do grand things.' Angst looked at the other two again and stared at the eye slots of both masks for a bit before he finished. 'Are you in or not?' Jack was the first to respond. 'I am in.' He spoke. It took a few moments for Amon to respond, but in the end, he too agreed.

'Very well gentlemen. let us break up now and resume out meeting in two days?' Angst asked and when the other two nodded in agreement, he asked them to keep an eye on potential candidates to help with their quest.

Just before Amon and Jack left, Angst spoke. 'One more thing. If one of us should get a notice for their battle, please tell the other two. I think that it will be rather useful to see each other's matches.'

While the two others left, Angst stayed behind for a bit. When he was sure they were gone, he stepped out of the cave as well. When he had hosted the previous tournament, he had come across some old books and relics. Things that would prove very useful for his current plans. Now he was going to research them on his own. The others would know when the time was right.

The sun was shining over the large field were most of the warriors were camped. The hero of Oakvale was training in sword fighting with his future sibling, the hero of Brightwall, the cowboy named Landon Ricketts was shooting leaves out of trees and Jin Kazema was doing push ups.

In between all of these busy fighters walked Raiden. This god of thunder and mortal kombat fighter had entered the competition to see how well he would do. The god was used to the mortal kombat tournament, which was rather similar and all of these fighters looked able, but none of them was as powerful as he. Being a god was a good edge over the others. He would win this tournament and demand the permanent freedom for earthrealm as his prize. 

As Raiden walked, he wondered if it was this tournament that had made Sub-Zero dissapear and what Scorpion was doing here. Pondering about these things, he bumped into someone. 'Which human stands in the way of a god?' Raiden demanded. The man he had bumped against was wearing a red cross over his naked chest and a crown of thorns over his helmet. By his belt, he had a large cross and on his back was a lethal looking scythe. 

'A god?' The other one said mockingly. 'Yes, the god of thunder and protector of earthrealm.' Raiden spoke. 'There is only one god, THE God.' the other warrior replied. 'I should know.' The man added. 'You are mistaken, you human.' Raiden argued. 'I am a god and there are many more.'  'HaHahaha.' The man named Dante Alighieri laughed. 'Listen, I have been in hell. I have fought both death and the devil myself. I have seen those like you in the circle of Heresy, down in hell. Where you belong.' 'You will be punished!' Raiden yelled out as electricity formed into his hands. 'I will condemn you to hell.' Dante answered while he brought the cross of his deceased wife to his chest.

Just before these two could clash, they heard someone shouting stop. It was the host who had intervened. 'No fighting between the matches.' The host spoke with a stern voice. The two warriors eyed each others angry and neither looked like they were ready to stop the hostility.

'Well, since neither of you want to wait, you will fight each other.' The host spoke. 'I was actually planning to let you fight the legendary King Arthur but this new opponent will do fine as well.' the host said to Dante.

Be back on this spot in an hour and you'll battle each other.' the host said to the two men.

An hour later, the god of thunder stood against the crusader again. each stood posed to attack each other as soon as they would get the command.

The host stood on the branch of a tree. He gave the command and saw how the god and the killer of death began their battles. 

Raiden send a bolt of electricity towards Dante, who dashed aside and used his own cross to to fire silver white crosses towards his opponent. Raiden blocked the attacks using a shield of electricity. Dante spammed his crosses, which were all blocked. Raiden then teleported behind his opponent and send a ball of lightning that hit Dante in the back. 

Alighieri turned around, with his scythe ready. He swung the lethal looking weapon at his opponent and when raiden brought his own staff to block the attack, the god saw how the scythe became longer and went past the staff to hit the thundergod in the chest. 

Raiden walked closer towards his opponent and blocked a second attack. He then kicked Dante away and teleported backwards. 

