9th Official Tournament: Round 5
DIVISION 1 – Dreadnought [Standard], paraoka feat. haru*nya
Xonica had to rub his eyes to make sure he wasn’t hallucinating.
“S—Skeelie?!”
“Xonica!” Skeelie gasped, as the rest of what remained of District Four hobbled, crawled, and struggled up to him. “Whatever you do, don’t cross that bridge!”
Behind them, robotic cheerleader cackling filled the damp air. The thunderstorm had stopped only a few minutes earlier, and the mixture of moisture, laughter and blood made for a particularly nauseating Friday morning.
“You guys are lucky you caught us here,” continued the winded warrior, exhaling in short, harsh bursts. “If we weren’t all maimed, you’d all be dead by our hands by now!” And just as quickly as he had come, he was gone, running as fast as his sprained ankles could take him.
Yeah, as if you’d kill your best friend.
Even so, Xonica felt uneasy. He and Skeelie went together like rice and beans, but this was the Tournament. He wasn’t here to make friends, he was here to win. Could he trust his friend even as his competitor?
“Cow poop,” Darkbird said, flapping his feathers. “I’m going to see for myself!”
“No, wait!” Xonica replied, following him—unbeknownst to him, to their doom.
DIVISION 2 – Sunshine Rainy [Heavy], taqumi
“Thank you for having us!” portalbob340 gushed to the owner of the tavern they had just spent several days in. Smiling, he waved back.
CDCan!” madsen_12001 growled. “Turn that racket off! There are villagers here!”
CDCan stuck his tongue out before opening his mouth and ejecting Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz.
While the weather had not been kind the past week, it looked like for the time being the rain was over. The sun was visible for the first time in days, and the remaining members of District Two basked in the warmth of a perfect seventy-degree afternoon.
Just then, it began to rain again.
“Guys? Why is it raining? What are these drops? They’re pink! I like pink! Once I found a piece of gum on my shoe! I licked it! It didn’t taste like gum to me! Aaaaaaaaahh!”
“mr_candy, did you forget your insulin shot again?” Sylrifaide asked nervously, approaching.
Before he could answer, mr_candy passed out.
Slowly, each member looked up at the sky, where raindrops were falling from the still-sunny sky. Wait—not raindrops. One fell on nolimits112’s tongue and he immediately recognized the taste from his days in med school. These were sedatives. Before he could share this insight with his teammates, he, too, lost consciousness.
DIVISION 3 – ORIENTAL SEA!!, Shigusa ma
The irony of running back into the ocean that had just taken over half of their soldiers was not lost on District Three’s survivors, but with Goombas, Koopa Koops and Bowser’s minions on them they didn’t have much of a choice. xSonicBulletx gasped for air as the attackers dumped him back into the waves.
At first, the colors reassured him: they were the typical reds, yellows, and blues you’d see in any saltwater ecosystem. But then other colors began filling his field of vision, and before he realized the mermaids were back, a series of 24th notes impeccably delivered across his face did the job.
DIVISION 4 – Eclipse (Luna), Glome
“You s-sure you wanted to h-help out thos-se guys, S-skeelie?” asked Sspeed9, voice fading on each word. “I…f-feel like it wa-was a little d-d-dangerous.”
“Tournament or not, I wouldn’t wish those cheerleaders on my worst enemy,” Skeelie replied.
“Hey, guys, when did it get so dark?” Jararered chimed in. “The moon’s covering everything.”
It was, and the sight was oddly beautiful—here they were, in the middle of an endless slaughter, yet the moon was right where it had always been. That brief moment of clarity was quickly subsumed by more practical concerns, however: they had to find a light source before whatever lurking in the shadows found them.
DIVISION 5 – Shatterscape (Bexarametric Remix), Bexarametric
Bexarametric had three bullet holes and various knife wounds in his armor at this point, but as with any product from Dossar Manufacturing, he was a machine incapable of feeling pain. Revving up, he hurled orange shards of glass at Rapta and linky123456, who were both only saved by the riot gear they had found early on in the Tournament.
“When is he going to stop?!” shrieked Rapta.
“I don’t know, but at least we know how he—“
A teal shard skimmed linky123456’s arm, drawing blood.
“WHAT WAS THAT?!”
At this point, nobody could even fight back. All they could do was shield themselves from each onslaught of debris and hope they would survive just a bit longer.
DIVISION 6 – to luv for me i xxx for u (Reprise), t+pazolite
“They’re coming up,” NekoGon said.
Soaked from head to toe, Tim Allen climbed out of the water. “God, it’s freezing!” he shouted. “Anybody there?”
“We’re up here!” SaFyre13 replied, smiling devilishly. NekoGon didn’t like it.
