Battle for the Gods

Eon stared into the sunrise. On this special island, in between worlds, a new tournament would start again today. Long ago, this island had already been the host to a tournament between strong forces all across the different universes. The host of that tournament was a man named Angst and he screwed things up severely. Now was the dawn of a new tournament, one arranged by Eon.

A young man with long blond hair and a blond, Eon was dressed in blue shirt and jeans and he wore a red cape. These colors stood for the sun and the moon, the all seeing gods of Eon.

After traveling through several universes in various disguises, the young man had decided to arrange a tournament and pit some of these warriors he had met over the years against each other to see who would rule supreme.

The last two months had been rather buys, first he had to find all the fighters and give them a curse, who would bring them here as soon as he made his signs. Then Eon had to prepare the battle island, with the help of his golems. They brought back the tower, which had fallen down during the last tournament and made sure that the whole island was ready to recieve the visitors. Then Eon needed to make several arena's on the island and and prepare the list of warriors who were facing each other.

His golems were a lot of help in preparing the island. These beings, made of indestructible black rock, all carried long two-handed swords. They  were sentient but required no sleep nor did they have to eat or drink. Also lacking a soul, the golems listened to every command of their master, without fail. Being indestructible, made these golems the ultimate tool to keep the fighters in line.

Now everything was prepared, it was time to summon the fighters. 'Golems, places" Eon shouted and all the golems moved towards their appointed places.

After watching the sky for a few minutes and enjoying the silence, he moved both hands in the air and shouted. 'Warriors. Here!' If everything was like Eon had planned, all the warriors would be summoned here from the moments that they were best suited to do battle.

'Stop them.' Superman yelled as he got pushed away by the explosion. Both Batman and the Flash hurried to stop the injustice league from escaping. These villains had tried to break into the national bank and steal several bars of gold. The Flash raced forwards and punched both the Joker and Lex Luthor to the ground. Batman stood eye to eye with Gorilla Grodd. 'Come at me Bats.' The gorilla yelled out. 'All right.' Batman said. He first threw a batarang at the opponent, which was easily dodged. Batman then ran towards the gorilla but just before the hero could punch the animal, Gorilla Grodd disappeared. 'Where is Grodd?' Batman grunted. The flash looked surprised as well. 'First he was there, then he was gone, like he suddenly teleported. That his disappearance was not planned, became obvious soon as the bad guys wondered by his absence as well. 'If I get that traitor.' Luthor complained as he was taken away.

The deatheaters all stood in a circle around their dark lord. Finally they had gotten this far and have the whole of England in their grip. Now the last battle would start, the one which would decide ultimate victory for Lord Voldemort or the other side. 'My deatheaters. You all have served me well and I am proud. Now Hogwarts is in open rebellion, we have no choice but to destroy the castle and everyone within. You will help me conquer the castle and take Harry Potter. Then nothing stands in my way. None of the men and woman in the circle spoke. They all knew about all the forces they would bring in this battle and they also knew about the opposition they would face. The lord looked at each and every one of them and spoke a few lords if he deemed it necessary. When Voldemort came to Bellatrix, he paused for a moment. 'Ahh Bella.' He said calmly. 'You have served me very well and you have been a good asset.' His eyes were dark. 'I take it that you will survive and you will be my personal head auroror if everything is done.' The woman nodded, without saying a word. That was not suited in such a situation but Bellatrix was very proud on what she had accomplished. As Lord Voldemort gave the command to attack, Bella ran into the forbidden forest to get to the castle. However as she walked through the forest that had been on the castle grounds since her school time, Bellatrix suddenly felt odd. She gave a loud yell and the deatheaters around her suddenly ran towards the position of Bellatrix. As she got lifted in the air, Bellatrix was unable to move her body, let alone use a spell. The spells and curses the others send out, did not seem to do a thing and before she knew it, everything went white before her eyes.

When Bella could finally see again. she found herself outside of the forbidden forest, with no castle in sight.

Deidara laughed out loud as the clay bees descended on the small town. none would notice what would happen untill it was too late. Too bad that Sasori was unable to join him in this little mission. That would be fun, two great artists destroying a town together for the Akatsuki. 'Hmmm and enough.' Deidara spoke to himself. After making some handmovements, all the bees exploded and several buildings came down. Deidara laughed out as he yelled: "Art is an Explosion!' Just as he went down to finish the fight, he felt himself lifted up. A Ninjutsu? was his first thought. His body froze and suddenly everything went white before his eyes. Deidara could not place such an attack. His surprise was even greater when he could finally see again. Gone was the small town that had been under his attack minutes ago, now he was standing on a field.

A genjutsu then?  Deidara wondered. No, that was not possible. He had trained his left eye to counter genjutsu's. Where am I?  He wondered in himself. The only thing that Deidara really could see, apart from grass and trees, were those rock creatures. Deidara had never seen any of such creatures before.

'Where am I?' He asked one of these stone creatures as he approached it. At first, the stone creature did not respond, it just looked at Deidara with menacing eyes and his hand on the hilt of a large sword. Just as the Akatsuki put his hands in his pockets to collect clay, the stone warrior finally spoke. 'Go to the arena. Go to the arena.' 'Where is the arena then?' Deidara countered, becoming impatient. The stone man kept repeating itself and it became obvlious that there would be no more answer out of it. 'Aright.' Deidara said, collecting his cool. 'Where is this arena then?' The stone monster moved its hand away from the hilt of its sword and pointed it to the south. 'Okay.' Deidara smiled as he casually dropped a clay version of a spider on te ground. The ninja then proceeded to walk in the pointed direction. When he was out of reach, Deidara made several movements with his hands and heard a satisfeing explosion. He turned around to see the damage that has been done, only to see the stone warrior still completely intact. Speechless, Deidara kept on walking. never had this happened before.

After having walked a couple of miles, Deidara finally encountered a large stone building. As he stepped inside, Deidara saw several stone seats around an arena of sand. In these seats sat all different people. Some hid their face, others did not. Nobody did he recognise. Just as Deidara was to take a seat, he suddenly saw someone he did know. The ninja who was always with the nine-tails kid, the copycat ninja Kakashi. The leaf ninja seemed to have not noticed Deidara as he was relaxed on a bench, reading a book.

Deidara sat down in a corner, close to a red haired young man who wore a cape and had strange red and white balls around his waist.

When everyone was seated, it was time for Eon to act. He stood up from his seat and walked to the middle of the arena. His Golems all faced the warriors, if there would be an attack, the golems would take the hit. If an attack would get passed his guards, Eon had a small surprise planned that would seem him unvincible.

'Welcome everyone.'  Eon spoke with his most passionate voice. Everybody became silent as Eon spoke. 'Welcome on this special island. An island trapped in between dimentions. This is the island of warriors!'

After this, Eon gave a dramatic pause to get more impact in his words. However, these moments were for the warriors enough time to yell: ' release me. How dare you imprison me. I will kill you '

'Enough!' Eon yelled at the top of his lungs. You are all here for one reason. You are among the strongest of your universes and you will fight against each other in a tournament.' Eon looked at the warriors to see their reactions. These were all different.reactions and before these people could shout again, Eon took the lead.

This tournament is hosted by me and is dedicated to the two true gods, The sun and the Moon. 'Get me off or I will kill you.' A woman in black spoke. She was very pale and had thin black hair.

'Aaah Bellatrix.' Eon responded. 'There is only one way off this island, that is if I send you. Remember, this world is its only universe and I have alone the key to its gate.' 'Then give it.' Came the response of Bellatrix Lengstrange. To empower her words, she drew her wand as the witch yelled: 'Crucio.' The spell went past the golem and Eon acted quick. He used his powers to open a small unvisible portal in front of him and send the spell away into another universe.

'In that other universe, a young boy named Kenny got hit by the spell while he was playing outside. He died from his wounds.

Not being affected by the spell showed his power to the combatants, Eon hoped.

'Now to repeat myself. I will only bring you back if I deem it enough. The only way to do that is to fight well. Either your body or your living self, If I think you lost and fought well, you will be send back. However, winning is better then losing.' Eon smiled at everybody, trying to show his joy.

'Now the winner of the tournament will gets more strengt and power then he ever has had, he also will get this island to keep and to top it all off, the winner of this tournament will get one desire granted.' This did make people think as Eon knew that every single one of them had something they wanted very badly.

Now Eon had the attention of these people and he knew he could not keep it for long. Best was to have the first fight on now and explain through the way.

'Now, I will not keep you waiting for long.' Eon began again. 'We have the first fight, right here and right now. I explain the rules along the way. The first fight will be here on the sands of the arena between Scorpion and Deathpool' Eon spoke the last words with a smile and waited for the warriors to step on the sand.

The man who was called Deathpool sat in the seat as he heard his name. It seemed that he was the first to show off his strength, against a Scorpion. 'Ahh as long as it pays.' The merc said against the woman next to him. this was an elderly woman, who looked rather strict. She ignored him as Deathpool jumped on the sand. Seconds later, a yellow ninja joined him on the sand. This ninja in yellow garb wore a mask that hid his face. he also had chains around his chest and two small swords on his back, with a large one across it. 'hey, are you family of ghost rider?' Deathpool asked the ninja. The response was a cold glare. 'You must know him then.' Deathpool joked.

'The rules are simple. The fighter who is unable to fight any more will losen this match and the competition.' The host suddenly spoke. That would mean that he would win by killing this ninja, deathpool thought. As if the man had read his mind, this Eon  now said that it could mean death for the opponent but was not neccesery.

This Eon stepped away from the two fighters and gave the signal to fight.

'Now I will show you guys how to kill a ninja.' Deathpool said with a smile. Before he could continue, his opponent suddenly shot a kunai on a rope towards Deathpool, which hit him in the chest. 'Get over here!' The yellow ninja yelled and Deathpool got pulled towards his opponent by the rope. Before Deathpool could do anything, he recieved several punches to the face. The ninja then gave a knee to his chest and jumped on the ground to scissor Deathpool with his own legs. 'Not fair.' Deathpool complained as he stood up.

Scorpion walked towards Deathpool again, however this time Deathpool took out his pistol and shot the ninja trough the head. 'This is what I wanted to show you guys.' He spoke to the onlooking warriors. Ninja's cannot fight guns and will lose to them always. Now if you.' Before Deathpool could finish his sentence, fire appeared next to him and he recieved a punch to the side of his face which forced Deathpool on the ground.

This Scorpion had removed his mask and his face with it, before Deathpool stood a ninja with a burning skull.

'Yes, you are family of Ghost Rider, I now see the similairities. Say hi to him from me.' The Merc added.

Scorpion grunted and attacked again. several punches aimed at Deathpool were dodged, until Scorpion managed to get Deathpool in an armlock. The merc smiled as his upper body got pushed downwards. Grabbing the legs of the Mortal kombat fighter, Deahtpool pulled them up and floured his opponent. he then stepped away and took two pistols. 'You need to let out some steam and I will help you.'Deathpool said. 'By adding some holes.'  He added. Before Deathpool could use his pistols, Scorpion raised his hands and fire erupted from underneath Deathpool. 'HOT HOT!' He yelled as the kunai impaled itself in his chest. The Marvel mercenary got pulled towards Scorpion again, who punched Deathpool several times in the face and kicked the killer in the stomach and chest. Scorpion then flipped over, using his feet to create a burning trail that hit Deathpool and send him backwards.

Scorpion drew his katana and walked towards Deathpool. The fight had just become serious.

Deathpool stood up and drew his own two katana's. 'I have two of them, so I am better.' He spoke as he proceeded towards the ninja.

The swords clashed with each other. Scorpion attacked but missed his attack. Deathpool used one of his katana's to push the weapon of his opponent away and tried to decapitate his opponent with the other. Scorpion managed to duck away under the attack and stabbed the chest of Deathpool, who responded by hacking at both of the shoulders of the ninja.

The weapons met again for the second time soon after. Scorpion used his teleport punch to distract Deathpool and followed up with slashed that cut the chest of Deathpool. The merc then stepped into the sword of his opponent and hacked with his swords at the burning skull. Scorpion gave Deathpool a headbutt and a punch in the stomach. The next kick was in  the temple, followed by a high kick that send Deathpool in the air. Before he could fall on the ground, the kunai pulled deathpool back and he was kicked to the ground. 'Now, I am going to finish you.' Scorpion spoke. The ninja took a breath and send fire and smoke all over and around Deathpool. When the smoke dissapeared, Deathpool just stood there, his body still healing the burning wounds. 'Now that was hot.' Deathpool commented with a smile. 'Now I will show you something that will really blow your mind.'  Deathpool took his katana and before Scorpion could even react, he had thrusted his sword into the stomach of the ninja. He then took his two pistols and fired several rounds in the stomach, chest and head of the ninja, which knocked the hellspawn to the ground. Deathpool then took his sword out and put three grenades in the open stomach of his opponent. Moving backwards, Deathpool saw his opponent exploding. 'I think i win.' He said as Deathpool turned to Eon. 'indeed came tje response of the man as he walked into the sand. 'You have won this fight and you are the first warrior in round two.' 'Sweet.' Deathpool reacted. Eon then moved his hands and spoke some odd words that Deathpool could not place for a couple op minutes. After he was done, he turned to deathpool again. 'Also you will get one weapon or power to use as your own. Not only now but this will be permanent.' Eon continued. 'Even more sweet.' Deathpool reacted. He now wondered if he would het such a cool burning skull as well or fire breath powers. The power that he did get however turned out to be the kunai spear. 'With this thing, you can pull opponents towards you and hit them with a free shot.' Eon spoke. 'yeah I know.' Deathpool added as he dissapeared from where he stood and appeared on the seat where he came from.

'Usually when Scorpion gets killed, he will be taken to the netherrealm. This time however, he cannot since he is still trapped in this universe. After Eon said this, he spoke something and moved his hands. After that, Scorpion dissapeard. 'Scorpion is now send home.' Eon replied. 'You will have time for yourself now and get used to this island. The next fight will be at sunset. I will reveal the names of the fighters and the location just before the fight. The others are welcome to come and watch or get comfy. There are all small houses all over the place.' After he had said that, Eon dissapeared.