Dante swung his scythe in a wide arc and raiden got slashed in the side. As the scythe came in the same arc again, Raiden jumped over and ran towards his opponent. Using his staff, he managed to hit the crusader in the neck and the face. A third smacked Dante aside. Raiden grabbed Dante and allowed electricity to flow through his body and hit Dante, who howled in pain. 

Dante unleashed a another cross attack that hit Raiden and pushed him back. Dante then attacked with his scythe again, which forced Raiden away. 

Raiden send a ball of electricity towards his opponent again, who cached the ball with his death's scythe and send it back towards Raiden. the god allowed the ball to hit him and he absorbed it with ease. Raiden then teleported towards Dante and started punching him with powerful strokes. Using all forms of jujutsu that raiden knew, he attacked with punches and kicks that knocked Alighieri around until Dante used his magic to call upon his lust storm. At once,  a tornado of purple energy burst appeared around Dante. The energy was accompanied with sounds of moaning woman. This lust storm both protected Dante from damage and it inflicted damage on Raiden on short range. The god stepped backwards to avoid this purple storm and send balls of electricity to Dante. The balls had no effect while the Storm was taking place and the only thing that Raiden could do was avoid the scythe. 

The lust storm finally stopped and Raiden immediately teleported away to behind Dante. There, he send a beam of electricity, which hit the martyr in the back and send him to the ground.  Dante jumped up in the air and shot the scythe as a harpoon forwards, aiming to hit Raiden, who managed to avoid the first two of these attacks and block a third with lighting. The fourth attack however, came over his head and slashed the back of Raiden. 

Dante landed on the ground and looked at his opponent. While yelling some gibberish that sounded like your car is stolen, Raiden used his flying thundergod move and flew towards his opponent, covered in electricity.

Dante had moved at the same moment and was holding the cross of his wife Beatrice in front of him while he glided at high speed towards his opponent, leaving white energy in his trail. 

\The two powerhouses collided in the air and both got blown to another side. Dante stood up, weakened. He had killed death, walked into hell, had beaten Cerberus, Cleopatra and Marc Antony. He had even defeated the devil himself but this pagan was one of the toughest fights. 

The damned crusader saw how lighting came from the sky and struck his opponent. At first Dante believed it to be a act of god, however, the lightning had given this Raiden new energy. The god teleported towards Dante and struck the face with three punched. The thundergod then followed up with a kick to the chest that pushed Dante away. 

Raiden walked up to his opponent, lightning all over his body again. he was about to touch his opponent with lightning, when suddenly a golden cross appeared out of nowhere. Dante stepped backwards as the cross defended him and prepared to go into redemption mode. His eyes became more red as he felt himself becoming stronger. Dante then jumped towards his opponent, who had just managed to destroy the cross and attacked with his scythe. He first hit the god across the shoulder and then at the left leg. Jumping backwards, Dante waited until Raiden came at him again. This happened in the form of the flying thundergod, but instead of deflecting, Dante used his scythe to bring his opponent crashing to the ground and as Raiden was moving to stand up again, Dante yelled out in rage and decapitated the thundergod. The head of Raiden flew through the air and hit the ground, just before the feet of Catwoman. as his eyes followed the head, Dante suddenly became aware of the different fighters who had watched the battle.

'Enjoy hell.' Dante spoke while he kept looking at the head of this pagan god.

'Well done.' the host said with a smile. 'That really was a wonderful power-battle.'  Dante did not smile nor look at this man. He was one step closer at winning the tournament, one step closer at bringing Beatrice back to him. 

'As the victor of this battle, i will grand you minor electric powers. You can send balls of lightning and your scythe will be infused with it.' The host said as he touched Dante with the cane. After he had been hit, Dante felt a tingle of electricity running through his body and then walked away. 

tournament: Green

Wolverine never came. The hero had slept on the grass last night and his body ached. he promised himself that he would find something softer to sleep the next night. However, the night was not the problem that the hero was worried about this day. He had agreed with wolverine that they would train with this sai weapon, but the man still had to show up and he was already an hour and a half late. 