“Alright, I’m coming up! Thank God you guys are alright,” he panted, climbing. “What’s with this gravel, though? It feels a little loose—“
Above, SaFyre13 grinned as he pitched his foot into the ground. With just the right amount of force in the right place, it wouldn’t be too hard to get some sand rolling, maybe even an avalanche—
NekoGon finally realized what was about to happen.
“No, stop—“
But when he looked at the eyes of the man who had only two days ago been fine, the pupils were completely gone. The only thing that remained was a throbbing red that seemed to fill his very soul with fire.
SaFyre13 grunted in a foreign tone and kicked his left foot into the gravel. Rumbling began, then grew louder.
DIVISION 7 – Extratone Pirates, Annoying Ringtone
What had just earlier felt like a fart from Satan’s butthole scorching shadow_1800’s back had now subsided to a mild heat; even so, he refused to put his head back up. Wreckage from the airship’s explosion was still falling around him, and if he got up too quickly there was a good chance he’d die before taking a single step.
The unfamiliar voices around him, on the other hand, suggested otherwise.
“Ahoy! Wayl wayl wayl, what doo we haaave heeeeere?” whinnied one high-pitched voice. “Lee-ooks like treaaaaasure for the taaaaaking!”
And then, sickeningly, one voice that was much more familiar: “Good booty, eh?”
At this shadow_1800 balked. Was…wasn’t that TC_Halogen’s voice?
Just then, something in his pocket began to vibrate. The dulcet tones of one Lady Lykez filled the air: “I love my butt, I love my butt, I love my butt…”
Even with his head down he felt the weight of twenty pairs of eyes on him. The embarrassment was too much. Reaching one hand into his pocket, he put his cellphone on vibrate and raised his head. “A—AJ?”
“To you, maybe,” sneered TC_Halogen, and the fleet of pirates around him sneered right along with him. “Call me Anthony from now on, will ya? It’ll save us a whole lot of confusion.”
“I…” This wasn’t his friend, the guy he had known since he was five. The guy he had trained in. His partner-in-battle, his shoulder to lean on, his dudebro.
“You…” TC_Halogen—Anthony mimicked before laughing. “What, you still haven’t figured it out? Why do you think I was always the one who volunteered to pick berries at night? How do you think I always knew exactly where to go, exactly what to do? Do you actually think I love my butt? I’m no pawn, sweetie. I run the motherflipping game.”
Shadow_1800 felt like a knife had just been stabbed into his already-bruised, mishandled heart. Then he felt blood running down his chest and realized his crappy metaphor had become reality.
18 Responses to “9th Official Tournament: Round 5”
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Posted at 11:02pm on November 21st, 2013
a few notes:
1. I’m sure SaFyre13 is a very nice dude/lady (doesn’t say on his/her profile) in real life.
2. Please click on the links they’re important please just do it.
3. Round 5 better watch their asses.
Posted at 11:03pm on November 21st, 2013
*that would be DIVISION FIVE.
Posted at 11:04pm on November 21st, 2013
He wasn’t here to make friends, he was here to win
Link doesnt work right
Posted at 11:05pm on November 21st, 2013
OMG AJ
Posted at 11:07pm on November 21st, 2013
Good read btw.
Posted at 12:16am on November 22nd, 2013
I’m not dead yet, AJ.
Posted at 12:30am on November 22nd, 2013
It’s enough people think I’m Subin, now people will hate me more for playing the villain in all this. Still a nice read though.
Posted at 12:32am on November 22nd, 2013
i like my butt, too!
Posted at 12:36am on November 22nd, 2013
And I’m a boy, if anyone wonders.
Posted at 12:55am on November 22nd, 2013
Goodnight, sweet prince.
Posted at 1:02am on November 22nd, 2013
guys, it’s not AJ anymore. It’s Anthony.
Posted at 6:07am on November 22nd, 2013
Bitches please, I’m D1 savior
Posted at 8:30am on November 22nd, 2013
and to think dossar game me grief for my extratone file….
Posted at 11:40am on November 22nd, 2013
Med school??? Eh, Engineering, close enough I guess…
Posted at 11:51am on November 22nd, 2013
save D1~!! >w< [we kinda need it...but that bridge...p~p]
Posted at 5:36pm on November 22nd, 2013
good i hope we all die in the next part of this story!!!!! t!h!a!n!k!s a l!o!t s!u!b!i!n!
Posted at 5:24pm on November 24th, 2013
I was in the story
Posted at 6:21pm on November 24th, 2013
congratulations to everyone that has made this far in the tournament and i hope you continue doing this well through the rest of it. happy gaming