Eon appeared again in an underground lab. Two Golems stood watch and let him through. Even if any of the fighters would find this place, the golems would stop them. Tied to a table, Eon found Scorpion. Those fouls might think he was send out, but in reality Scorpion had been taken to a secret location.

Eon sat down on a chair next to the table, moved his hands over the spectre and started incantating several words.

That ninja had control of some strange fire jutsu, Deidara thought. That battle was beautiful and especially the explosion in the end was a great piece of art. Not as great as his own ofcourse, but still very good. Now he was searching for something he could consider a house.

Deidara did wonder what opponent he would fight. Not that it mattered, as Akatsuki he was ready to destroy every opponent facing him but it would still be interesting to see which fool would be set against Deidara.

When the missing-nin finally found a good small house near a cave, he emediately set out to put traps. You never know, was on his mind. He then wondered  if it was a good idea to take some of the other contestents out before they would become a threat. That would be good.

Hammer put her hammer down. The temple had not prepared her for something like this. At least she now had some action and could smash in some heads. Not that she was allowed to think that way but she still did. 'This small house by the lake will do.'  She spoke to herself as she watched the small wooden house. The fight between this demon and the other man was really awesome and if all her opponents were  like that, she was in for a tough one.

Ahh well, it was first waiting for her name to be called.

Just as hammer sat down in a chair, she suddenly heard the voice of this Eon who organised this tournament. 'The next two fighters who will compete are Gorilla Grodd and Corvo Attano. They will fight in the ancient forest. Please come to the open spot in the middle of the forest both of you.'

Hammer looked outside and saw that is was going to be dark. Wondering who these fighters were, she considered for a minute to go there and watch the fighting. In the end however, she just decided to stay put.

John Steward took a moment to watch the beautiful buildings. A whole ancient city of small houses and large estates, created by a race long forgotten. He could see without much trouble that these buildings were more then a hundred years old and meant to last. Where he was, John did not know. He had seen much of the galaxy and traveled to all different worlds but John had never seen this strange Island. From what he understood, this Island was an universe on its own. It seemed plausable. Directly after the speech of this Eon, John had tried to contact the Green lantern corp, but without succes. He could neither reach his fellow green lanter Hall Jordan.

It was all very strange and the longer John thought about it, the less he understood. As green lantern, he was together with the other members of tje justice leage fighting the injustice leage, when he suddenly dissapeared without a trace. He had not even gotten the chance of fighting one of his opponents.

However, John was not scared. He was a green lantern after all and they were never afraid. He also knew that somewhere, people were searching for him. If it was not the green lantern corp, then Batman would be trying to find him this very moment. The only thing John could do was stay put and compete in this twisted tournament.

As he was pondering, John suddenly heard the voice of Eon coming from a speaker placed near the ruins. The man said that the nexst battle would be between someone named Corvo Attano and.... Gorilla Grodd?

John knew that Grodd had been with the injustice leage when the heroes where fighting these villains. he did not know that Grodd had also been transported here. John Steward was sure that he had not seen grodd when everybody had gathered and altough it was busy, a large gorilla would stood out.

Wanting to inspect this and maybe talk to Grodd, John Steward decided to move towards the battlefield and see Grodd for himself. Maybe this animal could tell what has happened and how to get back to their own universe, altough John was not sure that the Gorilla would help him.

Corvo slowly made his way to the open spot in the forest, always being wary of his surroundings. Luckely it was dark and the trees gave off perfect shadows. He wanted to gauge his opponent before approaching the man. having been bodyguard of the empress and later becoming assasin did leave its marks.

Was this a trick of the outsider or was it someone else. It was hard to say for Corvo and he could only guess for an answer. There was only one thing he could do and that was win this tournament. If this Eon would keep his oath, maybe then Corvo could see the empress being brought back from the dead. With her mother back, lady Emily would be happy again.

Corvo slowlu approached the loation of his battle and quickly checked his gear. mask was okay, sword was there, pistol and crossbow working. He had six grenades on him and the same amount of spring razors. Corvo Attano was ready to take out this opponent. As Corvo walked out of the clearing, he sawe the man named Eon standing. Corvo also saw a giant gorilla standing next to this Eon. 'Is this my opponent?' He whispered to himself. Yes, his opponent was named Gorilla but he thought that this was just a name. This could get interesting.

The two warriors slowly approached each other and when Eon gave the signal, the battle had began.

Knowing it was best to take out this opponent as quick as possible, Corvo reached for his pistol directly and  fired of a few rounds in the chest of the big Gorilla. The opponent staggered back but kept on smiling. Ýou think that your puny weapons can get through my hide, human?' The beast spoke. Before Corvo could move, the animal jumped forwards and slammed the gun out of the hand of Corvo. Corvo directly moved himself and attacked with his sword, hoping that a good swing would decapitate this opponent.

Gorilla Grodd blocked the swing using his claws and then punched Corvo in the chest and knocked him away. The Gorilla then yelled out and charged at Corvo. The latter was just able to use one of the powers gifted by the outsider and send a wave of wind towards his enemy, who got  pushed away. this gave Corvo enough time to use his blink ability and hide between the trees.

Now Corvo was getting worried. He had fought animals before but these had mostly been rats or dogs.Never something as this Gorilla before him. 'So the hunter decides to hide now. Not such a big hunter now are you, inferiour animal. What could be expected from someone hiding behind a mask.' The Gorilla was taunting him. There had to be a way to beat this beast.

Using a crossbow would not work, since the bullets did little damage.  Maybe if he could riddle the Gorilla... but with that speed the beast would probably catch Corvo before he had the chance to kill it. Now Corvo really wished for a wall of light.

Then it hit him. Corvo took his crossbow and loaded it with a sleepdarts. He then appeared before his opponent and used the time stop ability. Instantly everything but him stopped moving. Unleashing his bolts, Corvo managed to get four of in the chest of his opponent.He then ran as fast as he could towards the Gorilla to plant his sword into the neck of the beast. Just before Corvo reached the animal, time returned as normal. Gorilla Grodd moved away as quickly as possible and the sword only snatched away some hairs of the animal. The sleeping darts had not yet began to work yet and Corvo could only try another attack at this moment.

Before Corvo could attack for a second time, he suddenly lost control of his limbs. 'No you don't.'  Someone suddenly spoke in his mind. His legs moved away from his opponent even though he wanted to stay close. His arms moved on their own and he soon realised that he had been on a spel that he had forced on others so many times before. His opponent had taken over this body. At least Corvo knew that if he would die now, that his opponent would die as well. Hahahahahaa. Someone laughed in his thoughts. You are mistaken. I can kill you now while controlling your body. Contrary to you, I do not put my full spirit in my targets.' Corvo had a hard time following what was happening. He knew that he was in trouble and would soon be killed by an ape. His arm moved his sword directly under the mask and on the throat. In a desperate attempt to break free, Corvo used his own possession ability to get control back over his own body.

As he felt the controll of his body flow back to him, the assassin moved towards some bushes. ´Always on the run are you?'  The Gorilla mocked him. Corvo had attacked his opponent several times but none of them had done any permanent damage. Suddenly,  Corvo saw this gorilla jumping at him from a large tree. Just before Corvo could use his pistol, he got slammed down. Trying to reach for his sword was not succesfull at the moment and Corvo knew that he had to get away before his mind would be taken over. He froze time for a moment and instead of attacking the opponent, Corvo used that time to get away.

Time returned to normal and Corvo had a plan. he would first distract the giant ape with rats and throwing some grenades. Then, the apewinto those, his feet would be severly wounded, then a grenade and a jab in the throat would finish the fight.

Gorilla Grodd turned to search for Corvo and as he was nearing the location of the masked man, Corvo summoned  rats to attack his opponent. Just as the rats began to attack, the ape yelled something. Instead of attacking Gorilla Grodd, these rats suddenly turned against Corvo.  As he tried to kill the rats, Corvo stumbled backwards. As Corvo was killing the rats, Gorilla Grodd jumped on him. 'Puny human.' Grodd spoke as he broke the neck of Corvo.

'That was rather interesting.' Eon said as he looked at the damage. Corvo was dead but the Gorilla had not been unscafed either. 'congratulations on the victory.' Eon spoke as he walked towards the warrior and the body. After a few minutes of incantating and moving his hands, Eon said 'You can now summon rats, which will attack the opponents.' Eon said to Grodd. Gorilla Grodd nodded and left.

Eon was happy with this attitude. No questions and he could sent Corvo to his secret lab without any trouble. Now the sun and the moon have had a fight to watch, it was time to take some rest.

'That was a impressive fight.' John spoke as he landed next to Gorilla Grodd. The beast reacted without watching up. 'No it was not Green Lantern. That was a weak fool.' 'Still.' The other answered. 'I know why you are here. You don't know how you have ended up here either and hoped that I would have answers.' Grodd said. '....Well...Yes.' The green lanters said. 'I want to find a way to go home and since we both have the same problem.' 'Stop bothering. Even with my own intellect I cannot find a way off this island and when I do find out, You will not be the first to hear. Now leave, I want to take a rest.'  John Steward nodded. He should not have expected any help from this villian. He lifted himself up with his ring and flew away. 'idiot.' Gorilla Grodd said to the empty space.

That was a interesting fight, Kakshi thought. The hidden  leaf ninja jumped out of the tree. He made it a point to watch every fight and see the strengths and weaknesses of each of the fighters. This Gorilla was a dangerous foe and seemed to be able to controll someone's mind and combined that with speed and strenght. That would mean that close up fighting this foe would mean death and an opponent should always stay long distance. He knew that there was no way to get off the island and so the only way to get home was to win this competition. Still kakashi Hatake was no fool. This Eon had something planned, it was only not obvious yet what.

His mind then shot towards the Akatsuki member. The man thought that Kakashi had not noticed the man but he had. Even though Kakashi was reading a book, he always kept an eye on his surroundings and that coat was easy to spot. If Kakashi would have to fight him, it would be so but otherwise the ninja would stay away from the criminal. He would not be worth the bother. No Kakashi was  bothered more by the fact that he had no clue how Team 7 was doing. How was Naruto and how were the others. They were with the hidden Leaf and the lady Hokage would never let anything happen to Naruto. Besides, As long as Guy was still there, there was nothing to worry about.

Now it was night, he might find somewhere to sleep, he may be fighting tomorrow after all.

'Have you looked for a way out?' 'No, you heard the man, there is only one way out and that is through fighting.' 'Yes but we know little about these men, if we believe the first fight, there are powerfull warriors battling. If only we had watched the second battle, we would have had a better idea on what fighters we are facing.' Relax Amidemaru. The two of us will win this tournament. It will be a good practise for becoming Shaman King. Yoh was, as always, discussing with his spirit Amidemaru. 'What if Anna finds out that you are loaving around?' The spitit of the deceased samurai warrior asked. 'She won't. You heard the guy. Nobody can get out, that means that nobody can get in and that means that I dont have to do chores.' As if he wanted to prove a point, Yoh got on the ground and stared into the sky. The samurai spitit looked annoyed that he could not persuade Yoh and decided to join. 'But tomorrow, we are going to work.' He said as both of them stared at the sky. 'Fine.' Yoh said. 'Tomorrow we will search for spirits here who can tell us about this place.'

'Ahhh' Hammer yawned. Altough she was used to sleeping at strange places, sleeping somewhere other then her bed was still uncomfortable. What is in store today? she thought by herself. The breakfast was somehow arranged for. There were all sort of strange foods in the small house but luckely also some pies and fruit. What would her father think of her being here now? probably saying that she should go praying as usual. Life at the temple was short of boring and after having traveled with the Hero, she only kept busy with the temple life. Her father had been a good man, who had adopted her when she was still a baby, but he had been very boring and forbidding any form of action. Maybe Hammer got to fight today. Finally some action again after missing it. She caught herself sometimes still of thinking of smashing in the heads of thieves and highwaymen.

'Well if I have to fight, I better get some training in if I want to have a shot here.' with these words, Hammer walked towards a tree near the little house and have her hammer come down on the tree.

'The next fight is between Bellatrix Lestrange and Darth Tyranus.' The voice sounded. 'This battle with be held at the grassy plaines near the arena.' The voice spoke. 'Finally.' Bellatrix spoke out. Now she could kill an opponent and become stronger for the dark lord. It had irritated the witch that she had been taken away during the battle of Hogwarts and at first she had tried to do anything to return to the battlefield but nothing had worked. No spell or curse would send her home. After using the deathcurse without effect on this host, Bellatrix had realised that there was no way out other then fighting. Then it came to her that if she got stronger, she would serve the dark lord better. The twisted witch had some good ideas about getting stronger and now would be her first fight. the fight in which she would show the power of the dark lord.

'Where is the muggle I am supposed to kill?' Bella said as she stepped on the field. In front of her stood an elder man with grey hair and a small grey beard. 'That would be me my lady.' The man spoke not unkind. 'hahaha.' Bellatrix barked. That man may act kind but she was ready to squash him like a bug, before she had a little fun ofcourse. With these thoughts, she took her wand out of her pocket.

It seems like everyone who had come to watch the battle felt the tension between the two fighters and it did not take long for Eon to give the sign to fight.

Bellatrix send out her first curse directly. 'Crucio.' She yelled and a red beam hit Dooku in the chest. He fell on the ground in pain.

Using the force, the sith lord was able to stop the curse and moved his hand to push his opponent backwards. 'Crucio.' Bellatrix yelled again. This time, Dooku blocked the curse with his lightsaber and force pushed Bellatrix, who lost controll and fell on the ground. Dooku rushed over to kill the woman with his lightsaber but was surprised to see that she blocked it using some sort of magical shield. 'Expelliarmus.'  She yelled out. Bella was not sure why she used such a spell and almost fell ashamed because of this but it wads the first one to pop into her head. Even though the Sith tried to block the spell, it still hit target. Dooku got thrown on his back and the lightsaber flew in the air, only to land on the ground with a hard thud. 'Now this battle is over and I will grow stronger.' Bellatrix said with a crazy look. 'For the dark lord!' Bellatrix yelled and the beam hit Dooku again. For several seconds, Darth Tyranus was in excruciading pain. Bellatrix lifted the curse and laughed again. 'You are just a worthless muggle and will never understand the power of true magic.She moved her wand and the lightsaber hilt of the Sith flew towards her and she catched it with ease. 'This weapon will be usefull.' she said as she observed the weapon. Contrary to what she expected, her downed opponent looked the least impressed. 'it seems that you underestimate the power of the force.' 'You stubborn old goat!' Bellatrix yelled. 'You are going to die so do not be so pretentious!' The smile the man gave her made her even angier. 'Crucio.' She yelled. Dooku moved his body slightly and the curse hit the grass, sending earth around. 'Now you will die!' Bellatrix cried victorious. She walked towards her opponent, aimed her wand and suddenly got blasted backwards. Blue lighting was coming from the tips of the hand of Dooku. 'Like I told you, do not underestimate the force.' the count spoke. He moved towards his opponent as the lightsaber flew towards him. 'Prot...Auuwww' Bellatrix tried to use a shieldcharm but before she could finish it, her wandhand got cut off by the lightsaber. 'Noooo' She cried as the Sith thrusted his lightsaber directly into her heart. I have failed my master, was her last thought as she died.