At first, the hero wondered if wolverine was just late or had forgotten the time but now, he worried that his friend might be taken out already. Taking a deep breath, the warrior from oakvale decided to walk around the island and search for a answer.

'Hello beautiful.' Spoke the Duke to a woman in cat outfit. 'You are really a hot mama' he tried again after the woman had failed to give a response. The broad chested man went with his hand through his short blond hair and inhaled the smoke of his cigar. 'i would pleasure this kitty.' he tried a third time. Finally, he received a answer. 'hey big boy. Not interested. You and your ego can play with your selfs.' Catwoman spoke in a cold voice. She hated such men who tried to hit on her and somehow they always thought she was willing to get into bed with them, only because of her cat suit. 

This one however, was not easy pushed away. 'get out of my sight or..' before Catwoman could finish the sentence, the Duke did it for her. 'You are gonna whip me. Lovely.' 

Now tired off this man who kept following her and did not get the hints to leave her alone, she tried absolute measures. 'Get away or i'l attack you.' However, the man only laughed at her and knowing she now had to go on with her promise, she kicked the duke between the legs and followed up with the scratching of the face.

'You are gonna pay babe.' The duke answered after he had gotten over the pain. He threw his cigar on the ground and slammed his fist in her stomach. He pulled his desert eagle pistol and aimed it at Catwoman. 

Before he could fire it, something hit his hand, which forced the Duke to drop the pistol. He looked around and received a blow to the head that almost knocked off his sunglasses. The duke stood up, looking at this young man, who had his face hidden behind a mask but wore a red outfit. \

'No fighting between the matches i said.' came the voice of the host suddenly. 'You keep this for during the battles. next time you fight, you all get disqualified.' The host finished, looking rather serious. 

'Speaking of which, I want you on the mountain range in the north during the middle of the day for your first fight.' The host suddenly said to the Duke. Before Nukem could even nod, the host was gone. 

'You pup, you can keep her.' Duke nukem said to red Robin before he walked away.

'I could have handled him myself you know.' catwoman spoke to red Robin before she walked away.

Drake sighted. 'he had just helped someone and he did not even get a thank you. Still helping Catwoman was not his reason to be in this tournament. He was here to find out what happened to Batman, as his mentor had dissapeared a few years ago, after going in a similar tournament. Fearing that his mentor was dead, drake still wanted answers to get home and winning this tournament might give these answers. Still, he should keep his eyes open for this hero fellow. It seemed that this one had won the last tournament and he might know what happened to Batman.

'Ooohh. Lovely.' Shrek spoke to himself as he said in warm mud. He liked it here. After finding the swamp on the island, he had quickly made it into his home. No Donkey, no puss, no strange creatures, but on the other side, no Fiona and no kids. He really missed his wife and children, but still it was lovely here. After relaxing for a bit, it suddenly hit him. He knew what he was going to ask when he won this tournament. He wanted this island and get Fiona and the kids here. They could live in peace forever on this island, without being disturbed by anyone. He still had to win this though, and for the winning, Dragon would be rather useful. however, Shrek did not have dragon with him and he was not sure calling her would work. He only had his natural weapons that he used to scare villagers. 

wondering who his first opponent would be, he never saw someone walking up next to him and only paid attention after something hard hit his head. 'Auw. What are you going ahead hitting me for.' Shrek spoke as he looked up. It was the host, who was trying very hard to breath as little as possible. 'I want you to fight this afternoon on the grass near the the rubble of the old tower.'The host spoke as quickly as possible. 'Oh and bring this.' The host spoke as he threw something on the ground. 'Shrek got out of his bath, walked towards the object and picked it up. It was a sword. The same sword, Shrek had taken with him when he had saved Fiona.' Well thank you.' Shrek spoke with a smile. However, the host was no-where to be found. deciding to step into his bath again, Shrek would practice with the sword later.

