the tournament: An alliance with a shocking end

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

tournament: Green

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the tournament: Anger

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The tournament starts again

The hooded figure stepped on the grass of the island. He was finally back. The island still looked the same as it did when he left years ago, with a few important differences. There were no more guards walking around the island and  the huge tower that had been constructed while he was in charge was no more. Instead, the rubble of the tower lay  in the grass. The island still looked as beautiful as the day he first stepped on it, with the sun high in the air and the cool breeze that kept him fresh.

The past few years, he had been imprisoned on a strange world, where all sorts of happy creatures lived in all sort of forms and colors. He still did not know what world he had been kept in all these years, he only knew that none of his powers worked and that his sword was ineffective on these natives. Everybody there was rather friendly, which really nagged him. Then the mysterious portal appeared out of now-where and when he had stepped inside, he was back on the island again. While walking towards the rubble that used to be the tower, he felt how his powers returned. When he finally reached the place where the tower used to be, the hooded man saw what he was looking for. On some stones lay a mace, fully made out of metal. The man picked up the mace, looked at it and held the weapon high in the air.

Angst was back.

Now he was equipped again, it was time to find out who had brought him here. Angst stepped towards the old arena, which still was there and as he walked towards the building, he saw several strange people appear from all different portals. Slowly, each and every one of them was walking towards the arena.

Angst saw a warrior with three swords on his body, he saw some kind of worm, a few masked men and even a female in a cat suit.

This was clearly another tournament or some sort but why and for what reason was Angst led here. 

As Angst stepped in the sand of the arena, he saw all different sorts of people sitting on the stone benches around the arena. Angst did not recognize any of them until he saw a face that he wished never to see again. Between a turtle and and a man smoking a cigar sat the hero of Oakvale The one person who had beaten him the last time and escaped. Wondering what the hero did in this place, Angst sat down on a bench far away from the hero and waited.

When all the warriors were seated down, someone moved up the balcony on the other side. 

'Welcome.' Spoke the small man with a surprisingly low voice. The man was dressed in a black suit with top head and a cane with a golden knob. He had a round shaped head and lacked any hair apart from the big silvery white mustache. 

When the man spoke, everybody fell silent and looked up the balcony. 

'Welcome to the island.' The man started. 'You are all here on my invitation as you belong to the strongest warriors in your own realms and I want you to fight in my tournament.' The man looked each warrior in the eyes and then continued. 'Years ago, a first tournament was hosted here, with a rather abrupt ending to it. However, I felt that we were in need of a second tournament, and therefore I invited you guys.' the last words he spoke with a smile. 'Now to make sure things do not go awry, i have set some rules here.' as he spoke, he looked at Angst. First of all, I do not wish fighting in between matches. I will tell the fighters when they are about to fight and where they are going to fight. Those of you who have already taken a sneak peek around the island will have seen that it has a lot battle area's, suitable for all different fighters.' he said with a wink.

'What is the prize.' Someone suddenly yelled. 'Ahh. The prize is that want you want most.' the host spoke with a happy voice. 'You can let your greatest dream come trough. the man added. 

The man waited before speaking next, to allow every person picture that what he most wanted.

'The matches can be won by a surrender, a knock out or a kill.' The man continued in a serious tone. 'defeated warriors are allowed to watch other fights, train or just walk around.' Some of the warriors nodded while others just kept looking at their host. 'Also. if you win your match, you will get a exact copie of a weapon or abilitie of your defeated opponent, altough a ability might get toned down a bit.' he said. 'If that all is understood, then I will give you now your one chance to get away off this island if you do not with to be in the tournament. If you do not leave now, you will stay for the duration of this tournament.' the man said with a smile. 

The host looked at the warriors but none of them was about to leave off. 

After a couple minutes of waiting, the man continued. 'Well, if nobody wants to leave, let us start the tournament with the first fight.' his eyes wandered around the warriors as if he was searching for a good first match. 'Why don't we start off with the winner of the first tournament and one of the two survivors of said tournament: The slayer of dragons and Saviour of Albion. i present you the Hero of Oakvale.' A man in metal Armour, with a sword and longbow strapped on his back stepped into the sandy arena. 'His opponent will be..... A yes. A turtle who fights evil with his brothers and protect the people against a evil samurai. Raphael the teenage mutant ninja turtle.' 

As he heard his name, Raphael stood up from his bench and jumped down. A few days ago, he had received a invitation to a tournament. strangely, the invitation had said that he should come alone and wait up a high building. Hoping to get some action and fame, he had agreed. His brothers had let him borrow some of their weapons for the tournament and when he waited on right building at the right moment, a portal had suddenly appeared, that closed down again as soon as he had passed it. The portal had led to this island where the tournament was held. Now he was ready to become the lone victor and he knew what he would wish for. More power then anybody ever had.