'That was a quick battle.' Eon said with a smile. It seems she lacked the power to take you down.' 'Yet she managed to surprise me' Dooku said with a smile. 'Nontheless, you won fair and square.' The host said. Wondering what of Bellatrix to give this warrior, he looked puzzled for only a moment before he decided. 'I am going to give you three spells of her.' Eon said to Dooku, who only nodded. 'First of all, you will get the disarming spell expelliarmus. Secondly, you will get the power to use the shieldcharm Protego and lastly you will be able to use the Cruciatus curse Crucio. All three of these spells can be used by moving your lightsaber correctly and incantating the correct phrases.' After Eon copied the powers into Dooku, the Sith left.

'Now to get you on your way.' Eon spoke to the corpse. He was about to start transporting the body of the woman when he heard a loud explosion. A fight? Seconds later, a golem appeared to tell Eon that indeed there was a illigal battle going between Deidara, the akotsuki and the the Hero of Strenght named Hammer. 'Lets go, Eon spoke to the three golems around him.' after he transported the woman.

'The next battle is between Bellatrix Lestrange and Darth Tyranus.' The voice of Eon sounded. Great, Deidara thought. Now he only needed to find the right victim and start his own fight. Having already prepared some traps in the cave near his small house, Deidara would kill someone quickly and have one opponent less. It may not be nice but fights were never nice.

With his explosive clay, Deidara made a small bird that he enlarged with his jutsu. Jumping on its back, the bird took flight. Hoping that the other fight would take some time, the akatsuki seared through the air. After a couple of minutes, Deidara found a correct opponent. A woman with a very large warhammer was smashing trees. She looked bulky and she was able to use that hammer wel but these powers usually did not mean much when you were fighting explosions.

Deidara started off with one of his classic pieces. Still in the air, he threw countless spiders made of clay towards the ground, where the woman was training. When they had landed, he let them explode. Following the explosion, Deidara landed to see the destruction. On the ground he saw that the woman was still standing and only had minor damage. 'Oi. What are you doing.' The woman yelled as she waved her hammer. 'You could have killed me.' With this comment, Deidara could not surpress a grin. 'That was exactly the idea. The way I see it, if I kill you now, you wont be able to fight me another time.' Deidara spoke to the woman. 'be happy, I am making art out of you.' he added. 'If that is the way you want to play it.' The woman answered as she gripped her hammer tightly. Deidara stood, ready to move at an instant as he dropped some clay ants out of his sleeve. The woman attacked with her hammer and the ninja jumped away to avoid getting hit. The ants exploded but other then lifting Hammer in the air for half a second, they did no damage. Hammer turned to attack Deidara again and again, Deidara was able to dodge the weapon. This time he made away mere moments before the attack hit target. The hammer did hit the clay bird. 'Art is an explosion' Deidara spoke as the bird exploded. The force of the blow send Hammer hurling against a tree. 'You cannot kill me that easy.' she said as she stood up again. Surprised, the ninja stepped back. Nobody had ever survived such direct blows with his clay. It seems that this woman could take some hits. He then created and enlarged a ant to take out the woman.

Hammer moved as fast as she could to dodge the giant ant and tried to take out her opponent. The ninja jumped away for her attack and a second ground shaking hammerblow only hit air. 'You must try harder.' Deidara said. It seemed that even though she could withstand his explosions, she was too slow to actually do damage. Wondering what would happen if he hit her with one of his kunai, Deidara waited untill his opponent attacked again and quickly slammed his weapon against her chest as counterattack. Other then ripping the shirt of the woman, the kunai did no damage and Hammer took this oppertunity to slam Deidara with her hammer. The Missin nin flew against a tree and he was just able to escape another blow to the head by using earthstyle and hiding underground.

I have to finish this fight quickly, Deidara thought. He knew that his whole plan depended on how long the other fight would take. If the other warriors noticed that he was fighting them illigal, then they would be prepared for an attack. It was time to bring out the big trap.

Deidara appeared above ground again and waited untill the woman had noticed him. 'There you are!' she yelled in anger. The woman took big steps to get to Deidara quickly but before she could reach him, he was gone again. Getting even angrier, she ran after him again, only to see that the man kept on moving away. This chase let to a small cave next to a house. 'Now I have you.' She yelled happily as she walked into the cave.

This was the exact spot that Deidara wanted the woman. She fell for it without even considering a trap, now he only had to do one thing. 'You are as stupid as you are big.' The ninja from the hidden rock village spoke. Do you really think I can be killed that easy?' He asked her. 'Well you are in a corner and will be meeting my hammer soon.' she answered. 'That is if you can find the real me.' the man spoke. Deidara quickly made some handsignals and from under the ground came five exact clones of the ninja. Surprised, Hammer took a step backwards. 'How did you?' She asked. When she saw that all six versions of her opponent were appoaching, Hammer knew she had to act. She ran towards the first one and slammed her hammer down on him. As the hammer smashed the head away, Hammer suddenly noticed that the weapon got stuck in the head of the warrior. The whole body of her attacker was turning into clay. Releasing her weapon, Hammer punched a second one that was coming into range. this time, her fist was stuck in clay. 'You see, I have made five clay versions of myself even before I attacked you. You just fell into my trap. Let us see if you will survive this.' The real Deidara spoke. A third clay clone now attached itself to her other arm while clone four grabbed her from behind and clone five slammed himself in her front. The real deidara walked out of the cave and made his famous handsignals while he said: 'Art is an explosion'. A very loud explosion came from the cave, which almost collapsed and Deidara walked in again to see his handiwork The woman was dead, there was no mistake about it. Both her arms had been ripped off altough the rest of the body was still in a okay shape. Satisfeid with this victory, Deidara turned around only to stand eye to eye with the man named Eon. 'Impressive fight. Too bad it was against the rules.' The host spoke with a cold voice. 'Who cares, she is dead and I am victorious.' Deidara answered. 'It was against the rules of the sacred sun god and moon god.' Eon said. 'I cannot reverse time and you did fight smartly. Therefore I do see this as a victory.' Very good. That means that I will get a power from her now?' Deidara asked as he was wondering what he would get. 'No.' Came the answer. before Deidara could react, Eon explained. 'You broke the rules and you will not gain a power this round as punishment. That will put you in a disadvantage with the other fighters.' The angry Deidara walked towards the host to tell him it was unfair when a strong stone hand suddenly grabbed his throat and slammed him against the wall of the cave. He then felt something sharp in his side, what turned out to be the sword of another golem. 'This time, you are lucky to get away with a warning. Next time, I will not be as nice.' Eon spoke. Moments later, the golem dropped Deidara and the three walked away, taking the body of Hammer and her weapon with them. Complaining, the warrior stood up. He stepped out of the cave and felt his  pockets. He had used a lot of clay and needed to find a spot to find new. 'I hope I can find any here.' He said to himself.

Gorilla Grodd walked away from the forest. It seemed that some idiot had fought and killed another warrior while another battle was going. Too bad, Grodd would have liked to fight this woman himself and see who was stronger, then he would like to have her hammer and nobody in this tournament could touch him. He had not been in the cave but when the body of this woman was brought out, Grodd knew that the man had been victorious. Such a thing was not permitted, the Gorilla knew, but the man had not been punished. Had he done or said something against this host, that would make Eon change his mind? Could be. Or maybe the man was punished and Gorilla had not seen the results. Pondering about this, Grodd walked trough the forest. He now had full controll over his new power to summon rats and this would be very usefull during this tournament and when he was brought back to earth. Grodd would love to see the flash deal with meat eating rats, which would attack the hero. Yes, Grodd could not wait to see who his next opponent would be. Maybe it was the green lantern, that would be a rather fun and interesting fight. Thinking about this recent fight, Grodd had to admit he had played with the idea of taking over someone's mind and have him fight someone out of the bouderies of the duel. He dischared the idea rather quick as Gorilla realised that each of these warriors had a strong will and would be hard to controll for a long time, especially during the fight. There was also the chance that this Eon would see the work of Grodd and break the mind controll. It may be worth a shot to controll an onlooker during his own next battle. During the fight with this Corvo, there were a couple of people watching and if they'd return then he could force them to fight with him. Even if they broke the mindcontroll after a while, they would still be able to do some damage and they were not allowed to retaliate. That was a plan worthy to play with.

'Yoh. yesterday you slept and today you should train.' Amidamaru said to the boy. 'Relaxed, everything will work out just fine. I will train in a bit, just taking some rest. You dont want me to get to my fight tired, don't you?' Yoh answered. The ghost sighted. 'I wish Anna was here.' The spirit spoke softly. 'What was that?' 'Nothing.'  Amidamaru knew that Yoh was a good boy and a good fighter. He also knew that Yoh was as fit as ever but the problem was that neither knew what kind of warriors they would be facing. 'Yesterday, you said that you would be searching for spirits today to help you.' The samurai spirit suddenly tried. 'We can do at least that, maybe they have watched the fight and can tell about the powers that the others posses.' Yoh stared to the sky for some seconds before deciding. 'Okay. We will do that. With a bit of luck, we can find a spirits who can tell what happened here.' Yoh answered. That would count as training and searching for spirits was always fun. Yoh stood up and started walking to the south. 'No time to waste.' He said with a smile.

Kakashi sat on grass, thinking about the fight he had watched. It was a rather quick fight and the winner was clear from the start. That lightsword was a risk and from what Kakashi had seen, it could destroy human tissue with ease. One touch from that sword and it would be over. Guessing that the weapon could also cut  through steel kunai, this warrior was a dangerous foe. That lightning, he might be able to copy with his sharingan and when Kakashi would find out what exactly that push attack was, he might be able to use that as well to even the odds but first Kakashi had to find out what exactly that attack was.

Who will I fight first? kakashi wondered. In his mind he took note of everyone he had seen in the beginning. Those who had already fought would not be his first opponent. However then there were ten more candidates to fight. Among them were the Akatsuke, another ninja dressed in black, a kid and some other oddly dressed warriors. It did not matter who they were, it mattered how they fought. If Kakashi could keep his guard and be ready for any kind of attack, then there was a chance of winning. From watching the previous fights, it was clear that most of his opponents would not use ninjutsu, genjutsu or taijutsu. No, these warriors used powers from completely different realms.

First some training though, then he could rest. With that, kakashi took his kunai and threw them at several trees around him.

'Dragonite. Hyper beam!' Lance yelled. The pokemon yelled out and a red beam suddenly hit the sand. 'Dragonair, Surf.' lance yelled again. Now another pokemon cried out and water flooded over the sand. Lance, the dragon master was training. It did not matter to him how he got here, he only wanted to fight and take out the opponents. This was his chance, his one big chance to get what he wanted. The champion from Kanto wanted only one thing and that was more freedom for pokemon. Together with the elite four, they had worked hard for this and now was his time. By taking out the competition, Lance could make a difference. He could become stronger and when he had won the tournament, he would wish for a world where pokemon would be treated better. Thinking of the elite four, Lance wondered how his elite trainers where doing. They would keep Kanto save and sound, Lance was not afraid of that. They may even be searching for him. However, no help would get him of this island. Lance needed to do this alone. Speaking of the island, it seemed that there were no pokemon on this island, Lance had sought for them but did not find any. Other then the other fighters, there seemed to be no other living creature whatsoever here. lance then had searched for a place to sleep, which was far off and a good place to train his pokemon. In the end, he had decided on this small beach on the other end of the island.

This beach was a great trainingsground for his areal pokemon, without revealing himself to the others. Lance had one huge advantage over the others. the others may be alone, but he had six fighters with him. Six pokemon who would help him during the fighting. The something struck Lance. He had six pokemon with him but what if the opponents targeted him instead of his pokemon. Then the battle would be over before his dragons could shine. That was something to work on, Lance thought. He could use his dragonite or areodactyl to fly him in the air and shield Lance against the attack of others, or he could just use his four dragonair to overpower his opponent before an attack at him could be used. Maybe the first one was the safest bet and use the second plan when he was in the air. 'Go!' Lance yelled as he threw four pokeballs in the air. using his mind, he steered Aereodactyl towards him and flew with the pokemon in the air while he gave his dragonairs the mental command to create a storm.

'So Bugface, it appears that you have to fight next.' Deathpool said. Spiderman turned to the other fighter. 'Ah Hi Deathpool. Killed any innocents lately?' The hero said. The next fight had just been announced and it seemed that Spiderman had to fight someone called the Green Lantern down by the ruines. 'Listen spidey. I dont hate you and I dont like you but I want you to win this fight. Show that guy who is the top spider around and make me proud of our universe.' 'Thank you but i can tell you that this guy will be ruined after our fight.' Spiderman answered. 'Just let the jokes to me, the expert.' Deathpool said. 'well that seems the only thing you are an expert in.' Spiderman answered. 'Hey!' Deathpool yelled in an upset voice. 'I want you to know that I took out my opponent with a blast.' That was true. Spiderman knew that Deathpool was a good fighter. He also knew that the mercenary meant well but he still preferred someone like captain america or iron man here instead of Deathpool. They might even have an idea to get out of here. spiderman had just beaten the Green Goblin when something had transporting him here. At first, Peter Parker had thought the Goblin responsible but it soon became obvlious that it was not him but another power that had brought Parker here. Now he was here, the only thing he could do was fight and hope he would be brought home as a victor. Maybe then there would be a spot for him in the avengers.