The Duke stepped on a the platform and saw that the host was standing on a large rock. Directly opposite the Duke stood a worm half his size. 'This is going to be easy.' Duke Nukem said and before the host could give the sign to start the match, he took out his desert eagle and fired it at the pink worm. 

However, the worm was already on the move and avoided the gunshot. 'I'l get you.' The worm spoke in a squirmy voice. The Duke fired his gun another few times but only two of them hit target and neither hurt the worm much. Having crawled near striking distance, the Worm delivered a fire punch that forced the Duke on the ground. 'Now you are going down.' The duke spoke with a confident voice as he took out his shotgun. 'i have blasted many aliens away with this thing and you will be no different.' As he fired his shotgun, the Worm used a ninja rope to get away and avoid his attack. 'Come here, alienscum.' Duke said angry. Before he knew it, a sheep with a cape was flying towards him. Knowing that this meant trouble, the Duke fired his shotgun until the sheep exploded in the air, blasting rock away.

The duke still had other weapons up his sleeve and he pulled out his devastator. This rocketlauncher could fire two powerful rockets at the same time and thereby destroy his opponent. 'Hasta la vista baby.' Duke spoke as he aimed and fired this weapon.

The worm saw this weapon as a threat and under calling out 'Bye bye' in its squeeky voice, it teleported away. The rockets missed target but took large chuncks of rock away as these exploded.

As the worm arrived on a solid piece of rock, it took out a banana and threw it at the Duke. 

The duke laughed. Did this worm really think he would fall for a banana, which was clearly a disguised grenade? The duke stepped aside but before the banana even touched the ground, it exploded, releasing small banana's which exploded as they fell on the Duke and on the ground. 

The duke fell face first on the rocks, having several small wounds. Before Duke could recover, a small grenade rolled towards him. This one was orange but had a white cross on top. When this grenade came to a halt, Duke heard a chorus that sung: 'Haaaallleeeellluuuujaaaa.' and then exploded, taking the face of Duke away.

'After this explosive battle, You will go through to round two and get the devastator as a reward.' The host said as he appeared next to the worm. 'hehehe' the worm laughed with a sadistic smile.

'This is an interesting flower.' Docter Banner spoke softly to himself. while walking towards his match, he had stopped to look at the different flowers that he had never seen before in his life. Wondering if these flowers had any medical abilities, he put one in the pocket of his coat. 

When he finally arrived at the destination of his fight, he saw a green ogre standing in the middle of the field, surrounded by some of the other fighters. guessing that these had come to watch the match, Banner walked up to the ogre. 

Shrek saw how a thin man was walking up to him. This could not be his opponent, could he? One punch and this man would be knocked out. Being happy with such an easy opponent Shrek walked up to the man. 'i am sorry about this but.' At the moment, Shrek said the word but, he roared as hard as he could, his stinking breath and smile hit the face of Banner like they were a brick wall. Banner stumbled backwards and then got hit by a green fist.

Shrek turned around to greet the public, with his hands hoisted in the air.

As his back was turned, he never saw that Bruce Banner stood up and started to change. The man became bigger and bigger. His skin turned green and as he turned, his clothes teared until finally a big green monster stood in the place of Bruce Banner. 'O crap.' Shrek spoke as he saw how his opponent had turned. 

Before he could do anything, the Hulk gave a loud roar and used his thunderclap to blow Shrek on the spot where the tower once stood. The Hulk started running while Shrek picked up some pieces of brick and threw them at hit opponent. All of these pieces were punched away and when the Hulk was near Shrek, the bigger green man punched Shrek hard. 

Shrek fell to the ground and drew his sword from his belt.  He could really use dragon right now. Charging at his opponent, shrek managed to slash the stomach of his opponent a few times before his swordhand got gripped by the monster and Shrek got thrown in the air.

