The 50 Tournament Continuation

The 50 Tournament Continuation - 2

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After a breif shower and change from gym attire to formal. Jumper was confidently on his way to the "Yacht Party" , He hopped in the elevator and poked the lobby button. "Headed to the yacht?" Startled by the deep voice , Jump swung around to be greeted by a boy that looked no older than him , clad in a full tuxedo. His short dyed blonde hair made him look tougher , "The names Horus" He made a small smile and shook hands with Jumper. "Yeah , I'm headed to the party , you a participants too? Horus shrugged "Yeah ; aren't you Flordia - I saw you whoop that kids butt a couple hours back , Your pretty good." Jumper remembered this kid , Horus Goldwater , the Colorado participant. Thank God for the pamplets and their information. "So , I'll see you at the party huh?" Horus walked out the elevator. Jumper followed , "Have you participated before Horus?" Horus looked over his shoulder "Yeah , past two years. The parties are usually nice , every state has to give a small speech , tommrow will be the first day of fighting ; don't sweat it." What seemed like hours of small talk and somewhat bonding , Jumper finally realized he was on the yacht. The neon lights nearly blinded him. A live orchestra was there , the tables and furniture were nice as well. Jumper had never been in a yacht before. "You should find your seat Jumper , We'll talk later" Horus patted him on the back and casually walked over to a table full of menacing kids who look quite the snobs , Casey was also amongst them. He serched for a table with the words "Jumper Valance". Some kids giving him dirty looks. Eventually he plopped in a seat with only one other person sitting there. Jumper awkwardly smiled at the brunette girl. He opened his to mouth just as she opened hers. "You can go.." Jumper spoke sheepishly. She blushed "My name is Esmerelda." Jumper - just as he was about to introduce himself , he was interrupted. "Welcome children , to the 50 Tournament - The fighting tournament in which an girl or a boy from each of the 50 states come together to see which state houses the most talented fighter." A couple of kids nodded and some clapped. Jumper finally realized that a older man was the person speaking. He was strangely muscular with long white hair. "Now starting down the list , each contestent will come to the podium and speak about themselves and their desired opponent." A couple kids looked around and giggled and some grunted. The old man gestured for the closet kid to the podium and speak. Mikey just so happened to be there. He calmly climbed up to the stand and cleared his throat. "Im Mikey Duncan from Arizona and I'm a Bai Jai Quan practitioner who can deafeat anyone" Mikey slammed his fist on the podium as he said anyone. He glared at Jumper "My desired opponent is Jumper Valance." He spat in the mic as he said his name and stalked off to his table. A small clap was made by the audience. A uproar suddenly went up and made Jumper think the whole yacht would flip over. He swung his head to look at the podium and saw a slender, athletic, and petite young woman of average height with a physically fit build, She had long blonde waist-length hair ,Jumper couldn't help to fall in love with her light blue eyes. "I'm Olin Baggers , the Oregon contestant. I participated last year and I'm looking for a tag partner who can hold their weight and fight! My desired opponent is anyone you throw at me!" She winked and stepped down the podium her long blue dress trialing behind her. A tall asian man walked up and gave Onin a fistbumb. He droned on and on about him being the contestant for Delaware. Jumper looked to the left of the yacht and saw long tables of adults furiously and quickly writing , what were they doing? Esmerelda hissed at Jumper , he finally realized he was next. Shakily , he

walked to the podium. He looked around , some kids were sneering. "Get on with it!" A random voice yelled in the back row of the tables. He tapped the mic "I'm Jumper Valance..." He trailed off "I'm the contestant for the state of Flordia, I came here to win, My desired opponent is Mikey." Jumper shot a look at the back tables and saw the men and woman look up and write fastly. Jumper stepped down. "Yo Jumper!" Mikey stood up at his table and pushed his chair over. "Let's give these people a show, a good fight!" Mikey pushed tables and a couple of other contestents out of his way. The orchestra stopped. A girl dropped a sald plate. Horus turned from a social group and shrugged, even Casey muttered "Fantastic" under her breath. Mikey got in his stance "Let's go, round one!" Jumper frowned, he didn't really feel like fighting. "If it's what you want.." Jumper got in his stance. Mikey charged at him , Jumper swiftly sidestepped and hook kicked him to the neck. Mikey fell and rose with a low kick knocking Jumper off his feet. "Come on!" Mikey grabbed Jumper , Jumper moved his hands and push kicked him back. Esmerelda suddenly hopped in , deflecting Mikey's kick and holding up her hand. A quiet see breeze blew by. "Please, Mikey. Tommorow is the tournament ; perhaps you and Jumper are to meet again. Esmerelda looked at Mikey and cocked an eyebrow "Or do you wish to fight me now?" Mikey made a hateful look. "Had to have your girlfriend come and save you , huh?" Jumper really wanted to break one of Mikey's bones now. "Esmerelda, thanks. But you should get some rest - tommorow is the first day of the tournament." Jumper smiled at her. She nodded and briskly walked away.

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Jumper sat on the mushy couches in the lobby, not ready to go back to his room and rest. The automatic doors opened , Horus and Olin creeped in , the party was over 3 hours ago. It was 11:00 , Horus noticed Jumper and casually walked to him , Olin holding his hand. "Hey , what's up Jumper?" Horus plopped down in a armchair strectching out. Olin sat ladylike crossing her legs. "To sleepy to go back to the room? Jumper?" Olin giggled. Jumper made a faint smile. Olin's face light up. "Look!" She pointed to a board on the far right wall. It was a bracket. In large bold letters at the top of the bracket it read : The 50 Tournament. She rushed to the board (pulling along a half-asleep Horus.) Jumper went with them. He studied it a awhile. Tommroww he was to fight Mikey. "Mikey?" He exclaimed. "It was probably just the scribes." Horus said dismissively, waving his hand. "The scribes!?" Horus turned "Yeah, the scribes - those guys writing in the corner ; their the ones who make the matches , they'll usually match you against your enemy."