'Deathpool, after I have beaten my opponent. Lets find a way out, the two of us.' Spiderman suddenly said. 'Why?' Deathpool asked. 'Well altough I have taken a shine to you, I want to go back to New York. Who knows what has happened to the other heroes and that would have the city in danger from supervillains.' he answered. 'What is in it for me?' The Merc answered. 'I think that Shield will reward you handsomely for aiding one of his top agents.' Spiderman said. To this, Deathpool looked around. 'Where is this top agent you are talking about?' He asked. Ignoring the mercenary, Spiderman  jumped up and used his webs to make his way towards the spot where his battle would be held, thinking about what he had asked Deathpool. He did not want to make a deal with such a man but there was little choise if he wanted to get home.

When he arrived at the place of battle, Spiderman saw only this Eon standing next to several buildings, which all looked thousends of years old. 'Damn, I hope I can avoid destroying that.' Spiderman said.  'Happy you think the same about it.' Someone spoke. Parker turned around to see a man dressed in green walking towards him. 'Green Lantern, I presume?' Spidey asked. 'Yes, spiderman it is?' The green lantern asked.

Spidey nodded. 'How about we try to not kill each other and save these buildings if we can? You look like a good man.' Spiderman said, guessing that this Green Lantern was a hero just as he was. 'Great idea.' The other replied.

As the two heroes stood ready, they heard Eon give the signal for the fight. None moved. 'Now who is going to kick it off?' The green lantern asked. 'I will start then.' Spidey said just before he jumped up. Using his webs, he pulled the green Lantern towards him and kicked the opponent in the stumach. ' Now to tie things up.' Parker said as he shot his webs again. Just before the webs could reacdh the opponent, they got slashed away by a green sword. 'Let us fight.' John Steward spoke.

John ran towards spiderman and materialised a giant fist out of his ring. The fist hit the superheroe and send him crashing against a building. 'Hold on, I am seeing black for a moment.' Spiderman said as he stood up. Suddenly realising what hje had said, he could only stare at his opponent. 'I..mean.. It is not..... Maybe I am black underneath my mask, you cannot tell.... Ahhww nevermind.'  Spidey said as he ducked away to avoid another giant green fist. Running towards his opponent, Spiderman jumped up to deliver a punch to the face, only to find a big green wall in front of him. 'Wish I had the spiderman suit that Tony gave to me.' Peter said to himself. Suddenly the green wall turned into a large hand that grabbed the masked hero. As he tried to wrestle himself free, Parker noticed that the hand was attached to a green ring that his opponent wore. That would probably be the source of his power. b When the giant hand threw Spiderman on the ground, he already had a plan.

His spidersenses warned from an incoming attack and the hero jumped high in the air. He saw how a large hammer slammed the space under him and Spidey shot his web in the face of the Green Lantern. The attack hit target and Spiderman shot his web towards the ring of his opponent. he then pulled. Instead of the ring, the whole warrior came flying towards Spiderman. Using momentum, Spiderman punched his opponent in the stomach and as he went to deliver another punch to the face, his opponent created a green sphere around himself. 'Cheater5.' Parker said. 'No my friend.' The green lantern spoke as he finally removed the web from his face. 'Now it is time to finish it.' As the green lantern spoke, the sphere dissapeared. Using this oppertunity, Spiderman shot webs towards the other hero to pull him again. Seeing the webs heading towards him, John created a large scimitar that cut the webbing in half. Trying another attack Spiderman launched himself at his opponent, who slammed Spiderman away with a large open palm. The marvel hero flew into an ancient building that came crahsing down.

'I think that I win.' John Steward said as he stepped near the rubble of the building. It was a shame that he had to destroy such a piece of architectural beauty but it could not be helped. 'Not so fast Green bean.'  Spiderman said as he threw a large piece of stone towards hism opponent. The stone was easily curshed away but Spiderman had already jumped up and used his webs to pull his opponent towards him. As the Dc hero flew towards Spiderman, the latter punched the green lantern and knocked the fighter in several buildings. Now getting angry, the Green lantern created a large green hammer that came down to crush the Spider. each time, Spiderman was able to avoid a blow by the hammer, using his speed, agility and spidersenses. Peter Parker ran towards his opponent and aimed his web at the ring. before the webs hit the target, the green lantern was already going up and flying towards spiderman. Not wanting to stay on the low ground, Spiderman jumped up to deliver a kick. Before he could reach his opponent, the green lantern created a ball around spiderman.

'Now you cannot escape. Surrender, I dont want to harm you more.' John Steward said. At first Peter tried to punch the ball, witout effect. Then he realised that there was no way he could win. 'I surrender.' Peter said.

'The winner is The Green lantern.'Eon spoke suddenly. John nodded and released his opponent. 'This was a great duel but i am afraid we let ourselfs go.' Steward said as he watched the rubble that once was the ruine of a old city. 'Yeah sorry about that.' Peter said 'You deserved to win.' He added. 'All good and well but there is still the thing of your prize.' Eon broke in. 'I think it is only fair that you will get a copy of the gloves.' The man said. After moving his hands and speaking the incantation, red gloves suddenly appeared on the hands of the black man. With these, you can use the same webbing as Spiderman. 'Thank you.' The Lantern said. 'Now its time to send Spiderman home.' Eon said with a grin. He moved his hands again and Spiderman was gone.

Spiderman turned to look where he had been send. His joy turned to surprise and then to horror. he had not been sent home. he now was in some sort of black room. 'What is this?' Spiderman asked. Three golems suddenly appeared. Two grabbed Spiderman tight while the other thrusted its large sword into the chest of the hero. As spiderman died, he got tied to a table.

It was early in the next morning when the next battle was called. Lin Beifong and Lance both stood on top of a mountain. Lin looked stern and strict, with her grey hair betraying her age. Lance on the other hand looked young and ready but he as well kept a frown on his face. ´Welcome both fighters.´ Eon spoke. You both know what is at stake here and you both know what the reward is. It will be rather interesting to see who will win this morning. Lin Beifong is the daughter of famed Toph beifong. She is also the police chief in Republic city and one of the greatest metalbenders.´ Eon nodded to Lin, who gave him an angry stare. ´Her opponent is nobody less then Lance, the dragon master. With his dragon pokemon, he became the champion of both Kanto and Johto. He has the special ability to communicate with his dragon pokemon and controll all dragons.´This time when Eon nodded, he got a small nodd back.

 ´enough chatting.´ The host said. ´Let the game begin.´

Lin opened the battle by stamping on the ground. A big piece of earth flew out and the woman send it towards her opponent. lance jumped away from the object and threw out his first pokeball. ´Dragonair flamethrower from the left.´ he yelled. The pokemon moved to the side and opend her mouth. Lin quickly created a shield of earth to protect herself from the fire but Lance had thrown a other pokeball. ´Dragonair Thunderbolt from the right.´ He yelled. The other dragonair moved to the right side and unleashed a powerfull thunderbolt attack. Again Lin reacted before the attack could hit her as she created a shield on the other side. The Bender was now completely protected by earth. ´Dragonite, Hyperbeam.´ Lance yelled as he unleashed his strongest pokemon. The beam that the dragon type send out shattered the earth and uncovered Lin. The woman send her metal chains with handcuffs towards the dragon type pokemon and tried to pull him to the ground. ´Dragonite fly, dragonair slam.´ Lance commanded. Th dragonite took flight and lifted up Lin while one of the dragonairs slammed its tail against Lin Beifong. She flew to the ground and came down hard.

Lin tried to stand up again and took an assesment of the situation. She realised that this man was to be taken out, if he went down then the creatures went down with him. The metalbender slammed her foot against the ground, creating a rip in the ground that lead to Lance. ´Dragonite, fly me away.´ Lance yelled. The dragon pokemon came up to Lance but before he could be flown away, the chains of Lin found his arms and wrapped around them. Then Lin pulled her opponent towards her. ´Now you are taken down.´ She said.

This time it was for Lance to worry. An attack and the woman would use him as shield. However, he still had three pokemon with him. ´Go!´ He yelled as suddenly aerodactyl appeared. Lin got pushed away and Lance used that moment to lift himself up the pokemon and fly away. However, the cuffs and chains were still fastened to his hands and the woman was hanging onto the chains in the air. ´Shake her off.´ The champion said. The pokemon moved around, trying to get the woman away but without effect. ´Dragonite take down.´ Lance yelled and the yellow pokemon flew towards the woman. Before it could hit her, Lin lifted herself up using the chains and landed on the back of the rock and flying type. She pulled Lance towards her and punched him in the stumach, followed by a kick to the head. She yanked on the chains again and forced the dragon master to his knees. ´Aerodactyl, Break these chains for me.´ Lance said as he rolled towards the head of the pokemon. Before Lin could pull him away, the ancient pokemon already had the chains in its mouth. By using firefang and crunch, the pokemon broke the chain with ease and lance was finally free. ´Not so fast.´ Lin said. Before the broken chains could reach Lance again, he took a dive from his pokemon and got picked up by dragonite. ´Go dragonair.´ the third dragonair took the sky.

Now Lance had a chance to take this woman out now. ´Rain dance.´ Lance spoke to the newest dragonair, who moved around.

It suddenly started to rain. That man had some strong creatures under controll, Lin thought. This might not go easy. This one could controll weather. suddenly, the long blue dragon appeared before Lin and smashed water coming from its tail to her, which send the woman hurling to the ground. She landed with a painfull thud on the earth of the mountain and before she could do anything, she heard the man yell 'Thunder!' Another of these dragons appeared again and shot lighting into the air. Wondering why the man did this, Lin did not notice the Lighting coming down again untill it was almost too late. Just being able to create a barrier prevented death. It did knock her out.

With Lin being unable to fight, Lance was declared the winner. 'Good fight.' Eon said as Lance returned his pokemon to their pokeballs. 'For this victory, you gain some eathbending powers.' The man said. lance waited untill the man was done moving his hands, so the champion could leave. His pokemon had deserved some rest.

That had been interesting, Kakashi smiled. This woman was strong and had some powers similair to arth style jutsu and used chains in her fighting. However, the man with the  monsters in their balls was just too strong and he needed to be taken out before his monsters could be unleashed. Kakashi liked the man and did not mind fighting him. He would be a great opponent.

However, there were two less opponents to fight now and kakashi had not yet being able to fight himself. It would be really interesting to see who he would be fighting.

He did find out that the akatsuki named Deidara had already fought. Altough kakashi himself had not seen the fight, it seemed that the missing nin had attacked and killed a woman. Typical for a akatsuki. It would be best to keep an eye out, falling in a trap would not be wise, not be wise at all.

Deathpool had laughed his ass off the last fight. That part with the monster that attacked the woman was hilarious. Maybe Deathpool could fight and kill that warrior next, he would love to have one of these monsters flying around, then he could have fun killing everybody. Especially the monster with that giant beam, he could kill everybody using that beam. Maybe he could even take out Thor with it.

Thinking about it, Deathpool had to admit that he did kinda sort off a little bit missed the Marvel universe. it was so exiting with mutants, aliens, gods and Deathpool around. He really could peform his dayjob to the best, killing people. Maybe if he was returned, he would take out Captain America. Then everybody would hire him and Deathpool would be famous.

Thinking about his own universe, Deathpool thought about Spiderman. That idiot had been beaten by some black guy wearing green. When returned, Deathpool would sooo make fun of Itsy Bitsy Spidey, getting beaten by the colour green. That was so completely random, what would his weakness be? Yellow?  Deathpool would win this tournament, kill the guy in green and become champion. Then everybody would know who Deathpool was in every single universe.

'There is no spirit to be found anywhere.' Yoh compained as he walked with his hands behind his head. 'Be patient young Yoh.' His samurai spirit said. 'But Amadimaru, we have been looking for ages now. We have not found anything. Not even near these ancient ruines.' Yoh kept complaining.To this Amidamaru had no answer. he feared as well that they were on a goose chase and that the only spirit around was he. 'Maybe we could better do anything else.' Yoh spoke out. His samurai spirit looked with a questioned gaze at the young warrior. 'I mean maybe we can better do some training then searching for spirits. If they are here they might find us.' The shaman explained. 'Okay.' His spirit nodded. Altough he knew that training was also important but the samurai had hoped to find another spirit here so he would not be alone.

'Ready?' Yoh asked his spirit as he stood ready. 'Come at me.' Amidamaru spoke.

'Okay.' Just before Yoh could race towards his opponent, he heard the voice of Eon. 'The next fight will be held now. It will be Yoh Asekura versus Dante Alighieri. The fight will be held on the beach.' ' So far for training.' Yoh commented. 'Yes, let us hurry to to fight. i am curious who this Dante is.' His spirit spoke.

After running towards the beach, the two found Eon standing on the sand and next to him, one of the scariest men that that Yoh had ever seen. The man was bare chested and had a a cross burned into his chest. He wore an helmet with chainmail and a thorn crown on top. As a weapon, the man hold a very large and very scary scyth. 'Amidamaru?' Yoh asked, hoping that the samurai knew who that was. 'hmm the man looks like a warrior who lived in my time, altough very far away in the west. These men wore the same crosses, only on their clothing and they all wore white. These men were templar knights. Be carefull.' 'Thank you.' Yoh nodded.

As soon as the fight started, Yoh yelled out. 'Oversoul. Amidamaru into my sword.' His spirit shot into the Harusame sword. 'For Beatrice.' Yoh heard his opponent yell. Not paying much attention to that, Yoh was more curious what moves his opponent would make. The first slash got blocked by the weapon of the opponent but Yoh stepped aside and attacked again. This time, he managed to slash the chest of this templar. He saw how the scythe came from the side and moved under the weapon untill it passed. He then slashed upwards, hitting the chest of the opponent again.

This opponent looked dangerous and may have a very nasty weapon but he was nothing compared to the speed of Yoh. Coming with a attack to the head, Yoh suddenly saw a purple aura surround his opponent. Not being able to avoid it, Yoh felt pain as soon as his body got into contact with it. He then got pushed away and in the sand. Looking up, Yoh saw that the man held a cross and aimed it at the young shaman. 'Yoh, get away.' Amidamaru suddenly yelled and as he tried to stand up, a blast of white light suddenly hit Yoh and flung him a bit futher in the sand.

