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.