Raphael pulled his red headband more tight and threw the staff he borrowed from Donatello and the nunchako he had borrowed from Michelangelo on the sand. His own sai were strapped to his belt and in his hands, he held one of Leonardo's katana's. 'You are with me in this fight my brothers.' He muttered as he stood ready to fight.

The hero took his fabled sword in his hand. The sword of aeons was his most powerful weapon which had given him many victories. Once again, he was fighting in a tournament thought off by somebody but unlike the last host, this one looked better at the task. The hero remembered the last tournament clearly. After Storm, the fellow warrior he had been very fond off, had died he had hunted down the organizer together with batman. Batman had died but the hero had managed to beat this Angst before both of them got warped into different worlds. The hero had ended up in the home world of Storm where he had joined a group of people called the X-men. There he had learned more about Storm and helped the mutants out in their fight against Magneto. When the hero got invited to a new tournament, he had accepted. The hero wanted to see who hosted this new tournament, seeing as Angst had dissapeared in a portal.

Now he was here again and to apparently, he had been chosen as the victor of the last tournament. Having seen both jack of blades and this Angst, the Hero now wanted to know what the Albion terror and the host of the last tournament did fighting in this one. 

But first of all, he had to take out this strange green opponent.

Raphael started running towards his opponent, the katana of his brother held ready.

As the two warriors met, the duel began with attacking and blocking at both sides. Hero slashed at the turtle but Raphael managed to block the attack and came back with a failed cut that was aimed for the chest. The swords clashed again and when the ninja turtle managed to get past the sword of his opponent, he hit the armored chest and was rewarded with a blow to the head. Raphael staggered backwards and the sword of his opponent clieved through the air, only to hit the shield on his back. 

The Oakvale fighter prepared himself for a flourish but as he came with a slash from the side, his opponent kicked the sword backwards with his foot and followed up with a kick to the chest that send the hero backwards. Just as the hero was recovering, Raphael came with a slash that hit the bright plate Armour again.  As Raphael was ready to strike again, he felt himself got pushed away by a invisible wall. The hero had performed a force push to push his opponent away and followed up with a lightning attack that hit Raphael. 

He yelled in pain, pushed himself up and ran at his opponents again after shouting cowabunga. 

The fighters met again and both dealt blows at each other but again. To his surprise, the teenage mutant ninja turtle noticed that altough he got more tired, his opponent seemed not be effected by the battle at all. Trying another tactic, Raphael came with a feint and as the Hero moved to block the attack, the turtle started with punches his opponent using his three fingered hand. He then stepped aside to avoid a blow, turned around and shieldbashed the hero with the shield on his back. The tactic had worked and the hero fell on the ground with a hard thud. Raphael dropped his sword and took out his two sai's to attack his opponent. The sai's hit hard and pushed the Hero to the ground again as he tried to stand up. To avoid being pushed down again, the Hero rolled backwards and stood up in a fighting stance. Raphael came attacking his opponent, who grabbed both green wrists to avoid the sharp points of the sai's. The two struggled to get a upper hand, until Raphael head butted his opponent. The hero stepped away and as the turtle came with another attack, the hero blasted the ninja turtle away with his force push. 

Raphael got knocked away and his weapons flew out of his hand. As he stood up, he saw how his opponent threw a fireball towards him. Raphael dodged the attack and ran for the staff of his purple banded friend. While he picked up the staff, the Oakvale warrior took his sword from the ground. 

The two met in close range again and as the now very angry Raphael slammed his staff on the shoulder of his opponent. Just as staff was about to hit again, the hero blocked the incoming attack with his blade and stabbed from the same point. Raphael got pushed off-balance by this attack and a powerful next attack forced the staff out of the hands of its user. 

Raphael retaliated with two powerful kicks that pushed his opponent back. Before he could kick his opponent a third time, the Hero attacked with  lightning that forced the turtle on the ground. As the lightning kept going, the Hero walked forwards and when the attack finally stopped, the oakvale born fighter had his sword at the neck of his opponent. ´Surrender.´ he commanded with a strong voice. ´I.... surrender.´ came the defeat of Raphael.

As the hero helped Raphael stand up, they heard the host comment on the victory. ´This first match has been won by the Hero of Oakvale by a surrender and once again, he showed his power.´ 'Now, hero, because you won your first bout, you get a sai as price. Do with it what you like.' The host threw something on the sand from his balcony and when the hero grabbed it, he saw it was a exact copie of a sai, the weapon he had just been fighting. He saw that Raphael had a surprised look as well.