Yoh stood up, his body in pain. 'Are you allright?' Amidamaru asked the shaman. 'Yes.' The other replied. 'Be carefull that you do not run out of furyoku.' The spirit warned. At that moment, the purple aura dissapeared around the opponent 'I know.' Yoh said as he started running towards his opponent. Before Yoh could reach this templar, the man moved aside with a blinding speed and the attack missed completely. Then the young fighter saw how the scythe came at him and he stepped away to avoid the attack. To his great surprise, Yoh saw how the scythe suddenly extended and came into range. Just able to block the attack, Yoh stepped away even further while he hoped that the weapon of his opponent would not extend more.

However the scythe simply returned  to its original length as the warrior came running towards Yoh. Standing ready to take on the opponent, the warrior suddenly jumped up high and launced his weapon as a harpoon down. Yoh had to dodge all the attacks as the point of the scythe turned spear came down in the sand. When the attacks finally stopped and the opponent landed on the sand, Yoh attacked.

The young shaman never reached his opponent. Just as he attacked, the other warrior made a 360 degrees arc with the scythe and it cut the chest of Yoh. 'Yoh!' Amidamaru yelled as he broke out of the sword. 'Its nothing.' the boy smiled. 'Amidamaru, I think we have to use all our powers.' 'yes Yoh.' The spirit answered. 'Unity!' Yoh yelled as he took the oversoul of the samurai and put it in his chest. 'Now we are ready to fight again.' The double voice of both Yoh and Amidamaru sounded. 'Ko-oni strike' Yoh said, using the traditional spell of his clan. three shells on the beach changed into little shikigami's. These creatures hurried towards the templar to kill him but the cross blasted crosses of light to all three sides and took them out with ease. This distraction gave Yoh an opening to attack the opponent and slashed at both the stomach and chest of the warrior. Before Yoh could strike again, three shiny gold crosses appeared from thin air and attacked the young warrior with the soul of the samurai. The unity warrior managed to block the first and second cross but the third hit them in the side and send the fighter in the sand again. The sand was now red with blood and stuck to both fighters. The man named Dante attacked again with his scythe and Yoh could barely roll away. The crosses came at him again but using the techniques, skill and instinct of the samurai warrior, he managed to block and destroy all three the crosses. A blast of light send Yoh backwards but he quickly regained his feet. 'Im almost out of Furyioku.' He spoke to the spirit within him. 'I know.' The other replied. It was not only them who had been taking a beating. Their opponent had a carved up chest as well and did react to the pain. Concentrating on one last attack, Yoh ran towards the knight, who attacked as well. the two weapons clashed, sword with scythe. Yoh tried to attack and flee, but the extending power of the scythe made this tactic harder and harder. 'I will bring you to the righteous path.' the man spoke as his attacks suddenly became faster and stronger. Yoh aimed an attack at the head of his opponent but it got blocked, just as he expected. He then took his antiquity and stabbed the warrior in the side. Dante stepped away and Yoh could see that his opponent was severly wounded. It was clear that this was not only the stabbing wound of his rock. 'Now it is time to end this.' Yoh spoke as he prepared for a final attack. However before he reached the man, Dante suddenly changed. he became brigher and from his back sprouted white wings. The wounds that Dante had suffered also slowly dissapeared and he was easily able to block the attack and directly counter. Yoh got pushed away as the scythe slashed his arm and the shaman was forced to drop the sword. he then got kicked down and felt the the point of the scythe in his back. Yoh felt as the last of his furyioku leaked away and the connection with his spirit broke. 'Absolution or condemnation.' Yoh heard his opponent speak as he tried to think of a way to win.

He was close. Only one thrust with his weapon would end the life of this boy and would bring him to his greatest desire. Beatrice. Could he kill this boy. Could he send this boy to heaven or hell only because he was an opponent in this competition. Yes he fought using a ghost but was the ghost using the boy? In life, Dante had killed all different kind of people. Men, woman, children.. But these were non believers and  he had permission from the priests... This time... could Dante do it, could he kill this child or not. There was only one thing he could do, one way to get to his beloved Beatrice. 'God have mercy.' Dante spoke as the blood spatted up.

'The winner.' Eon said with a smiling face. He was the only one who smiled as the body of the young fighter lay lifeless on the ground. 'As for your gift, you are able to summon a spirit in your scythe, which will aid you in battle for a short time.' Eon said as he moved his hands. Following that, Eon started chanting and nothing happened. 'Okay.' was all Dante could say as he walked away. He was curious what kind of spirit would be summoned in his weapon when he asked for it.

'NOOOOOOO.' Amidamaru yelled. He had failed and his shaman was dead. Yoh was dead. This opponent had been just too strong and even together they could not overcome the power of the opponent. How was he going to explain to Anna? Who would be the shaman king now. Amidamaru was just clueless. The one thing he knew was to stay with the body. If he did that then they would be soon transported home and Amidamaru could tell of what happened here. He man named Eon stepped towards the body and Amidamaru placed himself on it, ready to transport. He did transport, however it was not home. With big eyes, the samurai saw how the body of Yoh got picked up by one of the golems and placed on a table. None of them were shamans and they could not see Amidamaru but that meant that the spirit himself could not attack the golems. What was happening here?

Suddenly this Eon showed up. Guessing that this Eon would be unable to see him, Amidamaru decided to stuck around and see what would happen. To his surpise, the samurai saw how this man named the same movements as before, only the words were different. When the man was done, he smiled. 'Now I posses the same powers and strengths as this Yoh. Now where is his spirit?' Realising what happened, Amidamaru moved away and fled. This was unbelievable.

That man had killed a kid. he had been just a boy, dragged in this tournament as everyone else and this bastard had killed the kid. Who dared to kill such an innocent kid, that damned templar. The green lantern was furious. If he would face this opponent in combat, Lantern was sure he would show this man no mercy. As a hero, it always did hurt to see someone killed and especially a child. He really wished that he could intervene and save the boy. At least the boy was going home now. Now it was time for the hero to train again and hope he could get the picture of this kid out of his head.

'Whaaaaaaa' Gorilla Grodd yelled but there was no answer. The gorilla had been scouting the forests of this Island without succes. He had been looking for other animals but so far had found nothing. It seemed that there were no animals on this Island. Altough he liked battling, the waiting did become boresome. Now the Gorilla spend his time training, keeping his condition up. The villain had also been searching for other animals that might assist him in battle but so far there was no luck. 'Cannot wait untill I can fight againnn.' He growled to himself.

So it seemed it was finally time. Kakashi could finally fight. It was evening and both he and this Eon were waiting on the opponent near the enterence of the forest. This was the last fight and Kakashi could only guess that a strong fighter would be his opponent for today. He had seen his opponent and from what he had seen, Kakashi had been unable to spot much, other then the sword and bow and Arrow that the man carried. When the man showed up he spoke 'I am Ryu of the Hayabusa clan.' The man spoke. 'I am Kakashi of the hidden Leaf.' Kakashi introduced himself.

'Fight.' The host suddenly spoke and Kakashi saw how his opponent took the bow he carried.

The arrows flew at the ninja but all missed target as he avoided them with ease. To retaliate, Kakashi threw some kunai which the opponent dodged. Kakashi jumped towards his opponent with kunai in hand.

Ryu dropped his bow and blocked the attack of Kakashi. He tried to slam his fist into face of the hidden leaf ninja but Kakashi jumped away  and swept the feet of the opponent. The ninja dissapeared and appeared again to kick the fighter in the stomach. Turning around, Kakashi grabbed the arm of his opponent and punched the masked face to throw the other ninja on the ground. Ryu rose and the two fighters faced each other again. The next series of attacks from both fighter got either blocked or dodged. Both were skilled in the arts of combat and knew how to punch and dodge attacks. After half a minute fighting without result, Ryu flipped backwards. He started moving his hands and said: 'Ninpo' Kakashi knew this was time for action. Revealing the eye hidden underneath his headband, Kakashi copied the moves of his opponent and two big fireballs crashed with each other. The copy cat ninja had copied the ninpo attack of Ryu Hayabusa.

From the smoke suddenly came three kunai. They hit target and exploded. A second later, Ryu appeared from the smoke and decapitated Kakashi, using his sword. It was he who had thrown the kunai and he had just won the battle.

The headless body dissapeared into smoke with a loud poof and the ninja could only watch as the head dissapeared as well. He then suddenly felt a pain, starting at his back but exploding at his stomach. When he looked down, Ryu saw a blue beam erupting from his stomach. The legs of Ryu became weak and before the ninja realised, he was on the ground. 'Shadow clone and Chidori.' He heard his opponent say. Then there was a pain in his neck and Ryu did not feel anything anymore.'

Ryu stood near the dead body of his opponent, in his hand the sword that this Ryu had used in battle. It was also the weapon that had finished the ninja off. 'I guess I win.' Kakashi Hatake said with a half smile as he rubbed the back of his head. 'Indeed.' Came the answer. Eon then came with a copy of the sword that Kakashi was holding. 'You get this, the dragon sword.' 'Thank you.' Kakashi nodded. he had won but inside dissapointed at this opponent. He had expected more from this opponent.

The next morning, all the surviving warriors sat down on benches in the arena. Eight were left still, eight warriors who had fought hard and had become stronger. Eight warriors who were still in the race of becoming the winner.

'Welcome again.' Eon said as he stood on the sand in the middle of the arena. 'Your first round is finished and you have been succesfull in winning. Not only are you through to the second round, you also have gained some powers or weapons that will benefit you.' Eon looked at all the warriors sitting there. 'If you win now, you will not only gain the powers of the opponent but also the powers that he had gotten in the last battle.' No reaction. 'Now let us see who will go through to the half finales.

There still was no response from the fighters and Eon knew that he had to get the first fight off now. Just when he was about to announce the first fight, Deathpool suddenly spoke. 'Waiting is boring and I want action. There must be more fights today.' This struck Eon with a surprise. He had counted on this round taking two days, two fights each day. Looking at the other fights, he saw that they were all nodding. It seemed that there was no choise other then let them fight. 'Very well.' Eon spoke. Two fights today during the day and two fights during the evening. That means that tomorrow we will have the half finales.' Looking at the reactions, Eon could see that this was okay.'

'Now for the first fight. I want here Dante Alighieri and Deidara.'

'Lets have some fun.' Deidara spoke with a smile. He had new clay that he could use to explode an opponent with. This was going to be art. His opponent decended onto the sand seconds later. This creepy looking dude wore some sort of cross on his bare chest and held some sort of scythe as weapon. That did remind Deidara of Hidan.

When the host gave the signal to fight, Deidara put his hands in his pockets to gather clay. His opponent raised some sort of cross, which gathered light. 'I think that you would love to meet a man named Hidan.' Deidara spoke. The blast of light came at the same moment as Deidara allowed the clay birds to take flight. The explosion when the two attacks collided was immense and when all the smoke had gone away, Deidara was gone. He had used the moment of chaos to activate his hiding like a mole technique. Swimming through the sand, the Akatsuki placed several clay bombs underground in front his opponent, then he came up again. His opponent took the scythe and started running towards Deidara, only for Dante to step on a bomb and

get flown backwards. 'Art is an explosion.' Deidara smiled. There was little room for other traps and Deidara quickly created clay clones to take on this fighter. If everything was working out, then this man would end up the same as the woman in the round before.

Dante stood up, spitting some sand. he had not expected to be blown away but he would win. He would win for Beatrice. 'Francesco, are you okay?'  Dante asked his weapon. 'Yes.' Came the voice of his friend Fellow crusader, Dante had been happy that it was the spirit of Francesco Portinari. This man had been Dante's best friend in life and the brother of Beatrice. When Dante had won his last battle, he had prayed. prayed for the soul of the kid and prayed for a spirit to aid him. It was then that the spirit of Francesco had decended from heaven and into the scythe.

Now the two fought together for one goal. Beatrice. Dante raised himself up and yelled out. Instead of one opponent, there were now five. Summoning his three golden crosses, they flew towards the first three opponents, however all got stuck to the Deidara's. They then exploded. Only two Deidara's were still left and heading towards Dante. Using his own cross, Dante blasted several crosses of light towards his opponents. One of them exploded and the other got pushed back. That was the real one. 'Now Francesco.' Dante yelled as the scythe flew towards the opponent. The man named Deidara jumped away and the weapon expanded. This time, the ninja blocked the attack with some some sort of small knife. needing to act, Dante used righteous path and shot forwards. A trail of icy white followed dante as he held his cross in front of him and rammed the explosive ninja.

Deidara raised himself up and jumped away from his opponent before the fighter could attack. I think that I will take this battle to the air, the missin nin thought as he took explosive clay from the mouth on his hand and created a bird. Then he enlarged the bird with his jutsu, jumped up and flew in the air.

In the air, Deidara threw some kunai at his opponent but all of them missed as Dante moved away.

Dante then jumped up as Deidara was preparing clay so it would be explosive clay. Using his scythe Dante attacked but Deidara jumped over it. The second attack hit the clay bird. Deidara suddenly had a triumfantic glee on his face. jumping from the bird on the ground, he allowed his opponent to pull the bird in. Still in the air, he allowed the bird to explode. Deidara fell on the sand and a huge pain came in his leg. He hoped that the leg was not broken but at least his opponent was taken down.

As deidara turned around, he saw that Dante was still standing. 'How?' He asked.

Dante stood up, the pink aura surrounding him moaning. While Francesco, who still was in his weapon extended the scythe, Dante summoned lust storm to negate the damage. His scythe having belonged to death itself, it was indestructable. 'Are you okay?' He asked the spirit of his best friend. 'Yes.' Came the answer from the scythe.

Dante moved to kill his opponent, who sat on the groun. Deidara jumped away even though his leg hurt but he did leave some surprises. Several clay bees flew towards Dante, Only to be stopped by the lust storm. Dante then jumped up, formed the scythe into a spear and launced the attacks at Deidara. With a wounded leg, Deidara had a hard time avoiding attacks and decided to dive into the sand again.

Knowing he only had very little energy for using magic and remembering the trap that this Deidara had set the last time, Dante was ready. This move would either kill him or the opponent. When Deidara appeared, the lust storm had stopped and Deidara releashed several clay spiders that he had made while underground At that same moment, Dante jumped into the air and activated Heavens embrace. several crystals of energy erupted from Dante and flew around him. As they came into contact with his opponent and the clay spiders, the crystals exploded.

