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Chapter 3b: Battle Tournament Arc! The Clown Case!

After that big night on the town, Arron and Drexel left to go stay the night at a nearby hotel. Arron told Drexel about the battle tournament and all and Drexel was impressed. "I didn't know you would have joined something big like that! And for all that money!", Drexel said excitedly. "Well, I thought it would be cool to meet the different kinds of abilities and weapons that people use! But the money would be good because I'm so broke.", Arron laughed as he got in his bed. "I won't join in but I'll be around to root for you!", Drexel replied while getting into his bed. They both went off to sleep til the next morning. There was a rooster right next to the hotel for some odd reason and it started crowing which woke up Arron and Drexel. "Man, I can't wait for my battle that's scheduled tonight!", Arron said, getting out of bed and going to the bathroom to clean up. "Also I wanna see this Nanda girl you were talking about too.", Drexel replied, sitting on the bed. "If she can use an ability that powerful then that is worth looking upon for more info.". "Yeah whatever. My match doesn't start til 7pm so I'm gonna go off to the woods for now.", Arron said as he picked up his axe and put it in his holder and headed out the door. "I'll go with you, I have nothing else to do.". Few minutes later, Arron and Drexel were walking out of the city and on a trail for a while until they came upon some weird looking trees that made weird fruit. "What the hell are these?", Arron said as he picked a fruit off the tree. He sniffed it and looked around it and took a bite out of it and next thing, he made a sour face and spit it out. Drexel was laughing. "Shut up! Stop laughing! Those fruits are too sour!", Arron said spitting his tongue. "That's because you aren't good enough to handle the sour."....a voice came from somewhere. "Who said that?", Arron and Drexel started looking around the trees. "Up here, dorks.", said a guy dressed in black shorts and shirt. They both looked up and saw him up in one of those trees eating one of those sour fruits. "Hey! We are not dorks!", Arron shouted, pointing at him. "Whatever.", the guy said. "Man, this dude already seems dangerous. I should get Arron and move on before that guy causes trouble.", Drexel thought. "Hey, I've seen you before. The one in the gray shirt.", the guy said, looking at Arron. "You have? Just who are you anyways!?", Arron replied. The guy jumps off the tree with his hands in his pockets and lands perfectly, also tossing his fruit up in there air and perfectly kicking it far off. "My name is TJ, I'm your ordinary troublemaker.", Tj said. "Troublemaker? I feel he must be part of a band of thieves or something.", Drexel thought as he started examining him just by his face and the way he talked. " My name is Arron Flallen and that's Drexel! But how do you know me?", Arron asked him. "I've seen you at the Battle Tournament. I snuck in there and sat in the top seats and saw you cheering your face off for that girl.", Tj replied. "He snuck??? This guy is definitely bad news.", Drexel still thought. "Oh that girl was really strong! She knocked that guy out of there without touching him!", Arron replied. "Hahaha yeah! That fat kid didn't stand a chance!", Tj laughed. "Hey, you should come see my match tonight!", Arron said excitedly. "Hmm..even though I just met you guys, you certainly seem like a lot of fun. I'll be there! I don't know about this dude though.", Tj said, as he pointed at Drexel. Drexel was surprised. "W-Well! Me and Arron have better things to do than talk to troublemaker like you!", Drexel said while scooting Arron back to Hishii Village. "Hey, no need to be a buzzkill dude.", Tj replied to Drexel with a disinterested look. "Hope to see you there, Tj!", Arron said while being scooted all the way down the dirt trail. "Quiet you!", Drexel said to Arron while covering his mouth and continuing to push him. Tj laughed and when they left, he cracked his knuckles and neck. "Time to go cause some trouble somewhere.", Tj said, as he randomly went off somewhere. Hours and hours have past and finally it was