After landing hard on the ground, shrek saw how a a closet was flying towards him and he was just able to move aside. Trying a desperate move, the ogre charged with his sword in his hand. shrek had managed to stab his opponent, although the sword barely made it through the tough skin. The Hulk pushed the sword out of the hands of Shrek with a hard push and stared down at the smaller green man. ' ehh. Can we talk about this?' Shrek asked. ignoring the question, Hulk lifted Shrek in the air and started pulling on his head. with a loud pop, Shrek's head came off his body and green blood splattered into all directions. 

The hulk threw both the body and the head on the ground before he changed back into Banner.

'o god.' Bruce spoke as he looked at what he had done in Hulkform. 'Very impressive Mr. Banner.' The small host spoke as he looked at the man who was now shirtless and was wearing ripped pants. 'here, your clothes will be repaired.' the host smiled as he touched Banner with his cane. To the surprise of the doctor, his clothing were repaired again, as he had never torn out of them. Banner even found the flower back in his pocket. 'And now for your prize.´ The host said as showed Bruce a sword. Banner picked it up and noticed it was a direct replica of the sword that was still on the ground. 'Thank you.' Banner said with a forceful smile. I might be able to train with this and then I could avoid turning Hulk a bit longer, he thought.

That was an interesting fight. Angst had watched the fight with interest and this Banner guy was clearly someone to be reckoned with. He might even be an asset if controlled right.

However, the battle was not the reason he was here for. 

angst walked towards a man wearing brown clothing that covered most of his body and who had a white mask with a red dot on it. 'I heard you might be interested in some business.' angst began the conversation. 'And what business would that be?' the man asked. 'i do not like to be used in such a tournament as a puppet.' Angst spoke with a strong voice. 'i think that we could make some deals so the tournament ends in our advantage.' Angst waited for the response of the man. because of that mask, it was impossible to see a facial impression. 'I think we are like minded.' The man spoke. 'Very well Amon. Welcome by our group.' angst spoke while the two shook hands.

the tournament: Anger

The hero stepped outside of the arena and looked around. The island had changed little in the past few years and it was as beautiful as ever. He remembered the fighting back then very well. Wondering if this time would get as wrong as the last time, he shrugged. This host seemed a nicer and better person. This time he had not been forced to kill anybody and that was good. Now he could choose whatever he killed or not. Plus, he had gotten a new weapon. Taking out the sai, he looked at the pronged dagger. Having never used any weapon like it, he was going to spend the next day to practice this weapon so he could use it in his round two battle. 'So bub, you are through to the next round.' the Hero heard a familiar voice behind him.' Ahh monsieur Oakvale, congratulations with this victory.' came a second familiar voice. The hero looked around and saw Logan and Remy walking towards him. Both of these men were members of the x-men, a group of people that the hero had joined after getting lost in their strange world. 'Yes.' the answer came. 'I am one step closer to winning here and one step closer to get Storm back from the death.' 'hahaha' barked Logan, who was better known as Wolverine. 'You know she was married right?' he asked. The hero got slightly red at this and was afraid he would stutter as he spoke. 'I...know. I just like her and I feel it is my duty to get her back.' Another round of laughter came from Wolverine before he answered. 'You keep telling that yourself. I am here because Storm is part of our team' Logan said. 'And I like the challenge.' he added with a smile.

As Logan and the hero looked at the mutant with the nickname Gambit, he spoke apologizing. 'I am sorry but I am here for purposes of my own. I.. do not care about the lady.' at this he walked away. Wolverine growled as the hero quickly changed the subject, knowing that these two mutants hated each other.

'Logan, what do you think of my new weapon?'  he asked as he showed the sai. 'Interesting.' The wolverine spoke. 'I could show you some moves tomorrow with these weapons.' The hero showed his enthusiasm and then left, trying to find a place to sleep.