Deidara was stumped. He had never expected his opponent to pull a move like this. His body screamed in pain from the explosions and Deidara never saw the scythe coming that ripped open his throat.

´Dante Alighieri has won this battle.´ Eon said with a smile. It had been a tough fight and he saw that the man was exhausted. He would heal, that was not to worry, but there was the problem on what to give Dante. Finally deciding, Eon walked up to Dante and moved his hands as he spoke the sacred words that had been taught the host. When he was done, the host smiled. ´You are now able to make an clone from yourself.´ The host spoke. Dante nodded but Eon said something else. ´Your clone can attack and explode.´ Dante nodded again and went to sit down. This battle was very tiring and he needed rest.

Kakashi saw how five warriors walked away from the arena. The other combatant who was still here was the man named Dante. Probably tired after his last fight, Dante was the only one who could rest now as he was through to the next round by beating Deidara. It wondered kakashi that the akatsuki had been able to be defeated. He was a very strong warrior who used the explosive kekkei genkai. Having fought with these guys, Kakashi knew that each and every member was very though to beat and this battle showed it. This Dante was lucky to have survived the battle and it only showed the strenght of the opponents he would be facing in this tournament. Kakashi saw how the body of Deidara got send home by this Eon. His battle was not yet over and Kakashi wondered who he would be figthing now. The last opponent was not as tough as he had suspected and Kakashi wondered if he may have faced one of the weaker fighters. He did get a sword out of the deal, which was very nice. It was a strong two-handed katana, with a dragon on the hilt. The weapon also had a hole in it, which allowed something round to be put in. Maybe Kakashi would find out, now he would go and train with this weapon.

A bastard, that was he. A childkilling bastard. John Steward still was angry at this Dante. First he killed the young boy and now he had ripped open the throat of this opponent. That crusader was mercyless, just like the real ones ages ago. The black man could not wait until he could face this Dante in battle and take him out. He would not kill the man, as heroes did not kill but John would make this man pay. Not this round though since the man was already through to the third round but John would face the man in battle and give the crusader what he deserved.

Instead of thinking about this Dante, John would better spend time training and preparing for his next fight. The ape Gorilla Grodd could be faced, if he would face this animal then at least John knew how to handle the opponent. If he faced Gorilla Grodd. There were also enough other fighters he could face and John hoped that these would be as honorable as Spiderman has been.

Now at least he did not have to wait long for his battle to begin. These past days were boring and Deathpool almost got out of one-liners. Almost but not yet because Deathpool brings the dead. Now he was happy that he did not have to wait overly long. The fight of this morning was nice and full of explosions. He would have taken care of either fighter in a shorter time however and would be unstoppable. what deathpool could do with such an explosive power and with a scythe that looked like it came from death itself.

Now Deathpool needed something to do. Almost half a day had passed since the fight and throwing hot grenades to yourself became boring, even when using teleportation. Just as Deathpool thought he might try his hand at pistol juggling, he suddenly heard his name. ' And Deathpool.'  He heard. "YYYYYYAAAYY' Deathpool yelled out as he danced around. Finally some action. Just as he was about to teleport to the spot, the mercenary realised that he had no clue on where the battle would be held or who his opponent would be. Ah wel, when in doubt, teleport all over the place.

On his sixth try, Deathpool finally found the man named Eon. It was the grassy plain near the ancient ruines. His opponent would be old Geezer. 'Hello Old Geezer.' Deathpool waved happily. The man greeted him wiht a nodd.

As soon as the fight began, Deathpool drew two handguns. 'I am going to blow you away with this one.' He said smiling. Before the bullets got to the sith lord, thye got stopped by the lightsaber. 'I am afraid that this will not do. Think of a better way to attack.' Dooku commented. 'How about this.' Deathpool smiled as he took a grenade out of nowhere. 'And here we are in the last inning. This will be the determination of the game, will the old geezer be able to catch the ball or will he fail and lose the game.' Deathpool started swinging his arm. 'One and only one turn.' Then Deathpool threw the grenade. 'I am afraid not.' Dooku said with a smile. he moved his hand and the grenade went back to the owner and explode in his face. 'Chimichanga!' Deathpool yelled out as he stood up. His face was healed quickly and he took two katana's. 'Lets give you a nice smile.' Deathpool said as he teleported away. he ended up directly behind his opponent and moved to finish the fighter off. Before Deathpool had the chance, Dooku turned around and slashed at the weapons, cutting them in half with his lightsaber. 'Oi These were brandnew.' Deathpool complained. 'Give me Give me Give me.' He suddenly spoke as the merc looked at the saber. He grabbed the hand of the sith and proceeded to punch his opponent with the other one. 'I want I want I want.!' Deathpool yelled at the top of his voice. The two struggled for a moment and it looked like Deathpool was overpowering the old man. At that moment, Deathpool got pushed backwards by an invisible wind. 'Do you really think you can compete with the force?' Old Geezer asked in a mocking voice. 'Welll.. Bea Arthur can, so can I.' Was the response of Deathpool. At that moment, Dooku unleashed a force lightning at his opponent. 'Now let see what more damage I can do. Crucio.' Dooku said as he moved his lightsaber. Suddenly a beam erupted from the sword and hit Deathpool as well, who was now in excruciading pain. After half a minute, the sith stopped both attacks. 'You better surrender, unless you want to be tortured even more.' The man said in his most calm voice. 'Duude that hurt. You bastard.' Deathpool said with a grin. As he put his hands up, Deathpool spoke. 'I think I will surrender.' The mercenary then teleported away and appeared directly behind his opponent, with a hunting knife in hand. 'NOT!' he yelled. Dooku spun around and yelled 'Expelliarmus!' This pushed deathpool back and forced the knife from his hand. Without waiting for a second, Dooku thrusted his lightsaber into the throat of the Marvel killer and with a flick of his wrist, beheaded the man. 'That is not nice.' The head of Deathpool complained as his body was trying to find the head. Realising what should happen, Dooku lifted the head with the force and threw it away, he then cut both arms and legs of the body and spread these using the force into different directions.

'I guess that counts as a win.' Eon said as he walked up to Dooku. deathpool could still heal himself, only it would take a little while. 'Yes you won and are through to the next round, the half finales.' The sith looked satisfeid with himself. 'And for winning, you will get a duplicate of the teleporter that deathpool uses.' Eon said as he handed the object to Dooku. 'You can also now use the kunai of Scorpion to pull people towards you.' The sith nodded and walked away, wanting to keep away from this opponent and find some rest.

'I'l take you on even though I have no single clue how I am going to kill and controll you.' Eon said. The body of deathpool then got teleported away.

Only two more fights and three other warriors who he could fight against. Gorilla Grodd knew that the chance he had to fight Green lantern was 33 procent. The other two fighters were the ninja and the man with his dragons. If Grodd would face the dragonman, then he would get an easy win. Using others to fight for you was never a good idea, especially not when Gorilla Grood could controll them and use against an opponent. Grodd smiled with only the idea of such a fight.

The ninja could be interesting. it was clear that Grodd would destroy the man when he would get him but ninja's were fast. It would probably come out on who would be faster. Then there was only the green lantern left. Gorilla Grodd knew of two ways to take out this guardian of the galaxy. The colour yellow for some reason and ripping his hand off. Without a hand, the idiot could not use the ring. Yes, it would seem that he would win his next battle and then the tournament. Gorilla Grodd was unbeatable.

The opponents were becoming stronger, that Lance knew. He was glad to have beaten the woman but it had taken lance more pokemon to beat her then he would have liked. His pokemon had fought well and in the end, Lance had won the battle. With that win, he had gained some controll over earth, like a ground type pokemon. But Lance would have preferred to to get an easier victory. There was always the next battle to come but if what lance had seen this morning counted for all the fights, this one would be even tougher. 'We have to train more.' The pokemon master spoke. All six of his pokemon reacted and used even more power in their attacks. There still was the problem of tactic. Now he had another power, lance could use a better tactic. This time he had no worries to be protected by a pokemon. It would be easy now to use earth as a shield, at least that is what the woman had done. This would leave all his pokemon free to attack the opponent. Now Lance would not try to jump his opponent with all his pokemon, no this time he would gauge the strength of the opponent using his Gyarados and think of the best way to deal with the opponent then. No calculated strategy but thinking on his feet.

Okay lets go, kakashi thought as he heard his name being called. His opponent would be someone named Gorilla Grodd. Who else could it be then the Gorilla that kakashi had spotted on several locations. That would be a rather interesting fight. The shinobi knew from the previous fight of this warrior that the animal could controll others. This would be a rather dangerous opponent.

When Kakashi arrived in the forest, where he was going to face Gorilla Grodd, the ninja saw only Eon standing. 'Still waiting on your opponent before we begin.' The man said with a creepy smile. After a couple minutes of waiting, the ape showed up.

'Are you ready to be smashed?' The animal asked. Kakashi did not react on that. 'Let just fight.' Kakashi spoke in a slightly annoyed tone.

'very well, Fight!' Eon said suddenly. For a few moments, neither warrior moved as they did not realise what was being said. When Kakashi and Gorilla Grodd did realise, everything suddenly moved fast.

Grodd charged at the Shinobi and tried to hammer him with his powerfull fists. kakashi avoided the blows of the ape and countered with his own punch that hit the target in the face. Kakashi then jumped up to kick this opponent, however the enraged ape managed to grab the leg of the hidden leaf shinobi and slammed his face into the ground. The second time the face of Kakashi flew towards the ground, he was able to catch the collision with his arms. As he was pulled up again, Kakashi quickly threw some kunai at the face of Grodd. This diverted the attention of the gorilla and the ninja managed to pull his legs free. Now standing on his hands, Kakashi delivered some kicks the the face of the animal. he then jumped up and landed on his feet. drawing his newly aquired dragonsword, kakashi came in with the attack. Grodd moved away with suprising speed and punched Kakashim forcing him on his knees. 'You humans are all the same.' Grodd spoke.

'Shadow clone Jutsu.' Kakashi said and directly next to hi, an exact copy of the ninja appeared. 'Nice trick.' Grodd growled. The two kakashi's ran towards the ape and the first of the ninja's attacked. Gorilla Grodd moved with incredible speed and dogded the first Kakashi. he then intercepted the second one and pushed him away. Firing off a beam, Grodd took controll of this Kakashi. Not sure if this was the real one, he would soon find out. The first Kakashi now came running towards the gorilla but before he could hit, the second blocked the attack with the dragon sword. The two Kakashi's held a short sword duel, with neither coming up on top. Then Grodd charged at them and the first was just able to jump away. The second hit the Gorilla full on and poofed away. 'You seem to have solved my problem for me.' Kakashi said with a smile. He did smile but also realised how dangerous this mind controll attack was. He might be able to counter it with the sharigan or rinnegan but the ninja was not sure. Better not test it out and try to avoid being controlled whatsoever. 'Rats come here.' The giant ape suddenly yelled. Out of an invisible portal came a swarm of rats, which started to attack Kakashi. The ninja jumped in the air and landed on a tree, where the rodents could not reach him. Gorilla Grodd jumped up to punch Kakashi out of the tree, who was forced to jump away. Then, there followed a fight in the trees, where both attacked and defended while jumping from tree to tree. The rats were totally forgotten. kakashi dodged a hammerblow of his opponent and countered with his fist in the stomach of the ape. Grodd then retaliated with a kick in the stomach. he then took hold of Kakashi and threw the ninja on the ground. As kakashi hit the ground, he turned into a piece of wood. Surprised, Gorilla Grodd looked around and saw his opponent in another tree. 'Fireball jutsu.' kakashi spoke as a large fireball flew towards Grodd. Gorilla Grodd jumped away from the tree and barely avoided the large fireball. He then jumped down on the ground and towards a branch. Grabbing the branch, he swung himself forwards as kakashi flew towards the Gorilla with the dragon sword. The sword slashed at the chest of the animal without much effect. Grodd however managed to knock Kakashi to the ground. He jumped down, pushed the blade out of the hands of the user and grabbed the throat of the ninja. He started choking the fighter as he stared into his eyes.

Gorilla Grodd felt the life drain out of the body of his opponent as he struggled to counter. When kakashi finally died, his head popped off like some sort of doll. Curious, the Gorilla looked at it and saw how a tiny Gorilla baby came crawling out. Surprised, Gorilla Grodd took the little creature and stroked its head. How did this little creature get inside tje ninja? Then something hit him. The baby did not smell like a Gorilla. Even baby's had a particular smile and this one lacked it. Coming from the ninja, this could only be a trap. 'YAAAA' He yelled as he threw the baby to the ground and extended everywhere with his mindcontrol powers. The body and the small animal dissapeared and before he could do anything, Gorilla Grodd felt something sharp hitting his neck, followed by a powerfull electric shock. That was the last thing he felt.

kakashi had used his sharigan to create a genjutsu. Then Kakashi had infused the dragonsword with his lightningcutter technique. the sword alone would not end it, the lightning cutter may be effective but the jonin wanted to play on safe.

Now he was through to the next round and gained two abilities. One was to summon rats and the other was to controll animals. According to this Eon, this was the ability he had gained from Gorilla Grodd. The ninja watched as the ape was send home, then he moved away. kakashi was tired from the fight.

Now it would be his turn again. The last fight of this round and here it would be decided which of the last two fighters would continue in this tournament and who would lose. Even if he'd lose, John Steward could be happy on what he had accomplished so far. He had beaten the other hero in a fair fight and treated the man like a honourable opponent would deserve to be treated. He had only gotten stronger from this encounter and could only wish that this dragon master would be the same. Not all fighters were that respectfull, John knew. Some were monsters who did kill without thinking about others. One of these, the templar, he hoped to face. The superhero was Always kind and mercyfull but against the crusader, Steward was ready to go full out. This was not a man, this was a monster from hell. These kind of people did not deserve kind treatment. Suddenly John Steward felt how Batman must feel when he fought the Joker everytime. His respect for the dark knight went up for not killing the joker. Ofcourse, he himself would not kill this opponent either, the superhero code forbid it and besides killing is wrong. The day he would kill someone was the day he gave his ring back to the Green Lantern corp. He then would not be worthy to be a Green Lantern.