The host then spoke to the other fighters. ´Now find yourself a place to these days and do whatever you like until you are summoned by me to battle.´ The crowd waited to see if he continued but as nothing came, they dispersed. 

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My top 15 Fictional characters

A long time ago, I have written my top historical warriors and I wanted to do something similair. After thinking for a time, I decided what I should do.
Now I will name my top 15 fictional persons that I ever came across

Please note:
I made this list with all the fictional characters I find awesome
you can comment wherever you agree or not but please keep it polite
I will not change anything here only you like someone better who is lower on the list.

My top 15 fictional characters

15. Spongebob Squarepants

I have always been a fan of slapstick humor. The way one can peform comedy without uttering a word is briljant. Spongebob is one of the very few cartoons of today who have mastered this.That everybody talks makes the cartoon even better. There are few cartoons that are actually fun to watch nowadays but Spongebob squarepants is among them. Apart from the over the top humor, I also like the characters, who are all good designed, with a great background and a interesting personality. Whatever it is the money hungry mr. Craps, the stupid Patrick or even the grumpy Squidward. Everyone is great in their own way. The sponge himself is the best character of all. Childish, always happy and in for some fun. he also likes the small things in life, which to my opinion is very important. A deserved spot on my list.

14. Donald Duck

As I have said previously, I am a fan of slapstick comedy. Spongebob is good at it but not as good as Donald Duck. He has been in comics, movies and other media before I was born but even to this day, we can enjoy the antics of the always unlucky, poor duck with a anger problem. He is maybe the personality of the working man and he manages to make people laugh without saying little that someone can understand. I can even say that to this day, i am a weekly reader of the donald duck magazine and I will keep on reading it for years to come.

13. Ryu Hayabusa

I can't say that I am a fan of ninja's. This is mostly because of the fanboys who make this warrior out as the immortal and unbeatable power of the east. Ryu on the other hand is a exception. The first time I played as Ryu, it was in dead or alive and he became instantly my favorite character in that roster. It did not take long for me to buy my first ninja gaiden game and I have enjoyed Ryu ever since. This ninja, who fights for his village, has a huge arsenal of weapons and great ninpo powers. He is named the best fictional ninja in severeal magazines and sites. This is for a reason, he truely is a awesome ninja 

12. Hadrian Blackwater

Someone I came across very recently, Hadrian Blackwater deserves respect. This rather unknown warrior appeares in the books of Michael Sullivan.  The books tell the tale of a elvish assasin and a mercenary, who carries three swords of which one is a one and a half hander. Hadrian is the last of the two. He first started in the books as a mercenary,who has fought in countless wars and is seen as one of the best fighters because of his ancient and secret fighting style, but both he and the reader find out in the later books that he is decendend of a line of guardians of a ancient emperor. hadrian stands out as a cool fighter, who keeps his sense of humor in the most problematic of times. He really deserves more fans then he now has and could go fight some of the better known fictional warriors around.

11. V

Remember, remember the fifth of november. The day of the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

This comic book character, who turned into a awesome movie character is true face of revenge. The guy is the face of a ideal  and managed to set a whole city against the power who controlled them with fear. you cannot scare a idea, neither can you shoot one. That is why V will always survive in one incarnation or another and will always show those in charge that you should treat those below as you would like to be treated yourself.

Ever since I first saw the movie, it became one of my all time favorites as it shows how a man can fall and how he can rise.

10. Michael Stone

Another character that most people have not heard about. Michael Stone is the lead character in the BBC serie Hustle.

Hustle is about a group of con artists who con and make money of those who have earned their richess without having respect for others and even crushing people in their ways. What I like at this group of hustles is that altough they take money from the rich, they only give it away very rarely and mostly spend the money on themselfs. Michael Stone, better known as Micky Briggs is the leader of the crew. A coolheaded guy, who always has a plan, a backup plan and a plan if the back up plan fails. He never lets anything go on the guess and works in a structured manner. 

Mickey is unstoppable and has worked with the police, MI6, gangs and other con artists. It is almost an honour to be robbed by him and his gang. I can tell anyone to watch the serie as soon as possible because this guy rules.

9. Gambit

Almost everybody likes the X-men. These cool superpowered mutants, who fight the evil Magneto and save those who hate them. Most of the people are big fans of Wolverine or professor X. My favorite is Gambit. This staff fighting guy can explode objects by touching them. He is a rogue among the X-men, sometimes fighting for them, sometimes against them and sometimes not at all. I like the fact that he is a wild factor, I love his hate relationship with wolverine and he has the most awesome powers of all. Gambit is someone you do not want to mess with or play card with. He is a mutant.