Wolverine liked that man. After he had shown up, he had proven a good member against the brotherhood and he had saved the x-men out of some tight spots. Wondering where he was going to sleep this night, Wolverine suddenly bumped into the host. The man was half the size of wolverine and did not look really impressive up close. 'ahh Wolverine. I was looking for you.´ The host spoke. Before the mutant could ask why, the man continued. 'I want you in the forest behind us tonight at 10 pm for your first round fight. A soon as you hear me shout, the fight begins.' 'But....' Wolverine said. Before he could finish, the host had dissapeared. 'idiot.' Logan spoke softly as he lighted a cigar.

The Hero of Oakvale walked towards the beach as he suddenly remembered something. Last time, there was a forcefield that made sure nobody left the island. The hero now wondered if that forcefield was still there. On his way, the fighter saw different people getting set up. He saw how a teenage girl created a hut out of earth and a pale man with sleazy black hair and a very large hook-like nose summoned a luxurious tent out of thin air.

As the Hero stepped on the beach some time later, he saw some sort of spongeman relaxing in the water. Now knowing that the protective forcefield had been lifted, the hero started to like this new host even more. 'Who do we have here.' sounded another familiar voice. However, this voice was cold and dark. It belonged to a man the Hero had fought ages ago. It belonged to Jack of Blades. Not responding, the taunting voice came again. 'That sword you have, it is mine. It belongs to me. This time, Jack did get a response. 'No it is mine. This sword belongs to my family and you will never get it.' 'Unless I take it off your dead body.' came the voice from behind the mask.

The hero was thinking about a response but before he managed to find one, Jack spoke again. 'i have heard you did well this last tournament, almost as well as in the arena back home. I also heard you sacrificed another woman and dragged someone named Batman to his death. Quite interesting.' After that, Jack of blades walked away.

The host appeared next to the entrance of a cave. Everything was going according to plan and the host was rather satisfied with himself. He then stepped into the cave to tell the second fighter of his battle tonight.

He found the man sitting in the back of the dark cave. The man was hooded and had his eyes closed. Wanting his attention, the host poked the man with his cane. When no response came, the host hit the sith warrior again, only slightly harder. When the host had poked a third time, Darth maul finally opened his eyes. 'Ah, now you are finally awake.' The host spoke with his everlasting smile. 'Your first fight is tonight at 10 pm. You need to go to the forest on the other side of the arena. Listen to me call for you to start fighting.'

Before Darth Maul could respond, The host walked away and dissapeared.

Wolverine started walking through the forest as soon as he heard the signal to go. Allowing his senses to guide him, he heard footsteps further away. Wolverine walked towards his opponent and as he drew nearer, he found that he could smell his opponent better. As a hooded man came into sight, the x-man howled and took his steel claws out. He then started running towards his opponent.

Maul could feel that his opponent was getting closer. The sith stood silently with a black hood over his head and a black cloak around his body, he allowed the darkness of the night to conceal him. Even though he was barely visible, the man felt that his opponent was walking towards him, as an animal who hunted his prey. Maul was ready to take this one on. Maul was going to kill this opponent and all opponents that followed because he was going to win this tournament and become a sith lord.

Suddenly, he heard a howl but was still unable to see anybody. this changed as a cross between a man and a beast charged him.

As the beast charged Maul, the sith grabbed his opponent with the force and rammed him against a big oak tree. The beastman was out of sight but was not yet out of battle as seconds later, the man stood up again to charge at Maul again. using the force a second time, Maul rammed his opponent against yet another tree and this time managed to get the tree to fall to the ground.

Wolverine shook his heard and relaxed his muscles. He has been thrown against a tree twice already because some kind of invisible force. Wondering if his opponent knew telekinesis like Jean, Wolverine walked slowly towards his opponent until both warriors stared each other in the eyes.

What happened next, was superhuman reflexes at work on both sides. Wolverine charged with his clawed hands while Darth Maul took his lightsaber out and activated only one side.

The two clashed as lightsaber met claw and then another claw. Wolverine attacked viciously while Maul kept on pushing the claws away with his lightsaber, wondering what kind of materials these claws were made off.