When it was late at night, John heard how the host announced the battle of the Green Lantern versus Lance on the foot of the vulcano. Looking into the distance, the man saw a vulcano on the south side of the Island. 'Let's go.' The man spoke to himself. Using his ring to create a small disc, he jumped up and traveled towards the vulcano.

'Welcome.' Eon said as both Green lantern and Lance arrived. 'This little piece of the Island will be your battlefield. But beware...' The host spoke with a dark smile. 'The vulcano may erupt.' Neither fighter reacted, something that Eon did not expect. 'Well then if you are so confident. Fight!'

'Ready to be crushed?'' Lance asked with a smile. 'Hmm.' Green Lantern grunted. This was not going to be a friendly fight as his last one. 'Go!' Lance shouted as he threw his pokeball. From it appeared a large red monster. It looked like a giant red cross between a fish and a dragon.

'Summoning others to do your bidding, Coward.' the Green Lantern said to the dragontamer. 'My friends help me, nothing else.' Lance reacted. 'Hyper Beam!' He yelled.

Before the red beam could reach the hero, he created a shield of green energy. The shield blocked the attack  completely. The shield then turned into a large hammer, which hit the face of the red gyarados. 'Aqua tail.' Lance said. The tail of the Gyarados got engulved in water and moved to hit the opponent, who jumped up and used a green sphere to lift himself in the air. The attack missed and Lantern created two pincers to force the head of the beast away.

'Go Aerodactyl.' Lance said as he threw another pokeball. The ancient pokemon burst out of his pokeball and flew towards his opponent. 'headsmash.' Lance yelled. The creature aimed his head and shot towards Green Lantern. The other fighter quickly created a large wall of green energy and the pokemon hit the wall head on.

Using his new earthbend powers, Lance waited untill the shield was gone. He then smashed a large piece of earth into the chest of Green lantern and then mentally commanded Gyarados to use bite.

The shiny Gyarados pushed the green warrior to the ground and came in with a bite. In the last second, John managed to create a large hand, which pushed the mouth of the water type away. Steward then managed ton roll away and created a green spike with which he hit the opponents Gyarados. Then creating a large wooden hammer, Lantern smacked it against the head of Gyarados. The attack knocked the pokemon out and he went down with a cry.

Green Lantern then got grabbed by the other pokemon and lifted in the air. Unable to force himself free, the hero felt the claws of the creature as he was taken in the air.

With his ring, Lantern created a medieval mace and slammed it into the face of the beast. Escaping its claws, he hovered in the air. I have to take out this thing, he thought. Then Green Lantern got an idea. Using the newly aquired webbings, he shot them at the wings of the aerodactyl, who unable to keep on flying, crashed down on the ground.

'Nooo!' lance yelled as he saw how his pokemon went down. Now two of his six pokemon were unable to fight and this opponent proved to be a tough one. Then the big guns, the pokemon master thought as he threw the pokeball containing dragonite. Before the pokemon could burst out of its ball, the green warrior shot a spiderweb at the ball and pulled it in. To the surprise of Lance, the man fastened the ball with his web so that Dragonite could not get out. 'What are you doing?' Lance yelled out. 'making sure that you cannot use the monsters to fight for you.' Came the answer. 'We will see about that.' Lance yelled just before he created a small wall from the earth. This earth bending thing had come into handy and the master of pokemon was happy he had trained in it. Taking out the pokeballs of his last three pokemon, Lance was ready to pulverize his opponent. Now the man had to face the power of three dragonair. Before Lance could summon the pokemon, the wall collapsed and Lance got pushed backwards. In front of Lance hovered his opponent, the ring having created a spiked fist. Now the fist opened into an hand and snatched away the three dragonair's. Again, the balls got webbed, making it unable for the pokemon to get out.

Now the dragonair and dragonite were trapped in their balls, gyarados knocked out and Aerodactyl with disabled wings. The only way Lance could win this was by keeping the opponents on a distance using earthbending and then run to Gyarados and use his own powers. being born in the Veridian Forest had given Lance some ability. he could talk with pokemon and controll dragon types but he also was able to heal pokemon by himself.

Lance smashed a piece of earth out of the side of the vulcano and threw it at his opponent. Green Lantern easily catched the piece with the power of his ring and threw it back. The dragon trainer dodged the attackand kicked in the ground. This move, he had not practised and Lance hoped that it would work. A lage square of of ground shot from under Green Lantern and send him to the ground. lance then smashed a large rock on top of GL and ran towards his gyarados.

John used his ring to pick up the rock and throw it away. He then hurried towards his opponnent, who held his hands against the head of the Red monster.

Again, a big green fist came in and hit Lance. The attack knocked him on his side but the damage was already done. Gyarados awakened and cried out in anger. 'Dragon dance.' lance yelled and the beast began to do a strange dance. 'Trash.' lance yelled as he crawled back to his feet.

The gyarados yelled out and smashed his tail towards Green Lantern. The latter was just able to create a shield which held the attack. Two more times the tail came down on the fighter. Lance looked at his Aerodactyl and saw that the pokemon was already working on freeing himself. Taking a decision, Lance ran up to the back of his opponent, aiming to attack from the rear. Just as Lance was almost on top of his opponent, the hero flew into the air. Instead of the black man, a red tail came towards Lance and crashed into him. The pokemon master got thrown backwards and fell on the ground.

The red gyarados woke from his rampage and got confused as a result. Trying to hit the opponent, it accidently slammed his own tail against his head. The green hammer of energy that Green lantern used knocked the pokemon out for a second time. 'Now for you.' John spoke as he looked at Lance. The dragonmaster was already forcing a piece of earth from the ground when a big green hand picked him up. Not being able to move, lance was held a yard above the ground. 'Surrender.' Green lantern spoke. Knowing he had no choise, Lance surrendered, just as his Aerodactyl broke free from his bonds.

'The battle is over.' Eon declared. 'Green Lantern is the winner and will continue on.' Nodding, the hero put down his opponent. With this victory, he would be closer to fighting the knight.

'As winner, you will get a pokeball containing aerodactyl. he will listen to you and follow your every order.' The host spoke as he gave green Lantern the ball. 'Thank you.' The man said politely. Also you will gain the ability to earthbend to a minor degree, as your opponent could.' Eon added. ' The Lantern nodded, he felt himself becoming stronger.

Only four warriors left. Of the original sixteen, only four of them made it this far. Each of them was now stronger and had more experience then when they had entered. Not only experience had they gained but also new powers were theirs to use in battle. What these warriors did not know that these powers they aquired would benefit Eon but they would soon find out. These four warriors were now standing before Eon on the ice plains of the tundra on the island. This island really had all sorts of terrain, which was a perfect battleground for all these different fighters. The host was really lucky that he found this place.

The figthers still left were the Green lantern, Kakashi Hatake, Count Dooku and Dante Alighieri.

Green Lantern had shown what the power of a ring could be. He had beaten both Spiderman and Lance without killing either. That was something particular that showed the willpower of these heroes. Not that it mattered, both were dead anyway. Kakashi had shown an odd one. He always seemed uninterested and kindhearted but Eon had spotted this ninja at almost every battle to observe the fighters. He also fought with good tactics and was not afraid to finish the opponent off. This kakashi was someone to keep an eye on, especially considering that eye of his.

Dooku was calm monster, that was clear. He had destroyed both Bellatrix and Deathpool with a combination of force powers and that lightsaber of his. Always keeping calm, this man was a dangerous opponent for anyone who opposed him.

At last there was the warrior who looked the most scary of all four survivors. Dante was a silent but powerfull opponent. He had not been at any other battle and he did not say much but this crusader was a powerfull warrior who slew Yoh Asekura and Deidara.

Wondering what matchups would prove most entertaining for the two gods, Eon saw how Gree Lantern watched Dante with an angry stare. It seemed that he did not like the other warrior much. Then Eon got an idea. these two would fight each other, let the anger show in the battlefield.

'The first fight.' Eon spoke to the four onlookers. 'is Kakashi versus Dooku. It will be here and now.'

First he would have these two fight it out and then it would be the turn of the last two fighters. Tonight, the finale would be held.

The two warriors that had been named went to stand against each other. 'For this match, let us greed.' Dooku proposed. 'Very well.' kakashi said and the count made a deep bow towards his opponent, followed by a less deep but sincered bow from the ninja.

'If you are done greeting. Fight.' Eon spoke. Kakashi started off by throwing some kunai at his opponent. He had seen this warrior in battle and knew him to be a dangerous opponent, now it was time for figur out how dangerous exactly.

Dooku moved his hand and the kunai in the air got blown back and fell on the ground. 'I hope you have more then just throwing things.' The old man spoke with a smile. He then moved his hand and one of the kunai took air again, only to head towards kakashi. The ninja dodged the kunai with ease and grabbed the weapon out of the air. 'Now lets see how good your saber can cut.' Kakashi said as he hurried towards his opponent with kunai in hand. Just before he was on top of the man, his opponent was holding the lightsaber. A strike from the saber was avoided by Kakashi, who danced in the air. He then jumped back and aimed th kunai for the neck of Tyrannus, who moved his lightsaber and cut the kunai in two. Moving to finish Kakashi, he stabbed, only to hit air. Kakashi grabbed the saber hand of Dooku with one hand and hit the face of the Sith with the other. When he tried to hit the man again, The sith lord moved his hand and Kakashi got pushed away.

'You have attacked and failed. Now it is my turn.' Dooku said with a smile. He then shot force lighting from his fingertips. Kakashi dodged the attack and threw kunai with paperbombs on them. Altough the kunai got stopped by the force, the paper bombs did explode and created smoke all around Dooku. Knowing this was his chance, kakashi drew the dragon sword as he rushed towards his opponent. Just before the ninja could get in range, he felt how a strange feeling took over his body and threw the ninja past Dooku and on the ground. The sith lord then proceeded to use forcelighting again. Kakashi unvealed his sharigan and copied the move of his opponent. Now the two warriors were both using forcelighting, which met in the middle. 'hahaha.' The sith lord laughed. 'You really think you are ready for the power of the dark side?' he spoke. Kakashi did not respond. One of the the kunai flew into the air and headed for Kakashi. 'You think a second time it will work?' Kakashi asked as he threw a kunai to block the other one. 'Very well.' Dooku said.

Suddenly kakashi got lifted in the air as he felt something tightening his throat. 'I wonder how long you can go without breath.' His opponent said with a smile. Kakashi reached for his kunai, but being strangled did make it harder for him to throw a weapon accurately. The same problem was there with his jutsu's and hanging in the air, prevented looking his opponent in the eye. Getting out of options and the ability to breath really quick now, Kakashi had to find something or he would die.

The rats! Kakashi thought. Using the abilitie he had gotten from the ape, Kakashi summoned a dozen  rats, who all attacked Dooku at once.

The sith lord lost his grip on Kakashi and the ninja fell on the ground. 'Summoning Jutsu.' Kakashi said as he smashed his open palm on the ground. Out of nowhere, several dogs appeared. 'What can we do boss?' A small bulldog asked. 'Distract him. But don't get hit by the sword.' Kakashi said. 'Yes sir.' Came the answer and the dogs raced towards Dooku to overthrow him. 'Lightning cutter.' Kakashi said as he created a blade of lighting. A flash of lightning appeared and Kakashi saw how his dogs dissapeared. They had done their work and now he was going to finish it. 'Lighting cutter.' Kakashi said as he hurried towards Dooku.

The attack missed. Dooku had used his teleportation device to transport behind Kakashi. 'Almost.' Count Dooku said with a smile. Kakashi turned around and was just able to dodge a lightsaber. Need to get rid of that weapon, Kakashi though. Using his earthstyle, Kakashi summoned a large wall and jumped on top. 'You think a wall can protect you?' Dooku taunted. Not giving an answer, kakashi summoned the fireball that his opponent Ryu had used before. The ball of fire was easily dodged by the old man, who pushed his palm forwards. Kakashi felt himself getting pushed backwards and landed on his knee. 'Shadow clone jutsu.' Kakashi said softly. A copy of the ninja appeared, who hid away. Just then the wall got blown apart. Just being able to dodge, the debree missed the ninja and he saw his opponent walking closer. 'A mere wall will not stop the power of the dark side.' The man said. It was not ready yet. Kakashi had to distract the man untill he could use the rinnegan. 'Force lighting.' Kakashi yelled as he send lightning from his finger tips. 'Do you think you can use my own attacks against me?' Dooku asked with a smile. Kakashi said nothing as he continued. When his rinnegan was ready, Kakashi stopped the attack and jumped away. At that moment, the clone Kakashi appeared again and ran towards Dooku with sword ready. Just before the sword and lightsaber could hit each other, the clone Kakashi moved his sword away and kicked the hand Of Dooku. The sith pushed the opponent away with the force as his lightsaber fell on the ground. 'Now' Kakashi spoke to himself as he aimed his rinnegan at the saber. A beam of black energy appeared from the eye of Kakashi, ready to let the weapon dissapear. However just before the weapon could dissapear, Dooku summoned it to his hand again. 'Not so fast.' he spoke. Count Dooku then pulled Kakashi towards him with the force. Kakashi tried to stand up but suddenly felt the sword of his opponent in his chest. The shinobi fel down and never stood up again.

'Wonderfull fight.' Eon laughed. 'It ended so abruptly though.' The man added. Dooku ignored the command and nodded to his opponent. This ninja had been a tough opponent. 'You will get a whole lot of powers now.. Lets see. Ah yes.'  Eon began again. 'You know get a copy of the dragon sword, the ability to summon flesh eating rats and the ability to talk to animals.' The host said. 'Also you will be able to use the lightning cutter technique with your hands or fuse it in the lightsaber and dragon sword.' The host added. Dooku nodded. He had become even more powerfull now. One last fight and he would reign champion. Champion for the dark side.

'Now for the next fight.' Eon began as he looked at the last two fighters. 'Your fight will be in two hours in the desert.' Eon was getting cold now and the desert would be at least warmer. 'Can't our fight be now?' Green Lantern suddenly asked. 'Well, only if your opponent agrees.' Eon said, hoping that this Dante preferred the heat to fight in instead of the cold. 'I agree.' The crusader suddenly spoke.  Great, Eon thought. He now had to be longer in this cold.