almost time for the 2nd night of the Battle Tournament. Arron and Drexel were walking to the door and Drexel saw how content Arron was. "Why do you look so happy? You don't think Tj is actually coming, do you?", Drexel asked with a smug look. "Of course he is, he said he would.", Arron replied with a smile, while still looking forward. Drexel facepalmed. "You can't just rely on someone like him to come. I've been having suspicions about him.", Drexel said to Arron as they opened the entrance doors. As usual the crowd was wild and cheering and next thing you Arron spotted Tj at the back and Tj waved. "HA! Told you he'd be here!", Arron laughed in Drexel's face. "Whatever. Just go get ready for your match!", Drexel shoved him ahead to the locker room and Drexel went and sat down in the extremely loud crowd, right behind Tj to spy on him AND watch Arron fight. Clay, the fat top hat guy, came on the stage and got his his microphone and started talking. "WELCOME BACK TO THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE HISHII VILLAGE BATTLE TOURNAMENT!", Clay said aloud. "UP FIRST WE HAVE NANDA VS KALIFA!". Drexel squinted his eyes and saw Nanda. "WOW. So that's Nanda?", Drexel said. Kalifa is a casual looking guy with dreads, and he used a 4 bladed scythe. DING DING DING! The match began and obviously Arron was cheering for Nanda. She didn't do anything at first and Kalifa kept swinging his scythe at her but she kept dodging and ducking until Kalifa swung once again and Nanda ducked and put her palm a inch near his stomach and silently said "Mellow Resonance." and a ripple flew into his stomach and practically blasted him back but this time he was hit in the air and went down like a missile, landing on his head which knocked him out. DING DING DING! "NANDA IS THE WINNER!", Clay shouted in the microphone. Crowd went wild and chanted Nanda. Nanda, with her everyday depressed face, looked around and saw Arron. Arron started cheering and jumping out of his seat. Nanda smiled a tiny bit. "What the hell??! ", both Tj and Drexel thought with their jaws dropped. "Judging by her complexion, she couldn't have pulled that off....", Tj thought. "Must've been some kind of enchantment she learned.", Drexel also thought. Nanda fixed her glasses a little and walked off the ring and as she walked past Clay. Clay sneakily grabbed her arm and leaned toward her. "Nice job heheh....."., Clay said. Nanda didn't say anything but gulp and nod and went on. "UP NEXT, WE HAVE ARRON FLALLEN VS JONATHAN THE BRUTE!", Clay announced loudly. The crowd cheered like crazy and chanted "Flallen" as Arron moved onto the ring, smiling. But when Jonathan the Brute came up, there was a lot of rumble in his step, plus everyone was booing. Jonathan the Brute was practically a giant with a huge jagged blade. "Oh no! Arron will get crushed by him!", Drexel said loudly. Tj quickly turned around and saw Drexel. "Oh, it's you.", Tj said with disinterest. "Shut up! I'm only here to support Arron! I'm keeping an eye out on you, Tj. You seem like a bad guy but I'm onto you!", Drexel said with his eye twitching. "Relax, man. I'm not here to kill or anything. I'm here to support Arron and see what he's got. By the looks of it, I think he's gonna do great.", Tj said then turned his back to the front. "Drexel grumbled and sat back down with his arms crossed. The crowd continued booing but Jonathan didn't take that too well and started roaring which shut everyone up. I DESTROY LITTLE FLALLEN BOY!", Jonathan roared. Clay was on the sidelines and grinning ear to ear "That little Flallen kid thinks he can just waltz in here and steal the show? Well not when I release Jonathan The Brute! Plus, Nanda doesn't need any friends here either! She works for me and only me!", Clay thought. DING DING DING! The match began and Arron got into fighting stance and pulled out his axe and spun it around and made the blade grow bigger. And Jonathan stepped forward and pulled out his blade made a big boom, shaking the grounds. Drexel was chewing his nails off in fear and Tj was on the edge of his seat smiling like a wierdo. Jonathan made a big roar and Arron got ready and said, "BRING IT!"..

TO BE CONTINUED..........