Wolverine drove his left claw towards the face of his opponent, who pushed the claw aside, only to see the claw on the right hand heading towards him. Maul grabbed the other claw in a lock, kicked wolverine in the stomach with his knee and between the legs with his foot and then used the backside of his lightsaber to ram his opponent in the face. As Wolverine staggered backwards, Maul unleashed a powerful force lightning attack that made Logan howl in pain. A force push followed the lightning and send the wolverine away.

He grunted in pain as he tried to stand up. That lightning attack did not go well with his metal skeleton and wolverine lay down for a second, allowing his healing to take effect. when he felt fit again, he sat on his knees and has the light of the saber heading towards him, indicating that his opponent was near. Climbing in a tree, Logan waited until his opponent walked past him. He then jumped down and rammed his claw in the backside of his opponent.

The pain soared through the body of Maul as he turned around and saw how his opponent was aiming for another claw attack. Unleashing the light at the back end of his saber, the sith saw how his lightsaber took the opponent by surprise and went to the flesh. However, the saber did not get further in the body and warrior had to pull the weapon out quickly to block the claws of his opponent.

Now using both ends of his double lightsaber, he blocked the claws but was unable to attack himself. The two struggled for a bit this way, until Wolverine came with a high attack but before he could finish, he ducked low and under the arm of his opponent. Now on the backside again, Wolverine slammed one of his claws in the back again, close to the place where he had hit last time. Wolverine then pushed his opponent against a tree and ran towards his opponent to finish the sith off.

the whole backside of Maul was in pain after this second attack but the pain contributed to his anger and his anger kept him both alive and made him stronger. A well aimed forcepush took the advancing wolverine away and as the x-man lay on the ground, Darth maul used his force choke to kill his opponent.

After several minutes of choking, the sith warrior released his opponent and allowed the man to crumble to the ground.

The fight was dragging on as both warriors fueled themselves. Darth Maul used his anger to keep him strong and fighting while Wolverine allowed his animal instincts to take over and keep on fighting.

Wolverine crouched down, looking at his prey, which was advancing at him. Darth Maul had his lightsaber ready and just as he was about to strike, Wolverine hurled himself towards his opponent. In a clash of two titans, Wolverine received a full blow of the lightsaber in his chest but he also managed to knock his opponent to the ground and the lightsaber away. Now sitting on the man, Wolverine could see that behind the hood was a red and black face with little stumps that may have been the base of horns once on top of the head. The x-man impaled the chest of his opponent with his left claw. The opponent yelled in pain, giving all in to his anger and as wolverine retracted, ready to strike again, Darth Maul unleashed a force lightning attack like he has never done before. From this close in, Wolverine yelled in agony as he felt the lightning effect both his body and his brain. The force lightning kept going on until Wolverine fell backwards, dead.

'Very good fight.' The host yelled out as he walked towards Darth Maul. 'This was really a fight worthy of this tournament and I could say that it would belong in the finals, to bad it happened earlier.'

Darth Maul groaned in pain as he looked at the small host and considered sticking his lightsaber in the man. However, his fatigue and pain that now took its toll made the sith chose otherwise.

'You know, you killed him by electrocuting his brain with all that lightning. That healing factor was just unable to keep up.' The host looked at the warrior and saw that Maul was barely able to stand. 'Aaahhh, let me fix this.' The host said with a wink. He tapped the warrior with his cane and as if warm water was soaking all of Maul, he felt the pain go away and saw how his wounds healed. 'Before I'm off, you will get something from the defeated opponent.' the host spoke with a smile. He then tapped Maul again with his cane and gave a rather satisfying look. 'You now have a smaller version of his healing factor.' he said and with a soft sound, he dissapeared.

Still tired, darth Maul walked deeper into the forest, trying to find a place to rest and meditate. he wondered about his new ability and how it would help him.