8. Scorpion

Mortal Kombat!!!

Mortal kombat is my favorite fighting game series. I like the bloody unrealistic fighting where five spines get broken per match. The mortal kombat fans are usually devided on who is their favorite. Some choose the ice cold Sub- Zero while others prefer Scorpion. I am on the Scorpion side. With his burning skull that can spew fire, his devastating swords, and his deadly chains, he is a scary undead warrior. What helped me like him is the fact that he uses Hapkido in his battle styles, a martial art that I have done myself for 8 years. 

no matter if you like mortal kombat or not, you should like Scorpion, the hellfire fighter and his quest to avenge his clan.

One last thing I like about him is that in a world of good and evil, he is neutral. He fights on what side that suits him best and i like that because not everything is good or evil. There is always that grey area in the middle.

7. Red

For those of you who do not know me, I am a huge pokemon fan.

I could have gone with my favorite pokemon, which is Mewtwo but instead I am going with the best trainer of them all. Red is everything that ash is not. I loved him ever since i was a 10 year old boy who first picked up the original pokemon blue. I followed the manga and saw the trainer become the best pokemon trainer in the world. Even know, while there are a lot of strong trainers in the manga, Red remains the best.

Of all this pokemon, the poliwrath and venusaur stand out the most as powerhouses who can break a opponent. If I ever come across a good opponent of him, I will do a match.

6. Davy Jones

What can I say about Davy Jones? Enough.

First of all, his ship is called the Flying Dutchman. The dutchman is a ship in dutch legends who is said to make ships dissapear. Secondly the looks. Jones looks awesome, the ship looks awesome and the crew looks really great. You should not mess with these undead pirates as they will take your life. Lastly, there is the giant squid. I have said enough.

5. Remus Lupin 

Everybody who likes Harry Potter, has a favorite character. For some it is Harry himself. others prefer Dumbeldore, Snape or Sirius Black. A few even like Draco Malfroy. I however have always been a fan of Remus Lupin ever since he first appeared in the third book. He is a cool guy, who has humor, knows his magic and is shunned by society. That the guy is also a werewolf is just icing on the cake as werewolfs are my favorite creatures. Lupin may look like a man you can just push aside, he will kick your arse in so many ways that you regret ever having met him. I was also very sad when he died at the end of the last book. At least his death was not in vane. Another thing about Remus that I enjoy every time is that his name is delivered from the roman saga of the creation of Rome. Remus and Romulus had been brought up by wolfs and created Rome.

4. Yoda

A small green muppet, who can crush you with only waving his hands. Yoda is one of the greatest jedi who has ever lived. This master has a contact with every living being and is strictly vegetatian. The movies show a old and wise man while the books show a fun loving master who used the force to steal a hamburger from a small boy and said that he would step to the dark side if count Dooku could bring him a rose, ignoring wealth and power. There is not much more i can say about him other then that he is the best character that Star wars has brought forth.

3. Batman

My top three starts off well with one of my all time favorite superheroes. I am talking about the man in the bat costume. Batman showed that you do not need superpowers to belong with the best. He also used fear to his advantage and goes where no other superhero dares to go. Batman has has some setbacks in movies but luckely, the last few years, there has been some great movies about him and ofcourse the Arkham asylum and Arkham city games. Batman plans everything ahead and is one of the most respected Dc heroes for a reason. 

He is the Batman

2. Zorro

What is better then the Batman? The guy that inspired of the creation of Batman. I am talking about Zorro.

Don Diego the la Vega is the man behind the mask who protects the poor with his awesome rapierskills. Having a blind man as sidekick, he inspires and brings peace in a land where power rules. Zorro is a bit of a forgotten hero as there has not been any games or films about him for some time now but he still is one of the greatest and if anybody deserves a movie, it is this guy. 

Zorro, with his famous Z style cut to the chest has risen already if i am completely honest. He was the inspiration of batman and that can be shown if you look what they have in commen. Zorro, a great number two on my list. 

1. King Arthur

There have been a lot of books and movies about this guy. Some of them were good, others were just plain bad. However, the original story remains the best. King Arthur is the embodiement of a Knight. loyal, proud, fierce and brave. All packed in one man. As somebody who practises swordfighting myself, I get inspired by Arthur. He also did something that few fictional characters ever managed. he made real life knights fight with honour and respect. After his stories came out, the real knights started to act as king Arthur has done in the stories and these knights created a safer place to be. Every story is likable. 

Arthur is by a long shot not perfect. In his stories, there are more handsome knights, more holy warriors and even smarter men but Arthur managed to gain the respect of all of them. 

King Arthur, My favorite fictional character.