'You filthy piece of shit. You childmurdering bastard.' John spoke as he walked up to Dante. 'The boy was a hellspawn, who was possesed by ghosts.' The other man responded. 'He was just a boy.' John Steward yelled out as he created a large spear out of his ring. The other fighter pushed the spear aside with his scythe and counterattacked. This attack was dodged by the Green Lantern.

'It seems that this battle is on.' Eon commented.

Green Lantern attacked again, using a giant club to try and hit his opponent. Dante moved away and came in with his own weapon. Both warriors were commited to their attacks and tried to take out the other as quickly as possible.

Dante took out his cross and shot cross shaped energy at his opponent, who quickly summoned a wall to protect himself. Knowing he could not stay at the defense and do something, Lantern decided to try that earthbending that he had won in his last match. Not having trained with it a lot, he hoped that it would work, especially with snow and ice covering the ground. He stomped the ground hard and the earth began to shake and tear. This distracted Dante enough so Lantern could go on the offense. He slammed his foot on the ground again and pieces of earth appeared. he now used a big green hand of energy to smash several pieces of earth towards his opponent.

Dante had regained his ground again and kept attacking using his energy blasts. The blasts met the earth in midair and exploded together. Because of the snow on the earth, the vision of both fighters got blurred with snow that scattered all around them.

Dante summoned the three crosses that he won by beating his father, hoping that they could find the target. One of them did and smashed into Green Lantern just as his vision cleared. The hero saw how two other gold crosses followed the one that had just hit him and he used his ring to capture all three crosses in a giant ball. Steward knew that he was defenseless as long as he had to contain his three crosses. His opponent knew that as well and came running at the black man. 'Go!' Lantern spoke as he threw his pokeball. A red light erupted from the ball and the monster called Aerodactyl appeared. 'Attack.' John yelled at the creature, not sure what attacks the monster knew. However, the Aerodactyl did listen and flew to intercept Dante. The two collided in midair and Dante got pushed backwards. the beast flapped its wings and tried to bite Dante, who jumped aside and let several ice Crystals lose around the Aerodactyl. All these Crystals exploded, which made the winged creature howl in pain. A green hammer suddenly rammed Dante and forced the warrior on the ground. His crosses had dissapeared and now, the crusader had to fight two opponents at once. 'Explosive clone.' Dante yelled and out of crystal, a second got formed. The warrior knew that this Dante knew all attacks he knew but would explode when hit or when he would give the sign. While Dante attacked the Green Lantern, his clone ran towards the beast. Weapons collided as Dante and Green Lantern dueled it off. None gave corner and both concentrated in getting through the defenses of the opponent. Suddenly a loud explosion was heard and Dante hoped that this had taken out the beast of his opponent. This proved wrong as the beast suddenly appeared and tried to bite Dante. The warrior was just in time to put his scythe in between himself and the beast, however he did get hit by a hammer blow of the Lantern.

The green Lantern jumped on the back of the Aerodactyl and rose in the air. He saw that the beast was weakened and would not survive for long. Still, they had to continue.

A spear erupted from the ring and pierced the side of Dante, who was trying to stand up. He cried in pain and saw the spear coming again. 'For Beatrice!' Dante yelled as he summoned a shield of pink energy around him. Instantly, there were moaning voices in the air. The spear hit the shield and stopped. The green energy could not penetrate his defenses. Dante stood up and jumped towards the beast. Using his scythe, Dante forced the green lantern back and then jumped on the beast. John came at Dante and tried to punch the crusader. However his attack had little effect and he himself got hurt by the shield. Dante then took his cross and blasted Lantern away. The hero fell from the Aerodactyl and fell in the snow. Dante planted his scythe at the top of the neck of this beast and found that he could controll this creatures as he had controlled creatures in hell. He then flew the beast towards his opponent. Just before the pokemon could crash into the Green Lantern, Dante jumped off. The Lantern used his ring to form a shield, which protected him against the blow. In this chaos, Dante created an explosive clone out of himself. Instead of attacking however, he let the clone move away. Dante then attacked his opponent several times with his scythe, each time finding a green barrier in the way. Suddenly the pink shield stopped working and that was the moment Lantern had waited for. He retaliated with a large green fist that punched Dante away. Green Lantern stood up while Dante took up his cross.

Dante shot off his cross, knowing that his opponent would use a wall. From behind him, the crusader heard the voice of his best friend saying: 'Throw it now.' Knowing it was the right moment, Dante jumped up and threw a rotten apple at his opponent. The apple flew past the shield and landed on the ground next to Green Lantern. 'Missed.' The other man laughed, a bit curious on what this attack would do. 'No i did not.' Dante growled. At that moment, John Steward noticed that he could not move his arm. In fact, he could not move any of his limbs. 'What is this?' He yelled out. Instead of giving an answer, Dante laughed and looked at something behind the green clad fighter. 'You will explode.' Dante finally said. At that instant, Lantern knew that the exploding clone of his opponent was behind him and for less then a second he panicked. 'I do not need to move to use my ring.' The man smiled and a green rope erupted from the ring, circled around one of the few trees around and grabbed the clone. Now the real Dante moved again. He had seen how his clone was stopped but the spirit of Francesco had urged for Dante to use his scythe now and with this weapon he attacked. The immobilizing spell stopped moments before the scythe could kill Lantern and as he moved away, the scythe moved direction too. instead of the throat, the weapon slashed at the ringhand of the superhero and cut of several fingers. 'AAhhhh.'  The man yelled in pain as his fingers were torn off him. To his surprise and frustration, Lantern noticed that his ringfinger had been cut off too and that the Green Lantern ring lay in the red snow. Thinking quickly, he used a spiderweb to pull the ring towards him. At that moment, Dante rushed forwards with his cross in front of him. He rammed the other man, who fell backwards in the snow, with the ring flying over both heroes and landing in the snow as well. 'NOOOOO!' Lantern yelled just before he felt the cold hard steel of the scythe at his throat. 'I want to save your soul and send you to heaven, however as a non believer you will need to go to hell.' Suddenly John realised something. This man was not evil, he just was consumed by his religion. That was his last thoughts before the life of the Green Lantern was ended

'Congratulations.' Eon said with a smile. 'You won the battle and now we can get away from the cold. You do get your prizes first.' The man spoke hastily. 'Lets see. The Green Lantern aquired the spiderwebs, aerodactyl and earthbending. Let me fix that for you.'  The man moved his hands and when he was done, smiled. 'Now that is arranged. As for the prize you get from the Lantern, you will get his ring.' The man said with a smile. 'However.' Eon began in a playful tone. ' Dante however did not respond. He stood there silently waiting. 'The ring will only work for a couple of minutes before it needs to be recharged. That will be done after a match, so use the weapon usefull.' Still no response.

Now Eon turned to both the surviving fighters. Your fight will be tonight at midnight at the arena. Be there!' He then walked up to the Green Lantern and saw how both the finalists walked away.

That night, the two warriors walked in the empty arena. it had been weeks since the tournament first started and from the 16 warriors who entered, only two were alive now and ready to battle. Eon looked at them with a smile. Almost, the first tournament was almost over and all the dead fighters were ready. One last fight and he would have his first batch complete. 'Sun and moon, we are almost ready.' The man said with a smile.

'Welcome.' Eon said as he smiled towards the two warriors. 'Darth Tyrannus and Dante Alighieri. You two are the strongest and have survived to this final round. Both men nodded towards the host. Each was stronger then when they had entered this tournament and both were ready to kill the other to win. 'Tonight a winner will be crowned.' Eon spoke in his most epic tone. 'Now lets see what you can do.' He continued as he watched both warriors. 'Fight."

'Let us bow and start this battle as real gentlemen.' Dooky said as he made a deep bow. Instead of doing the same, his opponent attacked. The scythe flew towards Dooku, who jumped aside. 'That was very foolish sir.' The man spoke as his lightsaber attacked the weapon of his opponent. The the great surprise of the sith lord, the scythe did not get cut in half. 'It was the scythe of death itself.' Dante responded. 'It will not break.'  The two then duelled with each other. Lightsaber versus scythe. After some time of melee weapon against melee weapon, Dante took out his cross and shot three crosses of white energy from it. Dooku used the force to block one of them and then jumped away to avoid the other two. Another three energy crosses rushed towards Dooku and this time, the old warrior used the spell protego to block these. He then jumped upwards and launched Force Lightning at his opponent. Dante endured the pain of the force lighting with  loud cries and when it stopped, he slowly stood up. '

Another force lighting was send at Dante but this time, he used his lust storm to create a defense against the attack. 'Go.' Dante said as he summoned the Aerodactyl that he aquired in his last fight.

the beast rose in the air and attacked Dooku. The sith jumped away and cast force lighting. The Aerodactyl screamed in pain but as Dante attacked, Dooku was forced to stop and block the scythe. The pokemon came to attack again and this time, Dooku had a cunning plan. Using the animal controll ability he had gained, the warrior suck out his hand and took controll of the pokemon. 'Attack.' Dooku said. The Aerodactyl sore through the sky and now flew towards Dante. 'Foolish beast.' The man spoke as he created a shield of green energy around himself. The pokemon crashed into the shield and k.o'd himself. Dante then continued to attack with the green energy ring. He created a sword out of green energy and attacked his opponent, who blocked with his lightsaber. The two continued to battle this way for a few moments, when the the green sword suddenly dissapeared. the energy of the ring was gone. Dooku rushed forwards at this moment, using his force speed to near his opponent and go with a blow. Dante jumped backwards and summoned his three golden crosses to protect himself. Dooku cut easily through the crosses and continued on.

Dante quickly created a small wall out of the earth on the ground and jumped backwards to draw his scythe. Dooku smashed the small wall with his force push and attacked Dante, who was just able to block using his own weapon. He then created small explosive crystals in the air, which Dooku dodged. 'Now that explosive clone.' Th scythe spoke to Dante. 'Yes' The crusader nodded to the spirit of his friend in the weapon. He then created a clone of himself and both ran towards Dooku. The sith smiled. 'This again? Well let us see.' He said before he launched force lightning that hit one of the opponent in the chest. The man yelled and fell down. The other Dante jumped in the air and launched several attacks with the weapon that was now a spear. One of the attacks hit the shoulder of Dooku but he managed to block the others by circling in a fury with his saber. The other Dante came running at him and got cut in half as a result. It then dissapeared. 'Why did this clone not explode?' Dante asked. 'I do not know.' Came the answer of his friend Francesco. 'i do have an idea. It seems that lightning cancells out an explosion.' Tyrannus said with a smile. 'Dante spoke as he took his cross to blast white energy at his opponent. Dooku dissapeared and appeared behind Dante, trying to cut the other man. Dante turned around and held the cross in front of him, which then got cut in half. 'Noooo!' Dante yelled out, seeing the cross of his loved one destroyed. Dooku continued on and stabbed the stomach of his opponent. This created a howl in the throat of Dante, who almost panicked. He shot a spiderweb in the face of Dooku from very close rang. The other man grabbed his face and tried to get the sticky stuff off. This made him unaware of the burning slash of the scythe that took the sith across the chest. The man did not show the pain that he felt and continued on to use his other senses and avoid the other blows aimed at him. At the right moment, Dooku send a force push that send Dante into the sand.

Dooku managed to get the web away and saw how his opponent stood up. Both fighters were in agonizing pain. The count knew that he could not continue on for much longer and needed to finish this quickly. He saw how his opponent created anaother explosive clone and took out the dragonsword. The man infused it with lightning from the lightning cutter and continued to use the force and shoot it at one of his opponents while he cast force lightning at the other The sword rammed itself in the chest of Dante, who got pushed back. the sword and the electricity from it, forced the warrior on his knees. The other Dante continued on after the force lightning but was cut in half quickly. That was the clone. 'let us be sure of ourselfs.'Dooku said as a red beam hit Dante. He lost all controll of his limbs and fell in the sand, unable to move.

'For Beatrice. For my sister.' Dante heard Francesco yell from the sword as his opponent walked closer. He was in pain and unable to move. There was no way to win... The opponent was even closer now. 'For Beatrice!' Dante suddenly yelled as he stood up. A white light shone from him and on his back were angelwings. the power healed the wounds of Dante and had cured the man of being Paralyzed. Dante slashed out with the scythe, that Dooku barely avoided and the continued by trying to hook the opponent. This worked as the guard of Dooku was slightly to low and the point of the scythe found itself in his shoulder. Dante pulled the man towards him and then aimed a killing blow for the throat. Dooku himself shot forwards, hoping he could reach the throat of Dante before his own was being teared open. However, Dooku was too late. The throat of the Sith lord got sliced open and the man fell face first in the sand, after which Dante smashed the point of his scythe in the back of his head. 'YOU WILL GO TO HELL.'

'You can stop now.' Eon spoke with a smile. 'You won.' 'I won?' Dante asked, not sure of himself. 'Yes you did.' the other man answered. You won this tournament. You are the victor.' Exhousted, Dante sat down on the ground. 'Thank you old friend.' He spoke to Francesco. 'No problem.' Came the answer. 'Now on to your prizes. First you will get all the powers that your opponent had gained and then I have a surpise.' Eon said with a smile. 'Great, but can you repair my cross?' Dante asked. 'Yes ofcourse, only after.' came the reply. 'After what? Dante asked, wondering who was left to fight. 'After you become my general.' Eon laughed. 'What do you...' Dante began when he saw how these golems and hooded figured entered the arena. 'For that, you must die.' Eon laughed and walked away. One of the Golems was near and Dante attacked it with his scythe. The golem blocked the attack, when Dante got hit by a giant green fist. He fell forwards and turned around. The green Lantern stood there with a hood on. His eyes were empty and Dante was not sure if the man was dead or not. 'You see, I am collecting warriors to use in my army and this tournament was to get them stronger and to decide who would be the general.' Eon explained to Dante as the host walked towards the body of Dooku. 'You won, congratulations. Now you have to die too so your soul can be fused with one of my choosing.' The man added. Never, Dante yelled as he circled around with his scythe, hitting several opponents in the process. An explosion followed by an arrow stopped Dante from attacking anand lightning from Kakashi killed the man off.